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Navy hospital ships deploy in US for first time
 March 30, 2020 - The USNS Mercy and USNS Comfort, hospital ships operated by the U.S. Navy, have deployed to assist Los Angeles and New York City with caring for patients to free up space in hospitals for COVID-19 patients.  Word of the Daydomestic: adjective;related to home, a home state or home country; Find it in blue in today's top story!Writing Practice
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Complete this Writing Practice. Then print or email your document, or if available, save it to Google Drive. Writing ProgressTrack your progress all year. For your Student Summary Report Form: Weekly VOCABWeek of March 30 celestial: adjective; related to the stars and outer or deep space;Discover your local history delicate: adjective; fragile, weak, not strong; USFWS firefighters helping Australia drastic: adjective; severe, serious; WHO declares COVID-19 pandemic drastic: adjective; severe, extreme, serious; WHO declares COVID-19 pandemic epidemiological: adjective; related to epidemiology, the study of the incidence and spread of disease and other medical conditions; Epic epidemiological effort underway intensive: adjective; very aggressive, with high degree of attention to solve a problem or provide care; COVID-19 cases skyrocket proactive: adjective; aggressive, early, in advance of; CDC: Risk of coronavirus is low reluctant: adjective; hesitant, not ready to do something; Women who flew through the clouds to reach the stars undeniable: adjective; cannot be denied or acknowledged, true; WWII hero honored on MLK Day Today In HistoryMarch 30 1981: Just months after taking office, an assassination attempt was made on the life of President Ronald Reagan in Washington DC when he was shot in the chest by John W. Hinckley Jr. Hinckley was committed to a mental hospital after being found not guilty by reason of insanity. Hinckley was released in 2016 with restrictions as to what he can do and where he can go.1964: Jeopardy!, the popular television game show that is still being produced and aired today, premiered. The format of the show changed over the years but in 1984, Alex Trebek took over as host and the show returned to its original format. 1853: Vincent Van Gogh, artist known for his brilliant use of color, was born in Holland. More from Student News Net
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Studio glass art is a recent development but creating functional glass from silica sand is thousands of years old. Through this Student News Net video, tour the Chihuly Garden and Glass in Seattle, Washington to marvel at the beauty of glass and the chemical elements! Student News Net was there in 2017. Read More: Seattle sights are simply stupendous Pink diamonds are rareOver 90 percent of the world's pink diamonds come from The Argyle Diamond Mine in Western Australia. Pink Diamonds are very rare and very expensive, but all diamonds are tetrahedrons of carbon atoms.  A rush for gold ended quicklyThe story of the short-lived Klondike Gold Rush (1896-1899) is told at the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park in downtown Seattle.  Glass: a hot and cool combo of art and scienceGlassblowing is a red hot, totally cool combination of art and science. In The News Navy hospital ships deploy in US for first timeMarch 30, 2020 - The USNS Mercy and USNS Comfort, hospital ships operated by the U.S. Navy, have deployed to assist Los Angeles and New York City with caring for patients to free up space in hospitals for COVID-19 patients.  Full force of American spirit - and spirits - hitting COVID-19March 26, 2020 - The American spirit today is an echo of the WWII Home Front and the Arsenal of Democracy.  Current time is echo of WWII Home FrontMarch 23, 2020 - What the country is witnessing now has happened before. Public-private partnerships are being forged to handle a crisis.  Thousands of events canceledMarch 19, 2020 - As everyone does their part to slow the spread of COVID-19, thousands of events are being canceled.   |
