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Why Is Easter Called Easter?
Ellen Gutoskey
The Spanish word for Easter is Pascua. In Italian, its Pasqua. French speakers have Pques. All of these words derive from paschaboth Latin and Greek for Passover, the Jewish festival during which Je ...[Continue Reading]
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Hans-Juergen Schoenig: Indexing vectors in PostgreSQL
Hans-Jrgen Schnig
In the previous post we have imported a fairly large data set containing Wikipedia data, which we downloaded using pgai. However, importing all this data is not enough because we also need to keep an ...[Continue Reading]
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'Nervous' Demidov scores for Habs in NHL debut
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Apr 15, 2025, 12:33 AM ET MONTREAL -- Ivan Demidov scored in the first period of his ballyhooed NHL debut, but the Chicago Blackhawks spoiled the party, defeating the playoff-hopeful Montreal Canadi ...[Continue Reading]
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WNBA Draft winners and losers: Wings hit big with Paige Bueckers, Sedona Prince surprisingly goes undrafted
Jack Maloney
The 2025 WNBA Draft is in the books. Former UConn star Paige Bueckers went No. 1 to the Dallas Wings, and the rest of the lottery also went as expected. The Seattle Storm added Dominique Malonga at N ...[Continue Reading]
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Sara Ashlee Barker and 2 other WNBA prospects drafted higher than expected
Noa Dalzell
Photo by Elsa/Getty Images Georgia Amoore, Sara Ashlee Barker, and Juste Jocyte were three players who were selected before most mock WNBA drafts predicted. NEW YORK CITY Ahead of the 2025 WN ...[Continue Reading]
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AITA For Expecting My Husband To Be Home Every Night That We Have His Kids At Home?
Viktorija Oikait
The role of stepparents comes with a lot of uncertainty and challenges. Every situation they face requires caution and deliberation, as one wrong move can throw their progress with stepkids backwards ...[Continue Reading]
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