"In time we hope to broadcast sessions live on BBC Norfolk Introducing, " said Gary.

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So not just on Thanksgiving, but throughout the year I hope all Americans will give thanks for having the opportunity to live in the greatest nation on the face of the planet.

FORBES: Giving Thanks

By offering so-called second-screen content synchronized with the broadcast, the networks hope they can persuade viewers to watch programming live, instead of on a digital video recorder several days after their initial broadcasts are recorded.

WSJ: TV Networks Play to 'Second Screen'

And scientists hope that in the future differences in what microbes live in us and on us will be used to diagnose and prevent disease.

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By way of example, Japanese women can hope to live to see their 86th birthday, while U.S. women are on average, not expected to make it past 81.

FORBES: Life Expectancy Of U.S. Women Trails International Community

Do you try to reach your audience in one way when you are performing live, in a way that you would not expect or hope to be able to reach them on a recording?

NPR: Keith Jarrett's Audience Connection

"At the very least, we hope that the result will be to implement an exemption for small venues putting on live music with fewer than 200 people in attendance, which we have been lobbying for for many years now, " he said.

BBC: Plans to scrap entertainment licences put forward

"It is my greatest hope that his death will not be in vain and that through this research his legacy will live on and others won't have to suffer in this manner, " Tregg Duerson said.

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