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President-elect Donald Trump’s refusal to release his tax returns has prompted a move on Beacon Hill to bar presidential candidates from having their names appear on the Massachusetts primary and general election ballots if they do not make their income tax documents public.
Senator Mike Barrett, a Lexington Democrat, proposed the legislation in a recent letter to his Senate colleagues and House members. He noted there has been a longstanding but nonbinding tradition of candidates making their tax information public but that Trump’s candidacy ended that.
“The 2016 election shattered this confidence,’’ he said. “I hope we can come together to rebuild it.”
He even wants to close potential loopholes. Besides barring such candidates’ names from the ballot, his bill would also bar state electors from casting votes in the Electoral College for candidates who do not comply.
He argued that if Massachusetts adopted his proposal, it would not likely be alone, noting such a move is already afoot in New York State.
“Apologists for non-transparency will worry out loud that candidates may avoid competing in the state’s party primaries in order to duck disclosure and keep their financial entanglements hidden,’’ he said “But I doubt Massachusetts will be the only state to come forward in defense of the tradition of transparency.”
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Stocks to Buy With Anil Singhvi: MNC giant GSK Pharma is Sandeep Jain pick today
Stocks to Buy With Anil Singhvi: Market analyst Sandeep Jain said that his pick today is from the pharma sector. He picked GSK Pharma. He said that the Pharma sector has done well, but GSK Pharma has underperformed in the sector and that he expects a good move on this counter going forward
Stocks to Buy With Anil Singhvi: Market analyst Sandeep Jain said that his pick today is from the pharma sector. He picked GSK Pharma. He said that the Pharma sector has done well, but GSK Pharma has underperformed in the sector and that he expects a good move on this counter going forward.
Jain said that downside risk on GSK Pharma stock is minimal and the stock should be bought at current levels. This is an MNC and there are no issues in terms of quality of this company and also it is quite well known. Return of Capital is near 33, and the dividend yield rollout of the company is 1.5%. The equity of the company is small and Q3 FY 21 results of the company were extremely strong. They clocked in at the highest every profit. In fact, when compared to the last 4 quarters, GSK Pharma's Q3 FY21 was the best ever quarter for the company.
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Sandeep said that GSK Pharma share price has good support near Rs 1350 – Rs 1390 range and the stock has not witnessed a good move as yet. He said buying stock at current price would be a good strategy as the risk-reward is favourable. The target price on GSK Pharma stock is Rs 1650 – Rs 1700.
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If you spend any time on the internet at all, chances are that you've run into one of the pictures in this article. Whether it's on social media or just on a random site, you know these faces. These are some infamous internet memes, and there are real people behind them. Where did these pictures come from? What happened to the people in them? Did the "ermagherd girl" ever get her braces off? Let's get started!
This one seems to be a pretty recent meme, but the actual stock picture came from Shutterstock and was taken in 2015. The photographer who took the image is named Antonio Guillem, and the picture was taken on the streets of Barcelona. Hilariously, Shutterstock has recognized the popularity of this meme and added several more "distracted boyfriend" pictures to their site, and even a "distracted girlfriend".
The couple in the picture are professional models, only known as "Mario" and "Laura". They were interviewed by Wired magazine in 2017. Laura told Insider that "Everyone once in their lives has been the girl in the red dress, maybe without being looked at with such brazenness." All three continue to do modeling work. That's "Laura" at the bottom from a shot in 2019.
If you've ever been given bad advice by a friend, you'll recognize this guy. He's usually called "Weezy B", and he looks every bit the part. Weezy B's real name is Blake Boston, and this picture was originally taken by his mother when he was 16.
Blake is now 25 years old and has two kids. He did release some songs with his group called "Beantown Mafia", but even with his fame, they didn't gain much traction. He now downplays the "Weezy B" persona on his Twitter feed saying that "The internet created Weezy B".
This guy usually shows up whenever you see someone who has an extraordinary case of bad luck. Or, sometimes he's giving fashion advice. In any event, he's called "Bad Luck Brian", and he looks like he's taken the worst school picture of all-time:
In any event, Brian's real name is Kyle Craven, and this was actually his real 7th-grade photo. He apparently had to take the picture several times because his middle school principal thought he was making silly faces on purpose. He even remade the picture in 2018, as an adult, for a McDonald's ad.
This one appears to be a young boy who has just done something very exciting on his new laptop computer. If the lighting and resolution look familiar, it's because it's another image from Shutterstock. This image actually dates back to 2008, and the boy was a professional model.
The usual version of this particular meme has been cropped a bit from the original Shutterstock one. Like most images on Shutterstock, not a lot is known about the model. One Redditor claims to be his friend though and posted several new photos in 2015.
This one shows the most awkward-looking tween girl of all-time, and apparently, she's very excited about some RL Stine books. As it turns out, there was quite a bit more to this one than you might expect. The "Ermagherd" girl's real name is Maggie Goldenberger.
She told Vanity Fair magazine that the picture was taken as a joke. She and a friend were playing "dress-up" in 5th grade, and later on, the picture got uploaded to MySpace. She now works as a nurse in Phoenix, Arizona.
Another popular one is this woman yelling at the calmest cat in the world. The identity of the woman is well-known. She's Taylor Armstrong from the TV show Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. But where did the cat come from?
The cat is called Smudge The Cat, and he has appeared in several other memes of his own. He's owned by a woman named Miranda Stillbower, and he even has his own Instagram account. He will continue being calm and collected.
This one is usually used when someone wants to pick a fight. The "cash me ousside" girl is named Danielle Bregoli, and she was 13 years old when she appeared on the Dr. Phil Show in 2016. She was stealing cars, and her mother brought her on the show to try and have Dr. Phil intervene. When the audience booed her, she challenged them to "catch me outside" and fight her. The moment was screen capped, and a meme was born.
Now going by the name "Bhad Bhabie", she has attempted to develop a rap career and has had several more incidents of rotten behavior since the clip went viral. She was signed right after her appearance on Dr. Phil, and she's scored several endorsement deals too.
The Star Wars Kid was a viral video that blew up in 2002, after the kid's classmates uploaded it to the file-sharing service Kazaa. He was secretly filmed using a broomstick to imitate the fighting style of Darth Maul from Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.
The Star Wars Kid's real name is Ghyslain Raza, and he's from Canada. He felt humiliated and his parents sued the kids who uploaded the video. Raza has taken a negative and turned it around though; he's now a lawyer who helps advocate against cyberbullying.
There are actually several versions of this meme, but the vast majority of them are pictures of a girl who looks just a little TOO clingy. Most of them are pictures of YouTube blogger Laina Morris. In 2012, she made a YouTube video where she sang the Justin Bieber song "Boyfriend", which is about him being stalked. The screencap was uploaded to Reddit and it took off.
Laina actually took all of these in stride and began actually making videos playing the character from the meme. She has posted a series of videos playing the overly-obsessed girlfriend and has even developed a second series with an overly-obsessed boyfriend. In 2019, she posted her last video, but maintains a podcast with her sister.
There are several "ridiculously photogenic memes", but the original one was of a man named Zeddie Little. His photo was taken during the 2012 Cooper River Bridge Run in South Carolina. One of his friends uploaded the picture to Reddit, and he was almost instantaneously a meme.
He told Good Morning America in 2012, "It's funny that everybody is kinda taking like to it. It's, I guess, the most flattering way to get spread across the Internet." He's still working as a computer programmer in Charleston.
Most people know the story of this one. Rebecca Black was 13 years old when the song Friday hit YouTube. It was a gift from her parents for her 13th birthday, and they paid $4000 for the privilege of having that video made by ARK Music Factory. That was in 2011. It was dubbed "the worst song of all-time" online.
Well, if you want to feel old, she's now 22 years old and still making music. She has also spoken out about online bullying and has a very active Instagram account. She no longer performs "Friday" though. Sad face.
This image seems to be of a guy at some sort of concert who has a sudden epiphany. As it turns out, that might be exactly what happened. The picture was originally taken at the Queensland Schoolies Festival in Australia in 2008 for a newspaper article.
The problem is that no one has ever been able to identify Clarence to 100% certainty. There have been a couple of claims from people who say that they are the real "Clarity Clarence
", but none of them have been from Australia. RedditorBadK1d
claims that his friend Will G is Clarence, and that's him today in the picture.
Another one that is a bit of a mystery is "The Most Interesting Cat In The World". Ostensibly a feline take on the Most Interesting Man In The World, his picture started to show up on Quickmeme in 2011. Generally, submissions there have a name attached to them, but this one was completely anonymous.
This has made this one quite a mystery. People have tried to research it to find the origins of the picture since at least 2011, and no one has found anything. It is likely that someday, its owner will show up on Reddit, but not yet. In 2018, someone began posting new memes featuring the cat, and so he's still out there!
One of the more enduring memes has been Success Kid. He first showed up in 2007 on Flickr. It was originally taken by photographer Laney Griner, and she intended the image to be used for the stock image site Getty Images. Getty Images actually rejected it, but the rest of the internet didn't.
The subject of the photo is her then-11 month-old son, Sammy. Success Kid's dad ended up needing a new kidney, so the image was resurrected for a GoFundMe campaign to raise money for his treatment. And you know what? It was successful! Sammy is now 13 and headed to middle school. That's him!
Doge is actually a series of images featuring a Shiba Inu dog called Kabosu. She was a rescue dog, who was adopted by Atsuko Sato, who is a Japanese kindergarten teacher. The funny "side-eye" picture is probably the most popular version of this meme.
Doge has inspired a whole other series of Shiba Inu memes and even its own crypto-currency. (Dogecoin). Kabosu was rumored to have died in 2017, but that turned out to be an April Fools' prank. In 2019, new pictures of her were posted to Reddit, so she is, in fact, still alive.
Elisabeth Percival took a picture of herself in 2009 holding up a coffee cup. She was advertising her online jewelry business, ElisabethSpace Jewelry, and to do so, she was taking one picture of herself a day for 365 days. The pictures were public, and someone took one of her pictures, focused on her face, and a meme was born.
For her part, Elisabeth has made peace with the Cool Girl Callie meme. It's a pretty positive meme most of the time, so she seems to be OK with it. As she told the Omaha World-Herald, “The Internet decided to be nice to me that day,” she said. “How lucky is that?”
Those are the origins and a look into some of the real people behind famous memes. It's good to know that there are real people behind these famous images. The next time you see one of these, you'll be able to tell people the story! Or, you could just share this article with them! Thanks for reading!

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Police said today said the number of complaints they’ve fielded is growing from customers of a Miami Twp. monument business saying they paid for headstones they did not receive.
About 60 people have now told police they were victims of the former co-owner of American Memorial Monuments.
Police last week said they had received about 30 to 40 complaints from customers of the Kingsridge Drive business who have said they never received headstones they paid for in advance and mostly with cash, police said.
Miami Twp. police detective Danielle Schweickart would not identify the former co-owner — who has not been charged — by name, but said he left the company in recent months after several years as a partner.
The company, she said, is not a target of the investigation and is “cooperating fully.”
Customers filing complaints “are from all over the Montgomery County … all over the surrounding Miami Valley area“ are the investigation is checking into transactions dating back two years, she said.
Customers have told police “that they pre-ordered and paid for memorials and monuments for their loved ones’ funeral services and then never received the memorials or monuments,” Schweickart said.
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By ABRAHAM FEIGENBAUM/Montana State News
On Wednesday night a town hall meeting addressed the outbreak of the emerald ash borer, a green tree-eating beetle that is slowly making its way across the country, approaching Montana.
According to the United States Department of Agriculture, the nearest signs of emerald ash borer to Bozeman are present in northern Colorado, while the bulk of the outbreak of beetles is in the Midwest.
Scott Makoutz, owner of Gallatin Tree Care and member of the Bozeman Tree Board, delivered a presentation on the impending threats to Bozeman’s urban forest, while outlining his plan to hire a full-time urban forester who would spearhead a community powered tree-planting campaign.
According to Makoutz, it is necessary to begin diversifying our trees now before the disease gets here. Diversifying the tree population in the Bozeman area, where Ash trees are very popular, is the best way to defend against the little, green tree-killing beetles.
Makoutz estimated that the urban forester, who’s job would include conducting outreach programs to educate citizens about the dangers of planting Green Ash, would earn a salary somewhere between 50-$65,000 per year. He estimated the plan would cost the taxpayer about 25 dollars per year.
Citizens both for and against Makoutz’s plan were present at the town meeting.
Gary Simmons, a Bozeman resident, feared “that these trickle-taxes were slowly taking priority” over more important issues. Simmons thought the tax money could be spent beneficially for the community in other ways. He said, “We have about 110 cops working in a building designed for 65.”
Montana State University Environmental Services Manager E.J. Hook supported the plan and said that a similar plan is in place for reforesting the MSU campus.
“It can be a long process with a lot of unforseens, so sometimes progress can feel slow. But we’re really cultivating a good tree culture here at MSU. For instance, in the past we would clear all the trees off of a construction zone, but now we do our best to save what we can,” said Hook.
The city is trying to proactively cultivate a varied tree population by inspiring a tree-aware culture in Bozeman. Because they cannot force Bozeman residents to plant or not plant certain trees on private property, city officials hope to educate citizens so that they won’t plant Ash trees.
Bozeman Mayor Jeff Krauss said, “Although certain cost-share tree-planting programs urge citizens to plant trees that will help maintain a diverse population, this is still America. If someone wants to plant a green ash in their backyard, we can’t stop them.”
If Makoutz’s plan to hire an urban forester is not passed, the alternative is to hire a private company to maintain and diversify city-owned trees. He estimated the cost at, “two to three million dollars over the next three years.”
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Just 'cuz I been mildly obsessed with these guys lately, and pretty quiet on the forum...
I present you, the original musical automata, Steam Powered Giraffe.
I considered getting into the kayfabe of the band, here, but...there's just so much. <_< So, let's leave it at - they're a band of robots (currently The Spine, Rabbit, and Hatchworth, but The Spine, Rabbit, and The Jon, in all of these videos*), plus a couple humans (Mr Reed (guitars and such) and Sam (drums...mostly), in all of these videos*)...who play music.
And a nice variety it is...
Let's start with Brass Goggles
, which sort of introduces the band's story. (The fictional one involving robots, of course, not the real human one. >_>)
Then, we can pick up with Captain Albert Alexander
. The interplay in this one gives a good idea of everybody's personalities.
Next up, Honeybee
, the first song they did a proper video for.
And, finally, Automatonic Electronic Harmonics
. Real interesting (to me) point about this one - Sam's not on drums, The Jon is. Sam's on guitar. Not long after this, Jon left the group and was replaced by Hatchworth, who is played by...Sam. I really wonder if that was deliberate. (I've asked in the comments to the video...hopefully one of the Bennett twins will answer me.)
I'd post more (or at least replace Honeybee with one I like better), but I want to stick to the ones on their official channel.
* The original lineup was Rabbit, Spine, Jon, and a female robot named Upgrade. Upgrade left not long after their first album and was not replaced. After Jon left, and Sam was promoted to robot, he was replaced on drums by a guy named Matt Smith. No, not the Doctor. But now I want a crossover like whoah.
Also, always remember - Plifterston New Pennsyltucky is a real city and state.

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PARIS — Maison Margiela is switching up its executive ranks.The Paris-based brand is to name Diesel executive Riccardo Bellini as chief executive officer, succeeding Giovanni Pungetti, a spokeswoman for Margiela parent OTB confirmed.Meanwhile Pungetti, one of the most senior executives in the Italian group, is to become ceo for the Greater China region, overseeing all of OTB's companies present in the region: Diesel, Maison Margiela, Marni and Staff International.Pungetti has been at the management helm of Margiela since 2002, and between 2011 and 2015 also held the ceo title at Viktor & Rolf. His resume also includes stints at Diesel in Italy and France, and at Unilever.Bellini joined Diesel in 2007 and his most recent post was executive vice president of branding at Diesel and Diesel Black Gold and chief marketing officer at Diesel, according to his LinkedIn profile. He previously worked at Procter & Gamble for a decade.Maison Margiela has been on an expansion path since owner Renzo Rosso rescued John Galliano from fashion limbo and appointed him as creative director in 2014.Rosso’s OTB bought its majority stake in Margiela in 2002, seen then as an odd fashion coupling. And while the hubbub around Margiela died down since the founder made his exit in 2009 after celebrating the brand’s 20th anniversary, the company continued to make progress.In 2014, it generated consolidated revenues of about 100 million euros, or $133 million at average exchange, according to the last available figures.In an interview in 2015, Pungetti told WWD the company saw “big potential” in women’s ready-to-wear and accessories, the latter category accounting for less than 30 percent of sales, the biggest chunk being footwear. It also saw scope to expand its retail footprint as it was underexposed in some markets.Related Story: Renzo Rosso’s Risky Hire of John Galliano Pays OffMeanwhile, fascination with the Margiela brand continues unabated. The label’s notoriously low-profile founder has been working with Olivier Saillard, director of the Palais Galliera fashion museum in Paris, on a retrospective that is slated to bow next year.Meanwhile, Rotterdam-based production company Mint Film Office is working on a documentary titled “We Margiela” that will feature interviews with cofounder Jenny Meirens and is scheduled to be released this year. In a summary on the movie's web site, wemargiela.com, the filmmakers said Meirens is no longer in contact with Margiela.
"In order for Shudu to wear garments, she needs to be able to put them on, just like you would in the real world. You have to digitize the outfits," said Cameron-James Wilson on dressing 3-D model @shudu.gram for her WWD photoshoot. #wwdfashion ( 📸: @cjw.photo )
“Shudu is a digital supermodel, a very glamour and amazing woman. But she’s 3-D,” says Cameron-James Wilson, a fashion photographer and the creature of @shudu.gram. Here, Shudu wears @cushnieetochs for her debut fashion editorial. #wwdfashion (📷: @cjw.photo)
“It is the fierce female performances that came before me that made be able to clearly identify for myself what it was that I wanted to do, what kind of artist I wanted to be, what kind of films I wanted to make,” said @brielarson at the Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards. See more pictures from the event on WWD.com. #wwdeye (📷: Matt Baron)
“On a personal level, it’s my vision to create a really different idea with their look to be at the epitome of women’s fashion in South Korea – to create a new milestone,” said stylist @chochowon on dressing K-pop’s most fashionable girl group, @blackpinkofficial. WWD’s @mistywhitesidell sat down with Won ahead of the group’s new album release, “Square Up,” which is out today. Read the full interview on WWD.com. #wwdfashion #blackpink_squareup #blackpink
For @ralphlauren, 2018 is a reason to celebrate: It marks the brand’s 50th year in business. Last year’s chauffeured show in Bedford, NY featuring his vintage car collection may have seemed like the big celebration to show-goers, but they were wrong. The official celebration will be held on September 7 during #NYFW. Get all the details on WWD.com. #wwdfashion (📷: @giovanni_giannoni_photo)


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Pain Management Using Cold and Heat
If properly used the combination of hot and cold therapy can offer relief for up to five days. This therapy is particularly effective for muscle tears and injuries sustained from overuse. Also, it reduces inflammation and pain by dilation of blood vessels. This helps to increase the flow of blood to the area that is injured. And it can help with chronic joint pain. The great thing about both treatments is that they can be combined!
Inflammation is reduced
In comparison to heat therapy, cold therapy decreases inflammation and blood flow to the affected region. The cold therapy lessens swelling, while the heat therapy increases blood flow and draws in more nutrients. Because of its calming effects on joints heating therapy is particularly effective in managing pain. What therapy should you pick to relieve your discomfort? Here are some suggestions. Make sure to read our helpful chart. Let’s take a look at how heat and cold therapy interact.
Ice therapy is efficient in decreasing swelling and inflammation. It also produces a numbing effect and reduces the brain’s signals for pain. The most effective cold therapy techniques include ice baths homemade ice packs and chemical cold packs. Similar to heat therapy, it is important to follow the proper procedure and limit the amount of exposure to cold. Do not leave the ice pack on your skin for more than 20 mins as this can cause ice burns and hives.
Swelling is lessened
While cold therapy can help reduce swelling, it has certain limitations. It is not recommended for patients suffering from chronic injuries. Cold therapy should not be applied to open injuries and should not be considered for patients suffering from circulatory or neuropathy disorders. Patients suffering from infections should consult their physician prior to applying this therapy. Cold therapy should be applied only on the areas that are affected at the beginning of pain.
In general, doctors suggest applying ice to reduce swelling, and then applying heat to ease pain. The heat therapy improves blood flow and helps warm muscles before you start your activity. Cold therapy, on other side, reduces blood flow and reduces swelling. Wrap the affected area with a towel to give the most effective relief. Cold therapy should be used for at least 15 minutes several times per day to achieve the best results.
It is contingent on the nature and degree of the injury, which treatment is more efficient in alleviating pain. For acute pain, such as an injury to a muscle it is recommended to use heat as the most effective treatment. Cold therapy is recommended for chronic painsuch as long-term joint pain. There isn’t any one correct or incorrect treatment. A majority of people who suffer from joint pain can benefit from cold therapy.
The practice of cold therapy, also known as cryotherapy is used to ease the pain and inflammation caused by inflammation and swelling. It slows the deterioration of tissues by reducing nerve activity. It reduces muscle numbness and nerve activity. It also reduces inflammation and swelling by decreasing nerve activity. Cold therapy is not suitable for everyone, particularly pregnant women and children. Because cold therapy causes the body to react differently to heat, it is best for people who are experiencing extreme pain due to an injury.
The use of cold therapy can be utilized to treat a variety of health conditions. Cold therapy decreases inflammation by reducing blood vessels in muscles, which decreases blood flow. Furthermore, cold therapy decreases the transmission of pain signals by the brain. Cold therapy techniques include homemade ice packs as well as chemical cold packs. Like heat therapy cold therapy should be restricted to the recommended time frame. Exposure to cold for too long may lead to ice burns and the development of hives.
Both cold and heat therapy have advantages, but they have negative effects. Injuries that are acute are more likely to be treated with cold therapy because of the reduced blood flow. Heating therapy increases blood flow, reduces swelling, inflammation and improves circulation. It also has a psychologically calming effect on the sufferer, making it a good choice to manage chronic pain. However, cold therapy is not as effective for long-term pain management.

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Crimes against women and Christians in Iraq are among the human rights abuses that persist amid a drop in overall violence in the predominantly Muslim nation, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today.“Grave and systematic human rights violations remain constant, but are less visible and less widely reported” than attacks such as the bombing that killed at least 25 Iraqis today in Baghdad, Ban said in a report to the UN Security Council. “Targeted assassinations of journalists, political activists, public officials and pilgrims remain a deeply worrying feature of the security picture.”
Ban said the world body has received many accounts of “minority groups being forced to identify themselves as either Arabs or Kurds and prohibited from using their own languages.” They also have been “forced to sell their property at low prices” and had their land and other economic assets confiscated, he said.
More than 2,200 Christian families fled the northern city of Mosul to escape sectarian killings in October, Ban said.
There has been “no significant improvement” in women’s rights, Ban said, noting reports of “alleged suicides” and so- called honor crimes that continue to be reported with “alarming regularity.” Such crimes involve the killings of women by male relatives for perceived dishonor to a family.
Overall, violence ebbed in Iraq this year after an increase in U.S. troops and support from Sunni tribesmen against al-Qaeda. Attacks average four a day, 83 percent less than in 2007, according to the U.S. military.
Today’s attack was the worst in Baghdad since a car bombing on June 17 killed 51 people and wounded 75 others.
Ban acknowledged the security gains, which he called “fragile,” while saying the rights violations pose a “serious concern” and “require political will, resources and long-term commitment to eliminate.”

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Re: [Revlist] Cannon cockers - Naval Flintlocks
- Joe & List,
Very interesting indeed. I have seen reports of the Prussians firing up
to 16 rounds per minute from smaller field guns but I was under the
impression that they were not sponging between shots.
The rate of 23 rounds per minute from a heavy 12-pounder and sponging as
well has to be the all time record. I wonder if that was done with the
carriage "scotched" to prevent recoil. That rate of fire would seem to
allow no time for getting the gun back in battery.
To obtain that rate of fire Col. Desaguliers must have had his gunners
choreographed rather than merely drilled. Since this method was not
generally adopted it must have been determined to be too difficult or
risky for all but the very best guns crews and relegated only to Royal
dog and pony shows. I would certainly like to have seen it done.
> For what it's worth, here's an article from the Annual Register
> [23? August 1770]
> "This morning their Majesties honoured the regiment of artillery
> with their presence in the warren at Woolwich. His Majesty came
>purposely to see some experiments tried. ... Their Majesties next saw >a heavy twelve pounder brass gun filled twenty three times with shot in >a minute, spunging between each fire, and loading with the greatest >safety, which surprising every spectator, having far surpassed any >quick firing ever yet practiced.-The method is entirely new, and
> supposed to be the invention of Col. Desaguliers_."
> Be interesting to know what the Colonel's new method was all


I read a really impressive article on what other countries are doing about plastic waste. For example, Tasmania’s town of Snug paved a stretch of road with asphalt made with plastic waste—equivalent to two years of single-use plastic collected from the municipality, according to local officials. In Malawi, there’s a local non-profit that is using waste and providing jobs for local citizens.
On the other hand, research shows that the U.S. is the world’s largest producer of plastic waste. “[L]ess than 10 percent of American plastic waste is recycled, and the U.S. has a 30-year history of shipping half of its recyclable plastic overseas, primarily to China and other developing nations lacking the infrastructure to manage it. That practice was drastically reduced only when China stopped buying plastic scrap in 2018 as part of a green campaign to clean up its own environment.” However, the U.S. continues to ship its plastic to developing countries.
Recycling, particularly of plastic bottles, is one solution. That practice would be a lot easier if the bottles were made in uniform sizes so that separating types of bottles becomes less necessary. Another solution is using plastic for fuel. “[M]uch of that plastic waste can be used as fuel in the manufacturing of cement, which involves heating limestone in large furnaces at temperatures of 1,450 degrees Celsius until it liquifies. The fuel widely used is coal, of which cement factories burn half a billion tons every year around the planet. Some of this vast quantity of coal could be replaced by non-recyclable plastics.”
Plastics can be used to repave roads, that would be an excellent way to stop the manufacturing of asphalt.
America is going to be facing a shortage of jobs in the near future, as (for example) automatic vehicles begin to supplant vehicle drivers. 3.5 million workers, mostly men, are drivers, and they won’t have jobs. So developing other jobs, particularly ones that improve the environment, would be a good thing to do. We need to take a leaf from what is happening in other countries. If, for example, plastics can be used to repave roads, that would be an excellent way to stop the manufacturing of asphalt. Of course, asphalt is a petroleum product, and the big petroleum companies wouldn’t want to lose a market for their products. So they would probably oppose the idea of using waste plastic. Plastics are also made from petroleum, although they can also be made from plants. Having plastics be made from plants and recycling them to be used on roads would be a good way of saving petroleum and eliminating a lot of environmental damage. Plus, gathering plastics would create jobs that don’t presently exist.
At this point in time, plastics have become a huge pollution problem in the ocean and in landfills. We have to stop the ocean pollution, and we’re running out of space in landfills. So using plastics as fuel in place of petroleum and coal is an excellent alternative.
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The 1980s was a great time to be a kid.
In the United States, music videos made in 1980s cinemas were still viewed as a novelty, with many audiences preferring the more mature and serious soundtracks to those released during the decade.
Nowadays, the 1980s is a decade of retro nostalgia.
With the resurgence of the 80s music scene, the idea of making a video for a new song has taken on new life, with YouTube artists making their own music videos, which often have been made in the 1980.
In this article, we look at some of the best 80s video creations.
Travi$ Scott’s 80s Video (1990)The first of many video projects that Travish Scott produced, the 90s was an era of great 80s pop music, with some of his best hits including “I Love It,” “Trouble” and “Baby Got Back” in particular.
It was a decade that was defined by the rise of the hip-hop movement, and in this year, it seemed fitting that TvS Scott would try to recreate some of that magic with a 90s video.
The result is a video of a man playing a guitar, and the lyrics read “I’ll play you a song from my own catalog, it’s just called ’80s.”
The music video was directed by Travison Scott and was made for a group of friends that were doing a music video for the band Bad Brains.
The group went on to win the MTV Video Music Awards in 1990.
The 80s also saw a resurgence of popular 90s dance videos with some artists releasing their own dance videos for the same music, and many were also influenced by the music video style.
Travi $ Scott’s ’80’s Video (1992)This video is the most famous, and possibly one of the most influential, of Trav$ Scotts 80s videos.
It is the first video that he released, and is still the one most often cited for being the most original.
In its first years, it featured the song “Boom Boom,” which became a hit and was released as the first single from Travion Scott’s 1989 album “Baba O’Riley.”
It also featured a cameo by actor Tom Hanks.
After the success of “Bubba” in 1990, Scott’s popularity soared with his second album, and “Babaa Baby” went on top of the Billboard charts.
He also released a number of songs, including the catchy “Bongo” and the disco-pop “I’m Yours.”
This song and the subsequent “Travios” video became the standard for the 80-s soundtracks, and it was the inspiration for many of the 90-s music videos.
The 80s Movie Soundtrack (1994)The 80, ’90s soundtrack was one of those soundtracks that everyone was talking about.
It spawned a whole new generation of video artists, including many of TvT’s top names, including Travy, Travisad, TvG, Tav, and Travio.
Tav and TvB also had some of their biggest hits, including “Havana” and a cameo from Michael Jackson.
In 1997, Tov and Tav teamed up with the video game video game company Blizzard Entertainment to make the game “Dirty Dozen,” which went on sale in November 1998.
TvR’s 80, 80s Music Video (1998)The most famous 80s movie soundtrack was released in 1998 by TvC.
The soundtrack featured some of Tav’s most popular songs, such as “Riot” and Tuvros most famous hit, “Fury.”
The soundtrack also included some tracks that TAv would release on the 80’s singles “Baby, I’m So Tired,” “We Will Go to War,” “Baby” and other 80s hits.
“Baby Got Her Gun” by Tav Scott (1998-2000)A popular track from the album, TAv’s “Baby I’m Tired” was a hit in the US and became a staple in Tavs music video career.
TAv Scott’s video for this track, which features his younger brother Travis, was a huge hit in Australia, and became an anthem for TAv, his music and his family.
The 90s Video Game Soundtrack – ‘Baby Got My Gun’ (2000)In 2000, Tuvos music video with his older brother Travis was a big hit in America.
The video also featured TAv playing a drum kit and TAv and Travis singing a duet together, as well as Travis and TAV’s brother, Tavi.
Tavi Scott is known for being a musician himself and also had a hit with the song, “I Am Tavi,” which was released on


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The Asia Cup triumph in UAE will help Sri Lanka’s preparations for the ICC T20 World Cup 2022, set to be held in Australia next month, while star batter Bhanuka Rajapaksa labeled the achievement as a “great win” for the island nation amid their economic crisis.
Sri Lanka sealed their sixth Asia Cup title on Sunday after Bhanuka Rajapaksa’s batting masterclass and Wanindu Hasaranga’s all-around brilliance secured their 23-run victory against Pakistan in the final.
Sri Lanka, who won the T20 World Cup in 2014, are due to begin their World Cup campaign with a qualifying match against Namibia on Oct. 16.
“We played last year’s qualifiers as well … it’s the set-up that has come through from three or four years back,” Shanaka told reporters.
“The last two years were really good for us … and winning the Asia Cup will really help for the … World Cup.
“The World Cup qualifiers will help as well, because we will play in those conditions before the main tournament happens so it’ll be really good for us.”


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Charles County (Maryland) Sheriff’s Cpl. Eric C. Keys holds his Carnegie Medal after a Nov. 30, 2021, presentation at the sheriff’s department in La Plata, Maryland. While transporting a prisoner, Keys rescued an unconscious woman from a crashed and burning vehicle that he saw by the side of the highway on March 13, 2019. Also pictured, left to right, are Keys’ brother, Brandon Keys, and his parents, Sylvia and Gary Keys.
Capt. David C. Kelly, the sheriff’s commander of executive services, presented the medal, along with Sheriff Troy Berry and Brandon Foster, director of the Charles County Detention Center. Photo courtesy of Charles County Sheriff’s Office.


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Jime Litwalk, and I will be attending the TatuaGem in Ribeirao Preto Brazil. March 23rd-25th.
Well, the whirl wind continues....
IM proud to announce that IM one of two tattooers featured in this Months Issue of Airbrush Action.
Well, were getting closer to the Premier date of Oxygens Best Ink.
Here's a quick little video I shot before I left Stranger Factory
Ok All, this Friday March 2nd. Stranger Factory, Albuquerque New Mexico, will be hosting my Art show Blood Puudin, Dark Dames"


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Last night the classic French tragedy, Phèdre, opened at the American Conservatory Theater. The streets of San Francisco were slick from the rain that occasionally pelted down. Considering the material at hand, it was the perfect backdrop for the evening. Carey Perloff, the ACT artistic director and also director of this production, is not one to shy away from challenging material. Phèdre, first performed in 1677, is another example of the potential reward we all benefit from this artistic risk taking.
Perloff brings the play to the Bay Area in association with the Stratford Shakespeare Festival of Ontario, Canada. Star Seana McKenna, who plays Phèdre, makes her West Coast debut in this show. I admit, a certain amount of Canadian pride rumbled as I watched.
It was quite the evening. As the ACT describes the show on their web site, it’s “a potent mix of rich poetry, political intrigue, and sexual jealousy.”
But my favorite quote comes from Perloff herself:
“Because Phèdre is a French classical play that makes reference to ancient Greek characters and gods, it lives in a kind of timeless erotic zone that fuses many worlds; the most important thing is that the playing space is a dangerous crossroads, a magnet where violently opposed characters collide and erupt.”
See what we think about the show in this On Location video, and what it’s like to enjoy an evening of classic theater at the grand American Conservatory Theater on Geary Street. The full review will be up soon… if only Neptune will grant that power.


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Fraser coast locals have fronted in Ipswich today at the annual general meeting of New Hope Coal - the company responsible for the proposed Colton coal mine.
Farmers and community members from the Fraser Coast community, together with their supporters in the city, delivered messages to New Hope’s shareholders about the true impact of the business on prime agricultural land and water resources.
Bruce Parmentier and other members of the Great Sandy Strait Saviours attended the AGM to voice their dismay at the Colton coal mine proposal.
“We have huge concerns about the impacts that this coal mine would have on the internationally significant Ramsar Wetlands and UNESCO World Heritage listed Fraser Island. The untreated water waste that New Hope is proposing to pump into the Mary River plus all spillage from mining would end up throughout the waterways of the Great Sandy Strait, causing irreversible damage to the ecosystems there,” said Mr Parmentier.
“The localised problems for the town of Aldershot and surrounds shouldn’t be ignored either. Noise pollution, dust levels, and rainwater tanks polluted by coal dust are massive issues for that community. Aldershot has no access to town water, so the rainwater they collect is it as far as drinking water goes. We are here in the hopes that New Hope’s shareholders will show more regard for our community than their Executive have.”
The Great Sandy Strait Saviours are calling on the Queensland government to intervene in the project to prevent adverse impacts to the local environment.
The Great Sandy Strait Saviours say that protection for World Heritage listed Fraser Island and surrounding ecosystems from mine waste water pollution needs to be enshrined in legislation. Neither Labor or the LNP have yet made strong commitments to protect the region from New Hope’s mining operations.
Photos from the event can be accessed here.


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Broadway Theatre Barking to host The London premiere of SHUKI
The London premiere of Shuki is a comedy drama starring Kofi Adjorlolo, James Gardiner, Frank Artus.
The cast from the film will be live on the red carpet all the way from Ghana. Book yourself a ticket today, come along and enjoy this wonderful film.
The After party will takes place at Alpha Lounge after the film
*The London premiere of SHUKI, Friday 5th July 2019, Broadway Theatre Barking.* The event kicks off 19:30 – 23:00 BST.
*Frank Artus, Kofi Adjorlolo and James Gardiner will be live in London on the red carpet*
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Every year, hundreds of thousands of individuals across the United States suffer as a result of pharmaceutical products. In some cases, victims sustain life-altering injuries that have a devastating impact on their mental and physical health. Countless victims suffer debilitating reactions that have a profound impact on their ability to work, engage with others, and even perform common tasks.
Unfortunately, a large percentage of victims end up sustaining injuries from pharmaceutical products as the result of another person’s negligent or reckless acts. When these injuries occur, it is crucial for victims to contact a pharmaceutical products injury attorney in Southaven as soon as possible. Victims may be entitled to compensation to cover their pain and suffering, costs of medical treatment, lost wages, and various other damages resulting from their injuries or the use of a pharmaceutical product.
Our team at Germany Law Firm, PLLC has nearly four decades of experience helping victims get the justice and compensation they deserve. Our knowledgeable pharmaceutical products injury attorneys in Southaven have fought aggressively on behalf of thousands of victims to ensure they are able to move forward from their tragic incidents in the best way possible. Our team will review your claim, consult with expert witnesses, and aggressively negotiate on your behalf to ensure you are able to recover. Contact our law firm today to see how we can assist you.
Every day, millions of Americans turn to their medications to address health conditions they may be suffering with. Although products are often designed to help individuals combat their illnesses, there are many instances where patients taking medications end up suffering adverse reactions. Sadly, a large number of victims suffer as a result of negligent practices by drug manufacturers. When companies fail to implement reliable and appropriate standards of care, it can result in devastating manufacturing defects that jeopardize the health and well-being of those who utilize the products.
In some cases, pharmaceutical negligence includes instances where drugs are not properly tested, where they are not produced properly, and when manufacturers fail to produce effective and appropriate information to doctors entrusted with prescribing the medications for patients. When doctors are not provided full information about a certain medication, patients who take their advice and utilize the medications are at serious risk.
It is extremely common for pharmaceutical negligence to occur when drug companies rush to market products to the public. As a result, companies fail to notify the public of possible health hazards and side effects individuals may experience from their products. In other instances, negligent occurs when pharmaceutical scientists overlook critical discoveries surrounding products and their use or commit product errors, which can result in tainted prescriptions and defective products. When patients are harmed due to any type of pharmaceutical negligence, it is crucial that they contact a pharmaceutical products injury attorney in Southaven to explore legal options available to them.
When individuals suffer adverse reactions from taking medications, they are often forced to undergo further medical treatment. In some cases, victims suffer overwhelming pain, causing their conditions to worsen. In some cases, victims can contact a personal injury attorney in Southaven to get justice for their pain and suffering and adverse reactions. When it comes to pharmaceutical products, there may be several parties who can be held liable for injuries and damages. Some of the most common parties subjected to these legal claims include:
If you suffered adverse reactions due to the use of a pharmaceutical product, you may be entitled to compensation for your injuries and damages. Contact a reputable pharmaceutical products injury attorney in Southaven today to see what legal options are available for you.
Although thousands of products are offered for patients across the state, there are countless instances where individuals suffer adverse reactions from their use. Sadly, these instances can force patients into area hospitals and require them to undergo painful and expensive medical treatment to address the resulting conditions. Unfortunately, there are countless cases where victims suffer irreversible damages that continue to impact their health and well-being for the remainder of their lives.
Whether a product has negative side effects that weren’t disclosed, a patient was provided the wrong medication, or another scenario unfolded, when victims are harmed, they deserve to recover. It is crucial for victims to contact a pharmaceutical products injury attorney in Southaven as soon as possible. Germany Law Firm, PLLC is dedicated to helping victims through every step of the legal process. Our personal injury attorneys in Southaven are dedicated to helping those harmed get the justice and compensation they deserve. We will stop at nothing to ensure those harmed are able to protect their legal rights so they can focus on recovering. If you were injured by the use of a pharmaceutical product, contact Germany Law Firm, PLLC today at (601) 401-6884 to schedule a free case evaluation to determine what legal options are available for you.

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Japanese developer Artdink has revealed a new game, Neo Atlas 1469.
We’ve gotten the first screenshots and details from this week’s Famitsu. The new PS Vita game is a revival of sorts of their cartography and discovery-age based simulation franchise.
The game is set in the aforementioned Age of Discovery, where mankind has yet to explore and chart the entire planet. Players will begin in Europe as a Portuguese merchant, who is tasked with acting as a merchant while exploring and mapping out the unknown.
Periodically, players will have to listen to reports from their superiors, which can range from generating new maps of yet-to-be-explored areas, and maybe even sea monsters. As you explore these uncharted lands, you’ll update the map accordingly to what you see firsthand.
Neo Atlas 1469 is launching for PS Vita in Japan on October 27th.


“A horrendous act–for no other purpose than to make a buck.”
That’s how the United Mine Workers of America are describing Consol Energy’s recent attempt to convert Murray Energy’s bankruptcy from a Chapter 11 reorganization to a Chapter 7 Liquidation.
UMWA President Cecil Roberts said it would eliminate the jobs of two-thousand miners in the tri state area. He said it would cut off medical benefits to miners and their families at the worst possible time. Roberts said it’s one of the most outrageous things he’s ever seen a coal company do.
“In the middle of this virus all around us, and people fighting for their very health in this nation and thousands of people dying, a coal company moves into bankruptcy court, says let’s eliminate the jobs of two thousand Murray coal miners,” said UMWA President Cecil Roberts.
“The chapter 7 that Consol wants to happen would be the death of our mine,” said Jason Todd, President of UMWA Local 9909. “It would cut off the best jobs of Marion County, hurt our families and hurt our communities. And it’s unbelievable to me that they would do that in the time of a pandemic.”
Roberts said in normal times, they’d get thousands of people to protest outside Consol’s headquarters. But during the pandemic, that’s not possible. But he said the UMWA will not stand idly by….while miners, their families and their communities are threatened.


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ANN ARBOR, Mich- With one leap and two hands in the air, Beth Karpiak ended the NCAA tournament life of the CSU volleyball team with a block.
The University of Michigan swept the Rams in three games 30-24, 30-27 and 30-23, knocking CSU out of the NCAA tournament in the second round Saturday evening on the Wolverines’ home court.
Coach Tom Hilbert said that it was UM’s long point runs that hurt his team the most.
“First of all I am proud of the team for the season we had,” he said. “I feel that (there) were times tonight we played well, but we gave up way to many long point runs. We can’t do that against a team like Michigan.”
CSU fought hard early in game 3, tying things up at 12-12, but that is as close as its would get. UM had runs of four and six straight points to put the Rams away in game 3.
Setter Ashley Fornstrom partially blamed the loss on CSU’s energy level, saying that the team came out a little too high strung.
“We were really hyped up, almost to hyped up,” the junior said. “It took us a while to settle down and get into our game, but once we did I felt like we fought hard. The first game we were overplaying a lot of things. We were over passing and over executing.”
“We were disrupted early in the first game, but I thought we settled down after that,” he said. “At the end of the first game and all of game 2 we were passing the ball pretty well.”
The Wolverines dominated CSU in serving, hitting only one service error to the Rams’ 10. Hilbert said that it was UM’s short floating serves that disrupted his team, leading to the long point runs.
“In game 3 it came down to the short serve, and we didn’t prepare our team well for that,” he said. “When it came down to it, we were able to do some things, but we struggling to get side outs.”
Karpiak, a middle blocker for Michigan, said that her team had practiced that serve a lot.
“It was a great technique to get them to go to the outside,” she said. “It got them back and prevented them from having three really good options up the middle.”
Hilbert is proud of the season the Rams had, but he didn’t expect it to end this way.
“This one hurts because I walked into the arena today believing we were going to win,” he said. “To there credit, they were a better team than us.”
Volleyball beat reporter Adam Bohlmeyer can be reached at email@example.com

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Fiona Doran 27/11/2006
The hype surrounding the Killers UK tour was remarkable. With tickets selling out in minutes, desperate fans could be found on eBay paying into the hundreds for a pair. The long awaited second album Sam's Town had received mixed reviews but as Brixton Academy started to fill up, the excited crowd's anticipation began to grow.
They did not disappoint. With a set decorated with fairy lights, colourful bunting and a Las Vegas-style sign bearing the name 'Sam's Town', and Brandon Flowers wearing an outfit that resembled an old style ringmaster, it was obvious something special was about to happen.
'Sam's Town' was the booming opener and the dazzling lights had everybody screaming for more. The first single release from their new album, the epic 'When You Were Young' had the crowd singing joyously along and were surprised that they used one of their biggest hits in 'Somebody Told Me' to follow it so early on in the set, but there was not much time for discussion as they launched into another hit, 'Smile Like You Mean It'.
The pace was pretty consistent throughout, only stopping for the slower tracks, including the anthem 'Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll'. Of course the highlight of the night had to be the fans' favourite 'Mr Brightside', which had the walls of Brixton shaking with the singing fans, jumping to its frantic indie beat. It was an amazing night, although it seemed to be over all too quickly, and I heard other fans saying the same as we exited the venue. They may have their critics but The Killers have proved that they are class live act, and can put on a real show when required.


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Arsenal are at rock bottom, or at least that’s how their fans feel after Thursday’s night’s humiliating 2-1 loss at home to Brighton.
It marked their ninth straight game without a win in all competitions – the last time they tasted victory was the 3-2 Europa League win over Vitoria on 24 October – and their sixth without a win in the Premier League.
No team has fewer points over their last six, and no other team is without a win in that period. On form, Arsenal are the worst team in the top division, and it’s hard to see where things are going to improve.
Sacking Unai Emery has not achieved the kind of immediate boost the club and fans had hoped. Freddie Ljungberg’s first two games in charge have yielded one point against teams in the bottom half of the table.
They could have lost to Norwich were it not for a dubious VAR call giving Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang a second shot at his penalty, and they were outplayed by Brighton.
Could Arsenal actually go down?
That defeat leaves them 10th, with just four wins and 19 points from 15 games. They are 10 points adrift of the top four, and perhaps even more worryingly, only five clear of the relegation zone.
Arsenal are one of just six teams to have never been relegated from the Premier League. In fact, they’re the team with the longest streak without being relegated in English football – the last time they went down was before the First World War, in the 1912-13 season.
The idea of Arsenal being relegated again is almost unthinkable, given the size of the club and the amount of talent at their disposal, but it isn’t impossible.
This is a team playing without belief or fight, and a club who appears no closer to appointing Emery’s long-term successor. They are drifting dangerously downstream, and are at risk of getting caught in the current.
Football’s most shocking relegations
Are Arsenal too good to go down? On paper, for sure, but history suggests they are not immune from the drop just because of their stature.
Leeds were one of the giants of English football before their financially-induced relegation in 2004, and have not returned to the top flight since.
Newcastle and Aston Villa’s relegations were also shocking, with the latter never having been relegated from the Premier League until the 2015-16 season.
In 2011 River Plate dropped out of Argentina’s top division, and in 2007 Corinthians were relegated in Brazil.
Villarreal started the 2011-12 season in the Champions League, and ended it with relegation to the Segunda Division. Staying in Spain, Atletico Madrid went down in 2000, four years after winning the double.
Arsenal going down would arguably be more shocking than all of these, but the fact it is even being talked about as an option is bad enough, and a symbol of how far – and how rapidly – they have fallen.


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Granulated Sugar (1 1/2 cups)
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Henry G. Solem, a Norwegian immigrant, epitomizes the power of practical industry and perseverance. Arriving in the United States with minimal resources, he embarked on a remarkable journey of success. Starting at the bottom, Solem steadily climbed the ladder, acquiring land, becoming a prominent farmer and stock raiser, and venturing into business and finance. His influence extended beyond personal pursuits as he actively contributed to the community, holding township offices and spearheading public enterprises. From a poor laborer, Solem’s rise exemplifies extraordinary determination, mental acumen, and moral character, establishing him as a leading citizen in Minnehaha County, South Dakota.
Hon. J. O. Langness is an enterprising citizen and public-spirited man of affairs. Born in Norway in 1839, he immigrated to America in 1866 and settled in Minnesota. Recognizing the potential for a Norwegian colony, he selected the county of Minnehaha in Dakota as the ideal location. Langness played a crucial role in the development of the region, establishing a thriving village called Baltic. He excelled as an agriculturist, expanding his farm to four hundred acres and deriving income from stock raising. Langness actively participated in public affairs, holding various positions and serving his community faithfully. Highly esteemed, he remains a loyal American citizen while cherishing his Norwegian heritage.
Hon. Erick J. Berdahl, born in Norway in 1850, immigrated to the United States at a young age. He settled in South Dakota, where he developed a thriving farm under the homestead law. Over the years, Berdahl actively contributed to the development of Minnehaha County and became a respected Republican figure. He held various official positions, including justice of the peace and treasurer of the Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Company. Berdahl’s dedication to his community, combined with his success as an agriculturist, earned him recognition and admiration from both Democrats and Republicans alike. He is known for his firmness, honesty, and genuine concern for the welfare of others.

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The inaugural Duo Duo Smart Agriculture Competition, jointly organized by Pinduoduo
(PDD) and the China Agricultural University together with the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), has recently reached the final stages of its ongoing contest, with the expected results offering promising signs for the future of China’s agriculture industry.
The competition, currently being held in the province of Yunnan, China, assembled some of the country’s top strawberry farmers — the “Traditional Teams” — and several groups of scientific AI experts — the “Science and Technology Teams” — to come up with their best solutions and practices in farming and producing strawberry fruits. The winning team, expected to be announced in December, will be evaluated in terms of yield, taste and the cost of the strawberries.
Over the course of 120 days, the two teams provided their best practices and years-long knowledge and expertise to enact different solutions for the challenge. Agricultural experts or farmers under the traditional teams acted as control groups while AI experts had to control the growth of the vitamin C-rich fruit with artificial intelligence algorithms.
The findings are all presented and held at the Duo Duo Agricultural Research Lab, Pinduoduo’s AI-driven, smart agriculture center that seeks to become the hub of agritech innovations in the country, helping rural Chinese farmers improve their productivity and find new sales channels online.
The inaugural competition, billed as China’s first-of-its-kind cross-disciplinary smart agritech competition between a technology company and a university, is Pinduoduo’s latest effort in bridging the gap between technology and the country’s agricultural future. As China’s largest interactive e-commerce platform and second-largest online marketplace, the technology giant has shown groundbreaking contributions in advancing the country’s agricultural landscape and improving the livelihoods of rural farmers in the country.
With only a few weeks left in the competition, significant results have already been made and they are in the favor of the AI experts under the science and technology department. According to the official data provided by the expert team of Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, which is providing technical support to the competition, the AI teams have so far registered 175% more growth than traditional teams as measured by the average number of fruits harvested so far.
The development, proving once again the promise of AI algorithms in smart and efficient agritech solutions and practices, shows the game-changing potential of artificial intelligence — not just for strawberries but the country’s agricultural industry at large.
New Breakthroughs in AI Farming Seen by Experts
Cheng Biao, an AI expert in the competition, had noted the significance of this great development, making the observation that the AI teams had surged ahead of the traditional growers by “about one week to 10 days.” According to Chen, this is a promising sign for agricultural production and the farmers’ livelihoods. “If my strawberries go to market one week earlier than yours, I will have the pricing power for the week,” he said.
Cheng is a member of the Zhi Duo Mei AI team, which is made up of 11 experts from the Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming Academy of Agricultural Sciences and other institutes. Another team under the AI department, AiCU, is a seven-member multidisciplinary team from Wageningen University & Research and University of Amsterdam with specialties in greenhouse horticulture, electronic engineering, machine learning and mathematics.
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the AiCU team had to participate remotely in the competition from the Netherlands, effectively practicing farming in front of computer screens. This virtual set-up is a stark contrast to the competing teams in Pinduoduo’s greenhouses, where AI teams have state-of-the-art equipment to read real-time environment data, including temperature and light, and can exert control from afar.
Still, despite this setback, Cheng saw the reliability of overseas remote planting – a big opportunity to change the way of agricultural production at the source, and the starting line of combining small farmers to realize large-scale and standard agricultural production. This prompted him to immediately set up a commercial company, aiming to provide AI algorithm solutions to help farmers reduce water and fertilizer consumption and improve yield.
Soon after, Cheng Biao had 200mu (equivalent to 13.3 hectare) of farm land to serve. “One partnership was negotiated in the morning, September 20, and the land was identified that afternoon. Now we are installing equipment in that land.” Now, Cheng Biao has made the observation that small farmers are starting to embrace digital planting services in Yunnan.
The Future of AI Technologies for Farmers in the Fields
Throughout the ongoing competition, surprises and new discoveries were made by the competing teams and experts. According to Ruan Jiwei, a researcher from the Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, leveraging greenhouses, participating teams have pushed the strawberry harvest period in Yunnan over 60 days earlier — a notable turning point in the province’s normal harvest turnaround. “When strawberries are to plant in the Middle-Lower Yangtze region, the first round of strawberry harvest in the Competition has completed, which can address the supply shortage of fresh strawberries in summer and autumn in Yunnan,” Ruan remarked.
Meanwhile, Sun Yuqing, an expert from the top farming team, says he and his team have also expressed their confidence in the potential and importance of digital agriculture over the past two months in the competition. “We are confident in field management at the beginning. For example, we can deliver timely watering, fertilizing and pest control, and even manage each individual strawberry plant,” he said.
Another question that smart agriculture poses — and hopes to facilitate — is, as urbanization pushes forward, who will be left to do farming in the future? He Dongjian, Director of IoT in Agriculture Key Lab, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and Professor at Northwest A&F University, makes the observation that “existing farmers are born in 1950s and 1960s, a few in 1970s, and few in 2000s.”
According to He, this is where smart agriculture comes in. “I have said that 10 years later, there will be unmanned farmlands, unmanned meadows and high-end plant factory,” he said. Ji Rongxi, a top farmer and National Model Worker from the province of Jiangsu who has also begun to install technological devices to aid his farm produce, also echoed He’s sentiment, saying, “I will retire from strawberry farming when I am 60 years old. In the future, who and how to plant? It is an urgent issue.”
‘One-Click Planting’ for the AI Teams
The overall result of the AI teams’ contributions in the competition can be summarized as one-click planting. These are the teams’ collective efforts intended to improve the standardization and digitalization of the agricultural process.
For example, the CyberFarmer.HortiGraph team developed a repeatable, replicable and reproducible cloud system through standardization and digitalization of strawberry planting process. Lin Sen, the team’s leader, explained, “a farmer was able to call the planting data with just one interface and plant strawberries according to our process based on rich experience even [though] he was ignorant of such technique.”
Meanwhile, Li Daoliang, a member of the competition jury and Professor of College of Information and Electrical Engineering of China Agricultural University, noted that new farmers were totally different from the last generation, and that a new mode of production can transform the legacy way.
“For example, in this Strawberry Challenge, competitors were required to explore the laws of growing strawberries with intelligent system for machine learning and explore to use recognition, learning, decision and work intelligence in the system. This is also the core of agriculture in the future,” Li said.
The Next Surprises in China’s Agritech Future
With the competition scheduled to wrap up in the next two months, participants and experts are expected to discover more surprises and developments that will set the course for the future of agritech in the country. There are nearly 20 kinds of phased achievements in the competition — from clustering, image recognition, collision algorithm and multi-layer neural network.
Lanke, the leader of the Organizing Committee of the Competition, believes that a “smart plug-in” is expected to be developed for strawberry growers in China. This way, the optimal planting pattern can be applied in other regions with just one click. It can also help farmers from selling to growing their own strawberries.
The winning participants of the competition will be awarded by Pinduoduo with complete research funding, additional academic and commercial support, and full implementation support at its Yunnan Duo Duo farm.
Disclaimer: The views, suggestions and opinions expressed here are the sole responsibility of the experts. No Forbes India journalist was involved in the writing and production of this article.


So here we are and tomorrow is the last day of this year, bye bye. The fist few weeks of being home are pretty much 'catch up time' for me and fairly low on the thrill meter. To be honest, I don't have much for ya so how about we check out
Once upon a time in August of 2003, I realized that a Rat must weld. So, a few phone calls a bunch of consulting from Tim 'The Thumb' Shanahan and about 3 days later, look what shows up at the hotel! A225 amp Miller mig welder of course.
But what to weld became a quandary and then I remembered that at my house I had some electric scooters laying around so with a few more calls and a few days, a Fedex arrives with two. A pile of bits of metal and some engineering ponders later it began to take shape. The trickiest part was getting the steering together. Being that the cart was so short, I devised a push pull under the seat setup with the invaluable assistance of Scott and Nick the Fly.
Building something like this on tour requires considerable dedication. I carried full set of battery powered tools the red bag, and a box of parts and on days off, the workshop moved
from the gig to the hotel room.
And in the final blitz to get it running and dialed in before tour ended, I lucked out with this hotel room that had a balcony and sunshine perfectly fitting for the mess we made building it. This is the first start of the motors
And the maiden voyage
Dave Lee volunteers to be the first non-builder test subject
I was so excited by how well the cart worked, I decided to test it's capabilities. It turns out that the cart actually was fairly adept at soaring through the air for short periods of time but still needed to work on its landings. My attempt to clear these stairs
was met with a bit less than an optimum outcome and some repairs, adjustments and band aids were then required.
And once repaired and tuned, the cart was ready for all. This is my long time friend Hutch who does sound for Queens of the Stone Age
And Josh from Queens takes it for a cruise
Check out Louie doing the inter gig drive by
And after the tour ended I added a second battery pack and here are the little people driving it around
Cool cool, well hope you enjoyed the mini cart tour. It is a dual motor friction drive. Pushing the bar in the front causes cables to pull the motors down on the rear drive wheels. There is independent braking on both rear wheels that automatically kills the that motor when the break is applied as well as lights up a brake light over the wheel. The steering is controlled by a swivel rod below the seat that attaches to the front wheels.
And on that note, I am off to start my saturday.
The wanting to build something cool,


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Tom Kostopoulos was just doing the right thing. Matt Martin of the Islanders had hit New Jersey’s Stephen Gionta when he wasn’t totally looking. Kostopoulos stepped in to stick up for his teammate. For his trouble, Kostopoulos got knocked out. It was so bad that as Martin got up off the ice, he called for the trainers. It was the second time this season that we saw what looked like a clean knockout in the NHL. The Islanders won, 3-1.
Get on with it then.
Keith Olbermann joined Jonah Keri’s Nerdist podcast for a two-part marathon late last week. Around the 1:19:00-mark of Part I, (…)
Controversial former San Diego Chargers doctor David Chao has become a Twitter sensation. Not everyone is comfortable with that.
Mike Francesa was not pleased Peyton Manning kissed Papa John as time expired in Super Bowl 50.


Using an Endless Pool for training far outshone standard lane swimming.
(PRWEB) June 28, 2013
Beginning July 3, Sean Conway will embark on the swimming adventure of a lifetime, as the 32 year old plans to swim the entire length of Britain in the span of two months.
A professional adventurer who admits to having minimal prior swimming experience, Conway sees this as his greatest challenge yet.
The two worked to build and fine-tune Conway’s long-distance technique in order to conserve energy during his long swimming sessions, which will be equivalent to swimming the English Channel everyday.
"Using an Endless Pool for training far outshone standard lane swimming, as it replicated what it will be like in the water," said Conway. "No turns, no edges to rest at—I could just keep going."
He will be the first to attempt the 1,000-mile route he and his support team have mapped out mostly along the western coast of the country, from Land’s End to John O’Groats.
The unseasoned swimmer has taken great care to properly prepare for his unprecedented open water swim.
"The benefits of filming yourself and analyzing it later were yet another big help from the Endless Pool," said Conway.
Having grown up in Africa, Conway aims to raise funds for War Child, a charity that protects children from the brutal effects of war and helps to rebuild their lives. His desire for adventure is matched by a passion to give back and raise awareness for an important cause.
The latest of Conway’s many journeys comes on the heels of a 16,000-mile bike excursion around the world, which included an unfortunate encounter with a pickup truck that left him with a lingering back injury.
He’s found that swimming has actually helped him recover from the accident and feels another level of fitness compared to his biking days.
"Swimming fit feels more evenly spread around my body," said Conway, "and the good news is that I’ve improved a lot."
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CASCADE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — Spring break travelers started heading out Thursday, with Gerald R. Ford International Airport near Grand Rapids expecting to see more than 150,000 passengers through April 11.
Gabe Garcia’s family was bound for Florida to take a cruise. They figured flying out Thursday would help them beat the crowd and found manageable lines. Matt Schmuker and his wife, who fly often, were taking their family of five South to enjoy break and said check-in and the TSA check were quick. Abbie Butts, who works at a school, said she usually drives for spring break, but flying was this year’s choice.
AAA estimates more than a quarter of the state will travel over the next week and a half, an increase of 4% from last year. Ford Airport said it was expecting its busiest spring break season ever.
“Flights will be full, so we do ask people to come two hours prior to the airport,” Chief Operating Officer Alex Peric told News 8 earlier this week. “We have plenty of parking available but that premium closed-in parking is always a challenge.”
The airport has 8,000 parking spots on site; about 600 were available as of Thursday afternoon. Many passengers chose to get dropped off Thursday to avoid parking completely.


BY GABRIEL OKECHUKWU, FRCN PORT HARCOURT
The Executive Director Projects, EDP, Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr. Victor Antai says efforts would be made to revitalize deserted Rice Mill at Elele Alimini.
Mr. Antai who made this known during a tour of the facility at Elele Alimini Emohua Local Government Area, Rivers State, described as disheartening the inability of the production company to manage the mill.
According to him, the six-tonne per hour capacity rice mill has the ability to produce enough for Niger Delta region and other parts of the country.
He appreciated the fact that though the operating company left, majority of the equipment NDDC installed at the facility were still intact and functional.
The EDP who explained that the rice mill was established as part of industrialization strategies of the interventionist agency, expressed optimism that when in full capacity of production, it would create employment opportunities for youths.
The Executive Director Projects emphasized the need to connect a dedicated line from a power injection station to guarantee steady power supply to the facility and reduce cost of production.
The rice mill stopped production in twenty- twenty-two.