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The ruthless Russian leader said Russia will 'immediately destroy' any target threatening them
The Kremlin president looked to set aside differences between Moscow and the West while vowing to further bolster Russia's military.
The ruthless leader said Russian forces in Syria will "immediately destroy" any target threatening them.
Fight against ISIS
Speaking at a meeting with top Defence Ministry officials, Putin said while supporting the Syrian government forces, Russia has backed some units of the Free Syrian Army (FSA), a Western-backed opposition group fighting Syrian despot Bashar Assad's army.
He said: ”Several units totalling more than 5,000 people, along with regular troops, are conducting offensive operations against terrorists in the provinces of Homs, Hama, Aleppo and Raqqa.
"We have provided air support for them as well as the Syrian army, helping them with weapons, ammunition and supplies."
Putin said Russia teamed up with the Free Syrian Army to help take out ISIS
However Moscow spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the president meant to say Russia is sending weapons and supplies to Syrian government forces and not the FSA - but provides air cover to both.
Putin and his officials previously said Russia had cooperated with the FSA, but the group's representatives have denied that.
Russian support for the FSA will represent a massive shift in policy for the Kremlin, which has been accused by the West of targeting rebels to support Assad instead of savage ISIS - also known as Daesh.
The Free Syrian Army oppose dictator Bashar Al Assad
What they've got to do is stop propping up the Assad regime,
US State Department spokesman John Kirby said it is unclear “whether these claims of support for the FSA are true“.
He added: ”By and large, there's been no major change in calculus from what we've seen them hit, and they are largely continuing to hit opposition.”
But Defence Minister Michael Fallon dismissed Putin's statements, claiming Moscow has to play a more constructive role in the political transition in Syria.
He said: ”What they've got to do is stop propping up the Assad regime, stop bombing opposition groups who are opposed to the Assad regime, stop dropping unguided munitions on innocent villages and groups who've been fighting Assad, and get behind the political process that is now under way of leading that country to a more pluralist government and a future without Assad.”
Russia's Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said Russian warplanes have flown 4,000 combat sorties in Syria since Moscow launched its air campaign in September, destroying a staggering 8,000 "terrorist" targets.
Putin also said the military should respond in full force to any further "provocations."
He said the Russian military base in Syria has been bolstered with additional aircraft and air defence weapons.
He said: ”I order you to act in the toughest way.
"Any targets threatening the Russian groups of forces or our land infrastructure should be immediately destroyed."
Michael Fallon said Russia has to play a more constructive role in the political transition in Syria


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This home made cherry cake – vegan poke cake recipe is made with delicious home made vanilla cake sponge and filled generously with vegan cherry pie filling which is homemade from scratch as properly. furthermore it's miles crowned with delicious coconut based totally cool whip. every bite of this cake is an explosion of fruity tropical taste. Don’t allow this cherry season skip via with out making this clean wet cherry cake!
And if you crave for this cake whilst cherries aren’t in season then feel unfastened to apply frozen pitted cherries or shop sold organic cherry pie filling. both methods this cake is truely a “cherry on the pinnacle ” worth recipe!!
Flaxseed meal egg :
- 3 tablespoons warm water
- 1 tablespoon flaxseed meal
Dry ingredients :
- 2 tablespoons Corn starch* 18 grams
- ¾ cup Raw sugar* 161 grams
- ¼ teaspoon Salt
- 1 cup plus 5 tablespoons All purpose flour 184 grams
- ½ teaspoon Baking soda
- 1 ¼ teaspoon Baking powder
Liquid ingredients :
- ¾ cup Non-dairy yogurt*
- 3 tablespoons water
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon White distilled vinegar *
- 1/3 rd cup flavorless oil* 102 ml
For cherry pie filling :
- 14 0z coconut whipped cream
- 1.5 cups cherry pie filling required
- Store-bought coconut whipped cream topping*
Put together the flaxseed meal egg :
- Blend the flax meal properly with warm water until combined. maintain aside for three minutes.
Within the interim do the following :
- Preheat oven to 180C /350 f for 15 mins.
- Now put together the pan by greasing a 7*eleven glass pan with oil and dirt it with flour. keep apart
- Using a electric beater with balloon whisk attachment cream the sugar and yogurt until the sugar is completely dissolved.
- Upload oil and vanilla extract and whip properly till oil is emulsified i.e absolutely mixed.
- Add inside the organized flaxseed meal egg .
- In every other bowl sift all ultimate dry components and provide it a brief mix.
- Now, slowly upload sifted flour and fold into the wet components.
- Fold the dry substances within the moist ones with a hand whisk or with an electric powered one / stand mixer till lump unfastened and smooth.
- Do now not over mix.
- Upload 1-2 tablespoon extra water if wished. Batter have to be medium consistency.
- Pour the batter onto the baking dish and bake on the center rack for 30-32 mins or till toothpick inserted within the middle comes out smooth.
For cherry pie filling :
- Talk to the notes for the recipe.
- Simply pulse the filling in the blender for a coarse paste in order that it seeps within the poked holes nicely.
Now assembling the cake :
- The cake is out of the oven let it take a seat for as a minimum 10 mins.
- Now at the same time as it is still warm poke even holes with the returned of a timber spoon at same intervals.
- Pour the cherry filling over the cake ensuring it seeps in through the holes.
- seek advice from the pictorial above.
- let the cake settle down completely with the cherry filling earlier than placing a layer of coconut frosting on it.
- area blobs of whipped coconut frosting all around the top of the cherry filling layer and spread it with again of a spoon or offset spatula.
- you could in addition enhance it with drops of cherry filling and going for walks a fork for abstract design on the pinnacle of the cake.
- Refrigerate for 6 hours ideally overnight to permit it set .
- pinnacle it with sparkling cherries if preferred and eat inside 2 days.
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- SHIPPING TIME FOR THIS ITEM IS APPROX. 2-3 WEEKS.
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- Fitted with C-shaped curtain hooks
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- One-side printing, printed using high quality sublimation technique
- Easy cleaning, machine/hand washable in cold water. Air dry.
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Eyeball Bow Shower Curtain
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Bins laden? Not in our house
Belfast City Council has exchanged our blue recycling bin for one of a larger size
In spite of our best efforts, we rarely filled the old one.
I wonder how the Council recycles our old bin and about the cost of this unnecessary swap and disposal to ratepayers.


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For babies ages 0 — 15 months.
Enjoy short stories and songs, then stay for play and converstion. Please Note: Class size is limited at locations where registration is required.
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Enjoy stories, songs and rhymes. One adult per child is recommended. Please Note: Class size is limited at most locations.
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A happy blend of stories, fingerplays and songs that help preschool children develop print and phonologic awareness, vocabulary, letter knowledge and narrative skills. Groups welcome. Registration not required.
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A public library is a library that is accessible by the public and is generally funded from public sources and operated by civil servants. There are five fundamental characteristics shared by public libraries. read more
Important pages are About Us, Board Agenda and Board Minutes. In the following table you'll find the 10 most important pages of Albanycountylibrary.org:
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The Archivist: Test 'bomb' run promoted war bonds
One hundred years ago, World War I was raging in Europe, and Oklahoma City was under "attack."
Reporter T.F. Killian described his firsthand account of the "attack" in The Oklahoman April 9, 1918:
Into a 45-mile wind the ugly-faced airplane poked its snout — insistently, tremendously powerful it battered against the gale to attain height ...
From my place in the observation seat at 5,500 feet the city we were to attack lay spread in a vast purity of squares under me. I glanced again at my ammunition. It was in place, each bomb carefully secured to keep it from falling into the duplicate steering gear. I looked over the side to locate again the slender wires which I must miss in casting out the projectiles or send myself and my fighting driver down to death.
We flew far west of the city, to allow for windage. I had just figured that we were far enough away so the bombs would slip over into the very heart of the town. I even picked out city hall and the Colcord building as good targets. Then came a touch on the shoulder.
It was the pilot, the air chauffeur, Billy Parker, a Dewey, Okla., aviation school man. We had been ordered by Commander in Chief C. B. Ames to take Oklahoma City for "right and for Liberty." The touch on the shoulder was the signal that position was correct.
"Go!" shrieked a weird voice at my back, the flier's voice reaching me despite the jangling, tearing crash of the motors.
Far over the side I reached, with the projectile in my right hand. I cast it down and out. It missed the ailerons and the rudder. Hundreds of feet down I saw it expand into white fluffiness.
Leaflets rained down on the city carrying the message: "Make Your Dollar Do Its Duty — Buy a Bond!"
That was our mission, — to bomb the city for the sweet sake of patriotism. For fifteen minutes we slithered this way and that across the city and at intervals of thirty seconds we'd throw out several hundred of the little folders telling why you and I must buy Liberty bonds — for the honor of our homes, our city, our state and our country ...
Bombing the city provided about the only real thrill. Every time I leaned over the side of that machine and felt the chunk-chunk as Billy Parker equalized the movement of my body, I thought I'd hit the rudder with a plea for patriotism. I had visions of figuring on the memorial monument Leopold Obreiter is putting up ... in Fairlawn cemetery!
Perhaps I would have quit the job after the first "bomb" went hurtling down toward the city if it hadn't been for the thought that many hundreds of miles east of me young Americans were playing a much more hazardous game, at just that time. And that some of them were doing the same thing as I, even — distributing propaganda — but doing it over the country of the enemy, while the Hun anti-aircraft guns sought them out.
After we'd exhausted our cargo we raced ahead of the wind back toward the capitol. A sudden dip and I held my breath and was thankful I'd already signed up for my Liberty bonds — then we straightened out and landed.
The city had been taken!
Oklahoma City's Liberty Bond quota was $2,200,000, and by April 13, bond sales had reached $2,512,200.
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All ground floor, excellent quality accommodation. Kilmorie is set on a historic grade 2 listed smallholding, Ideally situated on the edge of the historic villages of Corse and Staunton, 7 miles from both Gloucester and Tewkesbury and close to the bordering counties of Hereford and Worcester. Built 1848 but tastefully modernised, with en suite double, twin, single and family en suite bedrooms tastefully decorated in “English country cottage style” befitting to the character of Kilmorie. All bedrooms have TV’s, comfortable armchairs, Tea/coffee trays, central heating, toiletries, USB charge sockets and a free good Wi-Fi connection.
A warm and friendly welcome awaits you at Kilmorie, this is the longest established bed and breakfast in Corse and Staunton and I Sheila your host will do my best to meet most dietary requirements by prior arrangement.
Our freshly prepared, home-cooked, traditional breakfast is served in our dining room which has individual tables looking out onto our large garden, a lovely picture in April when the daffodils and tulips are in bloom. Or watch the birds and butterflies we encourage to visit.
The garden has plenty of tables and seats to sit and relax. Or if you prefer there is a very comfortable guest lounge with a section of books, DVD’s, board games and TV.
Ideal for people with limited mobility as we have no stairs, just two steps into the dining room and there is a grab handrail each side to help with this.
We have good vehicular access and ample well off-road parking to the rear of the bungalow.
You are welcome to walk in our fields and meet the sheep and hens or take a longer stroll, a network of public footpaths across farmland start at Kilmore.
Kilmorie has a very interesting history built 1848 originally one of Fergus O’ Connors Chartist Land Company smallholdings set within its own grounds of 3 acres of fields and large gardens.
We are ideally situated for many places of interest:
The Orchard Centre in Hartpury with cider making and orchard management courses, 2 miles.
Hartpury University & college with many equine and sporting events, 3 miles.
Newent, take a stroll by the lake, or visit its famous onion fayre, 5 miles.
Tewkesbury with two rivers where a boat trip can be enjoyed and a very fine abbey, (7 miles).
City of Gloucester, (also 7miles) with tall ships event and other festivals happening at Gloucester quays, the cathedral has been used for filming on many occasions including Harry Potter films.
Ledbury (9 miles) olde worlde town many very old half-timbered properties and an interesting church.
Cheltenham spa good shopping centre and many Georgian buildings and of course Prestbury racecourse 12 miles.
The Malvern Hills with spectacular views range from 5 to 14 miles.
Forest of Dean 14 miles.
The magnificent Cotswolds and four castles all within an easy drive from here.
Cities of Hereford and Worcester both 22 miles.
(All mileages approximate)
Excellent value Bed and Full English Breakfast.
From £40 per night (en suite single room).
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Wawa CEO Chris Gheysens apologized to Wawa customers after a malware data breach.
Gheysens said the malware impacted customer credit card and debit card information.
The information security team discovered the malware on payment processing serves on Dec. 10 and contained it by Dec. 12, according to Gheysens.
The malware no longer poses a risk to customers, according to Wawa officials.
The data breach potentially hit every Wawa location beginning at different points in time after March 4, according to Gheysens.
“I want to reassure you that you will not be responsible for any fraudulent charges on your payment cards related to this incident, as described in the detailed information below. Please review this entire letter carefully to learn about the resources Wawa is providing and the steps you should take now to protect your information,” Gheysens said.


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DISGRACED sprinter Ben Johnson has sparked outrage after starring in an Australian advert seemingly making light of doping in sport.
The Canadian 100m runner was stripped of his 1988 Olympic gold medal in Seoul for testing positive for a banned steroid.
However, in an advert for Australian betting firm Sports Bet, Johnson is seen making forced puns and cracking jokes about performance-enhancing drugs.
Keep up to date with ALL the latest sport news, gossip and rumours.
So-called "gags" include Johnson saying the app "tested positive for speed and power", and is "a hit with performance-enhancement experts all over the world".
The advert also appeared to make thinly-veiled references to other famous dopers in sport, including US Tour de France cheat Lance Armstrong, as well as a weightlifter and swimmer.
Australia's anti-doping agency, ASADA, released a statement blasting the tasteless advert.
They wrote: "The Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) notes the current advertising campaign by online betting company, Sportsbet.
"ASADA does not condone the message sent in this advertisement.
"This advert makes light of the use of performance enhancing drugs in sport and sends the completely wrong message that the use of drugs in sport is normal.
"This advertising campaign belittles the achievements of clean athletes and denigrates those who work to protect clean sport across the world.
"ASADA has lodged a complaint about the advert with the relevant authority."
However, Sportsbet does not plan to withdraw the ad, and said it was "injecting some humour into advertising", the Guardian reported.
A spokesman for the firm said: "We’ve received overwhelmingly positive support from the public and they see it for what it is, a tongue-in-cheek joke."


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1 Free Naruto Art Style AI Coloring Pages
Welcome to our AI Image Website's aggregation page dedicated to the 'Naruto Art Style'. This curated collection showcases a vibrant array of approximately 1 AI-generated images, all available for free download. The assortment includes a rich variety of media types such as stock photos, 3D objects, vectors, and illustrations, each embodying the dynamic and distinctive aesthetic of the Naruto universe. Each image can be downloaded in high resolution, ensuring quality that meets your creative needs. Furthermore, our innovative 'open in editor' feature on the image detail page empowers users to tweak the prompt and regenerate their desired images, offering a personalized touch to your Naruto-inspired creations.

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I can’t think of two more beautiful people to be getting married at one of my favorite venues. The historic Saratoga Hall of Springs is such a magnificent and classic building right in the heart of Saratoga Springs, New York. This is where I met Jessica and Ejub for the first time on their wedding day. Jessica and Ejub lead extremely busy lives. Jessica owns and runs a hair salon and Ejub works as a pharmacist. So they planned their wedding photography with me remotely. I was welcomed into the day with warm smiles and the ever present anticipation of a wedding ceremony.
The ceremony took place by the reflecting pool that is located in the center of the grand lawn. The sun was shining and everyone was taking in the perfection of weather. After the beautiful vows were stated, Jessica and Ejub were married and the joy on their faces were boasting. Everyone then passed through the magnificent pillars into the grand ballroom to get the party started.
The reception was filled with heart felt toasts, fairytale dances, and delicious food. The drinks were pouring and the party began with DJ Mike Garrasi from Music Man Entertainment. The dance floor was packed as people enjoyed today’s hits as well as music from Bosnia. Jessica and Ejub had the time of their lives and I’m so happy for their new journey together as husband and wife. Congratulations!!!
Wedding Dress: Kleinfeld’s // Preparation Venue: Hilton Garden Inn Saratoga Springs // Ceremony & Reception Venue: Saratoga Hall of Springs // Catering: Mazzone Hospitality // Videography: Sky Media 518 // Entertainment: Music Man Entertainment: DJ Mike Garrasi


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Soft Tissues Explained: Know Your Tendon's From Your Ligaments!
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Posted Sep 18, 2021 at 08:16
Normally, when I introduce myself to clients coming for their first myofascial appointment, I say that in this treatment we focus on soft tissues.
Last week I had a client that asked me: ‘ So the tendons and ligaments, I always get them mixed up.’I thought it was a great question and I love when people want to learn more about their body. Let’s have a look then at some basic stuff about soft tissues.
Generally ‘soft tissues’ term is commonly used to describe muscles, tendons, ligaments and fascia. But in fact there are more soft tissues in our body such as skin, fat, all the smooth muscles, blood vessels and so on. When it comes to the myofascial treatment what we mean by soft tissues is what we directly affect which is muscles, tendons, ligaments and fascia.
Muscles are the engine of the movement but also their role is to protect joints. Therefore it is important that muscles are strong but flexible enough to allow for full range of motion in the joint. Weakness in muscles can easily lead to injury and you don’t even need to do anything extreme. For example, weak abdominal muscles can easily lead to lower back pain by encouraging forward leaning posture and less stability when bending, lifting anything or even simply walking. Muscles are made of muscle fibres that can easily stretch and contract.
Fascia is another type of soft tissue. It is a type of connective tissue that surrounds and holds every muscle, organ, blood vessel, bone and nerve fibres in place. It not only supports integrity of the whole organism, but also due to its elasticity allows for smooth movement. It is made of multiple layers that, if in good condition, glide easily and stretch as you move. However, postural issues, some chemical imbalances, dehydration, stress, trauma, repetitive movement, lack of movement, all that can make fascia less stretchy and therefore cause pain and restrictions throughout the body.
Ligaments are tough bands of connective tissue with a lot of strong collagen fibres that attach bone to bone and help stabilize joints. Ligaments have only a few elastic fibres, to allow them to stretch enough to enable the joint to move but their main role is to restrict excessive movement of the joint. Pain deep in the joint, in the passive range of motion (when someone does the movement for you), very often means that there may be some damage to the ligament. Ligaments take a long time to heal.
When a ligament is overstretched or torn, this is called a sprain.
Tendons are also made of strong collagen fibres and elastin. They have more give in them than the ligaments but are not as stretchy as muscles. Tendons attach muscles to bones. When muscle contracts it tugs on the tendon which is attached to the bone which allows movement. For example when biceps contracts it tugs on the tendon that inserts into the radius bone in the forearm, allowing you to bend your elbow.
Overstretched or torn tendons are known as strains. Very common tendon injury is also tendonitis which can happen as a result of overuse and the muscle of that tendon being hypertonic. Tendons also help to absorb some of the impact muscles take as they spring into action.
The musculotendinous junction, the place where the muscle turns into tendon is a common area of injuries.
Hopefully, that explains the very basics of soft tissues. One of the best things you can do to keep them all healthy and functioning at an optimal level is to get adjusted, to make sure that the muscles are fired by the nervous system right and get a massage to release tension, get rid of knots and trigger points.
If you would like to learn more, why not get in touch with us and get yourself booked for initial consultation with one of our clinicians.

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When you think of shelter pets, glitz and glam are two things that probably don’t come to mind. But glamour shots are helping show some Texas shelter pets in a new light—and get them adopted.
Online retailer Chewy has teamed up with Prairie Paws Adoption Center in Grand Prairie, Texas, and Tri-City Animal Shelter in Cedar Hill, Texas, to treat shelter pets to professional glamour shots. The aim is to showcase the pets’ personalities and increase their chances of adoption.
“Glamour shots really humanizes the process of adoption for people,” says Shanae Grounds, production coordinator at Chewy’s Dallas studio.The photo shoots take place in furnished living rooms, kitchens, mudrooms and outdoor settings. Switching from a shelter setting to a home setting is sometimes all someone needs to go, “Hey, that could be my cat! That could be my living room!”
“No matter how good we are at taking the pictures here [at the shelter], [the dogs] are in a kennel and it doesn’t have that homey environment,” says Shelly Meeks, assistant manager at Tri-City Animal Shelter. “The family room setting really helps set the tone.”
Plus, spending the day away from the shelter and in the spotlight gives the animals an opportunity to be captured in a relaxed setting where they feel happy and comfortable.
“I love these glamour shots, and I think that more shelters should have them,” Meeks says. “It helps everything.”
Read on to learn about the glamour shots process and how it has improved animal adoption rates at the shelters.
How Are the Shelter Pets Picked for These Glamour Shots?
In addition to starring in their very own glamour shots, the adoptable animals are featured in Chewy product photo shoots and other studio productions. That means the shelter pets are selected based on Chewy’s photography needs as well as which animals might need the most help getting adopted.
“Overall, I try and focus on appearance and find what animals would suit whatever product and [production] set we are working on that day,” says Grounds. “We also take into account any cats or dogs that have been at the shelter for the longest, as we want to help them get adopted.”
Grounds estimates they’ve worked with more than 150 shelter animals since they started the partnership about a year ago. And there are plenty more opportunities for these adoptable pets to get picked since the studio utilizes animals from both shelters at least two to three times a week.
What’s the Process Like?
The studio waits until the very end of the day to snag these photos so the shelter pets can have time to get acclimated and comfortable in the studio environment.
“Most times when the shelter pets arrive at our studio for the day, they are a little timid and nervous, which is totally understandable,” Ground says. “After some TLC and socialization, almost all of the pets open up and show their true colors.”
Ground describes it as being an emotional experience.
“Some of these animals have never set foot on a couch before, or gotten to roll around on a fuzzy rug and get belly rubs,” she says.
What Has Been the End Result?
The shelters post the glamour shots on their social media pages or on their websites as part of the pets’ profile pages to help attract potential adopters. Both organizations reported an increase in adoption rates as a result of these fab photo shoots, especially when it comes to cats.
“People come to the shelter to see specific cats that had their glamour shots taken,” says Thelma Zepeda, a dispatcher at . “We just had a 14-year-old cat get adopted after we posted his photo on Facebook. That is one of my favorite stories.”
Meeks says Tri-City’s shelter has seen about a 20-percent increase in cat adoptions thanks to the glamour shots.
“Right now, we have five cats and last year we had 25 at the same time,” she says.
Glamour Shot Success Stories
Thelma Zepeda from Prairie Paws Adoption Center shared success stories about some of the lucky shelter pets who found their forever homes after having their glamour shots taken. Here are their stories.
Leroy came in as a stray in May 2017. He was a very loving and active fellow, but he wasn’t getting much attention from people that were looking for pets. Leroy completed the Dallas Sherriff Department Home for Hound Program where he learned basic commands such as sit, stay, down and roll over. While waiting for a long time to find his forever home, he became one of the shelter worker’s favorite pups. It wasn’t until after his Chewy photo shoot in January 2018 that he got adopted.
This beautiful lady came to Grand Prairie’s shelter as a stray; unfortunately, she was heartworm positive and 6 years old. Due to her age and medical issue, people were not interested in adopting her. She went for her Chewy photo shoot, and when she got back, her attitude shifted for the better. She was so happy to get a break from her dog kennels for the day. A lady came looking for a younger pet, but when she saw how happy Jill was, she decided to visit and take her home. Jill waited two months to get adopted and is now heartworm negative.
Mr. Alley Cat
Mr. Alley Cat came to the shelter as an owner surrender. An elderly man had inherited his sister’s pets after her passing. He was not able to care for all the pets and was heartbroken to bring the 14-year-old cat to the shelter because he feared the worst. Mr. Alley Cat was overlooked in his kennel by visitors due to his age. After he went to the Chewy photo shoot, the shelter used his picture on Facebook to advertise spring adoptions. A family fell in love with his picture and came as soon as they could to take him home. His family loves him and couldn’t have hoped for a better cat.
Belle was adopted as a puppy, but was later neglected by her owners. She spent most of her puppy life fearful of people while roaming loose on the streets. She also had a neck injury and was heartworm positive. Belle was trapped by an animal services officer and brought in for a second chance. She was fostered by a Prairie Paws Adoption Center supervisor for a couple of months until she became trustful. She was a special case and became a staff favorite. A family saw her picture from the Chewy photo shoot, fell in love and waited at the door the next morning for the shelter to open to meet Belle. She was adopted and is now heartworm negative.
D’Artagnan (known in the shelter as Mickey)
Mickey came to the shelter as a stray in August 2017. He was a little shy in the kennels, so not a lot of people wanted to visit with him. After a long month of waiting, Chewy took him in for a photo shoot. That was when he found his forever home. His new owner, who happened to be a Chewy employee, knew from the very first moment that he looked at Mickey that this shy boy was meant to be in his home forever.
Lindsay Page, BeChewy Associate Editor
The moment Lindsay started her career here at Chewy, she hit the ground running in customer service; she knew that this is the company she wanted to grow with from then on. When Lindsay isn’t spending her time writing for BeChewy, she’s most likely binge-watching a Netflix series with her husband and their 80-pound fur baby, Dexter.

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HUAJIAN feeder series is designed particularly for continuous use with any hard and abrasive materials.
They combine a robust frame design with high feeding capacity and a limited overall height. These features make it ideal for operation in restricted space, and in both stationary and mobile plants.
Vibrating Feeder Features and Benefits
1. stable and long span life
2. easy to adjust
3. reliable operation.
4. easy maintenance.
5. no pollution
Vibrating Feeder Operating principle
Vibrating feeder consists of vibrating frame, spring, vibrator, motor vibrating device and motor. The vibrator is made of two fixed eccentric shafts whose gears are jogged. When installation, the two gears must be jogged according to the sign. Through drive of the motor, the two eccentric shafts start rotating to produce a linear huge power which forces the feeder to vibrate. Through the vibration, The materials will slip and sling on the funnel, moving forward, when the materials pass the screening part, smaller parts will fall down, avoiding the further crushing, so screening purpose can be reached.
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Our beloved Wild Threads Literary Festival IS BACK!
We are so incredibly proud to announce that the Wild Threads Literary Festival is returning with its 3rd edition, presenting four days of signature events, workshops, write-ins, open mics, and even the addition of Brunchy Sunday Readings (featuring local band Inn Echo).
Among some of the featured artists coming to the Island this year will be Canadian icon Peter Mansbridge, CBC’s The Debaters host Steve Patterson, and award winning writers Fareh Malik & Rebecca Thomas (among many others!). This year's Wild Threads Literary Festival will be scattered throughout the Charlottetown area and will be offering workshops and events to local writers and literary fans from September 15-18th.
As a special "welcome back!" to the festival, on Thursday, September 15th, everyone is welcome to the Wild Threads Literary Festival’s opening reception — a chance to mingle with the artistic team and presenters! Immediately following this, Wild Threads is proud to present an In-Conversation with Peter Mansbridge, hosted by PEI’s own CBC television darling, Louise Martin. This event is brought to you by Simon & Schuster and PEI’s well-loved independent bookstore The Bookmark. This event will be FREE for the public to enjoy!
On Friday, September 16th, our featured event will in celebration of the immense talent of Black writers on the Island with the presentation of the Black Voices Writers’ Circle at the new Charlottetown Library Learning Centre. Through R&B, Hip-Hop, poetry and storytelling, this experience aims to highlight the many ways in which Black writers express themselves within their own community and the world while celebrating their artistic and literary genius. This event will be showcasing poet Eberechi Okwuwolu, musical guest stars the Umbrella Collective, local hip-hop star Vince The Messenger, and R&B powerhouse singer Kierrah.
Saturday, September 17th at Wild Threads is dedicated to comedy writing! This day will host events such as a Fireside Chat between CBC’s The Debaters’ host Steve Patterson and local author & comedian Patrick Ledwell about Patterson's most recent book Dad Up! Long-Time Comedian. First Time Father. Saturday's festivities will also feature a comedy show that same evening hosted by the PEI Writer's Guild's own Executive Director Shawn Hogan, a guest appearance by This Hour Has 22 Minutes writer Meg MacKay, with additional performances from Patrick Ledwell and headlined by Steve Patterson.
Workshops during the weekend will include publishing powerhouse Lesley Choyce of Pottersfield Press, who will give an address “Creating Memorable Characters”, and Genevieve Loughlin of Pownal Street Press, who will speak on “Bringing Your Book to Market”. A third option for workshops will include PEI’s own fisherman and writer Chris Bailey, who will discuss process and production in poetry, whether your medium is the city or the sea. The PEI Writers’ Guild is also happy to host two Write-In events, for writers who are looking to meet others and to commune with their works-in-progress. The first will take place on the Thursday and the second will take place on the Friday, both happening at the beautiful Gallery Cafe & Bistro in Charlottetown.
Sunday’s events will close with a “Brunchy Sunday Readings, featuring Palestinian poet Fareh Malik, Nova Scotia’s brilliant indigenous writer, Rebecca Thomas and musical guests Inn Echo. Writers and creators are then invited to sign-up for the Wild Threads Open Mic, hosted by founder and longtime member of the PEI Writers’ Guild, Laurie Brinklow.
The Wild Threads Festival is presented by The PEI Writers’ Guild and funded in part by Innovation PEI as well as the PEI Events Innovation Fund. “We’re very pleased to have a lot more publishers on board this year,” says Artistic Director, Mo Duffy Cobb, “Simon & Schuster, Penguin Random House, Mawenzi House, Nimbus Publishing and Pownal Street Press.” Special thanks to the PEIWG’s Wild Threads Steering Committee and PEI’s independent bookstore, the Bookmark.
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5 World Champions join the Great Britain team to compete at the 2015 European short course championships.
Current 100m breaststroke world record holder Adam Peaty (GBR) takes on the field in Dubai on Day 2 of the World Cup.
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Katinka Hosszu has been named to the European All Stars’ Duel in the Pool roster, putting any number of events at risk.
The National coaching staff will have a lot of flexibility and discretion on who, and how many, athletes to assign to the team.
World Record holder Adam Peaty will aim for a first ever European Championships Short Course medal in December.
Great Britain’s selection system will cut the team’s size, sure, but it shouldn’t affect any clear medal hopefuls and gives the federation flexibility to put together a roster it feels good about, two major pluses in Olympic selection.
The British Swimming Team signed off from their most successful World Championship campaign with a total of nine medals including five golds and two world records.
The British team of 29 athletes features the likes of Commonwealth and European Champions Adam Peaty, Jazz Carlin, Ross Murdoch, Siobhan-Marie O’Connor and Chris Walker-Hebborn.
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The High Court in Belfast has ruled that Northern Ireland's strict abortion laws are incompatible with human rights legislation.
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Dawn Purvis is the former director of the Marie Stopes clinic.
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Sarah Ewart travelled to England for an abortion because her baby had no chance of survival.
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If you haven’t already know, the M Division of BMW are the division in the company which always give the base versions their extra sportier ‘evil twin brother’ persona. This is what they have been doing for the past 38 years or so since they first launched the BMW M Sport then. But that is another piece of story altogether and here we are looking at one of the latest offerings by this division. The thing is, putting the M in a coupe or a sedan is one thing but on a huge SAV (Sports Activity Coupe) like this, well, this is humongous. To a certain extent, this really tells you just how crazy the people in BMW are, and with this release, you know it is going to be out of this world.
So what does the X6 M actually gives you? To begin with, power. The original X6 xDrive50i engine is what they have modified here boosting out a 555 horsepower at 6,000 rpm and a maximum torque of 608Nm from its 4,395cc V8 engine and a 6 speed automatic transmission gearbox with paddle shifters if you want to go manual on this one. This is a whooping 150 horses more than the original version. Whichever direction you are coming from, getting you from zero to hundred in 4.7 seconds means this SUV is one sporty machine.
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When financial obligations begin to stack up around you and you cannot make your routine monthly payments on time or perhaps at all, you may be faced with an extremely demanding situation. To make things even worse, you will be rejected credit from other lending institutions since you cannot pay the credit you currently have. If that wasn’t bad enough, you will likewise have rude, angry and threatening letters and phone calls from your creditors, demanding that you pay them exactly what is owed. Check this site out.
As these problems intensify, so do your bills. The problem with lots of consumer financial obligations or unsecured credit is the interest rates are so high that, even if you are keeping up with your very little month-to-month payments, chances are that you will never ever pay off your financial obligations anyhow. If the interest wasn’t bad enough, once you begin to fall behind in your payments or you obtain above the limit on your charge card, you are most likely to end up paying a whole host of other extra costs, such as late payment and over the limitation charges.
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Playing for the first time at the Makelékélé gymnasium in his hometown of Brazzaville was a dream for Serge Ibaka. Partnering with Cowbell, the first Cowbell Ibaka games took place in the summer of 2016. From early in the morning to late in the afternoon, basketball fans and neighbors of Brazzaville had the chance to participate in different activities and to see Serge play in person for the first time.
In the morning, 300 boys and girls from local orphanages participated in a basketball clinic and in recreational activities in the outdoor area of the gymnasium. Cowbell provided lunch and drinks for everybody, and different local performers put on a show for the audience including Serge Ibaka. Six different orphanages received Cowbell dairy products for a whole year and the kids were excited to received the news from Serge himself.
In the afternoon, everybody went inside the gym for the first Cowbell Ibaka Games All Star Game. Two teams comprised of local players from Brazzaville participated in the exhibition game with Serge Ibaka. The Orlando Magic star played one half with each team and told the media that: “it is a dream come true to play in front of my friends, family and fellow people of Brazzaville, and put on a show for people to enjoy and have fun“.
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Justin Timberlake The 20/20 Experience Volume 1.
Overall, the album is easy to listen to. Justin has this smooth voice that can transport you to the crooners of yesteryear and yet he has these beats that keep you grounded to the here and now. Suit and Tie is easily one of the best singles on the radio right now. His second single, Mirrors, is also breaking up the monotony of back to back Rihanna songs on every station.
Justin has this sound that is different than what most artist are doing in Pop music right now, but his core song inspirations have remained true to the persona he has created for himself though his solo career. Each song is meant to woo this beautiful young thing that has the potential to be his one true love. Each song pounds this message into your head and I am sure that it will be a hit, but perhaps I expect more.
For the guys listening, Justin paints a picture that he is a suave Don Juan type and that by wearing fancy clothes and having swag he can sway any woman he wants into his bed. The women listening are all too eager to be pursued and equally eager to jump. It is a tried and true formula to selling millions of albums. What is the saying? Women want him and men want to be him.
There is one song which I have to skip each time I listen to it, but who knows it may grow on me, Strawberry Bubblegum. Justin sings to a girl who he affectionately names Strawberry Bubble Gum and he in turn refers to himself as her Blueberry lollipop. It was a major let down due to the silliness of it. I felt like Andy Samberg was going to cameo at any moment. It was the same disappointment I felt continually while listening to Bruno Mars’ Unorthodox Jukebox. I hope this trend dies out soon, but so far no luck. I mean it has been 5 years since Lil’ Wayne compared himself to Fred Flintstone and told women he was going to make their BedRock…
Some of you are shaking your heads and wondering if I have even listened to Mirrors right about now. It is probably the only song where a clear maturity has made its way through the veil of his beautiful voice. It is a sweet song that may have been penned around the time JT married and lost any single man cred. The lyrics and melody are a beautiful ode to the love of his life and it has the ability to make anyone who listens to it swoon.
If you were hoping that the evolved sound would mean an overall maturity, I think you may be disappointed. If you want to take it at face value then you can have this on rotation while driving or kickin’ back with friends. As I said at the beginning it is an enjoyable listen, but perhaps the trite message will keep it from being his best album.
My top 3 tracks so far: Suit and Tie, Mirrors, and That Girl.
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Must Reads: Orange County goes blue, as Democrats complete historic sweep of its seven congressional seats
Gil Cisneros defeated Republican Young Kim on Saturday in the last of Orange County’s undecided House races, giving Democrats a clean sweep of the state’s six most fiercely fought congressional contests and marking an epochal shift in a region long synonymous with political conservatism.
With Cisneros’ victory, Democrats will constitute the entirety of Orange County’s seven-member congressional delegation, the first time since the 1930s that the birthplace of Richard Nixon, home of John Wayne and spiritual center of the Republican Party will have no GOP representative in the House.
“Sitting back in the 1960s, I would never have believed this would happen,” said Stuart K. Spencer, a party strategist who spent more than half a century ushering Republicans, including President Reagan, into office.
But noting the extensive demographic and political changes that have taken place — especially over the last two decades — “it’s pretty understandable,” Spencer said.
Cisneros’ victory, after more than a week of counting mail-in and other outstanding ballots, will give Democrats 45 of the state’s 53 House seats and mark a new low for the flailing Republican Party, which dominated the state and its politics for much of California’s history.
The result also caps a highly successful Democratic midterm election. The loss of the GOP’s last four Orange County seats and two more farther north raises to 38 the number Democrats have gained nationwide, more than enough to seize control of the House when lawmakers are sworn into office in January.
The Democratic takeover was not unexpected, coming at a time of sagging approval ratings for President Trump and fervent energy on the political left.
It’s the Republican wipeout in Orange County, a wellspring of conservatism that nourished generations of state and national party leaders, that stands as a shock. Many never thought they would see a day when its expansive suburban tracts were anything but flaming Republican red.
“A huge deal,” said Eileen Padberg, a veteran GOP strategist who recently shed her affiliation out of frustration with Trump and the national party.
Likening the GOP’s hegemony to a dictatorship, Padberg said that for as long as she could recall, “If you wanted contracts, if you wanted a job, you had to be a Republican.”
But, she said, as Orange County changed — growing younger, more diverse, more socially tolerant — most of its Republican lawmakers failed to change with it. “They focused only on their right-wing base,” Padberg said, “and didn’t do a good job problem-solving.”
Trump, who lost Orange County to Hillary Clinton in 2016, was no help, weighing down Republican incumbents and challengers alike.
Kim was typical. Although the former state lawmaker offered an attractive political profile as a Korean American immigrant in a heavily Asian American district, she was never able to shed — though she tried — her attachment to Trump, his pugnacious persona and divisive policies.
Cisneros, a Navy veteran and lottery winner who invested a chunk of his fortune in the campaign, will succeed retiring 12-term Republican Rep. Ed Royce in the 39th Congressional District, which straddles Orange, San Bernardino and Los Angeles counties.
Democrats also ousted Mimi Walters, a two-term Republican who lost in inland Orange County to Katie Porter, and 15-term Republican Dana Rohrabacher, who lost his coastal Orange County seat to Harley Rouda.
Democrat Mike Levin will replace retiring nine-term GOP Rep. Darrell Issa in the seat along the southern Orange and northern San Diego county coasts. Democrats also picked up the seats of two-term incumbent Steve Knight, who lost to Katie Hill, on the northern outskirts of Los Angeles, and Republican Jeff Denham, who surrendered his San Joaquin Valley seat after four terms to Josh Harder.
In a state unaccustomed to competitive congressional races, the contests were a (not always welcome) revelation. In the four tightly contested Orange County races alone, the spending topped $130 million; voters were bombarded with scathing TV ads and a ceaseless barrage of phone calls, text messages and doorknockers.
Democrats outspent Republicans by a wide margin, warning of cuts to Medicare and Social Security and pounding GOP incumbents for voting to repeal the Affordable Care Act. The Democrats also hammered Republicans for siding with Trump on his tax overhaul, which threatens to hurt many Orange County residents by limiting federal deductions for state and local taxes.
“In the cradle of the Reagan Tax Revolt, Democrats flipped the script on Republicans,” Drew Godinich, a strategist with the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, wrote in an after-election report.
The committee played an important role in helping to turn Orange County blue. Staffers took up residence starting last year, and strategists helped cull the crowd of Democrats in some races and locked down Issa’s district early by targeting the strongest GOP candidate and elbowing him aside in the June primary.
For Republicans in Orange County, the decline happened slowly, then all at once.
The right-wing conservatism that the nation would come to know emerged after World War II, as small farming communities boomed, with families working at new military bases and aerospace firms. Those residents — many part of the white flight from Los Angeles County, others from the Midwest and the South — were naturally conservative Cold Warriors, whether they were Republican or Dixie Democrats.
Most owned homes and resented high taxes. They were Christians whose social circles often revolved around church. And they wanted none of the cultural and racial foment that was developing in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
They were mobilized by virulently anti-communist rhetoric at rallies, in church, school and John Birch Society meetings, and by the county’s daily newspaper, the Register, which saw as many communist plots to take over America and brainwash its citizens as Birchers did.
So while Orange County was in many ways the vision of bland suburban calm, its voters sent fiery right-wing politicians to Washington and Sacramento. And their sometimes outlandish, often bigoted statements — from Reps. James Utt in the 1960s to Bob Dornan in the 1980s — gave the county a reputation for political eccentricity.
Eventually the enticements that drew white newcomers at midcentury — good schools, safe neighborhoods — began to attract people with roots all over the world. Vietnamese refugees settled in Westminster and Garden Grove. Chinese and Iranian families moved to Irvine. Koreans took up in Buena Park, Fullerton, Garden Grove and Irvine.
A building boom in south Orange County brought in thousands of blue-collar Latinos to work construction and service jobs and lured middle-class Latinos into northern parts of the county.
The result was a backlash, manifested most notably in the 1994 passage of Proposition 187, which sought to bar illegal immigrants from schools, hospitals and other government services before it was struck down in court. Tellingly, the statewide initiative was hatched by Huntington Beach resident Barbara Coe, with help from her congressman, Rohrabacher.
He didn’t have to worry about the subsequent empowerment of Latinos, fired by outrage over the controversial measure; his seat was still safely white and Republican. But his neighboring congressman, Dornan, did. In a fierce 1996 contest, Dornan lost his increasingly Latino and Democratic district to Loretta Sanchez, an upset seen as a significant rip in the so-called Republican “Orange Curtain.”
At the same time, as the high-tech sector boomed, the county began drawing more highly educated people from across the country, who brought their Democratic leanings along with them.
“The employees living in Irvine changed,” said Councilwoman Melissa Fox, who first moved to the city in 1984. “If you’re pulling people from MIT as opposed to Alabama, you’re pulling from a less-conservative population.”
There are still areas where hard-right politics can be mainstream, in cities like Yorba Linda — Nixon’s birthplace — San Clemente and Mission Viejo. But dislike for Trump hastened the rising countywide Democratic tide, and party strategists seized the moment.
“If Hillary Clinton would have won in 2016, these seats would still be Republican,” said UC Irvine politics professor Matthew Beckmann, noting the virtual certainty of the party in the White House losing seats in a president’s first midterm election.
Which raises a question: Will Orange County stay Democratic blue, or at least a more competitive shade of purple?
“It’s going to take a couple more election cycles before we know,” Spencer, the longtime GOP strategist, said. “But it’s a sign to me that things are going south for Republicans and if they don’t change the way they do things, they’re going to go even further south.”
Either way, he said, “This election is one hell of a wake-up call for the Republican Party in California.”
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Navy Secretary Ray Mabus announced on Wednesday a proposal to double the time for paid maternity leave and other family friendly incentives that will attract and keep top-performing women.
"Some of the initiatives aimed at retaining women include doubling paid maternity leave to 12 weeks, longer child-care hours, an updated co-location policy for dual military couples and opportunities like the career intermission program, which allows sailors to take time off to pursue educational or other personal goals," USA Today reported.
These proposed incentives stand in stark contrast with the parental leave options offered by most organizations and companies in the United States. Recently released reports show that the U.S. and Papua New Guinea are the only two nations to not guarantee paid maternity leave for working mothers, while Hungary and Slovakia give 160 or more paid weeks of leave, according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Among nations in the OECD, the U.S. ranks lowest with zero weeks of paid leave guaranteed for working mothers. Every other nation-member of the OECD, as well as Latvia and Lithuania, which are not members, guarantees at least 12 weeks of paid leave.
Slovakia offers the most paid parental leave, with 164 weeks guaranteed, according to the OECD.
For working women in the U.S., potential repercussions like that of being moved in the company or let go, are serious worries when requesting maternity leave, Bloomberg reported.
John Oliver, host of "Last Week Tonight," spoke on Mother's Day about how lack of guaranteed maternity leave can cause problems for American families. He delved into the effects it can have on working women's careers, well-being and families.
"In America, there is nothing we wouldn't do for moms — apart from one major thing," which is paid maternity leave, Oliver said in the clip that attracted a lot of attention online.
The Family and Medical Leave Act allows employees up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave annually in the U.S. for those who have worked for their employer at least 12 months, including at least 1,250 hours during the most recent 12 months.
FMLA applies to workers at all government agencies and schools nationwide, as well as private companies with 50 or more employees, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.
In January, legislation was introduced in Congress that would give federal workers six weeks of paid leave related to the birth or adoption of a child, the Washington Post reported.
"This bill will go a long way toward creating a more family friendly workplace, which is needed by America's workers. In addition to reducing turnover, paid parental leave can lead to increased productivity, better morale and reduced absenteeism," said National Treasury Employees Union president Colleen Kelley, in a statement.
Unpaid maternity leave will likely become more of a workplace issue since more women are becoming the breadwinners for their families. Forty percent of all households in the U.S. with children under the age of 18 have mothers who are the sole or primary source of income for the family, according to the Pew Research Center.
Paternity leave for fathers is also something parents are fighting for. Advocates say that allowing men to take leave could not only help working mothers with the task of taking care of a new child, but also change the stigmatizing of women's availability and ability in the work environment.
Paid leave for parents when children are born is not the only leave not guaranteed in the U.S. Parents are also not guaranteed any paid vacation days, which are often the days parents use when unable to obtain enough parental leave, or care for sick children.
According to the Center for Economic and Policy Research, every developed nation besides the U.S. provides anywhere from 10 to 30 paid vacation days, with many also offering paid holidays.
Vox reported that the center also found that the U.S. is one of 22 developed countries with no guarantee of paid sick days, either.
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Business Insider has revealed a map that shows the product people in each state just can't live without.
When shopping online, people can go a little crazy when it comes to spending. It's just so easy! Just a couple clicks, and it's delivered right to your door, which makes sense why people leave some of their more embarrassing and interesting purchases to the interwebs...
Walmart revealed the data on Wednesday (August 16th). Indiana loves to have some clean-a** hands, New Jersey is still out here working on their pecs, and Nevada has a thing for... canned pumpkin??
And it looks like California has an allergy problem. Zyrtec for DAAAYYYSSS.
Check out the full map below:
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