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Day: March 6, 2020

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Swinging a Wrecking Ball with a Helicopter to Remove Unstable Rock

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In this informative clip, the Norwegian Public Road Administration clears a potential rockfall debris prior to establishing an additional rockfall barrier fence. This was done in order to protect highway 70 in Western Norway. The helicopter sledgehammer was preformed by the Airlift AS, and the fence wast built by Betongrenovering AS. Read more: https://twistedsifter.com/videos/swinging-a-wrecking-ball-with-a-helicopter-to-remove-unstable-rock/

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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer endorses Biden ahead of state’s key primary next Tuesday

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(CNN)Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, an emerging figure on the national political landscape, endorsed Joe Biden on Thursday, giving the former vice president a boost days ahead of his showdown with Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in her state’s primary. Sanders defeated Hillary Clinton in Michigan in 2016, a win that rejuvenated his campaign at the time and turned the Democratic race into a long slog. In 2018, Whitmer — whose campaign slogan was “Fix the damn roads” — defeated the Sanders-endorsed Abdul El-Sayed in the gubernatorial primary, and went on to…

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“I Dont Buy Organic Anything. Mama & Daddy LIKE Screen Time”: Mom Says the Perfect Mom Club Is Overrated

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ShareTweetPin “I don’t buy organic anything. My kid drinks Winn Dixie brand whole milk. Seldom a day goes by that my son doesn’t eat a cookie, a Little Debbie cake, or a pack of gummies (that counts as fruit, right?). My kid doesn’t wear Boutique brand bubbles or designer shoes. We roll up to day care in hand-me-downs and consignment specials. Oh and Cat and Jack head to toe (where you at Target mamas!?) ⠀ You can’t walk through my front door without tripping over a toy train or a…

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Secret Service changing Biden protection plans after rally scare

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(CNN)The Secret Service is working through plans to provide protection to presidential candidates after protesters stormed the stage of former Vice President Joe Biden‘s victory rally in Los Angeles late Tuesday in a harrowing scene. Presidential candidates historically receive Secret Service details during the primary season as their crowd sizes and the possibility of threats swells. A candidate must typically ask for the protection to initiate an approval process that includes sign-off from congressional leaders and the Homeland Security chief, although federal guidelines allow the process to begin absent a…

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Amid Escalating Syrian Carnage, Turkey Shoots Down Assads Planes

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GAZIANTEP, TurkeyOver the last several days Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoan has pulled out all the stops in his attempts to deal with the Syrian crisis, even shooting down fighter jets from the Assad regime air force. It's a very high-risk strategy in a complicated conflict that's less a chess match than a game of deadly tic-tac-toe, with every option blocked until nobody wins. Erdoan's campaign is an attempt to exert maximum pressure on his two purported allies, the adversaries Russia and the United States, using the Americans to influence…

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Facebook to remove misleading Trump ‘census’ ads

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Presidents re-election campaign had sponsored misleading ads, which actually linked to Republican fundraising site Facebook has announced it will remove a series of misleading ads from Donald Trumps re-election campaign. The Trump Make America Great Committee posted 2,000 iterations of an ad this week, asking users to respond to the Official Congressional District Census. Instead of information at the Census Bureau, however, the posts linked to a once-in-a-decade event that seeks to count every person in the country, with drastic consequences for resource allocation and government representation nationwide. Trumps campaign…

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Comedian/Activist Legally Changes Name to Hugo Boss to Take on Fashion House

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When the comedian, formerly known as Joe Lycett, heard that fashion house Hugo Boss was sending cease and desist letters to charities and small businesses who were using the word ‘BOSS’ in their name, he turned his outrage into action. It’s clear that @HUGOBOSS HATES people using their name. Unfortunately for them this week I legally changed my name by deed poll and I am now officially known as Hugo Boss. All future statements from me are not from Joe Lycett but from Hugo Boss. Enjoy. (2/2) pic.twitter.com/IlDoCrfmaO — Hugo…

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Millions Of Years Ago A Tiny Marsupial Lion Stalked The Ancient Rainforests of Austalia

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Long before the time of humans, this small but deadly marsupial lion raised hell in the ancient rainforests of Australia. Some 24 million years later, researchers have taken a second look at fossilized remains of this unusual marsupial lion and discovered it actually belongs to a never-before-seen genus of animals. The remains of the marsupial lion were first discovered in the late 1980s at the Riversleigh World Heritage Area in Queensland and were initially believed to belong to a carnivorous marsupial, Priscileo roskellyae. Reporting in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, researchers from…

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Enrique Iglesias and Ricky Martin announce joint 2020 tour

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(CNN)Ricky Martin and Enrique Iglesias will embark on a North American tour together in 2020. View this post on Instagram Tickets for the shows go on sale March 12. Martin has an album set for release in late 2020. Iglesias welcomed his third baby with Anna Kournikova in February. Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/05/entertainment/enrique-iglesias-ricky-martin-tour-trnd/index.html

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A World Map of the Oldest Company in Every Country (Still in Business)

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click map (or here) to see full size resolution Business Financing UK recently published this interesting map that shows the oldest company in (almost) every country that is still in business today. The oldest company on the list, KongÅ Gumi in Japan, has been operating since 578 AD! You can see the full resolution map here, as well as close-up maps of regions around the globe below. As for the methodology, Business Financing says: To create these maps, we started by reviewing various sources on the internet to locate the…

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