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Musician Name: Young Thug Birthday / Location: August 16, 1991 / Sylvan Hills, Atlanta, Georgia, United States Main instrument: Trap Music Musician Awards & Nominations: Here Best Performance: Best Friend Other Information: - Musician Picture:
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Music title: I'm a believer Signer: Weezer Release date: ? Official YouTube link:
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The San Francisco 49ers injury issues got a little more clarity on Wednesday, as the team officially ruled out All-Pro left tackle Trent Williams to face the L.A. Rams on Thursday. And All-Pro edge rusher Nick Bosa is questionable after going through a limited walk-through on Wednesday. This is a must-win game for both teams — but mostly for the 49ers — so every name that’s in or out will be crucial. Williams has missed the last three games with an ankle injury. The 36-year-old with a gold jacket waiting for him in Canton has not played 16 in a season since 2013. Bosa has also missed the last three games, but it is not clear yet if he will also miss a fourth in a row. The 2022 Defensive Player of the Year has 7 sacks in 10 games this year. But in that time, former Rams edge rusher Leonard Floyd has stepped up in his place: Floyd has 4 sacks in the three games that Bosa has missed and he has a team-leading 8.5 sacks on the season. He’s on track to set a new career-high for sacks if he can add 2.5 more to his tally in the final four games. The 49ers have been starting Jaylon Moore, a 2021 fifth round out of Western Michigan, at tackle in Williams’ absence. San Francisco beat the Bears last week 38-13, but the 49ers haven’t won back-to-back games in consecutive weeks all season long. The 49ers did beat the Cowboys and Bucs in back-to-back games, but they had a bye in between those. 49ers rule out star player, list another as questionable
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OTTAWA — The premier of Canada’s largest province is threatening to cut energy exports to the United States in response to President-elect Donald Trump's threats of 25 percent tariffs. Doug Ford issued the warning after a meeting of Canada’s provincial premiers that was hosted by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Parliament Hill on Wednesday. “We will go to the extent of cutting off their energy — going down to Michigan, going down to New York State and over to Wisconsin. I don’t want this to happen, but my number one job is to protect Ontarians and Canadians as a whole,” Ford said after the meeting. “We need to be ready. We need to be ready to fight. This fight is coming 100 percent on Jan. 20th or Jan. 21.” Trump has threatened tariffs on all Canadian and Mexican imports on the first day of his presidency if the two countries don’t exercise better control over illegal immigration and drugs at their borders. Ottawa has tried to reassure the incoming Trump administration with statistics that show an extremely low level of fentanyl and people trafficking occurring at the northern border of the U.S. But heated rhetoric in recent days, with Trump trolling Trudeau on social media as the “governor” of a potential “51st” state has resonated in Ottawa ahead of the meeting of Trudeau and his provincial counterparts. Ontario premier threatens to cut off energy supply to US
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A humpback whale has stunned scientists with a journey that spanned three oceans and more than 8,000 miles, setting the record for the longest known migration between breeding grounds. Scientists behind the research, published Wednesday in the journal Royal Society Open Science, suggest that the odyssey may be linked to climate change — which is affecting ocean conditions and depleting food stocks — or possibly a shift in mating strategies. “Changing climatic and ocean conditions could be driving these migrations to new breeding grounds. It may also be a case that increased competition for mates or food is encouraging individuals to seek new opportunities,” said Darren Croft, professor of behavioral ecology at the U.K’s University of Exeter and executive director of the Center for Whale Research. The new research is an “incredible finding” that emphasizes the “remarkable distances” that this whale species travels, Croft told NBC News in an email on Wednesday. Some whale migration routes are known to exceed 5,000 miles between feeding and breeding grounds, and humpback whales in particular have some of the longest migrations of any mammal. But this whale went the extra mile — or thousand — in its quest. The whale was first photographed as part of a group in 2013 off the Pacific coast of Colombia, South America, by a dedicated research vessel. He was later identified in a similar area in 2017, but in 2022 he was spotted off the coast of Zanzibar, an island in the Indian Ocean that is 22 miles off the coast of east-central Africa. “To put it into perspective, this male covered a distance equivalent to swimming from London to Tokyo and then partway back,” said Croft. Ryan Reisinger, associate professor at the U.K.’s University of Southampton and the new report's handling editor, said that “it was really exciting” when he first saw the findings. The research provided “photographic evidence that confirmed humpback whales switch between breeding grounds,” he said in a telephone interview Wednesday. The exact reason behind this particularly long migration remains unclear. But it is understood that humpback whales travel annually from cooler feeding grounds in the summer where there is an abundance of food to warmer breeding grounds in the winter that are “more suitable for giving birth, but relatively scarce in food,” said Luke Rendell, a lecturer in biology at the U.K.’s University of St Andrews. The new findings are based on photos submitted to the citizen science website, happywhale.com, where researchers, whale watchers and members of the public map the movement of whales around the world’s oceans. “This creates a massive network of sensors, where people are observing and reporting” sightings of whales around the globe, Reisinger said. “Individual research teams can’t get everywhere they need to go, especially for marine mammals, which are difficult to observe,” Reisinger explained. The database uses artificial intelligence to analyze the submitted photos and identify individual whales based on their unique shapes and markings. The algorithm “uses the shape, pattern, and features of a whale’s tail,” known as a fluke, to identify individual whales, according to Happy Whale’s website. The organization claims that a humpback whale’s tail is so unique that there is a “97% to 99%” success rate for matching photos submitted for the species. Reisinger noted that scientists are uncertain whether new technology is simply providing more detailed insights into existing whale movements, or if the unusual patterns observed are indicative of environmental changes driven by climate change. Marine animals are undoubtedly facing shifts in their environment as ocean conditions change due to climate change, scientists say. How these changes will specifically affect migration patterns remains poorly understood, though. For example, the habitat of bowhead whales is closely linked to sea ice, which is rapidly melting due to climate change. These whales are thus being forced to alter their migration route, although "data on humpback whales and other species is not as comprehensive," Reisinger said. New technologies such as satellite remote sensing are also being used in research as whales can be seen from satellite imagery, Reisinger added. “These new sort of technologies, combined with our increasing footprint on the planet, actually can provide a lot of exciting data that we can use in research and academia,” he said. Whale stuns scientists by going to record-breaking lengths in search of a new breeding ground
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National Burger Day is May 28, and no fast-food chain knows burgers quite like McDonald's. In the 1970s, less than a decade into its operation under businessman Ray Kroc, McDonald's was already a thriving company that had served millions of customers. Richard and Maurice "Mac" McDonald opened the first McDonald's in 1940 as a barbecue restaurant, and Kroc opened its first franchise location in Des Plaines, Illinois, on April 15, 1955. That year, he also founded McDonald's System, Inc., which would become the McDonald's Corporation we know today. By 1958, McDonald's had sold 100 million burgers, and the restaurants had adopted a signature design style prominently featuring the chain's iconic "golden arches." In 1961, Kroc bought the McDonald brothers out, and by the 1970s, the company was going from strength to strength. Today, there are around 34,000 McDonald's locations around the world, but there are also new challenges. Consumers are being more cautious about their spending, so the brand's focus this year is on offering affordable meal options amid surging global food prices, its execs said in May. Photos show what it was like to eat at McDonald's in the 1970s
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The Oldsmobile 88, soon nicknamed â Rocket 88â due to its Rocket V8 engine, was first released in 1949. The 88 employed a number of mechanical elements which were new to Oldsmobile and GM. This included a revised version of the âA-bodyâ platform, which was also used on models such as the Chevrolet Chevelle and Pontiac Tempest, and the âRocketâ V8 engine, which started out as a 5.0-liter unit in the 88âs first generation and gradually increased in displacement until it was dropped from the lineup at the end of the modelâs eighth generation in 1985. When it was first introduced, the Oldsmobile 88 took the spot in the lineup that previously belonged to the 78, a model powered by an inline-eight engine. This curious inline engine type did not survive long afterward, with most straight-eights being retired in favor of alternate options by the mid-1950s. The 88 continued to be a po[CENSORED]r model throughout Oldsmobileâs heyday. However, in 1985, the beginning of the modelâs ninth (and second-to-last) generation brought about a considerable downsizing with the demise of the Rocket V8 and a conversion to front-wheel-drive. The model continued to exist throughout the 1990s but was a shadow of its former self, and was eventually discontinued in 1999. The last generation of the 88 is only notable for one piece of technological innovation found in the 1995 model, known as the Guidestar system, which was an on-board navigation unit and the first to be offered on a U.S. production vehicle. Remembering America's first muscle car, the Oldsmobile Rocket 88