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The guitar legend says he's "speechless" after hearing the news.Peter Frampton says news of his long-awaited Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction “hasn’t really sunk in yet.” But he’s still thrilled that the honor is upon him after 26 years of eligibility as a solo artist. “I think I’m a little bit in shock, and speechless,” Frampton tells Billboard with a laugh from his home in Nashville. “I never expected this. People always said, ‘You should be in.’ I said, ‘Eh, what is to be,’ y’know? So mixed emotions, because it’s something that I just never expected, whereas other...

Duane Eddy, the twangy, Grammy-winning rock guitarist who had Top 10 instrumental hits including “Rebel Rouser” and “Forty Miles of Bad Road” and scored with a version of Henry Mancini’s “Peter Gunn,” died Wednesday of cancer at a hospital in Franklin, TN, his wife Deed Abbate told The Associated Press. He had turned 86 last week. Eddy, who influenced generations of guitar legends including George Harrison, John Fogerty, Bruce Springsteen, Ritchie Blackmore, Mark Knopfler and The Ventures’ Don Wilson, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. Born on April 26, 1938, in Corning, NY, Eddy...

For years, the general population has believed that people with flat feet are more likely to develop future pain and musculoskeletal issues. The Cube takes a look at a study claiming that this isn't the case after all. The idea that having flat feet inevitably leads to pain or other musculoskeletal problems goes back centuries. It was revived during the second half of the 1900s, when US podiatrists popularised the notion of having ‘normal’ feet. This included the theory that not having a well-defined arch or a straight heel would make your feet abnormal and more prone to injury, because...

Sweden kicks off for spring with a traditional night of songs and bonfires on April 30. Walpurgis Night, “Valborg” in Swedish, is the last day of April, spent in celebration of spring and community spirit. Dating back to the Middle Ages, it was initially the Germans who brought the festive tradition to Sweden, in honour of the 8th century German saint, Walpurgis. In medieval times, April 30 marked the end of the administrative year; local merchants and craftsmen celebrated by dancing and singing in anticipation of spring. It was also a significant day for peasants and farmers, who attended the...

Nvidia's Jensen Huang was recently described as a boss who was "not easy to work with" by his employees. But the billionaire CEO seemed unaffected by it. In fact, he welcomed it. He said that the route to doing extraordinary things shouldn't be easy. In an interview on 60 Minutes, the correspondent Bill Whitaker some of the words employees of the leading software company had used to describe Huang: "Demanding, perfectionist, not easy to work for." Responding to this, the 61-year-old said those traits fitted him "perfectly." "It should be like that," he was as quoted saying by the Business...

Cranberry extracts appear to improve intestinal microbiota and help prevent chronic diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. A recent study reported beneficial effects after only four days of use. The research team showed that the polyphenols and oligosaccharides present in a cranberry extract boost the genus Bifidobacterium, associated with a reduced risk of diabetes and cardiometabolic diseases. "Normally, these bacteria are stimulated by dietary fiber consumption. We observed the same effect with cranberry extract with a dose almost 20 times lower," says Jacob Lessard-Lord. Cranberry extracts also stimulate the Akkermansia muciniphila bacterium, which plays an important role in the...

Adding a pre-ketone supplement—a component of a high-fat, low-carb ketogenic diet—to a type of cancer therapy in a laboratory setting was highly effective for treating prostate cancer, researchers found. Prostate cancer is resistant to a type of immunotherapy called immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) therapy. ICB therapy paves the way for our body's fighter cells, T cells, to kill the cancer. Murphy divided the models into different groups: immunotherapy alone, ketogenic diet alone, a pre-ketone supplement alone, the ketogenic diet with the immunotherapy, the supplement with the immunotherapy, and the control. While the immunotherapy alone had almost no effect on the...

Newly deciphered passages from a papyrus scroll that was buried beneath layers of volcanic ash after the AD79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius may have shed light on the final hours of Plato, a key figure in the history of western philosophy. In a groundbreaking discovery, the ancient scroll was found to contain a previously unknown narrative detailing how the Greek philosopher spent his last evening, describing how he listened to music played on a flute by a Thracian slave girl. Despite battling a fever and being on the brink of death, Plato – who was known as a disciple of...

Do you support their use against the university protestors? I even saw some cops with riot shields! Freepers back the blue generally but I'm not sure if beating the students is a good idea...

Anyone spotted these grotesque trends where they're trying to build "super" cities, man made islands and God knows what else? It reminds me of the Chinese "ghost" cities. They're also buying up professional sports, literally in the case of golf and boxing and splashing the cash to host events. It's so they can diversify from oil but I think they're misplaced. Also, these places are still dictatorships and if you do want to move there then you have to compromise. Alcohol is banned for a start! That said, I do know someone who moved to Abu Dhabi and got a...

The progressive priests who dominated the U.S. church in the years after Vatican II are now in their 70s and 80s. Many are retired. Some are dead. Younger priests, surveys show, are far more conservative. “They say they’re trying to restore what us old guys ruined,” said the Rev. John Forliti, 87, a retired Twin Cities priest who fought for civil rights and reforms in Catholic school sex education. Doug Koesel, an outspoken 72-year-old priest at Blessed Trinity Parish in Cleveland, was blunter: “They’re just waiting for us to die.” At St. Maria Goretti, once steeped in the ethos of...

A disabled Pennsylvanian woman is speaking out after Planned Parenthood Keystone dismissed her from medical treatment over what they allege are “anti-trans and transphobic” views. The woman, who uses the pseudonym Jane Lane, had been receiving healthcare at the Pennsylvania clinic for over a decade. Lane shared a letter she says she received from Trish Tashjian, the Chief Operating Officer of Planned Parenthood Keystone on April 11. “To ensure the highest level of patient care, I want to inform you that Planned Parenthood Keystone will no longer be available to serve you as your healthcare provider, effective 4/11/2024,” Tashjian wrote....

@justinamash The Antisemitism Awareness Act is flagrantly unconstitutional under the First Amendment, and the members of Congress who vote for it are shamelessly violating their oath to support and defend the Constitution. @justinamash The First Amendment exists to prohibit the government from abridging speech that others disagree with or find disagreeable, as well as speech that others hate or find hateful. @justinamash “Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom of speech…”

Both sides are now chanting eff Joe Biden. LOL!

In successfully lobbying Congress for an additional $61 billion in Ukraine war funding, an effort that ended this month with celebratory Democrats waving Ukrainian flags in the House chamber, President Biden has cast his administration’s standoff with Russia as an existential test for democracy. “What makes our moment rare is that freedom and democracy are under attack, both at home and overseas,” Biden declared in his State of the Union address in March. “History is watching, just like history watched three years ago on January 6th.” While Biden’s narrative is widely accepted by Washington’s political establishment, a close examination of...

Local baby Oliver Daniels patiently waited to be completely strapped in his car seat before unleashing Armageddon in his diaper. "That's it Mommy, one more buckle," snickered Oliver as he readied to unload. "Come on now, let's get just barely out of the driveway, and... it's show time!" According to sources, six-month old Oliver knew from the time he woke up that morning that an epic blowout was in store. "It was a question of when, not if," explained Oliver. "I spent the whole night before slamming pouches of mixed fruits and veggies. Then, I heard Mommy say we were...

The Cleveland Browns are planning to become the next professional sports team to ask their local government and taxpayers to fund a new stadium that would make the team billions of dollars. According to Jeremy Pelzer of Cleveland.com, the Browns plan on asking for taxpayers to provide half the funding for a $2.4 billion domed stadium in Brook Park, or for a $1 billion upgrade to their current 25-year-old downtown Cleveland stadium. No official plan has been presented or accepted at this point, but either version has the public giving a huge amount of money to the billionaire Haslam family,...

I was watching today's Rallies in Wisconsin and Michigan. Trump, again, spoke out about the unfairness of the Manhattan Trial, "the conflicted judge," the corrupt prosecutor etc. In short, he's not shutting up, which begs the question. Is he calling the judge's bluff? Is he trying to get incarcerated? Why would he do that? What would be the scenario if the judge tells the bailiff to handcuff Trump and take him to jail for contempt of court? Would he agree to be handcuffed? I don't think he'd want that photo-op, but what can happen? Would the Secret Service sit back...

The Declaration of Secession was the result of a convention of the Mississippi Legislature in January of 1861. The convention adopted a formal Ordinance of Secession written by former Congressman Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar. While the ordinance served an official purpose, the declaration laid out the grievances Mississippi’s ruling class held against the federal government under the leadership of President-elect Abraham Lincoln...The convention really couldn’t be any more straightforward:Our position is thoroughly identified with the institution of slavery--the greatest material interest in the world.

A pro-Hamas activist who spoke at Columbia despite being banned in Germany for supporting terror is a communist from New Jersey who openly supports the October 7 massacre of Israelis. Charlotte Kates, a major figure in the pro-Palestine movement in colleges for over two decades, has been a constant presence at anti-Israel encampment at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. The New Jersey native is the international coordinator of Samidoun Prisoners Solidarity Network, a group with ties to the PFLP that is listed in Israel as a terror group and banned in Germany as such. Kates, a lawyer, was...