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The Fourth of July, an annual celebration of nationhood in the United States, commemorates the passage of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress in 1776. The summer after 1776, colonists celebrated their independence from the British by holding mock funerals for King George III - as a symbol of the end of the monarchy hold - organizing parades, concerts, bonfires and highlighting public readings of the Declaration of Independence.

I didn't realize I'd been holding my breath until I scrolled past the James Beard Award Finalists for Best Chef South headline and saw Natalia Vallejo's name. A surge of blood jolted through my body and landed squarely on my face and neck, breaking them out in big red splotches. Under her name sat her restaurant's name- Cocina Al Fondo, and then the words I'd been waiting to see for years: San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Hi Andy You seem to be Mr small detail so can I pick your brain? What are your thoughts on how to attach a pulk We’re hoping to go to Denali in 2022 and want to nail the best method? Scott Hi Scott.  This is one of those questions where you can have a very simple short answer, or, a very long and complex one, with both being equally valid. I’ll give you both.

Have you watched Cunk on Earth yet? It’s a British mockumentary television series that follows host Philomena Cunk as she tells the story of humanity’s greatest inventions. She gathers information from academic experts and then questions their positions with personal anecdotes: “Well my mate Paul says…” Truth-telling under the guise of straight-faced humour. Randomly, in the midst of each episode, Cunk directs the audience’s attention to Belgian techno anthem “Pump Up the Jam.

Good morning, Marysville. We’ve made it to November, with only 20 days to Thanksgiving and 51 to Christmas. It’s the frying pan part of the year. [Editor’s note: The Sun welcomes back Ben Smith with his recommendations for our November 7 votes. He sent these with the following benediction: “May our vote always count. God bless.” May it be so.] Snohomish County Executive: Recommend Bob Hagglund. Hagglund would be a breath of fresh air in county leadership as an honest and thoughtful executive leader.

Ingredients: 8 eggs 1 cup of granulated sugar 1 (15oz) can of pure pumpkin 2 cups of all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled 2.5 tsps of baking soda 3 tsps of pumpkin spice seasoning 1 (12 fl oz) can of evaporated milk 1 (14oz) can of condensed milk 12 fl oz of milk (see notes below for hack) 6 fl oz of heavy cream (see notes below for hack) also feel free to add more milk mixture if you like it extra moist, juicy, and dripping✨

Over the last week and a half I’ve been working on fulfilling my dream of writing an unpublishable 1200-page novel that nobody will ever read. It proceeds apace, but I haven’t given much thought to updating this thing in the meantime. So let’s see what sort of quodlibetical gibberish I can throw together in a pinch. After invoking the concept in our last episode, I figured it would be a good time to return to and leaf through the late Mark Fisher’s Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?

It’s the most wonderful day of the year—Groundhog Day! And what’s so wonderful about that, you might ask? Well, it’s the only day I know of in which we celebrate a marmot. Which if you think about it, is pretty great. Groundhogs are native to North America and can be found from Georgia all the way up to Alaska. They’re rodents, technically, and also ‘ground squirrels’. If you’re from a place that does not have groundhogs and you’ve never heard of this bizarre tradition known as Groundhog Day, here’s a brief summary.

Coach Katie Gearlds and her staff are hosting another transfer target on Tuesday. Rikki Harris, who played four seasons at Ohio State, is expected to visit Purdue, according to a source. Harris attended Indianapolis North Central before signing with the Buckeyes prior to the 2019-20 season. The 5-foot-10 Harris missed her freshman season due to a shoulder injury but appeared in 117 games with 39 starts during the next four years.