Adrian Holman
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The Underlying Meaning of '6-7' (Opinion). Content Warning.
Each generation has had different trends that seem so nonsensical to other generations. For example, baby boomers created the counterculture during the 1960's with the civil rights movement and the hippie movement. Generation X is filled with children that were into more independent thinking due to many of them being "latchkey kids" and due to the introduction of video games and MTV.
By Adrian Holman2 months ago in FYI
Cal Raleigh should have been AL MVP (Opinion)
Yesterday evening, New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge won his second consecutive and his 3rd American League (AL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award overall. The voting was close this season with Judge receiving 17 of the 30 first-place votes and Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh (Big Dumper is the nickname) receiving the other 13 first-place votes.
By Adrian Holman2 months ago in Unbalanced
Curses Upon Your Enemies Challenge to end 2025
Back in September, tech company Anthropic AI agreed to pay authors $1.5 billion in the first-ever AI copyright infringement suit. Instead of receiving permission to obtain copies of books to teach Claude, Anthropic's generative AI chatbot, the tech company pirated over seven million copies of books.
By Adrian Holman2 months ago in 01
Boomerang has hit farmers in the head again
During the first term of US President Donald Trump, he started a trade war with China by placing a 25% tariff on Chinese goods. The thinking behind this higher tariff would allow for the US to generate more revenue along with raising the prices of Chinese items being sold throughout this country.
By Adrian Holman2 months ago in The Swamp
New remedy for coronavirus?
Over the past year, COVID-19 has thrown the entire world for a loop. Scientists are continuing to search for something to combat the coronavirus. During the pandemic, many different types of cures have been bandied about with not too much headway made into finding a solution.
By Adrian Holman5 years ago in Longevity
2020 NFL Draft Review: Arizona Cardinals
Last year, many football fans expected the Arizona Cardinals to not be real competitive with a brand new head coach and a starting rookie quarterback right out of the gate for week 1. However, the Arizona Cardinals easily exceeded their expectations in the rugged NFC West. The other three teams in the conference (San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks, Los Angeles Rams) all finished with winning records in the regular season. Although the Arizona Cardinals finished with a 5-10-1 record, six of those ten losses were seven points or less.
By Adrian Holman6 years ago in Unbalanced
2019 Bowl Season (1st Weekend)
The 2019 college football bowl season kicks off with a bang on Friday and Saturday with two games on Friday followed by a full boat of six games on Saturday. Throughout the entire bowl season, the most games played on one day will be on Saturday. Let's take a quick look at all eight games. One by one, I will give you my pick for each bowl game. The schedule is taken and all stats are from ESPN.com.
By Adrian Holman6 years ago in Unbalanced
10 Reasons Why the Trump Presidency Will End Soon
Throughout history, world empires have ended rather abruptly. The Babylonian Empire was destroyed when the Medes and the Persians diverted the Euphrates River. As a result, the Babylonians were no longer defended by the river. The Persian Empire was demolished by Alexander the Great in 331 BC even though the Persian army outnumbered the Greeks almost at a 6 to 1 ratio. After Alexander the Great suddenly died nine years later, the Greek Empire was split up into four different regions.
By Adrian Holman6 years ago in The Swamp
KO's from UFC 244. Top Story - November 2019.
Whenever the Ultimate Fighting Championships (UFC) comes to Madison Square Garden, they always pack the card with very good fights from top to bottom. The UFC 244 event this past Saturday night did not disappoint because there were seven KO's or TKO's out of the twelve fights that were in the early preliminary bouts, in the preliminary bouts, and in the main card. Without further ado, let us take a look at the stoppages.
By Adrian Holman6 years ago in Unbalanced
