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Pizza to Become the Official State Food of Connecticut Its almost official, the Connecticut House of Representatives has approved a bill that would make pizza the states official food. You knew it was only a matter of time before the state that basically put pizza on the map, passed a bill that would make it the official state food. Get our free mobile app It happened on Wednesday, and according to newstimes.com the Connecticut House got the bill one step closer to becoming a reality. The bill ...

Members of the CT House took a few minutes to shout out their local pizzerias, while...

(Photo : Getty Images) Larval Philippine Mantis Shrimp  In a recent study, released Thursday the 29th of April in the Journal of Experimental Biology, experts studied larval Philippine mantis shrimp - Gonodactylaceus falcatus gotten originally from Oahu, Hawaii. The team also nurtured some of the similar species from eggs, carefully observing their development through time and then magnifying their punching appendage with the use of a microscope. The appendage, known as the raptorial appendag...

U.S. Navy photo by Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Clark Lappert A U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer targeted a simulated enemy ship at a range of more than 250 miles. The destroyer relied on targeting data supplied by uncrewed ships and aircraft. Using drones to act as scouts for the crewed ship allows the warships to remain hidden, protecting them from enemy attack. The U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer USS John Finn recently achieved what could be the farthest anti-ship missile shot ever—al...

Street painting artist Tracy Lee Stum is the curator of the museum at the American Dream mall that includes 26 unique, large-scale illusions.

US Navy In April 1988, the US attacked Iran in the Persian Gulf in retaliation for the mining of a US ship. Operation Praying Mantis, the largest US naval action since World War II, was brief but deadly. Thirty-three years later, the weapons each side would use have only gotten more destructive. Just before 8:00 a.m. on April 18, 1988, members of Irans Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) stationed on the Sassan and Sirri oil platforms in the Persian Gulf...

US Navy Iranian frigate IS Sahan after being hit with three Harpoon missiles and cluster bombs by aircraft from USS Enterprise, April 19, 1988. In April 1988, the US attacked Iran in the Persian Gulf in retaliation for the mining of a US ship. Operation Praying Mantis, the largest US naval action since World War II, was brief but deadly. Thirty-three years later, the weapons each side would use have only gotten more destructive. Just before 8:00 a.m. on April 18, 1988, members of Iran’s Islam...

by DAVE SCHWAB San Diego Community News Group Published - 04/06/21 - 07:05 AM | 331 views | 0   | 6   |  Paul Backus is the longtime owner of Green Gardens Nursery in Pacific Beach. PHOTO BY DAVE SCHWABslideshow Forty-four years ago Paul Backus started out at Green Gardens Nursery in Pacific Beach as a water boy. Now he not only owns the place, but his regional business continues to successfully serve coastal clients in the Pacific Beach and La Jolla...

Hamilton’s Best of British Strong Style in PROGRESS Report (01.23.21)   A reminder: these are old reviews, and while I’ve not updated any names from what they were announced as on the night, I’ve done my best to remove mentions of people here who are on that suspected persona non-grata list… Pete Dunne, Trent Seven & Tyler Bate vs. WALTER, Timothy Thatcher & Axel Dieter Jr – from PROGRESS Chapter 47: Complicated Simplicity (April 23, 2017) The stipulation going in was that wh...

Did you know that Iran’s navy has always defeated the United States? Did you know that Iran’s army is so invincible that no country can win a ground war against it? Welcome to the megalomaniacal world of Iranian media, where the impossible is still impossible —but makes for great propaganda. “Americans have always been the ultimate and full-scale losers in all their encounters with the IRGCN [Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy], and the most notable cases of their defeats were on Ap...