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‘Dukes of Hazzard’ stunt car jump in Kentucky
A stuntman drove a replica of the “Dukes of Hazzard” General Lee car over a fountain in Somerset, Kentucky, over the weekend, in a feat inspired by the series.
The stunt took place at the Somernites Cruise, a classic car event, in downtown Somerset on Saturday, June 28. According to local outlets the Lexington Herald Leader and the Commonwealth Journal, 35,000 people were in attendance to watch stunt jumper Raymond Kohn complete his 30th “Dukes of Hazzard” jump over a fountain in the city’s square.
“It was so popular the first time, people asked me to come back and it became more popular – and I became the go-to-guy to jump the General Lee,” Kohn told the Herald Leader. Kohn later told the outlet he had recently undergone surgery to remove a brain tumor, adding he asked the surgeon, “Will I be able to jump after the surgery?”
“Dukes” stars John Schneider, who played Bo Duke, and Byron Cherry, who played Coy Duke, were also in attendance at the event.
“The Dukes of Hazzard,” which ran for 146 episodes across seven seasons, followed the “good ol’” Duke boys of rural Hazzard County, Georgia. Not without its controversies, reruns of the show are few and far between due to its Confederate flag imagery. TV Land dumped the show several years ago, and Warner Bros., which produced the series, halted production of toy replicas of the General Lee, an orange 1969 Dodge Charger stock car driven by rambunctious Southern cousins Luke and Bo. The car famously features an image of the Confederate flag on its roof.
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Linear structure gives dysprosium complex record-breaking magnetic properties | Research
A new dysprosium complex retains magnetic memory at 100K, the highest temperature recorded for this class of compound. The researchers behind the work attribute the material’s properties to its unusual linear structure, and suggest that such complexes could drastically reduce the space required to store large amounts of information in modern data centres.
Single-molecule magnets can reduce the physical size of storage systems by increasing data density. But once they have been magnetised by an external magnetic field, these compounds generally need to be kept under extremely cold temperatures to prevent magnetic memory loss, limiting their everyday potential. One factor that has capped these compounds’ working temperatures to around 80K is the bent arrangement of bonds around their dysprosium atoms, which aids magnetic relaxation and loss of information.
Now, researchers at the University of Manchester in the UK have synthesised a dysprosium complex in which the bonding around the central dysprosium atom takes on a more linear structure. An alkene incorporated into the ligand backbone helps pull the two dysprosium–nitrogen bonds into a straighter arrangement. This configuration increases the portion of angular momentum aligning with the principal axis, elevating overall magnetism of the compound. The linear motif also helps to slow magnetic relaxation, allowing the compound to remain magnetised up to 100K.
The researchers point out that because the magnet works at temperatures above that of liquid nitrogen (77K), its use could now be feasible in large data centres. The team now plans hopes to find even better single-molecule magnets by exploring complexes with even wider angles and more charge dense ligands.
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Bonzi stuns Medvedev at Wimbledon – ATP Tour
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Hubble Spots Reflection Nebula in Taurus Molecular Cloud
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have produced an outstanding image of the reflection nebula GN 04.32.8.
This Hubble image shows GN 04.32.8, a reflection nebula some 480 light-years away in the constellation of Taurus. The color composite was assembled from images taken in visible and near-infrared light. It is based on data obtained through two filters. The color results from assigning different hues to each monochromatic image associated with an individual filter. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / G. Duchêne.
GN 04.32.8 is located approximately 480 light-years away in the constellation of Taurus.
Also known as DG 41, it is a small part of the stellar nursery known as the Taurus Molecular Cloud.
“Reflection nebulae are clouds of dust in space that don’t emit their own light, as other nebulae do,” the Hubble astronomers said in a statement.
“Instead, the light from nearby stars hits and scatters off their dust, lighting them up.”
“Because of the way the light scatters, many reflection nebulae tend to appear blue, GN 04.32.8 included.”
GN 04.32.8 is illuminated by a system of three bright stars in the center of the Hubble image, mainly the variable star V1025 Tauri in the very center.
“One of those stars overlaps with part of the nebula: this is another variable star that is named HP Tauri, but is classified as a T Tauri star, for its similarity to yet another variable star elsewhere in the Taurus Molecular Complex,” the astronomers said.
“T Tauri stars are very active, chaotic stars at an early stage of their evolution, so it’s no surprise that they appear in a prolific stellar nursery like this one.”
“The three stars are also named HP Tau, HP Tau G2 and HP Tau G3; they’re believed to be gravitationally bound to each other, forming a triple system.”
“Eagle-eyed viewers might notice the small, squashed, orange spot, just left of center below the clouds of the nebula, that’s crossed by a dark line,” the researchers said.
“This is a newly-formed protostar, hidden in a protoplanetary disk that obstructs some of its light.”
“Because the disk is edge-on to us, it’s an ideal candidate for study.”
“We are using Hubble here to examine it closely, seeking to learn about the kinds of exoplanets that might be formed in disks like it.”
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Sabalenka cruises past Branstine on a blistering day at Wimbledon
WIMBLEDON — Looking a lot like the World No. 1 and the favorite here, Aryna Sabalenka eased into the second round Monday with a 6-1, 7-5 win over qualifier Carson Branstine.
On a record hot opening day, Sabalenka was as cool as a refreshing glass of Pimm’s on No. 1 Court, winning in 73 minutes
Sabalenka has played only two of the past four Wimbledon tournaments — but made the semifinals both times. The people paid to figure these things out have installed Sabalenka as the one to beat, ahead of Iga Swiatek, Elena Rybakina and Coco Gauff
All three of Sabalenka’s major singles titles have come on hard courts. She came close to breaking through on clay at Roland Garros but lost to Coco Gauff in a three-set final. She’s determined to give herself another opportunity, on a surface that suits her dynamic and increasingly evolving game.
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The first set went about the way you’d expect when the No. 1-ranked player meets a No. 194 qualifier. This was the 24-year-old Canadian’s first Grand Slam main-draw match and was seeking only her second-career win at the Hologic WTA Tour level. She was impressive in qualifying, defeating No. 1 seed Lois Boisson — a surprise semifinalist at Roland Garros — and Bianca Andreescu along the way.
Sabalenka won six of seven games in a scant 24 minutes. Branstine’s only game came after a 120 mph ace to avoid a shutout, delighting the supportive crowd. After double-faulting on her first set point, an unreturnable serve gave her the frame.
Branstine settled down in the second set, finding a groove in her service games. She was serving at 5-all when Sabalenka finally solved the problem. With Sabalenka moving aggressively forward, Branstine hit a forehand into the net and, suddenly, Sabalenka was serving for the match.
The qualifier finished with seven aces, but won only 11 of her 24 second serves. Sabalenka finished with 17 winners and 18 unforced errors, while Branstine’s numbers were 17 and 26.
Sabalenka is now 24-5 in first-round matches at the Grand Slams and hasn’t lost in that situation in five and one-half years, going 19-0. She is a perfect 10-for-10 against qualifiers in majors and has yet to lose a set.
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DUG Webcast: Dynamics 365 F&O Database Cost Reduction Strategy by Cleanup Routine and Data Archival Planning
In this DUG webcast, Microsoft MVP Ramit Paul will explain and demonstrate efficient methods to control and prevent database size increases.
The features Ramit will cover include:
- Cleanup routines such as those in System Administration
- Financial data cleanup in General Ledger
- Data cleanup in Sales and Marketing, Procurement and Sourcing
- Data management
- Warehouse management
- Inventory management
- Production control
- Cost management
- Master Planning
Additionally, Ramit will demonstrate the data archival framework.
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Last-chance qualifier, heroes classic set to debut in 154th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale
The opening Sunday will include world-class sport being screened live in the spectator village, including the men’s final of Wimbledon and the final round of the Genesis Scottish Open, while on the eve of The Open on Wednesday, July 15, 2026, fans can attend “The Open Preview Show” as all eyes look towards the opening tee shot first thing in the morning on the following day.
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World Asteroid Day 2025 — Watch live views of near-Earth asteroids for free online on June 30
World Asteroid Day 2025 is upon us! Here’s how you can celebrate the event by livestreaming real-time views of near-Earth asteroids from the comfort of your home.
June 30 is the 10th anniversary of World Asteroid Day, an annual United Nations-backed event wherein partners raise awareness of asteroids, their scientific value and how humanity is working to mitigate the risks posed by these wandering solar system bodies. The date coincides with the anniversary of the 1908 Tunguska event, which saw a large meteor detonate over Siberia, flattening millions of trees and triggering widespread forest fires.
The Virtual Telescope Program has announced a livestream to mark World Asteroid Day on June 30, which will feature real-time views of near-Earth asteroids while discussing the characteristics and impact risks posed by the enigmatic chunks of ancient debris. The stream will be hosted on the Virtual Telescope Project’s YouTube channel starting at 5 p.m. EDT (2100 GMT) on June 30 and will be free to watch.
Our planet bears the scars of countless ancient asteroid strikes, the largest of which — such as the Chicxulub impactor — triggered the extinction of countless species, irrevocably altering the evolutionary trajectory of life on Earth.
Thankfully, such events are exceedingly rare. Of the well over 30,000 near-Earth objects that have been discovered and tracked to date, no large asteroid capable of causing wide-spread destruction is expected to strike our planet in the next 100 years, according to NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies.
How NASA and its partners are tackling the asteroid menace
Protecting the planet from an impending asteroid strike may once once have been the stuff of Hollywood sci-fi movies, but recent decades have seen the international community take tangible steps towards preparing for a potential asteroid collision.
A Planetary Defense Conference is held each year in which NASA, ESA and its partners work to prevent and react to a hypothetical asteroid impact. Each successive exercise has highlighted fresh challenges surrounding response strategies, ranging from the speed at which missions could be designed and launched to how to best gather intelligence and communicate with the general public.
Of course preparations have also extended far beyond tabletop simulations. September 2022 saw NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) made history when it slammed into the surface of the 160-meter-wide (252 feet) moonlet Dimorphos, which forms a binary pair with the larger asteroid Didymos. The mission proved that a kinetic impact could significantly deflect the trajectory of a small solar system body and so may be a viable strategy for defending Earth. The Didymos system is set to be visited by the European Space Agency’s Hera mission in December 2026, which will observe the aftermath of the impact.
A new asteroid hunter enters the fray
On top of that, telescopic eyes are constantly scanning the night sky for evidence of potentially hazardous near Earth objects moving against the starfield beyond. The coming years will see these efforts significantly bolstered by the powerful telescopic eye of the Vera Rubin observatory.
The Rubin Observatory’s primary mission is to scan the entirety of the southern hemisphere night sky from its vantage point atop mount Cerro Pachon in Chile in a bid to shed light on the mysterious force known as ‘dark energy’ and an invisible component of the universe called ‘dark matter’. However, its initial observations have also highlighted its credentials as an asteroid hunter.
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Over the course of just a few nights, astronomers were able to identify 2,104 new near-Earth objects as they passed over the Rubin observatory’s field of view, with some astronomers estimating that the observatory could find up to five million more over the coming years.
“This is five times more than all the astronomers in the world discovered during the last 200 years since the discovery of the first asteroid,” Željko Ivezić, Deputy Director of Rubin’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time, said during a press conference unveiling the observatory’s first images on June 23. “We can outdo two centuries of effort in just a couple of years.”
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Three planes grounded after separate incidents at Jinnah International airport
Listen to article The Pakistan Airport Authority (PAA) has launched an investigation into back-to-back incidents involving three foreign aircrafts that remain temporarily grounded at Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport.
A cargo plane operated by an international courier company was struck by a loader truck during ground handling operations late Sunday night. The collision damaged the aircraft’s left wing lights and affected three sections of the fuselage.
The incident occurred after rainfall left the airport’s tarmac wet and slippery, leading to a suspected brake failure on the loader truck. No repair work has started yet. A team of experts is expected to arrive from abroad to conduct repairs.
The PAA has launched a thorough investigation and directed the ground handling provider, Gerry’s dnata, to submit a detailed report on the incident.
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Bird strike
Prior to this, an international flight bound for Istanbul was grounded for over 15 hours after a bird strike damaged its engine. The flight was taxiing for takeoff early Friday morning when the bird collision occurred. Passengers were shifted to the airport lounge while engineers carried out repairs.
Officials noted that bird activity surges after rain, increasing risks around the airport’s funnel zone. The PAA had issued warnings earlier this week and increased the number of bird shooters to mitigate risks during the rainy season.
Engine trouble
A third incident involved a gulf airlines flight en route to Jeddah that made an emergency landing minutes after takeoff due to an engine fire warning. The pilot promptly contacted Karachi Air Traffic Control (ATC) and requested permission for a technical landing.
ATC cleared runway 25L for the emergency landing of the aircraft. The pilot dumped fuel and turned the flight back towards Karachi as a precaution. All 218 passengers were safely disembarked. Initial inspections found no actual engine malfunction. Engineers are currently handling the repairs.
Passengers on the affected International flights have been rebooked on alternative aircraft.
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