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  • Ugliest Dog Contest in Britain: East Yorkshire’s Peggy, Who Is Half Pug and Half Chinese Crested, Emerges as Frontrunner for Unenviable Title

    Ugliest Dog Contest in Britain: East Yorkshire’s Peggy, Who Is Half Pug and Half Chinese Crested, Emerges as Frontrunner for Unenviable Title

    London, January 17: Peggy from East Yorkshire is running for the Britain’s ugliest dog title. While Peggy, who is half pug and half Chinese crested, has emerged as a frontrunner for the title of ugliest dog in Britain, her owner insists she is beautiful. Four-year-old Peggy from Leven was the dog no one wanted and “the last one left on the shelf”, according to owner Holly Middleton. “We fell in love with her, but at first I just felt a bit sorry for her,” she said.

    Now, Peggy has entered the contest for the unenviable title of the nation’s “most hideous” pooch. The contest being run by a photography firm. Peggy was six months old when she was adopted. “First of all, she had been left on the shelf, as it was, but I am just a bit of a sucker for the underdog and for anything quirky and strange that other people maybe deem as not so attractive,” she said. “I just have a bit of a soft spot for them.” World’s Smartest Dog Breed: Belgian Malinois Could Be the Most Intelligent Canine, Here’s Why

    The dog’s name was chosen after Holly’s grandmother said she looked a bit like her mother, who was called Peggy. She is also hairless, meaning Holly has to put jumpers on her in the winter and rub her with sun cream in the summer so her skin doesn’t burn.

    Peggy is one of seven pets who vying for the title of Britain’s ugliest dog. The contest is organised by Photography firm, which is offering a professional makeover and photo session prize to the winning dog. Baby Shower For Pet Dog! Woman Hosts a Feast for Other Doggos in Viral Video; Internet Loves It

    Holly said she did not think much of it when she entered Peggy into the competition, as she frequently enters her into cutest dog contests – though Peggy has never won. She said: “Well, I personally don’t think she’s ugly. I know she’s quirky looking and she is not everybody’s cup of tea. “People have said things like ‘How could you enter your dog? It’s so cruel. You should think she’s beautiful.’

    “We absolutely do. I think she’s adorable. But if she’s gonna be one of the ugliest dogs in the UK, so be it. She didn’t know any different, she gets told she’s beautiful day in day out. I think all the dogs in the contest are beautiful, I’d have every one of them if I could.”

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on Jan 17, 2023 10:35 AM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).

  • Man Gets Jerked Off for Hours After Pretending To Be a Cow in a Milking Contest? Real or Fake, Here’s the Fact Check on Viral Claims

    Did a man named Carl Twinly trick people into jerking him off for hours by pretending to be a cow in a milking competition? Viral claim including a mugshot and a story of a man getting arrested in Texas has caused quite a confusion on social media. It is being said that the man was jacked off by 13 contestants before his ruse was uncovered and was arrested on charges of public indecency and masturbation by deception. Is this news real? Well, here’s the full report and fact check on this viral piece of news.

    Fact Check on Man Getting Jacked Off by Pretending to be a Cow in a Milking Contest:

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  • Haunting Whale Graveyard Viral Pics Captured by Swedish Photographer Alex Dawson in Denmark for Scuba Diving Photo Contest Freak Out Internet!

    A Swedish photographer, Alex Dawson, has captured an eerie sight from underwater that’s going crazy viral on the internet for pretty haunting reasons. The viral pic of a whale graveyard captured in Greenland, Denmark, won the first prize in Scuba Diving’s 2022 Underwater Photo Contest. The images show a spooky abandoned area underwater with scattered giant carcasses of the sea critter. The picture also captured Dawson and his companion Anna Von Boetticher under three feet of packed ice in the bay of Tasiilaq in Greenland. Turtle Graveyard in Indian Ocean! Spooky Skeletons of Sea Turtles Found in Underwater Caves in Malaysia (Watch Video).

    That’s Creepy! 

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  • Picture of Kashmiri Kebab Sellar Taken by Debdatta Chakraborty Wins International Food Photo Contest

    Photographer Debdatta Chakraborty has been named the winner of the Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year 2022 for an image of a Kebab vendor in Kashmir. The picture is titled Kebabiyana and in the image, the vendor is seen working at a smoke-filled food joint as he tends what seems like kebabs.

    See the Winning Image Here:

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  • Joey Chestnut Sets World Record; Gobbles Down 76 Hot Dogs in Just 10 Minutes at Nathan’s 4th of July Contest 2021

    Joey Chestnut Sets World Record; Gobbles Down 76 Hot Dogs in Just 10 Minutes at Nathan’s 4th of July Contest 2021

    On Sunday, during Nathan’s Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest, defending world champion Joey Chestnut ate 76 hot dogs in just 10 minutes. He broke his own world record and won his 14th title at the annual Fourth of July contest.

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  • Doodle for Google 2021 Winner for US Announced: Milo Golding of Kentucky Wins Contest For His Doodle Titled ‘Finding Hope’

    Doodle for Google 2021 Winner for US Announced: Milo Golding of Kentucky Wins Contest For His Doodle Titled ‘Finding Hope’

    Google has announced the winner for the annual Doodle for Google competition in the United States. Milo Golding has won the contest with his Doodle titled “Finding Hope.” The search engine giant awarded him a $30,000 college scholarship and a $50,000 technology award for his school.

    About Google Doodle Finding Hope:

    The doodle features a kid kneeling in the act to hand a younger child a balloon. Two kids can be seen in the background, one spreading his arms while facing the screen back, while the other is looking above wall the Google logo is set against.

    Golding said that his doodle symbolises the strength of having hope, a lesson he learnt from his late father. “I am strong because I have hope. I once asked my father how he overcame obstacles and became who he wanted to be,” he said. “He replied, ‘Hope, hope keeps me strong.'”

    Milo Golding of Kentucky Wins Doodle for Google 2021, US, For His Doodle Titled ‘Finding Hope’:

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  • Miss Penal System Contest 2021: Russia Organizes Beauty Pageant For Female Prison Wardens; Unveils Pictures of 12 Finalists

    Miss Penal System Contest 2021: Russia Organizes Beauty Pageant For Female Prison Wardens; Unveils Pictures of 12 Finalists

    Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service has organised ‘Miss Penal System Contest 2021’ for beautiful female prison wardens. They have also released the list of the final candidates for its annual Miss Penal System contest. Out of several contestants, 12 of the country’s beautiful prison guards are currently competing against each other as the voting is underway. Out of the 12 gorgeous Russian prison guards, one will bag the crown. According to the Russia Today report, around 100 contestants participated in the local competition and out of which only 12 have been selected for the final round.

    They will receive votes from June 7 to June 11, 2021. After counting the votes, the name of the winner will be announced.  The final event will take place in Moscow on June 11, 2021. The beautiful female contestants come from all over the country, including Sakhalin in the Far East and Murmansk in the far north. However, the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service is not the first government agency to organize a beauty pageant to promote its work. In 2019, when the National Guard held the ‘Beauty of Rosgvardia’ pageant, police officer Anna Khramtsova won the competition.

    However, Khramtsova enjoyed her victory for few days and later she was fired after she posted a video on Instagram from inside a Rosgvardia facility. According to the authorities, she was fired for breaching security.“The competition I won only aggravated everything, and now there is a prejudiced attitude towards me,” Khramtsova said.

    Take a look at Anna Khramtsova’s post here:

    Check Out the Pictures of the Current 12 Finalists of Russia’s ‘Miss Penal System Contest’ Here:

    This is not the first time the Federal Penitentiary Service has stunned everyone with the beauty pageant. Last month, a prison in Russia’s Novosibirsk city had revealed that they had installed British-style red phone boxes to decorate the room of the inmates so that they can make a call to the outside world.

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on Jun 10, 2021 04:29 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).

  • How Oscar-nominated song ‘Husavik’ shaped the ‘Eurovision Song Contest’ movie

    How Oscar-nominated song ‘Husavik’ shaped the ‘Eurovision Song Contest’ movie

    Songwriters Savan Kotecha, Fat Max Gsus and Rickard Göransson, the team behind the Oscar-nominated song ‘Husavik – My Home Town’ from Netflix feature film ‘Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga’ chat about the track’s far-reaching impact

    When Rickard Göransson woke up early to listen to the 2021 Academy Award nominations, he certainly was not expecting to hear Eurovision Song Contest: The Story Of Fire Saga on the list. After all, the comedy-drama film had not been very busy on the awards circuit; so the second the film’s single ‘Husavik – My Home Town’ was mentioned, Göransson leapt up and let his co-songwriters Savan Kotecha and Fat Max Gsus know.

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    Kotecha, whose songwriting credits have featured in chart-toppers such as The Weeknd’s ‘Can’t Feel My Face’, and Ellie Goulding’s ‘Love Me Like You Do’, was in his studio in Stockholm, Sweden, when he was notified of the nomination.

    “I was just in shock,” laughs the Indian-origin (Gujarati) musician who was the executive music producer of the 2020 film, “Suddenly I had to go pick up my kids from school — just the strangest thing ever when you’re just nominated for an Oscar. I have a very traditional Gujju family: my mom and dad know no pop culture references and were like ‘that’s good!’ Meanwhile, one of the other parents at the school approached me, asking me if I was okay because there was shock on my face. I said, ‘I’ve just been nominated for an Oscar’ and she right away asked me, ‘Who are you?’ and I replied, ‘Brad Pitt.’”

    How Oscar-nominated song ‘Husavik’ shaped the ‘Eurovision Song Contest’ movie

    Kotecha explains that “one can never know how things truly go with these types of awards.” Having co-written ‘Love Me Like You Do’ sung by Ellie Goulding for 50 Shades Of Grey (2015), he says, “A lot of big people were confident ‘LMLYD’ would earn an Oscar nomination, given it was nominated for Golden Globes, Teen Choice Awards, Grammy Awards. But it surprised a lot of people when it wasn’t. On the other hand, ‘Husavik’, which has been relatively quiet on the awards circuit, getting an Oscar nomination was a great surprise!”

    Meanwhile, Gsus — whose credits include working with Taylor Swift on award-winning album 1989, P!nk, Tove Lo, and Zara Larsson — was in the studio when he heard of the nomination from Kotecha yelling in excitement over the phone. “When Savan called me like that, I thought a fire had broken out. I didn’t want to think too much about the nomination though. But it is safe to say that the session I was in at the time was ruined because I couldn’t focus,” he chuckles.

    The three songwriters, who still cannot believe the Academy Award nomination is real, reminisce over a video call with MetroPlus about the making of ‘Husavik’ and its rippling effect in a time of loneliness.

    Sigrit’s journey

    Netflix film Eurovision Song Contest: The Story Of Fire Saga stars Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams as members of an under-performing small-town Icelandic band Fire Saga, chosen by default to compete in the coveted Eurovision Song Contest on behalf of their country. The film also stars Dan Stevens, Pierce Brosnan, Demi Lovato and Mikael Persbrandt.

    Through the film, many understood how much of a cult following the competition itself has. Göransson says it was a huge part of his childhood.

    That said, putting ‘Husavik’ together was no small feat, given the three songwriters almost played ‘pass the parcel’ as the song developed. The common mission was putting music to the journey of Sigrit (Rachel McAdams), instead of just creating a song about Eurovision. It was about getting into Sigrit’s head and putting yourself on a mountain in Iceland, looking out and thinking about what life was like.

    ‘Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga’ : Will Ferrell as Lars Erickssong, Rachel McAdams as Sigrit Ericksdottir

    ‘Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga’ : Will Ferrell as Lars Erickssong, Rachel McAdams as Sigrit Ericksdottir
     
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    Elizabeth Viggiano/NETFLIX

    There were actually more than 60 versions of ‘Husavik’, including some with just guitar or piano. “We had the full song in Icelandic at one point, but no one would have understood it because we didn’t even get that right,” laughs Gsus.

    The three, who have worked together on other projects over the years, agree there were “no stupid ideas.” Göransson’s jokes that one day, perhaps they will randomly release the Icelandic version but Gsus chimes in and says, “maybe for the Japanese DVD box collection!”

    Early on, the film’s director David Dobkin and Kotecha knew this (’Husavik’) would be a key moment. Kotecha adds this was “probably the hardest one to crack, because it had to earn this comedic film an emotional ending. There wasn’t the thought that this would carry the whole movie; it was important to just sum up the film and Sigrit’s character arc.”

    ‘Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga’ : Will Ferrell as Lars Erickssong, Rachel McAdams as Sigrit Ericksdottir

    ‘Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga’ : Will Ferrell as Lars Erickssong, Rachel McAdams as Sigrit Ericksdottir  
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    Netflix

    “The song shaped the script and the script shaped the song,” explains Göransson, who is also known as the drummer for band Carolina Liar, “We knew we had to write it as a pop song and treat Sigrit as a pop star, writing songs from her perspective. We packed a lot of the story into the song. It was fantastic to see Rachel as she made it very credible. And yes, though it’s a Will Ferrell comedy, there’s still this deep story you can relate to. Creating an emotion like that is a gift and a dream. And who doesn’t want to create music with Will Ferrell?”

    An emotional chord

    When the movie was released, Kotecha received messages from musician Charlie Puth and Frankie Grande (Ariana Grande’s brother). The whole team was also bombarded by many on social media, about how ‘Husavik’ was an emotional experience for them.

    “Frankie sent a voice note of himself saying the song would be his summer anthem, and even told me we would get an Oscar nomination, to which I said ‘that’s sweet of him’,” muses Kotecha, “And he was right. The film brought the world laughter at a time when people were scared and stressed out, figuring out this pandemic. The message of the song and characters was all about what really matters: being at home with the ones you love. We did not think this would even happen when we were making it, we just assumed it would be a fun bunch of pop songs.”

  • A high-profile contest on the cards in Coimbatore South

    A high-profile contest on the cards in Coimbatore South

    The candidates of the major parties have promised to make it a model city; Important infrastructure problem for voters

    Coimbatore South has become a star constituency this time, which has attracted a lot of attention from high-profile contestants.

    In the 2021 election, 2.51 lakh voters from the 19 Coimbatore Corporation wards that make up the constituency were nominated by BJP Women’s Wing chairperson Vanathi Srinivasan, TNCC executive chairman Mayura S. One of the founders of Jayakumar and Makkal Rishi Maam (MNM) Kamal will have to choose. Hassan. Other candidates include Abdul Wahab of Tamlir Katchi and R. of Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam. Dorisamy.

    As the Election Commission of India created the constituency, after the delimitation exercise of 2007, the constituents of the erstwhile Coimbatore East and West constituencies have twice elected the AIADMK.

    Coimbatore South comprises the old part of Coimbatore, the central business district and residential areas on the periphery.

    It also houses wholesale market, jewelery manufacturing cluster, bus stand and railway station. Consequently, the need for better infrastructure takes precedence over other demands. Top of the voters’ wish list is the collapse of the market segment. Coimbatore is in urgent need of such development. Without it, the ‘smart city tag’ being offered by the corporation would have little meaning, says AR Bashir Ahmed, who has a shop in the area.

    Civil activists say that MLA Amman K. Arjunan missed an opportunity to develop a core business district as the National Smart Cities Mission spoke of rebuilding or redeveloping an old city area to suit modern needs.

    There is a need to reduce traffic congestion along with the development of infrastructure. At the top of the voter list is the demand for relocation of lorry parking and repair yard, Loripet to Vellore. The movement of heavy vehicles in commercial areas and the mechanization of snack bars on pedestrian paths have only increased traffic congestion so much that pedestrians, especially the elderly, cannot even walk safely on the road, let alone trying to cross. Are, they complain. s. RG Street resident Jawahar Subramaniam. In fact, encroachment on the pedestrian route has increased over the years, and space on platforms is auctioned at a premium, he says.

    The complaints of residents in Gandhipuram, Ramanathapuram and other areas are mostly about poor infrastructure. RM Sethuraman of Gandhipuram states that Drs. The flyover on Nanjappa Road has served the ruling party people more than road users as poor design has cut off the accessibility of the bus stand of Gandhipuram city.

    An AIADMK official says that the government and the corporation should have moved the retail vegetable market on Raja Street, TK Market and the flower market in the periphery of the city.

    The constituency is a jewelery making center, people want the government to create common facilities for small smiley owners and take them out of the city to reduce pollution. The acid and cyanide used in gold cleaning is released into the sewer lines, as it pollutes the area as is the case with chutneys. They say that the construction of such a common facility will not only give a boost to the jewelery business, but will also help the citizens to remain pollution free. Those involved in jewelery making want the government to form a jewelery workers welfare board as the entry of organized sector has devastated their livelihood.

    BJP, Congress and MNM candidates have promised to make Coimbatore a model city. It remains to be seen which of his promises leave an impression with voters.

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  • Assam Assembly Election |  BJP, ally UPPL ‘friendly contest’ in three seats of Assam

    Assam Assembly Election | BJP, ally UPPL ‘friendly contest’ in three seats of Assam

    The Bharatiya Janata Party and its ally United People’s Party Liberals (UPPL) have followed the two major constituents of the opposition Mahajot or Mahagathbandhan to join the “friendly fight” in the upcoming assembly elections.

    List of UPPL candidates

    UPPL has announced the list of candidates for 11 seats in Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR). In the first week of March, the seat-sharing agreement gave eight seats to the BTR-specific party.

    The BTR’s 12 assembly seats are in four districts – Baksa, Chirang, Kokrajhar and Udalguri – administered by the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC).

    On Tuesday, UPPL President and BTC chief Pramod Boro announced the names of the eight candidates. He had earlier announced the names of candidates for three other seats.

    It is now believed that BJP and UPPL will contest in three of these seats – Bijni, Kaligaon and Majbat.

    The candidates are Phanin Boro, Kamal Azad and Ratendra Dimri respectively.

    BJP has fielded Ajay Kumar Roy from Bijni, Madhu Ram Deka from Kalgaon and Jeetu Kisan from Majit.

    Paneri seat

    The only seat in the BTR that is not contesting UPPL is Paneri, where the BJP has fielded Rajya Sabha member Biswajit Dimari, an import from Bodoland People’s Front (BPF), a former ally of the saffron party.

    UPPL has fielded former MP and Sahitya Academy Award winner Urkha Gov. Brahma from Chapaguri seat.

    The Congress and ally All India United Democratic Front had earlier named candidates against each other for a “friendly fight” in the five constituencies.

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