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    藝術 (Art), 手工藝 (Craftsmanship), 製造 (Manufacture): Taichung Taiwan is a Bicycling Manufacturing Mecca – Adam Sklar and Daniel Yang

    It is easy to take for granted how products from around the globe end up in our hands. When it comes to bicycles, many of us have no idea how they are made. Our Instagram feeds are filled with romanticized images of artisans building intricate frames one at a time, but what about the production bicycles that the vast majority ride? Much less information is available, leaving our imaginations to conjure up images of robotic welders and dirty, fast-paced production. This often leads to uninformed...

    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/07/business/uk-university-challenge-brandon-blackwell.html

    Q: Who Found a Way to Crack the U.K.’s Premier Quiz Show?

    Brandon Blackwell, a 30-year-old from Queens, helped turn London’s Imperial College into a “University Challenge” powerhouse.

    https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/39893871/mr-irrelevant-underdog-nfl-draft-brock-purdy

    How Mr. Irrelevant became the most beloved underdog in sports

    It began as an experiment 49 years ago, but now, Mr. Irrelevant has become the mascot for long shots everywhere.

    https://justice.gov/usao-wdwa/pr/leader-tree-poaching-ring-started-massive-olympic-peninsula-forest-fire-sentenced-20

    Leader of tree poaching ring that started massive Olympic Peninsula forest fire sentenced to 20 months in prison

    Tacoma — The lead defendant in a scheme to unlawfully harvest maple trees from the Olympic National Forest that resulted in a massive 2018 forest fire was sentenced late yesterday to 20 months in prison, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown.

    https://nelma.org/a-dramatic-tale-of-timber-poaching-in-washington-state

    A Dramatic Tale of Timber Poaching in Washington State

    Muffled chainsaws, tree DNA and Carlos Santana – this fascinating story about the bust of a timber poaching ring in Washington State has it all. Seeking a particular type of bigleaf maple with a distorted grain that’s highly prized for making musical instruments, a gang of poachers decimated an area of the Gifford Pinchot National […]

    https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/05/royal-caribbean-cruise-ship-icon-of-seas/677838/

    The Icon of the Seas Will Not Countenance a Shrug

    Seven agonizing nights aboard the Icon of the Seas