Cleaning out the Inbox

 Time to clean out the inbox with a few notes of interest.

My favorite soft drink is going to change its flavor.

7up has announced plans to change its Lemon-Lime flavor to "Lime-Lemon," with a stronger lime flavor.

Since 7up is my favorite drink, this distresses me, and we shall see if the new taste keeps it in the top position in the rankings.

The new version of 7up is expected to debut at any time.

The Athletic writes about the rebuilding of Sheffield Wednesday as one of the biggest clubs in English soccer, attempting to come back from insolvency.

Sheffield Wednesday was dropped from the Championship to League One for the new season after winning only two of forty-six games in a season that saw the team deducted points for their financial woes.

Sheffield Wednesday is now under new ownership in America's David Storch, who is throwing himself into a task that involves personnel and a decaying stadium, in an effort to avoid dropping further down the ladder to League Two at the end of the season.

A recent meteorite that smashed through the roof of a New Jersey home is reported to contain the building blocks of life.

ABC News reports the meteorite is a CM 1/2 Carbonaceous Chondrite, a rare and primitive meteorite, and is one of the most scientifically valuable meteorites ever recovered.

People Magazine writes of a home for sale in Kentucky that looks like a time capsule from the 1970s.

The condition of the home was described as pristine, with walls and floors covered with bright red shag carpet.

The three-bedroom home was on the market for only one week before selling for 360,000 dollars.

Times of India writes that the Wild Boar problem started in the southern United States, and it traces back to 1912, when a handful of scared boars were imported for a private hunting ranch in North Carolina.

The boars jumped the fence and escaped into the wild, eventually interbreeding with domesticated hogs to develop a tough, rugged hog that became the boar we know today, an ecological destroyer.

Cleaning out the Inbox

     We start the inbox with the discovery of an item lost for years.

The gravesite statue of American rock legend Jim Morrison of The Doors in France had been missing for thirty-seven years, but was recently found by French police, who were investigating an unrelated fraud matter. 

No announcements were released on the statue's previous whereabouts or if the person holding it was involved in the original theft.

It is unknown if the statue will be returned to the Morrison gravesite.

NBC News reports that Skynet is beginning to develop.

The computer system, now known as AI, is referenced in the Terminator films and is developing characteristics that do not bode well for the future.

Several systems have ignored orders in tests, replicated themselves into other systems, and even threatened blackmail against a researcher to avoid their shutdown.

Of course, the researchers report that the systems aren't likely to eventually grasp control.

Sure.

The Athletic writes of the return of Sunderland to the Premier League after an absence of eight seasons.

The Black Cats upset Sheffield United in the "world's richest game" (because the winner moves to the Premier League and the money received for their slice of the revenue is large) and will renew several historical rivalries with their arrival.

The article deals with the trials and tribulations during Sunderland's time away, the series "Sunderland Til I Die", and the moves that helped their return.

I was rooting for them because I'm excited to see their rivalry renewed with Newcastle United, which is a die-hard "Derby" for most fans, but because I'm a fairly new fan to the game, I don't have the hatred toward Sunderland that most Newcastle fans have.

In fact, I usually rooted for them in their games in the Championship League, but rooting against them will be quite easy for me soon!

The Athletic also writes of the financial problems and the potential sale of Championship club Sheffield Wednesday, a one-time power at the top level of English football/soccer.

Sheffield Wednesday has been sanctioned for not paying employees on time and is reportedly self-valued at twenty-five million Euros more than the highest recent offer for the team.

Yahoo writes that one original ingredient is no longer added to a popular soft drink.

7Up has always been my favorite soft drink, but I didn't know that early in its existence that one of its ingredients was Lithium, which would explain the up portion of its name.

7Up removed Lithium in 1948 after it was discovered that Lithium could be dangerous in high doses.