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Knowing FIFA 18 World Cup ratings allow you to form the best possible FUT squad for the summer World Cup update.
FIFA 18's 5* skillers are, in brief, the most skillful players in the game, with the ability to pull off the most difficult and extravagant tricks and flicks possible.
FIFA Chemistry Styles are an easily-missed way to add huge improvements to your individual player ratings in FIFA 18 Ultimate Team, allowing you to tailor stat boosts from high Chemistry for each player as you wish.
FIFA 18 Ones to Watch cards are a significant, recently-added mechanic in Ultimate Team mode, collecting several hand-picked players under the age of 30 who secured high-profile transfers this summer.
FIFA coins, ever-controversial, are your main means of acquirning new players and consumables in FIFA Ultimate team.
The Journey: Hunter Returns, if you hadn't guessed from the name, sees FIFA's dedicated story mode, and its titular star Alex Hunter, return again.
FIFA Chemistry in FIFA 18 Ultimate Team is important. Very important.
FIFA 18 is officially here, and with it comes a series of tweaks, changes, and the odd new feature, too.
The best FIFA Midfielders are essential for building a strong side, especially in Ultimate Team, where they often provide the most amount of links to other players.
FIFA 18's ratings refresh is now a yearly event, where players' FUT cards are updated with some slightly adjusted overall scores.
The best FIFA Strikers are the kings of the game's business end, and with this year opening up to a few more goals than previous editions, they'll play as important a role as they ever have.
The best FIFA Defenders are the backbone of the finest teams in the game, with your centre backs the last line of defence and full backs playing an ever more important role in modern football.
The best FIFA Goalkeepers are also probably the most valuable players you'll pick up - not because of their cost on the market, but their ability to keep you in the game when things get a little dicey.
The best FIFA Wingers are where a lot of the magic - and rage - starts to take place. With pacey forwards tricky to contain this year they're as important as ever, and feature several of the highest-rated players in the game altogether this year, too.
FIFA 18 player ratings will help you see, at a glance, the game's top players across its many leagues, clubs and positions.
Uncovering potential wonderkids in FIFA 18 is one of the most satisfying things in the game.


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BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS STREET PARADE,Waterloo, Iowa-August 27, 1904
This film shows approximately 85% of the 1904 Barnum & Bailey Circus street parade at Waterloo, Iowa, August 27, 1904. Smoke seen in the distance at the end of the film is believed to mark the approach of a steam calliope (and the end of the parade) however the film runs out before calliope comes into view. A variety of noted circus wagons can be seen including the Twin Hemispheres Bandwagon, (pulled by a 40 horse hitch), the Orchestra Melchior wagon, the Fielding Band Chariot, the Golden Age of Chivalry tableau wagon, the America tableau wagon, various cage wagons, camels, elephants, a walking fife and drum corps, mounted performers, and small pony fairy tale floats.

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(Bloomberg) — Bankrupt crypto lender BlockFi Inc. plans to sell about $160 million of loans backed by around 68,000 Bitcoin mining machines, according to two people familiar with the matter.
The Jersey City, New Jersey-based company, which filed for protection from creditors in November, started on the bidding process for the loans last year, the people said. Some of the loans have already defaulted and appear to be undercollateralized given the current prices of Bitcoin mining equipment, according to the people. BlockFi didn’t immediately return a message seeking comment.
BlockFi is among several digital-asset lenders that have filed for bankruptcy due to the collapse of major crypto firms such as exchange FTX, hedge fund Three Arrows Capital and stablecoin project Terra Luna in the past year. The lender was a major financier for Bitcoin miners, which have been battered by low Bitcoin prices and soaring electricity costs, through loans backed by the computer rigs.
While traditional lenders stayed away from Bitcoin mining companies due to the high volatility in Bitcoin prices, crypto-native lenders filled that void. Almost $4 billion was raised through such loans since the last bull run in the crypto market. Other major lenders for crypto-mining companies include New York Digital Investment Group, Celsius Network, Galaxy Digital and Digital Currency Group’s Foundry.
Struggling Bitcoin miners and bankrupt lenders have created a expanding market for distressed assets. Crypto-mining firm Bitdeer backed by Chinese billionaire Jihan Wu set up a $250 million distressed fund, while the largest digital asset manager Grayscale launched an entity to invest in Bitcoin mining hardware with its sister company Foundry to capitalize on the distressed mining sector.
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i know this topic has been discussed before, and i
ve searched pretty much every corner of the web, yet couldnt figure out how to really go about this.
For demostration purposes i`ve setup a quick and dirty test environment, which can be seen in the pictures below.
The scene resembles by no means what i am after in the end, its just to get my point across.
I am trying to create a dynamically lit exterior scene, with mainly spot lights, some point lights, a directional, as well as emissive ‘neon light’ like materials.
The neon lights have to have a dynamic GI like effect, as they will be flickering later etc etc.
Sure you could go and attach a pointlight to a blueprint actor, containing the object with the flickering emissive material and turn it on and off with the flickering, but that leads to another problem, which i will come back to in a minute.
I managed to create an emissive material that gets reflected very well in combination with a reflection capturem tho it still doesn`t emitt actual light, which is a problem
If you look at an object, that should be lit by an emissive material, and look towards the emissive material, you get all sorts of nice reflections…
but as soon as you go around the object, and look at it from the perspective of the emissive material, there is no light, just some reflections.
So far so good, just add a “fill” light with the same color as the emissive material, e voila. Well, not quite. Two problems appear.
One, if you turn on shadows, to simulate the emissive emitting light and casting shadows, you get wrong shadowing on the emissive object itself. This can be seen in the first image.
If you turn off shadows in the fill light, you dont get shadows at all, obviously, which results in flat lighting.
The second problem with the fill light, is that you now get a a strange point light reflection on the lit object , as you can see in the image. the same applies for spotlights.
So much for the problems.
Now, i have no idea on how to go about this, as, i should add, i am fairly new to lighting in unreal.
As far as i understand, there is no real time global illumination, like what comes with the enlighten plugin (which is a shame btw).
I see what unreal can do: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdabPy6xQ8A
But is there any way of doing this dynamic?


No company is walking the tightrope from the Trump administration to the Biden presidency better than General Motors.
Chief executive Mary Barra cosied up to Donald Trump when it suited the automaker. Trump’s embrace of big business, including tax cuts, were useful. On Wednesday, the company reported a record-setting fourth quarter in which free-cash flow more than doubled. Performance was driven by sales of gas-guzzling trucks and SUVs Mr Trump had no particular distaste for.
Now that Joe Biden is in power, GM is using those profits to pivot toward the mass production of electric vehicles. Barra recently announced GM would have an all-electric fleet by 2035. This is not just good politics. Tesla shares are soaring. SPACs are snapping up next-generation automobile businesses. Undaunted by its failed relationship with heavy trucks group Nikola, GM is looking to ride the wave.
Short term, General Motors will be constrained by the semiconductor shortage tripping up most auto manufacturers. The company says its automotive free cash flow will fall as low as $1bn in 2021 after hitting $2.6bn in 2020. GM already temporarily shut three plants as its supply chain recovers.
When General Motors delivered good results after emerging from bankruptcy a decade ago, the market shrugged at best. The company’s enterprise value to ebitda ratio traded below five times. Investors are now looking past short-term hiccups. The shares have tripled from lows last March. The company’s market capitalisation has surged to nearly $80bn. Cruise, the autonomous vehicle upstart backed by GM has just been valued at $30bn.
Here is a telling number: GM reported a return on invested capital of 15 per cent for 2020, drifting down from 16.2 per cent the year before. Even as profits surged last year, so did the borrowings needed to enhance liquidity and invest in future growth. It does not matter. At GM, as at other big traditional automakers, the penny has finally dropped. Investors care less about 2021 than 2031. It is anybody’s guess who will be president by then.
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Nelsonville Music Festival & Archie Fox Live Presents
JJUUJJUU, Heaven's Gateway Drugs, The Harlequins, DJ John Clift
2619 N. High St.
Columbus, OH, 43202
This event is 18 and over
Saturday, February 23, 2019 at Ace of Cups in Columbus, OH. It's the official pre-party for MELTED. Featuring JJUUJJUU, Heaven's Gateway Drugs, The Harlequins, and DJ John Clift. Presented by Jackie O's.
JJUUJJUU is a rotating ensemble of domestic & international collaborators, wrangled by Los Angeles based musician, Phil Pirrone. He began his career as a touring musician at the age of 15, playing bass. In 2011, Pirrone borrowed an SG and a DL4 and began his exploration of recording looped based music. He later brought song ideas to life with the rhythmic companion of friend and then collaborator, Andrew Clinco (aka Drab Majesty mastermind Deb Demure). Around the same time Pirrone launched the Moon Block Party and Desert Daze festivals, and Space Agency Booking. By then, a veteran of multiple bands and several years of touring, he shifted much of his attention and vision to organizing festivals around Southern California and booking North American tours for an artist roster that includes SUUNS, Acid Mothers Temple, Ulrika Spacek, Follakzoid, L.A. Witch, Holy Wave, Imarhan, Khun Narin, and more.
Heaven's Gateway Drugs
Heaven’s Gateway Drugs is a counterculture cult rock band hailing from Fort Wayne, Indiana, a rust belt city best known for its abundance of churches and strip clubs. Despite being born in a location that couldn't be farther from a psychedelic epicenter, Heaven’s Gateway Drugs creates a unique combination of freakbeat, west coast psych, mod, and eastern drone to create a sound that is just at home today as it was in 1968.
This description only addresses part of the total experience that is Heaven’s Gateway Drugs. The group is led by Ben Carr, an enigmatic, psychedelic Pied Piper of sorts who entrances audiences with his movements and urges those in attendance to become one with the band. Remember always, "you are Heaven's Gateway Drugs."
The Harlequins are an experimental, psychedelic rock trio hailing from Cincinnati, OH.
Evolving out of the home recordings of songwriter Michael Oliva, the group formed with the meeting of bassist Alex Stenard in 2006. They were later joined by drummer Rob Stamler in 2008 cementing the current lineup.
The Harlequins are known for their energetic live performances and experimental light shows incorporating elements of 50's and 60's rock n roll with garage, surf, punk, and kraut-rock.
The Harlequins have released five albums independently and have been a regular fixture at South by Southwest, Bunbury, and Midpoint Music Festivals. In 2011 they were handpicked by The Black Lips for a feature on Noisey.com.
After touring slowed down following 2013’s ‘Sex Change’, The Harlequins signed to dizzybird records and spent 2015 writing and recording their debut LP for the label. 'One With You' was released on June 25, 2016 via dizzybird records. The first single "Not Yet Dead" received heavy airplay from WNKU and other national college radio while the group toured across the country in the summer and fall. The second single, Step Inside, was accompanied by a music video (featured on Punk News.org) by long-time collaborater Andrew Spohn (LA)
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The Adriatic coast could well be Italy’s least known coastal area, meaning the good news is it isn’t saturated with tourists in the way that some of its coastal cousins might be.
Many towns in Le Marche are easy to stroll around without fear of crowds or queues, and many of the regions beaches are tranquil, secluded places that offer complete sanctuary from the world.
The Adriatic coast of Le Marche has beaches in abundance, and many of them are beautiful and can only be accessed by boat. Read on to find out about some of our favourites.
Adriatic Coast: Riviera del Conero
This stunning section of coastline known as the Conero, or Riviera del Conero is a beautiful stretch of cliffs and private coves and many can only be reached on foot or by boat, ensuring complete solitude for visitors.
The hamlets of Portonovo, Sirolo and Numana offer blue flag bathing, a handful of seafood restaurants, and fabulous azure waters. Enjoy some gelato in the piazza in Sirolo and take in the views of the cliffs, the sandy Urbani beach below, and even Croatia’s coastline on the horizon on a clear day. Offering scuba diving, fishing and snorkelling, the Conero is a must-see on a trip to the Adriatic coast.
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Adriatic Coast: Urbani Beach
This panoramic beach is one of the most picturesque on the Adriatic Coast. Chalky white cliffs form its backdrop, while the clear azure waters give it perfect contrast. Offering complete tranquility, there are only two restaurants/snack bars and a huge stretch of sandy shore. Urbani sits in the shadow of the huge Monte Conero which blocks out the sun during the afternoon, so arrive in the morning to top up that tan.
Adriatic Coast: Porto Recanati
A favourite of ours and Italian tourists, this beachfront boulevard is lined with hotels, guest houses and seafood restaurants. The waters are clear and shallow, perfect for family-friendly bathing, and the promenade is wide and busy with walkers, tourists and cyclists.
Inland, the town of Recanati is home to plenty of shops, bars and restaurants and makes for an ideal place to holiday (vacation). Visit the Castello Svevo, the Museo del Mare and the Picture Gallery – all within easy walking distance.
Adriatic Coast: Mezzavalle Beach
One of Conero’s lesser known beaches, this secluded area is popular with local people, and it’s no surprise as to why. With only one restaurant and no sunbeds for rent, it is both quiet and beautiful. Be sure to bring your own umbrella and gear for a day of sun, surf and fun.
Situated in the Conero National Park, a small car park is located in the hills above the beach, and then it’s a 15-minute hike down the path to Mezzavalle. If you don’t fancy such a climb, boats are available to take you there and back.
Adriatic Coast: Due Sorelle Beach
This scenic beach, with powder-white sand, is one of the best beaches on the Adriatic coast. From the Italian meaning “Two Sisters”, it gets its name from the two tall white rocks that sit at the end of the beach, just out to sea. Only accessible by boat or by a steep pathway, the beach is uncluttered, uncrowded and uncontaminated.
During the summer a ferry leaves the port of Numana at 9:00 and 10:00 each morning, and returns at 12:30 and 15:00.
If you prefer to hike and take in the countryside views that surround it, the Passo del Lupo trail is located north of Sirolo. Just bring your own lunch as there are no restaurants on the beach.
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Tougher Coronavirus Restrictions Expected In North East From Friday
17 September 2020, 10:12
Tougher coronavirus restrictions are expected to be introduced in the north east of England from Friday.
As coronavirus cases continue to rise, millions living in north-east England may face local restrictions in a number of areas.
Part of these tighter rules could see a curfew introduced on pubs and restaurants from midnight tonight.
The New Coronavirus Rules For Pubs And Restaurants In England
Northumberland, Newcastle, Sunderland, North and South Tyneside, Gateshead and County Durham areas are in discussions to introduce the measures.
Dr Hilary warns another national lockdown might be needed
A full announcement outlining the next steps is expected later on Thursday.
"The number of cases has been rising rapidly in many parts of the country, but in particular in the North East, and so a decision has been made to impose further restrictions there," Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick told ITV's Peston programme on Wednesday.
"And a full announcement will be made tomorrow and so people living in that part of the country should watch out for that. And the measures will come into play at midnight on Thursday evening."
However, the measures won’t see a full lockdown introduced.
Instead, restrictions will be placed on social gatherings and limits such as a curfew may be put in place at pubs.
Newcastle City Council leader Nick Forbes said the changes would mainly be on social gatherings.
He said: “The evidence we've found from local testing is that it's spreading in three main areas: in pubs, in people's homes and in grassroots sports," he said.
"So [council leaders] have put together a series of requests to government for additional restrictions around these areas for a fixed period of time to try to prevent a damaging full lockdown."
The measures will be outlined in detail today (17 September).
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The Rhode Island Department of Health has issued the state's first certificate to operate to a medical marijuana retail store. The Thomas C. Slater compassion center must tell the department when it expects to begin selling marijuana to patients who qualify. But today's announcement means the center can officially open for business.
Thousands of patients with qualifying medical conditions have registered to be able to buy the drug. They don't need a prescription but do need a doctor to certify they're eligible.

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No, not the painful ones we tell each other. My book! Yesterday I mentioned that I figured out my plot. I wanted to expand on that today. It may seem like a minor thing to some people, but to fellow writers and to those who know me, this is a MAJOR accomplishment!
I have always been a plot heavy writer. I get the characters first, but then the plot ideas take over to the point where I can definitely see my story on the big screen with today's movie stars portraying my brave and sexy hero and heroine. Then the reality comes in and I have to figure out what really works (no, that building blowing up won't happen without the school janitor villain getting access to explosives. And how will he do that????). THEN I start to figure out who the characters are and what their internal conflicts are. Usually, the internal conflicts are the most difficult aspect of a book for me.
With Lies, the internal conflicts came fairly easily. The external conflict eluded me. I had aspects of the characters that I knew in my gut had to stay in the story, but a whole bunch of stuff could be scrapped if needed. I knew my hero was a bounty hunter. I tried to change it a few times, but I always came back to this career path for him. It felt right. And you know what? In the end, it IS right. Another problem came when I had scenes that weren't plausible. The scene itself worked, but its place in the story did not and no matter how I tried to fix it or place it somewhere else, the square block would not fit into the round hole!
When I wrote the first draft in November during NaNoWriMo I had the same issues, but I kept writing to see what I could come up with, what my characters would tell me. Their biggest suggestion was to trust them. So I did. I did not panic....much. I let it go. I asked for help. I wrote the 2nd draft with a different plot in mind. Then I wrote the 3rd draft, or most of it anyway, with 2 different plots in mind. I then did start to panic a bit because it was the end of the 3rd draft and I wanted this book to be finished in April. But my hero whispered to me again to trust him. So I did...again. And he came through for me!
So now, I'm on a quest to finish this book by the first week in April. I'll send it to my FANTABULOUS CPs, query an editor and hopefully, if all goes according to plan, I'll be submitting this book by the end of April.
Of course, that won't happen unless I get off the Internet and get to work!


Katy Perry Leads with Nine 2011 MTV Video Music Awards Nominations
By Len Brown
Katy Perry's star is shining bright as the pop princess leads the way with nine nominations in this year's MTV Video Music Awards.
The special announcement was made as MTV VJ Sway visited Katy at the Seattle stop in her California Dreams tour. The pop singer was chosen as a nominee in nine categories, including Best Video of the Year and Best Female. Other nominees include Adele, Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Nicki Minaj and more. The entire list of nominees can be found at MTV.com.
The 2011 MTV Video Music Awards will air live from the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday, August 28, at 9 p.m. ET/PT.


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Corner Mirrors For Bathrooms - Mirrors have become a vital part of home dÃ©cor; the fashionable designs of mirrors have created them an important piece for interior decorators. The lighting and dÃ©cor in your house determine the sort of mirror that is most ideal for you. Most people decide to install bathroom mirrors which are functional and sturdy. Installing mirrors in your home can brighten any area up; as they they offer the illusion of having more space in an area, they're particularly ideal for small rooms.
They help to make the area seem more spacious and stunning. It is possible to go out as well as shop for stunning decorative mirrors in case you feel like re decorating your house. Choosing mirrors for the bathroom is no different; one needs to choose the right mirror to cater to the decorating needs of even the bathrooms in hotel suites or powder rooms in houses.
One can look for mirrors which can be elegantly created and are created to function both conventional framing methods and contemporary. They produce some fine masterpieces that appear fantastic as a bathroom wall mirror. You're able to add dimension house by including contemporary wall mirrors in the living area and as properly as in the bathroom.
The type of mirrors that may complete the appearance of a space by including dimension and sparkle are smooth wall mirrors that are trimmed with three "actions' that that creates slender and beveled strips. One can also opt for a bathroom wall mirror that has cut corners and are appropriate for either bath or corridor. You can also decide to brighten your bathroom space with a wall mirror. Lighted bathroom mirrors are perfect for grooming, implementing makeup in the powder-room, as well as for shaving.

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Heidi Travel Plus, a travel agency on Austin Street in the Forest Hills section of Queens, has gone out of business, but not before helping to book one final group tour.
Destination: Federal Court in Brooklyn. Participants: travel agents, brokers and others accused of a ticket-fraud scheme that has cost airlines an estimated $20 million, according to the people who set up Heidi Travel.
They are actually a consortium of law-enforcement agencies that began investigating ticket fraud two years ago after complaints from the airline industry and the Airline Reporting Corporation, an industry clearinghouse.
Most of the complaints involved so-called "bust-out" travel agencies that obtain tickets, sell them quickly and often in bulk, and go out of business without paying the airlines.Continue reading the main story


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‘Tis the season for holiday gift guides! I love reading these as much as I love researching and writing my own. And this year I have the joy of playing Santa to two little kiddos.
First up, from Sam’s wish list.
1 | Optimus Prime | Sam is no exception when it comes to little boys’ attraction to Transformers. He has Bumblebee and Heat Wave, and he’s been asking for awhile to add Optimus Prime to his collection. These figures from Playskool hold up well to lots and lots of transforming.
2 | Richard Scarry Busy Town Game | We love Cars and Trucks and Things That Go (a.k.a. the Goldbug book), and I suspect this game will be a hit. It got great reviews and encourages more “I found it!” play.
3 | Kinetic Sand | I’ve heard this is even more fun than play-dough. And, I admit, that I’m pretty excited to play with it!
4 | Pogo Jumper | I’m all for anything that gets us up and moving during the cold winter months. And it can support up to 250lbs? I envision jump-offs in our future!
5 | How Do Dinosaurs Say I Love You? | This is one of our favorite series of books, and I look forward to adding this one to our shelf.
6 | Binoculars | Perfect stocking stuff for our little explorer.
7 | Magna-Tiles | Sam’s big Santa gift this year! Everyone I know who has this set says it is well worth the price tag. Sam’s preschool classroom even has one, and there is about a 90% chance that I will find him and his buddies playing with it when I arrive for pick-up.
8 | LEGOs | LEGOs get a ton of play in our house. We have several sets of DUPLOs, and Sam recently graduated to the “little tiny blocks.” He has to keep them in his room and out of Nora’s reach, which makes them an even more desirable toy. I love that these foster creativity in our little engineer!
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A vaping behavior could perhaps discontinuance up ensuing in a tarnished smile, and more frequent visits to the dentist.
Analysis by college from Tufts College College of Dental Capsules realized patients who talked about they used vaping devices have been more doubtless to have the next probability of rising cavities. With CDC surveys reporting that 9.1 million American adults — and a pair of million younger of us — use tobacco-primarily primarily primarily based vaping merchandise, that implies a bunch of susceptible enamel.
The findings of this scrutinize on the affiliation between vaping and probability of caries — the dental length of time for cavities — encourage as an alert that this once reputedly innocent behavior is presumably very detrimental, says Karina Irusa, assistant professor of comprehensive care and lead creator on the paper. The scrutinize became published November 23 in The Journal of the American Dental Association.
Over the previous couple of years, public consciousness has increased about the hazards of vaping to systemic neatly being — significantly after the utilization of vaping devices became tied to lung illness. Some dental be taught has shown ties between e-cigarette use and increased markers for gum illness, and, one at a time, anguish to the tooth’s enamel, its outer shell. But comparatively runt emphasis has been positioned on the intersection between e-cigarette use and oral neatly being, even by dentists, says Irusa.
Irusa says that the unusual Tufts finding is presumably correct a touch of the anguish vaping causes to the mouth. “The extent of the effects on dental neatly being, particularly on dental decay, are aloof comparatively unknown,” she says. “At this point, I’m correct making an strive to purchase consciousness,” amongst each dentists and patients.
This scrutinize, Irusa says, is the major known particularly to analyze the affiliation of vaping and e-cigarettes with the increased probability for getting cavities. She and her colleagues analyzed files from bigger than 13,000 patients older than 16 who’ve been handled at Tufts dental clinics from 2019-2022.
Whereas the overwhelming majority of the patients talked about they didn’t use vapes, there became a statistically critical disagreement in dental caries probability ranges between the e-cigarette/vaping team and the preserve a watch on team, Irusa realized. Some 79% of the vaping patients have been categorized as having high-caries probability, in comparison with correct about 60% of the preserve a watch on team. The vaping patients have been not requested whether or not they used devices that contained nicotine or THC, even if nicotine is more frequent.
“It’s miles a must-ought to achieve here is preliminary files,” Irusa says. “This isn’t 100% conclusive, but of us invent ought to aloof be responsive to what we’re seeing.” Extra studies ought to aloof be carried out, and Irusa wants to desire a closer leer at how vaping impacts the microbiology of saliva.
One reasons why e-cigarette use could perhaps contribute to a high probability of cavities is the sugary express and viscosity of vaping liquid, which, when aerosolized after which inhaled by the mouth, sticks to the enamel. (A 2018 scrutinize published within the journal PLOS One likened the properties of candy-flavored e-cigarettes to gummy sweets and acidic drinks.) Vaping aerosols have been shown to alternate the oral microbiome making it more hospitable to decay-inflicting micro organism. Moreover it is been observed that vaping appears to be like to aid decay in areas the set it typically doesn’t happen — such as the bottom edges of entrance enamel. “It takes an esthetic toll,” Irusa says.
The Tufts researchers suggest that dentists ought to aloof mechanically inquire of about e-cigarette use as portion of a affected person’s scientific historical previous. That functions pediatric dentists who watch formative years — in step with the FDA/CDC, 7.6% of middle- and high-college college students talked about they used e-cigarettes in 2021.
The researchers also suggest patients who use e-cigarettes desires to be regarded as for a “more rigorous caries management protocol,” which could perhaps encompass prescription-strength fluoride toothpaste and fluoride rinse, in-residence of business fluoride functions, and checkups more typically than twice a One year.
“It takes a bunch of funding of cash and time to organize dental caries, hoping on how mistaken it will get,” Irusa says. “If you have started the behavior, even in case you derive fillings, as lengthy as you continue, you are aloof at probability of secondary caries. It’s miles a vicious cycle that gained’t discontinue.”
Steven Eisen of Tufts College College of Dental Capsules is senior creator on the paper. Complete records on authors and conflicts of passion is within the marketplace within the published paper.
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Ideology of the Aesthetic
Author: Terry Eagleton
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The Ideology of the Aesthetic presents a history and critique of the concept of the aesthetic throughout modern Western thought. As such, this is a critical survey of modern Western philosophy, focusing in particular on the complex relations between aesthetics, ethics and politics. Eagleton provides a brilliant and challenging introduction to these concerns, as characterized in the work of Kant, Schiller, Schopenhauer, Kierkegaard, Marx, Nietzsche, Freud, Heidegger, Lukacs, Adorno, Habermas, and others.
Wide in span, as well as morally and politically committed, this is Terry Eagleton's major work to date. It forms both an original enquiry and an exemplary introduction.

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Should Benn be believed when he claims Collins has relit the fire within Britain's most consistently exciting fighter of the last decade? If not, the 20,000-plus crowd at the Nynex Arena, Manchester, will witness the demise of the "Dark Destroyer".
The rematch headlines Frank Warren's lavish promotion which also features the Sheffield showman, Naseem Hamed, and Manchester's Ensley Bingham in WBO title fights - the first bill ever to boost three world title contests each featuring a British participant. The Manchester card is a free hors d'oeuvre to wet appetites for Sky Sports' second venture into pay-per- view television later this evening, when Mike Tyson headlines Don King's Las Vegas show featuring three world heavyweight title fights - another first for the Warren-King promoting team.
Hamed's incredible popularity ensures the Manchester promotion box-office success, while the British light-middle champion Bingham's challenge to Ronald "Winky" Wright provides local interest. But the super-middleweight (12 stone) fight captures the imagination.
The unsatisfactory four-round ending to Fight One - also at this venue - hinted that Benn's seemingly inexhaustible capability had run dry. Collins, an unfashionable late entrant to the memorable series of battles featuring Michael Watson, Chris Eubank, Benn and himself, finished as the top dog.
The Dubliner, 32, should prove too strong, too hungry for Benn, also 32, at this stage in his arduous career. Collins' 36 fights (33 wins, three losses) have been less draining. But history suggests this is Benn's kind of fight. When the odds have been against him in 47 previous contests (42 wins, four losses, one draw with 35 knock-outs) Benn invariably has delivered.
Benn has lost his last two - Sugar Boy Malinga taking his WBC championship eight months ago - and realises defeat tonight leaves no way back. Under the circumstances, only the rash would bet against him. If his desire is all he promises, Benn can win a decision after 12 hard-fought rounds, setting up a third fight with the Irishman. If not, Collins can claim his 18th KO victim.
While 23-year-old Hamed is unbeaten in 23 fights (with 21 KOs), his last two performances have been disappointing by his own lofty standards. Floored for the first time before stopping Daniel Alicea, struggling before Manuel Medina's retirement, Hamed needs a convincing win over Argentina's Remigio Molina tonight.
Florida's Wright, the WBO light-middleweight champion, has been beaten just once in 36 fights - but the 33-year-old challenger Bingham (16-6) is a vicious left hooker and landing his pet punch with regularity could make him one of Britain's more surprising world champions of recent times.Reuse content


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The Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) confirmed Thursday that they have placed video cameras throughout Seattle to, according to Special Agent Brian Bennett, “support an ongoing federal criminal investigation.” This comes in response to questions regarding a camera installed on 23rd Avenue and S. Jackson St. The location of other cameras is unclear.
ATF is the lead agency of the Puget Sound Regional Crime Gun Task Force – a partnership to reduce gun violence that includes the Seattle Police Department, Washington State Patrol and the Washington State Department of Corrections. However, according to Bennett, these cameras belong to ATF and were not requested nor monitored by the Seattle Police Department.
Bennett would not disclose whether the camera was active 24 hours a day or, as has been suggested by city officials, only after sunset. He did say the data was being downloaded to a hard drive and not being actively monitored.
Seattle Police Department Public Information Sergeant Sean Whitcomb echoed Bennett, confirming that the cameras were not the property of SPD. However, when asked whether SPD knew that ATF had installed these cameras, Whitcomb said he didn’t know. “All I know is it’s not an SPD camera,” he said.
In mid-July, at First African Methodist Episcopal Church on Capitol Hill, black community leaders, including Reverend Harriett Walden and Seattle City Council Candidate Pamela Banks called for such surveillance in Seattle as a response to the increased number of shots fired in Seattle city limits this year. “We want convictions,” said Walden.
Police Chief Kathleen O’Toole and Mayor Ed Murray were also present, flanked by members of ATF. Neither O’Toole nor Murray explicitly expressed support for surveillance. They did say, however, that unlike the secretive “Meshnet” surveillance system installed by the Seattle Police Department in 2013, they were more willing to consider cameras because community members were the ones calling for it. “I think there’s a way to do this to protect people’s privacy,” said Murray.
Not surprisingly, the Seattle Privacy Coalition pushed back. “I think it’s absurd at this point that we are still treating individual data-gathering projects as one-offs,” said Privacy Coalition President Jan Bultmann. “I want to see the Privacy Impact Assessment program up and running before we deploy more technologies, period.” This refers to a city effort undertaken in the wake of the camera network controversy, with a goal of creating standards for protecting privacy. “I think any other approach is a slippery slope toward a full-on surveillance state.”
Lee Colleton, a member of the Seattle Privacy Coalition, first noticed the camera on July 7 – a week before the aforementioned church meeting – during a march down Martin Luther King Way, an act of solidarity with the shooting of nine members of a church in Charleston, SC. Colleton had a pocket telescope that he used to examine the camera, on which he found a phone number. This number traced back to Todd Reeves, who, according to his LinkedIn profile, works for ATF installing surveillance systems.
It’s unclear when exactly the cameras were installed. A Google Maps photo taken on the street corner in July of 2014 shows no camera, suggesting it was installed in the last year. But one thing for sure is that the camera was in place at the time of the meeting in the church. Whitcomb couldn’t say whether Chief O’Toole knew it was there at the time.
The Mayor’s Office didn’t immediately return a call for comment. Scott Thomsen of Seattle City Light, which owns the light poles on which the cameras are mounted, said the department was unaware of the cameras until Mr. Colleton pointed them out. “The situation is one where we have allowed law enforcement agencies to install cameras where appropriate,” he said.
Bultmann questions Thomsen's assertion that City Light didn't know of the cameras. "It's implausible that the city has no input in the camera installation process," she said. "City employees must have been at least peripherally involved in the actual mounting of the cameras."
Bennett of ATF confirmed the cameras were installed to assist in a single investigation, but would not provide details as the case is ongoing. Presumably, it is part of the task force’s efforts to reduce gun violence in Seattle. The law enforcement partnership, for example, has been tracking a single gun for two years as part of its efforts.
Chair of the Public Safety, Civil Rights and Technology Committee Councilmember Bruce Harrell was never informed of the cameras, said Harrell aide Vinh Tang. Although the council passed a bill in 2013 that forbid installing surveillance equipment without the knowledge of the Seattle City Council, ATF is a federal department and therefore not beholden to that particular piece of legislation. Tang said Councilmember Harrell might send a letter or introduce a non-binding resolution in the next week urging the feds to keep the City Council abreast of surveillance equipment.
So far the implication is that ATF was able to install these cameras without anyone in the City of Seattle learning about it. Further, it is unclear whether these cameras will be removed at the end of the investigation or if they are permanent. Crosscut will update as more details emerge.


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The 2018 London Marathon will take place this Sunday with live TV coverage on the BBC.
Gabby Logan presents live coverage of the 38th staging of the annual event on the streets of London, as tens of thousands of runners take on the 26.2-mile course.
The men’s race will be the first for Mo Farah since the four-time Olympic gold medallist switched his focus from track events to the road.
Farah’s rivals include defending champion Daniel Wanjiru of Kenya, his compatriot Eliud Kipchoge and Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele.
Mary Keitany will start as favourite in the women’s race, looking to equal Ingrid Kristiansen as the joint-most successful female athlete in the event’s history.
Coverage starts at 8.30am on BBC One and BBC One HD with live streaming via the BBC iPlayer.
Coverage moves to BBC Two at 2pm.
Highlights – presented by JJ Chalmers – will be shown on BBC Two from 7pm on Sunday night.
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The Maharashtra State Cooperative Cotton Growers' Marketing Federation, the nodal agency for state sector cotton procurement, saw two records come its way in the season just gone by. One, it broke all the past records by purchasing a phenomenal 212 lakh quintals of cotton from cultivators across the state. And, two alarmingly it saw its cotton on fire all over the state. 111 fire incidents gutted cotton worth about Rs 36 crore at several of its godowns and yards. (1 lakh = 100,000)
In two cases, the Federation handed over the probe to Crime Investigation Department (CID). It fired five of its employees "prima facie guilty of negligence" in three separate cases, suspecting their involvement. Dr N P Hirani, the Federation Chairman, confesses: "It's a black scar on our efforts." However, there's some solace for the federation. Since the cotton was insured, the Federation would claim a full insurance. Local leaders and cotton farmers charge the federation with high-handedness though. They wonder how it procured cotton at 216 centres without any regulator or vigilance squad to keep vigil on the process.
Farmers not getting dues
Amidst the charges and counter charges regarding the fires, one key question remains unanswered. For all the cotton purchased, when will the farmers get their dues? Thousands of them are awaiting their payments ahead of sowing season. And though the state government and federation maintain that they have released the entire payment, farmers aren't getting money from the district central cooperative banks.
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The Federation claims it has arranged for Rs 3663.22 crore by borrowing from the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) and other financial institutions. The money was released to the banks in bits Rs 1238 crore; Rs 1200 crore, Rs 500 crore, and so on. This is only the first installment that the Federation owes the farmers. "This takes care of the minimum guaranteed price for the different varieties of cotton we bought from farmers," informs G H Vairale, General Manager of the Federation. "We are making arrangements for Rs 1,007 crore to pay the second and third installments of bonus and interim payment to the farmers. The installments are due for July and August," he says. (1 crore = 10 million)
Hirani claims the problem of disbursing money to the farmers is with the banks. The banks beg to differ. The process of payment is complex. A farmer gets a cheque from the respective procurement centre of the Federation. He is expected to withdraw his money from the nearest branch of the district central cooperative bank after the government intimation. The government, through the Federation, pays the money to the district treasury, which in turn, disburses the money to the cooperative banks on the basis of a financial statement prepared by the procurement centres. When the treasury releases the money, the banks open their counters for the farmers for disbursement of the cotton payments.
"We clear the cheques as and when we get the money from the government treasuries. Unless we get money from the treasury, how will we pay money to the farmers?" asks a branch manager of a district central cooperative bank in Nagpur. He does not want to be named. "This is a political issue, I will face an action if I speak to you," he pleads.
Federation's financial woes
The bumper production and purchase threw the Federation into tatters. It procured 211.53 lakh quintals of cotton, about 43 lakh bales and 117.66 lakh quintals of seeds (Sarki, in local parlance). And the procurement continued till late April. Consider this: Federation's average procurement always stood at 90-100 lakh quintals. Which means, its cotton procurement more than doubled this time around. So have the bills, which stand at a little over Rs 4,700 crore. Delays in payments to farmers stem from the huge losses that the procurement scheme has run into over the past decade. The Federation has pushed the payment burden onto the Vilasrao Deshmukh-government. Cash-strapped, the state government has found itself grappling with the whopping cotton bills.
Delay in payment is just one problem. This year's losses at the Federation are pegged at around Rs 1,600 crore. But Kishor Tiwari claims the losses would be "somewhere to the tune of Rs 3000 crore". There are no takers for the local cotton, one. And two, the cotton imports are expected to go up, with the import duty just 10%, he says. This means market prices will remain low and the Federation will not be able to sell the cotton profitably, having purchased it at the guaranteed prices. The Federation's total accumulated losses are at Rs 4,000 crore, but add the huge interest liability, and the situation becomes murkier.
Hirani believes unless the government backtracks to the original form of the scheme, the state marketer will continue to garner huge losses. The Chairman is strongly recommending that the government to run the monopoly scheme on the no-profit-no-loss basis, i.e. the Federation will procure cotton at prevailing market rate. It will announce a minimum guaranteed price before May 30. Growers will then estimate their returns for the upcoming season. "We will buy the produce at the guaranteed price only. If the government wants, it can pay the bonus (to farmers) independent of this scheme," Marketing Minister Harshwardhan Patil told a media conference in Mumbai on May 10, speaking on behalf of the Federation. The Federation falls under his ministry. The government (state cabinet) is considering the recommendation and is expected to come out with a new policy shortly, Patil declared in the conference.
But there is a catch. Farmers won't still be able to have a say over what the selling price of their yield would be. They would only know in advance the total losses they would bear at the end of the season, should they opt for cotton crop. "This is the beginning of winding up of the scheme and allowing the private buyers to dominate the markets," says the Andolan Samiti's Tiwari. The Federation contends this claim. "By declaring procurement price before sowing season, farmers would be able to decide whether they should go for cotton crop or not. Or, if the private buyers decide to buy the cotton, they would have to pay the guaranteed price at least," argues Hirani.
Hirani also says the Federation is thinking of going for low-interest loans to clear some of its debt burden. Not everyone agrees that low-interest loans will come to the Federation. "The financial institutions are not very keen on bailing out the federation because they know that this is a loss-making organization," explains an ex-official of the federation, pleading anonymity.
Farmers' leader in Wardha Vijay Jawandhia says that unless the Centre hikes the import duty cotton farmers won't stand in the face of international competition.
In the meantime, Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh has been on record to admit the failure of the government to pay the dues in time, this notwithstanding electoral promises. In fact, this year's payments crisis has its roots in the very electoral promise made in the past elections. The Democratic Front promised a rate of Rs 2700 per quintal to cotton growers before elections. But it turned its back soon after. It reduced payment liabilities by asking the Federation to declare a support price of Rs 2500. Still, the price offer had a catastrophic effect on farmers, says Jawandhia. "The promise of Rs 2700 per quintal, and the previous year's boom at international markets, saw the acreage of cotton rise by 20%." Though the cotton yield dwindled in Vidarbha itself, Marathwada saw a bumper harvest this year, he says.
Also, the huge influx of cotton from the neighbouring states added to the Federation's woes. Hirani estimates that 20% of cotton came from the neighbouring states, which is significant; he had overestimated this number at 70% earlier in the season.
A fresh crisis is brewing
A fresh crisis is now on the cards as the new agriculture season starts in a week's time. At some places, the season may have already begun by now. Says Vilas Bhongade, a social activist: "The seed companies are holding farmers' convention in villages and small towns across the region." Which means, the traps are already in place. With less than a month to go for the monsoon, seed companies through the network of their retailers have launched off their sales, introducing new varieties and fertilizers to farmers, and pressing the cultivators to buy the stocks in advance.
Simply put, the Federation has become a shield for private traders in under the garb of farmers' interests, say farmers' leaders themselves. Timely payment of dues to farmers is therefore crucial.

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In fact, polling analysis by FiveThirtyEight’s forecast model gives Democrats a 95 in 100 shot of keeping the House, which is better than Joe Biden’s 88 in 100 chance of winning the presidency and the Democrats’ 74 in 100 chance of capturing the Senate.
“Democrats have a 72 percent chance of winning a federal government trifecta: that is, control of the presidency, Senate and House,” according to FiveThirtyEight.
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The rural farming district is growing increasingly red, and the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party only needs two seats to win the majority.
TJ Cox, D-Calif.
It’s a rematch in California as TJ Cox faces former Rep. David Valadao. In 2018, Democrat Cox upset Republican Valadao by less than 1,000 votes in a Central Valley district.
While Cox is in a Democratic-leaning state, he faced criticism early this year over owing nearly $145,000 in unpaid federal income taxes. In September, a poll by American Viewpoint showed Cox trailing Valadao by 11 points — 38% to 49%.
Kendra Horn, D-Okla.
This seat is a pickup opportunity for Republicans. Kendra Horn defeated Republican Steve Russell in his second bid for re-election, the first time a Democrat had won the seat in 44 years. Horn only won by 1 point, making 2020’s election a close race.
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This time, she will take on Stephanie Bice — a Republican state senator. An Oct. 26 poll by Amber Integrated showed Horn trailing Bice by five points.
Xochitl Torres Small, D-N.M.
It’s another rematch in New Mexico’s 2nd Congressional District, as Xochitl Torres Small runs against former state Rep. Yvette Herell, who she defeated by an extremely narrow margin of less than 4,000 votes.
The district traditionally leans Republican, and Trump won the district by 10 points in 2016 over Hillary Clinton.
“Torres Small is raising millions of dollars and talking about how she’s worked with the president,” the Washington Post reported.
Anthony Brindisi, D-N.Y.
This rematch is between Democrat incumbent Anthony Brindisi and former Rep. Claudia Tenney.
The battleground 22nd Congressional District in central New York voted heavily for Trump in 2016, so Republicans hope to flip the district back to red.
According to the Associated Press, “Tenney said she is relishing another potential match up with Brindisi in a district that Trump carried by a wide margin in 2016.” According to the Washington Post, “Republicans say she’s running a better campaign this time around, and they think the conservative lean of this district signals good things for them.”
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, D-Fla.
In the battleground state of Florida, Democrat Debbie Mucarsel-Powell will face Carlos Gimenez, the Republican mayor of Miami-Dade County.
According to The Tampa Bay Times, Gimenez’s moderate profile and high name identification make him a strong GOP candidate. Mucarsel-Powell defeated Republican Carlos Curbelo in 2018 by a drastically narrow margin, winning just 51% of the vote. In a July poll, Gimenez was leading Mucarsel-Powell by five points.
Seats eyed by Democrats:
Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J.
Jeff Van Drew won his seat as Democrat in 2018, but switched parties in December 2019 in his opposition to impeaching Trump.
Amy Kennedy, married to former Democratic U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy, will face Van Drew for the 2nd District House seat. Recent October polls show Kennedy ahead by five to seven points against Van Drew.
Mike Garcia, R-Calif.
In a surprising upset, Mike Garcia won his seat in a special election in May after the resignation of Democratic Rep. Katie Hill, who stepped down after admitting to an affair with a campaign worker. The House opened an ethics probe into an allegation that she was involved with a member of her congressional staff, which Hill denied.
Democratic frontrunner Christy Smith, assemblywoman for the 38th District, lost the special election by nine points. Smith will face Garcia in a rematch this November.
Don Bacon, R-Neb.
This will be a rematch between Don Bacon and Democratic challenger Kara Eastman, who Bacon defeated by a small margin in 2018.
According to recent polls, the district has been leaning in favor of Joe Biden for president, providing Democrats hope that Eastman will regain the seat.
But earlier this month, Former Rep. Brad Ashford, D-Neb., said in a statement to The Omaha World-Herald that he is backing Bacon over Eastman in Nebraska’s Omaha-based 2nd District, according to Lincoln Journal Star. “It was my intention to remain neutral in this congressional race,” Ashford said. “However, more than ever we need unifiers, not dividers in Congress.
Open Seat, Virginia
It’s a competitive race for an open seat in central Virginia. Incumbent GOP Rep. Denver Riggleman lost his primary bid to conservative challenger Bob Good earlier this year.
Good will now face Democrat Cameron Webb, a physician who served as a White House Fellow under both President Obama and Trump.
Open Seats, Texas
Texas is becoming increasingly known as a swing state ahead of the 2020 election — as Democrats did surprisingly well in the 2019 election. There are currently four open seats that Democrats are trying to flip.
House District 138 in Houston is one of Democrats' best pickup opportunities.
“The Democratic candidate, Akilah Bacy, outraised her GOP opponent, Lacey Hull, by more than 3 to 1, spent more than twice as much as her and had over four times as much in reserves,” the Texas Tribune wrote.
Another hotly contested open seat is in House District 92 in Tarrant County, where Republican Jeff Cason will face off with opponent Jeff Whitfield.
This story was reported from Los Angeles.


(undated) – The new week of Alexandria Cardinal Sports Report programs on KXRA includes summaries from three Cardinal coaches as part of the Monday show.
Coach summaries provided by:
- Cardinal of Alexandria Golf for girls Coach Tim Zupfer has an update on how his Cardinals placed first in a two-day event at Bunker Hills Golf Club….the venue for the class AAA State Golf Meet next month
- Alexandria Baseball Coach Jake Munsch. He notes the offense was a little sparse in a non-conference game in Little Falls on Friday. A solid pitch and a few timely hits proved key in a shutout win for the Cardinals
- Cardinal boys athletics Coach Mike Drain shares details of Alexandria’s highlights during Friday’s True Team Class AAA State Championship competition at Stillwater Area High School
Item 8AA Details Boys tennis Tournament are included in today’s Cardinal Sports Report podcast.
Upcoming KXRA Cardinal Sports Broadcast Highlights:
- Tuesday May 24….Fast softball: Detroit Lakes @ Alexandria (Section 8 AAA Tournament, first round) (Broadcast time – approximately 4:10)
- Tuesday May 24….Baseball: Moorhead @ Alexandria (Broadcast Time – approx 6:40am)
- Thursday, May 26….Fast softball: Alexandria vs. opponent TBD (Section 8 AAA Tournament, second round) (Broadcast time – TBD)
The Cardinal Sports Report podcast in the audio player below is approximately 11 minutes and 40 seconds.
During the 2021-22 school year, Cardinal Sports Report programs air on KXRA (1490 AM, 100.3 FM, and 105.7 FM) weekdays at the following times:


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Garner said she knows the sex of her baby, though she chose not to reveal it on The Tonight Show. The actress previously said she's hoping for a little girl, but she isn't sure if Affleck, 39, feels the same way.
"I would have thought [he wanted a boy]. At first I think I really thought so," Garner told host Jay Leno. "And then he kind of said, 'Well, we have girls. We know how to do girls. My girls love me. I'm the big guy in the house.' So, now I'm not sure."
Garner, who announced her third pregnancy in August, is due in late February/early March.
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Just Me: Tlaib claims she did not chose the organization to sponsor her trip, and that Miftah has sponsored trips made by five other Congress members. Omar and Tlaib argued the scrutiny over the organization are distractions that have nothing to do with their agenda. During the press conference, Omar seemed to instigate anti-Israel sentiments by questioning the lifesaving aid Israel receives from the U.S. Tlaib and Omar were barred from visiting Israel due to their public support of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanction movement, who’s objective is to eliminate Israel as a nation. The Israeli government defended their decision to block the members of Congress by pointing to pro-terrorist activist group Miftah sponsoring the trip. Tlaib was later allowed to visit her grandmother on the West Bank, but rejected the invitation. Despite attempts to portray Miftah as mainstreamish, the reality, as David French notes, is unambiguously ugly. A few years back, Miftah published a bizarre article accusing “the Jews [of using] the blood of Christians in the Jewish Passover,” the classic blood libel. The group celebrates terrorists, including an evil woman who helped murder 13 Israeli children. In an article titled “Let Us Honor Our Own,” a Miftah contributor describes Dalal Al Mughrabi as “a Palestinian fighter who was killed during a military operation against Israel in 1978” and as one of the Palestinian people’s “national heroes.” The so-called “military operation” is more widely known as the “Coastal Road Massacre,” a bus hijacking that resulted in the deaths of 38 Israeli civilians, including 13 children. Al Mughrabi is hardly the only terrorist Miftah celebrates. It described female suicide bomber Wafa Idrees as the “the beginning of a string of Palestinian women dedicated to sacrificing their lives for the cause.” It singles out for recognition Hanadi Jaradat, a woman who blew herself up in a restaurant, killing 21 people (including four children). The founder of Miftah herself, Ms. Ashrawi, excused jihadist violence by telling an interviewer that “you cannot somehow adopt the language of either the international community or the occupier by describing anybody who resists as terrorist.”