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Adorabyssal Oracle with Labelled Tin Box and Booklet - 2nd Edition
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Hello, adorable! The Adorabyssal Oracle brings 36 original illustrations of supernatural, mythological, and cryptozoological creatures from around the world to the palm of your hand in their cutest incarnations!
The Adorabyssal Oracle pulls double duty as both an Oracle deck for your day-to-day meditations and divinations as well as a quick and easy card game. The design for both is meant to be simple enough for kids to pick up and interesting enough for adults to enjoy.
Poker cards in last image are provided as a size reference only and are not included with the deck!
-About the Cards:
Every card features edge-to-edge artwork of these horrible adorables, an associated element, and a keyword based on their unique history. Each cuddly cryptid is printed on gloss-coated 300 GSM card stock, providing vivid colors and a smooth, clean, and durable look and feel to your deck. Cards are sized to the standard poker dimensions of 2.48" x 3.46" and come housed in a custom-labelled tin box to provide a combination of portability and protection for your darling monsters.
-The Included Booklet:
Each deck comes with a 30-page guide booklet that contains card themes, brief creature history, and rules for the card game in it for easy reference on the go. All cards and information for them is also available at pixeloccult.com for the curious.
-About Oracle Decks:
An Oracle deck is similar to, but different from, a Tarot deck. Where a Tarot deck has specific symbolism, number of cards, and a distinct way of interpreting card meanings, Oracle decks are a bit more free-form and their structure is dependent on their creators.
The Adorabyssal Oracle, like many Oracle decks, provides general themes accompanying the artwork. The structure for this deck is a grouping of cards based on elemental associations. Four elements are each assigned nine cards. There are more in depth groupings and structure available for those readers that want to dig in further, but my hope is that this deck can provide an easy starting point for new readers and allow for increasing complexity from there.
However you choose to use your Adorabyssal deck, it is my hope that these cute and spooky creatures will bring some fun to your day!
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I received my deck within a week from ordering, and it is indeed adorable! The perfect companion to my Cute and Creepy Tarot!
Shipped the very next day after I placed my order. The card art is so amazing in cute but creepy style that I love. I love that it comes with a tin, and it's nice and compact even with the guide so I could carry it around easily. The guide doesn't have very detailed oracle descriptions, and seems like it is meant to be mostly intuitive besides the keyword and classification, but it does tell a little about the creature's lore. Might not be the best deck for a beginner who isn't comfortable with their intuition yet. I like the little bonus at the back of the guide!
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Pompeo, Trump, others—protected by the Constitution and safe within American borders—continue to disparage Ukraine's struggle for democracy.
On February 20, 1939, The German-American Bund held a rally at Madison Square Garden. Close to 20,000 people heard FDR referred to as Frank D. Rosenfield and the New Deal referred to as the Jew Deal. The German-American Bund employed the term American in its name and displayed the Stars and Stripes at every rally; nevertheless, this bund (federation) was a pro-Nazi organization comprising strident apologists for Hitler.
At the same time, American exchange students were returning home with glowing reports of a well-managed German government, and a national hero, Charles Lindbergh, was traversing the country, denouncing the Jews for "leading us into war."
It was a time of blatant anti-Semitism but also one of open advocacy of Adolph Hitler and the Third Reich.
I point that out because anyone who is shocked or horrified by former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's open admiration for Putin's "single-mindedness" or disgusted that Trump considers Putin a "genius" among world leaders is ignoring history—or never learned it. We cite England's Nevil Chamberlain as the historical paragon of treasonous stupidity at the onset of World War II, but we don't have to go back that far. Much more recently we witnessed Americans like Pompeo and Trump (and foreign leaders like Boris Johnson) coddle and placate autocrats and imperialists. They never counted the casualties because there weren't any. But the enabling has led to the present tragedy in Ukraine.
The isolationist "diplomacy" of the 1930s and the resultant wars and genocides precipitated over 80 million deaths. And that was before the threat of a nuclear holocaust.
Today's Vladimir Putin needs no encouragement from Pompeo or Trump (or Tucker Carlson or Josh Hawley), but their advocacy must certainly be heartening to the Russian leader. Few are more avid of praise and adulation than Putin; after all, he hates the West and its nominal leader, the United States. To have prominent American citizens (and self-proclaimed leaders) sympathizing with an anti-American, anti-democratic authority is everything he could hope for. (His labeling Ukrainians neo-Nazis raises cynicism to a new level, but it's unlikely he's reached the ceiling yet.)
He has certainly struck at the right moment when a cadre of seditious Republicans and their indifferent and ignorant followers have made a point of delegitimizing both the presidency and democracy itself. The term "Commie sympathizer" used to be a title of disgrace, but today Trump and Pompeo have accepted the mantel with pride, their anthems of praise to Putin protected by the very Constitution they sneer at.
It's important to note that World War II raged on for two years without America's formal entry. The current warfare between Russia and Ukraine may drag on for years, or there may be a quick surrender. That latter option would deal a crushing blow to Ukrainian democracy, but wars that drag on tend to expand, and we—and especially our European allies—may find distant rival Russia not quite so distant anymore.


As software development continues to evolve, the need to create scalable, efficient, and cost-effective development and deployment environments becomes more critical. Containerisation has emerged as a disruptive technology that offers many benefits to the developer community. Container-based architecture is a new approach to developing, deploying, and running software. We will explore what container-based architecture is, how it works, and how it can help organizations increase their agility, scalability, and security.
Understanding Container-Based Architecture
Container-based architecture is a way of developing, deploying, and running applications with the help of containers. Containers are lightweight, standalone, and portable software units that can run anywhere, irrespective of the underlying infrastructure. The primary objective of containerization is to provide a uniform operating environment and remove discrepancies between different runtime environments.
Advantages of a Container-Based Architecture
One of the primary benefits of container-based architecture is portability. Containers encapsulate the application with all its dependencies, libraries, and configuration files in a single executable file. This makes it easier to move the application to different environments without worrying about compatibility and dependency issues. Containers also enable developers to work in a decoupled environment, where they can develop, test, and deploy their applications independently of other applications and services. This increases development agility and reduces the time to market.
Containerization for Scalability
Another important advantage of containerization is scalability. Containers run directly on the host operating system and share system resources with other containers. This enables organizations to run hundreds or even thousands of containers on a single host machine, taking full advantage of the underlying hardware. Container orchestration tools like Kubernetes, Docker Swarm, and Mesos allow organizations to manage these containers as a single entity and scale them up or down as needed.
Enhanced Security with Container-Based Architecture
Container-based architecture also provides enhanced security. Containers are isolated from one another, which means any security vulnerabilities or breaches that occur within a single container will not spread to other containers or the host system. Containers can also run under specific user IDs and group IDs, ensuring that they have the lowest possible privileges. This helps minimize the risk of container-based vulnerabilities that could expose the application to external threats.
Adoption of Containerisation
Containerization has become a mainstream solution for many organizations, and experts predict that it will continue to gain popularity. Containerization can help organizations reduce operational costs, increase scalability and agility, and improve security. Containerization solutions like Docker, Kubernetes, and Mesos are becoming more user-friendly and accessible, making them accessible to organizations of all sizes. Companies like Netflix, Spotify, and Uber have already adopted container-based architectures, and many other companies are now exploring the technology.
Container-based architecture is the future of software development, deployment, and management. With the proliferation of cloud computing and the need for scalable, secure, and cost-effective environments, containerization is becoming an essential tool for developers, IT managers, and business leaders. By leveraging containers, organizations can reduce deployment time, increase scalability, and enhance security.


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Sandra Young-Hewitt grew up in the tropical island Trinidad & Tobago. Having a European multi-racial heritage sums up to a good sense of the world’s composition and interesting life experiences. Sandi's biggest inspiration is being a mother to her three wonderful sons... their unique love and special personality gave Charmington Designs an inspiration to become life. The continued love and support of my family and close friends is priceless. Thank you!
Her leadership role in multi-media, developing and instituting therapeutic programs and designing inspire her creativity. A misfit limb, a doll, one dress and a hand-peddled sewing machine as a young child gave Sandi inspiration. Combined with the voice of reason and the desire to tell your story with handmade jewelry is the motivation behind Charmington Designs. Inspiring creativity is what the Charmington Designs vision is about.
Our handmade charm bracelets and earrings bring beauty, style and most importantly inspiration to others. Our jewelry designs create a feeling of being special – Their messages have meanings beyond their artistic beauty. You experience possibility - strength to endure adversity, grace to own inner beauty, love to live in the moment and a guiding light to become the best you are meant to be. May you be inspired by every Charmington Design you own!
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The discovery of common garden bug with mechanical gears on its hind legs that help the insect to jump has dispelled the notion that such engineering feats are solely man-made and don't exist in nature.
Scientists at Cambridge University made the discovery recently by analyzing the legs of a baby Issus bug – a common plant-hopping garden insect – in high-speed video, Britain's Daily Mail reported
The scientists observed that the Issus' hind legs interlocked via a curved strip of 10 to 12 cog-like teeth that through rotating assisted the insect prior to a jump.
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According to study author Malcolm Burrows, an emeritus professor of neurobiology at the University of Cambridge, the structures were described in 1957, however this is the first time they had been shown to be functional.
"To the best of my knowledge, it's the first demonstration of functioning gears in any animal," Burrows told LiveScience.com
"We usually think of gears as something that we see in human designed machinery, but we’ve found that that is only because we didn’t look hard enough," Zoologist Gregory Sutton, another author of the study, told the Daily Mail. "These gears are not designed; they are evolved - representing high speed and precision machinery evolved for synchronization in the animal world."
The insect's legs move within 30 microseconds of each other every time, Burrows added. A microsecond is equivalent to a millionth of a second.
"This precise synchronization would be impossible to achieve through a nervous system, as neural impulses would take far too long for the extraordinarily tight coordination required," Burrows said.
"By developing mechanical gears, the Issus can just send nerve signals to its muscles to produce roughly the same amount of force - then if one leg starts to propel the jump the gears will interlock, creating absolute synchronicity," he added.
Only immature planthoppers, or nymph as they are called, have the cog strips. The gear-like structures are apparently lost before the insects reach adulthood.
In place of gears, adult planthoppers rely on the friction naturally produced between their legs when they jump in order to obtain the same effect, LiveScience.com noted.
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Whereas cog-like structures that resemble gears have been found in other animals, such as the shell design of a cogwheel turtle, or in the heart valves of certain reptiles, this is the first time it has been shown to function as an actual gear, the study finds.
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Shudder has a new original film debuting later this month, and the trailer for Spiral is now live. The film, not to be confused with the upcoming SAW-spinoff of the same name, stars Jeffery Bowyer-Chapman, Ari Cohen, Jennifer Laporte, Ty Wood, Chandra West, and Lochlyn Munroe. In the film, a couple moves to a new town looking for a fresh start for themselves and their daughter, and it turns out the town might not be as welcoming as they seemed. Think social issues mixed with the occult, always a winning formula there. Spiral is written by Colin Minihan and John Poliquin, and directed by Kurtis David Harder (Summerland). You can see the trailer down below.
Spiral Synopsis & Poster
"Malik (Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman, American Horror Story, Canada's Drag Race) and Aaron (Ari Cohen, It: Chapter Two), a same-sex couple, move to a small town in search of a better environment for them and their 16-year-old daughter (Jennifer Laporte, Web of Dreams). But nothing is as it seems as something sinister lies behind the picturesque homes and welcoming faces of their new neighbors, with Ty Wood, Chandra West, and Lochlyn Munroe. Written by Colin Minihan (writer of the Shudder Original Z and the upcoming new Urban Legend) and John Poliquin, directed by Kurtis David Harder. Spiral premieres September 17th on Shudder."
This looks really good. I am getting some Jordan Peele vibes from it, and this looks like a great psychological thriller. Shudder's original films keep stepping up their game these last few months, and with them debuting a ton of new ones over their 61 days of Halloween event, look for even more quality horror on the streaming service in the weeks to come. Spiral debuts September 17th.

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In December of 2023, a Los Angeles County jury awarded $41.49 Million to a Kaiser Permanente Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (“NICU”) Nurse who’s employment was terminated
Wage and Hour Disputes Surrounding Payday Issues
Unless California residents do volunteer work, they expect payment for the work they do. In fact, they expect to be paid on a regular basis, and they expect payment for all of the time they put into their jobs. Wage and hour disputes often include payday issues such as those below.
Under California law, most employers must establish set paydays at least twice a month. Workers can be paid twice a month, every two weeks or each week. If a worker is owed overtime wages, they must be paid no later than the next payday following the period in which the wages were earned.
If a worker gives a minimum of 72 hours’ notice before quitting and stays through the end of the notice period, the employer must pay all monies owed, including any accrued vacation time, on that last day. If a worker gives less than 72 hours’ notice, an employer may mail that person’s last paycheck within the 72-hour period from the notice, or the employee can pick up the check at the employer’s business address. If a worker is terminated, all owed wages and accrued vacation time must be paid at that time. Unless agreed upon ahead of time, any employee receiving direct deposits will receive final payment in the form of a paper check.
Of course, there are exceptions to these rules, and California workers may want to be sure that they do not fall into one of those exceptions prior to initiating wage and hour disputes. Most workers come to rely on a steady paycheck they can count on. When that fails to happen and the employer does not rectify the problem, employees may want to find out what their rights and legal options are right away.
In May of 2023, two prominent California Attorneys, Jeffrey Ranen and John Barber, announced their defection from Lewis
The California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) protects employees from discrimination, retaliation, and harassment on the basis of their race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, martial status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, or veteran or military status.

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Introduction: In order to improve the indoor environment, to make life more convenient, most people will make use of some commodities, everyone knows, this might spend money on pollution. Recently, the United States, “Web MD” Web site published an article listed in life do not need eight items.
1. The air freshener. It is not clear from the source of the odor, chemical spray particles also likely to be inhaled into the lungs. The best way to improve indoor air ventilation, or put some plants indoors.
2. sewers, toilets and other sanitary ware special cleaning agents. These things easy to burn the skin, eyes and body tissues, where the best clean with baking soda and vinegar, soak, then hot water to rinse.
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4. pesticides. Toxic ingredients in pesticides pollute the air, but also by people’s shoes to the carpet, to the family health risks.
5. bottled water. Plastic bottles of chemicals penetrate the water, affecting their health, the best comes out cups.
6. rubber toys. Manufacture of PVC toys would leak phthalates and lead, the former with hormonal disorders, which damages the nervous system, both of which will pollute the air.
7. sofa cushion. Above dust mites, mold number and toilet seat almost. The air-filled cushion foam containing toxic flame retardants, these substances linked to cancer, birth defects, thyroid disorders, reproductive and neurological disorders. The best use is made of wool and cotton, and must be cleaned regularly and clean.
8. perfume. Compounds contained in more than 800 kinds of perfume. Perfume in diethyl phthalate suspected carcinogen, can also lead to reproductive disorders.

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20 Most Overbearing WAGs in Sports
Every time an athlete hooks up with yet another ridiculously hot girl that most of you boys would sever a limb just to have a shot with, it becomes an international story in a Hollywood minute—but that's only natural. When beloved—or loathed—professional athletes are hooking up with models, actresses or even VIP cocktail waitresses, we all need to know.
It may seem like a fairy tale for a lot of these athletes, but there are only so many Gisele's and Adriana's to go around. You and I live and the real world, and in the real world statuesque goddesses aren't exactly the norm. There are plenty of athletes out there who are dating overbearing Plain Janes or gorgeous, but crazy, broads.
It seems athletes are a little more like us that you probably thought. They have to sacrifice sanity for beauty or beauty for sanity. And don't think you're alone, boys, the same goes for women. A lot of the best looking men out there are a few bricks short of a load.
Let's take a look at the 20 most overbearing WAGs in sports.
20. Kristin Cavallari
In reality tartlet Kristin Cavallari's defense, it's hard not to be overbearing when you're in a relationship with Droopy. Someone's gotta take control, otherwise they'd both be sitting at home, staring vacantly, moving lethargically and only occasionally leaving the apartment to freak the hell out at the paparazzi.
I was actually impressed when the Bears quarterback called off his ill-advised engagement to Cavallari in late 2011, but I really should have known better. Within weeks, the couple was back together, the wedding was on and Ms. Cavallari was with child.
Nothing is more overbearing than accidentally getting pregnant to get your man back.
19. Carrie Prejean
Thank goodness we don't see much of Carrie Prejean or Kyle Boller these days. She was a vapid beauty queen on a moral crusade and he played a few remarkably unremarkable seasons as a starter with the Ravens before ultimately retiring in 2012.
After Prejean's big stand on "opposite marriage," she went on one of the most needless and irritating media tours of all time and never ceded even an inch of the moral high ground.
And then she married Kyle Boller. I think we know who wears the pants in that relationship.
I'm not sure if global superstar and national treasure Beyonce is overbearing, or if she's the only person in the world famous enough take the spotlight off her husband, world renowned rapper Jay-Z, when they're together. It just seems like they're always together and Beyonce is always the star.
It's just always about Beyonce. Jay-Z owns and is the face of the NBA's Brooklyn Nets, yet the only thing people every seem to be talking about is whether or not Beyonce hates Kim Kardashian, the bed buddy of Jay-Z's BFF Kanye West.
17. Gabrielle Union
Beautiful actress Gabrielle Union used to have a lot going for her, career wise. After a starring turn in the surprise hit Bring It On, Union was landing TV and movie gigs left and right. But right around the time she and Heat superstar Dwyane Wade started dating in 2010, she kind of dropped off the planet.
Union has worked occasionally, but when she turns up on talk shows, she's far more interested in talking about her baller boyfriend than anything else. In 2012, she was even banned from sitting courtside by D-Wade, who said her yelling was distracting him.
16. Brittany Carnegie
Have you ever heard the term "new money?" It's an irritating bourgeois way for the long-time rich to demean plebs like us when we win the lottery or something. Normally it bothers me, but not when I use it to describe the girlfriend of Bruins forward Milan Lucic, Brittany Carnegie.
Actually, I guess I have to say fiancée because that sounds nicer than future ex-wife. I think of Ms. Brittany, and her ilk, as "new money" because they are first-time WAGs dating young superstar athletes. They think they're famous, they think they're in demand, and they're only job is to become a (insert sport here) wife.
While Lucic is doing his job and winning Stanley Cups, the future Mrs. Lucic spends time on Twitter demeaning other teams, players of other teams, and the girlfriends of other players. The NHL season may be over, but I suspect we'll be hearing a lot more from Carnegie when it finally resumes.
Especially on Twitter, where she's quite fond of the hashtag #hater. She may be a dumb gold digger, but at least she's right there: Everyone hates you.
15. Khloe Kardashian
If you've often wondered why Clippers forward Lamar Odom forward got hitched to the largest Kardashian in an impromptu ceremony in 2009, you're not alone. Khloe might not be as attractive as her smaller sisters, but she is just as emotionally vacant and desperate for the spotlight.
Odom has never been a superstar in the NBA, but he was a Laker, which was obviously good enough for Khloe. When her husband was clearly grief stricken about being bounced to Dallas, Khloe responded by having her reality TV crew document every painful moment.
Mercifully Khloe & Lamar was cancelled in April 2012, which means it is only a matter of time before the divorce papers show up at Odom's new pad. Many wondered if the newfound privacy would save their marriage, but privacy is something this overbearing Yeti wants nothing to do with.
14. Elisabeth Hasselbeck
I can't say that I like failed NFL quarterback Tim Hasselbeck, but I gotta respect the guy for managing to find a way to make himself (at least marginally) useful in his post-NFL career. He may not be the best of ESPN's talking heads, but the dude is far from the worst.
That being said…Tim Hasselbeck who? The sexy but shrill Elisabeth Hasselbeck is the true star of that marriage. She's obsessed with right-wing politics, hating on gluten, and basically spends every day and night finding ways to keep herself in the spotlight.
The couple are rarely spotted together. Maybe that means there's trouble in paradise, or maybe it means Matt is at home tending to the couple's three children while Elisabeth saves the world from gay people getting married.
13. Ashley Judd
One-time actress Ashley Judd actually had a little something going for herself in the mid-to-late 90's. She had a few at least moderately successful films in a row and seemed to be one of Hollywood's up-and-coming superstars.
And then she married race car driver Dario Franchitti and was, essentially, never heard from again. Judd has taken up the job as full-time racer wife, which apparently includes fighting her husband's battles for him; Judd provoked a fight with driver Milka Duno in 2007 following a race.
12. Brenda Warner
As retired quarterback Kurt Warner has stepped somewhat out of the spotlight, so has his famously overbearing and outspoken wife Brenda. It's been quite awhile since Brenda fell off the pubic radar, but when Warner signed with the Rams way back in 2002, it was Brenda that was the true star.
When anyone, and I mean anyone, had something the least bit negative to say about Kurt, Brenda was always the first one there to defend him…to radio stations…television stations…newspapers…magazines…and just about any media outlet with a pair of ears willing to listen.
Brenda, who is a nurse—or at least claims she is—even played doctor to her often ailing husband during his career. As you can imagine, this was much to the chagrin of Rams head coach Mike Martz.
Mrs. Warner would have been much higher up on this list if she hadn't fallen off the planet in recent years.
11. Amber Sabathia
C.C. Sabathia has been pitching in the Major Leagues for over a decade, yet I have no recollection of ever actually hearing his voice. Granted, I'm not in New York, but it's still a little strange for a six-time All-Star. Unfortunately, I've heard Amber Sabathia's voice more than enough times to make up for the silence of her husband.
According to PlayersWives.com (shut up), Amber was the deciding factor in C.C. signing with Yankees. Apparently, she was intent on moving back to her native California, so her hubby made the Yanks GM Brian Cashman give his pitch to Amber instead. Apparently, she was impressed.
10. Janet Gretzky
The legendary Oiler Wayne Gretzky's marriage to Janet Jones has always reminded me of King Edward VIII's marriage to Wallis Simpson—only Wayne Gretzky isn't a Nazi sympathizer.
England's King Edward was so in love that he abdicated the British throne to marry a divorced American socialite named Wallis Simpson. Wayne Gretzky, essentially the King of Canada at the time, abdicated his (metaphorical) throne to marry American actress Janet Jones, who had her sights set on the bright lights of Los Angeles.
It's hard to imagine that the great Gretzky would have ever defected his native country had he met a nice Canadian girl to settle down with.
It's also hard to imagine that a nice Canadian girl would have forever tainted Gretzky's legacy by being implicated in a gambling ring and giving birth to Paulina Gretzky, a less talented Lindsay Lohan with no discernible talent.
9. Kendra Wilkinson
You might remember that former Playboy Playmate Kendra Wilkinson was one of the three blondes dating a very aged Hugh Hefner during E!'s The Girls Next Door. Actually, if you're anything like me, she's probably the only one you remember.
Kendra may be dumb as a brick, but at least she's entertaining, which is far more than I can say for those other two blondes whose names escape me and that husband of hers whose name also escapes me. When you see her on screen with anyone in her life, homegirl is the only one ever speaking.
I'm not sure if the husband or her handlers aren't allowed to speak or if they are unable to speak or if Kendra just never lets them get a word in edgewise. Not that it matters either way, because there's not one person on this planet that cares what Hank Baskett has on his mind.
8. Anna Benson
Baseball Wives resident loon Anna Benson may not have former MLB pitcher Kris Benson to kick around anymore—word is one of them recently filed for divorce—but something tells me she'll find someone else to frighten until divorce do they part. Some men are just drawn to the crazy ones…trust me.
Benson was well known in Pittsburgh, but she didn't attract serious attention until Kris was traded to the Mets and Anna had that big New York media market at her disposal. Anna famously revealed to shock jock Howard Stern that her husband kept it in his pants, otherwise she'd be taking hers off for the entire Mets organization.
Anna made headlines for sexy photo shoots in FHM, pursuing a career as a professional poker player and now as a reality star who threatens people with dildos. Kris didn't make headlines unless until divorce was being discussed.
7. Jessica Simpson
Professionally famous person Jessica Simpson's overbearing personality assures that just about anyone in her life will be living in a permanent shadow. Simpson is a terrible actress, a marginally talented singer and has huge "assets," but she possesses an innate ability to attract the spotlight.
Honestly, I'm not sure if opposites attract and she picks men devoid of personality and talent (see: ex-husband Nick Lachey and future ex-husband Eric Johnson) on purpose, or if it would just be impossible for any man to match her fart jokes, penchant for over-sharing and general tabloid antics.
Either way, these two are engaged and they even have a baby after the world's first three-year pregnancy, and I still had to look up Eric Johnson's name twice for this piece.
6. La La Vasquez
La La Vasquez is probably best known to the public as the one-time host of MTV's defunct Total Request Live. La La has landed hosting gigs on MTV and VH1 on the regular in recent years, but something tells me her marriage to Knicks superstar Carmelo Anthony has a lot to do with her success these days.
La La and her career aspirations were said to have been a major factor in Melo's desperation to get out of Denver. Even in Colorado, La La managed to land her own VH1 reality special, La La's Full Court Wedding. Clever…not.
And naturally, once the couple landed in New York, La La landed her own very boring VH1 reality show La La's Full Court Life, which miraculously lasted more than one season.
5. Deidre Pujols
As a casual baseball fan, I was well aware of the saga that was former Cardinals superstar Albert Pujols' contract negotiation process that seemed to drag on for years. I didn't have a horse in that race, so when Pujols signed with the Angels, to say I couldn't have possibly cared less was an understatement.
I rarely begrudge an athlete going after the money that the market dictates he has earned. But then Deidre Pujols stepped into the spotlight and suddenly was front and center at every press conference for weeks—with poor Albert holding the kids and looking sadly into the distance.
I can't imagine Albert wasn't prepared for fan backlash when he left his longtime home in St. Louis for the sunny skies of California, but apparently Ms. Deidre was not. She took to the radio, television and press conferences to complain about how hard it was for her family.
I guess $240 million wasn't quite enough to dull the pain for Mrs. Pujols.
4. Kim Kardashian
Listen, we all know that amateur porn star Kim Kardashian isn't currently dating an athlete; unless Kanye West has even more skills than I thought, but homegirl has dated her share of athletes. Hell, she's dated a lot of people's shares, and if she doesn't live happily ever after with Kanye (which she won't), she'll likely start scouting for her next prey at sporting events again.
Kim K. is about as overbearing as it comes with WAGs. If anyone saw even a moment of that absolute train wreck of a marriage, courtship and inevitable divorce from the Nets forward Kris Humphries, you know that nobody puts Baby (and her monstrously sized ass) in a corner.
Kim controlled every aspect of that "relationship." From their "spontaneous" meeting, to the "impromptu" marriage proposal, to the multi-million dollar wedding, and then the divorce that followed weeks later. I know everyone hates Kris as a result of this, but I feel bad for the guy. He just got caught in a cyclone of fame-whoring and butt jiggling.
3. Jackie Christie
Jackie Christie is the wife of retired NBA player Doug Christie. During Doug's career in the league, Christie was notorious for limiting access to her husband, going so far as to require him to change in a separate locker room after games to limit his contact with female reporters—and females in general.
The couple married in 2002 and have remarried on their wedding anniversary every year since. That's right, folks; ten weddings and counting! Christie is one of the stars of the VH1 train wreck Basketball Wives, so you know she's an alpha female.
She's also, apparently, bringing home the bacon these days because Doug is a house husband who spends his days cooking, cleaning and home schooling the kids. At least that's when he's not busy with Christie building their porn empire.
2. Victoria Beckham
Listen, I'm not going to sit here and lie and say that if soccer stud David Beckham was my man that I wouldn't have both eyes on him at all times, especially considering the vast history he has of cheating on Ms. Victoria Beckham. Rumors and innuendo, as well Becks being caught redhanded, date back over a decade.
That is probably why Victoria is by his side as much as humanly possible. She's on hand at Lakers games giving him the evil eye when he's giving the eye to the Lakers girls, and she's even been known to prevent David from doing interviews with pretty reporters.
Victoria may be overbearing, but she certainly has reason to be. The latest Becks cheating saga started playing itself out in late August 2012 and the pair have not looked happy to be in each other's company of late.
1. Vanessa Bryant
Remember when Vanessa Bryant, Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant's wife of over a decade, filed for divorce back in December 2011? Call me crazy, but I thought that meant the two high school sweethearts—assuming Vanessa went to high school—were getting a divorce.
Remember how they divided up the assets and Vanessa got a billion dollars (give or take) and 50 California properties (give or take) and…yeah. That sure sounds like a divorce to me, but apparently Vanessa was just faking Kobe out.
After giving it some thought, Ms. Thang decided she didn't want to be married to Kobe anymore, and she also came to the revelation that divorcing him meant that she no longer had her place on a pedestal sitting well above all the other lowly basketball wives.
If you haven't read Vanessa's vile interview with NY Mag, you can view it here, but I wouldn't recommend it.

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John Cena has had his say on the drama between Fast and Furious co-stars Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson.
The pair were embroiled in a falling out in 2016, during the filming of Fate of the Furious.
Dwayne, aka The Rock, then bowed out from the action franchise and vowed not to return, despite Vin’s very public recent pleas.
John, who joined the fold as Jakob Toretto in the latest film, has now addressed the feud during an appearance on the Pardon My Take podcast, insisting that it isn’t about taking ‘sides’.
‘I don’t think that story is about taking sides… That story is about hearing everybody’s perspective and it is a story where, me as a fan of the franchise, I’d love the franchise to get together for this last run,’ he told the host.
’I hope they call me to be in it but when someone says professional, they want to go in another direction, if you say anything other than, “okay”, it’s their professional opinion to make the choice that they want. I think that’s very brave and very honest.
‘So I think Vin’s perspective has a lot of gravity and honesty and I think Dwayne’s perspective has a lot of gravity and honesty.’
‘These are two amazingly successful superstars, people who have crafted their own existence and are globally adored,’ he added. ‘Vin’s been the father of the Fast franchise, he’s coming in on his 10th instalment.
‘Dwayne started as the most electrifying sports entertainer in the history of sports entertainment and he is now in his own universe. I guess it’s just about understanding where each guy is coming from. That’s all.’
Dwayne, who played Luke Hobbs in the franchise, announced his departure from the films in 2016 and took shots at his former co-star on social media ahead of the release of Fate of the Furious.
Last November, Vin, who has played Dominic Toretto since the first Fast and Furious, publicly extended an olive branch on Instagram, pleading for his return for the final films of the action series.
‘My little brother Dwayne… the time has come. The world awaits the finale of Fast 10,’ he said in a caption on social media. ‘As you know, my children refer to you as Uncle Dwayne in my house. There is not a holiday that goes by that they and you don’t send well wishes… but the time has come. Legacy awaits.
‘I told you years ago that I was going to fulfill my promise to Pablo. I swore that we would reach and manifest the best Fast in the finale that is 10!
‘I say this out of love… but you must show up, do not leave the franchise idle you have a very important role to play. Hobbs can’t be played by no other.
‘I hope that you rise to the occasion and fulfill your destiny [sic].’
Dwayne was left ’very surprised’ by the move and later described it as an ‘example of his manipulation’ in a candid interview on CNN.
‘This past June, when Vin and I actually connected not over social media, I told him directly – and privately – that I would not be returning to the franchise,’ the Red Notice star said. ‘I was firm yet cordial with my words and said that I would always be supportive of the cast and always root for the franchise to be successful, but that there was no chance I would return.
‘I privately spoke with my partners at Universal as well, all of whom were very supportive as they understand the problem.
‘We had spoken months ago about this and came to a clear understanding. My goal all along was to end my amazing journey with this incredible Fast & Furious franchise with gratitude and grace.’
The former WWE star added that he wishes his former co-stars ‘the best of luck and success in the next chapter’.
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Dr. Shiel received a Bachelor of Science degree with honors from the University of Notre Dame. There he was involved in research in radiation biology and received the Huisking Scholarship. After graduating from St. Louis University School of Medicine, he completed his Internal Medicine residency and Rheumatology fellowship at the University of California, Irvine. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology.
Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD, is a U.S. board-certified Anatomic Pathologist with subspecialty training in the fields of Experimental and Molecular Pathology. Dr. Stöppler's educational background includes a BA with Highest Distinction from the University of Virginia and an MD from the University of North Carolina. She completed residency training in Anatomic Pathology at Georgetown University followed by subspecialty fellowship training in molecular diagnostics and experimental pathology.
Catherine Burt Driver, MD, is board certified in internal medicine and rheumatology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dr. Driver is a member of the American College of Rheumatology. She currently is in active practice in the field of rheumatology in Mission Viejo, Calif., where she is a partner in Mission Internal Medical Group.
Paget's disease is a chronic condition of bone characterized by disorder of the normal bone remodeling process. Normal bone has a balance of forces that act to lay down new bone and take up old bone. This relationship (referred to as "bone remodeling") is essential for maintaining the normal calcium levels in our blood. In bone affected by Paget's disease, the bone remodeling is disturbed and not synchronized. As a result, the bone that is formed is abnormal, enlarged, not as dense, brittle, and prone to breakage (fracture).
Paget's disease affects older skeletal bone of adults. It's estimated that 1% of adults in the U.S. have Paget's disease. There is also
an extremely rare form of Paget's
disease in children, referred to as juvenile Paget's disease. Paget's disease is
also known as osteitis deformans.
What causes Paget's disease?
It is not known what causes Paget's disease. Recently, certain genes have been associated with Paget's disease, including the Sequestrosome 1 gene on chromosome 5. Virus infection may be necessary to trigger Paget's disease in people who have inherited the genetic tendency to develop the condition by having these genes.
What are Paget's disease symptoms?
Paget's disease commonly causes no symptoms and is often incidentally noted when
X-ray tests are obtained for other reasons. However, Paget's disease can cause
bone pain, deformity, fracture, and arthritis. The bone pain of Paget's disease
is located in the affected bone. The most common bones affected by Paget's
disease include the spine, the thigh bone (femur), the pelvis, the skull, the
collarbone (clavicle), and the upper arm bone (humerus).
The symptoms of Paget's disease depend on the bones affected and the severity
of the disease. Enlarged bones can pinch adjacent nerves, causing tingling
and numbness. Bowing of the legs can occur. Hip or knee involvement can lead to
limping, as well as pain and stiffness of the hip or knee. Headache, loss of
vision, and hearing loss can occur when bones of the skull are affected. With
very widespread Paget's disease, it is possible to develop congestive heart
failure due to an increased workload on the heart.
Paget's Disease of Bone and Osteoarthritis: Different Yet Related
Paget's disease and osteoarthritisare completely different disorders that share some of
the same symptoms; namely, joint and bone pain. This fact sheet describes the
differences between Paget's disease of bone and osteoarthritis, the similarities
in their symptoms, how Paget's disease can cause osteoarthritis, and issues
related to diagnosis and treatment.
What is Paget's disease?
Paget's disease is a chronic disorder that can
result in enlarged and misshapen bones. The excessive breakdown and formation of
bone tissue causes affected bone to weaken, resulting in pain, misshapen bones,
fractures, and other bone and joint problems, including osteoarthritis. Paget's
disease typically is localized, affecting just one or a few bones, as opposed to
osteoporosis, for example, which affects all the bones in the body. Scientists
do not know for sure what causes Paget's disease.
What is osteoarthritis?
Osteoarthritis is a condition that causes changes in
cartilage, the elastic tissue that cushions the joints. Healthy cartilage allows
bones to glide over one another, while absorbing energy from the shock of
physical movement. In osteoarthritis, the surface layer of cartilage breaks down
and wears away. This allows bones under the cartilage to rub together, causing
pain, swelling, and loss of motion of the joint.

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Pierre-Jean Cobut, a Belgian entrepreneur who always dreamed of moving to America, was accepted into Stanford Business School in 2012. While at Stanford, he and his Israeli-born classmate Elad Ferber developed a hi-tech wearable fitness device that landed them on a list of “Stanford Business Students Who Are Going to Change the World.” Despite their early success and commitment to building the company in the U.S., the duo worries that their inability to obtain a visa will force them to grow their business elsewhere.
From a young age, Pierre-Jean Cobut felt like he belonged in Silicon Valley. Growing up in a small town in Belgium, he dreamed of moving to America, a place whose rags-to-riches stories of business success inspired him. “Europe is very different when it comes to entrepreneurship,” Cobut explains, “There’s not the same culture of risk taking.” Cobut spent two years of his undergraduate career studying in the U.S. – an experience that he says changed him. He left determined to find a way to return. After receiving his undergraduate degree back home, Cobut worked for several years at the European arm of the U.S. firm Procter & Gamble. He then tried his hand at building a European-based startup. With several partners, he founded Twine, a successful firm that sold energy efficient hand driers. At its height, its product was sold in Belgium, France, and parts of Asia.
In 2012, however, he got the chance to relocate he’d been waiting for. That year, Cobut was accepted to Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business. “I’d wanted to come to Stanford for a long, long time,” Cobut says, “So the whole thing felt like a dream.” Almost immediately after enrolling, Cobut began looking for ways to embark on his next entrepreneurial adventure. In his first quarter in school, Cobut met Elad Ferber, a fellow business school student from Israel who had previously worked as the head of engineering at a space startup. Together, the two vowed to begin a high-impact tech company. In January 2013, they started devoting their hours outside of the classroom to Echo Labs, Inc, a firm they started specializing in wearable fitness technology.
Ferber and Cobut have big ambitions for their company. “We started our company because we felt like a lot of the fitness bands out there were only scratching the surface of what technology could do,” Cobut says. Echo Labs’ wearable device uses noninvasive light technology to measure an athlete’s blood composition, delivering highly detailed information on a person’s level of hydration, their energy reserve, and level of rest. The product uses that information to produce highly specific training recommendations to elite athletes, as well as insight into the best way to tailor a workout so it burns fat or increases endurance for the regular consumer. Their work has already gained a good deal of attention: Last year the pair was featured on a list of “Stanford Business Students Who Are Going to Change the World” in Business Insider, and the company has signed up U.S. Olympic athletes to test and help refine Echo Labs’ product.
But despite their early success, Ferber and Cobut worry about what will happen in the future with their immigration status. “I’d say immigration stresses us both out more than the business itself does,” Cobut says, “At least with the business you feel like you have some degree of control.” Both Cobut and Ferber graduated from Stanford this June and will initially remain in America through a program that allows students to work in the U.S. for one year in a field related to their educational training. They plan is to keep building their business during this time, and they are hiring two engineers this summer. The U.S., however, lacks a dedicated entrepreneurship visa for companies with venture funding. And the H-1B, a visa for high-skilled workers, was the subject of a lottery this year that resulted in more than half of applicants being rejected. Many young startups are also ineligible for the program. “There’s an incredible uncertainty around what will happen,” Cobut says, “and it really hangs over our heads as a business.”
Cobut has had another frustration with the immigration system: Last year he was told he was selected through the visa diversity lottery, a program that allows people from countries with little immigration to the U.S. to apply for green cards. The number he got in the lottery, however, was high enough that he likely won’t be able to actually get a visa after all.
Cobut views the immigration system as a deep flaw in a country he admires so much. “To me, it doesn’t make sense logically speaking that you would have a bunch of truly smart people who want to contribute—want to build a business, create jobs, and pay taxes—and that they would be rejected by the U.S. immigration system,” Cobut says, “The immigration system should really be smarter than that.”


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Introducing nucleic acids into mammalian cells is a crucial step to elucidate biochemical pathways, modify gene expression in immortalized cells, primary cells, and stem cells, and intoduces new approaches for clinical diagnostics and therapeutics. Current gene transfer technologies, including lipofection, electroporation, and viral delivery, have enabled break-through advances in basic and translational science to enable derivation and programming of embryonic stem cells, advanced gene editing using CRISPR (Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats), and development of targeted anti-tumor therapy using chimeric antigen receptors in T-cells (CAR-T). Despite these successes, current transfection technologies are time consuming and limited by the inefficient introduction of test molecules into large populations of target cells, and the cytotoxicity of the techniques. Moreover, many cell types cannot be consistently transfected by lipofection or electroporation (stem cells, T-cells) and viral delivery has limitations to the size of experimental DNA that can be packaged.
In this dissertation, a novel coverslip-like platform consisting of an array of aligned hollow carbon nanotubes (CNTs) embedded in a sacrificial template is developed that enhances gene transfer capabilities, including high efficiency, low toxicity, in an expanded range of target cells, with the potential to transfer mixed combinations of protein and nucleic acids. The CNT array devices are fabricated by a scalable template-based manufacturing method using commercially available membranes, eliminating the need for nano-assembly. High efficient transfection has been demonstrated by delivering various cargos (nanoparticles, dye and plasmid DNA) into populations of cells, achieving 85% efficiency of plasmid DNA delivery into immortalized cells. Moreover, the CNT-mediated transfection of stem cells shows 3 times higher efficiency compared to current lipofection methods. Evaluating the cell-CNT interaction elucidates the importance of the geometrical properties of CNT arrays (CNT exposed length and surface morphology) on transfection efficiency. The results indicate that densely-packed and shortly-exposed CNT arrays with planar surface will enhance gene delivery using this new platform. This technology offers a significant increase in efficiency and cell viability, along with the ease of use compared to current standard methods, which demonstrates its potential to accelerate the development of new cell models to study intractable diseases, decoding the signaling pathways, and drug discovery.
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Genetic transformation; Carbon nanotubes
Microsystems Engineering (Ph.D.)
Department, Program, or Center
Microsystems Engineering (KGCOE)
Michael G. Schrlau
Ian M. Dickerson
Golshadi, Masoud, "Carbon Nanotube Arrays for Intracellular Delivery and Biological Applications" (2016). Thesis. Rochester Institute of Technology. Accessed from
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Take the train to Glasshoughton Station, just a short walk from the Junction 32.
Glasshoughton has its own dedicated railway station which is just 5 minutes walk from Junction 32 outlet shopping village. Both platforms at the station are fully accessible by ramps for wheelchairs or pushchairs. The station is on the Pontefract Line, which serves Pontefract, Castleford and Leeds every hour Monday to Saturday. For up to date frequencies and timetables see www.wymetro.com. You can also use the Leeds-Sheffield Line to Castleford Station and get a bus or taxi from outside the station to Junction 32 outlet shopping village. Castleford is around 5-10 minutes away.

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The 2021 billboard music awards will air live from the microsoft theater in los angeles may 23 at 8 p.m. et 5 p.m. pt on nbc. Los angeles, ca (april 29, 2021) – dick clark productions and nbc today announced the finalists for the “2021 billboard music awards” (bbma), which honor the year’s most successful artists in 51 categories across all genres of music. the annual live broadcast showcases spectacular performances, unexpected collaborations, buzzworthy pop culture moments that keeps fans talking all year, and the prestigious icon award, which honors record breaking artists and their impact on music. The complete list of 2021 billboard music awards finalists. This year's billboard music awards will air live on sunday, may 23, 2021. the 2021 billboard music awards (bbmas), produced by dick clark productions, will begin at 8 p.m. et 5 p.m. pt on nbc. the. On thursday, the billboard music awards announced its group of 2021 nominees, led by the weeknd with 16 nod, followed by rapper dababy with 11 nominations and the late pop smoke with 10 nods. gabby.
Billboard Music Awards 2021 Tutte Le Nomination
(cnn)finalists for the 2021 billboard music awards were revealed thursday. the weeknd leads with nods in 16 categories, including top artist, top male artist and top hot 100 artist. the ceremony. The billboard awards are based on the chart period of march 21, 2020 through april 3, 2021. two of the 51 categories are fan voted, including top collaboration and top social artist, where asian. The 2021 billboard music awards are coming in hot! with just weeks to go until the star studded affair, billboard unveiled this year's crop of nominees on thursday, april 29.
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Billboard Music Awards 2021 The Weeknd Leads With 16 Nods
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One of Central Ohio Transit Authority’s (COTA’s) maintenance facilities was impacted when a train carrying vegetable oils, ethanol, and other agricultural products partially derailed causing a spill and a fire. During response efforts and cleanup in the aftermath of the spill, buried drums were discovered that likely dated back to industrial use prior to COTA occupying the site. Soil and groundwater investigations to delineate the impact of the spill concluded that polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) concentrations related to the buried drums were detected on the site. Removal of the PCB waste was recommended under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) retains primacy over TSCA remediation and cleanup, so regulatory control for the site was transferred to USEPA from the Ohio EPA.
Following discussions with USEPA, COTA submitted a “Notification of Self-Implementing Cleanup of Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) Contaminated Soil Remediation Work Plan” to USEPA Region V. The Work Plan outlined the anticipated characterization to delineate the extent of PCB contamination and the proposed excavation activities. The site was a commercial facility located in a commercial/industrial area. The remediated area was less than 0.25 acres in an unoccupied area outside of the bus maintenance facility and was a “low occupancy area.” The material remaining on site could be considered “existing piles of soil [and] in situ soil,” which meets the PCB remediation waste definition for the bulk PCB remediation waste class. For low occupancy, bulk remediation waste sites, the standards presented in 40 CFR 761, Subpart O governs completion of the self-implementing cleanup. For sites with a soil concentration of less than or equal to 25 milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg) of PCBs (≤25 parts per million [ppm]), an institutional control (i.e., a deed restriction) and post-excavation confirmatory sampling are necessary.
The USEPA approved the Work Plan and requested an initial cleanup goal of ≤1ppm, which would allow unrestricted closure of the site. Following initial site characterization activities, a cleanup level of ≤25ppm was requested to limit the excavation extent and additional investigation costs. This cleanup level required a deed restriction limiting the site to low-occupancy industrial use (its current use), which the USEPA approved.
The additional investigation was completed in one month and the excavation was performed over one week. Areas with PCB concentrations greater than 25 ppm were excavated and no surficial soils in the area exceeded the Ohio VAP Direct Contact level of 18 ppm. Since PCB concentrations in the site soil remained at levels ≤25 ppm, a deed restriction was recorded, and a Cleanup Completion Report was submitted to USEPA.
Years later, COTA began plans for constructing a compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station at this facility. General maintenance and use would involve personnel accessing a portion of the deed-restricted area and require the deed restriction in this area to be removed by achieving a cleanup level of less than or equal to 1 ppm to allow for unrestricted land use in a high occupancy setting.
Over a span of three months, additional investigation activities were performed during pre-construction of the CNG facility to assist with soil management surrounding the facility during construction. As part of pre-construction activities, additional initial delineation activities were performed around the formerly excavated area to determine the extent to which the area would need to be further excavated to the more stringent cleanup level of 1 ppm.
Following discussions with USEPA, COTA submitted an “Amended Notification of Self-Implementing Cleanup of Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) Contaminated Soil Remediation Work Plan” to USEPA Region V. The Work Plan outlined the anticipated additional characterization activities, excavation and site cleanup verification activities, reporting requirements and notification, and certification requirements. The USEPA approved the Amended Work Plan with a cleanup goal of ≤1 ppm to remove a portion of the deed-restricted area.
In summary, approximately 2,000 tons of additional soil were excavated. Since the remediation cleanup goal was established at ≤1 ppm, the portion of the site within the fence is available for unrestricted general use. Some areas could not be excavated due to access issues and an institutional control remained over this small, inaccessible area of the site.


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One of the projects we worked on and that really touched us was the 'Mind Yourself' series for Snapchat Originals. In this unscripted original series, each episode paints an honest and intimate portrait of a young person suffering or recovering from a mental health issue. From OCD and body dysmorphia through depression and PTSD, the series gives a human face - and hope - to young people facing similar issues.
The whole post-production process including offline editing, online, grade and sound mixing as finished at The Nest.
It's a first time we had to work on a series that are designed to be played only on mobile phone screens rather than TV. This also meant that the sound was mixed in the way that it sounds best on mobile phone speakers and headphones rather than big fully sounding studio monitors we usually use.
If you come across these series while scrolling through your feed, have a watch. They are around 5 minutes long and definitely worth the watch.
If you have a project coming up and you are looking for someone to take care of audio side of the post production, let us know your plans and drop an email, we'll be happy to help.

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BEHIND THE SCENES OF BOWLING
While the principles of bowling have transcended millennia, the game itself has undergone continual change. Whether one references the advancements in equipment or machinery, proprietors and the top bowling organizations have sought ingenious ways to make the game more inviting. These developments have made bowling more accessible and have propelled the game to America’s top participatory sport. From wooden balls to plastic, from pin boys to the Pinspotter, from hand scoring to computerized print outs, the sport has embraced technology in an effort broaden its appeal.

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In a large pasta pot, combine 6 quarts of water, the lemon juice, 2 tablespoons salt, and a few peppercorns. Add the artichokes and cook until tender, about 12 minutes. Drain the artichokes and set aside.
Bring 6 quarts of water to a boil and add 2 tablespoons salt.
Make the pasta according to the recipe and roll it out on the thinnest setting on a pasta rolling machine. Cut the rolled pasta into pieces 10 inches long by 5 inches wide. Set up an ice bath with only a few ice cubes next to the stove top. Cook the pasta in the boiling water for 1 minute, drain and refresh in the ice bath. Remove the pasta from the ice bath and set aside on clean, damp kitchen towels.
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
Butter a 12 by 9-inch casserole.
Cut the artichokes with a very sharp knife or a mandoline into 1/8-inch thick slices. Layer the lasagne, beginning with the besciamella, then a layer of pasta, then a layer of artichokes, each layer getting a sprinkling of pecorino. The top layer should be besciamella and cheese. Bake in the oven for 45 minutes. Allow to rest for 10 minutes before slicing and serving.
Mound 3 1/2 cups of the flour in the center of a large wooden cutting board. Make a well in the middle of the flour and add the eggs and the olive oil. Using a fork, beat together the eggs and oil and begin to incorporate the flour, starting with the inner rim of the well.
As you expand the well, keep pushing the flour up from the base of the mound to retain the well shape. The dough will come together when half of the flour is incorporated.
Start kneading the dough with both hands, using the palms of your hands. Once you have a cohesive mass, remove the dough from the board and scrape up and discard any leftover bits. Lightly reflour the board and continue kneading for 6 more minutes. The dough should be elastic and a little sticky. Wrap the dough in plastic and allow to rest for 30 minutes at room temperature. Roll or shape as desired.
In a medium sauce pan, heat butter until melted. Add flour and stir until smooth. Over medium heat, cook until light golden brown, about 6 to 7 minutes.
Meanwhile, heat milk in separate pan until just about to boil. Add milk to butter mixture 1 cup at a time, whisking continuously until very smooth and bring to a boil. Cook 30 seconds and remove from heat. Season with salt and nutmeg and set aside.
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Mr. Keith Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many of the 215 unidentified smaller commitments referred to in the letter dated 17 November from the Minister for the Armed Forces to the hon. Member for Mid Norfolk are for amounts (a) over £1 million but up to and including £50 million and (b) over £50 million but less than £100 million; and what the estimated aggregate commitment is in each of these two categories.
Mr. Ingram: There were (a) 127 items between £1 million and £50 million, with an estimated aggregate commitment of £1.214 billion, and (b) eight items between £50 million and £100 million, with an estimated aggregate commitment of £525 million.
Mr. Russell Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on which dates he has held meetings with the First Minister of the Scottish Executive since 1 January; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what representations he has received from the Council for British Archaeology concerning the proposed recovery of HMS Sussex; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Caplin: The Council for British Archaeology (CBA) set out their concerns in a letter to the Department on 11 October 2002. My hon. Friend the Member for Kirkcaldy (Dr. Moonie) responded initially on 4 November and then in detail on 18 November 2002. Following a further letter from the CBA on 23 January 2003, officials from all the Government Departments involved in the Sussex Project met with the CBA and other interested bodies on 27 May 2003. CBA wrote again on 2 July 2003 and a reply was sent on 23 July 2003. Further briefing was provided to the CBA on 19 October 2004, following which CBA submitted a number of questions in a letter to the Chief Executive of the Disposal Services Agency on 19 November 2004, which were responded to on 26 November 2004.
Mr. Ingram: There are currently two non-infantry units employed in the infantry role in Iraq: the 4th Regiment Royal Artillery, consisting of 400 personnel, and the Royal Dragoon Guards, consisting of 440 personnel.
Mr. Caplin: Information regarding soldiers who have served in Iraq and who have gone absent without leave is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. There are no incidences of soldiers who have deployed to Iraq since March 2004 having been charged with desertion.
United Kingdom armed forces continue to contribute to the establishment of a stable, free and democratic Iraq though the provision of security, development of Iraq's security forces, and support to the Iraqi Government.
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Mr. Ingram: The costs of operations are calculated on a net additional basis and audited figures are published each year in the Ministry of Defence's Annual Report and Accounts. Costs for financial year 200304 were:
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Mr. Robathan: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what health and safety requirements there are for the firing of naval munitions; and whether these requirements prohibit the firing of specific munitions.
Mr. Ingram: There is a Comprehensive Safety Certification process for all naval munitions and weapon systems which must be completed before they can be used for operations or training. The process renders the risk to equipment and personnel as low as reasonably practical (ALARP), in accordance with statutory Health and Safety requirements. In addition, there is extensive guidance, both general and specific to platforms and to weapon systems, contained in various Royal Navy publications such as BRdl043Gunnery and Guided Weapon PracticesUser Instructions. None of these requirements prohibits the firing of any specific in-service naval munitions.
Ann Winterton: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) whether the Panther command liaison vehicle is intended to be from the same family as the Panther armoured reconnaissance vehicle;
The only Panther vehicle the Army is receiving is the Panther command and liaison vehicle. This will be used mainly for a variety of command and
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liaison roles, and is not primarily a reconnaissance vehicle. It will, however, be used in some formations for tasks such as engineer reconnaissance.
Panther is a wheeled vehicle, and its required top speed is 110 km/h on tarmac roads and 30 km/h cross country. It is being procured in two variants, known as Group 2 and Group 3, and depending on the role it will be crewed by between two and four soldiers. Group 2 variants, which are to be used in higher threat roles, will be armed with a General Purpose Machine Gun mounted in an Overhead Weapon Station with a thermal imager, while Group 3 variants will have no vehicle armament. Panther will have suitable armour for its role, but the specification of the armour is classified.
BAE Systems Land Systems is the lead contractor for the project, and 401 Panther vehicles (326 Group 2 and 75 Group 3) have been ordered, at a basic cost (excluding VAT) of £320,000 each for Group 2 and £240,000 each for Group 3. This does not include the cost of Bowman radios and some other equipment. The overall cost of the programme is £193 million.
Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what factors underlay the decision not to assist Swan Hunter with the overrun in budget to build the Largs Bay and Lyme Bay vessels at its Wallsend yard; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Ingram [pursuant to the reply, 10 January 2005, Official Report, c. 81W]: I regret that a clerical error in the Ministry of Defence led to an answer being laid which had been overtaken by events. I referred to continuing discussions with Swan Hunter, which had in fact concluded. I now wish to correct the record and confirm that a £84 million amendment was made to the contract with Swan Hunter following value for money considerations and to ensure the delivery of the new Landing Ship Dock (Auxiliary) capability. This decision followed the programme encountering technical difficulties. The revised contract is not a financial support package for Swan Hunter but one that offers the best value for money to the taxpayer in the delivery of these ships.
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Kmart Holding Corp. said Tuesday that its general counsel, Harold Lueken, resigned Monday. In his place Kmart promoted James Defebaugh to chief legal officer. Defebaugh previously was senior vice president, deputy general counsel and chief compliance officer. Leuken became senior vice president, general counsel and secretary of the Troy-based retailer May 12, 2003. Before that he was managing director and general counsel to corporate investment banking for Bank of America. In a document filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Kmart (Nasdaq: KMRT) said Leuken will continue to receive his base salary for one year and will be eligible for his 2004 annual bonus. In addition, some of the shares of restricted stock previously granted to Leuken will vest and become free of transfer restrictions, while he agreed to forfeit the remaining unvested shares.
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Does this look familiar? If it does, it's because CmToys had also released pictures of this identical set earlier (see my post HERE), except now this is the GOLD version. Guess everyone's doing a Hot Toys and decided to repaint existing molds and re-sell them as variants.
CM Toys No.H011 will be the 1:6th scale Rome Gladiators Warlord Edition GOLD version which is inspired by the TV series "Spartacus: Blood and Sand" with Andy Whitfield playing the historical figure of Spartacus, a Thracian gladiator who from 73 to 71 BC led a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic.
This incoming CM Toys 1:6th scale Rome Gladiator Warlord Edition GOLD version set includes: Head sculpt of Andy Whitfield as Spartacus, chest and shoulder armor, Leather Belt, Leg armor x 2, Cloth Leggings x 2, Scimitar x 2, interchangeable Hands x 6, Roman feet (1 pair), Cloth wrist x 2, gauntlets x 2, Underwear, Ribbon, Cloak / cape, Helmet (Crixus' helmet)
Note: CM Toys says that this product does not include BODY. Nor does it contain a bust. This product is recommended to use CMTOYS BODY (HJ001) as other body types do not fit!
The one that's been posted earlier is the screaming head version. This is a new, calm head version with several new items added (helmet, cape, etc).
Overall, this appears to be a nice set although it looks cheap compared with ACI's gladiators. So far ACI seems to have done a much better job with these 12-inch gladiator figures. And don't you find the poses rather stiff?


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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Detectives have released the name of a teenage boy and man who were killed in separate incidents around Albuquerque over the past several days.
Gilbert Gallegos, an Albuquerque police spokesman, said Jayden Vallez, 17, was killed in the parking lot of Coronado Center on Monday and Frank Brown, 45, was killed at the Imperial Motel on March 5.
There have been no arrests in either case. So far, the city has seen 23 homicides this year — some of them double homicides — with an arrest made in four cases.
On Monday, an officer was on patrol when they heard gunshots around 2:15 p.m. and found Vallez wounded in the parking lot of Coronado mall. Vallez was pronounced dead at the hospital soon after.
On March 5, sometime before 12:30 a.m. officers responded to reports of gunfire at the Imperial Motel on Central, west of Interstate 25. Police found Brown fatally wounded and he died at the scene.


A jury determined that Elon Musk had not defamed British caver Vernon Unsworth in a Los Angeles federal courtroom on Friday.
“My faith in humanity is restored,” mentioned Musk in courtroom after the decision was delivered. The jury deliberated for less than an hour earlier than delivering its verdict within the case, which went to trial earlier this week.
Unsworth introduced the go well with towards Musk in September 2018, after the Tesla and SpaceX CEO had known as him “sus” (suspicious) and a “pedo guy” on Twitter earlier that summer season. Musk additionally characterised the spelunker as a “child rapist” in e-mails to Buzzfeed reporter Ryan Mac, and virtually requested the lawsuit in August 2018 with a tweet that mentioned, “Don’t you think it’s strange he hasn’t sued me?”
In his testimony throughout the defamation trial this week, Musk apologized to Unsworth and mentioned he didn’t consider the cave explorer was a pedophile.
Musk and his protection workforce, led by legal professional Alex Spiro, argued that “pedo guy” was merely heated rhetoric and never meant as a press release of reality. They additionally argued that the phrase “pedo guy” is broadly generally known as slang for “creepy old guy.” And they urged that Unsworth was searching for a payday in courtroom, and had not sincerely been harmed by the “pedo guy” label.
The conflict between the 2 males started when Unsworth criticized Musk for involving himself, and his workers, in an effort to rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach from flooded caves in Thailand in July 2018.
Unsworth’s experience and information of the caves proved instrumental in extracting the soccer workforce. He is credited as being a frontrunner of the rescue effort.
Musk and his workers developed a tool that they billed as a mini-submarine or escape pod, and which they thought may transport the children out of the caves. On July 8, 2018, Musk wrote in a tweet, “Mini-sub arriving in about 17 hours. Hopefully useful. If not, perhaps it will be in a future situation.” The gadget was by no means used within the effort, nevertheless.
Before the rescue was accomplished, Musk had directed workers to compel Thai officers to say good issues about him and his mini-sub, whilst storms continued to bear down.
After the rescue, Unsworth was requested throughout a tv interview on CNN concerning the mini-sub and Musk. He mentioned Musk may “stick his submarine where it hurts,” and considered the escape pod as “only a PR stunt.”
Lashing again, Musk known as the caver a “pedo guy” in his now notorious public tweets.
The verdict may set a precedent the place free speech on-line, libel and slander are involved. Vernon Unsworth vs. Elon Musk was one of many first main defamation lawsuits –brought by a personal particular person over a tweet– to ever go to trial.
In closing arguments, Unsworth’s legal professional, L. Lin Wood, made an emotional attraction to the jury, calling Musk a “liar” whereas standing only a few toes away from the CEO. He additionally referred to Musk as “the billionaire bully,” and mentioned that by labeling Unsworth a “pedo guy” on Twitter, the place Musk had tens of hundreds of thousands of followers, “He dropped a nuclear bomb on Vernon Unsworth,” and the fallout would final for many years.
Wood, who’s well-known for representing Richard Jewell in his defamation case (and who will probably be portrayed by Sam Rockwell in an upcoming movie about that) sought damages of $190 million in whole for Unsworth. That included: $5 million in precise damages, $35 million in assumed damages and punitive damages of $150 million. That quantities to lower than a p.c of Elon Musk’s estimated net worth together with roughly $20 billion in SpaceX and Tesla holdings.
Musk’s lead legal professional, Alex Spiro, in closing arguments characterised Musk’s offensive tweets as merely insulting and never statements of reality. Spiro additionally mentioned that Unsworth was telling the courtroom, “I’ve been horribly damaged. Pay me lots of money,” however then did not show he had been broken in any respect. Referencing the truth that Unsworth had earned a little bit cash for talking engagements because the cave rescue, he requested, “You wanna award damages? How about one dollar?” And he implored the courtroom to not have interaction in policing speech.
— CNBC correspondents Jane Wells and Paul McNamara contributed to this report.


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February 22, 2021
Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said on Monday that she can’t say how much the authorities spent on coronavirus vaccine.
“The price is not discussed by any country, not even the European Union which negotiates collectively,” she told the pro-authorities TV Happy, adding that “the ways the vaccines are procured are unbelievable”. According to Brnabic President Aleksandar Vucic’s personal contacts are crucial to the procurement of coronavirus vaccine for Serbia.
Brnabic said that the authorities have signed a contract for 12,332,200 doses of vaccine, adding that 1,970,220 doses have already arrived. The goal of the state is to secure two doses of vaccine for every citizen of Serbia, she said.
Brnabic claimed that Serbia was the only country to receive the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine “without taking part in the third stage of clinical studies”.