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On the 1st of April every year the air is soaked with jolly and laughter. On this date we play a jokes on friends, colleagues at the office or a members of our family. If you have no idea what to do this year, our team has a few ideas we'd like to share and help you celebrate April Fool's Day like a sir.
Disassemble the faucet cap and place food dye or a pellet from Easter colouring set. When you're ready put the cap back and fasten it. When the water runs it will be coloured.
Another way you could startle your friends family members is to substitute the food or Easter Eggs dye with a bouillon cubes. But this time you can place it in the shower, as it will resolve with hot water.
Just like in the cartoons you can scare somebody to death and have a hearty laugh. There are two ways you can "install" the air horn – under the office chair of a colleague or behind a door. For the purpose, you'll need electrical tape. It will keep the horn fastened to the wall or chair. One thing you have to make sure is the horn will be pressed by opening the door or sitting on the chair.
Everybody has watched Home Alone and laughed out loud. For the purpose you'll need a roll of shrink wrap a tube of glue, feathers ( you can use a pillow for that purpose), electric tape. Cut a few pieces of the electric tape and glue the shrink wrap on one side of the door. Make sure you'll place it the right way, so it gets in your "victim's face". Stretch it to the other horizontal part of the door frame, cut and steady it with the tape. Apply glue on one of the sides. Place the pile of feathers in front of a fan and connect it to a string just like in the youtube video. When your friend or colleague enters the room, the result will be the same.
Most bathrooms have door knobs which allows everyone using the privacy lock of the knob. It works by freezing the rotation of the handle. The only thing you need to do is dismantling the hardware and reverse the knob. This way the locking mechanism part of the handle will be on the outside and you can lock whoever' s using the bathroom.


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//July 9, 2019
Missing American scientist Suzanne Eaton found dead in abandoned WWII bunker in Greece
WORLD NEWS Missing American scientist Suzanne Eaton found dead in abandoned WWII bunker in Greece https://linewsradio.com/missing-american-scientist-suzanne-eaton-found-dead-in-abandoned-wwii-bunker-in-greece/ http://abcnewsradioonline.com/world-news/
Biotechnology Center of the TU Dresden(LONDON) — Greek emergency workers believe they have found the body of an American scientist on the island of Crete, almost a week after she went missing.
Greek authorities recovered the body of U.S. citizen Suzanne Eaton on Monday evening, according to the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden, Germany, where Eaton was a research group leader.
Searchers on Tuesday said they had found Eaton's body in an abandoned World War II bunker around 7 miles from where she had been staying. Vangelis Zacharioudakis, who led the search effort by the Hellenic Rescue Team, told ABC News on Tuesday that the body was Eaton's.
"The road leading to the place where the woman was found is accessible, covered with cement and in the area there are many villas in which tourists stay. There are many people going out there and especially tourists who go either by hiking or to go to the villas where they have rented rooms. It is an amphitheatrical area where many tourists pass by daily," Konstantinos Beblidakis, the vice mayor of the local Platanias municipality, said in a statement.
The 59 year-old was a molecular biologist and had been visiting Crete for a conference when she disappeared. She is survived by two sons and her husband.
"It is with enormous sadness and regret that we announce the tragic demise of our dearest friend and colleague, Suzanne Eaton," the institute said in a statement Tuesday. "We are deeply shocked and disturbed by this tragic event. Suzanne was an outstanding and inspiring scientist, a loving spouse and mother, an athlete as well as a truly wonderful person beloved to us all. Her loss is unbearable."
Eaton, a native of Oakland, California, was last seen on Crete on the afternoon of July 2 near the port city of Chania where she was attending the conference organized by the Orthodox Academy of Crete. Greek authorities had launched a large-scale search for her in the area, using dogs and helicopters and joined by members of her family and volunteers.
Eaton's running shoes were missing from her room and all of her other belongings remained there, leading her family and colleagues to believe she may have gone for a run. Before her body was found, Eaton's family said they worried she might have got overheated in the baking temperatures on Crete or fallen in the rugged terrain there.
Police have not commented on what might have caused Eaton's death, and her institute said they had been informed the investigation was still underway to establish what had happened. Detectives from Athens were traveling to Crete to assist, The Associated Press reported. Her body has been sent to the town of Rethymno on Crete for an autopsy.
An official with the U.S. State Department told ABC News on Monday they were aware of reports that an American citizen was missing in Greece and were working closely with local authorities.
Eaton was also a professor at the Biotechnology Center of the Technical University of Dresden in Germany, known as TU Dresden. Her colleagues there described her as "an immensely renowned scientist" and "a remarkable person."
"We were shocked to learn of the death of our dear colleague and friend, Prof. Suzanne Eaton," Hans Muller-Steinhagen, rector of the TU Dresden, said in a statement Tuesday. "We have lost an immensely renowned scientist and a truly outstanding human being."
A call for help in assisting with the search for Eaton by her family and friends prompted a remarkable response, with a page set up to receive donations gathering over $40,000 in roughly 24 hours.
"We have come to know Suzanne as a lively and committed woman who made a decisive contribution to the development of our institute. Her sudden and untimely death is devastating for us all," Michael Schroeder, director of the TU Dresden Biotechnology Center, said in a statement Tuesday. "We will remember Suzanne as a remarkable person. We are profoundly saddened and speechless."
, By newsboy86
ABC News to host 3rd Democratic primary debate in Houston
Political News ABC News to host 3rd Democratic primary debate in Houston https://linewsradio.com/abc-news-to-host-3rd-democratic-primary-debate-in-houston/ http://abcnewsradioonline.com/politics-news/
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(HOUSTON) — This year's third Democratic primary debate will be hosted by ABC News in partnership with Univision and is scheduled for Sept. 12 and 13 in Houston, the Democratic National Committee announced Tuesday.
The debate can be seen on ABC in prime time, live on Univision with a Spanish translation and on ABC News Live. The streaming channel is available on the ABCNews.com website and apps, as well as Hulu Live, The Roku Channel and Facebook Watch.
Details on the format, venue, moderators and exact timing for the debates will be announced at a later date.
"As the nation's most diverse city, Houston is the perfect place for the Democratic Party's third debate. Leaders like Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee and Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner have been key to making Houston the world class city it is today," said DNC Chair Tom Perez. "Like the people of Texas, our candidates come from all kinds of backgrounds, and are all united by their deeply held values. We've seen firsthand in Texas that organizing everywhere through the Texas Democratic Party has led to victories all across the state, including flipping a dozen state House seats and making the state more competitive than it has been in decades. Houston is the perfect place to showcase our candidates so that they can share their vision for a better future for the American people."
In May, the DNC announced new, more stringent qualifying rules that apply to the debate hosted by ABC News and Univision, and for the debate to follow, slated to take place in October. Hosts for the October debate have not yet been announced.
In order to qualify for the September and October debates, the DNC requires candidates to meet polling and grassroots funding thresholds.
Candidates must receive 2% or more support in at least four national polls, or polls conducted in the early-voting states of Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and/or Nevada. Each poll submitted must be publicly released between June 28 and Aug. 28 and be must be sponsored by one or more of the following organizations approved by the DNC: The Associated Press, ABC News, CBS News, CNN, the Des Moines Register, Fox News, Monmouth University, NBC News, The New York Times, National Public Radio, Quinnipiac University, University of New Hampshire, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, the Washington Post, and Winthrop University.
Any candidate's four qualifying polls must be conducted by different organizations or — if by the same organization — must be in different geographical areas. And each poll must be publicly released between June 28 and Aug. 28, 2019.
Each poll's candidate support question must have been conducted by reading or presenting a list of Democratic presidential primary candidates to respondents, according to the DNC. Poll questions using an open-ended or unaided question to gauge presidential primary support will not count. Each polling result must be the top-line number listed in the original public release from the approved sponsoring organization/institution, whether or not it is a rounded or weighted number.
The DNC also said they and their media partners are reserving the right to add a Nevada-specific poll sponsor to their list of approved organizations in the near future.
To meet the grassroots fundraising threshold, candidates must have received donations from at least 130,000 unique donors over the course of the election cycle, with a minimum of 400 unique donors per state in at least 20 states. Qualifying donations must be received by the DNC by 11:59 p.m. on Aug. 28.
Candidates who do not meet both the polling and grassroots fundraising thresholds will not qualify for the debates.
The new qualifying rules will ramp up the pressure on many in the crowded Democratic field, which has grown to 23 candidates total. A number of Democratic candidates are struggling to meet the qualifying threshold for the second Democratic debates, which are taking place in July. To qualify for the first debates, candidates must receive 1% or more support in four national or early state polls, but they can also qualify if they receive donations from at least 65,000 unique donors, with a minimum of 200 unique donors in at least 20 states.
The DNC is capping the total number of candidates that qualify for the debate stage at 20.
The DNC has previously announced the dates and locations for the first two primary debates: The first debate took place on June 26 and 27 in Miami and NBC News/MSNBC/Telemundo will host and the second will take place on July 30 and 31 in Detroit and CNN will host.
Baby born from womb of dead donor for 1st time in US history: Hospital
Cleveland Clinic(CLEVELAND, OH.) — Doctors have delivered a baby to a woman who received a womb transplant from a dead organ donor for the first time in U.S. history.
The baby girl was born via cesarean section at the Cleveland Clinic in June as part of an ongoing clinical trial for uterine transplants to treat uterine factor infertility, hospital officials announced Tuesday.
An estimated one in 500 women of child-bearing age are affected by the irreversible condition, according to the hospital. The mother, who is in her mid-30s, became pregnant through in vitro fertilization.
Mother and daughter are "doing great," said Dr. Uma Perni, a maternal fetal medicine specialist at the Cleveland Clinic.
"We couldn't have asked for a better outcome," Perni said.
The research team for the delivery consisted of specialists in transplant surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, fertility, neonatology, bioethics, psychiatry, nursing, anesthesiology, infectious disease, interventional radiology, patient advocacy and social work.
"It was amazing how perfectly normal this delivery was, considering how extraordinary the occasion," said Dr. Andreas Tzakis, a transplant surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic. "Through this research, we aim to make these extraordinary events, ordinary for the women who choose this option. We are grateful to the donor and her family, their generosity allowed our patient's dream to come true and a new baby to be born."
The trial aims to enroll 10 women between the ages of 21 and 39. Unlike other similar research efforts in the U.S., the clinic's protocol requires that the transplanted uterus comes from a deceased donor to "eliminate any risk to a healthy, living donor."
Since the clinical trial began, the team has competed five uterus transplants, according to the hospital. Three transplants were successful, and two resulted in hysterectomies.
Two women are currently awaiting embryo transfers, and several more candidates are on the list to receive a transplant.
, By Christine Gerani
Vitamins, minerals and fad diets? 'Don't waste your money': Study author
iStock/anilakkusBY: DR. LAITH ALEXANDER
(NEW YORK) –These days, it can be hard to know what's good for our bodies. When you walk into a wellness store, it's easy to feel overwhelmed with shelves upon shelves of multivitamins and minerals.
Should I take that vitamin on the shelf? How beneficial are they? Not very, according to a new study published in Annals of Internal Medicine.
Researchers from West Virginia University and Johns Hopkins analyzed 277 randomized controlled trials and said they couldn't find any proof that people will live longer by regularly taking any of the 16 supplements they studied — vitamins A, B2, B6, B complex, C, D, E, multivitamins, iron, selenium, calcium, calcium and vitamin D, folic acid, beta-carotene, antioxidants and omega-3.
"Several vitamins — from vitamin A to vitamin E — had absolutely no effect," Dr. Safi Khan, lead author of the study, told ABC News. "These supplements don't seem to improve your overall survival."
Only omega-3 fish oil was moderately protective against cardiovascular disease, according to the study. "Omega-3 supplements were associated with a lower risk of heart attack and coronary heart disease, but the certainty of evidence was low," Dr. Khan said. "Omega-3 supplements still didn't appear to improve overall survival."
It's important to note that unlike medications that are regulated for safety and effectiveness in the U.S., the only requirement for supplements are that they are safe.
One bright spot from the study suggested that folic acid might reduce the risk of stroke. However, the study analysis also said that there was "moderate" evidence that a combination of calcium and vitamin D increased stroke risk.
The study's authors also didn't see much benefit on heart health when changing to the Mediterranean diet, which is rich in olive oil with limited amounts of red meat. "One surprising finding was that the Mediterranean diet lacked any sort of effect on cardiovascular outcomes," Dr. Khan told ABC News.
In fact, only one diet that the researchers studied had benefits, according to the report, but only in a specific group of people: reduced salt intake was associated with fewer deaths in people with high blood pressure.
In response to the research, Dr. Andrew Shao from the Council for Responsible Nutrition, described on their website as the "leading trade association for the dietary supplement and functional food industry," told ABC News that "supplements are important to fill nutrient gaps left by sub-optimal diets and to maintain health and well-being."
Dr. Shao said the current study ignores long-term, real-life results that develop over a period of time and instead just focuses on statistics. "This study only tells half the story, and completely ignores a large portion of the epidemiological evidence base by looking at dietary patterns and supplements as if they are drugs."
He highlighted that the analysis didn't include observational data, where researchers track participants over several years, "which is very important when trying to assess the relationship between dietary patterns and chronic disease."
However, Dr. Khan rebutted that his team didn't look at epidemiological and observational studies intentionally. Because those types of studies look at relationships between factors and cannot identify direct causes like randomized controlled trials do.
By using randomized controlled trials which he says "remain the gold standard for scientific evidence," Dr. Khan told ABC News that the type of study that he did are more readily able to point to cause-and-effect.
While he recognizes that more studies are needed, Dr. Khan's advice to the American public is: "Don't waste your money!"
"These products are helpful in people with nutrient deficiencies to control symptoms," Dr. Khan told ABC News. "For everyone else, they do not improve survival or cardiovascular health — focus on a healthy lifestyle instead."
Dr. Laith Alexander is an MB/PhD student at the University of Cambridge, U.K., and a member of the ABC News Medical Unit.
Joe and Jill Biden reported earning more than $15 million in income since leaving the White House in 2017
Political News Joe and Jill Biden reported earning more than $15 million in income since leaving the White House in 2017 https://linewsradio.com/joe-and-jill-biden-reported-earning-more-than-15-million-in-income-since-leaving-the-white-house-in-2017/ http://abcnewsradioonline.com/politics-news/
ABCNews.com(WASHINGTON) — Former Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Dr. Jill Biden reported more than $15 million in income since leaving the White House in early 2017, newly released tax returns show.
Tax returns, released by the Biden Campaign, show the Biden's had an adjusted gross income of $4,580,437 in 2018, and $11,018,346 in 2017.
Since leaving office, the Biden's have paid more than $5.27 million in federal taxes, which is roughly a third of their income.
According to the campaign, "the majority of the couple's 2017 and 2018 income — specifically, $10,048,739 (in 2017) and $3,236,764 (in 2018)–is attributable to book payments for the writing of Promise Me, Dad and Where the Light Enters and to paid speaking engagements."
Those speaking engagements carried large sums for the former vice president, ranging from $8,040 for a Miami book fair to $190,000 for a speech as a part of a visiting lecture series at Drew University in Madison, N.J., Biden's financial disclosure report shows.
His wife also earned more than $700,000 for speaking engagements associated with her book from March 2018 through early May 2019, the disclosure says.
The former vice president also received more than $400,000 from VIP events associated with his book tour in 2017 and 2018, according to the disclosure.
"These amounts were paid to Vice President Biden and Dr. Biden through their respective S-Corporations, known as CelticCapri and Giacoppa. Both Vice President Biden and Dr. Biden employed staff and engaged contractors to support their respective work through their S-Corporations," a campaign release said.
His financial disclosure form shows Biden also earned an additional $425,000 in 'salary' from CelticCapri between January 2018 and June 2019.
Biden also earned a total of $776,527 in salary as a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, according to the campaign's release.
The income earned by the Bidens is a far cry from their income while in the White House and when he served in the Senate–where he served for several decades until becoming vice president in 2008.
Biden often touts his "Middle Class Joe" moniker and on the trail often says that he was the poorest man in Congress.
"I'm called middle-class Joe. It's not meant as a compliment — it means I'm not sophisticated," a line Biden often repeats on the campaign trail.
A central message of Biden's campaign pitch is rebuilding the middle class–recalling his own middle class roots. It remains to be seen if Biden's newly reported wealth will have an impact on his message with voters.
After leaving the White House, the Bidens upped their charitable giving. The couple gave only $5,889 in 2016. In 2017, their giving skyrocketed to more than $1 million. The pair gave to various charities and religious groups. That year, the largest contribution of $180,000 went to the United Jewish Federation of Chicago. The Bidens also donated $100,000 to their own non-profit The Joseph Biden Foundation.
In 2018, the couple gave $275,796 to various charities with the largest sums going the Delaware Center for Justice and the Beau Biden Foundation for the Protection of Children ($100,000 and $50,000, respectively). They also donated $25,000 to Walking with the Wounded, a British charity associated with Prince Harry, which helps injured British veterans transition into civilian life.
Serena Williams says therapy helped her get past US Open controversy
Sports News Serena Williams says therapy helped her get past US Open controversy https://linewsradio.com/serena-williams-says-therapy-helped-her-get-past-us-open-controversy/ http://abcnewsradioonline.com/sports-news/
Simon Stacpoole/Offside/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Serena Williams is opening up about her 2018 US Open final's loss to Naomi Osaka and what she learned from the emotional moment.
The 23-time Grand Slam champion was defeated by Osaka 6-2, 6-4, but famously argued with an umpire over a warning for coaching during the final.
She was fined $17,000 for code violations for the coaching warning, breaking her racket and alleged "verbal abuse" against the umpire.
In a first-person essay for Harper's BAZAAR, Williams reflected on what she learned from standing up to the umpire, how she coped with the backlash she received and what messages she wants to pass on to her daughter.
"In the end, my opponent simply played better than me that day and ended up winning her first Grand Slam title," she wrote on Osaka. "I could not have been happier for her."
"As for me, I felt defeated and disrespected by a sport that I love — one that I had dedicated my life to and that my family truly changed, not because we were welcomed, but because we wouldn't stop winning," she continued.
She described some of her thoughts post-final and how she struggled with understanding what occurred.
"Why can't I express my frustrations like everyone else? If I were a man, would I be in this situation? What makes me so different? Is it because I'm a woman?" she recalled thinking at the time.
"I was hurt — cut deeply," she continued. "I tried to compare it to other setbacks I'd had in my life and career, and for some reason I couldn't shake the feeling that this was about so much more than just me."
Williams said that she felt that she'd experienced gender discrimination and the ramifications for men speaking out against what they perceive are bad calls are different.
"So often, in situations similar to mine, when men fight back against the referees, they're met with a smile or even a laugh from the umpire, as if they're sharing an inside joke," she wrote. "I'm not asking to avoid being penalized. I am asking to be treated the same way as everyone else."
"Sadly, that's simply not the world we currently live in," she added.
In order to get past what occurred and process the situation, Williams sought out therapy and shared that she realized she wanted to apologize to Osaka.
She wrote that she sent the following message to Osaka:
"Hey, Naomi! It's Serena Williams. As I said on the court, I am so proud of you and I am truly sorry. I thought I was doing the right thing in sticking up for myself. But I had no idea the media would pit us against each other. I would love the chance to live that moment over again. I am, was, and will always be happy for you and supportive of you. I would never, ever want the light to shine away from another female, specifically another black female athlete. I can't wait for your future, and believe me I will always be watching as a big fan! I wish you only success today and in the future. Once again, I am so proud of you. All my love and your fan, Serena."
Williams's belief that she did the right thing in speaking up for herself against the umpire was reaffirmed with Osaka's response. "No one has stood up for themselves the way you have and you need to continue trailblazing," Williams said the young woman wrote back to her.
She described that the fight she had with the umpire during the final, "exemplified how thousands of women in every area of the workforce are treated every day."
"We are not allowed to have emotions, we are not allowed to be passionate," she continued. "We are told to sit down and be quiet, which frankly is just not something I'm okay with. It's shameful that our society penalizes women just for being themselves."
Williams also promised she will never "stop raising my voice against injustice."
The tennis legend finished her passionate letter by describing what she's had to overcome throughout her career and what motivates her to keep pushing forward.
"As a teenager, I was booed by an entire stadium … I've been called every name in the book. I've been shamed because of my body shape," she wrote. "I've been paid unequally because of my sex. I've been penalized a game in the final of a major because I expressed my opinion or grunted too loudly. I've been blatantly cheated against to the point where the Hawk-Eye rules were introduced so that something like that would not happen again. And these are only the things that are seen by the public."
"In short, it's never been easy," she added. "But then I think of the next girl who is going to come along who looks like me, and I hope, 'Maybe, just maybe, my voice will help her.'"
Read Serena Williams essay in full at Harper's BAZAAR.
Aziz Ansari says sexual misconduct allegation made him "scared," "humiliated," "embarrassed"
Entertainment News Aziz Ansari says sexual misconduct allegation made him "scared," "humiliated," "embarrassed" https://linewsradio.com/aziz-ansari-says-sexual-misconduct-allegation-made-him-scared-humiliated-embarrassed/ http://abcnewsradioonline.com/entertainment-news/
Jon Kopaloff/WireImage(LOS ANGELES) — For the first time since Aziz Ansari was accused of sexual misconduct last year, the comedian has addressed the ordeal in depth.
Ansari kicked off his Netflix stand-up special, Aziz Ansari: Right Now, by delving into the allegation, noting that "it's important to me that you know how I feel about that whole thing before we share this night together."
The comedian said that above all, he hopes the experiences of the last year have made him "a better person."
"There's times I've felt scared. There's times I've felt humiliated. There's times I've felt embarrassed," he said. And ultimately, I just felt terrible that this person felt this way," he said. "And after a year or so, I just hope it was a step forward."
Last January, a since-shuttered website, Babe.net, published the account of a woman who claimed that while on a date with Ansari, the comedian pressured her to have sexual intercourse after she declined. Ansari released a statement at the time, in which he said that during the date, "everything did seem OK to me," and learning of her feelings after the fact made him "surprised and concerned." He said he responded to her privately.
In his special, the 36-year-old actor said that the experience changed him for good. Now, he said, in addition to being more thoughtful, he's more thankful for his career and his fans.
"…It means the world to me, 'cause I saw the world where I don't ever get to do this again, and it almost felt like I'd died. In a way, I did," he continued. "That old Aziz who said, 'Oh, treat yo' self,' whatever, he's dead."
How the US Women's National Team could approach sponsorships after World Cup win
Sports News How the US Women's National Team could approach sponsorships after World Cup win https://linewsradio.com/how-the-us-womens-national-team-could-approach-sponsorships-after-world-cup-win/ http://abcnewsradioonline.com/sports-news/
Alex Grimm/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Star team captain and new national icon Megan Rapinoe posted an ad on Twitter hours after landing with her team in Newark following their World Cup victory.
Star team captain and new national icon Megan Rapinoe posted an ad on Twitter hours after landing with her team in Newark following their World Cup victory.
Selling out makes perfect! Leaving France with FOUR ⭐s and all that @hulu     #TeamHuluSellouts #huluhaslivesports #ad pic.twitter.com/PSlBrIYNNW
— Megan Rapinoe (@mPinoe) July 8, 2019
Tom VanHaaren, an ESPN reporter who has covered the women's World Cup, told ABC News that the Hulu ad exemplifies how the streaming company "kind of got on board early" in order to have that ready for release after the team's victory.
The tweet also highlights the need for athletes — particularly soccer players like the U.S. Women's National Team, who just won their second consecutive World Cup — to move fast with any sponsorship or merchandising deals after a big win.
Larry Weil, a branding and sponsorship expert who goes by the title "The Sponsorship Guy," said that "part of the challenge here is frequency."
"There's going to be a crest in sponsorship. It's four years until the next World Cup," Weil said, also noting the four-year gaps between Summer Olympics where soccer teams play. "After this crest of interest and so on, and interest dies down, then they're on to the next thing."
Weil and other experts told ABC News this year's team undoubtedly garnered more interest than their predecessors, which will likely help them when it comes to striking sponsorship deals moving forward.
Matt Powell, sports industry adviser for the NPD Group, a global market research firm, said their antics on and off the field – whether it be Alex Morgan's tea sip after a key goal or Rapinoe's comment about declining any invitation to the White House – have helped develop some of the player's identities to those outside of the sport.
"The personalities of the players really showed through particularly the biggest stars. When you're trading on personalities and the success that they had on the field is a very potent combination," Powell said.
"It wouldn't surprise me if we saw some non-traditional woman endorsers step up," he said, hypothesizing that hair or skin care brands could be interested.
Of that same vein, it was announced Sunday that Budweiser had become the first official beer sponsor of the National Women's Soccer League.
"I believe that because of what they have done they are not just a sports brand, they also have this belief system, this personality," said Erich Joachimsthaler, founder and CEO of brand consulting firm Vivaldi. "They have richness and depth and texture of the brand. To me, they are more than just a winning sports team."
Joachimsthaler said that "it's hard to put a monetary value" on his expectations, which was echoed by Powell and Weil.
VanHaaren said that the depth of the characters and personalities involved – not only in soccer but in many sports now – have prompted changes in the way that athletic brands approach their ads.
He pointed to an ad Nike released after Tiger Woods' comeback win at the Masters earlier this year, where they spliced a number of his winning putts through the years, dating all the way back to when he was 3 years old.
"The video that Nike put out when he won, it wasn't about Nike's products. It was about Tiger Woods' journey through his whole process," VanHaaren said. "Nike is featured very, very sparsely in that video."
Similarly, Nike released a now-viral minute-long ad after the Women's National Team victory, where the message is as much about women's empowerment as it is about soccer.
"I really do think that's a big part of the success that Nike's had … they didn't make it about themselves, they made it about the women and their message. It wasn't about the jersey, it was about the people wearing the jersey," VanHaaren said.
Trump ramps up attacks on UK ambassador, calls him 'wacky,' foreign minister calls his comments 'disrespectful'
WORLD NEWS Trump ramps up attacks on UK ambassador, calls him 'wacky,' foreign minister calls his comments 'disrespectful' https://linewsradio.com/trump-ramps-up-attacks-on-uk-ambassador-calls-him-wacky-foreign-minister-calls-his-comments-disrespectful/ http://abcnewsradioonline.com/world-news/
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(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday dialed up his criticism of the U.K. Ambassador to the U.S. Kim Darroch, calling him "wacky" and "a very stupid guy."
The president's latest criticism, which came in a series of tweets, followed the president's declaration on Monday that the U.S. "will no longer deal with" Darroch after diplomatic cables leaked to the Daily Mail in which Darroch called Trump's administration "inept" and "incompetent."
The president also offered additional criticism for outgoing U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May for failing to achieve a Brexit deal after she "went her own foolish way" instead of listening to his advice
…handled. I told @theresa_may how to do that deal, but she went her own foolish way-was unable to get it done. A disaster! I don't know the Ambassador but have been told he is a pompous fool. Tell him the USA now has the best Economy & Military anywhere in the World, by far…
In a sign of just how far tensions have increased, U.K. Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt tweeted back at Trump that his comments were "disrespectful."
1/2 @realDonaldTrump friends speak frankly so I will: these comments are disrespectful and wrong to our Prime Minister and my country. Your diplomats give their private opinions to @SecPompeo and so do ours! You said the UK/US alliance was the greatest in history and I agree… https://t.co/hNeBWmyyVN
— Jeremy Hunt (@Jeremy_Hunt) July 9, 2019
Darroch's future relationship with the U.S. was unclear. He was also disinvited from a dinner Monday night with the president at the Treasury Department in honor of the Amir of Qatar, according to a U.S. official. White House officials said this is an example of the kind of treatment Darroch will likely receive in the aftermath of the leak.
At the same time, May's government has made it clear it's backing him.
"We have made clear to the U.S. how unfortunate this leak is. The selective extracts leaked do not reflect the closeness of, and the esteem in which we hold, the relationship. At the same time we have also underlined the importance of Ambassadors being able to provide honest, unvarnished assessments of the politics in their country. Sir Kim Darroch continues to have the Prime Minister's full support," a May spokesman said in a statement.
Despite President Trump's tweet that "we will no longer deal with" Darroch, the State Department said Tuesday it will and has not been given any instructions not to.
"We will continue to deal with all accredited individuals until we get any further guidance from the White House or the president, which we will of course abide by the president's direction," said spokesperson Morgan Ortagus.
Trading meth for Mezcal: 'Breaking Bad' stars Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul are breaking into the alcohol biz
Entertainment News Trading meth for Mezcal: 'Breaking Bad' stars Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul are breaking into the alcohol biz https://linewsradio.com/trading-meth-for-mezcal-breaking-bad-stars-bryan-cranston-and-aaron-paul-are-breaking-into-the-alcohol-biz/ http://abcnewsradioonline.com/entertainment-news/
Ursula Coyote/AMC Former Breaking Bad co-stars Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul are indeed reuniting for a new project – though perhaps not the one fans were expecting.
After teasing an upcoming collaboration over the past few weeks, they revealed in a joint Instagram post Tuesday that they're now in the alcohol business. They've teamed up to create a new brand of Mezcal called Dos Hombres.
Cranston and Paul explain that they had the idea three years ago while sitting in a sushi bar in New York. After that, they began traveling to Oaxaca, Mexico in search of the perfect Mezcal – until finally they found it "on a dirt-road, in [a] tiny village, hours away from the center of town."
"Holy s*** it was perfect. We looked at each other and just simply nodded. This is it," they wrote. "We named it Dos Hombres – two guys on a quest."
They continue, "It's been a long and crazy journey and we couldn't be happier to share this with you and the rest of the world. We are crazy about the taste, the aroma, and the versatility of this smokey, age-old alcohol. Try it, and let us know what you think."
Of course, fans were hoping the two were reuniting for the Breaking Bad movie set to come out later this year on Netflix. But now they can drown their sorrows with a nice glass of Dos Hombres.
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Welcome to the IMF's World Economic Outlook (WEO) Data Forum.
The WEO is a semi-annual publication which presents the IMF staff's analysis and projections of economic developments at the global level, in major country groups and in many individual countries. In addition, an online database is released at the time of the publication which contains data found in the statistical appendix of the WEO report.
The WEO Data Forum is a new initiative intended to provide a venue for communication and discussion about the data contained in the biannual World Economic Outlook publication and its companion database. This forum is not intended for discussion about policy advice in the publication; rather it is a place for us to provide insight into the methodologies and practices that we use to produce the data for the World Economic Outlook.
In addition, this forum is not and should not be taken as an official outlet for IMF views; rather, it is an informal and unofficial venue for discussion provided by the team that produces the World Economic Outlook. The forum will be fully moderated by the WEO team, and occasionally we may have to edit or remove content that we deem inappropriate or unsuitable. Although we may not be able to answer all questions and respond to all comments, we hope that the combined participation of the WEO team and our readers will be both educational and exciting.


I have seen people through various forums/blogs getting confused : how to configure DNS server in child domain for Parent's domain name resolutions? The confusion is, should it point to itself for DNS server address or parent DNS server for name resolution of parent & child domain both? In order to make the life easier & remove the confusion, i thought of coming up with the article on my blog.
Firstly, understand that DNS is the backbone of AD & most of the issues we face in our environment is because of the improper configuration of DNS server. In few posts, i saw people using Public IP as the DNS address or ISP's DNS address directly configured into their servers/domain systems NIC for preferred DNS server address, which is absolutely wrong & the reason is, when DNS lookup is performed against the local resource records in the domain, first it queries local host file in your system located in inside "etc" folder, if it can't locate anything configured there, it looks for preferred DNS server IP in NIC. If NIC's preferred DNS address is configured with public IP or ISP's IP, it will forward the query directly to that public IP for local domain name resolution & the query will be performed, before it is says request timed-out. The reason is that, your local domain & its records exists in your local DNS server. How a DNS server hosted outside your domain can even come to know existent of any such private domain without any record in its DNS server? From security perspective, its a big passage for attacker to penetrate your infrastructure & attack your network for access.
Public DNS server's IP has to be configured into Forwarder Tab of your local DNS server. If you have multiple DNS server running in your domain, configure all of the local DNS server forwarder to have this Public DNS IP address, but make sure you obtain this public DNS server address from your ISP & you are not using anything like 4.2.2.2 or 2.2.2.2/8.8.8.8, since these are not the authoritative DNS server for your domain through which query has to pass for name resolution. The query for external domain name resolution has to pass through your ISP's DNS server. Using 4.2.2.2 or any other public IP directly in your DC/servers as a preferred DNS or alternate DNS server is going to pose a security threat for the environment.
Question: How do I set up DNS for a child domain?
Answer: To set up DNS for a child domain, create a delegation record on the parent DNS server for the child DNS server. Create a secondary zone on the child DNS server that transfers the parent zone from the parent DNS server.
Note Windows Server 2003 has additional types of zones, such as Stub Zones and forest-level integrated Active Directory zones, that may be a better fit for your environment.
Set the child domain controller to point to itself first. As soon as an additional domain controller is available, set the child domain controller to point to this domain controller in the child domain as its secondary.
Note: Ignore the version of OS, its applicable for all the windows OS as concept for DNS has not been changed.
Many forum/post, often i see a question, how to configure DNS in my domain controller, is primary point to itself or secondary DNS server, is it OK to configure loopback IP & what are the best practices etc.
NEVER use public IP configured directly in the NIC either of the DC or clients.
Public IP(ISP DNS) used for external domain name resolution,should always be configured in Forwarder of DNS servers.
NedPyle from Microsoft has got recommended & best practices for DNS. So next time you aare confused or looking for best practices follow the below link.


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Entomophthora  est un genre de champignons entomopathogènes de l'ordre des Entomophthorales.

Liste d'espèces
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Selon  :
 Entomophthora blunckii
 Entomophthora caroliniana
 Entomophthora chromaphidis
 Entomophthora culicis
 Entomophthora ferdinandii
 Entomophthora grandis
 Entomophthora muscae
 Entomophthora planchoniana
 Entomophthora scatophaga
 Entomophthora schizophorae
 Entomophthora syrphi
 Entomophthora thripidum

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Entomophthoraceae
Champignon entomopathogène
Genre de champignons (nom scientifique)

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Goodnight Mr. Lewis
By BlackBook Published: December 9, 2008
Good Night Mr. Lewis: Lesly Bernard, Yakitori, and the Penguin Joke
Lesly Bernard (see part one of interview) and I once opened a place called Peace down on Bleecker Street. There were a few investors, and we didn't see any money, as it was short-lived. The whole buildout cost about fifty grand. Hell — I think we painted vinyl furniture we found on the street. Walter Vee was our DJ, and he promoted a little too — and as my old pal Arthur would say, "It was a hit!" Everybody came, and in its brief run, it was the best joint in town. As I said, it didn't last long. I think the landlord had other plans for the space, but what we did impressed him, so later on he hired me to run the new club he built in that space. It was called Life, but anyway, back to Peace. I came in late one Saturday night as I still had obligations over at the Palladium, and Walter Vee introduced me to a pretty blonde gal at the bar. He asked me to tell her my famous penguin joke, and so I did. The small crowd lost it at the punchline, and she begged me to tell it again to her boyfriend John. I agreed, and John was brought over, and I started to tell my joke, but after the second or third line I realized that John was John John Kennedy, and the pretty blonde gal was Darryl Hannah, and I became a babbling idiot.
Even a guy who hung regularly with uber-celebs was stunned by the kid I saw saluting the coffin of his father. A few weeks later I noticed the couple waiting on line with the crowd at coat check at the Palladium. I checked their coats for them (the only coats I've ever checked). They thanked me quietly — either they didn't recognize me or were maybe afraid I'd tell another joke. If you see me around. ask me. and I'll tell you the world-famous penguin joke … or not. Meanwhile, back to my interview with Lesley Bernard.
You made a transition. You were this great promoter — my right hand at Palladium. Do you consider yourself a promoter now? I call myself a producer.
And you decided to get into restaurants. Was it an age thing? I decided I didn't want to promote anymore. I was tired; it was a combination of that and the lack of creativity that I could put into it.
Thursday is my favorite night, and you've always had a lot of success with that night. What does Thursday mean? Why Thursday? Actually, in those days I was doing a party almost every night, but Thursday was the anchor. On Thursday night in those days, people went out; people went out every night of the week, but Thursday was the hottest night because anyone who was worth their salt was probably doing something entrepreneurial. In those days, the guys that filled the clubs were the artists, writers, and photographers; it wasn't the yuppies that clubs are full of now. So on Friday they weren't working. You were your own boss; nobody was looking over your shoulder, so Friday if you went in hungover, who gave a shit?
So one day you woke up and nightclubs weren't filling you anymore, so you decided to be a restaurateur? I didn't know what I was going to do.
So how you became a restaurateur? I stopped doing promotions and nightclubs, which was my second life. My first life had been finance, after I graduated from Georgetown, then I did the whole promotions thing. After awhile, I realized that I didn't want to promote anymore, and I didn't want to go back to banking, so I lived in San Francisco for awhile until I got a call from one of my idols, Keith McNally. He said, "Hey Lesly, I'm opening up a couple of places and I'd love for you to come back and do them for me." So I came back, and he had just signed the lease for Pravda, and he was thinking about signing the lease on Balthazar.
You made Pravda hot. Yeah, Pravda's still running, and Clementine ran for seven years. The places that I do stick around, they don't disappear. Clementine was sort of a knee-jerk reaction to all the French bistros; there's more French bistros here than in all of Paris. As a Haitian guy I love Americana — it's so sexy to me — so Clementine was my homage to Americana. This is what I love now, maybe because I'm older, but sometimes I don't want to be in a restaurant — most of my place are not restaurants, they are places with great food, great service, great ambiance, but they're not restaurants.
So your work with Keith led you to open your own places? Yes, I came back and worked with Keith, and he's a genius. I can talk to him for ten minutes on the phone, and I'm going to learn something for nine of those minutes. When he's snoring, I'm taking notes! I learned so much from him, and after I worked with him, I decided that I could do this — I couldn't do Keith, but I could do Lesly Bernard. So now I have Tillman's and Mr. Jones, and I'm opening up three more places in New York. The Village Tart will open in about four weeks on Mulberry, and it's going to be an adult desert café lounge: frozen yogurt, gelatos, great savory tarts, and other deserts. Then Premier Brunch will be on First Avenue later on.
Tell me about Tillman's. Tillman's is a sort of slice as Harlem; it's my love of Americana, and what's more American than Harlem or jazz? What I love about the Black-American culture is the richness and the soul. Its sort of gotten usurped by the T.I.'s and that whole crowd, but there's so much more to it. I wanted to build this soulful little piece of Harlem, and as a result, when you come to Tillman's, you're going to see a crowd that you don't see in New York anymore; a real mix. Even on Mondays, I have cool, funky, live music playing.
I have this theory that places don't get tired; I think that the energies of the people who run them get tired. I think that a place can run forever. The new guys, they don't know what work is. They think work is to surround themselves with girls and sit at a table. You will never catch me doing that. You'll never catch me in my restaurant sitting down. I'm always working, and I tell this to my staff also — it's a service industry, whether it's a nightclub or a restaurant. They're the waiters, but I'm the headwaiter. I'm there to cater to my clientele, so you'll never see me sitting down with a bottle like a big shot. I have to make sure that my guests are taken care of … I'm just a glorified waiter, and that's what's lost in our industry now. Take bottle service for example — the one thing wrong with bottle service is that there's no service. They slap the thing down, and then they walk away.
The not-so-great model drops the bottle, and that's called service. And then they want 20 percent tip!
So I'm having dinner with you here at Mr. Jones, and I love the food. Can you explain what it is? I'm proud of this place. The funny thing is that in Japan, yakitori is very commonplace; it's on every street corner; but in New York, most people only know sushi. In Japan, yakitori is street food, and I fell in love with it. The thing about yakitori is that the Japanese love their cocktails, so it's basically drinking food. They have these light portions so they can drink more.
And you have two of the best bartenders in the city. They're the sickest guys in New York. When I built Pravda with Keith, originally it was going to be a vodka bar, but I pushed for this cocktail thing. At the time, in downtown New York, in any club you went to, the fight was whether you were going to have an Absolut and tonic or a Stoli and tonic. That's what people drank, but I thought we needed something softer, more feminine, because I was always more about the ladies. So I started doing cocktails at Pravda with Keith, and when I opened up Clemetine I created a whole other slew of cocktails: sidecars, mojitos etc. I sort of made mojito a word in Manhattan. If you look at old articles about Clementine, they would say, "They served this Cuban drink called mojito." Pravda and Clementine spearheaded the whole downtown cocktail culture.
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The EAM Nuvolari S1 is a limited production car announced in 1990 by the Munich-based company Edelsbrunner Automobile München. It had styling based on that of 1930s sports cars such as the Riley MPH and took its name from racing driver Tazio Nuvolari.

The car was presented at the München Cars show, in red color, impressing with unique style.

Technical data

Engine - Ford 16V -DOHC- 4 cylinders, Versions available: 1.6 L with , 1.8 L with , 2.0 L with .

Equipment:-
Wheels by Aro
Folding hood
leather seats
Mahogany dashboard

Accessories available:-
cover
Estep
side screens
Chromed wheels
luggage rack

The price ranged from 60,000 to 68,000 DM in 1994 equal to approximately to USD45,000. 20 to 30 cars were made.

Cars of Germany
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Infection with CagA-positive Helicobacter pylori strain containing three EPIYA C phosphorylation sites is associated with more severe gastric lesions in experimentally infected Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus)
M. Ferreira Júnior Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
S.A. Batista Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
P.V.T. Vidigal Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
A.A.C. Cordeiro Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
F.M.S. Oliveira Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
L.O. Prata Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
A.E.T. Diniz Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
C.M. Barral Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
R.C. Barbuto Federal University of Minas Gerais, .
A.D. Gomes Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
I.D. Araújo Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
D.M.M. Queiroz Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
M.V. Caliari | caliari@icb.ufmg.br	Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8354-8407
Infection with Helicobacter pylori strains containing high number of EPIYA-C phosphorylation sites in the CagA is associated with significant gastritis and increased risk of developing pre-malignant gastric lesions and gastric carcinoma. However, these findings have not been reproduced in animal models yet. Therefore, we investigated the effect on the gastric mucosa of Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus) infected with CagA-positive H. pylori strains exhibiting one or three EPIYA-C phosphorilation sites. Mongolian gerbils were inoculated with H. pylori clonal isolates containing one or three EPIYA-C phosphorylation sites. Control group was composed by uninfected animals challenged with Brucella broth alone. Gastric fragments were evaluated by the modified Sydney System and digital morphometry. Clonal relatedness between the isolates was considered by the identical RAPD-PCR profiles and sequencing of five housekeeping genes, vacA i/d region and of oipA. The other virulence markers were present in both isolates (vacA s1i1d1m1, iceA2, and intact dupA). CagA of both isolates was translocated and phosphorylated in AGS cells. After 45 days of infection, there was a significant increase in the number of inflammatory cells and in the area of the lamina propria in the infected animals, notably in those infected by the CagA-positive strain with three EPIYA-C phosphorylation sites. After six months of infection, a high number of EPIYA-C phosphorylation sites was associated with progressive increase in the intensity of gastritis and in the area of the lamina propria. Atrophy, intestinal metaplasia, and dysplasia were also observed more frequently in animals infected with the CagA-positive isolate with three EPIYA-C sites. We conclude that infection with H. pylori strain carrying a high number of CagA EPIYA-C phosphorylation sites is associated with more severe gastric lesions in an animal model of H. pylori infection.
M. Ferreira Júnior, Federal University of Minas Gerais
Department of General Pathology, Institute of Biological Sciences.
S.A. Batista, Federal University of Minas Gerais
Laboratory of Research in Bacteriology, Faculty of Medicine.
P.V.T. Vidigal, Federal University of Minas Gerais
Department of Anatomical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine.
A.A.C. Cordeiro, Federal University of Minas Gerais
F.M.S. Oliveira, Federal University of Minas Gerais
L.O. Prata, Federal University of Minas Gerais
A.E.T. Diniz, Federal University of Minas Gerais
Surgery Department, Faculty of Medicine.
C.M. Barral, Federal University of Minas Gerais
R.C. Barbuto, Federal University of Minas Gerais
A.D. Gomes, Federal University of Minas Gerais
Laboratory of Research in Bacteriology, Faculty of Medicine
I.D. Araújo, Federal University of Minas Gerais
D.M.M. Queiroz, Federal University of Minas Gerais
M.V. Caliari, Federal University of Minas Gerais
PRPq/Federal University of Minas Gerais, FAPEMIG, CNPq.
Gastritis, atrophy, intestinal metaplasia, dysplasia, Mongolian gerbil, cagA EPIYA C motif.
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Ferreira Júnior, M., Batista, S., Vidigal, P., Cordeiro, A., Oliveira, F., Prata, L., Diniz, A., Barral, C., Barbuto, R., Gomes, A., Araújo, I., Queiroz, D., & Caliari, M. (2015). Infection with CagA-positive Helicobacter pylori strain containing three EPIYA C phosphorylation sites is associated with more severe gastric lesions in experimentally infected Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus). European Journal of Histochemistry, 59(2). https://doi.org/10.4081/ejh.2015.2489
Copyright (c) 2015 M. Ferreira Júnior, S.A. Batista, P.V.T. Vidigal, A.A.C. Cordeiro, F.M.S. Oliveira, L.O. Prata, A.E.T. Diniz, C.M. Barral, R.C. Barbuto, A.D. Gomes, I.D. Araújo, D.M.M. Queiroz, M.V. Caliari


Rather dramatically Japan has announced, according to Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera that it intends to buy cruise missiles for its fighter aircraft ostensibly to counter North Korea's missile buildup. But this explanation does not make much sense. If Japan launched cruise missiles at North Korea's missile launch sites well before the missiles were unleashed, there is a possibility the launch site could be destroyed. But Japan hardly needs cruise missiles for that because it could get the job done faster and perhaps with more certainty using its F-35 stealth aircraft, once it has them fully operational. The 40 F-35s Japan first few have been delivered this year but these planes are some years from being combat ready. But if the F-35's are to be equipped with internally mounted cruise missiles –those made by Raytheon partnered with Kongsberg Defense and Aerospace in Norway; they won't be ready at the earliest until 2025 because that is the year the integration with the F-35 will be completed (called in the trade, IOC for Initial Operating Capability). So as a practical matter we are talking at least 7 years from now, and more realistically a decade into the future.
Japan has said that the addition of the Raytheon-Kongsberg cruise missile, called JSM can be used to protect Japan's Aegis-equipped destroyers and for island defense. While JSM was originally designed as an anti-shipping cruise missiles, most modern ships could easily shoot down a subsonic cruise missile. It is certain not the best weapon to use for this purpose.
Japan is also planning to purchase the Lockheed JASSM-ER, a subsonic cruise missile with almost double the range of the JSM but, because of its size and characteristics can only be carried externally, either under a wing or under the centerline of an aircraft. Japan intends these missiles for its fleet of F-15's.
The U.S., Europe, Russia, China and Israel all have cruise missiles. The U.S. has used them repeatedly against terrorist targets and the Russians showed theirs off being launched against targets in Syria. Cruise missiles can be launched from aircraft, ships, submarines and from land.
Cruise missiles were originally designed to fly low and avoid enemy radar as much as possible. In the Gulf War in 1991 the U.S. launched massive Tomahawk cruise missile attacks on Baghdad between January and February, 1991. This was part of a shock and awe operation that also featured the F-117A stealth fighter jet. Again in June 1993 in retaliation for an Iraqi planned assassination attack on George H.W. Bush during the visit of the ex-President to Kuwait. And again in 1996 the U.S. again launched cruise missile attacks on iraq. In 2003, 320 cruise missiles were fired from ships at Baghdad and other Iraqi targets. In addition, the U.S. used cruise missiles in Afghanistan, most notably in the initial retaliation for the 9/11 attacks in the United States and also in many attempts to kill Bin Laden.
When first designed cruise missiles were planned to be nuclear equipped. But in the 1987 Intermediate Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, the US and Russia agreed to eliminate ground and air based missiles including most cruise missiles, including the U.S. Tomahawk. (The INF Treaty did not eliminate sea-launched missiles on the ground they could not be verified.) Neither North Korea nor China were asked or agreed to the INF treaty and the Russians say that because "Asian nations" (e.g., China) have such nuclear cruise missiles, the INF Treaty is not meaningful. In any case, the U.S. has accused Russia of violating the treaty and the Russians say that U.S. armed drones also violate the treaty even though none of them are nuclear capable platforms.
Japan's eye is far less on North Korea than it is on China. Until now, Japan has relied almost entirely on the United States for its territorial defense even to the point of doing the absolute minimum in terms of protecting its own population from ballistic missile strikes. Japan toyed with the idea of buying Thaad, but decided against the purchase. Today it only has the Patriot and the AEGIS equipped with the SM-3 missile. Neither of these are of any great use against an exoatmospheric ballistic missile strike. One would have expected a major push by Japan to get missile defenses that work, but so far at least there is no report they are doing this other than talking about study the idea of a land-based version of Aegis.
But there is a strong hint that Japan is preparing for a future conflict scenario where the United States can't help. In such a case, Japan needs some deterrent capability. Conventional cruise missiles would not provide that, but who says that the missiles Japan is buying will remain conventionally armed?
Japan has been working for some time on its own space program, and it is also a storage site for a massive quantity of plutonium produced by its nuclear reactors. The country is quite capable of producing a small nuclear warhead that would require very little testing. Mounted on a cruise missile, the technology for a nuclear warhead is potentially available for Japan to offer a counter-threat, either against China or North Korea.
No one in Japan would dare say they were working on such a warhead -having been hit by two American atomic bombs in 1945 the Japanese public would cringe at Japan building such weapons. But that is now –if the threat around them continues to grow, as it will, anything is possible in the future. It looks like Japan is preparing for that contingency.


The Samsung Galaxy S8 rear camera has really good optics, but I wasn't pleased with the the image quality in the corners of the frame. I've gone over many sample images and observed the image quality (mainly the sharpness) in the edges of the frame. Usually when you look at the center or when observing an image at a small scale, it's really hard to notice any imperfections. Those rear cameras have a wide-angle lens. Some manufacturers use a lens construction with less lens elements.
I've checked out the camera exact specifications, and the S8 rear camera features a 6P lens. Just so you know, the secondary camera module features a 5P lens. With more lens elements, the lens manufacturer can optimize the light transmission path and making sure it's properly aligned. Without proper alignment, light coming from the outer region of the lens will appear distorted. We usually see this on cheap smartphone. The Samsung Galaxy S8 is a premium smartphone, and its camera module is designed for the highest performance, both in terms of image processor, image sensor capability and of course, the optics.
In the Galaxy S8 camera samples that I've seen, I've noticed that the corners of the frame, especially on the left side, were really blurry. There is also significant curvilinear pincushion distortion, but it's more noticeable when shooting pictures of objects with straight lines like buildings. You can check out the high-res sample images on ephotozine.com and see this for yourself.
Just keep in mind that many smartphones cameras suffer from the same thing, but I was expecting a better performance from the S8 in that regard. I don't know if the Galaxy S8 main camera uses aspherical lens elements within the lens construction. I know that the Huawei P10 Plus rear camera does because it uses a Leica Summilux-H 1:1.8/27 ASPH. lens (ASPH. is short for Aspherical). I've checked out some sample images taken with the P10 Plus and its primary camera produces much sharper results in the edges of the frame and with less optical distortions. I personally was more worried about the sharpness, because it was really blurry on the S8. That being said, most people won't even pay attention to this. We usually view the image while focusing on the center of the frame where the subject usually is. Even if the subject isn't at the most center area, it will still appear sharp.
Things get more blurred when you look at the edges of the frame. For some photographers this might be a warning signal because they might prefer a camera with better edges sharpness performance than what the S8 offers. This is one reason why many professional photographers use DSLR cameras with large lenses, because many of those lenses offer significantly better optical performance compared to mobile phone cameras. For example, you have the Nikon 14mm f/2.8D and Canon EF 14mm f/2.8L II USM which are both rectilinear lenses. They can shoot at a wide-angle without bending.
Also keep in mind that in the many cameras sample that I've seen, the left edges are more blurry than the right edges for some reason. I've checked many S8 samples just to make sure it isn't a defect in the specific S8 model they reviewer used. I don't expect perfect performance from a mobile phone camera's optics, but some of you might want to compare the edges of the frame compared to the Huawei P10 Plus and see the differences. I did, and this is why I learned to appreciate that Leica optics even more. So there are mobile phone cameras out there that can outperform the Samsung Galaxy S8 primary camera in that particular area. If you care about the optical performance in this specific area, you might want to check out the P10 Plus and compare the two yourself.


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Straight from the crypt of Laurel Hill Cemetery, one of their favorite haunts, comes the Divine Hand Ensemble with a live musical performance guaranteed to send shivers up your spine! For the first time ever in Newtown, this 8-piece string ensemble, led by maestro of the theremin, Mano Divina, will put you in the Halloween mood with scores from your favorite spooky movies (think David Lynch, Tim Burton, Harry Potter), alien pop songs, funerary music, and the kind of otherworldly sounds that only a theremin can produce. The performance will end with a demonstration of the theremin, tales of its weird history, and Q&A about this most unusual instrument. Suitable for all ages! Online ticket purchases are recommended as tickets at the door may disappear quickly!


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Where Is Benita Alexander From 'The Con' Now? She's Sharing Her Story
By Shannon Raphael
When NBC documentary producer Benita Alexander was tasked with covering the story of innovative surgeon Paolo Macchiarini in 2013, she could not have fathomed the extent to which the doctor would alter her life.
His medical "marvels," which include synthetic organ transplants and stem cell treatments, were the subject of the two-hour documentary A Leap of Faith, which was led by Meredith Vieira in 2014.
While Benita was working with Paolo for the story, she fell in love with him. Over the course of two years, the pair would get engaged, and Paolo would promise her a wedding officiated by none other than his patient, Pope Francis. The Obamas and the Clintons would be invited to the nuptials, and it became one of the hottest events on people's social calendars — though it never happened.
In reality, Paolo had not worked with the Pope, and he was still married to his wife of 30 years.
His relationship with Benita, which was an extreme conflict of interest, was fraudulent from the start. Benita is sharing the story of how Paolo deceived her in the first episode of the ABC series, The Con.
Where is Benita Alexander now? Continue reading to find out what the award-winning producer is up to since her heartbreaking romance with the surgeon.
Where is Benita Alexander now?
Since her romance with Paolo imploded in 2015, the brunette beauty has continued working on documentaries and docuseries'. In 2015, she served as a co-executive producer on Breaking the Silence, which featured DWTS pro Cheryl Burke, and Counting On alums Jessa Seewald and Jill Duggar Dillard. In 2019, she produced the Oxygen doc Seduced By Evil, which chronicles another con-man, Derek Alldred.
She's worked closely with the Investigation Discovery (ID) network for ID Now, Still a Mystery (which she also narrates), and Crimes Gone Viral.
Benita has also worked on sharing her own story with the public, and it was the subject of the 2018 documentary He Lied About Everything. She is sharing her perspective, once again, on what happened between her and her ex-fiancé in The Con.
Ahead of the Oct. 14 premiere of the ABC docuseries (which covers a new con story each week), Benita posted on Instagram about the impact that Paolo has had on her life.
She shared that many women have contacted her with similar stories since she opened up about her experience. She went on to say that it can truly happen to anyone.
"Trust me, admitting that you got conned, especially as a smart, successful woman, is excruciatingly painful. On top of the devastating shock of realizing the person you loved never even existed, you feel stupid, humiliated and embarrassed," Benita wrote. "Going public opens you up to all the hateful trolls and naysayers who take sick joy in mocking and taking stabs at you from behind the anonymity of their computers."
"I've long since learned to stand strong against all of that - for one, extremely important reason — I'm now on a mission to help other women expose the men who've conned them, and to spread awareness about love cons and remove the stigma that continues to perpetuate that says you're stupid if you're a woman who falls for a con man. I promise you, you are NOT ..." she continued in her caption.
Benita is also the mother of a 17-year-old daughter.
I fell deeply in love with this man and had no idea I was in the midst of being conned. If you have been love conned, you're not alone. Email my team at mystory@efranfilms.com so we can share your story and help other women. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ________⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #romance #tindernightmares #love #lovefail #nightmarerelationships #relationshipfail #relationships #marriage #marriagefail
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Where is Paolo Macchiarini now?
In addition to fibbing about some aspects of his personal life, Paolo also got into deep trouble professionally. In 2019, the surgeon was sentenced to 16 months in an Italian prison for faking research about how tracheas could be regenerated with patients' own stem cells.
Years before he was accused of fraudulent research, the doctor was also investigated for manslaughter, as several of his patients passed away during risky surgeries.
In September of 2020, Paolo was indicted in Sweden on charges of aggravated assault, as three patients there had died from his trachea surgeries.
It's unclear where exactly Paolo is now.
The Con airs on Wednesdays at 10 p.m. ET on ABC.
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Q. 115.0( 1 Vote )
Two long, straight wires, each carrying a current of 5A, are placed along the x-and y-axis respectively. The currents point along the positive directions of the axes.
Find the magnetic fields at the points (a) (1m, –1m), (b) (–1m, 1m) (c) (–1m, –1m) and (d) (1m, –1m).
Current in both the wires : I = 5 A.
Wires 1 and 2 generate magnetic fields B1 and B2 respectively.
By right hand rule, direction of magnetic field in each quadrant due to wires 1 and is shown by X and O.
X : Field is going into the plane
O : Field is coming out of the plane.
By Ampere's Law for a current carrying wire is
B is the magnitude of magnetic field,
μ0 is the permeability of free space and μ0= 4π × 10-7 T mA-1 d is the distance between the current carrying wire and the required point.
(a) At (1m,1m)
As we can see from the diagram at (1,1) the magnetic fields due to wire 1 and 2 are in opposite direction. (X and O)
Hence, net magnetic field would be zero.
(b) At (-1m , 1m)
Here, magnetic field due to wire 1 and 2 would add up as direction of magnetic field is same. ( O and O)
Thus B = BX + BY
BX is the magnetic field due to wire on x axis
BY is the magnetic field due to wire on y axis
∴ B = 2× 10-6 T
This B would be along z-Axis.
(c) At (-1m,-1m)
As we can see from the diagram at (-1,-1) the magnetic fields due to wire 1 and 2 are in opposite direction. (O and X)
(d) At (1m,-1m)
Here, magnetic field due to wire 1 and 2 would add up as direction of magnetic field is same. ( X and X)
This B would be along negative z-axis.
PREVIOUSTwo parallel wires carry equal currents of 10 A along the same direction and are separated by a distance of 2.0 cm. Find the magnetic field at a point which is 2.0 cm away from each of these wires.NEXTFour long, straight wires, each carrying a current of 5.0 A, are placed in a plane as shown in figure. The points of intersection from a square of side 5.0 cm.(a) Find the magnetic field at the centre P of the square(b) Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4 are points situated on the diagonal of the square and at a distance from P that to equal to the length of the diagonal of the square. Find the magnetic fields at these points.
(a) An iron ring of relative permeability μr has windings of insulated copper wire of n turns per metre. When the current in the windings is I, find the expression for the magnetic field in the ring.
(b) The susceptibility of a magnetic material is 0.9853. Identify the type of magnetic material. Draw the modification of the field pattern on keeping a piece of this material in a uniform magnetic field.
Physics - Board Papers
(i) Derive an expression for the magnetic field at a point on the axis of a current carrying circular loop.
(ii) A coil of 100 turns (tightly bound) and radius 10 cm. carries a current of 1A. What is the magnitude of the magnetic field at the center of the coil?
State Ampere's circuital law. Consider a long straight wire of a circular cross section (radius a) carrying steady current I. The current I is uniformly distributed across this cross section. Using Ampere's circuital law, find the magnetic field in the region r < a and r > a.
Physics - Exemplar
Two identical current carrying coaxial loops, carry current I in an opposite sense. A simple Amperian loop passes through both of them once. Calling the loop as C,
Quite often, connecting wires carrying currents in opposite directions are twisted together in using electrical appliances. Explain how it avoids unwanted magnetic fields.
A long, straight wire carries a current. Is Ampere's law valid for a loop that does not enclose the wire, or that encloses the wire but is not circular?
A long, straight wire of radius r carries a current i and is placed horizontally in a uniform magnetic field B pointing vertically upward. The current is uniformly distributed over its cross section.
(a) At what points will the resultant magnetic field have maximum magnitude?
(b) What will be the minimum magnitude of the resultant magnetic field?
A current 10 A is established in a long wire along the positive z-axis. Find the magnetic filed . At the point (1m, 0, 0).
A long, vertical wire carrying a current of 10 A in the upward direction is placed in a region where a horizontal magnetic field of magnitude 2.0 × 10–3 T exists from south to north. Find the point where the resultant magnetic field is zero.


May is here, and the horses are at the gates.
Yes, the Kentucky Derby is this week, and there's a close read about the Kentucky Derby in this resource: Science and Social Studies Activities for May!
This week also brings Cinco de Mayo AND Teacher Appreciation Day.
I plan to celebrate Mexico on both Monday and Tuesday, then celebrate teachers for the rest of the week.
Cinco de Mayo No Prep Printables for Literacy and Math!
Mexico Suffixes Go Fish Game!
Writing Paper with a Mexico theme!
for more ideas for celebrating Mexico, see THIS BLOG POST.
or perhaps you'd like the freebie?
For more about the Thank You Cards, see THIS BLOG POST.
Toward the end of the month is Memorial Day. I know some teachers will be enjoying summer by then, but we're not even close yet!
But it's not too early for Freedom Isn't Free!
Plus, a freebie for keeping track of the Patriotic Holidays!
Plus, another freebie: Patriotic Brain Breaks!
for more information about celebrating patriotic holidays, see THIS BLOG POST.
Of course, I do like to make the lives of teachers a little bit easier. Here's a whole bunch of May Reading, Science, and Social Studies activities that will intrigue the children and save time for teachers: May Bundle!
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As applications for the 2018 competition open, The Leeds International Piano Competition today announces two significant developments: a major partnership with the Lang Lang International Music Foundation®, as well as a new Leeds Piano Festival to take place in Leeds and London over eight days in May 2018.
These innovations are key developments in the vision of the new artistic leadership of The Leeds by Paul Lewis and Adam Gatehouse, to expand its activities and provide more opportunities than ever for previous winners and young artists, as well as its established and future audiences .
Both The Leeds and the Lang Lang International Music Foundation® have a shared passion for educating, inspiring and motivating the next generation of pianists and classical music lovers and both organisations aim to support talented young pianists in their professional development. As a first stage in a new partnership between them, three of the Lang Lang Young Scholars – exceptional young pianists aged under 16 from around the world, all personally selected and mentored by Lang Lang – will give a recital in Leeds as part of the newly-announced inaugural Leeds Piano Festival. They will also be involved in learning and engagement work in the Leeds and Yorkshire area, as well as London in collaboration with Wigmore Hall's Learning programme.
The Leeds International Piano Competition today also announces the first of what is to be an annual Leeds Piano Festival, to take place across eight days in May 2018 in Leeds and London (14-22 May 2018).
It features distinguished past winners and alumni of the competition Lars Vogt, Alessio Bax and Sunwook Kim, who will give recitals in both cities, as well as the brilliant Young Scholars of the Lang Lang International Music Foundation®, who will not only give a recital, but inspire other young people through an extensive programme of outreach work in Leeds and London, the latter in collaboration with Wigmore Hall's Learning programme.


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Ice studies laboratory to open at the Far Eastern Federal University
A modern laboratory for ice studies is expected to open at the Far Eastern Federal University. Scientists will study not only the properties of ice, but also its effect on different materials, the Arctic-Info news agency reported.
"We hope to complete the creation of a new laboratory at the Far Eastern Federal University by September. We are currently purchasing equipment," Director of the School of Engineering at the university Alexander Bekker said.
According to him, all equipment is produced in Russia.
In 2015, the Center of Excellence in Arctic Technologies of Exploration of the Resources of the World Ocean was established at the university. It has already launched work on the study of ice and its impact on various technical structures, including oil and gas offshore extraction platforms.
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2018 Chautauqua Scholars reflect on time at Chautauqua Institution
by Jamie Landers	on July 18, 2018 2.52K views
Jam-packed days of worship, learning and play at the Institution have come to an end for the International Order of the King's Daughters and Sons scholarship recipients, and they are far from ready to say goodbye.
"I can't imagine leaving this place and my new friends," said Tracy Saab, a 2018 scholarship recipient. "When we first came here, it was really overwhelming, but now it is a home away from home. Sometimes I wish it would never end."
The 2018 program will officially close with a Chautauqua Order Night ceremony at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 19, in the Ida A. Vanderbeck Chapel. The scholars will share their final reflections of their time spent on the grounds and will also perform in a talent show to have one last bonding experience as a group.
Saab, of Lebanon, is one of 11 students selected by IOKDS to attend Weeks One-Four of the 2018 Chautauqua season.
To qualify for the program, students must be Christians between the ages of 19 and 25, who have completed at least two years of college and are either working or continuing their education. This year's class comes from Lebanon, Ukraine and the United States.
Vicki Carter has directed the scholarship program for the past four years and said the multicultural aspect is what makes it so successful.
"They come from all around the world and share this experience together. They come to understand other cultures, other people and their faith in a way they could not anywhere else."
-Vicki Carter, Director, Chautauqua Scholarship Program, IOKDS
Zoltan Toth, of Ukraine, said the immersion in a different culture is why he chose to apply for the program.
"I had never been to the United States before, so I thought it would be a perfect opportunity to practice my English, get new friends and strengthen my faith," he said. "It is wonderful here. I can't even compare this way of life to mine in Europe."
Eszter Kucsinka, also from Ukraine, said her experiences at the Institution have allowed her to open herself up to new ways of thinking.
"I became more open to others through my time here because I have a church back at home that does not communicate with other (faiths), so I have been able to open myself up to all people and see them as equal."
In addition to broadening her horizons, Kucsinka said being in Chautauqua taught her to be more thankful for the freedom afforded in the United States.
"This is a really big opportunity for me to come this far," she said. "Here I have been able to see how people can live together in peace even though they belong to a different church or they have different ways of thinking. It is not the same in my country."
Alyssa Davenport-Herbst, of Texas, applied for the scholarship after learning her dad went through the program in the 1980s. She was most looking forward to the opportunity to grow in her faith.
"I am much more open to experiencing God and having faith now," Davenport-Herbst said. "Before, I was much more logical and scientific, but now I am being guided in taking that first step in belief. This place was able to give me that in just a few weeks."
Davenport-Herbst believes this change in perspective is largely because of how welcoming Chautauquans are in conversation.
"Everyone here is so friendly and open to discussion," she said. "I can just talk to anyone on the grounds about anything, big or small, and feel like I learned something really unique and cool in the end."
Ricardo Jbeily, a scholar from Lebanon, agrees that the difference in conversation in Chautauqua, compared with other parts of the world, provides another level of education.
"The people here are so brave in how they think and how they talk, and I look up to their ambition," he said. "I have learned that it is important to speak out about my faith and other beliefs."
Other scholars that participated this summer were David Hidi from Ukraine, Alanna McLelland from Canada, Haley Quinton from Kentucky, Adam Shaffer from West Virginia, Zeina Yazbeck from Lebanon and Elizabeth Waters from West Virginia.
The scholars lived communally in Bonnie Hall and Florence Hall and attended morning worship services both in the IOKDS's Ida A. Vanderbeck Chapel and the Amphitheater. Their scholarships also covered Special Studies classes, and they were given free time to attend lectures and experience other activities at the Institution.
Along with daily scheduled events, time was set aside every night for one scholar to share something they learned with the rest of the group. Carter said this is one of her favorite traditions.
"They each do an evening reflection, and as the time goes on, those things that they choose to share with us are just unbelievable," she said. "It is so special to be a part of even this small chapter in their journey of life and faith."
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Skybridge Expects Bitcoin to Reach $300K in 6 Years — 'You Are Going to See a Lot More Commercial Activities' – Markets and Prices Bitcoin News
Kael Walsh Now Owns A Bitcoin, And Watched One Crypto Video
Skybridge Capital is "pretty optimistic" about bitcoin and ethereum over the next 12 to 24 months. The global asset management firm's founder explained that the world's largest cryptocurrency could reach $300K in six years, urging investors to "just relax" and "stay long-term."
Skybridge Optimistic About Bitcoin and Ethereum
Anthony Scaramucci, founder and managing partner at global asset management firm Skybridge Capital, shared his firm's outlook for bitcoin and ethereum in an interview with CNBC Friday.
Replying to a question about whether the crypto winter is over, he said: "I want to caution people to see through the current environment," citing better-than-expected economic data such as inflation and unemployment numbers released last week.
"The crypto market, it's our belief that most of the leverage is completely out of that system. So you are seeing a very strong recovery," the Skybridge founder described, elaborating:
It is a reminder to investors not to pull out, fight their own fear, stay patient and stay long-term.
"We hit pause. The pandemic created this havoc. We inducted a lot of money into the system that caused some inflation and obviously had the supply chain disruption. But you could very well get back to that fourth quarter 2019, which was a very strong economy — low unemployment and benign inflation. That's probably 6 to 12 months away. I think the market is starting to realize that," he detailed.
Skybridge's largest crypto positions are in bitcoin and ethereum, he noted, adding that the firm also likes solana and has "a very large position" on algorand.
Sharing his outlook for bitcoin specifically, Scaramucci described "the improvement of Lightning network, the increase in applications, and ease of transactions on bitcoin," noting:
You are going to see a lot more commercial activities there.
Meanwhile, "You have The Merge coming with Ethereum, which is going to lower the transaction fees on that network. A lot of traders are probably buying that rumor … They'll probably sell on the news of The Merge, which will happen in mid-September," he said. "I would caution people not to do that. These are great long-term investments."
The Skybridge founder stressed:
In the next six years, if we are right, if bitcoin goes to $300,000 a coin, it will not matter whether you bought it at $20,000 or $60,000. It's really not going to matter.
"And I am just cautioning people, the future is upon us. It's happening sooner than I thought," he continued.
Scaramucci then referenced Blackrock, the world's largest asset manager, which recently launched a bitcoin private trust, citing "significant" demand from some institutional investors. "Finally, Larry Fink [the CEO of Blackrock] is seeing the institutional demand. Otherwise, he wouldn't be setting up those products and teaming up with Coinbase," the Skybridge founder opined. "When this stuff happens, I want to remind people that there's only 21 million bitcoins out there, and you will have a demand shock with very little supply."
Earlier this month, Scaramucci said that bitcoin's fair market value is $40K and ethereum's is $2,800. In March, he doubled down on his firm's predictions that bitcoin would reach $100K by the end of this year and $500K long-term.
Scaramucci is discouraging people from investing based on emotion, noting that the message he is trying to send investors is "see through this."
"If you are out of the market for the 10 best days, you reduce your return from like a 7.5% return to a 2% return. That is the overall stock market," he said. "There's a lot of short-term people, a lot of research departments, and different wirehouses that have knee-jerk reactions to things and get overly emotional."
While emphasizing, "We are trying to tell people, just relax, see through this," Scaramucci remarked:
We see a pretty optimistic scenario for bitcoin, ethereum, solana, and algorand over the next 12 to 24 months.
What do you think about the comments by the Skybridge Capital founder? Let us know in the comments section below.
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Paedophile hunters catch married pensioner sexting 'girls' he believed were 14 and 12
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Stephen Corlett initially made contact with someone he believed to be a 14-year-old girl from Manchester called Jennifer but it was a paedophile hunter (Image: Getty)
A married pensioner who engaged in social media sex chat with what he thought were two young girls was caught in a sting operation.
Stephen Corlett initially made contact with someone he believed to be a 14-year-old girl from Manchester called Jennifer.
David Outterside, prosecuting at Lincoln Crown Court, said that on the first day they chatted, the "girl" made it clear she was only 14 but Corlett continued to chat and switched the conversation on to WhatsApp.
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Corlett went on to gain the girl's trust during their online chats before introducing sexual talk.
He commented on her appearance and spoke of what he would like to do to her describing their chats as "sex lessons". He asked for a photograph of her in school uniform before sending her a picture of his penis.
Mr Outterside said Jennifer was actually a woman involved in an organisation called Simply Decoy which worked to trace predators seeking out children on the internet.
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Police were contacted and when officers arrested Corlett in November 2019 they took his mobile phone to be checked out.
Examination of the phone revealed he had also been contacting someone he thought was a 12 year old girl named Alicia.
Alicia, who was in reality another decoy involved with a different group called Keeping Kids Safe and Well.
Mr Outterside said Corlett again made contact before migrating over to WhatsApp. In a similar way to how he chatted with Jennifer, Corlett began by gaining the trust of Alicia before starting sexual conversations.
Corlett, 70, of Wold View, Owmby, near Caistor, admitted two charges of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child and a further charge of inciting a child to engage in sexual activity.
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Kevin Batch, in mitigation, said Corlett, who has been married for over 30 years, has no previous convictions.
He said Corlett is ashamed of his behaviour and has expressed remorse and regret.
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