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0 This post was contributed by a community member. The views expressed here are the author's own. Arts & Entertainment See it in your own home! Jeri Jacquin , Community Contributor Posted Reply JURASSIC WORLD DOMINION This is a Jurassic sized giveaway as we have a digital code for JURASSIC WORLD DOMINION up for grabs! Owen Grady and Claire Deering have taken in the granddaughter of Lockwood but there is a hidden secret about the young girl Maisie. Living out in the wilderness, Owen is still staying in touch with Blue the raptor who now has offspring of her own. They are being watched and the two things the men doing the watching want are Maisie and Blue's baby. Lewis Dodgson, owner of Biosyn, is the one who wants them! Ellie Satler is also interested in Biosyn discovering there is a connection between what is happening around her. Going to see old flame Alan Grant, she explains that she really needs his help, … [Read more...] about JURASSIC WORLD DOMINION Digital Code Giveaway

LONDON (AP) – British drug regulators have become the first in the world to authorize an updated version of Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine that aims to protect against the original virus and the omicron variant. In a statement on Monday, the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency said it had given the green light to Moderna’s combination “bivalent” vaccine, which will be used as an adult booster shot. Each dose of the booster shot will target both the original COVID-19 virus that was first detected in 2020 and the omicron BA.1 variant that was first picked up in November. British regulators said the side effects were similar to those seen for Moderna’s original booster shot and were typically “mild and self-resolving.” “What this (combination) vaccine gives us is a sharpened tool in our armoury to help protect us against this disease as the virus continues to evolve,” said Dr June Raine, the head of Britain’s health care and medicines regulator. Such an approach is used … [Read more...] about UK Govt Becomes First in World to Authorise Moderna Omicron Booster

Extreme heat this year has triggered wildfires, drought and melting glaciers. Less expectedly, it’s also revealed some weird and dark things about our past — shipwrecks, corpses, ghost villages, ornamental gardens and ancient cities. Here’s a look at some of those discoveries. Roman remains Italy’s drought has revealed artifacts from World War II and a glimpse of life under Nero. Months without rain and an earlier-than-usual halt in flows from melting snow in the Alps depleted the River Po — Italy’s longest river — to its lowest level in 70 years. The dried-up riverbed revealed previously hidden World War II-era wreckage such as a German tank and cargo ships. In Rome, meanwhile, drought sapped the River Tiber and unveiled a bridge that’s thought to have been built during Emperor Nero’s rule. This summer’s extremely hot and dry conditions in Italy forced the government to declare a state of emergency in July. Spanish ghost village A town stuck in the early 1990s has … [Read more...] about Lost villages, ancient ruins and shipwrecks uncovered in extreme heat

Royalist is The Daily Beast’s newsletter for all things royal and Royal Family. Subscribe here to get it in your inbox every Sunday. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are to visit the U.K. in early September, their first joint visit since the queen’s jubilee celebrations in June, which was itself only their second visit to the U.K. together since they exited the ranks of the working royal family. In a sign that relations between the palace and the Sussexes may be stabilizing, a source at Buckingham Palace told The Daily Beast they had received advance notice of the announcement made Monday morning, but declined to say how much. The palace seems relaxed about the visit. A spokesperson for the Sussexes said that they would be visiting Britain to support charities “close to their hearts.” However it was not revealed whether they will have an audience with the queen, or meet Charles or William, from whom they have become distanced. The Daily Beast understands that Charles and … [Read more...] about Harry and Meghan to Visit U.K. Meetings With Queen, William, and Charles Not on Agenda (Yet)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged to raise millions out of poverty and turn India into a developed country in the next quarter-century as he marked its 75 years since independence from British rule. Wearing a flowing, cream-colored turban printed with small stripes of orange, white and green, Modi addressed the country Monday from New Delhi’s 17th-century Mughal-era Red Fort, saying the world was looking toward India to help resolve global issues. Modi said the journey of the past 75 years had seen ups and downs with India battling against all odds with resilience and perseverance. He asked people to remove any trace of colonial mindset. President Joe Biden, in a statement celebrating Indian Independence Day, said the two countries are indispensable partners grounded in a shared commitment to the rule of law and the promotion of human freedom and dignity. Biden said he was confident that “the two countries will continue to stand together to defend the rules-based … [Read more...] about Modi pledges to make India a developed country as the nation marks 75 years of independence

UDAIPUR, India — For 20-year-old Yash Teli, memory is a curse. When he closes his eyes, he can see his father’s bloodied body lying in the street, his throat slit. Sitting in a room full of mourners on a recent afternoon in Udaipur, India , next to a large photograph of his father that was draped with a garland of roses, he was reminded of the blood. “I don’t want to remember him like that,” he said as his mother’s wails could be heard from another room. “How will I ever sleep now?” Udaipur, a city of about 600,000 in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, has been a tinderbox since the gruesome slaying last month of Yash’s father, Kanhaiya Lal Teli, a Hindu tailor. In a video posted online by his attackers, identified by police as two local Muslims, the elder Teli can be seen in his shop measuring a man who then attacks him with a cleaver, joined by the man filming. They later accused the tailor of insulting Islam. The killing shocked people across India, a … [Read more...] about Us and them: Behind a brutal killing in an Indian city now divided by religion

NEW DELHI — India is facing major diplomatic outrage from Muslim-majority countries after top officials in the governing Hindu nationalist party made derogatory references to Islam and the Prophet Muhammad . The comments drew accusations of blasphemy across some Arab nations that have left New Delhi struggling to contain the damaging fallout. At least five Arab nations have lodged official protests against India, and Pakistan and Afghanistan also reacted strongly Monday to the comments made by two prominent spokespeople from Prime Minister Narendra Modi ’s Bharatiya Janata Party. Anger has poured out on social media, and calls for a boycott of Indian goods have surfaced in some Arab nations. At home, it has led to protests against Modi’s party in some parts of the country. 2019: India’s prime minister facing severe backlash over anti-Muslim citizenship law Dec. 27, 2019 06:17 The controversial remarks follow increasing … [Read more...] about Muslim countries slam India over insulting remarks about Islam

Kuwait summoned a top U.S. diplomat Thursday over tweets from the American Embassy expressing support for LGBTQ rights, the country’s foreign ministry said. In a tweet Thursday morning, the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait celebrated the start of Pride Month, sharing a message from President Joe Biden in support of LGBTQ rights. “All human beings should be treated with respect and dignity and should be able to live without fear no matter who they are or whom they love," the tweet read, quoting Biden . The president, the embassy said, "is a champion for the human rights of #LGBTQI persons." In the hours after the post went up, the Kuwaiti ministry of foreign affairs rejected the sentiments shared in the tweet, saying it had summoned Charge d’Affaires James Holtsnider and given him a memorandum disavowing the post. The memorandum stressed "the need for the embassy to respect the laws and regulations in force in the State of Kuwait and the obligation not to publish … [Read more...] about Kuwait summons top U.S. diplomat over pro-LGBTQ tweets

Photo: Courtesy of the subject I’m in no way a professional handyperson nor would I even claim to be “good at fixing things.” I’m just a frugal fellow who doesn’t like to rely on others to address the basic household bugaboo. [ She’s also a TV writer, responsible for Love on Netflix, and host of “Filling The Void,” a podcast about hobbies. ] Maybe it’s the punk DIY-er in me, or maybe I inherited my grandfather ’s deep belief that everyone was trying to rip him off. Either way, I don’t really know how to use tools properly, and after perusing this guide, you won’t either. But at least you won’t be scared to try. power drills were for serious tool people, a.k.a. men. DeWalt Atomic 20-Volt MAX Cordless Brushless Compact 1/2 in. Drill/Driver $169 $169 Then I moved to L.A. My roommate at the time, a blonde wisp of a thing who brushed her teeth with Dr. Bronner’s and drank chicken broth before it was a thing, changed my opinion on … [Read more...] about A Tool Guide for Those Who Have Never Touched a Tool

Illustration: Shira Inbar For New York Magazine’s August 15th - August 28th, 2022 issue, features writer Jen Wieczner takes readers through the rise and fall of Singapore-based cryptocurrency fund Three Arrows Capital . The collapse of Three Arrows is a strange and winding tale of how Su Zhu and Kyle Davies, two Ivy League–educated and Wall Street–trained investors, convinced the world that they were financial geniuses, then blew up their own multibillion-dollar firm. In the process, they took down a big part of the crypto industry, propelling lenders worldwide into bankruptcy and precipitating mass layoffs. “The Three Arrows Capital saga fascinated me from the beginning, because it’s a stranger-than-fiction story that only can be fully understood when you look at it holistically,” says Wieczner . “The tale of Three Arrows Capital is instructive as, at its core, it’s not so much a crypto failure as a human failure. Bitcoin was essentially created to obviate the need for … [Read more...] about Three Arrows Who Couldn’t Shoot Straight