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When Nature assembled, from a lot of good material, Leroy O’Shield, Nature had a policeman in mind. Thick-armed and barrel-chested, with close-cropped hair and a salt-andpepper mustache, Commander O’Shield’s visage expresses, in quick succession, stolid authority, intense curiosity and knowledge of life as it actually is lived. An African American, his demeanor is that of someone who has seen many discouraging things without becoming discouraged. However, when, 26 years ago, O’Shield, who is now 50, decided to become a cop, he did not have anything like today’s 15th Police District in mind....

The parallels between then are now are few. Israel is a tiny nation, albeit heavily armed, in sea of far larger, seething enemies. The United States is by far the strongest nation in the world, with friends on its borders and something close to military hegemony in the world. True, we find ourselves in a frightening, shadowy new “war” against terrorists who aim to strike our homeland. But they are based in distant lands....

Hoping to stake its claim on the headphone market is the Polk Audio Striker ZX, a headset developed specifically for the Xbox One. That means the headset comes packaged with a controller adapter and is best when used in conjunction with Microsoft’s new console. But, much like Polk’s 4Shot headset models, the Striker ZX will work with any device that accepts generic headsets (PS4, PC, smartphone, etc.). From a strict design perspective, the Striker ZX fits the Polk aesthetic to a “T....

By working closely with your kidney specialist and a nutrition expert, kidney-protective diets may help individuals with ADPKD slow the progression of polycystic kidney disease and damage to the kidneys. Benefits ADPKD is a progressive disease that, over time, will affect kidney function and cause permanent damage. Dietary modifications with this chronic kidney disease are important to preserve kidney function for as long as possible. One study specific to individuals affected by ADPKD showed success with a small number of participants in preparing and following a diet specifically designed for ADPKD....

Confused as to why a latex product is being recommended as an option for people with latex allergies? The answer is simple. Most people with latex allergies aren’t actually allergic to latex. It’s weird but true. Most Latex Allergies Aren’t About Latex Natural latex is harvested from trees and made into gloves, condoms, and other latex products. The latex rubber that makes up these products naturally contains proteins that are the cause of allergic reactions....

Whelan, 50, holds U.S., British, Canadian and Irish passports. He was arrested in December 2018 at a Moscow hotel where he was preparing to attend a wedding, accused of carrying a computer flash drive containing classified information. On Monday, Whelan was sentenced to serve 16 years of hard labor in a Russian penal colony, prompting an angry response from the State Department. A statement from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the U....

Now, there is another platform game that has built itself around an interesting mechanic. Poncho gives players the ability to move between the foreground, mid-ground, and background, solving puzzles and progressing through levels with a simple switch. The game’s developer, Delve Interactive, has even coined a term for this type of gameplay: parallax platforming. The idea of parallax scrolling may well be familiar to any 16-bit console fans. Nintendo used parallax scrolling as one of the initial selling points of the SNES, which allowed background layers to scroll at a different rate to the foreground, giving an illusion of depth missing from all but a few ambitious NES titles....

Austin spoke about the game with Fanbyte on the site’s podcast Thanks for the Knowledge earlier this week and, although the episode won’t be airing until December 19, Fanbyte has announced that a Wildermyth Switch port was confirmed during the discussion. Given how popular the RPG has been on PC, a port to consoles feels like a good move for the game; however, fans won’t be given a finalized release date for quite some time....

Se trata de un dispositivo rival del Xbox Elite de Microsoft, que ya va por su segunda generación de desarrollo. Y es que la propia Sony ha llegado a sentirse un poco agraviada por el clamor de la gente por actualizar el controlador DualSense predeterminado de la PS5. Después de todo, no se queda atrás, e incluso como un dispositivo de nivel de entrada, es capaz de ofrecer algo que ningún pad de Xbox ofrece: disparadores adaptativos y hápticos avanzados....

Lake Toba was formed 74,000 years ago after a massive supervolcanic eruption, the largest-known eruption on Earth in the last 25 million years. It’s now home to a large Christian minority, which is resisting initial plans to transform the region into a Muslim tourist destination, reports the Los Angeles Times. A majority of the Christian people who live around Lake Toba are ethnically Bataks. The dominant theology in the area was brought by Lutheran German missionaries in the 19th century....

Explicit expression of sexuality in art and literature goes back to ancient Greece and even before. That candor was repressed in later centuries and is now popping out through the cracks in the mosaic of mass culture. “Closer” is explicit with a vengeance because its 34-year-old author senses a state of emergency in human emotional and sexual relations. The four-letter words, the shocking locutions are seemingly wrenched from Patrick Marber’s four characters in their desperate attempts to seek true connection....

Officers used crowd control munitions to disperse the crowd after the Multnomah County Building, which is used for marriages among other things, was damaged on Tuesday night. The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office tweeted that people had repeatedly smashed windows on the building’s first floor with rocks and threw “burning material” inside. A couple of hundred protesters had gathered in Colonel Summers Park at around 8 p.m. before marching to the building, at Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard and Grand Avenue, for the first time on Tuesday night, The Oregonian reported....

Mayor Ted Wheeler, a Democrat, spoke Tuesday to news station KPTV, reflecting on the more than 70 consecutive days of demonstrations in his city since the May 25 death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody, which led to protests against racial injustice and police brutality nationally and around the world. Wheeler said he understood that many of his city’s residents will “continue to push for the kinds of broad change that we’ve seen people push for all across the country....

Portland Trail Blazers vs New York Knicks - Combined Starting 5 Despite facing an injury crisis and missing regular starters like CJ McCollum and Jusuf Nurkic, the Portland Trail Blazers have been performing really well this season. They are currently 5th in the West and have been absolutely fearless. They beat East leaders, the 76ers without their best player Damian Lillard and displayed their grit and determination they have in them to win games....

Messi and Argentina shockingly fell to Saudi Arabia in their 2022 World Cup opening match, and now Ronaldo will hope to avoid the same fate against a historically pesky World Cup opponent. The only other time these two teams met, Ronaldo scored an 80th minute winner as Portugal emerged with a 2-1 victory, but it wasn’t enough as both teams were eliminated from the 2014 World Cup group stage behind Germany and the United States....

As Sportskeeda’s Tom Colohue mentioned on this week’s episode of the Dropkick DiSKussions podcast (28:00 mark of the video below), Zayn will not be competing in WWE for the foreseeable future due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic. Sami Zayn stripped of the IC title Paul Davis noted that top Superstars’ positions in WWE are safe if they choose not to work during the pandemic. However, following the decision to strip Sami Zayn of the Intercontinental Championship, there is a feeling internally in WWE that Superstars further down the card will lose their spots if they do not perform....

Heavier and uncontrolled bleeding after giving birth is called postpartum hemorrhage. It is more likely with a cesarean delivery (C-section). Other factors can also make someone more likely to have postpartum hemorrhage. If it happens, you need treatment as soon as possible to stop the bleeding. Types There are three stages of typical postpartum bleeding that are natural and expected occurrences after childbirth. These stages include: Lochia rubra: This is the first stage of postpartum bleeding....