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The 'Easy A' star reveals her new celebrity crush after apologizing to her former boyfriend Kid Cudi over an 'ugly' comment on her Twitter.
It seems that Amanda Bynes is done fawning over Drake and is now moving on to another celebrity crush. Setting her eyes on Liam Hemsworth, she calls Miley Cyrus' fiance "the most gorgeous man on the face of the earth other than Tanz Watson."
Watson, a hunky actor/model, is one of the few people whom the "Easy A" actress is following on Twitter. He coincidentally is Cyrus' co-star in 2012's coming of age dramedy "LOL", which also stars Demi Moore and Ashley Greene.
Earlier in the day, Bynes extended an olive branch to her ex-boyfriend Kid Cudi. She tried to set things straight after she called him out last April, "I want to apologize to Scott Mescudi. My account was hacked, I didn't call him ugly. He's not ugly. He's gorgeous and we dated! I love him;)."
Cudi was called "ugly duckling" in an angry message was posted on Bynes' Twitter timeline. "His best photos aren't s**t compared to mine at my best," the message read. "My music is going to be sicker then whatever the f**k kind of music Scott tries to do."
Bynes has called a lot of people "ugly" on her many Twitter rumblings. In some cases, she claimed her account was hacked. She wrote, "F*** the ugly editors of Intouch! I'm not racist! My account was hacked!" hot on heels of her "ugly black man" comments and her calling Rihanna "so ugly tryin to be white" last month.
In some other cases, Bynes backpedaled on her "ugly" rants. She once called Jenny McCarthy "ugly" after McCarthy claimed police stormed the actress' house. After McCarthy apologized, she retracted her tweet, "Thanks! I'm sorry I offended you! You're beautiful! I was lying! I'll delete our tweets!"
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2013 NFL Mock Draft: NFL free agency changes teams' drafts
Midway through free agency and we've got a better idea of what teams need when we fire out a 2013 NFL Mock Draft.
Last we looked at a 2013 NFL Mock Draft around these parts, the news of the Percy Harvin trade was shaking things in a pretty big way.
And now we've gotten an even bigger shake-up thanks to free agency wrapping up. Teams -- especially those up top of the draft -- haven't completed filling their roster by any means, and it's entirely possible we'll see some moves in the second stage of free agency that will completely nullify the current rosters.
Additionally, teams don't just draft for need. They target talent. But oftentimes the combination of the two truly drives draft picks. Let's look at who teams could be eying part-way through free agency.
1. Kansas City Chiefs -- Eric Fisher , LT, Central Michigan -- Kansas City has been busy this offseason, but they still need to shore up one of the tackle spots. Grabbing Fisher gives them versatility with Branden Albert and the left side of the line.
2. Jacksonville Jaguars -- Dion Jordan , DE, Oregon -- This pick is just going to the the best player with the most upside on the defensive side of the ball. I keep leaning Jordan.
3. Oakland Raiders -- Shariff Floyd, DT, Florida -- Oakland needs to find an anchor in the middle and Floyd represents just that, with a chance to be much more.
4. Philadelphia Eagles -- Luke Joeckel , LT, Texas A&M -- Philly did a fantastic job filling some defensive holes during free agency, landing Bradley Fletcher and Cary Williams to fill the void of Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie and Nnamdi Asomugha . Kenny Phillips and Patrick Chung will help beef up the secondary too. Joeckel gives them a foundation on the line for the future.
5. Detroit Lions -- Ezekial Ansah, DE, BYU -- Perhaps Detroit might want someone who's less raw, given their losses of Cliff Avril and Kyle Vanden Bosch on the defensive line. But Ansah's upside is hard to ignore, and it's not a stretch to see the Lions grab the talented pass rusher to fill the void left by free agency.
6. Cleveland Browns -- Dee Milliner , CB, Alabama -- Free agency was all about getting guys who can play in Ray Horton's 3-4 defensive scheme, and it netted the Browns a pass rusher in Paul Kruger , linebacker Quentin Groves and defensive tackle Desmond Bryant . With Milliner falling to sixth, Cleveland gets a shot at pairing him with another star SEC cornerback in Joe Haden .
7. Arizona Cardinals -- Chance Warmack , OG, Alabama -- Can Arizona really be set with Drew Stanton at quarterback? The release of Kevin Kolb means they're still looking for their "franchise" guy, but they also need a lot of help on the offensive line, despite Bruce Arians protestations to the contrary. That's why I'm giving them the mauling Warmack here.
8. Buffalo Bills -- Geno Smith , QB, West Virginia -- The Bills released Ryan Fitzpatrick and now they're stuck with Tarvaris Jackson under center. Is there any doubt they have to draft a quarterback this year? If Smith doesn't fall, we could see Matt Barkley , Mike Glennon or Ryan Nassib as a tremendous reach here.
9. New York Jets -- Star Lotulelei , DT, Utah -- Even though the Jets need a lot of help on offense, they lost a ton of defensive players during free agency. Lotulelei slipping because of combine health issues gives them value here. Obviously, the Darrelle Revis situation could change the way this pick goes.
10. Tennessee Titans -- Kenny Vacarro, S, Texas -- With the Titans signing Andy Levitre in free agency, it's harder to see them investing once again in a guard (although it wouldn't be the worst move to make given their line, honestly). Instead, we'll have them beef up their secondary with the addition of Vacarro.
11. San Diego Chargers -- Lane Johnson , OT, Oklahoma -- This is a penciled-in pick for mocks across the country. San Diego not getting some protection for Philip Rivers going forward would feel borderline criminal.
12. Miami Dolphins -- Xavier Rhodes , CB, FSU -- So much for a wideout here! Not sure if you saw, but the Fins signed all the wideouts, nabbing Mike Wallace , Brian Hartline and Brandon Gibson . They lost their left tackle Jake Long and their top cornerback in Sean Smith , though, and they'll try to fill the latter hole here.
13. Tampa Bay Buccaneers -- Barkevious Mingo , DE, LSU -- The Darrelle Revis situation could change the way this situation goes too; Mingo falling this far (how did that happen??) means they'll jump all over the top guy on the board and nab value.
14. Carolina Panthers -- Sheldon Richardson , DT, Missouri -- Carolina has no money and therefore must fill out defensive needs through the draft. Richardson fills a major hole at defensive tackle.
15. New Orleans Saints -- Jarvis Jones , OLB, Georgia -- Another guy who fell and it works out quite nicely for New Orleans. Maybe they reach on a cornerback if they end up not landing Nnamdi to pair with Keenan Lewis , and this could change if they sign Victor Butler . But for now we'll give them the upside of Jones at a nice value.
16. St. Louis Rams -- Cordarrelle Patterson , WR, Tennessee -- Another raw wideout, but a guy who's capable of being a game-changing playmaker at the next level. Jake Long shores up Sam Bradford 's blindside, but St. Louis still needs to get him viable weapons.
17. Pittsburgh Steelers -- Tavon Austin , WR, West Virginia -- You know how Mike Wallace didn't fit in Todd Haley's short-game passing system? Tavon Austin will.
18. Dallas Cowboys -- Jonathan Cooper , OG, UNC -- Jerry Jones can talk all he wants about Tony Romo not needing protection. But he's wrong. Cooper will help Romo and the run game immediately.
19. New York Giants -- Bjoern Werner , DE, FSU -- It's odd to think that a pass rusher is a need for the Giants, but with Osi Umenyiora out the door and Justin Tuck facing a contract year, they need to add some depth at defensive end. Werner slipping here lets them do that.
20. Chicago Bears -- Alec Ogletree , LB, Georgia -- With their linebacking corps getting older, the Bears need to re-stock some. Ogletree lets them do just that.
21. Cincinnati Bengals -- D.J. Fluker , RT, Alabama -- As of right now, it's a position of need, but it's entirely possible Andre Smith will re-sign before I even finish writing this mock draft. Until they lock him down, though, Fluker works well.
22. St. Louis Rams (via Washington Redskins ) -- Matt Elam , S, Florida -- The better situation for Jeff Fisher involves Vaccaro and the wideout of his choice here, but things got hectic. So the Rams will grab the hard-hitting Elam to shore up the backend of their secondary.
23. Minnesota Vikings -- Keenan Allen , WR, California -- The Vikes went out and paid Greg Jennings in free agency but still have a need at wide receiver. Assuming Allen has a good pro day in early April, he could be a very nice value here.
24. Indianapolis Colts -- Damontre Moore , DE, Texas A&M -- Indy beefed up their cornerback situation by signing Greg Toler and bringing Darius Butler to pair with Vontae Davis . So in this scenario, I've got them going with a pass rusher who fell because of concerns about size. Moore can play outside in Chuck Pagano's defense.
25. Minnesota Vikings (via Seattle Seahawks ) -- Desmond Trufant , CB, Washington -- The Vikes dumped Antoine Winfield during their purge of defensive players over the course of free agency. Trufant can make an immediate impact on their secondary.
26. Green Bay Packers -- Arthur Brown , LB, Kansas State -- An undersized thumper who's only not higher because of his size. Brown would improve the speed of Green Bay's defense, something that became a necessary move after the loss to the 49ers.
27. Houston Texans -- DeAndre Hopkins , WR, Clemson -- Having let go of Kevin Walter , the Texans wideout depth chart is dangerously thin. Hopkins would pair nicely with the last receiver Houston used a first-round pick on in Andre Johnson .
28. Denver Broncos -- Datone Jones , DE, UCLA -- Having lost Elvis Dumervil due to his contract snafu, the Broncos need to add another pass rusher in the draft. Jones is just that.
29. New England Patriots -- Robert Woods , WR, USC -- The Patriots still have a major need at wideout despite the Danny Amendola and Donald Jones signings. Perhaps they'd like to see some more depth fall, but Woods could step in and impact the Pats passing game with his route-running right away.
30. Atlanta Falcons -- Tyler Eifert , TE, Notre Dame -- No more Eddy Lacy! And why should there be, given the Steven Jackson signing. Instead the Falcons look to fill the eventual Tony Gonzalez void by drafting a first-round talent who can learn for a season under one of the game's all-time greats.
31. San Francisco 49ers -- Johnathan Hankins , DT, Ohio State -- The Niners will look to beef up their interior by adding the big-bodied Hankins, who represents nice value falling all the way down to 31.
32. Baltimore Ravens -- Kevin Minter , LB, LSU -- Lot of defections for the Ravens at linebacker and they've got to get better there. Minter helps them do that out of the gate.
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Whether you're planning for marriage, a home purchase, the birth of a child, a college education or retirement, Wells Fargo Advisors has resources to guide you each step of the way. "We have the ability to help clients through practically every financial decision in their lives, at their pace," says Seth Barnes, senior VP and Frontenac branch manager. "All the while, our most important goal is to help them succeed financially."
The premier financial services firm with a widespread national presence has a local approach to caring for clients. "We're built nationally, but we're used locally," Barnes says. "We make sure everything is tailored to a personal level for each client. It's a customized approach to support every client in every possible way."
The firm has almost 6,000 employees spread across St. Louis—from Quincy, Ill., to Festus, St. Charles to Belleville, Ill., and all points in between. Its private client headquarters also is conveniently located in the city, Barnes notes. "The unique advantage we have over other firms is that all of our private client group resources are present in St. Louis to create direct access for financial advisors and their clients."
Wells Fargo Advisors' aid clients in handling the three main phases of their financial lives: how they save, how they invest and how they distribute their money through estate plans or retirement. The top resource the firm uses to guide clients through their financial futures is the Envision tool, Barnes notes. The Envision tool uses a variety of simulations that factor in variables, including retirement age and income, estate and legacy, major purchases and risk tolerance, as well as historic market returns, to produce an analysis that determines the likelihood of clients reaching their goals.
To help clients stay on track, they receive a monthly statement visibly detailing how their values are comparing to their financial goals. As clients' goals change throughout their lives—from saving for college funds to retirement, the Envision tool can be updated accordingly, Barnes explains.
Wells Fargo Advisors not only is involved in the futures of their clients, but also in helping the whole community succeed. "We believe it is our responsibility to be personally involved in our communities," Barnes says. This year, the firm has donated more than $6 million to local nonprofits related to education, civic leadership, health and human services, and arts and culture, from the United Way campaign to the Komen Race for the Cure. Additionally, the firm has participated in 240 fundraising events, meetings and campaigns for these organizations, with senior leaders serving on 54 of the city's leading nonprofit boards. "We value St. Louis," Barnes says, "and we understand we need to be make personal and financial contributions in order for our community to thrive."


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Oh, to be young, hungry and broke. • And in college. • Seems the former pushes the latter into the kitchen for ingenious culinary experiments. Today's college students can bring more cooking implements with them than their parents or grandparents could, yet they are still limited. Don't want the dorms going up in flames, you know. • Some schools require undergraduates to buy a meal plan, but many students opt for the lowest number of meals possible so they can have more choice about what to eat. • Books like Cooking Outside the Pizza Box and 101 Things to Do with Ramen Noodles aim to make life easier. The University of Tampa's Minaret newspaper even has a Cooking in the Dorm column. But many students prefer to go work without recipes, combining the basic skills they learned at home with their own resourcefulness. • We checked in at three colleges to find out what students are cooking and why. In this economy, their ingenuity offers lessons for us all.
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The occupants of University of Tampa ResCom apartment 317 call themselves the Bromance. Roommates Shaun Huffman, Chris Baietto, Josh Kopp and Ryan Boyce consider themselves a family and, as such, they eat family-style on Thursday evenings.
The tradition started at the beginning of the school year when Huffman, 19, an advertising and public relations major, proposed a getting-to-know-you supper of boxed macaroni and cheese. The guys have since graduated to more sophisticated pasta dinners. Friends aware of the ritual conveniently drop by on Thursdays.
They all have their reasons for cooking in the kitchen of their campus apartment — meal plan too small, cafeteria food too greasy — so they shop at Publix and Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market on a budget of "whatever the bill comes out to be," says Baietto, 19, a physical therapy major. As he talks, he sautes chicken that's been marinating in packets of Italian dressing Huffman swiped from the cafeteria.
Against a backdrop of posters advertising Guinness and HBO's Entourage, everyone pitches in to make chicken Alfredo (a.k.a. Pasta de Cheapo), minus economics major Boyce, who's cramming for a test in his room. The aroma wafts next door to Scott Silvestro's apartment.
"I came by every now and then," says Silvestro, 20, who enters through the shared balcony in time to fix himself a plate. "I'm like Kramer (from Seinfeld). I just pop in."
The guys usually eat on the couch, but since reporter and photographer are visiting, they've set the table with dollar store china. Dinner is served.
"It came out better than I thought. It looks good," says Baietto, surveying the spread. "Even the bread looks good, 'cause it's on that plate."
Nikkia Parchment, the only female in the group, watches the scene with amusement.
"They try," says Parchment, 20. "For boys, they're really good."
After dinner, the men usually watch TV or play video games. They don't have a schedule for who washes the dishes, but eventually someone always caves.
As for dessert, they don't make it because "we're more healthy," Baietto says.
Boyce disagrees.
"We can't afford dessert," he says. "That's the real reason."
Green gourmet
Marilyn Payne has two criteria for what she eats: It must be meatless and cheap.
Payne is a vegetarian and an environmental studies major at Sarasota's New College of Florida. She whips up meat-free, eco-friendly meals in a kitchen she shares with three suitemates.
"Salad gets old after awhile," says Payne, 20.
The Atlanta native grew up eating healthfully. The summer before starting college, she consulted a food coach to fine-tune her meal planning.
Payne balances her ideal — to eat mostly organic, local ingredients from Whole Foods — with her reality — a $50-a-week grocery budget, courtesy of her parents — by wasting almost nothing. She makes juice by pureeing fruits and vegetables, straining the liquid through a nylon stocking and using the leftover pulp as a base for veggie burgers. Brown bananas make fine smoothies, and leftover pasta gets added to soup.
The key to cooking in college, and, incidentally, for the rest of your life, Payne says, is planning.
"You don't always know when things are going to come up. Sometimes I come home and I'm starving," says Payne, who stashes prepared meals in her freezer.
Even at eco-friendly New College, eating smart is a challenge. Payne's roommates aren't particularly healthy eaters, and her boyfriend calls himself a "meatatarian." To resist temptation, Payne snacks on cacoa bars or homemade frozen yogurt. Occasionally she'll give in to a slice of pizza. She is a college student, after all.
Service of sustenance
For University of South Florida sophomore Elizabeth Rampersad, food is more than nourishment. Sure, the 19-year-old cooks for herself in a fully equipped dorm kitchen on USF's Tampa campus. She makes chicken pelau, a dish from her parents' native Trinidad, where Rampersad spent her adolescence. She jazzes up Ramen noodles with chili paste, soy sauce, sesame oil and sesame seeds. She makes one-pot meals combining veggies from the cafeteria salad bar with meat from Sweetbay and herbs she grows in her room.
But even more than cooking for herself, the biology major sees food as her ministry.
"The Lord gave me a love of this, so I do it because I love it. I love to cook for people. I love to serve people," said Rampersad, who leads a campus Bible study.
For instance, one night Rampersad doctored a box of yellow cake mix with apple pie filling, spices and raisins. Friends gathered on her bedroom floor to share the treat, which Rampersad served with tea she had received as a Christmas gift.
But no good deed goes unpunished. Rampersad has had pans stolen from the communal kitchen and now keeps all her cookware in her room.
A resident adviser in charge of 44 women, Rampersad also sees food as pragmatic.
"Whenever I have floor meetings, those girls don't come out unless there's an incentive," said Rampersad, who recently baked chocolate chip cookies for her residents to decorate during a meeting. "My incentive is free food."
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Johannesburg - Cecil Afrika will headline the Springboks Sevens Select team to play in the Roma Sevens tournament in Italy on June 20 and 21.
"It is a great opportunity to get a player like Cecil some game time because he hasn't played in a while," Springbok Sevens coach Neil Powell said on Tuesday.
"This is also an ideal opportunity for the squad to get back into the groove of playing tournament sevens again."
Afrika had been included in the Springbok Sevens squad which would participate in the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow next month and would use this opportunity to regain match fitness after injuries side-lined him in the latter part of the regular season of the HSBC Sevens World Series.
Ahead of their departure on Tuesday, Powell also named a number of fringe players for the tournament, which South Africa won last year in their build-up to the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Moscow.
Three players, Shaun Adendorff, WJ Strydom and Mark Richards would again make the trip, while Paul Delport was keen to show he had recovered from the injury problems which kept him out this season.
Regular players Steven Hunt and Jamba Ulengo would also travel to Rome, as well as a number of players from the Sevens Elite Player Development Programme.
"With the next HSBC series also on the horizon, it will be a good exercise to see the fringe players perform under pressure away from home," Powell said.
SA Sevens Select: Nardus van Der Walt, Joshua Moon, Shaun Adendorff, Jamba Ulengo, Vincent Maruping, Paul Delport, Lungelo Gosa, WJ Strydom, Sandile Ngcobo, Cecil Afrika, Mark Richards, Steven Hunt.


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Concept : Black Canvass- Temporary Structure that Doubles as a Mock up Facade.
This building serves as a temporary office of all the technical consultants and representatives of the $5Billion development of Resortsworld (also a project of the same firm). It was conceptualized and built in the span of 11 months.
Several mock-up facade studies experimentations and decisions were made using the site office as its "conceptual canvass" during the course of RWS' construction phase..
The function of this building goes well beyond that of an ordinary temporary office structurel; its elevations are designed to such way that they have collectively reflected within its facade the important elements of the ongoing Resortsworld hotels and structures of which its office oversees.
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The 2011 Annual Australasian Biospecimens Network Annual Meeting was held recently at the Perth Convention Centre in November. The Biobank was well-represented with 13 staff members in attendance, presenting at total of six posters on the following subjects:
In addition there were two oral presentations: John Ciciulla on the Pathology Registrar Program, and Dr Anne Thompson gave a presentation titled Biomarker Pilot Project: clinical analysis of biospecimens for quality and uniformity.
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L'Oréal Paris Telescopic Precision Liquid Eyeliner Reviews
Best I've ever Used for a great priceI have it in carbon waterproof. Stays on all day and doesn't fade i never find it smudged in my inner eyes or at the wing. Color lasts, and people ask me how I get my make up so perfect. — 5 years, 2 months agomserp | 1 reviews
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Awful for small eyesI absolutely despise the brush...not so much the actual liquid. But I just can't get over how annoyed I get with the tapered brush..especially since the taper Is wide and hard to work with...especially for winged liner. Its the only tapered brush I've purchased and I assume the rest out there aren't any better. I'll stick with the plain thin brush. — 5 years, 6 months agoeballard146 | 4 reviews
Very goodLove how this is so pigmented it's very black just what I love but the only con is I don't like the felt tip too much I wish is was a little thinner sometimes I take an old liquid eyeliner brush that's an actual brush to put it on but I do love the product — 5 years, 9 months agobeccalynn614 | 4 reviews
Don't really like itThis is the first liquid eyeliner that I've ever bought, so I it took me a while to even be able to get a decent enough look. Now the wand itself is not bad.. it's alright but I really don't have much to compare it too. But after I put it on, if it dries and I want to go back and thicken the line, it messes up the line I already had. Then when it gets hot, it melts and runs down my eyes a bit but ...read moremostly gets on my brow bone (especially when i squint). I don't like it and after this tube is done I'm going to be trying a different liquid eyeliner. — 5 years, 10 months agojhana011 | 25 reviews
I don't like itIt never lasted my eyelid easily soaked it and it was very watery and literally wouldn't go on my eyelid it's way to watery — 5 years, 10 months agoallytay11 | 5 reviews
favoriteI really like liquid and pencil eyeliners together, and I have to say that the telescopic I have has a gold/beige color cap on it so it maybe a diff. formula, but it blends really well with my pencil liner. Is very easy handle shape and angled tip help me get it just right rather than layering and re dipping with pointy shaped tips. I use it everyday and would buy it again. — 6 years, 7 months agosuprise007 | 15 reviews
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Must have for small eyes!Pros: I like this eyeliner because it does make your eyes apper bigger; it creates a thick line without any skipping and you can easily create a wing with the applicator for the "telescopic effect"; the formula wont fade through out the day Cons: the formula clumps after a while so you have to make sure you shake the product; the applicator is hard and scratchy so you have to use a light hand. — 7 years, 3 months agohkrnpma | 19 reviews
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Good for beginners. Good for everyoneThis liquid eyeliner is great for a beginner or someone who's had trouble with liquid eyeliner. The handle allows you to grasp closely to the end which gives good control on where you want the eyeliner to go. The tip is thin so you can get a very neat line. It applies smoothly and all together is easy to apply. The color is dark and rich, and the liner last all day. I got this product for around $5 and it it definitely worth it. — 7 years, 5 months agoMarticru | 18 reviews
really good...slightly disappoitningi like it...it's my second favorite eye liner....it nice to make a really thin line...nice and straight..... the slightly disappointing part is that it flakes and rubs off if u go to sleep with your make up on...or if ur hoping for it to stay on for two days....you'll definitely have to reapply.... pretty good overall.... — 5 years, 11 months agohouseaholic21 | 10 reviews
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Great liquid & easy to use!I had always wanted to try liquid eyeliner but I thought it would be hard to use. This made it so easy! It goes on really smooth and looks great! — 7 years, 9 months agorero2010 | 9 reviews
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Interaction Between St John's Wort and Metformin?
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The goal of the study is to examine the difference of the pharmacokinetics of metformin with and without a 3 weeks pretreatment of St John's Wort. Furthermore secondary objectives include changes in GLP-1, C-peptide, serum-insulin and plasma-glucose during an oral glucose tolerance test, changes in OCT1 mRNA in plasma and changes in leptin and lipid-profile following this possible interaction.
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|Is There a Pharmacokinetic Interaction Between St John's Wort and Metformin?
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Further study details as provided by Tore B. Stage, University of Southern Denmark:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Change in Area Under Curve (AUC) 0-24h of metformin [ Time Frame: Concentration of metformin at 0, 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24 hours after metformin ingestion ]Change in 0-24h AUC of metformin after 3 weeks of treatment with St John's Wort
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) [ Time Frame: During the first 2 hours of each metformin ingestion ]Changes in: Plasma-glucose, serum-insulin, glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) and connecting-peptides (C-peptides) during the oral glucose tolerance test, measured at 0, 0.5, 1, 1.5 and 2 hours after metformin ingestion.
- Pharmacokinetics of metformin [ Time Frame: Concentration of metformin at 0, 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24 hours after metformin ingestion, which will be used to determine the pharmacokinetic parameters mentioned below ]Determination of other pharmacokinetic parameters of metformin such as clearance (CL), absorption fraction (F), distribution volume (V), the minimum concentration at steady state (Css,min), elimination half life (T 1/2) etc.
- Change in messenger RiboNucleic Acid (mRNA) [ Time Frame: Will be measured 4 times: At inclusion (t=0 on that day), at t=0 in both periods and minimum 3 weeks after finalization of the study (t=0 on that day) ]Changes in mRNA encoding OCT1 will be measured at 4 different time points to give an insight to the importance of St John's Wort effect on the OCT1 production
Other Outcome Measures:
- Hypericin/hyperforin [ Time Frame: At t=0 in 2nd period ]If possible measure the concentrations of some of the active components of St John's Wort, hypericin and hyperforin
|Study Start Date:
|January 2013
|Study Completion Date:
|May 2014
|Primary Completion Date:
|June 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Metformin
7 days of pretreatment with metformin before full pharmacokinetics and other goals are investigated.
Minimum 1 week of washout after this period. 3 weeks of pretreatment with St John's Wort and the last 7 days metformin is ingested again, and the same effect parameters as described above is performed again
|Other: St John's Wort Drug: Metformin
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 64 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Men aged 18-64 years
- Homozygous for common genetic variants in the genes organic cation transporter 1/2 (OCT1/OCT2)
- Normal values of biomarkers accounting for: Liver and kidney function, and normal blood glucose
Exclusion Criteria:
- Chronic alcohol abuse
- Hypersensitivity to metformin or St John's Wort
- Daily intake of drugs requiring prescription
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01726764
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01726764
|Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark
|Odense, Denmark, DK-5000
Sponsors and Collaborators
University of Southern Denmark
|Principal Investigator:
|Per Damkier, MD ph.d.
|University of Southern Denmark
|Principal Investigator:
|Tore B. Stage, M.Sc. Pharm
|University of Southern Denmark
|Study Director:
|Kim Brøsen, Professor, MD
|University of Southern Denmark
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|Tore B. Stage, M.Sc. Pharm, University of Southern Denmark
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01726764 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|November 2, 2012
|Last Updated:
|December 2, 2014
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Hypoglycemic Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
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Women are a majority of 25- to 69-year-olds but represent just 9% of top tech executives. That's according to results from a recent Harvey Nash CIO survey, which included 369 CIOs, CTOs and vice presidents of IT in the U.S., most at organizations with budgets of more than $1 million. Note that the education sector was not included, and government only represented about 1% of respondents.
While that's better than the 3.9% of Fortune 1000 CEOs who are female, its still a pretty dismal showing.
"The survey says the most important value women add to the IT function is ability to form good relationships with the business," spokesman Laura Field wrote in an email. "45% of CIOs say women's most positive impact is in innovation and creativity. But women aren't at the table to build these relationships and add innovation and creativity."
Some good news? Salaries appeared pretty similar at the CIO level globally, with a difference of just 1.4% between the average female CIO's $201,944 base salary and male CIO's $204,854.
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TENNIS players in Lexden had a special training session.
Judy Murray, mum of Wimbledon winner Andy, gave a masterclass to members of Lexden Rackets and Fitness Club on Monday.
Judy, who is also a Scottish tennis coach and captain of the British Federation Cup team, was at the club as part of a campaign by bottled water company Highland Spring to get more people playing tennis.


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StarTribune.com: Jamyi Witch, 52, was in Winnebago County court Friday. She is a Wiccan chaplain at the state prison in Oshkosh.
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Campbell County is a United States county situated in the south central part of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Located in the Piedmont region of Virginia, Campbell borders the Blue Ridge Mountains. The county seat is Rustburg.
Based on a tobacco cash crop economy, Campbell County was created in 1782 from part of Bedford County. The county was named in honor of General William Campbell, hero of the American Revolutionary War.
Campbell County is part of the Lynchburg, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, the county population is 54,842. The number of residents has grown steadily in every census after 1930, and the total population has more than doubled since that time.
The area that would become Campbell County was first settled by Europeans, initially Scotch-Irish Presbyterians, in the late 1730s. After nearly fifty years of immigration and development, the newly formed county was established in 1782 from part of Bedford County. Campbell County was named for Revolutionary War hero, General William Campbell, who is known for the 1780 Battle of Kings Mountain. The independent city of Lynchburg, Virginia was subsequently formed from the county in 1786.
From its earliest days, the county relied on tobacco as the primary cash crop and basis for the economy, though it also developed early manufacturing operations. Brookneal, with its strategic location on the Staunton River, was long an important tobacco and textile hub. However, the departure of manufacturing and the changing tobacco market has forced Campbell to transform from a mainly agricultural area into a mixture of suburban and rural communities.[1]
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GROSSE POINTE PARK, Mich. - A 42-year-old man who was taken into custody during an investigation into the murder of a Grosse Pointe Park woman was in court Wednesday for drug charges.
Myron Tyronne Williams, is charged with possession with intent to deliver marijuana and delivery of marijuana.
Sabrina Gianino, 35, was found dead last Thursday morning in the home she shared with her boyfriend on Wayburn Street. She had been strangled.
Investigators haven't said what Williams' connection to Gianino's death is, but he's been held since Saturday.
Williams is related to the family who lives in the home next door to the one where Gianino's body was found.
During his arraignment, Williams complained about not being able to shower and said detectives were harassing him because he doesn't want to talk without an attorney.
His bond was set at $250,000.
Williams has a previous criminal history for convictions of drug and burglary charges.
He has a preliminary hearing in a week.
- Man being held in connection with Grosse Pointe Park murder
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Ahmedabad, June 29 (ANI): Gujarat Congress leader Arjun Modhwadia on Saturday praised Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Satish Verma for bringing out the truth in the Ishrat Jahan encounter case.
Modhwadia said that Satish Verma, who was a member of the Special Investigation Team formed on the directions of the Gujarat High Court, had conducted an in-depth investigation and submitted reports and the High Court had found them correct.
"The CBI will file the chargesheet, but the entire investigation followed the orders of the Gujarat High Court. The Gujarat High Court formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) the chairman of which was an IG-level officer appointed by the Government of India. Six officers also changed (during the probe). The other two officers were of the Gujarat cadre-Mohan Jha and Satish Verma. The chairman and the other member were of different opinion, but Satish Verma conduced an in-depth investigation and submitted six reports," said Modhwadia.
"The High Court found that his reports are correct and later issued direction to the CBI to further investigate the case. The High Court also gave the direction that Satish Verma would assist them in the probe. The entire investigation has been done by Gujarat police official Satish Verma and I congratulate him for bringing the truth to the fore despite all pressures," he added.
The Gujarat High Court had earlier directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to complete its probe into the police encounter deaths of college student Ishrat Jahan and three others by July 4 and file a final report.
The court also told the CBI to file the chargesheet at the earliest so that no more accused can get out on default bail, while a top official of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) was interrogated for his role in the alleged fake encounter killing.
The court asked the CBI to focus on the conspiracy involving the custody of the deceased, the encounter and the persons involved in the alleged conspiracy and the alleged fake gunfight in which the four persons were killed.
The court also allowed CBI's plea seeking that Gujarat cadre IPS officer Satish Verma, who has been assisting the CBI in the investigation, be dropped from the probe team from June 23.
The CBI earlier this month grilled Intelligence Bureau (IB) Special Director Rajender Kumar at an unknown location in Gandhinagar in connection with his role in the alleged fake encounter of Ishrat Jahan and three others by Ahmedabad police.
The CBI, which is investigating the case on the directive of the Gujarat High Court, wants to charge the then Ahmedabad IB station chief Rajender Kumar for conspiracy to murder.
Nineteen-year-old Ishrat was killed along with three others on June 15, 2004 allegedly by a team of Crime Branch officials on the outskirts of Ahmedabad.
The Crime Branch had then claimed that the four were LeT members and were on a mission to kill Chief Minister Narendra Modi. (ANI)


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It's the day Kurt Tippett's move to the Sydney Swans will be confirmed.
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- I am Baron Strucker, the one who is about to reduce you to a helpless whining shell of a man! Are you ready??
- -- Baron Wolfgang von Strucker src
Early Life
Baron Wolfgang von Strucker was born in the late 19th century to a Prussian noble family who had relocated to Strucker Castle in Bavaria following the Franco-Prussian War, Wolfgang became a Heidelberg fencing champion, and was disfigured by facial scars.[7]
World War I
Wolfgang fought for Germany during World War I, during which he first encountered the Momentary Princess in 1916, which was fated to appear and disappear at regular intervals of time. When he touched it, and saw his future as he became the leader of the Hydra.[8]
Nazi Party
When Adolf Hitler rose to power in Germany in the 1930's, Von Strucker joined the Nazi Party.
In 1936, he and Nikolaus Geist, allies with the Egyptian mentalist Amahl Farouk a.k.a. the Shadow King in an attempt to dispute the lineage of England's royal family and install a new king who would be sympathetic to their cause.[9] Their plot was thwarted by the Canadian adventurer Logan and the time-travelling members of Excalibur.[10]
In 1937, Strucker was sent to the America assassinate Senator Fulton, but he was foiled by brigand-for-hire Dominic Fortune.[11]
World War II
As the World War II started, Strucker rose through the ranks and became wing commander of the Death's Head Squadron. Von Strucker referred to himself as "wing commander of the Fuhrer's Death-Head Squadron".[12]
In 1941, Strucker was sent to Madripoor to help the Hand turn a young Natasha Romanova into their master assassin, but they were stopped by Canadian soldier Logan, Captain America, and Ivan Petrovitch.[13][14] After those events, Strucker allied himself with the Hand and Seraph, the owner of the Princess Bar and Logan's mentor and lover.[15]
In November 1941, Strucker directed an Hydra operation in Tunisia, using as a cover another Nazi operation in the same place.[16][17] He was attacked by Captain America, Bucky and Logan, but the Strucker they nearly killed was only an imposter. Logan found the real Strucker and he was going to kill him, but he was stopped by a call from Seraph, who ordered Logan to protect the Baron since he was now an ally.[15]
Logan helped Strucker escaping from the hands of the U.S. Army, and finally Baron Zemo arrived in Tunisia with reinforcment soldiers.[18]
Later in 1941, Strucker invaded Latveria, seeking to use the Sturm-Fånger ("Storm-Catcher") to control cosmic energies; the device was wrecked by time-travelling members of X-Force.They find Strucker and his machine and Rictor quickly destroyed it. Siryn then knocked out Strucker and they head off to find Doctor Doom's Time Platform.[19]
Strucker sought to quash the Howling Commandos by utterly defeating their leader, Nick Fury and issued a challenge to meet him in a one-on-one battle on the island of Norsehaven. Fury was determined to battle Strucker, but Captain Sawyer refused him to do so. Unwilling to back down, Fury sneaked to the island, disobey direct orders to do so. On the island Strucker challenged him to a duel with wooden swords. When he suggested a toast before the battle Fury agreed unaware that his drink was drugged. Although Fury was able to hold his own against Strucker, once the drugs began to kick in he was quickly defeated and this defeat was photographed by Nazi soldiers to use in propaganda. Fury was then dumped near his base. When Sawyer found out what happened when the battle became front page news in the Nazi newspapers, he stripped Fury of his rank reducing him to a private.The Howlers were then dropped in west Germany where they were to destroy a Nazi rocket base in the town of Dortstadt. When they attacked the rocket base they found that it was under the command of Baron Strucker. Seeking a rematch, Fury agreed to another duel. But when Dino realized that Strucker was drugging another beverage he tipped Fury off. This time Fury easily defeated the Baron in combat and his comrades took photographs to counter the propaganda of Fury's defeat before fleeing the ruins of the base.[12][20]
Hitler later has Strucker starts a new squad based on Fury's own, called the Blitzkrieg Squad, and sets a trap for the Commandos. The trap is a fake missile base that will look real from the outside. However the Commandos escape further embarrassing Stucker.[21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28]
He fought Captain America[29] and the Invaders and several other wartime heroes, losing every time.[30][31]
In 1942, the Red Skull, as part of the Thule Society, attempted to perform a magical ritual involving Atlanteans. Once the ritual was complete, something fell from the sky, but not at the Skull's castle. The Skull and Baron Strucker travelled to Antarctica, followed by the Invaders, determined to have whatever fell. The Invaders are then suddenly attacked by a demon. They defeat the demon with the Skull's unintentional help. The Invaders then left, thinking that they foiled the Skull's plan. The Skull told Strucker that they have the unidentified object in a box bound for the Fuhrer. It is a lie. The object they were looking for was the Hammer of Skadi, which no one could lift.[32]
Captain America and Namor battled Strucker and the Thule Society during WWII. The Thule unleash the Kraken a weapon of Atlantean origin and ungodly power.[33]
While on vacation in Berlin, Baron Strucker witnessed the Thor's attack on the Chancellery, after which he followed a bandaged man through a portal.[34] Realizing he had travelled decades into the future, Strucker stole some history books about the end of World War II.[35] He encountered the time machine's creator Doctor Doom, who allowed him to return to the past, not believing that Strucker could win the war even with the knowledge he had obtained.[36]
Baron Strucker and Red Skull try to invade the isolationist African nation of Wakanda during World War II in hopes of recovering some Vibranium. Captain America teamed up with the chieftain Black Panther (Azzuri). The two heroes reluctantly work together to expel the invading forces.[37]
Angered by the Baron's many losses, Hitler ordered Strucker to destroy the French Resistance in the town of Cherbeaux or, if the plan would have failed, to destroy the town itself. Strucker wanted to eliminate the resistance in the territories near Cherbeaux, trying to avoid the town's destruction, but the Howling Commandos arrived in time to free the resistance members. Hitler ordered Strucker to set the explosives to destroy Cherbeaux, but he came face-to-face with Fury, who possessed a more powerful explosive that have even could killed Strucker himself. He decided to let the Cherbeaux population free, wanting a last battle with his arch-enemy. When the Commandos finished the evacuation, Fury battled Strucker while the town was being destroyed around them. Fury lost Strucker under the ruins, while Hitler wanted him killed by the Gestapo.[38][39]
At that point the Red Skull, who foresaw Hitler's fall from power, helped Strucker escaping Germany sending him to Japan, where the Skull was secretly creating a new organization named Hydra. After having killed the Japanese Supreme Hydra, he became the new leader of the organization, setting up its headquarters on a Pacific Island.[40]
Baron Strucker came in to conflict with Captain Simon Savage and the Leatherneck Raiders.[1] The crew was captured.[41] But they are able to fight their way to the base just in time to rescue their men from a firing squad, but they are all able to escape.[42]
At some point, he acquired the Spear of Imhotep.[43]
Strucker later decided to regain Hitler's favor, drugging Fury after having him captured in Africa, and offering Hitler the drug's formula. However, Fury was freed by the Howling Commandos.[27][44]
He finally returned in Germany, acting as a loyal Nazi in public and secretly using Nazi gold and technology to fund Hydra in Japan. At some point, he stole the Japanese Dragon of Death, making it the new Hydra mobile headquarters. Using his knowledges of the future, he tried to built an atomic bomb before the Allies, but his plan was stopped by the Invaders.[10]
As the Thule Society's leader, Strucker worked in 1944 with Dr. Geist to create an army of Super-Soldiers.[45] This project, named the Infinitas Agenda, continued also after the Thule Society was absorbed into the modern Hydra.[46]
In 1944, Strucker encountered the Gnobians, a benevolent race of empathic extraterrestrials who had crashed near Gruenstadt.[47] Realizing what their technology could do for Hydra, Strucker befriended the naïve creatures and killed the population of Gruenstadt to cover his tracks.[48] The Howlers arrived, too late to prevent the tragedy, but fatally wounded Strucker. The Gnobians healed Strucker with their powers, but they went insane from absorbing some of his hate-filled psyche in the process. Strucker fled their crashed ship, taking discs of their information to his scientists.[49] It was later revealed that the "Gnobians" were constructs created by Arnim Zola and Strucker himself as a part of a disinformation campaign against Nick Fury.[39]
In 1945, as the Reich fell, Strucker placed Master Man and Warrior Woman under suspended animation, trying to preserve them for the future.[50] He also preserved the Red Skull when he was buried alive in his bunker after a battle against Captain America.
Great Wheel
In 1961, Leonardo da Vinci, a.k.a. Aries, organized Strucker, the Fury brothers and others into the Great Wheel of the Zodiac. The tasks he sent this group on led directly to the formation of S.H.I.E.L.D., the modern Hydra, Leviathan and the Zodiac Cartel.[43]
Soon after the formation of S.H.I.E.L.D., the LMD of one of its members and a former member of the Great Wheel known as the Professor secretly betrayed the organization to Hydra and became a double agent.[51] Strucker used this connection to make Hydra the secret master of S.H.I.E.L.D. and thus Fury. Hydra used S.H.I.E.L.D. as part of a years-long, slow burning plan to subvert the entire world and bring it under their control.[5]
Strucker and Baroness Adelicia von Krupp once captured the C.I.A.'s Agent Ten; Logan, but he was rescued by agents Richard Parker and Mary Parker.[52]
Hydra needed more finances so Strucker abducted Gabby Haller, who had a map leading to a fortune in lost Nazi gold hidden within her mind, but Haller was defended by her friends, the mutants Charles Xavier and Erik Magnus, and Magnus took the gold for his own purpose.[53]
The first Director Rick Stoner of the new organization of S.H.I.E.L.D. was killed in action by Hydra under orders from Strucker soon after his appointment.[39]
Strucker, as the Supreme Hydra, disguised himself as "Don Antonio Cabellero", and invited S.H.I.E.L.D.'s new director Nick Fury to a party at the ruins of Karnopolis, in the Sahara Desert.[54] Agent Fury was captured and revealed his plans to use the Overkill Horn to detonate all stockpiles of nuclear weapons worldwide. Fury managed to escape with a Hydra jet, not realizing it was a ruse-- as the Overkill Horn is onboard the plane.[55] Fury is able to signal S.H.I.E.L.D. and the plane is not shot down. Fury managed to turn the plane around, and, discovering where the Overkill Horn was hidden.[4] The Strucker donned a new disguise, that of "Agent Bronson", a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent. "Bronson" arrived at the Helicarrier just in time to join the team racing to help Fury. After helping capture several Hydra thugs, "Bronson" gained Fury's confidence.[2] While the AUTOFAC computer worked out the true identity of the Supreme Hydra, Fury planned to have Bronson transport Laura Brown to S.H.I.E.L.D.'s West coast HQ. Laura suspected Bronson may be the Supreme Hydra himself, and her suspicions was confirmed by AUTOFAC, but before she can pass on the info, Bronson overpowered her. Fury just barely manages to beat The Dreadnought, but finds Laura is missing and AUTOFAC named her as the Supreme Hydra.[2] Laura is found hidden in the computer room, wearing a Hydra outfit.[2] Bronson is set to take Laura to a medical facility in the "Dyna-Soar", a brand-new aircraft whose design is based and improved upon from the captured Hydra saucer. No sooner does he depart than Fury's quarters are blasted to bits, apparently killing him. Bronson changed course and heads for "Hydra Island", then resumes his guise as Supreme Hydra. He then announced to the world that he's placed a "Death Spore" bomb on board the Helicarrier, which would unleash a deadly plague upon the entire Earth and cannot be deactivated! Any country that surrenders within one hour will be spared its effects. He also planned to stage a fake "trial" for Laura, as an example to all who would defy him. Unknown to him, Fury is alive, having suspected Bronson from the start, and was hiding on board the Dyna-Soar, in order to discover Hydra's plans and the location of their base. But after taking on several Hydra thugs, Fury is captured, and on awakening, discovers the true identity of the Supreme Hydra is none other than Baron Wolfgang Von Strucker.[56] Strucker announces that the impregnable dome over Hydra Island will keep them safe from the "Death Spore" plague, and planned to use Fury's body as the basis for an army of Hydra androids to "police" the world, once he's dead from the Alpha Ray beam. But Fury escapes! As S.H.I.E.L.D. searches the Helicarrier for the bomb with no result, Fury, "playing it by ear", takes on one group of Hydra thugs after another, until Strucker faces him one-on-one. Thanks to his deadly "Satan Claw", Strucker gains the upper hand, and it looks like it might be the end.[57] Strucker used the "Satan Claw" to electrify the floor, until Fury managed to get it off Strucker's hand. But surrounded by Hydra thugs, Fury dived into a pit of water, and after not emerging for 5 minutes is presumed dead. Fury used an oxygen pellet to wait out the thugs, then raced ahead of Strucker. When the Hydra thugs entered the room, they discovered two Struckers. One of them is revealed to be wearing a mask, panics, and winds up incinerated in an "Alpha-Particle Reactor Cube". The other ordered Laura put aboard the Dyna-Soar, and he takes off from Hydra Island, despite the imminent detonation of The Death Spore bomb. Fury used Strucker's "face-changing gizmo" to disguise both himself and Strucker, to fool the guards. He also revealed that when he left the Helicarrier, he brought the bomb with him, even though at the time he didn't know what it was. It detonates, and thanks to the impenetrable dome, only Hydra Island and all within are wiped off the face of the Earth.[58]
Apparent Resurrections
A Baron Strucker robot created by Machinesmith, who believed himself to be the original, attacked Captain America by employing the Batroc's Brigade and a false Bucky.[59] This Strucker was eventually captured by S.H.I.E.L.D. and it destroyed itself after a meet with Nick Fury.[60]
A second Life-Model Decoy of Baron Strucker appeared as the head of Hydra. He tried to defeat Captain America and the Howling Commandos by using a LMD of Captain Sam Sawyer; Strucker, who was revealed to be a LMD, and his Hydra were defeated by the heroes.[61]
The real Baron von Strucker returned, having been resurrected by Hydra. Three Hydra agents sacrificed their own life in a procedure that gathered the Death Spore Virus to revive Strucker. Baron Strucker was now a living incubator for the Death Spore Virus, and could release it at will. Seeing how Hydra had splintered and weakened in his absence, Strucker began culling the ranks of the Hydra splinter cells, leaving only the strong to serve his new Hydra.[62]
In a major coup, the reunified Hydra struck S.H.I.E.L.D. Central on graduation day, destroying the spy agency's headquarters and killing all 1,500 new recruits to the agency.[63]
Three of Baron Strucker's genetically engineered deadly assassins Sathan, Guillotine and Lt. Romulus escaped and went on a murder spree. Daredevil teamed with Nick Fury to hunt them down. Hydra bounty hunters Ron Takimoto, Dakini and Carl Striklan are sent to capture them. Nick Fury, Daredevil, the Punisher, and Captain America became involved in the hunt, and the hunters were killed, Striklan went rogue, and only Guillotine and Romulus returned to Hydra. Strucker had achieved his true goal to analyse United States superhumans.[64]
Baron Strucker takes up the identity of Colonel Strang to secretly to purchase control over WFET, a television station owned by Wilson Fisk aka the Kingpin.[3] When S.H.I.E.L.D became involved and they tipped off Daredevil, who then let word reach the streets.[65] Fisk thought Hydra was his enemy and turned on them, only to have Hydra steal nearly all of his money, destroy his businesses, and help to end his reign as the Kingpin.[66] When the Kingpin's assets were divided amongst criminal factions-including his children Werner von Strucker and Fenris. Baron Strucker re-linked with the Hand, who sent their magical warrior Izanami to thin the competition.[67] Strucker also posed as Snakeskin, bodyguard to Werner who acted as the mastermind of the new Hydra. However, Strucker killed Werner for being unworthy as his successor.[68]
Baron Strucker and the Red Skull relaxed in their posh Washington, D.C. exclusive club. The party is spoiled when the Skull discovers someone has attacked Arnim Zola's compound and destroyed all of the Red Skull body double clones.[69] The Red Skull held a meeting with his Division Chiefs which included Strucker who updated him on their recent activities.[70]
Baron Strucker sent the Department of Occult Armaments against the Nightstalkers.[71][72]
Baron Strucker faced rivals within Hydra, and had to deal with splinter groups such as the Genesis Coalition.[73] He hired the mercenary Next Wave to bring them down; they were helped by Silver Sable and he Wild Pack.[74] Strucker planned an attack on the United Nations,[75] but by then, Fury had found proof that Strucker was Hydra's leader.[76] He tracked him to his base in Iceland, where Strucker killed Kate Neville before Fury's very eyes.[77] Fury and Strucker fought each other on the side of a mountain, and the fight ended with Fury cutting off Strucker's right hand to make him fall towards apparent death.[78]
Baron Strucker sent his Hydra Agents to retrieve Anomaly Gem fragment from Iron Fist. He tried to stop them but were taken prisoner.[79] Strucker planned to use the gem as a power source. He used the other fragment he had a fused them together. Iron Fist escaped and tried to stop him but the energy feedback threw him against the wall.[80] Strucker discovered that gem actually produced a portal to another dimension. Iron Fist managed to grab the fragments and escape from Strucker's facility.[81]
Baron Strucker planned to use Nannites to control key people such as Henry Gyrich of the Commission on Superhuman Activities.[82] Henry Gyrich nearly killed every superhuman on Earth with the nannites. Strucker's involvement was finally discovered by the V-Battalion, who thwarted his plans.Baron Helmut Zemo is revealed to have murdered Strucker's daughter Andrea.[83]
After having married to the Hydra's Chief Financer Elsbeth,[62] Strucker secretly became the financial banker of a reconstituted team of Thunderbolts,[84] even though the Thunderbolts, when commanded by Baron Zemo, used their knowledge of Hydra's organization to inflict severe damage and build up their reputation as heroes.[85]
Secretly to Wolfgang, his wife Elsbeth and her bodyguard and lover Gorgon (the leader of the Asian death-cult of the Hand) created a cloned Baron Strucker to use him as a pawn in their plans.[86] After the clone and Gorgon captured and brainwashed Wolverine into joining Hydra,[87] they sent him to kill the real Strucker, who was saved by the Swordsman.[88]
The clone later sent a brainwashed Wolverine to recruit Daredevil[89] and attack the X-Men.[90] The Invaders and their allies are closing into defeating the terrorist threat. This did not please "Baron Strucker". He wanted to avoid that their secrets at the Mazikhadian base fall into the wrong hands, and therefore the Necromancer, who's at the battlefield, must die. "Strucker" sent Wolverine to take out the Invaders.[91]
At the same time, the real Strucker wanted to reclaim Hydra's control by setting off some nuclear bombs in Manhattan; when he was opposed by the Thunderbolts, he tried to escape but he was intercepted by Baron Helmut Zemo, who wanted to ally with him to control Hydra and the world.[92] Zemo crashed his escape pod and notified Hydra agents loyal to Strucker so that they may retrive him. They placed him in stasis in an old Hydra base in Novosibirsk, Russia. This way Zemo made sure Strucker stayed away from the fight for control of Hydra and that he may retrive him for his plans whenever he wished.[86]
Meanwhile, the clone was abducted to suicide by Elsbeth and Gorgon in a ritual where "Strucker" abdicated powers to them.[90] Wolverine and S.H.I.E.L.D. ended up stopping their plans, killing them both.[93]
Secret Invasion
During the Secret Invasion, Baron Strucker is attacked by Skrulls who are attempting to take over Hydra. He destroyed his own base in order to wipe out the invaders.[5]
Dark Reign
Fury discovered how Hydra had corrupted S.H.I.E.L.D., so Fury formed the Secret Warriors to fight back. Baron Strucker formed a Hydra High Council; consisting of Viper, a new Madame Hydra, the Kraken and Hive.[94]
Baron Strucker had Hydra attack an Hand temple and forced the shaman to resurrect the stone remains of Gorgon.[95][96] The Council did not care, and eagerly suggested Gorgon aid them in gaining power and taking over the Hand. Gorgon agreed if he could join the council. Strucker ordered an attack on the Pacific H.A.M.M.E.R. base. The Secret Warriors and Howling Comandos attacked too and, though Strucker killed several soldiers of both Fury and Osborn, Hydra lost. The Council escaped by teleporting away.[97]
Baron Strucker negotiated with Norman Osborn, who agreed to stay out of Hydra's business.[98][99] When Hellfire stole a large amount of Fury's money, Strucker had the cash tracked straight back to him and captured him.[100] Strucker threatened to kill Quake, and the Warrior agreed to his demands.[101] Strucker then led a attack on Fury's forces,[102] killing many including Gabe Jones. In retribution, Fury killed Hellfire.[87]
After the battle Strucker and Fury were kidnapped by the Kraken.[43] Kraken was revealed to be Jake Fury, who had been presumed dead. Strucker learned that it was in fact S.H.I.E.L.D. who had been controlling Hydra.[103] Before being able to speak his final words, Nick Fury shot him in the head killing him on the spot.[104]
Second Resurrection
Under unrevealed circumstances, Baron Strucker came back to life. He resurfaced some time after his death in the Himalayas, where he held a clandestine black market auction for a data cell that provided the location of a bioweapon which consisted of a smart bomb that targeted specific genetics. Agent Phil Coulson of S.H.I.E.L.D. was there disguised as Batroc the Leaper to buy the data. However, due to the importance of his mission, he could not attempt to arrest Strucker.[105] Strucker also apparently resurrected his twins, who now run the supervillain club Fenris.[106]
Powers and Abilities
|Power Grid [113]
|Energy Projection
|Fighting Skills
- Deathspore Virus: Von Strucker's bloodstream has been infected with the fatal deathspore virus which, rather than killing him, grants him an array of superhuman abilities.[62]
- Suppressed Aging: Von Strucker has not aged since contracting the virus.[7]
- Durability: Von Strucker is invulnerable to minor injuries like cuts, gunshot wounds, and superpowered punches.[107]
- Regenerative healing factor: Heals at an incredible rate and is possibly also resistant to toxins and disease.[108]
- Death Spore Release: Von Strucker can temporarily release the virus from his body over short distances. Depending on the intensity, von Strucker can cause his victims to weaken, feel pain, or even die. When von Strucker dies, the Death Spore Virus will be automatically released and "take revenge on [his] killers, and everybody else." The Virus seems to be incapable of killing superhuman or artificially enhanced beings, but is still capable of hurting or weakening them.[109]
- Expert Combatant: He is a masterful combatant, surpassing most in physical skill and prowess.[110]
- Expert Swordsman: He is a world-class fencer portraying phenomenal skill ability with rapier, medieval broadswords, and possibly other weapons used in Medieval Europe.[111]
- Expert Marksman: Strucker is an Olympic-level marksman with firearms.[111]
- Expert Tactician: Strucker is a strategic and tactical genius, as well as a brilliant planner and organizer. He also has an impressive scientific and inventive ability, but not at the level his father was. He is very skilled in field tactics, close range combat, and even turning the tide of any debate that he is involved in to his favor.[111]
Strength level
Peak human strength. Can be enhanced by Satan Claw.[111]
Initially, while he is powerful and a brilliant fighter, his superiority complex and high arrogance is a primary weakness of his. He believes that no one can stand up to his power, and can frequently underestimate his enemies, resulting in his defeat.
Satan Claw: This metal gauntlet amplifies its strength and emits powerful electrical shocks. It has also been used to contain knives, plasma blasters, chain guns and teleportation technology.[111]
Various Hydra vehicles.
Von Strucker is typically armed with a fencing sword and various firearms and explosives.
He sometimes used the Satan Claw,[111] and formerly wielded the Spear of Imhotep.[43]
Links and References
- 177 Appearances of Wolfgang von Strucker (Earth-616)
- 14 Minor Appearances of Wolfgang von Strucker (Earth-616)
- Media Wolfgang von Strucker (Earth-616) was Mentioned in
- 34 Images featuring Wolfgang von Strucker (Earth-616)
- 8 Quotations by or about Wolfgang von Strucker (Earth-616)
- Character Gallery: Wolfgang von Strucker (Earth-616)
- The Unofficial Handbook to the Marvel Universe
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- Search this site for: Wolfgang von Strucker · Wolfgang von Strucker (Earth-616)
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Captain Savage #2
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Strange Tales #153
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Daredevil #292
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Strange Tales #152
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Secret Warriors #2
- ↑ Daredevil #309
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #2
- ↑ Gambit Vol 3 #10
- ↑ X-Men: True Friends #1
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 X-Men: True Friends #2-3
- ↑ Hulk! #23
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Sgt Fury and his Howling Commandos #5
- ↑ Uncanny X-Men #268
- ↑ Wolverine: Origins #16
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Wolverine: Origins #19
- ↑ Wolverine: Origins #17-20
- ↑ Hydra appears in Wolverine: Origins #19-20 as an already existent organization with Strucker himself as the Supreme Hydra. This episode contradicts the estabilished Hydra's origin shown in Captain Savage #4 and fully explained in Fury #1 and Marvel Universe #1, where the Red Skull secretly sent an exiled Strucker to Japan to take control of Red Skull's Hydra by killing its local leader.
- ↑ Wolverine: Origins #20
- ↑ X-Force #64
- ↑ Sgt Fury and his Howling Commandos #9
- ↑ Sgt Fury and his Howling Commandos #14
- ↑ Sgt Fury and his Howling Commandos #20
- ↑ Sgt Fury and his Howling Commandos #22
- ↑ Sgt Fury and his Howling Commandos #28-29
- ↑ Sgt Fury and his Howling Commandos Annual #1
- ↑ Sgt Fury and his Howling Commandos #58
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 Sgt Fury and his Howling Commandos #112
- ↑ Sgt Fury and his Howling Commandos #114-115
- ↑ Captain America #616
- ↑ Invaders #30
- ↑ All-New Invaders #1-2
- ↑ Fear Itself: Book of the Skull #1
- ↑ Captain America and Namor #635.1
- ↑ Marvel Universe #1
- ↑ Marvel Universe #2
- ↑ Marvel Universe #3
- ↑ Black Panther/Captain America: Flags of Our Fathers #1-4
- ↑ Sgt Fury and his Howling Commandos #29
- ↑ 39.0 39.1 39.2 Fury #1
- ↑ Strucker is shown becoming the leader of Hydra in Captain Savage #4; in Fury #1 it is revealed that Red Skull and Arnim Zola secretly betrayed Hitler allying theirselves with Strucker and sending him in Japan to take control of Hydra. Those events are also mentioned in Marvel Universe #1.
- ↑ Captain Savage #3
- ↑ Captain Savage #4
- ↑ 43.0 43.1 43.2 43.3 Secret Warriors #25
- ↑ Sgt Fury and his Howling Commandos #114
- ↑ Captain America: Hail Hydra #1
- ↑ Captain America: Hail Hydra #2-5
- ↑ Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Vol 3 #4
- ↑ Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Vol 3 #5
- ↑ Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Vol 3 #6
- ↑ Namor the Sub-Mariner #10
- ↑ Secret Warriors #25-26
- ↑ Untold Tales of Spider-Man #-1
- ↑ Uncanny X-Men #161
- ↑ Strange Tales #150
- ↑ Strange Tales #151
- ↑ Strange Tales #154
- ↑ Strange Tales #157
- ↑ Strange Tales #158
- ↑ Captain America #130
- ↑ Captain America #247-248
- ↑ Captain America #273-274
- ↑ 62.0 62.1 62.2 Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Vol 3 #21-23
- ↑ Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Vol 3 #25
- ↑ Daredevil Annual #7
- ↑ Daredevil #293
- ↑ Daredevil #298-299
- ↑ Daredevil #307
- ↑ Daredevil #326-332
- ↑ Captain America #387
- ↑ Captain America #394
- ↑ Nightstalkers #2
- ↑ Nightstalkers #4
- ↑ Silver Sable and the Wild Pack #9
- ↑ Silver Sable and the Wild Pack #11
- ↑ Silver Sable and the Wild Pack #15
- ↑ Silver Sable and the Wild Pack #16
- ↑ Silver Sable and the Wild Pack #17
- ↑ Silver Sable and the Wild Pack #25
- ↑ Marvel Comics Presents #129
- ↑ Marvel Comics Presents #130
- ↑ Marvel Comics Presents #131
- ↑ Citizen V and the V-Battalion #2
- ↑ Citizen V and the V-Battalion #3
- ↑ New Thunderbolts #1
- ↑ New Thunderbolts #2
- ↑ 86.0 86.1 New Thunderbolts #17
- ↑ 87.0 87.1 Wolverine Vol 3 #21-22
- ↑ New Thunderbolts #4
- ↑ Wolverine Vol 3 #23
- ↑ 90.0 90.1 Wolverine Vol 3 #25
- ↑ New Invaders #6
- ↑ New Thunderbolts #5-6
- ↑ Wolverine Vol 3 #30-31
- ↑ Secret Warriors #3
- ↑ Secret Warriors #4
- ↑ Secret Warriors #5
- ↑ Secret Warriors #6
- ↑ Secret Warriors #7
- ↑ Secret Warriors #11
- ↑ Secret Warriors #13
- ↑ Secret Warriors #14-15
- ↑ Secret Warriors #16
- ↑ Secret Warriors #26
- ↑ Secret Warriors #27
- ↑ All-New, All-Different Marvel Point One #1
- ↑ Illuminati #2
- ↑ Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #13
- ↑ Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Vol 2 #6
- ↑ Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Vol 2 #16
- ↑ Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Master Edition #16
- ↑ 111.0 111.1 111.2 111.3 111.4 111.5 All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #1
- ↑ Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z #1
- ↑ Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z Vol 1
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Posted June 12, 2014
Pinehurst, N.C. — So, you're headed to the United States Open Championships at Pinehurst this weekend, but you're not sure what to do when you get inside the gates. Whether you're an experienced tournament goer or taking in an event of this magnitude for the first time, attending a U.S. Open can be a bit overwhelming.
Unless you've got one of those hoity-toity luxury tent/club/suite/penthouse passes, I have to assume that you're interested in actually seeing some golf while you're here. Honestly, even if you've got one of those badges you probably want to watch the guys swing and miss greens a bit.
Before and during rounds, these are the two best places to stop:
First, you must spend some time on the driving range. If you like golf, you have to watch these guys hit the ball on the range. The ball sounds so different coming off the club -- sort of like a click and a hiss, as though the air was being let out of a tire. Incredible. Spend about a half hour at the range and then take this advice.
The grandstand alongside the 4th and 6th tees might be the best vantage point on the entire course to watch the most golf. From the middle of the bleachers you can see players play shots into the 3rd green, watch them tee off on the long, par-4 4th, finish the par-5 5th and play the par-3 6th in its entirety.


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Have you done a news search recently for 'sheet metal'?
No, of course you bloody haven't. But, if you have, did you happen to notice all the news archive stuff harking back to a time when sheet metal meant serious manufacturing and not merely a cottage industry hobby old tinbashers kept up with in their garage or basement workshops?
Then again, if I'm being more precise, harking back to a time when sheet metal unions seemed to be in perpetual conflict with anybody and everybody. Richard Nixon's name pops up once or twice.
But the most arresting headline from 1931 reads:
And the thing is it barely gets five single column paragraphs.
But, if Google's searchable sheet metal news archive for the last century strikes you as slightly odd, then what about Google Workshops?
Wood, metal, welding and electronics shops are probably not what come to mind when you think about Google but in fact, we often have to build physical products to help us collect and organize information that's found outside of the web. We do this at the Google Workshops, a hands-on facility equipped with everything from an oscilloscope to a miter saw and even a plasma cutter. Day and night—and even on weekends—the workshops are alive with Googlers working on personal projects—such as home furniture or model airplanes—as well as work-related ones like green business prototypes or components of our self-driving cars.
It's one thing Tinbashers taking 20% of their allotted time to try out being a Googler, but who'd have thought Googlers would spend their 20% being a Tinbasher?
It feels almost like a circle of life moment.


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Harlem Walk Of Fame
You probably don't know that Harlem has a Walk of Fame. Most people have no idea that 135th between Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Boulevard and Frederick Douglass Boulevard has plaques embedded in the sidewalk paying tribute to jazz legends like Billie Holiday, politicians like Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., and Harlem Renaissance writers like Langston Hughes. Most are on the north side of the street, but you can also find one in front of the police station on the south side.
The concept for the walk of fame was lead by the Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce back in the early 2000s, was to be part of the now forgotten National Black Sports and Entertainment Hall of Fame. It seems that the original Harlem Walk of Fame has also been forgetten, as there is not very much information about it or anything on the GHCC's website promoting it.
HTB QUICK FACT: Plaques embedded in the sidewalk "proudly honors persons whose visions, creativity, and leadership have helped to shape a better world."
Plaques Are Listed On The Right (From Top To Bottoom)
|Dizzy Gillespie (1917 -1993)
Mr. Gillespie was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer and occasional singer. Allmusic's Scott Yanow wrote, "Dizzy Gillespie's contributions to jazz were huge. One of the greatest jazz trumpeters of all time (some would say the best). Arguably Gillespie is remembered, by both critics and fans alike, as one of the greatest jazz trumpeters of all time.
|Billie Holiday (1915- 1949)
Billie was an American jazz singer and songwriter. Holiday had a seminal influence on jazz and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo. Critic John Bush wrote that Holiday "changed the art of American pop vocals forever. Music critic Robert Christgau called her "uncoverable, possibly the greatest singer of the century".
|Bill Bojangle Robinson (1878 -1949)
Mr. Robinson was an American tap dancer and actor of stage and film. Audiences enjoyed his understated style, which eschewed the frenetic manner of the jitterbug in favor of cool and reserve; rarely did he use his upper body, relying instead on busy, inventive feet, and an expressive face. A figure in both the black and white entertainment worlds of his era, he is best known today for his dancing with Shirley Temple in a series of films during the 1930s, and for starring in the 1943 musical Stormy Weather, loosely based on Robinson's own life.
|Machito - Juan Grillo (1912 - 1984)
Machito was an influential Latin jazz musician who helped refine Afro-Cuban jazz and create both Cubop and salsa music. In New York City, Machito formed the band the Afro-Cubans in 1940, and with Mario Bauzá as musical director, brought together Cuban rhythms and big band arrangements in one group. Machito's music had an effect on the lives of many musicians who played in the Afro-Cubans over the years. An intersection in ast Harlem is named "Machito Square" in his honor.
Charlie Parker (1920 -1955)
Mr. Parker was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Miles Davis once said, "You can tell the history of jazz in four words: Louis Armstrong. Charlie Parker." Parker was a highly influential jazz soloist and a leading figure in the development of bebop, a form of jazz characterized by fast tempos, virtuosic technique, and improvisation. Parker was an icon for the hipster subculture and later the Beat Generation, personifying the jazz musician as an uncompromising artist and intellectual, rather than an entertainer.
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Update on search for Jonathan Antipas
Update on search for Jonathan Antipas
Hutt Valley Police are continuing their efforts to locate Jonathan Antipas, 24, who has a warrant for his arrest issued and has been actively avoiding Police.
Police believe he is the Hutt Valley area and continue to have officers looking for him and checking known associates and addresses.
Detective Senior Sergeant Dave Thornton says "My message for Jonathan is that this matter is not going to go away and it will simply be a matter of time before we catch up with him".
"We encourage him to come forward and make contact so he can tell us his side of the story. Police have indications that he is feeling under pressure and my advice to Jonathan is that the best way to resolve this is to come into the station and speak to us about what has happened."
Anyone with any information is asked to contact the Hutt Valley Police on (04) 560 2600. Anonymous information can be provided via the Crimestoppers organisation on 0800 555 111.


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Corrections, Jan. 23
Published 7:27 pm, Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Arts & Ends, Jan. 16, 96 Hours, Page 31
An item about composer Samuel Carl Adams misstated the birthplace of violinist Anthony Marwood. He was born in London.
Tips to help simplify investing in an IRA, Jan. 21, Business, D5
Kathleen Pender's Net Worth column that started on Page D1 incorrectly reported the name of the balanced fund recommended for first-time IRAs by Litman Gregory's Jack Chee. It is the Osterweis Strategic Investment Fund.
2 N.Y. hits highlight new ACT season, Jan. 21, Datebook, E2
In a preview of the American Conservatory Theater season that began on Page E1, the name of the author of "Testament" was misspelled. The playwright is Colm Tóibín.
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In addition to the downloadable party, there were special events held at both Barnes & Noble and Toys 'R' Us brick and mortar locations. Customers at Barnes & Noble locations earlier today were able to take part in some giveaways while Toys 'R' Us patrons received 25% off Angry Birds plush toys and received a code that unlocks a bonus level in Angry Birds Chrome Seasons' Greedings.
Overall it was a great day for the birds and their fans. Happy Birthday Angry Birds, here's to many more.
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So, as we all know by now, that baby Mason Dash Disick was welcomed into the this crazy world we live in, and now, news is that Michael Girgenti is the father to Kourtney Kardashian's baby? What? Find out more telling details and see photos and a video here.
So let's get this straight. Apparently, Michael Girgenti, a close friend of the Kardashian crew, has come forth saying that he could possibly be baby Mason Dash Disick's daddy. Whoa! Let the games begin.
Okay, so here's the low-down. It is said that when Kourtney Kardashian's, now, fiance, Scott Disick and the "Kloe and Kourtney Take Miami" starlet were on a break, this is reportedly the time that she allegedly received the goods. To say the least, she may have been engaging in overnight relations with a "Premo Stallone". For a better name, 23 year-old Michael Girgenti, a friend and aspiring model and rapper.
A source close to the Kardashian family says that there may be some validity to these claims. This certain person said, "Kourtney hooked up with Michael twice while she and Scott were split up. He's definitely been mentioned as a possibility for being the father of her baby." Hmm, enough said?
However, a spokesperson for the Kardashian crew urges that Scott Disick is little Mason's biological father. When Girgenti was approached and asked if he could have fathered this baby boy, his moment of truth? "You could say that, yeah."
Well, the possibility is clear, people. Get out those cotton swabs and await some results! We will keep you updated on the potential baby daddy dual. I'm 157 percent sure this is not going to be pretty.
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Effects of Once Daily Tiotropium in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) of Different Severity
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Tippi Hedren thinks big cats laws are for the birds
As Turner Classic Movies brings Alfred Hitchcock's classic "The Birds" back to the big screen tonight for one night only, star Tippi Hedren will be getting ready to testify before Congress in defense of big cats.
The 82-year-old actress returns to Washington, D.C. tomorrow to try to stop people from breeding big cats for personal possession.
"I live with lions and tigers that we've rescued since 1972 on the Shambala preserve (www.Shambala.org)," Hedren told the Herald.
Hedren's animal advocacy followed a notorious split with Hitchcock.
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