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Imagine sinking into a plush, comfortable couch after a long day, looking out over an impeccable skyline as the sun sets, the golden hues of your personal sanctuary reflecting the perfect mix of comfort and luxury.Wouldn't it be amazing if this place was your own?This vision isn't just a dream anymore.

Canada is often lauded for its universal health care system, but universal doesn't mean equal access.The reality is that seven million Canadians, particularly those in smaller communities, are without a family doctor in Ontario alone the number is two million.The Northern Ontario School of Medicine University (NOSM) is working to change that with a curriculum that challenges how doctors get trained.

The Miami Heat has been a model franchise in the NBA for the past two decades.During that span, they've won three NBA Championships, seven NBA Finals appearances, nine conference finals appearances, and have missed the playoffs just four times.While a big reason for the Heat's success over the last 20 years has been their stars (Dwyane Wade, Shaquille O'Neal, LeBron James, Chris Bosh, Jimmy Butler, and Bam Adebayo), they also wouldn't have accumulated all of that success if it wasn't for what could be described as the league's best developmental system.

BOSTON - Red Sox starting pitcher Tanner Houck made an early departure due to a frightening injury suffered during Friday night's start against the Yankees at Fenway Park.Cruising for the better part of four innings, Houck returned to the mound for the fifth inning with Boston ahead of New York, 13-1, but was struck by a line drive comebacker to the facial area off the bat of Yankees catcher Kyle Higashioka.

The Boston Red Sox haven't gone smooth sailing over the course of their first half of the 2023 season, however, that doesn't eliminate them as a potential wager-friendly team to think about.While it hasn't been reflected in Boston's standings spot in the American League East, there's one ongoing trend that's remained in favor of the Red Sox, specifically when playing at Fenway Park.

The White Sox are built to be a power hitting team.They haven't been much of that this season.Despite cracking the top 10 in MLB for home runs in June, they rank 17th in that category this season.Specifically, the White Sox have two players contributing heavily to that underwhelming output.The almost chilling graphic represents two struggling long ball hitters for the Sox this season.

"Winning Ugly" became the mantra of the 1983 White Sox, a team that stormed back from being 8 games under .500on May 26 to win the American League West by 20 games.Despite a postseason reckoning, that '83 season was so special to Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf that the Sox wear the sartorially-challenged uniforms from that era during Sunday home games on the South Side.

"Winning Ugly" became the mantra of the 1983 White Sox, a team that stormed back from being 8 games under .500on May 26 to win the American League West by 20 games.Despite a postseason reckoning, that '83 season was so special to Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf that the Sox wear the sartorially-challenged uniforms from that era during Sunday home games on the South Side.

Former President Barack Obama will sit down with CNN's Chief International Anchor Christiane Amanpour for an exclusive in-depth conversation about the state of democracy that will air June 22 at 10 p.m. ET.Amanpour and Obama will speak in Athens a symbolic setting of democracy during the former president's visit to the city with his Obama Foundation.

House Republicans took their most concrete and public step this week toward pursuing the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.But behind the scenes, supporters of the effort are still working to convince key holdouts to get on board with the potentially divisive plan.House Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green on Wednesday outlined a five-phase investigation into Mayorkas and his handling of the border, accompanied by a preliminary report and a hearing focused on framing Mayorkas' dereliction of duty, which starts a roughly three-month countdown for House Republican leadership and their allies to get the House GOP conference in alignment.

The House advanced a slate of bills Tuesday afternoon, bringing a floor blockade to an end after a tentative agreement was reached between Speaker Kevin McCarthy and hardline conservatives who had brought the chamber floor to a halt in retaliation over how GOP leadership handled the debt ceiling deal.

The Republican response to Donald Trump's latest criminal indictment offers a clear test of the famous saying that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over again and hoping for a different result.The choice by Republican leaders, and even almost all of his 2024 rivals for the Republican presidential nomination, to unreservedly defend Trump after he was indicted earlier this year by the Manhattan district attorney helped the former president to widen his lead in primary polls.

In 1977, Lawanda Jackson and Darcelle XV got dressed up and went downtown."My best girl, she let me borrow her Jefferson High School cheerleading costume.Darcelle had all her white hair, in her glory.We made the news but it wasn't easy."Jackson told the Mercury."They called her all kinds of things, N-word-lover.

CLIMATEWIRE | Conservatives are leveraging a new argument against ESG: It's hurting poor families.Energy analysts say the criticism lacks any supporting evidence.But it builds on Republicans' intensifying opposition to environmental, social and governance investing, which refers to the practice of considering risks like climate change when making financial decisions.

Former President Donald Trump made numerous false and misleading claims in a speech he delivered Tuesday night following his afternoon arraignment in Miami federal court to face charges of illegally retaining classified documents and obstructing the federal investigation into his conduct.Trump, who pleaded not guilty, has been persistently dishonest about matters related to the indictment.

The starter can't hold a four-run lead in the fourth inning.Two relievers can't maintain a tie in the sixth inning, and a third reliever is barred from the mound because of sticky hands in the seventh inning.The center fielder can't catch a ball lined essentially in front of his glove.The five-hole hitter strikes out with two on and two out in the sixth, and three on and two out in the eighth, the latter directly after the cleanup hitter strikes out with three on and one out in the eighth.

We got down from the car and went inside.I made the line to pay for groceries.He made a party to celebrate his son's birthday.These phrases might sound off to the ears of most English-speaking Americans In Miami, however, they've become part of the local parlance.According to my recently published research, these expressions along with a host of others form part of a new dialect taking shape in South Florida.

The Toronto Maple Leafs will have a lot of decisions to make this off-season, but debatably the biggest decision is regarding the future of their #1 centre, Auston Matthews.At Matthews end of season interview, he did state that he wants to stay with the Toronto Maple Leafs, but people have said the same and still ended up playing on a different team before.

Morning Sports Update "The average Red Sox fan would not want to sit there and watch two more months of what they've been watching."The Red Sox begin a three-game series at Fenway Park against the Yankees tonight.First pitch is set for 7:10 p.m.This Saturday, the Revolution begin the second half of the MLS regular season with a matchup against Orlando City at Gillette Stadium at 7:30 p.m.
Also on Saturday, the Free Jacks close out the regular season at home ( Veterans Memorial Stadium in Quincy) against the Houston SaberCats at 1:30 p.m.
Potential Red Sox moves before the trade deadline: Though a 34-35 record doesn't appear to be disastrous on the surface, the Red Sox are firmly rooted in last place in the American League East.

In the summer of 2020, in the midst of a global protest movement against police violence, Portland Public Schools (PPS) Superintendent Guadalupe Guerrero announced that he was effectively discontinuing the presence of Portland police officers in district schools."With new proposed investments in direct student supports (social workers, counselors, culturally-specific partnerships & more), I am discontinuing the regular presence of School Resource Officers [at PPS]," Guerrero wrote in a tweet.

Four-time Classic Physique Olympia champion Chris Bumstead is in the early stages of his offseason as he prepares to compete for a fifth straight Classic Physique Olympia championship at the 2023 Olympia Weekend in Orlando, FL on Nov. 2-5, 2023.Bumstead has been open about his training, as shown in a recent YouTube video documenting a leg workout he took on with Christian Guzman, Bumstead's business partner and occasional training partner.

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The ability to build muscle in response to training is a part of our physiology.It's deeply encoded in our DNA and persists throughout our lifespan.Meaning, lifters of any age and experience level should be able to add noticeable muscle to their frames.If you're deliberately and dedicatedly hitting the gym in the hopes of adding muscle mass, but still not seeing results, it's time to step back and think.

Juneteenth not only became a federal holiday in 2021, but the Los Angeles City Council also voted last week that June 19 is an official day off for city workers.Juneteenth commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans, and specifically observes when the news reached Galveston, Texas, more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln issued an executive order "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."

Since the NFL won't allow Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes to promote beer, Coors Light found a loophole to include him in a commercial.Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is the biggest star in the NFL, given his success through his first five years as a starter.He has won the Super Bowl twice and won NFL and Super Bowl MVP awards twice each.

Antonio Brown's indoor football team, Albany Empire, just got booted out of the National Arena League.The ex-NFL player sure knows how to make an exit.It took Antonio Brown roughly three months to blow up his NFL career in the 2021 season.It also took him three months to blow up an indoor football team that, prior to Brown's arrival, were the two-time defending champions of the league.

Is Stefon Diggs forcing his way out of Buffalo?Bills coach Sean McDermott is concerned about the situation after Diggs didn't show up to OTAs.The veteran wide receiver was frustrated with his team's inability to close games in the NFL Playoffs, specifically after they lost to the Cincinnati Bengals in the AFC Divisional Round.

Figure 1: WebSocket connection establishment between client and server WebSocket is a communication protocol just like HTTP.The essential requirement of WebSocket is to communicate between clients such as a web browser and a server, unlike HTTP, WebSockets start from ws:// or wss://.It provides full-duplex communication channels over a single TCP connection, enabling real-time two-way communication.

"The nuances of preparing, prosecuting, acquiring, and maintaining patents are the craft of the patent attorney.Understanding the impact of actions along that path is something that requires true collaboration from many disciplines within an organization."As a patent practitioner and corporate strategist speaking at IPWatchdog's Patent Prosecution & Portfolio Management Masters program next week, on a panel titled "Strategic Portfolio Acquisition and Maintenance; Ensuring Business Objectives Align with Patent Strategy," I decided to gather some resources that help organize potential business objectives and questions that can be answered so that patent strategy, portfolio maintenance, and portfolio acquisition are able to be aligned with a business strategy.

March 15, 2023, marked the official beginning of the National Football League's new season.It also meant the start of the free agency period, when teams make deals with players no longer under contract with their former teams; each new contract can literally mean millions of dollars of a team's budget.

"Honeywell held that 'unexpected properties may cause what may appear to be an obvious composition to be nonobvious,' not that unexpected mechanisms of action must be found to make the known use of known compounds nonobvious." - Federal Circuit
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) ruled in a precedential decision Wednesday that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) was correct to affirm a United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) examiner's finding that the claims of U.S. Patent Application 15/131,442 were obvious in view of the prior art.

Two weeks ago, a federal judge sentenced Robert Birchum, a former Air Force lieutenant colonel, to three years in jail for removing hundreds of secret documents from their authorized locations and storing them in his home and officer's quarters.In April, a judge sentenced Jeremy Brown, a former member of U.S. Special Forces, to more than seven years in prison partly for taking a classified report home with him after he retired.

Seamless Bay Area's Ian Griffiths just completed an extensive study tour of Switzerland's intercity rail and urban transit systems.Streetsblog wanted to bring his thoughts to readers.A key success factor in Switzerland's attractive, high-ridership system is the principle of "One journey, One ticket": the idea that when you pay a fare, it's for your entire journey, no matter how many times you transfer between modes or operators.

Patriots "I think he's a tremendous talent."The Patriots' offensive line was porous for extended stretches during the 2022 season, due in large part to lackluster play at the tackle position.If New England plans on righting the ship in a key area of its offense, it needs a rebound season from returning starter Trent Brown.

Audio producer Listen, the leading independent podcast and radio company in the UK, has announced its acquisition by global podcast group PodX.With Listen's market-leading position and reputation in the UK, this deal is a milestone acquisition for PodX.For Listen, it will super-charge the company's next phase of growth and give the company global reach.

On June 7, 2023, the Ninth Circuit issued its opinion in VHT, Inc. v. Zillow Group, Inc., in which it affirmed the trial court's findings of infringement against Zillow and the award of statutory damages.In 2019, the Ninth Circuit had previously found mostly in Zillow's favor as to an earlier trial and had reversed and remanded the case back for further proceedings.

This case addresses pleading standards in view of contradicting factual assertions and a complaint's disavowal of statements in an exhibit.Background Healthier Choices Management Corp. ("HCM") sued Philip Morris for patent infringement accusing Philip's "electronic nicotine delivery system" called the IQOS system.

Robert Mondavi paved the way for Napa Valley to take a place among the leading wine regions of the world and raised the bar for all American producers.By the force of his charismatic personality, Mr. Mondavi, a hard-driving visionary who established the Robert Mondavi Winery after being forced out of the family business, practically willed Napa to strive for greatness.

Ayo Walker Typically, one hears the term "carceral" used in discussions of prisons and jails.One significant aim of the prison abolition movement is to critique and eliminate carceral forms of state punishment that encage, degrade and dehumanize human beings while stripping them of agency.

Going into yesterday's arraignment, I believed the release conditions would be the only thing of note.I was wrong.Alleged Trump co-conspirator Walt Nauta wasn't even arraigned!It seems he may be having difficulty finding local counsel to add to his Trump-funded lawyer, Stan Woodward.Still, the release conditions were newsworthy, but it took until Anna Bower wrote up her 27-hour wait for the 30-minute hearing before what happened became fully clear: on the summons, the government asked for no release conditions besides the order that neither man commit any more crimes (!!!), something Trump attorney Todd Blanche optimistically assured his client could do.

Thousands of dead fish washed up on the gulf coast of Texas over the weekend, and massive globs of seaweed carrying plastic pollution infested with flesh-eating bacteria are raising public health concerns at Florida's famous beaches.Like a cat leaving a mangled rat on the doorstep, the oceans seem to be trying to get our attention.

There are several countries in Southeast Asia where one of the tourist attractions is floating markets.You'll see some in Thailand, Vietnam, and Cambodia, and if you've never seen one before, it's an interesting thing to experience.But for a lot of these countries, flooding and the harsh effects of climate change are also part of their reality.

Dezeen School Shows: a centre that explores the impact of mining is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Manchester School of Art.Also included is a fabric upcycling facility in an adaptively reused industrial courtyard and a assembly building constructed around a nuclear reactor on the shores of Lake Windermere.

There's something about wooden architecture that is simply so humble and endearing.Wood has been a material of choice for construction for ages galore.Wood ages beautifully - anything built with wood will retain the character of your house.And it also manages to incorporate an aura of warmth and serenity within the living space.

When a struggling team scores a thrilling victory especially in a packed ballpark against a crosstown rival before a day off the question just has to be asked: How big was this win?It's an irresistible question, even though let's be honest it's mostly meaningless.If the Mets had lost to the Yankees again on Wednesday night, they would not have given up on the season.

Before Kurt Cobain sang "entertain us!" as a kind of threat in 1991, his immortal band Nirvana dropped an album in the last decade of the '80s, without which, grunge as we know it could have never blown up.On June 15, 1989, Nirvana released Bleach, a debut album that attracted little to nothing in the way of mainstream attention or validation upon its release.

Good morning.It's Thursday.We'll revisit what surveys say about New York and how they shape perceptions of the city.We'll also see why the spotted lanternfly is not your friend.Image Credit...Amanda Perobelli/Reuters We know these things well, everything above except the song lyric because of surveys.

See it, squish it, report it.That was the spotted lanternfly mantra of summers past, and the striking bugs are back this year, despite New Yorkers' best efforts.Native to parts of Asia, the spotted lanternfly was first seen in the United States nearly a decade ago, when it was found at a Pennsylvania landscaping company that imported stones from abroad.

At the start of Robert Icke's The Doctor, the actress Juliet Stevenson stands alone in a spotlight onstage.Am I sure?Yes.Yes! she says crisply as if to an invisible interlocutor.I'm crystal clear.I'm a doctor.As the play's title character, a grammatically exacting neurosurgeon named Ruth Wolff, Stevenson will repeat those last two phrases many times as events unfold and Ruth's clarity and intellectual certainties erode.

Starbucks has long portrayed itself as a queer-friendly workplace.On its own website, the company touts its benefits for trans employees, its longtime support of marriage equality, and its willingness to fly the rainbow flag at its Seattle headquarters.The Human Rights Campaign calls it one of the best places to work for LGBTQ+ equality.

Private foundations are best known for their grantmaking.However, each year, foundations nationwide invest hundreds of billions, often with the simple goal of maximizing financial returns to fund future grants.While many foundations screen their endowment investments based on environmental, social, and governance factors, only a few optimize their investment strategies for mission impact.

OAKLAND The sun was out.A cool breeze was blowing.It was the perfect day for some jazz and blues in the park.On Monday afternoon, the First Presbyterian Church of Oakland brought a free music festival to the Mosswood Park Amphitheater.Like most concerts, this one provided foot-tapping tunes and general merriment.

Israeli military prosecutors will not pursue criminal charges against soldiers who detained and gagged a 78-year-old Palestinian American man and then left him unconscious in a building site shortly before he was pronounced dead.The Israeli Army announced on Tuesday that soldiers involved in the detention of the man, Omar Assad, 78, during an early-morning operation in January 2022 in a village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, would only face internal disciplinary measures.

But while the group clearly wants to drive down federal spending, it still hasn't settled on a strategy to get there or what else to push for.That uncertainty lies at the heart of House Republicans' often-chaotic state: McCarthy's biggest skeptics on the right are happy to use hardball tactics in their slim majority, even if it hurts the party's priorities, yet their lack of clear demands make it nearly impossible for leadership to satisfy them - or for the resisters to wield their influence toward a clear endgame.

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Los Angeles City Council President Paul Krekorian said Tuesday evening he will move to suspend Councilmember Curren Price, hours after Price was charged with 10 counts of embezzlement, perjury and conflict of interest by the L.A. County district attorney's office.

Seamless Bay Area's Ian Griffiths just completed an extensive study tour of Switzerland's intercity rail and urban transit systems.Streetsblog wanted to bring his thoughts to readers.A key success factor in Switzerland's attractive, high-ridership system is the principle of "One journey, One ticket": the idea that when you pay a fare, it's for your entire journey, no matter how many times you transfer between modes or operators.

Lionel Messi is making the move to MLS, following a long line of stars who found success in Europe but came stateside to add a new chapter towards the end of their careers.The Argentine legend has announced that he'll be joining Inter Miami and diving headfirst into the top flight of North American soccer.

You've heard this a million times by now: artificial intelligence is changing the marketing world and how brands advertise to consumers - and the trend isn't stopping anytime soon.In fact, the global market revenue of AI in marketing will likely grow from $27.4 billion in 2023 to $107.4 billion in 2028.

Ogury, the global leader in personified advertising, has announced the appointment of Brian Lesser to its board of directors.Lesser is a well-known veteran in media and advertising, having held top leadership positions at WPP, GroupM, and AT&T.Currently, Lesser serves as Chairman and CEO of InfoSum, the world's leading data collaboration platform.

Hardline conservatives have agreed to end their blockade of the House floor while they continue discussions with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy about future spending decisions and a new power-sharing agreement, according to multiple members leaving the speaker's office.Conservatives who had voted against a procedural vote in retaliation for how GOP leadership handled the debt ceiling deal now say they are willing to support the procedural vote, after they received new commitments from McCarthy about how the California Republican plans to operate going forward, though they said the exact details are still being worked out and did not say whether they would ever be made public or put into a written statement.