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The weapon a nerve poison called sarin–symbolized Armageddon. At least that’s the role the poison plays in the apocalyptic teachings of a 40-year-old cult leader who last week became Japan’s most wanted man. “Venerated Master” Shoko Asahara. whose followers greet him by kissing his big toe, says sarin will be a primary weapon in the “final world war,” set to begin as early as 1997. Thousands of police raided outposts of Asahara’s empire and allegedly turned up truckloads of chemicals that could be used to make....

Now, hardcore Pokemon TCG collectors have something to look forward to, depending on whether or not they have the cash to spend on their collection. A company called Collector’s Cabinets has revealed a brand new line of museum-quality cabinets, cases, and frames for those Pokemon TCG collectors who are serious about taking care of their cards while showing them off to others. RELATED: McDonald’s Pokemon Cards Are Selling for $500 Dollars On eBay...

Fans were initially very skeptical of Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, as there had been countless games before it which adapted the story of Dragon Ball Z, and quite frankly it was getting old. That said, as more and more information was made available about the game, it became clear that this would be an astoundingly faithful reproduction and would tug on the nostalgic heartstrings of fans like no other game....

To see how this might work, check out Worktrack, a product of Aligo, a Mountain View, Calif., producer of “mobile services.” The system is sold to employers who want to automate and verify digital time-logs of their workers in the field. The first customers are in the heating and air-conditioning business. Workers have cell phones equipped with GPS that pinpoint their locations to computers in the back office. Their peregrinations can be checked against the “Geo Fence” that employers draw up, circumscribing the area where their work is situated....

The new findings center on a blood protein called ApoE, which can take any of three forms (dubbed E2 through E4), depending on a person’s genetic makeup. Everyone inherits two copies of the gene for ApoE, and the Duke findings suggest that people with at least one E4 variant are at the greatest risk. In one of the new studies, Roses’s group analyzed tissue samples from more than 400 people and found that two thirds of Alzheimer’s sufferers, but only one third of healthy controls, carried the E4 gene....

What adds fuel to such speculation is Jim Ryan’s recently discussion on some of the upcoming first-party PS5 titles. This included titles that already have a release date and the ones whose release windows are known. Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart recently got a release date, and Ryan also seemingly confirmed that Horizon: Forbidden West is still a 2021 title. However, this game was neglected. RELATED: PlayStation’s Expansion to PC May Exclude Games like Bloodborne...

It was recently reported that Microsoft have propositioned a ten-year deal to Nintendo to bring Call of Duty back to Nintendo consoles, typifying the potential wide-spanning series changes that may occur in the near future. With this in mind, it is important to remember the long and sometimes bizarre history between the shooter franchise and Nintendo consoles. RELATED: Satisfying DMZ Clip Shows Call of Duty: Warzone 2 Player Getting Kill Through Front of Exfil Helicopter...

Announcing this at a media conference here Tuesday, promoters Procam International said the total registrations received for the upcoming run had crossed 25,000, crossing last year’s count by around 3,000 registrations. Besides Oloitiptip, the elite field also includes the likes of Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor, Lucy Kabuu and Meselech Melkamu and their track and field counterparts Moses Kipsiro, Vincent Chepkok, Linet Masai and Ababel Yeshaneh. Kamworor, winner of the Bangalore 10K in 2012, ran the fastest half-marathon of 2013, while Kabuu is among the world’s leading female distance runners, and Melkamu was one of the fastest debutants in marathon in 2012....

NEWSWEEK: Do you agree with Gus Dur that most Acehnese want to remain in the republic? RAIS: We cannot jump to that optimistic conclusion, because most probably the Acehnese people want to imitate East Timor and choose full independence. People in Aceh feel that their human rights and dignity have been violated time and again by the security apparatus, which has murdered innocent people, raped their women and tortured them....

Her show, like her whole career, is a triumph of attitude. “Show business,” she says, “is all well and good but you can’t take it too seriously.” I liked it that one of the four chorus girls who herald her appearance with a blast of angelic trumpets comes on stage conspicuously chewing gum, faintest of tummy poking out over the waistband of her spangled diaphanous pants. Midler’s backup singers have been reconstituted as the “politically correct Harlettes,” living proof that no race has a monopoly on tackiness....

Now some entertainers and executives–most of whom would speak only anonymously–say this armor is starting to come down. In private, they are willing to talk about an evolving sense of responsibility. “I am more sensitive than a year ago because of what is in the air,” says the head of one major film studio. “Not that I believe [violent entertainment] causes street violence. But there is validity to the idea that it is a contributing factor, along with guns....

The values that I was taught by my parents, that life is about service–and that service is the rent you pay for living, not something you do in your spare time. It was also the values of being for something beyond yourself. They understood that parenting didn’t stop at their own front door. When I grew up there was an extended family commitment to all the children in our community....

People have been ingesting Saint Johnswort, a yellow-flowered plant with the Latin name of Hypericum perforatum, for some 2,000 years. Some believe it was initially used in ancient Greece to drive away evil spirits. It’s been popular for about 15 years in Europe as a natural remedy for depression. In Germany, where it’s currently the leading treatment, physicians write some 3 million prescriptions a year–25 times the number they write for Prozac....

Norlevo, an estrogen-free contraceptive made from the synthetic hormone levonorgestrel, works by preventing a fertilized egg from attaching itself to the wall of the uterus. If ingested within 24 hours, the pill is 95 percent effective. Available over the counter in France, it is sold by prescription only in the United States. “Girls should be able to get it where they spend most of their time,” says Dr. Laure Sirinelli of Broussais Hospital in Paris, “and that’s at school....

Nobody disputes that Depo-Provera is a highly effective contraceptive. The synthetic version of the female hormone progesterone, Depo-Provera works by blocking ovulation. It needs to be injected only once every three months. And it has a failure rate lower than that of oral contraceptives. But the FDA denied U.S. approval in the 1970s after test beagles on the drug developed breast cancer and two rhesus monkeys developed endometrial cancer. Upjohn contends those findings were not relevant to humans....

A 5G BlackBerry smartphone is coming with the iconic physical keyboard in 2022, which hopefully could help recapture its loyal fanbase. But who needs a physical keyboard smartphone in 2022 anyway? OnwardMobility Is Releasing a 5G BlackBerry in 2022 For the third time, BlackBerry-branded phones are making a comeback, and this time they’re doing it with OnwardMobility, a Texas-based tech company. This smartphone branding partnership was announced back in 2020, near the end of BlackBerry’s previous contract with TCL....

These resources are often represented in JSON format though on some occasions XML, text, and HTML format are used. REST APIs have become a standard way for applications to exchange data over a network through HTTP methods like GET, PUT, POST, and DELETE. They facilitate creating, reading, updating, and deleting resources commonly referred to as CRUD operations. This guide explores how you can use Node.JS to create a simple CRUD Restful API....

Promoted to captain of a fast-attack submarine, Commander Waddle went on to become a great cheerleader for America’s undersea fleet. But his performance as a sub skipper has been under attack since his ship, the USS Greeneville, sank a Japanese fishing vessel off Pearl Harbor on Feb. 9, killing five adults and four teenagers. Waddle has shown a worthy sense of responsibility, tearfully apologizing to family members of the lost Japanese fishermen....