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New Zealand artist Bruce Mahalski always wanted to work in a museum, but when that didn’t work out, he opened one himself. The Museum of Natural Mystery, housed in his villa in the South Island city of Dunedin, displays a gallery of curiosities, thanks to his lifelong passion for collecting zoological, biological and ethnological artifacts. The skulls and bones are drawn from more than 300 species, many of which he has turned into intricate bone sculptures. Most of the materials for Mahalski's art are sourced from the collecting trips he takes, to the beach, to forests and paddocks. Others come from animals found squashed on the side of the road. The artist, who has a science degree and is able to recognize most bones at a glance, made his first foray into bone art in 2005, when he made a "bone gun" for an anti-war exhibition. He covered cheap plastic machine guns with hundreds of tiny animal bones to protest against children's war toys and the escalation of the so-called war on terror. Ever since, he has specialized in working with bones. Inspired by old Victorian-era displays, Mahalski arranges the bones of animals including rabbits, possums, chickens and seals, and fish fins, to create striking creatures or textural bone surfaces. He uses the bones like paint and works in layers. He starts with undercoats and proceeds to delicate topcoats that involve tiny bones or bone dust. Other highlights in the four-room museum include the jaw of an extinct cave bear and an old painting that was created in a local mental hospital in the 1920s by a famous New Zealand murderer. Then there's a clay sculpture which was allegedly damaged by a poltergeist in a Wellington art school and a cow's skull with a horn growing out of the middle of its head like a rhinoceros. “I think everyone should start up a museum in their house,” he says. “All you need to do is to put some labels on things and open the door to people.” While objects like skulls tell their own story, even a simple dinner plate can be very interesting, he says. “I have one which is supposed to have belonged to John Clark, the last man in England hung for stealing sheep in 1830. It might not really have belonged to him, but I think it did and anyway, it's an interesting story and I like telling stories. ” While many see bones as ghoulish, Mahalski sees them as “very beautiful and pure.” “You can't improve on a skull,” he says. “They're so perfect.” For him, bones are not symbols of death but enduring reminders of life. Among the miscellany of mystery, there are also some human bones. “I don't go out of my way to collect human bones, but I have been given quite a few over the years by friends of mine who are doctors. All of them are old medical specimens that were used for teaching. " “I try to be very careful about the way I display human bones in the museum because some cultures, such as the New Zealand Maori, firmly believe that the human spirit still has a connection with its bodily remains after death.” But to him, a gorilla or a lion skull is far more interesting and special than a human one. “While I respect other cultures' beliefs, I personally believe that humans are animals, and very common ones at that.” He says that many ethical considerations go into collecting and making art with bones. "I try to be as respectful as I can and not alter them in any way by painting on them or carving them," he explains. Much of Mahalski’s work is connected with the idea that humans are an integral part of the natural world and have no right to claim a special, separate status. "It is our current disconnectedness from nature that is at the heart of so many of our current problems as a species," he says. By incorporating human bones, he says, he is trying to break down the "invisible barrier between being an animal and being human." "We are all animals," he adds. People who can’t get enough of the museum during its opening hours can stay overnight in a room at the back. Mahalski says that he’s only had good feedback so far, and no one has reported any ghosts of humans or animals.
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Both blurs are cool But i choose V1 has a better text
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For the 2020 model year, the Chevrolet Colorado has a starting price of $22,395. This is for the Colorado Base Extended Cab, which stands as the entry-level trim of the midsize pickup truck. This will change in the next model year, however. Chevrolet has confirmed that the starting price of the Colorado will be $26,395 for the MY 2021 (including destination charge) – a significant $4,000 increase than before, according to a report by CarsDirect. The new price tag will be for the Extended Cab Work Truck, which will stand as the entry-level model for MY 2021 Colorado. This means that the Base Extended Cab will be out of the lineup, but it's for good reasons. In CarsDirect's report, a Chevrolet spokesperson said that the said variant is a slow-seller. The website analyzed that this is because the more affordable trim level is rarely stocked and hardly given any incentive, therefore, truck buyers often go for the higher trim level that gives them more value for their money. Moreover, the new base variant gets a considerable (and understandable) price increase, from $25,895 to $26,395 including destination charge. That's a measly $500 increase that can be broken down to a $400 MSRP and $100 destination charge price hikes. We would like to emphasize the word measly because at this price jump, you'll get the 2021 Colorado's new look that's akin to its bigger pickup truck brother, the Silverado. CarsDirect also mentioned that the higher trim levels will only get minute price updates for the model year update, ranging from $100 to $500. This is good news for those who want to buy the fresh-faced Colorado, which is expected to enter production in April 2020.
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The 2020 AFL season has been postponed after just one round and the AFLW competition cancelled midway through the finals series, with no premiers crowned, following new measures introduced by federal and state governments to combat the coronavirus outbreak. Victoria, NSW, Western Australia and South Australia announced on Sunday a range of measures that will come into force in the next few days to shut down non-essential services and travel. With state borders closing amid the worsening global pandemic, national sports competitions have effectively become unviable, and pressure is mounting on the NRL and Football Federation Australia, both of which also sanctioned play this weekend, to follow suit. But neither the NRL nor FFA on Sunday advised a halt to their leagues. ARL chairman Peter V'landys said it was the commission's intention to proceed with the NRL until there is advice from the government to shut down matches, while FFA CEO James Johnson said the results of the national cabinet meeting on Sunday evening will be considered before providing further advice on the A-League season on Monday. CEO Gillon McLachlan said the AFL industry was facing an unprecedented challenge and the financial effect of Sunday’s decision would be felt far and wide. "Our industry provides livelihoods for thousands and thousands of people but our key focus at the moment - like every organization in the country - is to do everything that needs to be done to help slow the spread of this virus and to keep people as healthy as possible, ”Mr McLachlan said.
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House arrest? Not in our house. As cabin fever set in this past week, recreational athletes fled to the bike lanes, the beaches, the skate parts and all manner of hiking trail. Evidently, you can shutter the gyms, you can close the saloons, but you can’t fully shut down Californians, who exhibit an obsessive need to race, paddle, pedal and dunk. Movement is life. Movement is California. Was this OK? Would the National Guard round them up? To many, it didn’t matter. Yoga classes moved outdoors, shadow-boxed fighters beneath the clouds, and almost everyone seemed respectful of the “mind the gap” safe distance of six feet - plus a little more just to be sure. In tonic-water breezes, in sporadic sun and the occasional downpour, they moved. Fitness fanatics glistened, they panted, they got their hair in a sweaty workout beehive. They juked, they jabbed. They kicked at the sky, they pumped iron. They even slacklined - is that even a verb? Trust me, the way they slackline at Muscle Beach, it’s a crazy transitive action word. If they fall wrong on those giant stretchy tightropes, they might rubber diaper themselves. Hand over fist, acrobats climbed ropes. Rounding corners, cyclists leaned into turns. Embrace the challenge. Burn, baby, burn. After all, sweat is just fat crying. An irresponsible act of civil disobedience? Maybe Guv’nor Gavin will rule so, but it’s difficult to accept the fact that residents are better off - physically and spiritually - cooped up like canaries.
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Boris Johnson has warned the NHS could be "overwhelmed" if people do not act to slow the "accelerating" spread of coronavirus, as he urged the UK not to visit loved ones on Mother's Day. The PM called on the public to join a "heroic and collective national effort" and follow social distancing advice. The number of people who have died in the UK with coronavirus rose to 233 on Saturday, as cases topped 5,000. It comes as NHS England plans to write to 1.5 million people most at risk. Those at-risk people will receive letters or text messages strongly advising them not to go out for 12 weeks to protect themselves, the government said. They include people who have received organ transplants, are living with severe respiratory conditions such as cystic fibrosis or specific cancers, such as blood or bone marrow. In a message to the country on Saturday evening, Mr Johnson said: "The numbers are very stark, and they are accelerating. "The Italians have a superb health care system. And yet their doctors and nurses have been completely overwhelmed by the demand. "The Italian death toll is already in the thousands and climbing. Unless we act together, unless we make the heroic and collective national effort to slow the spread - then it is all too likely that our own NHS will be similarly overwhelmed." He said the UK is only "two or three" weeks behind Italy, adding that he recognized the government was imposing measures "never seen before either in peace or war" - but said they were essential. There have been 220,000 cases of the virus worldwide with more than 9,000 deaths. Italy has seen its death toll for the past month reach 4,825, the highest in the world. 'Cannot sugar-coat threat' As families prepare to celebrate Mother's Day on Sunday, Mr Johnson said the best single present for mothers was to stay away. It comes after the government this week told all restaurants, cafes and pubs - as well as some other public spaces like gyms and cinemas - to close. "This time, the best thing is to ring her, video call her, Skype her, but to avoid any unnecessary physical contact or proximity," the PM said. "And why? Because if your mother is elderly or vulnerable, then I am afraid all the statistics show that she is much more likely to die from coronavirus, or Covid-19. We cannot disguise or sugar-coat the threat."
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DOOM Eternal runs slicker than cat crap on linoleum floors, well that's a saying around where I grew up. Basically, it runs fast, really fast but what if you're running something like an APU only, are you left out or can you jump in the fray of DOOM Eternal with the rest of the world? That question is exactly what we're here to answer today. On the plate today is the newest of the APU lineup the Ryzen 5 3400G sporting Zen + cores at 4 core and 8 threads along with the Vega 11 GPU built in. Thankfully the 12nm build of these parts allows for much higher clocks than the previous generation resulting in the CPU having a 3.7GHz base clock with a 4.2GHz boost and the GPU rocking along at 1400MHz. For this testing, we will not be overclocking anything but the memory because the 3400G is rated at DDR4 2933MHz and our memory kit is running the XMP rated speeds of DDR4 3200.
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Chrome OS makes it easy to make calls or hold chats with Google Hangouts, but what if you want to communicate with someone on Skype? While early versions of the Skype for web did not allow it, you can now make video calls with Skype on a Chromebook. Here's how. 1. Open Chrome and navigate to web.skype.com. You will be redirected to a sign in page. 2. Enter your username, email account or phone number. 3. Enter your password and click Sign in. 4. Choose a friend to chat with, or press + to add a new one 5. Click the camera icon to start a video call, or the phone icon to start an audio call. You're making Skype calls on a Chromebook!
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Carbonaro Broadcast on Rai2 on Thursday 20 February at 21,20 the science-fiction story that brings together the two stars of Hollywood for a film by the special effects amazing Put together two of the young stars of the moment, a love story in the background, and many special effects, maybe also engages a great actor for the role more complex so that they are right, in addition take a super director and see what comes out Passengers. The film is a science fiction broadcast on Rai2 at 21,20 Thursday, February 20, worth on Behalf a flattering 2,79 out of 5, for a film that keeps to the bottom of his premises but thanks to some of the scenes are admirable is the entry of law in the history of cinema. Passengers, plot, and cast During an interstellar trip with no return from the Land to a new home on another planet, two passengers, respectively, Jennifer Lawrence in the role of Aurora Lane and Chris Pratt in Jim Preston - are woken up 90 years ahead of schedule for a failure of the ship. Jim and Aurora find themselves with the prospect of spending the rest of their life on board, even with all the possible comforts, and they fall in love but they discover that the ship is in grave danger and that each of them has hidden secrets. The life of 5,000 sleeping passengers depends on Jim and Aurora, only they can save them. For a good part of the film, the only counterpart to this in the spaceship with which to speak except for the two actors is the robot Arthur beautifully interpreted by the talented Michael Sheen. Also starring Laurence Fishburne and Andy Garcia for the two minor roles. Passengers, the trailer Passengers, the scene of the pool in the absence of gravity Passengers, curiosity The film had an extremely long gestation, the first script exists since 2007, but it was realized only in 2015, with a budget of 110 million dollars. Passengers has grossed over 300 million dollars in the world and is considered to be a great live-action original, i.e. not based on pre-existing material such as books or comics. The direction was entrusted to sci-fi to Norwegian director Morten Tyldum who touched on the Oscar with his film The Imitation Game. Among the directors that in the course of development production of the film have been considered, there is also the Italian Gabriele Muccino. The two main roles were entrusted to Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt, but in principle, the protagonists had to be Reese Witherspoon and Keanu Reeves. For the croncaca pink the divorce of Chris Pratt from his wife in the aftermath of the film would have been caused by Jennifer Lawrence. For many critics the film is a kind of metaphor of marriage interpreted as a prison.
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Kolo Toure cannot help himself. Asked how he feels about Liverpool’s defeat at Watford on 29 February - a result which ended their 18-match Premier League winning run and their hopes of emulating Toure’s Arsenal’s ‘Invincibles’ by going unbeaten for an entire league season - the former defender says all the right things. "Liverpool are an unbelievable team," he says. "What they have done is unbelievable. They won every game. We didn’t do that. We won a few and drew a few. [Going unbeaten] is not something you really care about." Except he does. The two secret fist-pumps give him away. However this coronavirus-disrupted campaign turns out, Toure is still a member of what remains a very exclusive club. It is now more than 18 years since the short trial at Arsenal that was to change Toure’s life. He has packed quite a lot into the intervening period. In addition to that momentous 2004 title, he won further trophies with the Gunners and more at Manchester City and Celtic. He played in major finals for Liverpool and 120 times for Ivory Coast. In 2011, he served a six-month ban after failing a drugs test. He is now working as a coach under Brendan Rodgers at Leicester and will shortly complete his Uefa Pro Licence course at St George's Park. It was during a Football Association media training day that Toure sat down to talk about his varied career, being an inspiration for African players, his coaching aspirations and his brother, Yaya. A long way from home Toure was one of the first players from the Ivory Coast to play in the Premier League - and the first to do so at a title-challenging club. He felt failure was not an option if others were to get a chance to follow. "I did feel like that. I felt I had to do everything properly. If you do things right people will always think ‘Kolo Toure comes from the Ivory Coast and he’s doing well, that means there are other good players in the Ivory Coast’ and they will go and find new talent there. "I was really proud of that because [Didier] Drogba, Yaya, [Didier] Zokora, Gervinho, Salomon Kalou and many other players from the Ivory Coast came here to express their talent. "But there were two things I needed to learn very quickly. The language and the weather. It was difficult being without my family. And it seemed like it was always raining. "On one particular day, I was told to go into London for a scan. I looked out of the window and the sky was blue. I thought 'what a great day!'. So I put my shirt on and went to London. Unbelievable. I was freezing. I learned straightaway that you always need a coat in this country." 'I am more competitive than Yaya' In July 2009, Toure left Arsenal for Manchester City for £14m. Twelve months later, he was joined by brother Yaya at Etihad Stadium. In 2012 they were both in the squad that won the Premier League title. A song created in their honour by the City fans is still sung to this day. "I have never had the chance to say thank you to the people who do that. It touches my heart. When you come to another country and the people embrace you and like you, give you praise and even sing your name, it is unbelievable for me and my brother. "If somebody had told me 15 years ago 'Kolo, people will be singing your name everywhere in the UK' I would have said 'are you joking?' "I can’t compare myself to my brother. He was a better player than me, for sure. I know he loves City but because English is not our first language, sometimes we say things we don’t mean. "He did better than me here and he is more talented. But I am more competitive than Yaya. I was a better runner and I worked hard. "If Yaya had my work, with his talent, he would win the Ballon d’Or." 'I felt like I had hurt my daughter with drugs ban' In March 2011, it was revealed the versatile defender had failed a drugs test. He had taken some of his wife’s water tablets in an attempt to control his weight. He was subsequently banned for six months, missing City’s FA Cup final victory over Stoke. "It was very, very difficult. I am very careful of my weight. Even now, I weigh myself pretty much every day. I have done that since the start of my career. "My weight had been up and down a little bit and when you put on two, three or four kilos you are a different player, so I took something to make me go to the toilet more. "I didn’t know I had done anything wrong. When I found out, I was shocked. "The thing that hurt a lot more was when my daughter came to me and said 'Dad, you took drugs?' One of the boys at school made a comment to her: 'We'll have to test you because your dad took drugs'. I had to explain in the football world when people say ‘drugs’ it can just mean something that is banned, not cocaine or anything like that. "I felt like I had hurt her a little bit. That was the bad side of it." Paving the way as a coach In September 2017, Toure announced his retirement to take up a coaching role with Rodgers at Celtic. He followed the former Liverpool boss to Leicester in February 2019 and became a first-team coach. He hopes to be an inspiration to other African coaches. "At the end of my career I thought about what I could bring to the world. What is my strength in my life? I thought about other industries but the only thing I really knew and enjoyed was football. The only industry I felt I could really bring some creativity to was football. "I want to pass my experience and knowledge onto the young generation. "One of the most important things – touching my heart – is that I am from Africa. There aren’t many African managers in the top leagues in England or Europe. I am used to having to come from a long way because there are no idols and no role models to look up to. That is why I am doing my badges. "Some of my friends who have been playing maybe haven’t thought of that. But I want to do it because Africa needs that. "You are putting yourself out there and it’s going to be hard. But there always has to be one person to start – and then the rest will follow. "I have a dream that one day an African team may win the World Cup. Maybe it will take 20 years, maybe 30. Maybe I will be one of those who tries but it doesn’t happen and it’s left to the next generation. But this is what I am working for. This is my target. "To achieve something, you have to dream about it. If you don't dream about it, you will never get there." 'When the time comes to move on, everyone will feel it' Toure has spent two and a half years soaking up the knowledge gained from being part of Rodgers’ coaching team. He is thankful for every minute. And while he has no plans to branch out on his own just yet, he has ideas for when it eventually happens. "I love the game. I have a passion for the game. I love to be around the players and give advice. "I like to be positive. You will have ups and downs but the most important thing is to keep fighting and keep believing in what you are doing. I do it naturally. "People want to work with good people. As long as you are a good man, you have good manners and want to bring the best from the players, the players will like you. "I am very happy with my progression right now, working with Brendan Rodgers. I am learning a lot. When the time comes, everybody will feel it."
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As coronavirus pushes more of us into self-isolation and lockdown, what’s your working setup like? We’re taking a look at people’s home offices - from the laptop trays stacked on sofas to the fancy marble rooms with standing desks - in our new mini series, Where I Work. So far we’ve peeked at the desk of a comedian and seen how one writer is working on a houseboat. Today we’re hanging out with Tony Riddle, also known as The Natural Life-stylist, an ultra-endurance barefoot athlete and natural lifestyle coach, in his home in Hampstead, London. An interesting thing about Tony’s home and work setup: He doesn’t have any chairs in his home. No, not even a nice sofa to lounge on. Hi, Tony! What do you do for work? I teach people how to rewild themselves and their habits within their home and office habitat; to live more in sync with their natural human biology. I do one-to-one coaching, online coaching tutorials, hold talks, classes, run workshops and host retreats. And where are you working now? I live with my wife Katarina and our four children aged ten, eight, three, and five months in Hampstead, London. I usually coach London-based clients face-to-face at my studio in Camden or outside on Hampstead Heath. I also coach international clients via Zoom. Because I work across different time zones, I have dedicated work set up at home. With coronavirus, I’ll be taking all clients online so working from home full-time.
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Talking Cars 247: Your Favorite Automotive Podcast Goes Remote
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Main theme: The podcast has a different look this week because our panelists have switched to remote locations in light of the coronavirus outbreak. Along those lines, this week we tell you why it’s important to be diligent about disinfecting your car’s interior surfaces, and we give tips on how to accomplish this without damaging the materials. Driven this week: 2020 Toyota Highlander -
North Korea has fired two projectiles into the sea, according to South Korea's military. It said the projectiles appeared to be short-range ballistic missiles. They were launched early on Saturday from Pyongan province towards the East Sea, also known as the Sea of Japan. North Korea launched multiple missiles as part of firing drills earlier this month. The US and China have called on Pyongyang to return to talks on ending its nuclear and missile programs. On Saturday, South Korea's Joint Chief of Staff said it was monitoring the situation in case there are additional launches. It described the actions as "extremely inappropriate" at a time when the world was dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic. The projectiles flew for 410km (255 miles) with a maximum altitude of around 50km, the South Korean military said. Japan's coast guard confirmed a missile had landed outside the waters of its exclusive economic zone. It comes as North Korea announced it would be holding a session of the Supreme People's Assembly, the country's parliament, on 10 April. Analysts say the meeting will involve almost 700 of the country's leaders in one spot. Rachel Minyoung Lee, from North Korea monitoring website NK News said on Twitter that the meeting would "be the ultimate show of (North Korea's) confidence in managing the coronavirus situation".
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Microsoft published a blog post today explaining how it's defending Windows users against cyber attacks taking advantage of the novel coronavirus crisis. This is a serious concern. Email spammers have used COVID-19 to convince people to download malicious attachments, malware distributors have co-opted an infection dashboard created by Johns Hopkins University and other scammers have set up tens of thousands of websites with domain names related to the pandemic. But the problem shouldn't be blown out of proportion. "While phishing and other email attacks are indeed happening," Microsoft said, "the volume of malicious emails mentioning the coronavirus is very small." That might change as the pandemic continues, but at least for now there don't appear to be any large-scale attacks.
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A 27-inch IPS panel with 1440p resolution and a 144 Hz refresh rate? It's the stuff of gaming nirvana, and if you can snag one for $ 200 off, that makes it worthy of the Best Tech Deals list. We give you the BenQ EX2780Q, which is on sale for $ 200 off for a total of $ 400 on Amazon. That's the lowest price we've ever seen for this display. In our hands-on with the BenQ EX2780Q, we were impressed with the audio performance offered by its two 2W speakers and single 5W subwoofer. It also boasts BenQ's HDRi technology, which detects the amount of light in the room, reads the content playing and alters brightness levels to make color more accurate. However, we did not prefer this feature with darker scenes. QHD resolution (2560 x 1440) is currently the sweet spot for the best gaming monitors in terms of balancing performance and detail. Sure, 4K gaming monitors will give you sharper detail, but you'll need a powerful graphics card to get smooth gameplay. It's the opposite with 1080p. But 1440p? It's the Goldilocks resolution for gamers. Gaming-ready, this monitor boasts a 144 Hz refresh rate, plus AMD FreeSync for fighting screen tears. The EX2780Q also supports HDR games and other HDR content. However, it's limited to DisplayHDR 400 certification, whereas the best HDR monitors for gamers shoot for DisplayHDR 600 at least. The EX2780Q does support 95% of the DCI-P3 space, so there's wide gamut chops, at least. All told, it's one heck of a high-end package for just $ 399. We want one. Badly.