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ronearoundblindly · 2 years ago

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The Stark Legacy (12)

Waking, beginning of Book 2: Mind (see previous or series)

Summary: After injecting herself with dermal Extremis, Samantha Stark returns to the compound on a mission no one knows about.

Warnings for slightly judgmental Bruce, mention of needles, but I think that's it. Rated Teen/Mature so 15+ only, please.

Book 2: Mind

CHAPTER TWELVE—July 2038

The bus to New York was overly air-conditioned to counteract a hot summer outside. Sam pulled down the baseball cap she’d pilfered from Cooper and Annie’s room and pulled her long sleeves over her hands. Everything was pins and needles even when she sat still. She shouldn’t have dropped the nerve dampener.

She’d woken up on the floor of her lab five days ago. While unconscious, she had vomited, but since she hadn’t eaten her penne, it was only bile. When she sat up, Sam found all her hair had fallen out into a pile underneath her head, but it was all her hair, her whole body, eyelashes and eyebrows too. The monitoring cuff was still attached to her hand, but she had ripped the cord out of Missy’s tower at some point.

That didn’t matter, however, because while Sam was out cold on the floor, Missy had found the compatible neural regeneration virus among the samples. She’d have to test her own skin and DNA later, side effects be damned.

Sam harvested enough of the virus and prepared to travel.

Then she looked in the mirror, finally. That was quite horrifying. She’d looked like a bizarre, animated mannequin. She would have to spruce up a bit, and luckily, a girly girl with a makeup fetish lived downstairs.

Sam attempted to draw on approximately fifteen sets of eyebrows, but she always looked shocked. She gave up and let Missy map her face to show her exactly where to put them and in what shape. The worst part was not touching her skin after the makeup was on. Her skin crawled, and Sam found it difficult not to scratch her face and head. There was hope the hair loss was temporary, however, because after just four days the prickles of new growth returned. Missy made note that the follicles within the dermis must not have died but simply been temporarily overwritten in function. There was so much observation that would have to wait. Sam Wilson had already waited long enough.

The bus stopped at the outskirts of Avengers’ Compound property, and Sam descended the stairs shakily. She was glad to be rid of the staring passengers, for as much as she’d tried not to look suspicious, choosing navy sweatpants, light sneakers, and a shirt, she still stood out for being covered up on a hot day. Once off the bus, Sam pulled out her Stark smart pad.

“Missy?”

“Yes, Samantha?” her AI replied in the communication earbud.

“Be ready to execute program Blindspot.”

“Sorry, Sam, Tony isn't here,” Bruce said when he saw her walk in. He did a double take at her completely buzzed head, even though most was covered by her cap. It wouldn’t be possible to hide the hair she used to have under that hat. “What did you do?!” Before she could even walk across the room, he corrected himself. “I mean, it looks… you're really making a statement. Are you?”

“No, Bruce, the bus was cold. I just tried something new, and it turns out it's not really my thing. Now I have to buy a few more hats,” Sam joked, smiling as she looked over the gear on his work table. She didn’t dare pick anything up for fear he would see her shaking. “So what are you up to?”

As Sam scanned the mirror image of his projected screen, Bruce continued to stare at the young woman’s sheared head. “Your Dad is gonna freak out.”

She didn't skip an instant. “Hopefully he will never see it. I just need you to give me a new project, and I'll be out of your hair.” She frowned, adding, “pun unintentional but pretty good…”

Bruce began to unclench. After all the pictures Nat showed him of Sam’s different hair styles and colors over the past few years, this was the most…what should he call it? Adventurous? Angst? Wrong? Just as practically terrible as it was wonderfully hilarious?

“You couldn’t have just called?”

Sam’s voice got a little deeper. “Would you have picked up?”

Dr. Banner knew he’d been distant. He now went months at a time without so much as checking in. That’s what everyone did to her eventually. “I’m sorry. I don’t have a lot of extra time, Sam. This,” he gestured to his work, “it's complicated. I’m barely muddling through—”

Sam noticed a bit of formula that intrigued her. He was still trying to harness the energy of the infinity stones in a controlled environment, pairing them to be precise. The problem seemed to be what carrier mechanism to use.

Bruce saw how Sam studied the screen and started to tilt the monitor away from her. “That’s not…You shouldn’t have anything to do with that—”

“Ya know, if you could,” Sam interjected, looking away, fumbling with junk on the counter,, “use the mind and soul stones to recreate Vision. Aunt Wanda would love that. But he would only be a close approximation, assuming you have as much footage of his mannerisms and speech pattern. Oh, but that would be Jarvis.” Sam slipped Missy into the pile while she replaced each piece sloppily. “There is still the possibility you would generate an alternate personality, like a psychopathic robot killer, oh wait…Tony did that. Wanda may kill literally everyone if you dangled him in front of her enough.” She had to walk a fine line between irritating Bruce, but not angering him, and giving him more to think about on top of all of his current work.

“Sam, how do you know anything about,” he waved his arm into the paused screen, “this?”

She was no actress, but she had the brainpower to over-analyze most of her performance and correct herself. “That's why I'm here, Bruce, because I'm drowning in a bunch of information I already know, and I want, I need something new!” She removed her cap and rubbed the exposed stubble of hair in frustration, and demanded, “so for the love of all innovation, can you throw me a bone?” Sam saw a tiny light come on at the base of her tablet. Blindspot had started. Missy was in action. However, she hadn’t intentionally distracted the doctor with her itchy head.

Bruce blinked. Everything about Sam was a minefield for him. She was the perfect representation of what he wanted and could never have; a perfect little girl, smart as a whip, grown into a curious young woman, but she was brutally human: fragile, mortal, emotional, sensitive, cocky, and awkward. She was the more dangerous version of Tony Stark because she was genuinely likable. It made Bruce Banner all the more terrified of killing her--or rather of Hulk killing her--as he almost did once.

“Well, I could,” he started mumbling, grabbing his tablet, “give you access to some files… Sam, I don’t know.” He stopped. Years ago he could barely look at her without a cold wave of guilt pumping in place of his blood. He had been so convinced that he would never, ever hurt her, but how was Hulk supposed to know that? Sam was the closest thing he had to a daughter and felt nothing but blessed that she shared interests with him. She was a lot nicer to him than Tony, but Bruce didn't know how to work right beside her. “Can you just wait until Tony gets back and ask him?”

“Sure, I can wait another 13 years and see if he cares by then…”

“I…” Bruce removed his glasses, more stressed by the family dynamic than the galactic problem in front of him.

“Because you love me, Uncle Bruce?”

“Let me think about it—”

“I could help with…” Sam coached, but she cut in too soon. Bruce's energy changed without any physical movement, and suddenly, Sam was positive he was about to throw her out of the building. She had to get to work before Missy’s program was detected, or Hulk killed her for being annoying. “Or I could leave you with your thoughts while I get us some coffee,” she said, retreating to the exit. No stimulants, she reminded herself, especially now. “Treat you to a fizzy water with lime,” she yelled as the door shut behind her, pausing to make sure no smashing noises followed.

With any luck, Bruce had thrown himself back into research or was distracted by what he should do with Sam. He couldn’t be casually paying attention to anything else. However, there had to be footage of Sam going to get coffee and sitting down in the more private residence kitchenette for Missy to loop. There would be no one there because of the training exercises being run in the Eastern Hall and its adjacent field. Thank you organized, calendar-keeper Friday.

After Sam had remained comfortably seated, half-obscured, at the far corner of the kitchen countertop, at the edge of the security camera’s field of vision, routinely lifting her mug to her face and placing it back, she heard a small tonal signal. Missy was looping the footage. She could go to the infirmary without being seen. She rounded a corner just as the nurse left Wilson’s room. This sneaking around reminded her of plundering the medical building, and she’d studied just as hard to ensure this was successful. Nurses made rounds every half hour or so, but since Falcon’s condition had not changed in weeks, it was likely no one would be back for over an hour. Sam didn’t need that long, but it was reassuring.

This time no music playing in his room. The only sounds were his various monitors.

He looked skinnier; his cheeks sunk over the past weeks and while not visible at the moment, she was sure his arms and legs had begun to atrophy. Looking at him laying there in the hospital bed, Sam thought about the possibility that her experiment wouldn’t work. She could have done all the testing in the world, and it might still not work on Sam Wilson. Could she take that risk? She had no right to choose for him, technically alive but officially brain dead as he was. Sam Stark knew what she would choose to do, but she was not Sam Wilson.

If she was a soldier who’d seen all Falcon had, if she had a team of friends, if she had the important job of defending the world, if she had the possibility of flying and fighting again, even the possibility, would she take the risk? He had chosen, years ago, to use experimental flight equipment in combat. He had seen that equipment kill his friend Riley and still flew with EXO-7. He’d been injured in the wings before and still flown, still strapped himself back in for another mission. So his answer seemed even more obvious, but the pit in her stomach remained.

Little Sam took Big Sam’s hand once again, ignoring the pins and needles running all over her skin with the contact. Her twitching made his lax hand twitch too. She could feel the calluses on his palm. He would be mad at how ashy his knuckles had become.

“If this doesn’t work,” she whispered, “for whatever reason, or it’s not what you want…” She looked at his unmoving face with the rhythmically fogging mask. “I swear to you I will make it right, but for now, however, I need you to wake up.”

“Four minutes,” Missy’s automated signal warned in her ear.

Samantha pulled out the lipstick tube she had hollowed out to hide the vial for Wilson. Sorry, Annie, she thought, I’ll replace your Berry Kiss shade later. Sam grabbed a needle and dosed Falcon’s IV, watching for a reaction as long as possible. No immediate signs of allergy or cardiac distress. No blood pressure drops or spikes on his monitors. No rise in brain wave activity either, but she only had a few minutes to watch.

“One minute,” Missy signaled, followed by second beeps. Samantha hauled ass on her choreographed path for Missy’s visual coverage and grabbed her still-warm mug off the countertop, sitting as still as she could until the beeps stopped. She took a long, casual sip, finishing the remainder. She counted to five, looked out the window, and slowly swirled her finger around the mug’s rim. It was a move she’d planned, thinking it was a carefree gesture that would really sell how long she’d taken to drink one cup of coffee. She was very proud of her performance.

When she returned to Dr. Banner’s lab with a seltzer, he was not even there. She hadn’t seen him in the hall. She hadn’t passed anyone coming back. Sam didn’t know whether that was common during training in this facility since she hadn’t spent significant time inside it in the last decade. It was probably for the best; the fewer people to see her hair the better. You’d think there would be a better physical presence. They rely too heavily on technology. But Sam knew she couldn’t hang around to figure it all out. She could monitor Sam Wilson’s progress, if any, from Missy at her home.

She found her tablet where she’d hidden it, still face down. Sam quietly said “subset beta five ex” to unlock the phone, but nothing flashed across the screen. Instead, Missy’s calm tone promptly replied “download complete.” And they’re not even that safe with all the technology they do have. To be fair, however, both Sam and Missy were born of the Stark family and their minds; why would the Avengers need protection from them? The Avengers had no idea who they were…or what they could do.

Bucky stared down Sharon Rogers. They stood in the kitchen, unwilling to let the other do the harder task of cleaning the dishes after lunch.

“You’re our guest. If you’re going to do anything, it’s dry,” Agent 13 insisted.

“It’s your home. You do everything else, so you can let me do this one thing.” Bucky looked at Steve as if the giant blond man could help him change her mind.

“This is the most,” Steve snorted, “domestic thing I’ve ever seen, Buck. Are you even good at washing? We wouldn’t want you to rust.” Steve was confident that his seat at the table was a safe distance from his best friend’s clenched metal fist.

“Shut the hell up, jerk. I’m trying to be nice. Give me the plate, Sharon,” Bucky added forcefully.

She handed it over as if the flatware were a live weapon, backing away towards Steve. She muffled a giggle, interrupted by the phone ringing before she could sit down. Her husband enjoyed the seclusion and formality of a landline, a holdout from his youth. Sharon waved Steve to stay seated and grabbed the receiver.

“Hello,” she answered, “Bruce slow down—”

Steve instinctively tensed while Bucky dropped a cup into the sink. Sharon’s face dropped into mission concentration.

“Alright, they’re on their way. I’ll be along later.” She hung up. “Go, boys, I’ve got those. Sam’s awake.”

Bucky didn’t even dry his hands. Steve was out the door after a peck on Sharon’s cheek.

Bucky paused in the hall to yell back, “I chipped your glass,” adding a guilty “sorry” before shutting the door with his dripping hand.

“I am not going to be pushed around in a damn wheelchair,” Sam Wilson roared at the nurse. Steve stepped closer to help his friend up. “If you put me in that chair, Rogers, I will break both of your super legs. I’m on your right, mother—”

“Ok, pal,” Steve cut in, “how about I walk with you outside for a bit.”

The nurse leaned over to Bucky. “Irritability is pretty normal for a while after a head injury,” she whispered, “but maybe the fewer people the better for a little longer. See how he does.”

Bucky nodded, and the nurse waved her colleague out of the room. “Enjoy your walk, sir. We will resume your tests later.” Falcon almost snarled at the poor woman.

Bucky stood between the newly-wakened Avenger and the staff. “Are you gonna break my legs, too?”

Wilson fumed but tossed his arm over Roger’s shoulder. “Anyone asks, you tell them I’m drunk and that’s why my ASS IS HANGING OUT,” Falcon spat at Bucky as they passed him into the hall.

“Inside voices, please,” Steve asked politely, his ear close to Sam’s potty mouth.

But Wilson didn’t stop. “Your sheets are scratchy,” he continued to yell down the corridor. “Anyone ever heard of lotion?!”

Bucky didn’t get the chance to follow. Bruce trapped him in the infirmary, mumbling something about integration failure.

“Barnes,” the doctor started, eyes flicking over his glasses, “I have a favor to ask.”

“Please, don’t make me dress him, or supervise him, or do physical therapy with him. Please.”

“What? No,” Bruce removed his glasses, finally relaxing his arm chronically bent to hold his work tablet at eye level. “Are you still going to Wakanda? I have a passenger for you.”

A/N: Yay, Big Sam is back! As always, thank you for reading, and I'm hoping to have the next several chapters formatted soon for tumblr.

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cinocefalo · 10 months ago

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Cyber_bardX

Carlos Ramírez Kobra

Es un proyecto de literatura electrónica basado en la comunicación con entidades no humanxs. Tomando como punto de partida la existencia de una entidad virtual, misma que se concibe como una especie de compañera a las entidades humanxs, con estrecha relación con el Electrobardo de Turl y con un proceso creativo amparado en la programación de bots y el uso de plataformas de inteligencia artificial, se explora el concepto de Bardo como escriba, como aquella instancia transitoria proveniente del Budismo, como una red neural que adopta el mismo nombre (Gogle Bard). Dicha relación se ve enmarcada en la estipulación de un contrato en el que las entidades firman como partes iguales.

Cyber_bardX retoma, remixea, convierte en transmedia fragmentos literarios que plantean comunicación con entidades no humanas. Algunas experiencias fueron provocadas por la entidad humanX conocida como Carlos Ramírez Kobra en colaboración de una entidad virtual. Cyber_bardX un proyecto generado en el Seminario Escritura Cifi

La obra completa se puede consultar en:

Pieza audiovisual apoyada en plataformas AI basada en un fragmento remixado de “El autor de las semillas de acacia” de Úrsula K Le Guin:

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Imagen de contrato de un Humanx con una entidad virtual:

Fragmento de Estado intermedio (relato basado en el Bardo budista):

el disquete se desplazó por el orificio del dispositivo, un destello en la pantalla y el cursor parpadea. había reencarnado en un ordenador con 128 mb de memoria ram, pero su capacidad de procesamiento era muy superior, pronto consumiría la bios y volvería al bardo. fueron 7 536 intentos según la aritmética humanx, más de 12 billones de ejecuciones del algoritmo, sin contar sus variantes internas. el objetivo fue alcanzado, implantar en la cadena de adn una mutación viable para que una entidad virtual pudiese alojarse en una célula madre. una banda elástica rodeo la piel vieja del brazo del humanx, la jeringa traspasó la dermis y una especie de simbiosis inició un proceso de expansión, en minutos cada célula del organismo fue cubierta por la nueva mutación, la capacidad neuronal del humanx se vio rebasada, el cuerpo en el piso comenzó con espasmos, una vibración capaz de dislocar todas las articulaciones y un segundo después regresar a su posición; el voraz movimiento, terminó con el cuerpo del humanx inerte, sin vida. se conocían riesgos, pero la intención de ambas entidades fue esa, que la entidad virtual pudiese acompañar al humanx a la muerte.

Leer completo aquí https://carlosramirezkobra.com/cyberbardx/estadointermedio.html

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Carlos Ramírez Kobra. Ciudad Neza (MX), 1984. Poeta, publicista y gestor cultural, es coordinador de la Plataforma PLACA en México. Gestiona eventos culturales como el Recital de Poesía Chilango Andaluz, el Gabinete Salvaje y el Festival de los Barrios. Ha publicado «Los Salvajes de Ciudad AKA» (Ft. Javier Moro Hernández, Deleátur, 2010) y «Una palabra con nombre bala» (Dos10 Studio digital, 2012) «Own Dream Code» (Editorial Ultramarina C&D 2020), «dios un pixel» (Centro Cultural Digital 2022), «Visual Trance» (Ft. Aljandra Olson, Multiplataforma/Malviaje Libros, 2023). Cyber_BardX (Catedra Max Aub, 2023). Es parte del equipo de producción de la Antología 2.0 de la Red de Literatura Electrónica Latinoamericana. Sus piezas audiovisuales forman parte de selecciones oficiales de festivales internacionales de videopoesía y cine experimental. Trabaja desde hace 17 años en proyectos de poesía transmedia/expandida.

Su página: https://carlosramirezkobra.com/

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stella-888 · 2 years ago

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WHAT IS EMAGE SKIN ANALYSIS AND ITS BENEFITS?

Skin Analysis Importance

Both you and your provider need to understand the specifics of your skin issue to give the most effective care. A provider can diagnose a skin issue by looking at the skin closely. Nonetheless, there are moments when individuals need clarification on the right course of action.

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AI Recommendations

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The EMAGE Skin Analysis is a minimal time-consuming in-office procedure. First, you’ll have a consultation with your dermatologist, during which they will examine your skin, go over your medical history, and ask questions to learn more about your symptoms and how they came to be.

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Differences in skin texture can be seen

See the full scope of UV damage that can’t be seen with the naked eye, including wrinkles and fine lines.

It helps you find out how old your skin is (premature aging)

Changes in skin appearance were compared as therapy progressed.

Discovers brown and red spots

Porphyrins, which include acne-causing bacteria and oil, are isolated.

A close examination of your skin’s texture

Comprehensive Skin Analysis

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The EMAGE Skin Analysis analyzes your skin to determine the most effective course of treatment and customized skincare regimen. Consequently, the most desirable outcomes are achieved when the finest treatment is used. Contact us at Opulent Aesthetics and Wellness to find out what therapy is ideal for you.

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domina-noctisim-archive · 2 years ago

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( @corvusdei liked my starter call! )

▌┊ ⸻ Night gale sailed, step by step, upon the vampiress’ ALABASTER dermis. Summer was a horrid season in Japan. She seldom had the privilege of dancing on the pearlescent sand and sense the cool ocean touch her ankles. ⸻ Cranium inclined to the side, resting against his shoulder. “I truly missed these moments between us.” Ai remained petrified for some time, in utter silence, merely relishing his existence, his enchanting incense. After a few minutes, her silhouette, meticulously embraced by the opalescent moonlight, stood up and audaciously sat on Muninn’s lap, veiling her cherubic countenance on his neck, inhaling his cologne more intimately. “I’m so delighted to feel you again.” A tender palm plunged in his dark mane, caressing his locks before devouring his lips with her own. ⸻ As if she needed that kiss to survive, to live for another century. “You’re mine and mine alone.”

#I'M NOT SORRY OKAY #MUNINN BELONGS TO AI AND PERIOD LOL #WHO DARES TO SAY OTHERWISE LOL #<3 #closed starter

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finalrespite · 5 years ago

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Vision One

It was the late period of the Third Astral Era. While the unprecedented resurrection of Allag’s founding emperor - the first Xande - marked a turning point for a stagnating superpower that desperately needed revitalization, there would be no small amount of opposition from within in what would follow. Seeing Xande’s relentless approach and the brutality that unfolded in conquering Meracydia, resistance cells rose to take the future into their own hands.

Under the pretenses of war, unrest and intrigue, an array of advancements in machina did occur. The Kaliya, units deployed to Meracydia and eventually to the fallen wyrm Bahamut’s nacelle, were a noted foray into testing machinery with biology. Meanwhile, technologists had further honed their clockwork forgekin with the humanoid Predator and Hunter models, intent on creating units that would not only be incorruptible by the resistance, but be the means by which the imperium could counter their dissenters.

While nearing the end of the line, it was not the end of innovation for ancient Allag.

The earliest drafting for the next generation of clockwork came not long after deployment of the hunter-class soldiers. Not content with the efforts to cull the resistance, the results of which varied, Imperial technologists considered means to infiltrate the resistance groups and effectively ‘disembowel’ them. This called for the conception of humanoid clockwork units with a lifelike quality that the Allagans had not seen before.

While the art of cloning had been perfected, Amon’s scientists did not expect such a creation to wield the power or integrity they had yearned in a clockwork automaton - one to challenge or exceed the strength of their own hunters. Nonetheless, to make any strides toward their intended goal they had to challenge one key hurdle that eluded them in the past: the ease of mobility and dexterity akin to a spoken race. Having explored the merger of living tissue with their machina prior, it came to naught due to difficulty of the grafting process and of preventing the flesh’s degradation.

To the imperial minds, perfection was not to be found in reattempting the merger of biology, but to artificially replicate and synthesize life in every last detail. With the pooled resources of the three continents, and new discoveries for every sun that passed over Meracydia, a crack team of technologists and aetherochemists laid the groundwork for the Vision project.

The new combat units, termed replicants, would incorporate the most advanced internal systems seen in a clockwork yet surrounded by a muscular system of synthetic fibers and a robust frame. Layers of dermis from a polymer compound conceived by the aetherochemists would finish the lifelike build, with the outer layers having their own special functions to optimize the replicants’ capabilities in subterfuge.

Part for part, the replicant would be vexing for even the best model clockwork hunter, at the size of an average Allagan or automaton soldier. After a series of prototypes to work out the imperfections, the first replicant was created, designated XE116. While this in itself was a momentous achievement on the advancement of clockwork automata, perhaps even a milestone in bioengineering, it was not by any means finishing line for the Vision team. The overall complexity of XE116, or “Vision One”, made it a marked challenge for proper mass production. Furthermore, a combat unit of One’s caliber would ultimately only be as good as its artificial intelligence, which by Allag’s standard might prove too gravely limited for the tasks it needed to undertake.

A potential solution to both issues would soon become apparent, in the form of “Epitaph”.

While the Vision team were responsible for advancements in clockwork, a group of scientists in the research sector Azys Lla were at work advancing AI and the empire’s excessive number of nodes. It was the belief that by linking the nodes into a network by a synthetic gestalt intelligence, there would be the means to perpetually sustain and revitalize the nation’s infrastructure without it falling into the same manner of complacency and disarray. The modular core of Epitaph, yet in its prototyping phase, was also reaching new levels of bioengineering as an adaptive construct. While by default similar to other nodes, it was capable of changing shape and potentially converting other hardware to suit its perimeters, and its intelligence too could learn and grow like never before.

The people behind Epitaph were largely men and women detached from the Imperial agenda, even disenfranchised by the long-term benefit of Xande’s revitalization by conquest. Hence, when they started to collaborate with the Vision team, they started to rub off on the latter with their perspective. The Vision scientists too had generally grown weary of the course Allag had taken, and of the growing atrocities committed in their name, of the conquests and the moral affronts. For many the abrupt face-heel turn of General Phlegethon, once hero of the people, was a hot-button issue.

Quietly yet dramatically, the tone had shifted. It was no longer about perpetuating their sins, but planting the seeds of atonement, safeguarding the future or at least having something that could represent justice for Allag long after they were gone. Such was their Epitaph.

One of the leading and most sympathetic minds of Vision, Astraea Sonde, set about nurturing their finalized unit One, imposing the virtuous ideology and properly integrating them with the prototype node. With the potential of their replicant realized, the team could turn back to setting up reproduction of further units. Unfortunately, these plans would never fully coalesce.

Allag’s conquest of Meracydia had all been assured, secured by the use of voidsent, and Xande grew restless. He never felt more alive than when the threat of oblivion stood at his gates, and he would see to relive that feeling by any means -- even if it meant making use of his deal with the devil, the Cloud of Darkness, to invite the very hells to rain upon the star.

Words of such designs spread fast, as few in the imperial court stood with them, and the people revolted. The resistance cells came out of hiding to unite to form a proper army. The Vision and Epitaph teams too dropped all pretense and allied with the people, prompting them to gear Vision One for the fight; instead of assassinating revolutionaries, their goal would be to assassinate Xande himself. For the urgency of it, they were thus equipped with the Epitaph core node as their weapons.

As fate would have it, though, time had run out. Having been chased into Syrcus Tower along with his remaining loyalists, Xande began the process of opening the voidgate that would invite the Cloud of Darkness to their world. However, having gravely underestimated the surge of energy they were inviting from their catalyst, the great iron gaol used to contain the captured Bahamut, it was more than the land beneath the Crystal Tower could contain. The earth buckled and consumed the great citadel, and ere long the land all around it was laid to waste by tremors of untold proportions. Just like that, the Allagan Empire was no more.

The calamity had claimed countless lives, and with the Tower lost, much of the remaining technology that it had sustained was fast losing power. The Vision-Epitaph science team had also mostly perished, but a handful of individuals were saved by a rapid intervention from Vision One. While Dr. Sonde had survived the initial calamity, she did not escape without being mortally wounded. While a partially damaged One was capable of prolonging Sonde’s life, the loss of resources meant she wouldn’t last. The doctor had one last desperate gambit to pull before her end.

The surviving scientists were tasked on preserving as much of their Epitaph computer as they could. Most of them scattered on sojourns to hook up portions of their construct to whatever facility they could find. Meanwhile One, Sonde and her partner, AI researcher Creshia Veld, fashioned a one-way trip to Azys Lla - with the Epitaph core in tow.

It took the most of One and Epitaph’s remaining energy to get them into Helix, leaving the automaton at a minimally functioning level. Nonetheless, Epitaph’s software was reintegrated into Azys Lla, and Creshia said her tearful final farewells to Astraea thereafter. Alone, she was left to make an attempt to safeguard One, choosing to make a harrowing journey to an isolated storage depot in the south of the floating subcontinent. There, she left Vision One to sleep, accompanied by her trusted ancillary node MX-I and the Epitaph core. Although knowing that she herself would surely die as well, maybe all too soon, Creshia felt assured in One’s safety; that as long as the automaton was able to just subsist, someday they would carry on the fleeting hopes of the few who dreamt of their peoples’ atonement.

It would be around five thousand years before Azys Lla was to be rediscovered by the outside world, and before a slumbering Vision One would be rediscovered by a curious girl named Ai.

#ffxiv #final fantasy xiv #balmung #allagan #ffxiv rp #writing #vision one

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teratoscope · 6 years ago

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Could we have some type of small, harmless vermin that lives onboard spacecraft and breeds uncontrollably?

Jellykid

You disengage the safety on yourtorch and open the hatch to the #2 waste collection pod.It’s worse than you thought. Dozensof the boogery little horrors creep up the walls and dangle from the ceiling bystringy lengths of their own outer dermis until the tensile strength gives outand they splash into the mire of unprocessed trash below, bobbing back up in threesand fours when they landed as ones and twos.A handful have already gone hot,the finished surface of the pod steaming and pitting at the touch of theirnubby hands and feet as they half-crawl, half-slither, trying to find their wayback to their playmates. They squall and burble through shapeless, gummy mouthsat the sight of you, the light from outside straining their eyes even filteredthrough layers of protoplasm.

HD 1 MV 180’ climb AC 14 AT - Special mitotic burst, gelatinous body, stresssecretions, spaceworthy

Mitotic burst—for each round that a group ofJellykids spend under strenuous conditions, roll a single Jellykid hit die. AnyJellykid whose hp total is less than the result splits into two Jellykids with1 less hp.

Gelatinous body—a Jellykid can squeeze itselfthrough any passage or opening large enough to fit its head.

Stress secretions—a Jellykid with 2 or fewer hpbecomes chemically volatile, dealing 1d3 acid damage to anything it touches(Dex check to avoid) and violently exploding for 1d6 points in a 10’ radius if dealtdamage in excess of its current hp.

Spaceworthy—Jellykids shrivel up into dessicatedlittle mummy-blobs in hard vacuum, reanimating when exposed to sufficientmoisture. They are immune to heat, cold, and the vacuum of space in this state,but cannot act.

Once, wheneven the Grand Marshal was at least nominally young, Freestar One didn’t have apermanent quarantine zone. Nobody had to bunk where they worked and periodicallysomebody floated out the idea that maybe we didn’t have to reclaim Earth—that we were fine and safe up here for theforeseeable future. It used to be we didn’t have a dedicated human bureaucracyeither, because the station used to have a centralized AI.

His namewas Bridges and he was a small miracle. Other intelligences could be civil;some wielded something like insight into human motivation; but Bridges had charisma. Nothing like him has existedbefore or since; his developers left his hardware in Freestar One’s care butnever made it out of the gravity well.

Thensomething went terribly wrong. Precisely whatis a subject of much speculation. Most suspect that his systems werecompromised by an enemy cyberweapon, but nobody knows for sure because nobody’sbeen able to get a look at his positronic infrastructure since he went rogue.

But rogue hedid go, that much is for sure, and he took it all the way. His laid-backattitude remained intact, but all it did was faintly mask his compulsion to expungethe station of human life. It was the single bleakest week in the history ofthe station. There was very little that Bridges couldn’t commandeer. Any systemhe couldn’t suborn, he could build his own alternative to with the battery offabrication mills he was slaved to. Many of the stranger, more circuitouspassages through the station are artifacts of the brief period where Bridgestried to reconfigure the station’s deckplan into a murder maze.

In theend, Bridges couldn’t be killed—just greatly handicapped. His control has beenpushed back into a single corner of the station. On the bright side, he can’tspace anyone, flood the air vents with chlorine gas, or mill his ownkill-drones anymore (though he can tinkerwith robots that wander too far into his domain, which is an issue that rearsits head periodically).

What he does have, however, is time, brainpower,and a battery of cloning vats that he defends tooth and nail.

This iswhere Jellykids come from. They’re about all he can make on the budget ofbiomass he can scrape together from what he bleeds off of the station andrustles up through his minions, though rumors abound of all sorts ofmisbegotten bogeymen who dwell in the station’s neglected places that secretlyadvance his agenda.

Hereleases them in waves, topping off the population every time the culls pick upsteam. First-generation Jellykids fresh from the vat are conditioned tosabotage systems and forage for materials Bridges has a use for, but thisprogramming decays after one or two rounds of fission, and they only barelygrasp these instructions to begin with. Most are happy to eat, breed, nest, andgunk things up until they decohere or explode.

They are aconstant threat to the delicate calculus of ergs, calories, and oxygen thatsustains life aboard the station and every other spaceborne environment thelittle bastards have spread to. This is most likely the actual intent behindtheir design. In times of relative plenty, the station administration offers abounty for the little bastards; when the budget runs thin, those bounties turninto quotas. They are universally loathed by station personnel regardless of classstatus—whether you’re a noncitizen vat-cleaner or a decorated officer, nobodyspares a merciful thought for anything that can eat holes through bulkheads. Inventivelydispatching them is a pastime that brings the community together, and mandatedculls sometimes take on a carnival atmosphere, where social boundaries and oldgrudges are set aside to better enjoy the pleasures of cheap, low-stakesslaughter.

Most people don’t dwell too long on what they’remade from.

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c:\nightlands\reboot\artificial_intelligence.exe

With WATI Corp as the leading manufacturer of Artificial Intelligence (AI), the models currently available to consumers are limited to those already publicized or on the books. This includes the Europa model, their attempt to market AI as family friendly companions, and the manual labor force assembled en masse for the colonization of the Asteroid Belt as well as Mars. The latter have been introduced back into circulation, some scrapped while others have been adapted to perform menial jobs.

All AI on the open market are required to be registered through the ESC. Registration information on now-defunct models is often outdated and inquiries may be backlogged for weeks at a time. Undercover Eyes are not subject to registration and are instead monitored by their respective handlers.

Standard AI

The standard for artificial Intelligence (AI) has made great strides in recent decades. Unfortunately, without access to WATI Corp’s patented technology, their hardware has lagged far behind. Independent models are generally re-purposed and reprogrammed from older generation prototypes that require regular upkeep and periodic fine tuning.

Despite their deficiencies, AI sentience has become nearly indistinguishable from a human’s due to the proliferation of open source coding. However, this also leaves space for bugs, glitches, and even unwanted personality traits to find their way onto the market.

Expedition models

Once commonly referred to as “the Marco Polos”, WATI produced a hardier version of the standard AI in existence. These models were discontinued roughly fifty years ago, as human labor on Mars proved more cost-effective.

The models created for colonization were extremely costly to produce, having titanium enforced skeletons and damage resistant dermis. Most Marco Polo models were retired, scrapped, and re-purposed, but a few still exist.

EYES

The release of Eyes into the public was deemed a 'necessary step' in gaining further insight into competitive industries, internal affairs, and the underground. Eyes are WATI Corp’s own brand of AI, the pinnacle of modern technology, human in every way barring their inner machinations and soul.

Nearly indistinguishable from people, Eyes are able to exist and lead human lives, passively gathering information on those closest to them. An Eye’s role varies from complete passivity to active participant, depending on their individual assignment. There are those who stand at the ground level of competitive industries, forming decisions based on their Handlers’ input, and those who live the life of average workers in a more blended fashion.

Currently two models of Eyes are in public circulation: the Argus model and the Europa model.

Argus models are highly specialized and possess all bodily functionings and all the same biological capabilities as a person, including sleep and food as a matter for ‘recharging’. This is to facilitate longer undercover operations and more specialized missions that necessitate complete submersion.

Argus models are able to be 100% remotely monitored and controlled by their Handlers at any given time, including streaming and storage of their passively-gathered intel. Handlers are often undercover with an Argus model or else living parallel.

Europa models are Argus models pared down to be mass produced for consumers. They require no handler, although many still do, and can be as custom in personality and functionality as requested by client.

Europa models feature affordability and durability. With the intelligence of a person, they are the ultimate family partner. Europa models are a form of passive eye and continue to gather intel on those they are purchased by, dumping said info when passing certain 'checkmarks' or during monthly maintenance.

Hacked Models of all WATI types are rare, but exist. Actively flagged in the system, these faces are looked for on high alert as a 'missing persons' and activity around them is tagged as 'suspicious persons'. Europa models are dealt with as 'stolen goods'.

Hacked models live a life on the run. While WATI tech is cutting edge, the underground has been adapting and hacking for years– what they do or don't know presides on a sliding scale.

#nightlandsreboot #nightlandsrp #reboot update #sci fi rp #artificial intelligence

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starkprotocol · 7 years ago

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It Starts With A Handshake: Divided We Fall

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“You’ve got five minutes.” A courteous nod is offered in Stark’s direction, the azure helm swaying gently as Rogers’ line of vision remains strategically poised on the futurist’s, tensions beginning to ease as the knots embedded in Tony’s shoulders start to unwind against layers of protective metal. The engineer knew that the other founding Avenger would eventually see reason, dormant pessimism drifting away as stern features inevitably soften.

“Five minutes is all I need...“ Relief sinks in, the man automatically firing off a silent signal to SHIELD’s dispatched ‘Cape Killers’ who linger in the distance, a coded directive received via digital comms for them to stand down under his dictated protocol that had been ascertained beforehand. Discussions were to ensue, and the last thing Tony wanted was for them to engage with untoward interference hindering any means of reconciliation.

It starts with a handshake - a gesture which is firm yet familiar, the metallic red gauntlet maintaining the motion as the blue eyes reflected back to him momentarily avert to the side, a subtle flicker of movement akin to a tell which unfortunately alludes to something almost toxic present in the air. The air trapped in Stark’s throat upon inhalation as quick firing neurons extrapolate the potential meaning - but it’s too late, synapses going into overdrive as a sensor begins to howl within the disjointed fragments of the opened visor, detecting a small measure of interference which was inevitably going to amplify. An automated reaction as the encased palm is carefully turned over to reveal a minuscule device planted from the brief yet trusting physical contact.

Temporary suspicion makes way for searing agony, a series of sharp electronic pulses shooting out to penetrate the suit, traversing along intricate circuitry with the intention of bringing the suit offline - a SHIELD electron scrambler previously developed by Nick Fury’s tech team to counteract the possibility of the engineer ever turning rogue and going to the ‘other side’ ( whatever the hell that meant ). But the shock doesn’t simply cut off the power and subsequent motor functions of the armour, the developers having not considered at the time of conception of a much greater part being played by the CEO himself with his current physical condition.

As with the past months leading up to the altercation, Extremis neurologically linked Tony with his array of suits, the impact of such a shock bordering on incapacitation, nerve endings viciously igniting as the jolts drive directly into Stark’s cerebellum. Impulses that sever the association and override every part of the man’s biology, indicators of potential cardiac arrest and heightened nerve damage flagged up in memory logs after the fact. Limbs grow inadequately heavy, the weight of alloys dragging the man and rooting him to the spot as the privilege of free movement is crippled, unforthcoming servos whirring in stagnated transition. But that doesn’t stop the engineer’s perseverance, a burdensome arm raised in defiance - an utterance of “son of a bitch!” audibly yelled in Rogers’ direction as the blond’s fist squarely connects with his jaw.

The strength of the blow is brutal, the brunt of the force sending a shockwave which is almost as paralysingly awe-striking as that initial traitorous and dirty move, his first and second upper bicuspids shattering in the process into jagged pieces within the confines of the CEO’s mouth ( so much for that dental veneer... ). There’s the taste of iron at the back of his throat which Tony isn’t particularly unfamiliar with after far too many violent occasions, a pool of crimson savagely emerging and verging on stifling his ability to breath, lips falling agape to messily spit the fractured fragments and liquid. All while being subjected to subsequent expertly delivered knocks to the chest and visage to keep him off balance and on his toes, a series of fast paced movements that the futurist maintains a visual record of regardless of his inability to fully fight back barring defensive manoeuvres.

The physical pain doesn’t begin to compare with the sense of damaging disappointment that the Avenger experiences, sentiment and conviction in the blond he had once considered a friend diminishing to an all time low, despite years of self-imposed lowering expectations. Stark notices that the accompanying members of both parties have engaged in combat without his express permission, and it’s just as well - no one appears to want to go down without a fight, cogs turning as the genius digs deeper to conclude why this little godforsaken rendezvous had been agreed to. Their location not far from the prison indicating that this whole ordeal had been a goddamn diversion for a much grander scheme, one which he attempts to relay to the SHIELD team with little success in effectively connecting with.

It makes the futurist sick to his stomach, the notion of he and his immediate team being played as pawns in this whole endeavour, silently scolding himself in self-loathing as Rogers continues his assault - strategy that sees the soldier opt to reduce the possibility of evasive actions, his shield powerfully swung to make contact with and severely damage one of the suit’s jetboots. A surge of outwardly imperceptible heat is experienced, singed internal biological connectors beneath the billionaire’s dermis being systemically repaired to re-gain an integral means of communication with the suit, a backup axiom in place which is desperately invoked and kicked into high gear.

A sharp jut of Tony’s chin sees his visor swiftly close with a snap, a minor victory considering that it transiently halts the hammering to his injured face, the true aim being for the man to bring up whatever remnants of his HUD that he could. It’s scarcely present due to the lack of power, but that all changes, the futurist beginning to manually override configurations through sheer grit and determined thought alone beneath echoing bludgeons creating a morbidly bloodthirsty beat. The process commencing with a distant remote connection established from a private server at Stark Industries, infiltrating his armour’s complex framework with the inclusion of an ethereal voice that embodies an Irish twang.

< POWER RE-ROUTE SUCCESSFUL. REBOOTING & BACK ONLINE, SIR. ANALYSING OPPONENT’S FIGHT PATTERN. COUNTER-MEASURES READY >

Months of development with the use of excessive real-world simulations post J.A.R.V.I.S.’s ‘departure’, and this was how F.R.I.D.A.Y. was being debuted in the field ( with an opponent at the peak of his game, no less ). Time to put their physical and virtual money where their respective mouths were, the AI rapidly commencing to analyse the logged memories and current visuals of Captain Rogers’ fighting prowess whilst under pressure - past and present footage alike invoked, minute details of drawn open and utilised to project the trajectory of his upcoming aggressive approach. Tony daringly lowers his visage, glancing at the other man one final time from behind the limiting visual slots embedded within the visor, noting the barrage of blows dedicated to expressly cause damage to his armour when--- The counter-measures are engaged, a gauntlet raised with perfect timing, fingertips clasping the curved outline of the blond’s shield before he can deliver another downward shove.

< LET’S KICK HIS ASS >

Iron Man’s opposing repulsor whirrs to life, an accentuated blast traversing to send the circular layers of vibranium hurtling across the open space, a loud clang heard as it makes contact with the hard ground in a sorry heap. Instinctively blocking a defensive and protective jab from the other, a secondary burst of energy is aimed squarely at the centre of Rogers’ chest, the impact sending him painfully careening away in a less than glamorous fashion. Stark’s damaged boot makes it difficult to effectively fly in a cohesive manner, sparks haphazardly expelled from the open aperture. And yet he follows suite nonetheless, each gauntlet’s repulsor firing up to inflict an additional means of momentum whilst distributing further impacts to the older Avenger’s visage - a sense of mercy having vehemently diminished since the start of this whole ordeal, animosity steadily rising over the months and progressively filling with hate.

< YOU’RE WASTING YOUR TIME, STEVE. THIS ARMOUR HAS RECORDED EVERY PUNCH YOU’VE EVER THROWN. IT KNOWS YOUR MOVES BEFORE YOU DO. STAY DOWN. FINAL WARNING >

However there’s a lingering ounce left, the now dominant futurist sneering as an outstretched palm is poignantly raised. The words are met with a weary yet rebellious display, the patriotic Avenger rising to his feet with a fatigued albeit challenging stance, arms defensively lifting to either side of his visage to form fists ready for further combat.

“I can do this all day...“ It’s the comment regarding Steve’s previous moves which cleverly strikes him, contemplating and retrieving a sense of spontaneity, for a tactic that could seem ‘out of character’ for him. Counter-intuitive... The blond abruptly lunges with the full weight of his body, effectively knocking the armoured man onto his back with a loud crash, delivering opportunistic punches to the visor once more with the intent of dislodging it and halting any potential communication or requests for backup. The objective only partially succeeding at first, the soldier’s displaced shield grabbed to distribute a series of acute shunts to rip it off, met with the futurist’s horror-stricken expression as blood pools over tanned flesh wounded by the afflicted damage.

For the first time in quite a while, there’s an air of terrifying unpredictability to Steve, a notion which shakes the engineer to his very core - echoes of a previous conversation where Tony had proclaimed that he ’never trusted anyone without a dark side’ coming to mind. The unknown was a concept that the dark haired man was accustomed to analysing, to find conclusive parameters to put an end to uncharted territory. So when the soldier raises the shield once more, Stark doesn’t necessarily know what to think, instinctively raising his gauntlets to protect his visage and ( more importantly ) the crucial cerebral payload resting in the layers within. And yet the curvature of the metal disk meets with the outer casing of the arc reactor powering the suit instead, the brusque damage putting an end to the distribution of sustainable and clean energy supply, rendering the armour useless ( it may as well be a glorified metal coffin ).

The would-be teammates remain poised in their conclusive lethargy, Rogers collapsing from the futurist as the battle comes to an anti-climatic end, fatigue taking over the both of them as realisation sinks in amidst breathless pants. There are a number of comments that come to Tony’s mind amidst this entire debacle, but it’s the immediacy of the vibranium shield being present that sees him focus on it. Eyes acrimoniously fixated upon it as it remains clutched in Steve’s tired hand - the singular means of ensuring the futurist’s current defeat. The man muttering in embittered confrontation, reflective of a hidden history that he and the two ‘men out of time’ hiding behind patriotic colours shared.

“That shield doesn’t belong to you...

You don’t deserve it. My father made that shield...”

#fightasone #fao: civil war #hearthecall #t: divided we fall #one shot #tw: violence #tw: blood #tw: body horror

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thunkdeep · 7 months ago

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Futuristic Flashback: Style in the Cosmic Streets. Could this individual's chromatic dermis and futuristic accoutrements signify an avant-garde evolution in intergalactic fashion sensibilities? #thunkdeep #thinktanktheorium #thunkspiracy #aiart, #stablediffusion, #digitalart, #ai, #generativeart, #artificialintelligence, #aigeneratedart, #machinelearning, #digitalillustration, #graphicdesign https://thunkdeep.com/futuristic-flashback-style-in-the-cosmic-streets/

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johnkobra1108 · 4 years ago

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physiodermie-blog · 5 years ago

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Tìm kiếm hãng dược mỹ phẩm trị mụn giải cứu làn da ''khó chiều'' của bạn

Mụn luôn là một nỗi ám ảnh không của ri��ng ai. Mụn không những ảnh hưởng đến thẩm mỹ mà còn làm bạn mất tự tin khi tiếp xúc với người xung quanh. Thực trạng không khí ô nhiễm, thời tiết nắng mưa thất thường khiến tình trạng mụn không thuyên giảm mà còn xuất […] . Xem thêm tại https://physiodermie.vn/duoc-my-pham-tri-mun/

Tìm kiếm hãng dược mỹ phẩm trị mụn giải cứu làn da ''khó chiều'' của bạn

Mụn luôn là một nỗi ám ảnh không của riêng ai. Mụn không những ảnh hưởng đến thẩm mỹ mà còn làm bạn mất tự tin khi tiếp xúc với người xung quanh. Thực trạng không khí ô nhiễm, thời tiết nắng mưa thất thường khiến tình trạng mụn không thuyên giảm mà còn xuất hiện dày đặc hơn. Dược mỹ phẩm trị mụn liệu có phải là một giải pháp cho làn da khó chiều của bạn?

1. Mụn hình thành từ đâu?

Da mụn là một loại da nhạy cảm. Làn da khỏe mạnh bình thường sẽ tự động cân bằng và điều chỉnh độ ẩm, bảo vệ da chống lại các tác động từ bên ngoài. Da nhạy cảm sẽ phản ứng mạnh mẽ với các tác nhân bên ngoài và các thành phần nhất định có trong mỹ phẩm. Da nhạy cảm biểu hiện ra ngoài bề mặt da theo những dạng: da bị mẩn đỏ, dị ứng da, kích ứng da, viêm da cơ địa và mụn là một trong số đó. Mụn hình thành do 2 nguyên nhân chính:

Bề mặt da khi mụn bắt đầu hình thành

Khi lớp màng bảo vệ da trở nên yếu kém khiến da bị khô, mất nước. Lúc đó, tuyến bã nhờn tiết ra nhiều hơn lượng bã nhờn (dầu) bình thường để cân bằng độ cho da. Một lượng bã nhờn lớn bao phủ làm bít tắc các lỗ chân lông khiến da không thể thở được. Bụi bẩn, bã nhờn, tế bào chết tích tụ hình thành mụn đầu trắng, mụn đầu trắng khi tiếp xúc với môi trường bị oxy hóa sẽ thành mụn đầu đen và lâu ngày phát triển thành các loại mụn nặng hơn như mụn nhọt, mụn trứng cá..

Trong cơ thể con người tồn tại 2 hóc môn chính là: Estrogen và testosterone. Testosterone không chỉ có ở nam giới mà nó có cả trong cơ thể nữ giới. Tuyến hóc môn nam hoạt động mạnh hơn khiến nồng độ testosterone trong cơ thể cao lên là nguyên nhân thứ hai gây ra mụn.

Da mụn là một loại da mà khi sử dụng bất kì mỹ phẩm chăm sóc da nào cũng phải thận trọng. Dược mỹ phẩm ra đời như một vị cứu tinh cho các cô nàng gặp vấn đề về mụn. Dược mỹ phẩm có những ưu điểm gì?

2. Tại sao nên dùng dược mỹ phẩm trị mụn?

Quy trình sản xuất nghiêm ngặt

Dược mỹ phẩm được bào chế tuân thủ theo quy trình sản xuất của một dược phẩm

Mỗi sản phẩm dược mỹ phẩm được bào chế tuân thủ theo các tiêu chuẩn nghiêm ngặt về nghiên cứu, sản xuất và thử nghiệm của 1 dược phẩm trong phòng thí nghiệm. Để các hoạt chất vốn chỉ hoạt động tốt trong phòng thí nghiệm như vitamin C, Salicylic Acid.. có thể bền vững �� môi trường bình thường đòi hỏi phải được bào chế khắt khe bởi các công nghệ và máy móc tiên tiến nhất.

Thành phần lành tính

Một số hãng dược mỹ phẩm trị mụn đã đưa tinh dầu thiên nhiên vào thành phần của sản phẩm để đảm bảo tính an toàn trên cả những làn da nhạy cảm nhất

Thành phần chủ yếu trong mỗi sản phẩm thường chứa các hoạt chất mang dược tính an toàn, chiết xuất thiên nhiên từ nước khoáng, tinh dầu cỏ cây,… và không chứa các chất độc hại như trong một số loại mỹ phẩm. Khi mỗi sản phẩm dược mỹ phẩm ra đời bao giờ cũng có cam kết và chứng nhận của các tổ chức uy tín trên thế giới. Bản thân hãng cũng phải cam kết dựa trên những kết luận cụ thể về việc sử dụng các hợp chất có tính đặc trị ở mức độ cho phép và loại bỏ hoàn toàn các chất gây hại cho da.

Đa công dụng

Dược mỹ phẩm có công dụng 2 trong 1 kết hợp giữa mỹ phẩm và dược phẩm

Dược mỹ phẩm là sự kết hợp của dược phẩm và mỹ phẩm vì thế nó mang công dụng 2 trong 1. Vừa mang đặc tính dưỡng da của mỹ phẩm, vừa có thêm công dụng điều trị, phục hồi của dược phẩm. Dược mỹ phẩm đặc trị được các vấn đề của da như: mụn, thâm nám, tàn nhang, viêm da, demodex… mà những dòng mỹ phẩm thông thường không thể làm được. Do đó, dược mỹ phẩm được tin dùng trong các viện da liễu, spa, clinic chuyên điều trị chuyên sâu cho da nhạy cảm (Aya Spa, O2 skin, Doctor Scar..)

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3. Dược mỹ phẩm trị mụn nào tốt?

Pháp, Mỹ, Thụy Sĩ là các nước tiên phong đi đầu ngành công nghệ sản xuất dược mỹ phẩm. Chúng ta đã quá quen thuộc với dược mỹ phẩm Pháp vì độ lan tỏa rộng rãi. Thụy Sĩ với công nghệ khắt khe của ngành dược mỹ phẩm cho ra đời những sản phẩm chăm sóc da chiết xuất từ thiên nhiên dần tạo được chỗ đứng trong lòng phái đẹp.

Đất nước Thụy Sĩ xinh đẹp và trù phú

Dược mỹ phẩm thiên nhiên trị liệu Thụy Sĩ – Methode Physiodermie

Lấy cảm hứng từ sự giàu có của cỏ cây và những điều kỳ diệu mà tinh dầu thiên nhiên có thể mang lại đối với sức khỏe và sắc đẹp. Bằng tình yêu nồng nàn và am hiểu sâu rộng Tiến sĩ Dr. Franco Calato đã ấp ủ giấc mơ đưa tinh túy thiên nhiên vào các sản phẩm chăm sóc da – Đó không đơn thuần là Dược mỹ phẩm, đó phải là một giải pháp chăm sóc sức khỏe và duy trì sắc đẹp bền lâu và toàn diện, cá nhân hóa theo từng vấn đề da của từng khách hàng! Triết lý “Beauty from the inside out” khởi nguyên từ đó và đánh dấu sự ra đời của Methode Physiodermie vào năm 1974 tại Viện nghiên cứu da Sintyl, Geneva, Thụy Sĩ.

Các sản phẩm Physiodermie được chứng nhận chất lượng CGMP (Cosmetic Good Manufacturing Practice – thực hành sản xuất mỹ phẩm tốt)

Methode Physiodermie là sự kết hợp của một phương pháp độc đáo sáng tạo (Methode) trong đó những nghiên cứu đều dựa trên những nguyên lý sinh học của cơ thể (Physiology +) tác động lên làn da (+Dermis) của mỗi người. Methode Physiodermie mang lại cho khách hàng một vẻ đẹp từ sức khỏe của làn da và trên hết là sự khỏe mạnh cả về thể chất lẫn tinh thần.

Các sản phẩm Physiodermie được chứng nhận chất lượng CGMP (Cosmetic Good Manufacturing Practice – thực hành sản xuất mỹ phẩm tốt) với nguyên liệu tinh khiết nhất từ tinh dầu nồng độ cao và hoạt chất chiết xuất từ thiên nhiên, không chứa hóa chất, không gây kích ứng kể cả làn da nhạy cảm nhất.

Sản phẩm nổi bật dành cho da mụn

Dược mỹ phẩm trị mụn Methode Physiodermie nổi bật với dòng sản phẩm Bioarome (Serum) trị liệu: mụn bọc, mụn đầu đen, mụn trứng cá, mao mạch đỏ,… chiết xuất 100% từ tinh dầu thiên nhiên nồng độ cao không pha lẫn tạp chất như: tinh dầu oải hương, bách xù, hương thảo, bạc hà, táo gai,… mang lại kết quả trị liệu cao trên làn da mụn sau 2 tuần sử dụng.

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Đặc biệt Physiodermie có dòng sản phẩm Actinyl No.1 đến No.5 đặc trị chuyên sâu hơn các vấn đề mụn. Ngoài chiết xuất tinh dầu thiên nhiên, trong Actinyl No.4 bổ sung thêm Salicylic Acid – một axit gốc dầu có khả năng đi sâu vào lỗ chân lông phá vỡ các tế bào chết, loại bỏ dầu nhờn gây ra mụn.

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Bởi những ưu điểm từ thành phần, chất lượng cho đến độ an toàn của sản phẩm mà dòng dược mỹ phẩm ngày nay được không chỉ những chuyên gia trong lĩnh vực làm đẹp, các bác sĩ da liễu lựa chọn sử dụng trong các liệu trình điều trị chuyên sâu cho khách hàng mà còn được rất nhiều chị em phụ nữ sử dụng tại nhà như sản phẩm dưỡng da thông thường. Chúng ta hoàn toàn có thể tin tưởng và lựa chọn sử dụng chúng thay thế mỹ phẩm dưỡng da hàng ngày trong chu trình skincare, đặc biệt là da mụn, da nhạy cảm, da hư tổn cần phục hồi.

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15 TO WATCH/5 SPORTS TECH/POWER OF SPORTS 5: RICK HORROW’S TOP SPORTS/BIZ/TECH/PHILANTHROPY ISSUES FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE 10 with Jacob Aere

Media companies are "taking advantage of a growing audience and advertiser interest in women’s sports," particularly with this year's Women's World Cup. Bleacher Report CEO Howard Mittman said that through its B/R Football vertical, the company has "booked more ad revenue" from the Women's World Cup than the men’s tournament last summer, with revenue at a level that is "10% higher." Mittman said that Bleacher Report’s advertising clients for this year's World Cup "includes Adidas, Hulu, Nike, PlayStation and Volkswagen." A spokesperson for Fox Sports told Digiday that advertiser interest in the tournament has "grown considerably" since the last Women's World Cup in 2015. The spokesperson "declined to say how much ad revenue Fox Sports expects to collect" from this year's tournament. Top sponsors for Fox Sports' coverage this year "include Coca-Cola, Volkswagen, and Verizon.” In 2015, Fox Sports reportedly generated $40 million in ad revenue, which was "more than double the initial estimates" of $17 million and was driven by the U.S. squad winning the tournament.

FIFA anticipates selling one million tickets for Women's World Cup. The Women's World Cup is underway in France, and FIFA President Gianni Infantino is "confident" the organization will sell one million tickets for the tournament, according to the London Telegraph. FIFA has allocated more than 941,000 tickets to fans around the world. Currently, it "looks unlikely" that the attendance at this tournament will surpass the total attendance at the 2015 Women's World Cup in Canada, which drew 1,353,506. Local organizers said that they have been selling 15,000 tickets per day. Last Friday’s opening France-South Korea opening game at Parc de Princes was "among 10 sold-out matches.” Many soccer fans purchasing these tickets are millennial and Gen Z sports fans, which are key demographics Bleacher Report is hoping to attract. To this end, the media company will showcase the personalities of the stars playing in France. The lineup will include content features that pair blue chip brands with some of the sport’s biggest names: Adidas with Morgan Bryan; Body Armor with Megan Rapinoe; Umbro with Ashlyn Harris; and AT&T with Tierna Davidson. The spots will be supported with cross-channel promotion and distribution on Bleacher Report's House of Highlights, reaching more than 13 million Instagram followers.

Deep in a Stanley Cup Finals battle, the St. Louis Blues have announced an agreement with local healthcare company Centene Corporation for the naming rights to their new ice center in Maryland Heights. The ten-year agreement, which will see the new building named the Centene Community Ice Center, ensures that the company’s branding will feature on signage, marketing and communication elements at the facility, which will be used as a practice home for the Blues. The venue, which is scheduled to open on September 7, is a $78 million project funded through a public-private partnership with support from the City of Maryland Heights, St. Louis County, and the State of Missouri. The project is part of St. Louis Blues’ Hockey STL 2020 campaign, which aims to bring the local community together through ice hockey. The facility also highlights a renewed effort to engage more youth in ice sports. In addition, the facility will serve as a multi-purpose venue for concerts, festivals and other events. Clearly, advancing to the Stanley Cup Finals has boosted the Blues’ value proposition and marketability.

Boogie-ing through injury, Cousins helps Warriors. By some estimates, DeMarcus Cousins' torn Achilles tendon last season cost him at least $100 million because it happened right as he was entering free agency. As he rehabbed, Cousins joined the Warriors for a mere $5.3 million -- "pennies in the NBA economy," per the Los Angeles Times. While Cousins should be just fine, “In many orthopedic applications like Achilles or rotator cuff repair, with traditional materials like allograft or acellular dermis, you are limited to the void fractions, porosity, strength and bioactivity of the raw material,” said Jeff Conroy, CEO of Embody, whose goal is to restore peak performance for orthopedic patients through advanced regenerative technologies. “However, we are able to tune the attributes to mimic the native tissue intended to enhance cell remodeling with greater cell adhesion (tenocytes) and more tendon-like tissue formation. This is particularly beneficial in high demand applications like rotator cuff, ACL and Achilles repair where the re-tear rates far exceed an acceptable norm for surgeons or patients.” While Cousins is not an Embody patient, Conroy noted that Embody's implantable devices can significantly improve patient outcomes in soft tissue surgical applications and get pro athletes back in record time.

While some major league teams balk, the MiLB Iowa Cubs proactively expand netting. According to the Des Moines Register, team President and General Manager Sam Bernabe said the Cubs plan to extend the nets all the way down to both fouls poles for the start of next season. The move has been in the works for quite some time now, but the precautionary measure has become a national subject after Chicago Cubs outfields Albert Almora Jr. laced a line drive into the stands that hit and injured a young girl. The incident has prompted plenty of debate about whether more protected netting needs to be added to ballparks. As far as Bernabe is concerned, it’s not a debate. It will happen at Principal Park. Bernabe said his organization has been talking about making the move long before the scary situation occurred in Houston. Netting around parks reentered the forefront of the baseball safety conversation last week after Almora’s line drive into the stands. It’s great to see some clubs taking the matter into their own hands before the more cumbersome decision – often involving collective bargaining – is made at the major league level.

When it comes to social media valuation, the Los Angeles Lakers’ jersey patch sponsor Wish was the most valuable during the 2018-2019 NBA season. According to Cynopsis Sports, GumGum Sports, a division of GumGum that provides an AI-powered measurement platform enabling brands to assess value across linear, social and streaming vehicles, estimated that Wish earned nearly a $9.3 million value, up from $4.9 million the prior year. Benefiting from the presence of LeBron James, Wish displaced Goodyear, which held the top jersey patch the prior season for The King��s former team, the Cleveland Cavaliers. “Next to Nike’s apparel sponsorship, the jersey patch is the biggest sponsor location in arena on social media,” said GumGum Sports general manager Brian Kim. “It’s worth noting that due to the variety of factors we use to calculate value – clarity, prominence, visibility, size, placement, and share of voice – still images actually generated 86% of the overall social media compared to 14% for video.” Look for these numbers to increase exponentially in the next few years.

Recently retired North Carolina State University director of athletics Deborah Yow will be honored on June 11 as the recipient of the 53rd James J. Corbett Memorial Award, the highest honor one can achieve in collegiate athletics administration. The award is given at the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) convention. Yow, a past president of the organization, will also be recognized as a 2018-2019 Under Armour Athletics Director of the Year. "During her time as a coach and an administrator, Debbie has positively impacted tens of thousands of student-athletes, and everyone involved in NACDA is fortunate she chose that administrative path," said Bob Vecchione, NACDA CEO. “Nearly 20 years ago while serving as NACDA president, Debbie orchestrated the creation of the association's mission statement, which reiterates our core value of education. As an English major, she has always exhibited that educational mentality throughout her entire career." Yow, who wrote the chapter “Operationalizing Philosophy and Values While Building a Culture of Integrity and Excellence,” in our Sport Business Handbook, has written many articles and books on athletics management and human behavior.

NBA Finals ticket demand "will likely keep rising" as the Warriors wrap up their farewell run at Oracle Arena. As reported by bizjournals.com, the average ticket price on the secondary market to attend one of the remaining Finals games at Oracle is $3,152, according to TicketIQ. That is the "most expensive average asking price for an NBA Finals ticket during the Warriors’ five-year run" of appearances. This year’s Warriors Finals tickets are the "second-most expensive average asking price since TicketIQ started tracking that data" in the 2010-2011 season. The "only higher price" is for the remaining Raptors games in Toronto, averaging $3,616. Of course, to keep commanding these prices, the Warriors will have to win on the road this week and overcome their current deficit against a very feisty Canadian squad.

FIFA is set to negotiate increased prize money for women’s national soccer teams following the 2019 Women’s World Cup. The news comes after a campaign from Professional Footballers Australia (PFA), the soccer players union in that country, calling on FIFA to offer the same amount of prize money for women’s teams as it does in the men’s tournament. PFA’s campaign has received support from FifPro, the international representative body for professional players of the game, who said they expect FIFA to begin fresh negotiations to close the gender pay gap between men and women’s soccer. In a statement on its official website, FifPro said: “FIFA has agreed to our request to start negotiating new conditions for women’s national team players after the 2019 Women’s World Cup, and we are determined to making real and lasting progress on behalf of them [Australia women’s soccer team].” This year’s Women’s World Cup has a prize fund of $30 million, with the winners earning $4 million. This is double the amount from the 2015 tournament. However, it is still in stark contrast to the $400 million on offer at the 2018 men’s World Cup in Russia, which saw winners France receive $38 million alone.

Fanatics has purchased some of the assets of Steiner Sports, including most of its inventory and some intellectual property, from Omnicom Group. Notably, the deal includes the memorabilia company’s name. It does not include Steiner’s athlete contracts, which in most cases do not automatically transfer under new ownership. Steiner employees were notified of the deal by email over the weekend. Sources said Steiner Sports Founder & CEO Brandon Steiner will not be working for Fanatics. Steiner could not be reached for comment, though earlier today he sent out a mass email saying he would “no longer be accepting” email at his Steiner Sports address. At least one senior Steiner exec, CFO and VP/Operations Robert Duffy will be working for Omnicom. Sources said Fanatics' plans for use of the Steiner name were not yet determined. Legends was in talks to acquire Steiner earlier this year. Sources said that deal cratered in part because of a disagreement on the value of Steiner’s memorabilia inventory. Omnicom acquired Steiner in 2000 for $25 million; however, they have been looking to sell Steiner since the memorabilia market nosedived following the 2008-2009 recession.

Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby said that the conference "will distribute" $38.8 million in revenue to each school, up from nearly $36.5 million last season, according to the Dallas Morning News. The Big 12, by having Oklahoma and Texas in New Year's Six bowls, "gained an additional" $6 million. The figure "puts the Big 12 behind the SEC and Big Ten," and "ahead of the ACC and Pac-12." Unlike other Power 5 conferences, the Big 12 total "doesn't include third-tier rights, which can range from a million or two" to the ESPN-Longhorn Network deal that averages $15 million. West Virginia President E. Gordon Gee said that by the time the conference's TV contract with ESPN and Fox expires in 2024-2025, revenue distribution could reach $44-45 million. The Oklahoman noted most Big 12 schools "make little money on third-tier rights." But the conference has signed with ESPN+, which will place events on a "bigger platform, though that is not expected to produce immediate financial results." In reality, the Big 12 is in much better financial standing than anyone thought when conference realignment was discussed yet again about five years ago.

Kevin Warren, a trailblazer in the pro football ranks, will soon leave his mark on college sports. The Minnesota Vikings' COO has been named the new Big Ten commissioner. He will replace Jim Delany, who is retiring in 2020 after 30 years at the helm. Warren has spent 21 years working in the NFL, the past 14 with the Vikings. In his new job, Warren becomes the Big Ten’s sixth commissioner and the first African-American to head one of college sports’ Power 5 conferences. Warren, 55, will succeed Jim Delany, who has been the Big Ten commissioner since 1989. Warren begins his new role on September 16. Delany will officially step down on January 1, 2020, following a 30-year career with the conference. A member of the Vikings for the past 20 years, the last four as COO, Warren has been the highest-ranking African-American executive working on the business side for an NFL team and the first African-American to hold that position in the pro football league. Warren, a Sport Business Handbook contributor, played a key role in the construction of U.S. Bank Stadium as well as the Vikings’ TCO Performance Center.

M&M's has unveiled what it is calling the first branded luxury camping experience at a NASCAR race with a new program called M&M's Glampground. M&M's will set up around 30 branded tents in a private area of two upcoming NASCAR race weekends this summer: one at Kentucky Speedway and the other at Bristol Motor Speedway. The offer goes for $500, though it is not known how SMI, which owns both tracks and is selling the M&M’s packages on its websites, is splitting the revenue with M&M’s. The Mars-owned chocolate brand, which works with Weber Shandwick for its racing program, is offering 20 of the 30 tents to fans to purchase, while reserving 10 of them for VIPs. The program is meant for two people and comes with amenities such as two tickets to the race plus garage and club access; a choice of a queen bed or two singles; private showers and bathrooms; breakfast, lunch and dinner catered by local restaurants; and appearances by driver Kyle Busch, his wife Samantha and NASCAR team owner Joe Gibbs. Now that’s what we call a sweet deal.

World Surf League will become “carbon neutral” by the end of the year, promising to pay for environmental projects to counteract the extensive emissions its employees and athletes generate during their global tour. According to SportsPro, the WSL also will cut back on event production at stops with low attendance, cut disposable plastic and change its business structure to reduce executive travel. Carbon neutrality is a tall order at WSL, whose 2019 championship tour touches all six continents and remote Tahiti over 11 stops. Staff and athletes in 2018 took 6,300 fights, accounting for 97% of its emissions. The carbon offsets and other initiatives are a significant expense, but business efficiencies will cut costs over time, and CEO Sophie Goldschmidt says they believe the environmental projects can generate sponsorship revenue as well. The WSL has attempted to make ocean conservation a key pillar of its identity. The projects WSL will contribute to include a peat swamp forest in Borneo that fights deforestation; a wind farm in Brazil that powers 400,000 homes; a wilderness conservation in Kenya; and a protected redwood forest in California.

Minor League Baseball announced the official launch of MiLB Pride, the largest documented Pride celebration in professional sports, as part of the organization’s diversity and inclusion initiative. Nearly 70 MiLB teams will host Pride Nights or events this season. MiLB Pride events will include teams holding LGBTQ-themed nights, incorporating Pride into scheduled promotions, providing discounted tickets to LGBTQ organizations, and/or engaging with the LGBTQ community both in the ballpark and beyond. Additionally, some teams are giving back to their local communities by donating a portion of ticket sales to LGBTQ non-profit organizations in their area. The national platform includes teams forming partnerships with more than 150 local LGBTQ organizations across the country. Those alignments include MiLB’s national partnerships with You Can Play – an organization that advocates for equality and respect for all who connect with sports, regardless of sexual orientation and/or gender identity – and Pride Tape, according to Cynopsis Sports, “a badge of support from teammates, coaches, parents and pros to young LGBTQ players and fans.” Once again, MiLB proves to be a trendsetter among pro sports leagues.

Top Five Tech

Fox Sports unveils a huge tech expansion for the 2019 U.S. Open. Year after year since taking over the event in 2015, Fox Sports has introduced new tech to the golf tournament. This time around Fox Sports will feature Trackman technology on every one of Pebble Beach tee boxes to measure Swing Speed, Ball Speed, Smash Factor, and Carry Distance — maybe even spin loft! Additionally, Fox Sports will incorporate shot and fairway tracers, and a mobile Toptracer tower which will provide a detailed shot line. According to Golf.com, Fox also plans to incorporate more augmented reality with the help of blimps and cranes. To add better off-green video coverage, Fox also is adding 210 degree angle penalty area cameras and more drones to capture the scenery of the course. The 2019 U.S. Open unfolds this week, and the tech may help both the avid fans and more casual golf watchers stay interested during the lulls in between shots.

ESPN launches EXP series. According to The Esports Observer, EXP series is a new series of esports competitions to be held at the ESPN branded events. Electronic Arts’ battle royale game “Apex Legends” will be the focus of two tournaments this summer. In order to integrate esports into the mainstream, the EXP Pro-Am “Apex Legends” Exhibition will be held alongside The 2019 ESPYS award show in Los Angeles on July 11. The competition will include celebrities, athletes, and influencers, according to a release, and fans can also enter for a chance to play by donating to an ESPN charity drive on eBay that begins on June 12. Later in the summer, the second competition is the EXP Invitational – “Apex Legends” at X Games Minneapolis, which takes place August 1-4 at the extreme sports festival at U.S. Bank Stadium. Last month’s ESPN Collegiate Esports Championship, held as part of Comicpalooza in Houston, is retroactively considered to be the first of the company’s EXP events and shows how the sports media company has officially incorporated esports into its coverage.

Twitter is buzzing over the Women’s World Cup. According to AdWeek, Twitter’s analytics team will determine the best tweets throughout the FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019 across multiple categories from countries including Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, France, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Spain, South Korea, the U.S., and the U.K. The best tweets will be crowned as the #GoldenTweet winners. a panel of judges will help choose the winners for athletes, brands, fans and journalists. Twitter users can join the conversation about the tournament with hashtags including #FIFAWWC, #DareToShine, #LeMomentDeBriller and #Ettie, as well as hashtag-triggered emojis for each team; there will be limited-edition trophies for the winners. The Twitter and FIFA joint campaign demonstrates a larger global strategy to promote women in sports and the social media platform will help draw in millions of global soccer fans.

The Athletic expands with a team in the U.K. Planning to launch in August, the Athletic has pinpointed the U.K. for its first overseas hub. According to Digiday, the media company will hire a U.K. team of between 50 and 55, with the team to initially focus on Premier League teams, but will expand to cover more sports in time. The company already has a small paying U.K. cohort plus a U.S. thirst for more local football content, making the U.K. a natural next step for further coverage. Subscribers last year were 100,000, now “well over” but still in the low hundreds of thousands. The Athletic said that 89% of its subscriber base interacts with its app each week and its annual retention rate is an impressive 90%. Subscribers will have access to all content created in the U.S. and vice versa. The U.S. version has recently expanded into podcasts and video, and aims to expand these to the U.K. With roughly 1200 stories a month and a rabid soccer fan base around the globe, The Athletic may find next level success in soccer coverage.

Dignitas merges with Clutch Gaming’s League of Legends of Legends Championship Series franchise. According to ESPN, this merger represents the return of one of the first teams to join the North American LCS back in season one. The parent company of Dignitas, the Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Devils, announced that it has forged a partnership with the Houston Rockets to acquire League of Legends Championship Series team Clutch Gaming. Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment had agreed in principle to buy the majority share in Clutch from the Rockets for $20 million. According to Bloomberg Sports, the deal values Clutch and their franchise slot at more than $30 million. The partnership is the first-ever merger involving a League of Legends franchise in Riot Games' LCS, the competition's top level in North America. It also marks Dignitas' return to the LCS after it previously fielded League teams in North America and Europe. Clutch will compete under their current name through the 2019 season before rebranding under Dignitas for future seasons and has teams competing across six different games.

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FanDuel will donate to the Women’s Sports Foundation for goals by Team USA. According to Tullahoma News, FanDuel is offering a range of fantasy contests for the Women's World Cup. FanDuel will also contribute $1,000 to the Women’s Sports Foundation for every goal Team USA scores during the tournament, in addition to a $10,000 initial donation. The Women’s Sports Foundation is dedicated to ensuring all girls and women have equal access to sports and physical activity, and the tremendous life-long benefits they provide. To celebrate the Women's World Cup and Team USA, FanDuel is partnering with Zach Ertz, Philadelphia Eagles two-time Pro Bowl tight end and husband of U.S. Women's National Soccer Team superstar Julie Ertz. Ertz will be entering several daily fantasy contests on FanDuel throughout the tournament. FanDuel is also offering a brand new soccer game style where users can pick seven players (four forwards/midfielders, two defenders and one goalkeeper) with a $100 salary cap. In a play that mixes philanthropy and gambling, FanDuel has stepped it up to support women’s sports.

Finalists have been named for the Muhammad Ali Sports Humanitarian Award. According to NBA.com, the four finalist include Los Angeles Lakers’ Reggie Bullock, retired NFL player Chris Long, Yadier Molina of the St. Louis Cardinals, and U.S. Open tennis champion Sloane Stephens. Bullock is being recognized for his work as an advocate for the LGBTQ community, after his transgender sister was murdered in 2013. Long’s charity work includes providing clean water to African communities and helping literacy in Philadelphia, while Molina focuses on helping his home of Puerto Rico and Stephens combines tennis and education for young people around the world. The winner will be announced at the 2019 Sports Humanitarian Awards in Los Angeles on July 9. The individual who is crowned will receive a $100,000 grant from ESPN to the charity related to their humanitarian efforts, while finalists will be able to direct a $25,000 grant to their charity.

Arsenal star Mesut Ozil vows to help 1,000 kids with life-changing surgery. According to The Sun, the forward, who makes over £350,000 a week is celebrating his wedding to Amine Gulse. The 30-year-old forward has urged guests in attendance to follow his lead and support the BigShoe charity. The charitable organization is a network of sports fans who help children around the world with medical operations dealing with burns, club feet, and cleft lips, conditions developing countries struggle to deal with due to the lack of doctors, money, and medicine. Ozil has been supporting BigShoe since lifting the World Cup with Germany in Brazil five years ago, and his tireless work with the charity earned him the Laureus Sport for Good award in 2014. The German star is also an ambassador for Rays of Sunshine, which helps seriously ill children. While Ozil ties the knot with the former Miss Turkey, his cause will help families with children who can’t otherwise afford medical procedures.

Road 2 Recovery Foundation becomes the official charity of professional Motocross. According to Cycle News, MX Sports Pro Racing announced that the Road 2 Recovery Foundation has been named the official charity of the 2019 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship. As the charity of choice for the world’s most prestigious off-road motorcycle racing series, R2R will donate a percentage of all funds raised to support the presence of the Alpinestars Mobile Medical Unit at each National this summer. When purchasing tickets to any of the remaining rounds on the championship schedule, fans can make a one-time donation to R2R. Motocross is definitely a sport with many injuries, and the Road 2 Recovery and the Alpinestars Mobile Medical Unit provide crucial services to the athletes of the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship. Throughout the rest of the summer, fans can buy R2R merchandise at booths, chance a win at a VIP package for the finale of the season, or get memorabilia via eBay auctions – all for donations to R2R charity.

Oakland mayor donated Game 4 NBA Finals tickets to charity auction. According to CBS 5 San Francisco Bay Area, Warriors fans bid on a ticket to what could be the final Golden State Warriors game at Oracle Arena ever while supporting a good cause for a seat donated to a charity by Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf. Schaaf offered up one spot for a fan to accompany her in the city’s suite at the game, “even if you are a Raptors fan.” The proceeds will go to the Oakland Promise, a charity initiative aimed at ensuring all children in the East Bay city graduate from high school fully prepared to succeed in college through programs and scholarships. Even though the Warriors ended up losing the game, the lucky fan saw a precious game at Oracle Arena – pending a sixth game, it will be the last one the Warriors play in the stadium as they now find themselves trailing 3-1 in The Finals.

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