#jensen feng

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Nvidia stock jumps on report CEO Jensen Huang is done selling shares after $713 million windfall

Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for The New York Times; Chelsea Jia Feng/BI Nvidia stock closed 4% higher on a report that CEO Jensen Huang is done selling shares. Huang raked in $713 million in total proceeds from the sales. He remains Nvidia’s biggest shareholder. Nvidia shares climbed as much as 5% on Tuesday as Barron’s reported CEO Jensen Huang is done with planned sales of stock. Huang has…

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Researchers reveal a map to study novel form of cell-to-cell communication

“Ribonucleic acid or RNA is one type of genetic material that is present inside all living cells. It is mostly known to act as a messenger carrying instructions encoded in the DNA for the synthesis of proteins,” said co-corresponding author, Dr. Aleksandar Milosavljevic, professor and Henry and Emma Meyer Chair in Molecular Genetics at Baylor. He also is the director of the Graduate Program in Quantitative & Computational Biosciences and a member of the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center at Baylor. The Milosavljevic Lab is the host of the exRNA Atlas, the data management and resource repository of the Extracellular RNA Communication Consortium, an NIH Common Fund project exploring the biology of exRNA. In recent years research has shown that RNA not only exists inside cells, but also is exported from cells as extracellular RNA and plays a role in cell-to-cell communication. “ExRNAs exist in bodily fluids outside of cells where they can associate with a variety of carriers including RNA binding proteins (RBPs), but the cargo and distribution of RBPs across biofluids is largely unknown,” said coauthor Robert Fullem, a graduate student in the Milosavljevic lab. “Our goal in this study was to fill that gap. This major gap in knowledge limited our understanding of the role of RBPs as carriers of exRNA in human bodily fluids. Our findings open a new road toward understanding exRNA biology and provide new opportunities for the development of exRBP/exRNA liquid biopsy biomarkers.” The researchers applied computational analyses to identify exRBPs in plasma, serum, saliva, urine and cerebrospinal fluid. The computational predictions were validated experimentally at about 80% in both plasma and cell cultures in the lab, suggesting high specificity for the computational method. “With this information, we developed a map of candidate exRBPs and their exRNA cargo in bodily fluids expanding the landscape of potential biomarkers that can now be studied in liquid biopsies and used to track normal and disease processes,” Milosavljevic said. “We present this map as a resource available at no cost to the scientific community.” Other contributors to this work include co-first authors Emily L. LaPlante and Alessandra Stürchler, David Chen, Anne C. Starner, Emmanuel Esquivel, Eric Alsop, Andrew R. Jackson, Ionita Ghiran, Getulio Pereira, Joel Rozowsky, Justin Chang, Mark Gerstein, Roger P. Alexander, Matthew E. Roth, Jeffrey Franklin, Robert Coffey, Robert L. Raffai, Isabelle M. Mansuy, Stavros Stavrakis, Andrew deMello, Louise C. Laurent, Yi-Ting Wang, Chia-Feng Tsai, Tao Liu, Jennifer Jones, Kendall Van Keuren-Jensen and Eric Van Nostrand.  This publication was supported in part by the NIH Common Fund (1UG3TR002881-01, 1U54DA036134-01,1U54DA049098-01, 1U54DA049098-01S1, 1UH3TR002881, OT2OD030547-01S1 and 5UG3TR002881-02). Further support was provided by CPRIT Scholar in Cancer Research grants RR200040, 4UH3CA241703-03, and a Swiss National Center of Competence (NCCR) in Research RNA & Disease grant.

[otsaaleccorvinus]

All My Guys!!! I have new pet fishes name Jensen & Alec they are Nemo fishes now my Feng Shui feature aquarium is done wow ^_^ Otsa

[fortuneaspiration]

after sneaking to the back (hsueueh) Jensen felt something and it maybe was the time?

and when I say he was in a one sided live, I mean it

[randombones]

Here are some of the people I love, part 2

#theyre all so amazing

[shadowofmoths]

i was looking at some costume refs and thought “why don’t my girls wear period-appropriate clothing?” and then i drew this and learned it’s because everyone (except for ciara bc she’s a sweetie) hates it and bc the 18th century was horrible in terms of practical women’s fashion

[wrestlingisfake]

NXT 2.0 Fake Rankings

The last time I went through the NXT roster was right after the August 6 cuts, which heralded the end of Triple H's super-indy vesion of NXT and the rise of NXT 2.0. Since then another 15 performers left this brand, either to move up to Raw/Smackdown or in the November 4 cuts.

NXT 2.0 officially began on September 14. Two months later, the 18-49 demo is at a record low, and the median age viewer is 62 years old. The shakeup can only be considered a success in terms of one metric--the brand is now more directly focused on developing wrestlers to be what Vince McMahon wants to call up to Raw or Smackdown Whether that's worth it remains to be seen.

Men's singles division - babyfaces

Tommaso Ciampa (NXT men's champion)

Bron Breakker

Johnny Gargano

Dexter Lumis

Cameron Grimes

Odyssey Jones

Solo Sikoa

Grayson Waller

Xyon Quinn

Boa

Men's singles division - heels

Pete Dunne

Carmelo Hayes (NXT North American champion)

Roderick Strong (NXT cruiserweight champion)

Tony D'Angelo

LA Knight

Joe Gacy

Andre Chase

Trick Williams

Duke Hudson*

Unranked: Draco Anthony*, Edris Enofe*, Malik Blade*, Ru Feng*

*Not listed on WWE.com's official NXT roster

One improvement in NXT 2.0 is that I can actually come up with 10 faces and 10 heels to rank in the men's singles division. (It's only 19 here because Santos Escobar disappeared for a while, but he just came back.) Instead of just pushing 4-6 "real" stars and treating everyone else like losers, we've got some actual depth. For instance, it's easy to see the wide gap between Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams, as opposed to Shinsuke Nakamura and Rick Boogs (who have a similar partnership but fewer guys between them in the pecking order).

The elder statesmen of this brand now are Ciampa, Gargano, Dunne, Strong, and Kyle O'Reilly. Those are the guys that best exemplify the "What if WWE bought Ring of Honor?" era of NXT, and their futures will be very interesting to follow. Gargano and O'Reilly have contracts expiring in December, and there's a lot of buzz about whether they'll jump to AEW. Dunne recently signed on for another few years, which surprised me, but I guess we'll see if he's rewarded for his loyalty.

Men's tag team division - babyfaces

MSK - Nash Carter & Wes Lee*

Kyle O'Reilly & Von Wagner

Jacket Time - Ikemen Jiro & Kushida

Brooks Jensen & Josh Briggs

Men's tag team division - heels

Fabian Aichner & Marcel Barthel (NXT men's tag team champions)

Raul Mendoza & Joaquin Wilde

Brutus Creed & Julius Creed

Grizzled Young Veterans - Zack Gibson & James Drake

*Not listed on WWE.com's official NXT roster

WWE has recently gotten their act together about keeping the website roster up to date, which certainly makes it easier on someone like me. One weird oversight, though, which I only recently noticed, is that Wes Lee isn't included in the NXT roster for some reason. I'm sure it's a mistake, but I am kinda curious how long it will take for them to catch it.

It's difficult for me to believe that O'Reilly and Kushida will have any lasting value with the company beyond helping Wagner and Jiro get started. I don't see either team lasting very long. I'm also not bullish on Gibson and Drake, whose big story this week was that they swiped the women's tag belts to pose with because they wanted to pretend they'd won the men's tag title.

Women's singles division - babyfaces

Raquel Gonzalez

Io Shirai

Sarray

Cora Jade

Women's singles division - heels

Mandy Rose (NXT women's champion)

Dakota Kai

Elektra Lopez

Kay Lee Ray

Unranked: Amari Miller, Erica Yan*, Gabby Stephens, Jenna Levy*, Valentina Feroz*, Yulisa Leon*

*Not listed on WWE.com's official NXT roster

The new mandate for NXT is to recruit younger and younger talent, and to avoid long-term commitments on anybody that isn't developing quickly enough. So the window to start with the company is shrinking, and so is the window to convince them you have what it takes. And it'll be worse for the women, because the age limits are said to be even lower for them. I would expect a lot of turnover in this division.

The big direction for NXT 2.0 is Toxic Attraction (Mandy Rose, Gigi Dolin, and Jacy Jayne), with the idea that they're incredibly evil about being incredibly hot. Which is the same gimmick Carmella has, and that Eva Marie had until she got cut. I don't know how you can do this same gimmick with five different women in the same company and not figure out that it isn't working.

They're doing an eight-woman WarGames match for December 5, with Rose & Dolin & Jayne & Kai vs. Gonzalez & Shirai & Jade & TBA. With Zoey Stark on the shelf there aren't a lot of women left to put in that last spot unless you dip into the jobbers. So this might be a way to see who they're looking to push next.

Women's tag team division - babyfaces

Kayden Carter & Kacy Catanzaro

Indi Hartwell & Persia Pirotta*

Women's tag team division - heels

Gigi Dolin & Jacy Jayne (NXT women's tag team champions)

*Not listed on WWE.com's official NXT roster

Zoey Stark's injury has put her team with Io Shirai on hold, so NXT only has three women's teams left. Astonishingly, that's still more active women's tag teams than Raw and Smackdown put together.

No TV matches in 30 days: Danny Burch, Dante Chen, Guru Raaj, Hachiman, Ivy Nile, Mei Ying, Santos Escobar, Timothy Thatcher

I don't want to do the whole "I bet somebody gets cut next" bit, but I am genuinely surprised Burch and Thatcher made it through the August 6 and November 4 releases. Hachiman is also a weird case, where he was introduced as sort of an enforcer-looking guy for Roderick Strong's Diamond Mine stable, and he still hasn't had a single NXT match yet.

Another oddity of WWE's website is that Guru Raaj is only listed on the 205 Live roster, which is really just a remnant of when 205 Live was treated as a fourth brand for cruiserweights. Not that it makes much difference, since he hasn't been on any WWE show in months.

Part-time/semi-retired: Beth Phoenix, Brian Kendrick, Robert Stone

I'm starting to give up on Kendrick ever returning to full-time action. He hasn't appeared in a match in over a year, which I remember because it was his return from being away for a whole other year. I assume he's taken a producer job or something, and WWE just can't be arsed to update his website profile.

Robert Stone is a weird case because he was a full-time wrestler before he came to NXT, but they stuck him in a manager role, and now everyone in the Robert Stone Brand has been cut except for him. So I guess they'll repackage him as a full-time wrestler, but if there was any future for him in WWE doing that, they wouldn't have made him a manager in the first place.

Inactive

Candice LeRae (pregnancy)

Samoa Joe (undisclosed injury)

Saurav (visa issues)

Zoey Stark (left knee - torn ACL and meniscus)

To my knowledge, WWE has never provided an update on Joe's status or given any indication that they'll pick up on him trying to regain the NXT men's title after being forced to relinquish it. I'm not sure if Saurav will ever make it back into a WWE ring at this rate. I don't think anybody knows when LeRae's contract is up, but since Gargano could be leaving in December, there's been a lot of unfounded speculation that she'll end up wherever he goes.

I haven't seen a timeframe for Stark's recovery, but with knee injuries you can usually figure it'll be somewhere in the 6-12-month range.

[vintagelasvegas]

MGM Grand lion head entrance, 1993-1997

The lion head entrance was an original element of MGM Grand’s Wizard of Oz theme in 1993. It was removed in 1997 during a $250M renovation that removed the resort’s theme and family-friendly elements, replacing them with adult-oriented features including restaurants, retail, convention areas, and a nightclub. The re-branding effort was called “City of Entertainment.” 

Local legend focuses narrowly on the corner design’s unpopularity with Chinese visitors as the reason for the lion’s removal, a nugget of truth that morphed into a greater legend which claims Chinese visitors would not walk through the “mouth” or that MGM Grand suffered gaming losses because of the lion head.

Background on the controversy was summarized in an article about Strip resorts adapting to cater to international customers.

“...executives at the MGM Grand Hotel [learned] their Chinese visitors were reluctant to enter the hotel through the massive lion's head at the corner of Tropicana Avenue and the Strip. The lion is a revered but feared animal in Chinese culture, and many Asian visitors just won't tempt the gambling gods. Instead, they have chosen a less gaudy side entrance. The massive golden icon violated the age-old Chinese concept of feng shui – wind and water. Simply put, everything has its context; everything has its place. And to many Chinese, the MGM's roaring lion respects neither.” – Review Journal, 8/24/95.

“I was a superintendent for the managing General Contractor on that job [removing the lion]. They knew of the problem before they opened the hotel, but it was too late to change it at the time ... Anyhow, the cabs used the porte-cochère entrance so the rich Asians entered that way.” - Dennis Jensen

MGM Grand’s former spokesman Alan Feldman cited an amalgamation of factors for the lion’s removal, including changes required for the “City of Entertainment,” as well as negative customer feedback.

“Terry Lanni [MGM Grand president, CEO, and member of the board of directors from ‘95-‘99] believed the original president had given little thought to some of the decisions that had been made when the property opened. He often referred to the front as a ‘papier-mâché lion’ and was very public about the fact that walking into the mouth of a lion was particularly offensive to Asian customers as it was considered bad luck. For many years, including his time at MGM Mirage, he would point this out as a prime example of a significant cultural oversight proving the need to have diversity in decision-making.”

“Everyone has stories about things like that ... Over at the Mirage we built a high-limit gaming area that looked like a library. The Chinese word for book sounds like lose so books have an unlucky connotation. Those books were gone within the hour.”

Photos: April 1, 1997 by mudsharkalex; May 1997 by by John Gurzinski, from “Delionization.” Review Journal, 5/17/97.

Sources: “Practicing international etiquette: Local hotels and casinos work to avoid accidental cultural faux pas with international visitors.” Review Journal, 8/24/95; “It’s the end of the lion at MGM.” Las Vegas Sun, 5/14/97; S. Friess. “Las Vegas Adapts to Reap Chinese New Year Bounty.” NY Times, 2/17/2007; Interview with Alan Feldman, 2021.

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Tag ten followers you’d like to know better

ty @loverserendipity for tagging me! <3

name: sophie jade 

birth year: 2001

sign: Sagittarius

height: about 5ft 8 ish 

put your playlist on shuffle and name the first four songs:

Ace of Spades - Motorhead

Something About You - Roadtrip

Make It Right - BTS

Alone - Heart 

grab the nearest book, turn to page 23, what’s the 17th line?: “He or she creates cabinet committees and holds bilateral...” - politics textbook

ever had a song or poem written about you?: apparently a song but who knows

when was the last time you played air guitar?: dailyyyy

celebrity crushes?: probably David Tennant, Jensen Ackles and Xu Feng (& lowkey Lisa Tomaschewsky)

what’s a sound you hate/love?: I hate those high frequency cat alarm things.... I love the sound of heavy rain against the window. 

do you believe in ghosts?: nahh - only when im home alone

do you believe in aliens?: gotta.. we can’t be the only life form - plus how cool would it be to live in something like Star Trek so gotta have aliens

do you drive?: nopes

last book you read?: ummmmmmm - Christmas Carol for GCSE like 2 years ago

do you like the smell of gasoline?: on occasion

the last movie you saw?: Lord of the Rings! fucking classic man

do you have any obsessions right now?: probs lowkey supernatural ,, but the earlier seasons (oof), Princess Bride(!!) and my kpop bois lmao

do you tend to hold grudges?: only ironically

are you in a relationship?: nopes

imma tag : @skytlake, @albatraozasparagus, @yukinyaminyato, @trashbag2019, @shit-happens-bitchachos and @a-goldenloner (of course, you don’t have to do this if you don’t wanna)

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Featured Interview: E.J. Koh

Poetry:

Kristin Chang | 2 poems: Churching and Blowjob Alaina Pepin | Loup County, Nebraska Brian Czyzyk | Hoarfrost Kimberly L. Becker | Ceremony in lieu of a Funeral Hali F. Sofala-Jones  | The Peep Show Sarah Feng | teaching my brother how to fin a fish: elegy to my home Daniel Jenkins | The Spreading Avens Anna Kelley | Winter Hymn Tyler Friend | In a minivan Mingpei Li | 2 poems: Finally and I Learned About Summer Camp from Reading Books Amanda Gaines | Talking to my Sister Elspeth Jensen | Pressed Rooms Parisa Thepmankorn: 2 poems: Body Drought and I promise I have never known a body

Art:

Yulia Terebunskaya | 4 paintings Jay Waters | photographs from the series Later than After Barbara Martin | 5 paintings Jasmin Bauer | 6 paintings ​Roz MacLean | illustrations from the series All Together Now

Submit to our 10 Year Anniversary Issue. Deadline December 31st.

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Music of 2017, in no particular order

disclaimer: these aren’t all songs that were released in 2017, ALSO may be biased toward the end of the year

@chappisluvschurros

Songs: 

https://open.spotify.com/user/mecopast/playlist/3SsyJC5B0muHbxnZ2a5SFi

Tyrant - Kali Uchis ft. Jorga Smith

Lavender - Two Door Cinema Club

Disco Tits - Tove Lo

shedontknowbutsheknows - Tove Lo

Special Affair - The Internet

Bodak Yellow - Cardi B

Moves - Big Sean

Walls To Build - Kllo

Deja Vu - J. Cole

Instinct - Roy Woods

Do You - Noah Carter

Sad - Kodie Shane

Get Right Witcha - Migos

Scared To Be Lonely - Martin Garrix

Swang - Rae Sremmurd

Poison - Bell Biv DeVoe

Kathleen - Catfish and the Bottlemen

7 - Catfish and the Bottlemen

Hourglass - Catfish and the Bottlemen

26 - Catfish and the Bottlemen

Twice - Catfish and the Bottlemen

Homesick - Catfish and the Bottlemen

Anything - Catfish and the Bottlemen

Church On Sunday - Grace

Hell Of A Girl - Grace

Watch Out - 2 Chainz

Starboy - The Weeknd

Die For You - The Weeknd

Party Monster - The Weeknd

All The Way Up - Fat Joe, Remy Ma, French Montana

Shape Of You - Ed Sheeran

First Fuck - 6lack, Jhene Aiko

PRBLMS - 6lack

Weekend - Louis the Child

Lovesick - Caroline Pennell

Believer - Imagine Dragons

Dream - Imagine Dragons

I’m So Sorry - Imagine Dragons

Slide - Calvin Harris, Frank Ocean, Migos

Faking It - Calvin Harris, Kehlani, Lil Yachty

Rollin - Calvin Harris, Future, Khalid

Jump Off The Roof - Vince Staples

Don’t Forget About Me - CLOVES

Easier - Mansionair

Easily - Bruno Major

Morning - Marc E. Bassy

If You Let Me - Sinead Harnett, GRADES

.powder - Denitia and Sene

Dat $tick - Rich Brian

Figures - Jessie Reyez

Chanel - Frank Ocean

Hallucinating - Elohim

Your Shirt - Chelsea Cutler

She’s My Collar - Gorillaz

Out Of Body - Gorillaz

DNA. - Kendrick Lamar

LOVE. FEAT. ZACARI - Kendrick Lamar

HUMBLE. - Kendrick Lamar

Jusfayu - KAMAU, Lion Babe Remix

Calm Down - Skip Marley

World on Fire - Louis the Child

Slow Down Love - Louis the Child

Right to It - Louis The Child

Do It Myself - Russ

anemone - slenderbodies

Levitate - The Palms

Waste? - Michl

Filthy Rich - Evalyn

Closer - Emma Jensen

Childhood Dreams - ARY 

bellyache - Billie Eilish

idontwannabeyouanymore - Billie Eilish

Way Back - TLC, Snoop Dogg

Who Dat Boy - Tyler, The Creator

Where This Flower Blooms - Tyler, The Creator

See You Again - Tyler, The Creator

Wild Thoughts - Rihanna, DJ Khaled

Unravel Me - Sabrina Claudio

No Complaints - Metro Boomin, Offset, Drake

Blue Pill - Metro Boomin, Travis Scott

Pull Up N Wreck - Metro Boomin, Big Sean

Sink Into The Floor - Feng Suave

I’m Better - Missy Elliot

Joy - Missy Elliot

Slippery - Migos, Gucci Mane

Heebiejeebies - Aminé, Khelani

500 Horses - Cousin Stizz

Feel It Still - Portugal. The Man

Sit Next To Me - Foster The People

Blood in the Cut - K. Flay

Black Wave - K.Flay

Giver - K.Flay

Make Me Fade - K.Flay

Cooks - Still Woozy

Alala - Populous

Alright - Denzel White, BVRGER

Clouds Never Get Old - Bas

Wish You Well - Amir Obe

Bastards - Kesha

Praying - Kesha

Learn To Let Go - Kesha

Lights On - H.E.R.

Love a Loser - Cassie, G-Eazy

4 Da Squaw - Isaiah Rashad

Anita - Somo

GEMINI - HYDDE

Crawl - Tyne 

Shoulders - Golden Vessel, Mallrat, Elkkle

Sky Walker - Miguel, Travis Scott

Playing for You - Joe Hertz, Bassette

CIGARETTES - Amir Obe

Quicksand - SZA

Silence - Marshmello, Khalid

Get You - Daniel Ceasar, Kali Uchis

Where Did I Go? - Jorja Smith

Islands - Zola Blood

Build - Philanthrope

Ooh Ahh (My Life Be Like) - Grits, Toby Mac

Sex n’ Drugs - Abhi The Nomad

Freak Like Me - NoMBe

Over - Honors

Homemade Dynamite - Lorde

Perfect Places - Lorde

Slow Mover - Angie McMahon

Stay - Kreon, Heiwah

Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand

Brown Paper Bag - Birdman, Lil Wayne

Kickin’ Back - Mila J

Lemon - N.E.R.D., Rihanna

Dance On Me - Goldlink

No One - Kayge Calypso & DUNN Remix - Mothica 

New Freezer - Rich The Kid, Kendrick Lamar

Grey Luh - Berhana

Electric - Alina Baraz, Khalid

That’s My Girl - Fifth Harmony

It’s Strange - Louis The Child, K.Flay

That’s What I Like - Bruno Mars

Albums: 

https://open.spotify.com/user/mecopast/playlist/4YPdiV3GkBtc4CX6OT8tLk

Stoney - Post Malone

Ego Death - The Internet

Fin - Syd

Good For You - Aminé

Ctrl - SZA

Coloring Book - Chance The Rapper

The Divine Feminine - Mac Miller

American Teen - Khalid

I Decided. - Big Sean

[fortuneaspiration]

They head out for a date downtown to the Karaoke

[aledbr]

Tag Game

Thank you @vilcade:D

5 things that you will find in my bag:

- hands sanitizer - old movie tickets I forgot to throw away - tissues - phone - wallet

5 things in my room:

- a small Sansevieria - a pusheen pillow - Adam Jensen’s action figure - Geralt of Rivia’s action figure  - movie and games posters

5 things that I have always wanted to do in life:

- become a storm chaser - work for cdpr (lol I wish) - attend a super cool concept art school like Feng Zhu (lol I wish #2) - learn traditional painting properly - learn traditional sculpture properly

5 things I’m currently into:

- Deus Ex - Dishonored  - the Dark Tower books - Schoolism tutorials - Jensard (forever and always)

5 things on my to-do list:

- finding a new apartment - trying to figure out how to move all my stuff acorss half the country without        going insane - finish drawing and coloring a graphic novel - visit Ireland - finish that damn painting I’m stuck on

5 things you might not know about me:

- I studied philosophy in uni for a year before managing to convince my parents I wanted to do art - I have a brother who lives farfaraway and I see him only once in a few years - My favourite thing to do in the weekends is watching Poirot on saturday  afternoons while I drink tea or prepare a cake - I drink alcohol very rarely - I almost killed a friend of mine when I was a child, because we were playing with a real bow and arrows and I hurt them just below the eye D: And whever wants to do this is tagged :D

[shadowofmoths]

OKAY HERE ARE THE GORLS 1. Captain Kate Raidrage. Oceans Biggest Lesbian, former self insert oc from when i was 10. 2. Mahala Zephyr. the (much needed) brains of the group. spock to kate's kirk except they aren't married. uses they/them or she/her pronouns. butch lesbian. 3. Ciara May Jensen aka Pirate Carly Rae Jepsen And She's Gay And Has Two Guns or Carly "Arrrrr" Jepsen. currently working on her album, E•M•OCEAN. 4. Feng I Sao. Based on Best Historical Pirate Cheng I Sao, soft spoken trans lesbian who has a dog named Parrot, cool prosthetic arms, and Some Secrets. 5. she doesn't have a name bc she can't talk she just unhinges her whole jaw and SCREAMS

[ukrainianwomenonline]

Meeting Women in Ukraine: Your Essential Travel Accessories

No matter you have a day job or run your own business, you can find time to visit your lady in Ukraine. In order to help you in this regard, I’ve summarized a list of key travel accessories that you will need when you start your trip.

Fragrance: CK One

Actually, you would be well-advised to buy two bottles of CK One because you can give a gift to your Ukrainian lady and you’ll use one bottle of CK One yourself (it’s a citrus aromatic fragrance for both men and women). Launched in 1994, CK One smells like a very luxury soap. Better still, it’s very affordable, youthful and free-spirited! I’m sure both you and your Ukrainian girlfriend will be inspired by this pure, contemporary and naturally clean scent with an extremely refreshing point of view. As it’s a relaxed and light scent, it’s meant to be used lavishly. 😉

Kindle

Instead of playing video games, you’d better read more books so that you can have more interesting things to talk about when you are on a date with a Ukrainian woman. Leaders are readers.

Nowadays you don’t have to carry 20 books in your luggage because you can use Kindle and easily store 600 books on one device. It’s super nice and easy.

Here is a list of books that I highly recommend:

Mastery (Robert Greene)

The 48 Laws of Power (Robert Greene)

The Obstacle Is the Way (Ryan Holiday)

Ego Is the Enemy (Ryan Holiday)

The Alter Ego Effect (Todd Herman)

Thank You Economy (Gary Vaynerchuk)

Soulmate Sequence: Your Guide to Mastering Social Confidence and Finding the One (Richard la Ruina)

I’m pretty sure you will have a lot to talk about if you can read the above-mentioned seven books before meeting your Ukrainian lady.

A journal

If you would like to work while you are travelling, you probably have to keep a journal so that you will be able to boost your productivity and become very well-organized.

Remember: productive people are always well-organized.

Usually, I buy a new journal at the beginning of each year and use it every day. My journal is a combination of my thoughts and weekly to-do list. It’s a great place to do a brain dump by writing down everything on my mind and then decide which item could bring the best result if it is done. Then I do that activity first.

When you have tremendous productivity, Ukrainian ladies will like you more because they all admire successful high achievers.

Also, writing things down may lower your stress level as things that you are worried about aren’t in your head anymore (they are all written down in a journal). You may do this before you go to bed at night so you can improve the quality of your sleep, which is very important to your health and wellbeing.

A wallet with at least 2 compartments

A wallet which has at least 2 compartments is an essential travel accessory as you have to use different currencies while travelling, right?

From feng shui’s perspective, using a high-quality wallet is good for wealth creation because a broken wallet can rarely bring good fortune. Therefore, you may want to buy a brand-new wallet if your current wallet isn’t ideal. Your wallet doesn’t have to be expensive, but it has to be practical and decent.

Let’s say you take your Ukrainian girlfriend out for a dinner date. At the end of the dinner, you take out your wallet to pay the bill. If your wallet looks great, it implies this message: “I only use high-quality products. This is how I respect myself, so I expect you to respect me like this as well.” And it’s an important message that you want to communicate at the beginning of a romantic relationship, okay?

Rolling luggage

If you are a minimalist and prefer travelling light, you might only use one small carry-on luggage.

Personally, I don’t have lots of stuff as I’m a typical minimalist. I don’t buy anything that is unnecessary. Well, I know I’m probably not the most romantic person in the world, but I’m sure I’m very down-to-earth.

Cell phone

Obviously, you have to bring your smartphone with you. It’s a clock, an alarm clock, a dictionary, a calculator, a camera….

Remember to take a lot of photos when you are in Ukraine with your Ukrainian girlfriend. She will appreciate it if she can see your new and exciting photos on Instagram!

A computer

Many people work remotely these days, so if you also do some work on the Internet, you probably have to bring a laptop with you when you are travelling.

You can install f.lux on your laptop so that the screen doesn’t do harm to your eyes even if you work late at night. I’ve been using f.lux for six years and it’s been really helpful. I can sleep very well even after working on my laptop at 11:30pm.

Essential oils

Travelling internationally can be tiring, so you may want to relax by using some essential oils, e.g. lavender essential oil, chamomile essential oil, orange essential oil, and so on.

My favorite is Endota rest & restore de-stress roll on essential oilwhich was purchased in Australia last year. It’s very handy and highly effective because it helps encourage a sense of calm with a combination of 100% pure essential oils that are blended with the relaxing and refreshing aromas of chamomile, lavender and frankincense. All I need to do is to gently roll a very small amount of oil onto my wrists, palms of hands, temples and soles of feet & breathe deeply. 😊

You may even ask your Ukrainian girlfriend to try some essential oils if she is keen to explore something new as well. As far as I know, most Ukrainian women like natural scents.

Headphones

Noise-cancelling headphones are very useful if you decide to work in a coffeehouse at times. This strategy can help you focus on your work on your laptop. No distractions, no worries. 😊

Jewelry

If you and your Ukrainian girlfriend have started a romantic relationship officially, you can give her jewelry as gifts.

First of all, if this is the initial stage of a relationship, you don’t have to buy her a ring. But you may consider buying her a bracelet, a necklace or a pair of earrings. Jewelry is the gift for love!

Second, you may want to know which brands are the best for elegant ladies. My recommendations are Pandora, Swarovski, Georg Jensen, Thomas Sabo, Tiffany & Co. and Cartier.

Last but not least, before you buy your Ukrainian lady jewelry, please analyze her style. Does she have an artistic style or a quirky style? Does she prefer a feminine style or a modern / chic style? Then you can choose the right jewelry for your Ukrainian girlfriend accordingly.

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NA LCS Season 6 Summer Preview

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NA LCS Season 6 Summer Preview

With the recent finish to MSI (Mid-Season Invitational), Counter Logic Gaming shows promise finishing in 2nd place. The first place team of the summer split will automatically qualify for Worlds as the first seed from the NA which means there is a lot up for grabs. From looking at the results from the spring playoffs Counter Logic Gaming is the favourite here finishing in 1st place as well as 2nd at the most recent MSI event. This NA LCS summer split should be an exciting display of skill with CLG, TSM, Immortals and Team Liquid all fighting it out for the top spot. The main LCS competitions based on geographic regions are as follows:

EU LCS (East and West Europe)

NA LCS (North America)

Champions Korea (South Korea)

LPL China

LM Taiwan

In this case we’ll be looking at the teams for the upcoming NA LCS Summer split. If you’re a European then look no further than here to read about the preview for your split.

NA LCS Summer Preview

Before we consider the teams for the NA LCS It’s important to remind you that the format will be changing for the summer split. The games are now going to be a best of three format, which means each team will play each other 6 times maximum across the split in two BO3 matches. You can read more about this change here.

Cloud 9

With a recent switch up in their main roster Cloud 9 have recently moved Balls, Rush and Hai to their subs while replacing them with newcomer Impact, returner Meteos and support main Bunny FuFuu. In addition to this Cloud9 have also brought in Reapered as their head coach and Kubz as their assistant coach. While a below average performance at the spring playoffs put them in 5th place Cloud 9 will be looking to up their game at summer LCS with their major team shake-up.

Top – Impact (South Korea)

Jungle – Meteos (USA)

Mid – Jensen (Denmark)

ADC – Sneaky (USA)

Support – Bunny FuFuu (USA)

Counter Logic Gaming

Hot off their 1st place win at LCS spring and 2nd place at MSI, Counter Logic Gaming are a strong favourite for this year’s summer LCS. With no changes to their roster CLG will be hoping to replicate their success. With a bit of intense practice it’s highly likely that CLG could show a strong performance at the summer LCS.

Top – Darshan (USA)

Jungle – Xmithie (Philippines)

Mid – HuHi (South Korea)

ADC – Stixxay (USA)

Support – Aphromoo (USA)

Echo Fox

Echo Fox are one of the newest teams in the LCS that was founded in December last year are preparing for their first LCS summer split. After getting in some trouble for not being able to submit an eligible roster in January this year Echo Fox gained some temporary subs to ensure this doesn’t happen again. Finishing a disappointing 7th place in the LCS spring split Echo Fox will be looking to show they can be a force to be reckoned with at the LCS summer split.

Top – kfo (South Korea)

Jungle – Hard (Canada)

Mid – Froggen (Denmark)

ADC – Keith (USA)

Support – Big (USA)

Immortals

Featuring ex TSM ADC WildTurtle and world class top laner Huni Immortals had a good performance at the spring LCS finishing in 1st place. Unfortunately there performance wasn’t as good in the playoffs and they had to settle for 3rd place. Based on their previous performance Immortals are a strong team going into the summer LCS and are expected to be placing in the top 3.

Top – Huni (South Korea)

Jungle – Reignover (South Korea)

Mid – Pobelter (USA)

ADC – WildTurtle (Canada)

Support – Adrian (USA)

EnvyUs

Team EnVyUs entered the NA LCS this year after the spring split team Renegades were forced to sell their LCS spot after Riot Games banned the organization. The team had allegedly endangered the player welfare and safety as well as violated a competitive ban against owner Chris Badawi. The deal allegedly cost more than $1 million after the EnVyUs organisation came into some money. They should make a formidable addition to the LCS after already having a strong presence in other eSports. We’re unsure on what roster they will go with but it’s clear that Crumbzz will not be a part of it after he announced he was now looking for a new team.

NRG eSports

Another new team that will be playing their first summer LCS this year after finishing 5th in the LCS spring playoffs. With a minor change to their roster replacing former ADC Impact with Ohq, NRG are hoping a new ADC will improve their performance at summer LCS.

Top – Quas (Venezuela)

Jungle – Santorin (Denmark)

Mid – GBM (South Korea)

ADC – Ohq (South Korea)

Support – KiWiKiD (USA)

Apex Gaming

After finishing an impressive 1st place in both the NACS spring split and NACS playoffs, Apex Gaming are looking like a strong team heading into the summer LCS. On the 2nd May their Jungler Eve, was suspended from the team indefinitely for disciplinary reasons. Although there is no indication if he will still be included in the roster for the summer LCS this might cause issues for Apex Gaming later on.

Top – Cris (USA)

Jungle – Eve (South Korea)

Mid – Keane (South Korea)

ADC – Police (South Korea)

Support – Xpecial (USA)

Team Impulse

Finishing in a disappointing 9th place in the Spring LCS, Team Impulse really have a lot to prove to fans in the upcoming tournament. Although there have been no changes to the roster from their Spring LCS disaster, hopefully some new strategies and tactics will stop them from finishing in 9th place again.

Top – Feng (China)

Jungle – Procxin (South Korea)

Mid – Pirean (South Korea)

ADC – Mash (Canada)

Support – Gate (USA)

Team Liquid

After a good performance in the Spring LCS, Team Liquid are looking to finish in the top 3 this time. With no changes at all to their roster, Team Liquid will be competing with their same LCS Spring team which managed to get them 4th place… again.

Top – Lourlo (USA)

Jungle – Dardoch (USA)

Mid – FeniX (South Korea)

ADC – Piglet (South Korea)

Support – Matt (USA)

Team Solo Mid

With the recent loss of YellOwStaR, returning back to Europe’s Fnatic, their new support Biofrost will be looking to fill his place. Finishing 2nd in the LCS Spring playoffs, TSM are a strong contender going into the summer LCS and will be a favourite to look out for. Whether they can make it back to the World Championships for another time remains to be seen.

Top – Hauntzer (USA)

Jungle – Svenskeren (Denmark)

Mid – Bjergsen (Denmark)

ADC – Doublelift (USA)

Support – Biofrost (China)

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