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martyr-19 · 5 months ago

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{"guardian_login": "Martyr-19" [”ghost”: “Prophet”]}

{“id": "0458"}

{"title": "Bio:VUASS-#"}

{"type": "bioshare"}

{"created": "####-##-##”}

{“updated”: “####-##-##”}

2/6

Snippets of Vuass-4’s Guardian profile—

VUASS-#

{“guardian": "Vuass-4"}

{“ghost": "Aimee"}

{“status”}} > active

{“stationed”}} > “Eliksni Quarter, Botza District, Earth”

> [titan, exo]

First Vanguard Note>>

[####-##-##] > Z “Demonstrated competent control of solar Light, but his lack of tactical coordination is concerning. I will have to consider whether he is ready for more advanced field operations."

Latest Vanguard Note>>

[####-##-##] > Z “Expecting notification of off-world supply delivery to the Eliksni Quarter. No reported incidents.”

Fireteam {1} Insight>>

[####-##- ##-] {“year 1”}

{B}} Youngest and acts like our dad. Make that add up.

{S3}} Brute strength makes him better with his fists than his guns. Stay out of the way the moment he starts swinging things. Best in close quarters.

{L}} Looks and sounds scary but he’s really a sweetheart! Plays guitar!

{K}} Nearly impossibly to win a spar against him. Couple hundred pounds of Light powered metal (?) doesn’t give the rest of us the best chance.

{M8}} Powerful.

Fireteam {1} Insight>>

[####-##- ##-] {“year 2”}} “last recorded”

{B}} Did your best, big guy. Watch your six.

{S3}} I told you to watch him. After her, you knew to watch him.

{L}} [No Comment Available]

{K}} [No Comment Available]

{M8}} Grief makes us say things we shouldn’t. You’re not to blame.

Latest Guardian Report>>

{OverviewAccess}

{“attached-details”>hidden}

“All has been calm and quiet within the Eliksni Quarter these past few months despite the chaos brought on by the Witness. Those further integrated outside of Quarter bounds have ran into little to no issues. These past few years have given the community the needed time to adapt and welcome— I was confident of it from the start.

We are expecting off-world construction resources that include:

{listhidden}”

According to the accumulated records of [####-##-##]-[####-##-##], Vuass-4 has exhibited a nurturing disposition. The Titan has been stationed within the Quarter and related integration efforts since the Eliksni's initial arrival in the City. Vuass-4 has been outspoken in advocating for both Eliksni and Cabal allies. He has demonstrated a deep commitment to maintaining peace and ensuring the safety of all involved parties, a dedication that has persisted over the years.

There are very little logs of his activity, suggesting distancing from Vanguard-Tower operations.

While he also appears to have re-established amicable terms with Sentry-3 and Bev, he has no official fireteam.

Last contact with Martyr-19 was [####-##-##], three days after the fireteam was disbanded:

>>{Vuass-1[titan, exo]}

“Im proud of how far you’ve come. For all we argued at the end, I do not regret our time as teammates. Remember what has happened here and learn from it. You’re quiet now, but I’m confident you’ll grow into yourself. You’ll make it.

Voice loud. Eyes up. Fight strong.

Devotion. Bravery. Sacrifice.”

#destiny the game #destiny 2 #destiny ghost #destiny guardians #destiny oc #destiny exo #destiny titan #martyr 19

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darthkvznblogs · 2 years ago

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Following your latest update, I did a re-binge of 3Below (rekindling my hatred for Rise of the Titans for wasting the 3Below cast) and Seklos and Gaylen, you were right. Steve didn't do a damn thing. If anything, he was a hinderance. No idea for a new Aja pairing but I think it'd be cool if House Tarron met Bumblebee. They could probably find some common ground. And you know, Vex could spar with an Autobot.

Unfortunately, yeah. Like I said, I don't dislike Steve (after the character development, at least), but he's also kind of a very superfluous character, at least for the purposes of The Royal We.

I'm sure they'll meet eventually!

#ask box #kryptonverse

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madlori · 5 years ago

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Unveiled Chapter 5

Chapter 1 || Chapter 2 || Chapter 3 || Chapter 4 || Chapter 5 || Chapter 6 || Chapter 7 || Chapter 8 || Chapter 9 || Chapter 10 || Chapter 11 || Chapter 12 || Chapter 13 || Epilogue

by MadLori Word Count: 2500 Fandom: Men’s Hockey RPF Pairing: Sidney Crosby/Evgeni Malkin Rating: NC-17 (like, heed this, please) Tags: Arranged Marriage, Modern Royalty AU, Mpreg, Not Omegaverse, No Consent Issues, Veiled Sex, Weird Traditions, Don’t Think Too Hard, Handwavey Biology

Definitely sex in this one.

Read it on AO3

Just before lunch, Dr. Rjskov came to Zhenya’s office. “It’s about His Highness, sir.”

Zhenya jumped up. “Is he all right?”

“He’s quite well. But his best fertility window is closing for the month. I thought you should be advised. It is of course up to you and your husband how you conduct your relationship, but he’ll be unlikely to conceive as of this afternoon.”

“This...afternoon?”

“Yes, I advised His Highness that his hormones were shifting last night, and that they’d reach their baseline levels around lunchtime today.”

“Ah.” Zhenya sat down, feeling a little deflated. That explained the surprise morning sex. His consort had wanted one last try for a conception before his fertility window closed. It had nothing to do with any thirst he had for Zhenya’s cock. “Thank you for the update, Doctor. You’ll advise us when his fertility window reopens?”

“Of course, sir. About three weeks.” He bowed and excused himself.

Zhenya sat there for a few minutes, staring down at his desktop, littered with the latest notes and suggestions from his consort’s perusal of the memos and white papers he’d gotten from Seryozha. He got to his feet, grabbed his coat and strode out of the office.

A walk. That was a fine idea. That’d set him to rights.

It was sort of working, too, until he took a turn around the athletic fields and came upon the consort and his guards in the lower rugby pitch. They were engaged in some kind of hand-to-hand combat training and, to his surprise, his husband was participating in it.

The guards were all clad in black training gear; a variety of pads, weapons and training aids were scattered in the grass. His stomach clenched; his consort was sparring with Sidney. Because that was just what he needed -- to watch a karmic re-enactment of his inner turmoil.

Sidney was shirtless, his muscled torso shining with sweat and his hands and wrists wrapped. Zhenya’s consort was wearing the same training kit the other guards were wearing, with the addition of...well, he wouldn’t have thought there was such a thing as an athletic veil, but there seemed to be. These gray veils looked to be lighter weight than his usual ones but were still opaque, and they were fastened to his clothing at strategic points to prevent them from flying up and exposing him when he moved quickly. The sides were shorter, to let his arms move freely, but his torso was still covered.

Zhenya lurked in the shadows near the gear shed and watched, feeling like a creeper. Letang was directing the sparring, and neither Sidney nor the consort seemed to be holding anything back. He watched as they moved quickly around each other, hands and feet flashing, his consort’s veils billowing around his head. Sidney was laughing, and Zhenya suddenly realized that his consort was, too. Of course, he wouldn’t be aware that Zhenya could hear him. It would be improper for him to continue to observe in secret.

He stepped out of the shadows and approached, telling himself that he had every right to walk on the grounds of his own palace. His consort saw him and abruptly drew back, causing Sidney to turn around to see what had gotten the consort’s attention. He grinned -- dear God, that smile. Zhenya forced himself to look only at his consort as he nodded to him and the rest of the group.

“Your Royal Highness, good morning,” Fleury said. “We were just sparring. We’re all feeling like we need some exercise.”

Zhenya nodded. As long as his consort was present, he was prohibited from speaking, a fact that Fleury seemed to abruptly remember. “Of course. Uh...your Highness, perhaps Kris should escort you back to the palace.”

The consort waved to him; Zhenya waved back as Letang and another of the guards (his name started with J...was it Justin? Jeff?) flanked him and they walked back up the hill.

The other guards were gathering up the pads and gear. “If you’ll excuse us, sir, we should return to our duties.” Fleury bowed and followed Kris, the rest of the guards save Sidney trailing behind him.

“I didn’t mean to interrupt your exercise,” Zhenya said.

Sidney shrugged, unwinding the tape from his hands. “We got in a good hour. He was feeling restless.”

“Were you going easy on him?”

“Did it look that way?”

“No, it didn’t.”

“He doesn’t need me to. He’s a good fighter. Almost as good as me,” he said, winking. “Then again, I taught him everything he knows.”

Zhenya shoved his hands in his pockets. “I keep stumbling over skills my husband possesses which I do not.”

“You could learn. I’ll teach you.”

“I’m a bit old to learn new tricks.”

“Ah yes, so old. What are you, twenty-seven?”

“Suck-up. I’m thirty-one, as you well know.”

“I’m thirty. Do I seem infirm to you?”

He couldn’t help it, his eyes crawled down Sidney’s absolutely not-infirm body. “No.”

“You’re in good shape, I’ve seen you running on the grounds.”

Zhenya swallowed hard at the thought of Sidney watching him run. “I do have a concern about my consort engaging in this kind of exercise. It’s too early for us to know, but he very well could be pregnant. Given how much effort we put into getting him that way, a stray blow to the stomach seems like a big risk. It could jeopardize everything.”

Sidney’s jaw tightened a little. “Isn’t that his call to make?”

“I don’t think it’s unreasonable that I have some input as well.”

Sidney kept his eyes on his tape-unwinding. “Perhaps he didn’t think about that. I’ll remind him. There are ways we can spar that wouldn’t pose a danger.” He met Zhenya’s eyes. “He’d no more want to endanger a pregnancy than you would, that much I know.”

“I’m glad to hear that.”

“He’s…” Sidney pulled on his shirt and shouldered his bag. “I think he might be frustrated that the fertility window is up today.”

“I’ve been advised. I’m surprised he’d share that with you, if you’ll pardon me saying so.”

“There isn’t a lot we don’t share between us. All of us. We’re the only ones he can really be free with. For the time being.”

“Of course.” They started walking back toward the palace. “I admit I don’t really know what to do now. I’d be disappointed not to see him for three weeks.”

“You mean not to sleep with him.”

“Only in part.”

“You think he would want to stop until the next window?”

“I have no idea what he wants.” Zhenya couldn’t believe he was discussing what was a private matter between him and his consort with a man who he could no longer deny he was wildly attracted to. “If our goal is his fertilization, why would he wish to continue?”

Sidney laughed. “You have strange ideas about consorts. The veil doesn’t turn off his libido. He’s a human, Zhenya. Of course he’s going to want to keep having sex. He has an attractive partner available to him on demand. Why wouldn’t he keep partaking of that?”

Zhenya had stopped walking and just stood there, blinking. “You think so?”

He looked back, amusement in his eyes. “I’m kind of amazed I have to tell you that.”

His mind was rewinding Sidney’s statement. “You think I’m attractive?”

A flush bloomed on Sidney’s cheeks. “Just quoting the consort.”

“Oh.” Zhenya hesitated. “He thinks I’m attractive?”

“Quit fishing for compliments,” Sidney said, laughing.

Zhenya resumed walking at Sidney’s side. “You called me Zhenya.”

“I did, didn’t I?”

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Zhenya did not receive an appointment confirmation card that afternoon, to his dismay. What he did receive was another knock on his door later that evening, after he had retired to his chamber. He nearly injured himself leaping off the bed and dashing to respond.

He barely had the door shut behind him before his consort was undressing him again, but this time Zhenya intended to make his own plans. He slid his hand around the consort’s waist and down to cup his ass, pulling him tight to his chest. His other hand dipped between the consort’s legs to grasp his stiffening cock. He gave it a few strokes, staring down at his husband’s veiled face and wishing he could see his eyes, and then Zhenya dropped to his knees before him. He heard a quiet sigh from above that turned into a surprised gasp when he swallowed him down, allowing himself the pleasure of grabbing two large handfuls of his backside. He felt hands grip his hair and the consort rocked forward into his mouth. Zhenya pulled back a little and tugged at his hips, hoping to communicate to him that yes, that was what he should do. The consort got the message and began to fuck his mouth, cautiously at first and then with more vigor as Zhenya encouraged him with tugs and strokes and glances up at his veiled face. He slipped one hand between the consort’s legs and found him wet; Zhenya slid two fingers into his pussy and stroked him, eliciting more strangled gasps and groans from above. His fingers wet, he moved them back to his ass, circling the entrance for a moment to give him time to object, and when no objection came, slid one, then two inside.

That pushed his partner right over the edge. He grunted and came hard down Zhenya’s throat. Zhenya pulled off and stroked him through it, his consort’s whole body quivering. His husband dropped to his knees and let his veiled head fall to Zhenya’s shoulder; he was limp dead weight in Zhenya’s arms. Zhenya grinned, pleased with this result.

The consort’s hand wandered to Zhenya’s still-hard cock, a clear offer to assist him, but he moved it away. He guided the consort to the bed -- all he wanted right now was to jerk off all over that magnificent ass. Somehow through a mixture of gestures and touches, this was communicated between them, and his husband laid himself out very appealingly on the bed, back arched and legs spread to present his rear to its best advantage. Zhenya knelt between his spread legs and quickly fisted his cock. His consort reached back with both hands to spread his cheeks wide, his head turned so he could watch Zhenya over his shoulder. Zhenya groaned and spurted his come over the round cheeks and his consort’s exposed hole. After a few moments’ recovery, he picked up one of the many towels placed around the bedchamber by the long-suffering palace attendants and wiped his partner clean, or as clean as could be achieved in this moment.

The consort turned on his side, propping his head on an elbow as if contemplating this prince he’d married. Zhenya smiled, indicating his sleepiness with a fake yawn. The consort shifted again, moving to his back and leaning his shoulders against the copious pillows on the bed. He arranged his veils, held out his arms and beckoned with his fingers. A thrill ran up Zhenya’s spine -- was he being invited to stay with him, here? It certainly seemed so.

He crawled up the bed into the waiting, veiled arms of his husband of six days and nestled his head down in the hollow of his shoulder, draping his body across the partially hidden one beneath him. His consort’s arms came up around him and held him; peace stole across his mind and ushered him quickly into sleep.

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“You’re in a good mood.” Sidney said, casting his line over the lake with a practiced flick of his wrist. Zhenya had started out fishing, but had given it up and was now just lounging on the dock with an ale, watching Sidney fish and absolutely not admiring the flex of his legs and back when he cast.

“I slept well.” Indeed, in his consort’s arms he had slept better than he had in months. They’d both slept like the dead and woken up slowly, touching each other awake in the dim morning light and having gentle, drowsy sex before either of them were fully alert, his husband’s body warm and welcoming, twined around him like a climbing vine. Zhenya could still feel the smooth tightness of the consort’s pussy as he’d fucked him, one of his legs hooked over Zhenya’s forearm, his hands gripping Zhenya’s shoulders and pulling him in, urging him deeper.

“Well, that’s good. Everyone needs sleep.”

Zhenya hesitated, but it seemed silly now to turn reticent. Sidney seemed to always know everything, anyway. “You were right about the consort. He still wants to have sex with me.”

“Oh, for sure. Who wouldn’t?”

“I keep waiting to find out what you’re buttering me up for.”

“You’re going to be King, isn’t that enough?” he said, looking over his shoulder with a mischievous smirk. “Doesn’t everyone suck up to you?”

“My staff don’t seem to have gotten that memo, and my friends seem to actively do the opposite.”

Sidney kept casting. “Just out of curiosity, why aren’t you the one trying to get pregnant?”

“It’s the custom. I’m the royal one.”

“The kid would be half you either way.”

“True. This is just the way it’s done. If I’d been married off to a prince and gone to another country to be his consort, I’d be the one getting knocked up.” Zhenya frowned. “Does he resent that?”

Sidney shrugged. “Not that he’s mentioned. He always talked about wanting kids. I don’t think he cared if he was going to be the one carrying them or not.”

“Tradition encourages the consort to carry the first one, but nothing’s to stop me from carrying a second one, should we decide to have another. It would be unusual, but it’s not forbidden. Maybe we could trade off.”

“Seems fair.”

“I’m glad he wants children, and it’s not just duty. It’s nice when arranged marriages aren’t entirely abhorrent.”

“He always knew he’d have one -- an arranged marriage, I mean. He tried to look at it as a way to contribute.”

“Well, he’s certainly done that.” Zhenya got up and joined him on the shore. “Why do we always talk about him?”

“He’s what we have in common.”

“Is that all?”

Sidney looked at him. “I hope not.”

“Tell me about where you grew up. Your childhood.”

He grinned. “You don’t want to hear about my stupid kid escapades.”

“Well, now I want to hear about them more.” He watched Sidney’s face flush and brighten as he began to recount a wild tale about his best friend Marc-Andre and a runaway toy wagon, and wondered why on earth he continued to torture himself.

Next Chapter

#unveiled #unveiled chapters #sidgeno #sidgeno fic #hockey rpf #my writing

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bjy-on-ao3 · 4 years ago

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Fic Summary Teaser

Well, since I mentioned the rough draft of my latest fic is complete, I suppose I should give the summary as a teaser for those interested. Granted, it’s short as normal and may be re-composed a bit, it’s there for those who want to see. Still working on tagging and the like in addition to the other stuff, so just the title, pairing, rating, and summary will be listed. As usual once it goes live I’ll make a new post with a link to it.

This is going to be another fic featuring pre-P4G stuff (which as there isn’t much involves headcanon stuff, so if your bag is strictly canonical information, this might not be one for you). I’ll also admit the basis of the premise is not the 100% most original thing in the world, but so be it.

Thrown Persona 4 Golden

Reader x Adachi (Explicit)

Wanting to brush up on some martial arts for the Police Academy requirements, Reader asks Adachi to be their impromptu sparring partner. Things get unexpectedly out of hand.

Will update once the real thing is live! Hopefully that’ll be by the end of the week, but I make no promises! Except that it will be posted one way or another eventually!

#writing #fanfic #fanfiction #teaser #summary only #persona 4 golden #adachi tohru #tohru adachi #ao3 #archive of our own #wip #writing adventures #writing related #persona fanfiction #p4g

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informationpalace · 5 years ago

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Trump Cautions China Could Face Consequences for Virus Outbreak

On Saturday, President Donald Trump warned China that if it was "knowingly responsible" for the novel virus outbreak it will face repercussions, as he intensified Beijing's criticism of its treatment of the outbreak During a daily White House briefing, Mr. Trump said, “It could have been stopped in China before it started and it wasn’t, and the whole world is suffering because of it.” It was the latest U.S. volley in a word war between the two largest economies in the world, indicating heightened friction in relationships at a time when according to experts an unprecedented level of cooperation and collaboration is entailed to cope with the devastating virus outbreak. “If it was a mistake, a mistake is a mistake. But if they were knowingly responsible, yeah, I mean, then sure there should be consequences,” Trump stated. He has not commented on what steps the U.S. might take. Mr. Donald Trump and senior aides have censured China of losing accountability since the coronavirus broke out in its city of Wuhan late last year. He suspended World Health Organization funding this week and accused it of being "China-centric." Washington and Beijing have frequently sparred over the virus in public. Trump initially lavished praise for his statement on China and his counterpart Xi Jinping. However, he and other senior officials have referred to it as the "Chinese virus," and have ramped up their rhetoric in recent days. They also vigorously denied earlier attempts by some Chinese officials to blame the US military for the sources of the virus.

Trump's domestic critics argue that although China performed badly at the outset and still needs to be honest about what happened, he is now trying to use Beijing to help redirect his own response from the shortcomings and take an edge of developing anit-China emotions among some voters for his 2020 re-election bid. White House officials are, however, at the same time aware of the possible backlash if things get too high. The United States relies heavily on China for personal protective equipment which American medical workers urgently need and Trump is also keen to keep track of a hard-won trade agreement. Trump said the relationship between the U.S. and China had been good until recently, citing a multi-billion agricultural deal intended to defuse a brutal trade war. “But then all of a sudden you hear about this,” he stated. Chinese were “embarrassed” he said, and the question was whether what happened with the virus outbreak was “a mistake that got out of control, or was it done deliberately?” “There’s a big difference between those two,” he added. Wuhan Lab Trump also raised concerns about a Wuhan virology laboratory that the coronavirus was likely created as part of China's attempt to demonstrate its ability to recognize and combat viruses. Trump has said his government is trying to conclude whether the virus originated from a Chinese laboratory. As of February, the Chinese state-sponsored Wuhan Institute of Virology debunked claims that the virus might have been synthesized artificially in one of its laboratories or perhaps escaped from such a facility. Wandering off the coronavirus issue, Trump also used the White House briefing to take a swing at supposed Democratic presidential nominee – Joe Biden – and his long record as senator and prior vice president on China. Mr. Trump while focusing on his own confrontational trade terms toward China and using his nickname “Sleepy Joe” for his rival, stated if Biden wins the White House that China and the rest of countries “will take our country.” Trump also raised doubts again regarding China's death rate, which was updated on Friday. China stated 1,300 people died of the virus outbreak in Wuhan were not counted, but dismissed accusations of a cover-up. The United States has the highest number of recorded cases of coronavirus in the world by far, with more than 720,000 infections and more than 37,000 deaths. Do not forget leaving your valuable comment on this piece of writing and sharing with your near and dear ones. To keep yourself up-to-date with Information Palace, put your email in the space given below and Subscribe. Furthermore, if you yearn to know about the Amazon’s attempt to devise a coronavirus test for its workers, visit our construct, ‘Amazon develops Its Own Coronavirus Test for Workers’. Read the full article

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wp-yahoo-style-1042-yahoopa-blog · 7 years ago

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Dad’s Wish List for Father’s Day

After a long year of working, changing diapers, driving kids to hockey practice at dawn, and/or prioritizing tuition payments over trips to Aruba, most dads are probably happy on Father’s Day just to go out to brunch, kick back and watch some sports or grill in the yard, and spend some time with the family — that’s what’s really special.

But there’s nothing wrong with hooking him up with some sweet gear.

So click about for some father-tested and -approved items — apparel, exercise equipment, spirits, plenty of golf gear — that are more or less guaranteed to put a little extra smile on your favorite dad’s face. —Ken Gee

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Fender CD-60SCE Acoustic Guitar

Many, if not most, guys wish they had some guitar chops. Fact is, your favorite dad is only three chords and a little practice away from a quality pastime, if not actual campfire glory. Fender’s CD-60SCE features a built-in tuner and pickup, an easy-play rosewood fingerboard for the lightly callused beginning to intermediate player, and cutaway design for advanced shredding. $299

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Haggar E-CLO Stria Dress Pants

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Bradley Allan Polo Shirt

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Mission Belts

Belts are one of those items a lot of men just don’t go out and buy for themselves and hence a perennial Father’s Day gift. Mission belts come in a variety of good-looking styles, with no holes. And the brand donates a portion of its sales to fighting hunger and providing micro-loans to developing nations. From $35 (Courtesy Mission Belts)

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Dad’s Hat Rye and Brooklyn Gin

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TheraGun

The TheraGun looks kind of like a power tool, but it’s actually a powerful massager that delivers stimulating and pain-relieving deep tissue and muscle vibration therapy. Originally designed for physical therapists and chiropractors to help patients suffering from injuries and chronic pain, its appeal quickly spread to professional sports teams, trainers, and basically anyone who tried it. It’s relaxing, it helps muscles recover from a workout, soreness, or tightness, and it just feels good. Like having a personal masseuse at your fingertips 24/7. $599 (Courtesy TheraGun)

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Under Armour Speedform Velociti RE Running Shoes

These springy, breathable mesh superlightweight trainers come with an added advantage: They track and analyze your running statistics and store them on the UA MapMyRun MVP app — you get a free one-year subscription with purchase, so Dad can chart his progress and set his fitness goals. $139 (Gordon Donovan/Yahoo News)

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Second Skin QUATROFLX Compression Shirt and Shorts

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Masterbuilt 30-inch Black Digital Smoker

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‘The Gargoyle Hunters’

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TecTecTec! VPR0500

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Callaway’s latest driver represents a lot of technical improvements. But we’ll just share an anecdote. Our brother, a hardworking father of three, was a beleaguered driver of the golf ball. Not terrible, but inconsistent, erratic. We gave him an Epic this spring and he steadily became a longer driver of the golf ball, a straighter driver of the golf ball, a more confident driver of the golf ball. True story. It’s a beautiful club too, and the father in your life can custom-build it online. $499 (Gordon Donovan/Yahoo News)

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Governors from hard-hit states tell Trump not to re-open as coronavirus deaths hit 40K

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Governors from hard-hit states tell Trump not to re-open as coronavirus deaths hit 40K

Governors in U.S. states hardest hit by the novel coronavirus sparred with U.S. President Donald Trump over his claims they have enough tests and should quickly reopen their economies as more protests are planned over the extension of stay-at-home orders.

READ MORE: Coronavirus: New York sees drop in death toll, but officials urge vigilance

New York continued to see hospitalizations decline to 16,000 from a high of 18,000, and the number of patients being kept alive by ventilators also fell. There were 507 new deaths, down from a high of more than 700 a day.

“If the data holds and if this trend holds, we are past the high point and all indications at this point are that we are on a descent,” Governor Andrew Cuomo said at a daily briefing, while urging residents to continue social distancing.

0:44 Coronavirus outbreak: New York to send 400 ventilators to Massachusetts

Coronavirus outbreak: New York to send 400 ventilators to Massachusetts

“We showed you can control the beast. But it’s only half time. We still have to make sure we keep the beast down.”

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To get a baseline of how many people were infected with the novel coronavirus, Cuomo said the state would do the most aggressive anti-body testing in the nation in the next week using a random sample.

New York will test 2,000 people a day or 14,000 per week out of the 19 million residents in the state.

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The United States has by far the world’s largest number of confirmed coronavirus cases, with more than 740,000 infections and over 40,000 deaths.

It took the United States 38 days after recording its first fatality on Feb. 29 to reach 10,000 deaths on April 6 but only five more days to reach 20,000 dead, according to a Reuters tally. The United States’ toll rose to 40,000 from 30,000 in four days after including untested but probable COVID-19 deaths reported by New York City.

1:37 Coronavirus outbreak: New York “most concerned about nursing homes,” governor says

Coronavirus outbreak: New York “most concerned about nursing homes,” governor says

Cuomo, along with other governors, are clamoring for more tests to detect new infections as well as to test for immunity as part of their plans to reopen their states.

Republican Governor Larry Hogan of Maryland during a CNN interview said claims by Trump and Vice President Mike Pence that states have plenty of tests were “just absolutely false.”

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Democratic Governor Ralph Northam of Virginia told CNN the idea states have enough tests was “delusional.”

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The region of Maryland, Virginia and Washington D.C. is still seeing increasing cases. New Jersey reported on Sunday that its new cases rose by nearly 3,900, the most in more than two weeks. Boston and Chicago are also emerging hot spots with recent surges in cases and deaths.

Several states, including Ohio, Texas and Florida, have said they aim to reopen parts of their economies, perhaps by May 1 or even sooner.

The governors of Michigan and Ohio on Sunday said they could double or triple their testing capacity if the federal government helped them acquire more swabs and reagents, chemicals needed as part of the testing process.

1:22 Coronavirus outbreak: New York COVID-19 related hospitalizations continue to decrease

Coronavirus outbreak: New York COVID-19 related hospitalizations continue to decrease

Trump’s guidelines to reopen the economy recommend a state record 14 days of declining case numbers before gradually lifting restrictions. Yet the Republican president appeared to encourage protesters who want the measures removed sooner with a series of Twitter posts on Friday calling for them to “LIBERATE” Michigan, Minnesota and Virginia, all run by Democratic governors.

Governor Jay Inslee of Washington redoubled his attacks on Trump’s call to “liberate” states, saying the president was encouraging people to violate state laws on self-isolating.

READ MORE: Trump outlines 3-phase ‘gradual process’ for state-by-state easing of COVID-19 rules

“These orders actually are the law of these states,” he said. “To have an American president encourage people to violate the law, I can’t remember any time during my time in America where we have seen such a thing.”

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Demonstrations to demand an end to stay-at-home measures that have pummeled the U.S. economy have erupted in a few spots in Texas, Wisconsin and the capitols of Ohio, Minnesota, Michigan and Virginia. More than 22 million Americans have filed for unemployment benefits in the past month.

1:16 Coronavirus outbreak: New York may be passed COVID-19 peak “if the data holds”

Coronavirus outbreak: New York may be passed COVID-19 peak “if the data holds”

Trump had touted a thriving economy as the best case for his re-election in November.

On Saturday, several dozen protesters gathered in the Texas capital of Austin chanting “USA! USA!” and “Let us work!”

In Brookfield, Wisconsin, hundreds of demonstrators cheered as they lined a main road and waved American flags to protest at the extension of that state’s “safer at home” order.

READ MORE: Canada is flattening the coronavirus curve. That’s ‘good news,’ expert explains

The demonstrators mostly flouted the social-distancing rules and did not wear the face masks recommended by public health officials.

U.S. lawmakers are very close to an agreement on approving extra money to help small businesses hurt by the coronavirus pandemic and could seal a deal as early as Sunday, congressional and Trump administration officials said.

Congress established the program last month as part of a US$2.3 trillion coronavirus economic relief plan, but it has already run out of money.

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G20 Summit: Donald Trump halts new tariffs on Chinese language items submit talks with Xi Jinping, says ties with Beijing 'proper again on monitor'

http://tinyurl.com/y58nvs3n President Donald Trump declared relations with China have been “proper again on monitor” after he and President Xi Jinping sought Saturday to de-escalate a chronic commerce conflict between the financial powerhouses regardless of doubts about both’s willingness to compromise on a long run answer. Xinhua, the Chinese language state-run information company, stated the leaders had agreed to a brand new cease-fire in a yearlong commerce conflict, including that stalled commerce talks would resume and the U.S. would maintain off on threatened extra tariffs on Chinese language items. The obvious truce marks a sample for talks between Trump and Xi, who’ve professed their friendship with one another and hit the pause button on protectionist measures after their conversations, solely to see negotiations later break down over the contentious particulars. US President Donald Trump, meets with Chinese language President Xi Jinping. AP White Home officers declined speedy remark. However President Donald Trump stated earlier Saturday that he would make an announcement on the outcomes of his talks with Xi throughout a information convention later within the day. Happening on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Japan, the assembly with Xi marked the centerpiece of 4 days of diplomacy for Trump, whose re-election probabilities have been put in danger by the commerce conflict that has harm American farmers and battered international markets. Tensions rose in latest weeks after negotiations collapsed final month. At a subsequent assembly with Turkey’s president, Trump stated talks with Xi went “in all probability even higher than anticipated.” “The negotiations are persevering with,” he stated. Seated throughout a prolonged desk flanked by prime aides, each leaders struck a cautiously optimistic tone after they posed for pictures. “We have had a wonderful relationship,” Trump advised Xi because the assembly opened, “however we wish to do one thing that can even it up with respect to commerce.” Xi, for his half, recounted the period of “ping-pong diplomacy” which helped jump-start U.S.-China relations two generations in the past. Since then, he stated, “one primary reality stays unchanged: China and america each profit from cooperation and lose in confrontation.” “Cooperation and dialogue are higher than friction and confrontation,” he added. The assembly with Xi is one in all three Trump had lined up Saturday with world leaders displaying authoritarian tendencies. Trump had his first face-to-face sit-down with Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed Bin Salman because the U.S. intelligence group concluded that the crown prince directed the grisly homicide of Washington Submit columnist, and American resident, Jamal Khashoggi final yr. Trump additionally met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, an ostensible NATO ally whom the U.S. sees as drifting dangerously towards Russia’s sphere of affect. Assembly with the Saudi crown prince, Trump praised his “buddy” for taking steps to open up the dominion and prolong freedoms to Saudi girls. Trump, nevertheless, ignored reporters’ questions on Mohammed’s alleged function in Khashoggi’s dying. He has lengthy sought to reduce the crown prince’s function in Khashoggi’s homicide, and has been reluctant to criticize the killing of the royal critic at a Saudi consulate in Turkey final yr. Trump views the dominion because the lynchpin of its Center East technique to counter Iran. He’s additionally a fan of its pledges to spend billions on U.S. army {hardware}. The assembly got here every week after Trump pulled again from ordering a army strike on Iran in retaliation for its downing an American unmanned spy airplane. Trump can be counting on the Saudi authorities to help an elusive Israel-Palestinian peace plan being developed by his son-in-law, Jared Kushner. With Erdogan, Trump stated the leaders will “have a look at completely different options” to Turkey’s deliberate buy of the Russian-made S-400 surface-to-air missile system. U.S. officers have threatened that buy would halt the sale of the U.S.-made F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, although Erdogan has known as it a completed deal. “Turkey has been a buddy of ours,” Trump stated. He blamed the Obama administration for not agreeing to promote U.S.-made Patriot missile batteries to Turkey. Saturday’s conferences got here the day after Trump, with a smirk and a finger level, dryly advised one other authoritarian chief, Russia’s Vladimir Putin, “Do not meddle with the election” of their first assembly because the particular counsel concluded that Russia extensively interfered with the 2016 marketing campaign. The diplomacy performs out as Trump’s re-election marketing campaign battle is starting to warmth up, a contest that might be partially outlined by whether or not a decision to the commerce conflict with China will be discovered earlier than extra financial ache is inflicted on People. The president has threatened to impose tariffs on a further $300 billion in Chinese language imports — on prime of the $250 billion in items he is already taxed — extending his import taxes to just about every little thing China ships to america. He has stated the brand new tariffs, that are paid by U.S. importers and often handed onto customers, would possibly begin at 10%. Earlier, the administration had stated extra tariffs would possibly attain 25%. The 2 nations are sparring over the Trump administration’s allegations that Beijing steals know-how and coerces overseas corporations into handing over commerce secrets and techniques. China denies it engages in such practices. The U.S. has additionally tried to rally different nations to dam Chinese language telecom agency Huawei from their upcoming 5G methods, branding the corporate a nationwide safety risk and barring it from shopping for American know-how. Beijing has retaliated by levying its personal tariffs on items from america. On Friday, it criticized what it calls “unfavorable content material” about China in laws earlier than the U.S. Congress, saying it could additional injury relations already roiled by disputes over commerce and know-how. Chinese language International ministry spokesman Geng Shuang stated cooperation in necessary areas could be disrupted if the draft Nationwide Protection Authorization Act passes. The invoice blocks switch of delicate know-how to China and prevents Chinese language state corporations from receiving U.S. federal funds. But when historical past repeats itself — and most analysts are betting it’s going to — Trump and Xi will comply with some sort of cease-fire. Beneath the cease-fire state of affairs, current tariffs and counter-tariffs on a lot of one another’s items would stay in place. However no extra import taxes would take impact. This may purchase time for U.S. and Chinese language officers to restart talks that stalled final month after 11 rounds of negotiations. Trump stated Friday he had not agreed to a cease-fire with Xi as a precondition for his or her assembly. 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(Bloomberg) -- Five candidates to become Britain’s next prime minister clashed over Brexit in the first TV debate of the Conservative leadership election on Sunday. But the face of Brexit and clear front-runner in the race, Boris Johnson, was criticized after he refused to take part in the Channel 4 broadcast. The contest continues with the second round of voting on Tuesday.Must read: His Critics Say He Lies, But Tories Want to Trust Boris JohnsonKey DevelopmentsDominic Raab sparred with rivals over his threat to suspend Parliament in order to get Britain out of the EU with no dealRaab, Rory Stewart, Michael Gove, Jeremy Hunt and Sajid Javid took part in the first television debate on Channel 4 Cabinet minister Amber Rudd warned Parliament will find a way to stop a no-deal Brexit, and rebel Tories could vote to topple the next PM YouGov/Sunday Times Poll put Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party in lead on 24%, with Conservatives and Labour tied on 21%. Liberal Democrats were on 19%. Stewart Wins Applause, Offers to Engage Farage (7:15 p.m.)TV audiences are notoriously unreliable as indicators of broader political appeal, but Rory Stewart won more applause than other candidates in the debate. He has run a convention-defying campaign based on social media and a national tour with the hashtag RoryWalks.But he has his work cut out. Stewart is currently in last place in the MPs’ ballot and needs a major injection of support to avoid being knocked out of the race on Tuesday.In the debate, Stewart said he would be willing to work with Nigel Farage on delivering Brexit. Broadening the Tory party’s support is something to be "proud" of, he said. "I’m not ashamed of the fact that Lib Dem and Labour voters say that they would vote for me."Stewart insisted the "energy" in Britain is in the political center-ground and that compromise is vital. "I think we need to work to listen to each other and above all to bring this country together," he said. It was a popular message with the Channel 4 audience but may not persuade enough Tory MPs.Javid: Raab’s No-deal Plan Worthy of ‘Dictator’ (6:55 p.m.)Home Secretary Sajid Javid led the attacks on Dominic Raab over his suggestion that Parliament may need to be suspended in order to deliver Brexit on Oct. 31. "We are not selecting a dictator of our country, we are selecting a prime minister," Javid said.Then Raab and Michael Gove traded blows over the same issue. Gove used to be Raab’s ally in the Ministry of Justice and the Vote Leave referendum campaign but he condemned his rival, saying suspending Parliament "would be a terrible thing."Raab insisted the option should not be ruled out and shot back at Gove: "You would buckle." But Gove countered: "You cannot take Britain out of the European Union against the will of Parliament."It was a passionate exchange, with the two men talking across each other as they tried to get their messages over. Rory Stewart accused his party colleagues of engaging in a macho showdown.Tory Rivals Begin Channel 4 TV Debate (6:30 p.m.)Channel 4 have left an empty lectern where Boris Johnson would have stood in the first televised debate. But his five rivals -- Jeremy Hunt, Michael Gove, Dominic Raab, Sajid Javid and Rory Stewart -- all turned up.The first question focused on how to defeat Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn and Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party."We are all saying the same thing -- the only way to defeat the Brexit Party is to Brexit," said Hunt, who is in second place after the first round of voting in the election. It is vital to defeat Corbyn too, Hunt said, because the Labour leader is opposed to British values and is "against Britain".Rudd: Rebels Would Topple No-Deal Government (12 p.m.)Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd said she would not vote to topple the government in a no-confidence vote but her colleagues would, if it were the only way to stop a no-deal Brexit.“There are number of colleagues who have gone public saying they would consider doing that, and there are a number I know of privately who say that," Rudd said in a BBC interview. "Any candidate needs to factor that in as well into their strategy for the next few months.”Asked if she believed the numbers of rebels were easily enough to defeat the government on a no-confidence motion, potentially triggering the collapse of the government, Rudd replied: “I believe they are, yes.”Hunt Would Serve Under PM Johnson (11 a.m.)Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said he would serve "loyally" in a Johnson government if the front-runner becomes prime minister. Hunt is Johnson’s nearest rival -- in a distant second place -- after the first round of voting in the leadership contest among Tory MPs.Despite his pledge, Hunt stepped up his attack on Johnson’s Brexit plans, saying his rival’s refusal to countenance another delay beyond the Oct. 31 deadline would push Britain into a no-deal breakup from the EU or a general election."What Boris is offering -- a hard stop at any cost on Oct. 31 -- means that he is effectively committing the country to no-deal" or an election, Hunt told the BBC’s Andrew Marr. These are not the best choices his party can offer the country, he said.Hunt said EU leaders would be open to re-negotiating the Brexit deal to remove the need for the contentious Irish border backstop plan. This could include rewriting the political declaration on the future U.K.-EU partnership to make it legally binding, he said.Stewart Rules Out Serving Under Johnson (10:30 a.m.)There have been conflicting messages about whether Rory Stewart, an outsider for the leadership who has run a vigorous social media campaign, would serve in a Johnson-led government. On Sunday he ruled it out. "I would not serve in a Boris cabinet," Stewart told the BBC’s Andrew Marr program.Stewart insisted he wanted to change the country and offered a clear alternative vision for Brexit to Johnson’s and predicted he will win. He challenged Johnson to show up at Sunday’s Channel 4 TV debate among the rival contenders so they can cross-examine his policies."Who do you trust?" Stewart said. "We want to know what he believes. We want him to sit in this debate tonight and tell us."Raab Praises Johnson’s ‘Huge Talents’ (10 a.m.)Dominic Raab, who came fourth in the first round of the leadership voting last week, said he’s not pitching for a job in a Johnson cabinet. But he praised the man he called the "front-runner" in the campaign and said he would not be "petulant" and rule out serving in his government."Boris has got huge talents, he’s a great charismatic character, fizzing with optimism," Raab said. "I just think that when it comes to not just vision but getting things done I will be in a better place."The contender refused to back down on his suggestion that Parliament might need to be suspended to get Brexit done.It’s important to keep the option open as a negotiating tactic as well as to deliver on the will of voters who backed Leave in the 2016 referendum, he said. Failure will force the Conservatives out of power, Raab told Sky News. "The Tory party will be toast unless we are out by the end of October."Rudd: Parliament Will Block No-Deal (9:39 a.m.)Cabinet minister Amber Rudd, who is backing Jeremy Hunt in the leadership campaign, warned Johnson he won’t get away with forcing through a no-deal Brexit. Rudd told Sky News Parliament will find "a way" to stop the U.K. leaving the EU without an agreement, despite Johnson’s promises to complete the split by the Oct. 31 deadline, come what may. The Commons Speaker John Bercow is “an activist" and will ensure MPs have a say, she said.Rudd criticized Johnson and others who aren’t ruling out suspending Parliament in order to stop MPs blocking a no-deal divorce. That would be “ridiculous" and “outrageous," she said.Ellwood Backs Stewart, Says Johnson Fine (9:20 a.m.)Junior Defense Minister Tobias Ellwood said he was supporting Matt Hancock in the election but is now backing Rory Stewart. While Johnson would make a fine prime minister, he should be tested in the heat of a national campaign, Ellwood said.Labour’s Benn Says He Will Try to Stop No-Deal (9:05 a.m)Hilary Benn, the Labour MP chairing Parliament’s Brexit select committee, said he would fight Johnson if he tried to take the U.K. out of the European Union without a deal. He said there are "one or two" options for the House of Commons to block a no-deal Brexit and attacked Tory leadership contenders who are threatening to suspend Parliament to force one through."It would be scandalous to try and use that to in effect shut the doors of Parliament," Benn told Sky television’s Sophy Ridge on Sunday. "I simply don’t think it’s going to happen."Earlier:McVey to Support Boris Johnson’s Leadership Bid, Telegraph SaysTo contact the reporters on this story: Tim Ross in London at [email protected];Alex Morales in London at [email protected] contact the editors responsible for this story: Flavia Krause-Jackson at [email protected], James Amott, V. RamakrishnanFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.