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The Stormtrooper outfit from “Star Wars” may be iconic, but it doesn't seem like a good choice for a long bout of physical exertion. But Jacob French, a 21-year-old fan of the film franchise, chose the warrior wear as his own suit of armor on his nine-month journey crossing Australia to raise money for the Starlight Children’s Foundation. French began in Perth in July 2011 and finished up in Sydney Thursday, walking between 2,000 and 3,000 miles all total.

Maui Medical Group has temporarily changed hours for its five clinics due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The new hours are: • Wailuku Clinic, 2180 Main St., 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays; 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. • Lahaina Clinic, 130 Prison St., 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays; 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. • Kahului Clinic, 110 E. Kaahumanu Ave; Kihei Clinic, 2349 S.

We know this shouldn’t be surprising anymore, but Modern Warfare 2 has been out for almost a month now and it still doesn’t have a dedicated ranked mode – despite Call of Duty titles being some of the biggest esports games out there, and Modern Warfare 2 having the potential to be one of the best competitive FPS games available. To make matters worse, Activision’s promised CDL Moshpit mode – which would act as a precursor to a more established Modern Warfare 2 ranked mode – is nowhere to be seen.

A crazed Colorado contractor took a sledgehammer to the tiles and walls of a bathroom he had just finished remodeling because of a $4K payment dispute with the homeowner, a video shot by the client's neighbor shows. Terry Gregory of Dream Home Remodels can be seen swinging the giant sledgehammer, knocking the new tiling and installations from the shower's walls, while bellowing between bouts of demolition.   'We put weeks into this, thousands of dollars into this,' Gregory raged over the lack of final payment by Amber Trucke of Colorado Springs.

The moral of this story: Don't trust Pete Davidson… but do take his workout advice? During a Tuesday night appearance on The Tonight Show, Saturday Night Live star Davidson shared that he gave Alec Baldwin fake workout advice that actually ended up helping the actor lose weight. Baldwin knows that Davidson's exercise tip worked, but this is probably the first he's hearing that the comedian made it up on the spot.

Veteran Telugu actor and comedian Chandra Mohan, aged 82, passed away today at 9:45 am in a private hospital in Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad. He had been receiving treatment for heart-related ailments and succumbed to a cardiac arrest. The news of his demise has deeply saddened the entire Telugu film fraternity.Chandra Mohan is survived by his wife and two daughters. It's worth mentioning that he is the cousin of veteran filmmaker K.

Texas police are "aggressively investigating" the theft of millions of dollars' worth of baseball cards that was caught on camera. The brazen theft took place on July 7 at the Dallas Card Show, the largest card show series in the U.S., held six times a year in Allen, Texas. Victim Ashish Jai, owner of Legacy Cardz, posted video footage on Instagram of who he said were the suspects carrying out the theft.

Most patent claims describe an invention using positive claim limitations that expressly recite the required elements or features of an invention. Sometimes, however, it is necessary, or desirable, to use a negative claim limitation to expressly specify an invention requires the absence of an element or feature. But when is it allowable to claim the negative? In Novartis Pharmaceuticals v. Accord Healthcare, HEC Pharm appealed the district court finding that the negative claim limitation “absent an immediately preceding loading dose” in U.

Strangeland, written by and starring rock singer Dee Snider, introduced the world to Captain Howdy, but here's why a planned sequel never arrived. Strangeland, written by and starring rock singer Dee Snider, introduced the world to Captain Howdy, but here's why a planned sequel never arrived. The lead vocalist of legendary hair metal band Twisted Sister, Snider is a very well-known figure in the music world, but may not be the first person people would expect to pen a horror movie.