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Calf kicks are more prevalent than ever in MMA, and if you need proof, look no further than Randall “The Limb Reaper” Rayment’s fight-finisher from this past Saturday. In Saturday’s main event at Urban Fight Night 24 in Sydney, Rayment (10-3) landed one of the most damaging calf kicks in recent memory, clipping opponent Dean […]
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The prevalence of obesity has increased manifold in the past few decades. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), obesity rates have nearly tripled since 1975 and five times in children, and adolescents. It is a problem that affects people of all ages. Overweight and obesity is abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that may impair […]
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Oilfield services provider Baker Hughes said the Securities and Exchange Commission is conducting an investigation into the company’s sale of products in projects that were impacted by U.S. sanctions. Baker was notified in December of the SEC’s formal investigation into its records and internal controls related with sales at the impacted projects, the company disclosed […]
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Sony has announced a new slate of PlayStation VR games for later this year. It includes a virtual reality adaptation of Doom 3, as well as titles from a few successful VR studios and a couple of relative newcomers to VR. Sony announced a new generation of PSVR for its PlayStation 5 console last month. […]
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A 72-year-old woman battling breast cancer may be evicted from her home as she cannot afford the mortgage. Deborah Wales lives alongside hundreds of rescue animals at her cottage and farm in Backford, Cheshire. She now faces the terrifying prospect of being booted out by bailiffs after her building society demanded she pay off the […]
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Rory MacDonald finally has his PFL debut booked. The former Bellator champion and one-time UFC title challenger will face off with David Michaud in the main event of the upcoming PFL card slated for April 29. MacDonald signed with the PFL as a free agent following the end of his Bellator contract in 2019. He […]
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On Wednesday’s episode of SiriusXM’s The Jess Cagle Show, Ross, 32, opened up about how the couple’s 5-year-old daughter Jagger Snow has handled becoming a big sister to their son Ziggy Blu, who was born in October. “Well, she loves the baby but when she found out that it was a boy, at first, she […]
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A bipartisan group of eight governors from U.S. auto states on Friday urged Democratic U.S. President Joe Biden to do more to press semiconductor firms to address a global shortage of automotive chips that has cut some vehicle production. The governors of Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Kansas, South Carolina, Alabama and Missouri asked Biden in […]
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Microsoft’s newest Garage app, the company’s brand for more experimental apps, is Group Transcribe, which lets groups of people capture real-time collective meeting transcriptions using their phones. It’s available for free right now on iOS. “This app uses a multi-device approach to provide real-time, high quality transcription and translation, so users can be more present […]
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Explorer Richard Garriott made history today by diving to the deepest place on the planet and returning safely. The trip to the 36,000ft depths of the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean took years to plan. British-born Richard, 59, became the first person to have flown in space, been to both the North and South […]
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