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Some of the most beautiful moments can be found in the darkest times. A shining contrast in a survival horror story, here are 3 relaxing excerpts performed by ear from the year 2000 video game Resident Evil Code: Veronica. Take a vacation from your problems.

Let’s go over the catastrophic environmental events that occurred in the month of February, most of them just this week. FEBRUARY 3 - Bomb Train in Ohio spewing deadly chemicals into the air and water ... FEBRUARY 12 - Chemical fire at energy plant in Doral, Florida.. The toxic chemicals hit unsafe levels, according to the EPA. ... FEBRUARY 13 - Derailment in South Carolina, no known cause ... FEBRUARY 13 - Derailment in Texas after semi crashes into train ... FEBRUARY 15 - Chemical Fire at Catoosa Port Authority in Oklahoma.. Not only did they evacuate the area, but...

The case of a suspected spy at the Federal Intelligence Service (BND) is more explosive than previously known. According to SPIEGEL information, the Russian secret service FSB tried last fall to use BND employee Carsten L., who has since been arrested, to obtain position data on the Ukrainian army's artillery and air defense positions. According to the investigation, the FSB instructed the BND agent, through the intermediary Arthur E., to siphon off and hand over GPS data from the US-supplied Himars multiple rocket launcher and the Iris-T air defense system supplied by Berlin to the BND and hand it over...

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is taking over an investigation into corruption allegations against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), a state prosecutor handling a separate case case against Paxton told The Hill.Kent Schaffer, the state prosecutor, confirmed the DOJ was taking over the case from federal prosecutors in the Western District of Texas.It’s unclear why federal prosecutors in Texas were removed from the case, which was opened after several of Paxton’s senior officials accused him of bribery and abuse of office in 2020, but The Associated Press reported Paxton’s attorney’s sought the change, claiming there was an “obvious...

Stella Stevens, the actress best known for her roles in The Nutty Professor and The Poseidon Adventure and starring opposite Elvis Presley in Girls! Girls! Girls!, died today in Los Angeles after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. She was 84. Stevens’ passing was confirmed to Deadline by her son, actor-producer Andrew Stevens, and her longtime friend John O’Brien. She won a Golden Globe as Most Promising Newcomer for her first film, 1959’s Say One for Me, which starred Bing Crosby and Debbie Reynolds. Stevens also appeared in Lil Abner that year. She went on to play Jerry Lewis’ dream...

Left-wing billionaire George Soros recently shared his hopes for the 2024 U.S. presidential election and the conditions he believes will lead to a "Democratic landslide." Speaking at the Munich Security Conference on Thursday, Soros said it is likely that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will challenge former President Donald Trump for the Republican nomination – and win. His hope is that Trump, pride wounded, will mount a third-party campaign for president that will split the GOP vote and hand Democrats another four years in the White House. "My hope for 2024 is that Trump and Gov. DeSantis of Florida will slug...

he two-year Treasury yield is about to break out, and the move is worth noting as it signals the Federal Reserve may not be near the end of its interest rate hikes. The two-year Treasury yield has risen to as high as about 4.7% in the past few days, and is settling at just below that mark for the moment. But it has had quite a run upward, as it has come from around 4.1% at its low point for this year. Now it is close to its recent multiyear high of about 4.73% hit in early November. That is...

Microsoft's fledgling Bing chatbot can go off the rails at times, denying obvious facts and chiding users, according to exchanges being shared online by developers testing the AI creation. A forum at Reddit devoted to the artificial intelligence-enhanced version of the Bing search engine was rife on Wednesday with tales of being scolded, lied to, or blatantly confused in conversation-style exchanges with the bot. The Bing chatbot was designed by Microsoft and the start-up OpenAI, which has been causing a sensation since the November launch of ChatGPT, the headline-grabbing app capable of generating all sorts of texts in seconds upon...

Emory University graduate student Caitlin Risener, first author of the study, gathers tall goldenrod in South Georgia. The study, which was first major screening of botanical extracts to search for potency against the SARS-CoV-2 virus, found that two common wild plants contain extracts that inhibit the ability of the virus that causes COVID-19 to infect living cells. Credit: Photo by Tharanga Samarakoon The first major screening of botanical extracts to search for potency against the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Two common wild plants contain extracts that inhibit the ability of the virus that causes COVID-19 to infect living cells, an Emory...

Russia has deployed around 97% of its troops as it tries to step up its offensive in eastern Ukraine — but it still lacks the manpower to “punch through” Kyiv’s defenses. a top British military official said Wednesday. UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace told the BBC that Russia had yet to make a breakthrough in the eastern region of Ukraine despite its advances. “We haven’t actually seen this massing of a single force to punch through in a big offensive. We’ve just seen an effort to advance, and that has come at a huge cost to the Russian army,” he...

First, we were told it wasn't happening: That young people aren't keeling over from heart problems at a higher rate than normal. Then, once it was undeniable, the blame game started and we were told SOMETHING is killing young people, but there was no way it was the new experimental drug they tried to mandate everyone take. No, seriously, that was next: VIDEOS AT LINK.......... But of all the insane things they have tried to blame the rise in heart-related deaths among young people on, climate change, eggs, and voting Republican, this may be the most blatantly stupid one yet....

The left have always leaned toward the elimination of restrictions on morality and personal behavior, up to and including in some cases pedophilia ("minor-attracted persons"), homosexuality, trans-sexuality, drag queenery, abortion, and pornography. Bestiality may well be next. It will be called "animal affinity" or something equally perverse. By contrast, the right, generally speaking, has leaned toward moral guardrails, behavior moderation, decorum, and biblical living. These are two very different and separate worldviews. The question is chicken-egg: do the people who love chaos, perversity, and libertinism gravitate toward the political and cultural left, or does leftism with its almost total lack...

Texas A&M University School of Public Health researchers are developing a new governance model for ethical guidance and enforcement in the rapidly advancing field of artificial intelligence (AI). Known as Copyleft AI with Trusted Enforcement, or CAITE, the researchers believe this model will guard against the potential harms of AI without hindering technological advancements. Cason Schmit, JD, assistant professor at the School of Public Health and director of the Program in Health Law and Policy, Megan Doerr of Sage Bionetworks and Jennifer Wager, JD, of Penn State discuss their new model in a recent article in the journal Science. Artificial...

Exploring Francis’s Parasitic Use of Catholics As most rational and informed Catholics have observed, Francis is not Catholic in his words or deeds. Why, then, would he purport to be a Catholic, let alone govern the Church as its ostensible pope? One does not need to be a conspiracy theorist to reasonably conclude that he does so as an infiltrator who seeks to use Catholics to serve an unholy globalist agenda. So, although the Catholic Church is indefectible, Francis infects Catholics with his faux-Catholicism, making it look like the Catholic Church is doing things that the Church can never...

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/cbsypELxVIc Feb. 17 (UPI) -- A mysterious boom that prompted multiple reports of an explosion in a Texas county was caused by a meteorite strike, officials said. Hidalgo County Sheriff Eddie Guerra said numerous reports of a loud explosion were made in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, near Mission, on Wednesday afternoon. Guerra said the sound is now believed to have been caused by a meteorite spotted by two pilots flying near Houston. The meteorite is believed to have struck Earth about 5:28 p.m. Wednesday. The National Weather Service in Brownsville, Texas, confirmed that a satellite system aimed at...

Don Lemon is reportedly in danger of being canned from his co-host spot on CNN This Morning after making the ignorant, misogynistic claim on yesterday's show that Nikki Haley, age 51, is not in her "prime." A New York Post story today reports that co-host Poppy Harlow walked off the set after Lemon's inane outburst, and that "a CNN insider said the latest high-profile incident may finally lead to [head CNN honcho Chris] Licht squeezing out Lemon from the morning gig." And the New York Times quotes Licht as telling CNN staffers that he was "disappointed" by Lemon's remarks, and...

No less than four threads on Free Republic allege that Governor DeSantis has received an endorsement from George Soros. Almost all reference a 0:47 video that has been making the rounds on social media.Here's the complete 2:41 video, transcribed by myself."Trump attracted a lot of non-educated, white followers but his biggest backers were the mega-rich, and he certainly delivered for them. First, he cut their taxes. Second, he nominated to the Supreme Court ideologues who embraced an extreme version of the Republican agenda. Third, he put the Republican Party under his control by threatening those who didn't swear loyalty to...

1. Rhode Island Share of major roadways in poor condition: 38.8% Share of major roadways in fair condition: 37.1% Share of major roadways in good condition: 24.0% Daily vehicle-miles traveled per capita: 17.8 2. New Jersey Share of major roadways in poor condition: 36.4% Share of major roadways in fair condition: 31.1% Share of major roadways in good condition: 32.5% Daily vehicle-miles traveled per capita: 20.5 3. California Share of major roadways in poor condition: 30.8% Share of major roadways in fair condition: 32.9% Share of major roadways in good condition: 36.3% Daily vehicle-miles traveled per capita: 20.9

A 23yo woman with an unknown neurological condition died ‘unexpectedly’ in her sleep after two doses of the Covid vaccine, an inquiry has heard.A young woman with an unknown neurological condition died in her sleep after receiving two doses of a Covid vaccine, an inquiry into long Covid was told. On Friday, the standing Committee on Health, Aged Care and Sport heard from Australians who have felt neglected or dismissed after they sought help for long Covid or the ill effects of the Covid vaccines. The inquiry was told Amy Segdwick died “suddenly and unexpectedly” in her sleep in April...

A helicopter with a shooter will fly over a portion of the vast Gila Wilderness in southwestern New Mexico next week, searching for feral cows to kill. U.S. Forest Service managers approved the plan Thursday to protect sensitive spots in the nation’s first designated wilderness area. The move sets the stage for legal challenges over how to handle unbranded livestock and other stray cows as drought deepens in the West. The Gila National Forest issued the decision amid pressure from environmental groups who raised concerns about nearly 150 cattle whose hooves and mouths are damaging streams and rivers.Ranchers, meanwhile, have...