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After seeing his debut season in the league wiped out by a foot injury, Simmons has proved worth the wait for Sixers fans this campaign. The 21-year-old Australian is averaging 16.9 points, 7.5 assists and 8.4 rebounds – if he maintains those numbers for the remainder of the season, he will statistically be the best rookie since the legendary Oscar Robertson in 1960-1961. Simmons came up third among the Eastern Conference guards after the second returns of fans’ All-Star voting for next month’s game, and speaking in London earlier this week he suggested that making the cut would put him out of sight for the rookie award....

The bitter green liqueur made from wormwood was for decades the toast of Europe, imbibed by the likes of van Gogh, Degas, Toulouse-Lautrec and Picasso to, it was believed, spur their creativity. For absinthe was deemed more drug than drink: thujone, a natural essence found in common wormwood (Artemisia absinthium L.) and Roman wormwood (Artemisia pontica L.) that was widely believed to be its active ingredient, induces convulsions like those suffered by people with epilepsy, and was thought to account for absinthe’s supposedly mind-altering properties....

Both the teams will be making their T10 League debut in this edition of the competition, and are drawn in Group A which also features the Bangla Tigers and Karnataka Tuskers. The Delhi Bulls, led by 2019 World Cup-winning captain Eoin Morgan will also feature ex-Indian pacer Zaheer Khan, Pakistan’s Shoaib Malik among other big names. The Gladiators, who will be led by seasoned all-rounder Shane Watson boast of some of the best all-rounders in the game such as Kieron Pollard, Ben Cutting and Anton Devcich....

The Assassin’s Creed protagonists are undeniably iconic, in no small part, because of their aesthetics and combat ability. With the new Dwarven Defender gear, players can become a more powerful version of Eivor, which they’ll need in order to best the new bosses in-game. RELATED: Study Claims to Reveal ‘Most Confusing’ Modern Games How to Get the Dwarven Defender Outfit in Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla The Dwarven Defender Outfit can be found on Dokkerland island of Forgotten Saga....

Documents released in response to an open-records request show millions of dollars paid to three law firms and one PR agency as UNC sifts through the fallout of a long-running academic scam. MORE: Ranking the best college point guards The school said it has spent “approximately $7,565,940” on those services by outside firms, adding that none of the money came from state appropriations or student tuition. The bulk of the money went to the lawyers, but it also includes nearly $1....

The other type, calculous cholecystitis, is caused by gallstones. Interestingly, the symptoms of acalculous gallbladder disease are similar to those of this other form of gallbladder inflammation. Acalculous gallbladder disease symptoms can be chronic (slowly progressing with intermittent or vague symptoms) or acute (sudden and severe). Acalculous gallbladder disease accounts for up to 10% of cholecystitis cases and is more common in people who are critically ill, such as those in the intensive care unit (ICU)....

Sonos allows you to create “zones” around your home for listening to music. A zone can be a single “player” in a room, or it can be an area of your home, or it can be any combination of players in your home. A “zone” is created when you choose one or more players to play the same music at the same time. If you have more than one Sonos player, you can group all of the players, or choose any combination of players to create a zone in the living room, bedroom, kitchen, den, or even outdoors....

Over the years, Star Wars games have taken on a variety of gaming genres, from the Battlefront series using first-person shooter mechanics to Empire at War using 4X strategy gameplay and Rogue Squadron using aerial combat. There’s been no shortage of variety when it comes to Star Wars games, but there is one genre that the franchise hasn’t attempted before. A Star Wars survival game has a great deal of potential, and wouldn’t have to look very far for the perfect setting....

The broken record torturing U.S. national team fans continued to play on a rainy night in Aarhus, as Jurgen Klinsmann’s team surrendered another second-half lead and dropped a 3-2 result to Denmark. MORE: Watch Altidore’s goal vs. Denmark | Dempsey out 2-3 weeks | Minnesota United to MLS We’ve heard it so many times before — how results aren’t as important as lessons learned in friendlies like these. That’s pretty much the only approach you can take when your team is finding ways to continue losing games, and worse yet, doing so in matches the team led in the second half....

In most writing about Lincoln, the resonance is piped in from outside: the milieu from which he sprang, the social and political context in which he acted, his changing image, his enduring influence. In Donald’s biography, the resonance emanates from Lincoln himself, who left a powerful impression on everyone who ever met him. Without novelizing, Donald re-creates what it must have been like to be in Lincoln’s presence – and even in his head....

The sandstone and quartz above us in sun-bleached hues of peach and gray were dotted with the deep greens of Douglas fir and sagebrush. Bighorn-sheep families grazed nearby, with no apparent fear of the river invaders. We were on a four-day, guided white-water river-rafting trip. Josh and I had long talked of taking such a trip. Josh’s younger brother, Zach–a landlubber through and through–never shared our enthusiasm. Our group of 18 included several children besides 13-year-old Josh, but 10-year-old Zach was not among them....

Yakety-Yak Attack Talk shows are the cockroaches of TV: no matter how many you kill, there’s always some pesky new ones to take their place. Next month Martin Short, Queen Latifah and radio psychologist Joy Browne will launch their own shows despite recent talk casualties like Howie Mandel and sagging ratings for Rosie, Jerry and Roseanne. Maya Angelou, Dr. Laura Schlessinger, Martin Luther King III and even former porn star Traci Lords are all reportedly in negotiations to join the gabfest....

A press release from Bungie arrived in our inbox yesterday, announcing the existence of RememberReach.com, who’s arrival gives those wandering, nomadic Halo: Reach fans a very specific website to stare at until the game’s release on September 14, 2010. Promising a “one-of-a-kind experience,” RememberReach.com allows each visitor (with a Facebook account) to add a single point of light to a slowly-manifesting monument to Noble Team - the Spartan heroes of Halo: Reach....

Now, scientists are working to develop a universal flu vaccine that could protect the body against diverse influenza strains and subtypes for years, doing away with the annual flu shot. In a study published last week in the journal Nature Medicine, researchers announced promising results from a phase I clinical trial of the vaccine. In this clinical trial, researchers from Mount Sinai studied the vaccine’s safety and ability to provoke an immune response to the vaccine....

West was fined $5000 and forced to retire from the Army. He’ll be trying to unseat the incumbent, Democratic freshman representative Ron Klein, whose campaign funds are vastly greater than West’s. However, as Fox News reports, West may be using dismissal from the Army as a reason Florida citizens should support his candidacy–citing a loyalty afforded to his soldiers by his actions. Of course, others may say his interrogation techniques were harsh and illegal....

The Owls vs. the Loggers. Those greedy rapists of the land against those stupid hooters who don’t even know a good tune. For environmentalists, the owls of the Pacific Northwest are vital denizens of the old forest. But they’re really just a convenient proxy for preserving our terrestrial heritage; after all, the Endangered Species Act isn’t broad enough to include saving ecosystems. For the timber industry, the owls may indeed symbolize what’s wrong with environmental regulation....

A mystery illness that kept Pogba on the sidelines at the weekend as the reported storm reached its peak, followed by his benching in Wednesday’s Champions League draw away to Sevilla – although as the fates would have it he would nevertheless play almost 80 minutes thanks to Ander Herrera’s injury misfortune – have only heightened the tension between the pair. And those wondering what this might mean for the midfielder’s future need only ask Iker Casillas what happens when one strays onto the Special One’s bad side....

Wilbur Mills Late one night in 1974, police stopped Mills, the powerful head of Ways and Means, for speeding. He was drunk, and Mills’s date, stripper Fanne Fox, got out and leaped into the Tidal Ba-sin. Mills and Fox kept up their affair, finally forcing the House to take away his chairmanship. Wayne Hays In 1976, Elizabeth Ray–a secretary who couldn’t type–told The Washington Post she was paid $14,000 to serve as Hays’s mistress; he had to resign from Congress....

The free streaming service for Samsung Smart TV customers, Samsung TV Plus, is getting another big update, this time adding a lot more stuff and kitchen appliance compatibility. Seriously, you can watch your favorite shows (or new shows) on compatible Family Hub refrigerators, specifically models 2.0 or above that were released after 2017. Beyond the possibilities of a fridge film fest, Samsung TV Plus is also getting a bit of a visual overhaul with a new logo and a new interface option....

This could be the Soviet Union’s most painful winter since World War II. Starvation, not just shortages, is again the main concern. A poll published last week found that 62 percent of the Soviet public fears famine this season. Perestroika’s reforms have failed to create a market system that can get food to market–and onto people’s tables. Gorbachev remains at loggerheads with the 15 republics, all of which demand greater autonomy or outright secession....