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Lets face it, Wolverine has often been lauded as the epitome of hetero-masculinity for quite some time, and there are no doubt plenty of receipts to show why that vision persists.

The rough and tough character is just overflowing with testosterone-filled badassery and there are more than enough comics to back that up. Hes the best there is at what he does, and what he does isnt very nice, right? Hes maimed and killed for years, and in that time, had more than his fair share of relationships with women in the greater Marvel Universe. From Mariko Yashida, Itsu who bore his son Daken to even Mystique as well as lesser known characters like Rose OHara and Silver Fox, the list continues of Wolverines sexual exploitations over the years. But in the course of this history, there has also been a slowly evolving broadening of his sexuality that while not canonically confirmed yet, shows there is more to this character than meets the eye, and trust me, there is a LOT that meets the eye. But its time for fans and more importantly, Marvel, to come to terms with the ever-elusive notion that Wolverine isnt just a straight man.

While this isnt a declaration of a definitive sexual orientation for our beloved Canadian mutant, there are more than a few instances throughout his history showing an evolution, both intentionally and unintentionally on Marvels part. The first and most prominent example of Wolverines increasingly fluid sexuality you will undoubtedly come across is a series titled X-Treme X-Men which began in 2012 spinning out of Astonishing X-Men featuring one Captain Howlett during his travels through the multiverse. In these travels, it is eventually revealed in X-Treme X-Men #10 that this version of Wolverine shared a romantic love with none other than Hercules.

Their love in this story reaches great depths, and when it is eventually lost, the grief that Logan feels is powerful. When this happens, the person beside him is quite literally the alternate version of himself, the Wolverine from the Astonishing X-Men. Its an interesting moment to see the two grapple with the loss of this love as the mainstream vision stands just behind a vision of Wolverine that captured what he cannot. But in the heat of the moment there is only room for one tear and then that story becomes just a memory, destined to be lost to multidimensional retcons and reboots. A move like this for a character like Wolverine appearing in an alternate universe comes as no surprise, as Marvel has shown a strong reluctance to promoting these themes for him even when it is rather obvious.

Wolverines relationships with other men in the past have been complicated to say the least. Going all the way back to the Giant-Size X-Men #1 in 1975 when we are first introduced to the unique chemistry Wolverine shares with Nightcrawler, it didnt really start all that well. Wolverine jokes and pokes fun at Nightcrawler often, but as we all know, the two would eventually grow remarkably close. It has rarely hit a point beyond close friends, even during the Marvel Comics Presents #101-108 run in 1992 titled Male Bonding which saw the two reunite for the first time following the Mutant Massacre. Here we see the closeness of their dynamics come to the forefront, once more only providing hints though. There have been interesting highlights, such as when Wolverine lashed out at Nightcrawler during Uncanny X-Men #143 in 1981 after Wolverine attempted to introduce Mariko at the X-Mansion to even recently when the two were able to share a moment of reflection just before a suicide mission in House of X #4 in 2019, the emotional depths of their relationship has been firmly put into place. But in order to take it beyond friendship, creators have been forced to sneak in signals right under Marvels nose, which as many fans of X-Men will know, isnt all that much of a rarity.

In Wolverine #6 by Greg Rucka, Darick Robertson and Tom Palmer, we find Wolverine and Nightcrawler catching up at a bar sharing their love of beer together. Its yet another moment that shows the intensity of their bond and how it can take shape, but for this issue, it isnt the interior pages that make it stand out, its the cover.

The racy, not-so-nuanced cover featuring some provocative imagery between Wolverine and a definitely nude Nightcrawler is an example of the extremes that creators have gone to get hints across without the notice of strict editorial decisions. There arent many overt comic panels that you can point to as a definitive moments for a character like Wolverine in exploring sexuality, and that is something that Marvel continues to struggle with across the Mutantdom even today, but the cover to Wolverine #6 is a perfect example of that exploration making itself known regardless. People like series writer Greg Rucka and Jill Pantozzi have commented on the issues release with this cover and CBR even spoke with cover artist Esad Ribic after the issue was published saying ..

I once was at a show where I asked Esad about this cover.

Esad is a big, cheerful, man with a wicked sense of humor.

He just looked at me.

And then he smiled.

And the smile got bigger.

And bigger.

And he said, And nobody at Marvel noticed!

And then he couldnt stop laughing.

These types of tidbits arent breaking news to longtime fans of X-Men, but its a process that becomes apparent in unique ways with this character. And that is ultimately the process that I am interested in with Wolverine and the constant state of evolution weve found the character in.

Despite the curious moments that fill Wolverines history, this is not a situation involving a prominent declaration such as when we finally got Iceman out definitively as gay. Its about the exploration of sexuality itself and how the process of self-discovery can manifest in our relationships both with ourselves and others. Weve seen a new stage in that process recently with even more hints coming from Hickman in the exciting Dawn of X initiative which sees Logan approaching his relationship with both Jean and Scott in an entirely new way, sparking countless discussions of something deeper happening with both of them. Even suggesting a throuple status between the famed trio thanks to some interesting pieces of information from HoX/PoX and what came after.

With Krakoa allowing them to all share a home together on the Moon in a place called the Summers House in X-Men #1 (2019), fans were quick to point out that the living arrangements placed Scott and Logans room on either side of Jeans to conjoin them. It was once again a subtle hint, but it was then followed with a more on-the-nose conversation between Scott and Logan in issue #7 when Logan responds Well, who could say no to that? when Scott mentions himself in a Speedo as part of the scenery. Their relationship has certainly become more intimate as of late, with fans even going so far as to point out flirtatious touching between Cyclops and Wolverine. However, the history of LGBT+ representation in the X-Men is filled with hints and nonconfirmations such as this, and while some creators have been able to overcome this method and explore certain characters sexuality more openly, it seems Wolverine has been left to just vague references.

Over the course of decades, more intense emotions flare and make themselves known in both subtle and not-so-subtle ways, but they are also never followed up on in any sort of meaningful way. Wolverines constant evolution followed by periods of erasure represents an editorial process that reflects the industry itself and how its been able to find a voice in such matters, not always doing so successfully. Not only this, it also shows that every LGBT+ story will not look the same, and with all of the moments we can find even in Wolverines past, its the examination of oneself that represents the journey. Ive found a sense of relatability in the journey that Wolverine is on as a character and where we as readers see him today.

Wolverines journey in its entirety, both on and off the panel, represents an evolution of masculine male sexuality despite expectations when confronted with erasure. Its worthwhile, giving a voice to those with a story not nearly as recognizable as others, and its got the precedent to continue the exploration in a meaningful way, but where we go from here is up to Marvel.

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Headache may be a key symptom of COVID-19 that predicts the diseases clinical evolution in individual patients, new research suggests. An observational study of more than 100 patients showed that headache onset could occur during the presymptomatic or symptomatic phase of COVID-19 and could resemble tension-type or migraine headache.

Headache itself was associated with a shorter symptomatic period, while headache and anosmia (loss of sense of smell) were associated with a shorter hospitalization period. In a subgroup of participants, headache persisted even after the symptoms of COVID-19 had been resolved.

Investigators note that understanding the pathophysiology of headache in COVID-19 could improve understanding of migraine and other headache disorders.

It seems that those patients who start early on, during the asymptomatic or early symptomatic period of COVID-19, with headache have a more localized inflammatory response that may reflect the ability of the body to better control and respond to the infection by SARS-CoV2, lead investigator Patricia Pozo-Rosich, MD, PhD, head of the Headache and Craniofacial Pain Unit at Vall dHebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain, told Medscape Medical News.

She presented the findings at the American Headache Society (AHS) Annual Meeting 2020, which was virtual this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Systemic Inflammation

Headache is one of the main symptoms of COVID-19. A recent study of 214 patients with COVID-19 showed that approximately 13% of the participants had headache and 5% had anosmia. SARS-CoV2 penetrates the cells through the ACE2 receptor, which is present throughout the body.

SARS-CoV2 enters the body through the nasal cavity and it probably penetrates the nervous system in the periphery through afferent branches of the olfactory and trigeminal nerve, Pozo-Rosich said.

It travels to the lungs and, later, the bloodstream. This generates systemic inflammation that may turn into a cytokine storm. Evidence has identified cortical hyperintensities and olfactory bulb hyperintensities in patients with COVID-19, suggesting that the virus directly infects the central nervous system.

Interleukin-6 (IL-6), one of the main inflammatory molecules, has been proven to be related to COVID-19 and has become a therapeutic target. Levels of IL-6 may be lower and tend to be more stable in patients with both COVID-19 and headache than in patients with COVID-19 only.

The researchers observed 130 patients (51% women; mean age, 54 years) with COVID-19 who were attended by neurologists at Vall dHebron. In this group, 74.4% had headache.

Patients with headache tended to be younger than those without headache (mean age, 50 years vs 63 years, respectively) and tended to be women (58.6% vs 29.4%).

Approximately one third of patients with headache had a history of migraine. Most reported mild to moderate pain that resembled tension-type headache. In participants with severe pain and migraine-like features, headache more often began during the asymptomatic phase of COVID-19.

The headache preceding typical COVID-19 symptoms was distinct from the patients usual migraine, alluding to the possibility that headache related to COVID-19 is mechanistically different than migraine. It is possible that headache is a manifestation of COVID-19 CNS invasion or cytokine storm, though further data are needed.

The first patients headache resolved with resolution of other COVID-19 symptoms, while the second patient continued to have headaches for two weeks after resolution of typical COVID-19 symptoms. Moreover, the first patient did not have migrainous features with her continuous headache.

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Animals on land are cognitively more advanced than most of their aquatic counterparts. One of these faculties include planning for the future. There is a difference between a planned move and a move which is the result of intrinsic habitual instincts.

Lets take an example. When a fish (a prey) senses an attack by a predator, the immediate move it makes is to go in the opposite direction, which comes out of habitual instincts. But for a land animal, both in prey and predators, things might become a bit different. A predator plans in advance before unleashing the attack on his prey, and the prey in return will also behave in a manner that goes beyond what is simply behavioural instinct.

All animals -- on land or in water -- had the same amount of time to evolve, so why do land animals have most of the smarts?was the question that led Professor Malcolm Maclver of Northwestern University to conduct an elaborate experiment. The results of it has been published in Nature Communication on June 16.

Malcolm Maclver has been engaged in a series of studies to find out why and how the land animals have evolved the ability to plan. The Nature paper is the latest one of the series of studies.

The research findings show that complex landscapes have given impetus to the evolution of advanced cognitive abilities of planning in case of land animals. While open water is vastly empty, land is filled with obstaclestrees, hills, water streams etc. in between vast open fields.This has provided the prey spaces to hide and the predators could hide themselves before a sneak attack is being attempted. This landscape composition, according to Malcolm, might have provided the land animals the ability of planning.

But, there is also a limit that a landscape provides an evolutionary edge to the animals dwelling on it. The researchers found that either simple landscape like open fields or packed landscapes like dense forests could not offer any advantage for the land animals.

Malcolm, a professor of biomedical and mechanical engineering, in his previous studies found those animals who rose from water and invaded the land, somewhere 385 million years back, developed their capacity to see to an enormous distance than they could inside water. His hypothesis suggests that the ability to see much further from the perspective of a prey or a predator, needed more brain power than hunting in open and vastly empty water. But the new study throws new light to this previous hypothesis and suggests that not only better vision capacity but also landscape characteristics provided the land animals the edge to develop planning ability, which is required in the land mixed of plain, vegetation, hills, water, etc.

We speculated that moving onto land poured jet fuel on the evolution of the brain as it may have advantaged the hardest cognitive operation there is: Envisioning the future. It could explain why we can go out for seafood, but seafood can't go out for us, Malcolm is quoted to have said.

Stating this hypothesis, Malcolm and his colleagues started with computer simulations in order to test the survival rates of prey hunted by a predator in two circumstances. Number one is habit based, that is instinctive and number two is plan based, that is out of possible ways, selecting the near perfect one. The team created an open world without much obstacles to mimic an aquatic condition and then added objects of different densities to mimic a land.

In a situation that depicts simple aquatic or terrestrial environments, as the study found, survival rate of the prey that uses habit-based instinctive drive and also those having planning capacity is low. Same was the case for too densely packed environment like coral reefs or the dense rainforests.

In those simple open or highly packed environments, there is no benefit to planning. In the open aquatic environments, you just need to run in the opposite direction and hope for the best. While in the highly packed environments, there are only a few paths to take, and you are not able to strategise because you can't see far. In these environments, we found that planning does not improve your chances of survival, he said.

But landscapes like that of Savanna, having open fields with patches of vegetation, the findings show, increase the survival rate for those having planning capabilities. As planning increases, the likelihood of survival that the brain structure provided the animals planning capacity could have been evolutionarily selected.

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Fridays new content in MLB The Show 20 included a variety of new Diamond player cards that gamers can add to Diamond Dynasty squads. Among those is a new 99 overall Diamond via the Jackie Robinson MLB The Show 20 Evolution program. In addition, theres the new Fathers Day Program complete with a new Conquest Map and a Diamond Ken Griffey Sr. card available.

On June 19, we saw four new Diamond players go into Ducks on the Pond and Headliners Set 29 packs. However, there are a few more Diamond player cards to speak of, that gamers can earn through Moments and Missions. The first is the upgraded Jackie Robinson MLB The Show 20 Evolution item.

The former National League MVP and World Series Champion previously had lower-rated cards available through Moments and Missions. Those included the 83 OVR, 88 OVR, and 94 OVR versions of the Brooklyn Dodgers star. Gamers unlock these through the Player Programs area by tallying a certain number of points through the completion of the Missions and Moments.

Now, theres the ultimate player item for Jackie Robinson, a 99 OVR Diamond. Heres a look at the attributes which include Diamond Hitting and Defense:

Youll need to move through each of the first three stages of the Jackie Robinson MLB The Show 20 Player Program in order to unlock Stage 4. Once you do, youll have to get up to a total of 200 Points to unlock the 99 overall Diamond card. However, looking at those stats, youll want this version of Jackie Robinson on your roster.

Fathers Day 2020 arrives on Sunday, June 21, and in celebration, MLB The Show 20 unveiled new content. For the Fathers Day Program, gamers can participate in new Moments involving father-son duos from baseball history. They include the Gwynns, Bichettes, Biggios, and of course, the Griffeys.

By playing through eight new Moments, gamers can rack up 50 points to unlock the following Ken Griffey Sr. 90 OVR Diamond item:

Along with the Ken Griffey Sr. Moments, there is a brand new Fathers Day Conquest Map as shown below. In Conquest, youll use your Diamond Dynasty team to try to take over territories on the map, earning rewards along the way. Rewards include The Show Stubs, Packs, XP, and a Diamond Fathers Day Nameplate, as well as Hidden items.

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June 16, 2020

Now through June 28, volunteers throughout the metro Phoenix region will be putting on masks and picking up trash as part of a nationwide cleanup event called Masks On, Litter Gone.

Arizona State University, on behalf of Rio Reimagined, is partnering with the Ball Corporation and River Network for the cleanup, with the goal of collecting 2,500 pieces of litter throughout the Valley.

Participants who are encouraged to wear masks and maintain appropriate social distancing during the event are using technology to assist with the cleanup. Using the app Litterati, volunteers will upload a photo of each item they collect. The app keeps track of their progress and awards a $50 gift card at the end of the week to the challenge leader.

Through the app Litterati, we can replicate that experience of a community cleanup with a little competition, said Kylie Cochrane, ASU student and intern at Rio Reimagined. Individuals can join us from wherever they are, their neighborhood, local park, or trail and individually make a collective impact.

The two-week cleanup isnt the only attention Rio Reimagined is receiving lately.

The cities of Phoenix, Tempe and Avondale, in partnership with ASU, recently formed a Rio Reimagined Brownfields Coalition and secured $1.4 million in grant funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Rio Reimagined is the initiative to protect, restore and revitalize the Salt and Gila River corridor traversing the metro Phoenix region. The recent effort was the vision of the late U.S. Sen. John McCain, who asked ASU to lead, convene and facilitate the regional effort.

The grants will support the assessment and cleanup of contaminated sites (called brownfields) along the 58-mile stretch of river, priming the space for restoration and possible future development. Eliminating brownfields, many of which are former industrial sites, will enhance the health of the surrounding communities and natural environment, and create new, usable public spaces.

The grants add to a growing number of awards the team has received over the past year and a half in support of Rio Reimagined. Melissa McCann, director at the University City Exchange, leads the regional effort that resulted in the awards.

Were building capacity, McCann said. Public and private grant funding will support stakeholders efforts to transform the health of the river corridor, environmentally, socially and economically.

The grants come on the heels of Rio Reimagined being invited into the federal Urban Waters Partnership a designation that brings resources, support and access to funding. Only the 20th project to be recognized in this manner, this is the first project to achieve this standing under the current administration.

This is only the beginning, McCann said. This initiative will require expanded community engagement and direction to fully realize the opportunities available to transform the river into an asset that serves all.

The EPA funding will allow for two significant projects to take place in the region.

The first grant of $600,000 will support an environmental assessment of the land bordering the Salt, Agua Fria and Gila rivers to identify areas that are viable for redevelopment. Sites in Phoenix, Avondale and Tempe that will be considered for assessment formerly housed dry cleaners, landfills, wastewater treatment plants, dry wells, underground storage tanks and waste tire dumps.

The second grant of $800,000 will go to the city of Phoenix for the cleanup of contaminated sites throughout the city, including along the Rio Salado. The city will work with local grassroots organizations, developers and government agencies to remove hazardous materials like lead-based paint, chemicals, animal waste, trash, mold, asbestos and gasoline.

Cecilia Rivere, assistant director at the University City Exchange, points to regional coordination and past and present leadership from cities and tribal nations as factors in the Rios success.

The sum can be greater than the individual parts, Rivere said. If you band together and you approach something from a regional perspective, planning and designing a community asset at scale, there can be larger and better benefits.

Thinking and acting regionally comes naturally to the staff at the University City Exchange, who view their role as reflective of ASUs charter to assume fundamental responsibility for the communities it serves.

The goal of Rio is to improve life in the Valley by enhancing environmental quality, building cultural identity, restoring wildlife habitat and providing an economic catalyst, said Wellington Duke Reiter, special adviser to the president and executive director of the University City Exchange. Its an appropriate leadership role for ASU to support communities in this way as reflected in our charter.

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On a new episode of ID the Future, Andrew McDiarmid concludes his conversation with Eric Anderson, co-author of the new Discovery Institute Press bookEvolution and Intelligent Design in a Nutshell.Today they talk about Andersons second of two chapters in the book, in which he explores the challenges of building a self-replicating 3-D printer, and the light this sheds on the origin-of-life communitys search for their Holy Grail, a self-reproducing molecule that could have kickstarted the evolutionary process on the early Earth. Download the podcast or listen to it here.

In their conversation, Anderson suggests that there are engineering principles involved in the origin of life that may mean that a naturalistic origin is less like winning a long-odds lottery, and more like the chances of an inventor successfully building a perpetual motion machine. That is, it isnt just a tough probability problem; there are reasons for concluding that its impossible in principle. Also, Anderson notes, the early Earth wasnt the kinder, gentler place for simple self-replicators that Darwin or Dawkins has imagined.

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The 501 Files (The MSP 501 Profile Podcast): MSP Evolution & the New Normal

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As the pandemic stretches on, business owners are all tasked with determining what the new normal will look like. Many are looking to position their companies for the next wave, while some are positioning for an exit.

Because of this, everyone should focus on four key components:

The fact remains that we all are looking to pivot in some way. Ultimately, we are looking to grow or go. So, it is time to redefine and evolve your offering to meet the needs of future customers and/or potential offers.

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16th June 2020, St. Louis, MO

Evolution St. Louis.

Evolution St. Louis has hired knit programmer Sarah Bridle, adding to its growing team of specialists and experts. Bridle has relocated from the United Kingdom and will work at the Evolution St. Louis advanced knitting facility in the United States.

Bridle will help Evolution St. Louis manufacture a broad range of products with its 3D and Knit & Wear complete garment technology, including fully fashioned knits, complex shapes, footwear and smart textiles.

Evolution St. Louis innovative flatbed knitting technology and forward-looking vision for the future make this an amazing opportunity to be part of the future of fashion and apparel, Bridle said. Im truly excited to join this growing team led by two industry leaders who are reimagining and reshaping the apparel manufacturing sector.

Bridle started her career with Knit-1 Ltd in the United Kingdom. She later worked for Stoll America and Stoll GB as a knitwear technician. Bridle graduated from Buckinghamshire New University in England with a bachelors degree in textile design.

Sarahs experience and technical expertise will be a true asset to Evolution St. Louis as we reinvent, recreate and revitalize the knit sector at our high-tech facility, said John Elmuccio, COO and co-founder of Evolution St. Louis.

We are excited for Sarah to join Evolution St. Louis and her international experience will be a true asset to our growing team, said Jon Lewis, CEO and co-founder of Evolution St. Louis. Weve always believed that Evolution St. Louis would be a magnet for talent and job creation and bringing someone of Sarahs caliber from overseas to St. Louis proves that point.

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