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The 35-year-old Mary Kom, who came here on the back of gold medals at the Asian Championships and the India Open, defeated old nemesis Steluta Duta of Romania in her quarterfinal contest. Sarita, a bronze and silver winner at the Asian Championships and India Open respectively, got the better of China’s Qi Yawen in her last-eight stage bout. In the men’s draw, India Open gold-medallist Amit Panghal (49kg) also made the semifinal stage along with last edition’s silver-medallist Mohammed Hussamuddin (56kg)....

Zoe Baird and Kimba Wood weren’t the only victims of Nannygate. Placement agencies are getting calls from families suddenly desperate to find legal sitters. “People are panicking,” says Eileen Stein of the Gilbert Child Care Agency in Manhattan. Trusted cleaning ladies are being asked embarrassing questions about their taxes and shadow income. High-school babysitters’ clubs are jittery too, fearing that families will stop going out to dinner rather than run afoul of the $50-per-quarter social-security rule....

Mary Trump appeared on The View Monday afternoon to promote her new book, The Reckoning. During a lengthy Q&A segment, co-hosts Sarah Haines, Whoopi Goldberg, Sunny Hostin and Joy Behar took turns digging into what Trump described as “PTSD,” or post-traumatic stress disorder, following her uncle’s election win in 2016. McCain, the show’s lone conservative who is set to leave on Friday, was conspicuously missing from the roundtable discussion. McCain responded to Trump hours after the segment aired Monday and bluntly rebuked the author: “There is no ‘good’ Trump family member to me....

The current recommendation calls for people to receive a third shot eight months after receiving their second dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine. Speaking on CBS’s Face the Nation, Hogan said he’s urging the federal government to approve of booster shots more quickly as the Delta variant rages across the country. “We’re pushing to speed up that timeframe, because we want to start, and are already preparing in our state, to start doing boosters for our nursing home residents and more people that are in vulnerable populations....

For those that don’t know, on top of being Smash Bros.’s creative director, Masahiro Sakurai also serves as a column writer for Japan’s Famitsu magazine. He has written many articles in the past describing multiple aspects of his work and life. In fact, in the beginning of the year, he wrote an article talking about how 13 Sentinels is a game that everyone should play. RELATED: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Steve Moveset Revealed by Sakurai...

Although the agreement with the Chicago Teachers Union was reached on January 12, the district wasn’t able to immediately distribute the higher-grade masks, which have been recommended as the standard of protection against the highly contagious Omicron COVID variant. School systems often need time to implement new policies or wait for materials to arrive, but during the city’s Omicron wave, parents did not have time to spare to wait for the masks....

That being said, the trilogy is still beloved by many, with its cast of characters being one of its biggest strengths. Across the three games, the player can partner up with some truly notable individuals, who will definitely play a major role in the events of these titles. One such character who makes a strong impression from the first game itself is Ashley Williams. RELATED: 15 Action RPGs To Play If You Like The Mass Effect Series...

In response to a fan question about Mass Effect: Andromeda’s sub-par facial animations, Frazier states that BioWare is looking at “patching lots of issues” while also providing strong post-launch support. However, he did stop short of confirming whether a fix for the facial animations are coming, writing that he “can’t say more just yet”. While fans will have to put up with Mass Effect: Andromeda’s weird facial animations for the time being, there are a number of tips and tricks out there that will help improve many of the default face preset issues....

News of the flexible skill system comes by way of Game Informer’s cover story, which is highlighting tons of features in Mass Effect: Andromeda. Thus far Mass Effect fans have seen a brief glimpse of the biotic abilities, taken a closer look at the new Mako vehicle called the Nomad, and watched a cinematic trailer filled with clues about the next entry in the popular sci-fi series. However, BioWare has shied away from addressing gameplay changes and improvements, choosing only to speak in vague details rather than concrete specifics....

The visual upgrades are one of several improvements that have been to the remastered Mass Effect trilogy. Last week, BioWare revealed that the remaster will include changes to gameplay mechanics, as well as Mass Effect 3’s war assets system. But any remaster is only as good as its graphical upgrades, and judging from what was shown in today’s trailer, it looks like BioWare has delivered. RELATED: Mass Effect Trilogy Vinyl Record Collection Announced...

There are some changes being made regarding Mass Effect 3’s ending in Legendary Edition, though perhaps not exactly what players are hoping to see. Mass Effect: Legendary Edition is a remaster, not a remake. There’s some wiggle room with this terminology; for example, while the trilogy is getting a graphical overhaul, the story virtually won’t be changed at all. But BioWare previously announced changing the camera angles during a certain Miranda Lawson scene in Mass Effect 2, and gameplay will be adjusted to line up with modern standards....

RELATED: Mass Effect 1: Balak Choice Guide Of course, players have the power to make sure good things happen to good people and bad things happen to bad people at these establishments. By controlling Shepard, they have a chance to save a young lady’s life and bring down an entire criminal empire. And if Shepard never goes to the bar and tries to order a drink, the entire mission can be missed....

RELATED: Mass Effect 1: How To Save The Zhu’s Hope Colonists And while that’s likely true, this is only because of the number of players who haven’t done the math to figure out how to win. There is a way to statistically come out ahead after every session of Quasar, the signature luck-based game of the universe. This means that Quasar is a reliable way to get credits for Shepard, so long as the gamer understands the math behind the machine....

One of the readers on NeoGaf was browsing Electronic Arts’ online store and happened to notice that Mass Effect 3’s box art showcased an image of the Kinect next to the phrase “Better with the Kinect Sensor.” While BioWare has stated that it wished to bring the Mass Effect series to a larger market, we didn’t expect them to focus on our grandparents. All kidding aside, this isn’t the first time the Kinect has been briefly advertised for use with an upcoming hardcore title....

Contrary to its original release, Andromeda has done quite well for itself on Steam, and that in itself spells good news for a possible remaster of the original trilogy. How? Well, let’s look at the possibility of a remaster already in the works, and just what a positive Steam response could mean for the future of the Mass Effect franchise. RELATED: Mass Effect 5 is a Long Ways Off, But That’s a Good Thing...

Cerberus is responsible for resurrecting Commander Shepard at the beginning of Mass Effect 2, and at the end of the game, Shepard must carry out a Suicide Mission for the group by going through the Omega 4 relay. This particular Mass Relay glows red instead of blue and no one but the Collectors has returned from it, giving it an ominous reputation. Cerberus claims that Shepard needs to go through, defeat the Collectors, and stop their raids on human colonies....

The first Mass Effect is being improved heavily through the Legendary Edition, with better AI, smoother aiming, and major visual upgrades being a few of the more noticeable differences. With a better system for auto saving and smoother elevator sequences also included, the Mass Effect: Legendary Edition version of the series’ first game sounds like it is the best way to play — and the improvements to the Mako vehicle make the upgrade sound even more appealing....

In the Animal Crossing games, the player is encouraged to interact with villagers inspired by a variety of different animals with their own personality quirks and outfits. This isn’t the first time fans have drawn characters from other franchises as Animal Crossing villagers, but it may be one of the most fitting. RELATED: Mass Effect Fans Share Concerns About Shepard in TV Series Redditor odangowitch shows off a piece of fan art that depicts Kaidan Alenko, Garrus Vakarian, Ashley Williams, Urdnot Wrex, Tali’Zorah nar Rayya, and Liara T’Soni as brightly-colored Animal Crossing characters....

RELATED: Mass Effect: The 5 Best Outfits Across All Games (& The 5 Worst) Now, with the highest-end technology powering the systems of Mass Effect, players can safely and comfortably strap themselves in for a wild ride. Placing themselves in the shoes of Commander Shepard, gamers explore the farthest reaches of the Milky Way. A player who genuinely wishes to explore each and every corner of this galaxy will certainly be thrilled to find the following hidden locations throughout the series....

The main Marvel characters in question are Iron Man, Ant-Man, Hawkeye, Black Widow, Falcon, plus No Way Home duo Spider-Man and Doctor Strange, among others, whose property could be subject to copyright termination in the near future by Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, Gene Colan, and Don Rico’s descendants, according to US law. If Marvel representatives lose, this could mean Disney would be forced to share the licensing rights and exploitation of all these works with the different groups of heirs....