![]() As I mentioned, I used leather craft rivets for all of the pivot joints. I used gold metallic paint instead of silver to make the emblems on the breastplate, shield, and gauntlets stand out.Īfter painting, it was time for assembling. At this point the armor looked kind of plain and fake (Tin-Man like), so I created a faux patina by lathering it with a water based black acrylic paint and then buffing it back to silver until I got the right effect. Everything was then painted with metallic silver spray paint. I used gray Plasti-Dip to seal the foam side of pieces that would be showing. All of the polystyrene surfaces got a layer of gray spray primer. Once the costume was constructed and fully test fit, it was time for dis-assembly and painting. There were over 100 different pieces to cut, laminate, drill, and test fit (not to mention my fair share of mistakes and redos). ![]() Later, after painting, I would use proper leathercraft rivets. Holes were drilled at each pivot joint, and then I test fit the pieces again using the brads for the pivots, which could be easily removed prior to finishing. I really could only make curves in one direction (no compound curves), but that was enough for the costume. For pieces that needed to be curved (most of them), I used a heat gun to heat and then shape the foam-polystyrene construction over a curved surface. The foam cutout was then laminated to a grossly cut sheet of polystyrene using contact cement (Dap Weldwood Original), and then the polystyrene was trimmed to shape with a heavy duty scissors. I used 0.5” exercise floor mat foam for the shield since it needed to be sturdier. Smaller pieces or pieces that had to pivot together used 2mm foam (“foamies” sheets from a craft store). For the large body pieces I used 0.25” thick foam (breastplate, helmet, large arm and leg pieces). Luckily, we only had to do templates for one side of the body, as you can just flip the templates over for the other side.Īfter we liked how a prototyped piece worked, the card stock template was used to cut out EVA foam. This process took a while (many prototypes) to get the right size and mobility of each piece. Using card stock and metal brads for joints, we cut and fitted all the various pieces to my son’s body. I didn’t have a pattern, so we had to make it as we went. The next step was figuring out the shape and size of all the pieces. After receiving my order of EVA foam and 0.020” thick polystyrene sheet, I prototyped a simple piece of laminated armor and decided it was a go. I wanted to try it and see what we could do. However, I remembered seeing a technique for making light-weight armor by Amethyst Angel in which she uses thin polystyrene plastic sheet laminated onto EVA foam. ![]() I have used EVA foam on past costumes, which you can heat up and shape, but I was worried how it would hold up for armor pieces. Clearly steel was out of the question for cost, tools needed, and weight issues. Next was figuring out which materials to use. ![]() Scouring the web for images and recalling suits I’ve seen in museums, my son and I settled on an idea pretty quickly. First was learning about all the pieces of a standard armor suit and deciding what kind of suit to build. Since I had never built a suit of armor before, this was going to be fun. In my household, Halloween is a pretty big deal and we make our costumes, so this wasn’t going to be just any knight costume – we were going to go for full body armor. Of course, there's nothing wrong with a classic costume, but some years it's fun to change things up a bit and show up in something more unexpected.Several months after last year’s Halloween, my 9 year old son decided he wanted to be a medieval knight for Halloween this year. When it comes to the kids, all their fellow trick-or-treaters will be wowed when they show up in one of these outfits. Many of these choices are as creative as they are beautiful, so you'll be sure to stand out amongst all the witch costumes and cat costumes at your Halloween party. There's a variety of noble outfits on this roundup, including princess costumes, peasant costumes, and knight uniforms, which means there's an option for just about every person in your family. If you want to purchase your ensemble, there are plenty of options you can buy. For those who prefer to make their own outfits, we've listed a few DIY costumes that are pretty easy to put together-aka you don't have to be an expert crafter to follow these tutorials. ![]() Whether you're looking for a best friend Halloween costume, a Halloween costume for kids, or a Halloween costume for couples, you'll find an idea on this list that will take you right back to the fourteenth century. Hear ye, hear ye! Throw it back, and we mean way back, this Halloween with these regal Renaissance costume ideas. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Tarantino saw her performance and wrote the part of Santanico Pandemonium specifically for Hayek. Salma Hayek as Santanico Pandemonium, the Vampire Queen of the Titty Twister and a former dhampir, in From Dusk till Dawn (Credit: Miramax Films / WENN) He had hired her to play the role of a stripper in a previous movie of his, Four Rooms. Hayek and Rodriguez had worked together before filming From Dusk Till Dawn. Salma Hayek was cast, too, but, as mentioned, she almost lost the part. ![]() Quentin Tarantino wrote the screenplay and George Clooney starred as Seth Gecko in the 1996 American action horror film From Dusk till Dawn (Credit: Miramax Films / WENN) Hayek’s Casting Storyįresh off his Best Writing Oscar win for Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino teamed up with director Robert Rodriguez and rounded up some of the finest actors Hollywood had to offer, like George Clooney and Harvey Keitel for the action-horror film From Dusk Till Dawn. ![]() To begin with, the actress had many small roles but was eventually cast in Desperado, which brought her to prominence in Hollywood.Ī year after acting in Desperado, Hayek starred in a film written by Quentin Tarantino, From Dusk Till Dawn. Salma Hayek had her breakthrough as Carolina in the 1995 American neo-Western action film Desperado (Credit: Sony Pictures) Hayek’s first role was in the Mexican telenovela Teresa, for which she played the titular role, but after just a few years starring in the show, she moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue an acting career in America. Hayek studied acting as a young girl, and after graduating from Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City, she sought a serious acting career. Salma Hayek was born in Mexico, and from the time she was a child, she knew she wanted to be an actress. Here’s how Salma Hayek got cast in cult classic From Dusk till Dawn: Salma Hayek’s Background The actress gained international fame thanks to one role, but she almost lost her opportunity. Salma Hayek has been a Hollywood starlet for decades now, playing roles in dozens of films, and earning an Oscar nomination for her work in Frida. ![]() ![]() This will keep, covered, in the fridge for 2-3 days.īlack bean beef and noodle bowl. Add cooked mushrooms to the soba noodle mixture with the dressing and toss to combine. To make the dressing, place ingredients in a small jar and shake well to combine. ![]() Add mirin mixture to the frying pan and cook until there is no liquid in the pan and the mushrooms are starting to catch (about 2 minutes). Heat oil in a large frying pan and fry the mushrooms over a medium-high heat until lightly caramelised (about 5 minutes). In a separate bowl, combine mirin, sake and soy sauce or tamari.ĭrain the soaked mushrooms and squeeze to remove excess water. Add broccoli to noodles along with spring onion, cucumber and coriander, if using. Drain, rinse under cold water and drain again well. Cover with boiling water and leave to stand for 3 minutes. Drain again well and place in a large serving bowl. ![]() Drain and rinse thoroughly in cold water so they don’t stick together. ![]() While mushrooms are soaking, cook noodles according to packet instructions. Set aside to soak until fully rehydrated (about 20 minutes). Place shiitake mushrooms in a bowl and cover with boiling water. ¼ cup coarsely chopped coriander (optional) There’s nothing quite as comforting as a bowl of slurpy noodles, as these easy recipes demonstrate. and finish with a splash of sesame oil, chilli oil and soy sauce and lots of chopped spring onion. Simmer without stirring, until egg is just cooked. Another popular serving idea is to drop the noodle block into a small pot of boiling water, and once the noodles start to soften, stir in the seasoning sachet and crack in an egg to poach. Popular pimps range from adding stir-fried vegetables such as onions, peppers, and chillies and topping with a fried egg to replacing the flavour sachet with a spoonful of miso or Korean gochujang (brown rice and red pepper paste), a grating of fresh ginger, a generous knob of butter and lots of coriander or spring onions. In Japan you might find your instant noodles served with lots of spring onions and fried tofu that’s been marinated in a little fish sauce and sesame oil, while in India they are popular mixed with fried curry spices and paneer (or halloumi) and fresh coriander. There’s a lot more potential in a packet of instant noodles than just adding the flavour sachet. Instant noodles certainly won’t win any prizes in the nutrition stakes, as they’re made from refined wheat flour and fried in palm oil, but what they lack in nutrition they more than make up for in both convenience and “hackability”. He added the flavour-enhancing combo of MSG, salt and sugar (which now comes in a flavour sachet) to boost the taste. ![]() This pre-cooked the noodles while keeping them crisp and shelf-stable. But ultimately he succeeded through a method of first cooking the noodles in chicken broth and then frying them in hot oil. It took Ando more than a year to perfect the process of making a dry block of noodles. Japanese people were accustomed to eating noodles rather than slices of bread, so with the surplus wheat donated by the United States, he decided to invent an industrial version of freshly made ramen. In 1957, businessman Momofuku Ando wanted to help relieve Japan’s food crisis with a food product that held some cultural resonance. The birth of instant noodles can be traced back to post-war Japan where, more than a decade after the war was over, the country was still experiencing food shortages. My wager comes down to a numbers game, as, according to the World Instant Noodles Association (yes, there is such an entity), around 290 million servings of instant noodles are eaten every day, making for a staggering 105.8 billion servings a year. Photo / Annabel Langbein MediaĪmong the cans and packets cluttering up your pantry, I’m almost willing to bet there’ll be a packet or a cup of instant noodles lurking somewhere. ![]() ![]() Submarines Inc., and Ocean Submarine in the Netherlandsproduce sub designs that aspiring Bond villains dream of: capable of traveling 1,000. THE CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY IS NOT WARRANTED. Three companies Migaloo, the Florida-based U.S. The completed document must be submitted via email to REVIEW THE ATTACHED END USE DOCUMENT PRIOR TO SUBMITTING BID**** Z700988058H001 This document must be completed in its entirety prior to submitting full payment. The bidder will hold the United States harmless from and indemnify the United States against any or all debts, liabilities, judgments, costs, demands, suits, actions, or other claims of any nature arising from or incident to the handling, use, storage, shipment, resale, export, or other disposition of the items purchased*****The dry dock is affixed to the dock and the successful bidder is responsible for taking actions for its detachment from the dock*****The Government recommends that potential purchaser~s inspect the dry dock prior to bidding*****The Successful Bidder will be required to complete the attached End Use Certificate. Failure to sign the certification may result in the bid being rejected as nonresponsive: The successful bidder hereby certifies that he/she will comply with all applicable Federal, state, and local laws, ordinances, and regulations with respect to the care, handling, storage, shipment, resale, export, or other use of the material hereby purchased. Please contact Property Custodian LT Thomas Kai with any questions." It is the purchaser s responsibility to comply with all applicable Federal, state, local, and export laws and regulations to ensure the proper registration, licensing, possession, transportation, and subsequent use, resale or disposal of the property. Next owner/operator will need to have the capacity to tow away the Oakridge via tug boats from its current location at Coast Guard Yard in Curtis Bay, MD. All known PCB containing materials have been entirely removed. Find out in this scene from Season 4, Episode 3, 'Sub For Sale.' Watch all new episodes of Pawn Stars, streaming now, on The HISTORY Channel. Hazardous materials such as asbestos containing material and lead paint have been either encapsulated or stabilized. There are two 23 MT capacity portal wing wall cranes and four 3512 Caterpillar generator sets currently not operative, but can be returned to service with overhaul and repairs. ![]() That offer is being made on the Internet for U-484, a Cold War relic. Latest docking operation was conducted in February 2018. For sale to the highest bidder: one Russian submarine (nuclear missiles and torpedoes not included). The dock has a light draft of 8-ft and a 8,995 MT displacement. OAKRIDGE is able to lift vessels up to 6,096 MT and is suitable to lift any ship that fits within the physical limits of the dock, including Naval submarines and Coast Guard surface vessels. ![]() The wing walls, pontoon deck, and stern gate form the dock chamber. The dock is specifically designed to withstand the stresses imposed by the sea while under tow. "I mean, people will travel a thousand miles to come and see this," he said.The 1944 OAKRIDGE is a 540-ft long and 81-ft wide closed-basin towable floating dry-dock with an enclosed bow, constructed entirely of welded steel. The submarine is still up for sale, but Pronk says he has gained a lot of interest. "I can just release the chassis and then the rest of the sub shoots to the surface and it has 72 hours of life support," he said. The submarine also includes an emergency release, just in case the arm or any of the propellers get tangled in something underwater. So the way I set it up is it can swing quite far … so I can use magnets or whatever to mount some sort of a basket," he said on his Youtube channel. "You can pick up delicate things no problem without harming anything. Pronk says his submarine also has a special feature that he fully designed himself: a mechanical arm. "I make everything myself, I do all the welding and machining and everything, so it's been a fun project," he said. Ultra-Deep Submersibles The ultimate tools for human exploration, only Triton makes submersibles certified to the deepest points of our oceans the Abyssal and Hadal zones. He says he's been building and restoring submarines ever since he was a teenager and has recently sold a two-person sub to a buyer in San Francisco. "So I pulled it out of storage and I completely rebuilt it and fixed the stability issues and now it's a nice working little sub." "The one that I'm selling I built it about eight years ago, and it had some balance issues … and this spring when the COVID-19 thing started, I was kind of bored at home," he said. ![]() Pronk's submarine is able to plunge 400 feet into the water. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Ability and willingness to learn fast and adopt/foster change quickly within operations.Ability to produce management information reports from ITSM and call center systems such as ServiceNow, SAP Analytics Cloud.Ability to create clear, comprehensive, and user-friendly knowledge articles and Wikis. Exceptional verbal and written communication skills in English (German language is a plus).Promptitude, proactivity and customer-oriented mindset. Proven experience in coaching, orchestrating, and supporting international multi-cultural teams in high pressure inbound support environments.Good technical understanding in SAP operations and troubleshooting techniques.A bachelor’s degree in IT, or other relevant field and/or a 2+ years (IT) customer support or call center experience, preferably in an SAP support environment.Participate in meetings with management to discuss customer and team needs and concerns.Communicate effectively with all levels of the organization, including senior management, on service desk operations and initiatives.Develop and maintain regular reports on service desk performance, service level and organizational level reports for management, identifying trends, issues, and opportunities for improvement.Monitor Service Desk performance, identify trends and areas for improvement, and ensure the implementation of corrective actions as needed.Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify opportunities for improvement and drive initiatives to optimize service delivery.Identify and implement new technologies and processes to enhance the service desk's capabilities and offerings.Regularly assess and optimize service desk operations to improve efficiency, effectiveness, and end-user satisfaction.When required, act as Incident Manager, Problem Manager and/or Change Manager.Ensure knowledge is documented and disseminated through knowledge management initiatives. Create high quality knowledge articles, work instructions.Implement and maintain best practices in all IT service management (ITSM) processes. ![]() Collaborate with internal and customer stakeholders to maintain service level agreements (SLAs) and key performance indicators (KPIs).Drive the adoption of ITSM tools and methodologies, ensuring compliance with customer and SAP standards and best practices.A fair ability to technical problem solving and troubleshooting skills or a willingness to learn technical skills to aid ticket handling. Strong attention to detail to identify possibly issues in customer queries.support SAP internal teams during critical incident management monitor incoming phone calls during critical incident management.End to end tracking of all ITSM tickets (incidents, problems, change requests and service requests). Qualify, classify, dispatch, and assign ITSM tickets according to the agreed guidelines. Monitoring of SAP’s queue in customer’s IT Service Management (ITSM) tool and monitor tickets in SAP internal tools ensure synchronization of information in customer’s ITSM tool and SAP internal tools.Acts as a bridge between customer and operations team by facilitating customer queries and provide feedback in a timeous manner.Provide coaching and training Service Desk Agents on Request Fulfillment, Incident, Change and Problem management processes and fostering a culture of continuous improvement, collaboration, and exceptional customer service.This is the first level of escalation for all service desk queries that arise. As a shift lead you are the responsible for shift planning and you will oversee day-to-day operations of Service Desk team, workload distribution, and performance monitoring.The Service Desk prepares a quick and efficient processing for the downstream operations team. The Service Desk shall ensure IT operations process compliance according to customer’s and SAP’s requirements. Or to delete the queues in better way.Ħlakh messages cannot be delted manually.The Service Desk is the single point of contact for all operational enquiries regarding Incidents, Service Requests, Changes, and Problems. Is there anyother way by which i can move all the messages out of SMQ2 and make it into Error status do let me know.Ģ. Because of the load of messages in teh queues - delte of queues is not happening.ġ. Tried reactivating and registering the queues again even.ģ. when i click on the queue and try delete it - the system is just hanging and after sometime TImeout error is comming.Ģ. as this is a sandbox server we dont have any data loss issues.ġ. I have around 6lakh messages right now in SMQ2. all teh channels (sender) which were in stop state previously because active (in start status).īecuase of this huge load of datas came into the sytem. Some days back we did a system copy of our Dev server and created a sandbox system.īut what happened was, when the system copy was done and new sandbox system was created. ![]() ![]() ![]() Product Catalog – Stitch Labs eliminates manual entry by retrieving your product information from Shipwire and creating Stitch listings – with the option to either link to existing variants or generate new products within Stitch. ![]() Order Tracking – All tracking information related to completed shipments is pulled automatically by Stitch Labs Note: Unlike importing into the other Inventory pages or Accounting, importing into Unlisted Inventory is an ADD ONLY capability. List the request item number, description, quantity, unit price, and item total. CSV file to add items to your Unlisted Inventory in bulk by clicking the three stacked dots to bring up an additional menu and selecting the Import option. The 'eye' icon (the same as is used for Expiration Date) would toggle. Lab 22: Filling and Checking Floor Stock. Lab 21: Filling a 24-Hour Medication Cart. Lab 20: ISMP Tall-Man Lettering and Look-Alike, Sound-Alike Drugs. Unit 3: Foundational Institutional Pharmacy Skills. There would be some new options in InventoryLab->Auto Price Rule if you wanted to initially auto calculate them based on your List Price in IL. Lab 19: Documenting and Preparing Immunizations. The template includes order-requested-by details, including department, contact person, contact phone and email, approvals, and received-by fields. Here is what the change would include: You could now set the Amazon Min and Max Price values without having to go to Seller Central. Accurately predicting demand for products can. So, let’s compare the tools that are similar for each platform. Use this all-inclusive inventory request form template to request stock from your warehouse or from other locations. Inventory forecasting is a critical task for any business that deals with physical products. This means that you can quickly create new listings within the IL dashboard. Plus, Inventory Lab connects to your Amazon account. It also has tools for product research but these work quite differently. Order Entry – Orders are submitted to Shipwire from Stitch Labs. Inventory Lab is primarily an inventory management tool. With Stitch, retailers save time, make better decisions, and grow their businesses. It automatically syncs inventory, orders, and sales across channels, which provides retailers a holistic understanding of their operations. Stitch Labs is an online inventory control solution that simplifies multichannel retail business. Digitally monitor clinical samples across every site, lab, and repository over their entire lifecycle with virtual sample inventory management from. ![]() ![]() ![]() Param KeyVaultName name of the secret in Key Vault') ![]() Param password string = newGuid() //Can only be used as the default value for a name of the Key Vault to save the secret to') On top of that, you're not really encouraged to expose the password in an output value since those are all logged indefinitely, so I highly recommend writing out the value to a Key Vault secret as in the following //Prevents it from being logged, but also removes it from output As such, randomString and newGuid both accept parameters you can use to seed the result, but you'll always get the same result for the new values you put in.įor the reasons above, you're encouraged to provide your own generated password to kick off template deployment externally so there's nothing about the Bicep template that's changing from one deployment to another. The intent in Bicep is that one creates fully idempotent templates so that you should receive the same output every time you attempt to deploy anything in Bicep. This reduces the quality of the password, as there now 3 known characters. To circumvent the short comings of the uniqueString() function and make it comply to the password complexity rules, the person adds a constand prefix of " P" and suffix of " x!". I found the blog post "Automatically generate a password for an Azure SQL database with ARM template" by Vivien Chevallier, but that isn't good, IMO. What's the right approach to solve this in Bicep? Which is why we used random_password in Terraform. ![]() But this only creates 13 character long random strings and also doesn't have any "special" characters like and such.įor quite obvious reasons, I don't want to have some sort of statement in my code, which sets the secret to some clearly readable value. How do I do something like this with Bicep? I'm only finding the uniqueString() function. If somebody would need to know the password, it would get logged. This allowed us to have secure (enough.) passwords, which got created and stored in some secure database without us having to enter or even know the password. We then stored this as a value in the AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store. In Terraform, we create random passwords with the random_password resource. Now I'm using Bicep with Azure, so please bear with me :) I'm coming from a Terraform background and AWS. ![]() ![]() ![]() Can you top our esteemed leaderboards next? Always remember to keep your predictions updated because they impact our latest racetrack odds, which terrify Hollywood chiefs and stars. Download our free and easy app for Apple/iPhone devices or Android (Google Play) to compete against legions of other fans plus our experts and editors for best prediction accuracy scores. PREDICT the 2020 Emmy winners now change through September 20 And no matter what happens this year, depending on how the 2020 presidential election goes, we might see Rudolph as Kamala Harris back on the Emmy ballot in 2021. On the plus side, we do think Rudolph will win her voice-over nomination, giving her leading odds of 18/5 in that contest. She gets second-place odds of 9/2 behind front-runner Wanda Sykes (“The Marvelous Mrs. And Melissa McCarthy took home Best Comedy Guest Actress in 2017 as former White House press secretary Sean Spicer.Īs of this writing, though, our odds say Rudolph’s better chance for a guest-acting win is for “The Good Place” based on the combined predictions of Gold Derby users. Alec Baldwin won Best Comedy Supporting Actor in 2017 for playing Donald Trump. Kate McKinnon won Best Comedy Supporting Actress in 20 for playing various characters including first lady-turned-senator-turned-presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. Tina Fey won Best Comedy Guest Actress in 2009 for playing past vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin. So she could be the latest on the show’s growing list of political winners. Harris was a candidate for the presidential nomination herself before eventually dropping out of the race, and Rudolph played her during sketches about the Democratic debates. She could get a boost since Harris was announced as Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden‘s running mate soon before the start of voting on August 21. They might add another to their list of winners with Maya Rudolph‘s nomination for Best Comedy Guest Actress for playing Senator Kamala Harris in the sketch comedy series. Kate McKinnon plays the moderator, USA Today Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page.“ Saturday Night Live” has long been known for its political parodies, and in recent years that has paid off with multiple acting Emmys for its cast. Jim Carrey returns as the Democratic presidential nominee Biden, and Kenan Thompson appears as the late former GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain. ![]() The cold open goes on to address maybe the biggest story to come out of this past Wednesday’s debate: the fly which sat atop Pence’s head for two minutes. Rudolph’s portrayal of Harris has become one of her most iconic skits on “Saturday Night Live.” Go Iggles,” Rudolph says.ĭespite not being from the Philly region, Rudolph’s impersonation of a Philly accent is pretty good. Youz guys can bet on your Wawa cheesesteak hoagies and all the wooder in the Schuylkill River that Joe Biden ain’t banning fracking. ![]() “Now that I know Pennsylvania loves (fracking), I just want to say this. The Democratic vice presidential nominee, played by Maya Rudolph for the second time in as many weeks this season, immediately jumps on the topic and pivots it straight to Pennsylvania, prompting her to break out into a fairly accurate Philly accent. However, Biden and Harris have both said that they will not ban fracking, citing the number of jobs it creates in states such as Pennsylvania. The issue was prominently discussed during this past Wednesday’s debate, as Pence accused a potential Biden administration of ending the practice. Playing the incumbent Republican Pence, Beck Bennett brings up the topic of fracking. Guy Fieri opening two restaurants at Philly's Live! Hotel and Casino.Philadelphia Orchestra wins Orchestra of the Year at Gramophone Classical Music Awards.In 'SNL' return, fiery Jim Carrey plays Joe Biden in nightmare Trump debate.The cold open for “Saturday Night Live” focused, not surprisingly, on this past Wednesday’s vice presidential debate in Salt Lake City, Utah between Vice President Mike Pence and California Sen. ![]() ![]() ![]() If you do hit them, then you’ve made history.” “And if you don’t hit them, then it was fun trying. “Shoot for the stars,” Fuller said in the late journalist Grant Wahl’s book, The Beckham Experiment. 3 with $58 million, behind only Jay-Z and Beyonce and Will and Jada Pinkett Smith.įuller, the entertainment mogul behind American Idol and the Spice Girls who brokered the deal, spoke about the ambition behind the structure of the contract. Forbes magazine’s list of the highest-earning Hollywood couples from 2007-08 had the Beckhams at No. The Beckhams became close friends with Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes and became A-list celebrities in Hollywood. AEG also signed on to promote the Spice Girls reunion tour, which would include multiple concerts at AEG-owned venues. It also aligned the entertainment interests of the Galaxy’s owner, AEG, and that of Beckham’s manager, Simon Fuller and his company, 19 Entertainment, as well as those of Beckham’s wife, Victoria Beckham, the former Spice Girl.īeckham’s move to MLS helped provide a boost to Victoria’s celebrity profile and Hollywood opportunities, including a one-hour TV special called Victoria Beckham: Coming to America on NBC. The deal with MLS had numerous commercial benefits for Beckham. ![]() Beckham’s consideration, in other words, was about the long term as much as the short. The move was questioned throughout the footballing world, but Beckham kept front of mind that his playing days would one day end. The English midfielder was just 31 years old and coming off of a league-winning season with Real Madrid. The creative approach to luring Beckham away from Europe set the stage for how Miami approached the Messi negotiation in order to compete with the deep pockets of teams in Europe and Saudi Arabia. (Reports indicate another former Barcelona teammate, Jordi Alba, is also joining them in Miami, but not as a DP.)Ī more important influence, however, may have been the structure of Beckham’s deal. Without the DP rule, those types of signings would be impossible. Miami is using one of those DP slots to sign Messi and another to ink his former Barcelona teammate Sergio Busquets. The level of the league went up as a result. Teams now have three “DP” slots each and the rule has been used to bring both big-name players like Thierry Henry, Kaká, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Didier Drogba, as well as up-and-coming stars or lesser-known players who have thrived in MLS, like Miguel Almiron, Josef Martinez, Diego Valeri and Hany Mukhtar. It took two years for Leiweke to convince MLS owners to pass the “Beckham Rule,” as it was initially nicknamed. The threads linking Beckham’s deal to Messi’s contract are numerous.īeckham’s arrival was accommodated by the creation of the designated player rule in MLS, a tool which allows teams to spend above the salary cap on certain players with no restrictions. How MLS referees will officiate Messi: Navigating the idea of protecting superstars.Why Christian Pulisic’s dream move to Chelsea took a turn for the worse.Messi debut could be broadcast at half-time of Gold Cup.Apple, Lionel Messi and the $2.5bn question: What's next? ![]() ![]() ![]() Those of us grown-up kids who can drive, grab the Disney Mickey Mouse Edition by Vespa, painted black, red, white and yellow (you got it, the same hues of our favorite mouse!). And, now that we’ve celebrated halfway to the holidays, maybe Christmas will come a bit early and you’ll want to splurge. ![]() No matter where you go, the special Disney100 Mickey Mouse Unified Characters Crossbody Bag is perfect for carrying everyday essentials thanks to its detachable shoulder strap.įriends and family that aren’t old enough to get behind the wheel of a real car for vacation can cruise in style and choose their favorite friend of the bunch with Hot Wheels Disney Character Cars, 6-Pack. The Mickey Mouse Vinyl Figure by Joe Ledbetter offers the chance to try your luck at winning a unique color variant as 1 in 4 boxes contains a unique chase design. Interested in switching it up and surprising yourself with where an adventure might take you? Artist Joe Ledbetter has reimagined Mickey Mouse and his pals in his inimitable surrealistic style for a series of vinyl figures. Whether taking to the streets or bright blue skies, bring Mickey & Friends with you no matter where you travel! Journey in style with shopDisney’s vintage screen art 1930s Mickey Mouse and Friends T-Shirt. Let’s not forget that it all started with a mouse. ![]() To commemorate Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, Pluto and Goofy, we’ve rounded up a list of our favorite products that salute the brigade. It’s officially the summer of Disney100! What better way to celebrate than with our favorite pals? All throughout July we’re honoring our favorite friend gang, Disney’s Mickey & Friends, and embracing the sensational six characters that have captured our hearts and always encouraged us to be ourselves. ![]() |
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