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Griffons have no elasticity and are a release binding, not a retention binding like the FKS. While there is nothing wrong with griffons per se, I prefer the elasticity found in turntable bindings.
Well not really unless you count deflection based on the elasticity of the plastic housings themselves, which I personally wouldn't.
That's why you have DINs though. They don't really move until you exceed the selected DIN and then they release completely. It's a different type of binding altogether from an FKS or other turntable, which provide elastic movement and rebound prior to a release. I'm not saying griffons are lacking, it's just that I prefer the elasticity of the magical spinning dildo heel, and I even have a pair of griffons on my tahoes too so I do still use them sometimes.


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“Shaharut – Timna is the longest and the most challenging segment of all the Israel Bike Trail segments”
— Noam etz
This segment is NOT suitable for travel between May and August due to high temperatures in the region.
The Shaharut – Timna segment is the longest and most remote of all the Israel Bike Trail segments. Though it's called a "Bike Trail", many types of non-motorized travel are welcome, including running. This is a challenging segment that clearly defines the concept of desert travel.
The route reveals some of the most unusual desert scenery in the country, and perhaps even the world. You’ll make your way past undulating layers of limestone, chalk and flint as well as veins of plaster and sandstone.
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The New York Times reports Georgian people panicked during a broadcast of a satire that suggested a Russian invasion was occurring.
MOSCOW - Some people placed emergency calls reporting heart attacks, others rushed in a panic to buy bread and residents of one border village staggered from their homes and dashed for safety - all after a television station in Georgia broadcast a mock documentary on Saturday night that pretended to report on a Russian invasion of the country.
A key reason people believe it was real became obvious:
Producers at the Imedi television station taped the episode in the studio normally used for the evening news broadcast, using an anchor familiar to the audience, and then broadcast the show at 8 p.m. Saturday with an initial disclaimer that many viewers apparently missed.
Oops. And like that famous radio broadcast War of the Worlds, October 30th, 1938 it too which created some panic in parts of the United States, which and mirrors what occured in Georgia. Mobile - Cell phone service apparently crashed from overload. The New York Time article highlights Imedi Television and how close the H.G. Wells production was followed (albeit perhaps not intentionally) War of the Worlds techniques such as using real TV footage of archived Russian Air Force bombers in the air compared to using simulated radio news bulletins that were used as part of the War of the World's radio production.
Key to the trigger of the panic - many people MISSED the disclaimer:
The television station clearly identified the program as imaginary before the broadcast began. But viewers who tuned in later would have had to rely on clues. The fighting in the video was taking place in the summer, for example, not in March. Some images were from the 2008 war.
Perhaps Imedi Television should have tried a comedy instead which was as is the titled for this article, a story, originally done in 1966 starring Alan Arkin and Carl Reiner. Georgia and Russia had several outbreaks of civil war in the past.


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The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater (The Raven Cycle #4) / My rating: ★★★★☆
One sentence summary: Blue and Gansey add a new friend to their ranks, Adam and Ronan dream, there is something evil taking over Cabeswater, and the search for Glendower must soon come to an end.
He was a book, and he was holding his final pages, and he wanted to get to the end to find out how it went, and he didn’t want it to be over.
Genre: Young Adult/Fantasy/Paranormal
Plot: I’ve rewritten this review twice. Why? When I finished this book, I didn’t understand the ending. Initially, it felt extremely anticlimactic. I felt misled. I was very disappointed and I puzzled and puzzled for days and I reread the ending and read other people’s reviews and thoughts and then, finally- OH. I got it, and my heart wept. I love it now, very much, but I think a lot of my misunderstanding stemmed from not fully realizing that The Raven Cycle is metaphorical and allegorical and wrought with symbolism more than it is fact and narrative solidity, and that’s a really important thing to realize in order to accept how this series ends, and to accept the series as a whole. That took me a few days.
This book was paced a bit differently from the first three books in the Raven Cycle series, which I felt were quicker. The Raven King moved slower, which I loved, but it was as if the ending suddenly rushed to the finish line, and I think that’s a large part of what made it so unclear to me and left me feeling so put out when I closed the book. I didn’t get time to…grieve? Process? Before it was all wrapped up. The build-up was intense, and then it just…ended. I could have used a few more pages, a bit more time. This might have provided me with a more clarity and given the ending a bit more of the BANG I was hoping for.
I think that because I was expecting a such a solid ending, it made me feel like I wasted my time theorizing a more concrete resolution. It didn’t bring together all the clues I’d felt I’d been given. Things still felt a bit too loose ended- mainly the plotlines of secondary characters.
Yet while I was given evidence that prepared me for a different kind of series finale, now that I’ve had time to mull it over, I do love it, just in a completely different way than I expected. The Raven King was a story of dreamy adventure, fantasy, fantastic friendship and beautiful romance, eerie danger and creepy horror, and a lot of fun.
I realized the climaxes of this series lie more with character than overall plot, and I do really, really love it. I just had to adjust to it. It becomes apparent what the point of The Raven Cycle is, and I do think it’s brilliant. I just wish more of what we were given tangibly fit into the final plot resolution. Still, now that I understand it, I’m satisfied, and this book and this series was very worth it. It was fun and whimsical and dramatic and spooky. I love The Raven Cycle dearly and it’s one of my all time favorites.
Characters: This is where the heart of the Raven Cycle lies. I love love LOVE these characters. They’re some of my favorites ever. I loved how Maggie Stiefvater played with the protagonists, flipped their roles around, made me question and debate who exactly the story was about most, and if there’s actually an answer to that. The arcs of the characters were fantastic. I loved reading the journeys of these characters individually and together, and it was so gratifying to watch their inner and outer struggles come to rest. This book also cemented the romances that had been building up in the last three books in wonderful, satisfying ways. I LOVED the relationships and friendships in these books, and the romance in The Raven King was wonderful. Stab me in the HEART.
This book also introduced several new characters and brought some old characters to the forefront, and there were two I absolutely fell in love with- Henry Cheng and the Orphan Girl. Henry was hilarious and WONDERFUL and a ray of sunshine, and he added a kind of zing to the story that I really, really loved. Orphan Girl was wild and sweet, and I loved her presence and her interactions with the other characters. However, I did feel as if we were given almost too many new characters, and then in the end there wasn’t much as much done with them, and some of the older characters, as I was expecting. But overall, I was hugely satisfied with the character development in this book and throughout the series. (Shout out to Adam Parrish, BRAVO. One of my all time favorite characters ever.)
Writing: I still love Maggie Stiefvater’s writing, and everything I’ve ever said about it in my reviews about the first three Raven Cycle books still stands 100%, but ending of this book really highlighted how vague her writing can be at times, and it does take me some rereading at times to parse out what exactly a character is doing or what is happening, or what something might mean. I think this book disillusioned me a bit to her style, chiefly because I did finish the book feeling confused- but I still really enjoy her writing, and love her atmospheric descriptions and dialogue. The vagueness was rather more off-putting than previous books, but I still love the dramatics of her style. I’m all for that artsy stuff. And again, I think with a reread of this series, her words will make more sense.
Was I satisfied? Mostly I am, I just think I’m trying to reconcile it with the fact that I’m satisfied in a completely different way than I thought I would be. I felt misled, but I can accept it (or maybe I’m just not as an astute a reader as I thought). I don’t think I’ll ever completely understand everything about this series. But the character arcs? The romance? The friendships? The journey of the Raven Cycle? Yes. I love this series and it’s definitely one of my all time favorites. I had so much fun reading it and will definitely read it again, and then probably again. Love, love, LOVE the Raven Cycle. And it does feel like there’s so much more to be told, which may have bothered me if I didn’t know Maggie Stiefvater is going to write a subsequent trilogy set a few years in the future from the end of this series, which I will be SO READY for.
More thoughts – Spoilers below!
Gansey and Cabeswater
I was initially disappointed because I thought Cabeswater had died for Gansey, and I didn’t feel like that was a worthy exchange. I didn’t feel like I got a chance to grieve Gansey, and I still feel like I would have liked a bit more time to grieve him and believe he actually was dead and was going to stay dead. Just to be fooled for a chapter. He came back so FAST, I wanted to be torn up about it and I wasn’t.
However, now that I understand that Cabeswater reincarnated Gansey’s life out of Blue and Adam and Ronan and their essences and memories and feelings, because it loved them and learned them, I’m…speechless. I love it. I LOVE IT. I was not expecting it at all, and what I imagined was some sort of physical showdown between the demon and Gansey, but I love how it’s about friendship and love and defeating your inner demons and saving your friends with yourselves. Gansey is Gansey and he is all of them. Blue was in love with ALL of them, as it says in The Dream Thieves:
“In that moment, Blue was a little in love with all of them. Their magic. Their quest. Their awfulness and strangeness. Her raven boys.”
Also, how it used Adam’s humanity to construct the human part of Gansey? Words cannot express how much I love that. Because Gansey has always so admired Adam?? And Adam was so envious of Gansey, but learned to accept himself and what he wanted to be, and now Adam could use that and gave it to save Gansey. Adam’s humanity is helped save Gansey and I’ll never be over this.
Noah and Glendower
I was also initially disappointed because I thought Noah’s ending was far too short and anticlimactic. I also wanted to grieve Noah, and then he was simply gone after like, 2 and a half pages. However, I love how Noah saw that it was their quest that brought them together and that it’s what ultimately saved Gansey, not Glendower. He’d been killed by someone he’d thought was his friend, and he used his own death to save Gansey because Noah saw his friendships and his quest would save him, because time is not linear (it is a circle, it is not chronological, it is happening all at once, it’s a cycle). Noah didn’t find his true friends until after he was dead, people who loved him for him (it makes that scene with Blue near the beginning so much MORE now). I love that he was the one to whisper the Glendower thing in Gansey’s ear. That it was never Glendower and Noah knew this all along. I like how Noah simply faded, because he’d been fading out of the series slowly, wasting away until he could go to Gansey’s first death to tell him what he knew about his life.Until Noah had finally found people who loved him and he could move on knowing it was worth it. At least, that’s my interpretation of Noah’s finale. I do wish he was mentioned, or thought of, by any of his friends in the epilogue, though.
I LOVED how finding Glendower was a dud in the end. I loved the disappointment of it, how my disappointment was Gansey’s disappointment. The anticipation leading up to it, and then the fall, was done wonderfully. I did not expect Glendower to be dead, but I love how it turned out to be that way. I loved how it completely unraveled Gansey, that his life was always in the journey. I loved how he actually got tired of searching for Glendower throughout the series, how he just wanted to finish so he could continue on. And then it was never even about Glendower but what the mission did for them, that by the end, they didn’t even need a favor for any of their own personal reasons, like they’d started out with in the earlier books. It was about getting rid of the demon (their demons) and they did that themselves (because of Glendower). I LOVE IT.
I was hoping for a physical confrontation with it, and I think that was the BANG I was expecting the series to go out with, but I did like the symbolic nature of the demon.
In particular, I loved what the demon meant when it came to Adam. I loved how the demon represented Adam’s father, how Adam led Ronan to drive to the trailor park when he was srying to find it, THAT SCENE where it possesses him and he tries to strangle Ronan, yet Ronan won’t hurt him back, none of them will- because they love Adam, they can’t hit Adam, they won’t. And I love the scene with Persephone and he realizes that it’s not the demon possessing him, it’s what’s left of his own inner demons and he can make the choice to end its possession of him. LOVED IT. LOVE ADAM. LOVE HIS DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE SERIES.
As for Piper and the demon, I wasn’t quite sure what to make of her role and the roles of all the other magical artifact baddies. I felt that her storyline kind of fizzled. She and Greenmantle were interesting in Blue Lily, Lily Blue, but I wasn’t very interested in them in this book. I also wasn’t quite sure what to make of the Laumonier triplets, and generally wasn’t very interested in them, though I know they offset something with the Gray Man. I know Maggie Stiefvater is going to write a trilogy about Ronan and I wonder if they will come into play, what with his dreaming and how his father was in the business of selling his artifacts. But in terms of the The Raven Cycle, I thought it felt a bit late to be introducing them, since their introduction felt like the start of something else. Also, I thought there would be more to the big magical artifact conference at the end, and wished that had a more climactic resolution. I mean, I know she died, but…it felt like no threat to Gansey & co.
As I stated above, I loved Henry and Orphan Girl. Henry was fantastic, and I’m sure without him this book would have been a puddle of misery for our main characters. Also, I loved his Korean heritage. I buddy read this book with one of my best friends, who is Korean, and it was so interesting to hear her expand on him and critique him in ways that wouldn’t have occurred to me as a non-Korean. Kudos for Henry Cheng. My only thing about him is…I know he didn’t replace Noah, but there was something odd about the final five at the end consisting of Henry and not Noah.I felt like I needed something a bit more with Henry. Also, I liked his mother, and wanted more about her. I was very interested in her, I wanted more about her, and in the end she seemed mostly tossed in there. I felt as if that was a bit of a rushed plotline.
I loved Orphan Girl. She was so sweet and funny and weird, and I loved how it become apparent that she was a sort of physical metaphor for Ronan’s inner nature, and she represented Adam’s growing understanding and closeness to Ronan. On a symbolic level, I adored her. However, I did expect her to have a bigger part in plot. When she was pulled out of Ronan’s dream in the beginning I thought, Oh, she’s going to be a key part in the resolution of the story. But instead, she was just kind of…there. I loved her, I loved what she represented, but…I wanted her to do something more. I thought she would hold some key to the plot resolution, but I do love how she a key in Ronan and Adam’s character progress.
ARTEMUS. We’ve been hinted at about him since the first book, and all we really got from him was the story about the tree lights and the revelation that Blue is half tree. After all that anticipation throughout the books, I expected him to play a much huger role. I did like the chapter with him a lot, and I thought the tree lights revelation was interesting, but I thought…Maura went to all the trouble in the last book looking for him, and then we don’t even see them interact! I thought there at least might be some strife between him and the Gray Man, not that I really wanted a love triangle, but…there was nothing. Why did Maura even go to the trouble? Just so he could have that one conversation with Blue? What was the point of risking everything in the last book for him?
I felt that so much more could have been done with the tree light aspect, and with Blue’s revelation that she is one. I just wanted more to be done with it. And, overall, I thought more could have been done with Blue. I love Blue, but I wanted her to have a bigger…arc than she did, I suppose.
Gansey’s deal with Headmaster Child
This really bugged me. Gansey was being so shady about it in the last book that I thought it would be something bigger than him bribing the headmaster for a diploma for Ronan. I thought he knew Ronan better by now, and it kind of disappointed me. This tiny plotline felt like such a dud. I understand it shows Gansey’s do-gooder nature, but I thought it would at least lead to some sort of confrontation between Gansey and Ronan. But, like other things, it led to nothing and was just never brought back up.
Adam and Ronan
Lastly, Adam and Ronan STOLE THE SHOW for me. I loved every second with them. I loved the progression of their relationship, their deepening understanding of each other, the care they took with one another in that understanding. I loved Adam finally understanding that he was capable of love, and of magic, and that both of these things are what make up Ronan.I loved both of their character progressions, I loved them finding and accepting themselves and finding and understanding and loving each other.. I loved their friendship, the trust they really began to build in Blue Lily, Lily Blue and how it expanded in this book, and how they came together. I love Adam and Ronan, and am so, so pleased with what this book did for them. If nothing else worked in this book, Ronan and Adam were done perfectly. I was 100% satisfied with them. I LOVE THEM.
The kiss in Ronan’s room?? When Adam was exploring the barns, realizing it was a place made from love and getting overwhelmed by it, how this was the place that raised Ronan, how it was Ronan, everywhere, the love and warmth. How utterly opposite Ronan’s childhood was to his childhood, how Ronan finds him and sits beside him and probably can see the look on his face at recalling that memory and just…completes the love by kissing him, and perhaps then, (even though he was trying to get all analytical AS USUAL, but couldn’t, because he was too happy) Adam finally began to really understand love, that what he’d been feeling with Ronan wasn’t a game on his part, but a true reciprocation of his feelings. How he tries to work this out when he talks to Gansey, and Gansey tells him Blue makes him quiet, like Henrietta, and the next morning Adam wakes up in the barns, and everything is so quiet and still.
Finally they dream together and they get each other and they protect each other and they’re so careful not to hurt each other. When Adam is possessed and Ronan speaks Latin into his hearing ear and Adam is contained, he holds Adam up, and Adam is free, and Ronan doesn’t want him to stay, just to come back. MY HEART!!!
Ronan and Adam, as separate characters and as a pairing, were my favorite aspect of The Raven Cycle.
Depending on where you began the story…
I loved how at the start of the series, with Blue’s curse and all, it seemed as if Blue and Gansey would be the main characters, the main romance, and at some point during the third book this got flipped with Adam and Ronan. To me, it felt as if Ronan and Adam’s relationship really overtook them, which completely surprised me. In the end, I felt that this was Ronan and Adam’s story, their stories. I feel that The Raven Cycle was about them, together and individually, more than who the books began with- Blue and Gansey, her curse and his death, back when Ronan and Adam felt like mere secondary character, like Gansey’s sidekicks. There was a line by the Gray Man, “Adam Parrish and his band of merry men,” and Maura questions him with, don’t you mean Gansey?? I completely adored this part, how it played with exactly who story is about, whose it is, who’s we expect it to be about (also, I ultimately agree with the Gray Man- my opinion is that Adam is the central character of The Raven cycle). I loved how many chapters began with “depending on where you began the story, it was about…” I loved how the Raven Cycle was about our protagonists, how it turned characters we hardly knew into the lead, how it made the entirety of the story look different when it was about them. I loved this aspect about the series, and about The Raven King.
Overall, I have infinite love for the Raven Cycle. It was one of the best series I read this year, and I love how much it makes me think and consider and ponder. I love the metaphorical aspect of it, even if, in the end, I would have preferred a more concrete plot resolution. The Raven Cycle was a fantastic reading experience, and I’ll love it till the end of time :’)
If you’ve read The Raven King, what did you think of it? Have any different interpretations? I’d love to hear from you!

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A "SIGNIFICANT" number of sub post offices face closure due to falling business, warned a gloomy National Audit Office Report yesterday.
And it said the rural network was "heavily loss making" for the Post Office.
Commenting on the study, Tory MP Edward Leigh, who chairs the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee, said: "The future for some post offices is still bleak.
"I am concerned to learn that even after the programme of 2,500 closures in urban areas and work to provide different kinds of financial services, many individual sub postmasters may still struggle to make enough profit to stay open.
"The government should either commit to subsidising post offices, where necessary, for the benefits they bring to communities, or take a totally business-minded view and throw its weight behind new services which hold genuine commercial potential."
The government is giving up to #150million a year until 2007/8 to keep rural offices open.
Sir John Bourn, head of the NAO, said: "Rationalisation has put the remaining urban post offices on a firmer footing, but their future is not guaranteed."

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Renee Zellweger feels "so, so lucky" to have great memories of working in London.
The 50-year-old actress was delighted to return to the UK earlier this month, where she picked up the BAFTA Leading Actress award for her performance in 'Judy', because it will always hold a special place in her heart.
She told Grazia magazine: "I am so, so lucky to have so many wonderful friends and memories in this town."
Renee worked in the UK when she played the lead role in the 'Bridget Jones' movies and author Helen Fielding found her "lovely" to work with, even in the face of a backlash that the Texan star had been cast ahead of an English actress.
She said: "When she was cast as Bridget, there was a certain amount of outrage because she wasn't British. That must have hurt.
"People admire Renee for sticking with it and making a huge success of the role.
"[Her power comes from her] extraordinary ability to convey vulnerability - this is equally true with Bridget and Judy."
Now that awards season - during which Renee swept the board for the leading actress gongs - is over, the 'Jerry Maguire' actress will be returning to her quiet life back on her ranch.
A source said: "She likes to unwind through meditation, reading, writing, or just relaxing in the garden.
"It's her little piece of paradise and Topanga reminds her of Texas."
When she accepted her BAFTA Award, Renee dedicated the win to the late Judy Garland, who she portrayed in the biopic.
She said: "Miss Garland, London town which you have always loved so much, still loves you back. This is for you."
Renée also thanked the crew who worked with her on the production, as she hailed the awards ceremony as one of her "life's great blessings".
She said: "To all of our crew, look what we did! Invited to the BAFTAs in this town where Judy played her final shows, lived her final days. Alongside a film about that last chapter, made in this town by a group of folks who just wanted to collaboratively celebrate her, and look. It's pretty neat. Sharing this experience and this evening with you is among my life's great blessings, and I'm so grateful."


Since day one, Elon Musk has touted the Tesla Cybertruck’s bulletproofing. That bulletproofing, however, has always proven to be kind of bullshit. Now, both on Joe Rogan’s podcast and the site formerly known as Twitter, Musk is fessing up. The Cybertruck, he claims, is bulletproof — just against vanishingly few bullets.
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Musk showed up on Rogan’s podcast to talk about his usual topics: Fringe far-right conspiracies, Covid misinformation, and of course the Cybertruck. In that interview, Musk claimed that a bow and arrow wouldn’t be able to puncture the truck’s skin but that a more powerful crossbow likely could. While bulletproof materials can have difficulty stopping sharpened crossbow bolts, we’re talking about the solid materials of a vehicle here. “A crossbow might get it through” does not inspire confidence.
On Twitter, though, Musk laid out a more specific claim: “The door panels are bulletproof to almost all subsonic projectiles.” While this may sound impressive, anyone familiar with guns will know that vanishingly few rounds actually move at subsonic speeds — in fact, subsonic ammunition is its own specialty niche within the ammunition market. Some calibers like .45 ACP and .380 ACP are naturally subsonic, but most other armaments — including the spring-powered air rifle I had as a kid — will apparently be too much for the poor widdle Cybertruck.
Standard ballistic protection ratings for vehicles usually start with .22 LR as an example caliber against which they’re armored. That’s a typical starter caliber for a first firearm, the kind of thing that’s often looked down upon by gatekeeping gun enthusiasts as not a real firearm. Yet, .22 LR is a supersonic caliber — by Musk’s standard, the Cybertruck won’t even protect against that. You’d have better luck with phonebooks.


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Cheese Making 201 – Mascarpone and Queso Blanco
May 13, 2017 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm$60
Cheese making 201
In this progressive class you will learn more fundamentals about home cheese making while making the popular Mascarpone and Queso Blanco.
- Distinguish the different types on milk and its properties.
- Learn about acids and enzymes in cheese making
- Learn about heat treatment.
- In this class you will learn how to make Queso Blanco cheese.
- We will make Mascarpone with store bought pasteurized hormone free milk.
- Distinguish and sample a variety of sweet and savory applications.
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Endia, Yung L and J-Milla are the Grip boiz, bundle of crazy talent. Their music is a blend of hip hop, reggae and RnB genre. They have been there since 2009 doing their tin and repping Jay town. Endia and Yung L do the singing and J-Milla is the rapper. Don’t think they have been laying low, they haven’t. Yung L and J-Milla were featured in Ice Prince’s Magician.
They have released singles like Hitman, On fire, Holiday and more.
This track was produced by Chopstix who is also in the Grip family. He is also not a newcomer to the scene, he produced ‘Thank You’ in Ice Prince’s album ELI.
Enjoy this lovely song.


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Art by David Wynne.
In which Danielle Moonstar is the Wolverine of the New Mutants, Henry Peter Gyrich is the Walter Peck of the Marvel Universe, Michael Rossi is no Peter Corbeau, Xavier is a Brood Queen (who is a jerk), Bob McLeod draws really good teenagers, the New Mutants do an after-school special, Chris Sims drops in for some emergency X-Plaining, Elsie Carson is the Harvey and Janet of Hydra, and Team America is generally sort of baffling.
The original New Mutans (more) (again)
The New Mutants #1-6
Dani vs. the Danger Room
Henry Peter Gyrich
Sebastian Shaw (again)
Project Wideawake (sort of)
A poorly-timed crossover
A profoundly unethical relationship
A Very Special Episode
Team America (but not that one)
Elsie Carson, middle manager of Hydra
The Girl With the Silver Eyes
X-Men reading order
The visual companion for this episode will go up mid-week, due to New York Comic-Con generally kicking our asses (Among MANY other things, Rachel is tweeting--mostly cool X-cosplay pics--from the show floor, and Miles is working at the Dark Horse booth. Come say hi!). Meanwhile, for further supplemental material, we recommend reading Chris's in-depth history of Team America:
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LASANOD, 1 November 2009 (Somalilandpress) – A roadside bomb killed one military official and wounded four early Sunday morning in the Eastern town of Las Anod. Mr. Osman Yusuf, the commander of Somaliland’s 12th infantry division was the intended target, he was instantly killed.
The four injured, two military personnel and two bystanders were also rushed to local hospitals and are said to be in an stable condition.
An eye witness from the city told Somalilandpress, two remotely controlled bombs were used in the attack, first one missing its intended target – second blast causing all the damages.
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Somaliland police have been put on high alert and reinforcements are said to be on their way to the city to take part in the investigation.
There is no official statement from the government and there is no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast but Somalia’s Al Qaeda linked hardline group, Al shabaab is believed to be behind the attack while many suspect militias loyal to the Puntland state could also be behind. Puntland and Somaliland have fought over the control of Las Anod in many occasions and in the past radical militia loyal to Puntland have carried out similar attacks.
The attack comes two days after Al shabaab threatened to attack Somaliland and other countries in the Horn of Africa including Djibouti, Uganda and Kenya.
On Thursday, Somaliland marked one year since deadly blasts rocked the capital, Hargeisa, that left 24 people killed and more than 30 others wounded.


Megan Fox Helps Machine Gun Kelly at NBA All-Star Movie star Recreation – E! On-line
Megan Fox watched her twin flame get his sport on Friday evening.
On Feb. 18, at the beginning of the NBA All-Star Weekend, the 35-year-old actress supported fiancé Machine Gun Kelly as he performed within the 2022 Ruffles NBA All-Star Movie star Recreation on the Wolstein Heart in Cleveland, Ohio—his hometown. Earlier than the groups took the courtroom, Megan gave MGK a scorching kiss.
The 31-year-old musician acquired in a number of layups however didn’t handle to attain any factors for Crew Walton, which was additionally made up of the likes of singer Jimmie Allen, The Bachelor alum Matt James, Quavo and Peloton biking teacher Alex Toussaint—who was deemed sport MVP. Their group beat Crew Nique—whose members included Jack Harlow, Kane Brown, Cleveland Browns star Myles Garrett and Tiffany Haddish—with a rating of 65–51 to kick off NBA All-Star Weekend.
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Thanks for you guidance – Your "student" will be passing on the McMuffins and having Lobster dinners tonight!
It is hard to learn the process that Phil teaches, but it is worth the effort. I think it is finally sinking in & so I say Thanks teacher for your patience & expertise! I've had a very good week so far & I know it is because of persisting in this learning process that you teach.
Phil - I got your earlier trade a month or so ago on MSFT 2015 32/37 BCS, selling 2015 30 puts. Nice up 75% now!
Dear Phil, I have followed along with your commentary and alerts and have been flabbergasted at your quick analytical skills and your journalistic skills to explain it clearly. In a little over three weeks I have cleared almost 1000.00 dollars and got an intensive education at the same time. I would like to immediately upgrade my membership. It is hard for me to follow all evening as I am in Tokyo but I can join you at the beginning of the market and read the next day.
Phil has some great insight into the market. He's given me a different perspective on the market and I know I'm a better trader/investor because of it.
I've been trading options since the late 80's and Phil is right. Unless you know what is going to happen (how can you, unless you have insider information), then do what the smart money does - be the house. Remember guys, we're allowed to sell options. If you're afraid to be short, then do a spread to limit your liability. When I think about the money I've made and lost on options, a good approximation is that I win 30% of the time when I do a straight buy; I win about 70% of the time when I do a spread; I win nearly 90% of the time when I sell naked.
Wishing Phil and all fellow PSW members a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year 2017! Thanks to all of you for your insights and comments which help make me a better investor every day. Wishing everybody the best of luck for 2017
Thank God for Phil.
A few months ago (April) I didn´t even know what hedging was, and someone recommended I should check out some of Phil´s plays, especially on the retirement portfolio. When I first started to read it, none of it made a blind bit of sense to me, but I stuck with it and gradually began to work through some of the trades to see how it worked. Now I am putting on 5:1 SPY backspreads combined with bear put spreads, entering and leaving positions after consulting the VIX, and engaging in other esoteric maneuvers that are keeping my portfolio above water.
Phil - Thanks for the welcoming gift of the POT at a buck
Just paid for this month and my membership is not even 24 hours old!
looking forward to many more - bk
What a quarter! (AAPL, etc.) "People react; PSW'ers anticipate." Thanks everyone for a vibrant board.
Killed it tonight trading copper. Anyone who jumped in right after election is up about 75k on one contract!
Phil I have been telling you for a while how I feel like I am really understanding you now and thanking you. Well today may have been my most successful futures trading day since I began here and the week has been spectacular! It has just seemed so easy when you give us a range and I execute properly. Thanks once again for teaching me to fish. My portfolio gained over 10% this week which is just amazing.
As a retired stockbroker from a major Canadian brokerage firm, I can tell you I would never had access to these type of trade ideas, especially the hedges.
Just closed out a July TZA 40/45 call spread today for a 271% gain in less than a month. I would have normally let that run but yesterday Phil commented to another member something to the effect that "you put down a $1 for a $5 upside, now that you are up 250% you have $2.5 in and you are hoping for a double."
Just closed out a USO July $38 put that Phil suggested yesterday for a 49% one day gain.
Phil, did you by chance publish the weekly webinar on Youtube yet? I have been watching these and they are awesome. Unfortunately, I can't cut out of work to attend live webinars. Again, they are just awesome content – thank you.
Phil – In the event of a mkt meltdown, which of the indices, in your opinion do you think has the most potential for % move down. I'm looking at call options on SDS and the DXD. Any thoughts? Ideas?
Thanks .. and thanks for being a great teacher! I've learned so much in only a month!
Phil – BTW, the new STP/LTP coupled with the income portfolio is Perfect! I do not trade all of them, very few actually since I work during market hours. However, following the trades real-time is very educational.
I did enter the ABX call if you recall, I rolled to July on that nonsense news that sent it tumbling. Out today for 110% gain (2.00 stop) not counting covering the loss from the earlier roll. Nonetheless, a good trade.
Keep it up…. Thanks
SPY/Phil, I took a big swing on January 26th following your advice to another member and bought 1615 contracts of Mar 185/190 BCS on SPY that will expire ITM today paying $290,700 on the $500k bet. I thought it might be fun to see what a winning trade looks like. Great call on your part and looking back it seems pretty obvious.
Peter D: great write-up for Short Strangles, Part 1, looking forward to Part 2, particularly the adjustment part.
A truly great website with a lot of information for investors. Whether you are a novice, seasoned, or a professional there is a lot to be gained about stock options and options trading from this very informative website.
Your discussion during your web seminar on SPX and SDS today was great. It really let me see how you look at the numbers and use the 5% rule to see where inflection points occur and what the bands look like. This was incredibly helpful. I actually sold out of my small short position at a good profit ( which was more a bet on a short term fluctuation rather than a hedge after listening to you) and will look more deeply at my portfolio and how to hedge it. In addition your view on hedging was also very helpful looking at the leverage you can get w/ a small spread, and protect portfolio against a big move against me. Thank you for your sharing this. Very helpful.
I am a Registered Nurse, so is my wife. We work hard to take care of seven kids that are the joy of our lives. The cost for a basic membership is ALOT from our our monthly budget of spending and saving…but well worth it! Phil has allowed me to really ramp up the savings we put away for our children's college funds and our retirement.
Phil, thanks for the webinar and options subject…I wasn't shown as attending but I was there for most of it. Your memory amazes me, your speed on the computer amazes me, your math skills blow me away. coke
The strategy you have laid out pretty much mirrors much of my trading activity. I also mix in some momentum plays and "drop dead" bargains that come across my radar. My YTD trading profit is 63%. Back in March when Phil said "unless you think the world is coming to an end, then NOW is the time to start taking positions in Buy/Writes with the VIX so high." I jumped in with both feet - ( thanks, again Phil)
This is my first month here. Today was a money train with futures. I gained 7500 USD with KC, RB, CL, NG.
I took RB almost every direction up and down. And I only used 1 contract or maximum 2.
Thank you. I think it was a good investment to subscribe…
PSW AC Conf: For those who may be on the bubble, I attended my first PSW LV in November. It was a real eye-opener. What I accomplished in a couple of days of exposure to Phil, Pharm, Craig, et al made my previous couple of years of hanging around the web site seem silly. If you are inclined in the slightest, you really should go. Just rubbing shoulders with other PSW members proved to be really valuable. Strictly on the basis of value, it's a great deal. You will have real time conversations with Phil and the gang and they will get to your questions and agenda items.
WISH TO EXTEND A BIG THANK YOU! I netted about $18,000 on the short Jan puts and the annualized ROI/M is mind boggling! Hope to meet you some day and buy you and your significant other a nice dinner.
Phil...The hundred grand portfolio updates are helpful...Fun ..and have been profitable...really like em... made some nice entries into USB, KEY today... and I better add those FAZ calls tomorrow... Really glad you put that up this morning...
Thanks super helpful re: UGN example…..other inflation/market-correction-defensive-related play you threw out that has jammed UP in less than a month is TITN 6/14 $15 puts, up 40%. Excuse my enthusiasm but haven't had those types of gains in multiple plays in years let alone days doing it on my own…….maybe I should host the PSW infomercial!!!!
Thx Phil. Lightly moving in the bullish direction. Took PFE for $14.35 and sold the Jan 11 C/P for $2.85 giving me a net entry below Mar 09 low. And I bought back those calls on BTU and JPM I asked about the other day and am leaving them uncovered for now, so feeling better. Still just learning the rhythm.
In the three months I have been using your system, my little portfolio is up 9.9%, so not only am I learning, but I am APPLYING that knowledge, and it's paying off. Thanks.
Phil - DIA 107 Calls. As suggested I am taking the money and running to home depot for some shelter supplies! This is the grand finale of several successful trades from you through this roller-coster and as you have further suggested it is time for me to sit back and relax in cash. May even be able to talk my wife into the premium membership after these intelligent trades in a stupid market.
Market manipulation…. One of the things I've gained from this site is the concept of market manipulation. I never thought it was so prevalent, but now I know it is. I actually consider its effect when I make trades. Several days ago, when AAPL was moving toward 220 I sold 210 calls. My reasoning was that they will probably pin this month at 210. They came in big time as the stock moved ever closer to 210. I agree with Phil's comment that one of the things we need to do is find out what they are manipulating, and how, and hitch a ride. They are doing this with several equities. I've actually seen one article describing several equities that were being manipulated to pin at expiration each month, and describing how it was done, and of course Phil has described it well. In some ways it's easier to figure this out than it is a ‘normal' market behavior, and thus easier to make money in certain equities.
Growing evidence, number trails and a culture of greed support a connection between high frequency program trading and market manipulation and, by all appearances, the pumping up of stocks of troubled financial companies… – Ilene
TRIN appeared to be broken because we were getting huge swings in its values from moment to moment in the market. It would swing wildly, sometimes going far above 1.0 and sometimes far below. I pointed out that, from a purely mathematical vantage point, this could only occur if a disproportionate share of NYSE volume was occurring in one or a handful of stocks.
Further inquiry revealed that this was, indeed, the case: I found that, not only were the trading volumes of such stocks as C, AIG, FNM, and FRE elevated, as noted the by Big Picture blog, but that their composite volumes (their volumes traded across all exchanges) exceeded that of all other NYSE stock trading! Indeed, I discovered that the 20-day TRIN was at its lowest level since 2000 because volume was highly concentrated in rising stocks. This was not just unusually heavy volume; it was unusually heavy to the buy side.
Since this volume was directional--all of these stocks had made spectacular percentage gains--and because the highly unusual activity was unique to troubled financial firms (not stable companies such as GS and JPM), I surmised that something might be afoot: a systematic attempt to bolster the shares of taxpayer supported companies that--for political reasons--could not return to the bailout well. Why such an attempt? Perhaps to reimburse the largest shareholder of the institutions and position these companies to raise capital on their own. They certainly weren’t going to raise their own capital as languishing two-dollar zombie…
It was a phenomenal rise. Geert Wilders, a complete nothing a decade ago, came out of the blue to make a challenge for the top spot in Dutch politics. In doing so he scared the willies out of the ruling elite across Europe.
In the dying minutes of the game, Wilders failed to clinch the required votes to ascend him to the throne.
What's fascinating was how this all went down. As Jan and Marijke were gearing up to head to the polls all hell broke loose.
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A year ago flows into ETFs were extremely low, actually the lowest in years, as many stock market indices were testing rising support off the 2009 lows. The crowd wasn’t adding money to ETFs as lows were taking place. In hindsight, this was a mistake by the majority. Below I look at ETF flows over the past few years with an inset chart of the S&P 500.
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It was no real surprise to see indices slow down in their recovery. Across the board doji mark a balance between buyers and sellers. The one index which bucked the trend a little was the Russell 2000. It staged a modest recovery which brought it back to former support turned resistance. However, technicals remain firmly bearish, and will stay this way even if there are additional gains.
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Having rebounded rapidly from the ETF-decision disappointment, Bitcoin suffered another major setback overnight as Chinese regulators are circulating new guidelines that, if enacted, would require exchanges to verify the identity of clients and adhere to banking regulations.
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ISPs will soon be able to sell your most private data without your consent.
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Phil has a chapter in a newly-released eBook that we think you’ll enjoy.
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This chapter isn’t about risk or leverage. Phil present a few smart, practical ideas you can use as a hedge against inflation as well as hedging strategies designed to assist you in staying ahead of the markets.
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Transfer news LIVE updates | Tuesday, May 12
- Miralem Pjanic has a verbal agreement to join Barcelona
- Manchester United are 'very close' to signing Saul Niguez
- Dani Ceballos will NOT spend next season with Arsenal
- Tottenham are determined to sign defender Ben Chilwell
- Pep Guardiola wants Kingsley Coman at Manchester City
Angel Gomes deadline
Manchester United want to resolve the future of Angel Gomes by next week.
The Red Devils have been speaking to the starlet for a year over a new contract but no agreement has been reached.
Gomes will be able to leave United at the end of next month unless rules get changed because of the coronavirus crisis.
United are among those in the Premier League who make a final offer by the third week in May so they can agree new contracts or cut their losses with players.
The deadline they have set themselves is May 21 to make a last-ditch attempt to keep Gomes at the club.
The 19-year-old was United’s young player of the year back in 2018 and is being monitored by Barcelona, Inter Milan and Borussia Dortmund.
Arsenal are also watching the situation closely but if they were to secure the signing of Gomes, substantially more compensation would have to be paid to the Red Devils.
Newcastle need to make one big change
Newcastle United's incoming new owners must upgrade the club's training ground to help convince top players to sign, says former England goalkeeper Paul Robinson.
Current owner Mike Ashley agreed to sell the club to the Saudi Arabian-backed PCP Capital Partners in April for £300million, though the takeover is yet to be completed.
“If you fill an awful training ground with £600million worth of talent, I am sure they will still perform on the pitch,” Robinson told Football Insider.
“It is important that the first team have great recovery facilities and state of the art pitches which replicate what they play on.
“You develop an academy and a training ground to develop players.
“You have seen clubs lower down the leagues invest in their infrastructure to develop home-grown players in order to keep their club going.
"The perfect example is Crewe who have developed players at their academy and sold them on to keep their club going.
“Also if you want to sign a £70million player, as expected, and you bring him to a state of the art training ground it is going to help to broker the deal.”
No midfielder at Man Utd
Manchester United chief Ed Woodward may opt to avoid signing a midfielder this summer. The Red Devils are ready for a busy transfer window, with United likely to bolster their attacking ranks at Old Trafford.
Borussia Dortmund winger Jadon Sancho and Jack Grealish of Aston Villa are top targets for United.
It's claimed the pair are keen to head to Old Trafford at the end of the season.
United will also likely move for Birmingham City wonderkid Jude Bellingham, however, the youngster will be used in spells in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side.
The 16-year-old is deemed a signing for the future, with Bellingham under no pressure to shine in the first team immediately.
And according to the Manchester Evening News, United will forget about signing a midfielder this summer - because of Nemanja Matic and Paul Pogba.
Tottenham to hijack Chelsea
Chelsea are in danger of missing out on Victor Osimhen with the Lille striker reportedly the subject of a bid from Tottenham.
The Blues are on the hunt for a new striker to help Tammy Abraham shoulder the goalscoring burden at Stamford Bridge, with Osimhen identified as a potential summer target.
The Nigerian is under contract until 2024 but is wanted by a host of European clubs after 18 goals and six assists in 38 appearances across all competitions.
Chelsea had supposedly been leading the race for Osimhen, and earlier this month French outlet Telefoot claimed an unknown club had submitted an €85million (£75m) bid for the 21-year-old.
It has been suggested that this club was Chelsea, while Sky Sports have previously reported that two Premier League clubs and a La Liga side had all tabled bids for Osimhen
But Abdellah Boulma, chief editor of Cahiers du Football and L’Observateur, cast doubt on the latest Telefoot report by suggesting the bid was from Tottenham and former Blues boss Jose Mourinho.
Man City confident of new Pep Guardiola deal
Barca’s former president Juan Laporta signalled his intent to return for a second spell as Nou Camp supremo with Guardiola as his flagship signing.
Yet there is confidence at the Etihad there is more chance of Guardiola signing a fresh deal at Manchester City to extend his stay beyond 2021 than return to a place where he made his name.
“I’m working to introduce myself as a presidential candidate. I’ve been president before and I’m excited to be back," Laporta told Catalan station TV3.
“I would very much like Guardiola to come back, but now he is at City and it is a decision that Pep should take. He is a benchmark for Barcelona and many Catalans would like him to coach Barca again.”
It is not clear whether Laporta, the man who elevated Guardiola from the B team boss to first team manager in 2008, has been in contact with the City boss.
Harry Kane to Man Utd not happening
Manchester United will not end up signing Harry Kane, according to Paul Ince.
"I cannot see Harry Kane to Manchester United happening," Ince told Paddy Power News.
"I can see him going, yes, and wanting to leave Tottenham, but not to join United.
"People keep saying that what they keep forgetting is they’ve got Marcus Rashford up front.
"He’s always wanted to play up front, but what you need to remember is he can also play off the left-hand side, as we’ve seen from plenty of his goals this season.
"Plus, between him and Anthony Martial, Kane coming in would also bring some competition to the side. There’s always been a sense of competition at United, and it would be nice to see that back again, players fighting for their places.
"So if you’re looking at Rashford left, Kane centre and Jadon Sancho on the right… It sounds pretty nice doesn’t it?! But it probably sounds like a dream for a reason, it is a dream."
Bukayo Saka transfer advice
Arsenal youngster Bukayo Saka should stay with the Gunners and reject any interest from Liverpool, according to former Tottenham and England goalkeeper Paul Robinson.
Arsenal academy graduate Saka has been a shining light in an otherwise turbulent season for the north London club. The 18-year-old has made 29 appearances in all competitions, contributing both goals and assists from the left-hand side.
"A top player. I have seen him a few times and Arsenal will do all that they can to renew his contract," Robinson told Football Insider.
"Liverpool are trying to muscle in there and take him because he is 18 and has already made 29 appearances this season. He is very good going forward.
"However, with [Mikel] Arteta at Arsenal, I think it could be more beneficial for the player to stay there.
"I doubt that he would get the same opportunities at Liverpool as an 18-year-old.
"For his development, it is worth staying at Arsenal for a while longer under a manager that is keen to promote youth."
Jadon Sancho warned
Manchester United are set to make a summer transfer swoop for Jadon Sancho with the Borussia Dortmund winger considering a move back to the Premier League. But Dimitar Berbatov thinks the England international should think very carefully about making a switch.
He told Betfair: “Sancho is unbelievable, he has 14 goals and 15 assists, it is unbelievable, and it speaks volumes about the way he is developing, the speed, the goals, the passing and his eye for the pass.
“He isn't selfish, if you have 15 assists it must be because you play the ball whenever you have the chance and someone is in a better position.
“Sancho moved to Germany at a very young age and it looks to be paying off massively in the way that he is developing.
“That was maybe the best decision he has made so far, to go there and play because I think he, his agent and family knew he was good enough to play, so when someone isn't giving you a chance at one place of course you go and find somewhere to play and it was a great decision on his part, he is developing and now big teams are coming after him.
“I don't know if now is the right time for him to go to Manchester United, I have mentioned it before, I have my doubts here because at United there's Anthony Martial, Marcus Rashford and Daniel James.”
Layvin Kurzawa to Arsenal
Arsenal transfer target Layvin Kurzawa will be available on a free transfer this summer - but his wage demands have cast doubt over a move to the Emirates. The left-back is out of contract at Paris Saint-Germain at the end of the season and is looking for a new club.
Arsenal are among the clubs to have been linked with the France international.
Mikel Arteta has used winger Bukayo Saka as a stand-in left-back in recent months with Kieran Tierney and Sead Kolasinac both injured.
Kolasinac is likely to move on this summer while Tierney has endured a host of injury issues in his first 12 months in north London since a £25million switch from Celtic.
Kurzawa, therefore, could provide a handy back-up, while he is also capable of playing in a more advanced left-sided role.
But according to FCInterNews, Kurzawa wants an annual salary of around £5.2m (€6m).
Nicolo Zaniolo latest
Manchester United and Tottenham are reportedly pushing hard to sign talented Italian Nicolo Zaniolo.
Zaniolo is viewed as one of the rising stars of Italian football and was being tipped to make an impact at Euro 2020 before suffering a torn anterior cruciate ligament in January.
Despite the long-term lay-off, interest in Zaniolo has not dropped and according to Italian publication Leggo, United and Spurs have been 'pressing for months’ their interest.
It is said Roma, although reluctant sellers, would consider offers around £53million for Zaniolo. The report adds the 20-year-old is not actively aiming to leave Roma this summer.
Eray Comert to Arsenal
Arsenal have Basel centre-back Eray Comert on their radar as they seek to strengthen their defence despite only having a limited transfer budget
The 22-year-old is a target for Galatasaray, who have already approached the Swiss giants through intermediaries.
That's according to Turkish outlet Fanatik, who add that Arsenal could rival Galatasaray for Comert's signature.
The defender, whose contract at St Jakob Park expires in 2022, has made 35 appearances this season, and has been an almost ever-present in the Swiss Super League.
But Transfermarkt value Comert at as little as £2million but Arsenal are highly likely to have to pay higher than that to land the Swiss international, who is of Turkish descent.
Moussa Dembele latest
Manchester United chief Ed Woodward is set to try signing Moussa Dembele because he feels his side’s cause has been helped by Lyon’s failure to qualify for the Champions League.
The Red Devils have seen their current crop of forwards shine in the absence of the Belgium international, with Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial and Mason Greenwood all stepping up.
However, United remain on the lookout for more firepower - with Odion Ighalo potentially returning to China once his loan spell at Old Trafford expires.
And the Daily Star say Woodward is now set to go after Dembele because he feels his side’s cause has been helped by Lyon’s failure to qualify for the Champions League.
The Red Devils are now hopeful that a bid in the region of £60million will be enough to bring Dembele to the Theatre of Dreams.
Jadon Sancho doubts
Dimitar Berbatov has reservations about Jadon Sancho joining Manchester United.
The England international, 20, has been linked with a £100million transfer to Old Trafford and Chelsea having consistently proven his ability with Borussia Dortmund.
But Old Trafford legend Berbatov believes Sancho should move somewhere he's guaranteed first-team football.
"I don't know if now is the right time for him to go to Manchester United, I have mentioned it before, I have my doubts here because at United there's Anthony Martial, Marcus Rashford and Daniel James," Berbatov told Betfair.
"It's good to have competition for the team but I would imagine if he moves to a new place he would want to play every game, but rotation is a common thing now in football. From that point of view, you can't guarantee a player will play, but I think we need to go with that assumption, big money and he would like to play.
"For me, he is going to choose the team that he knows he is going to play. Not to move and do nothing because that is going to stop his development and that why I think it maybe better for him to stay at Dortmund for one more year, why not?"
I was fit... for a week
Denis Suarez has admitted that he was fit for about a week during his disastrous spell at Arsenal.
The Spanish midfielder arrived at the Emirates in January 2019 on a six-month loan deal but managed just 67 minutes of Premier League action before returning to Barcelona.
“I wanted Arsenal to sign me but the club were not able to at that time," he told The Athletic. "The truth is I rejected other teams: Real Betis, Sevilla, AC Milan all wanted me.
"I took the risk of going on a loan. I could have signed for those other clubs on a four- or five-year deal. That’s how much I wanted it to work at Arsenal. So people don’t know fully what happened."
Asked if he was ever fully fit, Suarez added: "The first week. Only that."
N'Golo Kante hailed
Antonio Conte has hailed N'Golo Kante as "one of the best players" he's coached in his managerial career.
Conte brought Kante to Stamford Bridge for £32million after the France international had won the Premier League title with Leicester.
"In my opinion, he can play in every position in midfield. We are talking about an amazing player, a top player," Conte told Sky Sports.
"He is amazing with and without the ball. When you have N'Golo in your team, you can think you are playing with one player more. You can find a smile on his face every day. He is a very positive guy. He is one of the best players I have had in my career as a coach."
Angel Gomes reservations
Chelsea have two reservations about firming up their interest in Manchester United starlet Angel Gomes.
The Blues have been monitoring the 19-year-old, who is out of contract at the end of the season.
The first issue concerns the sum that would have to be handed over for the player's services, according to Goal.
While Chelsea would not have to fork out a transfer fee, they would be required to pay their Premier League rivals a compensation package because Gomes has been in the club's academy system from the age of six.
The Blues are also concerned about Gomes blocking the progress of players on long-term contracts in his position.
Lautaro Martinez wages
Barcelona are a step closer to signing Argentina international Lautaro Martinez.
That's according to Italian publication La Gazzetta dello Sport, who claim Inter Milan are unable to match Barcelona's financial package.
The Spanish champions are reported to have offered the 22-year-old a long-term deal worth £8.75million (£170k-a-week).
But due to the financial impact of the Coronavirus, Antonio Conte's side cannot match the offer Barcelona have made Martinez, who is currently paid £48,000-a-week at the San Siro.
Angel Gomes reaction
Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer doesn’t want Angel Gomes to leave Old Trafford.
The 19-year-old has been subject of interest from Chelsea and Barcelona with his time at the club winding down.
Gomes’ contract expires at the end of the season and, as of yet, the club have been unable to tie him down to an extension with talks at a standstill.
Goal say Solskjaer is keen to keep the playmaker, who has been terrific at youth level for a number of years, but the player could leave on a free transfer in a matter of weeks.
Donny suits Chelsea
Donny van de Beek is a better fit for Chelsea rather than Real Madrid or Barcelona.
That's the opinion of former Ajax winger Jesper Gronkjaer, who believes the Holland international's style of play would be utilised better by Frank Lampard.
Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester United and Spurs have all been linked with the talented 23-year-old midfielder, who is reportedly valued at around £50million.
"I wouldn’t be surprised to see him at Real Madrid or Barcelona but I would rather see him at a club just below that," Gronkjaer told Goal. "For his style of play alone, clubs like Tottenham or Chelsea would be a better fit.
"They are still top clubs and he is more like Frank Lampard, that kind of player. He is a big guy, box-to-box and takes good long shots, but he is not as technically gifted as other players that have come from Ajax. He is a player you can always get a certain level from."
Timo Werner suitors
Liverpool and Chelsea face a battle to sign Timo Werner in the summer transfer window as Inter Milan have also joined the race for the RB Leipzig star.
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has been a long-time admirer of Werner, while Chelsea manager Frank Lampard sees the striker as an ideal candidate to provide competition for Tammy Abraham.
However, according to Italian publication Gazzetta dello Sport, Inter are dreaming of bringing Werner to the San Siro this summer.
The Italian club are set to lose Lautaro Martinez, with the Argentine heavily linked with a summer move to Barcelona, as he wants to play alongside his compatriot Lionel Messi.
Erling Haaland to Real Madrid
Erling Haaland is capable of playing for Real Madrid and could well succeed at the Bernabeu.
That's the opinion of the Norwegian's former Byrne FK manager Alf Ingve Berntsen, who believes the 'great clubs' could regret not snapping up his signature soon.
"If I were the coach of any of the five best teams in the world, I would buy him immediately," Berntsen told Bernabeu Digital. "I think he is ready to play for Real Madrid and I think he could succeed there.
"Erling is only 19 years old and he can still improve in all facets and parts of the game. I think that if the great clubs don't sign him... they may regret it later."
Ben Chilwell to Tottenham
Tottenham are determined to sign Leicester defender Ben Chilwell.
The England international, who has scored three goals and provided 12 assists in 118 appearances for Leicester, is Chelsea manager Frank Lampard's top priority in the upcoming transfer window.
But according to Spanish website Todofichajes, former Blues manager Jose Mourinho could throw a spanner in the works.
The report claims Mourinho has requested Chilwell's signature and that contact has already been made between the two parties with Spurs prepared to pay £40million for the 23-year-old.
Miralem Pjanic snub
Midfielder Miralem Pjanic has a verbal agreement to join Barcelona.
That's according to Spanish newspaper Sport, who claim the deal has reached the 'very advanced' stages with a resolution expected this week.
Barcelona have offered multiple players in exchange for the 30-year-old Bosnia-Herzegovina international, who also received offers from Manchester United and Paris Saint-Germain.
But Pjanic prefers the Nou Camp with defender Jean-Clair Todibo and midfielder Ivan Rakitic potentially heading in the opposite direction.
Saul to Manchester United
Manchester United are 'very close' to signing Atletico Madrid midfielder Saul Niguez.
That's according to Spanish website Todofichajes, who claim negotiations between the two parties are 'practically closed' with the agreement to be 'made official' at the end of the 2019/2020 campaign.
Saul, 25, has a £131million release clause in his current contract, that doesn't expire until June 2026.
But the financial impact of the Coronavirus could force Diego Simeone's side to sell for around £70million to balance the books and generate funds for their own transfer plans.
Todofichajes claim midfielder Paul Pogba has a 'very good chance of going' in the upcoming window and the 19-capped Spain international is his direct replacement.
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Dani Ceballos decision
Dani Ceballos will NOT spend next season with Arsenal.
The Real Madrid midfielder arrived at the Emirates during Unai Emery's ill-fated reign and was immediately handed Aaron Ramsey's vacated number eight jersey.
But things haven't gone to plan for the Spain international, who completed just three 90-minute Premier League appearances for the Gunners.
Now, Spanish website El Confidencial claim Arsenal have decided not to make his stay permanent or re-loan the Spaniard with the player opting to return to Spain and fight for his position under Zinedine Zidane.
Kingsley Coman transfer
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has made Kingsley Coman a summer transfer target.
Coman has scored 30 goals and provided 33 assists in 147 appearances in all competitions for Bayern Munich and has helped the club win four Bundesliga titles.
However, this season he has seen his opportunities reduced and has only made 24 appearances in all competitions, during which time he has scored five goals and provided five assists.
And according to Sky Germany, City are prepared to compete with Real Madrid and Barcelona for his signature but his transfer hinges on the arrival of Leroy Sane.
Moussa Dembele decides
Manchester United are increasingly confident of completing a £60million deal for Lyon striker Moussa Dembele.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has sent scouts to watch Dembele at least three times in the last six months as he tries to convince him to make a switch to Old Trafford.
Chelsea are also keen on the impressive former Celtic forward but the player himself has made sure United know he is their preferred choice.
The Daily Star claim Ed Woodward is now poised to make his move knowing Lyon may have to sell as they miss out on European qualification.


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Curator Melissa Wolfe talks about the inspiration we can all take away from the Columbus Museum of Arts newest exhibition showcasing the work of home town hero George Bellows. George Bellows and the American Experience through January 4, 2014. This exhibition follows on the heels of a major retrospective of the artist organized by the [...]
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Ohio voters sided with labor unions last November by repealing a new law limiting union negotiating clout.
Now a new independent poll shows Ohio voters may desert the union cause over another proposed ballot issue. Backers label their plan “right to work,” and if passed it would ban future union contracts, public and private, that require workers to pay money to unions.
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Among the great news related to the mountains world is the reopening, in January, of the "Diretta Carbonera" piste, the track of the Colere Mountain resort connecting the entire upper part of the area directly to the town.
Starting from this winter, therefore, in Val di Scalve you will also be able to experience the thrill of a 1200 m-elevation difference, 7-km route in a single exciting descent, during which your gaze will range from the north face of the Presolana to the Coca and Redorta peaks, from the Gleno valley to the Adamello pyramid.
Choose whether to go up to 2200 m of Cima Bianca or 2300 m of Ferrantino (thanks to the Corna Gemelle chairlift), and then go skiing!
And thanks to the new lifts, when you're ready, you can return to the top in just 10 minutes.
A destination not to be missed.

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The training was launched hours after Pyongyang fired an apparent ballistic weapon
South Korean F-35 jet fighters practiced hitting mock North Korean missile launcher vehicles with laser-guided bombs during a joint exercise with the US on Friday. The drill took place hours after Pyongyang fired an apparent intercontinental ballistic missile, according to the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS).
The live-fire exercise was conducted at Pilsung Range in the northeastern Gangwon Province, which shares a border with North Korea. The JCS said that four F-35As flew in attack formation together with four US F-16 fighters.
The maneuvers demonstrated the allies' ability to "respond resolutely to any threats and provocations, including North Korea's intercontinental ballistic missile," the JCS stated.
The launch on Friday was the latest in a barrage of artillery rounds and missiles of different types fired by Pyongyang this month into the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan, known to Koreans as the East Sea, on Wednesday
North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui warned on Thursday that the country will have a "fiercer" response to "deterrence" measures by the US and its allies in Asia. Choe slammed Washington's drills with South Korea and Japan as "exercises for aggression."
READ MORE: Seoul may change stance on nuclear weapons - minister
South Korea's minister responsible for relations with Pyongyang, Kwon Young-se, said that Seoul may have to consider acquiring its own nuclear arsenal or asking the US to deploy tactical nuclear weapons to the Korean Peninsula if the tensions continue to grow.


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The Poco M2 is arriving tomorrow, and the company has already revealed a few specs of the smartphone to build hype around it. Adding to that, the Chinese phone maker has now confirmed that the M2 will ship with a 5,000 mAh battery.
That’s the same size as the M2 Pro‘s cell, which charges at up to 33W. But it’s unclear if the regular M2 will also charge at the same speed.
— POCO India #POCOM2 (@IndiaPOCO) September 6, 2020
Other previously confirmed specs of the Poco M2 include 6GB RAM, FullHD+ notched display, quad rear cameras, and a fingerprint reader.
The Poco M2 will be unveiled tomorrow at 12PM IST (6:30AM UTC), which is when we’ll know more about its specs, pricing and availability.


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Male fertility issues can manifest in a number of ways. Thankfully, when sperm motility, sperm morphology, or sperm count is an issue, ICSI may be used to increase the odds of fertilization.
What is ICSI?
ICSI is short for intracytoplasmic sperm injection. ICSI may be used in tandem with IVF treatment. With traditional IVF protocols, eggs are harvested and are fertilized in a laboratory setting. To do this, the mature eggs are placed in a dish with sperm and fertilization takes place as it does naturally. ICSI takes a more direct approach. During ICSI, a single sperm is injected into the middle of an egg. Then, the egg is watched for development and signs of fertilization. This process may be used for a number of reasons including:
How does ICSI help during fertility treatment?
In order to become pregnant, sperm must penetrate and fertilize an egg. If the sperm is unable to make the journey to the egg, or is unable to penetrate the egg, fertilization cannot take place. ICSI directly addresses these issues by delivering the sperm directly into the egg. This process can significantly improve fertilization rates and the overall likelihood of a healthy pregnancy. The success rate of fertilization is as high as 80 percent when ICSI is used. Ultimately, the chance at a healthy pregnancy is determined by the health of both the egg and the sperm. The higher the quality, the better the chance for a healthy baby.
Is ICSI right for me?
It is important to speak with your fertility care provider about ICSI and its use during your fertility treatment. While there are no rigid lines for the use of ICSI, some medical issues can benefit more from this treatment than others. Your medical history will determine if ICSI is right for you.
Receive personalized information on ICSI and how it may be used as a part of your treatment plan by contacting the New Hope Fertility Center team today. Please click the link below to enter your information and New Hope will contact you, or simply call 212-517-7676. Thank you.

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By Ian Nurse, D.C.
Tough to pronounce but impossible to ignore, plantar fasciitis is one of the most common foot injuries of both novice and veteran runners. For those who have suffered through it, the symptoms and chronology are unmistakable: insidious at first, then becoming a chronic, sharp and burning sensation on the inside base of the heel with the first few steps in the morning. While the pain seems to get better with activity, it returns with full force by the end of the day. One of the slower healing injuries of the body, it’s not uncommon to hear of people enduring anywhere from months to years.
So what exactly is plantar fasciitis? How does one treat it, or, better yet, avoid it in the first place?
First, let’s start with the anatomy and the role it plays in the proper functioning of the body. The plantar fascia is a fibrous sheath consisting of the connective tissue protein, collagen. This sheath is lined in parallel to the direction of pull over the muscles on the bottom of the foot. This super structure is critical in arch support carrying as much as 25% of the load. As one can imagine, it also plays a significant role in the gate cycle as it acts as a tie beam transferring force from the calf to the forefoot. Running from the inside portion of the heel to the base of the big toe, one can experience symptoms along any portion of the arch; however, the pain typically centralizes where it originates at the base of the heel.
While previous thinking had correlated arch height as a predisposing factor to developing plantar fasciitis, new research refutes this claim. The most accurate kinetic predictor is not the size of your arch but rather the working relationship between the plantar fascia and the intrinsic muscles that lie beneath. As the plantar fascia itself is a passive structure that stores and returns energy, it relies on the intrinsic muscles to create the energy needed to support the arch. If the intrinsic muscles are not firing correctly due to adhesion, scar tissue or muscle imbalance, the plantar fascia has to adopt a more dynamic role that can lead to problems. Tissues tighten up and restrict blood flow to the area, leading to scar tissue formation. This in itself is enough to produce pain, but if untreated can progress into an even more difficult problem: tendon degeneration. In this case, the point on the heel bone where all those muscles and the plantar fascia attach begins to degenerate or die.
How does one avoid ever getting plantar fasciitis?
First and foremost, wearing the proper footwear is crucial. Think of putting a train on the wrong set of tracks. Wearing shoes that are either too supportive, or not supportive enough can be the leading factor to someone developing this condition. The second tool in prevention is strengthening the muscles of the foot. Exercises such as toe scrunches and calf raises a few times a week can help develop a better balanced arch that will rely less on the plantar fascia and more on the muscles.
What can I do if I have been suffering from plantar fasciitis?
As mentioned earlier, plantar fasciitis can be an extremely slow healer. Anatomically, the foot is already in a position of decreased blood flow that also has to work against gravity. As a result, the degenerating tissue is unable to get the nutrients and blood that it needs. It’s important to treat this early so that it does not become a chronic condition. Start with assessing all of your training variables that might have led to it developing in the first place—improper shoes, training surfaces, and intensity. It’s also very important to both help break up the scar tissue that has formed and reduce the inflammation. Rolling your foot over a golf ball can be a helpful form of self massage. Make sure that you then follow that treatment with icing to reduce the swelling. Freezing a Nalgene bottle filled with water makes for a great ice massage tool. As our body heals itself at night, it’s also vital that the foot is held at 90 degree angle to ensure that the fibers heal in a lengthened position. A night splint or the Strassburg sock are useful tools to facilitate this important healing step.
For those cases that are not healing on their own, consulting a professional could be a necessary step. Massage therapists, PT’s, and chiropractors all treat plantar fasciitis on a regular basis and could be the final step needed.
This was originally published in the March/April 2013 issue of Level Renner. Want to get this material as it’s released? Sign up for your free subscription in the box on the right side of the screen. As always, if you have any questions regarding this injury or would like to have your own condition assessed, please do not hesitate to contact Ian: [email protected].

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Lobby group AfriForum has set its sights on Gauteng education MEC Panyaza Lesufi and has launched a “comprehensive campaign” aimed at getting him dismissed by Gauteng Premier David Makhura.
The organisation said in a statement on Wednesday it has been “flooded with requests from parents who had enough of the MEC’s mismanagement of the current school placement process, as well as many other examples of misconduct”.
The details of the campaign will be announced on Thursday, according to the lobby group.
However, in the statement, AfriForum already makes it clear what their big bone of contention is – Lesufi’s announcement that “high-volume schools will make room for more learners by acquiring mobile classrooms, and that empty township schools will be filled by adding Afrikaans as [a] language of instruction”.
“These measures neither provide meaningful, lasting solutions to the problems, nor does the MEC accept responsibility for the failure of the online system,” says the statement.
Carien Bloem, AfriForum’s manager of education, said: “The MEC believes that schools should merge to create full English-medium schools. However, the matter is not that simple and this will not solve the problem of too few schools in Gauteng in time.
“The online application system and school placements are but one of many issues that will be addressed by AfriForum’s campaign.”
In addition, the lobby group accuses Lesufi of “racist statements that polarise communities in the country”, overseeing “misappropriation and corruption” in his department, making “repeated disdainful statements about Afrikaans and Afrikaans as a language of tuition” and refusing to “take action against the ongoing interference of the South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU) at public schools”.
“It is a disgrace that the premier still allows Lesufi to hold office, despite the damage he has already inflicted on the education system of Gauteng.
“He is regularly lauded from government’s side for Gauteng’s excellent matric results. In truth, however, the results can be ascribed to the dedication of outstanding education staff, children and parents in the province, who are performing in spite of his continual ideological interference. The schools, parents and children of Gauteng deserve better,” said Bloem.
Lesufi, meanwhile responded on social media by saying he is not afraid of AfriForum’s “racists”.
“The day racists praise you, you must know the revolution is lost! My only plea to racists please don’t harm my kids and my family, as for me you are free to do as you wish.
“I know you attempted on various occasions to harm and attack me. I’m unsinkable,” he said.
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Max Whipple and Simon Reonnecke scored two goals each as Bloomfield Hills Roeper rolled to a 4-2 soccer victory over Allen Park Inter-City Baptist in Michigan Independent Athletic Conference play.
After Whipple opened up the scoring in the 10th minute of the first half, Reonnecke quickly answered an Inter-City goal to give Roeper (9-1, 6-1 MIAC) a 2-1 halftime lead.
The duo would strike in the same order in the second half, pushing the Roeper advantage to 4-1 before Baptist added a late goal.
As the driving force behind the Roeper attack, Whipple and Reonnecke are lighting up the scoreboards at an impressive rate.
Whipple, who set a school record with 39 goals last season, has 23 this season. And Reonnecke, who scored 29 last season, has 19.
“Those two play great together,” Roeper coach Ed Sack said. “They find a way to score quick and often. We know we have the goal scoring to go far.”
After falling in the Division 4 state semifinal last year, Sack says his team is focused on getting back and finishing the job.
“We want to get to the state final this year, and once you get there, you’re not there to lose,” he said. “We know how precious it is to win each and every single game along the way.”
Novi 2, Salem 2: Kent Maidens and Eduardo DeOliveira scored for Novi (5-2-2, 3-1-1 KLAA). Jay Lee and Mac Kummer scored for Salem (3-5-1, 2-2-1).

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Frequently Asked Questions: Fingerprinting Requirements
1. Is the IRS conducting fingerprint checks as part of the PTIN application process? (revised 11/1/11)
The IRS is still considering proposals that would require certain tax return preparers to undergo fingerprinting, or some other type of background check, as part of the suitability check required to obtain a PTIN. PTIN applicants are not required to be fingerprinted at this time, but they must answer the questions concerning prior felony convictions and personal tax compliance on the PTIN application. If the IRS implements a proposal that would require certain tax return preparers to undergo any additional background check in the future, the IRS will contact affected tax return preparers. Any updates on background check requirements for PTIN holders will also be posted on www.irs.gov/ptin.


A few weeks ago we reported on the staggering number of DWIs issued in the first half of December. Well the rest of the numbers are in, and it appears that nearly 2,500 DWIs were issued in MN during the month of December.
The increased DWI enforcement was part of a month long, state-wide initiative aimed at reducing alcohol-related road accidents. The campaign continued through New Year’s Eve and was supported by $350,000 in federal funding to pay for 7,000 extra hours of enforcement.
400 law enforcement agencies were involved in the initiative. With 315 agencies reporting, the total number of MN DWIs issued in December comes to roughly 2,400.
Last year in Minnesota, 140 people died and 400 were injured in drunk-driving accidents. These figures have been decreasing over the past several years and experts at the DPS cite DWI enforcement campaigns as being integral to this decline.
“Minnesota roads are far from safe when you consider these DWI arrest numbers,” says Minnesota State Patrol officer Lt. Eric Roeske. “Many people made a selfish and dangerous decision to drive impaired. The good news is law enforcement officers were able to stop these motorists before damage was done.”
The increased DWI enforcement campaign will continue through the end of September in the 13 Minnesota counties that have had the highest alcohol-related accidents in the past few years: Anoka; Carver; Dakota; Hennepin; Itasca; Olmsted; Ramsey; Rice; St. Louis; Scott; Stearns; Washington; and Wright.
“These numbers actually aren’t that staggering,” says Criminal Defense Attorney, Avery Appelman. “There are roughly 42,000 DWI arrests per year in Minnesota. That equates to about 3,500 each month. If anything, this increased DWI enforcement campaign led to a slightly below average month in terms of DWI arrests. The bottom line is this: we keep upping the laws and enforcement tactics, but people are still driving drunk. So what’s the solution? No one really knows.”