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Forgot about this. He was busy eating Hot Wings.

Who knows. You would think this would have been done so the new manager could figure out a replacement.

A draw. Will need to be way better.

https://www.sportsnet.ca/womens-world-cup/article/womens-world-cup-day-1-co-hosts-thrill-crowds-with-big-opening-wins/ Women’s World Cup Day 1: Co-hosts thrill crowds with big opening wins Australia's Steph Catley, center, celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the Women's World Cup soccer match between Australia and Ireland at Stadium Australia in Sydney, Australia, Thursday, July 20, 2023. (Rick Rycroft/AP) Hayley McGoldrick@GoldieOnSportsJuly 20, 2023, 10:30 AM The FIFA Women's World Cup finally kicked off with action between New Zealand and Norway and Australia and the Republic of Ireland on Thursday. With both of the host teams securing wins in front of record-breaking crowds, the competition is expected to only keep heating up from here on out. The Results New Zealand 1 - 0 Norway Australia 1-0 Republic of Ireland Main Talking Points New Zealand welcomes home crowd with win The Football Ferns couldn't have asked for a better start to the tournament as they defeated Norway 1-0 in front of over 42,000 supporters at Eden Park in Auckland. Hannah Wilkinson was the first scorer of the tournament, finding the back of the net shortly after the second half of action began to secure what would end up as the game-winner. Teammate Ria Percival was unable to convert from the penalty spot late to double New Zealand's lead. Norway could arguably be New Zealand's toughest opponent in Group A, which also features the Philippines and Switzerland. The win was New Zealand's first-ever victory at the Women's World Cup, after 16 tries. Australia joins in on home crowd fun New Zealand wouldn't be the only team to win in front of their home crowd as three hours later Australia kicked off and did the same thing. The Matildas were without Sam Kerr after she was sidelined due to a calf injury, and the team looked shaky to begin the game as even at their best on the counter-attack the tough Irish defence was able to absorb their attempts and keep the game scoreless at the half. But a penalty was awarded to Australia after Aussie winger Hayley Raso was taken down by Irish midfielder Marissa Sheva. Skipper Steph Catley stepped up to the spot, and with ease put the ball past goalkeeper Courtney Brosnan for the only goal of a tense match. Goal of the Day Hannah Wilkinson's goal not only was the first goal of the Women's World Cup and secured a win for the host nation, but also marked her in history for another reason as she became New Zealand's all-time leading goal scorer. Moment of the Day The Matildas not only got the win in front of their home crowd, but broke a record for attendance for a women's football match in the country with over 75,000 people at the stadium to witness Catley's goal in person. Quote of the Day “We really wanted to inspire young girls across the nation and I think we did that tonight. We showed that anything is possible,” said New Zealand captain Ali Riley after her team's first-ever win at a Women's World Cup. Three Stars of the Day 1. Hannah Wilkinson, New Zealand: Scoring to secure the first-ever win for New Zealand at the Women's World Cup in front of record-breaking crowds is a moment that Wilkinson will never forget. 2. Steph Catley, Australia: The Arsenal defender played all 90 minutes and scored the lone goal in her side's win over the Republic of Ireland, with the team having to regroup after learning star player Sam Kerr was unavailable for the match. 3. Rebekah Stott, New Zealand: Having to defend a six-time Champions League winner and the first woman to win the Ballon d'Or in Ada Hergerberg isn't easy, but Stott ensured that her side would be able to secure victory to open the competition and make a statement against a talented Norway team. Looking Ahead Continuing play for Group B, Canada will kick off their first match of the tournament against Nigeria at 10:30 p.m. ET Thursday to open the action of Matchday 2. That will be followed by more Group A action between the Philippines and Switzerland at 1 a.m. ET on Friday and the first match in Group C with Spain facing off against Costa Rica at 3:30 a.m. ET.

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I saw that Arsenal is 2 - 0 along with ManU vs MLS All-Stars. The European clubs the All-Stars beat were: Spurs (2015) Bayern (2014) West Ham (2008) Celtic (2007) Chelsea (2006, 2012) Fulham (2005)

Whoever loses this lawsuit, won't be happy.

I think I even saw Jesus admit as much.

Not my title. Just shared the post. Don't use Twitter and won't use Threads. Just amused by the spiral these platforms are on.

highlights from game in question. LOLOL

I thought I'd drop this here. There are numerous mRNA treatments/vaccines being tested right now. This is but one example. Cancer treatments get tested and approved using clinical trials that have significantly fewer participants than the Covid mRNA vaccines. We should be thanking the development of the Covid mRNA vaccines because they proved the technology on a vast scale. Now, these specialized mRNA treatments/vaccines can make their way into our lives. Saving lives. https://www.mskcc.org/news/can-mrna-vaccines-fight-pancreatic-cancer-msk-clinical-researchers-are-trying-find-out MSK mRNA Pancreatic Cancer Vaccine Trial Shows Promising Results

Pearson's 1st save.

Actual goals to feature.

Well, ok

https://variety.com/2023/film/obituaries-people-news/alan-arkin-dead-little-miss-sunshine-argo-1235658718/ Alan Arkin, Oscar Winner for ‘Little Miss Sunshine,’ Dies at 89 Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Netflix Alan Arkin, an Oscar-winning actor for “Little Miss Sunshine” with a body of work that spans seven decades of stage and screen acting, died June 29 at his home in Carlsbad, Calif, Variety has confirmed. He was 89. Arkin’s sons Adam, Matthew and Anthony said in a joint statement, “Our father was a uniquely talented force of nature, both as an artist and a man. A loving husband, father, grand and great grandfather, he was adored and will be deeply missed.” Arkin, who was known for projecting a characteristically dry wit but could play tragedy with equal efficacy, won his Oscar for his supporting performance in the indie comedy “Little Miss Sunshine” in 2007; he scored an encore nomination for his punchy and profane turn in Ben Affleck’s best picture winner “Argo.” Arkin picked up two earlier nominations in his film career, for “The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming” in 1967 and for “The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter” in 1969. More recently, Arkin received back-to-back Primetime Emmy Award nominations in outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series for his performance in the Netflix series “The Kominsky Method,” in which he starred alongside Michael Douglas. Arkin received four additional Emmy nominations (across other categories) earlier in his career. Beyond his screen career, Arkin began in entertainment as a stage performer, serving as an early member of the Second City comedy troupe in Chicago before making his Broadway debut in “From the Second City” in 1961. Two years later, he scored a Tony Award for starring in Joseph Stein’s comedy “Enter Laughing.” In “Argo” he played Lester Siegel, the Hollywood veteran who was recruited to produce a fictional sci-fi film whose production would provide cover for the rescue of American hostages in Iran. Siegel, wrote Pete Hammond in his review, even “goes to the extreme of announcing the project in a Variety ad and article. ‘If I am going to be making a fake movie, I want to have a fake hit,’ says Lester, played to amusing perfection by Arkin.” In “Little Miss Sunshine,” Arkin played the foul-mouthed, heroin-snorting grandfather Edwin. The San Francisco Chronicle said: “The cast is so perfect that it’s impossible to imagine anyone else in the roles. Arkin’s spontaneity gives the impression that he’s improvising.” Arkin was an actor whose gifts were recognized early. After his Tony in 1963, he earned his first Emmy nomination, for the “ABC Stage 67” episode “The Love Song of Barney Kempinski,” in 1967, the same year he earned his first Oscar nomination. Arkin never really left television despite the success of his film career. His next Emmy nomination came in 1987 for the Holocaust-themed CBS telepic “Escape From Sobibor”; the third was in 1997 for a guest appearance on “Chicago Hope” and another in 2003 for telepic “The Pentagon Papers.” Remarkably, Arkin earned his first Oscar nomination for his first credited feature performance. Norman Jewison’s “The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming” was a Cold War comedy in which a Soviet sub runs aground on a New England island; Arkin played the leader of the Russian party set to scout out the area. Hilarity ensues as Russians and Americans make wild encounters. The New York Times noted that it was Arkin’s debut film and said he gave “a particularly wonderful performance.” Not all the critics were impressed with his performance in the thriller “Wait Until Dark,” in which he played a psycho terrorizing a blind Audrey Hepburn, but the role increased his profile in Hollywood and has maintained a strong reputation to this day; next he played Inspector Clouseau in a movie of that name, with Peter Sellers nowhere in sight. Then in 1969 he earned his second Oscar nomination with Carson McCullers adaptation “The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter.” In a review that was otherwise critical of the film, the New York Times said Arkin’s performance as the deaf-mute Singer is “extraordinary, deep and sound. Walking, with his hat jammed flat on his head, among the obese, the mad, the infirm, characters with one leg, broken hip, scarred mouth, failing life, he somehow manages to convey every dimension of his character, especially intelligence.” He played a Puerto-Rican father in the comedy “Popi,” Yossarian in Mike Nichols’ adaptation of “Catch-22” and the title character in Neil Simon’s adaptation of his own play “Last of the Red Hot Lovers.” Seeking a different kind of experience, he appeared as a Puerto-Rican police detective alongside James Caan in Richard Rush’s crime drama “Freebie and the Bean.” In 1976, Arkin starred as Sigmund Freud in the Herbert Ross-directed Sherlock Holmes riff “The Seven-Per-Cent Solution” with a top-flight cast that included Robert Duvall, Laurence Olivier and Vanessa Redgrave. Arkin directed his first film in 1971, helming the satire “Little Murders” with Jules Feiffer adapting his own play and Elliot Gould starring. He returned to the director’s chair for the somewhat more accessible 1977 comedy “Fire Sale,” with Arkin and Rob Reiner starring. He also helmed some episodic television and a TV movie. He closed out the 70’s with one of that decade’s funniest film comedies: “The In-Laws,” starring opposite Peter Falk. Arkin was also the executive producer. The New York Times’ Janet Maslin wrote: “I was laughing so hard at ‘The In-Laws,’ a wonderful new comedy of errors… that after a while I was crying. Then I was wiping my eyes. Then I forgot to take any more notes.” As for Arkin and Falk, Maslin said, “It is theirs, and not their children’s, match that has been made in heaven.” The early 1980s were a fallow period for Arkin. But he was the best thing in 1985 Mordecai Richler adaptation “Joshua Then and Now.” The New York Times lauded the “hilarious, scene-stealing performance by Alan Arkin as the hero’s fast-talking father.” He then reunited with Peter Falk for the John Cassavetes-directed comedy “Big Trouble.” Though he did not play one of the central characters in Tim Burton’s 1990 film “Edward Scissorhands,” Arkin is still remembered for his performance as Winona Ryder’s father that Rolling Stone characterized as “marvelously wry.” In the early ’90s he appeared in the epic “Havana,” starring Robert Redford, and played the old codger who dreamed up the device that enables the hero to become “The Rocketeer.” Arkin was part of the starry cast populating the screen adaptation of David Mamet’s “Glengarry Glen Ross.” In the late ’90s the actor did some fine, interesting, varied work. Arkin played the psychiatrist of the professional killer played by John Cusack in “Grosse Pointe Blank” (the New York Times said, “Alan Arkin is an enormous treat as Martin’s psychiatrist, who can’t conceal his problem of being afraid of his homicidal patient”). He was the dignified diplomat at the center of Bruno Barreto’s Brazilian kidnap drama “Four Days in September,” the cop on the trail of the genetically imperfect Ethan Hawke in “Gattaca,” the paterfamilias always moving his family around to avoid paying rent in “Slums of Beverly Hills.” In Jill Sprecher’s indie film “Thirteen Conversations About One Thing” (2001), Arkin had a particularly excellent scene opposite Matthew McConaughey. In 2007, the same year he appeared in “Little Miss Sunshine,” Arkin played a senator without political courage in the film “Rendition.” The next year he appeared in “Sunshine Cleaning,” a sort-of black comedy about a pair of sisters who clean up crime scenes. Also in 2008, he played the Chief in the film adaptation of “Get Smart” that starred Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway. The next year, still continuing to show his range as an actor, Arkin appeared with Robin Wright Penn in Rebecca Miller’s seriocomic “The Private Lives of Pippa Lee,” a small but ambitious film in which, the New York Times said, “Together Ms. Penn and Mr. Arkin create a portrait of a marriage in which you sense the intertwining crosscurrents of devotion, boredom, anger and gratitude.” In 2012, the same year he appeared in “Argo,” Arkin starred along with Al Pacino and Christopher Walken in “Stand Up Guys,” about a trio of old mobsters who get the gang back together for one last hurrah. As for television, Arkin was among the many actors who did some time on “Sesame Street” in the early 1970s. He tried series television with the brief 1987 ABC sitcom “Harry” (in which he starred with then-wife Barbara Dana, among others) and more successfully in the new century with Sidney Lumet’s well-written, well-acted courthouse drama “100 Centre Street.” Reviewing the latter, the New York Times lauded “Alan Arkin’s superbly real, understated portrayal of Joe Rifkind, a thoughtful judge so prone to giving criminals every chance at redemption that his nickname is Let-’em-Go Joe.” He appeared in a number of TV movies over the years, including the 1978 telepic “The Defection of Simas Kudirka” and, much later, “And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself,” in which he played a world-weary mercenary. Even after his film career had launched, Arkin occasionally guested on series, doing an arc on “St. Elsewhere” in 1983 as the husband of a stroke victim played by Piper Laurie; appearing in 1997 on “Chicago Hope” (on which son Adam was a series regular); and guesting on “Will & Grace” in 2005. Alan Wolf Arkin was born in Brooklyn on March 26, 1934, but the family moved to Los Angeles when he was 12. His father, David Arkin, an artist and writer, lost his job as a teacher amid the paranoia of the Red Scare. Alan started taking acting classes before he reached puberty. He attended Los Angeles City College for two years, then Bennington College from 1953-54, dropping out to form the Tarriers, a folk-music group in which he was the lead singer. In 1955, he recorded an album for Elektra titled “Folksongs — Once Over Lightly.” With other members of the Tarriers, he wrote a version of the Jamaican calypso folk song “The Banana Boat Song” that was a big hit in 1956. He was already a young actor finding work where he could. Arkin first appeared on the big screen, uncredited, in his role as lead singer of the Tarriers in 1957’s “Calypso Heat Wave.” He made his Off Broadway debut as a singer in “Heloise” the following year. At the Compass Theatre in St. Louis, which he had joined, he caught the eye of stage director Bob Sills, which led to Arkin becoming an original member of Chicago’s Second City troupe together with Paul Sand. He wrote the lyrics and sketches for his Broadway debut, the musical “From the Second City.” After winning his Tony in 1963, he returned to Broadway the next year in Murray Schisgal’s “Luv,” directed by Mike Nichols. Arkin made his directorial stage debut with the Off Broadway hit “Eh?” (1966), which introduced the world to Dustin Hoffman. He further directed Off Broadway’s “Little Murders” (1969) and “The White House Murder Case” (1970). On Broadway, he directed the original production of Neil Simon’s extremely successful comedy “The Sunshine Boys,” which ran for 538 performances beginning in 1972. He directed the unsuccessful Broadway musical “Molly” in 1973 and was absent from the Rialto for 27 years until 2000, when he directed Elaine May’s play “Taller Than a Dwarf”; Matthew Broderick and Parker Posey starred. Arkin was married three times, the first to Jeremy Yaffe, the second to actress Barbara Dana. All three of his sons became actors, but Adam Arkin also became a director of episodic television. Speaking to Variety about how he came to direct, Adam Arkin said, “I often joke about the fact that when other kids were being taken to baseball games and sporting events and fishing trips, my father was taking me to see silent Russian films.” In addition to his three sons — Adam and Matthew, with Yaffe; and Anthony Dana Arkin, with Dana — Alan Arkin is survived by third wife, Suzanne Newlander Arkin, whom he married in 1999.

Sue Johanson, beloved Canadian sex educator, dead at 93 https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/sue-johanson-obit-1.6892524 Broadcaster was known for Sunday Night Sex Show and Talk Sex With Sue Johanson Sue Johanson, the beloved Canadian broadcaster who in her golden years enraptured a generation with straightforward sex advice, has died, her representative confirmed on Thursday. She was 93. (W Network) Sue Johanson, the beloved Canadian broadcaster who in her golden years enraptured a generation with straightforward sex advice, has died at age 93, a representative confirmed to CBC News on Thursday. Johanson died in a long-term care home in Thornhill, Ont., just north of Toronto, surrounded by her family, the representative said. The broadcaster was best known for hosting the Canadian call-in radio and then television program Sunday Night Sex Show, which led to a successful U.S. spinoff called Talk Sex With Sue Johanson. Born in Toronto, Johanson began her career as a nurse, receiving her training in Winnipeg. During the 1970s, she opened a birth control clinic at a Toronto high school and ran it for almost two decades. "She was a groundbreaker pioneer trooper. And she broke all the rules. And it was fabulous," her daughter Jane Johanson said Thursday during an interview with As It Happens host Nil Köksal. "She never brushed people aside. She treated everyone absolutely the same. She was never judgmental, nor was she condescending or disapproving of any question that came her way.… I think everybody felt like they had another mother or another grandmother with Sue." Johanson's Sunday Night Sex Show premiered as a live call-in program on Toronto radio in 1984, with a television version of the show airing on W Network from 1996 to 2005. The U.S. spinoff, Talk Sex With Sue Johanson, began in 2002 and concluded in 2008. "My mom was amazing. She could be anywhere at any time, and people would recognize her voice," Jane Johanson said. She offered callers advice on everything from how to use sex toys and ways to spice things up in the bedroom, to navigating the taboos of the birds and the bees — always with her signature humour and candour. "It didn't matter who you were, what your sexual preference was, how you identified, what you might be dealing with in terms of the time of AIDS — like, she embraced everybody and who they were. And that just … made me so proud. We are so proud of our dear Sue, my mom," Jane Johanson said. Nothing off-limits A champion for a well-informed, sex-positive public, Johanson covered topics and demographics usually ignored by mainstream sexual education in the 1990s and aughts. While training to be a nurse in Winnipeg, Johanson was taught by nuns who didn't speak about sex. That repression informed her approach in her later years, emboldening her to be open, honest and non-judgmental. "Sue approached everything as though it was just normal," Nadine Thornhill, a Toronto sex educator, previously told CBC News. "Like, she said all of the words she said, all of the taboo sex words. She talks about penises and clitorises and orgasms. "But she was just very matter of fact about it, and I don't think I had ever heard anybody talk about sex in that way." Johanson is pictured in a scene from the documentary Sex With Sue, which looks back at her decades-long career as a sex expert and educator and her influence on sex education in the media. (W Network) Johanson never had an agenda to become a celebrity or a big name, according to her daughter. She was just passionate about filling what she saw as a gap in the public health system. And that just slowly morphed, Jane said. "She loved what she did. She cared about people's sexual health, sexual information, and she just wanted to be of assistance to people in that way," she said. "She just invented a niche for herself and did a beautiful job teaching people about sex and sexual health." In 2000, Johanson was awarded the Order of Canada for being "a strong, successful advocate for sex education." On the Governor General's website, she's praised for her decades of work. "Listening without judgment and candid in her responses, she helps Canadians to improve their understanding of sexuality and their ability to make wise health choices." Johanson shares a laugh with Governor General Adrienne Clarkson after being invested into the Order of Canada at a ceremony in Ottawa on May 31, 2001. (Tom Hanson/The Canadian Press) Condolences, memories pour in Condolences for Johanson poured in online Thursday, as Canadians remembered "an absolute icon" and "national treasure." "Canada has lost an absolute icon. Sue Johanson did more for sex education in this country than anyone. When the government failed to educate the public on the risks of HIV, Sue filled the gap. And she did it with empathy," one person tweeted. "Not gonna lie … I learned how to properly put a condom on watching Sue demonstrate it on her show," wrote another. "I loved Sue growing up … I used to listen to her every night before I went to sleep. She taught me to have a healthy attitude around masturbation & gave me the sex education schools wouldn't," another person tweeted. The official Twitter account for the 2022 Sex with Sue documentary wrote Thursday that Johanson paved the way for how we talk about sex and sexuality today, noting she was unafraid of shattering taboos. "Canada lost a national treasure today but Sue's legacy will continue to make positive change for decades to come," they tweeted. In that documentary, Johanson admitted the work she did was "a little bit controversial," but necessary. And her age only helped. "I was older; I was never seen as a sex kitten, I had the gift of the gab," she said. Jane Johanson said Thursday she believes it was her mother's sense of humour that clicked with so many people, and recognizing that the topic of sex would make lots of people uncomfortable or shut down. "She knew that if she used humour antics — you know, jumping around the stage, stretching condoms, being light about it — she knew that she could break the ice and then make people comfortable," Jane said. "As soon as she made people comfortable, then she could get into the real nitty gritty of the topic."

https://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/article/ap-source-man-united-agrees-to-69-million-deal-with-midfielder-mason-mount/ AP Source: Man United agrees to $69 million deal with midfielder Mason Mount

1st perfect game since 2012. Only 99 pitches to get it done.

It appears like that is the case. Thing is, Havertz and Rice can also fill in different positions. Kia could fill in up front. Rice can fill in more defensive roles. So there will be a little versatility in how they are used. Which could be a good thing with Champions League this season.