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Heavenly-scented body lotion with anti-stress Bach flower essences / 6.7 oz
We're not sure exactly how Les Fleurs de Bach managed to make their Anti-Stress Body Lotion so nourishing but also fast-absorbing. The formula, which features organic shea butter, sesame seed oil and aloe vera, leaves skin velvety smooth and perfectly moisturized — without the greasy afterfeel we find so common in body lotions from other organic brands. And the product's blend of organic Bach flower essences,... Read More
Anyone looking for a lightweight, beautifully scented lotion with stress-relieving benefits
We're not sure exactly how Les Fleurs de Bach managed to make their Anti-Stress Body Lotion so nourishing but also fast-absorbing. The formula, which features organic shea butter, sesame seed oil and aloe vera, leaves skin velvety smooth and perfectly moisturized — without the greasy afterfeel we find so common in body lotions from other organic brands. And the product's blend of organic Bach flower essences, designed to calm, restore, and ease the mind, makes the experience of using it seem even more magical.
Subtly scented with a blend of essential oils: opening top notes of bergamot and orange develop into a distinctively soothing base of lavender and sage before delivering a final addictive chord of patchouli and eucalyptus.
(There's something so beautifully French about this lotion. We're not sure if it's the finely-blended formula, the fact that it doesn't leave any greasiness behind that could get on your clothes, the subtle scent, or the chic brown glass bottle, but suffice it to say that it possesses a certain je ne sais quoi. We adore it. It's also a tough one to manufacture and goes out of stock frequently, so if it's available, we suggest you snap one up now.)
Available in the US exclusively at Ayla.
Smooth over skin after bath or shower, or anytime.
Organic Bach flower essences for the following specific situations:
- Agrimony for those who hide discomfort, pain, difficult feelings, or suffering behind a cheerful face. Here, it's included to help you find the right words to express your feelings.
- Oak for the stoic, who often just keep going out of duty until they wear themselves out. Here, it's included to aid in the process of letting go.
- Impatiens for those who move quickly and get frustrated by those who don't. Here, it's included to help calm tightly-wound nerves.
- White Chestnut for spinning thoughts that you can't switch off. Here, it's included to help bring the ticker-tape to a stop.
- Pine for feelings of guilt, even when it's not really your fault. Here, it's included to bolster self-esteem.
- Crab Apple for perfectionists and those who feel shame around their appearance. Here, it's included to encourage you to stop the exhausting effort for perfection.
- Vervain for the enthusiasts who want to "convert" others to their point of view and find it hard to unwind and relax. Here, it's included to encourage a sense of calm and peacefulness, particularly when you're overworked.
Aqua (water), butyrospermum parkii (shea butter) extract*, sesamum indicum (sesame) seed oil*, aloe barbadensis leaf juice*, glyceryl stearate, cetearyl alcohol, lauryl laurate, isopropyl isostearate, cera alba (beeswax), potassium palmitoyl hydrolyzed wheat protein, isopropyl palmitate, parfum (fragrance), benzyl alcohol, hexyldecanol, hexyldecyl laurate, xanthan gum, glycerin, dehydroacetic acid, alcohol*, verbena officinalis flower extract*, quercus robur extract*, impatiens glandulifera flower extract*, agrimonia eupatoria extract*, aesculus hippocastranum extract*, pinus sylvestris extract*, malus sylvestris flower extract*, benzoic acid, sodium hydroxide, citric acid, sorbic acid, limonene, linalool, geraniol, citral.
This formula is certified organic by ECOCERT.
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It's hotter than the sun. UK based Tokamak Energy wants to be the first in the world to produce commercial electricity from fusion power by 2030. The company has heated a plasma of hydrogen to 27 million degrees in its new experimental reactor. That temperature is hotter than the core of the sun. In 2019, it's going to test the system at 180 million degrees.
Proponents say nuclear fusion could make other types of electricity generation obsolete. The reason is it can produce large amounts of electricity from very small amounts of hydrogen. A plant the size of the UK's Tokamak would produce 1 gigawatt of electricity a year. That's enough to power 700,000 US homes.
Nuclear fusion has very little fuel needs. Greenhouse emissions are very low. And there's very little nuclear radioactive waste unlike current nuclear fission plants.
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What can IBOutlets do that bindings can't do?

A: Bindings aren't a replacement for outlets, they're just another way of hooking certain aspects of a UI up. That said, there are a lot of things that bindings aren't very effective for that, for example, implementing NSTableViewDataSource would allow you to handle (and you'd hook up said data source using an outlet).
Further, you're not about to get relevant views for your controller to interact with via a binding, but you can hook them up with outlets. In a sense, outlets are how you organize your objects — they might not do much on their own, but they provide data that you otherwise would have to dig around needlessly to get (sifting through subviews for a view with a given tag wouldn't be much fun and is really wasted effort given that you have outlets to simplify the whole process for you).
My main point though is that you shouldn't think of bindings as a replacement for outlets — they're not. Bindings can't replace outlets and outlets can't replace bindings. Bindings depend on outlets to an extent, so you couldn't get rid of them if you wanted to. Outlets, on the other hand, are just there to say what goes where. So that NSTextView goes in property statusField and that NSTableView goes in property messagesTableView.
So, again, outlets are organization, they aren't just something you use instead of bindings.

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Left foot forward (a journey into reenactment): Marchons! Marchons!
The Lord Mayor's parade! A quick jaunt up to Blackfriars and stroll across to the rendezous point.
The Lord Mayor personally welcomes us to the occasion.
Before and after the event the streets seemed strangely empty, granted it was about 8.30 or so when I arrived but there was barely anyone but Police and stewards to be seen. not even people who looked like they were in the parade until I clapped eyes on a couple of Highlanders and a fusilier and knew I must be in the right place.
Many salutations followed and people trying to sort out their backpacks, stow gunbags and balance blankets/greatcoats. Given the possible downpours I brought my greatcoat (for afterwards) which made a bigger, heavier bundle than the usual blanket and I used a handkerchief to further try and keep it in the right place and not sag untidily, and it seemed to work quiet well.
We were off! Drums beat, bugles sounded, bagpipes parbleblaabled. All set in formations we naturally were given the order to stand down for about twenty minutes.
Then away at a surprisingly thrifty pace and we were soon in the thick of it, a good turn out of people, cheering and occasionally booing and flag waving! occasionally with French ones but this may have purely been due to random flags being handed out by some company or other. Union flags and whistles could be bought from one of the many street traders before the police made them clear off.
There was much singing, mainly inspired by a young Dutch chap amongst us from the 85th who has a lovely singing voice, Jaunty Alloette being the most popular as more of us could actually remember or pick up the words, although the onion song got a few renditions.
I have tried learning songs but can only ever remember the chouus, I think being in French and often at a slightly odd metre makes them hard to remember.. plus a song in English presents visual reminders to what comes next.. if you think of 'The grand old Duke of York..' you tend to see his ten thousand men being marched up to the top of a hill, and down again... and rhyming with it.
Then there were the hearty 'VIVE L'EMPOREUR!'s generally given three times everytime a particularly crowded stretch was passed. We certainly made more noise than the British and think this gave as a nice gallic swagger. Apparently John Snow said he liked us best.
That swagger did sag a little it must be said as we approached the half way mark, the songs went quiet and the Vives were fewer and far between. The straps of my pack were biting somewhat but I managed to bash the back of my shoe back on when someone stepped on it, no one fell out during the march which was all good. The half way break was much welcome, and many a Japanese tourist politely bustled up and asked very politely for a photo with us.
Is that the Prussians? Grouchy isn't answering!
Again it was form up and wait. Then we were off again, roughly back to where we had started, and once more with some songs. As said there were occasional groups of boo-ers who were usually met by a counter cheer or vive L'France from us although I did find myself pondering the situation of being a group representing French would-be invaders in a very traditional British occasion with lots of union flags fluttering and on the eve of Rememberence Sunday. One call for a mass Vive L'France fell a bit flat as most members probably were not sure of it's appropriateness. By now my throat was getting dry again and couldn't really get a bottle of water out and the top off whilst holding my musket in position, so it had to wait.. and then without ceremony it was all over. Wisely groups were dispersed to different break up points.
Bayonets were stowed, Water taken, and the pleasant promise of going for a pint mooted. They seemed to have hidden all the pubs until we found an old tavern tucked away down a narrow predestrian side street. My crackly voice was repaired by a smooth Guiness. It's good for you you know.
It was a grand day out and the last event for the 45eme of the season. The weather held for the most part until I was literally five minutes from home. The rain and tight straps leaving two pinkish stripes on my shirt and today I have slightly stiff legs, and many good memories.
Roll on next year. Big things await.


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Dominic Calvert-Lewin will be on the hunt for more goals after ending the barren run with which he ended last season
Everton hope to build on their impressive start to the new season when newly-promoted West Bromwich Albion visit Goodison Park for the Saturday lunchtime kick-off in the Premier League.
The Toffees followed up their stirring 1-0 win at Tottenham with a comfortable victory in the second round of the Carabao Cup, although the triumph over Salford City was achieved with just two the starters from the weekend.
Michael Keane marshalled the defence with authority and grabbed the opening goal while Lucas Digne was required to step off the bench to replace Jarrad Branthwaite when the young centre-half was forced off with an injury after just 24 minutes.
Both players will be back in the side for the visit of the Baggies, with Carlo Ancelotti expected to restore the entire XI that started against Spurs. That would mean home debuts for Allan, Abdoulaye Doucouré and James Rodriguez, all three of whom will have had the benefit of an extra week training with their new team-mates.
Not that there was any hint of unfamiliarity about Everton in North London on Sunday. Ancelotti's men put on a performance of pleasing cohesion and effectiveness and the Italian will be looking for more of the same this weekend.
In terms of formation, it will surely be a case of "same again", with James playing down the right, Allan sitting in front of the back four and Doucouré supporting André Gomes in a more dynamic, box-to-box role.
It is unclear whether Fabian Delph or Alex Iwobi, both of whom have been missing since pre-season with suspected soft-tissue injuries, will be passed fit to take spots on the bench but Branthwaite's injury means that Lewis Gibson will likely be called into the squad as defensive cover.
West Brom had a chastening re-introduction to the top flight after a two-year absence when they met Leicester for a Midlands derby at the Hawthorns on Sunday. A 3-0 defeat, by way of a debut goal for Timothy Castagne and a brace of penalties by Jamie Vardy underlined, perhaps, the struggle that the Baggies will have to stay up this season.
A general lack of cutting edge up front is something Slaven Bilic is hoping to rectify before the transfer window closes next month and although he has just added Conor Gallagher on loan from Chelsea (it's not clear whether he will be eligible for this weekend) and veteran Branislav Ivanovic, who won't be ready to play just yet.
Nevertheless, Bilic does have players capable of producing in attack. All three of his new permanent acquisitions, Matheus Pereira, Callum Robinson and Grady Diangana, caused Leicester some problems before the Foxes eventually ran away with it but the Croatian will no doubt return to Goodison charging his players with generally being disciplined and hard to break down.
Those are the kinds of teams that Everton have had problems breaking down in the past but the hope and expectation is that this new-look Toffees side will have the guile and creativity to prise open even the most stubborn of defences. In that regard, it will certainly be an early test of the Blues' new line-up but one which Ancelotti will be confident the players can pass if they perform the same way they did at Spurs.
Kick-off: 12:30pm, Saturday 19 September 2020
Referee: Mike Dean
VAR: Simon Hooper
Last Time: Everton 1 - 1 West Bromwich Albion
Predicted Line-up: Pickford, Coleman, Keane, Mina, Digne, Allan, Doucouré, Gomes, Rodriguez, Richarlison, Calvert-Lewin
Reader Comments (144)
I didn't realize Ivanovic signed for West Brom. I guess that dream is dead (yes, I'm being sarcastic).
Paul Kernot
I feel like I did just before a second date with a girl I really liked when I was a kid. The 1st one went better than I'd imagined & I'm thinking this could be the one but trying not to get carried away this early on.
Paul we can but dream that this is our time.
Paul - she was the one... right?
All out smash them!
Run riot and really make a statement of intent. It was fixtures against promoted teams that generated some of the worst results last season.
Dave #4. She certainly was mate. That was 33 years ago. She's a Kiwi so I now live in NZ.
Ajay Gopal
Can't disagree with your preview and team prediction, LL. If things are going alright with about 15-20 mins to go, would like to see Nkounkou given an introduction (and rest Digne), Gordon as well, and another opportunity for Kean to show what he can do.
I suppose it's easy to carried away after such a good start, but when you look at our fixtures up to when we play THEM, they are all winnable games.
I must admit to also getting carried along on that wave of euphoria and expectation, but this time it DOES feel different.
We have a Manager that hitherto we could only have dreamt about, and 3 outstanding players, 2 of whom, would never have considered us, had Carlo not been there. A win tomorrow will see us at the top of the, albeit early League Table, maybe that will just spur us on even further to stay there.
COYB
Martin Nicholls
Derek - a win at Villa last season would also have put us top of the early league table and look what happened! No deja vu I hope!
Geoff Lambert
I hope we can get a striker in before the window closes. We are very light in that department.
Would love to see a massive win here but this is Everton, hope for the best prepare for the worst. 5-0 should see us sitting pretty at the top of the table for the weekend. COYB
Martin@9, don't remind me, lol, we do have a propensity for making the achievable difficult, but as I said before, I do honestly believe it is different this time. We have a decent first eleven and a few good back-ups, and above all a decent Manager who abhors mediocrity.
Geoff@10, yes, I share your wish, but to get more than a striker on board, early doors and two games and a pre-season, have seen 2 CB's injured already.
We are dangerously thin on the ground in that department as it is, and when you think the unthinkable, should (God forbid) any of our new stars suffer similar, do we have like for like?
Of course as it has been mentioned numerous times, I think Carlo knows who he wants and who he wants to get rid of, but because of the profligacy of his predecessors, an almost Herculean Task!
John Keating
Same as last week, change nothing
The same team as against Spurs if possible. The same commitment and may be even more goals. Let those who let us down last season look on and seen what it means to the fans to have a full team wanting to win without shirkers.
I think we will be far too strong for the Albion. I am not getting ahead of myself but I expect Richarlison to put away similar chances that he missed last week and in this game I expect him to have plenty.
The last time I remember our opening 2 games being against Spurs and West Brom was 84-85, the season we stepped out of the shadows despite losing them both. It's definitely time for a change in our fortunes.
Must be one of those very rare occasions in recent times where there's not likely to be much debate about the line up. Same again please...
Consistency, consistency, consistency.
One step forward, two steps back. This has been the story's of Everton for far too many years, now is the time to put that to bed. We have the players, the manager, the DoF and Owner. We have the momentum now to give us the consistency we crave. We need the Tottenham performance now each week , like clockwork.
We have signed three brilliant players all complimenting each other and all have slotted into their roles to perfection with no issues whatsoever. We have good squad depth (apart from a Tomori or similar CB signing and definitely a striker/forward if Kean is off to Italy)
All this leads to a flood of optimism that we can play to a higher level consistently and really compete for the top 6 positions.
Trevor Peers
There should be a massive improvement in terms of entertainment, James is a great addition and a genuinely exciting talent. Of course the squad is still a bit thin in attack and defence and hopefully that will be addressed either in this or future transfer windows.
We now have more grit in midfield with Allan and Doucoure, generally the midfield is looking solid with lots of options on the bench, that should be enough to ensure we win this game comfortably.
Dennis Stevens
I expect the same XI to start but wonder whether Carlo will tweak the formation to reflect the fact that WBA will be much more on the back foot. Perhaps Richarlison pushed up with DCL, & James at the point of a midfield diamond?
Bobby Mallon
This is Everton guys and West Brom are away from home so will be sitting very deep. We will have to bide our time and I'm glad there won't be fans just yet. Hopefully with with Rodríguez guile we can open them up score 1st and entice them out. If so I think 3.0 again if not it will be a long afternoon
olalekan taofik
Expectedly, you don't change a winning 11, so our coach, Ancolleti, should field the side that beat the Spurs side against the WBA tomorrow.
I am expecting a scoreline in region of 4-0,(it is achievable),anything short of the scoreline is not good for me.
We need to be ruthless and take 100% of our chances.
Goals,Goals and Goals is the name of game,goals will surely count at the end of the season.
COYB.
Am reaching you all from LAGOS,NIGERIA.
I have been a BLUE since 2002, when Joseph Yobo join the team.
Good day all.
Rennie Smith
I agree with many posts that the Albion will defend for a draw, so expect a long match of trying to pick the lock and not as many goals as some are hoping for. That's not being negative, it doesn't matter how good a team you are if they've parked the bus, tactics-truck and ice-cream van in front of the goal it's really hard to breakdown.
Nice to see big Slav back at Goodison. He was only there a couple of years and we didn't see too much of him due to injuries and suspensions but I always remember him being a decent CB when he turned out.
Welcome Olalekan, you made the right choice to be a blue.
Kevin Molloy
you have to admire Slaven's sheer drive to play. AFter 18 months out injured at Everton, somehow he roused himself and played every game for Croatia through to the semi final of the World Cup. I knew then that we had something special on our hands.
Michael Low
olalekan, welcome to Everton! I would relish a 4-0 score line, however, I would take a 1-0 win as long as we get the 3 points.
Yes, Olalekan, Clive is right. Welcome, good to see posters from other Countries, keep it going, it is always appreciated both in good times and also the bad, of which I hope are a thing of the past.
Tony Hill
Nice one Olalekan. Goals indeed please.
Tommy Carter
Tomorrow we will see a different kind of test and one that we will frequently come across this season.
Team sitting deep against us. Let's face it, West Brom will be delighted with a point. We all know that.
But Everton often fall into the trap of being sucker punched by teams like this. And not only fail to win the game but find a way to lose it.
I'm hoping that with the additional guile that would should have in the side then we can be more creative and decisive where it matters.
It's a simple as the midfield and defence winning their individual battles. Throughout the game and especially at set pieces. We do that, then our quality should get us the 3 points
Need an early goal in this one so WBA can't sit back and soak up the pressure!
My optimism feels different this year!
Robert Tressell
Hi Olalekan. I'd like 4 nil too. I hope you are right!
It will be a very different game to spurs away. WBA will presumably play very deep and hope to get a nil nil or pinch a goal. They have possibly the weakest first 11 in the Prem.
It will be up to Rodriguez to unlock them with good movement from Richarlison and DCL.
The only change I might suggest is that we go more 442 (ish) with Gordon playing wide (ish) left instead of having Gomes in a central trio.
This gives us more attacking threat / movement at least. But maybe something for the 2nd half.
Brent Stephens
Olalekan, welcome to ToffeeWeb. I hope you're a lucky mascot and we do score 4.
Off subject, but our badge and the heritage it displays is far better than theirs. Or most other clubs come to that.
@29 Stephen
Agreed. That would be ideal.
Glad the crowd isn't there in some ways though. We've been 0-0 or 0-1 down at half time against sides like this and I've witnessed our team being booed of the pitch.
A lot of fellow blues need to realise that football is a 90mins game and what matters is the result at the end of those 90 mins. Not being 0-1 down or even 0-2 down against a poor side and turning on the players / manager.
It's a change of mentality the whole club could benefit from I believe. We love being the underdog at home but we have to treat each game and each opponent with the respect they deserve and will our team on until the final whistle.
Tony Abrahams
Been a blue since 2002, and anything less than a 4-0 win isn't good Olalekan? Seems like your made for ToffeeWeb, mate!
Patrick McFarlane
Tommy #33
I beg to differ, it's not usually the scoreline that dictates the crowd's reaction, it's how the team has performed which matters most, if they have given everything they have then the crowd will be right behind the players.
Sometimes the 'booing' is not aimed at the team, oftentimes it's aimed at the officials. During this period where fans haven't been in attendance, it doesn't seem to have affected the players too much, they continued to perform poorly at the back end of last season, and perhaps not having the crowd to gee them up had a detrimental effect on their performances?
Jamie Crowley
Speaking of fans in attendance, is the October 3rd date sticking? Or are they moving that back?
We need fans back. They're doing it here in the USA in certain places, and it really makes the games so much more enjoyable. I'm hoping the fans over there can get back in the stadiums as fast as possible.
And yes, as safe as possible before anyone chimes in. That goes without saying.
Everton have this tendency to lose games they should win. They also have this tendency to lose games that would really send a message to the rest of the footballing world that they're serious about contending.
This is one of those games. Are we typical Everton with little regard for scaring the crap out of the "big boys", or are we actually turning a corner? We'll see. We live in hope.
@ Patrick
Can only speak from my own experiences of being sat there. Lukaku and Barkley used to get it all the time.
Effort presents itself in different ways depending on the player and their qualities. Fans could and did complain that they wanted Lukaku to run more and chase stuff down more... but if you want that then you sign a different player. Jon Walters or someone.
If you want 25 goals a season, you get Rom. And I've no doubt he tried his best for our club.
If you want the chasing down and the 25 goals a season then you are then talking Suarez, Cavani, Tevez, Drogba, Tevez etc and people we could only have dreamed of signing.
I didn't say that the fans were the reason for the players performing poorly, but that the fans should stick with them until the end. Despite whether they are playing poorly or not.
Alan McGuffog
Olalekan...you've been following us long enough to know that one of our top female fans has been a young lady known as False Dawn.
One can only hope Covid has seen her off.
John Pierce
Thankfully this iteration of WBA are nowhere near as stubborn as the vintage Pulis used to roll up with. They were very lucky to get up, petering out at the end of last season, not to be pipped by Brentford.
Onto our boys, a totally different challenge to last week. We have added expectation and need to play in a different way.
The key will be to press this side high, dragging out back line up, gulp! Although in this WBA doesn't have a massive threat in behind.
I'd keep the same side save for Coleman, who was defensively sound last week but as we will have the majority of possession we need a better technician at right back. I'd pick Kenny, who is a much better crosser of the ball than Seamus.
If last week showed anything it was we can keep the ball better, three new additions excellent technicians. It will interesting to see if Doucouré's power makes the difference and how far James will wander to get the ball and try and dictate the game.
Denis Richardson
Very early doors I know but I've got WBA and Fulham as favs to go down - 3rd spot will be a surprise as I can see Leeds comfortably staying up. 3 points against a pretty poor WBA side by prem standards has got to be on the cards. 2 wins on the trot to get the season off to a great start.
Injuries aside, same 11 as Spurs for me.
Here's hoping for a win, clean sheet and no injuries.
Although the same starting 11 is a natural choice, I am very keen to see Gordon given a good few minutes rather than a late cameo role following his contribution on Wednesday. We need to broaden the goal threat and this time I can can see him hitting the back of the net rather than the woodwork.
3-0 will do nicely. James, DCL and Gordon to score.
Thank you all for sharing part of my thought @Clive,@Micheal,@Derek,@Brent,@Tony,@Allan.
One thing we need to realize is that we commit about £200M every seasons in the last four years or thereabout and no silverware, no TOP 4/6,to show for it.
We need more commitment and be resilient in front of goalpost .
To me there are only two teams in Barclay Premiership EVERTON FC and the rest.
Is on this premise we should be ruthless tomorrow and every other game days.
Nick White
Jamie #36 I doubt very much that fans will be back this side of the year, especially as Merseyside is getting tighter restrictions from Tuesday. That said, with this government and policy makers it wouldn't surprise me. Can't socialise at home with family and friends but can go to a place with 40000 people🤪
Welcome Olalekan👍
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olalekan,
Great to have you posting on ToffeeWeb.
I watched West Brom play Villa last weekend and West Brom looked the better side for most of the game but couldnt put the ball in the net.
I would hope that we are much better than Villa so anticipate a good win but we may have to be patient in breaking them down.
Nick @44 Perhaps if we organised a pre-match grouse shoot at GP everything would be good to go?
Would be the most Everton thing ever if we beat Spurs/Sky6 away then lose at home to a promoted side.
Michael Lynch
Olalekan @21 - the first game I ever went to was Everton v WBA in 1968 and we won 4-0. I'd definitely take a repeat - with a James Rodriguez hat-trick.
Nick, do WBA have a striker that hasn't scored in over a year? Lose at home to a promoted side, we have seen that before.
Pete Gunby
Daring to dream with Everton is a risky proposition and yet here we all are. My most memorable game was clinching the league at Goodison against West Brom in 1970 2-0 and a a Colin Harvey opener. I was 9, we were great and life was good. It's great to have a dream that seems possible again.
Stan Schofield
Patrick@35: Players can and do get stick from some members of the crowd when they're not playing well, even when they give their all and we're in a winning position. I've seen it many times over many years. Even Alan Ball got it when his form dropped after Mexico, and he ALWAYS gave 100%. I remember being gobsmacked at the time as a 17-year old, and remarked to my dad, who just said to me that some supporters are narks and difficult to please. He was right. Kendall was another one who got it. Ball and Kendall, dear me.
OK, I give up! It's the supporter's fault, obviously I'm oblivious to all of this whilst sitting in my seat at Goodison on a match-day for the last few decades. Now if you mean there are one or two fans who will show disdain constantly no matter what occurs on the pitch then I'd have to agree, but the insinuation was that a significant proportion of the crowd is toxic on a regular basis and I'm not agreeing with that. What happens at Goodison Park in relation to the home support is no different from what happens at most football grounds in the country every week.
Hope there's no changes from Spurs win, but I wouldn't mind seeing Gordon on the bench, I thought he was our best player in midweek.
Patrick@54: No need for drama and 'giving up', just acknowledge the fact that unfair stick takes place, and that it can be significant. That's all.
@50 Michael.
You must've m been the perfect age during the mid 80s then.
Jealous. Would love to hear some stories.
I was born before our last title win but I wasn't cognisant enough for any of the glory years unfortunately.
Welcome Olalekan, 4-0 sounds good.
Would like to see Nkounkou, Gordon and Bernard get a run out in he second half if the match has been put to bed by then. COYB, want to see us sitting top of the league, even if it's only for a few hours.
Stan #56
With all due respect, I will respond in whichever way I think fit, if you think my post was being overly dramatic, that's fine, but I did acknowledge that 'some' Everton fans do give stick to the players without just cause, but not what I would consider to be a significant proportion of the crowd.
My main gripe is with those who think that Goodison is more toxic than any other major club's supporters and somehow imply that Everton fans are to blame for Everton's lack of success.
Will be a tough game like all EPL games but several players (Gordon, Nkounkou, Kenny, Bernard) could start without significantly weakening the side. The strength of the squad will be determined by the number of players who could start if needed perhaps rather than who could come on if needed.
We should win but, if not, it's important that we learn and improve. Slowly, slowly if needs be.
Whaoh! @Micheal #50, you must be a Blue Legend.
I pray the scoreline (4-0) is repeated.
Patrick @59,
Most soccer fans are digging around in the weeds rather than looking down from the helicopter. They see instances of giving the ball away or not being able to trap a difficult pass as defining a player rather than just being a small part of their overall performance or their contribution to the overall functioning of the team.
Tom Davies is hopeless, yet the reality is that he is a top class player with caps at every England level. Pickford is hopeless despite being England's top keeper. Why do fans see it as constructive to assassinate their own club's players rather than support them?
We must also remember that we fans generally don't have the in depth knowledge of football to quantify the sometimes irrational criticism that we make. We're all entitled to make criticism but it should be rational and constructive, for some it is vendetta and therein lies the problem.
Patrick@59: Fair enough, and perhaps we differ on what we see as 'significant'. For me, it means that the stick damages a player's confidence even further than the low level it may be at when they're going through a spell of frustratingly bad form. This is a real problem, and is ultimately self-defeating, since it does nothing to help the player. What helps such a player is continued encouragement.
Even as a teenager, I've stood on the terraces and had to listen to twenty kinds of shite from so-called supporters, often causing me to think "What a total gobshite". As I say, I first experienced it with the great Alan Ball.
Welcome Olalekan. EFC has a rich history with Nigerian footballers (I assume you are Nigerian) – Yobo, Yakubu, Onyekuru, now Iwobi. I am sure I have missed out a couple more.
It would be interesting to get your opinion about Iwobi – do you think he will come good at Everton? Or is he a big mistake that the club made – as many TWers (including me at many points last season) seem to believe?
@Ajay, I am honoured to be here.
Actually, you left out Da Bull, Dan Amokachi, the hero of the 1995 FA Cup. Amokachi is now special adviser to Nigeria President on Sport.
On Iwobi, he is a good guy, but lacks defending tactics and slow in speed and sometimes lacks vision on the field. But he is intelligent and good at dribbling.
I can't say he is a wasted buy – only the last gaffer can say why he was brought here.
Des Farren
The win at Spurs and performance of the team have raised expectations. The performance midweek has, strangely, raised them further. We do not want disappointment so early on but neither should we be expecting a walk in the park against WBA. We have been here before.
Peter Reid got a lot of stick towards the end of his time at Everton, and probably because he hadn't lost his greatest quality, which was never hiding and constantly wanting the ball.
I think Tom Davies is also like this. He started well the other night but found himself drifting out of the game at times, but the kid never hides, much to the crowd's disdain, and that's why I never ever give the kid any stick.
Justin Doone
Stay grounded, stay focused, stay positive.
Paper doesn't actually play football, so forget the team sheet comparisons, I simply want the players to continue the positive start to the season with a win.
One game at a time and all that..
Well said, Tony A – quality post!
Colin Glassar
Call me bitter but I've never forgiven West Brom for robbing us in the '68 FA Cup Final (RIP, Jeff Astle).
Despite liking big Ron Atkinson's '70s side, I still don't like 'em.
Welcome to the forum. Everton have a modern tradition of signing up top Nigerian players.
The bull Amokachi was of course the first. What a tournament he had in USA 94. His goal against Greece was breathtaking and I believed we were signing a world-beater.
That he wasn't unfortunately. Perhaps the English game never suited him.
But he will always be fondly remembered for his brace in the Semi-Final that buried Tottenham. Then for another brace against a top Newcastle side to help our fight against relegation. And for me, a promising start to the 1995-96 season when it was clear Big Joe considered him a starting striker.
Fondly remembered.
@ Tony 68
A round of applause. At last a man who understands the game. Thank you for recognising this. I've banged the drum for so long. Barkley was the same, constantly showing for the ball, constantly trying to make things happen. Losing it often. Booed by their own fans.
You can steam into tackles all you like, shout and scream and run around like a lunatic. What's the margin for failure in doing that? Very wide. But it looks good (to some).
The margin for error in trying to get your team to play, showing for a ball, accepting it under pressure, looking for a forward pass. All full of risk. And those players get it in the neck at Goodison.
Stephen Vincent
Ajay #64 You forgot big Vic and I think Hope Akpan was Nigerian as well.
Paul Birmingham
Here's to a solid performance, tomorrow a victory and a bonus clean sheet if possible.
Last season such games against the promoted teams were our Achilles heel.
Hopefully the starting team, hopefully the same as Spurs, can carry on with the same level of performance.
Olalekan, welcome to ToffeeWeb and the Everton Family.👍☘
This hopefully can be a good season for EFC.
Simon Dalzell
A warm welcome Olalekan. 2-0 and 3-0 would be my bets. I say 'would' because it would almost certainly put the mockers on if I actually placed the bet. 4/7 is okay for Accas.
Tommy (73), Barkley did a lot of the things you mention, sometimes passing instead of shooting and shooting instead of passing, a bit like Richarlison. It might get on your nerves, it does mine, but I won't give him stick for it. Where I gave Ross stick was the many times he lost the ball and made half-hearted attempts to win the ball back, gave up many times in fact.
That is the one time fans give the players stick, when they are half-hearted or worse chicken-hearted and they all deserve it when they do it.
One of the worst barracking of a player I saw was when Tom Cleverley was cheered off the field when being substituted. Good, bad or indifferent I never saw that lad give less than 100%. The fans who cheered that day were well out of order.
Tony #68, Dave #70, Tommy #73, at last some sense in here relating to Tom.
I always thought he played his best games with Gana and Allan would have been ideal for him, but Doucouré arriving will limit his game time. One thing you know with Tom: always 100%.
Jamie Evans
WBA will be fired you for this one, I don't know the stats but I would guess we average 4 points or less against promoted teams from our home fixtures most seasons, might be wrong but I know we normally slip up.
Has to be the same team from Spurs, now down to the players go out and do the business.
Be great get Richarlison's campaign off with a goal and Calvert-Lewin net again.
Jerome Shields
I'm hoping this one week of training will enable more gelling to take place in movement and anticipation in the final third.
Welcome, Olalekan.
Michael #50, We always seemed to do well against the Baggies in the 60s. I remember going to a 6-2 away win the season before your 4-0. Bally got 4 and a young Alan Whittle made his debut.
There was a 5-4 at Goodison a few seasons before.
Also bit of history, there was a 3rd or 4th round FA cup tie in the early 70s it was the first FA Cup tie to be broadcast on a Sunday. As a protest, WBA fans sang 'The Lord's my Shepherd' as a protest and it has been a Baggies song ever since. One of the seat covers in the stands last week reminded me.
@77 Dave
Interesting. I figured that with Ross it simply wasn't in his nature to be the aggressor. Whether this be going to win the ball or pressing / closing down.
In that event I often saw him attempting to do this but look really poor at doing it.
I get the impression some people think it is easy to be physical and chase like a lunatic on a football pitch.
But the majority of players are finely tuned athletes. Quick as lightning, tonnes of stamina and about 7 percent body fat.
Margins are fine. And for all of ross' natural ability, he's a big guy and I wouldn't say blessed with stamina.
Gana going about a game at 70% effort would probably cover a hell of a lot more ground than Ross at 100%.
What Ross was blessed with were two excellent feet, a thunderbolt in each. And the ability to inject huge but short bursts of power into a transition, often dribbling it through himself. Unique talent, undoubtably you have to play to his strengths but when we brought him through for nothing with hardly two pennies to rub together I felt that's what we should've done. And the fans should not have booed him.
Phil (Kelsall) Roberts
Stephen#81 - yes I remember the 6-2 win at Hawthorns, but remember even more the disappointment a few weeks later when we lost in the Cup Final.
Still blame the yellow and blue kit.
Hugh Jenkins
Hi Olalekan
Welcome to the site.
Since you have been "Blue" since 2002 hopefully for you (and the rest of us) Everton can deliver some silverware this season, to mark the occasion of your "18th" season.
Has anyone seen an update on Branthwaite's injury?
Ray Roche
Hugh, I think the report I saw said three to five weeks out.
Jamie #79
Want the answer?
19/20 = home 1pt - away 7pts
18/19 = home 6pts - away 4pts
Phil #83, I don't remember too much about the final. My Dad wouldn't let me go, he'd caught me smoking on the Thursday before the game. I had a proper sulk on. Never had a fag since.
But you are right about those shirts!
Paul Armstrong
Phil 87
Did we work together once??
Ray Said
Tommy (82) you make some good points and I always recall Ross saying his best position was centre forward and, as you point out in your post, he had a lot of the natural attributes to have played that role with some success.
Paul - I was at Unilever from 1973 until 2011. Port Sunlight, Kingston, Blackfriars, Watford, Leeds, Burgess Hill and Stork.
Is that a yes or a no?
It is a no! I knew a lawyer with the same name! Kind regards.
Ray 986) - thanks for that. Any diagnosis given - or just a time line for his return?
Tommy (82), yes Tommy I agree, Ross had many attributes to his game and like all Bluenoses I wanted him to succeed, but Tommy you don't have to run around the field like a lunatic, it's about using your nous and cutting the angles down to win the ball back. Kevin Sheedy was accused of being a bottler, he wasn't, he just pressed the man, let him know he was there and often forced his opponent to pass the ball back, Ross didn't know how to do this, often getting on the wrong side of his man to even make a tackle.
In a nutshell Tommy, as a famous ex Everton player commented, Ross didn't and hasn't got a football brain but can still do great things on the field, witness his fabulous run and goal versus Liverpool last season in the league cup while possibly being the worst player on the field.
Ross will make absolutely Brewsters out of football and good luck to the lad, he could possibly have done a lot more with his career and the talent he had, but hasn't really improved to any degree over the last four or five seasons and it is debatable he ever will.
Hugh, a report today (Echo, I think) had it as ankle ligaments.
Tony #68,
Absolutely correct, as you say, he still doesn't hide, neither did Ross.
Mike Corcoran
I'd like to see Gordon have a half from Gomes tomorrow, he was excellent on Wednesday.
Jay Wood
[BRZ]
Looks like Jonjoe Kenny is well out of Schalke this season.
Opening night fixtures in the Bundesliga:
Bayern Munich 8 Schalke 0. Ouch!
Have to go back to January 17 apparently since Schalke's last win. Manager David Wagner must be hanging on by a thread.
Peter Mills
If we can play fairly well and win, it will be a great start to the season.
100 Posted 18/09/2020 at 22:51:04
Don't forget they are now without Kenny and McKennie who were two of their best players last season.
Jay, I remarked early on last season to our 'Merican Toffees when watching Kenny for Schalke that I liked the look of McKennie and asked for info on him because I wasn't familiar with the player.
He's certainly done well for himself, signing for Pirlo at Juventus.
All good with you healthwise, I hope, Jay..?
Will (95) – Thanks for that. Is it my imagination – or are our players more susceptible to this type of injury than others?
It seems so.
Dave #94
A few years ago, one of the England coaches was discussing Barkley and commented that, although he had great natural skill, he was difficult to coach. In other words, he didn't have a football brain and little stuck.
I still say about Ross, he always looked for the ball from the back, always positive, why all the abuse? Sigurdsson when he got the ball couldn't wait to get rid of it.
Raymond Fox
West Brom will have a plan to stop us playing the ball forward. In other words, man-marking our new signings.
Spurs stood back and gave us space to play in the last match, I don't expect the same tomorrow.
I still think we will win, I'm expecting us to have too much class. A home win by two goals.
Lyndon, I've just read your match report from the last time these two teams met in 2018. Wow! What a transformation we've gone through. From Allardyce, Vlasic, Niasse and the debut of Walcott, scraping the barrel to find enough points to stay up and now here we are a couple of years later with a world class manager and players who we feel could very well challenge for top six or higher.
I'm feeling quietly confident that this will be one of the best seasons in a very long time. I've been following the Blues since 1965 and have seen the best and the worst. If everyone can stay healthy I'm hoping this will be one season to remember fondly. COYB
I'm much better now, Thanks for asking.
I've just been out for a meal tonight for the first time in over 6 weeks, having got my second negative test this week.
I hope things are still good with the family and you are all staying safe and well.
And let's hope we have even more to celebrate this time tomorrow.
Tony @ 68, spot on.
Tom Davies always shows for the ball, attempts to make a progressive pass and tracks back. That makes him highly visible when he has a bad game.
But give me that over Sigurdsson or Schneiderlin. Playing lateral or back passes, pointing to players like Tom or Antony Gordon where they should be, but positioning themselves so that they are rarely the go to ball. Give me Tom every day of the week.
Steve and Tony - right on. One of the frustrations of watching on TV is that you can't spot the hiding, failure to track or failure to make the necessary runs.
Hey Olalekan, welcome! Yobo was one of my favourite players, so classy and calm, had pace too. I wonder if Yobo in his pomp would get into this current side?
Anyway, I love hearing from the international blues and gaining different perspectives and as a relative newcomer to the site myself it's nice to see people who have perhaps "hovered over the keyboard" for a long time, take the plunge and offer their views on ToffeeWeb.
Any current Nigerian players you would like to see in blue this season?
Steve@110. if anyone can, Olalekan! :-)
David Ellis @ 109 get a bigger TV 😂
Jay Evans
Come on you blues !!!!
Top of the pops before 3 bells surely ?
Then again this is Everton but maybe, just maybe, not as we know them.
At them from the start, just like at Spurs and we can do it. If only we could be there to see it in person and roar them on. Hopefully won't be much longer now.
'so get your coat on, and get moving, cos we don't know the meaning of losing'
Full support blues.
Onward Evertonians 💙
Hope we here some positive vibes from across the Mersey Today.
Geoff, Why, are Tranmere playing? :-)
"The Prince" will score today - screamer into the bottom left hand corner the two assists - one for Richarlison and one for Calvert-Lewin. !!! Up the Blues
Derek. do you not frequent the live forum?
If not I understand your confusion.
You have got to be taken aback at the non-stop media attention Gareth Bale's transfer is getting from the BBC .
Also, BBC News had repeating bulletins of a skywalk from their stadium yesterday, all this follows the 0.5% BoE £175m loan to them (not for transfers or players wages). Are they becoming state sponsored?, the Real Madrid of the UK?
A couple of weeks ago when James Rodriguez signed for Everton the BBC didn't even mention it at all on their sports bulletin. Like it never happened.
I believe the competition some clubs face to progress is not just a football one. There is powerful influence at work within the establishment on the preferential treatment certain clubs get and obstructions put in front of others.
Brian Murray
Tony. I can live with media frenzy for Spurs. The reason I cancelled Sky and barely watch MotD is a bit closer to home!!
Tony@118: Nothing surprising there, particularly with the BBC News, which has been dreadful for a long time and getting even worse. Some people might tell me that it's better than such-and-such news organisation in some far-off oppressive country, but that's not much of an argument in its favour. Best thing to do is ignore all the nonesense, and do your own searching for the truth where possible, which is arguably easier these days because of the infinite library called the internet which is useful when used with good judgement.
MOTD is just another example of the drivel the BBC pumps out. The best thing Everton can do is just focus on winning games.
Just read Ancelloti's programme notes Stan, and I think he understands that very poignant last sentence better than anyone mate!
I'll be watching this one on TV but also listening to the radio so I'll know what happens next!
The TV is always at least two minutes behind the radio but for the Salford game it was a whopping four and a half minutes.
Even radios differ; my 1952 Bush valve radio is usually 30 seconds + ahead of the modern Roberts DAB.
Tony@118, spot on there mate with Spurs, who else gets a BoE loan for that amount at low interest? (especially Football Clubs) I also heard that they had to pay it back by April next year, now whether the Covid situation has extended that I don't know.
Behind closed doors will be no different for them as all Clubs so Revenue is at an all time low, in terms of Gate Money and Stadium Revenue through sales etc. How do they pay it back, and are seemingly allowed to go deeper in debt with Bale's massive wages (even paying 40/50%?
Stan@120, again spot on there, we have never been a Media darling and I don't think I would like us to be either. Like you say let us continue to go under the radar and let the Football do the talking, in other words F*** em All, The Long and The Short and The Tall! :-)
Eddie Dunn
Tony & Stan, cast your minds back to our title-winning season of 84-5. The media hardly gave us a second look until after Christmas and it took ages before the pundits really noticed how good we were. Of course in those days the most people would see was either live or highlights on MOTD.
You could go under the radar as, like nowadays, the radio usually covered Liverpool or Man U.
The love-in with our neighbours was, if anything, even more obvious, especially as they were winning everything.
Even in the aftermath of our good win at Spurs not enough was said about us, instead the "story" was about Mourinho.
Now it is about Bale.
Today the BBC sports page is all about Jota going to Anfield for 45 million. And my mates were teasing me that we were spending lots of money.
A good player, with bags of skill but in the current market that is a lot to pay.
But it is for those wonderful reds and that lovable chappy Herr Klopp.
Cosmic waves Derek, Haha my bad. (from George)
Brian Harrison
Today will be quite different from last week were Spurs tried to attack as we did, but after their defeat at home last week Bilic will have WBA sitting deep and defending for their lives. So plenty of patience needed as well as concentration for when they get a dead ball situation or a sporadic attack. A win today although expected will boost still further our confidence gained from last week.
I think a really good start is imperative as if you start with a couple of losses you are always playing catch up, which is never easy in this league. I always think the first 10 games is usually a good indicator of how the season will pan out.
With Carlo saying apart from Branthwaite and Holgate everybody is fit then we will start with the same team as last week, again if you start well and can keep free of injury it all helps. I see the papers are still saying that Juventus would like to take Kean back, I think the next few weeks before the window closes will be interesting to see what happens. I suppose the dilemma is Kean is very young so do you keep him and hope he settles down and becomes a player, or do you cash in your chips and sell hi back to Juventus, as if he stays and doesnt impress, then his value will be halved by the end of the season.
Geoff, hope George is both on the mend, and has been able to watch the new-look Blues, wherever he is. Has anyone any updates/news on him?
Meant to mention too, I will miss the Live Forum today, because I am going to the pub today later, and their wi-fi is crap so can't hook up through my Tablet. So apologies to all the regulars, love the banter, and the fish puns, all good soles on there! :-)
Eddie@124: That's when I first noticed an apparent bias. I recall being taken aback when watching the FA Cup final against Utd, by the apparent keeness of the commentators for us to lose, and they seemed quite pleased when we did and just missed out on a treble.
Phil(K)R#83 & Stephen Vincent#88 - both teams wore a change kit in that game (WBA in all white) yet their normal kits would not have clashed. Anyone got any idea why? This was one of the first Cup Finals televised in colour - did that have anything to do with it?
Interesting point about that game (which I've not checked!) is that I believe it is the last FA Cup Final in which neither team wore a blue of red shirt - 52 years ago!
Apologies for duplication!
We've made three great signings, but it would be churlish not to acknowledge Klopp's transfer business. Thiago and Jota are perfect for them, the bastards, and classic old-school RS purchases at just the right time to bolster the squad. I think they've just made themselves clear favourites to retain the title. Hopefully we have put ourselves in a position to really challenge for a top 6 place - especially as Wolves and Leicester are both weakened.
Derek #128
I talked to George last week (via email) about the new signings. He'd been in intensive care for four weeks, after an infection, but said he was recovering well in a side ward.
Darren Hind
I will watch today's game with a different perspective.
I've Just discovered Pat Smullen finally lost his fight against pancreatic cancer this week. What a desperately sad time for Irish sport. In fact what a desperately sad time for world sport. A true great.
The word 'legend' is thrown about like confetti these days, but here's a competitor who deserved the mantle. The tributes paid to him by his peers say just about everything you need to know about this man.
RIP, Pat Smullen, Champion.
I have just done a Live Transmission on The Dark House Blues from my hospital bed saying how strange it is not getting ready to go to TDH and then the game:
" I dreamed a dream that made me sad
Concerning myself and the first few friends I had.
I wish, I wish, I wish in vain
That we could sit simply in that room again
Ten thousand dollars at the drop of a hat
And I'd give it all gladly if our lives could be like that"
There is nothing like going the match. For me, walking along Scotland Road and Smith Street up to Westminster Road - memories of the baths, The Grosvenor and Astoria Cinemas, chippies and churches, mates, conversation - especially today when we all want to talk about the news season, new players, new optimism, hope ( and hopefully) glory" :
"Take me back, there, take me way back there
Take me back, take me back, take me back
Take me way, way, way back, way back
To when, when I understood
When I understood the light, when I understood the light
In the golden afternoon, in the golden afternoon
In the golden afternoon when we sat and listened to Sonny Boy blow"
I love the whole feel of Saturday football - the whole day from when I get up to going to bed is Everton - getting ready in the morning until falling asleep on the couch trying to watch MOTD but knowing every week you will watch it on Sunday morning:
"I'm puttin' on my top hat
Tyin' up my white tie
Brushin' off my tails
I'm dudin' up my shirt front
Puttin' in the shirt studs
Polishin' my nails
I'm steppin' out, my dear
To breathe an atmosphere
That simply reeks with class
And I trust that you'll excuse my dust
When I step on the gas
For I'll be there
Puttin' down my top hat
Mussin' up my white tie
Dancin' in my tails"
My heart and soul is full of Everton and Evertonians. Is bursting with Evertonskism.
On my arm now and for the past 5 weeks I have a direct line to my heart where they pump antibiotics 5 times a day - the link from the drip to my arm is Blue (honestly). It is keeping me alive - Blue Blood through and through:
"You may see me struggle,
but you won't see me fall.
Regardless if I'm weak or not,
I'm going to stand tall.
Everyone says life is easy,
but truly living it is not.
Times get hard,
people struggle
and constantly get put on the spot.
I'm going to wear the biggest smile,
even though I want to cry.
I'm going to fight to live,
even though I'm destined to die.
And even though it's hard
and I may struggle through it all,
you may see me struggle...
but you will NEVER see me fall."
I will have to go soon - "medication time" - and need to charge up my iPad so I can watch the game - let's take a few seconds here - just a few - and give each other a thoughts - a "posso" wave - think how much we miss our football friends and our football - and know that soon we will be back together and watching The Blues.
From here in hospital, I send Cosmic Bluetiful Waves, out of the window in my isolation ward, over Bidston Hill, across The River and up into the astral to reach all you World Wide Blues:
"Earth has not any thing to show more fair:
Dull would he be of soul who could pass by
A sight so touching in its majesty:
This City now doth, like a garment, wear
The beauty of the morning; silent, bare,
Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie
Open unto the fields, and to the sky;
All bright and glittering in the smokeless air.
Never did sun more beautifully steep
In his first splendour, valley, rock, or hill;
Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep!
The river glideth at his own sweet will:
Dear God! the very houses seem asleep;
And all that mighty heart is lying still!"
Sent with cosmic grooves with a firm handshake from your friend - George - Up The Blues.
Great post George and glad to see you're getting back in the groove. Stay safe George and get well soon. COYB
George is back, 4-0 guaranteed.
Agree Mike. The "McKane Affect" will take place.
3 points for sure.
Derek 128, who will I have to moan about Iwobi with now? WBA will make this tough. 2-0 to Everton
Paul Baxter
Darren #136, only 43 as well, sad day...
Concerned no centre-back on the bench. Have to add one to the squad next week.
Nervous but excited at the same time! UTT.
George, You may be laid up in hospital but your poetry and love for Everton are fighting fit.
Wishing you all the best on your recovery, firm handshake returned with a wheelbarrow load of bluetiful cosmic grooves.
Darren 136, Well said, Goodbye and RIP to Pat Smullen, a class act.
Olalekan, welcome to Everton! George, nice post, hope you're feeling better after the win! Sending warm wishes to you from across the pond (a Blue since 1965).
Everton v Sheffield Wednesday, Sun 24th January KO 8pm
"Watch Classic Matches Again"


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Multiliteracies in Malaysia
Fariza Puteh-Behak, Noor Saazai Mat Saad, and Mohd Muzhafar Idrus
Globalization and the advent of technology have caused a major shift in work culture and personal lives in the 21st century, and consequently has shifted the emphasis and direction of the teaching and learning domain. Researchers and educators in The New London Group introduced the concept of multiliteracies in 1994. This approach takes into account the diversity of linguistic, communicative, and technological dimensions into classroom practice. In Malaysia, the integration of this approach resulted in educational reform and the introduction of the Malaysian Education Blueprint 2013–2025 for Preschool and Post-Secondary Education, Malaysian Education Blueprint 2015–2025 for Higher Education, and a National e-Learning Policy. These policies focus on the enhancement of information and communication technology in Malaysia in terms of facilities, management, and ways of learning. Multiliteracies pedagogy is thriving in the Malaysian academic landscape.
Multiliteracies in Classrooms
Robyn Seglem and Antero Garcia
Multiliteracies were first conceptualized in 1994 by the New London Group (NLG), a group of global scholars who specialized in different aspects of literacy instruction including classroom discourse, multilingual teaching and learning, new technologies, critical discourse and literacy, linguistics, cultural and social educations, semiotics, and visual literacy. Published in 1996, the NLG focused on equalizing the power dynamics within education by moving away from traditional print-based literacies that privilege the cultural majority who hold the most wealth and power in the world. Their work seeks to elevate those who are traditionally marginalized by embracing literacies that leverage multiple languages, discourses, and texts. Multiliteracies have been widely adopted, expanded upon, and contested in academia, but classroom teachers have been much slower in adopting them. Although systems of accountability and standardization contribute to a slow adoption of multiliteracies practices, teachers have found ways to integrate multiliteracies into instruction. In doing so, students are provided with more linguistic capital and a deeper understanding of how meaning is made across multiple contexts.
Critical Literacy
Vivian Maria Vasquez
Changing student demographics, globalization, and flows of people resulting in classrooms where students have variable linguistic repertoire, in combination with new technologies, has resulted in new definitions of what it means to be literate and how to teach literacy. Today, more than ever, we need frameworks for literacy teaching and learning that can withstand such shifting conditions across time, space, place, and circumstance, and thrive in challenging conditions. Critical literacy is a theoretical and practical framework that can readily take on such challenges creating spaces for literacy work that can contribute to creating a more critically informed and just world. It begins with the roots of critical literacy and the Frankfurt School from the 1920s along with the work of Paulo Freire in the late 1940s (McLaren, 1999; Morrell, 2008) and ends with new directions in the field of critical literacy including finding new ways to engage with multimodalities and new technologies, engaging with spatiality- and place-based pedagogies, and working across the curriculum in the content areas in multilingual settings. Theoretical orientations and critical literacy practices are used around the globe along with models that have been adopted in various state jurisdictions such as Ontario, in Canada, and Queensland, in Australia.


China-U.S. Trade War: Protectionism or Common Sense?
Anya Parampil is joined by former U.S. diplomat, Jim Jatras, to discuss what is fueling Trump's trade war with China, and whether or not U.S. workers benefit.
U.S. Government Spying on RT?


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Today's round-up of news related to Aylesbury town centre includes updates on the High Street and the market.
The area of Aylesbury High Street which was closed due to a building being unsafe is due to be re-opened tonight (Tuesday).
Transport for Bucks tweeted: "High Street is set to reopen tonight now that the structure has been deemed safe."
The structure in question was the building at 112 High Street, where Aylesbury Vale District Council intervened to stop demolition works which made part of a building unstable.
Meanwhile, although Aylesbury market will open as normal tomorrow (Wednesday) no stalls will be put up due to predicted high winds, with gusts of more than 40mph forecast.
A statement from Aylesbury Vale District Council said: "Unfortunately high wind gusts (+40mph) are again predicted for tomorrow.
"It's with great reluctance that we're advising no stalls to be erected for tomorrow's Aylesbury market as the predicted wind gusts exceed the safety limits advised by the manufacturers."
No stalls will be erected at the market in Winslow, which runs simultaneously.


The economy has seen some significant changes this fall. The bankruptcy of Sears Holdings reflected the end of an era in retail, as Sears and Kmart both closed stores. And this past week, General Motors, another staple of the American economy, advertised that it was laying off 14,000 workers and shutting down five plants. GM will stop producing six models, including the Chevrolet Impala.
While the Sears shutdown could be explained by the success Amazon.com has had replacing stores with its online shopping feature -- following the demise of local retail stores that had accelerated courtesy of WalMart -- this theory alone hardly explains the GM layoffs.
Clearly, what caused the layoffs and the shut-downs is the expectation that self-driving autonomous cars are imminent.
Such technological change is an enormous opportunity for entrepreneurs, who are both the instigators of change through innovation and the players positioned to take advantage of it, as opposed to America's slow-moving giants like GM and Sears. Still, if you're one of those entrepreneurs, there is no need to wait for the eventual upheaval that the mass adoption of self-driving cars will cause.
1. Become a part of the emerging transportation manufacturing ecosystem.
From Tesla to Uber and Volvo, many companies agree that self-driving cars are the future. And those cars might even be flying. GM's own transformation will position the company for the self-driving future, and push this process, already under way, one step further.
While nobody knows who will be first to market or what the personal transportation systems of the future will look like, there are plenty of opportunities to supply specialized services to these companies -- whether that means software to support production or create the driving algorithms themelves; new materials-development and testing; battery technology or sensors; and even ethical decision-making procedures. All of these opportunities -- and many more -- are market niches that promise business opportunities for new or existing startups.
2. Partner with GM to source its manufacturing.
Before self-driving cars have replaced today's automobile manufacturing, startups can facilitate the natural lifecycle of the mature industry. As I explain in The Problem of Production, new innovations require highly integrated business. But with time, individual businesses will be able to focus more narrowly on their core value-creation expertise by outsourcing functions that were originally parts of GM.
Automobile manufacturing, after all, is a very mature business. The car we buy from a dealer is the result of a vast network of thousands of companies working closely together. GM's transformation will speed up this disintegration process and decentralize automobile manufacturing, increasing these sub-companies' ability to quickly adapt and respond to change (agility). This, in turn, will mean they'll be looking to outsource more functions. As an entrepreneur, you can do business by simply taking stuff off GM's (and other companies') hands.
3. Strengthen your competency by hiring highly trained former GM workers.
While being laid off may be a personal tragedy, it doesn't mean that the person suffering this fate has no market value. It only means there is no place in the company for that competency. The people laid off by GM are highly skilled within a wide variety of skillsets. Much of their expertise is not only usable but highly valuable in other industries.
There are electricians, metal engineers, software developers, plant managers, HR experts, contract negotiators and accountants -- to name but a few of the skills GM's workers boast that are now available for hire.
This means an opportunity to strengthen your business competency by hiring highly skilled people. And these skills may even be a core competency when you're pursuing No. 2 above!
4. Revitalize your organization with experienced workers.
Skills aren't everything. Work experience brings a lot to the table too: Experienced employees stabilize the work place, create a more professional atmosphere and help identify what will not work. Also, a new and challenging job can energize both the individual and the organization.
So you may not need to worry about hiring even those GM workers who were "actively disengaged" and therefore cost their former employer dearly. Chances are they will find the new job you offer highly motivating!
Economic change means there are and will be new opportunities. But to take advantage of them, one must be able to recognize those opportunities -- which is only possible by imagining (and creating) the future. That's what GM is doing defensively, as a way of protecting the market value of its business.
Entrepreneurs should also do this offensively, by meeting the opportunities out there halfway to the future. In essence, they can do so by taking a free ride off GM's transformation.


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AP Week in Pictures: Global
Pictures of the Week-Global-Photo Gallery
People walk in a flooded St. Mark's Square in Venice, Italy, Friday, Nov. 5, 2021. After Venice suffered the second-worst flood in its history in November 2019, it was inundated with four more exceptional tides within six weeks, shocking Venetians and triggering fears about the worsening impact of climate change. (AP Photo/Luigi Costantini)
Swedish climate protection activist
Oct. 30-Nov. 5, 2021
From world leaders meeting at the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, this week to commit to taking action on global warming and the catastrophic consequences of climate change, to teenage climate activist, Greta Thunberg, protesting with thousands of participants outside, along with other activist groups, to the Atlanta Braves celebrating their World Series baseball win against the Houston Astros for the first time in 26 years, to the funeral of former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell in the Washington National Cathedral, this photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images from around the world made or published by The Associated Press.
The selection was curated by AP photo editor Pamela Hassell in New York.
Follow AP visual journalism:
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Bulls guard Lonzo Ball out 6-8 weeks after undergoing surgery on left knee
Girls Basketball: Injury-free Lauren Sloan making CSG Unicorns tick
Associated Press Videos
Are Biden's free N95 masks too little, too late?


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UEFA President Michel Platini Looks Forward To 'End Of Modern Day Slavery In Football'
Written by Staff
At The Sowetan
The practice of third parties owning a share of footballers was a modern-day form of slavery and had to stop, UEFA president Michel Platini said on Monday.
Third Party Ownership (TPO) is widespread in Brazil and Argentina and has been widely exploited by clubs in Portugal and Spain, who are largely opposed to the FIFA ban on the practice being introduced on May 1.
TPO involves a player's economic rights being owned by a third-party, such as an agent or sports management agency who may help to cover a young player's development costs, but then later benefit from a percentage of future transfer fees.
Platini, a staunch opponent of the system, was asked about it by fellow former France international Laurent Blanc, now the manager of Paris St Germain, on a UEFA video forum during the UEFA president answered questions from players and fans.
"I have put a lot of pressure on FIFA to stop third party ownership," Platini said.
"Today, it's shameful to see some players with one of their arms belonging to one person, a leg belonging to a funds pension located who knows where, and a third person owning his foot.
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Kozlov je komplex dvou hradů, tzv. horního a dolního, nalezneme je nedaleko obce Kozlov, nad obcí Olešnička. O celém komplexu je velmi málo informací. Díky archeologickému výzkumu se zjistilo, že byly obývány od konce 13. století do první poloviny 14. století. Lokalita zřejmě souvisela s krátkodobou obnovou zdejšího dolování stříbrné rudy a jeho ochranou.

Horní hrad
Horní hrad byl obehnán 7 metrů širokým mělkým příkopem. Archeologickým průzkumem zde byly objeveny základy hranolové věže o rozměrech 9 x 9 metrů. Jiné zbytky po kamenné zástavbě se nenašly. Dnes na místě věže stojí retranslační stanice.

Dolní hrad
Dolní hrad je vzdálen asi 75 metrů od horního sídla a o 20 výškových metrů níže. Jediná přístupová cesta k dolnímu hradu vedla právě přes horní hrad. Také dolní hrad byl obehnán příkopem. Do dnešních dnů se zde poměrně dobře zachovaly zbytky bočních výběžků zdi, které měli nejspíše statický význam, zpevňující obytnou budovu, vystavěnou na ostrém skalním hřbetu.

Literatura
 L. Poláček, Feudální sídla v povodí Bystřice, Nedvědičky a Bobrůvky ve světle archeologických nálezů. Pravěké a slovanské osídlení Moravy. Brno 1990, s. 418-419.
 J. Doležel, Kozlov (okr. Žďár nad Sázavou). Přehled výzkumů archeologického ústavu AVČR 1995-96. Brno 1999, s. 424.
 * H. Jurman, Bystřicko. Tišnov: SURSUM 2000 (s. 294)

Externí odkazy
 Horní kozlovský hrad na hrady.cz
 Dolní kozlovský hrady na hrady.cz

Zaniklé hrady v okrese Žďár nad Sázavou
Stavby v Bystřici nad Pernštejnem
Zříceniny hradů v okrese Žďár nad Sázavou
Hrady v Hornosvratecké vrchovině


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In Mexico, where the data center industry is growing rapidly, colocation and cloud services providers compete fiercely for market share.
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    def __init__(self):
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    def postTweet(self, userId, tweetId):
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        Compose a new tweet.
        :type userId: int
        :type tweetId: int
        :rtype: void
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        # using the time mark the order, since we need to use the heap to get the item
        # the tiimestamp could be reverse
        self.timestamp-=1
        self.tweetsmap[userId]=self.tweetsmap.get(userId,[])+[(self.timestamp,tweetId)]

    def getNewsFeed(self, userId):
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        Retrieve the 10 most recent tweet ids in the user's news feed. Each item in the news feed must be posted by users who the user followed or by the user herself. Tweets must be ordered from most recent to least recent.
        :type userId: int
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        return res

    def follow(self, followerId, followeeId):
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        :type followeeId: int
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    def unfollow(self, followerId, followeeId):
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        :type followeeId: int
        :rtype: void
        """
        if followerId in self.followersmap:
            self.followersmap[followerId].discard(followeeId)

# Your Twitter object will be instantiated and called as such:
# obj = Twitter()
# obj.postTweet(userId,tweetId)
# param_2 = obj.getNewsFeed(userId)
# obj.follow(followerId,followeeId)
# obj.unfollow(followerId,followeeId)


We made it through the Okeechobee waterway and out into the Gulf of Mexico. We continue to see cormorants, pelicans, and blue herons every day. We've seen osprey and vultures all along the way but they're much more numerous down here. Iguanas and gators are new for us though! That second picture down on the far right has a gator in it if you look closely.
The waterway felt a lot like ICW we've spent months motoring down from Virginia to Georgia, except with a lot more bugs! Our new friends include a pest I haven't dealt much after living most of my life in dry western climates - cockroaches. They're small and less indestructible compared to the ones I encountered when living in Japan, but they're still very unwelcome. We've got the boat stocked with various traps and I stay armed at all times with a wad of toilet paper to kill any of the ones I see!
We're really looking forward to a few days off around Christmas to visit my grandparents near Sarasota. Then right after we have a whole group of friends flying in for new years on the beach! Having visitors on the boat is by far the most fun part about sailing so far, so we are super excited to host a big group. We plan to use the boat as a ferry to take everyone out to a beach camp site in the Ten Thousand Islands, near Everglades National Park.