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Mourning the loss of comic book artist John Paul Leon
May 2, 2021 May 3, 2021 / Ian Casselberry
Sad news in the comic book world Sunday night as news of artist John Paul Leon's death circulated on social media.
The veteran illustrator was 49 years old and had struggled with cancer for several years, which delayed the full publication of his most recent project, the Batman: Creature of the Night mini-series. (The complete series was released in a collection last year and is now available in paperback.)
Leon's editor on Creature of the Night, Chris Conroy, announced the passing on Twitter.
Because of the long gestation period of BATMAN: CREATURE OF THE NIGHT, working with JP just might have been one of the longest professional relationships of my career. Every minute of it was a joy. I've never worked with anyone as kind, as thoughtful, as dedicated.
— Chris Conroy (@ConroyForReal) May 2, 2021
If asked to name my favorite comic book artists, I doubt Leon would be among the first to come to mind. I grew up loving George Perez, John Byrne, Frank Miller, John Romita Jr. Walt Simonson, and Alan Davis. (There are so many more.)
Yet I greatly admired Leon's work as I renewed interest in comics in the late 1990s. Eventually, if I found out he was drawing something, I tried to check it out. His artwork always grabbed me from the comic shop rack. And if I saw a cover of his, I hoped he did the interior artwork as well.
Leon had worked in comics for nearly 30 years, doing a variety of projects for Marvel and DC. He might be best known for his art on Static, one of the titles for DC's Milestone imprint which featured superheroes of color created by minority writers and artists.
But Leon worked on all of the big characters in comics, including Superman, Batman, and the X-Men. I first discovered his art on DC's reboot of Challengers of the Unknown, following a group of people who survive a plane crash and decide to investigate paranormal occurrences with the "borrowed time" on which they're living.
I was fascinated by Leon's heavy use of shadows and how he managed to fit the fantastical with an environment that looked very real, best demonstrated on the Marvel series Earth X. His linework was anything but simple, but appeared so clean on the page. Even if the black ink obscured some of the images, everything was clear. Leon's work resembled many other artists I admired, such as David Mazzucchelli, Lee Weeks, Michael Lark, and Jock.
Leon probably could've made a living in fine art or commercial illustration. But he loved comic books, he loved storytelling. If you followed his Twitter feed, he was a champion of the artform, supporting so many in the industry. He was loved and enormously popular among his colleagues.
DC Comics recently announced that and Leon and writer Tom King collaborated on a Batman/Catwoman special that will be released in July. I don't know if that will be his last published work or not. If so, that book will be even more special than it already would've been otherwise.
What a loss. The idea that we won't be getting any more work from John Paul Leon is deeply saddening. 49 years old is far too young to die.
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Jessica Biel is talking about her and Justin Timberlake's sex life for a very important reason
Marie Claire February 8, 2018 10:25 am
And we're here for it.
From the editors of InStyle US
Words by Isabel Jones
In addition to being an actress, entrepreneur, mum, and wife to one of the music industry's most prolific performers, Jessica Biel is making a name for herself as a sexual health educator.
No, the 35-year-old isn't visiting secondary school classrooms and demonstrating how to roll a condom onto a banana — the work she's doing is for sexually active adults. She's partnered with WomanCare Global to create a series of videos that aim to highlight sexual health in a light-hearted way.
On Tuesday, Biel put her knowledge into action at the 2018 Makers Conference in Los Angeles, where she participated in an enlightening panel discussion alongside Evofem Biosciences CEO and Executive Director Saundra Pelletier.
Discussing her personal experiences, Biel explained how she's applied WCG's lessons to her own sex life with husband Justin Timberlake.
'I feel more confident to just tell the truth,' she revealed during the panel discussion. 'I feel confident to say "You know what? I'm not feeling it," or "This doesn't feel good," or "I like this," and I think that takes a long time.'
Discussing the program's directive, the Sinner star explained, 'We'd like to help you feel better internally. When women are empowered, we feel confident, and we understand ourselves, we feel like we have control over our bodies and our lives—it permeates the community, it permeates the country, the world, economically it changes things … That's a fact.'
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Interview with A Bug Wizard: Kazim Gulamali
By Jennifer Shahade
Although there is no over-the-board bughouse ratings, whenever you ask a bug afficionado about the top players, Kazim Gulamali's name comes up immediately. He even co-hosted a YouTube series on the variant. The Senior Master from Georgia talks to CLO about bug strategy, how it can help your "real game" and other variants.
Kazim Gulamali, Photo Fun Fong
Jennifer Shahade (JS)- What kind of skills does bughouse require that chess doesn't?
Kazim Gulamali (KG)- Coordination with your partner. You have to see further ahead but also look on both boards. Intuition is a really key part, knowing when to sack and when to defend and when to tell your partner to stop moving so if you're being attacked you can repair your position.
JS- How do you improve in bughouse?
KG- I got good by playing with the best people. I learned from them and slowly picked things up.
JS- Where do you play bughouse online?
KG- FICS (Free Internet Chess Server) Aronian even plays there.
JS- Who's the best bug player you've ever played with?
KG- Over the board, I think it was Richard Francisco from Georgia. He is about 2300 USCF. He and I were probably the best team ever. Some other great bug players: Jeremy Keller (Florida), Dan Yeager from PA, Justin Tan from Australia Martin Aronsson from Sweden (it's really hard to mate him) and of course Levon Aronian. Unfortunately, Lev doesn't play that often.
JS- Have you seen Naka play bug? Wouldn't he be really good at it?
KG- I saw him playing online on ICC few years ago. Obviously he'd be really good at it—the problem with him is he didn't know the theory. He tried to play his own openings but he was already breaking bug principles. IF I Remember correctly, he was playing 1.e4 e6 2.d4 Ne7. Already this idea of moving the knight to g6 is bad. You can compare this to chess in that a knight on g6 often encourages an h-pawn advance. In bug, White can drop a pawn on h5 or h6 or drop a knight on h5.
JS- So, say we take a GM who's about 2550 FIDE but has never played bug. How good will he or she be on the first few games?
KG- Better than average, but they will still get beat pretty easily by the best players in the World. Against average but active bughouse players, the bug players would still probably win but I think a GM would win a few games. I saw Lenderman playing bug for the first time at last year's US Open. Someone asked him and he just started playing. He'd played very little bug before.
JS- And what were your observations?
KG- You could see that he had an idea of what was going on. But with the time, he didn't have enough time to figure it out. I've played about 30000 games of bughouse. Some other great players have played upwards of 60-70K games. Of course all of these speed games, because there is no classical time control.
JS- What would a classical bughouse game even look like? 25 minutes?
KG- No, we'd all be sleeping. That's way too slow.
JS- Would it work as a game?
KG- No, it would never work. Because the objective in bug is simple—to attack. In Chess, it takes a while to get to the king so a very slow time control works well. One of the best things about bughouse is that people have tried to use computers to beat humans, so it hasn't happened yet. Even more than chess, bughouse rewards intuition over calculation.
JS- Because there are so many possibilities?
KG- Actually the realm of openings is very narrow. It's much narrower than chess. For instance, fianchettoing in bughouse is close to losing. Just one move, …g6 or …b6 will probably cost you the game. It's possible the very best defender could get away with it. You also can't play c5 because of the c7 square and you can't play f5 because you open up the king. Moves on the edge of the board don't work out well.
Kazim teaching
JS- What openings do you like?
1. e4 e5 is probably the most popular. Bug openings don't have names though.
JS-I always thought that …e6 was a good move to protect ….f7 right away.
KG- We all start that way, because many new players will attempt to sack on f7 and f2. Eventually you realize that on the first four or five moves your opponent is not supposed to get more than one or two pieces so trying to mate you in f7 is risky- (he may burn too much time waiting for pieces). The factor of time is key—in bug you're playing vs. the person diagonal from you, not on the board but on the clock.
JS- So if you played e4 e5 you would let your opponent take on f7?
KG- I don't normally play ….e5 myself because it's too volatile…any influx of pieces that comes is going to throw the game into chaos. For instance, let's take the position after 1. E4 e5 Bc4 Nf6 d3 Nc6 Bc5 00 00. With both sides castled there are natural weaknesses on h3 and h6. Such a symmetrical position means both sides have the same plan in mind. At that point it's more about speed and how your partner plays than about how you play. Let's say we get that position and white is up 10 seconds, then White does not have to move. In those ten seconds, if he gets three pieces like a pawn, bishop and knight, things can become dangerous for Black. I'd probably start by putting a pawn on f5 to shut down his diagonal and also generate threats on e6 and g6.
JS- What do you play as Black?
KG- Black is a bigger disadvantage in bughouse than it is in chess. Fischer Random Chess is right in the middle in that being Black is more dangerous than in classical chess, but not as dangerous as in bughouse. The opening I play with Black depends a lot on my opponent. Against players who are really good (GMs/IMs) but don't play bughouse, I'd probably choose 1.e4 Nf6 with the idea of ….Nd5 against 2.e5. The old theory was ….d5 for Black, which was mentioned in the 318 CLO article on bughouse openings. Actually that position after …d5 is not too bad for Black. HOWEVER, Black will need some key pieces to equalize or get an edge. If he doesn't get them, he can be suffering.
A young Kazim playing bughouse at the World Open 2003
JS- Can bughouse help your chess?
KG- Yes. It's a myth that bug hurts your chess. Bug can help your tactical vision and your intuition a lot. It's also good for pattern recognition.
JS- Do you think bug should be taken more seriously?
KG- I do! There's already a National bughouse Championships for Elementary, Junior High & High School Nationals…of course it does seem like kids are mainly the ones that play it. But I think there should be Open championships as well and eventually even a World Championship.
JS- If you're starting in bug, what should you do to get better at it?
KG- Probably watch the top players if you can. You also have to try to get practice with both colors. Finally, you need to become aware and adept at knowing when to "sit" (or stall.)
JS- Can you describe strategic elements of sitting?
KG- The main point of sitting is either to
1. Repair your position if your opponent is sacking into your position. Sometimes all he needs is a diagonal piece-Even one pawn can be devastating. If you tell your partner to sit your opponent can't checkmate you.
2. If you can achieve a winning position, for instance via an attack, when your opponent has no pieces to drop and you are ahead on time. In such a case, he has to play chess while you can play bughouse.
JS- You're also a fan of Fischer-Random. Are you attracted to variants in general?
KG- In a way, but not every variant interests me. Some are too off the wall. Have you heard of "atomic chess"? If you take a piece, everything around it explodes (disappears from the board). That's going into something that's not even in the realm of chess, it becomes too different.
JS- So you feel bughouse retains enough chess elements to make it chess-like?
KG- Yes, chess and bughouse are interconnected enough for me. I love the creative aspect of bughouse and Fischer 960- it gives me a lot of satisfaction to experiment. I can easily play bughouse or Fischer 960 for four or five hours a day.
JS- Why aren't these games even more popular?
KG- I guess chess has been around forever while Fischer 960 just came into popularity in the past few years with the Mainz events. The 2011 K v Q. event held in Saint Louis was also interesting. I think slowly, with the way computers are taking away some of the creativity out of chess, people will start to play different games.
Kazim at the 2011 Georgia State Championships
JS- At last year's Fischer Random/Chess 960 meeting at the US Open, Tony Rich made a good point- how to promote Fischer 960 without dissing chess itself?
KG- I think it's a good point. I was reading an article in which GM Yasser Seirawan said that eventually Fischer Random turns into a chess position. I remember meeting Yasser when I was 8 or 9 and I asked him to play bughouse. Of course he's one of the nicest people, he said no but in a very nice way.
JS- What do you think of Seirawan Chess? My brother really likes it.
KG- No, I'd love to try it though. Where do you even get a board and pieces from?
JS- You can actually get them from USCF Sales, either a whole set or an upgrade with the two unique pieces in both colors (elephant and hawk). One thing I like about Seirawan chess and Fischer Random is it gives you a great appreciation for pure power of various pieces. In Chess 960, when commenting on the Kings vs. Queens match, I noticed a lot of instances in both sides had more extreme positional problems than in chess. For instance, bishops and knights that were very hard to post in good squares. That made me appreciate how perfect the starting position is in chess.
KG- Yeah, because in chess they go to natural squares very easily. In 960, you have to sort of tweak it. Sometimes it's hard to get harmony between your pieces. So you have to get a feasible chess like position. I don't think it makes it a worst game, but it does seem like a less harmonious game. You may just have to play with one bad piece.
JS- What are you goals in chess?
KG- As far as chess itself goes, I want to make GM.
JS- In order to make GM, do you think you may have to limit the amount of variants you play for a while?
KG- A really good question. That's what all the GMs tell me but I'm sure I'll always do both. There is one important bughouse tourney that happens every year in Berlin, Germany in July. Even Aronian goes. I want to go one day.
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1. Who is responsible for garbage and recycling in the township?
Waste Management. Garbage pickup is on Tuesday for the township with recycling every other week, beginning the week of January 8, 2012.
Should you need to contact Waste Management, call 1-800-866-4460 or see their website.
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Waste Management now offers a new Home Pickup Program for Household Hazardous Waste for large and hard to dispose of items.
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The township millage is 5.226 and is due in May 2016 to Jordan Tax Service. Click here for contact information.
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The wage tax is 1%, contact your employer for payment procedures (see #3 below "What is Act 32").
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To buy or not to buy? We size up Royal Mail's strengths and weaknesses.
Private investors expect Royal Mail shares to go nowhere in coming years, and will depend entirely on the dividend for a return.
That is the implication of an online poll running on telegraph.co.uk/investing this week (see below) as the company prepares to sell its shares on the stock market for the first time on October 15.
The poll asked readers what they expected the "total return" on Royal Mail shares – dividends plus capital appreciation – to be over the next decade. The most popular band was 5pc-10pc a year, chosen by 39pc of voters, with the 0pc-5pc range in second place with 26pc of votes.
So we can unscientifically put the centre of gravity of readers' expectations at the low end of the 5pc-10pc range – say, 6.5pc.
This is very much what the dividend yield is expected to be – the range is 6.1pc to 7.7pc. The exact figure is uncertain because we don't know the precise price that investors will have to pay for the shares in the flotation. The price range is 260p to 330p, with a higher share price corresponding to a lower yield. There has been a lot of demand for the shares, which would imply a share price at the top end of the range, putting the dividend closer to 6.1pc.
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If total returns are close to the yield, as our online readers predicted, we can expect Royal Mail's share price to be broadly flat over the next decade.
To help you decide whether to buy, which you would have to do by Tuesday, we asked fund managers what they saw as the company's key strengths and weaknesses.
Royal Mail shares are expected to yield 6.1 to 7.7pc. But what is the total annual return, as an average, you expect over the next 10 years?
This side of the business is growing, thanks to online shopping. Even after accounting for the declining letters arm, overall sales should rise by 2pc-3pc a year, said Chris White, the head of UK equities at Premier Asset Management.
A continuing restructuring programme should lead to costs falling by 2pc-3pc a year, Mr White said.
These two factors taken together should mean bigger profits and cash flow, leading to "attractive" dividends, he added.
Royal Mail's chief executive, Moya Greene, is much admired. George Godber, co-manager of the Miton UK Value Opportunities fund, said she was "very impressive indeed – she's done an amazing job". He described Royal Mail as "a fascinating business" that delivered 59 million items a day to 29 million homes, "a pretty incredible set-up".
Anthony Cross, co-manager of the highly regarded Liontrust Special Situations fund, said Royal Mail had "a strong distribution network, which obviously can't be easily replicated".
Royal Mail has surplus freehold property in central London that could be worth £500m, Mr White estimated. He said the company's finance director had confirmed this week that any proceeds from a sale would not go to the indebted pension fund, so they could be returned to shareholders.
Mr Cross said the company faced strike threats from its unionised workforce. However, Mr Godber said Ms Greene had been "complimentary about the unions, their approach and goals" this week. Mr White added: "The workforce has already been reduced but the company is still overmanned and its financial performance is very sensitive to its costs."
A senior manager at an asset management group said it was a mistake to paint Royal Mail as a "no-brainer" on the basis that the shares could be relied on to pay a 6pc dividend yield every year.
"Every 1pc fall in letters volumes cuts the company's sales by £75m – and it expects an annual decline of 4pc-6pc. Let's say the decline is even worse at 9pc – this would mean £225m a year less cash coming into the business than expected. And £200m is the amount we expect it to spend on dividends."
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Language and Comprehension
March 17, 2010 Sree Rama Rao General / Interesting
The most universal survey research problem in foreign countries is the language barrier. Differences in idioms and the difficulty of exact translation create problems in eliciting information desired and in interpreting the respondents' answers. Types of scales appropriate in some cultures, such as reverse worded items, are problematic in other cultures. Equivalent concepts may not exist in all languages. Family for example, has different connotations in different countries. In the United States it generally means only the parents and children. In Italy and many Latin countries it could mean the parents, children, grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins and so forth. The meaning of names for family members can differ depending on the context within which they are used. In the Italian culture, the words for aunt and uncle are different for the maternal and paternal sides of the family. The concept of affection is a universal idea, but the manner in which it is manifested in each culture may differ. Kissing, an expression of affection in the West is alien to many Eastern cultures and even taboo in some.
Literacy posse yet another problem. In some less developed countries with low literacy rates, written questionnaires are completely useless. Within countries, too, the problem of dialects and different languages can make a national questionnaire survey impractical. In India, there are 14 official languages and considerably more unofficial ones. One researcher has used pictures of products as stimuli and pictures of faces as response criteria in a study of eastern German brand preferences to avoid some of the difficulties associated with language differences and literacy in international research. Still others have used other non verbal kinds of response elicitation techniques such as pictures and collages.
Furthermore, researcher cannot assume that a translation into one language will suffice in all areas where that language is spoken. For example one of authors was in Mexico and requested a translation of the word outlet as in retail outlet to be used in Venezuela. It was read by Venezuelans to mean an electrical outlet, an outlet of a river into an ocean, and the passageway into a patio. Of course the responses were useless — although interesting. Thus, it will always be necessary for a native speaker of the target country's language to take the final cut of any translated material.
All marketing communications, including research questionnaires must be written perfectly. If not, consumers prepared or reviewed by native speaker of the language of the country is frequently overlooked. Even excellent companies such as American airlines bring errors into their measurement of customer satisfaction by using the same questionnaire in Spanish for their surveys of passengers on routes to Spain and Mexico. To a Spaniard orange juice is zumo de naranja; a Mexican it would be orer jugo de naranja. These apparently subtle differences are no such things to Spanish speakers. In another case, a German respondent was asked the number of washers (washing machines) produced in Germany for a particular year; the reply reflected the production of the flat metal disk. Marketers use three different techniques translation, parallel translation, and decentering to help ferret out translation errors ahead of time.
Back Translation; In back translation the questionnaire is translated from one language to another, and then a second party translates it back into the original. This process pinpoints misinterpretations and misunderstandings before they reach the public. A soft drink company wanted to use a very successful Australian advertising theme, Baby, it's cold inside, in Hong Kong. It had theme translated from English into Cantonese by one translator and then retranslated by another from Cantonese into English, in which the statement came out as Small mosquito on the inside it is very cold. Although small mosquito is the colloquial expression for small child in Hong Kong the intended meaning was lost in translation.
Parallel Translation: Back translations may not always ensure an accurate translation because of commonly used idioms in both languages. Parallel translation is used to overcome this problem. In this process, more than two translators are used for the back translation the results are compared differences discussed and the most appropriate translation selected.
De-centering A third alternative, known as de-centering, is a hybrid of back translation. It is a successive process of translation and retranslation of a questionnaire, each time by a different translator.
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I was going through this book and decided to stop on this page. I tried reading it and playing it correctly but I was having difficulty finding exactly how it should sound rhythmically. I know it must mathematically make sense the way it is written, but can someone help me better understand it? Either the 16ths are really fast, or its written weird. Hm, help would be much appreciated!
The 2 sets of triplets are played fast, then it goes to 2 with the triplets on the end starting on "and" and flowing into "3" and the last eighth note being "and."
Just make sure that you play it slowly at first, and definitely think about the fact that each set of triplet-16ths must occur in the space of one eighth-note.
As I drum this out on my computer, it reminds me of the bass/snare rhythm pattern on "My name is mud" by Primus. Hope that helps if you haven't figured it out yet!


Merry Christmas from Chance The Rapper and Jeremih. The Chicago natives have got together just in time for the holidays with a brand new Xmas themed mixtape named Merry Christmas Lil' Mama.
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Sunday Night Football turned into Super Bowl Sunday as the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks faced off for the 49th Super Bowl.
Both teams met at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Arizona. While Russell Wilson and the Seahawks were considered the underdogs, that did not stop them from giving Tom Brady and the Patriots a run for their money.
At the end of the first quarter, the score was zero to zero. But the quarter did not end until Tom Brady put the ball back into the Seahawks' hands with an unbelievable interception. Russell Wilson came back on the field hoping to score the first touchdown of the game.
At the start of the second quarter, Brady had the ball once again. The Patriots, who were already dominating the game, scored the first touchdown. Brandon LaFell scored an 11 yard touchdown against the Seattle Seahawks, giving the Patriots a 7-0 lead.
With Russell back on the field, the Seahawks managed to tie the game with a touchdown from Marshawn Lynch.
The second quarter dwindled down into seconds and both Brady and Wilson were at a standstill for touchdowns. When it seems like the first half is going to end in a tie, Brady threw a touchdown pass to number 87, Rob Gronkowski.
Thirty seconds left in the first half and the ball was in Russell's hands. With two passes to numbers 22—Robert Turbin—and 83—Ricardo Lockette, Russell was able to put his team into field goal range.
With six seconds left on the clock, the Seahawks decide to make one more play. This one play could be the "key to the game," said one Seahawks fan.
Ball snaps and Russell threw it in the end zone to number 13, Chris Matthews. Coach Pete Carroll calls a very risky and important play allowing the Seahawks to tie up the game.
At the start of the third quarter, Seahawks' kicker Steven Hauschka made a 27 yard field goal giving the Seahawks a three point lead. The score became 17 to 14.
The Patriots got the ball back and managed to get a third down conversion with a pass to Gronkowski. However, Brady threw another interception during their possession. Seattle player number 54 Bobby Wagner makes a great interception and put Wilson back on the field.
The Seahawks set up a first and goal after Russell passed the ball to number 24 Marshawn Lynch. Second and goal and Wilson passed to undefended player Doug Baldwin. Their lead increases to ten points.
Now it is up to Tom Brady to put the Patriots back on the board. Brady made a complete pass to number 11, Julian Edelman but it was taken back by a holding penalty from number 66 Bryan Stork of the offensive line. Another completed pass to Julian Edelman set up third down and nine yards to go. After a block from a Seahawks' lineman, the Patriots are forced to send in their punt team and Brady, yet again, walked off the field without a touchdown.
Russell Wilson starts the next drive with a great pass to Lockette. Showing off his arm strength, Wilson throws a long pass to number 15, Jermaine Kearse, but coverage from the Patriots' defense results in an incomplete pass and a punt.
Brady maintains possession until the end of the third quarter. Going into the fourth and final quarter, the score reads 24 to 14.
Brady is once again one and off the field at the start of the fourth quarter. The Seattle defense is making plenty of opportunities for their quarterback to get as much field time as possible.
The Patriots' defense finally puts some pressure on the young quarterback and number 50, Rob Ninkovich, sacks Russell Wilson forcing another Seattle punt.
At the start of their drive, Brady is sacked by Bruce Irvin making it second down and 18. Another third down conversion pass to Edelman puts Brady in an opportune first down and ten situation, however great coverage from Seahawk player Tharold Simon sends the Patriots into second and ten.
Brady gets the third down conversion he needs with a pass to Edelman and sets up an important first and goal. Incomplete pass to Julian Edelman and complete pass to number 80, Danny Amendola finally puts the Patriots back on the board. The Patriots decrease the Seahawks lead to three points after the field.
A sneaky trip from Malcolm Butler prevents Wilson from getting a first down and ten on his first play. Wilson finds no luck on the next plays and the Seahawks' drive ends as soon as it starts.
Brady succeeds in bringing his team up the field with passes to Gronkowski and Shane Vereen. A pass to LaFell brings the Patriots to first and goal with less than three minutes left. Number 29, LeGarrette Blount brings New England to the three year line for second and goal. A pass to Julian Edelman gives the Patriots a four point lead as the two minute warning approaches.
Straight away, Wilson made a complete pass to Marshawn Lynch for a gain of thirty one yards and the game reached two minutes. Brady holds his head down unable to watch Russell Wilson make his plays. In an incredible play, Wilson throws to number 15 Jermaine Kearse but the ball is deflected by number 21 Malcolm Butler. The ball is caught by Kearse after it bounces off of his leg and arm. This play sets up first and goal for the Seahawks at one minute.
Second and goal, less than a minute left and Wilson threw an interception to Malcolm Butler. The fans erupted as Wilson walks off of the field full of disbelief.
Michael Bennett of the Seahawks jump off-sides ruining any chance of getting two points from safety. A major fight breaks out between the Patriots' and Seahawks' linemen with 18 seconds left.
The personal foul from "instigator number 51" gets Seahawks' player Bruce Irvin ejected from the game.
Tom Brady takes a knee and the time winds down.
The New England Patriots win the 49th Super Bowl, their first Super Bowl win in ten years.


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As if we needed another reason to shop at TopShop.
The trendy British retailer is introducing a new activewear label in a 50- 50 partnership with none other than King Bey. The label has yet to be named but will be listed with TopShop's Parkwood Topshop Athletic Ltd brand and includes clothing, footwear, and accessories befitting an active dance, fitness, and sport lifestyle.
According to Vogue.uk, Beyonce stated " I could not think of a better partner as I continue to grow the Parkwood business. I have always loved Topshop for its fashion credentials and forward thinking. Working with its development team to create and produce a technical fashion-led collection is exciting, and I'm looking forward to participating in all aspects of this partnership."
The partnership comes as no surprise to those who've kept up with Mrs. Carter's fashion choices as of late-the singer consistently wears pieces from the reasonably priced brand. Philip Green CEO of Arcadia, the company that owns Tophshop stated " Creating a partnership with Beyonce, one of the most hard-working and talented people in the world, who spends many hours of her life dancing, rehearsing and training is a unique opportunity to develop this category. Being partners with Beyonce and her team, who have the greatest creative energy and enthusiasm, is inpiring for all of the team at Topshop. We have much to achieve in under a year, but we are all up for the challenge, and look forward to delivering athletic streetwear in an inventive and exciting way." The line is scheduled to premiere in stores next year.
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