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With Alexis lining up alongside Romelu Lukaku, Anthony Martial, Paul Pogba and the in-form Jesse Lingard in the attacking half of the field, this was meant to be a night they showed what a threat they can be to opposition defences. Instead it was a demonstration of all the issues United have when they don’t have possession. Their failings were irrefutably exacerbated by Pogba’s worst showing in a United shirt as he went missing for the majority of the game and was subsequently hauled off just after the hour mark, but the rest of their more glaring problems were old news....

The ““peculiar institution’’ of slavery is experiencing a peculiar revival of interest. Not just in Hollywood, but in the debate over everything from whether the United States should apologize for it to whether to rename schools that commemorate slave owners. Long described as America’s original sin, slavery is also our shadow: dogging our steps forward, projecting in black against the sunlight of democratic ideals. For a time, the civil-rights movement seemed to subordinate slavery to its own fresher, more redemptive narrative....

The Chargers missed the playoffs last year, finishing the 2021 NFL season with a 9-8 record. So maybe a shonen anime story arc is exactly what the teams need to turn their fortunes around once more after only making a single postseason appearance in 2018 ever since moving back to LA from San Diego in 2017. Still, even those who are not into football can enjoy the anime montage the team has put together for this year, which, judging from the sheer number of references in it, might have struck a note far beyond the Chargers’ usual group of fans....

There was, but only because there was Albert Einstein. Like no scientist before or since—arguably, like no scholar in any field—Einstein won popular adulation for intellectual firepower and breakthroughs in fields that few people had even heard of, much less understood. A quartet of papers in the “miracle year” of 1905 proposed the special theory of relativity, provided proof of the existence of atoms, put quantum mechanics on a solid empirical foundation and unveiled what would become the most famous equation in science, E = mc2, any one of which would have secured his reputation in the physics pantheon....

Because it’s such an enormous undertaking, you get a feeling from covering an Olympics that you don’t get doing anything else. It’s hundreds of hours of television. As big as the Super Bowl is – and more people will watch the Super Bowl than will watch any given night of Olympics – you don’t have to mobilize thousands and thousands of people in order to put that on the air....

Scientists at McLean Hospital near Boston found that the surge of noradrenaline, a neurotransmitter released during stressful events, can cause the brain to consolidate traumatic memories in a way that can result in the vivid flashbacks that plague victims of PTSD. This information may be the key to developing a drug that interrupts that process and stops the disorder from taking hold in the minds of those at risk–like recent rape victims or soldiers who’ve experienced devastating battlefield events....

Muirfield Village is a moderate-length 7,400-yard, Par-72 layout. The best way I can describe Muirfield is that it is one of the most pure and pristine courses on the entire PGA Tour rota. The fairways are wide and have generous landing areas; however, there is danger to be found if players stray off the fairway. The rough is thick and the fairway bunkering is extremely tricky, so hitting the fairways, regardless of how wide they are, will be crucial....

Advanced AI Features The Mobvoi Earbuds Gesture aren’t the first earbuds with gesture controls. Mobvoi, a company founded by former Googlers, first introduced the TicMotion feature with its TicPods 2 Pr0. To interact with phone calls, nod twice to pick up and share your head twice to reject an incoming call. The second AI-powered feature found both in the new Mobvoi Earbuds Gesture and the TicPods 2 Pro is dual-mic noise isolation....

When John and I were making “Double Fantasy,” we decided on a photo of us kissing for the cover. The record company said, “It would be better if it’s just John, looking like he’s a bachelor and available.” So I reported that to John. I said, “What are you going to do?” He said, “Are you kidding? From now on, we’re not going to release any photo without the two of us in it–and, in fact, without the two of us looking at each other....

The Last of Us premiers on HBO on January 15 and players will be able to see how co-creators and executive producers Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann have brought the beloved video game to life with their live action adaptation. Plenty of supporting characters have been revealed in the promos, like Gabriel Luna as Tommy, but so far no characters introduced in Part 2 have been spotted. RELATED: The Last of Us - Bella Ramsey and Pedro Pascal’s Friendship Developed A Lot Like Ellie and Joel’s...

Another episode of The Last of Us has been released, and this one will have fans talking for the entire week. The past two episodes have focused entirely on the main plot, with a look at Joel and Ellie’s journey, but Episode 3 of the HBO series slows down and deviates from the path to narrate a story of love and hope. This week’s episode of The Last of Us can almost feel like fans are watching a different series....

Accompanying this announcement from Druckmannis a picture of the two The Last of Us: Part 2 actors celebrating, with Baker holding a champagne flute in his hand. While the Naughty Dog Vice President didn’t reveal any details related to the content of what had been filmed, he did state that it was “the most ambitious cinematic shoot we’ve ever done,” and that “tears were shed”. There’s no doubt that myriad fans of Naughty Dog’s survival-horror series will be speculating about what made this The Last of Us: Part 2 cinematic shoot so ambitious, and whether or not “tears were shed” as a result of Baker and Johnson wrapping up work on the project, or if crying was done within the context of a certain scene....

Once again during his Q&A panel at MetroCon, North created headlines by casually confirming the existence of The Last of Us 2. A fan inquired if North was collaborating with Naughty Dog on any projects following Uncharted 4, and he responded by confirming that Uncharted 4, for the time being, would be his last time working with Naughty Dog. However, North didn’t stop there, as he followed up his statement by saying, “I know they’re doing a Last of Us 2....

The Last of Us 2 trailer comes from PlayStation’s official Youtube channel, whereas the original aired on ESPN. The extended cut is twice as long as the original and fleshes out its elements. In other words, it doesn’t cover anything new, but it does provide a greater context as to what’s happening. RELATED: The Last of Us Remastered On Sale for Under $10 Like last time, this trailer sees Ellie struggling with her emotions and the enemy groups present in The Last of Us Part 2....

Halfway through The Last of Us 2, the player takes control of Abby and plays through the story from her perspective. It is at this point it becomes clear that Ellie was always just one step behind Abby, but also that Abby had no idea Ellie was even looking for her. One of the scarier parts of the game is when Abby has to descend to the lower levels of a WLF occupied hospital that remains full of infected....

2013’s The Last Of Us was a tonal shift for Naughty Dog, a studio that had previously worked only on light-hearted titles such as Crash Bandicoot and Uncharted. With The Last Of Us, the studio went in a different direction. The world of The Last Of Us was raw, brutal, unforgiving, and consequential. Unlike the ludonarrative dissonance that plagued the Uncharted series, death in The Last Of Us meant something....

Just like Ellie herself, Naughty Dog will however have to face a round of difficult questions about one controversial topic that still lingers over the franchise from The Last of Us 2. How exactly do all parties involved move on from the horrific murder, and subsequent absence, of Joel going forward? As the in-game universe currently stands, the second installment rolled its credits with more questions being asked than were truly answered, which leaves plenty of space for the studio to come up with a fitting resolution for the characters and players involved....

Chapter four of The Last of Us Part 1 sees the duo arrive in Pittsburgh where they are ambushed by a pack of Hunters looking to raid their gear. To escape the city, the pair must navigate the treacherous city streets, fighting through hordes of enemies and battling all varieties of Infected. This guide will show players where to find all three Firefly pendants in this chapter for the “Look for the Light” trophy....

In Arlington, Texas, where the Yankees needed only to win a game finally to pass the faltering Toronto Blue Jays, a sawed-off swing from the Rangers’ Julio Franco not only sent the shaft of his bat sailing near the head of the Yankees’ owner George Steinbrenner (seated behind his team’s dugout) but sent the ball sailing into center field near the Yankees’ Bernie Williams. Uh oh, double trouble. Both the bat and the ball missed the New Yorkers, Texas scored two runs and the Yankees lost another chance to gain first place alone in September for the first time in 13 years....

CLOONEY: Our problem is that the West and the United States have been able to broker things at other times. Obviously we did not do anything in Rwanda, but we played a big part with NATO in ending the Bosnian situation. We used to be able to do that. But [in] our [personal] meetings with all of the heads of government they said to us, “Your policies in Iraq have made it impossible for you now to threaten anything....