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YOU will never see or experience anything like this again in the history of English Football. |
Could anything but our game produce drama like this? |
“Football, bloody hell.” Never before has Sir Alex Ferguson’s famous quote been more appropriate. |
That came after Manchester United’s amazing late comeback to win the Champions League and complete a 1999 Treble. |
This was more nerve-jangling. Into stoppage-time, City were losing to QPR and the Etihad was in tears. It was typical City – they were blowing it again. |
Then came the most heart- stopping two minutes we will experience. Two goals, the winner from Sergio Aguero, and the season was turned on its head again. |
City are champions for the first time in 44 years. It was as if it was meant to happen. |
The man who has led them to this special moment, manager Roberto Mancini, didn’t know what to do with himself. |
One moment he was on his knees, hands running through his hair, a man in despair. |
Then up he came, strength returning, arms in the air and enveloped by his staff. |
This was a day of destiny for City and Mancini, the tough 47-year-old Italian, can inspire a power swing in English football. |
He is the man who has taken on Manchester United and beaten them and is now demanding seven trophies in the next four years. |
It has been a crazy season and this was such a crazy climax. Mancini looked shell-shocked afterwards. No wonder. |
He was torn into a 1,000 emotional pieces. |
City can thank Aguero for having ice in his veins. His cool finish in the closing seconds was why you spend top money for the best. |
This was the sixth time the title has been decided on the final day, although it has never been done like this. Never. |
City will grow from now and, under Mancini, believe they can stay on top for years. There is no reason why they can’t. |
Mancini has a strong relationship with Sheikh Mansour, who has spent £1.5bn in buying and transforming the club. |
They have grown to respect Mancini, who arrived in December 2009 when Mark Hughes was axed. |
Back then City looked miles away from being champions. Mancini, with his tough management approach, ability to handle top players, tactical skills and, yes, some luck, has fast-tracked them. |
It is too easy to dismiss City as the club who bought the Premier League. Others have dished out fortunes in the past and failed. |
For Mancini it has always been about winning. Doing it his way. As a player he used to give half- time team talks, such was his confidence and belief in himself. |
As a player with Bologna, Sampdoria and Lazio and manager at Fiorentina, Lazio and Inter, he won so much. |
If we are looking for a turning point to this incredible season, then go back to Sunday April 8, when City lost at Arsenal. |
Mancini was furious with Mario Balotelli and distanced the controversial Italian from the squad following his latest red-card shame. |
It meant a rethink and back came Carlos Tevez from the wilderness to start alongside Aguero. The transformation in City was dramatic, the goals and points banked up and United’s lead was cut. |
Tevez and Balotelli have dogged City’s season and followed Mancini around like a bad headache. He has handled both situations well, even if some of the team were beginning to despair of Balotelli. |
Balotelli has always been the manager’s man, his gamble, yet Mancini knew that not even he could support him this time. So, he turned to Tevez. |
It was a masterstroke and, with United slipping, Tevez helped inspire City. How ironic Balotelli came on for him yesterday to trigger some belief and inspiration. Everything is forgiven. |
Mancini led the party and what a wonderful touch to allow former City greats Tony Book and Mike Summerbee to carry out the trophy. |
It was soon in the hands of captain Vincent Kompany, who said: “I never want to go through that again.” He never will. |
Mancini’s job is to win trophies and yesterday the fears of a football club family turned to tears of emotion as players, old and new, came together as one. It was a family united in the glow of satisfaction. |
Generations have watched City implode and live in the shadow of their arch rivals for too long. |
This was City’s day of destiny and while they took everyone to the edge of emotion, now they believe they can continue the switch of power across Manchester. |
They have the money, the players and in Mancini a winner. |
Ferguson says he’s up for the challenge to stop them next season and feels three years younger at the prospect of wrestling the supremacy back to Old Trafford. |
That’s Fergie, the street fighter. Not giving in is part of his DNA. Somehow, however, this feels different to other clubs and managers Ferguson has seen off. |
City like the feeling of being No.1 and have the ammunition to keep firing from the top of the Premier League. |
That was the message amid the mass celebrations at the Etihad Stadium yesterday. We are here to stay. The Blue Moon is rising. |
Those at the ground and millions watching around the world will never forget this. |
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French President Emmanuel Macron (C) is accompanied by Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo (3L), French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe (L) French Culture Minister Franck Riester (2L) and Archbishop of Paris Michel Aupetit as he speaks at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15, 2019, after a fire engulfed the building. A fi... |
PARIS, France — French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to rebuild Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, after a colossal fire tore through the building, sending the spire crashing to the ground and wiping out centuries of heritage. |
Two men suspected of holding a homeowner at gunpoint while they stole electronics from his apartment and poured bleach on his furniture were arrested Thursday afternoon, police said. |
Medford police said in a news release they are also on the hunt for a third suspect involved in the April 13 incident. |
Heriberto Huizar, 23, and Michael Paul Gordon, 25, both of Medford, were arrested on charges of first- and second-degree robbery, second-degree kidnapping and first-degree theft. |
Huizar also is charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm and is being held without bail on a probation violation charge. |
A charge tied to a homemade explosive device made from shotgun shells, gunpowder and pepper spray found in Huizar's home is pending, police said. |
Gordon is being held on more than $3 million bail. |
The three suspects allegedly broke into a house along the 600 block of Beatty Street at 5 p.m. Friday, April 13. The man who was robbed told police the suspects broke into his apartment, armed with handguns. They stole several household appliances, including stereo equipment and gaming consoles. They also poured bleach... |
Police said the robbery appeared to be over debts owed to one of the suspects and is possibly drug-related. |
The male victim was not hurt during the robbery attempt. |
Police tracked Huizar to a house in the 700 block of South Holly Street in Medford at 4 p.m. Thursday, where he was arrested without incident. The Oregon State Police bomb squad had to be summoned to the scene to collect the explosive device. |
"It obviously was intended to be used to inflict injury on somebody as opposed to a firework," said Medford police Lt. Mike Budreau. |
Police arrested Gordon three hours later near the intersection of Keene Way Drive and Brookhurst Street. |
Some of the stolen property has been recovered, police said. |
Court records show Huizar spent 30 days in jail for domestic violence and strangulation in 2011. He was found guilty of a marijuana possession charge that same year. |
Records show Gordon was arrested on methamphetamine delivery and possession charges in March. He was convicted of unlawful possession of a firearm in 2011. |
The third suspect is described as an Hispanic male in his mid 30s, around 6-feet tall with a heavy build. Police said he goes by the nickname of "Payaso" and may also respond to "Miguel." Police think he is driving a light-colored Dodge Intrepid. |
Anyone with information about Payaso should contact Medford police at 541-774-2230. |
When offered a direct choice, in other words, the majority of Alaskans chose the corrupt, big-spending Republican Party of Murkowski over the shallow, hypocritical radicalism of [Joe] Miller. |
If nothing else, Alaskans’ interesting choice must be keeping the Republican leadership awake at night: When faced with the reality of actual funding cuts, a year or two from now, might not other Republican voters suddenly feel they need someone like Murkowski, too? This must be a particular dilemma for the new Republi... |
Answer: they’ll vote for the Murkowskis of the world. Even the tea partiers will vote for the Murkowskis if the alternative is losing spending they care about. And that’s the only spending that matters since there isn’t enough spending they don’t care about to make even a dent in the federal budget deficit. Boehner, I ... |
I attended a great presentation at the APA annual conference in San Francisco about Achievement, Innovation, and Leadership in the Affective Spectrum. Four distinguished panelists gave presentations about their research into why people with bipolar disorder tend to exhibit advantages in some parts of their lives. |
This post describes a profound understanding of the “UP” experience/condition; mania. |
It is to be appropriately noted that this posting has been written from the third person perspective of the writer. It is to be held in respect to the abstract third person, not the writer himself. |
Before reading this post it is vital to have an open mind and a grasp of the realm of possibility. Most importantly, it is germane to clear from your mind all preconceived ideas in regards to every facet of your knowledge thus far and your prediction of the future. While reading do not relate this post to anyone else’s... |
Please reply with your thoughts, thank you. |
For sake of beginnings, costs shall make a suitable one. “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.” “You want something…go get it…period.” But, at what cost? In the moment costs seem to be all that therein is. But…Contrarily and simply…, in comparison, the... |
Its almost as if the benefits are evident: creativity, imagination, vision, mind’s eye, revelation, exposé, discovery, innovation, originality, uniqueness, ingenuity, cleverness, shrewdness, astuteness, perceptiveness, perspicacity, insight, awareness, cognizance, appreciation, alertness, vigilance, observance, perform... |
The question is how to control mania. It is a quest to access the benefits and beyond. You know what they are, but not necessarily are they achievable at the present. To achieve is to actualize the positive progression of our current mental state. The benefits are known innately, do not seek them, they are already your... |
Thanks for listening. Please reply with your thoughts and questions. |
Would like to bring your attention to genetic research on alpha-1-antitrypsin variants and creativity. |
DE Schmechel and CE Edwards, Fibromyalgia, mood disorders and intense creative energy: A1AT polymorphisms are not always silent, Neurotoxicology 2012. |
DE Schmechel, Art, alpha-1-antitrypsin polymorphisms and intense creative energy: blessing or curse? Neurotoxicology 2007. |
or episodic mood disorders (eg bipolar spectrum). |
30-40% of professional artists (presenting to clinic) carry A1AT polymorphisms. |
traits and also have some negativity (eg susceptibility to lung, liver inflammation, fibromyalgia). |
The fact that some mental illnesses have actually helped Historical leaders accomplish what they wanted to during their manic stages is intriguing. Proof that a mental disorder is not all bad and can even help you accomplish things you couldn’t before. |
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It’s the latest twist to rewards programs: the consumer pays. |
From giant grocer Loblaw Cos. Ltd. to premium yoga fashion chain Lululemon Athletica Inc. and home-goods e-commerce specialist Wayfair Inc., retailers increasingly are charging customers a fee – from about $35 to $128 a year – to sign up for loyalty programs. In exchange, consumers get perks such as free shipping and a... |
For retailers, it’s more than just about generating revenue from memberships. Companies feel the pressure in a digital world to entice shoppers who can easily switch loyalties after checking their mobile devices for a better deal elsewhere. |
The rise of the paid loyalty program has taken shape in the shadow of e-commerce titan Amazon.com Inc., whose Prime paid subscription has become the gold standard, luring shoppers and pushing rivals to offer their own fee-based plans with free shipping and other perks. |
Twenty-six per cent of customers are willing to pay a fee for the convenience provided by a paid loyalty program and “a sense of status and affluence,” says a report this year by industry consultants Bond Brand Loyalty. |
“Brands see the potential for a substantial revenue stream that affords them the opportunity to provide richer, more tailored and highly relevant content and experiences,” it says. Loyalty program members at vitamin retail giant GNC Holdings Inc. spend twice as much as other customers, it says. |
For years, retailers such as Canadian Tire Corp. and Shoppers Drug Mart, now owned by Loblaw, have touted free rewards programs to win more business by tracking their best customers and personalizing offers to them. |
Costco Wholesale Corp. has thrived by charging an annual fee for the privilege of shopping at its stores. But the Amazon Prime phenomenon has now forced competitors to rethink their loyalty programs. |
Wayfair introduced its MyWay paid rewards program this fall, charging $34.99 in Canada for such things as free shipping and two-day delivery and discounts on installation and assembly services. |
But although the programs boost customer loyalty, they also come at a cost for retailers. |
About 66 per cent of Wayfair customers already are repeat purchasers, spending an average of US$443 a year on 1.84 purchases, he said. Wayfair’s initial goal is to convince 10 per cent to 20 per cent of its customers to sign up for MyWay, he said. |
Loblaw this month expanded its PC Insiders loyalty program, which costs $99 a year or $9.99 a month, to all customers after testing it over the past year among some members of its 16 million PC Optimum free program. |
The expanded PC Insiders program offers free e-commerce grocery order pickups, free shipping from its Shoppers Drug Mart and Joe Fresh shopping sites, a $99 credit with President’s Choice travel service bookings, and other perks. The pilot found that initial PC Insiders members on average received benefits that were mo... |
Lululemon is testing a $128-a-year loyalty program in Edmonton and so far the response has exceeded the retailer’s expectations, chief executive Calvin McDonald said this month. |
Meanwhile, Prime members spend an average of $1,400 a year at Amazon while non-members shell out just $600, estimates Consumer Intelligence Research Partners. It says Prime members with the longest tenure spend even more: Those with memberships of more than three years shell out $1,500 annually compared with $900 for t... |
At home furnishings retailer RH (previously called Restoration Hardware,) its paid loyalty program members in 2017 generated 95 per cent of its core business, the company reported this year. CEO Gary Friedman said the program is achieving its goal of limiting constant sales that bring customers to stores just for the m... |
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