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Which is more superior?
I don't know, is the supernatural science fiction or fake? ?

Lots of arguments and talks involving these two parts of life.

What controls the world we're in? What created the world?

Just like sleep paralysis, so many saying it ain't spiritual but natural

I guess the spiritual controls the natural, the natural can't exist without the spiritual.

God being a spirit made nature
Nature is a normal thingy existing but the spiritual existed before it did.

I'm just confused, seriously.

Several US cities have been rocked by protests after a black man was shot by police in the state of Wisconsin.

Jacob Blake, 29, was shot several times in the back as he entered a car where his three children were seated.

His family say he has been left paralysed from the waist down - although doctors do not know if it is permanent.

The protests have turned violent, with two people killed and one injured in a shooting on Tuesday night. A 17-year-old has been arrested.

What happened?
The shooting of Mr Blake - captured on video - happened shortly after 17:00 on 23 August.

It was only on Wednesday that authorities gave some details about the incident.

Wisconsin's Attorney-General Josh Kaul identified the officer involved as Rusten Sheskey.

Three facts about African-Americans and US criminal justice
'Black people have been through a lot this year'
Mr Kaul said officers were called to an address after a woman reported "her boyfriend was present and was not supposed to be on the premises".

While there, they tried to arrest Mr Blake, initially using a taser against him. After Mr Blake opened his car door, Mr Sheskey - who has been in the Kenosha Police Department for seven years - fired seven shots into Mr Blake's back.

"No other officer fired their weapon," Mr Kaul said.

Mr Blake has since told investigators that he had a knife in his possession, and Mr Kaul said officers "recovered a knife from the driver's side floorboard" of his car. They found no other weapon in the vehicle.

The person who shot the video, Raysean White, told CNN that before he began filming, he saw police wrestle, punch and taser Mr Blake.

It was then he started recording. Mr Blake is shown walking around the front of the SUV. The two officers closest to Mr Blake at this point on the video are white males.

As he opens the door and leans into the car, one officer can be seen grabbing his shirt and opening fire. Seven shots can be heard in the video, as witnesses shout and scream.

Mr White told the AP news agency that he heard police officers shout "Drop the knife!" before gunfire erupted, but said he didn't see a knife in Mr Blake's hands.

Police said that officers had provided immediate aid to Mr Blake, who was taken to a hospital in Milwaukee afterwards.

Lawyers for Mr Blake have said he had been trying to "de-escalate a domestic incident" when police drew their weapons.

Kenosha Police do not have body cameras, although they do have microphones.

How has the family responded?
Two days on from the shooting, Mr Blake's family gave an emotional statement to the media.

"They shot my son seven times, seven times, like he didn't matter," his father, Jacob Blake Snr said. "But my son matters. He's a human being and he matters."

Mr Blake's lawyer said that, because of his injuries, he has needed nearly all of his colon and small intestine removed, and suffered damage to his kidney, liver and arm.

The family have demanded the arrest of the officer who shot Mr Blake, and said other officers involved in the incident should be fired.

"People question why we have to say Black Lives Matter: this is why," said lawyer Ben Crump.

Mr Blake's mother, Julia Jackson, also appealed for an end to violent protests.

"It doesn't reflect my son or my family," said Ms Jackson. "I'm really asking and encouraging everyone in Wisconsin and abroad to take a moment and examine your hearts."

Wisconsin's department of justice says the officers involved have been placed on administrative leave while investigations continue. A petition calling for them to be charged has garnered tens of thousands of signatures.

And what about the protests?
After Mr Blake was shot on Sunday, hundreds of people rallied outside police headquarters in Kenosha. Cars were set alight, armed robberies were reported and a night-time curfew was put in place.

Protesters said police and troops used tear gas, rubber bullets and smoke bombs.

The unrest continued for the following two nights. On Tuesday, a small group of protesters threw fireworks and water bottles at police, who responded with rubber bullets and tear gas.

Police said that law enforcement was spread very thinly, and individuals and groups were exercising a form of vigilantism.

Tuesday night's shooting incident was believed to have involved protesters against Mr Blake's shooting and armed men guarding a petrol station.

On social media, footage showed a man with a rifle being chased by a crowd before he fell to the ground and appeared to fire at them. Other videos show armed civilians, many dressed in military fatigues, congregating outside businesses they said they were protecting.

At a news conference on Wednesday, Kenosha Police Chief Daniel Miskinis confirmed that a 17-year-old from Antioch, Illinois, had been arrested over the deaths of a 26- and 36-year-old during Tuesday's protests. The injured individual is also 26, and is expected to recover, he said.

The suspect has been named as Kyle Rittenhouse.

Who is US teen accused of Wisconsin protest murders?
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he was sending "federal law enforcement and the National Guard" to Kenosha.

On Wednesday he announced reinforcements of 500 personnel, agreed with Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers, doubling the number already sent.

Who is Jacob Blake?
Mr Blake was raised in Evanston, a town outside the city of Chicago.

His uncle, Justin, told the Chicago Tribune newspaper that he moved to Kenosha several years ago for a job and for his family.

"It was a safer location. He could work and try to save and build a better life," said Justin.

His family have a long history of community activism. Mr Blake's grandfather, also called Jacob, was a pastor at a church in Evanston, and a local leader in the civil rights movement. He was also a prolific campaigner for affordable housing and led his congregation in constructing a housing block in the city.

Justin Blake said Mr Blake continued this tradition of public service and volunteered with Black Urban Recycling - a charity that collects aluminium cans and recycles them to raise money for a community centre in Chicago.

Court records show there was an active arrest warrant against Mr Blake, related to charges of sexual assault, trespassing and disorderly conduct. But it is unclear if police were aware of this at the time of his shooting.

What is the wider context?
Mr Blake's shooting comes as the US grapples with the treatment of African-Americans at the hands US law enforcement, as well as wider questions about racism in society.

Debate has reignited this year after another black man, George Floyd, was killed by Minneapolis police in May.

Mr Floyd's death sparked protests around the country, and abroad, and has led to calls for extensive police reform in America.

The wave of protests in the US over the killing of Jacob Blake by the police are the latest outpourings of anger that have erupted after the deaths of black Americans.

Here's a timeline of some of the major incidents from 2014 onwards.

17 July 2014: Eric Garner
Eric Garner died after he was wrestled to the ground by a New York police officer on suspicion of illegally selling cigarettes.

While in a choke hold, Mr Garner uttered the words "I can't breathe" 11 times.

The incident - filmed by a bystander - led to protests across the country. The police officer involved was later fired, but was never prosecuted.

It came a year after the Black Lives Matter movement emerged in response to the acquittal of the man who killed teenager Trayvon Martin in Florida.

9 August 2014: Michael Brown
Michael Brown, 18, was killed by a police officer, in Ferguson, Missouri, who was responding to reports that Brown - who was not armed - had stolen a box of cigars.

The exact circumstances of the encounter are disputed, but Brown was shot six times, according to autopsy reports.

A report by the Department of Justice later concluded that the police force had displayed racial bias against Brown and used excessive force. The officer involved resigned from the force, but was not prosecuted.

The incident led to multiple waves of protests and civil unrest in Ferguson, boosting the Black Lives Matter movement further.

22 November 2014: Tamir Rice
Tamir Rice, a boy of 12, was shot dead in Cleveland, Ohio by a police officer after reports of a male who was "probably a juvenile" pointing a gun that was "probably fake" at passers by.

Police claimed that they told Rice to drop the weapon - but instead of dropping it he pointed it at police.

The police confirmed that the gun was a toy after Rice had been shot dead.

There were no prosecutions after this case. The police officer involved was sacked three years later for lying on his job application form.

4 April 2015: Walter Scott
Walter Scott was shot in the back five times by a white police officer, who was later fired and eventually sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Mr Scott had been pulled over for having a defective light on his car in North Charleston, South Carolina, and ran away from the police officer after a brief scuffle.

The killing sparked protests in North Charleston, with chants of "No justice, no peace".

5 July 2016: Alton Sterling
Alton Sterling's death led to days of protests in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Mr Sterling was killed after police responded to reports of a disturbance outside a shop.

The incident was caught on mobile phone footage and spread online.

The two officers involved did not face criminal charges, but one was dismissed and the other suspended from the police.

6 July 2016: Philando Castile
Philando Castile was killed while out driving with his girlfriend in St Paul, Minnesota.

He was pulled over by the police during a routine check, and told them he was licensed to carry a weapon, and had one in his possession.

I lost my best friend in a police shooting
He was shot as he was reaching for his licence, according to his girlfriend.

She live-streamed the encounter on Facebook. The officer involved was cleared of murder charges.

18 March 2018: Stephon Clark
Stephon Clark died after being shot at least seven times in Sacramento, California, by police who were investigating a break-in.

The district attorney said that the police had not committed a crime, as the officers said they feared for their lives believing Mr Clark was armed.

Only a mobile phone was found at the scene.

The release of a police video of the incident sparked major protests in the city.

13 March 2020: Breonna Taylor
Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old emergency medical technician was shot eight times when officers raided her apartment in Louisville, Kentucky.

The police were executing a search warrant as part of a drugs raid, but no drugs were found.


Louisville police said they returned fire after one officer was shot and wounded in the incident.

The family has filed a lawsuit which says that Ms Taylor's partner fired in self-defence because the police did not identify themselves, and he believed they were being burgled.

One policemen involved has been fired and two others put on administrative leave.

25 May 2020: George Floyd
George Floyd died after being arrested in Minneapolis, and held down by police officers, one of whom had his knee on Mr Floyd's neck.

He pleaded that he couldn't breathe.

Protests broke out in cities across the US, and there were demonstrations in other parts of the world.

One officer has been charged with second-degree murder and manslaughter, and three others will face charges of aiding and abetting murder.



And now few days ago, police shooting seven times at a US black man named Jacob Blake



Officers tried to arrest Mr Blake, initially using a taser against him. After Mr Blake opened his car door, officer Rusten Sheskey - who has been in the Kenosha Police Department for seven years - fired seven shots into Mr Blake's back.

Thousands are gathering in Washington DC to commemorate the 1963 civil rights March on Washington and in protest of police violence.

The families of black Americans shot or killed by police will speak at the same site where Martin Luther King Jr delivered his I Have a Dream speech.

Friday's event is called the Commitment March: Get Your Knee Off Our Necks, a reference to George Floyd's death.

It follows renewed protests over the police shooting of Jacob Blake.

The relatives of Mr Blake, Mr Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Eric Garner are expected to deliver speeches at the march.


They will be joined by civil rights leader Reverend Al Sharpton and Martin Luther King III - the eldest son of Mr King Jr.

The event comes in the wake of at times violent protests over Mr Blake's shooting that have left two dead in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Mr Blake was shot and injured by police last Sunday.

Since Mr Floyd's death in May, marches in support of the Black Lives Matter movement and against racism and police brutality have swept the US and the globe.

Protesters continue to seek justice for Mr Floyd, who died after being held down by police officers, one of whom knelt on his neck, and Breonna Taylor, who was shot and killed in her home when officers raided her apartment.

Democratic vice-presidential nominee Senator Kamala Harris is also expected to address the rally virtually.

The 1963 March on Washington was a seismic event in US history, credited with spurring the passage of the Civil Rights Act outlawing segregation the following year. Some 250,000 supporters packed the 1.9 miles (3 km) strip from Lincoln Memorial to the Washington Monument, making it one of the largest political gatherings the country had ever seen.

Rev Sharpton announced the 2020 march - which falls on the 57th anniversary of the 1963 event - at Mr Floyd's memorial service in June.

His organisation, the National Action Network, worked with Mr King III to convene the march.

Planners said the event will bring together generations for a day of action to advocate for police reform as well as to urge Americans to vote in the upcoming presidential election.


'We're in a crisis'
BBC's Sam Cabral and Shrai Popat in Washington DC

Attendees lined along Constitution avenue as early as 7am in anticipation of the march.

Lloyd Miner travelled from Philadelphia this morning.

"I'm here to play my role and give this administration the mandate that we mean what we say: we want change," he says.

For Rex Ikwueme there's a sense of urgency.

"We're in a crisis and we really have got to get things in order," he says. "We can't be living like this and we can't be seeing my people die on film every week. That's not normal."

"Clearly with the way that the police have been behaving in different areas of the country, they're looking at us as targets and we can't have that," he continued. "It contradicts the entire American dream."

Police violence against African-Americans is top of mind today for many marchers.

Artelia Bryant, from Roanoke, Virginia, says in her opinion, little has changed since 1963.

Bryant wants lawmakers and law enforcement held accountable for the deaths of black people in police custody.

Where do they start?

"Cops being arrested," says Bryant. "They can start with the cops that killed Breonna Taylor."

Up to 50,000 people were anticipated to attend, Rev Sharpton said.

Given Covid-19 concerns, people have been encouraged to participate virtually if they cannot attend or in local marches taking place in other states. In Washington, there will be temperature checks and mandatory masks along with social distancing.

In addition, buses from states considered to be virus hotspots will no longer be coming to the capital.

Also on Friday, activists at the Black National Convention - organised by the Movement for Black Lives, a coalition of black activists and organisations - will adopt a policy platform.

Among the initiatives on the agenda are slavery reparations, defunding police departments and investment in healthcare, housing and social services in black communities, organisers said. It was drafted by hundreds of delegates from across the country.

Speakers during the morning's programming included Ayanna Pressley, the congresswoman, who paid tribute to the activism of black Americans before today whose "sacrifice and self-determination shaped history and brought us to this moment."

"We are Black with a capital B," she said. "We are the manifestation of the movement. We are a symbol of social, political and cultural progress."

Other presenters included a young activist who called for an end to the gun violence that plagues black communities, and representatives from unions, gay rights groups and Hispanic activism groups who expressed solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement.

This happened to me, but it's been a while.
Tbh, in my own understanding cos my dad is a pastor, it's actually spiritual. Tf, why would demons or witchcraft hold n pin me down , my whole body go numb

The biggest part is my voice gets taken or seized, cos at that moment when I wanna shout mom or dad, I find it hard to let out a faint voice.

Well in the normal non spiritual world, it could actually be natural or supernatural involving the spiritual. It's just complicated n confusing

But it's just really ain't a good stuff, yeah pray bout it.

28 August 2020

Parents should be "reassured" Covid-19 has not caused the deaths of any otherwise healthy schoolchildren in the UK, researchers say.

Children's risk of needing hospital treatment for coronavirus is "tiny" and critical care "even tinier", they say.

However, black children, those who are obese and very young babies have a slightly higher risk.

The BMJ study looked at 651 children with coronavirus in hospitals in England, Wales and Scotland.

Does my child have to go back to school?
Missing school is 'worse than virus for children'
Children worldwide show rare virus reaction
Children 'half as likely to catch coronavirus'
It covers two-thirds of all children's admissions in the UK due to Covid-19 between January and July and confirms what is already known about the minimal effects of the virus on children.

A "strikingly low" 1% of these 651 children and young people - six in total - had died in hospital with Covid-19 compared with 27% across all other age groups, the study found.

Eighteen per cent of the children needed intensive care.

And the six who had died had had "profound" underlying health conditions that had often been complex and themselves life-limiting.

Children with such conditions remained vulnerable to the virus and must take precautions, the researchers said.

But for others, the risk was extremely low.


"There have been no deaths in otherwise healthy school-age children," said study author Prof Calum Semple, from the University of Liverpool.

"There is no direct harm from children going back to school," he added.

Co-author Dr Olivia Swann, from the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, in Edinburgh, said she hoped the findings would be "extremely reassuring for parents across the UK".

The most common symptoms in children admitted to hospital were a fever, cough, nausea or vomiting and shortness of breath.

Older children were more likely to have stomach pain, headache and a sore throat.

Of the 651 children in the study, 42% had an underlying health condition - the most common ones being illnesses affecting the brain and nervous system (11%), cancer (8%) and asthma (7%).

But having asthma - unlike being obese - had not made the children more likely to need intensive care.

Of the children studied, 52 were also diagnosed with a multisystem inflammatory syndrome linked to coronavirus, with the first case seen by doctors in mid-March.

These children - none of whom died - were more likely than the others to be older, about 10, and from ethnic minorities.

And they were five times more likely to be admitted to intensive care, where they responded well to treatment.

'Higher incidence'
Based on their study, the definition of this syndrome could now be broadened to include symptoms such as fatigue, headache, sore throat and muscle pain, the researchers said, on top of the symptoms already listed by the World Health Organization.

Dr Liz Whittaker, of Imperial College London, said the findings echoed other studies of Covid-19 in children.

"Very low numbers of children have been admitted to critical care and the researchers reported a very low death rate - particularly in comparison to adults but also in comparison to the death rate due to other infections, influenza, chicken pox, meningitis, group-A-strep[tococcus] sepsis etc, and other causes of childhood death - for example, road traffic accidents," she said.

The fact black children were more commonly affected by the very rare inflammatory syndrome "reflects the higher incidence of coronavirus infection in these communities", Dr Whittaker added.

28 August 2020

Jacob Blake, the black man shot seven times in the back by police in the US state of Wisconsin, has been handcuffed to his hospital bed, his family says.

Mr Blake was paralysed by the shooting and it is not clear if he will recover.

Police in Kenosha told the BBC that Mr Blake was in custody for previous warrants and the handcuffs were policy.

Meanwhile, a court hearing for a teenager charged with killing two people during unrest over Mr Blake's shooting has been delayed by a month.

Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, had been due to appear before a court in Lake County, Illinois, for a hearing on a request to have him extradited to Wisconsin. But a judge postponed the extradition hearing until 25 September, the Associated Press reported.

Mr Rittenhouse did not appear during Friday's brief video conference.

Who is US teen accused of Wisconsin protest murders?
He faces six criminal counts, including first-degree intentional homicide, first-degree reckless homicide and possession of a dangerous weapon below the legal age of 18.

Kyle Rittenhouse is being defended by a prominent legal firm whose clients have included President Donald Trump's personal attorney Rudolph Giuliani and former Trump adviser Carter Page, according to Reuters news agency.

Mr Blake's shooting in the city of Kenosha sparked demonstrations there and in other cities across the US. It has been relatively quiet for the past two nights.

What have the family said?
Mr Blake's father, also called Jacob Blake, spoke to reporters after visiting his son in hospital.

"I hate it that he was laying in that bed with the handcuff on to the bed," he said, quoted by the Chicago Sun-Times. "He can't go anywhere. Why do you have him cuffed to the bed?"

Mr Blake's lawyers have said it will take "a miracle" for him to walk again.

Lt Eric Klinkhammer, of the Kenosha County Sheriff's Department, told the BBC: "Mr Blake is in custody for previous felony warrants. Our policy indicates that all people in custody outside of our jail facility shall be secured with restraints."

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers, asked by reporters if he was concerned that Mr Blake had been handcuffed to his bed, said: "Hell yes."

"I would have no personal understanding why that would be necessary," he said. "Certainly he's paid a horrific price already, been shot seven or eight times in the back."

On Thursday the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) called for the immediate resignation of Kenosha's police chief and county sheriff, accusing them of defending "white supremacy" and "demonizing people who were murdered for exercising their First Amendment rights and speaking out against police violence".

How did the shooting happen?
The circumstances that led up to Mr Blake's shooting are still under investigation.

Wisconsin Attorney-General Josh Kaul said officers were called to an address after a woman reported that "her boyfriend was present and was not supposed to be on the premises".

While there, officers tried to arrest Mr Blake, initially using a taser against him. After Mr Blake opened his car door, officer Rusten Sheskey - who has been in the Kenosha Police Department for seven years - fired seven shots into Mr Blake's back.

"No other officer fired their weapon," Mr Kaul said.

Mr Kaul added that officers "recovered a knife from the driver's side floorboard" of the car. No other weapon was found in the vehicle.

Rusten Sheskey and another officer have since been placed on administrative leave.


What about Kyle Rittenhouse?
The 17-year-old had told journalists it was "his job" to guard buildings in Kenosha against protesters.

Videos on social media appeared to show a man with a rifle being chased by a crowd before he fell to the ground and appeared to fire at them.

Joseph Rosenbaum, 36 and Anthony Huber, 26, both died in the incident. Gaige Grosskreutz, also 26, was injured.

Mr Rittenhouse was arrested at his mother's house in Antioch, Illinois on Wednesday.

chidoziekingsley:
they aren't trashy try listening to their songs

Help me tell him oh.
My boys keeps doing what no Nigerian Singer can do to me.

Last Friday I wAs Dynamitized, we're awaiting their new alnum

nBag:
how true is that or just superstitions. few weeks ago I encountered a man on the way. only for him after responding to my greetings to start talking about a key.that I should show him the key so he can open the door for me. soon I realize he was drunk strong alcohol stench the oozing out. I backed away alittle. he insisted coming even closer to make matters worse he started labelling one of my many sisters evil. 10mins talks before he diverted I was scared so he don't attack me? point is all he said still doesn't make a single sense to me till today. where's the truth

Uhm. I don't know, or I say out out of all, most of them spits out the truth. Well this isiin my own view n what I've seen and known. Even when you ask them questions, you get

Franzinni:
acohol is bitter..

truth is bitter ...


you see why now .

�Lol, seriously?

Yeah, the question could sound somehow but it's been troubling my mind for years.

Why do we have to die? It sucks seeing people die, from loved ones to those we don't even know.

I already asked from lots of friends n even my parents but answers ain't convincing.

To me, it just ain't normal for us to die.
And my greatest fear or phobia is losing the ones I love n care about, yeah.

donbachi:
Under the influence of something,ur real self will abandon u.

Oh really? But any reasons why?

I don't know, I've just really been wondering and it somehow bothers.

From real life persons to several movies. When drunk,when talking,only the truth comes out of all they say??

Is there some mystery to it or it's a crazy stuff?

By Mark Savage
BBC music reporter
BIG HIT ENTERTAINMENT
Dynamite, the latest single by Korean boy band BTS, has smashed YouTube records - and looks set to be the UK's number one single this Friday.

The pastel-coloured, dance-heavy video was watched 101.1 million times in 24 hours after its release last Friday.

That surpasses the previous record, set by fellow K-Pop band Blackpink, whose song How You Like That racked up 86.3 million views in 24 hours in June.

Dynamite is also the first video to achieve 100 million views in one day.

More than three million fans also tuned in to watch the clip's live premiere - almost double the previous record, also held by Blackpink's How You Like That.

Dynamite is the first single from BTS to be sung entirely in English, and the band said they wanted it to convey "positive vibes, energy, hope, love, the purity, everything".


The septet first teased the video in July, explaining that they were currently preparing an album for the second half of the year.

"[We] decided to first release a single because we wanted to reach our fans as soon as possible. Due to Covid-19, people around the world have been going through tough times and we wanted to share some positive energy with our fans," they said.

The shimmery, pop-disco track was written by David Stewart and Jessica Agombar, who most recently teamed up for the Jonas Brothers' hit, What a Man Gotta Do.

It has already topped the iTunes download chart in 104 countries, and could give the band their first UK number one single this Friday.

According to the Official Chart Company, Dynamite notched up 1.7 million UK streams in its first 48 hours, and is currently 1,700 chart sales ahead of Joel Corry & MNEK's chart-topper Head & Heart.

However, the song has so far failed to break Spotify's UK Top 10, which means the band's streaming numbers could count against them when the final figures are compiled later this week.

Dynamite comes six months after BTS's last studio album Map of the Soul: 7, which was released in February; and the band are due to perform it live at the MTV VMAs on 30 August.

Meanwhile, Blackpink are poised to challenge the band's YouTube record this Friday, when they release a new single, Ice Cream, with US superstar Selena Gomez.

20 Aug Premier League

Liverpool and Leeds lift their trophies
Leeds face the toughest possible start to their first Premier League campaign in 16 years
Champions Liverpool will face Championship winners Leeds United in the standout opening weekend game of the 2020-21 Premier League season.

Championship play-off winners Fulham will host Arsenal, while West Bromwich Albion, the third promoted side, are at home to Leicester City.

The opening round of fixtures will take place on the weekend of 12 September.

However, Manchester City v Aston Villa and Burnley v Manchester United will be rearranged.

Those two games will not be played on the opening weekend to give City and United 30 days since their defeats in the quarter-finals of the Champions League and the semi-finals of the Europa League respectively.

How's it turned out for your side? Club-by-club fixture list
Follow reaction to the Premier League fixtures being released
Chelsea and Wolverhampton Wanderers' opening matches are both scheduled for Monday, 14 September after their slightly earlier European exits.

The Blues are at Brighton, while Wolves go to Sheffield United.

The other opening weekend fixtures are Crystal Palace v Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur v Everton and West Ham United v Newcastle United.

Exact dates and kick-off times will be confirmed when the television selections are made. Matches will be played behind closed doors amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The English Football League fixtures are expected to be announced on Friday.

Premier League fixtures opening weekend (exact dates to change)
Crystal Palace v Southampton (12 Sep)
Fulham v Arsenal (12 Sep)
Liverpool v Leeds United (12 Sep)
Tottenham Hotspur v Everton (12 Sep)
West Bromwich Albion v Leicester City (12 Sep)
West Ham United v Newcastle United (12 Sep)
Brighton v Chelsea (14 Sep)
Sheffield United v Wolves (14 Sep)
Burnley v Manchester United (later date)
Manchester City v Aston Villa (later date)
The meeting of the champions
There can be little doubt over the glamour fixture of the opening weekend as the champions of the top two divisions go head to head.

Leeds, now under iconic Argentine boss Marcelo Bielsa, are back in the Premier League after 16 years away and have the toughest possible start.

Liverpool - English champions for the first time for 30 years - have not lost a home game in the Premier League since a 3-1 defeat by Crystal Palace in April 2017. Jurgen Klopp's side have won 25 of their past 26 league matches at Anfield.

The Reds travel to Chelsea for their second game, before a home match against FA Cup winners Arsenal. Leeds host fellow promoted side Fulham in their second fixture.

When are the key fixtures?
The first big derby of the season will be on Merseyside when Everton v Liverpool takes place on 17 October.

Manchester United host Leeds in a renewal of their old rivalry on 19 December, with the return game at Elland Road on 24 April.

Manchester City, who finished second last season, face title rivals Liverpool at Etihad Stadium on 7 November, with their other game on 6 February.

Selected derby matches...

17 October - Everton v Liverpool
5 December - Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal
12 December - Manchester United v Manchester City
16 January - Wolves v West Brom
20 February - Liverpool v Everton
6 March - Manchester City v Manchester United
13 March - Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur
1 May - West Brom v Wolves
All dates subject to change

Fixture congestion incoming
With the season starting a month later than usual because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the games will come thick and fast.

The upcoming campaign will be five weeks shorter than a standard season because of the late end to 2019-20 - and the winter break has been scrapped.

Arsenal and Liverpool meet in the Community Shield on 29 August, with players then going on an international break for the Nations League before the Premier League starts.

Manchester City v Aston Villa could be played on 15 September, with Burnley v Manchester United the following day - although that is yet to be confirmed.

Those are the dates Premier League clubs not in Europe enter the Carabao Cup at the second round.

Rounds two to four of that competition, which will involve top-flight sides, will be played midweek on 15-16, 22-23 and 29-30 September.

Spurs start Europa League qualifying on 17 September and could end up with two first-team matches in the same midweek.

There are rounds of Premier League games due on 26 December, 28 December and 2 January over the festive period.

The final league fixtures will be on 23 May 2021 - eight days after the FA Cup final.

The Champions League final is on 29 May, with the delayed Euro 2020 starting on 11 June.

jesusjnr2020:
It's something you grow into. That's why you'd see like five men today fighting with a woman for hours in the name of casting out a devil, while someone else would just utter a few words, no sweat, and the same devil would flee as though a lion was chasing it.

There was a time when Peter would talk before people get healed, but at some point, power was overflowing to the extent that his shadow alone was healing the sick.


There's a higher price to pay for that level of response from heaven, but when you pay it, then you'd begin to reap the many benefits that you'd see that it was more than worth it.

So if you really want to command that kind of respect from heaven, accord the same to heaven, because the measure of what you give is the same measure you're going to get.



God bless.

Uhm thanks bro, really appreciate

Truvel:
Let Me Be Frank. D Prayer Dat Brings Result Is Hard & It's Not 4 Lazy Christians. There Could Be Reasons 4 Ur Unanswered Prayer. Some Of Dis Are:
1.Unbelief
2. U Pray Amiss (wrongly Or With Wrong Motives Or Not According 2 God's Will.
3. Without Adequate Fasting Or Prayer.
4. U Give Up Easily Or Get Discouraged Easily.
I Repeat D Prayer Dat Brings Result Is Hard & It's Not 4 Lazy Christians.

Thanks so much

European Football

Angel Gomes, Nicolas Pepe and Gabriel Magalhaes are recent examples of Lille's youthful recruitment process
They are the club who discovered Eden Hazard, sold Nicolas Pepe for £72m and tempted Angel Gomes to sign from Manchester United.

Ligue 1 side Lille have become masters at developing young talents before selling them on for a huge profit - and Brazilian defender Gabriel, a target for Premier League clubs in this transfer window, is likely to be next.

But what is the secret behind their success?

"We are a destination that young players love," owner Gerard Lopez told BBC World Service's World Football. "They know we are going to trust youth.

"Last year we played with the youngest squad in the Champions League, so it's an attractive destination for a young player."

Some of the game's most high-profile players spent their formative years at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy, including Real Madrid forward Hazard, who joined the club's academy aged 14 in 2005, joining Chelsea for £32m seven years later.

More talent has been developed since Lopez took over the club at the start of 2017.

Ivory Coast international Pepe signed from Angers in 2017 for 10m euros (£9m) before joining Arsenal for £72m last summer. In July, Nigeria forward Victor Osimhen joined Napoli for an initial 70m euros (£63.3m) only a year after signing from Belgian side Charleroi for less than a third of that fee.

Lille have used some of the money from the Osimhen deal to buy 20-year-old Canada forward Jonathan David from Gent, another Belgian club, for a club-record fee, reportedly 30m euros (£27.1m).

The club also persuaded England Under-20 midfielder Gomes to move from Old Trafford on a free transfer before joining Portuguese side Boavista on a season-long loan.

Such recruitment has translated into on-pitch progress.

They had not won a major trophy in 56 years when Hazard helped them to the French league and cup double in 2011.

They have finished outside the top eight just twice in eight years since, including finishing runners-up in 2019.

'He will call me up, literally out of nowhere'
The man behind much of their recent transfer success is sporting director Luis Campos.

The 55-year-old joined the club in 2017 after a successful spell at Monaco, where he signed Fabinho, Anthony Martial and Bernardo Silva.

"He [Campos] will call me up, literally out of nowhere," added Lopez, a former owner of Formula 1's Lotus F1 team (now Renault). "He can be in Chile and then he calls me two days later and he's in the Czech Republic, and he tells me 'we gotta get this kid'.

"Everyone knows that Messi is good, or Ronaldo, or Dybala. We find players that people haven't seen.

"We are never going to be Real Madrid or Barcelona. So you have got to find your spot, identify where your strength is - and ours from day one was to say 'we know for the big, big talent, we aren't an ending club'.

"We need to be able to spot talent early on so we don't have to spend 60m or 70m euros on a player we spent 20m on and that is fundamental."

'Gabriel is leaving'
Defender Gabriel, who joined from Brazilian side Avai in 2017, is set to be the next big-money departure.

The 22-year-old has been linked with a £30m move to Everton, Arsenal and Napoli.

"Gabriel is young, extremely powerful, currently right now probably one of the two most dominant central defenders in the French league," said Lopez.

"The way we work is very simple. We explain to him and his environment, his agent, what we are looking for, and once we get those offers the choice is his, like we did with Nico [Pepe] and Victor [Oshimen].

"We are there now, so we told him: 'Eventually you have to make a decision but we're not pressing you.' I think he will make it this week, or next week at the latest. He is leaving, we've given the OK for that.

"There's a lot of competition. He's a young player so he's got to make sure he makes the right decision. We help him out a little bit so we tell him: 'We think this might be the right manager or club for you.'

"He's got so much talent, he will succeed wherever he goes."

southniyikaye:
Never relent until you get your answers hence the word,
PRAY WITHOUT CEASING
you know I had serious financial problem sometimes this year that I even contemplated suicide, prayed fervently and earnestly but nothing happened.
I was actually praying because of the financial stress I was into and believe me, if I got the answers to my prayers immediately, I won't appreciate the salvation I had and would have gone back doing the same wrongs I was doing before.
Answers came much later when I have even resigned to fate but I never stopped praying.
It grows my spiritual life and made me appreciate everything God has done for me

Wow, thanks Bro. I really appreciate. Seems I shouldn't get tired and keep on praying till Answers come.

16 Aug
From the section European Football

Pep Guardiola has again failed to reach a Champions League final with a team other than Barcelona
For the first time in 24 years, there will be no English or Spanish sides in the Champions League semi-finals after Lyon stunned Manchester City in Portugal.

Not since the 1995-96 season, when Marcello Lippi's eventual champions Juventus and Louis van Gaal's Ajax overcame Nantes and Panathinaikos respectively, has the Premier League or La Liga failed to be represented in the final four.

But following four enthralling last-eight match-ups, Germany and France provide two clubs apiece in the battle for European club football's greatest prize in 2020.

The semi-finals will see Bayern Munich face Lyon on Wednesday with RB Leipzig in action against Paris St-Germain the night before.

After enduring mockery as a lowly 'Farmers League' by fans from elsewhere, PSG striker Kylian Mbappe had something to say about all that...


The late, late drama
Game 1: Atalanta 1-2 Paris St-Germain

The first hint at what was to come in this mini-tournament was offered in sensational style, as Paris St-Germain - victims of some stunning Champions League comebacks themselves in recent years - scored twice in the dying moments to break Atalanta hearts.

Marquinhos' 90th-minute equaliser rescued PSG, who had trailed since the 26th minute, before former Stoke City frontman Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting's 93rd-minute winner sealed the French side's first semi-final appearance for 25 years.

The goals were separated by just 146 seconds. Champions League debutants Atalanta were speechless. The one-game quarter-final shootouts were well and truly under way.

The big surprises
Game 2: RB Leipzig 2-1 Atletico Madrid

The new one-legged 'final-eight' format in Portugal, introduced to bring a swifter end to an interrupted Champions League campaign a mere 414 days after the qualifying rounds for the 2019-20 edition began, always had the potential to deliver seismic shocks.

RB Leipzig's progression to a first Champions League semi-final just 11 years after the club was formed duly delivered on that promise - arriving at the expense of Diego Simeone's steely Atletico Madrid who had outmanoeuvred reigning champions Liverpool en route.

To the delight of neutrals there was more late drama to digest, as Tyler Adams' deflected shot two minutes from time took Julian Nagelsmann's side to a semi-final meeting with PSG.

The glorious chaos
Game 3: Barcelona 2-8 Bayern Munich

The standout tie of the round certainly delivered, just not in the way that anyone could have predicted.

Rather than two European heavyweights exchanging knockout blows, Bayern Munich recast their meeting with Barcelona as a devastating advert of their current superiority in an 8-2 dismantling of Quique Setien's shell-shocked side.

It was the first time a team has ever scored eight goals in a Champions League knockout match and the first time Barcelona have lost a match by six since 1951 as the German champions ran riot. The 2019-20 season will also be the first since 2005-06 not to feature Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo in the Champions League semi-final stage.

One terrible missed sitter
Game 4: Man City 1-3 Lyon

Having taken note of RB Leipzig's toppling of Spanish giants Atletico Madrid, Lyon kindly asked the German side to hold their beer on Saturday night.

Pep Guardiola's Premier League side were overwhelming favourites to advance past a side which finished a curtailed Ligue 1 season in seventh place, well adrift of any European qualification for next season.

In a game ultimately defined by uncharacteristic errors, the game and *that* elusive trophy agonisingly swung away from Manchester City in exactly 60 seconds, as Raheem Sterling miscued with the goal gaping at 2-1 before Ederson spilled a save into the path of Moussa Dembele to score his second.

Sterling couldn't believe it. But after four nights of baffling brilliance, we all could.

Many times I need something, I want , I desire so many things including my parents.
Plenty times we pray ,fast,praise and worship.
My Dad is a pastor.

When we check the Bible in Matthew 7 vs 7,it says: Ask and it shall come to pass, seek and you will found, knock and it shall be opened unto you.

And also in John 14 vs 14,it says: Anything you ask in my name Jesus, I'll do it.
And the same Bible says in Old Testament, God said that a little won't go in God's word without coming to pass.

So we don't know what's wrong. Or what else we haven't done. So this made me always wonder, we keep praying n all but why don't they answer immediately. Fine the Bible says pray without ceasing but we've been praying.

My family hasn't ever felt this way but I do. I'm thinking maybe there's something else we haven't done and should one stop praying, that's worse.

My family ain't perfect but in God's Mercy, we're saved so I won't say we don't sin.
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I don't know, my head seems to be somehow whenever these thoughts come in��‍♂️��‍♂️

Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson has been named the highest-paid male actor for a second year in a row, according to wealth magazine Forbes.

The former wrestler reportedly earned $87.5m (£67m) between 1 June 2019 and 1 June 2020, including $23.5m for the Netflix thriller Red Notice.

He also made money from his fitness clothing line, Project Rock.

The 10 top earners combined made $545.5m this year - more than a quarter of that from Netflix, Forbes said.

Johnson's Red Notice co-star Ryan Reynolds was the second-highest paid actor, with earnings of $71.5m. Among his movie deals were $20m, also for Red Notice, and $20m for Six Underground, another Netflix film.

Third on the list was actor and producer Mark Wahlberg, who earned $58m, while Ben Affleck came in fourth and Vin Diesel fifth.

Indian actor Akshay Kumar was the only Bollywood star in the top 10. He came in sixth place with earnings of $48.5m, which Forbes said mostly came from product endorsement deals.


Also on the list were Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, actors Will Smith and Adam Sandler, and veteran movie star Jackie Chan.

The highest-paid actresses for the same period are released as a separate list, and are yet to be announced.

Last year, Scarlett Johansson topped that list with an income of $56m - less than that year's seventh-placed actor.

12 August 2020

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Walt Disney has brought to an end one of the best-known names in the entertainment industry, 20th Century Fox.

It comes as the legendary House of Mouse has rebranded one of its TV studios as 20th Television.

It follows January's rebranding of the 85-year-old film company 20th Century Fox as 20th Century Studios.

Last year Disney completed a $71.3bn (£54.7bn) deal to buy the bulk of Rupert Murdoch's Fox media assets.

Disney has also renamed its other television studios, including changing ABC Studios and ABC Signature Studios to ABC Signature while Fox 21 Television Studios will become Touchstone Television.


"Our new studio names and logos mark a new day for ABC Signature, 20th Television and Touchstone Television while honouring their rich histories and the creative power of The Walt Disney Company," Craig Hunegs, president of Disney television studios, said in a statement.

Both the 20th Century TV and film rebrands retained the famous fanfare theme tune and searchlight logo.

Hit TV shows
20th Century Fox Television, which can trace its routes back to 1949, has been home to some of TV's most famous shows including the original Batman series, M*A*S*H and The Simpsons.

Earlier this year, when the film studio 20th Century Fox was rebranded, there were suggestions that Disney wanted to distance itself from Mr Murdoch's highly partisan, right-wing Fox News network.

Disney is already a dominant force in US news, as the owner of the ABC network. It is also taking on Netflix with its own streaming service Disney+.

The 20th Century Fox film studio is known for producing some of the biggest movies of all-time, including Avatar and Titanic.

20th Century Fox was created in 1935 when Twentieth Century Pictures and Fox Films merged.

Disney's movie-making history dates back to 1937, with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and now includes Lucasfilm - which makes the Star Wars franchise - and Marvel Studios among its stable of film companies.

Saintinoo:
What is the link between what i said and your reply about old lecturers and ending waec this year?





Nairaland.....

I'm just laffing � ��

I don't understand oh.
Is it that there won't be post utme and it'd all be screening cos m confused, what bout ss3 student

And please is Jamb change of course and institution on??

Is Access Bank owned and managed by a Nigerian??

Amotolongbo:
What JAMB simply means is that, the admission for the candidates that sat for the 2020 exam shall commence on the 21st of August for the 2020/21 academic session.

If you wrote the last JAMB exam (2020), your admission will start on the 21st of August

I'm sorry, but is it that, jamb would start admitting students as from that date even without post utme exams

The big truth is that, m sorry but I don't understand what jamb mean
Is it that post jamb would commence at that date or what or it would be online screening

The big truth is that, m sorry but I don't understand what jamb mean
Is it that post jamb would commence at that date or what

lilvicky68:
If it's Airtel drop your number you will get it by tomorrow

Oops�so bad I don't use Airtel only MTN and 9mobile
Thanks tho