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As per above, switched it off, a right load of bollocks.

Brendan Rodgers: Leicester manager says no players will leave in January Leicester will not sell any of their players during the forthcoming transfer window, manager Brendan Rodgers said on Thursday. It follows speculation regarding in-form midfielder James Maddison, who has been linked with a move to Manchester United. "There'll be no-one leaving in January - categorically," Rodgers said. "I'm sure if we speak [to the club's board], they will have the same message." Maddison, 23, has scored five times and provided three assists in the league this season to help the Foxes reach second spot after 16 games - six points clear of champions Manchester City, who sit in third. Rodgers also said contract talks are continuing with regards to England international Maddison and Turkey defender Caglar Soyuncu, who has also been a key figure this campaign. "Jon [Rudkin, Leicester's director of football] has had some conversations with the representatives, but that's as far as it's at," added the former Liverpool boss. "I said some would happen after January, but for others, it could happen at any time." The Foxes manager also said there are "one of two areas" of his squad he is looking to strengthen during the January window. "I speak with the recruitment team a lot," he said. "It's an attractive proposition to come to here. "If the right player is available, I'm sure the club will do everything they can. There will be plenty of players who want to come here." https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50762573

Just started to watch it, a psychological thriller called Look Away (2018), the wife has jumped 3 times already so it must be good.

Sulawesi art: Animal painting found in a cave is 44,000 years old A painting discovered on the wall of an Indonesian cave has been found to be 44,000 years old. The art appears to show a buffalo being hunted by part-human, part-animal creatures holding spears and possibly ropes. Some researchers think the scene could be the world's oldest-recorded story. The findings were presented in the journal Nature by archaeologists from Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia. Adam Brumm - an archaeologist at Griffith - first saw the pictures two years ago, after a colleague in Indonesia shimmied up a fig tree to reach the cave passage. "These images appeared on my iPhone," said Mr Brumm. "I think I said the characteristic Australian four-letter word out very loud." The Indonesian drawing is not the oldest in the world. Last year, scientists said they found "humanity's oldest drawing" on a fragment of rock in South Africa, dated at 73,000 years old. What do the drawings show? The drawings were found in a cave called Leang Bulu'Sipong 4 in the south of Sulawesi, an Indonesian island east of Borneo. The panel is almost five metres wide and appears to show a type of buffalo called an anoa, plus wild pigs found on Sulawesi. Alongside them are smaller figures that look human - but also have animal features such as tails and snouts. In one section, an anoa is flanked by several figures holding spears. 'Oldest animal painting' discovered Red dot becomes 'oldest cave art' "I've never seen anything like this before," said Mr Brumm. "I mean, we've seen hundreds of rock art sites in this region - but we've never seen anything like a hunting scene." However, other researchers have questioned whether the panel represents a single story - and say it could be a series of images painted over a longer period. "Whether it's a scene is questionable," says Paul Pettitt, an archaeologist and rock-art specialist at Durham University told Nature. How do we know it's 44,000 years old? The team analysed calcite "popcorn" that had built up on the painting. Radioactive uranium in the mineral slowly decays into thorium, so the team measured the levels of different isotopes of these elements. They found the calcite on a pig began forming at least 43,900 years ago, and the deposits on two buffalo were at least 40,900 years old. There are at least 242 caves or shelters with ancient imagery in Sulawesi alone - and new sites are being discovered annually. How does it compare to other prehistoric art? It may not be the oldest drawing, but researchers say it could be the oldest story ever found. "Previously, rock art found in European sites dated to around 14,000 to 21,000 years old were considered to be the world's oldest clearly narrative artworks," said the paper in Nature. The Sulawesi drawings could also be the oldest animal drawing ever found. Last year, a cave painting in Borneo - thought to be the oldest of an animal - was found to be at least 40,000 years old. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-50754303

Rangers face a battle to hold on to 17-year-old Scottish winger Kai Kennedy with Bayern Munich and Manchester City among the clubs looking to sign him. (Daily Record)

Roman Abramovich has turned down an offer from the LA Dodgers owner Todd Boehly to buy Chelsea. (Telegraph)

Juventus have tabled an opening offer for Chelsea attacker Willian, 31, whose contract runs out in the summer. (Daily Mirror)

Cheers, I thought he meant a clock showing in the TF365 page

I am getting paranoid now as the only clock I can see is this laptop clock bottom r/h corner and it's ticking away o/k?

Science & Environment Seafloor scar of Bikini A-bomb test still visible The date was 25 July 1946. The location - Bikini Atoll. The event - only the fifth A-bomb explosion and the first-ever detonation underwater. The pictures we've all seen: A giant mushroom cloud climbing out of the Pacific, sweeping up ships that had been deliberately left in harm's way to see what nuclear war was capable of. Now, 73 years later, scientists have been back to map the seafloor. A crater is still present; so too the twisted remains of all those vessels. "Bikini was chosen because of its idyllic remoteness and its large, easily accessible lagoon," explains survey team-leader Art Trembanis from the University of Delaware. "At the time, [the famous American comedian] Bob Hope quipped, 'as soon as the war ended, we found the one spot on Earth that had been untouched by the war and blew it to hell'." Two American tests, Able and Baker, were conducted at the atoll in what became known as Operation Crossroads. The Baker device, called Helen of Bikini, was a 21-kiloton bomb and was placed 27m below the surface of the Pacific. Nasa space laser tracks water depths from orbit Ocean XPRIZE final will be in the Med The explosion hurled two million tonnes of water, sand and pulverised coral high into the sky. Despite the extraordinary energy release, Dr Trembanis thought much of the scarred seafloor would have been covered over with sediment by now. Instead, his interdisciplinary team of oceanographers, geologists, marine archaeologists and engineers found a well-defined depression. Using sonar, they mapped a structure that is 800m across with about 10m of relief. "It seems as if Captain Marvel herself has punched the planet and put a dent into it," Dr Trembanis told reporters here at the American Geophysical Union meeting where he is presenting the team's investigations. "We wanted to draw back the curtain and be able to really reveal this scene," he told BBC News. "It really wasn't until the late '80s, early '90s, when divers could get into the area. And at that time, they could only take a limited look at a few different wrecks. "We were using advanced sonar technology; we could paint the entire scene. It's a bit like visiting the Grand Canyon with a flashlight versus going in the middle of the day and illuminating the whole area. "We could start to see the arrangement of the ships; we could see how they were aligned relative to each other, and we could see that this crater still remains - nature is still showing us this wound that it received from the bomb." Remarkably, the crater has a rippled structure that looks a bit like rose petals. It's evidence of all that material initially thrown into the sky then falling back down through the water column and spreading out across the seafloor. Part of the motivation for the survey was to understand the continuing environmental impacts better. Although radiation levels are much reduced, there is an ongoing pollution problem coming from the sacrificial ships. These vessels - old units from the US, Japanese and German navies - were not prepared with the expectation that they would become artificial reefs. If that was the intention, they would have been stripped down. Instead, the war-game scenario demanded that they should be left in position as if operational. That meant they were fuelled and even had munitions aboard. "As we were mapping, I could know without looking up when we were near the [US aircraft carrier] Saratoga because we could smell the bunker fuel; it was so heavy and is still streaking out. "The Nagato - which was the Japanese flagship that [Admiral Isoroku] Yamamoto used to plan the attack on Pearl Harbor - had a streak of fuel coming out from it for many miles." As the ships continue to disintegrate in the water, this pollution could become a much bigger problem, Dr Trembanis said. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-50724632

What? a clock in here, the only clock I can see is this laptop clock and that's ticking away nicely.

Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu says the door is always open should Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola wish to return to his former club. (La Repubblica, via Goal)

Bologna has contacted two Premier League clubs about their Italian strikers - Wolves' Patrick Cutrone, 21, and 19-year-old Everton forward Moise Kean. (Le Repubblica - in Italian) Bologna director Walter Sabatini has ruled out a move for Zlatan Ibrahimovic after revealing the 38-year-old Swedish striker has already decided on his next destination. (Mail)

From multi-coloured mountains to transparent winter cherries, our planet is full of some of the most exceptional and rarest things. Take a look at some of these marvels that may leave you speechless. SLIDES - 1/21

Former Manchester United striker Carlos Tevez has revealed that his then team-mate Wayne Rooney gifted him a Lamborghini after the Argentina international was mocked by the squad for driving an Audi. (Mail on Sunday)

Lavish Ancient Roman Villa Built With Timber Imported From Over 1,000 Miles Away Discovered Under City An ancient Roman villa with a portico built from wood imported over 1,000 miles away has been discovered under the Italian city. Finding well-preserved ancient wood is rare as it degrades and is rarely in good enough condition to analyze—so discovering timber at the site has allowed researchers to better understand the trading routes that existed 2,000 years ago. The site was found between 2014 and 2016 during an archaeological excavation while construction took place on the Rome Metro. Researchers uncovered a villa and portico that once stood in the gardens of Via Sannio. "The portico was part of a rich Roman villa," Mauro BernabeiI, from the National Research Council, Italy, told Newsweek. "There were mosaics and columns and, as always happens in Rome, many different layers of buildings and constructions." Bernabeil and his team were interested in studying 24 oak timber planks that were found at the site. Initially, they had just hoped to identify the tree species and potentially how old they were through tree-ring dating, he explained. However, while comparing their tree ring sequences to those from other European references, they realized they were able to find the exact location of where the trees had come from—the Jura mountains in eastern France, over 1,000 miles from Rome. They also found they were cut down between 40 and 60 AD. Findings are published in PLOS One. "We were extremely excited...when we discovered the origin of the timber. [We were] very, very surprised. This long transportation [of timber] was not known," Bernabeil said. He added that the wood would have had to be moved overland by animals, then across both the Saone and Rhone rivers, then transported across the Mediterranean Sea until reaching the Tiber River and arriving in the centre of Rome. The construction practices of the ancient Romans are of huge interest. For example, there has been much research into how they used concrete, in which they used volcanic ash to prevent cracking. Their advanced building techniques are why many structures, including the Pantheon and the Colosseum, have survived for so long. Understanding where wood used for building the city would help researchers understand this vast empire's economy, its trade routes and structure. Finding that timber used to build a villa in Rome came from so far away shows the huge logistical and administrative efforts that would have been made to get high-quality construction products for buildings in the capital. "Considering the distances, calculated to be over 1700 km [1056 miles], the timber's dimensions, road transport with all the possible obstacles along the way, floating the timber down rivers and finally shipping it across the sea, the logistic organization of the Romans must have been formidable," they said. Considering the planks were used in the foundations of the portico, rather than being transported for aesthetic purposes, the researchers say the effort is even more surprising. Bernabeil added: "I hope that this research opens new perspectives to the study of wood in archaeology, in Rome in particular, where the richness of remains left the wood as a neglected material of secondary importance." https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/offbeat/lavish-ancient-roman-villa-built-with-timber-imported-from-over-1000-miles-away-discovered-under-city/ar-BBXNsrs

A Celtic warrior from 2,000 years ago buried in a chariot with weapons and ponies hailed as the most important find of its kind in the UK A Celtic warrior’s grave containing weapons and upright pony skeletons has been described by experts as a unique and significant discovery for the UK. A 2,000-year-old shield, which was found next to the ancient Briton’s remains, is “the most important British Celtic art object of the millennium”, said Dr Melanie Giles, of the University of Manchester. Archaeologists said that the burial site in Pocklington, East Yorkshire, is the only one in the UK where modern archaeologists have found horses buried in a “chariot grave”. About 20 humans buried inside chariots have been found in the past 100 years or so, mostly in Yorkshire – although not with horses. Paula Ware, the director of Map Archaeological Practice, which excavated the grave, said: “The magnitude and preservation of the Pocklington chariot burial have no British parallel, providing greater insight into the Iron Age epoch.” The archaeologist called the shield an “incomparable” Iron Age find due to its “previously unknown design feature”. She said its scalloped border “is not comparable to any other Iron Age finds across Europe, adding to its valuable uniqueness”. “The popular belief is that elaborate metal-faced shields were purely ceremonial, reflecting status, but not used in battle,” she said. “Signs of repairs can also be seen, suggesting the shield was not only old but likely to have been well used.” © Provided by The Independent The 2000-year old shield has been hailed as “the most important British Celtic art object of the millennium” (SWNS) The Iron Age grave, the inhabitant of which is believed to have died between 320BC and 174BC, was initially dug up at a building site in the market town in 2018. The ancient Briton’s body was placed in the chariot behind the horses, which were placed to look as if they were leaping out of the grave. “This discovery provides valuable additional evidence demonstrating how the ancient Britons loved their chariots,” Dr Giles, a leading chariot-burial expert and archaeologist, said at the time. “It is conceivable that the dead man’s family and his community believed that the chariot would help him to reach the next world or would be useful to him when he got there,” she said. Persimmon Homes Yorkshire, who own the find, said they are planning to donate the discovery to a museum. Scott Waters, director at the housebuilding firm, said: “The excavation at The Mile development is a truly magnificent discovery for British history and we feel this recognition and find should remain in the local area.” https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/offbeat/celtic-warrior-from-2000-years-ago-buried-in-chariot-with-weapons-and-ponies-hailed-as-most-important-find-of-its-kind-in-uk/ar-BBXQmfZ

Chelsea accuses Fifa of double standards over transfer ban Chelsea says Fifa treated them more harshly than Manchester City despite their transfer ban being cut on appeal. The Blues' two-window ban was halved by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, freeing them to buy players next month. City did not get a transfer ban after they were also found to have broken rules on signing young players. "Fifa chose to treat Chelsea entirely differently to Manchester City for reasons that make absolutely no sense," read a Chelsea statement. "The approach taken by Fifa to this case has been deeply unsatisfactory." Fifa accused Chelsea of breaching rules on the signing of 27 under-18 players. However, the Blues claimed that in 16 of those cases, the players were registered in line with the advice that the game's global governing body had given the Football Association in 2009. Chelsea argued that the alleged rules breaches in the remaining 11 cases were either "procedural" or there was no case to answer because of precedents set in Cas' ruling on Spanish side Real Madrid's transfer ban in 2016. "Chelsea respects the importance of the work undertaken by Fifa in relation to the protection of minors and has fully cooperated with Fifa throughout its investigation," added Chelsea. "However, if Fifa continues to impose inconsistent and unequal sanctions on clubs then it will not only undermine the very purpose of the regulations, but it will also bring into doubt the game's confidence in Fifa being able to appropriately regulate this important area." https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50690982

Aye, I worked in a factory down South once earning good money and I got a letter from the Prisoners Offices Board about a job as a Prison Officers job I had applied for when I left the army offering me a job, it would have paid me more than what I had been earning at the job I was doing atm, I showed the factory manager the offer from the POS who then offered me a pay rise to counter the POS Job which I accepted, as Dan said, it works for us all really.

Only my wrist might pay and go and get it checked out, it might be a minor one or a major break.