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Lionel Messi: How Barcelona's 'alien' keeps changing, 15 years after debut 16 November 2018 | European Football Lionel Messi (pictured here in 2005) broke into the Barca first team in 2004-05, having played in a friendly the previous year Fifteen years after making his Barcelona debut in a friendly, Lionel Messi is still going strong. So strong there is a theory he is an alien. Almost half a lifetime ago, Messi played against Porto at the Nou Camp - and has gone on to break countless records. The record goalscorer for Barcelona (566), La Liga (392) and Argentina (65), the five-time Ballon d'Or winner has won 33 trophies with Barca. Now 31, and showing no signs of slowing down, Messi has scored 14 goals in 13 games in all competitions this season - and is the joint top scorer in La Liga with a goal every 87 minutes - despite being out for three weeks with a broken arm. But how does he do it?

“Little ogres”: A scientific discovery has unearthed a new kingdom of life Dave Gershgorn 17 hrs ago © Provided by Atlantic Media, Inc. Scientists say we’re all eukaryotes: Plants, animals, fungi, and tiny multicelled organisms called protists are the four kingdoms of life, which encompass everything living that we’ve found on Earth. But a new discovery from Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, published in Nature, claims to have discovered a fifth kingdom of life—a new kind of eukaryote. The paper describes two organisms, one newly unearthed in Nova Scotia and one discovered in 1988, which upon DNA analysis are more distinct from anything else than previously thought. The new organism is now called Hemimastix kukwesjijk, named after a greedy, hairy ogre from local Mi’kmaq mythology. The organism flails its hair-like tendrils wildly, curling them around prey and sucking out their juices. “They represent a major branch… that we didn’t know we were missing,” Dalhousie professor Alastair Simpson, co-author of the new study, told the CBC. “There’s nothing we know that’s closely related to them.” Graduate student Yana Eglit found the samples while on a hike outside of Halifax, according to the CBC, collecting some dirt on a whim. Weeks later, after hydrating the soil and looking at the contents under a microscope, she recognized the rare movement of the new organism and investigated further. After watching it hunt, Eglit and another grad student started to feed the organism and produce more of its prey, so they could breed it. “It really shows how much more there is out there,” Eglit told the CBC. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/techandscience/“little-ogres”-a-scientific-discovery-has-unearthed-a-new-kingdom-of-life/ar-BBPOdy3?li=AAnZ9Ug

Robot soldiers and 'invisible' jets to fight future US wars amid China WW3 fears Rachel Endley 5 hrs ago © Ghost Robotics/Youtube The Minitaur robot could one day be on the battlefield A war battled out with robot soldiers, 'invisible' jets and lasers that shoot missiles from the sky may sound like something out of a sci-fi film - but this is already becoming a reality. At a sprawling high-security army research base dedicated to reshaping the US military over the next 50 years, scientists are preparing for high-tech wars of the future over fears of an impending World War 3 with China. The US Army Research Laboratory (ARL), based at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland, is creating emerging tactical offensive warfare in cyber and electronics, with the tagline of "making today’s army and the next army obsolete."

Henry's brilliant solo goal v Tottenham, 2002 Premier League

Whoops, already been posted about his suspension so I deleted the content but he is to appeal. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46250404

RIP Kepler: NASA sends final 'goodnight' command to shut down planet-hunting spacecraft that discovered 2,600 exoplanets Mark Prigg and Cheyenne Macdonald 11 hrs ago NASA has finally shut down its planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft. The space agency confirmed on the evening of Thursday, Nov. 15, Kepler received its final set of commands to disconnect communications with Earth - nine years after it blasted off. The 'goodnight' commands finalize the spacecraft's transition into retirement, which began on Oct. 30 with NASA's announcement that Kepler had run out of fuel and could no longer conduct science. Kepler's 'goodnight' falls on the same date as the 388-year anniversary of the death of its namesake, German astronomer Johannes Kepler, who discovered the laws of planetary motion and passed away on Nov. 15, 1630. The final commands were sent over NASA's Deep Space Network from Kepler's operations center at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, or LASP, at the University of Colorado in Boulder. LASP runs the spacecraft's operations on behalf of NASA and Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation in Boulder, Colorado.

R.I.P. Richard, a good news reader and he presented the Last Night of the proms that I would watch. Former BBC newsreader Richard Baker dies aged 93 The son of a plasterer, London-born Baker introduced the first news bulletin broadcast on BBC TV in July 1954. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46246049

I wish I could never age or maybe fit enough to last until I am around 250 years old to see all of this happening sigh. This Mars bit has got me singing the late great David Bowie song...

They all lie, they make promises they don't keep, anyway, just saw this if it's true or not on the BBC Webpage... 11:33 48 no confidence letters reached Sky's deputy political editor tweets... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-46200010

You live and you learn...I think?

I read your post buddy but I try to get involved when I can but people like you and others are more clued up than I am so I will go by that. But hey!! I believe in Unicorns, why not, our youngest grandson's tooth came out the other day and the wife said when she was putting him to bed "Grannie will put the tooth under your pillow and the tooth fairy will come and take it away and leave you some money instead", he looked at the wife and said "How much are you going to put under the pillow grannie when you take my tooth away?"...he is only 5 years old so there is hope for me yet.

As I have mentioned in here before I am not much into politics & politicians but this Brexit has got me interested and I have always liked Boris Johnson and always thought he would make a good Tory leader, but when I thought about it a bit more I kept getting that horrible feeling that he reminded me of the late Tory leader Sir Edward Heath, the guy that bought us into the EC, Boris wants us out. Looking at some of the candidates below I would fancy David Davis, his way of thinking is pursuing a Canada-style trade deal with the EU, I quite like that but I am not a Tory man or voter so I will just have to wait and see when Theresa May who thinks she is the late Maggie Thatcher gets the boot from number 10 Downing Street. Who could replace Theresa May? As Brexiteers move against the Prime Minister because of her deal 'betrayal' these are some of the leading contenders to take over Tim Sculthorpe, Deputy Political Editor For Mailonline 19 hrs ago Theresa May looks certain to face a vote of no confidence after her Brexit deal was rejected out of hand by Eurosceptics. If she loses the Tory Party will launch a leadership contest to replace her - a process that will likely take weeks with just months until Brexit Day. These are some of the leading contenders to replace her:

Premier League 2 hrs · "I love London!" Gunners goalscorers past and present talk all things Arsenal

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Everton can have him, take Fellaini back without his hairy mop too !!

There are quite a few loanees doing well and Tuanzabe is one of them and James Wilson. NINE REDS ON LOAN: THEIR SEASON SO FAR https://www.manutd.com/en/news/detail/man-utd-loan-watch-update-november-2018 AXEL TUANZEBE (ASTON VILLA) The impressive defender has been outstanding since switching to centre-back and is clearly learning from working under coach John Terry. Although often deployed at right-back before Steve Bruce's departure, the 21-year-old is now being paired with a former Red, James Chester, at the heart of manager Dean Smith's back four. Tuanzebe has helped Villa limit the opposition to just one goal in his last three appearances and he was particularly outstanding in the impressive 3-0 victory at Derby County. “He has got great pace and is a big prospect," commented Smith. JAMES WILSON (ABERDEEN) The striker scored a beauty in the recent 3-0 win over Hamilton Academical to earn the Goal of the Month award for the Scottish Premiership. Dons boss Derek McInnes said: “He is capable of those moments, but we're showing patience. He has not played a lot of late, so don't expect him to score that type of goal every week, but it shows you the level the boy can play at. The only way he's going to get to his level is by playing the minutes. He should remember the reaction of the support when he scores and hopefully, it gives him that appetite to score more goals." Willo now has two goals from seven outings (six starts) in the league.

Women's FA Cup: First-round tie to be replayed as pitch not wide enough 34 minutes ago | Women's Football A Women's FA Cup first-round tie between city rivals must be replayed because the pitch was too narrow. Cambridge City won Sunday's game 2-1, but visitors Cambridge United have had a complaint about the dimensions upheld by the FA Women's Football Board. Pitches in the Women's FA Cup must be a minimum of 64 meters wide and 100 meters in length. "The club is obviously disappointed and surprised with this decision," said a Cambridge City statement. The tie will be replayed on or before Sunday, 25 November, with Cambridge United now given a home advantage. An FA spokesperson said: "Following due consideration of correspondence from both clubs, and the match referee, the WFB upheld the protest and has ordered for the match to be replayed." Fifth-tier Cambridge City says they will make further comment "in due course", while United - who play a league higher - will make a "full statement" later on Thursday. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46227643

Some of the narrators can be a bit puzzling sometimes I was trying to eat a pepperoni pizza watching and listening to his comments so really I didn't take in much what he said or the conclusions he came up with, I enjoyed the pizza though

New Antarctica Anomalies Documentary 2018 There is DEFINITELY Something Under the Ice Disclosed TruthTV Published on Sep 5, 2018 Is one of the worlds greatest secrets about to be uncovered? There is a huge magnetic anomaly in Antarctica, on the east coast of lake Vostok's shoreline. This is what you would see if you found the ruins of an ancient, buried city! Such a discovery would be absolutely dazzling, sending ripples through our world. And there were even stranger stories suddenly coming from the "bottom of the world" in this same time frame, such as witnesses claiming a huge UFO has been discovered under the ice. There are of course the sudden and mysterious evacuations that no one has an explanation for. This is not a natural anomaly, but generated by some unknown technology deep under the icecap–it may reveal the physics of time and could potentially allow control of the past, and by implication the future.The mind boggles as to what is really going on. Watch thought provoking, extraordinary, educational, eye opening, awesome documentaries by subscribing and of course hit the bell button twice at the top tight of the screen. We will make each film expand the horizons of the viewers open to learning more about the world. We hope you will become aware of many facts you may have been previously unaware of in this Antarctica Documentary.

Theresa May’s premiership has been declared dead before. After her election losses last year, the British Prime Minister appeared to be on the brink of resigning. As she left 10 Downing Street on Thursday morning, members of her own party once again wondered: How long can she last? In the early morning hours, several British ministers resigned over May’s deal to leave the European Union, which was released on Wednesday. Theresa May likely expected some resignations, but one came unexpectedly: Dominic Raab, her second Brexit minister. With the official who negotiated May’s Brexit deal writing that he “cannot support the proposed deal,” the British government was suddenly thrown into jeopardy. May has come under attack from both sides of the political spectrum. Staunch Pro-Brexiteers argue that May’s deal does not go far enough and would keep Britain under the sway of the European Union while taking away all powers to shape that bloc. Pro-European MPs, meanwhile, think that Britain should stay even closer aligned with E.U. laws and within the bloc’s customs union. When May told the British parliament on Thursday that “we will leave the E.U. in an orderly way,” her remarks were met with laughter by MPs. So, what could be next? Here are some of the likely scenarios. Two key choices ahead