#2018 stage 1 week 5 day 4

[overwatch-1eague]

2018 (Inaugural Season)

Stage 1, Week 5, Day 4

Match 3 - Florida Mayhem vs Philadelphia Fusion

[avaf00rdxx]

With my best friend

Caitlin Foord x Reader

Warnings : slight mention of anxiety, break up

Summary : in which lifelong Best friends slowly come to senses about their close connection to their number one person.

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2011

“hi I’m y/n” you said to a shorter girl who looked just as nervous as you.

“Yeah I know. They said your name before”

“Oh yeah of course” you said pulling your hand away as you had it out to shake. Pretty formal for 17 year olds. She then grabbed your hand from my side back up again and shook it “Caitlin”

You smiled as you both focused you attention onto the information evening of the Matilda’s new squad members.

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2011

“Caitlin you did it I flipping knew it!” You squealed to your roommate. She was starting for Australia, for the first time of her career and you couldn’t have been prouder.

“And I get to start with you!” She squealed as you both jumped around your hotel room.

You two were both in New Zealand when you were called about you both starting together. You made your debut last week, coming on in the last 5 minutes. But Caitlin would make her debut starting.

The game the next day: you managed to receive a pass from Clare as you ran up the field. You felt no one too close on you but you spotted Caitlin completely open just close enough to the goal, possibly not even close enough to you. You still passed to her just near the goal, a pretty impressive pass, as she sent a header straight into the back of the net. Slipping just past the keepers hands. She yelled in excitement as you jumped straight into your best friends arms.

“You did it cait!” You screamed holding her face in your hands before the rest of your Australian teammates jumped onto the two of you, causing you to collapse.

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2020 (quite the time jump ngl)

“Hey you” you felt arms wrap around your sweaty neck. It was your girlfriend Ona. You had just beaten her Spanish team 2-1 in your match tonight. You celebrated with your respected team after your win while ona had a chat with hers. After signing shirts and posters and doing your laps around the stadium. You were standing around with Macca, Caitlin and Alanna before your girlfriend greeted all of you.

You turned around to give her a big hug, wrapping your arms tightly around her neck. “Proud of you” she whispered as she kissed your cheek.

“Even more proud of you”

She smiled at you before you both turned back around to your three best friends “hey guys” ona said before hugging all of them.

Caitlin’s POV

Ona seemed brilliant for y/n. I don’t see her smile that much than when she’s with her. But there’s just something about her, something sour that turns me off about when she’s with y/n.

I hugged her lightly, smiling. Knowing how much this meant for y/n. Seeing us get along with her. I’ve seen Ona put stress on y/n, it’s from the long distance. Some nights in our hotel room she has been teary about how difficult it gets. I think it’s that that is bugging me.

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2021

“So fucking stupid” y/n sobbed into Alannas arms as we were in her hotel room. At another camp.

The long distance no longer worked for ona and my best friend. “Like it’s like all that trying and effort for the long distance wasn’t even worth it!” She exclaimed into Alan as shoulder.

“Oh Sweet Girl it was I promise it was” alanna soothed to her.

I did feel terrible. The couple had been together since when they met at Barca in 2018. And everyone loved them together. My heart ached at y/ns state. Soaking Alannas top, while Mac ran her hands through her hair. I said some words to her as I sat close to her.

After about 4 hours of room service, and 2 marvel movies. Y/n and me saw the other two girls out. As I shut the door, y/n pulled me close into a bone crushing hug. I wrapped my arms around her torso.

“Thank you for that. Love you” she said before pulling away and hopping into the shower.

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July 2021

Y/n’s pov

I gripped tightly onto Caitlin’s hand as the plane went through multiple stages of turbulence over the last hour. For the past 10 years, you had always held her hands during bumpy travel together. It just soothed your plane anxiety.

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The final whistle blew as you fell to your knees. Hands covering your face. It was the semi finals, you had made it. And you went down 1-0 to Sweden. Tears slowly tried to fall out of your eyes. As you quickly brushed them away. Once finding yourself again moments later and standing up. You hugged some of the Swedish girls and then embraced Sam in a tight hug. Both showing how proud of each other you were. When in Sam’s arms, you looked over her shoulder to find your best friend standing by herself looking up to the sky in disbelief. You let yourself out of Sam’s arms before smiling at her then jogging over to Caitlin. She didn’t notice you at first as you pulled her towards you to giver her a huge hugger. Her head hung low on your shoulder, “I’m proud of you. And for that goal” you whispered.

“Thanks” she said holding you tighter. It was slightly disappointing. You were so close to reaching that gold medal, but just slipped before the last step.

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The very short plane back to London was soothing. A smooth trip with sleepy girls. So it was very relaxing. Caitlin very quickly fell asleep in her seat next to you. She slept with her mouth hung open which made you giggle. You quickly snapped a photo before posting it to your close friends instagram story. You found yourself in your camera roll looking at the photo just taken. Then the suggestions of Caitlin box came up under the photo. You clicked on it as the photos app took you to all of the photos of you and Caitlin. From as long as you remembered. You smiled remembering the memories. She really has been the glue to your whole life.

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A/N

Ok so there is no romance between Caitlin and reader in this. But there be part 2 super soon so hold your nickers.

Luv yall💗💗

[foxes-that-run]

2018 Haylor Timeline

Timeline Tag, or years 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024..

1 January - Harry in Palm Springs, Saturn jumper. Karlie Kloss posts swish swish basketball (Katy Perry Taylor diss track)

4 January - reports camille met Harry's family

11 January - End Game video released - Haylor references galore. Joe in Italy.

13-22 January - Harry wrote Fine line: "Fine Line" I wrote [during] a gap in the tour. It was January 2018 and I was at my friend Tom's house. Harry was seen in la in the last 2 weeks.

22 January - Harry in LA with Camille from 13th to 29th

21 January - Taylor in Italy, Harry in NYC 25th

26 January - Harry performs at Fleetwood Mac person of year, Xander there

18 February - Taylor in LA Repu-hersal, Taylor in Big Sur on 28th

18 - 24 February - Harry in on 18th and 24th London

4 March - Harry shot the Gucci Campaign with the chicken in St Albans, England

10 March - Taylor and Joe hike with Joe in dark jeans and Nikes in Malibu. Blind staged.

11 March - Live on tour starts again in Switzerland, Anna and Medicine played live for the first time and added to the rest of the tour setlist.

10 April Harry in London

13 April - Taylor releases Earth, Wind, Fire cover with 28 September. It accompanied Delicate vertical video the original release said is ““Taylor says that she chose ‘September’ for sentimental reasons. She’s always loved the classic tune by Earth, Wind & Fire, and notes that the month of September is especially meaningful to one of her relationships.” - Spotify” the ‘one of relationships’ part is later edited out of the Spotify press release!

21 April - Taylor posts video thanking fans for responding to Babe, she wore the Evil Eye ring that appeared in Rep.

23 April - Taylor has Robbie Williams on Rep and plays Angels.

5 May - Harry played a mystery melody before Two Ghosts

7 May- Joe and Taylor post photos with a cactus, kiwi vibes.

May - Harry GQ Australia Article with "There's a good story about Winston's wife bumping into a very naked, very blonde, very famous pop star making toast downstairs one morning if you ever get a chance to ask" It starts and ends with folklore.

9 May - November Reputation tour, Joe at opening night

31 May - Blind that Joe and Taylor trouble with attention

9 June Taylor plays Manchester the. Is not seen till the 16th, Joe and family there

15 June - Xander, his parents and Anne at Harry’s Phili show.

16 June - Harry was full of beans in Toronto and wore a pink jacket with snakes and cats with wings embroidered on. Taylor played HYGTG in Dublin, only time on Rep tour.

22 June - 2 days after a year since Robin passed Harry emotional performing Sweet Creature in New York.  Taylor has Niall as guest in Wembley the same night, Niall wore a NYC shirt. Joe was this show. Harry performed Shania Twain's Still the One. Taylor referenced this suit in the Me! Video. Harry invested in the Calm App. Harry photographed with Max and Xander, he looks really sad. Rumour he was staying with Xander. Xander, Jeff, Maxwell, Tommy at show

28 June - Taylor performs Reputation secret session for AT&T in Chicago. When introducing new year day talks about 2 NYEs ago jumping into an icy pool, the version Taylor Nation had posted has only this speech cut out from the full video.  (24:38) Harry unseen

30 June - Harry has a show in Chicago! Taylor unseen! This suit is one referenced in Me!

1 July - Harry energetic in St Paul, the Medicine recording and sang “running with you” not wolves in MMITH. Last Heart kiss till 2021 in Only Angel

3-4July - People reports Taylor and Joe 'frolic' in Turks and Caicos

14 July Taylor’s delicate basket malfunctioned and she played wildest dreams a cappella. Harry wore the “whos Jeff azanoff” shirt backstage, Xander there also.

18 July- live on tour ends

21 July - Taylor played Clean, first time since 2015. Rain show.

31 July - Harry and Camille break up. Harry pictured with Karlie Kloss on Yacht in Italy with Sunflowers.

1 August - Harry driving Maserati in Italy

4 August - only time CBBH played before 2023, never on red or 1989 tours, this 1 on rep and 2 Eras shows.

13 August- blind Taylor controlled Joe's social media accounts

14 August - Reputation show in Tampa filmed for Miss Americana which shows Joe, he is only seen at this and the first show.

28 August - Joe looks angry walking with Taylor in London

2 September - Golden maybe recorded, Harry told rolling stone The first song written for Fine Line, on the second day of the sessions at Shangri-La Studios in Malibu. Photographed in yellow pants. At 41 mins in of the Zane interview he describes writing it as his favourite memory of making fine line.

21 September - blind that Joe was ‘picked for role of BF’ by professor

28 September - Taylor went to Favorite NYC premiere with Joe. Harry at dinner in London. Both wore red. Taylor played Wonderland as the Surprise song, one of 6 ever plays.

1 October - Harry lunch in La Xander

9 October - Harry arrived in Japan looking like jagger and japan Dec 18 - Jan 19

8 October - Harry’s lion ring first seen in Tokyo

19 October - Taylor doesn’t go to Kk wedding

17-28 October - Harry in LA on 15 and la 26th

19 November - Taylor signs with republic records and posts about it

21 November - last rep show which is in Tokyo. Plays emotional set of surprise songs are wildest dreams (1 of 3 times she played it on the Rep tour) and So it goes (one of 8 times it has ever been played live), dancing with our hands tied and I know places. Harry writes little freak in Tokyo and leaked ophelia (I feel ya) that refers to staring at her in Tokyo missing her and fantasising. Taylor posts about finishing tour, her last big machine records commitment

11 December - Taylor goes to goes joes movie premiere then next seen back in NY with Joe. Harry in LA 12th

25 December - Taylor spent christmas in a castle in Ireland

Continue in 2019

[maybeevilsdays]

Dafina Hoxha

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dafina Bora Hoxha (born 17 March 2000)[1] is an albanian actress. She gained international fame portraying Kierra Boothman in The Daughter from across the sea from 2015 until 2018.

Dafina Hoxha speaks fluently four languages including: albanian; English; Japanese and Italian. She also know some Korean and Spanish. Is also said she started self teaching herself Turkish.

Early Life

Dafina Bora Hoxha was born on 17 March 2000 in Tirana, Albania,[2] to Aida Hoxha and Ardit Hoxha. Her dad is from Tirana and her mother from Duress.

Pyramid of Tirana, Albania

Hoxha was raised in Tirana in her early years, and later moved to Glasgow. She began boarding at Hyndland Primary School at age six, moving to Caldercuilt Primary School at age eight.

Dafina started acting at age six after her first school staged a show for the end of the year.

Career

Early work (2006-2014)

While still getting background roles, Hoxha began appearing on the big screen thanks to Mike Navelle[3] rom-com movie Cupid’s Little Helpers (2006) for Scotland BBC.

She appeared in one episode of Doctor Who[3] “Whispers in the Sanctuary”[4] (2007); she was a guest star in a couple of episode of Game of Thrones[5] (2011-2014).

In 2013 Hoxha appeared in Only Lovers Left Alive[5] in a guest role. But it was in 2014 and early 2015 that she started getting some popularity thanks to KidUlt[6] (2014) and Hello, Hi-tech[7] (2015)

Breakthrough and worldwide recognition (2015-2018)

Dafina Hoxha on the set of The daughter from across the sea

Hoxha is well-known for his portrayal of Kierra in the 2015 TvShow The daughter from across the sea. She was invited to audition by Lei Hoire the show’s director, after he had heard nice words about her. Hoxha said about Hoire “He changed my personal life and my career. At first the Korean team didn’t want me because of my basic knowledge of the language but he managed to change their minds.” [8] Dafina Hoxha was given eight weeks to improve her korean, so she started as soon as she left the audition venue to study the language. It took her only six weeks to get on a good enough level for the production team but never told them until she brought it up during an interview. Empire magazine ranked Hoxha’s portrayal of Kirra as the 20th Greatest Show Character of All Time.[9]

While in Japan she started putting together a couple of ideas which ended being the plot for A love so fragile[10] and She is called Mythology,[11] two of her most famous screenplays.

In Japan Hoxha had her debut as a magazine model, posing for Cosmopolitan[12], BAZAAR[13], GQ Japan[14], Dazed[15] and Vogue japan.[16]

She got overnight recognition in Japan being the first western celebrity with an Asian fanbase bigger than her western one.

Her fanbase in 2016 was composed by the 10% of Japanese and Korean celebrities, BTS[17] and Bigbang[18] are part of that percentage that knows and supports her.

Varied roles and further success (2019-present)

After coming back from Japan, Hoxha started working more behind the scenes as a screenwriter.

Her first project A love so fragile aired the 14th February 2019 and was praised by the critic, making Hoxha the youngest successful screenwriter in Hollywood.

Between 2019 and the end of March 2020 she kept a low profile as an actress and kept on working on writing from the big and small screen, creating a tv show called She is Mythology based on greek, Roman, Norse Egyptian mythology and more. The pilot, Freya’s Day, Cats’ day[19], was very successful. The critic said “Serafina Hoxha is a young mind, taking risks and bringing integrity on screen” as she pushed the casting directors to cast albanian actors for the show. She is called Mythology casted 20 albanian actors both in leading and supportive role.

2021 and 2022 were the years she went back into acting working on two movies, that expanded her western fanbase, Ephemeral Echoes[20]and Whispers in the Shadow[21]

Dafina Hoxha on the set of Ephemeral Echoes

In 2021, while in Australia, Dafina Hoxha, met Chris Hemsworth. The two bonded over their appreciation for sharks. Hoxha was able to follow Hemsworth around during the shootings of Shark Beach with Chris Hemsworth.[22]

The 3rd January 2022 another one of her screenplays, Killer Nights, was aired and got nominated for 2023 BAFTA’s Original Screenplay[23] which she won.

Upcoming projects

Late 2023 Hoxha announced she was going to host the 2024 Oscars Awards.

In October 2019 it was announced that she is will be starring in Disney+ limited series Unrequited friends.[24]

In May 2022, it was announced that she is set to star in Netflix remake of Only Lovers Left Alive.[25]

Personal life

Hoxha resides in Los Angeles as of 2021

She is a huge Canucks[26] fan and was spotted a couple of times at some games of the team, mostly in America until 2023. Between 2023 and 2024 she started attending their home games as well.

She dated Hailee Steinfeld between 2018-2020

She was rumored to have dated Dove Cameron.

Halfway through the hockey season of 2023 some rumors started going around about a relationship with hockey player Quinn Hughes. Hoxha and Hughes got photographed a lot while together.

Charity work

She has supported several charities, including Shatterproof, Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), The California Wolf Center, The Shark Research Institute, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center, National Indian Child Care Association,  Indigenous Roots, Polished Man Campaign.[27][28][29[30][31][32][33][36][37]

Acting credits and awards

Main articles: List of Dafina Hoxha performances and awards and nominations

According to Rotten Tomatoes and Box Office Mojo, Hoxha's most critically acclaimed and commercially successful films and shows are Cupid's Little Helpers (2007), Game of Thrones (2011-2014), The Daughter from across the sea (2015-2018) and Hello, Hi-Tech (2015)

Hoxha has received a Golden Globe Award and an Oscar Award among other accolades.

[bllkwriting]

Summary of Blue Lock

Blue Lock is a manga and anime series written by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and illustrated by Yusuke Nomura. Since August of 2018 it has been serialized in a Japanese magazine from the publishing company Kodansha called Weekly Shōnen Magazine. The series is about a 17 year old striker named Yoichi Isagi. One day, after losing in a match against a rivaling school, Isagi receives a letter in the mail from the JFU (Japanese Football Union) inviting him to a special football training facility called Blue Lock. Upon arriving at Blue Lock Isagi learns that he is among 299 other 18 and under strikers in his country. Now Isagi has to compete against all the other strikers to become the best in the world.

He starts off the series joining a team ranked the lowest of the low, Team Z, as well as being in the worst ranked strata, strata 5. Z is the worst ranked team out of all the teams B-Z in Blue Lock. Their players all have the rankings 289-300, but after playing a game of tag and eliminating one player from each team, their rankings change to 265-275. Isagi plays with that team for all of the first selection and after winning 3/5 of their games against the other teams in the strata, their whole team moves on to the second selection.

In the second selection they learn that the person in charge of Blue Lock, Jinpachi Ego, lied to them and everyone else in Blue Lock when he told everyone that they were all ranked the worst in teams V-Z. After that, the ones who make it past a 1v1 with a hologram called "Blue Lock Man" and score 100 goals in the time limit will move on to stage 2 of the second selection. There they have to team up with two other players and compete against another team of three. Whichever team wins that takes a player from the other team, and whichever loses has to most back a stage and play in a 2v2. And whichever player doesn't get chosen gets kicked out.

Eventually, after playing in a few rounds, the teams of five will go on to play against a team of five made up of very good players from across the globe; a rainbow Argentinian, a French prodigy, a Brazilian tank, a British man, and a sarcastic Spanish guy. No team managed to beat them, the furthest a team got was 1 goal, which was Isagi's team.

After the game was over and all the other six (not including Isagi’s) teams had finished their game against the Team World Five, everyone gathered into one large room. After that for the third selection everyone is divided up into three teams; A, B, and C, and two of each of the top six players will be automatically put into each of the three teams. B and C each play in three games, while A plays in four. Three players (not including the top 6) from each team are randomly chosen to play on each game along with their two players from the top 6.

When this arc was finished Blue Lock got to play in their biggest game so far against Japan’s U-20 team. One player from Blue Lock got picked to play for the U-20 team, but everyone else stayed on team Blue Lock. After a long and fan favorite match, Blue Lock ended up winning 3-4.

They all got a 2 week break to go home and just have a break then they were back at Blue Lock. When they returned they had all got to pick 5 world class leagues to play on. The options were England; speed and physique, Spain; technique and creativity, Italy; slyness and tactics, France; a gateway for success for up-and-coming athletes/money making, and Germany; logic and rationality.

Each of the five teams plays against each other in what is called the Neo Egoist League.

(To be updated)

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[snowdice]

Creased Hoodies (Chapter 7: iPad Diagnostics) [Folds in Time Universe]

Fandom: Sander Sides

Relationships: Logan/Virgil, Janus/Patton (background), Remus & Roman  (background)

Characters:

Main: Logan, Virgil

Appear: Patton, Roman

Mentioned: Janus, Remus

Summary: Virgil just wanted to go on his planned summer research trip to do an anthropological study in 2005 America. However, when he is taken off course by an unknown enemy, he ends up stranded in the summer of 2018 with no way to get back the the 44rd century. Luckily, 2018 happens to be where a certain illegal time agency is based, and he might have an in with one of its agents.

This is the intermission for the story Folds in Paper. It takes place between Folds in Paper Book 1 and Book 2. It also takes place after the first 5 chapter of “Messages for a Hacker” which are side stories in the universe. Check all of this and more out on my Folds in Time Master Post.

Chapter Summary: Logan and Virgil are not morning people. Patton and Roman are.

Notes: Time travel AU

This is a fic I’ve been writing on study breaks that you have probably all already seen at this point. I’ve slightly edited it for wording and grammar, but not for content from my previous posts. Feel free to send in asks to direct it because I’m not 100% sure where this is going and you can help decide if you feel so inclined! You can see the process I went through to build this at this link.

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6

Virgil was, indeed, able to find the location he’d crashed landed at quite easily. It was impressive honestly. Logan knew how different the location looked during the farmers market compared to every other day of the week. The main road had been opened and the stage where musical performances took place had been removed. However, Virgil was able to retrace his steps without issue.

“I ended up under the stage,” Virgil informed Logan. “It’s been taken down now, but you can see where it was based on the grass.” He pointed to where the grass had been flattened and then walked around the indent a bit. “I was in the back,” he said, looking towards where the sidewalk was with a contemplative look, “so it would have been almost exactly here.” He tapped his foot on the spot.

Anticipating this part of their excursion, Logan had packed some of his tools before leaving this morning. He pulled out one of his modified iPads.

“You hide your time travel tech as an iPad?” Virgil asked, curiously.

Logan spared him a glance but said nothing.

“…You made your time travel tech out of an iPad?!”

“It is one of the most easily accessible technologies of this time that is also portable,” Logan said with a shrug, booting it up. “I use what I can get.”

“How on Earth did you manage to invent time travel with 21st century technology?” Virgil asked, peeking over his shoulder.

“Well, it took me a couple of decades,” Logan replied.

“It took everyone else literal centuries,” Virgil said dryly.

“Well, I knew time travel was possible already, so I simply made it happen.”

“You’re terrifying,” Virgil stated.

Logan just hummed and set the iPad scrolling through his diagnostic programs. In a few moments, it would come back with any readings time travel related.

Virgil watched the device intently, though Logan doubted he had any understanding about what the different things scrolling past meant.

It gave a soft beep when it was done.

“Well,” Logan said, studying his screen. The readings were not what he was expecting “There is definitely an anomaly, but we of course already knew that. These readings are strange, however.”

“What do you mean?”

Logan pointed to the iPad. “See this graph?” he asked.

Virgil nodded.

“It’s mapping out any timeline irregularities. When everything is normal, it looks like it does here at the beginning.” Logan pointed at the part of the graph from the beginning of Saturday. “It will oscillate between a value of .02 and .08. Things above 1 indicate something is amiss.”

Logan drew his finger across the graph to later in the day.

“I’d assumed whatever had caused you to end up here had dragged you here, but that doesn’t match these readings. Your arrival was not the main disturbance. There was a smaller disturbance about an hour before your crash.” He drew his finger along the almost straight line that stayed at 1.5 before there was a sudden spike. “Then there was the first spike.” The graph went up to 4.5 suddenly and then leveled off staying at 4.5 for a few minutes. He tapped at a spike to 4.9 that came next. “This is your arrival.”

“So…?” Virgil said.

“So, I think your presence here was a byproduct of something else being amiss. I don’t know everything about the time travel technology from your time, but I have noted that your devices tend to briefly ping off of times near to your destination before landing. It’s a form of recalibration. I think your device did a brief landing here at the wrong time and was deactivated much like Janus’s time piece has deactivated in the past in similar circumstances.”

“What does that mean for me?”

“Well, it means your device likely isn’t broken,” Logan said.

“Then why isn’t it working?” Virgil asked.

“Because,” Logan said, scrolling forward in time on the graph. The line had gone back down slightly but had remained at about 3.5 for the last few hours. “Whatever disabled your time piece is still here.”

Virgil looked at his feet as though expecting to see the device sitting on the ground somewhere.

“Not here here,” Logan clarified, “but it is active somewhere in this time and is nearby. They have a limited range from what I understand, though by limited, I mean it could be anywhere in the city. Though it is strange…”

“What’s strange?”

Logan tapped through different readings on his iPad to make sure he wasn’t missing anything. “It’s not causing any other problems,” he said. “We’ve only ran into these things once or twice before and we’ve never managed to actually get our hands on one to study it further. However, each time we’ve seen them, they’ve created some sort of major environmental issue. However, this time there are no obvious indications of time instability or weather problems. In fact, if I wasn’t looking for it, I wouldn’t have noticed.”

“Okay, that is weird,” Virgil said, “but can’t we just find it and shut it off? That’s what Janus said he did when he ran into them.”

“It is,” Logan confirmed. “The only issue is without the obvious environmental clues, I have no idea where it actually is to turn it off. It definitely was here when it switched on, but considering the dip in the graph at this location, it isn’t here anymore.” He looked around. “Perhaps it was attached to the stage or put in one of the musicians’ instrument cases. Then again, by that logic, it could have been put in anyone’s bags or in a since emptied trashcan.”

“So, it could basically be anywhere?”

“Basically,” Logan agreed. “We will check the most likely places for now and if that produces no results, I’ll… figure out something.”

Virgil grimaced. “That sounds promising.”

“I will do my best,” Logan promised. “I just wish I knew more about these devices.”

Virgil seemed to hesitate for a long moment. “How would you go about learning more about them?”

“Well,” Logan said, “if I could get ahold of a similar device to experiment on, I could probably find a way to track this one.”

“You already have,” Virgil said.

“Have what?” Logan asked, confused.

“You already have gotten ahold of one,” Virgil said.

Logan frowned at him. “I assure you, I have not.”

“But you do,” Virgil said. “Eventually.”

“…Oh, I see,” Logan replied, catching on. “Do you perhaps know where we do eventually find such a thing?”

Virgil pressed his lips together. “I think I might already be saying too much,” he said. “It’s stuff you shouldn’t know about yet in your personal timeline. People aren’t supposed to…”

“Time is not nearly as sensitive as the TPI seems to believe,” Logan said with an eyeroll. “In fact, most of Janus and Patton’s interactions so far involve accidently giving more information than necessary.”

“I don’t know…”

“I’m a time traveler from the 21st century who lives with a French man from the 1800s,” Logan said. “I’m not asking for a rundown of every part of the event, just a time and place to point us in the correct direction.”

Virgil still didn’t seem convinced.

“It would really only be a time saver,” Logan argued. “I could just blindly look for time distortions and send Patton after them, but it’d take a while…”

“Fine,” Virgil said after a moment. “This is probably entirely stupid, but fine. Give me a moment to think about what exactly I can tell you, so I don’t mess everything up.”

Logan smiled slightly at his overly cautious behavior but waited patiently.

“Janus met Pat once in Cuba. There was a time distortion during the Camaguey Carnival of 1755. Pat took the device that had been causing the disturbance and left before Janus could catch him.”

“Camaguey 1755,” Logan repeated. “An interesting time. I’ll look into it, and we will see what we can do. A trip will still take a few days to prep, however.”

Logan would need to find exact coordinates and he’d have to talk to Patton considering he’d just recently gotten back from an unwillingly long trip to pre-history. He’d probably be willing to go, but he’d mentioned forcing Logan to make him a “time survival pack” before he’d be willing to go back into the timestream. They’d need to talk about what exactly that entailed and get the supplies for it. His mind was already making plans about what he needed to do.

Virgil nodded. “Should we head back to the apartment, then?” he asked, interrupting Logan’s thoughts. Logan glanced at him. He had actually planned to show the man around a bit today instead of spending all of their time thinking about time travel.

“I cannot be sure that my roommates will have cleaned up their French toast nonsense by now,” he said. “We should likely wait to return until at least the lunch hour. It is not as though we could do anything about it today. We will need to plan.”

“Okay,” said Virgil, “then what are we going to do for the next 3-4 hours?”

“Well,” Logan said. “Perhaps I can show you around the town a bit more so as to not make more of a liar of myself than I already have.”

“Sure,” Virgil agreed with a smile. “What will you be showing me.”

“I was thinking we could visit the local museum. We can compare notes about how wildly inaccurate the exhibits present history.”

Virgil rolled his eyes at Logan, but there was something warm underneath his expression. “Fine,” he said, “but I bet I know more than you.”

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My Main Masterpost

[heybaetae]

hello kelli! such a big fan of your instagram gfx through the eras, i tried really hard not to screech too hard in my tags haha i did want to ask, since i am mostly on tumblr via mobile app, for whatever reason i am not able to read your detailed explanation :( is there another way to access it? i would love to read it during my work break tomorrow! ♡

thank you so much! so i made the post private and accessible via the link, which i recommend opening in a web browser on either your phone or a desktop, but i know some people might still run into problems, so i will copy and paste it under the cut on this post as well. 💜

Hello and thank you for clicking through to this post! I decided that if I was going to make a gif series this intricate and time consuming, I’d break it down for anyone who was interested in all the fine details. Please see further comments at the end!

School era

Icon: Dark & Wild (studio album cover) Posts: 45 unique tracks across era Followers: 51k - “It went on to sell 51,655 copies by the end of that month” Following: 7 members

Story Highlights: Dark & Wild concept photos

First row:

1. No More Dream MV 2. 2 Cool 4 School (single album cover) ↳ Mouse hover effect: 612k likes - June 12th, 2013 760 comments - “2 Cool 4 Skool sold 760 copies in its release week”  3. We Are Bulletproof Pt. 2 MV

Second row:

4. O!RUL8,2? (mini album cover) / Swipe effect: N.O. MV 5. Boy in Luv MV 6. Skool Luv Affair (mini album cover) / Swipe effect: Skool Luv Affair special addition (repackage album cover)

Third row:

7. Just One Day MV 8. Danger MV 9. War of Hormone MV

Youth era

Icon: The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Young Forever (compilation album cover) Posts: 21 unique tracks across era (excluding remixes) Followers: 164k - “164,868 copies were sold within the first week” Following: 7 members

Story Highlights: The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Young Forever concept photos

First row:

1. The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Part One (mini album cover) ↳ Mouse hover effect: 429k likes - April 29th, 2015 274k comments - “The EP ended 2015 as the sixth best-selling album of the year in South Korea, with 274,135 copies sold” 2. I Need U MV 3. Dope MV

Second row:

4. The Most Beautiful Moment in Life On Stage: Prologue short film 5. Run MV 6. Swipe effect: The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Part Two mini album cover & concept photos

Third row:

7. Fire MV 8. Save Me MV 9. Epilogue: Young Forever MV

Wings era

Icon: Wings (studio album cover) Posts: 18 unique tracks across era Followers: 1.8m - “They [Wings/You Never Walk Alone] sold a combined 1.8 million physical copies worldwide” Following: 7 members

Story Highlights: Wings concept photos

First row:

1. BEGIN short film 2. LIE short film 3. STIGMA short film / Swipe effect: FIRST LOVE short film

Second row:

4. REFLECTION short film / Swipe effect: MAMA short film 5. AWAKE short film 6. Intro: Boy Meets Evil comeback trailer Third row:

7. Blood Sweat & Tears MV 8. You Never Walk Alone (repackage album cover) / Swipe effect: Spring Day MV 9. Not Today MV

Love Yourself era

Icon: Love Yourself: Answer (compilation album cover) Posts: 30 unique tracks across era (excluding remixes) Followers: 1.51m - “the first six days of the pre-order period for Love Yourself: Answer, iriver Inc reported that the album had sold more than 1.51 million copies” Following: 7 members

Story Highlights: Love Yourself: Answer concept photos

First row:

1. Serendipity comeback trailer 2. Love Yourself: Her (mini album cover)  / Swipe effect: DNA MV 3. MIC Drop MV

Second row:

4. Euphoria short film 5. Singularity comeback trailer 6. Love Yourself: Tear (studio album cover) ↳ Mouse hover effect: 518k likes - May 18th, 2018 1.5m comments - “news media revealed updated numbers showing that pre-orders had actually crossed 1.5 million copies” Third row:

7. Fake Love MV 8. Epiphany comeback trailer 9. IDOL MV

Map of the Soul era

Icon: Map of the Soul: 7 (studio album cover) Posts: 21 unique tracks across era  Followers: 4m - "On February 6, Forbes reported that the album had surpassed 4 million pre-orders worldwide.” Following: 7 members

Story Highlights: Map of the Soul: 7 concept photos

First row:

1. Persona comeback trailer 2. Boy With Luv MV 3. Map of the Soul: PERSONA (mini album cover) ↳ Mouse hover effect: 412k likes - April 12th, 2019 3.07m comments - “According to iriver Inc, the distributor for the Map of the Soul: Persona, stock preorders for the EP surpassed 2.68 million copies over the first five days of the preorder period. The number was later updated to 3.07 million on April 11, the day before the EP's release.”

Second row:

4. Make It Right MV 5. Interlude: Shadow comeback trailer 6. Outro: Ego comeback trailer Third row:

7. ON Kinetic Manifesto Film 8. ON MV 9. Black Swan MV

BE era

Icon: BE (mini album cover) Posts: 8 unique tracks across era + 7 members = 15 (to max out the grid) Followers: 2.2m - “Be debuted at number one on South Korea's Gaon Album Chart with over 2.2 million copies sold in its first week.” Following: 7 members

Story Highlights: BE concept photos

First row:

1. Dynamite (digital single cover) / Swipe effect: Dynamite MV 2. BE Jacket Shoot Sketch 3. BE Comeback Countdown

Second row:

4. Life Goes On MV 5. Grammy Nomination Night Bangtan Bomb 6. MTV Unplugged Presents BTS ad / Swipe effect: Telepathy MTV Unplugged performance Third row:

7. Blue & Grey MTV Unplugged performance 8. BE-hind ‘Full’ Story 9. Dynamite Grammy performance

Butter era

Icon: Butter (digital single cover) Posts: 2 unique tracks across era (excluding remixes/instrumentals) + 7 members = 9 (to max out the grid) Followers: 2.5m - “The single album version of the song, sold nearly 2.5 million physical copies in South Korea in July” Following: 7 members

Story Highlights: Butter single album concept photos

First row:

1. Butter MV 2. Butter (Hotter Remix) MV 3. Butter (Cooler Remix) MV

Second row:

4. Permission to Dance (digital single cover) ↳ Mouse hover effect: 709k likes - July 9th, 2021 140k comments - “Permission to Dance" debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, on the issue dated July 24, 2021, earning 15.9 million streams, 1.1 million radio airplay impressions, and selling 140,000 copies in its first week of release.” 5. Permission to Dance MV 6. Butter single album Jacket Shoot Sketch Third row:

7. Butter feat. Megan Thee Stallion (digital single cover) / Swipe effect: Special Performance Video 8. Permission to Dance: On Stage poster / Swipe effect: Permission to Dance: On Stage opening VCR 9. Butter Grammy performance

Proof era

Icon: Proof (anthology album cover) Posts: 48 unique tracks across era Followers: 2.7m - “On its release day alone, Proof sold over two million copies worldwide. By the end of its first week, it sold a total of 2,752,496 copies.” Following: 7 members

Story Highlights: Proof concept photos

First row:

1. Swipe effect: Proof concept photos 2. Yet To Come MV 3. Proof LIVE

Second row:

4. 2022 BTS Festa Dinner 5. Proof Music Show Promotions Sketch 6. For Youth Inkigayo performance Third row:

7. BTS @ The Fact Music Awards Episode 8. Run BTS @ BTS ‘Yet to Come’ in BUSAN performance 9. Run BTS Dance Practice

Credits/Disclaimers:

BTS Chronicle - You may have noticed I took some creative liberties regarding what is listed as the “Dynamite Trilogy” on this website. Though I acknowledge that the three English singles served a purpose across the pandemic in 2020-2021—for the sake of this set and per my own understanding of these releases—I personally chose not to lump them all together as its own era/trilogy considering Dynamite was, in fact, an introduction to the BE era (and included on said album) while Butter and Permission to Dance were sold together on its own separate physical mini album the following year. I hope you’ll understand my thought process behind this and my decision to include Dynamite with the BE era, in addition to considering Butter/PTD its own era in and of itself. 

BTS Discography - for all album imagery

BTS Wikipedia - for album sale statistics 

Hybe Labels - for music videos

BANGTANTV - for Episodes, Bangtan Bombs, and live performances

namuspromised - for Permission to Dance: On Stage opening VCR

Instagram Template

From School era—MOTS era, I hope the way I’ve curated each panel makes sense in that the profile photo and story highlights of each “account” correlates to the final studio/compilation album within its era. Instead of having its own “post”, the top of the page represents the last release and overall profile. Eras with more than one mini/studio album are mentioned as a bullet point list in the “description”, while eras with one studio album have a lyric from one of its title tracks. Although real Instagram posts are shown in reverse order from newest to oldest as you scroll down, each release here is shown in chronological order from top to bottom to make it easier to understand and with the intention of the eye circling back up to the profile photo for the final release. 

From BE—Proof, with fewer music videos and mini albums to include, some improvisation was necessary to encapsulate those eras during the pandemic. For example, BE and Butter each have less than nine songs, so their “post count” being 8 and 2 respectively wouldn’t have made sense with a visibly nine post grid. So I simply added seven to those numbers to max it out. The “posts” themselves consist of the corresponding music videos of each album, big career moments, behind the scenes footage, promotional TV appearances, or concerts. 

Furthermore, I made the extremely difficult decision to exclude BTS’ Japanese releases from this set due to lack of room and not wanting to gloss over their incredible Japanese music by trying to shove them all into one panel or awkwardly squeeze them into their respective eras. I thought about making individual panels for their Japanese compilation albums, but I wanted the concept of this set to stick to era-per-panel as opposed to specific albums. I mean no disrespect to that body of work as some of my favorite songs by BTS are from their Japanese discography. For this reason, please look forward to a separate set entirely dedicated to BTS’ Japanese work in the future!

Comments:

Thank you if you’ve read this far! This project gave me an even better understanding of BTS’ work during Chapter 1 of their career and I hope this Instagram inspired layout helps put it into perspective for anyone else who might be new to their music. However you categorize their eras is completely up to your own interpretation and this set is simply a reflection of how I see it in my head, not a definitive way of looking at it. You are not obligated to agree with the way I arranged this set, that’s okay! Any mistakes are entirely my own. I have plans to continue this series as Chapter 2 proceeds to roll out with the members’ respective collabs and solo albums, so stay tuned! 

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out. <3

Please do not steal or repost my work. I did not watermark this set because I felt it would be distracting. 

Lastly, and at the risk of sounding desperate, please support your fandom content creators! Projects like this are quite taxing, so if you’d like to help motivate gifmakers to keep creating, please utilize the reblog button. If you feel so inclined, you can also buy me a coffee. Your support is appreciated!

[overwatch-1eague]

2018 (Inaugural Season)

Stage 1, Week 5, Day 4

Match 2 - Houston Outlaws vs Boston Uprising

[leebird-simmer]

All About: Cannabis

History

- Cannabis probably originated in China. Medical and religious use can be traced to ancient China, India, Egypt and the Middle East.

- At the beginning of the 19th century, Napoleon’s soldiers brought cannabis to France from Egypt in the form of hashish.

- It became very popular with French writers and artists, who established Le Club des Hachichins (The Hashish-Eaters’ Club) in Paris.

Members included Theophile Gautier, Charles Baudelaire, Victor Hugo, Honore de Balzac, and Alexandre Dumas

- Hemp was grown in colonial America, but marijuana smoking probably came to the US with Mexican & Caribbean immigrants in the early 1900s.

- Cannabis (hemp) plant:

High THC content ---> Marijuana, recreational use

Low THC content (less than 0.3%) = industrial hemp

- In 1937, the Marijuana Tax Act instituted a national registration and taxation system aimed at discouraging all use of cannabis. It was overturned in 1969.

- Largely destroyed the hemp industry {note: this benefited paper manufacturers and thus indirectly benefited logging companies}

- United States Department of Agriculture lifted the tax on hemp cultivation during WWII

Legal Status

- In 1970, marijuana and THC became Schedule I illegal drugs.

2014 Farm Bill: permits cultivation of industrial hemp for research purposes

2018 Farm Bill: made industrial hemp legal, allowed CBD oil production

Preparation

- Marijuana is produced from flowering hemp (Cannabis sativa).

- Marijuana is a mixture of dried and crumbled leaves, small stems, and flowering tops.

- Hemp seeds have been used for oil and bird food.

- It can be consumed orally, as in cookies or brownies, but is usually smoked in rolled cigarettes known as “joints,” various kinds of pipes, or in hollowed-out cigars called “blunts.”

- Hashish is a cannabis derivative that can be smoked or eaten.

- It can refer to a relatively pure resin preparation with very high cannabinoid content, or a solvent extract of leaves or resin.

- Hash oil is an alcohol extract. A drop is placed on a tobacco or marijuana cigarette.

Ingredients

- Hemp contains 70 unique compounds known as cannabinoids, plus more than 400 other identified compounds.

- The psychoactive compound /_\9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) accounts for the use of cannabis as a drug. {note: that’s supposed to be a triangle; sorry}

- Marijuana potency (in terms of THC content) varies widely, depending on the genetic strain of the plant and growing conditions.

- Potency can be increased by preventing pollination and seed production by the female plants. This marijuana is called sinsemilla (”without seeds”).

- THC was identified as the major active ingredient in 1964.

- Burning marijuana causes the THC to vaporize and enter the smoker’s lungs in small particles.

- Effective dose and latency to onset of effects are influenced by the amount and potency of the plant used, and patterns of smoking (e.g. duration of held breath).

Administration & Absorption

Smoking

- Smoking marijuana is the quickest way to absorb THC, with blood levels peaking between 9-10 minutes into a smoke session.

- THC is easily absorbed by the lungs, and blood plasma levels rise quickly.

Edibles

- Thought to yield peak THC blood levels within 1-5 hours post-ingestion

- Poor absorption results in low and variable plasma levels, probably due to degradation in the stomach, first-pass metabolism.

Elimination

- Blood THC levels decline rapidly after smoking marijuana, but complete elimination from the body is much slower because of persistence in fat tissues.

- Half-life varies from a few hours to 3-4 days

- The gradual movement of THC metabolites back out of fat stores means that urine screening tests can detect them more than 2 weeks after a single incident of marijuana use.

Acute Behavioral Effects

- Effects of cannabinoid use vary depending on dose, frequency of use, characteristics of the user, and the setting in which use occurs.

- Subjective & behavioral effects of marijuana use can be separated into four stages: the “buzz,” the “high,” the stage of being “stoned,” and the “come-down.”

The “high” is associated with feelings of euphoria & exhilaration, and a sense of disinhibition.

Relaxation is the most commonly reported effect of being “stoned.”

- Smoking marijuana can sometimes produce transient psychotic symptoms such as depersonalization, derealization, agitation, and paranoia.

- Expectation also plays a role in what effects the drug will produce, as shown by placebo studies.

- Marijuana negatively affects cognitive functions.

Decreased performance for a variety of verbal, spatial, time estimation, and reaction time tasks has been noted.

Cannabinoids appear to interfere with all aspects of memory processing.

- Marijuana can affect psychomotor functioning under demanding task conditions, such as driving.

- Use of cannabis with or without alcohol is a risk factor in automobile accidents.

Acute Physiological Effects

- increased blood flow to the skin and flushing

- increased heart rate

- increased hunger

Chronic Behavioral Effects

- In young people amount of cannabis use is inversely related to educational performance.

- Some research supports the hypothesis that heavy cannabis use leads to persistent cognitive defects, impairing school performance.

- Alternatively, poor school performance and rejection of mainstream values (such as educational achievement) may increase cannabis use.

- Chronic cannabis use can also result in aimlessness, decreased motivation, lack of planning, and decreased productivity (amotivational syndrome).

{note: Amotivational syndrome can also be caused by SSRIs, and since there is a high rate of comorbidity between depression + anxiety, and between cannabis use + depression and/or anxiety, it can be difficult to determine whether SSRIs or cannabis are causing amotivational syndrome in patients who use both substances.}

- Heavy cannabis use over a long period may lead to impaired executive functioning for at least 2-3 weeks following cessation of use.

- Some data suggest that heavy, long-time users may continue to show impairment in decision-making, planning, and concept formation. It may negatively affect the prefrontal cortex.

- Imaging studies suggest that chronic marijuana use is associated with several kinds of abnormalities in the brain.

- Several studies have found a significant relationship between early heavy marijuana smoking and increased risk for later development of psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia.

Mechanisms of Action

- A cannabinoid receptor in the CNS was identified in 1988.

- Receptors occur in many brain areas.

- Localization of cannabinoid receptors in these areas is consistent with the behavioral effects of these compounds on locomotor activity, coordination, and memory.

- Endogenous neurotransmitter-like substances that act on the receptors = endocannabinoids.

- Two main endocannabinoids have been found: anandamide and 2-AG.

- They are retrograde messengers; they carry information in the opposite direction from normal (i.e. postsynaptic to presynaptic).

- THC similar to endocannabinoids binds to cannabinoid receptors located presynaptically on the nerve terminal. They are metabotropic: they work via G-proteins to inhibit presynaptic voltage-sensitive Ca2+ channels, and open K+ channels.

- As a result, cannabinoids decrease neurotransmitter release from the terminal.

Reinforcement

- In one study, regular marijuana users could discriminate THC-containing marijuana cigarettes from placebos with no THC, and all subjects preferred the marijuana with THC when given a choice.

- Animal studies have also demonstrated reinforcing properties.

Lever pressing by squirrel monkeys for THC stopped when placebos were used.

- Mechanisms for reinforcement:

Activation of the mesolimbic dopamine system: VTA --> NAcc

Interactions between the cannabinoid and opioid systems may play a role in cannabinoid reward and reinforcement; opioid agonists enhance cannabinoid self-administration, and opioid antagonists have the opposite effect.

Tolerance & Dependence

- Animals exposed to THC or other CB1 agonists develop tolerance to the behavioral and physiological effects of these compounds.

- It appears to involve a combination of desensitization and down-regulation of CB1 receptors.

Adverse Health Effects

- There are no reports of death from overdose.

- Smoking marijuana can damage lungs: smoke contains tar, other carcinogens, carbon monoxide, etc.

- Possible adverse cardiac effects?

- Immune system suppression

- THC may affect reproductive functions:

In AFAB people, it can affect ovulation.

In AMAB people, regular smoking has been shown to decrease testosterone levels and sperm counts.

Animal research has demonstrated pregnancy failure, delayed embryonic development, and even fetal death with THC administration.

Smoking marijuana during pregnancy results in cognitive deficits, poor school achievement, and increased risk for tobacco and/or marijuana use later in life.

DSM-5: Cannabis Use Disorder

- Marijuana use typically begins in adolescence and peaks during young adulthood.

- If an individual has not yet tried marijuana by their mid-twenties, they are unlikely to begin at a later age.

- Cannabis use varies based on demographics.

- Research shows college students and young adults most commonly use cannabis...

To socially conform (~40%)

To experiment (~30%)

For enjoyment (~20%)

To manage stress or relax (~10%)

- Risk of dependence is related to drug use patterns. People who progress to daily use have a 10-20% probability of becoming dependent.

- Dependence manifests as a difficulty in stopping one’s use, a craving for marijuana, and (in heavy users) unpleasant withdrawal symptoms:

irritability

increased anxiety

depressed mood

sleep disturbances

heightened aggression

decreased appetite

- These are similar to the symptoms of nicotine withdrawal.

Treatment

- Most cannabis users do not seek treatment.

- Treatment in outpatient programs involves cognitive-behavioral therapy, relapse prevention training, and/or motivational enhancement therapy, but patients are very vulnerable to relapse.

- Some research on medications to relieve withdrawal symptoms has been done.

Therapeutic Uses of Cannabinoids

- AKA “medical marijuana”

- Many states now permit legal use, but clinical studies of its efficacy have produced mixed results.

- Smoked marijuana has the highest potential for adverse health effects and abuse; most researchers favor development of cannabinoid-based drugs instead.

- Information from the National Institute of Health

- The FDA has not approved the cannabis plant for any medical use. However, the FDA has approved several drugs that contain individual cannabinoids:

Epidiolex, which contains a purified form of CBD derived from cannabis, was approved for the treatment of seizures associated with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome or Dravet syndrome, two rare and severe forms of epilepsy.

Marinol and Syndros, which contain dronabinol (synthetic THC) to treat nausea and vomiting caused by chemotherapy. Dronabinol is also used to treat loss of appetite and weight loss in people with HIV/AIDS.

- Endocannabinoids enhance the incentive motivational properties of food and food-mediated reward.

- CB1 receptor antagonists reduce food consumption in animals and human subjects.

- In animal studies, marijuana was shown to relieve anxiety and depression.

- There’s some evidence that marijuana might reduce addiction and/or overdoses caused by other drugs.

- Pain perception: transgenic mice that lack CB1 and CB2 receptors demonstrate hyperalgesia (increased pain sensitivity).

- Clinical evidence for cannabinoids as analgesics has not been convincing.

- Nabiximols (Sativex) is a cannabis extract.

was approved in the UK in 2010 to treat pain and spasticity in multiple sclerosis patients (not yet approved in the US)

- A number of years ago, Jamaican researchers prepared eye drops from cannabis extracts (trade name Canasol) for the purpose of reducing ocular pressure in glaucoma patients.

However, the research is inconclusive and Canasol was never licensed by the FDA for legal marketing in the United States.

[bts-bangtanies]

BTS at Mnet Asian Music Awards - MAMA 2016 in Hong Kong 🇭🇰 - Where they performed “Boy Meets Evil" (Jimin & JHope solo stage), "Blood Sweat & Tears", "Fire"; and won awards x 2: Best Dance Performance - Male Group for "Blood Sweat & Tears" and Artist of the Year (Daesang) 🥑🥝🥒 - 2 December 2016

BTS at Mnet Asian Music Awards - MAMA 2017 in Hong Kong 🇭🇰 - where they performed “Not Today”, “DNA” and “Mic Drop (Steve Aoki Remix)”; “Cypher 4” (RM, Suga & JHope solo) and won awards x 3: Best Music Video for “Spring Day”, Best Asian Style (in Hong Kong), Artist of the Year (Daesang) 🧅🫚🧄 - 1 December 2017

BTS at Mnet Asian Music Awards 🎙️ - 10 to 14 December - MAMA Week 2018 in South Korea, Japan and Hong Kong ⛲️🎢🏯🧋

Where they performed “Fake Love” and “Anpanmam” in Japan (12 December 🇯🇵) and “Airplane Pt. 2”, “O!RUL8,2?”, “Love Yourself Remix” and “Idol” plus RM gave ‘Opening speech’, in Hong Kong (14 December 🇭🇰) 🪸💐🌺🪻🌸🌷🌼

MAMA 2018 x 9 awards including 3 Grand Prizes: Best Music Video “Idol”, Worldwide Fans’ Choice Top 10, Global Fans’ Choice, Favourite Music Video “Idol”, Favourite Dance Artist (Make), Best Asian Style, Album of the Year ‘Love Yourself: Tear’, Artist of the Year and Worldwide Icon of the Year

Plus Special Awards: Best Producer of the Year (Pdogg), Best Choreographer of the Year (Son Sung Deuk), Best Art Director of the Year (MU:E) and Best Executive Producer of the Year (Bang Si Hyuk)

Winning Daesang x 20 (grand prizes) since 2016 - 🥥🥝🍅🍍🍒🍈🍇

Artist of the Year x 7 (2016 - 2022)

Album of the Year x 5 (2018 - 2022): ‘Love Yourself: Tear’, ‘Map of the Soul: Persona’, ‘Map of the Soul: 7’, ‘Be’, ‘Proof’

Song of the Year x 3 (2019 - 2021): “Boy with Luv”, “Dynamite”, “Butter”

Worldwide Icon of the Year x 5 (2018 - 2022)

[globaljobalert-blog]

Market Development Representative - Remote( USA)

Company: About us: RevenueCat makes building, analyzing, and growing mobile subscriptions easy. We launched as part of Y Combinator's summer 2018 batch and today are handling more than $2B of in-app purchases annually across thousands of apps. We are a mission driven, remote-first company that is building the standard for mobile subscription infrastructure. Top apps like VSCO, Notion, and ClassDojo count on RevenueCat to power their subscriptions at scale. Our 60 team members (and growing!) are located all over the world, from San Francisco to Madrid to Taipei. We're a close-knit, product-driven team, and we strive to live our core values: Customer Obsession, Always Be Shipping, Own It, and Balance. As RevenueCat’s first Market Development Representative, you’ll qualify potential RevenueCat customers and provide an initial touch point where you impress by: - Showcasing deep product understanding, - Answering high level questions on capabilities, technology, and unique differentiating value - Being empathetic, honest, and following up with additional answers and next steps in a timely manner. This role is a part of the Marketing team, intended to support a growing Sales org as we scale our go-to-market efforts. Core to succeeding in this role – and RevenueCat as a whole – will be an approach centered on delivering value for our users in everything you do. The ideal candidate will have the aptitude and passion to become a true product expert, and will use that expertise to surpass potential customers’ expectations in every interaction. About you: - You have 1-3 years of successful sales experience, preferably in SaaS - Current knowledge on software development, preferably in mobile - Positive and energetic phone skills, excellent listening and writing skills - A self-starter with a track record of successful, credible achievements - Proficient in the use of Salesforce and LinkedIn - Experience with platform-as-a-service, developer tooling, and the mobile space preferred - You have been an early stage startup hire, and are comfortable with ambiguity - You share our values, and are eager to help mobile subscription businesses emerge, grow, and positively impact the world - In additional to requiring native fluency in English, we’re excited to talk to candidates that have native/bilingual level of fluency in the following languages: French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean In the first month, you'll: - Spend time learning our product, personas, positioning, process, and systems - Listen to & shadow customer calls to understand our talk tracks - Pick up your first inbound requests Within the first 3 months, you'll: - Deeply understand our product, business value, and technology advantages - Pick up 50-60 inbound requests per month, and schedule multiple qualifying meetings per day - Start proactively reaching out to Product Qualified users that – based on their in-product behaviors – could benefit from a sales touch - Share market & product feedback, process suggestions, and insights Within the first 6 months, you'll: - Help define a repeatable and refined playbook that enables you and future team members to exceed targets - Work with the team to ensure everyone is operating efficiently - Raise your hand for more responsibility Within the first 12 months, you'll: - Start prepping for your next role as account executive, account manager, or sales engineer What we offer: - On-target earnings (OTE) is $120,000 with 70/30 base and variable pay structure regardless of your location - Competitive equity in a fast-growing, Series B startup backed by top tier investors including Y Combinator - 10 year window to exercise vested equity options - Fully remote work environment that promotes autonomy and flexibility - Suggested 4 to 5 weeks time off to recharge and focus on mental, physical, and emotional health - $2,000 USD to build your personal workspace - $1,000 USD annual stipend for your continuous learning and growth APPLY ON THE COMPANY WEBSITE To get free remote job alerts, please join our telegram channel “Global Job Alerts” or follow us on Twitter for latest job updates. 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[midnight-no-headlights]

Reminiscing past tours & I’ve really gotten to see @taylorswift for all tours except the Fearless tour 🫶🏻🥺 Speak Now was my first concert / first tour ever… this era means so much to me 💜

Gillette Stadium will always be my hometown shows:

• 7/26/2011 Speak Now tour (Night 2) — my first ever concert & my first time ever seeing Taylor live! We sat in section 240. I remember crying (happy tears) on my 13th birthday when my mom got me the tickets (like full on SOBBING)

• 7/26/2013 Red tour (Night 1) — my mom managed to get us floor seats in section A (I want to say A4 or A6, or B4 / B6 ?? I actually don’t remember) closest to the B-stage (closer to Taylor than I had ever been before) & when she came down the aisle for “22” I almost got to hold her hand but a security guard pushed me back / out of the way & I missed her by a split second 💔 I’ve never forgotten that moment.

• 7/24/2015 1989 tour (Night 1) — we couldn’t get tickets for this tour originally, somehow a family member managed to buy us a pair of tickets because she knew I was/am a huge swiftie since debut album & in the same week I won a pair of tickets from an XFinity giveaway on Twitter! My mom & her friend used the tickets for section 226 & my sister & I sat in section 111. My phone died that night & I have no pictures of my own from it but I remember it so well because I just got to live in the moment. We got to feel the entire stadium jump with 65,000+ people during Shut Up & Dance with WALKTHEMOON

• 7/26/2018 Reputation tour (Night 1) — I bought 2 tickets for me & my sister, this was my first concert I was able to drive us to. We had an amazing night, I met friends from here on tumblr at the show 🖤 we had section 109 in lower bowl. Taylor had Hayley Kiyoko come out to sing Curious !

• 7/27/2018 Reputation tour (Night 2) — second night, I bought tickets for my sister, boyfriend & I & also surprised my mom with a set of tickets in section 123 (we had section 109 again — no idea how I managed that). We had a blast going for a second night (never did it before Rep tour & I just wanted to experience multiple shows at least once).

• 7/28/2018 Reputation tour (Night 3) — third night I originally had tickets for up in section 310, but my cousin had never been to a TSwift concert before & as much as I wanted to see her for a third night, I felt it was best to give the tickets to my cousin & her mom to enjoy. They had an amazing time & it was her first concert, ever! 🖤

• 5/19/2023 Eras tour (Night 1) — we had ZERO tickets for this tour, even on the day of the show. My sister, cousin & I had always had plans to see Taylor live in concert together at least once in our lives but it never made it out of the groupchat until this fateful day 🥹 we joked about going up to Gillette Stadium to listen from the parking lot (we renamed our groupchat to “G13llette Eras Tour (Parking Lot Version)” ) — but we set out to go up & just have fun, we knew we could listen from anywhere around the stadium. Well, in the card ride up, fate would have it that this scheme would finally take it from the texts to real life ❤️ instead of listening from the parking lot, the universe said “you’re gonna listen INSIDE the stadium”. We scored 4 tickets to Night 1 on the drive up to the stadium, blasting TSwift in the car & just having ZERO expectations that we would even get tickets. My sister never gave up even when I did because of the Ticketmaster fiasco… we gave the 4th ticket away to a fan who had never been before ❤️ we looked like crazy people screaming in the car & crying on the phone to everyone we could call to say we got tickets by some miracle ✨

I’m very lucky to live in a world where Taylor Swift exists, truly 🥺🥹 her music has always been there for me. I’m very lucky to have seen her live on multiple occasions — & I don’t take it lightly how many people cannot say the same. I really hope every fan gets the same opportunities somehow, someway… I know the ticket situations seem hopeless & I myself gave up this time around on getting tickets to this tour; it hurt like hell everyday accepting the fact that I (thought I) wouldn’t see Taylor again after not seeing her in just about 5 years since the Reputation tour. Some fans have either never seen her, or it’s been well over a decade since they’ve last seen her.

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Jumu'ah Khuthbah: 9 June 2023

Alhamdulillah that we're now 7 years old as twin kiddies, now that we are beautifully conscious of Allah - we can also fully dedicate ourselves to show Him (SWT) our complete love! Not that He (SWT) needs it, actually it's us that do - that's the open secret us adults will share with you both!

This is how our spiritual inspiration for the week flowed, Alhamdulillah!

#1. Nawaaz beautifully asked to know about guidance, how do we determine if it's from Allah or our nafs...?

Shaykh Nishaat responded intriguingly where he said that guidance can only be from Allah as a gift, and if it's not, then it's not guidance! Allah's actions should reflect in our thoughts and actions. We should each reflect our learnings, even spiritually as Muslims, we should be able to see some signs of it. That is why, we pray for guidance and peace in our lives in some way.

Our choices reflect our guidance. If we make the wrong choices repeatedly, are we enacting Allah's guidance? How we choose what we choose is a reflection of where we are in our lives. We can see whether something is guidance from Allah or misguidance from ourselves. We have a system of asking our hearts and then we become relaxed and neutral, where we know our reaction is enough!

Shaykh Taner also said that this world is for verification; but do we go after our own versions of truth or follow Allah, by watching His rights and wrongs ...? Here I remember my own struggle to determine whether I should marry your Abbu, Allah sent several pieces of verification 😊 As I have shared before; the tiny sprinkling flowers from a tree, a leaping dolphin in the horizon and a smooth journey despite several potholes on the way, including our 2018 car accident. Subhana'Allah!

#2. Shaykh Nishaat continued on the topic of guidance. We are not going to make the right choices when our nafs is in control! We need spiritual help to bring our nafs under control. We need to look at the intention behind the intention to determine if the guidance is from Allah. Choice is heavily linked to guidance.

The choices that we make shapes us, and Allah says that forgiveness is better! Upon others, and upon ourselves I would add; as a self-depracating worry wart - Insha'Allah one day I will receive that guidance and peace!

#3. On a blessed resumption of Saturday Sohbets, Shaykh Taner described those who see with their logic and think they learn when they make mistakes... When we actually learn by doing what's right, when we support positivity and remove negativity!

The emphasis on being positive over being negative has been a spiritual panacea, that opened so much in my heart and mind's consciousness - Ya Shakur (Divine gratitude!). Insha'Allah I pray to defy my fiery, doom and gloom genetic disposition and steer towards positivity as a natural inclination!

#4. Shaykh Taner continued to cool our hearts by saying that the important thing is, that Allah teaches us with love. When we come to Islam or faith because the name is unimportant, our mission is completed with no fear nor grief. Fear and grief are for the world of manifestation. Allah is the doer and we are just the 'shahid' as the observers.

Anne continued to project rahma (mercy);

What is close to our hearts may change at different stages of our lives but we must maintain our connection to Allah...

This is our fanafillah as merging with Allah or our experience of Laylatul Qadr where we must return to our worldly lives to enact Allah's actions.

That left a mysterious unknown, personally for me. I have been blessed with so much spiritual awakening through my 'disability', what is next Allah? Insha'Allah with continued love and commitment to Allah and thereby, our family!

#5. Again my spiritual panacea on positivity was elaborated by an altogether different source, the eloquent Yasmin Mogahed.

She said that we must have a positive view of Allah akin to our mothers, where we wholeheartedly trust them in wanting the best for us. Allah has more mercy for us than our mothers! We must trust Allah's credentials as the most wise, most knowledgeable and most capable.

Our understanding of matters differ due to various factors, where pain can be dealt with in different ways. Eg. Anger when something doesn't happen the way we expected it to. Sabr (Patience) is the minimum response we should have to our lives, we must not complain to the decree of Allah or have resentment! We must always have hope to fix something in ourselves; like my inherited, doom and gloom, and negative perspective - Bismillahir rahmanir rahim to living Allah’s positivity...

This has been a productive week of learning on all fronts, Ya Shakur that the learning is seemingly endless! With your Aunty Amira and me on board with your Abbu, and the Degrowth theory as a real alternative to Capitalism - Subhana'Allah!

Ya Alim Ya Hakim Ya Nafi (Yearning Allah's knowledge and wisdom in crafting goodness)

[liamhaydn-blog]

Arsenal 22/23 a season review Part 2 of 3: December-International Break: Leaving it Late, Arsenal beaten but not broken

 World Cup & Mid-Season Friendlies

The 2022 World Cup saw Saka take his performances to the biggest stage in football and deliver once more, the winger scoring 3 in 4 games, and he was a regular thorn in France’s side in the Quarters, winning a penalty. It was not all positives however as Arsenal suffered the devastating blow of losing Gabriel Jesus to the treatment table, the Brazilian requiring knee surgery after representing his country against Cameroon.

The Arsenal players either not selected for international duty or who failed to qualify for the World Cup travelled to Dubai to play in the Dubai Super Cup. Arsenal beat Lyon 3-0 then got in some bonus penalty shoot-out practice to gain an extra point. It looked like they could use the practice as they beat Lyon 2-1 on spot kicks after five each. Arsenal then beat AC Milan 2-1 and won the cup with another shootout win, this time 4-3. The day before the World Cup final Arsenal played their final mid-season friendly, losing 2-0 at the Emirates to Juventus.

December

Then on Boxing Day, just 8 days after Messi and Argentina had edged Mbappe and France on penalties after one of the most memorable World Cup finals ever, Arsenal returned to Premier League action. The big question was how they would cover for the loss of Gabriel Jesus, and *if* they could. Eddie Nketiah would be the man to take his place, he had yet to score in the Premier League this season but this would be his first start. And it would come against West Ham at the Emirates.

Saka thought he’d given Arsenal the lead with a smart finish past Fabianski, but he had been offside in the build-up when the ball had just caught his heel on its way through to Nketiah. Arsenal were to be disappointed further, when a West Ham counter attack saw Bowen sprinting into the box, Saliba slid in and caught the West Ham man just enough to justify a penalty. Benrahma didn’t waste the opportunity and against the run of play the visitors led.

Arsenal had it all to do in the second half, and they got on with doing it by equalising in the 53rd minute, after either a poor Ødegaard shot (or else genius pass) found Saka with only the keeper to beat and the youngster slotted home with ease. 5 minutes later and Arsenal completed the turn-around, when Xhaka found Martinelli in the box. The Brazilian winger shifted the ball to provide the angle he wanted for the shot and beat Fabianski with everyone expecting a cross. Nketiah wrapped up the three points after lovely play from White and a pass into the forward by Ødegaard. Arsenal’s number 14 spun his defender who had got too tight, then lashed a fierce shot into the bottom corner for Arsenal’s December goal of the month. It had been six weeks since Arsenal had last played a competitive game, but seemingly little had changed, they were still too hot to handle for overmatched opposition, as Arsenal made it 7 home league wins from 7, this one in front of Arsene Wenger, attending his first match since leaving the club in 2018.

On New Years Eve, Arsenal travelled to Brighton with the extraordinary opportunity to go 7 points clear after City had surprisingly dropped points earlier that day at home to struggling Everton. Arsenal started like a team who meant business, Partey put a stop to a potential Brighton counter and then Zinchenko fed Martinelli, it was hard to say whether his was an attempted cross or shot, but all that matters is the ball eventually came through to Saka who took a quick touch to set himself, then with composure beyond his years he calmly passed it into the net.

In the 39th minute Arsenal’s lead was doubled when a corner was cleared only as far as Ødegaard, whose strike travelled through many bodies and all the way into the net, his decision to hit the ball into the ground proving an excellent one. The second half had barely got under way when Arsenal bagged their third, Martinelli’s shot being spilled by Sanchez, and Nketiah was on hand to profit. Brighton pulled one back through Mitoma, but Arsenal looked to have killed the game once more when one of the passes of the season by Ødegaard put Martinelli in behind the defence. Martinelli had the option of squaring for Saka, but he went and finished it himself. Brighton refused to give up however and cut the deficit down to two once more, when teenage striker Evan Ferguson profited from Saliba’s failure to deal with a long ball down the middle.

With 2 minutes and added time still to play it appeared Brighton had cut the deficit yet further, when Mitoma’s deflected effort beat Ramsdale. Fortunately for The Gunners Mitoma came back from an offside position and the goal was ruled out. Arsenal saw out the 4-2 win, which in the end was perhaps more difficult and nervy than it should have been, but they had scored some fine goals with all 4 of their attackers getting on the scoresheet, and most importantly they had moved 7 points clear of City by winning a tricky away fixture.

Across the start of November and the end of December Arsenal played 4 league games and won all 4, meaning Arteta was voted Premier League manager of the month for the combined period of November/December. Ødegaard had finished up strongly before the World Cup, and following the resumption of the Premier League, he’d started back up even stronger. 3 goals and 3 assists in 4 games saw him pick up the Premier League player of the month for November/December. Arsenal’s individual player of the month for December was Saka.

January

Arsenal began 2023 by hosting 3rd place Newcastle United, a team who had won 8 of their last 10 league games, and only lost once in the league all season, that in the 98th minute back in August away at Liverpool. Since losing that game they had conceded just 5 goals in their next 10 league games going into this fixture, so there was no doubting the stern test they would provide.

Arsenal flew out of the traps but Newcastle somehow got out of the opening 10 minutes without falling a goal behind. After weathering the early storm, the game then became littered by fouls, breaking the flow of the game which seemed to suit the visitors much more. The referee Andrew Madley showed 3 yellow cards in 5 minutes as he quickly lost control of the game, it appeared too fast and frantic for him to deal with and it had quickly descended into chaos. By half-time Madley had shown 5 yellow cards, 3 going to the home side. The best chances were all coming from set-pieces, Gabriel coming closest for Arsenal with his header from an Ødegaard free-kick going just wide. Joelinton at the other end missed a big opportunity from a corner, left unmarked at the backpost he failed to hit the target, had he been able to it would have undoubtedly opened the scoring for his side.

In the 59th minute, Arsenal looked to score from a free-kick whipped in by Saka, when Gabriel appeared to be dragged down in the box. Replays show conclusively that his shirt was being pulled from behind by Dan Burn as the Arsenal centre-back attempted to get on the end of the free-kick, VAR reviewed the incident but did not intervene. Arsenal pinned Newcastle in their own half for near the entirety of the second half, but the visitors discipline, organisation and concentration was at such a high level that The Gunners were still only threatening from set-pieces. Martinelli was the latest to go close, with his flicked header going just the wrong side of the post.

Arsenal’s one good chance from open play in the second half fell to Eddie Nketiah after a clever flick from Xhaka, he made room for the shot before it was denied by the outstretched leg of Nick Pope in the Newcastle goal. In additional time, Arsenal had a second strong appeal for a penalty when Xhaka’s attempted cross was blocked by the arm of Jacob Murphy. His arm was away from his body but his back was turned on the ball, there was a case for a penalty as similar incidents had resulted in ones before, but it would have been harsh. Arteta who had been getting increasingly irate on the touchline in the second half was furious with the decision and became engaged in a bitter disagreement with his opposite number Eddie Howe on the touchline. Arsenal players were also livid with the decision and their appeals to the referee in the aftermath saw the club receive an FA charge for failing to control its players. There was of course no such charge for the referee for failing to control the game for the best part of 90 minutes.

In the end Newcastle became the first team to stop Arsenal scoring in the league and the first team to come away from The Emirates with a point. The night could have been a tribute act to Diego Simeone. When watching Newcastle, you could have been watching the Argentine’s Atletico Madrid side at their peak, in the way Newcastle used gamesmanship to run the clock down, but aswell defended for their lives. And on the touchline there was similarities in the way Arteta tried to kick every ball with his team, so passionate and hungry for the win you thought he may at one stage enter the field and try to break Newcastle down himself. Arteta’s passion on the touchline attracted a lot of attention in the media following this night and it grew into something of an obsession for them as for weeks afterwards Arteta’s touchline conduct would be the first thing mentioned to him before and after every game.

The following week and Arsenal were in FA Cup action, travelling away to 3rd tier Oxford United. The Gunners struggled in the first half, the clearest sight of goal coming when a Sambi Lokonga effort was clearly charged down in the box by the arm of an Oxford defender. VAR was not in use for the game, so 4 Arsenal players took their appeals directly to the referee and later received a second FA charge in as many weeks, this time for surrounding a match official. This charge resulted in a £40,000 fine which Arsenal appealed, no doubt because the penalty appeal was no different from the appeals you see multiple times in nearly every Premier League game. The independent Appeal board increased Arsenal’s fine to £60,000. Arsenal finally broke Oxford down in the 63rd minute, when a Vieira free kick found the head of Elneny who made no mistake. An expertly taken brace from Nketiah put Arsenal safely through to the next round, where they would have the unenviable task of travelling to Manchester City.

First though it was back to Premier League action with Arsenal making the short journey to local rivals Tottenham. The day before City had lost their derby away at United, so a chance had opened up for Arsenal to move 8 points clear at the top. However Arsenal had not won away at Spurs since 2014, which was also the last time they’d done the league double over them.  

Arsenal dominated the early goings, barely allowing Spurs a kick. When Spurs did have it, they seemed intent on contributing to their own downfall, as Lloris showed early nerves by making a mess of trying to play out, he eventually somewhat redeemed himself by saving Nketiah’s effort from the resulting chance. The Gunners opener came in the 14th minute when Saka went by Ryan Sessegnon (it was already looking like a long afternoon for the full-back tasked with trying to stop Arsenal’s number 7) and his deflected shot forced another Lloris mistake, as he fumbled the ball over the line for an own goal.

Arsenal were feeling supremely confident and they continued to batter Spurs, going inches away from a second when a viciously struck volley from Partey was denied only by the post, the midfielder coming so close to a goal that would have been even better than his one against them at the Emirates. Arsenal’s second did come though in the 36th minute when Martin Ødegaard, who was enjoying a stunningly good match, beat Lloris with a low drive into the bottom corner from well outside the box. Gary Neville on commentary remarked: “No more than Arsenal deserve. Spurs are playing like little boys out there and Arsenal look the real deal!”  

Arsenal in the 1st half played with a real authority, a side with the confidence bordering on arrogance to go away to their local rivals knowing that if they played as well as they could, Spurs would not be able to live with them. The quality and control Arsenal played with had not been seen to that extent away at Spurs since the days of the Invincibles. Tottenham were notoriously slow starters and were rightfully renowned as a second half team. And in the second half they did pose some real threats to Arsenal’s cleansheet. Spurs halving the deficit would likely have changed the entire complexion, due to how the crowd would then rally behind them.

Noone seemed more acutely aware of this than Aaron Ramsdale who turned out an inspired performance, undoubtedly his best to date in an Arsenal shirt. The pick of his catalogue of saves, came from a Sessegnon effort. Baring down on goal, the full-back looked to beat Arsenal’s number 1 but his reflexes were too sharp as he got an inspired boot to the ball just in time. It had been the perfect game for Arsenal, in the first half they showed their quality with the ball, Ødegaard and Saka in particular being simply too good for Spurs. And in the second half, they showed the other side to them, by living with the pressure Spurs put on them, and standing up to it rather than crumbling. It was also Zinchenko’s finest display so far in an Arsenal shirt, his teammates knew whenever they found him with the ball he would look after it and play the right pass, he was involved in practically all of Arsenal’s best passing moves of which there were numerous. It was little surprise when he went on to pick up Arsenal’s player of the month award for January.

Things turned ugly at the end when a Tottenham fan came over and kicked Ramsdale in the back as he attempted to collect his belongings behind the goal, and the situation threatened to boil over yet further as both sets of players became entangled in a dispute, but this gave way to joyous scenes for Arsenal as they made their way down to the other end of the pitch where their supporters were gathered to celebrate a great win with their fans.

With the January transfer window open there was no question who Arsenal’s top target was. 22-year old Ukrainian winger Mykhailo Mudryk of Shakhtar Donetsk had been linked to the club for many months, and through his open flirting on his social media accounts, it was clear the interest was mutual. However, Arsenal’s negotiations with Shakhtar were painstakingly long, as Arsenal were reluctant to meet the asking price and the Ukrainian club were unwilling to come down with their evaluation. In the end the deal was hijacked by Chelsea, with owner Todd Boehly agreeing on a deal of £62M upfront, with many potential add-ons. £20.5M of the fee was donated by Shakhtar to the Ukrainian military for their war effort, but none of this was now Arsenal’s concern, they’d missed out on their top target and needed to identify an alternative quickly. And they did, in the form of Brighton’s Leandro Trossard, bringing the Belgian to the club for an upfront fee of £21M. The 28-year old went straight into the squad for Arsenal’s next game, a massive home clash with Manchester United.

The visitors struck first when Partey conceded possession in midfield, this proved costly when Rashford moved away from him and into space after putting the ball through his legs, with time and space to shoot he let fly with an unsavable missile into the bottom corner. Arsenal trailed for just seven minutes, finding the equaliser when Xhaka’s floated cross was met by the head of Eddie Nketiah. Before that, Arteta had been booked on the touchline for complaining about a foul on Saka not receiving a yellow card. He was not protesting unusually, so it seems likely the referee had not been unaffected by the constant media noise around Arteta’s behaviour on the side-lines in recent weeks.

The hosts completed the comeback in the 53rd minute when Saka let fly with a special strike from distance. The power and placement was perfect and De Gea was left with no chance. Before the game Saka was informed that he had scored in his last 2 league meetings with United, and only 2 Arsenal players in the Premier League era had ever scored in 3 successive meetings with them. “Challenge accepted.” was his words before the game, and after it he was talking about a goal which he considered the best he’s ever scored. The effort was Arsenal’s goal of the month for January.

However Arsenal’s lead only lasted for 6 minutes, when Ramsdale and Tomiyasu contested the same ball from a corner and in the end got in each other’s way, neither made satisfactory contact and the ball came to Lisandro Martinez, who expertly scooped a header into the Arsenal net. Arsenal vs Manchester United had once been the glamour fixture that put the Premier League on the map worldwide, but in recent years the league had grown whilst at the same time it’s two former star pupils had shrunk into ugly imitations of their former selves, an embarrassing shadow of their past glories. However this 1st vs 3rd meeting was a high quality clash, a reminder of what Arsenal vs Manchester United used to be.

It was finely balanced with Arsenal controlling most of the possession, but United posing a devastating threat on the counter, until Ten Hag blinked first and retreated. He withdrew Eriksen and put on the more defensive Fred, and from that moment it was signalled to everyone that United were happy to leave with a point. This gave Arsenal added impetus to attack United relentlessly and they did for the remainder of the contest. The Gunners winning moment came in the very last of the scheduled 90 minutes. Debutant Trossard fed Zinchenko whose cross was met by Ødegaard. His shot turned into a pass as it was turned home by the outstretched heel of Eddie Nketiah.

The Emirates descended into pandemonium, but it was obvious margins would be tight. Everyone held their breath as they waited to see if first Zinchenko was onside from Trossard’s pass and then if Nketiah was onside when finishing. By the thinnest of margins both players were narrowly onside, and the Emirates erupted for a second time on its confirmation. The win gave them 50 points after 19 games, a club record amount at the half-way stage of the season. Another tough test for Arsenal and they had passed it with flying colours, with 21-year old ‘Starboy’ Saka producing perhaps his best display of the season so far. As well as his goal, he hit the post with an effort from a similar position and ensured his England colleague Luke Shaw had a torrid afternoon at left-back. Back-to-back wins away at rivals Spurs and then at home to Manchester United secured Arteta his third manager of the month award of the season.

The FA Cup then gave Arsenal a break from the high drama of the Premier League, but the fixtures were not getting any easier as it was Manchester City stood in the way of The Gunners progression to the 5th round. A much changed Arsenal side (featuring a full-debut for Trossard) competed well, but in the end lost 1-0. As the January transfer window neared its conclusion, Arsenal hunted for a new centre midfielder, which they desperately needed due to an injury to Elneny and the poor form of Sambi Lokonga who was loaned out to Crystal Palace later in the window.

Top of their list was Brighton midfielder Moises Caicedo, and the deal appeared to be close when the Ecuadorian issued a very public transfer request on his Instagram site. However, once more Arsenal could not agree to the asking price, with Brighton refusing to move from their estimation of the player. In the end Arsenal moved on and instead secured the services of 31-year old Italian midfielder Jorginho from Chelsea, for £12M. The transfer’s reception was lukewarm at best with fans hoping for the younger, more expensive option. But Arteta was a long-time admirer of Jorginho, and there was no doubting he brought plenty of winning experience to a young team. To try and secure their first league title for nearly 20 years, Arsenal had to settle for their Plan B option for both of their two main signings, but it was hoped the extra depth they provided would be enough.

February

Jorginho’s first game as an Arsenal player came away at Goodison Park, in what was also Sean Dyche’s first game in charge of relegation threatened Everton. For close to an hour, both sides were let down by abysmal finishing. Nketiah and Ødegaard wasted two good opportunities, whereas Saka was more unlucky having one cleared off the line. It was an even game however and Everton calved a few good openings of their own, with the finishing touch badly lacking. That was until the hour-mark when Tarkowski directed a header home from a corner. Desperately looking to cling on for a first win in 11, Everton defended doggedly and Arsenal did not have it in them to break down the home sides resistance, suffering their first league defeat since September.

The chance to bounce back came against Brentford at the Emirates, but the better first-half chances went the visitors way. Arsenal only got into half-time level as a result of poor finishing. The hosts punished them for this in the 66th minute when Saka found substitute Trossard across the six-yard box and he made no mistake for his first Arsenal goal. The lead was wiped out just 8 minutes later by Ivan Toney, though only after Norgaard had been offside in the build-up. VAR spent 3 minutes looking as to whether Pinnock was offside and in the end confirmed he wasn’t, though in doing so they failed to take the time to draw the lines on Norgaard, which would have shown if he was on or offside, he was offside and the goal would not have stood. However VAR operator Lee Mason ‘forgot’ to draw the lines on the player who ended up giving the assist for the goal. Days later Mason left his job at PGMOL ‘by mutual consent’. The PGMOL also apologised to Arsenal over the error, with Arteta responding that he would only be satisfied with receiving the 2 points back.

The 2 points Arsenal lost in this game meant that they knew going into their next match at home to Manchester City, that they would lose top spot if they were beaten by the Champions. In the week prior to the match, City had been rocked by 115 charges relating to financial breaches of Premier League rules, in the biggest financial scandal in the competition’s history.

Arsenal would be without Partey for this vital top of the table clash, the key man in midfield not being fit enough to play, meaning Jorginho made his full debut for the club. The hosts appeared to have weathered a good start from City and forced the best chance so far when Nketiah put wide a free header. Arsenal were made to pay for this miss, when an underhit backpass from Tomiyasu found only De Bruyne and with one touch he hit the ball into an empty net. The Gunners responded well to the set-back though, and began to put City under pressure. A clipped ball in behind from Xhaka found Nketiah, his shot was cleared off the line but Ederson was penalised for making contact with the striker and a penalty kick was awarded. Saka kept his considerable cool and sent Ederson the wrong way to level things up.

Arsenal continued to work some good positions in the second half but were continually let down by failing to make the most of their openings, the last bit of quality was not there on this night for them. For City it was and they retook the lead in the 72nd minute through Grealish. 10 minutes later Haaland made the points safe for the visitors when De Bruyne found him in the box. City had just 34% possession against Arsenal, the lowest a Guardiola side has ever managed in a league game. However the number of players they kept in Arsenal’s half often succeeded in keeping Arsenal boxed in and having possession in areas that were not dangerous to City, and were in fact more dangerous to Arsenal, as they looked to pounce on any errors. And as Arsenal’s centre backs tired of having to keep playing perfect passes under pressure, whilst at the same time dealing with the beast that is Erling Haaland, those mistakes in the end were forced, such as when Gabriel cheaply conceded possession with a poor pass out that led City to score their second, as just 3 passes later they’d worked it over to Grealish with the time and space for a first time shot.

Arsenal had now picked up just 1 point from their last 3 matches and had seen their lead of 5 points disappear, they were now behind on goal difference though still with a game in hand. The Gunners next travelled to Villa Park to face ex-manager Unai Emery’s Aston Villa. Things went from bad to worse for Arsenal when they fell behind to an Ollie Watkins goal inside 5 minutes. Things were in danger of unravelling, the magnificent season they looked to be on course to have was on the verge of being thrown away if they could not turn the tide of momentum back in their favour. Arsenal responded in the 16th minute with Saka lashing in a deadly strike on the half-volley. However just past the half-hour mark they were behind again, Coutinho finishing off a clever move. Arsenal were up against it once more, they had one half to turn it around. Nketiah almost levelled it when he hit the bar with a header, but then just past the hour-mark Zinchenko did equalise with a well struck shot from outside the box which fizzed into the bottom corner. The Ukrainian bagged his first Premier League goal and it could scarcely have arrived at a more crucial stage of Arsenal’s season.

Nketiah came close for a second time when Ødegaard put him clean through on goal, he rounded the keeper expertly but could not keep his shot under the bar. The next chance came when Nketiah returned the favour by setting up a big chance for Ødegaard  by squaring the ball and giving him what should have been a simple tap-in. Inexplicably for a player of the Norwegian’s calibre, he dragged his shot wide of the post with the goal gaping. These misses looked costly, and the clock ticked down towards Arsenal going 4 league matches without a win. It could have been worse for them however when Bailey ran clear of the Arsenal defence with a brilliant one-man counter-attack, his shot forced a stunning reaction save from Ramsdale, who was somehow able to tip the Villa man’s shot onto the crossbar and it was cleared away to safety.

Into the 3rd minute of stoppage time, Martinelli had the ball in the Villa penalty area, he opted to set the ball back to the edge of the box for Jorginho, making just his second start for Arsenal in place of the injured Partey. The former Chelsea man had not scored an open play Premier League goal for over 3 years, but his technique from the edge of the D was perfect, Martinez was stretching but never getting there, only the underside of the crossbar denied Jorginho one of the best first goals for Arsenal anyone has ever scored. However, Arsenal were not denied a goal, as the ball ricocheted off the bar onto the back of former Gunners keeper Emi Martinez’s head and into the net.

The game was not won yet however as Villa forced one last corner. Martinez eager to redeem his own goal made his way up into the Arsenal penalty area, the ball was cleared by Saliba to Vieira who carried the ball to the half-way line then slipped in a perfectly weighted ball for Martinelli to run onto. The Brazilian could run the ball into the Villa box then pass it into the empty net to end his six-game goal drought in the Premier League. At half-time Arsenal stared down the barrel of another extremely damaging defeat, but in the end they rescued all 3 points with a second half performance full of character. And It was the unlikeliest of heroes, Jorginho, with the sweet strike responsible for Arsenal’s most vital win of the season so far. Adding to the victories importance, later that afternoon City dropped points away at Nottingham Forest, which put Arsenal 2 points clear at the top with a game in hand.

Arsenal returned to the Midlands the following Saturday to take on Leicester. Trossard appeared to give the league leaders the lead with a sweet strike into the top corner, which goalkeeper Ward could only stand and admire. However, VAR asked referee Craig Pawson to review a potential foul in the build-up from White on goalkeeper Ward, and upon reviewing the monitor, the ref judged that the Arsenal defender held onto one of Ward’s arms as he attempted to jump for the ball. It appeared extremely soft, as Ward did not even appeal until after Trossard’s strike had beaten him.

Moments later Saka had a strong appeal for a penalty, when Leicester defender Souttar slipped and appeared to drag Arsenal’s number 7 down with him. No penalty was the remarkable decision, given that a seemingly softer foul from White in the lead-up to Trossard’s disallowed goal had been judged a foul, yet this wasn’t. So somehow, Arsenal went into the break goalless. They got the perfect start to the second half however, scoring in the first minute when Trossard did brilliantly on the wing to find the run of Martinelli, who took a touch then rolled it beyond the goalkeeper for 1-0. Another Arsenal goal from Saka was later disallowed for offside but in the end The Gunners couldn’t find a second.

Luckily they didn’t need to, as they defended excellently all across the pitch, limiting Leicester to just 1 shot in 90 minutes, that one going wide off the target from distance. Arsenal for the majority of the second half managed the game very well and never looked in real danger of conceding. February had been Arsenal’s most challenging month of the season but they had finished it strongly, Zinchenko was voted the club’s player of the month for a second successive month.

March

Arsenal began March with their game in hand against Everton, which was originally scheduled for way back in September. The hosts went into the game having only won 1 of their last 4 home league games. The opening 39 minutes was difficult for Arsenal, they struggled to find areas to exploit against an Everton side there to frustrate them, beginning with timewasting and game management tactics almost immediately. As half-time neared, Arsenal had not threatened the goal once, until the 40th minute when they finally managed to work an opening. ZInchenko was able to thread a pass into the penalty area to an unmarked Saka. The young man didn’t waste this rare freedom, he took a touch which allowed him to turn and face the goal, his second touch worked space for the shot and with his third he let fly on his weaker right with a shot which was a perfect mix of power and deadly accuracy for 1-0 Arsenal. Saka’s first half work was not yet through however, right on the verge of half-time he picked the pocket of a sleeping Gueye and the ball was taken on by Martinelli who finished past the sprawling Pickford. The offside flag instantly shot up, but on VAR review, it was clear that Martinelli was just onside. In the space of six minutes, Saka and Martinelli had both scored their 10th league goals of the season.

Arsenal were in cruise control for much of the second half, helped by the introduction of Partey at half-time, who was fit again after injury and already looked back to his best. The game was finally put to bed in the 71st minute when a Trossard cut-back was finished by Ødegaard. Everton’s misery was compounded yet further with 10 minutes of normal time remaining, when this time Nketiah squared for Martinelli to get his brace at the near post. There was pressure on Arsenal going into this one, they knew they had to win their game in hand, and avenge their recent defeat at Goodison Park. It had required patience and clinical finishing to break Everton’s resistance, but once Arsenal took the lead they produced an immaculate performance to move 5 clear at the top.

Arsenal looked to secure a second home win in 4 days when they hosted Bournemouth later that week. However they got off to an impossibly bad start when they fell behind to the second fastest Premier League goal of all time, clocked at just 9.11 seconds. It was a ridiculously poor goal for Arsenal to concede, though replays did show that Bournemouth had 2 players clearly in the opposition half before the kick off. However this wasn’t spotted and Arsenal had to try and come back from a goal down. Ramsdale kept the damage to a minimum when he rescued Arsenal with a great save at the end of an impressive Bournemouth counter attack. By half time the hosts had registered 86% possession but still trailed on the scoreboard. Arsenal’s best chance of drawing level in the first half came from a couple of penalty appeals, the strongest being when a missed header from Mepham saw the ball instead clearly come off his arm though on review VAR did not intervene.

The mountain Arsenal had to climb in the second half got bigger when in the 57th minute, lapse marking allowed Senesi a free header from a corner and he doubled Bournemouth’s advantage. 5 minutes later Arsenal halved the deficit through Thomas Partey who was found from the head of substitute Smith-Rowe. On the 70th minute Arsenal got the equaliser, with the timely occurrence of White’s first goal for Arsenal. With Trossard substituted due to injury, and Nketiah also out of the squad with injury, Arteta’s attacking options were limited. However he maximised them by subbing a substitute, taking off Smith-Rowe and introducing Reiss Nelson, who like Smith-Rowe had been sidelined for much of the season with injury. The sub worked immediately as it was his cross that found White at the backpost, and his shot just about went over the line despite the efforts of Neto in goal.

Arsenal pushed desperately for a winner, and had yet more strong appeals for a penalty turned down. A Saka cross was diverted against his own post and then out for a corner by the arm of Stephens, who appeared fortunate to get away with leaning his body into the ball to block its path, with his upper arm making the contact. In the end Arsenal totalled 5 penalty appeals, 4 relating to handball, all of varying but reasonable strength though in the end none were given.

Six minutes of added time was announced and in that sixth minute a dangerous cross-cum-shot by Zinchenko was cleared behind for Arsenal’s 17th corner. Ødegaard’s corner was headed out as far as Reiss-Nelson right on the edge of the box, he chested it, flicked it out of his feet then cut across it to perfection. No arm could get in the way of this one, not even the goalkeepers and Arsenal had won in the 97th minute. It was their 30th shot of the match and the best of them had certainly been saved until last. For a third time in the past 8 games, Arsenal had won with the winning goal scored in the 90th minute or later. This gave them their 20th league win of the season, in their 26th match, with 10 wins from 13 at home, and 10 wins from 13 away.

Following this enormous win, Arsenal returned to European action with a trip to Sporting Lisbon for the 1st leg of their round of 16 tie, with Arteta making six changes from the side that beat Bournemouth. The score was opened though by a man who’d retained his place in the team, with Saliba rising to meet Vieira’s corner to give Arsenal the lead in the 22nd minute. The Gunners lead lasted only 12 minutes though, when confusion in the defence allowed Inacio to equalise from a set-piece. The goal did not cover Arsenal in glory, as they allowed the Sporting man a completely free header in front of goal, with neither goalkeeper Turner or debuting centre-back Jakub Kiwior (signed in January from Spezia) reacting at all.

The home side turned the game on its head in the 55th minute when despite having good numbers around the ball, Arsenal could not prevent Sporting from getting their shot away, and though the shot was initially saved it was Paulinho who got to the ball first, reacting before two Arsenal defenders for a straightforward tap-in. Martinelli almost replied near instantly with a brilliant run from well inside his own half. His pace took him past two Sporting bodies, then he managed to keep his balance past a third defender as he galloped on into Lisbon’s half. He evaded a desperate last man lunge, and then rounded the goalkeeper but his second touch was too heavy and it allowed a Sporting player to slide in and send it out for a corner before Martinelli could do the simple part of passing it into the open goal.

Arsenal’s equaliser did come however in the 62nd minute, though it was significantly less beautiful than Martinelli’s solo effort would have been. Xhaka attempted to find Martinelli but instead the ball took a huge deflection off Morita and went straight into the net for an own goal. This came only a minute after Lisbon had spurned a golden chance to go 3-1 up after wasteful finishing from Paulinho, who should have bagged his second. 2-2 was how the score remained, leaving the tie in the balance ahead of the second leg meeting at The Emirates.

3 days later and Arsenal returned to Premier League action away at Fulham. With Nketiah and Trossard missing from recent games through injury and Jesus back in training but not to that point back in a matchday squad, there was concerns that Arsenal’s attacking numbers would be severely limited for this game. However Arsenal instead got the significant boost of Trossard being fit to start and Jesus being in their playing squad for the first time since November.  Arsenal appeared to take the lead in the 18th minute when Xhaka played a forward pass which looked to find the run of Martinelli, who reached the ball as it arrived in the penalty area, Leno saved his shot only for it to rebound in off Robinson. However on VAR review, Martinelli was just marginally offside as Xhaka played the pass. Fulham remained level for just three minutes more, as this time there could be no complaints as Gabriel met Trossard’s corner to get Arsenal off and running.

5 minutes later and Arsenal’s lead doubled after a 23-pass move in which every outfield player touched the ball. As Arsenal passed it in their own third, Fulham sensed the chance to press them, but a ball out from Saliba to Xhaka saw Arsenal easily bypass them and now Arsenal attacked with 5 against Fulham’s back 4. Xhaka played it to Trossard, who got beyond his man and hung up a cross for Martinelli to meet and with virtually a free header he finished a perfect move off. Right on the verge of half-time Trossard picked out Ødegaard who was able to bring the ball down, then cut inside on his left foot and smash it into the bottom corner. This was Ødegaard’s 10th league goal of the campaign, meaning Arsenal now had 3 players on at least 10 goals, noone else in the league had yet registered two players on double figures. The goal gave Trossard a hattrick of assists, as he became the first player in Premier League history to get 3 assists in a single half away from home. Arsenal’s 3-0 halftime lead did not flatter them in the slightest, it had been a scintillating half of football.

Fulham had not been able to lay a glove on Arsenal in the first half, but they had more threat about them in the second half. They could not however find the goal to give them a glimmer of hope, being denied by both Ramsdale and the crossbar. Arsenal’s threat at the other end did not diminish either though, as confidence brimmed through every player, with every touch oozing self-assurance. On a number of occasions, Arsenal’s quick incisive passing was too much for Fulham, but unlike in the first half the finishing touch was not quite there.

In the 78th minute, Jesus made his long awaited return to action and it was almost the stuff of fairy-tales, as he quickly got himself amongst the action first by flicking the ball with his heel around the corner to Vieira and then latching onto the Portuguese midfielder’s return ball to him. However Jesus could only shoot straight at Leno. It was as if the Brazilian had never been away, as he forced a chance through his own brilliance but failed to cap the move with a goal. It was a sight Arsenal fans had got used to seeing in the first part of the season and now it was back.

Even without the icing on the cake a Jesus goal would have provided, it was an excellent game for everyone connected with Arsenal not least manager Mikel Arteta, who secured his 100th win as club manager. There had been no fatigue from their Thursday evening activities, if anything it had made them even sharper and questions of Trossard and Jesus’ fitness had been passed with flying colours. Jesus had left Arsenal 5 points clear after 14 games, and as he re-entered the pitch 13 games later Arsenal were still 5 points clear. The January addition of Trossard had been key in helping to cover his absence, scoring 1 and assisting 5, and now for the first time both players would be available to Mikel Arteta.

As Arsenal approached the final run-in that would define their season, the Europa League returned for their Round of 16 2nd leg at home to Sporting Lisbon. The fanbase was divided, with some feeling an early exit from Europe and an escape from the demanding Thursday-Sunday weekly schedule that comes with it, the path would be cleared for them to have a straight run at winning the Premier League. Others felt that the prospect of winning an European Trophy was to good to turn down for a club which has had little recent success in lifting European honours. 

Arteta appeared to stand in the second camp, evidenced by him starting 4 of his usual Premier League back 5, with only Ben White planned for a rest. There were rests for Partey, Ødegaard and Saka however, as Gabriel Jesus made his first start since the World Cup. White’s scheduled rest lasted just 9 minutes as he was forced into early action due to a concerning injury to Tomiyasu. 10 minutes later Arsenal scored the game’s opening goal, with a great pass from Jorginho putting Martinelli in behind the Sporting defence, his shot was saved but Xhaka was waiting to turn in the rebound for his first goal since October. A couple of minutes later and Arteta was forced into a second early defensive change, this time with Saliba departing.

Despite trailing Sporting remained well in the contest, coming close on a couple of occasions in the first half as Arsenal too easily allowed them shooting positions. The Portuguese side got on top early in the second half, and the chance of an equaliser grew more likely. Though it seemed unlikely to come from an effort from just inside the Arsenal half. However the pace and technique from Pedro Goncalves was flawless and his effort sailed over the head of Ramsdale. The effort deserved a goal and that’s just what it got, a special goal to draw Sporting level again in the tie. Arteta responded swiftly sending on the big boys, Partey and Saka. Arsenal continued to teeter on the edge of elimination, relying on the face of Ramsdale to block a shot from Edwards as he advanced on goal. 

One thing all Arsenal fans could agree on, whether they were in favour of progressing or going out, was that the one thing nobody wanted was Extra-Time. Of course that’s what they got. The best first-half chance went to Trossard who was denied by a combination of Adan and the post. Arteta’s final substitution was the introduction of Ødegaard in the 101st minute and from that point on, Arsenal did all the attacking with Sporting clinging on for penalties. Their desperation was evidenced by a very late tackle by Ugarte on Saka as he looked to launch an Arsenal counter. The Uruguayan had already been booked and was given his marching orders but with mere minutes remaining it didn’t mean much. 

After 210 minutes, the teams were still locked together at 3-3 on aggregate, so it would mean the first ever Emirates Stadium penalty shootout. Sporting would go first and St. Juste gave Ramsdale no chance. Ødegaard responded for The Gunners, calmy sending Adan the wrong way. Esgaio re-established Sporting’s lead with a powerful kick, before Saka, involved in his first shootout since missing the decisive kick in the Euros final 2 years prior, levelled things up once more. Ramsdale then got so close to saving Inacio’s effort that some Arsenal fans celebrated prematurely, but his contact though a strong one, was not strong enough to keep it out. Trossard restored parity once more, before Ramsdale dived the right way for Arthur Gomes’ effort, but could not prevent it from going in. Martinelli became the first man to miss from the spot, his penalty a poor one, easily placed for Adan to save. Santos had the chance to make it 5 from 5 for Sporting and secure their path into the last 8. He took the chance and Sporting Lisbon had pulled off the upset, knocking Arsenal out of the Europa League. 

With Manchester City competing in the FA Cup Quarter-Finals that weekend, Arsenal were presented with the opportunity to go into the final International Break of the season with an 8-point lead at the top. Stood in their way were Crystal Palace, a team who were without a win in 2023 and who had just parted ways with their manager, former Gunners captain Patrick Vieira. Palace had a good recent record at the Emirates, having not lost at the ground in the previous 4 seasons. They would be hoping for a European hangover for Arsenal, who in turn wanted to quickly move on from their mid-week exploits. They would have to do it without Saliba, his injury meaning for the first time in the Premier League, Arsenal would start without the Saliba-Gabriel centre-back pairing, Rob Holding coming in for his first start of the season.

Palace came very close to taking the lead in the 12th minute, when Zaha did well to escape the attentions of White enough to make room for a shot which looked to find the near corner. He instead hit the near post, and the ball came off Ramsdale and went behind for a corner. It could have been a repeat of Arsenal’s goal against Villa, when the ball went in off the back of Martinez’s head, though luckily for Arsenal in this instance, the ball hit the back of Ramsdale’s legs which were facing away from his goal or else it most certainly would have been an own goal. 

Arsenal probed without being able to find that real incision in the Palace box, until the 28th minute when White beat Zaha to the ball from a Palace clearance, and kept the visitors penned in. He found Saka who put the ball right across the box from right to left all the way out to Martinelli, who controlled it then with a second touch moved it onto his left foot to strike and the shot gave Palace’s 19-year old keeper no chance, the ball was past him and in the net in a flash. The goal brought up Saka’s 10th assist of the season, making him the first player in the Premier League to hit double figures for goals and assists. 

Now they had the lead, Arsenal really began to settle into the game, taking full charge of it and a second goal only looked a matter of time. It came with a couple of first half minutes remaining, the goal again starting on the right side of Arsenal’s attack, with White and Saka linking effectively once more. Saka retrieved the ball and played it to White who returned it to the winger who had found himself some space in the box. He didn’t hesitate to pull the trigger, picking his spot and coolly rolling the ball into the net for 2-0. 

It took just 10 second half minutes for Arsenal to get a 3rd, a sharp move between Zinchenko, Trossard and Xhaka was finished off by the latter for his second goal in a week. With his 6th goal of the season, Xhaka had doubled his tally from his last 3 seasons combined. There was a downside for Arsenal in the 63rd minute, when Schlupp pulled one back from a corner, another corner from which Arsenal had failed to clear the danger, it was becoming a recurring theme. It meant they had failed to keep a home cleansheet for the 6th time in their last 7 matches at the Emirates, a concerning occurrence that Arteta and the team would be desperate to put right in order to increase their tittle hopes. 

There was no problem for Arsenal at the other end though, which they demonstrated by getting their 4th of the game, as Saka bagged a brace with a superb first-time finish from substitute Tierney’s cutback. 4-1 was how the scoreline remained and Arsenal headed into the international break 8 points clear of City, who now had a game in hand. With 10 games to play upon the Premier League’s resumption in April, Arsenal were positioned brilliantly to give themselves a real shot of going all the way and bringing home their first league title for 19 years. 

Arsenal went into the World Cup 5 points clear with 12 wins, 1 draw and just 1 defeat from their opening 14 games. Upon the resumption, they won 10, drew 2 and lost 2 of the following 14 games as we reached the second International Break of the season, this time with a 8 point gap, despite the fact key striker Jesus had not been able to start a single league game in that time, playing less than 40 minutes in the Premier League. 

Arsenal had responded to a blip in March by winning all their Premier League games, and taking their winning run in the league to 6 straight matches, the highest Arteta has managed as coach. He received his 4th manager of the month award that season with Bukayo Saka winning the Premier League player of the month award, the first since the 03/04 campaign that atleast 2 Arsenal players had won the award in the same season.

This International Break gave everyone connected to Arsenal a chance to catch their breath and prepare for the final run-in which would decide the destination of the title, and aswell have the chance to reflect on a few months where Arsenal’s credentials had been severely tested, but they had weathered the storm and come through the other side all the stronger for it. This was thanks to many notable key performers, who we can take this time to assess. 

Arsenal player ratings from Boxing Day- March International Break:

Ramsdale 8.5/10- The 24 year old keeper has been called upon more often in the second part of the season. He made several impressive saves away at Spurs to ensure Arsenal took 3 points home from there for the first time in 9 years. Also made several crucial stops in vital wins over United, Villa and Bournemouth. 

White 8.5/10- A yellow card after struggling in the first half against Rashford when Arsenal hosted United led to his withdrawal at half-time. His form dipped slightly in February, which led to him starting on the bench against City. Quickly re-found top form however, scoring his first Arsenal goal at a vital time to equalise against Bournemouth.

Saliba 8.5/10- Took a while for him to re-gain his pre-World Cup form, as the lack of match practice during the World Cup appeared to give him some rust. As the weeks have past he’s got better and better again and got back to pre-World Cup, when he was the league’s best performing centre-back. A back injury suffered against Sporting Lisbon will now rule him out for some time, how much is unclear, but all connected with Arsenal will hope he’s back on the pitch this season.

Gabriel 9/10- The Brazilian has responded from the disappointment of not being picked for the World Cup, by performing better than ever before for his club. Has been one of Arsenal’s most consistently excellent performers since the World Cup, and a player of vital importance given the way he at times fills two spaces at once, which allows Zinchenko to move infield as he loves to do. 

Holding 6.5/10- Came on for the injured Saliba early in the first half against Sporting Lisbon and due to the severity of the injury kept his place as Arsenal beat Palace 4-1. Holding looked fine, but tougher tests are ahead and there will be questions asked for him, due to his role in Arsenal falling short in the top 4 race the previous season. Came up against Haaland in the 4th round of the FA Cup and adopted a very physical approach that saw him booked and withdrew at half-time. 

Zinchenko 9/10- With Jesus injured, it’s been the other former Manchester City player in Arsenal’s side who has come to the fore for Arsenal, playing with a level of leadership and passion that you’d normally associate with a youth team product. As well as passion, the quality of Zinchenko has aswell been ever present, evidenced by him starting 2023 with back-to-back player of the month awards for his club. 

Tomiyasu & Tierney 7/10- Tomiyasu has appeared in most Arsenal games since the World Cup, usually off the bench and usually proving a reliable understudy. Suffered a bitterly disappointing moment in a rare league start however when an under-hit back pass gave De Bruyne and City a soft opening goal in the top of the table clash. Appeared to have put this behind him however, until yet another injury has left the Japanese right-back requiring surgery that could keep him out for the rest of the season, which is undoubtedly a blow. Due to the form and importance of Zinchenko, Tierney has not played much football and has had to be very patient. When he has got minutes though, he’s been his usual reliable self, and he will hope for more opportunities in Arsenal’s final run-in. 

Partey 9/10- The Ghanaian midfielder was a massive loss to Arsenal when he was unavailable to face City. His availability in the season’s final months will be critical to Arsenal’s chances of the title as they just aren’t quite the same team without him. He’s been in excellent form, standing out as one of the Premier League’s best central midfielders this season, giving Arsenal the kind of strength aswell as silk they haven’t had in the middle since the days of Patrick Vieira.

Xhaka 8.5/10- Like Saliba, Xhaka has taken a while to get back to his pre-World Cup level. At times in matches vs Newcastle and City at the Emirates, he struggled in the final third to deliver with the same confidence he had in the first part of the season. He’s continued to work hard and be a vital part of this Arsenal team however, his professionalism and commitment to doing the dirty work allowing his teammates to shine. His scoring touch aswell seems to have now returned, with goals in back-to-back games just before the International break. 

Jorginho 7.5/10- Jorginho was quickly thrown into the starting 11 due to injury to Partey. The experienced Italian rose to the challenge, with performances that have impressed the sceptics among the Arsenal fanbase, who doubted the move. His shot which resulted in Arsenal’s win at Villa Park was maybe Arsenal’s most important game of the season thus far, it stopped them going 4 without a win in the league and instead set them on a path of 6 straight league wins going into the break. 

Lokonga 4/10- In a rare start he failed to impose himself on the midfield against League One Oxford, and his performance off the bench the following round against City appeared to be something off a last chance which was missed and the young Belgian was shortly afterwards loaned to Crystal Palace. 

Ødegaard 9/10- The Norwegian maestro was fantastic before the World Cup but since the return of club football, it’s become a phenomenal season for him. Not only is he bringing goals, assists and exceptional quality on the ball, he is tenacious out of possession with a level of work rate which pays tribute to his huge desire and fitness levels. 

Vieira 5/10- Improving cameos such as his one at Villa Park where he laid on a brilliant assist for Martinelli, saw Vieira earn a first Premier League start since September. However his progress has again come to a halt, as he continues to blow hot and cold in a difficult first season for the club. Though he can still maintain realistic hopes of coming good at the most vital stage of the season for Arsenal, which is yet to come. 

Saka 9.5/10- Saka was brilliant before the World Cup, he was brilliant at the World Cup, but he’s gone up another level again. Since the Premier League returned on Boxing Day he has only once gone longer than a single game without scoring or assisting, and never more than 2 games. This form has led him to become the first player in the league to notch double figures for goals and assists, which is an excellent achievement for the 21-year old. Knowing the young man’s talent and abilities however, he won’t be satisfied yet, he will be confident of boosting those numbers considerably in the final 10 games.

Martinelli 8.5/10- A six-game goal and assist drought for Martinelli came during a time when Arsenal won just 2 league games, which demonstrates the importance he has to the team. Arsenal need him at his best, but he struggled to form anything like an effective understanding with Nketiah. This led to Martinelli losing his place in the side, but he quickly won it back, after just 1 game in fact and he has since go on to notch 6 goals in his last 6 league games, thanks to a much better partnership with Trossard. 

Reiss Nelson 7/10- The 23-year old has had an inconsistent up and down career to date but he captured the quality he possesses in one moment, when he held his nerve when everyone else in the stadium’s appeared to have gone, when he delivered a 97th minute winner against Bournemouth, which caused undoubtedly the loudest eruption of noise in the stadium’s 17-year history. 

Nketiah 7.5/10- The young English forward scored 4 in his first 5 league games as a starter, including a vital brace against Manchester United which of course featured *that* last minute winner. Afterwards though, the goals did dry up and he lost his place in the side due to his failure to link effectively with Martinelli and Xhaka on the left side of attack in particular. However, Nketiah came in at a crucial time and kept the team’s momentum going in the immediate aftermath of Jesus’ injury and will hope to still have a role to play in the run-in.

Trossard 8/10- Trossard’s mark is only not higher because he’s only started 6 league games, having to leave the field after just 22 minutes in one of them due to injury. However watching Trossard it feels like he’s already started 60 for Arsenal, such is the way he clearly belongs in this team. He has 6 assists in the league since joining Arsenal, which is comfortably more than any other player in the Premier League in that time. He has just the 1 goal, but can consider himself very unlucky his beautiful strike away at Leicester was chalked off for a foul in the build-up. Playing at the level he currently is, he can be confident there will be plenty more opportunities for goals though in the final months.

Arteta 9.5/10- The resilience he has instilled in this young Arsenal team has been evidenced countless time in the past months. Backing up an away win at Spurs with a last minute home winner against United, keeping the belief in the group strong at a time when Arsenal saw their lead disappear as they dropped to 2nd for a few days. The last-minute winners against Aston Villa and Bournemouth in particular have showcased the incredible spirit in the Arsenal camp, and the real belief among the players that they can go all the way. The only real negative has been the defensive injuries to Saliba and Tomiyasu, which came in the Europa League 2nd leg. Knowing how vital they are to Arsenal’s season it was a risk to start Saliba in a competition much less integral to the success of Arsenal’s season just before the final league run-in, and it was a decision that could prove very costly.

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DEAN TV LOVE VII: EPISODE 10: DEAN TV LOVE U.S.A

Hello and welcome to episode 10 of Dean Tv love 7. On the 17th of March 2023, Friday. 35 episodes left in the 7th season. As the tenth episode starts off by the Dean Tv announcer introducing Dean Tv love to the viewers, the title sequence starts off by showing the dean Tv love logo with seven appearing. The 3 presenters coming out of the Louise cafe with Dean joining. “Good morning everyone, episode 10 is here” said Alec. “Episode 10 already?, wow we are moving fast” said Kaden. “Yes this is episode 10 or episode 308 according to my Calculator” said Zara. “That’s right” said Dean. “This is the 308th episode”. The screen shows the number 308, the audience are surprised about it. “Today’s episode is titled Dean Tv love U.S.A which is a U.S. version of Dean Tv love” said Alec. “Really!?, I did not know that” said Kaden. “I know about it” said Dean. “You do?” Asked Kaden. Dean nodded. “The U.s.a version started back in 2018 during the 2nd season of the U.K. version” said Dean. The guru appeared on the screen. “Yes of course, the U.S. version started 5 years ago, on the 25th of January 2018 Thursday  “ said the guru. This is how the U.S. version starts off. Stage 1 era: (2018-2020) Season 1 (2018) Season 2 (2019) Season 3 (2020) Stage 2 era: (2020-2022) Season 4 (2021) Season 5 (2022) Stage 3 era: (2022-present) Season 6 (2023).

“Wow similar to the U.K. version but different” said Alec. “Yeah so let’s watch one episode of the U.S.” said Zara. They all watch the U.S. version of Dean Tv love. Titled Dean Tv love U.S.a 6/Dean Tv love U.S.A Vi or the American Tv love. The U.S. version take place in New York City, Brooklyn. The main character Benjamin (the American counter part of Dean) is living with his friend Adalynn (the American counter part of Louise) in a flat. Adalynn has a cat in this version who talks (just like the puppy in the U.K.) Ben and Adalynn are the same age, both born on the 8th month and born in the year. Ben was born on the 7th of august 1990 and Adalynn born on the 6th of August 1990. The two met at a party in Manhattan back in 2017, on the 2nd of August 2017. Similar to their U.K. counter parts. Ben is playing music and dancing, Adalynn’s cat sees him dancing. “Hey Adalynn Ben is dancing again” said the cat. Adalynn smiled. “Yeah I know, does that every time” said Adalynn while she is in the kitchen putting some clothes in the dryer. Adalynn is watching Tv, watching U.K. version of Dean Tv love. Seeing Dean and Louise talking. Till one day the tv show got interrupted by a strange person wearing a mask. Adalynn started to get annoyed about it. She called Ben but ben is too busy dancing to his favourite. Adalynn ran out of the kitchen. “Ben come here, the tv channel has been interrupted by a crazy guy with mask” she said. “A crazy person” said Ben as he rushes into the kitchen. Ben sees what he sees on Tv. So Ben transformed into a superhero. He went out to find to crazy guy with the mask. He has found the location. He went to stop the guy with the mask. “Hey you stop interrupting tv broadcasting” said Ben. The man with the mask gets arrested by the cops, ben returns back to the apartment to rejoin Adalynn and the cat. “You taught that guy a lesson” said Adalynn. “Yes I did” said Ben. The episode ends and everyone clapped. “Interesting” said Zara. “Yeah the U.S. is different from its u.k. counter part” said Alec. “Is the u.s. still going?” Asked Kaden. “Yes it is and they are celebrating its 5th anniversary” said Dean. “Yes they are” said the guru. “Well that’s episode 10, next stop episode 11 next week” said Alec. They all waved bye. Then the end credits with theme music.

End of episode 10

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UAE VAT law: Next 5 important changes business owners should know

UAE VAT law: Next 5 important changes business owners should know

VAT is a tax levied on the supply of goods and services, as well as imports, at all stages of production and distribution, including Deemed Supply. VAT is a consumption tax that is levied at all stages of the value chain, from production to distribution. As the name implies, the tax would be levied on value addition in each of these phases until the goods or services reach the final customer, implying that the eventual consumer would bear the entire tax burden.

1. A 14-day deadline for tax credit notes and the loss of input credit

The excess output tax levied on a tax invoice may be claimed back from the FTA in certain circumstances, such as discounts, sales returns, sales cancellation, and so on. The supplier must provide the buyer/recipient with a tax credit note, and the buyer/recipient must reverse the proportionate input tax credit recovered on the original invoice. Effective January 1, 2023, the provider could only claim the production tax if the tax credit note was issued within 14 days of the stipulated scenario taking place. VAT may become a cost in the value chain once the 14-day period has expired. The

vendor would lose the opportunity to claim back any overpayment of production tax. In any case, the buyer may only recover input credit equivalent to the net amount paid to the provider.

Globally, VAT regulations frequently allow credit notes to be issued without any VAT adjustment if the supplier and buyer are not engaged in any exempt supplies.

2. Issuing tax bills even when there is no VAT due

Since 2018, any person who gets an amount as VAT as a result of any document produced by him has been legally required to pay the amount to the FTA, even if it is not due. The provision has been modified to state that anyone who issues a tax invoice for an amount must pay that amount to the FTA.

Companies frequently title their invoices as ‘tax invoices’ due to ERP limits or accounting regulations, even if no VAT is charged on one or more products. In such circumstances, the new clause raises doubt regarding tax liability. The business community would benefit from a clarification from the FTA.

3. Invoices for items imported

It was noted this week that taxpayers must receive and preserve invoices for any import of service for which a reverse charge is payable. The requirement to receive and preserve invoices and import paperwork will also apply to products imported.

It appears that some taxpayers do not check the accuracy of the import VAT payable under reverse charge, which shows immediately in their VAT returns and recovers the whole amount without verification. The FTA requires a taxpayer to ensure that the credit is only recovered for verified imports made by the taxpayer.

4. Mandatory voluntary disclosure even if there is no additional tax to be paid

The tax procedures will also be changed beginning on March 1, 2023. Taxpayers would be required to make a voluntary disclosure to remedy an error or omission, even if the error or omission did not result in a change in the net tax owed reported on the initial VAT return.

This change could apply to cases in which a taxpayer failed to declare zero-rated supplies, exempt supplies, or reverse charge imports. Once a voluntary disclosure is completed, fines for inaccuracies in the original VAT returns may apply.

5. Reduced maximum administrative penalties

Since 2018, the maximum amount of administrative penalties, such as late tax payments, has been limited to 300% of the tax amount. The maximum amount of administrative fines would be limited to 200% of the tax amount beginning on March 1, 2023. However, the minimum penalty barrier of Dh500 would be eliminated, allowing the FTA to apply penalties of less than Dh500 as well.