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Two of the best forwards in the game face each other in the World Cup on Friday. Their most dramatic contrast is in international football
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Norway v France is arguably the most talent-loaded fixture in the World Cup group stage. Transfermarkt’s combined estimated market value of the two squads is higher than for any of the other 71 matches in this phase of the tournament. Yet the vast majority of the attention at Boston Stadium will be focused on just two men: Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappé, who are already in the leading pack to win the World Cup Golden Boot for top goalscorers, both scoring twice in each of their first two games.
They are very different types of forward. The Norwegian is the ultimate penalty box player, capable of finding space in the most dangerous areas where none appears to exist. His French counterpart is far more comfortable dribbling from wide areas, completing as many take-ons in two games as the Manchester City man does all season. Despite their contrasting styles, they have delivered near-identical output in Europe’s big five leagues since Haaland made his debut for Borussia Dortmund in January 2020.
Continue reading...Five years after the fall of Kabul, European states are anxious to send migrants back – regardless of what it takes and what awaits them
Days after Kabul fell to the Taliban in August 2021, the EU’s top diplomat stressed the need to protect women and girls. “Cooperation with any future Afghan government will be conditioned on … respect for the fundamental rights of all Afghans,” Josep Borrell pledged. The regime’s attack on women’s rights began immediately, and has only intensified. The Taliban have barred girls from secondary school and university, legalised child marriage, prevented women from travelling without a male guardian and excluded them from jobs, parks and bathhouses. Women have been literally silenced: their voices are forbidden from being heard in public, even from within their own homes.
A new criminal code introduced last year permits men to beat their wives; even if women are able to prove the use of “obscene force”, a husband may still be sentenced to only 15 days in prison. (In contrast, harming an animal could mean five months in jail.) And restrictions on work, movement and contacts are not merely oppressive. They are often deadly in a country gripped by a humanitarian crisis. UN experts have said that this “widespread, systematic and all-encompassing” assault on women’s rights may amount to “gender apartheid”.
Continue reading...DEN HAAG (ANP) - De ANWB roept leden en klanten op om vrijdag alleen als het echt noodzakelijk is contact op te nemen bij pech. "We willen juist in deze extreme omstandigheden klaarstaan voor onze leden die het het hardst nodig hebben", zegt Eva-Marie Beij, directeur ANWB Wegenwacht. "Alle andere pechgevallen helpen we graag weer als de temperaturen iets gedaald zijn."
Volgens de ANWB is de oproep nodig om de pechhulpmedewerkers van de Wegenwacht en Logicx zo veel mogelijk te ontzien. Vrijdag geldt in het grootste deel van het land code rood, omdat het extreem warm kan worden.
Door de hoge temperaturen was het de hele week "topdrukte" bij de Wegenwacht, aldus de ANWB. Donderdag kwamen zo'n 4150 pechmeldingen binnen bij de organisatie, laat een woordvoerder weten. Woensdag waren dat er ruim 3800, waar dat er normaal gesproken zo'n 3400 zijn. De Wegenwacht komt vooral veel kapotte accu's tegen, evenals oververhitte auto's en kapotte banden.
@JeanMarcvanTol @foksuk gebruikt volgens mij OCR om de titel uit het plaatje te krijgen. Ook met wisselend resultaat.
Good god, The Complete Kubrick from Criterion.
Collected here for the first time are Kubrick’s thirteen features and three shorts, all restored in 4K, with their original soundtracks alongside the 5.1 mixes, restored and remastered; over twenty-five hours of interviews, documentaries, and behind-the-scenes materials; and deluxe packaging illustrated with rare photographs, artwork, and documents annotated by Kubrick himself, all housed in a singular box inspired by the director’s legendary archive.
Altogether it’s 30 discs, $480 if you pre-order, and it’ll be out in mid-October.
P.S. While it’s not a fancypants box set, the KDO tag page for Stanley Kubrick functions pretty well as “DVD extras” — and it’s free. (via df)
Tags: Criterion Collection · movies · Stanley Kubrick · video
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Saint Vitus Live 1989
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Kodak Portra 160 altered to b/w with Mamiya RB67 and Sekor 65 mm
