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But when do you buy and when do you sell? On Black Friday, you’re unlikely to see discounts on card packs. Instead, EA commonly release special packs and lighting-round promotions in which a limited quantity of a certain type of pack is available, resulting in the market becoming flooded and the asking price for even the most popular players becoming greatly reduced. However, as with any market crash, knowing when to sell and when to buy is essential....

Australia and New Zealand are set to host the 32-team tournament in July next year, but according to a French publication, FIFA is considering a date switch. The Sporting News unpacks all the latest news on the showpiece event in women’s football. Why could the FIFA Women’s World Cup could be postponed? Leading French sports publication L’Equipe has reported that FIFA have held informal discussions with European football stakeholders about postponing next year’s Women’s World Cup due to issues in securing broadcast deals....

Making its debut at the 1908 London Games, figure skating celebrates 110 years as an Olympic sport. MORE: Complete 2018 Olympic schedule, how to watch live | Figure fashion statements in Pyeongchang The 2018 United States squad is 14 members strong, with just five returning Olympians and nine Olympic rookies, including gold-medal favorite Nathan Chen. Of the five returnees, none have medalled in their previous trips to the Games....

Too good to be true? Negre doesn’t think so. After almost a decade of work, he’s putting the finishing touches on his factory and expects to start producing air-powered cars early next year. That would give Motor Development International, the company he founded to exploit his invention, an early lead in the worldwide race to replace the combustion engine with a cleaner alternative. The main competitor–hydrogen-powered cars that produce zero emission–have won the backing of the big auto companies, but they won’t be ready for the road for five years at the very least....

A Japanese Legend The location was in Gotemba, at the foot of Mount Fuji. I must have been 25 and was one of the young samurai in Kurosawa’s “Sanjuro.” I was waiting for my turn, dressed as a samurai with a sword. It was a real sword. Since I had plenty of time to kill, I decided to try the sword. The place was full of bushes, so I kept slashing them nice and clean....

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“When you take a photo in Pet Portraits, our trained computer vision algorithm recognizes where your pet is, crops the image and puts them where they belong: front and center,” Google said. “Once that is done, a machine learning algorithm matches your pet’s photo with over tens of thousands of artworks from our partners’ outstanding collections to find the ones that look most similar.” Users need to install the Google Arts & Culture app to use Pet Portraits....

After observing Finnish Army field exercises in North Karelia, Niinistö suggested that Finland can help Ukraine’s war effort, telling reporters that it would back up the military equipment it is sending to Kyiv with the training required to operate it. “Of course, training on these could be very appropriate,” Niinistö said on Tuesday, Finnish media outlet YLE reported, “we know how to use them.” Newsweek has contacted the Ukrainian defense ministry for comment....

Fire crews got the flames under control quickly as Rivera and his family made it out of the home without any injuries. MORE: Panthers rolling in the playoffs | Panthers win first playoff game since 2005 | Cam Newton wears tuxedo to postgame presser The fire started around 4 a.m. Monday morning according the the Charlotte Fire Department. Rivera said he smelled smoke and heard his smoke detectors go off....

Emergency services responded to reports of a fire at the home of the New Orleans Saints football team at around 12:30 p.m. local time, Fox 8 Live reported. The New Orleans Fire Department (NOFD) dispatched 23 units carrying 51 personnel members to handle the situation. Around a dozen firefighters had to climb up the side of the building in order to reach the flames. Employees, who did not report smelling smoke while the blaze was active, were evacuated from the building at around 12:40 p....

The video has so far been viewed over 13.7 million times on Twitter since it was posted on Tuesday evening. The video was first posted on Reddit in the subreddit Crazyf***ingvideos but has since been taken down by the original uploader. In the video, a family can be seen sitting on the lawn in front of a home with lawn chairs as multiple people attempt to set up a fireworks display....

Colin Farrell is the latest star to sign up for his own DC TV series, reprising his role as Penguin from the upcoming The Batman movie, which is due to launch in theaters on March 4, 2022. Rivals Marvel launched their own MCU Disney+ TV shows in 2021, now DC are set to follow suit with a number of programs which will air from the beginning of 2022. DC have recruited some big name actors and terrific behind-the-scenes talent to launch their shows on HBO Max....

First Aid for Broken Noses If you think you might have a broken nose, you need medical attention. In the meantime, these are the things you need to do: Breathe through your mouth. Do not move if it is possible that there could be damage to your neck or spine. Have someone else call 911. If your neck is okay, lean forward and gently pinch the nostrils together. This will help to stop the bleeding and prevent blood from running into the back of the throat and being swallowed....

The New York Bight area auction will be on February 23, where offshore wind developers bid on six lease areas. According to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, this is the largest offshore wind energy auction. Haaland said the Biden-Harris administration has made climate change a central issue, and this project offers new opportunities. “Offshore wind opportunities like the New York Bight present a once-in-a-generation opportunity to fight climate change and create good-paying, union jobs in the United States,” Haaland said....

This article will review the types of lung cancer and the first-line treatments recommended for each. Types of Lung Cancer There are two main types of lung cancer—small cell lung cancer (SCLC) and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Knowing the type of lung cancer as well as the stage of the cancer are critical pieces of information the oncologist (a specialist in diagnosing and treating cancer) needs to make treatment decisions....

The Colombian-American actress will play an infamous drug trafficker in the new mini-series Griselda, coming soon to the streaming service. Netflix has released the first image of Vergara as real-life drug lord Griselda Blanco, as well as a number of details about the upcoming show. Looking ahead to Griselda on Netflix, here’s everything you need to know ahead of launch. Sofia Vergara as Griselda Blanco Vergara doesn’t look like she’s playing for laughs in the first-look image for Griselda on Netflix....

Mayor Walt Cobb first shared the post on his private Facebook account, which he noted was separate from his mayoral account and not meant for public viewing. The post reportedly claimed that Indigenous Canadians “just want to be victims,” and that they were using the bleak history of residential schools as a cash grab. The post also stated that most survivors of these schools had already “forgiven” what had gone on....

The financial assistance provided by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act was effective for those who had access to it, researchers with Columbia University’s Center on Poverty and Social Policy found last month. Though the initial money Congress provided to American workers prevented many of those who became unemployed due to the coronavirus pandemic from falling below the poverty line—which in the U.S. includes any worker who makes less than $12,760 annually or a family of four that makes less than $26,200 per year—researchers said the numbers likely will not hold if unemployment numbers remain high and more financial aid isn’t provided soon....