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Self-myofascial release has been gaining popularity over the years as a way to release tight muscles and improve mobility. There are even entire workout classes devoted to foam rolling - arguably the most popular main stream tactic of engaging in myofascial release.

Research has been conducted exploring how foam rolling affects range of motion of joints and if it helps reduce muscle soreness. And the results are promising. One study found that after only three consecutive days of foam rolling, muscle fatigue was reduced and range of motion was increased. So aside from feeling relief in the moment, it's possible that the benefits accumulate over time as well.

Dr. Karena Wu, physical therapist and owner of ActiveCare Physical Therapy in NYC and Mumbai, utilizes foam rolling exercises with her patients at the office and teaches them how to use the foam rollers at home. She explains that foam rolling is a self-massage to the soft tissues. "The foam roller compresses tissues and helps to release tight bands in soft tissue," she says. "Massage is an 'irritant' to the soft tissues that brings blood flow, which then helps with fluid movement and promotes healing because blood carries nutrients and oxygen. So, getting this type of compressive massage therapy helps break up tightness or 'knots' in the tissues."

"It also helps to promote fluid circulation, increases pliability of the soft tissues, reduces compressive forces on the joints (when the surrounding soft tissues are more flexible) and increases neuromuscular activity because the soft tissues will be more at an optimal resting length for function," Dr. Wu adds.

I've encouraged my clients to foam roll on their own at the gym as part of their post-workout stretch and recovery routine, and they're shocked by how good it feels (and how painful it can be on more tender spots, like the IT band.) Whether you dedicate time before or after each workout, attend a weekly foam rolling class, or roll it out in your living room, consistency will help you achieve more mobility, less pain and better muscle function.

But if you're new to foam rolling, what body parts should you focus on?

A few of the areas that Wu encourages her clients to foam roll are the glutes, quads and backs of the shoulders. She recommends doing foam rolling for at least 10-20 minutes, especially if you're covering the large areas of the lower legs and working the tissues out.

Susane Pata, a Crunch group fitness instructor and senior master instructor for TriggerPoint, agrees that the quads and thoracic spine are big targets for foam rolling. "People should foam roll like they floss their teeth - daily. But if not, as often as possible," she says.

Pata says that her classes last an hour for a total body roll, and recommends longer sessions like this after a workout. "If you are foam rolling before a workout (really a good idea so as to get better mobility) I'd keep it short - 5 to 10 minutes -and then do a proper movement warm up," she says.

Paula Lester, who teaches a class called Pilates Mat, Roll and Release at Privé-Swiss Fitness, integrates foam rolling into a classical Pilates mat class to help relieve tight muscles and stress. She focuses on similar areas (the mid-back, outer thigh and quads) - since they are large areas, they can feel immediate relief after foam roller use. Lester recommends about 20 minutes of foam rolling. "You should spend a couple of minutes on each muscle group focusing mostly on the tighter more tender areas," she explains. She suggests staying still (and not rolling) on the tight areas to give the roller a chance to dig into these knots and break them up rather than just rolling back and forth. "The increase of blood flow and the pressure from the foam roller helps to release the tight muscles and ease pain," she says.

If you're in a seated position for much of the day, your hip flexors can become shortened over time. Therefore, stretching the front of your hips, specifically these hip flexors, and massaging the muscles and tissue around them can help combat the effects of sitting all day.

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Time to foam roll the outer hip and thigh. It can be challenging to stretch the Iliotibial Band (IT Band), and frequently it becomes tighter the more active you are with the lower body and repetitive motions like running. Lester agrees: "This move targets the long bank of muscles on the outer thigh which can create a lot of tightness contributing to back and knee pain. It decreases the amount of stress put on the hips and knees and increases mobility."

Time to foam roll the upper side of your body. You can strengthen your back all week long and stretch your chest, too. But if the sides of your chest and back are tight, it may be difficult to maintain good posture. Try foam rolling the armpits, outsides of the chest, and the sides of the upper back to loosen up and promote better posture.

Foam rolling your glutes can help relieve tension in your low back by loosening up the muscles connecting to your low spine.

To foam roll your upper back, lie down on the foam roller and massage your upper back and neck slowly and gently. You can move side to side or just lie back with your hands behind your head and roll up and down your upper back.

Time to foam roll your quads. "Most of us are quadricep dominant, which leads to tightening of this large set of muscles. This dominance can cause kyphotic posture and tight hip flexors," Lester explains. "Rolling the quads can prevent stress on the knees and tightness in the hips helping to better your posture." To perform this move, lie down with the foam roller underneath you, and roll the tops of your legs up and down on the roller.

If you're convinced you need to start incorporating foam rolling into your at-home workout routine, here are options at every prince point:

This $10 version is simple and inexpensive. It's great for beginners or people looking for the basics.

The grooves in this roller are great for targeting trigger points and deep muscle tissue that's been chronically tight.

This includes a basic foam roller, an adjustable rolling stick and a massage ball to get even deeper into the muscles and hit specific trigger points.

This roller is unlike traditional foam rollers in that the distinctive, multi-dimensional surface of the GRID replicates the feeling of a massage therapist's hands.

Ridges and nubs make the foam rolling more intense because they dig in to the muscles. Be cautious with them if you're new to foam rolling!

This textured edition of a nubbed foam roller will be the most intense of the bunch and hurt the most (in a good way!)

This vibrating foam roller is designed to offer a massage around the impacted area and not just pressure on the spot that the foam roller touches.

TRX's myofacial tool is more than just a foam roller. It offers something more like actual physical therapy than a "feel good" massage you'd get from the typical foam roller. It is best for specific areas like your shoulders or IT band, helping to break up the deep layers of fascia and offer your muscles long-term relief.

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Kansas City is considering declaring a pothole emergency. That means the city would consider devoting more people and money to help patch the holes in the streets.City officials said the pothole problem this winter is about as bad as last year when the city received more than 19,000 pothole reports."They're doing a great job filling them in. But for the longest time, we've had this situation up and down Troost -- nothing but potholes," restaurant owner Brandon Walker said.Declaring a pothole emergency would be like declaring a snow emergency."It's kind of two part: Internally, getting our crews a little bit more hours a week, as well as allocating some additional money for contract crews around the city to help with pothole patching," said Maggie Green, of the Public Works Department.Pothole patching is part of the city's $17 million street maintenance budget. Critics said that some of the money doesn't go toward fixing the streets, it is used for other public works expenses.Pothole patching is not cheap. Public Works is already over its asphalt budget for the year, which ends in April, according to a Public Works Department report.The pothole emergency declaration would have crews shifting to 10-hour workdays, and some pothole patching on the weekend, too.It is tough to catch up. "We're seeing about the same number of requests to 311 as last winter, and so we're seeing a lot of the same corridors pop up," Green said.

Kansas City is considering declaring a pothole emergency. That means the city would consider devoting more people and money to help patch the holes in the streets.

City officials said the pothole problem this winter is about as bad as last year when the city received more than 19,000 pothole reports.

"They're doing a great job filling them in. But for the longest time, we've had this situation up and down Troost -- nothing but potholes," restaurant owner Brandon Walker said.

Declaring a pothole emergency would be like declaring a snow emergency.

"It's kind of two part: Internally, getting our crews a little bit more hours a week, as well as allocating some additional money for contract crews around the city to help with pothole patching," said Maggie Green, of the Public Works Department.

Pothole patching is part of the city's $17 million street maintenance budget. Critics said that some of the money doesn't go toward fixing the streets, it is used for other public works expenses.

Pothole patching is not cheap. Public Works is already over its asphalt budget for the year, which ends in April, according to a Public Works Department report.

The pothole emergency declaration would have crews shifting to 10-hour workdays, and some pothole patching on the weekend, too.

It is tough to catch up.

"We're seeing about the same number of requests to 311 as last winter, and so we're seeing a lot of the same corridors pop up," Green said.

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What's the best way to pay down a credit card balance as quickly as possible, while paying the least in interest, and without hurting your credit? What follows is a powerful method recommended by the most astute personal finance experts to achieve exactly those objectives. It's extremely effective, completely legal, and leverages programs created by credit card issuers to your advantage. Follow these steps and start to become credit card debt-free.

Step 1: Use A Powerful Tool To Immediately Stop Paying Interest On Your Balance

Think of someone carrying a credit card balance like a patient who enters an emergency room bleeding badly. The first thing a doctor will do is stop the bleeding. It's no different when attacking a credit card balance; the first thing you do is stop the interest charges.

There's a simple way to do this, and it's brilliance is that it actually uses the banks' marketing offers to your advantage: find a card offering a long "0% intro APR balance transfer" promotional offer, and transfer your balance to it. These are cards which offer new customers a long period of time (often as much as 18 months) during which the card charges no interest on all balances transferred to it. We constantly track all the cards in the marketplace in order to find the ones currently offering the longest 0% intro periods.

If you need more motivation, just think of this: on a $10,000 balance, $150 of a $200 monthly payment would get vacuumed up by interest charges.* That leaves only $50 of your $200 that actually reduces your balance, the rest vanishing into bank pockets. That's just brutal. Use our reviews to find a card which offers the longest possible no-interest period while charging low, or even no fees. Moving your balances to the card you choose will stop the bleeding, allowing you to move on to step two.

Step 2: Power Through Your Balance During The 0% Period.

Once you've transferred your balances and put a stop to the interest charges, it's time to capitalize on the interest-free period to really break free of the debt. The best part of this is how simple it is: just keep making the payments you used to make when you had to pay big interest payments, except now 100% of your payment will go to reduce your balance.

Going back to the $10,000 example above. (just be aware that we're using the $10,000 number as an example to demonstrate how the process works. You may be approved to transfer an amount greater or less than $10,000). If you transferred that balance onto a card which offers 15 months of 0% intro APR with no transfer fee, and maintained the same $200 monthly payment, you can see how much faster you'll be reducing your balance in the chart below.

As you can see, without using the 0% card, the same $200 monthly payments barely make any headway. It's like swimming upstream, or walking while taking a step back for every two steps forward. That's no way to swim or walk, and attempting to pay off your cards while paying high card interest rates is no way to manage your finances. Move your balances onto one of the cards below, stop getting crushed by interest, and start making real progress toward getting rid of your card debt.

Top 0% Intro APR Balance Transfer Cards:

Get long 0% intro APR on purchases and balance transfers, unlimited 1.5% cash back on every purchase, every day, one-time $150 cash bonus after you spend $500 on purchases within 3 months from account opening. $0 annual fee.
Turbo charge your plans to ditch debt with this easy-to-use card that will pay you unlimited 1.5% cash back on every purchase, every day. Use the cash-back rewards to pay down your debt even faster! You earn cash in two ways when you use this card. First, earn a one-time $150 cash bonus after you spend $500 on purchases within 3 months from account opening. Second, you'll take home an unlimited 1.5% cash back on every purchase, every day. No headaches remembering rotating bonus categories, you will earn cash on everything you buy. Pile those unlimited cash rewards back onto your balance and say goodbye to your debt even faster! This card offers 0% intro on balance transfers for 15 months. Get 0% intro on purchases for 15 months also with this card! There is a 3% balance transfer fee, but the cash rewards could easily offset that over the long run for you.

The Verdict: Many credit cards with introductory 0% interest don't offer rewards. You win in four ways if you use this card to pay down debt. 1) Earn a one-time $150 cash bonus after you spend $500 on purchases within 3 months from account opening. 2) Get unlimited 1.5% cash back on every purchase, every day that can also be used to speed your way to being debt-free. 3) 0% intro on balance transfers for 15 months gives you time to pay off your balance transfer without interest charges piling up. 4) $0 annual fee makes it a cost-effective choice for ditching debt.

Most Appropriate For: If you want to earn cash back rewards, while you pay down your debt, this card gives you a straight-forward deal. Earn unlimited 1.5% cash back on every purchase, every day. If your credit has a few blemishes, don't worry. This card is a fantastic option if you have good credit.

Credit Required: Good to Excellent.

This card just seriously upped its game, extending its intro APR to one of the longest available. Take advantage of impressive 0% intro APR on purchases and balance transfers with this $0 annual fee card.
Finance a new purchase with generous 0% Introductory APR on purchases for 18 billing cycles then 14.49% - 24.49% Variable APR. That means no monthly interest charges will pile up during the promo period. Stop paying high interest charges with 0% Intro APR for 18 billing cycles for any balance transfers made in the first 60 days then 14.49% - 24.49% Variable APR. That means your payments can go entirely toward reducing your debt for over a year. Regain control over your financial life and put time on your side to pay down debt faster. Unlike some other cards, there is no penalty APR. That means a late payment won't automatically raise your interest rate. The balance transfer fee is either $10 or 3% of the amount of each transaction, whichever is greater.

The Verdict: This is a great low interest card with one of the longest periods of intro interest available. The $0 annual fee means you won't pay for card membership. Get a better interest rate now with BankAmericard ® credit card.

Most Appropriate For: If you want to get out of debt, this card has all the tools you need. This card is perfect for people who want long 0% introductory interest on purchases and balance transfers.

Credit Required: Excellent/Good

This card has a sign-up bonus loaded with potential: you can turn $200 into $400 with Cashback Match™. If you're a new card member, you can automatically double your rewards within the first year of having the card.
You also earn 5% cash back from rotating categories like gas stations, department stores, Amazon.com or restaurants for up to $1,500 every quarter, each time you activate. You'll also get 1% cash back on everything else.

With 5% cash back from everyday spending categories and 1% cash back on everything else you can easily earn $200 cash back and turn it into $400 with Discover's Cashback Match™

There is also no annual fee, and you will get 0% intro APR on purchases for 6 months and 0% intro APR on balance transfers for 18 months. After that, 13.49% - 24.49% Variable APR.

While the Discover It - 18 month balance transfer offer has some rewarding cash back benefits, it lacks the 0% intro APR length of other cards on this list and it has 3% intro balance transfer fee, up to 5% fee on future balance transfers (see terms)*. You also need to remember to opt into the categories every quarter or you will not receive the 5% cash back rewards.

Most Appropriate For: People who enjoy both cash rewards and lengthy balance transfer offers.

Verdict: If you looking for a balance transfer credit card that teams up with a cash back rewards system, this card is right up your alley. It has a unique sign-up bonus system that doubles your cash back at the end of your first year. So if you're in the market for a rewards card and would like to transfer your current balance, this card is perfect for you.

Recommended Credit: Good to Excellent

This balance transfer card comes with a generous on-going cash-back rewards. Use that cash-back to help pay down your debt faster.
The Chase Freedom Unlimited® comes with a long 0% Intro APR for 15 months on balance transfers. Plus, you get flexibility with 0% Intro APR for 15 months on purchases. The standout features that set this apart from other low interest offers are the rich cash rewards. Earn, 1.5% cash back offer.. Just think how much faster you can pay down your balance with the big cash back rewards. The balance transfer fee is 3% intro balance transfer fee when you transfer a balance during the first 60 days your account is open, with a minimum of $5, then either $5 or 5% of the amount of each transfer, whichever is greater..

The Verdict: This is an enticing balance transfer offer, with a long 0% intro APR period. The cash-back gives you an extra boost and can help you reach your goal faster.

Most Appropriate For: If you want cash-back rewards along with lengthy 0% intro APR, this card is a perfect match.

Credit Required: Excellent/Good

New! Wells Fargo is making waves with this innovative offer that offers up to a year of 0% interest on balance transfers and includes one of the most generous sign-up bonuses available on a $0 annual fee card.

Transfer your high interest debt to this card and take advantage of 0% for 12 months on qualifying balance transfers APR on balance transfers. Get flexibility with 0% for 12 months APR on purchases. That gives you up to a year to pay down your balance with no interest piling up! What makes this card standout from other low interest offers are the rich rewards that come with $0 annual fee. Earn 20,000 bonus points when you spend $1,000 in purchases in the first 3 months - that's a $200 cash redemption value! Earn 3X points on eating out, ordering in and popular streaming services, 3X points on gas stations, rideshares and transit, and 3X points on travel including flights, hotels, homestays and car rentals. Earn 1X points on other purchases.

The Verdict: The valuable makeover on this offer make this card an easy choice for anyone who wants to maximize spending on everyday purchases, while saving up to hundreds of dollars on interest.

Most Appropriate For: If you want to earn rewards and save on interest without paying an annual fee, this card is a perfect match for you.

Credit Required: excellent

Drive away with a lengthy intro APR on both purchases and balance transfers with the Bank of America® Cash Rewards credit card in your wallet. This card offers a sparkling combination of long 0% intro interest, a big cash sign-up bonus and generous cash-back on things you buy every day.
Hit the brakes on high-interest charges now. You could save hundreds of dollars in interest with 0% Introductory APR on purchases for 15 billing cycles. Pay down debt faster with 0% Intro APR for 15 billing cycles for any balance transfers made in the first 60 days. Then 15.49% - 25.49% Variable APR. Enjoy a $200 online cash rewards bonus after you make at least $1,000 in purchases in the first 90 days of account opening. Earn 3% and 2% cash back on the first $2,500 in combined choice category/grocery store/wholesale club purchases each quarter, 1% on all other purchases. It's hard to believe this fully loaded card comes with $0 annual fee.

The Verdict: You could save hundreds of dollars in interest with this card.

Most Appropriate For: If you want to choose how you earn cash back rewards, this is the only card that lets you choose your rewards category to match your buying habits. Choose from gas, online shopping, dining, travel, drug stores and home improvement and furnishings. Save money on high interest charges when you finance purchases during the intro APR period.

Credit Required: Excellent/Good

Get out of debt faster with help from an industry leading rate of year-round cash back on dining and entertainment with this fully loaded low-interest card. This card offers generous 0% intro APR on balance transfers and purchases and a solid sign-up bonus.

If you are carrying high interest debt, transfer your balance to this card. Take advantage of 0% intro on balance transfers for 15 months then 15.49% - 25.49% (Variable) APR. Pay your debt down faster when every penny of your payment goes to the balance during the promo period. This card also comes with 0% intro on purchases for 15 months then 15.49% - 25.49% (Variable) APR.

If you go to sporting events, restaurants, fast-food places, bars or movies, this high-paying cash back card is a great choice to maximize cash back rewards on things you buy. Watch your rewards pile up fast with 3% cash back on dining; 3% cash back on entertainment; 2% cash back at grocery stores; 1% cash back on all other purchases. You can earn a one-time $150 cash bonus after you spend $500 on purchases within the first 3 months from account opening. Unlike other cards that come with quarterly caps on the amount of bonus cash you can earn, there's no limit to how much cash back you can earn on this card.

The Verdict: This unique balance transfer card offers a high rate of cash back on dining out and entertainment and groceries. If you buy items in these categories you could earn generous cash back that you could use to pay down your balance faster.

Most Appropriate For: If you eat out and go out, this card is a top choice while you pay down debt. You'll earn one of the highest year-round rates of cash back on these categories on a $0 annual fee card.

Credit Required: Excellent/Good

Start out with a generous Welcome Offer: $150 statement credit after you spend $1,000 or more in purchases with your new Card within the first 3 months of Card Membership. Lengthy 0% intro APR on purchases and balance transfers with $0 annual fee vault this card to the top of the balance transfer pack.

Transfer your balance and whittle away at debt faster with intro APR 0% on balance transfers for 15 months then 14.49%-25.49% variable. Every penny of your payment will trim your balance during the 0% intro interest period, with no monthly interest charges piling up. Get unlimited 1.5% cash back on your purchases. Use the steady stream of cash back on new purchases to help pay down your balance faster.

Finance new purchases with intro APR 0% on purchases for 15 months then 14.49%-25.49% variable.

There is a long list of benefits for cardholders. You'll enjoy legendary American Express customer service and perks that include extended warranty, car rental loss and damage insurance and purchase protection.

The Verdict: This card comes with a nice cash Welcome Offer on top of generous on-going cash back. Add in the lengthy 0% intro APR and this balance transfer card is hard to pass up. While other banks are pulling back on extra coverage and perks, the Amex Cash Magnet rolls just about everything you could hope for into one incredible card.

Most Appropriate For: TheAmerican Express Cash Magnet® Card - $150 Welcome Offer is perfect match for anyone who wants to do a balance transfer and earn generous cash back without rotating categories or quarterly sign-ups.

Credit Required: Excellent/Good

Take control of your finances with the Wells Fargo Platinum card. This no-annual fee card gives you a long 0% for 18 months on qualifying balance transfers on balance transfers.
If you only make the minimum payments on high-interest credit card debt, it could take years to pay it off. Using a card like this means every cent you pay during the intro period will go toward paying down your balance. Wells Fargo is one of the few card issuers to offer generous cell phone protection. This card offers up to $600 protection on your cell phone (subject to $25 deductible) against covered damage or theft when you pay your monthly cellular telephone bill with your Wells Fargo Platinum card. If you need breathing room on upcoming purchases before interest kicks in, this card also gives you a very long purchase intro rate of 0% for 18 months. There is a typical balance transfer fee of 3% for 120 days, then 5%.

The Verdict: This is the total debt fighting package all wrapped up in one offer. This card gives you all the tools you need to get out of debt, plus unique cell phone protection that make this card shine. If you are budget-conscious, having $600 protection on your cell phone could make a big impact if your cell phone is stolen or damaged.

Most Appropriate For: This card is perfect for people looking to get out of debt and want to pay it off over time with no interest and no annual fee.

Credit Required: Excellent/Good

* Savings calculation: Credit Card Balance * (1+Average Card Rate/365)^639 days - Balance Transfer Fee - Average Household Credit Card Balance Balance transfer fee is minimum of 3% or $10. Monthly interest calculated on $10k balance at 18% as: 10000*(1+(0.18/360))^365-10000)/12

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Multiple NFL reporters were told by sources Thursday that veteran quarterback Tom Brady's return to the New England Patriots may not be in the cards.

According to The Athletic's Vic Tafur, the "strong buzz" at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis this week is that Brady won't be back with the Pats. Karen Guregian of the Boston Herald added that the Patriots have yet to reach out to Brady, and a source told her, "It's not looking good."

ESPN's Jeff Darlington added Brady has shared the sentiment that he could play for another team next season with others.

Per ESPN's Adam Schefter, NFL reporter Jeff Darlington appeared on Get Up! on Thursday and said he would be "stunned" if Brady goes back to New England.

Ben Volin of the Boston Globe reported one factor at play is Bill Belichick "doesn't see much sense" in discussing Brady's new contract before the collective bargaining agreement negotiations are settled.

The 42-year-old Brady has spent his entire 20-year career with the Patriots, and he is hitting free agency for the first time this offseason.

Neither Brady nor Belichick has said anything definitively about the Patriots' quarterback position next season, but owner Robert Kraft has been more vocal. In January, he told Peter King of NBC Sports that it was his "hope and prayer" for Brady to re-sign with the Patriots or retire if he doesn't.

Brady's comments suggest he has no plans to retire.

Tom E. Curran of NBC Sports Boston reported earlier this month that Kraft won't intervene if Belichick decides moving on from Brady is the best course of action, so Brady's future in New England could be in the hands of his longtime coach.

Curran also noted the Patriots are willing to "extend" themselves financially to keep the six-time Super Bowl champion and four-time Super Bowl MVP, but he also reported that Brady wants more than money and would like the Pats to commit to putting more around him before re-signing.

After moving on from wide receiver Josh Gordon and tight end Rob Gronkowski's retirement, the Pats were short on offensive weapons last season. Aside from wideout Julian Edelman and running back James White, there weren't many targets Brady could trust.

That resulted in a down year for Brady and the New England offense, as he finished with 4,057 passing yards, 24 touchdowns and eight interceptions. The Pats still went 12-4 and won the AFC East thanks largely to a dominant defense, but in un-Patriots-like fashion, they lost to the Miami Dolphins in Week 17 to miss out on a first-round bye and fell at home to the Tennessee Titans in the AFC Wild Card Round.

Wide receivers Amari Cooper and A.J. Green and tight ends Austin Hooper and Hunter Henry are some of the top offensive skill-position players set to hit free agency this offseason. If the Pats can't sign at least one of them, perhaps Brady will consider other quarterback-needy teams with better or comparable supporting casts, such as the Las Vegas Raiders, Los Angeles Chargers or Indianapolis Colts.

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premarket stocks: the s&p 500 is plunging at unprecedented speed. it's about to get worse  - cnn

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The S&P 500 is plunging at unprecedented speed. It's about to get worse

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A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business' Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right here.

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how virtual reality is changing the live music experience - cnn

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How virtual reality is changing the live music experience

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With the help of virtual reality, missing out on seeing a sold-out concert may be a thing of the past.

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How virtual reality is changing the live music experience

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With the help of virtual reality, missing out on seeing a sold-out concert may be a thing of the past.

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a florida woman allegedly zipped her boyfriend in a suitcase for hours until he died  - cnn

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A Florida woman is accused of zipping her boyfriend in a suitcase for hours until he died

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Sarah Boone called 911 and said her boyfriend got trapped in a suitcase and died during a game of hide-and-seek, according to court records.

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harry and meghan to lose their canadian security next month - cnn

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Harry and Meghan to lose their Canadian security

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Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex will lose their Canadian security when they step back as senior members of the royal family next month, the country's government has said.

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the best defense against coronavirus - cnn

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Dr. Colleen Kraft of Emory University writes that washing hands and protecting medical workers are our best chance to keep the coronavirus epidemic from spreading further.

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This article was published in partnership with Artsy, the global platform for discovering and collecting art. The original article can be seen here.

Nothing reflects the lasting potency of the iconic "Tank Man" photo quite like the dogged attempts to censor it on China's internet. Practically any image that so much as gestures at the famed photograph of a man in front of a line of tanks in Tiananmen Square risks deletion from the country's closely monitored web; recreations showing a line of books approaching a cigarette package, a swan before an oncoming truck and a grasshopper in front of a tire have all been removed.

According to Weiboscope -- a social media monitoring project at Hong Kong University -- even Francisco Goya's "Third of May 1808" (1814), which echoes the Tank Man in sentiment and composition, could not make it past censors.

Behind China's Great Firewall -- which is more like a continually shifting, dynamic barrier -- the Tiananmen Square massacre did not happen, the ongoing Hong Kong extradition bill protests are incited by Western countries and Winnie the Pooh doesn't exist. This tightly controlled media climate has given rise to innovative circumvention tactics. While searchable keywords in plain text face automated deletion, digital images require more nuanced monitoring.

News articles from banned websites like the New York Times appear in upside-down screenshots on Weibo, a social site akin to Twitter (which is blocked in China). One writer managed to keep a photo from the Hong Kong protests up on WeChat, but only after adding brushstrokes and flipping it sideways. Resourceful netizens also use images of ordinary objects and cartoon characters as symbols in an ever-growing visual lexicon made for dodging censorship.

In recent months, the grip on the internet has tightened. In June, the protests and the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre kept censors on edge. The Washington Post and The Guardian were freshly banned, along with a handful of other major news sites. And a series of sensitive anniversaries in July -- including deadly riots in Xinjiang in 2009 and the death of democracy advocate Liu Xiaobo in 2017 -- pose more challenges for Chinese internet censors trying to clean the web of what government leaders call "spiritual pollution."

Jason Ng, author of "Blocked on Weibo" (2013), notes that the Chinese government's utmost priority is discouraging unified, anti-establishment action. But for Ng, the intrigue lies in the gray areas -- where the state does more than prevent political unrest. "Clearly, it is not only protests that are being censored. There is some sort of intentionality," he said. "It is fascinating to think through the moral reasons why things are removed. How does the government try to shape social mores? How do they try to shape culture through censorship?"

Some removed images are unsurprising: depictions of state-sanctioned violence, cartoons disparaging government leaders and aerial shots of protests. But many of them appear innocuous at first glance. All images -- even harmless ones -- of top Chinese political leaders are banned, except on official websites and approved blogs.

For other content, moderators tend to err on the side of caution since private companies, rather than the government, are responsible for complying with state guidelines. After President Xi Jinping eliminated term limits, for example, censors temporarily banned the letter "n," which was likely a reference to the math symbol and was used to poke fun at the undefined length of his tenure.

The Chinese Communist Party is particularly sensitive to politically charged jokes. In 2013, when an image comparing then-US president Barack Obama and Xi Jinping to Tigger and Pooh Bear went viral, the rotund honey aficionado was quickly banned, and last year, the movie Christopher Robin did not release in China.

Charlie Smith, a pseudonym for the co-founder of GreatFire.org, a China-based information freedom organization, believes this is a testament to the sensitivity of China's leader.

"Quite honestly, if you were to be compared to any kind of cartoon character, you could do way worse than Winnie the Pooh -- maybe Squidward," he mused.

While Pooh Bear might be the best-known of the playful creatures removed from China's web, he's not the only one. Years earlier, censors blotted out mention of a 72-foot-tall inflatable frog after internet users likened it to former president Jiang Zemin, once nicknamed "toad." And after a 2013 recreation of "Tank Man" replaced the tanks with inflatable rubber ducks, "the yellow rubber duck, in whatever context, was doomed to the blacklist forever," Smith said.

Anything that might jog netizens' memory of controversial events is subject to scrutiny. Images of candles, typically held at memorials, are removed around the time of the Tiananmen Square anniversary. Other, more covert references, such as playing cards that read "8964" for the year 1989 and date June 4, have been removed.

When Liu Xiaobo died in July 2017, censors went so far as to block out images of an empty chair -- Liu was honored with an empty chair at the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony when he was barred from leaving the country, turning a mundane household object into a political symbol.

Beating censorship means making the image obscure to censors but clear to fellow internet users. Homonyms help: Because Chinese is a tonal language, words have different meanings based on how they are pronounced, leaving room for a myriad of wordplay.

One of the earlier viral uses of a homonym can be traced back to the creation of the mythical "grass mud horse." The Chinese phrase "cao ni ma," enunciated one way, can mean "grass mud horse," but pronounced another way, it means "f*** your mother." The two pronunciations have different Chinese characters, allowing the mythical creature to remain uncensored despite obscenity policies.

The subversive horse was featured in an Ai Weiwei photo, starred in a music video and eventually grew into an internet legend about its battle with the hexie, or "river crab." In Chinese, hexie also sounds like "harmony," referencing former president Hu Jintao's initiative to create a "harmonious society." Ai has incorporated this symbol into his work as well -- his 2010 work "He Xie" (crabs) features 3,200 porcelain crabs, and when the government condemned Ai's Shanghai studio, he invited supporters over to eat crab before the demolition.

But censors catch up with even the most ingenious of homophones. On May 21, two weeks before the anniversary of Tiananmen Square, a photo of baijiu -- a type of alcohol that also sounds like the numbers eight (ba) and nine (jiu) -- alluded to 1989, and is believed to have resulted in filmmaker Deng Chuanbin's detainment. When #metoo (wo yeshi) was censored out of concern it would spread Western sentiments, Chinese netizens started posting "mi tu," or "rice bunny," which sounds like "MeToo." Soon, "mi tu" was also banned, and images of rice bunnies popped up in its place.

China's approach to internet censorship parallels its economic model more broadly: offer enough freedom for people not to feel constrained, but not so much as to organize and challenge the existing structure. It's a fine line and a blurry one, and like a recent viral Weibo post pointed out, the absence of major international news on the Chinese internet is becoming "increasingly strange." (Shortly after, the post was deleted.)

But Smith believes there is at least some cause for reserved optimism. "Given the rise of image-based social networks and improved smartphone technology, it's also becoming easier to doctor an image if one wants to try to evade censorship," he wrote in an email. "Maybe Winnie the Pooh will come back in another form!"

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The forbidden images of the Chinese internet

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This article was published in partnership with Artsy, the global platform for discovering and collecting art. The original article can be seen here. Nothing reflects the lasting potency of the iconic "Tank Man" photo quite like the dogged attempts to censor it on China's internet.

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a man was arrested after allegedly using counterfeit money to buy girl scout cookies - cnn

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A man was arrested after allegedly using counterfeit money to buy Girl Scout cookies

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A man in Oregon was arrested after he allegedly used counterfeit money to buy a box of Girl Scout cookies outside of a Walmart, Salem police said.

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triple olympic champion sun yang handed eight-year ban - cnn

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Triple Olympic champion Sun Yang handed eight-year ban

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Triple Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang has been banned from the sport for eight years for missing an out-of-competition doping test, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on Friday.

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When the quarterbacks took the field for drills Thursday night at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, one likely first-round pick sat and watched because he's earned that luxury as the seemingly inevitable No. 1 overall pick. Another likely first-rounder sat and watched because he's not yet healthy enough to perform. And a third likely first-round selection put on a show in prime time.

Without any further knowledge, you'd think the second guy-Alabama's Tua Tagovailoa-would be the combine's biggest loser at that position. But while Joe Burrow's stock can't get any higher and Justin Herbert undoubtedly boosted his own resume with a performance that garnered rave reviews across the board, Tagovailoa might actually have been the biggest winner among signal-callers.

"Following two days of medical testing," NFL Network's Ian Rapoport tweeted Wednesday, "... Tagovailoa received overwhelmingly positive reports on his dislocated hip from teams who examined him, sources say. The MRIs were as clean as hoped, fracture is healed, there is no loss of blood flow."

That's all that matters.

Tagovailoa's tape speaks for itself. His resume speaks for itself. His skill set screams for itself. After throwing 87 touchdown passes to 11 interceptions over three years in the SEC, that conference's 2018 Offensive Player of the Year didn't have to prove himself on the field in Indy.

The proof is in the 684 passes he threw and the 107 rushes he recorded in his three years with the Crimson Tide.

We already know Tua is a deadly accurate passer with a remarkably quick release. We already know he's a leader with tremendous character and that he excels under pressure. It's clear as air that he possesses the athleticism, the intelligence and the poise to become a superstar at the professional level and that his arm strength won't impede his path to NFL success.

Few will argue otherwise.
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Some, however, might argue the only thing that could prevent the 21-year-old from becoming a special NFL player is his durability.

The significant hip injury that abruptly ended his college career and continues to keep him off the field is obviously of chief concern. It was described to CBS Sports' Josh Edwards by one doctor as "one of the few true orthopedic emergencies." Medical personnel had to reset the dislocated hip at the stadium, Tagovailoa had to be taken by helicopter to a Birmingham hospital, and within 72 hours, he underwent surgery.

Beyond that, he missed a game in 2019 as the result of a right ankle injury, another ankle injury forced him to leave the 2018 SEC Championship Game, he missed snaps earlier that season due to a quad injury, and he also played and practiced through a broken finger and a knee injury in 2018.

You're allowed to wonder if Tagovailoa is injury-prone, and nobody would fault you for being concerned about the hip.

But beyond that, red flags don't exist here. Do you know how freakin' good you have to be as a prospect to be considered a potential top-three pick despite the fact that you might spend your rookie season recovering from surgery?

ESPN's Mel Kiper Jr. thinks that "if the medical staff clears him," the Washington Redskins should take Tua instead of Ohio State edge-rusher Chase Young at No. 2 overall. Meanwhile, Todd McShay said on ESPN Thursday that, if promised 10 years of health for both, he'd take Tagovailoa over Burrow.

That's why it's so important that he reportedly checked out so well in Indy.

He knows it.

"My main goal is not to win the 40, not to win the bench press, but to win my medical," Tagovailoa told NFL Network in January. "I'm going to go over there looking to win my medical and then go in and interview with the teams. That's pretty much what I'm going to do. And then hopefully there's a pro day down the line, either late March or early April."

A couple of weeks after he made those comments, Rapoport reported that the results of Tua's three-month CT scan were "as positive as possible." That indicates progress. And now, Dane Brugler of The Athletic has reported that a personal pro day will indeed take place April 9, with Tua planning "to do everything."

That'd be more progress than most expected in a five-month span, and it would further trump the encouraging exploits of his fellow quarterback prospects.

That might not be fair. But the reality is the combine, pro days and team visits have their limitations, and the tape is always the first barometer. Herbert shined in combine drills, but so did Robert Griffin III and Tim Tebow. It's less important that Herbert looked good than it is that Tua apparently got " overwhelmingly positive" medical results.

When you're as good as Tua Tagovailoa, you can win the first-ever prime-time combine without throwing a pass.
Brad Gagnon has covered theNFLfor Bleacher Report since 2012.Follow him on Twitter. Or don't. It's entirely your choice.

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Alika Jenner/Getty Images When the quarterbacks took the field for drills Thursday night at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, one likely first-round pick sat and watched because he's earned that luxury as the seemingly inevitable No. 1 overall pick. Another likely first-rounder sat and watched because he's not yet healthy enough to perform.

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South Korea reported 256 more confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus on Friday morning, bringing the national total to 2,022, according to the South Korean Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC).

The country has the most confirmed coronavirus cases outside of mainland China.

Among the 256 new cases, 182 are from Daegu, the epicenter of the outbreak in South Korea. A total of 1,314 cases since the beginning of the outbreak have come from Daegu, according to the KCDC.

Many of the cases are linked to the Shincheonji religious group in the country's south.

An additional 49 cases are from North Gyeongsang province, which surrounds Daegu city.

Thirteen people have died from the virus in South Korea.

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South Korea reported 256 more confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus on Friday morning, bringing the national total to 2,022, according to the South Korean Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC). The country has the most confirmed coronavirus cases outside of mainland China.

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teacher of the year suspended for showing students a picture of her fiancée wins $100

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Teacher of the year suspended for showing students a picture of her fiancée wins $100,000 settlement

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A Texas art teacher who was placed on administrative leave after talking about "her future wife" in class hopes her settlement with a school district will change the lives of other LGBTQ people.