Wayne Rooney says the “crazy” transfer fees in football could lead to a “crash” in the transfer market.

Former England captain Rooney admits he has been blown away by the £105m Arsenal paid for Declan Rice and the fee Real Madrid invested in Jude Bellingham. While Rooney was full of praise for both players, he believes that both of them are destined for the very top for club and country.

Rooney said: “It’s crazy, isn’t it? Yes, it’s mad. The money players are getting sold for now is crazy but I suppose that’s where the value is nowadays. I think someday it’s got to just crash because it can’t keep going that way but that is what the value is and good luck to the two of them.

“They are two different type of players. Bellingham is very good athletically and a box to box midfielder, more attacking. Declan Rice is a powerful lad when he drives the ball and also defensively and tactically he is very aware. So they are two different players but both with a huge future.

“When you are a young player you want to win trophies and they’ve gone where they believe they are going to win trophies so it’s an opportunity for them to really do that. Especially Rice going in at Arsenal because he can be the one for them. For me he has to be the leader now for them, the leader of that Arsenal team.

“I saw Frank Lampard saying he felt Declan could be the Chelsea captain for the next 10 years if he went there and I think he can do that for Arsenal because he has that character and I believe he will be a huge player for Arsenal.”

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Rooney was speaking before the MLS All-Stars side that he took charge of was thrashed in resounding fashion by a rampant Arsenal side that put five past them in Washington in a clash that saw Rice get his first minutes for the Gunners.

Gabriel Jesus opened the scoring with a chipped effort that looked like something right out of the Dennis Bergkamp playbook, before Leandro Trossard doubled Arsenal’s advantage shortly after.

Jorginho netted their third from the penalty spot with his trademark run-up and Gabriel Martinelli put the game beyond any doubt with a composed finish for Arsenal’s fourth after a fantastic pass from club captain Martin Odegaard.

There was still time for ex-Chelsea man Kai Havertz to notch his first goal in an Arsenal shirt, with a stellar touch and volley late on.

It all starts with a sack of flour.

“That’s where the magic begins,” said James Beard Award-winning cookbook author Martha Foose. “Every day I come in here and look around, and I think, ‘Wow. All of this started from a sack of flour.'”

Foose is talking about Loblolly Bakery, opening soon.

The brainchild of Hattiesburg restaurateur Robert St. John, Loblolly Bakery has been a year in the making. But the idea for the bakery, led by Foose, has been a dream for much, much longer.

“I’ve wanted to do a bakery for a long time,” St. John said. “I’m a huge bakery fan. Always have been. And I’m a big fan of Martha Foose and Donald Bender. I’ve been working on (Foose) for about six years, trying to get her down here.”

Foose and Bender moved to Hattiesburg from Greenwood once they accepted St. John’s proposal and have been here for the last year, testing, retesting and ironing out the details for the baked goods with St. John as the bakery was taking shape around them.

“I got into cooking by working at Square Books,” Foose said.

Her job back then was to read through the cookbooks that came into the Oxford bookstore, then cook something from them.

“I fell in love with cookbooks,” Foose said.

Foose’s career path became etched in the flour as she made her way across the country, working at various restaurants. She eventually began working with another James Beard Award-winning chef Nancy Silverton at Silverton’s LaBrea Bakery.

Foose went to France, where Silverton had gone, to perfect her pastry skills at Lenotre Ecole des Arts Culinaires.

She eventually struck out on her own and opened Bottletree Bakery in Oxford, where Foose and Bender met and later married.

The couple was recruited to open Mockingbird Bakery at Viking Range Corp., which brought them to Greenwood.

For the last 10 years, Foose has been working in the cookbook publishing industry, so she is excited about getting back into the service side of the business.

“It’s just been so rewarding how excited everyone is about the bakery,” Foose said.

In addition to baked goods, Loblolly will feature a dining area where guests can come in for a latte and muffin or an iced coffee with a breakfast sandwich. Patrons who are in a hurry can pick up something for breakfast or a casserole for dinner at the drive-thru window.

Some of the other items that will be on the menu include breads, croissants, cookies and cakes.

Loblolly will incorporate Southern ingredients folded into classic baking techniques, company officials said in a news release.

“Guests can anticipate enjoying sugar-lump biscuits, butter-pecan eclairs, and take-home items like cheese straws, casseroles and so much more,” the release said.

The bakery exudes warmth. Its walls are decorated with rolling pins, wooden dough bowls and murals by River Prince of Prince Sign Co. depicting the Loblolly logo and a colorful rainbow.

Employees are being trained at the bakery, but St. John hasn’t set an opening date yet.

“I don’t want to open until we’re 100% ready, until we get it right,” he said.

St. John has opened around two dozen restaurants during his extensive career in food service. Loblolly will be his first bakery.

He owns numerous restaurants in the Hattiesburg and Jackson areas, including Crescent City Grill, Mahogany Bar, El Rayo and Tabella, all at Midtown Market; The Midtowner at The District; and Enzo’s in Ridgeland.

Some of those restaurants will benefit from Loblolly’s opening, since the bakery will provide bread for sandwiches, hamburger buns, pies and other desserts to the local eateries.

St. John also is a managing partner of the Capri Theater complex in Jackson, which includes the Highball Lanes bowling alley and Pearl Tiki Bar.

The entrepreneurial restaurateur does nothing without lots of planning, even to choosing the name of the restaurant. For those who haven’t lived in the Pine Belt long enough to know, a loblolly is a yellow pine tree that is native to south Mississippi. It has a tall, graceful trunk ending in a puff of pine-needled branches.

To learn more

Loblolly Bakery will open at 3207 Hardy St. An opening date has not been set.

For more information, visit loblollybakery.com.

21 साल की उम्र में कैसे दिखते होंगे भगवान राम, AI की मदद से बनाई तस्वीर वायरल

एक यूजर ने कहा, ‘वाल्मीकि रामायण और रामचरितमानस सहित सभी ग्रंथों में दी गई जानकारी के अनुसार यह तस्वीर बनाई गई है। इसलिए यह सही लग रहा है कि 21 वर्ष की आयु में भगवान राम ऐसे ही दिखते होंगे।’

भगवान श्रीराम जब 21 साल के थे तब वह कैसे दिखते रहे होंगे? यह सवाल बहुत से लोगों के जेहन में आता होगा। अब आर्टिफिशियल इंटेलीजेंस (AI) ने भगवान श्रीराम की युवावस्था की एक तस्वीर बनाकर इस सवाल का जवाब दे दिया है। एआई की बनाई पहली तस्वीर में भगवान श्रीराम के चेहरे के हाव-भाव सामान्य हैं, जबकि एक अन्य फोटो में वो मुस्कुराते हुए नजर आ रहे हैं। ये तस्वीरें सोशल मीडिया पर खूब वायरल हो रही हैं। 

भगवान राम की मनमोहक तस्वीर देखकर लोगों ने अपनी खुशी का इजहार किया है। कुछ लोगों का कहना है कि इतना हैंडसम तो आज तक कोई इस धरती पर पैदा ही नहीं हुआ। इंटरनेट यूजर्स को ये तस्वीरें बहुत पसंद आ रही हैं। लोग इन पर जमकर प्रतिक्रिया दे रहे हैं। साथ ही इन्हें सोशल मीडिया के दूसरे प्लेटफार्म्स पर भी शेयर किया जा रहा है। इस तस्वीर को शेयर करते हुए लोग इसके कैप्शन में लिख रहे हैं कि वाल्मीकि रामायण, रामचरितमानस सहित तमाम ग्रंथों में दिए गए विवरणों के अनुसार यह भगवान राम की AI से तैयार की गई फोटो है। इसके मुताबिक श्रीराम 21 साल की आयु में ऐसे दिखते थे।

‘…तो वह रियल में कैसे दिखते होंगे राम’
एक यूजर ने लिखा, ‘जब आर्टिफिशियल फोटो इतनी प्यारी है तो वह रियल में कैसे दिखते होंगे।’ एक अन्य यूजर ने कहा, ‘वाल्मीकि रामायण और रामचरितमानस सहित सभी ग्रंथों में दी गई जानकारी के अनुसार यह तस्वीर बनाई गई है। इसलिए यह सही लग रहा है कि 21 वर्ष की आयु में भगवान राम ऐसे ही दिखते होंगे।’ बहुत सारे लोगों ने इस तस्वीर पर ‘जय श्री राम’ लिखा है। साथ ही लोगों ने ‘जय सिया राम’ भी लिखा है। इनके अलावा भी बहुत से लोगों ने इस तस्वीर पर अपनी राय जाहिर की है। 

‘जैसा सुंदर नाम उतना सुंदर हमारे राम’
भगवान राम की ये वायरल तस्वीर किसने बनाई है, अभी तक इसकी जानकारी नहीं मिल पाई है। भले ही इसे बनाने वाले शख्स के बारे में कुछ पता न हो लेकिन लोग उनके काम की जमकर तारीफ कर रहे हैं। एक यूजर ने लिखा, ‘जैसा सुंदर नाम उतना सुंदर हमारे राम।’ मालूम हो कि एआई की तस्वीरें आजकल सोशल मीडिया पर खूब वायरल हो रही हैं। इससे पहले कुछ जगहों की AI फोटो भी सामने आ चुकी है, जो लोगों को बहुत पसंद आई थी।