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__label__wiki	0.89963	0.89963	Chronology:US South From Protoball Prominent Milestones Ancient - 1700 Misc BB Firsts Add a Misc BB First About the Chronology Tom Altherr Dedication Add a Chronology Entry Open Queries Open Numbers Most Aged 1 1609.1 Polish Origins of Baseball Perceived in Jamestown VA Settlement 2 1709.1 A Form of [Two-man and Four-man] Cricket Played in Virginia 3 1737.2 Doctor Writes of North Carolina Game Resembling Ireland's Trap Ball 4 1737.3 Cricket Played in Georgia Town Square 5 1747.1 Poet Thomas Gray: "Urge the Flying Ball." 6 1750s.2 Town Ball and Cat Played in NC Lowlands? 7 1754.1 Marylanders Play "Great Cricket Match for a Good Sum" 8 1773.3 Ball-Playing by Slaves Is Eyed in SC 9 1785.1 Thomas Jefferson: Hunting is Better for Character-building Than Ballplaying 10 1790s.4 Southern Pols Calhoun and Crawford: Ballplaying Schoolmates? 11 1795.2 Survey Reports Cricket in New England, Playing at Ball in TN 12 1797.3 Fayetteville NC Bans Sunday Ballplaying by African-Americans 13 1797.5 In NC, Negroes Face 15 Lashes for Ballplaying 14 1801.4 Cricket Challenge in GA 15 1802c.1 South Carolina Man Lists Ball-Playing Among Local Amusements 16 1804.1 SC School Opens, Students Play Town Ball and Bull Pen 17 1804.3 A "Match at Ball" in Northwest Louisiana? 18 1805.6 In SC, Some Slaves Use Sundays for Ballplaying 19 1807.3 Lost Poet Remembers College Ballplay, Maybe in Baltimore 20 1812c.1 Young Andrew Johnson Plays Cat and Bass Ball and Bandy in Raleigh NC 21 1812.2 Soldier Van Smoot's Diary Notes Playing Catch at New Orleans LA 22 1815c.7 New Englander Writes of Ballyards in Virginia 23 1816.10 Norfolk VA Cricket Club Reported 24 1818.4 Cricket Reported in Louisville KY? 25 1821.2 Cricket Not New in SC 26 1825c.4 John Oliver Plays Base Ball in Baltimore 27 1825c.6 Cricket Played at Southern Outings 28 1827.9 Baltimore MD Bans Ballplaying on Sundays and within City Limits 29 1828.15 1828 Advertisement for the Cricket Club in New Orleans 30 1830s.20 In GA, Men Played Fives, Schoolboys Played Base and Town Ball 31 1838.5 At GA, "Baseball and Cricket Had Not Evolved" 32 1840c.23 Old-Fashioned Ballgame Noted in Antebellum GA 33 1840.24 Unusual Georgia Townball Described in Unusual Detail 34 1840s.32 Ballplaying by Slaves is Part of a Normal Plantation Sunday in GA 35 1840c.33 Future University Head Plays Two Types of Ball in NC 36 1840s.36 VA Lad Plays Chermany at Recess 37 1841.15 Base and Wicket in New Orleans? 38 1841.18 Louisiana Editor Endorses Formation of Clubs for Ballplaying 39 1844.13 Wicket Play in New Orleans LA? 40 1845c.25 Early Cricket Clubs in the South 41 1847.11 Curling is "Bass Ball," or "Goal," or "Hook-em-Snivy," on the Ice? 42 1850s.1 Accounts of Ballplaying by Slaves 43 1850s.4 New Orleans LA: Clubs Formed by German and Irish immigrants to play Base Ball 44 1850s.13 Trap Ball, Stool Ball, Well Established in Louisville KY 45 1850s.37 Near Richmond VA, Games of Round Cat and Chermany 46 1858.46 New York Game Arrives in Baltimore MD 47 1861.1 Chadwick Wants to Start Richmond VA Team, but the Civil War Intervenes 48 1861.18 Confederate Base Ball Players Finds Field "Too Boggy" in VA 49 1861.20 Confederate Soldier's Diary Reports on Town Ball Playing, 1861-1863 50 1861.79 14th NY Company D plays Intersquad game 51 1861.80 Left and Right Wings of 9th NY Play 52 1862.71 Confederate Surgeon encourages ball-playing 53 1862.81 VA Artillerymen play town ball 54 1863.94 Army Chaplain Plays ball in the Army of the Cumberland 55 1863.125 115th NY soldier Plays Ball 1609.1 Polish Origins of Baseball Perceived in Jamestown VA Settlement US South, VA Xenoball Age of Players: "Soon after the new year [1609], [we] initiated a ball game played with a bat . . . . Most often we played this game on Sundays. We rolled up rags to make balls . . . Our game attracted the savages who sat around the field, delighted with this Polish sport." A 1975 letter from Matthew Baranski letter to the HOF said: "For your information and records, I am pleased to inform you that after much research I have discovered that baseball was introduced to America by the Poles who arrived in Jamestown in 1609. . . . Records of the University of Krakow, the oldest school of higher learning in Poland show that baseball or batball was played by the students in the 14th century and was part of the official physical culture program." The 1609 source is Zbigniew Stefanski, Memorial Commercatoris [A Merchant's Memoirs], (Amsterdam, 1625), as cited in David Block's Baseball Before We Knew It, page 101. Stefanski was a skilled Polish workingman who wrote a memoir of his time in the Jamestown colony: an entry for 1609 related the Polish game of pilka palantowa(bat ball). Another account by a scholar reported adds that "the playfield consisted of eight bases not four, as in our present day game of baseball." If true, this would imply that the game involved running as well as batting. 1975 Letter: from Matthew Baranski to the Baseball Hall ofFame, March 23, 1975. [Found in the Origins file at the Giamatti Center.] Matthew Baranski himself cites First Poles in America1608-1958, published by the Polish Falcons of America, Pittsburgh, but unavailable online as of 7/28/09. We have not confirmed that sighting. See also David Block, "Polish Workers Play Ball at Jamestown Virginia: An Early Hint of Continental Europe's Influence on Baseball," Base Ball (Origins Issue), Volume 5, number 1 (Spring 2011), pp.5-9. Per Maigaard's 1941 survey of "battingball games" includes a Polish variant of long ball, but does not mention pilka palantowa by name. However, pilka palantowa may merely be a longer/older term for palant, the Polish form of long ball still played today. The likelihood that pilka palantowa left any legacy in America is fairly low, since the Polish glassblowers returned home after a year and there is no subsequent mention of any similar game in colonial Virginia 1709.1 A Form of [Two-man and Four-man] Cricket Played in Virginia In an April 25, 1709 diary entry, William Byrd, owner of the Virginia plantation Westover, wrote: "I rose at 6 o'clock and said my prayers shortly. Mr. W-l-s and I fenced and I beat him. Then we played at cricket, Mr. W-l-s and John Custis against me and Mr. [Hawkins], but we were beaten. I ate nothing but milk for breakfast . . ." On May 6 of the same year he noted: "I rose about 6 o'clock and Colonel Ludwell, Nat Harrison, Mr. Edwards and myself played at cricket, and I won a bit [presumably an eighth of a Spanish dollar]. Then we played at whist and I won. About 10 o'clock we went to breakfast and I ate some boiled rice." Another undated entry showed that cricket was not just an early-morning pastime: "About 10 o'clock Dr. Blair, and Major and Captain Harrison came to see us. After I had given them a glass of sack we played cricket. I ate boiled beef for my dinner. Then we played at shooting with arrows...and went to cricket again till dark." Wright, Louis B., and Marion Tinling, eds., The Secret Diary of William Byrd of Westover 1709-1712 [Dietz Press, Richmond, 1941], pages 25-26 and 31. We have no page reference for the third mention of cricket, which appears in a short article on Smithsonian.com, as accessed 1/20/2007. Thanks to John Thorn for reference data [email of 2/1/2008]. 1737.2 Doctor Writes of North Carolina Game Resembling Ireland's Trap Ball Brickell, an Irishman, writes of NC Indians: "They have [a] game which is managed with a Battoon, and very much resembles our Trap-ball." Brickell, John., The Natural History of North Carolina [James Carson, Dublin, 1737], p. 336. Thomas L. Altherr, "A Place Leavel Enough to Play Ball," reprinted in David Block, Baseball Before We Knew It, ref # 20. 1737.3 Cricket Played in Georgia Town Square Georgia planter William Stephens: "Many of our Townsmen, Freeholders, Inmates, and Servants were assembled in the principal Square, at Cricket and divers other athletick Sports." A Journal of the Proceedings in Georgia, II, page 217, as cited in Lester, ed., A Century of Philadelphia Cricket [U Penn, 1951], page 4. Lester cites this account as the first mention of American cricket. 1747.1 Poet Thomas Gray: "Urge the Flying Ball." College, Famous "What idle progeny succeed To chase the rolling circle's speed, Or urge the flying ball?" Thomas Gray, "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College," lines 28-30. Accessed 12/29/2007 at http://www.thomasgray.org. "Rolling circle" had been drafted as "hoop," and thus does not connote ballplay. Cricket writers have seen "flying ball" as a cricket reference, but a Gray scholar cites "Bentley's Print" as a basis for concluding that Gray was referring to trap ball in this line. Steel and Lyttelton note that this poem was first published in 1747. Note: is it fair to assume that Gray is evoking student play at Eton in this ode? Do modern scholars agree with the 1747 publication date? 1750s.2 Town Ball and Cat Played in NC Lowlands? Town Ball "Of formalized games, choices for males [in NC] appear to have been 'town-ball, bull-pen,' 'cat,' and 'prisoner's base,' whatever exhibitions of dexterity they may have involved." -- Biographer C. G. Davidson, on local pastimes in North Carolina Chalmers G. Davidson, Piedmont Partisan: The Life and Times of Brigadier-General William Lee Davidson (Davidson College, Davidson NC, 1951), page 20. Per Thomas L. Altherr, "Chucking the Old Apple: Recent Discoveries of Pre-1840 North American Ball Games," Base Ball, Volume 2, number 1 (Spring 2008), page 32. This is a very early claim for town ball, preceding even New England references to bat-and-ball, roundball or like games. It would be useful to examine C. Davidson's sources on town ball and cat. Are we content that these games were found in NC in the 1750s? Prisoner's base is not a ball game, and bull-pen is not a safe-haven game. Note: Can we determine what region of NC is under discussion here? Text of the biography is unavailable via Google Books as of 11/15/2008. 1750s.2 1754.1 Marylanders Play "Great Cricket Match for a Good Sum" "We hear that there is to be a great cricket match for a good sum played on Saturday next, near Mr. Aaron Rawling's Spring, between eleven young men of this city [Annapolis] and the same number from Prince George's County [now a Washington suburban community]" Bradford's Journal, August 1, 1754, as cited in Lester's A Century of Philadelphia Cricket (UPenn Press, Philadelphia, 1951), page 5. 1773.3 Ball-Playing by Slaves Is Eyed in SC "We present as a growing Evil, the frequent assembling of Negroes in the Town [Beaufort, SC] on Sundays, and playing games of Trap-ball and Fives, which is not taken proper notice of by Magistrates, Constables, and other Parish Officers." Tom Altherr, Originals, Volume 2, Number 11 (November 2009), page 1. Tom sees this reference as "possibly the earliest which refers to African Americans, slaves or also possibly a few free blacks, playing a baseball-type game [although it is not clear if it involved any running], and playing frequently. Beaufort SC is about 40 miles NE of Savannah GA, near the coastline. 1785.1 Thomas Jefferson: Hunting is Better for Character-building Than Ballplaying "Games played with the ball and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind." Thomas Jefferson [VA]. letter to Peter Carr, August 19, 1785, in Julian P. Boyd, ed., The Papers of Thomas Jefferson [Princeton University Press, 1953], volume 8, p. 407. Thomas L. Altherr, “A Place Leavel Enough to Play Ball: Baseball and Baseball-Type Games in the Colonial Era, Revolutionary War, and Early American Republic.." Nine, Volume 8, number 2 (2000), p. 15-49. Reprinted in David Block, Baseball before We Knew It – see page 241. 1790s.4 Southern Pols Calhoun and Crawford: Ballplaying Schoolmates? "These two illustrious statesmen [southern leaders John C. Calhoun and William H. Crawford], who had played town ball and marbles and gathered nuts together . . . were never again to view each other except in bonds of bitterness." J. E. D. Shipp, Giant Days: or the Life and Times of William H. Crawford [Southern Printers, 1909], page 167. Caveat: Crawford was ten years older than Calhoun, so it seems unlikely that they were close in school. Both leaders had attended Waddell's school [in GA] but that school opened in 1804 [see #1804.1] when Crawford was 32 years old, so their common school must have preceded their time at Waddell's. 1795.2 Survey Reports Cricket in New England, Playing at Ball in TN Winterbotham, William, An Historical, Geographical, Commercial and Philosophical View of the American United States [London], per David Block, Baseball Before We Knew It, page 180. Coverage of New England [volume 2, page 17] reports that "The healthy and athletic diversions of cricket, foot ball, quoits, wrestling, jumping, hopping, foot races, and prison bars, are universally practiced in the country, and some of them in the most populous places, and by people of almost all ranks." The Tennessee section [volume 3, page 235] mentions the region's fondness for sports, including "playing at ball." Block notes that Winterbotham is sometimes credited with saying that bat and ball was popular in America before the Revolutionary War, and that adults played it, but reports that scholars, himself included, have not yet confirmed such wording at this point. 1797.3 Fayetteville NC Bans Sunday Ballplaying by African-Americans Bans, African Americans Gilbert, Tom, Baseball and the Color Line [Franklin Watts, NY, 1995], p.38. Per Millen, note # 15. 1797.5 In NC, Negroes Face 15 Lashes for Ballplaying African Americans, Bans A punishment of 15 lashes was specified for "negroes, that shall make a noise or assemble in a riotous manner in any of the streets [of Fayetteville NC] on the Sabbath day; or that may be seen playing ball on that day." North-Carolina Minerva (March 11, 1797), excerpted in G. Johnson, Ante-Bellum North Carolina: A Social History (Chapel Hill NC, 1937), page 551; as cited in Thomas L. Altherr, "Chucking the Old Apple: Recent Discoveries of Pre-1840 North American Ball Games," Base Ball, Volume 2, number 1 (Spring 2008), page 29. 1801.4 Cricket Challenge in GA A New York paper copies a cricket challenge from a Savannah paper that notes "no legs before wickets." New YorkGazette and General Advertiser, March 18, 1801, page 3. Submitted by George Thompson, 8/2/2005. 1802c.1 South Carolina Man Lists Ball-Playing Among Local Amusements "[A]musements are few: consisting of dancing, horse racing, ball playing and rifle shooting." Drayton, John, A View of South-Carolina, As Respects Her Natural and Civil Concerns [W. P. Young, Charleston SC, 1854], p. 88. Per Thomas L. Altherr, "A Place Leavel Enough to Play Ball," reprinted in David Block, Baseball before We Knew It, page 247 ref #87. Can we determine the SC location recalled, why Tom dated it as circa 1802, or what form the ballplaying took? 1802c.1 1804.1 SC School Opens, Students Play Town Ball and Bull Pen At Moses Waddell's "famous academy" established in Wilkington in 1804, "instead of playing baseball or football, boys took their recreation in running jumping, wrestling, playing town ball and bull pen." Meriwether, Colyer, History of Higher Education in South Carolina[Washington GPO, 1889], chapter II, page 39. Per Seymour, Harold - Notes in the Seymour Collection at Cornell University, Kroch Library Department of Rare and Manuscript Collections, collection 4809. Note: The terminology in this source appears more current than 1804, and it would be wise to consider whether it accurately depicts 1804 events. In addition, Seymour's note does not make clear whether the play described occurred at the time of the establishment of the academy, or later in its history. 1804.3 A "Match at Ball" in Northwest Louisiana? In a listing of articles in North Louisiana History, we spy this citation: Morgan Peoples, "Caddoes Host 'Match at Ball," Volume 11, Number 3 (Summer 1980), pp. 353-36. Query: Can we retrieve the actual article and discover the particulars? Caddo Parish is just northwest of Shreveport LA. It appears that Caddo tribe was in this area, and we might speculate that the hosted games were Indian ballgames. 1805.6 In SC, Some Slaves Use Sundays for Ballplaying "The negroes when not hurried have this day [Sunday] for amusement & great numbers are seen about, some playing ball, some with things for sale & some dressed up going to meeting." -- Edward Hooker Edward Hooker, Diaries, 1805-1830: MS 72876 and 72877, Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford CT; per Thomas L. Altherr, "Chucking the Old Apple: Recent Discoveries of Pre-1840 North American Ball Games," Base Ball, Volume 2, number 1 (Spring 2008), pages 29-30. Tom [ibid, page 29] describes Hooker as a recent Yale graduate who in 1805 was a newly-arrived tutor in Columbia, SC. Tom Altherr says "this may be the first recorded evidence of slaves [see p29/30] playing ball. How about the evidence in 1797.5? 1807.3 Lost Poet Remembers College Ballplay, Maybe in Baltimore Garrett Barry wrote in his sentimental verse "On Leaving College:" "I'll fondly tract, with fancy's aid,/The spot where all our sports were made./ . . . The little train forever gay,/With joy obey'd the pleasing call,/And nimbly urged the flying ball." Barry, Garrett, "On Leaving College," in Poems, on Several Occasions (Cole and Co., Baltimore, 1807), no page given: Citation from Thomas L. Altherr, "A Place Leavel Enough to Play Ball," reprinted in David Block, Baseball Before We Knew It, see pages 240. Note: Can we determine from biographical information where and when Barry attended college? Is it significant that Barry reprises the phrase "urge the flying ball," seen as a cricket phrase in Pope [see #1730.1] and Gray [#1747.1]? Did Barry live/play in MD? 2008 update: John Thorn [email of 2/3/2008] discovers that others have been unable to determine exactly who the poet was, as there were three people with the name Garrett Barry in that area at that time. One of the three, who died at thirty in 1810, attended St. Mary's College in Baltimore. 1812c.1 Young Andrew Johnson Plays Cat and Bass Ball and Bandy in Raleigh NC Bass Ball [At age four] "he spent many hours at games with boys of the neighborhood, his favorite being 'Cat and Bass Ball and Bandy,' the last the 'choyst' game of all." Letter from Neal Brown, July 15, 1867, in Johnson Mss., Vol. 116, No. 16,106.[Publisher?] Listed Source seems incomplete or garbled. Help? 1812.2 Soldier Van Smoot's Diary Notes Playing Catch at New Orleans LA Peter Van Smoot, an Army private present at the Battle of New Orleans, writes in his diary: "I found a soft ball in my knapsack, that I forgot I had put there and started playing catch with it." Note: Citation needed. John Thorn, 6/15/04: "I don't recognize this one" 1815c.7 New Englander Writes of Ballyards in Virginia "I saw a young man betted upon, for five hundred dollars, at a foot race. Indeed every thing is decided by a wager . . . . What would a northern man think, to see a father, and a sensible and respected one, too, go out with a company, and play marbles? At some cross-roads, or smooth shaven greens, you may a wooden wall, high and broad as the side of a church, erected for men to play ball against." "Arthur Singleton" (Henry Cogswell Knight), "Letters from the South and West," Salem [MA] Gazette, July 30, 1824. This paper extracted portions of a new book, which had been written between 1814 and 1819, by Knight, who was reared in Massachusetts and graduated from Brown in 1812. Online text unavailable 2/3/10. Query: The ballplaying facility as described seems uncongenial for cricket or a baserunning game, unless it was a form of barn-ball. Isn't a form of hand-ball a more likely possibility? Was handball, or fives, common in VA at this stage? 1816.10 Norfolk VA Cricket Club Reported Richard Hershberger [emails of 1/28/09 and 2/4/10] reports seeing advertisements in the American Beacon for a Norfolk Cricket Club from 1816 to 1820: "CRICKET CLUB. A meeting of the Subscribers to this Club, will be held at the Exchange Coffee House, this evening at 6 o'clock, for the purpose of draughting Rules and Regluations for the government." American Beacon(Norfolk VA), October 25, 1816. Subsequent notices were for playing times. Note: In The Tented Field, Tom Melville writes that a 1989 book has the Norfolk Club being founded in 1803 in imitation of English customs (page 164, note 10). Patricia Click, in Spirit of the Times (UVa Press, 1989), page 119, cites the October 1, 1803 issue of the "Norfolk and Portsmouth Herald" [likely then the "Norfolk Herald"] in reference to an observation [page 73] about the social makeup of cricket clubs. Query: can we find out what the 1803 paper actually says about cricket, if anything? 1818.4 Cricket Reported in Louisville KY? "It is not unreasonable to speculate that as the immigrants came down the Ohio River . . . they brought with them the leisure activities hat had already developed in the cities along the Atlantic coast. There are reports of a form of cricket being played in the city as early at 1818." Bailey, Bob, "Beginnings; From Amateur Teams to Disgrace in the National League," [1999], page 1. Bob (email, 1/27/2013), further quotes Dean Sullivan's master's thesis, Ball-oriented Sport in a Southern City: A Study of the Organizational Evolution of Baseball in Louisville (George Mason University): "Ball-oriented sports had been reported in Kentucky as early as 1818, when travelers stumbled upon a primitive game of cricket." Note: The original source of the 1818 reference may have been lost. Bob reports that Dean Sullivan thesis cited Harold Peterson's The Man Who Invented Baseball (Charles Scribner's Sons, 1973), page 24. However, Peterson gives no source. A dead end? Are there other sightings of this 1818 cricket account? 1821.2 Cricket Not New in SC "The members of the old cricket club are requested to attend a meeting of [sic?] the Carolina Coffee House tomorrow evening." Charleston Southern Patriot, January 23, 1821, per Holliman, American Sport 1785 - 1835, page 68. 1825c.4 John Oliver Plays Base Ball in Baltimore "John W. Oliver recalls having baseball in Baltimore, Maryland. His family moved from England when he was three. "He remembers very distinctly having played the game of Base Ball when a boy. He states that his earliest recollection of the playing of the game was when he was about ten years of age, and at that time the game was played in this manner: The batter held the ball in one hand and a flat stick in the other, tossed the ball into the air and hit on the return, and then ran to either one, two, or three bases depending on the number of boys playing the game. If the ball was caught on the fly or the batter hit with the ball while running the bases, he was out. These bases, so called, at that time, were either stones or pieces of sod was removed [sic], or bare places where grass was scraped off. He remembers seeing the game played frequently while an apprentice boy, but always in this manner, never with a pitcher or a catcher, but sometimes with sides, which were chosen somewhat in the manner in which they are now chosen by boys; that is, by one catching a bat in his hand and another placing his hand on top, alternating in this manner until the last one had hold of the end of the bat, which he swung around his head. I never saw the game played with stakes or poles used for bases instead of stones or sods. Never heard of a game of Rounders. One Old Cat, Two Old Cat, Three Old Cat have seen played, but never have taken part in it myself." Full text of Mills Commission summary of information from John W. Oliver, Editor, Yonkers Statesman, under date of September 26, 1905. From the Giamatti Center at Cooperstown. Note: we wish we could ascertain what were Oliver's own words, given the artlessness of this summary. Oliver was about 90 when debriefed in 1905. 1825c.6 Cricket Played at Southern Outings In the South, "cricket was played even at the end of house raisings and trainings. The game was played along with quoits and other games of skill and strength. Parties were formed to go on fishing trips and picnics, and during the outing, cricket was one of the games played." Jennie Holliman, American Sports 1785 - 1835 (Porcupine Press, Philadelphia, 1975), page 68. Holliman here cites The American Farmer, vol. 8, no 143 (1825), which John Thorn found online [email of 2/9/2008], and which does not make a strong case for cricket's ubiquity. This piece suggests that an ideal way to spend a Saturday near Baltimore is to have a fishing contest until dinnertime, and "after dinner pitch quoits, or play at cricket, or bowl at nine-pins." "Sporting Olio," American Farmer, Containing Original Essays and Selections on Rural Economics, July 22, 1825, page 143. 1827.9 Baltimore MD Bans Ballplaying on Sundays and within City Limits "CITY OF BALTIMORE. 36. AN ORDINANCE to restrain evil practices therein mentioned. . . .[Sec. 3] it shall not be lawful for any person to play at bandy or ball, to fly a kite or throw a stone or any other missile in . . . any street, lane, or alley opened for public use within the limits of the city." Section 7 covers Sabbath play, again including ball, and adding "pitching quoits or money." The penalty was $1.00. The ordinance is dated March 2, 1827. Baltimore Gazette and Daily Advertiser, March 13, 1827, page 3. Posted to the 19CBB listserve November 2009 by George Thompson. Note: One type of ballplaying that was banned was that described by young John Oliver at entry #1825c.4, above. 1828.15 1828 Advertisement for the Cricket Club in New Orleans US cricket clubs The New Orleans Louisiana Advertiser, Feb. 27, 1828, carries an ad saying "Weather permitting, the Cricket Club will meet on the 2d of March, at 10 a.m." The New Orleans Louisiana Advertiser, Feb. 27, 1828 1830s.20 In GA, Men Played Fives, Schoolboys Played Base and Town Ball Youth, Adult "Men as well as boys played the competitive games of 'Long Bullets' and 'Fives,' the latter played against a battery built by nailing planks to twenty-foot poles set to make the 'battery' at least fifty feet wide. The school boys played 'base,' 'bull-pen,' 'town ball' and 'shinny' too." Jessie Pearl Rice, J. L. M. Curry: Southerner, Statesman, and Educator (King's Crown Press, New York, 1949), pages 6-7. Per Thomas L. Altherr, "Chucking the Old Apple: Recent Discoveries of Pre-1840 North American Ball Games," Base Ball, Volume 2, number 1 (Spring 2008), pages 31-32. The full text of the Rice biography is unavailable via Google Books as of 11/15/2008. Long-bullets involved distance throwing, often along roadsides. Fives is a team game resembling one-wall hand-ball. Curry's school was in Lincoln County GA, about 30 miles NE of Augusta. Team hand-ball? Really? Wasn't it usually a one-on-one game? 1838.5 At GA, "Baseball and Cricket Had Not Evolved" "Games and gymnasiums as a regular part of college work, and hence regular organizations of students for athletics, were unknown at that time. Athletics and games there were indeed a plenty, but as purely spontaneous expressions of abounding vitality. I was light, active, and fleet of foot, and became very expert in gymnastics and as a player of town-ball, for baseball and cricket had not yet evolved." [LeConte writes of his college years at the University of Georgia in Athens. He entered as a freshman in January 1838.] LeConte, Joseph. The Autobiography of Joseph Le Conte (D. Appleton & Company, New York, 1903), page 46. Provided by John Thorn, email of 7/9/04 1840c.23 Old-Fashioned Ballgame Noted in Antebellum GA Base Ball "A number of gentlemen are about to form another base ball club, the game to be played after the fashion in the South twenty years ago, when old field schools were the scenes of trial of activity, and rosy cheeked girls were the umpires" Macon Daily Telegraph, March 2, 1860. Posted to 19CBB by John Thorn, 9/11/2007. 1840c.23 1840.24 Unusual Georgia Townball Described in Unusual Detail Richard Hershberger located [and posted to 19CBB on 8/29/2007] a long recollection of "Old Field Games in 1840" including townball. The account, a reprint of an earlier document, appears in James S. Lamar, "Pioneer Days in Georgia," Columbus [GA] Enquirer, March 18, 1917, [page?]. "Townball" used a circular area whose size and number of [equidistant] bases varied with available space and with number of players [no standard team size is given, but none of the forty boys in school need be left out]. Instead of a diamond, a circle of up to 50 yards in diameter marked the basepaths; thus, a batter would cover on the order of 450 feet in scoring a run. There was a three-strike rule, and a batter could decide not to run on a weak hit unless he had used up two strikes. A member of the batting side pitched, and not aggressively. The ball was small [the core had a 2-inch diameter and was consisted of tightly-would rubber strips, often wound around a lead bullet]. The core was buckskin and the ball was very bouncy. Bats might be round, flat, or paddle-shaped. A ball caught on the fly or first bound was an out. There was plugging. Stealing was disallowed, and leading may have been. Innings were all-out-side-out. There is no mention of backward hitting or foul ground. "If young people want to play ball, Townball is the game. If they simply want to see somebody else play ball, then Baseball may be better" Full text was accessed at http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/georgiabooks/id:gb0361 on 10/22/2008, and is available here. Note: Lamar's text dates the game at 1840, when he was 10 to 11 years old. One can not tell when the text was written; the last date cited in the text is 1854, but the townball section seems to compare it with baseball from a much later time. The Digital Library of Georgia uses a date of "19—." See: http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/meta/html/dlg/zlgb/meta_dlg_zlgb_gb0361.html. Lamar died in 1908; other sources say 1905. 1840s.32 Ballplaying by Slaves is Part of a Normal Plantation Sunday in GA "The slaves had finished the tasks that had been assigned to them in the morning and were now enjoying holiday recreations. Some were trundling the hoop, some were playing ball, some were dancing at the sound of the fiddle . . . In this manner the Sabbath is usually spent on a Southern plantation." Emily Burke, Pleasure and Pain: Reminiscences of Georgia in the 1840s (Beehive Press, Savannah, GA, 1991), pages 40-41. Originally published in Ohio in 1850. Text unavailable 11/08 on Google Books. -- Emily Burke, northerner schoolteacher Per Thomas L. Altherr, "Chucking the Old Apple: Recent Discoveries of Pre-1840 North American Ball Games," Base Ball, Volume 2, number 1 (Spring 2008), page 30. 1840c.33 Future University Head Plays Two Types of Ball in NC Kemp Battle, who moved to Raleigh NC at age 8, and who would stay to become President of the University of North Carolina, wrote later of two forms of local ballplaying. The first involved high and low pitching to the batter's taste, leading and stealing, plugging - the ball was loosely wrapped—the bound rule, a three-strike rule, and one-out-side-out innings. [The absence of foul ground, team size, and nature/spacing of bases are not mentioned.] The second form, "known as old hundred or town ball" used all-out-side-out innings, with the last batter able to revive vanquished team members with certain feats. W. Battle, ed., Memories of an Old-Time Tar Heel (U of NC Press, Chapel Hill NC, 1945), pages 36 and 57. Per Thomas L. Altherr, "Chucking the Old Apple: Recent Discoveries of Pre-1840 North American Ball Games," Base Ball, Volume 2, number 1 (Spring 2008), page 31. The text of the Battle book is unavailable via Google Books as of 11/15/2008. 1840s.36 VA Lad Plays Chermany at Recess "Our recess games were chiefly chermany and bandy ("hockey"). Moncure Daniel Conway, Autobiography: Memories and Experiences (Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1905), page 35. Accessed via Google Books 12/16/2008, search "conway autobiography." The recesses were enjoyed at a school in Fredericksburg VA, which Conway attended from about 1842 to 1847, ages 10 to 15. Chermany has been described as a "variety of baseball" played in Virginia and perhaps elsewhere in the South: Frederic Gomes Cassidy and Joan Houston Hall, Dictionary of American Regional English (Harvard University Press, 1985), page 604. Fredericksburg is about 55 miles north of Richmond and about 55 miles SW of Washington DC. Thanks to Tom Altherr for the lead to "chermany" [email of 12/10/2008]. 1841.15 Base and Wicket in New Orleans? "Who has not played 'barn ball' in boyhood, 'base' in his youth and 'wicket' in his adulthood?" New Orleans Picayune, 1841. This cite is found in Tom Melville, The Tented Field: A History of Cricket in America (Bowling Green State U Press, Bowling Green, 1998), page 6. He attributes it, apparently, to Dale Somers, The Rise of Sports in New Orleans (LSU Press, Baton Rouge, 1972), page 48. Note: Melville is willing to identify the sport as the one that was played mostly in the CT-central MA area . . . but it is conceivable that the writer intended to denote cricket instead? Do we have other references to wicket in LA? The original article is in the New Orleans Times Picayune, May 31, 1841, and references a reminisce in a Cleveland OH newspaper article. [ba] 1841.18 Louisiana Editor Endorses Formation of Clubs for Ballplaying Playing off the Cleveland Daily Herald defense of ballplaying [#1841.17], a New Orleans editor challenged the people of Louisiana: "[T]hose who desire now and then to spend a day in freedom and pleasure, adding powerfully both to physical and mental vigor, can never do better than to dash away into some of the commons in the vicinity of our own Crescent City and choose sides for an old fashioned game of ball. We have 'clubs' and 'societies' for almost every other purpose ever thought of. Who will first move the formation of a club to indulge in the manly and refreshing sport of ball-playing?" "Playing Ball," The Daily Picayune [New Orleans] , Volume 5, number 101 (May 25, 1841), page 2. Per Thomas L. Altherr, "Chucking the Old Apple: Recent Discoveries of Pre-1840 North American Ball Games," Base Ball, Volume 2, number 1 (Spring 2008), pages 40-41. 1844.13 Wicket Play in New Orleans LA? "The members of the New Orleans Wicket Club, are requested to meet at the Field, This Day, Thursday at 5 o'clock, PM, precisely." Times Picayune, November 7, 1844. Accessed via subscription search, March 27, 2009. Contributed by Richard Hereshberger, March 8, 2009. 1845c.25 Early Cricket Clubs in the South Tom Melville, "A History of Cricket in America," p. 15: "Cricket clubs were also appearing in other areas of the country, such as Charleston, South Carolina (where the local club seems to have been associated with that city's prestigious Jockey Club)... Natchez, Mississippi... and in Macon, Georgia by 1845." Tom Melville, "A History of Cricket in America," p. 15 1847.11 Curling is "Bass Ball," or "Goal," or "Hook-em-Snivy," on the Ice? In response to an article from the Alabama Reporter belittling the sport of curling, the Spirit of the Times writer attempts to describe curling to Southerners like this: "What is 'Curling,' eh? Why, did you ever play 'bass ball,' or 'goal,' or 'hook-em-snivy,' on the ice? Well, curling is not like either. In curling, sides are chosen; each player has a bat, one end of which is turned up, somewhat like a plough-handle, with which to knock a ball on ice without picking it up as in the game of foot-ball, which curling resembles." Provided by David Block, email of 2/27/2008. " The Alabama Reporter, as reprinted in Spirit of the Times, January 16, 1847, page 559. David Block explains, 2/27/2008: "Clearly, the writer had curling confused with ice hockey, which was itself an embryonic sport that the time." Or maybe he confused it with ice-hurling, which actually employs a ball. From Richard Hershberger, 12/8/09: "What makes this so interesting is that the response speaks of "bass ball" played on ice. This is a decade before such games were commonly reported, suggesting that the [later] practice by organized clubs was borrowed from older, informal play on ice." Could gentle readers please enlighten Protoball on the nature and fate of "hook-em-snivy," in AL or the South or elsewhere? I asked Mister Google about the word, and he rather less helpfully and rather more cryptically than usual, said this: "My Quaker grandmother, born in Maryland in 1823, used [the word] in my hearing when she was about seventy years old. She said that it was a barbarism in use among common people and that we must forget it. 1850s.1 Accounts of Ballplaying by Slaves Wiggins, Kenneth, "Sport and Popular Pastimes in the Plantation Community: The Slave Experience," Thesis, University of Maryland, 1979. Per Millen, notes #26-29. Note: the dates and circumstances and locations of these cases are unclear in Millen. One refers to plugging. Can we find out details on the content of the Wiggins monograph>? 1850s.4 New Orleans LA: Clubs Formed by German and Irish immigrants to play Base Ball "Beginning in the 1850's, the Germans and the Irish took up the sport [baseball] with alacrity. In New Orleans, for example, the Germans founded the Schneiders, Laners, and Landwehrs, and the Irish formed the Fenian Baseball Club. . . . Baseball invariably accompanied the ethnic picnics of the Germans, Irish, French, and, later, Italians." Per Benjamin G. Rader, American Sports: From the Age of Folk Games to the Age of Spectators [Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, 1983], page 93. No source provided. I've checked New Orleans newspapers 1855-1860 and found no mention of these asserted clubs, let alone that they played baseball. Can we now determine when the these clubs formed, and details on their play and durability? Do we see ethnic clubs in other cities in the 1850s? 1850s.13 Trap Ball, Stool Ball, Well Established in Louisville KY US South, Kentucky Stoolball "Other forms of bat and ball games, like trap-ball and stool-ball, became well established in Louisville in the decade preceding the Civil War." Bob Bailey, "Chapter 1 - Beginnings: From Amateur Teams to Disgrace in the National League (mimeo, 1990)', page 1. Bob (email, 1/27/2013) notes that his source for this observation is The Boy's Own Book: A Complete Encyclopedia of all the Diversions, Athletic, and Recreative, of Boyhood and Youth (Louisville, Morton and Griswold, 1854), page 67. Can we obtain original sources? 1850s.37 Near Richmond VA, Games of Round Cat and Chermany African Americans, Fiction "There was a big field near his old home where he and the other boys, black and white, had played "round cat" and "chermany" in the summers before the war and had set their rabbit-traps in seasons of frost and snow." Armistead C. Gordon, "His Father's Flag," Scribner's Magazine Volume 62 (1917), page 443. This fictional story of the son of a Confederate soldier killed during the Civil War is set near Dragon Swamp. (There are two VA places called Dismal Swamp; one is about 85 miles SE of Richmond. The other is about 50 miles E of Richmond.) The two games named are known as ballgames played in the south. Accessed 2/10/10 via Google Books search (scribners "volume lxii"). 1858.46 New York Game Arrives in Baltimore MD "Mr. George Beam, of Orendorf, Beam and Co., Wholesale Grocers . . . visiting New York City in 1858, was invited by Mr. Joseph Leggett [a NYC grocer] to witness one of the games of the Old Excelsior Base Ball Club, of New York City. Mr. Beam became so much enthused, that on his return to Baltimore City . . . it resulted in the organization of the Excelsior B.B. Club. The first meeting was held in 1858. . . . The almost entire membership of the club was composed of business men. . . . [p 203/204] The score book of the club having been lost, and the old members having no recollection of any games played in 1859, except with the Potomac Club of Washington D.C., it is quite probable that the time was devoted to practice." In 1860 they played the NY Excelsiors along Madison Avenue in NY. Griffith also notes that "[T]he ball used in the early sixties was about one-third larger, and one-third heavier, than the present one, than the present [1900] one, and besides was what is known as a 'lively ball,' and for those reasons harder to hold." Ibid, page 202. Griffith implies, but does not state, that this was the first Baltimore club to play by NY rules. This journal article appears to be an extract of pages 1-11 of Griffith's The Early History of Amateur Baseball in the State of Maryland 1858-1871 (John Cox's Sons, Baltimore, 1897). William Ridgely Griffith, "The Early History of Amateur Base Ball in the State of Maryland," Maryland Historical Magazine, Volume 87, number 2, Summer 1992), pages 201-208. 1861.1 Chadwick Wants to Start Richmond VA Team, but the Civil War Intervenes Civil War, Famous Bill Hicklin notes (email of Feb 4, 2016) that "Chadwick visited his wife's family frequently and was disappointed that, as of the verge of the Civil War, there appeared to be no base ball clubs there at all." Ward, Geoffrey C., and Ken Burns, Baseball: An Illustrated History [Knopf, 1994], p.12, no ref given. Schiff, Millen, and Kirsch also cite Chadwick's attempt, but do not give a clear date, or a source. Tom Gilbert, 10/5/2020, notes "Henry Chadwick had close Richmond connections. His wife was from a wealthy and prominent Virginia family and he himself traveled to Richmond and was involved in early attempts to found a NYC- style baseball club there. Antebellum New Yorkers vacationed in Virginia in the 1850s and baseball clubs played there even before the famous Excelsiors tours." To be more exact, Chadwick's wife was the daughter of Alexander Botts, or a prominent VA family, though Alexander and his family had moved to NYC. Her uncle was Congressman John Minor Botts, her first cousin was Confederate Colonel Lawson Botts, and her mother was a Randolph, one of Virginia's First Families (FFVs). [ba] For more on Richmond base ball, see 1859.73 Is there a primary source for this claim? 1861.18 Confederate Base Ball Players Finds Field "Too Boggy" in VA Civil War, Military "Confederate troops played townball as well as more modern versions of the game in their army camps. In November 1861 the Charleston Mercury of South Carolina reported that Confederate troops were stuck in soggy camps near Centreville, Fairfax County, [northern] Virginia. Heavy rains created miserably wet conditions so that 'even the base ball players find the green sward in front of the camp, too boggy for their accustomed sport.'" Centreville is adjacent to Manassas/Bull Run. 40,000 Confederate troops under Gen. Johnson had winter quarters there [the town's population had been 220] in 1861/62. Charleston Mercury, November 4, 1861, page. 4, column 5. Mentioned without citation in Kirsch, Baseball in Blue and Gray (Princeton U, 2003), page 39. PBall file: CW-6 1861.20 Confederate Soldier's Diary Reports on Town Ball Playing, 1861-1863 December 1861 (Texas?): "There is nothing unusual transpiring in Camp. The boys are passing the time playing Town-Ball." January 1862 (Texas?): "All rocking along finely, Boys playing Town-Ball" March 1863 (USA prison camp, IL?): The Rebels have at last found something to employ both mind and body; as the parade ground has dried up considerably in the past few days, Town Ball is in full blast, and it is a blessing for the men." March 1863 (USA prison camp, IL?): "Raining this morning, which will interfere with ball playing, but the manufacture of rings 'goes bravely on,' and I might say receives a fresh impetus by the failure of the 'Town-ball' business." W. W. Heartsill, Fourteen Hundred and 91 Days in the Confederate Army: A Journal Kept by W. W. Heartsill: Day-by-Day, of the W. P. Lane (Texas) Rangers, from April 19th 1861 to May 20th 1865. Submitted by Jeff Kittel, 5/12/09. Available online at The American Civil War: Letters and Diaries Database, at http://solomon.cwld.alexanderstreet.com/. PBall file: CW10. Heartsill joined Lane's Texas Rangers early in the War at age 21. He was taken prisoner in Arkansas in early 1862, and exchanged for Union prisoners in April 1863. He then joined Bragg's Army in Tennessee, and was assigned to a unit put in charge of a Texas prison camp of Union soldiers. There are no references to ballplaying after 1863. manufacture of rings? POWs commonly fashioned hair or bone rings to while away the time [ba]. 1861.79 14th NY Company D plays Intersquad game Ticknor's Nine of Co.D, 14th NY beat Brown's Nine of Co. D 17-10 on the 22nd in DC. See the New York Sunday Mercury, June 30, 1861. 1861.80 Left and Right Wings of 9th NY Play . Right and left wings of the 9th NY play. Sgt.Major Burtis, an old member of the Gotham club, pitchers the left wing to a 40-6 victory. Gives a box score. New York Sunday Mercury, Oct. 13, 1861 1862.71 Confederate Surgeon encourages ball-playing In his "Manual of Military Surgery" for CS surgeons, noted Dr. Julian Chisolm recommended that the army encourage "gymnastic exercises" to relieve the soldier's boredom: '"`UNIQ--pre-000017D4-QINU`"' Chisolm book. See also Kirsch book, p. 31. 1862.81 VA Artillerymen play town ball Walbrook Swank, "Confederate Letters" p. 70 prints a letter from Charles T. Shelton (1839-63), a UVA grad who served in Virginia's Botetourt Artillery: Our company is engaged in a game of town Ball..." From the online snippet it is unclear where/when the letter was written. The unit was transferred to East Tennessee in 1862, and in late 1862 was sent with Stevenson's division to defend Vicksburg, MS. He mentions the game was familiar from his days in school. Walbrook Swank, "Confederate Letters" p. 70 1863.94 Army Chaplain Plays ball in the Army of the Cumberland The Boston Daily Advertiser, Nov. 5, 1863, picks up a Chicago Evening Journal article on Army chaplains in the Army of the Cumberland (then stationed around Chattanooga, TN), saying a chaplain of an Illinois regiment has been seen "dressing a wound... playing ball, running a race, as well as heard him making a prayer and preaching a sermon." The Boston Daily Advertiser, Nov. 5, 1863 1863.125 115th NY soldier Plays Ball From auction catalog on www.invaluable.com, March 30, 2018, the 1863 Civil War Diary of David L. Mann: Description: Manuscript diary of Private David L. Mann, New York 115th Infantry, Company E. Mann was a POW at Harper's Ferry in 1862 and notes he returned to Harper's Ferry, as well as Gettysburg, several times. A small selection from the diary, April 17th, "Boys are playing ball." June 13, "Attacked. Hold the enemy 1800 strong in check until the train is out of danger." June 14th, "Skirmished all day." Further discussions of metal caskets for dead soldiers, fighting, scouting, picketing, a drunken captain sounding a false alarm to saddle up. About 40% written in. [the location is not given, but is probably VA] Retrieved from "https://protoball.org/index.php?title=Chronology:US_South&oldid=11984"	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3495
__label__cc	0.628844	0.371156	Aim for USD 1 trillion retail market, experts tell India Captains of the organised retail market conducted a case study on the opportunities emerging in the retail market in India and AP on the second day of the CII-Summit here on Monday. Venkatesh Bayya Visakhapatnam: Captains of the organised retail market conducted a case study on the opportunities emerging in the retail market in India and AP on the second day of the CII-Summit here on Monday. The panel of experts consisting of Krish Iyer, president Walmart India, Neel Raheja of K Raheja Corporation, Kishore Biryani CEO of Future Group, Vishak Kumar, CEO Aditya Birla Group and Kumar Rajagopalan, CEO, RAI (Retailers Association of India), congratulated AP for ensuring a retail policy within six months of being approached by RAI. Later, chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu also signed MoUs for Rs 1,500 crore with Spencers, Walmart Future Group and Arvind Group. Earlier, during the session the speakers said India would move from being a USD 700 billion market with an 8% organised retail outlet presence into a USD 1 trillion market in the next few years. The speakers stressed on the need to help ease distribution by reducing the number of intermediaries, cut down on real estate costs to bring in profitability. Krish Iyer also noted that the number of restrictions on retail outlets, some of which date back to the early 1900s, must also be lifted to enable a 24/7 retail market. Chief minister Naidu said the retail market can grow if the chains tie-up with small farmers and various women's groups in the state to help them market their products in the rural belt. He further added that in the coming years, e-retail would go up, especially in states like AP which will have proper connectivity. Krish Iyer Kishore Biyani Future group CII-Summit Aditya Birla	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3500
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__label__cc	0.514934	0.485066	Home Editorial US Opinion and Editorial Orwellians Amongst Us Orwellians Amongst Us Nelson Hultberg In the early days of man’s history, tyranny was ideologically crude and built upon openly seizing power and suppression of the people. Not a lot of fancy theories were trotted out to justify it. Men like Akhenaten, Attila, Genghis Khan, Henry VIII, and Cesare Borgia ruled because they were brazen enough to want to rule, strong enough to recruit the needed henchmen, and smart enough to know that most people would let them be dictatorial. But with the coming of modernity (circa 1800 A.D.), tyranny has had to take on a more subtle and sophisticated approach. It now needs to make use of perpetual propagandists and obfuscators to sell enslavement to the people via clever sophistry. Today’s schools are the predominant propagandists for despotism, and next in line are the media who play the role of “Praetorian Guard” for the educational Orwellians that dominate our children. Truth and the requisites of freedom must always be hidden from the people if tyranny is to prevail. Thus the Orwellians of the media must always be ready to suppress any truths that might threaten the collectivist zeitgeist that has been constructed. Examples of this suppression are rife throughout the television and Hollywood milieus. Recently a blatant example leaped off the TV screen at me. Saving the Republic The movie, Gladiator, with Russell Crowe was playing on TBS. I saw it back in 2000 when it played in the theaters, but thought I’d tune in again for the first part because there is a very inspiring scene in it where the emperor, Marcus Aurelius (played by Richard Harris), is in his last few months of life. He knows he’s dying, and he is trying to convince his trusted confidante and top general, Maximus (played by Russell Crowe), to assume leadership of Rome after he dies. He tells Maximus that he will pass the mantle on to him authorizing that he be his heir and become the new Caesar. He goes into an eloquent speech about why Maximus is the only one for the job. Maximus resists, but says he will consider it. And as they are parting, Aurelius calls after him that his duty is to accept his destiny, for free Rome is dying and needs men of his gallantry. Aurelius shouts to him: “You must save the Republic, Maximus! Go back to the Republic! Promise me that you will restore the Republic.” Those three sentences are so powerfully relevant to us today, for, of course, we need to do exactly the same thing – go back to the republic. Our once free America is dying from the same dictatorial corruption that stultified and destroyed Rome, the same bread and circuses, the same massive welfarism, cronyism, privileges, and monetary debasement. But guess what! Those three sentences were deleted from Aurelius’ speech for this particular TV version. The scene ends with a bland generic phase out. Did the collectivists at TBS (Turner Broadcasting System) cut out those crucial three sentences on purpose? Of course, they did. They know, at least subconsciously, the power of the idea of a “republic” and what it means to their rule. They know that a republic is what the Founders meant for us to have, not the collectivist democracy that they worship and work so assiduously to promote. They know that their ideology of collectivism cannot abide a republic’s limited form of government. And they certainly do not want millions of viewers to be reminded of the fact that we have lost our republic. Such a reminder cannot be left in the movie. Thus surely some upper level TBS censor very adroitly cut the last part of the scene where Aurelius makes his eloquent appeal to Maximus to do the only thing that could have saved freedom for the Romans, and the only thing that will save freedom for modern Americans. Big Brother’s Apparatchiks Not one in a hundred will notice such a smooth suppression of truth. But it is a lucid example of how Big Brother’s apparatchiks are always on the lookout to manipulate our politics, our money, and our language so as to keep us from ever realizing that we are losing our freedom. I was astounded. I tuned into the movie precisely because I wanted to see the scene where Marcus Aurelius makes his inspiring speech to Maximus to “Restore the Republic.” But the collectivists at TBS played Orwell’s Winston Smith and threw the most important part of the speech down the memory hole. They undoubtedly gave as their excuse that they needed to cut the movie to fit the time slot of that hour’s programming. But the dialogue about “restoring the Republic” took less than 60 seconds. And there are at least 10-15 minutes of other totally non-essential scenes throughout the movie that could have been deleted instead. Why would they want to delete such a crucial dramatic scene regarding the ideological requisites of freedom? For those who grasp the propagandistic base of all modern tyrannies the reason is obvious. Tyranny’s collaborators must ceaselessly play the role of thought police if they wish to run a despotic regime in the modern world. And that is exactly what today’s political elites and their Praetorian Guard, the media, wish to do. This is but one small scene in one movie, but it is immensely important because it represents the tip of a huge iceberg of rewritten history and suppression of political-philosophical truth that is taking place throughout our schools and our media. The manipulators at TBS are just a fraction of the myriad Orwellians amongst us who mold our children from the time they enter kindergarten and continue to do so through high school and college, then into the adult world where they mold the minds of the masses of uncritical working people. They are stealing over our society like gangrene steals over the diseased limbs of a wounded soldier. American citizens are wounded soldiers, and they don’t realize the septic tyranny that is corroding them. American patriots do realize it, though. And we are growing more prominent as each year goes by. Critical mass is approaching our movement spawned so hopefully in the 1940s with the works of Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich Hayek, Ayn Rand, and scores of outraged intellects who could see the inherent evil of “progressivism and mega-statism” that had descended upon the country with the inception of the Federal Reserve and the coming of FDR. Orwellian thought still holds power, yes, but it is a hollow power. The political / media elites are rotted from within. They are ripe for a challenge just as the Soviet Politburo was ripe. The days are numbered for the Orwellians amongst us. Previous articleThe Numbers Say That A Major Global Recession Has Already Begun Next articleLetter From Europe to USA: Do Not Take Refugees!	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3512
__label__cc	0.567562	0.432438	Golf team deals with leadership change this season Featured Golf Sports Photo by Bryce Owen ’17 \| Tony Hendricks ’19 tees off at team practice at Phoenix Country Club. By Ethan Winkler ’17 After finishing second in the state last year by one stroke, Brophy’s golf team is looking forward to another opportunity to contend this season. The team’s first big tournament was the Brophy Invitational on the weekend of Aug. 27-28. Head coach Mr. Jon Shores saw it as a fantastic opportunity to evaluate the team. “This is going to be a good test to see where we are at in comparison to the rest of the teams in the state,” Mr. Shores said a few days before the tournament. This assessment was very necessary due to the large amount of changes the team has undergone this season. While graduation is a normal occurrence for any high school team, Brophy lost four of its top five golfers from last year. With this loss, Mr. Shores said he may resort to something “unusual” for the team. “[The top five] is going to be probably changing every match and every tournament we play,” Mr. Shores said. Another void that the head coach must fill with the departure of the old seniors is the need for leadership on the team. One of the names he mentioned as someone he expects to step up is Jack Geurtz ’17. “I feel like I sort of have a sense of leadership that I have to take up and lead the younger guys,” Geurtz said. “Since I’ve been on the team the longest, I sort of know what I’m doing more than them.” Both Geurtz and Mr. Shores also said some high schools they will play will provide a good challenge for the team, such as Desert Vista and Chaparral. But the one team they both pointed out is Hamilton. “Hamilton’s always good,” Geurtz said. “They have two very good players there, some of the best in the country.” folder_openTagged in: Ethan Winkler, golf, jack geurtz, john shores, Sports, team preview Previous Post Previous Post Cross country looks toward state behind senior leaders Next Post Next Post Swim team aims for 29th straight state title, seeks national championship	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3513
__label__cc	0.724919	0.275081	RMRD SA awards their scientists AgriOrbit Red Meat Research and Development South Africa (RMRD SA) will award their scientists at a prestigious event to be held on 24 October 2017 at the Agricultural Research Council, Irene. Scientists were nominated in four categories and the awardees for 2017 were: Category Veteran Researcher: Prof Garreth Bath Prof Bath is a senior veterinarian and emeritus professor at the University of Pretoria who has done a lot for the red meat industry nationally and internationally – especially with regards to small stock production animals and health. He is co-developer of the internationally acclaimed FAMACHA© system and the initiator of the FIVE POINT CHECK for the targeted selective treatment of small ruminants, as well as designing and promoting sustainable, holistic, integrated parasite management systems for sheep and goat farmers world-wide. Category Outstanding contribution to research: Prof Michiel Scholtz Prof Scholtz is a specialist researcher in Applied Animal Breeding with the ARC-Animal Production Institute at Irene and also an extraordinary professor in Animal Breeding in the Department of Animal, Wildlife and Grassland Sciences at the University of the Free State. Prof Scholtz’s research is aimed at linking the different disciplines of animal production. The success of these initiatives is demonstrated by his current research initiatives and its value for livestock farmers and contribution to food security. He also involved students in his research with the aim of building capacity and to ensure proper succession planning.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3514
__label__wiki	0.813831	0.813831	Proudly lowering the level of political discourse Dead Wrestler: Farewell to the American Dream Yesterday, among the announcements of so many deaths, only one hit the Rude Pundit where it hurt: right in the childhood. 'Cause, see, when he was a kid in the 1970s, living in a trailer park in Florida and an apartment complex in Louisiana, the Rude Dad, who was a trucker back then, the Rude Brother, and the young Rude Pundit loved professional wrestling. The Rude Bro, especially, was totally into it, buying wrestling magazines and constantly watching it on TV on every weekend. They could argue about the relative merits of Harley Race or "Cowboy" Bill Watts, whose side they were on in a match between "Superstar" Billy Graham (sadly, not the preacher) and Ted DiBiase, whether the Sheik's Camel Clutch was a more painful move than Pak Song's Claw. But one thing they could agree on: No one was greater than Dusty Rhodes, the American Dream, as he called himself. The Rude Pundit is not going to review the larger-than-life career of Dusty Rhodes, whose real name was Virgil Runnels, Jr. and who was beloved by everyone in his sport. You can find that elsewhere. This fan had given up on professional wrestling long before Rhodes made his justifiably famous "Hard Times" promo speech in 1985, where he explicitly linked himself with his working class fans and gave sympathy to people who lost jobs or couldn't pay the bills. No, for the Rude Pundit, one of the formative moments in his very young life was watching Dusty Rhodes face down his enemies who had once been his friends. You're gonna have to forgive the fog of decades here (and corrections will be made if necessary), but here we go: When Rhodes first started wrestling he was booked as someone who veered between bad guy and good guy. He was in a tag team partnership with Pak Song, a Korean wrestler who was, obviously, a bad guy (it was the 70s - Korea was as good a stand-in for Vietnam as any). They were managed by the evil Gary Hart. Yeah, it was a complicated, scripted soap opera, but, goddamn, it was compelling. In 1974, Rhodes and Pak Song were fighting against another tag team partnership when, in the middle of the match, Pak Song and Gary Hart turned against Rhodes and began to beat him (there was some reason, but the Rude Pundit can't remember). This was in Florida, and the Rude Pundit remembers watching on TV as Rhodes rose up to fight back against the other men, who ran away. It was a brilliant move, one that Rhodes had a hand in scripting, and it turned Rhodes into a permanent good guy, someone with a grudge and a cause - to destroy Gary Hart and Hart's wrestlers. Rhodes became a superstar after that, associating himself directly with his audience by using the nickname "The American Dream." It was an enthralling transformation for a kid to see, a tale of redemption and triumph in a squalid setting. Rhodes understood, as much as any wrestler, as much as any performer, as much as any popular artist, that part of the thrill for the fans is being a part of the rise of their hero. He offered hope in a time of real despair, with the obscene Vietnam War coming to its sad ending, with Nixon's crimes being revealed. The world was in chaos, yes, but in the middle of Florida in the 1970s, Dusty Rhodes showed us that we could come back, that our working class backgrounds made us noble, and that even a fat slob with a lisp and shaggy blonde hair could be a champion. Besides, he had a patented move called the "Bionic Elbow," which involved him leaping into the air and landing on his opponent with his elbow, and he eventually headlined matches at a sold-out Madison Square Garden. C'mon. If you think this is too over the top, you don't understand the passion that professional wrestling provokes in its fans. When the Rude Pundit got to go to live matches and see Dusty Rhodes (and Andre the Giant, once), it was the same thrill he had seeing Ian McKellen perform on stage. In fact, he believes that the extravagant theatricality of wrestling was what got him interested in plays that are directed at audiences of workers. The Rude Pundit can't comment on today's wrestling because, other than when someone like a Hulk Hogan surfaces in pop culture, he doesn't know much about it. But he loves talking to WWE fans because it provokes him to remember how much it meant to him. When we'd play fight, the Rude siblings would pretend to be various wrestlers. We would argue over who got to be Dusty Rhodes, who got to act, for a little while, like the American Dream. If we embody him, if we could do him justice, perhaps we too would deserve all his rewards which we, like him, would pass on to others. Final Note: Rude reader Dan B. knew Dusty Rhodes and had this to say about him: "He was larger than life but totally down to earth. A creative genius and a force of nature. But also, he was able to focus on the person he was with, co-worker or fan, and relate on a deeply personal level that always left an indelible impact for life in that individual. He was one of the biggest box office draws in the history of The Business, but his blue collar sensibilities never left him. 'I have wined and dined with Kings and Queens, but have slumbered in alleys eating pork and beans.' He was truly a plumber's son from Austin who never lost his love of The Common Man. This was what make him one of the most beloved babyfaces of all time. If he was your friend, you had a defender equaled by none. I loved him like a big brother and looked forward to the next time I would see him and be welcomed like the prodigal son. This is a huge loss for me and everyone who ever knew or met him. "The most important fact about Dusty is that his affection for the proletariat was totally authentic, not a 'work.' Patrons could sense that." Posted by Rude One at 11:55 AM Mostly, the Rude Pundit doesn't give a shit what you have to say, but, if you have to say it, you can write to Lee Papa here: rudepundit(at)yahoo(dot)com Wanna donate money for the rudeness? Click here: The Rude Pundit's Patreon Page @rudepundit The Rude Pundit on Facebook Sexy Liberal Podcast Network Rude at Bonnaroo Esquire Politics Blog The New York Crank Xanonymous NTodd pros/e/yes Atrios' Eschaton Digby's Hullabaloo Avedon's Sideshow Miandering Back2Stonewall The Petrelis Files Transgriot The G-Bitch Spot Humid City Your Right Hand Thief In Brief: Rand Paul Is So Awesome That He'll Hang ... Post Today? In Brief: Photos That Make the Rude Pundit Want to... The Lesson of This Week: We're Sick of the Past The Supreme Court Victory for the ACA: Punching Sc... 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__label__wiki	0.652812	0.652812	Export to Mendeley REVELL - Revista de Estudos Literários da UEMS A REVELL – Revista de Estudos Literários da UEMS, é resultado de ações desenvolvidas nos cursos de Graduação em Letras da UEMS e no Programa de Pós-Graduação Stricto Sensu em Letras da UEMS. Vinculada ao Programa de Pós-Graduação Stricto Sensu em Letras da UEMS a Revell funciona como um espaço de interação entre pesquisadores do Brasil e de outros países. Seu principal objetivo é divulgar pesquisas por meio a publicação de artigos científicos de pesquisadores em diferentes IES do Brasil e exterior, bem como estimular a publicação de textos literários inéditos como forma de criar um espaço para a produção e circulação de obras e autores. Compreende uma ação conjunta do Curso de Letras da UEMS de Campo Grande, Grupo de Pesquisa "Historiografia, Cânone e Ensino - GPHCE", do Núcleo de Estudos Historiográficos de Mato Grosso do Sul – NEHMS e do Grupo de Pesquisa Literatura e Humanidades, bem como dos Cursos de Graduação, Pós-Graduação Lato e Stricto em Letras da UEMS. Editorial quality indicators PDF HTML XML DOI ORCID BIBLIO CBP HAP WoS SCOPUS JCR ESCI Articles of this journal Journal web: http://periodicosonline.uems.br/index.php/REV/index Universidade Estadual de Mato Grosso do Sul Avenida Dom Antônio Barbosa, nº 4155. Bairro Santo Amaro. Campo Grande-MS. CEP 79 115-898. revelluems@gmail.com Usage rights: Reconocimiento (by) Category area / Category: Social Sciences/Humanities --> Literature Bibliometric data Posición en Ranking REDIB The REDIB Ranking analyses the citations of indexed articles to indexed articles, and then adds these article-to-article citations for each journal. The REDIB Ranking goes much further than a simple calculation of the citations made in the given period and dividing this figure by the number of articles. Rather, it contextualises the citations in each subject area, taking into account certain factors (number of publications, expected average impact, etc.) The REDIB Ranking differs from other rankings of similar document bodies in the sense that it is the only one that calculates expected citations or which compares its journals with the rest of the world, outside its own corpus. The ranking does not analyse the publications as a whole. Rather, the data provided about each of the journals are obtained by aggregating the data gathered through analysing each of the articles and then contextualising them, as mentioned above. With this in mind, the following indicators are developed for the overlapping REDIB/WoS publications, the combination of which results in the position of each journal in the annual REDIB Ranking. NORMALISED CITATION IMPACT PERCENTILE For each scientific subject or discipline, there is a unique communication dynamic between scientists. The abundance of citations that feature in the cited bibliography, the persistence of citations over time and the time it takes for a piece to have an impact on subsequent related works are examples of factors which differ greatly from one subject to another. It therefore makes a lot of sense to treat each subject separately in the impact calculations, as it isn't a good idea to apply the same yardstick to all of them. Following this criteria, it is possible to calculate the average citations that a document may have (Expected Citations per Article) for each subject, publication year and document type. Each document published in REDIB journals that overlap with the WoS Core Collection during the years covered by the ranking (2013-2018 for the 2019 edition, which was published in 2020) is extracted. Firstly, the performance of each document is analysed in comparison with the expected citations. The expected citations correspond to the average number of citations received for each document published in the WoS Core Collection with the same characteristics, taking into account the year of publication, the topic and the document type. The number of citations received by a document is then divided by its expected citations. This generates a document's Normalised Citation Impact. This is added on a journal-by-journal level, as per Crown's rules. The Normalised Citation Impact (NCI) is calculated in the following way: For each article published by an overlapping REDIB-WoS journal on a given subject during the six-year period covered by the ranking, a calculation is made of the number of citations received by the set of journals of its subject area in the WoS Core Collection corpus published in the year of the ranking. For each topic, the number of cases received is the numerator and the expected citations per article is the denominator. This division produces the NCI for each article. By adding them together, you get the NCI for the publication being analysed. Once the NCI has been obtained for each journal, percentiles are allocated. A value of 100 is given to the highest NCI. Using this as a reference, the percentile of each journal can be calculated. This 100 is then adjusted to a value very close to 100. This uses the same formula as the one used for JIF percentiles. PERCENT CITED PAPERS Not all articles in a publication have the same impact. In fact, some of them are never cited. This indicator allows us to distinguish those publications for which citations are evenly distributed across its articles from those that improve their results by publishing high-impact articles that cover up for other articles that have had zero impact. More balanced and consistent journals are given greater weight in the rankings.Rather than the number of citations, this percentage is calculated by counting the articles that were cited in the ranking year from all the articles published by the journal being analysed in the six-year period, compared to the total number of articles published by the journal in the period analysed. The data is presented as a % to three decimal points. SCALED PERCENT CATEGORY'S CITES In contrast to disciplines that distribute their citations across a solid number of publications, there are others that, for various reasons, concentrate their impactful publications in very few journals. This indicator provides information on the concentration of citations in a given journal within a certain subject area and, of course, during the period of time being analysed. To calculate this indicator, the number of citations received by each overlapping journal during the period being analysed is counted, with this figure then being divided by all citations received in the same period by all WoS Core journals within the same subject area. The indicator shows the weight of citations of each WoS Core journal. All results are allocated a percentage, with the top result being allocated 100. PERCENTAGE OF MOST CITED ARTICLES (TOP 10%) Indicates the percentage of a journal's articles that are in the top 10% most cited articles within a certain subject area (or areas).For each WoS Core subject, the articles in the top 10% are identified. Among these, those that feature in REDIB journals are identified. For each REDIB journal, the total number of 'top 10' articles is divided by the total number of documents in the journal. The result is given as a % to three decimal places. MEAN PERCENTILE This is the journal's percentile with regards to its subject area, found by aggregating the percentile of its articles. Each article published during the six-year period receives, in the year of the ranking, a number of citations. This number allows us to order all the articles of a certain subject area, and this order is applicable to each category. The non-cited documents will be given a 0 by default (the lowest score); the most cited article in its category, meanwhile, will be given 100. The average percentile for each journal is obtained by calculating the average percentile obtained for each article published in the same journal. Journals are ordered by the their average percentile, which is expressed as a number between 0 and 100. The five variables given acquire a value between 0 and 100. This allows an average of the five variables, each weighted equally, to be calculated for each journal. This is the Overall Score, which is specific to each journal and year of ranking. It is the best parameter for evaluating the journal's evolution over time, and is the value that determines the journal's position when filtered by each of the fields that are not partial indicators (subjects or countries) and the overall classification of the REDIB Ranking. To conclude, it should be noted that the way in which the results are presented allows the scholar to order the results by each of the five indicators independently, giving him/her an accurate view of each journal and its position according to the different criteria. Overall classification Cited Journals Perc. Normal. Imp. Fac. % cited arts. % adjusted of subject citations % most cited articles Average Perc. View the whole ranking See citations and cited Datos Índice REDIB (Beta) Datos en otros índices MIAR Times Cited in WoS: Times Cited in WoS: Times Cited not available: View Article in WoS Related articles in WoS REDIB Entrevista com Jacques Revel. by: Marieta de Moraes Ferreira Published: (1997) Performance Analysis of the Segment Transfer Rate of TCP-UEM by: Airton Orlandini Junior Published: (2019) Mudança Ambiental e Adaptação Organizacional: estudo comparativo de casos departamentais na UEM by: João Marcelo Crubellate Published: (1998) La presencia de las Unidades Educativas del Milenio (UEM- Ecuador) en Facebook / The presence on facebook of the “Millennium Educational Units” (UEM-Ecuador) by: Gabriel Cevallos Published: (2018) Infant industry policy and information revelation by: Carlos Asilis Published: (1994)	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3521
__label__wiki	0.610591	0.610591	Reel Roy Reviews …to the chagrin of true arbiters of taste Tag Archives: tori amos The Other History of the DC Universe … eye-opening, transformative, damning, beautiful, human Yes, I’m an adult (sort of) who reads (and enjoys) comic books. I’ve always relished the escapist interludes comics frequently provide. But sometimes they are transcendant. A few times in my life, be they in epic scale (Marv Wolfman’s and George Pérez’ Crisis On Infinite Earths, Brad Meltzer’s and Rags Morales’ Identity Crisis, Grant Morrison’s and Howard Porter’s JLA) or clear-eyed cultural critique (Alan Moore’s and Dave Gibbons’ Watchmen, Art Spiegelman’s Maus, Reggie Hudlin’s and John Romita, Jr.’s Black Panther), the books left me speechless and deeply moved, notably in terms of how metaphorically revelatory these pieces can be about our sometimes joyous, often painful human condition. Add The Other History of the DC Universe to that storied (pun intended) list. Oscar-winning 12 Years a Slave screenwriter John Ridley pens a compelling, heartrending, corrosive yet loving treatment of the history of the DC Universe from the eyes of heroes of color left in the (literal) margins. Giuseppe Camuncoli and Andrea Cucchi provide gorgeous illustrations that are expansive, exhilarating, and somehow both retro AND forward-leaning. In the first issue, Jefferson Pierce AKA Black Lightning takes us from 1972 through 1995, juxtaposing “real” world and “DC Comics’ world” events of that era with an incisive point-of-view that is eye-opening, transformative, damning, beautiful, and human. You might never look at Superman the same way again, yet you are even more appreciative of these characters and their ability to reflect our own ever-evolving societal perspectives on equality, fair play, and inclusion. Can’t wait to read the rest. More on the series here: https://ew.com/books/john-ridley-the-other-history-of-the-dc-universe/ “Once Upon a December” from Anastasia Want to join me in supporting a good cause? For my birthday this month (December 28 to be exact!), I’m raising money for Ronald McDonald House Charities Ann Arbor and your contribution will make an impact, whether you donate $5 or $500. Just click donate on this fundraising page: https://lnkd.in/eQ_NVZD I’m a proud board member and have seen firsthand how every little bit helps. This little fundraiser is nearing the two thousand dollar mark because of wonderful support from kind and generous friends like you! “Winter” (Tori Amos) Thanks to our donors-to-date: Beth Kennedy, Greg Griffin, Terry Branoff, Paola Armeni, Chris Sheeren, Aaron Bebee, Rachel Shields Williams, Megan McKeon, Morgan Leigh Horvitz, Monica Phillips, Dianne Rychlewski, Kristen Bateman Leis, Becky Felix, Anna Ostrander, Eric Walkuski, Donna Ballantyne, Christine N. Harris, Jennifer Munsayac, Barry Solomon, Kate Meltzer, Laurin Hawkins, Connie Harris, Cynthia Voth, Tina Paraventi, Amy Oldiges, Tammy Gales Mangan, Kelly MacKinnon, Sally Feldman, Petrea Schumacher, Brook Weeks Redmond, and Sarah Gallagher. Love you ❤️ #KeepingFamiliesClose “Swee’Pea’s Lullaby” from Popeye Legal Marketing Coffee Talk is back Monday with host Roy Sexton (ME!), Director of Marketing at Clark Hill, and guest Stephanie D. Preston, PhD and professor of psychology at the University of Michigan. Dr. Preston examines how the brain evolved to use emotions to influence decisions across species, particularly in interpersonal and investment contexts. How does this apply to legal marketing!? Well, Dr. Preston focuses her attention on our desires and how our neural processes that originally evolved to guide mammals toward resources that are necessary but scarce may mislead us in our current modern conditions of material abundance. In other words, she will help us understand how our brains work. She will also explain to us the interesting connection between marketing and psychology and how their connection has led to overconsumption in some areas. Tune in Monday, December 7th at 2:00 PM ET Live on https://www.facebook.com/KatesMedia/. Legal Marketing Coffee Talk is brought to you by By Aries and Kates Media. Posted By: Roy Sexton (Reel Roy Reviews) Category: Comic Books, Must See Tags: 12 years a slave, Aaron Bebee, alan moore, Amy Oldiges, anastasia, Andrea Cucchi, ann arbor, Anna Ostrander, art spiegelman, Barry Solomon, Becky Felix, beth kennedy, black lightning, black panther, brad meltzer, Brook Weeks Redmond, by Aries, Chris Sheeren, Christine N. Harris, Connie Harris, crisis on infinite earths, Cynthia Voth, dave gibbons, dc comics, Dianne Rychlewski, diversity, Donna Ballantyne, Eric Walkuski, george perez, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Greg Griffin, harry nilsson, identity crisis, inclusion, Jefferson pierce, Jennifer Munsayac, Jessica Aries, John Ridley, John romita jr, Kate Meltzer, Kelly MacKinnon, Kristen Bateman Leis, Laurin Hawkins, legal marketing coffee talk, marv wolfman, Maus, megan mckeon, michigan, Monica Phillips, Morgan Leigh Horvitz, once upon a december, other history of the dc universe, Paola Armeni, Petrea Schumacher, popeye, Rachel shields williams, rags morales, reel roy reviews, Reggie hudlin, rob kates, Ronald McDonald House Charities of Ann Arbor, roy sexton, sally Feldman, Sarah Gallagher, Stephanie Preston, superman, swee’pea’s lullaby, Tammy Gales Mangan, terry branoff, tina paraventi, tori amos, university of michigan, watchmen, winter “We look at those that are shattered and different as less than. What if they are MORE than?” Split, Sing, and Lion (yeah, you read that correctly) [Image Source: Wikipedia] Why are we here? What makes life worth living? Where is our place in this (increasingly strange) world? Maybe I’m just going through some kind of existential mid-life crisis. (Hey, who’d like to produce this 44-year-old singing all of his favorite ill-suited pop songs – Lady Gaga, Tori Amos, Madonna, Bjork – as an expression of manopausal self in a cabaret extravaganza? It will be your best theatre going experience of the past 14.75 years. I guarantee!) Regardless, the three films viewed this weekend – seemingly drawn from a grab bag of fourth quarter 2016 offerings – all explore beautifully the very reason we dwell on this loony planet. Split is a return to form for Hitchcock/Spielberg aspirant M. Night Shyamalan, chiefly because he was wise enough to cast it with a crackerjack James McAvoy (X-Men: Days of Future Past, X-Men: Apocalypse) and Betty Buckley (Carrie, Tender Mercies). (At one point while viewing, I wished Shyamalan had had the moxie to have staged this as a two-hander play with these two lightning bolts. Equus would have seemed like Oklahoma! by comparison.) The film is a mash-up – a little bit of Silence of the Lambs, a touch of Primal Fear, a skosh of Dressed to Kill, a dab of Prisoners, a spritz of, well, any and all of Shyamalan’s other films (save The Last Airbender – the less said about that one, the better). We have a central figure “Kevin Wendell Crumb,” portrayed brilliantly by McAvoy (with just a hint of Baby Jane camp), suffering from dissociative identity disorder, as 23 different personalities (some nice, some really naughty) play ping-pong with Kevin’s daily routine. Buckley, as Dr. Karen Fletcher, is his cautious, morbidly transfixed therapist, whose ethereally calm demeanor and career aspirations keep her engaged with Kevin’s Sybil-esque shenanigans. The plot details Kevin’s devolution into something called “The Beast” (think Silence of the Lambs‘ “Buffalo Bill” with, yes, super powers) as he kidnaps three teenage girls and locks them in one of those byzantine, blue-lit subterranean lairs that only seem to exist in really creepy movies. Dr. Fletcher starts to catch wise as various (kinder) personalities in Kevin’s psyche begin sending her panicked emails in the middle of the night. I won’t spoil any of the twists and turns, but the Hitchcockian “fun” derives from Buckley’s Fletcher calmly, relentlessly querying McAvoy’s Kevin about his nightly doings. Much like Hitchock’s late-career Psycho, Shyamalan’s Split is a directorial resurgence that simultaneously exploits the audience’s most prurient interests while giving us a Playhouse 90-style character study. McAvoy is a creepy hoot, and Buckley does yeoman’s work as a wary proxy for the audience’s revulsion/fascination. (My favorite quote from the film? When Buckley’s Fletcher describes the restaurant Hooters: “It’s like if Henry VIII ran a fast food franchise.”) At one point, Buckley’s Fletcher asks plaintively, “”We look at those that are shattered and different as less than. What if they are more than?” The film’s central thesis is a half-realized query about whether or not mental illness is a kind of super power. It’s an intriguing idea not fully baked in the film, but Buckley’s delivery of that line, coupled with McAvoy’s scenery-chewing performance, gives me hope for the inevitable sequel. And then I saw Sing, an animated film about koalas and elephants and pigs and porcupines and mice trying (literally) to find their voices in a world that had passed them by. Do I know how to plan a weekend at the movies? Guess what? Sing is brilliant and surprisingly moving. If you are not crying at the film’s conclusion wherein every misfit animal featured heretofore takes the stage and seizes the spotlight with deep-feeling abandon, well, then I feel sorry for you, you cold, emotionless curmudgeon! The plot of Sing is a nifty corollary to Zootopia, which depicted a similar land where all creatures great and small coexist (mostly) in harmony, struggling (like us all) to make a decent living, pay the bills, and have a bit of joy. “Buster Moon,” a disarmingly charmingly skeezy koala (voiced by Matthew McConaughey finding the perfect role for his disarmingly charmingly skeezy career) is trying to revive his failing theatre by hosting a music competition. His best buddy (a trust-fund lamb voiced by an ever-dopey John C. Reilly) asks, “Singing competition? Who wants to see another one of those?” Well, this one? You will want to see. Reese Witherspoon (Wild), Scarlett Johansson (Lucy), Taron Egerton (Kingsman … SUCH a voice – like a choir-boy Robbie Williams), Seth MacFarlane (Family Guy), Tori Kelly vocalize for the menagerie (pig, porcupine, ape, mouse, elephant – respectively) that joins Buster on his preposterous adventure. I found myself a bucket of salty tears when Kelly’s shy elephant Mimi belts Stevie Wonder’s “Don’t You Worry ‘Bout a Thing” at the film’s jubilant finale. Maybe it’s because I know what it feels like to be a misfit singer who has been excluded from others’ “reindeer games,” but I found Sing to be a riotous, thoroughly enjoyable celebration of letting all of us find and exercise our unique voices in this increasingly stifling world. I can’t wait for this inevitable sequel either. Finally, Lion. Oh, Lion I wish I knew how to quit you. This film knocked me to the floor – either because of its excellence or because my low blood sugar from sitting in a darkened theatre for hours on end finished me off. Lion – the feature directorial debut by Garth Davis – relays the true story of Saroo Brierley (portrayed with zero guile as a child by Sunny Pawar and with heartbreaking ambivalence as an adult by Dev Patel) as he finds himself lost from his family in India and, ultimately, adopted by a well-meaning Australian couple (a haunting Nicole Kidman and David Wenham). Reminiscent of the the Jack Lemmon/Sissy Spacek classic Missing, Lion captures the devastating claustrophobia of a family separated by geography, time, bureaucracy. The toddler Saroo’s inability to communicate (he speaks Hindi and nearly no one else around him does) nor to identify his home (he accidentally ends up on a decommissioned train that takes him from a small town, the name of which he mispronounces, to the overpopulated metropolis of Calcutta) is the stuff of nightmares. The film plays fast and loose with narrative chronology, as the adult Saroo tries to unravel the mystery of his life before being adopted. Everyone is excellent, with Kidman giving her most subtle, nuanced performance in ages – one scene in particular where she palpably renders the tension of the adoptive parent to balance truth versus security as her child tries to make sense of his upbringing. Lion is a remarkable film, as full of hope as it is heartbreak. I cried a lot this weekend at the movie theatre. Singing elephants, multiple personality protagonists, and displaced Indian orphans: all transfixing metaphorical representatives of our own existential pain over belonging, finding ourselves, and seeking a path forward. Well done, Hollywood. Well done. Betty Buckley and Roy Sexton Reel Roy Reviews is now TWO books! You can purchase your copies by clicking here (print and digital). In addition to online ordering at Amazon or from the publisher Open Books, the first book is currently is being carried by Bookbound, Common Language Bookstore, and Crazy Wisdom Bookstore and Tea Room in Ann Arbor, Michigan and by Green Brain Comics in Dearborn, Michigan. My mom Susie Duncan Sexton’s Secrets of an Old Typewriter series is also available on Amazon and at Bookbound and Common Language. Posted By: Roy Sexton (Reel Roy Reviews) Category: (Dark) Slice-of-Life, Americana, Animation, Australians, Biography, Film Review, Musical, Must See, Pop!, Tragedy Tags: alfred hitchcock, betty buckley, bjork, buffalo bill, calcutta, carrie, david wenham, dev patel, dissociative identity disorder, Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing, dressed to kill, elephants, equus, Family Guy, Garth Dav, hooters, india, It's like Henry V ran a fast food franchise, It's like Henry VIII ran a fast food franchise, jack lemmon, James McAvoy, john c. reilly, kingsman, koalas, lady gaga, lion, lion movie, lion review, lucy, m night shyamalan, madonna, matthew mcconaughey, mice, missing, nicole kidman, oklahoma, pigs, porcupines, primal fear, prisoners, psycho, reese witherspoon, Robbie Williams, saroo brierley, scarlett johansson, Seth MacFarlane, silence of the lambs, sing movie, sing review, sissy spacek, Spielberg, split movie, split review, Stevie Wonder, Sunny Pawar, sybil, taron egerton, tender mercies, the beast, the last airbender, tori amos, Tori Kelly, We look at those that are shattered and different as less than. What if they are more than, whatever happend to baby jane, wild, X-Men: Apocalypse, X-Men: Days of Future Past, zootopia Coming out of the woods: Taylor Swift’s 1989 Tour at Detroit’s Ford Field Taylor Swift at Ford Field We had a debate about Taylor Swift at brunch today … well, not a debate so much as friendly banter, but, yes, about Taylor Swift. You see, I saw her stellar 1989 concert at Detroit’s Ford Field last night, and it seems to shock/awe/flabbergast that a grown (sort of) man appreciates the glittering pop output of one Ms. Swift. But I really do. Swift seems to be a polarizing force. Either you adore her or you really don’t ever, ever, ever like her style of wholesome-with-an-edge, high-waisted-Wonder-Bread-dominatrix, let-people-be-people, sh*tcan-the-jerks-in-your-life-with-a-smile jukebox jive. I don’t think it’s easy to transition from child star to adult phenomenon in the public eye. I don’t mean the drug-addled, gin-soaked misadventures of a young (baby) Drew Barrymore or a slipping-down-the-rabbit hole Lindsay Lohan/Amanda Bynes. Rather, it’s probably worse for someone like Swift, whose Amazonian work ethic and drive for world domination must never give her a moment’s rest and which seems to make her a perennial target for critique. Charlotte, MY chaperone for the evening The 1989 show, named after the year a wide-eyed Taylor (now 25 years old, natch) powered into this unsuspecting world, brings all of the pop (formerly country) powerhouse’s disparate influences into sharp relief. And it makes abundantly clear just how profound her transition has been from kiddie cult to global superstar. Watching last night’s show, I was struck by Swift’s confident swagger (and I normally hate swagger) but she wears it well. She is not limited by gender, age, public perception, nor a cavalcade of A-list ex-paramours. NO. She has reverse engineered the formula for inevitable, relentless singularity: one part Mick Jagger, two parts Madonna, a pinch of Janet, with a healthy sprinkling Carly Simon, Joni Mitchell, Alanis Morissette, and Tori Amos self-mythologizing confessional. Well-played, kid. No one else quite cracked that code – not Britney, not Rihanna, not Gaga. Not even sure Beyonce did it … but watch your back for Miley. Most important? Last night’s show was fun. (And, yeah, I might have been one of the oldest and fewest Y-chromosomed attendees – but if the Church of Swift teaches us anything it’s “haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate.”) The set list is essentially the 1989 album (from last fall) in its entirety with a few other now-classics (strange to say of songs not even five or so years old) thrown in (“I Knew You Were Trouble,” “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” “Love Story”). Performance highlights included: a glitzy 42nd Street take on opener “Welcome to New York” with its swirling, infectious message of universal inclusion; a little Fosse in the stylized shadow-dancing of hypnotic “Blank Space;” some sweaty Velvet Rope-era Janet stylings on a molasses-throbbing “I Knew You Were Trouble” and a Rhythm Nation twist on rival-skewering “Bad Blood;” and straight-up Courtney Love guitar-raging on “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” (arguably the strongest reinvention of the bunch). Before her (literally) soaring encore of the ubiquitous “Shake It Up” (staged as a can-can kick-line atop a spinning/floating catwalk), Swift closed with a stadium-rattling take on my personal 1989 favorite “Out of the Woods.” Against a kaleidoscopic backdrop of twisting Grimm Brothers trees and underneath giant spiraling paper airplanes, Swift nailed this Simple Minds/Tears for Fears/Kate Bush-homage, an anthem of empowerment and self-actualization and her ultimate thesis for this sleek, epic pop evening. You are you. Own it. There were many surprises in an already jam-packed evening. Dan Reynolds of Imagine Dragons popped up for a frisky duet on his own hit “Radioactive” that had the crowd in a frenzy. (Admittedly, it wasn’t hard to get the 50K plus, sold-out crowd in a frenzy. They were going nuts over trivia questions about Taylor’s cats in the pre-show warm-up period.) Other members of the Swift celeb mafia put in video and live appearances – models GiGi Hadid and Martha Hunt walked the catwalk in “Style” to wish their singer-songwriter pal well, and Girls‘ Lena Dunham and the band Haim (not to mention, yes, Taylor’s cats Olivia and Meredith) offered their greetings from the big screens. (Is Swift the new Sinatra – and it’s not Jay-Z after all? Food for thought.) The spectacle of the show was tasteful – more old-school Vegas than stadium bombast – with minimalist choreography, a series of subtle costume changes (all spangles and mini-skirts), a lot of rear-screen projection, and Taylor’s fabulously perfect 1989-bobbed haircut. (Seriously, she should never wear her hair any. other. way.) The niftiest touch of all? Every member of the audience was given a light-up wrist-band (RFID-powered?) that flashed and pulsed and changed colors to the stage activities. Such a simple thing, but had such a profound effect on the overall experience. The huge room at Ford Field looked like a twinkling galaxy, and all of us – young and, ahem, old – were gobsmacked by the clever inclusion of every one us in the concert staging. The galaxy of wristbands The show is a reverent homage to an era which Swift couldn’t possibly remember – the late 80s. I do. Unlike Katy Perry’s Prismatic Tour (which I enjoyed), Swift is not winking at the Day-Glo era. She is embracing it and exploring those musical influences she never knew she had. I was 17 in 1989, and it was the year I started loving pop music from Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation to Madonna’s Like a Prayer to, yes, Prince’s Batman. I still treasure those albums as they transport me to a simpler, maybe sillier, possibly less socially divisive time when a lifetime of opportunity still extended before me. Whether she knows it or not, Swift captured the summer fun of listening to pure pop escapism on my little red boombox on the sundeck of my parents’ house in 1989. Thank you, Taylor. Linda’s daughter Laura with Taylor’s mom Andrea P.S. Taylor loves Detroit. She first sang the National Anthem at a Lions game at Ford Field years ago, and she even brought her mom along last night to help usher ecstatic fans backstage. My pal Linda Cameron, mom of frequent Penny Seats cast-mate Matt Cameron, was there as a belated holiday present from her family, and Linda even got a chance to meet Mom Swift whom Linda described as a “sweetheart.” Reel Roy Reviews 2 Reel Roy Reviews is now TWO books! You can purchase your copies by clicking here (print and digital) In addition to online ordering at Amazon or from the publisher Open Books, the first book is currently is being carried by Bookbound, Common Language Bookstore, and Crazy Wisdom Bookstore and Tea Room in Ann Arbor, Michigan and by Green Brain Comics in Dearborn, Michigan. My mom Susie Duncan Sexton’s Secrets of an Old Typewriter series is also available on Amazon and at Bookbound and Common Language. Posted By: Roy Sexton (Reel Roy Reviews) Category: Americana, Concert Review, Musical, Must See, Pop! Tags: 1989, 1989 tour detroit review, 1989 tour ford field, 1989 tour ford field review, 1989 tour review, 42nd street, alanis morissette, amanda bynes, bad blood, batman, beyonce, blank space, britney spears, carly simon, cats, coming out of the woods, courtney love, dan reynolds, detroit lions, drew barrymore, ford field, fosse, gigi hadid, grimm brothers, imagine dragons, janet jackson, jay-z, joni mitchell, kate bush, katy perry, lady gaga, lena dunham, linda cameron, lindsay lohan, love story, madonna, martha hunt, matt cameron, meredith and olivia, miley cyrus, national anthem, penny seats, prince, prismatic, radioactive, reel roy reviews, rfid, rhythm nation, rihanna, roy sexton, shake it up, simple minds, sinatra, style, taylor swift, taylor swift 1989 tour, taylor swift tour review, tears for fears, tori amos, trouble, velvet rope, we are never ever getting back together Bleeding gratitude for her Little Monsters – Lady Gaga’s ArtRave tour at Detroit’s Joe Louis The Lady herself Little Monsters, Mama Monster did you proud in the “D” tonight. Lady Gaga rocked the house at Joe Louis Arena and made me a Gaga-believer. I freely admit that her last effort ArtPop left me a bit cold. I’d been a fair-weather fan all along, absolutely adoring some of her hook-laden hits and scratching my head on others. Lyrically, she occasionally seemed to be picking at Tori Amos’ or Bjork’s verbally tortured scraps, yet the uptempo accompaniment always kept bringing me back for more. But that needle skipped the record, quite literally, when I heard ArtPop for the first time, the only cut speaking to me on any level being the incredibly infectious “Applause.” However, watching Lady Gaga’s ArtRave tour tonight, suddenly all of ArtPop snapped into perfect relief. Like watching a musical after only hearing the cast album, every number made sense in the context of Gaga’s Jeff-Koons-meets-Haruki-Murakami vision. And most importantly Gaga seemed to be having fun. She was an inferno, dancing with military precision, belting like some Liza Minnelli/Janis Joplin lovechild, and commanding us, like some hippie dippy drill sergeant, to accept and to love and to move. Her stage I fell head over heels in adoration with this talented woman tonight. Often dressed like The Birth of Venus (by way of the Jersey Shore) or like The Little Mermaid‘s Ursula (by way of Sigmund the Sea Monster), Gaga definitely had a “we’re all in one big aquarium together” vibe going. Her backup dancers were dressed as sea creatures more often than not, and the amazingly tight orchestra seemed to be playing from the inside of a fabulous sand castle onstage. With my pal Terry (and a Little Monster behind us) Gaga tore through all the familiar hits – from “Poker Face” to “Paparazzi” to “Bad Romance” – landing on my personal favorite “Born This Way” as an exquisite piano ballad (as opposed to its typical four-on-the-floor sonic blast). The song took on a touching resonance that it never had when Madonna (the queen of swipe-as-homage) called it a “reductive” version of Madge’s “Express Yourself.” (Really, Madonna, I love you, but that was unnecessary. There’s room for us all in Gaga’s big tent.) But most notably, Gaga – whether schtick or sincerity or both – opened her heart (sorry, Madonna, couldn’t help it) time and again to the fans surrounding her fabulously asymmetrical catwalk of a stage and to those of us in the cheap seats, imploring us to be kind to one another, to be tolerant of difference, and to be empathetic in every action and deed. She bleeds gratitude for her followers, and to witness that in person is the greatest spectacle of all. Reel Roy Reviews is now a book! Thanks to BroadwayWorld for this coverage – click here to view. In addition to online ordering at Amazon or from the publisher Open Books, the book currently is being carried by Bookbound, Common Language Bookstore, and Crazy Wisdom Bookstore and Tea Room in Ann Arbor, Michigan and by Green Brain Comics in Dearborn, Michigan. My mom Susie Duncan Sexton’s Secrets of an Old Typewriter series is also available on Amazon and at Bookbound and Common Language. Posted By: Roy Sexton (Reel Roy Reviews) Category: Americana, Concert Review, Pop! Tags: applause, artpop, artpot, artrave, bad romance, birth of venus, bjork, born this way, concert review, detroit, express yourself, haruki murakami, janis joplin, jeff koons, jersey shore, joe louis, lady gaga, little mermaid, liza minnelli, madonna, paparazzi, poker face, reel roy reviews, roy sexton, sigmund the sea monster, tori amos, ursula VOL. 2 OUT NOW! Click cover to order from Amazon Click cover to order... Book also available at these locations... 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__label__cc	0.669412	0.330588	On January 8, 2021 January 4, 2021 By rlsmithwritingIn Reviews Traffic is a contemporary crime fiction story set in Melbourne and is Robin Gregory’s debut novel. Private Investigator, Sandi Kent’s ex-girlfriend hires her to scout out and plan the rescue of a sex slave from an inner-city brothel. Simultaneously a lawyer friend hires her to seek out angles to defend a Colombian immigrant charged with murdering another sex worker. Sandi struggles with a sense of loneliness and finds it difficult to resist her manipulative ex-girlfriends advances, making it appear that she is helping Cassy out for all the wrong reasons. Sandi’s desires, and her deep empathy for the vulnerability of others, weaken her professional boundaries and she soon finds herself in much deeper than she ever intended to go. Gregory explores difficult themes in Traffic but manages to do so with enough humour to make the story an easy read. Issues such as domestic violence, the underbelly of human trafficking, the sex trade, and drug trafficking are traversed against a backdrop of cosmopolitan Melbourne. The story sets a good pace and Gregory’s voice is quintessentially Australian. I found it to be an enjoyable and entertaining read despite the very serious themes embedded in the story. book reviewCrime fictionRobin Gregory Book review: That Old Country Music by Kevin Barry	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3526
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__label__wiki	0.547838	0.547838	Al Qaeda Cut-Throats 'White Helmets' to Resettle in Canada NATO Seeks to Evacuate White Helmets, Resettle Them in Canada https://www.mintpressnews.com/evacuate-white-helmets-syria-canada/245971/ "Following the recent success of the Syrian government's campaign to rid Southern Syria of both radical jihadists and foreign [fighters'] influence, the same Western governments that have long funded the Whie Helmets are seeking to evacuate their assets and resettle them abroad. Canada was named by CBS as a top possibility for a White Helmet 'safe haven.' The White Helmets have been shown to effectively be the same organization as terror group al Nusra Front, and have been caught on film aiding al Nusra terrorists to execute Syrian civilians. It is hard to imagine any Westerner who would want the White Helmets as neighbours..." It is racist to call them cutthroats. They will make fine Canadian citizens, and they will respect our laws, customs, and traditions. We must be welcoming and opening to any oppressed group. Even one which was forced to do tragic acts by evil forces beyond their control. They are probably innocent. Perhaps you're right. I mean it's sort of a Canadian tradition. Look at how well all those Ukrainian Nazis of the Galizien SS Canada settled here worked out for us. And besides, the Netflix version of the White Helmets is 'inspiring'. And the NDP even recommended Canada nominate them for a Nobel prize. So maybe you're right progressive 17. After all, they were chopping heads and cutting throats for our side, right? Forgive and forget eh? The White Helmets Are a Propaganda Construct https://youtu.be/3vNwe7yKbwo We have no right to be judgemental. Sounds like they were basically working for us. They probably have damaging information they could share under torture by the Syrians. Ken Burch progressive17 wrote: OK...I'll bite...who are you sarcastically going after here? Lately, you've mainly been attacking the Left(after you showed up here with a Trotskyist fist as your initial avatar). Who are you so pissed off at on this board? Ken Burch wrote: P17's posting on this thread sounds like a right-winger doing a parody of a supposedly typical "post-modern cultural relativist". OK...I'll bite...who are you sarcastically going after here? Lately, you've mainly been collectively sneering at the Left(after you showed up here with a Trotskyist fist as your initial avatar), which you have the right to do under the Charter, but which is weird on what's meant to be a basically "Left" talkboard. Who are you so pissed off at here? Yeah. If it had gone three sentences longer, he'd had "dropped character", and started typing things like "SJW" and "suck it up, snowflake!". Oh my goodness. I would never stoop to such vile personal attacks. You should know better. There is no person in particular I have any grudge against. If someone has pissed me off, I have said so right then and there. After that it is just water under the bridge. I'm not a right-winger. I am antifa. And I reserve the right to take the piss. OK, well consider this feedback on how things can be taken by people. As to the topic-I just hope they give these guys' names to this agency: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Air_Transport_Security_Authority Hey SJW isn't just a thing us right-wingers say. I'm offended ;) The Antifa (English: /ænˈtiːfə/ or /ˈæntiˌfɑː/)[1] movement is a conglomeration of autonomous, self-styled anti-fascist militant[2][3][4][5][6] groups in the United States.[7][8][9] The principal feature of antifa groups is their use of direct action,[10] harassing those whom they identify as fascists, racists or right wing extremists, both online and in real life.[11] They engage in violent protest tactics, which has included property damage and physical violence.[7][12][13][14] They tend to be anti-capitalist[15] and they are predominantly far-left and militant left,[16][10] which includes anarchists, communists and socialists.[17][18][19][20] Their stated focus is on fighting far-right and white supremacist ideologies directly, rather than politically.[10] I am against any group that uses violence. They are no better than those they claim to oppose. They hurt any cause they support. In Quebec they managed to give La Meute a good name. I would rather die fighting fascist violence than live under your complacency. Penney Kome Snopes says this report is a HOAX. SHAME on rabble for running this. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/syrian-rescue-organization-the-white-h... On 23 September 2016, the conspiratorial site 21stCenturyWire.com, which essentially serves as a propaganda mouthpiece for Russian and Syrian regime disinformation in the ongoing civil war, reported without any evidence that the volunteer search-and-rescue organization that has come to be known widely as the White Helmets has ties to terrorism. You are free to hold your worldview according to a thought policing Snopes. I'll pass, thanks. How the Mainstream Media Whitewashed Al Qaeda and the White Helmets in Syria - by Eva Bartlett https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2018/01/06/how-the-mainstream-media-whitewa... "...Judging by the scathing commentary on the Guardian's Facebook post, the general public didn't buy it either. The Guardian, like Channel 4 News and Snopes, whitewashes terrorism in Syria, employs non-sequitur arguments, promotes war propaganda and simply gets the fact wrong..." The War Against Alternative Information https://consortiumnews.com/2017/01/01/the-war-against-alternative-inform... "The US government is creating a new $160 million bureaucracy to shut down information that doesn't conform to US propaganda narratives. The White Helmets hoax continues to be widely believed and receives uncritical promotion though it has increasingly been exposed. The Snopes investigation criticizing Bartlett was superficial and ignored the broader issues of accuracy in the Western media's depiction of the Syrian conflict. Indeed, the article appeared to discredit the eyewitness observations and analysis of a journalist who dared challenge the mainstream narrative..." Canada To Resettle Dozens of White Helmets and Their Families From Syria https://t.co/ZltRxqzpjb Trudeau asked Israel to rescue White Helmets from Syria: Netanyahu. For anyone actually following or familiar, this is quite hilarious. Of course it was likely Netanyahu who asked Trudeau in order to neatly avoid the obvious question of why Bibi can't take in his own jihadi proxy trash and 'resettle' them in Israel? And those not deep in stupid sleep or Canucklhead omerta about the true nature of the murderous and malevolent Zionists we support here and there or the virulent white supremacy and racism of the Jewish state may well know the answer to that already. If not, perhaps this will help you to puzzle it out. Israeli Army Admits Aiding Al Qaeda in Syria (2015) https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20150318-israeli-army-admits-aiding-al... "And now it seems that Israel is in a direct alliance with al Qaeda in Syria. This is a tactical alliance, meant purely to bleed the country and prolong the civil war [more regime change operation]. Read the quotes from Israeli officers in recent months about the Nusra Front adn you will see a strange sort of soft-peddling of the group, casting them as a kind of 'moderate al Qaeda' if you will. So Israeli aid to al Qaeda in Syria may have been ongoing for as long as nearly two years now. But what is sure is that Israeli aid to al Qaeda in Syria has now been confirmed..." And so in Syria another Western regime change operation Canada participated in but pretends not to notice fails. Never mind, pay no attention. None of your business... Hundreds of Syrian 'White Helmets' Evacuated by Israel To Jordan - Reports https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20180722-hundreds-of-syrian-white-helm... "Jordan's Petra News Agency said on its website the kingdom 'authorised the UN to organise the passage of about 800 Syrian citizens through Jordan for resettlement in Western countries." Won't it be ironic if Minister Freeland, herself descended from an earlier, similarly rescued group of 'freedom fighters fleeing an evil dictatorship' to Canada, welcomes these ones? How nice Canada is... I have no idea of what to make of all of this. White helmets? Isn't that a play on UN peace keepers being called Blue Helmets. Had me confused for a nano-second. Nonetheless, it does seem interesting that they would co-opt the term to imply peacekeeping activity. The fact that the IDF was involved in the operation does raise some questions. It's not like they are respectful of any UN activities or peace-keeping efforts. Snopes is no "thought police". But they've been dropping the mic on hoaxes of all sorts since before "fake news" was a term. I'm not shocked you don't care for them. You could get away with so much more "if it weren't for those meddling kids". Why can't Snopes just mind their own beeswax, eh? The Daily Mail Snopes Story and Fact Checking the Fact Checkers http://www.forbes.com/sites/kalevleetaru/2016/12/22/the-daily-mail-snope... "In short, when someone attempted to fact-check the fact-checker, the response was the equivalent of 'it's a secret.' It is impossible to underestimate how antithetical this is to the fact dealing world, in which absolute openness and transparency are necessary prerequsites for trust...Exceptionally grave concerns about the internal workings of Snopes...strongly partisan." Never fear Magoo. I suspect your kind of news will pass Snopes with flying colours. By the way, what do they say about Louise Mensch? Israeli Entity Smuggles 800 Members of 'White Helmets' From Syria To Jordan https://sana.sy/en/?p=143036 "The Israeli entity revealed on Sunday that it carried out a 'secret night operation' in which 800 members of the so-called 'White Helmets' and their families were evacuated from southern Syria to Jordan. 'Britain, Germany and Canada made a legally binding undertaking to resettle them within a specified period of time due to 'a risk to their lives', according to Jordanian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammed al-Kayed. He added that these members will remain in a specific closed area during their passage through Jordan, which was committed [to] by the three Western countries within a period of three months. The 'White Helmets' was established in 2013 in Turkey with a clear British-US-Western funding. The organization has raised many questions about its alleged humanitarian actions, particularly as the group's work has been confined to places where terrorist organizations are positioned, with its members frequently appearing in videos carrying machineguns and fighting alongside terrorist organizations." CBC: Canada To Accept Up To 250 Syrian White Helmet Volunteers, Family after Dramatic Escape https://t.co/UagsXZ5ymA "Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a statement on Sunday saying the rescue came about as a result of recent requests by US President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau 'and others'. James Le Mesurier, who is considered the group's founder, said Sunday that 427 were supposed to be lifted out of the country but only one made it out successfully. An evacuation of rebel-held territory has been underway since last weekend but neighbouring countries have shut their borders..." These are bad ones that nobody wants or will take except their western sponsors. The 'White Helmets' moniker is a PR scam designed to make Al Qaeda warm, pink and fuzzy to gullible western know-nothings. Many thousands of other defeated 'rebels' have been granted amnesty, resettled, rejoined Syrian society or the SAA, or are even offered transport safely away from the war-zone north to Idlib or Deir Ezzor should they not agree to surrender of arms. That the 'specials' had to be 'rescued', and were, by powers normally completely unconcerned by the loss of Syrian lives rebel or otherwise except for propaganda purposes, tells me much about the nature of these Canada is taking. So, NDPP, are you warning us all that the former white helmets are coming to kill us in our beds? Or perhaps to rape our children? You are starting to sound a lot like Jefferson Beauregard Sessions, but I'm sure that's just a coincidence. Not at all Michael. I rather think, just like the former Galician SS cut-throats Canada once similarly 'rescued' and quietly 'settled' in numbers here, they'll do just fine and fit right in to this our multivultural society. And in no time too. Because, let the truth be known, no greater assimilation machine has ever existed than Canada. Perhaps their skills will qualify them for good jobs in the meat cutting industry. Or even the film or advertising business. Demolition perhaps. They're very good with chemicals, maybe they could do pest control. Not to mention health-care. Or the military. Maybe they'll form a lobby organization someday and get promoted by the Atlantic Council just like other ultranationalists we've come to know. Maybe eventually they'll get their own MPs to advance their interests in Parliament, perhaps even elect a minister and capture an area of Canadian foreign policy they're interested in. Or pass laws to say criticism of A/Q is anti-Sunni-ism and forbidden . It's been done before, right? One day perhaps they'll even get Canada and its western friends to again help 'liberate their land'. It's been done before. So, Michael, rest easy, all will be well. Before you know it they'll be just like you. They'll probably learn to drink bad coffee at Tim Hortons, celebrate Canada Day, teach their kids about 'the butcher Assad' and 'the evil Putin' who killed the Caliphate, and perhaps even give speeches to Canadians about how kind and generous Canada, Israel, USA or Saudi Arabia have been to them, their kind and cause. And then they'll have all the nice liberal left 'progressive' folks listening intently to their strange tales, shocked and charmed by turns and eating from their hands, confirming all the hoary old much cherished propaganda memes they lovingly learned from the Globe, the Guardian or Louise Mensch and they will add their parts to our common histories and ideological certainties which they too will learn to treasure and recite together as Canadians do on this our home on native land. . And so, for the 'White Helmets', Douma and all the other services you rendered to our empire, and the secrets you agreed to keep, I wish you all sunny days and sunny ways...Welcome to Canada, Al Qaeda! You've earned it. https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=fd8_1430900709 Wow, and here I thought Muslim immigrants were some sort of marginalized group in Canadian society. Now I learn they can be calling the shots within a few years of settling here. Guess the anti-Islamophobia movement owes us all a big apology for the years of misinformation. Israel Evacuates 800 Members of White Helmets And Their Families From Syria To Jordan https://southfront.org/israel-evacuates-800-members-of-white-helmets-and... "The White Helmets is an infamous Western-backed organization, which according to Syrian, Russian and Iranian governments as well as the multiple independent researchers, has been involved in staging chemical attacks and other propaganda actions in order to assist the US-led bloc in its attempts to overthrow the Assad government. One of the most prominent cases is the 'Douma chemical attack' on April 7, 2018. According to Syrian experts, the key goal of the evacuation of the White Helmets members is not to allow forces of the Syrian-Russian-Iranian alliance to question members of the organization over their activities and to prevent further leaks on how the mainstream narrative on the conflict has been created through special propaganda operations." Here's how one Syrian familiar with the WH put it; "They are evacuating them to silence the story of the falsely staged chemical attacks, otherwise WH threatened to talk and the hoax will be uncovered." Actually that hoax is already pretty much exposed to anyone paying attention. Even Robert Fisk suggested as much. So this makes sense to me. They know stuff and demanded safe passage out to stay silent. And they got it. Much is being revealed in this... Penney Kome wrote: Not to worry. NDPP is a just a conduit for Russian propaganda. Canada to Resettle Dozens of White Helmets and Their Families From Syria (and vid) https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/canada-to-resettle-dozens-of-white-helme... "The White Helmets are courageous volunteers and first responders who risk their lives to help their fellow Syrians. Our thanks to Israel, Jordan, US, UK, Germany and all the other parties who have worked closely with Canada to make the evacuation of WH possible." - CF- Freeland, Trudeau Used 'Formal Interventions' to Kickstart Rescue of White Helmets From Syria https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/white-helmets-syria-rescue-mission-jord... "The notion the White Helmets would be targeted for retribution was underlined for Canadians by the volunteers themselves in recent testimony before a parliamentary committee. Three members of the volunteer organization told the House of Commons subcommittee on human rights that they feared the Russians would try to kill them. In order to broker the agreement, the sources said, former Liberal justice minister and human rights lawyer Irwin Cotler was enlisted..." Netanyahu: Trump & Trudeau Asked Israel To Evacuate White Helmets From Syria (and vid) https://on.rt.com/9aue "Mounting evidence casts doubt on White Helmets' true agenda. 'The White Helmets only helped their own...' Syriana Analysis: Israel Evacuates the White Helmets From Syria (and vid) https://www.syriana-analysis.com/israel-evacuates-the-white-helmets-from... "The Israeli Occupation army announced the evacuation of more than 800 members of the White Helmets, better known as Al Qaeda's 'humanitarian wing' to Jordan with Amman claiming it had struck a deal for them to be resettled in the UK, France and Canada..." Trudeau Government Admits Terrorist Auxiliaries to Canada https://thewallwillfall.org/2018/07/23/trudeau-government-admits-terrori... "That the Canadian government is planning to admit White Helmets personnel to Canada as refugees should gravely concern Canadians. These civil defence poseurs are ideologically committed to terrorism, personally connected to Al Qaeda and have the blood of many Syrians whose country they helped to invade and occupy. The potential to them to cause harm in Canada is high." Open Letter To NDP re: Their Support For White Helmets Nobel Peace Prize (2016) https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/open-letter-to-ndp-re-their-... "...With all the evidence I have presented showing the propaganda nature of the White Helmets phenomenon, how could the NDP have decided to ask the federal government to have Canada support the nomination of the White Helmets for the Nobel Peace Prize? For the NDP to promote an organization that is supportive of terrorists in Syria and which is a creation of the CIA and American foreign policy for such an honour is scandalous." John Ryan, Ph. D., Retired Professor of Geography and Senior Scholar, University of Winnipeg, September 26, 2016. Already posted here. Already seen by the NDP, and so....? Of course none of this should be paid any attention to since it is all just 'Russian propaganda' and both John Ryan and I obviously work for Putin. The demonstrated preference of some so-called 'progressives' here for the most outrageous, mendacious and reactionary foreign policy positions no matter how wrong or unfounded and despite all evidence that they are so, is frankly embarrassing. That it happens over and over again - Libya, Ukraine, Syria, 'Russiagate' is nothing short of tragic. Wake up and use your heads. The snowjob of Freeland and Trudeau and Israel that these are 'humanitarians' is a dangerous lie. That you are unable to see that or unwilling even to entertain the possibility of it, let alone read the materials provided proves just how far gone you really are. Shame on your wilfull and arrogant stupidity! I'm not the one who's closed minded. I've been criticial of NATO's expansion and U.S. mideast policy. But I don't swallow whatever crap Russia puts out hook, line and sinker. Or pass laws to say criticism of A/Q is anti-Sunni-ism and forbidden. Aren't almost 3/4 of Syrians Sunnis? Considering current trends, that number might drop. No, you swallow whatever the NYT or WaPo says on Russia hook, line and sinker. And the worse it is, the better you like it. You're drowning in media manufactured Russophobia and paranoia my friend and you don't even know it. And it's getting worse. I don't see you coming back either. Just sinking deeper down. LOL. Whatever. I have to admit I read Paul Krugman's column religiously. Pondering wrote: I must come to the defense of p17. He has every right to recoignize himself for what he thinks he is or what he really is.For over 30 years I thought I was a progresive but after years of being here and people like Jimmy Dore and the Russophiles and Conservative government cheerleaders who identify as 'progressive' , I'm most definitely not on board with any of these things. Putin is not my friend and he's not yours. I am committed to CANADA not Russia. I am anti-conservative and would need a full frontal lobotomy to cheerlead the Cons. I also think Julian Assange is a Republican/Russian troll who I wouldn't piss on if he were on fire.So where do I lean then? It's clear,I'm a Left wing Liberal. 'progressives' are jokers in the most lowest of terms. Enjoy your Russian overlords and say hi to your by-product Trump while you're at it. Like Tom Waits, I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy. You're drowning in media manufactured Russophobia and paranoia my friend and you don't even know it. And it's getting worse. I don't see you coming back either. Just sinking deeper down. Do you have a media source that's neither "Russophobic" nor "pro-Russia", and will you share it with us? alan smithee wrote: All that for being anti-violence? My point is that violence is counter productive. Making La Meute look good is self-defeating. "According to al-Mayadeen those who were evacuated through Israel are not all White Helmets but include foreign officers and intel operatives from different nationalities and their number has exceeded 3,000..." https://twitter.com/HadiNasrallah/status/1021310219660513280 "Why aren't Syrian Red Crescent being evacuated from Syria? Why aren't they running in fear from an advancing Syrian Army? Because they are a legitimate humanitarian organization that actually helps people - unlike the White Helmets - who are terrorists masquerading as humanitarians." https://twitter.com/The_Cyrenian/status/1021412284365660161 I agree. But that wan't my point. I'm disassociating myself from 'progressives' that are Russophiles and think Putin is a swell guy, cheerleading Conservative victories, worship Julian Assange,micro managing speech ( which is a big reason why progressives go nowhere and can't get over the 9% to 20% and lose very badly during elections and always will if you insist to try to control speeech..THAT is counter-productive) and those whose rhetoric is right wing. I'm not part of that group and I always thought I was...I woke up finally. I'm a leftist but I'm not 'progressive' if it means getting excited when Conservatives are up in the polls or believing Putin is my friend,that Julian Assange deserves to be propped up as a Saint of the progressive movement. I don't fit that description. So I must be a left wing liberal (not affilited with Liberal Party of Canada although I'd take them 100 times out of 100 over a dick like Scheer). And I'm not necessarily against violence if it's the only recourse. BTW,FUCK La Meute and the rest of these bigoted far right assholes. Israeli Ties To Syrian Rebel Group http://www.mintpressnews.com/israel-evacuated-mossad-linked-rebels-durin... "Sources from within the Syrian opposition have revealed that the White Helmets were not the only ones evacuated from Syrian territory, as four top 'rebel' commanders were also among the evacuees undermining the promoted narrative that the evacuation was purely 'humanitarian' in nature..." Syrian War Report - July 23, 2018: Israel Evacuates White Helmets Members from S Syria. (and vid) https://southfront.org/syrian-war-report-july-23-2018-israel-evacautes-w... "According to Syrian experts, the key goal of the evacuation of the White Helmets members is to not allow forces of Syria-Russia-Iran alliance to question members of the organization over its activities coordinated with western intelligence." If you think that anti-fascist action does not suppress fascists and scare them away you are simply uneducated. 6079_Smith_W On the contrary, they managed to make La Meute look good by being the instigators of violence in this case. They didn't scare them away at all: https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/hundreds-of-counter-proteste... Problem is when some use that "anti-fascist" name as cover to do things which are no better than the fascists they claim to oppose. With you on at least some of that(although most of the "controlling speech" thing is simply asking that people not say things that are needlessly hurtful and offensive to others, since there's no valid point that can only be made by making offensive and excluding comments), but as to resistance against Nazis...the unfortunate fact is that, in every situation where the response to Nazis was polite and gentle, the result was a Nazi win of some sort. There has never been a time when the alt-right was ever checked by a totally gentle protest...and there likely never will be. 6079_Smith_W wrote: And there's also the issue with the black bloc that, since they wear masks, they are incredibly easy to infiltrate and it is likely that a lot of the ugly things associated with the bloc were actually done by police or other government infiltrators trying to make the bloc look bad...and it's even possible that some of those things were done by alt-right types who'd masked-up for the day. I'm not giving license to hate speech or offensive derogatory speech. It's just that people talk the way they talk and from everything I've read and viewed on television,people don't like being told what they can and can't say. The world isn't a safe space. Sometimes we have to live with disgusting speech. We don't need to condone it but we're not doing ourselves any favours silencing people. Even sickening alt-right cretins. They have the right to speak. Let them and then ridicule them as they should be. Not to sound like a right winger but the whole PC thing has done a lot of good for those of us who are disenfranchised,sexual orientation and minorities. But it is part of the reason why an asshole like Donald Trump got elected. He talked like a 3rd grader and that is endearing and 'authentic' to those who are not on the progressive end of the political spectrum or those who are not political or very bright or cultured. People are crude. I wish I could change things but I can't. You can't legislate speech and if you attempt to the uninformed and poorly educated and uninformed masses will revolt. If the left were to abandon it's micro management of speech,our causes would be easier to digest because of 'authenticity' We live in a very intolerant time. Maybe we can back away from dictating what is the 'right words' and what is spoken by your garden variety shmo. Let's get some political power and then convince people that some words are not acceptable and try to spread tolerance.We're not there yet. That's why we have Doug Ford and in Quebec,Francois Legault,out west with Jason Kenney and his ilk and there's no need to point out the obvious lout of the bunch,Orange Hitler.Let's seduce the masses with policy and THEN try to change attitudes. ETA I'm going to ease off the PC rhetoric'There are too many alt-right and Trump supporters and candidates using the ánti-PC crap for nefarious purposes. I really dson't want to be associated with these cockroaches. But I do think we leftists should protect free speech. As I said,if someone (and it will happen a million times a day) uses their speech for hate,racism or Pepe The Frog trolling,we have a right to ridicule and belittle them. It would be as easy as shooting fish in a barrel. If a Ben Shapiro or a Jordan Peterson or a Richard Spencer wants to talk,let them. And then tear them apart with reality. Reality is their enemy. I can't associate myself with something that has been hijacked by mental patients on both sides of the border with their anti-PC dog whistling,straw manning or gas lighting and give license and permission to espouse and vomit very racist and fascist thoughts,words and actions. But I do srill think we should tone down the micro manadement of language. These people are easy to rip apart then chew them and spit them out. Just my very humnle opinion. Though Al Masdar’s claims may seem shocking to some, there is plenty of evidence explaining why Israel would be interested in protecting commanders from these specific rebel brigades. In the case of Fursan al-Golan, for instance, the Wall Street Journal wrote last year that the Israeli government paid the rebel group an estimated $5,000 a month and a special Israeli army unit was created to oversee Israel’s support for Fursan al-Golan and other groups. Israel’s support for the group has been so great that it’s spokesperson, Moatasem al-Golani, told the Journal that “we wouldn’t have survived without Israel’s assistance.” Did Canada knowingly support the evacuation of 4 rebel commanders? Although there may be evidence doubting the true nature of the White Helmets, there can be no doubt that these commanders are jihadists! If Canada supported this move knowingly, then Trudeau should be imprisoned for life under our own anti terrorist act! Western States Salvage Terror Assets in Syria https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2018/07/24/western-states-salvage... "...Now here's a curious thing about the latest salvaging of terror assets in Syria. The US and Israel are not taking any of the 800 militants for resettlement. The so-called first responders of the 'White Helmets' are a CIA, MI6- backed propaganda outfit working hand in hand with the terrorist militias. Their fake videos of chemical attacks and airstrikes have been a key propaganda device aided and abetted by the Western news media to demonise the Syrian armed forces and its Russian ally. Western government agencies have fanatical terrorist groups in Syria and elsewhere to do their dirty work for destabilizing target governments. We are seeing Western states taking in their terror assets, maybe as a desperate intervention to stop them from revealing the dirty secrets of Western government collusion. The repatriation of the White Helmets terror propagandists to the UK, Germany and Canada is a classic illustration. Western authorities are playing with fire." If Israel is behind the White Helmets,the Conservatives would be taking them in too,don't doubt it for a second. And imprisoning Trudeau for life? Yeah,he's a real tyrant that Trudeau. Perhaps you could tweet Trump about that. You both will have plenty to talk about. Remember,Trudeau is meek and dishonest because he tried to defend this country by invoking the same tariffs on goods coming and going from the US and Canada.. HOW DARE HE? Hyper hyperbole at its worst. Scheer would roll over onto his back like a beetle but let's look away from that,shall we? Don't sweat it,your Tory government is coming. Enjoy. And don't bitch about things once that happens and North America becomes Trumpistan. "Words are not enough to express the discontent which the Syrians feel towards these mean conspiracies and the limitless support provided by the Western states, Israel and Jordan to the 'White Helmets' organization and to the gangs of Daesh and Jabhat al Nusra and the other terrorist organizations..." Israel's Smuggling of 'White Helmets' Shows Their Support for Terrorism http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/49900.htm 'They May Be Jihadists But They Are Our Jihadists' http://twitter.com/CraigMurrayOrg/status/1020974074858745856 "Fascinating that the 'White Helmets' are being brought straight to UK with families when the Afghan and Iraqi interpreters were not. The British government does not do this from humanity or obligation." Frmr UK Ambassador Craig Murray WH War Criminals! https://twitter.com/ProfessorsBlogg/status/1021884083171995649 "White Helmets brought to Europe? Good, here they shall answer in court. Swedish Human Rights reports on fake rescues, anti-medical and war-criminal behavior, misuse of dead children in propaganda. All shown in WH own videos."	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3538
__label__cc	0.62604	0.37396	Mon, 31 March 2014 Gwyneth Paltrow’s and Chris Martin’s “Conscious Uncoupling” (March 28, 2014) Dr J is Todd Wilkin's guest on Issues, Etc., where they discussed Gwyneth Paltrow's and Chris Martin's "conscious uncoupling." Direct download: Mar31_14.mp3 Category:divorce -- posted at: 3:30pm PST Thu, 20 March 2014 After Cana (February 1, 2014) Dr J gave a presentation on continuing marriage health and cultural impact at a small retreat-style gathering of some local Catholic families. We're calling it "After Cana," for those of you familiar with the pre-Cana marriage preparation in the Catholic church. Category:Marriage -- posted at: 3:30pm PST Wed, 19 March 2014 Biola Chapel: "Loneliness and True Love: Healing the 21st Century Family" (February 12, 2014) Dr J travels to Biola University to speak at the student chapel service on "Loneliness and True Love: Healing the 21st Century Family." Talbot Theology Luncheon: Victims of the Sexual Revolution (February 11, 2014) Dr J travels to Biola University for a variety of speaking engagements; here, she's speaking at a Talbot School of Theology faculty luncheon on the victims of the sexual revolution. If you missed her chapel talk, check out the previous podcast. Stay tuned for the Q&A after this talk, too. Biola Student Chapel: Victims of the Sexual Revolution (February 11, 2014) Dr J travels to Biola University to speak at the student chapel service on "Victims of the Sexual Revolution: Healing the 21st Century Family."	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3541
__label__cc	0.599082	0.400918	Home / Prints / Pioneer / Unsung As winter storms and dwindling food supplies brought many new challenges, Ole continued to sacrifice for his family. He carried his wife and children, one by one through freezing water and deep snow. Unsung quantity SKU: N/A Categories: Children, Pioneer, Prints Ole Madsen boarded the ship Thornton in Liverpool in May of 1856. He had brought his family from Denmark, intent on immigrating to their promised land and Zion in the Rocky Mountains of Utah. His wife, three daughters and one son would survive because of his sacrifices. Ole would not. At Iowa City, Iowa, Ole loaded what needful things he could on the small family handcart. They were allowed 17 pounds per person as they prepared to walk and pull their handcart 1,300 miles across Iowa, Nebraska Territory and Utah Territory. On September 3, 1856, Ole killed a buffalo which helped feed his family and others in the Willie Handcart Company. That night about thirty head of cattle were lost in a severe thunderstorm and Ole would have to load flour on his handcart that the provision wagons were no longer able to carry. As an early winter and dwindling food supplies brought many new challenges, Ole continued to sacrifice for his family. He carried his wife and children, one by one through freezing water and deep snow. His last sacrifice on October 23, 1856, was to bring them across the summit of the Rocky Ridge in a blizzard, through Strawberry Creek where his boots froze to his legs, and about five more miles to the sheltered camp at Rock Creek Hollow where he succumbed to death and was buried in a common grave with 12 others who had made similar sacrifices. Ole’s daughter, Christena, would later tell of the experience: I could write a book of my life and not tell half of the suffering we went through on our journey over the plains. We took all our bedding and the family Bible with our records written in, but we had to throw them away on the plains. . . . [Father] pulled his handcart all day without having anything to eat. At last one evening he rolled up in scanty covers, laid down and passed away. . . . they who died that night were laid in a small ditch with their boots or shoes on and covered. That night the wolves howled all night. . . . [Mother was] now left alone with her children with nothing to eat, frozen and hungry. But [we] pulled and pushed the handcart until [our] hands were so cold and fingers so crooked they never again came back into shape. Be the first to review “Unsung” Cancel reply Eternally Bound Maren, Be Cheerful and Brave Most Anxious The Thornton You're viewing: Unsung $10.00 – $555.72	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3548
__label__wiki	0.524821	0.524821	‘Captain Marvel’ Served As An Inspiration For Kree Children In A Deleted Scene From The Movie Posted May 24th, 2019 by Stuart Conover While there were some naysayers out there, we know that ‘Captain Marvel‘ wasn’t just another massive blockbuster for the Marvel Cinematic Universe but did a great job throwing another hero into the mix. With the home release of the latest film in the MCU out soon, it has been revealed that there will be six deleted scenes being released with it! One of those six is here and has Brie Larson’s Carol Danvers showing a group of Kree children how to fight in a way quite fitting to who she is. You can watch the deleted ‘Captain Marvel’ scene called “Starforce Recruits” right here! As to the other features in the home release, there are five more deleted scenes which are described as follows: “Who Do You Admire Above All Others?” – Kree Commander Yon-Rogg must answer to the Supreme Intelligence, who questions his leadership ability. Heading to Torfa – Vers (Danvers) and her fellow Starforce members banter as they prepare for their rescue mission to Torfa. “What, No Smile?” – In this alternate version of a scene from the movie, Vers is consulting a map when she receives a dubious offer of assistance. Black Box – Keller attempts to track Vers and Fury after their escape in a quadjet from the Joint U.S.A.F.A. Facility. Rookie Mistake – Novice S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Phil Coulson helps Director Keller out of an embarrassing situation. There are also two alternate movie versions which just have a bit of virtual interaction with the creators: Movie with Intro – An introduction by directors/screenwriters Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck Movie with Commentary – Commentary by directors/screenwriters Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck. Finally, there are a few featurettes you’ll likely want to check out inside the home version: Becoming a Super Hero – Follow Brie Larson’s journey as she joins the MCU, and see what it takes to be a Marvel Super Hero in every sense of the word. Big Hero Moment – Explore how impactful Captain Marvel’s entrance into the MCU is, and how she inspires audiences around the world. The Origin of Nick Fury – Witness some of the MCU’s most significant events through Nick Fury’s eyes, and see how his influence helped shape the MCU. The Dream Team – Discover why Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck are the perfect pair to direct Marvel Studios’ most powerful hero. The Skrulls and the Kree – Take a deeper look into the Skrulls and the Kree, their ongoing conflict, and the importance of shifting perspectives in the film. Hiss-sterical Cat-titude – The cast and crew dish on working with Goose and the raw talent it takes to portray such a complex character on-screen. There is also a fun gag reel to enjoy in both copies. The digital copy has a few bonuses as well, such as: Journey into Visual Effects with Victoria Alonso – Experience how filmmakers’ visions of the MCU come to life on-screen through the skill of the Visual Effects team. What Makes a Memory: Inside the “Mind Frack” – What does it take to craft an action-packed sequence for a Marvel Studios film? Nothing short of an epic team effort! Concept Art – Explore artwork from “Captain Marvel” and trace the visual development of characters. On-Set Images – Uncover a trove of behind-the-scenes and production photography. Did you enjoy the first deleted scene to surface from ‘Captain Marvel’? Which of the other features are you interested in checking out? Share your thoughts in the comments below, True Believers! You can take ‘Captain Marvel’ home digitally on May 28th, 2019 and on Blu-ray on June 11th, 2019! Source: io9 Warner Brothers Announces A May 2021 Release For Taika Waititi’s ‘Akira’ John Bradley Shares His Feeling On Closing The Door To Samwell Tarly On ‘Game Of Thrones’ Luke Skywalker Won’t Be Quite What Rey Expects In ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Not A Solo Effort: Ron Howard Speaks On How He Still Used What Miller And Lord Produced For ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ The Latest ‘Terminator Genisys’ Clip Pits Schwarzenegger Against The Police First TV Spot For ‘Oz: The Great And Powerful’ Sheds More Light On The Witches	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3551
__label__wiki	0.630178	0.630178	sCOTLahaie.com Thanks for visiting our newly redesigned website! SELECTIONS FROM THE A Selection from Scot's Portfolio The following items highlight a number of important productions in Professor Lahaie's portfolio. The Culture War Plays - Book Launch Political and religious ideologies collide in DOGFALL as a suicide doctor and his rival grapple for the political high ground. The resulting tempest of venomous philosophy and twisted dogma make it difficult to separate zealot from ideologue. Winner of the Getchell Award, this play is an unflinching exploration of the political and social morass of the right-to-die debate in America today.Religious creeds crumble in PURGING MARY when the wife of a white, southern right-to-life crusader is raped and impregnated by a black man. Forced by inbred bigotry to reconsider his ethical position, the crusader sets out on a journey that has the power to destroy everything he holds dear. This tightly-written play is an uncompromising exploration of the political and social intricacies of abortion-on-demand in America.In GLORIA DEI, a court order allows a brain-dead woman to die of starvation, but she is poisoned before her body gives way to deprivation. A priest is accused of the crime. Is it murder or mercy killing? Forced to stand against the tyranny of an unethical judicial system, the priest risks everything to find justice for his friend and retribution for the courts that starved her. This powerful courtroom drama is an unapologetic exploration of the toxic mire of the right-to-life debate. BIG BROTHER 2014 is a stage play written by American playwright Scot Lahaie. The play is a techno-savvy blend of theater and media that takes its inspiration from George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984, believing that “Orwell got it right, he just missed the year.” Polyeucte in Production Pierre Corneille was the greatest of French dramatists writing in the seventeenth century. As a renegade author, he railed against the restrictive rules of the neoclassical age and crafted works of spiritual power that transcended the mere rules of the dramatic trade. Of his major works, Polyeucte (1643) remains the most endearing and powerful. LEAR ReLoaded in Production In the spring of 2007, Gardner-Webb University Theater mounted a daring postmodern deconstruction of Shakespeare’s play King Lear entitled LEAR ReLoaded, written and directed by Scot Lahaie. Gloria Dei in Production SUMMARY: A court order allows a brain-dead woman to die of starvation, but she is poisoned before her body gives way to deprivation. A priest is accused of the crime. Is it murder or mercy killing? Forced to stand against the tyranny of an unethical judicial system, the priest risks everything to find justice for his friend and retribution for the courts that starved her. This powerful courtroom drama is an unapologetic exploration of the toxic mire of the right-to-life debate. Waiting for Godot in Production The struggle that people of faith have with Beckett’s Waiting for Godot is its nihilistic context. The play seems to undergird the claim that God is distant to humanity, perhaps even nonexistent. So, for our production of this iconic show, produced at Gardner-Webb University in 2009, we attempted to make the invisible visible. To do so, we created the world of the play as a single cutout of earth. This small patch of ground was then held up by a giant hand. In framing the action of the play in this way, a new theme emerged suggesting that God is always present, even when he is not seen, understood, or recognized. As the scriptures would suggest, it is in God that we “live and move and have our being.” In the words of Erasmus, the Dutch philosopher & scholar of the Renaissance, “Bidden or unbidden, God is present.” Purging Mary in Production Purging Mary: A Drama in Two Acts Dogfall in Production DOGFALL: an award-winning stage play written by Scot Lahaie. Dr. Jake McKenzie, Dallas’ famed suicide doctor, is on trial. Mike Howard, a vigilante from the far political right, plays judge, jury, and executioner to the kidnapped doctor. Political and religious ideologies collide as the two urban titans grapple for the political high ground, even for their very lives. The resulting tempest of venomous philosophy and twisted dogma make it difficult to separate predator from prey or zealot from ideologue. But when the doctor’s darkest secret comes to light, both characters are thrown into turmoil, forcing the play to its frightful conclusion. Laced with humor, DOGFALL is an unflinching exploration of the political and social morass of the right-to-die debate in America today. The Cast of Characters:MIKE HOWARD, a right-wing radical. Twenty-eight years old.JAKE MCKENZIE, Dallas’ famed suicide doctor. Sixty-one years old.MRS. BANOCEK, Mike’s elderly neighbor. MINOR PLAYS / UNPUBLISHED WORK Prof. Lahaie's unpublished full-length work include a musical entitled Cubicle and a translation of Heinz Coubier's comedy Aimee, which was translated from the German together with his wife, Ute S. Lahaie. Create a Free Website With Webador SCOT'S SCRIPTS AVAILALBE AT AMAZON! Visit Amazon to purchase scripts by the playwright. Most of his dramatic work is available as either paperback, ebook, or both. © 2020 Scot Lahaie Powered by Webador	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3552
__label__cc	0.665616	0.334384	SubTopic Best practices itestro - Fotolia E-signature software market caters to contract-heavy industries How do electronic signature tools from DocuSign, eSignLive, Adobe Sign, SignNow and SignEasy stack up? A G2 Crowd expert helps us sort through the field. Anna Fiorentino It's been nearly 18 years since the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act was passed, legalizing electronic signatures. Since then, e-signature software has infiltrated nearly all aspects of business and daily life. It's used by large enterprises to share information with employees, as well as customers at point-of-sale terminals in grocery stores, malls and gas stations. "E-signatures makes distribution simpler," said Aaron Walker, research lead at G2 Crowd, a Chicago-based peer-to-peer business software review platform. "It's a lot easier to send documents in an email to your entire company than hand out, collect and organize paper documents." Electronically signed documents can also be securely backed up to reliable cloud or on-premises databases to take up less physical space and be available for easier retrieval. Naturally, as electronic signature technology has surged, so has the number of e-signature software options available to organizations and users. G2 Crowd tracks the leaders in the industry, as well as the features offered by each provider. E-signature software companies cater to users in human resources, financial services, legal, real estate and anyone working with sensitive documents. The tools -- which are also frequently available as apps for mobile devices -- can be used by virtually anyone, from insurance brokers and financial managers to healthcare providers looking to comply with privacy regulations or architects finalizing deals with their clients. A number of e-signature tools are also emerging to cater to specific industries, like real estate, insurance, education and government. The e-signature software industry is not dominated by a just a few players. With already approximately 71 products to date, the market will only continue to grow. P&S Market Research predicted more than 20% growth in the U.S. digital signature market from 2017 to 2023, with the market value reaching more than $1 billion. DocuSign leads on market presence, with nine other tools attracting more than 100 reviews on G2 Crowd. "Cloud-based document storage is the way of the future, so they're not going away anytime soon," Walker said. Last year, Adobe Sign became the first in the e-signature software industry to become equipped with an entirely cloud-based functionality. Walker called moving to the cloud more intuitive for e-signature software than blockchain-based systems -- a continuously growing list of records, called blocks, which are linked and secured using cryptography. The encrypted, anonymous nature of blockchain can be a roadblock for e-signature use within blockchain transaction systems, Walker explained. On the other hand, smart contracts validate transactions anonymously and automatically. "It's kind of the antithesis of e-signature, but could work hand-in-hand in a more centralized cryptocurrency system like Ripple," Walker said. "In the long run, I could see blockchain-based smart contracts chipping away at the digital signature market, but that's a long way down the road." While very few companies or thought leaders are telling business professionals not to use e-signature tools -- and no state has ever banned its use -- some experts do harbor concerns about security of the tools. And some of their arguments are valid, according to Walker. "The lack of global standards is an issue. International financial transactions or real estate deals won't always look the same or require the same levels of authentication," he said. Labeling anything a "secure document" makes it a target for hackers, so some legal experts have insisted on establishing validation and security requirements. The first step in reducing the threat is establishing compliance norms. "People shouldn't be afraid to talk about how to make digital signature solutions more secure," Walker said. Dig Deeper on Information governance best practices Practice Certified Ethical Hacker exam questions By: Sharon Shea 5 blockchain use cases in finance that show value By: Mary Pratt The role of blockchain in information governance By: Laurence Hart No-code app development vendor Crowd Machine bets on channel By: Paul Korzeniowski Navigating the Complexities of SSD Form Factors –Western Digital Preserve Your Choices When You Deploy Digital Workspaces –Citrix Adobe Sign, Microsoft Teams integrations expand ... – SearchCustomerExperience Adobe Document Cloud adds mobile scan, upgrades ... – SearchContentManagement How e-signatures fix broken digitisation – ComputerWeekly.com	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3554
__label__cc	0.627853	0.372147	Auditing Hreflang Annotations: The Most Common Issues & How To Avoid Them It can be challenging to implement the hreflang attribute correctly on multilingual and multinational websites. Columnist Aleyda Solis illustrates the most frequently-made errors. Aleyda Solis on April 30, 2015 at 10:14 am Hreflang annotations provide an easy way for multilingual or multinational sites to indicate the relevant language/country targets of their pages. Both Google and Yandex use hreflang to serve the right page version to each market in search results. However, when doing SEO audits to international websites, I usually find hreflang implementation issues that hurt the pages’ chances of being correctly served to their relevant audience. Following are examples of the most common issues I encounter (so you can watch for them in your next audit) and how to avoid and/or fix them: 1. Nonexistent Hreflang Values Google and Yandex specify that the value of the hreflang attribute should use the ISO 639-1 format for the language and (optionally) the ISO 3166-1 Alpha 2 for the region. So, for example, a page for English language speakers in the United States would have a hreflang value of “en-us,” while an alternate version targeting Spanish speakers in the U.S. would have a hreflang value of “es-us.” Unfortunately, websites will sometimes unknowingly use nonexistent values in their hreflang attributes, such as in the following example where “en-UK” is used instead of “en-GB.” To avoid this issue, I created a hreflang tag generator tool that can be used to create hreflang annotations with the correct language and country values following Google’s specification. The usage of incorrect language codes can also be identified through Google’s Webmaster Tools International Target report. 2. Irrelevant Hreflang Values Sometimes, the language and region values in a hreflang tag are not properly aligned with the page’s relevant languages or countries. This error can be trickier to handle as tools won’t be able to identify it, so a manual review will be needed to detect if the hreflang values are really showing the correct language and/or country for the page in question. This issue commonly happens when language-targeted pages also include a country target as well, despite the fact that they’re meant for any user searching in that language. Remember, hreflang attributes require a language to be specified, but region is optional and should only be used when necessary (for example, if you want to serve different pages to Spanish speakers in Mexico and Spanish speakers in Spain). Unfortunately, there are hreflang tag plugins and tools that add country values by default, so it’s important to be aware of this and revise the values they produce where necessary. Below is an illustration of this scenario. Urban Dictionary features different versions of its site in different languages, but these versions are not country-specific. For example, the Spanish language version of the site is meant for Spanish speakers anywhere in the world, regardless of their region. Yet, in their hreflang annotations for their different language home pages, they also add a country code. For example, “es-ES” is the hreflang value for the Spanish version (adding the Spain country code), and “de-DE” is specified for the German version (adding the Germany country code). It’s critical to verify, before implementing anything, whether the site is language or country targeted (or if there’s a mix of approaches that you need to be aware of). The hreflang values will need to be generated according to this targeting. Another scenario I’ve found is that, in some cases, the language (or country) code hasn’t been correctly implemented and always specifies the same language (or country) for each alternate URL. In this example from Audible, the home pages for France and Germany have been tagged as English language pages, even though they’re really in French and in German, respectively: 3. Irrelevant URLs Similar to the previous example, sometimes the hreflang attributes are showing the right language and/or country values, but the URLs have not been correctly specified. For example, in the case of Skype, you can see that the English language version URL is always specified instead of the relevant language URL for each case. (Similarly, the canonical tag is always showing the English URL instead of the relevant one, as in the case of the Spanish language page below). To verify this type of error, you can use SEO crawlers such as Screaming Frog, where you can configure custom filters to identify the pages with or without the desired hreflang codes: You can also use DeepCrawl, which has a pages report indicating which pages have (or don’t have) hreflang annotations, or if they are inconsistent (more than one URL specified for a country and language combination, for example): 4. Nonexistent URLs There are also situations where URLs that are meant to have absolute paths are not including the “http://” or “https://” at the start, making them relative URLs which don’t point to the correct page, as can be seen in this example: This is why it is recommended to use URLs with absolute paths, making sure the whole address is featured, including “http://” or “https://” at the beginning of the address. 5. No-Return Hreflang Tags The final commonly seen error I’ll address is the inclusion of hreflang tags on only a few of the site pages, with webmasters forgetting to add them in their “return” URLs as well, as Google specifies here: …annotations must be confirmed from the pages they are pointing to. If page A links to page B, page B must link back to page A, otherwise the annotations may not be interpreted correctly. For example, Hubspot‘s English language home page includes hreflang annotations pointing (among others) to the alternate URL for the Brazilian home page in Portuguese. Unfortunately, the Brazilian home page does not have hreflang annotations pointing back to the English page. This type of error is also shown in Google Webmaster Tools and can be again validated with SEO crawlers: Although the “no return tags” issue in the previous example happened with hreflang tags implemented in the head area of the page HTML, I’ve found this issue (as well of a few of the previous ones) to be more common when implementing hreflang annotations in XML sitemaps. This is because it can be less straightforward and more complex to verify the correct usage of hreflang annotations by going through all of the XML files. SEO crawlers (that can crawl a list of XML sitemaps directly) as well as the “International Targeting” report of Google Webmaster Tools can help with this task. I recommend paying extra attention when auditing the usage of hreflang annotations in XML sitemaps. I hope that these tips are useful and help you to identify and fix hreflang issues much more easily. Happy hreflang auditing! Aleyda Solis Aleyda Solis is an International SEO Consultant & founder of Orainti, a digital marketing consultancy focused on helping businesses -- from startups to multinational companies in Europe, Asia, North & South America -- to grow their multi-device organic search visibility, traffic and ROI in multi-lingual & multi-country environments. She is also a frequent blogger, a teacher at the Online Marketing Master of Pompeu Fabra University and Kschool, as well as an international speaker at online marketing conferences, having spoken in more than 12 countries & 60 conferences. All Things SEO ColumnChannel: SEOSearch MarketingSearch Marketing: MultinationalSEO - Search Engine OptimizationSEO: Domains & URLsSEO: Tagging	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3555
__label__wiki	0.7939	0.7939	Judges revealed and sign up to sing Drum roll! We’re thrilled to announce the fabulous line-up of judges and host for our forthcoming Masked Sedos Singer competition. The judging panel will consist of Liz Flint, Sara Rajeswaran and Angus Jacobs, while the host chair will be taken by John Kyle. Find out more about them below… We are also seeking more singers to take part in the competition and we have pulled together a full set of guidelines covering costumes, song choice, technical aspects and how the competition will work so performers know what’s involved, so do check these out. It should be great fun so do think about getting involved! Please email Pippa on pippa@sedos.co.uk if you would like to sing in the Masked Sedos Singer – the deadline for letting us know you would like to take part is the end of Monday 18 January. The deadline for sending your videos is the end of Sunday 31 January. Liz Flint Liz has worked as a West End voice and dialect coach for 10 years, so by now she would hope to be able to spot a star when she hears one. During her (ahem) 25 years with Sedos, Liz has appeared in quite a few shows with quite a few brilliant singers: stand-out shows have got to be playing the jaded Queenie in the multi-talented cast of The Wild Party, and as various Eurovision singers in the most-fun-ever-had-in-a-show Eurosedos, and more recently, in her pre-pandemic bumper-performance year, as Joan in After the Dance and Linda Porter in A Swell Party down at the glorious Minack. So it’s hard to dispute that Liz knows a thing or two about musical prowess and stage presence, and that, paired with the fact that she uses the same brand of hair dye as Davina McCall, makes her a shoo-in for a place on the judging panel. Angus Jacobs Angus is super excited to be a judge on Sedos’ version of The Masked Singer. He’s been a member of Sedos since what seems like the year dot, when it was on the cusp of closure and he appeared in various cabarets and Cabaret itself (as a Kit Kat girl in bra and pants), which happily started the rejuvenation of the society. Since then he’s sung, danced, (fallen flat on his face), roller skated blind folded, eaten multiple bananas (still can’t face them), climbed down the Bridewell balcony, played a dead body in a wheelchair on stage and directed, choreographed and designed various productions over the years. What other skills do you need to possess to be a judge? As a judge, Angus intends to channel his inner Bruno Tonioli ... though it’s more likely to come out as Dame Craig Revel-Horwood dear! Fab-u-Lus darling ... let’s see how many times he can get that in? Sara Rajeswaran Sara wants to tell you a secret: she’s never actually watched The Masked Singer on ITV. But she thinks she understands the premise. Or hopes so. What better qualification to be a judge? (Just think of her as the Amanda Holden of our line up). Sara is a Sedos Trustee and has performed with Sedos in Gormenghast (playing a wall), Legally Blonde (sat on a toilet), Reefer Madness (where she was eaten alive) and Ragtime (winning the award for most time spent on stage lying down). Sara considered entering Sedos’ Masked Singer as a contestant but quite frankly, with two little girls, she already spends a lot of the day wearing dress-up costumes and singing Disney. She’s looking forward to watching others do it instead! John Kyle When Sedos announced they were doing their own Masked Singer, John immediately bought shares in the company that makes the Pan-Pipe Moods albums. When he heard that they needed someone with the face and body of Joel Dommett, he had no choice but to make himself available. John was the breakout star of Sedos' concert performance of Hairspray, but is normally traveling the world talking about ponies, so has been unavailable for many of the leading roles for which he would have been ideally suited, leading to them inevitably being given to James Franey. When not living in a lockdown-induced fantasy state, John is a commentator on equestrian sport to Olympic level and a professional voiceover. Congratulations to the Minack's Zoe Curnow Sedos Reads continues in spring 2021 Se Don’ts DON’T Win! A Christmas Carol cast announced Sedos is a registered charity No. 1173896	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3563
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__label__wiki	0.511377	0.511377	Last edited by Moogukus 4 edition of First Great Canadian found in the catalog. First Great Canadian Charles Reed The Story of Pierre Le Moyne, Sieur D"Iberville by Charles Reed Published June 1990 by Ayer Co Pub . History: World Books Advanced Search Today's Deals New Releases Amazon Charts Best Sellers & More The Globe & Mail Best Sellers New York Times Best Sellers Best Books of the Month Children's Books Textbooks Kindle Books Audible Audiobooks Livres en français. First Book Canada believes a child’s education is their way out of poverty. We work with educators and partners to identify and remove the barriers to learning and resources, creating equal access to quality education and transforming the lives of kids in need. 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The Summer of Us - A Small Town Second Chance Romance (Mission Cove Book 1) Melanie Moreland. out of 5 stars Kindle Edition. CDN$ #5. Sorry for Your Trouble: Stories Richard Ford. made library history by becoming the first trained children’s librarian in the British Empire. The th anniversary of this momentous occasion serves as the inspiration for this year’s TD Canadian Children’s Book Week theme of “Read a Book, Share a Story.” Delight in stories that revolve around books, libraries and reading.18 Rare And First Edition Books That Are Worth Literally A Fortune. Can I borrow K? I totally need the copy of the The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in my life.Bear is a novel by Canadian author Marian Engel, published in It won the Governor General's Literary Award the same year. It is Engel's fifth novel, and her most famous. 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__label__wiki	0.861165	0.861165	Home Scandal and Gossip Is Anna Duritskaya, Boris Nemtsov’s lover a suspect? Had an abortion. Is Anna Duritskaya, Boris Nemtsov’s lover a suspect? Had an abortion. Is Boris Nemtsov’s lover, Anna Duritskaya a suspect? In the wake of the brazen gunning down of Russian political leader, Boris Nemtsov, sordid revelations have begun making their way as to the degree of hazy relationships the politician had with a string of beauties, including 23 year old Ukrainian model and aspiring actress, Anna Duritskaya. Anna Duritskaya in hiding: What does she know? Pictures: Who is Anna Duritskaya, Boris Nemtsov’s model girlfriend? At the time of Nemtsov’s murder the model according to her account had being waiting for her lover since 10 pm at the Bosco-café of the GUM shopping mall at the Red Square right across the Kremlin. From their the lovers had dinner at around 11 pm Moscow time and then left the mall and went for a walk toward Vasilievsky embankment right by the Kremlin walls. Their intended destination was the posh building half a mile away from the Kremlin where the murdered politician had an apartment. As they were crossing the Big New-Moskva Bridge, an unidentified man ran out of the underpass of the bridge and shot Mr. Nemtsov multiple times. Then he jumped into the passing white car without a license plate. Soon after the shooting the woman would be brought in for questioning where it has yet to be established if she is now being considered a suspect or not. In fact her friends have begun to fear that the authorities may try to implicate Duritskaya. Told one source: ‘She is the victim of appalling innuendo as she grieves. It looks like a smear.’ Yet there might be legitimate reasons as to why authorities may want to fully understand the nature of the model’s relationship with Nemtsov. Said to have been with the 55 year old politician since she was 19 the model had recently returned from Switzerland where she had undergone an abortion of a child fathered by Boris Nemtsov. Whether Anna Duritskaya had sought the abortion of her own volition or was encouraged to do so by the politician has not been disclosed. Nevertheless officially still married to his wife Raisa, 56 with whom the politician also had children, one wonders if the politician may have held concern about his public image should it have been revealed that he fathered a child to a considerably much young woman whilst still married. That may surmise authorities have led to tensions in the couple’s relationship and the possibility of resentment. Offered a high ranking investigator: ‘The girl who accompanied Boris Nemtsov at the moment of his murder is a citizen of Ukraine. ‘We have found out that not long ago she flew from Moscow to Switzerland to abort a baby fathered by the politician. We do not exclude…a conflict in their private life.’ The model’s mother has since confirmed that she did in fact have an abortion, saying: ‘Yes, I knew about it. But I did not argue with her or with Boris about this.’ It has since been revealed the woman was pregnant in December 2013 and that Boris Nemtsov paid for her to go to Switzerland for the termination. The UK’s dailymail would note that the pair had been in relationship for several years, dividing their time between Moscow and the Ukrainian capital, Kiev. A friend called Yulia said: ‘They met three years ago and fell in love. They began living together almost immediately.’ Notes the observer: Mr. Nemtsov had a very unusual—some would say scandalous—relationship with a row of women. Although never divorced from his wife Raisa, during the last 20 years of his life he lived openly with a number of different female civil partners. One sordid relationship the politician was embroiled with included that of Anastasia Ogneva with whom the politician openly sparred with. At the time details of that relationship to the politician’s chagrin had been leaked. In all, Boris Nemtsov had four children with Raisa and two other partners, one of whom is Ekaterina Odintsova, 42, a former TV presenter and now editor-in-chief of OK! magazine in Russia. Offered the editor: ‘We loved him – he was an example for us. I cannot express my grief.’ It wouldn’t be too long before Nemtsov then moved on to Anna Duritskaya who prior to moving in with the politician had worked at various ambiguous model agencies after having left university in Kiev, Ukraine where she had been studying bookkeeping. Since the politician’s murder, authorities have now told that they have discovered the vehicle that was used in the attack, a white Ford Focus or Mondeo given the model’s description. That said questions remain as to how the model came to be spared or uninjured when a hail of up to 6 bullets rained on the man, with four hitting him. Questions which have since left some wondering if the model bears any complicity or whether she is simply a young woman who fell for a man who she perhaps never had a chance at having a normal relationship with…? Images via vk.com Anna Duritskaya Boris Nemtsov Kat March 2, 2015 at 11:21 pm it’s crazy how some sources including Wikipedia try to portray this guy as a “practicing Orthodox Christian”. There’s no way a true Orthodox Christian would consent to abortion or sleeping with multiple women, while married, including someone 30 years younger! compatriots king March 2, 2015 at 2:20 pm “We have found out that not long ago she flew from Moscow to Switzerland to abort a baby fathered by the politician. “We do not exclude… conflict in their private life.” Duritskaya’s mother, Inna, has also been quoted, confirming the termination: “Yes, I knew about it. But I did not argue with her or with Boris about this.” Tudval March 1, 2015 at 7:48 pm She has killer looks, for sure. Worst Cooks in America winner, husband charged in beating death of child, 3yrs old	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3573
__label__cc	0.570303	0.429697	Home > News > Underpass Disruption to Return Underpass Disruption to Return 22nd July 2013 News Underpass – Photo: Jay Theis Lancaster University has announced that the Underpass is to close for a three week period between 21st July and 11th August due to necessary maintenance, only a year since it was reopened following a prolonged period of renovation. The planned work will include replacing the original pipework; extending and improving the lighting as well as installing ten motorcycle parking bays at either entrance. The University web page explains that the closure is necessary to “ensure your safety during this work”. University commuters will be glad to hear that these parking bays can be used by any staff member, student or visitor without the need of a parking permit – a necessity that has frustrated and continues to frustrate many other vehicle owners. When quizzed about the possible overcrowding and potential safety hazards that these motorcycle bays may present in their proposed location, University House were reluctant to make further comment, stating “we apologise for the disruption caused while we work to improve the area.” As a result of the closure all bus services are set to be redirected to Bowland Avenue where they will arrive and depart from outside the Chaplaincy Centre. In addition to this, buses stopping opposite and outside the Sports Centre will also be briefly closed during the summer period. The disruption is set to not only cause disturbances to the hundreds of University commuters, but also to Lancaster’s Muslim population who will be celebrating Ramadan only yards from the temporary bus stops. For any queries about the work, students are advised to contact the Facilities helpdesk by email (facilities.helpdesk@lancaster.ac.uk) or by phone on 01524 593333. Lancaster University, news, underpass Candidate interview: Jonnie Critchley 11th August 2020 Syed Adan Ahmed Part-Time Officer Hustings Liveblog 18th October 2016 Daniel Chernick Impact is the name of the game LIVE: Lonsdale JCR Hustings 28th November 2016 Michael Mander Hollywood Habits Stop being English…and just enjoy the success	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3574
__label__cc	0.666139	0.333861	Tag: About Faces Entertainment Mount Ida Farm Wedding by Meredith Sledge by Lisa in Real Southern Weddings on June 1, 2016 When planning a wedding, it can be seriously temping to get so caught up in Pinterest boards and magazine pages that you forget the most meaningful source of inspiration: yourselves! Every couple and love story is so unique, and turning to your own history for wedding ideas pretty much guarantees that your celebration will be a lovely reflection of what matters most to you. Lauren and Michael did a fabulous job of this–from travel-inspired details (I love their table names!), to meaningful readings, to subtle nods to Lauren’s favorite Disney movies, they weren’t afraid to fill their wedding with personal touches at every turn. As a result, their wedding a great reflection of them, and they also remember their engagement as an especially fun time! Thank you so much to Meredith Sledge for sending this pretty day our way! Tell us about finding your wedding dress. I actually found it at the very first shop I went into. I was in Chesapeake, Virginia visiting my family and thought it would be the perfect time to begin my search, instead of having to coordinate with all of them to come up to DC. I had my squad with me: my mother, father, younger sister (my maid of honor), grandmother, older sister, and one of my nieces. They helped me pick out seven different dresses, each one so different than the next, and all within my budget. I tried on each one to tons of “oohs” and “ahhs,” but all of that stopped when I tired on the last dress. Everyone, including me, was silent. We all knew! My dress was the only A-line I tried on. I never thought I would go for a fuller dress, thinking I wanted something more form fitting. This Mikaella dress made me feel like I was floating on the wedding clouds. (Side note, after I got home from buying the dress, I was looking back through my Pinterest account and realized that I had pinned that exact same dress the month before!) We had always wanted to do a first look so we could have a more private moment together and use that time to take more pictures. Having spoken with other friends who have gotten married, they shared either how great having a first look was in saving time, or how they regretted not doing a first look because they felt rushed to take all of the pictures right after the ceremony. Something important to Michael and I was attending our cocktail hour. Since we did a first look and took our portraits and the bridal party shots then, we only had to do family pictures after the ceremony, so we were able to attend 30 minutes of the cocktail hour. Our first look pictures are my favorite pictures of the day. Getting to have that special moment for just Michael and I was the sweetest. What made you choose your ceremony and reception venues? Did they have any special significance to you? Michael and I live in DC but I grew up in Southern VA and he in California. We were not tied to any spot in particular since everyone would have to travel to the wedding, no matter where we had it. That left us with tons of possibilities! We did venue research online and picked out five that were in our budget and looked like our style (although we were still trying to figure that out!)–two in DC, and three in Charlottesville, Virginia. We liked certain aspects of each venue, but didn’t have our “aha” moment until Mount Ida Farm. It was the last venue we visited, and while we were there, we were told they were also building a brand new venue. We drove over to look at the construction, and all that was up was the main barn and one chandelier, but we knew. I loved the view of the mountains, the Restoration Hardware feel of the rough cut wood and glass chandelier, and the grove area that was going to be the ceremony area. Two days later, we signed the venue and construction was finished in November 2015. Before the ceremony, we played covers of Disney songs. I am a huge Disney fan and had to incorporate Disney somehow without it being too cheesy. It was perfect and all of the guests noticed. When I walked down the aisle, my brother played the electric ukulele and sang “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.” That song was played the morning after Michael proposed when we were in Hawaii at breakfast by the beach. When we were thinking of what song to play at the wedding, that was the first one we both wanted. It was made even more special by having my brother play it. Did you write your own vows? If so, what was your favorite phrase, verse or line? Michael and I wrote our own vows and read an excerpt from a poem together. Some of our favorite lines from Michael’s vows were, “If the last six years have taught me anything, I know that even the next 60 won’t be enough to show you how much I love you.” From mine: “There is something about you, an energy, presence, laugh, or smile that is electric. That is what drew me to you and hasn’t let me go. I love that you can walk into any room, make a friend, or win people over with your sweet dimples and charm. I always think to myself, wow, he is mine.” There was also a reading Michael and I said to each other before our vows, “Everything that happens is nicer with you” by Sandol Stoddard. How did you plan for your marriage while planning your wedding? The best way we planned was through being open and honest with each other. We regularly discussed all aspects of our relationship and being married. This included all of our finances, expectations, dreams, ambitions, goals, etc. Even if those discussions were uncomfortable or hard to get through sometimes, we knew it was for the best and would get to a spot where we need to be, now and in the future. Our favorite detail of the wedding was: We brewed our own beer that had special labels of us from Oktoberfest on it. We had a caricature artist on hand the whole evening to give our guests an even more special experience. Our guestbook was a painting of us from the Disney movie “UP,” where could sign a balloon. All of the wine and champagne we chose was from wineries we have visited in Napa and Sonoma. Instead of traditional table numbers, we named all of the tables after different countries, and the escort cards were tickets/passports to the guest’s destination (aka table). Any friend or family member could walk into the wedding and know it was ours. Michael’s favorite dessert is pie. It doesn’t matter what type of pie, just as long as it is a pie! We had three different flavors (gooey butter, peach bourbon, and strawberry mint). We also had Georgetown mini cupcakes. Michael and I live across the river from Georgetown and always love to go to Georgetown Cupcakes. We worked with the company to design all of the fondant toppers and select four delicious flavors. For our wedding cake, we chose a simple white cake with etched-on gold. We also used a gold topper that said “You’re My Favorite,” since we say that to each other all of the time. It was simple, sweet, and delicious (honey lavender-flavored), and the sheet cake we served alongside it was champagne-flavored. Don’t miss Lauren and Michael’s wedding film by WhiteFlair Productions below! Michael+Lauren {Wedding Film} from WhiteFlair Productions on Vimeo. How did y’all meet? Tell us your love story. We both went to James Madison University during undergrad, but didn’t meet until our senior year. I led an alternative spring break trip, and the fall leading up to it, I got to meet my co-leader. We started to hang out and he began inviting his roommates along too. One of those roommates was Michael. During our second meeting, I became bold and gave him my number, and the rest is history. Tell us all about the proposal! To celebrate completing our Master’s degrees, Michael and I went to Maui, Hawaii with the Lee family. On June 3, 2015, we took a flight over to Kona for a night and did a five-hour night snorkel adventure to see manta rays. We were on the first part of the snorkel, when the sun was still out, and after 30 minutes or so, we began to swim closer to the boat and coral. I saw what I thought was a piece of trash on the reef and thought, wow, someone littered! I kept swimming until Michael had to ask what it was. I went back over to check it out, and on the paper was one word: “Lauren.” We swam down and got the paper, and on the back, Michael had written a note asking me to marry him. Overtaken with joy, I began to giggle and shout OKAYYYYYYYY! When we got back onto the boat, Michael gave me the ring. What was the biggest challenge you had to overcome while planning your wedding? The only point of any contention while planning was the guest list. We both come from large families and have a number of friends, and we wanted to include all of them. However, due to the venue size restrictions, not everyone could be included. Working on the list and narrowing it down was a huge headache and pain in the side! What was one way you saved money or cut costs at your wedding? A great feature of our venue was that we could bring in our own alcohol. Instead of doing an open bar with our caterer, Michael and I selected and bought all of the wine, champagne, liquor, beer, and specialty cocktails. Not only did this save money, but we were able to select top shelf and the drinks that we enjoy. What bottles we had leftover (since we definitely over-bought), we were able to return to Total Wine and Costco for even more savings. What advice do you have for folks currently planning a wedding? We both loved wedding planning because we made decisions as a team. Drink plenty of wine and planning becomes even more fun! I would also say, don’t worry so much about hurting others’ feelings. I say this not in a selfish sense, but you will find you are more concerned about how others will feel or react than you are about your own feelings. There is a time and place to be focused on yourself, and this is one of them. What’s next for you as a couple? What memories are you looking forward to making together? We are looking forward to enjoying every day as husband and wife. We also can’t wait to continue to travel the world and see and experience new things! 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__label__wiki	0.775119	0.775119	Julián Is a Mermaid (Hardcover) By Jessica Love, Jessica Love (Illustrator) Winner of a 2019 Stonewall Book Award In an exuberant picture book, a glimpse of costumed mermaids leaves one boy flooded with wonder and ready to dazzle the world. While riding the subway home from the pool with his abuela one day, Julián notices three women spectacularly dressed up. Their hair billows in brilliant hues, their dresses end in fishtails, and their joy fills the train car. When Julián gets home, daydreaming of the magic he’s seen, all he can think about is dressing up just like the ladies in his own fabulous mermaid costume: a butter-yellow curtain for his tail, the fronds of a potted fern for his headdress. But what will Abuela think about the mess he makes — and even more importantly, what will she think about how Julián sees himself? Mesmerizing and full of heart, Jessica Love’s author-illustrator debut is a jubilant picture of self-love and a radiant celebration of individuality. Jessica Love is an illustrator and a New York based actor. She has a BA in studio art from the University of California, Santa Cruz, as well as a graduate degree from Juilliard. This is Jessica Love’s debut picture book, and every choice she makes — the spare text, a color palette both muted and lively, full-bleed pages that make even subway cars and apartment rooms feel as expansive as the ocean — imbues the story with charm, tenderness and humor…Alongside Julián, readers learn that anyone can be a mermaid: All it takes is love and acceptance, a little imagination and a big swishy tail. Love couples the spare narrative with vivid, imaginative, and breathtaking illustrations. A heartwarming must-have for one-on-one and small group sharing. —School Library Journal (starred review) Refreshingly, Spanish words aren't italicized. Though it could easily feel preachy, this charmingly subversive tale instead offers a simple yet powerful story of the importance of being seen and affirmed. [Julian] is, in a word, fabulous. Love lets an anxious beat pass before Abuela takes Julián by the hand, leading him to what some readers may recognize as the Coney Island Mermaid Parade. “Like you, mijo,” says Abuela. “Let’s join them.” Love’s deep empathy for her characters and her keen-eyed observations of urban life come together in a story of love, understanding, and embracing the mermaid within us all. The luminous, lovely, and layered art is what really makes the book...The concluding parade is a confectionary wonder of marine fantasy that many kids will yearn to join, and it might prompt adults to set up their own in- library mermaid celebrations. More importantly, though, those who’ve been shy about their love for dazzle and showmanship will love the idea of a formidable grandparental ally, and they will find this encouraging and empowering. —Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred review) Julián’s emotional journey takes on depth through small but important details: a wary look in the mirror, a slight inward slump of the shoulders, a chin held high while marching down the street. Love uses vibrant watercolors with gouache and ink and a lively style to create scenes that splash and swirl to life on the page. —The Horn Book (starred review) Across her watercolor, gouache and ink spreads, Love captures the transformative power of being seen...Love's affecting combination of the literary and the visual results in a powerful affirmation of individuality, creative expression and unconditional acceptance. —Shelf Awareness for Readers (starred review) Love’s painted scenes glow against muted backgrounds, with saturated, opaque tones tracing the graceful shapes of the figures. They’re especially striking when Julián gets swept away in a vivid underwater fantasy: a school of sea creatures whirls around him as he transforms into a mermaid. That scene is nicely replicated when he arrives at the parade, which is populated by scores of people in a wide variety of inventive costumes. The affectionate depiction of a broad range of body types and skin tones makes this particularly cheery. This beautiful book is one of the very few picture books about a gender non-conforming child. Yet it feels like a celebration of all children who want to do things differently than the parental figures in their lives—and a love letter to the grownups who deeply understand them. There is nothing about this book that is forgettable. In fact, you may have a hard time not thinking long and hard about it after you put it down. A book for mermaids and boys and girls and parents and teachers and booksellers and librarians and . . . Let’s just simplify things and say it’s a book for the human race. —Betsy Bird Jessica Love’s vivid watercolor and gouache illustrations are made even brighter by her decision to paint on brown paper; the richly colored palette pops off the pages, and abundant character is conveyed via the subtlest of facial expressions and body language. Also subtle—and terrifically poignant—is the eloquent encouragement of Abuela’s spare words. A book for the ages, Julián Is a Mermaid is going to make a big splash. The illustrations couldn’t be more beautiful, and I love how Julián’s grandmother accepts him for exactly who he is...I’m so grateful for books like these that help foster acceptance and understanding from a young age. —A Cup of Jo (blog) Julián Is a Mermaid makes a fine addition to the best LBGT children’s books. —Brain Pickings (blog) Groundbreaking...here’s a happy picture book that challenges traditional gender stereotypes, rendering one boy free to be himself. Right now, I just finished reading ‘Julián Is a Mermaid,’ by Jessica Love, which is an awesome picture book, one of my favorites, and I won’t spoil the end for you, but it has something to do with the mermaid parade. —Charles George Esperanza, The New York Times It’s a story of a little boy who is taken with some elegant costumes, and decides to fashion one of his own. It’s that simple, but it makes a big impression; I can’t recommend it highly enough. —The New York Times Book Review e-newsletter Publisher: Candlewick Publication Date: April 23rd, 2018 Juvenile Fiction / People & Places / United States / Hispanic & Latino Juvenile Fiction / Holidays & Celebrations / Other, Non-Religious Compact Disc (December 22nd, 2020): $14.99 Hardcover (Chinese) (December 13th, 2019): $27.60 Hardcover (Korean) (November 22nd, 2019): $33.20	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3586
__label__wiki	0.965983	0.965983	[ August 31, 2020 ] Joe Root misses out on England T20 squad to face Australia \| Cricket News Cricket [ August 31, 2020 ] Newcastle United fans react as Allan Saint-Maximin watches the under-23s Football [ August 31, 2020 ] A U.S. Open at Oakland Hills? It should happen. Here’s why. Golf [ August 31, 2020 ] MLB trade deadline rumors, deals: Tracking baseball MLB [ August 31, 2020 ] Kyle Busch driving Elliott Sadler scheme in Southern 500 NASCAR HomeNASCARRoush Fenway Racing delights fans with #RoushMadness online Roush Fenway Racing delights fans with #RoushMadness online March 25, 2020 admin NASCAR 0 DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Even with NASCAR‘s regular schedule on hold, the Roush Fenway Racing team has found a way to provide the thrill of competition by pitting its long list of drivers against one another in a March Madness-style bracket of fun, intrigue and suspense called #RoushMadness. The idea is to have fans decide on social media the “greatest driver” in Roush Fenway Racing history and includes a “Who‘s Who” list of all 58 names who have started a NASCAR race for the team — from competitors who only raced a single time under the RFR banner like USAC star Kevin Swindell and IndyCar‘s Conor Daly to former competitors such as Kenny Wallace, Greg Biffle and NASCAR Hall of Famer Mark Martin, and current drivers Ryan Newman and Chris Buescher. RELATED: Follow #RoushMadness on the team’s Twitter feed Just looking at the list of drivers is a stark reminder of the storied history of Roush Fenway Racing. Narrowing down the roster to a single favorite may be almost as hard as it was competing against some of these great talents. And it‘s all been a good outlet as the country continues to deal with the COVID-19 virus pandemic that has postponed sports competition for now. Daly, a 28-year old open-wheel star, advanced farther in the contest than he says he imagined. He made only a single NASCAR Xfinity Series start for Roush — starting 15th and finishing 31st on the iconic Road America road course race in 2018. But Daly earned what the Roush Fenway team considers the “tournament upset” to date. Daly was a No. 15 seed and defeated the No. 2 seed, Trevor Bayne, the 2011 Daytona 500 winner – who raced in both the NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series with Roush – by a margin of 10 votes. Daly ultimately lost to the team‘s No. 7 seed Newman in the next round. But he was humbled to be included in the contest and said he hopes fans had as much fun with it as he did. “It‘s pretty cool to be honest,” Daly said. “I thought it was a really creative idea but also, I never even expected to be a part of something like that. I thought it was super cool and an honor to be in a bracket with so many talented guys and legends of the sport as well. “I was only a one-race guy, but would have loved to do more. I really enjoyed my time with Roush. It was fun.” Buescher, the 2015 NASCAR Xfinity Series champion who currently drives the No. 17 Roush Fenway Racing Ford, said he also had a lot of fun with the project and was happy to find a way to engage with fans. He advanced to the Round of 16, defeating Brian Ickler and Erik Darnell, but ultimately fell to Carl Edwards. “How are they going to put me on same side of the bracket as Carl Edwards, that‘s what I want to know,” Buescher joked. “It‘s been neat,” he continued. “I‘m not a big sports fan outside of racing so I was joking that I‘d only filled out two [March Madness basketball] brackets in my life, the first in Xfinity days when they had me fill out a bracket and I just picked the ones with the coolest names. I ended up getting knocked out the first three games. “I took a similar approach to this bracket,” he conceded. “It was a mix of people. I took Billy Johnson pretty far into it, basing that on road racing. Naturally, I brought myself all the way to the end because I‘m hopeful like that. I think I had Stanton Barrett beating out Carl Edwards just so I wouldn‘t have to go against Carl Edwards. But here we are.” RELATED: Carl Edwards through the years Aside from the competition element of the game, Buescher said he was impressed with the long list of names who had driven for his boss. Brian Ickler, for example, who made five Xfinity Series starts for Roush (earning a top-10 finish at Daytona) in 2010 competed. Barrett drove 15 races of the 2003 season for Roush, winning the pole position in back-to-back weeks at Las Vegas and Darlington, and earning four of his seven career top 10s while driving for the team. “There‘s a ton of names on there I hadn‘t heard of in a long time and some I hadn‘t heard of at all,” Buescher said. “I had not really realized how many people had driven there. But it‘s really neat. It got people buzzing on social media a little bit and keeping their mind off things — a good distraction through all of this.” Fans have certainly been participating. Roush Fenway Racing says that since it began the contest on social media, the posts have garnered more than two million impressions, more than 100,000 engagements in the contest and garnered more than 40,000 votes through the opening two rounds of #RoushMadness competition. Not only does it say a lot about the team, but it‘s promising for the team‘s sponsors — SunnyD, Fastenal, Acronis, Oscar Mayer, Castrol and Fifth Third — that have been worked into the tournament in the absence of having race cars to carry their brand. And now the contest has entered the “Elite Eight” — pairing some of the team‘s most famous competitors in the contest. The No. 1 seed, NASCAR Hall of Famer Martin, faces current driver Newman — ironically both drivers of the team‘s No. 6 Ford. Roush‘s former series champion driver Kenseth — another No. 1 seed – faces FOX Sports television analyst Jeff Burton in the other side of that bracket. Greg Biffle, who won the NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series championships for Roush, faces David Ragan. And longtime Roush driver and a No. 1 seed Carl Edwards faces No. 3 seeded Jamie McMurray in the other side of that bracket. RELATED: Martin through the years \| Kenseth through the years Martin said he‘s certainly been watching this Roush competition and humbly suggests he‘s just happy to have advanced to this point along with so many drivers he genuinely admires. “You know me, if I was voting I would be voting for someone else, there have been some absolute greats at Roush Fenway Racing that have accomplished more than I ever accomplished and are my favorite people in the world,” Martin said this week. “That‘s a huge compliment in itself [to be a part of the contest].” If he were to pick the true champion in it all, Martin would certainly be selecting Roush. His former team owner is still someone he admires greatly and someone who he credits for not only providing him the professional chance of a lifetime, but the chance to capitalize on it. For Martin, the “Roush Madness” bracket is part fun and engaging and part opportunity to remind people of the amazing organization that Jack Roush built from the ground up — hiring talented people and believing in their potential before they were big names. He includes himself in that category as well as all the others remaining in the bracket. From driver to crew chief to crewman, Martin points out that Roush‘s entire bracket features raw talent that prevailed thanks to the unwavering belief and support of an owner with a key eye and genius mind. “What‘s important to your story is that nobody in NASCAR has done as much for the little guy as Jack Roush has — period,” Martin said. “Jack Roush should be in the Hall of Fame for that alone. What he did. Jack was not the guy to go buy it, he built it. He looked at people and said, ‘That guy wanted it like I want it.‘ And that‘s important to me. “That is a Hall of Fame contribution above and beyond anyone else in NASCAR history to this point, in my opinion.” As for which driver will prevail in the team‘s compelling contest, there are no losers here. “The fact I had to go against Ryan Newman in the second round was wild, I mean I was like, I‘m voting for Ryan here, that guy definitely deserves to be in the Final Four without a doubt or the final match-up,” Daly said emphatically. “It‘s all been so fun.” And that‘s the idea, after all. 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Fiction Round-Up Non-Fiction MasterPost WFRLL: Antiblackness in the K-pop Industry and its Fandom Spaces (A Masterpost For My Essay Series) Star Wars Franchise and Fandom Masterpost Bond Girl – Full List Stitch Talks Ish – Podcast Page ← [Image Post] “Strong Black Women” [Stitch Likes Stuff] Fence → [Audio Post & Transcript] Stitch Talks Toxic Fandom Posted on June 9, 2018 by Zeenah Content Warning: In this audio post I discuss racism in fandom (including sexual racism… somehow), mention sexual assault and objectification, harassment from toxic fandom (or, as I call it… fandom) including death threats to and attempts to incite suicide in celebrities, trying to get them fired, and falsely accusing them of “not caring” about assault survivors. https://stitchmediamix.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/stitch-talks-toxic-fandom.mp3 So, I think by now we all know what’s happened with online assholes harassing Kelly Marie Tran into wiping her social media and backing away from engagement with fans. It’s kind of everywhere within nerdy news. Straight up, it’s wrong to harass people and the folks doing that should lose their computer privileges. I wanted to use this space/my time to talk about an aspect of fandom racism I see people outright dodging: the role white women play in fandom racism and the fact that fandom is racist. Regardless of whether or not you’re in “curatorial” or “transformative” fandom spaces. I’ve been seeing a ton of tweets that are trying so hard to dismiss the people who harassed Kelly Marie Tran as not “real fans” or saying that this only happens in “curatorial fandom”. Syfywire just posted a whole ass piece about how fandom has a white dude problem (written by a white woman, I believe) that doesn’t seem to acknowledge the racism that has always been in fandom or how much of it comes from white women in fandom spaces. And as someone who’s gotten more shit from folks in transformative fandom than from curatorial fandom? I’m sick of folks passing the buck and pretending that racism doesn’t happen in their fandoms. That toxic fandom habits are the purview of white dudes (I mean have y’all seen the Voltron Legendary Defender fandom?) I’m sick of folks failing to recognize that the nostalgia for the past that they swear fuels the dudebros’ racism is active and present in transformative, female-driven fandom. They hide it a bit better, but if you ask someone who does work on fandom racism, they’ll tell you all about the ways it works. If you don’t know what fandom racism looks like or how it has always come across in fandom (or even how it’s evolved to take advantage of the callout culture and social justice it once railed against), you need to do your homework. You don’t need to be listening to me, especially if you don’t like me (but like… think about why you don’t like me considering that I don’t actually start shit with people or stray very far from my lane…) But find a person of color who won’t give you a pass and listen when they speak/read what they write. Zina: Let’s talk about toxic fandom. Um, I know that this has been kind of everywhere if you’re in fandom, but recently Star Wars: The Last Jedi actress Kelly Marie Tran was kind of run off of social media. She’s deleted all of her images. It looks like on Instagram. I don’t follow her on Twitter, so I don’t know if she’s deleted them on Twitter as well, or if she was even using that platform. People have connected the deletion with racist and misogynistic comments from Star Wars nerds who think she is somehow the worst character in the franchise. God, even if she was playing the worst character in the franchise, what do you guys have– That doesn’t even make sense. What is abusing the performer going to do? Is that going to wipe The Last Jedi out of Canon? Look, it’s not. What I’ve been talking about on Twitter about toxic fandom, and that I want to bring here to Patreon to talk about, is the way that toxic fandom is viewed as something that only happens with white guys. Many, many tweets that have gotten really popular in the wake of this, I mean thousands of retweets, maybe even millions, have been tweets that say things like, “The Star Wars fandom has a white dude problem”, or, “White nerds are the most toxic.” There’s a tweet thread and I saw someone, I feel like maybe one of my mutuals on Twitter retweeted and was like, “Yes, this is the most aware thread I’ve seen on this.” That was like, “This is what happens in a curatorial fandom, not transformative fandom.” And I think that’s really what I want to talk about: This need that these fans have to distance themselves and their fannishness from the “toxic fans” or the not real fans. A real fan isn’t someone that loves everything. It’s someone that loves a specific thing, or specific set of things. Trying to reframe this whole conversation is, “Real fans don’t do X”, is unhelpful. Splitting it between curatorial and by the way, if you don’t know what that means, those are the fans that collect things. I guess if you collect things you – Or things such as physical objects, information, factoids, that’s, I guess if you’re in curatorial fandom, you’re more likely to be like, “Oh, your shirts Robin… Oh, which Robin,” or something like that. Apparently, the idea is that curatorial fandom is toxic and full of harassers, while transformative fandom is not. And I mean it’s – that’s not true. The difference between the two sets of fandom — and they’re not really two separate sets — because transformative fandom collects facts for use in something like cosplay or fan works. Curatorial fandom collects for collecting, because they like having that knowledge because there are dragons hoarding it. What about like… I collect things, because I like collecting things, but I also use them. It’s like this is binary either you’re — if you’re in fandom, you’re either collecting or you’re creating. That doesn’t really work for me, because what about us who collect to create. Anyway, the Supernatural fandom has been harassing everyone forever. Not just violent harassment. I’ve seen the fan artist, I think her name is Eliza. [Note: her name is Elicia Donze and, because of continuing harassment coming in no small part from the Supernatural fandom, she just had to delete her art blog.] She draws those photo realistic pieces that are really beautiful, right? She’s spoken about how the supernatural fandom harasses her. They sent her death threats. She’s not able to participate in fannish events because of harassment she receives. These fans are predominantly women. Dare I say white women, because of the demographics of fandom as we’re told they are because nobody’s done a survey that’s been like, “Yes, this is everybody– in this fandom has participated.” Even the Voltron fandom discourse survey that came out last year, was like 80% white people, but that’s not the whole fandom. You know? So that sort of thing. In the Supernatural fandom as well, you have people harassing Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles’ wives respectively, because some of them believe that the wives are beards for their gay relationship. People harass the showrunners. Anf these are people who are ostensibly in transformative fandom. The Teen Wolf fandom had– When Tyler Posey’s mom died, people who hate him because he “gets in the way” of the Stiles and Derek relationship, and doesn’t care for it to be brought up in conversations and stuff because it’s… you know, a crack ship to him, I guess. Said that he should have killed himself. They wished death on him. They told him these things. Um… If you watch anything nerdy with a black woman in it, that black woman has been harassed by fandom, by transformative fandom. Predominantly people harassing Candice Patton because of her role as Iris West in fandom, in the Flash are white women and fandom. White women who see her and her character as getting in the way of the SnowBarry relationship, which isn’t actually a relationship. They’ve just kind of twisted themselves up so that they can explain away their super investment in a non-canon, male-female relationship that does not involve any people of color. Anna Diop, yes, she got harassment from white guys. What about the harassment didn’t come from white guys? Like when we rush to decide that toxic fandom comes from these specific people you know, like it’s super easy to write it all off as these are the same guys — the same guys who harassed Kelly Marie Tran are the guys who were like, “Oh my gosh, we have to not watch Star Wars”, or the “Rick and Morty Szechuan Sauce” thing. We ignore the fact that fandom racism is a really big problem in nerd culture and that this racism comes in the form of many different things and that white women used fandom and fandom racism differently than these white guys. Like if we’re doing a binary, the binary is straight white guys who aren’t shipping things and white people who ship things. That’s a binary I guess I could argue for, but at the same time? “Eehh.” The one thing that I’ve noticed is that in my experiences in fandom and fandom racism, I am more likely to be doxed by a straight white guy who calls me reverse racist. Right? But I am more likely to be privately harassed, to have my private stuff shared and spread by a white woman. I’m more likely, because I’ve experienced this with the Slash Shipping— In 2015 I wrote a post called Slash Shipping Pseudo-Progressivism or something like that. It was about the ways that just because you ship a white dude slash ship, that doesn’t mean you’ve just ended bigotry. You can still be racist, misogynistic, whatever, and one of the ways that shows up is in these white dude slash shipping ships were women of color, or people of color and white women are erased, killed off, demonized, et cetera. That got I think about 5,000 notes on Tumblr, the original post that linked to my website. It’s got a couple thousand hits, like people actually clicked through it. I also got a ton of anonymous hate. I got people linking to me, mocking me so I’d click the referrers, and it would be like, Fail-Fandomanon, or someone running an anonymous meme on their own Dreamwidth account, or someone mocking me on a Tumblr Ask. These were people who were calling me– like they were really going off like insulting my intelligence. I saw a couple insult my looks, which aren’t even related because I’m really cute, but whatever. [Note: I dropped a thought (possibly more than one) but when I bring up the direct and racist fannish response to my one post on slash shipping, racism, and misogyny, I was supposed to follow that up with how despite the fact that my first post on racebending was liked on TumblrInAction, hardly anyone actually interacted with me from the post despite getting between 3000-5000 views in a single day. “Curatorial” fandom, mainly kept their shit to reddit. Transformative fandom needed me to know how inferior it thought I/my ideas were and that my womanhood was less valuable than theirs (their need for slash fandom to explore their identities > my need for characters that look like me to not be erased or reduced to nanny figures, natch)] I had people be really cruel and that’s the thing: The cruelty of transformative fandom is rarely addressed. A lot of people find community in transformative fandom, and that’s good. I’ve found some community. I have my OGs from the DC fandom that will always be really close to me, even though we’re all like five fandoms apart or barely in fandom. The flip-side is that you have lots of cults of personality. You have a lot of racists who don’t want to come out and say, “Yes, I’m a racist, just letting you know.” Because they don’t maybe think they are, or they don’t want to get yelled at. You have a lot of people who do the same things that the white guys do, except they are largely directing it at fellow fans and marginalized fans at that. I could give you the names of black people in fandom who because they speak about racism in a way that fans don’t like, and I don’t mean they reblog with insults. I don’t mean they’re mean to others. I mean, by virtue of going “this thing you like as racist, here’s why” they’ve been called antis. They’ve had smear campaigns made up for them. They’ve been subject to harassment and these aren’t coming from the dude-bros. These are coming from white women, white non-binary people, white queer people, white disabled people. Of course, there are some #PickMe People Of Color in there who think that this is the perfect time for them to get in good with white racists and fandom for some reason. They are a minority within a majority. I highly doubt that half of the people that have given me shit in fandom were people of color. I only highly doubt that because half of the things have been anon or side blogs, or stuff. I also just don’t look because I don’t care. If I ever go back on Tumblr, I’ll keep track. But I mean — We’re so quick and “We”, I mean you guys, are so quick to dismiss the fact that this sort of thing happens in fandom. You can’t say, “This fandom has no room for racism,” when there’s been racism in your fandom from day one. When your source media, by virtue of lacking people of color, forms a perfect breeding ground for white supremacists in part by I don’t know, Star Wars fandom, glorifying The Empire and First Order by making their merchandise the most widely known, by making Kylo Ren, Hux, Thrawn bless him. But, still sympathetic interesting characters who get flushed out backstories and narratives. Like that’s what you guys are doing. Captain Phasma got a prequel, got a backstory novel and we still don’t know anything about Finn. Of course, #FictionDoesn’tImpactReality, but also fuck you guys at this point. Fiction clearly impacts reality. Fandom is currently impacting reality and I hate that when we have these conversations about toxic fandom, there’s always this like, “Oh, well, so and so deserved it.” You generally get like with the Kelly Marie Tran stuff, people were like, “Well, her character was terrible.” Doesn’t warrant harassment. In fandom, um people make up stuff or they misrepresent stuff and then when that person gets bullied, they deserved it. And it’s just — Toxic fandom is fandom. If you haven’t noticed that fandom is racist you’re not looking. You have the privilege of avoiding fandom racism. That’s how that works. If you are surprised that Kelly Marie Tran is getting shit, where were you in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 when John Boyega constantly gets shit. Where articles came out like shitting on him and his character like— Fandom racism. The problem with fandom racism and talking about it in the mainstream is that a lot of the times it’s really hard to point at something and go, “This is racist.” Because by now transformative fandom folks have realized that they can’t just call people racial slurs. Although, I have evidence of shippers and certain parts of the Star Wars fandom using racial slurs. Just letting you know, that’s the thing. Transformative fandom isn’t going to call me a racial slur. I’ve never been called the N-word by someone in transformative fandom. That’s not how fandom racism works. [Note: I have seen people share where they’ve been called anti-black racial slurs by non-black people on anon and off in various fandoms.] If you’re looking for a one to one ratio with what Kelly Marie Tran is getting, and what fans of color get. I’m speaking of course, from experience as a black person who’s very vocal about race and representation in fandom and media. I get like medium, and I get less now that I’m not on Tumblr, right? But fandom racism looks like the coded language. The fact that there’s always a reason to dislike a character or performer of color. It’s that their performance isn’t good enough. They don’t have chemistry. They’re not talented, they aren’t this, they aren’t that. The excuses people come up with to excuse why they don’t like us is basically the building block for transformative fandom racism. Two years ago when I started graduate school, Franzeska, she’s on a bunch of stuff with the AO3. She’s awfully official big name fan of Epic Proportions, wrote between two metas. She had one piece of meta fiction that was maybe 16,000 words long. That was a whitewashed version of “Fannish History” that attributed the experience of fans of color and race and racism to White Allies, like virtue signaling or jonesing for Ally Cookies. Then she wrote another meta that was like “Oh, the reason why storm pilot which is the Finn and Poe ship from The Force Awakens is not more popular.” She listed three things and the second thing was racism. She decided that racism (and Franzeska’s white), she decided that racism could not possibly be why Finn and Poe aren’t as popular as Kylo and Hux and decided that kink-shaming was it. Because people are being kink-shamed. And here I’m going to pause to point out that people are going, “Please stop writing racist-gross shit with Finn and Poe.” So… that’s kink-shaming going, “This is gross. Why are you writing these characters being sexually enslaved for your kinks? Why are you giving Finn a giant penis? That’s objectifying black male bodies. Have you ever heard of the lusty Latino stereotype? Why is Poe literally a sex kitten? Thanks for objectifying men of color” And Frankzeska – And a ton of white women in fandom agreed with her. She didn’t apologize for it until a year later when she was working on a video about fandom and race with a black creator, whose name escapes me but she’s lovely. I feel like her name is Chelsea. I feel very strongly though that her name is Chelsea. So, people were like, “Well, Franeska is literally the last person you should have on this, because she’s racist garbage.” Because she was very content to get backpats from other white women who dismissed the concerns of people of color, and in fact longed for the pre-2009 days when they could just say what they wanted. A lot of people hold – And I did not accept her apology. Fuck Franzeska, 2018. Now, a lot of people when they look at the “Curatorial Fandom”, like to bring up this longing for the past as if that’s the only place that happens in fandom. Like, “Oh, man. He collects Lego’s and knows all the facts, so he must want Lego’s to–” whatever. But It ignores that fandom does it too. Transformative fandom does that weird longing for the past, that frequently, frequently revealed itself in the harassment of not only fellow fans, but the creators that do it. Between 2014 and 2016, supposed fans of DC Comics superhero Nightwing (Dick Grayson) harassed the writers on the comic– 20 issue long comic Grayson where Dick after the events of Forever Evil, went in undercover working at St Hadrian School for spies or whatever and – They lied about the content. There were scenes where Dick was slightly sexualized and as he is a marginalized character, he is a Romani character. One of the few in comics, in superhero comics, I understand discomfort or just not even wanting to read the book. They were saying that he was sexually assaulted in Issue 13. [Note: He was not.] They were saying, they were trying to get one of the writers, Tim Seeley fired. They said things like Tim Seeley would ignore a woman who said she’d been raped. He would avoid helping her. They would send these things to him. They once triggered a panic attack. It was October 2015, if I’m remembering correctly, they triggered a panic attack from him. He was out on a date with his girlfriend. I remember Bleeding Cool (eeh) wrote an article about it because it was that intense. And they said so many awful things directly to him, like directly accusing him. Specifically, Tim Seeley. I don’t know why they never went after Tom King to the extent that they did, but this is a white, cis-dude with mental health issues. He talked about his depression and anxiety in the thread, one of the comment he made and in different podcasts. I’m not making stuff up. I might be misremembering, but not making stuff up. They went after this guy. They also went after the bisexual writer of Midnighter at the time, Steve Orlando. They accused him of a making Midnighter a predatory gay stereotype. [Note: For showing attraction to Dick Grayson. That’s all.] This was publicly things they were doing, they were tagging him, they were discussing this as if it was fact on different social media platforms. This is transformative fandom clinging to Chuck Dixon’s version of the character. Chuck Dixon, as we all know by now noted super-conservative Homophobic Asshole, right? And that’s what they long for. They long for the glory days of Dick Grayson and that meant shutting down the creators that were doing it in a way they didn’t approve of, and it also meant weaponizing trauma. That’s a thing we’ll talk about at some point, because I think discussing your trauma and how something triggers it and can hurt it is different from weaponizing it, especially if you’re using that to harass people. Sometimes, you can tell when people are kind full of it or they’re doing the weaponized pain thing. That’s another aspect of transformative fandom that is not addressed, that isn’t taken into consideration when we talk about toxic fandoms. Like people will literally use their pain as a weapon in these discussions. I mean that’s not great. I mentioned before, I’m not a fan of what I call “trauma vomit”. I’m not going to tell you my business, it’s not your business. I think that fandom has created an environment where people feel like they have to share in order to be taken seriously. There’s a difference between talking about your experiences with something and going, “I have this experience. You can’t tell me anything because I have these experiences,” and yet people do it. I know this has strayed a bit from the Kelly Marie Tran thing, but it’s something that I just keep thinking about, because a lot of my mutuals and not many — not all of them are people of color who are retweeting these takes. There’s just this huge focus on kind of… shutting down the idea, the potential for the idea, that fandom itself has a problem. That that problem, what we’re seeing with Kelly Marie Tran, what we’ve seen with other people of color, and they don’t actually mention other people of color and many of these takes, the experiences of people of color. As in Kelly Marie Tran is Vietnamese, do you really think that her race has nothing to do with, with the bigotry she’s getting? Really? And then a lot of the people also haven’t talked about John Boyega. Much with John Boyega’s racism [Note: the racism he gets from fandom] comes from not just– It doesn’t just come from the nostalgic Star Wars dudes who re like, “Whoa, black person being a storm trooper.” That’s somehow unrealistic in this world on Jedi. It’s also coming from white ladies who ship Reylo, and of course, their “pick me people of color”. I think it’s time that we really look at how we talk about toxic fandom. You can talk about the dude bros without removing responsibility from everyone else. Fandom doesn’t have a white dude problem. It has a racism problem and in 2018, if you’re only just figuring that out, you might be part of the problem and you should work on that. (Originally posted on Patreon June 7, 2018.) About Zeenah Zina writes about comics, nerd history, and ridiculous romance novels when not working frantically on her first collection of short stories and complaining about stuff. One day, she'll settle down and write that novel. View all posts by Zeenah → This entry was posted in Fandom, What Fandom Racism Looks Like and tagged fandom culture, fandom racism, star wars: the last jedi. Bookmark the permalink. 1 Response to [Audio Post & Transcript] Stitch Talks Toxic Fandom nutheadgee says: TELL THEM SIS Writer, critic, a purposeful pain in your ass about antiblackness, Stitch is here to write what needs writing. Slowly. Follow Stitch via Email Enter your email address to follow my awesome blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. 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__label__wiki	0.58382	0.58382	Relevance Most Recent Least Recent 6 Labels / Record Deals 3 Artist Development 2 Song placements 2 Management Deals Recording Quality Accepted 9 rough mixes 9 fully mastered 9 broadcast ready Opportunity Type 9 submission only 2 under $10 9 under $20 9 under $30 9 under $40 9 any price Final Decision Maker 7 Yes 2 No 9 Exclusive Potential Payout Range 9 $1,001 - $1,500 Industry Pro. Response Time 1 within 14 days 9 within 45 days Industry Pro. Community Rating 6 at least 8 at least 9 at least 9 at least 9 at least 9 all Female Singer/Song Writer needed for Development Deal submission price: $10.00 Payout: $1,001 - $1,500 I am just finishing a development deal with a major producer which has freed me up to work on other projects. I'm currently looking for a female singer/songwriter to work with on getting them a development deal. Ideally, I'm looking for a female "Ed Sheeran". 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__label__cc	0.602683	0.397317	Home › All Games Fighting Arcade Puzzle Platform game Adventures Shooter Driving Sports RPG <!- Twitter -> <!- Facebook -> <!- Email -> Date added: Unknown Tags:None Rated the best by our players 5 out of 5 based on 8218 ratings. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers is the title of five different video games based on the television series of the same name, which were released for the Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, Game Gear, and Sega CD. The Nintendo versions of the game were released by Bandai, while the Sega versions were published by Sega themselves. ↑ = up → = right ↓ = down ← = left X = A Button Z = B Button S = X Button A = Y Button Q = L Button W = R Button R = Select Enter = Start More games you may like... Aero the Acro-Bat 2 Aero the Acro-Bat 2 is a video game released by Sunsoft in April 1994. It is the sequel to Aero the Acro-Bat a… Mickey to Donald Magical Adventure 3 Disney's Magical Quest, known in Japan as Mickey's Magical Adventure (ミッキーのマジカルアドベン�… Fatal Fury Special (餓狼伝説SPECIAL Garō Densetsu Special?, 'Legend of the Hungry Wolf Special') is a 199… Street Fighter Alpha 2, known as Street Fighter Zero 2 (ストリートファイターZERO 2?) in Japan, Asia … Final Fight Guy Final Fight (Japanese: ファイナルファイト?) is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up produced by Capcom. Origi… Mega Drive Emulator MS-DOS PC Games Emulator Online Emulators © Copyright 2021 Super Famicom emulator / Super Nintendo emulator.All rights reserved.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3611
__label__wiki	0.775746	0.775746	GA Sec. Of State Re-Certifies Election, Responds To More Alleged Misinformation Filed Under:accusations, CW69 News at 10, election, electors, fraud, Georgia, Misinformation, Raffensperger, re-certified, Sterling ATLANTA, Ga. (CW69 News at 10) — Election officials have now re-certified Georgia’s election, electors are expected to name Joe Biden as the next president on December 14. “We have now counted legally cast ballots three times, and the results remain unchanged,” said Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. “The safe harbor under the United States code to name electors is tomorrow, and then they will meet on December 14th to officially elect the next president.” The announcement comes as President Donald Trump and his supporters continue trying to overturn the outcome, despite multiple failed lawsuits. “All this talk of a stolen election, whether it’s Stacy Abrams or the President of the United States is hurting our state,” Raffensperger said. State Election Official Gabriel Sterling addresses alleged misinformation and conspiracy theories about the election. pic.twitter.com/7VCpZx44Bm — Valencia E. Jones (@vjreports3) December 7, 2020 Statewide Voting System Implementation Manager Gabriel Sterling addressed the latest accusations, including one from a viral video Trump’s attorney Rudy Giuliani and others shared on social media showing an election worker pulling suitcases from under a table at State Farm Arena. “The secret suitcases with magic ballots were actually ballots that had been packed into those absentee ballot carriers by the workers in plain view of the monitors and the press,” Sterling said, explaining workers thought they were about to go home for the night, before they were asked to continue working. “I’m frustrated that we continue to see people who are put in positions of responsibility sending out this information and undermining the electoral system.” Sterling accused the president’s attorneys of painting a false narrative, saying they had the same video tape as election officials. “They saw the exact same things the rest of us could see, and they chose to mislead state senators and the public about what was on that video,” he said. He dispelled other rumors, indicating no machines were seized in Ware County, no voting machines flipped any votes, and saying the rumor that two democratic senators flew to Pennsylvania to count ballots is also false. In looking ahead, election officials said they’re ready to focus on growing the economy and ending the COVID-19 pandemic. Sterling gave a morning update on the January 5 runoff election process. “So far, we have 1,037,172 absentee ballot applications that have been put into the voting registration system,” he said. During the process, Sterling says they will also continue investigating any legitimate voter fraud claims related to the November election.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3624
__label__cc	0.701151	0.298849	Why Coworking Spaces Benefit From Mobile Access Digitisation is present everywhere and changes not only our everyday life, but entire industries. Therefore, companies are looking for intelligent solutions to further improve their processes and meet the needs of their customers. This also applies to shared workspaces and coworking spaces. Finding the right access solution for your own coworking space can be difficult. Coworking spaces, such as Basis08, Coworking Space Lehrte, Space Hannover, WORQS and many more, already use Tapkey and trust in it. An important reason is the easy handling. In contrast to key cards, people carry their smartphones almost always with them. Convince yourself of the advantages. 1. Efficient Management With Tapkey, the effort for managing the keys is considerably low, since access authorisations can be assigned and withdrawn at the push of a button. Using the app or the webportal, access permissions for new coworkers can be granted online—unlimited or temporarily. Quite individually, depending on how long the coworker's contract runs. The flexible access options for different groups of people simplify the management of every coworking space. Frank Haupt, CEO of Space Hannover also enjoys the simple key management, “Before that, I had to duplicate keys and document exactly who I gave which key to. With electronic access, there is no duplication of the physical keys and the whole key management has become much easier because I can see in my app who has which access.” With a digital access solution, it is possible to offer access around the clock without being permanently present. Nevertheless, temporary access can also be granted for certain cases. 2. Save Time and Money Since there are no fixed working hours in a coworking space and the people working there also change frequently, the demand forsmart access solutions increases. After all, the constant production of replacement keys is not only tedious, but also costly and time-consuming. The keys not only have to be given to new members, but also have to be collected again after the contract expires. The problem is exacerbated if a provider operates several locations. Annoying key handovers are no longer necessary. “I no longer have to issue physical keys and the risk of losing keys is reduced. I can also grant people daily access without having to be on-site to let someone in.” confirms Frank Haupt. Coworking companies can use their Tapkey access control system to set up a business “without reception” if required. As a result, the rooms are accessible to authorised users around the clock, with only a small outlay on personnel. Smart access control makes sense for all coworking spaces, regardless of their size. Even with a few doors and a few members, Tapkey is already worth the investment. 3. Safety First The key management of coworking spaces with a high fluctuation rate offers potential for chaos and uncertainty. Keys that are copied and lost endanger building security and are associated with additional costs. The absence of physical keys eliminates this security risk. Daniel Ruther, owner of the coworking space Lehrte, also emphasizes another security aspect, “Every access is logged and possible theft is reduced. Since there are expensive devices in the coworking space and a wide variety of people come and go, we simply need security here.” In general, the following applies: The smartphone keys are assigned individually for each device and are not reused. The keys are therefore valid for a limited period and can be revoked at any time. Tapkey has several levels of security. We use SSL / TLS encryption protocols for data transmission. Access authorisations are stored in the Tapkey Trust Service to ensure the best possible security. 4. Transparent Use “With digital access control, we can control who can enter what room and when. This is much easier and safer than with conventional keys.” says Daniel Ruther and mentioned another advantage. Thanks to mobile access control, coworking operators benefit from automatic tracking of all access activities. Key management is consistently transparent despite high user turnover. Community managers always know who has access to which doors and when, and retain control over the keys. “Tapkey simplifies my administration. I can assign mobile access authorisations to coworkers and know exactly who was in the coworking space. Ideal for billing FlexDesks.” says Wolfgang Millner, CEO of Basis08. For the complete interview, click here. Whether 24/7 access or authorisations on certain days: Access can be set to the minute for every employee or guest. Iris Mayr, Managing Partner at Hauptplatz23, also emphasizes, “Unlimited people can be given controlled access as quickly as possible. And this can be revoked at any time. Logging of these accesses and comparatively easy administration—whatever is important when assessing also with regard to running costs.” 5. Automation Through Integration The technology can be implemented in other management systems and tools via the API interface. Cobot, a coworking management software, has already done this. “Tapkey not only offers a secure solution to handle access permissions, but also understands the importance of a seamless user experience.” says Kristina Schneider, CPO at Cobot, about the integration in an interview with us. Thanks to the integration, operators can not only assign access rights, but also automatically account for bookings in space. “With the connection to our administration software, granting and withdrawing authorisations is a homogeneous process that the coworking host no longer has to take care of on-site. Keys do not have to be copied and returned. On request, I can also link access to individual rooms to the temporary booking of a meeting room. It is very comfortable.” says Tobias Kollewe, CEO of cowork AG. In addition to an app, Tapkey offers an ecosystem of access hardware from different manufacturers. This means that coworking space operators can not only manage access to their premises, but also offer other services such as lockers or even a pool car. In addition to this, access for service providers such as cleaning companies can of course be guaranteed extremely efficiently. “I think digital access control is essential for coworking spaces. On the one hand, organisational processes on the operator side can be simplified. On the user side, there is more flexibility in daily use. The effects come into play in small and large spaces.” summarizes Tobias Kollewe. Access control Coworking Interview	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3626
__label__wiki	0.565445	0.565445	Magazine Current Issue Past Issues Online Audio Blog Extract Marginalia Opinion Proyector Reports Reviews Terrenews Shout-Out La Postal Projects Magazine back Magazine Current Issue Past Issues Online back Online Audio Blog Extract Marginalia Opinion Proyector Reports Reviews Terrenews Shout-Out La Postal Projects Frente de trabalho Galeria Jaqueline Martins, São Paulo, Brazil April 7, 2018 – May 12, 2018 Recently opened in São Paulo, Frente de trabalho (Work Group) by Ícaro Lira (1986, Fortaleza) is the artist’s first solo show at gallery Jaqueline Martins, and a great opportunity for delving deeper into the connections that art can build with myriad social, political and cultural contexts. Amid the vibrant, festive feel of events held alongside the SP-Arte fair, this exhibit brings us the entire grammar the artist has been constructing for almost ten years now, inciting us to look at the – not entirely optimistic – interstices in Brazilian history. Following Desterro – expedição etnográfica de fição [Desterro – ethnographic expedition of fiction] (2014), Museu do Estrangeiro [Museum of Foreign] (2015) or Residência Cambridge [Cambridge Residency] (2016) – long-term projects which enabled Ícaro Lira to consolidate an art practice that transcended the “studio-gallery-institution-collection” circuit –, Frente de trabalho takes on a more decanted or filtered down character, foregoing text and historical reviews and dealing with the visual plasticity of materials in its set-up. In Lira’s work, unlike that of any Brazilian contemporary of his generation, one can grasp how the “art object” notion gives way to precariousness or “material poverty”, not in the sense of the dematerialized propositions of 60s and 70s artists, but in direct affinity with an “aesthetic of underdevelopment” of those same years, put forth by artists like Glauber Rocha, Artur Barrio, Horacio Zabala, Luis Ospina and Carlos Mayolo, among others, to oppose the colonizing narratives of “developmentalism” (conveyed by alliances with the USA) [1]. In this sense, Frente de trabalho lends continuity to the artist’s greatest “obsessions,’ his drive to unearth futures from among the rubble of the past, to suture the fissures of language and to restore meanings that are on the verge of disappearing, amid the political “obscenity” taking place in Brazil. Additionally, it shows a sensitive arrangement of materials (mostly scraps, “trash,” objets trouvés), in a critique of art as luxury commodity. In the words of curator Gabriel Boghossian (who wrote the exhibition text), Frente de trabalho “prompts reflection about labor and the act of working – an activity as run-of-the-mill as it is universal –, all the while taking into account issues pertaining to artistic work and the system that both feeds and exploits it”. But instead of weaving up a pamphleteering commentary on labor in Brazilian history (thereby making the proposition a mere illustration, like so many around), the exhibition consolidates the idea that history and memory are “topographies” of images, knowledge and places. The biggest risk in operations of this sort, which shed light on characters and subjects that were left out of history (the Benjaminian perspective of the “defeated”), is that of creating vain utopias, ones whose preferred vessel of denunciation is art, for its supposed ability to transform the world, which is untrue. On the contrary, this exhibit by Ícaro Lira reiterates the notion that art thinks (not the same as provokes thought), featuring a scheme at once sensitive and intelligible whereby matter and form combine – special care was taken in framing up the materials (“Objeto encontrado #1” and “Sem título, parts #1 and #2, from the ‘Frente de Trabalho’ series”). And since this – like all of his – is a script-less project, one gets the sense that Frente de trabalho delivers bits of “debris” (like those found on a beach after a storm) and invites us to rely on them as compasses to navigate the exhibit. The occasionally casuistic, nihilistic way in which objects refuse to fixate into definitive forms is deliberate. It stems from an acute perception of the colonial obstructions that still operate in the present, and is visible in the “hide-and-show” of the velatures, the boxes, the superimpositions, the audios distorted to the point of cacophony, the stones and unexpected objects, seemingly displaced from context (like the milk box the Italian government gives immigrants and refugees). But to me, one particular set among these “castaways” sums up the entire show. It’s a composition of postcards from dictatorship-era Brazil, advertising the “great achievements of the regime” ((the Rio-Niterói Bridge, Itaipu and the Castelo Branco Mausoleum) and “snapshots” of stone breakers, taken in the 30s as writer Mario de Andrade (1893-1945)’s “Folk Research Mission” toured the Northeast documenting folk culture. And although both of those image sets were born of an utter belief in the technology of photography, their natures are very distinct. Whereas the postcards express the incursion of technology into the domains of politics – propaganda had to be spread in order to build national cohesion –, the stone-breaker “snapshots” are testimony to the urgent need to catalog professions and cultural traditions that were on the verge of disappearing. As Mário de Andrade wrote: “[Brazilian ethnography’s] practical orientation must immediately become based on strict scientific norms. We don’t need theoreticians (…). We need young researchers to knock on doors and to collect, in a serious and complete way, what these people put away and quickly forget, rendered directionless by invasive progress”. Dissemination and resistance, propaganda and “time capsules” walk hand in hand in our historical present and in this Frente de trabalho. In a time of over-visibility when it doesn’t seem to be up to neither artist nor art to play ethical roles of any sort, perhaps we must betray, as does Ícaro Lira, the dictatorship of labor… Lavorare Stanca [“to work is tiresome”]. Marta Mestre http://galeriajaquelinemartins.com.br [1] Here we of necessity refer to Luis Ospina’s and Carlos Mayolo’s “pornomiséria” cinema (Grupo de Cali, Colombia); Glauber Rocha’s texts “Estétyka da Fome” (1965) and “Estétyka do Sonho” (1971); Artur Barrio’s 70s actions, among others. Now showing at Museo Jumex, the exhibition Memorias del Subdesarrollo: el giro descolonial en el arte de América Latina, 1960–1985 sets out to exhaustively survey practices associated with the critique of developmentalism. TAGS: Brazil Frente de trabalho Galeria Jaqueline Martins Ícaro Lira Marta Mestre May 2018 São Paulo Dorothée Dupuis PArC + Art week 2018 in Lima, Peru Sala de Arte Público Siqueiros (SAPS), Mexico, presents "Murales para un cubo blanco" Fernanda Sandoval and Paola de la Peña present "Mientras me caso" at ElExpendio, Mexico "Gloria Gaynor tenía razón" by Jaime Nuñez del Arco at N24 Galería de Arte, Ecuador Claudia Coca and Claudia Casarino present "Mala Hierba / Yerba Mala" at Galería del Paseo, Peru "LOCAL DA AÇÃO" at Solar dos Abacaxis, Rio de Janeiro M.A.P.A. (Modos de Ação para Propagar Arte) presents "No Calor da Hora" Estileras presents "Calçado de Monstro" About Terremoto Team Contributors Allies & Supporters Advertise with us Editorial Services and more Club Terremoto Terms of Use and Privacy Calle del Artículo 123, 116, int. 100 Col. Centro, Del. Cuauhtémoc CDMX 06040, México © 2020 » terremoto « Geographic Zone	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3629
__label__cc	0.557094	0.442906	The Cinemawala Kedarnath Review : Love Is Eternal ! Let me begin with a statement that perhaps will become the backbone of this article – Kanika Dhillon is a wordsmith par excellence, an author who’s in love with her […] Let me begin with a statement that perhaps will become the backbone of this article – Kanika Dhillon is a wordsmith par excellence, an author who’s in love with her craft. The way she understands, portrays and enunciates human psyche, that’s really rare in today’s time. Love is an eternal feeling. Perhaps with changing times, we have stopped looking at love as a feeling and often weigh it down with our humongous set of expectations. If you have read other ‘views’ which predominantly state few of these about ‘Kedarnath’ – Melodramatic, Barjatya style of filmmaking, running stereotypes, dated concept – well, bollocks to all ! Love still remains that feeling, which makes one go weak in the knee, be it the sharing of tea from one glass or whispering sweet nothings amidst the hullabaloo of this world. Love is listening to heartbeats over phone. Love is stealing those glances, in the middle of the crowd. It’s that feeling, that inspires people to do the unimaginable, achieve the unthinkable. Kanika and Abhishek Kapoor, co-credited as the writers, choose to tell an important point in the garb of a film, that is often told but always misinterpreted. Religion doesn’t create barriers, people do. ‘Kedarnath’ is one of those films. Motifs run like water in this film. Tussle between two sisters, like the two untamed tributaries of the same river forms a major focal point of the story. The elder sister, blames her sibling to have stolen her fiancé, whereas it’s the fiancé who has broken the engagement, as he has eyes for the younger sister. Kanika raises a daft fact – in this man’s world, despite of a man’s fault, a woman blames another for her loss. Religion and trade, they both make their presence felt here. Environmental issues are merely touched upon, for the bigger issue here are greed and malice. Turn the pages from history and one will see, great empires have crumbled, for the unquenchable human greed and malicious intents. The film hints about the self gratifying trade that has flourished in the name of religion, at the very beginning as we see a nomadic sadhu blabbering these fab lines, Aa, phir se zehar ke ghunt peete hain…Chal, Shankar-Shankar khelte hain… The film works primarily because of the writing. There’s so much of love in it. The first time Mukku sees Mansoor, the first time Mansoor perceives his helplessness about the relationship, Mukku’s unflinching determination to prove her love for Mansoor and Mansoor’s unselfish act to save everyone – it all stems from the fact that people, when in love, often end up doing the unthinkable. Sara Ali Khan, in a fantastic debut, plays Mukku aka Mandakini, the feisty form of the Ganges. Sushant Singh Rajput is Mansoor, one of the many carriage bearers of the Kedarnath valley. When the wild stream of the river meets the tranquil and serene rock, it affects both. The river becomes calm while the edgy rock smoothens up. Mukku and Mansoor’s love somewhat mirrors this relationship. Sushant, a wonderful actor that he is, imbibes Mansoor in totality, flesh and blood. Sara shows spunk in abundance. Together, this pair spells magic. Their relationship, which grows through the song ‘Qaafirana’ is one the major highlights of the film. The ensemble cast supports the leads effectively. Nitish Bharadwaj, famously known as the Krishna of B.R Chopra’s ‘Mahabharat’ comes back to the silver screen, after a long hiatus. Alka Amin as Mansoor’s mother, is effective, especially in the sequence where she chides him for being more like his late father. Nishant Dahiya, as the chief antagonist does well, for his role seems an author backed one. Pooja Gor, as the elder sister Brinda gets a meaty role and enacts it pretty well. The film boasts of some amazing cinematography, thanks to Tushar Kanti Roy. The music is courtesy the pied piper of our times – Amit Trivedi and it goes without saying, is melodious with all four songs being current chartbusters. The film runs at a great pace of 116 minutes, the editing credits for which goes to Chandan Arora. Eventually it’s the director’s vision that makes ‘Kedarnath’ a visual spectacle, which it eventually turns into. The Uttarakhand floods of 2013 forms the background of the star crossed lovers and their doomed love story. But more than the flood or the or its causes, it’s the humane story of ‘Kedarnath’ that appeals the most. The catastrophic flood, an allegory of the God’s wrath on people in retaliation of what the couple goes through, is shown in a spectacular way. ‘Kedarnath’ proves that Abhishek Kapoor is in top form here. Fabulous work! Watch the film for the performances and the epic finale, that’s worth of getting goosebumps. But it’s the doomed lovers who are going to remain with you, long after the film is over. 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__label__wiki	0.857388	0.857388	Home Happening Now BREAKING: Criminal Charges Recommended Against Andrew McCabe BREAKING: Criminal Charges Recommended Against Andrew McCabe Bloomberg reports the Justice Department on Thursday notified lawyers for former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe that they have rejected his appeal to avoid being criminally charged, according to a person close to his legal team. The move likely clears the way for him to be indicted for lying to federal agents. The developments come about a month after McCabe sued the Justice Department and U.S. Attorney General William Barr, claiming his firing was unlawful. McCabe was ousted by then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions last year after an internal investigation into his role in disclosing a Clinton Foundation probe to the media. The U.S. attorney’s office for the District of Columbia informed McCabe’s legal team last month that charges against McCabe were being recommended, according to a person familiar with the matter. McCabe and his legal team met with Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen and the U.S. attorney, Jessie Liu, on Aug. 21 to appeal the recommendation, according to the person. FBI caught 14 FBI agents/officials leaking sensitive, classified or grand jury info. If it happens, Andrew McCabe would be the only prosecution. "SES employee released FBI Sensitive info to a reporter and lacked candor not under oath and under oath when questioned about it." https://t.co/CfuNjhy8Pj — Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) September 13, 2019 Per NRO, Federal prosecutors in Washington have recommended that criminal charges be filed against Andrew McCabe, the FBI’s former deputy director, and the Justice Department rejected a last-ditch appeal by McCabe’s lawyers, according to a report on Thursday by Fox News. This clears the way for what appears to be McCabe’s imminent indictment. Jesse Liu, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia (appointed by Trump), has reportedly decided that McCabe should be charged. The decision was based on a referral by the Justice Department’s inspector general (appointed by Obama), Michael Horowitz. In a comprehensive report last year, issued after a probe of a leak of investigative information to the media orchestrated by McCabe, Horowitz found that McCabe had misled investigators, including making false statements under oath. As we observed here when the IG’s report was released, the case laid out by Horowitz appears compelling. The Fox report indicates that Liu signaled to McCabe’s lawyers that she was persuaded to file charges. McCabe’s lawyers then appealed that decision to Jeffrey Rosen, the deputy attorney general (DAG). At least one source told Fox that McCabe’s team received an email from the Justice Department, which states: “The Department rejected your appeal of the United States Attorney’s Office’s decision in this matter. Any further inquiries should be directed to the United States Attorney’s Office.” .@TuckerCarlson: Nobody embodies corruption more than Andrew #McCabe https://t.co/RaQGVPAmhF — Sara A. Carter (@SaraCarterDC) September 13, 2019 This article was written by the staff of TheConservativeOpinion.com For more breaking political news click here.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3640
__label__wiki	0.674964	0.674964	Small towns. Big hearts. Forever love. Tinsley Sellers Independent Author · Avid Reader · Pragmatic Romantic Excerpts and Previews Healing Heather: Beckley’s Daughters, Book 1 Accepting Aerin: Beckley’s Daughters, Book 2 Knowing Nichelle: Beckley’s Daughters, Book 3 Justifying Jess: Beckley’s Daughters, Book 4 Advance Review About Tinsley Free Excerpts and Sneak Previews Click on the cover below to begin reading a free excerpt from Healing Heather, and enter the small-town world of Beckley Michigan. The roads are long and winding, the lakes are cool and blue, and the forests are green and shaded. The people are warm, friendly, smart, funny–and very, very real. I know you'll love them as much as I do. The first chapter of Accepting Aerin, the second book of the Beckley's Daughters series is also available now. Pre-orders for Book 3, Knowing Nichelle, launch soon! 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__label__wiki	0.783594	0.783594	TNSTC – Tirunelveli is the public transport bus operator mainly in the districts of Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi, Kanyakumari. TNSTC – Tirunelveli was formed with merger of erstwhile KTC Kattabomman Transport Corporation and NTC Nesamony Transport Corporation. Kattabomman Transport corporation ( KTC ) currently TNSTC Tirunelveli was incorporated on 01.01.1974 after taking over 106 buses operated in this districts from Pandian Roadways Corporation ( PRC ) came in to existence with Nagarcoil as its Head Quarters. Later in 1983 buses served in Kanyakumari district was taken and formed Nesamony Transport Corporation ( NTC ). After formation of NTC, KTC HQ was transferred from Nagercoil to Tirunelveli. In 1997 when Tamilnadu government decided to change the name of every corporation to TNSTC. KTC became TNSTC – Madurai Region II and NTC to TNSTC – Madurai Region III and new coding for buses started for KTC it started with R and next letter A, B denoted each depot, and for NTC it is same with S. slowly these codings were went off. To bring efficient administration and services TNSTC Tirunelveli was formed with HQ at Tirunelveli came into picture on October 23 2010, taking buses from operational area of Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi, Kanyakumari additionaly took Sencottah Depot from Virudhunagar Region with Regional offices at Tirunelveli and Nagercoil. on June 20 2013, a new regional office at Thoothukudi opened for better operations. Registration Nos: TN – 72, TN – 74. Presently TNSTC – Tirunelveli operates city buses in three important cities ( Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi, Nagercoil ) of Tamilnadu. It also operates long distance services from Kaliyakavilai, Mathandam, Kanyakumari, Nagercoil, Sencottah, Tenkasi, Tirunelveli, Thiruchendur, Thoothukudi to Tiruppur, Coimbatore, Salem, Trichy, Velankanni areas. It has the pride of operating a long run mofussil 3×2 seater from Kuzhithurai 1 Depot on Kaliykavilai – Velankanni 519 Kms within TamilNadu. Head Office : Tirunelveli. Tirunelveli region has its body building unit at Samathanpuram, Palayamkottai. Nagercoil region’s Body building unit is located at Ranithootam, Nagercoil. Tirunelveli : Tamarabarani, Bypass, K.T.C. Nagar, Valliyoor, Thisayanvilai, Papanasam, Tenkasi, Sencottah, Puliyankudi, Sankarankovil, Cheranmahadevi. Nagercoil: Ranithootam-1, Ranithootam-2, Ranithootam-3, Chettikulam, Kanyakumari, Vivekananthapuram, Thingal Nagar, Culachel, Tiruvattar, Marthandam, Kuzhithurai-1, Kuzhiturai-2. Thoothukudi: Thoothukudi City, Thoothukudi Mofussil, Thiruchendur, Srivaikundam, Kovilpatti, Vilathikulam. Moffussil: Normal, SFS Super Fast Service, TSS Time Saving Service, EEE END TO END Express, 1 to 1, BPR Bypass Rider, Hill Rider(9M Chasis). TNSTC – Tirunelveli operates hill riders to Manjolai, Kothayar, Kutharivetti. Kutharivetti has a special this bus is the one and only in asia to climb a height of 2200 feet from sea level. A public Transport bus taking passenger at a greater height, total 85 Kms takes 04:30 hrs to reah the place. TN-72N-0959 of Papanasam Depot Route 133 Tirunelveli – Kuthiravetti via Ambai, Kalidai, Manimutharu, Manjoli, Oothu. EEE END TO END Express EEE operated between Tirunelveli to Nagercoil and Tirunelveli to Thoothukudi in between they are NonStop. TN-74N-1611 of Ranithootam 1 Depot Route EEE Nagercoil – Tirunelveli. TN-72N-1796 of Tenkasi Depot Route 1 to 1 Non Stop Tenkasi – Tirunelveli. BPR Bypass Rider TN-72N-1897 BPR of Thiruchendur Depot Route Thiruchendur – Coimbatore. 368 thoughts on “TNSTC – Tirunelveli” Manoharan on November 3, 2014 at 4:14 PM said: I was looking for a setc or tnstc bus from Madurai to Sathankulam but did not get one bus operating from Madurai senthil on November 15, 2014 at 8:00 AM said: no straight buses from mdu. u hav to reach tvl from mdu and from there there are many buses operating to sathankulam jeyachandrakannan on November 29, 2014 at 4:15 PM said: hi., at what time tiruchendur bus start from bangalore? tn70b on December 24, 2014 at 8:00 PM said: Sivaraman on February 24, 2019 at 4:17 PM said: Timings of 1 to 1 buses from Tirunelveli to Madurai. Thanks. NAGARAJAN on December 7, 2014 at 10:16 PM said: IS THERE BUS FROM TIRUCHIRAPALLI to TIRUCHENDUR? Timings please. Arun on December 8, 2014 at 12:37 PM said: Mor 09:30, 10:00, Afternoon 03:15, Night 09:30 or you can board any SETC which is coming from Chennai – Thiruchendur after 11P.M. Reshma Ramakrishnan on December 18, 2014 at 12:38 PM said: I need a sect or tnsct bus from thirunelveli to nagercoil after 2pm.is there any bus? Arun on December 18, 2014 at 12:49 PM said: There are plenty of Buses from Tirunelveli you can board a END TO END Express EEE which plies NONStop between Destinations every 15 minutes there is a EEE. ponmani selvan on December 22, 2014 at 3:52 PM said: Hai, Can you please list the timings of hill riders from and to tirunelveli new bus stand? I would like to travel to Manjolai and Kuthiraivetti and return within a day. So, please ‘the complete list of timings’!! Thanks:-) Arunkumar on July 10, 2018 at 4:29 PM said: Is there is bus from tenkasi to Tirunelveli in morning 4 am njerald on December 23, 2014 at 3:43 PM said: refused to stop the bus & not paid the balance Today I travelled in route number 5B Nagercoil bus around 2.15 PM from Vellmodi to Ranithottam. In that particular bus I had taken ticket to Ranithottam by giving Rs.10/-. the conductor refused to give the balance Rs.3. the ticket number 075073. Then the bus was not stopped at Ranithottam without caring the shout of the passangers the driver stopped the bus at Mathias Nager(near Collectorate). please take necessary action The list of hill riders pls… Arun on December 25, 2014 at 8:38 AM said: TN-72N-0956,0957,0959 from Papanasam Depot are the three hill rider buses serving to Kuthiraivetti and Kothayar via Manimutharu, Manjolai. this buses will be in rotation. The first bus to Kuthiraivetti is 02:45A.M. from Tirunelveli. ponmani selvan on December 26, 2014 at 8:03 AM said: moorthy on December 27, 2014 at 8:38 PM said: is there any bus from ambasamudram to kuthiravetty after 8 am… / mathankumar on December 28, 2014 at 8:37 AM said: when will takeup to srivilliputhur bus from theni Thulasinathan on January 3, 2015 at 4:55 AM said: Hi, i am from vellore. I would like to visit Thirparappu Falls. I will reach Kuzhithurai Railway station at 1045hrs thru Kanyakumari express. Please kinly guide me to reach Thirparappu falls from Kuzhithurai Railway station. Thanks Arun on January 4, 2015 at 5:23 PM said: From Kuzhiturai Railway station you can reach Marthandam Busstand by 10 mins walk from Marthandam you can take 89 to Kulasekaram., from Kulasekaram junction you can get 13F bus or minivan to Thirparappu it is the easiest way or you have to wait for direct buses either to Kaliyal or Kadayloomoodu from Marthandam it will pass through falls. Thulasinathan on January 4, 2015 at 8:16 PM said: Thank you sir. I was thinking the same way. But i was not aware of the bus routes such as 89 and 13F. Thanks for the details given. kumar on January 6, 2015 at 5:06 PM said: Can anyone provide info related to bus timing from Tirunelveli to TIruchendur There are frequent buses to Thiruchendur every 10 minutes kumar on January 7, 2015 at 2:53 AM said: Thanks for the reply, do you know if the bus stops at Tirunelveli railway station. We arrive at Tirunelveli railway station at 5 am, and want to know if there will be a bus available during that time. Else, we have to rely on cabs Arun on January 7, 2015 at 10:45 AM said: From Tirunelveli Railway Station exit straight road you can reach Tirunelveli Junction City Busstand in 5mins walk from city Busstand you can get Bus no 1 & 2 to Tirunelveli New Busstand from there you can board a bus to Thiruchendur freq every 10 mins. Parameswaran K on February 10, 2015 at 11:19 AM said: Can you let me have bus services timings to & from Sundarapandiapuran to Tenkasi & tirunelveli ? Arun on February 10, 2015 at 10:13 PM said: Sorry we dont have correct timings as of now. Vinoth Peter on February 10, 2015 at 10:45 PM said: hi. i will come to madurai soon. i wanna go from madurai airport to nellai bus stand. so, please tell the bus routes and fares . please help this Arun on February 11, 2015 at 11:34 AM said: There is no proper bus from Airport, you can get a taxi from Airport to Ringroad Jn., Board a TNSTC Tirunelveli Bypass Rider Buses fare is RS 105/- Siva Kumar on August 12, 2016 at 6:10 PM said: Hello,The Bus charge of Tiruchendur to is ₹10. Also, to Sivanthi Aditanar College of engineering and to Tiruchendur old bus stand, it’s charge is also ₹10. Please note this, and make a lower charge. Yuvesh Kumar s on September 29, 2017 at 7:09 AM said: I want to know is the bus timings from Tiruchendur to Kanyakumari and Tiruchendur to Rameswaram. Direct buses r available are need to switch over pls. Reply. sekar on February 13, 2015 at 3:34 PM said: Can anyone please provide info related to bus timing from kanyakumari to Tiruchendur Arun on February 21, 2015 at 7:57 PM said: There are very few buses from Kanyakumari to Thiruchendur., from Kanyakumari you have to get bus to Anjugramam., from anjugramam you can get bus to Thiruchendur. pp on February 16, 2015 at 2:35 PM said: Is there any bus from kottarakara to tirunelveli or from kollam to tirunelveli. Please give the timings also. there are buses from Kottarakara to Tirunelveli which comes from Ernakulam and Kollam., Sivakumar on February 28, 2015 at 6:46 PM said: any buses from Tirunelveli to Tirupati Arun on March 1, 2015 at 8:52 AM said: From Nellai there is direct buses at 3 PM and 6:30 PM this buses take straight route. V Sreenivasa Perumal on March 13, 2015 at 3:09 PM said: Dear sir, when I visited in my native place at Thirunelveli dist near the village kodiyan kulam , the bus which I travelled horrible condition like seats torn off , broken roofs, noisy engine and total the bus was rattling contention and not fit for travel. i even tried to contact customer grievances phone no mentioned in the bus but it was of no use as no one responded to that call. I even checked with driver and conductor and was shocked to hear that this phone does not work and no one answers it. It is kept for name sake and they shared this information with utmost grief. Hence as a Citizen it is my duty to keep you informed about this anomoly and would request your immediate interention in this matter to set right the things in order so that passengers do not face this hardship in future. It is pathetic that if this situation continues it will severely impact senior citizens and pregnant ladies and even result in loss of their lives. It is shameful to have a telephone number which does not at all function and no one is seated to answer the calls. This is clear case of fooling the passengers and it a loss for our country and Hence, on behalf of passengers request you to set right things on war footing. VSPerumal. Mumbai. Arun on March 13, 2015 at 10:09 PM said: Mr.VS perumal this is not a compliant site of TNSTC., this is run by group of people who loves TNSTC., there are many silent watchers from Administration and they will read your compliants., we will also raise this issue to the concern authorities. Thulasinathan on March 13, 2015 at 10:31 PM said: Dear Perumal, you may mention the bus registration number in your blog, so that any relevant person sees this blog can easily identify that bus. Also mention the useless phone number also then others may also aware of it. Your blog seems most general. And nobody could identify it. But you can appreciate our TNSTC buses for the tickets fares are very cheaper than mumbai’s BEST buses. Isn’t it? Nowhere in India you can find so cheaper fare on a public transport!! We Love TNSTC. Chakaravarthy on March 13, 2015 at 10:54 PM said: Is thr any bus from Nagercoil to Tiruchendur?If yes please provide the timings There are frequent Buses in every 20 mins to Thiruchendur board Bus no 576 it will take Valliyoor, Thisayanvilai, Sathankulam route. How much tym it ll take to reach tiruchendur? 2.5Hrs to 3 Hrs Thank u very much vishnu on March 17, 2015 at 7:14 PM said: sir our route bus no;FP350 thriparappu aruvi-kanyakumari bus was not regular and not at time . V K Rajan on March 25, 2015 at 5:47 PM said: Kindly let me know the SFS or End to End bus timings from tirunelveli to rajapalayam. Also intimate the bus timings from tirunelveli to theni. thanq. Arun on March 25, 2015 at 7:52 PM said: There is no END to END in Rajapalyam Route there are frequent buses in Tirunelveli – Rajapalayam route in every 10m. Dont wait for Theni Bus at Nellai they are only at peak hours you can change over bus at Rajapalayam. Saravanan on March 27, 2015 at 12:42 PM said: Kindly let me know whether any bus available at morning 4.30 A.m from Tirunelveli to Tiruchendur. what is the frequency of bus services from Tirunelveli to Tiruchendur There are frequent buses in Thiruchendur Route for every ten minutes board a SFS it will go fast and skip some towns in between. p.paramasivam on April 2, 2015 at 5:10 PM said: sir/madem, poondhamalli to tirunelveli route and timings, bus number please Arun on April 2, 2015 at 9:29 PM said: SETC is there from CMBT – Tirunelveli Route No 180UD there are frequent buses other than that there are buses to Nagercoil, Marthandam, kanyakumari which passes through Tirunelveli. T. Mannaraja, Senior Inspector. on April 22, 2015 at 11:36 AM said: give me New MD name and address with qualification Sir this is not official website, this site is run by team of people who loves TNSTC, this is like a public service to the people by providings timings and other details on our observations. J W Diaz on April 27, 2015 at 3:13 PM said: sir, please give the bus timings from tirunelveli to kodaikanal Arun on May 5, 2015 at 12:28 PM said: Morning 07:30 Syed on April 28, 2015 at 9:04 PM said: I am planning to travel to tirunelveli from chennai. Are these ultra delux buses are good. I have red somewhere that there are bed bugs and we cannot sleep at all. (THose reviews were old though) How about the AC bus? Are they new and good for travel. I have never travelled in TNSTC. Please advice There are buses running in good conditions now A/C buses are very low in numbers and they will be full always. shakthi on May 2, 2015 at 4:40 PM said: is there any buses from tirunelveli to trivandrum ? There is no direct bus from Tirunelveli, you have to take the long run buses from Trichy and chennai are available, you can take a END to END bus from Tirunelveli to Nagercoil from there are plenty of buses to Trivandrum every 5 mins r. shankar on May 6, 2015 at 4:50 PM said: Reaching Tirunelveli Jn early morning 5 am. How to reach Alwarkurichi. From which bus stand to take bus Arun on May 7, 2015 at 9:00 AM said: from Tirunelveli Jn few mtrs walk you can reach Tirunelveli Jn Busstand from there you can take 129 Kadayam bus get down at Potal Pudhur it will take a 45mins to 1 hr journey after reaching potalpudhur, you can take any papanasam bus ask for alwarkurichi, Alwarkurichi is next stop to Potalpudhur. Prasanna R on May 11, 2015 at 5:52 PM said: Any buses from nagercoil to Theni and Theni to munnar? I need to travel Nagercoil to munnar. Arun on May 11, 2015 at 7:49 PM said: There are very few bus service from Nagercoil to Theni which starts at Mor and eve timings, better you can switch over from Nagercoil – Tirunelveli, Tirunelveli – Rajapalayam, Rajapalayam – Theni, Theni – Munnar. this is one route and other Nagercoil – Madurai (Arapalayam), Madurai (Arapalayam) – Theni, Theni – Munnar Raja on May 14, 2015 at 10:43 AM said: I will be reaching Tirunelveli JN at about 19:00 hrs on a Saturday. Are there any buses from Tirunelvel JN bus stand to Kallidaikurichi OR do I have to go to new bus stand. Please also let me know whether the buses will be crowded during that time. Nice blog. You have to reach new busstand to take kallidakurichi buses will be crowd only during that time but you got buses every 5 minutes 501 papanasam LSS will be there A.RAJESHKANNAN on May 16, 2015 at 12:13 PM said: There is no more buses for tuticorin in night time from tirunelveli, and upload tirunelveli to tuticorin bus timings also Arun on May 16, 2015 at 11:13 PM said: This site does not belongs to TNSTC. we are working on it soon it will be uploaded. Kuzhali on December 1, 2015 at 8:34 PM said: Between evening 7.00 pm – 7.30 pm timing there were 3 point to point (EEE) buses starts one after another from Tirunelveli new bus stand to Tuticorin. And by 7.30 pm route number 150 starts from Tirunelveli to Tuticorin. I am not sure of other timings. If someone knows the timing please share it. Thanks. MithraKarthik on May 20, 2015 at 7:43 PM said: Can I know the bus route from kovilpatti to kanyakumari. And also the timings. From kovilpatti new bus stand, there are good number of buses available to Nagercoil/Kanyakumari. If not, take a bus to Tirunelveli. And from there you can take a bus to Nagercoil or Kanyakumari. Shiva on May 26, 2015 at 6:45 PM said: Do buses ply from Tirunelveli to Madurai?, I am looking for an early morning bus. There are plenty of buses running 24X7 in this route. Take any Bye pass rider to reach Madurai from Tirunelveli. great.. thanks for the reply 🙂 vishnu on May 29, 2015 at 1:32 PM said: I need to go to tichendur temple from nagercoil.is buses are available from nagercoil to trichendur There are frequent buses from Nagercoil to Thiruchendur every 20 minutes once, you can take route no 576 to Thiruchendur via Valliyoor Soma on May 31, 2015 at 4:03 PM said: Is there direct bus from Tirunelveli to Sivaganga Arun on June 1, 2015 at 10:19 PM said: there is no direct bus to sivagangai from Tirunelveli you can change bus at Madurai. Tirunelveli – Madurai Madurai – Sivagangai. Priyanka on June 5, 2015 at 8:22 PM said: Is there any buses from thirunelveli to rettai tirupathi???? Can I know the bus timings in the morning from 7 to 12???? There is no direct bus to Rettai Thirupathi, the frequency of bus is very low. from Tirunelveli you have to get a bus to srivaikundam. from Srivaikundam another bus to eral. probably city bus will drop you a km before temple in main road. Prasana on June 6, 2015 at 10:30 PM said: May I know the direct bus timings from tirunelveli to kanya Kumari. Arun on June 7, 2015 at 3:31 PM said: If you want to see sunrise sunset there is no buses to reach at time netter you can take a EEE END to END Express to Nagercoil and then to Kanyakumari. sundar on June 11, 2015 at 11:58 AM said: Hi i want to go tisayanvilai vv engg college mrg 7 am what the first bus time at tirunelveli to tisayanvilai. vv engg college have stop present are tisayanvilai to come to the college Vinoth Peter on June 13, 2015 at 7:07 PM said: hi tnstc blog. Tirunelveli to thisayanvillai – last bus on night times. it will be helpul.. sundar on June 14, 2015 at 8:54 PM said: Please tell the bus timing at morning time Striker on June 17, 2015 at 11:01 AM said: What are the bus timings for buses between tirunelveli and trivandrum after 1700 hrs its will be helpful Tirunelveli to Trivandrum direct buses are less. Catch a End to End service from Tirunelveli to Nagercoil and from Nagercoil there are plenty buses running to Trivandrum. jayabaskar on June 24, 2015 at 10:04 AM said: i would like to know the bus timing from tirunelveli to dindigul in early morning jayabaskar on June 24, 2015 at 12:21 PM said: can anyone please reply to my earlier request regarding bus timing from tirunelveli to dindigul There are comparatively less direct services available in Dindigul-Tirunelveli route. Instead take a bus to Madurai from Dindigul. Generally Madurai to Dindigul buses stops at Arapalayam BS. From there catch the city bus 77B to reach Mattuthavani. From MIBT, you have plenty of buses running 24X7 to Tirunelveli. Take any BPR. karthick on June 28, 2015 at 6:57 PM said: What is timing of last bus from kovilpatti to tuticorin Arun on June 29, 2015 at 9:11 PM said: 09:45 PM is the last bus ramarathnam R on July 9, 2015 at 3:26 PM said: We got into the Bus AT TIRUNELLVELI NEW BUS STAND Tirunelveli to Teni TNST bus at 1400 hrs on 07/07/2015 and bought tickets to Srivilliputtur and Paid rs 195 (3*65 ) when the Bus nearing srivilliputtur the conductor asked our TICKETS FOR SOME SERIAL NO REFERENCE i gave all the three ( 3 ) tickets and when i asked the conductor to return my tickets he gave me Rs 7 tickets 3 I was continuously asking to return my original tickets of value Rs 195 he forcefully dropped us at the outskirts of srivilliputur he would have RESOLD THE TICKETS TO SOME OTHER PASSENGERS We saw the no of the Bus TN2201 and the conductor was having big Messi when the bus was plying with thin crowd such Acts of these types of conductor will end the Transport to Heavy Loss only Sreekanth on July 16, 2015 at 9:33 PM said: I need bus timings from tiruchendur to kanyakumari Arun on July 20, 2015 at 11:43 AM said: We have only limited no of buses from Thiruchendur to Kanyakumari better take route no 570 to Nagercoil via Uvari, Anjugramam. get down at Anjugramam and take a bus to Kanyakumari. dharma on July 21, 2015 at 11:45 AM said: is there any bus service from Kanyakumari to Rameswaram. If yes, timings and what are the days. Thank you Arun on July 21, 2015 at 6:03 PM said: Yes there are buses from Kanyakumari. Mor 04:00, 06:15 and 07:30 (Ultra Deluxe 2×2 Pushback) Night : 18:40, 19:00 (Ultra Deluxe 2×2 Pushback) Dharma Vya on July 27, 2015 at 12:09 PM said: Hi Thank you for your reply. May I know Ultra Deluxe 7.30am is Ac Bus? Number of seats, duration of the journey and is the compartment for luggage. The “pushback”, is it reclining seat? How shall I do the booking? Thank you once again There is no AC service in this route the seats are reclining only you can book through http://www.tnstc.in karthik on July 23, 2015 at 7:46 PM said: Could you tell me which place in tirunelveli should I board bypassrider to Madurai? Is there a bpr at 6AM yes there is BPR every 15 mins once, you can board at New Bus stand, Vannarpettai North Bus stop. Thanks Arun, we got the bus at 5:45 AM and reached Madurai Bus terminus at 8:45 amuthan on August 4, 2015 at 7:38 AM said: i am every day travel to tuticorin to TIRUNELLVELI ,how to apply reglur pass ple Arun on August 4, 2015 at 5:58 PM said: You can check with officials in Thoothukudi Old BS. close to exit there is time keeper office you can enquire about the pass. @amuthan If you have the Tirunelveli-Tuticorin & Tuticorin-Tirunelveli Route number 150 bus timings Please share it. & When is this last bus from Tirunelveli?. After evening these 150 buses seems to be rare to me in my occasional trips to Tirunelveli. Thanks nizar on August 6, 2015 at 11:50 AM said: Is there any direct bus from tirunveli to karaikudi Mor 05:30 AM Direct bus to Devakottai will take madurai Karaikudi route Anbu on August 6, 2015 at 4:29 PM said: Kindly provide me the details of All the Bus timings from Thirunelveli to Kuthiraivetti and Manjolai. Venkatesh K on August 16, 2015 at 10:10 PM said: I have to start from Kutralam / Thenkasi and I have to catch Guruvayur Express at Tirunelveli (Starting at 7.45 AM). What time should I start from Thenkasi? What is the travel time? What is the Frequency of buses? Please suggest route / BPR etc, I will be starting on Sunday Morning. Arun on August 17, 2015 at 9:57 AM said: You should start at 5 Am the running time will be 02:00 hrs from Kutralam to Tirunelveli Jn. from Junction Bus stand Railway station is 200m walkable distance. Thanks Arun! Buses are available at 5 AM? Arun on August 17, 2015 at 4:08 PM said: Yes buses are available Venkatesh on August 17, 2015 at 11:57 PM said: Thanks Arun! irfan on August 20, 2015 at 3:05 PM said: There was any bus between nagercoil -arupukottai Arun on August 20, 2015 at 10:00 PM said: yes there are buses from Nagercoil it is at specified time we don’t have it right now., if you want to reach faster take EEE Nagercoil – Tirunelveli, Tirunelveli – Kovilpatti SFS and Kovilpatti – Aruppukottai. Allwin T Xavier on August 21, 2015 at 1:28 AM said: I have an exam at psncet,melathediyoor near tirunelveli on 28th august.how i reach there……….. #Look at the above comment# I am coming from trivandrum……… you can take papanasam buses from Tirunelveli new busstand to PSN, you have to get down at Prancheri bus stop to reach college. from Bus stop you can take a auto to reach college. Thulasinathan on August 24, 2015 at 8:14 PM said: இந்த பஸ்சில் பயணித்து உயிர் பிழைத்த ஸ்ரீவைகுண்டத்தை சேர்ந்த பஸ் பயணி கோபாலகிருஷ்ணன் கூறியதாவது, அரசு பஸ்களில் பெரும்பாலான பஸ்கள் டப்பா பஸ்களாகவே இருக்கிறது. சரியான பராமரிப்பு இல்லாத ஓட்டை, உடைசல் பஸ்களை இயக்க டிரைவர், கண்டக்டர்கள் மறுத்தாலும் அதிகாரிகள் அவர்களை கட்டயாப்படுத்தி இயக்க செய்கின்றனர். Sir, Do you have old photo of TN 72 N1222 நேற்று நடந்த விபத்தில் அரசு பஸ்சை ஓட்டிய டிரைவர் கடந்த சில மாதங்களுக்கு முன்பு ஓட்டிச்சென்ற இதுமாதிரியான முறையான பராமரிப்பில்லாத அரசு பஸ்சின் ஆக்சில் திடீரென்று உடைந்து விபத்துக்குள்ளாகியுள்ளது. இந்த விபத்தில் மாணவர் ஒருவர் பரிதாபமாக பலியாகியுள்ளார் Is it true?? Why they blame the TNSTC unnecessary? Anbu on August 25, 2015 at 8:52 AM said: Please provide me the details of All the Bus timings from Thirunelveli to Kuthiraivetti and Manjolai. 4:00 , 1:30pm and 3:00pm timings may differ a little as the bus travels on ghat section and it has to return down. Radhakrishnan on September 11, 2015 at 10:16 AM said: ticket fare reduced from chennai to kovilpatti………… Ramesh on September 11, 2015 at 3:27 PM said: Can you help me for suggesting bus timings from Tiruchendur to Kanyakumari around 2.30 PM on 02nd Oct 2015. Also how much time take to go Kanyakumari from Tiruchendur. Arun on September 11, 2015 at 11:02 PM said: Tiruchendur – kanyakumari takes 3 hrs there are very less direct service you can board 570 Nagercoil Bus and a change over at Anjugramam will be easy., for anjugramam there are townies to Kanyakumari. Thanks for your reply, There is frequent buses for Nagercoil, Please update I am really appreciate to you for your reply to all needs about buses. Good job go ahead. gokul on September 23, 2015 at 4:28 PM said: any direct bus from coimbatore to tiruchendur coimbatore to tiruchendur bus timings SETC operates to UDs at 7:15 PM and 10:00 PM. Apart from there are ordinary buses available to Tiruchendur from Singanallur BS. You can also take a direct Tuticorin bus and from there you can catch a tiruchendur bus. SETC operates Coimbatore to Tuticorin at 9:30 PM and there are regular buses from Singanallur BS to Tuticorin. nameen shaik on September 25, 2015 at 11:08 AM said: Tirunelveli to madurai bus timings in night There are frequent buses in night between Tirunelveli and Madurai How to i reach madurai airport from tirunelveli? dinesh on October 6, 2015 at 12:46 PM said: if I catch SETC tuticorin to ernakulam bus at 7pm in tuticorin . when will I reach ernakulam in the nxt day morning. pls give me the appox arrival ernakulam time and total duration of this journey . Arun on October 6, 2015 at 10:23 PM said: Yes it will reach in mor close to 5 am as it runs on hill ghat section we cant predict right timings tarun on October 10, 2015 at 3:47 PM said: the worst website i had seen so far…. Arun on October 12, 2015 at 8:41 AM said: MR.Tarun could you say in what way the website is worst, we can improve our site as per. Ponmani Selvan on October 12, 2015 at 7:09 PM said: Just out of curiosity Mr.Arun, Do u work in tnstc?? U reply to each and every question posted and it is just unbelievable that someone would do that.. I could see some stupid questions up there and people criticizing you for no good reason.. Don’t get me wrong, I think it’s great.. As I already said, just curious.. 🙂 Thanks for your appreciation Sir, No Iam not an TNSTC employee it just pure observation on buses specially TNSTC is a vast network, It attracted me a lot., so its going on and this credits goes to my team also. rangafella on October 16, 2015 at 1:55 PM said: First of all my appreciation to the whole team for this wonderful work. I am also a big fan of the TNSTC and use it regularly. I prefer it to the private agencies. My question is regarding the schedule of buses from Tirunelveli to Kanyakumari. How much time will it take? What is frequency after 6 pm? Arun on October 16, 2015 at 7:26 PM said: Thanks for your appreciation only one bus run in direct route to Kanyakumari via Anjugramam others takes Nagercoil route around 06:30 there is a straight bus. if you take nagercoil route it will take 2hrs15 min kannan on October 23, 2015 at 5:24 PM said: hello sir!! timings for nagercoil to Sivakasi Sorry for the inconvenience we don’t have updated timings with us as of now, if you are single Tirunelveli – Kovilpatti old Bs and Kovilpatti – Sivakasi switch over will make your journey easy. rajakumar on October 25, 2015 at 11:48 AM said: i want to go tirunleveli today 4pm can u let me know bus timimg destination and i want catch 6 30 pm tirunelveli bangalore bus kindly help me From where you want to reach Tirunelveli without knowing that how can we reply your query Anand on October 26, 2015 at 10:20 AM said: Sir i am leaving tirunelveli at 8 pm and i want to reach kanyamumari at 5 am in morning, Please suggest rangafella on October 26, 2015 at 10:22 AM said: Which is the best way to reach Tiruchendur from kovlipatti, train or bus? How much time will it take by each mode? Can you also please let me know abt the frequency and timings. Thanks! Arun on October 26, 2015 at 11:08 AM said: Trains are not at right time but we have enough buses Kovilpatti to Thiruchendur via Thoothukudi is shortest. Kovilpatti – Thoothukudi 1hr 30mins Thoothukudi – Tiruchendur 1.15 hrs from Thoothukudi old busstand you can board bus to Thiruchendur. there are frequent buses every 5mins once a bus. Sir i am leaving tirunelveli at 8 pm and i have to reach kanyakumari at 5 am in morning. Please suggest You can easily reach Kanyakumari from Tirunelveli it is 2.5 hrs travel Tirunelveli – Nagercoil 1.5 hrs and Nagercoil – Kanyakumari 1 hr. Anand on October 26, 2015 at 1:42 PM said: Sir Are buses available at night after 9 pm from tirunelveli to kanyakumari There is no direct bus to Kanyakumari. you have Nagercoil buses round the clock from Tirunelveli. you can go to kanyakumari easily from Nagercoil. or wait in Tirunelveli you will get SETC to Kanyakumari which comes from Chennai. Thank you very much sir,the information was of great help Sathesh S on October 27, 2015 at 4:47 PM said: Hi, I’m planning to visit Thirpparapu Falls, Mathur Bridge,Padmanabhapuram Palace and Muttom Beach. Pls guide me to reach all these places by BUS(Bus No and Stop name). I will reach Kulithurai Railway Station by 11AM. Thansk in Advance. Rajasekar on October 27, 2015 at 8:54 PM said: Please send tirunelveli outstation route bus timings and coimbatore bus stand bus timings outstation city Her is the timings of Tirunelveli https://tnstc.wordpress.com/2015/10/22/tnstc-express-timings-from-tirunelveli-new-busstand/ For Coimbatore Timings have been Changed it will be updated soon. Sathesh S on November 2, 2015 at 1:17 PM said: rangafella on November 2, 2015 at 2:07 PM said: Take an auto to Marthandam bus stand from Kulithurai station (~2km). From there you ll get buses to thiruparapu falls. Mathur bridge is close to this falls. To go to Padmanabapuram palace, you ll have to take a bus to Thuckalay from Marthandam. From Thuckalay the palace is around 1.5 km. You can either walk or take a local bus. Sathesh on November 5, 2015 at 11:29 PM said: Thanks rangafella… RATHINAKUMAR on December 1, 2015 at 4:27 PM said: I REQUEST YOU TO KNOW ABOUT TIMINGS OF KOVILPATTI TO RAMESHWARAM BUS kathirvelu on December 5, 2015 at 5:36 AM said: I want to know the bus timing from karur to tirunelveli at 4AM and after 9.PM… Muniaraj on December 7, 2015 at 6:21 AM said: Last bus timings of nagercoil to kaniyakumari. In this bus full nit available Arun on December 7, 2015 at 3:00 PM said: Buses are available ful night in night buses will be available every half an hour once and buses from madurai will also passes nagercoil to Kanyakumari. RAJAVEL on December 20, 2015 at 12:28 PM said: TNSTC Tirunelveli buses complaint mobile nos. mentioned in the buses. But based on my experience the mobile no. are totally waste, Pl. don’t use the complaint number. Prem Joshua on December 26, 2015 at 11:24 PM said: Prem on 26 Dec Hats off to drivers who take just 1 hour and 10 minuites from NGL to Tnvely and the patient conductors with smiling face to give changes.Keep it up Thanks to the conductors and drivers who take us sae to detination with smiling face in the midst of difficulties.(Ene to End-NGL – TNVLY) Ramesh Natarajan on January 2, 2016 at 4:20 PM said: I will reach to nagercoil by 11th jan 2016 at 8:30 pm and I want to go to thiruchendur from nagergoil.how many buses available from nagergoil to thiruchendur after 8:30 pm. After 08:30 P.M. there is no bus to Thiruchendur. You can switch over at Tirunelveli. take an EEE END to END Express from Nagercoil to Tirunelveli it will reach in 1 hr 15 minutes to Tirunelveli from Tirunelveli you have buses to Thiruchendur every half an hr once till 12:30 night and 1 hr once till 4 A.M. Valsaraj on January 2, 2016 at 7:31 PM said: What is the starting bus 🚌 time for madurai from tirunelveli. I need to go by 4am.. you have buses round the clock from Tirunelveli you can get frequent buses at 4 A.M. journey time 3 Hrs board TNSTC Tirunelveli Bypass Rider bus it will reach Mattuthavani. N J Krishnan on January 3, 2016 at 9:59 AM said: I am looking for buses to Papanasam Tirunelveli dt from Tirnelveli. what are the timings please? N J Krishnan on January 3, 2016 at 10:01 AM said: Looking for buses to papanasam from Tirunelveli in the morning. Wha are the bus timings please? Arun on January 3, 2016 at 12:20 PM said: You have frequent buses in morning time take 501 LSS Tirunelveli – Papanasam which will have less stoppings and direct route it will take 1hr 30 mins to reach. C.K.Rajasingh on January 4, 2016 at 5:35 PM said: Is there a direct bus from Tirunelveli to Cuddalore? If yes at what time? There are two buses from SETC 1. 531 UD Nagercoil – Cuddalore 06:30 P.M. 2. 686 UD Trivandrum – Pondicherry 06;45 P.M. Bala on January 14, 2016 at 7:22 AM said: Is there a bus at 1am from tirunelveli to tenkasi in 16.01.16 Sam on January 14, 2016 at 3:00 PM said: is there any bus from nagercoil to upper kothayar! If yes plz provide bus time, jrny hrs, fare, etc. gyanbhat on February 10, 2016 at 9:40 PM said: Are there any Volvo or comfortable buses from Madurai to Nagercoil during day time ? No Volvo from Madurai to Nagercoil Bhuvana Shankar N on February 16, 2016 at 6:14 AM said: Please give me the thiruchendur to velankanni bus timings. In both ECR via & Madurai via… Please give me the bus timings from thiruchendur to velankanni… In both ECR & Byepass operations Thiruchendur : ECR : 04:30, 06:15, 17:30, 18:30. Bypass Madurai : 07:15, 18:15 Sarath kumar on February 25, 2016 at 1:34 PM said: thoothukudi to eral routed bus M52 when bus will come to athimarapatti again p.Kumar on February 29, 2016 at 12:52 PM said: Tnstc Tirunelvelli, When will you introduce Electronic ticket machine subramanian on March 5, 2016 at 5:50 AM said: will be thankful if anybody tell me bus timings from kanyakumari to tiruchendur and fare. Arun on March 5, 2016 at 11:08 AM said: There are very frequent direct bus to Kanyakumari instead of waiting for that you can board 570 to Nagercoil via Uvari, Kudankulam and get down at anjugramam and from there you can reach kanyakumari in 20 minutes. Fare we dont have the right one with us now sorry for your inconvenience. Is there any direct bus between Thoothukudi and Nagercoil after 2PM? Can you please give me the frequency and timings? 2 P.M., 05:30 P.M., 07:00 P.M., 09:30 P.M. all are via Nagercoil if you plan with family make sure you are advance in 15 minutes timings may vary 10 – 15 mins departure on crowd. Praveen on March 15, 2016 at 9:39 AM said: Sir,Whether Thoothukudi to Nagercoil busses start from Thoothukudi New bus stand (or) Thoothukudi Old bus stand and what will be the approximate travelling time between Thoothukudi and Nagercoil?. As I will be visiting Thoothukudi and new to that place I am asking this. End to end travelling time will be 3 hrs bus will depart from Thoothukudi old busstand only in Tirunelveli Bay, there is buses to nagercoil via thiruchendur also don’t board it it will take 4 hrs travel Durai on March 21, 2016 at 6:55 PM said: Sir, I am planning to go to Thevaram from tirunelveli tomorrow please guide me the respective bus roue. From Tirunelveli there are direct buses to Theni. From Theni you can go to Thevaram. If you miss direct bus in Tirunelveli, Tirunelveli – Thirumangalam / Thirumangalam – Usilampatti/ Usilampatti – Theni/ Theni – Thevaram is the route. mariappan on April 11, 2016 at 3:01 PM said: execuse me sir, please consider our route there is no straight buses from chennai and madurai,kovai and tiruchendur,tirunelveli(via nanguneri).around 50,000peoples lived in kalakad town panchayat.some route buses are allotted our peoples used well and enjoy. maria lane on April 18, 2016 at 12:43 PM said: Dear Sir, Can u please give me some old photos of Tuticorinto tirunelveli point to point bus.(Mudalvan exp., Mother Exp., Fighter, Ritam, Garuda. and satiya.) Arun on April 18, 2016 at 10:17 PM said: We are also searching for old photos once we got it we will share in Our blog. Brenda on April 22, 2016 at 6:48 AM said: Bus timing from Tirunelveli to Guruvayur please? ?? prasanth on May 2, 2016 at 12:47 PM said: please ell me about the buses from nagercoil o madurai and its duration There are Frequent buses in Nagercoil Madurai round the clock timings will be 4;30 – 5:00 Hrs running depends on traffic CNP on May 4, 2016 at 2:13 PM said: Hi sir / madam, Have a good day!!! Is there any buses are going to Nagerkovil from Tirunelveli in the midnight?. If it is available, what are all the timing? It may very helpful for those going to Trivandrum airport, in order to catch the early morning flights. there is no bus between Tirunelveli – Nagercoil on night you have to wait for buses that arrives from Madurai it will enter tirunelveli new busstand. jasmine on May 6, 2016 at 9:38 AM said: I am from kavalkinaru, I want to know it there are any buses from kavalkinaru junction to Madurai there are frequent buses to Madurai from Kavalkinaru jn. THIAGARAJAN on May 7, 2016 at 3:59 PM said: Sir, would you please send the bus timings from thiruchendur to sivaksi? sir, would you please give the bus timings for tiruchendur to sivakasi? Sivakasi : 07:15, 07:55, 17:00, 18:10. Srivilliputtur : 12:25, 20:00 arun on June 17, 2016 at 10:05 PM said: Is there any bus to.manjolai from papanasam? next week we planed a trip. If u know those.details. pls help us venkita moorthy k on May 7, 2016 at 9:41 PM said: sir can you tell me whether buses to manchaoli starts from thirunelvely alone..? or is there any bus starting from ambai or kaliida kurichy.to kuthiravetty/oothu/mancholai..if yes bus timings? Arun on May 8, 2016 at 9:53 PM said: from Kallidaikurichi there is bus service from mor 5;00 and 02:30 P.M. bus have to come from Nellai only the bus will be parked after kallidai RS for lunch break in Noon Shahul Hameed J on May 18, 2016 at 4:17 PM said: As We Request, We Need & Want Directly operate Buses from Tenkasi to Erode , Mettupalayam & Karur. We hope & Consider to operate this route. Pls will start this route ASAP. Beniston on May 20, 2016 at 1:03 PM said: From what time buses to tutucorin is available from Tirunelveli bus stand? How long is the journey? for mor 03:45 A.M. buses are available to Tuticorin Journey time 1 hr 15 mins syed on May 20, 2016 at 4:18 PM said: i m syed.how is going chennai international airport to tirunelveli bus stand in nighttime.i need bus route Vaithi on May 27, 2016 at 9:35 AM said: Is there any bus to kodiakanal from Tirunelveli, if so, plz provide me the timings, thankyou Can anyone please provide info related to bus timing from kanyakumari to Tiruchendur ? Arun on May 31, 2016 at 12:23 AM said: From Kanyakumari there is only limited buses Better you can take bus to Anjugramam from there you can get Thiruchendur, Thoothukudi Buses. rangaram devarajan on May 31, 2016 at 9:12 AM said: Or you can take a bus to Nagercoil. From Nagercoil there are a lot of buses to Tiruchendur Mohanraj on June 3, 2016 at 9:47 AM said: Dear Sir, I want to know that bus timings from kanyakumari to tirunelveli (or) anjugramam to tirunelveli ? Except (via) nagercoil? Between morning 8 am to 10 am Plz? Ravi on June 4, 2016 at 9:17 PM said: Sir please tell me do we Have buses from katpadi To arunachalam temple in The night after 9pm and journey time As well Thulasinathan on June 12, 2016 at 6:38 PM said: Hi Ravi, Buses to Arunachalam temple (Thiruvannamalai) is available from Vellore City Bus stand which is 2-3km from Katpadi. Katpadi and Vellore is linked by hundreds of buses and plenty of shared autorickshaws. (Available every 30secs). From vellore to Thiruvannamalai takes about 2:30hr. Usually every 1/2hr can get buses to Thiruvannamalai but after 9pm the frequency will be lesser. However there are bus services between vellore and Thiruvannamalai whole night. Some Buses come from Tirupati travelling thru Katpadi to vellore to Thiruvannamalai at rugular interval. So you dont have to worry about buses from Katpadi to Thiruvannamali there are plenty of buses available. And at festival time like full moon day you will get hundreds of special buses whole night for Girivalam purpose Reagan on June 6, 2016 at 2:33 PM said: How to travel to Thekkady from Tirunelveli?How long does the journey takes? There are frequent buses to Theni from Tirunelveli. from Theni you can go to Thekkady. Reagan on June 6, 2016 at 10:21 PM said: Thanks for the reply Arun.Google says there are buses to kumily too.Hope that will also be a good option.Do you have any idea how long does the Journey takes?We are a NRI family planning for our vacation trip this July. There are only few services to Kumily. Tirunelveli – theni will take 5 hrs from there another 2.5 hrs Just came across this site during a Google search.Really appreciate your dedication and hard work to put up with a lots of info and replies that are real cool.Hats off for your good work.Do continue with the same.will definitely refer to my friends and family this site link. Thanks for your appreciation and support on behalf of Team TNSTC Blog kandhan on June 9, 2016 at 2:12 AM said: here i want to know the nagercoil city bus advertisement authority officer name and contact number This is not an official site of TNSTC it is maintained by group of people. PAVANASAM.N on June 11, 2016 at 8:04 AM said: Please provide the Bus Timings from Kovilpatti to A.Subramaniapuram (Near Sivagnanapurm) Sorry for your inconvenience, This is not a official site of TNSTC and we are collecting timings for kovilpatti soon it will be updated. Wesly titus on June 11, 2016 at 1:10 PM said: Hey guyzz when are the buses from Nagercoil to tenkasi There are buses every half an hr once to Tenkasi from Nagercoil From papanasam how can i reach manimutharu dam and agasthiyar falls. Please give me the bus number and timing. Thank you From papanasam how to reach manimutharu dam and agasthiyar falls. If u know bus number and timing please help me. Thank you How long will it take to reach tiruchendur from tirunelveli bus stand? Type of bus service? There are frequent 123 service with limited stoppages it will take 1hrs 15mins from New Busstand to thiruchendur. sethuraman ram on June 28, 2016 at 9:12 PM said: Is there any direct bus from thiruvanathapuram to courtallam operated by TNSTC/SETC No direct services you have to do split up journey 1. Thiruvanathapuram – Punalur – Sencottah – Coutralam or 2. Thiruvanthapuram – Nagercoil – Tenkasi – Coutralam. K Kumaresan on June 28, 2016 at 10:13 PM said: Is there any direct buses from tiruchendur to kaniyakumari, if so timing, if not what is the best option to travel. There are only few buses to Kanyakumari on night at 12:30A.M., 06:30A.M., 01:00P.M., better you can take abus to Anjugramam, route no 570 will go to anjugramam from there you can take city buses to Kanyakumari. Suriya on July 1, 2016 at 1:48 PM said: Is there direct buses from thiruchendur to rajapalayam.if so please let me know the timings and bus number. Arun on July 1, 2016 at 5:54 PM said: There are few direct buses only on time to reach easily make a change over at Tirunelveli. Thiruchendur – Tirunelveli 123 Express and from Tirunelveli board any Theni bus it will go fast and you can reach quick. porchelvan on July 2, 2016 at 10:47 AM said: Hi! Can u pls give me the timings of buses to Kochi and do they go to vytilla mobility hub? From Tirunelveli.. Tirunelveli to Kochi bus timings There are buses to Ernakulam from Tirunelveli at Mor 08:00, 09:00 Eve 08:00 P.M., 09:00P.M. ashok es on July 4, 2016 at 4:47 PM said: hi i am looking for the buses from tiruchendur to madurai timings and the fare. There are frequent buses to Madurai from Thiruchendur fare must be around 120 + or – 5 . R.Kannan on July 7, 2016 at 6:47 PM said: Hi can you please provide me the bus timing from Tirunelveli to Kodayar / Manjolai, Fred on July 8, 2016 at 7:19 PM said: To goto Dr.Sivanthi aadhithanar engineering college, from nagercoil – tirunelveli – tiruchendur or nagercoil – valliyoor – tiruchendur. Which is better? Arun on July 11, 2016 at 10:57 PM said: Nagercoil – Tirunelveli – Thiruchendur is best option jai on July 14, 2016 at 10:25 AM said: Tirunelveli to trivandrum bus timing, full schedule and duration to plan for airport Amar on July 15, 2016 at 11:07 PM said: Night for Madurai is there any bus’s. After 12.00 night Kindly operate the new buses from ambasamuthiram to maruthamalai (to be reached earlier 5.30 a.m., 8.00 p.m.), Tirunelveli to Mettupalayam (to be reached at 5.30 a.m., 8.00 a.m. and 7.45 p.m. 9.00 p.m.). And also operate the route from Papanasam to Vellingiri -Poondi (Via: Pollachi, Ukkadam, Perur), Papanasam to Mettupalayam (Palladam, Coimbatore Gandhipuram). kavipriya k on July 28, 2016 at 11:38 AM said: Is there any local bus for tiruchendur to kanyakumari. There are very few buses on time only better yoou can take 570 FP from Thiruchendur get down at anjugramam. from Anjugramam there are frequent buses to Kanyakumari. kavipriya k on July 28, 2016 at 2:35 PM said: kindly tell the timing i am from coimbatore . I went to tiruchendur with my family at the same time we would like to visit Kanyakumari kindly tell the bus roots. TIRUCHENDUR TO KANYAKUMARI TWO ROUTS 1.VIA.SATHANKULAM,VALLIOOR 2.VIA. UVARI,KOODANKULAM Abdul khadir on July 30, 2016 at 1:56 PM said: Please tell bus timings from tirunelveli to udankudi. I am not able find the bus timings anywhere. Sorry for your inconvenience we dont have right timings with us. Prasad on August 3, 2016 at 2:28 PM said: I want to travel from Nagercoil to Tiruchendur by bus. Whether Valliyoor, Sathankulam route is good for travel? What about the condition of road? Or I opt Tirunelveli-Tiruchendur route? please give me your opinion. Nagercoil – Tirunelveli EEE / Tirunelveli – Thiruchendur 123 is best Raja on August 5, 2016 at 9:44 AM said: How to reach tirunelveli from Virdhunagar? There are plenty of Buses which passes in Bypass you can board at Virudhunagar New Busstand, Virudhunagar collectrate Alagunambi on August 8, 2016 at 2:52 PM said: Does anybody knows what are the bus timing from Tirunelveli to nazareth Shankar on August 8, 2016 at 6:43 PM said: Is there bus from kizha Ambur to mela pavoor Iyan on August 16, 2016 at 3:53 PM said: Anybody pls tell me… is there any straught buses to trivandrum?pls suggest me… Arun on August 23, 2016 at 12:42 AM said: There is no straight bus to trivandrum you have to change over at Nagercoil during day times. Gopi on August 18, 2016 at 5:19 PM said: can u tell the morning bus timing from chennai to nagerkoil vinayagamoorthy on August 21, 2016 at 1:47 PM said: please send to sivagangai district in no more direct bus in the district……… Rajan on August 28, 2016 at 10:57 AM said: Dear sir please arrange to provide a full time service in 9M (Nagercoil – Thengapattanam) Route. This is the long time expectation of the public concerned Kumar on August 28, 2016 at 11:02 PM said: Travelling from Tirunelveli to Neyaar dam, which is the best option. Going through Trivandrum or is there any buses from Marthandam There is no buses available from Marthandam. Best option is Trivandrum only. Vijay Chandar on September 3, 2016 at 12:49 PM said: Is there any bus from Tiruchi to Rameswaram? If there is no direct bus, are there connecting buses? Arun on September 5, 2016 at 11:53 AM said: There are frequent buses between Trichy Rameswaram Sankar on September 8, 2016 at 4:16 PM said: Sir.. What’s travel time for buses from Tirunelveli to Tiruchendur.?? Arun on September 16, 2016 at 3:15 PM said: 1Hr 15mins Narayanan Sankar on September 8, 2016 at 5:18 PM said: Travel time from Tirunelveli to Tiruchendur…? mage on September 10, 2016 at 10:54 AM said: Is there direct bus service from Tuticorin to Irukendi Mor 06:30 A.M. direct bus to irukankudi by TNSTC sekar on September 10, 2016 at 5:09 PM said: Sir shencottah to coimbatore tnstc tirunelveli division bus opperative morning and evening times for daily services Is any chance there for TNSTC-TNV to get new UD in house built and AC buses that can run on mtm/kki/NGL/tnv/shn/tuti/ to chennai/cbe/blr? UDAYABHANU on September 20, 2016 at 12:05 PM said: I would like to know whether any bus service is there from Nagarcoil to Papanasm in the morning. Kavi on October 4, 2016 at 3:13 AM said: How to reach ervadi from Tirunelveli and let me know the timing also Arun on October 4, 2016 at 8:38 AM said: which ervadi are you asking the one between Valliyoor and Nanguneri there are frequent buses every 20 mins once from Tirunelveli crews willl shout a lot for Ervadi via bus Not that one. i am asking about Ervadi in Ramanathapuram district ( between Kadaladi and Ramanathapuram ) Arun on October 7, 2016 at 4:06 PM said: you can go via Thoothukudi, ECR this is the shortest and timings 03:30, 05:30, 06:30, 08:00, 09:00, 11:00, 15:00, 16:00, 19:00 (Velankanni) this buses will depart from Thoothukudi Counter in Tirunelveli New Busstand. Abu on October 17, 2016 at 11:13 PM said: Kindly ask you I like to go madurai airport from tirunelveli by bus. Please advise which stop I have tell to bus condector? Arun on October 17, 2016 at 11:19 PM said: Madurai Ringroad Airport Stop. From there you can take an auto to Airport. Ajitha on October 23, 2016 at 12:04 PM said: How to reach VV engineering college from Tirunelveli Can u pls tell the bus route to VV engineering college from Tirunelveli Jana on November 2, 2016 at 6:15 PM said: I would like to know bus service timing is there from Nagarcoil to tiruchendur I would like to know bus timing is there from Nagarcoil to tiruchendur Selva Punitha on January 4, 2017 at 10:50 PM said: I am looking for a bus from Bengaluru to Tirunelveli or Tenkasi after 7 pm on 13th jan. Is there any special buses? Can you provide the details. viju k s on January 7, 2017 at 4:34 PM said: i would like to know bus time of thirunelveli to ramanathapuram and rameswaram i would like to know bus time from thenkasi or thirunelveli to rameswaram thiyagy on January 28, 2017 at 4:16 PM said: Is there any Buses to Tirunelveli to Rameswaram in the after noon say after 200 PM Sir ,I need Tnstc bus timings from kottarakara to tenkasi..plz provide the information’s me…. A.SESHAGIRI on March 29, 2017 at 11:51 AM said: Dear Sir, I need e-mail id of General Manager(comml.) (or) Manager(Comml) or Dy.Manager (comml.) TNSTC – TIRUNELVELI. For the public cause I have to write e-mail to them.I will be greatful if you please furnish the same. Ganesh Kumar on April 4, 2017 at 3:48 PM said: I need bus timings from Nagercoil to Papanasam during morning times. I hope there is direct bus available via Kalakadu and what will be the approx time to reach to destination Mahesh on April 22, 2017 at 10:57 PM said: Where do I get timings of buses from Monday Market (Kanyakumari Dist) to Tiruchendur? Rajesh Dhar on April 24, 2017 at 11:36 AM said: I want bus service from Trivandrum to Kulasekarapattinam. Is there any direct bus? How do i travel? Please help… Thanks R.Pramoth Arjun on May 8, 2017 at 9:04 AM said: Is there any direct buses from madurai to kanyakumari if means please mention the timing at Madurai RAM on April 24, 2017 at 4:23 PM said: Venkat Raman on April 28, 2017 at 8:31 PM said: sir i need bus timing tirunelveli to munnar Night 12:30 P.M. Direct Bus or you can get frequent bus to Theni from there you can go to Munnar. vasundra15 on May 4, 2017 at 7:21 PM said: I need a bus time schedule from tirunelveli to pudukkottai in the evening around 6 PM and also travel time sasibalan on May 8, 2017 at 5:33 AM said: Sir is there any bus service from sengotach to erode? If not kindly arrange a new service. Saran chandra bose karaikudi on May 12, 2017 at 11:15 PM said: Dear friends i am reaching midnight thirunelveli. From there any buses for thiruchendur temple? what time first bus for thiruchendur from thirunelveli? Any midnight train available to thiruchendur? Kindly answer me friends. This summer i want visit thiruchendur murugan with my family. Thank u.s Maniappan on May 17, 2017 at 11:39 PM said: Hello, pl. inform the bus timing from Thenkasi to Puliangudi, between 10 am to 1 pm, and return bus timing after 7 pm from Puliangudi toThenkasi. Also requested to mention the approximate time taken for the journey. Prasath on May 19, 2017 at 11:09 PM said: I want to know about the buses from rajapalayam to sattur or tirunelveli and vice versa. Give me the details about all buses running along this route SUNIL SUKUMARAN on May 21, 2017 at 4:56 PM said: My son has to attend AIIMS entrance examination at PSN College of Engineering and Technology, PSN Nagar, Melathediyoor Post, Tharuvai via, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu PIN CODE:627152. Please advise as to how we can reach the destination from Thirunelveli by BUS. please let us know the bus schedule from Thirunelveli to the college from morning 8 AM to 10 AM. As also for return journey please furnish bus availability from PSN college to Thirunelveli in the evening so as to catch a train at 7.20 PM RAVIKUMAR LD on May 22, 2017 at 6:33 PM said: Sir there is any direct bus from Krishnagiri to Tutcorin jayam on May 23, 2017 at 11:55 AM said: sir need ramanathapuram to velankanni bus time asai kumar on May 29, 2017 at 5:29 PM said: hI , Any body can tell last bus timing from tirunelveli new bus stand to moolkarapati or muncipatti Rajesh on May 31, 2017 at 1:13 PM said: Tirunelveli to manjolai bus timings….?? Subramani on June 6, 2017 at 10:02 PM said: Hi, At what time the first Bus from Tirunelveli to tiruchendur starts? and what is the frequency of operation? Arun on June 9, 2017 at 2:01 AM said: from 4 A.M. after 5:30 there are frequent buses every 5 minutes 123 Express will go fast in that routes. V. J. Bernard on June 12, 2017 at 4:03 PM said: Trivandrum to tiruchendur Bus timings Hariharan on June 20, 2017 at 9:03 PM said: Chennai to Tenkasi in Pothigai Bus(A184) How many Hrs Jounrey Is there a bus between pattukottai and tenkasi via Pudukkottai, madurai or Karaikudi, madurai. If not leave a direct bus between those towns, it will give economical strength to tnstc Thamothara kannan on July 7, 2017 at 10:32 AM said: Which bus stop I shall go from tirunelveli to alwarkurii Mohiadeen on July 8, 2017 at 12:25 AM said: What time tiruchendur bus start from tirunelveli? Arvinesh on July 20, 2017 at 8:31 PM said: Your website providing useful information. Congratulations. I. I want to go to sorimuthu ayyanar temple. Can you give the bus timings from tirunelveli to karayar. Advance thanks premkumar on July 30, 2017 at 10:18 PM said: All the buses were boarded with express pp sfs TSS eee 1-1 1-3….unlimited imagination can u mention these with journey time. I often travel by bus but most of the time I saw only argument between the passenger and conductor for slow running of buses…conductor will fedup and tell the word better go by car…please mention travel timings…sorry non stop and bypass rider too…rate wise difference persists… Subramanian on July 31, 2017 at 7:50 PM said: How to take bus pass from Tirunelveli to tuticorin point to point (EEE) bus, and where can i get it from? What is the charge for that? Note: normal charges from Tirunelveli to tuticorin in point to point bus is Rs. 31. you can enquire in the Thoothukudi Old Busstand Depot Office. Muthukrishnan L on August 5, 2017 at 7:45 PM said: Sir, I read somewhere in the portal that there are buses from Nagercoil to Truchendur Route 576 every 20 minutes. From where the buses start from Nagercoil – Is it from Vadasseri? Is it possible to board the buses from Nagercoil Jn. Rly. station? I will reach Nagercoil around 5.45 am. from Guruvayur. Instead of taking a bus from Tirunelveli to Tiruchendur after reaching Tirunelveli, I think of taking a direct bus from Nagercoil to Tiruchendur. Thank you. Abraham on August 8, 2017 at 7:35 PM said: Sawyerpuram st.marys girls hr sec school over at 6.15 pm that time no government busis available .one private bus in that time take a over tickets .kindly change any bus timr to that ti Sawyerpuram st.marys girls hr sec school over at 6.15 pm that time no government busis available .one private bus in that time take a over tickets .kindly change any bus time to that time priya on August 10, 2017 at 7:48 PM said: Hi, I have to travel from chennai to tirunelveli by tomorrow. I cant able to book the ticket in my account it shows that no onward services available on this date. could u please tell me the reason. vinod k on August 11, 2017 at 10:19 AM said: may you please let me know how to reach Kanyakumari from nagercoil junction. Please provide the Bus number and bus stand name as well Thenmozhi on August 22, 2017 at 11:00 AM said: May I know buses from tirunelveli to tiruchendur during mid night. My Train will reach tirunelveli at 3:15 am. So when will the first bus to tiruchendur. Suresh Wagh on September 7, 2017 at 3:33 PM said: I want to travel from Tirunelveli to Thoothukudi on 11 th September. I will reach Tirunelvelli Rly. station in the morning. Where from I need to take a bus for Thoothukudi and what are the timings of the buses from 6.00 A.M. onwards till 8.30 A.M. Available mode for reaching bus stand from Rly station? mathew on September 7, 2017 at 7:55 PM said: Kindly let me know the fare between Trichy and tirunelveli…… saidi on September 16, 2017 at 12:26 PM said: Hi, Can you please list the timings of hill riders from and to tirunelveli new bus stand to papanasanam I would like to travel on this route and return within a day. So, please ‘the complete list of timings’!! Thanks Suresh V on September 19, 2017 at 12:16 PM said: Hi Goodmorning to all, Is there any buses from Ernakulam Depot to Tirunelveli, please advice and give bus timings. Thank you Gopalakrishnan on September 22, 2017 at 8:17 AM said: Is there any bus from Tiruchedur to Nagerkoil. If so what timing and how long it take. Jayaprakash r on September 25, 2017 at 6:56 AM said: Tomorrow morning 6.30am I have to reach thoothukudi railway station.next I have to immediately plan Thiruchundru temple any bus available. Pls M MUTHUKUMAR on September 26, 2017 at 7:47 PM said: Sir, please tell direct buses timing from Nagercoil to Rajapalayam. My old aunt along with luggage has to travel, so he can’t switch over bus in Tirunelveli. Samy on October 16, 2017 at 7:37 AM said: Any buses between tirunelveli to kodaikanal. Baskar on October 21, 2017 at 5:32 PM said: Please provide info kanyakumari to tiruchendur bus timing for morning 6 to 8am. setc new service start tiruchedur to pala kerala new Night service via manappaDu kudankulam kanyakumary nagercovil tvm adur kottayam.thousands off people daily travel this route but no direct bus Thanya on November 7, 2017 at 5:08 PM said: I ve an exam @ Sree Sowdambika College of Engineering, Aruppukottai. So i want to know the bus timings between 3 to 5 early in the morning from Tiruchendur? Pls tell me the travel time too. Thanks in advance. S perumal on November 8, 2017 at 3:43 PM said: What is the bus timing tirunelveli to kollan. PLS tell us from kollam to tirunelveli also Murali Govindraj on November 15, 2017 at 3:04 PM said: is there direct buses from Tiruchandur to Kanyakumari? if yes, what are the frequencies if no, what is the route to be taken from Tiruchandur to reach Kanyakumari soundar rajan on November 17, 2017 at 4:45 PM said: i have to travel from tiruchendur to nagarcoil through TSTC bus. Can i know at what time the first bus statrts cyril joseph on November 22, 2017 at 10:18 AM said: tnstc provide new interstate deluxe service kanyakumary to pala via nagercovil tvm adur kottayam pala night service kany dep time 18.30 pala dep time 20.30 urgently reqiured this service famous st alphosamma church near pala .daily hundreds of people arriving southern tamilnadu but no direct bus this route Sumit somra on December 1, 2017 at 9:32 PM said: Please provide bus timing from nanguneri to Nagercoil sunil on December 13, 2017 at 9:09 AM said: how to reach tirunelveli from madurai airport? please tell me clearly whether to get auto/ taxi/ bus from airport to maatuthavani? somebody has written that to get bypass rider from ring road. so how to reach that ring road junction from airport? which town bus number? please tell clearly. town bus service frequently available? thanks. Gunasekaran on December 24, 2017 at 8:21 PM said: Hai sir. I was feeling bad experience about your staff 24.05.2017.. cbe to tenkasi bus ..Conductor was instructed us to leave palani because he said bus didn’t go madurai….It was proplem people facing… Not me same proplem happens to the other passengers also.pleade make Sethu on December 25, 2017 at 11:45 PM said: Tirunelveli to Thiruvananthapuram EEE or Others type Fast busses peoples must want Saravanaselvan on December 28, 2017 at 11:07 PM said: Colud you please tell me the vallior to kalakad first bus in morning time. Benny on February 6, 2018 at 12:37 PM said: Tirunelveli to Madura bye pass rider tiaftet 4 o clock and fare pl sir kumar on February 9, 2018 at 6:40 PM said: What is the bus timings from Tirunelveli to Manjolai via manimuthar falls and from manimuhar falls to tirunelveli. Fathahul Rabbani on February 9, 2018 at 8:05 PM said: Please provide bus timings from tirunelveli to rameswaram ECR road Aruna on February 11, 2018 at 10:03 PM said: Can u please tell me the early morning bus timings from papanasam to tirunelveli via ambasamudram Rajan.D on February 18, 2018 at 12:06 PM said: Dear sir …. The service on route 309c from Nagercoil to Thengapattanam via;thingal nagar/karungal/pootteti/kalladai/Kannathankuzhi/vizhunthaayambalam/Keezhkulam was stopped on07.09.2016. we are continuously requesting to reoperate the service for the economic developemnt and benefits of the the villages and the people concerned. When this will be consided sir……………. SOURIRAJAN on May 27, 2018 at 12:41 PM said: Tomorrow Monday 28 may 2018 night travel to Chennai from Tirunelveli or from.kannyakumari 7 seats request aneeded ? Sethu on June 7, 2018 at 9:49 AM said: Hi, Is it possible to know the bus timings between Tenkasi to Tirunelveli after 6 pm? Birundha on June 28, 2018 at 6:08 PM said: I search for tirunelveli to papasam at night time. Any bus are at evening or night? kumar on September 19, 2018 at 3:56 PM said: I am looking for a setc or tnstc bus from Madurai to vilathikulam bus timings Mariappan on March 22, 2019 at 3:49 PM said: Kalakad to MaduraiTNSTC bus allocate sir.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3644
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How To Turn Off Facebook Face Recognition System By Anna Martine Turn Off Facebook Face Recognition System Facebook goes where no company has gone before when it comes to privacy features one of them is Facebook Face Recognition . Now, another privacy feature has been introduced by Facebook, that tells you whether someone has uploaded your photo to the network. Facebook recently notified its users that the face recognition system will be used for more features. This feature has its benefits. For example, someone could know if you have uploaded your picture, irrespective of whether they are tagged in it or not. Apart from this, you can know if a stranger has been using your photo as their profile picture. On one hand, this feature seems very helpful, and on the other, it hangs on the fine line between privacy and comfort. Fortunately, it is currently Opt-in and can be turned off. Still, something that has raised concerns is the massive amount of biometric data that the social media giant will feed its machine learning systems. Perhaps this is just the tip of the iceberg. Adding to that, Facebook is also involved in legal battles concerning the face recognition feature. However, you also get to learn how to turn the feature off. Your news feed has that piece of information. According to Facebook, the feature is off by default but will be set on if you enable the tag suggestions feature. How to turn off Facebook Face Recognition? This is how you can turn off Facebook’s face recognition feature on your android. Go to Settings > Account Settings > Face Recognition Settings. There you will find an option called “do you want Facebook to be able to recognise you in photos and videos?”. Choose no to disable the feature. You can do this on your desktop as well. Visit Settings > Face Recognition. You will save the same option. 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__label__cc	0.60518	0.39482	Shopping start-up Spring launches one of first bots on Facebook Messenger Facebook announced the launch of its bot store during its F8 developer conference Tuesday, and m-commerce start-up Spring was one of the first businesses demonstrated using it. The shopping app founded by David and Alan Tisch, is introducing what it calls a “personal shopping assistant” powered by Facebook’s new send/receive API. Already live in Messenger, it operates as a very simple conversation based on a series of multiple-choice questions, much like Sephora’s chatbot, recently launched on Kik, also does. “Hey Rachel! What are you looking for today?” Spring asks, before providing numerous buttons to direct your responses. That conversation continues through product category, specific products, price point you’re willing to spend, and eventually, a carousel featuring five items you might want to buy. Clicking on one opens up a shoppable page to checkout from, before it sends you back to the message thread and surfaces up your receipt. Head over to Forbes to read more about it, including the role artificial intelligence plays in building out such future natural language interactions, and the ability for personalisation at scale that it offers retailers. Rachel Arthur - April 12, 2016 Selfridges sustainability program, Henkel’s digital strategy, Instagram launches QR codes Katherine Cheng - August 24, 2020 A round-up of everything you might have missed in relevant fashion, retail and tech industry news over the past week. TOP STORIES Clienteling takes fashion retailers directly to shoppers (WWD) What it means to be a Gen Z beauty brand today (NYT) How to salvage back-to-school season (BoF) SUSTAINABILITY & PURPOSE Who’s wearing vinyl pants… CFDA’s digital platform, new sustainable collections, the DTC’s reckoning Katherine Cheng - July 27, 2020 A round-up of everything you might have missed in relevant fashion, retail and tech industry news over the past week. TOP STORIES CFDA unfurls Runway360, a digital platform serving as centralized fashion hub (WWD) Rethinking the store of the future (Vogue Business) How impactful were the digital fashion week shows, really? (BoF) SUSTAINABILITY & PURPOSE… Raf Simons joins Prada, Wexner out at Victoria’s Secret, influencers introduce paywall Hannah Reed - February 24, 2020 A round-up of everything you might have missed in relevant fashion, retail and tech industry news over the past week, including Raf Simons joins Prada. Bezos’ $10bn climate pledge, Condé Nast’s TV debut, Burberry’s carbon neutral runway A round-up of everything you might have missed in relevant fashion, retail and tech industry news over the past week, including Bezos’ $10bn climate pledge. YouTube brings in $15bn, Amazon’s Instagram-powered fashion, Fraser Group’s new shareholder, PETA A round-up of everything you might have missed in relevant fashion, retail and tech industry news over the past week, including Youtube’s ad revenue reaches $15 billion. Brexit is here, Vogue.com’s return to e-commerce, fashion copes with Coronavirus Hannah Reed - February 3, 2020 A round-up of everything you might have missed in relevant fashion, retail and tech industry news over the past week, including Vogue.com to launch new shopping vertical. Gaultier’s goodbye to fashion, the fine line with ‘woke’ merch, BAFTA’s sustainable dress code Hannah Reed - January 27, 2020 A round-up of everything you might have missed in relevant fashion, retail and tech industry news over the past week, including Gaultier’s goodbye to fashion. Microsoft’s $1bn carbon reduction investment, ASOS’ AR tool, men’s makeup at John Lewis A round-up of everything you might have missed in relevant fashion, retail and tech industry news over the past week, including Microsoft’s $1bn carbon reduction investment. Amazon’s luxury play, L’Oréal’s bespoke beauty, the race to connected fashion A round-up of everything you might have missed in relevant fashion, retail and tech industry news over the past week, including Amazon’s leap into luxury.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3660
__label__wiki	0.972907	0.972907	Diversity firsts from the 2020 election Oklahoma elected Mauree Turner (D), the country’s first non-binary state legislator. (Photo by Erin Schaff-Pool/Getty Images) By Karlee Van De Venter, Arts and Features Editor While the presidential race has been at the forefront of election coverage, the elections this year brought a lot of historic firsts. Federal, state and local governments all became more diverse with the results. For starters, New Mexico became the first state with a House delegation of solely women of color. These women include Deb Haaland (D), Teresa Leger Fernandez (D) and Yvette Herrell (R). New York elected the first two openly gay black members of Congress: Democrats Ritchie Torres and Mondaire Jones. Republican Madison Cawthorn is the youngest elected Congressman since 1965, representing North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District. History was made right here in Washington state as well, with Marilyn Strickland (D). She’s the first black woman to represent Washington state, but she’s also the first Korean-American congresswoman in U.S. history. Florida elected Democrat Michele Rayner-Goolsby to the House of Representatives. She will be the first openly queer black woman to be elected in Florida at any level. They also elected Shevrin Jones (D), the first openly gay person elected to state senate. Sarah McBride (D) broke barriers in Delaware as the first transgender state senator. This makes her the highest ranking transgender official in U.S. history. Creator: Bill Clark Credit: CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Copyright: © 2016 CQ-Roll Call, Inc. Oklahoma elected Mauree Turner (D), the country’s first non-binary state legislator. Turner is also the state’s first Muslim legislator, Oklahoma’s 88th District’s first black representative, and the first state legislator to use they/them pronouns in the U.S. Pennsylvania checked off multiple “firsts” with Jessica Benham (D). She’s the first openly bisexual legislator for the state, as well as the first openly autistic legislator for the state. She will become one of few neurodivergent elected officials. Tennessee elected their first two openly LGBTQ+ members of the state house, Eddie Mannis (R) and Torrey Harris (D). Democrat Cori Bush became the first black congresswoman in Missouri. New York also elected Indian-Americans Jenifer Rajkumar (D) and Zohran Mamdani (D), the first South Asians to represent New York’s lower house legislature. Iman Jodeh (D) is Colorado’s first Muslim legislator in state office. David Ortiz (D) is Colorado’s first wheelchair user in the state house. He’s also the state’s first openly bisexual legislator. Georgia elected their first LGBTQ+ state senator with Kim Jackson (D), who defeated her opponent with 80% of the vote. Taylor Small (D) was elected as the first transgender state legislator in Vermont. Kansas elected their first transgender lawmaker, Stephanie Byers (D), making her the first transgender lawmaker in the entire midwest. Rhode Island elected Tiara Mack (D), the first openly LGBTQ+ black state senator there. Lastly, the presidential election has been called by Associated Press, CNN, CBS and more in favor of the Biden-Harris administration. Some states are still pending results or awaiting recounts. But if the race continues in this direction, Kamala Harris (D), a woman of color, will become the first female Vice President elect of the U.S. Nearly 200 LGBTQ+ candidates won their respective races this election. In many ways, this year’s election results showcase the most diverse and inclusive group of legislators the country has had thus far. Karlee Van De Venter, Senior Reporter Georgia runoff Election recap by state The AP experience How wrong were the polls this time? Election Day in the PUB The presidential election: What EWU was up to The Easterner Election Coverage LIVE ASEWU hosts election day event State election guide 2020	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3662
__label__wiki	0.901815	0.901815	Trump thanks Pentagon official said to be pressured to resign By Brett Samuels - 02/19/20 11:12 AM EST President Trump Donald TrumpLil Wayne gets 11th hour Trump pardon Trump grants clemency to more than 100 people, including Bannon Trump expected to pardon Bannon: reports MORE on Wednesday thanked a top Pentagon official for his service, confirming that the undersecretary of Defense for policy was on his way out of the administration. "I would like to thank John Rood for his service to our Country, and wish him well in his future endeavors!" Trump tweeted. The president quote tweeted a Bloomberg News reporter who said Rood faced pressure to resign from some officials who lacked confidence in his ability to carry out Trump's agenda. I would like to thank John Rood for his service to our Country, and wish him well in his future endeavors! https://t.co/kPA1rYCKvp Trump did not comment on the reason for Rood's departure. White House spokesman Hogan Gidley was asked about Rood on Wednesday morning and referred comment to the Pentagon, which did not respond to a request for comment from The Hill. CNN first reported that Rood was expected to leave the administration after losing support from other national security leaders. Rood, who assumed his position in 2018, serves as a principal adviser to Defense Secretary Mark Esper Mark EsperWatch Out: Progressives are eyeing the last slice of the budget Biden needs to fill the leadership gaps on Day One US meets troops reduction goal in Afghanistan, Iraq MORE and coordinates national security policy within the Pentagon as part of his role. He also oversees areas that deal with the country's partnerships with foreign allies. Rood played a role in initially certifying to Congress that Ukraine had taken actions to make institutional reforms within its government in order to receive $250 million in security assistance from the U.S. “The United States remains committed to assisting with the implementation of these reforms to bolster Ukraine’s ability to defend its territorial integrity in support of a secure and democratic Ukraine,” Rood wrote, according to a letter previously obtained by The Hill. The House impeached Trump in December after he withheld security assistance for Ukraine and urged the Ukrainian president to investigate his political rivals. He was later acquitted in the GOP-controlled Senate. Tags Donald Trump Mark Esper Trump tweets Defense Department	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3671
__label__wiki	0.885619	0.885619	Singapore Edition SG Economy SG Politics Home News Former Grab driver rates himself 5 stars using passenger's lost phone Former Grab driver rates himself 5 stars using passenger’s lost phone After doing so he threw away the phone at a petrol station. When he was interviewed by Grab about the incident, Ng lied and said he did not find any phone in his car Photo from Pexels. Shech A former Grab driver was charged and fined S$5,000 for several incidents of harassment and computer misuse. On Sept 9, 2017, Alvin Ng Liang Dong (32) used his passenger’s phone to give himself a five star rating on the Grab app. The female passenger (28) reportedly forgot her mobile phone in Ng’s car. When she got home and realised her phone was missing, she checked Grab and noticed what Ng did. The passenger filed a report to Grab and to the police about the incident. Ng said he considered returning the phone to the passenger, but did not want to drive all the way to Grab’s office in Sin Ming. He said the company would not compensate him for the drive to the Grab office if he returned the lost phone. After he gave himself a five-star rating, he threw away the phone at a petrol station. When he was interviewed by Grab about the incident, Ng lied and said he did not find any phone in his car. He later admitted that he threw it away because of his “laziness and bad planning,” according to an initial report by Today. Ng also seems to have a habit of leaving bad reviews for services. He got into an altercation with a Caltex petrol station cashier (56) over a discount. Ng wanted to get a 20 percent discount on his purchase, but the cashier said she could not process the discount using only a screenshot from Ng’s phone. They argued, and Ng eventually paid. However, he threw a metal sign at the counter before he drove away. Not satisfied with his fit of rage, Ng wrote an offensive Facebook post about the cashier who was featured on Caltex Singapore’s Facebook page for her excellent customer service. Ng shared the cashier’s photo and wrote a caption saying ““Bro, I scold this b***h cashier Tmr I attend court coz her friend. Still can get star of the Month Award my FOOT. Caltex BLIND.” He said he acted out of anger because the cashier was reportedly “saying words about (his) upbringing.” Ng pleaded guilty to three charges under the Protection from Harassment Act and the Computer Misuse and Cybersecurity Act. He was fined S$5,000 and also needs to pay S$500 to compensate for the customer’s stolen phone./TISG Grab driver ruins a family’s vacation, runs off with stolen passports and money Two reopened cases spark renewed interest in other unsolved murders Singapore — Two reopened cold cases have sparked renewed interest in other decades-old crimes that remain unsolved. This followed reports that a man had been arrested last month in connection with the murder of Ms Felicia Teo in 2007. The next cold case... Mixed responses on installation of CCTV at HDB corridor Singapore – A question posted on social media regarding installing closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras on Housing and Development Board (HDB) common corridors sparked mixed responses from the online community. On Jan 12, one Lam Ming Hui asked a few questions on Complaint... Netizens tease Yee Jenn Jong: How did you get Tharman to become a “man in blue”? Singapore — Workers' Party politician Yee Jenn Jong has made netizens smile with photo of himself with Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam in matching blue shirts. Blue is the colour of the WP. Mr Yee, a former Non-Constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP), wrote a... Founded in 2013, The Independent News & Media is a Singapore based news media company. Contact us: news@theindependent.sg © The Independent News & Media Pte Ltd, Singapore	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3672
__label__cc	0.730878	0.269122	Equity Index The Insubordinate Must Pay Here is something America needs consider with the upcoming election. Firstly though, a lot has been said about Trump’s character and performance. Sure it is people with opposing views to his saying it and it has come as no surprise he has reacted angrily. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, if you can’t handle opposition, pushback and criticism as a politician then you are probably in the wrong game. It would be the same in business, and especially as the leader of a business. I wonder if the has learnt anything from his apparent exemplary career in the business world. Now for your consideration. You probably should be prepared for the fallout with whatever happens in November. If he loses, he won’t go quietly. It will likely result in a tsunami of excuses, blame and vitriol. Given his sometimes-childlike tantrums this will go on(and on), become irksome and will be turned up to 11 before he goes quiet. You, as voters will cop a lot of the blame. Not just for voting him out but for pretty much everything that went wrong. This however is not your biggest problem. If he wins, I fear you might be on the heavy end of a bit more than blame and vitriol. If he wins and I was you I’d fear payback. How dare you not laud him as the greatest POTUS ever. How dare you not agree with everything he says. How dare you not tell him he is right even when he is wrong. How dare you not buy into all his lies, mis-truths, half-truths, misinformation’s and bat shit crazy ideas. I could be wrong and he will be a changed man with a victory but I’d more lean towards him somehow, someway, making you pay for you insubordination. Best of luck with that. This is an information sharing platform only. The views expressed on this site by the owner and the users are personal views. No content on this site is or should be taken as advice or as a recommendation. Users should consider their own circumstances in making investment decisions. Copyright © 2021 The Market Chat \| Made by natiive	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3675
__label__wiki	0.518607	0.518607	WDW Disney's Hollywood Studios Discussion Thread By Jose Eber, March 18, 2005 in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys! Nrthwnd 53 Nrthwnd BAYSIDE STATION! ^ I'm still trying to figure out "the look" of that first (of the two) photos with the Imagineer working on something for the attraction. The edging of some of those pieces looks very interesting. And that fountain! Like ribbons of water, it's gushing out. Nrthwnd 117 posts robbalvey 104 posts cfc 98 posts jedimaster1227 93 posts tuxedomask5432 0 tuxedomask5432 Which came first the turtle or the donkey? ^ The entire ride was designed to give the rider the impression that they’re traveling into the 2D animated universe of Mickey. So even the fountain was designed to give the appearance of a 2D object from every possible angle. I’m really excited about this attraction and kinda bummed it got delayed until next spring. But next time I’m at Disney! robbalvey 85 robbalvey Location: Orlando, FL So it would appear that Millennium Falcon: Smuggler's Run opened to a 300 minute wait today at Walt Disney World and the land reservation system IS actually in place! If you are planning to go to Hollywood Studios this weekend, I would make sure you check the app to see if you have to get a reservation for the land or not... ^ Word on Twitter says they stopped using the reservation/virtual queue system at 5:30 PM as the crowds had died down considerably by then. So should be interesting to look at the MDE app to check wait times for the next few weeks before I go myself. Wonder if having such early extra magic hours will make everyone leave by 6:00 PM since that’s already a 12 hour park day? Nights would be preferable to early AM or afternoon IMO, but I’m just trying to make sure I get into the land Based on what I saw today I think you'll be fine. That land has a CRAZY amount of capacity when you think about the throughput of the ride and then all the other places people could be - in the shops, the restaurant, cantina, building a light saber, just wandering around, etc... You can probably have 10,000 people in that land and it wouldn't feel like it. A.J. 36 What's a Blitz coaster? I went to Star Wars Galaxy's Edge yesterday afternoon. Some thoughts: The land is immersive to its detriment. Pretty much every retail / dining location is difficult to find because nothing is labeled / signed properly. Places like the Droid Depot for example - I could make out the fact that there were two words with five letters each in Aurebesh, so that made me think "droid depot". But they apparently went through such a huge effort to make a new Aurebesh-lookalike traditional font, and it's frustrating that they really don't use it much anywhere on the exteriors of buildings, with a few exceptions of course. That being said it IS probably the most immersive theme park land I've ever set foot in and that's an incredible achievement. I know a lot of folks who worked creatively on the project and they deserve all the praise that the land is getting. The land wasn't shoulder-to-shoulder crowded but it certainly wasn't anywhere near empty either. I don't understand how Hollywood Studios' land could ever be considered a "failure" in that regard. It's getting a "typical" but consistent number of people. Millennium Falcon Smugglers' Run had a posted wait of 70-80 minutes for the entire day but, wonderfully, it has a single rider line. I got on in less than fifteen minutes and was given the left-right steering pilot position. That being said - Millennium Falcon Smugglers Run is possibly the worst video game I've ever played. The controls are insanely sloppy, the screen is hard to see, and everything happens so fast you are never able to process what your objective is and how you achieve it. We had just had a quick break and immediately after I was called to power the ship back up we were chasing another transport ship but not anywhere near the correct position to do so. It took me at least ten seconds to process that and by the time I steered it back behind the ship the Falcon was already taking heavy damage from being smacked around. (I may be slightly biased because less than six hours before, I was on my PC playing Celeste, a pixel-perfect platformer with the most precise controls in any game I've played.) We got two of the power cells or whatever they were called in the end, and in terms of the ride's story, Hondo congratulated us, and even though we caused heavy damage to the ship we made a sizable profit. So from the ride's perspective, we got a "good" ending. But as soon as the cast members opened the door we were immediately ridiculed by them for causing heavy damage to the ship, and were given a "bad" ending, even though we scored enough points to make up for the damage. That's a really bad story inconsistency and they should really have more responses to different levels of success. The ride system is pretty cool in that you can never really tell when the turntable is moving apart from the beginning and end, when you also see the same happening visually. Plus, it's an insane people eater and an engineering achievement. However, the need for a constant, clockwork loading / unloading sequence means that there is no time for you to be reminded of how the controls work and what you need to do, unlike in, say, Mission Space, because you basically start right away as soon as the door is closed behind you. TLDR re: Smugglers Run - fun and interesting ride, engineering marvel, terrible video game, inconsistent storytelling. TLDR re: Galaxy's Edge - incredible immersion to a fault, would gladly drop in again. Also, I feel sorry for anyone who was paying over $40 for a white Kyber crystal on eBay, they had plenty of the whites and yellows on the shelf. Arthur_Seaton 2 Arthur_Seaton Location: ATX / SoCal I assume the WDW is the same as the DL one? We rode it twice and found the ride so much more enjoyable in the back seats as opposed to piloting. It doesn't seem like the controls do a whole lot, and so we felt our ride was improved when we didn't really touch any of the controls and just occasionally mashed random buttons. The plot was pretty incomprehensible to me, but I hadn't seen any of the Star Wars films beyond the first three from when I was a kid. I figured that land is catnip for hardcore Star Wars devotees, though. The land is based on the sequel trilogy, but the ride itself is based around Hondo Ohnaka, a character from the cartoon series Clone Wars (between eps. 2 and 3) and Rebels (between eps. 3 and 4). Apparently the Hondo character is alive during the sequel trilogy, and the events that lead up to the ride's story are portrayed in a companion comic. It's the first time the character has been portrayed in a live-action setting. Not a "fan" myself either, but I do keep up with various sci-fi series because I enjoy piecing the stories together. coasterbill 296 Just a heads up, tons of reservations just opened for Oga’s Cantina in Galaxy’s Edge. A few weeks ago attempting to get one for October was so impossible that calling about it would probably make the cast member on the phone fight back laughter and getting one for February was only possible if Brit and I overlapped single reservations. I just modified the February reservations to get two on one and got one for October too (and there were other times available). If you recently tried and failed, jump on the app now. Edited October 2, 2019 by coasterbill ^ Oga's was great in DL, when we visited. The cocktails are pricey but that was a given, to us. And it was noisy, as a bar like this should be. Hope you have a great time in the times you visit the place. And then there's REX as your Cantina DJ, too! (o: (Oga's in DL, Sept.12/19) jedimaster1227 80 jedimaster1227 Tron Carter It has been announced that new destinations will debut on December 20th, 2019, bringing guests to locations found in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. These new experiences will become to Disney's Hollywood Studios, Disneyland Park, Disneyland Paris and Tokyo Disneyland! https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2019/10/here-we-go-again-exciting-updates-to-star-tours-the-adventures-continue/ Since the launch of Star Tours – The Adventures Continue, we’ve had a great time partnering with Lucasfilm and Industrial Light & Magic to update the attraction with new and exciting destinations. Passengers who board the Starspeeder 1000 never know where in the galaxy their pilot C-3PO and navigator R2-D2 will take them. We’ve added flights to Jakku, Crait and even Batuu! Along the way, we’ve encountered many of our favorite characters from the Skywalker saga. I know that many of you are as excited as I am about the December 20th film launch of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Today I’m equally excited to announce that on the same December date, Star Tours – The Adventures Continue will be adding new destinations inspired by the latest episode of the Star Wars saga … at Disneyland Resort, Walt Disney World Resort, Disneyland Paris and Tokyo Disney Resort. In the trailers for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, you caught glimpses of the ocean moon Kef Bir. All I can say at this point is that Starspeeders will be heading there soon! We’ll be sharing more details in the future, but for now I just wanted to say how super-excited we are that Star Tours – The Adventures Continue is continuing to live up to its name. As C-3PO would say, “Here we go again!” mary.pesik 0 mary.pesik I can't wait for Rise of the Resistance. I think Finn is hot First of all... Happy 91st Birthday Mickey! You don't look a day over....... 70? In celebration of this, Disney decided to release a new poster (one of several, it's reported) for the new Runaway Railway attraction, opening next year. And within in, you can easily see the actual (?) ride vehicles being used for it. And true to form, they seat three per row. Just like Ratatouille in Paris. And probably for The Rat's ride at EPCOT's France pavilion. I love the catchphrase, too. So if any fanbois complain about "no continuity to the attraction"... they'll probably have to speak to The Mouse, himself. "Where Mouse Rules Apply" indeed! "And they're waterproof, too!" (o; A second new poster has been released by Disney for Runaway Railway. I find it interesting that so far, neither of the two posters are showing any scenes that are actually a part of the attraction's ride. Or....maybe there is more to this, hmmm? With this one, they have the Opening Date on it. (o: COASTER FREAK 11 5 COASTER FREAK 11 Location: Anaheim I thing it's really odd looking to have photo realistic people in a stylized attraction poster. I do understand, that might be the point.. real people in a cartoon world. It's just jarring for some reason. Look at this Big Thunder Poster. I think it would look much better to have people drawn into the poster. ^ They also changed the vehicle size in this second poster, too. What was like the Ratatouille vehicles (2 rows; 3 across) in the first poster above, this one shows the cars with only two people per row, 2 rows per vehicle. Like a coaster train. I like this way of showing the attraction, with actual people on the poster. It's different, and yes, it does show "real people in a cartoon world." Works for me. Rise of the Resistance has TWO DIFFERENT SIDES! Watch our onride POV video that features BOTH RIDE PATHS!!! bigboy 0 bigboy Have I mentioned how awesome donkeys are? Holy crap, that looks cool! I didn't want to watch a POV, but it's going to be April of 2021 before I get there anyway. I like the 2 different experiences. The effect of the light saber cutting through the roof in that one scene is incredible. The outdoor ending! Awesome surprise! Kyle Coleman 0 Kyle Coleman I just swallowed a whole donkey! Just judging from the pov this has to at least be in the discussion for best theme park ride on the planet right? "Of The Decade" maybe? Canobie Coaster 75 Canobie Coaster Wiener Dog Aficionado Is it like Symbolica at Efteling where you can choose your side or is it random? It is going to take all my will power not to watch that video and spoil it for myself, but it sounds incredible. KBrylczyk 67 KBrylczyk I would like to buy a vowel Location: Las Vegas Sweet lawd baby jesus... You can request sides and cars, it is not random which you get.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3676
__label__cc	0.719948	0.280052	The New Standard Gallery Free summaries of books English Education Research Essay July 16, 2019 February 13, 2020 adminMusic CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION This chapter describes the background of the study, the research problem, the purposes of the study, the significances of the study, the scope of the study, and the definition of key terms. 1. 1 The Background of the Study In learning language, one of language components that should be mastered by learners is vocabulary. The learners should master vocabulary in order to be able to communicate in the target language and help the learners to understand and use the language easily.Troike (2006: 138) states that vocabulary (or lexicon) is the most important level of L2 knowledge for all learners to develop–whether they are aiming primarily for either academic or interpersonal competence or a broader scope of communicative competence that spans two. Vocabulary is also important in the process of teaching and learning language because it supports the learner’s ability in language skills. The learners should master vocabulary well if they want to have better language skills.Huyen and Nga (2003), Zhao (2009), and Cahyono and Widiati (2011) agree that the mastery of vocabulary plays a key role in the whole process of second language learning and is of critical importance to the learners. Without a solid mastery of vocabulary, listening, reading, translation, and writing are all attics in the air. So, vocabulary is one that links four skills. 1 2 The learners are not able to communicate well with each other in the foreign language if they have low vocabulary mastery.They can not express their idea briefly because they do not have enough vocabulary. Akbari (2008) states that speakers cannot convey meaning and communicate with each other in a particular language. Moreover, Moras (2001) states that students need to broaden their vocabulary to express themselves more clearly and appropriately in wide range of situations. Vocabulary is important to be mastered by language learners, especially English learners, because English vocabulary is large. It is a must for the teachers to help their students to master vocabulary successfully. By mastering vocabulary, students can learn and use language well. It is proved by Laufer (1997 in Akbari, 2008) who states that vocabulary learning is at the heart of language learning and language use. The importance of vocabulary mastery remains one of the problems in English communication. The result of the observation in the eighth graders and the interview with the English teacher of MTsN Aryojeding, Tulungagung, revealed several facts about the students’ vocabulary mastery and the teaching and learning process.The researcher conducted observation on March 1, 2011 in class VIII-A whose students were not good at English. They got difficulty in expressing their idea, identified English words that they heard from the teacher, comprehended a text, and constructed writing. It was due to their limited vocabulary. It was showed by their low score in the vocabulary test. The results of vocabulary test which was done by the classroom English teacher showed that less 3 than 50% of the students passed SKBM (Standar Ketuntasan Belajar Minimal) or Minimum Passing Grade of 75.The students’ low vocabulary mastery was caused by inappropriate teacher’s teaching technique. In vocabulary session, the teacher just asked the students to translate and memorize every single difficult word by looking up the dictionary. It was not effective to gain the students’ vocabulary mastery. Wright (1989: 137) states that translation might often provide meaning quickly but it does not develop this essential learning strategy which the students can continue to draw on long after they have left classroom.In line with Wright, Zimmerman (1997 in Brown, 2007: 435) states that in traditional language-teaching methods highlighted vocabulary study with lists, definitions, written and oral drills, and flash cards“ the teaching and learning of vocabulary [were] undervalued. ” The teacher did not put the difficult words in the context which made the students get difficulty in using them in sentences or in expressing their ideas. Brown (2001: 377) states that the best internalization of vocabulary comes from encounters (comprehension or production) with words within the context of surrounding discourse.Moreover, Coady (1997 in Rasekh, 2003) argues on the importance of context in vocabulary learning, recommending the use of vocabulary learning strategy instruction approach to lexical acquisition. The teacher also could use an instructional material in teaching vocabulary. In line with Brown and Coady, Hiebert and Kamil (2005: 1) state that one way of illustrating some of the challenges that readers can have with vocabulary is to provide a real-life example from instructional materials. 4 When the researcher did the observation, the students looked anxious and did not enjoy the teaching and learning process.The teacher needed media in order to help the students to enjoy the vocabulary learning. The instructional media such as games are able to help the teacher to vary her teaching technique. Botturi and Loh (2008:2) state that when used within a classroom setting, games function as teaching aids in helping to explain or reinforce a learning concept. Games also make students more relax during the teaching and learning process. Uberman (1998 in Chen, 2005) states that games offer students a fun-filled and relaxing learning atmosphere.After learning and practicing new vocabulary, students have the opportunity to use the language in anxious way. Games provide a pleasant environment which makes the students be more active in teaching and learning activities. Harris and Mayer (2010: 22) state that games can provide an environment that naturally promotes learning through structured play. Besides, games also motivate students to get involved in the class. Prasad (2003) states that games are natural self-expression for both the young and old.They have the advantage of attention focusing, providing a self-motivation environment for the students to be more-actively participated. On March 8, 2011 the researcher gave a vocabulary test to the students of class VIII-A. The vocabulary test was designed by the researcher who was helped by the English teacher in selecting vocabulary. The researcher asked the students to do a vocabulary test. The vocabulary test consisted of 25 multiple-choice items, including nouns and verbs. The students were given twenty five minutes to do the test.While the students were doing the test, the researcher and the English teacher walked around the classroom to make sure that each student did the test by 5 him/herself. The researcher found that the students got difficulty in doing the test and they complained that the test was very difficult. It was due to their limited vocabulary. It was indicated by the scores in the vocabulary test which were below 75 as determined SKBM (Standar Ketuntasan Belajar Minimal). The results of the vocabulary test showed that the average score was 69. 0 with the lowest score of 52 and the highest score of 88. Out of 42, 26 students (61. 90%) scored below the SKBM. The Preliminary Study-test, the answer sheet, and the answer key can be seen in Appendix 1, 2, and 3. Based on the observation and the results of vocabulary test above, the researcher noted that the teacher should find out a new strategy to solve the student’s problem in the vocabulary mastery. The teacher should realize that the aim of vocabulary learning is not only to know the meaning of words in Indonesian but also to understand and use the words appropriately.If the teacher did not do that, the students would get worse. Cahyono (2008 in Heriyawati, 2010:154) states that teaching vocabulary aims at enabling the learners to understand the concepts of unfamiliar words, to gain a greater number of words, and to use words successfully for communicative purposes. The problem was caused by low vocabulary mastery. It was indicated by the average score of their vocabulary test that was below the school’s SKBM of 75. The problem made it difficult for them to write and speak English, as well as comprehend spoken and written text. The researcher planned to implement Pictorial Board Game in this study, a modification of a Snake and Ladder to improve the students’ vocabulary mastery. The researcher chose the game because board game is very popular and 6 interesting. Bell and Cornelius (1988: 5) states that board games have a universal appeal. In order to make students more interested in playing games, the researcher puts a picture in every single step of the game. Raimes (1983 in Akbari, 2008) states that picture can help the teachers and students in teaching and learning vocabulary, as well as other components language.Aryanta (2006) conducted research on the use of pictorial word puzzle to improve the vocabulary learning. The subjects of the study were the students at the eleventh graders of SMAN 8 Malang. The study was employed classroom action research. The results showed that the students had better mastery of English vocabulary through the implementation of pictorial word puzzle. It aroused the students’ interest and improved their vocabulary mastery. Another study documented was the use of media in improving students’ vocabulary mastery conducted by Welasati (2000) at SLTPN 1 Kepanjen.The population of the study was the students at the first year of SLTPN 1 Kepanjen. This research aimed at investigating the use of picture in order to improve vocabulary learning. It was found that the students in the experimental group had better mastery of English vocabulary than the control group. Moreover, she concluded that pictures are important in the teaching and learning vocabulary since they enable the students’ memories to see the relationship of ideas. Kartikadewi (2009) used pictorial board game to improve the students’ vocabulary mastery. She conducted her study at SMPN 2 Pakel, Tulungagung for grade eight.At the end of her study, she recorded that the use of pictorial board game was important to improve the students’ vocabulary mastery and made students felt comfortable in teaching and learning vocabulary. 7 The researcher planned to implement pictorial board game as the technique to improve the vocabulary mastery of the eighth graders of MTsN Aryojeding, Tulungagung. The pictorial board game is expected to help the students to achieve new vocabularies not through memorization, but they learn in meaningful context so that they will not forget the new words easily.The use of pictures plays a great part in affecting the students and helps them to draw information. Moreover, there was no researcher conducted study related to the game in this school before this present study which made the students got curiosity in learning vocabulary by using games and fun activities. 1. 2 The Statement of the Problem Referring to the background of the study, the research problem is formulated as follows: How can Pictorial Board Game improve the vocabulary mastery of the eighth graders of MTsN Aryojeding, Tulungagung? 1. The Purpose of the Study In accordance with the statement of the research problem, this study aims to improve the vocabulary mastery of the eighth graders of MTsN Aryojeding, Tulungagung by using pictorial board game. 1. 4 The Significance of the Study The results of this study will be beneficial for the teachers and further researchers. For the English teachers of MTsN Aryojeding, the result of this study can be used to help them to solve the teaching problem related to the students’ ability in improving vocabulary. For other English teachers in the junior high school level, the findings of this research can be taken into consideration to improve students’ ability in improving vocabulary. Finally, for further researchers, the findings of this research can be used as valuable sources to conduct further research related to the use of pictorial board game. Moreover, further researchers can use the findings in this study as one of the references to carry out research on different grades and levels of education. 1. 5 The Scope of the Study This study was conducted at MTsN Aryojeding, Tulungagung.The subjects were the students of class VIII-A of MTsN Aryojeding, Tulungagung in academic year of 2009/2010. It consisted of 42 students with 19 females and 23 males. This study was limited to explain and use one kind of media in teaching English vocabulary, which was pictorial board game. The vocabulary items dealt with in this study mainly belongs to the nouns and verbs related to the genre of the text, which was being taught at the second semester that is recount text. The topics were “My Holiday” and “My Experience”.This study focused on improving eighth graders vocabulary mastery through pictorial board game. 1. 6 The Definition of Key Terms In order to have better understanding and to avoid misinterpretation about the terms used in the research, it is necessary for the researcher to explain them in detail. There are two key terms of this study; there are Pictorial Board Game and Vocabulary Mastery. They are defined as follows: 1. Pictorial Board Game is a game used for teaching learning English activities as an instructional media which played in groups by moving pieces of markers on a pictorial board and guessing the suitable words for those pictures. 2. Vocabulary Mastery is the achievement of “Nouns” and “Verbs” related to the topic presented as indicated by the students’ score in the vocabulary quizzes. The vocabulary mastery is showed by the score of the students’ achievement on the vocabulary quizzes. CHAPTER II RESEARCH METHODOLOGY This chapter presents the research methodology employed in this study. It includes the research design, the setting and subjects of the study, and the research procedure. 2. The Research Design The research design of this study was Classroom Action Research (CAR). The design was used because it was a kind of research which was intended to develop a new strategy to solve problems found by the teacher in his or her classroom. The fundamental aim of action research was to improve practice rather than to produce knowledge. CAR could be said a way for teachers to solve the problems faced by their students. Brown (2004:15) states that CAR is a way for instructors to discover what works best in their own classroom situation, thus allowing informed decision about teaching. This study focused on a particular classroom, VIII-A students of MTsN Aryojeding, Tulungagung. The aim of this study was to solve the students’ problem in vocabulary mastery. In order to help the teacher solving the problem related to the difficulty of the students’ vocabulary mastery, the researcher implemented pictorial board game as instructional media in teaching vocabulary through reading section. 10 11 This study adopted Kemmis & Taggart action research model (in Burns, 1999:33) ` Planning an Action Planning the lesson plans, the research instruments, the materials and the criteria of successReflecting on the Observation Analyzing the data and comparing the results of the action with the criteria of success Observing the Action Observing (collecting the data) by using observation checklists, field notes, questionnaires and quizzes Implementing the Action Teaching vocabulary using pictorial board game The students were grouped by the teacher based on the students’ attendance list Unsuccessful The research continue to the next cycle Re-planning an Action Planning the lesson plans, the research instruments, the materials and the criteria of successReflecting on the Observation Analyzing the data and comparing the results of the action with the criteria of success Successful The research stopped Observing the Action Observing (collecting the data) by using observation checklists, field notes, questionnaires and quizzes Implementing the Action Teaching vocabulary using pictorial board game Students chose with whom they wanted to have group Playing the music at the beginning of the class Giving rewards for the students Figure 2. 1 The stages of Classroom Action Research 2 The model showed that the process of classroom action research covers repeated cycles which consisted of planning the action, implementing the action, observing the action, and reflecting the observation. The spiral of the action research was done after the problem was identified. It started with planning to solve the problem and preparing for the action. The next stage was implementing of the action. The implementation the action and the observation were done simultaneously. The last stage is reflecting which determined whether the data met the criteria of success or not.According to the model, a cycle was followed by another cycle when it failed. The next cycle was carried out with an improvement based on the reflection of the first cycle. This study was carried out in collaboration with the teacher. The researcher acted as the English teacher of the particular class in which the action was implemented, while the collaborative teacher helped in planning the action and observation. The schedule of the action research can be seen in Appendix 4. 2. 2 The Subjects of the Study This study was conducted in MTsN Aryojeding, Tulungagung. The school is located in Jl.Raya Blitar, Tulungagung. There are 24 classes in the school with following division 9 classes of 7th graders, 8 classes of 8th, and 7 classes of 9th graders. The subjects were eighth graders of class VIII-A in the academic year of 2010/2011. Class VIII-A consisted of 42 students with 23 males and 19 females. There was a reason why this study was conducted in the school towards class VIII-A. Based on the results of daily vocabulary test done by the teacher, class 13 VIII-A got the lowest average score. Thus, the researcher chose class VIII-A as the subject in this study. 2. The Procedures The design of the study was Classroom Action Research which consisted of some stages namely planning an action, implementing the action, observing the action, and reflecting on the observation. The research began with a preliminary study as problem identification. 2. 3. 1 Planning In the planning stage, the researcher prepared the lesson plans, the materials which were taken from the students’ text books and from the internet, the media, the instruments, and the criteria of success. a. Lesson Plan The lesson plan used in the class was prepared by the researcher (See Appendices 5a and 5b. . Also, it was constructed based on the current curriculum. It consisted of seven components namely standard competence, basic competence, indicators, instructional media, teaching method, teaching and learning activities, and sources. b. Materials The researcher took the materials from the internet downloaded from http://www. recounttext. com for meeting 1 and 2 cycle I, the students’ text book entitled Let’s Talk 2 untuk kelas VIII SMP/MTs for material in meeting 3 cycle I, a teacher’s book entitled Pegangan Guru Bahasa Inggris untuk SMP/MTs Kelas 4 VIII for material in meeting 1 cycle II, the students’ text book entitled Practice Your English Competence for SMP/MTs VIII for material in meeting 2 and 3 cycle II. The teacher and the researcher chose the topics randomly and came to the agreement that the topics taught in the research were “My Holiday” and “My Experience”. The two topics were chosen as the source of materials because they were in line with type of text the researcher taught (recount text). After deciding the text to be taught, the researcher listed the vocabulary to be taught from the text.The vocabulary consisted of nouns and verbs. The researcher selected the vocabulary which could be visualized because each step of each question in the game needed a picture. From the sources, the researcher selected twenty nine verbs. They were swim, surf, drive, sweep, take a picture, stop, watch, sit, carve, love, walk, buy, cross, close, tie, flow, throw, ran, bring, get up, brush, knock, open, hold, ask, give, cry, call, and think. The researcher also selected thirty nouns.There were vacation, plane, food, drink, airport, hotel, park, bathroom, key, door, restaurant, beach, car, sand, sea, foot, mat, child, ball, castle, necklace, dinner, bowl, table, rice, plate, milk, meat, vegetable, and fruit. The materials and list of vocabulary for cycle I and cycle II can be seen in Appendices 6 and 7. c. The Media The researcher designed the media in the form of pictorial board game by modifying the Snake and Ladder game. It was chosen because this game was quite familiar and simple for students.The researcher modified it by putting some questions which helped the students to learn English easily. There were five kinds 15 of game equipment of each cycle. There were the media used in pictorial board game: 1. The game boards The game boards were made of cardboard. Both of the game board for the first and the second cycle were in the form of a rectangle, 21 x 29. 7 cm in size and laid out in portrait position for the first session and landscape for the second and the third session. The researcher used two kinds of games. They were nouns games and verbs games.It was used to make students more interested in playing game. The nouns games used in the first and the third session of cycle I and in the second session of cycle II, while the verbs games used in the second session on cycle I and the first and the third session of cycle II. For session I, the board had twenty two ovals, sixteen of which were for vocabulary items, two of which for the Snake, two of which for the Ladder, and two of which for the Start sign and Finish sign. The number of circles was based on the number of vocabulary introduced to the students.The circles pattern was used to make the board game more interesting and avoid monotonous shape. A number started from one to sixteen was printed on each circle. The number determined which vocabulary item the players had to guess. For session II, the board had twenty squares, fourteen of which were for vocabulary items, two of which for the Snake, two of which for the Ladder and two of which for the Start sign and Finish sign. Similar to session I, the number of square was based on the number of vocabulary introduced to the students.The square pattern was used to avoid boredom and similarity as session I. 16 For session III, the board had twenty rectangles fourteen of which were for vocabulary items, two of which for the Snake, two of which for the Ladder and two of which for the Start sign and Finish sign. The players had to guess what words match with the clues for nouns and pictures for the verbs. Each board for session I, session II, and session III were different. It could make students interested in playing pictorial board game.The game boards for meeting I, meeting II, and meeting III in cycle I can be seen in Appendix 8, 10 and 12, while game boards for meeting I, meeting II, and meeting III in cycle II can be seen in Appendix 14, 16, and 18. 2. The cards Following the pattern on the game board, the cards took the form of oval for session I, square for session II, and rectangle for session III. The cards were made of cardboard paper. Each card had two sides. For nouns games, the first side was giving the clues for nouns which was guessed by the players and for the second side was the picture of the nouns.For the nouns games, the pictures sides were not showed to the players. For verbs games, the first side was a sentence which was omitted the verb and the second side was the picture which was guessed by the players. The second side was showed to the players. Below is an example of picture cards for nouns games which used in the first and third meetings of cycle I and the second meeting in the cycle II: 17 Figure 2. 2 the Picture cards for nouns game For the verbs games, the cards also had two sides. Below was an example of picture cards for verbs games used in the second meeting of cycle I and the first and third meeting of cycle II:Figure 2. 3 the Picture cards for verbs game The cards were of the same number as the vocabularies taught in each session. The difficult vocabularies were repeated once in order to make students remember more easily. For example, if in session I the researcher taught verbs nouns, there would be sixteen cards for the first Pictorial Board Game because there were five difficult words. The cards for meeting I, meeting II, and meeting III in cycle I can be seen in Appendix 9, 11,and 13, while the cards in meeting I, meeting II, and meeting III can be seen in Appendix 15, 17, and 19. 18 3.The dice The researcher made the dice by himself. The dice was made of thick paper. The dice was made colorful in order to look more attractive. The dice determined how many steps the player had to move the marker on the board. Each group got one dice. For session I and session II, the students used the same dice. Below were the dices used in this game. Figure 2. 4 the Dice 4. The markers Prisms were used as the markers because the researcher needed four different colors markers for the group consisted of five members and five different colors of markers for the group consisted of five members.In addition, from a set of prisms, the researcher could give each group different kinds of marker. The marker showed the “area” the player occupied on the board. The player moved the marker based on the number showed by the dice. The markers used were as follow: Figure 2. 5 the Markers 19 The pictorial board game was designed to be played in groups since the pictorial board game was a modification of Snake and Ladder in the board game. The players had to compete with their friends to reach the finish sign by answering the questions.If they could not answer the question correctly, they were not allowed to move to the next step. The winner was the group of which all the members reach the finish first. So, each member should do his/her best in answering the questions because they were in team work. 5. The Game Instruction There were three steps to play this game. First, the researcher divided the students into a group of five and explained the cards to the leader of each group. Second, the leaders led their members to play the Pictorial Board Game. At last, the leader of each group noted the right and wrong answers of their members.The details of the game instruction in cycle I can be seen in Appendix 20. d. The Instruments The instruments used in this study were observation checklist, field notes, vocabulary quizzes, and students’ questionnaires. 1. The observation checklists The observation checklists were used to observe the students’ involvement in teaching and learning process and to know whether the criterion of process can be met or not (See Appendix 21). 20 2. The field notes The field notes were the description of the information gained from the observation checklist.It was used to prove the data from observation checklist (See Appendix 22). 3. The vocabulary quizzes At the end of each cycle, the researcher asked the students to do a vocabulary quiz. The vocabulary quizzes were used to test the students’ memory and understanding of vocabulary used in each topic of materials. Each quiz contained twenty items, each of which required the students to complete a text with the help of the pictures. The pictures were given to suit the students’ level and prevent them from confusion (See Appendix 23a and 23b). An answer sheet was provided for each vocabulary quiz (See Appendix 24a and 24b). The answer key for vocabulary quiz I and vocabulary quiz II can be seen in Appendix 25a and 25b. 4. The students’ questionnaires The questionnaires contained eight close-ended questions and three openended questions and were used to get information about the students’ comment, the Pictorial Board Game’s practicality, and the effectiveness of the use of Pictorial Board Game to improve vocabulary mastery (See Appendix 26). e.The Criteria of Success The criteria of success were set to determine whether the teaching technique used was successful or not. The criteria of success in this study were emphasized on the teaching and learning vocabulary products and process of the students’ vocabulary mastery. Those criteria were determined as follows: 21 1. At least 75% of the students passed SKBM of 75 in vocabulary quiz. 2. At least 80% of the students involved in the teaching and learning process. Indicator 1 was analyzed based on the result of the students’ vocabulary quizzes.Then, the next indicator was analyzed from the information gained from the observation checklists which were described in the field notes. 2. 3. 2 Action During this stage, the activities were carried out as it had been arranged in the lesson plan. The researcher acted as the teacher, whereas the teacher acted as collaborative teacher who observed the teaching and learning process. In the action stage, the pictorial board game came after the reading session and involved the vocabulary learned in this session. The researcher let the students work in a group of five and played the game.When the game was over, the researcher reviewed the vocabularies had been learned. At the end of each cycle, the students were asked to do a quiz to test the student’s vocabulary mastery used in each topic. 2. 3. 3 Observation In the observation stage, the teacher observed and collected the data about any event that happened during the implementation of the action in relation to the criteria of success. In collecting the data, the observation checklist, the field notes, the quizzes, and the questionnaire entries were used.The researcher provided questionnaires to obtain the students’ response toward the technique applied after all of the action finished. The result of observation was analyzed for further revision and planning of the next cycle. 22 During this study, the observation was done by the teacher at the same time with the implementation of pictorial board game. It was conducted to see the researcher’s and the students’ performance in the implementation of pictorial board game by using certain instruments. 2. 3. 3. 1 The Data and the Sources of the Data In this study, there were two kinds of data used.The first data were the students’ score in the vocabulary quizzes and the second data were the students’ answer in the questionnaires, the results of observation checklists, and the results of field notes. The researcher used scores to get the data about the evaluation of the use of Pictorial Board Game. The research data were taken from several sources. They were the students of class VIII-A. The researcher asked about the students’ opinion about the effectiveness of the use of Pictorial Board Game in improving students’ vocabulary mastery trough the students’ questionnaire.The researcher assessed students’ mastery twice through two vocabulary quizzes. 2. 3. 3. 2 The Technique of Data Collection The research data were collected through observation checklists, field notes, vocabulary quizzes, and students’ questionnaires. As an observer, the teacher recorded the implementation of Pictorial Board Game by using observation checklist. The recording of observation checklists was used as a data to the next action. The observation checklists recorded the implementation of Pictorial Board Game in every session. The purposes of 3 recording the observations were to have clear description of the existing condition and as sources of reflection for the next action. The observation checklists contained several aspects including the clarity of instruction given by the researcher, the researcher’s modeling and guidance during the implementation of Pictorial Board Game. It also contained several aspects on the part of the students. They were the students’ performance in the game and their responses to the teachers’ instructions. The field notes were used to prove the data taken from observation checklists.The observer collected the data by using observation checklists and noted the students’ involvement in the teaching and learning activities by using field notes. The researcher asked the students to do a quiz at the end of each cycle. The quizzes were done to test the student’s vocabulary mastery related to the topics. Each quiz was done in twenty minutes. The students had to answer twenty items of completion test with the help of a picture for each item. The questionnaires were distributed to the forty two students as the subjects.It provided additional data about the classroom situation, the activities of the teacher and the students and to get information about the problems during the implementation of Pictorial Board Game. 2. 3. 3 The Reflection In this stage, the researcher evaluated the use of pictorial board game and the effect of the action that was used to improve the student’s vocabulary mastery. The data were collected through the observation checklists, field notes, quizzes, 24 and questionnaires. The data analysis were compared to the criteria of success to see whether the strategy has been successfully solved the problem or not.Based on the analysis, the researcher reflected on what had been done in the previous action. The reflection in cycle I provided data for further revision and planning on the next cycle. The result of the implementation was considered successful if it met criteria of success. On the other hand, if the reflection showed that the implementation of the action had not met the criteria of success yet, the researcher recommended revision and improving on the planning and continued to the next cycle. CHAPTER III RESEARCH FINDINGS This chapter presents the research findings which were elaborated in each cycle.This section elaborates the procedure taken by the researcher during the classroom action research in each cycle. 3. 1 Findings This section presents the summary of findings, the findings of the implementation of pictorial board game in the study of vocabulary mastery, and students’ responses toward the implementation of pictorial board game. 3. 1. 1 Summary of the Findings The successful steps employed in implementing pictorial board game as follows: First, the researcher played the music at the beginning of the class. Second, he distributed the handouts.Third, he asked the students to read the handouts and answer the questions based on the texts given. Fourth, he asked the students to list verbs/nouns in the text and he also informed them that the vocabulary used in the game only vocabulary which can be visualized. Fifth, he allowed students to make groups of five and they were allowed to choose with whom they wanted to have groups. Sixth, he informed the students that he would give rewards for the winner of the group and the students who got the highest score in vocabulary quiz II. Next, he gave students thirty minutes to play the 25 26 game. The last, the teacher and the students discussed the vocabulary used in the game together. The criterion of success for product was not met in the first cycle because only 66. 66% or 28 out of 42 students passed SKBM of 75 and it was met in the second cycle because 88. 09% or 37 out of 42 students passed SKBM of 75. While the criterion of success for process was met in both of cycle I and cycle II because more than 80% students involved in the teaching and learning process in all meetings. 3. 1. Findings from Cycle I This section describes the teaching and learning process in each meeting. The first cycle was conducted for three sessions: On Tuesday, March 22, 2011 from 07. 00 a. m. – 08. 20 a. m. , on Wednesday, March 23, 2011 from 08. 20 a. m. – 09. 40 a. m. , and on Friday, March 25, 2011. 3. 1. 2. 1 Meeting I The researcher conducted the first meeting on Tuesday, March 22, 2011 from 07. 00 a. m. – 08. 20 a. m. The meeting lasted about eighty minutes. 3. 1. 2. 1. 1 The Implementation of Pictorial Board Game The researcher started the class by greeting and checking students’ attendance list. Then, he told the students that he would be their teacher as long as his research in their class, while the classroom English teacher acted as a collaborator. Then, he opened the lesson by giving some leading questions. The students were asked to tell about their holiday in some places. No student wanted to tell about their holiday and they pointed each others. Finally, the researcher 27 pointed a student to tell about his holiday. He told about his holiday with poor vocabulary. After that, the researcher distributed handouts of recount text entitled “Vacation to London. The students read the text and answered the questions based on the text. The researcher pointed the students one by one randomly to answer each question. Then, the researcher asked the students to describe the language features and generic structures of recount text. There were only two students who could describe them correctly. Then, it was discussed together. The researcher asked the students to list all nouns in the text and pronounced them by repeating the researcher. The researcher informed the students that there were only nouns which could be visualized used in the pictorial board game.The next activity was playing pictorial board game. The researcher asked the students to make groups of five and rearrange their seats and desks. There were eight groups. Six groups consisted of five students and the rest consisted of six students. The researcher grouped the students based on the students’ attendance list. Then, the researcher pointed a student of each group to be a leader randomly. The researcher gave all the pictorial board game equipments to the leaders. After all the groups were ready to play the game, the researcher explained how to play and also the rules of pictorial board game.The researcher gave thirty minutes to the students to play pictorial board game. After students finished playing game, all the nouns in the game were discussed together. The researcher told the students that they would have a vocabulary quiz at the end of third meeting. He also said that the nouns in the pictorial board game were the materials of the quiz. 28 3. 1. 2. 1. 2 The Students’ Vocabulary Mastery The students were asked to make list of all nouns found in the text and one by one of they should write down a noun on the white board. Students looked familiar with the nouns, but they seldom put them in the context.From the text, there were eleven nouns which could be used in the pictorial board game. There were vacation, plane, food, drink, air port, hotel, park, bathroom, key, door, and restaurant. This activity was expected to make the students more familiar with that nouns, understand, and they did not forget that nouns easily. On the other hand, students could not play pictorial board game if they did not understand those words. 3. 1. 2. 1. 3 The Students’ Attitude toward Pictorial Board Game Vocabulary session was filled by playing pictorial board game.The researcher was walking around the classroom to lead each group when the students were playing pictorial board game, while the classroom English teacher observed that activity by using observation checklist and made notes by using field notes. The students looked very active in playing game, but they were very crowded. There was a leader who cheated by showing the answer to his members in order to finish the game as soon as possible and to be the winner. The group next to them knew and informed the researcher about it. It made the class more crowded. Then, the researcher came to that group and asked them to play fairly.There was a group which was very crowded because all of the members were boys. They looked enjoy that game, but they also disturbed the other groups. When the researcher asked that group to not make noisy, they said that they enjoyed that game and laughed their friends if they could not answer the questions 29 in the game. This group was the last group which finished the game because most of the members took a long time to answer each question in the game. Besides, the leader of that group could not pronounce the questions well which made his members got difficulty to catch what he meant.All the groups needed about thirty minutes to finish that game, except the group which all the members were boys needed thirty five minutes. Then, all the nouns in the game were discussed together. Most of the students were very active to discuss that nouns, even some of their answers were wrong. All the students paid attention to the researcher and they looked very interested in vocabulary session because the game was very fun. 3. 1. 2. 2 Meeting II The researcher conducted the second meeting on Wednesday, March 23, 2011 from 08. 20 a. m. – 09. 40 a. m. The meeting lasted about eighty minutes. 3. 1. 2. . 1 The Implementation of Pictorial Board Game In the second meeting, the researcher started the class by greeting and checking the students’ attendance list. As previous meeting, he gave the students some leading questions. He also reviewed the previous materials, especially in term of vocabulary. Students looked understand about the previous materials. Most of them could answer the questions from the researcher correctly. Then, the researcher distributed handouts of recount text entitled “Visiting Bali. ” The researcher asked the students to read the text and answered the questions based on the text.Then, the researcher asked them to describe the language features and generic structures of recount text. Most of them could 30 describe them correctly and it was discussed together. Then, students listed all verbs in the text and wrote them on the white board. The researcher reminded students those verbs which could be visualized in the game. The meanings of the verbs were discussed together and all students already understood. The next activity was playing pictorial board game. The students rearranged the seats and desks without any instructions from the researcher.The researcher asked the students to make groups of five. As previous meeting, there were eight groups. Six groups consisted of five students and the rest groups consisted of six students. There was a group complaining because the groups’ members thought that their leader was less able. Then, the researcher informed that the leader of the group would be changed for each meeting. The researcher gave all the pictorial board game equipments to the leaders. The researcher reminded the students how to play the game. The researcher gave thirty minutes to the students to play the game.After they finished playing the game, all the verbs in the game were discussed together. The researcher reminded the students that they would have a quiz at the end of third meeting. He also said that the verbs in the pictorial board game were the materials of the quiz. The students said that they already understood what they should do. 3. 1. 2. 2. 2 The Students’ Vocabulary Mastery As previous meeting, the researcher asked the students to find out all the verbs in the text and asked one by one of them to write down the verbs on the white board.The researcher explained the students about the use of V2, past tense, and past continuous tense in recount text. Students looked familiar with the verbs, 31 but they seldom use them in the context. There were ten verbs which could be used in the pictorial board game. There were swim, surf, drive, sweep, take picture, stop, watch, sit, carve, and love. This activity was expected to make students more familiar, understood, and did not forget easily with those verbs. The students should understand those verbs well if their groups wanted to be the winner. 3. 1. 2. 2. The Students’ Attitude towards Pictorial Board Game In vocabulary session, the researcher was walking around the classroom to lead each group when they were playing the pictorial board game, while the classroom English teacher observed that activity by using observation checklist and made notes by using field notes. The students looked very active in playing game, even though they were very crowded if the members could not answer the questions in the game. There was no student cheated in playing pictorial board game. All the groups played the game enthusiastically because they enjoyed the game.The class was under control better than the previous meeting and the students were not very crowded as the previous meeting. However, there was a group, which all the members were boys, still took a long time to finish the game. They changed the leader as none of the leaders could not pronounce the words very clear which made their members got difficulty to understand what they meant. Finally, that group was still the last in finishing the game. The students finished the game in thirty two minutes. They were very crowded when there was only one group played the game. The researcher felt that 2 they competed each other and looked enjoy the game more than previous meeting. The students paid more attention to the researcher’s explanation. 3. 1. 2. 3 Meeting III The researcher conducted the third meeting on Friday, March 25, 2011 from 08. 20 a. m. – 09. 40 a. m. The meeting lasted about eighty minutes. 3. 1. 2. 3. 1 The Implementation of Pictorial Board Game In the third meeting, the researcher started the class by greeting and checking students’ attendance list. As previous meeting, he gave the students some leading questions. He also reviewed the previous materials, especially in term of vocabulary.He reminded the students that they would have a vocabulary quiz I at the end of that meeting. The students looked understood about the previous materials. Most of them could answer the questions from the researcher correctly. Then, the researcher distributed handouts of recount text entitled “In the Beach. ” Students read the handouts and answered the questions based on the text without any instructions from the researcher. Then, they described the language features and generic structure of recount text. The researcher asked the boys who were crowded to write down the nouns from the text on the white board.They got difficulty to spell the words “necklace” and “castle. ” Next, the researcher asked the students to play pictorial board game. Students still remembered that the nouns used in the game were nouns which could be visualized. The students rearranged the seats and desks before the researcher asked them. As previous meeting, there were eight groups. Six groups 33 consisted of five students and the rest groups consisted of six students. Most students wanted to change their groups because they wanted to have groups with their close friends. But, the researcher did not allow them because it would take long time.The researcher gave all the pictorial board game equipments to the leader. The researcher reminded the students how to play the game. The researcher gave thirty minutes to the students to play the game. After students finished playing the game, all the nouns in the game were discussed together. At the end of this meeting, the researcher asked students to back to their own seats and gave them a vocabulary quiz I. No students tried to cheat because the classroom English teacher informed them that this quiz did not give any effect to their English score. 3. 1. 2. 3. The Students’ Vocabulary Mastery The result of students’ vocabulary mastery in quiz I showed that the pictorial board game was effective to improve the students’ vocabulary mastery (See Appendix 30). Out of 42, there were 28 students (66. 66%) who passed SKBM. The lowest score was 55, the highest score was 95, and the average score was 75. 95. The result showed that the students who passed SKBM increased 28. 57% as compared to preliminary study. Unfortunately, the percentage of students who passed the SKBM did not meet the criteria of success yet. 3. 1. 2. 3. The Students’ Attitude towards Pictorial Board Game After vocabulary quiz I was over, the collaborator gave the result of observation checklist and field notes in that meeting to the researcher. Then, the researcher distributed questionnaire to the students. The questionnaire was used to 34 collect the data about the students’ opinion about the implementation of pictorial board game. It was also used to correct and improve the researcher’s planning and performance in the cycle II. The result of questionnaire can be seen in Appendix 27. The data showed that there were 64. 28% students who agreed that the rules were very easy. . 1. 2. 4 Reflection of Cycle I The criterion of process in this cycle was met. It can be seen in the result of students’ observation checklist which showed the percentage of students’ involvement in teaching and learning process. It was also proven with the result of field notes. Based on the observation checklist and field notes, it can be seen that most of students were involved in the teaching and learning activities. The observation checklist showed that there were 93. 33% of students involved in teaching and learning activities meeting I and meeting III and 95% for meeting II.The result of observation checklist and field notes in cycle I can be seen in Appendix 28 and 29. The criterion of success of product was not met in this cycle because only 66. 66% or 28 out of 42 students passed SKBM of 75 in vocabulary quiz I. The researcher and the classroom English teacher found that there were some activities were not successful in cycle I which made the improvement of the students’ vocabulary mastery not maximum. First, there was a leader cheated in playing pictorial board game. Second, some students seemed to have low motivation. Third, some students complained about the grouping done by the researcher.Fourth, the students looked stressful if they were observed by their English teacher because her way to remind students if they were crowded was 35 little bit unkind. Fifth, the classroom English teacher said that the result of the vocabulary quiz I did not give any effects to the students’ score. It made some students not really serious in doing that quiz. Because of that, the teacher decided she would add her students’ English score if their scores were good in vocabulary quiz II. The media and treatment which were planned by the researcher to solve the problems faced by students were ood. For example, the researcher prepared pictorial board game equipments and explained the meanings of words which made the students interested in the teaching and learning activities. Considering the problems in cycle I, the researcher made some improvement in cycle II. There were: 1. Modification of the steps of the game There was a modification of the steps of game in cycle II which made the students felt more enjoyable. The researcher asked the leader to cover their cards by using a paper which made them could not cheat. The steps of the game in cycle II can be seen in Appendix 31. . Played the music at the beginning of the class. The researcher played the songs at the beginning of the class to make the students felt relax. The songs were: “We Are The Champions” for first meeting, “I Have A Dream” for second meeting, and “Mother, How Are You Today? ” for the last meeting. 36 3. The students chose with whom they wanted to have the group. The researcher allowed the students to choose with whom they wanted to have groups. However, they should have the same group for all meetings in cycle II. 4. Gave rewards for the students .The researcher gave snacks for the winner of the groups in each meeting and the books for the students who got the highest score in vocabulary quiz II. 3. 1. 3 Finding from Cycle II The researcher did the second cycle in three sessions: On Tuesday, March 29, 2011 from 07. 00 a. m. – 08. 20 a. m. , on Wednesday, March 30, 2011 from 08. 20 a. m. – 09. 40 a. m. , and on Friday, April 1, 2011 from 08. 20 a. m. – 09. 40 a. m. Each meeting lasted about eighty minutes. The topic of this cycle was “My Experience. ” 3. 1. 3. 1 Meeting I The researcher conducted the first meeting on Tuesday, March 29, 2011 from 07. 0 a. m. – 08. 20 a. m. The meeting lasted about eighty minutes. 3. 1. 3. 1. 1 The Implementation of Pictorial Board Game In the first meeting, the researcher played the music entitled “We Are the Champion”. Students surprised and they sang the song by looking at the lyric given. Then, he started the class by greeting and checking students’ attendance list. As previous meeting, he gave the students some leading questions. He also reviewed the previous materials, especially in terms of vocabulary. The students looked getting new spirit in starting the class after singing that song. 7 Then, the researcher distributed handouts of recount text entitled “Go With Father to do Some Business. ” The researcher asked the students to read that text and answered the questions based on the text. Then, the researcher asked the students to describe the language features and generic structures of recount text. Most of students could describe them correctly and it was discussed together. The researcher asked the students to list all verbs in the text, wrote them on the white board, and pronounced them. He also reminded students about the vocabulary used in the game and the students were already understood.The meanings of the verbs were discussed together. The next activity was playing pictorial board game. Here, the researcher allowed the students to choose with whom they wanted to have groups. The students looked happy and they changed their groups with their close friends. However, it took long time as they needed about ten minutes to change their groups. Then, the researcher informed the students that there were some rewards for the winner of the group and for the students who got the highest score in the vocabulary quiz II. As previous meeting, the students rearranged their seats and desks before the researcher asked them.There were eight groups. Six groups consisted of five students and the rest groups consisted of six students. The researcher gave all the pictorial board game equipments to the leaders. The researcher reminded the students how to play pictorial board game. He modified the rules of the game by asking the leaders to cover their cards with white papers given which made the boys difficult to cheat. The researcher gave thirty minutes to the students to play pictorial board game. After they finished playing the game, all the verbs in the game were discussed together. 8 The researcher reminded the students that they would have a vocabulary quiz II at the end of third meeting. He also said that the verbs in the pictorial board game were the materials of the quiz. The students said that they already remembered. 3. 1. 3. 1. 2 The Students’ Vocabulary Mastery As previous meeting, the researcher asked the students to find out all verbs in text and one by one of them should write down a verb on the white board. Students looked familiar with the verbs, but they seldom use them in making sentences. The researcher explained to the students the use of V2, past tense, and past continuous tense in the recount text.Then, they were asked to change V1 to V2 or the vise versa. There were ten verbs which could be used in the pictorial board game. There were walk, buy, cross, close, tie, flow, throw, run, bring, and, stop. This activity was expected to make the students more familiar with those verbs, understand, and they did not forget those verbs. Most of the students could play the game very fast which showed that their willingness to play the game was very high and some students did not want to have low score in vocabulary quiz II. So, they started to play the game as well as possible to master the vocabulary used in the game. . 1. 3. 1. 3 The Students’ Attitude towards Pictorial Board Game The pictorial board game was done in the last activity because it was used to improve the students’ vocabulary mastery. When the researcher helped the students to play the game, the collaborator observed and noted everything she needed to collect the data. The students looked excited and serious in playing the 39 game. They supported their friends to answer the questions in the game. Some students asked the researcher when they did not really understand the picture. All the groups tried to finish the game as soon as possible.The groups who most the members were girls looked quiet and more serious in playing game. Most of the members could answer the questions very fast and correct. But, some of them did not lucky in throwing the dice, it showed the number which they did not expect which made them took more time to finish the game. They complained that they could answer all the questions, but the number shown by the dice made them take more time to finish the game. The researcher reminded them that the rules of the game were not only able to answer all questions but also able to reach “finish. All the groups needed about less than thirty minutes to finish the game, the last group needed twenty seven minutes. Then, all the verbs in the game were discussed together. Most of the students were very active to discuss the verbs, even some of their answers were wrong. All the students paid attention to the researcher and they looked very active in vocabulary session and they did not look bored even it was the 4th day they played the same game. 3. 1. 3. 2 Meeting II The researcher conducted the second meeting on Wednesday, March 30, 2011 from 08. 20 a. m. – 09. 40 a. m.The meeting lasted about eighty minutes. 3. 1. 3. 2. 1 The Implementation of Pictorial Board Game In the second meeting, the researcher played the song entitled “I Have A Dream” and let students to sing together by looking at the lyrics given. Then, he 40 started the class by greeting and checking students’ attendance list. As previous meeting, he gave the students some leading questions. He also reviewed the previous materials, especially in term of vocabulary. The students looked understood about the previous materials. They could mention some verbs used in the game in previous meeting.Then, the researcher distributed handouts of recount text entitled “Having Dinner. ” The researcher asked the students to read that text and answered the questions based on the text. Then, the researcher asked the students to describe the language features and generic structures of recount text. Most of the students could describe them correctly and it was discussed together. Then, students listed all nouns in the text and wrote them on the white board and the researcher mentioned the nouns used in the game. The meanings of the nouns were discussed together and all students already understood.The next activity was playing pictorial board game. The students rearranged the seats and desks without any instructions from the researcher. As previous meeting, there were eight groups. Six groups consisted of five students and the rest consisted of six students. Then, the researcher gave all the pictorial board game equipments to the leaders. The researcher reminded the students how to play the game. The researcher gave thirty minutes to the students to play pictorial board game. After students finished playing the game, all the nouns in the game were discussed together.The researcher reminded the students that they would have a vocabulary quiz II at the end of third meeting. He also said that the nouns in the pictorial 41 board game were the materials of the quiz. Some students said that they understood, but some of them still looked the opposite. 3. 1. 3. 2. 2 The Students’ Vocabulary Mastery As previous meeting, the researcher asked the students to find out all nouns in text and one by one of them should write down a word on the white board. They looked familiar with the nouns, but some of them could not pronounce the nouns correctly.There were ten nouns which could be used in the pictorial board game. There were get dinner, bowl, table, rice, plate, food, milk, meat, vegetables, fruits. This activity was expected make the students more familiar with that nouns, understand, and they did not forget that nouns easily. They looked more familiar with the nouns used in this game, but they still could not pronounce them well. 3. 1. 3. 2. 3 The Students’ Attitude toward Pictorial Board Game In this meeting, the researcher found that the students were more enthusiastic in playing pictorial board game.They did not get bored to play the game and looked busy with their groups. The researcher found a student looked pale and did not enjoy the game. When the researcher came to him and asked him to go to school health program if he felt ill. However, he said that he was fine and wanted to continue the game. The researcher was walking around the classroom to lead each group when the students playing the game, while the classroom English teacher collected the data by using observation checklist and field notes. The students looked very active in playing game, even though some of them made noisy.All 42 the students played fairly and still, groups which most the members were girls finished the game faster than group which most the members were boys. All the groups needed less than thirty minutes to finish the game. The last group needed twenty eight minutes. Then, all the nouns in the game were discussed together. Most of the students were very active to discuss that nouns, even some of their answers were wrong. Students enjoyed the class and they were very happy when the teacher informed that she would add student’s English score if they got high score in vocabulary quiz II. . 1. 3. 3 Meeting III The researcher conducted the third meeting on Friday, April 1, 2011 from 08. 20 a. m. – 09. 40 a. m. The meeting lasted about eighty minutes. 3. 1. 3. 3. 1 The Implementation of Pictorial Board Game In the third meeting the song sung entitled “Mother, How Are You Today? ” and the researcher gave the students the lyrics and sang together. Then, he started the class by greeting and checking student’s attendance list. As previous meeting, he gave the students some leading questions. He also reviewed the previous materials, especially in term of vocabulary.The students looked understood about the previous materials. Most of them could answer the questions from the researcher correctly. Then, the researcher distributed handouts of recount text entitled “Forgot to Brush My Teeth. ” The researcher asked students to read that text and answered the questions based on the text. Then, the researcher asked the students to describe the language features and generic structures of recount text. Most of students 43 could describe them correctly and it was discussed together. Then, students listed all verbs in the text and wrote them on the white board.The meanings of the verbs were discussed together and most of students could make a sentence by using those verbs. The researcher mentioned the verbs used in the game. The next activity was playing pictorial board game. The students rearranged the seats and desks without any instructions from the researcher. As previous meeting, there were eight groups. Six groups consisted of five students and the rest consisted of six students. Because there was the last meeting, all the groups looked well-prepared in playing the game. They pointed the smartest student in their group to be the leader.Then, the researcher gave all the pictorial board game equipments to the leaders. The researcher reminded the students how to play the game. The researcher gave thirty minutes to the students to play pictorial board game. After students finished playing game, all the verbs in the game were discussed together. The researcher reminded the students that they would have a quiz at the end of that meeting. He also said that the verbs in the pictorial board game were the materials of the quiz. The students looked ready to do the quiz. The documentation of this meeting can be seen in Appendix 35. . 1. 3. 3. 2 The Students’ Vocabulary Mastery The result of students’ vocabulary mastery in quiz II showed that the pictorial board game was effective to improve the students’ vocabulary mastery (See Appendix 32. ). Out of 42, there were 37 students (88. 09%) who passed SKBM. The lowest score was 65, the highest score was 100, and the average score was 83. 09%. The result showed that the students who passed SKBM increased 44 11. 43% compared to the result of vocabulary quiz I. Based on the result of Quiz I, it can be seen that the result met the criteria of success for product. 3. 1. 3. 3. The Students’ Attitude toward Pictorial Board Game In vocabulary session, the researcher was walking around the classroom to lead each group when students playing pictorial board game, while the classroom English collecting the data by using observation checklist and field notes. The students looked very active in playing game, even though they were very crowded. Each group did their best in playing the game. They competed each other because there was the last chance for them to be the winner and got the reward from the researcher. The class was very crowded when most of the groups finished the game.They made a circle and laughed their friends who took long time. The group which still played the game could not be concentrate and they asked their friends to stop laughing. When their friends stop laughing, they finished the game two minutes later. All the groups needed less than thirty minutes to finish that game, the last group needed twenty six minutes to finish the game. Then, all the words in the game were discussed together. Most of the students were very active to discuss that verbs, most of their answer were true, but there was five students who looked passive and just waited their friends to answer the questions.The researcher pointed one of them to answer the question and he could answer the question correctly. All students still wanted to play that game in the next meeting. They asked their teacher to give them the game in vocabulary session. The students did not 45 give back the pictorial board game equipments to the researcher; they kept them on the desks. The researcher gave all materials and board game equipments to the students. He also gave them the soft copy of media, materials, and new dices. The students said that they would use the game until they get bored, while the teacher would try to use pictorial board game to other classes. . 1. 3. 4 Reflection of Cycle II Observation checklist in cycle II showed that almost all students were involved in each meeting. There were 98. 33% of the students who were involved in the teaching and learning activity in meeting I and 100% in meeting II and meeting III. It was also proven by the result of field notes. The result of observation checklist and field notes in cycle II can be seen in Appendices 33 and 34. The new groups in cycle II allowed the students to have good team works because they had groups with their close friends.Moreover, the modification of the rules made the students played the game more sportive, especially for the boys. They did not cheat in cycle II. The rewards given by the teacher made them more enthusiastic in playing game. The song which was played by the teacher at the beginning of the class made the students feel relaxed to start the lesson. Students really enjoyed that song; they sang together by looking at the lyric given. They did not understand all the meaning in that song and did not catch the lesson learned from the song. So, the researcher gave a general explanation of that song.The media and treatment which were planned by the researcher to solve the problems faced by students were good. For example, the researcher prepared 46 pictorial board game equipments, prepared in making group of students and explained the meanings of words which made students interested in the teaching and learning activities. The following table showed the comparison of students’ score in vocabulary test in preliminary study, vocabulary quiz I, and vocabulary quiz II. Table 3. 1 the Comparison of the Result of Students’ Pre-test, Vocabulary Quiz I and IICategories Lowest Score Highest Score Average Score Percentage of Students Met the Criteria of Success Preliminary study 52 88 69,90 38,09% Quiz 1 55 95 75,95 66,66% Quiz 2 65 100 83,09 88,09% Based on the reflection above, it can be said that pictorial board game is effective media to improve student’s vocabulary mastery and make the students learn vocabulary with fun. So, it is appropriate to solve the problems faced by the students. CHAPTER IV DISCUSSION Based on the research findings presented in the previous chapter, this chapter presented the discussion taken from the findings. Discussion In Cycle I, some students complained about the instructions of the game because they did not understand very well and the boys cheated in playing the game. In Cycle II, the researcher gave clearer model of the game and added the instruction by giving a paper for each leader of the group which made them could not cheat. Rachmajanti (2006: 65) states that clarity of the instruction is important. To give clear instruction can be done by giving number of good example and illustrations. In Cycle I, the students had low motivation in the teaching and learning activity.Some of them just enjoyed the game, but they did not pay attention to the researcher explanation. Especially for the boys, they were very crowded and were not serious in playing the game and did the vocabulary quiz I. In Cycle II, the students looked more enthusiastic in teaching and learning activity because the researcher played the music at the beginning of the class, allowed the students to choose with whom they wanted to have group, and gave rewards for the winner of the group and the students who had the highest score in vocabulary quiz II. The music was played at the beginning of the class by using laptop.It made the students enthusiastic to start the teaching and learning activity. Harmer 47 48 (2007: 319) states that a piece of music can change the atmosphere in the classroom or prepare students for a wish. Moreover, Read (2007, in Khoiriyah, 2011: 223) states that the use of rhymes, chants, and songs also promotes the development of positive attitudes and motivation towards learning a foreign language in both the immediate and longer terms. The researcher played different music for each meeting in Cycle II which made the students enjoyed more the class.Robiatul (2011) states that the use of different kind of music for different session has succeeded in getting the students’ attention towards what is being presented. In the cycle II, the researcher allowed the students to choose with whom they want to have groups. This way makes them more responsible in their own group. Brown (2007: 225) states that group work places responsibility for action and progress upon each of the members of the group somewhat equally. Moreover, the researcher grouped the students into five or six students to make the teaching and learning more effective.Harmer (2007: 105) states that in general, it is possible to say that small groups of around five students provoke greater involvement and participation than larger groups. In Cycle II, the researcher was giving reward for the winner group and the students who got the highest score in vocabulary quiz II. The reward made them more enthusiastic to attend the teaching and learning activity. Brown (2007: 6) states that a reward-driven conditioning theory of learning has some shortcomings that ultimately have a high impact in classroom instruction.Moreover, based on the research conducted by Indrawati (2009), it is revealed that reward system was effective in teaching and learning English. One of her conclusions reveals that 49 reward system can motivate the students to participate activity in their English classroom. The improvement of the students’ vocabulary mastery through the implementation of pictorial board game was very good. It could be seen in the results of the students’ vocabulary quizzes which showed that pictorial board game improved students’ vocabulary mastery because they learn vocabulary with fun and not only translate difficult words.Wright (1989: 137) states that translation might often provide meaning quickly but it does not develop this essential learning strategy which the students can continue to draw on long after they have left the classroom. There were 37 (83. 09%) students who passed SKBM in the vocabulary quiz II. The result met the criteria of success for product in this study. Moreover, in meeting II and meeting III in cycle II, the result of observation checklists which were proven by field notes showed that 100% of the students involved the teaching and learning activities.It showed that pictorial board game was effective to improve students’ vocabulary mastery. Pictorial board game helped the students to learn vocabulary in the context which made them not forgot easily. Chen (2005) states that games in language-learning can create a meaningful context for language use and encourage creative and spontaneous use of language. By using games in the teaching of vocabulary, the students enjoyed the class and did not feel under pressure as they were not asked to memorize list of vocabularies. Games could create a new atmosphere which makes teaching and learning activity became fun and enjoyable.Uberman (1998, in Chen 2005) states that games offer students a fun-filled and relaxing learning atmosphere. After 50 learning and practicing new vocabulary, the students have the opportunity to use language in a non-stressful way. The students’ response toward pictorial board game was very positive. They enjoyed the game very much and most of them liked the game. It revealed that most of the students (85. 71%) like pictorial board game in learning vocabulary. Moreover, they also said that the pictorial board game was easy to play. There were 64. 28% of the students who said the pictorial board game is easy to be played.Moreover, there were 90. 47% students who said that their vocabulary rose after implementing pictorial board game and 97. 61% said that the use of the game was needed to be continued in teaching and learning vocabulary activity. The performance of the researcher in cycle II gave positive effect to the class’s atmosphere which made the students’ vocabulary mastery rose in vocabulary quiz II. The collaborator noted that the song played in cycle II made them ready to start the teaching and learning activity. She also noted that the reward made students more interested in playing the game.In conclusion, the results of the analysis above showed that the pictorial board game was implemented successfully in class VIII-A to improve students’ vocabulary mastery. Therefore, it could be said that the implementation of pictorial board game improved the VIII-A students’ vocabulary mastery in MTsN Aryojeding, Tulungagung. The students’ vocabulary mastery improved by implementing pictorial board game with following procedure. First, the teacher played the music at the beginning of the class. Second, asking the students to make group of five and they 51 were allowed to choose with whom they wanted to have group.Third, pointing a student for each group to be the leader. Fourth, giving all the game equipments to the leaders. Fifth, asking the students to play the game about thirty minutes. Sixth, the winner was the group which all the members reach “finish” and they got rewards. CHAPTER V CONCLUSSION AND SUGGESTION This chapter presents the conclusion based on the findings in the previous chapter and suggestions for the teachers, the school principal, and for the further researchers to this classroom action research. 5. 1 Conclusions Based on the findings in previous chapter, the researcher made the following conclusions. . Based on the students’ score in vocabulary test in preliminary study, vocabulary quiz I, and vocabulary quiz II, it can be concluded that pictorial board game can solve the students’ problem in mastering vocabulary of the eighth graders of MTsN Aryojeding, Tulungagung. The students’ score is very significant and finally reach the criteria of success. 2. Pictorial board game made students more active in teaching and learning process, especially in vocabulary session. They looked very comfortable, enjoyed the class and paid more attention to the teacher.The atmosphere of the class was very different when the researcher conducted observation and when the researcher acted as a teacher for each meeting. 3. Pictorial board game can be used as alternative media in teaching and learning vocabulary activity. The teacher did not need to ask the students to make list of vocabulary and memorize them in a week as the teacher did in 52 53 the observation, but she put the words on the game which made the students learn vocabulary with fun. 5. 2 Suggestions 1. For the teacher It is suggested for the teacher to make the students relax and enjoy the teaching and learning activities. . For the school principal It is suggested to facilitate the use of pictorial board game to improve the student’s vocabulary mastery. The teacher can make students to be relax by giving rewards and playing the music at the beginning at the lesson. 3. For further researchers a. 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It is seven p. m. Wilson’s family had a … a. branch c. dinner b. breakfast d. lunch 3. Mr.Daniel went to airport because he would go to Surabaya by … a. bus c. plane b. car d. train 4. Our country has two … there are the wet rainy and the dry. a. climates c. weather b. seasons d. zones 5. My mother asked me to lock the … before leaving the room. a. window c. gate b. garage d. door 6. Mr. Louis was selling meat in the market. He is a … a. butcher c. carpenter b. bricklayer d. tailor 7. Mr. Dave goes to field everyday. He is a … a. bricklayer c. farmer b. carpenter d. teacher 8. Catherine was walking on the catwalk. She is a/an… a. actress c. presenter b. model d. singer 9. My father wore a tie and a … when he was attending a edding party. a. coat c. sweater b. jacket d. shirt 10. People say that flower is the symbol of love. It is the … a. jasmine c. orchid b. rose d. tulip 11. Kristin would go sleeping. She would wear a… a. jeans c. pajamas b. skirt d. t-shit 12. … is an animal which has a trunk. a. Elephant c. Lion d. Tiger b. Giraffe 58 13. Maria was crying and holding her right cheek. She had a … a. headache c. stomachache b. sore throat d. toothache 14. On the plane, a passenger is a person who … a. flies a plane c. serves the people b. is traveling d. works on a plane 15. … is an animal lives in two terrains, water and land. a. Fish c. Frog b.Fox d. Whale 16. The chef needed a knife to … meat. a. bring c. cut b. cook d. put 17. Thomson felt very tired. He would … a. take a rest c. take a look b. take a walk d. take a bath 18. The students went to mall to … a pair of shoes and some books. a. sell c. bring b. give d. buy 19. Martina was … her teeth before sleeping. a. cleaning c. sweeping b. brushing d. washing 20. The tourist’s skin looks darker after … from the beach. a. diving c. sailing b. sunbathing d. swimming 21. My father was bringing a cigarette he would like to… a. smoke c. sit b. eat d. drink 22. In the rainy season the farmers do not need to … the plants. a. grow c. pray b. harvest d. water 23. Mr. Joseph was in hurry because the plane would … at 7. 30 a. m. a. depart c. move b. land d. stop 24. The policeman was … the car which was passing the red lamp. a. calling c. stopping b. catching d. watching 25. Kiki was using a perfume. He was … all his body. a. dropping c. flowing d. spraying b. falling 59 Appendix 2: The Answer Sheet for Vocabulary Pre-test Vocabulary Pre-test Answer Sheet Name : Student’s Number: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 60 Appendix 3: The Answer Key for Vocabulary Pre-test Answer Key for Pre-test 1. a 2. c 3. c 4. b 5. 6. a 7. c 8. b 9. d 10. b 11. c 12. a 13. d 14. b 15. c 16. c 17. a 18. d 19. b 20. b 21. a 22. d 23. a 24. c 25. d 61 Appendix 4: The schedule of the Action Research The Schedule of Action Research NO 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. ACTIVITY Observation Pre-test Cycle I Meeting I Cycle I Meeting II Cycle I meeting III Cycle II Meeting I Cycle II Meeting II Cycle II Meeting III DATE March 1, 2011 March 8, 2011 March 22, 2011 March 23, 2011 March 25, 2011 March 29, 2011 March 30, 2011 April 1, 2011 DAY Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday Wednes Friday Tuesday Wednes Friday PERIOD 1 -2nd 1st -2nd 1st -2nd 3rd -4th 3rd -4th 1st -2nd 3rd -4th 3rd -4th st 2 Appendix 5a: Lesson plan for Cycle I LESSON PLAN School : MTsN Aryojeding, Tulungagung Subject : English Skill : Reading Topic : My Holiday Class/Semester : VII/2 Time Allocation : 3×80 minutes A. Competence Standard : Reading Understanding the meaningful ideas of a short functional text and a simple short essay in the form of recount related to the close surrounding. B. Basic Competence To respond meaningful ideas of a short functional text and a simple short essay in the form of narrative related to the close surrounding. C. Indicators Responding to the recount text related to the topic “My Holiday” First meeting ?Students are able to find the characteristics of the recount text ? Students are able to find the nouns in the recount text ? Students are able to answer the questions based on the text given Second meeting ? Students are able to find the characteristic of recount text ? Students are able to find the nouns in the recount text ? Students are able to answer the questions based on the text given Third meeting ? Students are able to find the characteristics of recount text ? Students are able to find the verbs in the recount text ? Students are able to answer the questions based on the text given D. Instructional Material ?Recount text “Vacation to London”, “Visiting Bali”, “In the Beach” ? Pictures and descriptions of some objects E. Source and Media ? http://understandingtext. blogspot. com/2008/10/vacation-to-london-clearexample-of. html ? http://bos-sulap. blogspot. com/2010/02/visiting-bali-contoh-examplerecount. html ? Agustin, Helena I. R. 2005. Let’s Talk 2 untuk kelas VIII SMP/MTs. Bandung: Pakar Raya. ? Media : a Pictorial Board Game 63 F. Teaching and Learning Process First Session (2×40 menit) No Activities Pre Teaching Activities 1. Students greet to the teacher 2. Students are checked by the teacher 3.Students are explained the objectives of teaching and learning process 4. Students are given some leading questions Main Activities 1. Students get handouts recount text entitled “Vacation to London” 2. Students describe what they know about recount text 3. Students describe the characteristics of recount text 4. Students answer the questions based on the text given 5. Students make lists of nouns found in the text 6. Students get information about pictorial board game 7. Students make groups of five 8. Students point the leader of each group 9. Students get an explanation about the rules of pictorial board game 10.Students get the model how to play pictorial board game 11. Students were led by the researcher in playing pictorial board game 12. Students were evaluated after playing pictorial board game 13. Students answered about the text learned Post Activities 1. Students answered what they have learned from pictorial board game Time 64 G. Teaching and Learning Process Second Session (2×40 menit) No Activities Pre Teaching Activities 1. Students greet to the teacher 2. Students are checked by the teacher 3. Students are explained the objectives of teaching and learning process 4. Students are given some leading questions Main Activities 1.Students get handouts recount text entitled “Visiting Bali” 2. Students describe what they know about recount text 3. Students describe the characteristics of recount text 4. Students answer the questions based on the text given 5. Students make lists of nouns found in the text 6. Students get information about pictorial board game 7. Students make groups of five 8. Students point the leader of each group 9. Students get an explanation about the rules of pictorial board game 10. Students get the model how to play pictorial board game 11. Students were led by the researcher in playing pictorial board game 12.Students were evaluated after playing pictorial board game 13. Students answered about the text learned Post Activities 1. Students answered what they have learned from pictorial board game Time 65 H. Teaching and Learning Process Third Session (2×40 menit) No Activities Pre Teaching Activities 1. Students greet to the teacher 2. Students are checked by the teacher 3. Students are explained the objectives of teaching and learning process 4. Students are given some leading questions Main Activities 1. Students get handouts recount text entitled “In the Beach” 2. Students describe what they know about recount text 3.Students describe the characteristics of recount text 4. Students answer the questions based on the text given 5. Students make lists of nouns found in the text 6. Students get information about pictorial board game 7. Students make groups of five 8. Students point the leader of each group 9. Students get an explanation about the rules of pictorial board game 10. Students get the model how to play pictorial board game 11. Students were led by the researcher in playing pictorial board game 12. Students were evaluated after playing pictorial board game 13. Students answered about the text learned Post Activities 1. Students do vocabulary quiz ITime 66 Appendix 5b: The Lesson Plan for Cycle II LESSON PLAN School : MTsN Aryojeding, Tulungagung Subject : English Skill : Reading Topic : My Holiday Class/Semester : VII/2 Time Allocation : 3×80 minutes A. Competence Standard : Reading Understanding the meaningful ideas of a short functional text and a simple short essay in the form of recount related to the close surrounding. B. Basic Competence To respond meaningful ideas of a short functional text and a simple short essay in the form of narrative related to the close surrounding. C. Indicators Responding to the recount text related to the topic “My Holiday” First meeting ?Students are able to find the characteristics of the recount text ? Students are able to find the nouns in the recount text ? Students are able to answer the questions based on the text given Second meeting ? Students are able to find the characteristic of recount text ? Students are able to find the nouns in the recount text ? Students are able to answer the questions based on the text given Third meeting ? Students are able to find the characteristics of recount text ? Students are able to find the verbs in the recount text ? Students are able to answer the questions based on the text givenD. Instructional Material ? ? Recount text “Go to with Father to do Some Business”, “Having Dinner”, “Forgot to Brush My Teeth” Pictures and descriptions of some objects E. Source and Media ? Kurniawati, Cicik. 2010. Pegangan Guru Bahasa Inggris untuk SMP/MTs Kelas VIII. Klaten: Intan Pariwara. ? Zaida, Nur. 2009. Practice Your English Competence for SMP/MTs VIII. Jakarta: Erlangga 67 ? Media : a Pictorial Board Game F. Teaching and Learning Process First Session (2×40 menit) No Activities Pre Teaching Activities 1. Students greet to the teacher 2. Students are checked by the teacher 3.Students are explained the objectives of teaching and learning process 4. Students are given some leading questions Main Activities 1. Students get handouts recount text entitled “Go to with Father to do Some Business” 2. Students describe what they know about recount text 3. Students describe the characteristics of recount text 4. Students answer the questions based on the text given 5. Students make lists of nouns found in the text 6. Students get information about pictorial board game 7. Students make groups of five 8. Students point the leader of each group 9. Students get an explanation about the rules of pictorial board game 10.Students get the model how to play pictorial board game 11. Students were led by the researcher in playing pictorial board game 12. Students were evaluated after playing pictorial board game 13. Students answered about the text learned Post Activities 1. Students answered what they have learned from pictorial board game Time 68 G. Teaching and Learning Process Second Session (2×40 menit) No Activities Pre Teaching Activities 1. Students greet to the teacher 2. Students are checked by the teacher 3. Students are explained the objectives of teaching and learning process 4. Students are given some leading questions Main Activities 1.Students get handouts recount text entitled “Having Dinner” 2. Students describe what they know about recount text 3. Students describe the characteristics of recount text 4. Students answer the questions based on the text given 5. Students make lists of nouns found in the text 6. Students get information about pictorial board game 7. Students make groups of five 8. Students point the leader of each group 9. Students get an explanation about the rules of pictorial board game 10. Students get the model how to play pictorial board game 11. Students were led by the researcher in playing pictorial board game 12.Students were evaluated after playing pictorial board game 13. Students answered about the text learned Post Activities 1. Students answered what they have learned from pictorial board game Time 69 H. Teaching and Learning Process Third Session (2×40 menit) No Activities Time Pre Teaching Activities 1. Students greet to the teacher 2. Students are checked by the teacher 3. Students are explained the objectives of teaching and learning process 4. Students are given some leading questions Main Activities 1. Students get handouts recount text entitled “Forgot to Brush My Teeth” 2. Students describe what they know about recount text 3.Students describe the characteristics of recount text 4. Students answer the questions based on the text given 5. Students make lists of nouns found in the text 6. Students get information about pictorial board game 7. Students make groups of five 8. Students point the leader of each group 9. Students get an explanation about the rules of pictorial board game 10. Students get the model how to play pictorial board game 11. Students were led by the researcher in playing pictorial board game 12. Students were evaluated after playing pictorial board game 13. Students answered about the text learned Post Activities 1.Students do the vocabulary quiz II 70 Appendix 6: The Material and Vocabulary List for Cycle I Vacation to London Mr. Richard’s family was on vacation. They went to London. They saw their travel agent and booked their tickets. They went to the British embassy to get visas to enter Britain. They had booked fourteen days tour. They boarded Boeing flight. On the plane the cabin crews were very friendly. They gave them food and drink. There was a film for entertainment. They had a very pleasant flight. They slept part of the way. On arrival at Heathrow airport, they went to hotel. The room had perfect view of the park.The room had its own bathroom instead of key for the room; they inserted a key card to open the door. On the third floor, there was a restaurant serving Asian and European food. They had variety of food. The two weeks in London went by fast. At the end of the 14-days, they were quite tired but they felt very happy. List of nouns used in the game: 1. Vacation 2. Plane 3. Food 4. Drink 5. Airport 6. Hotel 7. Park 8. Bathroom 9. Keys 10. Door 11. Restaurant 71 Visiting Bali My friend went to Bali last week and he stayed in Kuta. He spent the first three days for swimming and surfing on Kuta beach.He visited some tour agents and selected two tours. The first one was to Singaraja and the second was to Ubud. On the first tour, my friend and his group drove on Singaraja through mountains. Singaraja is a clean city because some workers sweep the road every morning. Beside that, there were many trees and there were many Old Dutch houses. The second tour was to Ubud. It was not to see or to take pictures the scenery but to see the art and the craft of the island. They stopped at Batubulan, a center of stone and sculpture. There, my friend watched young boys were sitting and carving out of big blocks of stone.My friend ten-day-stay ended very quickly. He loved his tours very much and he was quite satisfied. List of verbs used in the game: 1. Swim – Swam – Swimming 2. Surf – Surfed – Surfing 3. Drive – Drove – Driving 4. Sweep – Swept – Sweeping 5. Take pictures – Took pictures – Taking pictures 6. Stop – Stopped – Stopping 7. Watch – Watched – Watching 8. Sit – Sat – Sitting 9. Carve – Carved – Carving 10. Love – Loved – Loving 72 In the beach Last month, my family and I went to the beach. We wanted to refresh our mind and enjoy the fresh air. We went there early in the morning by car to avoid the traffic jam.After parking out car, we walked along the beach barefooted. We could feel the smoothness of the sand. Moreover, in that time the beach was very silent because we were the first visitors. The cold sea water touched our feet. Then, we looked for a place to take a rest. We rolled out the mat on the ground and had meals together. While eating, we saw many things. Many children built sand castles. Some of them played with their balls. We also saw some people sunbathing. After having meals, I was interested in doing the same thing. I made sand castles with my sister. Meanwhile, my father bought a necklace and gave it to my mother.I was so happy and really enjoyed that day. List of nouns used in the game: 1. Beach 2. Car 3. Sand 4. Sea 5. Feet 6. Mat 7. Children 8. Balls 9. Castles 10. Necklace 73 Appendix 7: The Material and Vocabulary List for Cycle II Go with Father to do Some Business One day last year, I had to go with my father to do some business in another town. It was so boring that I decided to walk around the shops to buy soft drink. From this spot, I noticed two women and a man crossing the roads towards a doctor’s surgery. Unfortunately, the surgery was closed. I tell you what! The man was limping and had a handkerchief tied around his ankle.I could know clearly see the man’s injury, but the blood was flowing all over his foot. Soon I threw a way my soft drink and grabbed the first aid bandages I had in the glove box. Then I ran over to the group and offered my help. One of the women used the handbags to restrict the blood flow. After that, I asked them to bring my glove box when they went home. I was grateful because I have done some kindness, and to see how that stopped me wallowing in self-pity and anger. I was so glad. Adapted from: Jennifer Cockburn, Mood for Helping, in Reader’s Digest March 2010, Singapore, Reader’s Digest Asia Pte Ltd, 2010.List of verbs used in the game: 1. Walk – Walked – Walking 2. Buy – Bought – Buying 3. Cross – Crossed – Crossing 4. Close – Closed – Closing 5. Tie – Tied – Teeing 6. Flow – Flew – Flowing 7. Throw – Threw – Throwing 8. Run – Ran – Running 9. Bring – Brought – Bringing 10. Stop – Stopped – Stopping 74 Having Dinner It was seven p. m. in the evening. As usual, the Burhans were having dinner. There were a big bowl of vegetable soup and fried cuttlefish on the dinning table. Mr. and Mrs. Burhan were enjoying their meals because the meals were very delicious. Suddenly, Mrs. Burhan stopped eating.She noticed that Fikri, her son, only put very little rice and cuttlefish on his plate. Mrs. Burhan was worried. First, she looked suspiciously to Fikri. Then, she asked Fikri. Fikri answered that he was full. But this answer didn’t satisfy Mrs. Burhan. Next, she explained the benefits of consuming nutritious food such milk as meat to Fikri. She strongly suggested him to consume food containing vitamins like vegetables and fruit. Finally, Mrs. Burhan ordered Fikri to have some more vegetable soup. Fikri said that he understood what his mother said. Then, he took the soup and the fish and ate them.List of nouns used in the game: 1. Dinner 2. Bowl 3. Table 4. Rice 5. Plate 6. Food 7. Milk 8. Meat 9. Vegetables 10. Fruits 75 Forgot to Brush my Teeth I got a terrible day. Early in the morning, I got up with a pain on one of my teeth. I directly remembered that I forgot to brush my teeth last night. When Mom knocked on my door, I could not open the door. I stayed on my bed holding my cheek. Mom opened the door and asked me what happened. I told her that I got a terrible toothache. She gave me an aspirin to relieve my pain. Then, she asked me to get dressed and then called the dentist.I cried loudly and refused to go to the dentist. I was so scared. My mom insisted me to go, but I refused it. Finally, Mom called the dentist to cancel the appointment. Soon, I thought I should do my mother suggestion because the pain on my tooth became worse. I promised to my Mom to go to the dentist with her tomorrow. List of verbs used in the game: 1. Get up – Got up – Getting up 2. Brush – Brushed – Brushing 3. Knock – Knocked – Knocking 4. Open – Opened – Opening 5. Hold – Held – Holding 6. Ask – Asked – Asking 7. Give – Gave – Giving 8. Cry – Cried – Crying 9. Call – Called – Calling 10. Think – Thought – Thinking 6 Appendix 8: The Game Board for Pictorial Board Game in Cycle I Session I “Noun Game” 77 Appendix 9: The Cards for Pictorial Board Game in Cycle I Session I 1. The Cards (the first side) 78 2. The Cards (the second side) 79 Appendix 10: The Board Game for Pictorial Board Game in Cycle I Session II “Verb Game” What were they doing yesterday? 80 Appendix 11: The Cards for Pictorial Board Game Cycle I Session II 1. The Cards (the first side) 81 2. The Cards (the second side) 82 Appendix 12: The Game Board for Pictorial Board Game in Cycle I Session III “Noun Game” If possible, change the nouns into it’s singular form! 3 Appendix 13: The Cards for Pictorial Board Game in Cycle I Session III 1. The Cards (the first side) 84 2. The Cards (the second side) 85 Appendix 14: The Game Board for Pictorial Board Game in Cycle II Session I “Verb Game” What did they do yesterday? 86 Appendix 15: The cards for Pictorial Board Game in Cycle II Session I 1. The Cards (the first side) 87 2. The Cards (the second side) 88 Appendix 16: The Game Board for Pictorial Board Game in Cycle II Session II “Noun Game” If possible, change the nouns into it’s singular form! 9 Appendix 17: The Cards of Pictorial Board Game in Cycle II Session II 1. The Cards (the first side) 90 2. The Cards (the second side) 91 Appendix 18: The Game Board for Pictorial Board Game in Cycle II Session III “Verb Game” What were they doing last week? 92 Appendix 19: The Cards for Pictorial Board Game in Cycle II Session III 1. The Cards (the first side) 93 2. The Cards (the second side) 94 Appendix 20: The Steps in Implementing the Pictorial Board Game in Cycle I THE STEPS OF PICTORIAL BOARD GAME (FIRST CYCLE) Step 1 1. Make a group of five. 2.The researcher chooses one of the members of each group randomly to be the leader. 3. The leader takes the game set and listens to the researchers’ explanation about the board game and vocabularies on the board game. Step 2 1. Duty of the leader: Guide the game for 30 minutes. Decide which player will play first, and so on by throwing the dice. Keep the cards and read them when the player steps on one of the number of the card. Recording the member answer whether right or wrong. 2. Duty of the player : Putting their marker on the START. Throwing the dice and moving to the next step as many as the dice shown.Mentioning their number and asking the leader to read the question on the card. Step 3 1. When all the players have reached the FINISH before time is over, the leader has to inform the researcher and than they can play the game again in order to open the card as many as possible. 2. At the end of the game, the leaders should raise his/her hand to know how many minutes they need to finish the game. 95 Appendix 21: Observation Checklist Observation Checklist for Student’s Activities Day/date : Topic : Observer : Observer Student’s activities Malaysian Code on Corporate Governance 2012 Essay Comparative Analysis Between Students Performances in Mathematics and Science Essay Creating Game In Application Format Computer Science Essay Business Policy and Strategy Essay Biology Outline Essay Practicum Report Essay Communication Skills of Teachers Essay Support and Guidance for Students Essay Morphology Is a Valid Strategy for High School Students to Improve Vocabulary Essay ← Carl Rogers – Person-Centred Therapy Essay What Is Needed for a Successful Marriage? 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__label__cc	0.52384	0.47616	Standards headlines Private prison a money-waster, despite Collins’ spin Written By: notices and features - Date published: 6:00 am, July 13th, 2010 - 11 comments Categories: open mike - Tags: Open mike is your post. It’s open for discussing topics of interest, making announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. Comment on whatever takes your fancy. The usual good behaviour rules apply (see the link to Policy in the banner). Step right up to the mike… 11 comments on “Open mike 13/07/2010 ” I’ll be looking out for this book. Seems useful: http://www.hamptonpress.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=1-57273-93833 Journalism and Meaning-Making: Reading the Newspaper (Verica Rupar) This collection of essays puts the issue of making sense of reality at the center of the debate about journalism. Intellectually challenging and provocative, the essays invite readers to think critically about the information circulating in the news media, and to explore the position of journalism in society. Well-illustrated case studies support historical, linguistic, sociological and cultural analyses of the tools, techniques and rules journalists use to reprsent, interpret, and construct reality. Well-written, well-timed and supported by a number of examples, this book is directed at an academic as well as general audience interested in journalism and its place in our understanding of the world. Includes some chapters on NZ & Aussie news media: Journalism and Social Change: 100 Years of the New Zealand Daily The Dominion (Post), Verica Rupar. Ownership, Cooperation, and the News: A Case Study of the New Zealand Press Association, Grant Hannis. Death in the Media: Representations of Tragedy and Traumaâ€”The Port Arthur Massacre and the Thredbo Landslide, Annona Pearse. What You See and What You Get: The Evolving Role of News Photographs in an Australian Broadsheet, Helen Caple. Also chapters on cross-media, and tabloidisation. Not brand new but in case you missed it like I did – John Clarke at his finest on asylum seekers: http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2010/07/08/2948672.htm Pascal's bookie 3 Review of that series that’s always on The History Channel: http://squid314.livejournal.com/275614.html I’m not even going to get into the whole subplot about breaking a secret code (cleverly named “Enigma”, because the writers couldn’t spend more than two seconds thinking up a name for an enigmatic code), the giant superintelligent computer called Colossus (despite this being years before the transistor was even invented), the Soviet strongman whose name means “Man of Steel” in Russian (seriously, between calling the strongman “Man of Steel” and the Frenchman “de Gaulle”, whoever came up with the names for this thing ought to be shot). BLiP 3.1 Sky should rename the History Channel to the WWII Channel. And, while I’m on my high-horse lurking in the Sky #70s channels, is anyone else sick of them? The first one is a constant re-run of Deadliest Catch, the Crime Channel is reruns of reruns of reruns of Cops, 48 Hours, World’s Toughest Jails, Cold Cases, and Forensic Something, the next channel over is pretty much reruns of the reruns on the Crime Channel, the documentary channel – ha-bloody-ha – and the other one is an endless series of Lets Save The Cute Bunny plus Wild Planet. F F S, what a waste of money. I rang and complained the other day – (actually I couldn’t get my PlayStation to work but the topic of endless reruns came up) – and the poor lass on the other end of the phone ended up agreeing with me. At least I got a three month free trial of the Arts and Rialto channels out of my moaning. felix 3.1.1 Paraphrasing Ricky Gervais – “I watch discovery so I know everything there is to know about sharks and nazis”. As fer me, one afternoon in the #70s I saw 4 different docos about bridges – Longest, most difficult to build, most unusual etc. Needless to say there was a fair amount of overlap between them and the whole afternoon’s programming only covered about 3 bridges. Hateatea 4 If Murray McCully won’t appoint Buck Shelford as a Rugby World Cup amabassador, does that mean he is anti-Maori? Nothing against the other chaps who I am sure are great ambassadors for the game and the country but where is tangata whenua in all this? The Voice of Reason 4.1 I suspect the tangata whenua will be working behind the bar at Party Central, cleaning the streets afterwards and at least one maori in each AB game will be allowed to lead the haka. If the tangata whenua want to get more involved, then they’ll just have to pony up for one of those $1500 tickets. Alternatively, they could just ignore the whole fiasco and get behind the Warriors, who at least have some history of promoting maori culture within their sport and don’t rely on massive handouts to bolster a fading fantasy that Rugby Union is still ‘NZ’s game’. Lanthanide 4.1.1 “a fading fantasy that Rugby Union is still â€˜NZ’s game’.” I guess the world cup next year will be the last hurrah. Polanski should be held to account and that’s no joke……. useless Swiss pricks http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10658460 schrodigerscat 6 Where is kiwiblogblog when you need it? Davey has a post up about our dear leader http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2010/07/colin_james_on_key.html in which he states “I don’t think John Key wants to try and break Seddon’s record as longest serving Prime Minister. He is not a Helen Clark who still seethes at being removed from office after only three terms.” How does he know? Is he actually really close to Helen? He seems less certain of Keys intentions. DPF really is a drivel producer these days. Links to post The Standard : posted on 12 July 2010 at 6:12 pm Ad to Herodotus on Herodotus on gsays on Incognito to Sacha on	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3685
__label__cc	0.690086	0.309914	St Andrews Castle You are currently browsing articles tagged St Andrews Castle. July 31: The Lord’s Galley Slave 31 July, 2014 in July 2014 by davidtmyers \| No comments Were you, the reader, aware that the man of the hour in Scotland, John Knox, once rowed a galley ship? No, it wasn’t for exercise. No, it wasn’t for some national pride of the fastest galley ship in a sailing contest. Simply put, John Knox was enslaved on that ship. Earlier, Knox had entered St. Andrews Castle with three young children in tow. Their parents had entrusted him as a tutor. When events following the murder of a Roman Catholic cardinal went badly for anyone suspected of being part of that deed, they urged him to flee to that Protestant bastion for safety purposes. Know was not one of the individuals who killed the cardinal. But he did go there for safety. While present, the chaplain to the soldiers at the chapel was urged by the congregation to extend a pastoral call to Knox, recognizing his spiritual gifts. At first, Knox resisted, but finally gave in to the invitation. He began to preach boldly on themes familiar to the Protestant reformation then beginning in the land of Scotland. At the end of June in 1547, the French fleet besieged St Andrews Castle. On this day, July 31, 1547, victory was gained over the defenders inside its walls. Surrendering were every one in the castle, with promises of lives spared, transportation to France, the opportunity to enter the service of the French king, but if not, then to be conveyed to any country they wished, provided it not be Scotland again. Upon arrival in France, immediately the terms of surrender were annulled, and they became prisoners of war. John Knox became a galley slave for nineteen months. While there were months in which the slave ship did not sail due to weather and cold conditions, in warmer months Knox labored under cruel conditions, of which he writes in many a book and sermon afterwards. He was loaded with chains. He spoke of the sobs of his heart during the imprisonment. It was in anguish of mind and vehement affliction. There were torments sustained in the galleys. Amidst all of the physical treatments came the attacks upon their faith. Daily, the Romanist mass was offered, with expected reverence by the prisoners. As soon as it began however, the galley slaves would cover their heads so they wouldn’t hear the words of the service. Daily, there were efforts to get the prisoners to confess the Romanist faith. Once, a figure representing the Virgin Mary, was pressed between the chained hands of a slave, with a command to kiss the figure. The slave, who many believer to be John Knox himself, threw the figure overboard into the sea, loudly proclaiming the Virgin to save herself by swimming! After this, there were no more attempts to convert the prisoners. John Knox gradually wore down physically from this experience, with a fever near the end of it. Rowing close to the Scottish coast, they raised the feverish Reformer up when the spires of St. Andrews came into view, asking him if he recognized it. He answered, “I know it well; for I see the steeple of that place where God first opened my mouth in public to his glory; and I am fully persuaded, now weak I now appear, that I shall not depart this life, til my tongue shall glorify His godly name in that same place.” Whatever means was used (and even Thomas M’Crie was not sure what it was), after 19 months in harsh conditions, John Knox was freed to continue his ministry in England and Scotland. Words to Live By: It wasn’t God’s will that Knox should be kept forever as a galley slave. It was God’s will to free him so as to allow him to continue his ministry in the Reformation. All of us ever live within the scope of God’s will all of our lives. Let us submit to that will, in large areas as well as small areas. 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__label__wiki	0.81829	0.81829	Now Available - The Faith Reader: A literary chronicle of the struggle between power and passion. Breakfast of Champion by Natasha Ball Waffle Champion surfaced on the Oklahoma City corner of the Facebook universe last summer, posting a series of photos of waffle irons that looked like they’d survived Napoleon’s last stand. A post the following day from co-operator Tara Taylor—“Look for us in August!”—sent an outpouring of Oklahoma Citians to the page. Someone wrote, “I effing love waffles!!!” to which Taylor responded, “Word man!” Oklahoma City is not the Food Truck Capitol of the U.S. That’s Austin, where visitors have been heard walking past their enclaves pointing and saying, “See, this is why we’re not cool.” Last fall a fleet of regulators from the health department, the ABLE Commission and the City of OKC descended on the first late-night rally of food trucks there, reports said, armed with clipboards and guns. A hoard had convened to witness the giant leap for coolkind, and they furiously tapped the blitzkrieg into their touch screens. “I don’t know why they have such a hard-on for messing with trucks,” Taylor said. “I get two different answers … anytime I have a question. It’s a new thing here. It just takes time to establish the relationship with the city.” There was an outcry, and truck operators were permitted to re-launch the event. Tara and her sole coworker, chef Rachel Smith, spent three solid months with some friends in her driveway, retrofitting a 1988 Chevy Step Van. Inside, they installed a stove, where Tara whisks country gravy and scrambles Oklahoma brown eggs. They installed four of the seven-inch Nemco waffle irons she showed off in the Facebook photos, weighing in at $1,200 each—worth it, she said, for that perfect waffle that’s a cross between the sweeter, denser Liège and the deep-pocketed Belgian. The formula for the batter includes bags of Shawnee Mills flour, local buttermilk, and sugar, the exact source of which is a chef’s secret. What emerges from the window—handed down in Tara’s freckled hands as a parcel wrapped in paper and foil—isn’t just a waffle sandwich. “It’s an adventure,” Rachel said “It’s worth writing home for.” Tara and Rachel materialize for a few days each week at 23rd and Walker, in the vacant lot across from Tower Theater. Behind their seats, packed tightly in the back of the truck, are fixings for sammies both sweet and savory. The ingredients lists read like kitchen experiments scrawled on notebook paper by a couple of kids, the ones who stumbled into Mom and Dad’s fine-foods stash in the back of the fridge on a long afternoon during summer break. One of their early concoctions was the “Gary Busey,” a ham-and- cheese waffle packed with bacon, fried eggs, country gravy, and slaw; another, “The Beard,” combines melted chocolate, fried plantains, peanutella mousse, whipped cream, and pink salt. Tara was that kid with the lemonade stand, a life behind a desk looming like a date with the executioner. Early on, she made it a point to befriend some chefs. After circling each other for a couple of years in the OKC food scene, Tara and Rachel realized they aspired to the same: To make good food, and make people happy. A Waffle Champion is independent, Tara said. “It’s whatever people feel like that makes them a champion, makes us,” said Rachel. A Waffle Champion is intrepid. Edmondite Aaron Franklin drives to 23rd and Walker every week for his Dub Champ fix. One Saturday afternoon he crashed a lacrosse match at Cheyenne Middle School on a tip from the Waffle Champion feed on Twitter, the truck’s homing beacon. He ordered the “Kenickie” from the Grease-inspired menu, heaping with bourbon-maple chicken and pepperoni, slapped together with red sauce, ricotta, and basil mozzarella, and paired with the name of the T-bird of equal amounts sweet and spice. “I think they’re holding it down,” he said. “They’re just really good Oklahomans.” A Waffle Champion is free, and the road is its muse. Tara and Rachel never sleep in, rising before 5 a.m. to build batter. They depend on their truck, which slips from F to E at a rate of 10 miles per gallon. Sometimes, they don’t decide in which direction to point it until after the sun first kisses the steering wheel. They test the cake between the irons—it’s imperturbable, ready for anything. “It’s like the Swiss knife of all foods, you know?” Rachel said. “You can do anything on a waffle.” Sign up for our weekly newsletter:	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3691
__label__wiki	0.690901	0.690901	Vatsalya History 2001-2019 Legal Certificates & Policy VSN Seven-to-Seven program Vatsalya Vigyan Kendra Environmental Interventions Vatsalya Model Village Food Fortification Welcome To Vatsalya! A time comes in the life of an organization, as in that of an individual, when the need to reflect on the PURPOSE becomes important. When we work on an idea and give it our 100% effort, the scenario changes. Then the cause becomes somewhat irrelevant because we brought change. That change makes it imperative to take a second look at the objective, the purpose. At Vatsalya we found ourselves at that juncture after 18 years and have spent some serious time reflecting, reviewing and revising our approach and actions. We have done that, while remaining very mindful of not compromising our core values. Please read on various sections of our website to know about our renewed commitment and approach for bringing about happy and positive changes in lives of marginalized children, women and men in India. For learning about our work from 2001-2019, please click on Vatsalya history 2001-2019 above. Vatsalya Annual Report 2019-20 Newsletter-With Love, from Vatsalya!, April 2020 Vatsalya Annual Report 2018-19. VSN Shiksha Niketan Report 2018-19. IWD Report 2017. Vatsalya History At a Glance Vatsalya Live Vatsalya founders conceived the idea of “Children’s Village” ; a unique rehabilitation model for orphaned, abandoned and destitute children in Jaipur. Foundation Jaipur, The Netherlands approved Vatsalya’s proposal to build a children’s village in Achrol. Vatsalya was awarded the sector reforms projects in Barmer and Jalore funded by European Commission. We moved in Vatsalya Udayan; our Children’s Village with 13 orphaned and abandoned children. Samvedana; our outreach services for street children started providing health, education and counselling services. CRY identified Vatsalya as a Health Resource Agency for the state of Rajasthan wherein Vatsalya was given responsibility for training and monitoring activities of 15 NGO partners in Rajasthan. Vatsalya entered into partnership with RSACS for NACO supported Targeted Intervention to address the problem of HIV AIDS in Jaipur district among high risk groups of street children. Vatsalya was invited to participate in an international exchange program by US Embassy The Kavach project supported by TCI Foundation and Bill Melinda Gates Foundation was launched to arrest the spread off HIV among truck drivers. Vatsalya implemented “Quality Institutional Care for Alternative Care”(QIC&AC) for children in partnership with CRY to bring about changes in policies, attitudes and practices. Vatsalya was invited to present its work with orphaned and abandoned children in Aviemore, Scotland. German Embassy awarded grants for Solar project and computers. Livelihood training for women and marginalized communities initiated by Vatsalya. Started Jeevan Kiran Clinic supported by JK Tyre to address STI/HIV/AIDS in truck drivers. Vatsalya was identified by ISRO to facilitate the establishment of Village Resource Centers (VRCs) in order to provide space technology enabled services to rural population. Vatsalya was invited to present its work with street children in Edinburgh, Scotland and in Denver USA. Vatsalya started “Anoothi”; an exclusive program for economic empowerment for marginalized women including commercial sex workers. Vatsalya in partnership with American India Foundation (AIF) launched Market Aligned Skill Training program (MAST) for marginalized youth. Vatsalya Advisory Council was constituted comprising of 11 members from six countries. The objective was to bring in ideas and concepts, funds and resources to strengthen our rehabilitation program for orphaned and abandoned children. The VAC was also to help integrate ideas and values practiced by other world communities. Vatsalya started Targeted Intervention program for female sex workers in Ajmer supported by RSACS Vatsalya was awarded a training project by Government of Rajasthan as part of National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) wherein 9970 members of VHSC were trained by Vatsalya. Vatsalya started its own school by the name of Vatsalya Shiksha Niketan for classes from 1st to 8th. The school was also open to poor rural children from villages around the Vatsalya campus. Vatsalya was invited to visit residential care services in Scotland as part of an exchange program. Vatsalya started skill building program for female sex workers in Ajmer supported by Anchal U.S.A. Vatsalya’s International volunteer program completed 11 years during which Vatsalya received 921 volunteers. Benares Schoolfund Foundation, The Netherlands begins its support to Vatsalya Shiksha Niketan. Vatsalya received Give India accreditation. Partners and donors in United States facilitated Vatsalya founders’ visit for sharing Vatsalya’s work and resource mobilization. Vatsalya started training in Tailoring, Block printing, Kantha, Organic farming , Natural Dyeing and use of Solar Technology for women supported by Australian High Commission & Exim Bank. Vatsalya started skill building program for female sex workers in Ajmer supported by iPartner India. Vatsalya initiated a three-year Black Belt Karate program for children. Vatsalya started skill building program for poor women in Ajmer supported by Fullerton India. Vatsalya’s accomplishments in figures: Rehabilitated and repatriated 580 orphaned and abandoned children, covered 18000 street children through Samvedana camps, covered 6800 youth under skill building program, covered 4700 women under livelihood program, covered 40830 truckers under HIV AIDS program. Vatsalya launched POSHAN: Community based Management of Acute Malnutrition project supported by GAIN ( Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition) Vatsalya Prep School was started as English medium wing of Vatsalya Shiksha Niketan. Vatsalya campus in Achrol became 100% Solar powered with zero carbon foot print. Early Childhood Development (ECD) and Anemia eradication program initiated with UNICEF. GAIN supported staple fortification program implemented by Vatsalya in three states ( Maharastra, Madhya Pradesh & Gujrat). Followed by a positive change in adoption scenario, Vatsalya shifted its approach from 24X7 care of orphaned and abandoned children to a new Seven-to-Seven school for destitute children. Vatsalya school upgraded to secondary level. Vatsalya Vigyan Kendra is (being) built in Vatsalya Campus to benefit thousands of rural children. Vatsalya https://youtu.be/9sZApxZ_4CA	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3692
__label__cc	0.607881	0.392119	Home » Erasure Shine Brightly on New LP ‘The Neon’ Erasure Shine Brightly on New LP ‘The Neon’ By Aaron Vehling (Vehlinggo) August 20, 2020 November 10, 2020 I’m not going to play coy here: Erasure’s new album, The Neon, is the legendary synth-pop duo’s best since 1989’s Wild! and has some of the catchiest hooks since 1988’s earth-shattering The Innocents. The album is out Friday, Aug. 21, via Mute. It’s extraordinarily easy for veteran acts to rest on their laurels and churn out the same paint-by-numbers records time and time again. Or, worse, they sometimes try to tackle contemporary styles or slap on a few modern flourishes to try to avoid seeming out of touch. It often seems as if half of my inbox contains pitches from PR reps for 1980s acts with songs that trend in this direction. They end up with work that satisfies neither existing or potential fans and which probably doesn’t really mean much to the artists themselves. Not so for England-based singer/songwriter Andy Bell and Brooklyn-based synthesist/songwriter Vince Clarke, especially on 10-track gem The Neon, the follow up to 2017’s World Be Gone. They pull off channeling their biggest hits — including the likes of “A Little Respect,” “Chains of Love,” and “Victim of Love” — while weaving in some newer production values, and all without losing sight of the storytelling and artistry for which they’ve been known since Clarke left Yazoo and Bell answered his ad for a singer nearly 40 years ago. The album, the vocals of which Bell recorded in Atlanta, kicks off with a trio of strong and memorable cuts. The propulsive “Hey Now (Think I Got a Feeling)” has the colorfully catchy synth hooks Clarke has spawned since his time in the early stages of Depeche Mode — I can just imagine his infamous synth collection alight with the engaging notes he commands of them. Bell’s effusive vocals are equal parts heartwarming and seductive in their declarations of resilience. What a way to start a record! 2020 isn’t a crapshoot after all. Following that is “Nerves of Steel,” a robust yet tempered number with a slightly serpentine rhythm section that Bell injects with exciting vivacity on a soaring performance on the chorus. “Fallen Angel” has a pronounced strut to it that’s paired with some fuzzy squawks and ethereal synth runs that coalesce around a triumphant chorus. This might be the melody that sticks in my head the most from this record. A fat and warm pulsating synth bass powers the cinematic “Tower of Love,” atop which a choir of Bells chant with a sense of foreboding that the synths are more than happy to match. The candy-sweet-sounding “Diamond Lies” skips along tightly as a cascade of synths surround Bell’s poignant performance. “New Horizons” is a touching piano-driven, affirmation ballad, with Bell reassuring the subject not to give up hope, declaring “you’re my love/you’re my savor/you’re my rock in the storm…” Andy Bell and Vince Clarke (right) are Erasure. Photo by Phil Sharp. The Neon might not necessarily convert any new listeners, but that’s not the point here. (If it does bring in Erasure newbies, then they’re in for an rewarding experience.) What’s key, though, is that Bell and Clarke have stayed true to the principles that have guided their project since 1985 and haven’t fallen prey to any pressures to rely on the handrail of templates or try to be something their not. They’re Erasure and they’re fucking fantastic. The Neon is out Friday, Aug. 21, on Mute and is released digitally and on standard and deluxe limited editions of vinyl, CD, and cassette. Get it here and get it now. Tags: Andy Bell Erasure Mute synth-pop The Neon Vince Clarke Published by Aaron Vehling (Vehlinggo) www.vehlinggo.comView all posts by Aaron Vehling (Vehlinggo) 5 Synthwave Releases You Need to Check Out Right Now Previous Entry One-Liners: ‘She Dies Tomorrow,’ ‘The Old Guard,’ Deadly Avenger & Si Begg (and More!) Next Entry Milan Records Announces ‘Antebellum’ Score and First Track	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3695
__label__wiki	0.942808	0.942808	Join the VentureBeat Community Free: Join the VentureBeat Community for access to 3 premium posts or videos a month. Intel CEO expresses optimism even as stock falls after Q3 earnings Dean Takahashi@deantak October 22, 2020 4:16 PM Bob Swan is the 7th CEO of Intel. The 2021 digital toolkit – How small businesses are taking charge Learn how small businesses are improving customer experience, accelerating quote-to-cash, and increasing security. Intel’s stock price fell 9.5% today after it reported earnings and revenues that matched expectations. Investors may have been spooked by weakness in the datacenter business, but in a conference call with analysts, CEO Bob Swan expressed optimism about the future. In the call, Swan acknowledged that 2020 has been “the most challenging year in my career — with a global pandemic, geopolitical tensions challenging business principles of globalization, and social unrest.” But he also said Intel would grow revenue in 2020 by about $1.8 billion beyond its expectations in January, even with the pandemic. And he cautioned that Intel’s profits for the year would be lower than expected because the company accelerated the launch of 10-nanometer processors, which cost more to produce at the moment than the prior-generation 14nm products. The new chips have circuits that are 10 billionths of a meter apart. This is good news, as the smaller the number, the faster the chips. They’re less costly to produce as well, except in the earlier stages of manufacturing, which is the case right now. Intel currently has three 10nm factories in the U.S. operating and has expanded its overall capacity by 25% in 2020. Swan said the launch of the codenamed Tiger Lake processors (11th Gen Intel Core) is going better than planned, as Intel expects to see 100 laptop models debut this year versus the 50 models estimated earlier. That number is expected to be 150 in 2021. Intel is also on schedule to launch a new datacenter processor codenamed Sapphire Rapids in 2021. Intel’s DG1, its first stand-alone graphics processing unit (GPU), will debut in multiple systems from computer makers in Q4. Intel is also making samples of its 2021 client CPU, codenamed Alder Lake. Above: Intel chief architect Raja Koduri holds a Tiger Lake chip. Intel faces tough competition from Nvidia in AI and graphics chips, while Advanced Micro Devices is much more competitive in central processing units (CPUs). In July, Intel made the embarrassing disclosure that its new generation of 7-nanometer manufacturing has been delayed. The delay prompted Intel to say it was considering outsourcing some manufacturing to a contract chip manufacturer. One of Intel’s advantages has been its internal manufacturing through plants in the United States. But the company has stumbled twice on transitions to new generations, allowing rivals who use external manufacturer TSMC and others to make gains. Intel itself has been working with TSMC to evaluate whether it will tap the Taiwanese company’s external production capacity, and Swan said he is confident in Intel’s ability to port its chips to TSMC’s factories and to port back to its own factories in the U.S. Swan said he believes Intel still gets great benefits from internal manufacturing, with better economics, co-optimization of chip design and chip manufacturing, and assurance of manufacturing capacity. That’s why Intel will continue to invest in leading-edge manufacturing for internal factories. He said the testing for 7nm manufacturing is going fairly well. “We have another great lineup of products in 2022, and I’m increasingly confident in the leadership our 2023 products will deliver on either Intel 7nm or external foundry process — or a combination of both,” he said. He believes with a better product roadmap and improved capacity, Intel will be able to recapture market share lost to rival AMD. Swan noted that while Intel is selling its NAND flash memory chip business to South Korea’s SK Hynix for $9 billion, Intel will retain its Optane technology and continue to invest in that business. VentureBeat's mission is to be a digital town square for technical decision-makers to gain knowledge about transformative technology and transact. Our site delivers essential information on data technologies and strategies to guide you as you lead your organizations. We invite you to become a member of our community, to access: up-to-date information on the subjects of interest to you gated thought-leader content and discounted access to our prized events, such as Transform networking features, and more Join us for the world’s leading event about accelerating enterprise transformation with AI and Data, for enterprise technology decision-makers, presented by the #1 publisher in AI and Data	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3697
__label__cc	0.738929	0.261071	Sign in with USA Wrestling Membership The Ultimate Source for Real Wrestling! National/Regional State/Local Future Olympian Rankings Associated Styles POSTPONED - 2020 Western Regional Championships Farmington, UT - 05/14/2020 - 05/16/2020 The 2019-2020 Membership Year begins September 1st, 2019 and goes through August 31, 2020. All athletes who meet age group requirements, any existing state qualifying procedures and are current members of USA Wrestling are eligible to participate. Athletes MUST present proof of current USA Wrestling Membership Card (actual card or photo copy) at registration AND weigh-ins. If you do not have a copy of your USA Wrestling Membership Card, please contact your State Membership Director prior to the event. It is mandatory that you provide your USA Wrestling Membership Card Number when participating at all USA Wrestling events in order for your results to be correctly linked to your profile for the U.S. Future Olympian Rankings and the Kids National Team website. USA Wrestling Athlete Membership Cards can be acquired from the State Chairperson or State Membership Director of the contestant`s state of residence or online (click HERE). Secondary sports accident insurance is provided as a benefit of membership. If you have lost or forgotten your membership number, please contact svest@usawrestling.org. KIDS REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (8U, 10U, 12U & 14U) PARTICIPANTS CAN BE FROM ANY STATE. 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__label__wiki	0.782616	0.782616	Report on Klyuchevskoy (Russia) — June 2010 Bulletin of the Global Volcanism Network, vol. 35, no. 6 (June 2010) Klyuchevskoy (Russia) Ongoing 2009-2010 eruptions; 243-km-long plume during February 2010 Global Volcanism Program, 2010. Report on Klyuchevskoy (Russia) (Wunderman, R., ed.). Bulletin of the Global Volcanism Network, 35:6. Smithsonian Institution. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.GVP.BGVN201006-300260. Klyuchevskoy After about four months of quiet, eruptions from Kliuchevskoi in January and February 2010 included days with vigorous plumes as high as 6-10 km; a cinder cone grew also inside the active crater. The previous eruption, which began on 8 October 2008 and continued until 16 April 2009, was characterized by Strombolian activity, large thermal anomalies detected in satellite images, lava flows on the NW flank, and phreatic bursts from lava contacting the Erman glacier (BGVN 34:03). During mid-April to August 2009, the volcano was quiet and exhibiting weak fumarolic activity. Two eruptions followed, one in August and another in September 2009. Precursors to the 17 August eruption included elevated seismicity and ash visible in fumarolic emissions. The 17 August ash plume was small and rose to only ~5 km altitude. During 11-18 September 2009 seismicity remained at background levels, although weak tremor was detected. Satellite imagery revealed a weak thermal anomaly over the volcano from 13 to 17 September. Strombolian activity that ejected tephra 70 m above the crater was seen at night on 16 and 17 September. On 18 September observers in Kliuchi (~35 km NNE) saw glow from the crater. Similar activity, including lava flows that began in mid-November 2009, continued in late September through February 2010 (table 13). A daytime photo on 12 November showed an E-slope lava flow with dense white clouds of condensed gases above it; a night photo on 13 November of the same area showed glow from the flow reflected in the gas plume. Table 13. Summary of eruptive behavior at Kliuchevskoi during September 2009-February 2010. Courtesy of KVERT. Date Tephra heights above crater Other observations 16-17 Sep 2009 70 m Preceded by IR anomaly during 13-17 September 28 Sep-10 Nov 2009 70-500 m Strombolian emissions 12-15 Nov 2009 200 m New lava flow traveled 500 m down the ESE side 20 Nov-31 Dec 2009 200-500 m Lava continued to flow down the ESE side 02 Jan-03 Jan 2010 500 m New lava flow on the NW flank (Krestovsky chute) 05 Jan 2010 500 m Two lava flows, on the ESE and NW flanks 08 Jan-14 Jan 2010 -- NW lava flow had reached 1.2 km in length; phreatic explosions at the lava-flow front; periodic ejections 15 Jan-21 Jan 2010 300 m Lava continued to flow NW; phreatic explosions from the front of the lava flow ejected material to altitudes of 4.5-8 km 22 Jan 2010 300 m Ashfall in Kliuchi 23 Jan-11 Feb 2010 300-200 m Lava flow seen on the NW flank 12 Feb-19 Feb 2010 200 m Strong gas-steam plumes extended about 243 km to E 20 Feb-28 Feb 2010 300 m Phreatic explosions from the NW-slope lava front Seismicity, initially slightly above background levels in late September 2009 increased during the next month to include many earthquakes and weak to stronger tremor. Seismicity then remained above background levels for the rest of the reporting period. Many Strombolian eruptions sent material well over the crater rim, and inside the crater they built a cinder cone. The tephra from these eruptions was ejected as high as 100 m above the crater initially in late September and early October, but then was ejected 200-300 m on average through much of the reporting period (table 13). Tephra rose 500 m above the crater at points during 16-22 October 2009 and during 24 December 2009-5 January 2010, but much higher plumes were reported by the Tokyo Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) during early 2010. The longest plume reported occurred during 12-19 February 2010; it extended 243 km E. Lava flows remained active on the NW slope in January and February 2010 (figure 12). Figure 12. Lava flows down the NW slope of Kliuchevskoi on 16 January (left, to 1.2 km) and 12 February 2010 (two flows, no distance given). Photos by Yuri Demyanchuk. Lava flows first appeared on 14 November 2009 and traveled 500 m down the ESE flank. The flows continued to be active until early 2010. During 2-3 January 2010 a new lava flow descended the NW flank. Both the NW and the ESE flanks had active lava flows for a few days, until about 8 January at the latest, when the NW-flank lava flow became dominant. Notably, from 8 January through most if not all of February, phreatic explosions occurred at the front of the lava flow where it encountered ice and meltwater. The front was ~ 1.2 km down slope of its source by mid-January 2010. Taller plumes. During 2009 and 2010 KVERT and the Tokyo Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) noted some plumes up to ~ 5 km over the 4.8 km summit (i.e. plumes up to 10 km altitude). A brief mention of some representative plumes (both largely steam- and ash-bearing) follow. A gas-and-steam plume containing a small amount of ash seen during 5-9 December 2009. It rose to an altitude of 6.3 km and drifted E. During 12-14 January 2010 gas-and-steam plumes rose to an altitude of 6.8 km and drifted E. During 15-22 January, phreatic explosions from the lava-flow front ejected material that rose to altitudes of 4.5-8 km. Based on information from the Yelizovo Airport (UHPP) and satellite imagery, the Tokyo VAAC reported that during 18 and 22-23 January ash plumes rose to altitudes of 7-10 km and drifted N and NE. Ash fell in Kliuchi on 22 January. Gas-and-steam plumes rose to a maximum altitude of 6 km during 30-31 January and 8-10 February. Satellite imagery for the days 23 and 24 February 2010 revealed respective gas-and-steam plumes drifting 90 km NNW and 25 km ESE. Seismicity. According to Gorelchik and Garbuzova (2001), seismologists identified earthquakes clustered in four regions at depth ranges of 4-5 km, 5-12 km, 12-20 km, and 20-40 km beneath the volcano. In the upper three regions seismologists noted primarily volcanic-tectonic earthquakes. These were presumably a result of a solid medium in those regions under the influence of continuously changing stress fields. Such fields are thought to be generated around subsurface pathways and features containing magma. The deepest region, 20-40 km depths, generally corresponds to the lower horizons of the crust and transition into the mantle. At Kliuchevsoi, seismologists found this region to be an anomalous zone that generated many long-period earthquakes, events interpreted to result from magma migration. The diameter of the zone in the widest part was ~ 20 km and its center was shifted slightly NE of the crater. In some cases, earthquake foci migrated towards the surface starting from depths of ~ 25 km. Reference. Gorelchik, V., and Garbuzova, V., 2001, Seismicity at Klyuchevskaya volcano as a reflection of it's modern igneous activity: Geodynamics and volcanism of the Kuril-Kamchatka island system (in Russian), IVGiG FEB RAS, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Geologic Background. Klyuchevskoy (also spelled Kliuchevskoi) is Kamchatka's highest and most active volcano. Since its origin about 6000 years ago, the beautifully symmetrical, 4835-m-high basaltic stratovolcano has produced frequent moderate-volume explosive and effusive eruptions without major periods of inactivity. It rises above a saddle NE of sharp-peaked Kamen volcano and lies SE of the broad Ushkovsky massif. More than 100 flank eruptions have occurred during the past roughly 3000 years, with most lateral craters and cones occurring along radial fissures between the unconfined NE-to-SE flanks of the conical volcano between 500 m and 3600 m elevation. The morphology of the 700-m-wide summit crater has been frequently modified by historical eruptions, which have been recorded since the late-17th century. Historical eruptions have originated primarily from the summit crater, but have also included numerous major explosive and effusive eruptions from flank craters. Information Contacts: Kamchatka Volcanic Eruptions Response Team (KVERT), Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (IV&S) Far East Division, Russian Academy of Sciences (FED RAS); Kamchatka Branch of the Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences (KB GS RAS), Piip Ave. 9, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, 683006, Russia (URL: http://www.kscnet.ru/ivs, http://www.emsd.ru/~ssl/monitoring/main.htm); Yuri Demyanchuk, IV&S FED RAS.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3710
__label__wiki	0.957906	0.957906	News organisations aim to capitalise on video boom in India Both Facebook and news organisations such as the BBC are acting rapidly to meet the mushrooming demand in India for various types of video content. by Neha Gupta neha.gupta@wan-ifra.org \| April 17, 2020 Growth in demand is reflected in statistics such as these: Average consumption of digital video in India almost doubled to 24 minutes per day in 2019 from the previous 11 minutes per day. The number of sessions registered a 15 percent hike and close to 20 percent growth in the average time per session, according to a BCG-CII report. Facebook says 99 percent of its 2.4 billion global users consume content on their mobile phones, a hugely significant change from the way video was consumed merely five years ago. As of February 2020, Facebook registered over 320 million Indian users, of which 190 million consume content on their mobile phones daily. BBC India says it has witnessed a 38 percent hike in video traffic in 2020, from 45 percent last year. “In India, BBC produces content in nine languages, including English. While legacy brands – Hindi and Tamil – have been around for years, Tamil, Telugu, Punjabi, Gujarati and Marathi are 2.5 years old and have grown by almost three times,” said Rupa Jha, who heads BBC’s Indian Language Division. Jha was a speaker at WAN-IFRA’s Digital Media India 2020 conference in New Delhi. The conference also hosted Trushar Barot, Strategic Partner Development Head at Facebook India, who talked about tailoring the video viewing experience according to user consumption patterns. Engagement for mobile video Facebook has chalked out two broad categories to identify people according to their consumption patterns and behavior types, which are mapped to different product functionalities, said Barot. On-the-go viewing: These are consumers who browse Facebook at random times for a quick tap and scroll. Their behavior is often unplanned and tends to occur at frequent intervals through the day. The primary purpose of this segment is discovery or to keep in touch with friends and family. This behavior is usually concentrated in the Newsfeed and increasingly on Stories which has been a breakout success in the last 18 months and growing rapidly in India. Captivated viewing: These are consumers who are seeking relaxation and entertainment, and who login to Instagram and Facebook with an intention to view video. These sessions tend to be longer, usually during the morning, breaks or in the evenings, when people are relatively free. In the last 18-24 months the brand has been building products to suit this kind of viewing, such as Facebook Watch, Live, Watch Party, Premiers and IGTV. Time Indians Spend Daily Online Data source: Emarketer [*Value for 2020 is an estimate] Facebook Watch, a relatively new intent-based platform, was built for people who log in with a deliberate mindset to consume video. The company says the product, every month, registers more than 720 million global users who consume at least one minute of content on it. On average, daily visitors spend over 26 minutes on Watch, a considerably higher number compared to the Newsfeed, where video consumption is accidental. News organisations utilising Facebook video The Indian video market is extremely noisy and crowded, and it is important to remember that every story is not suited to a video format. “If your content doesn’t feel right to be converted into video, present it as text or graphics. Audiences love simplicity.” – Rupa Jha, BBC’s Indian Language Division “Every online platform has its own tone and demand. Storyboarding pictures is crucial to producing good videos and form factor is of utmost importance. While a 4-minute video works well for YouTube, 1-minute long, vertical videos are fit for Instagram. Facebook’s Stories is claimed to be an exciting platform for newsrooms to test and learn new video formats. “We have integrated Stories between Instagram and Facebook for far-reaching distribution and cross posting,” said Barot. This move is particularly helpful for newsrooms who feel their Instagram viewership is different from that of Facebook, he said. A vertical aspect ratio has become the standard form for optimal video viewing with people increasingly consuming content on their mobile phones. Newsrooms are training employees to transition from the standard widescreen to intelligently framing shots. Audiences directly interacting with journalists on Facebook Watch or Instagram has helped publishers rake up engagement. Breaking news and live coverage are significant areas to capitalise on, whether it’s an election result or a court ruling. BBC India makes use of IGTV Reinventing the wheel for each piece of content is not necessary and working with templates smoothens the production process. “Digital media changes quickly and audience behavior is directly proportional to that change,” said Jha. “Engaging with data to guide our content strategy is crucial. Coverage of elections in India is a challenge. How we can make our storytelling different from what hundreds of other players are also reporting on is a challenge. It is important to revisit our basics.” It is important that journalists treat a video like a call to a friend. A personal connection is built in looking straight at the phone, with tightly cropped head space. A rule of thumb is to try and create content that has a retention rate of at least a minute, or three minutes if the publisher intends to monetise the video by adding in breaks. Paying attention to technical specifications is as important as building a personal connection. Audience is a publisher’s biggest growth engine and using as high a resolution and encoding as possible within capacity helps. A common mistake journalists make is that they create content for people like them; it is essential to deconstruct stories and assuming less knowledge on behalf of the audience. The key is to humanize the content, not dumb it down. Featuring relatable personalities in videos helps garner engagement. This becomes especially important during crisis situations such as COVID-19, when ground reportage sees a hit. “It is important to lend authenticity and relatability to keep the audience engaged. Find who your stars are within your team. These people need not be your typical TV anchors,” said Jha. “The audience likes ordinary people, who can make them understand the story.” Faye DSouza’s IGTV feed Journalist Faye DSouza, former executive editor of Mirror Now, has established a brand for herself on Instagram. She makes use of Instagram posts and IGTV to disseminate news, often left uncovered by mainstream media, to her 300K followers. Several organisations have now become comfortable using Facebook Live, which was built in 2016. The fact that the product encourages social viewing and not just passive consumption helps news organisations rake up views. Viewers feel involved if they can contribute to the content through real-time questions and comments, particularly effective during breaking news, television debates or political rallies and protests. Brands, now, are also effectively experimenting with live polls, which are available in different formats within the Facebook video platform. Live polls are claimed to be a great way to get a sense of public opinion, and to ascertain what the audience wants to see more or less of. Facebook’s Creative Studios, built over the past few weeks, is claimed to be a powerful, all-encompassing tool to help publishers with video production and get their hands on performance insights, new followers, time spent by viewers. It also is claimed to help publishers figure out how they can start subscriptions, brand collaboration, assess monetisation, and projections around it. Facebook will be testing its video accelerator programme in India this year, after having tried it out in the USA, South America and Europe. Jha said it is important to keep audience interests in mind while producing content. “Even though we get content globally, audience behavior determines which geographical area it is to be shared with,” she said. In India, BBC audiences tend to drop off if there are too many foreign languages, faces or accents. In 2020, BBC plans to foray into investigative video storytelling, that have a relatively longer shelf life than news videos. The brand also plans to experiment with technology, collaborate beyond the coterie of journalists with artists and independent studios. The impact of COVID-19 on news videos As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded, Facebook sent all its global content reviewers home. Naturally, this had a direct affect on monetisation. By March 18, all videos submitted for monetisation were required to go through a brand safety review process. The brand temporarily suspended monetisation of newly uploaded non-English videos. By March 27, the company began exploring supplemental compensation solutions to help with lost advertising revenue, based on historical performance of a page’s content. By April 7, Facebook reinstated in-stream ads monetisation for Bengali, Dutch, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Polish, Swedish, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish and Tagalog, in addition to English. Neha Gupta neha.gupta@wan-ifra.org	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3712
__label__cc	0.694755	0.305245	What is Blue Box? Blue Box is a flexible and low-cost hardware and software infrastructure that enables direct access to real-time data from your ship. Blue Box connects the vessel through an external link (such as VSAT or 4G) and connects data from the assigned automation system (IAS) to standardized interfaces. The collected data is filtered, compressed, transported and stored in an encrypted and secure cloud service for the Blue Box. What are the benefits of analyzing data from ships? Reduced fuel consumption (due to optimization) Reduced emissions of NOx and SOx (due to optimization) Easier/automated reporting Decision support for crew Predictive maintenance / monitoring of third-party equipment Improved understanding of ship processes - with effective operations Fleet comparison and management Remøy Shipping participated in the pilot of the Blue Box™ and reported on 10 % fuel savings by analyzing the ship’s data. To increase the savings even more, the company has now installed Blue Box™ on three ships in total. Together with Recogni, Remøy Shipping has developed a ‘best practice’ database based on real operations. "We will use data analysis as a competence transfer between ships. We can uncover the causes of operating differently, and the crew receives information on the monitors about actions on how to operate in a more fuel efficient way. Our crews are already skilled and competent in their work, and now they have the opportunity to perform even better when receiving operational support directly on the bridge monitors,» said operational manager André Søvik. What do you need to get started with data collection for your ship? Blue Box cabinet customized to your systems VSAT / 4G Installation of cabinet Access to Blue Box Cloud Services Blue Box is produced and configured according to the customer's requirements. The ready-to-install cabinet will be shipped to the customer. The customer installs the cabinet and we provide commissioning. Signals to be logged by Blue Box must be available on a standardized interface according to the Blue Box specification. Blue Box - Complete package - from contract to active cloud service Blue Ctrl AS delivers a complete cabinet configured to your specific needs. The cabinet can easily be mounted by electrician or equivalent on board, and Ulstein can perform the commissioning of the system. Access to the cloud service is a subscription at a fixed price, depending on the number of signals you would like to access. Furthermore, Ulstein can put you in touch with analyst partners, or set up simple real-time displays with data from the cloud. The standard delivery includes 500GB of storage in the cloud (and 500 GB download/month), but more storage and download capacity can be made available if needed. Blue Ctrl AS Lerstadvegen 545 https://bluectrl.io/ post@bluectrl.io Kristian Fiskerstrand Manager market & sales kristian.fiskerstrand@bluectrl.io	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3718
__label__wiki	0.511089	0.511089	Global Media News Exploring the World of Media News Taxi Apps is now less useful in Shanghai The City of Shanghai has just announced new rules to ban Taxi Apps during its most popular times, rush hour. The Shanghai Municipal Transport and Port Authority has stated that such apps will be disabled during rush hour, defined as between 7:30 and 9:30 a.m. and 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. The Taxi App allows users to bid for cabs instead of waiting outside trying to flag one down. Customers will than pay the regular taxi fare, plus an additional tip, usually five to 10 yuan (about $1.6). According to The Wall Street Journal, "Beijing’s population nearly doubled between 1994 and 2011—from about 11 million to 20 million—yet the government added just 6,000 official taxis to the total of 60,000 licensed to be on the road at the beginning of that period, according to city figures. Shanghai had about 50,000 licensed taxis on the road as of the end of 2013 for 24 million residents." As we all know trying to flag down a cab in busy cities can be quite a pain and the App sounds like a great way to save time to reach ones destination. So why would Shanghai want to ban users from being able to utilize this App during the most crucial time? The Taxi App was booming in popularity due to the difficulty of obtaining a cab in many of China's popular cities, especially during rush hour. But as the became more popular, complaints have risen stating that it is more difficult now to obtain a cab because many cab drivers now refuse to pick up pedestrians who are only willing to pay normal fares. This is a result of the bidding wars that take place on these apps, where customers who are willing to pay the most get the cab upon their request. Is this fare to the rest of the customers who are trying to flag a cab down and are only willing to pay the normal fare? The Taxi App is also being shut down during rush hour to provide safety for the pedestrians of the cities. Cab drivers are now prohibited to utilize the App while driving to ensure saftey. It was noted that the App caused many Taxi drivers to operate their cell phones while driving concerned about making their next trip. The App ultimately caused a danger to the public and without using it during rush hour will help preserve the safety of the public. Posted by Joseph Visentin on 04/29/2014 \| Permalink \| Comments (0) \| TrackBack (0) Nigerian citizens use twitter to give an opinion on Binyavanga Wainaina coming out of the closet Binyavanga Wainaina by Allan Gichigi (http://allangichigi.com/star/binyavanga-wainaina/) Popular author Binyavanga Wainaina told the world his most sacred secret when he posted an essay entitled "I am a homosexual, mum" on a South African Website THE CHRONIC. Wainaina published his memoir, One Day I Will Write About This Place, three years ago but according to The New York Times this essay is a "lost chapter". After he posted the "lost chapter" Twitter went crazy. Allafrica.com posted tweets from angry fans like "@BinyavangaW I want to condemn your statement in the strongest way possible. Ur an embarrassment and wicked.", "Ati homosexual!!!all the respect i had for you?! @kwani_trust #binyavanga". But there were also some supporters who applauded Binyavanga's courage and tweeted things like "#B inyavanga is 'bravely courageous!' I wish him all the best!", "@BinyavangaW You are a hero for doing this - http://t.co/hpqWw6766c Millions of people all over the world are cheering you on". In this essay he explained the regret he faces for missing the opportunity to tell his mother he was a homosexual before she died."I am a homosexual, mum" is what Mr Wainaina dreamed of whispering in his mother's ear while holding her hand before she died. Instead as his father put it he "should not be travelling carelessly in that artist way" of his, therefore he missed the opportunity to see her one last time and tell her his deepest secret. In addition to posting the essay Wainaina also posted a six part video series entitled "We must free our imaginations" on YouTube. In these videos he explained just how difficult it is to be gay in Africa. He is calling out and challenging any homophobes who disagree with his lifestyle and decision to come out of the closet. Also, Wainaina is bringing the homophobic thoughts of those in his country to the forefront. Often, as fans and onlookers we believe we know everything about the life of someone in the spotlight, such as Binyavanga Wainaina, when in reality we do not. Wainaina is a human being, with human being feelings but since he is famous something as sensitive as his sexuality is able to be challenged, discussed, and ridiculed. Through it all Binyavanga has remained courageous and is setting a great example for any other Africans that may be facing the same fear he once did. They now have someone to look up to and footprints to follow. Best of luck to Wainaina in his endeavors to make change! Posted by Destini Hornbuckle on 04/29/2014 \| Permalink \| Comments (0) \| TrackBack (0) Russia's Biggest Social Network CEO Let Go In an article Written by a Russian Journalist named Olga Razumovskaya of The Wall Street Journal. Olga examines how Pavel Durov, founder of VKontakte, Russia's largest social network, has been removed as chief executive. Continue reading "Russia's Biggest Social Network CEO Let Go" » Posted by Michael Miller on 04/28/2014 \| Permalink \| Comments (0) \| TrackBack (0) Four American Shows Banned From Streaming In China China has ordered off 4 American TV series from showing online. While most American shows were never allowed to show on Chinese television, they were able be seen by streaming online. The Chinese government now wants to create new rules that will stop the foreign TV shows from flourishing online. The four American TV shows that the Chinese website were ordered not to show were; “The Big Bang Theory,” “The Good Wife,” “NCIS” and “The Practice,” According to BREE FENG from the New York Times, “An employee said that, the order was issued Friday. Unlike previous take- down orders, this one was accompanied by no explanation from the authorities, the employees said.” The Chinese government has realized that the influences of the American T.V shows are still relevant in their nation. Even though almost 99% of the shows are banded from the television set, they are still widely available on the citizen’s computers, or any other device that has Internet access. Many of the shows are being watched online by the nation, racking up millions of views and the government has had enough. Bree Feng from New York Times said, “In recent years, American shows like AMC’s “The Walking Dead,” the CW’s “The Vampire Diaries” and Netflix’s “House of Cards” have found avid online audiences in China, particularly among the growing middle class. With plenty of violence, superstition and scandal — all themes Chinese government censors frown upon — these shows would most likely never have made it onto Chinese television.” Because the government did not have an equal amount of strictness for online streaming, as they did for television, they are working to change the online rules and pass new laws this year that limits the foreign culture TV shows. Posted by Ria McKenzie on 04/28/2014 \| Permalink \| Comments (0) \| TrackBack (0) Russia's Putin Calls Internet "CIA Project" Another example of internet censorship is coming out in the news. No this time it is not China but it is Russia. Vladimir Putin made comments that the internet in Russia is basically a "CIA Project". This comes right after Putin made comments that Russia does not intercept data from its citizens. The Kremlin has been attempting to gain more and more control over the internet and now might be the time when they get it. The AP reported: "A Russian blogger complained to Putin that foreign websites and Yandex, the web search engine which is bigger in Russia than Google, are storing information on servers abroad, which could be undermining Russia's security. In his reply, Putin mentioned unspecified pressure that was exerted on Yandex in its early years and chided the company for its registration in the Netherlands 'not only for tax reasons but for other considerations, too.' Although Putin's comments didn't include any specific threats to Yandex, one of Russia's most successful tech companies, its shares plunged by 5 percent at the Nasdaq's opening on Thursday." Time has also reported on this story and they built on the AP report with other information. "Russian President Vladimir Putin called for his country to "fight for its interests" on the Internet, which he believes is a CIA project. Earlier this week, Russian parliament passed a law requiring social media websites to save information about their users for at least half a year." This is just another example of how in other countries they can just collect data and do whatever they want. It is really a shame how a leader of a country can also sink a company with comments like Putin did with the search engine in Russia called Yandex. This just amplifies the problems they are having in Russia and once again doesn't give the journalists the opportunity to write anything good about what goes on in that country. Posted by Paul Thivierge on 04/28/2014 \| Permalink \| Comments (0) \| TrackBack (0) Nigerian film board delays the releasing of a controversial film According to BBC news the Nigerian film board has decided to place a delay on the release of "Half of a Yellow Sun". The film board believes that the controversial topic of the Biafran war which occurred between 1967 and 1970. Though it has been over forty years since the actual war the board still fears that the film could muster up old emotions within Nigerians. The war that took the lives of over a million people is still a touchy topic in the country. The film was supposed to be released last Friday but as a result of the film board's accusations of regulatory issues it has been postponed. They have said that Half of a Yellow Sun is not banned as of yet. The film is based off of a novel about the war written by Chimamanda Ngozi. The book was easily released throughout the country but it has been said that since the country has a high illiteracy rate it is more likely for a film to spark issues. Yet, according to allfrica.com the author, Ngozi, stated in an interview that the reason she released the novel was to evoke conversations about the issues of this war that have been constantly swept under the rug. The film seems to be doing just that. While some Nigerians believe it is unnecessary to speak of the unfortunate civil war many say that it can actually be great and a part of a healing process. The film board has not decided whether or not they are going to officially ban the movie as a whole so there is still a chance for it to cause the change it was intended to. This issue shows how much control there is over what is shown in Nigerian media. Films are meant to evoke emotion and spark change, therefore this film would be doing just what it is meant to. Hopefully this film is allowed to be released and make a change within the country. If not there may still be riots and protests against the film board for not allowing the truth to be shown. Posted by Destini Hornbuckle on 04/28/2014 in Africa \| Permalink \| Comments (0) \| TrackBack (0) Global Media News Webcast #11: April 24, 2014 Listen to Global Media News for Thursday April 24, 2014! Global Media News is a weekly webcast covering media news from around the world. GMN is a production of Media Studies students from the SUNY College @ Old Westbury. We scour the web for news about the world's media. This week on Global Media News: China, Korea, Malaysia, Germany Weibo Goes Public: How much are Weibo's followers worth? Axel Springer CEO Mathias Dopfner Lashes Out About Google & Privacy Chinese Journalists Under Arrest? Live Steaming Interactive Web Entertainment Thriving in China China's First Aircraft Carrier Has Its Own Music Video! MH370 Conspiracy Theories from Aliens to Pitbull and Shakira Dutch Teen's Prank Tweet Terrorizes American Airlines Survivors "Tweet" from Sunken Ferry? This is our eleventh webcast of the spring season! See you next week! Listen to our next webcast from the New Media Newsroom streaming live on Thursday May 1 @ 11am EST. Can't listen live? Our next webcast of the season will be posted by 2:00pm, Thursday May 1, 2014. Posted by A. Mattson on 04/24/2014 in GMN Shows \| Permalink \| Comments (0) \| TrackBack (0) British Social Media Celebrates a Coach's Dismissal Manchester United, one of England's most prestigeous soccer clubs, fired their manager David Moyes on Tuesday, giving an ending to a sad tenure and a decision that seemed inevitable. While the club is looking for a replacement, its fans celebrate the end of a disaster of a season. Fans of other squads have wasted no time to make Moyes the focus of their jokes. Twitter has given the ability for sports fans to be vocal about their teams, players, and coaches. Moyes was the latest victim, as tweets came flying in a day before the announcement was made official. The hashtag #MoyesSacked was trending for most of Tuesday worldwide, with several tweets celebrating and showing relief that he had been removed. A parody account for Moyes was cracking jokes about the firing for the past couple of days. Fans generated memes with still images of Moyes that included text that mocks the manager's lack of success. TwitPics were the main method of creating them and they quickly spread across the Internet. Videos on YouTube have been created from fans of other squads, some of which beg ManU to keep their embattled manager so the failed tenure could continue. Moyes has taken a lot of heat since taking over for legendary manager Sir Alex Ferguson just 10 months ago. According to the Washington Times, Manchester United has the 12th highest payroll in the world for any sports team, which causes expectations to be really high. They've also won 20 league titles, the most in England soccer history. Raymond Snoddy, a writer for England's MediaTel, believes that the influence of social media and the press had an impact to why Moyes was fired. He said "The Moyes affair is a symptom of a new impatience in life, the media and everything else which, in democracies at least, will continue to undermine the cult of the great leader - the person with magic powers." If you think about it, social media made it known that they were unhappy with his performance and the immense pressure from Manchester United's fanbase gave ownership no choice but to find a new manager. Fans have also flown a banner over Old Trafford saying "Wrong One," poking fun at the banner at the stadium that called Moyes "The Chosen One." Not only does this entire situation display the power of social media, it shows the severity of soccer fandom in England and the lengths fans will go to show their displeasure about their favorite squad. Posted by Myles, Zachary on 04/24/2014 \| Permalink \| Comments (0) \| TrackBack (0) We're Back? Global Media News Restored after DDoS Attack . . . Is It Really Over? Global Media News is hosted on the Typepad blogging platform which has reportedly been under a DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attack for the past week. We hope that the attack is over and that Typepad can return to its normally reliable status. We appreciate the hard work of the Typepad crew in this very difficult period. Clearly something must be done to prevent these kinds of mercenary DDoS attacks from escalating. For more information about the current state of the Internet read Gigaom's summary of Akamai’s quarterly State of the Internet report. Posted by A. Mattson on 04/24/2014 \| Permalink \| Comments (0) \| TrackBack (0) When a major tragic event happens there is also a conspiracy theory that comes along with it. In the case of a missing commerical airplaine in the year 2014 there are multiple conspiracy thoeries. International Buisness Times reports conspiracy theories from a song by Pitbull featuring Shakira to Aliens abducted the aircraft. Even though there is still no sign to where this missing airline exactly is, there is nothing to believe that something else affected this plane that wasn't internal. The article shows tweets from various people giving their opinion saying there is no doubt it is aliens. This without a doubt is always the conspiracy theory with the least proof of information. In an article on The Wrap's website Susan Peters talks about Rush Limbaugh's opinion on the matter. Rush Limbaugh if you do or don't like him is still a media icon and he has a opinion of his own. Limbaugh thinks that it's very possible that the plane got shot down from the sky. He thinks that it was late at night flying over countries it wasn't supposed to and that a country shot it down not knowing it was a commercial airliner with hundreds of people on it. Limbaugh thinks that if this is true the country hasn't admitted the truth of their mistake. This theory is believable, crazier things have happened. Another theory Peters talks about that has gained a lot of coverage is from a music video. Yes a music video and a song by Latin American artists Pitbull and Shakira. In the 2012 hit single Get It Started there is a lyric that reads... “Now it's off to Malaysia,” Pitbull sings at one point in the song. “Two passports, three cities, two countries, one day.” All of those lyrics are included in the song, and even though it was 2 years prior to the incident they happen to be spot on. The plane was from Malaysian airlines; it was acknowledged that two passports happened to be forged of two passengers. The plane flew over two countries and multiple cities as well. Of course this could easily be a coincidence, it is not hard to believe that a worldwide pop star likes to travel to multiple places in a day span. When there is a coincidence to this magnitude someone somewhere is going to bring it up. Even though this conspiracy theory is probably untrue it is certainly a weird coincidence. Below is the music video for the song "Get It Started" Pitbull Ft Shakira. Conspiracy theories have been around for hundreds of years, from aliens landing to president assignations. With today's Internet there will be hundreds of more conspiracy theories in the future. With every major story and tragedy there will always be multiple theories. In the end we are all just looking for answers. Posted by Michael Cafarella on 04/23/2014 \| Permalink \| Comments (0) \| TrackBack (0) Rampant Killing of Journalists Threatens Press Freedom in Mexico Ducks, Dinosaurs, and Protests in Thailand Silence the internet! 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__label__wiki	0.525536	0.525536	Democrat Proposes Tying $1,500 Stimulus Checks to COVID Vaccinations Posted by John Titor \| Dec 8, 2020 \| With Democrats and Republicans still stuck at an impasse on stimulus negotiations, one Maryland Congressman and erstwhile presidential candidate named John Delaney has engineered a novel strategy for killing two birds with one stone: dispersing another round of stimulus funds, while ensuring that enough Americans consent to receiving the vaccine that the US can quickly top the roughly 70% immunity threshold at which point scientists believe the vaccine will stop propagating. And that plan is: Offering Americans a $1,500 “incentive payment” to acquiesce to receiving both doses of the vaccine. Delaney argued that the plan would benefit all Americans, even those who still refuse, because it might help the country crush the virus more quickly. “The faster we get 75% of this country vaccinated, the faster we end Covid and the sooner everything returns to normal,” Delaney said in an interview with CNBC.com. To be sure, Delaney’s plan has virtually zero chance of becoming law. Republicans and Democrats can’t even seem to agree on basic things like the size of the package ($600BN or $900BN) and whether businesses deserve a liability shield to stop them from being sued by people claiming to have been infected in their establishment (GOP leader Mitch McConnell sees this as a must). President Trump recently promised Americans that the vaccine wouldn’t be mandatory. Delaney initially conceived of the scheme as a workaround for the widespread public skepticism about the vaccine. While recent opinion polls show that the number of Americans planning to get the vaccine as soon as it’s available has been on the upswing, more than 40% of the population either has already been infected, doesn’t see any urgent need for a vaccine, or simply doesn’t trust the data. It’s also the latest indication that public health officials are anxious that the vaccine won’t have enough credibility to convince enough Americans to accept it. With so much at stake, it makes sense that some other “incentives” might be considered. Others, including some industry leaders and lobbyists, are even threatening to make accepting the vaccine mandatory for employees to return to work. Presumably, those who refuse won’t be allowed to return, effectively tying their ability to earn a living to their acceptance of a COVID-19 vaccine and/or their ability to get one (since a “black market” for doses is almost assured, particularly after Pfizer and Moderna have warned they won’t be able to deliver any additional doses until mid-2021 (this, just days after Pfizer cut its end-2021 delivery target by 50% due to issues with raw materials). Delaney told CNBC that Americans are going to need some kind of an incentive to encourage them to take the vaccine. “We have to create, in my judgment, an incentive for people to really accelerate their thinking about taking the vaccine,” Delaney said. To be sure, those who are not comfortable receiving the vaccine would not be forced to do so. Though he reckoned that even those who refuse to participate will still benefit from the program, which he said could cost roughly $380MM, because once COVID is eradicated, everybody will benefit. “If you’re still afraid of the vaccine and don’t want to take it, that’s your right,” Delaney said. “You won’t participate in this program. “But guess what?” he added. “You’re going to benefit anyhow, because we’ll get the country to herd immunity faster, which benefits you. So I think everyone wins.” To be sure, while Delaney’s plan might seem workable on the surface, experts pointed out that it would likely be difficult and costly to pull off. Some experts are skeptical that such a plan could work. “It’s an interesting idea,” said Bill Hoagland, senior vice president at the Bipartisan Policy Center and a former Senate staffer, however, he felt it would be wrong to tie people’s stimulus checks to vaccine timetable, given the initial shortage of doses. Plus, the IRS’s dated IT systems might buckle from the effort of cross-checking whether individuals actually had received their vaccinations before doling out the stimulus money. Other countries, including Mexico, have used “incentive” payments like this to get their vaccination rate up. But as Delaney willfully admits, in the US, we already have a pretty strong system of incentives to encourage vaccinations, and what’s more, it’s mostly targeted at children: states have vaccination rules that require students to get their shots before they’re allowed in a classroom. So, why should the federal government spend all that money when there are other, cheaper, ways to pressure families into submitting? PreviousHOLY COW! China Brags About Controlling US Establishment And Biden Next56% of Americans Now Say They Would Live in a Tiny Home Absolutely disgusting and a very weak pathetic move if that is the case https://t.co/JCr0QGBSGP, 32 mins ago Hey guys I was wrong I think Trump is actually planning a coup d’état, here’s the evidence! https://t.co/P2WKDtnUeO, 33 mins ago	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3727
__label__wiki	0.52016	0.52016	from Jeff Fountain The mistrust society Last Thursday evening was a wake-up moment on Dutch television. Social media reports went viral and journalists scrambled on every side to respond. On a popular live prime-time talk show with millions watching, former politician Jan Terlouw (85) hit a deep nerve nation-wide as he compared today’s society with that of fifty years ago. ‘There are no more cords hanging out of the letter boxes,’ he said, lamenting the loss of trust in Dutch society. He was referring to an age-old practice enabling children to pull the front door latch open with the cord dangling through the slit in the front door. We don’t trust each other any more, he continued. One entrepreneur told him that deals he used to close with a hand-shake now needed five contracts. Another contractor complained that to build a bridge he now needed more lawyers than engineers. Why did American voters choose for Trump, he asked, despite a campaign offending women, Mexicans, Muslims and many others, and denying what scientists have known for decades about global warming? Because, he offered, the voters recognised that the other party was also not to be trusted, with their secret deals for Wall Street. The same with Brexit, Terlouw continued. Politicians and experts had warned the public not to vote ‘leave’. But the citizens’ message was: ‘we don’t trust you’. “But politicians can only solve things together with the people in a trust society,” he told his studio audience. “If trust is so low, then that is a very great problem. How can we solve that? I’d like to say to all politicians: show integrity, be trustworthy, and demonstrate that you want to serve the public interest, the concern for the future, for the youth, for a sustainable earth… for a society where the cords hang out of the letter boxes.” Also on Thursday, Cambridge scientist Stephen Hawking expressed his own deep concern for the same lack of trust in society in The Guardian newspaper, and for the growing barriers between nations. Recognising that he belonged to the elite whose advice was rejected by much of the public, he made a heart-felt plea that now, more than at any time in our history, our species needed to work together. “We face awesome environmental challenges: climate change, food production, overpopulation, the decimation of other species, epidemic disease, acidification of the oceans. Together, they are a reminder that we are at the most dangerous moment in the development of humanity. We now have the technology to destroy the planet on which we live. We need to break down, not build up, barriers within and between nations.” That same day, I was myself in London attending an event addressing ‘the crisis of liberty in the West’. Among the world-renowned speakers were Sir Roger Scruton and Professor Rémi Brague. While several contributors helpfully identified the loss of spiritual foundations at the root of this crisis, I found myself returning to Holland that evening with a deep sense of unease. Concern to restore liberty seemed to be confined to one’s own country, while little attention had been given to how the nations should and could partner together in promotion of freedom. How could the trust relationship be restored between nations? Sir Roger’s celebration of British nationhood and sovereignty raised serious questions for me. It may seem fine and benign for the Farages and the Trumps to say ‘let’s make Britain/America great again!’, but the view from outside is not reassuring. What if every nation took that attitude? Look at Putin: “Let’s make Russia great again!” Imagine if Angela Merkel’s successor over a few years was a far-right AfDer, and began trumpeting: “Let’s make Germany great again!” Or Le Pen in France… Doesn’t that sound like 100 years ago all over again? This is the very scenario Robert Schuman hoped to make permanently obsolete in his efforts to create a European community of sorts. He stressed the need for trust, partnership and interdependence. He envisioned a community of peoples deeply rooted in the Christian values of equality, freedom, solidarity and peace. He warned that such a project needed a soul and could not just be economic and technological. With Konrad Adenauer, he promoted forgiveness and reconciliation as the foundation for such trust and commitment. What is so tragic about today’s headlines is that populist voices, too often supported by those calling themselves Christians, are busy dismantling the foundations painstakingly laid after the war for a framework of trust and cooperation. This is an urgent issue. Tomorrow in Brussels, at the second Schuman Symposium on Spirituality and Politics in the Chapel of Europe, we will be reminded of the crucial need of spiritual values to guide us through these politically challenging times. Open borders reflect trust. They are the cords hanging out of the national letter boxes. One response to “The mistrust society” Louise Rieger says: Having also read Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury’s speech last week on ‘shared values’ it sounds as if our only hope is the God who rescues us and gives us a hope and future in Christ Jesus. 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__label__wiki	0.589177	0.589177	Wendy Vogel Brendan Fernandes: The Inverted Pyramid curated by Wendy Vogel and Jess Wilcox Abrons Arts Center, New York The undulating forms of the arabesque—as a calligraphic gesture, a decorative motif, and a dance step—underscore Brendan Fernandes’s solo exhibition, “The Inverted Pyramid.” The installation will include four site-responsive elements of sculpture, photography, text and performance. A Canadian-born, New York-based artist of Kenyan and Indian descent, Fernandes’s practice investigates the formation of cultural identity. Primarily working in dance, performance and installation, Fernandes considers choreographic movement’s relationship to labor, migration, translation, and sexuality. In this show, the arabesque will be framed around a specific balletic scene: The opening of Act II of La Bayadère (The Temple Dancer), a 19th-century ballet that tells the story of a star-crossed love affair between a High Bramin and a temple dancer. Act II, titled Kingdom of the Shades, commences with an opium dream sequence in which the female corps de ballet perform a repetitive series of arabesque poses. Also known as “the inverted pyramid,” the arabesque involves a strenuous yet graceful extension of the arms and leg while balancing on one leg. Fernandes is interested in the Western Orientalist, gendered appropriation of the arabesque, which originated as an Islamic artistic and decorative trope. The exhibition traces the arabesque’s movement (and performed stillness) across Abrons’ unique gallery space. Fernandes has conceived a performance that responds to this arabesque scene with Lauren Post, an American Ballet Theatre dancer who will be featured in this spring’s production of La Bayadère. Post will activate the installation during the opening on April 2, with the audience viewing the performance through the glass walls of the galleries. Additional exhibition elements include a trio of abstract sculptures loosely based on balletic, organic forms, a series of lifesize cutouts responding to the arabesque silhouette, and a research-based installation that will include textual and photographic reproductions. Representing the serialized movement of “the inverted pyramid” can be seen as a commentary on the operations of labor, both manual and cultural, while the freeze-frame interruption of the dance step considers the ways in which images create naturalized ideals of gender presentation and how stillness might operate as a politically resistant gesture. The shift between the dynamic and static, between the fluidity of motion and its concretization as representation in “The Inverted Pyramid” provokes an investigation of balletic movement as labor. Moreover, Fernandes’s sustained attention to the arabesque gesture critically investigates the migration and appropriation of forms from a proto-modernist context to the present day. BOMB Interview with Brendan Fernandes, Jess Wilcox and Wendy Vogel ← Parsons MFA Fine Art Thesis Exhibition 2013 I am living all over you →	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3730
__label__wiki	0.62039	0.62039	Photos Reveal Tika Sumpter As Michelle Obama In First Couple Date Film Desire Thompson Photos of the upcoming film Southside With You, a dramedy about President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s first date, set social media ablaze Tuesday. The photos, obtained by The Hollywood Reporter, show Have and Have Nots actress Tika Sumpter as a young Michelle Robinson, and actor Parker Sawyers as law associate Barack Obama. The film centers around the couple’s 1989 first date, which according to the duo’s story, features the president taking Michelle to see Do The Right Thing in an effort to impress her. They also went on a trip to the Art Institute of Chicago, followed by a kiss outside of an ice cream parlor. Directed by budding filmmaker Richard Tanne, it also includes producers from Soul Food and Fruitvale Station. See the first photos from new romantic dramedy about Barack and Michelle Obama's first date http://t.co/ZoFmeakSEP pic.twitter.com/ivmLRwwEip — Hollywood Reporter (@THR) July 14, 2015 Southside With You is currently in the early stages of filming. Are you looking forward to this modern-day love story? Let us know in the comments below. SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter \| VIDEO CREDIT: NDN Serena Williams Just Made History, So Why Are We Talking About Her Body? Laverne Cox Finally Responds To Bravo Host Andy Cohen Calling Amandla Stenberg A “Jackhole” Photos Reveal Tika Sumpter As Michelle Obama In First Couple Date Film was originally published on newsone.com Barack Obama , first family , michelle obama , Movies , President Obama , Tika Sumpter , White House More By Desire Thompson NEWS ROUNDUP: President Obama Grants 95 Commutations, Calls Slain Teen A ‘Hero’…AND MORE Kendrick Lamar Tops The First Family’s List Of 2015 Favorites Bernie Sanders Calls For Economic Improvement During Trip To Freddie Gray’s Hometown Photos Reveal Tika Sumpter As Michelle Obama In…	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3738
__label__cc	0.643512	0.356488	Home Media Coverage ICWJ Endorses Collective Bargaining Referendum ICWJ Endorses Collective Bargaining Referendum Becky Schigiel April 2, 2012 April 2, 2012 Media Coverage On April 3, Dane County voters will be asked, “Should all Wisconsin workers have the right to seek safe working conditions and fair pay through collective bargaining?” The Board of Directors of the Interfaith Coalition for Worker Justice of South Central Wisconsin (ICWJ) endorses this referendum. ICWJ is a coalition of individuals, congregations and organizations concerned about worker justice as a moral issue. Since 1999, the group has advocated for the rights of workers to join unions and bargain collectively. According to ICWJ Director Rabbi Renee Bauer, “we have a responsibility, as moral leaders, to rise above partisan politics and speak for what is just.” “Collective bargaining is a basic human right that ensures people’s human dignity is respected in the workplace,” said Rabbi Bauer. “All major religious traditions instruct us to treat workers justly. Most major faith groups have taken positions supporting the right of workers to join unions and bargain collectively.” Information regarding faith and the rights of workers can be found at ICWJ’s website, www.workerjustice.org. The referendum was submitted by Supervisor Dianne Hesselbein and passed by the Dane County Board in November 2011. Dane County Executive Joe Parisi said “Collective bargaining has been essential to the prosperity of Wisconsin families for decades. Our workers care for the sick and the dying, keep our communities safe, and help our children succeed. They deserve a seat at the table once more, and Dane County residents deserve to have their voices heard on this important issue.” A showing of At the River I Stand! Happy Passover to our Jewish Supporters!	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3742
__label__wiki	0.777448	0.777448	Indiancine.ma Wiki wiki:John Abraham Version 4 (modified by Lawrence Liang, 9 years ago) (diff) John Abraham (1937-87) Malayalam director born in Changanacherry, Kuttanad Dist., Kerala; studied economics at a college near Kottayam. Educated by grandfather who gave him his first camera. Worked as insurance salesman in Bellary; went to the FTII and studied under Ghatak. Assisted Mani Kaul on Uski Roti (1969) and worked on unreleased Hindi feature shot in Kerala, Trisandhya (1972). First films: Vidyarthikale Ithile Ithile, made in Madras as group co- operative effort, and his internationally acclaimed Agraharathil Kazhuthai in Tamil. Lived a nomadic existence in the 70s, depending on support from friends and colleagues in Kerala, later the basis of the Odessa Collective (Est: 1984 in Calicut) launched with street play Nayakali staged in Fort Cochin (1984). Odessa funded Amma Ariyan through screening 16mm prints of e.g. Chaplin’s The Kid (1921) and Anand Patwardhan’s Hamara Shaher (1985) in towns and villages throughout Kerala in return for small donations. After his accidental death, he is often portrayed as an example of the romantic artist who by-passed the tyranny of the market-place through a direct relationship with his people, raising money by travelling from village to village beating a drum and asking for contributions to a genuine ‘people’s cinema’. Others point to the probably Christian theme of infantile innocence in his work and place his marginal lifestyle in the cultural context of Kerala and the contentious history of authorial identity he inherited and lived out, exploring its alternatives. Suffered from alcoholism. Also wrote his own films. 1967: Koyna Nagar - Director (in English) - Unreleased 1969: Priya - Director (in Hindi) - (John's Diploma film at FTII, Pune) 1969: Hides and Strings - Director (in English) 1972: Vidyarthikale Ithile Ithile (This Way, Students) - Director (in Malayalam) Screenplay: M Azad - Cast: Madhu, Adoor Bhasi, Manorama, S. V. Ranga Rao, Jayabharathi, S. P. Pillai - Cinematography: Ramachandra Babu - Music: M. B. Sreenivasan 1977: Agraharathil Kazhuthai (Donkey in the Elite Colony) - Director and Screenwriter (in Tamil Screenplay: Venkat Saminathan - Cast: M. B. Sreenivasan, \|Swathi, Savitri, Raman Veeraraghavan - Cinematography: Ramachandra Babu - Art Director: Jeevan Thomas - Music: M. B. Sreenivasan 1979: Cheriyachante Kroorakrithyangal (Cruelties of Cheriyachan) - Director and Screenwriter (in Malayalam) Cast: Adoor Bhasi, Kaviyoor Ponnamma, Poornima Jayaram, Abraham Joseph, Venu - Cinematography: Madhu Ambat - Music: Johnson 1986: Amma Ariyan (Report to Mother) - Director and Screenwriter (in Malayalam) Cast: Joy Mathew, Maji Venkitesh, Nilambur Balan, Harinarayanan, Sara Thomas - Cinematography: Venu - Music: Sunitha Johnabraham.jpg (4.2 KB) - added by Lawrence Liang 9 years ago. Project-Id-Version: Trac 0.12 Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: trac-dev@googlegroups.com POT-Creation-Date: 2013-02-02 15:20+0100 PO-Revision-Date: 2010-07-19 23:05+0200 Last-Translator: Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <asmodai@in-nomine.org> Language: en_US Language-Team: en_US <trac-dev@googlegroups.com> Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Generated-By: Babel 2.3.4	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3747
__label__cc	0.636039	0.363961	Another Word A Day, Limited Gift Edition A smorgasbord of surprising, obscure, and exotic words In this delightful encore to the national bestseller A Word A Day, Anu Garg, the founder of the wildly popular A Word A Day Web site (wordsmith.org), presents an all-new collection of unusual, intriguing words and real-life anecdotes that will thrill writers, scholars, and word buffs everywhere. Another Word A Day cel A smorgasbord of surprising, obscure, and exotic words In this delightful encore to the national bestseller A Word A Day, Anu Garg, the founder of the wildly popular A Word A Day Web site (wordsmith.org), presents an all-new collection of unusual, intriguing words and real-life anecdotes that will thrill writers, scholars, and word buffs everywhere. Another Word A Day celebrates the English language in all its quirkiness, grandeur, and fun, and features new chapters ranging from "Words Formed Erroneously" and "Red-Herring Words" to "Kangaroo Words," "Discover the Theme," and "What Does That Company Name Mean?" In them, you'll find a treasure trove of curious and compelling words, including agelast, dragoman, mittimus, nyctalopia, quacksalver, scission, tattersall, and zugzwang. Each entry includes a concise definition, etymology, and usage example, interspersed with illuminating quotations. Praise for a word a day "Anu Garg's many readers await their A Word A Day rations hungrily. Now at last here's a feast for them and other verbivores. Eat up!" --Barbara Wallraff, Senior Editor at The Atlantic Monthly and author of Word Court "AWADies will be familiar with Anu Garg's refreshing approach to words: words are fun and they have fascinating histories." --John Simpson, Chief Editor, Oxford English Dictionary 30 review for Another Word A Day, Limited Gift Edition Rowan MacBean – Jul 14, 2010 It's hard to write recommendations/reviews of grammar books. I mean, pretty much it can be summed up with, "Are you a word geek? If you are, you'll get something out of this. If you're not, you'll be bored to sobs." But I think even people who aren't especially enthusiastic about etymology and the like might end up enjoying this one. Like the paragraph from the back of the book says, the definitions and etymologies are concise but also very informative. Sometimes when I read books similar to thi It's hard to write recommendations/reviews of grammar books. I mean, pretty much it can be summed up with, "Are you a word geek? If you are, you'll get something out of this. If you're not, you'll be bored to sobs." But I think even people who aren't especially enthusiastic about etymology and the like might end up enjoying this one. Like the paragraph from the back of the book says, the definitions and etymologies are concise but also very informative. Sometimes when I read books similar to this one, I start to lose patience and skim a bit, but that wasn't the case here at all. Most pages have an interesting-but-unrelated-to-anything-in- particular quote at the bottom (the first page of each chapter doesn't) and it's full of questions, comments and stories behind words that wordsmith.org readers have contributed. Seriously, at one point there's even a short Sherlock Holmes fanfic. No kidding. Brian – Apr 14, 2009 Good stuff - google "a word a day" and sign up for the daily email/newsletter. Good stuff - google "a word a day" and sign up for the daily email/newsletter. Anne Marshall – Mar 15, 2008 Really interesting and some great quotes as well. Varrsity – Jan 13, 2011 Useful for writers and avid readers. Arwa Alaqil – Dec 14, 2016 Pretty interesting and useful book, especially for wordsmiths. Velvet Jones – Nov 20, 2013 Clear, concise, and fundamental Debra Hamel – Maximilian Hawker – Denis – Ashkan Ashkan – Shelly – Diane – Sandee – Minega Isibo – Velvet – Laura – Sunil – Ohr – Alisha – Minthang – Salim – Gia – Andd Becker – Nov 05, 2012 Examples of orihon, amphigory, and conspectus are given. Lorna Hadley – Jaci – Steph – Mary C Penn – Narration: A Beginner's Guide to Creating Audiobooks: A Complete Step-by-Step Handbook for Narrating, Producing, and Selling Audiobooks on Audible and iTunes Tao Te Ching: Illustrated & Comes with a Free Audiobook H.P. Lovecraft: The Ultimate Collection (160 Works by Lovecraft - Early Writings, Fiction, Collaborations, Poetry, Essays & Bonus Audiobook Links) Les Misérables: By Victor Hugo & Illustrated (An Audiobook Free!) Borrow Free Audiobooks For Kindle And Fire: How To Download Free MP3 Audio Books From Public Libraries Through OverDrive Lord of Goblins, Vol. 1 (Audiobook) How Audiobooks Make You Smarter: 7 Little Known Ways Audio Books Can Boost Memory Capacity And Increase Intelligence (Entrepreneur Intelligence, Audible Audiobooks, Kindle Audiobooks) real out of 5 The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America (The Audiobook): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3749
__label__wiki	0.951231	0.951231	History of 5SAH Asset Recovery, Civil Fraud & Confiscation Criminal Prosecutions - Private & Public Chancery & Commercial • Insurance: Settlement Counsel Extradition & International • Interpol Family, Children & International Family Inquests & Inquiries Judicial Review & Public Law Professional Discipline & Regulatory Direct Public Access 5SAH Sign Up Clerks & Contact 5SAH - 5 St Andrew's Hill Chris May and Claire Cooper prosecute Chiron Hutchinson sentenced to 28-year extended sentence for raping two women and having sex with a 14-year-old Christopher May \| 30 October 2017 Click here to read the Guardian's full article online Chiron Hutchinson has been given a 28-year extended sentence for raping two women and having sex with a 14-year-old. Chiron Hutchinson, 20, attacked the women, aged 17 and 24, in the Tunbridge Wells area. He had sex with the 14-year-old after contacting her on Facebook. Judge Mark Jonathan Dennis QC branded Hutchinson a "narcissist" and "opportunist" and ordered him to serve an additional eight years on licence. During sentencing at Maidstone Crown Court, the judge said Hutchinson had shown deliberate behaviour borne out of "a sense of entitlement". He said the former pupil at St Bede's, in Hailsham, Sussex, had engineered situations to take advantage of young women. The court heard Hutchinson raped the 17-year-old inside and outside his car in woodland near Tunbridge Wells on 2 October 2016 after meeting her in the town's MooMoo nightclub. He subjected her to an ordeal that "could only be described as abduction", the court heard. Six days later, prosecutor Christopher May said, Hutchinson met a 24-year-old French woman "by chance" and offered her a lift home, but parked in nearby Rusthall and raped her. A month before, Hutchinson sexually assaulted and had sex with the 14-year-old girl. He admitted two charges of sexual activity with an underage girl. The court heard Hutchinson struck up a Facebook conversation, offered her a lift from school and took her to his home in Uckfield, where he assaulted her. A few days later they had unprotected sex in a park, the court was told, but Hutchinson told the girl not to tell anyone his age when she talked about seeing a doctor. The court heard he boasted he "knew the law" because his aunt was a QC and a top lawyer, but Mr May said: "The person he is referring to is a lawyer, not a QC, and is a family friend, not an aunt." The judge said Hutchinson was "unabashed" when he declared during the trial he had watched Fifty Shades of Grey while on remand and he had "no empathy" with the victims. On his computer, police found material showing an interest in "force", "rape-type" behaviour and "violent sex". Hutchinson had been accused of offences against four women last year. He was cleared of three other rapes, one attempted rape and six sexual assaults. This article first appeared on the BBC News website on 30 October 2017 and is accessible online here. Chris May is a heavyweight criminal barrister instructed in some of the most serious, and often high profile criminal cases either as the leading junior or sole advocate. Chris is ranked in Chambers and Partners (2017) as a leader in the field of crime at the London Bar. Chris is the head of the Criminal Team at 5SAH and he is the Senior of the Kent Bar Mess. Claire Cooper practices in all areas of crime with a particular focus on fraud. She has significant experience of large, multi-handed and complex cases, whilst maintaining her expertise in serious sex and drugs cases. Christopher May Your friend's name: Your friend's email: Your name: Message: (Optional) Christopher May is leading Claire Cooper in the prosecution of a man accused of multiple sex offences Christopher May 07/09/2017 Newsletters, articles, legal updates and event invitations Office Telephone clerks@5sah.co.uk Out of Hours Mobile Home \| About Us \| Practice Areas \| Barristers \| Join Us \| Knowledge Hub \| Contact Sitemap \| Terms of Business \| Data Protection \| Privacy & Cookies Policy \| Accessibility © 2021 5SAH. All rights reserved. Regulated by the Bar Standards Board. Chambers of David Josse Q.C. 5 St. Andrew's Hill, London EC4V 5BZ. DX 417 LONDON	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3751
__label__wiki	0.986889	0.986889	Four million Australians to be vaccinated for coronavirus by end of March By Lara Pearce • Senior Producer 1:55pm Jan 7, 2021 Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Australia's first coronavirus vaccinations could commence as soon as mid-February. The prime minister held a press conference today to outline more details about the multiple vaccines currently under review by the Therapeutic Goods Administration. READ MORE: Melbourne man's mystery case linked to Sydney's Northern Beaches outbreak Scott Morrison speaks on Australia's coronavirus vaccine program. (Nine) He said the government aimed to have four million Australians vaccinated by the end of March, with a target to roll out 80,000 vaccinations a week by mid- to late-February. The first round of vaccinations will be reserved for the country's most at-risk: hotel quarantine workers and others involved with returned travellers, healthcare workers, aged care and disability workers and their residents. Health authorities have outlined a five-tier priority list for those to receive vaccination. Australia's five-phase COVID-19 vaccination rollout plan. (9News) Children will be the last to receive the jab, due to being at low risk of serious disease as well as there being insufficient data on the effect of the vaccines in younger age groups. The five priority tiers are as follows: Phase 1a - up to 1.4m doses: Quarantine and border workers, frontline healthcare workers, aged care and disability care staff and residents; Phase 1b - up to 14.8m doses: Elderly adults aged over 70, other healthcare workers, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders aged over 55, younger adults with underlying medical conditions, including a disability, high-risk workers including police, fire, defence, emergency services and meat processing; Phase 2a- up to 15.8m doses: Adults aged over 50, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders aged over 18, other critical and high-risk workers; Phase 2b- up to 16m doses: Balance of adult population, catch up any unvaccinated Australians from previous phases; Phase 3 - up to 13.6m doses: Children aged under 18, if recommended. Mr Morrison said the process for approving and delivering the multiple coronavirus vaccines had been accelerated but he could not yet provide exact dates for the rollout. "It is moving considerably faster than normal vaccination processes would occur in Australia – but without cutting corners, ensuring that everything is ticked that needs to be ticked along the way," he said. "We believe we will be able to commence vaccinations of high-priority workers in mid- to late-February. However, this is still pending approval by the TGA and delivery by suppliers. The Pfizer vaccine is expected to be the first to secure TGA approval – a process which is expected to be complete by the end of January. READ MORE: Sydney travellers banned from Queensland until at least end of January Nurse Ed Mark gets his second and final dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Norwegian American Hospital in Chicago. (AP) However, following approval it will still take approximately two weeks for vials of the vaccine to arrive in Australia and a further week for test batching to be completed. "The vaccine is only released post-approval," Mr Morrison said, noting that delivery was a delicate operation for a vaccine that had to be stored below -70C. Secretary of the federal Health Department, Professor Brendan Murphy, said 'Phase One' of the vaccination program would involve giving healthcare workers and other high-risk groups the Pfizer shots, which will be imported from overseas. This vaccine is a two-step process, with a second jab needed some weeks after the first. Queues of people wait for COVID-19 testing in Auburn in Sydney's West on January 1. (Nine) It's likely each person who receives the vaccine will be digitally registered, so authorities can remind and track those to receive the second dose. Large-scale vaccination of the general population will then follow using the AstraZeneca vaccine, which will be produced in large quantities onshore. This will be conducted from more than 1000 'vaccine hubs' around Australia, including specialist centres but also general practitioners and Aboriginal outreach buildings. The vaccination update comes after it was revealed a cleaner at the Hotel Grand Chancellor in Brisbane tested positive to coronavirus. The worker, who lives in Algester in Brisbane's south, developed symptoms and was tested on Wednesday. Despite recent outbreaks in Victoria, NSW and Queensland, the prime minister praised Australia's handling of the pandemic. Masks have been made compulsory in many indoor settings and on public transport in Sydney and Melbourne to help contain the latest COVID-19 outbreak. (James Alcock/NINE MEDIA) "We have been dealing with this pandemic in a very Australian way - Australia has been making its own way through this," he said. "It's a terrible tragedy that there are countries in the world today who are seeing daily death rates that are higher than Australia's death toll in the past year." However, he also warned that the vaccination program did not spell the end of the virus in Australia. "Vaccinations are not a silver bullet," Mr Morrison said. "COVID-safe practices must continue. This will add a further, significant defence – or rather, an offence. But 2021 will still be a year of battling the virus." Property News: 12 edibles to plant this spring - domain.com.au Aussies wage neighbourhood war over dump next door	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3753
__label__wiki	0.50519	0.50519	Low snow, but avalanches are still a ‘go’ by: Alana Brophy Posted: Jan 17, 2018 / 12:42 AM MST / Updated: Jan 17, 2018 / 04:08 AM MST SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (News4Utah) – Salt Lake City has kicked off 2018 with very low snow pack numbers, but that doesn’t mean the avalanche threat isn’t real. There have been two dozen human triggered avalanches in just the last few days. Our avalanche conditions are fluid this winter, but the long periods in between storms have definitely impacted the greatest snow on Earth. “It’s a shallow, lean thin snow pack. Right now, it’s a house of cards, it’s like a bunch of dominos stacked up, we put a slab on top of that, all we need to do is flip those dominos and we are off to the races,” Craig Gordon of the Utah Avalanche Center said. Since our last storm, we’ve seen two dozen human triggered avalanches with about six causing extremely close calls and partial burials. Finding safe terrain in the high country has proven difficult this year, even several sunny days after a storm. “There was a nice crust on top. Probably 5 cm thick, really hard to punch through. It made it a little sketchier on that steeper terrain,” Park City skier, Christopher Hendrickson said. Our lackluster amount of snow as well as major breaks in between storms created a very sugary, shallow base layer of snow. When we add heavy, wet snow to that weak layer, it’s very easy for slides to be triggered and occur. There are different parts of our mountains that are more dangerous than other as well. “It’s not the sunny slopes where the danger lies.It’s the north half of the compass. The sun isn’t penetrating those slopes, the hazard remains elevated on steep slopes especially those that face the north half of the compass,” Gordon said. With an active storm pattern coming, just be prepared for the avalanche threat to increase and that will be the case for the rest of the winter. “This is the type of snow pack where every time we put a storm on top of it, the snow pack is going to react, we are going to see an avalanche cycle,” Gordon said. by Jordan Verdadeiro / Jan 20, 2021 OGDEN, Utah (ABC4) - The pandemic has been a difficult road to navigate for our children. Schools opening and closing, missing friends and extended family, and not being able to just be, well, a kid. But there are other young ones in our community that have had it especially hard over the last ten months, those without a permanent home. Ashley was placed in the foster care system at 14. She was adopted by Suzie and Ryan McCorristin in January of 2020 right before the pandemic, but her sister is still in the system. by Hailey Hendricks / Jan 20, 2021 WASHINGTON D.C. (ABC4 News) – Members of the Utah National Guard continued to provide security in Washington D.C. during President Joe Biden’s inauguration. Members stationed themselves around the nation’s capital Wednesday morning – where Captain Belnap told ABC4 News things are going well. by Jordan Burrows / Jan 20, 2021 SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4 News) — Students in the Salt Lake City School District are going back to the classroom soon. On Tuesday, the Salt Lake City School District announced secondary schools (junior high and high school) students will have the option for in-person courses on Feb. 8th. It previously announced elementary schools are having in-person learning starting January 25th. Politics / 13 seconds ago	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3757
__label__cc	0.564272	0.435728	One year passes with no leads on deceased newborn found in cooler in Georgia by: Jolyn Hannah Posted: Jan 7, 2020 / 08:49 PM MST / Updated: Jan 7, 2020 / 08:54 PM MST TROUP COUNTY, GA. (WRBL) -One year has passed and investigators still don’t have any answers about a baby found dead in a cooler in Troup County, Georgia. Tuesday, the Troup County Sheriff’s Office again issued a plea for anyone with information about the child to come forward. The horrific discovery was made on Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019 in a wooded area along Boy Scout Road. Boy Scout Road is an isolated dead-end road with just a few homes located off New Franklin Road. After seeing a bright watermelon print cooler sitting out in the open near the woodline, a passerby decided to take a closer look. “The individual that found the cooler opened the cooler up and did not expect to find a deceased infant inside the cooler. They called 911,” said Sgt. Stewart Smith with the Troup County Sheriff’s Office. Affidavit: Kidnap suspect pretended dead mom’s baby was hers Grandparents offer $20,000 reward for information on missing Idaho children Investigators tried to track down where the watermelon cooler may have come from but discovered the cooler was sold in multiple stores in several states. Information from the autopsy reveals that the child was a full term, white female and that the child showed no obvious signs of trauma or injury. Investigators say the baby may have been stillborn. A regional medical search of hospitals and doctor’s offices turned up nothing. “Nobody reported to us they had a patient that was pregnant that did not deliver a child, so it may not have been someone local, or it could have been someone hiding a pregnancy,” said Sgt. Smith. The Troup County Sheriff’s Office also wants to remind everyone of the Safe Place for Newborn Act. The act allow a person who can’t care for a newborn child to leave the child in a designated Safe Place. Safe Places include a law enforcement agency, fire station, or medical facility. If you have information you are asked to call Crime Stoppers at 706-813-1000. Among dozens of inaugurations, President Biden’s Bible stands out by Nick McGurk / Jan 20, 2021 SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) - "So help me God." Those four words mark history - a president-elect is suddenly president as his left palm rests against a Bible. This image, on display Wednesday during President Biden's inauguration, is an iconic display of America's peaceful transfer of power. But the Bible isn't even an official part of the ceremony, instead it's a tradition that goes back to George Washington. Election / 26 mins ago National / 1 hour ago	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3758
__label__wiki	0.934722	0.934722	Russia raps Japan over island dispute Russia and Japan crossed swords publicly on Friday over Moscow's invitation for China and South Korea to invest in dispute islands Russia and Japan crossed swords publicly on Friday over Moscow's invitation for China and South Korea to invest in an island chain at the centre of a dispute that has poisoned ties for half a century. The disagreement came during a visit to Moscow by Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara, which brought the two nations no closer to resolving their dispute over islands Russia calls the Southern Kurils and Japan calls the Northern Territories. Tensions have escalated since November, when Russian President Dmitry Medvedev made the first visit by a Kremlin leader to the small, windswept and sparsely populated islands off Japan's Hokkaido, 7,000 km ((4,350 miles) from Moscow. At a joint news conference after talks with Maehara, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the Kremlin would be happy to see Chinese, Korean and even Japanese investment in the islands, which Moscow has held since 1945. Maehara quipped back that investments into the islands from "a third country" would "complicate the situation". He also gave a chilly response to Lavrov's call for a committee of historians to weigh in on the territorial dispute, saying previous discussions by specialists had brought little in the way of results. Soviet troops occupied the four islands at the southern tip of the Kuril chain at the end of World War Two. The conflicting claims have prevented Moscow and Tokyo from concluding a peace treaty. Lavrov said Tokyo's recent behaviour in the dispute was "unacceptable" and made clear that vocal Japanese demands for the return of the isles would only hurt its cause. "Outrage" On Monday, marked with rallies and speeches in Japan as Northern Territories Day, Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan called Medvedev's trip "an unforgivable outrage". Lavrov warned statements like that would get Japan nowhere. "When radical approaches gain the upper hand in Japan and are shared by the country's leadership, of course it is useless to conduct any discussion on this issue," he said after the talks with Maehara at a Foreign Ministry mansion in Moscow. Russia will only discuss a peace treaty without any preconditions or "unilateral historical links," Lavrov said, a reference to Japan's claim the islands are rightfully its own. Maehara reiterated Japan's claim. "The Northern Territories are indigenous territories of Japan," he said through an interpreter. Sitting down for the talks, he said Moscow and Tokyo should try to find a way to overcome the dispute. "There is a territorial problem between Russia and Japan but we should rack our brains to overcome it," he said. Moscow has pointedly asserted sovereignty over the islands by dispatching high-level officials there since Medvedev's visit, which added to Japan's troubles amid a dispute with fast-growing powerhouse China over another group of islands. Japan's anger flared again when Russia's defence chief visited military units on the islands last week, and Medvedev said on Wednesday that Moscow will deploy new weapons to step up defences there. Lavrov stressed, as Russia has repeatedly, that Tokyo should focus not on the islands but on improving trade ties with Russia, a major oil and gas producer that is seeking to increase its influence in Asia. "We have a common interest in and a real opportunity to seriously strengthen the economic foundation (of relations)" Lavrov said.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3764
__label__wiki	0.751889	0.751889	NEARCTIC REGION Angusticorn Maculipennis Etymology: Stanley Barron Freeborn Anopheles freeborni is found in the western arid and semi-arid regions of the United States and Mexico, and up into Canada up to latitudes of under 48o. Together with An. earlei Vargas, An. hermsi Barr & Guptavanij, and An, occidentalis Dyar & Knab, An. freeborni belongs to the Freeborni Subgroup of the Holarctic Maculipennis Group (Anopheles Series; Angusticorn Section) of Anopheles subgenus Anopheles. Anopheles freeborni was originally described as a subspecies of An. maculipennis Meigen, based on specimens from Davis, California, United States, and was designated full species status two years later. The closely related An. hermsi is restricted to southwestern United States, where it often is found in sympatry with An. freeborni. The species are morphologically indistinguishable and the presence of An. hermsi was only confirmed following crossing experiments, and chromosomal and DNA studies. The species can be reliably differentiated using the internal (ITS) and external (ETS) transcribed spacer regions of the nuclear rDNA. Type locality: Davis, California, United States Type depository: California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, United States (CAS) icon overlay image DIAGNOSTIC CHARACTERS (Click photos to view; mouse over and click large photo to zoom in.) ADULT (illustrated): Head: Scales and setae of interocular space (IS) and pale scales of vertex (V) yellowish white.Palpus unicolorous. Wing: Wing scales narrow, short and sparse, wing membrane readily visible on apical half of wing; wing entirely dark-scaled (including fringe at apex), with scales darker and / or more dense at crossveins and furcations, forming faint dark spots. Legs: Entirely dark. LARVA (not illustrated): Head: Seta 1-A large, plumose; seta 2-C single, closely approximated; seta 3-C strongly branched (>25 branches); setae 5–7-C large, plumose. Abdominal segments: Seta 1-I,II very small or greatly reduced, not palmate; seta 2-IV,V usually 2–3 branched; seta 6-I–III plumose; leaflets of palmate seta 1-III–VII serrated. Pelaez 1945 Carpenter & LaCasse 1955 Wilkerson & Strickman 1990 Darsie & Ward 2005 View on free WRBU mobile app: iOS Google Play WRBU - Anopheles – Central America WRBU - Genera - Nearctic - Adult WRBU - Genera - Nearctic - Larva WRBU - Genera - Neotropical - Adult WRBU - Genera - Neotropical - Larva An. freeborni COI: AF417717 BIONOMICS Immature An. freeborni are closely associated with rice agriculture, with highest densities found at the field margins, where the waters are warmer and algal growth is plentiful. Immatures are also found in other shallow ground pools of clear seepage water (e.g., roadside pools) in open sunlight and, much more rarely, in heavy shade. Anopheles freeborni adults mate freely in confined spaces, allowing it to be easily colonized. As An. freeborni is a highly effective malaria vector, this species has become a valuable asset in controlled challenges to trial candidate vaccines. Female An. freeborni aggressively attack man and will enter houses to feed at dusk and through the night. On cloudy days, or in heavy shade, they are known to also bite during the day. In a rice agriculture system in northern California, over 99% of blood meals were mammalian, and only 3% were human, suggesting that An. freeborni feeds freely on animals in the absence of human hosts. In the Sacramento Valley, rabbits accounted for over 45% of bloodmeals. In northern parts of their range, adults will overwinter in diapause. Associated Pathogens Plasmodium berghei Plasmodium gonderi Plasmodium vivax Canada, Mexico, United States (continental) WRBU VECTOR HAZARD REPORTS None; View other WRBU Vector Hazard Reports Available GIS Models IMPORTANT REFERENCES (full citations below) Aitken 1939: 192 (M, F, E; as maculipennis ssp.) King & Bradley 1941: 65 (to sp.) Aitken 1945: 296 (M, F, P, L, E; tax.) Pelaez 1945: 74 (F; key) Penn 1949a: 55 (P) Ross & Roberts 1943: 7 (M, F, L; distr., bion., as maculipennis freeborni) Yamaguti & LaCasse 1950b: 25 (M, F, L) Pratt 1952: 484 (L; tax.) Belkin 1953a: 318 (P, L) Rozeboom 1953: 677 (tax.) Barr 1954: 445 (tax.) Carpenter & LaCasse 1955: 39 (M, F, L; keys) Horsfall 1955: 82 (review) Kitzmiller & Baker 1963: 254 (chrom.) Dodge 1966: 362 (1st instar L; key) White 1978 (tax., review, keys, distr.) Bohart & Washino 1978: 22 (M, F, L; keys, tax., bion., distr.) Porter & Collins 1996 (mol. phy. Nearctic) Wilkerson & Strickman 1990 (F; key); Fritz et al. 1991 (mol. tax., chrom.) Darsie & Ward 2005 (F, L; keys, distr.) Sinka et al. 2010b (distr., bion.) Sinka 2013 (distr., bion.) Aitken, T.H.G. (1939). The Anopheles maculipennis complex of western America (Diptera, Culicidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 15(4), 191–192. Aitken, T.H.G. (1945). Studies on the anopheline complex of western America. University of California Publications in Entomology, 7(11), 273–354. Barr, A. R. (1954). Hybridization of experiments with some American dark-winged anophelines. Experimental Parasitology, 3(5), 445–457. Belkin, J.N. (1953a). Mosquitoes of the genus Uranotaenia in the Solomon Islands (Diptera: Culicidae). Pacific Science (Honolulu), 7, 312–391. Bohart, R.M. & Washino, R.K. (1978). Mosquitoes of California (3rd ed.). Berkeley, CA: University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources. Carpenter, S.J., & LaCasse, W.J. (1955). Mosquitoes of North America (North of Mexico). Berkeley, Los Angeles: University of California Press. Darsie Jr, R. F., & Ward, R. A. (2005). Identification and geographical distribution of the mosquitoes of North America, north of Mexico. University Press of Florida. Dodge, H. R. (1966). Studies on mosquito larvae II. The first-stage larvae of North American Culicidae and of world Anophelinae. Canadian Entomologist, 98, 337–393. Fritz, G.N., Dritz, D., Jensen, T., & Washino, R.K. (1991). Wing scale pattern variation in Anopheles punctipennis (Say). Mosquito Systematics, 23, 80–86. Horsfall, W.R. (1955). Mosquitoes. Their bionomics and relation to disease. New York, NY: Hafner Publishing Company. (Reprinted 1972). Kitzmiller, J.B., & Baker, R.H. (1963). The salivary chromosomes of Anopheles freeborni. Mosquito News, 23, 254–261. Pelaez, D. (1945). Anofelinos de México. Clave para la determinación de especies y subespecies basada en los caracteres de las hembras adultas. Ciencia, 6, 69–77. Porter, C.H., & Collins, F.H. (1996). Phylogeny of Nearctic members of the Anopheles maculipennis species group derived from the D2 variable region of 28S ribosomal RNA. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 6, 178–188. Pratt, H.D. (1952). Notes on Anopheles earlei and other American species of the Anopheles maculipennis complex. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1, 484–493. Ross, E. S., & Roberts, H. R. (1943). Mosquito Atlas. Part I. The Nearctic Anopheles, Important Malaria Vectors of the Americas and Aedes aegypti, Culex quinquefasciatus. Mosquito Atlas. Part I. The Nearctic Anopheles, Important Malaria Vectors of the Americas and Aedes aegypti, Culex quinquefasciatus. Rozeboom, L.E. (1953). Sexual isolation in some North American Anopheles mosquitoes. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2, 677–682. Sinka, M.E. (2013). Global distribution of the dominant vector species of malaria. In S. Manguin (Ed.), Anopheles mosquitoes - New insights into malaria vectors (pp. 109–143). Janeza Trdine 9, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia: InTech. Sinka, M.E., Bangs, M.J., Manguin, S., Coetzee, M., Mbogo, C.M., Hemingway, J., ...Hay, S.I. (2010a). The dominant Anopheles vectors of human malaria in Africa, Europe and the Middle East: Occurrence, data, distribution maps and bionomic précis. Parasites & Vectors, 3(117), 1–34. White, G.B. (1978). Systematic reappraisal of the Anopheles maculipennis complex. Mosquito Systematics, 10(1), 13–44. Wilkerson, R.C., & Strickman, D. (1990). Illustrated key to the female anopheline mosquitoes of Central America and Mexico. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, 6, 7–34. Yamaguti, S., & LaCasse, W.J. (1950b). Mosquito fauna of North America. Part I. Genus Anopheles. Office of the Surgeon, Hq. 8th Army. Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (Year). Anopheles freeborni species page. 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__label__wiki	0.677264	0.677264	Interview with Dave Seaman A world DJ. 1 September 2013, The internationally famous DJ Dave Seaman In the world of dance music, Dave Seaman needs no introduction. Former Mixmag editor, half of legendary remixer duo Brothers in Rhythm, Stress Records/Therapy Records boss … oh, and least we forget, fifteen years DJing in top clubs and festival fields in over seventy countries and over twenty-five mix compilation albums including for the likes of Renaissance, Back To Mine, Radio 1 Essential Mix and Global Underground. We were privileged to catch up with him amidst his busy schedule. WSI: OK let’s start at the beginning, how did you get into music in the first place and what was the dance music scene like growing up? DS: Leeds was pretty much a goth city during the 80s. The dance scene really didn't explode there until the early 90s. There were small pockets of things happening. The Warehouse was always buzzing and then towards the end of the 80s places like Back To Basics & Ricky's took off but by then I'd already left for London. I got a job at DMC working at Mixmag and my career really took off from there. WSI: We saw you at one of the opening parties in Pacha this year, playing a very different set to what some might expect from you. How has your style developed / changed in the past few years and is this reflected in the music you are making at the moment? DS: I'm probably playing a bit ‘housier’ these days than I have over recent years but I'm always inclined to mix it up a bit within the duration of a set. People used to tag me with the "progressive" thing before progressive mutated into the cheesy Euro Dance it's now become but you have to remember the progressive scene of the 90s took in everything from the house of Tenaglia, through the breaks of Timo Maas to the techno of Slam. It was all about the journey of the night. Progressive was more of an ethos/spirit than a genre really. WSI: You have been a mainstay in the dance music scene for many years now, what big changes have you seen and is it better now or 'back in the day'? DS: It's changed beyond all recognition. As has life in general. And you can't really say one era was better than another. It's like comparing football teams of today against those of a bygone age. They were of their time. And for every amazing memory of back in the day I have, there’s plenty of dodgy ones too. We just tend to sweep them under the carpet. I love what I do just as much today as I did back then. WSI: Are you still influenced / inspired by dance music, and if so by whom? DS: Every day I get new music that gets me excited to DJ at the weekend. That's probably why I'm still here doing what i do. There's loads of amazing producers out the right now. Maceo Plex, Dixon, Scuba, Booka Shade, KiNK, Deetron, Hot Since 82... I could go on and on. WSI: You have recently been very successful on (crowd-funding platform) Kickstarter, tell us about the project and is this the way you see future independent releases working? DS: I think it's a very exciting development in the way artists and their audiences interact yes. The digital age has made it possible now to cut out the middle man of a record company and allowed fans and artists to make projects happen together through crowd-funding. That's a hell of an evolutionary step. It was all a bit scary in the beginning as most things are when you step out of your comfort zone into the unknown. But I'm so happy we achieved what we set out to do by making the first ever crowd-funded compilation album and I'm certain I will do it again sometime. WSI: You've collaborated with John OO Fleming on your latest release 'Unexpected Item in the Packing Area' What did you think of the overall package/mixes and will you be collaborating with anyone else in the near future? DS: I'm very happy with the package yes. Both Hernan Cattaneo & Martin Garcia and Dubspeeka both turned in fantastic remixes and I'm personally really proud of the original versions John and I produced so and really looking forward to getting it all out there into the big wide world. And yes, there are more collaborations on the way. I've already finished new tracks with Funkagenda and Guy Mantzur which will be coming out on my own Selador label and Mihalis Safras' Playmobil imprint respectively. WSI: You have played all over the world, what are your favourite venues in the world and why? DS: Warung Beach Club in Brazil springs to mind. Such an amazing venue in beautiful surroundings with a very cool educated crowd. But there's loads of others too. Zouk Singapore. Avalon in LA. Space and Pacha in Ibiza. Womb and Ageha in Tokyo.... Again, I could go on and on. WSI: Do you think it is still important to support indie labels? DS: Of course, indie labels are more relevant and important than ever. The major label business model is outdated and constantly playing catch up. Music is more DIY now than any time in the last century. WSI: Finally in three words describe yourself??? 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__label__cc	0.741706	0.258294	Kurt Angle Challenges Dana White to a Pro-Wrestling Match Pro-Wrestling legend Kurt Angle did a Q&A on his Facebook page this morning. During the session, a question came up about Dana White’s recent comments about Pro-Wrestling. Kurt Angle challenged Dana White to a Pro-Wrestling match: I thought Dana knew better but he obviously doesn’t. But, in Dana’s defense, I thought wrestling was 100 percent fake before I started. If Dana stepped in the ring with a pro wrestler, and took 2 or 3 bumps, he’d change his mind very quickly. If Dana would like to, I will step in the ring with him. I know that would change his mind. What do you say Dana? You up for 2 or 3 German suplexes? Below are some other questions and answers from the session: * What’s the one bump you wish you never took? Angle: “After just having my surgery in my neck a few months prior, I took an extremely hard chair shot to the head from Brock Lesnar. It wasn’t his fault, I could have told him not to hit my head. I didn’t tell him that and I wish I would have. I had to undergo another surgery.” * What’s your weirdest wrestling moment? Angle: “Weird? If weird means uncomfortable, then I would say when I Angle Slammed Mae in a segment on Raw. I believe she was 80 years old. Before the segment, Mae came to me and said “Son, spike me hard. Give Me everything you got”. Now if that’s not weird, I don’t know what is….lol.” * Hey Mr. Angle. My question is who is the most opposite of their character wrestler you ever worked with? Angle: “We all relate to our character because it’s part of us, but Eugene (Nick Dinsmore) was nothing like his character and he did it incredibly well.” * What’s your favourite WWE in-ring segments? Angle: “I had so many in ring “moments” but the battle rap with Cena in Toronto was one of my faves. Giving Cena a hug and telling him “Thuganomics? You’re obviously not the king of Huganomics”. It was magic and Cena sold it perfectly. I was really surprised that I was just as good on the mic as I was wrestling in the ring.” * What’s your favourite thing you’ve done in your professional wrestling career? Angle: “My favorite part of my career was when I started in WWE. My 1st run as a heel was so much fun. The comedy, the goofy character I portrayed was very challenging. It’s amazing when you go outside of yourself to become a whole different person. I couldn’t wait for Raw each week to see what the “Olympic Hero” had in store for the fans. A lot of the credit goes to the amazing chemistry I had with Brian Gewirtz, the head writer. I’m a pure blood wrestler, and that’s my strength, but I thoroughly enjoyed entertaining the fans and hearing “You suck”.” Kurt Angle also gave an update on his health: A lot of you have been asking about my health– I’m progressing slowly, but surely. I will be back in the ring again. I don’t know the exact date but it will be soon. Thank you all for your concern and for supporting me. I will be back!!!!!	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3771
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Home News Google finally took RCS messaging worldwide but it's too little, too late Google finally took RCS messaging worldwide but it’s too little, too late By Android Central The right time for cross-platform unified messaging was five years ago, not in late 2020. The long battle over messaging is finally over now that Google has incorporated RCS across the entire globe and is pushing out encryption features as I type. Not really; the battle for universal messaging was over long ago and Google just now got to the playing field. Here’s what’s happening in case you didn’t catch it: Google has finished making RCS chat features available in its Messages app in every country that it can be made available (it’s never coming to a few countries like China or Russia) and it’s slowly pushing out end-to-end encryption for users who opt-in for Google’s Chat features. That means Android users can enjoy rich messaging as long as they use the Messages app and the other party is also using the Messages app. In theory. The fine print reads that it works through Google’s Jibe service unless your carrier supports the RCS Universal profile. Since RCS is a giant jumbo-sized clusterfudge, it often doesn’t work as expected. Ask someone who uses AT&T, for example. Anyway, this has finally fixed messaging for everyone across the planet. Except no, it hasn’t, and Google can’t do anything to make that happen no matter how hard it tries. The elephant in the room is, of course, Apple and its iMessage service. Since about half of people in North America use an iPhone, until Apple supports an RCS fallback when one party isn’t using iMessage, no measurable difference happens. To be fair, iMessage is really good. Too bad you have to put up with iOS to use it. Right now Apple does use iMessage for SMS, but it hasn’t announced any change following the news that RCS is actually a thing. And it probably never will because iMessage is a good feature that Apple uses to lock you into its ecosystem. Android Police did a great job explaining this mess and you should probably go read it. On the other hand, even the elephant that is Apple and iMessage doesn’t really matter in the long run because nobody uses carrier-based messaging in any significant numbers. That ship sailed a long time ago and it’s never coming back to the port. A quick look at the graphic above from Statista shows the real big picture. The public has spoken and decided that Facebook is the company we all want to handle our messaging. If that makes you sad, just know you’re not alone. A lot of people in North America with free unlimited SMS still use an app like WhatsApp for “texting”. In all seriousness, this phenomenon started long before Facebook bought WhatsApp. You’re probably reading this from a couch or other suitably plush seating inside North America where you get screwed on data prices but get all the SMS messages you care to send through your carrier. In many parts of the world — and inside North America just a few years ago — unlimited SMS is not a thing. SMS is a really great service because it’s 100% interoperable no matter what sort of cell phone a person is using. Your expensive Android flagship phone can send and receive SMS messages. That friend you have with an iPhone 8 that has a cracked screen can also send and receive SMS messages. Your crazy uncle who thinks windmills cause cancer and uses a flip phone from 1996 can also send and receive SMS messages. It’s extremely important to have a universal way to message anyone, anywhere. But most of us can look through our text history and see that we send a whole lot of messages each and every month and if it weren’t free, we wouldn’t be doing it. That’s why SMS and RCS is really only a thing in North America. It’s hard to have an all-night text-a-thon if it costs you 5-cents every time you hit send. This is why WhatsApp wins — if you’re on Wi-Fi, you can think of WhatsApp as 100% unlimited and free. Of course, Google did have this figured out a while back. Hangouts was a rich chat service that worked for anyone who downloaded the app and was able to resort to using SMS if you tried to chat it up with someone who didn’t install it. But of course, Google wasn’t satisfied with a solution that worked and burned everything to the ground with a crazy and fun-filled stretch of messenger clients that weren’t ever going to become successful. Hangouts did everything Google seemingly wants. Maybe it should have been polished up instead of sent out to pasture. Hangouts needed a lot of love in the user interface department, that is true. The options could be confusing to first-time users, and nobody should deny that. But the service itself worked as a universal worldwide rich messenger that was 100% free. If it were still around for everyone, was easy to use and understand, and had encryption added it would be the iMessage for Android so many people seem to be wanting. Don’t get me wrong, I think a mostly universal rollout of RCS inside Google Messages is great and the addition of an encryption option makes it even better. But that’s because I don’t use WhatsApp or Snapchat or QQ (what in tarnation is QQ?) and just send text messages like a dinosaur that has free unlimited texts. The addition of encryption means I might consider using Messages as my default instead of using Signal, too. But in the big picture, this is all too little, too late, and doesn’t really help anything. 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__label__wiki	0.837293	0.837293	Sherlon Christie @sherlonapp WEST LONG BRANCH – The Class A Central division race keeps getting tighter and Rumson-Fair Haven re-entered the race thanks to an inspired performance on Thursday night. Junior guard Brendan Barry scored 12 of his game-high 29 points in the first half and led No. 8 Rumson-Fair Haven to a 70-56 Class A Central victory over No. 5 Shore Regional on Thursday night. Barry made four three-pointers with three of those three-pointers coming in the second half. Senior guard Alex Geiger added 10 points and senior guards Thomas Famulary and Jack Luby each provided nine points for the Bulldogs (11-3, 6-2). Rumson-Fair Haven has defeated Shore Regional, 56-46, at Rumson-Fair Haven on Jan. 6 and then again on Thursday night at Shore Regional to complete the regular season sweep of the Blue Devils (10-3, 6-2). "Tonight, a bunch of guys contributed. I think Elijah McCallister, the freshman, had some really good minutes for us. He clogged the middle up," Rumson-Fair Haven coach Chris Champeau said. "They (Shore Regional) have Bloodgood and Largey that can not only beat you from deep but they are post guys too." Meanwhile, Shore Regional senior Kevin Bloodgood entered the game just 13 points shy of 1,000 for his career and he scored eight of his 13 points in the second half. The milestone moment came with 1:45 left in the fourth quarter. The game was briefly stopped so that Shore Regional fans could honor him with an announcement and picture with his teammates and coaching staff. Senior Dan Largey led the Blue Devils with 16 points and Jack Byrne and Bill Derrin each supplied eight points. RELATED: Boys Basketball Boxscores from Jan. 29 Wall 65, Ocean 62: Senior guard Trent Mitchell scored a game-high 20 points, including the 1,000th point of his career, as he led the Crimson Knights (10-4, 7-2) to the Class B North overtime victory over the Spartans (4-9, 2-7). Senior guard Brendan Barcas added 16 points and senior guard Ryan Janeczek supplied 14 points. Ocean senior guard Taj Shomo scored a team-high 17 points and hit a three-pointer just before the regulation buzzer to send the game into overtime. Junior guard Jake Talarico added 13 points and senior center Jon Zimmerman provided 11 points. CBA 61, Manalapan 54: Pat Andree scored 30 points to help the Colts avoid an upset when they defeated the Braves 61-54 in overtime in a Class A North matchup Thursday afternoon. The Colts outscored the Braves 18-11 in overtime to escape with the win. Senior forward Kyle Mullen led the Braves with 14 points. RELATED: Boys Basketball Top 10 as of Jan. 26 Toms River South 61, Lacey 56: Toms River South's Tymere Berry scored 19 points and Tyler Fall added 14 points as the Indians edged the Lions in a Class A South game. Lacey's Chris Iapicco scored a game-high 28 points. Marlboro 65, Middletown South 57: Senior center Matthew Ringel scored a team-high 14 points to lead the Mustangs past the Eagles Thursday afternoon. The Mustangs took control in the first quarter when they outscored the Eagles 17-10. Sophomore P.J. Ringel also chipped in 13 points for the Mustangs. Senior guard Daniel Roibal tallied a game-high 17 points for the Eagles in the loss. Red Bank Catholic 69, Long Branch 48: Liam Byrne scored 10 of his 12 points in the first quarter and Eddie Hahn added nine of his 16 points in the first half and Joe Montano provided nine of his 11 points in the first half as the Caseys edged the Green Wave in a Class B North game. Long Branch's Fred Reeves finished with 15 points and Raheeem Carter added 12 points. Sherlon Christie: schristie@app.com	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3786
__label__wiki	0.920616	0.920616	COLUMBUS - When Shore Regional standout Drew Maher cruised into the final 200 of Saturday’s 1600-meter NJSIAA Meet of Champions race, leading the pack into the home stretch, the unexpected surge caught most onlookers off guard…including the event’s eventual champion Elliot Gindi. “I don’t think anyone out here today was expecting that, nobody was, but I knew what to do” Gindi said. “You always have to have plans. When he made a move I went with him, and I gave him some distance.” The gap of separation heading into the final 100 was minimal and short-lived for Maher, as Gindi sprinted to the finish for a winning time of (4:09) – including an impressive 59.21 in the final 400 meters – to capture the first MOC track title in his decorated career. “With 100 meters to go it was throttle, throttle, throttle…No turning back,” Gindi said. “And when I say no turning back, I did take a look over my shoulder with 10 meters to go. I had enough celebration. And a good celebration was definitely necessary.” A celebration was certainly in order for Gindi, as the senior was in position to challenge for an MOC crown a season ago, but was forced to settle for second place in favor of CBA’s Drake Anzano. “It feels great to come back and win this after last year,” said Ginidi, who captured the Cross Country MOC title this past fall. “I was definitely a little nervous coming into this one going up against guys like (Chris) Romero and (Mulual) Mu, but I stayed calm, cleared my mind and really didn’t think about them once we got started. I just ran my race.” A multi-time sectional and group champion in the 1600 and 3200 events, the question of one’s lasting legacy swirled about Gindi in his post-race conference with the media, and rather point to those awards and accolades, the senior instead spoke of the work that went such achievements. “It’s not really about this. It’s not about the races. It’s about the training,” Gindi said. “The training is really what shows on race day. And that’s what I’m hoping to leave behind. It’s about the work that went in.” Though a touted 3200 runner, Ginidi opted out of Saturday’s MOC race, choosing to end his scholastic career on top. “I was going to surprise everybody with the 3200, but it’s hot, everyone is dying out here in the heat. So ending with a Meet of Champs victory is the perfect way to end my time in an Ocean Township jersey.” Maher placed second in the event with a 4:09.92, while Noah Yuro of CBA clocked in at 4:14.51 for a fifth place showing. Devin Hart wins MOC 3200 Point Boro sophomore Devin Hart had a decision to make Saturday after a monstrous 1600/3200 double at Group II, in which he ran personal-bests of 4:09.49 and 9:07.40, respectively. Instead of taking on Gindi at the shorter distance, Hart and his coaches opted for arguably a tougher assignment, 2016 MOC winner and Princeton recruit Matt Grossman in the 3200. If it wasn't already clear after his Group II effort, it is now. New Jersey's next distance star has arrived. Hart finished an unbeaten season at 3200 meters, hammering to the finish line Saturday without a threat in sight, Grossman or otherwise, in a personal-best 9:05.49. Hart is just the second Ocean County boy (Peter Hess, Toms River North, 2003) to win the MOC 3200 outdoors since it was added to the state program in 1982. "I figured maybe everyone was saving it for the last lap, but they didn't," Hart said, expressing surprise at no one willing to challenge him over the final 800 meters. "To do this is as a sophomore is crazy, I never thought I could do this. This is very emotional." The tactical nature early in the race suited Hart, who aimed and succeeded in going out in around 4:30. Hart came back 2:12.41 for the final 800 meters, doing so alone, which is not generally conducive for a fast time. With his performances at Group II and the MOC on his resume alone, Hart will have buzz going into his junior cross country season. As a sophomore in 2016, Hart was the runner up at Group II, covering the vaunted 3.1-mile championship course at Holmdel Park in 15:58. He followed that a week later by running 16:09 for eighth at the MOC. Chris Rotolo: crotolo@gannettnj.com; Josh Newman: jnewman@app.com	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3787
__label__wiki	0.610283	0.610283	A Barrel of Bronze Age Monkeys By ERIC A. POWELL Scholars have longed believed that a Bronze Age Aegean painting of a troop of monkeys depicts stylized exotic primates cavorting about a rocky landscape. The fresco adorns a room in a two-story complex at the second-millennium B.C. settlement of Akrotiri on the Greek island of Thera. No monkeys are native to the region, and the depictions were thought to have been made by painters following Egyptian stylistic conventions, which often rendered animal species as abstract types. Now, a team led by University of Pennsylvania archaeologist Marie Nicole Pareja that includes primatologists and a taxonomic illustrator has concluded that the Akrotiri monkeys are, in fact, accurate depictions of langur monkeys, whose natural range is the Indus River Valley, some 4,000 miles away. The researchers observed that the Akrotiri monkeys have S- or C-shaped tails, just as langurs do. Pareja believes this key detail shows that the artists who created the fresco must have seen the primates with their own eyes. “We think they had direct contact with the langurs,” says Pareja. “Textual sources suggest Mesopotamians imported critters from the Indus Valley, so it’s possible the painters encountered the langurs there, or elsewhere in the Near East.” Inside a Medieval Gaelic Castle Remembering the Shark Hunters Letter from the Four Corners Digs & Discoveries Ancient Academia Bicycles and Bayonets Shock of the Old Sailing the Viking Seas Egyptian Coneheads China's Carp Catchers Field of Tombs Protecting the Young Early Adopters Neolithic chewing gum DNA, the first sled dogs, and swelling the ranks of the Terracotta Army	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3792
__label__wiki	0.773445	0.773445	Laptops Desktops Monitors ConceptD > Partnerships > Imagimax Imagining New Innovations with Imagimax, Thailand Imagimax is a leading animation and design studio in Thailand, pioneering and innovating in the rapidly evolving Computer-Generated Imagery (CGI) industry. Their portfolio of work extends around the world, collaborating with international studios from Europe, USA, and Japan to work on 3D animations for TV series, movies, and games. Their domestic productions also include work on visual effects for films (VFX) as well as computer graphics for TV commercials (TVC). Previously collaborating with Acer to produce the opening animation for ‘Asia Pacific League 2019,’ Imagimax is familiar with creating highly imaginative and unique animations, knowing that graphical performance is just as important as processing power. In working on the ConceptD 500 with its 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i9 processor and Nvidia® Quadro RTX™ 4000 graphics, Imagimax was impressed with the highly accurate, fast and stable performance the device was able to provide; spurring their creativity and encouraging them to make use of premium features such as GPU-accelerated ray tracing – quickly and smoothly rendering each frame of their 3D creations. The attractive and stylish ConceptD 500 has the latest Intel® Core™ i9 CPU and an NVIDIA® Quadro RTX™ 4000 to deliver reliable computing for complex creative projects. About ConceptD Brand Design Tech Events Press Green Packaging Privacy Legal Notice	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3795
__label__wiki	0.544876	0.544876	Aerobernie Retrouvez toute l'actualité aéronautique: industrie, transport aérien, aviation d'affaires, voyage… Comapgnies Aériennes Inmarsat’s most powerful satellite enters service, boosting long-term inflight broadband capabilities for aviation customers Par Bernie Inmarsat, the world leader in global, mobile satellite communications, is celebrating the commercial service introduction (CSI) of its newest and most advanced satellite to date. GX5 is now delivering unprecedented capacity to Europe and the Middle East as part of the industry-leading Global Xpress (GX) network, which powers the award-winning GX Aviation and Jet ConneX (JX) inflight Wi-Fi services. Inmarsat GX5 satellite Conceived, designed and procured principally to meet the needs of airline and business aviation customers, GX5 delivers approximately twice the capacity of the entire existing GX satellite fleet (GX1-GX4) combined. Together with a significantly expanded ground station network and enhanced cloud-based processing, the powerful satellite is essential to support rapidly growing demand for aviation connectivity in Europe and the Middle East. GX5 provides enhanced, industry-leading connectivity for airlines and business aviation customers operating in Europe and the Middle East Seven more satellites will launch in next four years under Inmarsat’s fully-funded roadmap GX5 will transform Inmarsat’s offering to aviation customers, bringing significant layered capacity and network redundancy over Europe and the Middle East, which form one of the world’s busiest travel corridors. Launched in November 2019, GX5 underpins the growth plans for Inmarsat’s aviation unit in the region, as part of the company’s wider commitment to drive innovation and support digital transformation within the airline and business aviation industries. GX Aviation customers set to benefit from the regional capacity boost include leading airlines such as Qatar Airways, Eurowings, Lufthansa, Air France, SAS and Singapore Airlines, alongside more than 800 business jets enabled with JX. Inmarsat’s Passenger Confidence Tracker recently revealed that the pandemic has further accelerated demand for inflight connectivity. According to the research, four in ten commercial airline passengers globally (39%) say onboard Wi-Fi is more important to them since the pandemic. The research also highlighted growing demand for connected services that reduce interaction and increase passenger autonomy, with inflight contactless payments, real time destination alerts and inflight immigration clearance cited amongst the most effective ways to boost passenger confidence in light of COVID-19.[1] Philip Balaam, President of Inmarsat Aviation, said: “GX Aviation and Jet ConneX are firmly established as the world’s leading inflight connectivity solutions and we have now embarked on a major, fully-funded development programme to ensure they remain at the very forefront of this industry. “We are delighted to take the next step in this ambitious roadmap with GX5’s entry into commercial service. This is our most powerful satellite to date, delivering more capacity over Europe and the Middle East than the four existing GX satellites combined. In addition to transforming the quality of aviation connectivity today, it will ensure that our customers remain at the cutting-edge of technology innovation as their needs evolve and air traffic recovers in 2021 and beyond.” GX5’s entry into service underscores the strategic vision of Inmarsat as it looks past the COVID-19 pandemic to the future needs of commercial airline and business aviation customers, whose data-hungry passengers require reliable and seamless connectivity. The satellite’s orbital position, at 11° East, provides an optimal position for European connectivity services and has been designed specifically for regional demand and air traffic patterns over Europe and the Middle East’s busiest airspaces. GX5 is designed to provide connectivity services to existing GX terminals, whilst providing a step change in connectivity for next generation terminals being introduced in the near future. Building upon its 40-year heritage in global mobile connectivity, GX5 is the 14th satellite currently in service with Inmarsat, and heralds the start of a major development programme to enhance the GX network’s capacity and capabilities. Inmarsat’s technology roadmap will see seven further launches by 2024: five in geostationary orbit - adding speed, capacity and resilience - and two in highly elliptical orbit, which will enable the world’s only commercial mobile broadband service in the commercially and strategically critical Arctic region. Global Xpress coverage map with the addition of GX5 When fully operational = Purple overlay for additional capacity for Europe and the Middle East): New ground stations for GX5 New ground stations for GX5 are at: · Aussaguel, France: This is a new GX site, and Inmarsat’s first Ka-band antenna at this location. · Burum, Netherlands: This will be the first Ka-band gateway hosted at Burum. It has been an Inmarsat site for many years. · Cheia, Romania: A new site, Inmarsat’s first Ka-band antenna at this location. · Fucino, Italy: This will be the second Inmarsat Ka-band gateway at the Fucino site. · Kofinou, Cyprus: This is a new site for Inmarsat. · Nemea, Greece: This is the third Inmarsat gateway in Nemea. Inmarsat’s ground network expansion Inmarsat’s ground network is expanding from 21 in 2019 to 30 by 2021: [1] 83% of passengers say the introduction of contactless payments would boost confidence; 79% would like to see destination alerts, 78% pre-immigration clearance. 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__label__wiki	0.629591	0.629591	Rise of Radical Jihadists Setback for Syria US military intervention would not have prevented, and will not prevent, radical jihadism in Syria. This image of the Omar al-Farouq brigade was taken from the group's website; Syrian Sunni rebel Khalid al-Hamad, who mutilated a corpse, is a member of the brigade.. Nervana Mahmoud @Nervana_1 radicalization, syria, jihadists The recent gruesome video of a Syrian rebel soldier, Khalid al-Hamad, mutilating a corpse has triggered shock and outrage, fueling a tense debate over the wisdom of supporting the armed uprising against President Bashar al-Assad. While some consider the video as the ultimate proof that backing the rebels is a bad idea, others view the radicalization and increasing brutality of the armed opposition as a direct result of the weak Western response and US dithering. This later opinion is based on the assumption that an early and decisive intervention in support of the moderate factions of the Syrian rebels would have marginalized the radicals and reduced their recruiting abilities. While debating the brutal war in Syria — and the possible solutions and the inherit risks associated with each option — there are a few issues to consider about radical groups, the factors that help increase their power, and, more important, whether early military intervention would have prevented the radicalization of the Syrian opposition. Collapse of the state Undoubtedly, the collapse of law and order has had an enormous impact on the rise of non-state players, particularly radical groups. Even the short-term security vacuum has created enough of an opportunity for jihadists to pour in. For example, the January 2011 revolution in Egypt has compromised security and helped jihadists to build their own safe haven in the mountains of Sinai. Syria is no different; in fact, it is easier to get into Syria due to its porous border security, particularly along the borders with Iraq and Lebanon. The lack of intervention in Syria has resulted in a chronic collapse of law and order. Any military intervention, however, would also cause law and order to crumble, and result in a more acute form that would encourage (rather than discourage) radical groups to pour into Syria under the pretext of helping the rebels. Radicals are already in place Jihadi backpackers are already around in abundance throughout the region, from Afghanistan to Somalia. In the name of jihad, they are continuously seeking new adventures and opportunities in any country they see as vulnerable. As long as the ideology exists and funds are available, jihadists will always be able to survive and recruit new members; no invitation is required, and no permission is needed. If the lack of outside help has given the radicals a chance to flourish in Syria, any Western intervention could easily give them the excuse and the motive to join the war in Syria under various pretexts. The other jihadists Perhaps the most important factor that was underestimated in Syria is the depth of loyalty and strength of the pro-Assad camp. Many prematurely predicted the downfall of Assad, citing that his allies would desert him at some stage. It turns out to have been a miscalculation by Western observers. Remember that jihadism is not an exclusive Sunni phenomenon; Shiite jihad is also a flourishing business. The Lebanese guerrilla organization Hezbollah is a perfect example. The assumption that a collapse of Assad’s regime would lead Hezbollah, and its patron Iran, to give up on Syria is wishful thinking to say the least. If Assad was ousted, the Shiite Crescent would suffer a huge setback, but their resilience and tenacity would help them endure the pain, and formulate a new survival strategy. For them, the best comeback is to declare jihad in Syria, and hence a counter-Sunni jihad could easily emerge. In other words, while an early military intervention in Syria might have prevented the leak-in of Sunni jihadists, the weakness of a wartorn post-Assad Syria would almost certainly invite them in in the name of fighting Shiite terrorists. Thanassis Cambanis argues that Syria could turn out to be Iran’s Vietnam, but it could also easily be the opposite: Turning Syria into Vietnam could be the Iranian revenge. Weapons blowback Weapons outside of disciplined military forces are seductive tools that can easily inspire exploitation and violence. In a police state like Syria, armed rebellion unleashes rancid chronic resentment and transforms it into raw anger that is difficult to control with logical thinking. Once weapons are available, anger quickly devolves into sick atrocities of unimaginable scale. Any military intervention, particularly without boots on the ground, would not prevent such atrocities from happening; it might reduce its extent, but not enough to stop the cycle of revenge that would follow the collapse of the current regime. Libya is one example of an early successful foreign intervention that failed to prevent revenge-fueled action. Libya also highlighted how enormous a challenge it is to collect arms at the end of the war. The recent [May 13] deadly car bombing in Benghazi is one of many examples of the blowback of weapons availability and their impact on the state. There is no reason to believe that Syria would do better; in fact, it is almost certain that it will do worse. Fortunately, Libya is an oil-rich country that can rebuild itself, but Syria is much poorer, with limited resources. The combination of poverty, armed militias and radical preaching is a very toxic cocktail ready to explode. Fouad Ajami, for one, has argued that after the fall of the Syrian tyranny, better politics may take hold in Syria. This assumption would only be applicable if all stakeholders learn lessons from tyranny and are willing not to repeat it. We must acknowledge, however, that the end of Assad would not lead the Iranian regime to embrace liberal democracy in Syria, nor it would stop radical jihadists from exploiting a post-regime fragility to corrupt and recruit others. There are no easy answers for the complex Syrian conundrum, but let’s not delude ourselves that early intervention would have been the perfect remedy for Syria. Radicalism is a much more complicated phenomenon, while brutality, revenge and eye-for-an-eye are all part and parcel of the savagery of war. However, it's crucial to prevent the fight for Syria and the fight against Assad from becoming mutually exclusive. Syrians have rebelled against Assad to achieve freedom, democracy and human rights. Tolerating radicalism would signal a huge defeat for Syria, which would be more tragic than the current bloodbath. Nervana Mahmoud is a blogger and writer on Middle East issues. You can follow her on Twitter @Nervana_1. 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__label__wiki	0.959154	0.959154	Mike Reed: In the Context of By PAUL OLSON Pure improvisation can be a challenge for both musicians and listeners. With no compositional road map, the players must enter into a compact of attention and belief that's largely process-based—after all, no one knows where the music's going to go. If they do, they're not improvising, they're assembling already-played licks on the fly. Then there's the question of the listener. In a public performance, an audience member can be pulled into the musical process, or they can feel they're sitting unhappily in the middle of a conversation they cannot penetrate. Take that live challenge of including the audience and triple it for the recording process. At a live show, you've paid to get it, you're there; in a sense, you've chosen to involve yourself in the improvisational event. Listening to recordings isn't really that much of a commitment. That's why records of all-improvised music have to be very good indeed to connect with the listener. Fortunately, In the Context of is very good. It documents a one-day, 2004 studio session where Chicago drummer Mike Reed played improvised duets with three other mainstays of the city's improv scene: flutist Nicole Mitchell, ARP synth player Jim Baker and guitarist Jeff Parker. The pieces vary according to the instruments and tendencies of the musicians duetting with Reed, and the CD is wisely sequenced to stagger the different combinations: Parker/Reed, Baker/Reed, Mitchell/Reed, and so on. There's chemistry behind all the pairings and a decided lack of following on the part of the players. "1 combines Reed with Parker, whose playing here is more about the degrees of metallic crunch or grind that are attainable from the electric guitar, and is essentially non-idiomatic, unless that idiom is "Derek Bailey." It's still gorgeous—and like much of this recording, the pleasure's all in the details of sound, in the variations in texture of cymbal, snare and string. "2 seems as sonically centered, but a closer listen reveals a song-like shifting of rhythmic emphases between Baker's synthesizer and Reed's percussion. Reed's clattery free playing shimmers over Baker's long, static buzzes, only to shift into a more static, rapid pattern as Baker goes into a blorping melody. Still, the finest moments are those with Mitchell, whose gift for spontaneous song—and really, anything she plays is a song—is in full evidence here as unformed potential blossoms into melody and structure (and on "3 and "6, spontaneous and rather brilliant suites) within seconds of the opening seconds of the three pieces she's on. "8 culminates with Reed's abstract snare rolls morphing into an outright polyrhythmic groove that's light, dancing and perfectly attuned to Mitchell's mood. The shuffling of Reed's duet partners in the sequencing and the album's brevity—eight pieces adding up to an old-school LP-length forty minutes—make In the Context of a notably accessible all-improv collection. Meanwhile, the leader's presence and focus—he remains a stunning and imaginative player—keeps it from being an incoherent free-form mix tape. Jeff Parker: guitar (1,4); Nicole Mitchell: flutes (3,6,8); Jim Baker: ARP synthesizer (2,5,7); Mike Reed: drums, percussion. Title: In the Context of \| Year Released: 2006 \| Record Label: 482 Music About Mike Reed Mike Reed CD/LP/Track Review Paul Olson Improvised Communications 482 Music United States In the Context of Benjamin Deschamps saxophone, alto	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3805
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__label__wiki	0.597679	0.597679	A.i.A. Guide Neighborhood Associations: Art and the City at the 15th Istanbul Biennial By Vanessa Thill Vanessa Thill More Stories by Vanessa Thill At the Borderline of Uncontrollability: Six Lessons from Eva Hesse A Printed Surf Club: Saying Goodbye to Packet Biweekly The Trauma of Political Engagement: Lynn Hershman Leeson’s Tania Libre View Gallery 5 Images “Is a good neighbor someone who lives the same way as you?” “Is a good neighbor a stranger you don’t fear?” These are two of the forty questions posed by Elmgreen & Dragset, the Berlin-based Scandinavian artist duo, in their curatorial statement for the current edition of the Istanbul Biennial, on view through November 12. The ideas behind Elmgreen & Dragset’s “a good neighbour” are worthy of scrutiny, given that population displacement in 2016 was the highest ever recorded by the UN Refugee Agency, with nearly sixty-eight million people leaving their homes worldwide. But figures this large make it hard to imagine the impact that social destruction and reformulation have on the individual—a task more suited to art than statistics. Fifty-six artists are exhibiting works across six venues in central Istanbul, with thirty new commissions supported by the IKSV, the local nonprofit that founded the biennial in 1987. The show is anchored by key historical works that point to the vulnerability and violence latent in spaces of intimacy and co-habitation. The dark humor of Lee Miller’s 1945 photographs of Hitler’s apartment is particularly unsettling in light of the new nationalist groups gaining strength around the world. In one, an absurdly placed photo of the Führer sits beside Miller as she bathes in his tub, her boots blackening the bathmat in the foreground. Louise Bourgeois’s photogravure Femme Maison (1990) depicts a woman with a house for a head. Using the French term for “housewife” as a title, Bourgeois worked with this motif repeatedly to tease out the oppressive ways women are overidentified with the home. Turkish artist CandeÄ?er Furtun’s untitled sculptural installation from 1994–96 features nine pairs of identical ceramic legs seated along a tiled bench that evokes a bathhouse. The widely spread masculine legs suggest a critique of male social dominance and sexual authority. Colombia-born artist Pedro Gómez-Egaña’s Domain of Things (2017) exemplifies an undertone of anxiety running through the biennial. Home furnishings are roughly arranged into a dining room, bedroom, and other areas atop a segmented platform raised on five-foot stilts. Performers positioned underneath slowly shift the sections. The attempt to maintain domestic normalcy on unsteady ground reflects the mood of coexisting with upheaval, the reality in Istanbul and cities all over the world. The coup attempt of last summer, allegedly organized by religious leader Fethullah Gülen, and the subsequent escalations of President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄ?an’s authority have undermined democracy in Turkey since plans for this biennial got underway. When I landed in Istanbul, a trial was beginning for thirty journalists facing life sentences for links to Gülen. More than fifty thousand people, including civil servants, academics, military, and judiciary officials, have been jailed, and three times that many have lost their jobs for political reasons in the past year. The curators’ optimism seems naïve in this climate, but many of the works dig into the uncertainty of community relations and the fear of hidden threats nearby while also leaving room to contemplate alternative ways of living in proximity. Photographer Sim Chi Yin looks at the relationship of migrant workers to their underground homes in Beijing’s former Cold War bomb shelters. The Rat Tribe (2011–14), her twelve-photo series, presents intimate moments of quotidian life for these roughly one million new city dwellers. She captures young people in rooms only a few feet wide, walls decorated with posters, clothes zipped into plastic closets or heaped in overflowing suitcases. Yin’s subjects seem to embrace with dignity the only housing they can afford. Kurdish artist Erkan Özgen offers the most intense four minutes of the biennial with the ironically titled film Wonderland (2016). A deaf Syrian boy describes his hardships through impassioned gestures, twisting his small body to mime people being handcuffed, blindfolded, and shot. This boy’s painful experience is a common one in Turkey, with three million Syrian refugees—half of whom are children—in the process of settling there. American artist Fred Wilson, known for works that point to violence and erasure in institutional narratives, contributes Afro Kismet (2017), an installation that considers representation of Afro-Turks in the history of the Ottoman Empire. Two large walls of decorative tiles spell out black is beautiful and mother africa in Arabic calligraphy. Among the other objects on display are borrowed historical paintings and prints in which Wilson has highlighted black characters—soldiers, musicians, and slaves—in the background, by reproducing and enlarging sections of the paintings, or covering prints with a layer of transparent vellum and cutting holes to encircle certain figures. The civic responsibilities embodied by the figure of the good neighbor are particularly important now. Disputes over public space and land use sparked the 2013 Gezi Park Protests, and later that year the Istanbul Biennial provoked criticism for its gentrifying effects. An ongoing public program series organized by Turkish artist Zeyno Pekünlü offered some tangible answers to the biennial’s many questions. On September 19, Istanbul’s Neighborhoods Association hosted a clamorous meeting in which representatives of various groups gave brief histories of the issues facing their areas. There was also a presentation of a three-hundred-word dictionary. Created through a collaborative process with architects, planners, and social scientists, it includes legal terms as well as colloquial and made-up phrases used by members of these neighborhood groups in their struggles against harmful urban policies. Although many artists have left Istanbul in the past few years, the ones who remain are finding new ways to cooperate. The works in the exhibition embody this resourceful spirit. Traumas are still fresh in Istanbul, but the biennial’s response to fear is a hope for connectedness. After gun shots rang out near Taksim Square one afternoon as I sat in an artist’s studio, the first thing she did was call her neighbor. Elmgreen and Dragset Erkan zgen neighbhorhood. Pedro Gmez-Egaa Sim Chi Yin The World's Premier Art Magazine since 1913. Subscribe today and save up to 33%! Or, give the gift of Art in America. Subscribe	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3813
__label__cc	0.687573	0.312427	Asheville Events Ian Wasserman Best Balloon Rides in Asheville—A Local’s Perspective Something about living the mountains, I find, gives people a preoccupation with the sky. By golly, they don’t call WNC the Land of Sky for nothing. I mean, just about every license plate around here has “First in Flight,” embossed on it, and although I’m told this has something to do with ”Kitty Hawk” and “The Wright Brothers,” I still can’t help but wonder. It’s almost as if we mountaineers think to ourselves “Sure, I’m up high, but could I go higher?” Well yes, you can go higher. This miraculous power lies not in papier-mache wings or the dubious sorcery that they call “jet engines,” but in simple, quiet, peaceful hot air—in balloons. Hot air balloons. What follows is nothing less than my analysis of the three main purveyors of balloon rides in Asheville. 1: Balloons Over Asheville Before launching into the ins and outs of this entry, I’d like to take a moment to nail down a couple of commonalities shared between the three members of this list. First off, all hot air balloon rides in Asheville launch at dawn. The aesthetic reasoning behind this decision is clear. The second commonality is that balloon rides in Asheville lie at the mercy of the wind. Cancellations and re-schedulisations come fast and fickly, so be prepared. With that out of the way, Balloons Over Asheville gets an A-plus from me in terms of passenger participation. What do I mean by this? I mean you are encouraged (but not compelled) to help set up the balloon prior to launch. Not only does this provide a great photo-op but I embrace the spirit of the opportunity. Too frequently do I hear “Sir, don’t touch that,” in relation to air bound travel. Once up in the air, you can expect forty-five to sixty minutes of drifting over the more agrarian parts of town. It’s an altogether relaxing experience offered for $300, which is more or less typical for balloon rides in Asheville. From Where do We Depart, Captain? Passengers meet with their balloonist out in Candler, about twenty minutes west of from. From there they are bussed to the launch site, which is determined via advanced meteorological divination. 2: Asheville Hot Air Balloons Now you may be thinking to yourself: “How different can two providers of hot air balloon rides be?” A balloon is a balloon, after all. Well, in truth the companies I’ve researched operate in very similar capacities. That said, there are slender differences that may matter to you when scheduling your balloon rides in Asheville. As I am nothing if not thorough, I must address those differences. First off, Asheville Hot Air Balloons draws special attention to their sky-routes in and around Pisgah National Forest, a spectacular destination from both the air and ground. Speaking of forests, balloon rides in Asheville happen to be an excellent way to view the region’s downright otherworldly fall foliage. Certain sources tell me that the winds are most amenable from mid-May to mid-September, which does not coincide with peak fall colors. But then again, I think I little turbulence is well worth seeing Asheville’s splendor from the sky. Asheville Hot Air Balloon’s rides last about an hour. In fact, all balloon rides in Asheville do. That’s the secret third commonality between these entries. With the same price-per-head as Balloons Over Asheville, the choice between these two providers seems to be between that of more pastoral views or more mountainous views. From Where do We Depart, Captain? Passengers meet at the Starbucks inside of the Enka Village Ingles supermarket, fifteen minutes from downtown. What’s special about this location is that it lies just down street from Rejavanation Café, my top-pick for breakfast, lunch, and afternoon coffee in that part of town. 3: Asheville Balloon Company At first glance, this final entry is a carbon copy of the services offered by Asheville Hot Air Balloons. One hour rides. Mountain views. Meeting down street from Rejavanation Café. And yet, Asheville Balloon Company manages to rise above the competition, earning my pick for the best balloon rides in Asheville. How? Well its very simple. First off, if the winds allow, this company’s skilled pilots can carry you low over Biltmore Lake, low enough—I am told—to wonder whether you’re riding boat, or an aircraft. Second, comes the matter of price. For a ride in a shared basket (i.e., with strangers), you can get by with $250, a leg up on the competition. But private flights—you and one guest—go for $400. From Where do We Depart, Captain? Starbucks in the Enka Ingles, same as Asheville Hot Air Balloons. Businesses Mentioned Balloons Over Asheville 1 Page Ave, Asheville, NC 28801 Asheville Hot Air Balloons 1572 Sand Hill Rd, Candler, NC 28715 Asheville Balloon Company Best Asian Food in Asheville—A Local’s Perspective Around Town Massage Five Best Italian Restaurants in Asheville—A Local’s Perspective	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3814
__label__cc	0.551514	0.448486	By Military Jeep to Phnom Kulen By Military Jeep to Phnom Kulen A trip to the top of Mount Kulen is an experience. A narrow road to the top brings visitors to a collection of pre-Angkorian reminders on the richness of Khmer history. We will do this by using old military jeeps to add some nostalgia to your tour. Blissfully etched on top of one of the spiritual inclines outside Siem Reap, it is an elating experience of nature, alongside Khmer history and culture at this National Park that draws a small crowd of true explorers to the Phnom Kulen. This popular retreat for locals is geared up with picnic spots, hammocks and shaded areas. It holds significance as it is where King Jayavarman II proclaimed the birthplace of the Khmer Empire. Kulen is home to a mountain range with a temple at the top, a stunning waterfall and the “River of a Thousand Lingas” where lingas are carved into the riverbed. To up the ante, this day excursion is operated by using restored military jeeps. Essential Trails We leave in the morning on board an old military jeep and your English-speaking guide and head through the endless rice fields for around 50 kilometres before we reach the entrance to the top of Mount Kulen. Semi-covered and coming with all bells and whistles just like these camouflage-coloured vehicles were once seen in a more abundant number, it is part of the journey up the mountain that just is as thrilling as reaching your destination on this day. Translated as the “The Mountain of Lychees”, it is the famous city of King Jayavarman 2 who moved his capital from Roluos group in 802, Mahindrapura The city of the gods or holy city. The sculptures and carvings on the rock in the depth of the waterfall are very well known as attractions to this site. Also known as Kbal Spean, the River of a Thousand Lingas has been given its name due to its lingas (phallic symbols) carved into the riverbed. This Angkor-era archaeological site northeast of Angkor and deep in Kulen National Park is reached with an uphill hike through the jungle passing spectacular carvings of Hindu deities including the god of Shiva and god of Vishnu. The path leads to the carved animal images at the top of the waterfall, which has a wooden staircase to allow the easy descent to the boulders at the bottom. Lunch will be served picnic-style near the mountain. Outside the ruins and the view from the top of this impressive sandstone plateau, thousands of Lingams were erected up with the statue of Vishnu reclining on the Naga Ananda and the lotus from his navel supporting a sitting Brahma statue. When time permits, the waterfall may give you a refreshing bath before we head down via the only way down. We expect – after yet another 50-kilometre drive onboard a military jeep to reach your hotel at around 3 pm. Cultural Exploration at Mari-Mari Village Touring Bali’s POD Chocolate Factory	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3816
__label__cc	0.738402	0.261598	Home - Facilities - Youth Facilities Margaret River Youth Precinct The Margaret River Youth Precinct forms part of Gloucester Park and includes one of the most renowned regional skateparks in Australia, with two community facilities including the Zone Room and Scout Hall. The community precinct is managed by Shire of Augusta Margaret River and the Youth Advisory Council (YAC), offering a dynamic hub for young people in the community. It allows for all ages and levels of abilities to interact and socialise while improving their skills at skateboarding, scooter riding and BMXing. The Shire of Augusta Margaret River recently completed a major upgrade to this skate park, and are now in the process of improving the two community facilities in the precinct. To find out more about the works to the MRYP please visit Your Say http://yoursay.amrshire.wa.gov.au/margaret-river-youth-precinct The park boasts a half pipe with extension, a bowl, wave ramp, ¼ pipe, fun box and numerous roll-ins and hips. The park also has CCTV, public WIFI and lighting every night until 10pm. This park is ideal for all levels of skating from beginners to advanced levels. If you'd like to host an event at the Margaret River skate park, please email amrshire@amrshire.wa.gov.au to receive an information on an event permit. Zone Room and MRYP Hall The Zone Room and the MRYP Hall are youth spaces that are conveniently located on Wallcliffe Road, Margaret River beside the skate park. The Zone Room offers a multi-functional meeting space, pool table, and lots of chairs and tables. The MRYP Hall offers a multi-functional meeting space. The Zone Room and MRYP Hall are available for hire to community groups, organisations and individuals subject to the approval of the Shire of Augusta Margaret River. For more information download the Margaret River Youth Precinct - Booking package Augusta skate park Located behind Civic Oval on Allnut Terrace, Augusta Skate Park is a small and compact facility. The park includes a half pipe, several rails, a bowl and roll-in. The park has a limestone retaining wall that can be used for seating, a shelter, toilets and a drink fountain. View the location here. Cowaramup skate park Located behind the Tennis Courts of Bussell Highway the skate park is small and compact but provides challenges for both young and old skaters. Completed in 2013, the park was an initiative of the community which received wide support. View the location here. Subscribe for news, notices and alerts	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3817
__label__wiki	0.593673	0.593673	2015 – 2018 BMW S 1000 RR June 15, 2018 amzriderComments Off on 2015 – 2018 BMW S 1000 RR BMW has always had a presence in the motorcycle racing world, in fact the word “Beemer” was coined specifically for BMW’s race bikes of old, and the factory continues its blitz into the 21st century. The S 1000 RR is already part of that history, and it is marketed as a race bike, though truth to tell, the official factory race bike gets some features you won’t see on the street, but that isn’t unusual. Moved by a 999 cc engine that delivers nearly 200 hp, the S 1000 RR is nothing to take lightly. Salient point is; this bike is very close to the official race bike, which makes sense considering that it started life as a race bike in ’09 that spilled over into production for the general public the following year. Continue reading for my review of the BMW S 1000 RR. Water/oil-cooled 4-cylinder 4-stroke in-line engine, four titanium valves per cylinder, two overhead camshafts While it can be said that the RR has rather full body panels, they aren’t quite as full as one would normally expect on a proper superbike and they allow the engine to peek out and show a little bit of ankle. The “Double R” has proven popular with the masses, and was BMW’s best-selling model for the 2015 model year — a year that also saw a major overhaul on the previous generation to bring the bike up to date, and if you will pardon the pun, up to speed. Join me while I check out what’s new on this gen, and why it has garnered so much attention worldwide. This new generation Double R follows the same design criteria as its forebears, and though there are differences, they are rather subtle. What isn’t so subtle is the aggressive, nose-down/tail-up stance that leaves the RR looking like nothing so much as a runner crouched at the blocks. A redesigned front fairing/engine cowling features a new, smaller windshield with an enlarged air intake and gill-like heat vents as well as an extension to the lower-rear cowling to increase airflow through the body. If the racing vents aren’t your cup o’ tea, the factory has two different, fully enclosed, lightweight carbon body panel sets available as special accessories. The RR retains its “split-face,” asymmetrical headlight arrangement, but reversed the positions so that the low beam is on the right and the high beam on the left. Not a big difference, but one that will leap out at someone familiar with the previous design. The pilot seat and p-pad also received a bit of attention, and the pad can be hidden beneath a cover that enhances the race-bike curb appeal. Last year, the pillion cover was an option, but for 2018, it’s standard. Speaking of coverage, while it can be said that the RR has rather full body panels, they aren’t quite as full as one would normally expect on a proper [superbike-mot293] and they allow the engine to peek out and show a little bit of ankle. Beemer adapted the Dynamic Damping Control (DDC) from its HP4 for use by the S 1000 RR, and offer it as optional equipment. An aluminum, bridge-type frame carries the engine at a 32-degree angle and uses it as a stressed member to close the loop. The frame underwent a significant revamp for this new generation with a half-degree reduction in the steering head for a shorter 23.5-degree rake and 3.9-inch trail. A 3 mm drop in the swingarm pivot works with the new steering geometry to provide improved feel and feedback to the rider while increasing the traction at the rear tire. A strong-looking, dogleg aluminum swingarm completes the standing chassis, and it adds to the curb appeal while inspiring confidence in its implied strength. Suspension got a little tweak-u-lation as well. The inverted, 46 mm forks come with the same ten-position adjustment for the compression- and rebound-damping that allows you to dial in for the conditions. Fork length got stretched by 1.7 inches, and a reduction in negative spring travel jacked both ends of the bike up an additional 5 mm for extra cornering clearance. The rear shock also comes with compression and rebound damping, and the compression damping range has been expanded a bit for even more ride-tuning options. Suspension travel measures out at 4.7-inches at the axles on both ends of the bike. Beemer adapted the Dynamic Damping Control (DDC) from its HP4 for use by the Double R, and offer it as optional equipment. The DDC works in conjunction with the traction control system and uses data concerning lean angle and roll rate along with detailed info from the suspension components themselves to electrically adjust a damping valve to dynamically tune the ride. Baseline suspension performance is automatically set when the rider selects a riding mode, and the system takes it from there. If that isn’t good enough, you can further tweak the ride on the fly via push button. As per homologated superbike rules, the Double R rolls on 17-inch hoops. The bike comes stock with cast rims, but offer forged aluminum rims that weigh in 5.2-pounds lighter than the stock ones. Buyers also get a choice of tires, and can choose from either the Pirelli Diabolo Supercorsa SP or the Conti Race Attack Compound variety. A pair of four-pot calipers bind the dual, 320 mm front brake discs and a single-pot caliper grabs the 220 mm disc in back. The RR comes with a semi-integral, race ABS system that also provides varying levels of intervention based on the selected rider modes, or it can be turned off altogether. When in “race” mode, a rear-wheel lift detection feature prevents end-overs by feathering the front brake as soon as the rear wheel comes off the ground. All nifty stuff that acts as both enabler and safety net for riders seeking the edge of the performance envelope. Aluminum bridge-type frame with load-bearing engine Front suspension/Travel: Upside-down telescopic fork Ø 46 mm, compression and rebound stage adjustable/4.7 in (120 mm) Rear suspension/Travel: Aluminium 2-sided swing arm, compression and rebound damping adjustable/4.7 in (120 mm) Castor: 3.9 in (96.5 mm) Steering head angle: Cast aluminum wheels Rim, front: 3.50 x 17″ Rim, rear: Tire, front: 120/70 ZR 17 Tire, rear: Brake, front: Dual disc brake, floating brake calipers, 4-piston fixed caliper, diameter 320 mm Brake, rear: Single disc brake, single piston floating caliper, diameter 220 mm BMW Motorrad Race ABS (part-integral, can be switched off) That’s pretty much 200 horsepower from a one-liter engine, and a claimed top speed of over 125 mph. BMW’s inline, four-banger mill really puts the super in this superbike. Massively oversquare, this motor runs an 80 mm bore and 49.7 mm stroke, so naturally torque is relatively mild with 83 pound-feet at 10,500 rpm and horsepower is through the roof with 199 ponies at 13,500 rpm, six horsepower more than the previous gen. You read that right folks, that’s pretty much 200 horsepower from a one-liter (999 cc) engine, and a claimed top speed of over 125 mph (How much over, can’t say). Dual over-head cams actuate four valves in each combustion chamber, and compression on the production model is fairly high at 13-to-1. (Tidbit of trivia: the race-team bike runs even hotter at a whopping 14-to-1.) As with the chassis, the engine comes with various features to help the rider control and harness all that power. The electronic wizardry starts at the right wrist with Beemer’s “E-gas” ride-by-wire feature that enables the other systems. First up is the servomotor-controlled, variable-length intake tract that uses a long intake at lower rpm and shifts to a shorter intake pipe when engine revs get up over 11.5 K to allow the engine to crank out those last few ponies. Next we have the standard “riding modes” that offer three distinct presets for different conditions, as well as the optional Ride Modes Pro that brings even more performance presets to the table, and works with the Dynamic Traction Control (DTC), ABS and DDC to provide all-in-one electronic oversight. The Race Modes Pro also comes with a Launch Control feature and pit-lane speed limiter, both of which will be desirable if you plan on competing in official, race-circuit events. A six-speed, constant-mesh transmixxer manages the ratios with a hydraulically-assisted “slipper” clutch that makes for a light pull at the lever and prevents wheel hop on hard downshifts. The optional Gear Shift Assist Pro gives the rider the ability to shift both up and down the range sans clutch for the fastest shifts short of an automatic for the final, race-tastic touch. Engine: Water/oil-cooled 4-cylinder 4-stroke in-line engine, four valves per cylinder, two overhead camshafts, wet sump lubrication Bore x stroke: 80 mm x 49.7 mm Capacity: 999 cc Rated output: 199 hp (146 kW) at 13,500 rpm Max. torque: 83 lb-ft (113 Nm) at 10,500 rpm Clutch: Multiplate clutch, mechanically controlled Gearbox: Constant-mesh 6-speed gearbox, straight-cut gears Drive: Chain 2.647:1 This bike represents an incredible package between the performance, rider augmentations and bonafide racing credentials all bundled together, and so the price tag is something of a pleasant surprise. This bike represents an incredible package between the performance, rider augmentations and bonafide racing credentials all bundled together, and so the 2018 price tag is something of a pleasant surprise at only $15,995 with ABS and DCT as standard equipment. Not only does this price make the bike accessible to would-be and wannabe racers, but it really puts the pressure on its competition in the market as well as the track. 2015: Black Storm Metallic, Racing Red/Light White, Light White, Lupin Blue Metallic/Racing Red 2016: Black Storm Metallic/Racing Red, Black Storm Metallic, Racing Red/Light White, Light White, Lupin Blue Metallic/Racing Red 2017: Racing Red / Light White and Light White/Lupin Blue Metallic/Racing Red 2018: Granite Grey Metallic / Black Storm Metallic, Light White / Lupin Blue Metallic / Racing Red, Racing Red / Light White 2016, 2017: $15,695 Both are performance- and function-driven machines, and a glance is all it takes to determine that these are by no means “poser” bikes. Although the Double R has the capacity for actual track use, especially with the optional racing packages, the truth is most units will never get closer to a closed-circuit than the parking lot. No doubt there are many riders that appreciate race technology, even if they only use it on the streets, so I decided to go with a bike that fills the same niche; the Brutale 1090 RR from MV Agusta. Visually, the two follow the same tail-high stance, but the Beemer carries a deeper dip at the front end that accentuates the look a bit. Although it definitely qualifies as a superbike, the Brutale sheds enough paneling to expose the Trellis frame and the engine while the S 1000 RR carries a little more body cladding, leaving a little bit to the imagination. In the end, both are performance- and function-driven machines, and a glance is all it takes to determine that these are by no means “poser” bikes. Both run inline, liquid-cooled, four-cylinder engines that feature ride-by-wire throttles and traction control, but Beemer comes out on top of the engine-gagdetry category with its optional Pro features. MV Agusta boasts the most displacement at 1,078 cc, a skosh larger than the 999 cc Beemer mill, but that doesn’t tell the whole story. While the Brutale cranks out an undeniably powerful 158 horsepower and 73.7 pound-feet of torque, its still outmatched by the 199 horsepower and 83 pounds of grunt from the smaller-displacement, S 1000 RR motor. BMW picks up a win with its chassis gear as well. The Brutale comes with adjustable suspension much like the stock S 1000 RR, but doesn’t have the optional dynamic suspension tuning feature, and doesn’t benefit from an angle-sensing ABS. The Brutale ABS isn’t completely vanilla though, it does come with a rear-wheel lift-up mitigation feature similar to the Beemer. So far, BMW is beating the hell out of the Brutale, and that drubbing continues all the way to the checkout counter. MV Agusta keeps the Brutale 1090 RR below 20 k, barely, at $19,298, which to be fair, is a lot of bike for the buck. The $15,995 sticker on the S 1000 RR places it well below that mark, and to mine eyes, represents even more bike for even less bucks. “Wow, the Bavarians never seem to disappoint, and they certainly didn’t this time either. This is one heck of a ride, and I’ll be the first to admit I probably don’t have the skillset necessary to ride it across a parking lot. The rider modes should tame the beast to a certain extent, but I do not recommend this bike for anyone without a few years/thousand miles experience with large-displacement sportbikes. For the rest of you, this ride should be more fun than a barrel of monkeys.” My wife and fellow motorcycle writer, Allyn Hinton, says, “For aspiring racers; BMW beefed up its Rider Support and Contingency programs in 2016, and earmarked more than a million bucks for racers that want to pilot a ’15 or ’16 S 1000 RR in an official race series. That was a pot-sweetener for race-bike pilots already invested in an RR as well as ones shopping for a brand.” Engine & Drivetrain: Engine Type: Water/oil-cooled 4-cylinder 4-stroke in-line engine, four valves per cylinder, two overhead camshafts, wet sump lubrication Mixture control / engine management: Electronic fuel injection with ride-by-wire throttle system and knock sensor Emission control: Closed-loop 3-way catalytic converters, EU-3 norm with electronically controlled interference pipe Maximum speed: over 125 mph Fuel consumption per 100 km at constant 90 km/h: 41 mpg at a constant 55 mph Fuel type: Premium Unleaded Alternator: Three-phase 350 W generator Battery: 12 V / 7 Ah, maintenance-free Chassis/Brakes: Frame: Aluminum bridge-type frame with load-bearing engine Front wheel location / suspension: Upside-down telescopic fork Ø 46 mm, compression and rebound stage adjustable Rear wheel location / suspension: Aluminium 2-sided swing arm, compression and rebound damping adjustable Suspension travel front / rear: 4.7 in / 4.7 in (120 mm / 120 mm) Castor: 3.9 in (96.5 mm) Steering head angle: 66.5° Wheels: Cast aluminum wheels Rim, front: 3.50 x 17″ Rim, rear: 6.00 x 17″ Tyres, front: 120/70 ZR 17 Tyres, rear: 190/55 ZR 17 Brake, front: Dual disc brake, floating brake calipers, 4-piston fixed caliper, diameter 320 mm Brake, rear: Single disc brake, single piston floating caliper, diameter 220 mm ABS: BMW Motorrad Race ABS (part-integral, can be switched off) Length: 80.8 in (2,050 mm) Width (incl. Mirrors): 32.5 in (826 mm) Height (excl. mirrors): 44.9 in (1,140 mm) Wheelbase: 56.6 in (1,425 mm) Seat height, unladen weight: 332.1″ (815 mm) Standard; comfort seat 33.5″ (850 mm) Inner leg curve, unladen weight: 71.1″ (1,805 mm) Standard; comfort seat 73.4″ (1,865 mm) Unladen weight, road ready, fully fuelled: 449 lbs (204 kg) Dry weight: 386 lbs (175.5 kg) Permitted total weight: 895 lbs (407 kg) Payload (with standard equipment): 447 lbs (203 kg) Usable tank volume: 4.6 gal (17.5 l) Reserve: approx. 1 gal See our review of the MV Agusta Brutale 1090 RR. All images featured on this website are copyrighted to their respective rightful owners. No infringement is intended.Image Source: bmwmotorcycles.com, mvagusta.com amzrider 2017 – 2018 BMW S 1000 R June 15, 2018 amzrider The BMW S 1000 R was on the receiving end of a facelift ahead of the 2017 model year, and it carries that enhanced package right on into MY2018. 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__label__wiki	0.596796	0.596796	Please support my work as a reader-funded journalist! As of November 2018, I’m currently trying to raise $2500 (£2000) to support my writing and campaigning on Guantánamo and related issues over the next three months of the Trump administration. Updated for the seventh time between September and November 2018, this definitive Guantánamo prisoner list was first published in March 2009, and subsequently updated from four parts to six (see Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 and Part 6). I first updated it on January 1, 2010, and again on July 12, 2010, and I updated it for the third time at the start of June 2011, to mark the fourth anniversary of the start of my almost daily publication of articles about Guantánamo. That update also included previously unseen photos from the classified military files released by WikiLeaks, on which I worked as a media partner. It was updated for the fourth time on the first anniversary of WikiLeaks’ release of “The Guantánamo Files,” and was updated for the fifth time on March 7, 2014, five years after its first publication — an update that contained more photos from the files released by WikiLeaks. The sixth update in October 2016 contained additional photos, as well as important information about the status of the 61 prisoners still held at the time. Please note that Part 1 covers ISN numbers (prisoner numbers) 1-133, Part 2 covers 134-268, Part 4 covers 497-661, Part 5 covers 662-928 and Part 6 covers 929-10029. The definitive prisoner list is a key element of my ongoing work (now in its 13th year) calling for the closure of the US prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and telling the stories of the men held there. The first fruit of my initial research was my book The Guantánamo Files: The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America’s Illegal Prison, in which I told the story of the prison at Guantánamo Bay, established, for the first time, a chronology explaining where and when the prisoners were seized, told the stories of around 450 of these prisoners, and provided a context for the circumstances in which the remainder of the prisoners were captured. Since May 2007, I have written over 2,200 articles about Guantánamo, expanding on and updating my initial work, providing research, analysis and commentary, as well as regularly campaigning to get the prison closed — particularly via the Close Guantánamo campaign I established in 2012 with the US attorney Tom Wilner, and We Stand With Shaker, established in 2014 with the activist Joanne MacInnes, which played a part in securing the release of Shaker Aamer, the last British resident in the prison, in October 2015. Along the way, I have covered the stories of the 339 prisoners released from Guantánamo since June 2007 — 142 under George W. Bush, 196 under Barack Obama, and just one under Donald Trump — in unprecedented depth. I have also covered the stories of the 30 prisoners charged in Guantánamo’s military commissions (although only eight men have been convicted, and several of those convictions have been overturned on appeal), and I also covered the men’s habeas corpus petitions in detail from 2008 to 2011, until they were disgracefully shut down by appeals court judges in Washington, D.C. In President Obama’s last years, I assiduously covered the Periodic Review Boards, convened to assess the cases of 64 men who had not been approved for release or recommended for trials by an earlier review process, the Guantánamo Review Task Force. The PRB process began in November 2013, and resulted in 38 men being approved for release (of whom 36 were released before Obama left office), while 26 others had their ongoing imprisonment upheld. As a result of my work over the last twelve and a half years, this is the most comprehensive list ever published of the 779 prisoners who have been held by the US military at Guantánamo, providing details of the 729 prisoners who have been released (and the dates of their release), the nine men who have died, the one man transferred to the US mainland for a trial, and the 40 prisoners who are still held (including five men approved for release), as well as those designated for prosecution or ongoing imprisonment without charge or trial. It is my hope, as it has been since I established this prisoner list nine and a half years ago, that this project will provide an invaluable research tool for those seeking to understand how it came to pass that the government of the United States turned its back on domestic and international law, establishing torture as official US policy, and holding men without charge or trial neither as prisoners of war, protected by the Geneva Conventions, nor as criminal suspects to be put forward for trial in a federal court, but as “illegal enemy combatants.” I also hope that it provides a compelling explanation of how that same government, under the leadership of George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld, established a prison in which the overwhelming majority of those held — at least 93 percent of the 779 men and boys imprisoned in total — were either completely innocent people, seized as a result of dubious intelligence or sold for bounty payments, or Taliban foot soldiers, recruited to fight an inter-Muslim civil war that began long before the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and that had nothing to do with al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden or international terrorism. And finally, as Guantánamo remains open under Donald Trump (after Obama failed to close it, despite promising to do so on his second day in office), I hope that it also provides useful information for those still seeking to close Guantánamo, and to bring to an end this bleak chapter in American history. Andy Worthington, London, November 14, 2018 How to use the list In the categories below, ISN refers to the Internment Serial Number by which the prisoners are (or were) known and identified in Guantánamo, followed by the prisoners’ status (released, cleared for release, still held, or, in nine cases, deceased), their names (with just some of the many different permutations noted, in some cases), their nationality, and links to articles I have written about them, or which include references to them, or references to chapters in The Guantánamo Files. Links on the release dates feed into articles published when the prisoners were released. The 779 prisoners held at Guantánamo (Part 6) ISN – Status – Name – Nationality – References Mostly captured in Afghanistan (Jun 2002-Aug 2003) 929 RELEASED APR 2005 Qudus, Abdul (Afghanistan) Chapter 17, also see The Pentagon Can’t Count: 22 Juveniles Held at Guantánamo, WikiLeaks and the 22 Children of Guantánamo, WikiLeaks and the Guantánamo Prisoners Released After the Tribunals, 2004 to 2005 (Part Five of Five) 930 RELEASED JAN 2004 Agha, Mohammed Ismael (Afghanistan) Chapter 17, also see The Pentagon Can’t Count: 22 Juveniles Held at Guantánamo, WikiLeaks and the 22 Children of Guantánamo, WikiLeaks and the Guantánamo Prisoners Released from 2002 to 2004 (Part Ten of Ten) 931 RELEASED SEP 2004 Kuchi, Haji Naim (Afghanistan) Chapter 17, also see Expelled UN official criticizes Afghan policy re: Taliban – and defends ex-Guantánamo detainee, WikiLeaks and the Guantánamo Prisoners Released from 2002 to 2004 (Part Ten of Ten) 933 RELEASED OCT 2006 Khan, Swar (Afghanistan) Chapter 18, also see Website Extras 12, The Complete Guantánamo Files: WikiLeaks and the Prisoners Released in 2006 (Part Nine of Ten) 934 RELEASED DEC 2014, CLEARED (under Obama) Ghani, Abdul (Afghanistan) MILITARY COMMISSION (charges dropped), Website Extras 12, Who Are the Remaining Prisoners in Guantánamo? Part Eight: Captured in Afghanistan (2002-07), The “Taliban Five” and the Forgotten Afghan Prisoners in Guantánamo, Close Guantánamo: Abdul Ghani, An Insignificant Afghan Villager Held for Nine Years, US in Talks to Return the 17 Afghan Prisoners in Guantánamo, A Huge Hunger Strike at Guantánamo, Close Guantánamo, Free the Afghans, mentioned in What We Should Really Be Talking About With the Bowe Bergdahl Controversy (for Mic), mentioned in Missing the Point on the Guantánamo Taliban Prisoner Swap and the Release of Bowe Bergdahl, Pentagon Blocks Prisoner Releases from Guantánamo – Including 74-Pound Yemeni Hunger Striker 939 RELEASED OCT 2008 Ameur, Mammar (Algeria) Chapter 13, also see: Video: Andy Worthington and Ramzi Kassem Discuss Trump, Obama, Guantánamo and Torture at Revolution Books in Harlem 940 RELEASED DEC 2007 Hamad, Adel Hassan (Sudan) Chapter 13, also see Sudanese ex-Guantánamo detainees demand release of fellow citizens and compensation for “mental and physical torture”, Lawrence Wilkerson Demolishes Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld’s Lies About Guantánamo 941 RELEASED SEP 2007 Din, Juma (Afghanistan) Website Extras 12 942 DIED IN GUANTANAMO DEC 2007 Hekmati, Abdul Razzaq (Afghanistan) Chapter 18, also see Afghan hero who died in Guantánamo: the background to the story, Suicide or Murder at Guantánamo?, Remembering the Season of Death at Guantánamo, mentioned in Remembering Guantánamo’s Dead, 12 Years After the Three Notorious Alleged Suicides of June 2006 943 RELEASED AUG 2007 Ghani, Abdul (Afghanistan) Website Extras 12 944 RELEASED DEC 2009 Sharifullah (Afghanistan) Website Extras 12 945 RELEASED SEP 2007 Jan, Said Amir (Amir Jan Ghorzang) (Afghanistan) Website Extras 12, Who Are The Four Afghans Released From Guantánamo? 948 RELEASED OCT 2006 Khan, Anwar (Afghanistan) Website Extras 12, The Complete Guantánamo Files: WikiLeaks and the Prisoners Released in 2006 (Part Nine of Ten) 949 RELEASED DEC 2006 Zahor, Abdul (Afghanistan) Website Extras 12, The Complete Guantánamo Files: WikiLeaks and the Prisoners Released in 2006 (Part Nine of Ten) 950 RELEASED FEB 2006 Khan, Abdullah (Afghanistan) Chapter 17, mentioned in In Afghanistan, Former Guantánamo Prisoners Reflect on Their Ruined Lives, also see The Complete Guantánamo Files: WikiLeaks and the Prisoners Released in 2006 (Part Nine of Ten) 951 RELEASED SEP 2007 Nasir, Allah (Afghanistan) Chapter 17 952 RELEASED APR 2005 Shahzada, Haji (Afghanistan) Chapter 17, also see In Afghanistan, Former Guantánamo Prisoners Reflect on Their Ruined Lives, WikiLeaks and the Guantánamo Prisoners Released After the Tribunals, 2004 to 2005 (Part Five of Five), Life after Guantánamo: Stories from Afghanistan 953 RELEASED APR 2005 Hammidullah (Janat Gul) (Afghanistan) Chapter 17, also see WikiLeaks and the Guantánamo Prisoners Released After the Tribunals, 2004 to 2005 (Part Five of Five) 954 RELEASED DEC 2007 Ghafour, Abdul (Afghanistan) Chapter 17 955 RELEASED NOV 2007 Quasam, Mohammed (Afghanistan) Website Extras 12 956 RELEASED SEP 2007 Ahmad, Abdul (Afghanistan) Website Extras 12 958 RELEASED APR 2005 Nasim, Mohammed (Afghanistan) Website Extras 12, WikiLeaks and the Guantánamo Prisoners Released After the Tribunals, 2004 to 2005 (Part Five of Five) 960 RELEASED SEP 2004 Bismaullah (Afghanistan) WikiLeaks: The Unknown Prisoners of Guantánamo (Part Five of Five) 961 RELEASED AUG 2008 Wahab, Abdul (Afghanistan) Chapter 17 963 RELEASED FEB 2006 Bagi, Abdul (Afghanistan) Chapter 17, mentioned in Two Afghans released from Guantánamo: a farmer and a teenager, also see The Complete Guantánamo Files: WikiLeaks and the Prisoners Released in 2006 (Part Ten of Ten) 964 RELEASED DEC 2006 Rahmatullah (Afghanistan) Chapter 17, also see The Complete Guantánamo Files: WikiLeaks and the Prisoners Released in 2006 (Part Ten of Ten) 965 RELEASED DEC 2006 Shah, Hafizullah (Afghanistan) Chapter 17, also see The Complete Guantánamo Files: WikiLeaks and the Prisoners Released in 2006 (Part Ten of Ten) 966 RELEASED DEC 2006 Baridad (Afghanistan) Chapter 17, also see The Complete Guantánamo Files: WikiLeaks and the Prisoners Released in 2006 (Part Ten of Ten) 967 RELEASED NOV 2007 Naserullah (Afghanistan) Chapter 17 968 RELEASED JAN 2009 Bismullah, Haji (Afghanistan) Website Extras 12, The American Lawyer’s Six Guantánamo Bar Profiles: Thomas Wilner, David Remes, Jennifer Cowan, Wells Dixon, David Nevin and Lee Wolosky 969 RELEASED MAR 2004 Mohammed, Akhtar (Afghanistan) WikiLeaks: The Unknown Prisoners of Guantánamo (Part Five of Five) 970 RELEASED SEP 2004 Amanullah (Afghanistan) WikiLeaks: The Unknown Prisoners of Guantánamo (Part Five of Five) 971 RELEASED FEB 2006 Yar, Kushky (Afghanistan) Chapter 17, mentioned in Two Afghans released from Guantánamo: a farmer and a teenager, also see The Complete Guantánamo Files: WikiLeaks and the Prisoners Released in 2006 (Part Ten of Ten) 972 RELEASED DEC 2006 Mohammed, Alif (Afghanistan) Chapter 17, mentioned in Two Afghans released from Guantánamo: a farmer and a teenager, also see The Complete Guantánamo Files: WikiLeaks and the Prisoners Released in 2006 (Part Ten of Ten) 974 RELEASED SEP 2007 Mohibullah (Afghanistan) Chapter 17 975 RELEASED JAN 2017 (in Oman), CLEARED BY PRB (May 2016), LOST HABEAS PETITION (Oct 2011) Karim, Bostan (Karim Bostan) (Afghanistan) Website Extras 12, discussed in The Stories of the Afghans Just Released from Guantánamo: Intelligence Failures, Battlefield Myths and Unaccountable Prisons in Afghanistan (Part Two), also see Who Are the Remaining Prisoners in Guantánamo? Part Eight: Captured in Afghanistan (2002-07), As Judges Kill Off Habeas Corpus for the Guantánamo Prisoners, Will the Supreme Court Act?, The “Taliban Five” and the Forgotten Afghan Prisoners in Guantánamo, How US Investigators Established that Obaidullah, an Afghan Still Held in Guantánamo, Is Innocent, US in Talks to Return the 17 Afghan Prisoners in Guantánamo, Close Guantánamo, Free the Afghans, Prisoners in Guantánamo Ask to be Freed Because of the End of the War in Afghanistan, mentioned in Guantánamo Review for Obaidullah, an Afghan Whose Lawyers Established His Innocence Five Years Ago, An Afghan and a Yemeni “Black Site” Prisoner Face Guantánamo Periodic Review Boards, as 21st Man Approved for Release 976 RELEASED DEC 2007 Wazir, Abdullah (Afghanistan) Website Extras 12 977 RELEASED NOV 2007 Yar, Izatullah Nasrat (Afghanistan) Chapter 17, also see Life after Guantánamo: Stories from Afghanistan 986 RELEASED APR 2005 Kandahari, Kako (Afghanistan) Chapter 17, also see WikiLeaks and the Guantánamo Prisoners Released After the Tribunals, 2004 to 2005 (Part Five of Five) 987 RELEASED FEB 2007 Ghalib, Haji (Afghanistan) Chapter 17, also see More Evidence of the Use of Water Torture at Guantánamo and in Afghanistan and Iraq, Life after Guantánamo: Stories from Afghanistan, Haji Ghalib, the Afghan Freed from Guantánamo Who Is Now Fighting Isis and the Taliban 990 RELEASED NOV 2003 Khadr, Abdurahman (Canada) Chapter 14, also see WikiLeaks and the 14 Missing Guantánamo Files, WikiLeaks and the Guantánamo Prisoners Released from 2002 to 2004 (Part Ten of Ten), Penny Lane: What We Learned This Week About Double Agents at Guantánamo 996 RELEASED MAR 2004 Wazir, Haji Mohammed (Afghanistan) Website Extras 12, WikiLeaks and the 14 Missing Guantánamo Files, WikiLeaks and the Guantánamo Prisoners Released from 2002 to 2004 (Part Ten of Ten) 998 RELEASED MAR 2004 Hasan, Mirwais (Afghanistan) No information 1001 RELEASED DEC 2007 Khail, Dr. Hafizullah Shabaz (Afghanistan) Chapter 17, also see The Story of Abdullah Mujahid, an Afghan police chief betrayed by the US administration and wrongly sent to Guantánamo 1002 RELEASED DEC 2007 Matin, Abdul (Afghanistan) Chapter 17 1003 RELEASED NOV 2007 Ahmed, Shabir (Afghanistan) Website Extras 7 1004 RELEASED AUG 2007 Yacoub, Mohammed (Afghanistan) Website Extras 7 1005 RELEASED SEP 2004 Ahmad, Bashir (Pakistan) Website Extras 7, WikiLeaks and the Guantánamo Prisoners Released from 2002 to 2004 (Part Ten of Ten) 1006 RELEASED SEP 2004 Irfan, Mohammed (Pakistan) Website Extras 7, WikiLeaks and the Guantánamo Prisoners Released from 2002 to 2004 (Part Ten of Ten) 1007 RELEASED OCT 2006 Sadiqi, Abdul Halim (Pakistan) Chapter 15, also see The Complete Guantánamo Files: WikiLeaks and the Prisoners Released in 2006 (Part Ten of Ten) 1008 RELEASED JULY 2010 (in Spain) Sohail, Mohammed Mustafa (Afghanistan) Website Extras 12, Who Are the Remaining Prisoners in Guantánamo? Part Eight: Captured in Afghanistan (2002-07) 1009 RELEASED AUG 2006 Khan, Haji Nasrat (Afghanistan) Chapter 17 (he was 78 years old), also see The Complete Guantánamo Files: WikiLeaks and the Prisoners Released in 2006 (Part Ten of Ten), Life after Guantánamo: Stories from Afghanistan 1010 RELEASED NOV 2007 Shah, Zahir (Afghanistan) Website Extras 12 1011 RELEASED SEP 2004 Akbar, Mohammed (Pakistan) WikiLeaks: The Unknown Prisoners of Guantánamo (Part Five of Five) 1012 RELEASED DEC 2007 Tukhi, Aminullah (Afghanistan) Chapter 16, also see UN Secret Detention Report (Part Two): CIA Prisons in Afghanistan and Iraq 1013 RELEASED APR 2005 Ahmed, Feda (Afghanistan) Chapter 16 (footnote), also see WikiLeaks and the Guantánamo Prisoners Released After the Tribunals, 2004 to 2005 (Part Five of Five) 1014 RELEASED MAR 2004 Al Qadasi, Walid (Yemen) Chapter 16, also see CIA Torture Began In Afghanistan 8 Months Before DoJ Approval, UN Secret Detention Report (Part Two): CIA Prisons in Afghanistan and Iraq, Judge Orders Release from Guantánamo of Yemeni Seized in Iran, Held in Secret CIA Prisons, Judge Denies Guantánamo Prisoner’s Habeas Petition, Ignores Torture in Secret CIA Prisons, WikiLeaks and the Guantánamo Prisoners Released from 2002 to 2004 (Part Ten of Ten) 1015 RELEASED NOV 2014 (in Slovakia), WON HABEAS PETITION (July 2010), LOST ON APPEAL (Jun 2011), CLEARED (under Obama), CLEARED (under Bush) Almerfedi, Hussein (Yemen) Chapter 16, also see UN Secret Detention Report (Part Two): CIA Prisons in Afghanistan and Iraq, Judge Orders Release from Guantánamo of Yemeni Seized in Iran, Held in Secret CIA Prisons, Judges Keep Guantánamo Open Forever, The Supreme Court Abandons the Guantánamo Prisoners, Meet the Seven Guantánamo Prisoners Whose Appeals Were Turned Down by the Supreme Court, A Huge Hunger Strike at Guantánamo, Guantánamo’s Difficult Diaspora: Former Prisoner Hussein Al-Merfedy, in Slovakia, Still Feels in a Cage 1016 RELEASED NOV 2008 Al Hawari, Soufian (Algeria) Chapter 16, also see UN Secret Detention Report (Part Two): CIA Prisons in Afghanistan and Iraq, Yemeni Seized in Georgia, Who Has Not Been Able to Make Contact With His Family in 13 Years at Guantánamo, Seeks Release Via Review Board 1017 NOT CLEARED BY PRB (Aug 2016) Al Rammah, Omar (Zakaria al-Baidany) (Yemen) Chapter 16, also see UN Secret Detention Report (Part Two): CIA Prisons in Afghanistan and Iraq, Yemeni Seized in Georgia, Who Has Not Been Able to Make Contact With His Family in 13 Years at Guantánamo, Seeks Release Via Review Board, Review Boards Approve Ongoing Imprisonment of Three More Prisoners at Guantánamo, Even As Lawmakers Urge Donald Trump to Scrap Them, No Escape from Guantánamo: An Update on the Periodic Review Boards 1018 RELEASED MAR 2004 Ahmed, Wisam (Wassam al-Ourdoni) (Jordan) Chapter 16, also see CIA Torture Began In Afghanistan 8 Months Before DoJ Approval, UN Secret Detention Report (Part Two): CIA Prisons in Afghanistan and Iraq, Judge Orders Release from Guantánamo of Yemeni Seized in Iran, Held in Secret CIA Prisons, Judge Denies Guantánamo Prisoner’s Habeas Petition, Ignores Torture in Secret CIA Prisons, WikiLeaks and the Guantánamo Prisoners Released from 2002 to 2004 (Part Ten of Ten) 1019 RELEASED APR 2005 Darwaish, Naibullah (Afghanistan) Website Extras 12, WikiLeaks and the Guantánamo Prisoners Released After the Tribunals, 2004 to 2005 (Part Five of Five) 1021 RELEASED DEC 2007 Chaman, (Commander) Gul (Afghanistan) Website Extras 12 1030 RELEASED DEC 2009 Hafiz, Abdul (Abdul Qari) (Afghanistan) Website Extras 12 1032 RELEASED DEC 2007 Ghafaar, Abdul (Afghanistan) Website Extras 12 1035 RELEASED OCT 2006 Jan, Sada (Afghanistan) Website Extras 12, The Complete Guantánamo Files: WikiLeaks and the Prisoners Released in 2006 (Part Ten of Ten) 1036 RELEASED DEC 2006 Akhtiar, Haji Mohammed (Afghanistan) Chapter 17, also see The Complete Guantánamo Files: WikiLeaks and the Prisoners Released in 2006 (Part Ten of Ten) 1037 RELEASED FEB 2007 Chaman, Nazar Gul (Afghanistan) Chapter 17 1041 RELEASED APR 2005 Noor, Habib (Afghanistan) Website Extras 12, WikiLeaks and the Guantánamo Prisoners Released After the Tribunals, 2004 to 2005 (Part Five of Five) 1043 RELEASED AUG 2007 Mohammed, Abdul Razaq Iktiar (Afghanistan) Website Extras 12, Life after Guantánamo: Stories from Afghanistan 1045 RELEASED AUG 2016 (in UAE), CLEARED BY PRB (OCT 2015) Kamin, Mohammed (Afghanistan) MILITARY COMMISSION, Website Extras 12, 20 Reasons To Shut Down The Guantánamo Trials, Predictable Chaos As Guantánamo Trials Resume, Torture And Futility: Is This The End Of The Military Commissions At Guantánamo?, mentioned in Afghan Nobody Faces Trial by Military Commission, also see Who Are the Remaining Prisoners in Guantánamo? Part Eight: Captured in Afghanistan (2002-07), The “Taliban Five” and the Forgotten Afghan Prisoners in Guantánamo, US in Talks to Return the 17 Afghan Prisoners in Guantánamo, Close Guantánamo, Free the Afghans, Prisoners in Guantánamo Ask to be Freed Because of the End of the War in Afghanistan, Mohammed Kamin, an Insignificant Afghan Prisoner in Guantánamo, Asks Review Board to Recommend His Release 1050 RELEASED APR 2007 Azimullah (Afghanistan) Website Extras 12, The Anonymous Victims of Guantánamo 1051 RELEASED FEB 2006 Khan, Sharbat (Afghanistan) Chapter 17, also see The Complete Guantánamo Files: WikiLeaks and the Prisoners Released in 2006 (Part Ten of Ten) 1052 RELEASED AUG 2008 Rahman, Mahbub (Afghanistan) Website Extras 12, WikiLeaks and the 22 Children of Guantánamo 1056 RELEASED AUG 2006 Mohammed, Said (Afghanistan) Chapter 17, also see The Complete Guantánamo Files: WikiLeaks and the Prisoners Released in 2006 (Part Ten of Ten) 1074 RELEASED OCT 2006 Aman, Mohammed (Afghanistan) Website Extras 12, The Complete Guantánamo Files: WikiLeaks and the Prisoners Released in 2006 (Part Ten of Ten) 1075 RELEASED OCT 2006 Khan, Kakai (Afghanistan) Chapter 17, also see The Complete Guantánamo Files: WikiLeaks and the Prisoners Released in 2006 (Part Ten of Ten) 1094 NOT CLEARED BY PRB (April 2017), NOT CLEARED BY PRB (Apr 2016) Paracha, Saifullah (Pakistan) Chapter 16, also see Guantánamo’s tangled web: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Majid Khan, dubious US convictions, and a dying man, UN Secret Detention Report (Part Two): CIA Prisons in Afghanistan and Iraq, serious health issues mentioned in Guantánamo Hunger Strike: Clive Stafford Smith’s Harrowing Account of His Call with Younus Chekhouri, Saifullah Paracha, Pakistani Businessman and “Very Compliant” Prisoner, Faces Guantánamo Review Board, Under Trump, Periodic Review Boards Continue at Guantánamo, But At A Glacial Pace, Guantánamo’s Oldest Prisoner Calls Conditions “Hell,” Says, “We Are Getting Collective Punishment Because of the Hunger Strike”, “Saifullah Paracha: The Kind Father, Brother, and Friend for All at Guantánamo” by Mansoor Adayfi 1095 RELEASED NOV 2008 Merozhev, Zainulabidin (Jumma Jan) (Tajikistan) Website Extras 12 1100 RELEASED DEC 2007 Haq, Abdullah Mujahid (Afghanistan) Chapters 17, 18, also see The Story of Abdullah Mujahid, an Afghan police chief betrayed by the US administration and wrongly sent to Guantánamo 1103 RELEASED DEC 2014, CLEARED (under Obama) Zahir, Mohommod (Afghanistan) Chapter 17, also see Guantánamo Transcripts: Ghost Prisoners Speak After Five And A Half Years, and “9/11 hijacker” Recants His Tortured Confession, Who Are the Remaining Prisoners in Guantánamo? Part Eight: Captured in Afghanistan (2002-07), US in Talks to Return the 17 Afghan Prisoners in Guantánamo, Close Guantánamo, Free the Afghans, mentioned in What We Should Really Be Talking About With the Bowe Bergdahl Controversy (for Mic), Pentagon Blocks Prisoner Releases from Guantánamo – Including 74-Pound Yemeni Hunger Striker 1104 RELEASED DEC 2009 Rahim, Mohamed (Afghanistan) Website Extras 12 1117 RELEASED MAR 2005 Jalil, Mullah (Afghanistan) Website Extras 12, WikiLeaks and the Guantánamo Prisoners Released After the Tribunals, 2004 to 2005 (Part Five of Five) 1119 RELEASED AUG 2016 (in UAE), CLEARED BY PRB (Feb 2016) Hamidullah, Haji (Afghanistan) Website Extras 12, Who Are the Remaining Prisoners in Guantánamo? Part Eight: Captured in Afghanistan (2002-07), US in Talks to Return the 17 Afghan Prisoners in Guantánamo, Close Guantánamo, Free the Afghans, Prisoners in Guantánamo Ask to be Freed Because of the End of the War in Afghanistan, Two Yemenis Approved for Release from Guantánamo Via Periodic Review Boards As “Highly Compliant” Afghan and Another Yemeni Also Seek Release 1154 RELEASED OCT 2006 Ali Shah, Dr. Said Mohammed (Mousavi) (Afghanistan) Chapter 17, also see The Complete Guantánamo Files: WikiLeaks and the Prisoners Released in 2006 (Part Ten of Ten) 1157 RELEASED APR 2005 Khan, Hukumra (Afghanistan) Website Extras 12, WikiLeaks and the Guantánamo Prisoners Released After the Tribunals, 2004 to 2005 (Part Five of Five) 1165 RELEASED JUL 2008 Mussa, Mohammed (Afghanistan) Website Extras 12 Extraordinary renditions 1452 RELEASED JAN 2010 Al Jazeeri, Adil (Algeria) Chapter 16, also see UN Secret Detention Report (Part Two): CIA Prisons in Afghanistan and Iraq 1453 NOT CLEARED BY PRB (Jun 2016) Al Kazimi, Sanad (Yemen) Website Extras 11, An unreported story from Guantánamo: the tale of Sanad al-Kazimi, Judge Rules Yemeni’s Detention at Guantánamo Based Solely on Torture, UN Secret Detention Report (Part Two): CIA Prisons in Afghanistan and Iraq, WikiLeaks Reveals Secret Guantánamo Files, Exposes Detention Policy as a Construct of Lies, Don’t Forget the Hunger Strike at Guantánamo, A Few Surprises in the New Guantánamo Prisoner List, An Afghan and a Yemeni “Black Site” Prisoner Face Guantánamo Periodic Review Boards, as 21st Man Approved for Release, Plea Deals in Federal Court Mooted for Guantánamo Prisoners in Next Year’s National Defense Authorization Act, As Guantánamo Enters Its 17th Year of Operations, Lawyers Hit Trump with Lawsuit Stating That His Blanket Refusal to Release Anyone Amounts to Arbitrary Detention, In Guantánamo Habeas Corpus Case, Lawyers Insist That Trump’s Stated Intention of Not Releasing Any Prisoners Renders Their Imprisonment “Perpetual” — and Illegal, Tomorrow, Lawyers Will Argue in Court That Donald Trump’s Guantánamo Policy Is “Arbitrary, Unlawful, and Motivated by Executive Hubris and Anti-Muslim Animus”, included in Really? Trump Lawyer Argues in Court that Guantánamo Prisoners Can Be Held for 100 Years Without Charge or Trial 1456 NOT CLEARED BY PRB (Oct 2016) Bin Attash, Hassan (Saudi Arabia) Chapter 16, also see The Pentagon Can’t Count: 22 Juveniles Held at Guantánamo, UN Secret Detention Report (Part Three): Proxy Detention, Other Countries’ Complicity, and Obama’s Record, WikiLeaks and the 22 Children of Guantánamo, Rights Groups Call for the Arrest of George W. Bush for Torture as He Arrives in Canada, The Long Pursuit of Accountability for the Bush Administration’s Torture Program, A Few Surprises in the New Guantánamo Prisoner List, Former Child Prisoner at Guantánamo, Tortured in Jordan, Is the Last of 64 Men to Face a Periodic Review Board 1457 NOT CLEARED BY PRB (March 2017), NOT CLEARED BY PRB (Apr 2016) Sharqawi, Abdu Ali (Sharqwi Abdu Ali al-Hajj) (Yemen) Chapter 12, mentioned in Why Obama Must Continue Releasing Yemenis From Guantánamo, also see Judge Rules Yemeni’s Detention at Guantánamo Based Solely on Torture, UN Secret Detention Report (Part Three): Proxy Detention, Other Countries’ Complicity, and Obama’s Record, New Evidence About Prisoners Held in Secret CIA Prisons in Poland and Romania, WikiLeaks Reveals Secret Guantánamo Files, Exposes Detention Policy as a Construct of Lies, A Few Surprises in the New Guantánamo Prisoner List, 29th Periodic Review Board at Guantánamo – for Sharqawi Ali Al-Hajj, Alleged Al-Qaeda Facilitator, Under Trump, Periodic Review Boards Continue at Guantánamo, But At A Glacial Pace, EXCLUSIVE: Fears for Long-Term Hunger Striker at Guantánamo: Lawyers Urge Court to Order Independent Medical Examination, mentioned in Trump’s Disturbing New Guantánamo Policy: Allowing Hunger Strikers to Starve to Death, New York Times Finally Reports on Trump’s Policy of Letting Guantánamo Hunger Strikers Die; Rest of Mainstream Media Still Silent, As Guantánamo Enters Its 17th Year of Operations, Lawyers Hit Trump with Lawsuit Stating That His Blanket Refusal to Release Anyone Amounts to Arbitrary Detention, Guantánamo Lawyers Urge International Criminal Court to Investigate US Torture Program, In Guantánamo Habeas Corpus Case, Lawyers Insist That Trump’s Stated Intention of Not Releasing Any Prisoners Renders Their Imprisonment “Perpetual” — and Illegal, Tomorrow, Lawyers Will Argue in Court That Donald Trump’s Guantánamo Policy Is “Arbitrary, Unlawful, and Motivated by Executive Hubris and Anti-Muslim Animus”, Really? Trump Lawyer Argues in Court that Guantánamo Prisoners Can Be Held for 100 Years Without Charge or Trial 1458 RELEASED FEB 2009 Mohamed, Binyam (UK-Ethiopia) Chapter 16, MILITARY COMMISSION (charges dropped), also see Guantánamo: Torture victim Binyam Mohamed sues British government for evidence, Binyam Mohamed’s judicial review: judges grill British agent and question fairness of Guantánamo trials, High Court rules against UK and US in case of Guantánamo torture victim Binyam Mohamed, US Justice Department drops “dirty bomb plot” allegation against Binyam Mohamed, Guilt By Torture: Binyam Mohamed’s Transatlantic Quest for Justice, A History of Music Torture in the “War on Terror”, Is Robert Gates Guilty of Perjury in Guantánamo Torture Case?, British torture victim Binyam Mohamed to be released from Guantánamo, Don’t Forget Guantánamo, The Betrayal of British Torture Victim Binyam Mohamed, Hiding Torture And Freeing Binyam Mohamed From Guantánamo, Binyam Mohamed’s Coming Home From Guantánamo, As Torture Allegations Mount, Who Is Binyam Mohamed?, Seven Years of Torture: Binyam Mohamed Tells His Story, Binyam Mohamed’s Plea Bargain: Trading Torture For Freedom, Guantánamo, Bagram and the “Dark Prison”: Binyam Mohamed talks to Moazzam Begg, Obama’s First 100 Days: Mixed Messages On Torture, UK Government Lies Exposed; Spy Visited Binyam Mohamed In Morocco, Daily Mail Pulls Story About Binyam Mohamed And British Spy, Government Bans Testimony On Binyam Mohamed And The British Spy, More twists in the tale of Binyam Mohamed (in the Guardian), Did Hillary Clinton Threaten UK Over Binyam Mohamed Torture Disclosure?, Binyam Mohamed: Was Muhammad Salih’s Death In Guantánamo Suicide?, US Torture Under Scrutiny In British Courts, Former prisoners launch the Guantánamo Justice Centre in London, What The British Government Knew About The Torture Of Binyam Mohamed, Former Guantánamo Prisoner Binyam Mohamed Speaks (Video), UK Judges Order Release Of Details About The Torture Of Binyam Mohamed By US Agents, NEW FILM: Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo, Photos from the launch of “Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo”, Musicians (Finally) Say No To Music Torture, UK Judge Approves Use of Secret Evidence in Guantánamo Case, UK Judges Compare Binyam Mohamed’s Torture To That Of Abu Zubaydah, Video: Andy Worthington Discusses Guantánamo, Plus Clips From “Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo”, Video: Q&A with Moazzam Begg, Omar Deghayes, Andy Worthington and Polly Nash at the Launch of “Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo”, Binyam Mohamed: Evidence of Torture by US Agents Revealed in UK, Binyam Mohamed on Omar Khadr: A Scapegoat for a Failed “War on Terror”, As Police Launch New Torture Inquiry, It’s Time for Shaker Aamer to Come Home from Guantánamo, Judges Restore Damning Passage on MI5 to the Binyam Mohamed Torture Ruling, How Binyam Mohamed’s Torture Was Revealed in a US Court, UK Appeals Court Rules Out Government’s Use of Secret Evidence in Guantánamo Damages Claim, William Hague Orders a Judicial Inquiry into British Complicity in Torture, Suicide or Murder at Guantánamo?, UN Secret Detention Report (Part Three): Proxy Detention, Other Countries’ Complicity, and Obama’s Record, Calling for US Accountability on the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, Torture Complicity Under the Spotlight in Europe (Part One): The UK, A Cautious Welcome for British Torture Inquiry, By One Vote, US Court OKs Torture and “Extraordinary Rendition”, As the UK Government Announces Compensation for Ex-Guantánamo Prisoners, Is the Return of Shaker Aamer Part of the Deal?, The UK Government’s Guantánamo Guilt, and the Urgent Need for Shaker Aamer’s Return, WikiLeaks’ Revelations that Bush and Obama Put Pressure on Germany and Spain Not to Investigate US Torture, Lawyers and Human Rights Groups Criticize Proposed UK Torture Inquiry, As the Government Fails to Address the Return of Shaker Aamer, the Last British Resident in Guantánamo, The Dark Desires of Bruce Jessen, the Architect of Bush’s Torture Program, As Revealed by His Former Friend and Colleague, UK Torture Inquiry Boycotted by Lawyers, As David Cameron Fails Again to Demonstrate an Interest in Justice, A Good Day for Justice: British Supreme Court Bans Use of Secret Evidence by Intelligence Services, Ten NGOs Withdraw from UK Torture Inquiry, Citing Lack of Credibility and Transparency, Britain’s Secret Post-9/11 Torture Policy Revealed: Was Tony Blair’s Government Guilty of “Developing Something Close to a Criminal Policy”?, mentioned in On Guantánamo’s 10th Anniversary, British Ex-Prisoners Talk About Their Lives, and Call for the Release of Shaker Aamer, also see Were Two Prisoners Killed at Guantánamo in 2007 and 2009?, Video: “Songs of War,” an Al-Jazeera Film About Music Torture in Guantánamo, Afghanistan and Iraq, mentioned in North Carolina Citizens’ Group Launches Investigation of CIA’s Bush-Era Rendition and Torture Program, UK Torture: Ex-Guantánamo Prisoner’s Memories Provide A Reminder That We Need Accountability 1460 NOT CLEARED BY PRB (March 2018), NOT CLEARED BY PRB (Aug 2016) Rabbani, Abdul Rahim Ghulam (Pakistan) Chapter 16, also see UN Secret Detention Report (Part Two): CIA Prisons in Afghanistan and Iraq, A Few Surprises in the New Guantánamo Prisoner List, As Guantánamo Enters Its 17th Year of Operations, Lawyers Hit Trump with Lawsuit Stating That His Blanket Refusal to Release Anyone Amounts to Arbitrary Detention, In Guantánamo Habeas Corpus Case, Lawyers Insist That Trump’s Stated Intention of Not Releasing Any Prisoners Renders Their Imprisonment “Perpetual” — and Illegal, Tomorrow, Lawyers Will Argue in Court That Donald Trump’s Guantánamo Policy Is “Arbitrary, Unlawful, and Motivated by Executive Hubris and Anti-Muslim Animus”, included in Really? Trump Lawyer Argues in Court that Guantánamo Prisoners Can Be Held for 100 Years Without Charge or Trial 1461 NOT CLEARED BY PRB (Oct 2016) Rabbani, Mohammed Ghulam (Ahmad Rabbani, Ahmed Rabbani) (Pakistan) Chapter 16, also see UN Secret Detention Report (Part Two): CIA Prisons in Afghanistan and Iraq, Don’t Forget the Hunger Strike at Guantánamo, A Few Surprises in the New Guantánamo Prisoner List, mentioned in Long-Term Guantánamo Hunger Striker Emad Hassan Describes the Torture of Force-Feeding, Two More Guantánamo Hunger Strikers Ask Judges to Order Government to Preserve Video Evidence of Force-Feeding, The Latest News on the Guantánamo Force-Feeding Videotapes, and the Prisoners’ Ongoing Legal Challenges, 90-Pound Guantánamo Hunger Striker Appeals in Court for Assistance from Pakistani Government, Guantánamo Lawyers Complain About Slow Progress of Periodic Review Boards, Long-Term Hunger Striking Pakistani Seeks Release from Guantánamo Via Periodic Review Board, It’s Groundhog Day: Lawyer Clive Stafford Smith Reports from Guantánamo After 70 Days of Trump’s Presidency, Trump’s Disturbing New Guantánamo Policy: Allowing Hunger Strikers to Starve to Death, New York Times Finally Reports on Trump’s Policy of Letting Guantánamo Hunger Strikers Die; Rest of Mainstream Media Still Silent, Guantánamo Hunger Striker Ahmed Rabbani, Left to Die by Trump, Calls for “Basic Justice – a Fair Trial or Freedom”, Celebrities Fasting With the Hunger Striking Guantánamo Prisoners That Donald Trump Is Allowing to Die, Former Guantánamo Prisoner Lakhdar Boumediene Condemns “Cruel, Sadistic” New Policy of Allowing Hunger Strikers to Starve, Guantánamo detainee: US changed force-feeding policy (for Al-Jazeera), Persistent Dehumanization at Guantánamo: US Claims It Owns Prisoners’ Art, Just As It Claims to Own Their Memories of Torture, As Guantánamo Enters Its 17th Year of Operations, Lawyers Hit Trump with Lawsuit Stating That His Blanket Refusal to Release Anyone Amounts to Arbitrary Detention, In Guantánamo Habeas Corpus Case, Lawyers Insist That Trump’s Stated Intention of Not Releasing Any Prisoners Renders Their Imprisonment “Perpetual” — and Illegal, Tomorrow, Lawyers Will Argue in Court That Donald Trump’s Guantánamo Policy Is “Arbitrary, Unlawful, and Motivated by Executive Hubris and Anti-Muslim Animus”, included in Really? Trump Lawyer Argues in Court that Guantánamo Prisoners Can Be Held for 100 Years Without Charge or Trial, “The World Has Forgotten Me” Says Ahmed Rabbani, 95-Pound Hunger Striker in Guantánamo 1463 NOT CLEARED BY PRB (Jun 2016) Al Hela, Abdulsalam (Yemen) Chapter 16, also see Anger in Yemen Over Halt to Release of Cleared Guantánamo Prisoners, UN Secret Detention Report (Part Two): CIA Prisons in Afghanistan and Iraq, The Prisoners Speak: Reports from the Hunger Strike in Guantánamo, Yemeni Tribal Chief, Businessman, Intelligence Officer and Torture Victim Seeks Release from Guantánamo Via Periodic Review Board, New York Times Finally Reports on Trump’s Policy of Letting Guantánamo Hunger Strikers Die; Rest of Mainstream Media Still Silent, No Escape from Guantánamo: An Update on the Periodic Review Boards 10001 RELEASED DEC 2013, LOST HABEAS PETITION (Nov 2008), WON APPEAL (Jun 2010), CLEARED (under Obama) Bensayah, Belkacem (Bosnia-Algeria) Chapter 16, also see After 7 Years, Judge Orders Release of Guantánamo Kidnap Victims, Guantánamo And The Courts (Part One): Exposing The Bush Administration’s Lies, First Guantánamo Prisoner To Lose Habeas Hearing Appeals Ruling, Guantánamo and Habeas Corpus: Prisoners Win 3 out of 4 Cases, But Lose 5 out of 6 in Court of Appeals (Part Two), Meet the Cleared Algerian Prisoners in Guantánamo Who Fear Being Repatriated 10002 RELEASED DEC 2009 (in France), WON HABEAS PETITION (Nov 2008) Lahmar, Sabir (Bosnia-Algeria) Chapters 16, 19, also see Moazzam Begg Interviews Former Guantánamo Prisoner Saber Lahmer in Paris (and also see 10001) 10003 RELEASED DEC 2008, WON HABEAS PETITION (Nov 2008) Nechle, Mohammed (Bosnia-Algeria) Chapter 16 (also see 10001) 10004 RELEASED DEC 2008, WON HABEAS PETITION (Nov 2008) Ait Idr, Mustafa (Bosnia-Algeria) Chapter 16, also see First Guantánamo Habeas Appeal to US Supreme Court, New Revelations About The Use of Water Torture at Guantánamo, “Choose Peace”: An Inspiring Message of Tolerance From Former Guantánamo Prisoner and Torture Victim Mustafa Ait Idir, The Horrors of Guantánamo Eloquently Explained By A High School Teacher to Readers of Teen Vogue (and also see 10001) 10005 RELEASED MAY 2009 (in France), WON HABEAS PETITION (Nov 2008) Boumediene, Lakhdar (Bosnia-Algeria) Chapter 16, also see Guantánamo and the Supreme Court: who are Fawzi al-Odah and Lakhdar Boumediene?, An interview with Guantánamo whistleblower Stephen Abraham (Part Two), Life After Guantánamo: Lakhdar Boumediene Speaks, Lakhdar Boumediene Talks About Torture At Guantánamo (video), A Powerful Interview with Former Guantánamo Prisoner Lakhdar Boumediene, “Choose Peace”: An Inspiring Message of Tolerance From Former Guantánamo Prisoner and Torture Victim Mustafa Ait Idir, Former Guantánamo Prisoner Lakhdar Boumediene Condemns “Cruel, Sadistic” New Policy of Allowing Hunger Strikers to Starve, The Horrors of Guantánamo Eloquently Explained By A High School Teacher to Readers of Teen Vogue (and also see 10001) 10006 RELEASED DEC 2008, WON HABEAS PETITION (Nov 2008) Al Hajj, Boudella (Bosnia-Algeria) Chapter 16 (also see 10001) 10007 RELEASED JAN 2005 Mubanga, Martin (UK) Chapter 16, also see UK Judge Approves Use of Secret Evidence in Guantánamo Case, UK Appeals Court Rules Out Government’s Use of Secret Evidence in Guantánamo Damages Claim, UK Sought Rendition of British Nationals to Guantánamo; Tony Blair Directly Involved, As the UK Government Announces Compensation for Ex-Guantánamo Prisoners, Is the Return of Shaker Aamer Part of the Deal?, The UK Government’s Guantánamo Guilt, and the Urgent Need for Shaker Aamer’s Return, A Good Day for Justice: British Supreme Court Bans Use of Secret Evidence by Intelligence Services, WikiLeaks and the Guantánamo Prisoners Released After the Tribunals, 2004 to 2005 (Part Five of Five), mentioned in On Guantánamo’s 10th Anniversary, British Ex-Prisoners Talk About Their Lives, and Call for the Release of Shaker Aamer, Video: “Zone of Non-Being: Guantánamo,” Featuring Andy Worthington, Omar Deghayes, Clive Stafford Smith, Michael Ratner 10008 NO ISN (as revealed by WikiLeaks, this was Jose Padilla, the US citizen held and tortured as an “enemy combatant” on the US mainland, from 2002 to 2005, when he was transferred into the federal court system, tried in 2007 and given a 17-year sentence in 2008; see Jose Padilla: More Sinned Against Than Sinning, Why Jose Padilla’s 17-year prison sentence should shock and disgust all Americans, US Justice Department drops “dirty bomb plot” allegation against Binyam Mohamed, Is Bradley Manning Being Held as Some Sort of “Enemy Combatant”?, It Could Be You: The Sad Story of Jose Padilla, Tortured and Denied Justice, John Yoo: A Fugitive from Justice, With the Help of the US Courts, in the Torture of Jose Padilla, US Judge Rules Against Military Detention of US Terror Suspects – But What About the Foreigners in Guantánamo?, Still No Accountability for Torture, Pentagon Report into the Drugging of Guantánamo Prisoners Is Released, Shameful: US Judge Increases Prison Sentence of Tortured US Enemy Combatant Jose Padilla) 10009 NO ISN 10010 NO ISN (as revealed by WikiLeaks, this was Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri, a Qatari national and legal US resident — and the brother of Jarallah al-Marri (ISN 434) — who was held and tortured as an “enemy combatant” on the US mainland from June 2003 to February 2009, when he was transferred into the federal court system, tried and given an eight-year sentence after a plea deal in October 2009; see Court Confirms President’s Dictatorial Powers in Case of US “Enemy Combatant” Ali al-Marri, The Last US Enemy Combatant: The Shocking Story of Ali al-Marri, Return To The Law: Obama Orders Guantánamo Closure, Torture Ban and Review of US “Enemy Combatant” Case, Ending The Cruel Isolation Of Ali al-Marri, The Last US “Enemy Combatant”, Why The US Under Obama Is Still A Dictatorship, Dictatorial Powers Unchallenged As US “Enemy Combatant” Pleads Guilty, Ali al-Marri’s Statement In Court, October 30, 2009, Ali al-Marri, The Last US “Enemy Combatant,” Receives Eight-Year Sentence, US Judge Rules Against Military Detention of US Terror Suspects – But What About the Foreigners in Guantánamo?, Ali Al-Marri, Held and Tortured on US Soil, Accuses FBI Agents of Involvement in His Torture) 14 “high-value detainees” (arrived Sep 2006) 10011 Al Hawsawi, Mustafa (Saudi Arabia) Chapter 20, also see MILITARY COMMISSION, In a legal otherworld, 9/11 defendants cry torture at Guantánamo, Is Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Running the 9/11 Trials?, Is The 9/11 Trial Confession An Al-Qaeda Coup?, Chaos and Lies: Why Obama Was Right To Halt The Guantánamo Trials, Obama Proposes Swift Execution of Alleged 9/11 Conspirators, Predictable Chaos As Guantánamo Trials Resume, 9/11 Trial At Guantánamo Delayed Again: Can We Have Federal Court Trials Now, Please?, Torture And Futility: Is This The End Of The Military Commissions At Guantánamo?, On Democracy Now! Andy Worthington Discusses the Forthcoming 9/11 Trials and “Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo” (Video), FEDERAL COURT TRIAL (under Obama), UN Secret Detention Report (Part One): The CIA’s “High-Value Detainee” Program and Secret Prisons, New Evidence About Prisoners Held in Secret CIA Prisons in Poland and Romania, Holder, Obama and the Cowardly Shame of Guantánamo and the 9/11 Trial, The 9/11 Indictment: The Case We Would Have Seen In New York Had A Federal Court Trial Proceeded, The 9/11 Trial Timewarp: It’s February 2008 Again, The Torture Trials at Guantánamo, Chaos at Guantánamo as the 9/11 Trial Begins, The 9/11 Trial: Torturing Justice, On Terrorism, America Has Lost Its Way, US Military Admits Only 2.5 Percent of All Prisoners Ever Held at Guantánamo Will Be Tried, Penny Lane: What We Learned This Week About Double Agents at Guantánamo, Poland and Lithuania Haunted by Their Involvement in Hosting CIA Torture Prisons, The 9/11 Trial at Guantánamo: The Dark Farce Continues, mentioned in “America’s Shame,” Rolling Stone’s Detailed – and Damning – Article About Guantánamo, mentioned in For Review Board, Revelations That Tortured Guantánamo Prisoner Mohammed Al-Qahtani Was Profoundly Mentally Ill Before Capture, mentioned in Guantánamo torture victims should be allowed UN visit (for Al-Jazeera), The Messed-Up Trial of the Century: Lawdragon’s Exhaustive Report on the 9/11 Pre-Trial Hearings at Guantánamo, Parliament and the People: Two Days of London Events About Guantánamo, Torture and the Military Commissions, mentioned in Detailed Los Angeles Review of Books Article Asks, “What Are We Still Doing in Guantánamo?”, A Devastating Condemnation of Guantánamo’s Military Commissions by Palestinian-American Journalist P. Leila Barghouty, included in Guantánamo Judge Bans So-Called “Clean Team” Evidence in 9/11 Trial, Then Resigns 10012 CONVICTED IN FEDERAL COURT TRIAL (Nov 2010, received life sentence) Ghailani, Ahmed Khalfan (Tanzania) Chapter 20, also see MILITARY COMMISSION, 20 Reasons To Shut Down The Guantánamo Trials, FEDERAL COURT TRIAL (under Obama), African Embassy Bombing Suspect To Face Trial In September 2010, Guantánamo: Idealists Leave Obama’s Sinking Ship, When Rhetoric Trumps Good Sense: The GOP’s Counter-Productive Call for Military Commissions, Suicide or Murder at Guantánamo?, UN Secret Detention Report (Part One): The CIA’s “High-Value Detainee” Program and Secret Prisons, New Evidence About Prisoners Held in Secret CIA Prisons in Poland and Romania, On the 9th Anniversary of 9/11, A Call to Close Guantánamo and to Hold Accountable Those Who Authorized Torture, In the Case of Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, Torture Apologists Are Everywhere, On Guantánamo, Obama Hits Rock Bottom, Morris Davis, Former Guantánamo Chief Prosecutor, Nails Critics of the Federal Court Trial of Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, The Rule of Law in the US Hangs on Obama’s Response to the Ghailani Trial, Obama’s Collapse: The Return of the Military Commissions, Ghailani Sentence Shows Federal Courts Work, Reveals Extent of Republican Hysteria, Guantánamo and the Military Commissions: Revolution Interview with Andy Worthington, WikiLeaks Reveals Secret Guantánamo Files, Exposes Detention Policy as a Construct of Lies, Eleven Years After 9/11, Guantánamo Is A Political Prison, US Military Admits Only 2.5 Percent of All Prisoners Ever Held at Guantánamo Will Be Tried 10013 Bin Al Shibh, Ramzi (Yemen) Chapters 16, 20, also see MILITARY COMMISSION, FEDERAL COURT TRIAL (under Obama), What Torture Is, and Why It’s Illegal and Not “Poor Judgment”, Guantánamo and Habeas Corpus: The Torture Victim and the Taliban Recruit, Mohamedou Ould Salahi: How a Judge Demolished the US Government’s Al-Qaeda Claims, UN Secret Detention Report (Part One): The CIA’s “High-Value Detainee” Program and Secret Prisons, UN Secret Detention Report (Part Three): Proxy Detention, Other Countries’ Complicity, and Obama’s Record, New Evidence About Prisoners Held in Secret CIA Prisons in Poland and Romania, Will Poland’s Former Leaders Face War Crimes Charges for Hosting Secret CIA Prison?, No Appetite for Prosecution: In Memoir, Bush Admits He Authorized the Use of Torture, But No One Cares, Holder, Obama and the Cowardly Shame of Guantánamo and the 9/11 Trial, The 9/11 Indictment: The Case We Would Have Seen In New York Had A Federal Court Trial Proceeded, The 9/11 Trial Timewarp: It’s February 2008 Again, The Torture Trials at Guantánamo, Chaos at Guantánamo as the 9/11 Trial Begins, The 9/11 Trial: Torturing Justice, On Terrorism, America Has Lost Its Way, US Military Admits Only 2.5 Percent of All Prisoners Ever Held at Guantánamo Will Be Tried, Penny Lane: What We Learned This Week About Double Agents at Guantánamo, The Chaotic History of Guantánamo’s Military Commissions, The 9/11 Trial at Guantánamo: The Dark Farce Continues, mentioned in “America’s Shame,” Rolling Stone’s Detailed – and Damning – Article About Guantánamo, The Messed-Up Trial of the Century: Lawdragon’s Exhaustive Report on the 9/11 Pre-Trial Hearings at Guantánamo, mentioned in Great New York Times Exposé of How Torture, Abuse and Command Indifference Compromised Psychiatric Care at Guantánamo, Abu Zubaydah Waives Immunity to Testify About His Torture in a Military Commission Trial at Guantánamo, Abu Zubaydah Will Not Testify at Guantánamo Military Court Because the US Government Has “Stacked the Deck” Against Him, A Devastating Condemnation of Guantánamo’s Military Commissions by Palestinian-American Journalist P. Leila Barghouty, included in Guantánamo Judge Bans So-Called “Clean Team” Evidence in 9/11 Trial, Then Resigns (and also see 10011) 10014 Bin Attash, Walid (Saudi Arabia) Chapter 20, also see MILITARY COMMISSION, Guantánamo: Charge Or Release Prisoners, Say No To Indefinite Detention, FEDERAL COURT TRIAL (under Obama), UN Secret Detention Report (Part One): The CIA’s “High-Value Detainee” Program and Secret Prisons, New Evidence About Prisoners Held in Secret CIA Prisons in Poland and Romania, Holder, Obama and the Cowardly Shame of Guantánamo and the 9/11 Trial, The 9/11 Indictment: The Case We Would Have Seen In New York Had A Federal Court Trial Proceeded, WikiLeaks Reveals Secret Guantánamo Files, Exposes Detention Policy as a Construct of Lies, The 9/11 Trial Timewarp: It’s February 2008 Again, The Torture Trials at Guantánamo, Chaos at Guantánamo as the 9/11 Trial Begins, The 9/11 Trial: Torturing Justice, On Terrorism, America Has Lost Its Way, US Military Admits Only 2.5 Percent of All Prisoners Ever Held at Guantánamo Will Be Tried, Torture: The Elephant in the Room at Guantánamo’s Military Commissions, Third Victim of CIA Torture in Poland Granted Victim Status, as European Court of Human Rights Prepares to Hear Evidence, Poland and Lithuania Haunted by Their Involvement in Hosting CIA Torture Prisons, mentioned in Guantánamo, Where Unsubstantiated Suspicion of Terrorism Ensures Indefinite Detention, Even After 12 Years, mentioned in “America’s Shame,” Rolling Stone’s Detailed – and Damning – Article About Guantánamo, The Messed-Up Trial of the Century: Lawdragon’s Exhaustive Report on the 9/11 Pre-Trial Hearings at Guantánamo, A Devastating Condemnation of Guantánamo’s Military Commissions by Palestinian-American Journalist P. Leila Barghouty, included in Guantánamo Judge Bans So-Called “Clean Team” Evidence in 9/11 Trial, Then Resigns (and also see 10011) 10015 Al Nashiri, Abd Al Rahim (Saudi Arabia) Chapter 20, also see MILITARY COMMISSION, Waterboarding: two questions for Michael Hayden about three “high-value” detainees now in Guantánamo, The Dying Days of the Guantánamo Trials, Who’s Running Guantánamo?, Ten Terrible Truths About The CIA Torture Memos (Part One), Guantánamo: Charge Or Release Prisoners, Say No To Indefinite Detention, David Frakt: Military Commissions “A Catastrophic Failure”, On Democracy Now! Andy Worthington Discusses the Forthcoming 9/11 Trials and “Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo” (Video), MILITARY COMMISSION (under Obama), Guantánamo: Idealists Leave Obama’s Sinking Ship, UN Secret Detention Report (Part One): The CIA’s “High-Value Detainee” Program and Secret Prisons, New Evidence About Prisoners Held in Secret CIA Prisons in Poland and Romania, Will Poland’s Former Leaders Face War Crimes Charges for Hosting Secret CIA Prison?, No Surprise at Obama’s Guantánamo Trial Chaos, No Appetite for Prosecution: In Memoir, Bush Admits He Authorized the Use of Torture, But No One Cares, On Bush’s Waterboarding Claims, UK Media Loses Its Moral Compass, Former CIA “Ghost Prisoner” Abu Zubaydah Recognized as “Victim” in Polish Probe of Secret Prison, Announcing the Polish Tour of “Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo” with Moazzam Begg and Andy Worthington, February 1-5, 2011, Obama’s Collapse: The Return of the Military Commissions, Guantánamo and the Military Commissions: Revolution Interview with Andy Worthington, Bringing Guantánamo to Poland — and Talking About the Secret CIA Torture Prison, Andy Worthington Discusses His Polish Tour of “Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo” and the Secret CIA Torture Prison in Poland on Antiwar Radio, George W. Bush, War Criminal, Is Not Welcome in Europe, The Indictment for Torture Filed Against George W. Bush (Part One: The Facts), Guantánamo: Obama Turns the Clock Back to the Days of Bush’s Kangaroo Courts and Worthless Tribunals, Jail Without Trial Forever: Andy Worthington Discusses Obama’s Backsliding on Guantánamo on Antiwar Radio, Guantánamo: Military Commissions and the Illusion of Justice, Trial at Guantánamo: What Shall We Do With The Torture Victim?, Andy Worthington Discusses the Guantánamo Torture Trial with Scott Horton on Antiwar Radio, Guest Post: Polish Journalist Discusses the Ongoing Investigation into the CIA’s Torture Prison in Poland, The Torture Trials at Guantánamo, Torture: The Bush Administration on Trial, Polish Senator’s Startling New Allegations About the CIA Torture Prison in Poland, Abd Al-Rahim Al-Nashiri: The Torture Victim the US Is Desperate to Gag, Eleven Years After 9/11, Guantánamo Is A Political Prison, Another Torture Victim on Trial at Guantánamo, US Military Admits Only 2.5 Percent of All Prisoners Ever Held at Guantánamo Will Be Tried, Third Victim of CIA Torture in Poland Granted Victim Status, as European Court of Human Rights Prepares to Hear Evidence, Penny Lane: What We Learned This Week About Double Agents at Guantánamo, European Court of Human Rights Hears Evidence About CIA Torture Prison in Poland, Radio: Andy Worthington Discusses the European Court of Human Rights’ Hearing About Poland’s CIA Torture Prison on Voice of Russia, Poland and Lithuania Haunted by Their Involvement in Hosting CIA Torture Prisons, The Chaotic History of Guantánamo’s Military Commissions, More Farcical Proceedings at the Military Commissions in Guantánamo, European Court of Human Rights Delivers Powerful Condemnation of US Torture Program and Poland’s Role Hosting a CIA “Black Site”, Punishment, not apology after CIA torture report (for Al-Jazeera), Why Guantánamo Mustn’t Be Forgotten in the Fallout from the CIA Torture Report, European Court of Human Rights Orders Poland to Pay $262,000 to CIA “Black Site” Prisoners, No Justice for 14 Tortured “High-Value Detainees” Who Arrived at Guantánamo Ten Years Ago, Not Fit for Purpose: The Ongoing Failure of Guantánamo’s Military Commissions, mentioned in Chief Defense Counsel of Guantánamo’s Military Commissions Calls Them a “Poisoned Chalice,” a Betrayal of the Constitution and the Law, Guantánamo’s Military Commissions: More Chaos in the Cases of Abd Al-Rahim Al-Nashiri and Majid Khan, Parliament and the People: Two Days of London Events About Guantánamo, Torture and the Military Commissions, Great New York Times Exposé of How Torture, Abuse and Command Indifference Compromised Psychiatric Care at Guantánamo, mentioned in Guantánamo Lawyer Michel Paradis: Military Commissions are Based on Legal Apartheid, Two Guantánamo Cases Make It to the Supreme Court; Experts Urge Justices to Pay Attention, The Absurdity of Guantánamo: As US Prepares to Release Ahmed Al-Darbi in Plea Deal, Less Significant Prisoners Remain Trapped Forever, Detailed Los Angeles Review of Books Article Asks, “What Are We Still Doing in Guantánamo?”, A New Low for Guantánamo’s Credibility: The Brief But Absurd Imprisonment of the Military Commissions’ Chief Defense Counsel, The Latest Scandal of the Military Commissions at Guantánamo: A Death Penalty Case Without a Death Penalty Lawyer, Ahmed Al-Darbi: Still Held, the Guantánamo Prisoner Who Was Supposed to Have Been Sent Home Two Weeks Ago, The Complete Collapse of Abd Al-Rahim Al-Nashiri’s Military Commission Trial at Guantánamo, The Torture Trail of Gina Haspel Makes Her Unsuitable to be Director of the CIA, 16 Years Ago, the US Captured Abu Zubaydah, First Official Victim of the Post-9/11 Torture Program, Still Held at Guantánamo Without Charge or Trial, European Court of Human Rights Condemns Romania and Lithuania for CIA “Black Sites” Where Abu Zubaydah and Abd Al-Rahim Al-Nashiri Were Tortured 10016 NOT CLEARED BY PRB (Oct 2016) Zubaydah, Abu (Palestine-Saudi Arabia) Chapters 13, 16, 20, also see The Insignificance and Insanity of Abu Zubyadah: Ex-Guantánamo Prisoner Confirms FBI’s Doubts, Waterboarding: two questions for Michael Hayden about three “high-value” detainees now in Guantánamo, Guantánamo trials: critical judge sacked, British torture victim charged, Secret Prison on Diego Garcia Confirmed, Lost in Guantánamo: The Faisalabad 16, The Ten Lies of Dick Cheney (Part Two), Abu Zubaydah: The Futility Of Torture and A Trail of Broken Lives, Ten Terrible Truths About The CIA Torture Memos (Part One), Who Authorized The Torture of Abu Zubaydah?, CIA Torture Began In Afghanistan 8 Months Before DoJ Approval, Even In Cheney’s Bleak World, The Al-Qaeda-Iraq Torture Story Is A New Low, The Logic of the 9/11 Trials, The Madness of the Military Commissions, UK Judges Compare Binyam Mohamed’s Torture To That Of Abu Zubaydah, UN Secret Detention Report Asks, “Where Are The CIA Ghost Prisoners?”, What Torture Is, and Why It’s Illegal and Not “Poor Judgment”, Abu Zubaydah’s Torture Diary, Abu Zubaydah: Tortured for Nothing, Judge Orders Release from Guantánamo of Russian Caught in Abu Zubaydah’s Web, Why is a Yemeni Student in Guantánamo, Cleared on Three Occasions, Still Imprisoned?, New Report Reveals How Bush Torture Program Involved Human Experimentation, UN Secret Detention Report (Part One): The CIA’s “High-Value Detainee” Program and Secret Prisons, Abu Zubaydah and the Case Against Torture Architect James Mitchell, The Torture of Abu Zubaydah: The Complaint Filed Against James Mitchell for Ethical Violations, How Jay Bybee Has Approved the Prosecution of CIA Operatives for Torture, In Abu Zubaydah’s Case, Court Relies on Propaganda and Lies, Guantánamo and Habeas Corpus: Prisoners Win 3 out of 4 Cases, But Lose 5 out of 6 in Court of Appeals (Part Two), New Evidence About Prisoners Held in Secret CIA Prisons in Poland and Romania, Will Poland’s Former Leaders Face War Crimes Charges for Hosting Secret CIA Prison?, Bin Laden Cook Expected to Serve Two More Years at Guantánamo – And Some Thoughts on the Remaining Sudanese Prisoners, No Appetite for Prosecution: In Memoir, Bush Admits He Authorized the Use of Torture, But No One Cares, On Bush’s Waterboarding Claims, UK Media Loses Its Moral Compass, Algerian in Guantánamo Loses Habeas Petition for Being in a Guest House with Abu Zubaydah, Former CIA “Ghost Prisoner” Abu Zubaydah Recognized as “Victim” in Polish Probe of Secret Prison, Announcing the Polish Tour of “Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo” with Moazzam Begg and Andy Worthington, February 1-5, 2011, Bringing Guantánamo to Poland — and Talking About the Secret CIA Torture Prison, Andy Worthington Discusses His Polish Tour of “Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo” and the Secret CIA Torture Prison in Poland on Antiwar Radio, George W. Bush, War Criminal, Is Not Welcome in Europe, Hiding Horrific Tales of Torture: Why The US Government Reached A Plea Deal with Guantánamo Prisoner Noor Uthman Muhammed, The Indictment for Torture Filed Against George W. Bush (Part One: The Facts), The Dark Desires of Bruce Jessen, the Architect of Bush’s Torture Program, As Revealed by His Former Friend and Colleague, WikiLeaks Reveals Secret Guantánamo Files, Exposes Detention Policy as a Construct of Lies, Andy Worthington Discusses the Significance of WikiLeaks’ Guantánamo Files on Democracy Now!, Scaremongers Fail to Undermine WikiLeaks’ Guantánamo Revelations, “High-Value Detainee” Abu Zubaydah Blinded By the Bush Administration, Tyler Cabot’s Important Profile of Guantánamo Prisoner Noor Uthman Muhammed for Esquire, Abu Zubaydah and the Silencing of Guantánamo’s “High-Value Detainees,” as the CIA Censors His Drawings, Video: Close Guantánamo: End Ten Years of Injustice — Andy Worthington and Jason Leopold in Discussion in San Francisco, Ten Years of Torture: On Anniversary of Abu Zubaydah’s Capture, Poland Charges Former Spy Chief Over “Black Site”, US Training Manual Used As Basis for Bush’s Torture Program Is Released by Pentagon, Guest Post: Polish Journalist Discusses the Ongoing Investigation into the CIA’s Torture Prison in Poland, How America Became A Torture Nation, Torture: The Bush Administration on Trial, Why No Trials for Abu Zubaydah and Seven Other “High-Value Detainees” in Guantánamo?, US Government Turns Down Request for Trial by Guantánamo Prisoner and CIA Torture Victim Abu Zubaydah, How A Comment on My Website Led Jason Leopold to Discover the Story of Abu Zubaydah’s Brother, Living in the US, Pentagon Report into the Drugging of Guantánamo Prisoners Is Released, On the 10th Anniversary of Yoo and Bybee’s “Torture Memos,” Col. Morris Davis Reminds Americans About Justice and the Law, Ten Years of Torture: Marking the 10th Anniversary of John Yoo’s “Torture Memos”, US Military Admits Only 2.5 Percent of All Prisoners Ever Held at Guantánamo Will Be Tried, Video: Culture of Impunity – New Online Film Includes Andy Worthington Talking About Guantánamo, Torture and Ibn Al-Shaykh Al-Libi, Third Victim of CIA Torture in Poland Granted Victim Status, as European Court of Human Rights Prepares to Hear Evidence, Penny Lane: What We Learned This Week About Double Agents at Guantánamo, European Court of Human Rights Hears Evidence About CIA Torture Prison in Poland, Radio: Andy Worthington Discusses the European Court of Human Rights’ Hearing About Poland’s CIA Torture Prison on Voice of Russia, Poland and Lithuania Haunted by Their Involvement in Hosting CIA Torture Prisons, A Few Surprises in the New Guantánamo Prisoner List, European Court of Human Rights Delivers Powerful Condemnation of US Torture Program and Poland’s Role Hosting a CIA “Black Site”, Punishment, not apology after CIA torture report (for Al-Jazeera), Why Guantánamo Mustn’t Be Forgotten in the Fallout from the CIA Torture Report, European Court of Human Rights Orders Poland to Pay $262,000 to CIA “Black Site” Prisoners, Incommunicado Forever: The Colossal Injustice of Torture Victim Abu Zubaydah’s Ongoing Imprisonment Without Charge or Trial at Guantánamo, 28 Veterans of US Intelligence Fight Back Against CIA Claims That the Bush Torture Program Was Useful and Necessary, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Truth, Lies and Distortions in the Coverage of Shaker Aamer, Soon to be Freed from Guantánamo, Video: Andy Worthington’s Band The Four Fathers Play “81 Million Dollars” About the US Torture Program, Calling for Bush, Cheney and Others to be Held Accountable, 14 Years Incommunicado: Abu Zubaydah, Guantánamo Prisoner, CIA Torture Victim, and the Al-Qaeda Leader Who Wasn’t, Plea Deals in Federal Court Mooted for Guantánamo Prisoners in Next Year’s National Defense Authorization Act, Alleged Al-Qaida Bomb-Maker Faces Periodic Review Board at Guantánamo, The Man They Don’t Know: Saeed Bakhouche, an Algerian, Faces a Periodic Review Board at Guantánamo, Sufyian Barhoumi, An Extremely Well-Behaved Algerian, Seeks Release from Guantánamo Via Periodic Review Board, The Last Russian in Guantánamo and an Alleged Saudi Bomb-Maker Seek Release Via Periodic Review Boards, Torture Victim Abu Zubaydah, Seen For the First Time in 14 Years, Seeks Release from Guantánamo, No Justice for 14 Tortured “High-Value Detainees” Who Arrived at Guantánamo Ten Years Ago, 15 Years After 9/11, Still Waiting for the Closure of Guantánamo, mentioned in The Messed-Up Trial of the Century: Lawdragon’s Exhaustive Report on the 9/11 Pre-Trial Hearings at Guantánamo, Humanizing a Torture Victim: Abu Zubaydah’s Letters from Guantánamo, Parliament and the People: Two Days of London Events About Guantánamo, Torture and the Military Commissions, Podcast: Andy Worthington Discusses Closing Guantánamo and the Rightward Drift of Politics in the US and the UK with Kevin Gosztola for Shadowproof, 15 Years of Torture: The Unending Agony of Abu Zubaydah, in CIA “Black Sites” and Guantánamo, Convincing the US He Wasn’t Part of Al-Qaeda: Abu Zubaydah’s 2008 and 2009 Declarations Regarding His Torture, Blast from the Past: “Reckoning with Torture,” Video of Andy Worthington, Mimi Kennedy, Ray McGovern and Others in Berkeley in 2010, Abu Zubaydah Waives Immunity to Testify About His Torture in a Military Commission Trial at Guantánamo, Abu Zubaydah Will Not Testify at Guantánamo Military Court Because the US Government Has “Stacked the Deck” Against Him, In Ongoing Court Case, Spotlight On James Mitchell and Bruce Jessen, Architects of the Brutal, Pointless CIA Torture Program, mentioned in Judge Confirms That Trial of James Mitchell and Bruce Jessen, Architects of CIA Torture Program, Will Go Ahead, Detailed Los Angeles Review of Books Article Asks, “What Are We Still Doing in Guantánamo?”, 11 Years After CIA Torture Victims Arrived at Guantánamo, Whistleblowers Joseph Hickman and John Kiriakou on How Torture “Became Legal” After 9/11, As Guantánamo Enters Its 17th Year of Operations, Lawyers Hit Trump with Lawsuit Stating That His Blanket Refusal to Release Anyone Amounts to Arbitrary Detention, In Guantánamo Habeas Corpus Case, Lawyers Insist That Trump’s Stated Intention of Not Releasing Any Prisoners Renders Their Imprisonment “Perpetual” — and Illegal, The Torture Trail of Gina Haspel Makes Her Unsuitable to be Director of the CIA, 16 Years Ago, the US Captured Abu Zubaydah, First Official Victim of the Post-9/11 Torture Program, Still Held at Guantánamo Without Charge or Trial, 16 Years Ago, the US Captured Abu Zubaydah, First Official Victim of the Post-9/11 Torture Program, Still Held at Guantánamo Without Charge or Trial, European Court of Human Rights Condemns Romania and Lithuania for CIA “Black Sites” Where Abu Zubaydah and Abd Al-Rahim Al-Nashiri Were Tortured, Tomorrow, Lawyers Will Argue in Court That Donald Trump’s Guantánamo Policy Is “Arbitrary, Unlawful, and Motivated by Executive Hubris and Anti-Muslim Animus”, 16 Years Since John Yoo and Jay Bybee’s “Torture Memos” Were Issued, Abu Zubaydah Remains in Guantánamo, Silenced and Alone 10017 NOT CLEARED BY PRB (Sep 2016) Al Libi, Abu Faraj (Libya) Chapter 20, also see UN Secret Detention Report (Part One): The CIA’s “High-Value Detainee” Program and Secret Prisons, With Osama bin Laden’s Death, the Time for US Vengeance Is Over, Osama bin Laden’s Death, and the Unjustifiable Defense of Torture and Guantánamo, Why No Trials for Abu Zubaydah and Seven Other “High-Value Detainees” in Guantánamo?, A Few Surprises in the New Guantánamo Prisoner List, Plea Deals in Federal Court Mooted for Guantánamo Prisoners in Next Year’s National Defense Authorization Act, Guantánamo “High-Value Detainee” Abu Faraj Al-Libi Seeks Release Via Periodic Review Board 10018 Al Baluchi, Ammar (Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali) (Pakistan-Kuwait) Chapter 20, also see MILITARY COMMISSION, FEDERAL COURT TRIAL (under Obama), UN Secret Detention Report (Part One): The CIA’s “High-Value Detainee” Program and Secret Prisons, Holder, Obama and the Cowardly Shame of Guantánamo and the 9/11 Trial, The 9/11 Indictment: The Case We Would Have Seen In New York Had A Federal Court Trial Proceeded, The 9/11 Trial Timewarp: It’s February 2008 Again, The Torture Trials at Guantánamo, Chaos at Guantánamo as the 9/11 Trial Begins, The 9/11 Trial: Torturing Justice, On Terrorism, America Has Lost Its Way, US Military Admits Only 2.5 Percent of All Prisoners Ever Held at Guantánamo Will Be Tried, Torture: The Elephant in the Room at Guantánamo’s Military Commissions, The 9/11 Trial at Guantánamo: The Dark Farce Continues, Video: RT America’s One-Hour Special on Guantánamo Featuring Andy Worthington, Joe Hickman, Nancy Hollander and Tom Wilner, No Justice for 14 Tortured “High-Value Detainees” Who Arrived at Guantánamo Ten Years Ago, Not Fit for Purpose: The Ongoing Failure of Guantánamo’s Military Commissions, mentioned in Chief Defense Counsel of Guantánamo’s Military Commissions Calls Them a “Poisoned Chalice,” a Betrayal of the Constitution and the Law, Guantánamo torture victims should be allowed UN visit (for Al-Jazeera), ‘Enshrined Injustice: Guantánamo, Torture and the Military Commissions’ – Nov. 2 London Event with Alka Pradhan, Andy Worthington, Carla Ferstmann, mentioned in The Messed-Up Trial of the Century: Lawdragon’s Exhaustive Report on the 9/11 Pre-Trial Hearings at Guantánamo, Parliament and the People: Two Days of London Events About Guantánamo, Torture and the Military Commissions, Persistent Dehumanization at Guantánamo: US Claims It Owns Prisoners’ Art, Just As It Claims to Own Their Memories of Torture, Nils Melzer, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Accuses US of Still Using Torture at Guantánamo, Asks to Visit and Meet Prisoners Unsupervised, UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Condemns US Treatment of Ammar Al-Baluchi at Guantánamo, Says All Prisoners Arbitrarily Detained, A Devastating Condemnation of Guantánamo’s Military Commissions by Palestinian-American Journalist P. Leila Barghouty, Ex-Guantánamo Prisoner Discusses Prison Artwork with the BBC, While Lawyers for “High-Value Detainee” Demand His Right to Continue Making Art, included in Really? Trump Lawyer Argues in Court that Guantánamo Prisoners Can Be Held for 100 Years Without Charge or Trial, Guantánamo Judge Bans So-Called “Clean Team” Evidence in 9/11 Trial, Then Resigns (and also see 10011) 10019 NOT CLEARED BY PRB (Oct 2016) Isamuddin, Riduan (Hambali) (Indonesia) Chapter 20, also see Secret Prison on Diego Garcia Confirmed, UN Secret Detention Report (Part One): The CIA’s “High-Value Detainee” Program and Secret Prisons, Why No Trials for Abu Zubaydah and Seven Other “High-Value Detainees” in Guantánamo?, A Few Surprises in the New Guantánamo Prisoner List, Obama Plans to Move 24 Guantánamo Prisoners to US Mainland, Send A Dozen for Trials in Other Countries, Two Malaysian “High-Value Detainees” Seek Release from Guantánamo Via Periodic Review Boards, “High-Value Detainee” Hambali Seeks Release from Guantánamo Via Periodic Review Board, Donald Trump’s Stumbling Efforts to Revive Guantánamo 10020 ACCEPTED MILITARY COMMISSION PLEA DEAL (Feb 2012) Khan, Majid (Pakistan) Chapter 20, also see Guantánamo’s tangled web: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Majid Khan, dubious US convictions, and a dying man, UN Secret Detention Report (Part One): The CIA’s “High-Value Detainee” Program and Secret Prisons, As the Underwear Bomber Receives a Life Sentence in Federal Court, Lawmakers’ Obsession with Military Trials Looks Idiotic, How to Leave Guantánamo: Via a Plea Deal, or In A Coffin, The Torture Trials at Guantánamo, US Military Admits Only 2.5 Percent of All Prisoners Ever Held at Guantánamo Will Be Tried, Penny Lane: What We Learned This Week About Double Agents at Guantánamo, mentioned in Obama Plans to Move 24 Guantánamo Prisoners to US Mainland, Send A Dozen for Trials in Other Countries, The American Lawyer’s Six Guantánamo Bar Profiles: Thomas Wilner, David Remes, Jennifer Cowan, Wells Dixon, David Nevin and Lee Wolosky, Plea Deals in Federal Court Mooted for Guantánamo Prisoners in Next Year’s National Defense Authorization Act, mentioned in Chief Defense Counsel of Guantánamo’s Military Commissions Calls Them a “Poisoned Chalice,” a Betrayal of the Constitution and the Law, Guantánamo’s Military Commissions: More Chaos in the Cases of Abd Al-Rahim Al-Nashiri and Majid Khan, A “Cluster Covfefe”: Guantánamo Prisoner Majid Khan’s Damning Verdict on the Shambolic Military Commissions 10021 NOT CLEARED BY PRB (Sep 2016) Bin Amin, Mohd Farik (Zubair) (Malaysia) Chapter 20, also see Secret Prison on Diego Garcia Confirmed, UN Secret Detention Report (Part One): The CIA’s “High-Value Detainee” Program and Secret Prisons, Why No Trials for Abu Zubaydah and Seven Other “High-Value Detainees” in Guantánamo?, A Few Surprises in the New Guantánamo Prisoner List, Two Malaysian “High-Value Detainees” Seek Release from Guantánamo Via Periodic Review Boards 10022 NOT CLEARED BY PRB (Sep 2016) Bin Lep, Mohammed (Lillie) (Malaysia) Chapter 20, also see Secret Prison on Diego Garcia Confirmed, UN Secret Detention Report (Part One): The CIA’s “High-Value Detainee” Program and Secret Prisons, Why No Trials for Abu Zubaydah and Seven Other “High-Value Detainees” in Guantánamo?, A Few Surprises in the New Guantánamo Prisoner List, Two Malaysian “High-Value Detainees” Seek Release from Guantánamo Via Periodic Review Boards, “High-Value Detainee” Hambali Seeks Release from Guantánamo Via Periodic Review Board 10023 NOT CLEARED BY PRB (Oct 2016) Dourad, Gouled Hassan (Somalia) Chapter 20, also see UN Secret Detention Report (Part One): The CIA’s “High-Value Detainee” Program and Secret Prisons, Why No Trials for Abu Zubaydah and Seven Other “High-Value Detainees” in Guantánamo?, Somali “High-Value Detainee,” Held in CIA Torture Prisons, Seeks Release from Guantánamo via Review Board, mentioned in The Messed-Up Trial of the Century: Lawdragon’s Exhaustive Report on the 9/11 Pre-Trial Hearings at Guantánamo, Guantánamo Lawyers Urge International Criminal Court to Investigate US Torture Program 10024 Mohammed, Khalid Sheikh (Pakistan-Kuwait) Chapters 16, 20, also see MILITARY COMMISSION, Guantánamo’s tangled web: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Majid Khan, dubious US convictions, and a dying man, Jane Mayer on the CIA’s “black sites”, Waterboarding: two questions for Michael Hayden about three “high-value” detainees now in Guantánamo, In a legal otherworld, 9/11 defendants cry torture at Guantánamo, Secret Prison on Diego Garcia Confirmed, Is Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Running the 9/11 Trials?, Is The 9/11 Trial Confession An Al-Qaeda Coup?, The Ten Lies of Dick Cheney (Part One), Chaos and Lies: Why Obama Was Right To Halt The Guantánamo Trials, Ten Terrible Truths About The CIA Torture Memos (Part One), Obama Proposes Swift Execution of Alleged 9/11 Conspirators, First photo of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in Guantánamo, 9/11 Trial At Guantánamo Delayed Again: Can We Have Federal Court Trials Now, Please?, Torture And Futility: Is This The End Of The Military Commissions At Guantánamo?, On Democracy Now! Andy Worthington Discusses the Forthcoming 9/11 Trials and “Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo” (Video), FEDERAL COURT TRIAL (under Obama), UN Secret Detention Report Asks, “Where Are The CIA Ghost Prisoners?”, Republican Witch-hunters Embrace Dictatorship, When Rhetoric Trumps Good Sense: The GOP’s Counter-Productive Call for Military Commissions, UN Secret Detention Report (Part One): The CIA’s “High-Value Detainee” Program and Secret Prisons, How Jay Bybee Has Approved the Prosecution of CIA Operatives for Torture, New Evidence About Prisoners Held in Secret CIA Prisons in Poland and Romania, Obama’s Hollow Guantánamo Apology, No Appetite for Prosecution: In Memoir, Bush Admits He Authorized the Use of Torture, But No One Cares, On Bush’s Waterboarding Claims, UK Media Loses Its Moral Compass, On Guantánamo, Obama Hits Rock Bottom, Guantánamo: A Dismal Week for America, Guantánamo Prisoners Sacrificed in Political Horse-Trading, With Indefinite Detention and Transfer Bans, Obama and the Senate Plumb New Depths on Guantánamo, The Political Prisoners of Guantánamo, Guantánamo and the Military Commissions: Revolution Interview with Andy Worthington, The Indictment for Torture Filed Against George W. Bush (Part One: The Facts), Holder, Obama and the Cowardly Shame of Guantánamo and the 9/11 Trial, The 9/11 Indictment: The Case We Would Have Seen In New York Had A Federal Court Trial Proceeded, Andy Worthington Discusses Guantánamo and the Failure of US Justice Under Obama with Peter B. Collins, The New Yorker’s Hendrik Hertzberg Criticizes Obama for Failure to Close Guantánamo, or to Call for Accountability for Torture, With Osama bin Laden’s Death, the Time for US Vengeance Is Over, Osama bin Laden’s Death, and the Unjustifiable Defense of Torture and Guantánamo, New York Times Attempts to Stifle Torture Debate It Helped Spark in the Wake of Osama bin Laden’s Death, Col. Morris Davis Discusses Guantánamo, Torture and Intelligence in the Wake of the Latest WikiLeaks Revelations, The 9/11 Trial Timewarp: It’s February 2008 Again, The Torture Trials at Guantánamo, Torture: The Bush Administration on Trial, On 25th Anniversary of UN Convention Against Torture, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s Lawyers Submit Case to Rapporteur, Eleven Years After 9/11, Guantánamo Is A Political Prison, The 9/11 Trial: Torturing Justice, On Terrorism, America Has Lost Its Way, Revolution Interview: Andy Worthington Discusses the Guantánamo Hunger Strike and the Prison’s Horrendous History, US Military Admits Only 2.5 Percent of All Prisoners Ever Held at Guantánamo Will Be Tried, At Guantanamo, a microcosm of the surveillance state, Torture: The Elephant in the Room at Guantánamo’s Military Commissions, Penny Lane: What We Learned This Week About Double Agents at Guantánamo, Poland and Lithuania Haunted by Their Involvement in Hosting CIA Torture Prisons, From Guantánamo, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s Declaration in the New York Trial of Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, Sulaiman Abu Ghaith’s Unexpected Testimony in New York Terrorism Trial, mentioned in The Rule of Law Oral History Project: How the Guantánamo Prisoners Have Been Failed by All Three Branches of the US Government, The 9/11 Trial at Guantánamo: The Dark Farce Continues, Punishment, not apology after CIA torture report (for Al-Jazeera), Why Guantánamo Mustn’t Be Forgotten in the Fallout from the CIA Torture Report, mentioned in “America’s Shame,” Rolling Stone’s Detailed – and Damning – Article About Guantánamo, mentioned in Saifullah Paracha, Pakistani Businessman and “Very Compliant” Prisoner, Faces Guantánamo Review Board, The American Lawyer’s Six Guantánamo Bar Profiles: Thomas Wilner, David Remes, Jennifer Cowan, Wells Dixon, David Nevin and Lee Wolosky, mentioned in For Review Board, Revelations That Tortured Guantánamo Prisoner Mohammed Al-Qahtani Was Profoundly Mentally Ill Before Capture, No Justice for 14 Tortured “High-Value Detainees” Who Arrived at Guantánamo Ten Years Ago, The Messed-Up Trial of the Century: Lawdragon’s Exhaustive Report on the 9/11 Pre-Trial Hearings at Guantánamo, mentioned in 11 Years After CIA Torture Victims Arrived at Guantánamo, Whistleblowers Joseph Hickman and John Kiriakou on How Torture “Became Legal” After 9/11, Calling for the Closure of Guantánamo on the 16th Anniversary of the 9/11 Attacks, A Devastating Condemnation of Guantánamo’s Military Commissions by Palestinian-American Journalist P. Leila Barghouty, Guantánamo Judge Bans So-Called “Clean Team” Evidence in 9/11 Trial, Then Resigns The last arrivals (Mar 2007-Mar 2008) 10025 NOT CLEARED BY PRB (June 2016) Malik, Mohammed Abdul (Mohammed Abdulmalik, Mohammed Abdul Malik Bajabu) (Kenya) Chapter 20, also see Myopic Pentagon Keeps Filling Guantánamo, mentioned in “It’s Going to End in Men Dying”: Carlos Warner, Guantánamo Attorney, Discusses the Hunger Strike, Sole Kenyan at Guantánamo, Seized in 2007, Seeks Release Via Periodic Review Board, As Guantánamo Enters Its 17th Year of Operations, Lawyers Hit Trump with Lawsuit Stating That His Blanket Refusal to Release Anyone Amounts to Arbitrary Detention, In Guantánamo Habeas Corpus Case, Lawyers Insist That Trump’s Stated Intention of Not Releasing Any Prisoners Renders Their Imprisonment “Perpetual” — and Illegal, Tomorrow, Lawyers Will Argue in Court That Donald Trump’s Guantánamo Policy Is “Arbitrary, Unlawful, and Motivated by Executive Hubris and Anti-Muslim Animus”, Really? Trump Lawyer Argues in Court that Guantánamo Prisoners Can Be Held for 100 Years Without Charge or Trial 10026 Al Iraqi, Abd Al Hadi (Nashwan al-Tamir) (Iraq) Myopic Pentagon Keeps Filling Guantánamo, UN Secret Detention Report (Part One): The CIA’s “High-Value Detainee” Program and Secret Prisons, WikiLeaks and the 14 Missing Guantánamo Files, Why No Trials for Abu Zubaydah and Seven Other “High-Value Detainees” in Guantánamo?, US Military Admits Only 2.5 Percent of All Prisoners Ever Held at Guantánamo Will Be Tried, A Few Surprises in the New Guantánamo Prisoner List, The Chaotic History of Guantánamo’s Military Commissions, More Farcical Proceedings at the Military Commissions in Guantánamo, “America’s Shame,” Rolling Stone’s Detailed – and Damning – Article About Guantánamo, Ahmed Al-Darbi: Still Held, the Guantánamo Prisoner Who Was Supposed to Have Been Sent Home Two Weeks Ago 10027 RELEASED DEC 2009 Arale, Abdullahi Sudi (Ismail Mahmoud Muhammad) (Somalia) Myopic Pentagon Keeps Filling Guantánamo 3148 NOT CLEARED BY PRB (April 2017), NOT CLEARED BY PRB (Jul 2016) Al Afghani, Haroon (Haroon Gul) (Afghanistan) Myopic Pentagon Keeps Filling Guantánamo, Who Are the Remaining Prisoners in Guantánamo? Part Eight: Captured in Afghanistan (2002-07), US in Talks to Return the 17 Afghan Prisoners in Guantánamo, Close Guantánamo, Free the Afghans, A Few Surprises in the New Guantánamo Prisoner List, Afghan Held at Guantánamo Since 2007, But Never Heard From Before, Seeks Release Via Periodic Peview Board, It’s Groundhog Day: Lawyer Clive Stafford Smith Reports from Guantánamo After 70 Days of Trump’s Presidency, Under Trump, Periodic Review Boards Continue at Guantánamo, But At A Glacial Pace, Trapped in Guantánamo: Haroon Gul, a Case of Mistaken Identity Silenced By Donald Trump, No Escape from Guantánamo: An Update on the Periodic Review Boards (Note: His ISN number is from Bagram, but he was not given a new number in Guantánamo). 10028 DIED IN GUANTANAMO MAY 2011 Inayatullah (Hajji Nassim) (Afghanistan) Myopic Pentagon Keeps Filling Guantánamo, Who Are the Remaining Prisoners in Guantánamo? Part Eight: Captured in Afghanistan (2002-07), Guantánamo Suicide Was Severely Mentally Ill, And Was A Case of Mistaken Identity, WikiLeaks and the 14 Missing Guantánamo Files, Were Two Prisoners Killed at Guantánamo in 2007 and 2009?, Remembering the Season of Death at Guantánamo, Remembering Guantánamo’s Dead, mentioned in Remembering Guantánamo’s Dead, 12 Years After the Three Notorious Alleged Suicides of June 2006 10029 NOT CLEARED BY PRB (Sep 2016) Rahim, Muhammad (Afghanistan) UN Secret Detention Report (Part One): The CIA’s “High-Value Detainee” Program and Secret Prisons, Who Are the Remaining Prisoners in Guantánamo? Part Eight: Captured in Afghanistan (2002-07), WikiLeaks and the 14 Missing Guantánamo Files, Why No Trials for Abu Zubaydah and Seven Other “High-Value Detainees” in Guantánamo?, US in Talks to Return the 17 Afghan Prisoners in Guantánamo, mentioned in “It’s Going to End in Men Dying”: Carlos Warner, Guantánamo Attorney, Discusses the Hunger Strike, also see Close Guantánamo, Free the Afghans, “America’s Shame,” Rolling Stone’s Detailed – and Damning – Article About Guantánamo, The Last Prisoner to Arrive at Guantánamo, an Afghan Fascinated with US Culture, Asks Review Board to Approve His Release, US Military Lawyer Submits Petition to Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on Behalf of Mohammad Rahim, CIA Torture Victim Held at Guantánamo, mentioned in At Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Former Guantánamo Prisoner Djamel Ameziane Asks US to Apologize, and Calls for Prison’s Closure For more, see Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 and Part 5. Andy Worthington is a freelance investigative journalist, activist, author, photographer, film-maker and singer-songwriter (the lead singer and main songwriter for the London-based band The Four Fathers, whose debut album ‘Love and War’ and EP ‘Fighting Injustice’ are available here to download or on CD via Bandcamp). He is the co-founder of the Close Guantánamo campaign (and the Countdown to Close Guantánamo initiative, launched in January 2016), the co-director of We Stand With Shaker, which called for the release from Guantánamo of Shaker Aamer, the last British resident in the prison (finally freed on October 30, 2015), and the author of The Guantánamo Files: The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America’s Illegal Prison (published by Pluto Press, distributed by the University of Chicago Press in the US, and available from Amazon, including a Kindle edition — click on the following for the US and the UK) and of two other books: Stonehenge: Celebration and Subversion and The Battle of the Beanfield. He is also the co-director (with Polly Nash) of the documentary film, “Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo” (available on DVD here — or here for the US). To receive new articles in your inbox, please subscribe to Andy’s RSS feed — and he can also be found on Facebook (and here), Twitter, Flickr and YouTube. Also see the six-part definitive Guantánamo prisoner list, and The Complete Guantánamo Files, an ongoing, 70-part, million-word series drawing on files released by WikiLeaks in April 2011. Also see the definitive Guantánamo habeas list, the full military commissions list, and the chronological list of all Andy’s articles. Please also consider joining the Close Guantánamo campaign, and, if you appreciate Andy’s work, feel free to make a donation.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3823
__label__cc	0.593825	0.406175	Didi Chuxing promises new safety features after passenger was murdered Mark Leo May 17, 2018 0 0 23 views A 21-year old flight attendant was murdered last week in the central province of Henan has given Didi Chuxing a knee-jerk reaction when it comes to passenger safety in ride-hailing and sharing services. The victim was a passenger using the “Hitch” service, a car-pooling offering which pairs drivers and passengers going in the same direction. The suspect had used his father’s Hitch account at the time of the ride which Didi Chuxing says is a clear violation of their terms and services. Ride-hailing companies have been implementing safety measures and one such from Didi is facial recognition which drivers are meant to authenticate against their account before each ride. For this case, the security prompt did not occur. As such, Didi Chuxing has suspended Hitch services for a week to allow for investigations to occur as well as internal reviews. New features promising emergency contact calls to Didi as well as emergency services will be added to the app. Another feature is to allow opt-in measures for the company to audio record the entire ride is being reviewed with customers to ensure that it doesn’t break any data privacy controls. With the emergence of more and more ride sharing and hailing services, continue to be vigilant and have the necessary emergency contact numbers available. Don’t get into rides especially if the person does not match the profile picture of the driver as well. Stay safe everyone! Mark Leo Tags Car Pooling Didi Chuxing Killed Murder Ride Hailing Safety Measures Safety protocol Volvo to ditch diesel variants for their upcoming S60 model The BMW M5 Competition is bonkers! Go-Jek extends services to all of Singapore Toyota develops “Total-care Service” Designed for Ride-hailing Companies Mark Leo December 26, 2018 BMW Group extends mobility service offer in China by launching a Ride-Hailing business based in Chengdu Uber aims to make personalised ride recommendation Microsoft invests into Grab for strategic partnerships Uber’s new feature lets you switch between personal and business rides Grab is moving towards new electric vehicles London also wants to cap ride hailing licenses	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3829
__label__cc	0.61014	0.38986	3LCD XGA Projector, 3300 Lumens Model: VS260 Impress your audience and own the room with the portable VS260 projector, offering 3,300 lumens of color and white brightness to deliver crisp, detailed presentations, spreadsheets and videos – even i Epson PowerLite L610U Laser Projector Wins Gold in Network Product Guide’s 2019 IT World Awards Epson, the number-one selling projector brand worldwide(1), today announced its PowerLite® L610U is a Gold winner in the Network Product Guide’s 2019 IT World Awards in the “Video Solutions and Video Conferencing” category. The PowerLite L610U is a compact, affordable laser projector delivering powerful performance for education and business applications. “We are honored to be recognized with a Gold IT World Award,” said Remi Del Mar, senior product manager, Epson America, Inc. “This latest award win further underscores the value of the PowerLite L laser projectors series that deliver a compact, affordable solution with powerful performance for vibrant, bright images in well-lit rooms. These projectors offer versatility, convenience and portability for easy installation in educational institutions, corporate spaces and houses of worship with high ambient lighting.” The PowerLite L610U delivers bright, vivid images with 6,000 lumens of color and white brightness (2). The wireless projector also offers WUXGA resolution and Full HD support. Featuring breakthrough laser technology, it delivers a laser light source of up to 20,000 hours (3). And, it offers virtually maintenance-free operation with no lamps. Plus, it features a Dynamic contrast ratio of up to 2,500,000:1. It also includes manual lens shift, wireless networking with enterprise-level security, Miracast®, and advanced installation features such as HDBaseT. Now in its 14th year, the IT World Awards are the IT industry’s premier excellence awards program honoring achievements in every facet of the information technology industry. An annual achievements and recognition awards program with active participation from a broad spectrum of industry voices, the coveted annual IT World Awards recognition program encompasses the world’s best in organizational performance, products and services, hot technologies, executives and management teams, successful deployments, product management and engineering, customer satisfaction, and public relations in every area of information technology. Judges from a broad spectrum of industry voices from around the world participated and their average scores determined the 2019 award winners. Winners will be honored in San Francisco on Monday, Oct. 28, 2019 during the annual SVUS Red Carpet Awards Ceremony Dinner attended by the finalists, winners, judges, and industry peers. About NPG’s IT World Awards As industry’s leading technology research and advisory publication, Network Products Guide plays a vital role in keeping decision makers and end-users informed of the choices they can make in all areas of information technology. The Annual IT World Awards is part of the SVUS Awards®recognition program from Silicon Valley in the United States of America which also includes other programs such as CEO World Awards, Consumer World Awards, Customer Sales and Service World Awards, Golden Bridge Awards, Globee Awards, Info Security PG’s Global Excellence Awards, Pillar World Awards, PR World Awards, and Women World Awards. To learn more, visit www.networkproductsguide.com. 1 Epson is the #1 projector brand worldwide and in the U.S. according to most recent quarterly data from PMA, a leading high-tech market research and publishing firm specializing in the display market 2 Color brightness (color light output) and white brightness (white light output) will vary depending on usage conditions. Color light output measured in accordance with IDMS 15.4; white light output measured in accordance with ISO 21118. 3 No required maintenance for the light source up to 20,000 hours. Approximate time until brightness decreases 50% from first usage. Measured by acceleration test assuming use of 0.04 - 0.20 mg/m3 of particulate matter. Time varies depending on usage conditions and environment. Replacement of parts other than the light source may be required in a shorter period. The projector has a standard limited warranty of 3 years.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3830
__label__cc	0.655235	0.344765	WPT renames its Trophy to Mike Sexton WPT Champions Cup Tags: Mike Sexton, World Poker Tour, WPT. Posted on 28 July 2020 by "T". The World Poker Tour has renamed the WPT Champions Cup, their main tour trophy, after long-time WPT commentator Mike Sexton. Mike Sexton served as lead commentator for the first 15 seasons, and won the WPT title himself in Montreal in 2016. The trophy, which bears the names of every WPT main tour winner etched on the base, shall now be called the "Mike Sexton WPT Champions Cup". This is the newest big achievement for one of poker's most successful careers. As a player, Mike won a WSOP bracelet in 1989, dominated the WPT Montreal in 2016, was a regular in the high-stakes poker scene, and in 2009 he was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame. He accomplished most of these while serving as the lead commentator for WPT and was the voice of poker for an entire generation of poker fans. Along with his co-host Vince Van Patten, Mike was on the mic for almost every WPT event from 2002 until he left the booth in May 2017. He has served as the Chairman of partypoker from that time onwards. An Incredible Honor Here's what Mike Sexton said when he learned about the renamed WPT Champions Cup. "I never thought anything in poker could ever exceed being inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame but this week, I was proven wrong. The World Poker Tour contacted me and wanted to re-name the WPT Champions Cup the "Mike Sexton WPT Champions Cup". To me, this is the highest honor I could ever receive in poker. "Thank you" WPT for this truly incredible recognition. The Champions Cup is the hallmark trophy that travels the world to every WPT Main Event. Every WPT Main Event champion has his name permanently engraved on it. And once you win a WPT title, you get perks at every WPT main tour stop and you're eligible to play in the WPT Tournament of Champions for life. I really do love how the WPT reveres its champions. My career, my life, and most of my success came from a dream I had over 25 years ago. That dream was to create the greatest event in poker - not a tournament you could buy your way in like every other tournament in the world, but one you had to earn your way in by winning a tournament anywhere in the world with a buy-in of $200 or more. (I patterned it after the TOC of golf where you have to win a PGA Tour event during that calendar year to play in the TOC of Golf.) It wasn't easy. I had a tough time landing a casino partner. I went to six mega casino's who all turned me down before I landed the TOC of Poker at The Orleans casino in Las Vegas. That turned out to be a fantastic location. I then traveled around the world in hopes to get foreigners to play. Because of my dream, a friend gave me a plaque I still have on my office wall that reads, "Those who achieve SUCCESS are those that take a DREAM and make it come true." That was my dream and fortunately, it came true. It also led me to MUCH bigger things. Rather than just play NLH like every other championship event in the world, I wanted the TOC of Poker to be a multi-game championship against all champions to determine the ultimate champion. My event would be a combination of Limit Hold'em, Limit Omaha 8 or Better, and Limit Seven Card Stud all the way down to the final three tables and then it was strictly NLH until we crowned a champion. (Remember, this was before the WPT and NLH wasn't played in any casino's on a regular basis. It was all limit poker.) Many players thought I was nuts to play the multi-game format but I was confident that if players qualified, they would learn the other games and play. I was right about that. Although it doesn't seem like many entries by today's standards, my first TOC in 1999 had 664 entries (with David Chiu the winner) but just two months earlier, the main event at the WSOP had only 393 entries. For my TOC, I created an International Trophy for the country with the best results. "Congrats" to France and the Aviation Club (Bruno Fitoussi) as they won the International Trophy all three years! I set up a second ballroom with collages of all the great players and banners of participating casino's as well as a dance floor with live music every night. (Hey, it was my tournament and I liked to dance.) Players marched into the ballroom with their country's players waving their flags just like the Olympic games. It really was special. I'm sure I'm prejudice, but I still believe the TOC of Poker was the greatest EVENT in poker history. The problem was I could never make money with it so after three years, I had to stop putting it on. That event, though, The Tournament of Champions of Poker, led me to my jobs with partypoker and the World Poker Tour. And truthfully, I felt so blessed as I had the best two jobs in poker; "Poker Domain Expert" with partypoker and commentator on the WPT. The joy of being part of those terrific companies in their infancy and watching them grow to the success they've had is still mind-boggling to me. PartyGaming went public in less than four years for $9 Billion dollars and the WPT literally changed the poker world forever. Steve Lipscomb (founder of WPT), take a bow. And Adam Pliska (CEO), you can take a bow also as you have truly taken the WPT global. And take another one for re-naming the WPT Champions Cup. In 2006, I won the WSOP TOC ($1m) and in 2016 I accomplished another HUGE dream of mine, winning a WPT title. I was especially thrilled to win my WPT event in Montreal (at Playground Poker Club - a partner of partypoker) and to get my name engraved on the WPT Champions Cup. I was equally excited to become eligible to play in the WPT TOC for life. It's for all these reasons and all the TOC connections I've had over my career why I'm so humbled, proud, and honored that the WPT has renamed the WPT Champions Cup, the "Mike Sexton WPT Champions Cup". In my mind, the timing couldn't be better. As you know, we are currently hosting the WPT World Online Championships on partypoker and during this festival (17 July-8 Sept), for the first-time ever, we are hosting twelve Championship events with huge guarantees where the winner will win mega bucks, FIVE of which will win the beautiful Baccarat crystal, a Hublot watch, get a $15k entry into the WPT TOC, and get his name engraved on the "Mike Sexton WPT Champions Cup"! Here's some good news: All NLH Championship events are single re-entry with two starting flights and real names will be displayed. Four of the Championship events are $3k (+200) buy-in with a $3m guaranteed prize pool and the main event is a $10k (+$300) buy-in with a $10m gtd prize pool! The best part is that there are mega satellites for all bankrolls and giveaways so everyone can have a shot to play in these incredible WPT Championship events. Go to partypoker.com to check out the schedule. I can't wait to speak to the FIVE winners who get their name inscribed on the "Mike Sexton WPT Champions Cup". Winning a WPT title truly is a dream come true. Good luck players!" https://problog.partypoker.com/2020/07/mike-sexton-an-incredible-honor.html https://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/25175-wpt-names-champions-cup-trophy-after-poker-hall-of-famer-mike-sexton Daniel Smyth Turns $33 into $428,391 at WPTWOC Event Natural8 Hosts WPT Asia Online Series this October WPT World Online Championships Satellites Launched on partypoker WPT Barcelona: A winner has been crowned Win Your Way to a $2M Gtd WPT Montreal Main Event Seat for only 1 Cent! 12 comments on "WPT renames its Trophy to Mike Sexton WPT Champions Cup" I dont understand this change and why they need to to this!yes,he is legend,especially when he was commentator,but to make something like just because of one title is silly!it will be big honor for him ofcourse,but to have now this name,even he isnt dead,its stupid! CALICUL 28/07/2020 16:16:16 GMT Mike Sexton is fortunate to have the honor of having a huge tournament named after him. He is one of the most successful poker players and definitely deserves some favors or facilities from casinos or many professional rivals. maragatero 28/07/2020 23:25:02 GMT Yes this man was the face of Party Poker for a long time. All the message that I recieved from them were firmed by Mike Sexton and add his photo face. I feel his gace and name like someone really known, but I don´t know anything about him. Here I noticed that he was a champion... yes,he is legend,he played poker,he was commentator,he had shares of party poker,but still this is too much for me and they could wait for something like this!its not like he is dead and that he is gone too early,that they need to give this name to trophy!lot of years are in front of him and somebody else could have his name on this trophy! Life is a game, like this Mike Sexton said and even if he plagiarized or not, these words tell the truth. This man is a poker ambassador just like many others, but his results are good enough to get the name of a big tournament. antonis321 29/07/2020 22:17:45 GMT He really deserves this honor for his achievemrnts for poker and his contribution to familiarise the public and the rest of the world with the poker , with the tournaments and the excitement of participating in them , his contribution also to WPT and Partypoker he has won one of these titles , he has proven he is a very good player and a fan of this game , he really loves it , so he deserves this honor Congratulations to him but isnt strange for all of you that somebody who is chairman of party poker,that he get title like this and to have his name on it?its same that you are chairman of some company and you give name of something by you!its not south korea for god sake!but ok,every member have his opinion!if he is dead or something like that or that he have nothing with party poker,I would understand that,but now just dont! Values are rewarded in most areas and these things should be everywhere. Performers have talent, mind, physical condition, concentration etc ... and for that ( to win 1st place ) they try to make good results. Respect is a beautiful gesture. Awards the same. "Those who achieve SUCCESS are those that take a DREAM and make it come true." ,this is a very nice quote to have in life as a guide , follow it , follow your dreams . He had a dream for sure , he fought to make it a reality , he achived it with the help of some people , he also had success on the felt , now he is honoured with this recognition by WPT for everything he has done in relation to poker . He deserves it In a few years there will be many tournaments, that will have the names of professional players who have died or are alive. As a sign of gratitude this will happen and it is something good, because as a comparison in other sports the resorts are named after great athletes / footballers etc... He was the one to have the idea of such kind of a tournament , where you wouldn't get your seat with a direct biu on , but with a victory in a WPT event you are qualified for it gfor all your life . It's his idea , he deserves this trophy to be named after him , what more fair than this , besides anything else (like his contribution to the poker worldwide or his personal achievements on the poker games ) I think he also contributed to advertising... in this field called poker, because he is an American professional commentator and there he learned many strategies from professional players. This tournament deserves its name but it is normal for other famous gamblers to receive same in other games.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3841
__label__cc	0.719893	0.280107	Home » Jabil Is Bullish on 3D Metal Printing Jabil Is Bullish on 3D Metal Printing KEYWORDS additive manufacturing / contract manufacturing / Jabil Jabil Inc., a U.S.-based global manufacturing services company with electronics design, supply chain, production and product management capabilities, is investing heavily in additive manufacturing. The technology enables the $18 billion company to speed time to market and cost-effectively produce a wide variety of low-volume products. ASSEMBLY recently asked John Dulchinos, vice president of digital manufacturing at Jabil, to explain the pros and cons of printing with metal. ASSEMBLY: What is the biggest difference between printing parts with metal vs. plastic? Dulchinos: The cost of metal additive manufacturing machines and the amount of post-processing is much more extensive than what is required to produce end-use plastic parts. Metal also is much harder to work with generally and usually requires capital equipment, such as EDM wire cutters, CNC machines and heat-treating equipment. Today, metal printing often requires destructive and nondestructive testing (including X-ray) to ensure mechanical integrity, quality consistency and durability. Jabil is continuing to make significant investments to refine and enhance 3D printing processing. This includes testing and parts validation, so customers can ramp volume production. In dealing with metal, it’s imperative to complete thorough design-for-additive-manufacturing (DfAM) processes to enhance performance, directly or indirectly, as part of a system enhancement, or to deliver cost-out by combining components. [We] work closely with customers to help them determine feasible economic models. In the future, these models will play increasingly larger roles in determining the scope of upfront costs, including what it will take to enhance performance or improve break-even points based on the ability to combine the production of multiple parts. ASSEMBLY: Is it generally easier or more difficult to print metal parts vs. plastic? Dulchinos: It’s more difficult to produce 3D-printed metal parts, primarily because of existing capital costs of 3DP metal technologies, extensive post processing and expensive metal materials. As a result, current applications for 3D-printed metal parts are mostly relegated to high-end applications. The most prevalent use cases emerging today are in aerospace and healthcare. ASSEMBLY: What is the latest trend in metal additive manufacturing? Dulchinos: Metal additive manufacturing is gaining significant traction in the aerospace industry, which will serve as a useful barometer for other segments, including automotive. The emergence of lower cost technologies, including new technologies that will increase utilization, also will play an important role in removing barriers to market entry. Another trend, which Hewlett-Packard has championed in the plastics realm and Desktop Metal is embracing on the metal front, is the availability of an open materials solution. This approach will enable more widespread applications in the near future. For Jabil, low-cost metal AM is a game changer, as it will empower the company to bring 3D printing to new customer segments that couldn’t be approached previously with existing metal printing technologies. ASSEMBLY: Which metal printing process is the most popular today? Dulchinos: Electron beam melting (EBM) surface finishes don’t have the same quality, as they use larger particle sizes. However, EBM is faster, which can help reduce the amount of machine depreciation for each part. More porous surface finishes make EBM particularly well suited for healthcare applications, especially in dealing with bone implants such as osseointegration. ASSEMBLY: Has the cost of raw materials for metal 3D printing come down in the last 2-3 years? Dulchinos: The cost of materials is coming down as increased demand drives purchases of larger buying batches. Prices are still exorbitant, however, which means there must be continued cost reductions in coming years for 3D metal printing to gain significant traction. The current high cost is driven by expensive processes to produce very spherical powders and relatively low demand when compared to other 3D printing technologies. ASSEMBLY: What is the biggest myth or misperception about using metal for additive manufacturing applications? Dulchinos: The biggest myth is that the barriers to entry are so high that it’s cost prohibitive to enter the metal AM market. The latest technology advancements and open materials innovations will make it much easier for companies to develop viable 3D metal printing [applications in the future]. Additionally, the learning curve for 3D metal printing is becoming less steep, thanks to growing institutional knowledge in machine operations, as well as the proliferation of software and DfAM. In addition, metal AM machine manufacturers are gearing up their application engineering capabilities to help customers minimize learning curves. ASSEMBLY: What challenges or issues still need to be addressed before metal printing becomes more popular? Dulchinos: While metal printing needs to evolve further to attain mainstream status, it’s already proving its worth in certain markets, such as aerospace, automotive and healthcare. To lower hurdles for wider acceptance, there must be continued reductions in metal AM costs, leading ultimately to production of lower-cost parts at scale that compete with traditional metal fabrication methods, especially casting and machining. Initially, [we] expect to see metal AM reach break-even points at lower volumes (thousands of parts) before scaling upward to achieve break-even points for tens of thousands of 3D printed metal parts. It will likely take two to three years before the industry achieves those volume levels. The key to greater adoption is the ability to lower the cost per part for metal AM. Unless that occurs, metal AM will remain a niche solution for industrial MRO applications, as that’s one area where the business case is currently compelling. Even with high part costs, metal AM is still more attractive in that arena where the financial return on early investments pays off once you factor in the extremely high capital costs of deploying and maintaining legacy equipment. Still, the promise of metal AM extends beyond industrial MRO and advancements in metal AM. Continued refinements in processing, testing and parts certifications will set the stage for emerging opportunities across a variety of industries. DOD Grant Focuses on 3D Printing Process to Make Complex Hard Metal Parts Daimler Is Bullish on Its Electrified Future 3D Printing With Metal GE Is Building the World's Largest 3D Metal Printer 3D Printing 2E, Understanding Additive Manufacturing Laser Welding of Plastics Automating 3D Printing with Collaborative Robots MAX USA CORP. TOX-Pressotechnik LLC	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3842
__label__wiki	0.749742	0.749742	The Last Remaining Sigma Derby Machine Fans of vintage Vegas, kitsch, and toy pony-based gambling now flock to a casino called The D. 2013 Sigma Derby Tournament. PHROBRO/CC BY-SA 4.0 Sigma derby Las Vegas rejaneoigin (Atlas Obscura User) The D Las Vegas. WTSTOFFS/CC BY-SA 3.0 Instructions for playing Sigma Derby (left); a view of the track (right). BURTCOHEN/PUBLIC DOMAIN; DARYL_MITCHELL/CC BY-SA 2.0 Top Places in Las Vegas The Neon Boneyard Hand of Faith Gold Nugget Once a common sight on casino floors across Las Vegas and beyond, Sigma Derby has become a symbol of Sin City’s fading past and a beloved cult icon in its own right. Low rollers and fans of vintage Vegas, kitsch, and toy pony-based gambling now flock to The D to pay their respects and loose change to the last machine of its kind. The brainchild of the now-defunct Sigma Game Inc., Derby offered a fun new take on the average slot machine experience when it debuted in 1985. Instead of inserting your coins, pulling a lever, and hoping that three symbols aligned, you could wager quarters on mechanical horses, watch them race around a miniature track, and win somewhere between two and 200 times your bet if your combination came in. It soon caught on with gamblers and casinos and flourished well into the 1990s. Caesars had a version with chariots. The Luxor had camels. Although it’s hard to pinpoint the exact date when Sigma Game Inc. stopped producing new models, Derby fans started to notice that machines were disappearing in the early 2000s. As the remaining machines became harder and more costly to maintain, many casinos stopped trying. New, high tech (and higher priced) horse-racing games such as Royal Derby and Fortune Cup have started to appear in their place, but most loyal Derby fans feel these new games lack the charm of the original. Sigma’s story isn’t over just yet, though. The Derby that currently resides at The D, purchased and completely refurbished shortly after the casino opened in 2012, is still going strong. Even though finding parts for the machine—and finding people who know how to work with those parts—is becoming increasingly challenging, The D’s owner, Derek Stevens, remains committed to keeping the ponies running as long as possible. “We’re going to do everything that we possibly can to keep going,” says Stevens, who is also a longtime fan himself. “I love the fact that so many people want to come to the second floor of The D just because they want to get their Sigma Derby fix in. It’s a great attraction to us, so that’s why the game for us is a little bit more than a game.” Unlike almost every other slot machine in casinos, Sigma Derby still runs on coins. So be sure to bring your quarters, or hit up the change machine conveniently located a few feet away. Drinks are complementary—and generally frequent—while you’re playing. Please don’t forget to tip your server. gambling casino races games horses sarahkurchak rejaneoigin 301 Fremont St Evel Pie 'The Mantis' The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget. “Live hard, ride fast, eat pizza” at this joint filled with Evel Knievel memorabilia. Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis. St. Valentine's Day Massacre Wall The bullet-riddled wall from the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, bloodstains enhanced for your viewing pleasure. Wiesbaden Kurhaus Spielbank A historic casino where Dostoyevsky is said to have lost it all on a single spin of the roulette wheel. Stanford Red Barn The world’s first stop-motion film was created on the racetrack outside this building. Offham, England Offham Quintain Horsemen once used this tilting post during jousting practice. Burlington, Ontario Martimas's Grave The racehorse's headstone highlights a forgotten part of the Hendrie Park Gardens' history. Equine Obscura The world's mane places for horsing around. Kerry Wolfe November 27, 2017	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3848
__label__cc	0.65985	0.34015	Speeches and Writings of Abraham Lincoln Di: Abraham Lincoln Letto da: Alan Sklar Durata: 6 ore e 53 min Categorie: Biografie e memorie Abraham Lincoln was undeniably one of the most influential politicians in American history. In this collection of letters, speeches, and other writings by Lincoln, listeners can gain a uniquely intimate perspective on the 16th president of the United States. From personal letters to friends and family to Lincoln's speeches as an Illinois state legislator and a United States Representative, from his first inaugural address to the Emancipation Proclamation and the famous Gettysburg Address, Lincoln addresses such important political issues as slavery and states' rights, and relates his personal views on marriage and depression. Also included are Lincoln's eulogy for Henry Clay, a letter of condolence for one of the Civil War's first casualties, the second inaugural address, Lincoln's last public address, his last written words, and many more. A vital glimpse into the mind of one of America's greatest statesmen, this is a must-listen for anyone interested in Lincoln's life and legacy. Public Domain (P)2011 Tantor Gettysburg Address & Emancipation Proclamation The Gettysburg Address Time to Murder and Create In the Midst of Death The Sins of the Fathers Cosa pensano gli ascoltatori di Speeches and Writings of Abraham Lincoln Recensioni da Audible.com Recensioni da Amazon Più rilevanti Più recenti Tutte le stelle Solo 5 stelle Solo 4 stelle Solo 3 stelle Solo 2 stelle Solo 1 stelle List of Speeches not available Would you try another book from Abraham Lincoln and/or Alan Sklar? I wish there was a list of the speeches and their locations to accompany this selection. I am taking a class on American Politcal Rhetoric and our professor wanted us to listen to the speeches if possible or read them orally ourselves. I wanted to listen to the speeches as I drove to and from work daily but this made it impossible to listen to specific speeches. Includes One Document Not Authenticated One document included in this collection, the speech to the Republican Party at Bloomington, IL, in 1856 has been determined by most scholars to be largely inaccurate as a transcript of Lincoln's actual speech there. Otherwise, this is a good collection. Larry L. Booker LINCOLN LOVERS If you love Lincoln , you'll love this audio. Like everything he wrote and spoke, the narration is excellent! -- Larry L. Booker	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3849
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__label__wiki	0.60045	0.60045	Speak With Our Team SETH BERENZWEIG DECLAN LEONARD TERRENCE M. O’CONNOR STEPHANIE WILSON KRISTIN ZECH JOHN W. POLK CLYDE FINDLEY DAVID DEITCH AMBER ORR SHAKIR HUSSAINI ELIZABETH PAYNE-MADDALENA TOD CASTLEBERRY RACHEL GOODNIGHT JENNY SALCE Addressing Common Government Contracting Issues Eight Rules For A Successful Debriefing Government Contracts Results Business Litigation Results Corporate & Technology Law Internal Human Resources Audits Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Mitigating Risk Privacy Violations Data Breach Notification FAQ Safeguarding Against Wrongful Termination Intellectual Property Results White Collar Defense Results Corporate Defense FAQ Entertainment, Sports & Media Law Rocket Docket Incumbents Competing for Follow-on Contract Should Assume Nothing by Terrence O'Connor \| Apr 22, 2019 \| Government Contracts A recent decision of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) shows that incumbent contractors bidding on a follow-on contract cannot assume that the government’s evaluators will use their personal knowledge of an incumbent’s previous performance and automatically fill in informational blanks an incumbent might leave in its follow-on proposal. Although evaluators can properly use their personal knowledge of an offeror in limited areas like past performance, they cannot assume the incumbent would use a technical approach that is not described in its proposal. After the United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a solicitation for maintenance and repair services, the incumbent, EMCOR Government Services, submitted a proposal that the agency determined to be the best value. Native Energy & Technology, Inc. (NET) protested to GAO arguing that CBP unreasonably credited EMCOR’s higher-priced proposal with strengths that were nowhere to be found in its proposal. One of CBP’s counter-arguments was that its evaluators could rely on their own knowledge of the awardee’s performance of the incumbent contract to assume or infer that the awardee would perform the new contract in the same manner and thereby provide features that CBP evaluated as strengths. GAO disagreed. Agencies must generally evaluate proposals based on material in the proposal. There are a few exceptions. “For example, agency evaluators may reasonably rely on their personal knowledge of an offeror’s past performance in the evaluation of certain matters, such as past performance, experience, or technical acceptability.” But there are limits. Agencies cannot “assume or infer that an offeror will perform a contract using a specific technical approach that is not included in the offeror’s proposal and cite that approach or benefit as a discriminator in favor of award.” Nor can an agency “give incumbent contractors favorable evaluations due solely to their incumbency or the agency’s assumption that an incumbent contractor will inherently perform the contract in a superior manner to a non-incumbent offeror.” In this case, GAO sustained NET’s protest because three strengths on which CBP based its award to EMCOR were “strengths” that CBP “improperly inferred or assumed were part of EMCOR’s technical approach based on the evaluators’ personal knowledge of the awardee’s performance of the incumbent contract.” This decision is just another example of the importance of an offeror’s attention to detail. When it comes to writing a technical proposal, an offeror must spell out its technical approach. If it’s not within the four corners of the document, the agency cannot give an offeror credit for it. Native Energy & Technology, Inc., B-416783, December 13, 2018. Berenzweig Leonard is teaming up with Red Team Consulting for a monthly newsletter featuring upcoming contracts, key protest decisions, events, and more. This post was published in the April 2019 Monthly Insights newsletter. To sign up for Monthly Insights, please click here. Terry O’Connor is a Partner at Berenzweig Leonard. Terry and Stephanie Wilson  lead the firm’s Government Contracts practice. Terry can be reached at  [email protected]. Entertainment, Sports, & Media Law Get Results-Oriented Representation Today! Call our office: 703-760-0402 © 2021 Berenzweig Leonard, LLP. All Rights Reserved.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3858
__label__cc	0.635535	0.364465	Topics Include: Top of Page Best Bookies Best Horses History of the Race FAQ Royal Ascot Betting: The Ultimate Guide The extravagance of Royal Ascot is one of the most defining races of the year, and it remains one of the gems of British racing. This Royal Ascot betting guide will take you through all aspects of the 1-week long event, offering you some of the best sites to bet on, detailed market descriptions, and some interesting facts for you to expand on your knowledge of this prestigious event. Page topics: click to go to your favourite topic! Best bookmakers for the Royal Ascot Check out the best bookies–– Under Over Royal Ascot Betting Markets Win, Each-Way, Show Bet Top Horses Cleonte, Pallasator, Oriental Fox & others Big names Royal Ascot: The Big Names Poet’s Word, Enable Royal Ascot: The History The following sections are stuffed with details on Royal Ascot race week, from history & trivia, to odds levels and bookies bonuses, we’ve got it all. The pace you choose to go at depends on your own personal preferences, whether you want to gallop through the guide by navigating with the menu above, or simply read through at a slow trot, the structure of this article supports both methods. Betting on the Royal Ascot: The Best Operators You may often hear the claim of best odds guaranteed, or, we’re the best for UK & Irish Horse Racing. Both of which are very bold claims, that many of the biggest betting brands present when promoting a horse racing meet. But the reality is there are only a handful of betting operators that have truly mastered the art of offering race markets on the sportsbook. Below you’ll see the five that performed best for specific sportsbook quality on our Royal Ascot bookmakers test. The Top 5 Epsom Derby Sportsbooks Betway Up to £10 20+, 93.58% 5/5 Score Visit Site! Full T&Cs Apply! *New customers only. Min Deposit: £10. First deposit matched up to £10. 1 x wagering at odds of 1.75+ to unlock Free Bet. Debit Card & PayPal deposits only. This offer is valid for 7 days from your new account being registered. Grosvenor Up to x2 ODDS! 17+, 92.64% 4.5/5 Score Visit Site! Full T&Cs Apply! Exclusive to new members. Offer applies to Sport bets only. Maximum total stake is £10. Each way bets are a maximum of £5 each way (£10 total stake). Valid for 60 days after registration. 18+ LV Bet Up to £10 18+, 91.76% 4.5/5 Score Visit Site! Full T&Cs Apply! New players after 30.09.2020 \| Valid on first Sports bet \| Min. dep. £10 req. \| Min. £10 wag. on first bet with min. total odds of 3/4 to qualify \| Bet must be settled \| Bonus Wag. req.1x on min. 2-fold combi bets (min. 1/4 odds each selection) with min. final odds of 4/5 \| Virtual bets and cashed out bets do not qualify \| One-time offer \| Bonuses credited following working day \| 18+ \| begambleaware.org Royal Panda Up to £20 16+, 90.89% 4.5/5 Score Visit Site! Full T&Cs Apply! Please gamble responsibly. 18+ How we Chose the Best Bookmakers for the Royal Ascot We chose Royal Ascot betting sites based off a number of pertinent criteria. Notably we look into detail at how the gambling experience translates both for a new user, and for experienced gamblers at the sportsbook. There are several key factors such as odds levels, bonuses on offer and the availability of key platform extras such as cash out and mobile functionality. But central to all of that, is the four key performance indicators you can see below. 1. A high level of payouts and therefore great profit potential. 2. Fantastic promotions that are solely dedicated to the Royal Ascot. 3. The schedule of the streaming and race coverage. 4. Number of pre-race markets and betting options on the platform. As you can see the important factors greatly determine the overall quality of a betting experience at the sportsbook of any of our chosen operators. But we always strive to be objective, and the following sections will allow you to investigate further into what makes our selection process so central to the success of our readers. There is nothing quite as black and white as the odds level payouts at a a bookmaker, the offerings that bookies provide translate directly to profit in your wallet. You can see how we calculated these levels on our introduction to odds, to understand how the data below is derived. We did the number crunching for you, and you’ll see the crucial values below. Minimum and maximum payouts on the Royal Ascot Grosvenor89.98 - 92.64% Lvbet90.24 - 91.76% Royal Panda88.12 - 90.89% Best Royal Ascot Betting Offers There are a number of reasons for you to get involved with this sporting spectacle, but the Royal Ascot betting offers and the chance of financial glory is what keeps punters enthusiastic and coming back for more. You’ll be pleased to discover that all the sportsbooks we’ve introduced across this page feature some fantastic bonuses for you to get your teeth into. Horse racing is one of the most heart-rate raising sports out there. Punters desperately gaze upon the runners, helplessly urging their selection to move with haste and conquer its rivals. But with the advent of live streaming you can sit in comfort in your own home and witness the races on your computer whilst placing bets. The best sportsbooks offer live streaming in abundance and you’ll have access to plenty of streams from Royal Ascot, or the Grand National. Simply activate the stream by making a small bet of £1.00, or in some cases just £0.50. When it comes to the sport of kings, there is many different angles you can take when entering the sportsbook, and the abundance of betting types and markets is testament to this variety. You can read through the following sections to understand exactly how we determine the best sites for enjoying the horse racing betting at the sportsbook. Royal Ascot Betting Aspects Exotic Bets The Type of Royal Ascot Markets There are a number of different bets you can take when betting on Royal Ascot, there are the straight bets, and the exotic bets. The following sections we will go into more details, but on the surface you can consider these two categories significantly different and separated by what one would consider classic betting, and alternative forms of horse racing gambling. Straight bets are perfect for the new players and those that are new to the sportsbook. But these types of bets are perfectly suited to the casual player, those that don’t consider themselves experts in the sport, and merely just want to experience the thrill of betting on the horses. Great welcome offer High odds levels Good range of markets Full T&Cs Apply! Under the terms of this Promotion, eligible members will receive £30 in free bets at the Site. In order to receive the welcome offer, members must first place a qualifying bet. A qualifying bet is a ‘real money’ stake of at least £10 with odds of 1/2 (1.5) or greater. Bets that are ‘Cashed Out’ do not qualify. First qualifying bet must be placed within 30 days of registration. Please gamble responsibly. 18+ The Win Bet The standard bet of any horse race is the winner bet, this is very prevalent during Royal Ascot. With so many horses involved in the celebrations, it can be sometimes very difficult to successfully pick out a winning horse. But you should know first and foremost that the majority of these winning horses are chosen based on superstitions and not based off a scientific methodical approach. The Place Bet The place bet takes things a step further, and can be used to identify the horses in the field which we believe will simply finish in the top X amount of places. For a larger race such as the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot, this isn’t such a bad strategy, as it allows you a very strong chance of getting a return. But you should be aware that odds are significantly slashed for these low-risk style bets. The Each-Way Bet Perhaps one of the most famous types of bets used by horse racing punters is the famous each-way bet. This bet type is used to back horses that are running in a race with several runners, and you are backing them to win and finish in the top places. With this type of bet actually containing two bets of equal stake, you are set to win both if the horse wins, and if it finishes in the top places defined as the E/W places, you’ll win at odds of ¼ of the starting price for the horse to win. Exotic Bets on the Royal Ascot Then there is the second category of sports bets, these fall into the exotic bets criteria. These types of bets require a substantial knowledge in sportsbooks, and the functional mechanism of horse racing betting. The following paragraphs walk you through some of the most popular types of these bets. The Tricast Bet One of the most difficult types of bets to construct in horse racing is the Tricast. Here you have to predict the horse that will finish in first, second and third. With this comes a huge return value on your stake. So if you’re in the business of longshot betting, then the Tricast is the bet for you. Obviously, this is one that doesn’t come in very often so we wouldn’t recommend betting big, it’s more akin to a big accumulator you would place on the footie. The chances of it coming in are remote, but the rewards are massive and would leave you being a very happy punter. The Forecast Bet Then there is a very similar type of longshot bet, but one that will allow you to make much more objective predictions. This bet is called the forecast bet and allows punters to take a prediction on the first and second-placed horse in the field. This will further your chances of making a big win, but will still give a massive payout if you are able to take on the challenge and land the bet as expected. This is naturally an easier bet, and often times the top-two horse in the field are easily distinguished. To place them correctly, however, remains an entirely different challenge in itself. Superfecta bet Then there is the bet that is quite literally one of the most ambitious bets you can make in horse racing. It is a combination of the above-described bet types, the Superfecta requires you to successfully predict the horses finishing in the top four positions. This is, of course, no easy bet to make, and many punters will make several different Superfecta bets on the same race all with small variations. As with all bets that are unlikely, the stories of big wins will make you famous, however there are ample times you will lose before even coming near getting your predictions right. So be prepared. All you Need to Know about the Royal Ascot Royal Ascot Info Nome: The Royal Ascot Headquarters: Ascot Racecourse Sponsor: QIPCO Website: Royal Ascot Race Type: Steeplechase Prize Money: £7,300,000 Royal Ascot is one of the only sporting events that the Queen of England regularly attends. She makes an appearance on one of the days of Royal Ascot, a weeklong event taking place in the peaceful town of Ascot in Berkshire. The Grandstand is a modern and grandiose venue that is packed with amenities and is equipped to handle guests in VVIP categories all the way down to the standard ticket classes in the paddock. As the Queen arrives, a royal procession takes place, with all the pomp and posturing you’d imagine. The Royal Family have long been associated with horse racing and this is the venue they love to come to. The adoring crowd cheers on and get a glimpse of their majesty. The track is around 4 m and 2 furlongs at its longest length, but races take place on various different distances throughout Royal Ascot week. The course is in superb condition throughout the year and has a high tech irrigation system beneath its grassy turf to displace water should the heavens open during one of the race meets hosted at the racecourse. What’s more, the racecourse has featured in many James Bond films, but instead of a race track, it appeared as an airport! It just goes to show the versatility of the venue. A YouTube Channel of the Royal Ascot Great odds on offer Live streaming available Top Royal Ascot markets All the Info on the Horses of the Royal Ascot There are some very important sections in this review of Royal Ascot, but perhaps none serve a more important feature to the layman than this following section on the most prominent jockeys and heroes of the event over the previous decades. We have compiled some of the most important data from the previous five years so that you can be confident going into the next Royal Ascot week that you have a comprehensive understanding of the important historical aspects. The Past 5 Placed Winners If you’re looking for the most clear and concise overview of the previous winners from this event, then you’ve landed in the right place. Royal Ascot week is one of the best places to spot Frankie Dettori win a race, as he managed to do for the 2018 and 2019 Gold Cup races. Will he do it again in 2020, it would be a fantastic achievement and one that has never before happened in the Gold Cup. Placed finisher for Royal Ascot in the past 5 years 1st (Horse, Trainer) 2nd (Horse, Trainer) 3rd (Horse, Trainer) 2019 Stradivarius, John Gosden Dee Ex Bee, Mark Johnston Master Of Reality, Joseph Patrick 2018 Stradivarius, John Gosden Vazirabad, A De Royer Dupre Torcedor, C O’Donoghue 2017 Big Orange, Michael Bell Order Of St George, Aidan O’Brien B. Harbour Law, L J Mongan 2016 Order of St George, Aidan O’Brien Mizzou, Luca Cumani Sheikhzayedroad, David Simcock 2015 Trip To Paris, Ed Dunlop Kingfisher, Aidan O’Brien Forgotten Rules, Dermot K Weld Who are the Best Trainers? There are of course many great trainers at Royal Ascot, and this is an event that captures some of the pioneers and worlds best horse trainers. With the prize money being so huge at this event, many great trainers target this event for the horses under their hand. John Gosden is one that has enjoyed great success in the past two years and various others such as Aidan O’Brien and Michael Bell deservedly receive a notable mention in this regard. The Best Horses of Royal Ascot There have been so many great horses to run at Royal Ascot over the years. Stradivarius who has won the previous two headline races at Royal Ascot is one of the most notable mentions in this regard. But there have been others, and the Queen herself has witnessed a horse she owns win at the Gold Cup in the past, which is always a cheerful site for all the spectators. Stradivarius was an exceptional runner that flourished under the fast conditions offered at Ascot Racecourse, the swift mare enjoyed glory with Frankie Dettori. Yeats dominated the Gold Cup from 2006 to 2009 and successfully retained the title for 4 consecutive years, rode by 3 different jockeys. Royal Rebel This horse was an outsider that won the Gold Cup in 2001, and then went on to win again in 2002. Rode by Johnny Murtagh. The Royal Ascot is littered with legendary names and horses. Perhaps the most famous is Red Rum, who dominated the race in the 1970’s. Winning in 1973, 1974, and in 1977. Other legends include Manifest who ran an incredible eight races. Others such as jockey Michael Scudamore rode a fantastic 16 consecutive races between 1951-66, winning once. There are many stories and legends and that is the most endearing thing about the race. The Horses with the most Wins The horse that has won the most races at Royal Ascot is indeed Yeats. The young buck has had an exceptional time dominating the field at this event and clocked up 4 career wins at Royal Ascot. A notable second place in this category is Sagaro, the young mare achieved greatness in the 70’s under the ownership of Gerry Oldham. See the table below for further details on the horses that achieved the most successes at Royal Ascot. Horses that have won the most Royal Ascot titles Number of Races Yeats 6 4 Magnier 2005 – 2010 Sagaro 3 3 Gerry Oldham 1975 – 1977 Stradivarius 2 2 Bjorn Nielsen 2017 – 2019 Royal Rebel 5 2 Peter Savill 2001 – 2003 Drum Taps 4 2 Yoshio Asakawa 1993 – 1995 Le Moss 3 2 Carlo d’Alessio 1978 – 1980 Royal Ascot Records There are several notable figures that every enthusiast of Royal Ascot has on the tip of their tongues when discussing the intricate details of the racing. If you want to take your knowledge of Royal Ascot to the next level, then learning about the three great figures below will ensure you can do that. Grundy (Pat Eddery) narrowly beat Bustino (Joe Mercer) Perhaps one of the greatest races ever at Royal Ascot was in 1975 when Grundy narrowly beat Bustino in the King George & Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes. The trainer with the most wins at Royal Ascot is Aidan O’Brien. The legendary trainer has notched up 7 wins in his career training horses. Sue Magnier Sue Magnier is the owner of the most winning horses in the regular field at Ascot. Horses owned, or part owned by Magnier have won 7 times at Ascot. History of the Royal Ascot and Betting Royal Ascot is a horse racing event that is steeped in tradition and culture. If you’re interested in furthering the knowledge you possess on the Royal Ascot horse racing event then the timeline we have constructed below will help you. See the key milestones of the Royal Ascot journey for punters and racing enthusiasts alike. Discover the best bookies for the Royal Ascot Royal Ascot and Bookmakers Sponsorship Due to the intense proximity with sportsbook, Royal Ascot does in fact have a long-standing partnership with Coral. The guys over at Coral even invite some of their biggest spending punters to the race week and serve them a VIP package to enhance the experience and encourage them to make some big bets on the races. Royal Ascot has plenty of sponsorship due to the massive publicity surrounding the day, most notably is the luxury watch brand, Rolex. If you are looking for quality, then our best betting sites we have reviewed is a great place to start on your journey. The sites that you see in our top picks for sportsbooks are sure to give you a safe experience full of value. There are of course many places we wouldn’t recommend betting. For instance, unlicensed and unregulated betting sites should be an immediate red flag in your research phase. Facts and Anecdotes about Betting on the Royal Ascot There are a few anecdotes that we wanted to share with you before concluding this review. You are probably wondering what relationship the Royal Family have with this event, and to claim that this is a primary data in the Queens calendar would not be an underestimation. There are many interesting things going on during Ascot week, and the below sections outline just a few of the key areas of interest for spectators of the sport. The average odds The average odds for Royal Ascot winners throughout the years is a mammoth 20/1. That represents a massive potential win for punters. H.M. the Queen Bookies estimated around £250 million was spent by punters betting on the Royal Ascot in 2019, by no means a small amount! Massive number of punters Lots of people turn out every year to witness the spectacular occasion that is Royal Ascot. It is one of the busiest days in the racing calendar. He will be much better on good ground. He is still very green. It’s hard to judge tactics on this ground. I tried to quicken it up all the way round and always felt that if somebody had come at me, he’d have found a little bit more. Frankie Dettori Now we have come to the end of our review, we hope to have answered all your questions. If not, please read our FAQ below or feel free to send us an email. at info@bestbettingsites.com. Does every site cater to betting on the Epsom Derby? Every site we have featured on this page has dedicated markets for the Derby. They provide in-depth coverage and are the best operators for the race. Can I watch the Epsom Derby live? Yes, you certainly can. Make sure you check beforehand, but most of the sites we have featured here offer a live streaming service for horse racing and the Derby is included in that. Check out our other Races Epsom Derb	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0095.json.gz/line3859

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