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Olympic Flame handed over to China > photo gallery II March 30, 2008
Posted by grhomeboy in Olympic Games.
Tags: Athens, Greece, Olympic Games, Olympic Spirit, Olympic Truce
Greek actress Maria Nafpliotou in the role of the high priestess lights the altar with the Olympic flame at Athen's Panathinaic Stadium, 30 March 2008, during the handover ceremony.
The altar with the Olympic Flame is seen during the handover ceremony of the Olympic Flame to China for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, at the Athens Panathinaic Stadium, 30 March 2008.
The cauldron with the Olympic flame burns as spectators watch at Athens' Panathenaic Stadium on Sunday, March 30, 2008. The flame was handed over to the 2008 Beijing Olympics organizers.
President of the Hellenic Olympic Committee Minos Kyriakou, handed over the Olympic Flame to Beijings's Organizing Committee.
Olympic Flame handed over to China > photo gallery I March 30, 2008
Mayor of Marathonas Spiros Zagaris (left) kindles a torch from the Olympic flame basin during the sixth day of the torch relay of the Beijing Olympic Games in Marathonas of Greece, March 29, 2008.
The altar with the Olympic Flame is seen at the Athens Acropolis, 29 March 2008. More than 2,000 uniformed and undercover police have been deployed in the Greek capital to secure the official handover of the Olympic flame, which arrived on the ancient Acropolis in Athens yesterday, ending the Greek leg of the torch relay before being flown to China.
Entrance to the Athens Panathinaic Stadium, where the first modern Olympic Games were held.
Torchbearer Greek Olympic silver medalist Chrysopygi Devetzi holds the torch with the Olympic Flame at Athens Panathinaic Stadium during the handover ceremony of the Olympic Flame to China for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, 30 March 2008.
Torchbearer Greek Olympic silver medalist Chrysopygi Devetzi holds the torch with the Olympic Flame at Athens Panathinaic Stadium, 30 March 2008.
Olympic Flame handed over to China March 30, 2008
Tags: Ancient Olympia, Athens, Greece, Olympic Games, Olympic Spirit, Olympic Truce
Thousands of spectators gathered in Athens for Sunday's handover ceremony of the Olympic flame to organizers of the Beijing Games.
The Olympic Flame has been officially handed over to Chinese officials. The ceremony took place at the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, amid tight security. It comes as demonstrations continue in numerous countries over China's deadly crackdown on protesters in Tibet. On Saturday EU Foreign Ministers agreed on a joint response. The bloc called for an end to violence and urged China to hold talks on Tibetan cultural and religious rights.
However, the Ministers avoided any mention of the Beijing Olympics or calls for EU countries to boycott the opening ceremony in Beijing. A small group of pro-Tibet activists tried to stop the flame from reaching the stadium but were held back by police. Demonstrations were also held in other parts of Athens.
Thousands of Greek and Chinese spectators cheered as Greek triple jumper Hrysopigi Devetzi carried the torch into the stadium, lined with the flags of both countries.
Greek Presidential Guards and actresses dressed as ancient priestesses looked on.
"It was an emotional experience for me," Devetzi said. "I hope the flame will bring light to all athletes, especially those from Greece and that everything with the Games goes well."
The President of the Hellenic Olympic Committee, Minos Kyriakou, delivered the flame to chief Beijing organizer Liu Qi. The torch later left Athens on a specially equipped Air China flight expected to arrive in Beijing on Monday.
Witnesses say the protesters, waving Tibetan flags and chanting anti-Chinese slogans, were arrested in Athens Sunday while trying to break through police lines to stop a runner carrying the torch from reaching the handover site. Hundreds of Greek police officers were on alert, after sporadic protests last week along the torch relay route from ancient Olympia.
The torch will be flown from Athens to Beijing, where runners will carry it across much of the world in the run-up to the August Summer Games. Pro-Tibetan activists have vowed to shadow the torch on its journey. On one leg of the route, the torch is set to pass through Tibet on its way to Mt. Everest. Human rights groups are demanding a ban on that part of the journey, until Beijing agrees to permit an international investigation of the Tibetan unrest.
More photos from today's ceremony follow shortly. Stay tuned!
First for Cyprus as local site offers music downloads March 30, 2008
Posted by grhomeboy in Games & Gadgets, Media Radio TV, Music Life Greek.
Tags: Cyprus, Greek Music, Media, Music
A digital music service provider for music downloads has teamed up with the Dias Group, one of the biggest media groups in Cyprus.
The new service, www.music.sigmalive.com, offers current and classic Greek music as well as a plethora of genres and categories to satisfy to the most selective fans.
www.Music.sigmalive.com will be the first digital music service designed for Cyprus by mpGreek, offering more than 70,000 Greeks songs available for download.
It will allow users to download music onto their computers from the largest Greek digital catalogue, powered by mpGreek. It has all the features of online previewing, secure payments, digital rights management and full online customer service support.
According to a press release, "mpGreek has simplified the user experience with more features and even more content. Consumers can easily buy music encoded in high audio quality from major and independent record labels. Users can rate the songs they see on sigmalive.com and send an e-dedication email with an audio preview and a small note to any email address."
Prices are 1.10 euro per track. Purchased downloads can be burned onto CDs, transferred to compatible portable devices, and used on up to ten PCs.
"For quite some time, the Cyprus market has been in need of a legal way to download music," said Michael Rizos, mpGreek business development director. "The music industry of Cyprus has been affected by internet piracy and consumers could not buy Greek repertory online. At mpGreek we believe that our collaboration with a group of such prestige and scope as Dias, means that the Greek musical range will be sold with great success at sigmalive.com, a compact and informed portal."
Also commenting was Sillia Vasiliou, Web Manager of Sigma Radio TV Public Ltd. "Sigma Live is the only legal site in Cyprus and the island's first complete internet portal. As our slogan says, it has everything." She said that the internet, "has transformed how we share information. From illegal downloads of music and video to illicit DVDs and counterfeit designer goods, there isn't anything that's not being replicated illegally.
"Internet piracy can be viewed as a method of not paying and those in favour simply see themselves as 'information sharers'. It is a fact that people don't want to pay high legitimate prices, so they often go to pirate sites. On the other hand, iTunes is now the third-largest seller of music in the US reporting worldwide sales exceeding three billion songs. And the growth-rate of digital-music transactions is significant."
Included on the Sigma site is live streaming video and audio, podcasts and much more, giving the user the possibility to legally own the digital Greek music he or she loves.
Visitors to the site can also enjoy continuous news, sport, lifestyle and business updates, as well as interact and express their views. "We position Sigma Live as a one-stop information and entertainment online shop," Vasiliou said.
In at the deep end of light water March 30, 2008
Posted by grhomeboy in Arts Events Cyprus, Arts Exhibitions Cyprus.
Tags: Arts, Cyprus, Events, Exhibitions, Paphos
In Cyprus four Paphos-based British artists exhibit works that centre around the theme of water.
The state of art today is such that it can now be created by amateurs with virtually no study, preparation or training. In galleries and exhibition spaces, the amateur aesthete can now compete on equal terms with the masters.
Paphos, in particular, has experienced a full-on amateur take over and with so many new artists now resident there all busy making so much art in so many different ways, no one can possibly make sense of it all. It seems every village has its own art gallery, though few, if any, display much in the way of art that you could stand to look at for long, nothing displayed is made to sustain you, and rarely are you seduced with work that is turbulent, elusive, bold, exhilarating or recklessly new. This is indeed the land of the bland.
The latest exhibition to hit the Paphos scene is a collection of art that will hopefully draw a clear line between the professional and amateur status. A Paphos-based British quartet have recently created a form of watery symbiosis, as artists Keith Walker, Mary Lynne Stadler, Raymond Wilson and Elizabeth Walker launch an exhibition that takes the theme of water and light. Water has no colour of its own so provides the chance for these artists to express an interesting range of emotions. Also water has no form so it's a technical challenge to describe a convincing physical depth, there's no gravity, which makes for unique underwater poses by the models just because of their weightlessness.
Retired art teacher Keith Walker was the one who set things in motion when, in 2007, he was loaned an underwater digital camera, making it possible for him to at long last capture the play of sunlight through seawater onto the human body. He then translated these underwater photographic images onto canvas, superimposing layers of thin glazes using a mix of acrylic and oils. His work does indeed evoke the wonderful, ever changing dappled sunlight as it swirls and ripples across the surface of the sea onto the contours of submerged swimmers. At the same time he manages to reflect the wonderful feeling of utter weightlessness experienced by the human form when immersed in our clear blue waters. "I had been trying for years to capture this imagery on camera but it's only since I acquired a digital camera I was able to freeze that moment and get that wonderful balance of pattern, light and shadow and then use paint to recreate my own visual interpretation," he said.
Raymond and Elizabeth Walker also acted as the underwater photographic models, and it is Raymond's paintings and interpretations of life under the surface of the water which may prove to be the most unusual, with his work hopefully leaving a lingering thought or two when you exit the venue. He consistently uses a more narrative feel, visual short stories with an underlying psychological tension and the odd hint of psycho sexual nightmares.
Elizabeth uses the medium of photography and the images look eerily akin to a series of preliminary Henry Moore sketches, and I would strongly urge any innovative owners of a night club or cafe bar to swiftly snap up her evocative images then blow them up to use as stunning pieces of photographic wall art.
Mary Lynne Stadler is a talented lithographer and painter. Here she delves deep into a sort of mythological sea world, her vibrant palette fairly pushing the idea that underneath those sun-kissed waves lays a glorious, secret fantasy world.
Those trotting down to the Kyklos Gallery won't be overly confused, won't feel stupid, or intimidated by the art on show, it's as honest as it can be and the four artists presenting their work genuinely believe in what they are doing. After all, who really knows what is or not serious art, what will or will not be taken seriously one day.
Light Water > Exhibition by four artists Keith Walker, Mary Lynne Stadler, Raymond Wilson and Elizabeth Walker. April 5 to 18. Kyklos Gallery, 6 Minoos Street, Kato Paphos, tel 26 936 681. 10am-1pm 4pm-7pm. Closed Saturday pm and Sunday.
Yours sincerely March 30, 2008
Tags: Arts, Cyprus, Events, Exhibitions, Nicosia
An exhibition of works of art collected by one of the island's banks over the last 25 years goes on show in Nicosia, Cyprus.
Laiki Marfin Bank has spent the last 25 years collecting works of art, a selection of which has been included in "Yours Sincerely", an exhibition opening this week. But there is so much on display, so many items, that you might say the exhibition doesn't consist of paintings and sculptures, just things, or, in Foucault's terms, objects.
Foucault used to say that a postmodern artist is one who does not like to be labelled, not even understood really. Once you know what to expect from him, he will change style, just to impress. These artists are secretive and their art is a secret. One of their principles, as Boulez stressed, is to represent what in art is usually only referred to, hidden, unnamed. Metaphors, for example, allegories, or symbols all point to something outside the canvas. In postmodern art there are no such things and there is not an outside.
That is not to say that the contemporary artist does not want to communicate: on the contrary, he wants to be just like the observer, and he wants the observer to be just like him. When the artist sets out to compose his work, he struggles to come to terms with his background, his education, he wants to be a virgin when it comes to inspiration and he does not like anyone to be able to name his predecessors. It is as if he is trading places with the audience and when he displays his work he wants to see the same puzzled eyes, the same effort in understanding, or, rather, shaping the object in front of him, just like a creator shapes his work.
Something has to be said, again, about the hosting of exhibitions at the Nicosia Municipal Art Centre. The spatial disposition is not great and the viewer sometimes struggles to separate one work of art from another. Brown sculptures, such as the interesting "Mother/Life cycle" by Angelos Makrides, are set against a brown background, in this case the polymorphic, Medusa-like painting "Roots" by Andreas Charalambides. Sculptures and objects are set in curious, not always efficient, ways although it must be said that many sculptors seem to have intended their work more as an "alto-rilievo" than as a 360° volume, Koumides' "Folding Screen" is an example.
In general, it is not clear why certain works of art have been put next to one another. It is not chronological, nor chromatic, it has nothing to do with similar art tendencies nor with art schools.
In the first room, after the welcoming room with the candidly ironic "The canticle of the Muses" by Klitsa Antoniou, are many of Theodoulos Gregoriou's creations. This artist shows a consistency in his calm inspiration that has not abandoned him through the years. His paintings look like sculptures and the sculptures are pure pictorial forms.
In the other rooms the works are all of a good level. A work by Umit Inatchi, certainly not one of his best, still sets the standard for the only true and valuable abstract, symbolic work on the island. I cannot stress enough how much Greek and Cypriot artists become original when they go back to their origins. Some of them believe that they need to be European to be modern, au contraire, I find that Yiannacouris' "Archaic figures", a work almost 30 years old now, is more modern, more accomplished than any attempt or wink at cosmopolitan modernity. The puzzling "Where is my head II" by Yioula Hadjigeorghiou sounds, and looks, like a practical joke, not a work of art. Instead, Yiannacouris' double figures, hieratic, old but at the same time modern stand tall and can even display the pleasure of playing with materials, faking the veins of a piece of marble, hinting to the pleats of fabric.
Another good example is Charalambides' "Roots", scary as the Medusa's head in Rubens' famous portrait and narrative like a contemporary short story about the drowning of the past. I would like to conclude with the sarcasm in Angelos Makrides' "White Conspirators" because sarcasm is such an important trait in contemporary art, and something, along with irony, especially self-irony, so absent in Greek-Cypriot art. It is a circular sculpture of black and white pigeon-like objects, the black ones encompassing the white ones. Solitary, outside the circle, an object with wings, the only one with wings, observes the scene. The artist and the observer finally meet and they are one and the same.
Yours Sincerely > Selections from the Marfin Laiki Bank Art Collection. Until April 20. Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre, Old Power House, 19 Apostolou Varnava Street, Nicosia. Wednesday-Saturday 10am-3pm and 5pm-11pm. Sunday 10am-4pm. For information call 22 7974000.
Hellenic parade celebrates Greek independence in San Francisco March 30, 2008
Posted by grhomeboy in Greek Diaspora, Special Features.
Tags: Greece, Greek Diaspora, Greek Independence Day, Greek National Day, Parades
Some celebrants were dressed like heroic Greek freedom fighters from the early 19th century. Others donned the colorful, festive costumes of traditional dancers.
The Hellenic Cultural Parade in downtown San Francisco on Saturday culminated a weeklong celebration of all things Greek, from music to politics, history, philosophy, religion and food.
Led by a contingent of police officers on horseback, the parade drew sparse crowds along Market Street on its way to City Hall, but the revelers' effusive spirit and cultural icons shone through.
"This is our way to remember and celebrate," said George Katsoulis, an Oakland resident who carried the Olympic torch in the ancient Greek city of Argos in 2004. "To commemorate Greek independence day in any way is an honor. The music, the dance, the remembrance of our ancestors." Katsoulis strode up Market Street, holding two symbols of peace, an olive branch in one hand and an unlit Olympic torch from 2004 in the other. Christine Diacou Hay of San Francisco revealed her Greek roots by shouting "Hronia pola!" – or long life, to the torch bearer.
This year's celebration marked the 187th anniversary of Greek independence, dating to when rebels began their fight for independence after centuries of occupation by the Ottoman Empire.
"It was the beginning in Europe of nations waking up to self-determination, freedom, choice and democracy," said Metropolitan Gerasimos, the head of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco. Gerasimos, who leads 175,000 Greek Orthodox faithful in seven Western states, wore a traditional black robe similar to those worn by Greek clergy when the church was suppressed by the Ottomans.
Jim Vorrises, Vice President of the United Hellenic Federation of California, said: "Every year we celebrate the same event, remembering the fight of our forefathers to secure independence and freedom of the Greek nation. Those people had faith in God, faith in themselves and destiny."
This was the 10th annual celebration of its kind in San Francisco, though others said the local tradition of marking Greek independence goes back for decades.
Among the highlights of this year's celebration was a float bearing a replica of the Acropolis, or Sacred rock, of Athens, with four Greek muses in white gowns, smiling and waving to the crowd. Another float featured a mockup of a wooden boat, variously described as the ship sailed by Ulysses.
Near the steps of City Hall, hundreds of spectators were serenaded by a vibrant Greek solo. Dancers in ceremonial costumes from the Island of Crete performed before a reviewing stand filled with dignitaries including Xenia Stefanidou, the Consul General of Greece in San Francisco.
"They feel proud of their ethnicity," said journalist Savas Deligiorgis, who presents a Greek American program on KVTO-AM 1400, a San Francisco radio station, "because they always fight for freedom, democracy and human rights." Ted Giouzelis of San Leandro, who was born in Sparta and raised in Athens, praised people of Greek ancestry as "hospitable, hardworking and lovers of knowledge."


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Crimes and IPC Sections that every woman must know
Author: Sana Shaikh
Condition of women in India:
The life of a woman in India is not an easy one. It has been tyrannical for centuries. Be it the times when kings and queens ruled or the time when democracy emerged. It is heart-wrenching to see half of the population dragging down half of the population and resultantly both sinking down. A woman has to undergo a number of tests and proofs to prove her innocence. This happens usually in a place where patriarchy has been prevalent since the earth was born.
Evidence of Unethical conduct against Women in India:
A classic example comes from the Khap Panchayat. They have recently banned the western clothing of women. They have even passed controversial decisions in which they have asked women to prove their virginity with the use of white handkerchief immediately after the marriage. This incident brought the Indian community to a boil.
This is the Agnipariksha of modern times. We have historical evidence where distorting a woman's dignity was considered a symbol of victory and masculinity. When Draupadi was assaulted in the Dyut Sabha amidst her own people, the goosebumps and pain could hardly be controlled. The pain seems comparatively less when an outsider doubts or questions a woman. But the pain is unbearable for ages when her own loved ones put her through this agony. No wonder the war was imminent to set an example before mankind and womankind what can be the result and at the end the innocent wins.
Crimes against women and Subsequent Sections in IPC:
Acid Attack
Acid Attack is one of the most heinous crimes committed against women. NCRB data says that523 cases were slated in 2018 as compared to 407 in 2016 and 442 in 2017. While the total number of 'registered' cases in a particular year might be on a slight decline but such crimes are heinous no matter the rate of commission. Section 326 (a) in the Indian Penal Code clearly mentions the punishment for acid attacks. The minimum punishment includes imprisonment of 10 years. The punishment is extendable to life imprisonment and a fine.
Rape by Person in Authority
Rape, the biggest fear factor in a girl's life, is a punishable offense under Section 376. The section addresses and punishes various authorities that may commit this crime.
Section 376(2) (a) says thatif a Police officer commits rape, he is liable for the punishment prescribed. Section 376(2) (b) says thatif a Public servant, takes advantage of his official position and commits rape on a woman then he is liable for punishment and imprisonment. Even if he is an official, Indian Law ensures that rule of law is enforced.
Section 376(2)(c) tells that if aperson being on the management or on the staff of a jail, remand home or other places of custody or a woman's/children's institution misuses his official position and commits rape on an inmate of such jail or a remand home or a place or institution is liable for imprisonment.
Section 376(2)(d) says that if a person being on the management or on the staff of a hospital takes advantage of his official position and commits rape on a woman in that hospital is liable for punishment under Indian Law. In this way, the protection is getting covered in multiple scenarios.
Section 376(2) (g) says thatWhen a person or group of persons commit gang rape, it shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall more than ten years and which may be for life and also liable to fine. This crime is unforgivable and irreparable even if laws are existing in IPC.
Prostitution is one of the most widely spread plagues in social systems. It has been addressed under Section 373. A Person purchasing a minor under 18 is punished with 18 years of punishment.
Crimes committed by relatives, in-laws, and husband
Crimes committed by relatives and in-laws form a major portion of harassment to women in India. Under Section 498(A), it is said that husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty, whoever, being the husband or the relative of the husband of a woman, subjects such woman to cruelty shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and shall also be liable to fine.
Dowry Death
Dowry Death is still prevalent in rural parts of India. Section 304B defines dowry death as punished for more than 7 years and may extend to life imprisonment.
Outraging Woman's Modesty
Under Section 354, assaults and uses of criminal force onany woman, with the intention to outrage her modesty, will be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years or fine or both.
In the case of Sexual Harassment, Sexual Harassment includes situations in which a man commits physical contact or advances with unwelcome gestures or makes a demand or requests for sexual favors by showing pornography against the will of a woman or makes sexually colored remarks. Section 354 mentions that such a man will be guilty of committing a crime called Sexual Harassment.
Disrobing a woman
Any man who assaults or uses criminal force on a woman with the intention to get her disrobed is punished with imprisonment of either a term or more than three years also extendable till 7 years and fine. This crime has been covered under Section 354 (B).
When a man watches or captures the image of the woman is engaged in unshareable situationswith insistence and no consent is liable for imprisonment under Section 354 D.
These are just a few of them to mention. But sincerely speaking, no matter of codes and sections can repair the irreversible damage of the victim in emotional and physical terms. These laws are mere efforts to console the damaged soul. What really should be done in bringing about moral change in the shaping of men and their patriarchal mindset. Maybe parenting the right way can be one of the few answers. But mere law cannot suffice. There are other innumerable harassments happening against women. But the important point is that we should spread awareness about the known ones to the entire woman community in any manner possible.
Legal awareness has become more important in current times. Enactment of law is one part but the consciousness of it is the most vital component of the Indian Judiciary System. Let's hope for a better future for women. Merely enactment of laws is a hollow commitment if we are not respecting and protecting them on daily basis.
1) https://indianexpress.com/article/gender/the-humiliating-virginity-tests-for-brides-a-reality-in-indias-kanjarbhat-community-5051712/
2) https://www.shethepeople.tv/news/india-acid-attacks-survivors-data/
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'The Doo Dah Man' sells to Us
by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
ScreenDaily
Exclusive: The Thing Is… has picked up the road movie from director Claude Green.
London based The Thing Is… has agreed a deal for Us rights with Invincible Pictures for the road movie The Doo Dah Man.
Directed by Claude Green, who also co-wrote the script with Jack Ballo, The Doo Dah Man was produced by Suzanne Weinert.
The film pairs a young hitchhiker putting home behind him, played by Will Brittain (Everybody Wants Some!!, Kong: Skull Island) and a con-artist on the run, played by Glenn Morshower (Moneyball, Bloodline).
The Doo Dah Man marks Green's debut as a director, a role he has taken up after a long corporate career in London and Paris.
He enrolled at a film school in the UK (Green was in his 50s) and swiftly went on to co-write the screenplay. His next step was to strike out for the Us, where he teamed up with Suzanne Wienert in Austin
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Q: Trigger if user scrolls with scroll wheel when no scrollbar is present So, I'm trying to create something that's unique and uses absolute positioning. Along with overflow:hidden;, this website wont contain a scrollbar, but I still need to test when the user is using the scroll wheel.

Attempts
Here is a Code Snippet of my problem.

document.getElementById("main").onscroll=function(){
  console.log("scrolled");
  document.getElementById("scrolled").innerHTML="true";
}
#main {
  width:100px;
  height:100px;
  border:1px solid #000;
  overflow:hidden;
}

.object {
  width:100%;
  height:75%;
    background:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);
}

Can't see me.

(The objects inside are expanding, it's just hidden)

Try scrolling (with scroll wheel) in the div, then look below.

Scroll triggered: false

As you can see, no scroll is triggered, that's because there is no scrollbar!  Essentially, I would still like to know if the scroll wheel is being used, I'd also like to know if it's being used upwards or downwards.
What's my goal?
Basically, I want to create this "dynamic scrolling" type framework behind my website.  So, the container is overflow:hidden, but when the scroll wheel is triggered (either up or down) it increments or decrements a varible which is set as top:(variable) in JavaScript.
So all in all, I just want something that detects if the scroll wheel is being used so I can fulfil my dynamic scrolling script.
Things I'm aware of (so you shouldn't mention them to me)
I'm aware that some people have broken scroll wheels, or don't even have one.  So before you mention it.  My solution to that is putting buttons at the bottom (or top) of each slide, which scrolls down or up according.
Other
The solution should be pure javascript, that means no libraries!  Sorry to put you through the struggle, but that's what I need.  The only acception I'll make is if the script is way to long and a library makes it shorter.  Otherwise, no no.
That's all!
Thanks for reading through, and good luck find a solution!  I'll be furiously trying to find a solution as well.  I'll update this post to let you know if I find any information, or require something different.
Feel free to ask questions in the comments.

A: You can try to set the position gradually in reaction on wheel event. This event is fired every time the mouse wheel is scrolled. Event properties deltaX, deltaY, deltaZ contains the size of shift in given direction.
Snippet http://jsfiddle.net/07516utp/ shows sensing of scroll deltas of this event.
document.addEventListener('wheel', onWheel);

function onWheel(event) {
    document.querySelector('#log').innerHTML = 'event: dx=' + event.deltaX + ' dy=' + event.deltaY + ' dz=' + event.deltaZ;
}

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The Sleep Heart Health Study (SHHS) is a multi-center cohort study implemented by the National Heart Lung & Blood Institute to determine the cardiovascular and other consequences of sleep-disordered breathing. It tests whether sleep-related breathing is associated with an increased risk of coronary heart disease, stroke, all cause mortality, and hypertension. In all, 6,441 men and women aged 40 years and older were enrolled between November 1, 1995 and January 31, 1998. During exam cycle 3 (January 2001- June 2003), a second polysomnogram (SHHS-2) was obtained in 3,295 of the participants. Over 130 manuscripts have been published investigating predictors and outcomes of sleep disorders.
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The CHAT is a multi-center, single-blind, randomized, controlled trial designed to test whether after a 7-month observation period, children, ages 5 to 9.9 years, with mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnea randomized to early adenotonsillectomy (eAT) will show greater levels of neurocognitive functioning, specifically in the attention-executive functioning domain, than children randomized to watchful waiting plus supportive care (WWSC). Other outcomes assessed included other indices of neurocognitive functioning (learning and memory, information processing, etc.), physical growth, blood pressure, metabolic profile, symptoms and quality of life. Physiological measures of sleep were assessed at baseline and at 7-months with standardized full polysomnography with central scoring at the Brigham and Women's Sleep Reading Center. In total, 1,447 children had screening polysomnographs and 464 were randomized to treatment.
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The Best Apnea Interventions for Research (BestAIR) study aimed to randomize approximately 180 patients with sleep apnea who had either established CVD or at least three CVD risk factors into a 12-mo, four-arm intervention study. All arms included nightly use of nasal dilator strips and conservative medical therapy (CMT) defined as education on healthy sleep and lifestyle. The two active arms were: (1) active CPAP delivered using standard support from a trained sleep technician; and (2) active CPAP enhanced by a behavioral promotion intervention delivered by a behavioral therapist. The two control arms were: (1) sham-CPAP; and (2) CMT alone. The primary physiological outcome was change in mean 24-h systolic blood pressure. Process measures were recruitment yields, retention rates, and CPAP adherence levels.
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The Cleveland Family Study (CFS) is the largest family-based study of sleep apnea worldwide, consisting of 2,284 individuals (46% African American) from 361 families studied on up to 4 occasions over a period of 16 years. The study was begun in 1990 with the initial aims of quantifying the familial aggregation of sleep apnea. NIH renewals provided expansion of the original cohort (including increased minority recruitment) and longitudinal follow-up, with the last exam occurring in February 2006.
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The multi-center Study of Osteoporotic Fractures (SOF) has 16 years of prospective data about osteoporosis that has served as the basis for many findings about osteoporosis and aging in women >= age 65. In addition to adjudication of fractures, SOF has tracked cases of incident breast cancer, stroke, and total and cause-specific mortality. The data include serial measures of bone mineral density, measurements of sex and calcitropic hormones, tests of strength and function, cognitive exams, use of medication, health habits and much more.
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The MrOS Sleep Study is an ancillary study of the parent Osteoporotic Fractures in Men Study. Between 2000 and 2002, 5,994 community-dwelling men 65 years or older were enrolled at 6 clinical centers in a baseline examination.
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The Cleveland Children's Sleep and Health Study (CCSHS) is one of the largest population-based pediatric cohorts studied with objective sleep studies.
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The Hispanic Community Health Study / Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL) is a multi-center epidemiologic study in Hispanic/Latino populations to determine the role of acculturation in the prevalence and development of disease, and to identify risk factors playing a protective or harmful role in Hispanics/Latinos. The study is sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and six other institutes, centers, and offices of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) contributed to the first phase of the project.
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The Honolulu-Asia Aging Study of Sleep Apnea (HAASSA) was conducted to assess sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) in an elderly cohort of Japanese-American men under surveillance for Alzheimer disease (AD) and other dementias.
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Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA), is an NHLBI-sponsored 6-center collaborative longitudinal investigation of factors associated with the development of subclinical cardiovascular disease and the progression of subclinical to clinical cardiovascular disease in 6,814 black, white, Hispanic, and Chinese-American men and women initially ages 45-84 at baseline in 2000-2002. There have been four follow-up exams to date, in the years 2003-2004, 2004-2005, 2005-2007, and 2010-2011. Between 2010-2012, 2,237 participants also were enrolled in a Sleep Exam (MESA Sleep) which included full overnight unattended polysomnography, 7-day wrist-worn actigraphy, and a sleep questionnaire. The objectives of the sleep study are to understand how variations in sleep and sleep disorders vary across gender and ethnic groups and relate to measures of subclinical atherosclerosis.
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The Home Positive Airway Pressure (HomePAP) study was a multisite, nonblinded, randomized controlled trial that enrolled 373 patients at seven American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM)-accredited academic sleep centers with a high pretest probability of moderate to severe OSA (based on a clinical algorithm). Eligible subjects were evaluated in clinic and randomized to one of two management pathways: 1) laboratory-based and 2) home-based. All subjects with an AHI ≥ 15 who underwent a successful CPAP titration study were offered CPAP therapy. Subjects were re-evaluated in clinic after 1- and 3-month follow-up periods.
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Event hosts BoP Innovation Center, Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship and Practical Action ran a panel with practitioners from the Shell Foundation, EYElliance and Danone Communities. The audience, which included a wide array of participants from the private sector, social enterprises, multinational institutions and NGOs, had a lively Q&A session followed by a world café.
LMDs struggle to access working capital for inventory because they are not selling at sufficient volumes and these businesses are seen as too risky by banks to attract the interest of mainstream debt providers. They manage this challenge using different approaches, such as providing sales agents with stock on consignment, but innovation is desperately needed to facilitate better access to capital.
The burden of providing consumer finance tends to fall to LMDs, but there is potential for manufacturers and intermediaries to play this role. There is significant opportunity to tap into MFIs, especially in countries like India where the PAYG sector is not as strong, but questions remain about how to de-risk this investment for MFIs. One innovation in consumer financing that Shell Foundation is exploring is digital lay-away schemes for customers to save towards down payments on products.
All participants agreed that sales agent training continues to be an enormous challenge in the sector, especially given high churn rates in sales teams and the need to adapt training to different markets. Classroom training is of limited value, so ongoing mentoring and support (and a small sales manager/sales agent ratio) is essential. Innovative training providers are emerging in the sector to support LMDs and big companies like M-KOPA have set up their own training universities. However, these services are either exclusive or very expensive, and tend to focus more on technical skills rather than sales and marketing. As such there is huge demand for more innovation in this space.
EYElliance represents an excellent example of how collective approaches can work in distribution. EYElliance is a coalition of multi-sector actors working at system level to create change in the vision sector. They have had success in distribution of eyeglasses by tapping into the expertise of many members and learning from effective distribution methods in other product categories such as antimalarials, solar lighting and Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG).
Generally, effective sales of complex consumer products require specialisation, at least at the sales agent level (i.e., each sales agent should only sell one product category). This is partially because different skills and knowledge are required for different product categories, but also because LMDs have so many other functions to manage – e,g. logistics, procurement, finance and consumer data – that end sales need to simplified to the greatest extent possible. It has proven difficult to combine distribution channels for consumer durables like solar lights with FMCG products, although retail channels have more success than sales agent networks.
The hosts closed the session by showing great willingness to work on the discussion points raised within the Global Distribution Collective.


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9 p.m.: Voters at Zablocki Library wait in light rain
A few dozen people were in line at the early voting site at Zablocki Library when it closed at 7 p.m.
A light mist was falling as the voters waited outside in a line that stretched around the side of the building. It took about 40 minutes for the last voter to get to the front of the line.
Ariel Fonseca, who was waiting in line outside Zablocki Library Tuesday evening, did not vote in 2016. He wants his voice heard this election.
"I thought it was a joke," he said adding that he didn't think Donald Trump would win.
He said he doesn't feel like the country has had a president the last four years.
"He doesn't know what he's talking about," he said.
A few spaces away in line was John Molina, a Trump supporter, who was voting early for the first time.
Molina wanted to vote early to "beat the rush." He decided not to vote by mail over concerns about fraud and mishandling of ballots.
Molina said he works during the day and had to go out of his way to get to a voting site open Tuesday evening.
"We want to make sure the swamp is drained," he said.
Jose Sanchez, who was standing in line outside Zablocki after 7 p.m., said in Spanish that it's important for Latinos to show that they are here and participating in this country.
He plans to vote for Joe Biden who he hopes will be a unifier.
He said he doesn't want a president who foments divisions and encourages racism.
— Sarah Volpenhein
8 p.m.: Marchers from Kenosha arrive at Red Arrow Park for rally
A group of marchers arrived in Red Arrow Park Tuesday evening after walking from Kenosha to raise awareness about voting.
Participants arrived in Milwaukee as onlookers cheered and cars in the group honked and played music.
Congresswoman Gwen Moore emphasized the importance of voting in a rally later in the evening at Red Arrow Park.
"We have got to turn our grief and frustration into votes," she said, according to WTMJ-TV's Tom Durian.
— Sophie Carson
7:07 p.m.: A first early vote
It was El Tucker's first time voting early on Tuesday. He expects a heavy turnout on Election Day, and wanted to get voting "out of the way."
Plus, the weather was decent, the temperature hanging in the 40s as he and about a dozen or two dozen others stood in line outside the Clinton Rose Senior Center midday Tuesday.
"I do feel a little more urgency just because of the timing and the candidates," he said of the election.
He is against what he called President Donald Trump's "divide and conquer mentality" and wanted to see Republicans and Democrats work together.
"Trump seems to stand for everything I'm against," he said. "I'm against any type of racial divide."
-Sarah Volpenhein
6:08 p.m.: Decent turnout in the suburbs
Franklin had 516 in-person votes cast as of 3:30 p.m., Tuesday, according to City Clerk Sandi Wesolowski. Franklin City Hall, 9229 W. Loomis Rd., didn't open until 8:30 a.m. but Wesolowski said there were two people waiting outside for an hour.
"It is what we expected for the first day," she said.
Oak Creek also had a line outside the civic center, 8040 S. 6th St., prior to opening at 8 a.m. City Clerk Catherine Roeske said. The morning was very busy but it was steady the rest of the day.
"The turnout is higher than I had anticipated however we were prepared," Roeske said.
Things went well in South Milwaukee, too.
"The first day of in-person absentee went fairly smooth at the city of South Milwaukee," City Clerk Karen Kastenson said. "We had just over 350 people come in to vote."
South Milwaukee also had a line outside city hall, 2424 15th Ave., before opening but Kastenson said it was "handled quickly." A steady stream followed which she said was what the city expected.
"We had no major issues, and are hoping the next eight days go as smoothly," Kastenson said.
In the Village of Sussex, people were lined up and waiting for absentee voting at 7:30 a.m. It was constant and busy all day, said Sam Liebert, administrative services director, clerk/treasurer. Sussex reported that 427 people voted, which included 15 new voters.
- Erik Hanley and Cathy Kozlowicz
5:21 p.m.: 'I really want to get it out of the way'
Aisha Nugen was the last voter in line before the early voting site at the Washington Park Library closed at 1 p.m.
"I feel more safe voting in person and I really want to get it out of the way," she said.
Nugen said she wanted her voice to be heard and for other young people to know that their vote matters. An independent, Nugen said she believed President Donald Trump "did the best he could."
"It's just time for a better change," she said, adding she would vote for Joe Biden.
She felt Trump could have done more to control the coronavirus.
Frank Rauls joined the line behind Nugen, but was told the early voting site had closed before he got in line.
Rauls had requested a mail-in ballot, but decided he wanted to go vote in-person instead because he wasn't very familiar with how to vote by mail.
5:00 p.m.: Hear from more voters in Milwaukee
Janice K Newton, a registered Democrat, voted for Hillary in 2016, and said that she showed up to the Midtown early-voting location to cast a ballot for Joe Biden.
"I wanted to come early because I do not work and I live right down the street," she said. "I vote for everything, I do not care. I will vote. It is my right to vote, we get a chance to choose what we want to do."
Newton said that she is voting for Biden because she is concerned about healthcare, social security and women's rights.
"Biden is down-to-earth," she said. "Biden talks sense. When I was watching the town hall, he told the guy, after this is over, I will talk to you. And then, you know what? They showed him in the crowd talking to people. Donald Trump is trying to get our health care plan, trying to get our social security. And the women who are pro-life, who are trying to attack Planned Parenthood, what about women who have been raped? I don't think anyone should be telling women what to do with their bodies."
Newton said she wasn't worried about being harassed by unofficial poll watchers or aggressive Trump supporters. "They are not going to come up into the black community," she said. "They are not going to come up in here. They're afraid of black people. You see these grown men running around, dressed like GI Joe. What are they doing? They want to scare people. That is just a scare tactic."
However, Newton did say she that she is concerned about the election results. "Yes I am (concerned) because Trump is going to cheat," she said. "Trump is going to cheat, that is why he wanted to get that lady in as a Supreme Court Justice — he is not just going to walk away."
"Personally, I think Biden should pack the Supreme Court," she said as almost an afterthought. "Yeah, I think he should."
Neither mother Antionette Love, 46, nor her daughter, Ashley Kay, 23, said it was their first time voting as they stood in line at the Good Hope Road library branch. Love said she was voting in person despite the coronavirus because she wanted her vote to count.
"There's too much foolery going on, and to stand in line means something. Like my ancestors and thinking about the ladies, the Black women who went to jail and were beaten so we could vote. So it means something to me to come out and stand in line. That's the least we can do."
"I just hope people don't get tired and turn around and walk away or get in there and look at how long the line is," she added.
Love said she was "Democrat all the way," while Kay said she doesn't believe in party affiliations and considers herself an independent. "I know no party is perfect and I'm not expecting miracles," Love said. "But knowing who's in there now, (he's) not for us and I'm scared for my grandkids."
Love said she works at Froedtert and at a dialysis center and said she has felt personally impacted by the way the Trump administration has handled coronavirus.
"I am a healthcare frontliner," she said. "Not enough masks, not enough PPE, seeing nurses (and) my staff members get infected and then no resources — I could go on and on and on."
"The worst thing would be to see Trump in again," Love said.
— Talis Shelbourne
3:30 p.m.: Marchers for Jacob Blake make trek from Kenosha to Milwaukee, urge voting
Early Tuesday afternoon, a group of marchers took a break in a Cudahy parking lot on their trek from Kenosha to Milwaukee's Red Arrow Park.
Surrounded by about 40 people plus others in vehicles was Justin Blake, the uncle of Jacob Blake, the Black man shot by a Kenosha police officer over the summer. He asked those present to not engage with anyone looking to cause the group trouble.
"There's so much love in the air, we can't allow any negativity to stop that," he said, reminding those in attendance that two people were killed during unrest in Kenosha.
Those gathered, he said, were seeking justice for Jacob Blake and everyone who looks like him – and they also wanted to encourage people to vote. Voting is the most powerful way for marginalized people to be heard, he said.
"We believe voting makes a difference for minorities and those that are impoverished," he said. "The biggest stick they have against those that are marginalizing them is voting."
Tuesday marked the first day of early voting in Wisconsin.
Blake connected the shooting of his nephew to voting by saying the wrong elected officials are in power and are allowing such incidents to keep happening.
"We need to elect people that look broader, that think deeper and that love all Americans, regardless of their sexual orientation, your culture, your race or your creed," he said.
Blake has sharply criticized President Donald Trump and said he will be voting for Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
The march, which included both vehicles and people on foot, showed that people have power, he said.
Gregory Bennett Jr., one of the organizers and founder of Peace in the Streets Kenosha, said the effort was a way to educate people about their ability to vote early but also to "bridge the gap" between Kenosha, Racine and Milwaukee. He noted the state's high incarceration rate of African American men.
"It's not by chance, it's systemic racism, the social injustice, the inequality, it's all right in front of our eyes," he said.
— Alison Dirr
2:56 p.m.: Milwaukee mayor Tom Barrett: 'A marriage between our health department and our election commission'
Mayor Tom Barrett visited the Midtown Center early voting site on Tuesday and noticed that everyone in line was wearing a mask.
"I'm proud to say when I was at Midtown today and the line was hundreds of yards long and every person had a mask," Barrett said during a virtual news conference Tuesday afternoon.
The Midtown Center, located at North 58th Street and West Capitol Drive, is one of 14 early voting sites in the city of Milwaukee. During the 2016 presidential election, there were three sites people could cast their ballots early in person.
On Nov. 3, there will be 173 locations in the city to vote. But Barrett said it's likely most people will vote before Election Day.
"With these 14 early vote locations we feel a majority of voters will have cast their votes before Nov. 3," the mayor said, adding that voters need to bring a mask and a photo ID to vote because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Each of the early voting sites are being regularly cleaned and disinfected to prevent transmission of COVID.
"This now is a marriage between our health department and our election commission," Barrett said.
— Meg Jones
2:50 p.m.: Appleton encourages mail-in voting
Citing lengthy lines for in-person voting, the City of Appleton encouraged voters to request a mail-in ballot.
"In-person absentee voting will take place at City Hall," the city's official Twitter account posted. "Only 20 voters will be allowed at a time on the 6th floor. Expect long wait times! Please request a ballot by mail if you are able, and return via mail or drop box."
2:32 p.m.: Line still lengthy in Brookfield, with many voters canceling mailed ballots
Not every Milwaukee suburb has little-to-no wait times for early voting.
Long lines were seen outside of Brookfield City Hall Tuesday afternoon, as city hall only allows 13 people inside the building at once.
City of Brookfield Clerk Kelly Michaels said she's finding that many voters are coming in to have staff cancel their mail in absentee ballot, so they can vote absentee in person. She said this added time to the entire process.
"Either way you're putting an absentee ballot in an envelope that's going to get delivered to central count," Michaels said.
"It's interesting to me. There's a lot of people doing that," she added.
Michaels mentioned that on Election Day, the city will have more poll workers on hand to handle the lines. Brookfield only has three clerk windows where voters can vote early in person.
The average wait time in line was around 30-45 minutes, according to city staff.
— Evan Casey
2:30 p.m.: Waits around 45 minutes in Menomonee Falls
When the doors opened at 8 a.m., lines were snaked down the hallway and outside of the Menomonee Falls Village Hall building. Village Manager Mark Fitzgerald said there was about a 45-minute wait for people throughout the day. He also said that there are markers throughout the line for the voters to stand for social distancing guidelines.
"We expected this," said Fitzgerald.
— Cathy Kozlowicz
2:27 p.m.: Village clerk said only issue in Mukwonago was understanding of process
In the village of Mukwonago, the first day of early voting drew up some anxious voters – not all of whom realized that they were essentially there to cast absentee ballots in person.
The lines began early, even before the official time when voting could begin, said Village Clerk Diana Dykstra, noting that staff has been able to keep pace and patiently explain the procedures to those coming to Village Hall to vote.
"We are doing great," Dykstra said. "We had a line of about 20 people at 8 a.m. and as we were setting up people began knocking on doors, even with the notices posted that we open at 8 a.m."
As of 2 p.m., about 300 voters had come through the doors. Most knew what to do, but some misunderstood the specifics of the election process.
"The biggest confusion I think is having to educate the public how to register to vote," Dykstra said. "And then having people walk in and say they just want to register, they don't want to vote today.
"So we really just want to remind people that this is the early in-person absentee voting, and our goal is to catch those residents who are here for any other reason and take them out of the line and bring them to the Village Hall counter so we can help them. It makes the process go much smoother."
Also, not every voter understood that early voting in Wisconsin doesn't mean that ballots would be counted immediately, Dykstra added. All absentee ballots, even those cast in person, will be counted Nov. 3, Election Day.
Other than that, the process produced no notable problems, she said.
— Jim Riccioli
2:25 p.m.: First election for Whitefish Bay deputy clerk going smoothly
Erin Granstrom, Whitefish Bay deputy clerk, said she's had minimal wait times. Only one voter was present at 2:10 p.m. It's Granstrom's first election as deputy clerk. She said things are looking pretty good so far.
— Eddie Morales
2:21 p.m.: Hawthorne Library in Madison breaks out plastic chairs for voters
At the Hawthorne Library location in Madison, there were about 35 people in line at 12:50 p.m. Blue plastic chairs, provided by election officials, were placed throughout the line for voters to sit in.
One voter said that while the voting "was slow to start" and only began at around 12:30 p.m., half an hour later than scheduled, "things were going pretty smoothly." Identifying herself by her last name, Temple, she said she always votes in-person.
At Lakeview Library, the situation was much different. About 50 people were waiting at 1:10 p.m. Unlike other polling locations, voters were split into two lines, both leading to the same election official.
At around 1:30 p.m., voters in one of the lines began complaining the other line went faster. "I've been in line for an hour and a half, and I don't even have a clipboard yet," one voter said, "Because the other line keeps taking up our spots." Multiple voters across both lines said they'd been waiting between one to two hours.
One election official said slow wifi was contributing to delays.
A poll observer for the Democratic Party was present at Lakeview Library. She wore the same red-white-and blue tag election officials did, but with "observer" scrawled in the top right corner.
— Nuha Dolby
2:20 p.m.: Things relatively quiet in Cudahy, St. Francis
The early voting line coming from Cudahy City Hall, 5050 S. Lake Dr., on Oct. 20 has been steady with voters arriving and leaving at a similar pace and keeping socially distant.
In nearby St. Francis, city clerk Anne Uecker said it has been busy throughout the day.
"Lines haven't been overly long and all voters have been extremely patient and kind," she said.
— Erik Hanley
1:55 p.m.: Lines light in Lake Country
There were lines in the city of Oconomowoc until around noon. City Clerk Diane Coenen said they have been very busy today and haven't stopped processing voters since 8:30 a.m.
In the city of Delafield, things have been going smoothly with 178 voters. There was a line most of the morning, but never more than a dozen people at once.
Town of Delafield Clerk Dan Green said they had nearly 200 voters by 12:30 p.m. Around 10 to 12 people were outside waiting to vote at 7:40 a.m. Otherwise, the lines have been 5 or 6 people at once.
— Evan Frank
1:52 p.m.: Steady stream of voters in Greenfield
In Greenfield, voters started lining up outside of City Hall about 50 minutes before early voting started for the day at 8 a.m. and there's been a steady stream of voters all day, Greenfield City Clerk Jennifer Goergen said.
As of 1 p.m., about 419 residents had cast ballots, Goergen said.
She couldn't immediately find figures to compare that to, but said the numbers will likely be higher than usual for a November election.
"Especially because of COVID and consolidating polling locations because of that, and maybe some people are skeptical of the mail based on what they're hearing in the news," she said.
Registration, on the other hand, has been light, with only eight people registering as of about noon.
There were also two people who showed up at the polls to observe.
Goergen said election observers are required to sign an observer log and wear name tags. The log indicated that three election observers, all representing the Wisconsin Democratic Party, stopped by. They were from Chicago, Milwaukee and Fox Point.
— Bob Dohr
1:50 p.m.: Butler and Lannon don't see long lines
The municipalities of Butler and Lannon have had a steady amount of early voters. As of the afternoon, there were 37 people who voted Tuesday in Butler and essentially no lines except for when two voters arrived at 8 a.m.
"We expected a high turnout today, and every day of in-person absentee voting," said Butler administrator/clerk Kayla Thorpe. "We were prepared."
There were 31 voters in the afternoon for Lannon, and again no lines but steady according to village clerk/treasurer Brenda Klemmer.
1:35 p.m.: Shorewood couple said they've known corruption elsewhere 'but never expected it here'
Wallon and Martha Walusayi arrived at the Shorewood Village Center early afternoon.
Having been married for 35 years, Martha, 69, said perspectives on politics aren't split in their household ... "otherwise, it wouldn't be our household."
She began voting at age 18.
"I voted every single presidential election, but this one is the most important of our lives," said Martha.
Martha, a retired teacher, said she's concerned about honesty in government, the environment, corruption and the lack of peace.
Wallon is originally from the Congo.
"They know corruption (in the Congo), but never expected it here," Martha said.
Sara Bruckman, Shorewood Village Clerk, said a constant number of patient voters have been lining up since this morning. She said it's probably consistent with a presidential election.
1:30 p.m.: Lines remain fairly lengthy in Wauwatosa
Over 50 people were in line at around 1 p.m. at Wauwatosa City Hall for the first day of early voting. The line has not moved outside yet, and everyone is wearing masks inside of the building.
Tape on the ground is keeping voters socially distanced while they're inside of the building. Election workers are also wearing masks and are separated from voters by plexiglass.
Wauwatosa is also using several stations inside city hall for early voting. Many voters did wait in line for more than 30 minutes, however.
"I do encourage people, If you're not quite sure, if you're new to the process, that early voting is a way for our clerks to serve as your witness and just make sure that you filled out your ballot properly," said Eva Ennamorato, communications specialist for the city of Wauwatosa.
Ennamorato also said the city is encouraging people to send absentee ballots in earlier rather than later. "It helps our poll workers start counting absentee ballots right away because we anticipate a lot, thousands of absentee ballots to count on Election Day," she said.
1:07 p.m.: Waukesha busy but steady
In Waukesha, voters have kept the city busy though nothing too overwhelming through noon. Waukesha has one in-person location for early voting, at City Hall.
City clerk Gina Kozlik said 261 ballots were issued by 10:30 a.m.
"Long line at 7:30 a.m. before we began and 8 a.m., but we moved them quickly," Kozlik said. "It has been steady all day. Things are going well after some signage adjustments."
1:00 p.m.: Printing error on Outagamie County ballot could get courts involved
The state Elections Commission told Outagamie County officials Tuesday they would need to go to a judge to find a way to deal with thousands of ballots that can't be read by counting machines because of a printing error.
While the commissioners said it would be up to a judge to decide, they contended the best solution would be to have poll workers make changes to marks on the edges of the ballots so they can be read by tabulators. That would be more efficient than having poll workers fill out new ballots to replace those that have printing errors, they said.
It will be up to the county or others to decide whether to take the matter to court. Otherwise, election officials will have to remake thousands of ballots or count all their ballots by hand.
Whatever path they take, counting ballots in Outagamie County and a small portion of Calumet County will take longer because of the printing mistake. That means results may not be available until after the Nov. 3 election.
Outagamie County has estimated the printing problem affected 24,600 ballots, though some of those never made it to voters.
Read the full story from Patrick Marley.
12:55 p.m.: One voter came early just to 'get it out of the way'
Domonique Martinez said she came out to vote early in person at the Good Hope Branch library to exercise her right and "get it out of the way."
She said she does not consider herself affiliated with a party, but she voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016 and plans to vote Democrat in this election.
"I'm not enthusiastic at all about him," she said of Biden. "He has a lot of policies that I don't agree with. Yet at the same time, I think that he does have a lot more moral standards and character than the current sitting president."
She said the top three issues she was basing her vote on were racial inequality, handling of the coronavirus and immigration policy.
Martinez said some of her family members are looking to vote for Trump.
"A lot of it is money-motivated, so there's no way to flip them because they just make way too much money to vote for Biden at this point. (Biden's) looking to give a lot of tax cuts to the middle class, and Trump is looking to give the tax cuts to the more wealthy people, so they're going to vote the way that their money grows."
There were very long lines at both Good Hope Road and MIidtown. At Good Hope, the line was backed up to the railway tracks by Noyes Park.
At Good Hope, the temperature on the U.S. Bank sign nearby read 30 degrees in the morning, and most voters were older (with a few young voters sprinkled in. The overwhelming majority of voters were Black.
12:40 p.m.: 'You wouldn't mind wearing a mask if you've been through what I've been'
Diane Viverette and her son, Horthy Viverette, left at about 10 a.m. Tuesday to go vote early in-person. They went to several early voting sites before they found one without a long line at Clinton Rose Senior Center on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.
As he was standing in line about noon, Horthy said he wanted to vote in person because he didn't trust the postal service to deliver his ballot in time.
The Viverettes said they plan to vote for Joe Biden.
"I wouldn't say I'm excited about it," said Horthy. "It's just something that needs to be done."
The coronavirus is one of the issues driving their vote, they said.
Diane said she came down with the virus in the spring and was hospitalized.
"You wouldn't mind wearing a mask if you've been through what I've been," she said.
12:35 p.m.: Steady stream of voters in Wausau
A steady stream of about a dozen people at a time flowed into the early voting site at Wausau City Hall on Tuesday.
"It's been busy," said poll worker Kathleen Burkhardt. "In the first 45 minutes we had about 80 people." A line formed outside the building despite temperatures dipping into the 20's.
"I figured there would be less people," said Carol Schreiber, who voted at the site. She said she chose early voting because she was concerned about the risk of COVID-19 at a crowded voting site on election day.
Inside the City Hall lobby, voters wearing masks took their ballots to booths spaced carefully apart. City employees wiped down each booth with sanitizing liquid after each use.
Schreiber said she was happy with the experience. "They had it organized very well this year," she said.
— Karl Ebert
12:30 p.m.: Madison has three on-campus voting sites
The University of Wisconsin-Madison, the flagship school of the University of Wisconsin System, had three on-campus early voting sites Tuesday. All sites were outdoors, with registration and voting happening under large, white tents.
The East Campus Mall location was by far the least crowded. At 11 a.m., opening time for all the sites, the Mall only had a couple voters waiting to vote. Forty-five minutes later, that remained largely unchanged. One student said the process "was in and out in 15 minutes."
At Memorial Union, only a 5-minute walk away, there were about 30 voters waiting in line at 11:15 a.m. That line grew to over 100 under an hour later. At the Union South location, a crowd of about 40 appeared by 11:30 a.m.
At Union South, poll workers walked down the line, reminding voters to stand six feet apart. Red fabric masks reading "Badgers Vote" were offered to those who cast a ballot at UW locations.
Also at Union South, a poll worker went down the line asking if everyone was registered to vote. One woman at the end of the line, materials in hand but not yet registered, was pulled aside and walked over to the tent to register before she cast her ballot.
Unlike at the Madison City Clerk's office, no poll watchers appeared to be present at any UW-Madison campus voting locations thus far.
12:20 p.m.: 73-year-old casts vote for first time
Kevin Gelhaer, 73, had never voted before while Melvin Pugh, 66, said he has always voted in presidential elections. The two were standing in line at around 7:30 a.m.
"I see Donald Trump as the Antichrist, that's the only reason I'm here," Gelhaer said.
Pugh said his enthusiasm for Biden was very high because he wants to see Trump out. Pugh also said that, he likes that — as he put it — "Biden is a moderate."
12:15 p.m.: Voters turn out at UW campus in Madison, parked voters in Green Bay won't be ticketed
A tweet from Elliot Schochet indicated that a line of more than 100 students had gathered for early voting within the first hour of polls opening.
Meanwhile, WBAY reporter Aisha Morales tweeted that lines remain long for voting in Green Bay.
According to Spectrum News reporter Jorge Rodas, Green Bay police chief Andrew Smith has told those in line that their cars will not be ticketed while they wait to cast their ballot.
12:10 p.m.: 'I thought, I may as well'
Maria Rubalcava, 70, voted in person early Tuesday morning.
Rubalcava said the issues important to her this election are the economy, racial differences and the response to COVID-19.
Rubalcava said she voted in person because she chose to vote by mail during the primary election, but never received her ballot.
"I thought, I may as well, I'm retired and I don't have to get time off from my job or take care of kids," she said.
— Jessica Rodriguez
12:05 p.m.: 'I want someone who is able to invest in our communities'
Marcelo Martinez, 30, lined up around 7:30 a.m. on Mitchell Street to vote.
Martinez, the son of Mexican parents, said he was voting for Joe Biden and cares about issues regarding immigration, the environment, education and reforming big businesses."
Martinez has lived in the South Side most of his life.
"I want someone who is able to invest in our communities," Martinez said.
12:02 p.m.: 'I used to be an independent, but I don't think you can stand on the line anymore'
Matthew Mixon was one of the voters who appeared bright and early Tuesday morning at the Good Hope Library to cast his ballot.
He said that he always tries to be first in line, and he votes in every election that he can because of his family's rich legacy of voting; he said that during the Freedom Summer of the 60s, his uncle stood guard at his church where voter registration drivers were taking place inside to prevent it from being burned down. "
"I'm a Democrat. I used to be an independent, but I don't think you can stand on the line anymore."
He said his enthusiasm level for Joe Biden was high. "Health care, diplomacy and the economy" were the top three issues he was voting on.
"The best possible outcome is a change in the (presidential) administration and in the Senate."
When asked if he was frustrated with Congressional gridlock, he said, "Isn't everybody?"
11:25 a.m.: Early reaction to in-person early voting has been positive
Common Council President Cavalier Johnson on Tuesday stood outside the Midtown early voting location and declared the site the "reigning defending champion for early votes being cast in the city of Milwaukee."
Behind Johnson, in whose district the site is located, stretched a line of voters waiting to cast their ballots.
Early voting provides access to voters who may not be able to make it to the polls on Election Day, a Tuesday, for a variety of reasons, he said.
Joining him was Mayor Tom Barrett and Milwaukee Election Commission Executive Director Claire Woodall-Vogg.
There were lines at all the city's early voting locations Tuesday morning, they said.
"Early voting provides access to voting for citizens that historically have been presented with barriers to casting a ballot," Barrett said. "We are talking about working families, people working multiple jobs, students, parents with limited childcare options and seniors with limited transportation options."
The city's Election Commission and its Health Department have been working together to hold the election during the pandemic, he said. The steps the city is taking mean voters "do not have to make a choice between their health and their fundamental democratic right to vote."
He said while three early voting sites were used in the 2016 election, there are 14 this year.
Woodall-Vogg said she wasn't surprised by the lines at the early voting locations.
After seeing the lines, she said, the city will be adding staff and markers to ensure social distancing in the lines stretching outside the early voting locations.
The city has seen more than 1/3 of its registered voters request absentee ballots by mail, but until early voting really gets under way, she said, the city won't know whether it is breaking any voter turnout records.
"I'm very hopeful," she said, adding that in September, more than 38,000 voter registrations were submitted following a mailer sent out by the city to encourage voters to register in advance.
The city has reached 315,000 registered voters, she said.
Barrett said the city will be adding to its website Tuesday or Wednesday a daily compilation of absentee ballots requested and returned.
Voters struggling to get a valid ID for voting should contact the city's Election Commission or the Wisconsin Elections Commission for assistance with an ID petition process, Woodall-Vogg said.
The city has recruited and trained more than 4,000 poll workers for Nov. 3, many of them younger people, she said. The goal was 2,400.
11:20 a.m.: Voter seeks to give voice to Latino community
Blas Chides voted Tuesday morning at the Milwaukee Public Library Mitchell Street Branch where wait times were only a few minutes. Voters were asked to stay outside while they waited and to keep a distance of at least 6 feet from each other.
Chides, 68, came to the United States from Durango, Mexico when he was about 17. He was a farm worker in California and moved to the Midwest in 1987 to work industrial jobs in Chicago and then Milwaukee. He became a citizen in 2008, when he voted in his first election.
"This is my third election and I am going to keep voting until I can't anymore," he said.
Now retired, Chides hopes his vote can give a voice to other Latinos who do not have the ability to vote.
Chides said he voted for Joe Biden because he does not feel President Donald Trump has interest in issues that affect the Latino community.
"He doesn't know how to show us respect," he said.
Chides decided to vote in person because he did not trust giving out his information anywhere else. He found his voting location with the help of volunteers at Voces de La Frontera.
10:58 a.m.: 'Something powerful about (voting) in person'
Matt Gunter was among the Neenah residents standing in line outside City Hall shortly after in-person absentee voting began at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday. With social distancing, the line was nearly a block long.
"There's something powerful about doing it in person," he said. "I decided to come early because I don't have any idea how crazy it's going to be on the third (of November). The line is long enough this morning, but it's actually encouraging to see folks out and voting."
Deputy City Attorney Adam Westbrook said he had predicted long lines on Tuesday.
"We tried to tell citizens ahead of time that we felt Tuesday was going to be a busy day because it's the first day and everyone wants to make sure that their vote is in and counts," Westbrook said. "We're hoping that after today it will be more of a steady steam as opposed to a line. It's just hard to get this caught up because we only have two workers inside."
Several Neenah voters, including Kristine and Scott Swenson, said they voted in-person on Tuesday because they weren't comfortable with voting by mail.
"I don't trust the post office anymore," Scott Swenson said.
— Duke Behnke
10:29 a.m.: Waits manageable for voters in Green Bay area, Stevens Point
De Pere clerk Carey Danen said there were about 20 voters in line at 7:30 a.m., and that the longest wait she heard about from a voter was 45 minutes. Danen said the early rush had passed by mid-morning and the staff had found its rhythm.
"People have been patient with us as we ramp up for the first day," she said.
Myrna Dickinson, bundled in multiple layers, had expected a long wait outside De Pere's city hall. Instead, she said she waited about 25 minutes, all inside, to cast her ballot.
"I was surprised it only took 25 minutes," Dickinson said. "I thought there'd be a lot more people."
Dickinson is a frequent early in-person voter. She said she prefers the security and ease.
"I just felt more comfortable being here and dropping my ballot in the box rather than doing the absentee mail and having to find a witness," she said. "Now, I'm going to go rake the lawn."
In Green Bay, the first voters had arrived at City Hall by 7 a.m., an hour before the building opened. By the start of voting at 8 a.m., a line of about two dozen people had formed.
In Stevens Point, almost two dozen people stood in line at 8 a.m., all wearing masks and socially distancing as best they could in the tight confines of the halls of the city's business offices.
Stevens Point Clerk Kari Yenter said the number of voters this morning is a little more than what they typically see on the first day of early voting during a presidential election.
Hayden Grukle, 18, was one of the first people to vote Tuesday morning in Stevens Point. It's his first election and that's part of the reason he voted early.
"I've definitely been looking forward to voting even before the way our political system has been going the past few years. I hear this is the most important election of our life and for it to be my first election? It's definitely exciting."
Valerie Nordin, 70, of Wisconsin Rapids said she always votes in person but she usually has to wait in line on election day, so she decided to vote early this year. It paid off when the small line moved quickly and it only took a few minutes to get her ballot. She said it's her civic duty to vote.
"Everybody should vote and have their say," she said.
— Jeff Bollier and staff reports
10:07 a.m.: Poll workers expect to work through the night on Nov. 3
Counting ballots is expected to take much longer than usual this fall because so many voters are casting absentee ballots. State law doesn't allow local officials to stop their count and reconvene the next morning, so many of them will have to pull an all-nighter.
The state Elections Commission will debate Tuesday what guidance to give local officials, but the commissioners can give them few options on some points, according to a memo from the agency.
Like most states, Wisconsin's election laws don't account for events like the coronavirus pandemic, which already has upended the way elections are run. Municipal clerks and poll workers will have to find ways to follow those laws while dealing with the unique circumstances the pandemic has brought.
9:35 a.m.: The scene in Madison as early voting begins
The Madison City Clerk's Office, opening at 8 a.m., is the only in-person polling place opening before 10 a.m. in the city.
The first voter of the day said he'd arrived at 6:45 a.m. and cast his vote a little after it opened. The 18th voter in line arrived an hour later, at 7:45 a.m., and cast his vote at 8:45 a.m.
At 8:20 a.m., about 50 people waited in line, with a handful of poll workers wearing bright yellow jackets standing ready to assist the dozen cars lined up for drive-up voting.
But there was a lack of signage or direction — a blind voter, after making his way up to the doors, asked for assistance from a voter in line in order to make it inside.
And a poll watcher from the Democratic Party assisted many voters, who seemingly avoided officials from the Clerk's office to veer her way instead.
One voter, who hand-delivered his ballot to a poll worker at 8:36 a.m., stood on the corner and watched as the worker, ballot in hand, went and spoke to people waiting in their vehicles. The ballot made it inside a couple minutes later. The voter watching all the while until the worker entered the building. Then, he turned around and left.
9:10 a.m.: Smart idea for waiting to vote: Bringing your own chair
Voters at the Zeidler Center on 19th and Wisconsin in Milwaukee have smartly figured out one way to deal with long wait times: Bringing their own chairs. Local journalist Dan Simmons caught the photo.
Voters around the country have waited for hours at early voting sites, and it appears Milwaukee voters will also face a wait.
6:40 a.m.: Here's what 'poll watchers' can and can't do
Although people coming out to monitor the voting process is nothing new — especially during a presidential election — the concept of poll watching has been in the spotlight recently.
Last month during his debate with Democratic challenger Joe Biden, President Donald Trump urged his supporters to "go into the polls and watch very carefully."
Different states have different rules about who can watch the polls — and what they're allowed to do.
Here's what to know in Wisconsin, whether you're interested in watching the voting take place or a voter wanting to ensure your right to vote is preserved.
Read the full story from Alison Dirr.
Monday, 5:30 p.m.: On eve of early voting, candlelight rally draws crowd in Milwaukee
Rev. Greg Lewis isn't leaving anything to chance.
Not with so much on the line in the upcoming election.
The executive director of Souls to the Polls has been preaching the gospel of the ballot box for weeks now and continued to do so Monday night at an interfaith candlelight rally outside Holy Redeemer Church in Milwaukee on the eve of Wisconsin's start to early voting.
"We don't know what's going to happen on Nov. 3 so we want to energize people and get them motivated," said Lewis, pastor at St. Gabriels Church of God in Christ.
A crowd of more than 100 stood inside a tent, or sat in socially distanced chairs, to listen to live music and speakers. Dozens of "Vote" signs were stuck in the grass surrounding the tent. Folks held battery-powered candles and wore masks, many of which broadcast their political affiliation or the Souls to the Polls effort.
Pastor Walter Lanier of Progress Baptist Church shouted "Use your voice" as the crowd responded, "I will vote."
"It's about getting people engaged. It's about not procrastinating if people get it taken care of right away," Lanier said of voting early. "We know there have been times when voters have been suppressed."
Lanier noted the large turnout to the polls during the presidential primary and spring election on April 7 as the coronavirus pandemic was spreading. By voting early or by mail, voters can avoid the long lines that plagued some polling places in April, said Lanier.


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Put the chestnuts, celery, shallots, carrots and chicken stock into a medium sized saucepan and boil for 20 minutes.
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Season your soup with a little bit of salt and pepper if desired.
Serve with your thyme croutons in warm bowls!
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Sophie Turner Is Pregnant, Expecting First Child with Joe Jonas
Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas are expecting their first child together
The 23-year-old actress is pregnant with the couple's first child, and has been facing some pregnancy rumours lately that we can confirm are true.
"The couple is keeping things very hush but their friends and family are super excited for them," one source told us. Another added, "Sophie has decidedly been choosing outfits to wear on and off the carpet to accommodate her changing body."
Sophie and Joe, 30, got married in Las Vegas in May of 2019, and had a second ceremony a month later in France.
The last photos we have of Sophie are from earlier this month, where she's wearing a big coat while out with Joe in London.
Reps for both Joe and Sophie declined to comment on their clients' personal lives.
Congratulations are in order for Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner on the wonderful news. Looking forward to seeing another Bonus Jonas being added to their ever-expanding family in 2020!


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Refugee Admissions into Texas Plummeted in FY 2018
Figures released by the U.S. Department of State show 1,697 refugees were resettled in Texas in the federal fiscal year that ended September 30th, despite continuing unrest across Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa, News Radio 1200 WOAI reports.
For Texas, which has historically led in welcoming refugees since taking in thousands of "Boat People' following the end of the Vietnam War in the 1970s, last year's total was the lowest side the Refugee Act of 1980, and comes as President Trump and Gov. Abbott have attempted to place limits on refugee admissions.
A total of 22,490 refugees were granted legal residency in the USA in the 12 months ending September 30. That's compared to 84,995 refugee admissions in the last full year of the Obama Administration. The total number of refugees admitted last year is actually lower than the cap of 30,000 that has been proposed by President Trump.
Texas was second only to California in admitting the most refugees last year. The totals admitted by some states were very small. New Mexico for example, resettled 65 refugees. Mississippi admitted three.
These figures represent the number of refugees granted legal residency in the U.S., not the number presenting themselves at the border claiming refugee status. Those numbers are up substantially, but indications are that more and more of those individuals are being denied permanent status and many have been deported.
According to the State Department, 40% of the refugees admitted to Texas came from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a chronically troubled Central African nation.
26% of the refugees admitted into Texas last year were from Myanmar, the Asian nation formerly called Burma, which is also in the midst of deadly unrest, and where the Muslim population is facing extermination.
Texas admitted only one refugee from Syria last year, after Abbott sued to try to keep Syrian refugees out of Texas. Many US politicians have been spooked by images of tens of thousands of Syrian refugees flooding into western Europe.
Texas also housed very low levels of refugees claiming persecution in Central America, despite Mexican smuggling gangs advising refugees from what is called the Northern Triangle nations of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras to make refugee claims when arriving in Texas. The nations are all largely dominated by criminal gangs.


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Yum! Where did you get it from? I know that the boys would scarf this down, there would be no half way stop!
Well, I think my sisters and I would eat things all gone too if Mom didn't take them from us...maybe I should try taking the chips away from Mom some time and see how that goes???
I don't blame her one bit! That looks delicious!
My, my Bailey that certainly does look yummy. Did mommy/daddy get you your very own patio table? I like it very much.


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Dit artikel beschrijft de prestaties van de Engelse voetbalclub West Ham United FC in het seizoen 2010–2011.

Twee jaar na de degradatie in het seizoen 2002/03 kwam de club uit de hoofdstad Londen weer uit in de hoogste divisie van het Engelse profvoetbal, de Premier League. In het seizoen 2004/05 was de club als zesde geëindigd in de Football League Championship, waarna promotie werd afgedwongen in de play-offs. Vorig seizoen eindigde West Ham United op de zeventiende plaats in de eindrangschikking.

Onder leiding van Avram Grant, op 1 juli 2010 aangetreden als vervanger van de ontslagen Gianfranco Zola, speelde West Ham United vanaf het begin van het seizoen in de onderste regionen. Grant werd op de voorlaatste speeldag, luttele uren na de 3-2 nederlaag tegen Wigan Athletic op 15 mei 2011, ontslagen. West Ham United had een overwinning nodig om degradatie te ontlopen, maar verloor in de blessuretijd door een goal van Charles N'Zogbia.

Grant werd opgevlgd door interim-coach Kevin Keen, die aan het roer stond bij de laatste competitiewedstrijd, op 22 mei tegen Sunderland. Ook die wedstrijd ging verloren (0-3). De doelpunten kwamen op naam van Boudewijn Zenden, Stéphane Sessègnon en Cristian Riveros. Uiteindelijk eindigde West Ham United op de twintigste en laatste plaats in de eindrangschikking, waardoor degradatie een feit was.

In het toernooi om de FA Cup kwam West Ham United niet verder dan de kwartfinales, waarin stadgenoot Stoke City op 13 maart met 2-1 te sterk was. Robert Huth en Danny Higginbotham scoorden voor de thuisclub. In de strijd om de Football League Cup ging West Ham United pas in de halve eindstrijd onderuit. Birmingham City won over twee duels de onderlinge confrontatie, waarbij het tweede duel met 3-1 in het voordeel was geëindigd van Birmingham door treffers van Lee Bowyer, Roger Johnson en Craig Gardner.

Middenvelder Scott Parker, in 2007 overgenomen van Newcastle United, werd door de supporters aan het einde van het seizoen verkozen tot Speler van het Jaar ("Hammer of the Year"). Het was zijn derde uitverkiezing op rij. Doelman Robert Green eindigde als tweede in de jaarlijkse verkiezing.

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Bijgaand een overzicht van de spelers die West Ham United vertegenwoordigden in de Premier League in het seizoen 2010/11, en op de twintigste en laatste plaats eindigden in de eindrangschikking, waardoor degradatie een feit was.

FA Cup

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Bijgaand een overzicht van de spelers die West Ham United vertegenwoordigden in de FA Cup in het seizoen 2010/11 en uiteindelijk de zesde ronde bereikten.

Football League Cup

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Bijgaand een overzicht van de spelers die West Ham United vertegenwoordigden in de Football League Cup in het seizoen 2010/11 en uiteindelijk de halve finale bereikten.

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