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Keira Fae Walsh (born 8 April 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga F club Barcelona and the England women's national team. She is considered both a playmaker and a defensive midfielder. She has previously played for Blackburn Rovers and Manchester City, and Great Britain at the Olympics. With Manchester City, she topped the Women's Super League in 2016; won the FA Cup three times; and won the League Cup four times, taking one domestic treble. She was part of the England team that won the UEFA Women's Euro 2022, and was named player of the match in the final.

Walsh became a first-team regular at City as a teenager during their 2014 campaign, playing a key role in helping the team secure their first League Cup. She stayed with the side for nine seasons (in eight years), briefly captaining them several times, and in March 2022 became the second player to reach 200 appearances for them; when she left to join Barcelona later that year, she jointly held City's record for number of appearances and set a world-record fee for a female footballer.

She represented England for their age-group teams from the age of twelve before making her senior debut in 2017, for 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying, and starting as captain in a match a year later. She was named in the Team of the Tournament for the 2022 Euro. She has been described as one of the best midfielders in the world.

Early years
Keira Fae Walsh was born on 8 April 1997 in Rochdale to Peter and Tracy Walsh, and was raised by the Pennines in Syke, a rural suburb of the town. Here she practised football with her father on the field across from their house from about the age of five. She played for local side Pearson Juniors under-7s, and then Samba Stars – both coached by the father of her primary school best friend, who initially took her along – until she turned eleven.

Walsh attended Haslingden High School and Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School Sixth Form, both in Rossendale; after the Lionesses won the 2022 Euro, local bus company Rosso, which runs between Rochdale and Rossendale, named a bus after Walsh. Haslingden High School had girls' football teams in the first few year groups, which Walsh played for, reaching a national final. She joined Manchester City, the team she and her family support, in July 2014, when she was seventeen; City sent her to St Bede's College in Manchester to finish her A-Levels while she trained and played with them. Future teammate Georgia Stanway would also attend St Bede's.

Though a dedicated Manchester City fan, having had pet fish named after Shaun Goater and Nicolas Anelka, Walsh was inspired as a child by Spanish football, in part due to having family in Spain and often playing in the country when visiting them, and because her father encouraged her to watch Barcelona play. She also briefly supported Arsenal, due to being a fan of Cesc Fàbregas, until she saw David Silva, her favourite player, with City.

In 2008, aged eleven, Walsh was named Greater Manchester Young Sports Person of the Year. She was ranked number 1 in the county in under-13 badminton between 2007 and 2009, having taken up the sport aged nine and representing Rochdale in it. She also played cricket for Lancashire, represented Rochdale in swimming and netball, and played football at the Blackburn Rovers Girls' Centre of Excellence. Walsh played for Lancashire in the 2013 English Schools' Football Association County Cup; eleven members of this Lancashire squad came from Blackburn Rovers. Following the 2022 Euro win, Walsh received the freedom of the borough of Rochdale.

Club career

Blackburn Rovers

Youth, 2008–14
Seeking a way to continue playing football when she could no longer play with boys, Walsh attended a Football Association (FA) Skills Centre based at Kingsway Park High School at the age of eleven, where she was coached by Fara Williams. She then went to trials at the Blackburn Rovers Girls' Centre of Excellence, put forward by her childhood coach and encouraged by good performances at the Skills Centre, and joined them in 2008. She played for Blackburn Rovers in their age-group teams from under-12 through under-17. Though she began playing as a right-footed left-back, and then a centre-half, she moved to the central midfield at Blackburn when a new coach came in for the under-14 team and suggested she try the position.

With the Blackburn youth teams, and despite playing in defense and midfield, Walsh was a prolific goalscorer, making four goals in six games in her first year at the club. She played for the under-17 team in the 2013 FA Girls' Youth Cup final against Arsenal, narrowly missing an opening goal, with Blackburn eventually losing the match. In the 2013–14 season, Walsh played in (and started) eleven matches for the Blackburn Rovers under-17 team, scoring ten goals; in their 2014 FA Youth Cup quarter-final against Sunderland she scored a hat-trick in thirteen minutes.

Senior, 2014
In February 2014, when she was sixteen, Walsh signed for Blackburn Rovers' first team until the end of the season, debuting as a half time substitute four days later. The club had suffered a poor start to the league that season, and the addition of Walsh was said to be key to maintaining their place in it. Still involved with the under-17 side, Walsh played in nine FA Women's Northern Premier League matches for the first team, scoring three goals, including the team's goal of the season – a "stunning" second goal against Derby County in March that brought Blackburn up from relegation. She also played for the team in the final of the Lancashire Women's Challenge Cup, said to be the best player in the match despite the team losing, and in the fourth round of the FA Women's Cup. She left both youth and senior Blackburn Rovers sides in 2014, picking up a Contribution Award for six seasons with them.

Manchester City

2014
Walsh began looking to join a Women's Super League (WSL) team shortly after she turned seventeen when she was still playing with the under-17 Blackburn Rovers side. She had been offered a place on Everton's development squad without trialling and was planning to join, despite Manchester City, the club she supports, preparing to enter the WSL and holding trials. Walsh's mother encouraged her to attend the trials for the City development squad in July 2014; before the session was complete, first team coach Nick Cushing, who had gone as an observer, asked to sign her to the main squad as their playmaking midfielder. Cushing would later say that Walsh has "the best football brain" of any player he has coached, adding that "some players are almost touched by God"; in response, Walsh deflected praise, saying that Cushing's coaching style benefits technical and tactical players.

Within ten days of the City trials, in July 2014, Walsh made her senior debut for Manchester City as a substitute in a 1–0 win over Notts County. Too young for a professional contract, she officially trained with the development squad, for which she never made an appearance; by the end of the 2014 season she regularly had a starting position in the first team. She was also important within the City side that won the 2014 League Cup, starting in the final. Having not expected to play, she had initially told her parents not to travel for the game. She performed particularly well in it, marking England legend Kelly Smith out of the game and "leaving the footballing world intrigued" by the unknown talent.

2015
In June 2015, Walsh signed her first senior contract with the club, though did not play for much of this year due to injury. Manchester City added her to their 2015 League Cup squad in August, but the FA "might have" lost the registration documents for the change, causing City to be briefly suspended for fielding an unregistered player before the matter was resolved. The team's quarter-final against Arsenal, which City lost, had been postponed due to the investigation. City still came second in the league in 2015, which also allowed them to compete in the Champions League the following year. A crucial part of his City plans since the start, Cushing started building the team around Walsh and made her one of its vice-captains.

2016
The team were unbeaten in their 2016 league campaign; Walsh was injured again at the start of the season but worked her way back onto the squad and, in September, was described as their "unsung hero" by 90min. Having gone undefeated in the league in 2016, City won the league in September with a game to spare, Walsh described as "unassuming" and "pivotal" in their success. In October, they won the 2016 league cup for the domestic double. On 9 November 2016, Walsh scored her first goal for City, a long-range strike from outside the area, in a 1–0 victory against Brøndby IF in the first leg of the last-16 tie in their debut Champions League. Two days later, she extended her contract with City through 2020. For the 2015–16 season, Walsh was nominated for the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) Women's Young Player of the Year award; she would see further nominations for this award every year up to and including the 2018–19 season.

2017
With Manchester City, Walsh won all three women's domestic titles over what would be a regular 2016–17 season (2016 FA WSL, 2016 WSL Cup, 2016–17 FA Women's Cup); the WSL ran calendar year seasons until 2017, curtailing the season in spring to start a new one in autumn that matched European schedules. For the 2017 FA Cup final, in which City defeated Birmingham 4–1, Walsh (who was not among the goalscorers) was named player of the match, saying only that "it was a real team effort" and that it was special to win a trophy at Wembley; Cushing heaped praise on her performance and maturity.

2017–18

During the summer pre-season for the 2017–18 season, Walsh captained the team. At the end of 2017, also accounting for the previous season, Walsh was listed at number 98 on The 100 Best Female Footballers in the World list by The Offside Rule/The Guardian. The team went out of the Women's FA Cup in the semi-finals in 2018. In 2018, Walsh was nominated for the FWA Women's Footballer of the Year Award and the FSF Women's Player of the Year Award.

2018–19
At the end of stoppage time during City's 3–0 victory over Liverpool in November 2018 – in which Walsh provided the assist for the only open play goal and got in several shots on target (all saved) herself – Liverpool's Rinsola Babajide made a harsh tackle that took down Walsh, who stayed down in pain before being stretchered off and the game ended. After initial fears of a broken leg, assessment confirmed she only suffered a minor knee injury. She was named player of the match by City's official supporters club, having been on the shortlist before the injury.

City reclaimed the FA Cup in 2019, defeating West Ham in the final 3–0, with Walsh scoring the opening goal. The team also won the League Cup for a domestic double. In April 2019, Walsh was nominated for both the PFA Women's Young Player and Women's Players' Player of the Year award. In September 2019, Walsh was shortlisted for the dream team FIFA FIFPRO The Best Women's World 11, the only English midfielder to be so. At the end of the year, she placed joint-ninth (with Jennifer Hermoso) on the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) ranking of the Women's World Best Playmaker.

2019–20
With doubts about her career following criticism at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, Walsh did not want to play football in England, thinking she was not what the domestic fans wanted to see in a holding midfielder. Prior to the 2019–20 season, she handed in a transfer request amid interest from Lyon and Atlético Madrid. On 29 July, she withdrew her transfer request; Cushing had convinced her to stay by encouraging her and joking that he would dress like Pep Guardiola, one of Walsh's idols, to be more like him. Cushing said that Walsh was integral to City's system and it was imperative the club retain her, while adapting to other transfers. He re-emphasised Walsh's importance to the side after she scored a goal from distance then created the opportunity for a second in an October 2019 match that saw them defeat Birmingham 3–0.

During a Manchester derby in the League Cup on 20 October 2019, Walsh was given a straight red card for a tackle on Manchester United's Kirsty Hanson. City lost 0–2, with Walsh later reflecting that her conduct came from being a fan of her team and frustrated that their rivals were winning, and that she had since come to practice more control over her support than she displayed in the match. Around this time, Walsh's abilities were said to be maturing. While still "an energetic presence in midfield that at times needs to be dialled down", and sometimes requiring the presence of experienced midfielder Jill Scott in support, she had tightened her defensive capabilities and discipline to complement her excellent positioning and playmaking skill, in which she was also becoming more assured.

She signed a new three-year contract on 7 February 2020; 90min wrote that this was somewhat surprising to onlookers – considering Walsh's long tenure, prior transfer request, and Cushing recently leaving the club – but that City and its fans would welcome her decision. Come the end of the season, her leadership and talent in midfield saw her described as "unmatched".

2020–21
Walsh started her 2020–21 pre-season with City by scoring a goal in a 6–0 win before they contested, but lost, the Women's FA Community Shield in its first edition since 2008.

In November 2020, Walsh scored the third goal for City in an 8–1 win over Bristol. At the end of 2020, Walsh was ranked 62 on the Offside Rule/The Guardian list of the 100 best female footballers in the world. In March 2021, Walsh scored the sole goal on captain Steph Houghton's 200th cap, taking City to a ninth consecutive WSL victory; later in March, Houghton picked up an injury that kept her out for over a month, and Walsh took up the armband as City captain. She was also handed the armband when Ellen White was substituted off in the team's home-leg Champions League quarter-final fixture against Barcelona, a 2–1 victory that was Barcelona's only loss on their route to the Champions League title; Walsh was named player of the match with what was described as "the complete midfield performance". In the reverse fixture a week earlier, City had suffered their worst defeat since 2014, a 0–3 loss that saw Barcelona advance on aggregate.

For the 2020–21 season, Walsh was nominated for the England Women's Player of the Year award.

2021–22
With Walsh one of several injured players out at the start of the 2021–22 season, Manchester City began poorly. Walsh returned to playing in October 2021 and, in November, scored a powerful strike against Leicester from the edge of the box, which was shortlisted for the WSL goal of the month. Manchester City under Gareth Taylor (who replaced Cushing as manager in 2020), from the start but particularly in the 2021–22 season, played Walsh differently; her passing metrics, as well as "almost all of her metrics around attacking play", "dropped significantly" as she was encouraged to sit and pass in defense. Podcast The Offside Rule said in early July 2022 that this change had left Walsh, a playmaker now limited in opportunities to progress play and superfluous defensively, "with rather little to do."

In March 2022, Walsh made her 200th appearance for the club, becoming the second player, after Houghton, to reach a double century. She was ranked the sixth-best UEFA Women's Player of the Year for 2021–22, and the third-best England Women's Player of the Year in October 2022. Later in October, she was nominated for the FSA Women's Player of the Year Award.

2022–23
After playing two Champions League qualification matches for City in August 2022, as part of the 2022–23 pre-season, Walsh left the club in September after eight years; eight major trophies; and 211 appearances, the joint-record number of appearances for the club (with Houghton) at the time. In a post on Instagram, Walsh wrote: "Even though I will no longer play in the shirt, City is in my blood and always will be." She later said that she had had no intention of leaving City in the summer of 2022, and so it was a hard decision, but that she felt it was the right time to leave her comfort zone.

Barcelona

Transfer and 2022–23

With one year left on her City contract, Walsh again showed interest in leaving the club following the 2021–22 season, with interest from "several top European clubs" including Chelsea and Barcelona. Over the summer of 2022, several key members of City's women's squad left either through free transfer or retirement. Though women's football rarely drew transfer fees, both Chelsea and Barcelona made Manchester City large offers for Walsh. Having been inspired by Barcelona as a child, and told by her father that she should endeavour to play for them, Walsh wanted to join this team; Barcelona felt the need to bring in reinforcements after injury to star midfielder Alexia Putellas and other departures, and made several offers. After a lengthy high-profile pursuit, the last of Barcelona's offers, around £400,000 (up to €470,000 including bonuses), a world-record fee, was accepted shortly before the transfer deadline on 7 September 2022. This was considerably higher than the previous women's transfer record, set when Pernille Harder transferred for £250,000 in 2020, and Barcelona's previous record signing of a female player, set when they purchased Mapi León for €50,000 in 2017. Walsh has said that while "the price tag [is] a nice feeling", she prefers not to be the centre of attention. She signed to Barcelona for three years, joining England teammate Lucy Bronze, who also moved from City to Barcelona in 2022.

At the end of 2022, Walsh featured near the top of several women's football rankings, including coming third on the IFFHS ranking of the Women's World Best Playmaker; entering the Top 10 of the list of the 100 Best Female Footballers; and being named to the FIFPRO World 11. With Barcelona having started her in many games of the 2022–23 season, including the most important ones, Walsh won her first title with them with the 2022–23 Supercopa de España: she helped her team to victory playing in both the semi-final and, despite having gone off during extra-time in the semi-final with an injury, the final three days later on 22 January 2023. In subsequent games, she was rested with the injury; shortly after her return she scored her first goal for Barcelona, on 5 February against Real Betis, with a shot from outside the box.

International career

Youth
In November 2009, Walsh, aged twelve, received her first call-up to train for the England under-15 girls, making her the youngest person on the squad. She played for them in 2010 and 2011. Though she would go on to feature in the England squads for all youth age groups, she did not get a chance to thrive in them, only participating in one major competition. She later reflected that the lack of youth experience may have contributed to her being unprepared for the criticism players receive at international tournaments when she joined the senior squad.

Moving into the under-17 women's squad as its vice-captain, Walsh was considered a key player in the 2013 season. During the July 2013 women's Nordic Tournament she scored two goals, including one in the first minute of the play-off match against Iceland. In November 2013, she was named as a forward in the squad for the 2014 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship (held in December 2013), helping England through to the knockout stages and a fourth-place finish in the competition.

Walsh was then selected to the under-19 England squad while still playing at under-17 club level. Called to training with the second team in January 2014, she made a competitive appearance for the first team a week later. In the youth squads, Walsh was considered the class clown to Leah Williamson's serious captain. After under-17, Walsh was not always brought in for training camps and, when she was sixteen and in the under-19 outfit, was told by coach Mo Marley that she needed to work harder; Walsh has said missing out on selections at this age and Marley's warning, which she felt was tough love and indicative of Marley believing in her, "was a massive career defining moment". Realising she did not want to lose out on football, Walsh began to apply herself.

She served as under-19 captain for some of their appearances at the March 2015 La Manga Tournament in Spain, and wore the armband again after returning from injury for 2016 under-19 Euro preparation matches in September and November 2015. She then picked up another ankle injury while on international duty with the under-19 side in La Manga in March 2016. Walsh was named in the squad for an under-20 tournament in September 2016, but had to withdraw. With the under-23 squad, Walsh played in La Manga and won the Nordic Tournament in 2017.

Senior

England

In November 2017, Walsh was called up to the senior England squad for the first time, along with Williamson, by interim coach Marley for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification campaign. She received her first cap that month in England's first match against Kazakhstan, providing an assist in the fifteenth minute. During the campaign she was one of two senior Lionesses (with winner Beth Mead) to be nominated for the 2018 England Women's International Young Player of the Year award. Walsh, aged 21 and the youngest player in the squad, captained England for the first time during these qualifiers, starting with the armband in England's final match against Kazakhstan in September 2018, in her seventh senior appearance; she was substituted off in the second half, handing the armband to replacement Bronze, with England winning 6–0.

Walsh has represented England in three SheBelieves Cup tournaments. The team came second on Walsh's debut appearance in 2018, losing to United States by an own goal off the keeper. In 2019, Walsh, one of the three players who featured in every match, was part of the team that won the competition, providing the long-range assist for the final goal. After Walsh helped the team to victory in the 2019 SheBelieves Cup, manager Phil Neville said that she was probably the best midfielder at the time, praising her development within the squad after he had been tough on her to provoke this. Neville also encouraged veteran player Karen Carney to help mentor Walsh through the 2019 Women's World Cup, her first major tournament.

In May 2019, Walsh was selected as part of England's 2019 World Cup squad; her name was announced by DJ Monki as part of England's social-media facing squad announcement. In the opening games of the World Cup, Walsh did not play to her usual standards, but she continued to be picked to start, with Neville having faith in her game and her development; England fans, however, were heavily critical of her continued selection after the early weaker showing. Her performance in the semi-final against United States, which England lost, however, was seen as strong; she provided two long passes that produced Ellen White goals (one was disallowed) and sent a narrowly-saved "thunderbolt" strike at goal from 25yards herself. Walsh felt that the criticism of her performances was deserved, saying she lacked focus, but said this did not stop it from affecting her. She considered quitting football because of it, working with sports psychologists to rebuild her enjoyment of the game.

Still struggling in January 2020, Walsh was encouraged by Neville and England's then-head of performance "to address her lifestyle habits" so that she could develop further and be able to focus on marginal gains. England came third in the 2020 SheBelieves Cup, held in the United States in March 2020, before returning to England and a match hiatus due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. By October 2020, Walsh felt that her mentality was starting to thrive again. At the time, the team were preparing for more international fixtures to return. England's qualification campaign for the 2023 Women's World Cup began in 2021; Walsh was one of four players to captain England during their record 20–0 defeat of Latvia that November.

In June 2022, Walsh was named to the England squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 in July, which they won. As part of the marketing in the run-up to the tournament, an image of Walsh was projected on the facade of the National Gallery. She started every match and played all but five minutes, showing "classic understated dominance" throughout the tournament and being key to England reaching the final against Germany. In anticipation of the final it was reported that the outcome of the match could come down to whether Walsh or her contrasting counterpart Lena Oberdorf outperformed the other. England won 2–1, with Walsh providing the lauded pass for England's first goal scored by Ella Toone in the sixty-second minute; The New York Times covered the match by saying it "was Walsh's game". She was named player of the match and was subsequently included in the Team of the Tournament.

During the 2022 Euro campaign, Walsh reflected that she was able to perform so consistently because of manager Sarina Wiegman's coaching style allowing Walsh to have a good mindset, that Wiegman "[is] not bothered that we make mistakes. She's not going to shout at us or belittle us for making mistakes. She knows that that's part of the process and, for me, that gives me the confidence to try those passes"; Walsh repeated the sentiment in a press conference after she was named player of the match in England's first game after the Euro, a 2–0 win over Austria that saw them qualify for the 2023 World Cup. With her appearance in the final qualification group game, another 10–0 win over Luxembourg, Walsh won her 50th England cap.

In her early years with the England squad, Walsh was considered the "heir apparent" to Fara Williams as the midfield anchor. Since 2019, Walsh has been "an automatic starter for England, a name on the teamsheet that is never questioned", with various sports media and personalities saying that her role in the England squad is one that cannot be matched or replicated by other players.

Great Britain
Walsh was part of the Great Britain women's football team at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo in 2021. Team GB went out in the quarterfinals, losing to the Matildas; Walsh took the first shot at goal in this match, a powerful strike that slammed against the bottom of the post. As the game went to extra time, Walsh again opened striking, with this attempt tipped over the top of the net by a fingertip save.

Style of play

Walsh plays for possession-based teams. She is typically played as a 'number 6' holding midfielder; "not a traditional holding English midfielder", having instead been described as "built in the mould of a traditional Spanish midfielder", her game has been consistently compared to that of Barcelona and Spain's Sergio Busquets. As has been said of Busquets, The Athletic has written that "Walsh is one of those players you might not see if you watch the game—but by watching her you see the game." As a regista (deep-lying playmaker), Walsh typically sets the tempo of matches she plays. Besides technical ability, she is also praised for her stamina and leadership.

Walsh is statistically one of the most accurate passers in world football, and most often plays by passing. She is able to execute a large variety of passes equally over all distances and when under pressure, and has a high success rate of long passes into the final third. With her awareness of her teammates' abilities, Walsh can play long passes with good weight towards space for players to run onto and meet well. When not passing long, Walsh may set up opportunities for her attacking midfielders; playing alongside Georgia Stanway (for City and England), she can play to Stanway to attack, as a double pivot, or with their positions swapped. Walsh also often shares the pitch with Lucy Bronze (for City, England, and Barcelona); though Bronze is usually a right-back, she can come into a midfield position for link-up play with Walsh.

Not usually an attacking player, Walsh is able to strike powerfully from distance but is instead typically key in her team's build-up play. Like Spanish midfielders, Walsh can use pausing tactics to her team's advantage, spending time with the ball before picking out a pass to draw the opposition out of position or determine the best play. She can also disguise her direction, feint passes and make complete turns to break past markers and create space for herself. With her frequent scans of the field, Walsh will make herself open to receive the ball in a good position to retain possession or to use her first touch (which she will often take with the outside of her foot) to get away from pressure. She has been known to distribute balls quickly, too, accurately passing due to her positional awareness. As an often  player, Walsh can use her movements to "drag opponents around" before passing to openings this has created using her strong vision and range.

When not with the ball, Walsh can be seen dictating direction of play, and moving to support players in possession. She can also provide defensive cover, shadowing opposition players to disrupt their play when they have possession and to allow her teammates space to progress in attack when they are on the ball. Walsh is effective in her midfield defensive actions; more likely to intercept than tackle, her tackling success rate is still high. She is reliable for interceptions and recovering loose ball situations, and supporting the back line. She will move back to support both when they are defending and to act as a stand-in when a defender moves forward in attack. When acquiring the ball during opposition presses, Walsh can break press and switch play to an attacking sequence.

In popular culture
Having been described as an artist in the game, footage of some of Walsh's ball skills have gone viral. A long pass she made in the 2019 SheBelieves Cup, taking eight Japan players out of the game, was popular. A clip of Walsh in a 2022 England training session, in which she scored a solo goal after creatively evading the members of the opposition five-a-side team, was also shared widely, particularly as it coincided with the high-profile Barcelona pursuit of her signing.

Sports media has noted that the appreciation of deeper midfielders in the women's game grew significantly following the "trailblazing" work of Walsh and Oberdorf. Football journalist Julien Laurens said on The Gab & Juls Show in September 2022 that Walsh is "the best player in the world, for [him]"; rated by various pundits to be instrumental in England winning the 2022 Euro, and described in the media as the unsung hero of the tournament and her team, other players and the media reacted with surprise when Walsh did not receive a nomination for the Ballon d'Or Féminin in August 2022.

She is nicknamed "WonderWalsh", in reference to her skill and the song "Wonderwall", which is commonly played at Manchester City games.

Personal life
Walsh is an advocate for mental health support and breaking the stigma around getting help. She has a West Highland White Terrier called Narla, who she says helps her switch off. She and Williamson came up through their international football careers together, receiving call-ups at the same time from under-15 to the senior squad, becoming best friends. Walsh is also good friends with Abbie McManus, despite supporting opposing Manchester teams, and Stanway.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours
Blackburn Rovers
FA Girls' Youth Cup: runner-up 2013
Lancashire Women's Challenge Cup: runner-up 2014

Manchester City
FA Women's Super League: winner 2016, runner-up 2015, 2017, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21
Women's FA Cup: winner 2016–17, 2018–19, 2019–20, runner-up 2021–22
FA Women's League Cup: winner 2014, 2016, 2018–19, 2021–22, runner-up 2017–18

Barcelona
Supercopa de España Femenina: 2022–23

England

UEFA Women's Championship: 2022
SheBelieves Cup: 2019
Arnold Clark Cup: 2022, 2023

Individual
Greater Manchester Young Sports Person of the Year: 2008
Blackburn Rovers Girls' Centre of Excellence Overall Achievement Trophy: 2010
Blackburn Rovers Girls' Centre of Excellence International Recognition Award: 2010
Blackburn Rovers Special Achievement Award: 2014
Northwest Football Awards Women's Rising Star: 2017
Manchester City W.F.C. Official Supporters' Club Player of the Season: 2017–18
UEFA Women's Championship Team of the Tournament: 2022
England Women's Player of the Year: third 2021–22
FIFA FIFPRO Women's World 11: 2022
Freedom of the borough of Rochdale (honoured 19 October 2022)
Freedom of the City of London (announced 1 August 2022)

Records
Youngest player to start a match as captain of England in the FA era:  (4 September 2018)

Most expensive women's football player in the world: ~£400,000 (7 September 2022)

See also

 List of England women's international footballers
 List of Manchester City W.F.C. players
 List of people from Rochdale

References

External links

 Keira Walsh at FC Barcelona
 Keira Walsh at The Football Association

1997 births
Living people
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players
Blackburn Rovers L.F.C. players
England women's international footballers
England women's under-23 international footballers
English expatriate sportspeople in Spain
English expatriate women's footballers
English women's footballers
Expatriate women's footballers in Spain
FA Women's National League players
FC Barcelona Femení players
Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Footballers educated at St Bede's College, Manchester
Footballers from Rochdale
Manchester City W.F.C. players
Olympic footballers of Great Britain
People educated at Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School
People educated at Haslingden High School
Primera División (women) players
UEFA Women's Championship-winning players
UEFA Women's Euro 2022 players
Women's association football forwards
Women's association football midfielders
Women's Super League players

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I often wrestle with what it means to be beautiful and I how I live that out. I'm a huge believer that beauty shines from the inside out, but when it comes to what I see in the mirror, I can't seem to apply that rubric. As someone currently struggling with my own self-esteem, I can assure you that logic doesn't play much of a role in how I actually see myself.


8606 – So, this is Friday, is it?
So, venture bros closed out the season nicely.
I like the idea of a hovering cocoon, really.
This isn't my most "stanky", I'll have to think of something that'll really tick me off to get full-blown stink.
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Supreme Court says local gov't shares should come from all national taxes
Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 04 2018 07:05 PM
MANILA- The Supreme Court has ruled that the "just share" of local government units (LGUs), also known as Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA), must be computed based on all national taxes, and not just from national internal revenue taxes.
The ruling, via 10-3 voting, was on a petition filed in January 2012 by former Batangas 2nd District Representative and now provincial governor Hermilando Mandanas, who questioned before the high court the government's wrong computation and alleged misappropriation of IRA funds for LGUs.
In his 23-page petition, Mandanas claimed that from 1992 to 2012, unreleased IRA due from provinces, cities, municipalities, and barangays had reached P500 billion.
"Compliance by the National Government with the Constitution and existing laws will enable the LGUs to efficiently and expediently serve the Filipino people, and hasten the delivery of much needed and long delayed basic services," Mandanas' petition stated.
Mandanas argued that Section 284 on Allotment of Internal Revenue Taxes of Republic Act (RA) No. 7160 (Local Government Code) clearly defines "just share" regarding the IRA.
The said section states:
"Sec. 284. Allotment of Internal Revenue Taxes. Local government units shall have a share in the national internal revenue taxes based on the collection of the third fiscal year preceding the current fiscal year, as follows:
a. On the first year of the effectivity of this Code, thirty percent (30%);
b. On the second year, thirty-five percent (35%);
c. On the third year and thereafter, forty percent (40%)."
"It is clear that the legally mandated revenue base to compute the IRA should include the entire national internal revenue taxes collected annually," Mandanas said.
The national internal revenue taxes, according to Mandanas, are specifically enumerated in Sec. 21 of RA 8424 (National Internal Revenue Code):
"Sec. 21. Sources of Revenue. - The following taxes, fees, and charges are deemed to be national internal revenue taxes:
a. Income taxes;
b. Estate and donor's taxes;
c. Value-added tax;
d. Other percentage taxes;
e. Excise taxes;
f. Documentary stamp taxes; and
g. Such other taxes as are hereafter may be imposed and collected by the BIR(Bureau of Internal Revenue)."
His petition also stated that the Bureau of Customs (BOC) collects national internal revenue taxes such as value-added tax, excise taxes, and documentary stamp taxes on imported goods as an agent of the BIR, as provided for in Sec. 12 of the National Internal Revenue Code.
"However, the BIR has not been including the collections of the BOC of the national internal revenue taxes in the legally mandated revenue base to compute the IRA for the LGUs since 1992 up to 2012."
"And when included in accordance with the Philippine Constitution and other applicable laws, then the LGUs should receive P498.85 billion or very close to P500 billion," Mandanas' petition explained.
Mandanas also asked the high court to order the immediate release of IRAs to LGUs.
"The National Government, in the persons of the Respondents, should automatically release the Internal Revenue Allotments (IRA) or the just shares of the Local Government Units (LGUs) in the national taxes as determined by law."
His petition stated that the automatic release of the IRA to the LGUs is "clearly provided for in Sec. 6 of Art. X of the Constitution" which states:
"Local government units shall have a just share, as determined by law, in the national taxes which shall be automatically released to them."
Mandanas urged the high court to issue a temporary restraining order (TRO) and/or writ of preliminary injunction on the then Aquino government's General Appropriations Act(GAA) for 2012, specifically on some P60.75 billion appropriations for capital outlays which he said was taken off the IRA.
"This amount is equivalent to the IRA for the LGUs in accordance with law that has been misappropriated by the National Government in the 2012 GAA. And if the unconstitutional release of the P60.75 Billion is not restrained by the Supreme Court, then again the misuse of Local Funds for National Projects will go unabated."
Mandanas filed the petition along with 8 local officials. The lead counsel in the case is former Aquilino Pimentel, Jr., author of the Local Government Code.
Supreme Court, LGU, IRA, internal revenue allotment, national taxes
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Having looked at the website am I only going to be able to go for a Villa holiday? or does anyone know anywhere where you can get a room/apt for a family of 5?
Hope you don't mind me asking, sorry if this is covered elsewhere..
Also when I book do I have to have all my deals I will be using or will I just need them the 8 wks or so before departure?
We had this problem too!! Then found one place which took 5 in a room but they have since left Cosmos - typical.
So there are places out there it is a matter of going through page by page and trying to find!!
As we are now taking the fil, I have stopped looking for a place for 5 as we need two rooms now anyway.
Maybe someone else will know of a place??
You would need to have your deals at the time of booking. Also, I just found out that you have to pay a cash deposit if the whole holiday is not payable with deals.
The hotel we stayed at in Turkey have family rooms (two bedroom one bathroom) which will sleep 5 they say - there was only 4 of us and 4 single beds total but I guess they roll out another bed. Can recommend the hotel too, I've posted on the review section.
Get the brochure and flick through everything looking for places that will have 5 in one room. That's what we have just done!
Club Sun City in Olu Deniz Turkey did 5 bedded rooms. We picked Olu Deniz Beach Resort that has family rooms with a double bed, bunk beds and a cot.
You don't necessarily have to have your vouchers in hand before you book, I booked a couple of weeks ago and then ordered them on-line later that evening and the girl I booked with at Cosmos was fully aware of this and fine with it. Because I was paying for the entire holiday in vouchers, I only had to pay ?40.00 at the time for us to sit together on the plane (extras are not covered), but I think you will have to pay the deposit in full when booking if paying partially with vouchers. I received the vouchers in about 4 days and sent them off and I have just now received a receipt from Cosmos stating that the holiday balance has been paid in full.
When we booked with Cosmos we phoned them up and asked what they had available and we even got a holiday paying full with the vouchers and money off the holiday. That was in Majorca, Cala Bona. The place is fab and the room was big and great but the service in the hotel was crap!!!!!!


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Frankia — рід бактерій ряду Frankiales, що здатні фіксувати азот. Описана спочатку як гриб. Назва вперше опублікована 1886 року.

Симбіоз
Входячи у симбіоз з рослинами, зокрема маслинкою вузьколистою, дозволяє їм рости на збіднених грунтах.

Класифікація
До роду Frankia відносять види:
 F. alni (Woronin 1866) Von Tubeuf 1895
 "Ca. F. alpina" Pozzi et al. 2020
 F. asymbiotica Nouioui et al. 2017
 "Ca. F. californiensis" Normand et al. 2017
 F. canadensis Normand et al. 2018
 F. casuarinae Nouioui et al. 2016
 F. coriariae Nouioui et al. 2017
 "Ca. F. datiscae" Persson et al. 2011
 F. discariae Nouioui et al. 2017
 "F. elaeagni" (ex Becking 1970) Lalonde et al. 1988
 F. elaeagni Nouioui et al. 2016
 F. inefficax Nouioui et al. 2017
 Frankia irregularis Nouioui et al. 2018
 "Ca. F. meridionalis" Nguyen et al. 2019
 "Ca. F. nodulisporulans" Herrera-Belaroussi et al. 2020
 Frankia saprophytica Nouioui et al. 2018
 Frankia soli Gtari et al. 2020
 "F. subtilis" Brunchorst 1886
 Frankia torreyi Nouioui et al. 2019

Примітки

Джерела
 Brunchorst, J. 1886. Über einige Wurzelauschwellungen, besonders diejenigen von Alnus und den Elaeagneen. Untersuchungen aus dem Botanischen Institut Tübingen. 2:151 - P.174

Бактерії


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Василий Павлович Дубянский (1892—1980) — гвардии генерал-майор Советской Армии, участник Первой мировой, Гражданской и Великой Отечественной войн.

Биография
Василий Павлович Дубянский родился 29 декабря 1891 года (по новому стилю — 11 января 1892 года) в городе Смоленске. В 1915 году был призван на службу в Российскую императорскую армию. Участвовал в Первой мировой войне в составе частей Юго-Западного фронта. В 1917 году окончил Псковскую школу прапорщиков. Участвовал в событиях Февральской революции, во время которых разоружал батальон генерала Иванова на станции Псков. Позднее, в дни июньского наступления 1917 года, успешно проводил агитацию среди личного состава своего полка, в результате чего тот отказался идти в атаку. После роспуска старой армии Дубянский вернулся в Смоленске. В сентябре 1918 года добровольцем поступил на службу в Рабоче-Крестьянскую Красную Армию. Участвовал в боях Гражданской войны против войск Н. Н. Юденича, польских частей, подавлял Кронштадтский мятеж. В боях был контужен.

После окончания войны Дубянский продолжал службу в Красной Армии. Служил на штабных и командных должностях в различных стрелковых частях. В 1930 году окончил курсы «Выстрел». С ноября 1931 года — на преподавательской работе. Преподавал тактику в Ленинградской военно-теоретической школе лётчиков, затем в Военно-политической академии имени Н. Г. Толмачёва. В 1932—1934 годах был начальником курса, руководителем кафедры тактики и кафедры военной организации, мобилизации и тыла Военной академии механизации и моторизации имени И. В. Сталина. В 1935 году окончил академические курсы усовершенствования командного состава при этой же академии и получил назначение на должность начальника тактического цикла Ленинградских бронетанковых курсов усовершенствования командного состава. В 1939 году заочно окончил Военную академию имени М. В. Фрунзе. Участвовал в польском походе, будучи начальником штаба 24-й танковой бригады Киевского особого военного округа. С июля 1940 года являлся заместителем командира 7-й моторизованной дивизии 8-го механизированного корпуса, дислоцировавшегося в городе Дрогобыче Украинской ССР. Здесь его застало начало Великой Отечественной войны.

В первые военные дни Дубянский был откомандирован в распоряжение Дрогобычского облисполкома, занимался эвакуацией материальных ценностей, топлива и военного имущества в глубь страны. В дальнейшем вернулся к занимаемой перед войной должности. Участвовал в боях под Киевом и Каневом. В августе 1941 года Дубянский был назначен заместителем начальника оперативного отдела штаба 38-й армии. Под его руководством осуществлялся отход войск за Днепр под Черкассами и организовывалась оборона переправ. С сентября 1941 года — в Инспекции Наркомата обороны СССР. В марте 1942 года был назначен начальником штаба 8-го воздушно-десантного корпуса, который в августе того же года был преобразован в 35-ю гвардейскую стрелковую дивизию. Дубянский занял в ней должность заместителя командира. 11 августа 1942 года дивизия прибыла под Сталинград. Находясь в составе 62-й армии, она приняла активное участие в тяжелейших боях под Котлубанью. Когда погиб командир дивизии генерал В. А. Глазков, Дубянский занял его должность. Под его командованием части дивизии, понесшие большие потери, держали оборону на городской окраине, обороняли Минино и Ельшанку. К исходу сентября 1942 года в строю остались всего около 300 бойцов и командиров, и она была отведена в тыл на переформирование. Через некоторое время Дубянский тяжело заболел и до конца года лечился в московском госпитале.

С января 1943 года служил в Южно-Уральском военном округе, командовал 4-й учебной бригадой, затем был заместителем по военно-учебным заведениям командующего округом. С ноября 1943 года возглавлял штаб Орловского военного округа. После окончания войны продолжал службу в Советской Армии. С декабря 1946 года возглавлял Воронежское суворовское военное училище. В июле 1954 года был уволен в запас. Проживал в Воронеже. Умер 3 февраля 1980 года, похоронен на Коминтерновском кладбище Воронежа.

Награды
 Орден Ленина (21 февраля 1945 года);
 3 ордена Красного Знамени (2 декабря 1942 года, 3 ноября 1944 года, 24 июня 1948 года);
 Орден Отечественной войны 2-й степени (12 ноября 1943 года);
 Орден Красной Звезды (28 октября 1967 года);
 Медали «За оборону Москвы», «За оборону Сталинграда» и другие медали;
 Наградное оружие.

Литература

 Битва за Сталинград. — 3-е изд., испр и доп. — Волгоград: Ниж.-Волж. кн. изд-во., 1972.

Ссылки
 Дубянский Василий Павлович. // Сайт «35-я гвардейская стрелковая дивизия».
 Выставка портретов советских полководцев. // Музей-заповедник «Хмелита».

Участники Первой мировой войны (Россия)
Участники Гражданской войны в России (красные)
Участники Польского похода Красной армии (1939)
Командиры дивизий в Великой Отечественной войне
Участники Сталинградской битвы
Участники битвы за Москву
Выпускники курсов «Выстрел»
Выпускники Военной академии имени М. В. Фрунзе
Похороненные на Коминтерновском кладбище


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Most recently, on the 26th January 2012, he made history by completing the longest unsupportedpolar expedition of all time, alongside his best mate, Jonesy. In 100 years of polar exploration no-one had EVER walked from the edge of Antarctica to the South Pole and back without assistance. Many had tried, none had succeeded. After 89 gruelling days they made it back to the coast after having skied 2275km with everything they needed to survive in the harshest environment on Earth.
Ben Pettingill
Imagine waking up blind. One moment you can see, and in the next moment, your vision is made up only of childhood memories. At the tender age of 16, this became a reality for Ben Pettingill when overnight he lost 98% of his eyesight to a rare genetic syndrome, Lebers Hereditary Optic Neuropathy. While the shock, then grief of losing one's eyesight cannot be discounted, once Ben processed his new reality he realised that he had to make a choice that would define the rest of his life. Ben believed that a blind man could see, and his miracle was the activation of 'True Vision' and 'Limitless Vision'. Vision enabled through purpose, perception and empowered decision making.
Holly Bryar
Crowned Miss Sydney Australia (2016) at the 6th annual sustainability pageant, Holly was determined from a young age to chase her dreams of working behind and in front of the camera.
After High School, she secured early entry into Charles Sturt University undertaking a double degree in TV Production & Graphic Design. It was during those four years Holly developed her love for creating children's content within film, television and design.
Upon completing her degree, Holly relocated to Sydney taking time to pursue her passion for acting. She completed various short courses at NIDA under the guidance of Don Christopher, Brendon McDonnell & Serhat Caradee (AFI/AACTA nominee). Soon after she was accepted into NIDA'S part-time course - Advanced Screen Actors Studio with Writer/Directors Elissa Down (Black Balloon) and Craig Boreham (Teenage Kicks).
Holly has worked alongside the talented production teams of much-loved children's programs Giggle & Hoot and Play School at ABC Kids TV. She currently works freelance and still continues her passion for performing arts.


Here at 3 Minute Record, we appreciate those that were able to make it out to see Chris Mills play last night at Off Broadway. We enjoyed raising a pint and seeing many old friends and commiserating with new ones alike.
Though we missed many of those that should have broken the chains of their self-imposed bunkers, the support of the St. Louis music scene continues to be amazing. Heaps of credit must be given to Magnolia Summer for being very cool and playing a tight, professional opening set.
You can read the official review of the evening at the KDHX blog. Please take the time to read writer/88.1 KDHX DJ extraordinaire Roy Kasten's interviewwith Chris Mills published yesterday by the Riverfront Times music blog, A to Z. Plus, if you're really feeling the need to read more - Blurt recently published a great review of the new Mills retrospective, Heavy Years: 2000-2010.
While the small audience turnout (about 50 or so) is unfortunate, that doesn't mean the music the audience heard was anything less than superb. Why more St. Louis fans haven't embraced the music of this ex-patriot singer/songwriter leaves us flabbergasted. Attending college in Chicago and becoming part of that city's music scene may bring up the Gateway City's love/hate relationship with Illinois' largest city, but Mills honest songs contain a gorgeous modern take on '60s pop and '70s singer/songwriter rock with a twinge of Americana and folk. From the creative perspective of "You Are My Favorite Song," a jaunty ode professing love for a song rather than a lover to the jazzy pop feel of the Van Morrison-esque "Suicide Note," Mills adds emotional lyrics to his songs demonstrating the mark of a true artist.
Thanks to Chris for a great night! Looking forward to hearing some new songs and pulling some deep cuts out next time (Calling loudly from the back of the room for "Funeral Date", "Chenoa", "This Is Not An Easy Thing" and "Fire For You") That invitation for a house concert still stands. Cheers!


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Do we want our children to live in a world stinking of diapers and covered in plastic? We hate to be all doom and gloom, but there's an ecological crisis happening right under our noses and it smells like dirty diapers!
American babies soil 27.4 billion diapers annually and generate 7.6 billion pounds of trash. That is enough garbage to stretch to the moon and back NINE times! These plastic disposable diapers take over 500 years to biodegrade in landfills, and that is so long that the diaper you wore as a baby will outlive your great-great-granddaughter!
Plastic disposable diapers should be a major concern for all parents because your baby is wearing them 24/7 during a vital time in their development.
Disposable diapers are made of polyethylene, or in simple terms, PLASTIC. Polyethylene is actually the same plastic that is used to make grocery bags.
It takes one cup of crude oil to make the polyethylene plastic for one baby. That adds up to 3.4 billion gallons of oil every year to supply diapers for babies; enough to power 5,222,000 cars!
Most plastic is made from fossil fuels like oil and natural gas, which release toxic emissions when extracted from the earth. Two hundred thousand trees are lost each year to the manufacture of disposable diapers for babies in the U.S. alone.
Not only are disposable diapers dangerous to our planet, they are dangerous to our babies as well! Diaper companies do not have to disclose the ingredients used in your baby's diapers! So many parents just like you do not know the true facts about diapering your baby in disposable diapers.
In order to make your baby's diapers feel soft, diaper companies use a plastic softener called phthalate. This chemical acts as an endocrine disrupter, which can cause cancerous tumors, birth defects, and developmental disorders in your precious baby.
The most dangerous chemical found in almost every disposable diaper brand on the market today is dioxin: a carcinogenic chemical that is a toxic byproduct of the paper-bleaching process. In addition to cancer, dioxin has also been known to cause birth defects, skin and liver disease, and genetic damage in lab animals.
Now you know why we're called Diaper Doom!
Diaper Doom is an advocate for ending the use of plastic disposable diapers because we cannot stand the stench any longer! We feel it's time to air out the disaster that is the diaper industry! Follow Diaper Doom on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to keep up with our mission. Something has got to change!


There appears to be an issue with the forum's mail server, as reported by Kai and Hroth yesterday. This is particularly annoying given old players returning trying to reset their passwords.
Crucio, I don't know if you have any insight into how to fix it. I'll certainly give it a go. The workaround fix until then is to contact me in game and I can reset passwords for you.
Despite being subscribed to many threads, I never receive email notifications of replies, new posts, etc.
Would love to have this option and it would certainly contribute to jump-starting the kin.
Google isn't being much help unfortunately. The answer is invariably contact your host.
Even changing to PHP, which I'd prefer not to do, doesn't fix it.
Crucio are you actively checking this forum and have any ideas?
In the meantime, I recommend anyone looking to reset passwords or register contact me in-game and i can reset for them as an administrator.
Indeed it has. Great work Crucio!
Had some people asking about the amount of emails sent from a thread you have posted on. Before posting a thread or reply, there is a subscription option just above the "post" button. It, by default, is set to email subscription. Make sure you change it before you post if you don't them!
You can also change that default option on the User Control Panel.


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LEmi Koussi est un volcan éteint du Tchad situé dans le nord du pays et faisant partie du massif du Tibesti. Son altitude de  en fait le point culminant du Tibesti, du Tchad et du Sahara.

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L'Emi Koussi est situé dans le Centre-Est du Sahara, dans le nord du Tchad, à l'extrémité sud-est du massif du Tibesti, un massif volcanique s'étendant au Tchad et en Libye. Administrativement, il se trouve dans la région de Borkou, dans une région peuplée de nomades toubous. Il est relié au reste du massif du Tibesti en direction du nord-nord-ouest par un plateau supportant des cônes volcaniques.

Ce volcan trachytique s'étend sur soixante kilomètres par quatre-vingts. Il est couronné par deux caldeiras coalescentes de douze kilomètres par quinze contenant plusieurs cratères, dômes, cônes et coulées de lave. La caldeira a une profondeur de plusieurs centaines de mètres (300 à , 500 à , ou  suivant les sources). Au fond de la caldeira, le cratère de l'Era Kohor, mesurant deux kilomètres par trois et  de profondeur, est tapissé de natron. Ce « Trou au Natron du Koussi » ne doit pas être confondu avec le Trou au Natron du Tarso Toussidé qui contient également ce dépôt minéral.

Le rebord sud de la caldeira constitue le point culminant du volcan. Avec  d'altitude il est le sommet le plus élevé du Sahara. Le sommet le plus élevé et le plus proche est le mont Cameroun situé à  au sud-sud-ouest. Les pentes régulières et peu pentues de l'Emi Koussi qui lui confèrent une forme conique sont peu entaillées par l'érosion en raison du climat aride de cette région du globe. Néanmoins, les quelques oueds qui parcourent ses flancs font tous partie du bassin versant endoréique du lac Tchad situé au sud-sud-ouest.

Des astronautes considèrent que c'est le point naturel le plus reconnaissable sur le globe, lorsqu'on observe depuis une orbite spatiale.

Histoire
La dernière éruption de l'Emi Koussi s'est déroulée à une date inconnue mais a créé trois maars ainsi que plusieurs cônes de cendre ayant émis des coulées de lave basaltique dans la caldeira et sur les flancs du volcan. Il est considéré comme étant éteint et la seule activité volcanique actuelle est représentée par les sources chaudes de Yi-Yerra sur le flanc sud à environ  d'altitude.

Il est délicat de parler de l'ascension de l'Emi Koussi comme d'une « première » lorsque l'on sait que celle-ci s'effectue sans aucune difficulté en dehors de la distance à parcourir et qu'elle est rendue possible grâce au transport de vivres et de matériel par les dromadaires, animaux très rétifs face aux pentes.

Les premiers Européens à être arrivés au sommet de l'Emi Koussi sont des militaires français. Un premier détachement dirigé par le capitaine Lauzanne y séjourne du 25 au 27 mai 1915. Il relève cinq fois les températures et effectue des relevés hypsométriques. Sous l'autorité du lieutenant-colonel Tilho, géodésiste et futur général membre de l'Académie des sciences, un détachement comprenant trois autres Français (le lieutenant Fouché, le docteur Giudicelli, le sergent Cordelette), le sergent Amoroko Karembé, 23 tirailleurs, 14 goumiers, un interprète, un agent politique, 4 responsables des 36 dromadaires et 4 domestiques, séjourne au sommet du 15 au 18 septembre 1915. De nombreuses mesures de températures sont effectuées, toutes les deux heures le 16 septembre. Par comparaison avec les températures relevées simultanément à Faya, des hauteurs angulaires mesurées au théodolite depuis le village de Yono, où douze observations hypsométriques sont effectuées de mai à septembre 1915, village dont la distance au sommet est estimée à , Jean Tilho détermine l'altitude de l'Emi Koussi à . L'Institut géographique national reportera ±  sur ses cartes. « Un petit groupement dissident de trente à quarante familles au plus vivant à l'intérieur du cratère à la façon des troglodytes », de petits détachements militaires ont après 1915 régulièrement parcouru le sommet.

Wilfred Thesiger parcourt le sommet en . Les Britanniques P.R. Steele, R.F. Tuck et W.W. Marks font de même en 1957.

Ascension
En raison des conditions climatiques, la meilleure période pour l'ascension de l'Emi Koussi est l'hiver, notamment les mois de novembre à mars. Il ne présente pas de difficulté particulière comme de l'escalade, les principaux obstacles étant l'accès, la logistique et l'insécurité causée par des affrontements sporadiques entre l'armée tchadienne et les nomades toubous du Tibesti. Depuis  1995, l'Emi Koussi a été parcouru par de nombreux touristes.

Notes et références

Liens externes

Caldeira au Tchad
Sommet au Tchad
Point culminant d'un pays


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Q: Comparison of normal coordinates in two nearby points Given two points $x,y \in M$ in some Riemannian manifold $ (M,g) $ with distance $d(x,y)< \frac{inj}{2}$, where $inj$ is the injectivity radius of $(M,g)$, and some orthonormal basis $v_1 , \ldots , v_n$ of $T_x M$ we get a basis $i_{\ast}v_1 , \ldots , i_{\ast}v_n$ of $T_y M$.
Now we can choose a normal coordinate system $(\phi_1, U_x)$ in $x $ and
a normal coordinate system $(\phi_2, U_y) $ in $y$ with respect to these orthonormal bases.
Is there a way to compute for $z \in U_x \cap U_y$ the difference $ \phi_1(z) - \phi_2(z)$? I suspect that it holds something like
$$
|\phi_1(z) - \phi_2(z) |= d(x,y) + \mathcal{O}(d(x,y)^2+ d(x,z)^2 + d(z,y)^2)
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I am looking for a reference or a tip how tackle this problem.


I don't sleep very well. And I know a lot of you suffer from the same "syndrome".
Then articles like this started showing up, and I felt better: maybe the expectation of 8 uninterrupted hours of sleep is an invention of modernity?
We can't change what society demands. We can't (and don't want to) dial back on modern conveniences.
But maybe we can also CDFD and stop telling everyone how "important" 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep is. Because? Maybe it actually isn't like that.


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Who planned Shadnagar encounters?
Who had actually planned the Shadnagar encounter that killed four rapists who had brutally raped and killed veterinarian Disha? If highly placed sources are to be believed, it is TRS working president and minister KTR.
KTR had realised that the party and the government had badly mishandled the rape and murder of Disha. The police behaved lackadaisically and the RTA authorities worked in a very lax manner due to which the rapists could perpetrate the crime. Both the departments have ended up with lot of egg on their face. At the same time, Home Minister Mahmood Ali did not cover himself with glory when he said that the ill-fated girl should have dialled 100 before calling up her sister if she was afraid of the four ruffians. This statement was roundly condemned and showed the TRS government as ineffectual . To add it, the people began questioning as to why KCR did not have time to call on Disha's parents.
Hence, the sources say, KTR had decided that something big and drastic had to be done to divert the attention of the people. It was then that the plan to kill the four rapists was made, sources reveal. The rest, as they say, is history.
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Tonight is the 16th Annual Cleveland Sports Awards, and it's always a night in which not only are there awards for those in Cleveland, but also it's a night where some of big names in Cleveland share comments about their respective teams.
One person that's already talking is Browns owner Jimmy Haslam, who is giving his thoughts on a variety of topics, including some comments on embattled QB Johnny Manziel, whose future is very much in doubt in Cleveland.
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In John 17 Jesus prays that we'd all be one. Why? What does he mean? It isn't just so we can be more effective on mission. Jesus isn't just saying, 'If the church was more unified the world wouldn't be so skeptical about us.' That's true, but it's much deeper than that. This prayer that we would all be one, if we see it in the context of the whole flow of John's gospel, is about the hope of God's glory coming and filling all things.
Look at what Jesus says in John 17:22-23 – 'I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one— I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.' So this isn't just about our unity helping our mission – in a pragmatic sense. It's much more wonderful. It's about us sharing the same love, and the same glory as the Father and the Son have. So what will be true for the whole creation one day is already happening with us. The love and unity we exhibit is an advance sign to the world of what God intends for the whole creation.
We see this same theme throughout the New Testament. God's plan is to rescue the whole creation from its slavery to corruption and decay. To defeat all the idols and false powers which have held creation and human beings in their grasp. And to complete at last the plan he had from the beginning – from Genesis 1 and 2. That the creation, formed by God's powerful love and word, will become this cosmic Temple filled with his glory. Ruled over in wisdom and love by his redeemed people who themselves will be glorified. And the unity of the church is a sign, a foretaste and a means of God's ultimate plan.
Theologian, NT Wright argues that this theme is almost everywhere in Paul's letters.* For Paul, the unified community of Christ is the ultimate sign of the coming glory. Jew plus Greek, slave plus free, male and female in Christ – the one people of Abraham for the world.
If you look at Galatians 2, 3 and 4, Paul is actually arguing for the unity of the church. In the church Jews and gentiles sitting at the same table together. That's not incidental, that's the whole point of his argument.
And if you look at 1 Corinthians, again and again he's saying, 'Is Christ divided? No, you are all one.' And it builds up… he deals with this topic, that topic… but arrives in chapter 12 with this vision of the body of Christ – the one body, many members. And then, in case you wondered how this could happen, in chapter 13 he writes this majestic poem on love. And then explores what that's going to look like when we're gathering together. And all of this is rooted in chapter 15 in the Gospel, which is about the new creation, the kingdom of God in and through Jesus' resurrection.
Ever tried this in a group of 3 or 4? A group of 10 or 20? A church of 70 or 80? It is very, very difficult. It wasn't any easier in the first century. But don't think that just 'cos we find it hard, that it's optional. No, rather… Paul continues… 'have the same mindset among yourselves as Christ Jesus, who, being in very nature God, did not consider his equality with God something to be taken advantage of, but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant… You know how it goes. Jesus went all the way – obedient to the point of death – even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him.' He has done what only the one who bears the name above all names can do. And it's because of him, and in him, that we are called to do the same.
Then Paul goes on to say, 'Do all things without grumbling and arguing, so that you may be children of God blameless and pure in a dark world in which you shine like stars. The unity of the church is the sign to the world that there's a different way of being human.
The unifying of Jew and gentile by the Spirit… what an extraordinary thing! It made Caesar shiver in his shoes. Within 100 years of Jesus' death, Caesar was getting letters from Imperial governors around the Empire, saying, 'What are we going to do with these Christians?' Because it shows that Caesar doesn't run the world – Christ does. And the same is true when we exhibit this same unity. The powers that be start getting worried. But as long as we continue to be fragmented, divided and detached from each other. And… 'Who cares 'cos we're right and those other Christians are wrong.' As long as we go that route – the powers of this world will fold their arms and watch us having our fun, because they're still running the show. But as Paul says in Ephesians 4 – when there is one body, one Spirit, one hope, one Lord, one faith, one baptism. Then something new has happened – and the gates of hell can't prevail against it.
And it's a cost. The cost of being different (Ephesians 5)… The cost of sustaining the male plus female thing we call marriage, in a world that's always trying to tear us apart, and so on.
And then in Romans – Paul's big gun, his canon. The whole letter builds to chapters 14 and 15, which are about the hard won, complex unity of the church. This unity results in the church, with one heart and voice, glorifying the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. And the climax of that is v12-13, which brings together and concludes the whole of Romans… The root of Jesse rises to rule the nations. And this is a letter to Rome! This is a letter to the city that rules the nations. No, the root of Jesse rises. The resurrection says Jesus Christ rules the nations. And in him the nations will hope. That's Paul's understanding of the church – a single worldwide people worshipping Christ as Lord.
And it's a new temple view of the church. It's saying, 'You are the temple of the living God – together and individually.' Ephesians 2 says the Spirit indwells us like the glory indwelt the temple. Or in Colossians 1, Paul says, 'Christ in you, the hope of glory.' Not as individuals – it's plural. 'Christ in you guys as the church, the hope of glory.' But it's not just about your hope of glory – or my hope of glory. The picture is that God intends to flood the whole creation with his glory. A time is coming when the most Spirit-filled person in the world, is just a pale shadow of what God is going to do for the entire creation.
This future is anticipated when a dozen people in Colossae, and 15 people in Philippi, and a few dozen maybe in Corinth, are meeting in the power of the Spirit. 'Christ in you' – you the temple of the living God, the sign of hope for a world that will be filled with the glory of God as the waters cover the sea.
So for Paul our unity is a very, very, very big deal! Practically this means being family together. And this means money-sharing, project-sharing and life-sharing (if you check out what it meant to be family in the ancient world). And loads of hospitality – which is why we eat together so much at Soma. And we see this lived out in the early church in the Book of Acts – life on life, life in community, life on mission. Operating as family – brothers and sisters loving each other. Deeply connected and involved. Not just in small groups… but in larger communities. Gathering together, working together, partnering together financially. Being a large network of people working for the greater good.
And this isn't just a strategy to convince people Jesus is true. Though it is that – very much. But it's more – it's actually a foretaste of the glory that's coming. Love isn't just our duty, its our destiny.
And practically also, it's not just – let's all forget our theological differences, and smile at each other and be friendly. We can't be unified on the basis of the lowest common denominator beliefs. Actually, reading John's gospel, and especially Jesus' prayer in chapter 17. Our unity is based on truth. Let's unite around the highest theology we have – Trinity, Christ as God incarnate, the indwelling work of the Spirit, the victory of the cross and the resurrection, the remaking of creation, the coming together of heaven and earth, Christ in you, the hope of glory. This is the foundation of Jesus' vision of unity. And this is why communion is so important. And our Gatherings are so important. They keep grounding us in the truths that unite us.
Also, unity is costly. It means dethroning our idols. And the world, and the powers of the world, will be trying to keep us apart. We need to recognise these pressures for what they are, and defeat them through the victory of Jesus' cross and resurrection and the power of the Spirit. It's hard enough to see idolatry in our friends… almost impossible to see it in ourselves. Yet if we are to be true to the Word we must make every effort… And pray with Jesus. Pray that his word will do its healing and re-creative work. Pray for God's glory to be revealed freshly in our lives together. Pray above all, that the love the Father has with the Son will also be in us.


Zoë Wicomb's novels include You Can't Get Lost in Cape Town and David's Story (which won the M-Net prize); she has just launched her newest – October. She is currently based in Glasgow where she serves as Emeritus Professor at the University of Strathclyde. Last year, Wicomb was received Yale's inaugural Windham Campbell Prize for fiction.
The extraordinarily difficult business of getting words on the page, prompted by a strange desire to write when at the same time I don't seem to have anything to say. I start with only vague ideas that do not even amount to a story, so it seems a question of groping about in the vast stock of available words. If I'm lucky enough to arrive at something, there follows painstaking rewriting each day at both the level of the sentence and of the larger text. There is no end to revisions –– deleting and rewriting. Once a whole story has been beaten out in, revisions continue in the light of what the novel turns out to be about.
That's too dramatic a description of books that affected and influenced me. And there are so many authors I love that I couldn't settle on any one book.
At home I have a small study, easily heated and south facing to take advantage of the weak northern light. But it is not always possible to do the first stage at home, where cleaning the oven or scrubbing floors always seem preferable. So when things get tough, I rely on friends' holiday houses, or rent a place, where I try to sit at a desk all day long. Miserable –– it may take a couple of days before I produce anything. Thereafter, having got back into a routine, I am able to work at home once more.
The most important instrument you use?
What's your most productive time of day?
Early in the morning. When I write away from home I may go to bed as early as 8 or 9 pm and rise any time after 3 a.m. By midday I'm exhausted.
What do you do when you're stuck, or not feeling creative?
I never "feel creative". Writing terrifies me. It's a question of keeping to a routine: going to my study in the morning and sitting it out for hours until at least 500 words are on the page. Often they are so poor that I delete most of them the following day. When I'm stuck, I leave home to be alone and to work in an unfamiliar house.
Cooking –– and nowadays playing with my grandchildren.
Who and what has influenced your work?
All writers are surely influenced by what they have read. I have so many favourites –– South African, American, and European writing through the ages –– that I can't begin to list them. Perhaps amongst contemporary writers I should mention Toni Morrison, who as a black woman has been an inspiration.
I have never attended any writing programme or workshop, and so have never been given advice, or for that matter asked anyone for advice. It seems obvious that you just have to sit down (or stand at your desk as Virginia Woolf did), grit your teeth, and get on with it.
I tie a soothing hot water bottle to my back before settling down at my desk.
What's the hardest thing about writing?
Sitting down to do it – an act of faith, as you hope for the best. Then there is the dispiriting business of reading the mediocre prose that you've spent so much time on.
What do you dislike most about yourself?
My laziness and lack of discipline. I find too many excuses to avoid working. I wish I were more ambitious.
Of writing! Then confronting my own limitations ––reading the complete, printed proofs. At that stage I see that it ought to have been revised once more, or rather, that it will never be complete.
What advice would you give to people starting out in a writing career?
What's the thing you're proudest of doing?
(I'd like to say my grandchildren, but they are of course not my doing.) Finishing a book (especially David's Story), even if in retrospect the book could do with further revision. It always comes as a surprise that after all the struggle with writing, after all the deletions and revisions, I have arrived at my story, have beaten out a viable text. And at this level I don't care how good or bad it is.
October is published by Umuzi and is available from Kalahari.com.


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Save Stourbridge College
On Saturday 29th June, around 400 education workers, parents and supporters marched through Stourbridge to protest against the looming closure of the town's college. Part of the Birmingham Metropolitan group of colleges, senior management hope to save just £2.5m a year by closing the college (out of a total £58.5m turnover). That's despite having spent £5m on refurbishing the campus just four years ago!
The 1000 students have been told they can transfer to nearby colleges in Dudley and Halesowen. However, with several students travelling over 30 minutes from as far away as Worcester, this won't be practical for all. And that's not to mention the 200 staff employed at the Stourbridge site!
Since 2009, college funding has been cut by 30% nationally. College heads who want to make inspiration, achievement and learning more than empty buzzwords above the front door should set budgets with the resources needed to deliver quality education by decently paid staff, and work with the education unions to campaign for proper funding for Further Education from central government.
Sign the petition against the college's closure here


Two-day workshops now booking for 10th/11th May & 12th/13th May.
Courses cost £100 for both days, including all materials.
Venue: Steyning in the South Downs.
Contact: Sarah Burns at dorapattern@gmail.com or 07530 052955.
Sally and Geoff kindly lent us and even erected their party tent in our garden (very bake off) and we got started by foraging and collecting local plants, leaves, bark, mud, chalk… everything we might need for making colour, creating resists and dyeing cloth.
Together we filled our huge collection of pots and pans (sorry, Ursula but the seaweed went in the one you leant me) with our seasonal haul – hops, alder, ash, walnuts, willow, black berries, wayfarer tree, weld, dandelions, rhubarb, raspberry leaves amongst other things. And as we got the colours on the boil, delicious smells and enticing colours started ouzing out.
At this point we short circuited the electricity in David's writing hut – but redeployed our stoves and kept ongoing. We also mixed up a resist in the tradition of Indian dhabu printing using mud from our local River Adur and smashing up loads of chalk – which was hard work. We dyed our resists in indigo with lovely results.
By the afternoon of the second day we were totally on a roll – I was very impressed by everyone's meticulous record-keeping of their experiments with different mordants and afterbaths. Very different colour palettes emerged.
It was to be to be honest – a bit of an adventure… climbing chalk cliffs, slipping in mud, getting stung and ruining our hands our hands in the process – but the results were truly stunning.
We were overwhelmed with the range and breadth of colour that can be created locally and on such a low-tech basis. Well done to everyone who came along and shared their energy, passion and enthusiasm. Especially Elise, who helped so much – thank you.


Knight Sukthaworn is a Senior Associate within the Energy Team based in London. He has over seven years of experience advising clients within the infrastructure sector spanning power generation, energy networks, water utilities and airports. His project works are multidisciplinary covering valuation, market analysis, power market modelling, international arbitrations, commercial disputes, techno-economic assessment, economic impact analysis, econometric cost benchmarking and regulatory assurance.
Prior to working with CRA, Knight has held various energy and utilities consulting roles. Most recently, Knight was with the Power & Utilities practice at KPMG in London.