I always love to read everyone's end-of-the-year wrap-up posts. Most years I track my reading very closely but something happened in 2013; I kind of forgot to fill in my database. I even failed to add reviews to my review index here on the blog. Ooops!
Thus this is a quick-and-dirty wrap-up post, that's very light on details. Besides my few lame stats, I want to share some of my thoughts on how my blog has changed and what you can expect in the year to come.
And I promise to catch up on my review index and my recipe index just as soon as I find some of that mythical free time I've heard tales about.
First and last reviews: My first review of 2013 was an audiobook for middle grade readers: Gingersnap by Patricia Reilly Giff. My last single review was for the final entry in a beloved cozy mystery series: Tomb of the Golden Bird by Elizabeth Peters, also an audiobook.
Audiobooks: I listened to more than 70 audiobooks in 2013 for a total of about 970 hours.
Print books: I have no idea how many I read.
Most comments: My 5-year blogoversary post received the most comments this year. Thanks again to everyone who took the time to stop by and say yay!
Reviews: Slowly over the last few months, I've eased up on my self-imposed pressure to write detailed, analytical, critical reviews of every single book I read or listen to. This one change has made my life, both on and off line, less stressful. Although I'm still motivated to write full, formal reviews of many of the books I read, I love the freedom to write about books in a variety of styles.
My reviews currently take several forms: full (formal) review, Bullet Review, quick review as part of Today's Read, in-progress review as part of Thursday Tea, and short grouped reviews (when I need to catch up). If my stats are any indication, you all like the variety, and the shorter reviews are gaining in popularity.
Challenges: I have given up hosting all challenges expect for the perpetual Amy Einhorn Books Reading Challenge. The link-up page for all AEB titles can be found on the gateway post.
New Types of Posts: In 2013, I wrote my first product review (for a phone case), introduced new features (for example, Who's Birthday Is It?), and reviewed more movies than in other years. Although I don't write a personal blog (and don't want to), I'm considering making my Stacked-Up Book Thoughts a weekly feature and using it to share some thoughts on my reading life in general (kind of like the Sunday Salon meme, which is now closed to new members).
After a week of best-of posts, photos, and wrap-ups, you can expect a book review tomorrow and Weekend Cooking on Saturday, as the familiar rhythm of Beth Fish Reads returns for another year. Happy New Year to all of you!
I love the bullet reviews -- they're kind of a book recommendation without giving much away, which I really appreciate. Thanks, and Happy 2014!
Seventy audiobooks? That's amazing! I don't have the patience to listen to one. Congrats!
I'll send you an invite.
I have been toying with the idea of an occasional in progress review or something mid book. I did one this year and it got a lot of hits. Probably for longer books. Happy new year!
I've tried to use Good Reads to keep up with my stats but their number never match mine so I'm obviously doing something wrong there. I really want to create a spreadsheet to keep track of things better.
I do miss the Sunday Salon thing. :/ Ah well.
70 audios!! I meant to keep track of hours listened to but since I also read some of the books I listen to I haven't known how to track.
Happy new year! I hope 2014 continues to be a go with the flow type of year.
Happy new year! That is a seriously impressive audio count. About a fourth of the books I managed to read in 2013 were audios, and I hope to up that number in 2014!
I am quite impressed with the number of audios you were able to finish. I just got back into audios this year and I'm very excited to discover new greats ... books and narrators ... this year!
I like the shorter, less formal reviews too. I look forward to your audio review as I'm always looking for recommendation. I listened to 57 audios last year, that's half of my reading.
2013 seems to have changed us all. Good for you for adapting as you need to.
I haven't done a wrap-up post yet. I'm not sure if I'm going to or not.
It has been an interesting year, and it is certainly liberating to free yourself from self-imposed pressures. I enjoy your writing, in all its forms! Looking forward to seeing you again in 2014!
Happy new year, Beth! Wowed by that statistic of 70 audiobooks. I like the sound of the different review formats. Things change and going with the flow is best.
Way to go on the audios! My audio listening was up (by 2 books) from the previous year. Happy New Year!
Happy new year! I really appreciate your audio recommendations - it's wonderful being able to get a good idea what a narrator is like and how the book works in audio before deciding to invest my time in an audiobook. I'm looking forward to reading all your different posts this year!
You made me laugh when you said you had no idea how many print books you read. LOL I was the same way. I had to really roll up my sleeves and scrounge around for my number, and even then I didn't count the audios, although they are usually have my diet. Hey I love the bullet point reviews, and if they are less stressful, then it is a win win. As long as I get the point of how you felt about a book, then I'm happy. Happy New Year to you!
I think your plans for the future sound great, and I for one will be around to see what you have in store for us.
I'm bad at keeping track of reading stats. Here it is the 11th of January and I haven't even tried to find the spreadsheet that I started in January 2013 but only kept up for a few weeks before forgetting about it. Here's to a happy, healthy 2014 and who cares about stats, anyway!


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Recommendation: Dungeons & Dragons
With Dungeons & Dragons, Gygax and Arneson set the standard for how Fantasy games work.
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My (rather inelegant) homage to the 1983 edition of the Red Box
Dungeons & Dragons starter set.
Official website: https://dnd.wizards.com/
History of the game, via Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons#Development_history
There are a few names to which we owe the state of the modern Fantasy genre.
Some, like – and especially – Tolkien need no introduction. Some, like Robert E. Howard and Fritz Leiber are instantly-recognisable to the fans of the genre, but not as much beyond the confines of the genre. However, writers like Howard and Leiber have created characters featuring in hugely-influential stories (or, as the case may be, iconic, hugely-influential films) that continue to influence generations of writers even if they don't necessarily realise it.
But for now, I want to consider a different kind of influence.
The Fantasy genre gives us stories to read, where we passively observe things like Wizards and Dark Lords and Dragons and characters with preposterous names. But the genre also provides us with the opportunity to be those Wizards and characters with preposterous names, offering us the opportunity to actively participate in these great adventures, be it digitally, or on the tabletop.
Many many-sided dice. And other assorted accoutrements of gaming.
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For the most part, we owe that to one game in particular: Dungeons & Dragons. And, in turn, we owe that game to two people: Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. Getting into the full story of the history and development of Dungeons & Dragons and its influence on pretty much everything that came after would go beyond the scope of what I want to do here.
Let it suffice for me to say this: where writers like Tolkien established how Fantasy stories work, with Dungeons & Dragons, Gygax and Arneson set the standard for how Fantasy games work.
At its core, pretty much every Fantasy RPG, whether a video game or a pen-and-paper game, is to some degree a variation of the systems established by Dungeons & Dragons back in the late 70s.
Of course, Dungeons & Dragons was not the first tabletop game and was itself influenced by what came before, but itself surpasses those earlier games both in fame and influence (seriously, how many of you have even heard of Chainmail?).
Of course, given how huge Dungeons & Dragons has grown over the years, it shouldn't be a surprise that there's been a lot of Dungeons & Dragons media over the years: many, many books series (though only actually a handful of good books), video games – including at least one regarded as one of the best ever, an 80s TV show, basically a whole bunch of stuff.
At this point, Dungeons & Dragons is both a nerd icon and essentially a nerd rite of passage, to the point that pretty much everyone with even the most tenuous connection to well-known Pop Culture plays Dungeons & Dragons.
And you should too.
In Dungeons & Dragons, you, too, can experience the simple joys of wrestling a crocodile in a flooding room (my first-ever character actually did that), getting into a fistfight with a whale (he did that, too), and live out your own Conan-esque days of High Adventure (I would have linked that to a clip of Mako saying "HIGH ADVENTURE!" from the opening narration of the Conan movie; sadly, I could not find a suitable one).
Dungeons & Dragons is also fascinating in the exercise it provides in just telling a story with a group of other people. And then attempting to salvage that story when it inevitably goes off the rails. Incidentally, the TvTropes article for one of my previous recommendations, Slayers has a great line describing this phenomenon:
"Lodoss is what Dungeons & Dragons GMs wish their campaigns were like, and Slayers is more like they really are."
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It has been warm lately here in Colorado, so much so that my grass is green already. That can only mean one thing – spring is really here! It's time to put away the snow shovel, pack up the heavy coat, and open the windows to let in the fresh air. But after you let in that crisp spring scent you may realize that the indoor air is stale, which indicates the next step. Spring is the time for a bout of cleaning.
Spring cleaning is often when we do a thorough home cleaning, and we include areas that have been untouched for awhile. It is also a chance to really finish off the germs that have lurked around causing the flu. To accomplish this, Aromatherapists like to include heavy-hitting antimicrobial essential oils along with clean, fresh smelling oils.
For germ-killing during cleaning, I prefer Tea Tree (Melaleuca alternifolia) or Thyme (Thymus vulgaris) because they are both antibacterial, antifungal, antiseptic, and antiviral. The refreshing essential oils I use are Grapefruit (Citrus paradisi), because it is revitalizing and antibacterial, and Lemon (Citrus limon), which is uplifting and antiseptic.
Combine water and vinegar in a 4-ounce spray bottle. Add essential oils and shake before use.
To make your cleaning easier, Elemental Aromas is having a drawing! To enter to win a bottle of Tea Tree essential oil and a bottle of Lemon essential oil, please comment below with your spring cleaning tip. A random drawing will be held on April 30, 2018 and the winner will be announced in a comment below.
My tip is to do a major decluttering before beginning spring cleaning. Do we really need 20 knicknacks collecting dust? Ten blankets or throws in the lounge area holding on to kitty hair? Stacks of magazines that should have been tossed months ago? Once the clutter is gone, surfaces are much easier to clean and maintain!
That is an excellent idea. Getting the extras out of the way makes cleaning easier and leaves less to dust.
My tip: buy the little things that make life easier to organize and clean. Baskets to corral stuff, over the door hooks to hang things, the right dish scrubbies and brushes, spray bottles…..get the right tools and organizers!
Great tip, Tami. Organizers are very important, and we know you can't get the job done without the right tool. They both make cleaning up much quicker.
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Home Sports Vikram Agnihotri, India's first double-arm amputee launches his e book at Bangalore...
Vikram Agnihotri, India's first double-arm amputee launches his e book at Bangalore Literary Pageant
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On the upcoming Bangalore Literary Pageant (December 3 and 4), alongside the likes of workshops and lectures by youngsters's authors Bijal Vachcharajani, Shobha Tharoor Srinivasan, and Honey Irani is a e book launch, Look Ma, No Fingers! authored by Vikram Agnihotri.
Whereas this will appear to be simply one other e book for kids, not many know that Vikram is a double-arm amputee who went on to change into India's first particular person with no arms to acquire a driving licence. Now an expert rally driver, Vikram recollects how his mom used to inform him that if he needed to be remembered, he'd both must do one thing that others will write about or write one thing folks will learn. "I've achieved each to be doubly certain!" says Vikram, 52, who was solely seven when he met with an accident that led to a double amputation.
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"It was solely due to the position my dad and mom and my household performed that I used to be in a position to overcome the problem. The e book is a strategy to share with the world the significance of a household," says the Indore-based creator, including that he hopes it's not simply youngsters however younger dad and mom who get impressed by the e book and its classes on parenting. "Kids at an impressionable age want to grasp that life doesn't come to an finish simply since you meet with an accident. One ought to by no means surrender and at all times hold a constructive angle in the direction of life. The e book is a strategy to categorical my gratitude in the direction of my household, particularly my mom."
Tulika Graphix is a brand new imprint of illustrated titles that straddles the Early, Center and Younger Grownup classes with books throughout themes and layered tales – fiction and non-fiction, poetry and verse, memoirs and biographies, commentaries and reflections. Two titles that launched the collection together with Look Ma, No Fingers! is The Block Printed Tiger, in regards to the adventures of a runaway tiger from Ranthambore in a Jaipur Bazar informed in slick verse, and Increase Increase, a coming of age story of a boy from a nomadic neighborhood. A e book on microbes in verse, a graphic novel that weaves collectively the lives of two mythological heroines from two distant cultures, a e book on the forgotten heroes of our freedom wrestle, are among the forthcoming titles within the collection.
The e book, he says, was a mission he began engaged on through the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. Narrated as a graphic novel (with illustrations by George Emmanual), was one thing Vikram was eager on as illustrations can categorical feelings higher, he says. "Rising up, it was books like these that left an impression on my thoughts. Graphics and illustrations join higher with younger youngsters than simply phrases. It's very onerous for folks to think about an individual like me doing a variety of these actions, so footage are the perfect medium," says Vikram, including that since he had no photos from his early years, illustrations had been the best way to go.
As for revisiting painful reminiscences for the mission, Vikram expresses how he and his household have come to phrases with what had occurred. "We've buried the previous. So, whereas writing the e book, my focus was extra on the positives and never a lot on the hardships that we confronted." Vikram's goal all through engaged on the mission was extra than simply retelling his story. It was to "change the mindset of the folks and sensitise the society in the direction of the wants of the differently-abled. To indicate that it doesn't matter whether or not you've arms or not, you want the correct angle," says Vikram who additionally runs the Important Spark Welfare Society. Established in 2014, he explains the organisation focusses on coverage adjustments, enabling differently-abled folks of their day-to-day lives, and trains them to be "contributing elements in society".
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After races, and now a e book in his kitty, Vikram isn't one to relaxation. Subsequent, he says, is a doctorate programme within the area of incapacity, and doable sequels to Look Ma, No Fingers! and utilizing his character within the e book as a peg for extra tales and initiatives. As for his doctorate presently within the works, he says it seems on the affect of emotional intelligence and parental help on the psychological well being of the adolescent handicaps.
Look Ma, No Fingers! is priced at ₹345 and obtainable on tulikabooks.com
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It will be a showdown between Australia and England for the Northern Quad Series title after the Diamonds held on to a 50-53 win over New Zealand.
It is always a tough battle between the Trans-Tasman rivals and this one was no different with Australian coach Lisa Alexander saying the players and fans should be proud.
"They showed the true Aussie spirit out there, lots of guts and determination, they love representing their country, we hope everyone is proud back home because that's what we aim to do," she said.
The Diamonds burst out of the gates, scoring 14 goals to six in the opening quarter and punishing the Silver Ferns.
While Caitlin Thwaites and Stephanie Wood manage to form a formidable attack, it was the break which stifled Australia's momentum.
The Silver Ferns came out firing in the second quarter, clawing their way back into the contest thanks to some outstanding team defence and shooting from Maria Folau while 150 gamer and captain Laura Langman was formidable with her passing.
The Diamonds were able to weather the attack, going into halftime with an eight goal lead but New Zealand didn't let up in the third quarter and Australia had no answer to as they continued to cut down the lead.
However, when Gretel Tippett entered the game for Wood five minutes in to the third she had an immediate impact, scoring 12 goals for the match at an incredible 100% shooting percentage.
The Kiwis were still determined to find a win against the Diamonds and they were within reach with some fearless shooting from Folau and Ameliaranne Ekenasio, cutting Australia's lead to just two goals at the midway point of the final quarter.
But the Diamonds players stepped up and proved why they are the number one team in the world.


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Jenny Shaw's recent book Everyday Life in the Early English Caribbean: Irish, Africans, and the Construction of Difference (University of Georgia Press, 2013) analyzes how social, religious, and ethnic categories operated in Barbados and the Leeward Islands. She documents the arrival of Irish migrants into the Caribbean who came in some cases involuntarily, and in other cases with dreams to make their own fortunes in the islands' booming sugar trade. Their Catholicism and social standing long kept them from joining the ruling class. But, Shaw traces how the simultaneous arrival of enslaved Africans complicated those social standings, while also helping to simplify them at a later date. In the process, her study injects new life into the question of racial ideology in the British Americas, as well as the role and influence of religion in the Anglo-Caribbean.


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With mutations in more than 200 different genes identified, inherited retinal diseases (IRDs) represent one of the most heterogeneous disorders in humans, both genetically and clinically (https://sph.uth.edu/retnet/). Typically, IRDs are progressive in nature, and often result in patients becoming legally blind, although the age at which this occurs can vary enormously, from early childhood to late adulthood. Long considered incurable diseases, technological innovation has tremendously boosted the development of therapeutic strategies for IRD over the last decade, especially in the field of gene therapy. Pioneer successes have been achieved by delivering recombinant adeno-associated viruses (AAVs) harboring a wild-type copy of RPE65 cDNA to the retina of patients with mutations in this gene (1-4).


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The Jerusalem Chamber, (c) Westminster Abbey.
I'm writing this from Borough High St. in Southwark (London), a few blocks from Southwark Cathedral, and in the vicinity of what used to be Winchester Palace, the London residence of the Bishop of Winchester. Lancelot Andrewes, translator of the King James Bible and perhaps supervisor of the First Westminster Company, was granted the bishopric in 1618. He is buried in Southwark Cathedral and is represented in effigy lying on top of his tomb.
London is full of reminders of the translation of the English Bible. Across London Bridge, which is just up the road and on the right, is the church of St. Magnus Martyr. Miles Coverdale, who translated the first complete English Bible (apart from the Wycliffites), is buried there, since he served for a time as rector.
William Tyndale. English translation, Pentateuch. 1530. Ohio State University.
William Tyndale, translator of translators, is buried in Vilvoorde in the Netherlands, where he was strangled and burned, but his sculpted head is included as a decorative architectural feature at St. Dunstan-in-the-West, where he lectured. John Donne later preached at St. Dunstan's. A little south of St. Paul's, where Donne was dean, stood the church of Holy Trinity the Less, destroyed in the Great Fire. John Rogers, the man responsible for Matthew's Bible (1537), was rector there a few years earlier. He was later burned alive as a heretic at Smithfield, a 10 minute walk north, near the church of St. Bartholomew the Great. Benjamin Franklin worked briefly for a printer in the Lady Chapel of St. Bart's.
Of course, Westminster itself, the location of two companies of the King James Bible translators, is down the Thames to the west. Thomas Bilson, Bishop of Winchester (before Andrewes), member of the Second Cambridge Company, and one of the revisers of the final King James Bible text, is buried in Westminster Abbey, as is, of course, King James I. Archbishop Matthew Parker, who supervised the translation of the Bishops' Bible (1568), is buried at Lambeth just across the Thames.
Erasmus. Novum Testamentum. 1519. Corpus Christi College, Oxford.
The celebrations of the King James Bible anniversary have died down here. There are no upcoming events listed on the website of the King James Bible Trust. And in the United States, the tour of Manifold Greatness comes to end on July 12—oddly enough, my birthday. Perhaps more appropriately, it is the date of the death of Erasmus (1536), who produced the Greek text of the New Testament that became known as the Textus Receptus, an essential resource for translators from William Tyndale to the King James Bible companies.
The Bible at the Globe. Courtesy Carol Kelly.
"The King James Bible was written to be read aloud. It was a performance text or it was nothing." This stirring declaration by David Hall, head of classics at Dollar Academy, in his essay in the theater program shown here, suggests one reason behind the plethora of nationwide and worldwide recitals of the KJB in the last few months, including this one at the Globe in London that covered the entire text. The setting provided the perfect link with Shakespeare, whose plays, too, were written to be performed, not read.
I attended the Easter Sunday afternoon recitals of the Gospels according to St. Luke and St. John at the Globe. Four actors, two male, two female, took it in turns to recite the entire texts, in sections of about ten to fifteen minutes each. I wasn't sure what to expect in terms of visuals—I was hoping they wouldn't have someone reciting from a pulpit dressed in Jacobean clothes! In fact, the four young actors were casually dressed, which added not only a comfortable informality to the proceedings but also seemed a good way to reinforce the notion that this Bible still speaks to us today, just as it did four hundred years ago. The text was piped discreetly into their ears with the help of i-players but this did not detract at all from their delivery, which was engaging and fluent. The actors moved around the empty stage, at times addressing the audience, at times delivering their lines to the whole cosmic world with clarity and thought-provoking intensity. They brought out the wonder of the words but also the humor and humanity behind the familiar stories.
The recital was designed so that people could come and go freely, and folks taking the tour of the Globe that day were ushered in and out to sample a short section of the recital. I was apprehensive about being able to sit for four hours on a seat with no back, listening to a recital with minimal visuals, but it was far from being a challenge.
The experience made me appreciate not only the power of those words, but also the human voice as an instrument of communication. I thought of seventeenth-century churchgoers hearing the King James Bible for the first time. This recital brought the words to life, where they belong.
Carol Kelly is the Festivals Project Coordinator for the Education Department of the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, DC. As she notes here, she attended the April 24, 2011, afternoon performance of the Shakespeare's Globe read-through of the entire King James Bible, which we previewed in this earlier post.
Well, I'm back from London. As per my previous post, I was there for a week (and two days in Stratford) with a class on "Literary London." Fabulous as always, though I hadn't expected a solid week of sunshine. Lots going on over there for the KJB anniversary. We toured the New Globe Theater on the Southbank and saw posters for their onstage cover-to-cover KJB reading.
The Globe is also staging some Bible-related plays in their upcoming season: Marlowe's Doctor Faustus (nothing to do with KJB but certainly wrapped up in religious issues), and Howard Brenton's Anne Boleyn, which features James I, William Tyndale, and John Reynolds, as well as the title character. The Royal Shakespeare Company is getting in on the act too. I had dinner with Michael Boyd, the RSC artistic director, and Jacqui O'Hanlon, the director of education, and they talked up a new play about the translation of the KJB, Written on the Heart, by David Edgar, that they've commissioned for their next season.
There are more KJB books out now too that I hadn't seen yet, Derek Wilson's The People's Bible, for instance, and one soon to be released by Melvyn Bragg, The Book of Books. My own The King James Bible after 400 Years, co-edited with Norman Jones, sold out its first print run in a couple of months. Cambridge is scrambling to get another printing out soon. What an appetite there seems to be for KJB books, play, readings, and shows! And wait til Manifold Greatness is launched on the world — website, book, panel show, the mother exhibition in DC!! Steve Galbraith and I have already had several queries about visiting lectures from libraries hoping to host the panels. All very exciting.
At various points on our London tour, guides and docents would ask if we knew about the KJB anniversary. I felt rather proud to be able to say I was at the epicenter of KJB activities on the other side of the ocean.
Visscher. View of London. ca. 1625. Folger.
We'll be standing on ground of huge importance to the making of the King James Bible and its subsequent history. We'll tour Westminster Abbey, for instance, where two of the six teams of translators were ensconced; they worked in the Jerusalem Chamber, a location Shakespeare also mentions in Henry IV, Part 2. We'll also visit St. Paul's and Southwark Cathedral, where English Christians have heard the KJB read and sung for 400 years. Some of Shakespeare's theater colleagues worshipped at Southwark (then St. Saviour), since it was near the Globe; his brother Edmund was buried there. The playwrights John Fletcher and Philip Massinger are also buried at Southwark, as is the great preacher Lancelot Andrewes, one of the KJB translators.
Our last two days are in Stratford, and we'll visit Holy Trinity Church, where it's possible Shakespeare himself heard readings from the then-new King James Bible. He retired to Stratford about the time the King James Bible was published, and this was supposed to be the Bible translation used in English Churches from then on. Whether Holy Trinity actually purchased and put to use copies of the KJB before Shakespeare's death in 1616, I don't know.


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Oman's heritage heartland, Muscat may have evolved into a modern-day capital city but its historic charms have been carefully preserved. Despite the fast pace of change, the city retains much of its old-world identity, with the buildings required to be no taller than 10-stories to ensure that the dramatic Al Hajar Mountains take center stage as the backdrop to this beautiful, mesmerizing city!
Located in Ruwi, the Sheraton Oman Hotel is a landmark in the city of Muscat. It is the city's tallest building, providing spectacular views of the city and uninterrupted views of the breathtaking Al Hajar Mountains.
Sheraton Oman Hotel
Physical Address: P.O. Box 3260, Ruwi Sultanate of Oman Muscat, 112 Oman
Contact Number: +968 22 377777
Email: reservations.oman@sheraton.com/ info.oman@sheraton.com
Room Option
Single Occupancy Rate
inclusive of taxes (8% service charge, 4% tourism tax, 5% municipality fee).
Double Occupancy Rate
OMR65
OMR120
Included in the accommodation rate:
Buffet Breakfast in the Courtyard Restaurant
Complimentary WiFi internet in guest room
Use of the Sheraton Fitness Centre - enjoy our dedicated ladies or mixed fitness area, Kinesis studio, steam, sauna, jacuzzi and both indoor and outdoor pool facilities
These special rates will be available until Monday, 27 January 2020, please ensure that you make your reservation before this deadline in order to secure these rates. Reservations after this date will at the Hotel's discretion - subject to availability and the rate in effect.
Special rates will be available 3 days prior and 3 days after the MEA Cash Cycle Seminar (24-26 February 2020) - subject to the hotel's availability of guest rooms at the time of reservation.
Delegates have 2 working days prior to arrival to cancel their reservations without penalty.
Delegates who cancel 1 working day prior to arrival will pay 1-night penalty (including taxes) for the cancellation.
Delegates who cancel on the day of arrival, or who fail to Check-in to the Hotel as arranged, will be charged the equivalent to the full duration of stay (including taxes) for the cancellation.
Limousine Transfer Service is offered - this is chargeable OMR 30 per way and available upon request. Please contact the Hotel Concierge directly to make a reservation.
Visa and Country Entry Requirements
Most international visitors require a visa to enter the Sultanate of Oman. Please consult with your local Oman Embassy to ascertain whether a visa is required, based on your nationality. Single-entry visas, valid for tourism or business can be obtained prior to arrival by visiting www.evisa.rop.gov.om
THINGS TO DO IN MUSCAT
OLD MUSCAT
Clustered around a small bay to the east of Muscat and surrounded by mountains, is the capital's old town, where several historical buildings of note can be found. the stunning Al Alam Palace was built in 1972 and is the ceremonial residence of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said. As such, it is not open to the public but visitors can take a stroll around the pristine gardens. Located high and overlooking the harbour, are the two ancient forts, which date back to the 16th century – Al Jalali and Al Mirani. The place to come to see traditional Omani carved doors, woven carpets, pottery, and military memorabilia, famed the world over.
SULTAN QABOOS GRAND MOSQUE
A stunning example of modern Islamic architecture, this striking mosque was a gift to the nation in 2001 from Oman's ruler, His Highness Sultan Qaboos, to mark the 30th anniversary of his reign. one of the largest mosques in the region, vast quantities of red marble define the structure. Open to non-Muslims, a tour is a wonderful way to see the stunning detail of this masterpiece. Furnished with second-largest hand-loomed Iranian carpet in the world, this carpet took 600 women four years to weave. For more information, visit: www.sultanqaboosgrandmosque.com
ROYAL OPERA HOUSE MUSCAT
The Royal Opera House is one of the most gorgeous architectural masterpieces in the Sultanate of Oman and the host of some of the biggest cultural events in Oman. If you are coming to visit Muscat you have to pass by the Opera House to witness the magnificence and beauty of its design. The Royal Opera House is located in Shatti Al Qurum facing the Sultan Qaboos Highway and near the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. For more information, visit: www.rohmuscat.org.om
MUTTRAH SOUQ
A visit to this colourful marketplace is a must when visiting the corniche. Its labyrinthine alleys are lined with small, wooden-roofed boutiques selling everything from Oriental spices and perfumes to handmade keepsakes. one of the most popular markets in the Middle East, Muttrah Souq is one of the regions oldest and a wonderful way to soak up the local culture. For more information, visit: www.omantourism.gov.om
Arabic is the official language throughout the Sultanate, although English is widely spoken.
Oman sits on a time zone which is 4 hours ahead of GMT and the international dialling code is +968
The currency is Omani Rial (OMR) and is pegged to the US Dollar at US$ 1: OMR0.39 there are 1 000 Baisas in 1 Omani Rial.
ATMs are widely available and major credit cards are accepted in larger hotels, restaurants and shops.
Local Culture - As a Muslim country, it is important to respect the local customs while visiting. Omanis are not obliged to cover up fully in public but wear long, loose, modest clothing and visitors are advised to do the same. Women should cover their heads with a light shawl when visiting a mosque or rural communities. Things are generally more relaxed at tourist resorts but visitors are advised to change out of beachwear when leaving the beach or pool.
Transportation – Taxis are the most common mode of transport in Muscat, and are safe and easily accessible. Mwasalat taxis are red and white and are metered. The daytime flagfall is approximately OR1 (OR1.3 at night) and 200 baisas per kilometre. A Mwasalat taxi app can be downloaded from Google Play or the App Store but other apps, such as Uber and Kareem, are not available in Oman. Privately owned taxis are orange and white and do not have meters – a fare can be negotiated before departing on the trip.
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Cong's slide started with Sonia: Shanta
Mandi, April 4
Mr Shanta Kumar, former Union Minister and parliamentary candidate from Kangra said it was an irony that the 120-year old Congress was battling for its survival.
Priyanka to campaign in HP
Hamirpur, April 4
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh said here today that Ms Priyanka Gandhi would tour Himachal Pradesh for two days to campaign for the party. However, the dates and venues of her tour were being finalised.
Amitabh not to re-enter politics
Manali, April 4
Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan today reiterated that he would not re-enter politics. Talking to mediapersons here, Mr Bachchan said although he had many friends in the political field, he still would not rejoin politics.
Defeat BJP to end corruption, says Virbhadra
Dhumal faces flak for criticising Cong
Kangra, April 4
State president of the National Students Union of India (NSUI) Kewal Singh Pathania has criticised former Chief Minister Prof P.K. Dhumal for his utterances that there was no development during the past one year of the Virbhadra Singh rule in the state and the Congress had no right to ask for vote on the development poll plank.
Stir threat by college staff over grant-in-aid
More than 600 teaching and non-teaching staff of the eight private degree and Postgraduate colleges of the state have threatened an agitation and fast if the orders of freezing of the 95 per cent grant-in-aid of these colleges were not revoked.
Nurpur
Anti-corruption drive to continue, says CM
SSSB scam: more than one hand worked on answersheets
Apologise for remarks on Sonia, Stokes asks BJP
Differences between Virbhadra, Stokes come to fore
Cong leaders skip ex-servicemen's function
Balancing act by Cong leadership
Sibbal ridiculed for terming Advani foreigner
8 students held for horticulture varsity clash
11 hurt as students clash in varsity
PM, Nehru are poles apart, says AICC spokesman
Professional colleges oppose industrial growth
Solan, April 4
The manner in which some pharmaceutical firms have proposed to initiate their ventures in the vicinity of professional colleges near Baddi has become a cause of concern for the college authorities.
Discrimination against SCs alleged
Shimla, April 4
The United Sarvodaya Sangthan has alleged that the Scheduled Castes had not been given their due in the hill state. Stating this at a press conference here today, Mr Rattan Chand, advisor of the sangthan, said that the Scheduled Castes accounted for over 26 per cent of the population but the total budget allocation under the special component plan was only 11 per cent.
BSNL begins probe into misuse of scheme
The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited has initiated an inquiry into a complaint alleging misuse of its concessional rate scheme, which despite being meant for individual subscribers has reportedly been in use by commercial users here.
Resentment against opening of liquor shop
Despite the Deputy Commissioner's instructions of not opening a new liquor vend on the Old Court Road here after resentment by local residents, the contractor concerned yesterday forcibly tried to open the vend.
No scam in purchase of equipment: Health Dept
The Health Department has denied the allegations of the BJP that medical equipment for three diagnostic centres in the state was purchased in violation of the norms and asserted that there was no irregularity.
Probe sought into purchase of ayurvedic medicines
Chamba, April 4
The All-India Ayurveda Medical Graduates Association (AIAMGA) has supported the probe sought by the Himachal Pradesh Ayurvedic Drugs Manufacturers Association into the purchase of ayurveda medicines made in the past five years during the previous BJP regime.
Payment of ADA to pensioners deferred
The Himachal Government pensioners who used to get arrears of the additional dearness allowance (ADA) released by the government from time to time in cash would not get it this time, as the cash payment of arrears of 4 per cent ADA due from July 2003 has been deferred.
Arki civic body faces fund shortage
Kumarhatti, April 4
Even as the Nagar Panchayat of Arki, about 50 km from here, has started charging house tax amid strong resistance from residents, the poor collection in the past financial year has hit the panchayat.
Child killed in accident
16 women panchayat heads to canvass for Congress
Talking to mediapersons at Barot Rest House yesterday, the BJP leader said the downfall of the party had started from the day Mrs Sonia Gandhi took over the leadership of the party. Many had left the party on the issue of her foreign origin. He said political observers had further predicted another split in the party after the outcome of the coming elections of Parliament.
He said the opposition parties comprising groups of heterogeneous ideologies had failed to project any person as their Prime Minister which spoke volumes about their political inconsistency and incapability to rule the country.
Mr Shanta Kumar said the BJP tenure at the Centre had proved a landmark during which the country had achieved successes on all fronts. There had been a marked improvement on all sectors and a new era of friendship and goodwill with the neighbours had ushered in.
Referring to the "pitiable plight" of the Congress in Himachal Pradesh, he said it was happening for the first time that there were no takers for the Congress ticket. The ministers were being forced to accept the ticket and were bound to lose. It was surprising that the AICC had not been able to announce its candidate from Mandi so far. In all four constituencies, the Congress had failed to field its leaders. From Shimla it had fielded a deserter of the HVC, who recently joined the Congress.
Mr Maheshwar Singh, BJP candidate from Mandi, who was also present at the news conference, decried the allegation of Mr Virbhadra Singh that the state was being discriminated in matters of grant of funds by the Vajpayee government. He said "It is a blatant lie". The Prime Minister considered Himachal as his second home. He released crores of rupees for development and harnessing hydel power potential. During the BJP rule the foundation stones of many big power projects, including the Kol Dam and Parbati projects, were laid on which work was in progress on a war-footing now.
While rounding off his three-day election campaign in favour of party nominee Ram Lal Thakur, he claimed that a pro-Congress wave was discernible in the state and the party would win all four seats. About the Hamirpur seat, he said the contest would be tough but the Congress would carry the day as "people were upset with the BJP for the role played by the BJP government during its regime.
He said Ram Lal Thakur would file his papers at Hamirpur on April 20. This would be followed by a rally of the party, he added.
The Congress leader denied allegations levelled by the BJP leaders that the Congress was misusing the government machinery during the elections. He said he was touring the state along with other ministers in their own vehicles. However, being the Chief Minister, he was entitled to the security as was being enjoyed by two former Chief Ministers — Shanta Kumar and Prem Kumar Dhumal. Mr Virbhadra Singh said that local issues were likely to play a dominant role during the elections and the main issue would be of drought and water shortage. Summer had arrived 20 days earlier and this was the main reason for the drought conditions in the state. He said all Deputy Commissioners had been directed to prepare plans and start distribution of water to the people by all means, including deployment of tankers, trucks, and mules and even on the backs of human beings. Adequate funds would be put at the disposal of the district administrations in this respect, he added.
The Chief Minister favoured the suggestion of Deputy Prime Minister, L.K. Advani regarding the holding of election to the Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabhas jointly. However, he said that this suggestion was not practical in the present scenario when elections to various state assemblies were held at different intervals.
The Congress leader said the process for the re-entry of those who were expelled from the party on flimsy grounds was in the pipeline. He blasted the Central Government for spending more than Rs 1.5 crore on the "India Shining Campaign."
Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan today reiterated that he would not re-enter politics.
Talking to mediapersons here, Mr Bachchan said although he had many friends in the political field, he still would not rejoin politics. He even ruled out campaigning for his political friends in the Lok Sabha poll.
Mr Bachchan, who is also popularly known as the Big B, is here for the shooting of the much-publicised Anil Sharma film "Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Sathio". Also starring in the film are Bobby Deol, Nagma, Sandali Sinha, Akshay Kumar and Divya Khosla.
The Big 'B', who is on his first visit to this picturesque hill resort, described the town as beautiful as Switzerland. He said Himachal Pradesh was a place of beauty.
Mr Bachchan said he would always regret the fact that he could not come here earlier and would advise Bollywood directors to shoot their films in scenic beauty here. He described the people of Himachal as very simple, honest and full of warmth.
On the shooting of his film, he said the movie was based on army and patriotism. He said brotherhood and peace would remain between India and Pakistan and this was the motive of this film. — UNI
Dharamsala, April 4
Himachal Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh today addressed public meetings in Dehra subdivision.
Appealing to people to root out corruption by defeating the BJP, Mr Virbhadra Singh said his government was committed to provide transparent and clean administration and working for the uplift of the poor and needy.
Congress candidate from the Hamirpur constituency Ram Lal Thakur also addressed the public meetings.
Pathania was addressing a press conference at the local PWD rest house here yesterday. He said what Prof Dhumal had failed to achieve in the five years of the BJP rule the Virbhadra Singh government had done during the past one year.
He said during the past one year, the state had witnessed a corruption-free administration and the investigating agencies framed the charges of corruption against the Chairman, State Subordinate Service Board, and the Vice-Chancellor of the HP University.
He said 10,000 unemployed youths were given job, 702 new schools opened with 3,500 sanctioned posts of teacher, 143 veterinary dispensaries opened, 18,744 pension cases settled and 14,000 pension cases approved but pending disposal because of the poll.
More than 600 teaching and non-teaching staff of the eight private degree and Postgraduate colleges of the state have threatened an agitation and fast if the orders of freezing of the 95 per cent grant-in-aid of these colleges were not revoked. These employees are without salary from the past five months.
Dr D.V. Pathania and Dr C.P. Kaushal, President and General Secretary, respectively, of the HP Non-Govt College Lecturers Association at a press conference here today said that BJP Government headed by Mr P.K. Dhumal violating the norms on August 6, 2002 decided to freeze the grant-in-aid of 95 per cent of eight colleges of the state at the level of Rs 7.10 crore and directed the managements of these colleges to raise own resources for incremental expenditures of their employees.
Both union leaders said that this decision was affecting SVSD College Bhatoli, GGDS College Baijnath, MSCM College Thural, MLSM College Sunder Nagar, St Bedes College Shimla, DAV Colleges at Kotkhai, Dhaulatpur Chowk and Kangra. They said that the said order issued by the government violated the law of the land as the grant-in-aid rules for these colleges were passed on the floor of the Assembly in 1994 and the notification was issued by the State Governor.
The protesting lecturers said that state government had no powers to freeze the grant-in-aid without seeking approval from the state Assembly. They said the Director of Education on December 18, 2002 issued orders of withdrawing the government order of freezing the grant-in-aid.
The Accountant General of HP raised an objection that Director of Education was not competent to withdraw the government orders thus the teaching and non-teaching staff of these colleges were sandwiched in the official tussle leaving them without salary for the past five months.
Both leaders said that for want of grant-in-aid the Departmental Promotion Committee, Senior Selection Scales, Ph.D. increments other benefits to the employees received a setback creating for families of 600 employees a crisis. They said that the supplementary grants were not given to these colleges in the past few years and Rs 2.50 crore deficit was in the grants to these colleges till the end of 2003-2004 financial year.
The leaders expressed concern over the "silent observer attitude" adopted by the college managements over the issue as it was the responsibility of these managements to provide salaries to their employees and to strive for getting the grant-in-aid. They said that unbecoming attitude of the government was evident by ignoring that more than 24 posts of the lecturer were vacant in these colleges besides MLSM College at Sundernagar was headless where the post of the Principal was vacant. This was affecting the education, they added.
Besides 37 government colleges there are eight private colleges getting 95 per cent grant-in-aid, eight getting ad hoc grants and 15 other colleges running without grants.
They demanded that the state government should withdraw the orders of the previous BJP government freezing the grant-in-aid at Rs 7.10 crore. They said that they had approached Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh several times in this connection who assured that needful would be done. But nothing was done. The Association at a state-level meeting here last evening decided to call on the Chief Minister and threatened an agitation, boycotting of classes which would affect education of 15000 students, if the demand was not met.
Ambika Sharma
The manner in which some pharmaceutical firms have proposed to initiate their ventures in the vicinity of professional colleges near Baddi has become a cause of concern for the college authorities. Not only are the two professional colleges, one dental and another engineering, concerned at the initiation of industrial ventures in their proximity but they feel it will severely disrupt their academic atmosphere.
The two colleges, Bhojia dental college and Institute of engineering and emerging technologies which came into being a few years back, had then sought land use change for this area which fell in the future expansion zone. With announcement of the new industrial policy in Himachal there has been a rush of industrialists seeking to set up ventures here. Not only has most of available area been exhausted in and around Baddi but a couple of industrialists bought land in the vicinity of these colleges to set up industries.
The authorities of the colleges were alarmed to think that pollution emanating from these pharmaceutical firms would create an undesirable atmosphere. Besides they contend that the firms would hamper academic atmosphere adversely and safety of girl students would become risky. They also rued that having declared an institutional area the growth of industries should not have been allowed. It was, however, interesting to note that a proposal to set up a residential school in the same area was still awaiting approval for over a year while industrial ventures had been granted the required approval.
The town and country planning department director, Mr J.R. Verma, when contacted, however, said that since these firms had already invested heavily on land there was little that could be done. While proper procedures were being followed he said investors had to be accommodated. The area came to be called an institutional area since two professional institutes came up and it had not been defined as a specific institutional area. Those proposing to set up ventures were also seeking land use he added.
While asserting that the pharmaceutical firms coming up in the area were only formulation units and not bulk drug manufacturers, the member secretary of the HP pollution environment protection and pollution control board, Dr S.S. Negi, said such units were neither polluting nor were they authorised to grant sanction to the bulk drug manufacturers. If the units had any polluting waste they would be likewise instructed to set up effluent treatment plants, he added. One case which involved bulk drug manufacturing had been sent to the Government of India for permission, he said.
The United Sarvodaya Sangthan has alleged that the Scheduled Castes had not been given their due in the hill state.
Stating this at a press conference here today, Mr Rattan Chand, advisor of the sangthan, said that the Scheduled Castes accounted for over 26 per cent of the population but the total budget allocation under the special component plan was only 11 per cent. Even the funds earmarked under the plan were diverted for other purposes. Their share in the government employment was only around 15 per cent and that of scheduled tribes was 7.5 per cent, which was on the lower side.
Mr Chand said that there had been some talk of reserving jobs in the private sector and the issue was also discussed during the "vichar manthan shivir" of the Congress held in Shimla last year but not much had happened in this direction. The reality was that Scheduled Castes continued to be subjected to social discrimination and atrocities. He cited the recent killing of two Dalits in Sirmour district and vindictive rape of a Dalit woman in this regard.
Those who were given land for building house under the "nau tor" scheme had so for not been given the ownership of land. In some cases where forestland was involved, the allottees were being ejected.
He disapproved of the government policy to award the sanitary work in government hospitals to contractors and said it should instead privatise the state road transport corporation, the state electricity board and the state tourism development corporation, which were incurring huge losses.
The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has initiated an inquiry into a complaint alleging misuse of its concessional rate scheme, which despite being meant for individual subscribers has reportedly been in use by commercial users here. The complaint, addressed to the BSNL , CMD at New Delhi, said that despite making an investment of Rs 25,000 on installing specific ISDN equipment, neither the promised speed nor an uninterrupted Internet connection had been granted.
Local BSNL officials have been instructed to submit a report to the CMD in this regard. They initiated checking of all commercial connections on Friday evening after the receipt of communication from the CMD. The scheme, meant for areas where surplus capacity was available, had been provided here where load capacity exceeded the installed machinery, leading to frequent breakdown in internet services.
The Internet was in use for 24 hours in most of the industrial places like Baddi, Parwanoo, Nalagarh, Poanta Sahib, Chambaghat and other industrial areas, which affected cyber cafes and individual subscribers, it was mentioned.
Despite the Deputy Commissioner's instructions of not opening a new liquor vend on the Old Court Road here after resentment by local residents, the contractor concerned yesterday forcibly tried to open the vend. This led to a minor scuffle between the contractor's employees and the residents, led by municipal councillor Sanjay Awasthy. The police had to intervene in the matter.
The trouble started when the contractor's employees transported bottles of liquor to the site and began opening the vend. This led to a dispute between the two parties. Local residents said that being closed to a religious site from where their religious ceremonies began in the town, the opening of the vend could not be allowed. Mr Awasthy said that not only was the contractor opposing the government instructions, it had led to unnecessary tension in the area.
Deputy Commissioner Rajesh Kumar said since the matter caused dispute, the vend could not be allowed to operate. It was after the intervention of the excise and taxation officials that the contractor consented to leave the place. The Assistant Excise and Taxation Commissioner had earlier given instructions for not opening this disputed vend. Another beer bar, operating in the Lakkar Bazaar area, had also come in for sharp criticism, especially from women of the area.
A spokesman of the department said Rs 16.33 lakh each had been given to the Chief Medical Officers of Hamirpur, Solan and Bilaspur for the purchase of colour doplers and cardiac monitors. The purchase had been made through the state Electronics Development Corporation after completing all formalities to make the diagnostic centres functional at the earliest.
Since the corporation was involved, there was no question of giving financial benefits to anyone, he added.
In a statement here today, the association said that the medicines worth over Rs 15 crore had been purchased without fulfilling formalities as the entire purchase policy had been designed to oblige the favourites outside the state too.
The association demanded a high-level inquiry into the 'ayurveda medicines purchase during the BJP rule. It also requested the government for formulate a policy and procure medicines from units manufacturing ayurvedic medicines within the state.
The arrears of the ADA from July 2003 to March 2004 would be paid in two instalments. The first instalment would be paid in October 2004, while the other would be paid next year, according to highly placed official sources.
The arrears of the ADA to in service employees would be credited to the general provident fund and the ADA would be paid in cassh to both pensioners and employees in cash from the current month. The government employees were getting 59 per cent ADA, while another 2 per cent ADA had become due from January 2004. — PTI
Jagmeet Ghuman
Even as the Nagar Panchayat of Arki, about 50 km from here, has started charging house tax amid strong resistance from residents, the poor collection in the past financial year has hit the panchayat. In the past year, the panchayat had managed to collect only around Rs 30,000 from house tax . The expected revenue collection target was over Rs. 1 lakh.
The state government had ordered to charge the tax in 1997 but it was delayed due to the opposition by the residents.
The Nagar Panchayat had left with no option than to charge house tax in the financial year of 2003-2004 as the state government had taken serious note of the matter. The annual grant-in-aid to the Nagar Panchayat had been withheld by the government as the panchayat was told to charge house tax. Though the Nagar Panchayat had managed to get the three quarters of annual grant-in-aid of around Rs. 10.20 lakh from the government last year failure to collect the targeted revenue from tax has caused financial crisis for the panchayat.
According to sources, the financial situation of the Nagar Panchayat was getting worse day by day due to a high increase in the routine expenditure. The panchayat was even finding it hard to disburse the monthly salary and wages payment amounting to Rs. 90,000 of its 17 member's staff.
Ironically, only those have started to pay the house tax who were involved in new construction while most of the residents have refused to pay the tax, sources in the Nagar Panchayat said.
Kulu, April 4
A 10-year-old child was killed after he was crushed by a jeep here yesterday. The victim, Anil Kumar was run over by the jeep when he was standing behind the vehicle. The jeep rolled in reverse gear and crushed the child to death. The driver was arrested. — UNI
Nurpur, April 4
Several women pradhans of gram panchayats of Nurpur Assembly constituency yesterday joined hands with the Congress. Sixteen women panchayat pradhans of the constituency met Rural Development Minister and local MLA Sat Mahajan at a breakfast meeting hosted by the latter at Raja Ka Bagh. They expressed desire to campaign for Congress candidate Chander Kumar contesting from Kangra Lok Sabha constituency. — OC
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Arsenal defender Bacary Sagna feels the sales of captain Robin van Persie and midfielder Alex Song have left "a lot of questions".
The France full-back is currently recovering from a broken leg and could be in contention to return by the start of next month. Sagna believes seeing the Gunners lose two of their key men in quick succession before the start of the new campaign makes no sense.
Speaking to L'Equipe, Sagna said: "Everyone was expecting Robin Van Persie to leave, but Alex Song, that was a surprise. I don't understand that at all. It is a big loss for the club. When you see two of the best players from last season leave, you ask a lot of questions. I understand why the supporters are nervous."
Sagna, 29, signed from Auxerre four years ago, and in that time has seen several of his team-mates leave - including duo Gael Clichy and Samir Nasri, who went on to win the Barclays Premier League title with Manchester City last season.
He continued: "I am the only starting player left from 2007. In May, I watched City's parade on TV. I saw Samir and Gael lift the trophy. I want that [feeling]."
The France defender will be heading into the final year of his current deal at the end of the season, and maintains as yet there has been no talk over an extension. He said: "For the moment, I want to play with Arsenal, and find my level again."
Despite the loss of Van Persie, who netted a hat-trick for Manchester United at Southampton last weekend, and Song, who joined Barcelona, Arsenal have opened the new domestic campaign brightly.
Summer signings Lukas Podolski and Santi Cazorla both opened their accounts in the 2-0 win at Liverpool, which was a third clean sheet. Captain Thomas Vermaelen believes new assistant manager Steve Bould has made a big impact on the Gunners rearguard.
Speaking to Sky Sports News, the Belgian said: "He has a lot of experience at a high level with Arsenal. We work a lot on our defensive play and you can see that with our three clean sheets."
Vermaelen is away on international duty with Belgium ahead of the World Cup qualifiers with Wales and Croatia, but played down concerns over a minor ankle problem, which forced him off in the closing stages at Anfield. Meanwhile, midfielder Andrey Arshavin has been linked with a move back to Russia with Dynamo Moscow ahead of their transfer deadline.


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Home TV Shows News	Netflix's 'Young Wallander' Season 2 Adds 5 New Members to the Cast
Netflix's 'Young Wallander' Season 2 Adds 5 New Members to the Cast
Several new cast members were announced today, including 'Tomiwa Edun and Lisa Hammond, 'Young Wallander' Season 2 will arrive on Netflix in 2022
Netflix has revealed the name of new cast members joining the second season of "Young Wallander." Tomiwa Edun (Merlin) as Superintendent Samuel Osei, Lisa Hammond (EastEnders) as Roberta Modin, Josef Davies (The King), Lewis Mackinnon (Doctors), and Kim Adis (Get Even) have joined the cast for season 2.
They will be joining Adam Pålsson (Moscow Noir, Don't Ever Wipe Tears Without Gloves), who will return as Kurt Wallander, alongside Leanne Best (Black Mirror), Ellise Chappell (Poldark), and Yasen Atour (The Witcher: Season 2).
"I anticipate this new case to be even more vibrant, thrilling, and gripping. We will go deeper and broader in the story and get to know Reza, Rask, Mona, and other characters even more. It feels like we have found a home now when we know the universe and characters better, what color palette to paint with and with which pencil," says Adam Pålsson and continues.
"Jens Jonsson is confident, funny, and enthusiastic as the director. And with Gaute Gunnari behind the camera, everything looks insanely nice. Not to mention my fantastic co-actors… They knock my socks off every day! I feel very fortunate to be a part of this production and I'm really eager to soon present Young Wallander to the Netflix members all around the world."
The English language drama is told over six new serialized episodes. Set in contemporary Sweden, Kurt Wallander is found adrift and uncertain of the future following his exit from the police force. An opportunity to re-join the Major Crimes Unit arises when a new Superintendent, Samuel Osei, takes on the leadership. Wallander accepts the offer and is tasked with what seems to be a straightforward case: a hit-and-run outside a nightclub.
However, when the victim is found to be connected to an infamous murder case handled by Frida Rask eight years ago, Wallander quickly suspects that there is more to this incident than meets the eye. Determined to uncover the truth, he refuses to back off - even when the investigation leads him to the door of those who could end his career in a heartbeat.
The new episodes of Young Wallander will launch exclusively on Netflix in 2022.
'Tomiwa Edun trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and since graduating has enjoyed an extensive career across Film, TV, and Theatre. Earlier this year 'Tomiwa starred in the virtual production of Once Upon a Bridge at The Druid Theatre and also appears as series regular in BBC drama Merlin and features in Abi Morgan's The Hour. He also recently starred in the Apple television series Trying.
Lisa Hammond is known for her role as Donna Yates in BBC's hugely popular show EastEnders. Other credits include Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere, Psychoville, and Bleak House.
Josef Davies is a British actor, known for the Netflix film The King, directed by David Michôd. He has also been seen in for example 1917 (Universal), World on Fire (BBC1), and Shook (Trafalgar Studios).
Lewis' most recent TV appearance was on the Canal+ Television feature Attrition, directed by Kelly Holmes. Other recent TV credits include a recurring role on Doctors and playing the guest role of Scottish poet 'William Beatie' in the second series of ITV's Victoria.
Kim Adis stars as the lead in BBC's and Netflix Get Even and earlier this year wrapped on David Goyer's highly anticipated Apple series Foundation. Last year, she starred in the feature film Act of God directed by Garrett Batty, and before that had her first principal role in the interactive feature film The Complex, written by Lynn Renee Maxcy.
Young Wallander is based on Henning Mankell's best-selling Kurt Wallander novels. The series is created by Yellow Bird UK, a Banijay Group company, who produced the Swedish Wallander franchise at TV4 as well as the successful BBC series Wallander from 2008. The series is directed by Jens Jonsson and Mani Maserrat and produced by Berna Levin and Marshall Leviten. Screenwriters are Chris Lunt and Mike Walker.
TV Shows News Netflix Young Wallander Season 2 2022 Crime Drama Henning Mankell Adam Pålsson Tomiwa Edun Lisa Hammond Josef Davies Lewis Mackinnon Kim Adis


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"Total Policing" And The Criminalisation Of Dissent
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dis·sent (d -s nt )
intr.v. dis·sent·ed, dis·sent·ing, dis·sents
1. To differ in opinion or feeling; disagree. –2. To withhold assent or approval. =n.-1. Difference of opinion or feeling; disagreement. –2. The refusal to conform to the authority or doctrine of an established church; nonconformity.-3. Law A justice's refusal to concur with the opinion of a majority, as on a higher court. Also called dissenting opinion. The right of any individual to not conform, the right of any individual to complain 'what he disagree upon'. The right of any individual to act according to his believe
The scale of the police operation mounted Wednesday against a relatively small and entirely peaceful protest against UK education cuts shows that the ruling elite is no longer prepared to tolerate any form of political and social opposition.
According to the varying estimates of the organisers, the media and the police, the deployment of 4,000 officers, many in full riot gear, represents a police-protester ratio of one-to-one or two-to-one.
New Metropolitan Police Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe described the protest as a test of his policy of "Total Policing." This is what it looked like: London was placed on virtual lock-down, with all major roads along the march's route blocked off by ranks of police, riot vans, mounted officers and ten-foot-high barricades.
Here To Serve and Protect: Law enforcement officials shall at all times fulfill the duty imposed on them by law, by serving the community and by protecting all persons against illegal acts, consistent with the high degree of responsibility required by their profession. Law enforcement officials shall respect and protect human dignity and maintain and uphold the human rights of all persons. Law enforcement officials shall not commit any act of corruption, abuse of power, or excessive force The term "law enforcement officials" includes all officers of the law, whether appointed or selected, who exercise police powers, especially the powers of arrest or detention. In countries where police powers are exercised by military authorities, whether uniformed or not, or by State security forces, the definition of law enforcement officials shall be regarded as including such services.
Marchers were met at the rail, underground and coach stations and handed an 11-page brochure, with the capitalized title "TOTAL POLICING" on the front and back. It warned that police would use section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act of 1994 to search people and enforce the removal of masks.
The march was dragooned by ranks of police at the front, back and both sides along the three-mile route. Helicopters circled overhead, making extensive videos of those taking part.
In a further provocation, the march was stopped every ten metres, meaning that a three-mile route took three hours to walk. This periodic kettling enabled the police to go into the crowd at certain points, pushing and barging people in the hope of provoking a reaction.
A statement issued on the day warned that the planned rally at the London Wall had to end in less than an hour and the area had to be completely cleared in two hours. An attempt to set up a tent camp in Trafalgar Square, in solidarity with the Occupy protest at St Paul's Cathedral, was cleared in minutes as police dragged away those involved.
Supporters of the Occupy London Stock Exchange protest take part in a mass meditation on the steps of St Paul's Cathedral. Photograph: Matt Dunham/AP
The effort by a group of electricians—striking against management threats to cut their wages by up to 35 percent—to join up with the student protest was similarly met with police violence. The electricians' march was encircled so they were virtually imprisoned. When some tried to break away, riot police waded in with batons and knocked workers to the ground. Police were reportedly armed with stun grenades. Names and addresses were taken under the authority of Section 60 of the Public Order Act.
The Unite union encouraged workers to march to parliament for a lobby of MPs. This sparked shouts of "We want to march with the students!"
As the march set off, hundreds of electricians marched towards Fleet Street where they broke through police lines. Police then drew batons and contained a section of the workers.
Before the march, the commander in charge, Simon Pountain, told a press conference that the use of water cannon was not planned, but plastic bullets had been authorised—the first time ever in England.
Rubber-bullet injuries induced by MA/RA 88 bullet
Over 450 letters were sent out warning anyone arrested in connection with previous public order offences that a repeat offence would lead to arrest and trial "at the earliest opportunity." Many of these letters were sent to people with no previous convictions, pointing to the existence of a police database of those whose sole "crime" was to have engaged in a previous protest.
In an article reprinted in the Police Oracle, the Guardian's crime correspondent blithely described the pre-authorisation of baton rounds and the sending of threatening letters as nothing new. "What is new," she said, was the decision by Pountain to make this public.
On 09 November 2011, Baton rounds and public order policing
Metropolitan Police Service officers are deployed to facilitate peaceful protests and that is the aim today. A range of tactics are available to us if there is criminality and violence associated with the event, including the authority to deploy baton rounds in extreme circumstances – however at this moment in time there is no intention to deploy baton rounds.
Officers policing the route will not be armed with baton rounds. These are carried by a small number of trained officers. This is a tactic which has always been available to deploy in the most extreme circumstances.
To give context to their use, the MPS had authority to use baton rounds during the disorder this summer but did not do so. This tactic requires pre-authority, and would take time to deploy, and is one of a range of tactics we have had available for public order, and not used, in the past.
Authorisation for baton rounds was given during the summer rioting in Britain's cities, she said, and "perhaps less well known… they were also authorised for use during the student demonstration against cuts a year ago."
The police are also to be given additional powers, she noted, by Home Secretary Theresa May, whereby a "police superintendent will be able to clear the public out of a specific area during a demonstration—a power not available since the Riot Act was removed from the statute book in 1973."
Last October's student protest saw over 150 arrests, both during and after the event. This summer's riots—provoked by the police killing of an unarmed man—were followed by over 2,000 arrests and over 11,000 prosecutions with long custodial sentences handed out for the most trivial offences.
A similar picture is repeated internationally. Wherever workers and young people seek to protest the imposition of savage austerity cuts, they are met with brutal repression.
In Greece, for example, the October 20 general strike protest was attacked by 15,000 riot police and Syntagma Square was flooded with tear gas. In the United States, the Occupy Wall Street protests spread nationally after two weeks in large measure in response to the October 1 arrest of 700 protesters—almost one-third—of those demonstrating on the Brooklyn Bridge. Since then, various local police forces have mounted attacks using riot gear, tear gas and other weapons, bringing the national total of those arrested to over 3,000.
Observations of a Jailed Journalist A journalist reporting on the Occupy Wall Street protest is arrested for doing his job. He documents several cases of excessive police force, including police pepper spraying women who were already restrained behind a barrier. This is a symptom of the ills of our society. Until we can act civilly towards each other we cannot affect true social reform. We lose when the people in power, in this case the police, can use any means to achieve their goals.
The resort to repressive measures is a measure of the extreme polarisation between the classes.
In Britain, the Riot Act now being cited was originally drafted in 1714, making rioting punishable by death. This was reduced to transportation for life in 1837.
Its most famous usage was in the 1819 Peterloo Massacre, in Manchester, when a cavalry charge against 80,000 protesters demanding parliamentary reform and relief from crushing economic hardship killed 15 and injured 700.
In Glasgow, on Black Friday 1919, riot police and 10,000 troops were despatched against workers campaigning for shorter work hours. Black Friday took place in the aftermath of the 1917 October Revolution in Russia, day that John Reed died in 1920, at a time when Britain's elite feared a "Bolshevist uprising." The fact that similar powers are being enacted today, first covertly and now amid official fanfare, should be a warning to the working class in Britain, Europe and internationally.
Today, the vast majority of economic experts — both on the Left and on the Right — have come to the conclusion that Greece is insolvent. It just cannot realistically repay its overwhelming debt while the economy keeps contracting as a result of the brutish austerity measures that Ackermann and Trichet have been prescribing.
Today, a fabulously wealthy oligarchy dictates all aspects of social life in pursuit of ever-greater personal enrichment. Under conditions of worsening economic crisis, this translates into demands for cuts and austerity for millions, for which there is no possibility of securing a democratic mandate.
This determines the moves by bourgeois governments around the world to enact measures characteristic of a police state and, in Greece, the threat of a military coup.
Revolution is coming. A new fiscal, economic and political order will be established. And given what you see about the world around you, the corruption, the fraud, the crimes…do you see any way around this? I want to see corrupt politicians and businessmen in handcuffs, making a long and painful perp walk. I want to see power returned to The People.
The response of workers and young people must be the building of a mass socialist movement and the adoption of a revolutionary perspective for a truly democratic and egalitarian society, based on the expropriation of the oligarchy and the organization of production to meet the social rights of all to education, health care, housing and a well-paid job.
Chris Marsden
More On Global Protests…
Sacrament California:By Kevin Kearney,12 November 2011
Sacramento—the state capital of California and the home of Democratic Governor Jerry Brown—has spearheaded efforts to criminalize the Occupy protests over the last month.
Just days after 700 anti-Wall Street protesters were trapped on the Brooklyn Bridge by the New York Police Department and arrested, officials in Sacramento, California quickly followed suit, initiating the first arrests of Occupy protesters on the West Coast.
First police action against Occupy Canada movement—more planned:By Carl Bronski,11 November 2011
In the early hours of Wednesday morning, police in London, Ontario forcibly evicted several hundred supporters of the Occupy Canada movement who, two weeks ago, established a tent community in that city's Victoria Park.
The mass eviction, staged in the dead of night, was the first such police action in Canada against the Occupy movement. It came during the same week that mayors and police chiefs from municipalities across the country began to publicly issue eviction threats against the Occupy encampments that have sprung up in at least twenty cities from coast to coast.
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We see that DocumentManager is the interface implemented, and in the Get Widest method, I'd like to return an Object that implements this interface (This can be a textbox, picture box, or a colorbox).
Upon trying to return a DocumentManager implementing Object (Here called toReturn), I encounter an error. Is there a way to do this?

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