Sixteen professionals have been confirmed for this year's U.S. Go Congress, set for July 30 – August 7 in Santa Barbara, CA. The line-up includes popular American-born professional Michael Redmond 9P (l), Feng Yun 9P, Seo Neong-Wook 9P, Wang Qun 8P, Kong Xiangming 8P, Mingjiu Jiang 7P, Yilun Yang 7p, Ryo Maeda 6P, Guo Juan 5P, Janice Kim 3P, Lee Ha-Jin 3P, Jennie Shen 2P, Cathy Li 1P, Huiren Yang 1P, Xuefen Lin 1P, and Li Ting 1P as resident pros at the weeklong Congress. "It's great to be able to bring such a great group of professionals to the Congress," says Congress Director Lisa Scott. "We're committed to providing Congress attendees with as many opportunities as possible to attend lectures by pros and to participate in simuls with the professionals." There are 376 people registered for the Congress, including 159 kyu-level players and 155 dan-level players.
On June 1 2011, China's Baoxiang Bai (in photo at right) won the 32nd World Amateur Go Championship (WAGC) with a triumphant clean sweep of 8 wins. South Korea's Woo Soo Choi finished in second place with an impressive 7 wins – losing only to Bai in round 5. Arguably, Bai's match with Choi in round 5 determined the winner of the tournament. Eric Lui of the U.S. claimed third place with 6 wins, the best-ever result for the U.S.
Interestingly enough, in last year's 31st WAGC, China and Korea also met in round 5 to battle it out for the championship. Korea won last year's championship (the 31st WAGC). Other than Choi, Bai also defeated Hirata of Japan (see below for a just-posted game commentary by An Younggil 8P of Go Game Guru on the game between Baoxiang Bai and Hironori Hirata), Wu of Chinese Taipei, Lui of the US, Rattanasetyut of Thailand, Burzo of Romania, Suponeu of Belarus, and Mezhov of Russia.
The rest of the top 10 are as follows: Thomas Debarre of France, Hironori Hirata of Japan, Jun Fan of Canada, Franz-Josef Dickhut of Germany, Tsung-Han Wu of Chinese Taipei, Gheorghe Cornel Burzo of Romania, and Merlijn Kuin of Netherlands. The full results are available at EuroGoTV.
Round 6 began at 1:30pm on May 31 with China's Baoxiang Bai and Chinese Taipei's Tsung-han Wu squaring off. One of those two was about to lose his unbeaten status. Next to Bai and Wu, Korea's Woo-soo Choi was paired against Poland's Kamil Chwedyna (photo at right). One of those two players was about to lose his second game of the day, after four straight wins in the first half of the tournament. The Polish player drew white and placed his first three stones on the 9-10, 11-10, and 4-2 points, while the Korean occupied three corners.
On three other boards in the main playing room, Japan's Hironori Hirata was playing Spain's Joan Flos, Thailand's Choltit Rattanasetyut was playing Vietnam's Kanh Binh Do, and France's Thomas Debarre was playing Eric Lui of the US. The winners of these games would still be very much in contention, provided one of them could manage to beat the winner of the Bai-Wu game.
In the outer playing area the Ukraine's Mykhailo Halchenko had been drawn down against Romania's Cornel Burzo. A win for the Ukranian would leave him in contention for the championship too. A win for the Romanian would mean a good chance at taking one of the top ten places, conditional on a strong performance tomorrow. Sixteen other players with 3-2 records were also playing for chances to finish in the top ten. With the stakes becoming increasingly clear, the pace of play slowed. Only a few games finished in less than two hours. Two of these ended in victories for Japan and Korea. At the two-hour ten-minute mark the Southeast Asian showdown between Thailand and Vietnam was also over, and in this game victory went to Thailand, by 9.5 points.
Thomas Debarre and Eric Lui are both relatively slow players, and their game lasted longer. The winner was Eric Lui. His reward: a pairing against the Chinese player in round 7. In the outer playing area, the drawn-down game, another lengthy affair, was won by the drawn-up player, Cornel Burzo. Tomorrow he will first face Kanh Binh Do of Vietnam in a quest to restore Romania to a place in the top ten. In other pairings for round 7, Korea is matched against Chinese Taipei and Japan against Thailand.
Round 7: At 9:30am on June 1, chief referee Masaki Takemiya (standing in photo at left) gave the players a cheery greeting, followed by the formal call to choose colors and start play. As in round 6 the pace of play was generally slow, but three games in the outer playing area ended quickly. Franz-Josef Dickhut of Germany picked up his fifth win by beating Joan Flos of Spain in less than an hour. Next a nine-stone handicap game between Madagascar's Manitra Razafindrabe and referee Yasuhiro Nakano ended. Both players won, Nakano on the go board, Razafindrabe by getting a bye in the tournament. Shortly afterward Costa Rica's Mario Miguel Aguero Obanda scored his second win by beating India's Sandeep Dave.
The first game finished in the main playing room was the match between Japan and Thailand. Thailand's Choltit Rattanasetyut resigned at 10:40, giving Japan's Hironori Hirata a sixth win and an assured pairing against Baoxiang Bai of China in the last round. A minute later, on a different board, Armenia's Artak Margaryan 3k resigned against Azerbaijan's Bahadur Tahirbayov 6D, and awhile later Zoran Mutabzja of Croatia lost to Mykhailo Halchenko of the Ukraine. Andrius Petrauskas saw his hopes of gaining a first-ever top-ten finish for Lithuania dim considerably when he lost to Canada's Jun Fan.
At 11:20 Israel's Jonathan Lidor made one last attempt to resurrect a dead group, then resigned to Finland's Mikko Siukola. Vietnam's Kanh Binh Do chose to play out a long endgame, including a half-point ko, only to lose by a wide margin to Romania's Cornel Burzo. Not many people witnessed these defeats, however. The spectators were massed at the front of the room where the games involving China, Korea, Chinese Taipei, and the US were proceeding.
In the China-US game, Eric Lui had been struggling without success to attack a large group in the center of the board. He was now playing in his last renewable 30-second time period, which he repeatedly used down to the last second or two, eliciting protracted beeps from his tournament clock. At 11:43 he resigned, and China's Baoxiang Bai took a big stride closer to a world championship.
In the last game to finish, France's Thomas Debarre defeated Czechia's Radek Nechanicky. In the final round the French and Thai players are paired together, as are the players from China and Japan, from Korea and Romania, and from Chinese Taipei and the US. And outside, the rain for which Matsue is also famous has let up again.
Round 4 of the 2011 World Amateur Go Championships (WAGC) began at 1:30p on May 30 with referee Yasuhiro Nakano giving the signal to start. With only seven undefeated players remaining, the competition was beginning to tighten up. Two of the three games among those undefeated players ended quickly. Choltit Rattanasetyut of Thailand made an early and serious mistake against Baoxiang Bai of China, and Morten Ofstad of Norway made a major mistake in the middle game against Tsung-Han Wu of Chinese Taipei, giving Bai and Wu easy wins. Wu, who said he had never played a European opponent before this tournament ("except possibly on the Internet"), rated Ofstad as fairly strong. Rattanasetyut was rated as considerably stronger than the Thai player who finished with four wins last year by Yuan Sun, a Chinese 3P player who had been a referee at the WAGC in Hangzhou last year and is assisting the Ranka staff this year.
The third game between undefeated players, Woo-soo Choi of Korea against Eric Lui of the US (left in photo at right), proceeded much more slowly but ended without an upset. Choi said he was satisfied with having won a difficult game, and rated his opponent's level as not much different from his own. Another undefeated player who won what he described as a difficult game was Poland's Kamil Chwednya, who had been paired down against Belgium's Jan Ramon. For the first time in this tournament, the Polish player played conventional opening moves. "Every opening has its own logic," he said.
Round 5: A light rain was still falling on the morning of May 31 as the players made their way, some on foot but most by bus, to the Shimane Prefectural Assembly Hall. First to take his seat in the main playing room, ten minutes before the 9:30 starting time, was China's Baoxiang Bai (below), arguably the favorite to win the tournament. He has been making his mark on the Chinese national tournament scene since 2006, when he took second place in the Huanghe (Yellow River) Cup at the age of 13. The next year he won the amateur Qiwang (King of Go) tournament, in 2009 he won the amateur Dujuanha (Azelia) Cup, and in 2010 he won the Wanbao (Evening News) Cup. Those last two triumphs earned him the right to represent China at this year's Korean Prime Minister's Cup and the 32nd World Amateur Go Championship. At age eighteen he is already recognized as one of the four top amateur players in China.
Five minutes later Woo-soo Choi took the seat facing Bai. Choi is less well-known, having had no national triumphs until he won the Korean amateur Kooksu in 2010. In that tournament, however, he defeated Hong-suk Song, who had beaten Chen Wang, another of China's top four, to become last year's world amateur champion. The Kooksu victory made Choi this year's Korean player at the World Amateur. Soon after Choi sat down, Chinese Taipei's Tsung-Han Wu took his seat at the adjacent board, and at 9:30 on the dot Poland's Kamil Chwedyna ambled into the main playing room and sat down facing Wu. Referee Yasuhiro Nakano then gave the signal to start.
The game on the second board ended within an hour and a quarter. Black carved white's position into pieces and captured two of them. Kamil Chwedyna manfully resigned and stepped out of the playing room, to be swarmed by a group of uniformed girls from the go club at the Okuizumo Choritsu Takada Primary School, who collected his signature on their programs. A rather older group of spectators had gathered around the board where Japan's Hironori Hirata was playing Czechia's Radek Nechanicky. This game ended with the Czech player's resignation at 11:36.
Some of the spectators now moved over to watch Bai and Choi play out the endgame of their crucial encounter. White had started well in the opening, but in the middle game white let black capture two stones in the center in a classic turtle-shell shape. The territory white took in return did not compensate for the power black gained in the center. Bai's expression revealed nothing, but he said later that once he took those two stones he had felt confident of winning, and win he did, by 3.5 points, just before noon, as a crowd of close to thirty onlookers thronged around the board.
At this point the only game still going was the one between Eric Lui of the US and Xiang Zhang of Singapore. It continued until nearly 12:40, with Eric Lui winning safely by 5.5 points. In the meantime France's Thomas Debarre, Ukraine's Mykhailo Halchenko, Spain's Joan Flos, Thailand's Choltit Rattanasetyut, and Vietnam's Kanh Binh Do had also won their games to join Woo-soo Choi, Kamil Chwedyna, Hironori Hirata, and Eric Lui in the group with four wins. These nine will be fighting to stay in contention while the two remaining undefeated players, Baoxiang Bai and Tsung-han Wu, battle it out it in the afternoon round.
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Round 2 of the 2011 WAGC started just after 1:30 on May 29 with all players present. This time the bye went to Mykhailo Halchenko of the Ukraine. The player with the bye receives a teaching game from one of the referees, so Mykhailo 5D found himself playing Yasuhiro Nakano 9P at two stones. This was a tough challenge, and Mykhailo went down to honorable defeat by resignation.
In the real competition, six players now faced opponents of equal rank. The game between Thomas Debarre of France and Cornel Burzo of Romania, both 6D and hopeful of finishing in the top ten, was particularly intense. The winner, by 3.5 points, was Burzo, who earned a pairing against China's Baoxiang Bao in the next round. In another duel of 6D players, Merlijn Kuin of The Netherlands triumphed over Franz-Josef Dickhut of Germany, and in a clash between two 7D players, Chinese Taipei's Tsung-Han Wu overcame Canada's Jun Fan. These four players are also expected to contend for places in the top ten.
At the 5D level, Kanh Binh Do of Vietnam picked up his first win by downing former European champion Zoran Mutabzja of Croatia. At the 1D level, Francisco Pereira of Portugal overcame Michael Galero of the Philippines, and Aliaksandr Suponeu of Belarus bested Manitra Razafindrabe of Madagascar. At the 1k level, Miroslav Smid of Slovakia scored a win over Mario Miguel Aguero Obanda of Costa Rica.
Unlike Round 1, round 2 produced some upsets. In one of the most unusual games of the afternoon, Kamil Chwedyna 4D of Poland used his patented second-line opening to defeat Viktor Lin 5D of Austria. In the closest game Salvador Larios 1k of Mexico squeaked past Hock Doong Ho 1D of Malaysia by half a point, and in the biggest surprise of the day, James Hutchinson 1k of Ireland upended Torben Pedersen 3D of Denmark.
Round 3: Once again most of the spectators chose to watch the game of the Japanese player, Hironori Hirata (in photo at right). Yesterday they had seen him sail serenely past opponents from the United Kingdom and New Zealand, and this morning they expected him to do likewise against Morten Ofstad from Norway. For most of the game it looked as if their expectations would be fulfilled, but the Norwegian 4D did not give up easily and his perseverance was rewarded: a critical mistake in a life-and-death situation forced the Japanese 8D to resign. Mr Hirata accepted defeat with good grace and bowed in apology to his onlooking supporters.
The spectators then moved into the outer playing area to watch the game between Chi-hin Chan of Hong Kong and Tsung-han Wu of Chinese Taipei, which was still in progress. The outcome was impossible to predict: both players are young and strong, both represent territories where go is booming among the younger generation, and the position on the board was tense. After a thrilling endgame it was Tsung-Han Wu, clad in blue jeans, a plaid shirt, and a black vest and sporting earrings, who walked away the winner by a point and a half.
In another 1.5-point finish, Choltit Rattanasetyut of Thailand defeated Xiang Zhang of Singapore. The Thai player led throughout the first half of the game, but victory did not come easily: the lead changed hands twice before the end.
These results left the players from Norway, Chinese Taipei, and Thailand undefeated. Joining them in the all-victorious group were Baoxiang Bai (China), Woo-soo Choi (Korea), Kamil Chwedyna (Poland), and Eric Lui (US), who defeated opponents from Romania, The Netherlands, Spain, and Slovenia in round 3. The Poland-Spain game featured another remarkable opening. Playing black, Kamil Chwedyna placed his first four stones in a pon-nuki shape in the center of the board; then he fought his way to a 6.5-point victory. In the next round the players from China, Korea, and Chinese Taipei will tackle the players from Thailand, the US, and Norway.
On 24 May 2011, the Nihon Ki-in announced players who will take up the last four spots in the 36th Kisei League. Seto Taiki 7P of the Kansai Ki-in, Akiyama Jiro 8P, Kono Rin 9P and Kobayashi Koichi 9P. These players were selected based on playing through single knock out preliminary matches and will join top performers from the 35th Kisei League. The winner of the 36th Kisei League will earn the right to challenge Kisei title holder, Cho U 9P, in 2012 for the 36th Kisei. The 36th Kisei League players are Iyama Yuta 9P, Yamashita Keigo 9P, Hane Naoki 9P, Kato Atsushi 8P, Kono Rin 9P, Seto Taiki 7P, Takao Shinji 9P, Yamashiro Hiroshi 9P, Yoda Norimoto 9P, Ryu Shikun 9P, Kobayashi Koichi 9P and Akiyama Jiro 8P.
On 26 May 2011, Joanne Missingham 5P, who plays professionally under her Chinese name, Hei Jiajia, turned 17 while playing in the 4th Taiwan Qiwang, a Taiwanese Go tournament. She received a received birthday cake in the shape of a Go board as a surprise gift from fans. The cake even had edible stones! Missingham's rapid promotion (she was promoted to 2P in late 2010 and 5P in early 2011) has not escaped the notice of international Go bodies. Japan has invited her to take part in this year's Nakano Cup, a prestigous tournament for under-20s. Previous winners of this tournament include none other than this year's Judan and Bosai Cup winner, Iyama Yuta, who won the Nakano Cup in 2005, 2006 and 2007.
On 28 May 2011, as a prelude to the 32nd World Amateur Go Championship (WAGC), Otake Hideo 9P played an exhibition match with local school girl Ohara Moeka in a Castle Game reenactment at Matsue Castle in Shimane Prefecture. Ohara was a quarter finalist at the Japanese Girls High School Go Tournament in the individual division and received a 3 stone handicap from Otake. Both players donned elaborate kimonos to evoke the Edo period, during which the famous Castle Games took place. Shimane Prefecture was the birth place of two famous players – Honinbo Dosaku in 1645 and Iwamoto Kaoru in 1902.
The playing area on the third floor of the Shimane Prefectural Assembly Hall is divided into a main inner room with nineteen boards, fourteen of which have official game recorders, and a smaller outer area with ten boards. In round 1 the solo seat went to Spain's Joan Flos. The signal to start the games on the other boards was given by chief referee Takemiya Masaki just after 9:30a on Sunday, May 29, and live online broadcasts of four of the recorded games began immediately. Another World Amateur Go Championship (WAGC) was under way. photo at right: the Seicho Yasuragibushi Preservation Society gives a performance of traditional songs and dances, accompanied by drums and shamisen at the opening ceremonies of the 32nd annual WAGC.
In the inner room, spectators gathered around Board 13, where Hironori Hirata (Japan) was playing Alexander Selby (U.K.). Next to them Thomas Debarre (France) was taking on Kanh Binh Do (Vietnam); this game also attracted attention.
The tournament is being played with time limits of one hour per player, followed by three renewable 30-second overtime periods. Timing was handled by new tournament clocks, made by Citizen Corporation for the Nihon Kiin. The beep tones of the clocks provided a soft electronic background to the click of slate and shell on wood.
Following WAGC tradition, in the first round the middle half of the field drew for opponents from the upper and lower quarters. At the end of the round, every game turned out to have been won by the higher-seeded player. Ranka asked its professional commentator Hiroshi Yamashiro 9P of the Nihon Kiin and referees Shimpei Kuwamoto 6P (also of the Nihon Kiin) and Yasuhiro Nakano 9P (Kansai Kiin) for their observations on the round.
"They are strong," said Shimipei Kuwamoto. "In the post-mortem reviews they were all very definite about their ideas. It was clear that they were bent on playing their own games. One player (Kamil Chwedyna, Poland) played several of his opening moves on the second line. At first glance it looked as if his hand must have slip ped, but he knew what he was doing. I guess he had worked this strategy out in advance." Chwedyna won his game.
"The age range was impressive," noted Yasuhiro Nakano. Aside from 84-year-old Hironori Hirata of Japan, there are quite a few players in the 50-70 age bracket, and then there are the young players from Southeast Asia. "It will be very interesting to see how strong the ones from Indonesia (14), Singapore (22), Thailand (21), and Vietnam (22) become," said Nakano. The players from Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand won their first games, as did Hironori Hirata.
- James Davies, Ranka Online; click here for his complete report. Note: the American go E-Journal team of Chris Garlock and John Pinkerton was unable to attend this year's WAGC due to a family emergency.
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Top 10 Places To Visit In Srinagar
The uniqueness of Srinagar is that apart from being the capital to the state of Jammu and Kashmir in the summer months, the place is a glorious representation of nature. With the River Jhelum flowing from its sides of Srinagar is protected by five districts. Lying in the Kashmir valley, Srinagar is at an altitude of 1585 meters. Srinagar is dotted with lakes and beautiful gardens. With the sun kissed peaks of the mountains in the backdrop and the peaceful waters of the lakes, Srinagar is a paradise on the planet. While in Srinagar, one needs to visit following places that will magnify your experience.
1. Dal Lake
2. Shalimar Bagh
3. Shankaracharya Temple
4. Nigeen Lake
5. Jamia Masjid
6. Hazratbal Shrine
7. Pari Mahal
8. Tulip Garden
9. Apple Orchards
10. Kheer Bhawani Temple
Photo by Basharat Alam Shah, CC BY 2.0
On a trip to Srinagar, Dal Lake finds the first place on the itinerary. The alluring Shikara or the wooden boats that float on the beautiful waters impart a view of the circumference of the lake that promenades the Mughal gardens. The colourful hues of the nature and the sunrise and sunsets from the lake are impeccable. The lofty mountains, the blues both of the sky above and water below and the fragrances of the fresh flowers from the edging gardens makes the entire lake serene and tranquil.
Laid out with the Persian style of architecture, the Shalimar Bagh garden is sprawled in 31 acres of land. Built on the periphery of the Dal Lake the garden was built to please Queen Noor Jahan by Shehenshah Jahangir. Laden with trees on the sides and a canal flowing through the middle of the garden paved with polished stones the garden is a mesmerising beauty. With three terraces each portraying different views of the garden, Shalimar Bagh is drenched in its own beauty.
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Dating back to 200 BC the temple is built on the top of Shankaracharya Hill. Being devoted to Lord Shiva the temple holds a prime significance to the Buddhists as well. The temple involves a little trekking for the devotees and is said to stand on an octagonal pavement. The temple has been renovated a several times and the premises of the temple impart a breath-taking view of the valley below.
Photo by Ankur P, CC BY-SA 2.0
In contrast with the Dal Lake, Nageen Lake is quieter and calmer and separated through a causeway from the Dal Lake. While the centre of the lake has clean blue placid waters the edges reflect the trees that are rowed along the shore line. With clear skies over head and wrapped between the mountains and cruising on the shikara is one of the best experiences of Srinagar.
Photo by Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
With the hushed interiors that are an irony to the surrounding busyness of the bustling markets outside the premises of the mosque, Jamia Masjid is one of the holiest Islamic shrines of the country. Intricately carved wooden pillars count to 370, the mosque reflects Indo-Saracenic architecture. Elegantly standing tall amid the accurate square garden the mosque is of unmatchable in all forms.
The white marbled dome structure reflecting its charm in the waters of Dal Lake on its western shore is the Hazratbal Mosque. Being a prime place of worship for the followers of Islam the mosque holds the relics of the prophet Muhammad. The shrine is a beautiful architectural edifice that outshines perfectly.
The multi-terraced garden, literally translates to the 'palace of the fairies' is built at an elevation and offers splendid views of the Dal Lake. The Pari Mahal garden has velvety green gardens and has an historic importance that is much older than the Mughal Era. The place was initially a monastery for the Buddhists and then was the learning institute for Emperor Shah Jahan's son, Dara. The view just gets majestic from each terrace and surpasses the other.
Photo by Abdars, CC BY-SA 3.0
A recent addition to Srinagar is the Tulip Garden. The largest of its kind in Asia, Tulip garden houses about 60 variants of tulips. When in the full bloom the tulips sprawl in about 12 hectares of area and provide a mesmerising view. The tulip garden was built with the mission to enhance the tourism of Srinagar.
Famous for its Kashmiri Apples, one cannot skip visiting an apple orchard. Strolling through the red and green pathways that are laden by the trees and coloured by the apples is an amazing experience. Apple orchards are common sight in Srinagar but the experience of plucking an apple and having it is beyond words. The entire area imparts the sweetest flavours to your taste buds.
Photo by Akshey25, CC BY 3.0
Dedicated to Goddess Bhawani the temple is a sacred temple for the Kashmiri Pandits. It is said that the rice pudding, kheer is offered to the deity and hence the temple gets its name Kheer Bhawani. Enveloped by the chinar trees on the perimeter the temple is covered by smooth and gorgeous stones. There is also a sacred water spring that is said to be auspicious.
Srinagar encompasses the beauty of heavens in one place and is a majestic and mesmerising place. This popular tourist destination it has all the components to take you to another place in time.
Here Are Some More Tourist Spots Of Jammu and Kashmir:
Popular Places In Kashmir
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Attractions in Srinagar
Dal Lake
Shalimar Bagh
Shankaracharya Temple
Nigeen Lake
Jamia Masjid
Hazratbal Shrine
Pari Mahal
Apple Orchards
Kheer Bhawani Temple
Best Time to Visit Srinagar
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Even though I failed miserably at succeeding in the Beat the Backlist 2018 challenge, I decided to sign up for 2019's edition again. Why? I'm determined to succeed in next year's edition, since I really really really want to tackle some books on my (prior) 2018 releases tbr and this challenge is hopefully going to help me with this and keep me motivated throughout the year. I always like connecting with other people during readathons and things like that and this beat the backlist community is really awesome I think, so I'm looking forward to being a participant in 2019!
Any novel, novella, graphic novel, manga, or anthology bind-up counts for this challenge. If it's considered a book on Goodreads, it's fair game! They can be in any format as well (print, eBook, audiobook, etc).
POST your backlist TBR for the year somewhere online! This can be in the form of a blog post, instagram photo caption, Twitter thread, Goodreads shelf, YouTube video, whatever works for you! You are NOT locked into these books, it's just something to get you started!
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I created a separate item in my blog menu for the beat the backlist challenge, so I can publish update-articles throughout the year in which I want to recap on what I've been able to finish reading already, etc.
I'm really looking forward to start this challenge in January 2019 and to also, hopefully, finish it before the end of 2019 haha! I'll be creating a tbr list soon and I'll share it with you guys. I'm looking forward to see which books are going to end up on your beat the backlist tbr, if you're participating.
Do you like participating in challenges like these? Don't hesitate to sign up then for the Beat the Backlist 2019! Aside from tackling your tbr, there's an entire community in which you can communicate with readers from all around the world, which is pretty awesome I think!
I failed this one so hard this year! Haha but I'll sign up for next year.
Ohh, you make me curious as to what you're planning to do in 2019 then :)?
I've decided to make each month Themed reading. January will be magic and urban fantasy, February will be YA something (haven't decided) and so on.
Good luck! This sounds great. I must say my TBR is not that big, I've read almost all the books I own already (which is also kind of frustrating sometimes haha), so I am not going to join this challenge.
This looks like so much fun! It's so easy to get caught up with all the excitement of new realises and forget about everything else. Good luck for 2019!
I need to read my way through my backlist too! Luckily I don't own too many unread books, but there are enough that it makes me feel guilty lol. Here's hoping both of us can get through our backlist!
I did well this year since i read a ton of backlist books anyway haha. I am not participating the challenge for that reason and that the challenge always kind of stagnates in the middle of the year when the host can't keep up (which I understand).


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Gallaudet University Develops Program to Support Deaf Youth in Nigeria
Using a $2.05 million grant from the United States Agency for International Development, Gallaudet University—alongside Wesley University, Ondo and the Nigerian National Association of the Deaf—plans to launch a program in Nigeria aimed at breaking down negative stigmas around deafness.
Dr. Khadijat Rashid
Inspired by the late Dr. Isaac O. Agboola, who served as the dean of the School of Education, Business, and Human Services (SEBHS) at Gallaudet, the Deaf-E³ project focuses on supporting deaf, hard of hearing and deafblind youth in Nigeria through the three areas of education, employment and empowerment.
"We really need to shift the mindset to have people see that this is not a disability," said Dr. Khadijat Rashid, interim dean of the faculty at Gallaudet. "It's really just a language barrier issue. If you teach deaf people in their language, they develop just fine like everyone else. When you pass by someone on the street, you don't know if they are deaf. They are just human."
As part of the project, Gallaudet will co-develop bilingual education models and training to reduce barriers for deaf children. Guidelines will also be developed to promote more collaboration and effective communication between Nigerian Sign Language interpreters and deaf consumers.
With more than 400 languages spoken in Nigeria, Deaf-E³ also seeks to have Nigerian Sign Language be more widely accepted and recognized, according to Rashid.
"This will lead to wonderful outcomes for deaf children and opportunities for better education," she said. "They are already getting an education. But it is likely not bilingual and often not accessible. So, we are modeling a different way so that children will have access. And when parents find out their child is deaf, they know that they are not doomed to be lower class citizens. They can be a full contributing member of society, get a good job, have a good life and be citizens like everyone else."
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Open Call: VAHA – Building Common Ground for Spaces of Public Discussion & Dialogue
Slávka Rude-Porubska July 26, 2020
Our friends from the Tandem Turkey-Programme are launching a two-years-initiative VAHA (meaning "oasis" in Turkish), which is made with and for the empowered voices of independent arts and culture spaces, advocating for public discussion and dialogue in cities across Turkey, Europe, and their neighbouring countries. Application deadline: September 14, 2020:
"Creative players in and around hybrid cultural spaces are invited to explore the power of learning from local practices to develop tailor-made support for platforms of free expression and cultural programming."
VAHA (Oasis)
VAHA (meaning "oasis" in Turkish) is a two-year programme made with and for the empowered voices of independent arts and culture spaces, advocating for public discussion and dialogue in cities across Turkey, Europe, and their neighbouring countries.
Bringing together the diversity of hybrid spaces and contextual responses to the crises of democracy the regions are currently facing, VAHA explores the power of learning from local practices to develop tailor-made support for platforms of free expression and cultural programming. Exchange on alternative approaches and transformative economies, as well as international solidarity and outreach are at the core of VAHA's activities. With this approach, VAHA hopes to provide a framework that allows local venues to form a socially prominent ecosystem of interconnected oases, growing as fertile landscapes for open dialogue.
Creative players in and around the spaces above-mentioned are invited to join the process to gain insights into systemic practices and connect their endeavours, helping them thrive in greater resilience.
VAHA is an initiative of Anadolu Kültür and MitOst e.V., funded by Stiftung Mercatorand the European Cultural Foundation. VAHA partner consortium is in a collaboration with the iac Berlin to implement a series of 'thematic workshops and network meetings'.
Why VAHA?
At a time when uncertainty and censorship have come to characterise the political environment of our contemporary societies, a growing number of arts and culture actors are struggling to preserve spaces for democracy and informed communities on questions of social importance in Turkey, Europe, and their neighbouring countries.
Public access to independent cultural programming is, in the meantime, made possible by the players standing outside the mainstream. Yet, their unconventional position makes them vulnerable to a higher degree of instability since few opportunities are available to support their emerging actions. Many risks, such as shrinking funding, institutional control on public programming, and intellectual oppression, are narrowing the spatial standards for thinking, production, and outreach.
Thanks to their resilient character and energy, however, these actors are producing new community formats to voice the narratives of the oppressed, the forgotten, the marginalised, and the censored. Libraries, cafés, social venues, and cultural houses are becoming so-called hybrid spaces, offering alternative settings where the right to free thinking and free speech can be exercised.
VAHA explores these practices to drive the energetic flow of hubs and strategic alliances supporting freedom of expression. It sets the exploration of micro-resistances in a wider political context in order to foster a collective understanding of ways to regain spaces for open public debate in critically challenged societies and countries.
How does VAHA work?
VAHA will connect and enable up to 50 independent arts and culture spaces and organisations for public programming to shape 16 local hubsinterconnected within an international solidarity network. Each hub partnership convenes up to three existing spaces, established in one of the selected cities across Turkey (Ankara, Diyarbakır, Eskişehir, İstanbul, Antalya, Mersin), or set in another area of Europe and its neighbouring countries.
Eight selected hubs from Turkey and eight hubs from other countries will first get the opportunity to develop pilot actions within their own environments and will be invited to follow the activity flow in the first phase. In the second phase, participants will be invited to scale up their work into a larger ecosystem of independent places for free discussion and open dialogue through an open structure of international collaboration. In this phase, a series of activities will support the scaling process.
What is the VAHA-support for?
For its aims, VAHA offers to each local hub constellation:
A pilot activation funding of 5,000 EUR to experiment with new formats of collaboration.
Methods and tools to map local ecosystem resources and plan perspectives of sustainability.
Learning mobility grants of 1,000 EUR to foster knowledge and practice exchange among participants.
Regional/international collaboration grantsvarying between 10,000 to 25,000 EUR to scale-up pilot actions within more large-scale geography through collaborations with other hubs.
Peer mentoring to support the development of local hubs along the project lifetime.
Thematic peer-learning workshops through 4 online/offline small group meetings to gain specific insights for professional and organizational development and networking.
Access to international synergy building moments through 2 meetings, gathering all participants from diverse cultural contexts.
Opportunities to harvest, disseminate, and advocate at the local, regional, and international levels.
Participation in a solidarity network, building a resilient future for an ecosystem of independent spaces on public dialogue and cultural programming in Turkey, Europe, and neighbouring countries.
Who can apply for VAHA?
Representatives of spaces and organisations that offer public cultural programming, which are based in one of the Council of Europe member states, Belarus, Kosovo and Middle East & North Africa (MENA) countries, are invited to form local hubs and apply together.
For Turkey, the call for application is by-invitation-only in this pilot round of VAHA.
Ideally, three applicants representing three organisations are expected to form a local hub. The partners in each local hub can be composed of different types of spaces and organisations, with at least one of them holding a physical space for public events.
How to apply for VAHA?
The Open Call-informations are available in English and Turkish.
For more information and inquires please contact:
Serra Özhan, Project-Manager Tandem Turkey at MitOst. Mail: ozhan(at)mitost.org
Aysu Arican, Project-Manager Tandem Turkey at Anadolu Kültür. Mail: aysuarican(at)anadolukultur.org
To apply visit the website of Tandem For Culture Turkey.
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Act now on PII law firms urged
SRA Standards and Regulations July 2021 edition
Solicitors renewing their professional indemnity insurance (PII) for the October deadline need to act now amid fears of a hardening insurance market, the Law Society of England and Wales warned.
Most firms still renew their PII on the old common renewal date of 1 October. This has always created a bottleneck, with underwriters and brokers rushing to process proposals to meet the deadline.
"COVID-19, the uncertainty of Brexit negotiations and the fact the market was hardening already in 2019 all combine to mean that October 2020 could be the most challenging period for solicitors since the insurance market opened up in 2000," said Law Society president Simon Davis.
"First and foremost, firms should already be talking with brokers about finding cover. If you have not done so, it should be made a priority now.
"Insurers are reluctant to take on new risks just now and many are not seeking new clients. This cautious approach means firms will be expected to provide more information up-front, such as details about risk management, firm finances, continuity planning and evidence of ongoing profitability.
"There will also be additional questions about how the lockdown and COVID-19 have affected business, including redundancy plans, furlough scheme use, home worker supervision and the steps that have been taken to minimise risk."
The Law Society expects almost all firms will see increases in their premiums this October, particularly if coming out of an 18- or 24-month policy.
The April renewal revealed that larger firms faced some of the biggest increase in premiums. One study* found that firms' premiums increased by an average of 15%, but firms with turnovers of £50 to £100 million saw increases of around 40%.
"Firms should brace themselves for an average increase of 30%, but those with bad claims histories should expect far higher increases," said Simon Davis.
"If you find yourself particularly adversely affected by the imposition of lockdown, talk to your broker about how best to make proposals to prospective underwriters.
"We also advise firms to review budgets and make the necessary adjustments to account for increased premiums. If firms have not sought premium financing previously, it may be worth considering in the current circumstances.
"PII premiums can be a hefty up-front cost and having the ability to spread out payments over a longer period will help with cash flow.
"One possible source of finance could be subsidised loans from the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loans Scheme,** which provides businesses with an annual turnover of up to £45 million, access to loans of up to £5 million, repayable over six years."
*Lockton International conducted analysis looking at renewal trends for 500 firms in March and April.
**Coronavirus Business Interruption Loans Scheme (CBILS) launched on 23 March and will close to new applicants at the end of September 2020.
The UK government will meet the cost of fees and payable interest in the first year. Most lenders do not require the borrower to begin making any repayments until the second year.
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ODIE UMSTEAD HOUSE
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Mon, 12/19/2011 - 10:13pm by gary
Barbara and Allan Powell earned the 1986 architectural conservation award from the Historic Preservation Society of Durham for their rehabilitation of the unusual two-story Craftsman- style dwelling built by Odie and Sally Umstead in 1926. The house was badly deteriorated when the Powells purchased it in 1983 along with 50 acres of the original 350-acre farm.
The four-bay frame dwelling has a right-angle plan and is distinguished by its cruciform shape and clipped-gable roof. The main block, oriented east-west, has a perpendicular ell in the center of the south facade and a perpendicular ell in the center of the north facade. A wraparound porch, supported by tapered posts, follows the shape of the house. Fenestration is Craftsman- style; four-over-one double-hung sash windows are placed symmetrically on the south and west facades and on the first floor of the east facade. The attic is illuminated by pairs of small windows with four vertical lights that are placed directly beneath the clipped gables on the south and east facades. Elsewhere fenestration is asymmetrical and arranged according to requirements of the rooms within.
In order to save the house, extensive renovations were required, but most windows and doorways, flooring, several mantels, a staircase with square newels and spindles, and tall brick chimneys were retained. Alterations included re-siding portions of the house, moving the front door from the center bay of the south facade to the westernmost bay, building a bathroom on the east facade, replacing several windows on the west facade, sheetrocking over pine paneling on the interior, and replacing a mantel in the west wing with a new one made of wood salvaged from an antebellum house once on the property. A new one-story kitchen ell has been added to the north facade.
North of the house, an early-twentieth-century smokehouse and privy remain on the property. Mid-twentieth-century farm buildings nearby are a frame equipment shed and a tobacco barn. A cemetery west of the house contains graves of the Green and Rogers families. Among twelve graves, mid-nineteenth-century markers are for Eleann M. Green who died in 1862, Benjamin Rogers who died in 1866, and Ann[a?] Green who died in 1868.


For Germany's leading cartoonist Anna Haifisch the fluorescent honeymoon between To Live and Die in L.A. and Miami Vice is definitely over. Her latest release The Mouse Glass is implementing a further decisive step in her constantly evolving chromatic ideology. Last year's Drifter, also released via Haifisch's publisher Perfectly Acceptable Press (which also works as a kind of an experimental laboratory) marked the turn from melancholy-drenched dramedy to endogenous depression. But for now it's time to fight back the oppressors.
A color code telling a tale itself is being established here, also in ways of a conceptual array bookbinding-wise: Like one of the Hamburg riots in July 2017, with protesters against the G20 summit never able to reach their targeted addressees, who remained safe and snuggled up in their highly guarded comfort zones. Haifisch's protesters either never make in into the book, where a summit between several species of animals is happening, or they remain on the cover, foreclosed for all eternity.
Though the outrage and the combinations of colors depicted on the frontispiece show up again during a congress of the animals, The Mouse Glass makes one think of Erich Kästner's first published book for children after World War 2, Konferenz der Tiere. But this summit's a much more sexed-up and mean-spirited version, because despite of Kästner's animals, who appear to have a greater willingness and capacity for peace compared to humankind, Haifisch's animals are mostly just interested in their own benefits, showing Haifisch's earlier faith in cute innocence – as it was propagated in The Artist and Von Spatz – ain't no longer an option in present times.
There are also scenes reminiscent of the merely three issues German illustrator Brigitte Smith did in 1972 for the Lurchi series, giveaway books from a children's shoe manufacturer named Salamander, that featured, you guess it, a salamander and his bunch of mainly anthropomorphic friends. The Smith issues turned out to be very psychedelic and pop-arty, lacking the racist tendencies often present in the remainder of the series. Smith is deemed a feminist and peace activist, and furthermore the first and very likely only woman to develop the series, who later was fired for not matching the readership's expectations. So it doesn't seem to be a coincidence that on the most beautiful page of Haifisch's book the salamanders are denounced as being orthodox and ticking time bombs by the summit's participants. But such is the spirit of the age.
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DK! Donkey Kong! DK! Donkey Kong is here… on Switch!
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Written by: Cory Galliher | May 4, 2018
Platform: Switch
ESRB Rating: E for Everyone
Oh, to be Nintendo. What a joy that would be! Not caring at all about industry trends or standards; doing what we feel like regardless of the market, knowing that it'll sell regardless…truly, Nintendo are above the rest of the industry, at least from their own perspective. So let's say we're Nintendo. We've just released a blockbuster hit console after a hilarious lame duck that had a fair chunk of usable content laying around.
What do we do? We re-release. And we do it with a smile and tons 'o bananas! For those of you who may have missed the Big Ape's debut in HD during the last console cycle, here's Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze on Switch. Donkey Kong is here!
Donkey Kong and co. have spent some time beating up King K. Rool and now, presumably, he's taken care of! Except he's totally not. What's more, there are new baddies around making things chilly: the Snowmads, a clan of viking penguins who are really, really fond of the cold. Now that the DK crew's island is covered in frost, they're going to have to go kick some penguin butt and fix things.
If you've played the original Donkey Kong Country or the remake Donkey Kong Country Returns, you know how this is going to go: hop, bop and remove all the penguins from the vicinity. Move from one side of the stage to the other, grabbing as many collectables and extra lives as possible along the way, avoiding enemies where possible because they'll murder you. DK can team up with Diddy, Dixie and Cranky Kong, enabling new movement options like a jetpack and a pogo jump; proper use of teammates is vital to getting through each level.
The Switch version also includes the option to play as Funky Kong, which is another attempt at making easy modes a little less embarrassing a la Nintendo's own Super Guide and recent indie platformer Celeste – he's got a lot of health, is immune to a variety of environment hazards and basically destroys the game.
Naturally, this is a Nintendo platformer so it's pretty well-made. There's a lot to explore, collect and play around with in each stage. Finding every collectable is quite the adventure; you'll need to mess around with various teammates and really perfect your jumping and bopping skills if you want to reach that coveted perfect save. It also looks and sounds great, even on the Switch's handheld mode. You can even play with a friend if you're into that kind of thing.
All in all, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze is a solid and faithful reproduction of its ill-fated Wii U counterpart. Who'd have thought: take the best games from a questionable console and put them on a great console and you just might have magic. If you skipped the Wii U and thus Tropical Freeze, you'd do well to check it out now. Me? I'll be hoping to see Xenoblade Chronicles X make a return appearance sooner than later.
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The Vacation Villas at Fantasy World Resort is located in Kissimmee, the heart of the Orlando area, and is composed of Mediterranean Style two story villas. The resort is located on U.S. 192, approximately three (3) miles from Walt Disney World and is convenient to many of the area's attractions including Sea World, Universal Studios Florida, and Downtown Disney all within a 15 minutes drive. Resort amenities include three swimming pools, whirlpool, two lighted tennis courts, basketball court, volleyball court, playground, and a game room. Jet skiing is nearby, and 10 fine restaurants are within walking distance. Transportation to area attractions is available.
FantasyWorld just completed a $14 million renovation. This beautiful new area will include a zero entry pool, 2 new 5 story water slides, lazy river, and kiddie splash zone. The new pool area also includes two hot tubs – with different temperatures, a double sided fireplace for gatherings, and sprawling pool deck and enhanced pool bar – serving lite fare. Cabanas complete with TVs and refrigerators are available for guests to rent on a daily basis.
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Global Change Award
Category: Global Change Award
Global Change Award is a global innovation challenge initiated by H&M Foundation, aiming to make fashion circular.
December 2020 Dec 2020 Global Change Award Innovation Learnings & Insights Planet
Fast tracking innovation and maintaining sanity in lockdown
Our Innovation Accelerator Program for the Global Change Award winners is designed to accelerate the development of their innovations to reach the market quicker and therefore driving change in the fashion industry. This year, our Accelerator delivered knowhow from an impressive list of guest speakers, but it also played an important role in giving a sense of belonging and moral support to our winners because of the pandemic.
June 2020 Jun 2020 Global Change Award Planet
Next round of Global Change Award opens in 2021
With only 10 years left to reach the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Goals, disruptive innovations on how to solve the planet's most urgent challenges are more important than ever. After five years of incredible innovations within circular fashion, we are now looking at how to extend the scope to create an even bigger impact. Therefore, the next round of Global Change Award will launch next year.
May 2020 May 2020 Global Change Award Innovation Learnings & Insights Planet
From mind to market
Through Global Change Award we support innovation to move from early stage ideas to market readiness. We are backing game changers in their early days, getting them ready to commercialize and work together with other players in the fashion industry.
April 2020 Apr 2020 Global Change Award Innovation
Five disruptive innovations awarded
In April 2020, we proudly announced our new winners of the Global Change Award. Due to the global pandemic, we too had to make adjustments to make sure we support our winners in the best way possible.
April 2020 Apr 2020 Global Change Award Press releases
Innovations that will transform the fashion industry awarded €1 million
From lab-grown cotton and creating fabrics from protein DNA, to tracking sustainable fibres by using blockchain technology, wastewater separation and converting carbon dioxide into sustainable polyester. These are the five winning innovations of the 2020 Global Change Award. Global Change Award, named the Nobel Prize of sustainable fashion, is the non-profit H&M Foundation's fifth annual innovation challenge. Now, more than ever, H&M Foundation want to continue to support long-term development, innovation and entrepreneurship for a sustainable future. The goal is to identify early stage, disruptive ideas that can make fashion more sustainable, and to scale them to transform the entire fashion industry.
March 2020 Mar 2020 Global Change Award Innovation Planet
Making silk-like fabric from old oranges
Orange Fiber won the first Global Change Award winner in 2016 with their innovation of creating textiles out of by-products from citrus juice production. Since then, the have made collections with for example Italian luxury brand Salvatore Ferragamo and H&M. Here, co-founder Enrica Arena shares the story behind the company and about winning Global Change Award.
March 2020 Mar 2020 Global Change Award Miscellaneous
H&M Foundation donates hotel rooms to health care personnel
Due to the outbreak of COVID-19 and a cancelled Global Change Award ceremony, the H&M Foundation was left with hotel rooms in Stockholm, Sweden that could not be used. The rooms have now been given to people working in healthcare, fighting day and night to save the lives of people infected with COVID-19.
September 2019 Sep 2019 Global Change Award Innovation Stories
Using the sun and AI to produce greener nylon
Nylon is popular in the fashion industry, not only for hosiery which may what first comes to mind, but also for blouses, dresses, tights, underwear, raincoats, swimwear and more. However, the making of nylon is all but sustainable. Until now.
August 2019 Aug 2019 Global Change Award Innovation Planet
Global Change Award 2020 open for applications
With 1 million euro up for grabs, the world's largest challenge to make fashion circular opens today, August 28.
June 2019 Jun 2019 Global Change Award Innovation Planet
Global Change Award winners 2019 receive extra support through crowdfunding
We invited anyone, anywhere to take active part as a supporter, backer and tester of our winners through crowdfunding campaigns at Indiegogo. As a result, this year's winners collected an additional 46,000 euro, alongside the 1 million euro grant from H&M Foundation.
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Khurafat: Perjanjian Syaitan (or simply Khurafat) is a 2011 Malaysian Malay-language supernatural horror film directed by Syamsul Yusof starring Syamsul himself and Liyana Jasmay as a lead role. The film was released on January 13, 2011, and it was his first horror film.  The film also produced a TV series, the Khurafat The Series which was aired on 12 July 2011 at Astro Ria.

Synopsis
Tells the forbidden covenant and one of the forms of misappropriation in the Islamic aqidah between humans and demons, something which is deeply prohibited in our holy religion of peace. But man, regardless of the outcome of turning away from Allah, backed by greedy vengeance, was finally drifting with the devil's whisper.

The story begins with Johan, a young man working as a Hospital Assistant. He is married to Aishah. The couple started the marriage alive and happy but unexpectedly the trauma hit the street. They are often disturbed by strange institutions. Various attempts have been made but the disturbance continues. This is terrifying them especially Johan. The presence of an old mystery woman coupled with the emergence of Johan's former girlfriend named Anna who was weird and frightening to add another episode of this couple's trauma.

Anna always interrupts Johan even when Johan is with Aishah. This led to Johan increasingly running. Shortly afterwards, Anna was found dead in suicide. Anna's death was the culmination of strange things that happened in Johan's life. Anna's shadow began to disturb Johan or Aishah. Johan's life is getting depressed. After being caught in a variety of strange events then finally revealed all the mysteries. Johan finally agreed with his past mistakes ... the act of Khurafat practiced now claiming his right and Johan had to pay him for a very high price.

Cast
 Syamsul Yusof as Johan
 Liyana Jasmay as Aishah
 Sabrina Ali as Anna
 Along Eyzendy as Rosman
 Fauziah Nawi as ibu Johan & Ila.
 Huda Ali as Ila
 Mariani Ismail as Mak Cik Rosnah
 Latiff Borgiba as Bomoh
 Salina Saibi as Zura
 A. Galak as Pak Aziz
 Ruzaidi Abdul Rahman as Imam Kahar
 Shah Iskandar as Shah
 Iffa Marisha sebagai Iffa
 Izzue Islam as Night Club Visitors

Reception
In the four days of the show, the movie Khurafat earned a collection of RM2.5 million, as well as being placed at the top of Malaysian cinema collection charts at the weekend of 13–16 January 2011. The film is still outperforming the national cinema chart in the second week (20-26 January 2011).

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Malaysian horror films
Films directed by Syamsul Yusof
Films produced by Yusof Haslam
Films with screenplays by Syamsul Yusof
Skop Productions films

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The 1969–70 Idaho State Bengals men's basketball team represented Idaho State University during the  NCAA University Division basketball season. Led by third-year head coach Dan Miller, the Bengals played their home games on campus at Reed Gym in Pocatello.

Idaho State finished the regular season at  with a  record in the Big Sky Conference, runner-up to champion Weber State.

Junior guard Willie Humes averaged nearly 29 points per game and was unanimously selected to the all-conference team; junior guard O'Neill Simmons was on the second team.

The new ISU Minidome was completed after the season and became the new home court that autumn.

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Sports Reference – Idaho State Bengals – 1969–70 basketball season
Idaho State Bengals men's basketball – Year by year results

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