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Chapter 561: I Think That I'm a Good Uncle Too
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For Qiu Chenxi to have such huge 'ambitions and goals' was a 'good' thing. "Good".
Given the fact that the Qiu family could have such a lady like Qiu Chenxi, he was definitely willing to believe that such a day would come for the Qiu family!
Before Qiu Chenxi left, she went to see Shi Peng. "Uncle, I'm going to leave the army today. Your health is not good. Previously, Qing Qing was by your side to take care of you, so my mom and I felt more assured. Now that Qing Qing is going back to school, and I'll be leaving the army too, what will happen to you in the future? At the thought that you have no one by your side to take care of you when you feel unwell, and that there won't be anyone to get you a cup of hot tea, I can't help being worried."
Qiu Chenxi wiped her tears and sniffed. She was staring at Shi Peng with watery eyes, hoping for Shi Peng to say something.
Shi Peng took a sip of tea to soothe his heart. He had a 'fright' when he heard Qiu Chenxi's words. "You can be assured about this matter. The people in the army are aware of my health condition. They have already arranged a male nurse to take care of me for the time being until I leave the army. Initially, I was reluctant to use so much of the army's resources for my personal matters. But the situation is different now. I have submitted my resignation letter. Sooner or later, I'll leave the army. Hence, I won't be able to utilize too much of these resources too. Chenxi, I'm glad that you're concerned about my health. Rest assured. There won't be any problem. When I leave the army, if you're sincere and wish to take care of me, there'll be opportunities to do so."
However, if Qiu Chenxi wished to use this as an excuse and ride on his reputation to stay in the army, he could only say that Qiu Chenxi was smart but it was too bad. Her strategy would not work.
"Uncle, we are all relatives. I'm really concerned about you and wish to take care of you. Are you really not going to fulfill this little wish of mine?" She met with obstacles at the political commissar's office. Now, she had to face the same situation with Shi Peng. Qiu Chenxi's expression was very ugly.
"Fulfill? Your filial thoughts are hard to come by. How can I not fulfill it? I've said that we'll have a lot of time and opportunities in the future. There's no need to be anxious now."
Qiu Chenxi pursed her lips in a cold and menacing manner. "Uncle, I'm very disappointed in you. I thought that we're close kin and you'd definitely help me. After all, this is not something difficult. It's just a small matter."
"…" Shi Peng looked at Qiu Chenxi in the face. "You said that we're close kin. Then, as your elder, I'm only going to say this once. If something does not belong to you, regardless of what methods you use, you won't get anything in the end. I think your mom's situation already tells you everything. You're still young and should not waste your time in this way. Work hard. You can only rely on yourself to have a truly good future."
"Hahaha." Qiu Chenxi completely could not heed Shi Peng's kind advice. "I've just been a teacher for a few days, but it seems that uncle wants to be a teacher more than me. All these maxims… Uncle, you have to remember them well and say them again to Qing Qing."
It was Shi Qing. She was clearly aware of her relationship with Brother Zhai, yet she stubbornly wanted to intervene. Uncle was also helping the wicked perpetrate evil deeds.
Shi Qing wanted to rob her things, robbing her happy and bright future.
The one who should rely on her own hard work to achieve everything was Shi Qing and not her. Her uncle had said those words to the wrong person.
"Qing Qing is doing very well." Qing Qing did not need him to teach her. She already knew when to let go when needed. She knew that she would be the one getting hurt otherwise.
His own daughter did not even make him so worried but, unfortunately, Qiu Chenxi distorted his kind intentions to this extent.
If Qi Minlan was the one standing before him today, Shi Peng would not even say a word. As for Qiu Chenxi, even if he knew that she would not listen to it, as an elder, he had to try his best to persuade her.
"Alright, you should make your way home. Don't arrive home too late, in case they worry about you."
"Uncle, I must really thank you then, for being so thoughtful to our family."
"Don't mention it."
"Uncle, I shall not disturb you any longer. Even if I can never come to the army again in the future, not long after, our family should be able to meet in Ping Cheng. At that time, I'll definitely ask my mom to invite uncle to my house to have a meal, to take it as a way of saying thanks to uncle for your 'care' to me during this period."
That nonchalant demeanor of Shi Peng left Qiu Chenxi helpless with no alternatives.
It could be said that Shi Peng's health situation was the last trump card that she had in order to stay in the army. She did not expect that Shi Peng refused to give any face in front of his biological niece. There was no room for negotiation at all.
"Right, uncle, the political commissar told me that expelling me from the army was a unanimous decision of all. Uncle, did you agree or object at that time?"
When he heard this question, Shi Peng smiled. "Agree."
"Uncle, you're truly my good uncle!"
"I think so too. I'm a good uncle." Since he had told his father clearly and submitted his resignation letter, he was really not afraid of admitting this matter to Qiu Chenxi.
"Uncle, goodbye!"
When Qiu Chenxi left, she slammed the door of Shi Peng's office so hard that the sound of the door banging was deafening.
Shi Peng shook his head helplessly. Qiu Chenxi had been spoiled by the elders of the two families.
In the past, Qiu Chenxi and Zhai Sheng were 'childhood sweethearts, young and innocent playmates'. In addition, everyone agreed that she looked like a pretty doll. Hence, Qiu Chenxi was destined to be the future wife of the chief. It was only right to pamper her more.
Now, the role of the wife of the chief already had nothing to do with Qiu Chenxi. He hoped that the elders from the two families would still continue to pamper Qiu Chenxi like before and not let this child suffer a blow that was too great.
Anyway, he must have been paranoid. Qiu Chenxi and Qi Minlan had not given up. The elders of the two families would definitely still harbor some hope because of this. What was he worrying about?
"Comrade Qiu, hurry up. We've already waited five minutes for you. You're really… You're also a comrade in the army. Why don't you have any sense of time? If you're late by five minutes when the instructor asks you to gather, you'll be punished to run a thousand miles first!" The comrade who was going to Ping Cheng to purchase supplies was so anxious that his brows were on fire.
The food supplies that he would be getting were for the whole army to consume. If he was late, the good and fresh ones would have been taken. If the soldiers in the army were less nourished and their health was not good enough, who would take the blame?
"I…" Qiu Chenxi could not be bothered with these people of the lowest status. She only wanted to express her own dissatisfaction.
That was her thoughts but the other party did not give her any time for this. He grabbed her luggage and swiftly stuffed it into the boot. "It's done. Hurry up and get into the car. Otherwise, we really can't make it in time." Qiu Chenxi's slow demeanor made him want to simply drag her into the car!
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Alexander Gennadevich Mogilny (; born February 18, 1969) is a Russian former professional ice hockey player and the current president of Amur Khabarovsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He was the first National Hockey League (NHL) draftee to defect from the Soviet Union in order to play in North America.

During his NHL career, Mogilny played for the Buffalo Sabres, Vancouver Canucks, Toronto Maple Leafs and New Jersey Devils. He tied for the NHL lead in goals in the 1992–93 season with 76, and became a member of the Triple Gold Club by winning the Stanley Cup in 2000 with New Jersey.

Biography

Early life
Growing up in the Soviet Union, Mogilny was recruited at a young age to join CSKA Moscow, commonly referred to as the "Red Army Team". As the CSKA organization was a functioning division of the Soviet Army, it was able to draft the best young hockey players in the Soviet Union onto the team.

In 1986, Mogilny was made a full-time player of CSKA Moscow. He finished his first year with 15 goals and 16 points in 28 games. At only 17 years old, Mogilny and Sergei Fedorov were the youngest members on the team. Still, team officials anticipated that the duo, along with the looming arrival of Pavel Bure, would succeed the top line of Vladimir Krutov, Igor Larionov and Sergei Makarov. Mogilny's first major appearance for the Soviet Union on the international stage was at the 1987 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. He finished the tournament with 3 goals and 2 assists in 6 games. However, his team was ejected from the tournament during its last game as a result of the brawl between the Soviet Union players and Team Canada known as the "Punch-up in Piestany". The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) suspended all the players involved in that game from competing in international events for 18 months. The penalty was eventually reduced to six months, which allowed Mogilny to compete in the 1988 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. He finished the tournament with 9 goals and 18 points in 7 games en route to a silver medal finish and winning the Top Forward award. He also played with the senior team at the 1988 Winter Olympics, where he won a gold medal as the team's youngest player. The next year, at the 1989 World Junior Championships, he served as team captain and was a part of the commanding Bure-Fedorov-Mogilny line which led their team to a gold medal. Mogilny finished that tournament with 7 goals and 12 points in 7 games. He went on to win his first World Championships when the Soviet Union won the 1989 World Ice Hockey Championships. Despite his success with the Soviet National team, and his growing importance on CSKA Moscow, Mogilny yearned for a life in the NHL and decided to join the Buffalo Sabres, the NHL team that had drafted him 89th overall in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft. He boarded a plane in Stockholm at the conclusion of the 1989 World Championships and defected to North America.

Buffalo Sabres

Prior to the start of his rookie season, Mogilny was given the number 89 by team management in recognition of both the year he arrived and his place in the draft. He subsequently wore #89 for his entire playing career.

He made his NHL debut on October 5, 1989 against the Quebec Nordiques during the 1989–90 season and scored his first NHL goal just 20 seconds into his first shift. (Coincidentally, the Sabres were celebrating their 20th season in the NHL.) After the perfect start to his new life, the rest of Mogilny's first season was middling. He was considered by some to be one of the best players outside the NHL prior to his defection, but it took time for him to adjust to a new country and culture. He finished his first NHL season with 43 points in 65 games and improved to 30 goals and 64 points during his sophomore season. He continued his ascension with 39 goals and 84 points in only 67 games the next year and broke out as an NHL superstar in his fourth season. On December 21, 1991, in a game against the Toronto Maple Leafs, Mogilny scored five seconds into the game to tie the NHL record for fastest goal scored to start a game.

In the 1991–92 season, the Buffalo Sabres acquired future captain Pat Lafontaine from the New York Islanders. Lafontaine developed an instant chemistry playing with Mogilny and two players elevated their games to new heights by maximizing their speed and skill. The 1992–93 season was a banner year for Mogilny, as he scored an astonishing 76 goals and 127 points in 77 games. His 76 goals tied Finnish rookie Teemu Selänne for the NHL goal-scoring lead that year, which was the fifth-highest season goal total in NHL history and the first time that two players developed outside North America led the NHL in goals. Mogilny's 76 goals and 127 points set the highest season totals ever for a Russian NHL player, a record which held until Nikita Kucherov scored 128 points in the 2018-19 NHL season, and the highest goal totals in Buffalo Sabres franchise history. He scored his 50th goal in his 46th game that year, but it did not count as an official 50 goals in 50 games record as it occurred during the team's 53rd game. Mogilny finished the season with seven hat-tricks including three in four games, two four-goal games and a stretch where he scored 23 goals in 13 games. In the 1993 playoffs, he played a critical role for the Sabres in the first round, with 6 goals in 4 games, which helped his team sweep the Boston Bruins in the first round. In the second round, the Sabres were matched with the Montreal Canadiens, who had just finished a 100-point regular season. After scoring a goal and an assist in the series opener, Mogilny broke his leg during a collision in game 3 and was unable to return for the rest of the series. Without their superstar sniper, the Sabres would go on to lose the next game and the series in 4 games. It was the second time in back-to-back years that Mogilny had broken his leg, the first time during the 1992 playoffs. The multiple broken leg injuries in such a short time would limit the potential of his talent before Mogilny reached his prime. The second leg injury would also delay his start to the next season. He served as the Sabres' captain for a period that year, the first Russian captain in NHL history, and finished the year with 79 points in 66 games.

Vancouver Canucks
Due to financial restraints brought about by the contractual demands of Lafontaine and Dominik Hašek, the Sabres were forced to trade Mogilny, along with a fifth round draft pick (Todd Norman), to the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for Michael Peca, Mike Wilson and a first-round draft pick (Jay McKee) on July 8, 1995.

Vancouver Canucks President Pat Quinn acquired Mogilny with the sole intention of winning the franchise's first Stanley Cup. The team had just been swept in round 2 of the 1995 playoffs by the Chicago Blackhawks, and Quinn gave up three important pieces to acquire one of the league's best talents. The motive was to pair Mogilny with Pavel Bure and form a dominant scoring line, as the two had played together at CSKA Moscow and had a well-established chemistry off the ice. Bure, however, would miss almost their entire first season together with a torn ACL, so Mogilny played primarily with Cliff Ronning and Martin Gélinas. He had an outstanding first year, leading the team with 55 goals, 107 points, and finishing 3rd in the league in goals. Mogilny followed that with 9 points in 6 games in his first playoff series for Vancouver but it was to no avail as the Canucks were ousted in the first round by the Stanley Cup champions that year, the Colorado Avalanche, who were led by Joe Sakic, Peter Forsberg and Patrick Roy. Mogilny would lead the Canucks in scoring again his second year with 73 points, but it would mark the end of his success in Vancouver. In the subsequent years, assorted injuries and inconsistency dropped his production to 128 points in 157 games over the next three seasons and the Canucks missed the playoffs each year. He was also unable to find the expected on-ice success with Bure as both players preferred to play on their off-wing. After trading Bure to the Florida Panthers in January 1999, the Canucks traded Mogilny to the New Jersey Devils at the trade deadline in 2000 in exchange for Brendan Morrison and Denis Pederson.

New Jersey Devils
Mogilny did not produce at the level that was expected, but nonetheless, the Devils won the Stanley Cup that year after beating the Dallas Stars in the finals. With the win, Mogilny captured his first Stanley Cup and became a member of the prestigious Triple Gold Club.

The next year, he stayed mainly injury-free for the first time in three years had a strong bounce-back season, leading the Devils with 43 goals and finishing with 83 points. The Devils went back to the Stanley Cup Finals for a second consecutive season, but could not repeat and lost to the Colorado Avalanche in 7 games.

Toronto Maple Leafs
During the free agency period of 2001, multiple teams expressed interest in Mogilny as the Devils could not meet his market price. On July 3, 2001, he signed a four-year, $22 million contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs, citing the team's fanbase and that there was no better place to be for his decision, although admitted that he was disappointed to be leaving New Jersery and that the Devils were unwilling to meet his contract demands. He became the elite winger the Leafs lacked for many years since Wendel Clark's first stint with the team. This was also a reunion for Mogilny and Quinn, as the latter was the General Manager of the Leafs who signed Mogilny that summer and was the one who traded for Mogilny to Vancouver. Mogilny had a strong start with his new team, scoring two goals in his Maple Leafs debut. He also scored his 400th career NHL goal a few games later, in a 6-1 win over the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. He battled through various injuries throughout the season but was able to finish his first year third in team scoring playing primarily on a line with Gary Roberts and Robert Reichel. Mogilny followed that season by playing a substantial role during the Leafs playoff run that spring. With Sundin injured for most of the 2002 playoffs, Mogilny led the Leafs in playoff goal-scoring and scored two goals in both Game 7 wins against the New York Islanders and Ottawa Senators. Toronto however, was eliminated from the playoffs by the stingy Carolina Hurricanes in the Eastern Conference Finals.

The next season, head coach Pat Quinn decided to start the season by pairing his two best forwards, Mogilny and Sundin, on the team's first line. Darcy Tucker was the initial third forward on the line but was soon replaced by Nik Antropov after Tucker could not find consistency with the dynamic duo. The new Leafs trio became a dangerous line for the remainder of the season. Mogilny and Sundin had good chemistry playing together, particularly on the powerplay, and both players finished with 70+ point seasons. Mogilny led the team with 79 points, 3 shorthanded goals (tied with Sundin), 9 game-winning goals and added two hat-tricks that year. It was also the only year that Sundin did not lead the Leafs in regular season scoring during his Maple Leafs career. They were matched with the Philadelphia Flyers in the first round, where Mogilny scored his first career playoff hat-trick in Game 1 win, led the team in playoff goals again, but the Leafs were eliminated in six games. He was awarded the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy for sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct at season's end, the first Leaf to win it since Dave Keon in 1963. It was also the first individual award won by a Maple Leafs player since 1993, when Doug Gilmour was awarded the Frank J. Selke Trophy.

The next year, Mogilny spent most of the season injured as he underwent major hip surgery. He returned late in the season where he recorded his 1,000th career NHL point in dramatic fashion against the Buffalo Sabres: down 5–2 in the third period, the Leafs completed their comeback when Gary Roberts tipped a Mogilny shot for Mogilny's 1,000th career point and the game-tying goal late in the third period. Mogilny then set up Tomáš Kaberle for the thrilling overtime winner immediately after serving a questionable penalty. Despite high expectations for the team that year for a Stanley Cup with many future Hockey Hall of Famers on the roster, they would not have much success in the playoffs. With outstanding performances by goaltender Ed Belfour, Toronto edged the Ottawa Senators in the first round but was eliminated by a physical Philadelphia Flyers team in the second round. Mogilny's fourth season with the club was cancelled due to the lockout and he became a free agent in 2005, as the Leafs were unable to afford Mogilny under the new salary cap. On October 14, 2016, the Maple Leafs unveiled their Top 100 greatest players list where Mogilny was ranked as the #83 greatest Maple Leaf of all-time.

Return to New Jersey
Recovering over the lockout cancelled 2004–05 season, on August 16, 2005, Mogilny returned to New Jersey Devils after agreeing to a two-year, US$7 million contract. Although he scored 25 points in 34 games, Mogilny's chronic hip problem left him as a shadow of his previous self and he was unable to perform at his previous levels. He agreed to play for the Albany River Rats, the Devils' then-American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, midway through the 2005–06 season for salary cap reasons. His 473 career NHL goals at the time were the most ever for a player entering the AHL. Mogilny finished the year after playing 19 games for the River Rats, but could not gain medical clearance to return to the NHL for the 2006–07 season. He was placed on long-term injury reserve during training camp and retired from professional hockey at the end of the season.

Legacy
Mogilny was the first Russian to be an NHL captain, first Russian named to the NHL All-Star team and holds the highest single-season goal total and second highest single-season point total for a Russian player. He is (as of the end of the 2018–19 season) the third-highest Russian scorer in the history of the NHL. Mogilny was the second Russian player to reach 1,000 points in the NHL, hitting the milestone just a few days after Sergei Fedorov. His 1992–93 tie with Teemu Selänne of Finland made them the first non-North Americans ever to lead the NHL in goals scored.

Post-playing career
Mogilny, who retired following the 2005–06 season, returned to Russia and began consulting for his hometown team, Amur Khabarovsk, in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Admiral Vladivostok of the KHL hired him as its president in 2013. After two seasons with that club, he returned to Khabarovsk to become its president and still holds that title.

In 2016, he was inducted into the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame. He did not attend the ceremony, and there is speculation that he has been snubbed from the Hockey Hall of Fame because of fears he would not attend the festivities, despite having comparable statistics to recent inductees such as Daniel Alfredsson and Paul Kariya.

International play
At the 1988 Winter Olympics, Mogilny made his senior debut with the Soviet national team as an 18-year-old in Canada. He played with the full-roster Soviet Union team that won the gold medal.

In the 1996 World Cup of Hockey, Russia had played five preliminary games in order to set the groupings for the main tournament stage. Russia was the only team that went undefeated (winning against Finland (Moscow), Germany (Landshut), Sweden (Stockholm), the United States (Detroit) and tied against Canada (Calgary). The United States, Sweden and Finland games saw the pairing line of "Bure-Fedorov-Mogilny", for the first and only time internationally at the senior level, and was considered "perhaps the best forward line on earth" at the time. Mogilny and Fedorov played on the same line and both led the team in scoring, but they lost in the semi-finals against the United States after defeating Finland 5–0 in the quarter-finals.

Player profile

Former Toronto Maple Leafs captain Mats Sundin once called Mogilny the "best player [he's] ever played with". The two were teammates during Mogilny's tenure with the Maple Leafs. Sundin described Mogilny as "gifted, skilled, and a natural hockey player". The late two-time Jack Adams Award winner and former coach of the Canadian Olympic hockey team, Pat Quinn, called him, "The most talented player that he's ever coached." Mogilny was characterized by Quinn as "[h]aving good size and wonderful skating ability, he can play any kind of game".

Sergei Fedorov praised him, saying, "Alex was faster than all of us, [Pavel] Bure and Fedorov, and Alex was a machine. He was built like a machine." "Plus on top of all the crazy skill he had, he's better than all of us. He's amazing." Fedorov said all three players were known for their speed, but Mogilny, in his opinion, was the fastest player of them all. "If you went back and forth five times, (Mogilny) will be first," Fedorov said. "I will be third." Igor Larionov, who played with him briefly when Mogilny was a rookie with the Central Army team, was quickly impressed by the young Russian from Khabarovsk. When asked about Mogilny, Larionov said, "He was such a talented guy. Really good with the stick, and smart. He was a natural." Pat Lafontaine described Mogilny as the "[b]est player [he's] seen and played with. I've been lucky to play with some great players in my career, but I put Alex as the best player that I had a chance to see and play with talent-wise," LaFontaine said of his teammate. "He was the rare combination of the speed, the skill and finesse, quickness. He was just the full package." Lafontaine and Mogilny were linemates during the 1992–93 season and enjoyed remarkable success, as Mogilny scored 76 goals and Lafontaine had 148 points that year. Lafontaine described that year as follows: "There was a sixth sense. We just had an idea of where each other was going to be on the ice. One thing about Alex, he thinks the game at such a high level. His hockey sense and to be able to have the hands and the feet and the speed, he's that rare combination of everything." Former long-time New Jersey Devils president Lou Lamoriello once said of Mogilny, "If there was any one player capable of breaking a game open at any given time, he certainly is that. His skating is exceptional. His shot is exceptional."

Often the offensive catalyst for his line and his team, Mogilny has led his team in scoring various times. As his career progressed and injuries began to mount, he evolved into a cerebral play-maker to generate his offence. Mogilny has always been a strong two-way player thanks to a high level of hockey instincts and a tremendous sense of anticipation. His preferred move on a breakaway is a quick snapshot to catch the goaltender off-guard. The backhand five-hole was also one of Mogilny's favourite moves.

Awards and achievements

Fastest Goal by a rookie

 NHL All-Star – 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2001, 2003 (injured)
 NHL second All-Star team – 1993, 1996
 Stanley Cup champion – 2000
 Goal-scoring leader (tied with Teemu Selänne) – 1993 (76)
 Lady Byng Memorial Trophy – 2003
 Most game-winning goals in a season – 1993 (11)
 Buffalo Sabres Hall of Fame (inducted on January 1, 2011)
 World Junior Championships All-Star team – 1988
 World Junior Championships best forward – 1988
 Member of the Triple Gold Club (June 10, 2000)
 Inducted into the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame in 2016
 83rd greatest Maple Leaf of all-time

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs
Bolded numbers indicate season/ playoff leader

International

See also
List of NHL players with 1000 points
List of NHL players with 100 point seasons
List of Eastern Bloc defectors

References

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Lady Byng Memorial Trophy winners
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This is the first post for our 2012 Trip to Japan travel blog!
You can start here at the beginning or visit the summary at 2012 Trip to Japan introduction and conclusion.
Our first trip to Japan was during the first half of December of 2011 and we had an amazing 18 days sightseeing in Tokyo, Hakone, Kyoto, Hiroshima, Miyajima, Osaka, Nara, Kanazawa, Takayama and Nikko.
Since the decision to go to Japan in 2011 came only weeks before we planned to leave we ended up paying full price for the flights. With Jetstar this came to around $1000 return. We thought this was a reasonable amount after paying around $2000 to fly to Europe with Royal Brunei the previous year.
Once we got back from our first trip to Japan we returned back to work and had nothing on the horizon to look forward to.
You can imagine our excitement when, at the beginning of May, we discovered that Jetstar were having some kind of one day only birthday sale. It was a buy-one-get-one-free situation. With baggage and everything included the return flights from the Goldcoast to Narita cost $539 return. The only catch (or so we thought) was that this was for one day only! Ah! They got us!
After quickly organising leave and booking the flights we found out the next day that not only were the sales continuing, the conditions were also slightly better with the cheap flights available in the preceding and following weekends.
We also later learnt that these cheap fares are a relatively common occurrence. However, what we ended up with was still good, and it spurred us to actually commit and make the booking. We were admittedly a bit doubtful about how short the sale would be in the first place.
We ended up with an all day Monday flight arriving into Narita at 7pm on Monday, 22 October 2012 and an all night flying out of Narita at 8:25pm on Friday, 9 November 2012.
This gave us 17 nights in Japan with a total of 18 usable days and the excitement had begun!
With the large amount of time (nearly half a year) until our trip, there was plenty of time to plan. So, naturally, the work quickly expanded to fill the available time and I found myself busily making a guide on what to do which eventually ended up becoming 140 pages long. This was called the Japan Book.
Before that though we had to decide where exactly we wanted to go- which itself was quite a large amount of effort.
We wanted to fill in the gaps we missed last time and see some different places, so we set our sights on Tōhoku, Hokkaido, Chūgoku and Kyūshū.
Unfortunately the latter two locations are at the complete opposite end of Japan to the former two. This was due to visiting many places in the middle of Honshu on our last trip and presented quite an issue. We also wanted to visit Nagano to see the snow monkeys as well as other places in the Kanto area including Fuji 5 Lakes, Kamakura, Yokohama, Saitama as well as a few more locations within Tokyo such as the Sky Tree, Ikebukuro, Akihabara and Nakano.
We decided on a 14 day rail pass which meant we would have 14 days for long distances on the rail roads leaving another 4 days for Tokyo and surrounds.
In order to not visit the northern parts while they were too cold the plan was to travel north first. We didn't want to do too much travelling by train in one day and we also wanted to try and stay in one location for at least 2 nights so we didn't have to lug the luggage around too much.
The plan was to stop off at Sendai, Aomori and Hakodate on the way to Sapporo which was as far north as we decided to go on this trip. The problem then was getting back down to Chūgoku from Sapporo.
We considered a number of somewhat radical solutions including getting a night ferry from Tomakomai to Hachinohe, a night train from Sapporo to Aomori or sacrificing a whole day to travel on day trains.
We then discovered the recent introduction of true Low Cost Carriers to Japan's airspace. This meant we could simply fly from Sapporo all the way down to Osaka. While I wanted to fly on Peach due to their pink uniforms and aircraft we found that Jetstar was the cheapest and most convenient. The flights came to only $70 each including baggage.
In a bid to reduce total time spent travelling we also cut out Kyushu altogether and opted for Okayama and Kobe instead- we figured we could spend a whole other trip exploring both Kyushu and Shikoku.
After deciding on locations and hotels our outline looked like this.
The plan was to activate a 14-day Japanese rail pass on the 23 October 2012 to visit the snow monkeys in Nagano on 5 November 2012. We would work our way up north to Sapporo from which we planned to take a late flight (so we could make the most of the day) on Tuesday, 30 October 2012.
Since the train from the airport took around an hour and in case there were delays we planned to spend the night near Shin-Osaka before getting an early train down to Okayama the next day. After visiting Kobe we planned to take a late afternoon train to Tokyo where we would base ourselves and make a number of Day trips.
This is a summary of all the locations we managed to visit with the places we stayed overnight marked in purple.
We printed this A5 doubled sided (full colours!) and had it bound. We had a black and white A4 one last trip but found it a bit big. It was incredibly useful. Allowed us to pack a lot of things into one day and use our time wisely.
This is my mobile phone, it has the Android Revolution ROM installed. When I was studying cards using Anki I put it in flight mode and I was getting around 5 hours screen time which I thought was pretty impressive.
I use a desktop at home and I purchased this netbook back when I was in university. It's old and slow but bigger than my phone and lets me use the hotel internet if they don't have WIFI. I took a mouse and a long LAN cable as well.
This was for my phone, you're not able to make any calls but it was very handy for using the internet while we were out and about. The most useful apps were Hyperdia Lite and Google Maps. I had all the places we were going stored as locations in "My maps" in the Google Maps App. When not in flight mode having this SIM seemed to chew through the battery a bit. I suspect this is due to it trying to connect to a voice service?
My old GPS from 2008, it was a backup in case the internet didn't work but it did so we didn't need or use it.
These covered our long distance rail travel. Once I've finished writing up our trip I'll calculate how much we saved. We paid $551 each to get them delivered from Sydney.
$20 of that was for the courier but they just stuffed it in our letter box anyway. We might as well have gone with registered Australia Post.
This is a credit card by GE money that lets you purchase things in foreign currency without having to pay any fees. No currency conversion fee, no annual fee, no dodgy exchange rate. You get the MasterCard rate which is very close to the market spot rate (within a few decimal points). We used this to book most of our accommodation. If you load up extra money into it you can withdraw it as well without attracting any cash advance fee.
This is like the GE Money credit card except it is a proper savings account and it's VISA. There are no fees at all, same situation. Citibank are a bit of a pain to deal with and their internet banking is horrible but the cheapness and convenience win out. Don't sign up for their SMS security thing- it'll drive you mental the amount of times they ask for it. The card itself was very useful in Japan and the source of almost all of our cash.
We used 7-11 and post offices to access our money. The post offices were less conveniently open and located but they allowed you to get out any amount you like (as little as 1,000 yen). 7-11 ATMs only dispensed cash in 10,000 yen increments but were everywhere (except Aomori) and open 24/7. Balance inquiry did not seem to work at the post offices but it did at the 7-11's where a balance was given in JPY and USD.
It's always a good idea to have some local cash when you land. You can do a lot more with a little money than no money. I had a money belt but I ended up not using it as I was never really carrying that much cash and because Japan is so safe. I just used my wallet. Which is actually a purse. Shhh.
We went with Ouch! I don't know how good they are though as we didn't have to claim anything.
We also had all the usual stuff. Clothes, suitcases, medium sized backpack, small backpack etc.
Hi! I first found your blog when I searched for things to do at Aomori. I really got hooked to reading your blog posts as they are not only informative but also fun to read. I usually find side comments annoying but in your case, I found it quite interesting. Can you please tell me where you got your Japan Book? And do you have an email? I want to ask you many more things especially about Aomori and neighboring areas since I intend to visit it this coming September 27-29. Hope you can read this. Thanks for sharing your time to log yours and Kate's adventure!
Thank you so much for reading my blog! I'm so happy to read that you enjoyed it! I do worry that I say too much sometimes but hopefully those that find that annoying can just skim or skip :).
I guess I didn't really explain it too well but I didn't really get it from anywhere as I made it myself. It's a collation of information I found about the places we were going to.
The information contained within is largely from Wiki Travel, Japan Guide and Hyperdia with additional information from people's blogs and other tourism websites.
I'd put it up online if it wasn't for the fact that almost all the information belongs to someone else. I don't mind emailing it though to those who are interested.
I have en email address of course :). I don't really want to put it up here though, since I'll probably get sent lots of spam. My skype address is microseism89 if you have Skype, then I could send you my email. Or you can ask me questions here. Be warned though! I was only in Aomori for a couple of days so I'm by no means and expert. I'll do my best however.
Thank you very much again for reading and thank you even more for taking the time to comment! I really appreciate it!
Enjoying your blog. I'm based in Japan, and recently took JetStar at intro. prices from Narita to Sapporo and return. The scarcity of info. about how to do Noboribetsu as a day return trip from Sapporo has inspired me to start a blog at http://sapporo-and-noboribetsu.blogspot.com/ that will contain this info.
To answer your questions: I started to learn Japanese in night classes at a local polytech in NZ, did a brief (one-week?) intensive course on verbs and tenses, and did two or three Basic Japanese university units by correspondence. But I couldn't understand train announcements after arriving. It usually takes one or two years of living here to become reasonably fluent. I'm a telecom engineer, and become fluent in technical Japanese by reading ham radio and computer magazines; I also passed the Japanese grade 2 ham radio exam. I've been here over 30 yrs. (worked in-house as an tech. translator and copywriter for much of the time).
Hi Keith, Sorry I didn't reply directly to comment, it looks like I accidentally added it and my questions below.
In New Zealand? I'm going on there for a holiday in about a month- pretty excited!
Sound like you got some basics out beforehand buy defiantly learnt the majority once in Japan.
I've so far done two years of Japanese courses in University (split 50/50 with geology) and have continued on for another two years now just by myself. I'm learning a lot more that way though I would really need to spend a few years in Japan to become reasonably fluent.
I recently took the N2 JLPT but I don't yet know how well I did. I managed to pass the practice exams at least. I can read manga fine with a dictionary and understand train announcements.
Thanks you very much for giving more details on yourself!
It's good to hear you've become a successful translator after learning Japanese as an adult as well!
The BJT is more practical than the university-study-oriented JLPT. I was back in Aussie and NZ in Sept. (cherry blossom time in ChCh). Some low-rainfall areas may be a little brown in Feb. Can't comment on North of Auckland. Auckland has the Eastgate (North Shore) shopping center, MOTAT, and a maritime museum on the waterfront. Rotorua has hot springs, Waitomo has glow-worm caves. New Plymouth has its Fuji-like Mt. Egmont/Taranaki, and a great paved waterfront cycle track (connects to a Maori bush reserve). The museum is also good. The area is quite wealthy from offshore oil rigs. Wanganui apparently has some great native bush. Wellington has TePapa museum, the downtown Unity bookstore was also quite good. Stopped at Kaikoura about 3 hours between early and late buses, rented a cycle. The sea and snow-capped mountain views, track along the cliffs, and baby seal colony at Ohau are high spots. Hamner and the Japanese-owned Maruia springs are nice. Christchurch city center is still devastated after the quake; Riccarton and Northlands malls are relatively unaffected. The ChCh gardens are nice. Need transport but didn't find a convenient rent-a-cycle place. Queenstown and the booked-out-months-in-advance Milford and Routeburn tracks are good.
A Rotary group organizes budget hiking trips (linked from my Japanese-language australia-new-zealand.blogspot.com ). NZ is about the same size as Japan, but local transport is more difficult. Worth searching out accommodation with cycles to lend or rent out where available.
Tassie has a similar range of scenery in a tiny island you can travel round in three days.
I havn't heard of the BJT before, or maybe just vaugly.
It sounds harder than the JLPT, so it'll be something to aim for once I pass N1!
Thanks for the comments and information about New Zealand! We're going to be doing a loop in a rental car around the southern half of the south Island, public transportation is nothing like Japan. At least we'll be able to drive a lot faster (and cheaper) though!
We'll definitly be going back to New Zealand though, and I've noted down your tips. I think I'd like to hire a bicycle at one of our destinations too- sounds good.
We were wondering what to do in ChCh itself actually so those gardens sound great.
We missed out on the Milford track unfortunately! Instead we're going to dothe nearby Kepler Track- it looks pretty nice too. Plus a visit to doubtful sound. We'll save Milford track and fiord for another trip.
I'd like to go to Tassie one day too! It's definitely on the list!
I'd think that the BJT (focused on real-world conversation and real-world situations) is actually both easier and more useful than the academic kanji-oriented JLPT. You get just a score, not a pass or fail. Top-scoring people get an extra (later) spoken proficiency test interview to settle their scores. The Halls Gap area between Melbourne and Adelaide is nice, as is the Mt. Donna Buang reservoir area (but it's over 40 years since I was there). Hamner, Maruia, and Kaikoura are within about four hours north of Christchurch by car or bus. I personally find the Tekapo/Mt. Cook area freezing cold and rather barren. The Arrowtown/Cromwell gold-rush area near Queenstown may still be a popular tourist area. Arthurs Pass is a popular weekend (train or car) excursion from Christchurch. The Sign of the Kiwi/Summit Road is a nice drive, as are Akaroa and the Port Levy Road. (In the ski season, Mt. Hutt is a easy trip from Christchurch). The Christchurch Public Library web site has a lot of "What's On" community information. The iSites (Government Tourist web sites as well as physical information centers), particularly in tourist areas like Queenstown and Kaikoura, are friendly, well-informed and helpful, they will book accommodation and provide free tourist maps. Nelson (north of the South Island) has great peaches. I think areas like Gisbourne are also known for good food. The fresh fish (F&C shops) and Thai restaurants in New Plymouth were memorable. Some "New Zealand Chinese" fast food, like the place with the red sign opposite 100 Centaurus Rd. in ChCh, is amazing. It might save a lot of money to take buses between major centers then hire a rental car for local travel. Re. your comment on Skype above, Skype was purchased by Microsoft. You may have to upgrade to the latest version of the software in order to get it working again. Google Voice and Video (Google Hangouts) has similar functionality, you may like to try it.
Well, I'll definitely look into it further. Unfortunately it doesn't seem that widely available outside Japan- I can't take it in Brisbane for example. Also, I'm generally learning for the sake of the actual language rather than any tests, the JLPT N2 was my first and I did it to see how I'm going mainly. Kanji is my strong part so I don't mind the amount in JLPT! I need to be faster though generally (reading/listening). Anyway thanks for teh advice!
Oh no! We're going to Mt. Cook! Hopefully it wont' be too cold as it'll be summer at least.
Thanks for all the other comments, and I'll look out for that chinese in ChCh. Food is something we sometimes struggle with since I can't eat onions. Appreciative the advice.
It worked pretty well expect I usually missed calls unless I was expecting them as the ring part was a bit dodgy.
Well, I've gotta finish this one first!
I haven't been to either of the places you mentioned in Tokyo yet so I'll make sure to remember them for next time.
How long have you been in Japan and what's translation like? I've been learning Japanese and sometimes wonder if I'd ever be able to translate and if it would be worthwhile.
Did you learn Japanese as an adult? How was it?
My husband two children and I used to live in Japan. We returned to the US in 2009 and now, finally are planning a return visit in January. I was worried about visiting Matsushima and Sendai because of the tsunami (worried that they weren't ready for tourists) on our way to skiing in Hokkaido and was happy to read that you visited recently and all seemed okay. We've been up that way before but I enjoyed reading about your adventures and am insanely jealous that you were able to visit three times in three years!
Ah, well, I'm jealous that you got to live there!
Thank you wonderfully for your comment!! I'm really glad you've enjoyed reading about our trips!
When we visited Sendai and Matsushima we didn't see any evidence of earthquake or Tsunami damage at all. As far as I'm aware I think there's one road closed in Sendai and one of the islands in Matsushima had it's bridge washed away. It's not a major island though and there's a good chance we would not have visited that one anyway. Same for the road- plus there's just a detour.
Tourism along the affected area is actually being heavily encouraged as it will aid recovery. In fact one of the worst hit areas of coast was designated as a national park for this purpose (the Sanriku Recovery National Park).
I think the Sendai area will make a great stop and I hope you enjoy your skiing in Hokkaido! We've yet to go skiing but it's definitely on our to-do list. I don't know how long you'll be there but there's the snow festival in Sapporo in early February that I'd also like to go see one day.
I'm planning something around the same concept for when i visit Japan this coming spring.
It super useful, and really helps you cram more stuff in as all the research is already done.
It's easy to go crazy though so it's important to be realistic about what you might actually want to see when you make it. I think I put to much things in, often when I know there's no chance we'll see a particular attraction.
I don't mind sending copies to people, but don't want to directly link it here because it's mainly made up of stuff copied for other websites.


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Visualizing the AI Revolution in One Infographic
Science fiction didn't do a great job in preparing us for our first real encounters with AI.
Most people probably still envision AI in the form of a sentient robot that can talk, move around, and experience feelings – something like WALL-E or C-3PO from the movies.
Although that still may be the dream, it turns out that the current iteration of AI is actually quite different. With modern AI, all the "thinking" gets done in the cloud, and the algorithms aren't tied to the identity of a physical machine like we would have expected from the big screen.
The modern iteration of AI works silently in the background without a face, and it's starting to impact everything it touches. It's also set to transform our economy at warp speed.
Putting Modern AI Into Context
Today's infographic from TechJury helps you understand the context around this emerging force.
Entitled "The AI Revolution", it covers the brief history of AI, the industries that will be affected, as well as some key AI statistics that are likely to catch your eye.
Note: The infographic references a chatbot named Eugene Goostman that allegedly passed the Turing Test in 2014. Please note that this is a very contentious claim: while it did fool 33% of judges that it was a human, many experts object to the claim for a wide variety of reasons.
Artificial intelligence is here and it's transforming our economy.
One estimate by PwC puts the global impact of AI at $15.7 trillion by 2030, while Accenture says that AI could double the rate of economic growth in developed countries by 2035.
If either of these two predictions come true, it will mean big change for almost every industry.
The AI Revolution: By the Numbers
What does it look like when AI takes the world be storm?
The following stats will give you an indication on the potential impact of the AI revolution, and how it's already shaping the future of business thinking:
The number of AI startups has increased 14x since the year 2000
The amount of investment in AI startups has increased 6x since 2000
15% of enterprises in 2018 already use AI, but 31% more will come on board in the next 12 months
72% of executives see AI as being the most significant future business advantage
84% of global businesses see AI as providing a competitive advantage
41% of consumers believe AI will improve their lives in some way
By 2020, businesses using AI to drive consumer insights will see $1.2 trillion more per year than their less-informed competitors
So while the AI revolution is not led by the identifiable face of a friendly (or antagonistic) robot in a physical form, experts agree that impact of AI on business will be profound.
See how the prevailing myths about AI in the workplace have been debunked, to learn even more on the subject.
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This animation provides a nostalgic look back at the market share of various web browsers, from Netscape Navigator to Google Chrome.
Web browsers are a ubiquitous part of the internet experience and one of the most commonly used digital tools of the modern era.
Since the first rudimentary interfaces were created in the 1990s, a number of browsers have entered the market, with a select few achieving market dominance over our access to web content.
Today's bar chart race video, by the YouTube channel Data is Beautiful, is a nostalgic look back at how people used to access the internet, from Mosaic to Chrome.
The First Wave of Browsers
Simply put, web browsers are the software applications that act as our portal to the internet. Today, aside from the occasional pop-up box, we barely notice them. In the early '90s though, when the web was in its infancy, the crude, boxy interfaces were a revolutionary step in making the internet usable to people with access to a computer.
The first step in this journey came in 1990, when the legendary Tim Berners-Lee developed the first-ever web browser called "WorldWideWeb" – later renamed Nexus. Nexus was a graphical user interface (GUI) that allowed users to view text on web pages. Images were still beyond reach, but since most connections were dial-up, that wasn't much of a limitation at the time.
The precurser to the modern browser was Mosaic, originally developed as a temporary project by the the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (UIUC) and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA).
After his graduation from UIUC in 1993, Marc Andreessen teamed up with Jim Clark, the founder of Silicon Graphics, to produce a commercial version of the browser. The resulting software, Netscape Navigator, became the first widely used browser, moving the internet from an abstract concept to a network that was accessible to everyday people. The company soon staged a wildly popular IPO, which saw the 16-month-old startup reach a valuation of nearly $3 billion.
Naturally, the fanfare surrounding Netscape had captured Microsoft's attention. Immediately after Netscape's IPO, the first version of Internet Explorer (building off a licensed version of Mozilla) was released. The browser wars had begun.
The Internet Explorer Era
In 1995, Bill Gates was looking to capitalize on the "Internet Tidal Wave", and was up to the challenge of eating into Netscape's market share, which stood at about 90%.
A new competitor "born" on the Internet is Netscape. We have to match and beat their offerings…
Ultimately, Netscape was no match for Internet Explorer (IE) once it was bundled with the Windows operating system. By the dawn of the new millennium (beware Y2K!) the situation had reversed, with IE capturing over 75% of the browser market share.
With Netscape mostly out of the picture, IE had a stranglehold on the market. In fact, Microsoft's position was so comfortable that after IE6 was released 2001, the next full version wouldn't ship until 2006.
It was during this time that a new player came onto the scene. Mozilla Firefox was officially launched in 2004, seeing over 60 million downloads within its first nine months. For the first time in years, Microsoft began to feel the heat of competition.
Goliath and Goliath
Despite the growing popularity for Mozilla Firefox, it was a browser backed by another tech giant that would eventually lead to IE's downfall – Google Chrome.
Chrome was pitched to the public in 2008 as "a fresh take on the browser". While Microsoft struggled with open web standards, Chrome's source code was openly available through Google's Chromium project.
By 2011, Firefox and Chrome had eroded IE's market share to below 50%, and a year later, Chrome would end Internet Explorer's 14-year reign as the world's top internet browser.
Today, the browser market has come full circle. Chrome has now become the dominant browser on the market, while competitors fight to increase their single-digit market shares. IE has dropped to fourth place.
Looking Back at the Peaks
In the 25 years since Netscape gave people access to the internet, a few browsers have had their moment in the sun. Here are the years of peak market share for all the major browsers:
Peak Market Share
Peak Year
Netscape Navigator 90% 1995
Internet Explorer 95% 2004
Opera 3% 2009
Mozilla Firefox 32% 2010
Safari 7% 2012
Once a browser becomes popular, it can be incredibly difficult to carve into its market share. Even during the height of the iPhone era, Apple's browser, Safari, was only able to manage a 7% market share.
For now, it looks like Chrome will continue to be the world's preferred method of experiencing the internet. If Chrome's current trajectory continues, it could become the third major browser to surpass a 90% market share.
Every day, 3.3 billion people rely on their smartphones to stay connected. The products and services enabling this—the smartphone multiplier market—is now worth $459 billion.
There's a 60% chance you're reading this article on a smartphone right now—a testament to how ubiquitous these devices have truly become in our lives.
We rely on smartphones every waking minute to stay connected. However, the various products and services—also known as the smartphone multiplier market—that allow us to use these devices in the first place can often be an afterthought.
Today's chart uses data from Deloitte Insights to show just how sizable this ecosystem is becoming, and why it's heating up as a battleground for big technology companies such as Apple, Alphabet, and Amazon.
The Smartphone Plateau
There are over 3.3 billion smartphone users in the world today.
The smartphone economy—estimated to pull in $944 billion in total revenue in 2020—is so massive that it rivals the GDP of countries like Indonesia and the Netherlands.
At the moment, the smartphones themselves contribute over half the market value. Despite the continued hype surrounding the release of new models, global unit shipments of smartphone devices appears to have reached a saturation point:
There are two theories as to why shipments are leveling off. First, product innovation is more iterative today than in the past, which means there are fewer groundbreaking features to entice consumers into purchasing new devices. A second factor is that people are simply holding onto their devices for longer than in the past.
As device sales plateau, tech giants are diversifying efforts to find new ways to lure customers back in—and another related market is growing more lucrative as a result.
What is a "Smartphone Multiplier"?
When people think of the smartphone market, hardware likely springs to mind first, but an equally important part of the equation is the plethora of apps, services, accessories, and complementary devices that help us connect with the digital world.
The ecosystem of these products and services are known as smartphone multipliers. According to Deloitte, this ecosystem will drive $459 billion of revenues in 2020, an impressive 15% increase from the prior year.
The market can be broken down into three main categories:
Market Value (2020e)
Content $312B
(68% of total) $176B: Mobile ads
$118B: Apps
$10B: Music
$8B: Video
Hardware $111B
(24% of total) $77B: Accessories
$25B: Wearables
$9B: Smart speakers
Services $37B
(8% of total) $18B: Insurance
$12B: Repairs
$4B: Others
$3B: Storage
Largely driven by mobile advertising and app sales, content is by far the largest subcategory, accounting for 68% of revenues:
Mobile advertising surpassed TV as the largest advertising channel in 2019, partially thanks to the relentless growth of online video and social media, making ads virtually unavoidable on a smartphone.
Gaming apps are benefiting from the immense processing power of today's smartphones—and will bring in over two-thirds of total app revenue in 2020. Apple's app store brought in approximately $1.8 billion in sales between Christmas Eve and New Year's Day alone.
If you've ever owned a pair of headphones or a powerbank, it's easy to understand why accessories are the third-largest subcategory in the smartphone multiplier market. With more people ditching the cable for wireless headphones, this subcategory is also set to grow even more.
The Next $1T Economy?
In the U.S., 73% of adults go online several times a day or almost constantly, which makes it clear that they aren't going to give up their smartphones anytime soon.
As a result, smartphone multipliers will continue to evolve and flourish, presenting a unique opportunity for investors and businesses.
Altogether, it's expected that the smartphone multiplier market will grow between 5 and 10% annually through 2023, likely propelling the entire smartphone economy past the $1 trillion benchmark in the coming years.


Gaza City, April 8 - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has called on security forces in the Gaza Strip to stop homemade rocket attacks by militants against Israel.
'All security services, especially the presidential guard forces, must work to spread security and safety, end the security chaos and stop the firing of the absurd rockets,' Abbas said during a commencement ceremony in Gaza for hundreds of presidential guard members.
Militants frequently launch rockets from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel in what they call retaliation for Israeli actions in the West Bank. One such rocket landed Saturday, but no injuries were reported.
Palestinian militants Saturday delivered via Egypt to Israel a list of prisoners they want released in exchange for captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, Palestinian Authority Information Minister Mustafa Barghouti said.
Shalit was captured in a June 2006 raid from Gaza into Israel. Militants holding the soldier want to exchange him for Palestinians held in Israeli jails.
Palestinian security forces said that a former resident of Gaza who now lives in Jaffa, Israel, was kidnapped late Saturday by unknown abductors. The man was in Gaza to visit family.
The Palestinian coalition government convened Saturday to discuss a plan aimed at restoring security in the Palestinian territories. Government spokesman Ghazi Hamad said that the plan relates solely to the Palestinian internal situation and has nothing to do with Israel.


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Petitions of the week
By Andrew Hamm
on Sep 20, 2019 at 10:00 am
This week we highlight petitions pending before the Supreme Court that address, among other things, whether a school district's decision to educate a child with disabilities outside the regular classroom violates the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act's mainstreaming mandate and whether a court evaluating prejudice under Strickland v. Washington may hypothesize that the jury may have disbelieved the state's case, as well as four legal questions arising out of the Flint water crisis.
The petitions of the week are below the jump:
City of Flint, Michigan v. Guertin
Issues: (1) Whether the substantive-due-process right to bodily integrity should be extended to protect the public at large from exposure to an environmental toxin resulting from governmental policy decisions; (2) whether it is plausible that a municipal officer's actions were conscience-shocking when the respondents admit that the policy decisions were based on the advice and direction of the controlling state regulatory agency and with the advice of expert advisors; (3) whether, if the answer to the first or second question is "yes," the right was clearly established; and (4) whether the city, which was under the substantially complete control and authority of the state under Michigan's "Local Financial Stability and Choice Act of 2012," was an arm of the state and thus entitled to immunity from suit under the 11th Amendment.
Time Warner Cable Inc. v. Sprint Communications Co.
Issues: (1) Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit erred by affirming a damages award based on unapportioned end-user service revenues; and (2) whether the Federal Circuit erred in ruling that a patent satisfies 35 U.S.C. §112(a)'s requirement of "a written description of the invention" merely because the specification does "not expressly exclude[]" technology within the scope of the patent claims.
Syed v. Maryland
Issue: Whether a court evaluating prejudice under Strickland v. Washington must take the state's case as it was presented to the jury, as 10 state and federal courts have held, or whether the court may instead hypothesize that the jury may have disbelieved the state's case, as the Maryland Court of Appeals held below.
C.D. v. Natick Public School District
Issue: Whether a school district's decision to educate a child with disabilities outside the regular classroom violates the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act's mainstreaming mandate.
Cases: Time Warner Cable Inc. v. Sprint Communications Co., Syed v. Maryland, C.D. v. Natick Public School District, City of Flint, Michigan v. Guertin
Recommended Citation: Andrew Hamm, Petitions of the week, SCOTUSblog (Sep. 20, 2019, 10:00 AM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2019/09/petitions-of-the-week-62/


Four of the eight children died very young, almost certainly due to disease or epidemic. Bridget and Michael were twins, who died just 4 days apart in July of 1866, a few days shy of their 7th birthday.
The family lived at 801 Washington Street in Greenwich Village. Below is a photo of where the Washington Street house was located. In 1910, the houses at 799 and 801 were leveled, and the building pictured was erected. Today, it houses the post-production facilities for Goldcrest Productions, which has produced several major motion pictures, including "Chariots of Fire", "The Killing Fields", "A Room With a View", and more. If you use your imagination, it's not hard to replace the building with two houses, the paved streets with dirt roads, and the cars with horse-drawn carriages.
John Walsh passed away on January 25th, 1880(his death certificate could not be located by the New York Department of Records & Information Services). Mary and her four surviving children continued to reside at the family home on Washington Street. Richard and Patrick both worked as "coopers"(coopers made and repaired barrels and kegs). Mary was still in school.
Catherine, the oldest child, also continued to live at the house, along with her husband John Keenan, and their 5 children: Catherine(b.1873), Bernard(b.1874), John(b.1876), Patrick(b.1878), and Mary(b.1879). John Keenan also worked as a cooper.
The family attended mass at Holy Cross Church on West 42nd Street. The church was built in 1870. It still stands today, and is the oldest remaining building on 42nd Street.
Sometime around 1900, Mary sold the house, gathered her children around the dining room table, and divided the money among them. Then, she signed herself into a nursing home, where she lived out the rest of her days.
Miriam, born 8/29/1884, married John Joseph Quirk(b.1869) in June of 1908.
Mary, died at birth or shortly thereafter.