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Chairman's notes vs Torquay United
Welcome to tonight's game against Torquay United. All being well, it will be our first home game since the 5th January, after the late postponement due to the frozen pitch when we were due to play Barnet.
Torquay, under the irrepressible Gary Johnson, are having a brilliant season and sit at the top of the table, with every chance of achieving automatic promotion.
It's also a huge pleasure to especially welcome back Danny Wright who was a brilliant servant to the club and someone for whom I have the greatest respect.
As I mentioned in my last notes, a look at the league table tells only part of the story and doesn't reflect the significant imbalance between our games played at home and away - we now have five home games in hand!
Based on our impressive results at home this season, we should be optimistic that we can pick up a healthy points haul and move into the play-off positions. Tonight will be a significant test of these ambitions.
Since my last notes, the continuation of the season has been clarified, at least for now, and the National League will continue and the North and South will not.
These are undoubtedly complex issues to resolve but I would like to place on the record this club's thanks to the Board of the National League in trying to look after the interests of the whole league and to finding an equitable solution. Whilst I do not necessarily agree with the Board on every issue, I do not doubt the integrity and professionalism with which they try to serve the best interests of the League, in a largely no-win situation.
For me, the root fault remains with the government in moving its position and withdrawing its support for the continuation of grant funding whilst the National League is 'behind closed doors'.
Had we known at the outset of the season that this support would be withdrawn after three months, then I don't believe the season would have started.
Clubs are now in the worst of all worlds and I still hope the government will reverse its position.
The decision to continue the season now brings a new set of problems. Dover have already indicated that they will not complete the season without further financial support, and it is likely other clubs will follow.
Whilst I have sympathy for this position, I do not think any club can unilaterally decide not to fulfil fixtures and, accordingly, I think there have to be proportionate penalties for such clubs. Otherwise, they are gaining a financial advantage in a season where there is no longer relegation, and they are also negatively impacting the integrity of the competition for the remaining clubs.
In the bigger picture, this is the third season I have been Chairman of your club. After the amazing exploits in 2018/19, last season was a missed opportunity as Covid forced the early conclusion and now this season is similarly being disrupted. Whilst we still have much to play for, I can't wait to get back to a normal season - let's hope this is in 2021/22! And dare we dream that we might be in the EFL!
The impact of Covid has caused all of us to reappraise our priorities.
For me, it has reinforced my focus on the importance of supporting the local community and reenergised our ambition to make Moors a best-in-class community focused charitable foundation and community-based football club.
I make no apology for repeating some of my previous notes as it is imperative the whole club gets behind the Moors 4's and our desire to raise £1m for a new community centre.
So here goes again!
Our plan is now to accelerate the expansion of our charitable activities, through the Solihull Moors Foundation, both from the stadium and within the local community and schools.
We are launching an ambitious and exciting plan to raise £1m by June to build a new community and education hub at the ground.
The building will be a purpose designed two-storey c1500 square metre community and education centre within the footprint of the football stadium.
The fundraise will also enable the Foundation to put in place people and resources to operate the centre, develop our on-site education and expand our community outreach and schools' programmes within the framework of a sustainable financial platform for the next three to five years.
The centrepiece of the fundraising will be the Moors 4's event in June this year.
Please click HERE for more information but, most of all, let's all commit to contributing to raising the £1m and to expending every effort to promote the event and encourage everyone to give generously to a fantastic project which really will make a positive contribution to our local community.
Everyone at the club is participating - staff, players, directors and shareholders. Let's make it a mass participation event and raise the £1m!
We can and will be a best-in-class community football club!
Finally, I'm conscious in these unprecedented times we can't have the normal fans fora. In the meantime, I'm very happy to address any specific questions that you have - please email Luke Turner (luke.turner@solihullmoorsfc.co.uk) and I will address in my future programme notes.


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Home | Features | July 16 | The Canadian Football League – Jeffrey Orridge Discusses Year 2 In the Commissioner's Office
The Canadian Football League – Jeffrey Orridge Discusses Year 2 In the Commissioner's Office
The arrival of summer brings with it another action-packed season of the Canadian Football League, a national sport steeped in rich tradition from coast to coast. It's the league made famous through decades of exciting, fire-brand of offensive play-calling as well as numerous notorious Grey Cup championships including the 1962 Fog Bowl at Toronto's Exhibition Stadium and the 1977 Ice Bowl in Montreal's Olympic Stadium, where the hometown Alouettes slid to victory over the Edmonton Eskimos in field conditions more conducive for hockey than football. Fast forward to last year and we had the Eskimos' big victory over the newest kid on the block, the Ottawa REDBLACKS in Winnipeg.
Other than the climate-controlled domed stadiums of Toronto and Vancouver, (and in the past Montreal), the CFL has played its games in conditions ranging from intensely hot to freezing cold and everything in between, which in many ways is a mirror reflection of Canada itself. It's a resilient league that has always persevered, even during the ups and downs of some financially difficult rollercoaster years. But one constant is that the league has always retained a loyal throng of fans. In fact, a nationwide survey conducted by the University of Lethbridge in 2006 determined the CFL was the second most popular sports league in the nation, behind only the National Hockey League.
As the 2016 regular season recently kicked off at BMO Field in Toronto it brought about the start of the sophomore year of the CFL's 13th Commissioner Jeffrey Orridge, who has big plans to take the league to the next level during his tenure at the helm. The New York City native comes from a strong career background in sports and business management. Prior to joining the CFL he was Executive Director at CBC Sports, previous to which he was at Right to Play International, Mattel, Warner Bros., Reebok and USA Basketball.
"I believe that those experiences have really positioned me well to take on the challenges here," Orridge says, who began his career as a corporate lawyer fight out of Harvard Law School. "I've been involved in sport but most importantly I've been involved in the business of sport."
Orridge and his wife have lived in Toronto for almost a decade now and have two young sons. He had himself hoped to have been a professional athlete, but being the commissioner of a major sports league is every bit as good – if not better. He subscribes to the theory that in order to be successful you must listen, learn, prepare, plan and execute.
During the exclusive interview with CBJ, Orridge says he really liked what he saw in his first year with the CFL, which he's been a fan of for many years.
"From a competitive standpoint, the games were close, scoring was up and there was level of unpredictability in the outcome, which may have been unprecedented where there were so many games that were decided by six points or less, often in the last three minutes of the game," he recalls. In terms of excitement, enthusiasm and unpredictability and all the things that you look to sport for, last season had it all."
It is readily apparent Orridge is a results-driven individual who recognizes that, to expand and improve upon a brand, it's essential to directly address areas that are cause for concern. He believes that in order to remove an obstacle, you need to address it head on. If Orridge follows through on his pledge to be proactive in solving problems, it can only make the league that much stronger.
"One disappointing aspect was the number of quarterback injuries," the commissioner candidly states. "We certainly want to see our marquee quarterbacks out there more often, but at the same time it gave some emerging talent the opportunity to be showcased."
In the major leagues, off-seasons are every bit as important – and busy – as the playing season itself. It's a year round mission to remain on top of everything from a business standpoint. This past offseason was no different, with the commissioner and his executive team aiming to make immediate strides towards enhancing the brand beyond its current scope.
"Off the field there are many things that we accomplished in short order," Orridge says. "I inherited a drug policy, which by a lot of standards was sub-par, so we went about enhancing that and making it more transparent by having more meaningful sanctions and developing a more robust drug policy. We instituted new anti-tampering rules related to coaches, as well as a new branding and marketing strategy."
Player Health & Safety
Player health and safety is always top of mind, but in a sport like football where violent collisions are part of the game, it's even more crucial to do everything possible to protect the welfare of the players, who are the primary assets. Part of such a safety plan includes having officials who are well in tune with the latest rules and regulations.
"We launched officiating development including our exchange program with the NFL along with an expanded use of replay. We've got a video official on the player health and safety side," Orridge says. "We've expanded other rules and reduced the number of padded practices in working with the union on that. We've got an injury spotter in the booth now that can recognize if anybody is in distress for better assessment in executing concussion protocol."
Orridge exudes a high level of energy and enthusiasm and his excitement for what's ahead is evident in his voice. It's clear that he is proud of what the league has been able to accomplish during a very short period of time. He has identified several key targeted areas, and plans to do everything possible to make continued improvements.
"Player health and safety has always been paramount for the league for so many reasons," Orridge says. "The players are our greatest asset, not only on the field but in the community as well. Helping to ensure their high level of performance and longevity not only makes human sense but it also makes business sense."
Orridge believes that the fundamental training he has accrued in terms of his legal background has certainly helped his cause. The role of the commissioner has evolved over time, having become far more comprehensive and complex than it was in the past. We are now living in a society that is much more litigious and there are many more transactional components to sport. There are also the marketing and licencing aspects and constantly searching for new revenue streams and attracting a new generation of fans. All of that requires a strong business person, in addition to a lover of sport.
"My role really is to continue to help evolve this league and to meet and exceed the current fans' expectations as well as to attract the attention of that next generation of fans," Orridge adds.
Stadium Upgrades
Although some regions of the country will bristle at the notion, Toronto must be one of lynchpins to the league's future success. That will be made infinitely more likely now that the Argonauts have moved out of the cavernous Rogers Centre, which at times felt more like a mausoleum than a football stadium. The far more fan-friendly BMO Field offers numerous improvements, including better sightlines and an intimate setting and where loud, raucous fans can be seen and heard. In addition to the new playing field for the Argonauts, there is also a buzz in Toronto this year thanks to a new ownership group, led by Larry Tanenbaum and Bell, who combined represent a sizable portion of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, sans Rogers Communications. Orridge is ecstatic about the team's new owners and home, which has a seating capacity of 26,500.
"The season kicked off at BMO Field on June 23 and it will culminate with the Grey Cup," he says. "The Argonauts' move to BMO Field is very exciting because it's a new beginning and certainly it's going to enhance the profile of the city of Toronto. It's a social and intimate environment and conducive to incredible energy."
This CFL job appears to offer Orridge a great amount deal-making opportunities and a chance to really put his own stamp on the league. In addition to that, teams are coming up with new ideas to make the game-day experience that much more enjoyable for the fans.
"There's also an innovation where they are tailgating for the first time in Toronto so that will create a broader fan experience for families," Orridge mentions. "We continue to put fans first. It's got all the elements of just a great day, and great new season and era for the Argos and I think it also represents a new era for the CFL."
All nine teams are either now playing in new facilities or ones that have had considerable upgrades. The new Mosaic Stadium in Regina is still being constructed but should be ready for the Saskatchewan Roughriders to inhabit by July of next year. It will house 33,000 fans and come with 38 corporate executive suites. Investors Group Field in Winnipeg opened three years ago and has a seating capacity of 33,500 and 33 corporate executive suites for Blue Bombers' games. B.C Place Stadium in Vancouver underwent major renovations between 2009 and 2011, including a brand new roof. It has a seating capacity of 54,500 for the Lions along with 50 private suites. Commonwealth Stadium has been home to the Eskimos since being built for the Commonwealth Games in 1978. It most recently had major renovations and has a seating capacity of 56,300. McMahon Stadium in Calgary is somewhat older, but has had recent renovations and has a seating capacity of 35,400 for Stampeders' fans.
In the east, Hamilton is now playing out of Tim Horton's Field, which was originally built for the 2015 Pan Am Games and has a capacity of 24,000 for the rowdy 'Oskee Wee Wee' Tiger-Cats' fans. The fortunes of the Montreal Alouettes did a complete 180-degree turn for the better when they moved out of the cavernous and dilapidated Olympic Stadium in favour of McGill Stadium, where a full-house of 24,000 fans makes the excitement an amazing experience. Finally, TD Place Stadium in Ottawa, (originally Lansdowne Park and formerly Frank Clair Stadium) is a 24,000-seat venue where the REDBLACKS play their home games. Substantial upgrades were made back in 2010.
Improved facilities are a big part of the overall enjoyment of the game-day experience for fans, whose interest is what ultimately drives the success of the league. The commissioner wants to ensure that all fans feel as if they are truly part of their team's extended family.
"As much as people consume the product on the field they are very interested in consuming the experience and that's a unique aspect of the CFL. It's an accessible league and you can really enjoy that sense of community. The new stadiums are much more socially oriented and fan focused. It's a brand new feeling in hospitality," Orridge says.
Throughout the years the CFL has always maintained strong television numbers with TSN being the current national rights holder. There has also been international coverage in the U.S. via ESPN as well as into the United Kingdom on BT.
"Our goal is to continue to export this incredible Canadian product and expand our reach and be part of the global conversation when it comes to sport," Orridge continues. "With our relationship with ESPN and augmenting that in a four-year relationship with BT (British television) and having games broadcast in the UK and Ireland it's all part and parcel to the same thing."
In addition to expanding television coverage worldwide, the CFL did a deal with Google at the end of the year where the Grey Cup was brought to people in more than 150 countries.
Expansion: Go East, Young Man?
Now that all nine franchises are on stable financial footing, the inevitable question of expansion is never far off. Given that there are five teams in the West division and just four in the East, the ideal situation from a scheduling point of view would be to have one more team in the east. The CFL has held exhibition games in places such as Quebec City, Halifax and Moncton, and all were a resounding success. But Orridge is mindful that expanding just for the sake of doing so serves no purpose at all if there is not a viable business plan in place that will ensure long-term success in terms of fan interest and financial stability. Orridge has his plate full with other primary issues, but is expansion even on the outer perimeter of the league's radar screen?
"Expansion is always something that we would consider as long as it makes sense," Orridge responds. "It's got to make business sense along with the emotional impetus for it to happen. The three things we always need to have with expansion: strong ownership, a great stadium and excellent corporate support. As long as you have those three elements we have no doubt that wherever the next team might be placed we would have a community that would be passionately devoted to supporting it."
The CFL is pleased with Ottawa's expansion just a couple of years ago, but it's apparent they are going to tread lightly to ensure there are no missteps with future potential teams. In other words, it's safe to say there won't be any more reincarnations of the Shreveport Pirates, et al.
Visions for the Future
The ability to engage more of that next generation of fans and to be able to reach out to a more diverse marketplace is high on the wish list for Orridge. He wants to captivate that younger fan base in order to build on the many generations of CFL fans who have come before.
"I'd like a broader reach not only in Canada but outside our borders, including the U.S. where almost half of our players are from. It makes sense to have more of a presence in terms of consumption of the CFL south of the border as well as global," he says. "As I mentioned before, player health and safety is paramount for us. Anything and everything we can do to enhance that will be our focus."
As far as Orridge is concerned it is full steam ahead. "I'm extremely excited about the new season – a new brand – and a new era."
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Q: Add text to an input field x when user clicks button x I have a list of text inputs, each with an associated button.  Here's my setup: jsfiddle
I can get it working individually (see the top button which is working),
But how can I make it so clicking any of the buttons will change the text of its associated input (button# --> text#), without repeating the code for each item?
HTML:
<input type="text" id="text1" style="width: 150px;" /><input type="button" value="Click Me" id="button1" />

<input type="text" id="text2" style="width: 150px;" /><input type="button" value="Click Me" id="button2" />

<input type="text" id="text3" style="width: 150px;" /><input type="button" value="Click Me" id="button3" />

<input type="text" id="text4" style="width: 150px;" /><input type="button" value="Click Me" id="button4" />

<input type="text" id="text5" style="width: 150px;" /><input type="button" value="Click Me" id="button5" />

jQuery:
$(function () {
    $('#button1').on('click', function () {
        var text = $('#text1');
        text.val('Stuff');
    });
});

A: *

*Bind event on all the buttons using the attribute selector. $('[id^=button]') will select all the elements whose id starts with button

*Use $(this) inside the event handler to access the element that was clicked.

*Use prev, will select the previous sibling of the element.

*I recommend to add same class to all the buttons, so that event can be bound using the class. $('.myButtons').on('click', function() {});, and then you no longer need id on each of the button. This is also useful to style all the elements.

$('[id^=button]').on('click', function() {
  $(this).prev().val('Stuff');
});

<input type="text" id="text1" style="width: 150px;" />
<input type="button" value="Click Me" id="button1" />

<input type="text" id="text2" style="width: 150px;" />
<input type="button" value="Click Me" id="button2" />

<input type="text" id="text3" style="width: 150px;" />
<input type="button" value="Click Me" id="button3" />

<input type="text" id="text4" style="width: 150px;" />
<input type="button" value="Click Me" id="button4" />

<input type="text" id="text5" style="width: 150px;" />
<input type="button" value="Click Me" id="button5" />

The above code will not work if you change the HTML structure. You can use more flexible approach as below

*

*Use data-* custom attributes to store the association of the button with the textbox.

*When the button is clicked get the value of the data-target attribute and update the value of the corresponding textbox.

$('.button').on('click', function() {
  $($(this).data('target')).val('Stuff');
});
.text {
  width: 150px;
  border: solid 1px green;
}
.button {
    border: solid 1px green;
}

<input type="text" id="text1" class="text" />
<input type="button" value="Click Me" class="button" data-target="#text1" />

<input type="text" id="text2" class="text" />
<input type="button" value="Click Me" class="button" data-target="#text2" />

<input type="text" id="text3" class="text" />
<input type="button" value="Click Me" class="button" data-target="#text3" />

<input type="text" id="text4" class="text" />
<input type="button" value="Click Me" class="button" data-target="#text4" />

<input type="text" id="text5" class="text" />
<input type="button" value="Click Me" class="button" data-target="#text5" />

A: You can use and attribute  start with selector and prev()

$(function() {
  $('[id^=button]').on('click', function() {
    var text = $(this).prev();
    text.val('Stuff');
  });
});

<input type="text" id="text1" />
<input type="button" value="Click Me" id="button1" />

<input type="text" id="text2" />
<input type="button" value="Click Me" id="button2" />

<input type="text" id="text3" />
<input type="button" value="Click Me" id="button3" />

<input type="text" id="text4" />
<input type="button" value="Click Me" id="button4" />

<input type="text" id="text5" />
<input type="button" value="Click Me" id="button5" />

A: $(function () {
    $('input:button').on('click', function () {
        var text = $(this).prev();
        text.val('Stuff');
    });
});

Use input:button as selector and use .prev()
demo

A: Here is a Jsfiddle:
enter link description here
The code:
$(function () {
    $('.button').on('click', function () {

        console.log(1)

        var this_id = $(this)[0].id.split('button')[1];
        console.log(this_id)
        $('#text' + this_id).val('Stuff');
    });
});

A: For buttons use class atribute. like
<input type="text" id="text1" style="width: 150px;" /><input type="button" value="Click Me" id="button1" clas="btn"/>

Then use .btn as selector . on clicking this get its previous sibling which is input type="text" . Instead of class you can use same name for all buttons also.
Javascript;
$(function () {
    $('.btn').on('click', function () {
        var text = $(this).prev();
        text.val('Stuff');
    });
});

A: If you prefer a vanilla Javascript version:
document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {
  [].forEach.call(document.querySelectorAll('input[id^=button]'), function(el, i) {
    el.addEventListener('click', function(e) {
      this.previousElementSibling.value = 'Stuff';
    });
  });
});

Explaining the code:

*

*When all the elements of the pages are already loaded / ready for use

*We loop through all the input fields which id starts with button

*For each of those elements, we add a click event handler

*When the event is triggered, we look for the previousElementSibling of the button clicked

*And then, we change its value to 'Stuff', as your example says.

A: Try selecting input type="text" having id where last character corresponds to clicked input type="button" element id last character

$("input[type=button]").click(function() {
  $("input[type=text][id$=" + this.id.slice(-1) + "]").val(this.id /* "Stuff" */)
})

<input type="text" id="text1" style="width: 150px;" />
<input type="button" value="Click Me" id="button1" />

<input type="text" id="text2" style="width: 150px;" />
<input type="button" value="Click Me" id="button2" />

<input type="text" id="text3" style="width: 150px;" />
<input type="button" value="Click Me" id="button3" />

<input type="text" id="text4" style="width: 150px;" />
<input type="button" value="Click Me" id="button4" />

<input type="text" id="text5" style="width: 150px;" />
<input type="button" value="Click Me" id="button5" />

A: First you can select all buttons like this $( ":button" ) to avoid calling each button individually.
then you can get the textbox using .prev()
so your code should be like this
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        $txt.val("Hello World");
    });
});

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European Knights made a bold decision during the Seventh Crusade, but they faced formidable terrain and tough opponents at the Battle of Al Mansourah.
After a century and a half of efforts—with mixed success—by Western Europe to seize control of the Holy Land, the Seventh Crusade of 1250 led by Louis IX of France was the last best chance to change the political and military situation in the Eastern world before the Reformation. Like all but the first, this crusade had its roots in the ones that preceded it, most especially the Fifth, which attempted a flanking maneuver by seizing Egypt first. The Seventh would follow that pattern.
The crusading period began in the 1090s with Pope Urban II's call for a force to recover the Holy Lands from the Saracens. The success of that venture established four crusader states, including the powerful Kingdom of Jerusalem, and was due in large measure to the disunity then prevailing in the Muslim world. But the strengthening of Muslim power in response to the Latin Kingdoms led to a hundred years of warfare and the slow loss of territory by the Christians. This began with the fall of the city of Edessa in 1144 and culminated in the victories of Saladin, reducing the Latin Kingdoms to some isolated fortresses, mainly on the Mediterranean coast.
Strategically, the Fifth Crusade prefigured requisite conditions under which Louis IX was later to struggle. Both in its Levantine phase and when the scenes of battle shifted to Egypt, the control of sea lanes and the ability to resupply and reinforce the armies were essential to the crusaders' ability to prosecute the war. In Egypt, the military objective was the capture of the Muslim stronghold of Damietta, located on the eastern branch of the Nile in the Nile Delta.
The attack on Egypt was proposed for a variety of reasons. First, the Nile Delta was the Muslims' richest province. Second, it was thought that control of Egypt meant command of an easy outflanking route to the cities of Palestine (an indirect approach). Jerusalem, therefore, would be the focal, vulnerable center of a pincer movement from Acre and Suez. And, finally, Egypt's capture would ensure naval control of the Eastern Mediterranean. The focus of the attack became the fortress city of Damietta because it afforded easy access from the Holy Land ports. It provided more control over the sea and land route to Cairo and also offered a less problematic route of retreat should that prove necessary. Also essential to the success of their strategy was control of the Nile and of the local waterways and canals close to Damietta and to the crusader camp.
Much of the conduct and eventual failure of the Fifth Crusade boiled down to differences between Cardinal Pelagius, the papal legate, and the nominal military leader John of Brienne (King of Jerusalem) concerning questions of political and military control. The fact that the militarily inept Pelagius was able to set the terms of strategic and political objectives led directly to the debacle. The crusaders, having captured Damietta, advanced in force up the Nile toward Cairo. This disastrous offensive was a classic illustration of an ill-advised, unsupported overextension, in which the naval forces of the sultan were able to control the waterways behind the advancing crusaders and gain control of a canal the crusaders thought unnavigable (but which rose with the rising Nile). With positions cutting off the retreat and control of the sluice gates, the sultan's forces were able to extract favorable terms by holding the crusaders hostage even though they retained Damietta and had naval command of the Nile mouth and Delta.
It is clear from the circumstances of the Fifth Crusade, and the disastrous end to which it came, that the almost total control that the Christians held of the maritime supply lanes and several local waterways of Egypt were not enough to conquer the territory. They were, however, of great significance and were sufficient to achieve the reasonable results for which a Crusade was being waged—the return of the lands of the Kingdom of Jerusalem to Christian jurisdiction. Had the Muslim forces been able to contest the Christian landings or been able to cut their lines of communication, supply, and reinforcement, or yet to threaten the coastal ports of Palestine, they may have been able to save Damietta.
The story of Louis's interest in leading a crusade is perhaps apocryphal, but it was widely disseminated, and widely believed, and was to be key evidence in the campaign for his sainthood. In December 1244, he fell desperately ill. On his sickbed, he vowed to lead a crusade. This vow was supposed to have been prompted by a vision of the fall of Jerusalem.
The Holy City had indeed fallen to a concerted Muslim attack in August of that year, but it is unclear when the news reached the western states. A palace revolution in 1243 had placed Sultan as-Salih Ayub on the throne of Egypt. The barons of Acre and the Templars proceeded to negotiate for a renewal of the truce with the new sultan's enemies, the sultans of Damascus, Homs, and Aleppo. As-Salih, furious at what he considered a betrayal, summoned the Turkish bands called the Corasmins from Mesopotamia. On their way through the Holy Land, they laid waste the Galilee and reached Jerusalem, devastating it in August. At La Forbie, near Gaza, the Egyptian army and its Turkish reinforcements destroyed the Frankish army and its Syrian Muslim allies. According to a letter from the Patriarch of Jerusalem to the French and English churches, only a few hundred Frankish combatants remained in Syria.
Upon his recovery from illness, which he ascribed to miraculous causes, Louis promised to fulfill his vow. Although declared under the auspices of a call by Innocent IV, Louis was the prime mover and financier of the new crusade. In an assembly in Paris called by Louis in October 1245, he won baronial approval for the campaign, and many lords took the cross that day.
Louis raised money by large taxes, including taxes on the clergy, much to their fury. Agents of the king hired ships for transportation from negotiations carried out with corporations in Genoa and Marseilles. Louis made arrangements for the governing of France in his absence. And Innocent's legates were not idle, preaching the crusade throughout Germany, Scandinavia, and England, as well as France.
But the delay was protracted and harmful to the expedition. In order for it to move on, because of the sailing conditions of the Mediterranean, the invasion fleet would have to depart in October. Yet Louis's force had still not assembled in full by that time, making it necessary to delay the beginning of the campaign into the next year. As it turned out, the expedition did not get underway until May, and the intervening months were disastrous. At least 250 knights, along with other troops, died during the winter. The Europeans blamed the climate, and Louis had to issue a prohibition, severely enforced, against leaving the island. However, other crusaders continued to arrive and make up somewhat for the losses.
It could still be said of a crusading force in the 13th century, as it was regarding the forces of the 12th century Frankish kingdoms in Syria, that "knights who owed service for fiefs—either in land or money—formed the backbone of the army." King Louis IX was to be entitled to go beyond the feudal muster and enlist any able-bodied man available for the infantry. Undoubtedly, he was able to make use of the common practice of hiring mercenaries. This method had been used on an ever-increasing scale throughout the 12th century in the fighting in Syria. Louis was also able to call upon the services of the military orders of the knights of the Templars and Hospitallers. The force thus assembled in Cyprus, by the acceptance of vows by the fighting nobility, was similar to that raised by the king in his secular duties.
The extended stay in Cyprus also had a profoundly severe effect on the finances of the crusaders. Those less well off were caught with expenses beyond their means. Indeed, Joinville himself, the chronicler of the crusade, mortgaged his property to pay for his own service and took along 10 knights for whom he himself paid. These knights consistently held him under threat to leave if he failed to pay them. But when Louis took Joinville into his service, the resulting pay gave him a surplus. It was partly by putting knights onto his payroll that Louis was able to keep his force together. Thus arrayed, Louis had perhaps 15,000 men, according to one estimate. It was truly a large force, but whether it was adequate to the task was yet to be seen.
The army, boosted by troops from Acre, finally sailed from Cyprus at the end of May. It is unclear at what point the decision had been made to attack the Damietta mouth of the Nile and the city of Damietta, but it had long been understood that Egypt was the destination. For one thing, as Louis reasoned, there were limited opportunities in Judea. Muslim power there was strong, and any attempt made upon it would force the crusaders inland, far from their bases of supply on the coast. Egypt allowed the Christian forces to use their control of the sea lanes to the fullest, and with Egypt in their hands they would have a powerful bargaining chip for the return of Jerusalem.
What was true for the Fifth Crusade was also of importance in determining the objectives of the Seventh. For Louis "had grasped the fact that the Frankish kingdom of Jerusalem was an impossibility so long as there was a strong Egyptian army. In these circumstances, it was eminently reasonable to plan an invasion of Egypt." The object was correct, but it was an open question whether the particular strategy employed was flawed or valid. One potential pitfall: Damietta was a poor base from which to attempt the conquest of Egypt.
Still, it was obviously no surprise to the aging sultan that Damietta was the immediate objective of the crusade. A garrison was placed in the city, and the rest of his army was laid farther up the Nile to attempt to block the landing.
The Egyptian army at this time was still under the Ayyubids , the Egyptian dynasty originally founded by Saladin and his uncle after overthrowing the Fatamids. Although the largest army in the Muslim world, it was still mainly a highly trained, elite cadre of cavalry and infantry regiments. A heterogeneous force with recruits from various nations, it was undergoing a unifying period under direct control of the Egyptian sultan. Changes had been occurring since the time of Saladin in recruitment, costume, and equipment. Infantry was being relegated to siege warfare while horse archery was gaining prominence. These tactical changes would play an important part in the coming battle.
Actually, they were as pebbles compared to the grains of sand of the Egyptian forces. This was a common problem for Frankish armies in the crusading period and a major reason for their defensive tactics, according to notable crusades historian R.C. Smail.
The crusaders' squadron arrived off the Damietta branch of the Nile on June 4, 1250. Although his advisers cautioned delay to await the arrival of some transports that had been separated from the rest of the fleet, Louis refused. The landing began at dawn the next day, on the sandy shore of the west bank of the Nile's mouth. There was a sharp action between the forces of the crusaders and the Muslims on the beach, though it was not a coherent, pitched battle. Individual combat was widespread, as the crusaders' ships of seemed to land and disembark troops in a disorderly fashion, attracting charges by various Muslim contingents when they hit the shore. These appear to have been repulsed with relative ease.
The weakness of the Muslim defense was accentuated by the death of the emir in charge of the Saracen troops early in the battle. By noon, the Muslim forces had retreated into the city, and the crusaders extended their bridgehead and moved supplies ashore.
The defenders in Damietta, unable to get a reply to messages sent to the sultan by carrier pigeon, and fearing that he had died, soon evacuated the city. When Louis dispatched one of his knights into the city to check a report from a renegade Saracen that the army had decamped, it was discovered with what haste the Muslims had fled. Not only were large amounts of supplies and armaments found, but also the bridge of boats that connected the city to the western bank of the river remained intact. Louis's army simply marched into Damietta on June 6, and his banner soon blew over a high tower.
After the capture of Damietta, the prudent course would have been to take advantage of the disarray in the sultan's army (made worse by the hanging of a number of the army's leaders responsible for the ignominious retreat) and coordinate an immediate advance. But, again, Louis opted for delay. He chose to await provisions and reinforcements, including his brother, Alphonse of Poitiers, expected in the autumn. Then, too, it was important for his army to await the receding of the Nile floods, which would be at their height in July. A march toward Cairo was difficult at any time, with canals and swamps to cross; with the whole area under water, it would be impossible. Louis put off the campaign until the fall.
But this delay was even more harmful to the morale of Louis's army, and therefore to the expedition, than the delay on Cyprus. Like Hannibal's army at Capua, the idleness of a force occupying a large, rich city fostered dissipation and a sapping of the martial spirit. Conversely, the delay allowed the sultan's forces to regroup and rebuild, so that when the crusading army got under way, they faced a stronger enemy. This was already evidenced during the occupation by the almost continuous attacks and incursions of the Saracens against the crusader camp outside the city gates. Bedouin skirmishers regularly raided the Christian lines and beheaded those they captured.
Louis forbade the crusaders to respond, in the interest of cohesion. He did not want his forces wasted on individual attacks. One such impetuous response, led by Walter of Autreches, led to his death. Louis condemned this act and ordered an entrenchment of the camp to prevent further Saracen penetrations. This sequence of events was typical of Frankish warfare against Muslim forces. The Saracens poked and probed, attempting to precipitate a rash counterattack in order to cause a weakness in the crusader forces. The task of the crusader leaders was to keep the force coordinated and resist such attacks.
The advance finally began on November 20, but not before some discussion over the desirability of first capturing Alexandria to the west. Apparently, most of the king's advisers pressed for its capture, at least according to Joinville, who echoed the feeling in his chronicle. Alexandria, the king's councilors felt, was preferable "because that city had a good harbour, where the ships bringing food for the army could land their supplies." But it was the king's brother, Robert of Artois, who convinced him to concentrate on Cairo, "because it was the chief city in the kingdom of Egypt, and if you wished to kill the serpent, you must first of all crush its head." Presumably, Alexandria was dismissed as constituting a peripheral attack that would dissipate the Christian forces without accomplishing the political aim of the crusade. Yet the real point was that control of the country was ultimately to be left to a military controlling agent, and in order for control to be established, the crusaders must first destroy the Egyptian army. Whichever route they took, this was the immediate objective with which they were faced.
On the march from Damietta the crusaders, like their predecessors of the Fifth Crusade, followed the right bank of the Nile. The Christian fleet accompanied the infantry (crossbowmen and pikemen) and knights on horseback, transporting supplies and bridging materials needed to traverse the various canals, along with siege machines for the proposed attack on Cairo.
Three days into their journey, unbeknownst to the crusaders, the aged sultan, Ayub, died. The Egyptians, seeing such a huge force traversing their territory, might have been irreparably demoralized by the death of a powerful and charismatic leader. Fortunately for the Egyptians, however, a member of Ayub's harem, Sheger-ed-durr, took control of the situation. In consultation with an emir of the sultan's court, she was able to conceal the sultan's death and to continue administering the government and the army without serious disturbance, while the sultan's son, Turranshah, was discreetly summoned from his provinces in Mesopotamia.
The crusaders made slow progress as they faced continuous harassment by the Egyptian army. Neither did the Franks hold back entirely from counterattacks. Although forbidden to "be so bold as to attack the enemy," some knights could not long restrain themselves.
The army endured a month of this, a month of painful and slow progress during which the crusaders were forced to dam canals in order to ease the march. The army then arrived at an arm of the Nile known as the Ashmun-Tannah, across which stood the fortress city of Mansourah. Built after the Fifth Crusade at the site where John of Brienne's forces were repulsed, and named in honor of al-Kamil's victory, it still represented a formidable obstacle to the army's continued advance. It was all the more daunting because the Egyptian army held the opposite shore, camped by the Ashmun before the city.
The Christian army was virtually pinned in a triangle of ground between two branches of the Nile. An advance would be irretrievably wasteful, requiring a river crossing in the face of a defending force. This would negate what potential shock value the Christian knights still maintained, and their infantry would be useless as well, unless able to cross the river. A retreat, however, was unthinkable. It was soon clear that the army could not stay there, especially because the Egyptian forces were not idle, engaging in ceaseless skirmishes with the crusaders.
Again, the strategy of forbearance against attack, of attempting to maintain order and discipline, was easier ordered than obeyed. The crusaders attempted to build a causeway across the Ashmun, but their engines and "cat-castles" (the works built as protection for the builders of the causeway) came under attack from the Muslim defenders. Using missiles and Greek fire, the Egyptians kept up a continuous bombardment on the causeway crew. Besides causing irreplaceable casualties and sapping the Christians' morale, the incessant use of Greek fire on the works ultimately exposed the futility of the effort. Eventually a number of the cat-castles were destroyed by fire.
At the same time, as the causeway advanced, the Egyptians undermined the farther bank, increasing the width of the river. "Thus it happened that in one day they undid all that we had done with three weeks' labor; for as fast as we dammed up the stream on our side, they broadened its course by the holes they made on theirs," Joinville wrote.
During all this time the crusaders were under constant bombardment, with the Egyptians hurling missiles from 16 stone slings. The French replied with their own 18 machines, and an artillery duel raged between the two sides across the river. With attacks by the Egyptian cavalry on the rear of the Frankish force, though repulsed by the Comte d'Anjou (another of the King's brothers), it was obvious that Louis's forces could not long survive the losses they were incurring. They were still not across the river—and Cairo was yet a long march off.
It was at this point that a man (Joinville says a Bedouin) came into the French camp with an offer to reveal a ford across the river, upstream of the camp, by which the crusaders could easily attain the other side. A crossing there promised the opportunity of outflanking the Egyptian camp and capturing the machines that had been hindering the work of the causeway. With the knights holding the southern bank, the causeway could be completed, and the infantry thereby advance in support. A pitched battle dispersing or destroying the Egyptian force would leave the advance to Cairo open.
There is no evidence that it ever occurred to King Louis or his advisers that, even with such a circumstance prevailing, overcoming a spirited defense of Cairo would be impossible. Yet there were disturbing developments—the crusaders no longer had the ability to conduct a major siege so deep inside enemy territory, if they ever did. The Egyptian naval forces had already begun to attack the French fleet supplying the army.
On February 7, the attack commenced that began the Battle of Mansourah. With a strong detachment of crossbowmen left to guard the camp, the French cavalry advanced up the Ashmun-Tannah. Their force was split into three battles, or detachments. One, composed of Templars, formed the van, followed by a battle under the king's brother Robert of Artois (who was chiefly responsible for the expedition), and the final one under Louis himself. The Templars were to cross at the ford and first secure the far bank, allowing the others, including the king's cavalry and some of the infantry, to cross. Significantly, Louis gave orders for all units to keep in close contact and for no advance to be made until he gave the order. Again, this was in keeping with prudent tactical alignments of the past, when faced with an enemy eager to separate the crusader forces and exploit any weaknesses they might be able to uncover.
It was a wise order, and a pity for the expedition that it was not obeyed. The attack was well coordinated, starting early in the day, and achieved complete surprise. The first battles began the crossing that, though unopposed, went with difficulty. The water was deep, the bottom muddy, and the far bank steep and slick. A few knights' mounts slipped and their riders were lost. But the van had made it to the other side when a force of three hundred Muslim cavalry appeared. The Count of Artois charged them, whereupon they fled to warn the Egyptian camp. Ignoring the king, Artois impetuously rushed after the Egyptians. According to Joinville, this was the occasion of a dispute, for the Templars, in the van, felt they should have the honor of leading the assault. "Thinking they would be shamed if they let the Comte d'Artois get in front of them, [the Templars] struck spurs into their horses and rushed headlong in pursuit of the Turks, who fled before them," Joinville wrote.
So, without waiting for their force to adequately assemble, the crusaders split up on a wild charge toward the Egyptian camp. A case can perhaps be made that it was important to move quickly now that the advantage of surprise had been lost. With the warning that the Arab horsemen were bringing with them, the sultan, being aroused, would surely employ his men for a spirited defense. Unfortunately, as is obvious from Joinville's reading of the response of the Templars, the attack was made more for purposes of honor than for tactical advantage.
But Robert did not stop there. Instead, thinking the day already won and the enemy in rout, he ordered an advance into Mansourah. Again the master of the Templars tried to restrain him and argued for caution, but Robert denounced his advice as well as that of the Earl of Salisbury and questioned their courage. Unable to stomach his taunts they joined the charge into Mansourah.
Although many Muslims fled into the city and their emir was dead, the Egyptians were not in rout. They were able to reestablish discipline within the city and fix a defense. While the crusaders poured through the open gate, the Egyptians, stationed at various points throughout the city, rushed upon them. The Frankish horsemen were unable to maneuver within the narrow streets and were thrown into confusion. Many were cut down on the spot. According to Joinville, "The Turks in Mansourah threw great beams and blocks of wood down on them as they passed through the streets, which were very narrow." Others were able to escape on foot to be tracked down and killed or to drown in the Nile. Robert of Artois, barricading himself with his bodyguard in a house, was discovered and all were slain. Also killed was the Earl of Salisbury and most of the English knights, and 280 Knights Templar, though their commander, William of Sonnac, escaped with his life.
The rest of the French force, including the king, had by this time crossed the Ashmun. Hearing of the disaster in Mansourah, Louis ordered an advance. Approaching the camp, which only a short time before had been under the control of Louis's brother, the crusaders saw that the Egyptians had regrouped and were drawn up in battle array. They soon charged at the French, pouring arrows into their ranks. But Louis's men held them off until the Egyptians retreated due to a shortage of ammunition. A counterattack swept the Egyptians back but they soon again reformed.
Meanwhile, Louis had ordered the building of a bridge to allow his infantry and crossbowmen to join the battle. To counter this effort, the Muslims effected a series of attacks on the Christian forces, trying to stop the construction of the bridge and hoping to probe a weakness, at one point even forcing the king and his party against the river.
Finally, that evening, the bridge was completed and the infantry charged across. The crossbowmen were immediately drawn up to cover the cavalry. But the Egyptians, discharging their weapons to great effect, retired out of range, and the battle was, for all intents and purposes, over. Louis's force was far too exhausted to follow up and press the attack. That evening, the infantry built a wooden embankment around the French camp.
The French were now encamped with their backs against the Ashmun, which could no longer be used as a defensive moat (although many men remained in their old camp—so, in truth, the force was divided). Here they remained for almost four months, subject to numerous attacks and incursions, including a major assault, which was repulsed with heavy losses. But the fate of the expedition had been sealed and finally, after losses from battle and more from disease, and with the supply line of the Nile cut by the fleet of the newly arrived Sultan Turranshah, it was decided that the only recourse was a retreat back to Damietta.
The retreat was almost as disastrous as that of the crusaders of 1221. The army was harassed by raiders on all sides, and suffered the capture of many dozens of ships by the sultan's fleet. The weak, disease-ridden army was finally halted at the town of Fariskur. Louis himself, ill and near death, had been captured with most of the rear guard. Through lengthy negotiations, during which many more crusaders died, it was finally resolved that Damietta be restored to the sultan, along with a substantial sum, in return for the release of Louis and the remainder of the knights still held by the Egyptians. Louis went on to Acre for a time, trying to organize further crusading efforts, but eventually returned to France. Still, the passion in him would not dim. During 1270, he launched a smaller effort against Tripoli in another effort to work at the Holy Land through the southeastern flank. But he died there of disease soon after landing.
The Seventh Crusade proved to be the final chance the western Christian nations had of recouping their losses in the Holy Lands. Never again was such an expedition organized. It is undoubtedly true that the battle was "a signal illustration of the essential interdependence of cavalry and infantry," wrote a student of the battle in 1905, because of the failure of the unsupported cavalry charge.
It is equally justified to claim that its ultimate futility was due to the very impetuousness of the expedition itself. Louis's Seventh Crusade fiasco was a direct result of advancing with too small a force deep into alien country unsupported by a locally controlled strongpoint. Nevertheless, the debacle was not in the end seen as an utter failure of Western sensibilities: Louis's sainthood was in no small part due to his sufferings at Mansourah.
Tags 7th Crusade, Alexandria, Battle of Al Mansourah, Cairo, Cyprus, Greek Fire, knights templar, Mesopotamia, Pope Urban II, Saladin.


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Rep. Diego Espinoza, D-Tolleson, wants autism and opioid addiction to be added' to the list of what a 2010 voter-approved law considers "debilitating medical conditions."
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Espinoza wants autism added to medical marijuana law
BY Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services
A state lawmaker is seeking to force state health officials to do something they have previously rejected: allow the use of medical marijuana to treat autism.
The proposal by Rep. Diego Espinoza, a Democrat who represents Tolleson and Avondale, would add "autism spectrum disorder'' to the list of what a 2010 voter-approved law considers "debilitating medical conditions'' for which a doctor can recommend the use of marijuana by patients. Espinoza said parents want it as an option for treating some of the symptoms as an alternative to other medications.
HB 2049 also would allow the use of marijuana by those who are suffering from opioid use disorder. Espinoza said he sees the use of marijuana as far preferable to people dying in his legislative district from overdoses.
The 2010 law allows doctors to recommend marijuana to those who suffer from certain listed conditions, ranging from cancer, glaucoma, AIDS and Crohn's disease to seizures, severe nausea and severe and chronic pain. But the law also allows state health officials to add conditions themselves if they believe it is medically
justified.
Parents of some children with autism made such a request two years ago only to have their plea rejected. The decision was upheld last year, with a state hearing officer concluding the petition "failed to provide evidence the use of marijuana will provide therapeutic or palliative benefit to an individual suffering from ASD.''
Espinoza's bill would eliminate the need for health department approval -- or even medical studies -- by getting legislators to add autism into the list of permitted conditions in the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act. But he said bypassing the department does not bother him.
He pointed out Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed legislation earlier this year adding autism to the list of conditions for which medical marijuana can be recommended.
"In Colorado there are families that actually have results based on what their children have been experiencing by taking medical marijuana,'' Espinoza said. He also said it appears to be a better alternative than other medications currently available, often riddled with side effects.
"So how could you deny, especially a parent willing to try. Transition into this alternative to see if it would be a better alternative for them?'' Espinoza asked. And he said there's no reason for parents to have to move to Colorado to get the drugs they need for their children.
Nor is he deterred by the lack of the kind of studies the health department recognizes as proving marijuana is effective in helping children with autism.
"I can share with you I have worked with constituents in my district where their sons and daughters have had tremendous results,'' Espinoza said. "I've actually seen in first hand.''
Still, he acknowledged Arizona parents who are getting marijuana legally are able to obtain it because their children are having seizures, a side effect for some youngsters with autism. And seizures already is one of the conditions for which the 2010 law already permits medical use.
The use of marijuana to help those addicted to opioids is a different matter.
There is no evidence anyone petitioned the health department to add this condition to the list for which marijuana use is legally permitted. But Espinoza said there is reason to believe it is a better option, particularly in a state which had been in the midst of an opioid epidemic.
"I have overdoses in my community it seems like every day,'' he said. "And so if marijuana could be an alternative to help wean them off, then why not try that?''
The idea of marijuana as a legal option to deal with addiction has come up in Arizona before.
In 2018, then-Rep. Vince Leach, R-Tucson, agreed to language to a bill he was sponsoring to add opioid use disorder to what would allow doctors to legally recommend the drug. The measure cleared the House but faltered in the Senate.
And in 2017, as Arizona was facing an average of two deaths a day from opioid overdoses, state health officials started looking for ways to curb the abuse and addiction. State Health Director Cara Christ noted chronic pain, one of the reasons some people get hooked on opioids, is one of the conditions for which marijuana already can be recommended.
Still, she stopped short of suggesting doctors start treating patients with marijuana.
"Each individual is going to be different,'' Christ said, saying patients need to discuss options with their doctors.
Backers of expanding the medical use of marijuana will need to generate a great deal of support to get HB 2049 enacted into law.
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Search - Black Cat on DVD
Actors: Jade Leung, Simon Yam
Genres: Action & Adventure, Indie & Art House, Mystery & Suspense
If you thought La Femme Nikita was tough, then you haven't seen Black Cat in action. Shamelessly and aggressively ripped off from the sleek French action classic, this outrageous Hong Kong action melodrama stars Jade Leung... more » as a surly, hot-headed Chinese drifter in New York (actually Vancouver, Canada, subbing for the U.S. location). After killing a couple of macho trucker slimeballs and a cop in a brutal, bloody fight at a roadside diner, she's "killed" by a mystery man and reborn as a stealth assassin for a super-secret high-tech government agency. Director Stephen Shin goes for broke in a series of bizarre action scenes, but none tops the protagonist's graduation exercise, an outrageous assassination at a Jewish wedding that explodes into gang warfare when every guest suddenly pops up armed with semiautomatic weapons. That kind of logic guides the entire film: Leung's character is never told why, only who, and she slickly takes out her heavily guarded targets with everything from ice bullets to steel girders. Leung pouts and sneers her way through her film debut, all attitude and sass even when she falls in love with gentle environmentalist Thomas Lam (who wins her heart with his syrupy harmonica playing). Simon Yam (the suave assassin of Bullet in the Head) plays her sensitive but steely mentor, secretly in love with the woman he plunges into heady mind games. Leung returns in Black Cat II: The Assassination of President Yeltsin, an even more insane action logic-bomb. --Sean Axmaker « less
Sub-Genres: Hong Kong Action, Indie & Art House, Mystery & Suspense
Studio: Tai Seng
Format: DVD - Color,Widescreen
Run Time: 1hr 32min
Screens: Color,Widescreen
It's a smart movie that knows its owner
"Why is it so often the remakes of movies get the attention and accolades and it's not for some time afterward that the debt is attributed to the original? Such is the case with this film. Everybody went nuts for La Femme Nikita and thought Hollywood had the nerve to remake it as Point of No Return. They should have acknowledged this first and slapped both their hands. Maybe it's only because Hong Kong cinema is finally finding an audience that this title has surfaced. Though I like "La Femme" quite a bit, something in this version intrigued me more. Maybe it's because the heroine has greater inherant sadness and frailty about her, making the transformation all the more powerful. Anne Parlliaud is rough and tough from the get-go and merely seems to have had her natural criminality channeled into something acceptable (to the authorities anyway). The Black Cat seems to flow a bit steadier as well. I found my mind drifting a bit during La Femme when she begins to settle into a life of mayhem and finds it difficult to include a relationship into her routine. The production design in La Femme (the production values in general) are higher than those in The Black Cat, but Hong Kong cinema is not know for budet and this film performs admirably on significantly less. If you liked either of the remakes, give this a shot. It should satisfy on several levels."
Did you like La Femme Nakita?
Gomos | United Arab Emirates | 06/29/2001
"This is the best in a series of Hong Kong attempts to [emulate] La Femme Nakita (titles of others are escaping me). Don't let this turn you off if you are thinking this is going to be like that horrible Hollywood Bridget Fonda vehicle- Hong Kong will always do it better. I have friends that say this is better than the original, but I wouldn't go that far. I believe this is Jade Leung's first major role and she is great. She is not only beautiful, but can act. She makes this movie. In fact they made a sequel of this film due to it's popularity in HK.Jade plays a Chinese-American who gets in a scrap at a truck stop and accidently kills a cop. She is then killed by assasins, or is she. The CIA has actually taken her, put a chip in her to enhance her physical prowess, and now she is an assasin for them. She falls in love along the way and ...The funny thing about this movie is that I think it was filmed entirely over seas, but the first half is suppossed to take place in the US. So the entire first half is in English, even parts where the story is in HK are in English. Otherwise the usual weird/absurd subtitle translations are in effect. Overall DVD quality is very good."
hikayat | 03/19/2000
"Okay, it's a little annoying when people claim that Point of No Return was the second remake of La Femme Nikita. Black Cat was made in 1991 while Point was made in 1993. While Point was an almost blow by blow recreation of Nikita, Black Cat took the essential structure and gave it a different spin. Now, that's what I call a remake, what's the point of a blow by blow remake? Black Cat can never replace Nikita for me, I do think Nikata is a superior film. However, Black Cat has Jade and the film's biggest charm is the strength of the then newcomer to the movies. She brings a different intensity and understated fraility to the character. Not that Anne Parillaud was bad, she was very good, but she didn't make me want to go out there and watch every film she has ever made. Black Cat has nice action sequences courtesy of HK. It's focus is completely different from Nikita, it's more an action film then an exploration of what it feels to be trapped. There will be some of us who'll like, even love, Black Cat. There will be many who'll dislike it. There is a reason this film is called a cult classic not a classic. NOT everyone will like this film. Just bear in mind, if you intend to watch this film, watch it with an open mind and don't try and compare it with it's predecessor and you might see why Black Cat became a cult classic and Point of no Return didn't."
Third version of the script...
Phil Flores | 03/18/1999
"Haven't seen the DVD adaptation yet, but the film has the same script as The Assassin with Bridget Fonda or the french version Nikita with Anne Parillaud. If you like those two, you might want to see this third version. The start is a bit slow, but then it's action packed."
Nothing spectacular but worth a view
Phil Flores | Los Angeles, CA USA | 06/05/2000
"I've always liked seeing flicks with chicks that kick a**. Thus, my spirits were high going into this film.Reading the description on the box pretty muched summed up the whole film. IT'S A REMAKE OF LA FEMME NIKITA. Not that this is bad, it's just that it isn't very original.Yes, Jade does most of her stunts, and quite impressive to say the least. I just wish that the character could have been devolped more in the beginning of the film so we could feel for the character more.Nothing groundbreaking, but still deserves a look."


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package com.qihaosou.ui.fragment;

import android.content.Context;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.annotation.Nullable;
import android.support.v4.app.Fragment;
import android.support.v4.widget.SwipeRefreshLayout;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.BaseAdapter;
import android.widget.LinearLayout;
import android.widget.ListView;
import android.widget.TextView;

import com.lzy.okhttputils.OkHttpUtils;
import com.lzy.okhttputils.https.TaskException;
import com.qihaosou.R;
import com.qihaosou.bean.ChangeInfoBean;
import com.qihaosou.callback.ChangeAllCallBack;
import com.qihaosou.loading.LoadingAndRetryManager;
import com.qihaosou.net.UriHelper;
import com.qihaosou.util.L;
import com.qihaosou.util.ToastUtil;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import okhttp3.Request;
import okhttp3.Response;

/**
 * Author: Created by wenjundu
 * Date:on 2016/1/23
 * Description:变更信息
 */
public class ChangeInfoFragment extends Fragment{
    private ListView listView;
    LoadingAndRetryManager mLoadingAndRetryManager;
    private List<ChangeInfoBean> changeInfoBeanList;
    private ChangeInfoAdapter adapter;
    private String uuid;
    @Nullable
    @Override
    public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        return inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_changinfo,(ViewGroup)null);
    }

    @Override
    public void onActivityCreated(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onActivityCreated(savedInstanceState);
        uuid=getArguments().getString("uuid");
        init(getView());
        loadData();
    }
    private void loadData()
    {
      mLoadingAndRetryManager.showLoading();
        getChangeAll(uuid);
    }
    private void init(View view) {
        listView= (ListView) view.findViewById(R.id.lv_changeinfo);
        mLoadingAndRetryManager = LoadingAndRetryManager.generate(listView, null);
        changeInfoBeanList=new ArrayList<ChangeInfoBean>();
       adapter=new ChangeInfoAdapter(getContext(),changeInfoBeanList);
        listView.setAdapter(adapter);
    }

    private void getChangeAll(String uuid){
        OkHttpUtils.post(UriHelper.getInstance().getChangeInfoUrl(uuid)).tag(this).execute(new ChangeAllCallBack() {
            @Override
            public void onAfter(@Nullable List<ChangeInfoBean> changeInfoBeans, Request request, Response response, @Nullable TaskException e) {
                mLoadingAndRetryManager.showContent();
            }

            @Override
            public void onError(Request request, @Nullable Response response, @Nullable TaskException e) {
                ToastUtil.TextToast(getActivity().getApplicationContext(),e.getMessage());
            }

            @Override
            public void onResponse(List<ChangeInfoBean> changeInfoBeans) {

                changeInfoBeanList.addAll(changeInfoBeans);
                adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
            }
        });
    }

    class ChangeInfoAdapter extends BaseAdapter{
        private LayoutInflater inflater;
        private List<ChangeInfoBean> list;
        public ChangeInfoAdapter(Context context,List<ChangeInfoBean> list){
            this.list=list;
            inflater=LayoutInflater.from(context);
        }
        @Override
        public int getCount() {
            return list.size();
        }

        @Override
        public Object getItem(int position) {
            return list.get(position);
        }

        @Override
        public long getItemId(int position) {
            return position;
        }

        @Override
        public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
           ViewHolder viewHolder;
            if(convertView==null){
                viewHolder=new ViewHolder();
                convertView=inflater.inflate(R.layout.item_changeinfo,(ViewGroup)null);
                viewHolder.afterContentTV= (TextView) convertView.findViewById(R.id.tv_after_content);
                viewHolder.beforeContentTV= (TextView) convertView.findViewById(R.id.tv_before_content);
                viewHolder.changeDateTV= (TextView) convertView.findViewById(R.id.tv_change_date);
                viewHolder.projectNameTV= (TextView) convertView.findViewById(R.id.tv_project_name);
                convertView.setTag(viewHolder);
            }else{
                viewHolder= (ViewHolder) convertView.getTag();
            }
            ChangeInfoBean changeInfoBean=list.get(position);

            viewHolder.projectNameTV.setText(changeInfoBean.getProjectName());
            viewHolder.changeDateTV.setText(changeInfoBean.getChangeDate());
            viewHolder.beforeContentTV.setText(changeInfoBean.getBeforeContent());
            viewHolder.afterContentTV.setText(changeInfoBean.getAfterContent());

            return convertView;
        }
    }
    static class ViewHolder{
        TextView afterContentTV,beforeContentTV,changeDateTV,projectNameTV;
    }
}


You could use Just One Candle for Nov. 11th, and then use it again in your holiday program!
In Musicplay 3, there is a lovely piece by Sandra Klassen, Remember Flanders Fields.
If you don't have Musicplay 1 or 3, these selections are available from www.musicplay.ca as single song kits. When you enter the website, select song collections, then single song kits. ANY song that we hold the copyright to can be made available as a single song kit. The Kit is $15 and includes a piano/vocal score, a vocal reproducible and performance/accompaniment CDs.
Edwin posted the words for his choir to practice with – he's one of the teacher's who suggested the word change to make this song work for both Nov 11th and Christmas concerts.
The other Flanders Fields is in the collection, "We Remember." I really like both arrangements.
I love the song "Take One Minute to Stand" by Beth Jay from this collection and made a video last year.
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(Photo) India to meet arch-rivals Pakistan in T20 World Cup campaign opener
ICC, cricket's governing body, have laid out the fixtures for the T20 World Cup scheduled to commence from October 17. India will begin their campaign for a second T20 World title on October 24 in a blockbuster clash against old nemesis Pakistan in Dubai. Virat Kohli whose hunt for an ICC-accredited prize as captain continues at the senior level would be zealously desperate to bring the trophy to his cabinet.
India, the winners of the inaugural edition of the tournament, have been placed in Group 2 alongside Pakistan, Afghanistan and New Zealand. The Men in Blue will be joined by two teams from the qualifiers stage.
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Europa League Acca: Thu 29th October
I think it is fair to say that we were a little unfortunate in the accumulators last week. On both
nights we landed three out of four in the games and the ones we missed out on, didn't land very wide of the mark at all. In this competition, I think I underestimated Rangers qualities, or overestimated Standard Liege's when going for the draw, but in reading the match report, it does appear that Liege should have been level before Roofe's goal from the half-way line.
Such is the nature of accumulator betting though and part of its appeal is this kind of volatility. You can never tell when a referee's decision, a controversial sending off, of a goal rightly or wrongly disallowed or even a mistake by a usually reliable player can throw even the best planned acca bet into disarray.
Still, I am confident that this week we stand a great chance of landing that elusive winning bet as I have put together another fourfold this week from the Europa League to add to the one I did on Tuesday for both nights of Champions League action. Due to the odds on some of the game involving the English teams, notably Spurs and Arsenal, I am not really going to focus on them this week, but instead may look for better value in some of the other games.
There are some crackers to look forward too as well including AEK Athens v Leicester, AC Milan taking on Sparta Prague, Celtic's trip to northern France to take on Lille and perhaps the biggest game of the evening, Real Sociedad taking on Italian side Napoli, who were surprisingly beaten at home by AZ67 Alkmaar in their opening fixture last week.
There's lots to look forward to so let's take a closer look at the games I've tipped this Thursday night.
Europa League Acca – Thu 29th October
AEK Athens v Leicester - Away Win
Gent v Hoffenheim - Away Win
Real Sociedad v Napoli - Draw
Slavia Prague v Bayer Lev - Away Win
Bet Analysis: Thursday 29th October
AEK Athens v Leicester City – Away Win
Having lost to Braga last week 3-0, AEK Athens will know another defeat here will severely hamper their hopes of any progress in this tournament. Leicester also started brightly, winning their game with Zorya Luhansk 3-0 to make a solid start in the group. AEK have started ok in the Greek league with seven points from their opening four games, Leicester too have started brightly in the Premier League, but in truth I don't think that league form will matter too much here as I think Leicester have a much better quality team and that should be enough for them to claim another win here.
Gent v Hoffenheim – Away Win
Despite having qualified for the Europa League last season, Gent's performances this season in the Belgian top league, the Jupiler, have been somewhat disappointing with three wins from their first nine games and six defeats. Having lost on the road to a somewhat limited Slovan Liberec team last week, and following a game on Monday in the Belgian league, they won't have a huge amount of time to prepare for the visit of Hoffenheim. The German side, who beat Bayern Munich 4-1 in the league at the start of the campaign, lie 8th in the table having picked up six points from their first four games and while I feel the visitors are the better side by a distance, I think on the road they are not quite so formidable. Even so I think they will just edge what should be a close game.
Real Sociedad v Napoli – Draw
In terms of the quality of both the teams, I think this is the best game of the night. Real Sociedad have started the season well in Spain and after six games were top of the La Liga table heading into the weekend. Napoli had also started well to lie third in Serie A but the Neapolitans were beaten 1-0 at home by AZ67 last week, a result which now means that they really need to get at least something from the game. One chink of light for the Italians is that Sociedad's one loss in the league this season has been at home to Valencia but I think this is a very tough game for the Italians and while I think they will do enough to avoid defeat, I think the two teams will pick up a point here.
Slavia Prague v Bayer Leverkusen – Away Win
Slavia Prague have had no real concerns domestically having picked up 16 points from the first 18 available but their form in Europe is much poorer having lost four of their last five games in European competition. In contrast Bayer Leverkusen have won their last two games in all competitions and have made an unbeaten start in the Bundesliga, winning one and drawing three of their opening games. That propensity to draw matches did make me consider that option here, but I think having made a positive start last week at home to nice with a thumping 6-2 win, Leverkusen will want to follow that up with three more points here.


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