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Who destroyed the second temple?
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Siege of Jerusalem, (70 ce), Roman military blockade of Jerusalem during the First Jewish Revolt
First Jewish Revolt
In the fall of ad 66 the Jews combined in revolt, expelled the Romans from Jerusalem, and overwhelmed in the pass of Beth-Horon a Roman punitive force under Gallus, the imperial legate in Syria. A revolutionary government was then set up and extended its influence throughout the whole country.
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. The fall of the city marked the effective conclusion of a four-year campaign against the Jewish insurgency in Judaea. The Romans destroyed much of the city, including the Second Temple.
Who destroyed the Second Temple in the Bible?
Much as the Babylonians destroyed the First Temple, the Romans destroyed the Second Temple and Jerusalem in c. 70 CE as retaliation for an ongoing Jewish revolt. The Second Temple lasted for a total of 585 years (516 BCE to c. 70 CE).
What happened after the Second Temple was destroyed?
Although the Temple had been destroyed and Jerusalem burned to the ground, the Jews and Judaism survived the encounter with Rome. The supreme legislative and judicial body, the Sanhedrin (successor of the Knesset Hagedolah) was reconvened in Yavneh (70 CE), and later in Tiberias.
Who destroyed the temple on the Mount?
According to Jewish tradition and scripture, the First Temple was built by King Solomon the son of King David in 957 BCE and destroyed by the Babylonians in 586 BCE. The second was constructed under the auspices of Zerubbabel in 516 BCE and destroyed by the Roman Empire in 70 CE.
When was the Second Temple rebuilt?
Of major importance was the rebuilding of the Second Temple begun by Herod the Great, king (37 bce–4 ce) of Judaea. Construction began in 20 bce and lasted for 46 years. The area of the Temple Mount was doubled and surrounded by a retaining wall with gates. The Temple was raised, enlarged, and faced with white stone.
A Temple in Flames The Final Battle for Jerusalem and the Destruction of the Second Temple
How many times was the Temple destroyed and rebuilt?
Terminology. Although the Temple is referred to as a single institution here, it is important to note that the Jerusalem Temple was rebuilt at least three times in antiquity. The first was erected under Solomon, as is described in great detail within 1 Kings 5-6, approximately during the 10th century BCE.
Was Jesus alive during the Second Temple?
The era from roughly 4 BCE to 33 CE is also notable as being the time period when Jesus of Nazareth lived, primarily in Galilee, under the reign of Herod Antipas. It is therefore considered in specifically Jewish history as being when Christianity arose as a messianic sect from within Second Temple Judaism.
What religion is the Temple Mount?
The Temple Mount is a holy site within the Old City for Jewish, Christian, and Muslim people.
What mountain did Abraham sacrifice his son?
When Abraham was commanded to prepare his son Isaac for sacrifice, the father and son went up to "the place that G-d chooses" – Mount Moriah, and to its peak – the Foundation Stone – where the binding of Isaac took place.
Who rebuilt the temple in Jerusalem after the exile?
Nehemiah, also spelled Nehemias, (flourished 5th century bc), Jewish leader who supervised the rebuilding of Jerusalem in the mid-5th century bc after his release from captivity by the Persian king Artaxerxes I. He also instituted extensive moral and liturgical reforms in rededicating the Jews to Yahweh.
Why did Nebuchadnezzar destroy Jerusalem?
(Inside Science) -- In the 6th century B.C., the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II, fearful that the Egyptians would cut off the Babylonian trade routes to the eastern Mediterranean region known as the Levant, invaded and laid siege to Jerusalem to block them.
How did the destruction of Jerusalem affect Christianity?
The destruction was an important point in the separation of Christianity from its Jewish roots: many Christians responded by distancing themselves from the rest of Judaism, as reflected in the Gospels, which portray Jesus as anti-Temple and view the destruction of the temple as punishment for rejection of Jesus.
Who destroyed the First Temple in Jerusalem?
King Solomon, according to the Bible, built the First Temple of the Jews on this mountaintop circa 1000 B.C., only to have it torn down 400 years later by troops commanded by the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar, who sent many Jews into exile.
Why did Solomon build the temple?
According to the Bible, the Temple not only served as a religious building, but also as a place of assembly for the Israelites. The Jews who had been deported in the aftermath of the Babylonian conquest were eventually allowed to return and rebuild their temple — known as the Second Temple.
What Temple was destroyed in the Bible?
As has been well-known for millennia, in either 587 or 586 B.C.E., the forces of Nebuchadnezzar II, king of Babylonia, served a deadly blow to the small and rebellious Kingdom of Judah. They wiped it off the map, deported large swathes of its population, and destroyed its holy temple, the Temple of Solomon.
Who rebuilt the temple?
In 37 BC, King Herod enlarged the Temple Mount and rebuilt the temple with the consent of the public. During the Roman period, in AD 70, the Second Temple was destroyed, along with Jerusalem, by Titus' army. It was also during this period that Jesus was in Jerusalem.
Who is the angel of the Lord in Genesis 22?
Genesis 22:11–15. The angel of the Lord appears to Abraham and refers to himself as God in the first person. Exodus 3:2–4. The angel of the Lord appears to Moses in a flame in verse 2, and God speaks to Moses from the flame in verse 4, both instances referring to himself in the first person.
Where is Golgotha today?
Golgotha, also called Calvary in Latin, is usually said to be connected to the traditional site of Christ's Crucifixion, now in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Christian Quarter of Jerusalem., This site is within the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem.
Where did Jesus get born?
Bethlehem lies 10 kilometres south of the city of Jerusalem, in the fertile limestone hill country of the Holy Land. Since at least the 2nd century AD people have believed that the place where the Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem, now stands is where Jesus was born.
Where is the Ark of the Covenant today?
Whether it was destroyed, captured, or hidden–nobody knows. One of the most famous claims about the Ark's whereabouts is that before the Babylonians sacked Jerusalem, it had found its way to Ethiopia, where it still resides in the town of Aksum, in the St. Mary of Zion cathedral.
How big was the temple in Jesus day?
Herod nearly doubled the size of the Temple Mount from what it was during the period of Solomon, making it in Jesus' day nearly forty acres.
What day is Jesus's birthday?
By the fourth century, however, we find references to two dates that were widely recognized — and now also celebrated — as Jesus' birthday: December 25 in the western Roman Empire and January 6 in the East (especially in Egypt and Asia Minor).
How many times was the temple destroyed in Jerusalem?
Similarly, the state of Israel has most of its government institutions in the city while Palestinians aspire to be a state and hope to establish their capital in the city of Jerusalem. Throughout its history, the city has been destroyed at least two times, attacked 52 times, besieged 23 times, and recaptured 44 times.
Does the Temple of Solomon still exist?
No remains from Solomon's Temple have ever been found. The presumption is that it was destroyed completely and buried during the huge project of building the Second Temple, in Herod's time.
How many gates did the Temple have?
The Temple Mount, located in Jerusalem, can be accessed through twelve gates, and contains a further six sealed gates. This list does not include the Gates of the Old City of Jerusalem around the external walls.
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Lab Rat: Coronavirus, Algorithms, and the State of The Indie Scene
Published: Thursday, September 17, 2020 - 12:00 | By: Rhiannon Bevan
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The BioShock Infinite Dev Who Went Indie
When you work in the independent scene, you have to expect the unexpected. As Gwen Frey tells me, the way you go about making your game is never the same one year to the next.
Gwen Frey, 33, got her start in the mainstream scene 13 years ago. If you've played BioShock Infinite, you've seen her work. But despite this, she tells me that nothing can prepare you for the jump to indie.
"The landscape is changing. It's scary. But the landscape is always changing, and it's always scary," she shared over Skype, taking a break from developing her latest title. "Think back two, three years ago; Kickstarter was amazing, it was the one way to do it. But after that it was a terrible idea because no press would cover you."
And of course, we couldn't avoid talking about the biggest change of all: COVID-19.
Over lockdown, Frey has been working on Lab Rat. This satirical puzzle game debuted at Gamescom last month and perfectly illustrates both the opportunities and drawbacks the coronavirus has caused for some in the indie scene. The upcoming title follows players as they complete the tasks, occasionally stopping the action to be interrogated by a metrics-obsessed A.I.
In this vein, Frey doesn't sound offended by the comparisons to Portal.
"Yes, I'm making a game about an A.I. and… I loved Portal. It was one of my favorite games, so I think that's probably showing through there," she said.
The responses you give the A.I. help it learn more about humanity—although as Frey tells me, not necessarily accurately. And it is through this unreliable machine-learning algorithm that you interact with players, not directly.
"Because we're in this lockdown right now, I had this feeling of being trapped. And the only way I communicate with other people is through the internet, which is being filtered," Frey explained. "I'm communicating with other people through social media and I'm being tracked and monitored. I just wanted to capture what that feels like, but in a way, poke fun at it. Find a way to make it funny, to point out this absurd situation we find ourselves in."
When I point out that this could put her at the forefront of COVID-esque games, Frey agrees but is quick to mention that this isn't going to be a dark game, "because there is enough of that right now."
And indeed there is. As we discuss how the global pandemic influenced the themes of the game, we couldn't avoid a discussion on how this affected the development.
"What I'm doing with Lab Rat is the exact same thing I did with Kine [her previous title], just kind of sadder, because I can't escape," she laughed, telling me how she's been working from home, being the only full-timer on the title, and delegating work to a team virtually. "I wanted my next game to be a bigger title, I wanted to start building a team, maybe get an office. But obviously that's been put on pause."
It doesn't end at development. Perhaps the biggest challenge of creating an indie is getting some eyeballs on it. But while Lab Rat was revealed at Gamescom, Frey tells me that this can't compare to showing off your project in a convention hall.
"What is marketing now? I don't feel like these events are the draw they used to be. People weren't following Gamescom to the same degree they were when it was a larger physical event," she said. "It's just less special when it's all online, because there are just so many more online shows.
"There's something so special, motivating, and important about watching people play your game. There's no better QA than watching a six year old run up and roll his face across the keyboard and just break your game at a convention."
From AAA To Indie
Frey founded Chump Squad in 2018, releasing puzzle platformer Kine. Before that, she founded her first independent studio seven years ago.
Frey tells me that she loved her time in AAA, especially working on BioShock, as there was a great sense of camaraderie in having everyone work on their own aspect of a game, only to bring it all together and see it form the final product. But in a story that is all too familiar in this industry, the job security didn't last forever.
"I got my start out in California. And there's a spirit in Silicon Valley about, 'Oh if I was in charge, it would be like this. Someday I'm going to start a company,' and when I was out there I just got this… this vibe that someday I'm going to go indie," Frey said.
And that feeling was only exacerbated when in 2014, Irrational Games shut its doors, just a year after BioShock Infinite's release. Living in Boston at the time, a place without many other studios to work at, Frey told me the decision seemed clear.
"I wanted to go indie. I managed to collect a bunch of other people that did too," she said. "It just seemed like if I don't do it now, I never will."
As Frey already shared though, this leap of faith hasn't come without its own uncertainty. While it doesn't sound like she regrets the jump to indie, she does admit to missing some of the perks that came with the big team, such as having experts in particular fields, rather than having to be a jack of all trades.
The market is ever changing, and you're always having to keep up, but as a woman in game development, this wouldn't be the first time she had to do something differently.
"Obviously there were very few women in game development. But I was used to that… I wasn't nervous going in because I didn't know to be nervous. I just knew I'm going to do this forever, so there's not really a choice," she said.
"So I guess a bit of ignorance and luck helped a lot there"—Frey started laughing—"This is going to be really boring to write up, 'Gwen was lucky and ignorant.'"
The overall theme of our chat is that you always have to plan two steps ahead, even when you have no idea what the path looks like, or what sort of goal you're meant to be heading towards.
"I have many months left on this game. I can't see after Lab Rat. I can't see after the end of this year. There's so much changing all the time. In the world, in the industry," she said.
Frey does say that she has "too many" ideas of what comes next; she just doesn't have the luxury of having any idea what that might look like right now. Even though Lab Rat is now open to the world to check out through online testing, it is far from over in her life.
"There's so many things I'm experimenting with in Lab Rat. I've never done voice overs before. I've never had to be the one to implement voice overs. I'm going to find that there's things I did right and did wrong," Frey said.
In fact, the one thing she can guarantee is that there is going to be a giant postmortem when this is all over. Because after all, what will the market be like for indie devs as we enter the next console generation? Or as we end lockdowns, and conventions open up again?
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Stephen Paul Miller
Posted on September 12, 2017 by Posit Editor
—after Frank O'Hara, "Poem [Lana Turner Has Collapsed!]"
Hillary Clinton has collapsed!
I'm half asleep in my car.
My air conditioner is on and
the radio says it is hot but
it's not hot and
I'm in a hurry to
read on Fire Island and
and I'm late and
suddenly I hear
It is hot at ground zero
but not that hot
I've been tired
and nearly dozed off
but never passed out
oh Hillary Clinton you're going to lose get up!
Stephen Paul Miller's seven poetry books include Being with a Bullet (Talisman) and There's Only One God and You're Not It (Marsh Hawk Press). His scholarly works include The Seventies Now (Duke University Press). He's a Professor of English at St. John's University in New York City.
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Poem in the Manner of "Poem" by Frank O'Hara
—for Stephen Paul Miller, who wrote "Hillary Clinton has collapsed!"
It is 12:25 in New York a Monday
and when the street rises to meet me
the sun sneaks out between a
pair of clouds splitting like forlorn
lovers and I'm in a hurry for no
reason other than I'm a New
Yorker it's my nature to walk fast
and besides I want to meet you
whoever you are that's when
I pass a newsstand and pick up
the afternoon paper and get
on the subway where for
once in my life I get a seat and
read "I'm a Fun Person" by
Hillary Clinton which I doubt
she wrote but hope she will
forward to her friends with
the one-word comment: "Humorous"
David Lehman's most recent books of poetry are Poems in the Manner Of (Simon & Schuster, 2017); New and Selected Poems (Scribner, 2013); Yeshiva Boys (Scribner, 2009), and When a Woman Loves a Man (Scribner, 2005). His critical works include A Fine Romance: Jewish Songwriters, American Songs (Schocken, 2009) and The Last Avant-Garde: The Making of the New York School of Poets (Doubleday, 1998). Lehman is the series editor of The Best American Poetry and teaches in the New School's graduate writing program.
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Editor's Notes (Posit 15)
It is a bittersweet pleasure to introduce this magnificent fifteenth issue of Posit, coming as it does in the wake of what feels like an avalanche of national and global upheaval — both natural and human-made, toxically entangled as those categories are. But also: coming out on the heels of such a great loss for anyone interested in contemporary poetry. I'm referring, of course, to the death of John Ashbery, one of the greatest and most beloved poets of the past half-century. Although his loss hits hard, I find consolation in detecting his influence on so much of the poetry I love — and publish.
This issue is a perfect case in point, notable as it is for the singularity and variety of the voices it assembles — an aesthetic capaciousness which owes no small thanks to Ashbery's paradigm-shifting work, which demonstrated by contagious example the extent of what is possible. Which ranges, in this issue, from the sizzling imaginative fertility of Will Alexander's monumental monologue to the analytic calm of Robert Okaji's meditations; from the poignant crises of Louis Bourgeois' beautifully drawn protagonists to the understated humor of David Lehman's and Stephen Paul Miller's riffs on Frank O'Hara's famous Lana Turner poem; from John Beer's tidal flow of verbal riches to Charles Borkhuis' razor-sharp yet deadly serious wit; from Patty Seyburn's evocative experimentalism to Aliesa Zoecklein's equally evocative lyric odes to love and loss.
To quote Mr. Ashbery, all of the work in this issue offers "what we need now:" these "unlikely / Challenger[s] pounding on the gates of an amazed / Castle" ("Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror"). So I hope you'll honor his passing by reading, or re-reading, his work — and theirs:
the revolutionary heat and devastating light of this fragment from Will Alexander's tome, The Ganges, the "supreme toil" of its "treasonous instruction" in the voice of an Untouchable, that "remnant outside a palace of hoaxes" banned "to exclusion voiced through tainted opinion," with its grim echoes of the meanness and menace in our contemporary political landscape;
the rhythmic fluidity of John Beer's "The Fictive Hour," "split[ting] the feast of [its] intentions" in wave after melodic wave, enacting the sensitive pursuit of meaning embedded in the quiddity of the moment becoming "the mother of itself;"
Charles Borkhuis' grave yet bemused invitations to puzzle over "the truth . . . which withdraws from the slightest observation," deploying the insights of meta-and particle physics in his signature precise yet playful demotic idiom to "thread the eye through an ear / and . . . wing it outward on a word;"
the tragicomedy of Louis Bourgeois' Salingeresque tale of the clash of integrity with pragmatism under the pressure of social reality and, especially, of time;
Lauren Camp's evocative lyrics lifting off from the springboard of the personal to touch the universal, rising from the "rant in my inbox" which "is many / fresh-fallen failures /masquerading as failures" to the desert clouds over a party which "plump / then conjugate / all the pleasure for hours;"
Robert Farrell's aphoristic, incantatory meditations delving, like "a vehicle into a vehicle," into works by Anscombe, Aristotle, Zosimus, and Hala Mohammed to propose that "[a]ll / things hang together even lives that meet their natural / ends;"
the sensitivity of Cal Freeman's meditations on literary and personal heritage in which "no one knows / what to measure or how" in light of "the terrible affront and tacit / threat [our] presence constitutes / for every seen and unseen creature;"
David Lehman's tribute to Stephen Paul Miller's variation on Frank O'Hara's "Poem [Lana Turner Has Collapsed!]" — each as wryly gentle in their counsel as the charming original — Miller's version literally raising the stakes on O'Hara's by virtue of the weight of what's at stake ("oh Hillary Clinton you're going to lose get up!")— while Lehman's version hovers with understated complexity between empathetic optimism and doubt of a candidate who might or might not share the social ease of the kind of gregarious narrator who "want[s] to meet you / whoever you are;"
The contemplative focus of Robert Okaji's koan-like meditations on perception filtered through the metaphorical and philosophical implications of abstraction, in which "[t]he images consume no space but the effect is of distance;"
Patty Seyburn's richly elliptical and compelling investigations into the vulnerability of the human body and the mythography of swans, entailing "something about anomaly" and "mimesis overload;"
Devon Wootten's delicious excerpt from Gimme the Pretty, enlisting the reader to partner its probing of the nature and value of its own endeavor (yes, poetry, but not only), achieving any number of "truly epic volta[s]" as it delivers "what [we] came for— / realer done right,"
and Aliesa Zoecklein's elegant explorations of the grief and hazard embedded in the paraphernalia of the ordinary: the sequin dress of a former lover, the sustenance of a grieving survivor, the "convincing curve" of a swimming pool beyond which "there's a gate-latch moment when the stranger arrives."
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Welcome to the visual art of Posit 15!
Jodi Colella uses traditional needlework skills to create artworks that are referential to the great traditions she is working within while also building a commentary on her travels throughout the world. Her work speaks to the evolving roles of women in Western and Non-Western cultures as well her experiences of the natural world.
Brandon Graving, a master printmaker, uses paper in interesting and innovative ways. She casts it, creating three-dimensional sculptures that seem to defy gravity. Her mastery of printmaking technique enables her to push the medium past its known limits until the results defy categorization.
There is a palpable visual rhythm and rhyme in the graphic work of Francis Pavy. His visual interpretations of the music of his native Louisiana dance and jump off the page. His ties to Southern American folklore and culture are deep, and he expresses them in a distinctly contemporary way.
The complex sculptures of Lina Puerta present a delicate and beautifully crafted view of the confluence of the natural and manmade worlds. Her great sensitivity to the found objects she often uses and her skills in combining them creates a universe that is simultaneously natural and artificial—as well as beautiful to look at.
Umar Rashid has created a new history of the American Empire. Through his brilliant and subversive series of faux-historical painting and writings he imagines a national history quite different from that taught in school. His pictorial style riffs on many historic sources and the result is something completely original. A self-taught artist, Rashid has combined his keen intellect with a sly sense of humor and political outrage.
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This great display of spy chief M meeting 007 in the opening scenes of Casino Royale consists of a great picture of the lady herself, together with a signature from Judi Dench, the talented actress who played the role in the Brosnan and Craig era. M has been head of MI6 starting in 1995, just before the Goldeneye mission. Her major involvement came during The World Is Not Enough where she was taken captive by Elektra King before Bond rescued her. That is until the Skyfall mission - we will say no more of that spectacular film in case you have yet to see it! The piece has been professionally double matted using acid free materials to an overall size of 14x11 inches.
On the Goldeneye mission, many changes have occurred with the MI6, as well as a new and modern headquarters, there is also a female head of MI6. Many agents, especially Bond, would have throughout they were in for a relaxing career, not so, after taking over as Head of MI6, M proved to be even more strict than her predecessor. M posses the same unemotional and non-humorous characteristics as her predecessor, who is also able to strike fear into her agents. Bond considered her a bean counter, only concerned with MI6's funds and resources, Bond soon found out the hard way, M considered him a "sexist, misogynist dinosaur - a relic of the Cold War". M still maintains a high regard for Bond on a professional basis, just like her predecessors.
Judi attended Mount School in York, and studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama. She has performed with Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre, and at Old Vic Theatre. She is a five-time BAFTA winner including Best Actress in a Comedy Series for "A Fine Romance" (1981) in which she appeared with her husband, Michael Williams, and Best Supporting Actress in A Handful of Dust (1988) and _Room with a View, A (1986)_ . She received an ACE award for her performance in the television series Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill (1985) (TV). She was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1970, and was created Dame of the British Empire in 1988. With starring roles in Mrs Brown, Elizabeth, Chocolat and Iris, Judi is greatly admired in the US as well - receive Oscar recognition for her talents.
Michelle Yeoh Signed Wai Lin 007 Display


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The first UK country act to have a #1 album on the charts visited Australia for the first time to perform in front of Australian fans at CMC Rocks QLD 2017. The 23 year old twins, who have been called Britain's first country stars, present a sampling of hits from their two albums including the title track of album #2, Cartwheels.


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80yo Senior Citizen Loses Over RM26,000 in Savings After Trusting Neighbour With His ATM Card
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Recently, a senior citizen who trusted his neighbour with his ATM card got betrayed after finding out that his savings amounting to RM26,060 was withdrawn without permission.
According to Sinar Harian, Pahang Commercial Crime Investigation Department chief Superintendent Mohd Wazir Mohd Yusof said the 80-year-old victim claimed to have handed over the ATM card to the woman, who is his neighbour, in mid-February.
"The man claimed that the purpose was to hand over the card so that the suspect could help check the account balance, as it was difficult for him to get out of town because as there were no family members living nearby," Mohd Wazir explained.
"The victim wanted to check his account balance after his nephew informed that the compensation money from the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project had been put into the account."
He added the victim claimed that the suspect did not return his ATM card after that, and often gave various reasons when asked about the status of the compensation money.
The victim claimed to know that his bank account balance was declining when his nephew returned to the village at the end of last July. After checking with the bank, they found that there were 23 withdrawal transactions made using the ATM card.
"The victim's nephew tried to discuss with the suspect to return the money, but the suspect is said to have insisted that all the money he took out had been handed over to the victim," he said.
What are your thoughts on this incident? Let us know in the comment section below.
Also Read: Millionaire in China Withdraws Entire Savings From Bank After Security Guard Tells Him To Wear Face Mask
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Throughout the 20th century, the US ability to project power and dominate global geopolitics was, to a large extent, based on the general perception that the US was the most powerful military force in the world. In most cases, the mere threat of this military prowess was enough to 'get things done' the American, or Western, way. The maintenance of the widespread belief in US military preeminence is therefore extremely important to the US establishment, and any event that might expose a different reality is to be avoided at all costs. When US/Western military might is physically demonstrated, a careful propaganda campaign and media management of the outcome is necessary, up to and including outright lies about the performance of the military tech used. No surprise there.
In the first 1990 Gulf War, for example, the performance of US Patriot missiles in shooting down Iraqi Scud missiles fired at Israel, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait was lauded by Western powers and the media. A 95% success rate was claimed at the time, with then President George Bush claiming that the Patriot's record was "near perfect". Over the following year however, the US Army lowered this estimate to 79% over Saudi Arabian skies and 40% over Israel. A later report by the General Accounting Office concluded that Patriot missiles destroyed only 9% of the Scuds they attempted to engage. The Israeli Defense Force calculated the hit rate at just 2%.
The point being, the US has a track record of lying about the effectiveness of its missiles.
An important point that seems to have gotten lost in the media propaganda offensive is that only 3 locations were targeted and hit. Or, at least, that's the official story. Lieutenant-General Kenneth F. McKenzie told reporters on Saturday that the prime target of the operation was the Barzeh Research and Development Center in the greater Damascus area. A total of 76 missiles, including 57 Tomahawk missiles, were fired at the facility, he said. He also said that 22 missiles were fired against a 'chemical weapons storage facility' near Homs, and some seven missiles at another 'chemical weapons bunker' in the same area.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Joseph Dunford, confirmed that only those three targets were hit, including the Barzeh 'scientific research centre' in the greater Damascus area, which he claimed was used for research, development, production and testing of chemical weapons, a facility just west of Homs which the US claimed was a centre for sarin gas production, and a command post located near the first facility.
As part of their 'reporting' on the US government claim that this university housed a "chemical weapons facility", the media reproduced satellite images showing the target area before and after the missile strike. These images were provided to the media by the US government.
Maybe grainy satellite images are preferred by the media because it affords a measure of mystique and distance between the reader and the reality of what they are looking at, but I can't understand why Western media hacks didn't just go to Google Maps and check the HIAST campus out themselves.
Below is an image of the general area of the HIAST campus from Google Maps, where you can see that it's located on the outer edge of the Barzeh district of Damascus. The "chemical weapons lab", part of the campus that was targeted by US missiles, is circled in red.
The UK's Independent reported on the cruise missile strikes in general with the headline, "Images show buildings turned to ruin and rubble by Syria air strikes," but then proceeded to show 13 images of the same demolished HIAST buildings in the Barzeh suburb of Damascus. Is that perhaps because this is the only 'impressive' evidence they have for the dubious US government claims?
According to Saeed Saeed, head of the Institution for the Development of Pharmaceutical and Chemical Industries, the area of the HIAST campus that was bombed was previously used by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), but now works on pharmaceutical products.
Hang on a minute… something's coming back to me… 1998, Sudan, Bill Clinton… cruise missiles… pharmaceutical factory!
The two other areas allegedly targeted by US cruise missiles were to the west of Homs. A "centre for sarin gas production" and a "command post" or a "bunker" (or something like that. It might have been a cow shed).
Now that's some nice shooting. I count maybe 4 or 5 impacts (small craters) on the ground there, and those 3 little buildings gone.
Not so good on this one. Looks like a single impact to the left of the target. The "chemical weapons command post bunker" thingy is, sadly, intact.
So what's our tally? Let's be generous and give 9 x 1000lb cruise missiles to the HIAST campus buildings. Let's give 5 more to the "sarin gas production site" west of Homs, and 1 more to that little shed thingy above. That's 15 successful impacts in total, by the US government's own statements and imagery on the 3 targeted sites.
No damage is shown in the above video, but as a sign of good faith, we'll assume that significant damage was done there too, somewhere off-camera. So let's give 10 cruise missiles strikes to that airbase. That brings our tally up to 25. Heck, since I'm feeling generous today, I'll throw in another 10 missiles that may have gone off course and hit some empty fields in the Homs or Damascus countryside. That's 35 maximum impacts out of a total of 103 (or 105, or 118 depending on your sources). So the question is; what happened to the rest of Trump's 'nice new and smart' missiles?
The Russians have an answer. According to their radar data on the event, 6 other airbases and airports were also targeted. Why didn't the Pentagon include those in its report on the strikes?
Assuming this information is true, and we have good reason to believe it is based on my analysis above, we're left to ponder the distinct possibility that the US government initially targeted at least 10 locations with cruise missiles. After the missiles were launched however, (some of them taking 2 hours to reach their destination) many of them were shot down, forcing the US to dramatically down-size its planned report to the media about how many locations were targeted.
But this then posed another problem. How to distribute the 100+ missiles among only 3 locations? Should they divide them equally, 33 (or so) at the HIAST buildings and 33 each at the two Homs locations? But would the visible damage tally with the reported number of missiles? The two locations outside Homs were problematic because they were in open farmland and the buildings were far too small to plausibly cover up the missing impact craters. There was only one thing for it: the HIAST target, with its 3 sizable tower-blocks, would have to take the lion's share of the missing missiles. The outrageous number of 76, to be exact.
Maybe they also know that very few of their "nice new smart" missiles made it to their destinations. And maybe on Friday morning, "shock and awe" came, not to Syria, but the halls of the Pentagon.
The conflict in Syria is but one part of a much broader geopolitical conflict between 'East and West' that portends nothing less than a radical restructuring of the global order. In that sense, it is an existential war for those that currently sit atop the pile and stand to lose their privileged and powerful positions. But if there's one thing about any war that never changes, it's the 'racket' aspect of it. To that end, there was only one real winner as a result of Friday morning's events.
If it had been publicly revealed how well the Tomahawks really did, the stock would have lost a similar amount.


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Lyle Ashton Harris Land's End: Explorations in Photography July 30 to August 5, 2023 Tuition: $800.00 Materials Fee: $25.00 Workshop: 9am - 12pm Discipline: Photography INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED On-site Housing NOT Available - Off-site Housing Options
In this workshop students will be provided a forum in which to explore and engage the relationship between photography, landscape, and contemporary art. Through class assignments and readings we will develop a critical vocabulary for understanding the ways personal experience can be documented and articulated within an image to speak to larger ideas and concepts. We will utilize the camera as a tool to search for new ways of understanding and seeing one's own body within larger social contexts. The workshop will be designed to challenge and push our individual practice to the next level while engaging in the historic significance of Provincetown as an outsider sanctuary.
Please read Lands End: A Walk in Provincetown by Michael Cunningham, and bring this book with you.
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Lyle Ashton Harris has cultivated a diverse artistic practice ranging from photography and collage to installation and performance art. His work explores intersections between the personal and the political, examining the impact of ethnicity, gender, and desire on the contemporary social and cultural dynamic. Harris has been widely exhibited internationally, including most recently in "Lyle Ashton Harris: Ektachrome Archive" at the Institute for Contemporary Art, Miami. A solo exhibition of his works spanning three decades was presented by the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University in 2022. Lyle is represented in the permanent collections of The Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; the Tate Modern, London, UK, among many others. Harris is a Professor of Art at New York University and lives in New York. His book Today I Shall Judge Nothing That Occurs was published by Aperture in 2017.


Half of photographers surveyed said current laws affecting photography in public places are a threat to their businesses, with 82% claiming their income would be 'adversely affected' by similar, additional, legislation.
British Photographic Council chairman John Toner warned law-makers to ignore the survey findings ?at their peril?.
Nearly 1,700 UK photographers took part in the survey – 91% of them working on a freelance basis.
The survey – which also covered issues such as copyright and average earnings – found that only half of respondents had industry qualifications, with ?many entering the industry in middle age.?
It also portrayed amateur photography as a significant threat to the welfare of professionals, with 74.4% saying that competition from amateurs posed a threat to their business.
Many blamed clients who placed 'price above quality', adding that amateurs could charge lower prices due to lower overhead costs or 'being subsidised by income from other occupations'.
Only 5% considered formal qualifications ?essential? for working in the industry.
And nearly one in five professional photographers said photography was not their main source of income.
The survey also revealed that freelance photographers who retain copyright earn, on average, 33.2% more than those who ?routinely give their copyright to clients?.
Freelance photographers who keep copyright reported an average profit of £19,272, compared to £14,471 for those who gave it away.
Only one in ten of the photographers polled said they relinquished copyright to the client who had commissioned them for the shoot.
John Toner added: ?Copyright is not only the cornerstone of the creative industries, it is the foundation of creativity. Without it, creators would find it impossible to survive.?
Though 60% of photographers recalled instances where their copyright had been infringed in the past three years, only 30% of them took legal action.
Fewer than one in five of those surveyed were female, highlighting a ?predominantly male industry?, said the council.
The survey found that freelance photographers earn 83% less than employed ?staff photographers?. The average salary for a staff photographer was £34,535, compared to £18,821 for a freelance.
Toner added: ?Photography is important to the cultural life of our citizens, and legislators would ignore these finding at their peril.?
The British Photographic Council is an umbrella body that aims to protect, develop and promote the rights of photographic image makers.
Member organisations include the Bureau of Freelance Photographers and the Royal Photographic Society.
The survey of 1,698 photographers working in the UK market was conducted, online, between 24 May and 13 June 2010.


Drumma Boy aka D-Boy Fresh is back with his brand new single off his new project. This joint is called "I'm On Worldstar" and it features Tity Boy, Gucci Mane and Young Buck who also happen to be three regulars of the video site. The official music video has already been shot so stay tuned for that. Right now we're giving you DJ's and Websites both the clean and dirty versions of the record so we can get this viral buzz and mixshow buzz in motion. Then we'll smash everybody with the official music video as the follow up. As always let us know if you need anything!
In addition to celebrating the release of the single, FUTURE STAR would also like to say Happy Birthday to our big homie Drumma Boy so hit him up and wish him a Happy Birthday if you have his contacts or just hit his Twitter!!!


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Bachmann – Northwoods Logger Train Set – G. Hauling a load of fresh-cut timber from deep in the Northern woods to the blades of a waiting sawmill is the North Woods Logger. The pride of the North Woods Lumber Company, our Logger features an industrial 2-6-0 Mogul with prototypical detailing. The North Woods Logger comes complete with a 2-6-0 Mogul steam locomotive (with operating headlight, smoke and chuff sound), tender with wood load, 20′ flat car with logs, logging caboose, 5'4″ x 4'3″ oval of track (14 pieces), power pack with speed controller, illustrated "Bach Man" instruction manual, and DVD-format video instructions. Once you initiate checkout and before you pay for the order, if applicable, you will see the discount applied to your order's total. This is not something that Train Sets Only can modify. Please keep in mind that most of the electric items we sell are designed for use with 120V AC and come with a North American style plug. Use of products outside the US may require a power adapter and convertor, which are not items that we supply. You an visit the carrier's website for further details on their policies. If you are returning a train set, the shrink-wrapping must be intact and the box unopened. To receive a Return Authorization (RA) number and instructions. Please inspect your merchandise immediately upon receipt as carrier claims can only be filed within 7 days. You must notify the carrier upon receipt if any outer package damage is evident. If possible, refuse the package so that it is immediately sent back to Train Sets Only. This will greatly expedite the replacement process. This allows us to quickly send the replacement and ensure we receive the return. Product Defects – Product does not work upon receipt. The product documentation often indicates when this is the case. Many times, we will simply instruct you to return the product and we will send out a replacement item. Do not return defective items to Train Sets Only unless specifically requested to do so. The item "Bachmann-Northwoods Logger Train Set G" is in sale since Wednesday, January 25, 2017. This item is in the category "Toys & Hobbies\Model Railroads & Trains\G Scale\Starter Sets & Packs". The seller is "trainsets" and is located in New Lenox, Illinois. This item can be shipped to United States, to Canada, to United Kingdom, DK, RO, SK, BG, CZ, FI, HU, LV, LT, MT, EE, to Australia, GR, PT, CY, SI, to Japan, to China, SE, KR, ID, to Taiwan, ZA, TH, to Belgium, to France, to Hong Kong, to Ireland, to Netherlands, PL, to Spain, to Italy, to Germany, to Austria, RU, IL, to Mexico, to New Zealand, PH, SG, to Switzerland, NO, SA, UA, AE, QA, KW, BH, HR, MY, BR, CL, CO, CR, PA, TT, GT, HN, JM.


We're down in Hilton Head, SC this week for Thanksgiving with my in-laws. It's been a little rainy but at least it's been warm! We've been very casual and relaxed in our activities. I pretty much only brought down jeans and tops for layering. I wore this outfit for shopping and lunch in Old Town Bluffton. We stopped in this really cute shop, Gigi's Boutique, and I picked up a really nice poncho, which is something that has been on my list for a while. I am looking forward to sharing it on the blog soon! I probably won't have another chance to blog so I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Thanks Emily! Congrats on baby!! I have a long torso and am carrying kind of low, so it feels like it's taking a while to be obviously baby (although I def feel bigger after meals or by the end of the day). I'm looking forward to being out of the is she or isn't she stage too!
Amazing casual look darling..love your MK bag!


With the backdrop of a sunset and an altar bedecked with white flowers, Kendra Wilkinson's wedding was "absolutely beautiful," according to one of the bridesmaids.
Before some 300 guests, including ex-boyfriend Hugh Hefner, the bride and groom Hank Baskett recited traditional vows. Wilkinson wore a white dress with a "tight bodice and poofy skirt," Madison said.
"It was a princess dress, which was fitting. It was really pretty and she looked gorgeous," said Madison. who on Sunday returned to Las Vegas, where she stars in the PEEPSHOW revue.
Baskett and the groomsman also donned white for the wedding.
Though Wilkinson, who is due in December, is "getting more pregnant every day," there was little sign of baby bump in her bridal gown.
Like the wedding, the reception was very traditional. While Wilkinson and Baskett danced the first dance to George Strait's "I Cross My Heart," the bride saved the second dance for Hefner.
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Europe's most popular wonderland for ravers and party goers is, Ibiza. It always has been and always will be, donned "the White Isle". Ibiza and its notoriously wild party scene has been around for years, longer than your parents have been born- and I am sure they visited or were planning to visit, this kaleidoscope of popular music, stunning beaches and naughty behaviour- long before you decided to. However, throughout its long standing reputation of heaven, it's been through some major renovations since the time period of your parents, adapting to the music scene and the type of people it brings. Once a hippie hangout, then an acid house carnival, a rave mecca and finally now home to Europe's creme de la creme of popular DJs such as David Guetta and Carl Cox.
Ibiza is the holy grail for young ravers, with many of them flocking to the area of San Antonio, the second largest town in Ibiza, like moths to a flame, but Ibiza does have much more to it then the associated stigma attached. Ibiza is now focusing on what's beyond the decks and the heavy swinging doors, rather to the natural beauty and products of the local people. There is much more to Ibiza than lounging around on Playa d'en Bossa and sipping a cosmopolitan, just getting in a car and driving it a bit further already offers a change in landscape.
For softer, quieter beaches head to Aguas Blancas, and Cala Llenya where families laugh and play in the sun, a million miles away from the head pounding scowl bearing teenagers back in San Antonio. Immerse yourself in the rich heritage of the island by checking out the UNESCO world heritage site, Dalt Vila, in Ibiza's old town. Walking around the huge ancient fortress where history stands still, integrate with the modern yachting types that linger nearby at the opulent port area. Go off the beaten track further still, and head into the more rural areas of Ibiza to leave the beats of dance music behind and to explore Cova de Can Marca, the biggest natural caves in Ibiza. After spending the day enriching yourself of history, natural beauty and relaxing, head to the beach Cala Benirras, where hippies gather for a late night bongo session gazing up at the stars and joining as one. Although other people on this island will be looking at the same stars feeling as one, the people here will not be intoxicated up to their eyeballs. If wanting to further your mind, body and soul, here is a perfect destination to do so, to take some time out to recuperate and rejuvenate, as well as shop in the famous Es Canar Hippy Market or Las Dalias Hippie Market.
Although saying all these magnificent things about Ibiza: the stunning coastal scenery and vibrant Mediterranean history, unfortunately, when I visited I did not have the opportunity to do such things. In fact, I was a member of the latter party mentioned. Travelling to Ibiza as an 18 year old in a large group of girls, meant that we, like many other Brits that do so, came here to party, and that… we did.
Staying in San Antonio in an apartment meant that we could cook our own food, have our own freedom with no hotel regulations, and were walking distance to the "strip" called, the West End. The Strip is like any other strip in the world, no matter where you are, (even Puerto Banus), there will always be a back alley full of seedy joints and trashy bars filled with discounted drinks and sticky floors. The drink deals are thrown in your face, and being a large group of girls, it meant we were given much choice of bar to choose from. Very little bars on the strip are in fact stylish, and with some visitors being under eighteen, it means you do feel like you have been transported to the grimy streets of Magaluf. If you are on a tight budget, then coming here for a night out is perfectly reasonable. However, YOU are in Ibiza darling, and reasonable, isn't really acceptable.
Home of the super clubs and super star DJ's, a visit to Ibiza without visiting one of these clubs would be the biggest sin to commit (including any debauchery you might get up to whilst there). The ones we went to were Eden, El Paradiso, Space and Pacha. Many of the big clubs (bar Eden and El Paradiso) are outside of town, so hopping on a bus is your cheapest option. Pacha is THE club that made Ibiza to what it is now, so a visit here is a must. At the time I went, all clubs are obviously pricey with standard 20-40 euro entrance fee. I saw Swedish House Mafia at Pacha which was a staggering 90 Euros to go to, but to worship these wizards of house at the temple of good music, was incredibly worth it, (the plush interior is exquisite although the 15 euros for a water bottle isn't).
Other clubs that are worth a visit are Amenesia, whom are famous for their Cream parties (an incredibly high calibre music record label), Ushuaia (which starts out as a pool party) and Sankeys (which has left the lovely city of Manchester for Ibiza). A famous well kept secret of Ibiza's is: The Zoo Project. Hosted in an abandoned zoo where performers, actors and DJs spin the decks til early morning, with everyone in elaborate fancy dress, this event is definitely a different style to your usual clubbing night out. There are also numerous boat parties to pay high prices for to jet around the shore all day lapping in the sea air and numerous cocktail;, Bora Bora Beach Club and Nikki Beach for stylish show offs, Las Salinas beach for just stylish people and Ibiza Rocks, A BBC Radio 1 led party that hosts recent popular artists to perform live… for free. Staying in the hotel accommodation guarantees free access to all the gigs, so if you can afford it and want to make your holiday in Ibiza that much easier, stay in Ibiza Rocks.
Make sure you have a great time in Ibiza, but also stay safe. Be careful with where you decide to drunkenly venture off to, who you make friends with and your consumption. Remember, it's better to remember the night and get home safe, then not at all.


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As passionate diver Dr. med. Holger Göbel published many dive guides and articles about diving medicine.
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For all their cultural differences, almost every race in Middle-earth has a connection to song and music. The elves, of course, are portrayed in the Lord of the Rings trilogy as having perfected the tradition, being as it was that it was handed down by their creators, the Valar.
Tolkien, always a linguist, not only created a world with complex and legitimate languages, but he included music in his work as well. Not only did music give Middle-earth more dimensionality but it also tied it to earlier works of mythology and continued the tradition of poetry and epic tales within melodies. Music, it can be argued, was the basis for Middle-earth; The Silmarillion begins by describing the "music of the Ainur" which was what formed the world. The Elves, the first inhabitants of Middle-earth, are most frequently mentioned as singing or reciting poetry; but the dwarves prove their vocal power by singing "That's What Bilbo Baggins Hates" in The Hobbit as well as their famous song, "Far Over the Misty Mountains Cold" (even accompanying it with instrumentals).
These two dwarven songs are famously featured in Peter Jackson's film adaptations of The Hobbit. For any fans of the movies, whether the original trilogy or the new Hobbit trilogy, music features strongly and helps create a vivid, three dimensional Middle-earth. It's interesting to discover, though, that before actors and pop stars were singing these songs on the big screen, Tolkien himself, quite a renaissance man, recorded a few versions himself. Wouldn't it have been a treat if they included some tribute to that in the last Hobbit film? We don't have too long to find out… (my opinion is they won't, but hey, one can dream).
The film version is rounded out by multiple dwarf voices singing, their jubilant smashing of cutlery, and with a score in the background that gives a really Celtic-influenced feel to the whole song. Still, all things considered, it's quite charming hearing the song from the person who wrote it and who was the mastermind of Middle-earth. Youtube is a great resource for the nerdy Tolkien fan; there are a good number of recordings of the Professor reading excerpts of his work and reciting poetry.
Personally, even though we can argue over the different ways in which Jackson changed Middle-earth in these recent adaptations, I think many of us can agree that the music has been well done and kept as a beautiful tribute to Tolkien's world. Even original songs, such as "I See Fire" by Ed Sheeran, have a touch of Middle-earth, both in the style of the instrumentals and the lyrics. "Keep watching over Durin's sons" is a line that's not dumbed down to say "all those dwarves who went to slay a dragon and reclaim their homeland" but instead, for the LOTR historian/geek, references their lineage (good job, Ed). I think Professor Tolkien would be proud to hear these original songs, so poetic are they in their own right; not simple pop lyrics but songs like Sheeran's tell the story using the theme of fire.
And, last but not least, if you haven't heard Billy Boyd's (Pippin) song which has been making the rounds these past couple of weeks, it's high time to give it a listen (bring some tissues). It's obvious that it's a last goodbye because if you've read The Hobbit you know what happens at the end; but I think another aspect of it is that it's a last goodbye for all of us fans and lovers of Middle-earth. Unless Jackson magically gets the rights to The Silmarillion, it looks like The Battle of the Five Armies is our last look into Middle-Earth. For a lot of us, these films have spanned more than half the course of our lives, and it's an alternate universe that is apart of our lives. It's fitting to have a song to commemorate that; one that's in the style of the beautiful poetry that Tolkien loved and built Middle-earth on, and one that's a bittersweet farewell to a beloved series. As Gandalf said, I will not say all tears are an evil--but (another blog for another time), it's never really farewell when we have such a beautiful and detailed universe to return to time after time, complete with the music that binds it together.
First and foremost, a disciple of Christ, desiring to live out the Great Commission. 22 year old university student studying graphic design and fine art, studied abroad for a year in Northern Ireland for a year from '13-14 and that's where home is! I also love horses, Europe, the BBC, the ocean, reading, art, design, drawing, sock monkeys, trampolines, the forest, running, surfing, swimming, and the Lord of the Rings.
I LOVE "I See Fire." It's so accurate to how they all probably feel at that moment. "Raise a glass of wine, for the last time."
I love the LOTR/Hobbit music (I can probably hum it in my sleep I've listened to it so often).
Just saw this comment now but thanks for the encouragement and I'm glad you enjoyed! I really wish I'd thought of that before I listened to it--great idea! It'll definitely give you chills.
I LISTENED TO IT AND WENT HOME FROM THE MOVIE AND LISTENED TO IT FOR A WEEK. Billy Boyd is beautiful.
I was discussing with a friend how the music sounded like it fit with the rest of the songs in the movies. And that he had lines and phrases, snippets really, that reminisced the overall feeling of the story. It was beautiful. :) I'm glad I waited to listen to it.


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Google Travel, formerly Google Trips, is a trip planner service developed by Google for the web. It was originally launched as a mobile app on September 19, 2016, for Android and iOS, which was shut down on August 5th, 2019. The features are part of the Google Travel website which also includes Google Flights and Google Hotel Search.

History
The mobile app launched on September 19, 2016, for Android and iOS. Google announced in May 2019 of providing desktop functionality to trip planning and integrating some of the trip planning features within Google Maps. In June 2019, Google announced that support for Google Trips would end on August 5, 2019. Instead, users could use the new Google Travel website to plan their trips.

Features
In order to use the mobile app, a Google account was required. Google Travel allows users to plan for upcoming trips with summarizing info about the user's destination in several categories such as day plans, reservations, and things to do. The discontinued app launched with complete day guides to more than 200 major cities. The mobile app also facilitated locating flight, hotel, car, and restaurant reservations for the trip based on emails from the user's Gmail.

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EXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed comedian Nikki Glaser in all areas. The host of Comedy Central's first live daily morning show, You Up w/ Nikki Glaser for SiriusXM, she also can be seen in the latest season of ABC's Dancing With the Stars.
Glaser is set to tape her second Netflix stand-up special in early 2019. Her additional television credits include co-creating, executive producing and hosting Comedy Central's series Not Safe With Nikki Glaser.
On the film side, her credits include Trainwreck and Punching the Clown. Glaser also had stand-out performance on Comedy Central's Roast of Bruce Willis and Roast of Rob Lowe.
She continues to be represented by Brillstein Entertainment and Ginsburg Daniels.