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Jihadi Jack Biography
By Kylie - Aug 20, 2019
Quick Facts Of Jihadi Jack
Jihadi Jack
Jack Abraham Letts
Oxford, Oxfordshire
Canadian-Britian
A member of terrorist group, ISIS
John Letts
Sally Lane
Jack Abraham Letts is a British-born Muslim convert, who is alleged to be a member of the terrorist group, ISIS. He is popularly known as Jihadi Jack, the nickname given by the British media. Jihadi Jack was a dual Canadian-British nationality holder but now his British passport has been revoked by the UK Government.
Parents of Jihadi Jack have been found guilty for one count of funding terrorism by sending their son money totaling £1,723 after their son Jack traveled to Syria at the age of 18, however, they will serve no jail time.
Recently, in August 2019 The UK Government decided to revoke his British passport for which he claims it to be "No Big Deal".
Parents of Jack also have accused former home secretary Sajid Javid of being a "coward" for stripping their son of his British citizenship and leaving him in a "legal black hole".
source: @dhakatribune.com
Jihadi Jack famous for?
Jijabai Jack is famous as the British-born Muslim member of ISIL, of Syria.
Jihadi Jack's Early Life: Parents/ Education?
Jihadi Jack was born in 1995, in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. His birth name is Jack Abraham Letts. His nationality was Canadian-Britain and he used to hold dual Canadian-Britain citizenship. His ethnicity is White however, he is a Muslim.
Jack was born to John Letts(father) and Sally Lane(mother). His father, 58 is a Canadian organic farmer while his mother, 57 is a former Oxfam fundraising officer.
Jack attended Cherwell School. He was a popular kid growing up as he was a class-clown who gained friends by cracking jokes and making them laugh.
He converted to Islam and then he attended various local mosques and learned Arabic to read the Koran. He also had developed severe Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder(OCD) at that time.
Jack also traveled to Kuwait and Syria in 2014 during which he converted to Muslim.
Source:@nationalpost.com
Is Jihadi Jack a member of ISIS?
Jack came up to the news on January 2016, when he was accused of joining the terrorist group ISIS.
However, at that time he and his parents denied it to be true claiming it just a "search for truth".
He also had made a statement that he hated his parents as they didn't believe in Allah and rejected the religion of truth.
On 7 May 2017, Letts stated that he hated ISIS more than the Americans hate them.
He was imprisoned by ISIS and his parents were also under restrictions imposed by the UK media.
Later, he shared a photograph of himself in 2015 performing a one-finger salute associated with ISIS.
Under Kurdish Custody: ISIS?
Letts was detained by the Kurdish YPG militia while he seeking to escape from the Battle of Raqqa/ ISIS-held territory.
When he informed about getting in custody, his parents asked the British authorities to help him but they didn't.
In October 2017, Lett's parents were in a seven-day hunger strike for their son and even launched a petition to "Secure the release of Jack Letts who is detained in northern Syria".
Throughout his imprisonment, the UK government refused to extradite him, a diplomatic situation in which the Canadian government has intervened.
In 2018, an exclusive interview was taken with Letts where he requested the British Government to allow him to phone his parents.
He is a kind person as he also mentioned that he would prefer if the two women who were in a similar situation at that time (Shamima Begum and Hoda Muthana) would be prioritized over his case.
Recently, on 18 August 2019, the British government revoked Letts' British citizenship. In response, Canadian Public Safety Minister Goodale described the move as a "unilateral action to off-load responsibilities," leaving Canada responsible for further diplomatic assistance for Letts.
Source: @toronto.citynews.ca
Parents of Jijadi Jack Behind the bars?
On 9 June 2016, Letts's parents appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court, charged with funding terrorism.
It was claimed that they had tried to send money to their son on three occasions from 2015 to 2016. However, they were released on conditional bail in June 2016.
A trial was set for January 2017, but the case was delayed and again on 22 May 2019 the trail continued where the couple was found guilty of funding terrorism, and sentenced to 15 months imprisonment, suspended for 12 months on 21st June 2019.
Lett's parents also have accused former home secretary Sajid Javid of being a "coward" for stripping their son of his British citizenship and leaving him in a "legal black hole".
Jijadi Jack's Personal Life: Married/Children?
Jihadi Jack is a married person. He was married to a local woman in Syria in 2016. He also had a child with the woman with whom he has never met.
Jihadi Jack's Body Measurements: Height/ Weight?
Jack has a slim body posture. He stands tall with a height of 5ft. 8inch (approx).
Jack had developed severe Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder(OCD) before.
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I then stamped the veins in versa mark so that I could emboss them in gold. I used the same method of embossing for my sentiment on the vellum piece. I layered the vellum on the panel, wrapped it with twine and added a bow.
I adhered the panel to my card and added some sequins for a little more glitz! Just in case the gold embossing wasn't enough. Below is another picture so you can see the embossing a little better.
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Until someone heard the pleas of someone who loses everything and finds nothing. In addition to mobiles Samsung Galaxy S21, the South Korean firm took advantage of Unpacked 2021 to show the public the Galaxy SmartTag, a useful tracking gadget that will serve to geolocate what you want.
The new device Samsung It is square in shape and, in one of its rounded corners, there is a small hole to place a cord or a ring. This makes it possible for us to easily locate the object to which the Galaxy SmartTag was tied up. The best thing is that it also works as a reverse: by pressing a button on the gadget you can locate the mobile with which it has been synchronized.
He Galaxy SmartTag of Samsung uses a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and employs ultra-wideband technology for better communication in an acceptable range. The most interesting thing is that the mobile can create an augmented reality environment to tell the user in which direction to go to locate the Galaxy SmartTag.
Samsung announced two models: one with UWB and bluetooth technology, and the other with only this second innovation. You can reserve it for $ 29.99. Of course, you will have to wait for shipments until January 29.
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Tag: how-to-do-it
The executive-time branch
We have all learned many things about the world that we might have preferred not to know, since the election of Donald Trump. One of the more bizarre little facts is that there is a rubric "executive time", used by Trump's minions to fill in the gaps in his schedule, when he is watching television or shooting the shit with random people. I assume that this is a term he picked up from his wealthy friends, even if few others are likely to be as assiduous as Trump in maintaining executive functions: it was recently revealed that 60% of the president's schedule is devoted to "executive time".
Is there any better expression than "executive time" of the way plutocrats assure each other — and pay their underlings to assure them — that they deserve to be wealthy, that they earn it by being both smarter and harder working than the lazy stiffs sitting around just cleaning toilets all day, who stay poor because they "are just spending every darn penny they have, whether it's on booze or women or movies" (as US Republican Senator Charles Grassley recently put it, in explaining why he thought there should be no estate tax at all). The poors deserve their fate because they waste their time watching TV; the CEO earns his million dollars a week with executive time, assimilating complex multimedia information. The same way bankers insist that their stratospheric salaries are recompense for risk, and then get bailed out from the public purse when their risky schemes collapse.
The Labour MP Jess Philips summarised the hegemonic self-deception that goes into the government definition of "skilled workers" — those who would be entitled to immigrate to the UK after Brexit — as those earning over £30,000 (thus excluding most nurses and teachers, for instance) in her wonderful recent speech in the Commons, saying
I have met lots of people who earn way more than £30,000 and have literally no discernible skills, not even one. I have definitely met some very rich people who earn huge amounts of money who I wouldn't let hold my pint if I had to go and vote while in the bar.
This is the sort of self-deceptive confusion between real skills and "high-level" or "managerial" skills that I have elsewhere called "how to do it".
Author steinsaltzPosted on February 5, 2019 February 5, 2019 Categories Politics, SocietyTags how-to-do-it, rich and poor, Trump, UK societyLeave a comment on The executive-time branch
How to do it Canada-style
A continuing series (previous entries here, here, and here) about the kind of table-thumping simple-minded blather that you sometimes hear about public policy. It depends on drawing out very superficial aspects of the problem, and waving away the core difficulties with some appeal to optimism or courage or something. With reference to a Monty Python sketch, I call this approach How to Do It (HTDI).
Chancellor of the Exchequer Phillip Hammond has described Boris Johnson's policy-analysis process, which is pure HTDI:
When the pair discussed a 'Canada' style trade deal, 'Boris sits there and at the end of it he says 'yeah but, er, there must be a way, I mean, if you just, if you, erm, come on, we can do it Phil, we can do it. I know we can get there.' 'And that's it!' exclaimed the Chancellor, mimicking the Old Etonian.
Author steinsaltzPosted on October 3, 2018 Categories PoliticsTags Brexit, Canada, how-to-do-it, UK politicsLeave a comment on How to do it Canada-style
In a democracy, what should be the relationship between leaders and the people? Last year Michael Gove famously offered a populist defense of Brexit against the dire warnings of economic experts: "people in this country have had enough of experts". Donald Trump has obviously had great success with his idiosyncratic mix of doomsaying ("American carnage") and pollyannaism (e.g. "You're going to have such great health care, at a tiny fraction of the cost—and it's going to be so easy").* The vaguely conspiratorial premise — the spirit of "How to do it!" — is that our problems are all very simple, but elites are attempting to buttress their favoured position by making them seem complicated. Continue reading "Fly me to the moon"
Author steinsaltzPosted on April 29, 2017 October 2, 2018 Categories PoliticsTags Brexit, democracy, Europe, how-to-do-it, Trump, UK politicsLeave a comment on Fly me to the moon
How to do it, according to Donald Trump
Last year I wrote a post about the kind of table-thumping simple-minded blather that you sometimes hear about public policy (what the Germans call Stammtischgerede), that reminds me of the Monty Python sketch about a children's show "How to do it", which explains to the audience in one two-minute episode
How to be a gynecologist… how to construct a box-girder bridge, … how to irrigate the Sahara Desert and make vast new areas of land cultivatable, and… how to rid the world of all known diseases.
When expressed by the male working classes the simple HTDI solutions that no one is willing to put into practice typically involves violence, stringing the appropriate people up, or use of nuclear weapons. It's all vague blather, but needs just enough spurious detail to give it the verbal form of presenting a solution. I wrote in this post about the version of HTDI that tends to belch forth from mostly right-wing veterans of the business-lawyer-finance trenches, who like to think that their experience holding meetings and berating subordinates has been far more meaningful than actually doing anything
is the completely generic "I'd get the both sides into the room and tell them, c'mon guys, let's roll up our sleeves and just get it done. We're not leaving here until we've come up with a solution."
I didn't have a particular example to cite at the time, but of course Donald Trump has followed the script exactly. Speaking yesterday at a "National Security Forum", Trump was pressed on his claim to have a secret plan for defeating ISIS. Despite having previously stated that he knows "more about ISIS than the generals do", in a speech on Tuesday he said
We are going to convey my top generals and give them a simple instruction. They will have 30 days to submit to the Oval Office a plan for soundly and quickly defeating ISIS.
It's no wonder some Republicans think President Obama is intentionally betraying the country. If he couldn't even be bothered to instruct his top generals to come up with a plan. And the 30-day deadline is pure genius…
Author steinsaltzPosted on September 8, 2016 October 2, 2018 Categories PoliticsTags comedy, how-to-do-it, Trump, US politics2 Comments on How to do it, according to Donald Trump
How to do it: Medical testing edition
I was commenting just recently on the cult of big ideas, where people whose life experiences have given them hierarchical power are suckers for "ideas" that are mostly blather, lots of words about the irrelevant bits of the problem, distracting attention from the real difficulties. And now Theranos is in the news. I read about this company, started by the obviously charismatic Elizabeth Holmes, in The New Yorker about a year ago. My immediate reaction was, this must be a joke. It was very much in the spirit of Monty Python's How to do it.
Theranos, a Silicon Valley company[…], is working to upend the lucrative business of blood testing. Blood analysis is integral to medicine. When your physician wants to check some aspect of your health, such as your cholesterol or glucose levels, or look for indications of kidney or liver problems, a blood test is often required. This typically involves a long needle and several blood-filled vials, which are sent to a lab for analysis… [Theranos] has developed blood tests that can help detect dozens of medical conditions, from high cholesterol to cancer, based on a drop or two of blood drawn with a pinprick from your finger. Holmes told the audience that blood testing can be done more quickly, conveniently, and inexpensively, and that lives can be saved as a consequence.
Sounds wonderful. Quick. Convenient. Inexpensive. Saving lives. How is she going to do all that? Well, she wears "a black suit and a black cotton turtleneck, reminiscent of Steve Jobs". She dropped out of Stanford. She has a board of directors full of highly influential aged former politicians, but no scientists, so far as I can tell. She "is in advanced discussions with the Cleveland Clinic. It has also opened centers in forty-one Walgreens pharmacies, with plans to open thousands more. If you show the pharmacist your I.D., your insurance card, and a doctor's note, you can have your blood drawn right there…. A typical lab test for cholesterol can cost fifty dollars or more; the Theranos test at Walgreens costs two dollars and ninety-nine cents." Continue reading "How to do it: Medical testing edition"
Author steinsaltzPosted on October 19, 2015 October 2, 2018 Categories SocietyTags business, healthcare, how-to-do-it, journalism, medicine, technology, US politics2 Comments on How to do it: Medical testing edition
How to rid the world of genocide
One of my favourite Monty Python sketches is "How to do it". It parodies a children's show, teaching children how to do interesting and cool new things — in this case, "How to be a gynecologist… how to construct a box-girder bridge, … how to irrigate the Sahara Desert and make vast new areas of land cultivatable, and… how to rid the world of all known diseases." The method described for the last is
First of all, become a doctor, and discover a marvelous cure for something. And then, when the medical profession starts to take notice of you, you can jolly well tell them what to do and make sure they get everything right, so there will never be any diseases ever again.
I think of this sketch often, when I hear a certain kind of blustering politician, most commonly (but not exclusively) of the US Republican variety. The classic sort of "How to do it" (HTDI) solution is the completely generic "I'd get the both sides into the room and tell them, c'mon guys, let's roll up our sleeves and just get it done. We're not leaving here until we've come up with a solution." (That's for a conflict; if it's a technical challenge, like cancer, or drought, replace "both sides" with "all the experts". Depending on the politician's demeanor and gender this may also include "knocking heads together".) The point is, they see solving complicated problems the way they might appear in a montage in a Hollywood film: Lots of furrowed brows, sleeves being rolled up, maybe a fist pounds on a table. It's a manager's perspective. Not a very intelligent manager. Of course, it sounds ridiculous to anyone who has ever been involved in the details solving real problems, whether political, technical, or scientific, but it sounds good to other people who have only seen the same films that the politician has seen. Continue reading "How to rid the world of genocide"
Author steinsaltzPosted on October 9, 2015 October 2, 2018 Categories History, PoliticsTags conservatives, fascism, Germany, gun control, history, how-to-do-it, language, Third Reich, US politics3 Comments on How to rid the world of genocide


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'use strict';

/* eslint-env mocha */
import { expect } from 'chai';
import writtenNumber from 'written-number';
import utils from './index';
import components from './fixtures/components.json';
import submission1 from './fixtures/submission1.json';

describe('eachComponent', () => {
  it('should iterate through nested components in the right order', () => {
    let n = 1;
    utils.eachComponent(components, (component) => {
      expect(component.order).to.equal(n);
      n += 1;
    });
  });

  it('should include layouts components if provided', () => {
    let numComps = 0;
    let numLayout = 0;
    utils.eachComponent(components, (component) => {
      if (utils.isLayoutComponent(component)) {
        numLayout++;
      }
      else {
        numComps++;
      }
    }, true);
    expect(numLayout).to.be.equal(3);
    expect(numComps).to.be.equal(8);
  });

  it('Should provide the paths to all of the components', () => {
    const paths = [
      'one',
      'parent1',
      'two',
      'parent2',
      'three',
      '',
      'four',
      'five',
      'six',
      'seven',
      'eight'
    ];
    const testPaths = [];
    utils.eachComponent(components, (component, path) => {
      testPaths.push(path);
    }, true);
    expect(paths).to.deep.equal(testPaths);
  });

  it('Should be able to find all textfield components', () => {
    const comps = utils.findComponents(components, {type: 'textfield'});
    expect(comps.length).to.equal(6);
  });

  it('Should be able to find components with special properties.', () => {
    const components3 = require('./fixtures/components3.json');
    const comps = utils.findComponents(components3, {'properties.path': 'a'});
    expect(comps.length).to.equal(4);
    expect(comps[0].key).to.equal('b');
    expect(comps[1].key).to.equal('e');
    expect(comps[2].key).to.equal('j');
    expect(comps[3].key).to.equal('m');
  });

  it('Should be able to generate paths based on component types', () => {
    const components = require('./fixtures/components2.json');
    const paths = [
      'a',
      'b',
      'c',
      'd',
      'f',
      'f.g',
      'f.h',
      'f.i',
      'e',
      'j',
      'k',
      'k.n',
      'k.n.o',
      'k.n.p',
      'k.n.q',
      'k.m',
      'k.l',
      'r',
      'submit'
    ];
    const testPaths = [];
    utils.eachComponent(components, (component, path) => {
      testPaths.push(path);
    }, true);
    expect(paths).to.deep.equal(testPaths);
  });

  it('Should still provide the correct paths when it is not recursive', () => {
    const paths = [
      'a',
      'd',
      'f',
      'f.g',
      'f.h',
      'f.i',
      'e',
      'j',
      'k',
      'k.n',
      'k.n.o',
      'k.n.p',
      'k.n.q',
      'k.m',
      'k.l',
      'r',
      'submit'
    ];
    const testPaths = [];
    utils.eachComponent(require('./fixtures/components2.json'), (component, path) => {
      testPaths.push(path);
    });
    expect(paths).to.deep.equal(testPaths);
  });

  it('should be able to block recursion', () => {
    let numComps = 0;
    let numLayout = 0;
    utils.eachComponent(components, (component) => {
      if (utils.isLayoutComponent(component)) {
        numLayout++;
      }
      else {
        numComps++;
      }

      if (component.type === 'table') {
        let numInTable = 0;
        [].concat.apply([], component.rows).forEach((row) => {
          utils.eachComponent(row.components, () => {
            numInTable++;
          });
        });
        expect(numInTable).to.be.equal(4);
        return true;
      }
    }, true);
    expect(numLayout).to.be.equal(3);
    expect(numComps).to.be.equal(4);
  });
});

describe('getComponent', () => {
  it('should return the correct components', () => {
    for (let n = 1; n <= 8; n += 1) {
      const component = utils.getComponent(components, writtenNumber(n));
      expect(component).not.to.be.null;
      expect(component).not.to.be.undefined;
      expect(component).to.be.an('object');
      expect(component.order).to.equal(n);
      expect(component.key).to.equal(writtenNumber(n));
    }
  });

  it('should work with a different this context', () => {
    for (let n = 1; n <= 8; n += 1) {
      const component = utils.getComponent.call({}, components, writtenNumber(n));
      expect(component).not.to.be.null;
      expect(component).not.to.be.undefined;
      expect(component).to.be.an('object');
      expect(component.order).to.equal(n);
      expect(component.key).to.equal(writtenNumber(n));
    }
  });
});

describe('flattenComponents', () => {
  it('should return an object of flattened components', () => {
    const flattened = utils.flattenComponents(components);
    for (let n = 1; n <= 8; n += 1) {
      const component = flattened[writtenNumber(n)];
      expect(component).not.to.be.undefined;
      expect(component).to.be.an('object');
      expect(component.order).to.equal(n);
      expect(component.key).to.equal(writtenNumber(n));
    }
  });

  it('should work with a different this context', () => {
    const flattened = utils.flattenComponents.call({}, components);
    for (let n = 1; n <= 8; n += 1) {
      const component = flattened[writtenNumber(n)];
      expect(component).not.to.be.undefined;
      expect(component).to.be.an('object');
      expect(component.order).to.equal(n);
      expect(component.key).to.equal(writtenNumber(n));
    }
  });
});

describe('getValue', () => {
  it('should be able to get a simple value', () => {
    expect(utils.getValue(submission1, 'name')).to.be.equal(submission1.data.name);
  });

  it('should be able to get a value from a container', () => {
    expect(utils.getValue(submission1, 'animalname')).to.be.equal(submission1.data.mycontainer.animalname);
  });
});

describe('parseFloat', () => {
  it('should clear input and parse value', () => {
    expect(utils.parseFloat('12,345,678.90')).to.be.equal(12345678.90);
  });
});

describe('formatAsCurrency', () => {
  it('should be able to format Float value for Currency component', () => {
    expect(utils.formatAsCurrency(123.4)).to.be.equal('123.40');
    expect(utils.formatAsCurrency(12345678.9)).to.be.equal('12,345,678.90');
    expect(utils.formatAsCurrency(12345678.915)).to.be.equal('12,345,678.92');
  });

  it('should be able to format String value for Currency component', () => {
    expect(utils.formatAsCurrency('12345678.915')).to.be.equal('12,345,678.92');
  });
});

describe('checkCalculated', () => {
  it('should be able to calculate value based on javascript code', () => {
    const component = {
      key: 'sum',
      calculateValue: 'value = 3'
    };
    const data = {};

    utils.checkCalculated(component, null, data);
    expect(data.sum).to.be.equal(3);
  });

  it('should be able to calculate value based on json logic', () => {
    const component = {
      key: 'sum',
      calculateValue: {
        '_sum': { var: 'data.test' }
      }
    };
    const data = { test: [ 1, 2, 3 ] };

    utils.checkCalculated(component, null, data);
    expect(data.sum).to.be.equal(6);
  });
});

describe('checkCondition', () => {
  it('should display component by default', () => {
    expect(utils.checkCondition({}, null, {})).to.be.equal(true);
  });

  it('should be able to calculate condition based on javascript code', () => {
    const component = {
      key: 'sum',
      customConditional: 'show = data.test === 3'
    };
    const data1 = { test: 3 };
    const data2 = { test: 5 };

    expect(utils.checkCondition(component, null, data1)).to.be.equal(true);
    expect(utils.checkCondition(component, null, data2)).to.be.equal(false);
  });

  it('should be able to calculate condition based on json logic', () => {
    const component = {
      key: 'sum',
      conditional: {
        json: {
          '===': [
            { '_sum': { var: 'data.test' } },
            6
          ]
        }
      }
    };
    const data1 = { test: [ 1, 2, 3 ] };
    const data2 = { test: [ 1, 2, 4 ] };

    expect(utils.checkCondition(component, null, data1)).to.be.equal(true);
    expect(utils.checkCondition(component, null, data2)).to.be.equal(false);
  });
});

describe('getDateSetting', () => {
  it('should return null if no date provided', () => {
    expect(utils.getDateSetting()).to.be.equal(null);
    expect(utils.getDateSetting(null)).to.be.equal(null);
    expect(utils.getDateSetting(undefined)).to.be.equal(null);
    expect(utils.getDateSetting(NaN)).to.be.equal(null);
    expect(utils.getDateSetting('')).to.be.equal(null);
    expect(utils.getDateSetting('should be invalid')).to.be.equal(null);
  });

  it('should return valid Date on serialized date provided', () => {
    const date = new Date(0);

    expect(utils.getDateSetting(date)).to.be.eql(date).but.not.equal(date);
    expect(utils.getDateSetting(date.valueOf())).to.be.eql(date);
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But, Rugby!
Written By: te reo putake - Date published: 10:55 am, April 7th, 2019 - 134 comments
Categories: Christchurch Attack, Social issues, sport, terrorism - Tags: christchurch, rugby union, thugby
I'm in two minds about the proposed name change for the Super Rugby franchise the Canterbury Crusaders.
On one hand, it seems like a reasonable and considered response to the Mosque tragedies.
On the other hand, it should never have been the name in the first place and the RFU owes all New Zealanders an apology for choosing it in 1996 and ignoring the muted criticism of the choice ever since.
Just as a reminder, the crusades were repeated attempt by religious fanatics to commit genocide against adherents of a different faith.
There has never been anything positive about the name crusaders, nor is there an innocent use of it.
It is the glorification of war, a celebration of mass murder.
It has taken the death of 50 innocent people to wake NZ rugby up to their complicity in bigotry.
However, it's really obvious that the average rugby head still hasn't made the link between the offensive nature of the crusader name and the events of March 15.
Sympathy for the dead only goes so far. If it affects rugby in even the smallest way, then all rationality goes out the window.
Just to be clear, the name wasn't chosen by fans; it was a marketing exercise.
And franchise clubs regularly change names, colours and even home towns. The Washington Bullets are probably the nearest example of a club responding to a community crisis, changing name to the Washington Wizards in 1997.
It's simply no big deal to switch to the Canterbury Plainsman (or my own suggestion, the Canterbury Courage).
But, rugby ….
134 comments on "But, Rugby!"
Rae 1
The day after the incident, I saw a couple of Stuff headlines close together, one was about the massacre, the other about the Crusaders/Highlanders game being canceled and it immediately struck me the name may no longer be tenable. I mentioned in a group on fb I subscribe to and I think I might have been one of the first to make the connection and say something about it. I got ripped to shreds.
I've grown to think if that was all it was, the historical meaning of the term, then maybe it could survive, but minus the imagery. (I love horses so I thought they could do some sort of display with Kaimanawas to promote the adoption of them, knowing full well that would never fly).
People were coming with all sorts of ludicrous stuff such as Hurricanes would need to change their name because people die in hurricanes, can't have the Blues because depression and on and on.
I had read that thing in jail had traveled around the world, including visits to sites of the old crusades and something else began to occur to me. He sees himself as a crusader on some sort of modern crusade but in the original sense of the word. So I delved a bit deeper.
It seems these white supremacist shits do see themselves as just that.
It also seems that the guns used were painted with all sorts of symbols and stuff, one of which was "Acre 1189" and that was a particular siege during the crusades where the crusaders routed the Saracens. It began to occur to me then, that it is entirely possible that shit chose Christchurch very purposely, because of the Canterbury Crusaders.
Anyone can find what I found, and it's made me realise the team name is untenable now, but it just might take a bit of time for much of the reason why to sink in. The trial may well reveal more.
Forget about the historical aspect, that is long gone, but the connection today is very real and I imagine white supremacists around the world will see the retention of the name as some sort of victory for them.
PS I suggest the name Canterbury Peacemakers (yes, I know there was a revolver called a Colt Peacemaker) but I think that name would be something they could be proud of, because that day and in the days after that is exactly what we did. You could hold your head high with that name.
Imo pretty well all of those brands for super rugby are weak and useless. The brand loyalty argument is pathetic and disingenuous. Change it dickheads and change it now.
Dukeofurl 3.1
NZRU has said it will change, as we are halfway through season , next year gives them time to find a new one
mauī 3.1.1
I think they are just buying for time…
I haven't heard the NZRU say it WILL change the name. They are investigating it and looking at two options, changing the logo or changing the name.
solkta 3.2
"The Canterbury Dickheads"
joe90 3.2.1
The Canterbury Squats has a certain ring to it.
Poission 3.2.1.1
Will the Whanganui RU rebrand the Butchers boys in light of all the recent mass stabbings and murders in Whanganui?
joe90 3.2.1.1.1
They're the butcher's boys, sport.
Dukeofurl 4
But its not a canterbury only team either , as it includes the Westcoast , nelson marlbourough unions as well.
Thats why my choice is the giant eagle which lived in the Northern South Island, the Pouakai or Haast eagle.
With these sports team brandings – which is what they are- you usually like to have emblem as well as the name. 'Courage' doesnt supply both.
The native word for Haast's eagle is Hokioi, Poukai is a mythological bird-monster. Just saying.
Poission 4.2
You mean like the South Canterbury mounted rifles?
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/files/images/8-south-canterbury-mr.jpg
Crossing the River Jordan
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/New_Zealand_Mounted_Rifles_Brigade.jpg/440px-New_Zealand_Mounted_Rifles_Brigade.jpg
From Geraldine to Jericho.
http://canterbury100.org.nz/sites/canterbury100.org.nz/files/2017_35_1%20front%20cover_0.jpg
The connotations!
millsy 5
How about calling the team "Christchurch City", so people actually know where the team comes from.
Same with the Blues — call them Auckland City, and so on.
I never could get the point of those silly little nick names.
Look at the Liverpool Football Club. Or Manchester United. They dont have a silly little nickname tacked on the end. They have a GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION. Yes, they are called the Reds and Red Devils, but those are nicknames steeped and traditions, and used unofficially.
And yes, we have the All Blacks, Lions and Springboks, but they are steeped in tradition, and were, as above, used unofficially.
At least the Japanese are honest. Their club teams are owned by their corporate sponsors, and are, as such, named after them.
Bg 5.1
The Crusades are a franchise representing not only Canterbury, buy Marlborough, Nelson, Westcoast and many of the smaller districts.
SHG 5.1.1
The Super Rugby "franchises" are commercial operations. They will hire the employees they need for the roles they have available… wherever they come from.
Roy 5.2
Because they don't really come from there, any more than most players for Man-U et al come from those places. Maybe the home ground is there – whatever that means.
WeTheBleeple 6
Watched Invictus last night. Quite the contrast where Nelson Mandela uses rugby as a vehicle to bridge racial divides.
To be honest, I thought it was an evil South African Rugby Union plot, to make me cheer for the Springboks beating NZ in the World Cup Final.
As far as i can recall, Canterbury had a sheep as a mascot back in the day. This whole "Crusader" business is a 1996 branding exercise for a competition that was rushed into existence to compete with the NRL and various threatened rebel rugby competitions.
The Crusader brand has past it's use by date. Brands can change their packaging to suit changing times, and the Crusaders need to change pronto or every time they play, they'll be a toxic reminder of racist terror.
Psycho Milt 8
Only to the extent that Muslim efforts of the time to conquer Europe (eventually successful in the case of the Byzantine part of it, largely unsuccessful in western Europe) were a "repeated attempt by religious fanatics to commit genocide against adherents of a different faith." It's not a very accurate or useful description in either case.
That said, Muslims recognise the word "crusaders" as referring to deadly enemies of Muslims, so if NZ Rugby insists on teams being identifying by daft names as branding exercises, it would be well advised to change that particular one. Declaring Christchurch rugby the enemy of Muslims isn't really the brand message they're looking for right now, surely?
te reo putake 8.1
I tried to use neutral language there, PM. I don't think either faith can be said to have clean hands in the matter, however it was the Christians in the East and West of Europe who banded together in a coordinated attempt to drive Islam out of the Holy lands and gave the two century long campaign its name.
And it was the Muslims of the Middle East who banded together in a coordinated attempt to drive Christianity not only out of the "Holy Lands" but also its home base of Europe, which lasted a lot longer than two centuries. The term "Jihad" should be as offensive to Whitey as "Crusade" is to Muslims, but having won in the end we have less of a chip on our shoulder about it.
solkta 8.1.1.1
but having won in the end
Say what? Do you mean capturing much of the Middle East in WW1? I don't know, but i don't think we are at the end yet.
Psycho Milt 8.1.1.1.1
I mean the conflict between the Umma and Christendom was eventually lost by the Umma, in that "Christendom" conquered their countries rather than vice versa. Starting in the 19th Century but completed in the 20th takeover of the Ottoman possessions. "Christendom" in quotes because it effectively no longer existed by that time, having been itself defeated by secularists.
Dukeofurl 8.1.1.2
Arrival of St Augustine in Britain 632 AD, supposedly the formal beginning of Christianity there.
Muslim conquest of central Levant from the Byzantines 634-637AD
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_conquest_of_the_Levant
SPC 8.1.1.2.1
Augustine of Canterbury was a Benedictine monk who became the first Archbishop of Canterbury in the year 597.
Grant 8.1.1.2.1.1
Plenty of Romano-British Christians in Britain before the Saxons arrived as well.
mikesh 8.2
I think the crusades were not directed against Muslims generally, but only against those who occupied the "holy land", a land which Western nations considered sacred to Christianity, and to Judaic religions generally.
Still I can understand why Muslims might not see it that way.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sack_of_Constantinople_(1204)
They also sacked Christian cities when there was a buck in it.
Phil 8.3
…the crusades were repeated attempt by religious fanatics to commit genocide against adherents of a different faith.
…Muslim efforts of the time to conquer Europe (eventually successful in the case of the Byzantine part of it, largely unsuccessful in western Europe) were a "repeated attempt by religious fanatics to commit genocide against adherents of a different faith."
It strikes me as an utterly pointless exercise trying to pinpoint a single origin or catalyst for the crusades when history simply doesn't operate in well defined linear timelines.
The implicit argument both of you seem to be making is that one side or the other is ultimately to blame for the crusades? That's folly. Hell, there weren't even clearly defined sides along religious lines for huge portions of the crusades period – the storming and sack of Christian-Orthodox Constantinople in 1204 being the example that comes to mind first.
My implicit argument is that it doesn't make sense to try and explain historical events in terms of genocidal bad guys vs innocent civilians. Leave that to the movies.
bwaghorn 9
I suppose its akin to some future Muslim football team being called "the jihadis " it would be poor taste but if it was a thousand years since the last jihad probably not that offensive.
Rae 9.1
White supremacists are on a crusade, see themselves as crusaders, same thing, I would have thought
Gabby 9.1.1
So you're happy about surrendering ownership of the word to the nazis are you raerae?
Rae 9.1.1.1
No which is why I would change the name of the crusaders so they don't get the wrong impression and think that means we support them. Along with crusader symbolism – acre 1189 – on the killers weapons were also nazi symbols so two birds with one stone, sounds good to me.
Just reread your comment Gabgab and now I am at my big computer I can see it better than I did on the phone. Surrendering ownership of a word? Seriously, this is not Cardi-B trademarking a stupid sound, this is a name that means something, not all of it good, and I would not give too many effs about letting go of a word in order not to be mistaken for supporters of white supremacists, or to have the team and supporters overseas, especially as I trust it would not happen here, subject to reprisal attacks. Low road for me Gabgab.
It is all around the world that white supremacists align themselves with the original crusaders, not just that dude, and it's not beyond the bounds of possibility that he chose Christchurch because of that very name, that maybe 50 people would be still alive today if they were called something else, who knows.
Psycho Milt 9.2
How about a couple of weeks after a militant Islamist had murdered 50 people and injured nearly 50 others gathered at local humanists and rationalists society meeting in that football team's home town, in the worst terrorist attack in that country's history? Could be that "Jihadis" suddenly looked like a seriously inappropriate name for the local team?
bwaghorn 9.2.1
The name predated the act . If the act happened in Auckland would be changing the crusaders name ?
On this they are letting the killer win ,got fighting amongst our selves.
I doubt that when the footy team was named they were planning any raids on the middle east (unless the got a team worth playing. )
I'd leave it but I wont lose to much sleep if it changes
It's a very common theme nowadays though ,making people change things to please a minority .
The poor buggers that set up a small business called 'south naki ' are finding this out plus the town of bennydale .
McFlock 9.2.1.1
Having a little bit of empathy is quite the opposite of "letting the killer win".
The thought has occurred as to whether any of the not-closeted fascists in ChCH over the last 20 years actually felt a little bit more at home there because of the team branding.
bwaghorn 9.2.1.1.1
Ardern said we would give him nothing . For being a private company to rebrand to please the vocal few is not nothing
McFlock 9.2.1.1.1.1
But it's not going to him, is it.
I think it would be quite nice if the fucker's act resulted in greater consideration, rather than division along the lines he wanted.
Rae 9.2.1.1.1.2
I am more inclined to think the victory for him will be in retaining the name, he could well see that as some sort of validation of his act, as a self styled crusader in the original sense of the word, on a crusade in the city of a team called the Crusaders.
Seriously people, you need to see the connection between white supremacists and the term crusaders, iconry, and the act of March 15. The more I think about it, the more I cannot understand how anyone could want to retain a name linked to him and his ilk.
Psycho Milt 9.2.1.2
The name predated the act .
If the act happened in Auckland would be changing the crusaders name ?
Of idle academic curiosity interest only.
No doubt he'll be chuffed to learn that for the low, low price of spending the rest of his life in prison, he's scored the lasting victory of getting a few people to argue about a brand name on blog comments threads.
Yes, the name predated the act, but have you considered the possibility that an Australian native living in Dunedin may well have chosen Christchurch to do what he did, seeing himself as a crusader, with stuff that white supremacists use to connect with the original crusades, exactly because of the team name?
if it was a thousand years since the last jihad
I'm not convinced time is a relevant factor. For instance, it has taken more than 2000 years for historians to bring people around to the notion that Alexander 'The Great' was actually little more than a genocidal monster who makes the likes of Hitler, Stalin and Pol Pot look like children with a magnifying glass over an ants nest.
I hope that society would be less tolerant today than 100 years ago if, say, Ashburton wanted to call their rugby team the Alexanders and have a Macedonian phalanx as their mascot or logo.
Bg 10
How Woke do you want to get?
Northern Kinghts? The Cheifs? The Warriors?
No one in Kzulu Natal screamed for the Sharks to have a good look at themselves and change their name after Mick Fanning nearly got eaten by a white pointer?
Rae 10.1
Read my comment above and you might understand why the name is now no longer tenable.
mauī 10.2
"Northern Kinghts? The Cheifs? The Warriors"
Can you please explain how these are offensive or inappropriate names?
Are you anti-Maori or something?
Gabby 10.2.1
Militaristic and murderous mauimaui.
Grant 10.2.1.1
Hmm. Wonder what was in the back of their minds when they named the Northern Knights?
Gabby 10.2.1.1.1
Probably, let's be super original and copy that NRL team in Newcastle.
Grant 10.2.1.1.1.1
Nothing to do with imagery of chivalrous knights of Christendom then?
At a remove, pretty clearly plenty to do with it.
Grant …
What I thought.
maggieinnz 10.3
You lost me at 'woke'.
If the sharks had come out of the water and collectively decided to wipe out humans you might have had a point but comparing genocide to a naturally occurring phenomenon is silly.
All those stupid , cringey names should be reviewed by someone over the age of 12.
Mehmet Ortaç 12
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mac1 13
After reading above the name the "Peacemakers", how about the Canterbury Quakers, which would incorporate both peace-loving and recent events in the whole region. 🙂
I had a discussion with a man who thought the disquiet for the name only came up recently. I told him that I had heard this for some time. I said it was a bit like naming a team in County Clare in Ireland the "Clare Cromwellians" or a team in the Highlands of Scotland the "Glencoe Campbells."
We should know and respect our history, and its meaning. My old primary school teacher, a lovely Irish nun, once said to me, referring to the Ulster plantation, "There are some things we don't joke about!"
Where I come from, the name for a local historical event has changed from the "Wairau Massacre" to the "Wairau Affray." The judgement of history does change with time.
Rugby at it's heart is tribal. It was always an us vs them scenario. But that's no excuse to be culturally insensitive, especially in the light of teams trading players from all over the globe.
We have 200 nationalities here now. That's incredible, and will be the subject of my first guest post if I get roundtuit.
The branding or naming of teams allowed fan tribalism to continue while player's regional loyalties waned in favor of player's financial incentives. So having names that are not specifically regional makes sense.
Being sensitive to the political climate will earn clubs more loyalty and fans than worrying about angry old RSA patrons opinions. I used to do a bit of work when the warriors played: while supported majorly by our Maori/Pacific Island communities, the Warriors pull a seriously multicultural crowd. I imagine many rugby crowds are similar today?
Imagine 200 nationalities comfortably supporting our teams. That'd help the ticket sales. That'd widen the pool of new recruits. Stars would emerge.
Booker 15
It's not so much the name, as their mascots being guys dressed up in medieval gear, swinging swords and riding out on horseback. Even before the mosque attacks I'd see that and go "ummm…okayyy, whose idea was this?"
gsays 15.1
To be fair Booker, they have dropped the medieval antics pre game.
Well it was probably copied from some pathetic NFL or NRL mascot stunt crap booky.
mosa 16
Feckin rugby.
Typical that this would be an issue so close to an massacre of innocent people.
No matter the situation we have to have rugby as a focal point in anything we have to deal with as a country.
Even Money boy Williams had to interfere in this time of sincere grief and the media had to run with it.
We will never mature as a country.
tc 16.1
Not possible with our infantile media dumbing it down for the sheeple peddling the distractions and misdirection
I note that mouth-noise provider Duncan Garner defended keeping the name by saying it didn't mean the Crusades to him, but *lists off generic sporting qualities* which sort of ignores the guys dressed in medieval garb riding out on horseback from a bloody cardboard castle/
Formerly Ross 17.1
A marketing exercise that is no more.
McFlock 17.1.1
Oh, that's alright then /sarc
Get back to us when they change the logo
Formerly Ross 17.1.1.1
McFlock
It probably will be changed but not in five minutes.
McFlock 17.1.1.1.1
I guess we'll probably stop talking about the shit branding then, but not in five minutes.
Poission 17.1.1.1.1.1
Ah the branding problem,
It's now embedded deep in the collective consciousness that the word 'Labour' can always be followed by the word 'antisemitism'. The two words have become connected. 1
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McFlock …
Professor Longhair …
Whoever this "simon maginn" tick is, he's particularly ignorant and ill informed.
Gabby 17.1.1.2
You'd be a bit ropable about all those flags covered in crosses around the world too I spose flockers?
At least national flags generally have some relevance to the nation in question.
What relevance does a knight swinging a sword have to rugby, or Canterbury?
So relevance is the criteria for whether the crusader symbolism is offensive and should be removed?
You do realise there's more to "crusader symbolism" than just a cross, right?
Although you will obviously be aware that in many nations the role of the Red Cross is under the brand "Red Crescent" because, in part, of that problem.
You see, the issue is context. Relevance is part of that context. Local history is part of that context. The Red Cross is not directly from Christianity, it's a colour inversion of the swiss flag. But in some nations, the local context makes a symbol change appropriate.
I do indeed realise that the issue is much more complex than has so far been explored in this post and subsequent comments.
Leaving that aside for now, are you sure the Red Cross / Swiss flag is not directly from Christianity? My understanding is that the Swiss flag is almost certainly taken directly or indirectly from the battle standard of the Holy Roman Empire.
Context is certainly an issue. When Crusader type imagery is used by Fascists or Nazis the context is obvious. When a bunch of rugby boof-heads who've barely read a book between them do it in a totally unthinking way I'm more inclined to sigh and see it as an extremely diluted cultural remnant which bears little significance to most Kiwis of whatever background.
The Swiss flag is. The red cross isn't. It's one removed.
Yeah, current context means maybe the boofheads should start thinking.
So just to be clear, cultural relicts from the crusading age are permitted and non-offensive when they are not used by extreme right wingers and not used in a casual and unthinking way by boof-heads?
The red crescent has nothing to do with Islam?
"permitted"? 🙄
Am I permitted to criticise unthinking boof-heads for being insensitive dicks?
If a humanitarian group can rebrand in areas where its brand sent an unintended message, a fucking rugby team can, as well.
Gabby 17.1.1.2.1.2
Isn't Canterbury a religious centre any more flockers?
You mean the one in the UK? Yeah, they don't have a good history with drunken knights freshly returned from the crusades, either.
Gooner will run with this as a distraction as a break from his low IQ ranting.
Formerly Ross 18
"There has never been anything positive about the name crusaders…"
Of course a crusader is defined as a "person who campaigns vigorously for political, social, or religious change; a campaigner", so there is nothing wrong with the word. It is all about context, as always.
How was Batman referred to? The caped crusader who fought evil.
McFlock 18.1
Totally looks like batman:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c7/Crusaders_rugby_logo.png
That has always been what's come to mind when thinking of the Canterbury Crusaders… Men on horseback with swords… fighting for racial equality / social justice one ruck at a time – "tui" lol.
Formerly Ross 18.2.1
Maui it's not the Canterbury Crusaders. Hasn't been for a long time.
Professor Longhair 18.2.1.1
Yes it is. What makes you think otherwise? Some marketing genius wrote it somewhere?
Pingau 18.2.1.1.1
They dropped "Canterbury" from their name a while ago.
mauī 18.2.1.2
Glad to see you're on top of all the important issues Formerly Ross….
Formerly Ross 18.2.1.2.1
On the contrary Maui, I am sure changing the Crusaders' name is of utmost importance to those living in poverty.
Stuart Munro. 19
Crusaders seems to have been chosen for alliteration. Since the franchise has dropped the provincial part of the title, pretty much anything would do. But the intent of choosing Crusader was (as far as we know) not intended as a gratuitous offence to residents of the Levant.
The obvious replacement would be something like 'The Strivers', because it is the striving that is the respectable part of the modern use of crusader. Not sure they'll adopt it though; jihad means striving, and it is considered a duty in all facets of life by Muslims, as well as among their co-Abrahamic neighbours, the Hasidic Jews. Language is as riddled with religion and philosophy as the Gnats are riddled with incompetence, malice, and vice.
The head of the Anglican Church Communion is the Arch Bishop of Canterbury (location of Canterbury Christ Church University in Kent). The franchise is based in Christchurch (note, no one is going to change the name of the city).
Blues (Auckland and Northland in blue), Chiefs of Counties/Waikato-KingCountry Bay of Plenty, Hurricanes of windy Wellington, rrrr Highlanders of the cold south. Each name seemed self-evident.
I agree about the use of the term jihad, we associate it with terrorism because of groups who use violence, but it's meaning is distinct from the means that some groups use.
No it's not stuey, it's the military image, they've all gone for it, highlanders, chiefs, etcetc. A break from bloody beasts of pray anyway.
Grant 19.2.1
"..beasts of pray..
Is that a bit of clever word play Gabby?
No, it's a speling misteak.
Grant 19.2.1.1.1
Bugger, I thought you'd done summat real clever there.
V little chance of that.
Stuart Munro. 19.2.2
It's lots of things. Knights are packed with romantic as well as military associations. What a marketing outfit looks for is something that will resonate with the public – Crusaders was one of their better choices in those terms.
It's losing relevance though. Rugby participation is falling, and much like regional brewery preference, people can take it or leave it in a way they didn't in the past.
In Vino 19.2.2.1
It seems to me that we are arguing about this from one perspective only – that of the ignorant rugby boof-heads. Many have pointed out that for us, the words 'crusade' and 'crusader' have good connotations about fighting for an ideal.
People need to learn the truth about how the medieval Crusaders actually behaved. Most people seem to have no idea at all.
For the Islamic world, I have read that the word 'Crusader' is a pejorative, an insult. The equivalent maybe of 'bloodthirsty Jihadi fanatic'.
If that is true, we have to get real about inclusiveness and get rid of the name 'Crusaders' asap. We need to look beyond our own narrow cultural knowledge (or rather, ignorance.)
To those who want to keep the name – read up on the historical truth of the barbaric Crusades.
Tiger Mountain 20
Time to name rugby teams more accurately?
–"the easy beats", "lots off contract soon", "the bottom dwellers", "sponsors too rich to fail", "the problem gamblers", "the coke heads", "the refs favourites", "the Pacific imports", "the sheep shaggers" etc. might suffice…
You're a great loss to the marketing world tigger.
SPC 21
The name was given to the franchise by the NZRU led by David Moffat, the Australian currently head of the anti UN migratrion compact New Conservative Party.
The origin is with Constantine, who claimed to see a sign – a cross of light inscribed with 'Conquer by This' before the battle at Malvian Bridge.
In that sense alone the term crusade has a wider meaning than "the Crusades" – military conflict between Moslems and Christians occured in a larger area and for a longer period of time. It would also include the Tuetonic Knights in Eastern Europe, the Conquistidors in Americas, and non militant forms of crusade – evangelical, environmental, social justice etc, anti-corruption etc.
An English rugby club has the name, Saracens.
Maybe they should have a match with the Crusaders in Jerusalem.
Professor Longhair 21.1
Al Quds.
higherstandard 21.1.1
Yerushalem.
Grant 22
Just the Canterbury Crusaders or all references to Crusader history and symbolism everywhere?
Skunk Weed 22.1
The "Supremists" name would fit perfectly ?
Whatever that means
Rae 22.1.2
Might as well, because if they retain the Crusaders name, that is the exact signal they will be sending out, intentional or not.
Some history should stay in the history books, and not be used in some alliterative marketing exercise.
Just trying to get a feel for how extensive the argument for removal of all crusader symbolism is.
McFlock 22.2.1.1
Maybe the argument should be for "relevance" rather than "removal"?
Let me put it this way: if NZ provincials can build an emotional bond with a brand that was completely irrelevant to their region, imagine their bond if the name was actually relevant in a positive way.
Skunk Weed 23
I don't know how the Crusaders fits with Canterbury anyway, theft of Maori Land perhaps and the conuqeuring of the South Island by Government financial stealth perhaps ?
greywarshark 24
I remember seeing an old man in recent years, complaining about the heinous behaviour of protesters who stopped some springbok matches in 1981.
Nik 25
How about 'Arch-Bishops'?
Professor Longhair 26
Canterbury Cox-Huckers?
Not many Scribe fans here then? https://genius.com/Scribe-the-crusader-lyrics
What do the Crusaders have to do with Canterbury anyway?
'The Canterbury Lambs' is far more relevant.
joe90 28.1
With Lambchop as mascot.
greywarshark 28.1.1
love it joe 90. That tongue in cheek name and the mascot that would face off taranakis moo cow.
bwaghorn 29
While we are at it we better stop calling the Auckland league team the warriors.
Warriors have killed millions down through the ages
Worriers would be a better name ?
ken 29.2
They should all drop the silly marketing hype.
How about calling Auckland 'Auckland' and Canterbury 'Canterbury'?
DS 29.2.1
Because it's not Auckland. It's Auckland, North Harbour, and Northland. Nor is it Canterbury. It's Canterbury, South Canterbury, Tasman, Buller, and the West Coast.
ken 29.2.1.1
Those all sound like perfectly good names too.
Even in modern history …… 'crusader' language is polarizing and contentious
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children	are	our	brothers and we	care about	their future."	It	was	the	first	time	I heard	him	use	the	word	"crusade." "
The Great War for Civilisation …… R . Fisk
Rugby for kiwis is like guns for Americans. Any vaguely critical discussion of it flushes nutters out of the bushes.
SHG 31.1
Rugby player and fan checking in, all the Super Rugby team names are infantile and the "Crusaders" brand has always been offensive. The name, the knights on horses waving swords, the imagery, it's cringeworthy.
SPC 31.1.1
No more infantile than with sports franchises the world over.
SHG 31.1.1.1
Yeah but a lot of those sports franchises have been in existence for fifty, hell, a hundred years or more. The Super Rugby teams were named by some marketing ponytail during the Internet Age.
Blues? Chiefs? WTF?
Crusaders? In the city of skinheads?
ken 31.1.1.1.1
I fully agree, SHG.
Gabby 32
Maybe you should think of it as aversion therapy. Before we know it christophobia might vanish, who knows.
Jimmy 33
They will always be the Crusaders to me. Until the attack I have never associated Crusaders with muslims …i just don't know my history. I also think that by changing the name because of the gunman is wrong.
Observer Tokoroa 34
Rugby ?
It's a good game for stocky stumpy Girls. They get a lot of fun out of it. And why not !
The man's Rugby has had it. Too many Mishaps. And too Dull unfortunately.


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Barcelona announced on Friday that more than 70,000 tickets have been sold for their Women's Champions League quarter-final second leg against Real Madrid at Camp Nou next month, an attendance that would break the world record for a women's club match. It would surpass the previous record from March 2019, when 60,739 supporters watched Barca beat Atletico Madrid at the Wanda Metropolitano.
"77,000 tickets sold! Let's get the stadium bouncing!" the club posted on social media.
Barcelona's 147,000 members have been allowed to claim tickets for free for the game, although there is an administration charge of 2.50 euros ($2.86).
Barca's women's team usually play at the Johan Cruyff stadium at the club's training ground.
The stature of this fixture has convinced them to use Camp Nou, which has a capacity of just over 99,000.
Camp Nou is currently limited to 70 per cent capacity due to regional restrictions around the Covid-19 pandemic but the club hope rules will be relaxed by the time the game takes place on March 30.
If that is the case, the match could exceed the 86,422 fans that watched the men's Clasico between Barca and Real Madrid at Camp Nou in October.
Barcelona's women's team played at Camp Nou for the first time as a professional outfit in January last year, when they thrashed local rivals Espanyol 5-0, although that game was played behind closed doors.
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TAM Linhas Aéreas (vroeger Transporte Aéreo Marília) is de Braziliaanse tak van LATAM Airlines Group. In juni 2012 ging de luchtvaartmaatschappij samen met LAN Airlines. De thuisbasis is in São Paulo. Voor de overname was TAM Linhas Aéreas de grootste luchtvaartmaatschappij van Brazilië en Latijns-Amerika.

De luchtvaartmaatschappij verzorgt behalve vluchten binnen Brazilië ook internationale vluchten naar Europa en andere delen van Amerika.

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TAM Linhas Aéreas werd in 1961 opgericht door Rolim Adolfo Amaro onder de naam Transportes Aéreos Marilla. De naam werd in 1976 gewijzigd in  TAM – Transportes Aéreos Regionais. Een jaar eerder had de Braziliaanse regering de Transportes Aéreos da Bacia Amazônica (TABA) opgezet, waarbij het land in vijf vliegzones werd verdeeld en de Braziliaanse luchtvaart werd gereorganiseerd. In 1990, toen de regering de restricties ophief zodat de luchtvaartmaatschappij voortaan in het hele land mocht vliegen, werd de naam opnieuw gewijzigd, nu in Transportes Aéreos Meridionais TAM.

Op 17 juli 2007 vond er met TAM Linhas Aéreas-vlucht 3054 een vliegramp plaats op de Luchthaven Congonhas. Er vielen daarbij 199 doden.

TAM Linhas Aéreas was lid van de Star Alliance. In maart 2013 besloot LATAM zich aan te sluiten bij de Oneworld alliantie. LAN Airlines was al sinds 2000 lid van de alliantie en als onderdeel van LATAM sloot TAM zich aan per 31 maart 2014.

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Will al-Maliki trigger a Shiite-Shiite clash, and what is Iran's position?
Written by – Elijah J. Magnier:
Iraq did not witness a sharp division between the Shiites in the political arena and the street, but this is happening after the parliamentary elections that led to the Sadrists winning the parliamentary majority (73 seats) and the election of the Speaker and his two deputies. However, differences are not occurring only between the Shiite parties calling themselves the "coordinating framework" (CD) and the Sadrist movement. Rather, it is the CD itself, with its different members, which is not homogeneous. This invites the enemies of Iraq to ignite the embers of a fire with the indirect support of the Shiites. Former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is considered the godfather of the CD, holding direct responsibility for the Shiite-Shiite dispute. However, a final solution must be found before the end of this month, the date for the election of the new Iraqi President.
The inter-Shia dispute over key governmental positions is not new. When the parliamentary elections took place in December 2005, the Shiite alliance called the "United Iraqi Alliance – 555" won a majority of 129 parliamentary seats. Parliament's number at that time reached 275 (329 MPs today). Consequently, it needed only nine seats to obtain a parliamentary majority (138 seats). The difference occurred between the Shiite coalition, the powerful parties led by the Supreme Council and the Badr Organisation, and the Da'wa party. Following negotiations in which the Grand Ayatollah Sayed Ali Sistani was involved, it was decided to remove Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari because he was given the authority to choose a prime minister from his Da'wa party. He chose his second in command in the party, Nouri al-Maliki, whose name was presented to the occupying US authorities and was approved as the next Prime Minister.
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Sorry, Trump. Most Americans don't like you.
President Trump speaks to reporters at a New Year's Eve party at his Mar-a-Lago property in Palm Beach, Fla., Tuesday. (Evan Vucci/AP)
Opinion writer
It is easy to overstate the support President Trump has for his policies and conspiracy theories. His approval remains in the low-40s, but the percentage of Americans who buy into his positions and assertions is remarkably small. Trump and Fox News have their true believers, but beyond that minority of the population, the large majority of Americans understand he often spews nonsense or out-and-out lies. And, to boot, they really do not like him.
The latest Economist/YouGov national poll is instructive. When it comes to Russia, despite Trump's bromance with President Vladimir Putin, only 14 percent consider Russia to be an ally or friendly; 32 percent say it is unfriendly, in addition to 34 percent who consider it an enemy. Trump may be confused about who interfered in the 2016 election, but the public is not. By a 50 percent-to-28 percent margin, Americans say Russia interfered in our election. Unlike Trump, who is convinced Ukraine meddled in our election, only 21 percent of Americans think so.
As for climate change, Trump does not have much support for his insistence it is a hoax. In the last 10 years, some think climate change has affected the world a great deal (42 percent) or at least some; only 18 percent say not at all. By a 51 percent-to-28 percent margin, Americans think we have not done enough to combat climate change. In the next 10 years, 66 percent of Americans think climate change will affect the world a great deal or some.
Trump's approval (40 percent vs. 52 percent) remains underwater, as does his reelection number against an unnamed Democrat (40 percent vs. 50 percent). His personal ratings are horrendous. (A remarkable 51 percent do not even want him to run for reelection.) Only 31 percent like him as a person (and 18 percent say they like him a lot) or say he is honest and trustworthy. Fifty-four percent say he does not have the temperament to be president. Only 19 percent say he is steady, while 60 percent say he is arrogant, and a strong plurality (44 percent) say he is a racist. Less than a quarter of Americans think he cares about people like him.
While the country remains evenly divided over removing Trump from office, there is a strong majority in favor of calling additional witnesses in the Senate (52 percent to 21 percent), and roughly a third think there will be a fair trial in the Senate.
In sum, depending upon precisely what question is asked, the percentage of cultists who support Trump whatever he says or does is generally less than 30 percent. Another 10 percent to 15 percent may occasionally take his side on positions or policies, but a remarkably large percentage of Americans do not think he is fit and want him gone.
Why, then, do the election polls, especially state polls, show a hypothetical general election to be rather tight? First, we should all keep in mind that the electoral college and the people in key swing states are generally less antagonistic toward Trump than the country as a whole. Second, Trump has already begun, and will continue, to demonize Democratic politicians as unpatriotic, crazy, socialist and a danger to his base's way of life. He won in 2016 by making Hillary Clinton even more unlikable than he; he will try to do the same with whomever the Democrats choose to nominate in 2020. Third, unless and until a Democratic presidential nominee convinces voters he or she cares about them and is in sync with their values and basic political predilections, there will be a segment of "soft" independent and Republican voters who shy away from the Democrats.
The bottom line: Trump cannot win a majority of Americans' respect and affection; he can only try to frighten them about their alternative. That's why you can expect a vicious, anti-factual campaign that likely will make 2016 look like a picnic.
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On arrival to hotel we had travelled approx 2 hrs and we needed showers, there were no towels in room and one shower gel between a family room, asked chambermaid for towels but no joy and then asked at reception, They left one large towel and a small hand towel. Barman on 1st night was rude. Breakfast was a disaster cold and worst breakfast I ever had in a hotel, it was cold and not tasty. Second night in hotel was better film for children and food in bar was amazing and barstaff couldnt be nicer, swimming pool and facilities were fab, good value for money considering bad start, could do with modernising room carpet had a big rip in it.
Really enjoyed one night stay at Regency Hotel. Room was spotlessly clean and comfortable. Would love to have turned off heating as room was very warm. Staff were friendly and helpful. Delicious breakfast also. Well done.
Really disappointed with the Regency hotel. The hotel is really run down and looks like it hasn't been modernised or updated in a very long time. The rooms are old fashioned and the carpets don't look very clean. The view from our room was terrible -looking out at dirty old pipes. The rooms do not have irons - instead the hotel has an ironing "room" which is basically an old room (also with dirty carpet) an ironing board in which the cover doesn't fit and an iron. Breakfast was probably the worst breakfast I have had in a hotel (the other 5 guests in our party agreed with this) - nothing tasted good, the sausages and bacon tasted funny and the black and white pudding where gooey and salty. There was no fresh fruit available - only tinned fruit in large bowls. Definitely would not recommend staying here and wont be visiting again.
Lovely hotel , friendly staff , room was big and view was amazing at night time .
We enjoyed this hotel, its in a great location close tot he city and the M1. We had a lovely curry in the bar on the evening of our stay. I would suggest maybe some kind of a discount for guests using the carpark. Good hotel, will def book again.
The hotel itself was fine but when we arrived they had no record of our booking and it took about 15 minutes to sort this problem out. The receptionist sad that our booking had not been recorded on their system but it was in a back office computer. The room was nice but at 3.30am the fire alarm went off scaring the life out of us! It went off again at 10am.the receptionist said it was due to steam from the showers.(Can't imagine too many people having a shower at 3.30am!)The breakfast was lovely and the pool very relaxing. Was a bit surprised at having to pay extra for parking the car there at night. Overall a nice stay. Were just happy to get a nights break from the kids!!
My friend & I stayed in the Regency Hotel last week. The hotel was first class, the staff were friendly and helpful, the food was excellent and overall we had a very enjoyable stay. I would definitely recommend it.
Bedrooms fine. Breakfast poor. Hotel convenient to city centre and airport. Nice pool.
Friendly helpful staff, small basic room, very clean but due to the hotel being fully booked, long queues for breakfast.
Not impressed with room. Very old fashioned, curtains hanging, phone in room not working,,dirt and crumbs under bed. Leisure centre and pool was nice for children. Certainly wont be returning.
I enjoyed my visit to Dublin. The Regency is reliable for good service and comfortable accomadation.
Lovely hotel, friendly staff , safe car park and lovely food. It is my first choice when staying in Dublin.
The Regency hotel is ideally located in Dublin city. The staff are very friendly. Excellent food in the bar. Leisure centre is very clean. Lovely venue to enjoy a break.
Jim McCreight, Belfast We found the staff very friendly, rooms were fine and the breakfast was great, apart from the lengthy queue on Sunday morning.....lots of people gave up but we persevered and got into the restaurant. Unfortunately we couldn't get a restaurant booking for our party of 14 for Saturday night which is what we required and we all had to either dine at different times or some actually ate in the bar...which wasn't as good as the restaurant. Great location and value for money....will definitely be back.
Easily the worst night's sleep I've ever had in a hotel. It all started so well...my sisters and I booked a triple and we were delightfully surprised as our room looked like a honeymoon suite - superking bed, 2 tv's, large bathroom with jacuzzi bath, power shower and lounge area with view over Dublin to the hills - beautiful. (Only one bed and towels for 2 though so we called reception and a small fold away bed was produced - comfortable enough). Shortly after check-in a knock on our door revealed a member of staff who asked if we would prefer a different room with 3 single beds. He took us on a long hike to the 5th floor via lift, staircase and miles of corridors to show us a smaller room, with view of internal roof of the hotel. It was a no-brainer, our room was much nicer so we elected to stay put. Warning bells started to ring when we heard the hotel was fully booked and there was a Christmas show on that evening. Our neighbours arrived at 6pm and put on music that was loud enough to have a party in our own room, they also smoked. At dinner we were delighted that the "vegeterine" option on the menu was "glutton" free (wish I had kept a copy of that!). By the time we headed for bed later in the evening the Christmas Party show was on full swing, we manged to fall asleep lulled by the throbbing bass undertones but were rudely awakened at 2:30am by the announcer wishing everyone a goodnight. At 3:15 we were even more rudely awakened by our neighbours returning to continue their party in their room. They switched on their music and their vocal chords to full effect. We and the people staying on the other side called reception who kindly sent a gentleman to deal with the 'ladies'. By 5:45 the exhausted man finally broke up the party. Admittedly, the hotel cannot be blamed for the type of people who choose to stay there but I feel their measures of eviction could be more immediate. Also, they need to advise guests who wish to actually get an early night and a sleep to not stay there (close proximity to airport means likelihood of early departure and need for rest). Sadly, we couldn't use the fancy bath as the plug would not stay down so the water ran out, the shower was blocked so the water would not go down, the power function panel in the shower didn't work, the bathroom was freezing as the heated towel rail didn't work, the main tv had no signal but we could at least watch the small one in the cupboard. We wished we had taken the smaller room on the 5th floor. The best part of the stay was undoubtedly the lovely friendly staff, from reception to dinner staff, they were all fantastic but make sure you ask them before you book whether there will be a show that night.
We stayed here for 2 nights. On arrival we had to wait half hour as our room wasn't ready, which meant hanging around the hotel with 2 tired kids after a 4hour drive at 3.30pm in the afternoon. I had asked to be put in the new side of the hotel to find out it wasn't available even thou I had booked a month in advance. Our room was very basic and really old, the sockets were hanging off the wall and I'd to request towels, we had our dinner that night which was basic and cold when it reached out table I asked for salad dressing which never arrived and was left with a plate of lettuce and a blob of apple sauce, , the kids were starving their chicken nuggets were like rocks. The following morning we queued for half an hour outside the dining room to get seated for breakfast which was ok, I mean toast and tea and cereal isn't that hard. However the swimming pool is great and the staff in the leisure centre were lovely unlike the hotel staff. I personally wouldn't recommend this hotel to people staying with family's and to top off the stay I have to pay for parking.
Enjoyed our stay at the hotel - room was spacious and clean. Really enjoyed the leisure centre - The kids loved it - water was lovely and warm and the shower were hot. changing rooms clean and warm. Staff were friendly and breakfast was lovely. Only problem was the fold up bed we got (as we were a family of four) was terrible and won't expect anyone to sleep on it. We had to put our beds together to sleep the four of us. Would definately return.


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There is nothing like spending a day on the coast of Maine on a beautiful summer day. Last week, a group of more than 40 traveled with us to the Ogunquit Playhouse, "America's Foremost Summer Theatre," to see a delightful production of the classic, The Sound of Music. The Playhouse, founded in 1933, has kept musical theatre alive and well beyond the bright lights of Broadway. So much history and so much talent on that stage.
For lunch, we dined at the contemporary American bistro, MC Perkins Cove, named for its owners Mark Gaier and Clark Frasier, voted 2010 Best Chefs of the Northeast by the James Beard Foundation. The food was outmatched only by the spectacular ocean views.
We had such a good time on this excursion we plan to make it an annual event.
I would like to thank our trip co-sponsors, our friends and neighbors, Lake Sunapee Bank. We are planning our next theatre trip to Boston to see Wicked at the Boston Opera House in October. Not to be missed!


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Government-funded scholarship to study a science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) course.
Mr Ramsey said applications were now open for the $24 million Rural and Regional Enterprise Scholarships program.
"Scholarships of up to $18,000 are available to help students with the costs of studying STEM at university or a vocational education and training institution," he said.
"One of these scholarships could help promising students from Grey realise their potential and get a STEM education that will open a world of future possibilities.
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"I encourage every student in Grey who wants to study STEM to apply for the program.
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