Tiny European goldfinch or simply goldfinch is one of the most colorful songbirds.
This charming little fellow inhabits large areas of European continent, except the northernmost, coolest parts of the land.Its relatives live in Asia.
Their vibrant colors and adorable looks are simply irresistible. Goldfinches are fragile and sensitive tiny beauties, characterized by an extraordinary colored feather coat, pointy beak and gentle, dancing-like flight manner.
Both male and female goldfinches have distinctive patterns of feathers. Their heads are red-white-black, which makes a beautiful contrast, their backs are yellowish-brown, while their tails and wing ending feathers are black with white spots. Goldfinch undersides are white and soft.
They are certainly one of the most adorable songbird species!
Goldfinches are cautious and caring little ones. They are masters of disguise and camouflage. Goldfinch females make their nests in treetops and design it so they are invisible to predators.
These birds love apple and cherry trees, while in parks they would build nests on maple and poplar trees.
Goldfinches mostly live in lowlands and commonly inhabit human populated environment. However, in some countries, they could be found at heights of more than 2000 m above sea level.
These adorable birds both take care of their young ones. A male brings food to his birdie, while she lies on their eggs; once little birds are born, both of them feed young goldfinches. Goldfinches are sociable birds and they move in large flocks.
Goldfinch represents many things, just as other of his beautiful singing relatives. In Christianity, this tiny colorful bird is a symbol of resurrection, sacrifice, soul and death, the four important Biblical concepts.
People also believed this bird brings luck and recovery to ill people.
Goldfinch is a common motif in art, often that of some theological importance.
Goldfinch feeds on thorny plants, which is symbolically interpreted as an important connection with Christianity. According to an old legend, the Goldfinch saw Jesus carrying his cross and wearing his wreath of thorns on his head.
The Goldfinch was disturbed and so sorry to see that, so he tried to take off the thorns. While doing so, drops of Jesus' blood splashed over the bird's head.
There are many similar stories about goldfinch, but also about other birds and their red feathers.
Goldfinch is also featured in Christian paintings as a symbol of resurrection.
In addition to these religious interpretations, goldfinches are generally seen as positive spirits and they represent good omens.
This beautiful tiny fellow represents some of the greatest values in our lives, such as love, beauty, harmony, family and health.
They are truly fortunate little spirits and people generally think well about them.
Love and devotion – Goldfinch are true symbol of love and devotion. They lovely appearance and behavior makes them popular amongst people. Looking at goldfinches flying, hearing their beautiful melodies reminds us of positive things in life. It makes us embrace ourselves, share love with people around us and live in harmony with the nature.
They represent devotion, emotions, love and peace.
Beauty and art – Beautiful goldfinch is a common motif in art. It embodies the very idea of art and creation! Goldfinches produce irresistible, enchanting melodies and they look amazing. True beauty is to be found in the most humble and purest things in the world. Tiny goldfinches are modest artists, some of the most gifted in animals' kingdom.
Therefore, in our world of symbols, they represent beauty and art.
Family and friendship – We have seen with how much care goldfinch parents raise up their young ones. These birds are loving and nurturing parents, so they naturally represent and symbolize family bonds and connections. Goldfinches are sociable little ones and they live in large groups.
They symbolize loyalty, honesty and true, everlasting friendship and supports.
Frailty and softness – Goldfinch is a delicate little creature. They symbolize grace, frailty and softness. It is not strange poets and writers would use them as a metaphor for a human soul. There is something magical and divine about them!
Goldfinch motif is common in artwork as a symbol of beautiful, but delicate and fragile things.
Goldfinch totem is a gentle and caring one. It will teach you true values of life!
People born under this totem are kind and delicate by nature. They are very sensitive, emotional and intuitive.
Goldfinch people are usually gifted in arts and are kind of romantic souls. They possess amazing and positive aura.
Goldfinch people are dreamers. No one can take that from them! They enjoy nature and art and usually have talents for music, painting, writing or any other form of expressing creative ideas in an artistic manner.
These people have pure thoughts and never think bad to others.
They are also intelligent and love to share different stories with other people. Goldfinch people are talkative, friendly and charismatic.
These people are intuitive and emotional. They have great empathy for other living beings and have hard time dealing with bad things happening on our planet.
You cannot change everything or help everyone! That is the lesson all Goldfinch people have to learn.
Embrace your life with open arms and enjoy all the beautiful things around you. If you are able to change something, you will know that deep in your heart.
Although great misfortunes out of their control could make them feel down from time to time, Goldfinch people generally have an optimistic view on the world.
They recover easily, because they do not care only about themselves.
They always make sure people they love feel good and comfortable.
Loyal friends and a happy family full of love are all that a Goldfinch person needs to feel good.


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✅ Former England star 'to sign on for Strictly Come Dancing'
Ex-England footie star Alex Scott is reportedly set to take a shot at Strictly Come Dancing. The former Arsenal Ladies defender is apparently lined up to show off her nifty footwork after rave reviews for her BBC World Cup commentary work this summer A source said: "The word is she has agreed to sign up which would be a fantastic deal for everyone – she ticks the boxes "It's just a case of narrowing people down to see if they are rey up for it and there aren't any commitments preventing them from going ahead " Read More Top Stories from Mirror Online Alex, 33, is unlikely to be fazed by the pressure of Strictly as she has the show's Sport Relief champion title under her belt It would be another success for the player – who won 140 caps for her country. World Cup fans described her as "knowledgeable", "insightful" and "brilliant' – and some even said she was the best TV pundit during the competition in Russia She had no trouble holding her own when sitting next to former footbers such as Manchester United's Phil Neville and Chelsea's Didier Drogba Insiders say they expect her to be a big hit on Strictly. She would follow in the footsteps of other top female sports stars on the Saturday night hit show including Olympian Denise Lewis, World Cup colleague Gabby Logan and Wimbledon winner Martina Hingis Alex is one of the most successful English footbers. She started her career at Arsenal, joining the club as an eight-year-old before breaking into the first team in 2002 She won five Premier League titles and one Women's Super League, as well as seven FA Cups. Alex played for England between 2004 and 2017, scoring 12 goals, and also represented Great Britain at the 2012 Olympics, earning herself an MBE In this year's Sport Relief special she competed against pundit Chris Kamara and ex-footie star David Ginola. Their chenge was to perform a broom dance to New Order's World Cup classic World in Motion, with the legendary John Barnes turning up to deliver his rap in the middle of the number Judge Darcey Bussell told her: "You're looking gorgeous. That was a fabulous routine." Strictly would not comment
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Q: What's the right way to interact with Chromecast from an Android Notification? I'm trying to figure out the right way to add Chromecast buttons (pause, play, etc) to an Android Notification.  I've set up a custom notification that sends PendingIntents to a ChromecastService.  That service is trying to interact with a class I built called ChromecastAdapter.  The ChromecastAdapter implements MediaRouteAdapter and contains all the listeners and state that go along with casting.  However, all this state is gone as soon as I exit the application.  So, my ChromecastService doesn't end up having access to the Chromecast once my app is gone.
It seems to me that the only way to get this to work is refactor all the Chromecast state into a Service that implements MediaRouteAdapter.  I really don't want to do this since I'm pretty happy with the way things are now.
Since these interactive Notifications are required by Google, I feel like there has to be a standard way of interacting with a cast from a Notification.  Am I on the right track here?  Do I have to place all my Chromecast interactions behind a Service?

A: What the behavior should be depends on the type of app and the requirements of the app. If your app is "gone" (in the sense that the Application instance is gone), then the question that you should ask yourself is whether you would want to keep a notification mechanism to stay around; there are apps that when they are killed, the receiver also gets closed and user is sent back to the home screen on the chromecast device, in which case there is no reason to keep a notification around.
On the other hand, there are apps that based on their requirements, you would want to let the cast device continue what it was doing (for example play the video) even if the mobile app is gone. In those cases, you may want to have a notification mechanism in place for "bringing up" the app. To achieve that, you need to maintain certain amount of information/state/objects in a service, enough to be able to establish a connection again and "join" the running app. In addition, your "service" needs to be aware of the status of the app on your receiver so if that app is killed (say, someone else starts casting a different app to the device), it can be notified and exit.

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I see a lot of plots where it plays out a lot like a video game, or a Hollywood Action-Adventure movie. Heroes get a mission and charge off after it, slaughtering various creatures along the way, come back to get rewarded, and then a new adventure is given (this would be a sequel for movies, usually another chapter in most video games). This continues for a while with the occasional break for shaking things up, like a boat ride or a desert caravan run, perhaps some sort of minigame.
This party has usually a similar distributon to a Gauntlet game, and usually the same mindset; kill everything and take their stuff. It's why Munchkin card games are as popular as they are, after all. However, this normally leaves the more social type skills by the wayside and can completely eliminate some great options for games. I'm here to try and bring back the social elements, similar to some of the stuff in my Bard post, but I want to go further now and give GMs ideas on how to make the most of social encounters, so much so that it is possible to have a session where you never need to draw a weapon.
Now, some people may say Game system X uses rules that are better for social than system Y, and I agree, that is a problem in some ways. You can be a great liar (Bluff) but the moment you try to tell the truth (Diplomacy) you lose all your skills in being a social person. Or games have 'Social Combat' rules like Exalted and Song Of Ice and Fire, have skills that work better for it. That they do, sure. But it doesn't mean any system does not have the possibility of playing a social character.
The characters may need to /also/ be able to fight, if you want to be involved in everything the GM does, though not always. Look at Inara in Firefly. She was a Companion, a social character in their world, and she took part in various con jobs but was not seen to do much in the way of violence. It is all in playstyle and how the GM works with the characters to get them involved.
Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines, Deus Ex series, and many other games have it where you can find a social and/or sneaky approach through almost all the scenarios in the game. It may require more work, so some people just take the Slaughter Your World path, because it is easier. Also, in some games like Bloodlines (usually because of bad/rushed design) there are fights you cannot avoid if you hope to win. GMs can be like this too, in my experience. A lot will know the fighting rules and use them because they are roughly cut and dry, but the social rules are used less frequently as a major campaign point because they take up less pages and have less information for making decisions.
Since the rules are usual limited on social skills, when you run into 'broken situations' with the social characters it can seem harder to rein them in than sending a bunch of monsters against the fighter. I mean, isn't that like every of the action movies of the last few decades? One person against an infinite number of mooks. Arnold Schwarzenegger is a perfect example of this on the fighting side, and movies like Usual Suspects or Lucky Number Slevin are examples of great social types.
Though when you look at most 'social skills' in movies, it usually makes the characters look like gods as the bad guys usually have little in ways to stop them. Ocean's Eleven went off without any major problems and in the sequel the bad guy manipulates them for his money back. In Usual Suspects, it isn't until the very end that his story begins to be questioned. In so many movies, a quick exchange of social engineering and they give in to the person's request. This can be a reason foe a GM to say no on use of social skills.
How do you challenge a social character when they can talk their way anywhere they want? The primary answer is by making them work for it, and I don't mean make the player roleplay what his character says. Not all players are as skilled as their characters, so if you ask that of a specific test, have your fighters sparring for their attacks. I think a gym mat could fit in a gaming area. Could also help with the 'Gamer Gut', though that may be too LARPish for a lot of people.
Situational modifiers are one example of how to challenge them. In a modern scenario, if someone (usually a random stranger) came up to you at work dressed in body armor with a gun, would you have a pleasant conversation or try to get away as quick as possible? What about, in a fantasy game, the random traveller who just came into town with a sword and all sorts of cuts and bruises, would you be inclined to tell them anything? So, how they look is important to the reactions of the NPCs. However, so is how they act. Do they observe protocol and wait or do they barge in looking to be served immediately? Do they seem to know what they are talking about or are they taking a shot in the dark? If you try and verify their story, does it check out?
A whole adventure can be done on this legwork. A lot of spy shows like Alias and Nikita feature this, as they gather clues towards a larger goal. Other shows like Hustle and Leverage are con-men dealing with the grifting of people, and there are examples where they fail at times because of various reasons, but it also shows it is not always the end of things to fail. Just because you failed to get what you wanted that way you don't need to give up or resort to immediate combat, though security/police/bodyguards/etc may be an issue right away. You can usually try a different angle and get something to help.
It doesn't need to be the whole adventure, but can still have impprtant scenes that play a major role. Paizo Adventure Paths has the Age of Worms feast as well as the Demonskar Ball in Shackled City, with a larger fan addon to make it a whole adventure instead of a few thematic references. Final Fantasy 6 had the Dinner with the Emperor scene where how well you handled yourself determined rewards given. These are not done with one skill check, these are done with many. This link here shows an example of the D&D 4e skill check system to convince a political figure for assistance.
Also, just getting past one person or group is not the end of the social adventure. In a modern building, you have employees, guards, cameras, locked doors and so forth that can stop you. In fantasy, guards and servants and animals and possibly magic can all be issues as well as technology. So you managed to talk past the gate guard, but now the cook wonders who you are and asks a random guard who comes to check you out. Maybe he brings a few buddies if you have some too? You could end up bumping into random people as you walk, like the Stormtroopers on the Death Star.
Personalities can be one of the stumbling blocks for a lot of the GMs. Coming up with drives, motivations, reasons the NPCs would help the PCs. There are many different systems for the personalities and motivations, though you juat need to find what works for you. As for why they may help, in a modern game system, the PCs can be reached for calling in favors and so they can be of use to people as problem solvers. They give you something important and later call you up asking you to fix a problem for them. If you don't, well you lose rep and no one wants to work with someone with a rep of not paying back debts. In a historical game, it is usually more you do this and then I'll do that, but sometimes the goals align and they will capitalize on a sitiation you create like your assault on a key noble as part of your associate's kingmaker scheme. By you going and doing something, they can use it to there advantage to show that the current regime is not as powerful as first thought.
Of course, not everyone is playing on the same level and being upfront about allegiances. Double and triple agents, spies in the organization, listening devices/spells, blackmail, even someone just finding a reason to change like religion or the opinion of a loved one, these can all change the tactics in the middle of the game. If it is the first time used with this group of players, I'd start off dropping veiled hints as part of RP and legwork that show this NPC may have some reasons not to be trusted, like meetings late at night with questionable figures, unpopular decisions, greed, maybe a confrontation with a previous partner or someone they hurt. These let your players realize maybe this NPC is playing an angle, and if they can figure it out, they could use it to their advantage. If they miss the clues or don't figure it out in time, it is possible they could be sold out.
Don't make two faced NPCs the regular occurance or players will not use them, but also don't make them 100% reliable either. These are people serving their own needs and those with power do like to keep it. So you probably want to make a system, perhaps a loyalty chart or statistic, giving you options on how likely this person will waiver in their beliefs and if they would be going back on their word and things like that. A list of loyalties can give you an idea of who ranks where in the balance, for example, church or state.
Just remember, not all loyalities are open for all to see. Your employee is also a founding member of the city's thieves guild and your neighbour is a legacy at their fraternity. Maybe the police chief is married to the mob boss, or perhaps the mayor is able to crack down on crime because he used to be in the organization and knows where the bodies are buried. Secets leave things to be determined, giving the PCs a richer world and more to be determined. It may not be for everyone but it can make things interesting, like finding out a superheroes secret identity.
There is more I want to say on this, but as this is turning into a really long post, let me continue it in a second post where we go more into practical information on playing social events.


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Q: Program that prints specific characters from a line in a file This is a programming problem i stumbled upon. It requires some specific stuff to be done and that is the reason that i copy files etc. The problem is that it requires that i print out the last character from onoma, the first character from epithetoand the product of the four digits of afm. The thing is that it must be done by reading the file. My code is the following:
#include <stdio.h>

main()
{
    FILE *fp, *fp2;
    char ch;
    char onoma[12];
    char epitheto[25];
    char afm[4];
    char adt[8];

    fp = fopen("C:\\Users\\kostikas\\Desktop\\New folder\\myfile.txt", "w");

    printf("Dose onoma: \n");
    scanf("%s", &onoma);

    printf("Dose epitheto: \n");
    scanf("%s", &epitheto);

    printf("Dose afm: \n");
    scanf("%s", &afm);

    printf("Dose adt: \n");
    scanf("%s", &adt);

    fprintf(fp, "%s \n%s \n%s \n%s \n", onoma, epitheto, afm, adt);

    fclose(fp);

    fp = fopen("C:\\Users\\kostikas\\Desktop\\New folder\\myfile.txt", "r");
    fp2 = fopen("C:\\Users\\kostikas\\Desktop\\New folder\\myfile2.txt", "w");

    while((ch = fgetc(fp)) != EOF)
    {
        fputc(ch, fp2);
    }

    fclose(fp);
    fclose(fp2);

    fp2 = fopen("C:\\Users\\kostikas\\Desktop\\New folder\\myfile2.txt", "r");

}

I have absolutely no idea on how to continue from here. I'm utterly baffled. If my post is against community guidelines please let me know and i will delete it. Your help would be greatly appreciated though. Thank you.

A: This is a bunch of tasks smashed together, any one of which is a challenge to a beginner. Let's break this into parts.

The problem is that it requires that i

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*print the last character from onoma

*print the first character from eponimo

*print the product of the four digits of afm.

We'll focus on those one at a time.

The thing is that it must be done by reading the file.

And leave this for later, it just complicates everything. First get the logic working with hard coded values, then worry about where the input comes from.

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*print the first character from eponimo

Each character can be accessed with eponimo[n] starting at 0. First character is eponimo[0], then eponimo[1], and so on. Printing the first character is just...
char eponimo[] = "Basset hounds got long ears";
printf("%c\n", eponimo[0]);

We use %c, not %s, because it is a single character, not a string which is a pointer to an array of characters.

*

*print the last character from onoma

The last character would be the length of the string, minus 1 because it starts from 0. You get the length of a string with strlen.
char onoma[] = "Oodles of poodles jump der strudel";
size_t onoma_length = strlen(onoma);
printf("%c\n", onoma[onoma_length-1]);

*

*print the product of the four digits of afm.

This is a little trickier. It requires math, loops, and converting characters to integers.
First, check that afm is long enough, again using strlen.
if( strlen(afm) < 4 ) {
    fprintf(stderr, "afm must have at least four digits\n");
    exit(1);
}

You can also check if the characters are digits with isdigit.
Then we can loop through the first four characters.
char afm[] = "123456";
for( int i = 0; i < 4; i++ ) {
    printf("%c\n", afm[i]);
}

Now we need to turn them into integers. Whole strings are done with atoi (ASCII to Integer), but we want single characters. The thing about characters in C is they're just integers and we can do math on them. 0 is 48, 1 is 49, and so on. We take advantage that all the integers are in a sequence.
char afm[] = "123456";
for( int i = 0; i < 4; i++ ) {
    // '0' - '0' is 0.
    int digit = afm[i] - '0';
    printf("%d\n", digit);
}

Note that I've switched to %d for printing an integer (a "digit").
Now we multiply them.
char afm[] = "123456";
int product = 1;  // start with 1, not 0, else it will always be 0
for( int i = 0; i < 4; i++ ) {
    // '0' - '0' is 0.
    int digit = afm[i] - '0';
    product *= digit;  // same as product = (product * digit)
}
printf("%d\n", product);

Now that you know how to do it with fixed strings, you can substitute what you've read from the file. First, open it for reading and check that it worked. This check will save you a lot of misery.
char filename[] = "C:\\Users\\kostikas\\Desktop\\New folder\\myfile.txt";
fp = fopen(filename, "r");  // open for reading
if( fp == NULL ) {
    perror("Could not open input file");
}

Now allocate memory and read lines. scanf reads from "standard input", roughly what you tyope into the program. fscanf reads from a filehandle.
// Allocate space for 10 characters.
// Read only 9 because strings need an extra null character to indicate the end.
char onoma[10];
fscanf(fp, "%9s", onoma);

char eponimo[10];
fscanf(fp, "%9s", eponimo);

char afm[10];
fscanf(fp, "%9s", afm);

// We're done reading, close the file.
fclose(fp);

However, scanf and fscanf have a lot of surprising behaviors. And we need to preallocate our best guess of how much we're going to read and be careful not to read in more than we've allocated.
If at all possible, use getline instead. Most compilers support it. It will allocate memory for you. It doesn't have the caveats of fscanf, but it also doesn't strip the newline off the end like fscanf does.
size_t size = 0;
char *onoma = NULL;
getline(&onoma, &size, fp);

Writing is easier. Open the file for writing, you know how to do that, and use fprintf instead of printf, like fscanf instead of scanf.
fprintf(fp, "%c\n", eponimo[0]);

That should get you going. This exercise is throwing multiple problems at a beginner. Break them up into parts and tackle them one at a time.


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State Route 37 (SR 37) is a  state highway in Dale County in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Alabama. The southern terminus of the highway is at an intersection with US 84/SR 134 at Daleville and leads to the Tank Hill Gate of Fort Rucker, where the highway ends. SR 37 is routed along a two-lane undivided highway for its brief length.

Route description
SR 37 begins at an intersection with US 84/SR 12/SR 134 in Daleville, heading north on two-lane undivided Tank Hill Road through woodlands. The highway crosses CR 114 (Joe Bruer Road) before turning northeast through more woods and ending at the Tank Hill Gate of Fort Rucker.

History
The current SR 37 is the third incarnation of the route. In 1940, the original route was designated, heading from near Marvyn to near Oxford. In 1954, the section of the highway from Opelika northwards was redesignated as US 431 and rerouted SR 1. In 1960, SR 37 was extended southward, from Marvyn to Hurtsboro. That highway was replaced in 1985 when SR 51 was extended northward from Hurtsboro to what was then the northern terminus of SR 37 at its interchange with Interstate 85 (I-85). The second route went from Perdue Hill to Little River for a short time, but was gone by 1999, and is now CR 1. The present SR 37 was designated along its current route between 1997 and 1999.

Major intersections

See also

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Congressman launches social media campaign for former Marine imprisoned in Iran
By Gina Harkins on September 23, 2013 Battle Rattle
As world leaders gather in New York this week at the U.N. headquarters, a Michigan congressman is inviting Americans to join a social media campaign designed to draw attention to a former Marine sergeant who has been held prisoner in Iran for two years.
About 70 members of Congress have taken photos with a #FreeAmir sign in order to draw awareness to the case of Amir Hekmati, a former Marine held prisoner in Iran. Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich., represents Hekmati's district and encourages all Americans to take a similar photo and share it on social media.
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Rep. Dan Kildee, a Democrat from Michigan, is working to boost global awareness of the imprisonment of one of his constituents. Former Marine Amir Hekmati has been held prisoner in Iran for two years. Kildee is encouraging members of Congress to have their photos taken with a sign that says "#FreeAmir" and share them on social media — so far, about 70 members of Congress have done so.
Kildee's efforts are timed with the first visit Iran's new president, Hasan Rouhani, will make to the U.S. He hopes Iranian officials will see the campaign and know the world is watching, he said.
Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich., with a #FreeAmir sign outside his congressional office. Kildee represents Amir Hekmati's district.
"The idea is to make sure the Iranian government and officials who are here in the U.S. and clearly follow social media, know that the American people and their representatives are engaged in Amir's case and are watching Iran as they deal with this case going forward," Kildee said.
Releasing Hekmati is a tangible step Iranian leaders can take to prove their seriousness as they try to engage the global community, he said.
Iranian officials announced today that 80 prisoners who were arrested during political crackdowns in that country have been freed. Last week, it was announced that 11 others were released.
Kildee said releasing the American prisoners would be a step in the right direction for Iran.
Former Marine Sgt. Amir Hekmati
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"So far from Iran, we've had a lot of words," Kildee said. "For some it's a sign of hope that there might be a way to bring Iran back into the international community — but words don't mean as much as actions."
Hekmati was arrested and tried on the grounds he was spying in Iran during a 2011 visit to see his grandmother. He was held in solitary confinement and at one point, faced the death penalty — a decision that was since overturned. He has had little contact with his family, and his father has since been diagnosed with brain cancer.
On Sept. 1, he wrote a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry detailing miserable prison conditions. Kildee said Hekmati was brave to write to Kerry because, while he wants to be free and come home, he wants to be sure it's not at the expense of his own integrity or that of the U.S.
Representing Hekmati's district in Michigan, Kildee said he's always hearing from people who want to know how they can help his cause. He encourages Americans to take their own photos with a #Free Hekmati sign and share them on social media.
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He and his friends were planning to keep their masks on, at least at first. "If it really seems OK, then I think we might take them off. But as of now, I feel most comfortable when I have it on."
The Imaginary Audience
Taking off masks also represents a social transition during a developmental period when young people become hypersensitive to what others think of them and particularly concerned about their appearance, Dr. Choukas-Bradley said. Starting in the preteen and early teen years, she said, kids often develop what psychologists call an "imaginary audience" that makes them feel like there is a spotlight on them and their flaws. And as they start to spend less time with parents and more time with peers, social status and cultural standards of beauty become extremely important, especially for girls, she said.
The imaginary audience shapes how teenagers think about even ordinary tasks like getting dressed, speaking in class or going shoe shopping, said Seth Pollak, a psychologist and director of the Child Emotion Lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Whereas an adult may be thinking about cost or comfort, an adolescent may think about what specific people at school are going to think when they walk into homeroom in the new shoes. Those people aren't necessarily friends. They may even be enemies.
"Some adolescents' lives are very dominated by these audiences in their heads that they think are really attending to and scrutinizing them," he said.
Social media has only exacerbated the fixation that teens may have about their appearance and concerns about being judged, many studies show. Even before the pandemic, teenagers were concerned with looking attractive on social media, said Dr. Choukas-Bradley, whose research has connected these kinds of concerns with an elevated risk of depression.
The implications of mask choices are also being magnified on social platforms. "Mask fishing," the idea that someone could be hiding facial flaws under a mask, first emerged on dating apps but became a trend on TikTok late last year. Several recent videos have amassed tens of millions of views, with young people pointing out kids in their schools who may or may not be mask fishing, and even asking others to rate their own faces.
"The imaginary audience is no longer imaginary," Dr. Choukas-Bradley said. "At any given moment, I could be photographed or videoed, and my peers can see what I'm doing and what I look like."
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Chinese concessions on loan repayments still in place, says Minister
Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid (L) and Speaker of the Parliament and former President of the Maldives Mohamed Nasheed (R)
Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid has refuted claims made by Speaker of the Parliament Mohamed Nasheed that the Chinese government has not extended any concessions to the Maldives on loan repayment.
In an interview given to AVAS last week, Minister Shahid said the world's wealthiest nations, the G7 countries made the decision to extend debt relief for vulnerable countries in its bid to support the challenges associated with COVID-19. In this regard, the Chinese government also extended concessions to countries that have borrowed from China, said the minister.
"The Chinese government extended concessions to the Maldives on loans taken under the Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI) and the Maldives continues to enjoy the concessions today," said Shahid.
Shahid, who is also the president-elect of the 76th session of the U.N. General Assembly, said the details of the concessions can be obtained from the Finance Ministry. He said the initial concessions did not apply to state-owned companies but was later included after discussion.
The Maldives and China enjoyed close relations during former president, Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayyoom's presidency, and a large number of development projects were carried out with Chinese assistance. However, the relations between both countries have been somewhat strained since the new administration came to power in November 2019. Some believe that Nasheed's comments on China have significant effects on the relations between both countries. Although Nasheed's constant criticism of China does not reflect the government's opinion on the matter, some senior officials of the government hesitate to reprimand Nasheed for his comments.
When asked if Nasheeds statements criticizing the Chinese government would affect the Maldives' foreign policy, Shahid refrained from giving a clear answer. However, he said it will be very clear to the Chinese government who has the highest authority over the Maldives constitution and its foreign policy.
"As per our government system, the parliament and the government are two different branches, with the parliament being one of the powers of the state and the government another. However, as per Article 115 of the Constitution, it is the President's responsibility to oversee the foreign policy of the country. Even the Chinese government is familiar with the Maldives constitution and is aware that the President is responsible for the country's foreign policy," Shahid said.
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Hollywood's Devastation (1307) – Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in a world without the impact of Hollywood? What are the affects of the movie industry and how has the video realm affected our churches? Joel Weaver's SMBI Thesis was on this subject. A very eye-opening read.


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It's been longer than I'd hoped since we last heard from the German crew of Kalamata, but their time away has borne excellent fruit in the form of this new album, Disruption. Happily, Kalamata still have the same understated sense of humor glazing the music as with the last album, as the track titles make clear; in progression, those are "MY", "ERECTION", "SHOWS", "ME", "THE", and "DIRECTION". Keeping their old 'desert rock drowning in doom' dynamic alive and well, Kalamata also show a growth (and though I'm hesitant to use such a loaded word, you could also call it 'maturation') in the arrangement and escalation of their songs. Brooding periods of echoing strings, building drum-beats, and tone meditation lead to roaring onslaughts of nasty, gnashing grooves, while elsewhere, slow cruising through uncurling melodies calls to mind the best of the '70s heavy psych bands.
It's not an album for playing in your car (unless you're, say, spending multiple hours on a highway with no change-offs), but something to let yourself sink into and absorb with as few distractions as possible. The ramping up to the finish in "DIRECTION" is done so damn well that I'm already wishing I could hear the album for the first time again, but at the same time, I have the feeling that I'll be noticing new details with each listen for quite a while to come. Heavy music fans of any stripe or inclination, give this a try; unless you just have to have vocals in the mix, I'd say this is an album that truly has something for all of you (though, admittedly, sludge is kind of low in the ratio). Excellent work, Kalamata. And hey, could you guys restock your patches soon, please?


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Shifting winds challenge crews fighting Santa Barbara fire
by Associated Press October 14, 2021 October 14, 2021
Shifting winds posed new challenges for firefighters battling a blaze in Southern California coastal mountains that threatened ranches and rural homes and kept a major highway shut down for days.
The Alisal Fire charred more than 24 square miles of dense chaparral in the Santa Ynez Mountains west of Santa Barbara. Containment was just 5% Wednesday evening.
While the scenic region along the Pacific shoreline is lightly populated, the blaze was a threat to more than 100 homes, ranches and other buildings, fire officials said.
Fire crews were protecting Rancho del Cielo, which was once owned by Ronald and Nancy Reagan and was known as the Western White House during his presidency. The 688-acre ranch where Reagan hosted world leaders sits atop the mountain range, above the flames feeding on dense chaparral and grasses.
Based on staff reports from the ranch, the fire was about a half-mile away Wednesday evening, but that section of the blaze was not as active as others, said Jessica Jensen, vice president and chief of staff of the Young America's Foundation, which now operates the ranch.
"We are thankful that there has been no fire activity on the actual Reagan Ranch property. The Ranch, itself, is still in a very defensible position," Jensen said in an email to The Associated Press.
The area hadn't burned since 1955, according to the conservative youth organization.
Fire engines were on the ranch property, and fire retardant will be sprayed around its structures, the foundation said in a statement. It noted that helicopters have filled up with water from one of the ranch's two lakes.
Crews also protected an Exxon Mobil Corp. gas processing facility in a canyon surrounded by flames.
The fire erupted Monday near the Alisal Reservoir, and powerful winds from the north swept the flames down through the mountains, forcing the closure of U.S. 101 in western Santa Barbara County. At one point, the fire jumped the four-lane highway and reached a beach. The closure has forced motorists to take a circuitous detour on smaller routes.
The highway could remain shut until the weekend, said Andrew Madsen, a spokesman for the U.S. Forest Service.
Firefighters working in steep, rugged terrain got help from more than a dozen water-dropping air tankers and helicopters that returned to the skies amid calmer daytime winds. But changing winds could keep aircraft grounded, said Los Padres National Forest Fire Chief Jim Harris.
"As the winds shift, it's the most dangerous time, and critical time, of the fire, because the fire will change direction on us," Harris said.
The National Weather Service said there would be a new round of south Santa Barbara County's notorious Sundowner winds Wednesday night, and other parts of California also were expected to experience increased fire danger.
Red flag warnings were expected to go into effect in the interior of Northern California on Thursday because of gusts and low humidity levels. Forecasters also planned to issue a fire weather watch Friday in parts of Southern California because of the predicted development of Santa Ana winds.
Pacific Gas & Electric said it would likely have to shut off electricity to targeted portions of 13 Northern California counties on Thursday to prevent wildfires from being ignited by wind damage to power lines. The utility just restored power to about 25,000 customers who had their electricity shut off due to Monday's windstorm.
California wildfires have scorched nearly 3,900 square miles this year and destroyed more than 3,600 homes, businesses and other structures, according to the state Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
A historic drought in the American West tied to climate change is making wildfires harder to fight. It has killed millions of trees in California alone. Scientists say climate change has made the West much warmer and drier in the past 30 years and will continue to make weather more extreme and wildfires more frequent and destructive.
Woolsey fire threatens Malibu ecosystems
Crews battle destructive wildfires raging in US West
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Before you read this, go to Youtube or your iTunes library and play the song "Alive with the Glory of Love" by Say Anything.
"Did you ever catch the finale to Scrubs?" And when I said I hadn't you would have thought his dropping jaw was going to knock our table over.
I was a boy raised in a home where the love between a man and a woman was non-existent. Everything I learned about love was from chic flicks and well written TV. As I sit here and admit that to myself and on the page, I think about how much it explains in my life.
I was a boy raised with the belief that second chances made love possible. I was a boy raised with the belief that love withstood anything. I was a boy raised by the belief that love was not something that ever went away.
Love has taught me so much in the past 6 years. I have learned that despite being able to run through 10,000 volts of electricity on a casual Sunday afternoon, love can be more painful than anything on this earth. It is one of the most powerful emotions we as human beings can feel. I say powerful very confidently for a reason which some might find insignificant but one which I find relevant.
When I am lifting at the gym, I tend to rely on my emotions to give me the boost of energy to push for another rep or to add more weight. When I am lifting and I'm filled with love, I feel more powerful than anyone.
Love has the ability to give us power. Give us power over one another and over ourselves.
It can be used for good and bad.
It can be used to hurt and to heal.
It can be given and it can be taken away.
But despite the question of how one can use love, I believe there is one thing that remains true about love.
I was raised in a household where I saw love die. And in my lifetime, I refuse to let it. If I believed love could die, I don't think I could believe in much anymore.
"I try to fall in love everyday." Because while love can be used to hurt us in the most cruel and torturous ways. It can make us happy. And there is so little in this earth that provides us with pure happiness. And I think in that respect, love never fails.
With all the lessons I've learned over the years, I've learned a lot about love. I've learned a lot and yet so little. And while it isn't the best for a boy to grow up learning love from the big pictures and prime time lineups, it gave him hope.
It gave him hope that despite all the odds. Despite poor timing. Despite mistakes made. Despite judgements past. Despite old relationships. Despite new relationships. Despite beliefs. Despite goals. Despite let downs. Despite successes. Despite all the evil. Despite all the good.


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It's a case of '60s memories and '90s troubles; a once-hot singing group, a cancelled booking agent Chick LeRoi needs help. While everyone tries to find another gig for The Shadows, memories of other times keep intruding on Bernie and Sally.
A Fist of Fate
It's a moral dilemma: Bernie knows who killed Arthur Pleasant but how can he get the police to figure it out for themselves when they have Bernie I.D.'d as a prime suspect? Sally stands by her scruples when Bernie suggests planting evidence.
1 For You, 19 For Me
Bernie wins at the track, then discovers that he is being tailed by a tax investigator whose list of prospects include all Bernie's friends. Attempting to escape an audit, the group discovers the tax man's secret and must turn the tables on him.
Bad to Be Born
Things get very crazy when Bernie sends Sally to deliver a summons and she comes back with a baby. Pursued by both the child's young father and a welfare worker, Bernie and Sally try to put things back in order.


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Arda Turan, né le  à Istanbul, est un ancien footballeur international turc qui a évolué au poste de milieu de terrain.

Turan est un joueur reconnu pour sa qualité technique mais fortement critiqué pour son grand tempérament. Il se fait remarquer à Galatasaray où sa vision du jeu le rend indispensable. Parti en Espagne vers l'Atlético de Madrid en 2011, Turan s'affirme comme un milieu de talent dans l'un des meilleurs championnat au monde. En 2015, il rejoint le FC Barcelone où il ne parvient pas à s'imposer. En janvier 2018, il retourne en Turquie pour un prêt de deux ans et demi avec l'Istanbul Basaksehir. En août 2020 il retourne au Galatasaray.

Turan devient rapidement un cadre de la sélection turque où il multiplie les passes décisives. Capitaine d'un Euro 2016 décevant où la Turquie est éliminé dès les phases de groupe, Turan subit de nombreuses critiques. Après avoir pris sa retraite internationale en juin 2017, il décide de mettre un terme à celle-ci et retourne avec la sélection turque.

En septembre 2022 le joueur décide de mettre fin à sa carrière.

Biographie

Enfance et jeunesse
Il est né le  dans le district de Bayrampaşa à Istanbul. Il fait ses études secondaires au lycée  situé dans le district de Fatih.

Il joue au football dès son plus jeune âge, mais c'est à dix ans qu'il prend sa première licence dans le club local d'. En 2000, il rejoint le centre de formation du Galatasaray.

Carrière en club

Premières apparitions à Galatasaray (2005-2006)
Repéré par Gheorghe Hagi, le jeune Turan est intégré à l'effectif professionnel du Galatasaray au début de la saison 2004-2005.

Il fait sa première apparition pour le club le , à l'occasion d'une rencontre de coupe de Turquie face à Bursaspor, en entrant à la  de jeu en remplacement d'Ayhan Akman. Sa première apparition en championnat elle, a lieu le , lors de la rencontre opposant son club à Denizlispor où il entre en jeu à la  en remplacement d'Ergün Penbe.

Le , Arda Turan remporte le tout premier trophée de sa carrière lors de la finale de la coupe de Turquie disputée face à Fenerbahçe, bien que ne disputant pas la rencontre.

Lors de la première partie de la saison 2005-2006, Turan ne joue pas du tout. C'est alors que le club décide de le prêter pour qu'il engrange de l'expérience.

Prêt à Manisaspor (2006)

Lors du mercato d'hiver 2006, il est prêté à Manisaspor.

Il joue son premier match contre Ankaragücü où il inscrit un but, le premier de sa carrière. C'est la première fois de sa carrière qu'il joue un match en tant que titulaire.

Durant cette moitié de saison, il dispute un total de 15 matchs et inscrit deux buts.

Retour et affirmation à Galatasaray (2006-2011)
De retour au club, il est directement prolongé grâce à son bon prêt à Manisaspor.

Le , face à Ankaraspor, il dispute son premier match de la saison en entrant à la  à la place de Hasan Şaş.

Le , il dispute son premier match en tant que titulaire pour Galatasaray, ainsi que son premier match en coupe d'Europe à l'occasion du troisième tour préliminaire de Ligue des champions face au FK Mladá Boleslav. Il contribue à la large victoire de son équipe sur le score de 5-2 en inscrivant ses deux premiers buts et en délivrant sa première passe décisive en compétition européenne, ce qui correspond aussi à ses premiers buts pour l'équipe stambouliote. Quatre jours plus tard, il inscrit son premier but en championnat sous les couleurs de Galatasaray, lors de la large victoire de son équipe sur le score de 4 à 0 face à Kayserispor.

Le , Turan dispute son tout premier match de Ligue des champions à l'occasion de la rencontre opposant son club aux Girondins de Bordeaux.

Le , également face à Bordeaux, il est expulsé à la  de la rencontre après avoir donné un coup de tête à un adversaire. Le club turc perd finalement la rencontre sur le score de 3-1. Cette expulsion est la première de sa carrière. Lors de cette saison, il dispute un total de 36 rencontres et inscrit 8 buts.

Lors de la première moitié de la saison 2007-2008, Arda Turan ne parvient pas à trouver le chemin des filets. Mais dès la deuxième partie de la saison, il commence à inscrire quelques buts décisifs pour son club. Le , face à Sivasspor, il inscrit un triplé lors de la victoire de son équipe sur le score de 5-3. Ce triplé est le premier de sa carrière.

C'est ainsi que Turan est l'un des éléments clés de son équipe dans la conquête du titre de champion de Galatasaray, qui est son premier titre de champion de Turquie.

Lors de la saison 2008-2009, le joueur, tout comme son club, vit une saison en demi-teinte. Toutefois, le , il inscrit un doublé face aux Girondins de Bordeaux lors de la victoire de son équipe sur le score de 4-3, à l'occasion du match retour des seizièmes de final de la coupe de l'UEFA. Le  lors du derby face à Fenerbahçe, il est exclu après avoir donné un coup de poing à Semih Şentürk.

Au début de la saison 2009-2010, Frank Rijkaard devient le nouvel entraîneur de Galatasaray. Il est alors nommé capitaine de l'équipe, ce qui fait de lui le plus jeune capitaine de l'histoire du club. Le joueur vit une saison compliquée. C'est ainsi que le , lors du match de championnat disputée face à Diyarbakırspor, il est pris en grippe par une partie du public. Quelques jours après cette rencontre, le joueur déclare ses envies de vouloir jouer en Europe. La presse parle alors d'un intérêt de Tottenham vis-à-vis de celui-ci.

Lors de la saison 2010-2011, le club vit l'une des pires saisons de son histoire. Le joueur est quant à lui souvent blessé et joue peu. Le , lors du match de championnat face à Konyaspor, Turan dispute son dernier match avec son club formateur.

Atlético de Madrid (2011-2015)

Dans les dernières heures du , il est annoncé qu'Arda Turan est transféré à l'Atlético de Madrid pour un montant de 12 millions d'euros plus des bonus. C'est alors le plus gros transfert de l'histoire concernant un joueur turc.

Il fait ses débuts pour les  le 28 août suivant, lors de la rencontre de liga opposant son club à Osasuna en entrant au jeu à la  en remplacement d'Eduardo Salvio, qui voit les deux formations terminer la partie sur le score nul et vierge de 0 à 0.

Il inscrit son premier but pour l'Atlético Madrid lors de la rencontre de phase de groupe de l'Europa league le 30 novembre 2011 à l'occasion du match face au Celtic, qui permet à son équipe de remporter la partie grâce à cette unique réalisation. Son premier but en championnat est quant à lui inscrit le 11 décembre 2011 lors de la défaite des Madrilènes face à l'Espanyol de Barcelone sur le score de 4-2.

En décembre 2011, il est élu meilleure recrue de la Liga BBVA devançant Radamel Falcao et Cesc Fàbregas.

Le 22 avril 2012, Turan inscrit un doublé pour les , toujours face à l'Espanyol de Barcelone, lors de la victoire de son équipe sur le score de 3 buts à 1. Ces trois buts, tous inscrits face aux , sont ses seuls buts marqués au cours de cette saison en championnat.

Le , l'Atlético Madrid remporte l'europa league en battant en finale l'Athletic Bilbao sur le score de 3 à 0. Au cours de cette partie, Arda Turan s'est illustré en délivrant la passe décisive du deuxième but de sa formation à Radamel Falcao.

Le , la presse espagnole rapporte que l'Anji Makhatchkala, évoluant dans le championnat russe ciblerait Arda Turan en vue d'un transfert, avec une offre comprenant un contrat de quatre ans qui lui aurait rapporté 10 millions d'euros net par an, ce qui aurait fait du joueur un des footballeurs les mieux payés de la planète, l'offre comprenait également un montant de 24 millions d'euros pour , proposition que le joueur a refusé.

Le , Arda Turan remporte la supercoupe de l'UEFA avec la victoire de l'atlético Madrid aux dépens de Chelsea sur le score de 4 buts à 1, avec une passe décisive de ce dernier sur le troisième but de Radamel Falcao.

Lors de la saison 2012-2013, Arda Turan devient un des éléments clés de son équipe et délivre dix passes décisives, tout en inscrivant dans le même temps quatre buts, dont certains ramènent des points précieux à l'atletico, comme face à Levante le , qui permet à son équipe d'arracher le point du match nul, mais également en permettant à sa formation d'empocher les trois point de la victoire, le , face au Grenade CF.

Le , l'Atlético Madrid remporte la Copa Del Rey en battant le Real Madrid 2-1 à l'issue des prolongations.

Le 19 septembre 2013, le joueur prolonge son contrat jusqu'en 2017, avec désormais une clause libératoire fixé à 41 millions d'euros.

Il inscrit le premier but en ligue des champions de sa carrière le , lors de la rencontre de phase de groupe opposant l'Atlético Madrid au Zénith Saint-Pétersbourg, avec la victoire des Madrilènes sur le score de 3-1. Deux semaines plus tard, le , toujours lors d'une rencontre comptant pour la phase de groupe de la ligue des champions, Turan inscrit le but de la victoire de son équipe face au FC Porto, qui voit les  remporter la partie 2-1.

Pendant la saison 2013-2014, il est un des piliers de l'équipe avec Koke et Diego Costa en contribuant à la très bonne saison de l'Atlético Madrid, le joueur inscrit par ailleurs trois buts en championnat et marque notamment lors de la large victoire de l'Atlético Madrid 4-1 face à l'AC Milan, le  lors des huitièmes de final retour de la ligue des champions. Le , lors de la demi-finale retour de la ligue des champions face à Chelsea, Arda Turan inscrit le troisième but de son équipe qui permet aux madrilènes de consolider leur qualification pour la finale face au Real Madrid.

Le , alors que l'Atlético Madrid est au coude à coude avec le FC Barcelone en championnat, les  se déplacent au Camp Nou à Barcelone, à l'occasion de la dernière journée de championnat qui voit les catalans et l'Atlético s'affronter en vue de décider du futur vainqueur de la liga. À l'issue d'un match disputé, où les  tiennent le  en échec 1 partout, les Madrilènes sont du coup sacrés champions d'Espagne. Toutefois, Arda Turan est obligé de laisser sa place à Raúl García à la  minute de la partie, car il s'est blessé à la suite d'un contact avec Cesc Fàbregas.

Le , Turan ne dispute pas la finale de la ligue des champions car il est blessé depuis le match face au FC Barcelone, qui voit le Real Madrid remporter sa dixième ligue des champions, avec une victoire à l'issue des prolongations sur le score de 4 à 1.

Le , lors de la rencontre de championnat, il inscrit le but de la victoire qui permet dans le même temps à l'Atlético Madrid de battre le Real Madrid sur le score de 2 but à 1.

Le , il écope d'un carton jaune en Coupe du Roi contre le FC Barcelone, pour avoir balancé sa chaussure en direction de l'arbitre assistant.

Lors de l'été 2015, son agent confirme que Turan veut quitter l'Atlético de Madrid. Alors que le joueur souhaiterait découvrir la Premier League, le FC Barcelone et le Paris Saint-Germain seraient les deux clubs les mieux placés pour accueillir le Turc.

FC Barcelone (2015-2020)
Le , Arda Turan signe au FC Barcelone pour un montant de 34 millions d'euros ainsi que 7 millions d'euros de bonus mais il ne pourra jouer qu'à partir de janvier 2016, à cause d'une sanction infligée au Barça qui interdit le recrutement jusqu'à cette même date. Il est le deuxième joueur turc de l'histoire du Barça après Rüştü Reçber. Dans le même temps la presse turc évoque un possible retour du joueur à Galatasaray pour une durée de six mois sous la forme d'un prêt afin qu'il garde le rythme de la compétition, ce qui est dans la foulée démenti par ce dernier.

Le , il fait sa première apparition pour le club catalan face à l'Espanyol de Barcelone. Trois jours plus tard, il dispute son premier match en championnat pour les catalans, lors de la victoire 4-0 face au Grenade CF. Au cours de ce match, il délivre une passe décisive à Lionel Messi qui inscrit le premier but de son équipe. Turan inscrit son premier but pour les  le , lors de la victoire de sa formation en déplacement 5-1 sur la pelouse du Rayo Vallecano. Rarement titulaire, il inscrira quand même deux buts en championnat lors de sa première saison.

Lors de la Supercoupe d'Espagne 2016 contre le Séville FC, il délivre une passe décisive au match aller et inscrit un doublé lors du match retour à domicile.

Le , il inscrit son premier triplé avec le FC Barcelone face au Borussia Monchengladbach en Ligue des Champions, le match est remporté 4-0 par les catalans. Quinze jours plus tard, il inscrit de nouveau un triplé face au Hercules CF en Coupe du Roi lors de la victoire du Barça 7-1.

Prêt à Istanbul Başakşehir (2018-2020)
Le , il est prêté à l'Istanbul Başakşehir pour une durée de deux ans et demi, jusqu'à la fin de son contrat. Il fait sa première apparition pour son nouveau club le , lors de la rencontre de championnat  face à Bursaspor. Başakşehir remporte la partie 3-0 et Arda Turan inscrit par la même occasion son premier but pour sa formation.

Il est exclu après avoir bousculé un arbitre assistant lors du match nul 1-1 de son équipe face à Sivasspor le . C'est ainsi que le , Arda Turan écope de 16 matchs de suspension et de  d'amende à la suite de son geste quelques jours plus tôt.

En octobre 2018, lors d'une sortie de boîte, il agresse le chanteur Berkay Sahin et lui casse le nez. Peu après, il se rend armé d'un pistolet à l'hôpital où le chanteur est soigné, suppliant pour qu'on lui tire dessus et qu'on lui pardonne. Inculpé pour harcèlement sexuel et détention illégale d'arme et blessures volontaires, il est condamné à 2 ans et 8 mois de prison avec sursis. Son club le sanctionne également d'une amende de .

En janvier 2020, le joueur demande que son prêt soit interrompu, il retourne donc à Barcelone, le club turc ayant décidé de ne pas lever la clause libératoire du joueur.

Retour et fin de carrière à Galatasaray (2020-2022)
Le , Galatasaray annonce le recrutement d'Arda Turan, libre de tout contrat depuis son départ du FC Barcelone. Il dispute son premier match après son retour, le  lors de la  de championnat face à Gaziantep FK, qui voit Galatasaray remporter la rencontre sur le score de 3-1.

En fin de contrat en juin 2022, Arda Turan officialise l'arrêt de sa carrière le .

Carrière en sélection nationale

Il obtient sa première sélection en équipe de Turquie contre le Luxembourg, le . Au fil du temps, il devient un titulaire indiscutable sur le côté gauche de la sélection turque et fait partie aujourd'hui des joueurs les plus importants de cette sélection.

Le , Turan inscrit son premier but en sélection durant la rencontre amicale face à l'Uruguay. La Turquie pert la partie sur le score de 3-2.

Le , il est retenu par le sélectionneur Fatih Terim parmi les 23 joueurs en vue de participer à l'Euro 2008.

Durant l'Euro 2008, absent sur le terrain face au Portugal, qui voit la Turquie s'incliner sur le score de 2-0, Arda Turan rentre en jeu contre la Suisse le . Menée au score par 1 but à 0, son équipe arrive à renverser le match et à gagner (2-1). Arda est l'auteur du but de la victoire pour la Turquie à la  de jeu à la suite d'un contre. Il est élu homme du match par l'UEFA. Le 15 juin, il réduit l'écart contre la République tchèque 2-1. La Turquie parvient finalement à remporter ce match décisif pour la qualification pour les quarts de finale notamment grâce à deux buts de Nihat en fin de match sur le score de 3-2. Le 20 juin, il est titulaire en quart de finale contre l'équipe de Croatie où il inscrit le premier pénalty de l'équipe nationale turque pendant la séances des tirs au but. La Turquie se qualifie pour les demi-finales après la séance des tirs au but (1-1 a.p.) ; (3 t.a.b. à 1). Le 25 juin, Arda Turan ne joue pas la demi-finale contre l'Allemagne lors de la défaite des turcs 3-2, pour avoir écopé d'un second carton jaune contre la Croatie. Malgré cela, Arda aura été un des meilleurs joueurs de la compétition.

Le , lors d'une rencontre comptant pour les qualifications pour l'Euro 2012, Turan permet à la Turquie de s'imposer face à la Belgique sur le score de 3-2, ce dernier inscrivant le but de la victoire pour sa sélection.

Le , dans le cadre de la rencontre de qualifications pour l'Euro 2016 face aux Pays-Bas, Turan s'illustre lors de la large victoire de la Turquie sur le score de 3-0, en inscrivant un but et en délivrant une passe décisive sur le premier but de sa sélection inscrit par Oğuzhan Özyakup.

Le , Arda Turan fait partie de la liste finale des 23 joueurs convoqués par Fatih Terim pour l'Euro 2016. La Turquie sera finalement éliminée en phase de groupe.

Après avoir agressé un journaliste turc renommé le 5 juin 2017, Turan est écarté de la sélection nationale de la Turquie par le sélectionneur Fatih Terim le lendemain, et décide de mettre un terme à sa carrière internationale. Le joueur explique en conférence de presse à propos de l'agression : .

À la suite du départ du sélectionneur Turc Fatih Terim et à l'arrivée de Mircea Lucescu qui veut le sélectionner, Arda annonce son désir de revenir en équipe nationale sur les réseaux sociaux.

Il effectue sa 100e et dernière apparition en équipe nationale lors de la défaite 3-0 face à l'Islande comptant pour les qualification à la Coupe du monde 2018 le .

Turan totalise 100 sélections pour 17 buts et 24 passes décisives.

Style de jeu
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Statistiques

Statistiques détaillées

Buts internationaux

Palmarès

En club

En sélection

 Championnat d'Europe :
 Demi-finaliste : 2008.

Distinctions personnelles

 Meilleur joueur du championnat turc : 2008, 2009 et 2010
 Meilleur passeur du championnat turc : 2008 et 2010
 Élu meilleur recrue de la Liga BBVA : 2011
 Meilleur espoir de l'Euro 2008

Records personnels

  turc à avoir remporté le Championnat d'Espagne avec deux clubs différents (Atlético Madrid en 2014 et FC Barcelone en 2016).
  turc à avoir inscrit un hat trick en Ligue des Champions UEFA avec un club espagnol.
  turc du FC Barcelone à avoir inscrit un hat trick.
  turc du FC Barcelone à avoir inscrit deux hat trick sur une saison (2016-2017).
  turc à avoir porté le maillot du FC Barcelone.
  turc à avoir inscrit un hat trick en Ligue des Champions UEFA.

Notes et références

Notes

Références

Liens externes

Footballeur international turc
Joueur du Galatasaray SK
Joueur du Manisaspor
Joueur de l'Atlético de Madrid
Joueur du FC Barcelone
Joueur de l'Istanbul Başakşehir
Footballeur sélectionné plus de 100 fois en équipe nationale
Naissance en janvier 1987
Naissance à Istanbul


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Belgique et Chrétienté est une ancienne ASBL se réclamant du catholicisme, classée à l'extrême droite, fondée en 1989 par l'avocat Ghislain Dubois. Elle est présidée par Alain Escada, militant d'extrême droite, ancien porte-parole du FNB, qui revendique désormais une proximité avec la droite française. Prônant l'« ordre moral », d'après ses statuts, elle « combat le racisme antichrétien et le racisme antibelge ».

Historique
Belgique et Chrétienté publie sur son site internet une liste de sociétés commerciales qu'elle déconseille. L'organisation appelle sur son site à faire pression à l'encontre de manifestations culturelles ou d'annonces publicitaires jugées par elle « blasphématoires ».

Belgique et Chrétienté a fusionné avec l'Institut Civitas, qui œuvre pour une "cité catholique", en France principalement.

Depuis , Civitas Belgique a repris certaines activités de l'association qui étaient laissées en désuétude depuis 2012.

Notes et références

Liens externes

 Archive du blog de Belgique et Chrétienté
 Site de l'Institut Civitas

Association ou organisme lié à la religion en Belgique
Conservatisme
Catholicisme traditionaliste
Association ou organisme politique d'extrême droite en Belgique