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STATES ARE VOTING TO DEFEAT THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE
Father God, please preserve our Constitution and protect us from the tyranny of the majority--elections decided only by city residents in the U.S.
The Denver Post reported, "Gov. Jared Polis on Friday quietly signed a bill that pledges Colorado's Electoral College votes to the presidential candidate who wins the national popular vote."
Colorado joins the District of Columbia and 11 other states, Vermont, Rhode Island, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Washington, New York, Illinois, New Jersey, and California.
This doesn't do away with the Electoral College, but it does assign the electoral votes of each of these states to the winner of the popular vote, if enough states sign on to total 270, which is the necessary number of electoral votes to win. The electoral votes of these 12 states and D.C. total 191. They are 79 electoral votes away from this back-door change to the Constitution.
"The Electoral College is a very carefully considered structure the Framers of the Constitution set up to balance the competing interests of large and small states," writes Hans von Spakovsky, a former member of the Federal Election Commission. "It prevents candidates from winning an election by focusing only on high-population urban centers (the big cities), ignoring smaller states and the more rural areas of the country — the places that progressives and media elites consider flyover country."
The next state considering joining this group is New Mexico–its state Senate has already approved a bill.
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Father God. You are Lord over all. We confess to you that we have abused our gift of this nation and it's freedoms. While we were founded on Godly principles, we have strayed from you Lord. We have become a people not after your will but after our own. We have twisted your words and made what is wrong in your eyes, our own version of right in our eyes. Just as in biblical times we have let our commitment to you slide and have listened to the lies of the devil as to what is acceptable in this country. Greed, lust, lies, false gods, even killing babies. There are some who even want to and have succeeded at striking your name from our schools and public places.
Our great nation has turned our back to you and has become a nation of fools racing toward a cliff.
Yet there are some who hold true to your word and your decrees. Not perfectly but with fear of your anger and with humility before you Lord. Forgive us and our nation of our sins against you God. Open our eyes to see and our ears to hear. Let us not lose track of your light Lord. May we collectively humble ourselves before you and confess our sins. May we once again be a light unto the world and may your name be praised above all others. May the next chapter in our story be of a nation that while having strayed has now come back to you Lord. Help us who see the dangers of our ways. Give us strength to fight the good fight and bring glory to you Lord. For we cannot win this battle on our own. Only you have the power to change our course. Help us to see the errors of our ways and to change our ways just as in biblical time when your people, the Jewish nation repented of their sins and turned back to you.
In Jesus Christ, your Son's name we ask for your protection from the evil that has come against us.
Thank you Father grace and forgiveness. Thank you for your protection from evil.
JEFFREY HANDSHAW says:
Conservatives fought to allow slaves to vote, Democrats opposed.
Conservatives fought to allow women to vote, Democrats opposed.
Now that all American adults can vote, Democrats are now taking away votes from the citizens in these states. Literally, if 100% of the citizens of these states vote for one candidate, but the other wins the national popular vote then their votes are all IGNORED, essentially denying them of their votes.
How can any legislature take away voter rights from their citizens?
Georgene Gibson says:
We decree that our constitution is the Supreme law of THE USA AND IT WILL NOT BE CHANGED. THE ELECTRAl.
COLLEGE will continue to be the way to determine our president. It is based on GOD'S Word. And will be respected by the citizens in our Land. God arise and let the enemies of our constitutionAL rebublic be scattered.
Respectfully, your comment that you decree the US Constitution "will not be changed" is inaccurate.
In fact, we have a mechanism for "changing" the Constitution and it's called the Constitutional Amendment Process. I'm sure you've heard of it.
Johnnie P Simpson says:
So, these states don't care who the majority of their citizens vote for. They are going to force their electorates to the Electoral College to vote with the largest cities in the nation in an attempt to circumvent the US Constitution. Democrats are proving they hate losing so bad that they are willing to change the rules so they can steal elections. Didn't we just see them trying to do that with the 2016 election ?
Seems the dems have lost all reasoning, but then evil is really behind the problems. We ask You Lord God, to keep our country USA safe and protect our Constitution, and our electoral votes.
Cristina Conlon says:
Dear God, I agree with my sister Christine Martha. We stand in the gap between the forces of evil in Congress and the U.S.A. and declare that no weapon shall prosper against our nation. We pray in Jesus Name.
Marilyn Guidotti says:
Father I pray in Jesus name that this attack on the Electoral College be exposed for what it is.,a attempt to change the Electoral College without public debate and an amendment to the Constitution. You are the Way,the Truth and the Light Shine your light on this deception Thank you Lord. In God We Trust!
Deborah Neiberger says:
Jan Buuck says:
Yes and amen! Let hidden and secret agendas be exposed in Jesus' name.
Agreed, we will have no changing of our systems of government
Wms2 says:
Amen!Agree
Felicia Penner says:
I Plead the blood of Christ over this, my Lord and God. We do not deserve you to circumvent this evil, but Lord i would ask that you would. This terrifies me, and yet you are Sovereign Lord, and you have saved us as a Republic in the 9th hour before, once only 2 years ago when our President got in against all odds. Praise you Lord. I pray that there would be a grass root response to this from the people in all of these states to uphold the constitution, that the voices of the voters would not be silenced. I pray this in Jesus name, Amen
Linn Degennaro says:
Lord, you are still on the throne. you are sovereign. we say that no weapon formed against our constitution and our republic shall prosper. we ask that this attempt to change the outcome of our elections be defeated, in Jesus name.
Carolyn Mobley says:
Psalm 33:10 "The Lord foils the plans of the nations, he thwarts the purposes of the peoples." Lord, look upon your people with mercy and let justice roll down like a river and righteous like a never ending stream. Please do as you say in your Word, and protect this republic in the way our founding fathers intended – to maintain the authority and intent of our Constitution.
Lord God, the framers of our Constitution were brilliant in their setting up the Electoral College – and I believe it was because of your influence for a just and fair way to elect. And so, may your will be done even now and may foolish people's ploys and manipulations be thwarted. And may the electorate be educated to the value and genius of the electoral college. I declare you Sovereignty over this issue!
Evelyn Brainerd says:
Yes, HOW? I'm hoping someone can answer this.
Elizabeth W says:
How can the constitution be changed without an amendment?
Judy McDonough says:
This effort doesn't actually change the Constitution. It is a back door approach to subvert the Electoral College without changing the Constitution.
Christine Martha says:
Father, we ask you to throw confusion into the plans to abolish the electoral college. Arise, O God, confront them, overthrow them! We say that what has been spoken in secret about this will be shouted from the housetops, and citizens across the nation will rise up and protest this! Full disclosure is coming out, and godly people will have the wisdom and understanding to block this plan! In Jesus' mighty name!
Amy Herndon says:
Beatrice Marquez says:
Amen! I'm in agreement
douglas wallace says:
What would have happened if this was in place for the 2016 election?
Can you say President Hilary Clinton ? !
Lord God we first thank you that you are on the throne and nothing takes you by surprise. You have said in your word that you sought for a man to stand in the gap and make up a hedge. We put a hedge around our constitution,and though we know all the people weren't Godly we stand up for the Godly&Biblical principles Upon which our nation was founded. We come against the move to destroy the electoral college which ensures smaller states have an equal voice. Lord whatever systems lends itself to restoring and maintaining Biblical principles let that system be the standard in this country. In Jesus mighty name!
Janelle Pratt says:
We the people should not be silent but rise up to fight this effort to make our elections unbalanced and unequal. All states should have a part in deciding our presidential election. We are sick of the immaturity of liberal voices who constantly try to empower themselves. There is such pride and arrogance in Washington. The Democrat Congress people need to decide they no longer want to follow policies that make them look like fools our to destroy America.
Priscilla Jenison says:
Father, May Your kingdom come and Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Nancy Carmickle says:
I was quite distressed to see my state was listed. I had no idea!
Dear Lord, there are many layers of evil we don't know anything about nor do we have a say in it. You know all about this, though, and we can take comfort in that. You are raising up Your people to rake our places in the great army of God to intercede on behalf of this great nation. You raised us up to pray because You know this is too big for us to fix. Only You can turn things around and set us upright which You really want to do. We have seenYou do the seemingly impossible, like giving us a President who us doing his best to get us back on track when we were definitely on a downhill slide. We are on Your side and we pray that Your will WILL be done on earth, in America, as it is in Heaven🙏
kenneth w madden says:
Will the Senate be abolished next? Not one man, one vote!
I do not know what it will take to stop the left leaning democrat party from destroying our constitution and our country. I would pray God would remove the blinders from their eyes, unstop their ears, and move their hearts for our country as a whole and for each individual citizen. Instead of fixing the problems they are creating greater problems. Rand Paul & other champions of our constitution are fighting to preserve our constitutional rights.I pray for these champion regularly.
Paul R. says:
A vote for this will only magnify the Larger States like NY, Calif. Rural areas will be completely neglected.
God, help this nation to abide by the wisdom set forth from your hand when the framers of our Constitution earnestly sought Your counsel from the beginning. We now earnestly seek Your help in turning from Your wisdom and truth. Will You move in this hour to bring us as a nation under Your mandate, Your righteousness and Your justice so that as a nation we can honor You and bring glory to Your name?
Father, forgive us from straying from Your instructions and have mercy upon us so that we will obey Your commandments and execute governmental authority according to Your will.
We bless You and thank You for what we can not yet see manifest in the natural, that our faith in Your great love and compassion believing all of Your word that will come to pass according to Your will. Have Your way in Your United States of America.
Alan K. Veasey says:
The electoral college has worked to the benefit of the Democrats on several occasions (Bill Clinton twice and Woodrow Wilson). These states might vote Democrat and have to give the votes to a Republican who won the popular vote. The might choose to violate their own law to prevent this from happening. This is an effort to engineer a preconceived outcome in violation of the Constitution
and an overturning the will of the people, which means it's anti-democratic and illiberal.


The Coulee Region Chill, proud members of the NA3HL, are pleased to announce that forward Brandon Ratzloff has committed to play NCAA Division III hockey for Augsburg University.
Ratzloff, 20, has played the last two seasons with the Chill in the NA3HL. While with the Chill this season, the 5'11/175 lbs. native of Rochester, Minnesota, recorded 27 goals and 57 assists in the regular season for 84 total points in 45 games. In the Central Division Playoffs, Ratzloff played in all 5 games, recording 1 goal and 4 assists.
We wish Brandon the best as he moves into this next level of hockey.
The Coulee Region Chill, proud members of the NA3HL, are pleased to announce that defenseman Toon De Schepper has committed to play NCAA Division III hockey for Wilkes University.
De Schepper, 20, has played the last four seasons with the Chill in the NA3HL. While with the Chill this season, the 6'0/185 lbs. native of Nieuwenrode, Belgium, recorded 11 goals and 69 assists in the regular season for 80 total points in 45 games.
We wish Toon the best as he moves into this next level of hockey.
The North American Hockey League (NAHL) released the 2016-17 schedule this morning. The Coulee Region Chill have 28 home games, 20 of which are against opposing Midwest Division Opponents the Springfield Jr. Blues, Janesville Jets, Fairbanks Ice Dogs, Kenai River Brown Bears and Minnesota Magicians. Six home games will be played against the Austin Bruins (four) and old divisional foe, the Minnesota Wilderness (two). The remaining two home games will be played at the NAHL Showcase in Blaine, MN.
For the full 2016-17 schedule click here.
The Coulee Region Chill acquired defenseman Marshal Plunkett in trade from the Fairbanks Ice Dogs.
Plunkett, a native of nearby West Salem, WI, recently completed his first season in the NAHL where he competed in 38 games with the 2016 Robertson Cup Champions. He was the youngest player on the Ice Dogs roster and accumulated one goal and three assists and a +13 rating over the season. Before making the jump to the NAHL, Plunkett played for the Madison Capitols 16U team of the NAPHL. During the 2014-15 season he competed in 60 games for the Capitols and scored 12 goals and had 15 assists for a total of 27 points. During the season Plunkett was named to the 2015 NAPHL Top Prospects All-Star game where former Chill Coach AJ Degenhardt coached his team. He had two goals in the All-Star game including the game winning goal. Plunkett also participated in the the Jr. Chill AAA developmental program in past summers and will continue to develop and train this summer with the program under his new Coach Ryan Egan.
The Coulee Region Chill, Proud Members of the NAHL are excited to announced that two local high-school standouts, Bailey Martin and Tyler Ebner have signed tenders with the organization for the 2016-17 season. Martin and Ebner along with local Chill player Justin Kendall all played on the Team Wisconsin U18 team this past fall together.
Martin, a senior at West Salem High School saw a lot of success throughout his playing years with the Panthers scoring 108 goals and 90 assists in 98 games played, eight of which coming in the playoffs. Martin helped lead his high school team to a 21-3 record this past season before falling in the 2nd game of the playoffs to the Wisconsin Rapids Red Raiders.
Ebner, also a senior, attends Onalaska High School. The 6'1", 175lb forward tied for 3rd in the state with 37 goals and ranked 3rd with 82 total points on the year. Ebner helped lead the Hilltoppers to a 21-3 record – including an 8-0 record in the Mississippi Valley Conference – and a 2016 state tournament appearance. He ended his high school career playing in 86 games (14 in the playoffs) scoring 74 goals and 82 assists.
The Chill are excited to continue to fulfill our mission of developing student athletes and the addition of these two local high school players highlights the development commitment we have made here in the local hockey community. Both local players participate in our Jr. Chill AAA program with our head coach Ryan Egan and will work to further their development going into the fall hockey season.
Two Forwards Justin Kendall and Larry Jungwirth along with defenseman Jackson Charlesworth and goalie Matiss Kivlenieks were all selected by USHL teams between rounds 1-8 yesterday.
Kivlenieks had a great first season with the Chill in 2015-16 season that resulted in a large number of honors including NAHL Goalie of the Month in the month of February as well as being the 5th player overall drafted in the 2016 USHL Phase II Draft. After going 16-10 on the season and being a brick wall in net the 2nd half of the season, Kivlenieks announced his collegiate commitment to pursue academics and play hockey for Minnesota State University – Mankato (WCHA, D1).
The youngest Chill player to be selected in the 2016 USHL Phase II Draft, Kendall was drafted by the Lincoln Stars just four rounds in. He first saw action with the Chill in November this past year after choosing to forgo his Senior year of high school hockey. The local Holmen, WI talent scored 16 goals and 11 assists throughout the regular season and another three assists in the Robertson Cup Playoffs.
In 2015-16 Charlesworth found his offensive groove in his 2nd season in the organization. The Chill veteran scored three goals both seasons but contributed with 14 more assists (18) in year two compared to year one. Charlesworth will continue playing hockey in the state of Wisconsin, this time on the Eastern side of the state with the Green Bay Gamblers.
Joining Charlesworth in Green bay is Jungwirth. Acquired in a trade with the Minnesota Magicians right before the new year, he contributed immensely to the 2nd half surge the Chill made for the playoffs. He scored seven goals and 14 assists in 25 games played with the Chill not including the one goal and three assists scored in the 1st round of the Robertson Cup Playoffs. Jungwirth was named runner-up for NAHL Forward of the Month for the month of February.
Defenseman Nico Luka and Chad Sasaki, along with former head coach AJ Degenhardt, have been recognized for their accomplishments during the 2015-16 season.
Luka was one of two defenseman named to the All-Midwest Division Team after a great season, most notably the 2nd half of the year while the Coulee Region Chill were making a run for the 2016 Robertson Cup Playoffs. The native of Bartlett, IL finished the season with seven goals and 31 assists for 38 points which was good for 2nd highest on the team.
Sasaki was given the Midwest Division Academic Achievement Award for the work he did off the ice. The Colorado College (NCHC, D1) commit proved that it's just as important to excel in the classroom as it is on the ice, and he represented the organization well. In his first season in junior hockey he compiled two assists for the Chill.
Degenhardt was awarded Midwest Division Coach of the Year after leading the Chill to a turnaround no one would've ever expected. After starting the season 10-17 Degenhardt made a trade at the Christmas break sending team captain Michael Wilson to the Minnesota Magicians for forwards Alex Lambacher, Kevin Dineen and Larry Jungwirth. The trade proved to rejuvinate a young Chill roster as they finished the season with a 33-26-1 record, clinching a playoff spot in the 2nd-to-last game of the season against the Janesville Jets. The Chill's season ended last weekend in game four against the top seed Fairbanks Ice Dogs.
It was a tale of two different seasons for the Coulee Region Chill hockey team in 2015-16.
The season started with an average showing at the NAHL Showcase winning two-of-four games before heading into a dreadful month of October in which the Chill won only two games, one coming in a shootout against the Springfield Jr. Blues in the 2nd home game of the season and later in the month against the Minnesota Magicians in overtime.
The Month of November wasn't too kind to the Chill either. The team won four games over the span of the month including a 3-1 record against both of the teams in Alaska and Midwest Division opponents, the Kenai River Brown Bears and Fairbanks Ice Dogs.
By the time Christmas rolled around everyone was ready for a break and needed time to regroup.
A 10-17 start to the season isn't what head coach AJ Degenhardt had expected.
Degenhardt then made a bold trade during the Christmas break. A trade that would move forward and team captain Michael Wilson to the Minnesota Magicians for forwards Kevin Dineen, Larry Jungwirth and Alex Lambacher.
The energy brought in by the new set of forwards gave life to not only the Chill offense but the team as a whole. The Chill scored four-or-more goals in six games throughout the month of January (seven times combined September-December) en route to an 8-2 record. 2nd-year forward Dominik Florian had his best month of the season as did goalie Matiss Kivlenieks, both earning NAHL Player of the Month awards.
Much of the same took place in February. Kivlenieks, 6'2" native of Riga, Latvia, led the Chill all month going 5-0 and taking NAHL Goalie of the Month honors. Newcomer Jungwirth also played a large part in the 6-2 month of February; after sustaining an injury after his first game in a Chill uniform Jungwirth burst onto the scene with four goals and seven assists and finished runner-up in the NAHL Forward of the Month honors.
The first two months of 2016 had the team at an impressive 14-2 record and knocking on the door for their ticket into the 2016 Robertson Cup Playoffs. After going 6-4 in March and struggling through some player injuries, the Chill split their series with the Minnesota Wilderness the first weekend of April. They'd need one win in their final three games of the season to clinch a playoff spot.
And that's exactly what they got against the Janesville Jets in front of a sell-out crowd at the Green Island Ice Arena on April 9th. The overtime victory put them 4th in the division and knocked the Springfield Jr. Blues out of postseason contention.
The 1st round of the playoffs, however, would be no easy feat and the team knew it going in. The Fairbanks Ice Dogs were not only the 1st seed in the Midwest Division but held the best record in the North American Hockey League.
The Chill proved all season that no matter what your record is you're never guaranteed anything and you're certainly never out of contention. They took that mindset into game one against Fairbanks and beat them 6-1 in front of their home crowd.
The rest of the series was a different story. The Chill fell to the Ice Dogs twice in Fairbanks before returning to La Crosse and losing in the best-of-three series on April 22nd.
Regardless of the 1st round loss in the playoffs the Chill showed exactly what you want from a team: resilience and determination. After being afterthoughts for the playoffs at the Christmas break they came together as a group and proved you can never take a team too lightly.
The organization begins a new chapter after their successful season with long-time head coach Degenhardt stepping down and Ryan Egan – former head coach of the La Crosse Freeze (NA3HL) – filling the void. He's taking over an organization that has momentum and is ready for another run at the Robertson Cup in 2017.
The Coulee Region Chill, proud members of the North American Hockey League (NAHL), are pleased to announced that Ryan Egan has been named the team's new head coach. Egan will assume full coaching duties once the Chill's playoff run comes to an end, but has already begun work on scouting and recruiting.


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The conference takes place in Springfield, MA (April 24-26, 2015), and registration opens February 4, 2015—more details here.
Bonnie and I are using our snow day today (thanks, Big Blizzard!) to map out our presentation. What middle-grade books do you suggest for the reading list we'll be giving to participants?


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UFC veteran Ronda Rousey and boxing prodigy Floyd Mayweather almost bagged a matchup against each other, back in the day. When Rousey was relishing her dominance in UFC, a lot of people including Dana White and Manny Pacquiao dubbed her to be the favorite against Mayweather.
While fight fans also voiced their approval over the matchup, it never actually materialized. Leaving inter-gender competitions a fantasy for the fans.
However, Rousey never hesitated to say that she would beat Mayweather in a no-rules fight.
When Ronda Rousey reacted on a possible matchup against Floyd Mayweather
Pacquiao, who has already faced a defeat against Mayweather, argued in 2015 that Rousey can beat the undefeated boxer easily. He also billed Rousey to be a strong and fierce woman.
In the same year, Rousey participated in a Reddit session to answer her fans. As predicted she was asked to reflect her opinion over facing Floyd Mayweather. To which she replied, "Floyd is one of the best boxers of all time. He would definitely beat me in a boxing match. I, unfortunately, don't get into 'matches.'
"I fight for a living. In a no-rules fight, I believe I can beat anyone on this planet."
Rousey hailed Floyd Mayweather as a boxer and stated that boxing is a sweet science, which she wants to improvise every day. However, if it's a no-rules fight, 'Rowdy' seemingly would give herself an upper hand.
That said, Dana White also had his approval over the matchup in 2014. If materialized, it could have been one of the biggest fights of the combat sports history.
However, it didn't happen and doesn't seem probable in the near future either. Both Rousey and Mayweather are retired from their respective sports. Thus, they might never fight again. But Dana White was clearly interested in the fight.
In 2014, White said, "In a boxing match, Floyd beats her all day long. In a street fight or in the octagon, she hurts him bad."
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After vanquishing Conor McGregor in 2017, Mayweather hung his gloves up for good. However, he has been teasing a potential return for months.
He was also touting a cross-promotion bout against UFC champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, earlier this year. However, considering the global pandemic, the possibility of the contest eventually faded into nothing.
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> World Championship F1
> World Drivers' Championship 1968
> Jarama 12 May 1968
Jarama, 12 May 1968
1 Graham Hill Lotus 49 [R1] - Cosworth DFV V8
#10 Gold Leaf Team Lotus 90 2h 15m 20.1s
2 Denis Hulme McLaren M7A [2] - Cosworth DFV V8
#1 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing 90 2h 15m 36.0s
3 Brian Redman Cooper T86B [F1-1-68] - BRM P101 V12
#14 Cooper Car Company 89 2h 16m 03.6s
4 Ludovico Scarfiotti Cooper T86B [F1-2-68] - BRM P101 V12
5 Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra MS10 [02] - Cosworth DFV V8
#6 Matra International 81 2h 16m 36.9s
R Bruce McLaren McLaren M7A [1] - Cosworth DFV V8
#2 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing 77 oil leak
R John Surtees Honda RA301 [F-801] - V12
#7 Honda R&D Company 74 gearbox
R Jo Siffert Lotus 49 [R2] - Cosworth DFV V8
#16 Rob Walker & Jack Durlacher Racing
62 transmission
R Chris Amon Ferrari 312/68 [0007] - 60° 4-valve V12
#19 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 57 fuel pump
R Piers Courage BRM P126 [01] - P101 V12
#5 Reg Parnell Racing 52 fuel feed
R Pedro Rodriguez BRM P133 [01] - P101 V12
#9 Owen Racing Organisation 27 accident
R Jacky Ickx Ferrari 312/68 [0009] - 60° 4-valve V12
#21 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 13 ignition
R Jochen Rindt Brabham BT24 [3] - Repco 740 V8
#4 Brabham Racing Organisation 10 oil pressure
DNS Jack Brabham Brabham BT26 [1] - Repco 860 V8
#3 Brabham Racing Organisation Did not start
(engine failure)
T Pedro Rodriguez BRM P133 [02] - P101 V12
#9 Owen Racing Organisation (Only used in practice)
T Brian Redman Cooper T86B [F1-2-68] - BRM P101 V12
#14 Cooper Car Company (Only used in practice)
T Ludovico Scarfiotti Cooper T86B [F1-1-68] - BRM P101 V12
T/S Chris Amon Ferrari 312/68 [0011] - 60° 4-valve V12
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC (Spare - not used in practice)
T/S Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra MS10 [01] - Cosworth DFV V8
#6 Matra International (Spare - not used in practice)
T/S Graham Hill Lotus 49 [R5] - Cosworth DFV V8
#10T Gold Leaf Team Lotus (Spare - not used in practice)
DNP Mike Spence BRM P126 [03] - P101 V12
#8 Owen Racing Organisation Did not take part in official practice
DNA Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra MS11 [01] - MS9 V12
#12 Matra Sports Did not arrive
DNA Jo Bonnier McLaren M5A [1] - BRM P101 V12
#17 Ecurie Bonnier Did not arrive
DNA David Hobbs BRM P261 [2615] - P101 V12
#20 Owen Racing Organisation Did not arrive
DNA Jackie Stewart Matra MS10 [02] - Cosworth DFV V8
#6 Matra International Did not arrive
All cars are 3-litre F1 unless noted.
1 Chris Amon (F1) 3-litre Ferrari 312/68 [0007] - Ferrari 60° 4-valve V12 1m 27.9s
2 Pedro Rodriguez (F1) 3-litre BRM P133 [01] - BRM P101 V12 1m 28.1s
3 Denis Hulme (F1) 3-litre McLaren M7A [2] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 28.3s
4 Bruce McLaren (F1) 3-litre McLaren M7A [1] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 28.3s
5 Jean-Pierre Beltoise (F1) 3-litre Matra MS10 [02] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 28.3s
6 Graham Hill (F1) 3-litre Lotus 49 [R1] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 28.4s
7 John Surtees (F1) 3-litre Honda RA301 [F-801] - Honda V12 1m 28.8s
8 Jacky Ickx (F1) 3-litre Ferrari 312/68 [0009] - Ferrari 60° 4-valve V12 1m 29.6s
9 Jochen Rindt (F1) 3-litre Brabham BT24 [3] - Repco 740 V8 1m 29.7s
10 Jo Siffert (F1) 3-litre Lotus 49 [R2] - Cosworth DFV V8 1m 29.7s
11 Piers Courage (F1) 3-litre BRM P126 [01] - BRM P101 V12 1m 29.9s
12 Ludovico Scarfiotti (F1) 3-litre Cooper T86B [F1-2-68] - BRM P101 V12 1m 30.8s
13 Brian Redman (F1) 3-litre Cooper T86B [F1-1-68] - BRM P101 V12 1m 31.0s
14 Jack Brabham * (F1) 3-litre Brabham BT26 [1] - Repco 860 V8 1m 44.2s
3-litre Formula 1 World Championship events 1966-1985
These 1966 to 1985 results were initially compiled by Allen Brown, but these were in the very basic form required to track individual car histories. Since then further details, such as laps completed, qualifying times and so on, have been added from Rob Ryder's extensive database.
All comments, clarifications, corrections and additions are most welcome. Please email Allen at allen@oldracingcars.com if you can help with our research.
Autosport 17 May 1968 pp8-15. Motor Sport June 1968 pp463,466-477 and 'Notes on the Cars at Jarama' on pp467-468,470. Motoring News 16 May 1968 pp1,12-14. Speedworld International 18 May 1968 pp18-25. Autosport's report was highly detailed, with its two pages of data tables appearing again. and Motor Sport's was similarly comprehensive, with a 'Notes on the Cars'. Speedworld International's first GP report was very detailed, and included chassis numbers for every car. Motoring News's was the smallest, with no chassis identification.


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Palliative radiotherapy after oesophageal cancer stenting (ROCS): a multicentre, open-label, phase 3 randomised controlled trial
Douglas Adamson, Anthony Byrne (Lead / Corresponding author), Catharine Porter, Jane Blazeby, Gareth Griffiths, Annmarie Nelson, Bernadette Sewell, Mari Jones, Martina Svobodova, Deborah Fitzsimmons, Lisette Nixon, Jim Fitzgibbon, Stephen Thomas, Anthony Millin, Tom Crosby, John Staffurth, Christopher Hurt
Background: Patients with advanced oesophageal cancer have a median survival of 3–6 months, and most require intervention for dysphagia. Self-expanding metal stent (SEMS) insertion is the most typical form of palliation in these patients, but dysphagia deterioration and re-intervention are common. This study examined the efficacy of adjuvant external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) compared with usual care alone in preventing dysphagia deterioration and reducing service use after SEMS insertion. Methods: This was a multicentre, open-label, phase 3 randomised controlled trial based at cancer centres and acute care hospitals in England, Scotland, and Wales. Patients (aged ≥16 years) with incurable oesophageal carcinoma receiving stent insertion for primary management of dysphagia were randomly assigned (1:1) to receive usual care alone or EBRT (20 Gy in five fractions or 30 Gy in ten fractions) plus usual care after stent insertion. Usual care was implemented according to need as identified by the local multidisciplinary team (MDT). Randomisation was via the method of minimisation stratified by treating centre, stage at diagnosis (I–III vs IV), histology (squamous or non-squamous), and MDT intent to give chemotherapy (yes vs no). The primary outcome was difference in proportions of participants with dysphagia deterioration (>11 point decrease on patient-reported European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer quality of life questionnaire-oesophagogastric module [QLQ-OG25], or a dysphagia-related event consistent with such a deterioration) or death by 12 weeks in a modified intention-to-treat (ITT) population, which excluded patients who did not have a stent inserted and those without a baseline QLQ-OG25 assessment. Secondary outcomes included survival, quality of life (QoL), morbidities (including time to first bleeding event or hospital admission for bleeding event and first dysphagia-related stent complications or re-intervention), and cost-effectiveness. Safety analysis was undertaken in the modified ITT population. The study is registered with the International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial registry, ISRCTN12376468, and ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT01915693, and is completed. Findings: 220 patients were randomly assigned between Dec 16, 2013, and Aug 24, 2018, from 23 UK centres. The modified ITT population (n=199) comprised 102 patients in the usual care group and 97 patients in the EBRT group. Radiotherapy did not reduce dysphagia deterioration, which was reported in 36 (49%) of 74 patients receiving usual care versus 34 (45%) of 75 receiving EBRT (adjusted odds ratio 0·82 [95% CI 0·40–1·68], p=0·59) in those with complete data for the primary endpoint. No significant difference was observed in overall survival: median overall survival was 19·7 weeks (95% CI 14·4–27·7) with usual care and 18·9 weeks (14·7–25·6) with EBRT (adjusted hazard ratio 1·06 [95% CI 0·78–1·45], p=0·70; n=199). Median time to first bleeding event or hospital admission for a bleeding event was 49·0 weeks (95% CI 33·3–not reached) with usual care versus 65·9 weeks (52·7–not reached) with EBRT (adjusted subhazard ratio 0·52 [95% CI 0·28–0·97], p=0·038; n=199). No time versus treatment interaction was observed for prespecified QoL outcomes. We found no evidence of differences between trial group in time to first stent complication or re-intervention event. The most common (grade 3–4) adverse event was fatigue, reported in 19 (19%) of 102 patients receiving usual care alone and 22 (23%) of 97 receiving EBRT. On cost-utility analysis, EBRT was more expensive and less efficacious than usual care. Interpretation: Patients with advanced oesophageal cancer having SEMS insertion for the primary management of their dysphagia did not gain additional benefit from concurrent palliative radiotherapy and it should not be routinely offered. For a minority of patients clinically considered to be at high risk of tumour bleeding, concurrent palliative radiotherapy might reduce bleeding risk and the need for associated interventions. Funding: National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment Programme.
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Adamson, D., Byrne, A., Porter, C., Blazeby, J., Griffiths, G., Nelson, A., Sewell, B., Jones, M., Svobodova, M., Fitzsimmons, D., Nixon, L., Fitzgibbon, J., Thomas, S., Millin, A., Crosby, T., Staffurth, J., & Hurt, C. (2021). Palliative radiotherapy after oesophageal cancer stenting (ROCS): a multicentre, open-label, phase 3 randomised controlled trial. Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 6(4), 292-303. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253(21)00004-2
Adamson, Douglas ; Byrne, Anthony ; Porter, Catharine et al. / Palliative radiotherapy after oesophageal cancer stenting (ROCS) : a multicentre, open-label, phase 3 randomised controlled trial. In: Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2021 ; Vol. 6, No. 4. pp. 292-303.
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AU - Hurt, Christopher
N1 - Funding Information: Declaration of interests DA reports grants from the UK National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), during the conduct of the study; grants from Roche and Boehringer Ingelheim, outside the submitted work; and has given advice to Roche on the development of multidisciplinary team software but has received no financial recompense for this. AB reports grants from the NIHR and Marie Curie, during the conduct of the study. DF reports being an active member of the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Group. GG reports grants from Janssen-Cilag, Novartis, Astex, Roche, Heartflow, Bristol Myers Squibb, and BioNtech, grants and personal fees from AstraZeneca, and personal fees from Celldex, outside the submitted work. JS reports personal fees and non-financial support from Janssen Oncology, non-financial support from Bayer, and personal fees from Astellas, Novartis, and AstraZeneca, outside the submitted work. ST reports personal fees from the NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre Prioritisation Panel of the NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme, outside the submitted work. All other authors declare no competing interests. Funding Information: This project was funded by the NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme, project number 10/50/49, and will be published in full in a Health Technology Assessment monograph. AB and AN are supported by a Marie Curie core programme grant (MCCC_FCO_17_C). The Centre for Trials Research at Cardiff University is funded by Cancer Research UK and Health and Care Research Wales. JB is supported by funding from the UK Medical Research Council (MRC) as director of the Collaboration and Innovation in Difficult and Complex Randomised Controlled Trials MRC Methodology Hub, and funding from the NIHR Bristol and Weston Biomedical Research Centre, and is an NIHR senior investigator. We thank all the patients who participated in this trial, and their families and carers. We are indebted to the principal investigators at each site for their dedication to identifying and recruiting patients: Carys Morgan, Andrew Bateman, Olivia Chan, Mathilda Cominos, Serena Hilman, Eleanor James, Danielle Power, Ashraf Rasheed, Angus Robinson, Martin Scott-Brown, Elizabeth Selvaduri, Paul Shaw, David Tsang, Ravi Vohra, Nick Wadd, Jonathan Wadsley, and Julie Walther. We thank current and former staff of Cardiff University for supporting the development and running of this trial, and members of the trial steering and independent monitoring committees. Publisher Copyright: © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an Open Access article under the CC BY 4.0 license
N2 - Background: Patients with advanced oesophageal cancer have a median survival of 3–6 months, and most require intervention for dysphagia. Self-expanding metal stent (SEMS) insertion is the most typical form of palliation in these patients, but dysphagia deterioration and re-intervention are common. This study examined the efficacy of adjuvant external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) compared with usual care alone in preventing dysphagia deterioration and reducing service use after SEMS insertion. Methods: This was a multicentre, open-label, phase 3 randomised controlled trial based at cancer centres and acute care hospitals in England, Scotland, and Wales. Patients (aged ≥16 years) with incurable oesophageal carcinoma receiving stent insertion for primary management of dysphagia were randomly assigned (1:1) to receive usual care alone or EBRT (20 Gy in five fractions or 30 Gy in ten fractions) plus usual care after stent insertion. Usual care was implemented according to need as identified by the local multidisciplinary team (MDT). Randomisation was via the method of minimisation stratified by treating centre, stage at diagnosis (I–III vs IV), histology (squamous or non-squamous), and MDT intent to give chemotherapy (yes vs no). The primary outcome was difference in proportions of participants with dysphagia deterioration (>11 point decrease on patient-reported European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer quality of life questionnaire-oesophagogastric module [QLQ-OG25], or a dysphagia-related event consistent with such a deterioration) or death by 12 weeks in a modified intention-to-treat (ITT) population, which excluded patients who did not have a stent inserted and those without a baseline QLQ-OG25 assessment. Secondary outcomes included survival, quality of life (QoL), morbidities (including time to first bleeding event or hospital admission for bleeding event and first dysphagia-related stent complications or re-intervention), and cost-effectiveness. Safety analysis was undertaken in the modified ITT population. The study is registered with the International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial registry, ISRCTN12376468, and ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT01915693, and is completed. Findings: 220 patients were randomly assigned between Dec 16, 2013, and Aug 24, 2018, from 23 UK centres. The modified ITT population (n=199) comprised 102 patients in the usual care group and 97 patients in the EBRT group. Radiotherapy did not reduce dysphagia deterioration, which was reported in 36 (49%) of 74 patients receiving usual care versus 34 (45%) of 75 receiving EBRT (adjusted odds ratio 0·82 [95% CI 0·40–1·68], p=0·59) in those with complete data for the primary endpoint. No significant difference was observed in overall survival: median overall survival was 19·7 weeks (95% CI 14·4–27·7) with usual care and 18·9 weeks (14·7–25·6) with EBRT (adjusted hazard ratio 1·06 [95% CI 0·78–1·45], p=0·70; n=199). Median time to first bleeding event or hospital admission for a bleeding event was 49·0 weeks (95% CI 33·3–not reached) with usual care versus 65·9 weeks (52·7–not reached) with EBRT (adjusted subhazard ratio 0·52 [95% CI 0·28–0·97], p=0·038; n=199). No time versus treatment interaction was observed for prespecified QoL outcomes. We found no evidence of differences between trial group in time to first stent complication or re-intervention event. The most common (grade 3–4) adverse event was fatigue, reported in 19 (19%) of 102 patients receiving usual care alone and 22 (23%) of 97 receiving EBRT. On cost-utility analysis, EBRT was more expensive and less efficacious than usual care. Interpretation: Patients with advanced oesophageal cancer having SEMS insertion for the primary management of their dysphagia did not gain additional benefit from concurrent palliative radiotherapy and it should not be routinely offered. For a minority of patients clinically considered to be at high risk of tumour bleeding, concurrent palliative radiotherapy might reduce bleeding risk and the need for associated interventions. Funding: National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment Programme.
AB - Background: Patients with advanced oesophageal cancer have a median survival of 3–6 months, and most require intervention for dysphagia. Self-expanding metal stent (SEMS) insertion is the most typical form of palliation in these patients, but dysphagia deterioration and re-intervention are common. This study examined the efficacy of adjuvant external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) compared with usual care alone in preventing dysphagia deterioration and reducing service use after SEMS insertion. Methods: This was a multicentre, open-label, phase 3 randomised controlled trial based at cancer centres and acute care hospitals in England, Scotland, and Wales. Patients (aged ≥16 years) with incurable oesophageal carcinoma receiving stent insertion for primary management of dysphagia were randomly assigned (1:1) to receive usual care alone or EBRT (20 Gy in five fractions or 30 Gy in ten fractions) plus usual care after stent insertion. Usual care was implemented according to need as identified by the local multidisciplinary team (MDT). Randomisation was via the method of minimisation stratified by treating centre, stage at diagnosis (I–III vs IV), histology (squamous or non-squamous), and MDT intent to give chemotherapy (yes vs no). The primary outcome was difference in proportions of participants with dysphagia deterioration (>11 point decrease on patient-reported European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer quality of life questionnaire-oesophagogastric module [QLQ-OG25], or a dysphagia-related event consistent with such a deterioration) or death by 12 weeks in a modified intention-to-treat (ITT) population, which excluded patients who did not have a stent inserted and those without a baseline QLQ-OG25 assessment. Secondary outcomes included survival, quality of life (QoL), morbidities (including time to first bleeding event or hospital admission for bleeding event and first dysphagia-related stent complications or re-intervention), and cost-effectiveness. Safety analysis was undertaken in the modified ITT population. The study is registered with the International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial registry, ISRCTN12376468, and ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT01915693, and is completed. Findings: 220 patients were randomly assigned between Dec 16, 2013, and Aug 24, 2018, from 23 UK centres. The modified ITT population (n=199) comprised 102 patients in the usual care group and 97 patients in the EBRT group. Radiotherapy did not reduce dysphagia deterioration, which was reported in 36 (49%) of 74 patients receiving usual care versus 34 (45%) of 75 receiving EBRT (adjusted odds ratio 0·82 [95% CI 0·40–1·68], p=0·59) in those with complete data for the primary endpoint. No significant difference was observed in overall survival: median overall survival was 19·7 weeks (95% CI 14·4–27·7) with usual care and 18·9 weeks (14·7–25·6) with EBRT (adjusted hazard ratio 1·06 [95% CI 0·78–1·45], p=0·70; n=199). Median time to first bleeding event or hospital admission for a bleeding event was 49·0 weeks (95% CI 33·3–not reached) with usual care versus 65·9 weeks (52·7–not reached) with EBRT (adjusted subhazard ratio 0·52 [95% CI 0·28–0·97], p=0·038; n=199). No time versus treatment interaction was observed for prespecified QoL outcomes. We found no evidence of differences between trial group in time to first stent complication or re-intervention event. The most common (grade 3–4) adverse event was fatigue, reported in 19 (19%) of 102 patients receiving usual care alone and 22 (23%) of 97 receiving EBRT. On cost-utility analysis, EBRT was more expensive and less efficacious than usual care. Interpretation: Patients with advanced oesophageal cancer having SEMS insertion for the primary management of their dysphagia did not gain additional benefit from concurrent palliative radiotherapy and it should not be routinely offered. For a minority of patients clinically considered to be at high risk of tumour bleeding, concurrent palliative radiotherapy might reduce bleeding risk and the need for associated interventions. Funding: National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment Programme.
JO - Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology
JF - Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Adamson D, Byrne A, Porter C, Blazeby J, Griffiths G, Nelson A et al. Palliative radiotherapy after oesophageal cancer stenting (ROCS): a multicentre, open-label, phase 3 randomised controlled trial. Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2021 Apr;6(4):292-303. Epub 2021 Feb 19. doi: 10.1016/S2468-1253(21)00004-2


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Q: Scrapy: Attempts to extract data from selector list not right I am trying to scrape football fixtures from a website and my spider is not quite right as I either get the same fixture repeated for all selectors or homeTeam and awayTeamvariables are huge arrays that contain all home sides or away sides respectively. Either way it should reflect the Home vs Away format.
This is my current attempt:
class FixtureSpider(CrawlSpider):
    name = "fixturesSpider"
    allowed_domains = ["www.bbc.co.uk"]
    start_urls = [
        "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/fixtures"
    ]

    def parse(self, response):
        for sel in response.xpath('//table[@class="table-stats"]/tbody/tr[@class="preview"]'):

        item = Fixture()
        item['kickoff'] =  str(sel.xpath("//table[@class='table-stats']/tbody/tr[@class='preview']/td[3]/text()").extract()[0].strip())
        item['homeTeam'] = str(sel.xpath("//table[@class='table-stats']/tbody/tr/td[2]/p/span/a/text()").extract()[0].strip())
        item['awayTeam'] = str(sel.xpath("//table[@class='table-stats']/tbody/tr/td[2]/p/span/a/text()").extract()[1].strip())
        yield item

This returns the below information repeatedly which is incorrect:
2015-03-20 21:41:40+0000 [fixturesSpider] DEBUG: Scraped from <200 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/fixtures>
{'awayTeam': 'West Brom', 'homeTeam': 'Man City', 'kickoff': '12:45'}
2015-03-20 21:41:40+0000 [fixturesSpider] DEBUG: Scraped from <200 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/fixtures>
{'awayTeam': 'West Brom', 'homeTeam': 'Man City', 'kickoff': '12:45'}

Could someone let me know where i'm going wrong?

A: The problem is the XPath expressions you are using in the loop are absolute - they start from the root element, but should be relative to a current row which sel is pointing to. In other words, you need to search in the current row context.
Fixed version:
for sel in response.xpath('//table[@class="table-stats"]/tbody/tr[@class="preview"]'):
    item = Fixture()
    item['kickoff'] =  str(sel.xpath("td[3]/text()").extract()[0].strip())
    item['homeTeam'] = str(sel.xpath("td[2]/p/span/a/text()").extract()[0].strip())
    item['awayTeam'] = str(sel.xpath("td[2]/p/span/a/text()").extract()[1].strip())
    yield item

This is the output I'm getting:
{'awayTeam': 'West Brom', 'homeTeam': 'Man City', 'kickoff': '12:45'}
{'awayTeam': 'Swansea', 'homeTeam': 'Aston Villa', 'kickoff': '15:00'}
{'awayTeam': 'Arsenal', 'homeTeam': 'Newcastle', 'kickoff': '15:00'}
...

If you want to grab the match dates, you need to change the strategy - iterate over dates (h2 elements with table-header class) and get the first following sibling table element:
for date in response.xpath('//h2[@class="table-header"]'):
    matches = date.xpath('.//following-sibling::table[@class="table-stats"][1]/tbody/tr[@class="preview"]')
    date = date.xpath('text()').extract()[0].strip()

    for match in matches:
        item = Fixture()
        item['date'] = date
        item['kickoff'] = match.xpath("td[3]/text()").extract()[0].strip()
        item['homeTeam'] = match.xpath("td[2]/p/span/a/text()").extract()[0].strip()
        item['awayTeam'] = match.xpath("td[2]/p/span/a/text()").extract()[1].strip()
        yield item

A: Try the selectors below.  I believe you need ...tbody//tr/... instead of ...tbody/tr/... to get all table rows instead of just the first one.
    item['kickoff'] =  str(sel.xpath("//table[@class='table-stats']/tbody//tr[@class='preview']/td[3]/text()").extract()[0].strip())
    item['homeTeam'] = str(sel.xpath("//table[@class='table-stats']/tbody//tr/td[2]/p/span/a/text()").extract()[0].strip())
    item['awayTeam'] = str(sel.xpath("//table[@class='table-stats']/tbody//tr/td[2]/p/span/a/text()").extract()[1].strip())

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This page indexes all of our work related to Jamal Saberi's case.
Jamal Saberi (Jalal Amanzadeh Nouei) is a prominent Iranian dissident and human rights activist, and an asylum-seeking resident of Japan for the past 20 years.
The Japanese government is supporting the Islamic Republic's efforts to silence dissidents abroad by initiating deportation procedures against Saberi.
Japan's effort to forcibly return an Iranian political activist constitutes a violation of the international principle of non-refoulement, which prohibits forcibly returning a person to a country where their life or freedom would be threatened. If Mr. Saberi is returned there is no question that he, like all other dissidents who fall into the hands of this regime, will be detained, tortured, and likely executed. He therefore warrants recognition as a political refugee and merits protections under UN agreements on the Status of Refugees, to which Japan is a signatory.
UPDATE: August 4, 2010: JAMAL SABERI IS FREE! No longer at risk of imminent deportaton to Iran, Japan still refuses to confer refugee status on internationally-renowned human rights and political activists Jamal Saberi.
March 17, 2010: MFI Press Release: Japan's Move to Deport Iranian Human Rights Activist Prompts Protest at Japanese Embassy
March 26, 2010: MFI Press Release: Japan's Plans to Deport Iranian Human Rights Activist Prompts Second Embassy Protest
March 31, 2010: MFI Press Release: Mission Free Iran Stages Third Protest at Japanese Embassy Against Violation of Refugee Law in Saberi Case
April 8, 2010: MFI Press Release: Japan Under Increasing Pressure Regarding Saberi Case as Citizens Stage 6th Embassy Protest Since March
Letterwriting
– Contacting Your Country's Japanese Embassy for Saberi
– Open Letter to Refugee Support Organizations Regarding Saberi
– Letter to the Japanese Administration (Prime Minister and Cabinet) re Saberi
– Open Letter to the Japanese People Regarding Jamal Saberi
Visits to Japanese Embassies
March 21, 2010: Report on Protest at Japanese Embassy in Washington DC
….. March 21, 2010: Maria Rohaly's Statement in Support of Jamal Saberi
….. March 21, 2010: Hassan Massali's Statement in Support of Jamal Saberi
….. March 21, 2010: Joanne Michele's Statement in Support of Jamal Saberi
….. March 21, 2010: Saeed Salehinia's Statement in Support of Jamal Saberi
….. March 28, 2010: Joanne Michele: JAPAN: "We're back!" UNHCR: "Are you aware of your duties?"
….. March 28, 2010: Maria Rohaly: Jamal symbolizes struggle FOR human rights and AGAINST repression by dictators
….. March 28, 2010: Maria Rohaly w/ Kevin Scott: Japan's excuses don't cut it
March 31, 2010: Global Day of Action for Jamal Saberi at Japanese Embassy in Washington DC
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