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30 Must-Watch Shows For The Serious Korean Drama Fan
Get ready to binge watch.
by Her World Staff / September 30, 2021
Squid Game is the highest rating Korean drama on Netflix. Credit: Netflix
Whether it's old or new, a good TV series will always hit home. Here, our list of Korean dramas that will tug at your heartstrings and make your eyes glued to the screens.
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SQUID GAME (2021)
If you like shows like Japanese science fiction suspense-thriller drama Alice in Borderland, then Squid Game will be right up your alley. While the two shows may be similar in their own aspects, the latter has recently been massively popular on social media for good reason. In fact, it could possibly be one of Netflix's most popular Korean series ever.
The nine-episode survival series follows a group of 456 contestants who accept a mysterious invitation to participate in a survival game in which they are locked into a secret location and made to play a series of traditional children's games where the stakes are life and death. These contestants have to literally fight for their spot to be the last man standing and walk home with the 45.6 billion won booty.
Not only is the show known for its shock value of gore and mayhem, but the show is also brought to life through spectacular sets and striking costumes that are simply amazing.
MY ROOMATE IS A GUMIHO (2021)
Based on a web comic named Living Together, the Korean rom-com tells the story of a gumiho (nine-tailed fox) Shin Woo-yeo (Jang Ki-yong) who has been living discreetly in the human world for centuries, waiting for the time when he can become a human permanently. However, his fox bead is accidentally swallowed by Lee Dam (Lee Hye-ri) and they are forced to live together while searching for a solution.
A new romance eventually blossoms between them, but the handsome and wealthy Gye Sun-woo (Bae In-hyuk) also has a crush on Lee Dam, leaving Woo-yeo feeling anxious for the first time in more than 900 years.
NEVERTHELESS (2021)
Park Jae-Eon (Song Kang) – a cheerful university student who isn't the least interested in romance – unexpectedly meets a schoolmate Yoo Na-bi (Han So-hee) who begins to change his outlook on love. He thinks relationships are a bother but wants to flirt, while she doesn't believe in love but still wants a relationship.
HOSPITAL PLAYLIST SEASON 2 (2021)
This drama series with its warm stories about everyday life centres around five doctors who have been friends since medical school and are now working at the same hospital.
While they all have their different specialities and personalities, they mesh perfectly as well-seasoned friends. There's hepatologist Lee Ik-jun (Cho Jung-seok) who is goofy, caring, and absolutely adores his son. Paediatrician Ahn Jeong-won (Yoo Yeon-seok) is self-sacrificial and doesn't care for materialistic things. Cardiothoracic surgeon Kim Jun-wan (Jung Kyung-ho) appears gruff but is soft on the inside with quite a sweet tooth.
Neurosurgeon Chae Song-hwa (Jeon Mi-do) is a huge fan of camping and excels at everything except for singing. Lastly, obstetrician-gynecologist Yang Seok-hyeong (Kim Dae-myeung) enjoys his alone time and dotes on his mother.
VINCENZO (2021)
Crime and action meet comedy and romance with this series starring Song Joong-ki as Park Joo-Hyeong, who grew up in Italy after getting adopted at the age of eight. Going by the name of Vincenzo Casano, he works as a consigliere to an Italian mafia, but has to return to South Korea after a series of mafia wars.
Back in Korea, he meets Hong Cha-young (Jeon Yeo-bin), an attorney who will do anything to win a case, and falls in love. But he also encounters some odd neighbours and gets embroiled in a fight against a formidable opponent. The pair develop a romance while pursuing justice together.
SHE WOULD NEVER KNOW (2021)
Based on a popular 2017 web novel called Sunbae, Don't Put On That Lipstick, the storyline of this office rom-com revolves around the marketing team of a cosmetics brand, and in particular, the relationship of Yoon Song-A (Won Jin-a) and her younger colleague, Chae Hyun-Seung (Ro Woon aka Kim Seok-woo). He's drawn to her, but she rebuffs his advances as she's not typically into younger men.
SWEET HOME (2020)
If you're bored of the same ol' romantic K-dramas, this series might just excite you if you're a true thriller junkie. Unlike any zombie horror series out there, Sweet Home paints the kind of world where violence and gore echo the banality of survival. Here, you'll witness that the scariest monsters are human beings themselves — where survival becomes the essence of existence.
The show starts off with Cha Hyun Soo, a loner, who moves to a new apartment following the death of his family. His life is soon disturbed by strange incidents that begin to occur in his building. The series follows Hyun Soo and other residents on their quest for survival while facing the trials and tribulations of their insatiable desires that cause them to transform into monsters.
START-UP (2020)
Start Up tells the tale of the razor-thin margins between ultimate success and abject failure. Taking place in the fictional Sandbox Company, the story tells the journey of young entrepreneurs aspiring to launch their virtual dreams into reality.
One of the notable characters is Seo Dal Mi, played by Suzy Bae, who takes on the role of a part-time worker who is not society's idea of a successful woman. She is also obsessed with finding her "pen pal" who helped her through a difficult time in her elementary school, not realising that her pen pal was made up by her grandmother who wanted her to have a friend to talk to.
The drama then reveals the success and love in the cutthroat world of Korea's high-tech industry – of which anyone who's going through a tough time might find solace and inspiration from.
Created by Kim Soon Ok, the screenwriter behind Temptation Of Wife, this just might be one of the most dramatic K-drama series of 2020.
Set in a luxury penthouse apartment with over 100 floors, the Hera Palace houses residents that are said to have dark secrets and hidden ambitions. Here, Shim Su-Ryeon is known as the queen of the Penthouse, while Seo Jin, is known as the famous and ruthless opera singer, and Oh Yoon-Hee is Seo Jin's rival.
Basically, it's a show that witnesses the battle for wealth, power, and prestige at Seoul's most coveted penthouse that will make you want to fight for injustice.
ITAEWON CLASS (2020)
You know you can't go wrong with a Park Seo Joon drama. This highly-raved series was well-loved by many for good reason. Following the life of an ex-convict, whose father was killed in an accident, Park Sae-ro-yi tries to put his life back together by working hard to turn his bar into a franchise and overtake a food company, whose CEO is linked to his father's death.
At its core, Itaewon Class is all about revenge, finding family amongst the people around you, and fighting against greed, power, discrimination, and inequality in social class. A truly inspiring show that will have you hooked in no time.
BIRTHCARE CENTER (2020)
The initiation to motherhood can be pretty to daunting for some. Birthcare Center highlights the travails and triumphs of motherhood including conceiving a child, going through labour, and everything else that you can think of about a woman's experience entering motherhood.
With a narrative that celebrates a woman's efforts in caring for and rearing a child, the drama stars Uhm Ji Won, who plays Hyun Jin, as she adapts to life as a new mom. Despite her being the youngest executive at her company, she's also the oldest mom at the postpartum centre where she is staying.
While staying there, her journey into motherhood unfolds as she meets other women, including Park Ha-sun who plays Jo Eun-Jung a mother of three who has everything, including beauty, childcare skills, and the love of her husband.
RECORD OF YOUTH (2020)
If there's one thing we're certain of, this series is a coming-of-age kind of drama, but more for people who are at the crossroads of their career. Even if you're not, you'd probably start recalling the difficulties you went through early on in your career.
The drama starts off with Sa Hye Joon — a smart and handsome model who decides that he really wants to become an actor. Despite having auditioned for many roles, he hasn't had much success and doesn't have much presence as an actor. The show also features Ahn Jung Ha, a makeup artist who's bright and cheery on the outside but lonely on the inside. She's known to fan-girl over her idols as an outlet for her to vent out her frustrations.
THE KING: ETERNAL MONARCH (2020)
Starring two fan favourite drama leads, this highly-anticipated series premiered on April 17, 2020 with high ratings.
The drama tells the tale of a Korean emperor ruling during the time of constitutional monarchy who meets a detective in modern-day Korea upon crossing into a parallel world. The emperor, played by Lee Min Ho, aims to close the door between the two worlds, while the detective, played by Kim Go Eun, tries to save lives.
The show was written by Kim Eun Sook, whose projects include hit series Secret Garden (2010), Descendants of the Sun (2016) and Mr Sunshine (2018).
CRASH LANDING ON YOU (2019-2020)
If you love a good star-crossed romance story, this highly-rated romantic comedy drama is right up your alley. South Korean heiress Yoon Se-ri (Son Ye-jin) accidentally lands in North Korean territory after a paragliding mishap, and falls straight into the arms of North Korean caption Ri Jeong-hyuk (Hyun Bin).
HER PRIVATE LIFE (2019)
The much raved about drama features Sung Deok Mi, portrayed by Park Min Young (Kim Mi So in What's Wrong With Secretary Kim), as an art gallery curator with a secret.
She is a dedicated fangirl of Shi An, an idol group member – an obsession that has impacted several of her past relationships.
Things take a more complex turn when Ryan Gold (Kim Jae Wook) becomes the new art director at the gallery, and rumours spread about Deok Mi and Shi An dating.
SEARCH: WWW (2019)
A competitive and workaholic bachelorette ponders her direction in life meets a gifted composer for video games at an arcade.
Characterised by successful women and the web portal business, this is an unconventional one that has surprised many with its inspirational qualities (on top of its romance).
WHEN THE CAMELLIA BLOOMS (2019)
A one-of-a-kind drama, When The Camellia Blooms combines the unlikely genres of thriller and rom-com. It follows Oh Dong Baek, a single mother in Ongsan, who runs a bar-restaurant.
Locals may gossip about Dong Baek, but a local policeman by the name of Hwang Yong Sik still falls in love with her, unreciprocated but also undeterred – all while a serial killer sets his sights Ongsan, and maybe even Dong Baek.
MY ABSOLUTE BOYFRIEND (2019)
The familiar plot of My Absolute Boyfriend was originally from a Japanese manga series, but brought to life by Yeo Jin Goo and Girl's Day's Minah. Starting off from a break up between a special effects make-up artist Um Da Da, and a rising actor Ma Wang Joon, a perfectly programmed humanoid boyfriend robot Young Goo pushes the boundaries of love as an AI in a complicated love triangle.
ANGEL'S LAST MISSION: LOVE (2019)
A tragic accident leaves a talented ballerina blind and broken, until she is met with a trouble-maker angel on his last mission. If he finds true love for her, he regains entry to heaven – but in a divine twist of fate, he falls in love with her instead.
SOMETHING IN THE RAIN (2019)
Loved Son Ye Jin in Crash Landing On You? Then you have to check out her previous series, Something In The Rain, where she plays a woman in her mid-30s who's clueless at dating but begins developing feelings for her younger brother's best friend. As the title suggests, expect lots of melodramatic, sweet scenes under pouring rain.
MY SECRET, TERRIUS (2018)
Known to be one of the most handsome men in Korea, So Ji-Sub really takes it to another level in My Secret, Terrius. Mix in non-stop action, plot twists like no other and tender moments between the main leads – what more could you want in a drama?
Kim Bon used to be a legendary NIS agent. But after a failed secret operation that led to his wife's death, he lives a quiet life on his own. Everything changes when he helps his neighbour Go Ae-Rin uncover the truth about her the loss of her husband. Discovering that her husband was involved in a huge conspiracy, Kim Bon can no longer live the quiet life he's become accustomed to.
WHAT'S WRONG WITH SECRETARY KIM? (2018)
Fluffy and light-hearted, this romantic comedy begins as Kim Mi So, a dependable secretary who decides to leave her job after working for Lee Young Joon, her self-proclaimed perfect boss of nine years. The drama balances between sweet and steamy scenes, coupled with flashbacks that will keep you invested.
BEAUTY INSIDE (2018)
Imagine having to transform into someone else every week, A-list actress Han Se-gye can. In the drama, she's one of the biggest celebrities living the high life but she suffers from this unusual phenomenon.
Enter Seo Do-jae, an executive director of an airline company, perfect on all accounts. Except, he has prosopagnosia – a disorder that makes it hard for him to recognise faces (including his own).
Love knows no boundaries, and this drama just shows that the beauty inside is what matters most. Yes, even if you can't remember faces or if you appear different on the outside.
FIGHT FOR MY WAY (2017)
If you can't get enough of Park Seo-Joon after Itaewon Class, this show should be right at the top of your next must-watch list.
Everyone loves an underdog and it doesn't get any better than this. Ko Dong-man, played by Park Seo-Joon, is a former taekwondo champ who missed his chance at fame. Choi Ae-ra, his childhood best friend dreams to be an announcer but settles for a job at a department store. These two are willing to do anything to get what they want and soon come to realise that everything they needed to be happy, may have been in each other all along.
Baek Seol-hee, the innocent and sweet one of the group of childhood friends is hopelessly in love with her boyfriend of six years, Kim Joo-man. The brain of the group, his love for Seol-hee is pit against his own ambitions and dreams.
This ragtag group of four have big dreams that seem impossible to achieve, especially with their predicaments. But you'll get drawn into this K-drama that you'll root for them as they navigate hardships and overcome hurdles to achieve their dreams.
GOBLIN (2016-2017)
Also known as Guardian: The Great And Lonely God, this fantasy-romantic-comedy was one of the most highest-rated drama series in TVN's history until Crash Landing On You broke its record.
Starring a bevy of talented stars such as Train To Busan's Gong Yoo and Kim Go Eun, this fan favourite series sees modern-day goblin (Gong Yoo) seeking a human bride (Kim Go Eun) to end his cursed immortal life, has everything from comedy to melodrama and supernatural elements.
One thing we can say is, Koreans definitely know how to make goblins really attractive.
DESCENDANTS OF SUN (2016)
The drama that sparked off a real-life romance, Descendants of the Sun is a Korean military romance featuring Shi-Jin as the captain of the special forces. He was injured and meets Dr. Mo Yeon and the two fall desperately in love in spite of their difficult circumstances.
THE K2 (2016)
A former mercenary soldier, Kim Je-ha, is now a fugitive in South Korea after being framed for the murder of his fiance in Iraq. He plots for revenge against presidential candidate Park Kwan-soo, who ordered the vicious killing. By chance, he gets offered a job as a bodyguard for the wife of another candidate in the running, Jang Se-Joon.
In exchange for information, he accepts the job. Je-ha gets assigned to guard Go An-Na, the hidden daughter of Jang Se-Joon, whose life is constantly in danger. Nail-biting plot twists that'll have you glued to the screen and the wrestle between political ambition and love create drama like no other.
The K2 will have you wondering just how far an individual will go to gain power and how someone like Kim Je-Ha (played by Ji Chang-Wook), with his sculpted features and piercing gaze, can exist in real life.
SHE WAS PRETTY (2015)
Think K-dramas never happen in real life? Well, She Was Pretty is based on a true story.
Kim Hye-Jin grew up as a beautiful child from a rich family. She wasn't spoiled though, standing up for Ji Sung-Joon, a fellow classmate with low self-esteem. That's how the two become childhood best friends and practically inseparable.
They lost contact a few years later when Hye-Jin's family went bankrupt, although Sung-Joon never knew the reason why. The years brought about much change as the two went through a reversal of fortunes and looks.
Sung-Joon grew to become an accomplished and handsome (of course, he's played by Park Seo-Joon) magazine editor. In true K-drama fashion, when Hye-Jin gets a job as an intern there, so does he as deputy editor. Embarrassed to face him with how she looks with frizzy hair and freckles, she gets her attractive best friend to pretend to be her.
GOOD DOCTOR (2013)
An emotional drama about an autistic man with amazing capabilities, this drama is definitely a must watch if you're into stories about overcoming the odds. You'll definitely need to bring out the tissues for this one too!
MY LOVE ANOTHER STAR (2013-2014)
Min Joon is an alien who landed on Earth 400 years ago during the Joseon Dynasty period. He possesses a near perfect appearance and enhanced physical abilities involving his vision, hearing and speed. But even if he's nearly perfect, he can't help falling in love to a clumsy actress, Cheon Song Yi.
A version of this article first appeared in Her World
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Gyönk [] (deutsch Jink oder Jenk) ist eine ungarische Stadt im Kreis Tamási im Komitat Tolna.

Im 1806 gegründeten Lajos-Tolnai-Gymnasium wird bilingual auf Deutsch und Ungarisch unterrichtet.

Umgebung
Gyönk liegt am Tolnaer Bergrücken (Tolnai-hegyhát). Größere Orte in der Umgebung sind Hőgyész, Dombóvár, Tamási und Szekszárd.

Einwohnerentwicklung

Städtepartnerschaften
  Darmstadt (Deutschland), seit 1990
  Griesheim (Deutschland), seit 1990
  Bar-le-Duc (Frankreich), seit 1996
  Wilkau-Haßlau (Deutschland), seit 1997

Verkehr
In Gyönk treffen die Landstraßen Nr. 6313 und Nr. 6315 sowie die Nebenstraße Nr. 63118 aufeinander. Der nordwestlich außerhalb der Stadt gelegene Bahnhof Gyönk-Keszőhidegkút ist angebunden an die Eisenbahnstrecke von Budapest nach Szentlőrinc.

Weblinks
 Offizielle Website ()
 Gyönk in A Pallas nagy lexikona (ungarisch)

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Early Dance History
When we think of dance, our minds naturally drift to competitive dancers performing a group number for audiences, or prima ballerinas floating across a stage in their pointe shoes. We don't usually dwell on early dance history, which was very different from what we're used to today. Nonetheless, dance was very much a part of society, even as far back as prehistoric times. Let's take a look at some of the roots of dance.
Early Dance History: Prehistoric Times
Dancing depicted in prehistoric wall paintings of Magura Cave, Bulgaria
In its earliest forms, dance was often a celebration or ceremony. For example, hunters would dance both before and after a hunt. First to appease the gods for the animals they would be killing, and later to celebrate their success.
The motions used in their dances were basic, everyday movements, which were simple enough that everyone could join in. Men at the time also used dance as a way to prepare for battle. They would perform war dances to build teamwork and work themselves up for battles.
Fun Fact: Dancers would put high jumps in agricultural dances. They believed that the higher they jumped, the higher their crops would grow!
In early dance history, dance was mostly a form of social interaction for prehistoric people. This can be seen by looking at rock art from the time, which often depicted figures dancing. It is really the only source available to piece together what dance looked like in that era.
Early Dance History: Ancient Egypt
Dance party in ancient Egypt (Tomb of the Dancers)
Later, in Ancient Egypt, dance started to change once again. Common dances included funeral dances, dance-dramas, and even animal imitation dances. Ancient Egyptian drawings and hieroglyphics also provided the first record of the 4/4 time signature. The drawing showed a dance trainer shouting four beats.
Early Dance History: Ancient Greece
Athenian boy showing his best moves (British Museum Room 20a)
Fun Fact: In Ancient Greece, if a person could dance they were considered educated! They also believed that a man's prowess in battle was determined by his grace in dance.
Dance in Ancient Greece gave us terms we still use today. For example the word choreography comes from the Greek words choros (dance) and graphos (writing).
Early Dancewear
Early dance history had dancewear that was notably different than today. In general, the dancers did not require dance footwear because they danced barefoot. Dancers often wore adornments like jewelry, tattoos, or masks. Some of these adornments we occasionally see on dancers today, but it has become less common.
Despite the many differences, early dance provided the foundations for current dance and the joyful, social aspects of it still remain strong in today's dancers.
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The end of the famous, snaking "Road to Hana" (an exhilarating adventure in itself, with twists and turns at every moment; spectacular shoreline, towering waterfalls, and wooded ravines to behold; fruit stands to stop at; and landmarks like the 26-acre Garden of Eden), leads to Travaasa. Understated yet devastatingly luxurious, this is a place where spa treatments honor Hawaiian and Hana influences, and nature's therapeutic properties take precedence; where horses graze against a lava-rock beach landscape steps from guest accommodations; and where the concept of wellness is elevated to the highest height, courtesy of a vast offering of daily-changing activities (complimentary and for a fee) such as ukulele lessons, stand up paddle boarding, farm tasting tours, and juicing class, part of the resort's five unique "pathways": Adventure, Culinary, Culture, Fitness, and Spa & Wellness. It's, quite simply, a place to unplug so you can recharge.
The remote Hana's town center comprises a general store, florist, restaurant, bank, post office, and gift shops, at most—and its simplistic, unrushed feel flows to Travaasa, a few minutes' walk away. The feeling is not at all forced but fluid in this town and its stellar resort centerpiece, gently removing all visitors from the stresses and ever-present technology of everyday life.
With a majority of employees who are Hana residents and have followed in their family, or o'hana, footsteps by working at the resort, Travaasa epitomizes a strong sense of culture rivaled only by its warm ho'okipa, or hospitality. A rich sense of history is alive and well here, and we're invited to immerse ourselves in the unhurried, introspective way of Hawaiian life—lei making, hula dance, coconut husking, and throw net fishing are all taught here. A welcome ritual in the open-air reception lounge includes the offering of a kukui nut shell lei, lemon-infused cold towel, and passion fruit-guava drink (known as pog); come evening, live music plays while we enjoy a fusion of fresh flavors sourced from land and sea. And the guest rooms? One of the first things I notice (and am embarrassed to admit) in our lovely Sea Ranch Cottage is the lack of TV (to be fair, radios and clocks are also nonexistent). The unplugging process begins right off the bat, but the Pacific Ocean view alone, experienced from our lanai, makes up for any reservation about being disconnected from the too often stressful reality of work or life.
Every moment here is designed to provide a deep connection between yourself and the island's energy. With each concentrated deep breath in "tune into nature" meditation class, complemented by distant sounds of the sea crashing against the lava rocks, I truly did feel in sync with not only my Hawaiian surroundings, but my spirit as well. Each pose in daily morning yoga class readies me for the next charge of nature's healing spirit. And a visit to the well-appointed Spa at Travaasa—where my 60-minute Pohaku Wela Hot Stone Treatment was a rhythmic manipulation of muscle tension-releasing kneading combined with smooth, heated stones placed strategically behind my knees, between my shoulder blades, on my palms, and other points—balances and centers my energy.
In the spa's lovely garden courtyard, steps from the treatment rooms, is a coed, lava-rock whirlpool overlooking Hana Bay, along with relaxation loungers thoughtfully separated by lush vegetation and shadowed by large fronds. Inside the locker rooms is a collection of amenities to begin or conclude the wellbeing journey, including steam rooms, cold plunge pools, and outdoor showers.
But as calming as meditation, yoga, and massage were, on-site pastimes like standup paddle boarding class in Hana Bay can evoke the feeling of downing five energy shots—it's grueling but satisfyingly invigorating, the promise of a good workout (and on a side note, it's much harder than it looks; I stood up on the board maybe three times and fell just as quickly). Other awe-inspiring activities include a horseback ride amidst Hana Ranch's pastures and hugging the coastline, guided by an alaka'i; a hike along the five-mile Waimoku Falls Trail at Haleakala National Park to explore the famed "Pools of Ōheo" and discover a 400-foot waterfall; and ukulele lessons, where I learned to play Bob Marley's "Three Little Birds." Who needs technology when you're embarking on spiritual adventures such as these?
It's nearly noon in Maui when we depart from Travaasa, and as we wave goodbye to our new Hawaiian o'hana, it's evident: I feel completely recharged.
I can't even tell you where my phone is.


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Mahmoudiyah () (also transliterated Al-Mahmudiyah, Al-Mahmoudi, or Al-Mahmudiya, prefixed usually with Al-) is a rural city south of Baghdad. Known as the "Gateway to Baghdad," the city's proximity to Baghdad made it central to the counterinsurgency campaign.

Al-Mahmudiya has approximately 350,000 inhabitants, most of whom are Sunni Arabs, over 75% of Al-Mahmudiya  are Sunni, as reported by the UNHCR IDPs list. While the control of rural areas around the area of Mahmudiyah is by Sunnis, such as the towns of Latifiyah and Yusufiyah, the Shiites remain in the center of Mahmoudiyah city.

War crime incident

During the Iraq War, a war crime took place in Mahmudiyah on March 12, 2006, in which five soldiers of the 502d Infantry Regiment, raped a 14-year-old Iraqi girl, Abeer Qassim Hamza al-Janabi (an Iraqi Sunni Arab girl) and then murdered her, after killing her father Qassim Hamza Raheem, her mother Fakhriya Taha Muhasen and her six-year-old sister Hadeel Qassim Hamza al-Janabi. The soldiers then burned the bodies to conceal evidence of the crime. Four of the soldiers were convicted of rape and murder, and the fifth was convicted of lesser crimes.

Civil infrastructure
Efforts have been conducted into rebuilding the city. The current mayor (as of January 2007) is Muayid Fadil Hussein Habib.

Notable people
 Fadhil Abbas al-Ka'bi, (1950) writer and poet

See also

 Triangle of Death (Iraq)

References

External links
San Diego Union Tribune article about Marines in Al-Mahmoudiyah.
Map of Al-Mahmudiyah from multimap.com.
Army article about the Al-Buhaira Elementary School remodeling project in Mahmudiyah from March 2006.
Stars and Stripes article from February 2006 by Andrew Tilghman about militia vs. militia violence in Al-Mahmudiyah.
A video from March 2006 (from Chris Brewer, who was in the Air Force in the 206th Broadcast Operations Detachment, American Forces Network) of Al-Mahmoudiyah's city center.

Populated places in Baghdad Province
District capitals of Iraq


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The installation is done by using the Eclipse Update Manager. The Update Manager connects to an EPIC Update Site [http://e-p-i-c.sourceforge.net/updates]. The Update Site can also be stored locally if no Internet connection is available and can be downloaded from the EPIC project page.
After starting Eclipse, select Help → Software and Updates → Find and Install... from the menu.
Select Search for new features to install an press Next. Press the Add Update Site... button for a remote installation via HTTP or the Add Local Site... button if the Update Site is available locally. When installing EPIC from remote, enter any desired Name and the URL http://e-p-i-c.sf.net/updates.
Tick the newly created site and press the Next button. Follow the instructions of the install wizard. The warning about the installation of an unsigned feature can be ignored. Eclipse has to be restarted after installation.
Now the EPIC installation should be complete.


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At the end of this year, these are all the coins I still need for my collection. If you have some of the coins I have listed here, please contact me so that we can try to reach some swap agreement.
As usual, I accept offers for upcoming 2017 coins (regular and/or commemoratives).
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How is human behavior shifting in an age of telematic possibilities? More than ever, the internet offers us ways to know about distant countries and places without the necessity of being there. This new type of access should extend one's personal experience and sharpen the view onto foreign cultures. Instead, the political trend these days shows that the medial irruption of the unknown into our lives can also create incomprehension and fear of the "stranger".
In contrast to what google shows under the term "Fernblick" – holiday places with view to beautiful landscapes – the exhibition offers a view into the distance by bringing into focus gestures and actions that form their own environments. Sound and listening are utilised as the means by which to define an artistic position between yearning, memory, homeland.
The ongoing project Long Distance Imagination is a drawing and voice composition exploring the identity and expectation of places in an era with shortening distances and with the possibility to travel the world through the internet. As in a game or a dare I incorporate images and sounds of unknown places which I never visited before or have seen only in the media. Those places, real or imaginary, become familiar and take part to a new personal aural and visual narration emerging through automatic drawing, through word and singing, reproducing and repeating themselves, thus becoming symbol of the journey.
During WINDOWS FAR AWAY, INNER SOUND, 10 artists from the American continent share their window views through skype and type in realtime a description of the corresponding soundscape. For that, each artist has a 25 mins slot of time, from 18:00 to 22:00 pm, Berlin time. The work opens a space for individual ways of expressing the perception of sound using the means of language (words, syllables, phonemes) and the possibilities of the medium (skype video-chat), as well as invites the audience to "listen with the eyes", stimulating the so-called inner ear.


We can't say we're surprised!
Well, it's official. Glasgow is the most caring city in Britain.
A survey of 2000 people from around the UK found Glaswegians were most likely to send "sensitive" greetings cards to their friends and relatives.
The Moonpig poll also discovered Glaswegians were the most likely to send engagement and wedding cards – with 84 per cent sending engagement greetings and 41 per cent wedding congratulations.
Glaswegian Ron Jackson, 45, admits he was "not surprised" by the result.
He added: "No longer can Glasgow be though of as a place of hardmen.
"We're really just a bunch of softies!"
Wendy Ferguson, who has lived in Glasgow for over 50 years, added: "This just confirms what every Glaswegian already knew!"


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Like cars, now motorcycles will also get power steering, Yamaha is working on this technology
The technology features an electro magnetic set-up, which uses an active steering damper. This unit provides steering assistance at low speeds through an actuator. Along with this, it also helps in the stability of the motorcycle.
The system acts as an electronic steering damper at high speeds. It uses a torque sensor to detect and measure handlebar inputs. The company says that it has already successfully used this technology on its electric bicycle.
Now the company says that it is now planning to use it on its dirt bikes and road bikes. According to the information received, this system is currently being tested by the company in collaboration with Australian motocross racer Jay Wilson.
Jay Wilson, who rides for the All-Japan Yamaha Factory Race Team at the All-Japan Motocross Championship, is using the technology on his 250cc and 450cc dirt bikes. The electronic steering damper technology being tested by Yamaha is not entirely new.
However, Honda Motorcycles also have such technology and its dumping rates are variable and adjustable through the ECU. Yamaha has further extended the concept into an actuator to assist with any effort applied to the handlebars.
Talking about other news, Yamaha Motorcycle is preparing to launch its first electric scooter in the Indian market. But before that it can be revealed on April 11, 2022, for which the company had also sent media invitations.
Though not much was mentioned in the invite, it was definitely said that the product would be stylish and sporty. It was told that this would be an exciting new future with Yamaha. This indicates a possible upcoming product to be an electric vehicle.


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ETL. The bot relies on information and knowledge extracted from the raw data by an ETL process in the backend. This data might be structured (SQL database), semi-structured (CRM system, FAQs), or unstructured (Word documents, PDFs, web logs). An ETL subsystem extracts the data on a fixed schedule. The content is transformed and enriched, then loaded into an intermediary data store, such as Cosmos DB or Azure Blob Storage.
To be more specific, understand why the client wants to build a chatbot and what the customer wants their chatbot to do. Finding answers to this query will guide the designer to create conversations aimed at meeting end goals. When the designer knows why the chatbot is being built, they are better placed to design the conversation with the chatbot.
Typically, companies applied a passive engagement method with consumers. In other words, customer support only responds to complaining consumers – but never initiate any conversations or look for feedback. While this method was fine for a long while, it doesn't work anymore with millennials. Users want to communicate with attentive brands who have a 24/7 support system and they won't settle for anything less.
24/7 digital support. An instant and always accessible assistant is assumed by the more and more digital consumer of the new era.[34] Unlike humans, chatbots once developed and installed don't have a limited workdays, holidays or weekends and are ready to attend queries at any hour of the day. It helps to the customer to avoid waiting of a company's agent to be available. Thus, the customer doesn't have to wait for the company executive to help them. This also lets companies keep an eye on the traffic during the non-working hours and reach out to them later.[41]
Kik is one of the most popular chat apps among teens with 275M MAUs and 40% of those are in the 13–24 year old demographic. In April, Kik launched its own bot store with 16 launch partners including Sephora, H&M, Vine, the Weather Channel, and Funny or Die. Using Kik's bots currently feel like using the internet in 1994, very rough around the edges and limited functionality / usefulness. However, we'll see how their API and bots progress over time, Kik's popularity among an attractive demographic might convince some brands to invest in the platform.
There has been a great deal of controversy about the use of bots in an automated trading function. Auction website eBay has been to court in an attempt to suppress a third-party company from using bots to traverse their site looking for bargains; this approach backfired on eBay and attracted the attention of further bots. The United Kingdom-based bet exchange Betfair saw such a large amount of traffic coming from bots that it launched a WebService API aimed at bot programmers, through which it can actively manage bot interactions.
Chatbots can reply instantly to any questions. The waiting time is 'virtually' 0 (see what I did there?). Even if a real person eventually shows up to fix the issues, the customer gets engaged in the conversation, which can help you build trust. The problem could be better diagnosed, and the chatbot could perform some routine checks with the user. This saves up time for both the customer and the support agent. That's a lot better than just recklessly waiting for a representative to arrive.
Although NBC Politics Bot was a little rudimentary in terms of its interactions, this particular application of chatbot technology could well become a lot more popular in the coming years – particularly as audiences struggle to keep up with the enormous volume of news content being published every day. The bot also helped NBC determine what content most resonated with users, which the network will use to further tailor and refine its content to users in the future.
"I've seen a lot of hyperbole around bots as the new apps, but I don't know if I believe that," said Prashant Sridharan, Twitter's global director of developer relations. "I don't think we're going to see this mass exodus of people stopping building apps and going to build bots. I think they're going to build bots in addition to the app that they have or the service they provide."
Clare.AI is a frontend assistant that provides modern online banking services. This virtual assistant combines machine learning algorithms with natural language processing. The Clare.AI algorithm is trained to respond to customer service FAQs, arrange appointments, conduct internal inquiries for IT and HR, and help customers control their finances via their favorite messaging apps (WhatsApp, Facebook, WeChat, etc.). It can even draw a chart showing customers how they've spent their money.
As ChatbotLifeexplained, developing bots is not the same as building apps. While apps specialise in a number of functions, chatbots have a bigger capacity for inputs. The trick here is to start with a simple objective and focus on doing it really well (i.e., having a minimum viable product or 'MVP'). From that point onward, businesses can upgrade their bots.
Multinational Naive Bayes is the classic algorithm for text classification and NLP. For an instance, let's assume a set of sentences are given which are belonging to a particular class. With new input sentence, each word is counted for its occurrence and is accounted for its commonality and each class is assigned a score. The highest scored class is the most likely to be associated with the input sentence.
[In] artificial intelligence ... machines are made to behave in wondrous ways, often sufficient to dazzle even the most experienced observer. But once a particular program is unmasked, once its inner workings are explained ... its magic crumbles away; it stands revealed as a mere collection of procedures ... The observer says to himself "I could have written that". With that thought he moves the program in question from the shelf marked "intelligent", to that reserved for curios ... The object of this paper is to cause just such a re-evaluation of the program about to be "explained". Few programs ever needed it more.
Beyond users, bots must also please the messaging apps themselves. Take Facebook Messenger. Executives have confirmed that advertisements within Discover — their hub for finding new bots to engage with — will be the main way Messenger monetizes its 1.3 billion monthly active users. If standing out among the 100,000 other bots on the platform wasn't difficult enough, we can assume Messenger will only feature bots that don't detract people from the platform.
How: this is a relatively simple flow to manage, and it could be one part of a much larger bot if you prefer. All you'll need to do is set up the initial flow within Chatfuel to ask the user if they'd like to subscribe to receive content, and if so, how frequently they would like to be updated. Then you can store their answer as a variable that you use for automation.
From any point in the conversation, the bot needs to know where to go next. If a user writes, "I'm looking for new pants," the bot might ask, "For a man or woman?" The user may type, "For a woman." Does the bot then ask about size, style, brand, or color? What if one of those modifiers was already specified in the query? The possibilities are endless, and every one of them has to be mapped with rules.
Reduce costs: The potential to reduce costs is one of the clearest benefits of using a chatbot. A chatbot can provide a new first line of support, supplement support during peak periods or offer an additional support option. In all of these cases, employing a chatbot can help reduce the number of users who need to speak with a human. You can avoid scaling up your staff or offering human support around the clock.
Users want to ask questions in their own language, and have bots help them. A statement that sounds as straight-forward as "My login isn't working! I haven't been able to log into your on-line billing system" might sound straight forward to us, but to a bot, there's a lot it needs to understand. Watson Conversation Services has learned from Wikipedia, and along with its deep learning techniques, it's able to work out what the user is asking.
As artificial intelligence continues to evolve (it's predicted that AI could double economic growth rates by 2035), conversational bots are becoming a powerful tool for businesses worldwide. By 2020, it's predicted that 85% of customers' relationship with businesses will be handled without engaging a human at all. Businesses are even abandoning their mobile apps to adopt conversational bots.
Spot is a chatbot developed by Criminal Psychologist Julia Shaw at the University College London. Using memory science and AI, Spot doesn't just allow users to report workplace harassment and bullying, but is capable of asking personalized, open-ended questions to help you recall details about events that made you feel uncomfortable. The application helps users process what happened, to understand whether or not they experienced harassment or discrimination and offers advice on how they can take matters further.
To inspire the next generation of explorers, NASA reaches out to students in schools, community organizations, and public events. A star robotic ambassador is "Rov-E," a close replica of real NASA Mars rovers. Through Amazon Lex, NASA staff can now easily navigate Rov-E via voice commands -- an effective conversational interface when speaking with large crowds. Multi-turn dialog management capability enables Rov-E "to talk," answering students' questions about Mars in an engaging way. Integration with AWS services allows Rov-E to connect and scale with various data sources to retrieve NASA's Mars exploration information.
Chatbots – also known as "conversational agents" – are software applications that mimic written or spoken human speech for the purposes of simulating a conversation or interaction with a real person. There are two primary ways chatbots are offered to visitors: via web-based applications or standalone apps. Today, chatbots are used most commonly in the customer service space, assuming roles traditionally performed by living, breathing human beings such as Tier-1 support operatives and customer satisfaction reps.
Chatting with a bot should be like talking to a human that knows everything. If you're using a bot to change an airline reservation, the bot should know if you have an unused credit on your account and whether you typically pick the aisle or window seat. Artificial intelligence will continue to radically shape this front, but a bot should connect with your current systems so a shared contact record can drive personalization.
2017 was the year that AI and chatbots took off in business, not just in developed nations, but across the whole world. Sage have reported that this global trend is boosting international collaboration between startups across all continents, such as the European Commission-backed Startup Europe Comes to Africa (SEC2A) which was held in November 2017.
Haptik is one of the world's largest Conversational AI platforms reaching over 30 million devices monthly. The company has been at the forefront of the paradigm shift from apps to chatbots, having built a robust set of technology and tools that enable any type of conversational application. Our platform processed over a billion interactions to date and helps enterprises leverage the power of AI to automate critical business processes like Concierge, Customer Support, Lead Generation and E-commerce.
Foreseeing immense potential, businesses are starting to invest heavily in the burgeoning bot economy. A number of brands and publishers have already deployed bots on messaging and collaboration channels, including HP, 1-800-Flowers, and CNN. While the bot revolution is still in the early phase, many believe 2016 will be the year these conversational interactions take off.
Despite the fact that ALICE relies on such an old codebase, the bot offers users a remarkably accurate conversational experience. Of course, no bot is perfect, especially one that's old enough to legally drink in the U.S. if only it had a physical form. ALICE, like many contemporary bots, struggles with the nuances of some questions and returns a mixture of inadvertently postmodern answers and statements that suggest ALICE has greater self-awareness for which we might give the agent credit.
These are just a few of the most inspirational chatbot startups from the last year, with numerous others around the globe currently receiving acclaim for how quickly and innovatively they are using AI to change the world. With development becoming more intuitive and accessible to people all over the world, we can expect to see more startups using new technology to solve old problems.
Utility bots solve a user's problem, whatever that may be, via a user-prompted transaction. The most obvious example is a shopping bot, such as one that helps you order flowers or buy a new jacket. According to a recent HubSpot Research study, 47% of shoppers are open to buying items from a bot. But utility bots are not limited to making purchases. A utility bot could automatically book meetings by scanning your emails or notify you of the payment subscriptions you forgot you were signed up for.
Short for chat robot, a computer program that simulates human conversation, or chat, through artificial intelligence. Typically, a chat bot will communicate with a real person, but applications are being developed in which two chat bots can communicate with each other. Chat bots are used in applications such as ecommerce customer service, call centers and Internet gaming. Chat bots used for these purposes are typically limited to conversations regarding a specialized purpose and not for the entire range of human communication.
The NLP system has a wide and varied lexicon to better understand the complexities of natural language. Using an algorithmic process, it determines what has been asked and uses decision trees or slot-based algorithms that go through a predefined conversation path. After it understands the question, the computer then finds the best answer and provides it in the natural language of the user.
As ChatbotLifeexplained, developing bots is not the same as building apps. While apps specialise in a number of functions, chatbots have a bigger capacity for inputs. The trick here is to start with a simple objective and focus on doing it really well (i.e., having a minimum viable product or 'MVP'). From that point onward, businesses can upgrade their bots.
Dialogflow is a very robust platform for developing chatbots. One of the strongest reasons of using Dialogflow is its powerful Natural Language Understanding (NLU). You can build highly interactive chatbot as NLP of Dialogflow excels in intent classification and entity detection. It also offers integration with many chat platforms like Google Assistant, Facebook Messenger, Telegram,…
These days, checking the headlines over morning coffee is as much about figuring out if we should be hunkering down in the basement preparing for imminent nuclear annihilation as it is about keeping up with the day's headlines. Unfortunately, even the most diligent newshounds may find it difficult to distinguish the signal from the noise, which is why NBC launched its NBC Politics Bot on Facebook Messenger shortly before the U.S. presidential election in 2016.
NanoRep is a customer service bot that guides customers throughout their entire journey. It handles any issues that may arise no matter if a customer wants to book a flight or track an order. NanoRep isn't limited to predefined scripts, unlike many other customer service chatbots. And it delivers context-based answers. Its Contextual-Answers solution lets the chatbot provide real-time responses based on:
A chatbot works in a couple of ways: set guidelines and machine learning. A chatbot that functions with a set of guidelines in place is limited in its conversation. It can only respond to a set number of requests and vocabulary, and is only as intelligent as its programming code. An example of a limited bot is an automated banking bot that asks the caller some questions to understand what the caller wants done. The bot would make a command like "Please tell me what I can do for you by saying account balances, account transfer, or bill payment." If the customer responds with "credit card balance," the bot would not understand the request and would proceed to either repeat the command or transfer the caller to a human assistant.


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Now the legal aid bill is law, how do we preserve access to justice?
There were parts of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act (Laspo) that were "not just bad but actually wicked", Lord Bach told his fellow peers last Tuesday. I met Bach who led the opposition savaging of the Bill straight after it finished its passage through parliament.
"We got it through," crowed Jonathan Djanogoly as we pass on the way to the Lords' canteen. It has to be said the legal aid minister was exhibiting the kind of body language that landed him in such hot water in the Commons last month. It has been close to 18 months since the government published its legal aid green paper; and the government has managed to get a hugely controversial bill, savaged by the Lords, on to the statute books pretty much intact.
Bach says the legislation puts "Britain back at least 25 years". Few would disagree that the former Labour justice secretary has lived up to his rather excellent Twitter handle (@Fightbach); but, frankly, the fight has only just started. Bach's singular focus on defending social welfare law should be commended. The legal aid bill was a sprawling legislative monster that threw together many competing interests. The danger was that the arguments around preserving "poverty law" would be drowned out by vested interests with deeper pockets and to a certain extent it has.
But the ideas behind social welfare law received a fair airing and much sympathy in the Lords, largely thanks to Bach. As the former criminal defence barrister put it, his fellow peers hated the bill.
The great sadness is that it made such little difference. Yes, important amendments were made but they were at the edges – and that is not to diminish the significance of the concessions around, for example, domestic violence. But the bottom line is that the proposals aim to remove £350m of £2.2bn legal aid scheme - and they do that (in large part) by scrapping social welfare law.
So the legal aid bill got royal assent this week. One battle ends and another more pressing one begins: how to preserve the idea of access to justice in a pretty devastated post-Laspo landscape. "Laspo becoming law is not just a cut, that would be manageable,' writes Julie Bishop on legalvoice.org.uk. "It is the removal of free advice across the spectrum of poverty law."
LegalVoice is a new online magazine aimed at all professionals committed to access to justice that has the support of most, if not all, the representative groups. And, yes, we are acutely aware of the irony of launching a legal aid magazine at a time when the government has introduced the biggest cuts to the scheme since it was set up as a vital part of the welfare state.
Legal aid is a safety net to which all citizens are entitled, argues Bishop. It is vital that the legal not-for-profit sector survives. It is not clear how. We hope the site will serve as a forum for an exchange of ideas, as well keeping legal aid practitioners up-to-date with all the changes coming their way. We are a not-for-profit organisation - our start-up costs have been met by City firms Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance and Freshfields.
The centre has decided to "fight back" by raising its profile in the local Hackney community – "'popularising the concept of the law centre", as centre manager Sean Canning puts it. It makes a lot of sense. It plans to launch Community Law Shops, taking law to the community and making sure it has a visible presence in libraries and local colleges. We need to popularise the concept of "access to justice". The fight back starts now.


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Home The Beats Civil Rights GREENE: There's nothing sweeter than an exoneration. And also nothing sadder.
Susan Greene
GREENE: There's nothing sweeter than an exoneration. And also nothing sadder.
Clarence Moses-EL speaks to a gaggle of reporters after a jury found him not guilty of assault on Nov. 14, 2016 (Photo by Susan Greene)
Twenty-nine years, two months, and 28 days.
That's how long it took Clarence Moses-EL to disentangle himself from a rape he didn't commit, a 48-year prison sentence for a wrongful conviction, and the web of deceit spun by Denver authorities.
A jury on Monday acquitted Moses-EL, 60, of charges stemming from the 1987 sex assault and burglary of a woman in Denver's Five Points neighborhood.
Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey's office re-prosecuted Moses-EL even though new evidence led a judge to vacate his convictions last December after he spent 28 years in prison. That evidence included the confession of a convicted rapist who was the first man the victim identified as her assailant. It also included the testimony of the confessor's former girlfriend that he slipped out of her house in the middle of the night when her best friend and neighbor was attacked. And forensic analysis showing that sperm found in the victim's body matched the confessor's blood type, not Moses-EL's.
I've followed this case for more than a decade. Yet the details still seem as surreal as when I first read the court records and interviewed Moses-EL in prison.
How, I wondered, could Denver authorities not have bothered to question the men the victim first identified as possible assailants? How could they have prosecuted Moses-EL solely because the victim claimed, a day and a half later, that his identity came to her in a dream? How, after Moses-EL won two court orders and raised $1,000 from prison to test the DNA evidence, could they have tossed the box of evidence – marked "DO NOT DESTROY" – in a dumpster? And why did they refuse to grant Moses-EL a new trial in the late 1990s as a remedy for their foul-up?
Questions kept mounting as I followed the story.
Why wouldn't Morrissey reopen the investigation in 2006 when he realized that LC Jackson, the first man the victim identified in her outcry, was a serial rapist? How could Morrissey get away with misleading the media and state lawmakers about the case? Why, since 2012, did Morrissey try to keep Jackson's confession from coming to light? And what prompted the District Attorney to insist on retrying such a flimsy case after a judge let Moses-EL walk free?
The gravity of those questions weighed on family, friends and supporters as they sat in Denver District Judge Kandace Gerdes' courtroom early Monday afternoon awaiting the verdict jurors took four hours to reach.
The strain of Moses-EL's 10,317 days behind bars was evident in the face of his son, Anthony, who was 3 and riding on the handlebars of his father's bike in August 1987 when police stopped them and hauled his dad away.
The enormity of the stakes was obvious in a defense lawyer's wringing hands, the prosecutor's shaking leg, and the ready stances of the dozen or more sheriff's deputies posted in and outside the courtroom for security.
Back straight, head tall, and eyes wide open, Moses-EL sat steady and calm waiting to hear if the case that has eaten half his life would swallow the rest of it, too. If he has learned anything over the years, it's patience.
The judge walked in at 1:19 p.m. and warned everyone that displays of emotion would not be tolerated in her courtroom. Then everyone rose and the jurors filed in with a collective ease that buoyed the crowd in the gallery.
Their verdict was unanimous. Not guilty on all counts.
What followed next was a group hug among the legal team and supporters who embraced Moses-EL and his exoneration fight and has, over the years, coalesced as a community. Behind him, they walked a path of camera flashes and fuzzy microphones out of the courthouse where, suddenly, everyone wanted to hear from the man the system had worked so long to silence.
"Yeahhhhh," Moses-EL told reporters. "Oh yeahhhhh!"
What can you say? How do you feel? What do you think? What were those 28 years like? How did you withstand it? Why did this happen? What was broken? What can be fixed? What's next? Where will you go? What will you do? Who might you sue? How long would that take? What did this cost you? What does this mean? What's the moral of this story?
Moses-EL said his innocence had grounded him and that his faith had carried him. He said truth is unbreakable, no matter who tries bending it and no matter how hard or how long. He said he wants a quiet, peaceful life and aims to help other prisoners facing bum raps. He thanked Allah and his mom, who didn't live to see him exonerated. And he thanked his lawyers, investigators, friends and family who broke from the circle of journalists and walked a few blocks toward lunch.
On their way, an off-duty Denver sheriff's deputy saluted, two skateboarders stopped to look, and three drivers honked at the procession. A young woman heading into the Denver Art Museum asked, "There was a verdict? Not guilty? Aw, thank goodness. Thank God."
In the warm autumn afternoon, Moses-EL and his people took over the terrace of a restaurant that overlooks History Colorado Center. "Check this out. Let's set this straight," a friend of Moses-EL called out, as if asking the building itself to record that moment of history. "Brother Moses is innocent! Always has been."
There was champagne. There were toasts. There were stories about decades in prison, moments of despair, weeks of court hearings, and years of waiting for this day. There were chicken wings, crab cakes and group shots of gratitude and relief.
"This is the best day of my life," Moses-EL told me.
He took time to eat it up, soak it in. He took care to thank everybody, including the waiter and waitresses, for helping him. He took phone calls from friends in prison and family in Baltimore who wished they were there to celebrate.
After all, there's nothing sweeter than an exoneration. And also nothing sadder.
Sad because every wrongful conviction is, in effect, a cold case. If Jackson had been questioned and prosecuted for the assault in the first place, he likely wouldn't have raped – among who-knows-many-many others – a mother and her 9-year-old girl at knifepoint six years later.
And sad because locking up innocent people and throwing away the key makes the public even more distrustful of an already wayward justice system. It should gall every Denverite that city authorities let "The people v. Clarence Moses" rot for nearly three decades in our names.
Mayor Michael Hancock released a video Tuesday assuring residents that city policy makers and law enforcers will stand up to government overreach and civil rights abuses under a Trump presidency. "I want to be clear. You can count on me, and you can count on your city. We've got your back," the Mayor said.
That same day, Hancock wouldn't comment on city authorities' own overreach and abuses against Moses-EL – a case for which Hancock's administration likely will be named in a civil rights lawsuit. Among the many questions for which the city has to account is why its police department ignored Jackson, who should have been a prime suspect in the investigation, and let him roam free to commit at least two rapes in the 1993.
For his part, Morrissey has spent years refusing comment on Moses-EL's criminal case because it was pending in court. Now that it's over, Morrissey still won't talk about why, after ample evidence of a wrongful conviction, he forced an innocent man to spend years behind bars for the sake of "victim advocacy." "I forwarded your invitation to Mitch and he is declining," his spokeswoman, Lynn Kimbrough, wrote in response to my request for an interview.
There's footage of Morrissey defending his handling of the case in an interview I did for The Denver Post in 2007.
Morrissey wanted the video shot in front of a wall of law books in his office. I remember how he checked his hair and straightened his tie before the camera started rolling. After his string of mistruths, contradictions and chest puffing about the case, I asked if he could empathize with Moses-EL or put himself in his shoes:
"No," he told me. "I've never raped anybody."
Photo by Marie-Dominique Verdier.
Clarence Moses-EL
Kandace Gerdes
LC jackson
michael hancock
Mitch Morrissey
A recovering newspaper journalist and Pulitzer finalist. Her criminal justice reporting includes "Trashing the Truth," with Miles Moffeit, and "The Gray Box."
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selinda Costa November 16, 2016 at 5:19 pm
Thank you Ms. Greene for your great story. The comment that Morrissey made is a disgrace and also another lie. Him and his office has raped many years of peoples lives.


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Manhattan City Commission approves first reading of new "Reddi Rule"
Following Manhattan City Commissioner Usha Reddi's appointment to the Kansas Senate, the board has been discussing potential changes to one of the city's ordinances.
At their meeting Tuesday, commissioners were presented with the first reading of a new ordinance that would prohibit city commissioners from holding dual office. As of now, there is no state law restricting individuals from concurrently serving in two offices.
City Attorney Katie Jackson explained more about the contents of the proposed ordinance.
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During discussion from a previous meeting, multiple board members expressed interest in including a grandfather clause that would allow Reddi to remain on the board and resign at her own discretion.
Mayor Mark Hatesohl said he was in favor of that provision.
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A majority of the commission expressed similar sentiments, but regardless of their decision, Jackson said that alterations to the ordinance will need to occur.
Reddi said that she does not plan on leaving the board right now, but she will step down at some point before the end of her term. Commissioners also discussed the steps that would be taken once her spot needed to be filled.
Commissioner John Matta felt it was best to focus on the ordinance and cross that bridge when they get there.
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The Kansas League of Municipalities indicates that Manhattan would be the only city in the state prohibiting dual office, if the ordinance is passed.
The commission ultimately approved the first reading unanimously with a majority favoring alterations be made for the second.
By Kate Kennedy|2023-01-24T22:17:19-06:00January 24th, 2023|Local News|Comments Off on Manhattan City Commission approves first reading of new "Reddi Rule"
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Much care was given to grading, editing and most of all, student appeal in the Essential Keyboard Repertoire Series. Each volume includes selections from the Baroque to Modern periods, each in its original form. Standard favorites are included, along with a sampling of works which were infrequently performed prior to the introduction of these collections. Editing is based on sound teaching principles to facilitate performance and study. This edition includes 75 early to late intermediate selections designed to help advancing students develop technique and musicianship.


Bus timetable for 23.05.2017. Ticket price is 6.10 EUR, you can buy ticket from the driver.
If you plan to travel from Rauma to Olkiluto regularly it is way cheaper to buy a monthly ticket for about 70 Euro.
If you live in dormitory and do not want to go to Central station, then you can use Itsenäisyydenkatu P bus stop. There are fewer busses that stop there : 6:49, 11:35, 15:35.
Keep in mind that stops 1, 2, 3 ... are in front of the Central station doors, but stop I Is across the road to the right.
Some busses go only to OL1 and OL2. In some cases you can wait for a transfer to OL3 for couple of minutes but it is also possible that you have to walk there.
If you need to go to Rauma center Seminaarinkatu is ok because the bus has several stops there including the one near Central station.
Rauma is a very beatifull small town. It is one of the oldest towns in Finland (other are Turku and Porvoo) if you have enough time I recommend visiting the city center and the water tower restaurant.


Coleman is a tall, good looking quarterback prospect with a well-put together frame, good height and the ability to easily see over the line of scrimmage. He possesses an above-average arm, can spin the football into the second level and won't have any problems making all the throws at the next level. However, he is raw with his footwork, his initial step from the gun is with his left foot too often (he's a right handed quarterback) and he wastes a lot of motion stutter-stepping in order to balance himself to get away from the pocket. He doesn't get away from center quickly, and he will struggle with his balance trying to get rid of the football in the three and five-step game. Coleman almost seems to fall off throws and will throw off his back foot without collecting himself, causing his accuracy to suffer because of it. However, he does do a nice job collecting himself and getting a nice wide base to throw from when he can step into throws. He transfers his weight well, gets the ball out of his hands with a solid release point and generates good torque from his lower half. He displays "plus" placement with his plant foot and is accurate with the ball when he collects himself. He will need some time to mature from under center and improve his footwork, but is a good enough athlete to do so.
Coleman displays a bit of an inconsistent spiral when throwing down the field, and when throwing underneath he looks to direct the football too often. He can get very mechanical at times when delivering the football underneath and there are other times where he really looks natural and loose spinning the football. He gets locked in at times with his pre-snap reads and he'll stare down initial targets. However, to his credit, he will work his eyes to a certain degree. While he doesn't manipulate defenses, he does a good enough job to keep the defense from getting early jumps on the football. He knows where his outlet is and will buy time for himself inside the pocket on the move. His awareness inside the pocket is only average, as he generally feels pressure, but seems to get caught ignoring that pressure from the backside at times. He seems to have a solid mental clock, but looks content to simply protect the football instead of getting it out of his hands. He exhibits good touch down the field as well, giving his receivers a chance to run under throws, and will take a bit off when need be. He gets caught trusting his arm too much sometimes and will fall off throws in the face of pressure.
He is a former Tennessee transfer who left because of the Lane Kiffin saga.
Impression: He needs to improve his footwork from the gun and from center before he's ready for the NFL game. However, Coleman has a good skill set, can make all the throws and is an intriguing developmental kid with a "plus" upside.
A highly demanding, smart, driven competitor with perfectionist tendencies. Is wired for the game but needs to learn how to let it rip and learn to trust his instincts to find success against much better competition at the pro level.
Positives — Throws a great deep ball, gets a lot of rotation on his throws and makes some terrific throws down the field… Throws a very catchable ball… Good arm strength, can make every throw… Good over-the-top throwing motion, smooth and doesn't have any hitches… A hard worker, really committed to improving himself and his teammates, does all of the things off the field that you want your quarterback to do… High football IQ, very smart and understands the X's and O's aspect of the game… Possesses ideal height and frame for an NFL quarterback… Has huge hands which helps him grip the ball and throw a nice spiral… Has experience working under center and out of the shotgun… Drew rave reviews for his performance during Shrine week, has been moving up draft boards and has a lot of post-season momentum.
Negatives — Poor production for a draftable prospect, only threw for 1,527 yards in seven games in 2011 while completing 61 percent of his passes at the FCS level… Has a tendency to throw off his back foot when pressured… Makes some poor decisions, was able to get away with it in college, but will not at the NFL level… Needs some work with his drop steps, doesn't get great depth and his footwork appears awkward at times… Very much an unfinished product… Level of competition will be seriously questioned while playing at Tennessee-Chattanooga… Struggled in his one game last year against FBS competition throwing for 174 yards, one touchdown, one interception against Nebraska… Had a five interception game against Elon in 2010… Transferred from Tennessee, will be a 24-year-old rookie… Missed three full games in 2011 with a shoulder injury.
BJ Coleman is a tall, former Tennessee QB with some upside. Strong arm.Nice mobility. Perfect height, can see over the line. Played against a lower level of competition. Has some technique issues. Needs time and experience, and some good coaching. The Giants have been looking to develop a QB for some time (see Andre Woodson and Rhett Bomar). Coleman has the arm, and, from reports, the mental capacity, to become a good QB. He really needs time and seasoning. The skill set is there. Has the arm, for sure. Needs to improve his decision making, get used to NFL defenses. But talent is there. Do the Giants take a 4th round flier on him? I think its past time they do. Coleman seems like a guy that can be developed; most of his issues can be corrected. Coleman can be brought along slowly, and then turn into a solid backup. Best case scenario, he turns into Matt Flynn, someone who backups but can be used as an asset (which the Packers didn't do, they should've franchised him, some QB needy team would've ponied up). Worst case, he's a career number 2, but that's something you need. Can't hurt.
When looking at BJ's stats last season, one must look at the O LINE in front of him. Often having three freshmen and two sophmores BJ was not even having time to set up. Teams were blitzing and BJ was a target back there.


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Orange County (New York)
Evangelical Protestant Black Protestant Mainline Protestant Catholic Orthodox Other Unclaimed
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Black Protestant Methodist/Pietist -1 -2392 -88.2%
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal +5 +87 +5.3%
Catholic Church Catholic Catholicism +16 +7847 +6.4%
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant Baptist 0 -208 -100%
Christian Reformed Church in North America Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian-Reformed 0 -256 -46.5%
Church of Christ, Scientist Other Christian Science -1 --- ---
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal +2 +1297 +278.3%
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal +1 +7 +5%
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Latter-day Saints +1 +724 +99%
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant Holiness 0 -180 -49.9%
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Baptist 0 +30 +19.4%
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian-Reformed -1 -61 -20.7%
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant Episcopalianism/Anglicanism -1 -341 -8.4%
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant Methodist/Pietist -1 0 0%
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant Lutheran 0 -168 -7.3%
Evangelical Presbyterian Church Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian-Reformed +2 +862 +769.6%
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) 0 --- ---
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant Lutheran +1 +14 +0.6%
Orthodox Church in America Orthodox Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) 0 --- ---
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant Presbyterian-Reformed -4 -2714 -41.8%
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian-Reformed 0 +68 +42.5%
Reformed Church in America Mainline Protestant Presbyterian-Reformed 0 -1580 -56.5%
Salvation Army Evangelical Protestant Holiness 0 +857 +324.6%
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant Adventist +3 +334 +80.7%
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant Baptist +1 -266 -61.4%
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Liberal 0 +6 +5.9%
Totals: +20 +850 +0.5%
The population of Orange County, New York was 307,647 in 1990; in 1980 it was 259,603. The total population changed 18.5%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (177,371) included 57.7% of the total population in 1990.
The population of Orange County, New York was 372,813 in 2010; in 2000 it was 341,367. The total population changed 9.2%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (197,976) included 53.1% of the total population in 2010.


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Minister of Foreign Affairs of the PMR
Vitaly Viktorovich Ignatiev
Born on July 5, 1980, in the town of Kotovsk, Odessa Oblast, Ukrainian SSR.
2 years later moved with his parents to Rybnitsa, MSSR.
In 1997 he successfully finished Rybnitsa school no. 6.
In 1997 was a winner of the Republican Olympiad in history.
In 2002 he graduated with honour from the sociology department of the Faculty of History, Pridnestrovian State University named after T.G. Shevchenko.
In 2012 he completed with distinction Master's Degree Programme of the National University "Odessa Law Academy" in the field of international law.
Since September 9, 2002, he has been working in the system of the Foreign Ministry of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic.
He began his professional career in the position of an officer of the News Department of the Pridnestrovian MFA. He went through the stages of his service in the positions of adviser-speechwriter, press secretary, head of Media Relations Department, deputy head of the News and Analysis Office of the Foreign Ministry of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic.
Under Decree of the President of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic
no. 1368rp from December 20, 2010, he was appointed acting Deputy Foreign Minister of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic.
Under Decree of the President of the PMR no. 680rp from July 8, 2011, he was appointed Deputy Foreign Minister of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic.
Under Decree of the President of the PMR no. 85 from February 7, 2012, he was appointed Deputy Foreign Minister of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic.
Under Decree of the President of the PMR no. 86 from February 8, 2012, he was conferred a diplomatic rank of Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Envoy of the second class.
Under Decree of the President of the PMR no. 219 from June 8, 2016, he was conferred a diplomatic rank of Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador.
In accordance with Decree of the President of the PMR, by decision of emergency meeting of the JCC from February 16, 2012, Vitaly Ignatiev was appointed member of the Joint Control Commission from Pridnestrovie.
Since 2006, he has been teaching a number of special courses at the Department of Political Science and Political Processes of the Institute of History, State and Law of Shevchenko Pridnestrovian State University.
On December 30, 2015 under Decree of the President of the PMR he was appointed Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the PMR, and on August 31, 2016, was appointed Minister.
Under Decree of the PMR President No. 219 of June 8, 2016, he was conferred the diplomatic rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.
On January 30, 2017, he was reappointed by the PMR President Vadim Krasnoselsky.
Since 2014 he is a Ph.D. student of the Department of World Political Processes of MGIMO.
Decorated with state awards:
Certificate of Merit of the President of the PMR,
Medals "For Distinction in Labour",
"20 Years of the PMR",
"For Labour Valor",
"To a Member of the Peacekeeping Operation in Pridnestrovie",
"20 years of the PMR's MFA";
"For Impeccable Service" III degree,
"25 years of the PMR's MFA"
Foreign awards:
Medal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia for contribution to the development of international cooperation and diplomatic activity (2016);
Medal "25th anniversary of the Republic of South Ossetia" (September 19, 2016).
Speaks English.
Married, has a daughter and a son.


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Latino phrase motivated movement
Cesar Chavez made a difference for all Latinos
By Ed Fletcher, efletcher@sacbee.com, Mar. 27, 2009
Before there was "Yes We Can," there was "Si Se Puede."
Coined by Cesar Chavez and United Farm Workers co-founder Dolores Huerta, the Spanish phrase that translates to "Yes, it can be done" has become an international chant.
" 'No se puede' was the default, and Cesar was able to change that," said LeRoy Chatfield, a veteran Sacramento activist who worked alongside the late labor crusader. "It's not a slogan, it's a mind-set that says you can accomplish something that others say is impossible."
Born March 31, 1927, Chavez dedicated his life to helping American farmworkers.
His life is celebrated as an official holiday in eight states, including California.
On Thursday, 60 attorneys affiliated with La Raza Lawyers of Sacramento and Women Lawyers of Sacramento gathered for lunch and to reflect on Chavez's legacy.
The event was one of many this week honoring the labor leader.
Chavez helped bring better working conditions for many, but friends and followers say his lasting legacy is the sense of empowerment he gave to Latino Americans and other recent immigrants.
"In the process of convincing farmworkers that they could make change happen, he also convinced millions of other people who never worked on a farm," said Marc Grossman, a longtime spokesman for the United Farm Workers union.
Chavez said as much in a 1984 address to the Commonwealth Club of California: "Hispanics across California and the nation who don't work in agriculture are better off today because of what the farmworkers taught people about organization, about pride and strength. … You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore."
On Thursday, David Villarino-Gonzalez, Chavez's son-in-law and president of the Farmworker Institute for Education and Leadership Development, told the Sacramento lawyers that Chavez's organizational lessons can help them with challenges that remain.
"The one thing – out of all the things that Cesar really demonstrated – was the power of mobilizing people for change," Villarino-Gonzalez said.
That message captured Art Torres' attention and became a compass point through his time in law school at University of California, Davis, in Sacramento as a state senator and as chairman of the California Democratic Party.
It was an early, failed run for a state Assembly seat that pushed Torres to join Chavez.
"That is when I went to work for Cesar for five bucks a week and all I could eat," Torres said.
Torres recalled Chavez saying that if people he was fighting for lived in poverty, then so should he and his staff members.
"I really pissed my father off," said Torres, whose family had left farm work for an urban life, only to see him return to the fields as an organizer.
But Torres didn't stay in the fields. Armed with Cesar's lessons, Torres became one of dozens of politicians who got their start under Chavez's tutelage.
In the Legislature, Torres worked with the UFW to introduce and pass the groundbreaking Agriculture Labor Relations Act – the first and only state law that specifically gives farmworkers the right to organize.
Chatfield said it's hard to overstate Chavez's impact.
"He empowered an entire generation of Latinos in this country," Chatfield said. "Because of that movement, they as a group have made tremendous strides."
He noted the time the late Sacramento Mayor Joe Serna broke down and cried in the middle of an address on the steps of the state Capitol. Serna later explained to Chatfield that "he would not be there without Cesar Chavez."
Serna's sentiment is among the lessons that 17-year-old Carolina Beltran teaches. Beltran never met Chavez – she was an infant when he died in 1993 – but the Nevada Union High School senior was so inspired by Chavez that she has dedicated herself to teaching younger kids about his life.
"It's just remarkable that a human being could dedicate his entire life to a cause," Beltran said.
With the help of her Spanish Club mates, she began staging assemblies at area elementary schools to talk about how Chavez – in the same vein as Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. – used non-violent methods to bring about change.
"I want more people to know about him," she said. "We get somewhere, but it's not without a battle. You have to speak up for what you believe in."
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