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Remembering every Ballon d'Or winner from the 90's
Remembering every Ballon d'Or winner of the past decade would not prove much of a challenge for most football fans, with just Luka Modric breaking the Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi duopoly of the game's most prestigious individual honour.
The nineties, however, were a much different time, an unforgettable era of football that saw the birth of the rebranded Premier League and Champions League amongst its most notable moments.
The era also saw several iconic names battling to be crowned as the world's finest footballer, and we've decided to take a nostalgic look back at some of the game's greats of the decade.
Here is every Ballon d'Or winner from the 90's:
Lothar Matthäus – Inter Milan (1990)
German football has a long and illustrious history of producing leading talents, but Lothar Matthäus undoubtedly sits at the top table of one of the world's proudest sporting nations.
The most capped player in the history of the national side, Matthäus was regarded as one of the finest players in world football during the late eighties and early nineties, captaining Germany to World Cup success at Italia '90.
Matthäus was a complete footballing talent, bringing leadership, versatility, power and technical ability. After enjoying much success in his homeland – including winning three consecutive Bundesliga titles with Bayern Munich – he moved to Inter Milan during a time in which Serie A hosted the planet's premium talents.
He helped the Nerazzurri to title success before being named as the winner of the Ballon d'Or following World Cup glory, later claiming the inaugural FIFA World Player of the Year award in 1991.
He returned to Germany after four years at Inter and continued to excel, starring in four different decades and winning a further four Bundesliga titles during a second stint at Bayern.
Jean-Pierre Papin – Marseille (1991)
The only player in history to have won the Ballon d'Or whilst playing his club football in France, Jean-Pierre Papin was acknowledged as Europe's finest footballer following a prolific period in the colours of Marseille.
Papin was the focal point of an exciting Marseille side in the late eighties and early nineties, winning four consecutive Ligue 1 titles and finishing as the leading scorer in France's top tier for five seasons in succession.
The forward's unshakeable self-belief when presented with goalscoring chances also saw him fire Marseille to the final of the European Cup in 1991, one of three consecutive seasons in which he finished as the competition's leading scorer.
Papin's exploits saw him join AC Milan in a world-record transfer the following year, but despite two league titles and Champions League success with the Italians, he failed to replicate his goalscoring feats in a defence-orientated side under Fabio Capello.
Marco van Basten – AC Milan (1992)
Arguably the best player in world football at the turn of the decade, Van Basten won the final two Ballon d'Or awards of the eighties before adding a third crown to his collection in 1992.
The former Netherlands international was the star of a formidable AC Milan side which dominated both at home and in Europe, flourishing alongside compatriots Ruud Gullit and Frank Rijkaard in a golden period for the Rossoneri and Italian football.
Van Basten's became just the third player – after Johan Cruyff and Michel Platini – to win the award for a third time after a prolific 1991/92 campaign, finishing as the leading scorer in Serie A as Milan were once again crowned as champions of Italy.
Simply unplayable at his peak for both Ajax and Milan, Van Basten's career was sadly cut short by injury, aged just 28. His early retirement was a sad end for a player recognised as one of the greatest centre-forwards of all-time, Van Basten scoring 274 goals in just 367 appearances and winning 13 major honours.
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Roberto Baggio – Juventus (1993)
The Ballon d'Or headed to Italy for third time in four years following the coronation of Roberto Baggio in 1993, the Juventus forward enjoying a brilliant season to win the accolade alongside the FIFA World Player of the Year award.
Baggio was the undoubted star of a Juventus side who lifted the UEFA Cup under Giovanni Trapattoni, scoring twice in the club's 6-1 aggregate victory over Borussia Dortmund in the final.
The mercurial forward finished as the runner-up for the Golden Boot in Italian football and produced a series of mesmeric displays, including a four-goal destruction of Udinese as Juventus finished fourth in the division.
The dazzling feet of 'The Divine Ponytail' delighted the masses in Italy, Baggio the stand-out domestic star in a league packed with the world's finest footballers. Few can forget the sight of the Italian hurdling and evading robust challenges on his way to goal, a wonderfully creative talent and a player who helped truly define the nineties.
Hristo Stoichkov – Barcelona (1994)
Widely regarded as the greatest Bulgarian footballer of all-time, Stoichkov formed part of Johan Cruyff's dream team at Barcelona before helping his country to the semi-finals of the 1994 World Cup.
The fiery forward formed a brilliant understanding at club level with Brazil great Romario and the duo terrorised defences during a short stint in Catalonia, firing the club to the Spanish league title and final of the Champions League during the 1993/94 season.
Stoichkov finished the season with 24 goals in all competitions before establishing himself as one of the stars of USA '94, scoring six times to win the World Cup's Golden Boot as Bulgaria beat the likes of Argentina and Germany on their way to the last four.
'The Dagger' enjoyed two spells at the Camp Nou and won five league titles and the European Cup amongst his honours, an explosive and temperamental talent who played a key role in one of club football's greatest ever sides.
George Weah – AC Milan (1995)
The mid-nineties saw the Ballon d'Or open up to players outside of Europe and the first edition under the new rulings saw George Weah claim the honour, the Liberian claiming the award following his performances for both Paris Saint-Germain and AC Milan.
Weah finished as the leading scorer in the Champions League as PSG reached the last four in 1994/95, scoring a brilliant individual goal in a group stage clash against Bayern Munich.
The forwar's performances in Europe attracted the attention of Milan and he moved to the San Siro in 1995, finishing as the club's leading scorer as the Rossoneri were crowned champions in his debut season.
Weah's mix of explosiveness, athleticism and brilliant footwork marked him out as one of the most exciting talents in Italian football and he was crowned as winner of the Ballon d'Or in 1995, the first – and so far only – African player to receive the accolade.
Matthias Sammer – Borussia Dortmund (1996)
One of just three defenders in history to have won the Ballon d'Or, Sammer followed in the footsteps of fellow libero and compatriot Franz Beckenbauer to be named as the winner of the Ballon d'Or in 1996.
Amongst the last of his kind, Sammer switched from a midfield role into the backline following an unsuccessful spell at Inter Milan before establishing himself as arguably the most important player in the Bundesliga at Dortmund.
The positional change into the now largely-defunct sweeper position saw Sammer flourish, inspiring the German outfit to back-to-back league titles, before being named as Player of the Tournament as Germany were victorious at Euro '96.
His performances that year saw him finish ahead of Ronaldo and Alan Shearer to be crowned as European Footballer of the Year, before cementing his legacy by starring during Dortmund's Champions League victory the following season.
He remains the most recent German winner of the Ballon d'Or.
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Ronaldo – Inter Milan (1997)
Arguably the greatest true centre-forward in football history, Ronaldo was deemed unfortunate not to win the Ballon d'Or in 1996 before claiming the award for the first time the following year, becoming the youngest ever player to be named as European Footballer of the Year and the first ever South American winner of the prize.
The Brazilian scored 47 goals in just 49 appearances during a sensational single season at Barcelona during the 1996/97 campaign, inspiring the club to three trophies before joining Inter Milan in the second world-record move of his career.
Ronaldo, or O Fenômeno as he became known, was a player who revolutionised the game, combining a bullish strength with balletic poise and an ability to operate at breakneck speeds with flawless technique.
His career in Italian football began well as he scored prolifically to be named as Serie A Footballer of the Year, but he would suffer the first of two career-threatening injuries that threatened to rob the game of its brightest talent.
He recovered, however, to inspire Brazil to World Cup glory in 2002 and win a second Ballon d'Or, alongside becoming a three-time FIFA World Player of the Year.
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Zinedine Zidane – Juventus (1998)
Zinedine Zidane's legacy as a great of French football is built on his role in the nation's inaugural World Cup success at home, an artist of a footballer possessing skill, class and elegance and the inspiration behind that triumph on home soil.
The son of Algerian immigrants, he became the face of a new generation for France, scoring two headers in the final as Brazil were defeated in Paris. Those performances saw Zidane named as the winner of the Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year – the latter an award he would win a further two times throughout his career.
Before that he had helped Juventus to the final of the Champions League, though the Bianconeri would suffer an agonising defeat to Real Madrid in Amsterdam, a side the midfielder would later join for a world-record fee.
Somewhat surprisingly, Zidane's 1998 victory was the only Ballon d'Or of a career in which he was largely recognised as the finest footballer on the planet, later leading France to European Championship success in 2000, before scoring a stunning goal to seal the Champions League for Real Madrid in 2002.
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Rivaldo – Barcelona (1999)
The final Ballon d'Or winner of the nineties was Barcelona's Rivaldo, who stepped into the role of the aforementioned Ronaldo at the Camp Nou to establish himself as a star of the world game.
Rivaldo was named as the world's finest footballer following a season that saw the forward inspire the Catalan side to a second successive Spanish title, scoring 24 league goals and providing a further 14 assists to emerge as the most influential player in the division.
The Barcelona of Rivaldo's era were not the all-conquering side of recent years, but in the Brazilian they had a player capable of producing moments of brilliance, his performances seeing him finish ahead of Manchester United treble-winner David Beckham and Ukrainian superstar Andriy Shevchenko in the voting.
One of a long line of his fellow countryman to have starred in the surroundings of the Camp Nou, Rivaldo later helped Brazil to World Cup success in 2002 and won the Champions League during a less successful stint with AC Milan.
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Friday 26 Jul 19
We are continuing the publication of Thierry Meyssan's new book, « Right Before Our Eyes ». In this episode, the luck of the draw changes hands. US-Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi was overthrown in the wake of gigantic demonstrations, while the invasion of Damascus failed.
The "Arab Spring" in Syria
As of 4 February 2011, date of the opening of the meeting in Cairo, the coordination of the Arab Spring in Syria was handled by the Facebook account "Syrian Revolution 2011". The title alone is enough to indicate that the operation was intended to quickly overthrow the Syrian Arab Republic, as had been the case for the other "colour revolutions", since the objective was not to change the mentalities, but only the leading elites and a few of the country's laws. On the same day as its creation, "Syrian Revolution 2011" launched an appeal for a demonstration in Damascus which was relayed by al-Jazeera, while Facebook reported tens of thousands of "Followers". Computer magic. This account was to play a central role over the next five years. Every Friday, the Muslim day for prayer, it dedicated itself to one of the Brotherhood's objectives.
The Haririst deputy Okab Sakr
On 22 February, John McCain was in Lebanon. He met various leaders of the pro-Saudi Coalition of 14 March, including deputy Okab Sakr, to whom he entrusted the delivery of arms to the Islamists responsible for terrorist attacks in Syria [1]. He then left Beirut and went off to explore the Syrian border. He chose the village of Ersal as the future base of operations.
In spite of the appeals from the mysterious Syrian Revolution 2011 account, it was not until mid-March that events began to heat up in Syria. The Brotherhood gathered in Daraa, a town in the South of Syria, near the border with Jordan. It was reputed for being heavily Ba'athist, and also home to ex-jihadists from Afghanistan and Iraq. The Brotherhood hijacked a demonstration by civil servants who were demanding a pay rise, and began destroying the Palace of Justice. The same day, supervised by Mossad officers, they attacked a centre of Syrian military intelligence outside the town, used exclusively for surveillance if Israeli activity in the occupied Golan Heights.
Reporting on the event, al-Jazeera claimed that the inhabitants of Daraa were protesting after the police had tortured children who had tagged slogans hostile to President Assad. Confusion reigned while the vandals continued the destruction of the town centre. Over the following weeks, three groups of Islamists rambled through the country, attacking poorly-defended secondary targets. The impression of instability was generalised, even though the attacks concerned only three distinct locations at a time. In the space of a few weeks, there were more than 100 deaths, mainly policemen and soldiers.
President Assad's reaction was the opposite of what was expected – instead of imposing a local Patriot Act, he abrogated the state of emergency which was still in force – Syria is still at war with Israel, which occupies the Golan Heights – and dissolved the State Security Court. He passed a law guaranteeing and organising the right to demonstrate, denounced an operation instigated from overseas, and called on the People to support the Institutions. He convened the Chiefs of Staff and forbade soldiers to use their weapons if there was any risk of causing collateral civilian deaths.
The Guide of the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood, Ali Sadreddine al-Bayanouni (a refugee in London), allied himself with ex-vice President Abdel Halim Khaddam (a refugee in Paris). The latter fled his country when it was discovered how he and Ghazi Kanaan, the head of the Intelligence services, had hidden the pillage of Lebanon by the Saudi Rafic Hariri.
Taking the President at his word, the Brotherhood attacked a military convoy in Banias (hometown of the traitorous ex-vice President Abdel Halim Khaddam) for several hours, in full view of the population. Fearing that the spectators might be killed or wounded, the soldiers obeyed their President and did not use their weapons. A dozen of them were killed. The sergeant who was commanding the detachment lost both his legs when he covered a grenade with his body to protect his men. The operation was organised from Paris by Khaddam's Salvation Front and the Muslim Brotherhood. On 6 June, 120 policemen were killed in a similar situation in Jisr al-Shughur.
Demonstrations hostile to the Syrian Arab Republic were held in several towns. Contrary to the image that was propagated by the Western medias, the demonstrators never called for democracy. The slogans they chanted most were – "The People want the régime to fall", "Christians to Beirut, Alawites to the grave", "We want a Godfearing President", "Down with Iran and the Hezbollah". Several other slogans mentioned "liberty", but not in the Western sense of the word. The demonstrators were calling for the freedom to practise Sharia law.
At that time, people believed that only al-Jazeera and al-Arabiya were trustworthy sources of information – media that had supported the régime changes in Tunisia and Egypt. They were therefore persuaded that in Syria too, the President would abdicate and that the Muslim Brotherhood would take power. The vast majority of Syrians were witnessing what they thought was a "revolution", and were preparing for a new Islamist government. It is very difficult to count the number of Syrians who demonstrated against the Republic, or who supported the Muslim Brotherhood. We can only report that hundreds of small-scale demonstrations took place throughout the country, and that the largest of them gathered close to 100,000 people in Hama. [2] Its organisers were received by President Assad in Damascus. When he asked them what they were demonstrating for, they answered that they wanted to "forbid Alawites to enter Hama". The astonished President – himself an Alawite – ended the interview.
On 4 July in Paris, there was a public conference, organized by the Brotherhood and the Israeli government behind the scenes, to get the French leaders on board. Responding to the appeal of "philosopher" Bernard-Henry Levy and the ex- and future Ministers for Foreign Affairs Bernard Kouchner and Laurent Fabius, [3] representatives from the right, centre, and left, and some ecologists, lent their support to what was presented to them as a struggle for democracy. No one noticed the presence in the room of the real organisers of the event – Alex Goldfarb (advisor to the Israeli Minister for Defense) and Melhem Droubi (world head of external relations for the Brotherhood), who had come specially from Saudi Arabia.
Burhan Ghalioun left Syria at the age of 24, and pursued a university career in Paris. At the same time, with the help of the NED, he created the Arab Organization for Human Rights in 1983 in Tunisia. When the Algerian Abassa Madani (from the Islamic Salvation Front) left for exile in Qatar, the secular Ghaioun helped him to write his speeches. In June 2011, he participated in the Conference for the National Salvation of the Muslim Brotherhood and, on a proposition from the United States, was elected a month later to the presidency of the Syrian National Council (SNC). As from then, he was paid a salary by the State Department for « representing the Syrian People ».
In August, a Syrian National Council was founded in Istanbul, on the model of the Libyan National Transitional Council. It consisted of long-time expatriates from Syria, others who had recently left, and the Muslim Brotherhood. The bizarre idea that this group was seeking to establish a "democracy" was ostensibly made plausible by personalities from the extreme left wing, such as professor Burhan
Ghalioun, who was named its President. Yet this man had been working for years with the NED and the Muslim Brotherhood. Although he was a layman, he had been writing speeches for Abassi Madani (President of the Islamic Salvation Front of Algeria) since he was exiled in Qatar. This was also the case of George Sabra and Michel Kilo, who had been working with the Brotherhood for more than thirty years, and who had followed the Trotskyists to the NED in 1982. Under the direction of the Libyan Mahmud Jibril, Sabra notably worked on the foreign versions of the children's TV programme "Sesame Street", produced by the French Lagardère Media and by al-Jazeera of Qatar, with RAND Corp. researcher Cheryl Benard, wife of Zalmay Khalilzad, US ambassador to the UN and then Iraq. Similarly, human rights careerist Haytham Manna was manager of investments for the Sudanese Brotherhood.
Qatar bought the rotating presidency of the Arab League from the PLO for $400 million. In violation of the statutes, it suspended the Syrian Arab Republic, even though it was a founding member of the organisation. Then it proposed an on-site Observer Mission presided by Sudan (still governed by the Brotherhood). It designated the exhead of the secret services and ex-ambassador to Qatar, General Mohammed Ahmed Mustafa al-Dabi, to direct the work. Every member state sent observers, in order to represent all tendencies. The Syrian Arab Republic agreed to host the League and allowed the Mission to deploy over all its territory. This was the first and only time that a pluralist organisation had gone into the field, met with all the protagonists, and visited the whole country. It was actually the only trustworthy external source of information throughout the whole conflict.
The nomination of General al-Dabi was unanimously saluted by all parties. He had negotiated the separation of Sudan and South Sudan, and was proposed by many Arab states for the Nobel Peace Prize. However, it appeared from a reading of the preliminary reports that the Sudanese had no intention of writing a report made to order, but to conduct an authentic and pluralist investigation. Suddenly, the international media changed their tune, and accused al-Dabi of responsibility for the genocide in Darfur. All those who had approved his nomination now demanded his resignation. The General resisted angrily.
Finally, a status report was published, attesting to the fact that there was no revolution in Syria. The Mission confirmed that the violence had been considerably exaggerated, that the army had withdrawn from the towns, that there was no repression, that the victims were mostly soldiers and policemen, that more than 5,000 prisoners whose names had been transmitted to the authorities had been freed, and that foreign medias who request to cover the events had been allowed to do so.
Qatar, in a fit of anger, paid $2 billion to Sudan to recall General al- Dabi, but he refused to allow the League to nominate his successor. Bereft of its commander, the Mission was dissolved at the beginning of 2012.
Young Abou Saleh became a permanent correspondent for France 24 and Al-Jazeera in the Islamic Emirate of Baba Amr (Homs). There he directed the imaginary two-month bombing of the neighbourhood by « régime forces », participated in the sentencing to death of 150 inhabitants of the area, delivered a deathbed address to his spectators (photo), then, suddenly recovered, he set fire to a pipeline, etc. He fled from Paris when the Emirate collapsed, and reappeared later on in Idleb.
Furious at seeing the Syrian Arab Republic pull through, the Brotherhood decided to create an Islamic emirate. After several attempts, they chose a new neighbourhood of Homs, Baba Amr, where tunnels had previously been dug and fitted to ensure a supply route in case of a siege. 3,000 combatants gathered there, including 2,000 Syrian Takfiri. They were members of a sub-group of the Brotherhood, "Excommunication and Immigration", created under Sadat.
They set up a "Revolutionary Tribunal", judged and condemned to death more than 150 inhabitants of the neighbourhood, and then cut their throats in public. The rest of the inhabitants fled, with the exception of about forty families. The Takfiri then built barricades at all the points of access to the area, and these were heavily armed by the French Special Forces. The terrorist campaign of the first year gave way to a war of position, in conformity with the plan laid out in 2004 in "The Management of Savagery". From that point on, the Islamists received weapons from NATO which were more sophisticated than those of the Syrian Army, which had been under an embargo since 2005.
One morning, the Syrian Arab Army entered Baba Amr, whose defences had been de-activated. The French, the journalists and a few leaders fled, to reappear a few days later in Lebanon. The Takfiri surrendered. The war that had just begun seemed to be ending already, like in Lebanon in 2007, when the Lebanese army defeated Fatah al-Islam. But the Islamists were not done yet.
A new operation was being prepared from Jordan, under NATO command. The plan was to attack Damascus in the context of a gigantic psychological operation, but this was cancelled at the last moment. The Islamists who had been abandoned by France in Baba Amr were now decommissioned by the United States, who were discussing a possible sharing of the Middle East with Russia. A promise of peace was signed in Geneva, on 30 June 2012.
The end of the "Arab Spring" in Egypt
In Egypt, the Brotherhood dominated the new parliament, or "constituent assembly," which was of the opinion that the new Constitution – drawn up specifically to expedite its election – did little more than reiterate a slightly amended old text, although it had been approved by referendum at 77%. It therefore designated a Constituent Assembly of 100 members, this time including 60 Brothers.
As soon as President Moubarak resigned, forced by Washington, Sheik Youssef Al-Qaradâwî returned to Qatar in a private jet. Administrator of the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies presided by Prince Charles, and spiritual advisor of Al-Jazeera, he hosted a weekly programme about the charia. On Tahrir square, he rejected democracy and called for the execution of homosexuals.
The Brotherhood stressed that the young democrats could undermine the power of the army. Its campaign for the Presidential election was the occasion to call for the regeneration of the country by the Qu'ran. Yusuf al-Qaradawi preached that it was more important to fight homosexuals and re-instate the Faith than to fight Israel for the recognition of the rights of the Palestinian People [4]. While the Sunni population massively boycotted the election, the Brotherhood prevented the election from being held in Christian villages and towns, so that 600,000 citizens were unable to vote.
The Presidential Electoral Commission « confirmed Mohamed Morsi as President of Egypt, in order to avoid a bloody destiny for the country if [it proclaimed] the election of General Ahmed Shafiq ».
However, the election results favoured General Ahmed Shafik, Mubarak's ex- Prime Minister, who won by a slim margin of 30,000 votes. The Brotherhood then threatened the members of the Electoral Commission and their families until, 13 days later, it decided to proclaim victory for Brother Mohamed Morsi [5]. The "international community" praised the democratic character of the election.
Press conference at the headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood with the World Guide of the Brotherhood and President Mohamed Morsi.
Mohamed Morsi was an engineer who had worked for NASA. He had United States nationality and secret defence security clearance in the Pentagon. As soon as he came to power, he began work to rehabilitate and favour his own clan, and to reinforce the bonds with Israel. On the anniversary of Sadat's execution, he received the assassins at the Presidential palace. He nominated Adel Mohammed al-Khayat, one of the leaders of Gamaa Al-Islamiya, (the group responsible for the 1997 massacre in Luxor), as governor for that district. He persecuted the democrats who had demonstrated against certain aspects of Hosni Mubarak's politics (but not his resignation). He supported a vast campaign of pogroms by the Muslim Brotherhood against the Christians, and covered up their abuses – lynchings, destruction of the archbishoprics, and the burning of churches. Simultaneously, he privatised major businesses and announced the possible sale of the Suez Canal to Qatar, which was then sponsoring the Brotherhood. From the Presidential palace, he telephoned Ayman al-Zawahiri, world leader of al-Qaeda, at least four times.
Finally, opposition to Morsi became unanimous; excepting the Brotherhood, all political parties, even the Salafists, demonstrated against him. 33 million citizens took to the streets and called on the army to give the country back to the People. Taking no notice of the street, President Morsi ordered the army to prepare to attack the Syrian Arab Republic in order to come to the assistance of the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood. That was to be the final straw.
On 3 July 2013, at the hour that Washington's offices close for the long weekend of the Independence Day national holiday, the army carried out a coup d'état. Mohamed Morsi was imprisoned, while the streets became a battlefield – the Muslim Brotherhood and their families on one side, and the law enforcement agencies on the other.
The war against Syria
It is said that "in politics, promises only bind those who believe in them". One month after the Geneva 1 conference and the peace agreement, and a few days after the "Friends of Syria" Conference in Paris, war was authorised once again. Instead of a NATO action supported by a few jihadists, this was a jihadist attack supported by NATO. Its code name was "Damascus Volcano and Syrian Earthquake".
An army of 40,000 men, trained in Jordan, crossed the border and charged towards the Syrian capital, at the same time as a terrorist bombing killed top Syrian leaders at a meeting of the National Security Council. The army and the intelligence services lost their commanders in the attack.
The jihadists were mercenaries who had been recruited from among the poor of the Muslim world. Many of them did not speak Arabic, and had received only one week of military training. Some of them believed they were fighting Israelis. After suffering considerable losses, they retreated.
In the long war which followed, the Syrian Arab Army attempted to defend its population centers, against the jihadists, who tried to make life impossible in the vast expanses of the desert. They enjoyed an infinite supply of reinforcements. Every month, new fighters arrived to replace the dead and the deserters. All the petty criminals of the Muslim world came to try their luck for a few hundred dollars a month. Recruitment centres were opened publicly in countries like Tunisia and Afghanistan, and more discreetly in countries like Morocco and Pakistan. However, the fatality rate of these legionnaires was extremely high.
In July 2013, according to Interpol, some very sophisticated escape operations were carried out in nine states in order to free the Islamist leaders and transfer them to Syria. For example:
On 23 July, between 500 and 1,000 prisoners escaped from the prisons in Taj and Abu Ghraib (Iraq).
On 27 July, 1,117 prisoners escaped from Kouafia prison in Benghazi district, Libya by a riot inside the prison combined with an attack from outside.
On the night of 29 to 30 July, 243 Taliban escaped from the prison in Dera Ismail Khan in the Pakistani tribal areas.
The Syrian Arab Army cremated most of the combatants' corpses, while retaining those that could be identified. They were sent back to their families. Several states discreetly set up repatriation networks, for example Algeria, with the Emir Abdelkader Foundation. Yet the Syrian Arab Army still holds more than 30,000 corpses that were identified, but never claimed.
Those Western states which had at first sent Special Forces recruited from amongst their own soldiers with double nationality – generally Muslims with origins in the Maghreb – later organised their own networks to recruit jihadists. Thus, in France, a network was set up in prisons with Salafist mosques, like the one in the Rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud in Paris. These several thousand individuals were added to the tens of thousands from the "Greater Middle East". Although we do not know for certain how many people took part in the war, it is estimated that the total number of jihadists fighting in Syria and Iraq, both locals and foreigners, has been more than 350,000 since 2011. This is more than any regular army of the European Union, and twice that of the Syrian Arab Army.
On the Saudi television channel al-Safa, Syrian Sheikh Adnan Al-Arour called for the massacre of the Alaouites. He was to become the religious reference of the Free Syrian Army (FSA).
The ideological unity of the jihadists was guaranteed by the "spiritual head of the Free Syrian Army", sheikh Adnan al-Aroor. This colourful personality was able to reach a vast public by way of his weekly TV programme. He inflamed passions by calling for the overthrow of the tyrant, and supported a paternalistic, authoritarian vision of society. As time went on, he drifted towards sectarian appeals for the massacre of Christians and Alawites. He originally he came from a family of delinquents, betrayed his brothers to the police, and escaped a prison sentence by joining the Syrian Arab Army. As a non-commissioned officer, he was arrested for raping young recruits. He then fled to Saudi Arabia, where he became a sheikh in the service of Allah.
Meeting at the US National Security Council , on 13 June 2013 at the White House. We recognise Gayle Smith (second from the right) and Brother Rashad Hussain (fourth from the left). The National Security Advisor, Tom Donilon, also took part in the meeting, but is not seen in the photo. Above all, we may recognise the representative of the Muslim Brotherhood and assistant of Youssef al-Qaradâwî, Sheik Abdallah Bin Bayyah (second from the left with a turban).
The jihadists usually received basic weaponry, and had access to an unlimited supply of ammunition. They were organised in katibas or brigades, small units of a few hundred men, whose commanders received ultra-sophisticated equipment, notably portable communication kits relaying live satellite images of the movements of the Syrian Arab Army. They were therefore fighting an asymmetrical war against the Syrian Arab Army, who were certainly better trained, but whose weapons all dated from before 2005, and who had no access to satellite imagery.
In contrast to the Syrian Arab Army, whose units were all coordinated and placed under the authority of President Bashar al- Assad, the jihadist katibas were continually skirmishing between themselves, as on all battlefields where rival "warlords" struggle for superiority. However, all the factions received reinforcements, arms, ammunition and intelligence from a single central command, NATO LandCom, situated in Izmir (Turkey), and whom they were therefore obliged to obey. But the United States had great difficulty in making this system work, because many of the participants were attempting to conceal their operations from their allies – for example, the French in secret from the British, or the Qataris to the detriment of the Saudis.
As soon as a territory was evacuated by the Syrian Arab Army, the jihadists who occupied it dug in. They built tunnels and bunkers. The Saudis had sent the billionaire Osama Bin Laden to Afghanistan because he was a specialist in public works. He supervised the construction of tunnels in the mountains – or more exactly, the enlarging of subterranean riverbeds. In Syria, NATO civil engineers came to supervise the construction of gigantic lines of defence, comparable to those of the Central Powers during the First World War.
(To be continued …)
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What are the pitfalls of investing in cryptocurrency?
Volatile markets, no regulation, and a host of sketchy financial products make investing in cryptocurrency a little like playing the lottery.
August 8, 2021 - 10:00 am
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The Discord servers and subreddits are a frenzy of graphs, memes, and speculation about the next bull market. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said he believes bitcoin can bring about "world peace." And the pro-Trump "magacoin" was launched for more than 1,000 early adopters whose personal information was quickly exposed online due to poor website security. (The organizers did not respond to a request for comment.)
All in all, it's been a normal couple of weeks in the world of cryptocurrency.
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The value of digital currencies fluctuates wildly at the whim of erratic billionaires, rumors, and the machinations of unregulated online exchanges. During the last year, the overall cryptocurrency market capitalization has swung from $293.1 billion in July 2020 up to a record high of $2.5 trillion in May 2021 and then down to $1.5 trillion as of late July, according to CoinMarketCap, a crypto data platform.
Despite that volatility, investors are increasingly buying into the currencies.
Reliable numbers are hard to come by, but industry surveys estimate that anywhere from 8 to 14 percent of Americans own cryptocurrency. And over the last year alone significantly more professional financial advisers say they are encouraging clients to invest in digital currencies, according to an annual survey by the Financial Planning Association.
But what are the drawbacks?
The Markup interviewed behavioral economists, industry analysts, and investors. Many cautioned that crypto markets increasingly resemble rigged casinos. But let's start with the basics.
Cryptocurrencies are byproducts of blockchain networks and vary widely in purpose and value. Bitcoin, the most well-known digital currency, is illustrative of how the technology works.
A blockchain is a cryptographic system designed to record information — in bitcoin's case, financial transactions — across a distributed network of computers in such a way that the information can't be faked, censored, or controlled by a central entity like a bank.
When you make a bitcoin transaction, you "sign" it with the private cryptographic key associated with your bitcoin wallet and send it to the public address of the person you're paying. Then the vast network of computers set up to verify transactions gets to work to solve the necessary cryptographic problems to prove that the transaction is legitimate, and if it is, add it to the public blockchain, which anybody can verify at any time.
In order for this system to work, there has to be some incentive for the people — known in this case as bitcoin miners — who own the computers that hum day and night, burning huge amounts of energy, to solve the cryptographic problems and maintain the integrity of the blockchain. That's where the coins come in.
When a miner's network successfully solves a cryptographic puzzle, that miner is awarded a bitcoin. The system is designed so that only 21 million bitcoins will ever be mined, and it becomes increasingly difficult to mine them the more there are in circulation, which creates scarcity and, in theory, increased value. About 18.8 million have been mined so far, with the last expected to be mined around 2140.
Though there are many different cryptocurrencies — other popular coins include ether, dogecoin, XRP, and litecoin — they all basically work the same way.
Why Does Their Value Fluctuate So Much?
None of that, though, explains why bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies are valued as highly as they are (a bitcoin was worth $37,968 as of the evening of July 27) or why those values are so volatile.
The first simple economic reason that cryptocurrencies are volatile is that they're new and nobody is entirely sure how to value them yet.
You can assign a value to stocks or bonds because they have cash flows like dividends and future interest payments that can be measured. They're also associated with entities like companies and governments that are legally required to report certain key metrics, said Vivek Singh, a professor of finance at the University of Michigan–Dearborn.
"There is no cash flow associated with cryptocurrency," he said. "It seems to be purely a behavioral phenomenon. You buy thinking somebody else will value it more than you did, but you have no idea why."
That lack of an inherent measure of value also means prices can change rapidly with major news, like reports about pending government regulation. Even minor news, such as Elon Musk's announcement that Tesla would accept bitcoin in exchange for its vehicles (which pushed bitcoin up 5 percent), his subsequent announcement that Tesla would stop accepting bitcoin (the value dropped 14 percent in two hours), and most recently his statement that Tesla would "most likely" accept bitcoin again at some point in the future (driving the price up more than 12 percent).
If they buy or sell at the right time, speculative cryptocurrency traders can make significant profits. If enough of them make the same trades, it can trigger cascades that lead to huge bull or bear runs. Those runs can make or break fortunes.
"Crypto is probably the most volatile asset that any investor has ever owned," said Matt Hougan, chief investment officer for the index fund Bitwise Asset Management. But a "small allocation" — one to 2 percent for most people — of established currencies like bitcoin and ether "in an otherwise diversified portfolio of stocks and bonds can be a good idea for the right investor."
The real risk comes when individuals stake more than they can afford to lose quickly and when they delve into newer coins and the world of unregulated exchanges.
What Does a Lack of Regulation Mean?
Here's where the real risks come in.
On May 19, as cryptocurrencies began to fall rapidly in value, Binance, the largest online exchange, measured by transaction volume, froze. It locked users out of their accounts as prices slipped, preventing them from selling stakes and resulting in life savings being wiped away in a matter of hours. Other exchanges also went offline amid the panic.
Binance and similar exchanges are unregulated. And while certain of their derivative offerings aren't allowed in the U.S. and some other jurisdictions, it's easy for traders to get around those restrictions by using virtual private networks (VPNs). Binance also doesn't have a headquarters, making it exceedingly difficult for the hundreds of victims currently trying to sue the company to find the proper court through which to attempt to recover their losses.
Binance did not respond to The Markup's request for comment. A Binance spokesperson previously told The Wall Street Journal that the company "took immediate steps to engage with users affected by the outage … [and] we remain happy to speak to anyone who reaches out to us with a concern about the outage."
The unregulated exchanges also pose quieter, daily risks.
Many exchanges, for example, have started offering complicated derivatives like leveraged buys. An investor who believes the price of Coin X is about to surge can put down a relatively small amount of money, say $1,000, and purchase $10,000 or more of Coin X on a 10 to 1 leverage. The exchange lends the additional $9,000, on which it will likely charge interest.
If Coin X increases in value, say by 50 percent, everything is great. The account holder pays back the $9,000 they borrowed plus interest and a fee. They keep their initial $1,000 investment and the additional $5,000 they made in profit — far more than they could have gotten with an initial investment of only $1,000.
But there are several ways things can go wrong. Most exchanges list the daily interest rates they charge on leveraged loans, and the numbers can appear quite small at first. For example, an exchange may offer a leveraged loan on Coin X with a daily interest rate of just 0.3 percent. But if you annualize that, a borrower will owe more than 100 percent in interest at the end of the year.
If Coin X dips, things get even worse. The broker triggers a margin call — a set price at which the investor must pay the lender back in full, potentially leading to losses the investor can't afford. A coin need only drop 10 percent in value to wipe out the principal investment on a 10 to 1 leveraged loan, and some exchanges are offering leverages as high as 100 to 1.
The danger of those leveraged trades is compounded by the fact that professional traders and exclusive pay-to-play groups have significant power to influence when values go up and down, especially for the smaller coins that attract the most speculation.
Trading volume data from Binance, for example, shows that the highest rates of activity come during working hours, Monday through Friday, in the U.S., demonstrating that professionals dominate the platform, said Carol Alexander, a University of Sussex finance professor who studies cryptocurrency markets.
"You start off by buying some bitcoin, then you look a bit further and it's a little bit like the door to the secret garden," Alexander said. Then as soon as you log on to an exchange like Binance, you're met with a pop-up ad offering tutorials for trading special products that promise to bring even greater wealth for little money down. "They allow any type of training on types of products that don't exist in traditional financial markets and they make them up. People think they understand, when actually they don't."
Then there are groups like BlackDragon, which act as venture firms, arranging exclusive deals and insider information for wealthy individuals. Becoming a "White Dragon," which grants you access to 60 percent of the group's deals, costs 250 BlackDragon tokens, which currently go for about $10.40 each, or $2,600 total. Gaining access to 100 percent of the deals as a "Black Dragon" currently costs about $104,000.
Those who can't afford BlackDragon memberships are left to hope that the coin they just invested in isn't being manipulated behind the scenes.
"I don't advise anybody to try to do their own day trading because they'll become bananas, and what I mean by that is food for the gorillas," Alexander said.
So What's the Safest Way to Invest in Crypto?
In some specific ways, investing in cryptocurrency is kind of like other forms of investment: Day trading and other attempts to play the market are risky, but experts say there are safer ways to dip in.
Research from the Blockchain Research Lab, in Hamburg, Germany, shows that the majority of active crypto traders who try to outsmart the market would be better off buying bitcoin and holding onto it.
Even after the precipitous drops of the past few months, a bitcoin is worth about $27,000 more today than it was a year ago, when a single coin was going for just under $11,000. Most professional investors believe this is currently a bear market and that bitcoin will continue its erratic climb in value for years.
David Yermack, a New York University business professor who teaches about cryptocurrency, said investing a small amount in the digital coins may make sense for young people with significant disposable income—but not necessarily those working in tech, because an economic downturn in the industry could threaten both their jobs and their crypto investments.
The Blockchain Research Lab study found that the vast majority of crypto investors were male (77 percent) with an average age of 38 and that, on average, they invested 60 percent of their net monthly income in digital currencies.
"In many ways, the people who shouldn't be owning [cryptocurrency] in the first place are most drawn to it," Yermack said. "A lot of it is risk-loving people who are just drawn to it and excited by the sharp increases and declines. Nobody should be investing in things for excitement."
This article by Todd Feathers was originally published on The Markup and was republished under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license.
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Bach to Rock in Flower Mound, TX provides music lessons for students of all ages and skill levels living in Flower Mound, Lewisville, Double Oak & Highland Village. Instruments we teach include guitar, piano, drums, voice, violin, trumpet & more! B2R birthday parties and seasonal camps are great opportunities to play & learn music with your friends and make new ones! We also have early childhood classes for toddlers and preschoolers. Take your skills to the next level in a Glee Club or Rock Band. B2R offers opportunities for students to perform in venues around Denton County and the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
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Want to be a ROCK STAR? Join a Band at Bach to Rock!
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Ready to take your music experience to the next level? Joining a band at Bach to Rock is a fun, exciting way to enhance your music and performance skills -- growing self confidence, relationships with peers, and teamwork.
Weekly band ensemble instruction and jam sessions lead to public concerts, Battle of the Bands and recording sessions in our B2R professional recording studio. Our BACH TO ROCK band program builds technique, fosters teamwork, and enhances self-esteem through private lessons, band instruction, and public performance.
In a Rock Band Class we work through our Bach to Rock proprietary curriculum, developing group timing and focusing on more than playing the notes. Skills such as non-verbal communication, stage presence, and how to recover when mistakes happen on stage are reviewed so students are prepared for their performances at awesome venues throughout the community.
Finally, we give our students the opportunity to go out in public and put their classroom skills to the test! There is no better learning experience than being on stage. This allows our kids to directly apply what is taught in the classroom and learn from real world experiences of performing in public.
Whether you are a current student ready to up your game, or new to Bach to Rock, we have a band for you! According to Zachary O., current private and band B2R student, "If you aren't in a Bach to Rock band, you are missing out!" Give us a call at 214-285-0004 or checkout our website flowermound.bachtorock.com.
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The music teachers at Bach to Rock in Flower Mound, TX are currently enrolling students from Flower Mound, Lewisville, Double Oak & Highland Village. Instrument offerings for private lessons include guitar and bass, piano, drums, voice, brass, woodwinds, strings and more! At B2R we believe learning to play music should be fun. It's call "play" for a reason, after all. We transform music and music lessons into a social experience, adding a strong group incentive to playing, learning, and practicing.
If you already know how to play an instrument or sing, ask us about joining a B2R Band or Glee Club. All of our students have the opportunity to showcase their talents at local venues like Unity Park, MCL Grand Old Town Lewisville & Briarwood Retreat Center. Visit our events page for more details.
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Kids Birthday Party Venue in Flower Mound TX
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Nothing can compare to the overwhelming feeling of dread for Mom when she realizes her child's birthday is approaching – yikes! Planning and pulling off a fun, spectacular time for the kiddos is no small task, and usually leaves the host exhausted and not able to join in the fun and celebrate with their precious one.
Well, we have you covered Mom! Bach to Rock in Flower Mound TX offers birthday party packages for preschoolers through teens for a stress-free, hassle-free, great time for all! The Party Director and Musical Technician will be with you every step of the way to ensure an awesome time is had by everyone. Refreshments and decorations may be brought into the party room, and then sit back and let us handle the rest.
Depending on the type of party chosen, the guests will move between the party room and our professional recording studio. The birthday guest of honor will have preselected a song from our party song list which includes current pop hits and classic rock gems. Our instructors will work with each guest to learn to sing or play an instrument for the performance and recording of the selected song – no experience necessary of course. At the end of the party each guest receives a goody bag which includes a CD of the recording, and a great memory!
Reserve your time now for the special day. Give us a call at 214-285-0004, or reserve online. We look forward to sharing this memorable time with you!
Enrolling Students for Flower Mound TX Guitar Lessons Now
Join us at Bach to Rock on September 16, 2017 for our Open House Event. With early childhood demonstrations, live music, and free trial private lessons its fun for the whole family! Our teachers and staff will be on hand to answer all your questions about private, semi-private & group lessons.
Guitar teachers at B2R in Flower Mound use special arrangements of relevant popular music and innovative approaches, such as special tunings that accommodate small hands and growing muscles, to develop a student's musical and instrumental skills right from the start.
Interested in another instrument? We offer lessons for piano, drums, voice, brass, woodwinds, strings and more!
Be sure to catch us around Flower Mound at places like Bahama Buck's and DKH Academy's Fall Carnival to see our students and staff perform.
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Wayne, NJ Welcomes Newest Bach to Rock Music School
5/8/2019 12:00:00 AM EDT
Bach to Rock (B2R), America's music school for students of all ages, proudly announces the opening of a new school in Wayne, New Jersey. Bach to Rock is expanding throughout the country helping music lovers become musicians. Now, families in Wayne are invited to learn about Bach to Rock at the school's free grand opening on Saturday, June 1, 2019 from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. at 1595-3 NJ 23, Wayne, New Jersey, 07470. Attendees can tour the school, enjoy a free music lesson, learn about individual lessons and group classes, try out free toddler "Mommy and Me" classes, enter prize drawings and giveaways, check out the recording studio, and enjoy performances by instructors. This location marks Bach to Rock's second school in New Jersey and its 39th in the country.
Nationwide, Bach to Rock has instructed over 45,000 aspiring musicians since opening its first school in 2007. The brand delivers a twist on traditional music lessons, offering something that's akin to team sports with a spirit of creativity and fun to inspire students. "With Bach to Rock, gone are the days of boring and solitary music lessons. Students learn to play today's hits and jam with other kids from the start. You'll see students paired up in groups and teams to help ignite the musical energy," said President of Bach to Rock, Brian Gross. The Wayne school will serve students from Wayne, Pequannock Township, Lincoln Park, Haledon, Pompton Lakes, and Totowa.
Karl Kahofer is the new franchise owner of the Wayne school, and he brings over 20 years of sales and management experience in the healthcare industry to the venture. The father of two daughters, he recently relocated his family to Bergen County. He noticed plenty of sports opportunities but didn't see a lot of choices for kids with interests other than sports. "I feel it is important that families have a welcoming, family-focused music school option as well," said Kahofer. "Additionally, there is a lack of fun music education in our school system. My love of music and the importance of boosting the cultural development of today's children led me to Bach to Rock."
Bach to Rock Wayne will offer a variety of programs for students of all ages including individual and group lessons in piano, voice, guitar, drum and more; music programs for preschoolers and toddlers; beginning piano for children in grades K-2; along with summer camps and birthday parties. Bach to Rock also offers MyB2R, an online dashboard offering customers real-time access to student progress and more. MyB2R is the only digital service of its kind in the music school industry, and provides the ability to track student advancement, schedule lessons, obtain homework and stream over 300 pre-recorded songs to practice at home.
Changing the Way Students Learn Music
Bach to Rock is reshaping music education on a national scale by turning solitary, boring music lessons into a group activity that is more like a team sport. B2R focuses on providing a well-balanced music education because, ultimately, that is what parents are looking for. Unlike other music school franchises, Bach to Rock has an extensive curriculum. Students learn the intricacies of music — from theory to how to read music. Bach to Rock is the music school kids would have designed for themselves. They get to jam with other kids right away and play current hits. The learning is the same, but the enjoyment factor is much higher.
Bach to Rock – A Franchise Opportunity with Industry Stature
Bach to Rock has been named the number one franchise for Children's Enrichment Programs for 2019 by Entrepreneur Magazine as part of its Franchise 500 ranking. And recently, Bach to Rock was ranked #45 in the Top 100 Franchises for 2019 by Franchise Gator. In 2018, Entrepreneur also ranked Bach to Rock #31 in the Top 150 Franchises for Veterans. Additionally, Franchise Times has ranked it as one of the 500 Powerhouse Brands and is on its Next 300 Franchise System list.
Bach to Rock is currently seeking qualified candidates to open franchise locations in major metropolitan markets throughout the country. Bach to Rock is an opportunity for entrepreneurs to build a business that is dedicated to helping children and adults learn to play the music they love. To learn more about music school franchise ownership opportunities with Bach to Rock, as well as its veteran and franchise referral programs, contact Ralph Rillon, vice president of franchise development, at 1-855-227-7570 or franchise@bachtorock.com, or visit www.bachtorockfranchise.com.
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Bach to Rock is a music education school for students of all ages from early childhood through high school and beyond. B2R knows learning music should be fun and students learn best when they play music they enjoy. Weekly ensemble instruction and band formations lead to public concerts, Battle of the Bands and recording sessions in B2R's professional recording studios. B2R builds technique, fosters teamwork and enhances self-esteem through private lessons, band instruction, and public performances.
Nationally, Bach to Rock is experiencing a robust and steady growth, with 38 schools open and operating with an additional 12 schools in development. Nineteen of those schools are in eight Top Ten markets, ranked by population. The franchise is trending to become a $15 million brand, teaching over 10,000 children and adults in 2018 alone and over 45,000 since the company's inception in 2007.
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B2R Wins Posh Seven Best of Suburbia 2019
Bach to Rock is proud to be a winner in Posh Seven's Best of Suburbia contest! Our Rockin' Camps took the cake for the Best Camp category! See the full list HERE.
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New York City Battle Winners
In a fierce competition at the 2019 Bach to Rock Battle of the Bands, 36 bands went head-to-head at City Winery in New York City on Sunday, June 9.
Over 800 proud parents, family members and fans came to support and cheer on students from Bach to Rock Port Washington, Bach to Rock Mamaroneck and Bach to Rock Nanuet.
The groups performed in both the Main Space and The Loft at City Winery and rocked the iconic hotspot.
"The students, who range in age from 7 to 18, and their band coaches worked tirelessly for months to prepare for this tremendous event and I'm beyond proud of all the performers," said Bach to Rock Port Washington Director Elana Hayden. "While this is a competition, the main point is for the kids to have a great experience, to get to perform in a top New York City venue – and to have fun and feel like a rock star!"
Six seasoned music industry professionals, Carolee Goodgold (Carly Simon), John Miller (Michael Jackson, Eric Clapton), Brandon "Taz" Niederauer (Lady Gaga, Dr. John), Cameron Rasmussen (Disney's Aladdin on Broadway), Jason Reese (Sal "The Voice" Valentinetti) and Wayne Schuster (Blood, Sweat, and Tears) judged the performances.
Over 150 students performed on stages that have hosted Lou Reed, Suzanne Vega, Joan Osborne, Taj Mahal, Patti Smith, and Buster Poindexter to name a few.
The bands were scored on several criteria including musical ability, technical ability, stage presence, material, creativity, and professionalism. All the competitors study a variety of musical disciplines at Bach to Rock music school, including music theory, instrument instruction, recording arts, performance arts, voice lessons and band coaching.
Featured Student - Indica
This is our student of the month: Indica! She has been playing piano for one year now! When she isn't playing music, she enjoys biking and disc golf. A fun fact about Indica is that her name means "night star princess protected by wolves". Her favorite thing about being a part of Bach to Rock is singing with her band Purple Nightmare, as well as playing piano with her mom who also takes lessons here. Congrats Indica!
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Erik is a level 2 DJ student who began his journey at Bach to Rock through our DJ and Recording Arts summer camps.
Erik has the longest drive of any of our students commuting all the way from Buffalo. He's a natural at mixing, mashing and getting the crowd dancing. His instructor, DJ Don (Jack), says "Erik always comes to lessons with tons of enthusiasm ready to learn. You can tell he is very dedicated and works on his DJing at home. He is inspired by the artist Marshmello."
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Ethan sets out to vanquish the Dragon that took his heart, but with every demon he battles, he loses more of his humanity. Japan Sinks 2020 & Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 both deal with characters amid a natural disaster. CGI is very often not very good-looking in anime series, and it's regularly criticized for not coming out very well. And it accents the animation of the rest of the series, instead of overpowering or distracting from it. RELATED: Japan Sinks: 2020 - 10 Things You Need To Know Before Watching The Anime. The series has a slow build, as previously mentioned, so the sudden impact and excitement of the last few episodes are overwhelming and intense. 6 of 9 people found this review helpful. The series doesn't veer away from the violence and carnage that can happen in an earthquake of this magnitude, and there are definitely a lot of really horrifying images. An ordinary family is put to the test as a series of massive earthquakes throw Japan into total mayhem. Look like 2012 version anime, but in the middle of this anime has a lot of people who dead for bad reasons. While Japan Sinks 2020 has a lot of strong points, Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 handles some of the subject matter even better. From director Masaaki Yuasa (Devilman Crybaby), the first anime adaptation of the bestselling science fiction novel by Sakyo Komatsu. Japan Sinks: 2020 & 9 Other Questions About His Jutsu, Answered, Naruto: 5 Powers Stronger Than The Mangekyo Sharingan (& 5 That Are Weaker), One Punch Man: 10 Strongest Members of the Monster Association, Ranked, My Hero Academia: Stain's 5 Greatest Strengths (& His 5 Weaknesses), My Hero Academia: 10 Quirks Stronger Than Momo's Creation, What Is A Reverse Isekai? Tokyo Daily News Tokyo Daily News, Business, Sport, Technology, Travel, Tokyo 2020, World News. Arab News Japan. Humanity was driven to the brink of extinction by unknown life forms Gadoll. 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A Japanese conman crosses paths with a French rival, and gets entangled in conspiracies and scams beyond his wildest dreams. Japan Sinks 2020 spends a lot of time building the relationships between the main characters, who are a family of four working together to stay alive and find other survivors. The slow pace of the show really makes the ending more powerful and emotional as well. Marai is one of many characters viewers find themselves rooting for in this disaster anime. But the animation of the characters as they move and run has a lot in common with other Masaaki Yuasa. HOME; BUSINESS. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 has very carefully researched exactly what would happen if a huge earthquake hit Tokyo. Shortly after the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, a major earthquake hits Japan. The characters are put in horrible situations as they try to survive following the horrors of the quake. & 9 Other Questions About The Genre, Answered, One Piece: 10 Longest Arcs In The Manga, Ranked, 10 Naruto Characters Who Are A Better Match For Sakura Than Sasuke, Cowboy Bebop: 10 Spike Spiegel Cosplays That Will Blow You Away, Castlevania: 5 Anime Heroes Sypha Could Defeat (& 5 That Could Beat Her). Disaster movies and TV series are always fun to watch from the perspective of the events not actually being something that affects the audience. Marai serves as a perfect guardian for the two, remaining levelheaded despite the circumstances. spends a lot of time building the relationships between the main characters, who are a family of four working together to stay alive and find other survivors. It is his story. TOKYO: A medium size earthquake with the magnitude of 4.6 Shindo scale hit Ibaraki prefecture on Dec. 17 at 16:45, the metrological agency announced noting there is no need to worry about the tsunami waves caused by this earthquake. In a sad town a clan of sorcerers use its people to experiment with the dark arts. All the latest gaming news, game reviews and trailers. Nearly 10 years after the 2011 earthquake-tsunami and nuclear disasters in northeastern Japan, only 30 percent of Fukushima Prefecture residents say reconstruction has been sufficient, a Kyodo News survey showed Thursday. Cheer at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics ... which was devastated by an earthquake in 2004. But the animation of the characters as they move and run has a lot in common with other Masaaki Yuasa works, particularly Devilman Crybaby, which features the same kind of kinetic, wild animation style. It is not recommended for those concerned about such disasters. One day, Michiru, who was a normal ... See full summary ». Photograph: Evans/Getty Images The impact would be devastating. Japan Sinks: 2020. To those who left us in 2020 ― Anime News Network would also like to honor our former Executive Editor, Zac Bertschy. The characters are put in horrible situations as they try to survive following the horrors of the quake. RELATED: 10 Anime Series To Watch If You Liked Netflix's Baki. r/JapanSinks2020: This anime series picks up days after the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, as an earthquake rocks the city. Amidst the chaos, siblings Ayumu and Gou of the Mutou household, begin to escape the city with their family of four. When the … While the series was certainly in production before the world shut down, the fact that the family in it comes together to support each other and take care of each other is strangely touching, even amidst all of the devastation. While. Until one day, Natsume, a girl who dreams of becoming a warriors meets Kaburagi, an armor repairman. The rapid spread of an unknown infection has left an entire city in ungovernable chaos, but one survivor remains alive in isolation. Masaaki Yuasa is one of the best-known and renowned anime directors out there right now, and for good reason. But it's also sort of comforting because of that. They will shake the future of this world. A one-stop shop for all things video games. The music in Japan Sinks 2020 does a lot to set the mood of the series. The showroom can be accessed at the Tokyo Ariake Center in Koto City from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. COVID-19 preventative measures, including but not limited to temperature checks and required face masks, will be enforced at the showroom for guest safety.. And in the case you're still real estate shopping and looking for a more compact place to live, there's always the Muji Hut to consider. With the waters rising, the Mutohs and their neighbors Nanami and Haruo decide to abandon the shrine where they've taken refuge and leave Tokyo. Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 has a regularly occurring trope in disaster movies in which kids get paired up with an adult who is not their parent. It's sometimes eerily perky, particularly with scenes of the family together, being happy to see each other and that everyone's alive and okay. An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 rattled southwestern Japan on early Sunday but no tsunami warning was issued, the weather agency said. Despite … handles some of the subject matter even better. Looking for information on the anime Tokyo Magnitude 8.0? The map and text below show the following details : a) the observed Seismic Intensity (1 and above) and its location and region, b) the date and time of the earthquake, and c) its epicenter and magnitude. 0 Presents a Pulse-Pounding Prequel for the Rising Shonen Star, Ghost Rider: Return of Vengeance Is a Rocky Comeback, The 10 Most Powerful Female Students In My Hero Academia, 5 Naruto Characters Who Would Be Great Earthbenders (& 5 That Wouldn't), How Did Naruto Learn Rasengan? The series even acknowledges in the episodes that the production team looked at the research that makes guesses at how things might go down. The story centers on the Mutou family, and the siblings Ayumu and Gou. The characters are put in horrible situations as they try to survive following the horrors of the quake. has a regularly occurring trope in disaster movies in which kids get paired up with an adult who is not their parent. Trump fleeing Washington, DC for Camp David after Capitol riots 1 hour ago. In this case, the two main characters, Mirai and Yuuki, end up in the guardianship of a motorcycle delivery girl named Mari. Netflix may have only just released season 1 of Japan Sinks: 2020, but fans are already wondering whether or not the anime will return for season 2. Looking for information on the anime Nihon Chinbotsu 2020 (Japan Sinks: 2020)? Covering the hottest movie and TV topics that fans want. The series even acknowledges in the episodes that the production team looked at the research that makes guesses at how things might go down. , with a devastating earthquake happening in each one. In the 21st century, where the existence of humanoid animals that have been living in the darkness for centuries have been revealed to the world. 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Leadership Highlight – Joseph Fernandez
By Amanda McKellar | April 26, 2017
Joseph Fernandez is the Registrar at the Real Estate Council of Alberta (RECA). Joseph Fernandez is no stranger to regulating the real estate industry, "I have been with RECA since day one," says Joseph, who has worked at the Real Estate Council of Alberta since its inception on July 1, 1996.
Prior to joining RECA, Joseph worked as an investigator for the Alberta government conducting investigations under various statutes including the former Mortgage Brokers Regulation Act and Real Estate Agents Licensing Act, the precursors to the current Real Estate Act. Over time he worked as a manager, and when he left government to join RECA, he was the Acting Director of Licensing in Trades and Businesses. "This was in essence a registrar role" Joseph says of the position. "I dealt with licensing policies and issues."
When RECA was established in 1996, Joseph became responsible for RECA's Audit and Investigations program, a role he held for 15 years. He has worked in his current role as RECA's Registrar since December 1, 2011.
His current work as RECA's Registrar brings his career full circle. "As Registrar, I have three main areas of responsibility," says Joseph, who oversees the education programs, the licensing process, and Consumer and Information Services.
The first area of Joseph's responsibility is RECA Education, which includes pre-licensing and re-licensing education, as well as continuous learning. According to Joseph, "we strive to provide innovative, leading-edge education that creates competent professionals who are highly valued and respected by the public."
Joseph says that developing and administering education programs has been a journey for RECA. He says that, "We do many surveys with new and existing professionals, and their brokers to evaluate the education we offer, and help us continue to improve and progress."
Joseph adds that, "We are introducing more content and application exercises that will enhance learners' preparation for future learning in their areas of practice. These enhancements will focus on learners' capacity to effectively problem solve by enhancing their understanding of the key concepts of their profession. It changes the focus of education from specific situations such as filling out the blanks in certain forms to empowering them to be able to properly navigate new circumstances they may encounter as part of their practice."
The licensing process is the second area of Joseph's responsibility, and he says this involves three key aspects. "We try to facilitate a licensing process that is effective, efficient, and intuitive," Joseph says. "I think the new myRECA system is a great example of this. The new platform has made licensing easier for everybody involved."
Another aspect of the licensing process is screening for compliance with the entry requirements. "We screen applicants for eligibility, including requirements such as being able to work in Canada, being proficient in English, and ensuring they meet education requirements," Joseph says.
"A further aspect of the licensing progress is ensuring that anyone entering the industry is of good character," he adds. "We must ensure that licensing them is in the public's best interest and that granting them a licence won't undermine the integrity of the profession."
The third aspect of Joseph's responsibility as RECA's Registrar involves overseeing Consumer and Industry Services. "We are motivated by service excellence as we try to provide timely, comprehensive, and accurate information in a polite and professional way," Joseph says. "In our discussions with consumers and professionals we try to anticipate issues so the information we provide is rich and thorough."
With Joseph having such a diverse scope of responsibilities at RECA, it's no surprise that each workday for him can be different.
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Joseph says that, "we are hoping to raise the professionalism and standing of the industry in the eyes of the public." He plans to accomplish this "by enhancing pre-licensing and re-licensing education, providing ongoing information and support, and by ensuring that applicants meet the standards of high functioning, highly-ethical professionals.
Joseph adds that he loves his work as the Registrar and enjoys being part of the cohesive and competent team that makes up the Office of the Registrar. He also enjoys the interactions he has with both current and prospective industry professionals. "It's a pleasure to interact with people in the various professions that RECA regulates, and it is a pleasure to work with those individuals."


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