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Hey before I begin I just want to thank all of you who have joined the patreon, you guys are awesome. Please let me know what other figures, events or other things you want to hear about in the future and I will try to make it happen.   If you are a long time listener to the Pacific War week by week podcast over at KNG or viewer of my youtube channel you have probably heard me talk about Tomoyuki Yamashita, the Tiger of Malaya quite often. It goes without saying when it comes to Japanese generals of WW2 he stands out. Not just to me, from the offset of the war he made a large impression on westerners, he achieved incredible feats early on in the war. Now if you look up books about him, you will pretty much only find information in regards to his infamous war crimes trial. Hell it was so infamous the legal doctrine of hierarchical accountability for war crimes, whereby a commanding officer is legally responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by his subordinates, was created. This is known as the command responsibility or “the Yamashita standard”. His court case was very controversial, he remains a controversial figure, certainly to the people of territories he campaigned in, but I think what can be said of him the most is he was special amongst the Japanese generals. Anyways lets get the show on the road as they say.   So who was Yamashita? When he was 59 years old commanding forces in the Philippines against General Douglas MacArthur, he weighed 220 ls and stood 5 feet 9 inches. His girth pressed out against his green army uniform. He had an egg shaped head, balding, wide spaced eyes and a flat nose. He wore a short mustache, sort of like Hitlers, until it grayed then he shaved it off. He was not a very attractive man, Filipinos referred to him as “old potato face” while Americans called him “a florid, pig faced man”.   Tomobumi Yamashita was born in 1885, he was the second son of Dr. Sakichi Yamashita and Yuu Yamashita in Osugi village, on Shikoku island. Like most males of his day he was indoctrinated into military preparatory school from a young age. Yamashita had no chosen the army as a career, in his words ‘my father suggested the idea, because I was big and healthy, and my mother did not seriously object because she believed, bless her soul, that I would never pass the highly competitive entrance examination. If I had only been cleverer or had worked harder, I would have been a doctor like my brother”Yamashita would graduate from the 18th class of the IJA academy in november of 1905, ranked 16th out of 920 cadets.    In 1908 he was promoted to the rank of Lt and during WW1 he fought against Imperial German and Austro-Hungarian forces in the famous siege of Qingdao, which if you are interested I did an episode over on my Youtube channel about this battle. Its a very overlooked battle, but many histories firsts occurred at it like the first carrier attack. In 1916 he was promoted to captain and attended the 28th class of the Army War college to graduate sixth in his class that year. He also married Hisako Nagayama in 1916, she was the daughter of the retired General Nagayama.    It seems Yamashita's brush against the Germans in 1914 had a huge influence on him, because he became fascinated with Germany and would serve as assistant military attache at Bern and Berlin from 1919-1922. He spent his time in Germany alongside Captain Hideki Tojo, both men would run into each other countless times and become bitter rivals. Both men toured the western front, visiting Hamburg and witnessed first hand the crippling inflation and food prices that came from Germany's defeat. Yamashita said to Tojo then “If Japan ever has to fight any nation, she must never surrender and get herself in a state like this.” He returned to Japan in 1922, was promoted to major and served a few different posts in the Imperial Headquarters and Staff College. Yamashita became a leading member of the Kodoha faction, while Tojo became a leading member of the rival Toseiha faction. In 1927 Yamashita was sent again to Europe, this time to Vienna as a military attache. Just prior to departing he had invested in a business selling thermometers starting by one of his wife's relatives, the business failed horribly and Yamashita was tossed into debt, bailiffs literally came to seize his house. As told to us by his biographer “For a regular officer to have contracted such a debt, however innocently, was a disgrace. He felt he should resign his commission.” Yamashita's brother refused to allow him to quit, instructing him to leave for Vienna, while he resolved his debts. His days in Vienna were the best of his life, professed Yamashita. He studied economics at Vienna university and made friends with a Japanese widow, who introduced him to a German woman named Kitty and they had an affair. This would spring forward his reputation as an eccentric officer. Yamashita was obsessed over hygiene,and refused to eat fruit unless it was thoroughly washed. He avoided ice water, hated dancing and never learnt how to drive a car. One of his most notable quirks was his habit of falling asleep often during meetings where he legendarily would snore. Like I may have said in previous podcast and youtube episodes, this guy was quite a character, often described as a big bear.    Now this is not a full biography on Yamashita so I cant devolve to far into things, such as his first fall from grace. During the February 26th coup incident of 1936, Yamashita was a leading member of the Kodoha faction and helped mediate a peaceful end to the standoff, however in truth he was backing the coup. He simply managed to not get caught red handed at the time doing too much for the mutineers, regardless he lost favor with the outraged Emperor and many young captains whom he loved like sons killed themselves in disgrace. If you want to know more about the February coup of 1936, check out my series on Emperor Hirohito or General Ishawara, they both talk about it in depth and touch upon Yamashita's role a bit.    The coup led to the dissolvement of the Kodoha faction and the dominance of the Toseiha, led by Tojo. Yamashita tried to resign from the IJA, but his superiors dissuade him. He was relegated to a post in Korea, which honestly was a punishment. Yamashita would say “When I was posted to Korea, I felt I had been given a tactful promotion but that in fact my career was over. Even when I was given my first fighting company in North China, I still felt I had no future in the Army, so I was always on the front line, where the bullets flew the thickest. I sought only a place to die.”  He had some time to reflect upon his conduct while in Korea, he began to study Zen Buddhism. He was promoted to Lt General in November of 1937 and when the China war broke out he was one of those speaking out that the incident needed to end swiftly and that peaceful relations must be made with the UK and US. He received a unimportant post in the Kwantung army and in 1938 was assigned command of the IJA 4th division. He led the forces during in northern china against insurgents until he returned to Tokyo in July of 1940. His fellow officers lauded him as Japan's finest general. Meanwhile Tojo had ascended to war minister and one of his first moves was to send a delegation to Germany. Tojo considered Yamashita a ruthless and forceful commander and feared he would become a powerful rival against him one day. Yamashita would go on the record to say then “I have nothing against Tojo, but he apparently has something against me.” You see, Yamashita had no political ambitions, unlike Tojo who was by nature a political monster. “My life, is that of a soldier; I do not seek any other life unless our Emperor calls me.” In late 1940, Tojo asked Yamashita to lead a team of 40 experts on a 6 month train tour of Germany and Italy, a move that kept him out of Tokyo, because Tojo was trying to solidify his political ambitions. This is going to become a looming theme between the two men.   He was presented to Adolf Hitler in January of 1941, passing along messages from Tojo and publicly praising the Fuhrer, though privately he was very unimpressed by the man  “He may be a great orator on a platform, with his gestures and flamboyant way of speaking. But standing behind his desk listening he seems much more like a clerk.” Hitler pressed upon him to push Japan to declare war on Britain and the US. At the time of course Japan was facing China and had two major conflicts with the USSR, thus this was absolutely not in her interest. “My country is still fighting in China, and we must finish that war as soon as possible. We are also afraid that Russia may attack us in Manchuria. This is no time for us to declare war on other countries.” Yamashita hoped to inspect Germany's military techniques and technology to help Japan. Hitler promised open exchanges of information stating “All our secrets are open to you,”, but this would prove to be a lie. “There were several pieces of equipment the Germans did not want us to see. Whenever I tried to persuade the German General Staff to show us things like radar—about which we had a rudimentary knowledge—the conversation always turned to something else.”   Yamashita met with field Marshal Hermann Goring who gave him an overview of the war in europe. Goring would complain about Yamashita falling asleep during lectures and meetings and he believed the man was drunk often. Yamashita met Benito Mussolini in June of 1941 receiving a similar rundown to what he got in Germany. Yamashita visited Kitty in Vienna for a quick fling, but overall the trip deeply impacted Yamashita's resolve that Japan should stay out of the Europeans war and that Germany made a grievous error invading the USSR in June of 1941. This is what he said the members of the commission “You know the results of our inspection as well as I do. I must ask you not to express opinion in favor of expanding the alliance between Japan, Germany and Italy. Never suggest in your report that Japan should declare war on Great Britain and the United States. We must not and cannot rely upon the power of other nations. Japan needs more time, particularly as there may be aggression against us from Russia. We must have time to rebuild our defense system and adjust the whole Japanese war machine. I cannot repeat this to you often enough.” His report was similar, and it really pissed off Tojo who was trying to develop plans for a war against America. Yamashita would then get exiled to Manchuria in July of 1941, but Tojo's resentment towards him could only go so far, because Yamashita was one of their best generals and in his planned war against Britain and America, he would need such a man.   Yamashita's time in Europe reshaped his views on how to conduct war. He saw first hand blitzkrieg warfare, it seems it fascinated him. He consistently urged the implementation of new proposals calling for the streamlining of air arms; to mechanize the Army; to integrate control of the armed forces in a defense ministry coordinated by a chairman of Joint Chiefs of staff; to create a paratroop corps and to employ effective propaganda. Basically he saw what was working for the Germans against the allies and wanted Japan to replicate it. Tojo did not like many of the proposal, hated the fact they were coming from Yamashita, so he obviously was not keen on making them happen. Luckily for Yamashita he would be given a chance to implement some of his ideas in a big way.   On November 6th of 1941, Lt General Yamashita was appointed commander of the 25th Japanese army. His orders were to seize the Malay Peninsula and then the British naval base at Singapore. The Malaya Peninsula snakes 700 miles south of Thailand, a rugged sliver of land that constricts at its narrowest point to about 60 miles wide. It hold mountains that split the peninsula in half, some going as high as 7000 feet. During this time Malaya produced around 40% of the worlds rubber, 60% of its tin, two resources vital for war. At its very southern tip lies Singapore, a diamond shaped island connected to the mainland by a 1115 stone causeway. Singapore's largest asset was its naval base guarding the passage from the Pacific and Indian oceans. Together Malay and Singapore represented the key to controlling what Japan called the Southern Resource Area.   Singapore was known as the gibraltar of the east for good reason. It was a massively fortified naval base. The base had been developed between 1923-1938 and cost 60 million pounds, around 2 billion pounds today. It was 21 square miles, had the largest dry dock in the world, the 3rd largest floating dock and enough fuel tanks to support the entire royal navy for 6 months. She was defended by 15 inch naval guns stationed at the Johre battery, Changi and Buona vista battery. And despite the infamous myth some of you may have heard, these guns were fully capable of turning in all directions including the mainland. For those unaware a myth perpetuated after the fall of Singapore that her large 15 inch guns could not turn to the mainland and that this spelt her doom, no it was not that, it was the fact they mostly had armor piercing shells which are using to hit ships and not land targets. Basically if you fire an armor piercing shell at land it imbeds itself then explodes, while HE shells would have torn any Japanese army to pieces. Alongside the 15 inch monsters, there were countless other artillery pieces such as 9.2 inch guns. By December of 1941 Malaya and Singapore held 164 first line aircraft out of a total of 253 aircraft, but many of the fighters were the obsolete Brewster F2A Buffalo, a pretty slow, fat little beast that could take a licking as it was armored, but against the Zero fighter it was unbelievably outmatched in speed and maneuverability.    The Japanese acquired a major gift prior to the outbreak of war. On november 11th, 1940, the SS Automedon, a German raider attacked the HMS Atlantis which was carrying documents intended for the British far east command. The documents indicated the British fleet was not going to help Singapore; that Britain would not declare war if Thailand was invaded and that Hong Kong was expendable. The Germans gave the documents to the Japanese who were very excited by the information.    Starting in January of 1941, Colonel Masanobu Tsuji led the Taiwan Army Research section based on Formosa to investigate how a campaign could be waged in Malay and Singapore. His findings on the defenses of Malay and Singapore were summed up in these 3 points: 1. Singapore Fortress was solid and strong facing the sea, but vulnerable on the peninsular side facing the Johore Strait;  Newspaper reports of a strong Royal Air Force (RAF) presence were propaganda;  Although British forces in Malaya numbered from five to six divisions (well over 80,000 men), less than half were Europeans.    Now just a little bit about Tsuji as he was to become the chief of staff operations and planning under Yamashita. Tsuji was extremely insubordinate and a political schemer. He was a Toseiha faction fanatic, loyal to Tojo and thus definitely an enemy to Yamashita. Yamashita wrote of Tsuji in his war diary “is egotistical and wily. He is a sly dog and unworthy to serve the country. He is a manipulator to be carefully watched.” Tsuji would go on to have a infamous reputation for ordering atrocities in the name of his superiors, often without them knowing and this would be very much the case under Yamashita. Now using Tsuji's intelligence Yamashita began plans at his HQ at Samah, a port on Hainan island, starting in November of 1941 on how to launch the campaign. He was initially offered 5 divisions for the invasion, but he felt he could accomplish the objective with only three. There are a few reasons why he believed this; first, Tsuji's research suggested the peninsula roads would be the center of the battlefront and that the flanks would extend no more than a km or so to the left or right due to the dense jungle terrain (in fact Yamashita was planning to assault from the jungle specifically); 2nd intelligence indicated the defending troops were not of the highest caliber (the British were busy in Europe thus many of the troops in southeast asia were poorly trained, half were british regulars the rest were Australian, Indian and Malayan); 3rd Yamashita was aware “the Japanese army were in the habit of flinging more troops into the battle than could possibly be maintained” boy oh boy tell that one to the future boys on Guadalcanal. Thus he calculated 3 divisions was the maximum to be fed, equipped and supplied. Based on his recommendations the 25th army was created with 3 divisions; the 5th under Lt General Takuma Matsui; 18th under Lt General Renya Mutaguchi and the Imperial guards division of Lt General Takuma Nishimura. Supporting these would be two regiment of heavy field artillery and the 3rd tank brigade. Something that made Yamashita's campaign quite interesting was the usage and amount of tanks. He was invading with around 200 or so tanks consisting of the Type 95 Ha-Go light tank, type 97 Chi-Ha and Type 89 I-Go medium tanks and Type 97 Te-Ke tankettes. For aircraft he had the 3rd Air division, 459 aircraft strong with an additional 159 aircraft from the IJN to support them. The 3rd air division had a variety of aircraft such as Nakajima Ki-27 Nate's, Nakajima ki-43 Oscars, Kitsubishi ki-51 Sonia's, Kawasaki ki-48 Lily's, Mitsubishi ki-21 sally's, Mitsubishi ki-30 Ann's, Mitsubishi ki-15 babs and Mitsubishi ki-46 dinahs. For the IJN it was the 22nd air flotilla using Mitsubishi G3M1 Nell's, Mitsubishi A5M4 Claudes and some A6M Zeros. To say it was a lot of firepower at his disposal is an understatement, Yamashita was packing heat, heat he could use in a blitzkrieg fashion.   His staff at Samah identified 5 operational objectives: 1 Simultaneous capture of Singora and Patani, Thailand and Kota Bharu, Malaya.  2 Capture of all enemy airfields in southern Thailand and Malaya.  3 Occupation of Kuala Lumpur, Malaya.  4 Occupation of Johore Bahru, and control of Johore Strait.  5 Conquest of Singapore.    Colonel Tsuji, appointed Chief of Operations and Planning for the 25th Army, proposed the following plan which was readily approved:  Land the main strength of the 5th Division simultaneously and without warning at Singora and Patani, and at the same time land a powerful section of the 18th Division to attack Kota Bharu.  The troops disembarked at Singora and Patani to press forward immediately to attack the line of the Perak River Hand capture its bridge and the Alor Star aerodrome.  The troops landed at Kota Bharu to press forward along the eastern coast as far as Kuantan.    The landing at Kota Bharu, the only one in Malaya was expected to be opposed and quite risky. But if it was successful, it would create a useful diversion away from the main force landings in Thailand.   The landings took place around 2:15am local time on December 8th, about an hour and 20 minutes before the attack on Pearl Harbor. The landings went largely unopposed, except at Kota Bahru where the Japanese saw heavy resistance. The British had anticipated this landing point and created operation Matador, a plan to pre-emptively invade southern thailand to secure defensive lines against the Japanese, however this plan was never accepted by British high command for obvious political reasons. But on December 5th, with a Japanese invasion looking certain, suddenly London gave permission to the Far east commanders to decide if Operation matador should be activated or not. The commander in Malaya, General Arthur Percival recommended forestalling it, fearing to violate Thai sovereignty, which ultimately would be the doom of a defense for Malaya.   At the battle of Kota Bharu, the 9th infantry division of Major General Barstow attempted holding off the Japanese from taking the important Kota Bharu airfield. The 8th brigade of Billy Key had fortified the beaches with pillboxes, barbed wire and land mines. The Japanese took heavy losses, but they were able to find gaps and fill them up until Brigadier Key had to ask permission to pull out. The royal air force at Kota Bharu tossed Hudson bombers to hit the troop transports, but it was a suicide mission to do so. Meanwhile the IJA 5th division landed at Pattani and Songkhla in Thailand while the Imperial guards division marched over the border from French Indochina. The Japanese encountered very little resistance, the leader of Thailand Plaek Pibulsonggram had been trying to get assurances from the allies and Japanese all the way up until the invasion, once the Japanese landed he knew his best option was to play nice and sign an armistice. This basically spelt doom for malaya as the Japanese were given access to Thailand's airfields which they used to smash the forward airfields in Malaya.   The first day of aerial encounters were a catastrophe for the British. General Percival would comment “The rapidity with which the Japanese got their air attacks going against our aerodromes was quite remarkable. Practically all the aerodromes in Kelantan, Kedah, Province Wellesley, and Penang, were attacked, and in most cases fighters escorted the bombers. The performance of Japanese aircraft of all types, and the accuracy of their bombing, came as an unpleasant surprise. By the evening our own air force had already been seriously weakened.” Brigadier Key withdrew after causing an estimated 800 casualties upon the Japanese while taking roughly 465. While Kota Bharu was being fought over, Percival unleashed Operation Krohcol, a 2.0 of Matador seeing British forces cross into Thailand to intercept the incoming enemy. It was an absolute disaster, the British attackers were defeated not only by the Japanese 5th division, but some Royal Thai police also defended their territory. The operation had basically become a race to who could seize the important focal point first and the Japanese took it first thus winning decisively. To add to that misery, force Z, consisting of the battleship HMS Prince of Wales,, battlecruiser Repulse and 4 destroyers tried to intercept the Japanese invasion fleet only to be utterly destroyed by overwhelming Japanese airforces.   Within 4 days of the landings, the 5th division advanced from Singora through the town of Jitra to capture the RAF airfield at Alor star, around 100 miles away. Yamashita managed this using flanking techniques that saw his army take town after town and airfield after airfield. There were numerous natural obstacles to the advance such as dense jungles, very long supply lines, torrential rain and heat, but he had a secret weapon, bicycles. At Jitra Percival made his first major stand. Holding Jitra would safeguard the northern airfields of Malaya, but it was a folly to do so as the airfields in question were not provided adequate aircraft and the British lacked something extremely important to be able to defend themselves, tanks. Colonel Tsuji saw the fighting at Jitra first hand and reported “Our tanks were ready on the road, and the twenty or so enemy armored cars ahead were literally trampled underfoot … The enemy armored cars could not escape by running away, and were sandwiched between our medium tanks … It was speed and weight of armor that decided the issue.” The British had spread themselves far too thinly across a 14 mile front with jungle on their right flank and rubber plantations and mangrove swamps to their left. Yamashita used a innovative blitzkrieg like tactic, he combined his air, artillery, tanks and bicycle infantry to punch holes in concentrated attacks forcing allied defenders to withdraw. As Percival would write later in his memoirs “This withdrawal would have been difficult under the most favorable conditions. With the troops tired, units mixed as the result of the fighting, communications broken and the night dark, it was inevitable that orders should be delayed and that in some cases they should never reach the addressees. This is what in fact occurred … the withdrawal, necessary as it may have been, was too fast and too complicated for disorganized and exhausted troops, whose disorganization and exhaustion it only increased”    Yamashita had ingeniously thought of employing large numbers of bicycles for his infantry so they could keep up momentum and speed with his mechanized forces. Oh and he didn't bring thousands of bicycles over to Malaya, the real genius was that they were there ready for him. His intelligence prior to the invasion indicated nearly all civilians in malaya had bicycles, so when the Japanese came over they simply stole them. Half of Yamashitas troops moved in motor vehicles while the rest road on 18,000 bicycles. As noted by Tsuji “With the infantry on bicycles, there was no traffic congestion or delay. Wherever bridges were destroyed the infantry continued their advance, wading across the rivers carrying their bicycles on their shoulders, or crossing on log bridges held up on the shoulders of engineers standing in the stream.” They Japanese overwhelmed the defenders who were forced to fight, flee into the jungles or flee along the roads where they were simply outsped by the faster Japanese. The defenders left numerous stores of food, abandoned vehicles, and supplies that Yamashita's men would dub “churchill's allowance”. British Lt Colonel Spencer Chapmanwas forced to hide on the sides of roads watching Japanese pedal past remarking “The majority were on bicycles in parties of forty or fifty, riding three or four abreast and talking and laughing just as if they were going to a football match.” The Japanese had the ability to carry their gear on the bicycles, giving them an enormous advantage over the allies fleeing on foot. The Japanese could travel faster, further and less fatigued. When the British destroyed 250 bridges during their flight, “the Japanese infantry (to continue) their advance, wading across the rivers carrying their bicycles on their shoulders, or crossing on log bridges held up on the shoulders of engineers standing in the stream”. The British could not escape the bicycle blitzkrieg as it became known, countless were forced to surrender under constant pressure and relentless pursuit.    Alongside the bicycle warfare, whenever Yamashita faced terrain unsuitable for his tanks, he ordered amphibious landings further south to outflank the enemy's  rear.   Meanwhile the war in the air went equally terrible for the allies. The RAF had pulled back its best pilots and aircraft to deal with the war for Britain against the Luftwaffe. 21 airfields were in Malaya and Singapore, few of them had modern facilities, only 15 concrete runways. The heavy rain made the grass airstrips unusable. All the airfields were allocated around 8 heavy and 8 light anti aircraft guns. Quality radar units were completely inadequate. The Super Spitfires and Hyper Hurricanes were mostly in Britain fighting the Germans, while Buffaloes were allocated to Malaya. The Japanese airforces easily overcame the allied opposition and established air superiority quickly. Launching from airfields in Vietnam, they bombed all the airfields into submission and continuously applied pressure to Singapore. . The aerial dominance of the Zero and ‘Oscar' fighters served to undermine the morale of the British infantryman on the ground. As historian H. P. Wilmot has observed, “in the opening phase of the war the Zero-sen was just what the Japanese needed, and the Allies were devastated by the appearance of a ‘super fighter.' To add insult to injury, every airfield taken starting at the most northern going further and further south towards Singapore offered the Japanese new launching points to make for faster attack.   Yamashita's forces reached the southern tip of the peninsula in just 8 weeks, his men had covered some 700 miles, about 12 miles a day on average. They fought 95 large and smaller battles doing so. Multiple lines of defense were erected one after another to try and halt the Japanese advance, to kill their momentum. Starting at the beach landings, to Jitra, then to Kampar, over the Slim river, then Johor. The British failed to employ “leave behind forces” to provide guerilla warfare in lost territories leading not only the Japanese to easily consolidate their gains, the Thai's also came down and grabbed some territory. At the battle of Muar Major General Gordon Bennet deployed the allied defenders south of the Muar River and it was widely believed here they would finally halt the Japanese. Then the Imperial Guards division outflanked them performing an amphibious landing and advancing down the coastal route. The 5th Japanese division followed a parallel route through the center and the 18th division landed near Endau. The allies were thus surrounded and took heavy casualties, countless were forced to flee through swamps and thick jungle abandoned their stuff. Gordons 45th brigade were absolutely shattered, effectively disbanded and left north of the Muar river as the rest of the allies fled south. The defeat at Muar broke the British belief they could hold even a toehold on Malay. Percivals strategy to fight delaying actions until the arrival of reinforcements to Singapore had fatally undermined his troops ability to hold onto defensive positions. As the British governor of the Johore straits settlement, Sir Shenton Thomas would say on January 6th ‘“We … have gone in for mechanized transport to the nth degree. It is a fearsomely cumbersome method. We have pinned our faith to the few roads but the enemy used tracks and paths, and gets round to our rear very much as he likes.”” Yet alongside the conquest came a series of atrocities.    At the Parit Sulong Bridge south of the Muar, Captain Rewi Snelling was left behind with 150 wounded Australian and Indian soldiers not able to trek south. The Imperial guards division herded them into buildings, denied them medical treatment, many of the Indians were beheaded, others shot. This become known as the parit sulong massacre. Its hard to saw what Yamashita would have known about this incident, it technically was under the command of Takuma nishimura. On January 22nd, Nishimura gave the orders for prisoners to be forced outside, doused with petrol and set on fire. Nishimura would be sentenced to life in prison by a Singapore court, but on a flight back to Japan he was hijacked by Australian military police in Hong Kong who grabbed him and held a trial for the Parit Sulong massacre, finding him guilty and hanging him on june 11th of 1951.    When the Japanese reached the straits of Johore, Yamashita took several days to perform reconnaissance, allowing his forces to regroup and prepare to attack the massive fortress. His plan for the invasion would see the Imperial guards perform a feint attack on the northeast side of Singapore, landing on the nearby Palau Ubin island on february 7th. The 5th and 18th division would remain concealed in the jungle until the night of the night of the 8th when they would cross the Johore and hit the northwest side of Singapore. The causeway to Singapore had been blown up by the retreating British, but the ability for Singapore to defend itself from a northern attack was lackluster. When Churchill was told by Wavell the Japanese sat on the other side of the Johore strait ready to attack the fortress he said ““I must confess to being staggered by Wavell's telegram. It never occurred to me for a moment that … Singapore … was not entirely fortified against an attack from the Northwards …””   With barely enough supplies or logistical support for his campaign, Yamashita's rapid advance down the Malay peninsula walked a tightrope of what was possible. His 70,000 men of which 30,000 were frontline troops had overcome a British force double their number. In Japan he garnered the epithet “Tiger of Malaya”, which ironically he was not too happy about. Later on in the war he would bark at a German attache “I am not a tiger. The tiger attacks its prey in stealth but I attack the enemy in a fair play”.   By this point Singapore had swollen from a population of 550,000to nearly a million. Percival had a total of 70,000 infantry of mixed experience plus 15,000 clerks and support staff to man lines if necessary. 38 battalions, 17 Indian, 13 British, 6 Australian and 2 Malayan. He placed his weakest troops west of the causeway, near the abandoned naval base rather than nearby the airfield which he considered was going to be Yamashita's thrust. He placed his best forces over there, which would prove fatally wrong as Yamashita hit west of the causeway. Yamashita meanwhile could only muster 30,000 troops, he was outnumbered 2:1 and amphibious assaults called for the attacker to hold a 2:1 advantage for success. Yamashita's men were exhausted, they had suffered 4565 casualties, roughly 1793 deaths in their 55 day advance south. Worse yet, Yamashita had a critical supply issue. He had greatly exceeded his supply lines and had been surviving on the abandoned churchill stores along the way. His ammunition was critical low, it is said he was down to 18 functional tanks, allowing his men to fire 100 rounds per day, the fuel ran out, and as Yamashita put it “My attack on Singapore was a bluff—a bluff that worked. I had 30,000 men and was outnumbered more than three to one. I knew that if I had to fight for long for Singapore, I would be beaten. That is why the surrender had to be at once. I was very frightened all the time that the British would discover our numerical weakness and lack of supplies and force me into disastrous street fighting.” He told his men of the 5th and 18th division not to build any cooking fires so they could conceal their positions in the jungle as he gathered hundreds of collapsible boats and other crafts to ford the strait. He gathered 40 divisional commanders and senior officers to a rubber plantation and with a flushed red face read out his attack orders while pouring them Kikumasamune (ceremonial wine). He made a traditional toast and said “It is a good place to die; surely we shall conquer”. He had to get the British to surrender quickly, he had to essentially ‘bluff” his enemy. He had to make the British think he was fully armed and supplied for a prolonged siege, how could he do so? He fired his artillery like a mad man, knowing full well they would run out of shells.   Starting on February 3rd,  Yamashita's artillery supported by aerial bombings hit Singapore for 5 days. On the night of the 7th, 400 Imperial Guards crossed to the Ibin island performing their feint attack. Percivals attention was grabbed to the east successfully, while on the night of the 8th the 5th and 18th divisions assembled carefully at the water's edge. At 8:30pm the first wave of 4000 Japanese troops crossed the Johore strait aboard 150 small vessels. The noise of their engines was drowned out by artillery. The thinly spread Australian lines, 3000 or so men led by Major General Bennet were breached fast leading to pockets of surrounded australian troops. As Lewis Gunner cliff olsen recalled “We were horribly spread out and it was pitch black and they [Japanese troops] were very hard to see. They walked through us half the time.” A beachhead was formed, a soon 14,000 Japanese had crossed by dawn.    Communications broke down for the allies, Percival unwilling to believe the Japanese's main thrust was in the west declined to send reinforcements there. When he did finally realize the main thrust was in the west he began to withdraw troops from quiet sectors and built up a reserve. The Japanese held air supremacy and their artillery was fierce. The big 15 inch guns of singapore held mostly armor piercing shells designed to hit ships, there were few HE shells available. When they fired upon the Japanese the shells would hit the ground they would embed deeply before exploding doing little damage. The defenders had no tanks, basically no more aircraft. The last departing ships fled the scene as everything was burning chaos around them. Morale was breaking for the defenders. By the 9th, Japanese bombers were raining bombs on allied positions unopposed. Bennet was forced to pull men back to a new line of defense from the east of the Tengah airfield to the north of Jurong. Poor communications hampered the northern sector of Brigadier Duncan Maxwell whose troops actually battered the hell out of the Imperial Guards who had landed at 10pm on the 9th. The Imperial guards gradually managed a foothold on a beach, but Maxwell feared encirclement and withdrew his men against direct orders of Bennet. The retreat opened up the flank of the 11th indian division who were overrun. All of the beaches west of the causeway fell to the enemy, when they did Yamashita brought over his tanks to smash the new Jurong line. The Japanese could have potentially stormed the city center at this point, but they held back, because in reality, Percival had created a formidable reserve in the middle. The Australian 22nd brigade took the brunt of the fighting.    Yamashita was running out of reserves and his attacks were reaching their limit, but he needed the battle to end swiftly. Yamashita was shocked and shaken when he received a report that the British troop strength within the city was twice what they believed. With covert desperation, Yamashita ordered his artillery to fire until their last rounds and sent Percival a demand for surrender. “In the spirit of chivalry we have the honour of advising your surrender. Your army, founded on the traditional spirit of Great Britain, is defending Singapore, which is completely isolated, and raising the fame of Great Britain by the ut¬ most exertions and heroic feelings. . . . From now on resistance is futile and merely increases the danger to the million civilian inhabitants without good reason, exposing them to infliction of pain by fire and sword. But the development of the general war situation has already sealed the fate of Singapore, and the continuation of futile resistance would only serve to inflict direct harm and in¬ juries to thousands of non-combatants living in the city, throwing them into further miseries and horrors of war. Furthermore we do not feel you will in¬ crease the fame of the British Army by further resistance.”   Singapore had received another order prior to this from Churchill “It is certain that our troops on Singapore Island greatly outnumber any Japanese that have crossed the Straits. We must defeat them. Our whole fighting reputation is at stake and the honour of the British Empire. The Americans have held out on the Bataan Peninsula against far greater odds, the Russians are turning back the picked strength of the Germans, the Chinese with almost complete lack of mod¬ ern equipment have held the Japanese for AVi years. It will be disgraceful if we yield our boasted fortress of Singapore to inferior enemy forces. There must be no thought ofsparing troops or the civil population and no mercy must be shown to weakness in any shape or form. Commanders and senior officers must lead their troops and if necessary die with them. There must be no question or thought of surrender. Every unit must fight it out to the end and in close contact with the enemy. ... I look to you and your men to fight to the end to prove that the fighting spirit that won our Empire still exists to enable us to defend it.”   What was Percival to do? The Japanese had seized control over Singapore water reservoirs, the population would die of thirst within 2-3 days. Japanese shells were causing fires and death everywhere. People were panicking, trying to get on the very last boats leaving the port, even though that surely meant death to the IJN. An American sailor recalled “There was a lot of chaos and people killed on the docks during these bombardments. Everywhere you looked there was death. Even in the water there were dead sharks and people floating all around.” Defeatism was endemic. Australian troops were overheard saying “Chum, to hell with Malaya and Singapore. Navy let us down, air force let us down. If the bungs [natives] won't fight for their bloody country, why pick on me?” Sensing a complete collapse Percival formed a tight defense arc in front of the city, and by the 13th his commanders were telling him they believed Singapore was already doomed. Wavell was asked for approval for surrender, but he replied  “to continue to inflict maximum damage on enemy for as long as possible by house-to-house fighting if necessary.” Percival then told him the water reservoirs were taken, so Wavell sent back “YOUR GALLANT STAND IS SERVING A PURPOSE AND MUST BE CONTINUED TO THE LIMIT OF ENDURANCE”   On the 15th, Percival held a morning conference reported there was no more fuel, field gun nor bofor ammunition. In 24 hours their water would be done. He told them he would ask for a ceasefire at 4pm, by the end of the day Wavell gave him permission to surrender. Over at his HQ on the Bukit Timah heights, Yamashita was staring at a Union Jack fluttering over Fort Canning. Then a field phone rang, and a frontline commander reported the British were sending out a flag of truce.   Meanwhile back on February the 14th, Japanese forces reached the Alexandra Barracks hospital at 1pm. At 1:40pm a British Lt greeting them waving a white flag and was bayoneted on the spot. The Japanese stormed the hospital and murdered the staff and patients. 200 male staff and patients, badly wounded were bound over night and marched to an industrial estate half a mile away. Anyone who collapsed was bayoneted. The survivors of the march were formed into small groups and hacked to death or bayoneted. For a few days over 320 men and women were massacred. Only 5 survivors would give recounts of the event. It is suspected by historians that Tsuji was the architect of the Alexandra hospital massacre. This is because he was the instigator of countless atrocities he ordered unbeknownst to his superior commanders such as Yamashita.    Percival was ordered to go to the Ford motor factory to where he met with Yamashita. Yamashita was hiding his surprise that the surrender party came and as he glanced at the surrender terms he said through his interpreter “The Japanese Army will consider nothing but surrender,” Yamashita knew his forces were on the verge of running out of ammunition and he still held half troops Percival did, he was anxious Percival would figure it out. Percival replied “I fear that we shall not be able to submit our final reply before ten-thirty p.m.,” Percival had no intention of fighting on he simply wanted to work out specific details before signing the surrender. Yamashita was sure Percival was stalling. “Reply to us only whether our terms are acceptable or not. Things must be settled swiftly. We are prepared to resume firing.Unless you do surrender, we will have to carry out our night attack as scheduled.”” Percival replied ““Cannot the Japanese Army remain in its present position? We can resume negotiations again tomorrow at five-thirty A.M”. Yamashita screamed “Nani! I want the hostilities to cease tonight and I want to remind you there can be no arguments.” Percival replied ““We shall discontinue firing by eight-thirty p.m. Had we better remain in our present positions tonight?” Yamashita said yes and that firing would cease at 8:30pm and that 1000 allied men could keep arms to maintain order within the city. Yamashita stated “You have agreed to the terms but you have not yet made yourself clear as to whether you agree to surrender or not.” Percival cleared his throat and gave a simple nod. Yamashita looked at his interpreter “There's no need for all this talk. It is a simple question and I want a simple answer.” He turned to Percival and shouted, “We want to hear ‘Yes' or ‘No' from you! Surrender or fight!” Percival finally blurted out  “Yes, I agree. I have a request to make. Will the Imperial Army protect the women and children and British civilians?”Yamashita replied  “We shall see to it. Please sign this truce agreement”. At 7:50 the surrender was signed off, 40 minutes later Singapore was in the hands of the Japanese. In 70 days Yamashita took at the cost of 9824 casualties, had seized Malaya and Singapore, nearly 120,000 British surrendered. It was the greatest land victory in Japanese history.   Churchill called the fall of Singapore to the Japanese "the worst disaster and largest capitulation in British history" Churchills physician Lord Moran wrote The fall of Singapore on February 15 stupefied the Prime Minister. How came 100,000 men (half of them of our own race) to hold up their hands to inferior numbers of Japanese? Though his mind had been gradually prepared for its fall, the surrender of the fortress stunned him. He felt it was a disgrace. It left a scar on his mind. One evening, months later, when he was sitting in his bathroom enveloped in a towel, he stopped drying himself and gloomily surveyed the floor: 'I cannot get over Singapore', he said sadly   With the fall of singapore came another atrocity, the Sook Ching massacre. After February 18th, the Japanese military began mass killings of what they deemed undesirables, mostly ethnic Chinese. It was overseen by the Kempeitai and did not stop in Singapore, but spread to Malaya. It seems the aim of the purge was to intimidate the Chinese community from performing any resistance. According to postwar testimony taken from a war correspondent embedded with the 25th army, Colonel Hishakari Takafumi, he stated an order went out to kill 50,000 Chinese, of which 20 percent of the total was issued by senior officials on Yamashita's operations staff, most likely Tsuji. It is certain at the behest of Tsuji the orders were extended to Malay. The death toll is a tricky one, the Japanese went on the record to admit to 6000 murders, the Singaporean Chinese community and the Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew allege 70,000-100,000. Historians analyzing the scale of discovered mass graves after some decades think around 25,000-50,000. How much Yamashita knew of the massacre is debatable, the orders came from his office after all, but it seems Tsuji had orchestrated it. Many of Japan's generals wanted Yamashita to be appointed war minister, a move that obviously threatened then Prime Minister Hideki Tojo, who feared his rival. Tojo retaliated, ordering Japan's new war hero back to Manchuria. On the surface, the assignment appeared worthy as Yamashita would serve as the first line of defense against a possible Soviet invasion. But since the two nations had signed a neutrality pact in April 1941, and Soviets were bogged down fighting the Germans, immediate war appeared unlikely. In reality, Tojo had parked Yamashita on the war's sidelines. Tojo went even further, he barred Yamashita any leave in Tokyo, preventing him from visiting his wife as well as from delivering a speech he had written for the emperor. No worries though, an aide of Yamashita's sent him three geishas. Allegedly he said this “I know they want to please me with these girls. But send them back—and don't forget to tip them.” The Tiger of Malaya would maintain a low profile in Manchuria where he received a promotion to full General. As months fell to years Yamashita sat on the sidelines helpless to aid the Japanese forces. His exile would come to an end in 1944 when Tojo was outed and the Tiger was required to try and save the Philippines from General Douglas MacArthur.

Di balik setiap cangkir kopi atau tetes minyak atsiri dari Pulau Alor, tersimpan sebuah kisah otentik yang belum pernah terungkap. Ini bukan sekadar produk, melainkan warisan dari hutan vulkanik yang subur dan tangan-tangan komunitas adat yang menjaganya. Bayangkan memasarkan Kopi "Alor Volcanic Brew" yang setiap bijinya menyerap mineral unik dari tanahnya, atau Minyak "Alor Healing Oil" yang disuling dengan metode modern untuk menjaga kemurniannya. Memasarkan produk Alor berarti menawarkan sesuatu yang lebih dari sekadar komoditas; Anda menawarkan sebuah pengalaman, keaslian yang murni dari salah satu sudut paling eksotis di Indonesia. Bergabung dalam pemasaran produk "Hutan Alor" adalah menjadi bagian dari sebuah inovasi sosial yang cerdas dan berkelanjutan. Komunitas di Alor telah bertransformasi; mereka tidak lagi hanya menjual bahan mentah. Melalui "Rumah Produksi Bersama", setiap produk diolah dengan standar kualitas tertinggi dan dikemas secara premium dengan sentuhan motif tenun ikat lokal. Lebih dari itu, setiap kemasan dilengkapi kode QR yang transparan, memungkinkan konsumen melacak perjalanan produk dari hutan hingga ke tangan mereka, serta mengenal petani yang membuatnya. Ini adalah nilai jual unik di pasar yang semakin sadar akan kualitas, keterlacakan, dan cerita otentik di balik sebuah produk. Ini adalah panggilan bagi para visioner di dunia pemasaran—pemilik kafe, distributor produk organik, atau manajer hotel butik—yang tidak hanya mencari keuntungan, tetapi juga ingin menciptakan dampak. Memasarkan produk "Hutan Alor" berarti Anda secara langsung memberdayakan ekonomi komunitas lokal, mendukung praktik agroforestri yang melestarikan alam, dan turut menjaga warisan budaya. Ini adalah kesempatan langka untuk menyelaraskan tujuan bisnis Anda dengan sebuah misi yang mulia. Mari bersama-sama kita bangun jembatan dari hutan Alor ke pasar global, dan buktikan bahwa bisnis yang baik dapat berjalan seiring dengan kebaikan bagi manusia dan bumi.

ခရစ်တော်၏အသက်တာသည် ကယ်တင်ခြင်းလုပ်ငန်းနှင့် ကိုက်ညီသည်။ ထို့ကြောင့် လူသားအားလုံးသည် ခရစ်တော်ကို လေးစားကိုးကွယ်ရန် ထိုက်တန်ပါသည်။ သဘာဝအကြောင်းအရာ။ ဓမ္မသီချင်း။ တရားဒေသနာ။

ထာဝရဧဝံဂေလိတရား၏သတင်းစကားမှာ ခရစ်တော်သည် လူသားတို့ကို အပြစ်မှကယ်တင်ခြင်းဖြစ်ပါသည်။ ခရစ်တော်သည် သူ့အသက်ကို ပေးဆောင်သောကြောင့် လူသားတို့သည် အပြစ်မှ လွတ်မြောက်ခဲ့သည်။ သဘာဝအကြောင်းအရာ။ ဓမ္မသီချင်း။ တရားဒေသနာ။

ခရစ်တော်၏ ကယ်တင်ခြင်းသည် လူသားတို့ကို အပြစ်မှ လွတ်မြောက်စေပါသည်။ ထို့ကြောင့် ခရစ်တော်သည် လူသားတို့ ကိုးကွယ်ရန် ထိုက်တန်ပါသည်။ သဘာဝအကြောင်းအရာ။ ဓမ္မသီချင်း။ တရားဒေသနာ။

Selamat datang di INIKOPER, podcast yang menguak kisah-kisah inspiratif dari pelosok negeri! Episode kali ini, kami akan membawa Anda menelusuri medan terjal Alor, Nusa Tenggara Timur, untuk bertemu dengan Dody Hartadi Prasetya. Ia bukan sekadar penyuluh kehutanan biasa, melainkan seorang "Enabler" sejati yang memegang teguh filosofi "bukan menggurui, tapi menggerakkan." Bersama Dody, kita akan menyelami bagaimana ia memantik nyala perubahan di tengah keterbatasan, mengubah daun kayu putih yang terlupakan menjadi harapan ekonomi bagi masyarakat. Dengarkan bagaimana Dody, dengan kesabaran dan empati, berhasil memberdayakan Kelompok Tani Hutan (KTH) hingga mereka mampu mengolah hasil hutan menjadi produk bernilai tinggi seperti minyak atsiri dan sabun herbal. Kisahnya adalah bukti nyata bahwa inovasi tak selalu butuh teknologi canggih, melainkan kepekaan melihat potensi lokal dan semangat kolaborasi. Dari petani yang kini berbagi ilmu hingga anak muda desa yang aktif mempromosikan produk, Dody telah membuktikan bahwa kekuatan sejati ada di tangan masyarakat itu sendiri. Jangan lewatkan episode ini untuk mendapatkan inspirasi dari jejak heroik Dody, yang tak hanya mengubah mata pencarian, tetapi juga menumbuhkan kemandirian dan asa masa depan. Siap-siap tergerak oleh semangat "Salam ENABLER, salam pemberDAYAan, salam LESTARI, salam RIMBAWAN!" Hanya di podcast INIKOPER!

- "Violeta 20" es el proyecto musical de Violeta Díez, violinista, cantante, compositora y habitual colaboradora de bandas como "Fetén Fetén", "Carolina Durante", "Las Migas" y "Annie B. Sweet" entre otras. También ha participado en espectáculos como "Malinche", "El Fantasma de la Ópera" y "El Ventrílocuo". Ahora viene a nuestro estudio y nos presenta su disco "Alorí". En formato Ep. "Alorí" es una cuidada propuesta musical que fusiona estilos como el Jazz, el Pop y el Folk y sus temas rinden homenaje a la tierra Castellana que vio nacer a Violeta y a una cultura rica, popular y variada que no podemos dejar caer en el olvido. Hablamos con esta excelente creadora y también interviene por teléfono "Xerach", cantante, compositora, productora y buena amiga de Violeta con la que comparte diferentes proyectos.- "La Alianza por una Alimentación Saludable", es una iniciativa que engloba a diferentes organizaciones e instituciones públicas y de la sociedad civil y acaban de enviar una carta al presidente del gobierno de España para reactivar la regulación de la publicidad de alimentos y bebidas insanas dirigidas a la población más joven. Esta propuesta pretende dar un paso importante en la protección de la población más vulnerable ante el aumento del consumo de comida basura, pues diferentes estudios científicos señalan los graves riesgos para la salud que conllevan estos alimentos y bebidas ultraprocesadas. La autorregulación de las propias empresas anunciantes, en la que se confío en un principio, ha demostrado su ineficacia y tenemos que hacer frente a serios problemas, como, por ejemplo, que más de un tercio de los niños y niñas españoles con edades comprendidas entre los 6 y los 9 años presentan exceso de peso, con los riesgos que eso supone para su salud. Hablamos con Javier Guzmán, director de "Justicia Alimentaria", con Olga Leralta, responsable de comedores de la "CEAPA" (Confederación Española de Asociaciones de Padres y Madres de Alumnos) y con Eduardo Montero de la "CECU" (Fedración de Consumidores y Usuarios).Escuchar audio

Violeta Veinte completó sus estudios de música graduándose en violín jazz en una escuela referente, la ESMUC. Allí comenzó a empaparse de ese estilo de música, clave en su sonido, además de los cantares y las jotas de su tierra. Ahora defiende su nuevo EP, Alorí, donde fusiona folklore, pop y jazz, aunque ha trabajado con artistas como Fetén Fetén, Morgan, Las Migas o Carolina Durante. Su proyecto comprende una serie de composiciones propias y alguna versión del repertorio popular, aunando la improvisación y las armonías del jazz con las melodías, estructuras y algunos ritmos típicos del folklore de la península.Escuchar audio

Verð á matvælum hefur hækkað í hverjum einasta mánuði frá áramótum samkvæmt verðlagseftirlit ASÍ. Nautakjöt hefur hækkað mest og í einstaka tilfellum um allt að 20 prósent á ársgrundvelli. Það eru að verða níu ár síðan meirihluti breskra kjósenda samþykkti útgöngu úr Evrópusambandinu - og rúm fimm ár síðan útgangan tók formlega gildi - en á leiðtogafundi sem haldinn var í Lundúnum í morgun var hins vegar samþykkt að taka ákveðin skref til baka - til hagsbóta fyrir breskan almenning segir Keir Starmer forsætisráðherra Bretlands. Innan stjórnarandstöðunnar er hins vegar talað um uppgjöf fyrir Evrópusambandinu. Sólarorkuverum fjölgar hratt á Íslandi og segja má að sólarorkubylting sé að hefjast. Orkuverð hækkar og búnaður hefur batnað. Plötur sem fanga orkuna þurfa ekki glampandi sól og rafhlöður geta geymt orkuna til næturinnar. Fyrirtækið Alor setur þessa dagana upp sólarorkuver á nokkrum stöðum á landinu.

Öll viðtölin úr þætti dagsins ásamt símatíma: Guðríður Helgadóttir staðarhaldari í garðyrkjuskólanum Reykjum um áhrif snjókomu á gróðurinn Friðrik Einarsson leigubílstjóri og Aktivisti sagði okkur sögu tveggja erlendra ferðamanna sem hefur vakið athygli á samfélagsmiðlum í dag Símatími Linda Fanney Valgeirsdóttir framkvæmdastýra og meðstofnandi orkufyrirtækisins Alor um sólarorku Þóra Valsdóttir verkefnastjóri hjá Matís um upplýsingaóreiðu og áhrifavalda Garpur Ingason Elísabetarson og Tinna Miljevic um Bakgarðshlaup Náttúruhlaupa um helgina

ခရစ်တော်၏အသက်တာသည် သူ၏ကယ်တင်ခြင်းလုပ်ငန်းနှင့် ကိုက်ညီသည်။ ထို့ကြောင့် လူသားအားလုံးသည် ခရစ်တော်ကို လေးစားကိုးကွယ်ရန် ထိုက်တန်ပါသည်။ သဘာဝအကြောင်းအရာ။ ဓမ္မသီချင်း။ တရားဒေသနာ။

ထာဝရဧဝံဂေလိတရား၏သတင်းစကားမှာ ခရစ်တော်သည် လူသားတို့ကို အပြစ်မှကယ်တင်ခြင်းဖြစ်ပါသည်။ သဘာဝအကြောင်းအရာ။ ဓမ္မသီချင်း။ တရားဒေသနာ။

ခရစ်တော်၏ ကယ်တင်ခြင်းသည် လူသားတို့ကို အပြစ်မှ လွတ်မြောက်စေပါသည်။ ထို့ကြောင့် ခရစ်တော်သည် လူသားတို့ ကိုးကွယ်ရန် ထိုက်တန်ပါသည်။ သဘာဝအကြောင်းအရာ။ ဓမ္မသီချင်း။ တရားဒေသနာ။

El representante legal ante la CIDH en el caso de José Rubén Zamora, Jaime Chávez Alor, dijo en entrevista con Fernando del Rincón que el caso de las presuntas violaciones a los derechos humanos del periodista ya fue denunciado ante la Organización de Naciones Unidas. Además, dice que los cargos en contra de su cliente "no tienen ningún sustento jurídico", por lo que están buscando justicia fuera de Guatemala. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alor of talk about false flags before, during and after the Presidential election which could lead to a very explosive scenerio in which the country is divided. With both sides politically blaming the other for all of the chaos that ensues it would be likely that powers that be would use this opportunity to initiate martial law.

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By Marissa Lingen, from Issue #418 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by Tina Connolly.It was fair enough, but Alor couldn't say he fancied sleeping on a stone bridge with a lion and no naiads below.More info »

လူသားများသည် အနာဂတ်အတွက် စိတ်ပူစရာမလိုပါ။ ဘုရားသခင်သည် လူသားများအတွက် အနာဂတ်ကို ပြင်ဆင်ထားပြီးဖြစ်သည်။ သဘာဝအကြောင်းအရာ။ ဓမ္မသီချင်း။ တရားဒေသနာ။

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En entrevista para MVS Noticias con Ana Francisca Vega, Rosanety Barrios, experta en energía, habló sobre que Emilia Esther Calleja Alor toma las riendas como directora general de la CFE. ¿Cuáles serán sus retos y desafíos? "Hay que recordar que esta administración deja a un México que ha vivido en apagones, que tiene apagones y eso es una falla gravísima de cualquier sistema energético", dijo.  Comentó que por el nombramiento se tenían muchas expectativas, y la elección de Emilia Esther Calleja Alor fue buena.  Abundó que es la primera vez en toda la historia de la CFE que la persona a cargo de la dirección general de la Comisión Federal de Electricidad tiene un perfil técnico y viene de la misma dependencia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

ခရစ်တော်၏အသက်တာသည် ကယ်တင်ခြင်းလုပ်ငန်းနှင့် ကိုက်ညီသည်။ ထို့ကြောင့် လူသားအားလုံးသည် ခရစ်တော်ကို လေးစားကိုးကွယ်ရန် ထိုက်တန်ပါသည်။ သဘာဝအကြောင်းအရာ။ ဓမ္မသီချင်း။ တရားဒေသနာ။

ထာဝရဧဝံဂေလိတရား၏သတင်းစကားမှာ ခရစ်တော်သည် လူသားတို့ကို အပြစ်မှကယ်တင်ခြင်းဖြစ်ပါသည်။ ခရစ်တော်သည် အပြစ်သားများအတွက် သူ့အသက်ကို ပေးဆောင်သောကြောင့် လူသားတို့သည် အပြစ်မှ လွတ်မြောက်ခဲ့သည်။ သဘာဝအကြောင်းအရာ။ ဓမ္မသီချင်း။ တရားဒေသနာ။

ခရစ်တော်၏ ကယ်တင်ခြင်းသည် လူသားတို့ကို အပြစ်မှ လွတ်မြောက်စေပါသည်။ ထို့ကြောင့် ခရစ်တော်သည် လူသားတို့ ကိုးကွယ်ရန် ထိုက်တန်ပါသည်။ သဘာဝအကြောင်းအရာ။ ဓမ္မသီချင်း။ တရားဒေသနာ။

Bagaimana tetap bersikap netral dalam situasi turbulensi politik?  Ini pertanyaan dari pendengar INIKOPER dari Alor, Nusa Tenggara Timur.   Konsep netralitas sangat lekat dengan Aparatur Sipil Negara atau lembaga-lemba non partisan.  Saya berpendapat bersikap netral sendiri itu sudah berpolitik.  Jadi, bagaimana kalau menggunakan Thinking Working Politically sebagai metode netralitas.  Esensinya kita membangun ekosistem perubahan, supaya semua pihak terlibat dibandingkan hanya segelintir yang terlibat.

Xabi Linazasoro eta Alodi Pascal Xixka Gipuzkoako Ilusionismo elkarteko kideak dira. Autodidaktak dira biak, eta magia trukoak erosi egiten direla kontatu dute. Ehunka trikimailu erosi dutela aitortu dute....

လူသားများသည် အနာဂတ်အတွက် စိတ်ပူစရာမလိုပါ။ ဘုရားသခင်သည် လူသားများအတွက် အနာဂတ်ကို ပြင်ဆင်ထားပြီးဖြစ်သည်။ သဘာဝအကြောင်းအရာ။ ဓမ္မသီချင်း။ တရားဒေသနာ။

Euskal Sagardo Jatorri Deiturarentzat 2023ko uzta «oso ona, handia eta historikoa» izan da. Astearte honetan eman diote hasiera aurtengo txotx denboraldiari. Alor ekonomikotik heldu dio Unai Agirrek sagardoaren munduari. «Ezinbestekoa da negozio lerro guztiak errentagarriak izatea».

ခရစ်တော်၏အသက်တာသည် သူ၏ကယ်တင်ခြင်းလုပ်ငန်းနှင့် ကိုက်ညီသည်။ ထို့ကြောင့် လူသားအားလုံးသည် ခရစ်တော်ကို လေးစားကိုးကွယ်ရန် ထိုက်တန်ပါသည်။ သဘာဝအကြောင်းအရာ။ ဓမ္မသီချင်း။ တရားဒေသနာ။

ထာဝရဧဝံဂေလိတရား၏သတင်းစကားမှာ ခရစ်တော်သည် လူသားတို့ကို အပြစ်မှကယ်တင်ခြင်းဖြစ်ပါသည်။ ခရစ်တော်သည် အပြစ်သားများအတွက် သူ့အသက်ကို ပေးဆောင်သောကြောင့် လူသားတို့သည် အပြစ်မှ လွတ်မြောက်ခဲ့သည်။ သဘာဝအကြောင်းအရာ။ ဓမ္မသီချင်း။ တရားဒေသနာ။

ခရစ်တော်၏ ကယ်တင်ခြင်းသည် လူသားတို့ကို အပြစ်မှ လွတ်မြောက်စေပါသည်။ ထို့ကြောင့် ခရစ်တော်သည် လူသားတို့ ကိုးကွယ်ရန် ထိုက်တန်ပါသည်။ သဘာဝအကြောင်းအရာ။ ဓမ္မသီချင်း။ တရားဒေသနာ။

လူသားများသည် အနာဂတ်အတွက် စိတ်ပူစရာမလိုပါ။ ဘုရားသခင်သည် လူသားများအတွက် အနာဂတ်ကို ပြင်ဆင်ထားပြီးဖြစ်သည်။ သဘာဝအကြောင်းအရာ။ ဓမ္မသီချင်း။ တရားဒေသနာ။

Jorge Alor  es  el creador de Sputnik, Atomix, Sonika, el Festival de Música Manifest, fundador de la agencia BNN (que es top 3 de México) y ahora se encuentra al frente de uno de los proyectos más grandes de E sports.En este Backside tocamos temas como: 1.- El futuro del marketing digital con la incorporación de la AI.2.- Cómo afecta la AI a los puestos de trabajo.3.- Los retos y desafíos que enfrentamos con el uso de la AI. 4.- El reciclaje creativo. 5.- El futuro de una nueva era digital.Puedes conectar con Jorge Alor en: Twitter: @elpadrino Podcast Mundo Futuro: https://spotify.link/UiiJBlitJybAcompáñanos en este Backside y conoce los mejores hacks para surfear las olas del emprendimiento. Suscríbete a nuestro canal en Spotify: https://spotify.link/rabSkOHARybSigue negocios cool en Instagram: negocioscoolConecta con nosotros a través de LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/company/negocioscool/

လူသားတို့၏အပြစ်များကို ခရစ်တော်၏အသွေးတော်ဖြင့် သန့်စင်စေသောကြောင့် လူသားတို့သည် အပြစ်မှလွတ်မြောက်ခဲ့သည်။ ဓမ္မသီချင်း။ တရားဒေသနာ။

ခရစ်တော်၏ကမ္ဘာသို့မွေးဖွားခြင်းသည် လူသားတို့ကို အပြစ်မှလွတ်မြောက်ရန်နှင့် သူ၏အသေခံခြင်းအားဖြင့် လူသားတို့ကိုကယ်တင်ရန် ပထမခြေလှမ်းဖြစ်သည်။ သဘာဝအကြောင်းအရာ။ ဓမ္မသီချင်း။ တရားဒေသနာ။

Alor surprise Liverpool ki perdi kont dernie la ligue ek Newcastle ki en forme et ressi bat Spurs dans to stad. Mais aussi enn zoli match United kont Chelsea kot Casemiro mett so premie goal pou United!

Kerusuhan mematikan dalam demonstrasi kematian Mahsa Amini, perempuan Iran yang meninggal dunia dalam tahanan polisi moral, memasuki minggu kedua. Sementara itu, seorang vikaris alias calon pendeta di Alor, NTT, menjadi tersangka tindak asusila terhadap 14 perempuan, 10 di antaranya anak-anak.

လူသားများသည် အနာဂတ်အတွက် စိတ်ပူစရာမလိုပါ။ ဘုရားသခင်သည် လူသားများအတွက် အနာဂတ်ကို ပြင်ဆင်ထားပြီးဖြစ်သည်။ သဘာဝအကြောင်းအရာ။ ဓမ္မသီချင်း။ တရားဒေသနာ။

Að þessu sinni var rætt við Lindu Fanney Valgeirsdóttur, framkvæmdastýru nýsköpunarfyrirtækisins Alor sem er að þróa umhverfisvænar álrafhlöður. Linda Fanney ólst upp á bænum Vatni á Höfðaströnd í Skagafirði og er faðir hennar, Valgeir einn af stofnendum Alor. Í þættinum segir Linda Fanney frá fyrirtækinu Alor og hvernig er að starfa við nýsköpun.

Dalam episod kali ini KC bacakan cerita dari seorang Jururawat berbangsa Melayu yang bekerja disalah satu hospital di US. Dalam kejadian ini wad beliau mendapat seorang pesakit yang di rasuk. Jom ikuti cerita penuh dalam Malam Seram The Horror Talk Show.MALAM SERAM adalah segmen LIVE perkongsian pengalaman seram dan misteri. Anggap ia hanya sekadar perkongsian sahaja. Jangan mudah percaya dan terlalu taksub dengan apa yang anda dengar! MALAM SERAM The Horror Talk Show Bukan Sekadar Cerita Seram.

Kristján Kristjánsson stýrir kröftugri umræðu um þjóðmálin. Í þessum þætti: Brynja Huld Óskarsdóttir sérfræðingur í varnar- og öryggismálum og Jón Ólafsson prófessor við HÍ um Úkraínu. Þórdís Kolbrún Reykjafjörð Gylfadóttir utanríkisráðherra um Úkraínu og utanríkismál. Hildur Sverrisdóttir og Björn Leví Gunnarsson alþingismenn um söæu á Íslandsbanka. Linda Fanney Valgeirsdóttir framkvæmdastýra Alor um orkumál og loftslagsmál.

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The crew of the Beluga are ready to start catering the big exposition with Alor and Affie, assuming ornery crab spirits don't spoil the whole thing like so much unrefrigerated armadillo bear milk. GM and producer: Connor Sheridan (@c_sheridan) Augustin the Speaker: Tony Gadget the Mechanic and podcast cover artist: Kathryn Myriad the Muscle: Cleric Quell the Mystic: Kitty Hit us up on Twitter @ensuingpodcast and let us know if you liked the episode!

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In episode 62, Maritime History covers the bathrooms and bathing options of the historic Atlantic liners compared to today's modern ships, plus a great round up of the latest cruise news.This podcast is only possible thanks to our supporters, simply buying a coffee keeps us on air. It is just like shouting your mate a coffee, and we consider our listeners close mates.  https://bit.ly/2T2FYGXMSG Grandiosa restarts cruises in BarcelonaCruise NewsP&O AU & Princess extend AU cruise pause P&O Australia has cancelled its cruise holidays through 17 Dec, and Princess through 19 Dec, with both brands citing ongoing uncertainty around a pathway to resumption in the country.RCI delays final payment dateRoyal Caribbean International has suspended the final payment due date for its Australian cruises.The cruise line took similar action with Alaska cruises earlier this year, continuing to push back the final payment date until cruises got the go-ahead.However, with Australian Federal Minister for Health Greg Hunt earlier this month extending the human biosecurity emergency period until 17 Sep, it is unclear how RCI's move will affect its scheduled summer season.Azamara pulls out of Australia for 2021Azamara Cruises is the latest international operator to suspend its upcoming Australasian summer season, this morning confirming the “difficult decision to replace many sailings between Sep 2021-May 2022 due to the ongoing complexities of cruise operations in Latin America and Australia”.The move has seen the cancellation of 13 Azamara Journey voyages, including operations in Australia and New Zealand, as well as Japan and Asia. Azamara has also cancelled Azamara Pursuit voyages until Jan.P&O Cruises welcomed first guests in 15 months as Britannia sets sailThe first guests in 15 months were welcomed by P&O Cruises, Sunday June 27, 2021, as Britannia departed Southampton for a four night summer sailing around the UK coast to where the sun shines brightest.P&O Cruises ships anchored locally, Ventura, Arcadia and Aurora, and those of sister brand Cunard, Queen Mary 2, Queen Elizabeth and Queen Victoria, celebrated the occasion with a horn-sounding departure salute as Britannia left the Port of Southampton at 6pm and sailed down the Solent.Britannia will sail a series of three, four and seven night UK coastal cruises until September 25, 2021 when western Mediterranean itineraries will commence prior to her winter Caribbean season.Iona's maiden voyage will be on August 7, 2021 and she will then sail weekly seven night scenic coastal cruises, before beginning Atlantic coast holidaysCaptain Kate welcomes guests back to Celebrity EdgeOn 26 June Celebrity Edge set sail on a new-luxury experience that will – once again – feed peoples' love of travel.” as the exquisite Celebrity Edge prepared to sail from Ft. Lauderdale at 6.00pm ET, becoming the first cruise ship to sail from a U.S. port in more than a year.What seems only fitting, now, 15 months after being at the helm of history for the first all-female bridge and officer team sailing in March 2020 and the last sailing before the industry was put on pause, Captain Kate McCue, the first and still only American female to captain a major cruise ship, now leads the fleet – and the industry – back into operation from Fort Lauderdale's Port Everglades. The ship set sails for Mexico and the Bahamas.Crystal Expedition Cruises Christens Crystal EndeavorCrystal Expedition Cruises officially welcomed its new 20,200 GRT luxury expedition yacht Crystal Endeavor to the Crystal fleet as the ship was christened by Godmother Manuela Schwesig, Prime Minister of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in Stralsund, Germany.Inaugural Voyages, Iceland, the Arctic Circle and EuropeAs the first and only true luxury expedition yacht to restart cruising in the Arctic and Northern Europe, Crystal Endeavor will set sail beginning July 17 with five 10-night immersive voyages circumnavigating Iceland's most dramatically beautiful and fascinating locales. The Luxury Iceland Expedition voyages will sail round-trip from the ship's homeport of Reykjavík, affording travellers convenient air options, just six hours from New York City, three hours from London and with frequent non-stop flights from many major cities in the U.S. and Europe and will be followed by the 10-night Journey of Vikings: Iceland & Norway from Reykjavík to Tromsø departing September 5, 2021.Princess Announces 2023 Cruises & Cruisetours to EuropePrincess Cruises today revealed the best of cruising throughout Europe in 2023, with popular itineraries sailing from the Mediterranean and British Isles to Scandinavia and Russia, Iceland and Norway. All 177 departures go on sale to Elite Guests only on July 16, 2021 and to the General Public on July 17, 2021.With 67 unique itineraries, ranging in length from seven to 33 days, cruisers have an array of choices to select their bucket-list Europe cruise to fit their lifestyle, budget and travel dreams. Five MedallionClass ships – Enchanted Princess, Sky Princess, Regal Princess, Emerald Princess and Island Princess – will sail to 116 destinations in 32 countries, offering guests the opportunity to visit 53 UNESCO World Heritage SitesThe 2023 Europe season runs from March to December. Deployment highlights include:Enchanted Princess sails her first Mediterranean season on a series of 14-day voyages departing from either Barcelona, Rome (Civitavecchia) or Athens (Piraeus), for those with more time, Princess will offer the ultimate, 21-day exploration of the region.Regal Princess returns to the Baltic sailing 11-day Scandinavia & Russia cruises roundtrip from Copenhagen, featuring an overnight in St. Petersburg on every sailing.Sky Princess comes back for a second season sailing roundtrip from London (Southampton) on a variety of voyages from seven- to 14-days featuring Iceland and Norway, the Canary Islands and a 24-day adventure to Canada & New England.Emerald Princess departs on 12-day British Isles sailings with options including Liverpool, Portland (for Stonehenge) or to the very tip of Scotland to the Orkney Islands, all departing roundtrip from London (Southampton). Guests also have the unique opportunity to experience the awe-inspiring Edinburgh Military Tattoo from Glasgow (Greenock) on the July 31 and August 12, 2023 departures.Island Princess offers many voyages throughout Europe, including above the Arctic Circle in search of the Northern Lights from London (Southampton) and to the Mediterranean and Israel on 14-day cruises sailing from Rome (Civitavecchia).Sky Princess and Island Princess spend the Summer Solstice at the top of the world when the sun never sets on 14-day or 16-day Land of the Midnight Sun & Summer Solstice voyages.All five ships sail spring and fall Transatlantic voyages for the ultimate ocean crossing between Ft. Lauderdale and Barcelona, Copenhagen, London (Southampton), New York or Rome (Civitavecchia).Princess will visit 53 UNESCO World Heritage Sites including:White City of Tel-Aviv from Ashdod in IsraelThe Acropolis from Athens, GreeceCathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville from Cadiz, SpainThe Kronborg Castle from Copenhagen, DenmarkGorham's Cave Complex from GibraltarThe Ancient City of Ephesus from Kusadasi, TurkeyMount Etna from Messina, ItalyThe City of Lübeck from Hamburg, GermanyPrincess will offer 24 “More Ashore” late night and overnight calls in port, guests can make the most of their time exploring and experiencing the local sites and cultures. Princess is also offering five distinct cruise tours:Opportunities to sightsee in the cosmopolitan city of Madrid are available on the Highlights of Spain cruisetourDiscover the birthplace of the Renaissance on the Classic Italy cruisetourThe Imperial Treasures cruisetour is available for those who want to take in the art and architecture of Prague, Vienna and BudapestGuests can marvel at the sweeping landscapes on the Ring of Kerry cruisetourOur new Best of Greece cruisetour includes a visit to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Mycenae, Meteora and DelphiRSSC Offers bonus land programme Regent is providing travellers the opportunity to extend their cruise with its latest offer, Ultimate Alaska, elevating the immersive Regent destination experience to new heights with a FREE three-night land programme.The pre- or post-cruise land programme has been expertly crafted to showcase the most iconic and hidden gems that the Canadian city of Vancouver has to offer. Spanning four days and three nights, Vancouver Adventures is FREE on 17, seven-night itineraries cruising between Vancouver and Seward, Alaska, from May to September 2022. A 13-night sailing from San Francisco, California to Vancouver and a 12-night sailing from Vancouver to Los Angeles, California are also available as part of the offer. All cruises are on board the elegant Seven Seas Mariner®.Ultimate Alaska also offers 50% reduced deposits and applies to new reservations made between 1 July – 31 August 2021.FREE 3-Night Land Programme HighlightsWith all voyages either arriving or departing from Vancouver, Ultimate Alaska offers guests incredible immersion of this vibrant city with a FREE 3-night land programme pre- or post- cruise, Vancouver Adventures.This remarkable land programme includes the opportunity to discover the historical yet chic neighbourhood of Gastown, featuring the soaring Capilano Suspension Bridge where guests can literally walk above the trees, as well as allowing travellers to reconnect with nature at the city's stunning Queen Elizabeth Park.Additional highlights include indulgent discoveries for shoppers and foodies alike at the arty Granville Island and the harbour-front Stanley Park, where guests can hire a bike and cycle through an old-growth forest. Travellers will also ascend Grouse Mountain on the Skyride – an aerial tramway system – where they will enjoy astonishing views of the city and can visit a bear refuge.Seabourn expands Seabourn Source Mobile AppSeabourn have expanded their “Seabourn Source” Mobile App, giving guests more instant information to enhance their travel experience. The mobile app is accessible to all guests on a complimentary basis and available to download prior to a sailing.Seabourn Source will be a vital tool for guests aboard to manage their stay, with up to-the-minute access of daily details of their voyage via smart phone, tablet or laptop – being an efficient, convenient and enjoyable tool for guests to utilise.Within the app, some updates are especially convenient which will include access to digital dining menu's throughout the venues of every Seabourn ship, as well as allowing digital boarding passes access to assist in the pier embarkation experience. Online guest registration, book and browse shore excursions as well as accessing the internet are all features guests can experience.The app is complimentary to download whether at home or onboard, and is available on both the Apple App Store, and Google Play StorePONANT's 2022 and 2023 Tropical Expeditions explore a kaleidoscope of enticingly remote destinationsPonant has released an extensive range of tropical small ship luxury expeditions, including some brand new itineraries, all aimed at revealing a diverse range of cultures, wildlife and landscapes, with many unique locations designated UNESCO World Heritage status.67 exceptional itineraries, exploring remote coastlines and islands with an emphasis on cultural discoveries and encounters with local populations. On board Le Soléal, two 7 night departures during May 2022 explore rarely visited Japanese Subtropical Islands including the Ryukyu Islands and Okinawa Archipelago and the magnificent Iriomote-Ishigaki National Park where wild beaches mix with traditional villages and lush jungle, mangroves, rivers and waterfalls. From Kikaijima's beautiful beaches and turquoise waters, onwards to pristine Zamami, in the Kerama Islands, known worldwide for its distinctive “Kerama blue” waters, while the remote island of Yonagunijima, the easternmost of the Ryukyu Islands, offers a striking contrast: cliffs, windswept meadows, wild horses……Or, perhaps, commence with the spice-scented bazaars of a Zanzibar and the Jewels of the Indian Ocean voyage. Pristine powder white beaches greet you as you explore untouched atolls in the Seychelles, including Cosmoledo Atoll, regarded as the Galapagos of the Indian Ocean. Here enjoy exceptional dives in its aquarium-like lagoon exploring the rich marine life. Stunning La Digue and Desroches are also featured stops along with the sublime Assumption Island. Adventures by day build an appetite for the French inspired cuisine and casually chic lifestyle on board your modern luxury expedition ship, Le Jacques Cartier. Two 12 night expeditions available during February and March 2023.Trust PONANT to add a twist of exotic to its regular Kimberley season of expeditions by adding a new 14 night itinerary that departs Broome 5 September 2022 onboard Le Lapérouse. This Wild Landscapes of the Kimberley & South-East Asia itinerary features the impressive highlights of Australia's own Kimberley including the Hunter River, King George Falls and Montgomery Reef, plus Dili in East Timor, the Alor islands in Indonesia and an opportunity to see Komodo dragons, before disembarking in beautiful Bali.Are you ready to join an 11 night cultural odyssey Revealing the Mysteries of Melanesia where, to a great extent, time in paradise has stood still? One departure only in November 2022 will be enriched by travelling with a National Geographic expert and photographer – all the better to prepare you for time ashore visiting traditional villages on Vanikoro, sailing into the flooded caldera of Ureparapara or viewing the awe-inspiring volcanic activity at Hades-like Mt Yasur. Snorkelling and diving are on the agenda in order to discover the rich maritime world beneath.MSC Resumes cruising from Barcelona The port of Barcelona reopened on the weekend for international cruises when MSC Grandiosa became the first ship to embark Spanish guests and holidaymakers from other Schengen countries.The 7-night cruise holiday calls at the Italian ports of Genoa, Civitavecchia for Rome, Naples and Palermo, plus Valetta, MaltaMore ports will reopen in the coming weeks across Europe and MSC Cruises' phased restart of operations is continuing as planned with the Company offering a choice of six different ships and itineraries this summer across the Mediterranean and Northern Europe.MSC Seaview will start Baltic Sea cruises beginning 3 July from her homeport of Kiel in Germany with 7-night sailings to Sweden and Estonia and MSC Seaside on 4 July will mark the official reopening of Marseille, France to cruising.MSC Meraviglia from 2 August will resume Caribbean cruises from Miami and will be joined in the region from 18 September when MSC Divina restarts sailing from Port Canaveral near Orlando in Florida.MSC Seashore will come into service in August with voyages in the West Mediterranean before the Company's newest flagship transfers in November to Miami for a season in the Caribbean.MSC begins construction of MSC EuribiaThe first steel was cut 28 June, 2021 at Chantiers de l'Atlantique in Saint Nazaire, France marking the official start of construction of MSC Cruises' most environmentally advanced ship to-date, and her name was also revealed. Set to come into service in June 2023, MSC Euribia will become the 22nd vessel in the MSC Cruises' fleet and the second to run on liquefied natural gas (LNG), the cleanest marine fuel available at scale today. As every ship that joins MSC Cruises' fleet, she will be equipped with some of the latest and most advanced technologies and solutions to minimise her environmental impact. The beginning of construction of MSC Euribia effectively marks another milestone in the Company's commitment to environmental sustainability.The start of her construction was marked by a traditional steel cutting ceremony in Saint Nazaire bringing the ship owner and shipyard together. As maritime custom dictates, MSC Cruises' Executive Chairman Pierfrancesco Vago joined Chantiers de l'Atlantique's General Manager Laurent Castaing to launch the cutting of the first steel for the new ship and, with it, the next step in MSC Cruises' journey towards zero-impact operations.MSC Euribia named after Ancient Greek goddess of mastery of the seasShip's cutting of the first steel ceremony marks next step in MSC Cruises' ongoing journey towards zero-impact operationsMSC Euribia to become second ship in the MSC Cruises' fleet powered by LNG to achieve substantial emissions reductionsShip set to come into service in 2023 and become 22nd vessel in the MSC Cruises fleet Ethical Cruise T-Shirts Now available branded podcast t-shirts, cruise-tees and Christmas gifts or design your own in the studio. 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The Beluga crew return from their expedition as Gadget practices the ancient art of HVAC on Alor and Affie's Cool Name Goes Here. GM and producer: Connor Sheridan (@c_sheridan) Augustin the Speaker: Tony Gadget the Mechanic and podcast cover artist: Kathryn Myriad the Muscle: Cleric Quell the Mystic: Kitty Hit us up on Twitter @ensuingpodcast and let us know if you liked the episode!

A weekly podcast where two brothers discuss (or argue about) the topics they love, aka the things our dad called "dumbshit". In this week's episode we are moving away and diving into the awesomeness that is The Mandalorian. We discuss the first season and (spoiler alert) get into the first episode of the second season. Joining us this week from The Mandalorian Mercs costuming Club, is Abbie Rich the Alor'ad of the Blue Moon Clan Special Thanks to Belushi Speed Ball for the use of their song The Bleeps, the sweeps, and the creeps from the Album Speed Ball 3: Another EP?

Dropping out of school at the tender age of 13 and being involved in gangs and criminal activities after that, it would be hard to imagine that this boy would amount to much in life. However, God looks at things differently. And different was exactly how Haw Choon turned out. From sitting in a lock-up for 5 days, he is now the Managing Director of Chin Hin Group. Listen to his amazing transformation through God's grace!