كنت تبحث عن تحميل متصفح سفاري للويندوز 10 عربي 2022 مباشر، فعلى الأرجح أنت في المكان الصحيح حيث سنقدم لك في هذا المقال كل ما يتعلق بهذا المتصفح والذي تم إنتاجه من شركة آبل كبرى شركات المجال الرقمي في أحدث إصدارته.
ومن الجدير بالذكر، أن متصفح سفاري هو المتصفح الافتراضي لأجهزة الآيباد والآيفون ونظام الماك فقد تم تطويره منذ عام 2003 فأصبح واحد من أقدم المتصفحات الموجودة على الساحة مما جعله يحظى بثقة الكثير من المستخدمين نظرا للمزايا التي يوفرها لهم حيث يضم أغلب الأدوات الأساسية والضرورية لتصفح مواقع الويب كما يتميز بسرعة وحماية وأداء عالي جدا.
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نبذة عن متصفح سفاري عربي 2022

متصفح سفاري هو المتصفح الرئيسي لأجهزة Apple وهو عبارة عن مستعرض ويب، مثل Internet Explorer أو Google Chrome أو Firefox، والذي يمكن استخدامه على أجهزة Apple بهدف تسهيل الوصول إلى الإنترنت مثل زيارة موقع الويب والتحقق من البريد الإلكتروني والوصول إلى iCloud إلى غير ذلك.
ومن الجدير بالذكر أن هذا المتصفح يعد أحد أكثر المتصفحات المناسبة لنظام التشغيل Mac OS حيث يأتي سريع وآمن ومتكامل كما أنه يحتوي على الكثير من الإعدادات والخيارات التي توفر للمستخدم القيام بأي مهمة.
هذا، وقد جاء سفاري على هيئة تطبيق مجانية لأجهزة iPhone وiPad وفي شكل برامج سطح مكتب لأجهزة Mac فأصبح المتصفح الافتراضي لهذه الأنظمة الأساسية الثلاثة لذلك إذا حاول المستخدم فتح رابط من رسالة بريد إلكتروني أو رسالة نصية سيتم فتحها بشكل تلقائي في متصفح Safari.

متصفح سفاري للويندوز 10 عربي 2022

لا بد أن نعلم أن عمل هذا المتصفح يختلف عمله على الكمبيوتر حسب أنواع أنظمة التشغيل، فإذا كان جهاز الكمبيوتر الخاص بك:

• يعمل بنظام Mac OS فيمكنك العثور على متصفح safari بشكل افتراضي فيه.
• أما إذا كان يعمل بنظام لينكس فهناك إصدار متوفر للمتصفح يمكن تنزيله وتثبيته بكل سهولة.
• أما بالنسبة لأنظمة الويندوز فلا ينصح أبدًا بتثبيت الإصدار نظراً لأن الدعم قد توقف له منذ عام 2012 مما يعني أنه لم
• يتلقى أي تحديثات أمان مهمة وبذلك فإن تثبيته سيجلب المخاطر للحاسوب.

خصائص تحميل متصفح سفاري عربي

نال هذا المتصفح الدعم المستمر والتحديث التلقائي من قِبل شركة أبل حيث جاء بالكثير من الخيارات التي أدت إلى جعله من أشهر المتصفحات الموثوقة وبالتالي أصبح يحظى بشعبية هائلة بين كثير من المستخدمين، وفيما يلي سنسلط الضوء على هذه الخصائص:
يحرص المتصفح على توفير عنصري الخصوصية والأمان لمستخدميه حيث يحافظ على بيانات المستخدم بشكل تام، كما أنه يدعم جميع الاضافات مثل انترنت داونلود مانجر وبرامج الفلاش التى تعمل على تشغيل ملفات الفيديو بدون أى أخطاء أو مشاكل أو مواجهة أي مشاكل.
يوفر سرعة التصفح حيث يعمل بكفاءة عالية على جميع الأجهزه وذلك يرجع إلى أنه متصفح ذو حجم صغير لا يستحوذ على مساحة كبيرة من الجهاز، كما أنه لا يستهلك من موارد الأجهزة ولا يتطلب سيريال أو تفعيل، إضافةً إلى أنه متوفر بشكل مجاني.
متوافق مع جميع أنظمة التشغيل الخاصة بالكمبيوتر مثل ويندوزأكس بى، ويندوز 7، ويندوز8، ويندوز10 بجانب أنه يدعم هواتف الأندرويد و سامسونج وسوني وهواوي وغير ذلك من الأجهزة التي تعمل بنظام الأندرويد بالإضافة إلى الهواتف التي تعمل بنظام الآيفون والآيباد والماك، كما انه يوفر النسخة الجديدة منه لا تتضمن أي إعلانات مزعجة بحيث لا تسبب أي مشاكل للمستخدم.
يدعم المتصفح العديد من اللغات التي منها العربية والإنجليزية والألمانية مما أدى إلى انتشار بسرعة بين العديد من المستخدمين فى مختلف دول العالم إلا أن اللغة الافتراضية له هي اللغة الإنجليزية، ولكن يمكن للمستخدم بعد تحميل المتصفح أن يقوم بتغيير اللغة إلى العربية سواء لِلاندرويد أو الكمبيوتر أو الآيفون حتى يتمكن من استخدامه بعد التعرف على الخيارات والإعدادات التي يقدمها دون مواجهة أي صعوبة.
يأتي بواجهة سهلة ذات تصميم جذاب حيث تم تصميمها بشكل احترافي حيث تم التعديل عليها من قِبل مبرمجين محترفين فى مجال متصفحات الإنترنت فجاءت تحتوي على قوائم وأيقونات واضحة بحيث يتمكن المستخدم من التعامل معها دون حاجة إلى خبرة أو معرفة سابقة.

مميزات تحميل متصفح سفاري للويندوز 2022

يأتي هذا المتصفح بالعديد من المميزات التي جعلته المتصفح المُفضل لدى الكثير من المستخدمين، ومن هذه المميزات ما يلي:

• يوفر للمستخدمين إمكانية حظر ملفات تعريف الارتباط وأدوات التتبع من خلال مفتاح تشغيل / إيقاف والذي يوجد في الإعدادات.
• ذو قدرة عالية في التغلب على ملفات الجافا سكربت.
• يتمتع بأداء ممتاز وسرعة فائقة حيث أنه سريع بشكل لا يصدق خاصةً على أنظمة iOS وأسرع من معظم المتصفحات الأخرى في الواقع، ولكنه يكون أبطأ بشكل نسبي على نظام التشغيل Mac وبالتالي أقل في الأداء عن المتصفحات الأخرى أمثال Chrome و Firefox و Vivaldi.
• إذا كنت تستخدم لاب توب يمكنك تفعيل وضع الحفاظ على البطارية من خلاله والذي يساهم في الحفاظ على البطارية لأطول فترة ممكنة عن طريق الدخول إلى الإعدادات.
• يتيح للمستخدم إمكانية تثبيت أدوات حظر المحتوى وهي عبارة عن امتدادات تحظر العديد من عناصر مواقع الويب مثل الإعلانات والنوافذ المنبثقة واتصالات HTTP و CSS المحدد وغيرها، وهذه الميزة من أفضل المميزات المثالية بالمتصفح لأن العديد من المتصفحات الأخرى مثل Chrome لا توفر طريقة لتثبيت أدوات حظر الإعلانات أو ملحقات الأمان الأخرى على النظام الأساسي.
• يتسم بالبساطة والوضوح خاصةً من ناحية الشكل وتوزيع الأزرار التي تساهم في تسهيل عملية التصفح.
• يوفر المتصفح إنشاء ملف PDF من أي موقع ويب معين وتكون عملية التحويل خالية من أي مشاكل.
• يتيح إمكانية فتح أكثر من علامة تبويب للتصفح في آنٍ واحد بحيث يمكن التنقل بين مواقع الويب المختلفة والمشاركة عليها بسهولة.
• يحتوي على الكثير من الاختصارات التي تعتمد على الكيبورد و التي تتيح للمستخدم إمكانية العمل بشكل أسرع دون الحاجة إلى الذهاب إلى الإعدادات.

يعد موضوع تحميل برنامج انترنت داونلود مانجر IDM عربى آخر اصدار للكمبيوتر 2023 من أكثر الموضوعات التي يبحث عنها الكثير من الأشخاص؛ وذلك يرجع إلى أنه يتيح للمستخدم إمكانية تحديد السرعة وبذلك فإنه يساعد على استخدام الانترنت في أغراض متنوعة.
علاوة على ذلك، فإن البرنامج يعد من أشهر البرامج المستخدمة في مجال التحميل من الإنترنت؛ حيث أنه برنامج قوي يعمل على مختلف متصفحات أجهزة الكمبيوتر، فيمكن الاستعانة به في تحميل الملفات والصور والفيديوهات من مختلف مواقع الإنترنت.
برامج انترنت مجاني فإذا كنت ترغب في التعرف على كيفية تحميل برنامج انترنت داونلود مانجر IDM عربى آخر اصدار للكمبيوتر 2023، فعليك بالاطلاع على محتوى هذا المقال.
تحميل برامج كمبيوتر 2023

نبذة عن برنامج Internet Download Manager

يعد برنامج انترنت داونلود مانجر من أكثر البرامج التي تحظى بشعبية كبيرة في مختلف دول العالم حيث يستخدمه الملايين مما أدى إلى حصوله على تقييمات عالية من قِبل الكثير؛ وربما يرجع هذا إلى أنه يوفر امكانية تحميل مختلف انواع الملفات من الانترنت بسرعة عالية تضمن لك اكتمال عمليات التنزيل خلال فترة زمنية قصيرة.

كيف يعمل برنامج انترنت داونلود مانجر IDM على الكمبيوتر

يعتمد برنامج انترنت داونلود مانجر IDM في عمله على العديد من التقنيات الحديثة من بينها تقسيم الملف إلى أجزاء، وتحميلها دفعة واحدة؛ بحيث يعطي قوة كبيرة في إكمال العمليات عند تحميل الملف الذي يقوم بعرض كافة المعلومات التي تتعلق بالعملية مثل نسبة الاكتمال والوقت المتبقي إضافة إلى سرعة التنزيل.
وتجدر بنا الإشارة إلى أن البرنامج بعد تثبيته يقوم بإطلاق إضافة إلى متصفحات الانترنت الموجودة على جهاز المستخدم مثل:

• متصفح جوجل كروم.
• و فايرفوكس.
• و متصفح بايدو سبارك.
• وانترنت اكسبلولر.
• بالإضافة إلى متصفح اوبرا.

حيث تعمل هذه الإضافة على تثبيت البرنامج بداخل المتصفح نفسه، وبعد تنشيط عملها تقوم بمراقبة كل الصفحات التي يدخل إليها المستخدم؛ للعثور على أي نوع من أنوع ملفات الصوت أو الفيديو وأحياناً الصور كبيرة الحجم فإذا وجد أي نوع منها يقوم فوراً بإظهار أيقونة مستطيلة الشكل باللون الأخضر عند الضغط عليها يبدأ التحميل بشكل مباشر، أما إذا كنت تقوم بتحميل رابط معين من أي موقع فبمجرد الضغط على الرابط يقوم البرنامج بتحويل نفسه ثم يبدأ بتقسيم الرابط وتحميله.

خصائص برنامج Internet Download Manager للكمبيوتر

يأتي برنامج Internet Download Manager بالعديد من المميزات التقنية الرائعة التي جعلته يشكل قاعدة جماهيرية كبيرة حيث أنه:

• يساهم في تنظيم التحميلات ويجعلها سلسلة.
• يقوم بإنشاء مجلدات خاصة بالأقسام التي ينظمها في القرص الصلب ويتيح إمكانية تغيير موضعها بسهولة؛ حيث
• يقوم بحفظ التطبيقات في قسم، والفيديوهات في قسم آخر.
• مزود بخاصية جدولة مهام التنزيل؛ حيث يتطلب منه البدء في المهام في أوقات محددة قد لا يكون المستخدم جالس أمام الكمبيوتر.
• يوفر للمستخدم أداة تسمح له بالاطلاع على كافة الملفات الموجودة في مواقع الويب وتحميل جميعها، أو تحميل جزء منها حسب الرغبة.
• يتيح أيضاً إمكانية تحميل صفحات الويب بشكل كامل؛ حتى يمكن تصفحها فيما بعد وفي حال عدم اتصال المستخدم بالانترنت.
• لم ينسى البرنامج الجانب الأمني؛ حيث أنه يحرص على حماية بيانات المستخدم وهذا يرجع إلى أنه يأتي متوافق
• مع مختلف برامج الحماية المعروفة بحيث تقوم بعمل فحص كامل للبيانات التي تم تنزيلها قبل أن يتم استخدامها؛
• بهدف أن يمنع الفيروسات من تخريب النظام والعبث به، ومن ثم منع حدوث أي مشكلة.
• مزود بميزة التحديث التلقائي للروابط المتجددة.
• يعمل بسرعة عالية تتخطى 5 أضعاف سرعة التحميل الموجودة في المتصفحات؛ حيث أنه برنامج فعال ومميز يتسم بالقوة يستحق التجربة.
• يمنح المستخدم إمكانية تجربة الإصدار المجاني بكافة مميزاته لمدة 30 يوم.
• يتمتع بالقدرة على تحميل الملفات والصفحات وإستعادة عمليات التحميل الغير مكتملة في أسرع وقت وفي حالة إنقطاع الكهرباء أو ظهور أي مشاكل في الإنترنت.
• يدعم الإصدار الجديد من ويندوز “ويندوز 11”.
• يعمل على جميع إصدارات ويندوز ومتوافق مع جميع متصفحات الإنترنت مثل جوجل كروم وفايرفوكس وأوبرا، وإنترنت
• إكسبلورر إلى غير ذلك من المتصفحات الموجودة على الإنترنت.
• يدعم العمل بالعديد من اللغات؛ حتى يوفر لكل مستخدم إمكانية اختيار اللغة التي تناسبه ومن بين هذه اللغات:
• اللغة العربية، والإنجليزية، والألمانية إلى غير ذلك من لغات العالم التي جعلت البرنامج ينتشر بين عدد كبير من الأشخاص وينال ثقة وإعجاب الكثيرين.
• يتيح إمكانية فحص جميع الملفات.
• يقوم بتحميل أي محتوى من الإنترنت سواء كان فيديو أو ملفات صوت أو أفلام.
• تأتي الواجهة الرئيسية فيه متضمنة أدوات يسهل التعامل معها بسهولة؛ حيث أنها مصممة على يد محترفين وفروا
• للمستخدم بها إمكانية إضافة رابط، والتحكم في إيقاف أو استكمال عملية التحميل، بالإضافة إلى حذف جميع الملفات التي تم تحميلها.
• كما تضم واجهة البرنامج أيضاً بعض الخيارات التي تتعلق بإدارة الملفات وكلمات المرور وقوائم التحميل، بجانب الأدوات التي يمكن من خلالها الحصول على عملية ترتيب الملفات المضغوطة و المستندات، والموسيقى، والبرامج، والفيديو، كما يمكن من خلالها التحكم في عملية التنزيل, حتى تكون سهلة وغير معقدة، بجانب أنها توفر معرفة
• حجم البرنامج ومعدل النقل والوقت المتبقي, حتى تكتمل عملية التحميل بشكل كامل ودقيق.
• يقوم بفحص الملفات التي يتم تحميلها, بهدف التأكد من أنها سليمة وخالية من برمجيات التجسس.
• يتيح للمستخدم إمكانية تغيير إسم الملف الذي يقوم بتحميله وإضافته إلى قائمة التحميل وتعد هذه الميزة من أهم المزايا الموجودة في هذا البرنامج سواء الألعاب أو ملفات PDF أو البرامج أو الصور أو الفيديوهات.
• يتميز تحميل هذا البرنامج انترنت داونلود مانجر بأنه يقوم بتجزئة الملفات وتحميلها على عدة مراحل بحيث يمكن
• تنزيل الملف وضبط المدة الزمنية التي يتم التحميل التلقائي فيها.
• يمكن من خلاله تحسين سرعة التحميل وتنظيم الملفات وجدولتها.
• يتيح إمكانية إستكمال عملية التحميل بعد إنقطاع الإنترنت أو إنقطاع التيار الكهرباء أو حدوث أي مشاكل في الملفات التي يتم تحميلها.
• لا يحتوي على أي إعلانات مزعجة ولا يوجد به أي فيروسات ضارة.

مميزات برنامج انترنت داونلود مانجر IDM عربى آخر اصدار للكمبيوتر 2022

يأتي برنامج انترنت داونلود مانجر IDM عربى آخر اصدار للكمبيوتر 2023، بالعديد من المميزات الاحترافية والتي منها:

1. تأتي ميزة التحميل في برنامج انترنت داونلود مانجر للكمبيوتر بالمميزات التقنية التي جعلته نال إعجاب الكثيرين الكبيرة حيث السرعة العالية في أداء التحميل والتي إذا قورنت بأي برنامج تحميل أخر سوف يتم اختيار هذا البرنامج؛ وهذا يرجع إلى أنه تم تطويره حتى يعمل بذكاء مع جميع الملفات على اختلاف أنواعها؛ حتى يوفر أقصى إستجابة من سيرفرات أو خودام التحميل.
2. يقدم ميزة جدولة المهام بجانب أنه مزود بخاصية إستكمال التحميل في حال حدوث مشكلة في الانترنت أدت إلى انقطاعه، أو حدوث مشكلة في التيار الكهربائى، فيمكن إعادة استئنافه واستكماله مرة أخرى في أي وقت ولكن ننوه أنه لا بد من الانتباه من تلف الروابط بعد مرور وقت طول على إيقافها، إضافةَ إلى أنه يمكن للمستخدم جدولة تحميلات ذات حجم كبير في وقت غير متواجد به أمام الجهاز، ثم يبدأ البرنامج بشكل تلقائي في التحميل بدون أي تدخل منه.
3. يتمتع بسهولة التخصيص والتثبيت والبساطة؛ لأنه عبارة عن نافذة تحتوي على جميع المهام مع واجهة عملية جداً؛ حتى يتم تخصيص الإعداد بناء على رغبة المستخدم في أي وقت دون مواجهة أي تعقيد، بجانب عملية التثبيت التي تعد بسيطة للغاية؛ لأن كل ما تطلبه من المستخدم أن يضغط على كلمة “Next” ثم “Finish” بعد الانتهاء، وبعد ذلك يعمل البرنامج.
4. يدعم تحميل انترنت داونلود مانجر IDM عربى آخر اصدار للكمبيوتر 2023، معظم لغات العالم بكفاءة عالية ومن بينها اللغة العربية.
5. مزود بخاصية تحميل جميع المحتويات؛ بحيث يوفر للمستخدم إمكانية الحصول على أي محتوى ينال اعجابه، فإذا كان يرغب في تحميل محتويات عبارة عن صور أو فيديو أو صوت فإن البرنامج يوفر خاصية تحمل كل المحتويات بشكل كلي، إضافةً إلى أن الملفات التي يتم تحميلها يقوم البرنامج بعرضها في تصنيفات مثل تحميل الصوت في Music والفيديو في Video، وبذلك فإنه يحافظ على الملفات من البعثرة، والضياع.
6. يقوم انترنت داونلود مانجر IDM بعمل فحص سريع للملفات التى تم تحميلها قبل فتحها، وهو ليس فحص بالمعنى المعروف ولكن إذا اكتشف البرنامج المذكور أن هناك شيء يهدد حماية وأمان المستخدم، وعثر على فيروس في الملفات فإنه يقوم بإزالته على الفور، وهذه ميزة قد لا تتوفر في برامج الحماية الأخرى وهي خاصية رائعة.
7. برنامج انترنت داونلود مانجر IDM يقوم بتحميل ملفات الوسائط برابط مباشر بشكل مجاني تماماً.
8. كما يتميز هذا البرنامج بأنه سريع الإستجابة وسريع التحميل؛ حيث أنه لا يمثل أي عبئ على الويندوز؛ وربما يرجع هذا إلى حجمه الضئيل الذي لا يُشكل حيز 6 ميجا بايت، إضافةَ إلى أنه متوافق مع جميع المتصفحات حتى الغير مشهورة وهذا يعني أنه عندما تقوم بأي عملية تحميل فإن هذا لن يؤثر على أداء الجهاز في حال تشغيل برامج أخرى.

عيوب تحميل برنامج انترنت داونلود مانجر IDM عربى آخر اصدار للكمبيوتر

1. على الرغم من المميزات التقنية الاحترافية التي يوفرها هذا البرنامج الرائع، إلا أنه لا يخلو من وجود بعض القصور، والعيوب مثل:

على الرغم من الوجهة فيه مصممة على يد محترفين، وتضم العديد من الأدوات التي يحتاج إليها المستخدم، إلا أنها سيئة وقديمة، بالإضافة إلى أنها أصبحت مملة لدى الكثيرين الذين أوضحوا أنه يجب على الشركة الاهتمام بإعادة تطويرها وجعلها تبدو حديثة وعصرية وبسيطة في أقرب وقت, حتى لا تكون سبب في فقد مستخدميها و اضطرارهم إلى اللجوء إلى منافسين يوفرون البرنامج بأشكال أفضل وأبسط.
البرنامج غير مجانى بشكل كامل، ونرى أن هذا أيضاً قد يكون سبب في هروب بعض المستخدمين منه في حين أنه برنامج بسيط لا يستحق أن يكون ذو نسخة مدفوعة، كما أنه له الكثير من المنافسين الذين يمكن أن يكونوا في وقت قريب في المركز الأول في هذا المجال, لذا فإننا نرى أن هذا القصور قد يدفع مستخدميه الغير قادرين على الدفع إلى استخدام البرامج التي توفر جميع خدماتها بشكل مجاني تماماً.

إكسسوارات الهواتف الذكية تستحق ثمنها

عصا «سيلفي» وشواحن محمولة وسماعات لاسلكية متقدمة الثلاثاء - 6 ذو الحجة 1438 هـ - 29 أغسطس 2017 مـ رقم العدد [ 14154] 📷 شاحن محمول - عدسة إضافية للهاتف لندن: «الشرق الأوسط»
عندما تشتري لنفسك هاتفاً ذكياً جديداً، كيف يمكنك أن تستفيد من أفضل الميزات التي يقدمها؟ عليك بالإكسسوارات، كما يقول بعض الخبراء. لكل هاتف يمكن للمستخدم أن يشتريه، كثير من الأدوات المضافة التي تحسن الأداء وتتميز عن الإكسسوارات الأخرى؛ ابتداء من تحديثات سماعات الأذنين، ومكبرات بلوتوث للصوت لتعزيز صوت الموسيقى، وانتهاء بالأغطية التي تحمي الهاتف من الأضرار. ولكن يجب أن تحرص أن تكون تلك الإضافات الأحدث، خصوصا أن الخيارات المتاحة كثيرة. وهنا بعض النصائح من موقع «انغادجيت» التقني البريطاني التي ستساعد المستخدم في اختيار إكسسوارات الهواتف الذكية التي تستحق الإنفاق عليها. -- إضافات التصوير - إضافات السيلفي: تزداد شعبية الصور الذاتية (السيلفي) وصور البورتريه الشخصية أكثر فأكثر، مما حثّ مصنعي الهواتف الذكية على التركيز أكثر على الكاميرات الأمامية، وكانت آخرها كاميرا «هواوي بي10» التي تقدم للعالم أول عدسة «ليكا» للسيلفي في هاتف ذكي. في حال كان المستخدم يملك عصاً للسيلفي، فيجب أن يجرب أداة «ألترا برايت سيلفي لايت»، (27 دولارا)، Ultra Bright Selfie Light، التي تثبت على أي هاتف ذكي (لها 36 من الصمامات الثنائية الضوئية LED) لتوفير إضاءة أفضل، وإشعاع أفضل لتوفير الوضوح الأكبر للصورة. - عدسات الكاميرا: في حين توفر هواتف متقدمة مثل «سوني إكس زي بريميوم» و«آيفون7» عدسات كاميرا فعالة، لمحبي التصوير الذين يرغبون في الارتقاء بصورهم دون شراء كاميرا باهظة الثمن، فإن بمقدورهم أن يستعينوا بعدسة إضافية. وتوفر عدسة «أولوكليب كور لينس»، (132 دولارا)، Olloclip Core Lens Set، لهاتف «آيفون7». و«آيفون7 بلاس»، من بينها عين السمكة، والزاوية الواسعة، والعدسات المكبرة في قطعة صغيرة تلتصق فوق كاميرا الجهاز. يذكر أن أصحاب هواتف «آندرويد» و«آيفون» يمكنهم أن يستفيدوا من نسخ مخصصة لهواتفهم. - طابعة الصور: بعد التقاط أجمل الصور، قد يرغب المستخدم في تحويلها إلى صورة عادية للذكرى، بدل تركها منسية في ألبوم الكاميرا أو ألبومات «فيسبوك». هنا يمكنه أن يستفيد من طابعة الجيب التي تأتي بحجم صغير لحملها باليد، بحجم هاتف ذكي تقريباً. من بين هذه الطابعات «إتش بي سبروكيت فوتو برينتر»، (132 دولارا)، التي تتصل بهواتف«آيفون» و«آندرويد»عبر بلوتوث ويمكن أن تستخدم لإنتاج صور بحجم 2×3 بوصة. -- أغطية وشواحن - أغطية فخمة: كثيرة هي الإكسسوارات التي يختارها المستخدم، إلا أن غطاء الهاتف لا بد أن يكون أولها. وتكثر الخيارات المتاحة من هذه الإكسسوارات؛ من تلك المضادة للمياه، إلى البلاستيكية الشفافة منها. ولكن في حال كان مالك الهاتف يرغب في خيار أكثر فخامة، فيمكنه أن يختار من مجموعة «باستيل»، Pastel Collection، أو تلك المصنوعة من جلد النوبوك من «سنيكهيف»، (28 دولارا)، التي تقدم له ملمسا راقياً دون أن يدفع مبالغ طائلة. هناك أيضاً الأغطية التي تأتي على شكل محفظة تتضمن جيوبا خاصة للبطاقات البنكية، وطبقة قابلة للطي، وهي متوفرة لـ«آيفون» و«آندرويد» بخيارات كثيرة. - شاحن محمول: مع إمضاء الناس مزيدا من الوقت في استخدام هواتفهم، من تحديث «إنستغرام» إلى مشاهدة مسلسلهم المفضل عبر «نيتفلكس»، لا بد أن البطارية لن تخدمهم طويلاً. لهذا السبب، يُنصح المستخدمون بالاستعانة بشاحن محمول. يوفر «إس تي كاي فاست فيول 15كي»، (66 دولارا)، STK Fast Fuel 15K، شحنة هائلة تصل إلى 15 ألف ملي أمبير في الساعة، التي تصلح لشحن الهاتف 6 مرات متتالية. كما تدعي «باكينغ كوالكوم كويك تشارج»، Packing Qualcomm Quick Charge، للتكنولوجيا أنها قادرة على شحن الهواتف الذكية 4 مرات أسرع ممن الشواحن التقليدية. -- سماعات ومكبرات - سماعات الرأس: يأتي كثير من الهواتف الذكية الحديثة والغالية مع سماعات الأذنين الخاصة بها. ولكن في حال كان المستخدم من محبي الموسيقى العالية، فلا بد من أنه سيبحث عن إكسسوار أكثر حداثة. هناك كثير من الخيارات المتوفرة التي تناسب محبي الرياضة بسبب مقاومتها التعرق وقدرتها على عزل الأصوات المحيطة خلال الجري أو في وسائل النقل المشتركة. توفر سماعة «أوديو تكنيكا»، (105 دولارات)،ATH - CKR70iS، نوعية ممتازة للصوت وبسعر معقول. تمتاز هذه السماعة بمسرعات ديناميكية رائعة للصوت، وبميكروفون صغير يتضمن أزرارا لاستقبال وإنهاء الاتصال والتحكم بالموسيقى. - مكبرات الصوت: حتى لو كانت مكبرات الصوت الموجودة في الهاتف جيدة، فإنه مكن للمستخدم أن يقدم لها دعماً، خصوصا في حال كان يحب مشاركة الموسيقى مع أصدقائه. الخيارات الأقوى متوفرة دائماً لإعدادات أكبر كالحفلات. وفي حين أن مكبرا صغيرا للجيب يمكن أن يفي بالغرض، فإن المكبرات الدائرية الصلبة تظلّ دائماً الخيار الأفضل. يتميز مكبر «جي بي إل فليب 4»، (158)، JBL Flip 4، العامل بتقنية بلوتوث، بحجم صغير قابل للحمل، ولكنه يخبئ ميزات صوتية هائلة، بالإضافة إلى 12 ساعة من الخدمة، والأفضل أنه مضاد للماء، مما يجعله مثالياً للحمل إلى جانب حمام السباحة.
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What the fuck is up Denny's /GolfGTI. It’s your boy DOOKIE_SHARDS, aka Young Diapy, aka Hostest with the Most Shit, aka Mr. Dumbass DIYer, and I’m back with another DIY diary/guide for a full clutch job on the Mark V Volkswagen GTI. This covers the O2Q transmission with the FSI/BPY engine.
This is a post to share how I did it, things I learned, and a perspective on performing the job in your own garage.
I highly, highly recommend using the ECS Tuning install guide for their aftermarket solution. It applies to the stock setup as well and is extremely comprehensive with great photos. For my writeup, I’ll assume you’re following that guide but will fill in the blanks with tips and things they missed.
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Background/Why

I have spent the last year doing comprehensive long-term and preventative maintenance on my 2007 GTI with a 6-speed manual and 145,000 miles. It is 95% stock with no powertrain mods. I’ve now put around $4k into all kinds of stuff: the PCV system, the valve cover, around a dozen broken connectors, an oil leak that broke those connectors, a carbon cleaning, and now the clutch.
I am a dumbass DIYer who until recently had experience only in the basics. However doing a carbon cleaning myself was a huge “level-up” experience that gave me the confidence and skill to prep the car for long-term ownership.
That made it suck so much more when one day, my clutch pedal fell to the floor and did not pop back up. It would sometimes engage when pressed, but had maybe an inch of travel. After carefully limping the car home with my new high-performance fully manual clutch, I deduced that there was a problem with air entering the clutch system. Further research and diagnosis revealed the slave cylinder as the culprit.
And this, Volks folks, is where I realized the gravity of the situation.
The slave cylinder is the device that engages the clutch. When you press the pedal, hydraulic fluid is forced through the system, which feeds into the slave cylinder to actuate the clutch. Because the system would temporarily work when I bled it and there were no leaks elsewhere, I figured that air was getting into the slave cylinder somehow, preventing that normal clutch action.
So here’s the problem: while you hook up the cylinder’s hose on the outside, the slave cylinder itself is inside the transmission. Meaning the transmission had to come out. Meaning that with 145k miles on the factory clutch, it was also time for a clutch job. It’s not a small job by any means, and so DIY was immediately out of the question…or so I thought. Look upon my works, ye mighty.
I was quoted $2300 at the low end by multiple shops in my area, including reliable go-tos. There are several reasons why this job is particularly expensive:

1. VW parts cost in general
2. Inflation in freaking Joe Brandon’s America
3. The GTI uses a dual-mass flywheel that cannot be resurfaced. New ones start in the mid-$400s.

Here’s the thing: my little GTI has been paid off for five years. Putting $2,300 more into it after a year of labor seemed very sunk costy. That plus the high cost of used cars and my lack of commute (thanks COVID!) made DIY a more appealing option.
After over a month of research, I realized that the job would be a huge challenge, beyond any mechanical work I’ve ever done, but it was feasible to do it in my garage and save over a grand in the process. After talking to my wife and several mechanically-inclined friends, it was on.

Parts and Tools

A clutch job for the MkV GTI typically means a new clutch, new pressure plate, new flywheel, new slave cylinder (also called a throwout bearing), and an assortment of new one-time-use bolts. A popular “while you’re in there” is to replace the rear main seal.
You are going to need breaker bars, a torque wrench, multiple sizes of ratchets, the usual triple square and Torx VW sockets, and plenty of extensions. I used an impact wrench for certain bolts, but you don’t have to. You’ll also need lots of blue threadlocker, brake parts cleaner, and rags.
I bought a few new tools at everyone’s favorite casino, Harbor Freight:

• Transmission Jack: mine kinda sucked, but it still helped a lot. It has a much larger area to sit the transmission on and a groove to help position the odd corners and bumps on the case. I used an impact wrench to raise and lower it easily, which you are not supposed to do because it can strip the entire ratchet mechanism out and scatter ball bearings all over your garage floor and your pants and your tools and I don’t want to talk about it. It still worked.
  
• Small Torque Wrench: ¼” drive with in. lbs. Not only does this have in. lbs. for the low torque bolts in this job, it’s also easier to fit in tight spaces. Also looks cool sitting next to its big torque wrench dad.
  
• An Engine Support Bar: their cheapest works great. I got it used for double the fun. You’ll need a link or carabiner for the end. Go to Lowe’s and get one.
  

This is a good opportunity to do an upgraded clutch and flywheel if you want to get a tune. Most of the single-mass flywheel kits are actually cheaper than stock parts. I debated it, but after reading about chatter in single-mass flywheels I wanted to keep the dual-mass. The clutch kits for those are too expensive for me to personally justify. I got the LuK DMF and RepSet clutch kit.
One area where I did upgrade is the rear main seal. I bought the iABED model, which features a high-quality seal and a billet aluminum bracket. It has a good reputation in the VW community, but be warned that the TSI version seems significantly more difficult to install.

Part 1: Disassembly

This part is pretty easy.
I followed the ECS guide with one key difference: I had to remove both CV flanges. I wasn’t confident I could get clearance with either of them on. The process is the same for both sides. I encountered a couple other challenges:

• The Shifter Bracket: this little guy sits on top of the transmission and operates the forks that actually shift gears. Because mine has likely never been removed, it was on extremely tight and no amount of force could dislodge it. Rather than use a crowbar and risk damaging something, I chained it to the engine support and simply pulled taut until the fucker popped out. It was a very scary sound but it worked!
  
• Axle Bolts they’re rusty! They’re crusty! Soaked in PB Blaster overnight, twice. Still a bitch to get off even with an impact. For the passenger’s side I had to wedge a metal tube in a lug hole to stop the spinning and use a breaker bar.
  

Part 2: Removing the Transmission

Drain it before you do anything else. Also, this is hard.
Remember how I said I bought a transmission jack? I did that after the trauma of removing the transmission without one.
A common hack for transmission removal is to simply use a flat piece of wood, ratchet straps, and a regular jack. While this may work for certain transmissions, the GTI’s is a bit lopsided and doesn’t sit flat, meaning that even the best-intentioned wood isn’t so great for securing it. Its center of gravity is also challenging to locate.
This is where I called a buddy for help. We hoisted the engine as high as it would go to get maximum clearance, laid our brave sacrificial wood in place, and got to work.
Getting the trans off the flywheel requires a great deal of wriggling and shoving. We had to raise and lower the engine multiple times, check clearances, and reposition cables with one of us top and one of us on the bottom. It took a little over an hour and we almost dropped the transmission several times, hence why you want a buddy and/or a transmission jack. Go slow and really be methodical.
The transmission will almost certainly not come out straight and the axle holes will leak, even if you drain it first. Mine came out ungracefully tilted, causing an unfortunate gear oil bukkake for my garage floor. Be ready to cradle the transmission with your hands as the jack and wood will not hold it perfectly.

Part 3: The Clutch Job

The clutch itself was arguably the easiest part of this job, aside from the precise torquing. Here are some of the finer details.

• Rear Main Seal: if you use the iABED seal, you have to press the seal into the housing yourself. I reached out personally to the guy who makes them, and he recommended using a bit of oil to help press it in. I used a combination of a rubber mallet and a C-Clamp with thin blocks of wood to press it into place. You will not be able to do it by hand. You’ll know when it’s at the bottom because repeated whacking will not make it go in any further. The install is simple: just push it in over the tool, make sure the lip doesn't get folded back, torque it down, and then remove the tool.
  
• Bolting on the Flywheel: the teeth of the flywheel are strong enough to use as a leverage point. I used a prybar and both the subframe and my garage floor as a wedge to stop the wheel from rotating while torquing the bolts. It was a bit sketchy but it worked for me.
  
• Aligning the Clutch: the alignment tool that comes with the clutch will still allow a bit of wiggling. Before bolting down the pressure plate, make sure it’s as centered as possible so the transmission goes on easier. Things look like they will self-correct if you’re a bit off, but putting the trans back on is hard enough already.
  
• Cleaning the Engine Block: I used a razor blade, rags, and a ton of brake cleaner. Before and after. Be very careful around the base as you don’t want to knock the dust into the oil pan. I stuffed a rag in there while working to minimize the risk. You could just change your oil after, too.
  

Part 4: Installing the Transmission

Reinstalling the transmission is, I shit you not, one of the hardest tasks I’ve ever done. I kind of can’t believe I did it. But first…
Before reinstalling the transmission, I had to clean it. The inside of my bellhousing was absolutely caked with carbon and grime; whether it was oil or brake fluid, I have no idea. I used my tongue a wire drill brush, rags, and brake cleaner, and then blew it out with compressed air to make sure any metal shavings or loose carbon got out. I scrubbed the outside with more brake cleaner and a small wire brush. I tried to stay away from the shaft and shifter seals. The results.
Remembering my experience getting it out, I realized you can’t simply lift the transmission into the car: you have to twist and wriggle it to get it into place. I jacked the car higher than normal and spent over an hour trying to figure out how to get this heavy bastard back into its little house.
What worked for me was starting it inclined and propping the differential (the rear side of the trans) on the subframe behind where the axles sit. I then jacked the trans up a bit at a time, repositioning it every few clicks to clear the frame, suspension, and other obstacles. Near the top I had to hold it with one hand and manipulate the jack with the other, slightly moving it and raising it or lowering it as needed. When it goes on, you will know: the shaft will easily slide in (hehehe.) It may look like it’s not on quite all the way, but once you start installing bolts it will become flush. You can also use the bolt holes to check for alignment.
This would have been easier with help, but not much. It’s some sort of Resident Evil inventory-ass spatial reasoning puzzle. While having a buddy there might help with morale, it will still be extremely difficult if you’ve never done this sort of thing before. One more tip: don’t forget to put that metal separator plate back on.

Part 5: Reassembly

It really is the reverse of removal. Was shockingly easy.

• The Axle Flanges: these require a significant amount of force before the center retaining bolt will catch the threads. Be prepared to push hard with one hand while the other ratchets. Also, fun fact: these are not the same on each side! Make sure to mark which one is right and which is left.
• Bolts: there are a lot of torque-to-yield bolts you will have to replace. The clutch hardware kit I got from ECS was missing a few, namely the pressure plate bolts, flywheel bolts, and the transmission mount bolts.
• Refilling the Transmission: when I previously drained the fluid, it was right around 2 liters. Because of the aforementioned bukkake, my refill was much closer to the manual-indicated 2.3 liters. Buy more fluid than you think you’ll need.
• Torquing the Axle Bolts: the specs on these are something like 140 ft lbs. + a 180-degree turn, so it takes a lot of force. Have a wife or friend step on the brakes to stop it from rotating.

Part 6: Results and Conclusion

I had a big scare the first time I started it up: the car ran like dogshit and I got codes for misfires, intake leaks, and the car generally losing its mind. After a thorough search of the engine bay I noticed a brake booster hose at the rear of the engine block had become dislodged. The second startup was perfect!
I let the car idle on stands for a long time with VCDS plugged in and an eye on the undercarriage. I specifically looked for leaks at the metal plate between the engine and transmission. After about an hour of checking it on and off, there were no leaks. It was time to drive.
The new clutch needs to be broken-in: around 1,000 miles of gentle driving with no launches or redlining. But even with a self-imposed 4,000-RPM limit, slinging the GTI around backroads after two months of trial and error was exhilarating and satisfying in a way I rarely feel. Something about a machine hits different when you know it's working because of you.
Working from home dimmed my love for the GTI, but an entire year of learning its quirks and taking care of it has really deepened my bond with the car. Here’s to another 145,000 miles, little dude.
I did add a new sticker to the back to commemorate my efforts.
Thanks for reading! If you ever need help with this job or have any questions, feel free to DM me and I’ll help you out the best I can.

Since the book recommendation topic is still coming up frequently, I thought I'd share mine. Maybe this qualifies as a sticky or literature section on the sideboard. Covered are the subjects: Algorithmic Trading, Programming and Quantitative Finance which indeed should be the major topics of interest for this sub.
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1. Algorithmic & High Frequency Trading

a) English
Abergel, Frederic et al. - Econophysics of Order-driven Markets [2011]
Abergel, Frederic et al. - Limit Order Books [2016]
Äit-Sahalia, Yacine; Jacod, Jean - High-Frequency Financial Econometrics [2014]
Akansu, Ali; Torun, Mustafa - A Primer for Financial Engineering [2015]
Aldridge, Irene - High-Frequency Trading [2nd Ed., 2013]
Aldridge, Irene; Krawciw, Steven - Real-Time Risk [2017]
Bandy, Howard - Quantitative Trading Systems [2007]
Banks, Erik - Dark Pools [2nd Ed., 2014]
Bouchaud, Jean-Philippe Bouchaud et al. - Trades, Quotes and Prices [2018]
Cartea, Alvaro - Algorithmic and High-Frequency Trading [2015]
Carver, Robert - Systematic Trading [2015]
Ceppi, Sofia et al. - Agent-Mediated Electronic Commerce [2017]
Chan, Ernest - Algorithmic Trading [2013]
Chan, Ernest - Machine Trading [2017]
Chan, Ernest - Quantitative Trading [2009]
Chen, Jun; Tsang, Edward - Detecting Regime Change in Computational Finance [2021]
Coles, Andrew; Hawkins, David - MIDAS Technical Analysis [2011]
Collins, Art - Beating the Financial Futures Market [2006]
Conlan, Chris - Automated Trading with R [2016]
Dacorogna - An Introduction to High-Frequency Finance [2001]
Davey, Kevin - Building Winning Algorithmic Trading Systems [2014]
Doloc, Cris - Applications of Computational Intelligence in Data-driven Trading [2020]
Durbin, Michael - All About High-Frequency Trading [2010]
Durenard, Eugene - Professional Automated Trading [2013]
Easley, David et al. - High-Frequency Trading [2013]
Fitschen, Keith - Building Reliable Trading Systems [2013]
Florescu, Ionut et al. - Handbook of High-Frequency Trading and Modelling in Finance [2016]
Gregoriou, Greg - Handbook of High Frequency Trading [2015]
Guo, Xin et al. - Quantitative Trading [2017]
Györfi, Laszlo et al. - Machine Learning for Financial Engineering [2012]
Halls-Moore, Michael - Advanced Algorithmic Trading
Harris, Larry - Trading and Exchanges [2003]
Hasbrouck, Joel - Empirical Market Microstructure [2007]
Jansen, Stefan - Hands-On Machine Learning for Algorithmic Trading [2018]
Johnson, Barry - Algorithmic Trading and DMA [2010]
Kim, Kendall - Electronic and Algorithmic Trading Technology [2007]
Kissell, Robert - The Science of Algorithmic Trading and Portfolio Management [2014]
Kömm, Holger - Forecasting High-Frequency Volatility Shocks [2016]
Kumiega, Andrew; van Vliet, Benjamin - Quality Money Management [2008]
Lehalle, Charles-Albert; Laruelle, Sophie - Market Microstructure in Practice [2nd Ed., 2018]
Leshik, Edward; Cralle, Jane - An Introduction to Algorithmic Trading [2011]
Lopez de Prado, Marcos - Advances in Financial Machine Learning [2018]
Lyons, Richard - The Microstructure Approach to Exchange Rates [2001]
Narang, Rishi - Inside the Black Box [2nd Ed, 2013]
O'Hara, Maureen - Market Microstructure Theory [1996]
Pruitt, George - The Ultimate Algorithmic Trading System Toolbox [2016]
Pruitt, George; Hill, John - Building Winning Trading Systems with TradeStation [2nd Ed., 2012]
Schmidt, Anatoly - Financial Markets and Trading
Stoll, Hans - Microstructure of World Trading Markets [1993]
Tomasini, Emilio; Jaekle, Urban - Trading Systems [2009]
Trongone, Anthony - Trade with the Odds [2012]
Tulchinsky, Igor - Finding Alphas [2015]
Vaananen, Jay - Dark Pools and High Frequency Trading For Dummies [2015]
Van Vliet, Benjamin - Building Automated Trading Systems [2007]
Varshney, Shekhar - Building Trading Bots Using Java [2016]
Wang, Zhaodong; Wang; Zheng, Weian - High-Frequency Trading and Probability Theory [2015]
Ye, Gewei - High Frequency Trading Models [2011]
Young, Andrew - Expert Advisor Programming [2010]
Zovko, Ilija - Topics in Market Microstructure [2008]
Zubulake, Paul; Lee, Sang - The High Frequency Game Changer [2011]
b) German
Gomber, Peter - Elektronische Handelssysteme [2000]
Gresser, Uwe - Hochfrequenzhandel [2018]
Gresser, Uwe - Praxishandbuch Hochfrequenzhandel Band 1 [2016]
Gresser, Uwe - Praxishandbuch Hochfrequenzhandel Band 2 [2018]
Kunzelmann, Matthias - Zwischen Limit und Market Orders [2006]
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1. Programming for Finance

a) C, C+, C++, C#
Capinski, Maciej; Zastawniak, Tomasz - Numerical Methods in Finance with C++ [2012]
Duffy, Daniel - Financial Instrument Pricing using C++ [2nd Ed., 2018]
Duffy, Daniel; Germani, Andrea - C# for Financial Markets [2013]
Forouzan, Behrouz; Gilberg, Richard - C++ Programming [2019]
Levy, George - Computational Finance Using C and C# [2nd Ed., 2016]
Masters, Timothy - Testing and Tuning Market Trading Systems [2018]
Oliveira, Carlos - Options and Derivatives Programming in C++ [2016]
Pena, Alonso - Advanced Quantitative Finance with C++ [2014]
Salov, Valerii - Modeling Maximum Trading Profits with C++ [2007]
Savine, Antoine - Modern Computational Finance [2019]
Schlogl, Erik - Quantitative Finance [2013]
b) Dot Net
Shetty, Yogesh; Jayaswal, Samir - Practical .Net for Financial Markets [2006]
c) Excel & VBA (English)
Bluttman, Ken - Excel Formulas and Functions for Dummies [5th Ed., 2019]
Carlberg, Conrad - Microsoft Excel Sales Forecasting for Dummies [2nd Ed., 2016]
Clauss, Francis - Corporate Financial Analysis with Microsoft Excel [2010]
Day, Alistair - Mastering Financial Mathematics in Microsoft Excel [2nd Ed., 2010]
Day, Alistair - Mastering Risk Modelling [2nd Ed., 2009]
Goossens, Francois - How to Implement Market Models using VBA [2015]
Häcker, Joachim; Ernst, Dietmar - Financial Modeling [2017]
Harvey, Greg - Excel 2016 for Dummies [2016]
Lee, Cheng-Few; Lee, John et al. - Essentials of Excel, VBA, SAS and Minitab for Statistical and Financial Analyses [2016]
Löffler, Gunter; Posch, Peter - Credit Risk Modeling using Excel and VBA [2nd Ed., 2011]
Mansfield, Richard - Mastering VBA for Microsoft Office 2016 [2016]
Nelson, Stephen - Microsoft Excel Data Analysis for Dummies [2nd Ed., 2014]
Rouah, Fabrice; Vainberg, Gregory - Option Pricing Models using Excel-VBA [2007]
Schmuller, Joseph - Statistical Analysis with Excel for Dummies [4th Ed., 2016]
Stein Fairhurst, Danielle - Financial Modeling in Excel for Dummies [2017]
Stein Fairhurst, Danielle - Using Excel for Business Analysis [2012]
Van Fliet, Ben - Financial Modeling with Excel and VBA
Walkenbach, John - Excel 2016 Bible [2015]
Walkenbach, John - Excel VBA Programming For Dummies [3rd Ed., 2013]
d) Excel & VBA (German)
Benker, Hans - Wirtschaftsmathematik Problemlösung Mit Excel [2007]
Chip Sonderheft Kaufmännisches Rechnen mit Excel 2010
Fleckenstein, J.; Georgi, G. - Excel - Das Sparbuch
Frye, Curtis - Microsoft Excel 2016 - Schritt für Schritt
Gießen, Saskia; Nakanishi, Hiroshi - Besser im Job mit Excel [2016]
Kofler, Michael; Kobelo, Ralf - Excel programmieren [2014]
Matthäus, Heidrun; Matthäus Wolf-Gert - Statistik und Excel [2016]
Nahrstedt, Harald - Die Welt der VBA-Objekte [2016]
Renger, Klaus - Finanzmathematik mit Excel [4. Aufl., 2016]
SFT - Excel für Einsteiger [11-2016]
e) Matlab (English)
Adams, Abi et al. - Microeconometrics and MATLAB [2015]
Altman, Yair - Accelerating MATLAB Performance [2015]
Altman, Yair - Undocumented Secrets of MATLAB-Java Programming [2012]
Attaway, Stormy - Matlab [4th Ed., 2017]
Darbyshire, Paul; Hampton, David - Hedge Fund Modelling and Analysis using MATLAB [2014]
Gilat, Amos - Matlab [6th Ed., 2017]
Gordon, Steven; Guilfoos, Brian - Introduction to Modeling and Simulation with MATLAB and Python [2017]
Jovanovic Dolecek, Gordana - Random Signals and Processes Primer with MATLAB [2013]
Kim, Phil - MATLAB Deep Learning [2017]
Mishra, Shashi; Ram, Bhagwat - Introduction to Linear Programming with MATLAB [2018]
Nyholm; Ken - Strategic Asset Allocation in Fixed Income Markets [2008]
Paluszek, Michael; Thomas, Stephanie - MATLAB Machine Learning [2017]
Tue Huynh, Huu et al. - Stochastic Simulation and Applications in Finance with MATLAB Programs [2008]
f) Matlab (German)
Grundmann, Wolfgang - Finanzmathematik mit MATLAB [2004]
Günther, Michael; Jüngel, Ansgar - Finanzderivate mit MATLAB [2. Aufl., 2010]
g) MetaTrader & MQL
Young, Andrew - Expert Advisor Programming [2010]
h) Machine Learning
Krohn, John et al. - Deep Learning Illustrated [2019]
i) Python
Donadio, Sebastien; Ghosh, Sourav - Learn Algorithmic Trading [2019]
Gowrishankar S., Veena A. - Introduction to Python Programming [2019]
Hilpisch, Yves - Artificial Intelligence in Finance [2020]
Hilpisch, Yves - Derivatives Analytics with Python [2015]
Hilpisch, Yves - Listed Volatility and Variance Derivatives [2016]
Humber, Max - Personal Finance with Python [2018]
Jansen, Stefan - Machine Learning for Algorithmic Trading [2nd Ed., 2020]
Lewinson, Eryk - Python for Finance Cookbook [2020]
Scarpino, Matthew - Algorithmic Trading with Interactive Brokers [2020]
Weiming, James - Mastering Python for Finance [2015]
Yan, Yuxing - Python for Finance [2nd Ed., 2017]
j) R
Berlinger, Edina - Mastering R for Quantitative Finance [2015]
Berlinger, Edine et al. - Mastering R for Quantitative Finance [2015]
Coghlan, Avril - A Little Book of R for Multivariate Analysis [2017]
Coghlan, Avril - A Little Book of R for Time Series [2015]
Daroczi, Gergely et al. - Introduction to R for Quantitative Finance [201]
De Vries, Andrie; Meys, Joris - R for Dummies [2nd Ed., 2015]
Georgakopoulos, Harry - Quantitative Trading with R [2015]
Hang Chan, Ngai - Time Series [2nd Ed., 2010]
Jeet, Param; Vats, Prashant - Learning Quantitative Finance with R [2017]
Klemelä, Jussi - Multivariate Nonparametric Regression and Visualization [2014]
Machlis, Sharon - Practical R for Mass Communication and Journalism [2019]
Rasch, Dieter et al. - Applied Statistics [2020]
Regenstein, Jonathan - Reproducible Finance with R [2019]
Würtz, Diethelm et al. - Portfolio Optimization with R or Rmetrics [2009]
k) Tradestation & EasyLanguage
Harris, Sunny - TradeStation made easy! [2011]
Tradestation - EasyLanguage Essentials [2007]
Tradestation - Learning EasyLanguage [2017]
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1. Quantitative Finance

a) English
Albrecher, Hansjoerg et al. - Introduction to Quantitative Methods for Financial Markets [2013]
Appleby, John et al. - Numerical Methods for Finance [2008]
Arratia, Argimiro - Computational Finance [2014]
Avellaneda, Marco - Quantitative Analysis in Financial Markets [2002]
Bell, Steve - Quantitative Finance for Dummies [2016]
Berman, Gennady; Spadafora, Luca - Theoretical Foundations for Quantitative Finance [2017].pdf
Bieler, Timothy - The Mathematics of Money [2008]
Blyth, Stephen - An Introduction to Quantitative Finance [2013]
Campolieti, Giuseppe; Makarov, Roman - Financial Mathematics [2014]
Cerny, Ales - Mathematical Techniques in Finance [2nd Ed., 2009]
Chin, Eric et al. - Poblems and Solutions in Mathematical Finance Vol. 1 - Stochastic Calculus [2014]
Chin, Eric et al. - Poblems and Solutions in Mathematical Finance Vol. 2 - Equity Derivatives [2017]
Cont, Rama - Frontiers in Quantitative Finance [2008]
Cox, Dennis; Cox, Michael - The Mathematics of Banking and Finance [2006]
Cuthbertson, Keith; Nitzsche, Dirk - Quantitative Financial Economics [2nd Ed., 2004]
Dash, Jan - Quantitative Finance and Risk Management [2nd Ed., 2016]
Davison, Matt - Quantitative Finance [2014]
Franke, Jürgen et al. - Statistics of Financial Markets [2019]
Fries, Christian - Mathematical Finance [2007]
Garrett, Stephen - Introduction to the Mathematics of Finance [2nd Ed., 2013]
Gerstner, Thomas; Kloede, Peter - Recent Developments in Computational Finance [2013]
Härdle, Wolfgang et al. - Applied quantitative finance-Springer [3rd Ed., 2017]
Henrad, Marc - Algorithmic Differentiation in Finance Explained [2017]
Hilber, Norbert et al. - Computational Methods for Quantitative Finance [2013]
Jaworski, Piotr et al. - Copulae in Mathematical and Quantitative Finance [2013]
Joshi, Mark - More Mathematical Finance [2011]
Joshi, Mark - The Concepts and Practice of Mathematical Finance [2nd Ed., 2008]
Kosowski, Robert; Neftci, Salih - Principles of Financial Engineering [3rd Ed., 2015]
Kwok, Yue; Zheng, Wendong - Saddlepoint Approximation Methods in Financial Engineering [2018]
Mariani, Maria; Florescu, Ionut - Quantitative Finance [2020]
Palma, Wilfredo - Time Series Analysis [2016]
Petters, Arlie; Dong, Xiaoying - An Introduction to Mathematical Finance with Applications [2016]
Reghai, Adil - Quantitative Finance [2015]
Reitano, Robert - Introduction to Quantitative Finance [2010]
Roman, Steven - Introduction to the Mathematics of Finance [2nd Ed., 2012]
Ross, Sheldon - An Elementary Introduction to Mathematical Finance [3rd Ed., 2011]
Ross, Sheldon - Introduction to Mathematical Finance [2nd Ed., 1999]
Ruttiens, Alain - Mathematics of the Financial Markets [2013]
Saari, Donald - Mathematics of Finance [2019]
Schlögl, Erik - Quantitative Finance [2014]
Seydel, Rüdiger - Tools for Computational Finance [6th Ed., 2017]
Stefanica, Dan - A Primer for the Mathematics of Financial Engineering [2008]
Stefanica, Dan - Solutions Manual - A Primer for the Mathematics of Financial Engineering [2008]
Ting, Christopher - An Introduction To Quantitative Finance [2016]
Van der Wijst, Nico - Finance [2013]
Wang, Peijie - Financial Econometrics [2nd Ed., 2008]
Wei, William - Multivariate Time Series Analysis and Applications [2020]
Wilmott, Paul - Frequently asked Questions in Quantitative Finance [2nd Ed.; 2009]
Wilmott, Paul - Paul Wilmott introduces Quantitative Finance [2nd Ed., 2007]
Wilmott, Paul et al. - The Mathematics of Financial Derivatives [1995]
Wilmott, Paul; Orrell, David - The Money Formula [2017]
Yan, Jia-An - Introduction to Stochastic Finance [2018]
b) German
Bäuerle, Nicole; Rieder, Ulrich - Finanzmathematik in diskreter Zeit [2017]
Franke, Jürgen et al. - Einführung in die Statistik der Finanzmärkte [2. Aufl., 2004]
Irle, Albrecht - Finanzmathematik [3 Aufl., 2012]
Luderer, Bernd - Starthilfe Finanzmathematik [4. Aufl., 2015]
Ortmann, Karl - Praktische Finanzmathematik Zinsrechnung [2017]
Schwenkert, Rainer; Stry, Yvonne - Finanzmathematik Kompakt [2. Aufl., 2016]
Tietze, Jürgen - Einführung in die Finanzmathematik [11. Aufl., 2011]
Udo Terstege et al. - Investitionsrechnung klipp & klar [2019]
Vogel, Jürgen - Prognose von Zeitreihen [2015]
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1. Mathematics

Agresti, Alan et al. - Statistics [2017]
Balakrishnan, Narayanaswamy et al. - Introduction to Probability [2020]
Blitzer, Robert - College Algebra [2018]
Chung, Kai Lai; AitSahlia, Farid - Elementary Probability Theory [2010]
Dineen, Sean - Probability Theory in Finance [2005]
Hogg, Robert et al. - Introduction to Mathematical Statistics [2019]
Jacques, Ian - Mathematics for Economics and Business [2018]
Klemelä, Jussi - Nonparametric Finance [2018]
Kopp, Ekkehard et al. - Probability for Finance [2013]
Larsen, Richard; Marx, Morris - An Introduction to Mathematical Statistics and its Applications [2018]
McClave, James; Sincich, Terry - Statistics [13th Ed., 2018]
Pages, Gilles - Numerical Probability [2018]
Shafer, Glenn; Vovk, Vladimir - Game-Theoretic Probability [2019]
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1. Derivatives (general)

a) Englisch
Aarons, Mark et al. - Securitisation Swaps [2019]
Albanese, Claudio; Campolieti, Giuseppe - Advanced Derivatives Pricing and Risk Management [2006]
Beyna, Ingo - Interest Rate Derivatives [2013]
Boberski, David - CDS Delivery Option [2009]
Bouziane, Markus - Pricing Interest-Rate Derivatives [2008]
Boyle, Patrick; McDougall, Jesse - Trading and Pricing Financial Derivatives [2019]
Brockhaus, Oliver - Equity Derivatives and Hybrids [2016]
Carreira, Marcos; Brostowcz, Richard - Brazilian Derivatives and Securities [2016]
Chorafas, Dimitris - Introduction to Derivative Financial Instruments [2008]
Corb, Howard - Interest Rate Swaps and Other Derivatives [2012]
Culp, Christopher et al. - Credit Default Swaps [2018]
Deutsch, Hans-Peter; Beinker, Mark - Derivatives and Internal Models [5th Ed., 2019]
Elouerkhaoui, Youssef - Credit Correlation [2017]
Flavell, Richard; Flavell, Richard - Swaps and Other Derivatives [2002]
Goldenberg, David - Derivatives Markets [2016]
Gottesman, Aron - Derivatives Essentials [2016]
Hausmann, Wilfried et al. - Derivate, Arbitrage und Portfolio-Selection [2002]
Hunt, Philip; Kennedy, Joanne - Financial Derivatives in Theory and Practice [Rev. Ed., 2004]
Inglis-Taylor, Andrew - Dictionary of Derivatives [1995]
Johnson, Stafford - Derivatives Markets and Analysis [2017]
Kenyon, Chris; Stamm, Roland - Discounting LIBOR, CVA and Funding [2012]
Levy, Jared - Bloomberg Visual Guide to Options [2013]
LiPuma, Edward - The Social Life of Financial Derivatives [2017]
Marroni, Leonardo; Perdomo, Irene - Pricing and Hedging Financial Derivatives [2014]
McDonald, Robert - Derivatives Markets [3rd Ed., 2013]
Peery, Gordon - The Post-Reform Guide to Derivatives and Futures [2012]
Peterson, Paul - Commodity Derivatives [2018]
Ramirez, Juan - Handbook of Corporate Equity Derivatives and Equity Capital Markets [2011]
Sadr, Amir - Interest Rate Swaps and Their Derivatives [2009]
Schlösser, Anna - Pricing and Risk Management of Synthetic CDOs [2011]
Tan, Chia - Demystifying Exotic Products [2010]
Wagner, Eva - Credit Default Swaps und Informationsgehalt [2008]
Witzany, Jiri - Derivatives [2020]
b) German
Irle, Albrecht - Finanzmathematik [3. Aufl., 2012]
Rudolph, Bernd; Schäfer, Klaus - Derivative Finanzmarktinstrumente [2. Aufl., 2010]
Seydel, Rüdiger - Einführung in die numerische Berechnung von Finanzderivaten [2. Aufl., 2017]
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1. Futures

Abell, Howard - Spread Trading [2002]
Aikin, Stephen - STIR Futures [2nd Ed., 2012]
Bennett, David - Day Trading Grain Futures [2009]
Bowen, Guy - Guide to Futures and Spread Trading [2009]
Chou, Robin; Wang, Yun-Yi - Strategic Order Splitting, Order Choice, and Aggressiveness [2009]
Clenow, Andreas - Following the Trend [2013]
Collins, Art - Beating the Financial Futures Market [2006]
Dobson, Edward; Reimer, Roger - Understanding Spreads [2007]
Duarte, Joe - Trading Futures for Dummies [2008]
Garner, Carley - Currency Trading in the Forex and Futures Markets [2012]
George Angell, Barry Haigh - West of Wall Street [1987]
Goslin, Chick - Intelligent Futures Trading [1998]
Goss, Barry - Debt, Risk and Liquidity in Futures Markets [2008]
Goss, Barry; Yamey, Basil - The Economics of Futures Trading [1976]
Greyserman, Alex; Kaminski, Kathryn - Trend following with Managed Futures [2014]
Gutmann, Michael - The Very Latest E-Mini Trading [2009]
Henrard, Marc - Interest Rate Modelling in the Multi-Curve Framework [2014]
Hull, John C. - Fundamentals of Futures and Options Markets [10th Ed., 2018]
Kaeppel, Jay - The Four Biggest Mistakes In Futures Trading [2000]
Kroll, Stanley - Kroll on Futures Trading Strategy [1987]
Labuszewski, John et al. - The CME Group Risk Management Handbook [2010]
Lind-Waldock - The Complete Guide to Futures Trading [2005]
Lofton, Todd - Getting started in Futures [5th Ed., 2005]
Powers, Mark - Starting out in Futures Trading [6th Ed., 2001]
Refco Private Client Group - The Complete Guide to Futures Trading [2005]
Rhoads, Russell - Trading VIX Derivatives [2011]
Schwager, Jack; Etzkorn, Mark - A Complete Guide to the Futures Market [2nd Ed., 2017]
Smith, Courtney - Futures Spread Trading [2000]
Spence, Donald - Introduction to Futures and Options [1997]
Thomsett, Michael - Winning with Futures [2009]
Williams, Larry - Trade Stocks and Commodities with the Insiders [2005]
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1. Options

Augen, Jeff - Day Trading Options [2010]
Augen, Jeff - The Volatility-Edge in Options-Trading [2008]
Baird, Allen - Option Market Making [1992]
Bennett, Colin - Volatility Trading [2012]
Chen, Dennis; Sebastian, Mark - The Option Trader's Hedge Fund [2012]
Clark, Ian - Commodity Option Pricing [2014]
Cofnas, Abe - Trading Binary Options [2nd Ed., 2016]
Cordier, James; Gross, Michael - The Complete Guide to Option Selling [2nd Ed.; 2009]
Derman, Emanuel et al. - The Volatility Smile [2016]
DeRosa, David - Options on Foreign Exchange [3rd Ed., 2011]
Duarte, Joe - Trading Options For Dummies [3rd Ed., 2017]
Fontanills, George - Trade Options Online [2nd Ed., 2009]
Fullman, Scott - Increasing Alpha with Options [2010]
Jabbour, George; Budwick, Philip - The Option Trader Handbook [2nd Ed., 2010]
Jordan, Lenny - The Financial Times Guide to Options [2nd Ed., 2011]
Junghenn, Hugo - Option Valuation [2011]
Keene, Andrew - Keene on the Market [2013]
Khouw, Michael; Guthner, Mark - The Options Edge [2016]
Kinahan, Joe - Essential Option Strategies [2016]
Levy, Jared - Bloomberg Visual Guide to Options [2013]
Lowell, Lee - Get Rich with Options [2nd Ed., 2009]
McMillan, Lawrence - McMillan on Options [2nd Ed., 2004]
Morris, Virginia - An Investors Guide to Trading Options [2013]
Natenberg, Sheldon - Option Volatility and Pricing [2nd Ed., 2014]
Nations, Scott - The Complete Book of Option Spreads and Combinations [2014]
Passarelli, Dan - Trading Option Greeks [2nd Ed., 2012]
Peters, Linda - Real Options Illustrated [2016]
Rouah, Fabrice; Vainberg, Gregory - Option Pricing Models [2007]
Saliba, Anthony - Option Spread Strategies [2009]
Sebastian, Mark - Trading Options for Edge [2017]
Sherbin, Al - How to Price and Trade Options [2015]
Sinclair, Euan - Option Trading [2010]
Sinclair, Euan - Volatility Trading [2nd Ed.; 2013]
Smith, Courtney - Option Strategies [3rd Ed., 2008]
Thomsett, Michael - Getting Started in Options [7th Ed., 2007]
Thomsett, Michael - Options Installment Strategies [2018]
Thomsett, Michael - Options Trading for the Conservative Investor [2nd Ed.; 2010]
Thomsett, Michael - Put Option Strategies for Smarter Trading [2010]
Thomsett, Michael - The Complete Options Trader [2018]
Thomsett, Michael - The Mathematics of Options [2017]
Ward, Robert - Options And Options Trading [2004]
Weert, Frans - An Introduction to Options Trading [2006]
Zerenner, Ernie; Chupka, Michael - Naked Puts [2008]
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Edit#1: It is probably not wrong to add a 4th category here, which is in the spirit of the overarching theme.
EDIT#2: I don't know why, but I left out Wilmott completely - 4 titles added. See above under Quantitative Finance.
EDIT#3: I added the "Derivatives (general)" category and will add "Futures" and "Options" later.
EDIT #4: Added "Futures" and "Options" categories. Please note that not all titles in these categories will be useful for algorithmic purposes.
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By Patricia Tolson Sep. 8, 2022 Updated: Sep.9, 2022
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It began without warning. A Jan. 6 prisoner had emerged from his cell without a mask. When it was all over, the jail was in lockdown and several inmates had been pepper sprayed, handcuffed, and thrown into solitary confinement. Inmate tablets were quickly confiscated, but not before several prisoners had time to send text messages, exposing the brutal truth of what happened. Many of those messages were obtained by The Epoch Times. In exclusive interviews with The Epoch Times, the family members of several Jan. 6 prisoners share their stories.
The identities of those in the inmate text exchanges obtained by The Epoch Times have been redacted for fear they will suffer further retaliation.
‘[Expletive] Just Went Down’
According to the text message sent by one Jan. 6 prisoner to a family member, “[Expletive] just went down” at the Correctional Treatment Facility in Washington, D.C., around 9:46 a.m. on Sept. 5. One of the guards had just “assaulted McAbee because he wasn’t wearing a mask.”
The prisoner’s name is Ronald Colton McAbee. His wife, Sarah, described to The Epoch Times what happened.
McAbee had just been let out of his cell by a pod officer in order to receive his medications. Inmates, Sarah explained, have to take their meds in front of the nurse to prove they swallowed the pills. The med cart was about 25 feet from the door of McAbee’s cell. When he walked out of the cell to go get his meds, he was not wearing his mask. Lieutenant Crystal Lancaster began yelling at him and ordering him to put his mask on. He said he was going to get his medication and didn’t need his mask. It was after McAbee had taken his medication it is alleged that Lancaster doused his face with OC spray.
While pepper spray and OC spray are essentially comprised of the same ingredients, the higher concentration of Oleoresin Capsicum (OC) is what sets them far apart. A March 1994 report (pdf) issued by the United States Department of Justice acknowledged the more potent and potentially lethal properties of OC Spray when used outside of recommended guidelines or on someone with pre-existing respiratory conditions, such as asthma.
With McAbee on the ground in pain, Lancaster ordered the pod officer to handcuff him. As McAbee was being handcuffed, Lancaster sprayed him again, point blank, in the face.
Sarah’s account is validated by the texts sent by other Jan. 6 prisoners to their family members.
Screenshot of text messages sent out by three January 6 prisoners as events unfolded at the jail in Washington D.C. during an alleged assault, initiated by Lieutenant Crystal Lancaster.
By now, Sarah said other Jan. 6 prisoners had emerged from their cells. Three of them, Ron Sandlin,, Bart Shively, and Ryan Nichols, began yelling at Lancaster, telling her to stop her assault on McAbee. Sandlin was then handcuffed. He and McAbee were taken away to solitary confinement. Shively and Nichols were also sprayed, cuffed, and placed in isolation pods. According to Sarah, there are no cameras in the isolation pod area.
“It’s very concerning because the guards can come in and do whatever they like to these people with no accountability,” she said.
Messages sent by two more Jan. 6 prisoner provides corroboration and more detail.
Screenshot of assembled text messages sent out by three January 6 prisoners as events unfolded at the jail in Washington D.C. during an alleged assault, initiated by Lieutenant Crystal Lancaster.
A History of Abuse and Sub-Human Conditions
Sarah then recalled that the facility has a long history of sub-human conditions. She also noted that Lancaster, notorious among Jan. 6 prisoners and their family members for being particularly vulgar and brutal, had been banned from the Jan. 6 pod for verbal abuse and for stealing the inmates’ mail.
“I don’t know if that ban was lifted or why she was in that pod,” she said.
Her account was again validated independently by the messages from other Jan. 6 prisoners.
Screenshot of text message sent out by a January 6 prisoner at the jail in Washington D.C. during an alleged assault by Lieutenant Lancaster.
According to Nicole Reffitt, the targeted abuse of Jan. 6 prisoners is nothing new at the “D.C. Gulag.” Her husband, Guy Reffitt, has suffered there for nearly 20 months. Guy, Nicole explained, was the first Jan. 6 defendant to go to trial and the first one they tried to charge with the domestic terrorism enhancement.
“Luckily, the judge did not grant that,” Nicole told The Epoch Times, adding that her husband never entered the Capitol building, touched anyone, or damaged anything. “He was still sentenced to seven and a half years,” she lamented. “We’re still trying to wrap our brains around that.”
“I have been unable to talk to my husband,” Nicole said further, adding that the tablets the prisoners use to communicate with their family members were suddenly confiscated. “He has not been able to send me a message. The last message he sent me was that they were being assaulted and officers had taken off their body cams.”
A text message from a prisoner’s family member confirmed that the inmates’ tablets had been confiscated.
Screenshot of text message sent out by a January 6 prisoner at the jail in Washington D.C. during an alleged assault by Lieutenant Lancaster.
She also revealed that the prisoners’ electronic grievance system has been turned off and they have not been able to file grievances with the jail for over a month. This means none of the incidents of abuse are being documented, and no one is being held accountable. Even the paper grievances filed by prisoners are “torn up in front of their faces.”
The history of abuse was validated by the message of another Jan. 6 prisoner.
Screenshot of text message sent out by a January 6 prisoner at the jail in Washington D.C. during an alleged assault by Lieutenant Lancaster.
In the meantime, Sarah said her husband was in his cell drenched in OC spray for over 12 hours before he was taken to medical and “thrown into a hot shower.” Afterward, guards made him put the same OC spray-soaked clothing back on before putting him back in his cell. Four hours later it began to reactivate on his skin and in his eyes. He begged to be allowed to shower with soap and water. He was told to “suck it up.” It wasn’t until around midnight that he was allowed to shower with soap and water and put on clean clothes.
Mistaken Identity or Intentional Retaliation?
Despite repeated pleas to U.S. senators, representatives, the Bureau of Prisoners, and U.S. marshals, Bonnie Nichols says nothing has changed. As reported by The Epoch Times in July, her husband Ryan faces 11 charges, including multiple infractions with the words “Deadly or Dangerous Weapon” attached. The “Deadly or Dangerous Weapon” was pepper spray.
In the early morning hours of Sept. 7, Bonnie received heartbreaking series of text messages from Ryan describing both his physical and mental state after he was assaulted by Lancaster and thrown into solitary confinement. He believes he was attacked by Lancaster in a case of mistaken identity.
A series of text messages sent from Ryan Nichols to his wife Bonnie on Sept. 7, 2022, after he was assaulted by Lieutenant Crystal Lancaster and thrown into solitary confinement. (Courtesy of Bonnie Nichols)
However, Bonnie is convinced the assault on her husband was a matter of intentional retaliation for the lawsuit that was filed Aug. 10 “that named her specifically.”
According to the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus Under 28 U.S.C. 2241 and Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (pdf), Lancaster—the guard in charge of the solitary confinement area known as “The Hole”—”verbally and mentally abuses inmates.”
“She also oversees officers and guards who do the same, and is suspected of bringing drugs into the prison,” the complaint states further. “The presence of drugs in the prison was confirmed by both the U.S. Marshals’ report and the testimony of the DC City Council Chair on the Judiciary and Public Safety.”
According to reports, one correctional officer was already arrested at the D.C. facility in February for allegedly accepting bribes to bring drugs, knives, and cell phones to inmates. There have also been multiple drug overdoses and two drug-related deaths “that further corroborate the presence of drugs in the DC Jail.”
Bonnie also noted that Lancaster had been banned from the Jan. 6 pod “for weeks.” She would taunt the inmates, calling them names like “white cracker [expletive]” and telling them she’s going to “[expletive] your daddy and give you a little sister.”
The last time Ryan was thrown in solitary was apparently in retaliation for a grievance he had filed. Because he suffers from PTSD, due to the traumas suffered during his military service, Ryan was placed on suicide watch However, he was not allowed to see a nurse or to receive mental health counseling. They simply put him in a straight jacket and “strapped him to a bench.”
Now Ryan is again in solitary. The pod is still on lockdown. Because he was not allowed to shower for 48 hours after the assault, he has chemical burns all over his body from the OC spray. The Emergency Response Team told him to “stop being a [expletive].” Bonnie Nichols stands with her husband Ryan's father Don outside of the White House in Washington, D.C. in August 2022.
Bonnie Nichols stands with her husband Ryan’s father Don outside of the White House in Washington, D.C. in August 2022. (Courtesy of Bonnie Nichols)
“I’m angry at this point, over what’s continuing to happen,” Bonnie told The Epoch Times. “It’s like this jail is untouchable. It’s aggravating that these men are still in the same situation after two years.”
Aside from the abuse and abhorrent conditions, Bonnie said her husband’s “discovery was taken from him.”
All of the work he’s been doing on his case, all of the motions, everything he has been working on for his case for the past 19 months was on a thumb drive that has now gone missing from his cell for the second time. The guards claim to know nothing–again. ‘There Will Be Hell to Pay’
Don Nichols, Ryan’s father, was with Bonnie when she spoke with The Epoch Times.
Don had been on the phone all morning. He contacted the Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, the United States Marshals Service. He has been advised that “the best bet is to get a hold of your Senators and Congressman.”
“[Rep.] Loui Gohmert has already done everything he can do,” Don told The Epoch Times, praising the Texas Republican congressman for his dedication to the plight of Jan. 6 prisoners. Bonnie said Gohmert “has been doing more than anyone else has.”
Don wants to know why so many Jan. 6 prisoners have been charged with using a “dangerous or deadly weapon” called pepper spray but guards can douse “pre-trial detainees who have not been convicted of any crime, multiple times, before they’re shackled and after they’re shackled” and suffer no consequences.
“I ask one simple question,” Don charged angrily. “Can I file criminal charges against Lieutenant Lancaster on behalf of my son? That’s the question I want someone who’s in charge of this system to answer. Because I’m willing to fly to Washington D.C. on whatever day saying I am ready to file charges against each and every person who perpetrated this crime against these men.”
For Bonnie, her concern is, “How much can a human being take until it’s too much?” She recalled how several Jan. 6 defendants who weren’t even incarcerated had already committed suicide. Christopher Stanton Georgia, 53, of Fulton County, Georgia, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound just days after the Capitol breach. At 5:30 in the evening on Friday, Feb. 25, just weeks before his sentencing, 37-year-old Matthew Perna went into his garage and hung himself. On July 20, 47-year-old Mark Roderick Aungst of South Williamsport, Pennsylvania, became the third Jan. 6 defendant to kill himself.
“I am telling you,” Bonnie vowed, her voice breaking. “If my husband takes his life over this, there will be hell to pay.”
The President Made Hate a ‘Patriotic Duty’
According to Joseph McBride, the attorney representing Nichols and several other Jan. 6 prisoners and defendants, the prison guards are retaliating against Nichols because of the habeas petition filed against Lancaster.
“There is no other explanation,” McBride told The Epoch Times. “Our plan is to argue for his release today.”
According to a motion (pdf) filed on the morning of Sept. 8 in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, McBride petitioned “the Court to dismiss all charges against” Ryan Nichols “for the reason that the government, in the person of the President, has intentionally and irreparably poisoned the jury pool.”
Citing 31 separate statements Biden made against MAGA Republicans during his 24-minute speech on Sept. 1, McBride charges that “The President has incited the entire nation to hate the January 6th defendants as a patriotic duty.”
According to the Defendant’s Emergency Motion for Immediate Pre-Trial Release and Request for an Emergency Hearing (pdf) McBride also “moves the Court to order the immediate temporary release” of Ryan Nichols “from pretrial confinement” because:

• the DC Jail is presently retaliating against Defendant for filing a civil case against the Jail
• the length of Defendant’s pretrial confinement is a violation of his due process rights
• the Defendant is being held in conditions of confinement that violate his civil and human rights.

McBride has also petitioned the court (pdf) for a change of venue.
Nowhere Else to Go
In the aftermath of the assault against their loved ones, each Jan. 6 family member is dealing with the situation in their own ways. Sarah has requested the CCTV video footage so she can see for herself what happened. Bonnie and Don want answers. Nicole Reffitt is heading to D.C. “to stand in vigil with some other 1-6ers outside the jail” to sing with the prisoners.
Nightly, they sing the National Anthem, without fail, Nicole said.
“It can be intimidating and very scary,” she said, feeling somewhat like David as he stood before Goliath. “We’re fighting the sheer force of the U.S. government and we’re just regular people. It’s overwhelming to think of the fight we have ahead of us and have been fighting for going on 20 months. It’s scary, but it’s important. I am going to take a leap of faith and go to D.C., because I don’t know where else to go.”
The Epoch Times reached out to Eric Glover, General Counsel for the District of Columbia Department of Corrections, and Director of the Department of Corrections Thomas Faust.
Fred Lucas contributed to this report.
author Patricia Tolson
source
(my internet provider (CenturyLink) blocks this page by halting data stream, maybe you will be able to view it) https://www.redvoicemedia.com/video/2022/09/the-real-story-of-january-6-criminal-police-killing-innocent-people-video/

Some of the more disagreeable members of this sub got me thinking. How strong of a case can you make against Adnan, even if you completely ignored Jay? First off, if you just ignore Jay's testimony the case against Adnan is still very easy. Police testify Jay knew where the car was thus Jay is involved. The cell phone proves Adnan and Jay were linked at the hip for much of the day including the time Hae went missing. Bada bing, bada boom. We're done here. So I'll also be ignoring that we know Jay is involved entirely. I won't be pretending he doesn't exist and Adnan's cell phone was magically floating around Baltimore that afternoon. I'll just be supposing something of the sort like, he was missing or dead before police were able to talk to him. I'll also need to ignore Jen almost entirely as well, because she essentially gives us all the info we needed from Jay. One final rule is I'm not going to ignore facts or testimony the police might not have found without Jay, like the contents of the car, for example. We know what we know and this is just to look at how strong the case is even if Jay and Jen are the lying-est liars who ever lied. Alright let's dive in.
Motive
Contrary to what Sarah Koenig may believe, Intimate Partner Violence is kind of a real problem. Half of all female homicide victims are killed by an intimate partner (article). Now Hae's current boyfriend at the time Don has an ironclad alibi (post) for the time Hae went missing. So this already isn't a good look for Adnan. Basically in cases like this without knowing any details of the case the chance that the killer is the ex is already a coinflip. It doesn't necessarily mean he did it, but already it means Adnan is in the cross-hairs.
There is no shortage of evidence of Adnan being possessive. Debbie testified (pg. 328 line 11) "he was very possessive of her. He didn't like her to do things that he didn't know about, and he didn't want her around other guys a lot because that really bothered him." Aisha mentioned during Serial that Adnan would frequently page Hae or even drop by while Hae was hanging out with other people (pg. 37). Hae even calls Adnan possessive in her own diary (pg. 23 line 6).
After their first break up in November Hae wrote a letter to Adnan (doc), "I’m really getting annoyed that this situation is going the way it is. At first, I kinda wanted to make this easy, for me & for you. You know, people break up ALL THE TIME! Your life is NOT going to end. You’ll move on and I’ll move on. But, apparently, you don’t respect me enough to accept my decision, I really couldn’t give damn about whatever you wanna say." On the back of that note Adnan wrote "I'm going to kill." Debbie also testified about the second break up (pg. 332 line 17) "Hae told me she had finally broken up with him and Adnan hadn't taken it very well."
Timing
I'm kind of surprised that this isn't brought up more, but even just the timing of Hae's death is pretty bad for Adnan. Hae went missing on January 13th, 1999 less than a month after she broke up with Adnan for the final time (pg. 36 line 4) and just 12 days after she started dating Don (pg. 63). There's also the timing of Adnan's cell phone. Adnan purchased the phone two days before Hae was murdered (doc) and activated it the day before the murder (doc). Perhaps that's just a coincidence or maybe he thought it would be useful to help him orchestrate the murder. I'm not saying this all means that Adnan killed Hae, I'm just saying if Adnan would kill Hae this is probably when he would do it.
The Ride Request
The ride request is the most damning piece of evidence against Adnan in this Jay-less universe. Krista testified that Adnan told her Hae was supposed to give him a ride because either his car was in the shop or with his brother (pg. 285 line 15). Becky also claims to have overheard at lunch that Adnan had asked Hae for a ride because his car was in the shop (pg. 6). Officer Adcock called Adnan the night Hae went missing and wrote in Hae's missing persons report (doc) that Adnan said he was supposed to get a ride home from Hae but she left without him. Now the defense will point out it was not unusual for Adnan to get a ride after school from Hae (pg. 78 line 16). However, Adnan asked for this ride from Hae under false pretenses on the exact day she was murdered and it would have put him alone with her during the exact 1 hour time frame she went missing (how unlucky). He asked this during first period while his car was sitting in the parking lot, a few hundred feet away. By his own account (pg. 17), it wasn't until around noon that he would lend his car to some guy named Jay.
This is an absolute unmitigated disaster for Adnan's defense. There is no contesting that this ride request happened and it has absolutely no innocent explanation. Adnan seems to be aware of this and story about the ride has now changed several times. He confirmed the ride request with Officer Adcock but denied getting the ride. A month later he told Officer O'shea that he didn't ask for the ride because he had his own car (doc). He now claims he never would ask for a ride because Hae had to pick up her cousin (pg. 49), despite as you'll recall the defense mentioning he would occasionally get rides from Hae after school.
The Bloody Shirt
When Hae's car was randomly found by police with no help from anyone, a shirt belonging to Hae's brother was found wedged in the back of the driver's side seat (pic). Hae's brother testified that Hae kept this shirt in driver's side door and that she used this shirt as a rag (pg. 20 line 9). Hae's blood was found on the shirt and the blood was a light pink color (pic). This is consistent with pulmonary edema the blood/fluid mixture often found coming from the nose or mouth of strangulation victims (pg. 14). This could imply Hae was strangled in or about her car and the killer used the shirt to clean up the victim. Additionally the windshield wiper arm of Hae's car was dislodged (video). This could also indicate a struggle inside the car.
If Hae was killed inside her car she was likely killed in the passenger seat because of the bruising on the back-right side of head and neck (pg. 13 line 11). This would also be consistent with her fighting back and dislodging the windshield wiper arm on the right side of the steering wheel. Becky testified that it was not unusual for Adnan to drive Hae's car (pg. 79 line 16).
The Fingerprints
Two sets of Adnan's fingerprints were discovered in the car. This, by itself, may not very surprising because Adnan did occasionally get rides from Hae. So it is important to examine the context of those items. One set of prints were found on floral paper in the backseat of the car (pg. 17 line 16). Perhaps they had been left in the car since she and Adnan broke up, the car was quite messy, or perhaps they were from Don and Adnan moved it for some reason. Secondly, Adnan's palm print was found on a map booklet in the backseat of the car (pg. 14 line 20). The map booklet had a page torn out that contained Leakin Park, the place Hae's body was buried. The booklet was found in the backseat of the car (pic), right next to the floral paper, which could imply moved by the murderer from the driver's door where Hae kept it (pg. 20 line 14). Make of this what you will.
Kristi (not her name Cathy)
Kristi testified that around 6:00PM Adnan and Jay, the guy who Adnan lent his car and is of no other significance, showed up to her apartment (pg. 208 line 19). It is unlikely she is remembering the wrong day because she had never met Adnan before (pg. 225) and she mentions it was Stephanie's birthday (pg. 10). Additionally Adnan never denies going to Cathy's (pg. 138). During this time Adnan receives three phone calls, a 56 second call at 6:07PM, a 53 second call at 6:09PM, and 4 minute 15 second call at 6:24PM (website). Hae's brother called Adnan around this time after contacting the police (pg. 12). Officer Adcock testified that the 6:24PM call was probably the one where Adnan admitted to the ride request (pg. 9 line 8).
Kristi thought Adnan was acting very shady, she testified (pg. 212 line 15), "[Adnan] was, you know, they're going to come talk to me. They're going to, you know, what should I say, what should I do, something to that effect." She expounded on this weirdness on Serial (page 137), "Clearly it was not normal behavior for anybody. That was just-- regardless of whether you know him or not. Clearly you could tell something was going on, something was going on [that] wasn’t good, and yeah, it was just strange behavior for anybody. I think that’s been the one thing I’ve always remembered. Like how he said it, how he looked, when he said it. He’s definitely panicked." Perhaps, Adnan was just freaked out because he was about to get a call from the police while very high. But let's see what happens next.
The Evening
Adnan claims he would have brought food to his father at the mosque that evening to break fast (pg. 18). His father testified that Adnan was with him at the mosque for prayers the evening Hae went missing (pg. 14 line 22). The prayers at the mosque were a continuous event from 8:00PM-10:00PM (pg. 15 line 25). However, Adnan's phone called Nisha and Krista that evening for a total of more than 15 minutes at 9:01PM, 9:03PM, 9:10PM, and 9:57PM (website). His phone also calls a random girl named Jen at 8:04PM and 8:05PM and calls his friend Yasar at 10:02PM. Therefore Adnan did not attend prayers at the mosque that evening.
Additionally at 7:09PM and 7:16PM Adnan's cell phone recieves two incoming calls using the L689B cell tower antenna. Just before these calls Adnan's cell phone calls his friend Yasar at 6:59PM. This is the exact cell site that was used when doing cell tower tests at the location that Hae's body was discovered (pg. 98 line 11). It's possible this is just yet another coincidence (how unlucky). Or perhaps Adnan was freaked out by the call from Officer Adcock at 6:24PM, hastily buried Hae's body in a shallow grave, and missed the prayer service at the mosque.
Conclusion
Obviously, the case is now completely circumstantial, since we took away the only direct evidence. But the case is still reasonably strong, at least with Adnan's factual guilt. On their own each piece of evidence could be picked at or hand waved away but together, as a whole, the evidence tells a straightforward compelling story even without Jay narrating. Adnan is scorned by Hae breaking up with him and moving on. He lies to be alone with Hae in her car during the exact time frame she goes missing. He strangles her. He finds out the police know that he asked for a ride. He freaks out, he needs to get rid of the body. He skips prayers at the mosque and buries Hae in a shallow grave in Leakin Park.
I'm sure not everyone will find this compelling. But consider this. Suppose this was all we knew and Adnan was never arrested. Suppose Serial, instead of being Adnan's defense brief, was a who-dun-it and focused on the usual suspects Don, Mr. S, and Adnan. I'm willing to bet most people, including 80%+ of people who currently think Adnan is innocent, would suspect Adnan. "He asked for a ride!" "His prints were found in the car!" "Did you hear what Kristi said about him?"
Then imagine there's a break in the case. The police talked to a girl Jen and she knew details of the crime not yet released to the public. With her lawyer present, she told police that Jay, who was confirmed to be with Adnan before and after Hae went missing, told her Adnan killed Hae. The long awaited smoking gun, we've found it! Then the police talk to Jay and he tells them more unreleased details of the crime and even brings the police to discover an important item relating to the crime. He confesses to accessory after the fact, a felony expecting 2-5 years in prison. His story changes a bit from telling to telling but the overarching plot remains consistent and matches the other evidence. The main point remains unwavering, Adnan did it.
There is no reasonable doubt in this case. When you look at the facts they all point one way, Adnan. No one in the 20 years since this murder has proposed a single reasonable alternative. Anyway thanks for coming to my Ted talk. I look forward to a civil discussion in the comments.

And here it is! Not much was said about the development officially, hence most of the information about the game you'll find here is based off of leaks and insider information - however I'd like to think I did my due dilligence with selecting the believable stuff (at the very least there's no 4chan here).
Note that this isn't a marketing timeline. My aim wasn't to try and guess when and where From/Bamco wanted to show off the game - that can however be used to assume how the development progressed here and there, and what changes occured to the initial release date.
More thoughts at the end.

(PRE-PRODUCTION)

11.06.16 - e_0 privately recieves info about Elden Ring from a leaker. "As usually shitty tech made them lost a year, same as ds3 (...) prototype will be up and running soon"
03.02.17 - Ty Franck (James SA Corey duo, George Martin's personal assistant) reveals they've worked with FromSoftware on an unknown project in the past (could've been armored core / unrelated to GRRM, though it probably was ER)
Early 2017 - ER development begins

(2019)

FIRST RELEASE DATE: 1st half 2020

• Later on it was delayed to ~Q3 2020, so the OG release date must've been in this period.

XX.01.19 - Gabriel Björk Stiernström creates concept art for the E3 2019 trailer
09.06.19 - E3 2019 Reveal Trailer shows no release date
09.06.19 - "This project still has a load of work ahead of it as well (...) It is without a doubt our biggest title yet in terms of sheer volume."
10.06.19 - In terms of more news, "I wouldn't expect it to be a particularly long time"
~~.11.19 - FIRST DELAY

• NEW RELEASE DATE: OCT/NOV 2020

1. "They wanted to show it in its best light"
2. "It was a mixture of things", "TGA 2019 was supposed to feature more information but shortly before, they decided they weren't ready", "From pulled out from TAG 2019 a month prior"
3. "We know it's more likely that ER was supposed to appear on TGA 2019 and about a month before they pulled out, and this was the start of an internal delay, that then rolled into covid"
4. "Things were meant to happen, but they didn't and that's just the reality of developing and releasing a product"
5. "They just decided to make a decision not to show it for valid and ultimately "mundane" reasons"
6. "The reason the game hasn't been shown is pretty mundane and has nothing to do with development problems."
7. "After June 2019 (Except for June 2020) they always mention Elden Ring once in their reports, except for December 2019 where they mention it twice and it's the only time they use the word "introduce" when talking about their plans for it."

13.12.19 - Elden Ring ultimately doesn't appear on TGA

(2020)

1ST HALF 2020 - "The game development stage has been completed in the first half of 2020", "The game finished development phase when Covid started spreading and, due to the Covid situation, the polishing phase (8 months typical) got shifted too."
XX.01.20 - Phil Spencer plays Elden Ring
07.02.20 - Steam beta testing / QA begins. "Dark Souls 3 QA builds used Steam so not surprising Elden Ring probably uses it"
07.02.20 - A voice actress recorded voiceover for Elden Ring
"[ER] was not shown at TGA. It was supposed to appear at another event. It wasn't shown at the event because-
covid arrived and fucked up everything"
25.02.20 - "The policy asks those with cold symptoms to avoid going out and to take time off from work, as well as urging companies to let employees work from home and commute at off-peak hours when possible."
26.03.20) - "In Tokyo, residents were asked to work from home and refrain from going out at night and on the weekend."
07.04.20 - "Abe proclaimed a one-month state of emergency from April 8th to May 6th for Tokyo and (...) Fukuoka." [FromSoftware has the head office in Tokyo and a second Fukuoka studio]
06.04.20 - "The company has enforced working from home starting this week."
14.04.20 - "The world is going through a great ordeal, but we are continuing to develop from home to ensure you have something to enjoy once serenity is restored."
04.05.20 - "PM has extended the state of emergency until the end of May. (...) the number of new infections have slowed in recent days, but not enough to lift the state of emergency."
06.05.20 -"I can't give you a detailed update on the current state of development, but I can say that things have been progressing at a reasonable pace all things considered and at no point have I had any reason to worry about the game or it's development"
08.05.20 - In regards to lack of marketing: "It has nothing to do with GRRM or development issues (...) The game is fine. (...) [Covid] also affected many things."
14.05.20 - "PM lifted a state of emergency for [Fukuoka] ahead of its planned expiration at the end of the month. Those that will remain under the state of emergency are Hokkaido, the Tokyo metropolitan area (...)"
23.05.20 - "The restrictions were put in place as a safety measure (...) It should be over by the end of this month. But of course if the situation worsens again and case numbers as well as outbreaks start going up then I imagine it'll be back to square one.
April/May 2020 - SECOND AND THIRD DELAYS

• NEW RELEASE DATES:

1. SPRING/1st HALF 2021 WITH NEXT GEN AFTER-SUMMEQ3 2021;
2. THEN BOTH PS4&NEXT GEN AFTER-SUMMER 2021

• QUOTES:

1. "It'll be Early 2021 ^^ They'd had aim for the same time frame as their previous souls game, but with Covid-19, it would take 2-3 more months."
2. "the delays caused by the changes in development and now covid would move the release to summer time, so they decided to do nextgen versions, expected release in Q3"
3. "Development had to slow down because covid"
4. "Game should've released during OctobeNovember 2020 if Covid wouldn't have made FromSoftware change their plans."
5. "As for QA, that's dead in the water", "They may have totally stopped working for weeks at a time"
6. "Approximately 30% of employed people as of December 2020 had the experience of working from home. Of them, approximately 70% engaged in working from home during the pandemic’s first wave (March to May 2020) for the first time. (...) hours worked decreased significantly during the state-of-emergency period, regardless of whether working from home was practiced or not."
7. "The spring immediately after the release of next gen consoles (...) history repeats itself"

25.05.20 - "I have decided to end the state of emergency across the nation (...) The lifting of the emergency does not mean the virus is gone or infections are down to zero. Our battle against the virus will continue"
COVID-19 takes a break...
27.05.20 - "Game is completed (in terms of content) playable from beginning to end, they are at fixing bugs/optimizing stage + nextgen porting"
31.05.20 - The game isn't in some sort of development hell.
05/08.06.20 - Elden Ring's gameplay might not be dropping in 2020 at all.

• 24.07.20 - "with the possible exception of The Game Awards"

~AUG/NOV 2020 - THIRD DELAY ALT.

• This is an alternate window in which the third delay, the delay to after-summer 2021, could've happened. I think this window is probable because:

1. The first(and only) mention I could find of a late/after-summer 2021 release is considered as info from around Dec 2020.
2. In the original window for this delay, From would've had to significantly delay the game twice in a very short amount of time. It's a safer guess that they delayed it once in April/May because of covid and other issues, and then delayed it again later on.

• On the assumption that From wanted to appear on TGA 2020:

1. early/1st half 2021 release date wouldn't have left a lot of time for marketing. If so, then they probably delayed the game around mid 2020, when they realised they weren't gonna make it for early/1st half 2021.
2. There COULD, arguably, still have been enough time from TGA up until their early 2021 release - but considering the delay before TGA 2019, it would've been much less comfortable for them. So, it's possible they delayed later in the year, once again tapping out of TGA about a month beforehand, and delayed the game to later in 2021, mimicking their move from a year prior.

03.12.20 - "There's some people working on ER who they only bring in when the games are nearly finished"
10.12.20 - TGA 2020 - NO NEWS
11.12.20 - "Not as soon as a few days or weeks away, but it won't be months and months and months before we'd see it [the trailer] (...) They didn't show it here [TGA], they probably could have if they wanted do, it's at that state, let's give it a month or two more"

(2021)

Like it never left
07.01.21 - "Prime Minister declared a state of emergency in the Tokyo metropolitan area"
13.01.21) - "The applying region of the state of emergency was expanded to (...) Fukuoka."
BEFORE 17.02.2021 - FOURTH DELAY

• NEW RELEASE DATE: 2022

1. "Elden Ring has already been delayed several times internally due to disruption caused by the pandemic. (...) One person close to the game’s development said that, due to the disruption, they believed it was unlikely Elden Ring would make it out this year"

For further Summer Covid Mess details visit site.
[TL;DR: Japan disregarded covid in 2020, which caused 2021 to be a convoluted mess, with prefecture emergency states months old phasing in and out. If VGC is to be believed, From was kept under "remote working restrictions" ever since April 7th, which would've rendered them somewhat prepared for 2021's emergency states, though their work still likely slowed down to a degree]
XX.01/02.21 - A lot of people consider Elden Ring news to not be too far away
10.03.21 - "ER was never going to be revealed in March and the leaks haven’t caused any plans to change."
19.03.21 - very very famous trans[lator]: "We're working on Elden Ring, it's progressing nicely"
09.06.21 - GAMEPLAY REVEAL, RELEASE DATE ANNOUNCED
03.10.21 - "We're in the final stages of development, and we're progressing solemnly"

FINAL(?) RELEASE DATE - 21.01.2022

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I put a lot of weight behind the 2020/21 delays on COVID's shoulders, because I couldn't find much else that's concrete aside from "mundane issues" and "other reasons outside of From/Bandai's control", which additionally might not be related to development at all, instead referencing marketing only. Obvoiusly next-gen porting and more or less the same reasons that sparked the 2019 delay, namely broadening the game's scope or simply needing more dev time, could've been at play as well.
I also don't have any solid information as to how From handled the pandemic/WFH internally (aside from the fact that they were in WFH mode in April/May 2020 and VGC's vague report), but it's safe to assume they were atleast somewhat slowed down regardless of if they juggled between regular and restricted development or not.
I tried my best to atleast come close to an accurate depiction. I ultimately couldn't decide on the time of the third delay, though I think that the second window is more plausible. Not to mention the "delays" i speak of could've actually been a series of smaller delays done in wider time-frames, but nonetheless I'm happy with the end result.
This is a live service post, so I might update it with new information/thoughts in the future. Sometimes you need to keep your plans fluid and change things along the way because it's ultimately better for your product. Thanks for reading!

I'd like to put forward some thoughts regarding Trump and Epstein’s supposed "falling out" in 2004. I’m looking for community feedback so please dig in.
There are two often repeated narratives regarding the end of their friendship:
(1) Epstein attempted to recruit a Mar-a-Lago member's daughter and was found out. As a result Trump kicked him out of the club, leading to the dissolution of their friendship.
(2) Trump outbid Epstein in an auction for a prominent Palm Beach property. In so doing, Trump betrayed Epstein's trust, leading to threats, anonymous tips to police and ultimately the dissolution of their friendship.
In this post we'll discuss both these claims and ask whether they can be truly differentiated from a third:
(3) Trump distanced himself from Epstein like everyone else did -- even Ghislaine Maxwell -- around the time that Epstein first caught the attention of the Palm Beach police in March 2005. To do so, he retrofit whatever narratives he could to the undeniable facts.

(1) Epstein attempted to recruit a Mar-a-Lago member's daughter and was found out.

As I understand it, the supposed recruitment incident was popularized by James Patterson's 2017 book Filthy Rich. The rumor goes that Epstein invited a Mar-a-Lago member's (minor) daughter to his house and tried to have her undress. Trump supposedly found out about it directly from the member, and as a result "in no uncertain terms" barred Epstein from the club. The best corroborating evidence that an incident of this nature occurred is provided by superstar attorney Bradley Edwards who says he "heard the rumor" but was never able to confirm it -- indeed no incident report of any kind was ever filed.
(A digression -- Epstein seldom recruited or solicited himself, especially not as late as 2004).
Still, this supposed little factoid is often used to exonerate Trump and to imply that their friendship ended acrimoniously because of Trump’s distaste for Epstein’s behavior. Even Trump and his allies have repeated it [for example] to this same effect. However:

• We know with certainty that at least one survivor was recruited at Mar-a-Lago, specifically Virginia Roberts Giuffre in 1999. There are probably others, too: in Virginia's case against Ghislaine Maxwell she named "All staff and employees at the Mar-a-Lago club during 1999-2002" as individuals who may have knowledge of Maxwell’s crimes.
  
• There's several well-published accounts of Epstein and Trump gallivanting with women at Mar-a-Lago as early as 1992 -- over a decade before this supposed incident. For example: these interviews with George Houraney and Jill Harth (then husband and wife) about Trump and Epstein mixing business and pleasure, or the infamous NBC report where the two men joke about cheerleaders dancing off camera.
  
• There’s several reports of Epstein and Trump with Epstein survivors at Mar-a-Lago, too. For example, a Doe reports that in 1994 Epstein brought her (then 14 years old) to Mar-a-Lago and showed her off to Trump — here is the relevant court filing (paragraph 17). There also exists some 1997 tabloid reporting which claims Ghislaine Maxwell flew another Epstein survivor Anouska de Georgiou to Mar-a-Lago for a "romantic weekend" with Trump.
  

But a rumor that Trump kicked Epstein out in 2004 because he possibly attempted to recruit a member's daughter is exonerating? If it's true, the only motivation that fits the above is that it happened because the minor was a member's daughter, not because Trump detested Epstein nor whatever he was up to.

(2) Trump outbid Epstein in a 2004 auction for a prominent Palm Beach property.

On the 15th of November, 2004, Trump and Epstein both bid on a Palm Beach property called Maison De L’amitie, the "House of Friendship". The property had been on the market for 2 years after it's then owner — nursing home magnate Abe Gosman — went into bankruptcy. The story goes that Epstein had his heart set on the property (perhaps because it was previously owned by Les Wexner), consulted Trump on various renovations, and felt betrayed when Trump outbid him at auction.
(Another digression — was the end of their friendship over Epstein’s misdeeds with minors or a property deal?)
The claim was popularized by a 2019 Washington Post article which, citing an interview with the trustee of Gosman’s estate and unreleased transcripts of the auction, claimed that Trump, Epstein and a third party bid on the property. According to some contemporaneous reporting that third party was Mark Pulte of a firm called Mark Timothy Prestige Homes. (Edited, thank you u/ALiddleBiddle)
I have no idea who Pulte is, but I’d like to raise the point that you don't hear about this guy very often -- and even less often that Epstein dropped out of the bidding before Pulte did.
All of this can be corroborated from multiple angles and is thus likely true. What isn’t is the spin:
After the auction it's said that Epstein felt betrayed by Trump specifically (rather than the third party) and threatened to expose what he thought were Trump’s dodgy finances. Furthermore, on November 28 — less than 2 weeks after the auction and a minimum of 8 days after their last known phone call — Palm Beach police supposedly fielded an anonymous tip that “young women” (not my words) were seen coming and going from Epstein's home. Rumors swirl from a few questionable journalists and thousands of dodgy social media avatars that the tip came from Trump himself.

(3) Trump distanced himself from Epstein like everyone else did -- even Ghislaine Maxwell -- in 2004.

How about this: the two men could have married each other in 2004 and Trump would still have distanced himself from Epstein in the years following for what was about to go down. In fact, there wasn't a single close associate of Epstein who publicly stuck with him through the criminal investigation. Quintessential characters such as Glen Dubin, Jean-Luc Brunel and Ghislaine Maxwell all disappear from his side around 2004/2005 — GM even managed to avoid being named in the now infamous non-prosecution agreement. The reasons are obvious.
In my view it’s more likely that Trump retrofit whatever narrative he could to his friendship with Epstein toward this same end than it is that either (1) or (2) actually resulted in the end of their friendship.
For example, the first press reports that Trump kicked Epstein out of Mar-a-Lago occur in October 2007, when Epstein's dirty laundry was first being aired to the US public. October 2007 is also the date that Miami Herald journalists say Epstein's Mar-a-Lago membership was unusually terminated. Neither of these factoids are consistent with the 2004-centric narrative spun by Trump, his allies, nor in thousands of dodgy Twitter and Reddit comments.
Furthermore, the claim that Trump supplied the anonymous tip to Palm Beach police can be traced to controversial journalist Michael Wolff — the “writer” that monsters such as Weinstein, Ailes and Trump have turned to in pursuit of sympathetic portraits. Mr. Wolff even has longstanding (and problematic) associations with Epstein himself, for example penning a 2017 profile on Epstein that was killed by Vanity Fair fact-checkers (of all publications) for a litany of basic journalistic errors. Regarding Wolff’s reporting on Trump, he has admitted that he spun more than a few lies for him and his slew of work during the Trump presidency (of which this claim is part) has come under intense scrutiny from journalists and talking heads for factual inaccuracies and contradictions. And we’re to believe this man that Trump reported Epstein to the authorities? It’s as good as QAnon or Pizzagate at this point.
So what do we reckon, Epstein? While I agree there are some basic facts about these stories which appear to be true (Epstein hung out at Mar-a-Lago up to 2004, the two men bid on the same property in 2004), there’s serious issues with the spin surrounding both (1) and (2). Are they true accounts? Are they obfuscating lies? I have no fucking idea.

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بحث رئيس الوزراء الدكتور عمر الرزاز مع وزير الشؤون الخارجية والتعاون الدولي المغربي ناصر بوريطة لدى استقباله له امس السبت، سبل تعزيز العلاقات الثنائية بين المملكتين الشقيقتين وإدامة التنسيق والتشاور بينهما تجاه مختلف القضايا الإقليمية والدولية. واكد رئيس الوزراء خلال اللقاء الذي حضره وزير الخارجية وشؤون المغتربين ايمن الصفدي والوفد المرافق للوزير المغربي، دور حكومتي البلدين في تنفيذ ما اتفق عليه جلالتا الملك عبدالله الثاني والملك محمد السادس في لقاء القمة الذي جمعمها في الدار البيضاء خلال شهر آذار من هذا العام للارتقاء بالتعاون بين البلدين إلى مستوى شراكة استراتيجية متعددة الجوانب، وإدامة نهج التشاور والتنسيق بينهما.وشدد الرزاز على ان هذا المستوى من التعاون يعكس متانة العلاقة بين القيادتين والشعبين الشقيقين في جميع المجالات السياسية والاقتصادية.ففي الملف السياسي، اكد رئيس الوزراء تطابق مواقف البلدين تجاه القضية الفلسطينية ودعمها لحقوق الشعب الفلسطيني في إقامة دولته المستقلة على خطوط الرابع من حزيران عام 1967 وعاصمتها القدس الشرقية والتنسيق الدائم للدفاع عن القدس وحماية المقدسات فيها.وفي الملف الاقتصادي، اكد الدكتور الرزاز الفرص الكبيرة المتوفرة لزيادة التعاون الثنائي في العديد من المجالات والقطاعات، وصولا إلى التكامل بين البلدين، وزيادة التنسيق فيما يتعلق بالدخول لاسواق جديدة في افريقيا والمساهمة في عمليات إعادة البناء والإعمار في بعض دول المنطقة.ولفت الرزاز إلى إمكانية زيادة تعاون البلدين في مجالات صناعات الأدوية والفوسفات والإدارة المحلية والسياحة، مثمنا بهذا الصدد توجيهات جلالة الملك محمد السادس بإنشاء مركز للتكوين/ التأهيل المهني بالأردن في التخصصات المرتبطة بالعديد من القطاعات، ومنها السياحة. ولفت إلى ان افتتاح خط مباشر للطيران بين البلدين منذ شهر نيسان الماضي سيسهم في زيادة الحركة السياحية وتنقل رجال الاعمال والمواطنين بينهما.وجرى خلال اللقاء التاكيد على اهمية التحضير لعقد اجتماعات اللجنة العليا الأردنية المغربية المشتركة في أقرب وقت وبما يخدم مسيرة العلاقات الثنائية.من جهته اكد وزير الشؤون الخارجية والتعاون الدولي المغربي ان زيارته للاردن التي تستمر 3 ايام تأتي في اطار تنفيذ توجيهات قيادتي البلدين في سبيل تفعيل الشراكة الاستراتيجية بين المغرب والاردن وبما يخدم مصالحهما المشتركة.وشدد على حرص المملكة المغربية على توسيع آفاق التعاون الثنائي وترجمته من خلال برامج عمل في جميع المجالات السياسية والاقتصادية.

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Official information from governments
Official circular from Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare on COVID-19:	Circular from Tokyo Metropolitan Government
Oita	Fukuoka
Sapporo list of hokenjos	Circular from Sapporo City
List of Hokenjos nationwide	List of Hokenjos around Tokyo
COVID-19 FAQ from MHLW in Japanese	Coronavirus soudan centre (Tokyo) (03-5320-4509)
Information from US Embassy in Japan.

If you suspect you are infected and don't know what to do, please google your local city and coronavirus and try to find the city website for help. Alternatively, you can search for your local hokenjo(保健所) here and call them or call Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare telephone consultation counter (toll-free) (reception hours 9am to 9pm) 0120-565653.
Please also look at the official circular from the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, as well as the links below for some local cities. Wash your hands, keep clean and stay safe!

Last update	Total Cases	Active	Recovered	Deaths
12th March	625	492	118	15

What you can do:

1. Avoid unnecessary travel to countries experiencing outbreaks (pay attention to the news, situation changes daily)
2. Avoid contact with people who have recently travelled to above countries and crowded places.
3. Wash hands (with SOAP) frequently and observe strict hygiene regimen. Avoid touching your face and minimise touching random things (like door handles, train grab holds)
4. If you show symptoms (cough, fever, shortness of breath and/or difficulty breathing) or suspect that you have contracted the virus, please self-quarantine and call your local hokenjo(保健所) here. They will advise you on what to do.

And

• Avoid spreading misinformation about the virus on social media. This includes stories about home remedies or how "people with onions in their kitchens catch fewer diseases" etc.
• Avoid hoarding necessities such as toilet paper, masks, soap and food.
• Masks / hand sanitizer have marginal value at protecting you so don't stress out if you don't have any. You can always use soap and water.
• Minimise travel on crowded public transportation if possible.
• If your employer has made accomodations for telework or working from home, please do it. If they have not, it never hurts to ask.

Information on travel restrictions for travelers from Japan (Japanese)

Travel	restrictions	or	ban		2020/03/14
Azerbaijan	Argentina	Antigua and Barbuda	Israel	Iraq	India
Ukraine	El Salvador	Oman	Ghana	Korea	Kiribati
Guatemala	Kuwait	Cook Islands	Kosovo	Comoros	Saudi Arabia
Samoa	Gibraltar	Syria	Sudan	Sri Lanka	Slovakia
Equatorial Guinea	Solomon Islands	Czech Republic	China	Saliva Le	Denmark
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago	Turkmenistan	Niue	Nepal	Bahrain	Vanuatu
Philippines	Bhutan	French Polynesia	Peru	Poland	Marshall Islands
Malaysia closes border worldwide	Moldova	Mongolia	Canada (worldwide ban)	EU (worldwide ban, developing)

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Entry allowed	but restrictions		(Self-quarantine,	etc)	2020/03/14
Ireland	Azerbaijan	United Arab Emirates	Argentina	Albania	Armenia
Iran	Kerala, India	Ukraine	Uzbekistan	Ecuador	Estonia
Ethiopia	Guyana	Cameroon	Northern Macedonia	Guinea	Cyprus
Cuba	Kyrgyzstan	Croatia	Kenya	Ivory Coast	Costa Rica
Columbia	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Zambia	Sao Tome and Principe	Sierra Leone	Gibraltar
Georgia	Zimbabwe	Sudan	Equatorial Guinea	Senegal	Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia	Thailand	Taiwan	Tajikistan	China	Tunisia
Chile	Togo	Turkmenistan	Turkey	Nigeria	Niger
New Zealand	Nepal	Norway	Bahrain	Paraguay	Palestine
Bangladesh	Bhutan	Bulgaria	Brunei	Burundi	Vietnam
Benin	Venezuela	Belarus	Belize	Peru	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bolivia	Honduras	Hong Kong	Macau	Mali	Malta
Micronesia (Pompeii)	South Africa	Myanmar	Monaco	Maldives	Moldova
Jordan	Laos	Latvia	Lithuania	Liberia	Rwanda
Russia	Singapore

Travel Bans on Travelers Entering Japan if they have visited the below places in last 14 days:

• Hubei Province, China
• Zhejiang Province, China
• Daegu City and Cheongdo County, Republic of Korea

The above travel bans on travelers entering Japan does not apply to nationals of Japan.

News Updates:
03/17
European Union will close its borders to all non-essential travel to fight coronavirus
Canada closing borders to noncitizens because of coronavirus, U.S. citizens exempt from ban ‘for the moment’
Malaysia closes borders, schools and businesses as virus tally climbs
03/16
Japan finds 15 clusters of coronavirus-infected people
03/13
Japan's Diet passes coronavirus emergency bill (emergency not declared yet, but can be declared anytime now)
03/12
Tokyo Disney parks, USJ to extend closure for coronavirus fears
4 female patients at a hospital in Himeji city, Hyogo prefecture, Japan have tested positive for COVID-19. Ages range from 50's to 80's. A total of 9 patients and staff have tested positive at the same hospital so far.
Coronavirus confirmed as pandemic by World Health Organization
03/09
Japan Airlines cabin attendant tests positive for coronavirus
03/07
Korea to halt visa-waiver program for Japanese nationals
03/06
One of the biggest universities in Japan, Waseda Univ., announces that the beginning of their 1st semester will be postponed to Apr. 20 or even later - Kyodo Press (in Japanese) - 21:46 +0900 Mar. 06, 2020
Japan to prepare 4 million masks for Hokkaido. Bans resale of masks next week.
Tighter control on visitors from China, S.Korea. 14 days quarantine for visitors from these countries.
Japan to restrict entry of tourists from Korea and China
03/05
15 infected from live event at Osaka live house on Feb 15th. If you were there, please get checked! Soap Opera ClassicsーＵｍｅｄａー <-- name of live house
02/28
Hokkaido declared state of emergency
02/27
Disneyland and USJ and Ueno Zoo are closed due to virus
PM Abe: Large scale sports and events to be stopped
All public schools to be closed until end of Spring break
02/24
2 members of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare have contracted COVID-19
02/22
Theme parks shut to prevent spread of coronavirus
02/20
First case of COVID-19 in Kyushu. Man, in his 60s, has reportedly never traveled overseas before.
Two cruise ship passengers die of new coronavirus
02/19
Prof Kentaro Iwata, specialist in infectious diseases in Kobe University Hospital talks about why Diamond Princess has such high number of cases of COVID-19 (taken down)
Passengers start disembarking quarantined cruise
02/17
Tokyo Marathon restricts non professional runners from participation
Emperor's birthday celebration cancelled.
Two new cases of COVID-19 hit Kanto area, bringing Japan total to at least 61
Avoid crowds and non-essential gatherings, health minister urges / Japan cases rise to 59
02/16
New reported case in Chiba, office workers in his 20 apparently continued going to work for almost a week despite having symptoms
3rd case in Aichi. A friend of the couple with coronavirus after Hawaii trip?
5 new cases in Tokyo today
8 new cases in Tokyo yesterday. One of them is a businessman who took a Shinkansen not related to the sick taxi driver
02/15
3 doctors in Wakayama contracted COVID-19
02/14
First mortality in Japan reported
Doctor contracted COVID-19
02/13
Taxi Driver contracted COVID-19, no known trace to other patients/clusters. Son-in-law of first mortality.
02/11
Coronavirus: No change to recommended quarantine period despite study suggesting 24-day incubation, says WHO
Research shows 3-day median incubation period for coronavirus, 24 days in rare cases
New coronavirus found in Japan evacuees who initially tested negative
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useful links:
Coronavirus case count worldwide and map:
COVID-19 tracker made by a fellow Japanlife redditor u/Crath. Has detailed breakdowns by prefecture.
COVID-19 tracker by Nikkei (Japanese)
COVID-19 Global Tracker by Johns Hopkins CSSE
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Another reddit thread about hoarding due to coronavirus
https://www.reddit.com/japanlife/comments/f2ny8d/the_real_concern_about_the_coronavirus_situation/
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Move the personal anecdote to the previous locked thread due to request.
Update: The bill came up to 3,920 yen per person.
TL;DR:
if you have reason to suspect anything, stay at home(self-quarantine), call your local hokensho, talk to them and ask them what to do. You will probably have to pay for everything.
Numbers:
Coronavirus soudan centre (Tokyo) (03-5320-4509)
https://www.mhlw.go.jp/bunya/kenkou/hokenjo/h_13.html