Each week and month in the calendar of sports contains unique sporting events. For example, the World Series is always in October. By chronicling the actual sports events in the twelve month period ending in October, 2009, a guide is presented which will inform the reader about what to expect in future weeks and months. Further, events outside the world of sports that have an impact on sports are examined in detail, such as legal, economic and cultural occurences.

Each week and month in the calendar of sports contains unique sporting events. For example, the World Series is always in October. By chronicling the actual sports events in the twelve month period ending in October, 2009, a guide is presented which will inform the reader about what to expect in future weeks and months. Further, events outside the world of sports that have an impact on sports are examined in detail, such as legal, economic and cultural occurences.

During the Arab uprisings of early 2011, which saw the overthrow of Zine el-Abadine Ben Ali in Tunisia and Hosni Mubarak in Egypt, the role of digital media and social networking tools was widely reported. This was also recognized by the very authorities fighting against popular pressure for change, and the Egyptian government's attempt to block internet and mobile phone access in January 2011 demonstrated the extent to which it was seen as powerful and potentially subversive tool. What is yet to be examined is the local context that allowed digital media to play this role: Egypt, for...

During the Arab uprisings of early 2011, which saw the overthrow of Zine el-Abadine Ben Ali in Tunisia and Hosni Mubarak in Egypt, the role of digital media and social networking tools was widely reported. This was also recognized by the very authorities fighting against popular pressure for change, and the Egyptian government s attempt to block internet and mobile phone access in January 2011 demonstrated the extent to which it was seen as powerful and potentially subversive tool. What is yet to be examined is the local context that allowed digital media to play this role: Egypt, for...

More than 600 years ago, John Wycliffe was the first to set aside Latin as the language of the Scriptures and to reach the English people in their own tongue. Working from contemporary manuscripts of the Latin Vulgate, he sought "no strange English" but only the easiest, most common-albeit the most Latin-like-language possible. His work was used by the Lollards, a group of itinerant preachers ("poor priests") who went about preaching, reading, and teaching from the English Bible. Following Wycliffe's lead, we are once again bringing the first translation of the English Bible to life in this...