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Revenant Esports have acquired the services of Michael “severiNe” Winata and Dastan “dos9” Zhumagali to their active roster.
INDIA – Revenant Esports have bolstered their ranks with the signings of former BOOM Esports in-game leader Michael “severiNe” Winata and Kazakhstani import Dastan “dos9” Zhumagali, joining Kasif “Paradox” Sayyed whose return was only announced yesterday.
This further confirms a prior report indicating that the organization had been in talks with the duo, with the Indonesian veteran joining as a player and effectively coming out of the retirement he had announced in September last year.
Revenant Esports are now just two players short of a full roster ahead of their appearance in the VALORANT Challengers South Asia circuit. Should the speculated moves materialize, the final additions to the lineup are expected to be the former Global Esports duo, Ganesh “SkRossi” Gangadhar and Jayanth “skillZ” Ramesh.
dos9 comes into Revenant Esports as a relatively unknown player, having only accumulated 19 series recorded on VLR.gg since his first appearance in the now-defunct CIS circuit as a main Sentinel player. Dubbed a hidden gem from Kazakhstan in the announcement post, he previously bounced around the lower tiers of EMEA VALORANT with different mix teams, including Germany’s AEX-1 and Ukraine’s The Squad.
In contrast to dos9, severiNe brings a wealth of tier-one experience, boasting a remarkable 15-year career playing Point Blank and more recently making his mark in VALORANT with ONIC G and BOOM Esports. A well-known figure in Indonesian Point Blank, severiNe’s crowning achievement was clinching the PBNC 2016 title with Guardian Force which was eventually acquired by BOOM Esports (BOOM ID then).
His involvement in VALORANT traces back to its early days when he plied his trade for ONIC G during the First Strike Indonesia tournament and continued for the subsequent two seasons. During this time, the team stood as one of the representatives of Indonesia in various tournaments, such as the 2021 VCT Southeast Asia Stage 3 Challengers and the 2022 VCT APAC Stage 1 and Stage 2 Challengers.
ONIC G reached their peak at the close of the 2022 season, making it to the grand finals of the VCT APAC Last Chance Qualifier. However, severiNe and co. could not secure the win against BOOM Esports in the match that would have qualified them for VALORANT Champions Istanbul. While with BOOM Esports, severiNe clinched a victory in VCL Indonesia Split 2 which paved their way to represent the region at VCT Ascension Pacific. The team nearly reached the finals of the Bangkok event but met their match against eventual victors Bleed Esports in the semi-finals held at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre.
We will get a chance to see how the new Revenant Esports lineup will work in early February, as they make their debut in VALORANT Challengers South Asia Split 1.
Revenant Esports now have:
- 🇮🇳 Kasif “Paradox” Sayyed
- 🇮🇩 Michael “severiNe” Winata
- 🇰🇿 Dastan “dos9” Zhumagali
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Actor Arjun Kapoor, who has three movies – ‘Ek Villain’, ‘Kuttey’ and the not too long ago introduced ‘The Woman Killer’ lined up, is blissful that filmmakers now are desirous to solid him of their “eclectic imaginative and prescient”.
He says his upcoming work is a good mixture of masala commercials and style bending entertainers.
Arjun is happy with his slate and credit the success of ‘Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar’ (SAPF) for altering the course of his profession.
He mentioned: “‘Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar’ has been a game-changer for my profession. It introduced me in a radical method which audiences had by no means seen earlier than and I’m deeply grateful that they cherished my efficiency within the movie.”
He added: “The success of ‘SAPF’ has opened a number of doorways for me with filmmakers desirous to solid me of their eclectic imaginative and prescient. ‘The Ladykiller’ and ‘Kuttey’ are prime examples of how the business is me at present and as an actor, I couldn’t be extra lucky!”
Talking about his subsequent releases, Arjun is “excited” about his line-up.
“Because it’s an awesome mixture of masala industrial movies like ‘Ek Villain Returns’ and likewise genre-bending entertainers like ‘Kuttey’ and ‘The Woman Killer’. I’ve just a few extra bulletins lined up and they’re all equally various from a script perspective.”
Arjun shall be seen in Mohit Suri’s ‘Ek Villain Returns’, Vishal Bhardwaj’s son Aasmaan’s debut directorial ‘Kuttey’ and Ajay Bahl’s ‘The Woman Killer’.

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Turn that typical PB&J sandwich into some yummy french toast, topped with icing sugar and a pinch of cinnamon.
|8||Slices Dempster’s® Stays Fresh® White Bread|
|4 tbsp||(60 mL) Peanut butter|
|4 tbsp||(60 mL) Raspberry jam (or your favourite)|
|2 tbsp||to 3, (30-45 mL) Milk or cream|
|2 tbsp||to 3, (15-30 mL) Vegetable oil|
|Icing sugar for dusting|
SPREAD peanut butter and jam on each of four slices of bread. Top with remaining bread slices.
WHISK the eggs, milk and cinnamon together in a shallow baking dish.
HEAT oil in a large non-stick skillet over medium heat. Dip each sandwich into egg mixture, coating completely and place into the pan. Cook for 2-3 minutes per side or until golden brown.
SERVE dusted with icing sugar.
Serve with fresh berries.
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Feb 05, Colombo: The Presidential Commission investigating alleged abductions or disappearances of persons resident in the Northern and Eastern Provinces during the period 1990-2009 will hold its next public sittings in Jaffna district.
The public hearings will be in Chavakachcheri, Kopay and the Jaffna town from 14-17 February.
The members of the commission have visited the district to meet the district officials including the District Secretary, relevant Divisional Secretaries and Grama Niladharis in Jaffna in order to make preliminary arrangements, an official said.
Secretary of the Commission H.W. Gunadasa has said that the Commission received the highest number of missing cases from Jaffna. The Commission has received 3000-4000 cases from the Jaffna district.
He said the Commission will inform the people who lodged complaints through public media of the sittings in the district.
The Commission held its first public sittings in Kilinochchi district from January 18th -21st where it heard complaints from 440 people. Following the public hearing in Kilinochchi, the Commission has submitted details of 162 cases of missing persons in the area to the Attorney General's (AG) Department for further investigation.
The Commission has received approximately 13,700 complaints from all parts of the country and approximately 9,300 complaints of disappearances are of civilians and 4,300 are of security personnel.
According to the official, an interim report will be handed over to the President around by the end of next month. A website will also be launched soon by the Commission to facilitate complainants to access information regarding status of their complaints.


TV 1 News 19-11-2019. TV 1 News2019.11.19. TV 1. The video posted by the most popular Sri Lankan channel Col3neg on 19 Nov 2019 (11:33 PM).
Sri Lanka s authorities must end discrimination against LGBTI people, Amnesty International said yesterday (08), as the human rights organization published a comic book recounting the struggles of LGBTI people in Sri Lanka. MORE..
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Ruby The Hatchet made their first inroads into a recording career with the self-released ‘Ouroboros’ in 2012. Aside from the occasional one line hook, the DIY recording captured the raw talents of a brilliant stoner rock/deep psych band. With riffs heavily indebted to Kyuss’ majorly influential bottom end noise and Black Sabbath’s doomy origins, the band immediately had a strong musical root, but in vocalist Jillian Taylor it was clear they had something very special. Taylor’s clear and strong delivery always gave the music a melodic edge that other doomy bands didn’t always have. Even at such an early stage, her clean, crying style often lent the material a brilliantly haunting feel that would be hard to beat.
When it comes to mining classic influences, Polish stoner rockers Volt Ritual dig deeply on their debut release. Their self titled disc from 2022 takes the mighty Black Sabbath as its root inspiration and takes a very 70s approach to a heavy riff, but the material could just as easily have been recorded in the 90s at a time when Kyuss, Fu Manchu and Roadsaw were at their height. Its seven numbers are crammed with heavy riffs and fuzzy grooves; the production values call back to Rodger Bain’s early no-frills approach, and the band’s overall sound is one that a vast proportion of stoner and doom fans will take to in a heartbeat.
As a band, The Fierce And The Dead have never been shy of evolving. From their noisiest post rock origins, they slowly grew into a melodic juggernaut, mixing heavy grooves and progressive textures on their third album ‘The Euphoric’.
There’s growth and re-invention, and then there’s genre-fluid, which is certainly where the band found themselves during the writing and recording of their fourth LP. Fans got a taste of the “new” Fierce/Dead in May 2022 when the ‘Wonderful’ single appeared on Bandcamp and other streaming services. For the first time, the band shared something song-based with a strong vocal, and for many, that was the biggest change. However, things had also taken an unexpected turn musically with a world of post-punk riffs colliding with the prog-ish experimentation.
Following on from their ‘Let You Down’ single in 2021, Belgian rock band Bar II’s ‘How I Fake It’ EP features a couple of their best recordings to date. Its two tracks are centred around some fairly chunky riffs, but despite being promoted as a “stoner duo”, the best moments branch off into an even spikier sound, often showcasing the musicians in a more inventive way.
British sludge/doom/alternative outfit Sail aren’t the most prolific band, but they’re one of those acts that seem to offer something of genuine interest whenever new music arrives. In August 2021, their two track single ‘Flood’ showcased their knack for massive riffs, but also showed how they could make an almost unmovable sound seem more atmospheric than some of their peers. An accompanying remix actually gave the material a further lift when demonstrating how the original recording had an almost mechanical, semi-industrial feel beneath the riff, and further suggested that Sail’s best material presented far more than a heavy vibe.


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Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Ok, so it has been some time. I promise to get back on the wagon and add more write-ups to this blog. I have been very lax of late, so I apologise. I finish exams tomorrow, and yes I am avoiding work right now. I thought I would change the look of my blog too, to go with the whole New Life thing. Who knows?
Anyway, instead of my usual political rants I thought I would entertain you all with some recipes. the first recipe is for some banana muffins. I love banana muffins and particularly enjoy making up a mixture, then baking them in the morning when I get up. Studying a bit while they bake, then having them with some coffee. Superb.
The second is a soup that I have taken to making, I only tried it out very recently and is an adaptation of some recipes that I've seen. I generally take recipes either from books or the net and then change and alter them how I see fit. Hope you enjoy them!
Banana Muffins of Joy and Loveliness
4 Large Bananas (Mashed)
¾ Cup Sugar
2 Eggs, lightly beaten
125g Butter softened
1 tsp Baking Powder
½ tsp Salt
1 ½ Cups Flour
1 tsp Vanilla Essence
100g Chopped Walnuts
Cream together the butter, sugar and eggs.
Sift the dry ingredients and and combine with the butter mixture.
Add the bananas and the vanilla essence.
Stir in the nuts.
Bake for about 25 minutes or so. I'm quite intuitive about this. I also like to bake them in the middle rack of the oven, then move them up when they're close to being down in order to get a crispy top. YUM!
Makes about a dozen.
Fantastic Rosemary and Bean Soup
750 ml Stock (whichever type you prefer, I use chicken)
400g Tin Tomatoes
400g Tin of Chickpeas (drained and rinsed)
400g Tin other beans (I have used Cannellini)
2 Garlic Cloves (Crushed)
8 Spring Onions
2 Tbl Sp chopped rosemary
2 Tbl Sp Olive Oil
250g Pancetta (chopped bacon)
Warm the oil and add the chopped spring onions, garlic and rosemary. Cook until the onions are soft. Add the tomatoes, ensuring that they are crushed up. Cook for five minutes, allowing to boil. Do not cover! Add the stock, I generally use chicken stock as we regularly make roast chicken and I almost always use it to make stock. Having added the stock, add the beans and allow the soup to warm through simmering it for another five minutes. If you so choose, you can add the bacon close to the end, first frying it in its own fat, draining of the fat and then adding it to the soup. This reminds me of a favourite soup I used to purchase at Woolies. Fantastic for cold wintry days!


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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - As the debate continues across Alabama for and against a mask mandate, one of the main questions is would it even be possible to enforce a mask requirement?
Uber and Lyft drivers have had to mandate masks since early May, but Leigh Ann Browne, a driver for both companies, said that is easier said than done.
Browne said many of her riders do not have a mask when they get in her car and even when she provides people a mask they still do not want to wear it.
When this happens, she said it frustrates her, because it’s not just her car they’re going without a mask, it’s all over the place.
“I’m not an angry person but it makes me kind of upset that that’s the way they’re going about it,” Browne said. “Because it’s just not mine, where else are they going in the city that they could be with people, more people, their families. Don’t they care about their families?”
Browne said it’s tough to confront people about the issue because she doesn’t want to get a bad rating and potentially lose future business.
However, business is very thin right now. She said it picked up a little bit when restaurants and bars reopened but it’s still nowhere near what it used to be.
Browne says she may get to a point where she stops driving all together, because she needs to think about her own health if she’s going to have riders not wearing masks. She’s hoping the government can step in and make masks a requirement to keep everyone safer.

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Golden Oak -Hideaway, Strathyre
LOSE YOURSELF TO THE LOCH IN STRATHYRE'S
BRAND NEW LUXURY FOREST CABINS
Forest Holidays, the nature-lover's choice for luxury cabin holidays. 11 new cabins on the shores of stunning Loch Lubnaig in Strathyre, Scotland.
There are 4 one-bedroom Golden Oak Hideaway cabins available, nestled on the edge of the enchanting loch. Designed and built exclusively for romantic couples' holidays, the Golden Oak Hideaway is a cosy love-nest, complete with hot tub and hammock on the decking, a wood burning stove, and a decadent sunken bath, big enough for two, with a lochside view.
There are also 4 one-bedroom and 3 four-bedroom Golden Oak cabins, offering superior lochside positions, fluffy robes in the en-suite, outdoor hot tub and a log burning stove in the spacious living area. These are the first Hideaway and four-bedroom cabins to be built by Forest Holidays in their Scotland locations.
Loch Lubnaig is within the Loch Lomond and The Troassachs National Park and from your base at Forest Holidays you can enjoy guided forest ranger walks, biking, canoeing and fishing. Or for those feeling less active, it provides the opportunity to reflect on the amazing views or watch the local wildlife, which includes red squirrels or wild deer.
Guests can also enjoy the local delicacies - as served up by the Picnic Butler - a service exclusive to Forest Holidays during the warmer months. A trained forest ranger will lead guests to special locations and serve them a delicious locally sourced picnic, while offering a unique insight into the area and the wildlife to provide a truly special experience.
Forest Holidays' luxury timber and glass cabins provide the perfect base to explore and are a fitting development to be launched in Visit Scotland's Year of Innovation, Architecture and Design 2016. Encircled by loch, forest and mountain, Strathyre is the ultimate holiday escape. For further information, visit www.forestholidays.co.uk/locations/scotland-holidays/strathyre-holidays
The location of Forest Holidays' Strathyre cabins has it all, situated in the vast Queen Elizabeth Forest Park, right on the edge of Loch Lubnaig and watched over by the majestic peaks of Ben Ledi. Some of the cabins have enchanting loch views, while others are arranged together in a grassy glade between forest, loch and mountain, providing the perfect escape whether travelling with family or friends.
You can even bring the dog if you book one of our specific pet-friendly cabins!
2020 Special Discount Offer: Escape to luxury cabins with private hot tubs at Forest Holidays' Strathyre location, and enjoy 10% off accommodation. Book before 31 January 2021. Holiday by 1 January 2022. The code for a 10% discount via LETi = SCOTPARTNER - Strathyre Forest cabins are the perfect getaway for families, couples and groups of friends. You can even bring your dog to our pet-friendly cabins!
The discount can be taken at any time of the year including school holidays and Bank holidays and can be taken across all of our cabin types, from the great value Copper Beech to the ultimate luxury of a Golden Oak Treehouse. This discount applies to the cabin price only and not any extras, May not be used in conjunction with any other offer and cannot be applied retrospectively. Forest Holidays reserves the right to withdraw this offer at any time.
Forest Retreat - enjoy delicious, freshly cooked meals and snacks in the café or relax over a drink at the bar. The Forest Retreat shop is stocked with everything from essential groceries to special gifts.
- Bike hire
- Children's play area
Mountain climbing, forest walks, fishing, canoeing, shopping and sightseeing…
A break in Strathyre will please everybody. Our Strathyre cabins are in the Queen Elizabeth Forest Park, watched over by majestic peaks of Ben Ledi. Tackle big adventures or simply enjoy the forest, a sanctuary for rare wildlife. Look out for red squirrels practically knocking on your cabin door, buzzards overhead and wild deer peeping from between the trees.
Strathyre is the perfect place to relax and unwind and really get away from it all. You can do as little or as much as you like here. Hideaway in your cabin with a good book and relax in your hot tub or get out and about and hire a bike to explore. For the more adventurous try a spot of fishing, pony trekking or canoeing.
Take a trip to the town of Callander - the gateway to the Highlands - a picturesque Scottish market town associated with the infamous Rob Roy. For the more adventurous head for Go Ape in the Queen Elizabeth Forest Park.
- Forest Holidays is perfect for families, couples and groups of friends.
- Telephone 03330 110495
- Website www.forestholidays.co.uk/locations/scotland-holidays/strathyre-holidays
On the Map
- Street: Forest Holidays Strathyre
- Postcode: FK17 8HF
- City: Callander
- State: Perthshire
- Country: United Kingdom

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Correction: The Pismo Preserve property is owned by PB Coast View LLC, a Delaware-based corporation, not by Brad Wilde. Wilde serves as a spokesperson for PB Coast View and declined to provide more information about individuals involved in it.
The Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County has announced plans to preserve 900 acres behind Pismo Beach and open it to the public.
Called the Pismo Preserve, the land would extend a mile inland and be bounded on the northeast side by Price Canyon Road. The property has about 10 miles of dirt roads and single-track paths that would provide a ready-made trail system for hikers, cyclists and equestrians, said Kaila Dettman, the Land Conservancy’s executive director.
“It is the backdrop to the city of Pismo Beach,” she said. “We see this is an amazing amenity for the community.”
The owner, PB Coast View LLC, a Delaware-based corporation, is offering to sell the property for $10 million. The conservancy has tentative offers for that amount but needs to raise an additional $1.7 million to cover other expenses in order to complete the deal by an Aug. 1 deadline.
Other expenses include spending about $1.4 million on public access improvements including a parking lot off Mattie Road and an operating endowment. If all goes as planned, the conservancy hopes to open the property to the public by the spring of 2015.
“One of the reasons this project is exciting is because it offers trails and beautiful coastal views,” said county Supervisor Adam Hill, whose district includes Pismo Beach. “Trails are becoming one of the big reasons visitors are coming to this area.”
The property has historically been used as ranchland with grasslands, oak woodlands and chaparral. Several creeks run through the property providing sycamore and willow riparian corridors. Ridges immediately above Pismo Beach offer sweeping views of the coastline from Point San Luis to Point Sal.
The conservation project enjoys the support of the city of Pismo Beach, Mayor Shelly Higginbotham said.
“The Pismo Preserve is an incredible opportunity for the entire community,” she said. “We will be very excited to be a part of it.”
The land is next to Spanish Springs, one of two developments proposed for Price Canyon.
The Pismo Preserve would provide valuable recreation and open space amenities for those developments.
“Large development projects highlight the need for communities to set aside wild lands for conservation while they still exist,” states a brochure the conservancy has made for the project.
The property would be open from sunrise to sunset, and access would be free. Only passive recreation, such as hiking and biking, would be allowed. No campgrounds are planned.
Based on the extensive use of other nearby open-space reserves, such as San Luis Obispo’s Johnson Ranch, the conservancy estimates that the proposed Pismo Preserve would see more than 3,000 visitors a month.
The project marks a new role for the Land Conservancy in the community. The nonprofit owns a number of large properties that are closed to the public. By owning and managing a property that is open to the public, the group will have greater visibility in the community.
“It’s a great project, and we are really excited,” Dettman said.
If successful, the Pismo Preserve would be a major addition to the area’s open space network, rivaling San Luis Obispo’s 1,000-acre Irish Hills Natural Reserve in size and trails available to the public.
The Pismo project comes less than a year after another ambitious land conservation deal fell through. In April, plans to add 2,400 acres, called Wild Cherry Canyon, to Montaña de Oro State Park foundered when the owners of the property withdrew their offer to sell.
Land Conservation officials say they are confident the same fate will not befall this project. The Pismo project is much simpler than the Wild Cherry Canyon project, which had multiple owners, said Kara Blakeslee, who headed the Wild Cherry Canyon effort and now sits on the Land Conservancy’s board of directors.
“We have a very committed landowner, and having the firm commitment of a landowner can make all the difference in the world,” she said.
Some of the funds that had been earmarked for Wild Cherry Canyon could be used for the Pismo project, Blakeslee said. Agencies with money available for the purchase include the state Coastal Conservancy and Wildlife Conservation Board and County Parks.
The Land Conservancy expects annual management costs to be $50,000. An endowment of $1.2 million would be established when the property is purchased to cover those expenses.
For more information about the Land Conservancy, visit the website http://lcslo.org/.


The holder created by the Ruiz Brothers on Adafruit and Thingiverse didn’t quite fit into the respirator portion of our gas mask, and we thought the attachment of the rings was also a little clunky. (But then, we’re relatively new to this whole 3D printing thing… so we’re not saying the Ruiz Brothers messed up… just “it didn’t work for us”.) Read More
GEMMA is flashing rings! Read More
Franklin has embarked on a project of customizing the 3D gas mask with NeoPixel lighting as originally designed by Adafruit. Read More
No posts since July… because we’ve moved from Arizona City (a small unincorporated town of around 10,000 people) to Phoenix (metro area population around 4.3 million). See my personal blog for more details.
But that hasn’t put all of my 3D printing endeavors on hold. I continue to make incremental progress and occasional design changes on Coins-Worth. There is a mostly-assembled version I take “on the road” to show people who ask to see it.
I’m now working with Franklin to produce a custom version of the NeoPixel 3D Gas Mask by Adafruit. There will be several 3D-blog entries for that.
Usually when you design a 3D-printed part, you want it to “build from the ground up”. After all, having the extruder “hang filament in mid-air” seems like a pretty difficult request. But today, I did it.
The Lulzbot printer comes with a variety of tools in a nice little tool bag, and one of the items is a 150mm ruler. It’s sufficient for short measurements where accuracy isn’t a major factor, but for the rather precise parts and fittings I’m building, I needed something a little more accurate. Read More


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Will Hitler Drive Into Spain For Thrust at Gibraltar?
21.75 x 15.5 in (55.245 x 39.37 cm)
This is a Wednesday, January 6, 1943 Charles Hamilton Owens and Minneapolis Morning Tribune pictorial map of western Europe illustrating a possible Nazi German attack on Gibraltar. The most striking feature on the map is a view of Gibraltar, from the southwest, during the imagined Nazi air raid, complete with fighter aircraft adorned Nazi insignia. The map depicts the region from the Atlantic Ocean to Berlin and from London to Morocco and Algeria. Created nearly two months after Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of French North Africa, the artist is presenting the possibility that Germany, which was now on the defensive in Russia and in North Africa, could decide to go on the offensive. Per 'many military experts', the 'most logical target' for this attack would be Spain and Gibraltar. Located on the Mediterranean coast just across the Strait of Gibraltar from Tangier, Gibraltar had been a British stronghold since 1704. It was also the location where General Dwight Eisenhower commanded Operation Torch.
Highlighting the current state of the war in the region, American flags are illustrated waving over Casablanca, Morocco, and Oran and Algiers, Algeria, since they had been captured/liberated by American forces in November. Gibraltar, is, of course, marked by a Union Jack. Numerous cities throughout the region are labeled, including Madrid, Paris, London, and Berlin, each of which include pictorial illustrations of famous buildings in that city. Vichy, France is also labeled. The most striking feature, as stated above, is the view of Gibraltar situated along the top border. Exquisitely detailed, numerous Nazi German aircraft are illustrated attacking the city and the Rock. Explosions and sinking ships, along with a few burning aircraft, perfect the image of the imagined carnage caused by such an attack.
Stylistically this cover owes a debt to the work of Richard Edes Harrison, an American illustrator and cartographer who, working for Fortune magazine, pioneered a new style of representing the world for WWII era propaganda maps. Edes developed the convention of using spherical perspective with an exaggerated vertical dimension, as on the present map, to illustrate part of the world as part of a greater global situation. This map was created by Charles Hamilton Owens for the Los Angeles Times and printed in the Minneapolis Morning Tribune on Wednesday, January 6, 1943.
Charles Hamilton Owens (Feb 16, 1881 - March 3, 1958) was an American painter and illustrator and staff illustrator for the Los Angeles Times. Born in San Francisco, he had a passion for drawing from a young age. After landing a job as a messenger for The San Francisco Examiner, Owens began being taught his trade by the newspaper's illustrators. Although it is unclear exactly where Owens started his career as a newspaper staff artist, his reputation was launched by his detailed sketches of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire for a New York paper, using only wire reports and his knowledge of the city. By 1910, Owens was working for the Los Angeles Examiner. Even at this point in his career, Owens was known for experimenting with new forms of illustration, fusing drawings of events with photographs. Owens's map of the Titanic disaster used a high oblique perspective, 'capturing the earth's sphericity and showing the polar regions on a curving horizon.' By the 1920s, Owens reputation as an artist in Los Angeles had grown beyond the realm of journalism. He had a studio and received commissions for landscapes and had exhibited watercolors of California and Hawaii landscapes. Thus, when Owens began creating his war series in April/May 1942, he had all the necessary skills to create visually striking works. The Los Angeles Times began a series of maps for its readers, which were full-page inserts that would appear every Monday and Saturday. Owens's maps would be included in the Monday issues, and a Rand McNally map would be included on Saturdays. The Rand McNally maps, however, were discontinued on June 27, 1942, but Owens's maps continued to be printed. His last war map was published on September 10, 1945, a little over a week after the Japanese surrender. Owens died in Los Angeles on March 3, 1958. More by this mapmaker...
The Minneapolis Tribune (1867 - present) was founded by Colonel William S. King, William D. Washburn, and Dorilus Morrison and the first issue was published on May 25, 1867. In 1941, the Cowles family of Des Moines, Iowa bought the Tribune and merged it with their other holdings in Minneapolis, giving the Cowles family ownership of all the city's major newspapers. The Tribune became the city's morning newspaper, and the Star-Journal was the evening newspaper. The two published a joint Sunday edition. The newspaper is still published today, under the name Star Tribune. Learn More...
Good. Newsprint. Even overall toning. Closed tears along left and right margins professionally repaired on verso. Text on verso.

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Kehlani is closing out the year on a high note with a new track following the release of last month's “You Know Wussup.” On "All Me," we find the Oakland-born signer-songwriter linking with fellow California native Keyshia Cole for a smooth R&B jam produced by ReeceBeats.
Kehlani officially released the new song last night after her DJ previously previewed the tune at a show in San Francisco, much to the delight of her fans. The 24-year-old musician is staking a claim to her man throughout the track as she sings, "When you see him, know that's all me."
Furthermore, Kehlani is utilizing her social media to aid in the promotion of "All Me," reposting the best fan-made dance videos for the song on her Instagram Story.
For more Kehlani-related news, see how the songstress reacted to Trump's impeachment, along with other celebrities.

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Why Does Daddy Always Look So Sad? is the story of one man’s journey to parenthood, and how his autism profoundly affected that journey, for both better and worse. Growing up autistic, Jude Morrow faced immense challenges and marginalization, but he was able to successfully—though not without difficulty—finish university and transition into the working world and eventually parenthood. This book is a view of life and love through the eyes of an autistic adult, who went from being a nonverbal and aggressive child to a hardworking and responsible father to a non-autistic son.
In this poignant and honest memoir, Jude defiantly uses his voice to break down the misconceptions and societal beliefs surrounding autism, bringing hope to all who live with autism as well as those who care for someone on the spectrum. Jude views his autism as a gift to be shared, not a burden to be pitied, and as he demonstrates through his candid recollections and observations, autistic people’s lives can be every bit as happy and fulfilling as those who don’t have autism.
I knew that Jupiter has seventy-nine known moons and where the swimming pool was located on the Titanic, yet I didn’t know how to connect with this beautiful child who called me “Daddy.”
I wasn’t entirely knowing what to expect with this memoir as I’m not hugely knowledgeable about those on the Autism Spectrum, but it is something I would like to know and understand more about. This book follows the author’s journey as he grew up and moved through life, living with having Asperger’s. There were a number of struggles that he expertly described in a way that the reader could really understand and empathize with. It was touching to see it through his eyes as he came to realizations and came to accept his condition so that he could not only enjoy his life but build a wonderful relationship with his son. Though I’m not on the spectrum in any way, there were situations he described that I empathized with greatly due to having high anxiety.
I really enjoyed going through Morrow’s story the way he told it. His introspection and self examination allows the reader to fully immerse themselves in what he describes and his emotions during his experiences, even when he has a hard time understanding them himself. It was a wonderful view not only into what he has experienced with his condition, but also what other’s around him experienced.
Jude Morrow presented with communication and social difficulties early in life, which led to a diagnosis of Asperger Type Autism at the age of 11. Despite having educational challenges, Jude progressed through secondary school and graduated from the University of Ulster with an honors degree in social work in 2012. Jude now works as a social worker and is a motivational speaker and advocate for all things autism. When not speaking, writing, or social working, Jude loves spending time with his son, Ethan, enjoying the outdoors, cooking, and reading.
Thank you again to Beyond Words Publishing for offering me a copy of this book. Happy reading!

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RVIVR. I never know how to pronounce correctly the name of this terrific band, but despite this pronunciation issue, what I know for sure is that they will never disappoint me. They incarnate what a punk band should be: fast and passionate music with attitude. When I think about punkrock, especially, nowadays, I often see a “Fashion before passion” thing, as H20 would say.
What happened to the passion?
What happened to the reason for screaming?
What happened to the music and the message that I love?
Well, I think RVIVR never forgot this lesson. If you listen to their records or if you see them live you can feel the whole unique energy you fall in love with when you listened to something punk the very first time. Unity, brotherhood, fun, social commitment, passionate words and amazing sound: this is what RVIVR are.
Where I got this t-shirt
I got this t-shirt in 2014 at fest 13, right after their show at Bo Diddley Plaza venue. Open air gig ar not really my favourite kind of show, but RVIVR were amazing as well. Right after their show, it was Iron Chic time and there is a particular image that is still impressed in my mind. Iron Chic were playing “Whatever happened to the man of tomorrow?” and, at the side of the stage, I could see Erica Freas (RVIVR singer and guitarist) sing and dance with a huge smile on her face like everyone else Iron Chic fan. ‘Cause punkrock is this: support, unity and passion. Thanks RVIVR for always remind me why I love punkrock so much (even when you are spectators just like me!)
This is a really hard choice for me: I think that “The beauty between” is a real masterpiece so I will choose a song from this record. Enjoy!


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The speaker of the Transitional National Legislative Assembly (TNLA), Jemma Nunu Kumba,
over alleged fraud, has threatened a politician from the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO) with legal action.
At a press conference held at the parliament in Juba on Friday, John Agany Deng, the
chairperson of the specialized committee on Information at the TNLA stated that Juol
Nhomngek Daniel, who had earlier in the week accused the speaker of attempting to
misappropriate SSP 12 million, was getting ready to defend himself in court.
“The Honorable Juol Nhomngek must present the accusations in order for them to be
supported; otherwise, he would be required to attend a court hearing regarding the charge he has made against Speaker Jemma Nunu Kumba.”
Nhomngek stated earlier this week that security personnel had slapped him as he attempted to stop the speaker from smuggling SSP 12 million out of the legislature.
In defense of the speaker, Agany asserted that the funds were intended to pay for South
Sudanese legislators travel to the regional East Africa Legislative Assembly (EALA).
“On February 25 there was a complaint made against the speaker regarding SSP 12,495,000 which was administratively assigned to benefit the EALA members,” he stated. “EALA compensates our members, as you are aware, but it doesn’t stop us from assisting them when they arrive for breaks.” The SSP 12 million that the speaker is believed to have stolen was used to fund and provide them (EALA members) with flight tickets.
Agany claimed that Nhomngek has already implicated the speaker. He stated, “Hon. Juol Ngomngek and his associate must be well reminded that whatever allegation they pass against anyone in this house including the speaker will be attended to in a court of law and the speaker is entitled to self-defense in any court of law. “He has previously leveled similar accusations.
He has been making all of these claims for the past three to six months, and an ad hoc committee was established to look into them. He was found guilty of making false accusations against the speaker, who forgave him as a mother, after the investigation. He may be taking a chance by hoping for another pardon, in my opinion. He has also been the subject of a three-week probe by another committee, the speaker continued.

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As New Yorkers, we’re always trying to do everything fast. But let me tell you, you cannot truly do Positano and Amalfi in a one day trip from Sorrento, Italy so just stop trying.
I mean I did try so you can keep reading if you want to find out why not!
My first mistake was not having more time in my travels. My second was staying in Sorrento, Italy instead of actual Positano.
I stayed at Seven Hostel which is about a 25 minute walk from actual Sorrento. But it’s as nice as a hotel. It was big, fairly well priced and had free breakfast! I love a free meal. Check it out if you’re looking for Sorrento hostels! It was probably one of my favorites in Europe.
Let’s talk location…
Sorrento is about 4 hours from Florence. Positano is an hour from Sorrento and Amalfi is an hour and 40 minutes from Sorrento. So it’s wayyyy too much to try to see all of Positano and Amalfi in one day. I’m sure it CAN be done but it’s just not the way you want to see such a beautiful part of the world is it!?
Getting to Sorrento from Florence
I took a three hour train ride from Florence to Naples where I then took a local train for an hour and fifteen minutes to get to Sorrento. Of course, my friend Chelsea and I got on the wrong train in Naples, too, which set us back about 30-40 minutes. Why do we suck at listening!?
We were told that if we could get to Sorrento without getting robbed on this local train, we were lucky. DO NOT FALL ASLEEP, we were told. But we didn’t find it to be as sketchy as people said. Just don’t take your eyes off of your crap, people!
Getting to Positano From Sorrento
I wished I had done my research about the distance to Positano from Sorrento. Lots of people have the same thought so the buses from Sorrento to Positano are very crowded. They leave about 30 minutes apart.
The drive to Positano is insanely gorgeous so make sure you get a window seat. As someone in our hostel described it, it’s “the most geologically unstable place in the world.” The entire town is built into a cliff. Sometimes it looked like we were driving on the Sea we were so close to the edge. Talk about serious vertigo.
While totally gorgeous, I actually found Positano to be very touristy with not a ton to do. But of course, I was only there for about half a day due to not staying IN Positano. I found the streets packed with people speaking English and the tiny beaches were wall to wall with people. Granted it was July! Prime beach season. But I guess I was hoping for more? Is it so wrong for us to do that during our travels?
With only half a day, there wasn’t enough time to wander the streets, enjoy the beach and check out more than a couple restaurants. And this is ITALY we’re talking about. Some of the best food in the world! You need more than a day to try it all.
The view from above Positano is absolutely breathtaking. Like seriously the view of the town alone is worth it if you’re trying to do this all in one day. So make sure to get to the top of the hills to check it out.
We wanted to make it to Amalfi, too, but unfortunately we didn’t wake up early enough to really do both in one day.
So my advice is don’t try to do Positano as a day trip from Sorrento. It can be done if you really want to make it work but I don’t recommend it. Positano is beautiful, although crowded, and you just need more time to find it’s little charms. I guess that and Amalfi will be a trip for another day!
Have you done a day trip from Sorrento to Positano? What did you think? Tell me all your thoughts, feelings, ideas, general inklings in the comments.


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Cecily's Fund supports orphans and vulnerable children affected by HIV/AIDS in Zambia. It was founded in 1997 in memory of Cecily Eastwood who was killed in a road accident in Zambia during her gap year. She had been working with a local organisation supporting young orphans. Since our formation, Cecily's Fund has helped thousands of vulnerable Zambian children gain an education and improve their lives.
Our vision is of a Zambia in which every child is educated and grows up to lead a self-reliant, healthy, fulfilling life and plays an integral part in Zambia's development.
We approach our work in Zambia with:
- Passion - believing in the power of education to change lives and enable self-reliance.
- Commitment - focusing on the most vulnerable children affected by HIV/AIDS in Kitwe and Lusaka.
- Integrity - working to the highest standards of governance and accountability in the UK and with our Zambian partners to achieve our long term vision.
- A view to the future - developing programmes that lessen dependence, build community responsibility and cohesion and create lasting change.
Cecily's Fund has affiliated organisations based in Switzerland (Swiss Friends of Cecily's Fund or SFCF) and the United States (American Friends of Cecily's Fund or AFCF).

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There is a mistaken notion that we should decide whether to get tough with Russia or not, as an ideological move to thwart the expansion of an aggressive regime, or not, depending on one’s political stripes. These are not the real choices, because these are not the real motivations of the Russians.
For an example of this kind of thinking, see Leslie Gelb’s piece on Daily Beast, America’s Losing Russian Strategy.
I have traveled extensively in both western and eastern Ukraine, and also in Russia (my wife is Russian). and I’m heavily invested in Russian industry (through ETFs, just in the interest of full disclosure). The war is over the loss of preferential inefficient trade which the Russians benefit from. As Ukraine negotiates trade deals with other nations, Russia loses that. Currently Moldova and other members of the CIS (the trade block of former Soviet states) are analyzing trade, and all seeing benefits from cutting trade deals that allow them to escape high priced Russian commodities. You don’t have to take my word for it. You can read the report of Moldovan economist Marcia Dumitrasco: Assessment of potential economic effect of free trade agreement between RM and EU in the context of the existence of other similar agreements in the area.
Putin, being the petty dictator that he is, would rather fight this with subversion than honest hard work and competition. His idea is to extort and blackmail these former allies into continuing the preferential trade deals that benefit Russia.
Nonsense. Russia is a resource-rich country with a highly educated and motivated population. They can compete just fine, if the political establishment will quit throwing successful businessmen in jail. The trick is to make the cost of subversion and extortion higher than the cost of honest competition. It is a straight economic decision for the Russian oligarchy. They have no territorial ambitions. If they took over foreign territory, their population would oust them and they know that.
So the question on the table is not full scale war with Russia over the ideology of borders. We sat across the nuclear fence from them for half a century and they always avoided a direct war with us – not because they couldn’t win, but because it was too expensive. By supplying arms and training to Ukraine, et. al., we simply make their petty tactics too expensive, and they will adopt a more competitive economic stance as they should.
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The 4-star deluxe Mercer Street hotel is a boutique haven in one of London’s most vibrant districts, Covent Garden.
Surrounded by independent shops, cafés and restaurants, the hotel’s stylish décor, light, airy public spaces and understated use of technology are perfectly in keeping with the village feel of its home in Covent Garden’s Seven Dials.
A mix of classic and contemporary artwork brings to life the area’s incredible cultural heritage from the first moment guests walk through the doors, while a 24 hour fitness room is available for a little revitalisation. Meanwhile, the hotel’s 6 meeting rooms feature cutting-edge touch screen and connectivity technology, and cater for anything from 2 to 60 guests.
The popular Italian and Peruvian small plates restaurant, Monmouth Kitchen, offers exquisite dining in effortlessly cool surroundings, while the bar is the perfect place to sip on a selection of cocktails.


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GAELIC road signs are to appear on routes across the country under plans being drawn up by the Scottish Government.
Dual-language signs for towns and cities, including Glasgow, will feature on motorways and dual-carriageways under proposals published by Scotland's national Gaelic agency, Bord na Gaidhlig this week.
Campaigners hope the signs will help boost tourism and make people feel comfortable about learning Gaelic, which is spoken by just over 1% of the Scottish population.
But the the move is likely to be controversial among some as historically Gaelic was not spoken in large areas of eastern Scotland.
Record sums have been ploughed into teaching and promoting the language in recent years, with Scottish Government spending on Gaelic increasing from £19.2million in 2009/10 to £21.7m in 2010-11.
Gaelic signs have gone up on roads in the Highlands for years. One sign at the Scottish Border has the phrase Failte gu Alba (Welcome to Scotland). To save funds Gaelic would be incorporated in new signs only when old ones need to be replaced.
John Angus MacKay, chief executive of Bord na Gaidhlig, said: "We want Gaelic to be more visible in Scotland to normalise it in Scottish life for those learning it."
The language is set to gain publicity with tourists after the release of Disney Pixar film Brave, which features Gaelic melody, Tha mo Ghaol air Aird a' Chuain (My Love is on the High Seas) performed by Julie Fowlis from the Western Isles.
The Gaelic language has been in decline for decades, but the rate has slowed in recent years with many parents choosing to educate their children at Gaelic-medium schools.


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On the basis that everything happens somewhere, location data is fast becoming a critical variable in Big Data analytics, and the move to data-driven decision making, in both industries and governments worldwide. The geospatial industry has, therefore, a crucial role to play in providing accurate, timely and reliable streams of location or spatial data to underpin those data-driven decision-making processes and strategies. In addition, the challenge is to ensure that such data is easily integrated with many other types of data, and the geospatial industry is itself a leader in the application of machine learning and AI techniques required to make big data analytics meaningful.
Integration in the future
The future is about integration of a wide range of data sets and types to answer a complex problem or drive new insights into industries, supply chains and environments. The application of new and powerful geospatial technologies, such as very high spatial and temporal resolution sensors, from space, provides the critical location-based data that give data analytics and insights the context of time and space. Without that context many data analytics outcomes lack actionability. The application of data science, using machine learning and artificial intelligence, drives deep analytics and reveals insights that enable decision-makers in these sectors to make better decisions and policies.
The industry must both lead on the development of new geospatial technologies and solutions, and adapt quickly to the demands of integration with a myriad of other data sets and wider data science technologies. Earth-i intends to be at the forefront of both.
Earth-i is pioneering the integration of very high-resolution satellite imagery and video to a range of applications in data analytics and insights. We are developing and deploying analytical capabilities that integrate other datasets and technologies with satellite imagery and video in fields as diverse as copper mining, coffee farming in Africa, maritime monitoring and defense and security.


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This installation documentation is for the HO-scale Bachmann GP30 diesel. This installation uses the WDK-BAC-4 WOWKit which includes the WOW121-Diesel decoder, IB-MB1-NC motherboard, and UNIV-SH1 speaker kit, and was performed by DCC Xpress Installations.
HO-Scale Bachmann GP30 prior to installation.
To start off this install, we must first remove the two screws indicated above that are located underneath the fuel tank.
Next, remove the two screws on the frame under the tank as indicated in red above. Once removed, the shell will lift off of the frame.
Underneath the locomotive chassis are three hardwired yellow capacitors marked with “104” highlighted in red. Carefully remove these using a clipper. If these capacitors are left in place, they will interfere with TCS' Auto-Adjusting BEMF and cause rough running and poor motor performance. It is not necessary to remove the other two green components with color stripes on them.
Before clipping or de-soldering wires, take note of the wiring to be sure to replace it in it's correct location. you can mark or color your wires to make sure they are properly connected to the IB-MB1-NC later. At this point, remove the screws located at each end of the original lighting board as highlighted above in red. De-solder the wires and remove the board.
Shown with the original lighting board removed. Trim, tin or lengthen the wires as necessary.
One top of the frame there are two metal threaded standoffs. Trim these off with cutters and file smoothly to allow for the installation of the IB-MB1-NC motherboard.
Using double sided foam tape, mount the IB-MB1-NC to the top of the frame and solder the motor and track leads in place. Ensure that there is a layer of insulation underneath the board to prevent short circuits to the frame. When soldering, ensure that there are no globs of leftover solder, or loose solder balls that could cause shorts.
With this done, solder the speaker wire leads to the IB-MB1-NC motherboard. Insert the 35mm X 16mm speaker into the UNIV-SH1 enclosure and using double-sided foam tape, mount it to the frame as shown. If your speaker enclosure installation covers the portholes on the enclosure, we recommend adding new port hole(s) similar to the original porting. Be sure that the new portholes are the same size and amount of the original and are vented freely into the locomotive. We have found introducing a port of the correct size greatly increases the volume and sound quality of the installation. Too much or too little porting decreases the sound quality.
NOTE: It is not necessary to glue your speaker into the enclosure. If you do choose to use glue, you must be very careful to avoid getting glue on the speaker cone. Glue on the speaker will ultimately cause it to produce no sound and fail.
Taking the original lighting board, remove the LED’s from the board. Be mindful of the polarity of the LED’s. The cathode has the flat side and you can see a larger flag shape part in the LED. The other side is the anode, it connects to blue (+12v).
Solder the LED's to new wire leads and using a dab of hot melt glue, place these on the the light tubes.
Solder the lighting wire leads as indicated in your wiring diagram to the IB-MB1-NC motherboard. We have found that LED light output is brightest when shinning directly into the end of the light tube, but in some circumstances they may be placed along the length of the tube as well with satisfactory results. In doing so, white light LED output would be least affected, while non white LED output will be more affected by placement.
You can now plug in your WOW121 decoder. Lastly, in order to keep the wires neat and prevent possible shorts, lace the wires into a bundle using lacing cord. Now you can close up the locomotive and reinstall the coupler assemblies. Be sure to be mindful of wire routing and reassembly of the shell as to not damage or foul the installation. Your Bachmann GP30 is now WOWSound equipped and ready to roll!
Important Soldering Tip
Please do not use any flux either liquid or paste on the mother board. Over time, the acidic properties of liquid or paste flux will begin eating away at the fiberglass PCB and will damage it. Use only Rosin-core solder or no-clean flux approved for electronics use.
TCS recommends the use of Kester "44" Sn63 Pb37, .015" diameter Rosin-core solder. Kester part number 24-6337-0007.
You can order this solder from the following retailers:
Digikey - PN:KE1110-ND
Techni-Tool - PN:488SO6775
Other solder tips
When stripping wire, only strip a tiny little bit of the insulation. Strip no more then a 1/64 of an inch. When the wire gets tinned with solder, the insulation will shrink back more. Try to not expose any more wire then half the length of the solder pad at most. In no case should solder or exposed wire wire ever be outside the boundary of the the solder pad you are attaching a wire to.
Click here for important information on properly Stripping and Tinning wire
In order to keep the wires neat and prevent possible shorts, we recommend lacing the wires into a bundle using lacing cord. Lacing cord is a wax impregnated string used for wire bundling and making harnesses. There are many choices of lacing cord available from Digikey www.digikey.com.
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Roman Invective (uituperatio lat.) was the rhetorical and literary genre that aimed at systematically and publicly blaming a political foe to set him aside from the whole community and turn the audience against him during judicial, forensic and deliberative speeches delivered in a judicial prosecution, in the Roman Senate or the popular assembly (contio). Consequently, Roman invective, which could be expressed through speeches, poems, epigrams, essays, political pamphlets etc., is therefore closely related to the modern notion of “character assassination”. None of the existing Roman laws forbade the use of invective, and thus it gradually became a staple part of Roman political life. Legitimate grounds for attack could include references to a person's habits, physique, birth, clothes and perceived moral defects.
Many speeches which included invectives were no-holds-barred verbal fights without limit except the orator's imagination. Ad hominem attacks were regarded as a legitimate way to convince the audience and reach political goals. Invective harmed the opponent while enhancing the orator's own position, indirectly creating an ideal model by deeming anything or anyone outside this model as damaging or threatening, and then acting as a social regulator.
By approving the praiseworthy elements and expelling the deviant elements of Roman society, praise and blame shaped the Roman identity by attributing virtues and vices. The essentially Ciceronian nature of the preserved evidence gave birth to many studies that considerably improved the understanding of the mechanisms of blame during the Roman Republic. Nevertheless, the analysis of Roman invective has often been confined to the Ciceronian corpus and to the surviving speeches delivered as a direct attack against an opponent, leaving aside other relevant material. According to a broader definition, invectives could be only parts of orations, as well as insults and slanders outside a strictly oratorical context.
Cicero (106-43 BCE), the Roman senator, orator and statesman wrote rhetorical treatises (De Inventione 2.177-178 and Part. Or. 82) and the so-called Rhetorica ad Herennium (3.10-15) which codified the uituperatio as belonging to the epideictic oratory (genus demonstratiuum) alongside its counterpart praise (laus). These treatises identified three main categories of invectives:
- external circumstances (res extraneae) which include birth, education, wealth, power, achievements and citizenship.
- physical attributes (res corporis) such as looks, health, speed, strength and weakness.
- qualities of character (res animi) such as wisdom, justice, courage and self-restraint.
An encompassing view of Cicero's oratorical speeches give more precise lists of loci although a canonical list does not exist: degrading family origins; an unworthy relative; disgusting physical appearance; eccentric or alien dress; gluttony; drunkenness; sexually deviant behaviour; luxury; oratorical ineptitude; avarice; cupidity; corruption; squandering one's patrimony; plunder of private and public property; financial embarrassment; hypocrisy; cowardice; arrogance; impiety; violence; cruelty; and last but not least, aspiring to tyranny to which the locus of cruelty (crudelitas) is closely related. The accusation of aspiring to tyranny was one of the most commonly used invectives due to the underlying image of the Greek tyrants and Hellenistic monarchs and to the Roman deep-rooted hatred for kingship (odium regni) emerging from the expulsion of Tarquin the Proud in 510 / 509 BCE.
This last common invective is related to the recurring mechanism of peccatorum comparatio, consisting of assimilating the target of the invective to a disreputable historical character. It was very efficient in a society where learning the historical exempla played an important role in the education of its members. These exempla formed an anthology gathering the worthiest and most illustrious Roman citizens and leaders of the past, which every citizen, at least those from the aristocratic Roman families, must have been aware of. The violations of the traditions of these prestigious ancestors (mos maiorum) were considered as a threat to the society. Consequently, these historical exempla were often used as tools for praise and blame.
During the Roman Republic, uituperatio aimed at denying political rivals all qualities and elite values needed for being a worthy citizen, for preserving an aristocratic status and reaching the highest political offices. It is the reason why Roman invective reflected the ethical and social preconceptions of that time. Thus, a close look at the invectives might provide an insight into Roman social and political habits. These above mentioned qualities were Roman manliness (uirtus), bravery (fortitudo), respect for the gods and the ancestors (pietas), seriousness and dignity (grauitas), moral standing (pudor), appropriate sexual behaviour (pudicitas), prestigious familial origins (nobilitas), high oratorical and political skills, and most of all, the concern for the well-being of the Roman State and for the traditional ancestors' customs, habits and institutions (mos maiorum). To complete this quick list, dignitas must be added. This Roman concept, hard to translate, refers to the amount of personal reputation, influence and prestige acquired throughout the whole activity of a citizen.
During the political troubles and civil wars of the Late Roman Republic, the increasing political violence among the Roman elites and leaders intensified the use of uituperatio for blaming a foe, accusing him of tyranny and considering him as a threat to the safety of the res publica. In some cases, the target of the invective could be declared enemy of the Roman State (hostis publicus). For example, Cicero used blame on many occasions against his rivals such as Piso, in his In Pisonem, Verres in the Verrine Orations, Catilina in the Catilinarian Orations and Mark Antony in the Philippics. The increasing virulence of the Ciceronian invective, that reached its peak in the Philippics, foretold the ensuing use of uituperatio as a propagandistic tool by the military leaders of the last Roman civil wars, especially by Octavian and Mark Antony after the Julius Caesar's death in 44 BCE.


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|Description:||A Hawaiian-Chinese woman describes the Hawaiian subsistence lifestyle and indigenous beliefs of her grandparents in Waimea, Kauai. She also talks about the lei business as a family enterprise and how her daughter eventually took over the business.|
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The Life of Benjamin BannekerBook - 1971
Originally published by Scribner in 1972 to wide praise and critical acclaim, Silvio Bedini's work remains the definitive biography of Benjamin Banneker, the self-educated mathematician and astronomer who became America's first black scientist. Born a free man in Maryland in 1731, he had little formal education but developed a remarkable aptitude for mathematics. He assisted in surveying the area that was to become the District of Columbia, but his real achievement came with the creation of almanacs. Through much of the 1790s, his work influenced daily life in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia. In 1791 he took up his pen and wrote to Thomas Jefferson, arguing that the treatment of blacks in the young United States was unwarranted and unfair.
Publisher: New York : Scribner, 1971, c1972
Branch Call Number: B BANNEK,B
Characteristics: xvii, 434 p. : ill. ; 25 cm


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Two Alaska women part of unbeaten Boston Pride of NWHL
With the win, Boston improved to 9-0 in the National Women’s Hockey League.
It was the fifth assist and sixth point of the season for Hickel, of South High fame.
Two weeks ago, against Connecticut, the forward registered her first two-assist game.
The Pride are the defending Isobel Cup champions in the inaugural season of the NWHL.Boston features another Alaskan in Jordan Smelker of Anchorage.
Both players won the Cup last year.
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The design industry is one of the UK's strengths, and something which we are already renowned for across the world. Design is a priority sector for UK Trade and Investment (UKTI), which has a programme in place to assist UK design companies wishing to expand into overseas markets. This includes running a series of overseas trade missions to priority markets such as South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and Mexico this year. In addition, Lord Marland recently led missions to China and Brazil to coincide with the Beijing and Brazil Design Weeks. UKTI also supports groups of design companies wishing to exhibit at key overseas trade fairs such as the Milan Furniture Fair, Maison et Objet in Paris and International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) in New York, and works closely with industry bodies, such as British Design Innovation and the Design Business Association, to ensure that design companies are well informed about overseas opportunities.

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Earlier in the month, General Motors finally pulled the sheets on the 2024 Chevy Silverado EV, introducing a fresh all-electric version of the popular pickup nameplate. Now, we want to know – is it hot, or not?
Let’s start with the basics. The 2024 Chevy Silverado EV breaks from its internal-combustion counterpart with all-new styling that emphasizes aerodynamic efficiency, including a smoother, blocked-off front fascia.
The 2024 Chevy Silverado EV will be offered in two trim levels at launch, including the well-appointed RST First Edition, as well as the fleet-oriented WT trim. The RST First Edition offers a wealth in interesting features, including four-wheel steering, Automatic Adaptive Air Suspension, the Multi-Flex Midgate, the optional Multi-Flex tailgate, and a 17-inch-diagonal LCD freeform infotainment screen paired with an 11-inch-diagonal driver instrument display, not to mention GM’s Super Cruise semi-autonomous drive system with trailering.
Estimated range per charge is set at 400 miles for both the RST and WT trim levels, and both trims include standard DC quick-charge capabilities up to 350 kW. Under the skin, the Chevy Silverado EV incorporates GM’s Ultium battery and Ultium drive motor technology. Output reaches the pavement through front and rear motors as part of the onboard e4WD system.
The RST First Edition pumps out 664 horsepower and over 780 pound-feet of torque with the available Wide Open Watts Mode enabled, yielding a sprint to 60 mph in less than 4.5 seconds. Capability includes up to 10,000 pounds of maximum trailering and up to 1,300 pounds of payload.
Meanwhile, the WT produces 510 horsepower and 615 pound-feet of torque, and offers 8,000 pounds of towing and 1,200 pounds of payload. Add in the forthcoming max tow package, and you get up to 20,000 pounds of max trailering.
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The addon makes it where your world is a infinite ocean! This can be used for hardcore survival (As the only wood is shipwrecks and villages) , or it can be used as a testing map for slime blocks and such. Do NOT do it in a world that has not been previously generated!
Shipwrecks will generate with the addon
Villages also generate with this addon!
This addon replaces all the biomes in Minecraft with the ocean biome. Regular things will spawn in the ocean like fish and drowned so you can still get food! You can still find coral and kelp in the ocean if you need that for something or just for decoration. Shipwrecks will generate so you can still find the loot and the treasure maps. Villages are there so you can trade with them even though they kind of look weird. There will be occasional ice spikes in the ocean but there is no way I can get rid of them.
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FORMBY Dove Trust's second Dog Show event attracted a fantasticŠpedigree of pets to the Paddock off Cricket Path on Sunday.
TheŠevent was sponsored and judged by Mike Kirkland from Animal World on Three Tuns Lane, and all winners and runners up left the event laden with doggy bags and a great selection of pet prizes.
ŠCategories included most handsome dog, prettiest bitch, and best puppy, mutt and veteran.
There was then a tough contest to find the dog with the waggiest tail, the best trick Šand the pet who looked most like its owner.
ŠThe overall Best In Show prize was claimed by Pippa, a one-year-old Schnauzer who was brought along by her owner Anna Clark, who is 10 years old and goes to Woodlands Primary.
ŠDove chairwoman Angela Mockler said: “The dogs all had a great time and we hope their handlers enjoyed the afternoon as much as we did!
Š”We would like to extend a massive thank you to Mike and everyone at Animal World, for making the event possible and helping us raise vital funds to keep the DoveŠYouth CentreŠrunning - and of course to everyone who came along to compete and support us.
“We look forward to staging the eventŠagain in April 2010.”

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- What age is appropriate to read the book it?
- Is Anna Karenina worth reading?
- What is the message of Anna Karenina?
- How many hours does Bill Gates read?
- Should I read War and Peace or Anna Karenina first?
- How long does it take to read Anna Karenina?
- What is so good about Anna Karenina?
- Is Stand By Me ok for a 10 year old?
- Can a 12 year old read?
- Which Anna Karenina translation is best?
- Which Tolstoy book to read first?
- What happens to Vronsky at the end of Anna Karenina?
- What is the longest book in the world?
- Can a 12 year old watch it?
- Is Anna Karenina hard to read?
- What is the hardest book to read?
- Is Anna Karenina a true story?
- Can you read 400 pages in a day?
What age is appropriate to read the book it?
There is some sexual content in the book, so if they are mature enough to handle sexual content (i.e.
they have taken sex ed.
etc…) and have a high reading level at 14 or 15 then I’d say it would be okay.
As others have said, 16 is probably a good age..
Is Anna Karenina worth reading?
Definitely. It isn’t a romance novel really. … I heard once that of however many authors and literary critics interviewed or polled for a list, Anna Karenina was ranked as the #1 novel of all time. Based on this endorsement I read it in university and absolutely fell in love with it.
What is the message of Anna Karenina?
Anna Karenina is commonly thought to explore the themes of hypocrisy, jealousy, faith, fidelity, family, marriage, society, progress, carnal desire and passion, and the agrarian connection to land in contrast to the lifestyles of the city.
How many hours does Bill Gates read?
And he’s not alone. Here are just a few top business leaders and entrepreneurs who make reading a major part of their daily lifestyle: Bill Gates reads about 50 books per year, which breaks down to one per week. Mark Cuban reads more than three hours every day.
Should I read War and Peace or Anna Karenina first?
They’re both among the very best books I’ve read (and I’ve always read a lot), but I preferred Anna Karenina. It is magnificient. I have no good arguments, really, but I’d suggest reading AK first because the joy of reading it may make it easier to get through. Then, with your enthusiasm for Tolstoy built up, read W&P.
How long does it take to read Anna Karenina?
23 hours and 3 minutesThe average reader will spend 23 hours and 3 minutes reading this book at 250 WPM (words per minute).
What is so good about Anna Karenina?
Very few men write very well about women, but Tolstoy understood women just as well as men – that’s what makes the book so interesting. Anna is a wonderful character. … At the end, she keeps trying to attract young men to make Vronsky jealous – Tolstoy’s very good on jealousy. And the characters are just so well-rounded.
Is Stand By Me ok for a 10 year old?
Parents need to know that despite its high nostalgia factor and preteen stars, Stand by Me should by no means be considered a children’s movie. … Kids and teens also smoke and drink, and a dead body is shown.
Can a 12 year old read?
There is no appropriate age for reading IT. You can handle it only if you have read books like this before. Read it only if you actually like reading books.
Which Anna Karenina translation is best?
The general consensus is that, while the Garnett version is quite readable, it doesn’t capture some of the nuances as well as other translations. The Pevear and Volokhonsky version is overall regarded as the best in terms of maintaining Tolstoy’s sentence structure and tone.
Which Tolstoy book to read first?
You should read not one book but books: Anna Karenina and War and Peace. Both novels are among the best works of literature in the history. If War and Peace too long for you, read just Anna Karenina.
What happens to Vronsky at the end of Anna Karenina?
He is injured but does not die. Having tried to kill himself, Vronsky feels that some of his guilt in front of Karenin has passed away. Once he’s recovered, he and Anna reunite to travel to Italy, so that Anna can recover her health.
What is the longest book in the world?
Remembrance of Things PastOver the years, there has been some controversy over what constitutes the world’s longest novel. The Guinness Book of World Records gives the honor to Marcel Proust’s elephantine Remembrance of Things Past, weighing in at 9,609,000 characters (including spaces).
Can a 12 year old watch it?
I think IT is a movie that only certain older kids/tweens are able to watch. I wathed IT a couple days ago and I didnt look away at any part, even when Georgie’s arm was bitten off. I am 11 years old but rated it 12+ because I know that most of my friends will not be capable of watching this movie.
Is Anna Karenina hard to read?
Of all the Russian novels written during the 19th-century, Anna Karenina is perhaps the most taught in college literature courses. Even so, over the years it has grown in stature to nearly mythical proportions as one of the most challenging novels to read.
What is the hardest book to read?
Please use the comments to tell us/humble brag about the hardest book you’ve ever read!The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste by Pierre Bourdieu. … Ulysses by James Joyce. … Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand.
Is Anna Karenina a true story?
Anna Karenina’s plot was inspired by the story of a real woman. Anna Stepanovna Pirogova was the mistress of one of Tolstoy’s friends. … Tolstoy himself observed her autopsy the following day. He was troubled deeply by this woman’s story and was inspired to write Anna Karenina as a result.
Can you read 400 pages in a day?
While reading a 400-page book in one day is not always ideal, it is possible. There are actually several factors that will determine if you can accomplish this. Your reading speed is only one of them. Remember a few years ago when the Harry Potter books were extremely popular.


Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government has announced a public holiday for all educational institutions, banks and government offices on Tuesday following the flood-like situation in Chennai and neighbouring districts.
Due to the Cyclonic storm 'Michaung', all schools, colleges, educational institutions, government offices including the offices of public undertakings/ corporations, boards, banks, and financial institutions in Chennai, Tiruvallur, Kancheepuram and Chengalpattu districts will be closed on 05.12.2023 (Tuesday), a government notification issued by the Chief Secretary stated.
However, all essential services, such as Police, Fire Service, Local Bodies, milk supply, water supply, hospitals/medical shops, power supply, transport, fuel outlets, hotels/restaurants, and the offices engaged in disaster response, relief and rescue activities shall function as usual.
Life was thrown out of gear in Chennai and its neighbouring districts on Monday as relentless rains pounded various parts leading to inundation, raising fears of a repeat of 2015 deluge.
Cyclonic storm Michaung, which is likely to cross the coast in Andhra Pradesh on the forenoon of Tuesday lay near Chennai and Puducherry, bringing heavy rains.
Transport services took a severe hit as number of trains and flights were cancelled. Heavily inundated roads posed a challenge to road users who were few and far.
Many parts of the state capital and the adjoining districts of Kancheepuram, Chengalpet and Tiruvallur came under sheets of water even as the government machinery was deployed to clear the stagnant water and inundation.
In its latest update, the weather office said the rains were likely to continue in these districts till late on Monday.


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London Fashion Week is not only going virtual but will feature womenswear, menswear, and gender-free design labels altogether for the first time.
From Coco Chanel to Alexander McQueen, these designers all stand out in history as masters of taste and creativity.
An Italian designer debuted a pair of heels reportedly worth $20 million, made of solid gold, 30 carats of diamonds, and meteorite — and he clai...
Antonio Vietri debuted The Moon Star Shoes earlier this month in Dubai Marina as part of MIDE (Made in Italy, Designed in Emirates) Fashion Week.
An 84-year-old grandfather has become a highly fashionable Instagram influencer by modeling his grandson’s clothes
Tetsuya Kudo, a former chemistry teacher, has grown a following of 124,000 on Instagram thanks to his grandson's sense of style.
A discount store in the UK is selling $11 sneakers that look nearly identical to a $650 pair from Gucci
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Designers like Gucci are failing to learn from their mistakes and keep selling clothes that spark accusations of cultural insensitivity
Luxury fashion brands like Gucci and Prada have been called out for what are considered culturally insensitive designs time and time again.
Designer Christian Siriano reveals the secret behind Janelle Monáe’s blinking eye dress at the Met Gala
The designer behind Janelle Monáe, Ryan Murphy, Laverne Cox, and Michael Urie's Met Gala outfits spilled the secrets behind their looks.
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All-star games traditionally are not low scoring affairs, not even with the caliber of goaltenders that are enlisted. Two Stanley Cup winners in Marc-Andre Fleury for Team Lidstrom and Cam Ward for Team Staal couldn’t keep the NHL’s top guns from scoring on them. Fleury couldn’t stop Alexander Ovechkin, Paul Stastny, Patrick Elias, And Claude Giroux from scoring within the first 5:41. Cam Ward, though, was jinxed by announcer Doc Emerick, who was discussing his scorless performance so far when Anze Kopitar top-shelfed it on Ward.
Two and a half minutes later, Dustin Byfuglien approached Ward’s right side, in an absolutely perfect location for a pass from his former Blackhawk teammate Patrick Kane, who got a feeder pass from Buff’s defensive partner Duncan Keith. Buff got tons of assists last season and during the Stanley Cup playoffs from Kane and Keith, but never as a defenseman. Buff played that shift like a fourth forward, and was rewarded with his first goal in ten games. Sadly, it doesn’t really count.
Loui Eriksson and Matt Duchene also scored within three minutes of Byfuglien, leaving the first period knotted up at a 4-4 tie. New goaltending will start the second. Blackhawks forward Patrick Sharp already has three assists on the game, with the Cup winners’ players making huge contributions for both teams so far tonight.


Public health campaigns in the UK to address the dangers of smoking have been hugely successful – but we’ve replaced one oral fixation with another: food. Researchers now estimate that since 2014, obesity and excess body fat have contributed to more deaths in England and Scotland than smoking.
“So this was not a surprising result at all,” said the study’s lead author, Dr Frederick Ho, of the University of Glasgow. “We were just trying to quantify when it [the crossover] happened … or whether it will happen in the near future.”
In order to calculate deaths that could be attributed to smoking and obesity and excess body fat, the researchers collated data on 192,239 adults collected between 2003 and 2017 as part of health surveys for England and Scotland.
The participants, whose average age was 50, reported their smoking habits, and trained interviewers or nurses measured their height and weight. The researchers combined this data with estimates of the risk of dying from smoking or obesity and excess body fat.
Overall, the researchers calculated that deaths attributable to current or former smoking declined from 23.1% of the total in 2003 to 19.4% in 2017. For deaths attributed to obesity and excess body fat, the rates rose from 17.9% in 2003 to 23.1% in 2017.
The crossover occurred in 2013, and from 2014 onwards excess body fat and obesity has eclipsed smoking as a contributor to deaths, with the gap steadily widening, the authors said in the journal BMC Public Health.
While the trends across the study population are generally in the same direction, among older age groups the crossover occurred earlier, so the gap is now wider.
Among those aged 65 and over and 45 to 64 respectively, obesity and excess body fat contributed to 3.5% and 3.4% more estimated deaths than smoking in 2017, while smoking accounted for 2.4% more estimated deaths than obesity and excess body fat among those aged 16 to 44.
The trend was more pronounced in men versus women, as men tend to carry a higher risk of death due to obesity and there are more overweight men than women.
One key limitation of the study, Ho noted, was that it did not take into account vaping or e-cigarette use, or exposure to passive smoke.
With a ban on junk food advertising proposed, Ho said the UK was making the right moves. “I think that UK is now heading the right direction, but we need to do more and work faster in order to make a timely difference, or at least to slow down the trend.”


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KENYA: Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki says he is ready to form a national unity government with the opposition in order to end the violence that has plagued the nation since last week's disputed elections. Mr. Kibaki released a statement outlining his intentions today after meeting in Nairobi with the U.S. assistant secretary of state for African affairs, Jendayi Frazer. The U.S. diplomat met earlier today with opposition leader Raila Odinga. Frazer is in Kenya to help bring an end to the unrest that broke out after Mr. Odinga accused Mr. Kibaki of rigging the December 27th election in his favor.
GEORGIA POL: Georgians are voting today in an election that will determine whether President Mikhail Saakashvili will be returned to office. The opposition has accused Mr. Saakashvili - an American-trained lawyer - of rigging the outcome of today's election, and has threatened to protest the results. Hundreds of international election observers are monitoring the vote. The pro-Western president called for today's vote in November after six days of mass opposition protests in Tblisi ended in violence. Mr. Saakashvili then resigned, as required by law, and registered as a candidate for re-election.
INDONESIA - SUHARTO: Indonesia's president says former dictator Suharto is in critical condition after being hospitalized Friday. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his wife visited the 86-year-old Mr. Suharto today at Jakarta's Pertamina Hospital, where he was admitted after suffering from low blood pressure and swelling throughout his body. Doctors said earlier in the day that the former dictator needs to be fitted with a second heart pacemaker and will likely have to undergo kidney dialysis.. The former president has been hospitalized numerous times in recent years for strokes and intestinal bleeding. Mr. Suharto has lived a secluded life since he was ousted from power in a pro-democracy uprising in 1998.
IRAQ: The U.S. military in Iraq says an Iraqi soldier allegedly opened fire on U.S. troops during a joint patrol last week, killing two American soldiers. A military statement issued today said the incident happened in Ninewah province on December 26th, when U.S. and Iraqi Army soldiers were conducting operations to set up a combat outpost. It said three other American soldiers and a civilian interpreter were wounded in the shooting and that an investigation is underway. The statement said the alleged shooter fled the scene, but was identified by other Iraqi army personnel and was then apprehended.
US POLITICS: The Democratic and Republican U.S. presidential candidates will appear in nationally televised debates late today from the northeastern state of New Hampshire - site of the next in a series of party nominating votes. The back-to-back debates will be the first since Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Mike Huckabee scored strong victories in Thursday's Iowa caucuses. The runners-up in both parties will attempt to slow Obama's and Huckabee's momentum heading into Tuesday's New Hampshire primary election.
BUSH - MIDEAST: President Bush says his trip to the Middle East next week is to encourage the leaders of Israel and the Palestinian territories to make progress on a peace agreement. Mr. Bush made the remark Friday in an interview with Alhurra, the U.S. Arabic language satellite television network. Mr. Bush also said he wants to convince U.S. allies in the Middle East that it is in their interests to support the peace process, and to remind people that the United States is committed to helping secure the region. President Bush also said the United States wants to see Lebanon free of Syrian influence.
PAKISTAN: The husband of slain Pakistani opposition leader and former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has again appealed for a U.N. investigation into her death. In an opinion piece published in the "Washington Post" today, Asif Ali Zardari said a probe conducted by the government of Pakistan will have no credibility. As he put it, "one does not put fox in charge of the henhouse." Zardari also urged "friends of democracy in the West, particularly the United States and Britain" to support his call for a U.N. investigation.
COLOMBIA - HOSTAGES: Colombian rebels have admitted they did not have a boy they promised to release last week with two other hostages. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, released a statement late Friday saying young Emmanuel had been turned over to a family in Bogota to keep him safe until his official release. Earlier Friday, Colombian officials said DNA test results indicate the three-year-old boy is the son of one of the hostages - former Colombian vice presidential candidate Clara Rojas, who was kidnapped by FARC in 2002.
BURMA: The European Union's special envoy for Burma, Piero Fassino, has called on nations around the world to keep Burma at the top of their agenda. Speaking after talks Friday with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his envoy in Burma, (Ibrahim Gambari) , Fassino said he plans to visit Asian countries soon to drum up support for coordinated pressure on the ruling generals. Fassino said the common goal of Asian countries should be to maintain stability in Burma in order to secure a political dialogue between the military rulers and the opposition.
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