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José Plácido de Castro (São Gabriel, 9 de septiembre de 1873 — Seringal Benfica, 11 de agosto de 1908) fue un político y militar brasileño, líder de la Revolución Acreana y que gobernó la  República de Acre.

Biografía
Era hijo del capitán Prudente da Fonseca Castro, veterano de las campañas del Uruguay y del Paraguay, y de Doña Zeferina de Oliveira Castro.

Descendiente de familia cristiana, recibió su bautismo en el nombre del abuelo de José Plácido de Castro, el comandante Pablo, después de luchar en la Campaña Cisplatina, sustituye el suelo paulista por Río Grande del Sur.

Uno de sus bisabuelos, Joaquim José Domingues, fue compañero de José Francisco Borges do Canto, en la conquista de las Misiones en 1801, cuando este territorio fue incorporado al territorio brasilero.

Muerte

En 9 de agosto de 1908, Plácido de Castro se dirigió a la propiedad, junto con su hermano Genesco Castro, cuando fue herido en una emboscada que le preparó más de una decena de hombres armados cerca de la propiedad y bajo la dirección de Alexandrino José da Silva, el subdelegado de las tropas acreanas, en la revolución de Acre. Los rumores de la época decían que el coronel no estaba satisfecho con su posición en el poder de Acre, una posición mucho más baja que la de Plácido, y así armó una emboscada.
El día 11, ardiendo de fiebre, le rogó a su hermano, Genesco, con los ojos cerrados, en presencia de varios amigos. "Tan pronto como usted pueda, retire mis huesos de aquí. Diré como el General de África: 'Esta tierra que pagó tan mal la libertad le di, no es digna de poseerlos.' ¡Ah, mis amigos, están manchadas de barro y sangre las páginas de la historia de Acre ... tanta ocasión gloriosa morir ...".

El héroe de Río Grande fue cobardemente asesinado a los 35 años, quedando este crimen para siempre sin castigo. Cerca de la propiedad de su asesino, erigido por los fieles amigos de Plácido de Castro, hay una pieza de mármol que marca el sitio de la emboscada. Sus huesos, sin embargo, fueron enterrados en la entrada del Cementerio de la Santa Casa de Misericordia de Porto Alegre. En el frente del pedestal, la familia se aseguró de dejar grabada, uno por uno, el nombre y apellido de sus catorce verdugos.

Carrera militar y Revolución Federalista

Plácido comenzó a trabajar a los 12 años - cuando perdió a su padre - para sustentar a su madre y sus seis hermanos. A los 16 años, ingresó en la vida militar llegando a 2.º sargento del 1.º Regimiento de Artillería de Campaña, más conocido como "Boi de Botas", en São Gabriel, hoy cuartel del 6.º Batallón de Ingeniería de Combate. Cuando estalló la Revolución Federalista, Plácido se encontraba en la Escuela Militar de Rio Grande do Sul, el "Velho Casarão da Várzea", hoy Colegio Militar de Porto Alegre. Un grupo de oficiales y cadetes pidió el cierre de la escuela al presidente Floriano Peixoto, para que pudiesen participar, con las fuerzas legales, en combate en la Revolución Federalista. Plácido discordaba con la mayoría: afirmaba que Deodoro da Fonseca, el presidente anterior, no debió ser sustituido por Floriano Peixoto; debió haber elecciones directas, según lo dispuesto en la Constitución promulgada en ese mismo año y no una toma de posesión - como ocurrió - del entonces vicepresidente. Plácido lucho en Revolución del lado de los Maragatos, llegando al puesto de Mayor. Con el triunfo de los "Pica-paus", que defendían el gobierno de Floriano Peixoto, Plácido decidió abandonar la carrera militar y rechazó la amnistía ofrecida a los revolucionarios.

Se trasladó para Río de Janeiro, donde fue inspector de alumnos do Colegio Militar do Rio de Janeiro. Algún tiempo después, fue fiscal en los muelles del puerto de Santos, en São Paulo y, volviendo a Río, obtuvo el título de agrimensor. Inquieto y en búsqueda de desafíos, viajó a Acre, en 1899, para probar suerte como agrimensor.

Acre y Revolución Acreana
Había en Acre, ya que los tratados de 1750 y 1777 una cuestión de límites territoriales en Bolivia. Por estos tratados, Acre pertenecía a Bolivia hasta ese momento. Sin embargo, con el auge del caucho, muchos brasileños se han asentado en la región. Debido a esto, hubo estancamiento entre Brasil y Bolivia sobre el territorio. Bolivia afirmó que los brasileños invadieron una región que era de ella, y el gobierno brasileño no reconoce la región. Los brasileños que vivían allí (desde todos los rincones del país, especialmente en el noreste) no aceptó la situación y proclamó el Estado Independiente de Acre (República de Acre), en 1899, encabezado por el español Luis Gálvez Rodríguez de Arias. Sabiendo esto, el gobierno brasileño envió tropas que disolvieron la República de Acre y Luis Gálvez fue depuesto.

En ese momento, Bolivia ha organizado una pequeña misión militar para ocupar la región. Al llegar a Porto Acre, que fue impedido por los caucheros brasileños para seguir su movimiento. Los brasileños recibieron el apoyo del gobernador de Amazonas, Silverio Neri, quien envió una nueva expedición, la Expedición de los Poetas, bajo el mando del periodista Orlando Lopes Correa. Si bien apoyó la causa revolucionaria, no Plácido participar en la expedición, anticipando el fracaso. Y eso es lo que realmente sucedió: Poco después de los "poetas", proclamó el Estado independiente de nuevo, fueron derrotados por las tropas bolivianas.

En medio de todo esto, Luis Gálvez - que fue un refugiado a Recife - en los periódicos de Manaus en un supuesto acuerdo entre Bolivia y Estados Unidos, para el arrendamiento de Acre. El contrato de arrendamiento por 30 años, la región de Acre, la asignación de 60% de los beneficios a Bolivia y el restante 40% para Bolivian Syndicate, el conglomerado anglo-estadounidense con sede en Nueva York y presidido por el hijo del entonces presidente de  Estados Unidos, William McKinley. El acuerdo también autoriza el uso de la fuerza militar como garantía de sus derechos en la región, donde Estados Unidos se comprometió a proporcionar todas las armas que necesitaba y la opción preferente para adquirir el territorio arrendado, debe ponerse a la venta. Bolivia también llevó a cabo en el caso de una guerra, dar la región de los Estados Unidos.

Plácido de Castro estaba demarcando el seringal Victoria', cuando se enteró del acuerdo por parte de los periódicos y vi esto como una amenaza a la integridad de Brasil. Mientras recluta combatientes, el gobierno de Brasil reconoció los derechos del Acre boliviano. Se abrió un movimiento armado en contra de Bolivia, por la posesión de la región.

El gobierno boliviano envió un contingente de 400 hombres, dirigida por Rosendo Rojas. Plácido, con 60 seringueiros, frente a las tropas, sino que se fortaleció en el seringal Empreza (ahora actual Río Branco), esta vez resultando vencedor.

Después, derrotó a las guarniciones bolivianas en Empreza y Puerto Alonso (ahora Porto Acre), donde se rindieron el general Ibáñez y sus soldados. El presidente boliviano, el general José Manuel Pando, y luego decide poner fin a la revuelta y, al mando de las tropas atacarán a Plácido, sin éxito.

Plácido, quien en ese momento tenía 27 años de edad, lideró una revolución fuerte, con más de 30.000 hombres, al derrotar a las tropas bolivianas, con casi 100 000 soldados oficiales, y declarando por tercera y última vez, el Estado Independiente de Acre, tornándose presidente del nuevo país.

En 1903, a través del Tratado de Petrópolis, Acre fue anexado al Brasil y el Estado Independiente fue disuelto.

En 1906 Plácido fue nombrado gobernador del Territorio de Acre. Luego viajó a Río de Janeiro, para visitar a sus familiares. En la entonces capital federal, se le ofreció los galones de coronel de la Guardia Nacional, pero Plácido lo rechazó. A su regreso a Acre, fue nombrado prefecto de la región del Alto Acre.

Homenajes

Se tardó más de un siglo para que Brasil finalmente hiciese justicia a uno de sus héroes más valientes. El 17 de noviembre de 2004, Plácido de Castro - el Libertador de Acre, fue entronizado en Panteón de la Patria y la Libertad y había escrito su nombre en el "Libro de los Héroes de la Patria", como el nuevo héroe de Brasil. El Panteón de la Patria, construida entre 1985 y 1986, concebido como un espacio para honrar a los héroes nacionales, se encuentra en el sótano de la Plaza de los Tres Poderes en el Brasília.

Después de haber sido en gran parte responsable de la anexión del actual estado de Acre, en Brasil, después de la acción diplomática del Barón de Río Branco de Tratado de Petrópolis el 17 de noviembre de 1903, el gaucho intrépido, venerado como uno de sus más grandes héroes, es el patrón de la 4 ª Batallón de Infantería de Selva del Ejército Brasileño - "Batallón Plácido de Castro", con sede en la capital del estado y miembro del Comando de Frontera Acre - y también, la Policía Militar de Acre.

En 1976, un nuevo municipio fue creado un centenar de kilómetros de  Río Branco, que fue nombrado Plácido de Castro, en su honor. Esta ciudad, por ley, fue considerada "ciudad hermana" de  São Gabriel, lugar de nacimiento del héroe revolucionario.

A miniserie Amazônia, de Gálvez a Chico Mendes aborda la vida de Plácido de Castro, interpretado por el actor Alexandre Borges.

En 1973, centenario de su nacimiento, fue inaugurado un busto en su homenaje en la Plaza Nacioes Unidas, en Porto Alegre.

Véase también
 História do Acre

Bibliografía
PORTO-ALEGRE, Achylles. Homens Illustres do Rio Grande do Sul. Livraria Selbach, Porto Alegre, 1917.

Enlaces externos
A formação do Acre

Gobernadores del Estado de Acre
Militares de Brasil
Héroes nacionales de Brasil
Nacidos en Río Grande del Sur
Militares asesinados
Católicos de Brasil


I can't believe anyone thinks a 2500 mile wall makes any sense.
French (Maginot), the Brazilians (concha), Webster (line when he means queue).
not traversable. The "Wall� is just hyperbole.
I hunted up some photographs of the Great Wall away from the tourist access, and the terrain looked exactly like I imagined it, uncompromising, not a place, either side of the wall, that any reasonable person would want for any purpose (1) except to paint or photograph it and then bugger off in a hurry from its desolation.
The Great Wall was intended to stop invading hoards and not swarthy job seekers and pregnant women trying to make a run for it. Dehydrated migrants can be deterred with much less. We certainly don't need the Great Wall, the Pyramids or some other structure visible from outer space to tighten up the border. USCBP and local governments/landowners know where fencing is needed.. Let them come up with ideas. The Narcissist in Chief knows nothing about border security beyond "Build the Wall!"
Meanwhile, the government is shut down; the budget deficit soars, and cabinet officers are sprinting for the doors. It looks like a rat highway on the strained mooring lines for the ship of state. The giant corporate tax break has not produced significant economic gains -- even the WSJ slammed the cut this morning. Korea is still nuclear. China is in a froth. But in all fairness, NAFTA 2.0 has improved the fortunes of US powdered milk producers. Mission accomplished!
What is the solution? A bike ride -- in the rain with my pals. We're hard men!
Exactly. Let other people make a mess. We said goodby today to the owner of our favorite coffee stop in Germany today in the pouring rain on the way back. She retired. Great lady. Always has a saying on a sign at the door. Todays saying 'In diesem Leben its jeder mutig der nicht aufgibt'. Was my first club ride after my crash 3,5 weeks ago: broken collarbone, two broken ribs and a dislocated finger. ****ing idiot that entered the bike path out of the bushes in the dark.
Get well soon! I didn't know you could ride with a broken collar bone just 3.5 weeks post-injury. Did you have it surgically repaired?
Many years ago, I was riding with a friend on a loop through the hills that is a popular route for runners and riders. On a descent, a runner launched into the lane without looking for traffic, and my friend hit him. The impact ruined my friend's bike. He got scratched up, but the runner got a broken arm. The runner's insurance company paid for a new bike -- a beautiful Richard Sachs frame (this was in the steel days). There are rules of the road, and people who don't pay attention should pay money. I don't know the law in the NL, but the dope you hit should pay.
My ride today ended up with little rain but lots of flats. I don't now what happened -- three rear flats. I blew through my spares and my CO2 and had to borrow. I found some minuscule glass shards that may have fretted through the casing (old ProRace Endurance), but no obvious offenders. One of the spares may have been bad, but I don't know, and this was so annoying that I'm throwing them away and starting over. The tire was ready for replacement anyway. CO2 is great -- a waste of resources with the metal cylinders, but so much better than pumping. All three flats didn't cause that much delay.
Exactly. Let other people make a mess. We said goodby today to the owner of our favorite coffee stop in Germany today in the pouring rain on the way back. She retired. Great lady. Always has a saying on a sign at the door.. Todays saying 'In diesem Leben its jeder mutig der nicht aufgibt'. Was my first club ride after my crash 3,5 weeks ago: broken collarbone, two broken ribs and a dislocated finger. ****ing idiot that entered the bike path out of the bushes in the dark.
Thanks Jay. I think I was some kind of lucky. The fracture is close to my shoulder and my ribs are broken under my armpit. I was uncomfortable for a week but no real pain. The scary part is that I can't remember anything. I came to my senses in the hospital 3 hours later were they made already made an Xray, a scan of my head and organs, put my finger back and were busy stitching a cut above my eyebrow. The strange thing is that I didn't pass out, because I mentioned my name, my address and my pincode of my phone and was telling the same story over and over again until I snapped into reality. I just can't remember anything. Weird. Yes also in NL people a liable and have to pay for the damage (bike and medical costs) . Liability assurance is mandatory here. My bike is examined now at my LBS.
The liability question is obvious according to my legal aid.
I'm good and we didn't have any flats today.
Nice holidays to you all.
I can't believe anyone thinks a 2500 mile wall makes any sense.
not traversable. The "Wall" is just hyperbole.
The Great Wall was intended to stop invading hoards and not swarthy job seekers and pregnant women trying to make a run for it. Dehydrated migrants can be deterred with much less. We certainly don't need the Great Wall, the Pyramids or some other structure visible from outer space to tighten up the border. USCBP and local governments/landowners know where fencing is needed. Let them come up with ideas. The Narcissist in Chief knows nothing about border security beyond "Build the Wall!"
Is this the plan for the Great American Wall?
None of which worked, as a wall.
Mental balm for tghe populace; yes.
which by conscripted labour, and which by professional soldiers under discipline.
lot of tech today that could do a better job than a stone wall.
The library is my friend, and can be yours too.
thing as "community", that it is a recently minted and vaguely specified neologism.
photograph it and then bugger off in a hurry from its desolation.
Chief knows nothing about border security beyond "Build the Wall!"
Yeah like I said, tech has moved past stone walls.
US powdered milk producers. Mission accomplished!
door. Todays saying 'In diesem Leben its jeder mutig der nicht aufgibt'.
bike path out of the bushes in the dark.
Oh man. Glad you're back on the road.
Made sense to the Chinese (The Mother of All Walls), to the Romans (many times, inter alia in Britain and Dacia), the Germans (Siegfried), the French (Maginot), the Brazilians (concha), Webster (line when he means queue).
them to not work at all.
job had been "estimated" as a 4 hour job.
I'm sure there are places where fat could be trimmed.
And usually, the first place to look is the fattest.


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How my experience in a trade union led me to join Fawcett
Heenali Patel
BY JOHN EDMONDS, TRADE UNIONIST AND SPECIALIST IN WORK ORGANISATION
In the weeks following Donald Trump's shocking victory in the US Presidential Election, Fawcett saw a surge of new members, who joined us in order to take meaningful action against gender inequality. While Trump's win presents, in the words of our CEO Sam Smethers, 'a real and present threat to women's rights', men and women who believe in gender equality took Sam's advice to organise rather than despair, and joined us in their droves.To build on this momentum, we're running a series of blogs from our members, to tell us in their own words why they joined Fawcett.
John Edmonds has been a member of the Fawcett Society since 2014. Here, he tells us of his experience in the GMB trade union, and how it influenced his feminism and led him to become a member of Fawcett.
I joined Fawcett because I am a feminist. My feminism comes from my politics and was reinforced by my experience in the GMB trade union, first as a field officer and latterly as General Secretary. In workplaces up and down Britain I saw just about every type of discrimination devised by man. Even after the most overt discrimination had been dealt with, there still remained the deeply embedded prejudice that men are the doers and leaders, while women should be helpers and supporters.
When I became General Secretary, over a third of GMB's 700,000 members were women. We changed the rules to give women greater power throughout the union. But changing the culture of male-dominated workplaces was much more difficult. Fairness meant not only paying women more, but also giving women the opportunity to be promoted into positions of power.
At its heart, equality is about power. Five years ago, I talked to Eva Tutchell, also a Fawcett Society member, about our disgust at the way the 2010 General Election had been presented. Hardly a female politician in sight; it looked like a boys' game. So, in our book Man-Made we explain why so few women hold positions of power in Britain and how we are an 80/20 society with men holding 80% of the power.
Male dominance is very resilient. We now have a female PM but, on the benches behind her, women Tory MPs are outnumbered 4:1 by the men.
Eva and I are now writing about whether the time is right for women to make a new leap towards equality. For inspiration we have studied the votes for women campaign before the First World War and the Women's Liberation Movement of the 1970s and 1980. Both demonstrate the importance of politics in achieving equality. Millicent Fawcett realised that, and the Fawcett Society must hold to that belief.
Follow in John and Eva's footsteps and become a Fawcett member today, from as little as £1.50 per month!
John's book, Man-Made: Why So Few Women Are in Positions of Power, co-written with Eva Tutchell, is available now.
John Edmonds is a trade unionist and specialist in work organisation. Until 2003 John was General Secretary of the 700,000 member GMB trade union where he increased the representation of women throughout the union. He also served as TUC President. He is a Visiting Fellow at King's College, London, studying labour markets and gender equality.
Published: 9th December, 2016
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Ethics and Religion Talk: Has Religion Supported Racism?
Rabbi David J.B. Krishef
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How has religion been a negative force in the world, promoting racism?
What is Ethics and Religion Talk?
"Ethics and Religion Talk," answers questions of ethics or religion from a multi-faith perspective. Each post contains three or four responses to a reader question from a panel of nine diverse clergy from different religious perspectives, all based in the Grand Rapids area. It is the only column of its kind. No other news site, religious or otherwise, publishes a similar column.
The first five years of columns, published in the Grand Rapids Press and MLive, are archived at http://topics.mlive.com/tag/ethics-and-religion-talk/. More recent columns can be found on TheRapidian.org by searching for the tag "ethics and religion talk."
We'd love to hear about the ordinary ethical questions that come up on the course of your day as well as any questions of religion that you've wondered about. Tell us how you resolved an ethical dilemma and see how members of the Ethics and Religion Talk panel would have handled the same situation. Please send your questions to [email protected].
For more resources on interfaith dialogue and understanding, see the Kaufman Interfaith Institute page and their weekly Interfaith Insight column at InterfaithUnderstanding.org.
Victoria posed a most interesting question due to its ambiguity: "How do you think organized religion has advanced racism in today's society?" It was not clear to me whether she was asking how religion has been a negative force in the world, promoting racism, or how religion has been a force advancing us towards a world with less racism. Both are important questions. First, it is important for religious leaders to look at their traditions and be able to see the flaws. If we have contributed or supported bad behavior, nostra culpa, and we need to identify and take responsibility for the faults in our systems that allowed it to happen. So this week, we'll address the question, "How has religion been a negative force in the world, promoting racism?" Next week, we'll examine Victoria's question from the other perspective and address the question "how has religion advanced us towards a world with less racism?"
Rev. Ray Lanning, a retired minister of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America, responds:
Racism is endemic to human life around the globe. Racism is one of the consequences of the fall of the human race from the state of original righteousness into the state of sin and misery (Genesis 3). Since racism has its roots in the corruption of human nature, it is no surprise that racists have sought to exploit religion as a justification and endorsement of their racism. Fallen man corrupts whatever he touches, and the teachings, ordinances, and institutions of the Christian faith are no exception.
In my lifetime, Christians have appealed to the Bible to justify racial segregation and endorse laws and policies of the state that discriminate against racial minorities. Such appeals have fallen out of fashion today, but there is no doubt that our ancient legacy of racism lives on among Christians. My church did not teach me to exalt my race and despise all others, nor did my parents. But growing up in the 1950s and 1960s, I had to confront my own native racism and begin to fight against it. As with many other human failings, the first step to freedom involves acknowledgment that we have for too long been part of the problem, not part of the solution.
Linda Knieriemen, Senior Pastor at First Presbyterian Church in Holland, responds:
Bigotry and white supremacy have been allowed to hide behind religiosity for centuries. The intertwining of Christianity, (both Protestant and Roman Catholic) with colonialism encouraged racist practices in the 'new world.'
Particularly noteworthy was the complicity of most Christian denominations who condoned slavery because of a erroneous and self-serving interpretations of scripture.
Sunday morning at 11 AM, (a common hour for Christian worship) is still what Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King called the most segregated hour in America.
The Rev. Steven W. Manskar, a retired United Methodist pastor, responds:
The Christian denomination that formed me is The United Methodist Church. For 30 years I have served as a pastor and denominational executive. I am thankful for the church's emphasis on the pursuit of holiness of heart and life. From its beginning in 18th century England, Methodism opposed slavery and the slave trade. However, to accommodate church growth in the southern states, the church dropped its explicit prohibition of slavery. It fought over the issue from 1784 until 1844 when the church split North and South, setting the stage for the Civil War.
While the northern Methodists opposed slavery they practiced segregation. Black members were forced to sit in the balcony or in the back of the church during worship. They were the last to receive Holy Communion when the sacrament was celebrated.
While official segregation ceased with the Civil Rights movement of the mid twentieth century, The United Methodist Church remains a majority White denomination, with a small number of predominantly Black congregations. Sunday morning continues to be the most segregate time of the week.
Fred Stella, the Pracharak (Outreach Minister) for the West Michigan Hindu Temple, responds:
More than anything, I suspect silence has been the greatest sin. People can be admired for all sorts of virtues in their spiritual community, but bigotry and intolerance seem to be easily forgiven if they are not blatantly expressed.
Hindus have been victims of racism due to the fact that most are of Indian origin. Many are of the same skin tone as African-Americans or Hispanics. That said, it is a sad fact that the sin of colorism is often seen in Indian communities, regardless of religion. Fair complexions seem to be more valued. Skin lightening agents are on display in Indian markets from coast to coast.
This column answers questions of Ethics and Religion by submitting them to a multi-faith panel of spiritual leaders in the Grand Rapids area. We'd love to hear about the ordinary ethical questions that come up in the course of your day as well as any questions of religion that you've wondered about. Tell us how you resolved an ethical dilemma and see how members of the Ethics and Religion Talk panel would have handled the same situation. Please send your questions to [email protected].
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CWA 22 was published in April 2007 and contained articles on new theories for the demise of the Maya, especially in Belize, the circumstances surrounding Howard Carter's historic find and why "Tutmania" has gripped the world ever since, the legendary canal of Xerxes that passed through Greece and to what extent Herodotus was correct, the recently re-opened exhibition in celebration of Afghanistan's wide reaching heritage and finally a look at how Berlin copes with its recent heritage and how the new sits alongside the traditional in the urban environment.
Evidence from the Maya complex at Lamanai in Belize questions the established, romantic notion of a universal collapse of the entire civilisation. Other sites such as Petexbatun in Guatemala has strong evidence of political conflict and warfare seems to be the likely cause for its downfall. However, at Lamanai pottery sherds and monumental platforms dating to the "post-classic" period suggest this site may have continued to flourish well after may others fell into ruin; thus called into question the extent of a simultaneous end to the Maya civilisation.
As an elite good, this incense burner is evidence of the possession of considerable wealthy right into the early 1500s – when this was made – well after previous thought believed wealth of the Maya had ended.
A reconstruction of how the Lamanai complex would have appeared at its peak.
With the much anticipated arrival of the Tutankhamun exhibition at the O2 (Former Millenium Dome) this November, CWA looks back at the events 85 years ago when Howard Carter opened the famous tomb. Carter's famous find eclipsed his artistic beginnings, but perhaps more astoundingly incurred the resentment of the archaeological intelligentsia; consequently Carter died without any British honours. In addition we have an inside look at some of the treasures that will be coming to the UK later this year .
Carter's lack of formal archaeological tuition alienated him from the archaeological scholars back in England.
Although it is his finds which provide some of the most spectacular examples of Ancient Egyptian culture and the phenomenon of "Tut-mania" which has held the world's interest in Ancient Egypt throughout the last 100 years.
Using seismic refraction and a variety of other geophysical techniques a team is getting to the bottom of the legendary Canal of Xerxes on the Mount Athos peninsular, Northern Greece. The canal is said to have been dug by Xerxes in preparation for his famous invasion of Greece in 480BC. If Herodotus' reports of the scale of the operation are correct, then it was surely an admirable feat of ancient engineering – however he has been called the "Father of Lies".
Following the reports of widespread destruction of archaeological artefacts at the hands of the Taliban, Jean-François Jarrige masterminded an exhibition in celebration of Afghanistan's heritage and in defiance of those who would try to erase it. The Greaco-Roman, Indian and even Chinese finds made of some of the most valuable materials such as lapis-lazuli, gold and turquoise are testament to the extent and influence of Afghanistan's heritage.
Splendours from the "princely nomads" of Tillia Tepe.
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A vast holocaust memorial, comprising 2700 concrete slabs creates mixed emotions among people, some visitors apparently finding some recreation among the sculpture.


After the IS attack of the Shingal area, the city itself and the entire area were destroyed totally. People were abducted or killed; only the lucky ones managed to escape. People lived through incredible suffering, loss of their loved ones – and had to struggle for a dear life of their own and their children.
Our organization visited a place called Sherfadine not far from the city of Shingal. The place is coming back to life again; it is nice to see the children here when they smile. I met a girl who was very nice and pretty. She approached me and said "Your hair is the same colour as mine". I love my work precisely for these moments. Let's help these children live a better life.


Ego and Soul, What is the Purpose?
So someone on facebook was trying to argue with me that the Ego is useless and we shouldn't listen to our thoughts. So i was trying to tell her about the many uses of the ego which she just slammed back with that i'm just full of 'ego' and dont understand the connection of unity. lol Anyway she inspired me, so i thought i'd write a post on Ego and Soul consciousness.
Most of the New Age community will tell you that Ego is bad, ego is useless, ego thoughts are bad news, "oh no he's full of ego, he's evil" etc. However the truth of the matter is the Ego can teach you many things. It's a tool for the consciousness. The power of the mind is dominated by two different worlds the ego world and the soul world, our subconscious mind and conscious mind. When we feel angry, upset, fearful, anxious, depressed, annoyed, etc. our mind is operating from a past and future frequency of time. Whereas when we are calm, centered, happy, content, euphoric, at peace our mind is operating from a present frequency of no-time or no psychological time. It is only human to drift back and forth to the ego to the soul world all the time. It is about the frequency of emotions. When you feel sad, doesn't it feel like your energy is just soo low, your aura just sinks depleted or When you're angry and your energy just feels very fiery and out of control? Then when you become happy again, it's like your energy rises and you feel bright and sunny inside. This is because we are the ruler of our emotions. We all do this, it's a very natural part of human expression.
When we do these things we are attracting them into our life. For example, when i'm angry at myself, i'll get angry at my mom or adam because my energy is just feeding angry vibes in every direction. Then when i feel happy, it's like everyone is smiling back at me or if they're not we ignore them lol. So the basis of emotion is ruled by frequency and energy.
Our mind works by the Law of attraction, therefore if you don't like something within your reality, change it. everyone is connected internally through the energy of the collective mind, global collective consciousness. However our energy manifests into physical matter which creates and brings into your external reality. Like Attracts like. Therefore when you are annoyed at someone you are annoyed at yourself, when you are angry with someone you are angry at yourself,etc. It is all about the mind and will power. You attract what you are and you attract what your emotions and thoughts oscillate at a given frequency. It is all about the power of the Mind. Your ego fights this knowledge because it's intimidating to the spirit but it's best to become the observer of your own thought patterns and understand you are vehicle in control always. Therefore your thoughts create your reality and we are all collectively co-creators trying to establish unity with the collective core consciousness of the galactic crystalline system within mother earth.
So when your mind goes into Ego thoughts of fear, anxiety, worry, depression, turmoil, annoyance, anger, etc. Instead of acting on this emotion. Accept it as a part of you. Forgive yourself and feel it. Then learn to question WHY you're feeling this way? Ask yourself why are you angry at so and so, are you angry at yourself for any reason? Why are you hurt? Why are you upset? Why do feel suicidal? Why do you feel anxiety, what is the source of your anxiety? Why are you annoyed at her? Why does my spirit feel depressed? Continue Questioning the self. Instead of ignoring our ego we must learn to accept it and feel it as a part of us, kinda like the episode in Once upon a Time. We are Both. They are both Fairy tale characters and real characters, we are both ego and we are both soul. It comes to a point of realizing YOU are the bridge that holds them together, you are the golden heart link that creates the marriage of the Ida and Pingala, You are the bridge connecting all the worlds together and it lives inside of you.
I believe personally as we're accessing these new energies from the solar flares and alignments, our bodies are going through what i would call an intense detox. We're doing a lot of releasing and clearing. This is a strong time where we're learning to connect our mind and our heart together to operate at a higher intelligence awakening the kundalini serpent. i think we're moving for the karma center of the will power to the heart center of the divine will. Moving from the solar plexus into the heart center means our consciousness is moving into a very 4th dimensional timespace of no-time.
This is also a place where it feels like the barriers are lifting. At first i was uncertain about what this meant but someone else wrote to me and said they were experiencing the same shift in emotions as me. When your emotions go really low, it's like they go into a deep underworld energy of fear, depression, suicidal thoughts, even deep anger but if they go high like the elevator analogy i talked about before you feel wonderful, happy, euphoric even sometimes. And where did we hear or learn about this before?
when we talked about 4th dimensional consciousness!
So our minds are operating from a point of all systems go. Without barriers creates different levels of Choice. So if you're feeling emotionally bipolar, youre not alone. 🙂 I think it's about realizing we're the vehicle of our own emotions. Both high and low, moving inside the eternal sea of consciousness.
Therefore choose your thoughts wisely, how do you wish to live?
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Australia's Ewan claims another Tour stage win as Thomas takes tumble
By Julien Pretot
July 24, 2019 — 1.56am
Nimes: Australia's Caleb Ewan has beaten his sprinting rivals in suffocating heat to win Stage 16 of the Tour de France, with Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe keeping the race leader's yellow jersey.
With temperatures soaring as high as 40 degrees, Alaphilippe and his main rivals did not attack each other over the 177-kilometre mainly flat stage in the Nimes rural hinterland.
Australia's Caleb Ewan celebrates on the podium after he won the Tour de France's 16th stage. Credit:AP
Ewan, a Tour debutant, edged Elia Viviani and Dylan Groenewegen to post his second stage win following his maiden success in Toulouse last week.
After a group of five breakaway riders was caught two kilometres from the finish, Viviani was set up by his teammates and launched the sprint about 200 metres from the line but could not resist Ewan's comeback.
"To be honest I felt so bad today during the day. I think the heat really got to me. But I have extra motivation today because my wife and daughter are here. I'm so happy I could win for them. I said before it's a dream to be here, and it was such a big dream to win one stage. Now I've won two, I can't believe it," Ewan said.
Ewan celebrates as he crosses the finish line. Credit:AP
"I had Jasper [De Buyst] on the front with Dylan [Groenewegen] on the wheel with one kilometre to go. Quickstep came past and I lost a few more positions than I wanted to. But I looked at this finish at the start of the day and played all the scenarios in my head. One of the scenarios was if I was too far back. I think if you watch, I lay off the wheel and really take a run at it and start sprinting before the rest of the guys. It worked."
Defending champion Geraint Thomas crashed about 40 kilometres after the race started from the Roman city but escaped largely unscathed, with a few scratches on his left elbow.
Riders battled searing sun during the 16th stage of the Tour de France. Credit:AP
Thomas, who is second in the overall standings, had already been caught in pile-ups during the first and eighth stages of the three-week race. Danish rider Jakob Fuglsang, who stood ninth overall, also fell with 28 kilometres left and abandoned the Tour.
Thomas' sports director Nicolas Portal said the Ineos team leader hurt his left side but "is all right" ahead of three difficult stages in the Alps later this week.
Under a scorching sun, riders tried to cool down with bottles of cold water against the backs of their necks as they pedalled on the Pont du Gard, an ancient Roman aqueduct bridge set against a dramatic landscape of rocks, trees and water.
There was no significant change in the overall standings, with Alaphilippe keeping his one minute and 35-second lead over Thomas intact. Steven Kruijswijk remained third, 1:47 off the pace and three seconds ahead of Thibaut Pinot.
Tuesday's stage was the sprinters' last chance to shine before Sunday's final stage in Paris as the race now heads to the Alps.
Wednesday's 17th stage is a hilly 200-kilometre ride from the Pont du Gard to Gap before the overall contenders battle it out for the title from Thursday to Saturday.


Sharing its fiction with the SyFy-produced television series of the same name, Defiance is a cross-platform MMO third-person shooter set in the blasted remains of San Francisco Bay. Last weekend saw the final Beta event before its release on Steam on April 2nd, and I was able to jump in for a good 20 hours or so. It doesn't come across well in screenshots and there are certainly lessons the developers could learn from beta, but I certainly enjoyed tooling round the post-apocalyptic landscape in my buggy, gunning down oversized alien insects.
You take on the role of an 'Ark-hunter' scouring the Bay for extraterrestrial technology following an apocalyptic war with invading alien species. You can choose to be either a human or an Irathient (a humanoid alien species seemingly modelled on the cardboard cut-out monsters of 1960's Doctor Who) before deciding which upgrade path to go down. Defiance doesn't nail the player to a class, instead letting you select an 'origin' - a starting weapon and outfit - before ushering you into the wasteland. Not that the choice of threads is a particularly appealing one: the default costumes leave the players looking like they've been in a devastating squabble with a corduroy supplier.
All Ark-hunters have been implanted with an EGO - a form of AI that helps you navigate the environment and provides a hub for upgrading and equipping perks. After the tutorial you choose which skill to invest in. 'Overcharge' provides a higher damage output and reduces recoil, 'Blur' boosts movement speed and melee attacks, 'Decoy' spawns a copy of yourself to distract enemies and 'Cloak' makes you invisible to enemies and recharges your shields. EGO points, gained through quest completion, then unlock further perks or upgrade your existing ones. The interface is a bit of a jumble, but it does allow you to unlock perks from different upgrade trees, allowing a degree of hybridity.
As in developer Trion's monster-slaying MMO Rift, huge dynamic global events dominate the landscape at random intervals requiring a huge concerted effort to resolve. These are known as 'Arkfalls', showers of debris from alien spaceships which crash down to release waves of enemies. You have only a finite amount of time to eliminate them before snatching the loot within.
There's no observable difficulty scaling, however, which means you really do just need a huge crew to take on these events. Groups of two or three players can succeed through attrition, but the battles might last up to half an hour - a gruelling tussle which sees your entire team being wiped out time and again. Meanwhile, put together a squad of 10 to 15 and you can barrel through the challenge in a matter of moments. There's something to be said for incentivising big-team play, but the devs may not have found quite the right balance.
The shooting itself feels similar to Borderlands - for good and ill. As in that game, there are more than enough guns to pick from. Defiance boasts several hundred radical variations based on a core set of 15 weapon archetypes, but, also as in Borderlands, most of the early-obtainable combinations feel low impact. Nonetheless, this provides a potent incentive to participate in Arkfalls and sidequests as mod packs are available as loot.
Only 2 regions were open in the Beta weekend with several more accessible in the final release. It's an expansive world to be in, and its occasional vistas are really where it looks its best, so it'd be a shame to have to fast travel everywhere. Luckily, you can spawn a vehicle in front of you instantly, allowing a scenic tour to enjoy the exotic plants and mountain sunsets as you drive to your destination. The driving physics are very floaty and arcade-like but that does not diminish the pleasure in boosting up almost vertical terrain whilst splatting mutants off your fender.
Defiance follows Guild Wars 2's payment model: it's a one-off purchase requiring no subscription fee. Microtransactions are available but are almost entirely cosmetic items and XP boosts. Perhaps a bigger question is how the game will tie into the ongoing TV series. We've been told that one will heavily influence the other, but juggling two wildly different and equally risky projects makes the fate of both less certain. That said, it's a bold experiment in cross-media entertainment, and if the TV series' need for evolving drama means the game is maintained with new and diverse content, Defiance could be one of the surprises of 2013.


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Iowa Wrestling: NCAA Rankings
#1 vs #2 heading into the biggest dual of the NCAA season
By trez1313@trezemer Jan 30, 2020, 9:00am CST
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The Hawkeyes are now sitting at a perfect 8-0 on the season with all ten of our starters firmly within the top ten of their respective weights across all rankings.
Our team has retained their #1 ranking for nearly two consecutive months and have wrestled incredibly consistent to keep each grappler in the upper echelons.
We have nine ranked in the top five, including seven in the top 3: #1 Spencer Lee, #2 Austin DeSanto, #3 Max Murin, #3 Pat Lugo, #2 Alex Marinelli, #2 Michael Kemerer, and #3 Tony Cassioppi.
However, with a high ranking comes the high risk of dropping. It goes without saying, but the higher you go, the harder it is to retain that position AND to continue the ascent to the top. But a loss, especially a bad loss, will send you careening down and plummeting below a position you otherwise shouldn't be at.
So far, we've done a good job at avoiding those bad losses. Outside of a rough patch at 184lbs at the Midlands and Abe Assad's insertion into the lineup, we've seemingly patched the hole in the upper weights and have given ourselves another solid All-American threat there. BTW- That's three Hawkeyes that have appeared in the top ten at 184: Cash Wickle, Nelson Brands, and now Assad.
There's still a discrepancy with Max Murin at 141lbs, landing anywhere from #3 to #9. Despite a rough outing against Nebraska's Chad Red, he remains #3 on Flowrestling, but has dropped to #9 on Intermat, one slot below Red. The 6-2 loss to Mr. Red looks even worse when compared to the losses of Red. While he's only lost to ranked wrestlers, 3 of his 5 have been by bonus point, which doesn't reflect well on Murin.
Mad Max is allegedly sitting out his second dual in a row and won't face #1 Nick Lee (PSU) this Friday in Carver-Hawkeye. Thankfully though, if he's he's able to heal up, he still has two ranked guys left on the schedule after that: #6 Mitch McKee (Minn) and #17 Dusty Hone (OKST). Wins here can get him back on track and boost his RPI for March, but until he proves he can topple the other AA threats, the #7-#9 range is suitable.
Jacob Warner finds himself in a similar situation. He's lost 3 of his last 5 matches, but right smack in the middle he upset #2 Christian Brunner (Pur). That win alone has kept him afloat and relevant. Flowrestling is still firmly behind him and he's only wavered a couple positions, while Intermat and Wrestlestat have penalized him heavily for those losses. Warner can get back to his winning ways on Friday against #15 Shakur Rasheed (PSU).
Despite losing a frustrating match to Sammy Sasso (OSU), Pat Lugo only dropped two slots and finds himself back at his familiar preseason ranking: #3. TBH- Lugo wasn't hit as hard as he could have been with that loss, however, they heavily awarded Sassy Sammy as he climbed four slots, from #6 to #2. Boo Lewallen (OKST) now sits atop the mountain at 149lbs.
The only way a #2 or #3 or #4 ranked wrestler can climb even higher is to knock off someone above them. This Friday we have that opportunity in two different matchups that will feature the #1 and #2 ranked wrestlers in the country.
165lbs: #1 Vincenzo Joseph vs #2 Alex Marinelli
174lbs: #1 Mark Hall vs #2 Michael Kemerer
Even with Murin, Lugo, and Warner stumbling we still find ourselves heavy favorites as we turn the page into February. I would be shocked and pleasantly surprised if the NCAA's turned out the way they're projecting, but I think we can all safely assume that the potential and the talent is there. Nonetheless, guys will take losses, from all teams, including Iowa. 136.5 points and 10 All-Americans would immediately turn this team into an all-time great. Can it happen? Sure. But will it? I doubt it.
But as much as we want it, we don't need ten champs to bring this thing home. Punching 4 into the finals (Lee, DeSanto, Marinelli and Kemerer) with the other finding the podium will get the job done. The biggest factor that can make up for any potential point loss in March, is the bonus point factor, which all ten guys can do.
FWIW- If The Bull and Kemdog can pull off a win on Friday night, that will boost our projected point total by as little as eight more points, further pushing the lead.
Seven of the top then tens all reign from the B1G. Our conference has a stranglehold on the rest of the country and very well could sweep the medal stand in March.
Currently, there is only one other team left unscathed: #11 NC State (11-0)
Northwestern and Princeton are the biggest eyesores with losing records. But, NW has two legit finalist contenders in #3 Sebastian Rivera (133lbs) and #1 Ryan Deakin (157lbs) while Princeton has two of their own in #3 Patrick Glory (125lbs) and #3 Patrick Brucki (197lbs).
As for other Iowa teams: #12 Iowa State is doing all they can to keep their heads above water at this point. They've split their last six duals and head coach Kevin Dresser just railed his team publicly after their beat down to Okie State, 23-9. Trouble is a-brewin' in Ames.
Northern Iowa doesn't appear on our graphic, but they clock in at #16 after upsetting Okie State the night before they rebounded against ISU. All three of these teams are in the Big 12, which will make for a fun conference tournament.
There's some big duals this weekend that could shake things up drastically.
Friday, 1/31:
#1 Iowa vs #2 Penn State
#5 Minnesota vs #7 Purdue
Saturday, 2/01:
#6 Arizona State vs #21 Stanford
#13 NC State vs #19 Pittsburgh
Sunday, 2/02:
#3 Ohio State vs #11 Nebraska
#4 Wisconsin vs #7 Purdue
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One Word to describe this blog post your about to see: Magic.
Im trying really hard not to sound narcissistic when I say that but it is truly what I think when I flick through these images. Shelvin, Steven and Lake Tekapo. You all make quite the team and every time I go through these Im taken aback to this beautiful trip down South.
My Job takes me to some pretty incredible places! And the fact that most of these places are simply an hour flight from my home here in Auckland continually blow my mind.
Shelvin and Steven flew all the way from Jakarta Indonesia to get a glimpse at this beautiful country I call home. They flew into Christchurch with Shelvin's Family, picked up their rental car and drove out to meet me in Tekapo. I had never been to Lake Tekapo before but from what I heard, I was about to lose my mind. And I did.
I drove down a day early to spend the night camping with a good friend of mine. We mistakingly didn't pack a sufficient mattress. Our only separation between the earth and us was the tent floor, a yoga mat and various clothing items we laid down in hopes of creating some sort of cushioning (they didn't work). We basically slept on Pinecones and we spent the entire night in fits of laughter at our sheer stupidity in thinking a single yoga mat was sufficient enough for a good nights sleep. We felt very connected to the earth (and rather tired) when we awoke early the next day to the sound of the loudest birds in the entire world (or what seemed like it). For some reason the sound of morning birds becomes 280% Louder when your camping. We packed up our tent, hopped in the car and went to find breakfast and coffee. Once fuelled by caffeine and carbohydrates we headed off to meet Shelvin and Steven for the photoshoot.
We spent the day in forests, surrounded by flowers, walking along the lakeside and frolicking through long grass. It was a long 8 hour day but with an abundance of beautiful landscapes as far as we could see we weren't struggling to find new places to shoot every time we turned a corner. Shelvin and Steven made for some pretty breathtaking shots, they looked like absolute models and every frame glowed with their beaming smiles. We explored till the sun dipped behind the mountains and after 8 hours called it a day!
As I hopped back in the Car, Eloise at the helm, and set off into the sunset back to Christchurch, I couldn't help but feel an overwhelming sense of joy to live in such an amazing part of the world. I wound down my window, leant out into the warm summer air and closed my eyes letting the wind whip through my hair. NZ road trips do that to you... I also then realised I was about as red as a Lobster and my entire face felt like it was on fire (Always pack sunscreen Kids).
So, Wheres your next Journey taking you? Close to home? Or across the Globe? Wherever you go, always appreciate what a magnificent world we live in. Treat it well. Be Adventurous. Don't be afraid to wander.


For their first appearance at the European Championship, Northern Ireland will wear a clean design that shows national pride. The jersey combines home color green with blue and white accents. It is engineered with climacool technology to help keep players and fans cool and dry. It is made out of 100% polester.


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Van Elle promotes low carbon solutions wherever possible, developing value-engineered designs that optimise the number, diameter and depths of foundations. This approach allows reduced material usage and promotes techniques that produce less waste and use less water.
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Q: Inserting autoincrement id mysql to mysqli First of all: I searched in google and stackoverflow for: insert auto increment id in mysql, found this on SO but it was not helpful. Everything else I found was for mysqli->insert_id;
If I missed a point in searching for a solution i'd apprichiate a correct link in the comments.
I'm trying to "translate" old mysql_-functions to mysqli_ functions.
Assuming my old query was:
mysql_query("INSERT INTO `bugtracker`
        (`id`, `date`, `workerid`, `currURL`, `prevURL`, `bugTitle`, `bugDesc`) VALUES
        (NULL, '".time()."', '$worker', '$clean[currURL]', '$clean[prevURL]', '$clean[bugTitle]', '$clean[bugDesc]');");

For understanding:
($clean[currURL] = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['currURL']);)
New it has to be something like this:
$query = "INSERT INTO `bugtracker` (`id`, `date`, `workerid`, `currURL`, `prevURL`, `bugTitle`, `bugDesc`) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)";
    $statement = $mysqlicon->prepare($query);
    $statement->bind_param('iiissss', 'NULL??', time(), $worker, $_POST['currURL'], $_POST['prevURL'], $_POST['bugTitle'], $_POST['bugDesc']);

$statement->execute();
$statement->close();

Question: I didn't try to run my query in anyway because i'm curious how I should insert the previous "NULL" to my autoincrement id in mysqli. Should I just ignore and leave it empty? Just don´t show it in $query and bind_param?
Table structure is in this order:
id(int11), date(int11), workerid(int11), currURL(varchar), prevURL(varchar), bugTitle(varchar), bugDesc(text)

A: Do not specify this column (id) in your statement.

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 Priscilla Bright clearly remembers the day she got her breast cancer diagnosis. It was her birthday 2014.
From 2014 to 2016, her medical team treated the stage II cancer in her left breast and lymph nodes. She had chemotherapy at LBJ Hospital, 12 weeks of radiation at Smith Clinic, and then a mastectomy of her left breast at the hospital.
Cancer spurred her to make some life changes. She attended a nutrition class at Settegast Health Center (where she sees her primary care physician) and has added more fruits, vegetables, yogurt and fish to her diet. She also eats smaller portions. She walks three miles several times a week. Most important, she learned to put herself and her health first.
Priscilla lives with her daughter and two grandchildren. She has four children, 11 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. "They keep me alive. I want to be here for them.


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Album Review: MESHIAAK – Alliance of Thieves
Jake Küssmaul August 13, 2016
Initially bonded in 2014 by the desire to combine styles, Melbourne, Australia's Meshiaak is poised to present something much larger than expected. That notion could most aptly be realized in the quartet's supergroup lineup: lead singer/guitarist Danny Camilleri (4ARM), lead guitarist Dean Wells (Teramaze), bassist Nick Walker (Bane of Bedlam) and drummer Jon Dette (Slayer, Testament).
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Artist: Meshiaak
Album Title: Alliance of Thieves
Label: Mascot Music
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When it comes to pouring that onto record, it is imperative that skill be translated into a means of stimulating the soul. That is exactly the approach Meshiaak takes on their debut album, Alliance of Thieves. In especially breaking through to those immersed in metal's sheer power and speed, an organic sound must be at the forefront. Indeed, the band utilizes a brand of undoubtedly solid metal, whether it implements thrash or even other alternative textures. Naturally, the outside influences accentuated within the sound ultimately contribute to the album's outstanding appeal.
Consider the opening track, "Chronicles of the Dead." On the surface, it may play as a ruthless and particularly blistering barrage of instrumental warfare. The extent of that notion came in the intro alone. Wells' sword-armed lead riff continually commands the track with razor sharp force, enough to drill through the mix to no detriment. Conversely, Camilleri's seemingly gritty vocal style is surprisingly full of air. Even as different vocal identities were assumed—guttural and spoken call-and-response, hardcore shouts, and soaring bellows—his presence was kept elevated. Of course, Wells showcases masterful—and nonetheless fluid—shredding capabilities on his solo at the 3:26 mark. What triumphs beyond that, though, is the sparsely lulling chord sequence, as well as the combinative harmonic leads of both he and Camilleri in the song's end. "It Burns At Both Ends" is clever in its execution, withholding that thrash temporarily in favor of crisp, oriental leads on tribal percussion. Don't be fooled, though. Seemingly without warning, the heaviness returns in all-out brutality. Tomb's thematic focus of suggestively militant oppression holds equal clout either belted out or when shouted in bursts. The shouted parts take role as the oppressor, while the opposing perspective is representatively sung in harmony. For that reason, the lines "We live endangered lives/We breathe, they multiply/they break into our lives/the war pigs of our time" rings especially poignant in their execution. On the third track, "I Am Among You," Tomb's stationary vocal range is introduced, adding a distinctive personality to its atmosphere by way of varying reverberation effects. As the tonality shifts to heaviness, the sense of a higher demonesque power becomes prominent. The first lines "I am the one inside you/Give you all you ever need" plant the impression of false security, while the following lines "I am the voice inside you/Now I bring you to your knees" shows the extent of its dominance. The almost-machine gun like groove of the percussion emits a type of Ministry vibe. Around the 2:15 mark, where a defeatist stance is emphasized, I felt another shift, this time reminiscent of Jerry Cantrell from Alice in Chains. Just three tracks in, and the band exhibits substantial diversity for a sound to be kept organic.
The fourth track, "Drowning, Fading, Falling" was my intro to the band's music, as well as my reason for checking out the album in the first place. I recall my first time listening to the track, being curious as to where it would fit within an album's concept. In its placement in relation to the rest of the tracks, it began to make sense. I'd consider this song to inadvertently point that of Metallica's "Enter Sandman" video—a nightmare consisting of recurring scenarios. The main difference, however, is a sense of dominance and control over otherwise fearful stimuli. For a brief moment, the midpoint of the album ("At the Edge of the World," "Last Breath") continues on an especially melodic note. The riffs on "Edge…" are made straight ahead and hook-focused, allowing a smart sense of breathing room for Camilleri's vocals. I tend to appreciate these kinds of slight deviations. To me, it has nothing to do with maintaining a type of purist credibility, so long as the emotion within the song is captured authentically and sincerely. "Last Breath" still channels traditional thrash sensibilities, albeit with better attention to balancing with the melodic dynamics. Expounded on is the triumphant nature of man over deterring forces, emphasized by the lines "We'll together and fight/We're brothers in arms." Wells' solos in the 2:50 mark are complementary to that balance, featuring equal amounts of shredding and progressive melodies. The latter part of the album represents a peak in thrash energy, initially driven by "Maniacal." I've gotten a deeper sense of the album's thematic perspective, which represents patience in all evil reaching plethoric proportions, then, in an interesting twist, becoming obliterated. There's a killer breakdown in the three-minute mark, held together by thick chugging riffs that punch with every strum. When the drums switch to a mid-tempo, the impact of the snares is especially felt, while mass head banging commences naturally. If that didn't suffice the first time, it actually returns by way of fade-in, allowing the head banging to continue.
The title track works similarly dynamic and theme-wise, only the presentation is kicked to a whole other level. Its thrash bits are better nuanced with sparsely integrated shout vocals, giving both elements equal space. I liked how the snares hit in a syllabic fashion to match Camilleri's vocal rhythm. Subtleties like this keep the track from going numb, and although brief, they heighten the stimulation of the listening experience. With subsequent verses, his vocals make a reinvigorated return and extend to the duration of each phrase. The element that feels especially expanded on is the breakdown. Here, harmonic leads come out in waves and set the tone for the buildup to come. The second time around, they blend seamlessly with the harmonized vocals, adding an extra sense of richness to the mix. At this point, Wells' lead work also exhibits a kind of newfound looseness to it—bolder and fuller, without using as many notes. Whereas the title track was the heaviest, the final track, "Death of Anthem" is the most progressive. The initial bed of lush acoustic guitars resonates well with Camilleri's bass baritone. On each verse, an electric layer is added as the vocals increase in range. The extent of involvement between each layer is akin to that of the death toll accumulated by war. Victory is not clear cut, but the crispness of the acoustics still echoes through, signifying a resounding hope.
Overall, Alliance of Thieves demonstrates that top-tier musicianship is only one asset of a supergroup. Meshiaak also exhibits strong writing abilities in telling an engaging, cohesive story, and with a message that is sincere. In sticking by their will to produce organic thrash metal, the band actually surpasses expectations on both a stylistic and conceptual level.
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European Parliament calls on Vatican to support Cardinal Zen
Cardinal Joseph Zen. | Iris Tong via Wikimedia (Public Domain).
Strasbourg, France, Jul 8, 2022 / 04:24 am
The European Parliament has called on the Vatican "to give full support to Cardinal Zen" and told the Holy See it should "strengthen its diplomatic efforts and its leverage on the Chinese authorities".
In a resolution passed on July 7, the parliament condemned the arrest of the 90-year-old former bishop of Hong Kong by Chinese authorities and demanded that all charges against him be dropped.
Cardinal Zen was charged in a Hong Kong court on May 24 with four other prominent democracy advocates who were all trustees of the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund, which helped pro-democracy protesters to pay their legal fees.
In the non-binding resolution passed on Thursday, the EU parliament decried the arrest of Zen as "an attack on the freedoms guaranteed in the Hong Kong Basic Law, including the freedom of religion or belief".
The resolution also recognized the cardinal as a leading advocate for democracy in Hong Kong and instructed the President of the European Parliament, Maltese Catholic Roberta Metsola, to communicate the resolution to the Holy See as well as other institutions.
"The European Parliament has stood and still stands and will continue to stand with Hong Kong. This parliament continues to actively show solidarity with Hong Kong democrats and against Chinese communist oppression," said Reinhard Buetikofer, the leader of the European Parliament's China delegation according to the South China Morning Post.
Zen was arrested by the authorities in Hong Kong on May 11 and was released on bail later on the same day. He has pleaded not guilty to charges of failing to register a pro-democracy association.
The day after Zen's arrest by Hong Kong authorities, Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin said he hoped that the cardinal's arrest would not complicate the Holy See's dialogue with China.
Zen has strongly criticized the Holy See's provisional agreement on the appointment of bishops with Beijing.
Human rights advocates this week voiced concerns after Pope Francis said the agreement was "moving well" and should be renewed.
On May 24, the World Day of Prayer for the Church in China, Zen said that the Holy See "made an unwise decision" to enter into a provisional agreement with the Chinese Communist Party government when it did.
"Martyrdom is normal in our Church," Zen said. "We may not have to do that, but we may have to bear some pain and steel ourselves for our loyalty to our faith."
The trial against Zen and other arrested citizens is scheduled to begin on September 19.
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The 32-year-old retired in October but has returned with a résumé that includes two Pro Bowls and 30 interceptions.
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