In the annual four-week retreat prescribed for all Jesuits, Ignatius Loyola proposed that the first week be devoted to contemplation of the consequences of sin, including one's prospects after death. This came to mind to me as I began drafting my obituary.
What first will strike you, if you try it, is that you don't know when it will happen. You can't put at what age you died, or where, or what the cause of death was. Obvious, maybe, but try thinking of it.
Will you die at 59 as your father did, or at 90 as your grandfather? Will it be in your sleep or will your body be strapped to a dozen machines in some antiseptic room? Will it be near the familiar neighborhood in which you spent most of your life, or even perhaps where you grew up, or will it happen far, far away?
The second great unknown, particularly if you are famous only at your home dinner table, is what you might be noted for at the end of your life.
Will you be known for the job you held for 20-odd years? For some silly phrase you don't even know about? What if your most decisive act hasn't happened yet? Will you make some discovery, climb some mountain, achieve something that adds to the knowledge or collective experience of humankind in some mildly unique way of which you have yet to conceive?
For the better part of three decades I've written in inverted-pyramid style. The most important and foundational facts come first, then the details. It's classic news style.
But if you don't know the most important fact, then the hook of the whole story is missing.
If between now and the day you die you cure cancer, which you haven't a clue how to do today, whatever obit you draft today is useless. Granted, if you do discover a cure for cancer, every newspaper in the world will pay the best wordsmiths to eulogize and obituarize you.
For the more likely scenario, writing your own obituary is impossible. At best you can draft it, suggesting facts to be added by someone else.
But here's what strikes me as a third insight. Provided you are not bed-ridden (although Robert Louis Stevenson wrote Kidnapped! in bed), it is still possible to decide to bring about the fact or facts you would like to see in your obituary.
You still have a chance, one that day by day diminishes, to shoot for that obituary hoop. It's not a slam dunk in most instances.
Speaking for myself, I am highly unlikely to become President of the United States (although I do note that I am a -- corporate -- president in the United States). Cancer cure was already noted. No Olympic medal seems in my future.
Indeed, at my age, it is most likely that I have done everything of note that I will ever do.
Most people would refer to me as middle-aged, although it's not exactly certain that I have reached the chronological midpoint of my life. The oldest person alive I could find is María Capovilla of Ecuador, born on September 14, 1889, which at this writing makes her 116. By that standard, I still have a few years to go to the midpoint.
Of course, the actuarial odds are against me: women live longer than men. In any case, I can't imagine that I will have the capacity to write the Great American Novel in the next 20 years, especially since I haven't had it in the very much more vital 20 years past.
You might be younger, have a broader shot. My one warning: this game of life is played faster than you think.
The only thing you or I may be able to alter at this point is our private obituary. That's the obituary written in the hearts of those who knew us.
A few (how many?) will not mourn me at all, but actually rejoice. A few others may suddenly recall my name and wonder that I wasn't dead already. Many will never find out that I have died.
The hardy few who endured knowing me or those who, like my sons, can't avoid me, what will their obituary say?
A new cyber-acquaintance who seems to know whereof he speaks offers two versions of history, Israeli and Arab, that not only amuse but also throw some light on the conflicts in the Middle East.
Palestinians do not exist. Geographical Palestine was empty. Jews on the other hand existed, and they had no homeland (they were floating in the air I suppose). So the UN offered them Palestine as a gift, and they gratefully accepted it. There were no rightful citizens of it to object to that peaceful transaction.
Upset by the peace and liberty that their new neighbors enjoy, they were determined to spread fear and destruction.
Kal offers the disclaimer that he was born in Jerusalem to a Christian family and has an Israeli birth certificate (but not citizenship) as well as an expired Palestinian travel document.
In the beginning, all inhabitants of Palestine were perfect Muslim people. They treated the Christian and Jewish minorities with great respect, and gave them more rights and less duties than the average Muslim citizen. These People of the Book lived their Golden Age under Islamic Rule, and they all greatly enjoyed their trouble free life.
Then the Jewish Elders of Zion, on a mission to take over the World, and the Christian Crusaders of the West, conspired to destroy the Arabs. [tanks, bombs, and airplanes sound effects...] They decided that Palestine was a good entry point in the Middle East, towards creating Greater Israel, consisting of lands from the Euphrates to the Nile. And without any provocation of any kind, they continuously murdered Arabs throughout the second half of the last century, in order to eliminate them from their lands.
Arab Muslims, backed by the good Christians and Jews of Palestine, rose up to the challenge. [piano...] Their mission is to restore superior morality and to end the rule of corrupt Crusader culture, and to recreate the Islamic State of Palestine, where Muslims, Jews, and Christians can relive their Golden Age of happiness, morality, and prosperity.
Perhaps if such stories could be swapped and edited there might be some hope for peace. Meanwhile, we can at least enjoy a good, dark laugh.
What Would It Have Looked Like Now?
Few aftershocks from what is now yesteryear, to my great surprise, equal my discovery yesterday that Mimi Fariña died five years ago this summer. You have to be a bit of a folk music aficionado to even remember Mimi and it helps to have lived through the 1960s.
Mimi, nee Margarita Mimi Baez, was the sister of superstar folksinger Joan Baez, but she was best known as the feminine half of Richard and Mimi Fariña, the husband-and-wife dulcimer and guitar duo that flourished in the mid-1960s.
While digitizing the beloved, pristine LPs of their music that I've kept through the decades, I discovered that the two albums I have were recorded in 1964 and 1965. I didn't discover them until 1971, when I graduated from Judy Collins and Joni Mitchell to Bluegrass and some singers of whom no one but true-and-tried folkies have heard.
Real folk music is found in the memorable year 2000 film Songcatcher, about a musicologist who, while visiting her sister's rural school in Appalachia, stumbles upon ancient Scots-Irish ballads and decides to record them sung by memory, just as they were passed down, from generation to generation. You hear purely performed a capella singing, occasionally the intervention of a stringed instrument, and lyrics that tell stories of woe, of faith, of warning to playful young maidens and hasty young men.
That's more or less the way Richard and Mimi Fariña played, even though Richard attended Cornell University and penned his college-age early writings in the company of folks such as the future novelist Thomas Pynchon, while Mimi swirled in her sister's wake of folk stars (even Bob Dylan, the god, accompanies them in a few tracks).
For a brief two years their musical stars were ascending with a sound that was old and new, delicate and challenging all at once in the then-little-heard sound of the dulcimer and guitar. Then came the fateful surprise birthday party for Mimi on April 30, 1966, and the motorcycle accident that killed Richard instantly.
That day Richard Fariña joined the pantheon of heroes of the 1960s whose lives were unexpectedly cut short. The memorial wall, were there one, would begin with John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr.; the names would include the enigmatic, energy-filled Lusitanian-Celtic, enigmatic young singer with promise Richard Fariña; then it would pass through Jimi Hendrix, to end perhaps with Phil Ochs, who committed suicide in the late-1970s, or John Lennon, killed like Kennedy, closing the circle.
Richard Fariña might not have distinguished himself for his music without Mimi. But he certainly left behind an unreadable little novel with a title that often comes to mind: Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me.
Upon hearing their music again after several years I googled them, hoping to see middle-aged Mimi with at least a few extra pounds to match my own, a middle-aged woman to whom it didn't seem to have looked so down way back when. She had been stuck with the role of widow of the young creative hero, which apparently wreaked havoc with her romantic life, much the way being stuck with being Joan Baez's sister didn't help her musical confidence.
Middle age has a way of softening things. She was getting ready to retire from music in the year 2000, following the 25th anniversary of a famous prison concert in which she had played with her sister. Fate denied her a ride into the sunset: she was diagnosed with cancer and died a year later.
Makes me wonder. According to Nobelist author Nikos Kazantzakis, Jesus' last temptation occurred on the cross, when he had one last option to recant and die an old man surrounded by his wife and grandchildren.
So even now I'm left to wonder what would life had looked like had Kennedy and King, Fariña and Ochs and Brel, the young disappeared of Argentina, the dead in Vietnam and the Congo, Patrice Lumumba and Che Guevara, had everyone lived to be old, their life's work rounded out to match their bodies.
Maybe the young existential angst, the earnestness, the deadly conflicts and issues, the poignant music and poetry, and life itself, all might have seemed so silly, so trivial, so beside the real point for so long.
Then, maybe and at last, it would all now look like up to all of us.
In all the discussions I have had over Iraq and the Middle East and, in fact, over the worsening world, everyone in the United States seems to forget one thing: military strength is not the basis of U.S. power and influence in the world.
Indeed, the U.S. military has always been mostly ineffective, with bumbling tactics, worse strategy and useless leadership, depite its sheer mass at certain moments in history. Let's go through some of that history, briefly.
Iraq ... well, even Weekly Standard editor William Kristol admitted on The Charlie Rose Show last night that "defeat" is a possibility.
Is there anyone still denying that the United States lost in Vietnam?
Korea: a stalemate that could have been a disaster if Douglas MacArthur had had his way. The diplomats extricated U.S. troops out of war.
World War II: the United States entered late and essentially fought one Axis power, Japan, who surrendered at the threat of further atomic bombing; on the European theater, the U.S.S.R. defeated Germany at Stalingrad. In any case, it was not a victory of tactics and strategy.
World War I: again, the United States entered late, when the war was already stalemated.
The point is not to denigrate the efforts and suffering of individual soldiers, but merely to note that purely military means did not achieve what our schoolchildren are misleadingly taught as "victories," nor our did they gain our position in the world since 1918.
Our military is congenitally incapable of conquering anything -- always has been, always will be. That's because we've never been a militarily conquering nation (except when it involved our own nationbuilding).
Want to know our real strength?
The strength of the United States is the dynamism of its economy, its resources, its geographic position, its relative transparency, coupled with the instinctively egalitarian social and political democratic experiment in which it functions.
The American empire is economic, social and political. Ours was the first country in the world to take its name from an idea -- a union of states -- rather than a place name.
During what I now call World War III (the Cold War), Garry Wills once famously asserted that a Russian invasion would be halted at the first McDonald's. The New York Times' Thomas Friedman has updated that notion with his McDonald's Theory of Conflict Prevention: no two countries that have a McDonald's will ever go to war with each other.
Finding chinks in the theory, Friedman has had to change it to something grander and more complex, as he told Wired: "No two countries that are both part of a major global supply chain like Dell's will fight against each other as long as they are both part of that supply chain."
American consumer goods (even if they are made in China) are seductive the world over. The may sneer and complain, but teenagers everywhere love Coke, bluejeans and T-shirts with American logos.
The other part is a certain social and economic mobility and a tendency towards broadly distributed wealth, which together make possible mass consumption.
Whenever these two have been ascendant, the United States has shone brightly in the world. Everyone admires our capacity to improve and adapt to the leadership of great men such as Martin Luther King, Jr. We became the envy of the world when our factory workers could afford ranch houses and stationwagons and even to send a talented child to college.
Why are we at war with the Islamic world? Because they have no realistic hope of ever participating in an economy and a democracy anywhere close to ours -- and it's absurd to think of installing them by force in Afghanistan and Iraq -- so they have nothing to lose by committing suicide crashing planes against our buildings and blowing up our allies.
That's why more war is not the answer. Instead, the answer has to come from our historic strengths: expanding civil liberties (not contracting them in the name of a false "security") and a widely distributed rising standard of living that ripples outward.
However, this is slipping even here on the American home front. President Bush's domestic policy of stealing from the poor to give to the rich strike at the heart of what is most appealing about the United States: the notion that everyone can accede to a basic common level of prosperity.
We can't credibly sell abroad what we ourselves are destroying at home. When people watch scenes of the poor black population of a major American city abandoned to die after a flood, everyone can see that the American Dream has become just a facade.
To bring the conflict with the Islamic world to at least the level of tolerance we need to show the world we are still a beacon of civil liberties and still a prosperous nation in which hardships and rewards are shared equitably.
Turn the internal problems from the Department of Homeland Security, which is an abysmal collection of dysfunctional agencies, to Wall Street and the Salvation Army, with the mission of unleashing a bonanza of credit, consumer goods and employment, starting in the slums of the South Bronx and East St. Louis and extending to the Muslim communities in the Western world.
Shift the handling of the Middle East from the Pentagon and Foggy Bottom to Madison Avenue and Caritas, until we find ourselves dispatching our youths to drop Big Macs, instead of bombs, all over Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and even Lebanon.
Everyone the world over has known our business prowess since Benjamin Franklin. Even in the 1836, when the country groaned to deliver itself of the "peculiar institution" of slavery, Alexis de Tocqueville noted the American tendency toward generosity.
Going back to being real Americans again ... that's the answer!
Catholic childhood indoctrination is strong. For a number of reasons, adult attachment can be very strong, too.
I haven't gone to a Catholic Mass in four years, feel no need to do, quite the contrary. Still, I follow the shenanigans at the Vatican and in the American hierarchy, for which I used to work, much like Trotsky watching from Mexico the revolution in the Kremlin gone Stalinist -- without Leon's cachet or his famous mistresses.
People ask why I care and I don't have a easy answer. Perhaps the old Loyola epigram is true: "give me a boy at the age of seven and I give you the man." My strongest formative influences were celibate, vowed men.
For others, there's also cultural Catholicism, which is more or less the notion that one's grandparents were Catholic and in one's family "we've always done this." This is limited to baptisms, first communions, confirmation, weddings and burials; to manners and genteel words and even the occasional charity.
This never exerted much of a pull for me. Celibate vowed men leave family traditions behind. "Let the dead bury the dead," Jesus told a would-be follower who wanted to bury his father before following him.
For me there was always a truth kernel in the gospel that resonated, indeed resonates. What must be done is very clear and simple, if only I would dare: feed the hungry, give to drink to the thirsty, clothe the naked, visit the sick and those in prison. Tell the truth, respect what belongs to others, ignore other people's wealth, nurture and protect life. Little or nothing about churchgoing or Bible reading.
Most of us complicate it with theologies, exceptions and fancy dancing that allow us to temporize while we enjoy our dollar-driven, consumption-directed lives and pretend that we are really taking the gospel's simple imperatives seriously.
What's specifically Catholic about this? That I am not the arbiter, the interpreter or much less the transmitter. That the truth is the truth, whether I like it or not. That even the pope can't unsay it.
I am a philosophical absolutist with all the doubts and scant few certitudes of an agnostic. If there is a God, it's not up to me to define God or agree with what God wants done.
There probably isn't a God. Here all of us who temporize and avoid what God wants of us can sign on the dotted line: we're unbelievers. If there were a God and we believed that, we would be seriously concerned about what God wants (and how little of it we fulfill).
Yet something keeps tugging, something keeps urging: somewhere there is a good that has my name on it for me to do. And I had nothing to do with it being there. All I can do is find it and embrace it, or find it and walk away.
A fascinating front-page New York Times story today is worth the biblical "price beyond rubies." I'm referring to a filing by correspondent Sabrina Tavernise that tells us that the Hezbollah "has provided essential services for years to Lebanon''s poor Shiites, settling into their lives."
Tavernise's story, headlined "Charity Wins Deep Loyalty for Hezbollah," begins with a security guard who recounts that the militant Shi'a group whose name in Arabic means Party of God, paid for his wife''s Caesarean section and an operation on his broken nose, and brought food to his home when he lost his job. Slowly you get the sense that the entire Shi'a community benefits from the largesse of Hezbollah.
Reminds me of the Black Panthers' breakfast programs for children in Oakland, Calif. Or the communal free meals in the town of Assisi once organized by the Communist Party in starving postwar Italy.
One wonders why Israel, according to the CIA Factbook the world's 54th (out of 233) largest gross domestic product of $154 billion, as opposed to Lebanon's 108th economy in the world ($23.6 billion annual GDP), couldn't try the same thing.
It's not as if U.S. military operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere have been resoundingly successful. Nor is it as if Israel's bombardment of civilians in Lebanon has won Eretz Israel the Brotherhood Award of the Year. Quite the contrary on both counts.
Here is where the ancient advice becomes eminently practical.
In the New Testament, Jesus says "You have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thy enemy. But I say to you, Love your enemies: do good to them that hate you: and pray for them that persecute and calumniate you." (Matthew 5-43-44).
This passage might suggest that Judaism, the religion of Jesus and his apostles, was a faith of revenge, yet that is not true. The book of Exodus' "An eye for an eye" (21:23) was a humane improvement on disproportional punishment in the ancient world. Moreover, the Hebrew Bible instructs believers "Seek not revenge" (Lev. 19:18.) and has God declare that "Vengeance is mine." (Deut. 32:35).
Nor is the religion of Islam, the religion of Osama bin Laden and Hezbollah, a religion of hatred and vengeance, as the Quran, in Sura 5:45, in a spirit very similar to the Jewish Torah, says: And We ordained therein for them: Life for life, eye for eye, nose for nose, ear for ear, tooth for tooth and wounds equal for equal. But if anyone remits the retaliation by way of charity, it shall be for him an expiation.
How different our current events might have been if on Sept. 12, 2001, President Bush had proclaimed that the United States would not respond to violence with violence, but would challenge Al Qaeda to a contest of charity.
Imagine, then, our B-52s, B-1s and B-2s showering the poorest areas of the Middle East with food and medical supplies.
What could Osama have said? That he rejected these gifts? That he would not join in a competition to see who could be more generous? Who in the Arab world would have supported such peevish stances?
Imagine also what might happen if Israel built schools, hospitals and brought food for the Shi'as of southern Lebanon, challenging the Hezbollah not to a contest of explosions but of generosity.
Here's where Hezbollah has shown the way.


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Spotlight on Darwin, Australia
Darwin, the capital city of Australia's Northern Territory on the Timor Sea, conjures a mental image of a pioneer outpost. Which it was until relatively recently. The city/region was originally named "Port Darwin" in honour of Charles Darwin, father of modern evolutionary theory. Today, Darwin has been transformed into a modern and diverse city; the hub of the huge and very sparsely populated Northern Territory area.
Getting there by plane, you'll land at Darwin International Airport (shared with the Royal Australian Air Force) in the Marrara suburb. The Alice Springs to Darwin rail line links to Adelaide. Alternatively, the Stuart Highway links Darwin to Katherine, Tennant Creek, Alice Springs and Adelaide. There is a public bus network within the city (Darwinbus). Ferry services connecting to the Tiwi Islands run from Cullen Bay.
The city experiences similar average maximum temperatures all year-round with distinct wet and dry seasons (December to March and May to October, respectively). Monsoon rains and tropical cyclones are typical during the wet season. Due to weather restrictions, tours to Katherine Gorge, Kakadu National Park and Litchfield National Park, run mainly from April to September.
Darwin's many parks and gardens include the Charles Darwin National Park, the Casuarina Coastal Reserve, the Jingili Water Gardens, the Botanic Gardens and the Knuckey Lagoons Conservation Reserve.
Darwin's superb beaches, including the Casuarina and Mindil, should be treated with some caution. Fishing the Mary, Daly, South and East Alligator Rivers for barramundi is world-famous. There's also sea fishing for snapper, Black Jewfish, queenfish and Spanish mackerel.
Territory Day (July 1st) with fireworks at Mindil Beach, the annual Darwin Festival. The Chinese New Year, the Glenti (Greek community event) and the [email protected] festivals are celebrated with great funfare. Other events include the Speargrass Music and Film festival, the Seabreeze local talent showcasing festival in Nightcliff, the August Darwin beer-can regatta and the World Solar Challenge race.
The Ghan passenger train (named after Afghan cameleers) is one of the greatest train journeys of the world. The timetable ensures the best views are during daylight hours and the Adelaide – Alice Springs – Darwin journey (over 1,800miles) lasts two nights. Darwin's proximity to Asia makes it possible to visit countries such as East Timor and Indonesia.
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Paolo Garbisi, né le  à Venise, est un joueur international italien de rugby à XV. Il évolue au poste de demi d'ouverture au sein de l'effectif du Montpellier HR en Top 14.

Il remporte le Championnat de France avec Montpellier en 2022.

Biographie

Carrière en club
Né à Venise Garbisi a d'abord joué au rugby avec Mogliano, avant de rejoindre l'académie de la FIR pour la saison 2018-19.

Passé ensuite par le Petrarca Rugby Padoue il est prêté à Benetton en tant que permit player pour la fin de saison 2019-2020 et celle suivante, rejoignait la franchise de Vénétie avec certains de ses coéquipiers en sélection de jeune, qui faisaient partie de cette génération italienne à succès, ayant battu des équipes comme le Pays de Galles et l'Écosse.

Paolo Garbisi rejoint ensuite le Montpellier HR en début de saison 2021-2022. Il y signe un contrat de deux ans afin de pallier les départs d'Alex Lozowski et Johan Goosen.

Durant cette première saison en France, son club, termine à la deuxième place de la phase régulière et se qualifie donc pour les phases finales. Lors de la demi-finale, il est titulaire au poste de demi d'ouverture et bat l'Union Bordeaux Bègles, se qualifiant ainsi pour la finale. Le , il est de nouveau titulaire lors de la finale du Top 14 et affronte victorieusement le Castres olympique (victoire 29 à 10). Durant ce match il est l'un des buteurs de son équipe et marque notamment une transformation et un essai, soit cinq points. Il remporte ainsi son premier titre avec son nouveau club. Cette saison 2021-2022, il joue 21 matchs toutes compétitions confondues et marque 167 points.

Carrière en sélection nationale
Garbisi a fait partie des équipes nationales italiennes des moins de 17 ans et des moins de 18 ans, prenant notamment part à une victoire surprise contre l'Angleterre avec ces derniers.

Garbisi intègre ensuite l'équipe italienne des moins de 20 ans pour les Six Nations 2019 et 2020. Il participe au championnat du monde junior 2019 et devait mener son pays dans l'édition 2020 à domicile, avant qu'il soit annulé en raison de la pandémie COVID-19.

En , il est appelé en équipe d'Italie pour la première fois par l'entraîneur Franco Smith. À nouveau convoqué en , il fait ses débuts avec l'Italie.

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Champion en 2021

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The EQualizer Post: Pope Francis to Pinoys:We must pray "The Prayer of WHY?"
Pope Francis to Pinoys:We must pray "The Prayer of WHY?"
Vatican City, Nov 21, 2013 / 04:37 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis met with the Filipino community of Rome today, encouraging them in the wake of their native country's recent disaster to never tire of praying, even if the prayer is that of a child.
Pope Francis had joined Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila and the Filipino community of Rome for a celebration of St. Pedro Calungsod, a Filipino catechist and martyr for the faith. The Pope blessed a mosaic icon of the young man who was proclaimed a saint by Benedict XVI last October.
The honoring of St. Pedro Calungsod in St. Peter's Basilica comes at a crucial time for the people of the Philippines, who are struggling to recover from the recent typhoon.
"Even though we have experienced disasters, there is still hope that we can gain again our hope," she said.


Sheila Hicks and Danielle Mysliwiec met on a snowy Saturday in a café on the Upper East Side to discuss Hicks's work in the current Whitney Biennial. On the cusp of her 80th year, the artist looks back on her career, which spans five decades and numerous disciplines.
One week prior to the opening of her solo show Close/Close at James Fuentes (May 3 – June 7, 2015), Jessica Dickinson hosted Danielle Mysliwiec at her Gowanus studio for a conversation about her paintings, her practice, and the publication of her new book Under / Press. / With-This / Hold- / Of-Also / Of/How / Of-More / Of:Know, published in conjunction with the show by Inventory Press.


So, this time I have a portrait of Melanie Laurent that I drew today with Graphite pencil on paper. This sketch is particularly of the scene in Inglorious Bastards in which she played the role of Shoshanna.
So, here I present the pencil sketch of Dragon (Graphite on paper) which I drew today itself.
Hope you liked it! Feedbacks and suggestions are warmly welcome!


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By Ed Attwood
Thu 28 Jul 2011 12:29 PM
Gulf attitudes towards Iran nosedive, poll shows
Islamic Republic's nuclear plans and regional aspirations spur fear in Arab states
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The Persian states political ambitions have been met with concern by Arab states
Iran's plans for nuclear power and regional dominance have been met with concern by most Arab countries, according to the results of a new survey.
The poll, conducted by the Arab American Institute, surveyed six Arab nations – the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Lebanon, Egypt and Jordan – showed that tolerance towards Iranian behaviour has dropped consistently over the past five years.
The survey showed that in the UAE, not one Arab surveyed said that Iran played a positive role in the region and all but three said it had a negative role. Views are generally the most negative in the Gulf, followed by Morocco and Egypt.
Positive impressions of Iran have nosedived since 2006, when most Arab countries surveyed gave the Islamic Republic an approval rating of between 90 and 65 percent.
In every country apart from Lebanon, Iran has a net unfavourable rating. By comparison, the US received the lowest rating in every country apart from Saudi Arabia.
For the six countries surveyed, in every country except for Lebanon, significant majorities felt that Iran did not contribute to peace and stability in the Arab world, with Saudi Arabia and Turkey ranking highest.
When questioned as to whether the Middle East would be safer if it was a nuclear-free region, every country – except Lebanon – were in strong agreement.
A majority of respondents from Lebanon indicated that the Middle East would be more secure if Iran was a nuclear power.
In addition, the majority of respondents from Arab nations surveyed – again aside from Lebanon – agreed with the assessment that the Gulf states are right to be concerned with Iran's nuclear problem.
"In previous polls, when Arabs were asked questions about Iran or its nuclear program, and the US and its threats of sanctions or military action were a part of the question, Arabs would indicate strong support for Iran and its defiance on nuclear issues," said James Zogby, whose firm, Zogby International, conducted the poll on behalf of the Arab American Institute.
"The more negative attitudes toward Iran reflected here may be accounted for by the fact that in this survey Arabs are being asked to state their attitudes toward Iran without reference to the U.S. and/or that Iran's regional behaviour has succeeded in alienating Arab opinion."
Other than Jordan, a majority of respondents from other Arab countries agreed with the assessment that the Gulf states were right to send Peninsula Shield forces to Bahrain during the recent unrest there.
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zxc 8 years ago
Well, how do we know that this survey is a genuine one and not fabricated like the WMD's. This survey is after all done by the Arab American Institute - The inclusion of the word "Arab" is there only to serve a token and has possibly lip value - Western propaganda very likely.
Muslim min Imaraat 8 years ago
I wonder what does "By comparison, the US received the lowest rating in every country apart from Saudi Arabia."
If it means that US had a far lower rating than may be the title of this should be how badly US is rated than anything to do with Iran.
Justin 8 years ago
Authenticity of research methodology and agenda aside, my gut tells me that these results sound right. Most GCC nationals and Arabs in general are nervous about the prospect of a nuclear Iran and what that might do to the stability of the region. When a countries leader has said that he wants to wipe Israel off the face of the map there is little room for misinterpretation. It is obvious why Lebanon stands out because they have their own recent greivances and see Iran as the possible 'big brother' to avenge their losses. This is short sighted because no one wants to see nuclear weapons being used on other human beings. We then look at how the peacefull protesters and students were treated in Iran and we get a feelling of a menacing sleeping giant. Kind of like the kid who was bullied at school and then becomes an even bigger bully. Iran could very easily change the way they are perceived. Open there arms to weapons inspectors to prove they aren't desperate to satrt WW3. Simple.
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It's a great house, and we are very excited! Let me know what you think!
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After having her first child Danielle regained her passion for painting, fuelled by new emotions, Danielle decided to seize the opportunity and take it to the next level by producing art professionally.
Through oil on canvas, Danielle's work combines two staple whimsical cow characters, (Buddy & Bo) within variety of heartfelt and fun scenarios. Buddy, Bo & Co is Danielle's creative expression of an emotion she never knew until she became a mother, that feeling received when a cheeky, happy face is nearby!
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The Witcher: Ciri features of prediction mean?
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Netflix Witcher Season 1 focuses on Ciri's predictions but doesn't explain what those predictions are. Here is what you need to know: The focus of the first season of witches is on the predictions of Ciri and their consequences for the continent, but what is actually in the predictions is not explained.
The Netflix 1 witcher season begins with a powerful adventure chronicle of Geralt. The series is based on a series of books of the same name Andrzej Sapkowski, which were later transformed into a popular series of video games. At first, the life of Princess Ciri looked quite ordinary, but as the plot developed, the audience realized that she and her great destiny should give more.
In Season 1 of The Witcher, Episode 1, "The End's Beginning" Ciri runs away from the burning Cintra and releases the power of sadness hidden in her. He was still a force to understand and tolerate. Surrendered due to characteristic screams and beatings. His power appears in episodes of 4 banquets, scammers and funerals.
Drink water from Brokilon and, oddly enough, does not depend on its strength. Ciri told Trance in a line that was related to fortune-telling in the war, episode "life During wartime ". The age of swords and axes has come. So far, this unforgettable moment is not yet clear. Because I repeated the words of Cahir in the previous episode, but it turned into a big story. It will be interesting to see how forecasts work through the mediation of Netflix.
Maybe another character or character may find a way to reverse this impending doom. Predictions may be related to the fate of Ciri, currently unknown. The Witcher Season 2 gives an idea of the "Arch of Devils", hoping that viewers will have a clearer picture of their fate and role in the series, which will change the rules of the game.
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Having recently published a book that speaks about social justice, sustainability and community development I now wish to find a cause to which a percentage of the profits can be channelled. I would like to ask your help in deciding upon the cause. Here are six possibilities:
This organisation works with farmers and other producers in developing countries to get better trading conditions and to promote sustainable farming practices. The organisation believes that fair trade is a better way to bring about social justice than traditional charity or aid models. The organisation provides a certification that enables the buyer to know that what they are buying is of benefit to farmers in developing countries.
This organisation also provides a certification that means that businesses that receive the certification practice sustainable forest management practices. The Alliance seeks to preserve biodiversity and encourages long-term sustainability.
Now known as the World Wide Fund for Nature, WWF is over 50 years old and seeks to reduce the human environmental footprint. Most people are aware of the work WWF does to protect endangered species and ensure biodiversity.
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF, also known as Doctors Without Borders)
MSF is an NGO providing medical assistance in war-torn areas and countries affected by endemic diseases. In 2015 over 30,000 doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals worked in over 70 countries.
Founded in Canada in 1971 Greenpeace is possibly the most recognised environmental organisation in the world. Globally the organisation campaigns on issues including: climate change, whaling, genetic engineering, deforestation, and anti-nuclear issues. It uses a variety of tactics including direct action campaigns.
Very firmly based on the recognition that we need to reduce the carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. The 350 of the name refers to a 2007 paper by scientist James Hansen who proposed that 350 parts per million of CO2 in the atmosphere is a safe upper limit to avoid a climate tipping point. The current level of CO2 ppm is over 400!
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Those are six possible causes for a percentage of profits to go to. If you would like to help me decide then please take a survey at Survey Monkey. The link is https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/739YWKV The survey also has a section where you can nominate another cause if you wish.
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A lifelong resident of Southwest Michigan, Tyler Cook has been with Starks Family Funeral Homes for four years. He attended Worsham College of Mortuary Science, graduating in 2020. Tyler is thankful for the many mentors he has had through SFFH.
"We do a very nice job educating families on their options and also bring a level of service that is hard to come by. We do our best to go the extra mile to meet family's needs."
With each family he helps, Tyler builds a good rapport, showing them and their loved one respect and dignity.
A certified crematory operator through the Cremation Association of North America, Tyler is also a member of the National Funeral Directors Association.
His involvements spread into the Southwestern Michigan community where Tyler is a member of Saron Lutheran Church's council and men's bible study. He is also a member of the St. Joseph Charter Township Election Receiving Board. Tyler hopes to pursue more leadership opportunities within the community in the future.
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Milna (Croatia, Central Dalmatia, Island Brac) is the best natural port on the island Brac. Nice coves with pebble and sand beaches stretch in the close vicinity of the port (Pasika, Osibova, Lucice, Maslinova). There is a nice beach is in the cove of Vlaska. Sports and recreational facilities include football, basketball and volleyball courts, table tennis and boccia grounds.
The only marina on the island is ACI marina and it has 200 berths in the sea and 20 places on the land. Milna, a small place and port in the bay of the same name, on the west coast of the island of Brac, 20 km southwest of Supetar; population 875. Economy is based on fishing shipbuilding, farming, processing of fish and tourism.
The bay of Milna (Luka Milna), with a large outer and a small, shallower inner part, is the best harbor on Brac. Milna is situated on the islands main road running throughout the island. Milna was founded at the start of the 17th century. The parish church Our Lady of the Annunciation from 1783 has a Baroque front and a cycle of stuccoes (Rococo) from the beginning of 19th century.
The late Baroque altar The Annunciation is made by Sebastian Ricci. Besides the sculptures of Sts. Joseph and Jerome in the parish, Ivan Rendic made a tombstone of Stjepan Tomas with Secession and folklore motifs. In the bay of Osibova are the ruins of a small Gothic church. - During the Napoleonic wars, the Russian fleet was based in Milna (1800).


The story of The Interpreter by Suki Kim begins and ends with the main character, Suzy, finding herself completely alone in a crowded, public place. Given this fact, one might assume that Suzy's state of being has not altered by the end of the novel. This is, of course, not the case.
Suzy's story is about her search for a home, and though it begins and ends with Suzy living in the same apartment in New York City, her search is, in the end, a successful one. It is the sense of belonging to someone and not the sense of belonging somewhere that finally brings Suzy home.
Suzy Park is a freelance interpreter. The story opens with her arriving early for an interpreting job. She takes refuge from the rain at a nearby crowded McDonald's, where a middle-aged Korean man gives her a seat at his table. He is Mr. Kim, a man who will play an important role in Suzy's search for her parents' killers.
On an early November morning some five years back, Suzy's parents were shot dead at the grocery store they owned. Every year since then, on the anniversary of their death, Suzy has received a bouquet of white irises from an unknown person. It is now November once again, and the irises have arrived.
We find out that Suzy has an older sister, Grace, from whom she has been estranged for a number of years. Suzy has feelings of guilt associated with her parents' death, since, at the time of their death, she was also estranged from them. Suzy slowly reveals the reason for this estrangement, and we come to know more about her past.
The mystery in the novel and Suzy's search for answers to the questions surrounding her parents' death is the main thread in the plot, and yet it is not the main theme of the story. What appears again and again as we turn the pages of the book is Suzy's struggle to find a home. What we are aware of at all times is her feeling of utter loneliness.
Suzy was born in Korea and moved to the United States when she was five. Her parents have always put down the American culture and have insisted on Suzy doing things according to Korean tradition. Suzy does not remember anything of her life in Korea. She, like many immigrant children, longs to be an all-American girl. And yet, when interpreting for Korean immigrants at various courts around the city, she finds herself siding with the Koreans, many of whom are in court because they are being deported. There is a strong presence of the Korean culture throughout the book, most vividly in the form of food. A memorable scene in it is when Suzy finds herself in a Korean neighborhood, having bone-marrow soup with a side of kimchi. The restaurant seems to be a place where the food cures all illnesses.
The Interpreter tells the story of immigrant life in America. It is about the children of immigrants, who find themselves in the middle of the old world and the new, and without a sense of belonging to either. It is also about loneliness, the loneliness of being separated from one's family, the family that is after all the source of one's being."'He felt suffocated by his family's love, and yet he couldn't help being a part of it,'" Suzy's friend says to her about Vincent Van Gogh. Suzy cannot help being a part of her family's love either, however it is expressed.
Suzy shows us that her sense of place has shaped her to a great extent, and has led her to her present life situation. The book makes it evident that no one, perhaps, has a better understanding of the influence that country, state and city have over a person than an immigrant.
"The final answer was Korea. All of their discontent, their misery, their endless wanderings through the slums of outer New York happened only because they had left their country. The houses they kept moving through were temporary shelters with torn mattresses on the floor, because America could never be home." A result of the immigrant experience is often an immigrant's reluctant acceptance that he or she cannot move back to the old country coupled with the stubborn insistence that America is not home.
Suzy's choice of work reflects her need to see herself, her family and all other Koreans at peace with America and with the choice they have made to move there. As the interpreter, she must bridge the gap between the two cultures and the two groups of people to which she belongs.
The Interpreter is a carefully crafted piece. Suki Kim is able to move the story forward with the force of suspense. Embedded in the frame of a mystery, however, are questions of identity, belonging, loneliness, family, loyalty, and love.
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Santo Stephens has been named the Head Coach of the Georgia Wildcats of the newly formed National Gridiron League. Selected by the Kansas City Chiefs as a free agent in 1992, Santo went on to play five years in the National Football League, joining the Cincinnati Bengals in 1994 and the Jacksonville Jaguars in1995 where he holds the distinction of making the first tackle in franchise history. During his years in the NFL, Santo recognized his passion and gift for speaking and connecting with people on a personal level. Santo demonstrated his leadership and commitment to the community by serving as National Speaker for both the fellowship of Christian Athletes and Athletes in Action.
Santo Stephens is the President and Founder of Life's Work LLC, which conducts youth and corporate seminars in Management, Sales, Marketing and Leadership Development. With over 20 years of playing and coaching experience, Santo has been instrumental in the development of teams and young adults throughout the country. He has served as Faculty Advisor at the University of Maryland Smith School of Business and is also in partnership with National Scouting Report as the Director of College Scouting for South Georgia. Santo received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications from Temple University and completed post-graduate studies in Education.


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Alia Bhat and Big B deleted their social media post due to the cross border tension arising lately before they could get trolled
Here is Why Alia Bhatt and Amitabh Bachchan Deleted their Social Media Post
Alia Bhatt and Amitabh Bachchan had lately posted a map of Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh in their respective social handles. But sooner both the actors deleted the post. Big B captioned it, 'Ek anokhi kahani, ek anokha aarambh (sic)' while Alia wrote, 'So, so excited for this. Find out soon (sic).
The anticipation is so that they wanted to create a curiosity among the public for their upcoming film Bramhastra which has been directed by Ayan Mukherji. The reason for the deletion of the post is thought to be the cross border tension which is at the highest point at this time. They may have called off their post as they feared to be trolled on the social platform for promoting their film in such a tensed scenario.
Bramhastra is a film by Ayan Mukherji which is a fantasy trilogy which is set to release this Christmas. The main cast of the film is Alia Bhatt, Ranbir Kapoor, and Amitabh Bachchan. The film also stars Akkineni Nagarjuna and Mouni Roy and is anticipated to be one of the biggest blockbusters of 2019.
Last month Alia Bhatt was spotted in Goregaon, Mumbai supposedly shooting for her film Brahmastra. Parts of the film has been said to be shot in Tel Aviv, Israel and many other exotic locales. This is the first time the audience will witness Amitabh Bachchan, Alia Bhatt, and Ranbir Kapoor together sharing screen. The actor-director duo Ranbir and Ayan have worked previously on projects like Wake Up Sid and Yeh Jawani Hai Diwani but this is the first project together for Alia and Ayan. Produced under Karan Johar Brahmastra is the first collaboration between Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor.
Knowing their real like relationship it will be an awaited excitiement to witness how the real life couple look on screen together.
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Mark Bavaro on street hockey, meeting Russ Francis, Eck, and winning Danvers' 'Onion Bowl'
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Bavaro after practice in 1987 (Ronald C. Modra/Sports Imagery/Getty Images)
The latest edition of our "New England Roots" series features former NFL tight end Mark Bavaro. A Danvers native, he would go to become one of the great tight ends of the 1980s and 1990s, winning a pair of Super Bowls with the Giants and catching 351 passes for 4,733 yards and 39 touchdowns in his nine-year career. Along the way, he earned the respect of Bill Belichick, who has talked him up on many occasions as someone who deserves to be in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. "I don't think Mark has ever got the recognition that any of us who coached him or played against him know that he deserves," Belichick said in a 2015 interview. Bavaro currently lives in Boxford.
BSJ: What was your youth sports experience like in New England when you were growing up?
Mark Bavaro: It was great. I grew up in Danvers, and the town had a very active youth football program. We had enough kids to have eight teams in town. It was great — kids in town got to play against each other, and there was a nice little rivalry. It was a lot of fun. My coach Mickey Ouimette, he was the best. He was a great guy to bounce things off of, even in high school and college, as well as the pros. He's been with me throughout my career — he was essentially the reason for my career. Mickey made me a tight end from the get-go. I started playing when I was 10 — that was my first year in football.
What's your most vivid youth sports memory?
There weren't many bad things, other than the fact that I got my ass kicked a lot. The good thing was my last year in youth football, my team — the Packers — won the town title. Back then, Danvers was a farm town. It used to be called "Onion Town." Our town Super Bowl was the Onion Bowl. We won it my last year with the Packers. We got to go to the Y to swim and get McDonald's hamburgers. I was probably 12 or 13, in the seventh or either grade.
Favorite Boston sports team growing up?
I liked all the Boston sports teams, but I wasn't a huge fan of any one (team). I didn't know sports that well enough to get too excited about it. My one vivid memory of being a kid and getting to meet a pro athlete was when I met Russ Francis. He had a friend who was playing semi-pro ball, and one of my Dad's buddies was coaching a semi-pro team that we went to see out in East Boston. Russ had buddy on one of the teams, and someone recognized him — we went up to get his autograph. He was very cool. What was even cooler?
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About Rebecca Washlow
After leaving a challenging legal career, Rebecca moved to Costa Rica for pura vida and has made Nosara her home. Learning to surf later in life, Rebecca's love for the sport and desire to improve has impacted her in the most positive of ways and brought her to Safari Surf School/Women's Retreat as our marketing and event manager. Rebecca has been a yoga practitioner since 2003, certified in 2016 to teach and has traveled the world learning from various masters; we are pleased to share her skill set as our retreat yoga/meditation teacher.
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This Womens all inclusive surf camp program is a labor of love, a passion of mine that I've wanted to bring to other women out there, not only to teach girls how to surf in the warm waters of Costa Rica but also, empower them to become better surfers both in and out of the water.I feel like my calling has always been to help mentor other women in some way and for me surfing is very similar to life…in the water there are ups and downs as there are in life. I feel like I not only teach women how to surf but I actually mentor to them on how to succeed; perhaps not just in the water but, outside of the water as well.
The mindset and commitment needed to paddle out into overhead surf with the fear of the unknown, lack of confidence or, whatever one might struggle with, is similar to the challenges in life like walking into their male dominated office workplace, a boardroom meeting or other demanding situations we women must face in our daily lives.My passion is to build my guests' confidence level up bit by bit as the week moves on…pushing them outside of their comfort zones, driving them past their personal limitations…only to realize they can succeed after all. They just need the instruction, the motivation, the push, the support, the psychological breakthrough when the brain says and believes… "I can do this". Its monumental to watch women transform while spending a week with us. It's the most satisfying feeling in the world for me!


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Q: Symfony2 Edit Without Form Builder I want to edit(update) some field in database from form without using form builder in symfony 2.4, for example i have id, username, password, first_name,last_name, ...., added, updated,
in this case i just want to update, first_name, last_name and updated field.
could you give some idea how to update only some field in symfony.
Thank You in Advance.

A: You can find your user details by find() method by using doctrine entity manager
    $id = /* user id that you want to edit/update*/
    $em = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();
    $userEntity = $em->getRepository('YourBundle:Users')->find($id);

Then use setter methods for updating values
    $userEntity->setFirstName('new first name');
    $userEntity->setLastName('new last name');
    $userEntity->setUpdates('updated name or date');
    $em->persist($userEntity);
    $em->flush();

this will update you user data

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General Antoine-Guillaume Rampon
Général de division who served notably in Italy and Egypt before retiring to serve in the senate
By Nathan D. Jensen
Place of Birth: Saint-Fortunat, Ardèche, France
Legion of Honor: Grand Officer
Imperial Nobility: Count
Died: March 2, 1842
Place of Death: Paris, France
Arc de Triomphe: RAMPON on the south pillar
General Rampon, a soldier for many years before the Revolution, is most well known for his actions during the first Italian campaign. Enlisting in the regiment of Médoc in 1775, he slowly rose through the non-commissioned ranks, eventually becoming a sergeant-major in 1789. With the Revolution came a commission and faster promotions as he was promoted to sous-lieutenant in early 1792 and then lieutenant in August of that year. After working under Anselme at Nice for a short period of time, he joined the Army of the Eastern Pyrenees.
In September of 1793 Rampon was promoted to captain, and less than a month later was promoted to chef de bataillon. Only 9 days later he was promoted to chef de brigade, and with the army he went on to serve at Prats de Mollo and Peyrestortes before being wounded and taken prisoner at Collioure at the end of the year. Once peace was secured with Spain, Rampon was released and before long had taken a command with the Army of Italy.
With the young General Bonaparte taking command of the army, Rampon would soon share in the glory. At the start of the campaign, Rampon's unit came under heavy attack from superior Austrian numbers at the redoubt of Monte Legino. Sensing the dire situation, he reportedly swore to fight to the death and told his men, "It is here, my friends, that we must conquer or die."1 After successfully holding his position, General Bonaparte promoted him to général de brigade. The next day Rampon contributed to the victory at Montenotte, and then went on to fight at Millesimo and Dego . That May, Rampon took command of the 2nd Brigade in Masséna's division. Leading this brigade, he fought at Lonato, Salo, Peschiera, Roveredo, Arcola , Rivoli , La Favorite, and Friesack.
In January of 1798 Rampon was designated for the Army of England, but first he joined Mesnard's division under Brune and served in Switzerland. While there, he forced the crossing of Gümenen before returning to France to embark for the now renamed Army of the Orient. Upon arrival in Egypt Rampon took command of the 2nd Brigade of Bon's division, and with them served at the Battle of the Pyramids where he seized the village of Embabeh. For the next six months he commanded the province of Alfieh before joining the expedition to Syria as part of Bon's division again. During this campaign, he fought at El Arisch, Gaza, Jaffa, Mount Tabor , and Acre. After Bon's death at the siege of Acre, Rampon took command of his former commander's division and led it into action at the Battle of Abukir.
The next January, Rampon was promoted to général de division by General Kléber. That March, he fought at Heliopolis, and later in 1800 he was named a senator, despite not being in France. In 1801 he commanded the center at the Battle of Canope , and after the loss he commanded the redoubts surrounding Alexandria until the French surrender. Returning to France in November, in the next year he would take up his seat in the senate, receive a saber of honor, and retire from the military.
In 1804 Rampon received an award, being made a Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor. In the future he would also become a Commander of the Iron Crown. In 1805 he took charge of the National Guard of Nord, Pas-de-Calais, and Somme and in 1806 he obtained a senate seat for Rouen. With the new nobility of the First Empire, Rampon was created a Count of the Empire in 1808. The next year, despite his official retirement, he took command of the camp of Boulogne before taking command of the 3rd and 4th divisions of the Army of the North under Marshal Bernadotte.
At the end of 1811, as soldiers were being sent east to prepare for the Russian campaign, Rampon was charged with organizing the National Guard of the 10th military division to defend the Spanish frontier. Two years later he took command of the National Guard at Anvers, and as Allied forces began to press forward on all sides, he defended Gorcum. Forced to surrender in early 1814, he was released after Napoleon's abdication and returned to France.
With Napoleon's return, Rampon was made a Peer of France and placed in charge of the 4th military division. After learning of the outcome of Waterloo, he took up a position defending a section of Paris. For his actions during these times, he was struck from the list of peers of France by the Bourbons.
Martin Boycott-Brown, The Road to Rivoli: Napoleon's First Campaign, (London: Cassell, 2001), 212.
Chandler, David G. Dictionary of the Napoleonic Wars. New York: Macmillan Publishing, 1979.
Six, Georges. Dictionnaire Biographique des Généraux & Amiraux Français de la Révolution et de l'Empire (1792-1814). 2 vols. Paris: Gaston Saffroy, 2003.
Updated prior to 2014
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End of the World's Reborn Cannon fodder Counter-attacks Chapter 1 – Rebirth? Or is it Zhuang Zhou's Butterfly?
"Ah……" Xiao Ziling shouted, his whole body covered in cold sweat; that heart which has been pierced through, that acute pain caused by the zombies eating his flesh, were both making his mind somewhat unclear.
Was he dying yet? Xiao Lingling's right hand touched his chest wound, where he was afraid to say, had early on already become a blood hole. The shattered pieces of the protective jade charm should still be inside there, right? It was fine, even if the jade had shattered, the protective jade charm his parents had left him was still here, still guarding him, as if they had never left him. Xiao Zi Ling had clearly felt that before, when he was pierced in the heart, the protective jade pendant in front of his chest had been first crushed, then was struck into his own heart.
What happened? Didn't I die already? Why is it that I woke up but returned to my home before the end of the world?
Xiao Ziling sat up and shook his head, wanting to toss away the doubts filling his brain. It was only at this moment that he realized he was lying on a bed, wearing work-out clothes, as if he had just woken up.
Sword? The vigilance developed by the end of the world had long allowed Xiao Ziling to find his weapon the instant he extended his right hand.
Hand? White in color, moist skin texture, was his own hand? During the apocalypse he had fretted over water resources, fretted over food resources, causing his skin to become black and dry and rough. He had already forgotten his original appearance……What is this?
Out of habit, he reached under the pillow and dug out a cell phone. It was the 2nd Generation Xiaomi* pre-apocalypse Xiao Ziling had always been using, with its screen clearly displaying in front of him, 'Dragon Year* Year 2012 Month 4 Day 5 22:30'.
This was before the apocalypse, at the time when he was 24 years old. He still remembered that on the day of the Qingming Festival*, after praying to his parents in the cemetery, the heart-wrenching pain had been unbearable, so he drank away his sorrows until he became drunk. Xiao Ziling thought to this point and smelled the scent of wine. Sure enough, his sportswear was stained by the remains of the alcohol he had spat out when drunk.
Xiao Ziling froze, unconsciously wiping away the stain. He had only rubbed it a few times before the look in his eyes turned from confusion into shock. Suddenly jumping from the bed, he dashed towards the washroom. At the center of the bathroom mirror was a dewy and tender face, and a pair of widened eyes currently staring at himself in astonishment.
This was a face so familiar that it felt a little strange – fresh, immature face that appeared only 15, similar to a 6-year-old's*. Currently, on this cute face hung a shocked expression. Was this not that pre-apocalypse perpetual burden, which had let his job finding journey become a singularly miserable one, eternally causing people to mistake this face of his as a minor's?
Yes, after the age of fifteen, Xiao Ziling's face seemed to have stopped in time, as if eternally unable to grow up, causing him to become incomparably frustrated. Yet, it was only after the end of the world that out of unbearable hunger, he ate infected meat, resulting in abscesses growing and covering his whole face, while the insufficient water also made him transform into a dusty, scrawny kid. Ever since the apocalypse, he has said farewell to that whole period of youthfulness. And so, he had almost forgotten his original appearance.
What in the world is this? Xiao Ziling patted his own face, trying to wake himself up.
Rebirth? ! Or is it Zhuang Zhou's Butterfly Dream*?
Xiao Ziling stared warily at the self in the mirror. That pink, lively, and tender little face was also using vigilant eyes to look at him. A sort of meng* to the extreme feeling bounded out! Xiao Ziling could not help but wail once, his forehead inevitably possessing three black lines*. It was all because of this face that he could not find a job, so he could only stay at home to be an online writer, struggling to acquire rice to eat.
So there's truly an apocalypse? Xiao Ziling was no longer uncertain, his last 10 years of experience in the apocalypse was truly too real, he was incapable of imagining that it had all been a dream, but the advent of the end was really too ridiculous, there was really no way to let people believe it ah.
Right, his protective jade pendant? Ever since his parents passed away in the airplane crash three years ago, the protective jade pendant they gifted him as his 16th birthday's coming-of-age present had always been worn, never leaving his side. Why is it that now he doesn't have it?
He tore open his clothes, the place at his chest where he originally wore the pendant was currently empty of anything. Huh? What's this? Xiao Ziling discovered that the area above his heart had a pale cyan mark, and he could carefully discern that the pattern of the mark was actually in the overall shape of the jade pendant. So the mark was an impression that had been pressed out while he was asleep? If that's the case, where had his jade pendant gone?
Xiao Ziling's hand rubbed the seal. To his surprise, he felt that his heart was a little hot, so out of curiosity he continued rubbing the mark, feeling the mark become hotter and hotter – it was warm and extremely comfortable.
Suddenly, there was an abrupt flash and his eyes were momentarily blinded. After his vision cleared, he discovered that he was, in fact, not in the bedroom, but in a gray area, where he was unable to clearly distinguish anything. Xiao Ziling alertly observed his surroundings but did not find any noise. This place had only silence and seemed as if it had neither any object nor any living thing. He carefully explored the place and felt that it was approximately 10 meters in length square space. As for the height, he had no way of finding out. At one corner there was also a small metal box, which Xiao Ziling went to pick up and carry between hands, starting to wonder whether or not this was a space.
Throughout the last ten years of the apocalypse, he had seen a wide variety of abilities. Although he had never seen a space ability before, the legends say that they do exist, just that this kind of ability was far too heaven-defying, and the people who possess space abilities generally carefully hide it, so those who have genuinely seen it are fewer than few.
Inside Xiao Ziling's heart was a bit of worry, he did not know how to get out. Just as he was thinking about this issue of exiting, suddenly there was yet another flash – his eyes were temporarily blinded – and just like that, he had returned to the bedroom. Furthermore, his hands were holding that small metal box.
Xiao Ziling looked at the box between his hands, feeling amazement and joy a thousand times over. So it was a space; since it's like this, perhaps the end of the world may really be approaching, and he has been indeed reborn.
Restraining his emotional heart, Xiao Ziling cautiously placed the small metal box on the floorboard, removed a clothes hanging-rod from the balcony, then headed inside the kitchen and took a large metal pot meant for cooking vegetables. After hiding behind the sofa, he poked out his head. Clothes rod in one hand, a wok in one hand, he slowly positioned the rod before the box on the ground and used the rod to suddenly uncover the box. He swiftly shrunk behind the sofa, with the pot covering his head. His pair of eyes slid out from behind the sofa and anxiously alighted on the box; after the box had been opened, nothing had flown out from inside it.
Xiao Ziling very patiently still waited for a period of time. Seeing there was still no movement nor noise, only then did he slowly reach out his head, with the pot still on top.
All he could see was that the box had been opened; inside it appeared to be a book and some small object which couldn't be seen quite clearly as the distance was too far.
Alright, Xiao Ziling was being too cautious by a bit. He can't be blamed for this either, a variety of things will appear during the end of the world, a small box with mutated insects flying out had become no longer a rarity, how many people had been careless and died to those little things initially? Those 10 years, Xiao Ziling may not have grown in any other way, but his caution had already become bone-marrow deep. This was his strength – despite being small and weak – and the reason behind why he could survive for 10 years against the odds.
Xiao Ziling found and wore a pair of leather gloves; only then did he take out the objects inside the metal box for a careful look through.
*Xiaomi: a Chinese phone brand.
*Dragon Year: Chinese have a zodiac calendar, where one of the twelve zodiac animals represents each year. After twelve years the cycle will start again at the first animal.
*Qingming Festival: AKA 'Tombsweeping day'; a Chinese festival where you honor your dead ancestors.
*6-year-old's: Basically implying that his skin is as good/soft/tender/moist as a child's.
*Zhuang Zhou's Butterfly Dream: A Chinese philosopher called Zhuang Zhou once dreamed that he was a butterfly. When he woke up, he wondered if he was Zhuang Zhou dreaming he was a butterfly or a butterfly dreaming he was Zhuang Zhou.
I'm so excited that you decided to translate this series, thank you!!!
Thank you for the chapter! What is your schedule for this?
Thanks for the chapter! There is potential here.
A space is a must in the apocalypse, lol!
I wonder if you can increase the front size for future chapters? My eyesight isn't that good anymore. And my cellphone can only increase the size to so much. Can you increase the front size to 14 at least?


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Highest State
Noel, Thomas J.
Smith, Duane A.
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Colorado: The Highest State
by Thomas J. Noel and Duane A. Smith
Library of Congress Classification F776.3.N64 1995
Dewey Decimal Classification 978.8
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Colorado's history, like the state itself, has had many ups and downs, booms and busts in farming and ranching, in mining and railroading, in water and oil have made Colorado's past a cycle of ups and downs as high as the state's peaks and as low as its canyons.
In each chapter of this book, you will find some questions, activities, and suggested reading to help you learn more of Colorado's story than we can present here. In these pages. you will discover a high, dry state with rugged natural beauty and an awesome history.
Thomas J. Noel, also known as "Dr. Colorado", teaches history at the University of Colorado at Denver where he is the director of Public History, Preservation & Colorado Studies, and is a columnist for the Denver Post. He has served as a Denver Landmark Commissioner and chair during the 1970s and 1980s and is a National Register Reviewer for Colorado. He is the author or coauthor of forty-one books on Colorado. Duane A. Smith is a professor of history at Fort Lewis College in Durango, and is the author or coauthor of more than fifty books on Colorado and the West. He also serves as chair of the Durango Parks and Forestry Board and on the Anima School House Museum Board.
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Questa voce raccoglie le informazioni riguardanti la Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Riozzese nelle competizioni ufficiali della stagione 2019-2020.

Stagione
A seguito dello svilupparsi della pandemia di COVID-19 che ha colpito l'Italia dal mese di febbraio, la partita della quindicesima giornata di campionato contro la  era stata rinviata. Qualche giorno dopo è stata rinviata anche la partita valida per la sedicesima giornata di campionato contro il . Il 10 marzo 2020 venne comunicata dalla FIGC una prima sospensione di tutte le attività agonistiche della LND fino al 3 aprile successivo, conseguentemente a quanto disposto dal Governo per decreto ministeriale. Seguirono una serie di proroghe della sospensione delle attività agonistiche, finché il 20 maggio 2020 venne comunicata la sospensione definitiva delle competizioni sportive organizzate dalla FIGC. La classifica finale è stata definitiva sulla base della classifica al momento della sospensione definitiva del campionato, alla quale sono stati applicati dei criteri correttivi: la Riozzese ha così concluso il campionato di Serie B al quinto posto con 31,625 punti finali.

Divise e sponsor
La tenuta di gioco ripropone lo schema già utilizzato nelle stagioni precedenti, con l'unica variante nei calzettoni, o rosa o neri. Il fornitore dell'abbigliamento sportivo è Macron.

Organigramma societario
Fonte sito Football.it

Area tecnica
 Allenatore: Roberto Salterio

Rosa
Rosa, ruoli e numeri di maglia relativi all'incontro della 9ª giornata di campionato, fonte sito FIGC.it,

Calciomercato

Sessione estiva

Sessione invernale

Risultati

Serie B

Girone di andata

Girone di ritorno

Coppa Italia

Statistiche

Statistiche di squadra

Andamento in campionato

Statistiche delle giocatrici

Note

Collegamenti esterni


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