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Cold Warriors: The Essex Class in the Cold War
Cold Warriors: The Essex Class in the Cold War Sept 24, 2022 2:15:52 GMT stevep likes this
Sept 23, 2022 21:16:08 GMT ssgtc said:
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The last set of depth charges still reverberated through the sea and his boat gently rocked in the remains of the explosive turbulence. The Indonesians had come close a few times, and his boat had taken more damage than he would prefer, but it was time to remind the hunters upon the surface that the shark they were hunting had teeth of their own. Zeeleeuw was rising slowly from the depths, with her bow pointed at the prowling destroyer. The transports that were his primary targets had all turned and ran. His sonar team thought that the torpedo boats had run with them.
In a voice more appropriate to the family pew back home than the attack center of a submarine, he said, "Make torpedo tubes one through four ready in all respects, including opening the outer doors. Warn the torpedo room crew to expect a snap shot. Raise the Number One scope."
Before the head of the scope had even broached the waves he was already scanning the water. It was a dark night, but it might still be possible to spot the shadow from the destroyer. No luck this time. Still, as the water drained away from the lens, he saw the destroyer and it was coming almost right at him.
Roel began to snap orders in a frenzy. "Snap shot! Tubes one and two! Angle on the bow, zero-zero-five degrees! Range, one thousand five hundred meters! Shoot!"
Zeeleeuw shuddered as both torpedos streaked from their tubes and towards the destroyer. "Both torpedos running hot, straight and normal! Left full rudder, all ahead full! Close the outer doors on tubes one and two! Prepare for another snap shot on tubes three and four!"
It was a risk leaving the scope up, the wake could give him away. But with two fish inbound, he didn't think it mattered that much. He kept the lens pointed at the Indonesian destroyer, praying his first two fish would find their mark. He was about to curse his luck and order the next two tubes fired when a mighty explosion rent the night asunder. One of his fish had found the mark afterall. The destroyer that had been harrying him bucked and heaved as the Mark XIV tore into it. The ship went dead in the water with a shudder and he could see men scrambling to get off the stricken vessel. The threat of invasion, at least for the foreseeable future, had ended.
Nice, some revenge at last, now lets hope the Zeeleeuw can get away safly.
Also is this the first kill of a submarine sins the end of World War II.
ssgtc
Cold Warriors: The Essex Class in the Cold War Sept 24, 2022 10:46:41 GMT via mobile lordroel, stevep, and 1 more like this
Post by ssgtc on Sept 24, 2022 10:46:41 GMT
Yes, this is the first kill by a submarine since 1945. The first 5 kills, in fact. When Zeeleeuw returns to port, she'll have a broom on her periscope and a jolly roger flying from her flag pole
Cold Warriors: The Essex Class in the Cold War Sept 24, 2022 10:50:55 GMT
Post by lordroel on Sept 24, 2022 10:50:55 GMT
Indonesia is not going to be happy, that it lost several ships to a single submarine.
Cold Warriors: The Essex Class in the Cold War Sept 24, 2022 11:55:45 GMT via mobile stevep likes this
Sept 24, 2022 10:50:55 GMT lordroel said:
Not even a little bit. If the Admiral commanding the assault force hadn't been killed in action, he would 100% be court martialed when they got back to port.
Its always good to die in battle if you know you failed then to go home to get punished for you failures.
Well that was spectacularly successful and even more amazingly the sub survived. Its going to dent the Indonesian morale and Admiral Moeljadi, assuming he was with the force and is still alive is likely to see his career ending quickly after a screw up like that. I would expect the government will be looking for some action to take revenge and show that their doing something.
Not sure how well the Dutch can rearm the sub and the invaders will be more prepared next time but hopefully aid will arrive by then.
Zeeleeuw left the Netherlands with a full warload of 24 torpedos. They've fired half of them. If needed, they can conduct one more patrol with what they have (assuming similar targets). After that, I'm not sure. I'm assuming Hollandia/Biak would have at least some torpedos available. And the Mark XIV is still in widespread US service, so the USN could easily supply some from their own stocks in the Philippines.
Hordijk and Zeeleeuw got very, very lucky. Against a competent escort, they would have been sunk, no questions about it. Even against what is very much the third string, they still got very close to being sunk and took damage. The Indonesians were completely unaware of the presence of Dutch submarines in the theater. Soviet intelligence had completely missed her sailing and the Indonesians never spotted her in the AO.
In a few months, the KGB will find a report from an asset in Cape Town that a Dutch Submarine was refueled at the port on the 26th of February, but it was never forwarded to the proper personnel since the asset in question reported to someone who wasn't involved in the operation to disrupt NATO's response to Indonesia's seizure of West Irian.
I like that. Always great when an enemy makes a cock-up.
That sounds a bit surprising with all the conflicts since 45. Even if the KMT didn't have any subs for use against the CCP there was the Korean war, Suez Crisis and probably a number of other clashes that slipped my mind. Interesting that no subs had a successful attack for that length of time.
Thanks! And it's a believable one! How many times has vital intel not been forwarded to the right people because the person who received it originally wasn't on the "need to know" list?
Cold Warriors: The Essex Class in the Cold War Sept 24, 2022 14:33:47 GMT via mobile lordroel and stevep like this
Yeah, I was surprised by that too. But since WWII ended, there have only been 3 submarines that have conducted successful attacks:
PNS Hangoor of the Pakistani Navy sank an Indian Destroyer in 1971.
HMS Conqueror of the Royal Navy sank an Argentine Light Cruiser in 1982
A North Korean midget submarine sank a South Korean corvette in 2010
Cold Warriors: The Essex Class in the Cold War Sept 24, 2022 14:46:59 GMT stevep and ssgtc like this
The latest set of depth charges rolled off the stern of KRI Gadjah Mada. Depth charges were old tech, but they were effective tech. The depth charge throwers were being reloaded and would launch their deadly charges as soon as the reverberations from the last pattern of bombs subsided and the ASDIC could find the offending boat again.
The surviving coasters and the torpedo boats had been ordered to run back to port. The loss of the three landing ships that were carrying the majority of the assault force and the transport with most of the heavy equipment like the artillery, was a blow that they would not be able to overcome. Not now, anyway. Once they regrouped, and had a proper escort force, they could try again. Hopefully.
Ironic that a Royal Netherlands Navy submarine sinks a former Royal Netherlands destroyer (ex-HNLMS Tjerk Hiddes - G16).
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Aug 18, 2022 1:36:54 GMT ssgtc said:
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After WordPress Update the Drop Down Menue is not longer working.
When I go down to choose one of the sub-links the whole drop-down Menue disappears.
I've tryed to set up a new Menue but this doesn't work too.
You can disable the image lightbox in the theme options page. That will remove the error too.
You can download the current version of the theme from our support site (https://support.organizedthemes.com/downloads/). You'll need to unzip the curator.zip file you downloaded and rename the folder curator-update and then zip it back up. You can then install it like you normally would a new WordPress theme. You'll likely have to reassign your navigation menu to the theme's location, but that should do it as well.
If you need help, let me know. The theme was retired last spring. I waited about six months after the last forum post before archiving those topics as well.
I haven't seen that theres is an update of the theme, because WordPress did not mention it in the theme-overview.
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Absolute Write Water Cooler > Publishing > Ask the Agent > Sending a followup to an agent?
View Full Version : Sending a followup to an agent?
I've posted here a lot lately=) And the story goes on.
I've been dealing with an agent by e-mail. At first, she responded to all my e-mails (my query, my questions, my proposal) the very next day. Because she was responding so quickly I held off on submitting to any other agents until I hear back from her (why waste the stamps, when this was going so well?). A little over a week ago I sent her my sample chapter and I've not heard back from her since. I know in the publishing world a week and a half is not much of a wait time, but considering she was responding to me so quickly before, I am concerned. It may be that she's lost interest (in which case I wish she'd just tell me!) or just hasn't gotten around to it yet (I know they are busy).
But I'm trying to decide what to do. After a little over a week is it to presumptuous to send a follow-up e-mail? Just to be like "Did you receive what I sent you?" Should I wait a little longer? Should I put in the e-mail a politer version of "You were responding so fast before, what's up?" Should I send out all the queries I have printed up and in envelopes ready to go (now dated like 2 weeks ago because I've been holding them) or continue to wait to hear from her?
IMHO, you should just relax, don't risk annoying her, and wait at least three weeks before contacting her. And by all means send out the other queries.
Keep in mind that to be accepted by one of the first agents you wrote to would be a miraculous event. I sincerely hope that miracle happens, but keep your expectations realistic.
In my utter impatience, I did send the e-mail. As it turns out, she claims to have not gotten my my e-mail and that explained her lack of reply.
I thought it was odd because in our several other conversations she had always replied next day.
I know it would be uncanny to get your first agent but since our correspondance was going so quickly and positively, I thought I could hold off on sending to other agents. But because of this extra week flub up, all those letters are dated march 1 and it's currently march 15. oh well.
Alas, I too have been spoiled with all the attention straight away to tell you the truth and can relate!
It does take time, though. And give that agent that time (within reason of course) to read, think then react on your ms.
"Think of it as not getting engaged on the first date!"
If you want to be clever when sending an e-mail go to options and there's a way to select the option that will let you know that the person received your e-mail, when it was read, etc. Call you provider and let them walk you through it that way you will know exactly what is read, etc. Ask how to track the history of sent e-mails as it may be different on your computer.
Then, always send the ms with a tracking slip and request a signature for the extra $1.80.
In my small opinion, really interested agents will pounce on you at once UNLESS that agent is a scammer or has other motives. Having said that make sure WHO you are dealing with--check that person out--so that it will save you time, emotion, and money down the road to publication!
Don't loose sight that the agent HAS to believe that he can SELL your ms not just love or even like it because you wrote it. In short, it's a business deal after it leaves your hands.
That's my opinion and what I have learned anyway--right or wrong--that is what I now believe to be true.
Again, give it time. Good writing is just that and will not go anywhere because it wasn't read straight away.
My very best wishes I send your way!
If you want to be clever when sending an e-mail go to options and there's a way to select the option that will let you know that the person received your e-mail, when it was read, etc.
Doing this may cause a message to pop up when the receiver opens it, saying something to the effect of, "The sender has requested a receipt. Do you want to send one?" Some people find this annoying and most people click "No". I'm not sure it's a good idea.
Once I get all the junk out, I skim through the real letters. Anything short gets a quick reply at that point. Anything longer I flag and keep going. Some emails are realllllly long. Those are moved to a special folder.
Now if I have time, I go through the 'medium' ones and reply. Or they too go into the reply folder.
If I'm really blessed with time (HAHA), the long emails get read line-by-line and replied to the same way (makes it easier imo).
What typically happens is I get through all the shorties, a few mediums and the stuff in the folders is gone through during a special time I call "your email box is full and you need to reply". Then all the mediums and longs get addressed.
When I'm making new pals, we exchange a lot of getting-to-know-you shorties fast and furious but when the longer ones go, it seems to slow down. *** So in the case of the agent, it just may not be you, but the size of your email.
Well I've pretty much given upon this agent. Although she is very well known I've already found her difficult to deal with. She was very interested and was reading everything I sent her immediately. Then when I sent her chapters she 'didn't get them'. Then when she did she said she would reply that week. She didn't. I don't mind being patient, I'm just starting to feel like I'm being jerked around. And I've asked around and other people's dealings with her (with queries and proposals, not with her as their agent) is simply not replying. I believe this will be the case for me at this point. If she didn't reply when she said she would I'm sure she's lost it or moved on without telling me.
Do move on with your queries, though. And good luck!
Don't get mad. Don't annoy the agent. Be professional. Do what the others have said. Send out queries. The first agent who sees how brilliant you are is the one you want to marry. I've had several quick affairs with agents—a query, followed by a flurry of emails. My god, I thought this was it! I was ready to get engaged, then they get standoffish, they don't write. What did I do? I rail, I weep. How can they treat me this way! But I never let them know how I feel. Never never never.


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Hainan orders Haikou & Sanya to launch measure in property price control
Hainan provincial government has ordered the cities of Haikou and Sanya to launch tough measures to cool local property prices, which have soared after the government announced plans to develop the island province into an international tourism hotspot.
Qu Jianmin, deputy secretary-general of the provincial government, said on Wednesday that local governments should take measures to increase the housing supply and suppress speculation.
Haikou and Sanya were told to launch the measures before the end of March.
The property price in Sanya was ranked fifth highest nationwide with an average price of 18,319 yuan ($2,784) for each square meter (sq m), according to the research agency, Elivecity.
The State Council told provincial governments to launch their measures before mid-February, but so far only 15 have complied, according to the Beijing News. However, the property market is so important for local fiscal revenues and economies that governments are hesitant to impose new measures.
Wei Liucheng, Hainan provincial Party chief, said that almost 60 percent of the provincial government's revenue comes from the real estate industry.
In 2010, local revenue surged to more than 27 billion yuan ($4.10 billion), an increase of 52 percent on the previous year. Meanwhile, investment in the real estate sector totaled almost 46.8 billion yuan, increasing 62.5 percent year-on-year, according to official statistics.
Local property prices skyrocketed after the State Council's January announcement of the plan to turn Hainan into an international resort, a factor which helped provide a substantial boost to the local economy, said Wei, who is also a deputy in the provincial people's congress.
Despite concerns that such rapid economic growth was unhealthy and difficult to sustain, Wei recognized that, "for a certain period of time, the real estate sector would remain a pillar industry of the local economy".
However, he conceded that property industry didn't fully reflect the local level of economic and social development.
Fu Xing, vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the Hainan Provincial People's Congress and President of Hainan Provincial Federation of Trade Union, said the government's revenue shouldn't be so reliant on the property industry, and warned of its potential harm to overall economic growth.
Jiang Sixian, vice-governor of Hainan province and Party secretary of Sanya city, said that due to special environmental advantages and the government policy to develop the island, the local housing price was generally higher than the national average.
He added that prices will decrease in the long run as more affordable government-subsidized housing came onto the market. "The local real estate industry should focus more on healthy and sustainable development instead of being attracted by short-term fast money," said Jiang.
Wang Lu'an, a member of the Provincial Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, who is also a local property developer, said that the high price of property was a concern.
"The current price doesn't match local people's incomes and might easily result in a bubble which would harm the long-term development of the real estate sector," he noted.
High expectations have lured property developers to the island and at least 100 of them, backed by an investment of 100 billion yuan, are now operating on the island, according to reports in the China Business News.
As a result, the average price of a housing project on Fenghuang Island in Sanya city climbed to 70,000 yuan for each square meter on one occasion last year.
SOURCE: en.hainan.gov.cn
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February 19, 2018 By Fausta
Argentina: Inflation bad news for Macri
Mary O'Grady explains why:
The last non-Peronist president to finish his elected mandate was Marcelo T. de Alvear in 1928.
Mr. Macri could break the spell. But it is far from certain that he will, and because he underestimated the magnitude of the problems he inherited from former President Cristina Kirchner, the case for smaller government now requires even bolder leadership.
Twelve years of Kirchner rule—first Néstor Kirchner (2003-07), followed by his wife (2007-15)—left this country bankrupt, both institutionally and financially. The Kirchners jailed political opponents, confiscated private property, nationalized businesses, gagged media critics, fomented street mobs, falsified government statistics, and destroyed the central bank's independence. Kirchnerismo bloated the government and left the economy in shambles.
Cristina Kirchner plans to use upcoming negotiations with teachers' unions to paralyze the country. It's up to the Argentines to play along – or not.
Linked to by The Other McCain. Thank you!
Filed Under: Argentina, Fausta's blog Tagged With: Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Mauricio Macri
October 23, 2017 By Fausta
Argentina: Big win for Macri's coalition, Cristina goes to the Senate
Good news for the country, and for the hemisphere:
Argentine President's Coalition Wins Midterm Elections.Mauricio Macri's Let's Change group garners broad backing in key provinces, easing his path to new tax cuts and other market-friendly policies.
How about Cristina? Mixed news (emphasis added),
Mr. Macri's top Senate candidate in Buenos Aires province, Esteban Bullrich, outpolled former president Cristina Kirchner by about 41% to 37%, hindering her hopes of regaining control over the Peronist political movement.
Though Mrs. Kirchner won one of three Senate seats at play in the province, her failure to best Mr. Bullrich will likely embolden her Peronist rivals, many of whom support Mr. Macri and don't want her to seek the presidency again.
Fernandez's second-place showing still grants her one of the province's three Senate seats under Argentina's list system. One third of the Senate and half of the house were elected, and Macri's coalition will not have a majority.
As I understand it, this means that, even when she's not head of the Peronists, she gets immunity from prosecution as long as she is a Senator.
Filed Under: Argentina, elections, Fausta's blog Tagged With: Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Esteban Bullrich, Mauricio Macri
August 15, 2017 By Fausta
Argentina: Pence visits. Cristina comes in second
Vice-president Mike Pence arrived in Buenos Aires last night, after visiting Colombia. His next stops are Santiago, Chile, and Panama City, Panama.
While in Colombia,
Colombia is one of the United States' closest allies in the Western Hemisphere, yet, as he stood next to Pence, Santos denounced Trump's threat of military action, and told the visiting vice president that such a possibility "shouldn't even be considered" and would be "unacceptable."
To which,
Mr. Pence replied that the U.S. was confident that peaceful solutions could be found, and that Mr. Trump's remarks on Friday had merely reflected his resolve to address the situation.
Mr. Pence arrived in Buenos Aires the day after the primary:
The nationwide primary, where voters cast a single ballot for their choice among a raft of candidates from each party, determines which parties are eligible to run for midterm congressional elections in October, providing an indication of voter preference ahead of the midterms.
With more than 97% of votes counted early Monday, Mr. Macri's Let's Change coalition beat opponents in half of Argentina's provinces, dealing a setback to former President Cristina Kirchner's plans for a political comeback.
Cristina came in second, but
Although Kirchner lost Sunday's vote, she can still win a seat in October. In Argentina's Buenos Aires province, the party of the first-place finisher wins two seats and the second-place finisher gets one.
This may be unlikely; Macri's Cambiemos coalition beat opponents in half of Argentina's provinces,
not only in Buenos Aires but also in Argentina's four other most-populated provinces, including Cordoba, Mendoza and Santa Fe. They also won in San Luis, which has for decades been dominated by the Peronist Saa family.
Markets reacted favorably,
Argentina's peso rallied 3.2% Monday morning, its best gain of the year. Its stock market, the MERVAL, gained 3.6% after opening, one of its best rallies of the year.
Pence arrived at the right time.
Cross-posted at WoW! Magazine.
Filed Under: Argentina, Colombia, Fausta's blog Tagged With: Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Mike Pence
Gimme shelter, says Cristina in Argentina
Over in Argentina, former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, who came to power when her husband Néstor Kirchner died suddenly of a heart condition, sees a storm is threat'ning.
Read my post, Gimme shelter, says Cristina in Argentina.
Filed Under: Argentina, corruption, Fausta's blog Tagged With: Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner
Argentina: Cristina runs for Senate
Anything to get immunity:
Cristina Kirchner Files Candidacy Papers for Argentina's Senate. Senate race would be seen as a referendum on ex-president's populist legacy and her successor's market-friendly policies
Former President Cristina Kirchner filed papers on Saturday to run for Argentina's Senate, launching a campaign that could, if elected, give her congressional immunity from federal prosecution for alleged money laundering and racketeering during her presidency.
About those three separate federal cases that she's already been indicted,
In one case, a judge ruled that Mrs. Kirchner ran a criminal "gang" aimed at profiting from the illegal disbursal of government funds for infrastructure projects. In another case, she was indicted over accusations she ordered Argentina's central bank to illegally trade derivatives, costing the country about $5.5 billion.
But wait! There's more:
If Mrs. Kirchner wins in October, she would be eligible to run for the presidency again in 2019, when Mr. Macri finishes his first four-year term.
One can only hope there are not enough stupid people to vote for her. She only needs 25% or so to get a Senate seat, according to the above article.
Trending at Bad Blue.
Filed Under: Argentina, elections, Fausta's blog Tagged With: Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner
Argentina: #Nisman was murdered
Alberto Nisman was found dead from a shot in the head in his Buenos Aires apartment on January 18, 2015.
His death has now been declared a murder:
Nisman was found dead one day before he was due to present a complaint to the Argentine Congress accusing leading politicians, including former President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, of colluding with Tehran to cover up Iranian culpability for the atrocity. A team of investigators appointed by the Kirchner government concluded — following a controversial investigation that was heavily criticized by Nisman's family — that the special prosecutor committed suicide using a gun supplied to him by Diego Lagomarsino, a computer specialist employed by Nisman.
But a new report from the Gendarmeria, a federal security force, will put the suicide theory to bed once and for all and show that Nisman was murdered, according to Argentine news outlets. The report's publication is expected within the next thirty days, the Clarin newspaper said.
Eamonn MacDonagh asserts that this is a major development; long-time readers of this blog know that the case was being investigated as a suicide.
Much as Nisman himself experienced when he began investigating the accusations that President Kirchner had engaged in a cover-up of Iran and its Hezbollah proxy's responsibility for the AMIA bombing, [prosecutor Eduardo] Taiano has also received threats and warnings not to pursue his inquiries. One text message he received in December last year told him to "stop f__g about with that son of a b__ Jew," a reference to Nisman, and added, "your days are numbered."
The complaint Nisman had been due to announce would have implicated Kirchner, former Foreign Minister Hector Timerman and other officials in negotiating a secret pact with the Iranians to absolve Tehran of the AMIA bombing. Nisman's tenacious investigation — including a log of more than 4,000 monitored phone calls — strongly suggested that in doing so, Kirchner and her colleagues were trying to cover their tracks.
The article points out that "MacDonagh cautioned that numerous "legal roadblocks" could still be placed in front of the Nisman investigation."
On her part, Cristina Kirchner announced that she's willing to run for senator. It's not clear whether, if elected, the post would grant her immunity from prosecution on any charges related to the Nisman murder case itself, or from charges arising from Nisman's investigations.
Filed Under: Argentina, Fausta's blog Tagged With: Alberto Nisman, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Eduardo Taiano
May 1, 2017 By Fausta
Pope Francis is against populists, after he was for them
Pope Francis's socialist slip continues to show,
On the 'Invasion' of 'Libertarianism,' Pope Francis' Ignorance Is Showing. Stephanie Slade writes,
My main critique, which I published here at Reason on the eve of his 2015 visit to the United States, was that the pontiff's ignorance of basic economics has led him to a bad conclusion about which public policies are best able to reduce the crushing yoke of poverty in the world. I went on to encourage him to consider that, as a matter of empirical fact, markets are the single greatest engine for growth and enrichment that humanity has yet stumbled upon.
Francis believes that "the libertarian individual denies the value of the common good," and that populism is "the fruit of an egotism that hems people in and prevents them from overcoming and 'looking beyond' their own narrow vision."
Odd words from the guy who entertained in the Vatican iconic left-wing populist Cristina Fernández de Kirchner five times during her tenure as populist president of Argentina.
Filed Under: Argentina, Catholic Church, Fausta's blog, Pope Francis I Tagged With: Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner
April 11, 2017 By Fausta
Argentina: Cristina charged with money laundering . . . for the 4th time
Former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, along with her children, has been charged with money laundering. When the news popped up last week, I thought it was an old news item.
It is, and it isn't: This is the fourth time she's been charged with money laundering.
DW has the story:
Argentina ex-President Cristina Kirchner charged with money laundering
Argentina ex-President Cristina Kirchner has been criminally charged for the fourth time, and her passport has been confiscated. The latest charges stem from alleged money laundering in real estate ventures.
I guess she won't be dropping by the Seychelles any time soon now that they took her passport (link in Spanish). DW continues,
Former Argentine President Cristina Kirchner was formally charged with money laundering and running a criminal association related to real estate dealings, the country's Judicial Information Service said on Tuesday.
Kirchner, who served as president from 2007 to 2015, already faces trial in a separate case for alleged financial mismanagement in office.
It is the fourth set of criminal charges to beset the former president. Judge Claudio Bonadío said Kirchner was criminally responsible for being part of an illicit association, which she headed, and involved in laundering assets of illicit origin. The charges were aggravated by the fact that Kirchner was a government official and was involved in negotiations incompatible with her position as president, the judge said.
Also charged were Kirchner's two children, Florencia and Maximo, who is currently a member of congress. Businessmen Cristobal Lopez and Lazaro Baez were also prosecuted as head of a company set up by the Kirchners which owned several hotels in Santa Cruz province.
The latest investigation turned up fourteen houses she "never declared" to the anti-corruption or the tax authorities. (How does one manage that, I wonder?)
In addition to the money laundering cases, let's not forget that Cristina has pending charges for allegedly ordering Argentina's central bank to illegally trade derivatives, which cost the country $5.5 billion.
$5.50 says she doesn't serve time.
Filed Under: Argentina, corruption, Fausta's blog Tagged With: Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Cristóbal López, Florencia Kirchner, Lázaro Báez, Máximo Kirchner, Seychelles


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Dog Sledding: The Amazing True Story Of Leonhard Seppala And His Dogs
While sled dog races may be relatively new, the working relationship between humans and their canine companions is a tale as old as time. The archeological remnants of dog sleds date back to 1,000 AD.
Although it's disputed as to who exactly invented dog sledding, the practice was first adopted by the indigenous peoples of Northern Canada, North America, and Siberia. Even in the parched landscape of the North American plains, First Nations women built the travois: a dog sled designed to be pulled by dogs and horses on dry land.
The travois was used mostly to transport wood and food, as were all early dog sleds. Later, they were adapted to carry humans through the snow.
A Native American Travois | Source
Dog sledding was born out of necessity, and remained so until 1908, when the first dog sled race took place in Alaska.
The Remarkable True Story Of Leonhard Seppala
Norwegian-born Leonhard Seppala emigrated to Alaska after his friend, Jafet Lindeberg, offered him a job during the Nome gold rush of the 1900s.
Although mining for gold in Nome was lucrative, conditions were brutal. The work was backbreaking, and the Alaskan winters made Seppala yearn for Norway. Seppala contemplated returning to Norway, but everything changed after Lindeberg charged Seppala with transporting goods via sled dogs. Seppala enjoyed spending time with the dogs, and found dashing through the snow on a sled far more enjoyable than spending time in the mines.
Although sled dogs are now synonymous with Huskies, the Siberian Husky had not yet been bred in the early 20th century. In fact, it is believed that Seppala himself developed the breed that we now recognize as the Husky.
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A Russian fur trader named William Goosak brought 10 small "Siberian dogs" to Alaska in 1909, where he raced them against the local sled dogs in the first recorded dog race. Local Alaskans refused to believe that the lithe Siberian dog could beat the heavy-set Alaskan dogs, but they were sorely disappointed when Goosak's dogs dominated the race.
Seppala was later given a litter of Siberian puppies, whom he began to train and breed as sled dogs. By 1914, Seppala had earned a reputation as the best dog sledder in Alaska, and he was encouraged to join the All Alaska Sweepstakes races with his dogs. It was a last-minute decision, but Seppala did join the race for the four-day trail with his team of dogs. However, bad luck would plague his maiden voyage across the Alaskan wilderness.
Neither Seppala nor his dogs were familiar with the trail, and once a blizzard set in, conditions began to deteriorate.
Fearing that he was lost in a whiteout, Seppala brought his sled to a stop to try and pinpoint how close he was to the perilous cliffs that gave way to the frigid Bering Sea. As it turned out, he was a mere 20 feet from the edge of the cliffs. When Seppala checked on his dogs, he found that they had shredded paws and broken claws from the journey. Feeling as if he had betrayed his dogs, he quit the race immediately.
Although Seppala would race again, with dogs that had been properly trained and prepared for the rigid conditions, it wasn't a competitive dog race that cemented his status in history. Instead, it was a race against time to save his home village of Nome, Alaska.
In 1925, Nome was plagued by an outbreak of diphtheria. Diphtheria was a serious infection of the nose and throat that proved fatal to the villagers who fell ill. The outbreak occurred during the middle of the worst winter Nome had seen in 25years, and the only cure was an antitoxin serum. However, Nome's serum supplies were past their expiration date and couldn't help those who fell sick — including Seppala's 8-year-old daughter who lived in Nome.
The only way to transport the serum through 400 miles of treacherous terrain was via dog sled. Those familiar with the route knew there was only one dog sledder with enough experience to pull it off.
Map Of The Nome Serum Run | Source
Seppala's route included a perilous shortcut through the Norton Sound. Although this would cut a day off the total journey, it would be the most dangerous leg of the trail. The Norton Sound, an inlet of the Bering Sea, was open water during the summer months and a giant ice rink throughout the winter. The ice underfoot was constantly moving, and small cracks could develop in seconds, potentially plunging the team into freezing, fatal waters. There are no trees, rocks, or mountains to protect the sledder from the winds, which reached 70 mph with a windchill of minus -100°F. The ice routinely broke apart during high winds, and an unwitting team could find themselves suddenly stranded on an iceberg floating into open waters.
Seppala's three day race across the Norton Sound was chaotic. Upon reaching the Norton Sound, Seppala had to choose between continuing the journey in the dark as a blizzard closed in, or lose a day waiting for the weather to pass. He chose to ride out in the darkness, where he couldn't see or hear the ice around him. He raced through the Sound, taking only a few hours to rest while running 84 miles a day.
Seppala managed to avoid soft spots in the ice and the open water, but just a few hours after he had touched down on solid land, the ice behind him suddenly broke apart and floated out into the Bering Sea. But despite conditions that made the Sweepstakes race look like a walk on the beach, Seppala handed over the serum, and the village was saved.
Every year afterwards, Seppala's amazing race was commemorated with the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Surprisingly, it wasn't Seppala's only brush with heroism. According to one story, after a man was badly hurt in a sawmill accident, Seppala and his dogs traveled 40 miles through the snow with the injured man to get him to a hospital.
Balto — the secondary dog in the Serum rush — was commemorated with a bronze statue in Central Park. This actually angered Seppala, who felt the efforts of the lead dog, Togo, were ignored! However, Disney acquired the rights to Togo and Seppala's story, and a film is currently being developed based around the events of the serum run to Nome.
Dog Sledding Today
Since the advent of snowmobiles and airplanes, sled dogs are seldom used in Alaska for travel or transporting goods. However, dog sledding — or mushing, as it's also known — is still a popular recreational activity in Alaska and other places with intense snowfall.
The best sled dogs are snow dogs such as Siberian Huskies and Alaskan Malamutes. These devoted dogs were born to run, and they are happiest when given a job to do.
Only dogs trained for sledding should be used as sled dogs, but if you're aching to try it out, there are multiple dog sledding tours available in snowy regions like Colorado and Alaska. Alternatively if you're dreaming of frolicking through the snow with your own pack of dogs, you can look into local dog mushing associations to find training resources and equipment.
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Die Gerbersträucher (Coriaria) sind die einzige Gattung der Pflanzenfamilie der Gerberstrauchgewächse (Coriariaceae) innerhalb der Ordnung der Kürbisartigen (Cucurbitales). Die etwa 16 Arten kommen in einem stark disjunktes Areal vor. Der botanische Name Coriaria ist vom lateinischen Wort corium für Fell, Haut, Leder abgeleitet und bezieht sich – wie auch die deutsche Bezeichnung Gerberstrauch – auf die Verwertung einiger Arten für die Gerberei.

Beschreibung

Vegetative Merkmale
Coriaria-Arten sind Sträucher, selten Halbsträucher oder Bäume, die immergrün oder laubabwerfend sein können. Alle Pflanzenteile sind giftig, besonders die Blätter und Früchte. Viele Zweige wirken wie zusammengesetzte Laubblätter. Die gegenständig oder in Quirlen angeordneten Laubblätter sind ungestielt, einfach, ledrig und ganzrandig. Kleine Nebenblätter sind vorhanden.

Generative Merkmale
Die Blüten stehen einzeln oder in traubigen Blütenständen. Sie besitzen eingeschlechtige oder zwittrige Blüten an einem Exemplar. Die radiärsymmetrischen, kleinen Blüten sind fünfzählig (sechszählig?) mit doppelter Blütenhülle (Perianth). Es sind je fünf Kelchblätter vorhanden. Die fünf fleischigen Kronblätter sind kleiner als die Kelchblätter. Es gibt zwei Kreise mit je fünf fertilen Staubblätter, die nicht untereinander verwachsen sind. Die Staubbeutel überragen die Kronblätter. Die fünf (bis zehn) oberständigen Fruchtblätter sind nicht oder nur an der Basis verwachsen. Je Fruchtblatt ist nur eine hängende, anatrope Samenanlage vorhanden. Die fünf Griffel enden jeweils in einer zurückgekrümmten Narbe. Es ist höchstens ein dünnes Endosperm vorhanden, und der Embryo ist aufrecht.

Sie bilden nussartige Früchte, Achänen, die von den sich vergrößernden Kronblättern umhüllt bleiben und zusammen eine bei Reife rote bis schwarze Pseudosteinfrucht bilden.

Die Chromosomengrundzahlen betragen x = 10, 15.

Inhaltsstoffe
An Inhaltsstoffen sind zum Beispiel Flavonoide (Kaempferol, Quercetin), Sesquiterpene (Myricetin) und Glykosid (Coriamyrtin) vorhanden.

Systematik und Verbreitung
Der Gattungsname Coriaria wurde 1753 durch Carl von Linné in Species Plantarum, 2, S. 1037 erstveröffentlicht. Typusart ist Coriaria myrtifolia  Synonyme für Coriaria  sind: Heterocladus , Heterophylleia  Der Familienname Coriariaceae wurde 1824 durch Augustin-Pyrame de Candolle in Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis, 1, S. 739 aufgestellt.

Die Gattung Coriaria besitzt ein sehr disjunktes Areal. Gerberstrauch-Arten haben ihre Heimat im Mittelmeerraum, China, Himalaja, Neuguinea, Neuseeland, Zentralamerika und im westlichen Südamerika. Sie gedeihen in warm gemäßigten Gebieten oder subtropischen bis tropischen Klimaten. Fossil ist Coriaria durch 82 Millionen Jahre alten Pollen aus der Antarktis bekannt, wodurch wahrscheinlich wird, dass das heute so disjunkte Areal auf eine einst kontinuierlichere Ausbreitung zurückgeht, als Neuseeland, die Antarktis und das südliche Südamerika sich während niedrigerer Meeresspiegel und geändertet Kontinentalpositionen physisch relativ nahe waren (Renner et al., 2020)

In der Gattung Coriaria bzw. der Familie der Coriariaceae gibt es etwa 16 (5 bis 30) Arten:
 Coriaria angustissima : Sie kommt auf der Südinsel von Neuseeland und auf der Stewart-Insel vor.
 Coriaria arborea : Die zwei Varietäten kommen in Neuseeland, Chatham-Inseln und Kermadec-Inseln vor.
 Coriaria duthiei : Diese 2009 erstbeschriebene Art ist von Pakistan bis zum westlichen Himalaya verbreitet.
 Coriaria intermedia  (wird auch als Unterart subsp. intermedia  zu Coriaria japonica gestellt): Die Heimat ist Taiwan.
 Chinesischer Gerberstrauch (Coriaria japonica ): Die ein oder zwei Unterarten kommen in Japan und (bei Einschluss von Coriaria intermedia) auch in Taiwan vor.
 Coriaria kingiana : Die Heimat ist die Nordinsel von Neuseeland.
 Coriaria kweichovensis : Sie ist im südlich-zentralen China verbreitet.
 Coriaria lurida : Sie kommt in Neuseeland vor.
 Myrtenblättriger Gerberstrauch oder Redoul (Coriaria myrtifolia ): Sie kommt ursprünglich in Marokko, Algerien, Spanien, Frankreich, auf den Balearen, in Italien und in Griechenland vor.
 Chinesischer Gerberstrauch (Coriaria napalensis , Syn. Coriaria sinica ): Sie ist vom Himalaja von Pakistan bis ins südwestliche China verbreitet.
 Coriaria plumosa : Die Heimat ist Neuseeland.
 Coriaria pottsiana : Die Heimat ist die Nordinsel von Neuseeland.
 Coriaria pteridoides : Die Heimat ist die Nordinsel von Neuseeland.
 Coriaria ruscifolia : Die zwei Unterarten sind von Neuguinea bis zu den Inseln des südlichen Pazifik und von Mexiko bis ins südwestliche Argentinien verbreitet.
 Ruskusblättriger Gerberstrauch (Coriaria ruscifolia subsp. ruscifolia, Syn.: Coriaria sarmentosa ). Dieser immergrüne Kletterstrauch wird in Chile "Deu" oder "Huique" genannt. Aus den Früchten wird in Südchile Rattengift hergestellt. Die Unterart kommt von Neuseeland bis zu den Inseln des südlichen Pazifik und von Chile bis zum südwestlichen Argentinien vor.
 Kleinblättriger Gerberstrauch (Coriaria ruscifolia subsp. microphylla , Syn.: Coriaria microphylla , Coriaria thymifolia , Coriaria papuana ): Er kommt von Neuguinea bis Neuseeland und von Mexiko bis Peru vor.
 Coriaria ×sarlurida  = Coriaria lurida × Coriaria ruscifolia: Nordinsel von Neuseeland.
 Coriaria ×sarmangusta  = Coriaria angustissima × Coriaria ruscifolia: Südinsel von Neuseeland.
 Coriaria terminalis : Das Verbreitungsgebiet reicht vom zentralen und östlichen Himalaja bis zur chinesischen Provinz Sichuan. Es gibt zwei Varietäten.

In Dendrogrammen sind die Coriariaceae die Schwesterfamilie der Corynocarpaceae innerhalb der Cucurbitales.

Nutzung
Die Früchte der Arten Coriaria terminalis und Coriaria sarmentosa und einige andere sollen essbar sein.

Einige Arten werden bei der Gerberei eingesetzt.

Quellen
 Beschreibung der Familie der Coriariaceae bei der APWebsite. (Abschnitte Beschreibung und Systematik)
 Beschreibung der Familie der Coriariaceae bei DELTA. (Abschnitt Beschreibung)
 Abdul Ghafoor:  (Abschnitte Beschreibung und Systematik)
 Tianlu Min, Anthony R. Brach: Coriariaceae., S. 333 - textgleich online wie gedrucktes Werk, In: Wu Zheng-yi, Peter H. Raven, Deyuan Hong (Hrsg.): Flora of China. Volume 11: Oxalidaceae through Aceraceae, Science Press und Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing und St. Louis, 2008. ISBN 978-1-930723-73-3 (Abschnitte Beschreibung und Systematik)
 SS Renner, VD Barreda, MC Tellería, L Palazzesi, TM Schuster. Early evolution of Coriariaceae (Cucurbitales) in light of a new early Campanian (ca. 82 Mya) pollen record from Antarctica. Taxon 69 (1), 87–99, 2020

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2015 COL: OK STATE AT IOWA: GRAPPLE ON THE GRIDIRON
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IOWA CITY, Iowa — In front of an NCAA-record crowd of 42,287 fans, No. 3 Iowa edged No. 2 Oklahoma State 18-16 at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City on Saturday. It was the 50th meeting between the two storied college wrestling programs, and the third straight win for the Hawkeyes in the series.
"I think the biggest message for a program like the University of Iowa, that is still trying to set the bar higher and higher, I think it's a mentality and commitment to the program and administration," said Iowa coach Tom Brands. "It goes with what we want to do; we want to get better every day and want to have better events every year."
Both teams won five matches, but the Hawkeyes won the bonus-point battle, which proved to be the difference in the dual meet.
With Oklahoma State leading 13-11, Sammy Brooks gave the Hawkeyes a major boost at 184 pounds with a 17-2 technical fall victory over 15th-ranked Jordan Rogers.
Brooks took a 12-1 lead into the second period after two takedowns and two sets of four-point nearfalls. Brooks then put the match away in the second period.
"Brooks gave us some bonus points, a five-point win team wise, that's big," said Brands. "The way that he was wrestling, hitting those holds, that's what we want. He can do that against anybody, his consistency is that good. I've said that for a long time."
The dual meet started at 125 pounds, with Thomas Gilman picking up a 9-1 major decision over Eddie Klimara in a battle of returning All-Americans. Gilman scored a takedown in the first period, added two more in the second period, and scored the final takedown with 20 seconds left to help secure the major decision.
"When I stepped on that mat, those fans were electric," said Gilman. "I keep saying electric and I'm maybe being redundant but it really was electric out there. I started us off right. The pace was high but maybe not where it needed to be. But I was able to get that major decision and help set the tone for the rest of the dual."
Cory Clark kept the momentum on Iowa's side with a convincing 7-2 victory over Gary Wayne Harding at 133 pounds.
Top-ranked Dean Heil put the Cowboys on the scoreboard with a 7-1 decision over Logan Ryan at 141 pounds. Heil scored a takedown inside of the first minute of the match and after a Ryan escape the first period ended 2-1. Heil was able to ride out Ryan the entire second period and accumulate 2:25 of riding time heading into the final period. Heil built on his lead in the third with an escape, takedown and riding-time point to win 7-1.
The Hawkeyes picked up a key win at 149 pounds as third-ranked Brandon Sorensen topped eighth-ranked Anthony Collica 6-1. Sorensen controlled the action throughout the match, earning a takedown and two nearfall points to lead 4-0 after the opening period. Sorensen added to his lead with an escape in the second. Collica would get on the board in the third period with an escape, but came up short
At 157 pounds, 15th-ranked Chance Marsteller held on for a 14-11 victory over Edwin Cooper to cut the deficit to 10-6 in favor of the Hawkeyes heading into intermission. Marsteller, a four-time undefeated state champion from Pennsylvania, jumped out to a 6-0 lead early with a takedown and four nearfall points. Cooper would battle back with an escape and takedown off a double leg to make it 6-3 after the first period. In the second Cooper inched closer after earning a point off a stall call against Marsteller. Marsteller then used a reversal and nearfall points to go up 12-4 and appeared to be in control of the match. Cooper, though, battled back in the third against a physically exhausted Marsteller. Cooper was able to get within two points with 11 seconds remaining but couldn't get the go-ahead points needed to win.
In the first match after intermission, two-time NCAA champion Alex Dieringer of Oklahoma State evened the dual meet score at 10-10 with a dominating 17-5 major decision over Patrick Rhoads. Dieringer used three takedowns in the first period to jump out to a 6-2 lead, and added a second-period escape and takedown to go up 10-2. Dieringer kept the pressure on, scoring three more takedowns in the final period to win by 12.
At 174 pounds, All-American Kyle Crutchmer won a hard-fought battle over sixth-ranked Alex Meyer 11-10. Crutcher raced out to a 6-0 lead after an early throw and nearly recorded a pin. Meyer, though, fought off his back and worked his way back into the match, tying it 8-8 heading into the final period. With the score tied 9-9 in the final period, Crutchmer earned a takedown with 35 seconds remaining and held on for a one-point win.
After Sammy Brooks' technical fall at 184 pounds, Nathan Burak claimed a 5-3 victory over Nolan Boyd at 197 pounds to give the Hawkeyes an 18-13 with one match remaining. Burak earned takedowns in each of the first two periods to pace him to the victory.
At heavyweight, Oklahoma State's Austin Marsden topped Sam Stoll 6-1 in the final match of the dual meet.
"It was a tough match, there were certain things that we appeared to not have today, it seemed like we let people in the match," said Oklahoma State coach John Smith. "We just didn't push the pace enough."
125: No. 4 Thomas Gilman (Iowa) maj. dec. No. 7 Eddie Klimara (OSU), 9-1
133: No. 2 Cory Clark (Iowa) dec. Gary Wayne Harding (OSU), 7-2
141: No. 1 Dean Heil (OSU) dec. Logan Ryan (Iowa), 7-1
149: No. 3 Brandon Sorensen (Iowa) dec. No. 8 Anthony Collica (OSU), 6-1
157: No. 15 Chance Marsteller (OSU) dec. Edwin Cooper (Iowa), 14-11
165: No. 1 Alex Dieringer (OSU) maj. dec. Patrick Rhoads (Iowa), 17-5
174: No. 4 Kyle Crutchmer (OSU) dec. No. 6 Alex Meyer (Iowa), 11-10
184: No. 12 Sammy Brooks (Iowa) tech. fall No. 15 Jordan Rogers (OSU), 17-2
197: No. 4 Nathan Burak (Iowa) dec. Nolan Boyd (OSU), 5-3
285: No. 5 Austin Marsden (Oklahoma State) dec. Sam Stoll (Iowa), 6-1


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Texas Cops Paraded a Black Man Through the Streets by a Rope
Written by Samantha Grasso, Splinter
Grasso writes: "Texas once again has renewed its bid for Most Racist State in the U.S. after a pair of Galveston, TX, police officers on horseback arrested a black man and walked him through the town to the station by a rope."
Galveston, TX, police officers identified Brosch and Smith arresting Donald Neely, who they escorted to the police station with a rope and handcuffs while both officers were riding horseback. (photo: shaunking/Twitter)
By Samantha Grasso, Splinter
exas once again has renewed its bid for Most Racist State in the U.S. after a pair of Galveston, TX, police officers on horseback arrested a black man and walked him through the town to the station by a rope.
According to the Associated Press, the Galveston police chief apologized on Monday after two of the department's officers, identified only as P. Brosch and A. Smith, were photographed on Saturday walking a man they arrested, identified as 43 year old Donald Neely, down a street with a rope behind Neely's back. Brosch and Smith were both on horseback, making the public shaming feel even more racist.
In a statement posted to Facebook, Chief Vernon Hale wrote Neely had been arrested for criminal trespass but apologized to him for the "unnecessary embarrassment" during the arrest. Vernon also clarified the rope seen in the photo wasn't directly tied to Neely's hands, but was "clipped" to his handcuffs. Speaking of ropes that "clip," the rope seen in the photo looks a lot like a leash to me, with a hand loop at the end, but what do I know.
Dear @GalvestonPD.
What you did here to this man, Donald Neely, is horrible and unacceptable.
I would say "We need answers," but nothing you can say would ever justify what you did to this man. Nothing at all. pic.twitter.com/OdVeqrFDcv
— Shaun King (@shaunking) August 6, 2019
In the statement, the chief also said the officers arrested Neely just around the block from where he was being led (though the Houston Chronicle reported it was eight blocks) and that Neely had been warned "several times" about trespassing at the location where he was arrested.
"Although this is a trained technique and best practice in some scenarios, I believe our officers showed poor judgment in this instance and could have waited for a transport unit at the location of the arrest," Vernon said in his statement. "My officers did not have any malicious intent at the time of the arrest, but we have immediately changed the policy to prevent the use of this technique and will review all mounted training and procedures for more appropriate methods."
Phew, good to know that the cops involved didn't mean to create a racist reenactment of slavery in Texas. What a relief!
Melissa Morris, Neely's attorney, told Texas station KPRC that Neely has bipolar disorder and is homeless and that his family had been looking for him for years. Morris also said she's looking at all legal options. Splinter reached out to Morris for comment and will update this post when we receive a response.
"I believe the way they handled him was disgusting," Morris told the station. "The family is offended. The family is upset."
Leon Phillips, president of the Galveston Coalition for Justice, wondered to the Houston Chronicle why the cops involved didn't just wait for a cruiser to take Neely to the station.
"All I know is that these are two white police officers on horseback with a black man walking him down the street with a rope tied to the handcuffs, and that's doesn't make sense, period," Phillips told the paper. "And I do understand this —if it was a white man, I guarantee it wouldn't have happened."


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The green band on the Sri Lankan flag represents Islam and the Moorish ethnic group
The Jami Ul-Alfar Mosque in Pettah area is one of the oldest mosques in Colombo
Islam is a minority religion in Sri Lanka. 9.7%[1] of the Sri Lankan population practice Islam. 1,967,227 persons adhere to Islam as per the census of 2012.[1] Islam in Sri Lanka existed in communities along the Arab coastal trade routes in Ceylon as soon as the religion originated and had gained early acceptance in the Arabian Peninsula.
1 History of Islam in Sri Lanka
2 Population
3 Sri Lankan Moors
3.1 Education
3.2 East Coast Moors
3.3 West Coast Moors
4 The Malays
5 Indian Muslims (Memons, Bohras, Khojas)
History of Islam in Sri Lanka
With the arrival of Arab traders in the 7th century A.D., Islam began to flourish in Sri Lanka. The first people to profess the Islamic faith were Arab merchants and their native wives, whom they married after having them converted to Islam. By the 8th century A.D., Arab traders had taken control of much of the trade on the Indian Ocean, including that of Sri Lanka. Many of them settled down on the island in large numbers, encouraging the spread of Islam. However, when the Portuguese arrived during the 16th century, many of these Arab traders' descendants - now called the Sri Lankan Moors - were the main traders in spice, with networks extending to the Middle East. The Portuguese colonists attacked, persecuted, and destroyed the Sri Lankan Moor settlements, warehouses, and trading networks. Many defeated Moors sought refuge from persecution by escaping to the interior of Sri Lanka. The population of Sri Lankan Moors declined significantly during the Portuguese colonial rule due to the pogroms against the Moors. The Sinhalese ruler King Senarat of Kandy gave refuge to some of the Muslims in the central highlands and Eastern Province, Sri Lanka.[2]
During the 18th and 19th centuries, Javanese and Malaysian Muslims brought over by the Dutch and British rulers contributed to the growing Muslim population in Sri Lanka. Their descendants, now the Sri Lankan Malays, adopted several Sri Lankan Moor Islamic traditions while also contributing their unique cultural Islamic practices to other Muslim groups on the Island.
The arrival of Muslims from India during the 19th and 20th centuries has also contributed to the growth of Islam in Sri Lanka. Most notably, Pakistani and South Indian Muslims have introduced Shafi'i and the Hanafi school of thought into Sri Lanka.[citation needed] Most Muslims on the island adhere to the traditional practices of Sunni Islam.[citation needed]
Muslims generally follow Sufi traditions. The Fassiya ash Shazuliya tariqa, which has its headquarters in Ummu Zavaya in M.J.M. Laffir mawatha, Colombo, supported by the Al-Fassi family in the 1870s, is the most prevalent Sufi order among the Sri Lankan Muslims followed by Aroosiyathul qadiriya. The Deobandi Tablighi Jamaat, jamathe islame and thawheed jamath etc. also have centers in Colombo.[3] Sunni scholar Muhammad Abdul Aleem Siddiqi built Hanafi Masjid in Colombo for Sri Lankan Muslims.[4]
In modern times, Muslims in Sri Lanka are handled by the Muslim Religious and Cultural Affairs Department, which was established in the 1980s to prevent the continual isolation of the Muslim community from the rest of Sri Lanka. Muslims of Sri Lanka, mostly continue to derive from the Moor and Malay ethnic communities on the island with smaller numbers of converts from other ethnicities, such as the Tamils.
In recent years, Sri Lankan Muslims have become more affected by the growing influence of Salafism due to investment from Saudi Arabia, Sri Lankan Sufi Muslims have been wary of increasing Wahhabism among Sri Lankan Muslims.[5] The brutal 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings revealed that the radical National Thowheeth Jama'ath, a Salafi influenced organization, was behind the bombings, leading to increasing censorship of the Salafi movement in Sri Lanka.[6]
Distribution of Islam in Sri Lanka based on 2001 and 1981 (cursive) census
Islam in Sri Lanka 2012 Census
1881 197,800 7.17%
1931 Estimate 354,200 6.67%
1981 1,121,717 7.56%
The districts of Ampara (43%), Trincomalee (42%) and Batticaloa (26%) in Eastern Province have the highest share of Muslims in Sri Lanka, followed by Puttalam (20%), Mannar (17%), Kandy (14%) and Colombo (12%).
Sri Lankan Moors
Typical early 20th century Moor gentlemen
Main article: Sri Lankan Moors
The Sri Lankan Moors are mostly native speakers of the Tamil language while a few of them speak Sinhala as primary language, and follow Islam as their religion. Sri Lankan Moors comprise 9.30% (2012 Census) of Sri Lanka's population, and constitute the largest ethnic group within the Muslim community in the country.[7]
Islam was spread to Sri Lanka by contacts with the merchant ships operated by the Moor traders between Serendib (Old Persian / Arabic name for Sri Lanka), and various ports in the Arabian Peninsula and North Africa. As per scholars, Sri Lankan Moors are descendant of the Marakkar, Mappilas, Memons and Pathans of South India.[8]
There are 749 Muslim schools in Sri Lanka, 205 madrasas which teach Islamic education, and an Islamic university in Beruwala (Jamiya Naleemiya). Al Iman Schools in Colombo was the first organization of Islamic schools of its kind, teaching an integrated Islamic curriculum since 2008. In the early 20th century there were few Muslim professionals in accounting, medicine, engineering, etc., but at present they are exceeding the national average. Due to the lack of opportunity in Sri Lanka, many Muslim professionals are emigrating to get jobs abroad, such as to the Middle East, United States, Canada, Australia, and Europe. The Moors have had better social and economic mobility, thanks to the historic head start they had in getting education and government jobs under the British colonial rule.[9]
East Coast Moors
In the eastern provinces of the country Muslims are predominant. These Muslims were settled on land given by the Sinhalese King Senarat of Kandy after the Muslims were persecuted by the Portuguese.[2] East coast Sri Lankan Moors are primarily farmers, fishermen, and traders. According to the controversial census of 2007, the Moors are 5% (only Moors, not the entire Muslim population of the eastern province). Their family lines are traced through women, as in kinship systems of the southwest Indian state of Kerala, but they govern themselves through Islamic law.[10]
West Coast Moors
Many moors in the west of the island are traders, professionals or civil servants and are mainly concentrated in Colombo, Kalutara, Beruwala, Dharga Town, Puttalam, Jaffna, Kandy, Matale, Vavuniya and Mannar. Moors in the west coast trace their family lines through their father. Along with those in the Central Province, the surname of many Moors in Colombo, Kalutara and Puttalam is their fathers first name, thus retaining similarity to the traditional Arab and middle eastern kinship system.
The Malays
Main article: Sri Lankan Malays
Sri Lankan Malay Father and Son, 19th century
Mosque in Galle, Sri Lanka
The Malays of Sri Lanka originated in Southeast Asia and today consist of about 50,000 persons. Their ancestors came to the country when both Sri Lanka and Indonesia were colonies of the Dutch. Most of the early Malay immigrants were indentured labours, posted by the Dutch colonial administration to Sri Lanka, who decided to settle on the island. Other immigrants were convicts or members of noble houses from Indonesia who were exiled to Sri Lanka and who never left. The main source of a continuing Malay identity is their common Malay language (Bahasa Melayu), which includes numerous words absorbed from Sinhalese and the Moorish variant of the Tamil language. In the 1980s, the Malays made up about 5% of the Muslim population in Sri Lanka and, like the Moors, predominantly follow the Shafi school of thought within Sunni Islam.
Indian Muslims (Memons, Bohras, Khojas)
Main articles: Dawoodi Bohra, Memons in Sri Lanka, and Pathans of Sri Lanka
The Indian Muslims are those who trace their origins to immigrants searching for business opportunities during the colonial period. Some of these people came to the country as far back as Portuguese times; others arrived during the British period from various parts of India. The majority of them came from Tamil Nadu and Kerala states, and unlike the Sri Lankan Moors, are ethnically related to South Indians and number approximately 30,000. The Memon, originally from Sindh (in modern Pakistan), first arrived in 1870; in the 1980s they numbered only about 15,000, they mostly follow the Hanafi Sunni school of Islam.
The Dawoodi Bohras and the Khoja are Shi'a Muslims who came from western India (Gujarat state) after 1880; in the 1980s they collectively numbered fewer than 2,000. These groups tended to retain their own places of worship and the languages of their ancestral homelands.
Sri Lankan Malays
Indian Moors
Sri Lankan Memons
List of mosques in Sri Lanka
Expulsion of Muslims from the Northern province by LTTE
Kattankudi mosque massacre
Tamil Muslim
Islam in South Asia
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Ambassador Gingrich's Opening Remarks at Women Religious on the Frontlines Symposium
Women Religious on the Frontlines Virtual Symposium
Good morning and welcome.
The U.S. Embassy to the Holy See and the British Embassy to the Holy See are delighted to co-host today's symposium – Women Religious on the Frontlines.
I'd like to thank Ambassador Sally Axworthy for her partnership in making this program possible.
This is, in fact, the third Women Religious on the Frontlines Symposium our embassy has held since 2018.
All of these programs have been organized in cooperation with the International Union of Superiors General, led by Executive Secretary, Sister Pat Murray, and President, Sister Jolanda Kafka.
Thank you, sisters for hosting us at UISG this morning, and for your continued friendship and collaboration.
Our meeting today, by necessity, is virtual. However, our objective remains the same — to highlight the humanitarian efforts of women religious, who selflessly serve on the frontlines of conflict zones and other vulnerable places around the world.
Today, we want to discuss how COVID-19 has impacted their lives and their work.
Tragically, this pandemic has caused vast unemployment, poverty, and food insecurity — further challenging the work of women religious.
We are grateful to be joined today by three remarkable sisters who will speak about the pandemic's impact on their organizations, and the communities they serve.
Sister Stan Therese Mario Mumuni joins us from Ghana, where she is the founder of the Marian Sisters for Eucharistic Love, protecting and caring for Ghanaian "spirit children," who are ritualistically murdered due to physical or mental disabilities.
Sister Imelda Poole joins us from Tirana, Albania. A native of Great Britain, Sister Imelda helped establish Mary Ward Loreto in 2009, an anti-trafficking NGO in Albania.
She is also the President of Religious in Europe Networking Against Trafficking and Exploitation, which works to eradicate human trafficking across 27 countries in Europe.
And finally, Sister Alicia Vacas joins us from Jerusalem, where she is the Provincial Superior of the Comboni Sisters.
Sister Alicia recently returned from Bergamo, where she provided health care at the epicenter of the COVID 19 pandemic in Italy.
I'd also like to thank Sister Jolanda Kafka, the President of UISG, for joining us today to offer closing remarks.
Before I turn this over to Ambassador Axworthy, I want to take a moment to recognize and honor the tremendous sacrifices made by women religious during this pandemic.
Here in Italy, and around the world, many faithful sisters have made the ultimate sacrifice while caring for others.
As we continue our work together, let us preserve and honor their memory.
Ambassador Gingrich, Ambassador Sally Axworthy, COVID-19, women religious


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Сергій Олегович Бабій (14 червня 1965) — радянський хокеїст, нападник.

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Виступав за команди «Сокіл» (Київ), ШВСМ (Київ), СКА МВО (Калінін), «Таллекс» (Таллінн), «Верстатобудівник» (Рязань), «Лада» (Тольятті) і «Маяк» (Куйбишев). У дебютному сезоні провів 1 матч у вищій лізі.

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Примітки

Посилання

радянські хокеїсти
Хокеїсти «Сокола» (Київ)
хокеїсти ШВСМ (Київ)
хокеїсти ТХК (Твер)
хокеїсти «Рязані»
Хокеїсти «Лади»
Персоналії:Таллінн
Персоналії:Самара


Voters in District 21 which covers a large chunk of Jonesboro and Craighead County have the rare opportunity to elect a new state Senator. This is the seat left vacant when former Senator Paul Bookout resigned amidst controversy over questionable expenses paid for with campaign donations. Early voting has already started for the primary election and if you are a registered voter, you owe it to yourself to cast your ballot in this election. There are 7 candidates running in the primary, four Democrats and 3 Republicans. You will have the chance to check out those candidates Friday, October 4th. KAIT will stream the Northeast Arkansas Political Animals forum live from 1130am to 1pm on kait8.com and KAIT Channel 8 dot 2. The primary election will be held on Tuesday, October 8th and the general election will be held January 14th. Do your homework, exercise your right to vote and let's elect the best candidate to Make This A Better Region 8.


Professors and educators are using the haphazard way in which truth was handled during this recent election season to satirize its importance in writing college essays.
Because I can no longer claim with any credibility that reading, writing, and critical thinking are essential skills for 21st-century success, I have revised the grading rubric for your papers accordingly. Effective January 20, 2017.
Read more at McSweeney's Magazine.


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