Talks Breakdown
October 3, 2016 19:51
It saddens me beyond belief that the ceasefire in Syria broke down last week with an attack on an aid convoy heading for Aleppo the Northern Syria city in the hands of the rebels. Both sides are blaming each other for the breakdown but in all conscience this time I can only see that Syria and Russia are to blame. Since that time they’ve kept up a constant regime of bombing during which the main hospital has been hit twice. Even those suffering illness and wounds are not safe.
America set itself up as the arbiter of peace in this instance and I think it wrong that there should be an attempt to walk away now. John Kerry must attempt everything to re-engage with his Russian counterpart to bring the ceasefire back. There are about 100,000 children in Aleppo and we need to bring them some respite from the war…
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O avanço do “Não!”
October 3, 2016 19:45
Por Guilherme Boulos
Ainda na ressaca eleitoral, uns comemoram e outros lambem as feridas. O PSDB – mais precisamente Geraldo Alckmin – sai como grande vitorioso. Os tucanos cresceram de 686 prefeituras para 791, incluindo a maior cidade do país. Disputam ainda o segundo turno em capitais importantes como Belo Horizonte, Porto Alegre e Belém.
O PT sofreu uma dura derrota: de 630 prefeituras para 256, caindo da terceira para a décima posição entre os partidos. Além disso, nas capitais, ganhou somente em Rio Branco e disputa o segundo turno em Recife. Não se pode, neste caso, alegar surpresa. O PT tem sido alvo nos últimos dois anos de um verdadeiro massacre midiático e judicial, sendo pintado como a encarnação de todo o mal. Paga também por seus erros. Se considerarmos as circunstancias, pode-se dizer que é um sobrevivente. Perdeu, mas não foi “dizimado”, como declarou Aecio Neves.
Embora o…
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Deliberate Writing Practice 3
October 3, 2016 19:41
The Challenge:
Write a paragraph of about five sentences, more or less, in which you:
- Describe a character’s disappointment or yearning.
- Involve something “red”, or something connected to “red”–sunsets, blood, red velvet cupcakes etc.
- Use only words of one syllable.
My attempt:
“Tell me”, I pause, “how can the colour red represent both love and violence at the same time?” “I guess that in heartbreak a person becomes bitter, angry and cold. It’s one thing to fall fiercely in love and another thing to feel so broken that you can’t find happiness even in the sunrise”, he said as his faced turned away from mine. I lie down in the field of wildflowers and stretch my arms up to reach the blue sky. “One day, when I find a love like that, I will never look back.” A tear drop lines my face as I think…
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LONDON, ENGLAND: INNER CHILD
October 3, 2016 14:49
“I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.” ~Simone de Beauvoir
