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starcunning · 5 years

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A slender volume of poetry

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Thirty days begat thirty entries. The final tally:

X’shasi Kilntreader × Edna St. Vincent Millay: 11 entries

Odette de Dzemael × Marceline Desbordes-Valmore: 5 entries

Caelina Valeria × Alexander Pushkin: 3 entries

Zenos yae Galvus × Aleksandr Blok: 3 entries

Emet-Selch × Christopher Marlowe: 2 entries

Aris Greensorrow × Lisa Bellear: 1 entry

Fray Myste × Paul Verlaine: 1 entry

Gaius van Baelsar × Nikolai Nekrasov: 1 entry

Melloria Hathaar × Taliesin the bard: 1 entry

Menelaus × Euripedes: 1 entry

Sidurgu Orl × L. Khuushaan: 1 entry

Indexed below. Also available on AO3.

1. My heart, being hungry ("Voracious") X'shasi Kilntreader (a miqo'te Warrior of Light) & X'moru Tia (a miqo'te adventurer) × "My heart, being hungry, feeds on food" by Edna St. Vincent Millay

2. With greater wit, or better, wealth ("Bargain") Caelina Valeria (a Garlean Warrior of Light) ♦ Nero Scaeva × "The Bronze Cavalier" by Alexander Pushkin

3. Why should you worship her? Her you surpass ("Lost") Emet-Selch & Warrior of Light; Emet-Selch/Warrior of Light × "Hero and Leander" by Christopher Marlowe An AU where the Fourteenth Councilmember's shade was found upon a reflection and uplifted to their previous station, as befits an Ascian.

4. And to knock at my heart is to beat on my grave ("Shifting Blame") Fray Myste/Odette de Dzemael (an elezen Warrior of Light) × "Parted" by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore

5. A Fear that in the deep night starts awake ("Vault") X'shasi Kilntreader/Baro Llyonesse (a legacy-only miqo'te Warrior of Light); past X'shasi Kilntreader/Haurchefant Greystone × "Interim" by Edna St. Vincent Millay

6. Go, therefore, like the eye of an angel to awaken his courage ("First Steps") Odette de Dzemael & Colette de Dzemael (an elezen Warrior of Light; Odette's younger twin); Aymeric de Borel/Odette de Dzemael × "The Water Flower" by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore CW: body shaming; fatphobia; narcissistic mothers.

7. returned, to your place of dreaming ("Forgiven") Aris Greensorrow (a viera adventurer) × "Dear Dja Baby Boori" by Lisa Bellear

8. To lay down their reckless heads ("Rencounter"; a free-prompt day) Zenos yae Galvus × "Twelve" by Aleksandr Blok "Shasi sas Intemperatus," an AU where by necessity X'shasi joins forces with Gaius van Baelsar to defeat Lahabrea and is declared Viceroy of Eorzea.

9. Daisies spring from damnèd seeds ("Hesitate") X'shasi Kilntreader ♦ Urianger Augurelt × "Weeds" by Edna St. Vincent Millay

10. Now flooded with moonlight ("Foster") Gaius van Baelsar/Midas nan Garlond × "Who is Happy in Russia?" by Nikolai Nekrasov

11. I breathed my soul back into me ("Snuff") X'shasi Kilntreader/V'jaela Firebird (an Echo-blessed miqo'te adventurer) × "Renascence" by Edna St. Vincent Millay CW: Drug use; breath play; adult content.

12. And not in vain you’ve sent me light ("Fingers Crossed") Caelina Valeria ♦ Nero Scaeva × "Angel" by Alexander Pushkin

13. We shall die apart, shall we not? That is what you wanted! ("Wax") Odette de Dzemael & Colette de Dzemael; past Fray Myste/Odette de Dzemael × "Elegy (You, who have taken all)" by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore

14. Who will measure Uffern? ("Scour") Melloria Hathaar (a miqo'te Warrior of Light) × "The First Address of Taliesin" by Taliesin the bard

15. To be flame in the heat ("Travail"; a free-prompt day) Sidurgu Orl/Warrior of Light × "It's an Honour to be Human" by L. Khuushaan A roleswap AU where Fray lives and Sid dies, becoming the player's Dark Knight mentor.

16. And find me at dawn in a desolate place ("Jitter") X'shasi Kilntreader & Regula van Hydrus × "Departure" by Edna St. Vincent Millay

17. Brought to earth the arrogant brow ("Obeisant") X'shasi Silverhair (an Echo-blessed miqo'te adventurer who is not yet the Warrior of Light) × "Dirge" by Edna St. Vincent Millay

18. You're gone away, and I'm in desert ("Wilt") X'shasi Kilntreader/Zenos yae Galvus × "You're Gone Away" by Aleksandr Blok

19. And we will all the pleasures prove ("Radiant") "Solus zos Galvus"/Aquila jen Novius (a Garlean engineer who will later incarnate as Caelina Valeria) × "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" by Christopher Marlowe

20. Thy mark is on me! I am not the same ("Bisect") X'shasi Kilntreader × "The Suicide" by Edna St. Vincent Millay

21. Your other sister and my other soul ("Crunch") X'shasi Kilntreader & "Minfilia" (Ryne Waters) × "Ode to Silence" by Edna St. Vincent Millay

22. This red gown will make a shroud ("Detritus"; a free-prompt day) X'shasi Kilntreader & Fray Myste × "The Shroud" by Edna St. Vincent Millay An AU where the mysterious voice heard beginning in "Prelude in Violet" belongs to a different benefactor: one who allows the Warrior of Light to rewrite history.

23. And where her glances fall, there cities burn ("Parched") Menelaus (an Ancient and member of the Convocation of Fourteen who will one day incarnate as X'shasi Kilntreader) × "Helen" by Euripedes

24. A look all veiled in blue ("Unctuous") Aymeric de Borel/Odette de Dzemael × "Flower of Childhood" by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore

25. I knew her for a little ghost ("Trust") X'shasi Kilntreader & Lensha Hathaar (a legacy miqo'te Warrior of Light from a timeline where she failed in her duties) × "The Little Ghost" by Edna St. Vincent Millay

26. And all have gone to sea in the wind ("Slosh") Carvallain de Gorgagne/Odette de Dzemael × "The Roses of Saadi" by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore

27. The easy shadow of night is softly laid ("Palaver") Emet-Selch/Caelina Valeria × "Remembrance" by Alexander Pushkin

28. My needle to your north abruptly swerved ("Attune") X'shasi Kilntreader/Baro Llyonesse × "Sonnet III (No lack of counsel)" by Edna St. Vincent Millay

29. To live again, undying! Aye ("Deleterious"; a free-prompt day) Fray Myste × "Last Hope" by Paul Verlaine Archive Warning: Major character death.

30. And You're afar—but are you real there? ("Darkness") Zenos yae Galvus & Estinien Wyrmblood × "I seek salvation" by Aleksandr Blok

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phgq · 4 years

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Anti-terrorism bill protects life: Cebu City mayor

#PHnews: Anti-terrorism bill protects life: Cebu City mayor

CEBU CITY – The Anti-Terrorism Bill, once signed by President Rodrigo Duterte into law, will serve as a proactive stance against terrorism in the Philippines that “bolsters its core intent to protect life, liberty, and property from terrorism and to condemn terrorism as inimical to the welfare of the people”.,

In a statement on June 11, Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella, who chairs the Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC) in Central Visayas, said the body supports the passage of the bill that seeks to repeal Republic Act 9372 or Human Security Act of 2007.

While Filipinos do not want confrontations between lawless elements and the government personnel, he said the government side should have a legislative enactment that fortifies its efforts in preventing terror attacks.

“Being better equipped should not only involve guns and artillery. It should likewise come in laws and policies that support our law enforcement agents and military personnel in preventing possible attacks,” he added.

He recalled the five-month-long battle between government troops and ISIS-inspired Maute terrorist group in Marawi City in 2017 that killed and wounded hundreds of soldiers, police officers, and civilians.

Also in 2017, 11 Abu Sayyaf terrorists slipped into Inabanga, Bohol, and clashed with soldiers from the Intelligence Platoon of the 47th Infantry (Katapatan) Battalion, 302nd Brigade of the Philippine Army and policemen from the Bohol Provincial Police Office.

All the 11 Islamic militants, including sub-leaders, Inabanga-native Joselio Melloria alias Abu Alih, and Muamar Askali alias Abu Rami were killed by government forces.

On the government side, three soldiers and a policeman were killed in the firefight.

“These unfortunate events (Marawi and Inabanga sieges) should not happen again,” Labella said, stressing that “acts of terror have no place in our society”.

Labella also dismissed criticisms saying that Malacañang should focus its attention in the fight against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic instead of the bill, saying that “we cannot lose sight of our duty to maintain peace and order” while solving the health crisis.

As terrorists are “only waiting for an opportunity to strike”, Labella said Filipinos “cannot afford to wait for another to attack” to happen.

“We have to be better equipped in fighting them,” he added.

Although he understands the sentiments of some quarters that are against the bill, he said, “as a lawyer and as a citizen of this country, I trust that more than anything else, the government will always keep the best interest and welfare of its people paramount." (PNA)

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References:

* Philippine News Agency. "Anti-terrorism bill protects life: Cebu City mayor." Philippine News Agency. https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1105779 (accessed June 13, 2020 at 09:48AM UTC+14).

* Philippine News Agency. "Anti-terrorism bill protects life: Cebu City mayor." Archive Today. https://archive.ph/?run=1&url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1105779 (archived).

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seputarbisnis · 7 years

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Baku Tembak Aparat Filipina-Kelompok Abu Sayyaf, 3 Orang Tewas

Bohol (SIB) -Tiga orang militan Abu Sayyaf tewas dalam baku tembak dengan pasukan bersenjata Filipina di Clarin Bohol. Kepala pasukan bersenjata Filipina Eduardo Ano mengatakan satu diantaranya merupakan pemandu kelompok Abu Sayyaf, Joselito Melloria. Dilansir dari CNN, Minggu (23/4), baku tembak itu terjadi pada Sabtu (22/4) pukul 21.00 waktu setempat. Tiga senjata api berhasil diamankan seperti M16 dan senapan M14. Pihak militer mengatakan mereka masih mengejar tiga anggota kelompok Abu Sayyaf pimpinan Abu Rami. Kelompok Abu Rami berlayar dari Sulu menuju Bohol awal bulan ini. Juru bicara angkatan bersenjata Filipina, Brigjen Restituto Padilla memastikan kematian pemandu kelompok Abu Sayyaf, Joselito Melloria. Melloria dilaporkan tewas dalam baku tembak dengan pasukan pemerintah. "Dia memang Joselito Melloria dan dia tewas saat pasukan kami bertemu dengan kelompok mereka di Sitio Lagsing, Barangay Bacani, Clarin, Bohol sekitar pukul 01.00 hari ini," kata Padilla. Gubernur Bohol Edgar Chatto mengatakan pertempuran itu terjadi pukul 00.45 waktu setempat dan berlangsung hingga sore hari. "Pasukan kami langsung merespons informasi yang diberikan warga setempat. Kami memberikan mereka tips melacak keberadaan mereka, kemudian kami bisa menyudutkan mereka," jelas Chatto. "Saya pikir mereka menggunakan gua sebagai tempat berlindung sementara di area itu," sambungnya. Chatto juga mengetahui jika para bandit itu telah kehilangan kemampuan bertarungnya. "Mempertimbangkan informasi yang disampaikan dengan pihak yang bertemu sekaligus berinteraksi dengan mereka, mereka mulai melemah dan kehabisan senjata api," ujarnya. Chatto juga mengungkapkan warga di sekitar lokasi juga telah dievakuasi. Pemerintah memobilisasi tim untuk memberikan bantuan. "Mereka sekarang ada di Pusat Kebudayaan di kota Clarin. Kami juga sudah memobilisasi tim respons untuk menyediakan kebutuhan warga," ucapnya. "Juga ada hostel terdekat yang berada persis di sebelah Pusat Kebudayaan dan kami meningkatkan kemampuan rumah sakit," lanjut Chatto. Meski sempat ada baku tembak, Chatto menegaskan Bohol masih 'sangat damai'. "Kami hanya minta agar masyarakat selalu waspada dan melaporkan jika ada orang-orang mencurigakan di komunitas masing-masing," tutup Chatto. Baku tembak di Clarin ini sudah terjadi dua kali selama dua pekan terakhir. Sebelumnya diberitakan lima orang tewas dalam baku tembak dengan 10 terduga militan Abu Sayyaf yang menyerang Pulau Resor Bohol. Korban tewas termasuk seorang polisi Filipina Bohol merupakan destinasi wisata utama, tempat para turis asing bisa berenang bersama hiu paus dan mengagumi primata kecil yang disebut tarsius, serta menaiki kapal pesiar di sungai-sungai yang airnya sejernih kristal dan bersantai di pantai pasir putih. Kelompok bersenjata tersebut berlayar ke kota Inabanga, Bohol pada Senin (10/4) lalu menyusuri sungai menuju bagian terpencil Bohol dengan menggunakan tiga kapal cepat. Baku tembak pun terjadi saat polisi datang pada Selasa dini hari. (Detikcom/l) http://dlvr.it/NzQQW2

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studentofrhetoric-blog · 7 years

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Part 2, Saturday, April 22nd, 2017

International News:

--- "British Prime Minister Theresa May refused on Saturday to rule out an increase in personal taxes if she wins a June election, riling supporters at the start of a campaign designed to strengthen her hand ahead of Brexit talks. Polls put May's Conservatives on course for a landslide victory but the surprise decision to call an election has forced the prime minister to confront a string of hot-button topics for her party such as taxes, pensions and foreign aid. The top-selling Sun newspaper splashed "No, No, No Prime Minister" on its front page while the Daily Telegraph said the prime minister risked a backlash, as the normally supportive newspapers attacked May's early campaign steps. Finance minister Philip Hammond raised the prospect of higher taxes on Friday when he said that fiscal pledges made in the run up to the 2015 election had limited his ability to manage the economy. Appearing at a campaign event in central England, May refused to say whether she would rule out higher taxes when asked three times by reporters."

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-election-may-idUSKBN17O0D6?il=0

--- "A local Islamic State leader was killed on Saturday during a dawn raid by the Lebanese army in which troops arrested 10 suspected militants who had entered a northeastern border town from Syria, the army said. No soldiers were reported wounded or killed in the operation in Arsal, which militants briefly overran in 2014 in a battle that killed dozens and marked one of the most serious spillovers of the six-year Syrian conflict into Lebanon. "An army unit carried out a swift raid at dawn today in Arsal, resulting in the arrest of 10 dangerous terrorists who had previously infiltrated," the army statement said. The army says it regularly stages operations targeting Islamic State and former al Qaeda-linked militants in the mountainous border region."

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-security-islamicstate-idUSKBN17O07D?il=0

--- "A leader of the Islamic State-linked Abu Sayyaf group has been killed in a shootout with Philippine soldiers on the island of Bohol, where the military is hunting down insurgents planning to kidnap tourists, the military and officials said on Saturday. Armed Forces of the Philippines spokesman Brigadier General Restituto Padilla said "one lawless element" was killed in the clash but he could not give the man's identity. Bohol Governor Edgar Chatto identified him as Abu Sayyaf leader Joselito Melloria, who was among the militants involved in a kidnapping plot on the island. The military said operations were continuing on Bohol where troops last week killed six Abu Sayyaf bandits in a clash, including their leader, who was directly involved in the kidnap and killing of Canadian and German nationals. Abu Sayyaf, which has its roots in separatism, makes money from ransoms and piracy and has invested that in modern weapons and boats. Indonesian, Malaysian and Vietnamese vessels in the region are frequently targeted there and their crews abducted."

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippines-militants-idUSKBN17O0C1?il=0

--- "Thousands of former Taliban fighters may have entered Germany over the past two years among an influx of more than a million migrants and refugees, Der Spiegel magazine reported on Saturday. Germany's Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) informed security officials that thousands of migrants had identified themselves as former Taliban insurgents during the asylum application process, the magazine said. It added that at least 70 Afghan men were being investigated by Germany's over-stretched chief federal prosecutor, though it was not clear whether all of them were suspected of being active Taliban militants. Six are being held in investigatory detention and preliminary court hearings involving several others are due to start next week, the magazine added. No comment was immediately available from the migration office or federal prosecutors. The government of Chancellor Angela Merkel, under fire for allowing in so many migrants, especially after several militant attacks linked to migrants last year, has been actively deporting groups of rejected Afghan asylum seekers."

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-migrants-afghanistan-idUSKBN17O0AZ?il=0

--- "Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Saturday trade imbalances cannot be fixed through exchange-rate adjustments alone, pushing back against Washington's calls to have more rigorous IMF scrutiny of currency moves. Earlier, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin called on the International Monetary Fund to enhance surveillance of its members' exchange rates and external imbalances, as large trade imbalances would hamper "free and fair" trade. But Aso told the IMF's steering committee there were limits to using exchange-rate assessments to address current account imbalances for a country like Japan. That is because the recent increases in Japan's current account surplus are driven largely by rising dividend payments and repatriation of revenues from overseas investments, instead of any boost to exports from a weak yen. "In cases where 'excessive' imbalances exist, they should be addressed by a package of macroeconomic and structural policy measures," Aso said in a speech to the International Monetary and Financial Committee."

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-imf-g20-japan-idUSKBN17O0M8?il=0

--- "Venezuela's opposition marched in silence on Saturday to honor a dozen people killed in three weeks of protests demanding that the government of President Nicolas Maduro hold delayed elections and address a growing economic crisis. Twelve people have been killed in a renewed wave of demonstrations this month in incidents primarily involving security forces or armed civilians. Another eight were electrocuted in a looting incident that took place following a protest. Thousands of people dressed in white shirts marched to the headquarters of the country's Catholic archdiocese on the west end of Caracas. "We want free elections, we want to get rid of this corrupt government," said Iomira Barrios, 60, an environmental consultant who says she can no longer find work. "Right now people are willing to fight, because they have declared a dictatorship and we cannot allow it.""

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-idUSKBN17O0FX?il=0

--- "Denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula can still be achieved peacefully because of Washington's new engagement with China, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said on Saturday, despite growing fears North Korea could soon conduct a new nuclear test. South Korea is on heightened alert ahead of another important anniversary in the reclusive North that could be the trigger for a new nuclear test or launch of ballistic missiles, with a large concentration of military hardware massed on both sides of the border. Tensions have risen sharply in recent months after Pyongyang conducted two nuclear weapons tests last year and carried out a steady stream of ballistic missile tests in defiance of United Nations resolutions and sanctions. U.S. President Donald Trump has vowed to prevent North Korea from being able to hit the United States with a nuclear missile but his deputy said in Sydney on Saturday a peaceful outcome was still achievable because of warming ties between Beijing and Washington. "We truly believe that, as our allies in the region and China bring that pressure to bear, there is a chance that we can achieve a historic objective of a nuclear-free Korea peninsula by peaceful means," Pence said. "We are encouraged by the steps that China has taken so far," he said at a joint news conference with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull...However, Trump has also ordered what he has described as an "armada" to waters off the Korean peninsula as a warning to North Korea. There was some confusion about the whereabouts of the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier strike group earlier this week. While it was thought the carrier group had been steaming toward the Korean peninsula, it had in fact been completing a training exercise with the Australian navy. Pence said the carrier group was now expected to be in waters off the Korean peninsula before the end of the month, "within days"."

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-usa-idUSKBN17O046?il=0

Domestic & International News:

--- "The United States could strike a free-trade agreement with the European Union after President Donald Trump warmed to a deal with the bloc, the Times reported on Saturday, quoting sources from both sides of the discussion. Post-Brexit Britain would be pushed behind Europe in the race to secure a U.S. deal after Germany's Angela Merkel persuaded Trump that talks on a deal would be simpler than he thought, the newspaper said. Britain will not be free to agree new trade deals until it has left the EU in 2019. A source close to the White House was quoted as saying that there had been a "realisation" in the Trump administration that a trade deal with the EU - allowing the tariff-free exchange of goods and services - was more important to U.S. interests than a post-Brexit deal with Britain. "Ten times Trump asked her (Merkel) if he could negotiate a trade deal with Germany," the newspaper quoted a senior German politician as saying. "Every time she replied, 'You can't do a trade deal with Germany, only the EU'," the politician said. "On the eleventh refusal, Trump finally got the message, 'Oh, we'll do a deal with Europe then.'" Trump, who has repeatedly criticised the EU, had welcomed Britain's 2016 vote to leave the bloc and said he would work hard to get a quick bilateral trade deal done. But German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Friday he was optimistic a U.S.-EU trade deal could be reached soon after he met his U.S. counterpart in Washington."

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-europe-idUSKBN17O07Z?il=0

Domestic News:

--- "American Airlines (AAL.O) on Saturday apologized to a female passenger and suspended an employee after a video showing an onboard clash over a baby stroller went viral, in the latest embarrassment for a U.S. carrier over how it treated a customer. The clip, posted on Facebook on Friday by a bystander aboard the flight, shows a woman in tears with a young child in her arms, and a man emerging from his seat to confront a male flight attendant who apparently wrested the stroller from the woman. Facebook user Surain Adyanthaya, who posted the video, wrote that the flight attendant had forcefully taken the stroller, hitting the woman with it and just missing her child. That sequence of events did not appear on the clip. What it shows is the unidentified man standing up and yelling at the flight attendant: "You do that to me and I'll knock you flat." The crew member then points his finger angrily and challenges the passenger to hit him. The video shows the man eventually returning to his seat. American Airlines said in a statement it was investigating the incident, which took place before the plane took off on a flight from San Francisco to Dallas. "We are deeply sorry for the pain we have caused this passenger and her family and to any other customers affected by the incident," the airline said in a statement released early on Saturday."

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-american-airline-passenger-idUSKBN17O04Y

#international affairs #domestic affairs #source: reuters

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