Ozexpatriate

There was nothing 'disingenuous' in my use of wording. Call an "accomplice" a "partner in crime" if you like. It means exactly the same thing. It matters not and it's not confined to Britain. All the European colonizers used African slaves and most of them went to the Caribbean or South America. According to one search hit, 90% of African slaves went to the Caribbean and South America and 6% went directly to British North America. The Portuguese sent very large numbers to Brazil. Britain was the second largest exporter of slaves from Africa. From here: (1501 - 1866) Portugal / Brazil 5.8m Britain 3.3m France 1.4m Spain / Uruguay 1.1m Netherlands 0.6m USA 0.3m Denmark / Baltic 0.1m (Numbers are rounded) The Dutch did not abolish slavery in their colonies until 1863 - around the same time as the Emancipation Proclamation. The US stopped importing slaves in 1808 - though of course slavery would continue for another 55 years. In the 18th century only 25% of immigrants to the 13 colonies were 'free'. 50% were enslaved Africans and the other 25% were a combination of transported convicts and indentured servants.

In most places appointees have to be of the same party as the vacancy - for that reason.

Not as a 'rule'. "Different from" would properly be used. Blog post on the topic here. Strunk & White do not comment on "different than" - saves me looking it up. Theodore Bernstein - The Careful Writer - A Modern Guide to English Usage.

You left off 'comparable with'. 😉

Pre-"golden years" Rudolph Valentino: The Sheik, Son of the Sheik, etc. (The strong silent type - pun intended.) The Golden Years had Jeanette MacDonald singing with Nelson Eddie about Mounties or Errol Flynn fencing with Basil Rathbone. Gary Cooper was more worried about the family sapphire than slave girls in Beau Geste: per the opening credits: Unless your Golden Years encompass Marilyn Monroe spurning Charles Coburn in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.

Which would have been utter chaos had the majority party needed that one seat to form a government - the whole country would have been in uproar until the byelection. Australia has to deal with elections occurring at random times at the whim of the government - and consequently can run a byelection. In the US the elections are rigorously calendared - happening at the same time each year they are held. Federal elections are mandated as the Tuesday following the first Monday in November by statute. There would be a process to have an appointee hold the seat until the next calendared election - like any vacancy.

Curious, I looked up the name:

I don't know what narratives you are reading. The Island of Gorée is a UNESCO World Heritage Site - and visited by a sitting POTUS. The role of the slave ports in West Africa is not just well documented but well understood - certainly here. The white slave traders certainly had African accomplices. As to Mediterranean slavery and the Barbary Corsairs - their impact is well known to any US history student who paid attention. The hymn of the Marine Corps mentions the "Shores of Tripoli" in the first line. The Treaty of Tripoli (1796) is one of the first US treaties not involving the revolution and military actions of the US defending its interests as a sovereign nation.

With great consequence to Western religion. CNN was running the following around Easter: CNN: Opinion: How ‘God’s ghostwriters’ transform our understanding of the Bible The author extrapolates on the documented contributions of a presumed enslaved scribe name Tertius who wrote Paul's letter to the Romans. One can imagine literate Greek slaves doing the actual writing part of most of the New Testament.

It was covered by online news here, with a little blurb on national news after the final. It wasn't broadcast on any 'major' outlet (as far as I know) - unlike all the US-based 'talent' shows - "The Voice", "American Idol"* etc. * Replayed twice tonight - live and on tape-delay.

News outlets all over the US are showing an animation of the 'precision cutting' controlled demolition. You can find one (of many spliced into broadcasts) here at 50s. I haven't located the source - from "Unified Command'. EDIT: Here's the original.

Very true. Sony is a great example. Apart from all the CCD image sensors they sell into the camera value-chain (which includes mobile telephones) and the Playstation console system you don't see them like the brand leader they were 30 - 40 years ago.

Like I guessed. It was the recent primary. Non-YouTube story here We're about to have a primary election in Oregon - there are a lot of campaign ads on television. Had one of the candidates passed away, it would be all over the news.

This is not that unusual - not routine but states do have election law to cover it. A lot of time can pass between the filing deadline, the election and the winner taking office. It is quite plausible for this to happen. If your news source was recent - then it would have been a primary election to select the party nominee for the November election. Search provided me with this for the state of Washington: Obviously it results in a vacancy and that would be handled by the 'normal' procedure for vacancies which would depend on local law. Likely there would be an appointee until the first convenient election would be scheduled. Candidates may also be disqualified before an election.

How about a 3D one - a large statue - that would make the point obvious for everyone transiting it.

I don't know - but I'm wondering if it is the Cairo Citadel and the Muhammad Ali Mosque. The roads on the side of the open space (lower left) suggest the Salah El-Deen.

Snowpack for the Willamette valley is at 144%. We had a dry April, but early May caught up. We're still above 'normal' precipitation for the 'rain year'.

78°F / 25°C well after sunset here and much closer to sea level.

How warm is it in SW BC? We've seen a record high yesterday (above 90°F / 32°C). Very warm again today, but less so tomorrow - perhaps 27°C - still very unseasonable. Mountain snow is melting fast in these temperatures. I attempted to mow the grassy verge today. The result (with a manual reel push-mower) was uneven. The battery for the electric weed-wacker / strimmer needed to go back on the charger. I will edge the verge tomorrow.

They invented them - frites! Try them with mayonnaise and truffle oil (and Belgian beer*, maybe some mussels steamed in beer - Moules et frites). Yum. * I'm partial to Dubbel Brun ales. (I just finished a US craft beer in the Tripel style after dinner.)

I would think there's still plenty of air in there. When under steam, pressure increases above atmospheric pressure. As the steam condenses the gas in the pressure vessel (now mostly air) returns to some pressure level - possibly atmospheric, perhaps above. I doubt it would go below atmospheric pressure, and certainly not a "total" vacuum.

Don't know if Flavio posts on this thread, but he might encourage you. Actually it's not that difficult - just inconvenient. Much easier than home brewing beer. Pickling (canning) is big here - there is a brand of glass jars (Mason) that exists solely to support it.

Someone paying AU$50 for a tin of beetroot would need their head examined. Blame "free-market" capitalism. I'm not sure what the effective alternative is. It's pretty stunning how many brands are owned by Kraft-Heinz. You may not recognize them, but it's a good chunk of the supermarket in the US. A local one is "Ore-Ida". They started on the Oregon-Idaho border and sell oven chips (mostly).

You instinctively use it every day - without making the connection. Relative to distance, velocity is the first differential with respect to time, and acceleration is the second differential. It is calculus that can analyze every second of Mickey the MG's motion. The power required and energy expended can all be derived - thanks to the former member of Parliament for Cambridge in 1689 and 1701 (or was it Leibniz?)

Considering abandoning* Microsoft Excel? * aka not purchasing Office for home. From your blog post - yes the "somebody else's problem" notion is one of Adams' funniest insights (along with the total perspective vortex which I find to be closely related psychologically). They both speak to the ease with which humans willfully embrace cognitive dissonance - yet simultaneously identify as being rational. One of the many aspects I enjoy about Star Trek is that this is the essence of Spock's character - his Vulcan side representing pure rational thought as distinct from literally everything humans (who are thoroughly irrational in every way) do.