An American on The Fringe, whose preferred title is “Russia, China, Iran & North Korea – Combatting the New Axis of Evil”
“Evil is on the march! History is calling! And now is the time to act!” declares Rep. Mike McCaul (R-TX). He says Congress has an opportunity today to do the equivalent of “stopping Hitler” in the 1930s ……………………………….. https://twitter.com/i/status/1781688097693909335
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Alex Malcolm, in ESPNcricinfo … where the title of the essay runs thus …. ” ‘It gives me flexibility’ – Agar opts for freelance life while still committing to Australia”
Ashton Agar has become the latest Australian player to make the bold decision to become a freelance global gun-for-hire, and he couldn’t be more excited about it. 
Ashton Agar in his delivery stride•Getty Images and Cricket Australia
But the 30-year-old says he remains committed to trying to play for Australia in all three formats, including Test cricket, and playing domestic cricket for Western Australia when he’s available despite opting not to sign a state contract for 2024-25.
This is a presentation of an article entitled “The “Rock River” Story” by Roman W. Szechowycz in the Loris Magazine, Vol. 8 No. 6 December, 1960. Page 348. Its presentation here has been made feasible by my Aloysian pal KK De Silva. I have underlined aspects of this account with highlights.
Let me stress here that Roman Szechowycz’s searching eye and mind leaves me amazed. This essay links the landscape to its medieval and ancient history and dwells on the history of Sinhalese civilization in revealing manner.
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Skipper Chamari Aththapaththu’s 195 runs in 139 balls at a strike/rate of 140.28 nullified the benefits of Laura Wolfvaardt’s 184 runs in 147 balls; …. and enabled Sri Lanks’s female cricketersto overhaul the Saf total of 301 for 5 wkts in some comfort in 44.3 overs.
Aravinda de Silva joins the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.
Felicitation dinner hosted by the Australian Cricket Society in Toorak… Melbourne.
Michael Roberts as a Cameraman …. seeing to emulate that genius the late Nihal Fernando
A Shoreline Fish-hunter south of Wattala at twilight where a small inland canal meets the sea …. the photo was shot in a snap decision from the prow of a padda boat about to land our touring-party on the beach …..
Ahilan Kadirgamar in Q and A with Hans Dembowski …. in Q and A at https://www.dandc.eu/en/contributors/ahilan-kadirgamar
Sri Lanka’s government defaulted in April 2022. How is the economy doing today?
The situation is dire. Sri Lanka’s GDP contracted by 7.8 % last year and is contracting this year as well. Some 500,000 formal-sector jobs have been lost. Another 1 million informal jobs were lost in the construction sector. Cost of living has risen by over 70 % with the crisis. According to the World Bank, the poverty rate doubled to 25 % last year, and the UNDP reckons that multidimensional poverty now affects over half of our people. Multidimensional poverty takes account of things like child mortality, nutrition, school attendance and consumption patterns.
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Mevan Pieris & Arun Dias Bandaranaike decipher and debate the identities and location of personnel within an intriguing high-society photograph of a tennis cluster in British Ceylon at some point in the 1920s/30s. The suggestion that JR Jayawardene is part of this cluster is challenged by Mevan : a claim presented within Thuppahi: see https://thuppahis.com/2016/10/29/when-jr-and-banda-batted-for-ceylon-together-in-1926-a-piece-of-social-history/
Michael Roberts
Amidst the hot news in Australia relating to the knife-wielding nutcase and his killings at Bondi in Sydney, I watched snatches of the web-reportage on the match between the Mumbai Indians and the Chennai Superkings (CSK) in the IPL tournament. The latter event was high-scoring, topsy-turvy, turbulent and fascinating. In point-form let me highlight some remarkable performances.
Nitin Jain, in 2010 at “Freshinspirations” …. on 22 July …. where the title reads “Muralitharan scaled unprecedented & inspirational heights!” …. reproduced here with highlighting imposed and some more Pix and some references
Prodigious spin propelled by an abnormally strong wrist and an iron resolve forged in bitter acrimony over his unique action took Muttiah Muralitharan to unprecedented heights in world cricket. Muralitharan, 38, took his 800th test wicket with his final ball in 133 tests on Thursday. With Twenty20 cricket cutting increasingly into the test programme it is a mark that is unlikely ever to be exceeded.
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