Augusta, Maine
would have to be the coldest place I have ever been to, only Montreal rivalled it. I had long johns on, thermal under-shirt, super-thick woollen socks and I was still cold. It was early on Tuesday morning and I was standing on the top of a hill in Maine with four others. Jeremy, a Cape Codder, came up to me and asked, "What is happening in Sydney? It is all I see on the news."
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Scrymarch raised my attention to this book by Peter Turchin. It is definitely an interesting book, and I think the idea of multi-ethnic frontiers being the point that other imperial nations develop the cohesion to establish themselves is one very worthy of merit. Turchin also explores some other aspects of the development of imperial nations such as Asabiya and the study of cliodynamics. I also try to determine how Turchin's theories relate to Australia. (more)
There have been several explosions in Indonesia.
So far two explosions on Bali have been confirmed
. This is on the same day as Australian federal and state politicians have restricted civil liberties in a response to no terrorism having occurred in Australia. Terrorism remains a foreign policy issue for Australia, not a domestic issue.
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