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Latitude & ‘Maditude’: How Ferdinand Magellan Shrank the World to Entice Spain into the New Ocean to Find His Paradise.

Nothing but praise and propaganda for Magellan
Columbus voyages Utilized Powerful Trade Winds
Magellan’s odd navigational choice at outset sparks crew friction
Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan Sailing for Spain: Did bipolar disorder sink his aspirations for fame, glory and fortune?

St. Elmo’s Fire at Sea-Sparks on the Masthead

Lattitude and Maditude

 

by Robert A. Saritelli

Christopher Columbus 532 Years Later: A Fine Naval Navigator Who Sailed into Treacherous Waters in Life.

Christopher Columbus And His Spaniards: Old World Debauchery at The Dawn of a Brave, New World.
by Robert A. Saritelli

Jeanne du Barry: How Her Appetite for Love, Luxury and Life Captivated King Louis XV of France.

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by Robert A. Saritelli

Rhode Island Traffic Tribunal: My Day in Court Reinforces My Ideas to Curtail Deadly Driving

Road Nightmare: Young Males Driving Fast Pickup Trucks Speeding Us All to the Cemetery.

A recent trip through Charlestown Rhode Island to Misquamicut Beach in Westerly, Rhode Island resulted in a 5 mile over the posted speed limit ticket. I didn’t even know why the police officer stopped me, but nonetheless I went to court to get it dismissed due to my good driving history. Besides the court costs, the court session was illuminating and it reinforced some of the issues discussed in this previous article. Judge Erika Kruse Weller appeared right on point in addressing the epidemic of road incidents. God’s Speed! Unlike me, He can’t be ticketed.

Unsafe Vehicle or Reckless Drivers?

Pushing Up Daisies!

by Robert A. Saritelli

‘New’ Polio in Gaza: A Middle East Curse Since Before Alexander the Great.

Polio Victim
Succumbed to Polio
Death Bed

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by Robert A. Saritelli

A Swift Swarm of Dragonflies Tailored by A Confluence of Eon-Aged Geologic Factors.

Flying Carousel at Watch Hill, RI

Seaside Neighbor of Taylor Swift

 

Common Green Darner Swarming at Misquamicut Beach Saturday July 27, 2024.
High Watch-Taylor Swift Watch Hill Home
High Watch-Taylor Swift’s Watch Hill Home

Dragonflies & Damselflies

 

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by Robert A. Saritelli

“Non farsi far fesso!” Italian Justice and Amanda Knox. Part II.

Amanda Knox.

Rudy Guede in Custody
Mez Kercher

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by Robert A. Saritelli

The Ultimate Pest Control.

Addition By Subtraction: Exterminating Mosquito-Borne Diseases Spurred on by Climate Change.
by Robert A. Saritelli

The Amanda Knox Ordeal: Part I: No Less Ugly Than an Unflushed Toilet Bowl.

officers after the first session of her appeal against her murder conviction on November 24, 2010 in Perugia, Italy. American Amanda Knox and her Italian ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were convicted of the murder of Ms Knox’s former British flatmate Meredith Kercher in 2007. Their initial trial completed in December 2009 with Knox and Sollecito receiving sentences of 26 and 25 years respectively. Rudy Guede, an unemployed man from Ivory Coast, was also convicted of the murder of Meredith Kercher. The case is also forming the basis for a film currently being shot in Italy entitled ‘The Amanda Knox Story’, with American actress Hayden Panettiere cast as Amanda Knox. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)
Amanda Knox
PERUGIA, ITALY – OCTOBER 03: Amanda Knox breaks down in tears after hearing the verdict that overturns her conviction and acquits her of murdering her British roommate Meredith Kercher, at the Perugia court on October 3, 2011 in Perugia, Italy. American student Amanda Knox and her Italian ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito have won their appeal against their conviction in 2009 of killing their British roommate Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy in 2007. The pair had served nearly four years in jail after initially being sentenced to 26 and 25 years respectively. (Photo by Pier Paolo Cito – Pool/Getty Images)
Knox Posing As Little Red Riding Hood
European toilet with scrub brush

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by Robert A. Saritelli

Iranian Intrigue: Nothing New Then Nor Now!

E Tu, Ayatollah? Did the Ancient Parthians Instigate the Assassins of Julius Caesar?
Recent retaliation assassinations by Israel against Iranian-backed Hezbollah and Hamas leaders are part of long saga of conflict between Persians and powers of the West dating back to before Islam.

by Robert A. Saritelli