Welcome to my second personal space! My first blog,the MSN one,mainly recorded my life in Vancouver from 2005 to 2007. Here you will get to know what I have been up to since then. It is a place for sharing pictures and keeping in touch with friends. I am glad to hear your voice.
blackjack discuss | |
Definition: | (noun) A leather-covered bludgeon with a short, flexible shaft or strap, used as a hand weapon. |
Synonyms: | cosh, sap |
Usage: | He was beaten so badly with the blackjack that he suffered several broken bones. |
![]() ![]() The Srebrenica MassacreThe largest mass murder in Europe since WWII, the Srebrenica Massacre was carried out by the Army of Republika Srpska under the command of General Ratko Mladic during the Bosnian War. Ruled a genocide by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, the 1995 massacre claimed the lives of an estimated 8,000 Bosnian Muslims, or Bosniaks, in the Srebrenica region of Bosnia and Herzegovina. How many UN peacekeeping troops were stationed in the area at the time of the massacre? More... Discuss |
![]() ![]() Catherine I of Russia (1684)Originally a Baltic peasant named Martha, Catherine was captured by Russian soldiers in 1702. That same year, she became the mistress of Peter I. In 1703, after the birth of their first child, she was received into the Russian Orthodox Church and rechristened Catherine. She married Peter in 1712, and in 1724 he had her crowned tsarina and joint ruler. When Peter died in 1725 without naming a successor, she served two years as empress of Russia until her death. How did she and Peter meet? More... Discuss |
![]() ![]() John Milton (1608-1674) Discuss |
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