text: A deep and devastating account of the assassination of Italy's top two anti-Mafia prosecutors. When magistrates Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino were murdered by the Sicilian Cosa Nostra in 1992, citizens of Palermo rioted, the stock market crashed, and top government officials (including Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti and Socialist leader Bettino Craxi) stepped down in disgrace. Falcone and Borsellino, the leading members of Palermo's anti-Mafia pool of investigating prosecutors, had captivated the nation as architects of the so- called ``maxi-trial'' of 475 alleged mobsters in a stadium-size bunker built exclusively for the purpose. Palermo's maxi-trial revealed to the world the feudalistic hierarchy of the Cosa Nostra, the growth of the heroin trade worldwide, and most shockingly, the Italian government's outright collusion with Mafia families, especially with the ferocious Corleonese clan. Stille (Benevolence and Betrayal, 1992, not reviewed) brilliantly tells two parallel stories here. One is the story of Falcone's and Borsellino's unprecedented rapport with Mafia ``men of honor,'' from gunrunners to chieftains such as Tommaso Buscetta, who broke the code of omert† (silence) to talk directly to the incorruptible and indefatigable prosecutors. The other story is the account of how members of the Italian government at every level sought to undermine the prosecutors' work: dismantling the anti-Mafia pool, sabotaging their careers, sending anonymous threatening letters, and even planting a bomb at Falcone's beach house. (The author considers the widely reported rumor that Andreotti's Christian Democratic government may have had a hand in the Mafia's murder of Falcone and Borsellino, but he decides that ``no concrete evidence'' substantiates it.) Stille is especially adept at what he calls the ``semiotics'' of Cosa Nostra life, subjecting the merest gestures and signs to rigorous interpretation. A remarkable work, at once a rich analysis of Italian culture and politics, a real-life conspiracy-theory thriller, and a psychological portrait of two bona fide heroes.


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I've been busy with other projects, so you'll have to forgive my lack of contact.
But this morning I can hold back no longer.
And I need your sympathetic listening ears…
Let me begin by saying I'm the sort of person who buys quality items.
I don't mind paying more for something if it will last or do the job well.
So as a musician (I use the term loosely, but it sounds good, no?), the quality of the sound I listen to is paramount.
I demand the best when it comes to sound systems and headphones. In fact I think my stereo set up is worth more than my car, but there we are…
Even the little ear buds I use in my ipod have to be 'just so' otherwise I'm not the most affable person to live with.
So I ordered my favourite brand of ear buds after my old ones wore out (and I mean wore out; the sound only came through one ear, which doesn't exactly equate to an earth-shattering listening experience).
This morning the postman woke me up at 6:30 to take receipt of my new earphones – yipee!
What's an early morning to endure when there are presents in the post?
But my joy soon turned to frustration in every sense of the word.
For starters it took me over 5 minutes to get into the packaging. Oh yes, frustration packaging at its best.
(Mind you, that could have something to do with the fact that a certain someone in the household had run off with the scissors and I was left wielding a knife).
So there I am struggling with a kitchen knife, having the most un-Buddhist like of thoughts about where I'd REALLY like to plunge the knife, when I finally got into the plastic packaging.
Then one of the spare ear cups pings out across the floor, under the sofa and into the land of dust bunnies.
Another escapes under the cooker – the Cooker I'm telling ya.
Another disappears completely; so put off by my wrath it's clearly never going to come close again.
I eventually rounded up all the escapees and plugged in. Thankfully the music soothed this eco-worrier's soul and I was soon blissed out.
But then I looked at all the packaging and you'll know exactly what I mean when I ask "Is our future sustainable?"
You've have heard all the figures that we need two, three or even more planets to sustain our current lifestyle and this photo illustrates perfectly that sentiment.
Look at it and weep, dear readers. It's a game of spot the headphones…
You'll see a large cardboard box, a big ball of scumpled up brown paper to hold the tiny package in place inside the large cardboard box, lots of bits of plastic, numerous advertising campaigns and my favourite – the 13 page warranty…
What about you – any frustration / excessive packaging stories to share?
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Robbin Ruiter is absent from the Sunderland squad for the pre-season friendly against Celtic.
The Dutch trialist has been linked with a move to Burnley and Hull City.
Jason Steele makes his debut for the hosts, as well as Lewis Grabban.
Brendan Rodgers names a strong side for the visitors.
Sunderland XI: Steele; Jones, Kone, Browning, Galloway; Ndong, Cattermole, Khazri, Grabban, Khazri; Vaughan
Subs: Mika, Love, O'Shea, Matthews, Gibson, Embleton, Honeyman, Asoro, Djilobodji, Stryjek
Celtic XI: de Vries; Ralston, Ajer, Tierney, McGregor, Miller, Kouassi, Ntcham, Hayes, Forrest, Sinclair
Subs: Gordon, Hazard, McCart, Armstrong, Rogic, Benyu, Bitton, Henderson, Hill, Ciftci, Aitchison