I have had many Afghani students over the years, and most of them could pass as European. I once had a Serbian coworker ask me if one of my Afghani students was Albanian, because she thought he looked Albanian.

He’s a Jew of Iraqi descent, and both of his parents were born in India. So while he’s not exactly Indian, it’s not like casting Benedict Cumberbatch as Khan, either.

Alexander Siddiqu is a better choice, but Persians might still be less than happy about a half British/half Sudanese man playing Rumi.

It is worth noting that Jamie fits the “little brother” role in Maggy’s prophecy as well as Tyrion does.

I seem to be able to reply to you, now, but the box is in the wrong place.

Hank Scorpio: I am using Safari on an iPad. Still can't reply to you directly.

Off topic, but:

That is absolutely horrid.

Hopefully that is the case. I don't know how far I trust the Russian Government in that regard.

Yes, but you do you have it out when you go to the bathroom?

I am not talking about using them for display. I am talking about paleotological research that can be done with the bones when they are still in situ, and later in the lab. All sorts of chemical analysis can be done these days, but once you remove bones from their original location, a lot of potentially valuable data…

Green jello? That just sounds like a yeast infection waiting to happen.

I wonder how old the tradition was? The article says the girl’s father went to school. Did he know about it?

You mean the way he already is in Ukraine?

What about mammoth ivory? I have read it is being collected in large quantities in Siberia as a replacement for elephant ivory.

The behaviouralist also said that it seemed to him what was freaking the gorilla out the most was all the screaming humans.

I don’t understand this at all. She had to know that what she was doing was illegal and career destroying. How delusional do you have to be to rape a child and then accept the child’s invitation to go meet the family? And then attend family events as his girlfriend?

I heard an animal behaviouralist on the radio who said that the gorilla’s behaviour looked to him to be a combination of concern, fear and confusion.

A friend of mine in high school had her eyeball badly scratched by her contact lens which had ripped somehow.

Thanks. :)