<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2722" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>Since the announcement of a talk by a respected world democratic left leader has caused such a controversy among diverse members of the list and even outright neo-con type of tirades from some, I apologize for it and promise I'll refrain for doing so again.  I'll utilize other more left-friendly outlets for it.</DIV> <DIV>Cristobal Senior</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>