After 13 years of bickering and infighting, the chess world is at last setting aside its divisions with a reunification bout.
The Russian republic of Kalmykia is not a place that often finds itself occupying the spotlight.
But all that has changed this week with the start of the world chess championship. When the contestants picked their colours for the opening match by releasing chests full of white and black doves, it was clear razzmatazz had arrived in Europe's only Buddhist nation.
In the white corner is Vladimir Kramnik. "Classical" champion of the world since 2000, the 31-year-old is the latest in a long line of Russian masters of the game. The classical form of the title sees the incumbent face off against a challenger.
In the black corner is Veselin Topalov. Ranked number one by governing body Fide and promoted as its own champion after an eight-player tournament in 2005, the Bulgarian, also 31, has long been tipped for greatness.
To some critics, Kramnik is the less exciting of the players, defensive, cautious, almost what boxing fans might call a spoiler.
Topalov, by his fans at least, is seen as the more dynamic and aggressive of the pair.
And yet Kramnik, who says he has recovered from a debilitating form of arthritis, has won the first two games in the 12-game series, a formidable lead.
As big a personality as any of the players is the Fide president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, overseeing the tournament and its tax-free prize fund of $1m (£530,000). Neither contestant needs worry about any problems with the local authorities - Ilyumzhinov is also president of Kalmykia.
His reputation for eccentricity comes from claiming to have been abducted by aliens and running for office on the flagship policy of a mobile phone for every shepherd.
But he has delivered the goods on this occasion by organising a "reunification bout" for a game in need of a boost.
Heads in hands, faces a mask of unwavering concentration, players can easily take quarter of an hour or more over a move, through games lasting up to six hours and beyond. In today's culture of instant gratification, chess is never destined to be big box office.
And chess masters can be a temperamental bunch. Apocryphal stories abound of prima donna behaviour over the years - the champion who demanded a man in the audience be removed because he was wearing shorts, the player who believed his opponent was receiving coded messages in the timing of the arrival of cups of water.
But what potential chess has as a spectator sport has been undermined in the last 13 years by endless confusion and bickering.
In 1993, champion Garry Kasparov broke away from world governing body Fide to form the Professional Chess Association and play English master Nigel Short for the world title, claiming his hand was forced by corruption and mismanagement. He was beaten for the world championship by Kramnik in 2000.
But Fide continued to run its own championships, changing from a one-on-one series to an open knockout competition, only scrapped last year.
The Fide tournament reached a low ebb in 2004 with the victory of the unheralded Rustam Kasimdzhanov. To use football as a parallel, it would be the equivalent of Latvia's Skonto Riga winning the Champions League.
There is a major absence in Kalmykia. Kasparov, the game's greatest star for 20 years and thought by many to be the most brilliant to ever lift a pawn, has retired.
For those whose job is promoting chess to the sponsors and the public, the loss of the brooding, charismatic "beast of Baku" is a bitter one.
Chess writer, promoter and grandmaster Raymond Keene says that the tournament will boost the profile of chess, which needs a lift after the end of the Kasparov era.
"Now that Kasparov has retired there is no outstanding genius. Kramnik and Topalov both have claims. It is a shame Kasparov has retired. I think he would possibly beat both of them."
Chess will be hoping a new genius emerges, but for the moment Kasparov remains like Banquo's ghost at the feast.


Arizona residents who choose a career in the military don't have to forgo an education thanks to educational programs offered by Rio Salado College.
Rio Salado partners with the Army National Guard Institute, the Coast Guard Institute, eArmyU and GoArmyEd to offer service members a variety of online certificate and degree programs with military emphasis.
"A service member's mission is to provide protection for the country, while our mission is to provide them with an education," said Yvonne Lawrence, coordinator of Rio Salado's Military Education program.
"The populations that we serve are active duty and veteran personnel and their dependents," said Lawrence.
Currently, more than 2,700 GoArmyEd students and 1,900 students from the other Armed Forces are taking classes through Rio Salado.
According to Lawrence, the most popular courses that service members take online are computer technology, military leadership and medical prerequisites.
The federal government's Department of Veterans Affairs offers various educational assistance programs for veterans, active duty personnel and reservists, which will include the Post-9/11 GI Bill® available in August 2009.
Benefits of the Post 9/11 GI Bill® will include a monthly housing allowance as well as money for tuition, books and other fees associated with attending a university, community colleges or trade school.
Army veteran and Rio Salado student Rajeeyah White already had an associate degree when she completed her military assignment in 2003.
Rio's Military Education program is managed by an experienced five-person advisement team that assists students with military transcript evaluation, course selection, degree plans, and graduation.
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Dangers real, but deaths increasingly rare for police officers
By Greg Botelho, CNN
Chief: Officer deaths 'worst nightmare'
11 police officers have been shot -- including two fatally -- in a recent 24-hour period
Still, law enforcement is not one of the nation's most dangerous professions
Statistics show the number of police shootings has dropped considerably
An expert says a major reason is that police have gotten smarter and safer
(CNN) -- Two Florida police officers died after being ambushed by a wanted criminal, hiding in an attic. One in Indianapolis lapsed into a coma, after being shot during an otherwise routine traffic stop. And then there were the four in Michigan, wounded after a man entered their precincts and began indiscriminately spraying bullets.
The recent rash of police shootings nationwide -- which left two police officers dead and at least nine injured in a 24-hour period Sunday and Monday -- has brought a fresh focus on the dangers of law enforcement.
"You don't often think about what could happen to you in this line of work because if you do, you'd have to say, 'Why am I doing this?'" Sgt. Paul Thompson of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said on HLN. An Indianapolis police officer, David Moore was critically injured after being shot three times Sunday during a traffic stop.
Still, law enforcement isn't among the top 10 most dangerous professions, according to the latest ranking by the U.S. Bureau of Labor. Fishermen, lumberjacks and construction workers have more dangerous jobs, according to the list.
Moreover, experts note and statistics indicate that police officers today appear appreciably less likely to be killed in the line of duty than they were decades ago.
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"Police shootings are very, very rare events in this country," said Peter Manning, a professor at Northeastern University's College of Criminal Justice. "When they happen together (like this week), it's even rarer."
In 2009, the most recent year for which national statistics are available, the FBI reported 48 law enforcement officers were "feloniously killed" -- marking a significant jump from the previous year, when 41 died by malicious means.
Over the years, the numbers have fluctuated. Still, over time, they do tell a story.
For instance, in the last three years of the 1980s, 74, 78 and 66 law enforcement officers were killed -- compared to 58, 41 and 48 killed annually over the tail end of the 2000s, the most recent decade. Taking the average of those two three-year subsets equates to a roughly 48% decrease in the past 20 years.
Gary Bradford, a retired Tampa, Florida, police officer, said he doesn't "get caught up in trends (because) they really don't matter" to those patrolling the streets. What he said he noticed personally is that "the intensity and the violence increased" in his time on the force, as did the complexity of the job.
Ernie George, who spent 30 years with the West Palm Beach, Florida, police department, likewise thinks that police life has become more dangerous.
"There are more people out there who are bad guys and could care less about killing you," he said. "I don't think the public has a clue as to what law enforcement goes through every day -- the stress they are under or all the bad things they see."
A decrease in law enforcement officers killed doesn't mean the job is getting that much safer or criminals have become less violent toward police. What it may suggest, though, is that law enforcement officers have become smarter.
Manning, the criminal justice professor, cites three major factors in helping keep more officers alive: 1) increased use and proven effectiveness of bulletproof vests; 2) improved education and procedures for hostage and other potentially perilous situations; and 3) the advent and rise of specialized units to deal with the bigger crises.
"We've got much smarter, more savvy officers than ever," he said. "And a police officer really learns to expect anything."
Donald Schweitzer, a former California police officer-turned-attorney, thinks law enforcement will likewise be proactive after the recent shootings, carefully reexamining what happened and trying to figure out how to avoid bloodshed in the future.
"What's more important is that police officers figure out what went wrong, and they (make) changes," he told HLN's Vinnie Politan.
The impact of a police officer being shot goes well beyond revised protocols, experts say: It's personal, not just for law enforcement but for the community at large. That's been evident in massive outpourings of popular support after this week's shootings.
Manning said the reason is that the public tends to feel more vulnerable when those charged with protecting them get hurt. And in the "modern media age, there is an amplification effect" -- with every violent incident being broadcast and publicized in a growing number of ways, prompting fresh conversations and occasionally spawning unfounded fears.
"The shooting of a police officer has ramifications beyond any other occupation," he said. "That's, in part, why it has a ripple effect through society."
For the officers themselves, the job doesn't get any less difficult once the spotlight fades. Nor does the threat of violence.
Bradford saw nine of his colleagues killed between 1982 and 2007, when he was on the Tampa force. After the last one, when two homicide detectives were killed, he told his chief that he "needed a break" from all the pain.
"Those officers that hit the midnight shift -- I assure you, their thoughts and prayers are with those killed," said Bradford, referring to the two officers killed in St. Petersburg, Florida, on Monday. "But guess what -- they're still going to do their job."

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I gotta be honest: I'm overwhelmed right now. Going back to work was the cherry on top of a week with more than the usual mayhem. In our world, there are always a million plates spinning, and this past week was no exception. There were our church's summer interns moving in, two weddings (officiated by Josh) in six days, and a return to work, leaving Josh with the two littles on his own for the first time.
All the while, I tried not to cry as I settled back into my working girl life. So needless to say, I've felt a little edgy and anxious the past few days.
But two words have been an anchor yanking me back into God's reality when I threaten to float off into pessimism and fear. It's one terrifying simple question: What if?
I've asked this question before, stood in awe of its enormity, kind of like when you stand along the ocean shore and can't help but get lost in the hugeness.
"What if?" is an infinite question, as big as God. "What if?" never ends, really, and that's what I love about it.
Two weeks ago, a friend and I decided we would start asking "What if…?" about everything in our lives – our families, our jobs, our finances, our relationships, our time, our futures. Then we planned to reconvene in two weeks to see what we came up with.
As soon as I started asking the question, I could sense one certain thing: I was still dreaming too small.
I went to our weekly church prayer meeting later that week. I avoid prayer more than I want to admit for because sometimes I forget prayer is a conversation, not a one-sided monologue where I have to listen to myself complain for 30 minutes – boring. Once I remember that God actually talks back, I decide to show up. And so I did, a little reluctantly, but I was there.
I wrote the phrase, "What is" and then crossed out the one letter that made the difference, changing the "s" to an "f". [See the video below.] With that one tiny change, the dismal, despairing status quo we all find ourselves in opened up to let in the God of the Impossible.
God exists in the Not Yet. "He calls things that are not as though they are." That's how the world got here, and that's what faith is, the assurance, the certainty of whatever we're hoping for.
This means our prayers expand beyond telling God "What is", wasting all our prayer time commiserating with ourselves about the status quo, and instead, letting the impossible ruin our "What is" for "What could be".
I'm getting braver and braver every time I ask it, but I have to push past fear every time. Who am I to ask for impossible things? Nevertheless, the courage is growing. When I run into something in my life that is not as it should be, I ask "What if?" and the ceiling opens up.
What if we paid off all our debt and could give 50% of our income to missions?
What if we raised our children with so much love and confidence that they didn't succumb to negative peer pressure but instead were the leaders and influencers wherever they went?
What if our church hosted a First Friday event and involved the whole city?
What if my writing and speaking could support me financially and I could stay home with my kids and do the work I love?
What if my brothers could know and love God like I do, but more?
What if there was a wild revival in our city, transforming the local economy and government, eliminating poverty and demolishing the crime rate?
Why not join me? Make a list of your Top 5 or Top 10 What Ifs? Go big. Be scared. Dream when you ask, and then dream bigger. God is infinite. So What if?
Write your What Ifs in the comments below, or send me an email at scsiders (at) yahoo dot com. I would love to hear what you and God are dreaming up.
Great way to put it, Sarah. I need to start asking, "What if?" more.


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Q: If the where clause number input is large, it takes too much time to process Code:
select *
from(
select /*+ USE_HASH(a b c) */ ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY A.TRANS_DT DESC, A.TRANS_TM DESC) AS RNUM,
        , a.id
        , ....
        , ....
  from tb_a a, tb_b b, tb_c c
  where a.i_mid = b.i_mid
    and a.txid = c.txid
)
where rnum between 850001 and 900000

If the where clause number is small, it is very fast. (for example : where rnum between 1 and 50000).
What can be done?

A: Not a "SQL expert" but it looks to me like you are determining RNUM by ORDER BY A.TRANS_DT DESC, A.TRANS_TM DESC which for small numbers such as "1 and 50000" isn't such a big deal as it only needs to determine the 1st 50000 rows, ordered by A.TRANS_DT and A.TRANS_TM. When you do 850001 and 900000 it has to determine the first 900,000 rows ...
I think implicit in your problem is the fact that you are ordering by these two fields, and applying a window based on the row-number from this order. If the order were already known it wouldn't be as slow. I would suggest adding an index to the table on A.TRANS_DT and A.TRANS_TM, such that this ordering is already readily known.

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I came across this recipe from a Swedish friend of the family, Margitta. She is well-known for her culinary skills and my daughter, Emily, spent a week in Stockholm with Margitta in May, so I felt inspired to make this cake for my birthday. It is deliciously different from our North American perception of birthday cake, easy to put together, and classy in it's presentation. It uses an odd sized pan — 12×4 inch loaf pan –I picked one up at a kitchen store for $10, but if your feeling brave, try it in your regular 9×5 loaf pan and let me know the result. It is 3 layers of strawberry/banana/whip cream in a vanilla cake, and it's absolutely delicious. It will serve 8-10 people, so try it at your next birthday celebration – the recipient will feel extra special and everyone I served it to -and I've made it twice so far — loved it.
Preheat oven to 350F. Line pan with parchment paper (holding paper to pan with a few dabs of butter). Spray parchment with non-stick cooking spray. Place pan on a baking sheet.
Beat butter and sugar until combined, then add eggs, one at a time, and mix until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add vanilla and almond extract and mix until combined. Combine flour, salt and baking powder. Add to sugar/egg mixture alternately with cream, ending with flour. (Flour = 3 additions, cream = 2 additions). Mix until well combined.
Pour into prepared pan, bake 40 minutes, or until cake tester comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes, then remove from pan, and let cool on rack. When fully cooled, slice into 3 even layers using a serrated knife. Make filling and topping. Assemble. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Whip cream until soft peaks form. Add icing sugar and vanilla, continue to beat until firm peaks form.
Place first layer of cake on platter and top with mashed strawberries or strawberry jam and spread with about 1/2 cup of the whipped cream. Top with second layer. Grate banana into about 1 cup of whipped cream. Mix and apply to second layer. Top with 3rd layer. Cover completely with remaining whipped cream, top with sliced berries or mandarins. Refrigerate until ready to serve. Enjoy! Excellent cake when strawberries are in peak season.
strawberry jam, banana, cake, whipped cream. Easy and delicious.
top with third layer, then apply whipped cream all over.
i know eh? pickled herring, boiled potatoes and birthday cake!
you can make it without bananas — blueberries? more strawberries? I've seen it topped with mandarin slices as well. But for that banana layer, I would do another layer of strawberries or other sweet fruit. Yummy cake!
I baked this in a normal loaf pan and it turned out beautifully! I used strawberry (seedless) spreadable fruit for the one layer. I baked it for a 90 year old client of mine whose family is from Sweden.


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Casa das Penhas Douradas – Burel Expedition Hotel is located in Serra da Estrela, Penhas Douradas, right next to the Chapel of Nossa Senhora da Estrela. There is a heliport 50 meters from the hotel.
Penhas Douradas is a small place "above" Manteigas, about 12 km from this village, on the EN 232, which connects Manteigas to Gouveia.
There are two possibilities of reaching the Penhas Douradas: one, through the longest and most panoramic road – EN 232, which is taken at the beginning of the village, next to the Tourist Office, before reaching the Natural Park headquarters; another, shorter, also panoramic, through the Forest Road. To get to the Forest Road take the main street of the village to the left of the gas pumps at the entrance of the village. Follow the main street to St. Peter's Church and the Bandstand. Then turn right immediately, a cobbled street to climb. You will find at the entrance of this street the signs of Casa das Penhas Douradas. Follow them. If you have any questions, please follow the signs marking Gouveia or Seia. The direction is the same. It is 12 km up the mountain to Penhas Douradas.
Take the road EN 232 towards Manteigas; on the top of the mountain range, before beginning to descend to Manteigas, you will find the deviation on the right to Penhas Douradas.
Take the road EN 339 towards Torre e Covilhã; before reaching the Sabugueiro village you will find, on the left, the road EN 339-1 which will take you to Manteigas, which connects to road EN 232; entering the road EN 232, about 6 km. Ahead, on the top of the mountain range, before beginning to descend to Manteigas, you will find the deviation on the right to Penhas Douradas.
Take the road EN 339, go up to Penhas da Saúde and 3 km ahead, turn right on the road EN 338 towards Manteigas. From Manteigas go up until you reach Penhas Douradas.
If you come from...
Take the highway A1 and exit towards Abrantes and Castelo Branco, entering the the highway A23; on the highway A23 take the exit to Manteigas to Km 192 (it is marked as such) and take the road EN 232 to Manteigas; from the village go up to Penhas Douradas.
Take the highway A1, exit to the highway A25 in the direction of Viseu, following to Mangualde; then take the road EN 232 to Gouveia; don't enter the city center and continue on the same road towards Manteigas that takes you directly to Penhas Douradas.
Take the road IC2, enter the road IP3, then take the road IC12 until Nelas; in Nelas take road EN 231 to Seia; from Seia climb to the Penhas Douradas.
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The quiet community of Creston is located in southeastern BC just 10 kilometres north of the Canada-US Idaho border and just south of Kootenay Lake. Located in a valley between the Purcell and Selkirk Mountain ranges it is a breathtaking combination of snow-capped mountain peaks, fields of grain, deep clear lakes and wide-open spaces. The town and its surrounding five communities, Erickson, Canyon, Lister, West Creston and Wynndel have a total population of about 15,000.
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The Creston Valley Hospital is a local, full-service hospital with a 24 hour emergency department. Creston Valley Regional Airport also offers a medivac serice and a patient can be airlifted to Kelowna or Calgary in 30 minutes.
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Other Cultural Interests
Lower Kootenay Band
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Creston Valley Outdoor Adventure will give you a great overview of many of the activities in the valley including kayaking, fishing, boating, camping, hiking, biking, cross country skiing and more.
Here are some more interests and activities offered in Creston. This is not a complete list, we did our best. There truly is something for everyone in the Creston Valley.
Creston Community Complex
The town of Creston has a new $22 million recreational centre with a curling rink, hockey and skating arena, fitness centre, indoor swimming pool, outdoor baseball, soccer and more. Need to hold a special event? There are rooms to rent that hold from 25 to 450.
Creston Valley Golf Courses
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Hiking, Biking and Horseback Riding
Creston Valley Trails
Creston Community Forest
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Kayak Trips on the Kootenay River
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Kootenay Lake Activities and Information
Chamber of Commerce Visitors Guide "The Selkirk Mountain range is to the west and the Purcell Mountain range to the east, with peaks ranging from 2100 – 2750 metres (7000′- 9000′) The lake is about 145 km (90 miles) long, and up to 152 meters (500′) deep, with an average width of 4 km (2.5 miles), and is 8 km (5 miles) across at its widest. Kootenay lake was formed during the Ice Ages, when glacial advances deposited till to the south, creating the rich farmlands around Creston and large fertile basins to the north. Fed by numerous creeks, Kootenay Lake's major source of water is the Kootenay River, which originates in the Rocky mountains and passes through Montana and Idaho before emptying into the lake. It is the second largest tributary of the Columbia River.
The lake's rocky shores encompass hundreds of tiny bays and beaches, intriguing to explore by kayak or canoe. It is not uncommon to find yourself the only boater visible across the lake's expanse! Kootenay Lake is home to Kokanee salmon (a land-locked sockeye), Sturgeon, Dolly Varden and trout, including the world's largest species, the Gerrard Rainbow. Approximately half of the lake shore has roads, with the balance being accessible only by boat. Settlements are strung along a thin band where the roads follow the lake shore. Wilderness is always close at hand and human residents share the landscape with large diverse populations of wildlife including, deer, elk, moose, caribou, mountain goat, bears, cougars, wolves and coyotes."
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2 Ne 25:1-8
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1 Summary
2.1 Verses 1-8: Regarding the "Keys" to Studying Isaiah
2.2 Verses 1-8: Structure
2.3 Verse 1
3 Unanswered questions
4 Prompts for life application
5 Prompts for further study
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Discussion[edit]
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Verses 1-8: Regarding the "Keys" to Studying Isaiah[edit]
Verses 1-8 here are often said to contain the "keys" to the study of Isaiah—the idea being that what Nephi here says about his own understanding of Isaiah can inform those who struggle to make sense of Isaiah's writings. There are different ways of formulating these "keys," but most follow a pattern something like the following:
(1) One should seek to "know ... concerning the manner of prophesying among the Jews" (verse 1), concerning "the things of the Jews" (verse 5), and concerning "the regions round about" Jerusalem (verse 6).
(2) One should seek to be "filled with the spirit of prophecy" (verse 4).
(3) One should recognize the benefit of living "in the days that the prophecies of Isaiah [are] fulfilled" (verse 7).
In a word, one should cultivate both appropriate secular knowledge and a deep spiritual capacity, as well as recognize that one might be living through the fulfillment of the prophecy.
The identification of these "keys" is not without merit, but many crucial questions remain unanswered: What is the manner of prophesying among the Jews, and how does one learn about it? What is meant by the things of the Jews, and where does one begin to study them? What is one supposed to learn about Jerusalem's environs, and how is such knowledge supposed to help in the work of interpretation? What does it mean to be filled with the spirit of prophecy, and how exactly does having this gift make it easier to make sense of Isaiah? What exactly does Nephi mean by the fulfillment of Isaianic prophecy, and how is one to identify events that fulfill prophecy when most prophecies appear rather vague?
But not only does this common approach to these verses fail to answer the basic questions that would allow one to use the identified "keys," it overlooks most of what Nephi says in this crucial passage, all of which sheds a good deal of light on the way Nephi understands Isaiah. Rather than extracting from these verses a few "keys" to making sense of Isaiah, then, it would be best to work systematically through the text with the following question: "What is Nephi saying here, and why is it important?" The commentary below exhibits such an approach.
Verses 1-8: Structure[edit]
Verses 1-8 collectively introduce Nephi's prophecy beginning in verse 9. This introduction is, however, immensely complex, weaving together passages in which Nephi addresses two distinct audiences. This double address is crucial for Nephi's larger project. A whole series of details in Nephi's record suggests that he only came in the course of writing it to recognize that his writings would eventually circulate among a people other than his own immediate descendants. Earlier parts of his record (in particular 1 Ne 6 and 9), as well as what seems to be the earliest word from the Lord concerning his task with the record (found in 2 Ne 5:30-33) suggest that he began his project with a rather limited audience in mind: only his own people. Beginning especially with 1 Ne 19:18-19—a passage that evidence suggests was written a good while later than 1 Ne 1-18—Nephi begins to recognize the possibility that his record will circulate among other parts of the house of Israel. Still later, in 2 Ne 25:21-22, Nephi explicitly states that he had received by that time a promise that other nations would eventually possess his record. Finally, by the time he wrote the last chapter of his record, Nephi not only writes to all the ends of the earth but clearly associates his own record with the promised book-to-come witnessed in his apocalyptic vision (of 1 Nephi 11-14): see especially 2 Ne 33:13. The present passage with its double address fits into this complex trajectory: Nephi seems in these verses to be trying to talk both to the audience he had always assumed in producing his record, as well as the other audience of whose existence he has only recently become aware.
Here one might wildly speculate about the redactional process through which the present text took shape. Warning: wild speculation follows! Or really: responsible exegesis, but exegesis asks the kinds of questions that Latter-day Saints call wildly speculative.
(1) In 2 Ne 5:30, Nephi records what he describes as the actual words of the divine commandment originally given to him to produce the small plates: "Make other plates; and thou shalt engraven many things upon them which are good in my sight, for the profit of thy people." It might well be asked how correctly the actual, original communication is here recorded, but there is no particular reason to doubt that the words are accurately reported—and there may be, as will be seen, some actual evidence that they are accurate (the evidence is primarily of the following nature: if Nephi were here giving us a doctored account, he would likely say something different, given other details in the record).
In this earliest word concerning the project of the small plates, there are three emphases. First, the differentiation between the large and small plates is internal to this original commandment: these plates are other than the large plates by then already produced. Second, the contents of the record are described as "many things . . . which are good in my [the Lord's] sight," a rather humble description given what Nephi will go on to say of this record's makeup (in 1 Ne 19). Third, the only mentioned audience for the plates is "thy [Nephi's] people"; nothing is said about latter-day readers, about Lamanites, about other Israelites, etc.
(2) It is difficult to determine what constitutes the next datable statement about the nature of the record. The most likely . . . .
Signaling this in particular is the phrase "speak somewhat" in the first part of verse 1. This phrase is one Nephi uses elsewhere in his record with a very specific intention: it marks moments where Nephi steps back from his work in order to say something about his writing project. (See, for example, 1 Ne 10:1: "wherefore, to proceed with mine account, I must speak somewhat of the things of my father, and also of my brethren.")
From this it seems clear why Nephi says he speaks about what he has written: speaking, in this usage, means a short note given directly to the reader about his project.
This, though, leaves the interpreter with the following question: Whom is Nephi addressing in his editorial aside? The whole of his record, he usually claims, is addressed to his own people, but here he talks about his people in the third person, as if he were explaining something about his people to someone else. Interestingly, within chapters, Nephi will come to recognize clearly that his record will eventually end up in the hands of readers other than his own people. Is it that a kind of dawning recognition of this other audience is drawing Nephi's attention to the necessity of explaining his record to his non-Nephite readers?
Does he do this anywhere else?
At any rate, that this possible tangle between Lehite and non-Lehite readers is crucially focused here on Nephi's relationship to Isaiah. Indeed, it is almost as if it is precisely Nephi's attempt to tackle Isaiah that draws his attention to the strange relationship between his two audiences—one of which Nephi seems only just to have begun to recognize as existing at this point.
Verses 1b-8 exhibit a structure that turns out to be crucial to the interpretation of the passage. Stated in broad terms, verses 1b-5a are—both in general content and in many isolated turns of phrase—repeated entirely in verses 5b-8. Set side by side, the two "halves" of verses 1b-8 look as follows (bolded words and phrases have either a strict or a rough parallel in the juxtaposed block of text; italicized words and phrases have an antithesis in the juxtaposed block of text):
For behold, Isaiah spake many things              and there is none other people that
which were hard for many of my people to          understand the things which were spoken
understand; for they know not concerning          unto the Jews like unto them, save it be that
the manner of prophesying among the               they are taught after the manner of the
Jews.                                             things of the Jews.
For I, Nephi, have not taught them many           But behold, I, Nephi, have not taught my
things concerning the manner of the Jews;         children after the manner of the Jews; but
for their works were works of darkness, and       behold, I, of myself, have dwelt at
their doings were doings of abomination.          Jerusalem, wherefore I know concerning the
regions round about;
Wherefore, I write unto my people, unto all       and I have made mention unto my children
those that shall receive hereafter these          concerning the judgments of God, which
things which I write, that they may know the      hath come to pass among the Jews, unto my
judgments of God, that they come upon all         children, according to all that which
nations, according to the word which he           Isaiah hath spoken, and I do not write
hath spoken.                                      them.
Wherefore, hearken, O my people, which            But behold, I proceed with mine own
are of the house of Israel, and give ear unto     prophecy, according to my plainness; in
my words; for because the words of Isaiah         the which I know that no man can err;
are not plain unto you, nevertheless they are     nevertheless, in the days that the
plain unto all those that are filled with the     prophecies of Isaiah shall be fulfilled men
spirit of prophecy. But I give unto you a         shall know of a surety, at the times when
prophecy, according to the spirit which is        they shall come to pass.
in me; wherefore I shall prophesy
according to the plainness which hath
been with me from the time that I came out
from Jerusalem with my father; for behold,
my soul delighteth in plainness unto my
people, that they may learn.
Yea, and my soul delighteth in the words          Wherefore, they are of worth unto the
of Isaiah, for I came out from Jerusalem,         children of men, and he that supposeth that
and mine eyes hath beheld the things of the       they are not, unto them will I speak
Jews, and I know that the Jews do                 particularly, and confine the words unto
understand the things of the prophets,            mine own people; for I know that they shall
be of great worth unto them in the last days;
for in that day shall they understand them;
wherefore, for their good have I written
Verse 1[edit]
Now I, Nephi, do speak somewhat concerning the words which I have written, which have been spoken by the mouth of Isaiah.
With this first sentence (which is not a part of the structure outlined above), Nephi introduces what follows. For the most part, it is a straightforward introduction: Nephi wants to talk a little bit about the "Isaiah chapters" he has just inserted into his record. There are, though, some words which deserve some closer attention: "speak," "words," "written," and "spoken."
Here Nephi's point seems to be that he wants any future readers to know that many of his people had a hard time with Isaiah, and though he does not want to teach of the Jew's darkness, he will write to make sure the judgments of God are known.
Secondly, it should noted exactly when this "aside" ends and when he picks back up in his normal writing. Verses 1 and 2 are clearly an explanation directly to a reader interested in his editorial plans, what what of verse 3? Nephi does use the first person present indicative: "Wherefore, I write unto my people," but he is still referring to his people and "all those" who read his words in the third person. Only in verse 4 does Nephi return to call his people's attention: "Wherefore, hearken, O my people"). It thus seems that verse 3 is also an explanation of his plans, and so his "speaking somewhat" occupies verses 1-3.
If this reading is correct, and verses 1-3 are outside the general writings addressed to his people, then perhaps it calls for some questions regarding the strong parallel structure of verses 1b-3 with verses 5b-6. If verses 1b-3 are, so to speak, external to Nephi's actual discourse while verses 5b-6 are, so to speak, internal to his discourse, then perhaps this explains many of the differences that make them largely antithetical, despite the many similarities between them. Moreover, the fact that Nephi begins his address to his people in verse 4 may help to make sense of why the strong parallels between 1b-3 and 5b-6 are somewhat attenuated in the pairing of verses 4-5a and 7-8: Nephi is less concerned to produce parallels internal to his discourse than he is to produce parallels between his discourse and his editorial aside.
On the other hand, we may choose to look at verse 6 as another parenthetical aside. Perhaps by the end of verse 5, Nephi felt he needed to make it clear why he knew that the Jews understood the things of the prophets, but why his people did not. In Verses 5-6 Nephi situates himself between the world of the Jews and the world of the new Nephite people. It seemed in verse 4 that Nephi was about to begin his prophecy, but before he could begin he needed to rehearse his delight in Isaiah, his experience with the Jews and with his people, and his unusual place between them. Verse 6 very clearly rehearses the same goal that verse 3 stated: that his people may know about/concerning the "judgments of God." Verse 7 will go on to say "I proceed with mine own prophecy" - as if to say, "Okay, now I'm really going to start." Verse 7 will of course also parallel verse 4's discussion of plainness, as noted above. To begin a topic and follow out a tangent is not an unusual Book of Mormon pattern. See for example Alma 32, where verses 18, 21, and 26 each seem to start or restart a discussion of faith.
Reading verses 5-6 as another aside would only serve to strengthen, and perhaps largely explain, the parallels in verses 1b-3 and 5b-6.
Assuming all the foregoing to be a move in the right direction, it will be necessary to ask what Nephi is actually saying about the role of Isaiah in his record, but that will have to come in the commentary below.
Here, though, it is necessary to deal with one other point concerning all this written/spoken/words business. What should be read into Nephi's description of his writing so many words that were spoken by Isaiah? Why does he attribute to himself, but never to Isaiah, the act of writing, Isaiah being described only as speaking? (This question is especially poignant, given Isaiah's systematic exposition of the prophetic turn to writing in Isaiah 6-8 and Isaiah 29.) Further, what should be made of the use of the word "words" here? Note that in chapters 26-27, Nephi will use "words" to mean something like the "translatable intellectual content" of a text, opposing it to "book," by which he has reference to the actual physical medium in which the text was originally inscribed. Is something similar at work here?
For behold, Isaiah spake many things which were hard for many of my people to understand.
Here Nephi actually begins to describe his people's relationship to Isaiah, and here it is that the interpreter can begin to divine, from what Nephi says, how Nephi conceptualizes the other audience he seems here to be addressing. Interestingly, in verse 8, Nephi will describe the other audience's relationship to Isaiah to his Lehite audience. Consequently, there is a crucial connection between verses 1 and 8, the one describing the one audience to the other, and the other describing the other audience to the one. Thus verses 1b-8, as laid out in the structure above and clearly isolable as a pericope, begins and ends with this description of one people's relationship to Isaiah to another people.
Now, concerning what Nephi actually says here, it is usually assumed that Nephi's people in general could not understand Isaiah in general, but Nephi does not actually say that. Rather he says that "many" of his people had difficulty with "many things" written by Isaiah. It would seem that there were some who could make general sense of Isaiah, and that there were at least parts of Isaiah that most of his people could understand.
One might ask whether this limitation on misunderstanding implies that there were some among Nephi's people—perhaps those few who had spent time in Jerusalem?—who did know "the manner of prophesying among the Jews." Of course, it has to be asked—as it will be below—what exactly is meant by "the manner of prophesying among the Jews." And perhaps there simply were some Nephites who understood Isaiah's message without knowing this "manner."
What, in turn, might all this imply about what Nephi goes on to say? Does he show us a way to read Isaiah without being taught the "manner of the Jews," so that we will be like those among his people who could understand them? Or do we return to the first assumption, that these people who understood must have been those who were older and spent some time in Jerusalem or otherwise understood the manner of prophesying among the Jews?
for they know not concerning the manner of prophesying among the Jews.
What is meant by "the manner of prophesying among the Jews"? Does Nephi himself provide any clues to its interpretation?
There is a possibility that Nephi is providing an explanation of this phrase when he goes on to speak, in strikingly similar language, of "the manner of the Jews" (verse 2). However, since this "manner" is there explicitly connected with "works of darkness" and "doings of abomination," should such a connection not be ruled out? Another possibility is that Nephi is providing an explanation of the phrase "manner of prophesying" when he goes on to speak, still further along (verse 4), of being "filled with the spirit of prophecy." But since such a connection would imply that only those possessing the "spirit of prophecy" understand the prophets, and since the text (verse 5) goes on to claim that "the Jews do understand the things of the prophets," should this possible connection not in turn be ruled out simply because Nephi would certainly not want to assert that all the Jews have the spirit of prophecy?
Following out the first possibility, there may actually be reasons to connect the manner of prophesying in verse 1 with the works of darkness in verse 2. At least one commentator (Hugh Nibley) has directly suggested that "the manner of prophesying among the Jews" indeed refers to "works of darkness." He points to practices Israel borrowed from its neighbors: soothsaying, divination, and the like. On this interpretation, Nephi is not suggesting that "the manner of prophesying among the Jews" is a good one, but rather an apostate one. Isaiah would be read then as responding to those practices. If a reader is unfamiliar with those practices, then it will be hard to understand what Isaiah is condemning.
The strength of this first approach should not be overlooked. In the chapters Nephi quotes from Isaiah one can find many references to these kinds of practices: Judah is "replenished from the east, and hearken unto soothsayers like the Philistines" (2 Nephi 12:6); to be removed from Judah is "the [false] prophet" (13:2); "Wo unto them that call evil good, and good evil, that put darkness for light, and light for darkness, that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!" (15:20); the people of Judah counsel: "Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep and mutter—should not a people seek unto their God for the living to hear from the dead?" (18:19); to be cut off is "the prophet that teacheth lies" (19:15). (Note that Nephi will go on in chapter 26 to provide a creative reworking of another such reference, turning false prophecy into true prophecy.) There was certainly among the people of Jerusalem a "manner of prophesying," then, that could be categorized as a "work of darkness."
There are of course other possible approaches to this phrase in verse 1. Perhaps when Nephi says, "I know that the Jews do understand the things of the prophets, and there is none other people that understand the things which were spoken unto the Jews like unto them, save it be that they are taught after the manner of the things of the Jews" (verse 5), he means that the Jewish prophets, or the righteous Jews, understand the things of the prophets. There are those in Judah with this same spirit of prophecy, which is a gift given to this people when they are righteous. Thus, teaching someone "after the manner of the Jews" might mean to teach them of the covenants, join with them in worshiping God, and then receive the spirit as well.
However, Nephi goes on in verse 6 to explain that in part he can understand Isaiah because he knows the "regions round about," and perhaps this is one of the reasons the Jews understand the things of the prophets. In any case, there are connections between verse 5 and verse 6 that need to be further explored before a definitive connection between verse 1 and verse 5 could be established.
Works of darkness.
Nephi explains that the reason he has not taught his people too much about the Jews is because their works were "works of darkness, and their doings were doings of abominations."
This is similar to a later situation the Nephities would face. When Alma passes the sacred records to his son Helaman, he gives him these instructions:
"And now, my son, I command you that ye retain all their oaths, and their covenants, and their agreements in their secret abominations; yea, and all their signs and their wonders ye shall keep from this people, that they know them not, lest peradventure they should fall into darkness also and be destroyed." (Verse 27)
Alma calls their works "darkness" and "abominations," which are the same words Nephi uses to describe the works and doings of the Jews. And in both cases, there is something kept back from the people being taught.
In Nephi's case, it seems he taught his people little or nothing concerning these works, while Alma actually instructs Helaman to teach about these works, just not their oaths:
"Therefore ye shall keep these secret plans of their oaths and their covenants from this people, and only their wickedness and their murders and their abominations shall ye make known unto them; and ye shall teach them to abhor such wickedness and abominations and murders; and ye shall also teach them that these people were destroyed on account of their wickedness and abominations and their murders." (Verse 29)
Interestingly, in both 2 Ne 25 and Alma 37, we find discussion of typology.
Nephi says that he prophecies "according to the plainness which hath been with [him] from the time [he] came out from Jerusalem." It is interesting that this plainness "has been with [him]" since Nephi left Jerusalem but not before. Compare Alma 13:23. There Alma identifies one of the reasons that glad tidings are declared by Angels to them "in plain terms" is because they are wanderers in a strange land. It seems that the Lord has chosen to give the people of the Book of Mormon plainness in a way he didn't choose to give it to those in Jerusalem.
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Verse 2: Works of darkness. Whose works were works of darkness, the Jews' or Nephi's people? If the Jews, why couldn't Nephi teach just the "manner of prophesying among the Jews" (v. 1) without teaching the works of darkness?
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2 Ne 25:1: Why does Isaiah seem so difficult? See this comment by Jacob at the New Cool Thang blog asking about the contrast between this explicit explanation about the difficulty of Isaiah and the implicit explanation given in Isa 6:9-10.
2 Ne 25:4: See this post for speculation that this view of Nephi's leads to less apocalyptic visions being included in the Book of Mormon.
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Located between Sainte-Maxime and Grimaud, by the sea, facing by the legendary bay of the Gulf of Saint-Tropez, the four-star hotel Villa Les Rosiers combines charm and luxury in a prestigious setting where you will find flowering gardens, lounge and swimming pool.
A sublime "home".
Villa Les Rosiers is the pleasure of an exceptional environment with a spectacular sea view and a elegant decoration underlined by the imprint of an integrated art gallery. Without excess or excessiveness, it blends in with the surrounding landscape. The 4-star hotel has 12 spacious rooms, overlooking a heavenly garden, with a sea view swimming pool, heated and surrounded by a generous beach.
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Understanding Your Own Vibration & Frequency With Prince's Drummer Michael Bland.
I also very much enjoyed the parts concerning frequencies & the funny stories about Prince.
Sorry I don't know why the link messed up.
Thank you, I copied and pasted the link and can see it's show 11 in the list.
A totally Kick-Azz interview! Gave a broader illustration of what the Minneapolis music scene is about, beyond Prince, Grand Central, Flyte Time, Vanity, etc. and bring out the entire mutlihued experience. Also awesome to hear the candor about working with Prince, the Paisley Park studios scene, and to know about Bland's own professional development and personality. A very cool contribution!
It was a great listen thanks for posting.
What a cool guy! I'm still excited to hear his drumming on Shhh!
Thank U, ABro. Interesting stories about Kim Basinger, MJ, Margaret Cox, Madonna etc... What a cool guy! I'm still excited to hear his drumming on Shhh!
You're welcome, yeah he's a monster on the skins, Bland & Sonny are my favourite rhythm section. Very cool guys too.
Fun, informative interview. Didn't realize he started drumming with Prince @ 18!


Referring to India's pharmaceutical capabilities, Hashemi said New Delhi is one of the major powers in the field of medicine, raw materials and vaccines.
"A major part of the European and US markets is dominated by the Indian pharmaceutical companies, and the Islamic Republic has also used their products in its industries," Hashemi said at the end of a three-day visit to India.
"Unfortunately, our approach towards the European and US companies is a traditional one that should change. This change of view will surely benefit the country in the future," he underlined.
Indian officials are really interested in promoting all-inclusive ties with Iran, he said, as reported by the government's official website Dolat.ir.
"India, like the Eastern Bloc countries, has a great chance to develop all-out ties with Iran. These countries can contribute to the development of the Islamic Republic, the advancement of technology and the independence of Iran in various fields," added the Iranian minister.


Nice ears! Ummm. I think Des is going to have Boomer ears…..
I totally cracked up at the fact that you drilled holes in your frozen dirt, I would never have thought of that. I was too late and didn't plant my garlic, I might just be too lazy to go out and try the drill. I will be sorry next year. I am loving all your pictures!
With the dry weather lately, I don't think you'd need a drill to plant garlic even now. It was a complete experiment last year that surprisingly worked! Good luck, it's worth it, and thanks for the comments!


SharePoint is a web-based collaborative platform that works with Microsoft Office. Sharepoint was launched in 2001 and has been a integral part of many companies since that time. SharePoint's primary function is as a document management and storage system, but Sharepoint can be configured for many different uses, which can vary greatly from one company to the next. Many companies use SharePoint to create websites. It can also be used as a secure location for storing, organizing, sharing, and accessing information company-wide from any device. Some companies deploy and manage SharePoint Server on-premises.
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Microsoft Sharepoint Server 2019 brings many new features, updated reliability, more security, and more functionality than before.
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Sedimentology >
Orbital Forcing Timescales and Cyclostratigraphy
Author/Editor: Edited by M.R. House and A.S. Gale
The metronomic variations of the Earth-Moon system and of the Earth-Sun orbital patterns produce gravitational and temperature effects that alter the physical environment on the Earth's surface. These give an interpenetrating effect of forcing cycles ranging from twice-daily tides, day-night alternations, various tidal patterns and the annual solar pattern. All of these have been used palaeontologically to give precision to short-term age determination in the past.
It is cycles of the Milankovitch band that are showing promise of enabling new practical timescales to be established for parts of the geological record. These depend on changes in the EarthSun distance and changes in the tilt of the Earth's axis with respect to the Earth's orbit round the Sun. There is increasing evidence that small-scale sedimentary rhythmic couplets may represent the effect of such changes. The disentangling of the interpenetrating cycles to produce an orbital forcing timescale is an exciting problem and challenge for palaeobiology and sedimentology. These should enable numerical dates to be given to bio- and chronostratigraphical timescales and eventually enable many Earth processes to be analysed in real time.
The papers in this volume represent major new developments in sedimentological, palaeontological, geochemical and stratigraphical research being undertaken in this field.
Preface • HOUSE, M. R. Orbital forcing timescales: an introduction • KELLY, S. B. & SADLER, S. P. Equilibrium and response to climatic and tectonic forcing: a study of alluvial sequences in the Devonian Munster Basin, Ireland • HOUSE, M. R. Devonian precessional and other signatures for establishing a Givetian timescale WEEDON, G. P. & READ, W. A. Orbital-climatic forcing of Namurian cyclic sedimentation from spectral analysis of the Limestone Coal Formation, Central Scotland • MOSES, G. P. G. Calibration, analysis and interpretation of depositional cycles in the Early Toarcian of Yorkshire, UK • W ATERHOUSE, H. K. High-resolution palynofacies investigation of Kimmeridgian sedimentary cycles • V ALDES, P. J., SELLWOOD, B. W. & PRICE, G. D. Modelling Late Jurassic Milankovitch climate variations • COTILLON, P. Constraints for using high-frequency sedimentary cycles in cyclostratigraphy • GIRAUD, F., BEAUFORT, L. & COTILLON, P. Periodicities of carbonate cycles in the Valanginian of the Vocontian Trough: a strong obliquity control • QUESNE, D. & FERRY, S. Detailed relationships between platform and pelagic carbonates (Barremian, SE France) • GALE, A. S. Cyclostratigraphy and correlation of the Cenomanian Stage in Western Europe • FiSCHER, A. G. Cyclostratigraphy, Quo Vadis? • Index