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Question: Hi Peter, my Mum who is visiting me in Auckland for a while lives with chronic pain due to failing hip joints. She had a back operation around 40 years ago where some of her vertebra were fused. Her condition has been steadily worsening over the past 20 years to the point now where she finds it too painful to get by without anti-inflammatorys and pain killers. The question: are there any reputable faith healers in Auckland that you may know of that could help her? Many thanks, Mark.
Answer: Hi Mark, sounds like Mum is struggling a bit. It sure is a challenge to know how best to help them. My Mum is 87 and while her body is good, her mind is going off into space. Yet we need to do something.
I have been away from Auckland since 1973, so all the faith healers that I knew will have departed for greener pastures. However I would suggest that you contact the Spiritual Church - they will have some wonderful healers amid some average ones. As I write this, I feel that there is a lady in their midst who could help your Mum.
Mark why don't you have a go yourself at helping your Mum? Try this: light a single white candle and sit Mum in a chair. Stand behind her, ask her to close her eyes and ask the angels to help her (she has an angel around her, waiting to be asked). You do the same, open your hands palms upward as you do this. Then place one hand (right hand) on her low back (at base of her spine - she may need to bend forward slightly) and place the other hand on the top of her head. Be still and quiet. Send all your love through your hands while asking the angels for assistance to relieve Mums pain. You only need to do this for a few minutes. Remember, don't get caught in wanting to fix her, for there are a lot of Mum's issues locked up in her structure (she will attend to them when she is good and ready). For now, be focused on just easing the pain. Do this every night she is with you.
Hope this helps. Thanks for your request Mark.
Question: I recently embarked on my spiritual journey but am finding setting time each day for meditation and reflection difficult. Procrastination, is one of my failures and I was hoping you might give me some insight into why I am this way. Namaste... Mi.
Answer: Hi Mi, there are two issues here: the first is a concentration issue, and the second is a lack of self-discipline. Welcome to the world of a normal human being! Be assured there is nothing wrong with you, so please stop looking at yourself as having a failing. When you begin a spiritual journey, you are asking the Universe to help you come to know yourself. Try not to judge yourself, for you (like all of us) are a combination of light and shadow and both are needed on the journey of self-discovery. We all have an ego and the ego doesn't want to change. In fact, your ego is not interested in your spiritual journey; it is your soul that wants you to grow and expand. Your ego hates change and that is what causes you to be a procrastinator. It's quite normal to encounter resistance from your ego self when you begin spiritual endeavours.
The following exercises will address both issues. Find a place (if you don't have one already) to do your spiritual practice. This place must only be used for quiet activities (after you have used the space a number of times, you will notice the energy build up and soon you will want to be there). Always use this same place and try as often as possible to do it at the same time every day. To start with, go there every day and spend 7 minutes exactly in quiet (set an alarm). Take a pen and paper with you, and write down whatever comes to you. This will mostly be the noise of your chatterbox mind. Next, go outside, read what you have written and burn it. After you have done this, return to your spiritual practice place (which will eventually become a sacred place) and light one long white tapered candle. Turn the light out and stare at the candle for another 7 minutes. Then close your eyes. You will see patterns and perhaps colours. Focus on these for a few minutes. Do this and you will have successfully completed a spiritual practice. Or let's call it a prelude to spiritual practice. Well done. Do this for 10 days, email me and describe your experience. I will then help you progress to the next stage.
Remember that to try is to succeed.
Question: Hi Peter. I have read a lot of books on awareness and living in the moment. I move when things change in my life and I am ready to change my ways in a heart beat. I would dearly love to be a mum and realise that at 39, I better hurry up. I have just left a relationship that was stuck; we were trying for a baby but I knew that he wasn't ready for marriage. I have made plans to move back to my homeland, the UK, after being away for over four years. I will start all over again - making new friends and building my practice. I would like to know how I can attract the right person to settle down with? With much gratitude and thanks, Anna.
Answer: Hi Anna, thanks for your question. Here is what came to me: you have an unresolved issue that has its origins in your early years. This is a big part of why you are heading back to your homeland; you sense that the answer is back there. It is but you wont find it by going back - you carry it within you. You would really benefit from some regression; you need to be taken back. You have stored/trapped energy around these earlier experiences that need to be released.
A competent regressional therapist should be able to help you do this. Are you located locally? Would you be able to come and see me?
Once you clear the old issues, the relationship you want will come, along with the child. Up until now, you have drawn to yourself men who really don't fit the bill. The old issues are around self worth - in other words, you don't really believe that you deserve what you want.
Don't worry, you still have window of opportunity for having a baby. But do attend to the old issues, for nothing will change until they have been moved.
Question: Dear Peter. I'm middle aged, earn little money and am currently living at home with my parents (short-term). My worst fear when I was younger was that I would end up in this situation. I feel like I have always given a lot to others and have worked hard in life, I'm good at what I do, yet it has always been a struggle. I can't seem to get ahead, no matter how deserving I believe I am. And when it comes to work and helping people out, they have a tendency to screw me over. Everywhere around me people are getting great jobs, great incomes, going on holidays. It seems so easy for everyone else, yet financial abundance and all of these things appear continually out of my reach, despite how hard I try. I'm continually frustrated and starting to doubt whether things will ever improve for me. Can you shed any light on my situation? Thanks for your time. Sara.
Answer: This pattern comes from two previous lifetimes in which both of these you had strong connections with your parents.
I first saw you in what I feel is Ireland. Your parents were your younger siblings. You left the family to to follow your own path, which in those days meant that you entered a religious order. Hard times hit the land (potato famine) and your siblings starved (they died). You never forgave yourself and made a vow that if you had your time over, you wouldn't leave them. You felt you had neglected your duty by following your own path, so now in this current life, you leave and are drawn back through lack of finance. In other words, you keep yourself poor so you have to stay - quite an accomplishment for someone with such ability.
The second life that came to me was a life in an order like the Quakers. I see you in a black bonnet with a narrow red trim, long black dress. Your current father was either the leader of the group, or your father, or both. It was a man's world; what he said was how it was. You followed the teachings and there was a vow here also: this one was that the group was the only safe place, that you had to stick together no matter what. Your sister was there also. She challenged the teachings and had a lot of disagreement with father/leader, but was still caught in the teachings. A lot of guilt stuff flowed from this one - duty to the ones in charge.
Both of these lives are what I feel bind you now: from the first one you carry an unconscious belief you deserve punishment, so you have set it up in being stuck with your parents and unable to move. For if you had a heap of money you would be gone like a shot, but then you wouldn't be able to fulfill your vow, which is stronger because there are two of them.
So what to do, I hear you ask? You need to ask to be released from your vow, for it was a thought that was relevant to the past and it was your parents (as siblings) destiny to die in that life. It had nothing to do with you and you couldn't have prevented it.
"Universe please release me from the vows I made. For I now realise that I made the vows with a limited view of the situations. I no longer carry any guilt or remorse, I am free. I can now freely make choices that honour my own soul and I can and will find the destiny that fits for me. I bless the souls that live as my parents and I acknowledge that by releasing myself, I will also set them free."
Say this every day morning and night for 10 days out aloud.
Answer: This is an important question and one that needs to be considered deeply.
Firstly well done for reaching for something that may lead to answers to your problem.
Tiredness is avoidance, and in this case you carry some emotional problems which appear to originate from your early years. Through tiredness, you dampen your emotion around these early memories (and I know that you can't remember the emotion of these memories).
Meditation would be of help to you but I would advise a guided method of meditation, as opposed to the silent Vipassana process. The Vipassana meditation process is 10 days of silence and for most people who are beginners, this is too intense. I would suggest that with your condition you would most likely go further into avoidance, ie. you would probably go to sleep and waste the time. The other possibility through Vipassana would be that the old emotion would erupt and be really overwhelming.
In order to heal, you must clear the old emotional baggage you carry and you will need some help from a competent therapist to process this. You might ask why? The answer is that you are too close to you to find your way through this old emotion. If you have the desire to change, you will find the way that works for you. Good luck.
Question: Hi Peter, would appreciate any advice you can give me about a string of explosive conflicts I've been experiencing with people I know. They've gone from happening once every few years to happening with a bit more frequency over the past few years. They aren't constant blow ups but they are never with the same person and are always out of the blue. Nothing major ever happens to warrant them but I always receive intense anger from the other person and it really impacts me. They may seem easy to get over to others, but I'm quite sensitive and I get overwhelmed with anxiety, anger, sadness for a long time afterwards. I've only just recognised this pattern emerging and I'm even more frustrated it keeps persisting, no matter how hard I try to handle them in a better way each time. Any help you can give me? Thank you. Coastal.
Answer: Thanks for the question. Firstly, you must remind yourself that the universe is your mirror - everything that occurs in your day is a reflection back to you what you have inside of yourself. The emotion that you carry vibrates and it draws the same vibration towards it/you. So if you are running into anger coming at you fast and furious from all directions, the universe is screaming at you, trying to say stop blaming the other guy and go within.
Ask to be shown every memory of anger that you have ever encountered. As the memories come to you (and they will), write letters to those who you feel anger toward. Write them, read them and then burn them. This will begin to release the stored energy behind the memories (something you didn't fully do when the event first occurred). Now you are paying attention, you have stopped being the victim; you are owning your emotion. As you write and release old embedded angers, you will find that your reaction when you encounter angry people will begin to diminish and as you stop reacting, the intensity of their emotion will begin to diminish. You may need to write these letters a number of times. Each time, your stored anger will lessen and things around you will begin to change. You will notice happy people/situations, not the angry ones.
The situations you encounter cause anger because you carry it within, the anxiety because anger rocks you and the sadness because you are disappointed in yourself for being caught - once again - in what you know is a pointless emotion that consumes energy and isn't living as you want to.
Question: Hello Peter. I'm aware of signs that happen in life but struggle with how to decipher what they actually mean. Do you have any advice on how to interpret signs? And how do you know when it's right to keep pushing through the signs or take heed to them and pull out of a situation? E.
Answer: First, we must ask to be shown signs. For instance, if you have a decision to make and don't know which option to take, it is a good idea to ask to be given a sign. Then you must pay attention, for even though a sign may hit you on the head, it may not be obvious to you. Remember the story of the fellow who sat on his roof surrounded by flood waters, asking that God save him, while ignoring all the offers of help from people coming by in boats as he waited for God to do it?
A sign may be so subtle that you miss it or simply ignore it. I find most western people over-think signs, whereas tribal people get them because they don't over-think things. Quieten your mind and you will get the signs. Then trust and follow. So many don't follow the signs when they receive them; this only raises further questions about whether you really believe you deserve help and if you are able to put your ego aside. The ego often feels that it should be able to work out the answer through logic and reason, and panics when presented with a true sign trying to connect with your soul.
1. Ask to be shown a sign.
3. Pay attention - it may be subtle or simple.
Question: Hello Peter, I am at this moment working my way through a book called "Opening to Channel - How To Connect To Your Guide", written in 1987. I was asking the question, "is this the right method for me?" and then, just now I read that one woman said she had 12 guides that she referred to as The Council Of 12. Is this the same Council Of 12 that you are guided by? I have not begun to channel yet as I am feeling physically depleted, but when I do, am I able to receive direct guidance from the Council of 12 if I ask for them? Interestingly, I popped on here to look for an indication and you have presented me with an opportunity to ask my question. Thanks for your time Peter, God Bless. x B.
Answer: Hi B and good question. I offer you my thoughts on channeling in relation to your question.
The Council of 12 have told us that there are only two people on the planet that they talk to directly: one is Peter D, who works with me in our workshop process and the other is Selacia, a lady in the US. Based on this communication from the Council Of 12, I would suggest that the person you know who speaks of 12 guides being the same Council Of 12 of which we speak has her wires crossed, although she may well sincerely believe what she says. You can ask the Council of 12 for direction/guidance and they will give it, but not as a direct "channeled" communication. Be careful of wanting to open yourself to be a "channel"; if you are not centred or your energy is down, you can end up drawing who knows what to yourself (have a look at my recent post on the news page on Entities From Beyond: Friend Or Foe). Remember, you have your own guide or guides to connect with. My advice is to get that down pat first before you look at direct channeling. Channeling can end up as a big ego side-track, which is somewhat counter-productive to your whole mission of coming to know yourself.


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Frank Gaffney: The wind beneath Donald Trump's Islamophobia.
Frank Gaffney and his anti-Muslim cohorts laid the groundwork for Trump's rise.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses a campaign rally in Manassas, Virginia, on Dec. 2, 2015.
In the past couple of years, the political influence of Frank Gaffney, who the Southern Poverty Law Center describes as "one of America's most notorious Islamophobes," appeared to be on the wane. In 2011, he was banned from the Conservative Political Action Conference after claiming that the Muslim Brotherhood had infiltrated the group organizing the event. The next year, Gaffney, who was advising Michele Bachmann on foreign policy, concocted a theory that the Muslim Brotherhood had penetrated the State Department via Huma Abedin, Hillary Clinton's aide. When five members of Congress, including Bachmann, asked for an investigation of the conspiracy, leaders of the Republican Party, including then–House Speaker John Boehner, forcefully rebuked them. (Soon Bachmann would leave Congress, depriving Gaffney of an important political collaborator.) The most recent Republican nominee for president, Mitt Romney, largely refused to countenance Gaffney-style anti-Sharia conspiracy theories. Chris Christie smacked them down as well.
Despite the efforts of Gaffney and his allies, "Islamophobia was the dog that didn't bark in the 2012 election," says Matthew Duss, president of the Foundation for Middle East Peace and Slate contributor. "But the rise of ISIS and all these spectacular, graphic attacks did what they're designed to do, which is to provoke fear and to provoke hysteria and create fertile ground for these kind of wild claims about the Islamic threat." It has given Gaffney, and the network of anti-Islam groups of which he is a central part, a new level of power and relevance.
The most tangible example of that is Donald Trump's call for a ban on Muslim immigration, which he justified by citing figures from Gaffney's think tank, the Center for Security Policy, about the supposed jihadist sympathies of American Muslims. (Gaffney called for a "moratorium on refugees and Muslim colonization" in September.) But Trump isn't the only Republican candidate parroting Gaffney's views. Ted Cruz has also been close to Gaffney; both Trump and Cruz spoke at an August rally against Obama's Iran deal that was co-sponsored by Gaffney's group.
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These groups' activities correspond to growing local anti-Muslim sentiment, over and above the backlash created by 9/11. "In my book I use big-data analysis to track the number of news stories about mosque controversies in local newspapers," Bail tells me. He found that the combination of violent attacks on mosques and political attempts to stop their construction increased almost 800 percent between 2005 and 2012. "With the surging power of this anti-Muslim narrative in the media, combined with everything ISIS says and does, it's entirely understandable how there can be a sea change in American opinion towards Muslims," he says.
This sea change helped prime conservative voters for figures like Trump and Cruz. When Trump says darkly that Obama won't call out radical Islamic terrorism because there's "something going on with him that we don't know about," a good part of his audience knows he's alluding to theories, promulgated by Gaffney and others, about Obama's Islamist sympathies. When Cruz says that only Christian refugees from Syria should be allowed in the United States, he's speaking to people who have likely heard about a Muslim plot to use refugee resettlement to wage "jihad via colonization." "People see a very coherent narrative, backed by pseudo-experts and a sophisticated media infrastructure," says Bail.
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Mini.Katana: Why This Brand Is Immensely Popular with Sword and Japan Enthusiasts
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Novelty swords and weapons are becoming more and more popular in the United States, alongside the popularity of genres like fantasy and anime. If you're looking for a decorative sword or katana to hang on your wall or go with your next cosplay, Mini.Katana is the brand for you.
Mini.Katana was founded by Isaac Medeiros in 2021. The company sells both mini and full-sized swords and katanas. You can get these swords in the form of letter openers or pocket knives. The swords also come in sharp or blunt versions so they can be used for decoration or cosplay at any anime convention. In just over a year, the brand has grown astronomically. The whole operation was completely bootstrapped at the beginning out of a passion and love for anime and swords.
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Hillary Clinton Loves a Good Fight
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Earlier this month U.S. Senate candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton for the first time edged ahead of New York mayor Rudy Giuliani in a tight race that has attracted national attention.
The results of a CBS News/New York Times poll — since confirmed by other polls — showed Clinton leading Giuliani by 49 to 41 percent among likely voters, with 7 percent undecided.
Giuliani's dip in the polls, in part, reflects his cavalier response to the fatal police shooting of Haitian immigrant Patrick Dorismond, an unarmed security guard, in a drug sting operation gone awry. Thus, it is likely that Giuliani eventually will close in on Clinton.
Polls change — and will continue to fluctuate with the waxing and waning fortunes of the candidates in this closely contested race — but character is a constant.
From this perspective, the only significance of poll numbers is that — somewhat analogous to an electrocardiogram in a stress test — they provide a running record of the political pulse of the voting public as it responds to the palpitations of the candidates' personality patterns in their race for the prized Senate seat.
The fact of the matter is that both Clinton and Giuliani have questions of character and temperament dangling over their heads.
As the clock ticks toward November's election, the debate about whether the two candidates have the right stuff for serving in the Senate, and the effects of character and personality on leadership performance, is bound to intensify.
The operative question is this: What kind of candidate will voters be willing to place in the seat of power? In Clinton, as in Giuliani, we have an exceptionally dominant, and potentially aggressive, personality — even by Washington standards.
For example, the New York Daily News last December reported that sometimes "glimpses of volcanic anger bubble to the surface," noting an incident during the 1992 presidential campaign when Clinton "banged her Bible in anger on her limo seat one Sunday when Secret Service agents took a less-than-direct route to church for security reasons."
Clinton's "It takes a village" persona notwithstanding, the Daily News' revelation is hardly surprising, given our assessment of Clinton: a primarily dominant, controlling individual with highly ambitious, narcissistic qualities — qualities that account for substantial self-confidence but readily shade into arrogance, a sense of entitlement, and an air of superiority.
On a more positive note, we also found Clinton to be highly organized, persistent, and conscientious.
In short, what we have in Candidate Clinton is a controlling, competitive, somewhat disagreeable individual with little inclination for kindness, yet highly disciplined and dedicated, if somewhat closed-minded and inflexible.
Theodore Millon, the distinguished contemporary personality theorist, asserts that dominant personalities enjoy the power to direct others and to evoke obedience and respect from them. They tend to be tough and unsentimental, and derive satisfaction from acts that dictate and direct the lives of others.
Although many sublimate their power-oriented tendencies in publicly approved roles and vocations, their controlling inclinations become evident in occasional intransigence, stubbornness, and coercive behaviors.
Overall, these personalities tend to be emotionally stable and conscientious, and often make effective leaders.
In their book, The New Personality Self-Portrait, John Oldham and Lois B. Morris write that dominant personalities "move instinctively to the helm," being "born to assume command as surely as is the top dog in the pack." Their "strong, forceful personality style" allows them "to undertake huge responsibilities without fear of failure," they "wield power with ease," and they "never back away from a fight."
Another expert, Stephen Strack, notes that dominant, forceful personalities have an assertive, tough-minded personal style and are strong-willed, ambitious, competitive, and driven to excel, working hard to achieve their goals.
Clearly, there is broad agreement among experts about the existence of a dominant, forceful character type, and abundant evidence that Clinton fits this mold.
She likes to be in charge and has the ability to present her ideas authoritatively to the public. However, several layers of concern are revealed if one probes beneath the public veneer of idealistic concern common among politicians.
Millon's theory illuminates the darker recesses of Clinton's dominant, controlling character type: a penchant for perceptual and cognitive distortion; a demeaning of affection and cooperative behavior; and the creation of realistic antagonisms.
First, beneath their controlled exterior, these individuals may harbor an undercurrent of anger and resentment that renders them somewhat thin-skinned and sensitive to others' reactions. When misconstrued, minor slights become major insults and slander.
Moreover, these personalities are short on spontaneity and reluctant to express warm or tender feelings. Fundamentally, they are not softhearted, sympathetic, or caring. Finally, they are inherently antagonistic, and easily provoked to anger.
The truth of the matter is that Clinton's personality dynamics prompt and perpetuate an incessant desire to pursue a fight. Furthermore, these personalities enjoy tangling with others to test their mettle and prove their strength.
Ominous though these qualities may sound, they are quite common among successful politicians.
What we find of more concern is the primacy of these traits in a personality that claims Eleanor Roosevelt as a role model and professes empathy, caring, and compassion.
Hillary may be liberal, but she's no bleeding heart. Her campaign strengths are her relentless drive and commitment, her commanding presence, her persuasiveness, her unshakable confidence, and her ability to juggle multiple responsibilities.
Her Achilles' heel is hostility and a lack of flexibility, warmth, and congeniality.
In power, Clinton will run a tight ship — a leadership style that will leave those stranded who fail to follow. In stormy waters, her manner may incite a mutiny or force followers to jump ship.
Perhaps that is not the ideal formula for success in the world's greatest deliberative body, but then again, perhaps a Senate seat was never intended to be more than a temporary harbor en route to greater conquests.
Aví Bahadoor is a junior biology/pre-med major from Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies. She is collaborating in leadership studies conducted by Aubrey Immelman, associate professor of psychology at the College of St. Benedict and St. John's University, in the Unit for the Study of Personality in Politics.
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what is a good ec reading for 6 plants in approx 3-4 gal. of solution?
do i want the same readings all the way through veg and flowering? or do i want to change them with the cycles?
Week 1 and 2 (seedlings) 1,3 plus root stimulator.
This works very well for most "white" strains like WW, PP, Chrystal and NLX. They don't like very high levels of ferts.
Always watch your plant's reaction after increasing EC. If the leafes are curling inwards, you're too high on ferts!
i will adjust accordingly. at the moment im at 900 microhms in an Emilys Garden hydro setup under 650 mh.my plants are about 2 monthes old, but havent grown in past month due to many problems with ph. but i think im past all of that now.


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I just got my gigabyte vega 56. and I went to install it on my 9370fx with a gigabyte 990FXA ud5 mobo with the FC bios. and when i tried to boot, it would turn on the radeon logo, gpu tach, and fan all turn on but i get nothing from the display, HDMI or display port. my amd r9 270X works just fine using the same power cables 6/8 pin, direct from my PSU , and the same PCIe slot on the mobo. I have an 850W power supply so it should have enough power to boot.. i messed around in my bios and enabled both eufi and BIOS bootable items, i also disabled quickboot. but still nothing. im going to go to my local PC store and see if i can borrow a newer intel or ryzen mobo to see if its not just a DOA card.. i hope not.. but we all know how things get shipped.. and i bet HBM cant handle being dropped kicked too many times.


Putin......Problem; Pariah; Peacemaker. Russia no longer an "Old Whore"
Valdimir Putin, decided in October 2015, to enter the Syrian conflict in order to save Bashar Assad, and he as so far done that and more. He has not only reversed the gains by the various Syrian factions fighting Assad, but has also dealt severe blows to ISIL and the al Qaeda branch, the Nusra Front. This forced the West led by the USA, to use its influence to force the Syrian "rebels" to a ceasefire and come to the peace table, which they did on Feb.27, 2016. The cease fire has largely held ( ISIL and the Nusra Front are not included), and the peace talks continue.
Putin was seen as a "problem" in October, when he entered the fray, sending fighter jets helicopters as well as soldiers and ships. They carried many combat sorties each day and succeeded to turn the tide of war and helped create the conditions for the peace talks. Putin the problem was now an important ally.
Putin was a pariah, shunned by the West. He was shunted to the sidelines and was threatened with a "chest bump" by the Australian prime minister, and lectured by Harper the Canadian prime minister on the Ukraine ( they, by the way are no longer around, one was booted out by his party and the other was booted out by the voters). The Russian military successes, forced the US and its coalition to bring him in from the cold and to become the important player, in this Syrian crisis. Before Putin's involvement, the fight against ISIL and the Nusra Front going badly, with more and more territory falling into their hands. The Russians did not restrict their "sorties" to these two but also targeted the "Syrian rebels". The pariah is now a welcomed partner.
Putin the "peacemaker", is riding high these days and so is Russia. It remains in East Ukraine ( and with Harper gone, you can barely hear a whimper from the West), and is there to stay. In Syria, it has an air base and a naval facility in Syria and will not leave them. It also will keep a number of troops in Syria ( Russia had always wanted a warm water poet in the Middle East and now it has one.
Putin's popularity continues to be very high in Russia, despite the economic sanctions and its effects on the lives of the people. He as brought back pride to his nation ( after the alcoholic- soaked regime of Yeltsin, which saw Russia become a "joke". Back in 1960, the then leader Nikita Khruschev, was asked by the editor of the Egyptian publication al Ahram, what constitutes a superpower's clout, and he replied that " half of a superpower's clout is its prestige and that if a superpower loses its prestige, it becomes nothing more than an old whore". No respect).
Putin has restored Russia's pride, power and prestige and it is an important "player" and no longer an "Old Whore"


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A woman from Banff is dead after a four-vehicle collision on Hwy 9 on Dec. 27.
According to Const. Mike Hibbs of RCMP Media Relations, the initial police investigation determined that an eastbound truck crossed the centre line and into the path of a westbound car on Hwy 9 near Range Road 60 at about 11 a.m.
The woman, 28, died at the scene.
A man and woman, who were passengers of the eastbound truck suffered serious injuries and were taken to hospital by ambulance. In addition, two other women and one man from the other two cars were also taken to the hospital with minor injuries and later released.
Icy roads and foggy conditions are contributing factors.
Oyen and Hanna RCMP detachments, along with an RCMP collision analyst attended the scene and is still under investigation.
"Our thoughts are with the family of the deceased during this difficult time," said Const. Mike Hibbs.
Police aren't releasing the name of the deceased.


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Q: Getting contactdetails from contact Id not working in android Hello i am working on a contact directory,i have made a custom call logs,Noe i want to display the contact details when one of the contact is clicked,I have first fetched contact_id from the contact number,and then by searching over the internet i got a function to get all details from contact id,I have put it in my code,But its not working,not giving me results,
public void getDetials(String contactID) {
        Uri myPhoneUri = Uri.withAppendedPath(
                ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_URI,
                Uri.encode(contactID));

        // Query the table
        @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
        Cursor phoneCursor = managedQuery(myPhoneUri, null, null, null, null);

        // Get the phone numbers from the contact
        for (phoneCursor.moveToFirst(); !phoneCursor.isAfterLast(); phoneCursor
                .moveToNext()) {

            // Get a phone number
            String phoneNumber = phoneCursor
                    .getString(phoneCursor
                            .getColumnIndexOrThrow(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.NUMBER));

            //get name
            String phonename = phoneCursor
                    .getString(phoneCursor
                            .getColumnIndexOrThrow(ContactsContract.Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME));

            //get email
            String phoneemail = phoneCursor
                    .getString(phoneCursor
                            .getColumnIndexOrThrow(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email.DATA));

            //get image uri..!!
            String img_uri = phoneCursor
                    .getString(phoneCursor
                            .getColumnIndexOrThrow(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.PHOTO_URI));
            System.out
                    .println("=============my phone number ,is==================="
                            + phoneNumber + "======in call info=="+"\n =========name is===="+phonename+"=================email is========"+phoneemail);
            System.out.println("======myimgae url fopr the contact is============="+img_uri);

        }

    }

A: Here is method to read all phone numbers and emails for specified contact:
public void getContactDetails(int contactId) {
    Log.d("Details", "---");
    Log.d("Details", "Contact : " + contactId);
    final Cursor phoneCursor = getContentResolver().query(
            ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_URI,
            new String[] {
                    ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.DISPLAY_NAME,
                    ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.NUMBER,
                    ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.PHOTO_URI,
            },
            Data.CONTACT_ID + "=?",
            new String[] {String.valueOf(contactId)}, null);

    try {
        final int idxAvatarUri = phoneCursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(
                ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.PHOTO_URI);
        final int idxName = phoneCursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(
                ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.DISPLAY_NAME);
        final int idxPhone = phoneCursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(
                ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.NUMBER);

        while (phoneCursor.moveToNext()) {
            String phoneNumber = phoneCursor.getString(idxPhone);
            String name = phoneCursor.getString(idxName);
            String avatarUri = phoneCursor.getString(idxAvatarUri);

            Log.d("Details", "Phone number: " + phoneNumber);
            Log.d("Details", "Name: " + name);
            Log.d("Details", "Avatar URI: " + avatarUri);
        }
    } finally {
        phoneCursor.close();
    }

    final Cursor emailCursor = getContentResolver().query(
            ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email.CONTENT_URI,
            new String[] {
                    ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email.ADDRESS,
            },
            Data.CONTACT_ID + "=?",
            new String[] {String.valueOf(contactId)}, null);

    try {
        final int idxAddress = emailCursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(
                ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email.ADDRESS);
        while (emailCursor.moveToNext()) {
            String address = emailCursor.getString(idxAddress);
            Log.d("Details", "Email: " + address);
        }
    } finally {
        emailCursor.close();
    }
}

Please note that single contact can hold multiple phone numbers and emails.
Here is how to get all contacts details:
final Cursor cur = getContentResolver().query(Data.CONTENT_URI,
        new String[]{Data.CONTACT_ID}, null, null, null);
try {
    final int idxId = cur.getColumnIndex(Data.CONTACT_ID);
    while (cur.moveToNext()) {
        final int id = cur.getInt(idxId);
        getContactDetails(id);
    }
} finally {
    cur.close();
}

Don't forget to add permission:
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_CONTACTS"/>

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U.S. Ski Team Olympian Noah Hoffman trains with Summit Nordic Ski Club
Sports | November 5, 2014
Sebastian Foltz
sfoltz@summitdaily.com
The Summit Nordic Ski Club's Joel Sawyer (right) and new club coach Olof Hedberg lead the pack during Tuesday's club training with U.S. Ski Team Olympian Noah Hoffman of Aspen (not pictured). Hoffman trained with the team and hosted a question and answer with club members and parents after practice.
Sebastian Foltz / sfoltz@summitdaily |
There might not be snow on the county's cross-country ski trails just yet, but the season is in full swing for the Summit Nordic Ski Club. The club has been taking to Summit's recpath on roller skis for after-school practice since early September.
Yesterday the athletes were joined by an Olympic guest. U.S. Ski Team Nordic skier and Aspen native Noah Hoffman joined the high-school skiers for a training run from the Frisco Nordic Center to Summit High School and back on the county recpath.
Hoffman made the U.S. Olympic team last winter and competed at February's Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, where he finished 26th in the 50K and 11th as part of the 4x10K relay team.
During Tuesday's training run he took time to challenge club members to sprints, and following the session he hung around for a question-and-answer session with club members and parents.
"It was fantastic," new club coach Olof Hedberg said of the visit. "He was so generous with his time afterwards."
Hoffman answered questions about training methods and what it takes to race at the World Cup level.
"He is such a Colorado success story," Hedberg added. "It was really cool to have someone who has walked the path showing them it was feasible."
Hedberg said he's hopeful that Hoffman will be able to join the club again later in the season when there is snow to train on.
The Summit Nordic Ski Club is an independent group that includes some members of Summit High School's Nordic team as well as other club members ranging from elementary to high school age. The club competes annually in a number of events at different age levels.
NEW COACH NEW APPROACH
Club head coach Hedberg joined the Summit program in September and brings his own World Cup background to the table. The Swedish-born Nordic skier raced for a private club in Sweden, where he made it inside the top 160 in the FIS World Cup rankings.
Following his racing career Hedberg spent two and a half years as an assistant Nordic coach at the University of New Mexico while he worked on his master's degree.
After graduating, Hedberg spent six years in New York City working for a firm managing hedge funds, but decided over the summer that it was time to get back to the mountains.
"I was looking to get back in the ski world," he said of the decision. "It was time for us to do something else."
Hedberg said he is excited about being in Summit County and working with his new squad of athletes.
He added that he's already been impressed by their efforts.
Hedberg brings with him experience from a part of the world where Nordic skiing is the No. 1 sport.
"That's all we care about in Norway and Sweden," he said, laughing.
Nordic and Alpine downhill skiing are the sports to watch there and kids get involved at a young age. It's what traditionally separates the Scandinavian countries from the rest of the pack when it comes to World Cup competition. The sport is simply more ingrained.
"There's a saying in Scandinavia," Hedberg said: "If you want to be a cross-country skier your season starts May 1."
It's an approach he's likely to bring to the table for the club here in Summit County, with an offseason emphasis on roller skiing.
"The roller skiing possibilities here are better than anywhere else I've seen in the United States," he said, crediting the recpath network.
As for club members, he sees plenty of potential, calling them natural athletes no less capable than any Scandinavian child, the difference being training. Back in Sweeden, for example, other sports don't pull their athletes away from Nordic training they way they do here.
"These kids are really fit, they just need to develop an efficiency on skis," he said, comparing them with their European counterparts. "They get less hours … if they would get the same exposure they would be equally good."
Describing what he's seen so far he said, "The kids are responding fantastically. They have an amazing work ethic. They just put their heads down and work hard."


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An interactive applet and associated web page that demonstrate the concept of arc length. The applet shows a circle with part of its circumference highlighted and the central angle shown. As the user drags either end of the arc it is redrawn and the calculation for arc length changes as you drag. The text on the web page gives the formula for calculating the arc length. Applet can be enlarged to full screen size for use with a classroom projector. This resource is a component of the Math Open Reference Interactive Geometry textbook project at http://www.mathopenref.com.
An interactive applet and associated web page that demonstrate the concept of the peripheral angle (inscribed angle) of an arc. This is the angle subtended at the circle circumference of an arc. The applet shows an arc with draggable end points and the angle it subtends at the circumference. It is seen that this angle is constant for a constant arc length. It shows also what happens when the vertex is inside the arc that subtends it The web page has links to other arc properties and a formula for the subtended angle for a given arc length. Applet can be enlarged to full screen size for use with a classroom projector. This resource is a component of the Math Open Reference Interactive Geometry textbook project at http://www.mathopenref.com.


Join the Center for Puppetry Arts for an auspicious celebration of their new special exhibit Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal: World of Myth and Magic. The evening will include celebrity guests, a costume contest, heavy hors d'oeuvres, beer and wine bar, and a New Year's Eve-style countdown to the Great Conjunction! Guests are encouraged to wear Dark Crystal-inspired costumes or fantasy masquerade attire and masks. Tickets are limited. Ticket information is below.
General admission tickets are $175 and include access to the Ball, heavy hors d'oeuvres, and admission to the Worlds of Puppetry Museum and the Dark Crystal special exhibit, which opens to the public on August 31, meaning you'll be among the first to see it! Beer and wine will be for sale at the bar.


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FDA Should Amend Irinotecan Label to Reflect That Not All Patients Need Accompanying Dx, Study Says
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) — The US Food and Drug Administration should amend the label of a commonly prescribed cancer drug to reflect that a molecular diagnostic used to predict adverse events in some patients is not required for all patients, according to the findings of a recent meta-analysis.
"Not everyone needs a genetic test" before taking the drug, called irinotecan, and the FDA "should modify its prescription guidelines to say so," researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill wrote in an article appearing in the Aug. 28 Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Irinotecan, also known as Camptosar, is mainly used as a second-line treatment for colorectal cancer, the third most common form of cancer in the US. In the spring of 2005, the FDA altered the drug's label to recommend oncologists to screen patients for a variation of UGT1A1 gene, called UGT1A1*28, which could make them more susceptible to adverse events linked to the drug. One such adverse event is neutropenia, a blood disorder that limits the body's production of white blood cells, hobbling immunity.
According to GenomeWeb Daily News sister publication Pharmacogenomics Reporter, the FDA required that irinotecan's label recommend a "reduction in the starting dose" for patients known to be homozygous for the UGT1A1*28 allele. The new label did not include specific dosing information, or suggest a specific diagnostic test for the allele.
But according to the UNC researchers, a meta-analysis of nine irinotecan studies showed that only patients who received a medium or high dose of the drug had greater risk of developing neutropenia if they had two copies UGT1A1*28. At lower doses, however, "the risk was the same regardless of what UGT1A1 gene the patients had," the authors said.
"Many institutions saw the FDA's recommendation as authorization to test all patients before treating them with irinotecan, even though many clinicians didn't think it was always necessary since low doses of the drug weren't causing problems," Howard McLeod, senior author of the study and director of the UNC Institute for Pharmacogenomics and Individualized Therapy, said in a statement accompanying the study.
"Our review showed that at low doses, the drug is well tolerated and can be taken by most people," McLeod said. "Testing only becomes essential when the dosage increases and genetics become a larger factor in determining what side effects patients experience."
As such, the authors recommend that the FDA "amend" irinotecan's label to describe the association between dose and risk of hematologic toxicity among patients with two UGT1A1*28 genes.


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Ulf Lawaetz
VIIB
Ordered 9 Jun 1938
Laid down 5 Oct 1939 Flender Werke AG, Lübeck (werk 291)
Launched 9 Dec 1940
Commissioned 8 Feb 1941 Oblt. Hans-Werner Kraus
8 Feb 1941 - 21 Sep 1942 Kptlt. Hans-Werner Kraus (Knights Cross)
16 Oct 1942 - 4 Mar 1943 Kptlt. Ulrich Wörisshoffer
12 patrols
8 Feb 1941 - 31 May 1941 1. Flottille (training)
1 Jun 1941 - 31 Dec 1941 1. Flottille (active service)
1 Jan 1942 - 30 Apr 1942 23. Flottille (active service)
1 May 1942 - 4 Mar 1943 29. Flottille (active service)
Successes 5 ships sunk, total tonnage 8,425 GRT
1 auxiliary warship sunk, total tonnage 96 GRT
1 auxiliary warship damaged, total tonnage 6,746 GRT
Sunk on 4 March 1943 in the Mediterranean south-east of Cartagena, in position 37.10N, 00.05E, by depth charges from a British Hudson aircraft (500 Sqn RAF/V). 50 dead (all hands lost).
See the 8 ships hit by U-83 - View the 12 war patrols
Photo taken by the crew of Hudson "V" of 500 Sqn RAF which sank U-83 on 4 March 1943:
Three 100lb A/S bombs dropped from 1500 feet in the initial attack are falling short of U-83 which was subsequently
sunk by three depth charges dropped during a second attack run. Photo from Imperial War Museum, CNA-646
U-83 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Bosemüller (28 Aug 1941 - 2 Sep 1941)
Seewolf (2 Sep 1941 - 7 Sep 1941)
Breslau (2 Oct 1941 - 29 Oct 1941)
An attack by a convoy escort in the Mediterranean damaged U-83 so severely she was forced to return to base at Salamis, Greece.
21 Oct 1941. U-83 fired a spread of torpedoes at a British task force (which included the ageing aircraft carriers HMS Eagle and HMS Argus) in the Straits of Gibraltar. The boat reported a destroyer sunk, but no hits were in fact scored.
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-83 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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Hitler's U-boat War, Vol II
There was another U-83 in World War One
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Last Updated: Tuesday, 6 April, 2004, 10:18 GMT 11:18 UK
'Royal' trout high in pollutants
The compounds can accumulate in living things, it is claimed.
Brown trout in a lake on the Royal Balmoral Estate, contain high concentrations of flame retardant chemicals, a study has shown.
Levels of the chemicals in Lochnagar were almost ten times higher than in other high mountain lakes.
These concentrations are not known to be hazardous, but it is feared they may pass up the food chain to humans.
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) says the compounds are resistant to degradation and can accumulate in living things.
Fish are at the top of the food chain so these persistent chemicals build up in their organs
Dr Richard Dixon, WWF Scotland
The polybromodiphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are used as flame-retardants in electronics, textiles and in the polyurethane foam found in furniture and in cars.
"Fish are at the top of the food chain so these persistent chemicals build up in their organs. Humans are a top predator too so the only long-term solution is to phase out these chemicals entirely," said Dr Richard Dixon, Head of Policy at WWF Scotland.
All the lakes are situated far from local sources of pollution, so it seems likely that the contamination is being carried through the air, WWF claims, often from hundreds of kilometres away.
"These PBDEs will have arrived as dust washed out of the air by rain and snow. Once in the lake water they would have entered the food chain, eventually reaching the trout and anyone who has been eating them," Dr Dixon explained.
Joan Grimalt of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas in Barcelona, Spain, and his colleagues from Spain and Norway sampled fish in 12 high mountain lakes, including 11 in Europe and one in Greenland.
They found fish in all lakes examined were found to be contaminated with the chemicals.
The researchers believe the experience with another group of chemicals, polychlorobiphenyls (PCBs) might foreshadow the situation with PBDEs, because the latter group have been more recently introduced into the environment.
When they are released, PCBs evaporate and travel on winds to cold countries where they then condense out. This is known as "global distillation", and it has caused PCBs to accumulate in ecosystems in the Arctic circle.
They have been blamed by some researchers for harmful effects seen in some Arctic animals.
"The information already available on PCB studies could be taken as an early warning of their likely environmental fate," the researchers write in Environmental Science and Technology
In other studies fish samples taken from lowland rivers and lakes have shown even higher contamination by PBDEs.
Lochnagar sits at an altitude of 785 metres (2,575 feet) in the centre of Balmoral Forest.
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Corona, CA (Sept. 5, 2018) – It's an action packed week in the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards as the teams make the short drive from DuQuoin, Illinois, to the Lucas Oil Raceway in Brownsburg, Indiana where they will run the Shore Lunch 200 at 9 p.m. ET Friday, September 7, with a same day re-air at 12:00am midnight ET.
MAVTV the Motorsports Network will have live coverage of the 200-lap race on Lucas Oil Raceway's unique .686-mile paved oval. The event kicks off the three-race run to the end of the season and follows a contentious race on the 1-mile clay oval at DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Monday night.
Logan Seavey took the lead in that race on lap 66 and held on for the victory despite four late-race restarts. It was the first ARCA win for Seavey, the points leader in the USAC National Midget Series, and the 50th for team owner Bill Venturini.
ARCA points leader Sheldon Creed set a track record and led 44 of the first 46 laps, then faded after losing the lead on the first round of pit stops and finished 10th. That trimmed his lead to 191 points over teammate Zane Smith, who was fifth, and adds a little drama to Friday's competition.
It will be the 13th race the ARCA series has run at Brownsburg since 1971. There have been a dozen different race winners, among them Davey Allison, Frank Kimmel and Bob Schacht, who reached victory lane twice.
Following the Shore Lunch 200, the series will move about 115 miles down I-65 to Salem, Indiana, for the Kentuckiana Ford Dealers ARCA Fall Classic on MAVTV September 15.


Last year the World Bank created a 6,426 s/km sanctuary for chimpanzee's in Guinea that protected over 4,000 chimpanzees and now China wants to build a dam inside the park that could flood it and kill thousands of the chimps.
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New bill aims to increase competition in local gas market, reduce prices.
In a tense meeting of the Knesset Economic Affairs Committee on Monday, National Infrastructures Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer introduced a bill of reforms that calls for an overhaul of the household gas sector. The reforms bill was constructed by a joint team of representatives from the Infrastructures and Finance ministries. "This bill was put together to introduce more competition into the home-gas market and we believe that it will allow the country's smaller gas companies to gain more of a market share and it will lower the prices for customers," Ben- Eliezer said at the committee meeting. "These reforms will make a big difference for the weakest population, all of whom are faced with having to pay increased prices for gas." The reforms are primarily aimed at easing the process by which consumers can switch gas suppliers as well as restricting the largest companies from infringing on the customer base of smaller companies. According to Infrastructure Ministry's numbers, although there are some 33 companies that supply gas to consumers, 92 percent of the market is dominated by only four companies - Isragas, Amisragas, Supergas and Pazgas. The smaller companies have only been successful in penetrating the balloon-supplied gas market, as 80% of sales of gas balloons have come from the smaller enterprises. Sales of gas balloons, however, only account for 30% of the overall home-gas market, while 70% of gas sales are from pipeline supplied gas. Should the reforms bill be passed into law by the Knesset, it will be illegal for companies to target customers of other gas companies for at least the first six months after a customer has signed a new contract. Customers in newly constructed apartment buildings will have their choice of gas supplier, as opposed to today when companies sign agreements with the building contractor to supply every tenant with gas. Consumers will also not be obligated to sign year-long contracts requiring them to stay with one supplier. "Once this passes into law, the gas market here will improve significantly for both consumers and smaller suppliers," the Infrastructures Ministry said. Representatives from the country's smaller gas companies hailed the bill as "long overdue." "This bill is excellent for us - it is wonderful and it will allow us to really be able to compete against the larger gas companies such as Amisragas and Isragas, something until now we have not been able to do," Ori Ganay, marketing manager of Jerusalem-based Gaz-Yagel Ltd., told The Jerusalem Post. The Public Trust organization also welcomed the reforms but added that in order to introduce more transparency into the market, the new law must require gas companies to clearly publish their prices as well as any additional tariffs. The largest gas companies, led by Amisragas, criticized the reforms, saying that they will damage the local gas market and lower the level of service received by customers. The Economic Affairs Committee will reconvene next Monday to further discuss the reforms.


Hello Anne. I am very pleased to again visit the site and see such engaging and recent conversation regarding Whittemore. I am only disappointed that I am joining, really reacting to, the discussion so late.
Anyway, the notion of historicizing Whittemore's world seems to me the first major step in situating his novels into some kind of ideological framework. It seems, too, a huge undertaking. His apparent knowledge and intentional weaving of the most obscure historical facts is still relatively unresearched. I suspect that each of Whittemore's characters, whether some historical archetype or synthesis of several historical figures, or an image of someone close to him, or formerly close to him, or Whittemore himself, conceals some relevance to a factual, documented individual. Each setting too, a situation crafted with an actual, but often manipulated historical event close in mind. That the characters and events often do not interact chronologically is only further testament to his craft. This, along with his rhetorical references to other works and his denunciation of, yet direct application of modern and contemporary theorists, Whittemore's world seems to reflect the random and chaotic (yet historically influenced) ideals as evidenced in Strongbowism. To consider the task of historicizing all four (or five) novels is enough discussion, or material for a website, for the present.
Again, I really enjoyed your and Jean-Daniel's discussion surrounding the creation of a website dedicated to historicizing Whittemore's world. I would be delighted to contribute.
Posted by Joseph on May 5, 2005, 12:21 pm, in reply to "Re: Whittemore's World"
I'm excited to hear that a timeline project is already in the works. I gave thought to the project too, but never got further than scribbling dates in the margins of my text (My OEB edition has become my working text).
The concept of 'thinning' is indeed fascinating with regard to the Quartet. What's of particular interest to me is the relationship of these legendary and mythical characters to their era. In the first two novels, Strongbow, Wallenstein, J.L. Szondi all seem to be men of action, men of accomplishment, men who define or stand as icons in their era. In the last two novels, the mythical characters (Big Belle and Little Alice, Abu Musa and Moses the Ethiopian) all seem to be aliens, exiled either to the Nile or the orchard: outsiders in the social construct.
There is just so much to work with here, yet so little has thus far been done with it. Unbelievable. I'll be anxious to hear the progress of your translation. It seems that in the progress you are uncovering some wonderful material surrounding the depth of Whittemore's craft.
Posted by Anne on May 5, 2005, 8:29 pm, in reply to "Re: Whittemore's World"
Thanks for the encouraging words. The site actually doesn't take up all that much of my time. I would like to give it a new design sometime or other but that will have to wait,as will the historical source page.
You are obviously a true believer as far as Whittemore is concerned. So am I. It is reaffirmed every time I delve into the books.
I'm glad that you can take time to drop into the Jerusalem Dreaming message board.
: Thanks once again for your prompt response.
: reader, that Strongbowism reigned supreme.
: the world of EW.
Posted by Jean-Daniel BREQUE on May 5, 2005, 9:00 pm, in reply to "Re: Whittemore's World"
Thanks to all of you for the insightful comments.
Right now, I'm taking advantage of an extended holiday week-end here, where I'm all alone in the house, to try and finish the translation of Jerusalem Poker before Sunday.
The translator's task is a peculiar one, as he or she concentrates so much on the trees that the forest becomes invisible. Thanks to you, I see the forest more clearly.
I'll send Anne a rough English translation of my timeline--which will cover Sinai Tapestry and Jerusalem Poker only--as soon as it is ready.
: wait,as will the historical source page.
: the Jerusalem Dreaming message board.


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Chrysler Bankrupt; Restructuring with Fiat to be Neither Quick Nor Painless
Smokescreen: Obama's announcement of a Fiat tie-up glosses over the time and risk inherent in bankruptcy.
Mike Sutton Published: Apr 30, 2009
In a first for a Detroit-based automaker, Chrysler's U.S. operations have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as part of a sweeping restructuring plan that includes a strategic alliance with Italy's Fiat.
Chrysler says the tie-up will allow the two automakers to optimize and share their respective manufacturing and supplier operations, while also providing each with access to new markets. Additionally, Fiat powertrains and components—and possibly complete vehicles—will be produced at certain Chrysler facilities in the U.S. While court motions have been filed that are supposed to expedite the emergence of the new company within 60 days, the size of Chrysler, along with the company's myriad legal obligations to its bondholders, dealers, and unions, mean that a quick, surgical bankruptcy as proposed by the Obama administration is far from a certainty.
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Although it's unclear exactly what Chrysler will look like when the dust settles, the company is pledging to continue producing and supporting vehicles and parts under the Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, and Mopar brands, as well as honor all vehicle warranties. Chrysler employees will eventually become part of the new company, with dealerships remaining open for business during the restructuring.
Most of Chrysler's production facilities, however, will not remain open in the short term, as manufacturing operations will be idled from May 4 until the completion of the transaction. Another casualty of the filing is current Chrysler chairman and CEO Bob Nardelli, who has led the company since August 2007, but will step down upon completion of the Fiat alliance and return to Cerberus Capital Management as an advisor. Other "tough but necessary changes" Chrysler is planning include aligning its wage and benefit structure for current and retired employees with those of U.S. transplant automakers; continuing to trim its bloated dealer network; forging new agreements with suppliers; and reducing debt and interest expenses. Chrysler dealerships also will source vehicle financing through GMAC, which is partly owned by Cerberus, rather than Chrysler Financial.
During the restructuring period, the U.S. government will contribute debtor-in-possession financing to keep Chrysler operating as normal. However, Fiat will not be allowed to acquire a controlling stake in the new company until all the government loans have been repaid. Fiat initially will hold a 20-percent stake in the new company, with the United Auto Workers' Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Association (VEBA) holding a 55-percent interest and the U.S. and Canadian governments each getting 10 percent. Under the terms of the restructuring, Fiat will be able to grab an additional 15-percent interest—in five-percent increments—if it gives Chrysler a 40-mpg vehicle to produce domestically; provides a fuel-efficient powertrain to be built in the U.S. for use in Chrysler vehicles; and allows the Detroit automaker to export Chrysler vehicles through its global distribution network.
These tenets are hardly guarantees, though, as Fiat is not required to contribute any funds or products to Chrysler if it doesn't expect a return on its largely symbolic investment. Chrysler's product lineup also needs more than the addition of a few small powertrains and city cars designed for Europe, and all the vehicles Chrysler could source from Fiat would be in niche segments in the U.S. and take at least three years to re-engineer to meet existing safety and emissions regulations. Translation: Chrysler's mostly uncompetitive vehicles are all it will have to sustain it for years. Unclear is how the company will survive those years, even while in bankruptcy protection.
Expect more drama and additional updates as the Chrysler/Fiat saga unfolds in bankruptcy court.
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HUNTINGDON Life Sciences, the vivisectionist rescued by the Bank of England after animal rights protesters nearly forced its closure, is enjoying a sharp recovery in orders, despite posting wider first-half losses.
Orders in the six months ended June jumped 12% on the preceding six months, and by 23% in the UK alone. HLS uses laboratory animals to carry out tests for drug and chemicals companies.
Its losses widened to £6.3m from £3.9m, a figure HLS said was in line with its target. Sales rose to £32.4m from £31.4m a year earlier.
The Bank of England stepped in earlier this year after the Government raised the alarm. The scale and ferocity of the protests - HLS managing director Brian Cass was attacked with baseball bats - triggered a cash crisis, as bankers were reluctant to extend credit to the company.
'The backing we have seen from clients and from the Government including the changes to the law they have introduced, reflects (a) new understanding, and provides benefits for our whole industry,' said chairman Andrew Baker.