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Yellow Peril Reinfects America
By David Boaz
This article appeared in the Wall Street Journal on April 7, 1989
The House is expected to vote this month on Rep. John Bryant's Foreign Ownership Disclosure Act, which would require foreign investors with a "significant interest" in any business or property to register with the U.S. government.
The growing support for such legislation, which already has passed the House twice, parallels the growth of Japanese companies as significant buyers of American properties alongside traditional investors from Britain, Canada and the Netherlands. Yet discussion of foreign interest always focuses on Japan, which is only the third-largest foreign investor in the U.S., behind Britain and Canada. Could it be that the idea of British and Canadian investors owning American buildings just doesn't frighten Americans because… well, because they're white?
It wouldn't be the first time. Racism directed against Asians and Asian-Americans has a long history in this country. In 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act made the Chinese the first nationality specifically banned from immigrating to this country. It worked. Chinese immigration fell from some 30,000 that year to less than 1,000. Labor leader Samuel Gompers argued, "The superior whites had to exclude the inferior Asiatics, by law, or, if necessary, by force of arms."
From 1854 to 1874, a California law prevented Chinese from testifying in court against white men. The 1879 California constitution denied suffrage to all "natives of China, idiots, and insane persons."
Some harassment was more subtle. For instance, as economist Thomas Sowell points out in "Ethnic America": "License fees in nineteenth-century San Francisco were higher for laundries that did not deliver by horse-and-buggy, and it was made a misdemeanor to carry baskets suspended on a pole across the shoulder-the way the Chinese delivered."
U.S. Hostility Turns to Japan
After the turn of the century, the rising sun of Japan became the focus of American hostility. During World War II, the U.S. engaged in a massive propaganda campaign against Japan. As historian John Dower demonstrates in "War Without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War," the enemy in Europe was the madman Hitler, and the enemy in Asia was "the Japs."
The most egregious example of anti-Japanese racism, of course, was Executive Order 9066 by which President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered more than 110,000 of Japanese ancestry interned in 10 camps. Though there was never a single instance of sabotage or disloyalty by a Japanese-American, the incarceration was upheld by the Supreme Court and endorsed by such opinion-molders as the Los Angeles Times, which editorialized: "A viper is nonetheless a viper wherever the egg is born-so a Japanese-American, born of Japanese parents, grows up to be a Japanese, not an American."
After the war such hostilities seemed to fade. Japan became a staunch American ally and trading partner, and Asian-Americans prospered here. By 1969, Japanese-American and Chinese-American family incomes were, respectively, 128% and 109% of the incomes of white families.
Perhaps they prospered too much. By the 1970s there was a revival of anti-Asian prejudice touched off by several factors, including the influx of Indochinese refugees after the Vietnam War, the academic success of Vietnamese-American students a few years later, and a feeling of U.S. economic decline in the face of the success of the Japanese and Korean economies.
The resurgence of protectionism has often been tinged with racism. In 1980, presidential candidate John Connally warned the Japanese they had "better be prepared to sit on the docks of Yokohama in your little Datsuns and your little Toyotas while you stare at your own little television sets and eat your mandarin oranges, because we've had all we're going to take!" Two years later, Walter Mondale was echoing Connally: "We've been running up the white flag, when we should be running up the American flag!… What do we want our kids to do? Sweep up around Japanese computers?" Around the 40th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, former Se. Howard Baker pointed out "two facts": "First, we're still at war with Japan. Second, we're losing."
The recent hysteria over foreign investment in the U.S. has an even clearer racist aspect. Los Angeles Times Paul Conrad satirized former President Reagan's "Morning in America" theme by showing the White House surrounded by skyscrapers topped by Japanese flags. A TV ad for presidential candidate Michael Dukakis about the dangers of foreign investment featured a Japanese flag. Martin and Susan Tolchin's book "Buying Into America" contains 15 index references to Japanese investment and a total of one to British, Canadian and Dutch investment.
U.S. liberals frequently accuse conservatives of racism or racial insensitivity. Evidence for such a charge might be found in Sen. Jesse Helms's (R., N.C.) comments during last year's debate over providing compensation to the Japanese-Americans who has been incarcerated in the World War II camps. Mr. Helms suggested such compensation be considered only when the Japanese government compensated the victims of Pearl Harbor-clearly implying Japanese-Americans bore some sort of racial guilt for the misdeeds of the Japanese government.
But there's at least as much anti-Asian prejudice on the left as on the right: Witness Messrs. Mondale, Dukakis, and Conrad. Writing in the Nation, Gore Vidal warns we are entering an era in which "the long-feared Asiatic colossus takes its turn as a world leader" and calls for a U.S.-Soviet alliance in order to have "an opportunity to survive, economically, in a highly centralized Asiatic world."
Perhaps the most alarming example of the new racism-because of the stature and sobriety of both author and publication-was the late Theodore H. White's 1985 New York Times Magazine article, "The Danger from Japan." Mr. White warned that the Japanese were seeking to create another "East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere"-this time by their "martial" trade policies, and that they would do well to "remember the course that ran from Pearl Harbor to the deck of the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay."
Along with the resurgence of Asian-bashing by pundits and politicians has come an increase in reports of physical Asian-bashing. The Justice Department says incidents of violence against Asians jumped 62% between 1985 and 1986, accounting for 50% of all racial incidents in Los Angeles and 29% in Boston. Much hostility against Asian entrepreneurs has developed in black communities.
In 1982, two unemployed auto workers followed a young Chinese-American man down a Detroit street and beat him to death with a baseball bat-because they thought he was Japanese and thus somehow responsible for their unemployment. A judge at the original sentencing, noting the stress that Japanese imports had caused the men, gave them each three years' probation and a approximate $3,700 fine.
Like anti-Semitism, much of the prejudice against Asian-Americans is based on resentment of the academic and economic success of the group. Rather than admire or emulate the characteristics-hard work, self-discipline, stable families, respect for education-that have made Jews and Asians so successful in America, some Americans convince themselves the alien groups must have somehow "cheated" and deserve to be punished.
This resentment seems to have motivated Patrick Purdy, whose jealousy of the success of Asian immigrants led him to open fire in a Stockton, Calif., schoolyard, killing five Asian-American children. It was elucidated in a series of "Doonesbury" cartoons last year, in which neighbors complained to the parents of an Asian-American student that teaching her "the value of discipline, hard work, and respect for elders" gave her an unfair advantage.
In Search of a New Enemy
Besides the costs of protectionism and the ugliness of racism, one more aspect of anti-Asian prejudice is even more ominous. Various Western leaders have taken to declaring the Cold War over. Should events justify that optimistic prediction, there is a prediction, there is a possibility Americans will seek a new national adversary. Why? First, because throughout history people have seemed to need an enemy. And second, because at least some American interest groups-possibly including the federal government itself-benefit from the existence of a national enemy. As Thomas Paine wrote in "The Rights of Man," governments do not raise taxes to fight wars, they fight wars to raise taxes.
Who might be America's new enemy? Iran, Libya, South Africa, and Nicaragua might all qualify as devil figures, but none poses a plausible threat to the U.S. It seems entirely likely that those who thrive on fighting enemies will conjure up a new Yellow Peril. Already Japan's eagerness to sell us quality products at good prices is described in military terms: "aggressive" investors, an "invasion" of Toyotas, "an economic Pearl Harbor." Jack Anderson quotes "some strategists" who "fear World War III is an economic war, which we are losing."
Home-grown racism is bad enough. Let's hope it doesn't turn into a race war.
David Boaz
David Boaz is executive vice president of the Cato Institute and author of Libertarianism: A Primer.


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ITDP Maps Bus Rapid Transit Successes Worldwide
By Payton Chung
Searching for solid examples of Bus Rapid Transit in your slice of the world, or pondering possible ways to solve a particular BRT problem? A new interactive map developed by the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy might have your answer.
ITDP, which created the BRT Standard to define high-quality BRT and foster it around the world, has now plotted every city on the planet with a BRT route that has achieved the Standard's criteria. The map shows that the most, and highest-quality, BRT systems are concentrated in Latin America, where the concept originated, and in fast-growing China. Within the United States, Cleveland, Los Angeles, and Pittsburgh stand out as leaders, but cities around the country are hatching plans for new systems.
North America isn't the only region where BRT has a lot of room to expand. Fast-growing cities across Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia could also look to BRT to provide more mobility for their citizens at a relatively low cost.
The map also illustrates key examples of how individual cities have addressed the most common challenges of implementing BRT. For instance, it notes the "beautifully designed stations" along Johannesburg's Rea Vaya line as a case study for level platforms, which eliminate stairs and thus speed bus boarding. As cities like San Francisco face similar challenges in designing and implementing their BRT systems, they can learn from other cities' experiences.
Edited to reflect that the map only shows systems certified by the BRT Standard, which may not include every system that meets the standard.
Filed Under: Bus Rapid Transit, ITDP
American BRT: A Rapid Bus Network Expands in Las Vegas
By Dani Simons	| Jul 11, 2011
Last month the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy released its report, "Recapturing Global Leadership in Bus Rapid Transit" [PDF], which proposed a LEED-like rating system for bus rapid transit projects and laid out a strategy for American cities to build systems as good as the world's best BRT. While more than 20 American bus […]
ITDP: American Bus Rapid Transit Can Catch Up to the Rest of the World
By Ben Fried	| May 26, 2011
Attempts by U.S. cities to build Bus Rapid Transit systems tend to get stymied by a Catch-22: Most Americans have no experience riding great BRT, so mustering the political will to build full-fledged systems — and reallocate the necessary street space from cars to buses — is often fiendishly difficult. The results — incremental bus […]
State Interference in Nashville BRT Could Have National Implications
By Annie Weinstock	| Apr 23, 2014
Annie Weinstock is the regional director for the U.S. and Africa at the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy. Last week saw the quiet death of the misguided, Koch brothers-funded Tennessee Senate Bill 2243, which would have effectively banned real bus rapid transit in Tennessee. The Senate's outrageous overreach, attempting to prohibit transit from using dedicated […]
Taking the Guesswork Out of Rating BRT: An Interview With Walter Hook
By John Greenfield	| Mar 13, 2013
There's a new global benchmark for rating bus rapid transit projects. Yesterday the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy released the BRT Standard 2013, which lays out the requirements for bus routes to qualify as BRT and scores 50 systems in 35 cities around the world as basic, bronze, silver, or gold based on various […]
ITDP Study: "A Coming Out for Bus-Based Transit-Oriented Development"
By Tanya Snyder	| Sep 26, 2013
In a new report making the rounds this week, "More Development For Your Transit Dollar: An Analysis of 21 North American Transit Corridors," the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy does two things. First, authors Walter Hook, Stephanie Lotshaw, and Annie Weinstock evaluate which factors determine the impact of urban transit on development, coming up […]
New Evidence That Bus Rapid Transit Done Right Spurs Development
By Angie Schmitt	| Jan 12, 2016
More American cities are considering bus rapid transit, or BRT, as a cost-effective method to expand and improve transit. One of the knocks against BRT, as opposed to rail, is that it supposedly doesn't affect development patterns. But a new study [PDF] by Arthur C. Nelson of the University of Arizona and released by Transportation for America finds that BRT lines can indeed […]

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Q: Set thickness on QLCDNumber I am new to Qt and now I am playing with trolltech tutorial.
I managed to customize the QLCDNumber color and background using setPalette method, but I can't seem to change the thickness. I understand that there is no letter, so setFont method can't be used, so I tried setBrush, but still no progress.
Is it possible to set the thickness somehow? If not, please help me understand why.

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as @webclectic points out, it is necessary to reimplement paintEvent. But it calls drawString, which calls drawDigit which calls drawSegment which is in QLCDNumberPrivate class (??) see source. I have no idea how to reimplement it: since no methods are virtual, I'd have to rewrite them all, am I right? Is there any other way except rewrite the class completely?

A: I don't think you can achieve what you want since the width of the LCD number is hardcoded (check this thread).
One solution is to subclass QLcdNumber and reimplement the paintEvent where you will specify the desired width.

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For those jumping into the writing life for the first time and for those already living it, the art of writing will never be the same after reading this book. Provocative, thoughtful and exciting, The Right to Write will draw you back again and again as you seek to liberate and cultivate the writer residing within you.
This isn't a book of rules, which can stifle creativity - it's a book about using writing to bring clarity and passion to the act of living. The secret is in breaking loose from the grip of your established thought process to unleash the wave of creativity which is striving to express itself.


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When my parents decided to leave their war-ravaged homeland of Afghanistan in the 1980s, they had the option of migrating to a number of different countries, but sought one that they could make their "home." You see, my father was a government official in the Afghan Education Ministry, before the Russian invasion and the subsequent takeover by the Taliban. He was tasked with modernizing the Afghan educational system while also ensuring that core, centuries-old Afghan values were preserved.
The assignment took him all over the world — from Australia to India to Malaysia and a host of other Muslim-majority countries. Yet no nation left a lasting impact on him until his visit to the United States in 1972.
During his extensive travels from coast to coast and many places in between, he established friendships he never imagined were possible with people of a different faith, culture and skin color. He marveled at the openness and welcoming nature of the American people and government. Little did he know then that in a matter of three decades, he and my mother would choose the U.S. as their adopted homeland, and that he would be buried in its soil.
As young children, we would ask him why he chose this country. He would calmly respond: "The acceptance of my faith that I received in my travels through this country, I would not be able to find anywhere else."
He would tell us about the people who respected his religious practice of praying five times a day and created spaces for him to pray in. He would fondly recall how warm and open people were.
Yet today, I am afraid for my children. I am afraid that when they turn the TV on, or listen to the radio (which I now turn off when we are in the car), they will receive a very different message from the one my father shared with us. The message they hear today is of intolerance. Whether it be about an Islamic center in New York blocks from ground zero or a mosque in Temecula, their faith is being openly and viciously maligned, and they themselves are made to feel responsible for the attacks on 9/11.
My children were born here, and they consider themselves as wholly American, but I fear that the current discourse about their faith and their houses of worship will have a devastating effect on them.
My father knew something greater about America than what is spouted by Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich and the host of professional bigots who have built a cottage industry out of Muslim-baiting. He knew that the power of America is in its acceptance and openness.
Gingrich is right about one thing. There are no churches or synagogues in places such as Saudi Arabia. But that is precisely the reason so many Muslim immigrants like my father chose not to make a home there or in other similarly restrictive countries. He knew that his children would be better able to worship in a culture of freedom and openness.
I am secretly relieved that my father did not live long enough to see the current controversy surrounding the center in New York City. I am happy that his experience of his adopted homeland was one of friendship and acceptance. I am proud that his best friends, my godparents, are American Jews who loved my father and brought us to the U.S., hosting us in their home until we were able to settle in.
But I'm left wondering: What do I tell my 10-year old daughter, Hanan, and my 8-year-old son, Rayyan, when they ask me why fear-mongers in Tennessee, New York, Florida and California don't want a mosque or Muslims as their neighbors?
Both for their sakes and my own, I will share with them their grandfather's stories. I will encourage them to become active citizens who will ensure that the tolerance and openness their grandfather experienced decades ago in America will be cherished and maintained for others who yearn for it in the decades to come.
I will refuse to allow the voices of fear to minimize my father's experiences and degrade the America he fell in love with. My children deserve better. We all do.
Haris Tarin, who grew up in the San Fernando Valley, is the director of the Washington office of the Muslim Public Affairs Council.


created in your own mind. As you grew up, many authority figures like your parents, teachers, preachers, and peer groups told you what you could not do. You believed these people because you knew these people cared about you and even loved you. None of these people would lie to you. What was really going on is, these people who loved you and cared about you filled your early years with their own doubts, fears, insecurities and limitations. Einstein said we have to spend the rest of our lives unlearning what we have been taught so we can finally get a good education. The truth is, your mind has no real limitations to the positive possibilities in your future, only the ideas that you have accepted as the truth... until now.
would do it." Your reputation will always precede you throughout your life. People who are trustworthy will always be invited to the better opportunities life has to offer. Make sure you never write a verbal check that you fail to cash with your actions and activities.
How to get your prospect talking.
Ask one of these questions.


The days of vehicle manufacturers threatening to void your warranty if you use an independent service centre or repair shop will soon be a thing of the past.
This is because the Competition Commission of South Africa is currently putting the final touches on a historic new Code of Conduct for the South African Automotive Industry.
The proposed Code is expected to empower car owners with the right to repair or service their vehicles at a provider of their choice' without voiding their warranties.
You can view the Competition Commission documents here.
As it stands' South African car owners are unique in the world because they are typically locked into using a vehicle manufacturer's service centres' repair shops and parts in what are dubbed 'embedded' motor or service plans.
The new Code of Conduct will be voluntary' but participants will be monitored by organisations such as Right to Repair South Africa (R2RSA) and even the public at large.
The four most expensive cars sold at the Coys classic car action in Johannesburg earlier this month fetched a combined R4.6-million.
With the new code' you'll have the right to choose where you can service or repair your vehicle without voiding your warranty.
The latest draft of the code states that "independent service providers can undertake in-warranty service and maintenance work and in-warranty motor-body repairs".
With there being an estimated 8'000 independent service workshops in South Africa' this will give you ample choice and more competitive pricing.
The code also stipulates that car owners will also be protected by the Consumer Protection Act if anything goes wrong.
With embedded motor or service plans' many vehicle manufacturers lock you into using their original parts' which typically are costed at a premium.
The vehicle manufacturers often say that this ensures your car will always have "quality parts" specifically geared towards its type and brand.
But this argument doesn't hold water any more as there is a wide availability of high-quality' alternative parts in South Africa . . . at a lower cost.
The Competition Commission has recognised this as a fact in the industry. Subsequently' its draft code has said that there will be "no unfair restrictions on the sale or distribution of original spare parts; allowing greater consumer choice in choosing suitable spare parts for repairs and maintenance of their motor vehicles".
The Hawks have warned car and truck dealerships to be extra vigilant when tendering for contracts purported to be from government departments.
It's not just the end-consumer who will have more choice' but insurance companies as well.
The code goes on to say that a consumer's warranty won't be voided if an insurance company decides to go with an independent service provider for non-structural work on your car.
This should benefit insurers by giving them access to a wider pool of high-quality parts at lower cost' possibly resulting in lower premiums.
Another key stated objective of the new code is to "increase transparency and facilitate consumer choice in relation to the service' maintenance' mechanical and motor-body repairs of vehicles".
Because consumers will be more aware of the details of their choices' the spin-off will be that manufacturers and independent service providers will increasingly have to disclose information and pricing of their offerings to secure business from the car owner.
Finally' but most importantly' the code seeks to drive the transformation of the industry by levelling the playing field.
For instance' OEMs will be expected to include black-owned providers in their networks through subsidisation of capital' facilities' tools' equipment and training required to meet their standards.
In turn' insurers will be tasked with broadening the allocation of repair work to black-owned and black-operated firms.
As you can see' the code has a wide-ranging impact for the industry. But at its heart' it seeks to empower you the consumer by making the industry more open' transparent and inclusive.
- Filum Ho is the CEO of South African auto parts and glass company Autoboys' in which African Rainbow Capital (ARC) has a 51% stake. Filum is also the vice chairman of Right to Repair SA (R2RSA).


And so are these cheese-stuffed burgers wrapped in bacon.
Honestly, the only thing it needs is guacamole, it's like a little self-contained burger.
Shape your burgers around a piece of cheese and make sure the cheese is snugly inside and properly covered.
Cook on a medium to hot grill on your Big Green Egg, Weber or on a cast iron skillet.
For the guacamole, simply mash up some avocados with a fork, season with salt & pepper and add a squeeze of fresh lemon juice.
Serve a dollop of guacamole onto your burgers and enjoy!
It's grain-free, low carb and delicious.
The concept of these cheese-stuffed burgers wrapped in bacon is quite similar to these meatballs I've made previously, so if you enjoyed those, you'll LOVE these!
Perfect for a weekend braai or cookout and also great for lunch boxes.


Today we changed the tracking interface in event results. The Team track is now updated in every 20 seconds or so. There are few things to keep in mind.
The track is displayed on the results pages map interface.
The track is updated separately from other communication so tracking does not affect the distance calculations or game time. These are updated only when the team answers.
Tracking starts when the team starts an event and tracking is stopped when the game ends.
The game end in Loquiz means that the team needs to be at the finish location. If the team does not visit a finish location then the tracking will continue. Tracking is not stopped by the game duration as often teams are coming to finish only after the game time runs out.
Tracking is stopped when the team EXITs the game in Loquiz application.
Tracking is activated by default, if you do not want to show the track, please untick the Map in Event Settings (Results tab).
When people are playing on their own devices, then they should follow the usual practicies, however if they want to stop playing they should be informed to exit the game to avoid the tracking to happen outside the game. Switching Loquiz off also means that the player is not tracked. If they keep Loquiz on or log into the game outside of the game, their location on the map interface is updated and shown. This only applies in cases when the game is not properly finished. If the team finishes the game properly, the tracking is stopped for this team.
NB! For older events the "question-to-question" track is not visible anymore as we are using "live tracking". Older events appear without a track.
Why to run events often?


Technical Abstract: Plant damage promotes the interaction of lipoxygenases (LOX) with fatty acids yielding 9-hydroperoxides, 13-hydroperoxides and complex arrays of oxylipins. The action of 13-LOX on linolenic acid enables production of 12-oxo-phytodienoic acid (12-OPDA) and its downstream products, termed jasmonates. As signals, jasmonates have related yet distinct roles in the regulation of plant resistance against insect and pathogen attack. A similar pathway involving 9-LOX activity on linolenic and linoleic acid leads to the 12-OPDA positional isomer, 10-oxo-11-phytodienoic acid (10-OPDA) and 10-oxo-11-phytoenoic acid (10-OPEA), respectively; however, physiological roles for 9-LOX cyclopentenones have remained unclear. In developing maize (Zea mays) leaves, southern leaf blight (Cochliobolus heterostrophus) infection results in dying necrotic tissue and the localized accumulation of 10-OPEA, 10-OPDA and a series of related 14- and 12-carbon metabolites, collectively termed 'death acids'. 10-OPEA accumulation becomes wound-inducible within fungal-infected tissues and at physiologically relevant concentrations acts as a phytoalexin by suppressing the growth of fungi and herbivores including Aspergillus flavus, Fusarium verticillioides, and Helicoverpa zea. Unlike previously established maize phytoalexins, 10-OPEA and 10-OPDA display significant phytotoxicity. Both 12-OPDA and 10-OPEA promote the transcription of defense genes encoding glutathione S-transferases, cytochrome P450s, and pathogenesis-related proteins. In contrast, 10-OPEA only weakly promotes the accumulation of multiple protease inhibitor transcripts. Consistent with a role in dying tissue, 10-OPEA application promotes cysteine protease activation and cell death which is inhibited by overexpression of the cysteine protease inhibitor maize cystatin-9. Unlike jasmonates, functions for 10-OPEA and associated death acids are consistent with specialized roles in local defense reactions.


I need to prepare for a lecture on project management. I have been allocated one hour on the subject. I am giving it to two groups of MBA students that will receive, in total, one and a half days of education on the subject. This might seem rather limited at first, but when you think about it, of all the things you need to learn about in business, perhaps project management is not so important? After all there are so many companies that do not adopt a project management methodology per se and they still seem to survive.
1. Why do we need project management at all?
2. Why do projects so often fail?
3. What is the difference between successful and unsuccessful projects?
4. Why is it that so many projects, even if they do deliver their goals and objectives, still do not deliver real benefit to the company that commissioned them?
The answers to the above questions, to me, seem obvious. But I know from experience that too many managers, even the ones who commission projects regularly, do not dare to tackle the hidden truth that they convey. After all, if you make your living managing whole rafts of projects, it is probably not in your short term career interests to set about cutting out all the useless projects to begin with?
To me projects are a bit like roses: you need to prune them back at least once a year, cutting them right back to the stem. And when you see new projects shooting up from unexpected places, you need to be rigorous and cut them back too. A well defined project that has its roots in good business sense, and that has only one objective to deliver: 'real value to the client', is the only project worth making space for. Cut back all the rest that pose the risk of getting in the way or interfering and give the good one all the attention and nourishment you can.
When it comes down to it, only the projects that were rigorously challenged before they were started, and where everyone gave 100% commitment to ensure their success, and were lead by a steering group that were resolute to sticking to the original objectives – are the only projects that turn out to be successful in the long term.
Now if you want to know the detailed answers to my questions above, you have three alternatives: 1. read my book, 2. attend my lecture or 3, wait for two weeks when I may decide to give a resume of the speech in my blog, assuming I have the answers by then!
I think very few people would disagree that to be an effective manager one should always be polite? This does not rule out the need to express a full range of emotions when required. However, I feel the subject of politeness needs more careful attention than might be expected.
Last week my secretary pointed out to me that a candidate applying for a position with The Bayard Partnership had been very abrupt with her, to the point of being rude, treating her with a serious lack of respect. When I mentioned this sorry state of affairs to one of the Bayard Partners, he said 'one should always be polite. However, in moments of extreme emotion, if one's base instincts take over and one becomes rude, then this is only excusable if you were rude to your superiors or peers'. Thus being rude to anyone that you might consider to be a subordinate is never excusable.
1. You should always show people the level of courtesy that you enjoy receiving yourself (note that I do not use the word 'expect' here, expect is far from adequate).
2. You should always make the effort to express your genuine respect for those around you in the form of polite greetings and 'thank yous' for services rendered.
2. Not greeting someone at the start of the day, when you have clearly made eye contact.
At the time of writing I have just come back from a business trip in Lisbon, where from our arrival to departure, my colleagues and I witnessed the most courteous and friendly interaction with everyone from Taxi drivers, hotel receptionists, waiters and shop assistants. Politeness seems to be the norm in Lisbon, let's hope we can export it to Brussels and any other city where customer service is so often seriously lacking?
Who are your most important suppliers?
I have been giving advice to a self employed carpenter who specializes in fitted wardrobes. Judging from observation, it appears that much of his day is lost, spent running around collecting last minute orders for brackets and hinges, extra wood, glue, screws, parts for his machines – whatever. He is always blaming his late deliveries on his suppliers, who appear to be constantly letting him down. Obviously my advice to him was to learn to better manage his suppliers and to invest more time in project preparation.
However, it got me thinking about my role as an interim manager – who exactly are my essential suppliers and how dependant am I on them?
7. My insurance company (legal compliance + you never know)!
After item 8 the list begins to switch from essential to 'nice to have'. However, it goes without saying that really, the most important supplier to an interim manager is themselves i.e. their health. Without it, we are quite simply finished – nothing, no income, no pension.
Thus I believe it is vital we invest in our health and general wellbeing over and above anything else. Luckily there are many doctors who agree that a glass (or two) of wine a day + a visit to the sauna or massage therapist, once in a while, does you good. Good restaurants and relaxing holidays in the Mediterranean are apparently also very beneficial.
Who are your essential suppliers?
New Year Resolutions – no one takes them seriously anymore!
When I was a child great emphasis was placed on making New Year resolutions. Resolution taking was something actively encouraged by my parents and became the central topic of conversation almost immediately after Christmas day was over.
Coming from a Roman Catholic family, it was a bit like the open discussions just before Lent, when we had to let both the Priest and our parents know what we were going to give up for the 30 days leading up to the feast of Easter.
New Year Resolutions are different from penance, as they are all about self improvement, attempts to try to change an aspect of oneself that one is not happy with (weight, personality, career etc.).
During the Christmas period I have been looking at 2007, at what could have gone better, where I could have performed to a higher standard and even how I could have been happier. The conclusion I have come to for my new year resolution 2008 is to try and reject all the negative thoughts that enter my head like mischievous demons and turn me into a 'grumpy old man' (I refer my readers to the BBC TV series of 'Grumpy old men').
The negative demons I mention are in fact quite a problem. I see something or interact with something (mostly builders public company's and/or government institutions) and all I see is negative. For example; poor excuses for trains being late, lazy postal workers, incompetent logistics systems that deliver your 500 Nespresso coffee capsules to an address in Walonia, rather than to your office in Brussels. Narrow minded customer service employees who simply do not listen to what you are saying because their bosses only give them 10 seconds to categorize you into the correct enquiry channel – 'new orders', 'complaints', 'refunds', 'accounts' etc. I could go no forever, for example: irritating adverts for products that no one needs, or are so generic that they simply do not need advertising (such as electricity or soap).
So this year Harley is going to be far more positive, he is going to reject all negative thoughts that enter his head, he is not going to waste his precious waking hours by sweating over the unimportant, irritating stuff that he has little or no control over. He is no longer going to be a grumpy old man, but a rejuvenated male adult with even more positive energy than he had last year. Harley is going to be happier and his, colleagues, family and friends are going to notice the difference. Not only for the first month of 2008 but for the whole year!
Now in the blog I wrote on the 11th. of November of last year 'Who is your Guru?' I mentioned I was reading 'The Monk who sold his Ferrari' by Robin Sharma. Well during the Christmas period I finally read the book and found it very enlightening. It is not a book I would recommend to everyone, it is not on my 'must read' list because it has several flaws and the style of writing, especially the dialogue', is poorly written and incredible. However from the second chapter onwards there are pearls of wisdom on every page, in fact so many that it becomes tedious and predictable. But like all management and self improvement type books, you should read them through quickly, pick out the stuff that makes sense to you and park the rest until you find yourself needing it.
Some of the book's personal growth wisdom you can also find in my book, 'Making a Difference' but my stlye is very different. However if you are open to a certain level of Asian mysticism and even to a little spirituality, you can gain a lot from this book. It has inspired me to rekindle my 10 minute a day mediation exercises that I dropped when I needed to squeeze more working time into my day by switching from taking a morning bath to having a shower to gain an extra 10 minutes!
So there it is my New Year's resolution, cut out all negative thoughts, is out in the open – now it will be impossible for me to drop it, because everyone knows it and I will be seen as a failure if I do!


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Tarrant County Public Health, Trinity Metro Launch COVID-19 Vaxmobile
Laura Hanna
Trinity Metro
Laura.Hanna@RideTM.org
January 19, 2022 – (Tarrant County) – Tarrant County Public Health (TCPH) and Trinity Metro are bringing COVID-19 vaccines to underserved communities throughout Tarrant County. The Vaxmobile, a 60-foot bus converted to a fully equipped mobile vaccine clinic, will make weekly stops in the areas with the lowest vaccination rates.
The Vaxmobile is a partnership between TCPH and Trinity Metro and will make its inaugural run on Monday, Jan. 24, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. The first stop will be the Fort Worth Public Library's Meadowbrook Branch, located at 2800 Stark Street, Fort Worth, Texas 76112 with a second stop at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church, 5109 E. Lancaster Avenue, Fort Worth, Texas 76112 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
"This partnership with Trinity Metro to outfit a bus to carry vaccines to underserved communities is an innovative collaboration and represents the kind of 'out-of-the box' thinking that we need to get more shots in arms in Tarrant County," said Tarrant County Precinct 1 Commissioner Roy Charles Brooks. "Congratulations to both Tarrant County Public Health and Trinity Metro on an outstanding effort."
About the Vaxmobile
Vaccines will be available on a walk-in basis for ages 5 and up
Pfizer, Moderna, and J&J vaccines will be readily available
No insurance needed to receive a vaccine
Health educators will be on board (including bilingual educators for some sites)
Post-vaccination recovery area available
"We are happy to partner with Tarrant County Public Health in this effort to bring vaccinations to the community," said Wayne Gensler, Trinity Metro's vice president and chief operating officer for bus and paratransit. "This is an important collaboration to help reach residents who haven't yet had the opportunity to get vaccinated."
The partnership developed based on the need to remove some of the barriers keeping residents from getting their COVID-19 vaccine. These barriers include not having transportation to a vaccination site, scheduling conflicts and/or technology literacy. To ensure every person in the county who wants to be protected against COVID-19 can do so, by bringing services to where they are.
COVID-19 causes respiratory illness with cough, fever and shortness of breath and may lead to bronchitis and severe pneumonia. For more information go to the TCPH coronavirus page or call the Tarrant County Public Health information line, 817-248-6299, Monday – Friday 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
News release date: January 24, 2022


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Der 1969 eröffnete Flughafen Maracaibo (IATA-Code MAR, ICAO-Code SVMC) ist ein internationaler Flughafen 15 km von Maracaibo in Venezuela entfernt.

Er ist 24 Stunden am Tag geöffnet und dient als Ausgleich für Kapazitäten des Flughafens Caracas. Die internationalen Flugziele sind im Süden Nordamerikas sowie in Mittelamerika, des Weiteren werden nationale Ziele bedient. Der Flughafen verfügt über zwei Start-/Landebahnen sowie zwei Abfertigungshallen für Passagiere und eine Abfertigungshalle für Luftfracht.

Die Flughafeninfrastruktur ist für folgende Muster ausgelegt: Boeing 727-100 Y 200, Boeing 737-200, Douglas DC-8/DC-9/DC-10, ATR 42, Convair CV 580.

Zu den hier ansässigen Fluggesellschaften gehören unter anderem die American Airlines, Copa Airlines, Santa Barbara Airlines, Aserca Airlines, Venezolana, Avior Airlines, Aires Colombia und die Linea Aeropostal Venezolana.

Nationales Terminal
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Internationales Terminal
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Zwischenfälle
 Am 14. Oktober 1958 wurde eine vom Flughafen Panama gestartete L-1049G Super Constellation der Linea Aeropostal Venezolana (LAV) (Luftfahrzeugkennzeichen YV-C-ANC) in den Berg Alto del Cedro Mountain in der Sierra Perijá geflogen, 89 Kilometer vor dem Zielflughafen Maracaibo. Bei diesem CFIT (Controlled flight into terrain) wurden alle 23 Insassen, 6 Besatzungsmitglieder und 17 Passagiere, getötet.

 Am 16. März 1969 stürzte eine erst wenige Wochen alte DC-9-32 (betrieben von AVENSA, Kennzeichen YV-C-AVD, Werknummer 47243) unmittelbar nach dem Start vom Flughafen Maracaibo in einen Häuserblock. Alle 84 Menschen an Bord sowie 71 am Boden starben. Dies war zu jener Zeit der schwerste Flugunfall in Venezuela (siehe auch VIASA-Flug 742).

 Am 1. November 1971 stürzte eine Vickers Viscount 749 der Linea Aeropostal Venezolana (LAV) (YV-C-AMZ) kurz nach dem Abheben vom Flughafen Maracaibo ab, möglicherweise aufgrund von Problemen mit der Steuerung. Dabei kamen alle 4 Besatzungsmitglieder, die einzigen Insassen, ums Leben.

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Seeking Gastronomic, Healthy, and Social Experiences in Tuscan Agritourism Facilities
Justice and Civil Liberties on Sex Work in Contemporary International Human Rights Law
Diverse Citizenship? Food Sovereignty and the Power of Acting Otherwise
10.3390/socsci9010001
Hoefinger, H.
Musto, J.
Macioti, P. G.
Fehrenbacher, A. E.
Mai, N.
Bennachie, C.
Giametta, C.
Community-Based Responses to Negative Health Impacts of Sexual Humanitarian Anti-Trafficking Policies and the Criminalization of Sex Work and Migration in the US
Heidi Hoefinger
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Jennifer Musto
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P. G. Macioti
Anne E. Fehrenbacher
Nicola Mai
Calum Bennachie
Calogero Giametta
Department of Criminology and Sociology, Kingston University, London KT1 1LQ, UK
Department of Political Science, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, New York, NY 10019, USA
Department of Science, Berkeley College, New York, NY 10017, USA
Department of Women's and Gender Studies, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA 02481, USA
Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney, New South Wales, Sydney, Ultimo NSW 2007, Australia
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Semel Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Department of Sociology, LAMES, Aix-Marseille University, 13007 Marseille, France
Soc. Sci. 2020, 9(1), 1; https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci9010001
Received: 1 October 2019 / Revised: 4 December 2019 / Accepted: 12 December 2019 / Published: 23 December 2019
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sex Work, Gender Justice, and the Law)
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System-involvement resulting from anti-trafficking interventions and the criminalization of sex work and migration results in negative health impacts on sex workers, migrants, and people with trafficking experiences. Due to their stigmatized status, sex workers and people with trafficking experiences often struggle to access affordable, unbiased, and supportive health care. This paper will use thematic analysis of qualitative data from in-depth interviews and ethnographic fieldwork with 50 migrant sex workers and trafficked persons, as well as 20 key informants from legal and social services, in New York and Los Angeles. It will highlight the work of trans-specific and sex worker–led initiatives that are internally addressing gaps in health care and the negative health consequences that result from sexual humanitarian anti-trafficking interventions that include policing, arrest, court-involvement, court-mandated social services, incarceration, and immigration detention. Our analysis focuses on the impact of criminalization on sex workers and their experiences with sexual humanitarian efforts intended to protect and control them. We argue that these grassroots community-based efforts are a survival-oriented reaction to the harms of criminalization and a response to vulnerabilities left unattended by mainstream sexual humanitarian approaches to protection and service provision that frame sex work itself as the problem. Peer-to-peer interventions such as these create solidarity and resiliency within marginalized communities, which act as protective buffers against institutionalized systemic violence and the resulting negative health outcomes. Our results suggest that broader public health support and funding for community-led health initiatives are needed to reduce barriers to health care resulting from stigma, criminalization, and ineffective anti-trafficking and humanitarian efforts. We conclude that the decriminalization of sex work and the reform of institutional practices in the US are urgently needed to reduce the overall negative health outcomes of system-involvement. View Full-Text
Keywords: sex work; anti-trafficking; health; stigma; community responses; sexual humanitarianism; migration; transgender sex work; anti-trafficking; health; stigma; community responses; sexual humanitarianism; migration; transgender
Hoefinger, H.; Musto, J.; Macioti, P.G.; Fehrenbacher, A.E.; Mai, N.; Bennachie, C.; Giametta, C. Community-Based Responses to Negative Health Impacts of Sexual Humanitarian Anti-Trafficking Policies and the Criminalization of Sex Work and Migration in the US. Soc. Sci. 2020, 9, 1.
Hoefinger H, Musto J, Macioti PG, Fehrenbacher AE, Mai N, Bennachie C, Giametta C. Community-Based Responses to Negative Health Impacts of Sexual Humanitarian Anti-Trafficking Policies and the Criminalization of Sex Work and Migration in the US. Social Sciences. 2020; 9(1):1.
Hoefinger, Heidi; Musto, Jennifer; Macioti, P. G.; Fehrenbacher, Anne E.; Mai, Nicola; Bennachie, Calum; Giametta, Calogero. 2020. "Community-Based Responses to Negative Health Impacts of Sexual Humanitarian Anti-Trafficking Policies and the Criminalization of Sex Work and Migration in the US" Soc. Sci. 9, no. 1: 1.
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The Magic of Tutankhamun
Posted Under Egyptian
September 26, 2005 READ TIME: 11 mins
The tomb of Tutankhamun lay undisturbed in Upper Egypt's Valley of the Kings through many centuries, from the end of the 18th Dynasty (BCE 1572-1315) to the twentieth century, when it was uncovered by the British excavator Howard Carter, under the patronage of the Fifth Earl of Carnarvon. When the Earl died unexpectedly within weeks after the discovery, stories spread quickly that an ancient curse had been unleashed as a consequence of disturbing the royal burial. The rumors grew extravagantly as time passed and more than twenty key persons connected to the discovery or its excavation died under untimely circumstances. The alleged curse, purportedly written near the entry to the tomb, that "death will slay with his wings whoever disturbs the peace of the pharaoh" was never documented, but it has persisted to this day. Ironically, belief in the existence and power of this mythical curse underscores a pervasive acknowledgment of Egypt's magical legacy.
In the decade of following its discovery, artifacts gradually emerged from Carter's painstaking survey of the tomb. From furniture and chariots to jewelry and foodstuffs, every imaginable item from ancient life came to light. They evoked a worldwide amazement at their beauty and craftsmanship, and today they continue to epitomize the grandeur of ancient Egyptian art. But what is often overlooked is their purpose. For above all, every object placed in the tomb of the young king possessed mystical significance. In the Egyptian afterlife, these objects could reflect powers to their owner that would ensure an elevated existence that would ultimately confer divinity. At the same time, they guaranteed the continuity of order in the earthly realm, where those following the king would be empowered to represent and honor the gods in a continuous cycle of human and divine participation.
For the third time since its discovery in 1922, selected artifacts from the ancient Egyptian tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun are touring the United States. During the course of exhibits in four American cities throughout 2005 and 2006, most visitors to the museums sponsoring the event will experience the visual and written art of an era that universally resonates to our wonderment of things enigmatic and arcane. We are all, to some degree, Egyptophilia ("lovers of things Egyptian"). An unprecedented public relations program accompanies the tour, a phenomenon that at times seems to overreach the aesthetic value of the artifacts and for many who honor pharaonic Egypt's metaphysical legacy, obscures its profound meaning. It is this elusive quest that initially attracts many to the study of Egypt, and further toward its religious and philosophical tenets, then ultimately to its sacred science—a subject some in the modern world erroneously refer to as "magic."
Magic in Ancient Egypt
The ancients viewed magic—the invisible force that alters visible reality—as an integral and potentially active function in every sentient being. This function, called Heka, was the first quality emanated by the Sun-god Ra when he ordained that he would create the universe. At that moment, Heka came into being, as both an extension of Ra and as a separate entity. From this event the creation proceeded, and thus everything that followed possessed a degree of Heka. In an Old Kingdom (BCE 2700-2180) royal text, this power was cited as an endowment to the human race:
He made heka for them, to use as a weapon for warding off occurrences.
And he made them dreams for the night, to see the things of the day.—Instruction for King Merikara, Dynasty 10
There was no distinction between "good" and "bad" magical power, or whether it embodied the qualities of "black" or "white." In the polytheistic universe of ancient Egypt, such dualities were easily resolved by divine beings and forces that possessed both constructive and destructive aspects. Differences in their effects were determined by intent alone, and this could include protection, propitiation, execration, or devotion.
The key to activating this power lay foremost in the use of Iru ("fabrications, ritual acts") and Medu Neter, "divine words." Magical spells and visualizations were believed to have been given to the human race by the gods themselves, by the divine magician Djehuti who brought forth the word of creation, and the artisan of the universe Ptah, who generated the power to fashion and infuse objects with life. From their legends of magical happenings among gods and human beings that took place in timeless time, the ancient Egyptians understood that the world of possibilities, transcending life and death, was accessible to one in possession of the words and acts of creation.
Equally powerful to words and acts in Egyptian magic are names. The possession of names gives power over the named, and at the same time conveys the powers of the named. In this way, acquisition of divine names at birth, initiation, and investiture, granted powers that could bring one the protections and mentorship of divine beings.
Altogether, five names or divine roles were attributed to monarchs by the Middle Kingdom, each defining a sacred function that was overseen by the gods. In the tomb of Tutankhamun, the name of the king in his role as Horus is given as Heru: Ka Nakht, Tut Mesut ("Horus: Strong bull, of perfect birth"). In addition to his Horus name, the young king was known as Nebty: Nefer Hepu Segereh Taui ("He of the Good Laws, Who Pacifies the Two Lands"). This name was under the guardianship of Nekhebet and Wadjet, the two goddesses of Upper and Lower Egypt, respectively. He also possessed a Golden Horus name, one that identified his kinship to the gods, as their son on earth. In this role he was known as Heru Nebu: Wetches Khau Sehotep Neteru ("He who Wears the Crowns and Satisfies the Gods"). As ruler of the two regions of Egypt, he also possesses a throne name, the Nesu Bity ("king of upper and lower Egypt") and this is Nebkheperura ("all the transformations of Ra"). And lastly, we know him by his birth name, the Sa Ra ("son of the Sun"), Tutankhamun ("the living image of Amun").
Death and Divinity
Beyond creation and in the mortal world lay the unknowable world entered at death. The Egyptians recognized the inevitability of this dimension, and investigated it with a depth and scope admired in the ancient world. In the same manner that they approached life and the activation of magical power to enhance it, they also approached death with the goal of accessing its ultimate mastery.
Of all the gods in the vast pantheon of Egyptian religious belief, Osiris stands as preeminent among those who embody the powers and vulnerabilities of mortal life. In legend, he was known as the first ruler of Egypt, a benevolent king who instituted agriculture and law throughout the Two Lands. Together with his wife Isis, this first king brought about a prosperous civilization that inspired adherence to the laws of nature and the divine world. The tragedy of the legend is the murder of Osiris at the hand of his jealous sibling Set, followed by a period of anarchy and the wandering of Isis to find her dead husband's remains. The story attained many permutations throughout the ages, but it also taught the ascendancy of justice over wrongdoing in the end. Horus, the son of Osiris, grew to avenge his father's death and reestablished the royal house of Egypt. From Horus, every subsequent ruler of Egypt was descended, in spirit and in name.
Every death and funeral in ancient Egypt was viewed as a reprise of this Osirian mythos. The death of the monarch was a retelling of the tragedy with the anticipation of the return of order and the reestablishment of rule. Here, dead ruler would ascend to the region of the gods and his or her descendant would ascend to the Royal House. The continuity of life would thus be assured, from life to death and life once more. And all of this could be accomplished and maintained through magic. In the tomb of Tutankhamun, fabulous examples of the funerary magical repertoire are furnished in abundance. Of the thousands of artifacts uncovered, precious few are personal to the king, the majority owe their presence to the profound belief in a divine afterlife, the last inheritance of a divine king. While much press has been given in recent times to the mummy of Tutankhamun, his speculated appearance and cause of death, his place of repose and the forces around it are metaphysical interest. They reflect the afterlife journey of the royal person, from the metaphorical condition of the dead Osiris to his renewal and fusion with the Solar principle.
In the burial chamber of Tutankhamun a quartzite sarcophagus is inscribed with the images of four goddesses who offer protection at the four corners of the tomb. They guard the contents of the sarcophagus with outstretched wings in their traditional roles of Isis (west), Selqit (east), Nepthys (south) and Neit (north).
Four shrines, nested around the sarcophagus represent the royal soul's passage through the four worlds of creation—anu (Water), Aakhut (Fire), Rostau (Earth), and Ament (Air). Each shrine, constructed of gilded oak, is magnificently inscribed with scenes and literary passages from the sacred books that disclose the spells to enter these worlds and acquire the powers resident there. And while the shrines embody the cosmological dimension of the tomb, they also symbolize the regional traditions of Egyptian territory in their architectural features.
The first shrine (the smallest and first to enclose the stone sarcophagus) is modeled after the prehistoric shrine of the North, with a barrel-vaulted roof between two vertical walls. The design evokes the archaic history of Egypt and the long line of Tutankhamun's predecessors, all of whom lived in the king just as the legacy of Osiris lived in his son Horus, the prototypal ruler of the Two Lands. Inscribed on the walls of this shrine is Chapter 17 of The Book of Going Forth by Day, the mystical text of hymns and spells found in various versions and lengths at both temple and tomb.
This chapter discloses the philosophy of transformation as the Egyptians viewed it, in an instructional form of dialogue between the Sun god and the reciter of the text. It takes the recipient on a symbolic journey, from earth to sky, from mortal to immortal existence.
Numerous deities populate the scenes inscribed on Shrine 1, each of whom declares a covenant granting protection to the deceased. Each of them also addresses the king as "Osiris Tutankhamun" or "Osiris Nebkheperura," designating him now as the apotheosis of the god of renewal. Death has bestowed this appellation to the king, but as he progresses through these subtle worlds, he acquires new identities and fuses with the divine powers he encounters. The gods speak in unison, "Are are united in protecting the coffin of Osiris, the king of the Two Lands, Nebkheperura, so that he will make transformations like Ra, so that he will appear whenever his name is called, to receive offerings each day."
In the second shrine the design of the archaic shrine of the South is emulated, with sloped roof and rows of vultures inscribed on the gold surface, evoking Nekhebet, goddess of the southern kingdom. The vignettes in this shrine speak of the king's ascent to from earth to sky, where he greets the goddess Nut as his mother. He is also assured by Isis and Nepthys that he will possess the renewing powers of the Sun:
"You make transformations like Ra, you are born in the morning like him."
Following this, Tutankhamun proceeds on the Solar journey through the sky, from darkness to light, the symbolic journey from death to life, from earthly to celestial existence. The journey is articulated in the enigmatic texts of the Shat am Duat, ("Book of What Is in the Shadow World") inscribed on the second shrine.
In the third shrine, a spell from the ancient Pyramid Texts is inscribed, along with chapters of the Pert em Hru ("Book of Going Forth by Day"). Here he is presented to the gods in their many forms, and acquires their protections and powers:
"You shall be as a god, living as one of the noble spirits at the eternal horizon in the fields of peace."
In the fourth (outermost) shrine, the divination of Tutankhamun is completed. Modeled after the Heb Sed shrine that represents the union of the Two Lands under kingship, texts from the Book of the Divine Cow are inscribed. This is a work that discloses a spell within a legend, a literary device often used in sacred writings. The spell grants the ultimate powers—to repulse the forces of darkness and pass through the northern region of the sky. Here, one becomes "a flame in the sky," a star, an everlasting being.
Accompanying the text is an instruction and a clue to the living:
"If one who is accomplished knows these sacred words, he will ascend and descend the interior of heaven... his bad deeds done in earth will not be reckoned against him... he will not pay obeisance to the judgment council but will enter as a head of spirits."
This is the real treasure of Tutankhamun's tomb and the true legacy of ancient Egypt. We are promised renewal, transformation, and empowerment through words and imagination, acts that we are told we can perform in this world and the next.
Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs is on a four-city, three-year tour of the United States. It is scheduled for Los Angeles Jun. 16-Nov.15, 2005; Fort Lauderdale Dec. 15-May 2006; Chicago May-Dec. 2006; and Philadelphia Jan.-Sep. 2007. Further information is available at www.KingTut.org
Description of Art for "The Magic of Tutankamun"
Figure 1 - mummy mask of Tutankhamun, a modern rendition (suitable for headline art)
Figure 2 - Tutankhamun's transformation into Osiris, god of death and renewal. From a wall painting in the sarcophagus chamber of the tomb.
Figure 3 - The solid gold coffin enclosing the mummy of the king. Altogether, two tons of gold were employed in the fabrication of furnishings in the sarcophagus room.
Figure 4 - The king's successor Ay, in the guise of funerary high priest, presents the Adze sceptre.
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After often repeating a prayer or an action (e.g. the "Sign of the Cross") it is easy to say the words or perform the action without giving a second thought as to what the words or the action actually means.
Converts, oftentimes are overwhelmed at first by the many things that we, who have been Catholics for a long time, take for granted: "Why do you dip your fingers into that water when you enter the Church?" It is good to remind ourselves, from time to time, why we do what we do. It is important to do what we do with attention, and not unthinkingly. The more effort we make to be attentive, the more we will get out of these actions.
When we first arrive in the Church, most of us take some holy water and make the Sign of the Cross. This is a praiseworthy practice, but why do we do it? The holy water is there to remind us of our Baptism. It was through our Baptism that we were washed of our sins and became children of God and members of the Mystical Body of Christ, the Church.
The Sign of the Cross is a prayer, which is accompanied by an action. Tracing the Sign of the Cross over ourselves reminds us that Christ died upon the Cross in order to save us from our sins, and by making the Sign of the Cross with holy water we remind ourselves that the merits that Christ won for us upon the Cross wiped our sins away when we were baptized with water and the Holy Spirit.
The Sign of the Cross is a prayer that should call to our minds the two most important Truths of our Faith: that God is One in Three Persons, and that the Second Person of the Holy Trinity became a man and died upon the Cross to save us from sin and death.
When we make the Sign of the Cross, there are several things upon which we can meditate. While praying the Sign of the Cross, we can make an act of faith, calling to mind Who God Is (a Trinity of Persons). We can remind ourselves what God has done for us (Jesus redeemed us by His death upon the Cross), and that should inspire gratitude within our hearts. We can also call to mind that we are His children through Baptism, which should also inspire our hearts to a greater love for our Heavenly Father, Who has given us so many gifts, one of the greatest of which is our Faith.
Let us try our best to make the Sign of the Cross with attention and devotion and use it, together with the holy water provided near the entrance, as a means to help us prepare ourselves as we enter into the Church and prepare to receive our Lord and our God at Mass.
According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the Eucharist is to be the "source and summit" of our Christian lives. (cf. CCC 1324) Do we believe that statement? Do we live our lives as if the Eucharist were the most important thing in the whole world? How often do we allow our minds to wander at Mass?
Mass should not be a chore or a burden. Mass should be a most intimate encounter between ourselves and the Almighty God, Who is truly present in the Most Holy Eucharist. It is important that we remind ourselves often what it is that we are doing at Mass as well as why: otherwise we may fall into unthinkingly acting out of habit.
The danger with anything that we do routinely is that it may become devoid of its meaning; as human beings we can easily fall into the habit of doing things by route. At Mass, our purpose is to worship Almighty God. We come to Mass to return thanks and praise to the Father, through the Son, in and with the Holy Spirit. The Mass is the most profound and the most pleasing prayer that we can possibly offer to the Father, for it is the re-presentation of the gift that the Son made of Himself to the Father upon the Cross.
In order to help us in our efforts to be focused on what we do at Mass, I am going to offer a series of reflections on the liturgy. As a Protestant convert, I personally found the liturgy fascinating when I entered the Church. We didn't have liturgy in the Baptist church, in which I grew up. Baptists are decidedly anti-liturgy. They don't like route prayers. They believe that one should only pray from the heart. They might think differently if they realized how many of the prayers used at Mass are actually Scriptural, but more on that later.
The first point that comes to mind when thinking about the liturgy is the importance of preparation. Father Acervo, in his recent bulletin articles, has been writing about the preparation prayers that priests say as they put on their vestments. These prescribed prayers are aimed at helping the priest to prepare himself, interiorly, to celebrate the sacred liturgy with attention and devotion.
Preparation is not only important for the priest, however: every single one of us should take time to prepare our hearts and minds, in order that we may more attentively participate at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. If we prepare our hearts ahead of time, we will not be as easily distracted during the Mass. If we rush into Mass at the last minute, with the last song that we heard on the radio in our heads and a list of things to do right after Mass running through our minds, we will likely find it difficult to focus on what is happening at Mass. It is important to take at least some time (it doesn't necessarily have to be a lot of time) to quiet ourselves and call to mind the reason that we have come to Church: to adore Our Lord and Our God.
Twice God provided a jug of water and a hearth cake. This miraculously provided food gave Elijah the strength that he needed to get up and continue his journey. After receiving the food that God provided, he travelled through the desert and came to the mountain of God and there, he encountered the Lord.
When Jesus speaks of giving His flesh for the life of the world, He is predicting two things. First, He is referring to His own death on the Cross. He knows that He is going to undergo a most cruel death, in fact it was precisely to die in atonement for our sins that He became man in the first place; He willingly laid down His life to save us from sin and death. The second thing that Jesus is referring to when He speaks of giving His flesh for the life of the world is the gift that He gives to us in the Holy Eucharist.
In Holy Communion, Jesus Christ gives Himself completely to us: body, blood, soul, and divinity. He holds nothing back. He loves us so much that He willingly left behind the glory of Heaven and became a man; He died for us and gives Himself to us as food that He might be united to us.
There are many ways in which the Lord is present to us. It is true that Jesus is God, and as God is present everywhere. We also know that Jesus said that wherever two or three are gathered in His name, He is present in their midst. Our Faith teaches us that the Lord is present when the Scriptures are proclaimed at Mass. It is Jesus Christ, Himself, Who acts through the priest to effect the Sacraments: the priest not only represents Christ but acts in the very Person of Christ: in Persona Christi whenever he celebrates the Sacraments.
All of these ways in which Jesus is present to us, are real and true; and yet the Presence of Christ in the Eucharist is greater than all of them. In the Holy Eucharist, Jesus is really, wholly, substantially Present. It is not a representation, or some kind of a simile or metaphor. The Eucharist is not a mere symbol or just a sign. The Eucharist IS Jesus Christ: the One Who has been with the Father, from the beginning of time; the One through Whom and for Whom all things were made; the One Who became a man, died, rose from the dead and reigns triumphantly in Heaven, the very same One comes down to our altar at the words of the priest; so that He can be united to you.
Whenever you receive Holy Communion you are united, in a most intimate manner, to the all-holy, all-powerful God: Who IS love. That is why we should never receive Holy Communion when in a state of mortal sin. If we have committed venial sins we are cleansed of them by our reception of Holy Communion. When we attend Mass, we participate in the Sacrifice that Jesus made of Himself to the Father on Calvary. When we receive Communion worthily, the merits that Jesus won on the Cross are applied to our souls. Receiving Our Lord in the Eucharist strengthens us for our journey through this valley of tears: when we receive Jesus, He pours His grace into our souls for when we receive Communion, we receive the Author of all grace. We may not always be aware of how God is working in our souls; the Lord usually works in a quiet way. We can be sure, however, that the Lord is working on our hearts. Holy Communion increases grace in our souls: grace is our share in the very life of God.
After you receive Communion, spend time with the Lord. Thank Him for giving Himself to you; ask Him for whatever you need: whether the needs are material or spiritual. Pray for those whom you know are in need of prayer. Ask Jesus to transform your heart; pray for the grace to overcome whatever it is you most struggle against. If you are feeling overwhelmed, as Elijah was in the First Reading, bring your troubles, anxieties, fears, and frustrations to Jesus in the Eucharist. Jesus gives Himself to us as food so that we can receive from Him the strength that we need on our journey.
God wants us to bring all that is on our hearts to Him. We should also not forget to thank Him for all that He has given to us and all that He has done for us. Open your hearts to Him and allow Him to work in you. Jesus wants to draw you closer to Himself; He wants to free you from sin. He desires that each and every one of us become a Saint. If we pray for His grace, surely He will grant it. If we are not Saints, it is our own fault. What area of our lives do we refuse to turn over to the Lord? What sin am I just too attached to? I challenge you to examine your lives this upcoming week. Ask yourselves those questions; then pray for the grace to surrender more fully to God. It is only when we give our hearts completely to Him, that we will ever be able to find the true joy and lasting happiness that we all seek.
Lord Jesus, help us to give our hearts completely to you, as You give Yourself completely to us in the Holy Eucharist. Amen.
Over the past several weeks we have been hearing the sixth chapter of Saint John's Gospel proclaimed at Mass on Sundays.
In the sixth chapter, we hear about how Jesus fed the crowd with the loaves and the fish and they are looking for more food. Jesus tells the people that He is the "Bread of Life"; He doesn't just want to satisfy their physical hunger, He wants to nourish their souls.
God is present to us in many ways. God is omnipresent: He is everywhere. Jesus says that He is present wherever two or three are gathered together in His name. (cf. Mt. 18:20) The Lord is present in the Scriptures as they are proclaimed at Mass; the priest stands in Persona Christi: in the very Person of Christ and yet all these instances of God's presence pale in comparison to the True Presence of Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament.
The gift that Our Lord gives to us in the Holy Eucharist is the greatest possible gift that He is able to give, for it is the gift of Himself: body, blood, soul and divinity.
After the priest pronounces the words of institution over the bread and the wine at Mass, the bread and wine are completely changed. After the consecration, the bread and wine are no more: all that remain of them are the appearances. By the miracle of "transubstantiation" what looks like ordinary bread and wine is truly, really and substantially Jesus Christ.
The New Testament lies hidden in the Old and the Old Testament is unveiled in the New. This is what the Catechism teaches us about the relationship between the two Testaments of the Bible. The First Reading and today's Gospel illustrate this point for us very well. Elisha, the Prophet, tells the man who brought him 20 loaves of bread to give it to the people to eat. Despite the man's objections, Elisha tells him that not only will it be enough, but there will be some left over and it happened, just as the Prophet predicted.
In the Gospel we hear about how Jesus did a similar thing: only He fed a lot more people with less bread and had more fragments leftover. The Israelites of the day knew their Scriptures; they knew about the miracle that Elisha had performed. Knowing something about the Old Testament can help us better appreciate what is happening in the New Testament. The Old Testament sets the background for what is taking place in the New. Many things that Jesus did or said came seem a little strange if we don't know the historical context and the culture in which He lived: and the culture of that day was integrally connected to the Old Testament Scriptures.
The people of Jesus' day were awaiting the coming of the Messiah and they knew that when He came He would perform great signs as Jesus had just done before their very eyes. But the Israelites of Jesus' day had a misunderstanding of the Messiah's mission.
Israel had been conquered by the Roman Empire: they were under pagan rule and they didn't much like it. The Romans heavily taxed the Israelites, they had to follow Roman law and they were forbidden from carrying out some of their own laws, which had been given to them by God through Moses. They knew from the Old Testament that God was going to send a Messiah; a Savior and they wanted the Messiah to come and free them from their Roman rulers. They wanted a political Messiah.
The Israelites were awaiting the promised Messiah, the one that the Old Testament said would be a Prophet greater than Moses, and when they saw Jesus miraculously feed so many (as God had done through Moses in the wilderness), they wanted to take Jesus and proclaim Him king: essentially, they wanted to start a revolution against Rome. Jesus knew what they wanted to do and He withdrew to a mountain.
Over the course of the next three weeks, we will continue to hear about what happens next in the sixth chapter of St. John's Gospel. The sixth chapter of Saint John is often referred to as the "Bread of Life" discourse. Next week we will hear about how the crowds again catch up with Jesus and He tells them that they don't understand what He has just done in the multiplication of the loaves. Jesus tells the crowd that they are seeking Him because He gave them something to eat; but He wants to give them something even greater than a meal: He wants to give them Himself. Jesus says that He Himself is the Bread of Life, and whoever eats that Bread will live forever. He did not come to overthrow the Roman Empire: He came to conquer hearts. He loves each and every one of us so much, that He was willing to become a man and sacrifice Himself for us: to save us from sin and to show us how much God loves us.
Basically, the Old Testament Prophet, Elisha, that we heard about in the First Reading was a sign of the coming Messiah; Jesus fulfilled the sign by multiplying the loaves and feeding the crowd in the wilderness, but He goes on to tell the crowd that what He has just done is itself a sign: a sign that will be fulfilled at the Last Supper.
All that we have is a gift from the Lord. Health, money, family, whatever it is, it is a gift from the Lord. There isn't anything that you have that you haven't received. But the Lord doesn't stop there. If our Faith were just about the good things we have in this world, it would be kinda nice . . . for a while. But all the riches in the world PALE in comparison to what God wants to give to us. Jesus said: "What good would it profit a man to gain the WHOLE WORLD and forfeit his soul?" God created us to know Him and to love Him. The Lord provides for our needs, and we should be grateful for all that we have, but He doesn't stop by simply providing our earthly needs. He wants us to be happy with Him forever in Heaven. He made us for Himself: Jesus wants to communicate Himself completely to you. And He does just that: He will unite Himself completely to you in Holy Communion.
At the Last Supper, Jesus took the bread and the wine and gave them to the Apostles and said: "Take this: this is My body; this is My blood." So great was His desire to be united to the Apostles that He gave Himself to them as food. He has the same desire to be united to us. In order that He could continue to unite Himself to His followers in Holy Communion, He gave us the priesthood. He told the Apostles to do what He had just done at the Last Supper in memory of Him. The Apostles received the power to effect the Eucharist; and they handed on this power through the laying on of hands. When a priest takes the bread and the wine and repeats the words of Jesus over them: they become for us the body, blood, soul and divinity of Jesus Christ. In other words, Jesus becomes really and truly present upon the altar during the Consecration and He allows us to receive Him under the appearances of bread and wine.
The Father didn't hold anything back from us. He allowed His own Beloved Son to die upon the Cross so that we might be saved. Jesus endured torture and death to save us. How do we respond to Him? We are asked to love the Lord with our whole heart, mind and strength. He has done so much for us: He gives us so much. He gives us Himself entirely. What do we do to show our love to Him?
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Figures suggest that between 20% and 40% of people are unhappy with many or all of the aspects of the places where they work. It's a startling and shocking statistic that's bad news for both employees and business owners alike.
The concepts of value and indispensability are inextricably linked to each other. As many have observed in the past, truly indispensable people are those who contribute far more to the organisations that they work for than the amount they receive in salaries and bonuses.
Today, more than ever, flexibility concerning your career is key. So if you truly want to fulfil your potential then the need to move to another country should never be regarded as an obstacle, merely as another staging post in your progression.
Your social media presence can either contribute positively to your career or damage it. Employers often check the social media presence of potential new hires and make judgements based on what they find. Often times these judgements directly affect their hiring decision.
How Will Information Security Evolve in 2016?


Managing mental illness can reduce the chance of a relapse or allow you to live a close to average life while you're suffering from a mental health problem. It's important to take care of your overall health to make recovery easier and help you generally feel better.
Just because you're not emotionally feeling at your peak because of your mental health problem doesn't mean that you no longer are important as a person. It's important to make sure you receive the care you deserve and this means care for your mental, emotional and physical well-being.
This means you need to let your current medical practitioner know when you're feeling poorly. There is the possibility that your symptoms are a side effect of your medications. Your doctor will be able to let you know if there are alternative medications you can take. Your symptoms may also be a sign of a different problem and your doctor should look into this possibility as well.
If you have a doctor who doesn't seem willing to care for your physical well-being as much as prescribing medications for your mental health problem, then you need to pressure him or her to provide you with full treatment. If you're not getting full physical treatment as well, don't be afraid to look for a new or additional doctor to take care of your physical needs.
Stress is part of life, but it can also make you feel run down. Those suffering from mental illness sometimes feel the effects of stress sooner and stronger than those who do not have a mental health issue. You may find that your mind races more when your stressed and that you have difficulty focuses on what you need to do.
Stress can come in all forms from over scheduling yourself to worry about money, worry about a friend or family member, concern about money or concern about your job.
Don't be afraid to slow down if you feel you have too much to do. Take one task at a time and don't be ashamed to say "no." Know your triggers so that you won't be shocked when a certain situation makes you feel stressed. Take time to do the things you enjoy and talk to a counselor, join a support group or speak to a trusted family member or friend.
It's important to watch what you eat. Healthy foods will make you feel better and reduce the chance of unnecessary weight gain, high cholesterol and high blood pressure. Your doctor will be able to provide you with tips about healthy eating. If eating healthy is a big concern for you, your physician may be able to put you in contact with a dietician to help you learn the correct way to eat.
It's equally important to make time for exercise even if you're feeling too tired or emotionally run down to do any. Exercise doesn't have to be anything difficult or expensive. Dancing to some music in your home is good exercise. Walk around the block a few times a week. Check out dance and fitness opportunities at your local community center.


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Only the Dead
A sinister game of revenge
by Malcolm Hollingdrake
Bloodhound Books
Pub Date 20 Nov 2016
Only the Dead is an interesting police procedural, differing from the norm in that for one of the two cases you already know the culprit. More than that, you sympathize with him despite his terrible acts. His mother was tormented and killed by her carers. His acts are retribution, designed to draw attention. But this plot line is only part of what DCI Bennett and DS Owen are investigating in Only the Dead. Their second case begins with the discovery of two sets of infant remains near a teacher training college. The question of whose children and how they came to be there, lead Bennett and Owen on a complex and twisting trip. Once again, Malcolm Hollindrake reveals the culprits to the reader, but this time the situation is more complicated and explored slowly. Bennett and Owen are a solidly developed team of investigators. I found it interesting that Hollindrake decided to saddle Bennett with Bell's palsy, a temporary condition characterized by partial facial paralysis. It's definitely a setback for a ladies man.
On the whole, Only the Dead is a good, solidly written British police procedural. There are a few weak points, and the novel lacks a just resolution to the larger criminal scheme broached by the second case. Is it realistic? Yes - but readers who expect justice and closure may be disappointed.
I received a copy of Only the Dead from the publisher and Netgalley.com in exchange for an honest review.
— Crittermom
Meet DCI Cyril Bennett, a man with a passion for manners and efficiency, as well as an eye for the ladies. His partner, DS David Owen, is naïve and untidy but keen. Together they make a formidable pair.
When the discovery of two infants' bodies is made at a Teacher Training College, Bennett and Owen are given the case. Soon a number of suspects are identified.
At the same time, a killer is on the loose staging attacks using sulphur mustard.
Is there a link between the infants' bodies and the sulphur mustard attacks?
Do the answers lie in the past or the present?
Bennett and Owen must work together to bring to justice a killer with revenge on his mind.
Malcolm Hollingdrake
British police procedural


1.	The results refer to the level of the employee's perception to the organizational justice concept and its dimensions in the Jordanian Potash Company were (high). Also, the analysis results show that the employee's performance efficiency level in the Jordanian Potash Company was (high).
2.	There is a statistically significant impact at the significance level (α = 0.05) for the organizational justice dimensions (distributive justice, procedural justice, dealing's justice, and evaluative justice), in any one from the dimensions of improvement the employee's performance efficiency in the Jordanian Potash Company.
Organizational Justice, Performance Efficiency, Potash Company, Jordan.


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Noord-Holland Province (The Netherlands)
Keywords: noord-holland |
Description of the flag
North Holland coat of arms
West Frisia
North Holland province - the municipalities
The flag of Noordholland was adopted 22 October 1958 and is a Banner of Arms: The RED lion on YELLOW background (Holland) on the coat of arms, the YELLOW leopards with lying blocks on a BLUE background (Westfriesland) can be discerned in the three stripes of the flag. The flag designed in 1938 with colors RYB was ultimately rejected because it was too similar to the Dutch national flag.
Source: Nederlands vlaggenboek, by Klaes Sierksma, 1962
Jarig Bakker, 23 June 2001
"Per pale or and azure; I a lion rampant gules, armed and langued azure, II seme of horizontally placed billets or, two lions passant guardant in pale of the same. The shield is crested by a coronet of five leaves or. "
The arms of Noord-Holland are a combination of the arms of Holland and West Friesland. See Zuid Holland for the history of the arms of Holland and Friesland for West Friesland (or West Frisia). The arms of West Friesland differ from Friesland, in that the lions are different and the number of rectangles is reduced to five. The arms are used since the 16th
Ralf Hartemink, 1 Dec 1997
image by Jarig Bakker, 26 January 2001
Jarig Bakker, 26 January 2001
I don't think the colours of 1938 formed a flag of its own, and I don't read Siersma's book as saying that it did. I think this was merely the base pattern used for the municipal standards of 1938.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 29 Sep 2001


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Home GCC UAE Dubai Amlak to make sukuk payment on schedule
Amlak to make sukuk payment on schedule
07 January 2010 4:27 PM By Meed
Details of merger plan to be announced in early 2010
Dubai-based mortgage provider Amlak will make the next repayment on its $100m sukuk on schedule on 18 January, according to the UK's HSBC bank, which is acting as paying agent for the firm.
The statement should help to reassure investors who are nervous about the financial health of major Dubai-based companies.
The sukuk pays 120 basis points above the London interbank offered rate (Libor) and is listed on the Dubai Financial Market. It has a tenor of 5 years and is due to mature in July 2010.
Separately, further details of the proposed merger between Amlak and another troubled UAE mortgage provider, Tamweel, are expected to be revealed in the near future. The UAE government said in November 2008 that it planned to merge the two companies, but few details have emerged since then.
The two companies have been hit by a lack of funding in the capital markets, falling property prices and repayment problems with customers.
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to be the little-known Cambodian Information Center (CIC).
for $4,000 and advertises a telephone number but no office address.
in the May 30-June 6 editions of The Evening News, a pro-Hun Sen Khmer-language newspaper.
(SRP) are running about equal in popularity with Funcinpec placing a distant third.
- 22% compared to more than 60%.
were shown to have only marginal support.
56% to 65% to 57%.
personalities. The results range from insightful to startling to comical.
can be his successor or have the same power as him".
and Kampong Speu" reasoned: "If the father is crazy, he is still the father.
but he becomes angry quickly, and when he is angry, he leaves Cambodia immediately;"
in 1992 has not arrived as expected.
now he is intimidated by foreigners and tries to be in favor of them".
after Sihanouk; and "even if he has many wives, it is OK because he is a prince".
a democracy if Hun Sen has not changed the district chiefs for more than 10 years?"
province early last year that reflected poor support for the CPP.


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