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1955 Chevrolet 210 Shoebox - UncompromisingWritten by on April 6, 2007 Contributors: Jeff Smith An 8-Second, Street-Driven '55 Chevy
When we decided to do our Pro Touring vs. Pro Street comparison for this issue, we wanted to have some prime examples of each to support the two schools. Trouble is, Mike Landi's '55 Chevy is probably not representative of the average Pro Street car ... it's better. The basic idea of Pro Street is to create the look of a serious dragstrip machine that can also be used on the street, but typically, these vehicles manage to master only the look, while seeming to miss the performance mark on both the strip and the street, making them basically useless. What's the point of having a street car that looks like a race car but isn't actually either?
But Landi's '55 avoids the pitfalls of Pro Street by achieving proficiency at both-it's a bona-fide street machine that kills at the drags. In truth, we're the only ones classifying Landi's ride as Pro Street; he built it with specific goals in mind, not to adhere to a trend. The whole point was to create the ultimate street/strip ride, a car that can be driven to the track to click off blazing e.t.'s before being motored back home, all with a minimum of drama.
A little background on Landi is probably in order. Mike got his start back in the late '60s working at the now-legendary Blair's Speed Shop in his hometown of Pasadena. Later, he was one of Pete & Jake's earliest employees, helping to design and manufacture street rod parts, and still later, he did time at Gale Banks Engineering. "I've had some of the best influences anyone could ask for," says Mike, referring to the invaluable education he received from talented engineers, designers, and fabricators along the way. Today, Mike's day job involves running his business, Plan B Visual Design in Burbank, California, a shop that fabricates any manner of props, models, displays, sets, stages, and any other mechanical creation needed for film industry projects. You may never have heard of Plan B, but you've probably seen their work, possibly in a movie, commercial, concert tour, or awards show. The guys that make it happen at Plan B are a combination of artists, engineers, and fabricators-just the sort of crew that could probably build a bitchin' car. Combine this talent pool with a hardcore gearhead leader and it comes as little surprise to find that the '55 was built almost entirely in the shop at Plan B.
Once Landi got the urge to build a seriously fast car that would also be truly streetable, there was little question over what type of car it would be; Tri-5 Chevys have always been one of Mike's favorites (he figures he's owned about 25 of them over the years). But for a brutal street shoebox, a '55 sedan just seems right. A complete, rust-free specimen was located and procured, and the car was taken to Plan B to begin the transformation.
Enthusiasm for the '55 project mounted quickly among the staff, and soon everyone was involved. Mike wanted to maintain the lines of the '55 with minimal interruptions, but he knew going in that major rubber would be required to hook the beast, so it made sense to tuck the tires in the rear. Initially the rear axle was suspended by Plan B-built ladder bars, but has since been updated to an Art Morrison four-link setup. Rear framerails were fabbed at Plan B and moved in to make room for the meats. In fact, Plan B fabricated a front frame clip as well during the update, opting to use a Morrison strut-type front suspension with a manual rack-and-pinion unit in place of the modified stock suspension used previously. The Morrison front end handles better at speed and shaves nearly 250 pounds from the nose.
For power, a big-block Chevy seemed a natural, but once again, weight was a concern, so a Donovan aluminum block was employed and stuffed with a Lunati crank, Carillo rods, and CP pistons to make 540 inches. Ported Brodix heads top off the long-block, but the real attention-getter is the Littlefield 8-71 blower. The supercharger was another Landi mandate, but he was unwilling to suffer through the typical idiosyncrasies of huffed street engines. That was the major impetus for using EFI to manage fuel distribution on the Rat motor, and this is another area where Plan B's touch came into play. Under the Enderle bug-catcher is a fabricated plate that holds eight 80-lb/hr injectors, controlled with an ECU that Plan B created by combining components from several aftermarket programmable systems. The result is a blown big-block that cold-starts quickly, idles smoothly, and never surges.
Power is not compromised, however, as dyno-testing shows. Landi and crew spent considerable time on the chassis dyno at Westech Performance Group in Mira Loma, California, dialing in the combination. True to his intentions, Mike has driven the car to the track on its Mickey Thompson E/T Streets and run mid-9-second passes before driving home. However, the '55 does have a race trim configuration that sees more boost (15 pounds), full racing slicks, and open headers, which has so far been good for 8.80s at 152 mph. An average Pro Streeter? Hardly. But it is an excellent high-water mark for the rest of the field to aspire to.
Car Craft Q&A
Car Craft: What made you decide to build a car like this?
Mike Landi: I've always liked drag racing, but I also like to drive my cars. Fast street cars have been around as long as there've been hot rods, but we wanted to do both legitimately well.
CC: How did you determine your goals?
ML: Initially, we were just trying to build a dead-reliable 10-second street car, but before we knew it the car was in the 9s. That led us to figuring out ways to control the heat and the traction to improve e.t.'s while maintaining streetability. Later, we found ways to shave some weight as well, which also helped.
CC: Anything in particular that makes the '55 more/less streetable?
ML: The EFI is the key to running that engine on the street-I don't think we could get it that smooth and reliable with carburetors. We did use 31/44-inch spherical rod-ends in the suspension to limit deflection, rather than urethane bushed ends, which would be more street-friendly. The spherical joints must be replaced every few months if the car is street-driven, so we consider them sacrificial parts.
The Details
Car: '55 Chevy 210
Owner: Mike Landi, Pasadena, CA
Engine: Aluminum Donovan big-block Chevy, 540 ci, machine work and engine development by Russell Kelly
Heads: Brodix BB-2 Xtra, ported and polished, 119cc chambers, 2.30/1.88-inch valves
Induction: Littlefield 8-71 supercharger 18-percent overdriven (16 psi), Littlefield manifold, Enderle injector, Plan B EFI system using eight 80-lb/hr injectors in custom plate between injector hat and blower
Camshaft: Crane Cams solid-roller, custom grind, specs not disclosed; lift in excess of 0.630-inch, duration in excess of 270 degrees @ 0.050, Jesel 1.7:1 shaft rockers
Output: 1,158 hp @ 7,200 rpm and 889 lb-ft @ 7,145 at the flywheel
Transmission: Turbo 400 by Mike's Transmissions, Palmdale, CA, with 10-inch, 3,500-rpm stall converter by Continental
Rearend: Art Morrison Ford 9-inch housing with Mark Williams aluminum centersection and locking differential, 4.7:1 gears from U.S. Gear, and Strange 40-spline rifle-drilled axles
Front suspension: Art Morrison strut IFS kit built by Plan B mounted to Plan B front frame clip
Rear suspension: Art Morrison 9-inch style housing with Art Morrison four-link, Chris Alston double-adjustable Vari-shocks, Plan B rear clip with narrowed framerails and Plan B wheeltubs
Brakes: Wilwood 11-inch discs front and rear
Wheel and tires: Real Wheels by Eric Vaughn, 15x5 front, 15x12 rear, Mickey Thompson Sportsman 26/4.5-15 front, Mickey Thompson ET Street 31x16.6-15 rear
Interior: Kirkey seats and full carpeting by Paul of Sagonas Upholstery in Burbank, CA
Body mods: Louvered stock hood, removable side panels for rear tire access by Plan B; Race trim: Ed Quay aluminum deck wing, Simpson parachute pack, Flameout onboard fire system
Paint: By Brett Klaeser, Bob's Auto Body in Pasadena, CA, PPG acrylic urethane single-stage Brite Tangerine and Ivory
Cost to build: $150,000-$200,000
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The stock dash remains intact, while a brace of Autometer gauges and rocker switches are housed in a custom panel against the headliner (not seen). The dual-circuit brake master cylinder is concealed behind the dashboard, with access via the factory radio-delete plate. Sagonas Upholstery covered the Kirkey race buckets to match the vibe of the '55's interior and laid down the custom carpeting, which also covers what was once the rear seat area. The cage is by Plan B.In the interest of saving weight while adding strength, the '55's big-block is based on a Donovan aluminum block. A Lunati 4.250-inch-stoke crank, Carillo 6.375-inch rods, and CP 4.50-inch pistons make 540 inches. Brodix BB-2 Xtra heads with 119cc chambers make 9.0:1 compression to handle the charge from the Littlefield 8-71. There are eight 80-lb/hr injectors sandwiched between the injector hat and the blower, controlled by a Plan-B hybrid ECU. Street trim called for 10 percent underdrive on the blower while swapping pulleys for race trim yields 18 percent overdrive and 15 pounds of boost.The fuel cell and pumps are what you'd expect to find in the trunk of a ride like this, but look closer and you'll notice that tucked on either side are fluid coolers. The left mounts the oil cooler and the right is for the trans. Electric fans pull air in from the interior, over the coolers, and out into the wheelwells. Landi says this diverts heat from the engine bay while also freeing up space.When the '55 was first constructed at Plan B, the stock front suspension was retained and mildly reworked. However, a recent updating session resulted in a whole new front frame clip. The crew at Plan B fabricated the clip, fitting it with an Art Morrison strut-type suspension and a Flaming River rack-and-pinion steering unit. Wilwood discs were carried over from the previous iteration. Those massive headers were also fabbed by the Plan B team.


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Summary of Part I
In Introduction to Cracking - (Part I), we saw that .NET Reflector makes our lives easy by decompiling .NET apps accurately to any .NET language. We saw some limitations of Reflector too : It can't de-obfuscate assemblies, cannot unpack packed assemblies, cannot decrypt encrypted assemblies. We will discuss about those issues in this article.
Rarely we find .NET assemblies that are not obfuscated, because they are prone to instant decompilation by Reflector. .NET assemblies are found obfuscated, packed, encrypted or protected by a multiple combination of these techniques. Let me clear that by packing we don't expect to gain compression, rather we gain protection (we'll see how ...)
We will mainly talk about de-obfuscating simple obfuscations and unpacking known packers in this article.
Obfuscation and De-obfuscation
Observe the following code snippets :
Snippet 1 : Code without obfuscation
Code: vb.net
Private Function SHABytes(ByVal MStr As String) As Byte()
Dim SHAProvider As New System.Security.Cryptography.SHA1CryptoServiceProvider
Dim GetBytes(), RetBytes() As Byte
GetBytes = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(MStr)
RetBytes = SHAProvider.ComputeHash(GetBytes)
Return RetBytes
End Function
Code: vb.net
Private Function A(ByVal B As String) As Byte()
Dim C As New System.Security.Cryptography.SHA1CryptoServiceProvider
Dim D(), E() As Byte
D = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(B)
E = C.ComputeHash(D)
Return E
End Function
Now, take a look at the following snippets :
Snippet 1 : Code without obfuscation
Code: vb.net
Private Sub CheckSerial(ByVal MStr As String)
If MStr = "T-26832-GST" Then
TextBox1.Text = "WRONG SERIAL !"
TextBox1.Text = "CORRECT SERIAL !"
End If
End Sub
Code: vb.net
Private Sub A(ByVal B As String)
If C(B) = "]$;?1:;$NZ]" Then
D.Text = C("^[FGN)ZL[@HE)(")
D.Text = C("F[[LJ])ZL[@HE)(")
End If
End Sub
This obfuscation, although better than the previous, can be still cracked easily, without aid of software !
The better obfuscation techniques that are difficult to crack can be achieved by using Obfuscators e.g. {smartassembly}. But remember, although difficult it's not impossible to crack obfuscated assemblies
The obfuscators can apply a variety of techniques to make assemblies extremely difficult (rather painful) to crack. They may use ILDASM to disassemble it, then change the code with something that performs similar function but in a complicated way and then re-assemble with ILASM. They may additionally encrypt the assemblies and while running, the assembly will be decrypted in memory and then be executed.
Two of my friends Karupica and UFO PU55Y developed a de-obfuscator for the {smartassembly}. They named it {smartkill}. It's currently in Ver.0.6 and perhaps not being developed further.
Packing and Unpacking
What packers do is, they compress the program and then combine this compressed data with the decompression code it needs, into a single executable. When the program gets executed, the compressed executable essentially unpacks the original executable code, then transfers control to it. So, when you try to decompile a packed exe, you would end up with an error !
This is a quote from Wikipedia :
Executable compression is also frequently used to deter reverse engineering or to obfuscate the contents of the executable (for example, to hide the presence of malware from antivirus scanners) by proprietary methods of compression and/or added encryption. Executable compression can be used to prevent direct disassembly, mask string literals and modify signatures. Although this does not eliminate the chance of reverse engineering, it can make the process more costly.
Applications :
(1) {smartkill} Ver.0.6 (http://rapidshare.com/files/11166936..._v0.6.rar.html)
(2) PEiD Ver.0.95 (http://www.peid.info/)
PEiD can identify a huge array packed/encrypted exes. It is a very nice price of software and it's functionality can be extended by several plugins. The KANAL (Krypto ANALyser) plugin helps you identify crypto-signatures inside exes.
Setup ...
None of these tools require installation. Simply unzip/unrar them to any folder you like, and start using them! Plugins for PEiD are easy to install and instructions can be found on the website, so I'm not explaining here.
Action !
(1) Using PEiD
Using PEiD is fairly easy. Simply drag an exe and drop it on PEiD window and PEiD will instantly show you the statistics. You can get the compiler used, it's version, the PE entropy .. lots and lots of useful stuff.
I'll discuss about specific functions of PEiD, when we encounter their need (in up-coming parts ..).
(2) Using {smartkill}
Well, now that you know how to use Reflector, open any {smartassembly} obfuscated assembly in it. You will see all function names and string names are encoded. It does not display any string but displays a hexadecimal ID that uniquely identifies that string.
For example, the following snippet :
Code: vb.net
TextBox1.Text = "Serial accepted !"
Code: vb.net
□.□ = □.□.□(0x31f5)
What {smartkill} does is it can identify what the hell does 0x31f5 stand for. It can successfully recover the encoded string "Serial accepted !".
Well {smartkill} can do lot more than that, it can remove "StrongNames", it can fix 2.xx algo which renders a cracked application useless, it can patch exes and much more... (I will discuss that in the up-coming parts ... )
I think it's enough for this part.
I will discuss {smartkill} in details and will also talk about cracking other languages like c, c++, vb etc... later.
Till then take care and good bye ..
Thanks for reading this part and thanx for the excellent response to Part I.


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Anyone else having server errors getting to Woot sites during this woot off?
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You too? dammit!
I thought I was the only one.. I was debating so hard wether or not I should get that recorder.
All the other sites besides deals.woot looks down. :[
It's not even a BoC yet and the whole place crashes down! :[
They're working on it. Please stand by.
Yep same here. I thought maybe it was due to a BOC going up. Wootalyzer seems to be able to get the current products and no BOC shown.
@miniskunk: It's all the sites.
Oh good, another woot-off question.
@bchis: No, servers are in the cloud in Seattle.
Sigh, why is my answer above the question.
mb the big storms in Texas?
Well that's woot for you, they get something good going and then just disappoint you!
@thunderthighs: Oh yeah!
i have a problem, i have all these $5 woot coupons and nothing to spend them on
@w00tgurl: You could just give them all to me!
Anyone know what happened, alien attack, Zombipocolipse?
@w00tgurl: Give one to me for letting you know the wootoff was coming?
I thought I was the only one, too. Anyone know what we've missed?
@palady: Nothing great.
@palady: Nothing. The sales aren't moving until the sites are back up again.
So here we sit.
WELCOME regular woot.com people to the wonderful world of deals.woot! we run on energizer batteries, woot.com runs on rayovac
@thunderthighs: ok, so i googled twls and since i don't think you are referencing a school, can you tell me what part of it stands for if it can't be spelled out?
sorry thought it was a lowercase L not a capital I
@moosezilla: That's What I Said
This should have happened later in the wootoff so I could have time to sleep..
@thunderthighs: What sign are you TT?
@w00tgurl: But, Rayovac lasts longer than Energizer...it's right on the box.
ThunderThighs, I missed the last two 20 questions, is this a new game where we can bet when the servers are restored?
@jseureau: i'm guessing STOP
Greater than?
@baillard: har-dee-har-har
Get that $5 for $10 giftcard on Amazon.com while waiting. :]
Limit 1. Works on any city even though it says westside.
EDIT: Props to @zeke7 for posting the link first at the deals section. :]
In other news, I am getting my laundry done.
Guess I picked a good time to say that I would work through the nights on Woot-Offs.
In the meantime...
Head over to Amazon Local and get a $10 gift card for $5
Don't forget to give it a +1 if you think its an awesome deal!
perhaps we forgot to tip the servers last time...
@jseureau: So tell me why? My piss-n-vinegar attitude?
Great, back to the future posting again.
@acdawg: Nope. Didn't think so... actually I never read the cart lol I just clicked buy and confirm and there it is.
I had like $108 in giftcard funds, that didn't minus. So I guess you can't use giftcards for giftcards.
@joshobra: Can I pay for it with Amazon gift cards?
@thunderthighs: I knew it!! Well not really but that's cool
@potter412: Me too!
Early notice and I'll announce it again later in the day.
Tonight's game is canceled due to the Woot-Off and I'm doing some last minute babysitting for one of the writers.
@baillard: I blinked and missed tonight's game it went so fast...
Today's BOC: Used Woot servers for everyone!
(Don't get it? You're too young.)
This is already way better than the last Woot-Off!
@mmolzahn: Refurbed? With Square Deal Warranty?
My one and only Bagola didn't even have a bag.
@moueska: I get it... but I think someone tilt it too hard, it flipped.
@jseureau: Impossible for this wootoff to be better. This is the Worst Woot Ever. Just like the last few dozen.
@moueska: BAHAHA! Someone cheated.
@ivanivanovich: You expect alot from your BOCs.
@ivanivanovich: Pretty sure I was being sarcastic
Do you think we're supposed to buy all the ipods first?


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Please forgive me if this is inappropriate for MathOverflow. I've been working/playing with generating functions for a little while and may have stumbled upon a new technique or methodology.
The problem is that it's incomplete, and I don't have a lot to show to someone to prove its effectiveness. I believe I need some help fine tuning this method to get it to work. I'm unsure if I can solve it, at least easily, on my own. I've tried contacting a few big name professors in the field, but most seemed to busy. I was wondering if there's someone who could spare some time to look into what I'm working on.
Are there any suggestions of people that I could try contacting? If it's not advisable to go forward with contacting people at this time, what else should/could I try to help get answers? I realize I haven't described my method here; it's a pretty complicated one, but one that can probably be explained in a few pages.


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I thought about being a massage therapist and physical therapist for awhile, then I read an article written by a chiropractor and what he said about the field just made sense to me. So, I did some more research, and learned more about it, and I knew that's what I wanted to do.
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Why does a table fan eventually stop circulating air? I noticed this with every fan I ever used. The fan will work great for about 2 hours blowing air at full speed, then I notice that, even though the blades are still spinning, the amount of air output has been greatly reduced to the point that I can barley feel any air coming off the blades. If I turn it off for a couple hours it will still go through the same cycle. Why does this happen? Everything works fine, just no air circulates out.
My previous answer was based on physical principles. This answer is based on biological principles.
I noticed in the question @JoeBlack stated "I feel air" meaning you are using your own biology to sense the air flow. Air flow can be felt by pressure of turbulence on the skin. It can also be felt by perceived temperature. Usually a person turns on a fan when he is hot. By then, the person has perspiration. If the air is reasonably cool (< 90 F) and dry, the air from the fan will evaporate the perspiration faster and feel cooler than if the fan is not running. As the air dries all of the perspiration up, it will not feel so cool as it did at first.
Then, when the fan is off for another couple of hours, that time allows more perspiration to build up on the person. When the fan is turned back on, the same cooling effect returns.
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At any time, a dog has the probability of p to bark. What's the probability that this dog did not bark in the past T seconds?
This is phrased as a continuous time question: the probability $p$ isn't referring to barking within a minute, or second, or microsecond, but at any time. That indicates continuous time.
The distribution that describes the probability of an event that occurs at a constant rate is the exponential distribution.
Having a probability $p$ of barking at a "moment" -- an infinitesimal unit of time, means that:
$p = \lim_{t \rightarrow 0} P($Bark at time $<t)/t = \lim_{t \rightarrow 0} F(t)/t = f(0) = \lambda e^{-\lambda 0} = \lambda$
For the exponential. So the rate parameter is $p$.
The question asks for the probability of not barking in an interval of time $T$.
That is given by $1 - F(T) = 1-(1-e^{-pT}) = e^{-pT}$.
That makes the answer $e^{-pT}$.
It should be (1-P)^T.Because 1-P is the probability that the dog has not barked in the last 1 sec (assuming that p is the probability that it does not bark in a given second).
Hint: What are the odds that an event happens twice in a row? three times? in relation to it happening once?
Also, what are the odds of an event not happening, as opposed to it happening?
This should have Poisson distribution. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisson_distribution


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Ganswein unbound.
In a new interview with German television, Archbishop Georg Ganswein broke a bit of news. First he revealed that Pope Francis asked his predecessor to comment on the text of the interview he gave to the world's Jesuit publications last summer. Francis had Ganswein -- who acts both as the prefect of the papal household and as personal secretary to Benedict XVI -- deliver the document to the retired pope, along with one blank sheet of paper on which to record his responses. "Three days later Benedict handed me four pages of reflections, notes, and supplements concerning certain questions -- things one might go into in more detail elsewhere -- most interesting -- but I'm not of course going to reveal them. I then took this booty back to the Pope," according to Ganswein. Remind me never to give that guy any private correspondence.
But Ganswein didn't stop there. In the same interview, he also mentioned that Francis was not his choice to succeed Benedict. "I had favored other candidates," he said. "I was wrong -- but then so were other people." Pope Francis may be fawned over by the media, he continued, "but that won't always be the case." Sounds ominous. The pope is not "everybody's darling," he added -- in English.
This isn't the first time Ganswein has popped off about the pope (the current pontiff, not the "hidden from the world" one).
Back in December he told a German paper that finding his new role under Francis makes him ache. "I have the impression that I live in two worlds." And about Francis, he said, "I wait every day for another innovation, what will be different today." Sounds disconcerting. Indeed, he even admitted that when Francis decided not to live in the papal aparments -- that is, the household Ganswein is prefect of -- he found it an "affront" (but apparently he and Francis joke about it now).
All of this has the deputy editor of the Tablet of London wondering whether it isn't time for Ganswein to go. "By stating that he would have preferred that someone other than Pope Francis had been elected to the Chair of Peter he has made his own position untenable," writes Elena Curti. She concludes:
Pope Francis has kept Gänswein at arm's length by choosing to live in the Domus Sanctae Marthae rather than Apostolic Palace where the Prefect of the Papal Household holds sway. Looked at with hindsight that was a wise decision.
It would be even better if Archbishop Gänswein were now to devote himself exclusively to serving the Pope Emeritus – or leave Rome altogether.
I understand why Curti finds Ganswein's gnomic, if not arch, comments problematic. It's more than strange that a member of the papal household is giving so many interviews. He's supposed to serve as a bridge between the pope and the ex-pope, but seems to be less than thrilled with the man who succeeded his favorite. (Although, hey, props for being willing to share his intermittent misgivings about the new sheriff in town.) And while I agree that Ganswein should have been assigned exclusively to Benedict's residence and not stay on at the papal household (where the pope doesn't live), I wonder whether he should be fired. It's not like Ganswein has any real power. But more important: is this how we want Francis to treat underlings? Sack them when they publicly express dissatisfaction with him? This is a pope who seeks advice from those who don't always agree with him. What kind of church would he be running if he dumped all the people who didn't meld minds with him? Probably not the kind he believes he was elected to lead.
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The man sounds as if he is a lost ball in the high grass.
Maybe he should tender his resignation as Prefect of the Papal Household and, as my father told me more than once about what I was doing for a living: get a real job.
Soon-to-be canonized John XXIII once was fielding questions at a press opportunity when one earstwhile journalist asked: "Holy Father, how many people work at the Vatican?"
Without missing a beat, Papa Giovanni replied: "Oh, about half."
Ganswein has too much time on his hands. But what else could he do? All he knows is hanging around holding hands with B16 as they both thumb their beads.
Papa Francesco is soooooo smart in keeping "Bella Giorgio" on a short leash:
Keep you friends close, and your enemies closer.
I don't know if there are any professional standards for positions like his (or even ecclesial ones) or some kind of job description. At any rate, at a minimum, I would think that confidentiality would rank in any of them. That is pretty standard in most positions of this type.
It seems to me that he has violated confidentiality and probably some ethical guidelines that should be in place.
Bottom line is that he should be made accountable for that. Yes, by all means, speak to the press but he should not be revealing details.
I think it was kind of refreshing that he said the Pope wasn't his first choice, but that he turned out to be mistaken. I don't see what's so objectionable about that either.
"Keep you friends close, and your enemies closer." The same thought came to my mind yet I think that Pope Francis is also somehow showing a certain deference to Pope Benedict.
Ganswein has a website, not done by him but obviously by a fan. Google it and see if it blows your mind as much as it does mine. It's weird. Razinger and other members of the hierarchy have websites but nothing like this.
Genswein should be much more discrete. When Benedict who ordained him bishop (archbishop, mind you) just two months before he announced his renunciation of the papal office (or what ever it is called) it should have been a red flag. Most popes do that close to their death.
Can you imagine any staff members close to Queen Elizabeth's staff giving interviews? Off with their heads.
When Pope Benedict goes to his eternal reward, where will Archbishop Ganswein be? Hmm...
I have some recommendations... .
George D. --
What? You're not defending the Archbishop Ganswein's transparency? Sure, some things need to be confidential, but for all we know Benedict told George to talk about what he had written. The comments weren't the sort of thing I'd call a State secret. I just hope Benedict doesn't retain too much influence, though Francis strikes me as an even stronger personality than Benedict, and probably (I hope) he won't let himself be dominated.
It also seems to me that Francis is very wise to let it be seen that he really does want to hear from all sides. And what harm can George do? He doesn't strike me as the brightest bulb, even if he is the best looking. Seems to be quite a sincere person, and I'm sure both Benedict and Francis welcome his honesty.
Apb. Gänswein certainly knows Vaocan protocol regarding the Pope. For him to say the things he has said about Pope Francis is very puzzling indeed. I have to wonder if he isn't trying to get the Pope to fire him. His comments seem to be so provocative. But Pope Francis really doesnot need him, after all he has his own personal secretary. Apb. Gänswein is Prefect of the papal household, but what is his prefecture, an empty Apostolic Palace. The papal household has moved to the Casa Sanctae Martae. I don't think it even has a prefect. So the apb. has been reduced to dusting off the papal china and changing the Bishop of Rome Emeritus' Depends. He sounds like he is unhappy (after all he was the gatekeeper for the previous pontiff -- a very powerful position) and is kind of lashing out. But I don't think Pope Francis will fire him because he has him just where he wants him. The archbishop knows this and sees no advancment on the horizon. Don't expect him to be getting a red hat. He actually has a lot to be uhappy about. I imagine Pope Francis smiles when he his name comes up.
Shouldn't archbishops have sees? If they don't lead archdioceses, what are they doing that makes them archbishops?
Grant, you ask "is this how we want Francis to treat underlings? Sack them when they publicly express dissatisfaction with him?"
But that is completely beside the point. You don't seem to see that this situation of having two popes is ideal for creating a schism. It is especially a concern when the two popes in question are as different as these two, and so different in the following they inspire. Yes, I mean that. All you need to do is have a steady stream of leaks about what Pope Benedict is "really" thinking... and people who USE their position to further their interests (and make themselves important) by putting words in Benedict's mouth... to create serious trouble when push comes to shove. We're in a new situation with two popes. It's absolutely serious that the man closest to Benedict is giving these interviews.
It is already the case that the partisans of a certain program in the church saw Benedict as their great hope, and they are tearing their hair out with Francis. Read Rorate Caeli, read any number of these outlets. Here's a little taste of the hysterical pitch they are reaching; this is from Rorate. After praising the days under Benedict, they say:
Now, instead, we are under the worst of both worlds: a newly-founded disorganized Inquisition that burns the wheat in the fields, while cockle grows strong even on the rock. Liberal pseudo-Inquisitors who use the rod to spank the sheep while the beasts feast on the flock. Complete silence is coming, and with it only the howling of the wolves at the darkest hour.
They are not alone.
Gaenswein, meanwhile, is insinuating more than he says. He is pouring a little more fuel on the fire every time he gives an interview. As the presumed mouthpiece of Benedict, he gets in a little criticism of Francis here and there, and you can bet your bottom dollar he is being read as a reflection of his boss. An ominous prediction from someone "in the know" is poison, and even if he only wants to make himself important he should be made to stop.
This is poison. He's not an employee, some underling. He's a pot stirrer who is in the position of speaking for the "other" pope.
It was Pope Francis who asked for Benedict's comments on the interview. Perhaps he did this out of courtesy; perhaps he was genuinely interested in Benedict's opinion. In any case, it seems clear the Francis does not hold the low opinion of Benedict that many on this thread do.
"All he knows is hanging around holding hands with B16 as they both thumb their beads." That's malicious.
And so is this: "So the apb. has been reduced to dusting off the papal china and changing the Bishop of Rome Emeritus' Depends."
Some crazy people were sure that Benedict was on their side and are now sure that Francis is an antipope, if not an anti-Christ. So what? There are also a lot of noncrazy people who, while not denying the important differences between the two popes and maybe preferring one to the other, admire them both—and take Francis's stated admiration for Benedict at face value.
I feel a nit sorry for him, though I don't like him. This is reminiscent of time of monarchies, when one king would be deposed by another and the former king's favorite would losr all his power and would usually then be done away with. We really need to reform the governance of the church! ;)
I am happy that pope Francis tolerates other voices. Like Irene, I find it refreshing. Maybe airing one's differences will help the church be less divided. I trust Benedict to prevent a schism. He loves the church, he loves unity, he's smart, and he would never participate in a schism. After spending so much effort to try to bring the Lefebvrists back into the catholic church, it would paradoxical for him to go off and start his own schismatic movement!
Tom Blackburn, I suspect Ganswein has a so-called "titular see", i.e., generally a long-lost diocese. For example, when Bishop Maloney in Louisville retired as auxiliary, the pope later made him bishop of the titular see of Bardstown, KY, which was established as a new diocese on April 8, 1808, the same date that Rome set up the sees of Boston, New York, and Philadelphia. However, the Bardstown bishop --- Bendict Flaget --- moved his HQ to Louisvlle in late 1841, and Louisville thus became the replacement see.
Wikipedia has an entry for *Titular see*. More history about the Louisville archdiocese may be found at http://archlou.org/history.
Titular Bishop of Urbs Salvia in the Macerata province, Italy.
I agree with Rita Ferrone. If he is not being seditious he is making a joke of the Church.
Joseph J and Joseph S. O'L., I know about titular bishops. I just think they are silly. It's as if the president were to give the title of ambassador to defunct countries to all the go-fers working in and around the Oval Office. Most of the titulars do jobs a lay woman or man could do -- better, and with a lot less maintenance.
Yes, there should be transparency and absolutely senior leaders can and should be giving interviews. But even in the secular realm, you want to be careful of the implications of some revelations. For example, Benedict providing four sheets of notes to Francis concerning an interview. That leaves the impression that Ratzinger is the L'Eminence grise. Even if half true, you don't want to leave, as a secretary, that impression. Just say that they correspond and chat regularly.
Just think how private people close to the two familes were around the close friendship between between Clinton and George W. Bush (that's W and not just his dad!).
Thanks to Matthew Boudway for labeling the quoted comments as "malicious." It is deeply saddening that some who admire Pope Francis and celebrate his pronouncements could be so deaf to his call for evangelical zeal and joy. In what way do they differ from those bloggers they purport to deprecate?
Maybe it's time for Benedict to desist from advising the Pope and withdraw from public view as he seemd to promise when he resigned.
@ Robert Imbelli and Matthew Boudway: Give it a break. There are pictures all over European internet sites picturing B16 and Ganswein sitting in the papal gardens holding hands while reciting their rosary. Just Google it.
Don't you hold hands and thumb your beads with your personal secretary and home health aide, all the time? Don't you send your BFF out to the press to denigrate your successor, all the time?
If you think that B16 emeritus and Ganswein are full of "evangelical zeal and joy," knock yourself out. It's pretty obvious to the rest of the world that they are whinning in public about their lost fortunes.
Just to clarify, in my Tablet blog I didn't call for Archbishop Ganswein to be sacked. My view is that in the light of his remarks he should reconsider his position. I would hope that he would then voluntarily resign as Prefect to the Papal Household and either serve solely as the Pope Emeritus's private secretary or leave Rome. http://tinyurl.com/pcwmfhy
While I am certainly not ocmparing my position to the Papal household, I have had the experience of serving in the administration of a mayor of a moderate sized city. I was also asked to stay on in a new adminsitration, and was there when my former boss was elected to the City council. It was a tricky situation at times, but my view was and is that you owe your loyalty first and foremost to the guy who is in charge now. You need to have his confidence and his back at least in public. One thing I know is that if I had made comparable comments to those made by Archbishop Ganswein, I would have lasted about as long as it took my boss to read them. If you can't gived your loyalty to the new guy, you really ought to just go away. It isn't a case of by the way of "tolerating other voices." To me this is a case of trying to undermine Pope Francis publicly. There is a huge difference.
Uh-oh: The titular see of Urbs Salvia is a town that Dante describes in Paradiso XVI, 73-78 as decadent and that was the reason for its end.
I know an auxiliary bishop, now deceased, whose titular see was in Tunisia. He said: "I understand that there is nothing there but a couple of goats and palm trees."
Where does Ganswein "denigrate" Francis? Not anywhere in the remarks Grant is discussing.
And how exactly do you know that Benedict "sent him out" to make these remarks?
"It's pretty obvious to the rest of the world that they are whinning [sic] in public about their lost fortunes." Every part of this sentence is nonsense. No one is whining in public, there are no lost fortunes, and the "rest of the world" is pure bluff. If you have to speak here, please speak only for yourself.
George D. --
If the Clintons and Dubya were close, then that is indeed a matter of public interest and should be said publicly. At the moment Hillary seems to be the next Democratic candidate for President, and if she is indeed a friend of Dubya's, then I'll think three times before voting for her. I have always thought that she is on the quite conservative side for a Democrat (she was raised Republican), and though I have some conservative leanings in some ways, they don't match hers.
For instance, yes, she values diplomacy over war, but she'd be more likely to go to war than I would hope. For another, she doesn't really seem to really listen to all sides in a debate. Too sure of her own opinions.
But that's a topic for another thread (but it's coming soon, I dare say :-)
Maybe we are all learning that the Vattican might not be the the most important, and holy place in Christianity.
Since Benedict and Ganswein are both German and my being from NYC, I suggest it just might be nationalism raising its ugly head again. )-:
Well Matthew ...
Ganswein is communicating in the rarefied Vatican-speak employed exclusively by Roman courtiers during close-in knife-fighting that requires you to smile all the while you slip the stiletto in between the ribs.
What do you think all those internal correspondence from the pope's guy at the Vatican bank that found its way into the Italian press - sourced from inside the "papal household" - were all about just before B16 felt he needed to "retire" to a convent within the Vatican, Far From the Madding Crowd?
Why do you think that Vatican Secretary-General Carlo Vigano was "exiled" so abruptly to the US as papal nuncio? Because Ratzinger felt he needed "seasoning" in Washington? Or, maybe because he needed to get Carlo out of Rome until it cooled down?
What do you think the butler-stooge Paolo Gabriele was leaking to the press in those papers he found lying around the papal apartment? Thank-you notes to Vatican courtiers from "Little Joseph"?
"Nonsense"??? Really? You think so? Matthew, you really should get out of that head-up-your-a _ s parade that frequently processes down the main aisle in most Catholic churches these days.
I'm not speaking for anyone but myself. I'm just hoping and praying that you Matthew wake-up from Ratzinger's "Catholic-Dream-of-Life."
While Jim J may get outrageous at times, it is clear that he is not the only one who feels this way on this blog. There are a number. . If you have an ounce of political sense you know that Ganswein overstepped his bounds. Francis may keep him around for now. He will be more and more isolated.
Benedict was or is a control freak (though incapable for that very reason of the effective control a good leader should exercise). Control freaks cannot let go. It is up to Francis to prise his clutching fingers off the barque of Peter.
Control freaks cannot let go
You still cannot believe that he resigned, do you?
Re: Pope Benedict 's ability to control things
Archbishop Ganswein was appointed bishop with title of archbishop and prefect of the Pontifical Household -December, 2012, a little more than two months before Pope Benedict resigned. Seems to me it was Benedict's intent to take care of his secretary. (Ganswein said that he was aware of Benedict's intention to resign for some time and tried to dissuade him.) And what about renovations of the contemplative convent that had been taking place from November 2012, several months before the resignation. Huh?
Didn't any Vatican Inside Observers put 2 and 2 together?
Francis had Ganswein -- who acts both as the prefect of the papal household and as personal secretary to Benedict XVI -- deliver the document to the retired pope, along with one blank sheet of paper on which to record his responses.
That line -- with its "one blank sheet of paper" -- from Grant's blog distracted me all through Mass this morning. Is it possible that a lifelong scholar and an author who has had as many published thoughts as Andrew Greeley doesn't have stashes of paper all over his apartment? Are they rationing paper in the Vatican? Or just to Benedict? Has he become a compulsive doodler, and was Ganswein tring to break him of the habit? Or was Francis trying (and failing) to signal Benedict to keep it down to one page? Or is it all simply a case of a bad translation or slip of Ganswein's tongue?
The mystery of sending one blank sheet of paper to a Herr Prof. Dr. Dr. Pope Emeritus is driving me batty.
I believe Ganswein did overstep the mark this time, but the idea insinuated by some (Looking at you, Ann) and explicitly put out by others that Benedict is behind it all is utter tosh. Anyway, in the most recent picture I have seen of Benedict (Today), he now uses a wheelchair. Coming up to 87, I am sure he is plotting to roll right in and take back his power. Look into his eyes; you can see the fierce determination to overthrow Francis.
If Ganswein had a modicum of integrity he would resign from his non-existent job and get a real one. The idea that an archbishop is just sitting around with a nothing job on one hand and whatever he is doing with and for Benedict on the other is just one more example of clericalism gone mad.
Either put him to work in something vaguely resembling the role of an Archbishop or put him out to pasture somewhere OUTSIDE of the confines of the Vatican.
David --
Until you wrote it, the idea never even crossed my mind that Benedict might be behind Ganswein's interview. Benedict so obviously wanted to leave (proven by his action) that I don't see how anyone would think he wants his power back. I also truly believe in listening to all sides, so I say Yay to Francis for asking for Benedict's opinions. (Notice, however, that Francis asked *after* he had spoken with Spadaro, not before.)
About the one sheet of paper == the Moynihan Report clears that up. The blank page referred to was a blank page after the index of the magazine. It gives a translation of the whole interview, or a lot of it.
Letter #48: Old Age - The Moynihan Letters
The mysterious "four pages of reflections, notes, and supplements concerning certain questions" might have been 50% constructive criticism and 50% compliments. More than a single page would be required for all the positive remarks. Of course, no one here knows. But the less that is known, the more fantastic is the speculation.
@ Bill Mazzella: "Outrageous"? Actually, I was going more for acid satire. I'll keep trying.
Thanks for acknowledging that I'm not some lonely voice crying in the wilderness.
Does Ganswein speak English? Doesn't Chicago still need a new archbishop? On second thought, as long as B16 is still among the living, I suspect that Ganswein will keep his room(s) over at the convent.
Shades of Lion in Winter where Queen Eleanor was let out of her prison castle tower only for state occasions and holidays.
It probably galls Benedict that Hans Kung was right and he was wrong. Francis is doing all those things Kung clamored for and more. Benedict gave up because he really reached the Peter Priniciple. No pun intended. I do believe Benedict is a good person who chose the wrong horse. Not exactly like choosing the Nook over the Kindle. Many could identify with Benedict as they soured seeing some of the excesses of Vatican II. Credit Francis. He knows how to implement V2 and make it look like Restoration.
Benedict does get credit for exposing Maciel. JPII would not do it.
Ann, if it did not cross your mind that Benedict was behind putting that information out there, why did you post the following: "But for all we know Benedict told George to talk about what he had written. The comments weren't the sort of thing I'd call a State secret. I just hope Benedict doesn't retain too much influence". We know he would not, for the same reason that he did not wish to pray in the same spot with the Pope when they met at Castel Gandolfo, until Pope Francis cajoled him into it.
And Margaret, the way you put, you would think Benedict volunteered to review the text of the Pope's interview. I am sure he would much rather have continued his reading than attend to Papal activites again. Benedict really is between a rock and a hard place.
Bill, Benedict retired because he knew his physical health was in decline and that it would be risky for him to fly to Brazil and spend a week there going up and down, left and right, meeting people and affecting a lively look among the youth. He only just about pulled that trick off in Madrid in 2011. And what exactly was Hans Kung right about? None of what Kung really wishes for will come to pass. Anyone who knows even a little about him knows that he wants changes in doctrine more than anything else. Minor changes, yes, but significant nonetheless. What is currently being discussed, whether the divorced and civilly remarried should be allowed to receive communion, even that will fail at the final hurdle. I would actually be pleased to see those concerned being readmitted to the Sacrament, but I cannot see how a change can be squared with the teaching of the Church over 2000 years. The idea of a penitential period appears attractive and seems promising, but even Cardinal Sean is not wholly convinced by it, which signals to be that it is going to run into trouble among many of the other Cardinals. I will be very happy if Pope Francis does implement what is left of Vatican II.
Ann, What's at the end of that link to the Moynihan report is from March a year ago.
David --
To say that Benedict "was behind" the interview implies that Benedict was the one who suggested that Ganswein participate in an interview in the first place. But there is nothing in what we know of its initiation that implies that it was Benedict's idea in the first place. I just think that maybe Ganswein might have asked Benedict's permision to speak his own mind, and Benedict might have said OK, go ahead. One thing I'm quite sure of is that Ganswein is in the habit of asking Benedict's permission.
Not yet remarked upon is the most galling statement of the interview:
Dinner is at 8.30 pm and usually we end the day by watching the Italian equivalent of the German "tagesschau" which is called "telegiornale" [the evening news show] – twice as long but half the news value unfortunately!
Sheer Teutonic effrontery -- even if true!
"Benedict does get credit for exposing Maciel. JPII would not do it."
But then Benedict pushed the canonization—canonization!—of the pope who was the tireless patron, relentlessly praising, promoting, and indirectly enriching the criminal Maciel.
With all effort to look at some of Benedict's actions in the most charitable light, I find myself appalled by such things as:
- saddling his successor with his favorite, making sure that he had his most intimate contact within the papal household: it's hard to see this as anything but conniving on his part and to see the prefect's function as anything other than a spy reporting back to his master
- naming himself Pope Emeritus, a novel title that makes himself out to be some kind of pope, and continuing to wear the white cassock, etc. that the world associates with a pope who is exercising his unique ministry
- making his favorite, a person with no scholarly or pastoral qualifications, an archbishop just at the last minute
It really is difficult to see these actions as honorable even in the minimal sense that we might demand in the business world. It is difficult to see the relationship between the resigned pope and his constant companion as anything but corrupt. I respect very much about the former pope and defended him far longer than many of my friends found tolerable, but he is clearly enchanted with a nonentity who makes him look like a foolish, if cunning, old man.
About the question of how to handle those who disagree with you, but from whom you might still learn -- there are lessons to be gathered from Doris Kearn Goodwin's Team of Rivals, about how Lincoln chose his cabinet members and worked with them, effectively if not always easily.
Of course Lincoln was working in a system a good deal less hierarchical than Rome, and in which everyone had a certain amount of accountability downwards as well as upwards, which is certainly not the case (yet) in Rome.
About the question of how to handle those who disagree with you, but from whom you might still learn -- there are lessons to be gathered from Doris Kearn Goodwin's Team of Rivals, about how Lincoln chose his cabinet members and worked with them, effectively if not always easily.
Of course Lincoln was working in a system a good deal less hierarchical than Rome, and in which everyone had a certain amount of accountability downwards as well as upwards, which is certainly not the case (yet) in Rome.
Sorry for the double posting, but the page gave me confusing instructions.
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"making his favorite, a person with no scholarly or pastoral qualifications, an archbishop just at the last minute."
How many archbishops have scholarly or pastoral qualifications?
In my opinion, the astute Pope Francis knows exactly how to handle Ganswein, who probably has played Pope Benedict like a fiddle for a long time.
Hi Helen,
There have been men of considerable brilliance and ability who hold or have held the title of archbishop. Think of Christoph Schoenborn, Basil Hume or Joseph Bernardin, the many great bishops of the Council, or even those who toiled in the administration such as Annibale Bugnini, Piero Marini, or Michael Fitzgerald (this is off the top of my head). To argue that Pope Benedict ought to have chosen, or had to have chosen, a person with neither ability nor humility because there are just none to be had, is absurd. There are always second-rate people around, true, and an argument can be made that John Paul II promoted men for loyalty and avoided brilliance as too risky, but that's no argument for Benedict, who took big risks elsewhere and seemed always to prize brilliance. Those who observe that other qualifications were uppermost in this selection and promotion are on pretty firm ground.
I agree with you that Pope Francis is unlikely to be fooled by or manipulated by Gaenswein.
"making his favorite, a person with no scholarly or pastoral qualifications, an archbishop just at the last minute"
"He who travels in the barque of Peter had better not look too closely into the engine room." (Msgr. Ronald Knox)
David..3/21 @7:38: "Margaret, the way you put, you would think Benedict volunteered to review the text of the Pope's interview. I am sure he would much rather have continued his reading than attend to Papal activites again. Benedict really is between a rock and a hard place."
I have no idea and no suspicion that Benedict volunteered. I take it at face value, as reported, that Francis sent the text and invited comments. Benedict should not respond. And Francis should stop asking, even if it is a well-intended sign of respect, which I believe it to be. This, for all the reasons others have noted. Benedict is not between a rock and a hard place; he's caught between a nice pope and a gossip.
Who are the young people from Frankfurt, in the film at the beginning, and why are some of them wearing big crosses? It's to them that Gaenswein promises that Pope Francis will not be the "darling" forever. Are these youngsters hoping for his eventual downfall? Anybody know the back story here? Is it a Ratzinger fan-club? The context makes his comments even creepier, I think.
Archbishop Ganswein has an uncanny resemblance to the priest character, Father Ralph de Bricassart, played by Richard Chamberlain in the 1983 TV mini-series "The Thorn Birds."
(I am not implying anything except to note a likeness.)
@ Helen: Ganswein as "Father Ralph" in The Thorn Birds? That's really funny! You're right, there is a strong resemblance with the actor Richard Chamberlain who portrayed the tortured-priest-with-too-much-sex-appeal "Ralph" and Arch Georg Ganswein.
If I remember correctly, Ralph is eventually seduced and vanguished by the headstrong and fiery "Meggie Cleary," and from which issued the even handsomer and hunkier "Dane O'Neil" - Meggie and Ralph's ill-fated secret love child. Talk about "Love Down Under!"
I don't really think that Monsignore Ganswein would be all that interested in a Meggie. You may be aware that the Italian press refers to Ganswein as "La Bella Giorgio" - note they use the feminine endings. What on earth could they be getting at?
[Just saying ... You know, the sensaitionalized Italian media is notoriously sex-crazed. But inquiring minds want to know ...?]
Your's is the best post on dotCommonweal this month!
Jim: Thanks for the compliment. As you can see, it is one of the last comments on this post. I debated with myself as to whether or not to write it. (The devil made me do it.)


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This is one of small the unsettled questions I had in my senior project. I want to prove for type $D$ we have $R(T)$ is a free module over $R(G)$ by finding a basis. I think we should have,$R(G)\cong R(g)$, $R(T)\cong R(h_{g})$, but since $SO_{6}$ is not simply connected this probably does not work and I have to "ascend" to spin groups, but I do not know how.
Define the representation ring of a lie algebra to be the formal sums of its characters, it is not hard to show that $$R(su_{4})\cong \mathbb{Z}[x+y+z+w,xy+yz+zx+wz+wy+wz,xyz+yzw+xzw+xyw]/(xyzw-1)$$ and $$ R(h_{su_{4}})\cong \mathbb{Z}[x,y,z,w]/(xyzw-1)$$
a typical basis of $R(h_{su_{4}})$ over $R(su_{4})$ consists of $x^{i}y^{j}z^{k}, 0\le i\le 3, o\le j\le 2, 0\le k\le 1$.
I proved that the weight lattice of $su_{4}$ and $so_{6}$ are isomorphic, and their Weyl group are both isomorphic to $S_{4}$. So $R(h_{so_{6}})$ should be a free module over $R(so_{6})$ with rank 24 as well. But I found I could not use this to find a basis for $R(h_{so_{6}})$ over $R(so_{6})$, because we have:
$$R(so_{6})\cong \mathbb{Z}[x+y+z+x^{-1}+y^{-1}+z^{-1},x^{\frac{1}{2}}y^{\frac{1}{2}}z^{\frac{1}{2}}+x^{\frac{1}{2}}y^{-\frac{1}{2}}z^{-\frac{1}{2}}+x^{-\frac{1}{2}}y^{-\frac{1}{2}}z^{\frac{1}{2}}+x^{-\frac{1}{2}}y^{\frac{1}{2}}z^{-\frac{1}{2}},x^{-\frac{1}{2}}y^{-\frac{1}{2}}z^{-\frac{1}{2}}+x^{\frac{1}{2}}y^{-\frac{1}{2}}z^{\frac{1}{2}}+x^{-\frac{1}{2}}y^{\frac{1}{2}}z^{\frac{1}{2}}+x^{\frac{1}{2}}y^{\frac{1}{2}}z^{-\frac{1}{2}}]$$
the first is the standard representation with weights $\pm L_{i}$, the second and the third are the spin representations one obtain from clifford algebra or "ascend" to spin group(can be found at Fulton&Harris, Chapter 23.2 or here). As one commentator noted I am not clear about the relationship between $R(so_{6})$ and $R(h_{so_{6}})$.
and $$R(h_{so_{6}})\cong \mathbb{Z}[x,y,z,x^{-1},y^{-1},z^{-1}]$$ because we know the two diagonal submatrices in $so_{6}$ must be skew-symmetric. From $A+D^{T}=0$ we conclude $T$ is isomorphic to $S^{1}\times S^{1}\times S^{1}$. Thus we conclude this.
I thought it would be a simple change of variable to prove the two cases are just the same, but I found the isomorphism between $R(so_{6})$ and $R(su_{4})$ does not extend nicely to an isomorphism between $R(h_{so_{6}})$ and $R(h_{su_{4}})$. So I believe I must be confused. My advisor suggested me that maybe there is some subtly in $Spin_{6}$, but I still do not know how to estbalish an isomorphism or to find the basis right away.


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SAN ANTONIO (March 4, 2013) – San Antonio Rampage General Manager Mike Santos announced today that the American Hockey League (AHL) club has recalled from loan goaltender Brian Foster from the team's ECHL affiliate, the Cincinnati Cyclones.
Foster, 26, made his first appearance of the year for San Antonio on Feb. 22 in relief and stopped all seven shots he faced in 20 minutes of action. He has appeared in 32 games for the Cyclones this season and owns a 19-7-4 record. The 6-foot-2, 186-pound goaltender also sports a 0.907 save percentage and a 2.67 goals-against average for Cincinnati.
Foster was announced as the runner up for the ECHL's Goaltender of the Week Award on Feb. 18 after posting a perfect 3-0-0 record in three starts with a 1.34 goals-against average. In addition, Foster scored a goal against the Trenton Titans on Feb. 15, becoming only the 11th goalie in league history to record a goal. Foster, who was drafted by the Panthers in the fifth round (161 overall) of the 2005 NHL Entry Draft, played in 12 games for the Rampage last season, posting a 4-6-0 record.
The Silver & Black return to action on Friday, March 8th when they face the Texas Stars at the Cedar Park Center. The club will then kick off a four-game home stand on Sunday, March 10th against the Oklahoma City Barons on Pucks & Paws Night. Individual, and season tickets, can be purchased at the AT&T Center Southeast Box Office, by calling a Rampage representative at 210-444-5554 or online at sarampage.com.


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Source: Korea Times
quote: If sales holds steady for Apple, though the sales have been slipping,
quote: since according to reports that Apple will not bring out another phone this year
quote: just the usual seasonal pattern and an overall upward trend.
quote: Over the course of the 2012 year, Samsung exceeded number of smartphone devices sold vs Apple.
quote: None of this has been at the expense of the iPhone, it still grows sales in the high end space.
quote: None of this has been at the expense of the iPhone
quote: If you isolate high end devices like the GS3, GS4, and GN2, those are a small portion of Samsung's total sales, only about a quarter of their total smartphone shipments.
quote: HTC, Motorola, LG, and Nokia have been Samsung's real casualties here.
quote: Uhhh so wouldn't that mean the iPhone could potentially have the 25% of Samsung's halo-phone market if it wasn't for Samsung competing in that space? Hello?
quote: Umm that's illogical. Sure Samsung is beating those too, but again read the above post. Samsung IS competing with the iPhone, and quite well. To claim anything else is a fabrication.
quote: Another pathetic American who bashes a US company and technology leader.


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18 Feb 2010 8:07 PM #1
Showcase - iX CRM
its a crm application featuring:
contact management,
ticket tracking and handling and assignment,
wall for internal company news or message,
knowledge base,
invoice tracking,
give a 360 degree to manage your crm
- from businesspartner view directly contact, opportunity, contract, ticket and invoice
Please give it a try
direct demo link : http://www.intelligentexpert.net/crm
made entirely with iX WebApp Framework http://www.extjs.com/forum/showthread.php?t=91925
next to come Human Resource Management
19 Feb 2010 10:01 AM #2
really cool
19 Feb 2010 1:15 PM #3
There ARE companies with fever than 5 characters in length. Or companies that abbreviate their names in pretty much most cases.
Its annoying that after reload I need to login again
20 Feb 2010 8:46 PM #4
Reporting class added
We've added reporting class, it's using template based (html) support form, table, master detail relation in templates.
view reporting in module: opportunity -> report -> opportunity by salesman
view code : opportunity -> sdk -> command -> cmd_rptopportunitybysalesman.
we are considering creating report designer based on ext currently.
18 Mar 2010 3:06 AM #5
29 Apr 2010 6:26 AM #6
This is cool!
Is there a development roadmap available?
Any documentation on the reporting class and timetable on the report designer?
4 May 2010 2:41 AM #7
Very nice showcase. Keep it up!Extensions:
Ext.ux.DatePickerPlus (Multimonth,Multiselect,...)
Ext.ux.menu.StoreMenu - Ajax Store as menu-item config
Extended Window - Aero Shadows, nested grayscaled modal windows
Ext.ux.plugin.triggerfieldTooltip (for Comboboxes, Datefields...)
Ext.util.Utf8 (encode/decode)
Ext.util.base64 (encode/decode)
ExtJS 126.96.36.199/4.2
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nice work
try not to use alerts to let user know that you are reloading something, instead use a loadmask or wait dialog (http://www.extjs.com/deploy/dev/exam...x/msg-box.html)... so the user doesn't have to click buttons to continue, when continuing is the only option.Lead Trainer / Sencha Specialist
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24 Jan 2012 8:09 PM #9
Project looks dead: web account is suspended, and no Google search results for its name.
Anyway, there's Tine CRM now, developed with ExtJS, and open source.


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This 24mm size fits the rear axles of F650GS single, F800GS, KLR650 (through 2007), XR 250/400/600/650L and both front and rear of KLX/DRZ400. Lightweight forged 7075 T-6 aluminum. Max. torque of 90ft. lbs.
There is a handy 3/8" socket adapter (TLA-24) that is designed to work with this tool.
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For those of you who don't know, Axis Powers: Hetalia is an Anime where all the nations of the world are personified as actual people. The characters are also stereotyped to how the people of the nation acts or is known for. For example: America always wants to be the hero and is hardly ever seen without a cheeseburger and Russia, who thinks himself to be a nice, generous fellow, is actually a very scary and violent man.
oo1. No power playing (ie. controlling other characters) and god modeling (moving through events quickly so other characters aren't able to contribute.)
oo2. The other countries are welcome but please try to take up the Allied Forces and Axis Powers first, please.
oo3. Try not to make out-of-era references; remember that this is set in WWII
oo4. It's alright to address the nations as their actual nation name, but also remember that they do have actual, human names.
oo5. There will more-than-likely be some form of violence in here, after all it is a war.
oo6. Please also introduce your character in paragraph form instead of just the template.
Allied Forces:
The Allied Forces consist of America, England, France, China and Russia and are currently known as the good guys. You can also check out the wiki page on them here: Allied Forces Characters - Hetalia Archives
America (Alfred F. Jones): karatekid12365
England (Arthur Kirkland): Xx_xXStick_FigureXx_xX
France (Francis Bonnefoy): Xx_xXStick_FigureXx_xX
China (Wang Yao*): Cheshire1996
Russia (Ivan Braginski): oO_mockingjay_Oo
*China is usually addressed as Yao instead of Wang.
Axis Powers:
They consist of Germany, Japan, and Northern Italy and are currently bent on world conquest. For more info on them, they also have a wiki page here: Axis Powers Characters - Hetalia Archives
Germany (Ludwig*): open
Northern Italy (Feliciano Vargas**): open
Japan (Honda Kiku***): rikarikachibs
*Ludwig has no known last name
**Feliciano also has a brother, Romano, also known as Southern Italy.
***Japan is usually addressed as Kiku. He also used to be a close friend of America's before he attacked him at Pearl Harbor.
Other Nations:
All other characters can be found here as well: List of Axis Powers Hetalia characters - Hetalia Archives And feel free to make a character to a nation who isn't listed.
Hungary (Elizabeta Hédervár): Cheshire1996
Canada (Matthew Williams): rikarikachibs
Australia (Steve Howes): karatekid12365
Not so long ago, the Japanese unleashed an attack on Pearl Harbor. It's early February, 1942, and America has just joined the second battle for the world. Just like WWI, America had planned to stay out of the war entirely, but unfortunately the Axis Powers had thought otherwise. He couldn't help but wonder just how long Japan had plotted to bring him into the war and betray him. It wasn't long before he began thinking of way to get back at his old friend for stabbing him in the back. World War II has already begun to take it's tole, pulling every major nation in the world into it's grasp and Germany has a keen eye to win it and Japan himself is seriously developed into the idea of owning all of Asia for himself. He had proven to the everyone once before that such a small nation as he could take a serious impact on the world. America had just recently been given the plans by a certain German scientist named Albert Einstein that he knew could shift the war around completely, maybe even win it. The Allies hopes have been lifted somewhat now that they have reinforcements from America, even though they knew he'd be fighting his own battles all the way on the other side of the world, but will his crazy ideas be enough to actually pull through for once?
The Allied Forces finally agreed to hold a meeting, knowing that the Axis Powers were sure to be discussing strategies as well, to talk about any ideas on ending this war. England was desperate to get the Germans out of his country and China was becoming more and more concerned about the Japanese take over in Asia while France had yet to say a word; his input in military gatherings had become far from acknowledged. Everyone seemed to be lacking in useful ideas... everyone except America. In fact, he had been the only one that seemed to have an idea at the moment. He wasn't hesitant to throw out his crazy, and some what unethical, ideas at everyone. Like most things, including his plan, he didn't care to think it through, he just wanted to take action and for people to stand behind him. They weren't expecting just exactly what he had to say. Even Russia himself, the man who took blood shed as a hobby and always loved to stand back and watch a fight was a bit taken back by the man's idea.
An Atomic bomb seemed rather rash, but they all agreed it would serve as a major turning point, but America himself saw it as the perfect way to give Japan a piece of his mind. England had hopes of talking his former ward out of the idea but he knew it would be useless to get through his hard head. The other allies simply just sat back and agreed, hoping that they wouldn't have to be pulled into this fiasco. Production started immediately. Everyone had noticed that this wasn't the America they all knew, this man was fueled by pure anger and wanted nothing but revenge and that fury was enough to match that of Japan's. Germany was to busy cleaning up the terrible messes left behind by Italy to notice such a plot and Japan was to focused on conquering Asia to even bother with America, he had plans for him later. The world of Nations had become a hectic one; most agreed to stay out as much as they possibly could and let the Super Powers handle it, but eventually they knew that they alone couldn't stand up to the military might that was Germany and Japan. Will they join in the war or will they just simply continue to sit back and watch as the world is tore off it's hinges? Only time will tell.
Character Template:
Name: (actual name)
Nation Name:
Age: (age of appearance)
Affiliation: (do they support the Axis Powers or the Allied Forces or are they neutral?)
Short Bio:
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Name: Alfred F. Jones
Nation Name: The United States of America
Age: 20
Affiliation: Allied Force
Short Bio: Alfred is a loud and energetic man who is obsessed with superheroes, hamburgers and justice. He likes to see himself as the one and only hero and loves to take charge as so. He was also once the younger brother of Arthur but refused to be so during the Revolutionary War.
Alfred quietly walked through the doors of the conference room with a bright smile, quickly looking around for someone to flash it at. He was shocked to find that he had been the first person there; he was never the first person to a meeting, he was usually 'fashionably late'. He simply shrugged and jumped into the chair that was signified as his, spinning around a bit in it. He let out a small, content sigh as he looked around at the empty room with wide and curious eyes. He was sure that everyone else was close behind him and that he didn't have enough time to do something stupid, or awesome, he figured.
Instead, he threw his feet up on top of the polished table, clearly not showing any respect for it, and reclined back in his chair a bit. He thought for a moment before reaching into his jacket pocket and pulling out a baseball. Alfred always kept all sorts of novelty items and useless junk in his pockets; it kept him entertained during times like these. He shifted to the side a bit and began slowly rolling the baseball back and fourth between his hands. His mind began to drift off to all the times that he had forced Canada to play catch with him and he would beat him senseless with the ball. Matthew always blamed Alfred for doing it on purpose but Alfred thought otherwise. He just figured he couldn't catch and that he should stick to hockey, but he was keeping that to himself for now.
Alfred slowly glanced down at his watch, taking note that he was actually on time and not early, and that everyone else was late. 'I hope I came to the right place,' he said to himself as he glanced around the room skeptically. Of course this was the right place, sure it wasn't on his map, but it was right; Alfred had always wondered where everyone else was on his map. The man was so clueless that he continued to believe that a map of the US was all he needed and figured everyone else was crazy for telling him that there was more to the world. He let out a bored sigh before looking back down to his miniature game of catch between his left and right hand, eventually getting caught in a trance.
Alfred F. Jones
Supplying the world with awesomeness since 1774.Sig by me, yo!
Your plot is far too small. You need three large paragraphs, as I already explained to you, to pass muster. Here's one of my RPs as another example: Street Fighter {RP} See the difference? You also have no character of your own, and no intro paragraph. You have to have those before starting.
I will give you a chance to edit your first post so it fits the rules, but if you don't edit by tomorrow, or if you do and the edits are not enough to pass the RP, it will be locked. It wouldn't be fair on everyone else if I just let yours pass when it doesn't fit the rules I laid out.
Here's an idea to help you out, Karatekid:
Let's say I'm an RPer that's interested in the RP. However, while you've given plenty of links, I'm still rather lost and this is putting me off the RP to some degree. What is the culture like? What is the mindset of most civillians, what's the mindset of most soldiers? Are there desertings, have there been any major attacks?
Most importantly, who are the main canon characters, such as the leaders of each country? What is it that they do? Do they believe what they are doing is right, or are they acting out of greed, revenge, or pure sadism?
If you elaborate on questions like that, your plot explanation can flourish wonderfully.
I stare at the girl in the mirror: T-shirt, torn up jeans, no beauty queen.
But the way that you see me, you get underneath me, and all my defenses just fall away, fall away.
I am beautiful with you, even in the darkest part of me. I am beautiful with you;
Make it feel the way it's supposed to be!
Name: Arthur Kirkland
Nation Name: England
Age: 23
Affiliation: Allied Forces
Short Bio: Arthur is a man who is always doubtful of others and often speaks rather harshly. However, he has a caring side that he once showed to Alfred when he became his 'older brother'. He is ridiculed for believing in mystical creatures, ghosts, and magic, but has the ability to communicate with supernatural beings. Arthur is also known for his terrible cooking.
Arthur opened the doors of the conference room to find Alfred sitting at the table, his feet up. In his hands, he was throwing one of those balls he hit with a stick back and forth. He slowly walked towards him, seeing Alfred was caught up in a trance like state. "Alfred?" he said as he hit him in the back of his head with his palm. Usually, Arthur would have simply called him an idiot for not noticing him earlier, but he wouldn't have heard him. "Why are you of all people here early?"
ooc: Is this okay? I'm afraid I got the character wrong >.<
viva espana
((Yeah, he's good. Alfred and Arthur have a rather strenuous relationship but there is still that little bit of compassion left.))
Alfred jumped forward a bit as he was hit in the back of the head. He turned around quickly, flaring the look that only a gold fish could imitate as the baseball rolled across and off the table. "God, Arthur that hurt!" he said harshly as he rubbed the back of his head. His eyes narrowed at the man. "I dunno, why are you of all people late?" He crossed his arms with a sly smile as a single eyebrow rose, curious for an answer.
Alfred F. Jones
Supplying the world with awesomeness since 1774.Sig by me, yo!
Arthur turned to the clock on the wall. It turned out he was late. "Well, I've had a lot on my hands since that d@mn German invasion. I've been losing track of time. How is this meeting supposed to help us again?" Arthur asked Alfred unsure if a simple meeting would settle anything.
viva espana
"I don't know, okay!" Alfred said as he rolled his eyes and turned away from the man. "I'm only here because I was asked to be." That and he was the hero, he was required to be. "I have much more important things to deal with." He set his elbow up on the table and rested his chin in his hands as he glared heavily at the wall across from him.
Alfred F. Jones
Supplying the world with awesomeness since 1774.Sig by me, yo!
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As observed on Mathworld, "Amazingly, the probabilities for random pairs of integers and Gaussian integers being relatively prime are the same as the asymptotic densities of squarefree integers of these types" (respectively, 6/π2 and 6/π2K where K is Catalan's constant).
This seems to me unlikely to be a coincidence. Is there a deeper reason - or at least, a proof of this fact which is not equivalent to evaluating both probabilities and observing that they are equal?


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The online training program features 3-D, interactive graphics to help first responders better visualize response to pipeline incidents. Content includes the basics of gas and crude pipeline operations, how to safely handle products transported by pipelines and emergency response tactics.
Enbridge on Wednesday
launched an online portal to offer free, customized pipeline
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along Enbridge's more than 50,000 miles of onshore pipelines
comprising several pipeline networks in the US and
The program material is based on Pipeline Emergencies, an
industry-leading pipeline emergency response training program
developed by the National Association of State Fire Marshals
The NASFM materials were adapted to provide information
specific to pipelines operated by Enbridge.
"While our overarching goal continues to be zero incidents,
Enbridge believes that, as prudent pipeline operators and
responsible neighbors, we must take the extra step to reach out
to emergency response organizations located near our North
American pipelines to offer specific information about the
products we transport and the most effective tactics for
responding to a pipeline emergency," said Steve Wuori,
president of Enbridge Liquids Pipelines.
The online training program features 3-D, interactive
graphics to help first responders better visualize response to
pipeline incidents. Content includes the basics of natural gas
and crude oil pipeline operations, how to safely handle
products transported by pipelines, including those operated by
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liquids pipelines," said Mark Maki, president
of Enbridge Energy Partners.
Since December 2012, more than 8,000 emergency response
agencies in the US and Canada have been provided with
access to the online program. Additionally, in 2013, Enbridge
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targeting 911 dispatch centers covering the areas in which
the company operates, as well as fire departments in close
As of April 19, 438 emergency responders, Enbridge employees,
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completed the training.
"The National Association of State Fire Marshals is pleased
to work with Enbridge and the pipeline industry to provide
responders with the knowledge they need to be safe when
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best-in-class pipeline emergencies curriculum, responders have
the information and training needed to be prepared for such an
event," he added.
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