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Local News - Issue 198
Mashaba Rumoured To Be Hot Favourite To Replace Igesund
Former Bafana Bafana coach Shakes Mashaba has refused to speak about speculation linking him with a return to the national hotseat. According to fresh media reports, the 62-year-old is tipped to take over from Gordon Igesund at the beginning of August. The junior Bafana coach was previously in charge of 19 Bafana matches, overseeing 12 wins, five draws and two losses. "It will be unethical and unfair for me to comment about this," says Mashaba. - Full Story via Kickoff
The South African Football Association arbitrator has finally handed down a verdict on Mabuthi Khenyeza, banning him for six matches and giving him a suspended R100 000 fine. The Mpumalanga Black Aces striker was initially banned for 12 months by the PSL for allegedly spitting at a match official while still on the books of Ajax Cape Town. The player then joined Aces, who helped in appealing the sentence and getting it down to just a R25 000 fine. However, the PSL were not happy with the revised verdict and pursued a course of action which has taken the better part of six months. Keen to get this matter behind him, Khenyeza has now accepted his fate. - Full Story via Kickoff
Kaizer Chiefs are starting to experience the fixture chaos that Orlando Pirates went through due to the CAF Champions League. The Amakhosi have announced that their league game away to Bidvest Wits, originally scheduled for March 29, has been postponed to a later date because it will clash with their CAF tie against DR Congo side AS Vita. The Buccaneers are still battling to make up the backlog of their league fixtures due to their run to the 2013 CAF Champions League final.
Orlando Pirates are finally getting some positive news on the injury front. The Buccaneers have been beset by injuries to key players, especially in defence, but that is now slowly but surely clearing up. Siyabonga Sangweni and Patrick Phungwayo, who have spent months on the sidelines with Achilles tendon injuries, have both rejoined the squad in full training. Rooi Mahamutsa, who has been out with a shoulder injury, is also back in full training, while captain Lucky Lekgwathi is available again after missing the weekend's defeat to University of Pretoria with an ankle problem.
Safa have sent their condolences to Gordon Igesund after the Bafana Bafana coach's father passed away on Monday at the age of 81. Safa released a statement, which said: The South African Football Association would like to send out its heartfelt condolences to Bafana Bafana coach Gordon Igesund on the passing on of his father, Gordon Igesund Snr. Igesund Snr passed away on Monday, 10 March 2014. He was 81. He is survived by his wife, four children, several grandchildren and great grandchildren. "This is a massive loss. He was the rock of my life," said Bafana boss Igesund.
DR Congo striker Eddy Emomo has started training with AmaZulu as he seeks to complete a move to the PSL after turning down offers to join Tunisian club Monastir. Emomo, who has also attracted interest from Israel, jetted into the country last Friday evening and had his first session with Usuthu on Saturday, but will get a proper run in a friendly match against the club's feeder team Durban Warriors. - Full Story via Kickoff
Erwin Isaacs says he is still deciding whether he will stay with Bidvest Wits beyond the expiry of his contract at the end of the season. The 27-year-old joined Wits at the start of the 2012/13 season when his former side Santos were relegated to the National First Division. However, he has made only 18 appearances in all competitions since the move, scoring two goals in the process. "I told my agent that we will decide at end of the season if I should stay or not. I am still a Wits player now, and they [club] must decide and we must decide what the best agreement is going forward." - Full Story via Kickoff
Mamelodi Sundowns have received some positive news on the injury front. Captain Alje Schut is back in training after missing the last three games with a quad strain, while Punch Masenamela, Tiyani Mabunda and Sibusiso Kumalo have also returned to full training. However, the club is still awaiting feedback on the scans that Tebogo Langerman and Elias Pelembe went for. They both picked up injuries in the 2-0 win against AmaZulu on Sunday. Khama Billiat (foot) and Cuthbert Malajila (hamstring) are also nearing a return to full fitness.
The PSL is expected to hand Free State Stars a heavy fine for the abandonment of their home league match against Orlando Pirates last month. The game was scheduled to take place on 12 February at Charles Mopeli Stadium, but had to be postponed due to floodlight failure. On 3 March the league released a statement stating that Ea Lla Koto "has been charged with contravening Rules 188.8.131.52 and 5.7 for failing to ensure that the floodlights at their home fixture were working ahead of their Absa Premiership fixture against Orlando Pirates on 12 February 2014. This resulted in the fixture being called off by the referee". - Full Story via Kickoff
Nyasha Mushekwi's future with KV Oostende will hinge on the outcome of talks between the Belgian club and Mamelodi Sundowns. While Mushekwi is due to complete his loan spell with Oostende at the end of June, a knee injury has put him out of action for the rest of the season. Mushekwi's contract with Sundowns also runs out at the end of June and the Chloorkop-based side are now in talks with Oostende regarding an extension to his loan – or even a permanent move to the Pro League team. - Full Story via Kickoff
The National First Division has only 27 foreigners registered for the season - in contrast to the Premier Soccer League's 102. The number of foreign players in the country has become topical again, with Brazil technical director Carles Alberto Parreira, a former Bafana Bafana boss, recently saying there are too many in the South African topflight. The second tier, however, is comparatively far less inclined to recruit outside of the borders for talent. - Full Story via Kickoff
The Bafana Bafana and Nigerian Legends will face off in a friendly on March 30 in Kano. Fans will be able to see Super Eagles heroes like Nwankwo Kanu, Jay-Jay Okocha and Daniel Amokachi strut their stuff against South African icons like Lucas Radebe, Neil Tovey and Doctor Khumalo. The South African team will be named later this week.
After an intense three days of football schedule, South African Waylan Rooi was selected to join The Nike Academy in the UK. The other four winners include Bruno Covas from Brazil, Joel Drommel from Holland, Dylan Burns from New Zealand and Aiden Austin from England. These boys will all be given a three-month contract, during which they will be undergoing intense training, and nutritional, plans to get their bodies into the physical state required to excel at The Academy. - Full Story via Kickoff
Bafana Bafana midfielder Andile Jali is fine after being involved in a car accident near the town of Kokstad in KwaZulu-Natal. Details of the incident are sketchy at this stage, but it is believed Jali's vehicle collided with another on his way home to Matatiele. "I am okay, I was on my way home," Jali said. Incidentally, Jali's former teammate Rooi Mahamutsa of Orlando Pirates survived a serious car crash earlier this week.
Bafana Bafana will finally have a golden star showcased on the jersey for winning the 1996 African Nations Cup. Since Bafana's sole continental triumph on home soil 18 years ago, questions have been asked as to why there is no star on the national jersey, with countries like Ghana commemorating their success in the competition in such a fashion. However, SAFA communications director Dominic Chimhavi reveals there are plans to address this. "Yes, we will have the star when we qualify for the 2015 AFCON in Morocco," confirms Chimhavi. "This matter has been discussed and decided." Orlando Pirates are the only top-flight club in South Africa that has a star on their jersey for winning the 1995 CAF Champions Cup [now Champions League].
SAFA president Danny Jordaan has warned that corrupt activities will not be tolerated, especially in the ABC Motsepe League. The Second Division has for years been plagued with alleged corruption involving referees and team officials. In February 2013, Phil Setshedi was sentenced to eight years in jail, with five years of the sentence suspended, for match-fixing stemming from one of the games during the 2011 Vodacom Play Offs in Cape Town. - Full Story via Kickoff
Bafana Bafana defender Bongani Khumalo had a successful operation on his knee injury, and is expected to be out for six months or more. The 27-year-old picked up the injury during the international friendly defeat against Brazil played at Soccer City on Wednesday and was replaced by Siyanda Xulu. - Full Story via Kickoff
Ugandan goalkeeper Posnett Omony is grateful to the PSL for helping to end his long-dragging dispute with former employers Black Leopards. Omony took Leopards to the PSL Dispute Resolution Chamber in 2012 while still with the Limpopo club citing unpaid salaries and accommodation allowances, but the case dragged for over a year before he eventually won. "The case is now settled and I am heading into my second last monthly payments from the PSL. - Full Story via Kickoff
Ajax Cape Town have suffered a big blow with the news that striker Nathan Paulse will be out for the rest of the season after tearing his hamstring. The Urban Warriors will now go into their league match against Free State Stars on the weekend with only two strikers in Carl Lark, who has been deployed in midfield, and Tashreeq Morris. "Paulse is out for probably until the end of the season. It's a big loss because he tore his hamstring right out," coach Roger de Sa reveals. On-loan striker Eleazar Rodgers is also expected to be out with an ankle injury, which will keep him out for 10 days. - Full Story via Kickoff
Bafana Bafana raised eyebrows when they took the field with 46664 branding on their jerseys in the match against Brazil, but SAFA insists that they did not violate any of FIFA's rules. It is well known that FIFA is against any form of branding on players' jerseys for international matches. During the tour of Cameroon in 1992, Bafana naively had 'Castle' on their jerseys and were reprimanded by world football's governing body And when Egypt took on Bafana in December 1998, they played with a branded shirt and also faced an inquest. - Full Story via Kickoff
Brazil coach Luis Felipe Scorari insists Bafana Bafana were not as bad as the 5-0 scoreline suggests. The Selecao hammered South Africa at Soccer City last Wednesday night courtesy of a Neymar hat-trick, but Scolari insists the only difference between the two sides was the match-winners in their line-up. "The scoreline doesn't tell the whole story of the game," he said after the match. - Full Story via Kickoff
The Premier Soccer League have announced the dates and venues for the Last 16 of the Nedbank Cup.
Friday, 21 March 2014
Santos vs Orlando Pirates 18h00
Athlone Stadium
Saturday, 22 March
Platinum Stars vs Maritzburg United 15h00
Moruleng Stadium
AmaZulu FC vs Bidvest Wits 15h00
Princess Magogo Stadium
Golden Arrows vs Mamelodi Sundowns 20h15
King Zwelithini Stadium
Sunday, 23 March
Bloemfontein Celtic vs Witbank Spurs 15h00
Kaizer Sebothelo Stadium
African Warriors vs Milano United 15h00
Charles Mopeli Stadium
Wednesday, 26 March
Kaizer Chiefs vs FC Buffalo 19h30
FNB Stadium
Moroka Swallows vs SuperSport United 19h30
Dobsonville Stadium
Bafana Bafana midfielder May Mahlangu has completed his move to Swedish club IFK Goteborg for the 2014 Allsvenskan season. Mahlangu passed a medical last Monday night and his signing was announced by the club on Tuesday. The 24-year-old has not played since July last year when he ruptured an Achilles tendon. The 2012 Swedish Player of the Year's contract with Helsingborgs expired at the end of December, leaving him a free agent. - Full Story via Kickoff
SA players abroad round-up: Only a handful of Bafana players who were on duty for the 5-0 mauling by Brazil started at the weekend, but such is Serero's importance for Ajax he was drafted straight back into the team. His side, however, were held to a surprise 1-1 draw with Cambuur in the Dutch league on Sunday. Despite the result, Ajax still hold a six-point lead at the top of the table with seven rounds of the championship to play.
Mark Mayambela, meanwhile, ran out for Djurgardens as they beat Assyriska 2-0 in the domestic cup competition.
Kamohelo Mokotjo's return from a knee injury was delayed another week as his Dutch side PEC Zwolle lost 3-0 at Heerenveen.
Lebogang Phiri was a second half substitute for Danish side Brondby as they won 4-1 at home to Nordsjaelland to move up to third in the league.
Andile Jali did not feature for KV Oostende in their 0-0 draw with Darren Keet's Kortrijk after being involved in a car accident. Keet kept a second clean sheet in a row in the game in a season where those have been rare for him.
Anele Ngcongca played for Genk in their 3-1 win over bottom side Mons that keeps the side in the final championship playoff place in sixth spot with one round of matches to go.
Ayanda Patosi came on after 78 minutes of Lokeren's 0-0 draw with Waasland-Beveren that sealed their place in the top six playoffs.
Kagisho Dikgacoi, who played 90 minutes for Crystal Palace in the English Premiership last weekend and was then withdrawn from the national team for the game against Brazil with a back injury, started on Saturday in the 1-0 loss to Southampton having made a swift recovery from his ailment.
Steven Pienaar started for Everton in their 4-1 FA Cup quarter-final loss at Arsenal, his cup dream coming to an end for another season.
Dean Furman was an unused substitute for Doncaster Rovers as they claimed a crucial 2-0 home win over Huddersfield Town, a game Bongani Khumalo missed after rupturing a tendon in his knee that will see him out for the remainder of the season.
Tokelo Rantie was also an unused substitute for Bournemouth as they won 1-0 at Blackpool, a result that probably ends their relegation worries for this season. South African-born Andrew Surman started for The Cherries.
Kgosi Ntlhe was again missing for Peterborough United as they all but sealed their place in the League One promotion playoffs with 4-2 home win over Crewe Alexandra.
May Mahlangu is still around a month away from fitness as he battled back from nine months out with an Achilles tendon injury, so did not play in new club IFK Gothenburg's 10-0 route of Hudiksvall in the Swedish Cup. His new teammate Robin Soder scored five goals in the game.
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OnTheMarket readies for AIM float with equity offer for new agents
OnTheMarket, the estate agent-backed property website, says it it ready to float on the AIM section of the London Stock Exchange in order to "challenge the dominance of Rightmove and Zoopla" with a big new marketing campaign.
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Launched almost three years ago as Agents' Mutual with an associated onthemarket.com portal, demutualisation was voted through in August and now the company is looking to raise £50m and float as OnTheMarket PLC.
As announced in August 2017, broker and nominated adviser Zeus Capital will seek to raise funds by selling a minority stake of new shares to investors as part of the initial public offer. A potential market cap of £200-250m was being mooted in August.
Much of this new cash will be used to pay for "broad marketing campaigns" across all media, as well as investing in the sales department and in technology as part of the strategy to attract more estate agents and other property advertisers to use the website and grow the levels of traffic with property hunters.
In September, in order to allow the IPO to proceed, estate agency firms that were members of the Agents' Mutual company voted in favour of converting their existing membership interests into ordinary shares in the new company.
In order to attract other estate agents into listing their properties on the portal, OnTheMarket will offer equity stakes to "selected new agents" alongside long term listing agreements, with arrangements to restrict them from selling their shares in order to "align their interests as shareholders with the success of the group".
Chief executive Ian Springett said: "We have made good progress against our plans first announced earlier this year. Our demutualisation received overwhelming support from members, and more recently we have signed new long term listing agreements with a number of leading estate agencies and property services providers. We are now well placed to list and raise new funds to challenge the two leading incumbent portals. We are excited about this new chapter in OnTheMarket's development, which will strengthen our market position, and benefit our agents, investors and consumers using our services."
Last month Springett was joined by Ian Francis, an experienced listed board executive at Paysafe Group and formerly as an Ernst & Young auditor, as his new finance director.
Analyst George Salmon at Hargreaves Lansdown said the launch of OnTheMarket in 2015 was meant to disrupt the duopoly of Rightmove and Zoopla.
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He added: "In a business that's all about generating the necessary scale, this seems a sensible strategy. However, there's a difference between doing the right thing and doing the right thing successfully. The challenge of toppling Rightmove remains a significant one."
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In December the Arizona Diamondbacks landed arguably the biggest name on the free agent market, stealing him away from the division rival Dodgers.
Zack Greinke led the majors in ERA in 2015 with an historic 1.66 mark. It was the 8th-lowest ERA since the end of the Deadball Era, and his 0.84 WHIP was 3rd-lowest in that span.
But as with all stats, these numbers can deceive an untrained eye.
He was greatly helped by his 86.5 LOB%, which was 5th-highest in the last 100 years. Some pitchers are able to sustain high averages, but all signs point to last season's figure being a fluke for Greinke – from 2008, his first full season as a starter, to 2014, he ranked only 37th in baseball in LOB%, stranding only 74.7% of runners.
Greinke also benefited from an abnormally low HR/FB rate. He was 4th in the majors with a 7.3% rate, which is almost two full percentage points below his career average.
And finally, his .229 BABIP against was second lowest in the majors. Again, some pitchers can consistently hold hitters to low BABIP numbers, but over Greinke's career, batters have averaged a .298 BABIP.
All of this is not to say he didn't have a great year. He walked batters at the lowest rate of his career, and despite getting only 4.08 runs of support per game, he managed to post a sparkling 19-3 record. In any year other than last, when Jake Arrieta was just as dominant, Greinke would've been a shoo-in for the NL Cy Young Award.
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He induced fewer line drives and generated weaker contact than he has in previous years, and also posted the second lowest FIP of his career.
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In a major policy address, Sen. Hillary Clinton Tuesday called for a "sea change" in U.S. foreign policy that would include direct talks with Syria, Iran, and North Korea and greater U.S. engagement in promoting peace between Israel and the Palestinians.
"Let us never negotiate from fear, but let us never fear to negotiate," she declared, quoting former President John Kennedy. "Direct negotiations are not a sign of weakness, they're a sign of leadership."
The speech, delivered at the New York headquarters of the influential Council on Foreign Relations, also called for a "phased redeployment" of U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of the year designed in part to "force the Iraqi government to begin to do more to resolve their own political situation." She called the current political situation there a "complete absurdity."
Clinton said Washington needed a bipartisan policy based on a blend of "both idealism and realism in the service of American interests" in which diplomacy is given a much higher value than the administration of President George W. Bush has accorded.
"This administration's choices were false ones," she declared. "Internationalism versus unilateralism; realism versus idealism. I think it's fair to say we are now all internationalists and we are all realists," she added.
The speech, which marks her strongest criticism of the administration to date, came just one week before the Nov. 7 midterm elections in which Democrats are expected to wrest control of at least the House of Representatives and possibly of the Senate, as well. Clinton herself is expected to be reelected by a landslide next Tuesday.
The acknowledged, albeit undeclared, front-runner in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008, Clinton has generally been cautious in her criticism of the administration's foreign policy, particularly with respect to the "war on terror," Iraq, and the Middle East.
She has focused more on the administration's alleged incompetence, than on its overall strategy, particularly regarding Iraq where, until relatively recently, she opposed withdrawing U.S. troops, a position that has alienated the party's activist base.
But with the Iraq war having become increasingly unpopular, even among Republican candidates, and a growing number of voters seemingly losing confidence in Bush's conduct of the "war on terror," Clinton has apparently decided to become bolder in her attacks on the administration, as she was Tuesday, even as she appealed for bipartisan support. Her husband, former President Bill Clinton, who has harshly but only rarely (apparently in order not to steal the limelight from his spouse) criticized Bush's foreign policy, told a private gathering Tuesday evening that he had helped draft the speech.
The senator said three principles should underlie a "bipartisan consensus" on national security: the renewal "by word and deed" of "internationalism for a new century," in which Washington accords a "decent respect for the opinions" of other nations; an affirmation that direct negotiations with enemies "are not a sign of weakness;" and the blending of idealism and realism that she said had long characterized traditional U.S. diplomacy "until a small group of ideologues" an apparent reference to neoconservatives and other hawks came to power under this administration.
"This administration has abandoned [the] tension [between realism and idealism] for a simplistic division of the world into good and evil. They refuse to talk to anyone on the evil side," she said. "Some have called that idealistic. I call it dangerously unrealistic."
"These three principles would force a sea change from the current administration's policies," she went on, noting that in virtually every dangerous situation faced by the U.S. today, "you will see the same mistakes repeated over and over: the mistaken belief that alliances, international institutions [are] irrelevant to American interests; the mistaken belief that diplomacy, even if backed by force, is synonymous with weakness; the mistaken belief that our military's experience in war planning, our intelligence community's objective analysis, and our diplomats' experience in negotiations could be dismissed ."
On Iraq, she said, "we need a fundamental change in course" based on three main components: the establishment of an oil trust that would guarantee each individual Iraqi an annual share in the country's oil wealth that could be used as a tactic to help resolve the sectarian conflict over the distribution of oil revenues that is central to the current impasse; the convening of a public international conference that would include all of Iraq's neighbors, including Syria and Iran, to ensure the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity and prevent civil war; and a phased redeployment of U.S. troops that will "get the attention of the Iraqi leadership" and prevent U.S. troops from being "put in the crossfire of a civil war."
On Afghanistan, Clinton accused the administration of "inattention and false optimism that are costing lives." In particular, Washington should respond to NATO's call for more troops in Afghanistan and "improve the security situation with Pakistan."
"We know the general area where the leaders of the Taliban and probably the leaders of al-Qaeda are," she said in a veiled reference to the tribal areas in Pakistan, from which the Pakistani army has recently withdrawn. "It is a failure of our policies on all fronts that five years [after their ouster], they are sending waves of fighters into Afghanistan from their safe havens."
On Iran, she said, "U.S. policy must be unequivocal. Iran must not build or acquire nuclear weapons." But while Washington should keep all options on the table, it should also be "ready to talk directly to Iranians should the right opportunity present itself." Such talks, she said, would convey "two important messages: first, to the Iranian people that our quarrel is with their leaders, not with them; and second, to the international community that we are pursuing every available peaceful avenue to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear state."
On the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, she charged the administration with "disengag[ing] at crucial moments," although she indicated support for reported plans by Israel and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to dissolve the democratically elected Hamas government. "As events unfold, we need to be prepared, in close coordination with our Israeli ally, to resume America's indispensable role in finding a just and lasting resolution," she added.
She also came out squarely for bilateral talks with North Korea, noting that all of Pyongyang's neighbors have called for direct negotiations. Past engagement with the North, she noted in an implicit reference to her husband's policies from 1994 to 2001, had prevented Pyongyang from developing plutonium bombs and testing long-range missiles, both of which it has done in the last four months.
(Inter Press Service)
Read more by Jim Lobe
- Despite Public's War Weariness, US Defense Budget May Rise – October 17th, 2014
- The Uses of Ukraine – March 25th, 2014
- US Hawks Take Flight Over Ukraine – March 4th, 2014
- AIPAC's Annus Horribilis? – February 3rd, 2014
- Top Israel Lobby Group Loses Battle on Iran, But War Not Over – January 22nd, 2014


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Has it really been six months since I
Wow. How time flies, huh?
Anyway. I thought I would post an update - six months out - on how things are going, just in case any of my dear readers are pondering sinus surgery themselves.
Here's the bottom line:
Now...if you'd asked me my opinion just a few short days after the surgery, I would have cursed you and then thrown you off a bridge - but I blame the post-surgery medication for that.
99% of my post-surgery side effects are gone...with the exception of having a tiny-bit different "voice" inside my head. Yes, I "hear" myself differently on the inside, which drives me a bit batty, as it's NOT the voice I'm used to hearing after 50+ years. But, I've been gradually getting used to this new voice, so that, too, shall pass.
Having that different "voice" has totally rendered me tone deaf. Not that I could sing before, but now? Forget about it. The "voice" that I "think" I have is not the voice that I have, so I am pretty much screwed when I try to find the correct note to sing along with. Gah. I think it's rather funny myself, but it kinda', sorta', drives my Daughter insane when I screech along with the radio in the car. Bwahahahahahaha.
Everything else is not only back to normal - but SOOOOOOOOOO improved from before.
It was tested while I was in Colorado, as I woke up one morning with a bit of a head cold. Taking a decongestant, I was amazed - AMAZED, I tell you - when the decongestant actually decongested - it WORKED - and the pressure in my head disappeared within hours.
(Remember? My sinus cavities were completely blocked, so there was no where for fluid to drain - or "decongest" - after taking such medicine. The surgery cured this. Woot!)
Another benefit, besides not having the continual pressure in my head, has been a MIRACULOUS change in my breathing while sleeping. As in, I can actually breathe! Little did I know that I was struggling for air before - my lungs were working OVERTIME in trying to suck air into my body - but now, with little effort, oxygen flows and I am sleeping in a continual state of bliss.
So...bottom line...regardless of the post-surgery pain and discomfort, and regardless of some of the weird post-surgery side effects, I absolutely, unequivocally, have NO regrets in having the surgery.
Okay. Wait. Maybe ONE regret...as in, I wish I'd had it twenty years sooner....
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The rebel Free Syrian Army pledged Wednesday to punish atrocities amid outrage over a video showing the mutilation of a corpse, as the regime ruled out discussing President Bashar al-Assad's departure in negotiations.
Syria's Internet, meanwhile, was down for the second time in a week while on the ground rebels launched an attack on the central prison in Aleppo, sparking fierce fighting with regime forces, a watchdog said.
The mainstream rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA) issued its statement after a gruesome video of an alleged rebel fighter cutting out and apparently eating the organs of a regime soldier emerged online.
"Any act contrary to the values that the Syrian people have paid their blood and lost their homes (for) will not be tolerated, the abuser will be punished severely even if they are associated with the Free Syrian Army," the group said in a statement.
It said field commanders had been instructed "to begin a prompt investigation into the matter in which the perpetrator will be brought to justice".
Investigations would also be held into whether the rebel in the video is a member of the FSA or not, it said.
The man in the video, identified as Khalid al-Hamad, defended his actions in an interview with Time Magazine, saying he was driven to them by footage on the dead soldier's phone showing him "humiliating" a naked women and her two daughters.
He expressed sectarian hatred of all members of the Alawite community, the religious minority to which Assad belongs. His actions were also condemned by Syria's opposition National Coalition, as well as the US State Department and UN rights official.
The gruesome incident raised new fears about the potential for grisly sectarian violence in Syria.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on Tuesday that three captured army officers had been summarily executed in the northern city of Raqa by fighters of an Islamist group, Al-Nusra Front.
Amid the turmoil on the ground, the international community continued to push for talks on a political solution to the conflict.
US Secretary of State John Kerry urged Syria's president not to squander the opportunity to come to the table for negotiations, insisting "enormous plans are being laid."
But while Kerry said Russia had informed him that Syria has already chosen envoys for the conference, Syrian officials insisted that Assad's departure - a key opposition demand - was not on the table.
"Syria will not accept any dictate and its friends will not accept it either," deputy foreign minister Faisal Muqdad told Syrian state television late Tuesday.
Kerry and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov announced plans for a new conference last week, intended to build on a deal agreed last year in Geneva.
The deal called for a halt to the violence that is now in its third year, and a transitional government, but made no call for Assad's departure.
Lavrov on Wednesday called on the Syrian opposition to support Moscow and Washington in their efforts to work towards convening the peace conference.
"It is important for all participants to express articulate support for the Russian-US initiative to implement the Geneva communique," Lavrov was quoted as saying in the Swedish town of Kiruna by Russian news agencies.
"We should mobilise support for this conference. All outside participants in this situation, all Syrian sides, should be mobilised."
The opposition National Coalition is scheduled to meet in Istanbul on May 23 to discuss the Russia-US proposal.
On the home front, state news agency SANA said the Internet blackout was caused by a fault with a fibre-optic cable.
The outage was also reported by Google, which showed a drop-off in Internet service that started on Wednesday morning, and by Internet tracking firm Renesys.
Internet in the country has regularly been cut, most recently on May 7, with it being restored some 24 hours later.
On the ground, Syrian troops backed by tanks and warplanes on Wednesday fought to repel the attack on the central prison in Aleppo after rebels blew up its walls in suicide car bombings, the Observatory said.
Around 4,000 prisoners including Islamists and common law criminals are held in the prison on the outskirts of the northern city, which is largely under rebel control, said Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman.
The Observatory said Tuesday that at least 94,000 people have been killed in the Syrian conflict, revising upwards a previous toll of 82,000.


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Gently, like the sound of snow falling.
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X marks the spot.
This little piece of paper is my sanity right now. "If I can make it through today, I can test tomorrow." Then I play the game again the next day. Every day past the first starred day is one that the test will be that much more accurate. For my doctor I HAVE to test … Continue reading X marks the spot.
Mishmash jibber jabber.
I've been trying so hard, honestly, to be "good" these days since the IUI. Honestly, it's getting harder and harder to keep on even keel and go through the days like a normal person. I hibernated all weekend. On the good side, I was able to keep anxiety largely at bay, and I didn't actually … Continue reading Mishmash jibber jabber.
Letters to the editor, part II.
Dearest Sprout, I wrote to you last week as if you were a fact, but right now- just yet, you're not. All that I said about how we're trying to make you come to life, that's all real and happening- but today you're still just a hope. Hope is a powerful thing. It's been my … Continue reading Letters to the editor, part II.
Stranger things.
Pragmatic me is returning, after the simple relief and joy of the last few days. That's not to say I'm in a bad mood or depressed, just thinking of things in a different way. Mostly, I'm a little awed by the strangeness of this situation. How strange that I can drop my trousers and offer up … Continue reading Stranger things.
Great expectations.
The last 14 days of my life feel as if they've happened to another person. There have been lessons re-learned, grace, excitement, terror, pain, joy... all of it. I EXPECTED to have an IUI this month. I did not expect to find out that I'd mucked up the schedule. I EXPECTED to pull up my … Continue reading Great expectations.


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Pursuant to a letter request by an official of the State of Ohio, accompanied by a photostatic copy of a warrant from that State, the petitioner was arrested on September 19, 1978, on a complaint charging him with being a fugitive from justice from the State of Ohio. That complaint was subsequently dismissed on December 20, 1978, apparently because no Massachusetts Governor's warrant had issued at the time of the petitioner's arrest, and the petitioner was released. The petitioner, however, was rearrested on the basis of the same charge under a warrant of the Governor of Massachusetts issued December 21, 1978, pursuant to a formal requisition from the State of Ohio (dated November 17, 1978) seeking his return on the basis of an indictment
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charging robbery. See G. L. c. 276, Sections 11-20R. A Superior Court judge dismissed his petition pursuant to G. L. c. 276, Section 19, for a writ of habeas corpus. He appeals, asserting only that the Commonwealth failed to meet its burden of proving that he is the person sought in the Governor's warrant. See Maldonado, petitioner, 364 Mass. 359 , 362 (1973). There was no error.
We think that this case is sufficiently close to Hamel, petitioner, 8 Mass. App. Ct. 877 (1979), so as to be controlled by it in all material respects. There was sufficient evidence to establish that petitioner is the person named in the rendition warrant. See Baker, petitioner, 310 Mass. 724 , 731-732, cert. denied, 316 U.S. 699 (1942). In addition to an identity of names, there was an admission by the petitioner to the police officers who arrested him initially on the fugitive warrant that "that it was him [sic]." The two officers also testified that the petitioner admitted being in Euclid, Ohio, on the relevant date, i.e., he made statements that "he was in Ohio at the time of the incident" and that "he had just returned from Ohio . . . six to seven days [before September 19]." This testimony was uncontradicted.
There was also the uncontradicted testimony of Trooper Fitzgerald that the petitioner "stated that he had been in Ohio [close to the relevant time] and the person that they were looking for there was not him, it was his brother." Although this testimony tends to negate culpability in the underlying offense, it does, however, indicate that the petitioner had some knowledge of the alleged criminal activity in Ohio; it also establishes the petitioner's presence in the demanding State near the time of the incident as well as impliedly admitting that he is the person sought in the warrant, albeit mistakenly so. We conclude that the record contains that quantum of "slight additional evidence . . . sufficient to establish . . . identity." Hamel, petitioner, supra.
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For this sort of image you might want to study 'draganizing'. The images have been removed from this thread but the message about it and the links are all still there
Mark, I don't know what film noir or draganizing mean, but I do like the photo. I think you've captured the mood of passing out quite well
I trust none of that spill got on your computer though!
I had to look draganizing up as well! will try it when i get home Donald as i dont have ps4 on here its on my windows machine at home. The Mac dindnt suffer Brian, sometimes wish it had, most expensive piece of crap ive ever purchased!
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Why female religious leaders are so NOW
The theme of 2015's International Women's Day on 8 March was 'Empowering Women, Empowering Humanity: Picture It!'
Now although I'm not religious, I don't have anything against anyone who is, just so long as they try to do good with it, not harm (which is rather what I thought religion was for, after all). And I'm emphatically pro female empowerment, ergo female leaders; at least, female 'leaders' in their own way (see my recent post 'Women leaders: PC puzzles, if women "lead from behind", how can we be seen?': https://boywoman.wordpress.com/2015/02/01/women-leaders-pc-puzzles-if-women-lead-from-behind-how-can-we-be-seen/).
Recently Libby Lane became the Church of England's first female bishop (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30514956). In the midst of the celebrations there was an outburst from some old fogey in the congregation; and still, only some 20 or so Anglican women bishops do their work around the world. Why the slow progress, the opposition? Some say that women can't even be priests: that for them, even priesthood seems an 'authority' that Scripture doesn't reflect. As for bishops, the reactionary camp believes that it's theologically impossible for women bishops to ordain priests, and that in any case Scripture requires male headship in the Church; more, that women's ordination puts a brake on any hopes of unity with Roman Catholics.
But, surprise surprise (not), the non-canonical Christian texts, apocryphal or gnostic gospels, so-called, i.e. the ones rejected by the male-dominated ancient Church, give women greater prominence. In one narrative, actually titled the Gospel of Mary (Magdalene), Christ says,
'Mary Magdalene and John… will tower over all my disciples and over all men who shall receive the mysteries in the Ineffable. And they will be on my right and on my left. And I am they, and they are I.'
In another, Christ asks his mother Mary, Martha, Salome and Mary Magdalene to answer his questions about scripture; when Peter objects to the female participation, Jesus corrects him and urges Martha to continue. In the so-called 'First Apocalypse of James', James asks,'Who are the seven women who have been your disciples?'; Jesus reveals four to be 'Salome and Mariam and Martha and Arsinoe'.
Mary Magdalene was actually titled 'Apostle to the Apostles' by Hippolytus, bishop of Rome c. 170-235, according to Thimmes.
Even within the Biblical canon, female disciples feature widely, as in this account in James of Christ's wide-roaming ministry:
'And the twelve were with Him, and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, and Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, who provided for them out of their means.'
In my last post I argued that history, the long tradition, across a whole gamut of cultures, of female high priesthood, was too pervasive to be ignored. The female presence in the non-canonical scriptures – texts sidelined by a largely patriarchal Church – often is.
But if Christianity is trying to repress us even in present times, in other religions today we women won't so easily be kept down. In the Americas, the religious tradition of Santeria (a derogatory term suggesting 'deviancy' from Roman Catholicism), originated in the Caribbean, and recognises priests and priestesses equally. Some of its rituals revolve around three thrones that represent respectively the seats of the religion's kings, warrior gods and (my italics) queens.
On 4 March 2007, a humble 21-year-old village girl was ordained as the only, not to mention youngest, female High Priestess of Hindu Dharma, the traditional belief system on the island of Bali. This, because despite a previous total lack of interest in things spiritual she suddenly began to have out-of-body and near-death experiences, claimed to have received divine instruction, and was able to speak the mantras in Sanskrit and other ancient languages, perform the sacred hand movements known as mudras and to undertake other sophisticated religious rites – almost overnight.
In the neo-pagan religion of Wicca, there's a long legacy of female oracles, enchantresses and prophets, led by a high priestess. Some Wiccan high priestesses initiate secondary high priestesses for regional covens; the iconography occasionally illustrates them with symbols or artefacts specifically representing, separately, male and female energy. However, in a move towards democracy, many covens today reject the concept of one high priestess in favour of seeing each woman member as the priestess of her own religious development.
A 2010 online piece reported that in Pune, India, more than 20 women from all Hindu castes were currently enrolled in a one-year priesthood course, most of them 'housewives', aged 40-65.(Needless to say, many Indian men have strongly resisted this move.) (http://www.dw.de/female-hindu-priests-in-india-are-making-strides-in-a-male-dominated-profession/a-5569382)
Perhaps most surprising and heartening of all given the extremist/conservative religious stereotypes of Islam currently prevailing in much western culture, in Los Angeles M. Hasna Maznavi, a Muslim woman, recently started the first all-female mosque as part of a
'modest, multi-faith center, where Muslim women and women of other faiths joined together for a Jumu'ah, a congregational prayer Muslims hold every Friday, and a Khutbah, a public sermon….
'And unlike most U.S. mosques that have a male imam, or leader, a woman led the traditional prayer and gave the sermon.' (http://abcnews.go.com/US/1st-female-mosque-opens-us/story?id=28725435)
How shaming if Christianity were to lag behind all these other religious strands.
Online and off, claims are multiplying that the 21st century should and/or will be the Female Century: see for instance UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet's address in 2011 at the Lincoln Center, New York (http://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2011/9/the-21st-century-will-be-the-century-of-girls-and-women), and men too: Tom Brokaw in Lean In in 2013 (http://leanin.org/discussions/welcome-to-the-century-of-women/).
As far as female religious leaders go, it would be good to agree with them that a new feminine era is, or should be, almost here. I can't do better than quote Priestesses, Power, and Politics again:
'All over the world women are mounting powerful challenges to masculine domination of religious institutions. Catholic and Hindu and Buddhist women are campaigning for full female ordination in their traditions. Muslim feminists are asserting their right to interpret the Quran and hadiths. The daughters of Sarah are demanding to be counted as Jews (literally) in the minyan and rabbinate, and for women's right to lead services at the Western Wall of the ancient temple of Jerusalem….
'The burgeoning pagan and feminist spirituality movements are laying new foundations of Goddess veneration and female spiritual leadership. American Indian women are reclaiming the right to sit at the powwow drum, and sistahs of the African diaspora have retaken the conga and djembe for their own. Lucumi priestesses are reinvigorating female power in the orisa traditions of west Africa, and breaking down gender barriers to initiation as prestigious diviners….' (http://www.suppressedhistories.net/articles/priestesses.html)
Wouldn't it be great – not to mention interesting – if the time for female leadership, religious and otherwise, really was almost here?


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Instructions for the Celtic Cross Tarot Reading
by Glenn F. Wright
2015 Preface: This article constitutes a complete revision of my old notes, first published on the web in 1996, explaining the Celtic Cross Tarot reading. The layout itself was first published in 1910,* by the occultist, A. E. Waite, in his highly popular and influential book, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot. Waite's own instructions suffer from being both too detailed (and about things that are, to say the least, pretty dubious), and at the same time too spare. People, especially beginners, almost always have more questions when they read Waite's instructions, and he is no longer with us to provide more explanations. That is why I first wrote this guide, almost twenty years ago. This new edition should address most people's questions about the Celtic Cross reading. You will hear and read a lot of people who tell you "there are no rules" and "go with your feelings". There is good advice in that, up to a point. Certainly, as you will see below, no one wants to be obliged to follow somebody else's bad ideas. But Tarot, like any other practice, has certain basic methods and principles that are not valueless just because somebody other than you thought of them a long time ago. So, read, learn, consider, utilize.—June 20, 2015
*Technically, and this information comes from R. A. Gilbert's bibliography of Waite's works, the first publication was in December, 1909 in a smaller version of the book, called The Key to the Tarot. An expanded Pictorial Key was published in 1910, and this is the one reprinted over the decades, so it is the one people are familiar with. There is a question about these dates because both books apparently had post-dated copyright marks, the first Key showing "1910" and the Pictorial Key showing "1911".
I have based this on the version given by A. E. Waite in The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1910). However, I added a number of observations when I first wrote this in 1996, and I have updated it again for this version. I have attempted to answer a lot of the questions people have when they're trying to do this reading, especially when they are beginning.
For example, you will see reference to a term, "querent", which, along with a lot of other recondite lexicon, often puts people off because they have no idea what anybody is talking about. But "querent" just means the person asking the question, so the person you're reading for. This problem of obscure vocabulary is not such a problem any longer, because obviously you can "Google it" if you don't know a word. While there were some, generally poor-quality, search engines, there was no Google in 1996. Imagine!
The Celtic Cross is the most popular layout or spread for doing card readings, especially with Tarot cards. A layout of cards is simply the formation or arrangement of the cards, with each position having some meaning of its own in addition to the meaning of the card that occupies that position. There are many kinds of layouts, and it seems the root of many of them comes from the use of similarly arranged cards to play "Patience" or "Solitaire" games, back in the 18th and 19th centuries.
In Pictorial Key, Waite never calls this layout a "Celtic Cross". Instead, he calls it "An Ancient Celtic Method of Divination".
After you have obtained the question, or determined the reading should begin (sometimes there is no specific question), take the Tarot pack and shuffle it three times. Why three? Because Waite said so. Seriously. You can shuffle it as many times as you want, but if you shuffle as a nervous habit, like a lot of people do, you'll wear out your cards faster. If you are trying to randomize your deck, then you'll need to shuffle at least seven times—and I mean good shuffles, like they allegedly do in Las Vegas. If you don't care about the deck being perfectly randomized, or you actually think that might get in the way—of whatever—then shuffle as many times as you like. Three seems a nice compromise. And it reminds us of the Trinity, if you need that sort of thing.
Now, the above description of shuffling (three times and cut) is pretty much what all people do some form of, but here's the thing—Waite actually said the following in Pictorial Key:
"[S]huffle and cut…the pack three times."
OK, that's different, huh? According to Waite, you shuffle one time, then cut the pack, putting the portion above the cut under the portion beneath it. Then you shuffle this pack again. You cut again. You shuffle a third time. And you cut one last time.
Alternatively, as most people do it, you can shuffle three times, and cut one time, after the shuffling. I was taught long ago to avoid all thinking about the question during the shuffling, so as to help the deck come through the shuffling process untainted by question-tinged thought-tones. And only at the cut should one then concentrate on finding the answer to the question. In any case, you make a final cut, and get to dealing the layout.
Follow the layout illustration (above), putting card position "0" down first, then card position "1", and so on. Deal all cards face down (no, you don't have to do this, but it's more fun to turn them up one at a time). Card "2" is placed horizontally over card "1" (so it makes a cross over it). Card "3" is placed directly above the cross. Card "4" is placed directly below the cross.
OK, at this point, we need to decide where we will put the Past and Future influences cards. According to Waite, if you are using a court or "picture" card (King, Queen, Knight, Page) to represent the querent in the Significator position, then deal the "Past" card to the side away from that which the Significator is facing (i.e., if the Significator appears to be looking to the left, deal the Past to the right). Then deal the Future influences card toward the direction the Significator is facing, or if the Significator is face down initially, because you dealt it randomly instead of consciously choosing it, you would make this determination after you turn over the Significator. In Knight cards this directionality stuff is pretty easy. If you cannot tell what the proper direction should be, or if you think this level of detail is really pushing the envelope and your buttons on obsessiveness, then simply deal the Past-Future cards in the same places every time. Just remember which is which. I use Left=Past, Right=Future.
To do the reading, you combine the card meaning (which if you are a beginner you will most likely have to look up in a book—that's OK), with the meaning of the card position. Example, Six of Cups occurs in the Covering card position might indicate the question has an atmosphere surrounding it of positive memories of the querent's youth.
As you turn over the cards, one position at a time, you will see and you should be telling a story that develops, each card acting something like the next chapter in a book, or scene in a movie. Perhaps you can see that it is much more engaging to only turn the cards over one at a time, discussing that "new" position, and how it relates to what has been revealed so far, but keeping the remaining cards face down until you get to them. In this way, dramatic tension is maintained as you approach the Future card.
0. Significator—The card representing the querent or person asking the question. Traditionally, one chooses an appropriate card* from the pack before shuffling and dealing the other cards. However, a new tradition has begun of "allowing" the deck to reveal the proper card by dealing this position "blind" (i.e., as just another card dealt randomly) along with the other cards of the layout. In a question where there isn't a specific querent—say in a question about the future of a group or a national entity for example, the Significator represents either the central human figure or collective in the question. It can also represent a topic—for example "love" in general instead of a specific person in a love affair. If you allow the deck to choose this card for you, especially if you then compare this card to the Personal Position card (described below), it should be enlightening. The name "Significator" comes from astrology, where it is similarly employed in readings to point to the subject or the protagonist of the operation. The Significator is the one or the thing (planet or card) that signifies the querent. Waite did not explicitly number this position. Since I am recommending you deal this card as another randomly-selected card, like the others, and in order to maintain the numbering Waite used in describing the other positions, I am starting the reading at card position Zero (0).
*—Note that what "appropriate card" meant for people in 1910, when Waite first described this reading, might be quite shocking to people in 2015. But we shall forgo that discussion right now, so you can get on with things. Let us just say that the traditional assumptions about skin color and character that go into these Victorian considerations are yet another reason to let the deck make the choice of Significator.
1. Covering card—The card representing "general" influences or the "atmosphere" affecting this question—note: lots of Tarot-speak is vague. But, for example, if a person is asking about their financial wellbeing, and they are nigh to being homeless, then "poverty" (e.g., "Five of Pentacles") would be an appropriate card to describe the general atmosphere. Part of what a beginner should try to do is to understand the way in which certain combinations of cards in this layout combine together to give you "statements" about the situation and the flux of things. So, for example, this position can be read together with position 8—the Environment, to get a sense of how the external features and players impact the querent and their prospects.
2. Crossing card or the Cross—The card representing obstacles or problems affecting this question. If the card is "positive", then the problem may not be that great or perhaps any apparent problem will work out to the querent's benefit OR, maybe the usually good indications won't be so beneficial in this situation. If the card is "negative", then paying attention to the quality of the negative aspect, is going to be central to devising what a proper response will be, or to suggesting that no proper response exists for this obstacle. Again, the Cross should be compared to other card positions in the reading, looking for other cards that seem to enable its indications (for good or ill).
3. Crowning card or the Crown—If you think of how people, when they are in the act of hoping things work out well, tend to look up to the sky—where the birds fly free—you will get this idea. This is the position where the querent can find the highest form of their prospects, meaning either: (a.) an indication of what one really wants to happen, or (b.) an indication of the best outcome one can get—but not a guarantee it will turn out that way. To get the most use of this position, you have to combine it with the next position, the Grave (as I have called it). Always in our struggles with achievement and discerning meaning and purpose in our lives, our ideals and intentions are opposed by something we might call subconscious or subterranean—in the core of our cthonic psyches. The Celtic Cross is based on Christian symbolism depicting the crucifixion of Jesus on the Cross. The "Crown" therefore Is problematic in that sense. One has to ask, and read for whether this is a Crown of gold or a Crown of thorns.
4. Foundation card or the Grave—The card indicating the "foundation" or you might say the "root" of the matter. Why the foundation? Because here is the birth-point of the question and so the aspects or events that have come into definite being and which, as Waite says, the querent has made "his own". In practice, the card often represents the true point of the question, and the querent may not have consciously or comfortably "owned up" to it yet. Compare this then to the Crown card, which represents a point of fulfillment in the circle, and so, according to Waite, is not something that has been made "actual". As noted above, the symbolism we are using here is superficially based on Christian depictions of the Crucifixion, so here we find Christ in the ground or the grave. This is an indication of how every matter (or question) is rooted in a spirit trying to free itself from the dark confines of the unknown (ignorance), but also how the promise of the Resurrection (of our ideal answer to the question) is indicated by the nature of the desire that rooted us in a particular way in the first place. As we would look up in hope and desire, so we look down to view things seriously, gravely, realistically (which may sound strange to say in a card reading—but "reality" is still a player).
5. Past Influence—The card showing the influence (events and people) affecting the question that the querent will know, i.e., the past. As you may notice, there are a lot of "influence" cards in this layout. You have a Covering card of influences, and you have Past and Future influences, and the whole thing can just seem pretty confusing to someone trying to recall card meanings or trying to figure out exactly what the Past Influences card really refers to. Waite says the card signifies "the influence that is just passed, or is now passing away." If that influence is "now passing away" but not completely passed into the past, while the Future influence (next card position) is "coming into action", what if you get them confused? But consider that the evolution of influences is always going on. Life isn't really a bunch of card positions. A Tarot layout like the Celtic Cross is really a series of snapshots, which it is up to you to turn into a moving narrative for your querent. So the Past Influence is something affecting the question that has happened, or mostly happened. Now, I say above the querent will know about this—usually yes, this is true, but the person might not know what it means or how it links up with what's coming (that's where you come in). And, it is possible that this influence has been in stealth mode, and its "work" on the situation is utterly unknown to your querent. In this case, your explanation of the "facts" of what has happened might sound strange to your subject. Keep that in mind.
6. Future Influence—The card showing the influence (events and people) affecting the question that the querent will not know, i.e., the future—but NOT the final outcome. Sometimes the Past Influence card will provide a hint or a guide explaining the nature of the Future Influence. In other words, it will make sense. Sometimes, the two cards will seem to have little to do with one another. So, in life, events can flow in a kind of predictable way, and alternatively they can divert in completely unexpected and sometimes quite disturbing ways. Remember, your job as the reader is to read the cards, not to pass judgments, either on the querent, nor especially on the cards. Let them speak their nature and stories. Don't try to gild the lilly or the sow's ear. In my experience, if you look a little deeper into "doesn't make sense", you'll see the sense being made. The Future Influence card sets the stage for what will come in the reading.
Now you have the basic Celtic Cross—a circle around a cross. As Waite notes, the Significator, usually the querent, is at the center of the cross. And this suggests that a function of this symbolism is to show a kind of crucifixion of the querent, at least in the sense that he is held by this question or problem to a particular psychic and material ground. One of the dynamic aspects of this reading is to determine if there is going to be a resurrection in the Future, or a permanent residence in the graveyard of this situation. Depending on the nature of the question, the latter could be a concerning thing, to say the least.
The last four cards of the layout are dealt in a vertical line from—7 (on bottom) to 10 (on top). These cards are dealt to the right of the Celtic Cross, and they represent the shaft of the monument, on top of which would be the headpiece of the circle and the cross. The shafts of Celtic Crosses are often decorated with illustrations of Bible stories, carved into panels—similar to cards. In many respects, the Celtic Cross headpiece portion of the layout represents what is going on inside the head of the querent, or that which is being processed psychologically or internally. The shaft or tower cards show the materialization or actualization of the internal processes. These lead toward a culmination or Future.
7. Personal—The card representing the Significator in action, for good or ill, in the question. Obviously, this card, being distinct from the Significator card (Position 0), should be compared to that card. If you see a great difference between the two, especially if the Personal card seems "bad" compared to the Significator, then you know there is a tension between the internal nature and external behavior or effect of the querent. This could mean the circumstances of the question limit the Significator's ability to helpfully affect the question. Or it could suggest a basic inconsistency or inability to come to grips with their own impact on events. Perhaps as well, the Significator is being dishonest, with others and with themselves. If, on the other hand, the Personal card seems consistent (same suit, same quality) in meaning with the Significator, then at least they are, and they behave in accord with, what they appear. Often in Tarot readings, we see inconsistencies—as one does in life. A very strong Significator or Personal card and other seemingly good cards can still result in a bad outcome. Why? Because nothing is guaranteed, and much in life is complicated. After all, people are involved, so you are asking and often getting plenty of trouble. Of course, the opposite is true too. Many times, bad cards* end well. Though I would say this is not so common. No matter what, it is better to hold four Aces than a pair of Twos (true in poker and in life).
*—Just for the record, there are no inherently good or bad cards. Certainly, there are cards that come to the table seemingly more challenging and difficult (XVI-Tower) than others. But you must recall that Tarot is a language of symbols, or metaphors, and the meanings of the cards are not usually literal, although they do impart a certain range of meanings to the narrative you are telling. It is quite possible for a seemingly "bad" card to be just what is needed to help the querent move to a better outcome. And "good" cards can be the right thing at the wrong time. The more experience you have with life and its myriad complications, the easier it will be to recognize these and understand them in Tarot readings. That is why if you want to know how to improve at reading Tarot cards—read a lot of cards, but especially live a lot of life.
8. Environmental—Waite calls this the Significator's "house", and it is worth noting that some Celtic Crosses have things that look like little houses on top of them. These houses look like reliquaries, or small shrines containing relics (bones) of Saints. What has that got to do with this card position? You could say that the bones of one's Saint or guardian spirit are like the Environment and its "effect on the matter", because this card position describes those things distinct from the Significator but still in their regular personal experience—their job or profession, their friends and family—which could impact the question. People (still) pray to and depend upon Saints to assist them. So, we often depend upon those (things or people) closest to us to assist us in some way. Now, we should say that this card position does not always mean "friends and family"—that's an example of what it could mean. If, for example, you are asking about the outcome of an expedition involving a single mountain explorer, maybe their "house" is just the rocks, the weather, and some furry creatures keeping watch on the weird biped. For each question, you have to think about what makes sense for each card position.
9. Psychological—All Waite tells us about this position is that it is supposed to be the Significator's "hopes and fears". If you think about it, this card comes preloaded to be negative. Why? Because you're usually reading for somebody who is concerned enough about a problem to seek out a Tarot card reader. It would not therefore be much of a surprise to see this card express worry, would it? But at a deeper level, this position is supposed to tell us how the psychological aspect of the Significator aids or obstructs their desired outcome. So, as you may see, comparing this card to the Crown (Position 3) would be a good idea. Is the person too positive or too negative to achieve the ends they seem to want? Will a sluggishness or depression invalidate any positive aspects suggested elsewhere? Will undue blitheness or even happiness defuse their ambition? Again, it is not surprising to see some anxiety expressed here. As in life, the question is how the querent processes it, and this card should give you a clue about that.
10. Future—Now we come to it. This is the scariest card in the most popular Tarot reading. Why is it scary? Well, generally, this is where you the reader are supposed to tell the querent or client something pertinent or even definite about the future—their future. Isn't that like fortunetelling? Yes, precisely. If you're reading Tarot cards, and if you're reading this reading, you're a fortuneteller. You might be other things as well, but the main reason people go to Tarot card readers is to find out their fortunes, their futures, and how to obtain a better rather than a worse one. Waite of course does not use the word "future", but instead he tells us this position is where we are told "what will come, the final result". He sounds rather deterministic about it, since he says this "culmination" is the product of "the influences shewn by the other cards that have been turned up in the divination." This is where we get the belief so many people have that if only they could "change their cards" so then would their future or their "luck" be changed—presumably for the better. Many people are so afraid to talk about this card position they qualify it almost to death: "Now, if everything goes like these cards say, and nothing changes at all, then maybe this will happen—in some timeline—of course I cannot say for sure if it's the one you're in." But, for those who do intend to forge ahead to a confident, compelling, conclusion to the narrative you have so far constructed, here is where all the aspects and complexities and subtleties come together to provide: THE ANSWER. It may not be the answer the querent is looking for, so you may not wish to speak it. But it is your job to tell your querent what the cards say. If you think your job is to tell the querent what will make them feel better, no matter what the cards say, then you are in another line of work (see "cold reading" for some insights about that).
"The operation is now completed"
So says A. E. Waite in Pictorial Key, but of course that isn't always or exactly true, as he points out:
"The operation is now completed; but should it happen that the last card is of a dubious nature, from which no final decision can be drawn, or which does not appear to indicate the ultimate conclusion of the affair, it may be well to repeat the operation, taking in this case the Tenth Card as the Significator, instead of the one previously used."
And with that, Waite enabled what we might call chain-reading, very similar to chain-smoking (both understandable reactions to stress, but not good for your health), where because of the above noted fear of ever concluding a reading with a conclusive statement, the inept or hysterical reader just keeps repeating the operation, over and over again. As you progress in your skills, you will see that this is almost never required. At most, you might employ a repeat of the operation to get some insights concerning a completely different but related question. That is understandable. But if you the reader find yourself saying "Well, that isn't very clear, is it? Let's repeat the operation,"—all the time—then it's time to reconsider what you are doing, and consider you just are not doing it very well.
As Fox Mulder kept saying, "The truth is out there." And in Tarot reading, the truth is in there, right there in front of you, in the cards. You just have to know how to read it, and not be afraid to say it.
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