( nr 195 ) The scans above are from the "Jews in Old China" by Sidney Shapiro.

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Still no money in the bank.

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Next post Monday 23 February.

( nr 194 ) The book I am reading (see nr 193 ) is actually "Jews in Old China" by Sidney Shapiro, N.Y. 1984. Most interesting compilation of works by Chinese Scholars plus own commentary.
The northeast of China 'was then called Manchuria'.
Very busy today chasing my money (payment 5 days late).
Next post Thursday 26 February or earlier.

( nr 193 ) Beverly Eckert " My Silence Cannot Be Bought " was published on Friday Dec.19, 2003 by the USA Today -
www.commondreams.org/cgi-bin/print.cgi?file=/views03/1220-04.htm
She died in a plane crash last Friday.
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ISRAEL : news of 12 Russian Jews in Knesset, Tsipi Livni discussing ways of fighting terrorism with international groups (from http://www.wcrj.org/ ), the site http://www.israelnews.com
or www.jpost.com
report on Arkady Gaydamak and his Social Justice Party and much more.
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Is Hilary Clinton on a tour of East Asia ? Does that include Far East?
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The ex-Soviet Jewish Republic with the capital of Birobidjan is just across the border with China,
where there was a historic Jewish presence , Jews of Kaifeng ( I am reading "Jews in Ancient China" by Shapiro).
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Money ( social security) not paid to the bank !
Dropped a letter to the Job Centre in Gosport (attn. Chris Moxham) yesterday and sent one to Richard Bird (the manager) Totton BDC in Southampton today.
The tel. number for enquiries 0845 608 8620 is busy all the time (cost 2 pounds for about 2 min. on my mobile) and there is no option for leaving a message, one is supposed to just wait (no indication of how many people waiting) or try again.
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History: 1909, 1910, 1911 ... A matter of translation? Only English version for Tottenham Outrage and Sydney Street Siege translated into German and Norvegian only:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Sidney_Street
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tottenham_Outrage
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Next post next tomorrow Thursday 19 February.

( nr 192 ) Page 214 scanned above is the continuation of pages 210-213 extract in the previous post nr 191. Some parts of this book, published after Boris Bazhanov's death, seem to belong to another writer, although very hard to judge. For example, the introduction is not dated, and in the end it is pure 'novoe myshlenie' text. In one place, there might have been a typo error, where the importance of people vs systems is discussed.

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Next post Tuesday 17 February or earlier.

( nr 191 ) Reading the 1990 Russian edition of Memoirs of Stalin's ex-secretary Boris Bazhanov, two scans , pp.210-213 above. The methods of recruitment and intimidation from the Secret Service GPU under Jagoda or Yagoda. In the Soviet Encyclopedia Dictionary 1986 his name is missing.

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Next post tomorrow 12 February.

( nr 190 ) There is a saying in Russian "U nih na lbu napisano"( it's written on their foreheads), i.e. the 'agents', informers, snitchers, or stukachi (in Russian) aka street theater actors are all too visible for what they are.
What is supposed to signify change of fortune (???....) with a splash of theatrics in recent days comes from the same pathetic crowd.
There is no doubt about WHO is feeling very uncomfortable now and WHO is being checkmated.
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The Club of Budapest ....
I remember going to a Hungarian MENSA children performance in Voorburg, near The Hague.
There was a ... lookalike or rather a woman who, I thought at the time, might have been a younger sister of Raisa Gorbachev(a) in the audience. [added 17:11 - I think the programme was organized by the Dutch Esperanto society].
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I have finally read the book about the murder of Rasputin by Prince Felix Yousupov (in Dutch), which I bought long time ago. Shall make some scans soon.
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Should look for COW - Curriculum On Wheels firm on the Internet.
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Next post Thursday February 12 or sooner.

( nr 189 ) The three scans above are from a "Physics" for fun Russian book - 1995, author Grigori Oster, artist Denis Burusov.

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I have added an enlarged text version in the nr 188 post of yesterday.

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Next post 12 March or earlier.