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- Sam Hollinshead: The Fifth Prophet, a 6'4" tall, 220+ pounds, 60+ yr old mathematician and religious skeptic from Phillipsville, Long Island.
... the hero ... basically, me
- Dr. Ari Bosronov: A black-bearded professor of mathematics and physics from Brooklyn.
... mathematician/programmer ... Turing Machines and algorithms, languages, intelligence, mesh computing
... based on my thesis advisor ... fulfills the prophecy by ... unified field theory ...
- Abu BinBob: The son of Armenian refugees who had converted to Islam during his elementary school days. He sold his software company and bought a farm in Bennington, Vermont, where he lives with his wife and two kids. He is an amateur astronomer.
... astronomer/programmer... space, cosmology, SETI, distributed computing, mesh computing, light, gravity, etc., weather, exobiology ...
... based on a friend, Bob D.
...“His career started as an art teacher in the local high school, but he became a programmer after being excessed in 1980. Abu was actually quite a “renaissance man” with an inquiring mind and lots of hobbies. Of course the money he got from selling off his software company helped support those hobbies as well as a wife and two kids.” (Pg 77)
... fulfills the prophecy by ... message from the aliens ...
- Dr. Jennifer Beseret: A Jewish Israeli geneticist from Tel Aviv University. Readers of Dune should get the connection to the Bene Jeserets.
... geneticist/programmer
... based on a friend Judy C., and readers of Dune should get the connection to the Bene Jeserets ... the Witch (only toughness, and witchcraft implied, not nastiness)
... fulfills the prophecy by ... patent for genetic algorithms ...
- Vincent Duby: A tattooed handyman from Long Island.
... handyman, engineer/inventor
... based on our real handyman, Vince, a tattooed wonder, with touches of Thomas Edison, Dean Kamen, and my father-in-law, Bill Heim.
... works on “wearable computers” and “God glasses” BEFORE the power pellets, power bikes for the poor, and water filtration ...
- Tatyana (Tanya) Anastasiya Larisa Alexandrova: A student from Rassudova (Paccydobo), Russia southwest of Moscow.
... student
... about 6.2 kms from the Moscow-Ynukovo airport southwest of Moscow
... feminist ... 3D modeler ... teacher ... gamer ...
... based on any one of many of my students. She lives in a wooden house in the woods with her family: a communist grandfather and grandmother, Akim and Gala Kubarev; a Russian orthodox grandfather and grandmother, Georgy and Yelena Alexandrova; her mother, Manya Alexandrova and salesman father, Sevruk Alexandrova; and two little brothers Faddey and Georgy Alexandrova.... all part of TheBook
- Ulysses Patrick Graham II: A black, middle aged, intelligence agent for the U.S. government.
... CIA agent
... ~37 yrs old, atheist ... Washington, D.C. and the world
... a combination of Patrick McGoohan/Ollie North/Ed Asner
... sometimes known as Pat the Ghost, Ugh, and the Unholy Ghost. He is a liason between FoM and the covert operations of the US government. ... must set up encryption procedures for communications ... performs background checks on new members ...
... sees the possibility of using the religion as a weapon ... and for the US government to spy on us ... until we help out ... changes his mind after the war ... then gets kicked out ...
- Stephen Wu Huang: A rich Chinese banker and venture capitalist from Macau.
... Buddhist ... Huang (wealth-rich) ... eye of the needle? ... southern tip of Macau ... Coloane Island ... Cheo Van Bay ... home and office ...
... Attracted to ... more interested in the programming than in the religion. Sees business possibilities ... He has branch offices in Hong Kong and ... speaks perfect English so he can read the Website ... makes a small investment at first ... $20 million ... big increases later ... gradually gets more and more connected ... that can be used to support the family online ... b. 1962, ~45 yrs old ... one of China’s new entrepreneurs ... has expanded a private fortune from his family in Hong Kong ... when China retook Hong Kong in 1997 he started microfinancing the peasants ... at the same time he became a go between with the west ... keeps a low profile ... but kicks back to communist leaders ... One grandmother survived the rape of Nanking and one was on the Long March with Mao. Most others on his father’s side were bankers with British connections ... he wants to make more contacts directly in the U.S. ... he sees venture capital opportunities in genetics, computers, space, etc. ... is the first one to offer money instead of requesting it ... proves it is not a scam by setting up the first pseudo FoM bank account that Sam can access ... ancestor worship/Sam’s family tree ...
- Sen. Burton Teodoro Jennings: A US Senator from New Mexico.
... preacher/politician/businessman
... grandmother was Mexican, father was a Morman ... Burt Lancaster/Tancredo//William Jennings Bryant .. Populist ... Cross of Gold
... b. 1967, ~40 yrs old ... works with people on both sides of the border ... not a gringo ... not Catholic ... agrees with liberals in helping the poor immigrant workers ... agrees with conservatives to protect American interests ... has/supports a minor political party in Mexico ... thinks working for a “charity” organization will look good ... believes in unity for Spanish/Mexican/American/Texan ... has been attacked/persecuted for being Spanish, American, Mormon ... even if he doesn’t know the organization details yet ... ancestors who were Mormons were attacked in Ohio ... elected president of his class in elementary school ... junior high school ... and high school ... ran for city council of (suburb of Salt Lake City) at age 18 and won ... went to college at ( ) ... ran for Senate at 2? and won ... needs money for political campaign ... big underdog for the 2012 presidential election ... takes the web job under condition of anonymity ... He already has a family business with solar cells. One plant in Arizona, two in Mexico... his promises to expand the business in Mexico helps in the annexation ... he also already has contacts that can help in the takeover ... he expands his bigger business to include the little bodega bikes ... they get the power too ...
- Angelo Uturuncu: A 15 year old Incan Indian from Ollantaytambo near Cuzco, Peru.
... Uturuncu (tiger) ... Ralph Z./ ... Incan Indian savant ... speaks Spanish and Quechua ...
His application suggests tourism, weaving, bikes for rent, live web connections back to the states etc ... the tourism attracts travelers, adventurers, young people, journeying, space tourism ... or the really really old ruins ... the symbols from outer space?? ... where are the Nazca plains ...
... Refer to KB Tours in Ollantaytambo for good pics etc.... spreads the FoM along the top of the Andes, following the old Indian footpaths ... Camino Inca ...
- Kweli Mwangunga: A young coffee planter from Tanzania.
The 1998 embassy bombings in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania killed 12, wounded 85, including Kweli’s two older brothers. He needs to take care of three families.
... a member of the Chaga tribe from Tanzania near Moshi ... Kweli (means truth in Swahili)
b. ~1982 ... new, African Ghandi ... big kid from SJU... speaks Bantu, Chaga, Swahili, English ... is a leader his father and older brother were killed in embassy bombings, Enzi Mwangunga B2 takes over ... M, younger S1 Kapuki, S2 ... A1, A2 ... his site becomes Shamba Kweli ...
... Description of his old religion and that of the killers ... His application suggests tourism, weaving, sun glasses, bikes for rent, live web connections back to the states etc ... the tourism attracts travelers, adventurers, young people, journeying, space tourism ... any outer space connections?? ... Increase herds of sheep ... for weaving ... transport of goods back and forth ... trading posts ... tours to the Rift Valley ... All regions in Kenya are supplied with 240 volts AC. Some lodges have independent power generators which may vary. The plug in use throughout Kenya is of the three square pin, 13 amp type. ... west of Dar Es Salaam .. 3 degs south of the equator ... 78 ins of rain on the mountain ... National Park wardens ... the close canopy forest on the mountain is no longer around in East Africa ... quarry the red stone from the slopes ... light because of the gas ... one mountain made of three volcanoes ... Chaga people live on the mountain ... Must forgive .. Musaweh plant ... skulls of ancestors underneath ...
Cleared land for coffee and cash economy ... Chaga had to work on the plantation ... porters and guides to hikers ... chief sent warriors to get the silver from the top of the mountain ... they died ... no mortal belonged on the summit ... the young people don’t speak Chaga now, they speak Swahili ... armed forest rangers ... poachers hunt trees, campher trees ... for exotic furniture ... 1984 drought and famine ... deforestation ...
The Chaga agricultural economy of the Kilimanjaro region is significant in the Tanzanian agricultural economy. Export and food crops produced in these regions are similar to those in Kenya. All mountain/ highland economies are under great stress and some are collapsing, such as the Central and Northern Ethiopian mountains highlands.
... Kanga weaving ... Kanga Sayings: “I won’t revenge, but I won’t forget.”, “A poor man’s capital is his body strength”.
- Vu Dhu Yen: A struggling artist and designer, raising her daughter on her own, in Hue, Vietnam.
... 5' tall, 98 pounds, 20 yrs old., with one daughter ... Vietnamese, Buddhist ... Vu is the family name, Yen is the first name ... Yen (Peace)
daughter, Vu Thuyen (angel) ... distant cousin of the little girl in the napalm picture ... past the Buddist temple ... Her application suggests tourism, weaving, bikes for rent, live web connections back to the states etc ... the tourism attracts travelers, adventurers, young people, journeying, space tourism ... Mekong Delta ... artists, peaceniks ... art, art of peace?, nature and geometry ... helping poorest ... would rather spend defense budget on people ... teaching on TheBook And Hue U. ... music ... Tai Chi? ... wants Ulysses’ men unarmed .. They take martial arts ...
... by 2nd D.A. ... bike treks and hostels ... farms, genetic crops ... major clothing and design line ... and art exhibitions ... so much war previously ... Yen tries to ensure future peace ... building connections with FoM and possibly the aliens! ...UCR Summer Travel Study ... the art business is doing well ... art for Tanya’s games and teaching software ... TV cartoon ... blend of arts, Hotan, Incan, African, Asian ... some of the Russians have been here art vacation already ... some of the trekkers have spread the word too ... see article on Vietnamese silk paintings in Hue ...
- Oyunbileg Karabayeva: A Uyghur, from Hotan, Xinjiang, China who runs a hostel with the help of her seven daughters.
... Uyghur, from Hotan (Hetian), Xinjiang, China
... Oyunbileg (Gift of Wisdom), Karabayeva (a well known doctor ... Russian?)
... collects religions ... Mother Earth ... Uyghur (Muslim ethnic Turks) ... outside Hotan, a minor agricultural center, lying just west of the Yurungkash (White Jade) River ... on the southern silk road through the Taklamakan Desert ... is strong ... Golden Jade hostel ... Golden Jade Cliff House ... Her application ...