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Islamist insurgency in Nigeria
|Islamist insurgency in Nigeria
Map of Nigeria
| Nigerian Government
Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF)
| Boko Haram
|Commanders and leaders
| Goodluck Jonathan
Ibrahim Geidam
Ali Modu Sheriff
Isa Yuguda
| Mohammed Yusuf †
Abubakar Shekau †
Mallam Sanni Umaru[7]
Abu Usmatul al-Ansari
Abu Jafa'ar
|Boko Haram: 9,000+ [8]
|Casualties and losses
|15,000+ killed[9][10][11]
Thousands of civilians displaced[12]
The Islamist insurgency in Nigeria, also known as the Sharia Conflict in Nigeria,[13] began in 1999 with the establishment of sharia law in several Muslim-majority states in Northern Nigeria, despite the secular Constitution of Nigeria and the disagreeing Christian minority. From 2000 onwards, occasional riots between Christians and Muslims have resulted in thousands of deaths. Since 2009, when the Islamist group Boko Haram started an armed rebellion against the secular government of Nigeria, the conflict has become more violent. In 2010, 55 people were killed in claimed or suspected Boko Haram attacks. By 2013, the annual death toll exceeded 1000, with a further sharp increase occurring in early 2014.[14]
According to a Nigerian study on demographics and religion, Muslims make up 50.5% of the population. Muslims mainly live in the north of the country; the majority of the Nigerian Muslims are Sunnis. Christians are the second-largest religious group and make up 48.2% of the population. They predominate in the central and southern part of the country.[15]
As Muslims narrowly form the majority of the population, many of them demand the introduction of Sharia – the Islamic law – as the main source of legislation. Twelve Northern states have introduced sharia as a basis of the executive and judicial branches of government in the years 1999 and 2000.
- 1 Background
- 2 Political development
- 3 History
- 4 Other issues
- 5 International context
- 6 See also
- 7 Literature
- 8 References
- 9 External links
Nigeria was amalgamated in 1914, and the North of the newly created country had been largely Muslim (with a pagan minority) for centuries, whereas the South was mostly animist (with exception of some Muslim Yorubas and Christian elites). In the decades to come, much of these ancestral beliefs would be supplanted by the Christian faith in the South. A Christian community would also appear in the North, centred round the cities of Kaduna and Jos.
Religious conflict in Nigeria goes as far back as 1953, when a religious riot occurred in the northern city of Kano. The 1980s saw an upsurge in violence due to death of Mohammed Marwa ("Maitatsine") (see below). In the same decade the erstwhile military ruler of Nigeria, General Ibrahim Babangida enrolled Nigeria in the Organisation of the Islamic Conference. This was a move which aggravated religious tensions in the country, particularly among the Christian community.[16]
Following the return of democracy to Nigeria in 1999, Sharia was instituted as a main body of civil and criminal law in 9 Muslim-majority and in some parts of 3 Muslim-plurality states, when then-Zamfara State governor Ahmad Rufai Sani[17] began the push for the institution of Sharia at the state level of government. As of 2012, the 9 states have instituted Sharia (see below). This was followed by controversy as to the would-be legal status of the non-Muslims in the Sharia system. A spate of Muslim-Christian riots soon emerged.
Blasphemy and apostasy
Twelve out of Nigeria's thirty-six states have Sunni Islam as the dominant religion. In 1999, those states chose to have Sharia courts as well as Customary courts.[18] A Sharia court may treat blasphemy as deserving of several punishments up to, and including, execution.[19][20] In many predominantly Muslim states, conversion from Islam to another religion is illegal and often a capital offence.[21]
In 2002, Isioma Daniel wrote an article seen as insulting to Muhammad, leading to riots (see below).
On 21 March 2007, a mob of Muslim students and neighbourhood extremists beat to death Christianah Oluwatoyin Oluwasesin, a mother of two and a teacher at Government Secondary School of Gandu in the city of Gombe. A student complained that Oluwasesin, a Christian, had touched a bag which allegedly contained a Quran, and had thereby defiled the Quran.[22]
In 2014 a Nigerian man, Mubarak Bala was forcibly committed to a psychiatric institution in Kano for eighteen days, where he was forcibly drugged after stating that he was an atheist. The International Humanist and Ethical Union took up the case, stating that Bala's human rights were violated.[23]
Establishment of Sharia[edit]
In the primarily Islamic northern states of Nigeria, a variety of Muslim groups and populations exist who favour the nationwide introduction of Sharia Law.[25] The demands of these populations have been at least partially upheld by the Nigerian Federal Government in 12 states, firstly in Zamfara State in 1999. The implementation has been widely attributed as being due to the insistence of Zamfara State governor Ahmad Rufai Sani.[17]
The death sentences of Amina Lawal and Safiya Hussaini attracted international attention to what many saw as the harsh regime of these laws. These sentences were later overturned;[26] the first execution was carried out in 2002.[27]
The events of Abuja in 2000 and Jos in 2001 were riots between Christians and Muslims in Jos, Nigeria about the appointment of a Muslim politician, Alhaji Muktar Mohammed, as local coordinator of the federal programme to fight poverty.[28] Another such riot killed over 100 people in October 2001 in Kano State.[29][30]
In 2002, the Nigerian journalist Isioma Daniel wrote an article that led to the demonstrations and violence that caused the deaths of over 200 in Kaduna,[31][32][33] as well as a fatwa placed on her life.[34] The 2002 Miss World contest was moved from Abuja to London as a result. The rest of the 2000s decade would see inter-religious violence continue in Jos and Kaduna.
The reaction to the Mohammed cartoons brought about a series of violent protests in Nigeria. Clashes between rioters and police claimed several lives, with estimates ranging from 16[35] to more than a hundred.[36] This led to reprisal attacks in the south of the country, particularly in Onitsha.[37][38] More than a hundred lost their lives.[39][40]
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, there was a major Islamic uprising led by Maitatsine and his followers, Yan Tatsine that led to several thousand deaths. After Maitatsine's death in 1980, the movement continued some five years more.
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2010 riots[edit]
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In 2010, more than 500, mostly Christian people, were killed by religious violence in Jos.[11] Jos has long been a flashpoint in interreligious violence.
Political development[edit]
Nigeria was amalgamated in 1914, only about a decade after the defeat of the Sokoto Caliphate and other Islamic states by the British which were to constitute much of Northern Nigeria. The aftermath of the First World War saw Germany lose its colonies, one of which was Cameroon, to French, Belgian and British mandates. Cameroon was divided in French and British parts, the latter of which was further subdivided into southern and northern parts. Following a plebiscite in 1961, the Southern Cameroons elected to rejoin French Cameroon, while the Northern Cameroons opted to join Nigeria, a move which added to Nigeria's already large Northern population.[41] The territory comprised much of what is now Northeastern Nigeria, and a large part of the areas affected by the insurgency.
Religious conflict in Nigeria goes as far back as 1953. The Igbo massacre of 1966 in the North that followed the counter-coup of the same year had as a dual cause the Igbo officers' coup and pre-existing (sectarian) tensions between the Igbos and the local Muslims. This was a major factor in the Biafran secession and the resulting civil war.
The 1980s saw an upsurge in violence due to death of Mohammed Marwa ("Maitatsine") (see above). In the same decade the erstwhile military ruler of Nigeria, General Ibrahim Babangida enrolled Nigeria in the Organisation of the Islamic Conference. This was a move which aggravated religious tensions in the country, particularly among the Christian community.[16] In response, some in the Muslim community pointed out that certain other African member states have smaller proportions of Muslims, as well as Nigeria's diplomatic relations with the Holy See.
Since the return of democracy to Nigeria in 1999, Sharia has been instituted as a main body of civil and criminal law in 9 Muslim-majority and in some parts of 3 Muslim-plurality states, when then-Zamfara State governor Ahmad Rufai Sani[17] began the push for the institution of Sharia at the state level of government. As of 2012, the 9 states have instituted Sharia (see above).
For reasons of avoiding political controversy, questions of religion were forgone in the 2006 Nigerian census.[42][43]
Boko Haram terror campaign[edit]
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The group conducted its operations more or less peacefully during the first seven years of its existence.[44] That changed in 2009 when the Nigerian government launched an investigation into the group's activities following reports that its members were arming themselves.[45] Prior to that the government reportedly repeatedly ignored warnings about the increasingly militant character of the organisation, including that of a military officer.[45]
When the government came into action, several members of the group were arrested in Bauchi, sparking deadly clashes with Nigerian security forces which led to the deaths of an estimated 700 people. During the fighting with the security forces Boko Haram fighters reportedly "used fuel-laden motorcycles" and "bows with poison arrows" to attack a police station.[46] The group's founder and then leader Mohammed Yusuf was also killed during this time while still in police custody.[47][48][49] After Yusuf's killing, a new leader emerged whose identity was not known at the time.[50]
After the killing of M. Yusuf, the group carried out its first terrorist attack in Borno in January 2010. It resulted in the killing of four people.[51] Since then, the violence has only escalated in terms of both frequency and intensity.
In January 2012, Abubakar Shekau, a former deputy to Yusuf, appeared in a video posted on YouTube. According to Reuters, Shekau took control of the group after Yusuf's death in 2009.[52] Authorities had previously believed that Shekau died during the violence in 2009.[53]
By early 2012, the group was responsible for over 900 deaths.[54]
2013 Government offensive[edit]
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In May 2013, Nigerian governmental forces launched an offensive in the Borno region in an attempt to dislodge Boko Haram fighters after a state of emergency was called on 14 May. The state of emergency, which is still in force as of May 2014, applies to the states of Borno, Yobe, and Adamawa in northeastern Nigeria.[55] The offensive had initial success, but the Boko Haram rebels have been able to regain their strength. In July, Boko Haram massacred several students in Yobe, bringing the school year to an early end in the state.On 5 August 2013 Boko Haram launched dual attacks on Bama and Malam Fatori, leaving 35 dead.[56]
2014 Chibok kidnapping[edit]
On 15 April 2014, terrorists abducted about 276 female students from a college in Chibok in Borno state.[57] The abduction was widely attributed to Boko Haram.[58] It was reported that the group had taken the girls to neighbouring Cameroon and Chad where they were to be sold into marriages at a price below a Dollar. The abduction of another eight girls was also reported later. These kidnappings raised public protests, with some protesters holding placards bearing the Twitter tag #bringbackourgirls which had caught international attention.[59] Several countries pledged support to the Nigerian government and to help their military with intelligence gathering on the whereabouts of the girls and the operational camps of Boko Haram.
2014 Jos Bombings[edit]
On 20 May 2014, a total of two bombs in the city of Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria, were detonated, resulting in the deaths of at least 118 people and the injury of more than 56 others. The bombs detonated 30 minutes apart, one at a local market place at approximately 3:00 and the second in a parking lot next to a hospital at approximately 3:30, where rescuers responding to the first accident were killed.[60] Though no group or individual has claimed responsibility, the attacks have been attributed to Boko Haram.[61]
First responders were unable to reach the scenes of the accidents, as "thousands of people were fleeing the scene in the opposite direction". The bombs had been positioned to kill as many people as possible, regardless of religion, which differed from previous attacks in which non-Muslims were targeted. The bombers were reported to have used a "back-to-back blast" tactic, in which an initial bomb explodes at a central location and another explodes a short time later with intent to kill rescue workers working to rescue the wounded.[62]
Other issues[edit]
Possible causes[edit]
The North consisted of Sahelian states that had long had an Islamic character. These were feudal and conservative, with rigid caste and class systems and large slave populations.[63] Furthermore, the North failed until 1936 to outlaw slavery.[64] Possibly due to geographical factors, many (but not necessarily all) southern tribes, particularly those on the coast, had made contact with Europeans - unlike the North which was engaged mainly with the Arab world and not Europe. Due to the system of indirect rule, the British were happy to pursue a limited course of engagement with the Emirs.[65] The traditionalist Northern elites were skeptical of Western education, at the same time their Southern counterparts often sent their sons abroad to study. In time, a considerable developmental and educational gap grew to appear between the South and the North.[66][67] Even as of 2014, Northern states still lag behind in literacy, school attendance and educational achievement.[68]
Chris Kwaja, a Nigerian university lecturer and researcher, asserts that "religious dimensions of the conflict have been misconstrued as the primary driver of violence when, in fact, disenfranchisement and inequality are the root causes". Nigeria, he points out, has laws giving regional political leaders the power to qualify people as 'indigenes' (original inhabitants) or not. It determines whether citizens can participate in politics, own land, obtain a job, or attend school. The system is abused widely to ensure political support and to exclude others. Muslims have been denied indigene-ship certificates disproportionately often.[69]
Nigerian opposition leader Buba Galadima says: "What is really a group engaged in class warfare is being portrayed in government propaganda as terrorists in order to win counter-terrorism assistance from the West."[70]
Human rights[edit]
The conflict has seen numerous human rights abuses conducted by the Nigerian security forces, in an effort to control the violence, as well as their encouragement of the formation of numerous vigilante groups (for example, the Civilian Joint Task Force).
Amnesty International has accused the Nigerian government of human rights abuses after 950 suspected Boko Harām militants died in detention facilities run by Nigeria's military Joint Task Force in the first half of 2013.[71] Furthermore, the Nigerian government has been accused of incompetence and supplying misinformation about events in more remote areas.
Boko Haram often engages in kidnapping young girls for use as cooks, sexual slaves or in forced marriage;[72] the most famous example being the Chibok kidnapping in 2014. In addition to kidnapping child brides, Human Rights Watch states that Boko Harām uses child soldiers, including 12-year-olds.[73] The group has forcibly converted non-Muslims to Islam,[74] and is also known to assign non-Kanuris on suicide missions.[75]
International context[edit]
The insurgence can be seen in the context of other conflicts nearby, for example in the North of Mali. The Boko Harām leadership has international connections to Al-Qa'ida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), Al-Qa'ida core, Al-Shabab, the Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO), Mokhtar Belmokhtar's factions, and other militant groups outside Nigeria.[76] In 2014, Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan even went so far as calling Boko Harām "al-Qaeda in West Africa".[77] Attacks by Nigerian Islamist militias on targets beyond Nigeria's borders have so far been limited,[78] and should not be confused with the activities of other groups (for example, the responsibility of AQIM for most attacks in Niger). Despite this, there are concerns that conflict could spread to Nigeria's neighbours, especially Cameroon, where it exists at a relatively low level. It should also be noted there are combatants from neighboring Chad and Niger.[79]
On 17 May 2014, the presidents of Benin, Chad, Cameroon, Nigeria and Niger met for a summit in Paris and agreed to combat Boko Harām on a coordinated basis, sharing in particular surveillance and intelligence gathering. Goodluck Jonathan[80] and Chadian counterpart, Idriss Deby[2] have both declared total war on Boko Harām. Western nations, including Britain, France, Israel, and the United States had also pledged support including technical expertise and training.[81][82] [check quotation syntax]
See also[edit]
- Islam in Nigeria
- Islamic extremism in Northern Nigeria
- List of massacres in Nigeria
- Timeline of Boko Haram attacks in Nigeria
- Conflict in the Niger Delta
- Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)
- Northern Mali conflict
- List of ongoing military conflicts
- Methodist Church Nigeria
- Religion in Bauchi State
- Religion in Borno State
- Religion in Gombe State
- Religion in Jigawa State
- Religion in Kaduna State
- Religion in Kano State
- Religion in Katsina State
- Religion in Kebbi State
- Religion in Niger State
- Religion in Sokoto State
- Religion in Yobe State
- Religion in Zamfara State
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External links[edit]
|Wikinews has related news: Riots in Nigeria kill nearly 400
- Blench, R. M., Daniel, P. & Hassan, Umaru (2003): Access rights and conflict over common pool resources in three states in Nigeria. Report to Conflict Resolution Unit, World Bank (extracted section on Jos Plateau)
- Understanding the Islamist insurgency in Nigeria, 23 May 2014 by Kirthi Jayakumar.


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FOOTHILL RANCH, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 01/29/13 -- Applied Voice & Speech Technologies, Inc. (AVST), a leading provider of best of breed Unified Communications (UC) software, announced today that, in further support of the emerging enterprise trend towards hybrid UC cloud deployments, the latest release of its enterprise class CX-E UC platform now supports an enhanced integration to Microsoft® Office 365, including unified messaging, calendaring, contacts and message waiting indicator.
While the majority of enterprise UC deployments today are premise-based (private cloud), recent surveys indicate a clear trend towards public cloud-based and hybrid premise and cloud-based deployments of UC and enterprise voice. As a first step, a growing number of enterprises are deploying public cloud-based email services while leveraging their remaining mission-critical voice infrastructure on-premise. "With either total or partial (hybrid) cloud-based enterprise UC deployments predicted to increase from 35 percent today to 70 percent in the future, hybrid deployments will clearly be the preferred approach for enterprise UC deployments in the future -- based upon an extensive survey we just completed," said Michael Finneran, Principal at dBrn Associates, Inc, the primary author of the study which was conducted by Webtorials, on behalf of Sonus Networks. In support of this trend, AVST has released this latest version of its enterprise class UC platform, CX-E, to address the growing popularity of these hybrid UC cloud deployments. Through its resilient UC architecture and extensive interoperability, CX-E can be attached to cloud email services such as Microsoft Office 365 and Google Gmail.
"2013 is the year of the hybrid UC cloud," said Tom Minifie, AVST's Chief Technology Officer. "Our customers are migrating from an on-premise Exchange Server email environment to Office 365 in the cloud. Seattle Pacific University is one example of this. The world class interoperability of AVST's CX-E platform has enabled Seattle Pacific University to operate in an evolving email environment while continuing to offer the University's faculty and staff a completely unified experience."
According to David W. Tindall, Assistant Vice President for Technology Services, Seattle Pacific University, "AVST's CX-E platform architecture and interoperability keep our university at the forefront of Unified Communications, and its powerful set of UC applications continues to elevate the business performance of our faculty and staff. We are now able to offer a seamless unified messaging experience, as well as manage and access our availability, contacts and calendaring from our mobile devices -- regardless of whether we are using a premise or cloud-based email system."
Thousands of enterprise customers globally have chosen AVST's industry leading CX-E UC platform as part of their private cloud or hybrid cloud UC deployment strategy. Key features include:
- Highly scalable enterprise class architecture supports mission critical voice application modernization initiatives including centralization, full disaster recovery/business continuity capabilities and virtualization support;
- Broadest UC interoperability on the UC market enabling enterprises to leverage and unify their existing UC infrastructure investments as well as connect to the cloud for an optimal hybrid UC configuration; and
- Best of breed AVST mobile, voice and business process applications that deliver increased individual, work group and enterprise productivity.
CX-E 8.2 SU3 is now available through AVST's established reseller channels worldwide. For more information about AVST's products, please visit the company website at www.avst.com.
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The typical enterprise communications infrastructure is made up of a collection of technologies from multiple vendors, acquired over time and never intended to work together. To maximize user and business productivity, while leveraging existing IT investments, interoperability is a must.
AVST delivers the industry's most interoperable Unified Communications (UC) platform that brings best-of-breed voice, mobility and business process applications to the enterprise. Unlike virtually every other UC vendor, AVST does not constrain customers with a single vendor lock-in approach. In fact, it's the very opposite. By connecting new and existing technologies, AVST frees organizations from the constraints of a closed, single-source UC solution, unlocking the full potential of their communications infrastructure.
With over 15 million users worldwide and three decades of innovation excellence, AVST is unifying communications®.
Headquartered in Orange County, California, AVST maintains facilities in Seattle, Washington, Victoria B.C., Canada and the United Kingdom and has remote sales offices throughout the United States. AVST's UC solutions are sold and supported worldwide by an extensive network of resellers and OEM partners. To learn more about AVST, our products and partners, please visit http://www.avst.com or you can follow us at Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn.
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Software AG helps organizations transform into Digital Enterprises, so they can differentiate from competitors and better engage customers, partners and employees. Using the Software AG Suite, companies can close the gap between business and IT to create digital systems of differentiation that drive front-line agility. We offer four on-ramps to the Digital Enterprise: alignment through collaborative process analysis; transformation through portfolio management; agility through process automation and integration; and visibility through intelligent business operations and big data.
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The Transparent Cloud-computing Consortium (abbreviation: T-Cloud Consortium) will conduct research activities into changes in the computing model as a result of collaboration between "device" and "cloud" and the creation of new value and markets through organic data processing High speed and high quality networks, and dramatic improvements in computer processing capabilities, have greatly changed the nature of applications and made the storing and processing of data on the network commonplace.
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The Internet of Things (IoT) is going to require a new way of thinking and of developing software for speed, security and innovation. This requires IT leaders to balance business as usual while anticipating for the next market and technology trends. Cloud provides the right IT asset portfolio to help today's IT leaders manage the old and prepare for the new. Today the cloud conversation is evolving from private and public to hybrid. This session will provide use cases and insights to reinforce the value of the network in helping organizations to maximize their company's cloud experience.
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Check out this gallery! Here is a series of pictures of Link from The Legend Of Zelda if he was in other cartoon style shows, as in, Link if he were on the Simpsons, or Link if he was on Bobs Burgers
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the petrified redwoods are quite something to experience! And great hiking trials, right in my back yard!
Loved this place. The drinks were great and the music was fantastic. I can't wait to go back!
Loved this place. The drinks were great and the music fantastic. Can't wait to go back.
Thanks crackerjack, I've updated the listing with the chapter's website.
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The Retired Enlisted Association Chapter 1 (Colorado Springs) websites are treabingo.com and trea1.org. The trea.org website is The Retired Enlisted Association National Headquarters website.
Great venue packed house best stage/sound/lighting in the springs. Loved playing there.. Great place to see live bands not a bar setting a real venue!!
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Service is horrible!!!
The staff is inattentive and dismissive. It's painfully obvious they they are easily overcome by events. The bartender is overly concerned with catering to female patrons rather than his actual job. The acoustics in the place are terrible and it's a shame because the bands are great. The music is almost drowned out by people chatting away. Most of this is attributed to the fact that the place is in the garage of the owners other business which the staff freely admits, like its a good thing. The food is way overrated and over priced as well as the drinks. The entire place has an air of extreme pretentiousness as the staff is overly concerned with local elites (some Army General's wife) that frequent the place while in turn neglecting other customers. I recommend with conditions namely eat before you go, don't expect prompt service and sit outside as the indoor acoustics are almost unbearable.
Sunshine studios may have a good recording area, but the place isn't ideal for live shows. I wouldn't recommend that bands attempt to play there.
1) it's off the beaten path, no one comes out to the shows.
2) they charged us to play, no other venue does that
3) the sound system is weak and not loud, mixed down bad
4) we got a hum during our set, they couldn't figure it out for half the song.
5) bought their DVD which had horrible sound quality.
I wouldn't recommend that bands play at this venue. This review is
for their live shows, i'm not sure about their recording abilities. Considering
the DVD's quality though, it may not be all that great.
Initially, you will feel welcome and comfortable. But, buyer BEWARE!!! The owner will strong-arm you into signing undeciferable contracts, high-jack your recordings if you decide to record in his "In-House" recording studio known as "Cottage", and threaten you constantly with his larger than life stature and will never let you forget he is ex-military and he has an "Italian" last name. The Green Room, friends, is NOT a place for musicians. It is a place for the Owner to gain monetary benefits for himself. If any one has a question of his business practices, just look into his old "Green Room", where he is currently in litigation for the last real estate debacle. Use extreme caution!!!
This brand new venue has huge potential! We LOVED the food - it is exceptional....the bernaise sauce on the Steak Tapas was among the best I've had. The salmon is a generous portion perfectly cooked in a ponzo sauce over spinach. We also tried the special which was a perfectly cooked Halibut. It is sooo rare to find a restaurant that understands how to prepare fresh fish in Colorado. While this is clearly not "fast food", but rather "made to order real food", we find the service warm and friendly and the atmosphere and music make for a pleasant wait. The perfect dry martini didn't hurt either. The Creme de Brulee was also the best I've had.....rich and creamy, yet light with a hint of cardemom and ginger! They also cater to the "Gluten Free" diners.... We hope they are so busy that they will expand service to weekdays or lunch as well.
Just what he Springs needs- a great venue with awesome jazz musicians. I agree that the noise level was ridiculous. Hopefully the jazz enthusiasts will prevail. I see lots of potential here.
Loved the food - truffle coated french fries, tempura fried bacon, tasty shrimps all with nice dipping sauces. The music was outstanding and the place was comfortable with an elegant, upscale vibe. Only complaint was the noise level in the room - lots of hard reflective surfaces and chatty youngsters.
I have given a few drum clinics at the Green Room Music Complex and they were a great success. Thanks to Craig, the owner, for his help in preparation, professionalism, and enthusiasm toward my events. The "Living Room" venue was perfect for drum clinics and the sound was amazing in the room. Bruce Anderson www.badrumcircuit.com
I'm very excited about this new venue and hope it thrives and prospers in our community. I'm hoping once the social bar flys are gone--these are the people who are currently crowding the place to just talk all over the music and treat it as background noise like they do at every other bar in town--then there will be room for real Jazz lovers to come out and appreciate great music and great musicians.
Service is LACKING to say the least!! Took over an hour to get drinks after we ordered them. Well over an hour to get the appitizers that were just OK!!! Dont think I could recommend MOTIF to friends and family!!
this is place is really cool it is small but the sound is amazing and the environment is all about the music a definate must visit...the venue focuses on only having 2 acts each night but the quality of enetertainment is top notch...no alcohol is served kleeping a true under age place at the front of its priorities...
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wound Lewabrane RO B400 HR membrane module consists of a polyamide composite membrane and was developed for industrial water treatment and the purification of drinking water. The membrane features high retention of critical components such as
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How should a mid-sized foundation position its initiatives in this age of austerity and how can one county and community foundation influence state-level decisions?
As the CEO of the Community Foundation of Louisville, I travel to Washington, D.C., each year and make the rounds as part of Foundations on the Hill, supported by the Council on Foundations and the Southeastern Council of Foundations.
I didn't go to "Foundations on the Hill" (FOTH) but was there in spirit through the data and stories collected by FSG and CF Insights.
Florida Philanthropic Network led a team of 14 Florida grantmakers to Washington, D.C., on March 21-22, 2012, for visits with Florida's full 27-member congressional delegation and their staffs, as part of the annual Foundations on the Hill event, which wa
As foundations work to foster and build relationships with their elected officials and staff, both at home in their districts, 2012 presents a rare challenge to keep in mind: redistricting.
My badge at Foundations on the Hill last week sported a blue ribbon that read "First-time Attendee." Ah, a newbie, fresh face, initiate.
Over 200 foundations across the United States, next week will converge on D.C. to strengthen partnerships among the philanthropic and public sectors.
There has never been a more challenging time for philanthropy. Globalization, natural disasters, and economic turmoil have placed additional stresses on social safety nets already stretched to the max.
Florida Philanthropic Network is pleased to once again be leading the state's delegation to Washington, D.C., for Foundations on the Hill (FOTH), March 21-22.
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Wegmans School of Nursing Acknowledges Nine with Graduate Awards
The Wegmans School of Nursing held its hooding ceremony on Thursday, May 9, and honored nine graduates with special awards.
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Scholarly Achievement Award (Family Nurse Practitioner) –Presented to the graduate student with the highest GPA in the FNP program.
Recipient: Kari Silver
Nurse Educator Award – Given to a Nurse Educator graduate student who nominated by the faculty and best exemplifies the Nurse Educator role.
Recipient: Melissa Bourne
Family Nurse Practitioner Award – Recipient is nominated by the faculty and presented to the student who best exemplifies the Family Nurse Practitioner role.
Recipient: Caitlin Tirabassi
Kastberg Scholarly Achievement Award –Given to a graduating student who has achieved academic distinction throughout his/her coursework in the Mental Health Counseling Program, and who has additionally demonstrated a high level of counseling skill development. The award is name after Dr. Signe Kastberg, former Director of the Mental Health Counseling Program, who provided outstanding leadership in the early days of the program, guiding it to receive a full eight years of national accreditation in 2008.
Recipient: Rebecca Cogan
Bufano Counselor Excellence Award – Named in honor of Douglas Bufano, the first clinical director of the Mental Health Counseling program, and a continuing contributor as an adjunct faculty member, group facilitator, and intern supervisor. Dr. Bufano's contributions to mental health services in the Rochester community are widely recognized. The recipient(s) of this award nominated by their peers and demonstrate:
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Purchasing Power
50% Of American Workers Make Less Than $28,031 A YearSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 10/24/2014 20:35 -0400
The Social Security Administration has just released wage statistics for 2013, and the numbers are startling. Last year, 50 percent of all American workers made less than $28,031, and 39 percent of all American workers made less than $20,000. We are witnessing the slow-motion destruction of the middle class, and very few of our leaders seem to care.
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Why Gold Is UndervaluedSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 10/23/2014 21:10 -0400
Gold has been in a bear market for three years. Technical analysts are asking themselves whether they should call an end to this slump on the basis of the "triple-bottom" recently made at $1180/oz, or if they should be wary of a coming downside break beneath that level. The purpose of this article is to look at the drivers of the gold price and explain why today's market value is badly reflective of gold's true worth.
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How The Federal Reserve Is Purposely Attacking SaversSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 10/22/2014 23:24 -0400
There's something we 'regular' citizens wrestle with that the elites never seem to: a sense of moral duty.
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19 Surprising Facts About The Messed Up State Of The US EconomySubmitted by Tyler Durden on 10/21/2014 20:31 -0400
Barack Obama and the Federal Reserve are lying to you. The "economic recovery" that we all keep hearing about is mostly just a mirage... For those out there that still believe that we are doing "just fine", here are 19 more facts about the messed up state of the U.S. economy.
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Will Our Private Savings Be Sacrificed To Pay Down The Public Debt?Submitted by Tyler Durden on 10/20/2014 16:26 -0400
Many nations have gone through periods in the past where they've had very high levels of government debt. There are four traditional ways of dealing with that... decades of austerity, defaulting on government debts, inflating away the value of debt by rapidly destroying the value of currency, and government's favorite - "financial repression" - a process that is complex enough that the average voter never understands how it works, thus allowing governments to use this potent but subtle method of taking vast sums of private wealth, year after year, decade after decade, with almost no political consequences.
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Stop Smokin The Import Crack…Submitted by Pivotfarm on 10/20/2014 16:19 -0400
yes, I know it feels soooo good. Hint: China is the dealer
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Now Comes The "Specter Of Deflation": The Money Printers' Latest ScamSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 10/16/2014 19:18 -0400
The Fed's public relations firm of Hilsenrath & Blackstone was out this morning with the official line on the market's tremors of recent days. It seems that $10 trillion in freshly minted digital money at the world's major central banks over the last eight years—-that is, a tripling of their balance sheets to $16 trillion—- is not enough. Not only is 2% inflation still MIA, but it now threatening to enter the dark side: Behind the spate of market turmoil lurks a worry that top policy makers thought they had beaten back a few years ago: the specter of deflation. Never mind that there is nothing close to a sustained run of negative consumer price indices anywhere in the world.
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The Fed's 2% Inflation Target: The Ultimate Keynesian Con JobSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 10/13/2014 16:39 -0400
The old adage that if something is repeated often enough it is soon assumed to be true couldn't be more apt with respect to the Fed's 2% inflation target. That Keynesian central bankers peddle this nostrum with a straight face is amazing in itself, but it is at least understandable because it gives them a reason to keep the printing presses humming. That journalists repeat it with no questions asked is even more remarkable. It proves that the impending replacement of financial journalists with robo-writers may not be so bad after all. It won't make any real difference.
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Monetary Policy And Impact On AssetsSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 10/11/2014 12:04 -0400
The last note briefly addressed the benefits associated with the reverse repurchase facility (RRF). Indeed liabilities have increasingly moved from bank balance sheets to the Fed, freeing lending capacity. One must recall reserves are not fungible outside of the banking system (but can act as collateral for margin). With flow decreasing, the opportunity for small relative volume bids spread over a large quantity of transactions (most instances per unit time) decreased with market prices in many asset markets. Is more downside coming?
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The Stronger Dollar = Stealth QESubmitted by Tyler Durden on 10/10/2014 09:32 -0400
Whether this trend will hold or reverse is unknown, but it does suggest that there are advantages to being the cleanest shirt in the dirty laundry.
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Not Just The Largest Economy – Here Are 26 Other Ways China Has Surpassed AmericaSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 10/09/2014 21:15 -0400
In terms of purchasing power, China now has the largest economy on the entire planet, but that is not the only area where China has surpassed the United States. China also accounts for more total global trade than the U.S. does, China consumes more energy than the U.S. does, and China now manufactures more goods than the U.S. does. In other words, the era of American economic dominance is rapidly ending.
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'Helicopter Yellen' Sends Stocks, Gold, Silver SoaringSubmitted by GoldCore on 10/09/2014 11:25 -0400
Copious amounts of monetary whiskey have been downed in the global economy and yet the recovery remains weak at best. The mother of all monetary hangovers awaits us all and will likely manifest in stagflation and sharply higher inflation.
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Silver "Particularly Cheap" as "Blood On The Commodity Streets"Submitted by GoldCore on 10/07/2014 11:13 -0400
Relative to stock market indices, broad commodity indices are now at their lowest levels since the late-1990s dot com boom. Key commodity price ratios, such as those between precious and industrial metals, are already at levels associated with financial crises such as that of 2008. In other words, there is already 'blood on the commodity streets', presenting investors and commodity traders with potentially attractive opportunities.
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The Best And Worst Performing Assets In September, Q3 And 2014 YTDSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 10/01/2014 09:50 -0400
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The Difference Between Nominal And Real, In One Chart Courtesy Of JapanSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 09/30/2014 03:29 -0400
As the great Keynesian priests of Japan distract the world by pointing out repeatedly the modest and now declining rise in nominal wages, as testament of the "success"of Abenomics, what they want everyone to ignore is what is going on with real wages. So, without further ado, here is the difference between Nominal and Real wages, as demonstrates best by that sinking Keynesian titanic, which has already returned to recession as confirmed by the upcoming negative GDP print, Japan.
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Longtime Salem Township Supervisor Loses Seat By Two VotesLongtime Salem Township Supervisor Gene Bailey has been upset in his bid for re-election. According to the unofficial results, Bailey lost to Republican Richard Gregg by two votes, 544 to 542. In the contested Salem Township Trustee election, the winners were Sharon Woodward, with 669 votes, Mike Malan with 596 votes, Doris Purcell with 561 votes, and Jim Bryant with 495 votes. Those not winning seats were William Milam with 442 votes, Gary Purcell with 400 votes, Nicolas Farley with 347 votes and Kae Huddlestun with 366 votes.
In the race for Centralia Township Trustee, Delores Wanzo was top vote getter with 624 votes. Others winning seats were Patrick Stedelin with 531 Votes, Gary Sanders with 494 votes, and Judy Sutherland with 484 votes. Not winning seats were Jerry Ray with 451 votes, Bob Hahn with 432, and William Nitz with 404 votes.
There were several contested highway commissioner races. In Foster Township, Dwain Shuler beat Joe Jones 57 to 35. In Haines Township, Eugene Lisenbey beat Billy Hays 79 to 69. In the Omega Road Commissioner race, Blake Peterson beat Steven Brown 92 to 87.
In Iuka Township, there was a race for clerk. Republican Patricia Timm beat Democrat Edie Henne 106 to 47.
In other contested trustee races, Nick Meador was the top vote getter in the Iuka Township Trustee race with 99 votes. Others winning seats were Zachary Williams with 95 votes, Richard Vincent with 91 votes, and Charles Arnold with 89 votes. Erwina Blank lost by a single vote, with 88. In Omega Township, the four winning trustees were Russell Beard with 109 votes, Curt Hanks with 104, Randy Rose with 102, and Gerald Cooper with 95. Not winning a seat was Danielle Cooper, who finished with 85 votes. In Raccoon Township the four winning trustee seats were Bill Leathers with 68 votes, Paul Rector and Donna Prosise with 59 votes apiece and William Bierman with 58. Bill Mathena lost with just 46 votes.
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iamamiwhoami is an electronic music and multimedia project headlined by Swedish singer-songwriter Jonna Lee. Videos released from the project's YouTube channel have spread virally. The first clip was uploaded on December 4, 2009, and was forwarded to a number of music journalists and blogs. Another two short videos followed. Chris Cantalini and MTV writer James Montgomery reported about iamamiwhoami, fueling speculation online.
The project currently consists of three series of music videos and a feature length concert video. The number series, highly stylized teaser videos, set the tone of the project, established several mysteries, and served to foreshadow the projects' complete songs. The letter series is the equivalent of a studio album containing fully realized singles. (Released on iTunes and Amazon.com, each single also bears the phrase "To Whom It May Concern." Several official remixes of the letter songs have also been released.) The letter series serves as the core of the project, and were reiterated as setpieces in the concert. The final set of videos, the date series (their titles correspond to the date on which they were released), set up the webcast concert on November 16, 2010 and had fans elect one of their own to attend the concert. On November 16 at 12:15 CET "In Concert" was webcast; it was removed approximately 4 hours later.
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Jill is the founder of Inhabitat, as well as a LEED-AP green designer and green design consultant based in New York City. She created Inhabitat in 2005 as a way to catalog her search for new ways to improve the world through forward-thinking, high-tech, and environmentally conscious design. Educated at Brown University, where she received a B.A. in Art Semiotics, and Central St. Martins, where she received an M.A. in Design Studies, she currently resides in New York City, which so far has been good for her obsession with rooftop farming and vegan fast food restaurants.
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PLANET EARTH – Baboons in the Water
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Posted by crewcreative on Jan. 19, 2007
YEa or some fuck place us here with his hand and said live in peace: blah
evolution maybe..: evolution is a funny thing, if evolution was real, then wouldnt all orgamisns be at the same evolutionary stage? why are some things furhter behind and others advanced? eg humans and apes.
It's evolution: Walking upright today and playing basketball tomorrow
ummmm.....: rrrrrrrrrrrrrriveting....
That: was possibly the funniest thing i've ever heard. lil bit racist, yes. but funny? DEFINATELY.


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The perfect travel case for three piece take downs! The six inch size holds my take down longbow, an extra set of limbs, and arrows too! It is nicely finished and durable. The padding and dividers inside are very helpful for organizing and separating components. The only thought I have for improving it is to have a hard plastic inserts on the ends. I travel with the case inside a duffle but on its own it seems slightly vulnerable on the ends.
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