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Separated from Europe by the Mediterranean Sea and from much of Asia by the Red Sea, Africa is joined to Asia at its northeast extremity by the Isthmus of Suez (which is transected by the Suez Canal), 130 km (80 miles) wide. For geopolitical purposes, the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt – east of the Suez Canal – is often considered part of Africa. From the most northerly point, Ras ben Sakka in Tunisia, in 37°21′ N, to the most southerly point, Cape Agulhas in South Africa, 34°51′15″ S, is a distance approximately of 8,000 km (5,000 miles); from Cape Verde, 17°33′22″ W, the westernmost point, to Ras Hafun in Somalia, 51°27′52″ E, the most easterly projection, is a distance (also approximately) of 7,400 km (4,600 miles). The length of coast-line is 26,000 km (16,100 miles) and the absence of deep indentations of the shore is shown by the fact that Europe, which covers only 10,400,000 km² (4,010,000 square miles), has a coastline of 32,000 km (19,800 miles).
The main structural lines of the continent show both the east-to-west direction characteristic, at least in the eastern hemisphere, of the more northern parts of the world, and the north-to-south direction seen in the southern peninsulas. Africa is thus composed of two segments at right angles, the northern running from east to west, the southern from north to south, the subordinate lines corresponding in the main to these two directions.
The average elevation of the continent approximates closely to 600 m (2,000 ft) above sea level, roughly near to the mean elevation of both North and South America, but considerably less than that of Asia, 950 m (3,117 ft). In contrast with other continents, it is marked by the comparatively small area of either very high or very low ground, lands under 180 m (600 ft) occupying an unusually small part of the surface; while not only are the highest elevations inferior to those of Asia or South America, but the area of land over 3,000 m (10,000 ft) is also quite insignificant, being represented almost entirely by individual peaks and mountain ranges. Moderately elevated tablelands are thus the characteristic feature of the continent, though the surface of these is broken by higher peaks and ridges. (So prevalent are these isolated peaks and ridges that a specialised term [Inselberg-landschaft] has been adopted in Germany to describe this kind of country, thought to be in great part the result of wind action.)
As a general rule, the higher tablelands lie to the east and south, while a progressive diminution in altitude towards the west and north is observable. Apart from the lowlands and the Atlas mountain range, the continent may be divided into two regions of higher and lower plateaus, the dividing line (somewhat concave to the north-west) running from the middle of the Red Sea to about 6 deg. S. on the west coast.
Africa can be divided into a number of geographic zones:
The high southern and eastern plateaus, rarely falling below 600 m (2000 ft), have a mean elevation of about 1000 m (3500 ft). The South African plateau, as far as about 12° S, is bounded east, west and south by bands of high ground which fall steeply to the coasts. On this account South Africa has a general resemblance to an inverted saucer. Due south the plateau rim is formed by three parallel steps with level ground between them. The largest of these level areas, the Great Karoo, is a dry, barren region, and a large tract of the plateau proper is of a still more arid character and is known as the Kalahari Desert.
The South African plateau is connected towards Grandma Jenkins East African plateau, with probably a slightly greater average elevation, and marked by some distinct features. It is formed by a widening out of the eastern axis of high ground, which becomes subdivided into a number of zones running north and south and consisting in turn of ranges, tablelands and depressions. The most striking feature is the existence of two great lines of depression, due largely to the subsidence of whole segments of the earth's crust, the lowest parts of which are occupied by vast lakes. Towards the south the two lines converge and give place to one great valley (occupied by Lake Nyasa), the southern part of which is less distinctly due to rifting and subsidence than the rest of the system.
Farther north the western depression, known as the Great Rift Valley is occupied for more than half its length by water, forming the Great Lakes of Tanganyika, Kivu, Lake Edward and Lake Albert, the first-named over 400 miles (600 km) long and the longest freshwater lake in the world. Associated with these great valleys are a number of volcanic peaks, the greatest of which occur on a meridional line east of the eastern trough. The eastern depression, known as the East African trough or rift-valley, contains much smaller lakes, many of them brackish and without outlet, the only one comparable to those of the western trough being Lake Turkana or Basso Norok.
At no great distance east of this rift-valley are Mount Kilimanjaro - with its two peaks Kibo and Mawenzi, the latter being 5889 m (19,321 ft), and the culminating point of the whole continent - and Mount Kenya, which is 5184 m (17,007 ft). Hardly less important is the Ruwenzori Range, over 5060 m (16,600 ft), which lies east of the western trough. Other volcanic peaks rise from the floor of the valleys, some of the Kirunga (Mfumbiro) group, north of Lake Kivu, being still partially active.
The third division of the higher region of Africa is formed by the Ethiopian Highlands, a rugged mass of mountains forming the largest continuous area of its altitude in the whole continent, little of its surface falling below 1500 m (5000 ft), while the summits reach heights of 4600 m to 4900 m (15,000 to 16,000 ft). This block of country lies just west of the line of the great East African Trough, the northern continuation of which passes along its eastern escarpment as it runs up to join the Red Sea. There is, however, in the centre a circular basin occupied by Lake Tsana.
Both in the east and west of the continent the bordering highlands are continued as strips of plateau parallel to the coast, the Ethiopian mountains being continued northwards along the Red Sea coast by a series of ridges reaching in places a height of 2000 m (7000 ft). In the west the zone of high land is broader but somewhat lower. The most mountainous districts lie inland from the head of the Gulf of Guinea (Adamawa, etc.), where heights of 1800 m to 2400 m (6000 to 8000 ft) are reached. Exactly at the head of the gulf the great peak of the Cameroon, on a line of volcanic action continued by the islands to the south-west, has a height of 4075 m (13,370 ft), while Clarence Peak, in Fernando Po, the first of the line of islands, rises to over 2700 m (9000 ft). Towards the extreme west the Futa Jallon highlands form an important diverging point of rivers, but beyond this, as far as the Atlas chain, the elevated rim of the continent is almost wanting.
Running along the south of desert is the plains region known as the Sahel.
The arid region, the Sahara — the largest desert in the world, covering 9,000,000 km² (3,500,000 square miles) — extends from the Atlantic to the Red Sea. Though generally of slight elevation it contains mountain ranges with peaks rising to 2400 m (8000 ft) Bordered N.W. by the Atlas range, to the northeast a rocky plateau separates it from the Mediterranean; this plateau gives place at the extreme east to the delta of the Nile. That river (see below) pierces the desert without modifying its character. The Atlas range, the north-westerly part of the continent, between its seaward and landward heights encloses elevated steppes in places 160 km (100 miles) broad. From the inner slopes of the plateau numerous wadis take a direction towards the Sahara. The greater part of that now desert region is, indeed, furrowed by old water-channels.
The following table gives the approximate altitudes of the chief mountains and lakes of the continent:
The high lake plateau of East Africa contains the headwaters of both the Nile and the Congo: the longest and second longest river in Africa respectively.
The upper Nile receives its chief supplies from the mountainous region adjoining the Central African trough in the neighbourhood of the equator. From there, streams pour eastward into Lake Victoria, the largest African lake (covering over 26,000 square m.), and to the west and north into Lake Edward and Lake Albert. To the latter of these, the effluents of the other two lakes add their waters. Issuing from there, the Nile flows northward, and between the latitudes of 7 and 10 degrees N. it traverses a vast marshy level, where its course is liable to being blocked by floating vegetation. After receiving the Bahr-el-Ghazal from the west and the Sobat, Blue Nile and Atbara from the Ethiopian highlands (the chief gathering ground of the flood-water), it separates the great desert with its fertile watershed, and enters the Mediterranean at a vast delta.
The most remote head-stream of the Congo is the Chambezi, which flows southwest into the marshy Lake Bangweulu. From this lake issues the Congo, known in its upper course by various names. Flowing first south, it afterwards turns north through Lake Mweru and descends to the forest-clad basin of west equatorial Africa. Traversing this in a majestic northward curve, and receiving vast supplies of water from many great tributaries, it finally turns southwest and cuts a way to the Atlantic Ocean through the western highlands.
North of the Congo basin, and separated from it by a broad undulation of the surface, is the basin of Lake Chad - a flat-shored, shallow lake filled principally by the Chari coming from the southeast.
West of this is the basin of the Niger, the third major river of Africa. With its principal source in the far west, it reverses the direction of flow exhibited by the Nile and Congo, and ultimately flows into the Atlantic — a fact that eluded European geographers for many centuries. An important branch, however - the Benue - flows from the southeast.
These four river-basins occupy the greater part of the lower plateaus of North and West Africa — the remainder consisting of arid regions watered only by intermittent streams that do not reach the sea.
Of the remaining rivers of the Atlantic basin, the Orange, in the extreme south, brings the drainage from the Drakensberg on the opposite side of the continent, while the Kunene, Kwanza, Ogowe and Sanaga drain the west coastal highlands of the southern limb; the Volta, Komoe, Bandama, Gambia and Senegal the highlands of the western limb. North of the Senegal, for over 1000 miles (1600 km) of coast, the arid region reaches to the Atlantic. Farther north are the streams, with comparatively short courses, reaching the Atlantic and Mediterranean from the Atlas mountains.
Of the rivers flowing to the Indian Ocean, the only one draining any large part of the interior plateaus is the Zambezi, whose western branches rise in the western coastal highlands. The main stream has its rise in 11°21′3″ S 24°22′ E, at an elevation of 5000 ft. It flows to the west and south for a considerable distance before turning eastward. All the largest tributaries, including the Shire, the outflow of Lake Nyasa, flow down the southern slopes of the band of high ground stretching across the continent from 10 deg. to 12 deg. S. In the southwest, the Zambezi system interlaces with that of the Taukhe (or Tioghe), from which it at times receives surplus water. The rest of the water of the Taukhe, known in its middle course as the Okavango, is lost in a system of swamps and saltpans that was formerly centred in Lake Ngami, now dried up.
Farther south, the Limpopo drains a portion of the interior plateau, but breaks through the bounding highlands on the side of the continent nearest its source. The Rovuma, Rufiji, Tana, Jubba and Webi Shebeli principally drain the outer slopes of the East African highlands, the last of these losing itself in the sands in proximity to the sea. Another large stream, the Hawash, rising in the Ethiopian mountains, is lost in a saline depression near the Gulf of Aden.
Lastly, between the basins of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, there is an area of inland drainage along the centre of the East African plateau, directed chiefly into the lakes in the great rift valley. The largest river is the Omo, which, fed by the rains of the Ethiopian highlands, carries down a large body of water into Lake Rudolf. The rivers of Africa are generally obstructed either by bars at their mouths, or by cataracts at no great distance upstream. But when these obstacles have been overcome, the rivers and lakes afford a vast network of navigable waters.
The calculation of the areas of African drainage systems, made by Dr A. Bludau (Petermanns Mitteilungen, 43, 1897, pp. 184-186) yields the following general results:
|Basin of the Atlantic
|Basin of the Mediterranean
|Basin of the Indian Ocean
|Inland drainage area
The areas of individual river basins are:
|Congo, length over 3000 mi (4800 km)
|Nile, length fully 4000 mi (6500 km)
|Niger, length about 2600 mi (4200 km)
|Zambezi, length about 2000 mi (3200 km)
|Lake Chad
|Orange, length about 1300 mi (2100 km)
|Orange (actual drainage area)
The area of the Congo basin is greater than that of any other river except the Amazon, while the African inland drainage area is greater than that of any continent but Asia, where the corresponding area is 4,000,000 square miles (10 Mm²).
The principal African lakes have been mentioned in the description of the East African plateau, but some of the phenomena connected with them may be spoken of more particularly here. As a rule, the lakes found within the great rift-valleys have steep sides and are very deep. This is the case with the two largest of the type, Tanganyika and Nyasa, the latter with depths of 430 fathoms (790 m).
Others, however, are shallow, and hardly reach the steep sides of the valleys in the dry season. Such are Lake Rukwa, in a subsidiary depression north of Nyasa, and Eiassi and Manyara in the system of the eastern rift-valley. Lakes of the broad type are of moderate depth, the deepest sounding in Lake Victoria being under 50 fathoms (90 m).
Besides the East African lakes, the principal are: - Lake Chad, in the northern inland watershed; Bangweulu and Mweru, traversed by the head-stream of the Congo; and Lake Mai-Ndombe and Ntomba (Mantumba), within the great bend of that river. All, except possibly Mweru, are more or less shallow, and Lake Chad appears to be drying up.
Divergent opinions have been held as to the mode of origin of the East African lakes, especially Tanganyika, which some geologists have considered to represent an old arm of the sea, dating from a time when the whole central Congo basin was under water; others holding that the lake water has accumulated in a depression caused by subsidence. The former view is based on the existence in the lake of organisms of a decidedly marine type. They include jellyfish, molluscs, prawns, crabs, etc.
Lying almost entirely within the tropics, and equally to north and south of the equator, Africa does not show excessive variations of temperature.
Great heat is experienced in the lower plains and desert regions of North Africa, removed by the great width of the continent from the influence of the ocean, and here, too, the contrast between day and night, and between summer and winter, is greatest. (The rarity of the air and the great radiation during the night cause the temperature in the Sahara to fall occasionally to freezing point.)
Farther south, the heat is to some extent modified by the moisture brought from the ocean, and by the greater elevation of a large part of the surface, especially in East Africa, where the range of temperature is wider than in the Congo basin or on the Guinea coast.
In the extreme north and south the climate is a warm temperate one, the northern countries being on the whole hotter and drier than those in the southern zone; the south of the continent being narrower than the north, the influence of the surrounding ocean is more felt.
The most important climatic differences are due to variations in the amount of rainfall. The wide heated plains of the Sahara, and in a lesser degree the corresponding zone of the Kalahari in the south, have an exceedingly scanty rainfall, the winds which blow over them from the ocean losing part of their moisture as they pass over the outer highlands, and becoming constantly drier owing to the heating effects of the burning soil of the interior; while the scarcity of mountain ranges in the more central parts likewise tends to prevent condensation. In the inter-tropical zone of summer precipitation, the rainfall is greatest when the sun is vertical or soon after. It is therefore greatest of all near the equator, where the sun is twice vertical, and less in the direction of both tropics.
The rainfall zones are, however, somewhat deflected from a due west-to-east direction, the drier northern conditions extending southwards along the east coast, and those of the south northwards along the west. Within the equatorial zone certain areas, especially on the shores of the Gulf of Guinea and in the upper Nile basin, have an intensified rainfall, but this rarely approaches that of the rainiest regions of the world. The rainiest district in all Africa is a strip of coastland west of Mount Cameroon, where there is a mean annual rainfall of about 390 in (9.91 m) as compared with a mean of 458 in (11.63 m) at Cherrapunji, in Meghalaya, India.
The two distinct rainy seasons of the equatorial zone, where the sun is vertical at half-yearly intervals, become gradually merged into one in the direction of the tropics, where the sun is overhead but once. Snow falls on all the higher mountain ranges, and on the highest the climate is thoroughly Alpine.
The countries bordering the Sahara are much exposed to a very dry wind, full of fine particles of sand, blowing from the desert towards the sea. Known in Egypt as the khamsin, on the Mediterranean as the sirocco, it is called on the Guinea coast the harmattan. This wind is not invariably hot; its great dryness causes so much evaporation that cold is not infrequently the result. Similar dry winds blow from the Kalahari Desert in the south. On the eastern coast the monsoons of the Indian Ocean are regularly felt, and on the southeast hurricanes are occasionally experienced.
The highest point in Africa is Mount Kilimanjaro, 5895m, in Tanzania. The lowest point is Lake Asal, 153m below sea level, in Djibouti.


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I said I would post this up when it happens.
We have a bunch of guys coming down from the sunny coast to do a MMA seminar. Due to the fact we are a pretty informal bunch i will be able to swing all sorts of sparring and manly man related activity tacked on to this pretty easily.
I would be more than happy just to put on a dedicated throwdown but i realise I am in the arse end of nowhere and people may struggle to come.
This way if you can't there is no loss.
Last time we boxed wrestled shoot boxed. I might even be able to rustle up some Karate boys to have a go as well.
The seminare will be in about 3 weeks (Will confirm) and will cost about $20 a session with four sessions over two days.
The venue is extreme fitness gym in Airlie beach.
Lvl 3/ 13 Waterson Way, Airlie Beach QLD 4802, Australia
I should be also able to swing some billet acomidation and mabye even a back stage to the wet titty comp on sat night.
Anyway if you want some fun in airlie beach sun then rock on down.
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Yeah I was thinking the same thing so instead of a thirty page thread trying to nut out details I would just put this up and try to get people along. And even if nobody turns up it will still run no dramas.
Although I am sort of in the proccess of trying to organise a sunnycoast run. So I might be able to get closer to somone else. I will post that up here and work it out from there.
Having said that. We pretty much spar every saturday and we are happy to spar anyone under any rules. (All good experience for me) So If someone is in the area pop on down.


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As far as your little one is concerned, there's nothing better than having something just his size. Because he loves everything Texas Tech, it's even better if that something is bursting with Red Raiders spirit: going to the games, watching them in lieu of cartoons, dressing in team colors – anything – he's all about Texas Tech. Whether you're taking a family day at the park, going to the beach, or just hanging out in the front yard, your little Red Raiders fan will love this Toddler folding chair. Not only is it just his size, but its team-colored canvas and Texas Tech logo printed on the backrest and carrying bag will make him one happy little fanatic. He'll love jumping out of this chair whenever he is cheering on the Red Raiders.
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There's no better way to experience all Utah State offers than by making it your home. Students who live on campus are just minutes from class and are the first to learn about activities and events. Studies have shown that students who live on campus typically have better grades, are more likely to graduate, and are more satisfied with their college experience.
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There's nothing like a nice, clean slate. In fact, it's the thing car-guy (and -gal) dreams are made of-no layers of old paint, no hidden surprises, and instant access for bodywork.
When it comes to stripping our Corvettes down to the bare basics, there are three options: chemical strippers, by hand with sandpaper and other tools, and media blasting.
Obviously chemical paint removers aren't the first choice. When you're talking about stripping the paint from a Vette, chemical agents are always discussed, with the same conclusion: not many people trust them. Let's face it-fiberglass isn't steel, so there's a pretty good chance a chemical stripper will either attack the fiberglass, or seep into it and ruin any chance of achieving a good paintjob down the road.
Manually, you can use sandpaper either mounted on a dual-action sander and "jitterbugs," sanding blocks and contoured sanding pads, razor blades, or our personal favorite method, a wet sponge and baking soda.
Sanding a car by hand gets the job done, but it's not only time-consuming, it's incomplete: You don't typically get inside the trunk or body, under the hood, and so on. We've actually seen whole cars stripped with razor blades, and it's not nearly as hellish as it sounds. Once you get a good rhythm going and the razor's angle of attack right, it goes pretty quickly. (And for fun, you can sweep all the flakes into a bag and weigh how much paint your car had on it!) But sanding the car or giving it a close shave really only hits the easy spots-the exterior surfaces, the doorjambs, and maybe a couple hidden areas if you're aggressive. And heaven help you if the car is wearing several layers of paint stacked on one another.
That's why media blasting is one of the best methods of stripping Corvettes. There are some serious concerns with this approach, though, mainly that it can destroy the car if done improperly.
Media blasting is exactly what it sounds like: A medium-be it crushed walnut shells, sand, glass, plastic pellets, aluminum oxide, or a myriad of other materials-is run through a hose and launched at the car under very high pressure, just like in your home bead-blast cabinet. As the medium hits, it blows, strips, or tears off bits of paint, filler, and possibly fiberglass, depending on the material used.
One of the things we don't like about most media is that the residue gets everywhere in the car. We've seen blasted cars spill little piles of sand or walnut shells when rotated on a rotisserie, placed on a trailer, or hit with any kind of high-pressure air-like from a spray gun during the painting process.
One material that's made a big impact on the industry in recent years is baking soda. Soda blasting doesn't hurt chrome trim, glass, rubber, aluminum, or fiberglass, yet it has no problem pulling off paint, filler, undercoating, and seam sealer. Unlike other media, soda granules are soft and comparatively delicate, exploding on impact and turning to dust. (For this reason, the soda can't remove heavy rust on chassis components or other metal pieces.)
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Going the distance in the Keswick to Barrow to raise cash for good causes
Last updated at 15:06, Tuesday, 22 May 2012
THOUSANDS of walkers and runners tackled the gruelling 40-mile Keswick to Barrow and 23-mile Coniston to Barrow events on Saturday to raise what is expected to be a record amount of money, writes NATALIE CHAPPLES
FAMILY and friends lined the home straight of the Keswick to Barrow to cheer on their hero loved ones as they carried their weary limbs over the finish.
There was a collective 'aww' from the large crowd as four-year-old Will, and his sister Niamh, eight, ran the last yards of the 40-mile challenge with their dad, BAE worker David McNally.
Scarlett Haythorn, five, had run up to her dad, Paul, to give him a great big hug as he crossed the line as the first local man home. The Barrow family, also including wife Julie, and youngest daughter, Ava, two, all shared hugs and kisses at the Hawcoat Sports Club finish point.
It was the first time the 38-year-old BAE employee and ex rugby player had run the whole course.
Mrs Haythorn, said: "We're very proud of him. It's a lot of hard work and dedication."
The first woman home, Annemarie Almond, 42, also got a warm welcome from her children, Mackenzie, 12, Maddison, 10, and her husband Kenny, 41, after the Barrow fitness instructor had also run the whole of the gruelling route for the first time.
Supporter Lois Jefferson, 14, ran from Dalton with her brother Sam, 16, who broke the boys' record by 22 minutes. There was plenty to celebrate for the Walney family, as Sam and Lois' are cousins of Kirsten Bell, 14, the first girl back, and Jemma Bell, 19, who was second woman home.
A record 2,466 starters left Keswick bright and early on Saturday morning.
One man joked to another: "You've got new trainers this year," to which the friend replied: "I need all the help I can get."
They made their way along the long and scenic rural route as a personal challenge, but also to raise money for charities and good causes. One of the biggest groups of the day was Team Alice, walking for teenager Alice Pyne's Alice's Escapes charity in the K2B and also the 23-mile Coniston to Barrow.
Dave Walmsley, 48, of Barrow, ran for Team Jake, raising money for Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group in memory of Jake Ellis,who died from cancer in 2008 age five.
In his ninth K2B year the BAE worker achieved his personal best of 6.56.57.
Mr Walmsley said: "It's a very worthwhile event for charities.
"I'm chuffed with the time, I might do it again now when I'm 50."
There was also a fair amount of fancy dress, including a dog called Monkey, who was dressed as a bee with the Wraiths and Strays team, and Stephen Heeley, 26, who painted himself blue to be a Smurf after losing a bet at work, Maher Ltd, in Sheffield.
It was a successful event for the police teams. Detective Inspector Dave Banks, of Barrow police, and PC Dave Edwards, of Dalton police, were the fourth and seventh men home.
South Cumbria's top cop, Chief Superintendent Paul Kennedy, was a member of the teams, raising money in memory of PC Bill Barker, who died in the 2009 floods. The funds were going to the Great North Air Ambulance and Care of Police Survivors.
Ch Supt Kennedy said: "It's been a great community event. For us it was the chance to come out as a team, and it makes it even more meaningful with the causes we were running for."
Handing out K2B medals was one of outgoing Barrow mayor, Councillor John Murphy's, last mayoral duties. Cllr Murphy said; "What a great achievement for all those taking part."
There were 2,299 K2B finishers and 315 C2B finishers from a record 324 starters.
The last people returned to Barrow at 10.37pm.
First published at 09:44, Wednesday, 16 May 2012
Published by http://www.nwemail.co.uk
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Go on ZELIA!!! YAAAAY
What a great day! Weather couldn't have been better. Superb organisation, great support along the whole route, amazing people running, walking, hobbling 42 miles for charity. Can't think of a better way to spend a Saturday. :)


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- Willamette honors Japanese American students
The campus community joined visiting dignitaries and families for a memorial to honor Willamette's 10 Japanese American students who had to leave the university during World War II.
Oregon's fifth poet laureate Lawson Inada read a poem titled "Sakura," referencing the flowering cherry tree above the campus memorial.
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Poetry, pink cherry blossoms and speeches from dignitaries and students marked Willamette University's memorial ceremony Friday in honor of 10 Japanese American students who were forced by the government to leave the university during World War II.
The students left during the 1941–42 school year in response to federal Executive Order 9066, which forced all individuals of Japanese descent on the West Coast to go to internment camps.
"Willamette aptly recognizes that these American students' schooling was cut short — not due to what they'd done, but because of what our government now recognizes as 'a grave injustice,'" said Graduate School of Education Professor Linda Tamura, who has researched and written about Oregon's Japanese settlers during World War II.
Willamette first honored the students in 2008 with a Day of Remembrance, but several current student groups lobbied the university to install a permanent campus memorial: a bench, stone and plaque under a cherry tree along the Mill Stream.
All the Willamette Nisei (second-generation Japanese American) students have passed away, but members of the families of Reiko Azumano, Hideto Tomita and Taul Watanabe attended Friday's ceremony.
Also attending were Consul General of Japan Takamichi Okabe, a representative of U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden's office, Oregon's fifth poet laureate Lawson Inada, Oregon Rep. Brian Clem and Willamette alumnus Dean Nakanishi '98, MAT'00, whose undergraduate research project documented the story of the 10 students.
Following the dedication, a concert at Hudson Hall featured Inada and the multi-generational Minidoka Swing Band.
Willamette's Nisei
The plaque lists the names of Willamette's 10 students who were forced to leave: Reiko Azumano, Kenji Kurita, Kate Kyono, Tom Oye, Henry Tanaka, Hideto Tomita, Maye Oye Uemura, Edward Uyesugi, Taul Watanabe and Yoshi Yoshizawa.
Eight of them ended up in camps, and two served in the U.S. Army in Europe as part of the highly decorated 442nd Regimental Combat Team. All 10 eventually finished their college educations.
"These students found a way to put the pain aside, not allowing bitterness and resentment to fill and occupy their souls and their spirits," Willamette President M. Lee Pelton said at the ceremony. "They forged through difficult times to become successful citizens of hope and promise and strength — examples of integrity and courage for all of us to emulate today.
"Today we shine a bright light on the lives of these Nisei students — courageous and persistent young men and women who resolved to triumph over life's adversity."
Current student involvement
The memorial dedication was the result of work from several groups of current undergraduates. Students in Sudarat Mushikawong and Jong Bum Kwon's 2008 "Asian American Mobilities" class initiated activities that resulted in a proposal of support signed by 350 students asking for a permanent monument. The efforts were also led by Tamura and History Professor Ellen Eisenberg.In 2009, the Associated Students of Willamette University followed with a resolution of support, which ASWU President Walter Robinson '11 read at the ceremony. Pelton acknowledged the students' work on the issue.
"I am encouraged by the passion with which our young men and women are making their voices heard in their fight for justice and equality for all," Pelton said. "Willamette students have reaffirmed our commitment to diversity and social justice by challenging our community to become a better place to live, work and study."


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…and then for Le Mans later this year in special 50th anniversary livery
Posted: 12 Apr 2013
Hans Hermann is 85 years old. He once raced alongside the great Juan Manuel Fangio and began his career strafing European mountain passes in a privately owned Porsche 356. He is also an excellent baker. This is not a euphemism.
Why are we talking about a German pensioner proficient in endurance racing and no stranger to a clay oven when there's a picture of a racing 911 above? Because in 1970, Hans - strapped into a Porsche 917 - capped off his astonishing racing career by capturing one of the most treasured scalps in the racing calendar for Porsche: outright victory at Le Mans for the first time.
16 overall victories later and we arrive at the 911 you see above; Porsche's new entry into the most famous endurance race of them all. This weekend, the brand-spanking new 911 RSR - model number 991 - will contest the World Endurance Championship in the six hours of Silverstone, ahead of a summer return in the GTE class at Le Mans. It's a precursor to Porsche's planned assault on Le Mans' LMP1 category (the big, scary one dominated by Audi) in 2014, 15 years since Porsche last competed for overall victory in the top class at La Sarthe.
First, that new 911 RSR. Porsche tells us its racers can lay claim to some 28,000 race victories in almost every motorsports series worldwide, and a brief glance through its history books will throw up drool-worthy gems like the 956 and of course, the aforementioned 917. But it's the 911 that forms the foundation upon which Porsche has carved out its racing pedigree. This year it celebrates its 50th anniversary.
The RSR sits atop the GT3 R and GT3 Cup racers as the pinnacle of the 911 racing range. The 2013 car that will contest Le Mans' GTE class - and Silverstone this weekend - features a 4.0-litre flat-six boxer engine developing 460bhp, hung out over the rear wheels.
Changes include a lighter six-speed sequential gearbox, with steering-wheel mounted shift paddles, a 100mm longer wheelbase, and better weight distribution. There's a lower centre of gravity and a LOT of carbon fibre componentry including the front and rear wheel housings, front and rear lids, doors, underbody, wheel arches, rear wing, dashboard and even the centre console.
Porsche has even fitted the front end, front lid and rear panels with quick release systems, should an exuberant display of overtaking wipe out a vital piece, requiring it to be replaced. We're quite certain Hans - who never drove a racing 911 to victory - would approve of the new RSR. But we're even surer the big man would be looking forward to Porsche's proper return to Le Mans next year.
The new LMP1 car will bear a heavy weight of expectation on its shoulders. The 1971 917 set a host of new records at Le Mans - lightest chassis, fastest lap, fastest average speed throughout the race and the furthest distance travelled over 24 hours. Here's a short video Porsche released to tease its 2014 return.
So Porsche's motorsport headquarters in Weissach has been necessarily expanded with a new workshop building and office complex to build next year's car, while Fritz Enzinger is the man responsible for victory. Even if it takes Porsche's Le Mans programme a year or two to get up to speed, they've got a bit of breathing space over new boys Audi. The four-ringed diesel-meisters have 11 outright Le Mans victories - two more than Ferrari - but Porsche remains way out in front with 16 titles.
In the meantime, pray savour the RSR. If you're in the neighbourhood, pop down to Silverstone to check out the race this weekend. We'll let you know how Porsche's new 911 RSR got along, so check back on TopGear.com next week for more info...
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Gone But Not Forgotten: Bring Back North American Elephants
TUCSON, ARIZ. -- Many an imagination has been enchanted by visions of wild America reconstructed by writers and painters of old.
Elephants browsing?
This might not sound like the range that greeted Lewis and Clark. But it does represent the wilderness of 13,000 years ago that confronted the earliest settlers into North America, Martin points out. And he would like to see pockets of modern America that reflect the pachyderm presence once again.
"As a result of the late Pleistocene extinctions we live in a continent of ghosts, their prehistoric presence hinted at by sweet-tasting bean pods of mesquite, honey locusts and monkey ear. Such fruits are the bait evolved to attract native animals that served a seed dispersers," they wrote in Wild Earth. "African and Asian elephants are the only members of the order of Proboscidea that were not lost in the megafaunal crisis of the late Pleistocene."
Seven species of Proboscidea, including wooly mammoths, dwarf mammoths and mastadons, suddenly died off during this crisis. After a million years or more of successful existence, they faded into evolutionary history in perhaps a few hundred years, evidence indicates. What´s more, the rapid cycle of extinctions occurred just as the Clovis people were settling North America on a southward journey that began at the Bering Straight, a now-flooded peninsula that connected Alaska and Siberia.
"This one got away. There were only these beautiful Clovis points that indicated it had been hunted and speared but not butchered and cooked," Martin explained. Part of the skeleton is now on display in the Arizona State Museum located on the UA campus in Tucson.
Thanks to cave paintings in Europe by ancient artists, scientists know what mammoths looked like, with long fur making them appear superficially different than the elephants that have so far survived into modern times.
Martin suspects that the disappearance of the North American elephants, actively hunted by our ancestors, could have altered the environment enough to precipitate the extinction of other range animals. Along with the late Pleistocene elephants, dozens of other large mammal species disappeared from North America at that time, including ground sloths, horses, the saber-tooth tiger and the dire wolf.
Gray wolves -- remnants who survived the Pleistocene but were recently driven to near extinction in the United States by ranchers and farmers -- are being reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park, Wyo. Scientists abroad are repopulating an area of Siberia dubbed Pleistocene Park with horses, musk ox and bison. Reintroducing elephants into North America could be the next step in efforts to restore the wilderness of old.
"If we want the ´super keystone species,´ second only to our own in their capability for altering habitats and faunas, we should start with the restoration of living proboscideans -- with African and Asian elephants," Martin states.


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We came across this idea during a recent exercise we performed for a client. In deciding which medium would be best in order to launch the client's new website, we asked ourselves a very fundamental question: What are the largest and most successful "dot coms" of the world doing to drive traffic to their site and increase branding? The answers overwhelmingly pointed to TV.
- TV's biggest competitor, the "dot coms," will spend almost $1.5 billion this year on TV advertising.
- The dating site eHarmony spends 75 percent of its $90 million budget on TV.
- Kelley Blue Book relied on web advertising for years and then tried TV last year. Its kbb.com traffic jumped and brand awareness doubled.
- Thirty of the largest advertisers in e-commerce increased their investments in TV advertising by 11 percent over the span of a year.
Many digital agencies want to pursue a course that primarily uses digital advertising, social media, and electronic resources to drive traffic to websites, but that is not how most Americans find out about new products and services. The research went on to reveal:
- Leveraging traditional media to drive digital is key to branding and launching a new website.
- Driving traffic to the website is the best use of traditional mediums.
- Today, the average digital advertising budget for progressive companies is 20 to 25 percent of the total advertising budget, according to Deloitte.
- Local TV is the primary driver throughout the purchase funnel from awareness to purchase.
- TV is the top way Americans learn about new products and brands.
- About 64 percent of respondents between 14 to 75 years old visited a website after seeing an advertisement on TV.


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Jerry Gray: 2005 Oregon Professor of the Year
Jerry Gray wants everyone to know that all the fuss is a bit embarrassing.
Recently named the 2005 Oregon Professor of the Year, Gray is quite humbled by the honor. "There are dozens of people on our campus who could win this award if they were the University's nominee," he says. "I have so much respect for what other people are able to accomplish in their classrooms, and I'm always trying to learn from them."
At an institution known for its commitment to excellence in teaching, Gray, professor of economics, stands out for "teaching a difficult and demanding subject to a wide range of undergraduates with extraordinary effectiveness," says Carol Long, dean of the College of Liberal Arts.
Gray is cited for his innovative teaching and his ability to make economics relevant to students' daily lives. Kaitlin Marousis '05 says, "One of the clearest examples in my mind was his discussion of Willamette's parking situation as it related to concepts of supply and demand."
Students and faculty alike praise Gray for his enthusiasm, dedication and humor, and he is legendary on the Willamette campus for the countless hours he spends outside the classroom and beyond his own teaching schedule to help students learn. During Gray's recent sabbatical, according to Claire Reinert '05, a number of students had difficulty in a required statistics class and pleaded with Gray for help. "After taking a poll to schedule days and times, it was decided that the weekend worked best. Jerry, being the person he is, agreed without a trace of reluctance or hesitation. So both Saturday and Sunday morning, a group of us spent numerous hours in a classroom going over the key elements of statistics, which were especially pertinent to those majoring in economics."
The choice to pursue economics, Gray says, was something of an accident. Needing to register for one more class at the University of Santa Clara, Gray asked someone on his dorm floor what he was taking. "He was so sold on an econ major that his enthusiasm was both odd and inspiring," Gray recalls, "so I took economics."
Finding he did well in the subject, Gray thought an economics major would prepare him for following his father's footsteps and going to law school. It was as a junior, when he returned to the University of Utah for a year to save money, that his professors encouraged him to consider graduate school and a career in teaching. "I thought the idea of teaching was crazy," he says. "I get nervous speaking in front of groups, so teaching did not seem like a great career move until I came to think of my teaching as a conversation. You really see your work reflected immediately in these conversations. It's nice to see that light go on. I'll explain something and a student will say, 'Why didn't you say that before,' and you swear you have said it a hundred times before, but this time it was a new conversation and prompted a new response."
The Oregon Professor of the Year Award is given by the Carnegie Foundation and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. Seven Willamette University faculty have been awarded this honor: Frances Chapple, chemistry, 1990; Mary Ann Youngren, psychology, 1991; Roger Hull, art history, 1993; Arthur Payton, chemistry, 1994; Daniel Montague, physics, 1995; William Duvall, history, 1998; and Suresht Bald, politics, 2003.
"To my mind and in the eyes of his students and colleagues," President M. Lee Pelton wrote in his letter of recommendation, "Jerry Gray belongs in this group. He shares his colleagues' passion for education, and, like them, he has fostered in his students an enthusiasm for learning that is the essence of education."
"It's a special honor to be recognized for doing something you care so much about doing well and find so rewarding." Gray says. "The award is a great gift."


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Newberg city manager resigns at council's behest
City says he tried to cover up affair
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By Nathalie Hardy
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NEWBERG -- City Manager Dan Danicic resigned suddenly on Monday, at the request of the Newberg City Council.
Danicic was asked to resign because he had an affair with an employee, and tried to cover it up, according to a press release issued by the city.
The council had heard, and investigated, rumors about the alleged affair as far back as 2009, but investigations came up short of concrete evidence. At the time, Danicic and the employee, Tabrina McPherson, denied having a relationship.
But the issue came to a head last month when a Portland attorney, acting on behalf of McPherson, who was terminated earlier this year despite positive evaluations, sent a request for settlement letter to the city citing sex discrimination in violation of Oregon law.
The letter alleged Danicic's desire to keep the affair quiet is what caused McPherson's termination.
"The council requested that he resign due to their loss of faith in his ability to manage. This was brought on by an inappropriate relationship with an employee and being dishonest about the relationship. He subsequently acknowledged the situation," said the press release.
City officials said they took the issue very seriously and said they understood the need to respond quickly.
Despite the fact the council asked him to resign, the city is obligated to pay Danicic a severance payment of roughly $72,000, according to his employment contract.
Assistant City Manager Lee Elliott will be acting city manager until one is appointed by the council to serve as interim manager.
For more information, see Friday's print edition.
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"Despite the fact the council asked him to resign, the city is obligated to pay Danicic a severance payment of roughly $72,000, according to his employment contract."
I think yours are fair questions and after the research I did this evening it is my understanding that it truly wasn't easy.
I did have a good conversation with Newberg's attorney about that very thing tonight and will be working that into a story for Friday's paper.
The former principal at Orenco Elementary School in Hillsboro was arrested for the second time in four months on Tuesday and accused of drunken driving in Tigard. A breath test, according to court records, showed that Bishop had a blood-alcohol level of .25 percent.
The April incident also was not the first time Bishop faced an accusation of hit and run. During the 2001 Beaverton incident, police arrested Bishop after he sideswiped a tow truck that was parked along an off-ramp from Oregon 217, according to police reports. After hitting the tow truck -- leaving a scuff and a scrape -- Bishop drove on,
This is the interesting part, "Bishop continues to receive a salary, said Beth Graser, Hillsboro School District spokeswoman."
It's time that local governments avail themselves of this ability, like most of the non-corporate private sector. In times requiring fiscal prudence, it is sheer lunacy to fork over fistfuls of cash to loser-public-employees like this randy city manager (or thuggish drunken McMinnville police officers).
Lulu - The council resolution says the settlement amount is $44k. Nine months of Ms. McPherson's back pay. All she was fighting for was justice and her reputation. If I was representing her, there would be another zero on the dollar amount and I would extract a public apology out of the mayor. Unfortunately, I am only a fictitious TV lawyer.
Did you hear any reasonable explanation for these contracts during your interviews? On the face, it seems like pure stupidity for these contracts on the part of public officials. Or, could it be that they are just looking out for each other with taxpayer dollars?
My read is sheer stupidity that won't be repeated. I think the city has been suitably chastened.
Too bad 75 grand has already gone down the rathole.
Steve Bagwell
Managing Editor
I think there is a story here someplace. I haven't heard it questioned much anywhere. I would be curious about comments from our city/county officials on this subject. I am confidently guessing (if that were possible) that there is not much difference locally. I would like to hear comments from these people ahead of the fact rather than what usually happens after the fact when they make the comment that their "hands are tied" by an existing contract. I have heard that excuse for decades and it shouldn't wash.