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Dear Friends of Andrews University
Welcome to our second annual publication, Research and Creative Scholarship at Andrews University, Summer 2011. In the following pages, you will see highlights of a few of the ongoing research projects at Andrews University. These projects range from a quantitative analysis of the effectiveness of the Seventh-day Adventist primary and secondary education system to a search for gravitational ripples in the fabric of the universe. The multi-disciplinary nature of research is evidenced in the work of Jacques Doukhan to promote greater Jewish-Christian understanding, and in the work of Øystein LaBianca to develop an integrated approach to the "little traditions" illuminated by ancient Middle Eastern archaeology.
The University is composed of inquisitive spirits and investigative minds. Therefore, a distinguishing attribute of Andrews University isthe infusion of research and creative scholarship into its academic fabric. Research and creative scholarship permeate our academic life, inform our teaching and strengthen our emphasis on generous service. Research is always a collaborative endeavor. Faculty members participate in interdisciplinary collaborations, and students are
mentored by their teachers in the intricacies of conducting research.
Siegfried H. Horn (1908–1993), my teacher, colleague and friend, set a wonderful example of what it means to be an Andrews scholar. By pioneering an interdisciplinary approach to archaeology in the Middle East, Siegfried Horn transformed the field of biblical archaeology and influenced the careers of scores of his students who continue projects he started. In recognition of Siegfried Horn's contribution to scholarship, we have established an Excellence in Research and Creative Scholarship Award in his name. More about Siegfried Horn's career and the first recipients of the Excellence award are presented on pages 13–15.
A recent report indicated that universities need to prepare students for careers that do not yet exist and to use technologies that have not yet been invented in order to solve problems that we are not yet aware of. At Andrews University, we believe one way to prepare students to meet this challenge is to equip them with the skills to conduct research. Students who have learned to solve problems by means of well-designed research processes will be equipped to face new challenges for the rest of their lives. I hope you enjoy this second annual presentation of some of the ongoing research programs of our faculty and students.
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I really love these crazy drawings by James Roper! There is so much happening in them! These are from a set called Rapture, but if you're into them you should definitely check out the work on the rest of his site, as he has lots of work where he experiments with color and lines in a similar way. Fun stuff!
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ohhh…i really love these- I would love to hang a series of them in my bathroom!
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7x7's Fall Fashion Issue Launch with the Style Council 2012
On August 22, Union Square was buzzing with fashion-hungry guests at Neiman Marcus—including 7x7's choices for San Francisco's seven leading tastemakers of the year.
Stylish guests gathered high above Geary & Stockton to toast the seven big fish making a splash in San Francisco's fashion world. Yummy bites were provided by The Rotunda of Neiman Marcus, with complimentary beverages from Ultimat Vodka, Trefethen Family Vineyards, and Peroni Beer, and a hot soundscape from DJ Dylan Mahoney.
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Ninja Versus Pirate Featuring Zombies
ChiZine Publications, May 15, 2012 - Fiction - 240 pages
In a world where ZOMBIES control banks and governments, only one young man sees the way things are and emerges from the CHAOS and destruction: GUY BOY MAN. While he tries to end human suffering worldwide and in his high school, Guy Boy Man meets a cute PINK-HAIRED girl named BABY DOLL15 who has a UNICORN that follows her everywhere. An EPIC ROMANCE begins, but forces BEYOND THEIR CONTROL are intent on keeping the young couple apart. One of those FORCES may—or may not be!—Guy Boy Man's closest friend, a handsome African-American NINJA named SWEETIE HONEY; another could be four EXOTICALLY BEAUTIFUL, genetically engineered and behaviourally modified EASTERN EUROPEAN girls; yet another, the principal of their HIGH SCHOOL . . . not to mention an impending standardized test known as the ZOMBIE ACCEPTANCE TEST! Will Guy Boy Man find a way to be with Baby Doll15 in a WORLD WHERE EVERYONE IS DOOMED to become either zombies or zombie food??!!
Ninja Versus Pirate Featuring Zombies is part Napoleon Dynamite, part The Matrix, and ALL AWESOME. It's the first book in the How To End Human Suffering series.
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She Has A TonguePiercing But That Doesnt Mean Anything
Im Really Wasted Right Now
Theres A Table On A Hill In The Cemetery
The Living And The Dead
When You Get Attacked By A Pack Of Ravenous Wolves At Least Youve Got A Chance
Watching Them Make Out Makes Me Want To Puke Copious Amounts Of Puke
Plants Are Animals Too
Ninjas Cant Be Nice All The Time
How Have You Whores Failed Me?
I Believe Ninjas Are Beneath Me
FarmRaised People
The Ninja Agency
I Dont Need An Appointment Because Im A Ninja
Hurting People Is Hilarious
The Ultimate Symbol Of Your Wealth Power And Your Love Of Jesus
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Albert George Akins
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Height: 6-1 Weight: 199 lbs.
Born: June 13, 1921 in Spokane, WA
Died: August 29, 1995 in Reno, NV
High School: John R. Rogers
College: Washington, Washington St. (school history)
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Deficit beyond D.C.
Economy | Politicians faced with belt-tightening in Illinois are shopping for new belts
CHICAGO-While much of the national press follows Washington deficits, the red ink is spilling over in this blue state in America's heartland. Illinois State Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka has repeatedly sounded warnings about the state's constantly shifting shortfall, as unpaid bills reached about $8 billion at the end of 2011.
Deficit spending ballooned under former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, the state's second governor in a row to be sentenced to prison for corruption. Since he left office, Illinois has not seriously grappled with the left-over spending problem, which includes a thorny pension obligation.
Instead, Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn signed a large tax hike bill. "We've taken $7 billion out of the pockets of the private sector and put it in government," said state Sen. Kyle McCarter, an opponent of the tax measure. "[Families] lost a week's pay. That's a lot of groceries." Ted Dabrowski of the Illinois Policy Institute says the state's political leaders "knowingly haven't cut costs."
McCarter, a Republican, acknowledges that Illinois has no easy path back to fiscal responsibility. Republican senators have a proposal that attacks the spending side, rather than turning repeatedly to raising taxes. But both houses of the legislature are controlled by Democrats, and he says they prefer a "waiting game," hoping the economy will improve and revenue will increase.
Quinn and Democratic leaders of the state legislature have made some efforts to improve the business climate, but they amount to "tweaks," says Kim Maisch, State Director of the National Federation of Independent Business. Any such efforts are outweighed by the tax hike, both its scope and timing. Just when small businesses were feeling the worst might be over, the state raised taxes, while neighboring states were working to attract business.
"The pension problem alone is devastating," Maisch says. GOP Rep. Tom Cross has pushed for pension reform, but it's a tough issue to turn into a political winner. The state simply has pension liabilities far beyond the funds, totaling tens of billions over the next three decades. Leaders of both parties publicly say reform is a priority.
The state's fiscal house of cards caused U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk to release last November a 32-page policy paper detailing some of the worst practices of the debt he called "unsustainable." It relies in part on reports from State Treasurer Dan Rutherford noting the state's debt and low credit rating causes a yearly interest cost for taxpayers of $1.28 billion.
What's the reaction of business leaders? Richard Siemer began working when young in his family's 130-year-old business doing odd jobs. He is now president of the family- and employee-owned Siemer Milling in Teutopolis, Ill. He touts some natural advantages to being an Illinois company: centrally located, good transportation routes, and near the wheat they mill. But, he says, "What concerns me most is that the government of Illinois, broadly speaking, seems incompetent."


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NEW DELHI: BPO firm Genpact today said it has acquired Jawood, a business services provider to healthcare payer industry, for an undisclosed amount.
The transaction also includes Genpact's purchase of India-based Felix Software, a key subcontracted service provider to Jawood, Genpact said in a statement.
As part of the transaction, 420 employees (Jawood and Felix Software) will become Genpact employees and be integrated into Genpact's healthcare and IT services businesses, it added.


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I am running my Selenium RC tests in IE7. The problem is that when I start tests, Selenium opens two windows instead of one: the portal I'm testing doesn't open in the first one, but it opens correctly in the second.
The problem is that it fails with an error in method openPortal() [and lets me know that it was not possible to open portal], which shouldn't happened, as far as the portal opens, as I just said.
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1. An appeal to the public and especially to the medical public: from the proceedings of the trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, vacating the chair of materia medica and pharmacy
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- Coxe, John Redman, 1773-1864.
University of Pennsylvania. Dept. of Medicine.
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It was disconcerting to learn that a man who fled Canada, where he'd been convicted of sex crimes against women and children, had taken up residence somewhere near the Pike Market Child Care & Preschool, the day care's executive director said Monday.
But Ilene Stark said she's grateful that the Pike Place Market security team has been on top of the situation.
"We're very fortunate," Stark said. "The head of market security came by on Friday and showed us photos of the man, which we've shared with all the parents and all the teachers."
Michael Sean Stanley, 48, has been convicted in Canada of raping an 82-year-old woman who used a wheelchair and of luring and sexually assaulting two mentally challenged boys, according to the Canadian Broadcasting Corp (CBC). He was charged with exposing himself to young children in 2000 and with sexually assaulting a young girl in 2004, CBC reported.
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Upon his release from prison in April 2011, he was ordered to be supervised by a police behavioral specialist in Edmonton and required to wear an electronic-monitoring device.
On Oct 1, Stanley, cut off his electronic anklet and a Canada-wide arrest warrant was issued. Two weeks ago, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police locked down schools in several west-central Saskatchewan communities after Stanley's vehicle was found in the area.
However, the U.S. citizen entered the U.S. legally after presenting himself to customs agents at the Blaine border crossing, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials say Stanley's right to privacy prohibits the agency from discussing why he wasn't turned over to Canadian authorities.
Canadian authorities said Stanley is an untreated violent sex offender with a "horrendous record" and a high risk of reoffending, but Alberta's Crown Prosecution Service issued a statement saying that the charge for which he is now wanted — escape from community custody — does not warrant extradition.
U.S. authorities say that without an extradition request and a reciprocal warrant out of Canada, there's little they can do because Stanley is not wanted for any crime in the United States.
Further, it is unclear whether Stanley is legally required to register as a sex offender, according to Sgt. Cindi West, spokeswoman for the King County Sheriff's Office.
Court records show that he has several criminal convictions in Washington, including King County, but was never convicted of a sexual offense.
West said Stanley's offenses did not require him to register as a sex offender in Canada, and local law enforcement is still waiting for documentation from Canada to determine whether he is legally required to register in the United States. That will depend on whether his offenses are comparable to U.S. offenses that require registration, she said.
Stanley was tracked down in Seattle at the end of last week and told to register as a sex offender in the interim, she said.
Records show he registered as a sex offender and said he was transient, listing his general location as First Avenue and Pine Street in downtown Seattle, near Pike Place Market and one block from the preschool, according to records.
He was classified as a Level 2 offender, records show.
According to the sheriff's website, Level 2 offenders have a moderate risk of reoffending, generally have more than one victim and may be long-term abusers who groom their victims from among people who trust them.
West said Stanley could be reclassified using a state-approved scoring tool once it is determine whether he will be required to register in the United States.
She said that unless a person is being monitored by the state Department of Corrections or has probation restrictions on where they may live, a sex offender can live near a school or child-care facility.
"It's extremely upsetting and disconcerting," Stark said, "but it's great that our security is 100 percent vigilant and aware."
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Hi guys,
I figured I wouls share a step by step of my latest personnal project.
Central Simeria is a modern setting , after a chemical contamination.
Factions of an eco-terrorist group organized a huge blow to denounce the devastation associated with the use of toxic pollutants. Unfortunately, the group was infiltrated by nihilist extremists who sabotaged the operation, causing a major chemical disaster, now known as the Toxic Plague.
The map will depict a a main physical map with two side maps ( a political one and one thazt shows the areas level of contamination). The piece will be roughly 35"x50". I will use some free shaded reliefs (not drawn by me) again on this one (like I already did on Sharessan's map a few months ago).
First step with the landshape (land is black):


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Colorado bride and bridesmaid narrowly escape a fire days before the wedding
CASTLE ROCK, Colo. - A bride-to-be and her bridesmaid narrowly escaped from an apartment fire just days before the wedding.
Even with burns and broken bones, the wedding went off without a hitch.
Most every bride dreams of her wedding day, that moment where those closest to you witness one of the most important days of your life.
Lenise Ruff is no different, but her wedding day meant so much more this weekend.
After what happened on days ago, she is just happy to be alive.
"My apartment burned down, I had to jump out of my third story building in my apartment complex into rocks," said Ruff.
Last week, Ruff and her maid of honor Marilyn Cruc narrowly escaped the apartment fire which burned almost everything she owns.
Her best friend wasn't so lucky.
"We grew up together. She was my roommate as well. She jumped and broke her back," said Ruff.
Cruc spent the last six days in the hospital, but she was determined to be there this weekend for her friend. So, with the help of a walker, Cruc was there.
She was able to make it down the aisle, and be there for that priceless moment. They fought through the pain together to attend and celebrate the big day.
"It just means the world to us and I know it was hard," said Ruff.
This day was more than just a wedding. It was a celebration of life and a reminder of what really matters.


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Spain to host 2014 World Basketball Championships
The information was released two days ago on the official website of the Basketball international federation, FIBA. According to the president of FIBA, Yvan Mainini, various continents will be massively represented as the competition will bring together some 32 squads.
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Eight -Pocket Two-Tone Carryall Tote
Lion Brand® Lion
Pattern Number: HookedBags
You can never have too many closets or too many pockets.
Get organized with this great big tote with places for all your gadgets and essentials.
Interesting texture is created by alternating single and double crochet stitches in one row, then working singles in the doubles and doubles in the singles in the next row.
Copyrighted materials from the book, HOOKED BAGS, used with permission from Creative Publishing international.
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Button Tab
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Karol Appointed To Newly Created Position At Cat
Caterpillar Inc. announced that Kathryn Dickey Karol has been appointed to the newly created position of vice president with responsibility for global government and corporate affairs. She is currently vice president of global government and corporate affairs for Amgen, Inc., a position she has held since 2006.
Previously, Karol was an executive director of government affairs for Eli Lilly & Co. She will join Caterpillar on Sept. 10 and report to Jim Buda, Caterpillar executive vice president with responsibility for law and public policy.
Karol will be based in Washington, D.C., U.S.A., and have responsibility for strategy development and implementation for Caterpillar government affairs in the United States, as well as leading government affairs teams in Asia, Europe, Africa and the Middle East and South America.
In addition, Caterpillar's Corporate Public Affairs organization will report to Karol, which includes corporate communications, the Caterpillar Visitors Center, media relations, social activities and the Caterpillar Foundation.
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All of Shakespeare's Plays Condensed Into One Comedy
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The last date listed for The Compleat Wrks of Wllm Shkspr (Abridged) was Saturday June 28, 2014 / 8:00pm.
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enjoyed it. Funny. would go to another production by Alchemy theatre group. I have season tickets for years at Westminster Community theatre and think its theatre in the round is a great setting.
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These guys really know how to put on a show! We've seen "Complete Works" twice before at bigger venues so it was a real treat to experience this zany, irreverent take on Will's work up close in Westminster Community Theatre's intimate setting....continued
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Very funny! I'm not a Shakespeare person so I wasn't sure that I would get the jokes. I shouldn't have worried. It's very well written. The actors have a lot of energy and I enjoyed it very much.
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we had a great time, the performance was excellent and all the people and performers at the theatre were great. I would suggest this to anybody who likes theater
About the Ticket Supplier: Alchemy Theatre Company
Alchemy Theatre Company is devoted to advancing the art and experience of theater in our own community through integrity, quality, and creativity. We look to create opportunities to work with the leading artists of today in an environment that is not only respectful, committed, and welcoming, but also challenges audiences and ourselves artistically to push the envelope of what can be imagined. Alchemy Theatre Company is a fiscally sponsored project of OneOC.
We strive to treat our audiences and contributors with respect and cultivate a sense of communal curiosity about life through theater.
We are a theatre with a purpose: to touch every element of production in a positive, motivating, and open environment by using innovative techniques, to craft productions that inspire, entertain, awaken, and elevate the theatrical soul."


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Have been trying to get the ZCA 7 (beta) working for a few weeks or so and am failing at the first hurdle. Hopefully the answer is easy/obvious, but I've been going around in circles for too long now and could do with some outside inspiration...
None of the services will start...
...which implies to me that there is something already bound to that port, but I can't see what it is...Code:
zimbra@mail2:~$ zmcontrol start
Host mail2
Starting ldap...Done.
Failed to start slapd. Attempting debug start to determine error.
daemon: listen(ldap://mail2:389, 5) failed errno=98 (Address already in use)
As far as I can tell DNS is setup correctly (the server can resolve its domain's MX record to itself), but I'm not sure where else to check. I've imported the OVF, done a basic config, and nothing starts.Code:
vmware@mail2:~$ sudo netstat -npa
Active Internet connections (servers and established)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State PID/Program name
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:49789 127.0.0.1:5488 TIME_WAIT -
tcp6 0 0 :::5480 :::* LISTEN 6084/vami-lighttpd
tcp6 0 0 :::5488 :::* LISTEN 6015/vami-sfcbd
tcp6 0 0 :::5489 :::* LISTEN 6014/vami-sfcbd
tcp6 0 0 :::22 :::* LISTEN 12032/sshd
tcp6 0 0 192.168.10.175:5480 192.168.10.202:3056 ESTABLISHED 6084/vami-lighttpd
tcp6 0 148 192.168.10.175:22 192.168.10.13:51691 ESTABLISHED 1100/sshd: vmware [
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Spend the day in York Beach: Walk along Long Sands and Short Sands Beaches. Visit the famous Nubble Lighthouse. Go duck pin bowling, and watch salt water taffy being made in York Beach after lunch at Goldenrod's old fashioned soda fountain restaurant http://www.thegoldenrod.com. Visit the playground, the zoo and the amusement park. Get ice cream at Brown's homemade ice cream shop. Drive up to Cape Neddick Beach. Stop at Pie in the Sky Bakery on Route One on the way home for a wild Maine blueberry pie for supper.
Spend the day in Kittery: Explore Fort Foster, on Gerrish Island, and Fort McClary, and view the lighthouses. Have lunch at Chauncey Creek Lobster Pound. Shop at the Kittery Outlets. Don't miss Kittery Trading Post. http://www.kitterytradingpost.com Visit "When Pigs Fly" bakery on the way home for some fabulous breads.
Spend the day in Ogunquit: Explore the shops, restaurants, and galleries. Walk along the "Marginal Way" a paved pathway along the ocean's edge. Enjoy breathtaking views. Go for a swim at the Ogunquit beach. Have lunch at Barnacle Billy's in Perkins Cove. Don't miss the Harbor Candy Shop http://www.harborcandy.com.
Spend the day in Portsmouth, New Hamshire, just 15 minutes away: Stroll the cobblestone streets. Explore the shops and many restaurants. Visit the historic village at Strawbery Banke. Watch the boats go by on the river from Prescott Park. Enjoy an outdoor concert. Check out the tugboats. Go whale watching or visit the Isles of Shoals http://www.islesofshoals.com by boat.
Spend the day in Portland, just 45 minutes away: Visit the Old Wharf area and its shops and restaurants. Visit the Art Museum, the Children's Museum and the Firehouse Museum.
There is so much to do!
Just a two minute walk from the house you'll find York Harbor's lovely crescent beach. The ocean water is clear and pristine and perfect for a swim or just to cool your feet. The beach has fine, soft sand which is perfect for building sandcastles or taking a moonlight stroll. The surf is usually gentle and body surfing and boogie boarding are popular. There's a cliff walk which takes you along the water's edge and provides spectacular views. Magnificent homes and dramatic rocky bluffs dot the coastline.
Just across from the property there's a beautiful park that sits on a bluff overlooking the ocean. There are 3 restaurants within walking distance of the house and two inns. There are many other wonderful restaurants in York as well as in Ogunquit and Portsmouth, N.H., which are both just 15-20 minutes away. There is a binder in the house filled with brochures and menus from many of the surrounding restaurants and attractions.
York Harbor boasts a varied and unique natural beauty. The York River empties into a peacefully protected harbor and then into the wide Atlantic. Just upriver from the harbor are inlets and grassy wetlands perfect for kayaking. The York River is tidal and its swift current and accompanying eddies make for a fun ride.Walks along the river's edge provide some stunning vistas. Boat lovers can see many of the classic boats, typical of the Maine coast, that are moored along the river. You can stroll through the Steedman Woods by crossing over the "Wiggly Bridge", a short walk up the river and just north of Route 103. Between Steadman Woods and Sewell's Bridge you can explore Hancock Wharf. Once owned and operated by John Hancock, the barn which housed the operation has been preserved and is open to the public. Stop in next door to see exhibits of New England artists at the George Marshall Store Gallery
http://www.georgemarshallstoregallery.com. Just up the river is Sewell's Bridge where you can fish or stop to pick up fresh lobster, right off the boats.
The back roads and trails around York Harbor are perfect for walking, running or biking. You can enjoy live theatre at the Ogunquit Playhouse, and concerts or movies at the Portsmouth Music Hall http://www.themusichall.org. Charter a boat and go fishing or lobstering. Go whale watching. Go shopping at the Kittery Outlets or drive to LL Bean in Freeport. Visit York's Wild Kingdom http://www.yorkzoo.com, the museums of Portland York Beach Amusement Park http://www.yorkzoo.com/amusements.htm, Ogunquit galleries or spend an afternoon at the historic village of Strawbery Banke http://www.strawberybanke.org in Portsmouth.


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i am replacing rear brakes on 09jetta. the problem im having is with getting the piston to reset. iam turning as directed with a special key for this purpose and applying pressure to caliper at same time but the piston will not twist back in. please advise thank you.
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This will be a dreadnought size, typical martin style back bracing...still OK?
What do you think of the Aesthetics, with the wings?
It is not quartersawn and I wouldn't use it. For me, it has to be quartersawn or it doesn't go into a guitar. From what I've seen for sale I guess I'm not in the majority, but I want an instrument to be stable and since I can't control where it may end up, I give it the best chance at survival (and less cost in repairs for future owners) by making sure it's cut so it has the least movement with changes in humidity.
If that's your only option, I'd agree that you'd need to brace and assemble it when it's dry (under 40%RH, but it depends on where it will live) and you might get away with it.
Thanks for your comments.
I have joined the book matched back sections and just completed the bracing, at about 36 percent humidity.Everything seems fine. It will have an unique look.
I have a very old carved Gibson A mandolin and just noticed it too has a figured mahogany back, under the dark stain, which has held up well.
Actually the mandolin is more likely a maple or birch back, I don't think mahogany was used much on the old Gibson A mandolins.
Quarter sawn is nice but not necessary. As long as you are aware of what you are working with and brace it properly you should have no problem. Just remember that the wood will move differently slab as opposed to quartered and make allowances for that.
It appears to me that you have some variation in the way the end grain is oriented and you need to perhaps add one more small brace in the lower bout to help stabalise that part of it.
Other than that, build and learn, post pics of the project and lets us know how it turns out. We are all interested in learning from others here.
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Bari Weiss, WSJ:
It's not every presidential election that American voters are introduced to characters like former domestic terrorist Bill Ayers or Middle East historian Rashid Khalidi — both of whom, we have learned, Barack Obama worked and socialized with in Chicago.
To the Obama campaign, these men are unimportant, except as products of the McCain campaign's desperate willingness to deploy tactics of guilt-by-association. But faced with Mr. Obama's short record, pundits and voters are looking for clues about Mr. Obama's character, and thus at friends like Messrs. Ayers and Khalidi.
I took a class with Mr. Khalidi at Columbia University. He designed the course, a survey of Modern Middle East history, on his 2004 book, "Resurrecting Empire: Western Footprints and America's Perilous Path in the Middle East." The book, inspired by the work of the late Edward Said, is a polemic against the use of American power in the Middle East. Said is quoted, prophesying: "We are in for many more years of turmoil and misery in the Middle East, where one of the main problems is, to put it as plainly as possible, American power."
For the final exam, we were asked to respond to the following: "The United States has been an unmitigated force for good in the world." No one doubted the professor's view on the matter.
Disdain for American power and a muscular foreign policy are the standard at Columbia. But in rereading "Resurrecting Empire" this past week, I took new note of the book's dedication: to Said, and to Mr. Ayers. Mr. Khalidi writes: "First, chronologically and in other ways, comes Bill Ayers. He persuaded me a little over a year ago that I should write this book . . . Bill was particularly generous in letting me use his family's dining room table to do some of the writing for this project." Mr. Khalidi also thanks Mr. Ayers's notorious wife: "Bernardine Dohrn continually encouraged me to keep working on the book when I was traveling and at home."
This dedication is an insight into Mr. Obama's social milieu in Chicago. In April, Mr. Obama dismissed Mr. Ayers simply as "a guy who lives in my neighborhood" — omitting that the two men had worked together for years at a multimillion dollar foundation. Other notable parts of the record: Mr. Obama held an early meeting of his campaign for Illinois State Senate in Mr. Ayers's living room; Mr. Obama blurbed a 1997 book of Mr. Ayers as "searing and timely"; and Mr. Obama toasted Mr. Khalidi at a 2003 farewell dinner for the professor who was moving from the University of Chicago to Columbia.
Is it fair for voters to judge Mr. Obama by some of the company he has kept? Mr. Khalidi implied last week that he thinks not. The controversy over his connection to Mr. Obama was "an idiot wind," he said. But Mr. Khalidi is not shy about judging others by their associations. In explaining the 2003 American invasion of Iraq, Mr. Khalidi pointed to a favorite target of left-wing academics, neoconservative government policy makers and their connections to Israel. He wrote:
"The idea that the neocons and [the Israeli right-wing party] Likud are joined at the hip is reinforced by a revealing piece of intellectual affinity: University of Chicago professor Leo Strauss, the revered mentor of [Deputy Defense Secretary] Paul Wolfowitz, his deputy in the Pentagon Avram Shulsky, and many other neocon leading lights, was a great admirer of Vladimir Jabotinsky, founder of the extreme ultranationalist Revisionist branch of Zionism from which Likud has grown."
So on the one hand, Mr. Khalidi charges that American voters today would be caught in an "idiot wind" if they worry about Mr. Obama's connections to radical intellectuals. Yet Mr. Khalidi and many of his colleagues write volumes about how a group of intellectuals supposedly hijacked American foreign policy during this decade. It's not only the right that argues that friendships — particularly when they are animated by political questions — should be taken into account.
Well, naturally.
As a disciple of Said, Khalidi is perfectly comfortable distinguishing between those whose authenticity gives them the mandate to shape the narrative, and those who lack of authenticity necessarily negate their insights, reducing them to a kind of intellectual imperialism.
That universities have long bought into this nonsense — and that "multiculturalism," as the inbred child of such an incestuous notion of insular and consensus-drive group epistemology, has reached the level of institutionalization even in the private sector — is one of the sadder concessions made by Western scholars and politicisan, and the one that remains at the heart of the anti-intellectualist movement both within the humanities and social sciences, and within a good portion of the legal and political professions.
I've already detailed how Obama's association with Ayers — which marks the repackaging of the radical New Left into a more voter-friendly product (helped out, of course, by the aforementioned mainstreaming of "multiculturalism" and all it has engendered: from the fundamentally anti-liberal "diversity" movement to the reconsideration of free speech through the prism of government-declared "tolerance") — marks a triumph of the Alinsky strategy, one in which a domestic terrorist is rehabilitated as an "educational reformer," and his charge, a one-time community organizer with ties to Maoists, communists, Black Liberation Theology, corrupt Chicago politics, and an apologist for Palestinian terrorism, is elevated, as a near cipher, to the possible position of President. Their relationship is, I've noted, the culmination of the progressive's march through our institutions.
But perhaps even more troubling is Obama's seeming intellectual connection to Said's pernicious tribalist ideas — ideas that attempt to completely invalidate Enlightenment epistemology and seek in turn to relegate every struggle to a battle between groups and will.
Said's thinking (which, perversely and ironically, has been picked up by Western scholars as a new kind of Orientalism, only this time on Said's terms!) represents the biggest danger to classical liberal ideas inasmuch as it invalidates individualism, and takes pains to ghettoize epistemology, until the resultant paradigm gives us nothing but competing narratives, none more "right" than the next except by virtue of the "authenticity" of those who claim control over each.
It is poison — but it lies at the heart of the mechanisms used by modern day progressives to undermine the principles upon which this country was created.
It represents the apotheosis of cynically applied subjectivism. It is designed to undermine notions of right and wrong as existing apart from those communities who are granted the authority to decide such things, and as a result, it represents a threat to the idea of a nation state built around an idea of laws that apply equally to all.
Obama is about to take that worldview to the Oval Office.
Those who rejoice now do so only because they see this as a power advantage. In the end, though, this is the path to totalitarianism. So let us never forget those who have pushed us in this direction — including those so-called conservatives who are doing so solely so they can make Sarah Palin jokes in the "right" company.
(h/t Terry Hastings)
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Peggy Noonan thinks it's beautiful when totalitarianism advances so decorously. I don't. Peggy's a narcissist what thinks the sweep of history needs must have her imprimatur. I hope she dies in a government hospital.
Nobody stares at her bosom anymore. Except for, like, David Frum.
That has to be dispiriting.
Happyfeet, let me just say that whatever the outcome tomorrow, I would truly love to buy you a beer out here in the real world, but I will require you to sit and chat during consumption of same.
In other words, I'm not just sending you $5.
Heads, I win. Tails, you lose. Nice game, if you can find suckers to play. As even the Soviets learned, when working doesn't pay, people don't work.
Good luck with that healthcare, the doctor will be right in. If he feels like it.
And by the way Jeff, same goes for you. Only I will just send you money, although it's not as much as you'd like, in all probability.
I hope she dies in a government hospital.
Ah, happy. That is truly beautiful. I laughed, I cried.
which, perversely and ironically, has been picked up by Western scholars as a new kind of Orientalism, only this time on Said's terms
Once you stop thinking it's ironic, it's obvious how it always wasn't.
Non-Whitey post-(whatever)ism is minstrelsy.
Speaking of which —
Quoting Dylan, 'Sheed? Gotta dance when you're cued, I know, but that's fucking grotesque.
And Obama said he had "Maggie's Farm" on his iPod. Which, sure.
Show a little self-respect, stooges.
oh. hey. That would be nice I think. I keep meaning to meet actual not-socialist people but it's always oh well maybe next week. I even say howdy to people sometimes instead of hey or hi but that just filters out certain of the socialists. I've heard rumors of not socialist people here but usually they turn out to be 50+ married ladies.
Once you stop thinking it's ironic, it's obvious how it always wasn't.
I don't think it is ironic. But I'm hoping those who have never thought it such might learn to see the irony for having never before recognized that it was, in fact, inevitably not.
A bit off topic, but Rashid Khalidi is not an apologist for Palestinian terrorism. In fact, he makes it very clear that intentional attacks on civilian populations should always be condemned in the strongest terms. What he disagrees with is the idea that attacks on IDF soldiers occupying Palestinian territory should be considered acts of terrorism. This is perfectly reasonable and prudent. Frankly, I don't understand why it should even be considered controversial.
Should the Anbar Awakening fighters, many of whom were once insurgents that targeted U.S. forces, be considered terrorists or ex-terrorists? Of course not. But if we are to assume that shooting at troops of a foreign occupation is terrorism, then they certainly would be considered just that.
But perhaps even more troubling is Obama's seeming intellectual connection to Said's pernicious tribalist ideas  ideas that attempt to completely invalidate Enlightenment epistemology and seek in turn to relegate every struggle to a battle between groups and will.
The lefts success at that last is evidenced by their ability to broaden the battle to include even the friggen weather!
AJB: Killing IDF instead of random civilians merely moves them from the "terrorist" group into the "guerilla" group. They're still unlawful combatants, since they don't wear identifiable uniforms.
Nobody stares at her bosom anymore. Except for, like, David Frum.
And I'll bet she returns the favor.
Sorry if the thought of a shirtless David Frum spoiled anyone's lunch.
Wow. You're gonna miss Bush even more than I am.
It's those most convinced that they can see the sickness in modern society everywhere around them, who usually in fact represent that sickness.
Pretty convinced of that, aren't you?
I can't wait for the day when the Dems declare victory over climate change because of the squiggly bulbs, and our energy needs assured due to the proper tire inflation.
Both were Obama inventions you know…
What he disagrees with is the idea that attacks on IDF soldiers occupying Palestinian territory should be considered acts of terrorism.
You do know, don't you, that Arab-Palestinians consider the whole of Israel "occupied" territory and Jews worthy only of expulsion and death?
Dems will declare "victory" over climate change when more than half the US reverts to my grandparent's age … no electricity, no autos, and a declining population due to shortened life span (rationing of medical care…nothing for those over 65)
Obama is clear … bankrupt the coal industry, no drilling for oil, get natural gas off the table, no nuke and "necessarily sky high electric rates" in order fundamentally change American behavior.
It's those most convinced that they can see the sickness in modern society everywhere around them, who usually in fact represent that sickness.
You wouldn't happen to have a mirror handy, would you glasnost?
The question is, Jeff, how far does the indictment game go? Toward self-indictment, I assure you.
How in the eff do you know anything of Said or Orientalism if you yourself didn't at one time or another hold in your grubbers Said's works? Can I get a witness! And how long did the conversation in your machinations with Said's narratives last? What conclusions did you draw from Said's representations of colonialism, imperialism? Sure. How do we know your rejection is/was sincere when you didn't have the moral courage to reject Said's words before you read them?
Ah, to sit back and judge others with allegations built on the the air of endless suspicions. I should get in on that racket. How much does it pay?
It is poison  but it lies at the heart of the mechanisms used by modern day progressives to undermine the principles upon which this country was created.
I don't recall relentless defamation being a principle this country was founded on.


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TUMI MAKGABO, HOST: On this edition of INSIDE AFRICA: a divided country, the threat of U.S. military action and the struggle to rebuild. We'll gauge the mood in Somalia as the eyes of the world focus on this war torn nation.
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Hello, I'm Tumi Makgabo and welcome to INSIDE AFRICA as we take a look at news and life on continent. We begin in Somalia with a look at how people there are reacting to reports that their country could be next in the war against terrorism. For that, we turn to Jeff Koinange who's in Mogadishu -- Jeff.
JEFF KOINANGE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good evening from Mogadishu, Tumi, where chaos still reigns in the streets below me. On its continuing war on terror, the U.S. is looking at Somalia as a possible terrorist safe haven. The U.S. and its allies are conducting surveillance flights across the country and there are warships monitoring the waters of the east African coast.
The U.S. says Somalia may be harboring elements of Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network. This war ravaged country -- in this war-ravaged country, militias control the streets and warlords rule over the entire nation.
In an effort to get the U.N. in, we must -- the U.S. must conduct a further -- sorry, I'll do that again. In this war-ravaged country, the U.N. must conduct a thorough research -- sorry -- monitoring the situation.
KOINANGE (voice-over): Somalia's militiamen attend Friday prayers in the capital, Mogadishu. Here, prayer mats replace armored vehicles and the Koran replaces the Kalashnikov. Somalis are traditionally liberal Muslims and although, practices like Sharia Law, the Islamic code of conduct, are prevalent in most parts of the country, it's hard to find to find Muslim radicals and extremist groups here as in many of the parts of the Muslim world. The reason for this, some say, could be more social than religious.
"Somalis associate themselves, first, with their clan and then with their religion," he says, "and despite the fact that Islam is practiced by 90 percent of the population, it's simply a religion of convenience rather than one of circumstance."
It's this clan association, which is credited with the bitter civil war that's lasted over a decade. But it's also in this lawless, divided land, that Islam could become a unifying factor and fundamentalism an alternative to chaos.
The U.S. says al Qaeda may have operated here under the name, Al- Ittihad. Somalis admit the presence of Al-Ittihad, but deny its links to al Qaeda. More typical the case, people here tell us that members of Al- Ittihad have simply disappeared back into their clans. What does exist and everyone will freely admit, is Al-Islah, a Somali word meaning "peace" and an organization established at the start of the civil war to provide basic social services for Muslims -- everything from free health care to education. Funding now comes principally form Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states.
Many Somalis believe the goal of Al-Islah is the creation of the Islamic state similar to Al-Ittihad's aim. But Al-Islah members say their principal goal is national reconciliation and promotion of education and democracy.
SHEIKH MOHAMMED ALI YUSUF, MUSLIM CLERIC: Al-Islah is a peaceful organization. That is the main difference between Al-Islah and probably other organizations who have a militaristic or a violence attitude.
KOINANGE: Somalia has the potential of becoming a breeding ground for terrorism with no central government and no end to the daily misery for the average Somali, a vacuum is growing, which could be exploited by extremists and fundamentalist groups promising a better life.
YUSUF: And there is concern in the United States, in western nationists, against potentiality, that some terrorist groups can exploit the difficult situation in Somalia. I think the best way to face that is to help the Somalis to re-establish its government, its central government.
KOINANGE: If the U.S. does decide that Somalia is the next place in the war against terror, many here will be suspicious of America's motives. At this teahouse in downtown Mogadishu, war woed Somalis say they are growing tired of the U.S. using their country as an excuse to wage its next phase of the war against terror. They feel they are being unfairly signaled out as an excuse to avenge the deaths of U.S. servicemen killed here nine years ago.
"Today, Somalia is not considered part of the world," he say, "The Americans want to retaliate for what happened here in 1993 when the bodies of their soldiers were dragged through these streets. If they want to bombard our country, let them. What can we do? We are helpless against the Americans. But if they do it, it'll be at their own peril."
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: If we are being attacked here by the USA without any reason, without any special reason, there's -- our religion says to be -- defend ourselves and our people is a Muslims. It has no reason of attacking and there's no comes -- and there's no special groups, extremist groups in our country. We have rights to defend ourself and our people.
KOINANGE: But the Somalis would rather see the Americans here as friends. They say they need America and the outside world to help rebuild their nation or else, Somalia will eventually become the next Afghanistan.
KOINANGE: Now, the U.S. war on terror has already come to Somalia in the form of the freezing of the assets of Al Barakaat, a remittance bank and the country's largest employer. The U.S. accuses it of funding funds to al Qaeda operatives overseas. But the freezing of Al Barakaat's assets overseas is also affecting Somalis in the U.S. as we hear in this report from Carol Pineau in Washington.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We came today to discuss ourselves, the reason crisis into seclusion of the Hawala.
CAROL PINEAU, CNN CORRESPONDENT: In the Washington area, a group of Somalis meet, discussing what some are calling a crisis, the closure of the Somali based remittance company, Al Barakaat. Barakaat used Hawala to transfer funds across continents. But the U.S. government accuses the company of moving money around the world for international terrorists. But many Somali immigrants say they used the company to send money to families back home.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: There is no bank. There is checkbook that those people carry around. The only thing they await is a call from the Hawala office to reach them and say, "I have a hundred dollars for you."
PINEAU: Since 1991, Somalia has been without a central banking system due to years of civil war, making Hawala the only method of transferring money. But even that, Hawala run companies were part of Somali tradition.
FARAH MOHAMMED, DIRECTOR, SOMALI FAMILY NETWORK: There's a tradition of trust in people -- somebody to take your money to get to your family. It has been a long tradition.
PINEAU: One advantage is Hawala can reach the remotest of locations. Barin Ali says it took Al Barakaat five months to find her 105-year-old grandfather.
BARIN ALI, SOMALI IMMIGRANT: Al Barakaat, they used to come and say, "We don't know. Well, let's just try. How many children does he have? What kind of a house he lives? I mean that city. What is the middle -- (UNINTELLIGIBLE) that village called?"
PINEAU: She fears that link now broken will be almost impossible to re-establish.
U.S. authorities say terrorists used Hawala because it is a recordless system. It makes it easy to send money without a trace. Offices of Hawala still operating in Virginia, the dealer says there is a paper trail.
(on-camera): If the government said to you, you know, who gave you money, you could tell?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Absolutely. Absolutely, just everything is there -- their name, their phone number, who they send the money to, which city, which country, everything.
PINEAU (voice-over): When Al Barakaat closed, its assets were frozen and some Somali immigrants say their money was caught up in the process as well.
MOHAMMED: They have the right to get their money back as any other person. I have to cover my back. If I don't get -- if anything had been stopped them, I need my money back anyway. And I think that there is the responsibility of the U.S. authorities to give a response to these people who lost their money.
PINEAU (on-camera): Now authorities in other countries have cooperated with the U.S. request to freeze the assets of the two largest, Hawala. They appear to be reluctant to take any legal action against any of the individuals targeted on the U.S. list. Of the 16 people the U.S. accuses of money laundering for the terrorists, none are in custody today. Even the head of Al Barakaat, now living in United Arab Emirates, says he has not been detained.
Carol Pineau for CNN INSIDE AFRICA, Washington.
MAKGABO: For more on this topic, go to our Web site at CNN.com/INSIDE AFRICA. You'll find a report on the security situation in other parts of the country as well. And also, remember to take part in our quick vote.
And there's more to come on INSIDE AFRICA, including fighting to save a town: the people of Goma and their battle with a force of nature next.
MAKGABO: Welcome back, the Congolese town of Goma has had more than its fair share of trouble. Wars in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have caused thousands of refugees through the town in the past eight years. Now, residents are on the move again, this time, fleeing the wrath of nature. Much of the town is in flames as lava from a volcano began falling down on Thursday. Catherine Bond is just back from Goma and she joins us now from a Rwandan town of Gestyne (ph).
CATHERINE BOND, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, the earth tremors continue here. We're staying in a hotel on the first floor and every time there's an earth tremor, it rumbles like a jelly. So the volcanic activity isn't yet over. Underneath the earth's crust, there's still some movement going in and its surfacing actually just to the west of the original volcano here -- that erupted here in Goma. And so, it's anticipated that there may yet be some more volcanic activity, but it's not known how serious that will be.
Tonight, a lot of people were trying to go back into Goma because they said they didn't want to spend another night out in the cold, in the Rwandan tiny town of Gentyne (ph) and they said they were hungry. The Congolese are in a real dilemma because as soon as they leave home, they have no money to spend at Rwandan markets here in Gentyne (ph). They're not accepting their Congolese francs and therefore, that means effectively when they come across the border, they starve and because of that, a lot of men were sending their wives and children down to the Congolese city of Bucambo (ph) by boat. The Congolese city of Bucambo (ph) is at the southern tip of Lake Huvu (ph) and they'd rather send them back into the Congo than stay here in Rwanda and wait for relief aid. And they say the definitely don't want to go into refugee camps because that's not the kind of life that they've envisioned for themselves -- Tumi.
MAKGABO: Now, no doubt many people ordinarily might expect that the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo help people out and try to address their needs. At this point in time, no doubt, they don't have the resources, turning perhaps to international aid agencies for help.
BOND: Well, the government of Congo hasn't controlled Goma since 1998 and I don't think it did much for its people in the 30 years that it previously ruled it either.
So no, I don't think that the citizens of Goma were expecting anything from the rebel authorities who control them. IN fact, it's remarkable how little they say anything about the authorities at all. I mean nobody has once said to us, "You know, we weren't told why don't people us." I think that they'd long since reconciled themselves to the fact that they have to make it on their own. And the only authorities who have been in Goma to provide any sort of order and help and security have been the Rwandan authorities who anyway more or less direct what goes on there at the best of times.
So I don't think, you know, the government of Congo is certainly -- has nothing to do with Goma. It's miles away from it at the other side of the country. And the rebel authorities, the most that they have done to date, to be quite honest with you, is taken some journalists up in a helicopter to see the damage and the lava flow from the air. We never saw them around town talking to anybody or assessing any damage on the ground - - Tumi.
MAKGABO: Catherine, thank you very much that update. Time now for us to take a look at some other stories making news inside Africa and for that, we begin in Sierra Leone where a decade of civil war is now officially over. President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah declared the war over on Friday at a symbolic ceremony in the capital, Freetown. The president burned nearly 3,000 rifles and automatic weapons. The occasion was attended by Ghanaian president John Kufor as well as member of the former rebel revolution, the United Front. The peace process will be climaxed by elections to be held later this year.
In another move towards peace on the continent, the Sudanese government and rebels have signed a cease-fire agreement. The two sides agreed to halt hostilities in the Nuba Mountain region and within 72 hours. The agreement was reached at peace talks in Geneva, Switzerland. It will monitored by a joint military commission with representatives from both sides.
And onto Mali where the biggest sporting event on the continent begins this weekend, it's the 23rd African Nations Cup, at stake, the African football championship. INSIDE AFRICA will bring you weekly score updates. You can also check out the scores on the Web site. That's at CNN.com/INSIDE AFRICA.
And time now for us to turn our attention to business news. Zain Verjee has that -- Zain.
ZAIN VERJEE, CNN ANCHOR: Thanks, Tumi. Businesses and offices in major Nigerian cities reopened after the Nigerian Labor Congress called off the two-day strike. This came two days after a high court ordered an end to the work stoppage, which was called to protest an 18 percent hike in fuel prices. The government says the hike was necessary to help liberalize the largely state controlled economy. So why the does the Labor Congress oppose it?
JOHN ODAH, SECRETARY GENERAL, NLC: Nigerians depends on petroleum products likely because it is -- you used petroleum products to transport things from the countryside to the rest of the country. It is used a lot by our manufacturing companies because of the inefficiency of our public energy system. And therefore, by the time you increase the price of diesel, you are seeing that the cost of production will go up and therefore, making our products...
VERJEE: Yeah, but the government is already putting in $2 billion in subsidies for its production of fuel and by keeping the prices down, it's only going to encourage more smuggling than there already exists.
ODAH: There are overwhelming empirical evidence to indicate that there is no subsidy on the fuel our government sends to Nigerians. Secondly, on smuggling, we have also made a point that even if delivering countries that surround Nigeria, all different on small goods, energy into power, they are electricity. This will now take up to 10 percent of the total consumption that we have in Nigeria.
VERJEE: The General Secretary of the Nigerian Labor Congress speaking to us on INSIDE AFRICA. Thank you, sir.
To the north now and news that Egypt needs to adapt a market reform to shore up its economy. Reports say the country is suffering from a huge trade deficit and a drop in tourism revenues. But experts note that Egypt is not facing a crisis.
Time now to check the markets.
That's our business update. Tumi, back to you.
MAKGABO: Zain, thank you very much. INSIDE AFRICA continues now after the break with an unusual union, the heartwarming story of a crossbreed adoption in the animal kingdom. Don't miss that after the break.
MAKGABO: Hello again. It's a sight that's drawing a crowd in Kenya. Are you wondering what it is? Well, I'm going to hand you over to Femi Oke to tell us all about it -- Femi.
FEMI OKE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Thanks, Tumi. Let me give you a little bit of background first of all. An Oryx is a very large antelope. It has beautiful black and white markings on its head and the foregoing adults of both sexes have very long horns. They spend their time eating grass and leaves and trying to avoid being eaten by large predators, which makes this story very unusual indeed.
OKE: A baby Oryx antelope would make a tasty bit of lunch for most lions, but at Kenya's Zambooru (ph) Wildlife Reserve, this lioness adopted the newborn. The odd couple got together when the lioness found the Oryx waiting for its mother, which had gone off in search of food. It was more of a takeover than an adoption. It's not easy arguing with a veracious carnivore.
A stream of visitors have come to see the unlikely sight. Some of them even witnessed the lioness warded off a leopard that was stalking the car.
Cross species adoptions are rare in the animal kingdom and this one has amazed the park warden.
SIMON LEIRANA, WARDEN: The difficult is now, we've got do is train. It is something, which has never happened, so it's a miracle.
OKE: The lioness was gracious enough to let the mother Oryx feed her cub occasionally before scaring her away and reclaiming her surrogate role again.
As word of the lion adoption spread, there were rumors that this quirk of nature had to be symbolic.
LEIRANA: Some of them are saying maybe it's the end of the world, you know.
OKE: The prediction turned out to be prophetic for the young antelope. For two weeks, he laid down in peace with the lioness. Finally, after leading her charge down to the river to drink, she took a nap. Seconds later, another lion leapt out of the bushes and killed the Oryx. The true order of the food chain was finally restored and so, this lion tale ends as nature intended, unhappily ever after.
OKE: Do you know, I always have this plot there for a really nice animation movie for kids, but I think I'm going to have to change the ending, how sad. But that's it for me for this week, back to Tumi.
MAKGABO: Yeah, I can imagine that would be a bit too sad for my kids. I wouldn't let them watch it, Femi. Anyway...
OKE: That's life.
MAKGABO: ... very tragic, but nonetheless, he got his dinner.
Finally, we go to Portugal to meet some African immigrants, who at the top of their profession, making a new life in an adoptive country is no easy feat. This is especially true for thousands of Africans who migrate to Europe each year. As Sylvia Smith reports, others who have made the trip before them are trying to help.
SYLVIA SMITH, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It's 25 years since Jose Viera arrived in Portugal from Angola. Since then, he's made a new life for himself, becoming one of the new generation of Africans who are forging ahead in Europe.
JOSE VIERA, RADIO HOST: I always wanted to be a journalist. I did my many studies at a university in Lisbon. Then, I started working in several local (UNINTELLIGIBLE). And then, I changed to the national broadcaster.
SMITH: Viera is a top DJ at RDP, the national radio station. His listening audience extends from Portugal to Camp Zed (ph), Mozambique and his home country, Angola.
VIERA: The most important thing in this life program is to join the community leaders, the city community leaders in Africa with the mayors here of the cities in Portugal.
SMITH: Viera says through the radio, he tries to make Africans understand that life in Portugal isn't always a bed of roses.
Another big man from Africa, Jose Orlando, from Cape Zed (ph). He's made his mark in the music business. Those fortunate enough to record a CD under his label are (UNINTELLIGIBLE) of success. He produces, sells and distributes music. Orlando calls himself one of the lucky ones.
Wars, natural disasters and economic hardship cause thousands of Africans to leave home. Many seek refuge in Europe. While the opportunities may be here, not everyone is able to grasp them. There are many who don't get the jobs they deserve and who find life in their adopted home difficult.
But some of the successful ones like Jose Viera are determined to help the less fortunate. Somehow, Viera hopes that he can be an example to the thousands of Africans who choose to leave their homeland each year.
For CNN's INSIDE AFRICA, I'm Sylvia Smith in Lisbon, Portugal.
MAKGABO: And that's our look INSIDE AFRICA. I'm Tumi Makgabo.
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I am seeking a map to kick off a campaign I was asked to run.
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Anyhow, the thrust of the campaign is that it will be pretty much a lot of overland adventuring back and forth from a lot of farming settlements and over a set of mountains and into the wild coastal country beyond. Hence why I am keen to look at something of an upscale map in 5k/3mi increments.
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* The Kingdom of Fernand (The Southlands) is located on a broad peninsula and forming a rough V shape, and is frequently referred to as the Kingdom of the Dragons Jaw. The Southlands is in the southern portion of the delta, and ringed in on 3 sides by the foothills and mountains of the Dragons Cuspids on the far side is a small abutting landmass long abandoned by civilized folk, and often named the Dragons Beard
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October 30, 2013
Improving Robo-Doc
Something I have always wondered about surgical robots is how they make up for a lack of tactile sense during an operation. A sense touch is still something that separates a human hand from a robotic probe. Sure, there are pressure gauges to see how much force is being applied and temperature can easily be detected, as well, but these are not the same thing as true tactile sensations. Does this mean that a surgeon is basically working as though their hands are asleep while using a robotic surgical system? Not a pleasant idea. Fortunately, this is a shared concern among many and a great deal of development has gone into addressing this issue. Until now, doctors have tried to compensate for this lack of touch through pre-operative imaging. Using things like MRI, X-ray imaging, and ultrasounds to map out the inside of the body before the actual operation so that they have a layout of the inside of their patient's bodies. They use miniaturized cameras with their own lighting so that they can see what they are doing and track the location within the body via sensors and plot out their desired positions using the mappings. While these methods have had some positive results, they are not enough.
A new project, titled the Complementary Situational Awareness for Human-Robot Partnerships, is a collaboration between various research departments set on improving a robot's ability to gather various forms of sensory information as it works and then using this information to guide its actions. The goal: to restore the awareness surgeons have been forced to give up due to the use of minimally invasive surgeries and robot assistants. Nabil Simaan, associate professor of mechanical engineering at Vanderbilt University, is in charge of a team that hopes to develop surgical snake-like robots that will explore the internal organs and tissue of patients prior to surgery. Howie Choset, professor of robotics at Carnegie Mellon University, is in charge of a team that hopes to use a technique called Simultaneous Localization and Mapping that will allow robots to navigate unexplored areas without interfering with their surroundings, which will map out the interior of a body and form the foundation of the entire project. Finally, Russel Taylor, the John C. Malone Professor of Computer Science at Johns Hopkins University, will be leading another team that will focus on the interfaces used by the surgeons, using Johns Hopkins' open-source "Surgical Assistant Workstation" toolkit, such as that used by the Da Vinci system.
As technology advances, so does our understanding of what is possible. Through the innovations of the Complementary Situational Awareness for Human-Robot Partnerships project, we are looking at an advancement in medical technologies that will improve existing modern medical practices. This five year, 3.6 million dollar project exists to improve the functionality and use of robotic surgical systems such as the Da Vinci system, making them more intuitive, easier to use, and most importantly, safer for the patients.
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Mt. View collars new dress code
Starting with the 2014-15 school year, it looks like it will be collars and cuffs in the Mountain View School District.
The revised dress code policy the school board approved Monday night, states: "All shirts must have collars," with no more than two buttons unbuttoned at the neck. It also bans the wearing of gym shorts, jean shorts, and sweat pants in classrooms, permitting only 'cargo-style' shorts of appropriate length.
In addition, the new code also bans the wearing of any t-shirts, sport shorts, and turtleneck sweaters (unless worn under a sweater).
Before the vote was taken, some parents and students spoke out against the changes.
"I'm a single mom of three boys," one parent stated. "I have a budget. I won't be able to afford new clothes for this school year. And what about the lower income families who can't afford clothes at all?"
Another mother asked her daughter, a Mountain View High School student to stand and presented her to the board in apparently what were the clothes she wore to school that day.
"What's wrong with how she's dressed?" the mother asked. "I think this is totally fine for school. But under the new dress code, it wouldn't be."
Jane Mack, a parent who spoke out against the code changs at past board meetings, objected once again.
"I am not for this new dress code," she pointed out. "Was the dress code at Lackawanna Trail the only model used for this new dress code?"
Principal Robert Presley said he based the new Mountain View code on Trail's and those of two other schools. "Those school codes are the ones the board directed me to look at," he answered.
Mack's son, Austin, also spoke to the board.
"A lot of you don't hear about what goes around at the school about the dress code," he said. "Mountain View has always been a country school. We'll look like a prep school with this new code. Maybe that's what you want. I wear t-shirts and jeans because that's the way I express myself. Being able to express ourselves is important."
When the motion was made to consider the new code, board member Christine Plonski-Sezer stressed that it would not be initiated until "the first day of school in August 2014." The policy was adopted on a vote of 6-2. Director Roy Twining was absent from the meeting.
In other business, Presley asked the board to review a revised plan for high school graduation projects.
The new plan offers guidelines for planning projects, and requires students to state specific aspects of their project, such as why they chose it, what they expect to learn from it, a timeline for completing the project, and anticipated costs.
Presley offered an analogy of how some student's projects deteriorated in the past.
"They'd start with saying they're going to build a log cabin in the woods," he said. "Then it would become a storage shed, and finally end up as a bird house. The revised plan intends to keep projects from going so far off track."
During public comment near the end of the meeting, board director Dava Rinehart-Cowan stepped away from her board seat, and placed herself in the audience, stating she wanted to speak as a parent.
She proceeded to question the decision by the high school administration that her son, a junior, was required to take a remediating Algebra I course after taking it in eighth grade and passing it. She said that Keystone exams were required for the Class of 2017 and beyond, but her son was in the Class of 2015, and furthermore was able to pass honors Algebra II and geometry with no problem and is now in pre-cal.
"Now he's in Algebra again, and very unhappy about it, and I can't blame him. He's complaining he can't get all his homework done, and is now hating school."
Her comments were mostly directed at Presley, who indicated that scores on the December Keystone exams affect the state's proficiency rating of the school district.
"Right now, Mountain View is in the bottom of proficiency in the state ," he told the board. "If you want me to exempt students from remediating Algebra, then don't blame me when the district comes back with a low proficiency. I'm just trying to bring the scores up like you expect me to do."
Director Tom Stoddard asked Presley to determine how many students are in the same situation as Rinehart-Cowan's son, and report back to the board as to what the effect would be if those students were excused from remediating Algebra.
The board also approved benefits and salaries for clerical staff for the 2013-14 school year, as well as administrative salaries, but details were not available at the time of the meeting.


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Saturday, 22 June 2013
Sacred Sites and Energy Fields
Waking Times: All of the sacred sites, wherever they exist in the world, are placed on vortex points called "conductivity discontinuities". At these places the geomagnetic field of the earth interacts with the telluric currents (the magnetic flow across the face of the earth), and, when the two intersect, there is a certain concentrated electromagnetic field which influences the body's own energy field. This is what stimulates our states of consciousness when we're at these sacred sites. A lot of ancient texts, including the Indian Puranas and the ancient Egyptian building texts, have the same commonalities, which talk about a time before a massive global deluge struck the earth and wiped out, what they called, "cities of knowledge". These cities of knowledge have now been found, in part of the myths that have been written about them and by people like Graham Hancock, who has found that there are indeed enormous cities 120 feet below sea level.
Sacred temples around the world have inscriptions that talk about these places as being fundamental to transforming a person into a god or a bright star. This wasn't so much a physiological change as it was a shift in one's state of mind. The whole purpose was to have a shamanic experience whereby for a few minutes, or, if you were able to stand it, for a few hours, you were able to release yourself from your body – part of your soul or subconscious was able to transcend the physical world and somehow connect with an astral reference library...read more>>>...


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Finalist for the 2003 Los Angeles Times Book Award
Praise for Living Dead Girl:
"(It's as) if Sylvia Plath had written a murder mystery. A truly remarkable work."—Barbara Seranella, No Man Standing
"Goldberg sends his most damaged antihero on an elevator ride into thenethermost regions of hell and then cuts the cables."—Scott Phillips, The Ice Harvest and The Walkaway
"Compulsively readable. Full of satisfying twists … an unforgettable journey into the primeval forest of the human heart."—Rachel Resnick, Love Junkie: A Memoir and Go West Young F*cked-Up Chick
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I rode from the Zilmer trail parking lot (near Dundee, in Fondulac County) east on W into Sheboygan County this afternoon and it was fresh pavement from the county line to 28. Hwy 28 was all fresh pavement with a 3 ft shoulder on each side and it was CLOSED to traffic ... SWEEET ! Comming back to Dundee from Cascade on F was awesome. F is mostly repaved all the way back west to 41. I rode for an hour and a half and over an hour of that was crack free. Just smooooooth sailing.
Awesome riding there right now.
(and I finished just before it started raining! )


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Sad news broke late yesterday, with the announcement of the death of the film producer, writer and art director Polly Platt, who passed away of Lou Gehrig's disease at the age of 72. Platt's contribution to cinema has been greatly undervalued over the years, but she was someone with a diverse skill-set, who played a key role in a number of classic films.
Platt was born in Illinois in 1939, before moving to Germany with her father, who was a judge at the trials of Nazi war criminals. She returned to the States to study art in Pittsburgh, before moving to New York, where she met, and fell in love with, the future director Peter Bogdanovich, then a programmer at the Museum of Modern Art. They were soon married, and together wrote the script for "Targets," the Roger Corman thriller that would become Bogdanovich's first directorial outing, and on which Platt was credited as the production designer for the first time.
She and her husband worked together on "The Last Picture Show," on which Bogdanovich began an affair with actress Cybill Shepherd, leaving Platt, but the two remained amicable, and Platt returned to design "What's Up, Doc?" and "Paper Moon," as well as branching out on films like "The Bad News Bears" and "A Star Is Born," becoming the first woman in the Art Director's Guild. But Platt's talents weren't just contained to the design world, and she made her debut as a full-flung screenwriter on Louis Malle's "Pretty Baby," on which she also picked up an associate producer credit. That film was swiftly followed by the dark drama "Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff," which Platt also wrote.
Design work followed on "The Man With Two Brains" and "Terms of Endearment," the latter of which won her an Oscar nomination, and was the start of a long and fruitful relationship with director James L. Brooks, who installed her as executive vice president of his Gracie Films shingle. She continued to work as a production designer for a few years -- most notably on "The Witches of Eastwick," but Gracie Films became her focus.
While there, she executive produced the classic "Broadcast News," introduced cartoonist Matt Groening's work to Brooks, leading, of course, to "The Simpsons," and produced Cameron Crowe's debut "Say Anything," and Wes Anderson's "Bottle Rocket." Brooks told the L.A. Times that, "She couldn't walk into a gas station and get gas without mentoring somebody. Movies are a team sport, and she made teams function. She would assume a maternal role in terms of really being there. The film was everything, and ego just didn't exist."
Platt kept working right up until recently: her last film, the Roger Corman documentary "Corman's World: Exploits of A Hollywood Rebel" debuted at Sundance this year to strong reviews, and will be released later in the year. She's survived by her children Antonia and Sashy Bogdanovich, and will be sorely missed by the many filmmakers who undoubtedly wouldn't be where they are without her.


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Just discovered Raw Therapee...
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Just discovered Raw Therapee...
Hi everyone,
I've been a photographer for a long while, but I've been out of the game for a year...just let myself get out of good habbits.
Coming back in with a new set of kit, I've just discovered Raw Therapee software, it's a great converter and a very powerful editing suite. Here's some I've reprocessed from last halloween and a portrait from yesterday:
for comparison here's the original (photoshop etc...):
and again, the original:
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