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Seven of Hearts Birth Card
Seven is the most mystical of all numbers, the hardest to understand or the most beautiful and rewarding influence in anyone's life. On the Tree of Life, the 7th is the Sphere of Victory. Seven is "Perfect" Number, and difficult to live up to this requirement of perfection. Seven is the number of our soul. There are no "young souls" with Seven Birth Card.
You are Seven of Hearts, and you possess much power and strength. They tend to force things and break down anything or even anyone who stays on the way to success. Seven of Hearts is very charming, and people are drawn to them as to a magnet. Seven of Hearts card is called "The Mystic Heart." The ability to understand people hearts and intuitive tune-up with their emotions and feelings can make Seven of Heart's people great talkers and public speakers (if cultivated), great entertainers and enlightening hosts. It also adds an attribute of being over-sensitive and emotional, that they can become suspicious and jealous in personal contacts, and can be an enormous asset in acting professions and theater with your spectacular ability to impersonate different characters.
Seven of Hearts love their home, but also enjoy traveling and a variety of experiences. Sociability and hospitality are natural. They want to live well and enjoy entertaining.
Good education should back Seven of Hearts success in work. It may take them a while until the best type of business is found. Being in a rut is not something they enjoy. Their work should be stimulating, adventurous, and worthy, or they won't stay with it for long. They also need harmony and friendly relationships in the work environment. Cooperation, working in a team, having right partners adds significantly to the success, and the older they get, the need for harmonious partnerships becomes more and more critical.
Most Seven of Hearts are good mathematicians and might be successful in finance and economy. Their desire to become a leader or owner increases with the years, but there is some uncertainty of what course to take. Many Seven of Hearts leave the place they were born and establish a permanent residence at a distance. They like water, ocean and may own the boat. Your golden years are blessed, and even if Seven of Hearts don't become a significant public figure, they gain love and appreciation for things they are doing for others.


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Welcome to the "www.nvc-csn.be" website (hereinafter the "Website").
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These Terms cover your rights and legal responsibilities, and become applicable as soon as you start to use this Website.
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You may only use the Website for legitimate purposes. It may not be used or misappropriated for purposes contrary to Public Order and Morality.
The content of these Terms of use may change. We therefore advise you to read them regularly.
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This Website is the property of European Control Services CVBA, entered in the Register of Companies under number 0440 119 088.
The head office of ECS is located at Industrielaan 42, 2900 Schoten, Belgium.
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ECS and its contributors make every effort to ensure that the information provided on this Website is accurate and up-to-date, reserving the right to modify the content at any time and without notice. However, they cannot guarantee that this information is complete, or that it has not been modified by a third party (hacking, virus, etc.). ECS and its contributors also accept no liability (direct or indirect) in the event of delay, error or omission with regard to the contents and use of these pages and in the event of the service being interrupted or unavailable.
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ECS is not responsible for delays, operating problems or incompatibility between the Website and files, your browser or any other programme used for access to the Website.
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The following obituaries were received for Monday –
Delores "Jean" Howard – Bedford
Delores "Jean" Howard, 71, of Bedford, passed away at 2:01 p.m. on Friday, December 7, 2012 at IU Health Bedford.
Born June 5, 1941 in Bedford, Indiana, she was the daughter of Wilbur and Margie
(Duncan) Evans. She was employed at RCA in Bloomington, for over 20 years; then worked at Visteon in Bedford for 17 years until her retirement. She was a member of the St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Bedford.
Survivors include, one son, Scott Howard and wife Janelle, of Bedford; two daughters, Kim and husband Louie Kovacs III, of Bedford; Christy and husband Scott Waldon, of Ellettsville; Seven grandchildren, Chris, Ashley and Kaylee Howard; Tyler, Allison and Emily Kovacs, Logan Waldon; three brothers, Sonny Evans and wife Becky, Roger Evans and wife Linda and Bob Evans; 6 sisters, Peg and husband Paul Nikirk, Sharon and husband Jimmy Jackson, Francie and husband Lee Wade, Nancy and husband Mike Barnes, Gracie and husband Davie Goodman and Janie and husband Larry Corn; several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Ronnie Evans.
Funeral service will be on Wednesday, December 12, 2012, at 10 a.m. at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, with Father Rick Eldred officiating. Burial will be in the Green Hill Cemetery. Friends may call on Tuesday from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Ferguson-Lee Funeral Home.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.fergusonlee.com
Constance "Connie" L. Hankins – Loogootee
Constance "Connie" L. Hankins, 78, of Loogootee, passed away at her home at 9:10 a.m. on Saturday, December 8, 2012. She was born on May 23, 1934 in Fortville, Indiana to Ralph K. and Hazel Hankins, who preceded her in death.
Connie was a homemaker and was a babysitter in her younger years. She was a wonderful mom and grandma, who loved her family deeply. She could make you laugh even when she was in pain. She will be missed by her family.
Survivors include three sons, Michael L. and Garry W. Tedrow, both of Loogootee, Kenneth Eugene Tedrow, of Kentucky; two daughters, Barbara Sue Tedrow, of Loogootee, Vickie L. and George D. Brown, of Jasper; five grandchildren, Angie and husband Rod Divine, of Washington, Curtis D. Brown and wife Diane, of Shoals, Tony Brown and wife Crystal, of Jasper, Brian Tedrow and Shantel Tedrow, of Washington; three sisters, Midge Hess and Sandra McCann, both of Kansas City, Missouri and Sue Jones, of Indianapolis.
She was preceded in death by her husbands, parents, grandson David E. "Bim" Simmons, Travis Dwayne Tedrow; sister Mabel Tedrow and brothers Ralph Jr. and William Bell.
Funeral services will be held on Monday, December 10, 2012 at 1 p.m. with visitation from 10:30 a.m. until the service at Queen-Lee Funeral Home in Shoals. Cremation will follow.
On-line condolences may be made to the family at www.queenlee.com.


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Summertime, 10th Annual Community Juried Art Show at Off the Wall Gallery at Dirty Franks, NE Corner, 13th and Pine Streets, Philadelphia, May 31st through July 31st, 2015. Artist reception June 4th, 7:00 – 10:00pm.
Summertime, Off the Wall Gallery at Dirty Franks brings together the work of 45 talented artists across a range of media.
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If someone has repeated affairs are they an addict?
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Kenneth M. Adams, PhDLicensed Clinical Psychologist
Kenneth M. Adams, Ph.D., CSAT, is a Licensed Psychologist, the Clinical Director and Founder of Kenneth M. Adams and Associates in suburban Detroit, Michigan, as well as a faculty member at the International Institute for Trauma and Addiction Professionals. As previous Clinical Director for the Life Healing Center in Sante Fe, New Mexico, a residential treatment center for trauma and addiction, Dr Adams created the first inpatient program exclusively for partners of sex addicts. In addition to maintaining an active clinical practice, Dr. Adams is a national lecturer, workshop leader, and consultant in the areas of child abuse, dysfunctional family systems, and sex addiction. He is the author of numerous peer-reviewed publications, the books Silently Seduced and When He's Married to Mom, as well as co-editor of Clinical Management of Sex Addiction. In 2011, Dr Adams received the "Carnes Award" for "outstanding work in the field of sexual addiction and compulsivity". He is a certified Sex Addiction Therapist (CSAT), a CSAT supervisor, and CSAT training facilitator as well as an Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) practitioner. Dr. Adams is a member of the American Psychological Association, Michigan Psychological Association, Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health (SASH), and International Institute for Trauma and Addiction Professionals (IITAP) as well as an advisory board member to SASH and IITAP, and an editorial board member of Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention. For more on Dr Adams visit www.drkenadams.com.


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The 5 symbolises evolution, freedom, change and pleasure. It is synonymous with sensuality and adaptability. In addition, it is associated with the element of air, the planets Mars and Mercury, and in analogy with the sign of Aquarius and sometimes Aries, the fifth house in astrology and the sanguin…
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The 6 symbolises the struggle between good and evil, harmony and the human endeavor to rise above primal instincts. It is synonymous with the home, love, marriage and domestic life, as well as the responsibility that follows. It is associated with the elements of air and earth, and in analogy with t…
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The 8 symbolises balance, truth and justice. Two times 4, this is a concrete and material number. It is synonymous with possession, power and materiality. It is associated with the element of air and in analogy with the planets Mars and Pluto, the signs of Aries and Scorpio, the second, eighth and t…
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Originally a short form of Germanic names beginning with the element adal meaning "noble".
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is a lively, authoritarian, ambitious, self-assured and passionate man who needs to be physically active and always moving forward. He could seem quite impressive at first, and appears to be strong, reliable and trustworthy. It's true that he tends to be made of stern stuff, and can occasionally be quite argumentative and even arrogant, loathes flattery and is allergic to restriction. Impatient, and endowed with astonishing mental agility, he can also be irritable, nervous, aggressive and possibly even violent if he considers that certain lines have been crossed... Even so, most of the time he is extremely pleasant, responsible, curious, adaptable and capable of introspection when necessary. He is usually fascinated by adventure and novelty, and could often feel torn between his sense of duty and responsibility - and the desire to live his life the way that he desires, without worrying about what anyone else thinks, and either of these tendencies could prevail, depending on the moment and the circumstances.
comes across as a solid, sturdy character who can be leaned on, although he would prefer to relinquish some of the responsibility that he feels for others, who benefit greatly from his helpfulness and his tendency to take things seriously. As a child, he is brimming over with energy, and a rigid authoritarian attitude certainly won't hold much sway with him. He is much more likely to respect those who are frank and direct, who trust him and respect his sense of justice and equity. As long as he has the love of his family he will probably be a very affectionate and responsible child, although he could be a little hothead at times, and physical exercise is necessary to his equilibrium. Not particularly subtle, sensitive or impressionable; he is conscientious, courageous and although he can be abrupt at times, his behaviour is generally consistent.
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enjoys the comfort of his home, loves his family, and seeks peace and harmony. He has a profound sense of responsibility and justice. His feelings take up a lot of space in his life, although he tends to protect himself and his prerogatives. He could spend a lot of time furnishing and decorating his home, is usually good with his hands and could be a jack-of-all-trades, notably a talented decorator.
What does he do?
He could try out a variety of occupations for size before he finds his true calling. Occupations related to the exercise of power could appeal to him (justice, police, politics), as well as those that enable him to escape the routine and travel (sales, representation, tourism), activities related to food, cuisine, or oenology, or a profession that would allow him to express his sense of form, esthetics, color and materials.
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The Book of Mormon narrative begins with a small group of people who arrived in the Americas around 600 b.c. and numbered less than 30 people. Yet, within 1,000 years, grew to a civilization of hundreds of thousands of people. While the dynamics of such a population growth seems astronomical, it has been dealt with by previous scholars. 1 What is important to realize is the vast amount of people that compose the Nephites and Lamanites in The Book of Mormon. For example, after the Nephites fled the land of Nephi and joined the Mulekites in the city of Zarahemla, it is said that the group was "exceedingly numerous" (Omni 1:17). Although, there were many people located in Zarahemla it was not even "half so numerous" (Mosiah 20:11) as the Lamanites, meaning the Lamanites were at least double the population of the Nephites.
Throughout The Book of Mormon, we begin to see hints of what "exceedingly numerous" actually means. Throughout this sacred text we see repeated mentioning of thousands 2, and tens of thousands 3 of Lehites in regard to lives lost in war, conversions, or armies. In the last battles between the Nephites and the Lamanites around 400 b.c., these numbers increase to hundreds of thousands people 4. James E. Smith, one of the creators of the Cambridge model for estimating historical populations noted that "With a moderately positive population growth rate of .1 percent per year, a population of 300,000 in Zarahemla in 87 B.C. would produce 450,000 in Mormon's day." 5
Any candidate for consideration to be Book of Mormon people must have a large civilization with tens and hundreds of thousands of people. If the population was not there to match these numbers, then they could not be Nephites and Lamanites.
Some groups who promote a Great Lakes setting (or Heartland Model) for The Book of Mormon, claim that the ancient Hopewell culture centered in Ohio and Illinois is the civilization explained in The Book of Mormon. I would like to examine this claim using a few requirements that any civilization must possess to be Book of Mormon populace. It is important to examine the Hopewell *during* the period of time when the majority of The Book of Mormon took place (600 BC-400 AD). Some advocates of a Great Lakes setting for The Book of Mormon use structures, events, war, etc… of later cultures that existed centuries, sometime millennia after The Book of Mormon ended, as evidence for their claim. This is nothing short of dishonest on their part. Much of the evidence they provide does not remotely come close to the time periods when they should have happened. I will be pulling evidence from the Middle Woodland period (between 1 and 500 AD), which is the same time period of the Nephites when they are most advanced, and have the largest population. This would be the best time period to find the evidences we are looking for, if the Hopewell qualify as a candidate to be the Nephites and Lamanites.
The first requirement The Book of Mormon people should have is a very large population. Do the Hopewell meet this requirement with thousands, tens of thousands, and even hundreds of thousands of people? The answer is a resounding, no.
The Hopewell lived from "around 100 BC and lasting to AD 500." 6 (compared to the Lehites who lived between 600 BC and 400 AD), and centered in the river valleys of Ohio and Illinois. 7 They were an advanced civilization that is known for building large and elaborate mounds, and their long-distance trade. It has been said that they were the most advanced ancient North American society. As advanced as they were, no Hopewell group increased a population enough to fill a small village, which had no more than a few hundred people residing in it during Book of Mormon times. This is even the case in the communities in the heart, and origin of the Hopewell culture.
Timothy R Pauketat, a North-Eastern archaeologist and expert on the Hopewell states:
"Middle Woodland populations were not large by modern standards. For example, estimates based on human remains and settlements in the lower Illinois River valley are in the range of 1,290 to 4,500 individuals for a 140-mile stretch of river (and a region of 2,800 square miles), a population density of between .46 and 1.6 persons per square mile. A similar estimate has been derived for Southern Ohio (Pacheco and Dancey n.d.)….population density was probably the highest along the major waterways and the overland trails that probably crisscrossed to the east." 8
Additional research gives a similar population density:
"the maximum density range of 0.22 to 0.33 persons per square kilometer was reasonable (Asch, 1976:59)..it is interesting to note that this estimate for the Illinois Valley population density during the interval from 150 B.C. to A.D 400 is comparable to levels reported in the Southeast during historical times." 9
In the nucleus of the Hopewell culture, we find that the Hopewell not only lack the population to match the numbers throughout The Book of Mormon, but they did not even have enough people to have fought one major battle mentioned in The Book of Mormon.
The Book of Mormon speaks of many cities throughout the text, and rarely mentions what could be considered smaller villages. These cities are very large, and hold thousands and tens of thousands of people. Did the Hopewell build permanent large cities that hold many thousands of people? Again, the answer is no.
During The Book of Mormon period, the Ohio "Hopewell settlements were small villages or hamlets of a few rectangular homes made of posts with wattle and daub walls and thatched roofs" 10
These small villages were generally made up of immediate and extended families that would either be sedentary, or be a seasonal camp, always moving to a new location. 11
While some of these ancient Indians would congregate into a small village, there were many households that were "dispersed over the landscape rather than concentrated within villages." 12
"Overall, the Ohio Hopewell appear to be compiled of small groups most likely extended families, who practiced early horticulture and lived in small dispersed communities." 13
In the Illinois Valley, which many scholars believe to be the origin of the Hopewell, we find a similar situation. Their "villages could not have held more than a hundred people." And their living quarters were "rectangular or oval shaped;" and "were built of wooden posts and were probably covered with mats or with sheets of bark, like the wigwams of contact period Indians." 14
They also lived in "small, sedentary, one to three-household hamlets, rather than large villages" just as in Ohio and elsewhere. 15
Therefore, what are we to think of the great earthen works that this culture built? Wouldn't there have to be a city of people to work on these massive mounds? Scholars had originally thought that the "Ohio Hopewell resided in large complex villages adjacent to, or within, the monumental earthwork/mound centers. After extensive site survey and limited excavation in the central Scioto Valley, Prufer rejected the existence of such villages. Instead, he characterized the Ohio Hopewell settlement pattern as an example of what he termed the Vacant Ceremonial Center-Dispersed Agricultural Hamlet pattern. By this he meant that the earthwork/mound complexes were isolated ceremonial centers surrounded by interacting networks of small farming settlements. The members of these dispersed 'earthwork societies' interacted at the centers but did not live there on a permanent basis." 16
In other words, some of these small villages and hamlets "During the summer months when food sources were at their highest, the Ohio Hopewell would gather at the ceremonial areas to work on the mounds." 17
This is verified in an area with the biggest and most elaborate groups of mounds called Mound City, located in Chillicothe, Ohio, was excavated and archaeologists expected to find evidence of a large permanent city nearby. Instead, they "found low-density clusters of Hopewellian artifacts but no nucleated village debris…Similarly, a survey of the Hopewell site and environs by Seeman (1981) produced no evidence of nucleated sedentary village debris." These archaeologists also stated that the lack of sites found was not due to "modern land use", but only that they simply did not exist. This was also the case in several other mound sites." 18
War is a common theme in The Book of Mormon. Commencing soon after the arrival of the Lehites into the New World until it caused the destruction of the entire Nephite population. Book of Mormon wars lasted for years, sometimes decades at a time, with casualties that reached over a quarter-million people. If you are looking for Book of Mormon people in a certain group of ancient inhabitants of the Americas, extensive war is something that you should find.
The Hopewell do not match this Book of Mormon description. As mentioned earlier, they did not have the population that The Book of Mormon requires for battles or civilizations, but they also did not have wars. They were generally a peaceful people, and since they lived in such small groups, no large wars or battles are even recorded during Book of Mormon times.
In Ohio, it may be that there were no battles because "Most [clans] were roughly similar in size and wealth, and had fairly equal access to the social roles of importance of one kind or another… because there is no evidence of interpersonal or intercommunity violence, which social competition might produce." 19
If your neighbor did not have something you wanted, and you were equal with them pertaining to goods, then what would be the reason to go to war against him which you would lose some of the very few, valuable men in your small village?
Proponents of the Heartland geography theory that centers around the Great Lakes area claim that enclosure mounds among the Hopewell were used as military fortification against raiding Lamanites. While The Book of Mormon does speak about the Nephites casting up dirt walls to protect a city 20 , this rudimentary look at the Hopewell mounds does not align with the evidence that trained archaeologists have found. They are learning that many of these Hopewell mounds were not built in a hurry to thwart off invading enemies, but were slowly built over several centuries, and used for worship purposes. Archaeologists have come to the conclusion that "it is unlikely than any of them would have been effective militarily." 21 especially since these enclosures were not complete, but had several large gaps in them, which would expose the defenders to the enemy. 22
In relation to war, the Nephites and Lamanites used the bow and arrow as a major weapon in their battles. One should be able to find evidence of this common weapon, in the right time period, among Book of Mormon peoples. But again, the Hopewell do not pass this test. While the bow and arrow were used by later civilizations, the Hopewell did not have a knowledge of the weapon until after Book of Mormon time period. 23
Scholars have noted that "The invention of the bow and arrow was too late in time to be relevant to the end of the Scioto Hopewellian lifeways. Moreover, signs of violence and death by bow and arrow are missing from the Scioto Hopewell record." 24
This major weapon of war that is mentioned throughout The Book of Mormon, wasn't adopted by Great Lake cultures until after the disappearance of the Hopewell Indians.
Finally, the end of the Nephite civilization came because of years of bloodshed and war, ending the Nephite civilization desolate abruptly within a few years. What we find among the Hopewell is a very different story. "The great Hopewell culture thrived for 600 years. Then, around 500 AD., the culture disappeared with no signs of violence." 25 and seems to have "dissolved" rather "than collapsed." 26
The Hopewell have been shown to fail the test as a qualifying society for The Book of Mormon by lack of population, lack of cities, no large wars, destruction not coming from war, mounds not used for military functions, and no knowledge of weapons of war mentioned in The Book of Mormon. The list could go on, but just one of these points disqualifies the Hopewell culture.
The question must be asked, if the Hopewell do not line up with the description of The Book of Mormon civilization, then who does? If we take this same list of qualifiers and apply them to the Mayan people, who most LDS scholars believe to be, or at least be part of, Book of Mormon people, we find that they parallel each other in many ways.
Mesoamerican cities during Book of Mormon times were large enough to hold hundreds of thousands of people. "The region politically controlled by Teotihuacan extended beyond the Basin of Mexico, but it's core area was probably only 25,000 to 50,000 square kilometers, with a population perhaps around one-half million to one million…there is strong Teotihuacan presence in the Tula region, and a major center at Chingu. Control may have been strong in the Valley of Toluca, but it probably did not extend much farther north or west." 27
Contrasted with the .22-.33 people per square kilometer among the Hopewell, Mayan cities like El Mirador had "548-570 persons per square kilometers." 28 These kinds of numbers would are consistent with the numbers mentioned in The Book of Mormon.
Many of the Maya lived in these large cities which sometimes spanned up to 8-square miles, but controlled smaller cities hundreds of miles away. War among the Maya seems to have been a constant problem for them. There were wars for power, goods, trade, and sometimes just to get captives to use as sacrifice. To prevent invading armies from overtaking their city, some Mayan cities would cast up a dirt wall around their city and would even place a timber palisade on top of the mound. 29 "Southern lowland sites with defensive walls include Tikal, Calakmul, Becan, El Mirador, Dos Pilas, Aguateca, and Punta de Chimino, among others. Dahlin describes a defensive wall around Chunchucmil in relation to walls around nine other sites in the northern Maya lowlands." 30
Erecting defensive fortifications of dirt is exactly what Moroni was doing while preparing for war. He caused that the Nephites "should commence in digging up heaps of earth round about all the cities…And upon the top of these ridges of earth he caused that there should be timbers, yea, works of timbers built up to the height of a man, round about the cities." (Alma 50:1-2)
Some of these defensive mounds completed the task of warding off the arrows that were shot by the Lamanites (Alma 49:2). So, candidate civilization must have a knowledge of the bow and arrow during the right time periods. This is exactly what we find . "Paul Tolstoy, claims that there is evidence for "the limited use of the bow and arrow in central Mexico" during Book of Mormon times. In fact recent archaeological findings confirm that the bow was used in parts of Mesoamerica as early as the time of Christ." 31
In summary, the Hopewell were a well advanced culture in North America, but cannot be Book of Mormon peoples for many reasons, a few of which have been shown here. While we do not know exactly what ancient groups were the Nephites and Lamanites or where they lived, we can look for parallels between The Book of Mormon and ancient cultures. Thus far, the evidence seems to be in favor of the Mayan civilization.
1. The logistics of this kind of population growth will not be dealt with here, http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/review/?vol=6&num=1&id=141. However, it wasn't uncommon to find large population growths in Mesoamerica. "A considerable population increase (350%) is suggested from the Middle to Late Preclassic periods in northern Belize…"Ancient Mesoamerica: a comparison of change in three regions By Richard E. Blanton pg 170
2. Words of Mormon 1:14, Mos. 9:18, Alma 4:5, Alma 23:5, Alma 24:22, Alma 26:13, Alma 28:10-11, Alma 37:9, Alma 37:19, Alma 49:23, Alma 50:22, Alma 51:11,19, 56:27, 57:6, 57:14, 60:7, 62:5,12, 17, 63:4, Hel. 3:24, 5:19, 11:6, 3 Nephi 4:27, 17:25, Mormon 2:9, 4:9
3. Alma 2:19, Alma 3:26, Alma 28:2, 60:22, Hel. 3:26, 3 Nephi 3:24, 4:21, Mormon 1:11, 2:25
4. Mormon 6:11-14, 220,000
5. Nephi's Descendants? Historical Demography and the Book of Mormon, James E. Smith, FARMS Review vol. 6.1 pg 255-296
6. Encyclopedic dictionary of archaeology By Barbara Ann Kipfer Springer; 1 edition (April 1, 2000), pg 242
7. Societies, Networks, and Transitions: A Global History, Volume I: To 1500, Craig A. Lockard, Wadsworth Publishing; 1 edition (January 10, 2007)pg 245
8. North American archaeology, Timothy R Pauketat, Diana DiPaolo Loren, Wiley-Blackwell (January 4, 2005) pg 113 emphasis mine
9. Late-Quaternary Environments of the United States, ed. Herbert Edgar Wright, Prentice Hall Press (June 1984) 2:258, emphasis mine
10. http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/hopewell/who_were_hopewell.html
11. Mitochondrial DNA analysis of the Ohio Hopewell of the Hopewell Mound Group. PhD Dissertation by Lisa A. Mills, Department of Anthropology, Ohio State University, 2003. Pg 13
12. The Scioto Hopewell and their neighbors: bioarchaeological documentation and Cultural Understanding (Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology)
By D. Troy Case, Christopher Carr, Springer; 1st Edition. edition (July 24, 2008) pg 8
13. Mitochondrial DNA analysis of the Ohio Hopewell of the Hopewell Mound Group. PhD Dissertation by Lisa A. Mills, Department of Anthropology, Ohio State University, 2003. Pg 30
14. Prehistory of the Americas By Stuart J. Fiedel, Cambridge University Press; 2 edition (May 29, 1992) pg 242
15. Hamlets "are characteristic of Middle Woodland/Hopewell settlement systems in Ohio, the lower Illinois river valley, the American Bottom of the Mississippi river valley, and the Duck river valley of central Tennessee." Gathering Hopewell: Society, Ritual and Ritual Interaction (Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology), Community Organizations in the Scioto, Mann, and Havana Hopewellian Regions, by Bret J. Ruby, Christopher Carr, and Douglas K. Charles. Edited by Christopher Carr and D. Troy Case, pg 132
16. Ohio Hopewell Community Organization, William S. Dancey, Paul J. Pacheco, Kent State University Press (January 1997) pg 42
17. Mitochondrial DNA analysis of the Ohio Hopewell of the Hopewell Mound Group. PhD Dissertation by Lisa A. Mills, Department of Anthropology, Ohio State University, 2003. Pg 13
18. Ohio Hopewell Community Organization, William S. Dancey, Paul J. Pacheco, Kent State University Press (January 1997) pg 16
19. The Scioto Hopewell and their neighbors: bioarchaeological documentation and Cultural Understanding (Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology) By D. Troy Case, Christopher Carr, Springer; 1st Edition. edition (July 24, 2008) pg 25
20. Alma 49:2, 53:4
21. North American archaeology, Timothy R. Pauketat, Diana DiPaolo Loren Wiley-Blackwell (January 4, 2005) pg 123
22. ibid
23. "In most of eastern North America, a shift from notched or stemmed to triangular bifaces occurred between 1500 and 1200 B.P. This shift is commonly linked to the introduction of the bow and arrow to the region (Blitz 1988:131; Christenson 1986a; Griffin 1978:254; Hall 1980; Justice 1987: 224-229; Kelly et al. 1984; Morse and Morse 1990; Muller 1986). That is, small triangular bifaces are considered prima facie evidence for the adoption of the bow and arrow. This adoption is believed to involve a corresponding abandonment of, or at least a drastic reduction in the use of, earlier device."
Spears, darts, and arrows: late woodland hunting techniques in the upper Ohio Valley. Article from: American Antiquity | July 1, 1993 | Shott, Michael J
24. The Scioto Hopewell and Their Neighbors: Bioarchaeological Documentation and Cultural Understanding (Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology, by Daniel Troy Case, Christopher Carr, C.A. Johnston, and B. Goldstein Springer; 1st Edition. edition (July 24, 2008), pg 319
25. Archaeological Society of Ohio By Archaeological Society of Ohio, Ohio Archaeological Society, Ohio Indian Relic Collectors Society, Volumes 44-45, pg 17
26. North American archaeology, Timothy R. Pauketat, Diana DiPaolo Loren Wiley-Blackwell (January 4, 2005) pg 131
27. Archaeology of Ancient Mexico and Central America: An Encyclopedia , by Susan Toby Evans, Routledge; annotated edition edition (November 27, 2000), pg 729. While Teotihuacan spanned over a half of a century in Book of Mormon times, it should be noted that the end of its society post-date The Book of Mormon. The population would no doubt be very large, but may not be as high as the figures stated.
28. Past and Present in the Americas: A Compendium of Recent Studies, edited by John Lynch, Manchester University Press (September 1984), pg 132
29. "Bruce Owen discusses such fortifications at Becan in central Yucatan (5 meter deep moat, a 12 meter high earth embankment, with a timber palisade on top), and at other settlements" http://bruceowen.com/worldprehist/3250s18.htm Ross Hassig, War and Society in Ancient Mesoamerica (1992), 219 n. 34
30. The Ancient Maya: new perspectives, By Heather Irene McKillop, ABC-CLIO (August 19, 2004), pg 189
31. Archaeology of Northern Mesoamerica, Pt. 1, 282-283, quoted in William J. Hamblin, "The Bow and Arrow in the Book of Mormon," Warfare in the Book of Mormon (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company and FARMS, 1990), 379.


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Malabon Tricycle Tours: Rediscovering My Hometown
Organized by the local government of Malabon, led by Malabon Mayor Antolin "Len-Len" Oreta III's wife, Chef Melissa Sison-Oreta, the Malabon Tricycle Tours aims to showcase a different side of the city as part of the #VisitPhilippines2015 campaign. If you haven't lived or been to Malabon, then you might think that the city only offers pichi-pichi, Pancit Malabon, a multitude of factories, and flooded streets. And this, my friends, is why I joined the tour. I wanted to see more of my city behind all the pre- and misconceptions.
Touring Malabon in style, aboard one of the 52 accredited tricycles, with the driver as our tour guide. |
"Tricycles are an indigenous form of the auto-rickshaw and a common means of public transportation in the Philippines. These public utility vehicles either ply a set route or are for-hire, like taxis." -- from Wiki
My lucky number! Accredited tricycles are those with #VisitMalabon2015 stickers. |
Concepcion Market
Our first stop was the Concepcion Market, one of the most popular markets in the city and a place-to-be for the freshest catch of seafoods, as well as fruits and local delicacies.
Prior to the tour, I've already been to Concepcion Market a few times to accompany my mom when she buys fish, prawns and squid. But it was nice to get a different view of the market through the tour. This was my first time to ever take photographs in a market too!
Just across the market stands the Immaculate Conception Parish Church and the equally famous Plaza Concepcion, which used to host movie caravans from LVN and Sampaguita Films. Today, it houses a health center and also serves as a multi-purpose hall.
Artes De Paseo
Next on our itinerary was Artes De Paseo, a fairly new gallery established by the Art Association of Malabon on October 2013. The gallery aims to educate visitors about art while showcasing masterpieces by Malabonian artists and in the process, preserve culture.
Although established back in 2013, it was not until May 2014 after its Inaugural Exhibit that Artes De Paseo went full bloom.
Some of the artworks that really caught my eye were the intricate oil paintings by Chris Magbuhos, as well as the stunning acrylic artworks by August Santiago.
While at the Artes De Paseo, we also snacked on some Valencia -- Malabonian's version of turon encased in a triangle-shaped, caramel-coated and deep-fried wrapper, but mixed with other sweet delicacies. In our case, our Valencia also had biko (sticky sweetened rice). I've also seen others with mung bean paste or even ube halaya.
Ibaviosa House
Completed back in the 1940's on a 2,200sqm. lot, this pre-war ancestral house owned by the Ibaviosas was said to have seen and endured the Filipino-Japanese war.
The Ibaviosa family is known in the city for their Malabon Patis, with the Ibaviosa House as a fruit of their successful business. And while the family's still in the patis-making industry, we've also seen a small factory for making pants in their compound. Too bad these pants are not for sale. This batch will be directly sent to SM Department Store.
I'm not sure how true this is, but I've heard from some of the people who joined the tour that the Ibaviosa House is also the set for Ai-Ai de las Alas' Tanging Ina. Can anyone who have watched the movie confirm if this is indeed true? As shameful as it, I have to admit that I haven't watched the film yet. Yup, I used to live under a rock! >.<
Angel Cacnio Gallery
This house and gallery holds a collection of Mr. Angel Cacnio's best paintings, sculpture works made by his sons Michael and Ferdinand, and paintings by Malabonian artists collected by his wife -- the late Mrs. Amelia Cacnio.
The Angel Cacnio Gallery is a sight to behold with every wall lined with beautiful artworks. Some which caught my attention were the designs Mr. Cacnio did for the P20 and P100 bills. Some coins which circulated in 1982 and 1983 were said to have been his designs too, as well as the Malabon Landmark icon along Letre Road.
If you're interested in art, Mr. Cacnio, along with other dedicated Malabonian artists, occasionally offers free painting workshops for enthusiasts.
We also spotted this lechunan just outside the Angel Cacnio Gallery. Though I love indulging in lechon -- that crispy skin and succulent meat, I feel pity for 'em pigs when I see them on a spit-roaster. 。゚・(>﹏<)・゚。 I won't stop eating lechon any time soon though.
Raymundo House
Inspired by the ambiance of Intramuros, the Raymundo House was built back in 1861, and has long since provided the present generation a glimpse of the past.
The house itself has already been renovated, if I'm not mistaken, but the concrete arch and enormous wooden gate have been preserved since its completion. At the upper part of the arch, there's a Hapsburg Eagle etching which symbolizes royalty.
This 2,400sqm. property used to host seafood product traders from around the land. For centuries, the Raymundo House has observed free-flowing river traffic, fluvial events, as well as the transformation of the river. How surreal if you think about it!
Oreta Sports Complex
One of the pride of Malabon is the Oreta Sports Complex constructed back in 2006. This is the only sports center of its class in CAMANAVA (Caloocan-Malabon-Navotas), and aims at promoting sports, health and wellness among Malabonians.
The Oreta Sports Complex has a 1,300-seater Olympic-sized basketball court, a 530sqm. multi-purpose front stage, and outdoor pools (standard and kiddie) bordered by cottages to host visitors. At the moment, this sports center enjoys continuous renovation to cater to more functions and social events that augment local income.
This is probably the stop in the tour that surprised me the most. I knew we had a sports center in the city. However, I didn't expect the Oreta Sports Complex to be this impressive. Bravo, Malabon!
Malabon City Hall
Ahhh... The Malabon City Hall! I've been to this building a couple times now to secure documents and IDs, and I'd always comment on how nice our own city hall looks like. As it turns out, this eleven-storey building has been considered the tallest structure in CAMANAVA at the time of its construction back in 2007.
Apart from offices, the Malabon City Hall also has a multi-purpose hall equipped with air-conditioning and sound system on the top-most floor perfect for public events. There's also an open-air penthouse, which I failed to check out (have to see it for myself the next time I visit the building), that overlooks the city and gives a really nice view of Malabon.
San Bartolome Church
Our last stop was the San Bartolome Church, a Baroque-style Agustinian parish built in 1564 and declared an independent parish from Tondo on May 17, 1614.
I was more than excited to visit this 400-year old church. But before going in, we spotted these ladies wearing the creative masterpieces of the female inmates from Malabon City Jail. The black dress was made from garbage bags and egg shells; the bustier high-low dress was made from colorful recycled paper; and the short-sleeved dress was made from caffeine-filled sleepless nights and bags of Great Taste coffee. How innovative and fasyon!
The San Bartolome Church is the oldest local church and first city landmark of Malabon. Just standing outside its gates, one can already see and feel the grandeur of this 400-year old parish. Its interior is even more magnificent with walls and ceilings dressed in paintings of local artists. However, as proud as I am of how stunning this church looks now, it's a little saddening that my generation and the generation-to-come will never know the simple beauty this parish used to hold. Although the architectural structure was preserved, the interior and the facade were already heavily altered. Not that it's entirely a bad thing. But I somehow wish the restoration processes aimed to keep San Bartolome Church's identity, and not make it look new. And different.
Wrapping it up...
I never thought rediscovering my hometown can be this fun. I've learned so much and felt even prouder to be a Malabonian. I knew Malabon has a lot in store, but I didn't know it has old houses, beautiful galleries and stunning churches that are this impressive.
Our merienda after the tour: Pancit bihon, lumpiang ubod, and puto with salted egg |
Our friendly driver and tour guide for the day -- Kuya Abril! |
Traveling need not be expensive. Sure, Malabon is not home to beaches or lush forests, but if you want a different kind of city tour, give the Malabon Tricycle Tours a go. And if you're a Malabonian, or used to live in Malabon, then you should definitely consider rediscovering your hometown, just like what I did. It's fun, accessible, very inexpensive, and really good for street photography! ★⌒(●ゝω・)b
or contact the Malabon Tourism Office at 281-4999 Loc. 1003.
You may also contact the Malabon TODA Association at
0918-651-7343, 0922-950-1500 or 0922-809-3010.


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All had been going well when I was using winser but when I install it on the testing environment things suddenly took a turn for the worse. All of a sudden the test box became unresponsive and then rebooted itself. All of this happened only moments after I had install the module. I knew this environment was not setup correct and my application self terminates once it can not find the correct settings/start up as expected. Problem here which I didn't know was that the library winser relies upon to register the application as service, nssm has more configuration options. One important one is a throttling mechanism when your application exits after a certain period of time. This works well if you are within this time period but outside of it your application is automatically restarted. This is the default setting of nssm library when an application exits. This default period which the throttling mechanism comes into is 1500ms. So once your application passes 1500ms nssm assumes the application to be up and running successfully. Unfortunately this is not the case for my application which would exit after 1500~1600ms... which lead to the application tight looping on restarts... which lead to excessive messages going to the Windows logs and CPU consumption that lead to my test server crashing.
To me this shows that sometimes important default settings/behaviours are not obvious when they should be to a developer. If I had knew the default behaviours I would have looked to change the defaults but I had not. After reading a lot about nssm (probably more than I should have needed too) I am now excited about the next version of nssm 3 which will allow you to control a lot of these settings without editing the Windows registry.
Even though it is easy to wrap up functionality to make it available cross programming languages. It is important to include the documentation/usage of that library from the original in the wrapper.


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This question comes up on a fairly regular basis, how can I compare two Revit drawings to see what has changed between revisions? Also, how can I compare two different versions of the Revit model to see what has changed?
In this post we will look at three different tools that can help facilitate this.I am sure their are other tools available to enable us to do this, but I have tried to highlight the most common ones which many of us have installed on our laptops or workstations.
Model Compare
The Model Compare tool is part of the Extensions for Revit utilities which can be downloaded and installed from the Autodesk subscription site. Originally only available for Revit Structure users, Autodesk finally saw sense last year and released it for all of the disciplines. It's very easy to use; you start by opening the two models you want to compare, then choose model compare from the extensions pulldown menu.
The application will the start and will look for differences between the two models. Once the comparison has been completed, you will be presented with a dialogue box which lists the two models and highlights general information relating to the two projects.
You can then choose to review the difference in elements by selecting "elements" in the menu on the far left hand side of the dialogue box.
You can then use the "Comparison Type" check boxes to change how the elements in the models are compared.
You have the ability to review elements as follows:-
mapped equally to one another "="
different to one another "<>"
no longer exist in the project "<"
The report tool allows you to generate a report of the compared models. This can be saved as an MHT or html file or you can export to Word or Excel as well as being able to print the report directly from the dialogue box.
Below you will find a typical report exported to Excel.
Drawing Compare - DWF
You can also compare drawing output from Revit using Autodesk Design Review 2009. However, you need to publish your drawings in DWF format from Revit, to start with. Then open one of the DWF's in Autodesk Design Review 2009 and choose compare from the tools pulldown menu.
You will be presented with the following dialogue box.
You can then choose the target DWF you want to compare, click the browse icon to locate the DWF, then choose "ok". Design Review will in essence compare the two different DWF outputs and highlighting what has changed by adding additional markup to the DWF.
This additional markup can be saved in the DWF, but you also have the ability to load this back into Revit if required. This is achieved by choosing import/link in Revit then selecting the DWF you added to the markup to. The markup will then appear as a markup layer in Revit.
Drawing Compare - PDF
OK, DWF is fine, but what if you published all you drawings from Revit using PDF? In Acrobat Professional we can do something similar to the Compare functionality found in Design Review. Start Acrobat Pro and choose a suitable PDF created from Revit, then from the advanced pulldown menu choose "Compare Documents".
Again this will open a dialogue box which will allow you to browse to the PDF you want to compare against.
There are different types of comparisons that you can use and you also have the ability to create two different report types based on the comparisons found.
A side by side report provides you with this output:-
A consolidated Report provides you with this type of report, which just balloons the various changes:-
There you have it, three different ways to compare differences between models and drawings. I guess that some of these may be obvious to the Revit user, nevertheless it fails to amaze me that many users and document reviewers are still not using digital tools to compare differences and changes, instead opting for the old school approach of printing the drawing out to paper and using a magic marker to highlight changes!


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Chiropractic can help with a wide variety of health conditions, particularly those involving the spine. Your chiropractor's ability to adjust your spine makes it possible to correct many issues with the back and neck. Chiropractic also offers the advantage of being drug-free and non-invasive, so the side effects you need to worry about are minimal.
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1. Degenerative Disc Disease
Most often, degenerative disc disease is a condition that strikes people as they get older. The discs that sit between your vertebrae are supposed to be relatively soft to provide cushion and flexibility to the spine. Unfortunately, years of use and various injuries can cause the discs to wear down. When they wear down it can lead to pressure on nerves and bone on bone contact.
2. Herniated Disc
Sometimes a disc can rupture, allowing the interior matter to protrude from the outer shell and press against nerves in the spine. The most common areas of the body to have a herniated disc are the lower back and the neck.
3. Sciatica
The sciatic nerve travels from the lower back and down the legs. The nerve can become irritated if there are issues with the lower back, such as degenerative disc disease, herniated disc or misalignment. Pressure on the nerve can cause symptoms like shooting pains, numbness, tingling, dull aching and other discomforts.
4. Whiplash
Whiplash is most common in rear-end car accidents, where a car hits you from behind and causes your head to whip forward and backward. The force generated by the whipping motion can cause significant damage to your neck. Stiffness and pain are common symptoms. Whiplash should be treated as soon as possible following an accident.
5. Myofascial Pain
The fascia is the sheath-like material that surrounds your muscles. Adhesions can occur in the fascia due to overuse or injury. Sometimes the painful points can feel like hard knots under the skin. Myofascial pain often causes discomfort in other areas of the body that you would not assume are related to the problem area.
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Many times the problems with your spine can be improved by realigning the vertebrae. Injuries and spinal conditions are often associated with misalignment—where the vertebrae are not sitting on top of one another as they should be. A chiropractic adjustment gently returns your vertebrae to alignment.
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I'm Michel Martin and this is TELL ME MORE from NPR News. On this program, we try to keep up with events throughout Africa. We report on all kinds of things, including the telecom revolution, the rise of a new middle class, even the growing literary and fashion scenes - all happening, all real. But for many, images of poverty, famine, war and dysfunction still predominate and sadly, are also too often true. So which is the real Africa? And which image should inform how the rest of the world deals with Africa? Those are the kinds of questions Nigerian-American journalist Dayo Olopade set out to answer in her sweeping new work called "The Bright Continent: Breaking Rules and Making Change in Modern Africa." And Dayo Olopade is with us now. Welcome. Thank you so much for joining us.
DAYO OLOPADE: Thank you, Michel.
MARTIN: So what's your big idea? What are you trying to accomplish with this book?
OLOPADE: Well, the book is trying to do two things. One is narrative correction, and the other is models and examples for the rest of the world to follow. Now I worked as a reporter in Washington. I covered development. I covered American policy. And I found the images, the narrative, to be so inconsistent with what I had experienced living in and working in and experiencing different parts of Africa for much of my life. And the big example - the thing that really pushed me and the thing that drove home this big idea was when I was covering the United Nations 10th anniversary summit for the Millennium Development Goals.
And the Millennium Development Goals were a very ambitious, you know, roadmap for improving human lives all over the world. And the United Nations, in preparation for the 10th anniversary, sponsored a poster competition, and the winning poster had at the very top of it the leaders of the G8. This was Angela Merkel. This was Barack Obama, Hu Jintao, at the time. And at the bottom, the bottom half of the photo was young limbs.
They were black African limbs without shoes, standing in the dust, waiting in line, and the tagline for this winning poster was Dear World leaders, We are still waiting. And this of course did not conform to anything that I had seen or experienced. As opposed to that particular narrative, I had seen folks selling things in traffic. My own parents and my own family members and extended family members making do in adverse circumstances, you know, working twice as hard and waiting for no one.
MARTIN: So the idea that people are sitting around waiting to be saved you find so completely wrong and ridiculous that you felt you wanted to correct that. But what else? I mean, you talked about that a lot. I mean, you said that these, quote, depressing top-level narratives that have held the region back, and you also point out a lot of data about the economic engine that Africa has become. Also, quoting from the book, Africa provides a higher rate of return on investment than any other developing region of the world, including the celebrated BRIC nations of Brazil, Russia, India and China, and seven of the 10 fastest-growing economies in the world are African. I might need to repeat that 'cause I'm not sure people would believe it. So do you feel that mainly Africa has a PR problem at this point?
OLOPADE: Certainly. I think people underestimate the extent to which these depressing narratives of famine, war and corruption, you know, keep hundreds of millions of people hostage, right? And I think that when you focus on leadership that's bad, when you focus on institutions that are patronizing, you miss all of the exciting activity that's happening across the continent. And I think a lot of that activity is commercial. A lot of that activity involves a private sector, and so much of that activity is informal. It's not even available to these official statisticians, you know, official ministers and diplomats and other formal interventions in the continent just miss all of this.
MARTIN: Well, you talk about kanju, and you describe it as the specific creativity born from African difficulty. Talk a little bit about why that matters.
OLOPADE: Well, I think, again, it allows people - it allows us all a vision of the silver linings involved and the things that many people pity about Africa. When you think about an electrical grid that doesn't work, when you think about schools that don't educate children well, when you think about health systems that are strained, it can be a little overwhelming, and it can be depressing. By contrast, when you imagine these as motivations, which they are, when you imagine these as invitations to solve problems and to create dynamic, efficient workarounds, the state of affairs begins to look like a catalytic environment that generates new ideas that can, in fact, be applied to the developed world as well.
MARTIN: If you're just joining us, we're talking about a new book "The Bright Continent: Breaking Rules and Making Change in Modern Africa." We're speaking with author Dayo Olopade. As I mentioned at the outset, this is a very sweeping book. It's a very ambitious book, and you take on lots of sectors. I mean, you talk about agriculture. You talk about manufacturing. You talk about the telecom industry. Could you just give one example of the kind of what you call depressing top-level narrative that you think has actually inhibited growth, whatever people's good intentions are, inhibited the kinds of ingrown solutions that are already rising up?
OLOPADE: Well, I think the expectation that people in Africa can't afford anything, that poverty means that there's no commercial activity on the continent. I think it's quite to the contrary. Finance - big banks tend not to lend to entrepreneurs or small businesses. We have had a microfinance revolution. Many people first learned about the tradition of lending very small amounts to poor people when Muhammad Yunus won his Nobel Prize in 2006. But in my opinion, microfinance is not sufficient to grow, to employ, to train and to build a middle class that Africa is starting to develop itself. At the same time, you have enormous, you know, macrofinance, let's call it, enormous multimillion dollar projects - dams, bridges, roads. Some are Chinese financed. Some are done by entities like the World Bank or other private equity firms.
But what we're missing is what I think will really drive African development in the future, which is those small businesses that, you know, produce jobs here in the U.S. as well. Small and medium-size enterprises with 10 employees, 20 employees, five employees, offer people a step up into a middle class stable existence with reliable income that supports many more people than it does in the United States. You know, one job can support seven folks in Africa. And so financial institutions who are worried about corruption, who are worried about expropriation, who are worried about the difficult business climate in Africa are starving, you know, a vital sector of the economy of, you know, the oxygen it needs to thrive and to support people making their own choices about their lives.
MARTIN: You know, I take your point. You say that there's a lot of just misunderstanding of what is really needed on the ground to build on the strengths that are already there. But what do you say to people who say you can't ignore the mis-governance and tribalism, which exists in other places as well? I mean, is it your argument that these things don't really exist or aren't really major factors or that they're factors in other places and people just ignore it?
OLOPADE: Despite the fact that since pre-colonial era and continuing into the present, many governments are seen as illegitimate or inauthentic - they don't reflect tribal boundaries, they don't reflect religious boundaries, they don't reflect life as lived - we emphasize them quite a bit. So my contention is that these governance issues should not be the sole focus of development practice. There is such an emphasis on states, votes, democracy, civil society, all of these things that don't meet the people where they are. So while I acknowledge that there are problems with corruption, and they are widespread - and I think most people in Africa would be the first to agree with you, yes, our governments are poor. They are inadequate to meet our needs. We distrust them. We expect little from them. But the story doesn't stop there.
That's what I'm trying to emphasize, is that these actually drive a lot of the solutions. I'll give you an example, which is private schooling. People, for the most part, are willing to invest in something like education because it's seen as a way to develop children, a way to ensure future prosperity. And even the very poor are willing to invest in private education. And so when we have this expectation that the government will do - that we want to reform public education, we want to work through the government to make sure that children are being educated, we are not only beating a dead horse on some level, we are also depriving these alternative solutions of the support that they might need to grow.
MARTIN: So what are you saying? You're saying that westerners who want to be helpful should, what, support these local institutions or step out entirely?
OLOPADE: I am not an aide evangelist by any stretch of the imagination. I do not think that foreign assistance is precise. I do not think that it is well-reasoned. I think it can have the crowding out effects that we discussed earlier. I think that it can be distortive in markets, and I think it also has the unintended consequence of making people pity Africa. So the entire aid economy has a lot of negative effects.
That said, I think treating aid capital as capital - think about deploying it in different ways, to think about investing it, to think about something called program-related investments, which allow non-profits to invest in businesses, to see a return - to treat aid capital more like capital allows for more decentralization. It allows for more businesses to be involved. It allows for more innovative ideas to get off the ground. When there is so much attention focused on assisting Africa, we shouldn't call it a bad thing, but it certainly makes no sense to invest heavily in the wrong types of interventions.
MARTIN: How would you recommend, though, that people address their relationship with Africa going forward, outside of Africa, who - meanwhile, who want to see Africa grow but who also feel like they're damned if they do, they're damned if they don't? If they don't participate in the life of the continent, then they're bad and uncaring. If they do, people say, you know, you're heavy-handed, you're wrong. You're doing the wrong thing. How would you recommend that these relationships proceed going forward?
OLOPADE: I think they ought to be driven by, first, a very measured respect, and they should be grounded in listening. I think one of the amazing things about the opportunity I had in traveling widely trying to cover such an ambitious set of issues was that I learned so much just by listening to people articulate the particular constraints they were facing, the needs that they had and what they thought might be the most helpful. And I realize that may be difficult to do at a distance. One is not always able to sort of, you know, do the ground-level, shoe-level reporting work that I was able to do. But I do think more listening to what is so encouraging, which is a wider panoply of voices both from, you know, the African continent and from its diaspora, that are issue-related, that are at least targeted at self-identified difficulties.
I think one of the biggest issues with, let's say Toms Shoes or other kinds of charity, that, you know, provide some physical good, is that it is so much more about the convenience of the person giving it than the person getting it. The idea that people are sitting on their hands, the idea that people are waiting around for, you know, clicktivism, or the annual, you know, donation check, or for the shipment of Super Bowl T-shirts from the losing team to come in, it truly offends me. One of the more poignant moments for me in reporting this book, and I mention it early, is going to the airport very early in the morning, you know, and people just walking to work.
That is happening across the continent every morning. People walk long distances in the dark, having woken up, you know, and bathed in the dark to provide for their families. And that, rather than that image from the U.N. poster of, you know, dusty feet waiting for a handout, is what I would like people to take away. You know, in the book, I try and spotlight and enumerate them so that we can all respect, number one, and also learn from the spirit.
MARTIN: Dayo Olopade is the author of "The Bright Continent: Breaking Rules and Making Change in Modern Africa." It's out this week. And we caught up with her in our bureau in New York. Dayo, thank you so much for speaking with us.
OLOPADE: Thank you, Michel. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.