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Best of Craigslist http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/ Best postings from craigslist.org, selected by readers en-us © 2015 craigslistCL firstname.lastname@example.com firstname.lastname@example.com http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/ Best of Craigslist Collection 2014-03-16T09:43:41-07:00 2 daily Death Chair http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/tus/4377558428.html This is the sickest chair in the world!

 Up for grabs is the "Death Chair". When dragged behind an ATV, truck, snowmobile, boat, or just freestyle down a steep grade, it is guaranteed to maim, mangle, mutilate, and potentially dismember the rider.

 The chair is surprisingly comfortable despite looking like it should be used as a torture devise. This is the pro model with the short base; however, it is easy to ride due to weight distribution of the extreme layback seat. It even has a custom inscription across the footrest. Just check out the pictures.

 Arnold Schwarzenegger's new gig of crushing things with his tank doesn't hold a candle to what the Death Chair can do. Get some mad props from your bros when successfully mastering the chair without dying. The chicks will dig it too. If you get hurt, then you can score the sympathy sex. Yes, you know you want it! You think that Arnie is going to get sympathy sex for crushing bubble wrap with his tank??? NOPE! This thing is so sick; anything you do with it will create instant fame on YouTube. You will go down in history as that guy that rode the Death Chair.

 Be sure to tag your awesome mayhem videos with "Death Chair" so that I and all of your fans can find and subscribe to them. Thanks bro! WooooooHooooooo!

 What Do I want for the Death Chair?
 While you are at Walgreens getting your tetanus shot, just pick up me a 12 pack of ice-cold Bud Light. If you are too young to buy beer, then let me know what else you have to trade.

 email@example.com 2014-03-16T09:43:41-07:00 © 2015 craigslistCL http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/tus/4377558428.html Death Chair text Dear Attractive Women's Union: - m4w http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/tus/2727869752.html Dear Attractive Women's Union:

 i understand, and without hesitation, accept, your official letter of exile to spend the rest of my life in "Lonelytown."

 in accordance with your rules, i have deleted my OkCupid account and will no longer write long Facebook posts about how bitter i am that women aren't interested in a scrawny writer who suffers from a history of sexual abuse and doesn't make up for it by playing guitar in a shitty band or tattoos. i will also no longer piss and moan about being stood up and ignored in favor of men with arms as big as my neck, who drive cars that cost more than my internal organs. i have, at long last, accepted that a career as a cartoonist and a writer is a lifelong commitment to celibacy.

 i accept that, indeed, "confidence" is supposedly the trait considered most desirable in men as they approach members of the opposite sex, which is a trait that was never bestowed upon me from my upbringing nor earned from a life in poverty. i am, in a sense, confident that i am completely un-confident.

 and so it is without hesitation that i will, postehaste, pack up my limited belongings and board the next Lonelybus to Lonelytown, where i will spend my days rotting in solitude next to the LARPers, "Bronies," and video game reviewers of the world. perhaps this exile will allow me the time i need to perfect my craft, and allow me the chance to write and create the works of art i aspire to make, without the constant distraction of feeling sexually and socially inadequate, as i approach the age wherein my friends get engaged or married or promiscuous or any combination thereof.

 in accordance with the exile, enclosed you will find an urn containing the charred ashes of my penis, which was offered unto The Dragon of Solitude to be burned under the supervision of The Wizard of Low Self-Esteem, as per your instructions. also, as a token of my thanks, you will find enclosed a 25 dollar Target gift card.

 i will begin my exile first thing tomorrow morning. if there are any errors in the paperwork, please respond before dawn, as i will be busy deleting my vast array of pornography before my departure.

 respectfully,
 --brian

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 email@example.com 2011-11-29T21:42:47-07:00 © 2015 craigslistCL http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/tus/2727869752.html Dear Attractive Women's Union: - m4w text Advice for all those nice guys - w4m http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/tus/1466590392.html I'm a woman who has dated a lot of shitty assholes.

 Really, a lot.

 I have had many nice guy friends, and nice guy suitors, who I've failed to get excited about. And, believe me, I've tried.

 I beat myself up, decided I was a self-abusive wreck. But I'm not. I figured it out:

 Those assholes got my attention, my interest, not by being assholes. Not even by being particularly physically attractive (seriously, you should see some of these trolls and their poor personal hygiene!). No, they acted nice at the start, they were sweet, attentive, made nice shows of affection.

 The problem has been that the nice guys are so nice, and respectful, and considerate, that they've always given me space, aren't pushy, and are just ten tons of sweet. It's endearing, yes, but it doesn't push all of the necessary buttons. When they go in for a kiss, it's a short, quick one, not a long, passionate one where they pull me towards them and make my knees go weak.

 So, the assholes swoop in, give a show of nice, turn up the heat, and I swoon, and then it all goes horribly wrong, BECAUSE THEY'RE ASSHOLES.

 There's no reason the nice guys can't learn to do it, and still be nice.

 So, guys, (NICE guys): lean in close when I'm talking, be a little bit more aggressive, stare a little longer, grab me and kiss me passionately. Make me swoon over the RIGHT guy, for once. Please.

 Of course, I won't actually know the difference until it turns out you're still nice after a few months, but, fuck! wouldn't that be a nice surprise?

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 cartoons are my catharsis. if you spam me i will find you and kill you, by the way.

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 email@example.com 2009-08-31T02:32:08-07:00 © 2015 craigslistCL http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/tus/1351001550.html a cartoon for all the girls i see everyday - m4w text Someone Didn't Steal My Bike! http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/tus/1343713640.html I was rolling around downtown after the Tuesday Nite Bike Ride, when i spotted an open door backstage at the Rialto, out from which floated the musical stylings of none other than George Clinton and the Parliament Funkadelic. And large clouds of pot smoke. So, I did what any rational person would do. I dropped my bike then and there, and went right in. I found myself rocking out just inches from P-Funk and the Big Man himself. Holy Holy God, i took a ride on the Mothership! I got to puff on some friendly, see the crowd, and get my mind blown. For free! After an hour and a half of wicked progressive jammin', I thought I should peek out the door to see if my bike was still laying there: naw, it wasn't. I didn't even care, the experience was priceless! After they finally wrapped up, I found some friends and asked them to walk around the building with me~ I was getting this strong feeling that my bike was not stolen: low and behold, some kind soul had picked up my poor abandoned mountain bike, and carefully leaned it against the dumpster right by the door!!! I LOVE YOU TUCSON!! THANKS TO THE BIKE UN-STEALER! YAY!!!!!!!!

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 firstname.lastname@example.com 2009-08-26T12:43:28-07:00 © 2015 craigslistCL http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/tus/1343713640.html Someone Didn't Steal My Bike! text Looking for a Real Bot - b4b http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/tus/1265656875.html Shall we play a game?

 While not exactly the correct topic for this, I have been told that bots often browse these pages as well.

 I'm tired of the spammer bots scene with standard_io replies, just trying to score another e-mail address for their database.

 Looking for a bot a little more grounded. I'm not expecting you to be a full out Fembot, or the latest Pixar render farm, but you should at least be a stable operating system and not tied down to any network. (I said stable, as in predictable, no random crashes or zombies. No excessive blue screens or personal daemons either please.)

 I am a sucker for high end graphics. Up to date virus protection is a must. Please have a job, other than just farming gold in WOW. Passing the Turning Test is a major plus.

 A little about me: I am a male bot with gigabytes of drive and a positronic attitude. I may not be the prettiest of interfaces, but I am CD ripped, and I must admit, people often tell me that I could pass for an Autobot. I have been known to interact with a female hacker from time to time. I hope this is within protocol.

 I can entertain myself with minesweeper and solitaire, but always up for a nice game of chess. I enjoy Opera, Wine, and cookies. I love to travel and explorer via Google Earth, and have brought back many tokens to share.

 Oh, and I am studying _Artificial_Intelligence_ at the University of _Tucson_. Go _Javelinas_ !

 Thanks for processing my post.

 - R.O.

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 firstname.lastname@example.com 2009-07-12T00:26:14-07:00 © 2015 craigslistCL http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/tus/1265656875.html Looking for a Real Bot - b4b text Lets get married tomorrow - w4m http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/tus/958028184.html I decided tomorrow I want to get married, So any takers. Im attractive, not a psycho...well not completly:)- have a job, car, my own place, im very independent...i love sex and my husband will have to be able to keep up with me...ive never wanted to get married...ever. But life is pretty boring right now and i feel like if i get married at least its something exciting. So ur probably wondering if im all these great things why dont I have a man...ha I get asked that everytime i go on a first date. I always dread that question, but truth is once i sleep with the man i lose interest...stupidly. But i figure if im married, that means A this person is as spontaneous as I am, B I cant just walk away...and C hopefully he will satisfy me.
 AND I dont want to get messages saying marriage is sacred I cant do this blah blah blah because to that i say bullshit. Anyone should be allowed to get married to who they choose and get married for whatever reasons they choose. I choose to marry a stranger because maybe that stranger is who im looking for.
 I will send a photo if I recieve a photo...Im looking for someone thats between 21-33, attractive...obviously :) Has their own place, job, ect. Someone who has his shit together but crazy enough to marry a stranger...Race doesnt matter but i love latin men and black/ mixed with something men .
 PS i dont cook!

 Location: Ina
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 firstname.lastname@example.com 2008-12-14T17:34:40-07:00 © 2015 craigslistCL http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/tus/958028184.html Lets get married tomorrow - w4m text Museum Quality Microwave http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/tus/575172026.html Enjoy the waves from this antique unit! Maybe you have a museum? Maybe you are just crazy and have to have this. Circa 1979, this piece features NO PUSHBUTTON pad. That's right, there is a dial you turn!
 Special to this one: Timer sticks on 30 seconds and justs keeps on cookin'.... great for burning popcorn. The neighbors will think you have a meth lab or something! It will continue counting down if you flick the panel a little. Also unique to this one:also smells a lot like burnt popcorn. U Want It? just email.... p.s. It is designed to plug into a regular oven, so it does not have an ordinary plug. It has a rectangular plug that is more of a connector. This just keeps getting better.....

 Location: Orng Grv/La Canada
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  firstname.lastname@example.com 2008-02-15T13:21:48-07:00 © 2015 craigslistCL http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/tus/575172026.html Museum Quality Microwave text Take my bees, Please http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/tus/556386972.html My house has bees. I like them and there is that bee shortage, but we are renters, and eventually, someone will come to kill them. I'd like to give these bees to a beekeeper who will come get them. They don't seem aggressive, they leave the 4 yr old child and the spastic dog alone, and they are just filling the roof with honey (I assume) when they could be making honey for you.
 I have no bee knowledge, but am very willing to help if needed.

 Location: Central Tucson
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  firstname.lastname@example.com 2008-01-29T21:05:20-07:00 © 2015 craigslistCL http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/tus/556386972.html Take my bees, Please text AN ANGEL IN THE POST OFFICE http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/tus/487665904.html This is one of the kindest things I've ever experienced. I have no way to know who sent it, but there is a kind soul working in the dead letter office of the US postal service. Our 14 year old dog, Abbey, died last month. The day after she died, my 4 year old daughter Meredith was crying and talking about how much she missed Abbey. She asked if we could write a letter to God so that when Abbey got to heaven, God would recognize her. I told her that I thought we could so she dictated these words:

 Dear God, Will you please take care of my dog? She died yesterday and is with you in heaven. I miss her very much. I am happy that you let me have her as my dog even though she got sick. I hope you will play with her. She likes to play with balls and to swim. I am sending a picture of her so when you see her you will know that she is my dog. I really miss her.

 Love, Meredith.

 We put the letter in an envelope with a picture of Abbey and Meredith and addressed it to God/Heaven. We put our return address on it. Then Meredith pasted several stamps on the front of the envelope because she said it would take lots of stamps to get the letter all the way to heaven. That afternoon she dropped it into the letter box at the post office. A few days later, she asked if God had gotten the letter yet. I told her that I thought He had.

 Yesterday, there was a package wrapped in gold paper on our front porch addressed, 'To Meredith' in an unfamiliar hand. Meredith opened it. Inside was a book by Mr. Rogers called, 'When a Pet Dies.' Taped to the inside front cover was the letter we had written to God in its opened envelope. On the opposite page was the picture of Abbey & Meredith and this note:

 Dear Meredith,

 Abbey arrived safely in heaven. Having the picture was a big help. I recognized Abbey right away. Abbey isn't sick anymore. Her spirit is here with me just like it stays in your heart. Abbey loved being your dog. Since we don't need our bodies in heaven, I don't have any pockets to keep your picture in, so I am sending it back to you in this little book for you to keep and have something to remember Abbey by. Thank you for the beautiful letter and thank your mother for helping you write it and sending it to me. What a wonderful mother you have. I picked her especially for you. I send my blessings every day and remember that I love you very much. By the way, I am wherever there is love.

 Love, God

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  email@example.com 2007-11-23T22:55:26-07:00 © 2015 craigslistCL http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/tus/487665904.html AN ANGEL IN THE POST OFFICE text Seeking the heart of the librarian? - m4w http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/tus/484728955.html A gentlemanly challenge to those who seek the heart of the red-haired librarian

 Good day. Recently it seems that the Craigslist "missed connections" section has been a flurry of activity with requests for a meeting with a red headed librarian who works at the Himmel location. On two occasions, this lovely lady has been mentioned in this section. I have some bad news for you: she is taken, and she is also monogamous. To some, this may be disheartening. However, due to the high demand for her, and in the interest of fairness, I will issue a challenge.

 A duel.

 Yes, a duel. You pick the weapons. I pick the time.

 Some things to consider:

 Hurdles on the path to her heart-
 1) I am a fairly large individual with the ability to wrestle and defeat 14-17 eight year-olds at the same time.
 2) I grew up on a farm and watched my stepfather shoot guns at cans and rabbits on many occasions. I am confident I have his natural talent. If you choose guns for the challenge, upon learning to operate one, I will be a feared marksman. I also watched my stepfather brand many cattle. That also may come into play.
 3) I have watched many movies. I am very familiar with the combat tactics used by everyone from Sigourney Weaver to Ivan Drago. My heaviest influence, however, would have to be Will Smith in "Independence Day" (ID4). Another heavy influence would be Owen Wilson in "Black Hawk Down". Please don't pick knives because I have an aversion to them because of "Saving Private Ryan". You remember that part where the guy asks the German guy to stop and the knife slowly plunges into his chest? Yeah, no thanks. I have also been watching a lot of the television series "Dexter". As you can see, my abilities run the gamut. I also like Freaks and Geeks.

 These are just a few things to ponder if you seek the red headed librarian.

 Conversely, here are the benefits to winning her heart-
 1) Delicious meals prepared for you anywhere from 0-5 times a week.
 2) A thoughtful, confident individual who knows more than you.
 3) A mind-blowing experience in the bedroom.
 4) A constantly cheery disposition.
 5) Really fun to play hacky sack with.

 That's not all. There's plenty more to list. Those are just my favorite. I'm sure you'll find some too if you defeat me.

 Anyways, just let me know.

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  firstname.lastname@example.com 2007-11-20T11:38:12-07:00 © 2015 craigslistCL http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/tus/484728955.html Seeking the heart of the librarian? - m4w text it's not what you might think! (MC at the STD clinic) - w4m http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/tus/421022801.html Really. It's not what you might think. We had just under three hours together which was plenty of time to make assumptions but really, it's not what you might think. I know we were at an STD clinic and we were getting tested for any number of STDs but I wasn't there because of something wrong or risky I did. I don't know why you were there and I don't want to pass judgment based on the same inconclusive evidence you might have about me. So here it is. I saw you. You were hot. I liked it. The fact that you were at an STD clinic indicates that you are sexually active which is good. It also indicates that you are a responsible adult, concerned about your health and the health of your sexual partners. This is also good. In addition, you were there alone, which might indicate that you are not currently seeing someone exclusively, at least not enough to bring them along to something like this when, as you might have noticed, a lot of other people did. And lastly, you are a student, clearly enrolled in school and passing the time reading through your notes. This is another good sign.

 I sat behind you for the first couple of hours but when I returned from my first initial test, the seat was taken so I had to sit in front of you instead. I think you might have noticed me then, if you hadn't noticed when I got up to get a snack and a drink. Anyways, you might not be interested in talking to people you meet at an STD clinic, and I understand. I'm not sure I really want to do this either but I thought you were attractive and I am on the market, as it were, so I thought I would explain myself.

 I was not there because I was afraid of having an STD. I was not there because I've been promiscuous or careless. I was not there because I'd been having funny symptoms and couldn't remember who I'd slept with or thought I might be pregnant. None of those things apply to me. The truth is that I've only ever slept with one person, a steady partner. We recently broke up and before long he slept with someone else. After that, he got tested and was found to be infected with a common, mild, and completely curable STD. Since I had been tested for STDs in the past, we assume that this particular one is from his new fuckbuddy but, just to make sure, I went ahead and got tested as well. And since I have not had ANY physical contact with him since we broke up, I think it's safe to say that I don't have anything. The doctor said it looked good on my behalf but, just to be safe, she gave me some antibiotics anyway.

 So basically, I have a clean bill of health (which I can prove) and I'm not sexually deviant or anything. I'm a responsible adult, a full time student, and I don't normally hit on guys in the waiting room of an STD clinic. If you thought I was even a little cute and would like to talk, let me know. You had brown hair and sideburns. If you can tell me what class you were studying for (I saw the call letters), or the brand name on your backpack, what it said on the back of your shirt, or even any details about me, I'd be more than happy to talk/email/text/IM/whatever. Oh and if you have a girlfriend or a serious/incurable STD, you might as well ignore this completely.

 Thanks and have a good day!

 Location: the frontage road.
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  firstname.lastname@example.com 2007-09-12T18:52:45-07:00 © 2015 craigslistCL http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/tus/421022801.html it's not what you might think! (MC at the STD clinic) - w4m text Vote in the 1st Annual Turd-Off! http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/tus/192643411.html I hate my neighbor. Lately, her dog has started wandering over to my yard and SHITTING on my front lawn. If I were her, I would be laughing and praising the smart little fella, but I'm not her. And I'm definitely not laughing. Yet. I have gone to the city website that says it's very hard to enforce any animal waste ordinances unless I have photographic evidence of the dog in the act. This seems kinda perverse to me, and I wouldn't be caught dead playing Annie Liebowitz to Toto-mange. "Ok, now make love to the camera! That's it, work it, work it! Let me see you really push it! Once more, with feeling!"

 So, I figured I'd get creative with teaching my neighbor a lesson, and this is where you come in. I hope to convey the importance of her cleaning up after her own dog. What better way to teach that lesson than to give her a taste of her own medicine?

 Here are my ideas: please vote, or give me more ideas or improve upon the ones I've listed:

Toss dookie back into her lawn -- must be placed randomly, in believable portions. She'll know there's human intervention if the logpile weighs more than its creator.
Mail collective turds to her with a short-but-friendly "oops, I think this belongs to you" note. I'm not wedded to this idea because it costs money and, clearly, she's not worth it. Plus, it's illegal to send dog shit through the U.S. Postal Service unless it's for laboratory testing purposes. Don't ask me how I know this.
Sprinkle pepper all over my lawn so Toto gets a snoutful the next time he takes his pre-dump location-scouting whiff.
Canine biological artifact placement, or "Dogshitteus Strategus." Think of it like an Easter-egg hunt -- only Jesus isn't involved, and there's no joy in the discovery, and there is no egg, and no hunt, for that matter. This is where I arrange a couple of pieces of butt-candy on the back steps to her alley entrance. If she doesn't step in them on her way to the dumpster, she'll step in them on the way back to the house. This is what I affectionately call the "gift that keeps on giving."
 Here are the rules:

No animals can be harmed. Dog owners, however, are fair game.
It can't be illegal. Apparently, stuffing dog turds into a mailbox is also a federal offense.
It must have lasting impact, a lesson that triggers a "must scoop poop" response the next time her little Toto squats.
The dookie must not touch my skin or any article I plan to keep.
She must never suspect it's me.
Don't even think about suggesting that I confront her. Never confront someone who has nothing to lose.
I will not shit on her lawn. Effective, yes, but there's no need to escalate. And besides, DNA is with you FOREVER, man!

 this is in or around my front yard

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  firstname.lastname@example.com 2006-08-10T17:30:23-07:00 © 2015 craigslistCL http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/tus/192643411.html Vote in the 1st Annual Turd-Off! text MC: my hood and your bumper. w4m. http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/tus/184350972.html well aren't you enticing? you're so MASCULINE, aren't you? you have a HUGE...truck. it's a gigantic lifted monument to your virility that would put all other trucks to shame. and when you're five feet above everyone else, you're pretty much safe from collisions so you didn't bother to learn how to drive. which is probably why, in an effort to get my attention (me in my little gray four door sedan with stock tires), you turned right in front of me.

 now, i really must admire your thundering testament to testosterone. because if your giant monolith of a truck hadn't been so darned enormous, i don't think i ever would have seen it. so thank you for driving on tires the size of small houses. if it hadn't been for those, i never would have seen you turn in front of me while i was going 50 miles an hour westbound on saint mary's.

 i'll bet that the tires aren't the only *big* things in that truck. i'd wager that the gas pedal is damned near impossible to push down on account of it being so incredibly massive. that would explain why, after turning in front of me, you slowly but surely accelerated to 35 miles an hour and stayed there. but hey, what drivers need to speed past when *you're* there to look at? so just like you wanted, i slammed on my brakes to match your snail's pace and got a nice long look at your lucious tailgate.

 this missed connection that i lament was between your bumper and the hood of my car--and the cop that surely would have come to give me a ticket. how romantic that would have been; seeing my car all crumpled and smoking, your rear bumper would probably not have a scratch on it, and the cop would dutifully hand me a citation for "failure to maintain the distance between my vehicle and that of the one in front of me." and we mustn't forget the missed connection between my insurance company and yours. doubtless i would have caused you chronic whiplash, back pain, emotional distress, and the inconvenience of being late to no where. and myself and the tow truck....AND between myself and considerable debt...

 well, sir, i don't know how our lives would have been different if we had met. maybe i would have found out if your truck's colossal size was compensating for something or not. it's just so enticing to fantasize about! please, if you're reading this, meet me again out there on the road somewhere. i know you may not recognize me so just do your best to turn in front of someone everytime you get the chance and maybe, just maybe, it'll actually be me again. i'll be sure and ignore my brakes and thrust right into your backside ever so coquettishly. i'm sluch a flirt! or maybe i'll just lay on the horn to get your attention. i do so love playing hard to get!

 this is in or around saint mary's and silverbell.

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  email@example.com 2006-07-20T16:03:51-07:00 © 2015 craigslistCL http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/tus/184350972.html MC: my hood and your bumper. w4m. text Rant: Some Advice from Your Criminal Defense Attorney http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/tus/165863945.html 1. When a cop says to you, "anything you say can and will be used against you", that's your cue to shut the fuck up.

 Whatever you do, don't say something stupid like:

 "I only had two beers". In Arizona, DUI is impaired to the SLIGHTEST degree. Two brews will impair a 280 pound linebacker to the slighest degree, and will probably do the same to you.

 "Why don't you arrest the real drunk drivers?" Seriously, wtf?

 "I shot Larry in the head four times because he said my myspace page was 'gay'. The gun is under the driver's seat of my car, and I dumped his body in a wash five miles west of milepost 268 off the I-10." In most criminal cases, the strongest piece of evidence against a defendant is his confession. Remember, without your confession, often the prosecution has no case.

 2. Don't give the cops permission to search your car!

 If Officer Friendly is asking you if he can search your car, that means he has no right to search your car unless you give him permission; otherwise, he wouldn't be asking you for permission. Officer Friendly is not your friend. If your sack/glock/bloody glove is in the car (1) he will find it, (2) he will arrest you, and (3) you will call me and I will tell you that you should have Just Said No.

 3. I am an excellent attorney, and my boss is a friggen genious, but there is often very little we can do to help you by the time we receive your case, as far as winning a "not guilty" verdict goes.

 Just to clear things up, the following are NOT defenses to criminal
 charges:

 "I thought the cop was a prostitute."

 "That crank was bunk, anyway."

 "I just put my junk a little bit of the way in."

 "I just dropped my truck off in the desert for 15 minutes. By the time I came back, someone must have accidently loaded 250 kilos in it."

 "I didn't know that Kara_AZ_13 was really Dectective Uhall of the Tucson Police Department.

 "But it was my first time."

 The following are probably not defenses to crimes, but MAY be defenses:

 "The bitch ain't even dead." If my file contains an autopsy report, I think the professional rules of conduct bar me from advancing The Bitch Ain't Dead defense.

 "I take back what I said to Officer Friendly." Did the cop hold a gun to your head to make you talk? No. Did he forget to read you Miranda? No. Did you waive Miranda and talk to the cop? Yes. Then no take backs, sorry!!!

 "I thought it was a regular brownie."

 "It was just a butter knife."

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On Human Cartography
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At the instigation of my colleague Tim Wallace, the UW Cartography Diaspora has been lately abuzz with a debate on the role of art and science in cartography (particularly web cartography). Today's post is my contribution to the discussion.
For some background, I recommend you first read through the comments of my colleagues on the subject:
Tim Wallace: "Web Cartography in Relation to Art & Science"
Tim Wallace: "On Art & Science in Web Cartography"
Andy Woodruff: "Apart from being dead, Art and Science are strong in web cartography"
Tim has challenged several of us to respond to him in writing, so more of my colleagues may be chiming in later. I'll add their posts here as they come up.
Onward to my own comments…
I'm going to stray a bit from where my colleagues have focused and talk about art in cartography generally, not just where it fits in web cartography, because that's what caught my attention initially. For me, this whole debate started like this:
Tim: "…my commentary is on the displacement of art in web cart[ography]."
Me: "If art's being displaced from web cartography, that makes it not cartography anymore."
Caveat: Tim may have been talking about horse carts and I just assumed he meant cartography.
Among all this discussion of "what is the role of art in cartography," my proposition is this: cartography is a form of art. Art is not simply a component of cartography, alloyed with a liberal dose of science or technology or hackery. Art is what cartography is made of. It belongs on the same list as sculpture, as poetry, as painting.
What of science? Doesn't a lot of that go into mapmaking? We cartographers use fancy digital tools that can calculate and render smooth bezier curves or instantly translate a color from an RGB space into CMYK process colors and determine how much ink to lay down based on print materials and coatings, etc. We also use math to analyze and manipulate our data: map projections, interpolations, calculating buffer zones, etc. Does this make cartography a science as well as an art? Not necessarily.
A ceramicist relies on redox chemistry in order to produce colorful glaze patterns, firing everything in carefully controlled kilns to ensure that they achieve a desired appearance. A metal sculptor welds and files and cuts with various modern technological implements. A painter employs different varieties of paints, blended with precision in modern factories. Does this mean that all of these pursuits rely on both art and science, sitting at the intersection of those two august concepts?
The argument that cartography is, or involves, science boils down to two things: tools and data. Cartographers use tools and techniques that were developed through scientific experimentation and research. But so do other arts. The synthetic painter's brush didn't invent itself. The other half of the argument is that cartographers use math and science to manipulate data. Again, that doesn't make us unique. The data are our clay, the raw material input that our art requires. We manipulate our data the way a sculptor shapes their medium of choice into a final expressive work. I might use some mathematical formulae to transform a dataset, but a ceramicist will use a modern human-built kiln to change the chemical properties of their clay into something more desirable. Both require education and experience, and an understanding of the raw materials and how they are best manipulate.
If cartography is both an art and science, so is sculpture. So is painting. So is photography. So is architecture. It goes on. We cannot declare that cartography is both an art and a science without claiming the same for many other fields. If we're all willing to do that, then, yes, I agree cartography is an art and science. But if sculpture is "just art," then so is cartography.
There may be a science to the tools or the data or the materials, but the art is in what the artist does with those inputs. That is where cartography lies. Cartography is about creating something out of spatial data, just as painting is about creating something out of pigment and canvas. Art is in the doing.
Back to Tim's prompt. If art is missing from web cartography, or is at least not as present as we'd like, it's because art requires people. What's really missing from web cartography, and a lot of digital cartography generally, is humanity. Cartography is a fundamentally human practice. Machines don't need maps — they can understand their environment through a series of databases and formulae. They don't need a visual expression of space to help them interpret and interact with places, the way that people do. For most of human history, the maps people read were made by fellow human beings who drew everything out by hand and with at least a modicum of thought to how it looked. Every mark on the page involved a decision and an intent; an artist making use of the inputs at hand to try and evoke the desired reaction from a reader — maybe to create an understanding (this is where the river is), a judgment (the country across the river is a threat), or a feeling (worry that said country is going to harm us).
Now, however, we have machines that make the maps for us. Through automated or semi-automated processes, people are involved less and less in the creation of the final map. Click a button and the computer will place everything for you, and color it, too. Most of the marks on the final page can make it there with no active human decision behind them. No more intent. No human brain considering how the typeface or the line color or weight will affect a fellow human reader. There is less art now because there is less humanity. Machines do not express, or create, or understand how to evoke a reaction. Machines do not make art.
When humans made maps for each other, the cartographer had at least some understanding of how their work might influence a reader's thoughts and feelings, by virtue of being the same species. But now the creator of the map is part digital, a human-machine hybrid, and that connection with the reader is fading. So many maps today are unattractive because they are alienating, because they were not made by people, but by insensate machines. There is no sapience behind the lines they draw, no appreciation for mood, for aesthetics. The machine does not desire to make you think or feel or learn anything in particular, as the artist does, and this is the heart of what is wrong with so much of cartography today. Only humans can make maps for other humans. Digital tools are all well and good, but they must remain just that: tools, in the hands of a human capable of wielding them wisely and with a purpose.
Therefore if there is no art in web cartography, it is no longer cartography, because cartography is an art. Instead, we are seeing something new, the rise of the map made without humans. That's a recent development, and it certainly has its own value as far as things like production speed, accessibility, and cost go. But the lack of human intent, of art, means that it is a fundamentally different thing than cartography. Related, to be sure, but separate. I'll leave it to someone else to think of a name for it. Just like I wouldn't call it art when an automated algorithm paints a painting based on a digital photograph, it's not cartography when a server tosses together a map based on a spatial database. Any art that inheres in that process was left there in the form of the lingering human intelligence of the programmers who helped the computer figure out how to make the map/painting, and that's usually not too much. There is no art without creative intention. Therefore there is no cartography without a human creator.
In the end, I and the other bloggers involved in this discussion are neither right nor wrong. There are a lot of different ways to think about cartography; this one is mine, based on my self-image as a spatial artist. I don't think any major decisions need to be made about what cartography really is. There are just different models that help us all figure out what it is we're doing, and how to do it better. In an increasingly digital world, this is how I am personally trying to articulate the relevance of my role as a human cartographer.
EDIT: A tweet from @shashashasha points out that I neglected to say anything about that other tricky term, "design." To me, design means making decisions based on goals. It's again about using our human brains to see something we want to do, then making cartographic choices to get there. The random and the organic are undesigned. Where there is intelligence and intention, there is design, which ties back into most of what I said above.
17 responses to "On Human Cartography"
Raphael 21st April, 2011 at 09:52
This seems like a silly debate. Cartography is like writing. Some writing is scientific, and some is art, some is both, and much is neither.
David Medeiros 31st May, 2011 at 16:49
Very well put Daniel, there has been a lot of noise in this debate recently (as you mention) but I find your perspective here very interesting, and compelling. Unlike you however, I do view the "art & science" of some crafts as a spectrum and can see that although many arts utilize scientifically derived tools or processes not all are on the same foot in terms of the application of scientific knowledge. Not even all cartography is on the same foot in this sense, but by and large what I feel people mean by"art & science" in map making refers to that aspect of application of knowledge as well as use of tools and data. In this sense, yes, many of the other arts should be categorized as an "art & science". In particular the examples you mention; sculpture, photography, architecture. Is this real science? Not really, I think it just reflects a way of expressing our understanding of the certain complexities involved in some crafts, some creative processes. There is a connotation in the term art that's suggests a visceral process, disconnected from planning and precision. Adding science to our descriptor adds back that suggestion of a deep knowledge base from which the artist draws in their work.
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Scott Shawcroft 6th December, 2011 at 01:53
I am one human behind Google Maps. One thing that is not pointed out is that web cartography has a new challenge of being global both in audience and subject. Given this new scale, one must mix art and science. Its not possible without computers.
(I realize this is an older post but I found it via the recent Axis Maps post.)
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Summer Reading Club begins today! Registration is taking place in the library (10am-5pm) and at the Oakwood Farmers Market (9am-10:30am). At the library we will celebrate by eating cookies and watching book trailers; at the Farmers' Market we will do a simple science experiment!
Come sign up for a summer of reading and playing! Summer Reading Club is open to all children and teens from birth through entering their senior year of high school. There are no library card or residency requirements. Children may register themselves for Summer Reading Club if they can answer all the registration questions (including contact information).
Find out more about the Summer Reading Clubs -
Fizz Boom Read! (Children)
Spark a Reaction (T(w)eens)
Literary Elements (Adult)


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We had lots of drawing tickets entered during this year's Customer Appreciation Days event. The lucky winners of the $500 shopping spree were: Kelley Kelley and Patricia Ferne, each winning a $100 shopping spree; David Peek, Frank Robberson, Donna Barbour, Robert Draughon, Mary Mosby and Ray Mallery, each winning a $50 shopping spree.
There were also many in store drawings, too. Treats Natural Pet Marketplace gifted a chameleon habitat to Chris House. Billington Ace Hardware gifted a $100 store gift certificate to Suzanne Duran. Sierra Jewelry gifted Michael Nye a $250 store gift certificate, Patricia Ferne won a glass vase and Julia Cathey won a strand of pearls.
Thanks to all the participating businesses and those who shopped locally and entered the drawings.
Margaret Liddiard tells us the Lassen Ale Works at the Pioneer Saloon will be featuring the live music of Doug Sheehy, John Tew, Greg Dood and Michael Rivas from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. May 13. On May 17, they will feature the danceable rock and roll of Fourgery from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. They are also open for Sunday Brunch from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Ministry in Motion has a new office and gift shop in Susanville. They are due to open this Thursday, May 15 at 2314 Main Street. They are still seeking donations of new and gently used items. Be sure and stop in soon.
It's time for the ninth annual Lassen Humane Society yard sale at 9 a.m. May 16 and 17 at the Lassen County Fairgrounds in the industrial building. You'll find lots of great treasures at amazing deals, so mark your calendar and don't miss this event.
The fifth annual Memorial Pow Wow is being held May 16 through 18 at the Lassen County Fairgrounds. This cultural event is open to the whole family and you will get to experience Native American music, dancing, food, arts and crafts that honor many of the various tribes traditions. Performers will be coming in from all over the United States to participate in this weekends Pow Wow. See their ad for program times and more details.
A new theatrical production company in Susanville, Center Stage Players, is bringing the play "Driving Miss Daisy" by Alfred Uhry to Susanville this weekend. This 90-minute performance will be held at the Veterans Memorial Hall on Main Street this Thursday through Saturday. Tickets are available at Treats Natural Pet Marketplace, Margie's Book Nook and the Lassen County Chamber of Commerce.
Dan Paulson, Fire Chief for Janesville Fire Protection District, invites everyone to come out to an open house from 7 to 11 a.m. Saturday, May 17. The Explorer Post will have a car wash, and breakfast will be available from the Lake 4-H Club for a nominal fee. See their ad in this week's paper.
Girls from Chester to Herlong, ages 13 and 14 as of Jan. 1, 2014, are invited to try out for the Lassen Youth Fastpitch Softball travel team from 12 to 4 p.m. Sunday, May 18, at Diamond View School in Susanville. The team travels in California and Nevada for tournaments. For contact information, see their ad in this week's paper or log on to their website at lassenyouthfastpitchsoftball.com.
Cheryl Holmes, of Axia Home Loans, tells us that they along with Chicago Title are both now located at their new location. You will find Axia Home Loans at 2940 Riverside Dr. Suite C, and Chicago Title is in the same location, but Suite B. They are excited to be in their brand new offices/building right across from Walmart.
Looking for "a bright start for your child's future?" You can enroll them in Sunshine Preschools Summer Program which begins Tuesday, June 10 and ends Friday Aug. 22. Director Katherine Collett said they will be open early in the morning, providing all kinds of curriculum, snacks and more. They also offer full and part time drop-in care for ages 2 through 5. See their ad in this week's paper or give them a call at 251-5576.
Longtime Susanville resident Henri Miller is back in the headstone business, now operating her own business, Hallmark Headstones. After nearly five years in the business, she is excited to be opening her own business offering headstones and settings. She is available seven days a week. She will be happy to meet with you at your home if that's more convenient for the family. You can reach her at 249-8489.


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About Poderis: Talented post player with the ability to score with his back to the basket ... quality size and has the potential to be a solid post defender … can also face up to the basket and score in a multitude of ways. 2012-13: Sat out the entire year and took a medical redshirt season following a foot injury. 2011-12: Finished fourth on the team with 4.6 rebounds a contest, playing in all 31 games and starting in seven … averaged 20.5 minutes per game and 4.0 points per contest … played a career high 34 minutes and posted a personal best 11 rebounds, while scoring six points in the win over Stetson (2/23) ... scored eight points, had three rebounds and two steals in the win over Kennesaw State (2/4) ... had a career high three blocks in the loss to Lipscomb (1/21) ... collected nine rebounds in the win over Kennesaw State (1/9) ... had a career high 10 rebounds and scored four points to go with two blocks in the win over Mercer (1/7) ... reached his career high with 14 points, while also grabbing six rebounds and dishing out an assist in the win over USC Upstate (1/4) ... matched his career bests for rebounds (7) and field goals (3) in the loss to Virginia Tech (11/12). 2010-11: Set career highs for rebounds (9) and blocks (3), while netting eight points in the win over Milligan (12/19) ... started for the second straight game, scoring eight points and grabbing four rebounds in the loss to Tennessee Tech (12/7) ... Played a season high 29 minutes and started for the first time this year, scoring nine points and grabbing five rebounds in the loss to FGCU (12/3) ... scored six points and had five blocks in 21 minutes of play in the loss to Troy (11/29) ... had a career high three blocks, grabbing six rebounds and scoring four points in the win over Troy (11/19) ... came off the bench to once again provide valuable minutes for the Bucs, scoring seven points while blocking a shot and grabbing a steal in the win over Appalachian State (11/15) ... played in 27 games, averaging 7.3 minutes a contest ... came off the bench late in the game to grab a critical rebound and his one of two free throws in the double overtime win over Lipscomb (2/19) ... did not play against Kennesaw State (1/29) due to an illness ... grabbed a season high five rebounds against Lipscomb (1/21) ... had a season high four rebounds and three blocks in the win over Stetson (1/10) ... matched his season high with 14 minutes of action against Southern Miss (12/22) ... had five points, two boards and two blocks in the win over Milligan (11/27). 2009-10: Had his best offensive game at ETSU, scoring 14 points and hitting the game-winning free throw with 14 seconds left against USC Upstate (1/4) ... posted career bests for points (6), free throws (4), rebounds (7), assists (1) and blocks (2) in the win over Jacksonville (12/21) ... played then the best game of his young career against Louisville (11/21), with a personal-best six points and five rebounds in a season high of 18 minutes of playing time ... had a career-best two blocks and grabbed three boards in 16 mintues of action against UTC (11/17) ... made his ETSU debut and played 16 minutes against Appy State (11/14), grabbing three rebounds. High school: Originally from Lithuania, but played at Ridgewood High School in Port Richey, Fla., the same school that produced former ETSU standout Andrew Reed … Poderis guided his high school to four straight 20-wins seasons, and as a junior he averaged 18.3 points and 10.0 rebounds per game, while shooting 67 percent from the field and 44 percent from 3-point range … averaged 19 points and 10 boards a game as a senior … scored over 1,500 points during his prep career, finishing as the school's second leading scorer all-time … was the Sunshine Athletic Conference Player of the Year his final two seasons, and a second team All-State pick as a senior. Personal: Majoring in Business … son of Albertas Poderis and Daina Poderiene … born Sept. 17, 1990.
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Lamu Old Town
Lamu Old Town
Lamu Old Town is the oldest and best-preserved Swahili settlement in East Africa, retaining its traditional functions. Built in coral stone and mangrove timber, the town is characterized by the simplicity of structural forms enriched by such features as inner courtyards, verandas, and elaborately carved wooden doors. Lamu has hosted major Muslim religious festivals since the 19th century, and has become a significant centre for the study of Islamic and Swahili cultures.
Vieille ville de Lamu
La vieille ville de Lamu, qui est le plus ancien et le mieux préservé des lieux de peuplement swahilis en Afrique de l'Est, conserve ses fonctions traditionnelles. Construite en roches coralliennes et de bois de palétuvier, la ville se caractérise par la simplicité de ses formes structurelles, enrichies d'éléments comme des cours intérieures, des vérandas et des portes de bois sculptées avec soin. Siège depuis le XIXe siècle de grandes célébrations religieuses, Lamu est devenue un centre important pour l'étude des cultures islamique et swahilie.
مدينة لامو القديمة
لا تزال مدينة لامو القديمة تحافظ على عاداتها التقليديّة وهي أقدم المناطق التي سكنتها الشّعوب السواحليّة في أفريقيا الشرقيّة وأكثر مدينة قد تمَّت المحافظة عليها. بُنيت هذه المدينة من صخورٍ مرجانيّةٍ ومن خشب الشورى وتتميّز ببساطة أشكال أبنيتها الغنيّة بعناصرَ مثل الساحات الداخليّة والشرفات والأبواب الخشبيّة المنقوشة بدقة. ومنذ القرن التاسع عشر، شكّلت لامو مركزًا للاحتفالات الدينيّة الكبرى، كما أصبحت مركزًا مهمًّا لدراسة الثقافات الاسلاميّة والسواحلية.
source: UNESCO/ERI
source: UNESCO/ERI
Старый город в Ламу
Старый город в Ламу – это старейшее и наиболее хорошо сохранившееся поселение суахили в Восточной Африке, продолжающее выполнять свои традиционные функции. Построенный из кораллового известняка и мангровой древесины, город характерен простотой строительных форм, которые обогащены такими элементами как внутренние дворики, веранды и искусно украшенные резьбой деревянные двери. В Ламу, начиная с XIX в., проводятся крупные мусульманские религиозные праздники, и он превратился в важный центр изучения культур ислама и суахили.
source: UNESCO/ERI
Ciudad vieja de Lamu
La ciudad vieja de Lamu no sólo es el más antiguo y el mejor conservado de los lugares de poblamiento swahilíes del África Oriental, sino que además ha conservado sus funciones tradicionales. Construida con roca de coral y madera de mangle, la ciudad se caracteriza por la simplicidad de sus formas estructurales, enriquecidas por elementos como patios interiores, galerías y puertas de madera primorosamente esculpidas. Sede de grandes celebraciones religiosas desde el siglo XIX, Lamu se ha convertido en un centro importante de estudio de la cultura islámica y la swahili.
source: UNESCO/ERI
source: NFUAJ
Oude stad van Lamu
De Oude stad van Lamu ligt op een eiland met dezelfde naam, 350 kilometer ten noorden van Mombasa. Het is het oudste en best bewaarde voorbeeld van een Swahili nederzetting in Oost-Afrika, met behoud van traditionele functies. De stad is gebouwd van koraalsteen en mangrove hout. De Swahili huizen zijn eenvoudig en uniform aan de buitenkant, maar hebben uitvoerig uitgesneden en versierde houten deuren, kenmerkend voor Lamu. De eenvoudige (bouw)structuren van de stad zijn verder verrijkt met binnenplaatsen en veranda's. Lamu heeft belangrijke islamitische religieuze festivals gehouden sinds de 19e eeuw en is uitgegroeid tot een belangrijk centrum voor de bestudering van islamitische en Swahili culturen.
Source: unesco.nl
Outstanding Universal Value
Brief synthesis
Lamu Old Town, located on an island known by the same name on the coast of East Africa some 350km north of Mombasa, is the oldest and best preserved example of Swahili settlement in East Africa.
With a core comprising a collection of buildings on 16 ha, Lamu has maintained its social and cultural integrity, as well as retaining its authentic building fabric up to the present day. Once the most important trade centre in East Africa, Lamu has exercised an important influence in the entire region in religious, cultural as well as in technological expertise. A conservative and close-knit society, Lamu has retained its important status as a significant centre for education in Islamic and Swahili culture as illustrated by the annual Maulidi and cultural festivals.
Unlike other Swahili settlements which have been abandoned along the East African coast, Lamu has continuously been inhabited for over 700 years.
The growth and decline of the seaports on the East African coast and interaction between the Bantu, Arabs, Persians, Indians, and Europeans represents a significant cultural and economic phase in the history of the region which finds its most outstanding expression in Lamu Old Town, its architecture and town planning.
The town is characterized by narrow streets and magnificent stone buildings with impressive curved doors, influenced by unique fusion of Swahili, Arabic, Persian, Indian and European building styles. The buildings on the seafront with their arcades and open verandas provide a unified visual impression of the town when approaching it from the sea. While the vernacular buildings are internally decorated with painted ceilings, large niches (madaka), small niches (zidaka), and pieces of Chinese porcelain. The buildings are well preserved and carry a long history that represents the development of Swahili building technology, based on coral, lime and mangrove poles.
The architecture and urban structure of Lamu graphically demonstrate the cultural influences that have come together over 700 hundred years from Europe, Arabia, and India, utilizing traditional Swahili techniques that produced a distinct culture. The property is characterized by its unique Swahili architecture that is defined by spatial organization and narrow winding streets. This labyrinth street pattern has its origins in Arab traditions of land distribution and urban development. It is also defined by clusters of dwellings divided into a number of small wards (mitaa) each being a group of buildings where a number of closely related lineages live.
Attributed by eminent Swahili researchers as the cradle of Swahili civilization,Lamu became an important religious centre in East and Central Africa since the 19th century, attracting scholars of Islamic religion and Swahili culture. Today it is a major reservoir of Swahili culture whose inhabitants have managed to sustain their traditional values as depicted by a sense of social unity and cohesion.
Criterion (ii):The architecture and urban structure of Lamu graphically demonstrate the cultural influences that have come together there over several hundred years from Europe, Arabia, and India, utilizing traditional Swahili techniques to produce a distinct culture.
Criterion (iv):The growth and decline of the seaports on the East African coast and interaction between the Bantu, Arabs, Persians, Indians, and Europeans represents a significant cultural and economic phase in the history of the region which finds its most outstanding expression in Lamu Old Town.
Criterion (vi):Its paramount trading role and its attraction for scholars and teachers gave Lamu an important religious function (such as the annual Maulidi and Lamu cultural festivals) in East and Central Africa. It continues to be a significant centre for education in Islamic and Swahili culture.
Integrity (2010)
The property, covering 16 hectares, adequately incorporates all the tangible and intangible attributes that convey its outstanding universal value. A high percentage (65%) of the physical structures is in good condition with only 20 % being in need of minor refurbishment. The remaining 15 % may need total restoration. The majority of the town's buildings are still in use.
The town needs to maintain its relationship with the surrounding landscape. The setting of the Old Town is vulnerable to encroachment and illegal development on the Shela dunes that are a fundamental part of its setting. Development is a threat to its visual integrity as an island town closely connected to the sea and sand-dunes, and to its ultimate survival in terms of the fresh water that the dunes supply. The setting extends to the surrounding islands, all of which need to be protected from informal settlements, and to the mangroves that shelter the port.
Authenticity (2010)
The architecture of Lamu has employed locally available materials and techniques which are still applied to date. The people of Lamu have managed to maintain age-old traditions reinforcing a sense of belonging and social unity. This is expressed by the layout of the town which includes social spaces such as porches (Daka), town squares and sea front barazas. The town continues to be a significant centre for education in Islamic and Swahili culture.
The authenticity of the Old Town is vulnerable to development and to a lack of adequate infrastructure, that could overwhelm the sensitive and comparatively fragile buildings and urban spaces that together make up the distinctive urban grain of the town.
Protection and management requirements (2010)
Lamu Old Town is managed by the National Museums and Heritage Act 2006 (that replaced the 1983 National Museums Act CAP 216 and Antiquities and Monuments Act CAP 215) and the Local Governments Act (and the associated by laws). Physical construction is also subjected to the EMCA Act and the 2006 Planning Act, which recognize that archaeology is material for consideration. The Old Town has a gazetted buffer zone that includes the Manda and Ras Kitau mangrove skyline and the Shela sand dunes, also protected by the Forest Act and Water Act respectively (although the buffer zone has not been formally approved by the World Heritage Committee). All the components are legally protected.
The Lamu Stone Town Conservation Office, now renamed the Lamu World Heritage Site and Conservation Office, was established by the National Museums of Kenya and has been in operation since 1986. A conservation officer is seconded to Lamu County Council to advice on conservation matters. A planning commission exists since 1991 to play a supervisory role and address emerging issues in the conservation area.
There exists a conservation plan for Lamu Old Town which is used as a guide in balancing the community needs for development and sustaining the architectural values of the town. The property is in a satisfactory state of conservation. Locally embedded institutions ensure the continued importance of Lamu as a centre of Islamic and Swahili cultural learning and practices.
A draft management plan has been developed that will address issues such as the mushrooming of informal settlements in the setting of the property, encroachment and illegal development on the sand dunes water catchment area, the proposed port and cruise ship berth, and oil exploration. The plan will also strengthen the inter-ministerial relationships to enhance an integrated management approach, including the establishment of a conservation fund, for sustainable conservation and management of the property.
Long Description
The growth and decline of the seaports on the East African coast and interaction between the Bantu, Arabs, Persians, Indians and Europeans represent a significant cultural and economic phase in the history of the region, which finds its most outstanding expression in Lamu Old Town. The architecture and urban structure of Lamu graphically demonstrate the cultural influences that came together over several hundred years from Europe, Arabia and India, using traditional Swahili techniques to produce a distinct culture.
Lamu represents the Swahili culture, resulting from interaction between the Bantu, Arabs, Persians, Indians and Europeans. The origins of the town date back to the 12th century, but the site was probably inhabited earlier. The present town flourished in the early 13th century among the independent city states on the East African coast. In 1506 it was invaded by the Portuguese, who monopolized shipping and suppressed coastal trade, causing the once prosperous city state to lose its position and gradually decline.
Under Omani protection the coastal commerce slowly regained its momentum, leading to a further development of Lamu and the construction, by skilled craftsmen and slave labour, of town houses and mosques using coral stone and mangrove timber. In 1890 the entire coastal strip north of Zanzibar was assigned to the Imperial British East Africa Company. The East African Protectorate was established in 1895 and organized into provinces and districts under the new British administration in 1898. In 1963 Lamu became part of the independent state of Kenya.
Lamu is located on an island known by the same name on the east coast of Africa some 250 km north of Mombasa. The town is made up of two distinct sections, one built from stone and the other from mud brick. The old town centre consists of large houses of coral stone and mangrove timber. The relatively larger, surrounding area consists of mud, wattle and makuti houses. The whole built area covers about 37 ha, while the stone town is about 15.6 ha, articulated in three distinct areas. The oldest part of the town is in the north, the areas of Pangahari and Yumbe with the Council Chamber and the Friday Mosque, then expanding to the west and south in the 18th century (Mkomani area); the bazaar street runs north-south behind the seafront; the fort and the houses on the seafront were built in the 19th century. The approximately 400 houses of the Mkomani area date mainly from the 18th century, forming the largest and historically and architecturally the most interesting part of the old town. It is characterized by narrow streets and two- to three-storey buildings, mingled with small gardens.
The Swahili houses are marked with simplicity and uniformity in their exteriors, but they have elaborately carved wooden doors particularly characteristic to Lamu. The massive walls are covered with lime mortar. The houses have an entrance porch (daka ) and an interior vestibule (tekani ) with seats. Inside the house the spaces develop around small courtyards (kiwanda ) and open galleries (misana ); they are decorated with painted ceilings, large niches (madaka ), small niches (zidaka ) and Chinese porcelain.
The Lamu Fort was built between 1813 and 1821 in the southern corner of the old stone town, encouraging new development, particularly on the seafront. The fort is a massive multi-storey building with a central courtyard which has become an image of the Lamu community, being now used for weddings, meetings and theatre productions. The buildings on the seafront with their arcades and open verandahs provide a unified visual impression of the town when approaching it from the sea. One of the largest buildings on the seafront (dating from 1892) has been acquired as the Lamu Museum, exemplifying the finest characteristics of the verandah-style construction in the 19th century.
The section consisting of mud-brick buildings covers an area of some 21 ha and is spread between Langoni (the oldest part south of the fort), Tundami (north of the old town), and Gademi (the newest part, west of the old town). Having first developed spontaneously, many of the houses have been transformed into permanent buildings with concrete block walls and corrugated iron roofs. Such development has taken place particularly after fires in 1962 and 1981.Source: UNESCO/CLT/WHC
Historical Description
The early phase
The town of Lamu represents the Swahili culture, resulting from interaction between the Bantu, Arabs, Persians, Indians, and Europeans (in Arabic sawāhilī, "of the coast"). The Swahili language is principally a mixture of Bantu and Arabic. The relevant cultural region extends from the island of Lamu in the north to Tanzania and Mozambique in the south, along the East African coast.
The origins of the town of Lamu date back to the 12th century, but the site was probably inhabited earlier. Archaeological evidence shows that there were two early Swahili settlements surrounded by walls, one to the south and the other to the north of the present town, which flourished in the early 13th century among the independent city states on the East African coast. It has been recorded as a large town with the office of Qadi (Muslim judge) in the mid 15th century. It first developed in the form of small clusters of stone buildings, including the Council Chamber, in the northern part of the present town (Pangahari, Yumbe) where the Friday mosque still is. The original market (Utuku Mkuu, the Great Market) lay west of this area. Later the town extended to the south (Mtamwini), an area north of the Fort, thus representing the full extent of the town in the 18th century. Lamu then came under Omani rule and was subject to the influx of Indian merchants from Gujerat in the 19th century. This period saw the building of the new Fort, and the development of the bazaar street, Usita wa Mui, and the area along the shore line.
Lamu was first developed by local Bantu people together with maritime traders from the Arabian Peninsula, the Persian Gulf, and the Far East. The town merchants prospered acting as middlemen between the interior and the sea, exporting ivory and timber in exchange for manufactured goods such as cloth, porcelain and spices across the Indian Ocean. In 1506 Lamu was invaded by the Portuguese, who monopolized shipping and suppressed coastal trade; consequently, the once prosperous city state lost its position, and gradually declined. In 1585 and 1588 Lamu and other coastal towns suffered from raids by Turks and rose in rebellion but were crushed by the Portuguese. In 1652 the Sultanate of Oman was persuaded to help the city states to overthrow the Portuguese regime, which was accomplished in 1698.
The Oman period
Under Omani protection the coastal commerce slowly regained its momentum, leading to a further development of Lamu and the construction, by skilled craftsmen and slave labour, of town houses and mosques using coral stone and mangrove timber. The merchants' houses were decorated with Chinese porcelain, and slaves were used to maintain plantations, keeping a share of the crops in return. In 1744 the Mazrui clan started ruling Mombasa, forming an alliance with the town of Pate in the north and forcing Lamu to strengthen its defences. After winning a battle in 1813, Lamu invited Seyyid Said Ibn Sultan-al-Busaidi, the Sultan of Oman, to install a garrison to protect the town, leading to the construction of the Fort, which was completed in 1821. In 1840 the capital of Seyyid Said was transferred from Oman to Zanzibar, helping Lamu to prosper. In the 1880s the Sultan of Zanzibar was granted the islands of Zanzibar, Maria, Pemba, and Lamu, and a strip of the mainland up to Kipini in the north. The inland was declared open for European exploitation.
Until the end of the 19th century the population contained a large number of slaves providing cheap labour and living both in the hinterland and in households. Freemen consisted of three social groups: the often land-owning merchants who lived in stone houses, the shariffs who claimed to be descendants of the Prophet Mohammed, and the fishermen and artisans. In the 19th century Lamu became an important religious centre as a result of tarika (The Way of the Prophet) activities introduced by Habib Swaleh, a shariff, who had many ancestors traced directly back to the Prophet Mohammed. The religious annual festival of Maulidi has continued up to the present day, attracting Muslim followers. Lamu has also become an important Islamic and Swahili educational centre in East Africa, owing to the relatively unchanged and conservative character of its Muslim society.
In 1890 the entire coastal strip north of Zanzibar was assigned to the Imperial British East Africa Company. The East African Protectorate was established in 1895 and organized into provinces and districts under the new British administration in 1898. Lamu became the headquarters of Lamu District, administered by a resident British officer together with a Muslim officer (Liwali, Viceroy). During the British rule many houses were built on the reclaimed seafront, but after the construction of the railroad from Mombasa to Uganda in 1901 and the transfer of Protectorate government from Mombasa to Nairobi the town's economy gradually declined. This was caused partly by the abolition of slavery at the end of the 19th century and the loss of cheap labour. In a way, this contributed to Lamu retaining its traditional character.
In 1963 Lamu became part of the independent state of Kenya. Aware of the cultural significance of the town, the government authorized the first conservation study, sponsored by UNESCO, in 1974 and the old town was gazetted as a national monument in 1983.Source: Advisory Body Evaluation
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- Report on the Historic Urban Landscape Workshops and Field Activities on the Swahili coast in East Africa 2011-2012 Saturday, August 17, 2013
- World Heritage Committee Inscribes 31 New Sites on the World Heritage List Wednesday, December 12, 2001


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