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Ladies and Gentlemen: Good evening. As you can see, I had a whole file prepared to talk to you about prepared by my staff, but I have decided to forgo that because I think the kind of discussion we should have is a direct one-on-one discussion, and I hope I can live up to your expectations.
Following in the footsteps of a foreign minister is always an arduous and difficult job to do, but I hope I can at least partake of his past contributions to the Council on Foreign Relations. And if I find any difficulties, I have enough staff with me to put the blame on some of them.
Mr. Haass, thank you very much for the invitation. Ms. Karen House, you mentioned 40 years ago as the time that I left Lawrenceville. It was actually 42 years ago.
But anyway, for a moment there when you were talking about the rules of the game here, I thought we were in the middle of the National Security Agency regulations. So please go ahead and quote me as much as you like.
The Kingdom and the United States have had a long history of cooperation. We've gone through ups and downs. We've gone through difficult periods and easy periods -- honeymoons and divorces and all sorts of compilations of relationships that have survived the test of time, and I think will continue to do so.
As ambassador to your great country, not only am I privileged, but also I think I am truly the beneficiary of a very great opportunity, not just to participate -- I see Mr. Pelletreau there. How are you, Mr. Pelletreau? -- not just to participate in developing the relationship between the two countries but also to continue my education here. Lawrenceville and Georgetown did what they did for me and you have the result in front of you.
In two, three, four or five years' time when I leave here, I hope to be a better man than when I came here. And I think the American people are a people that are to be admired and respected for their accomplishments, not just in humanitarian affairs but also for literally maintaining the peace for the last 50 years or so since the Second World War.
Now, many of you will have things to say contrary to that, but I think overall, as far as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is concerned, in our relationship with the US, we've had a mutually beneficial relationship whereby both of us benefited from the other. And I can safely say, and I think proudly say, that it is a relationship not just one of oil for security but, more broadly speaking, a relationship of a people to people.
Literally, hundreds of thousands of Saudis have passed through the gates of the United States, either seeking education, as I did, or health care, as thousands of Saudis have done, or simply to practice business, which is one of the major contributions that your country has made to the international community. It is the kind of business activity that is promoted and literally supported by your actions and your activities and encouraged as a means of widening the cake, if you like, or widening the circle of the cake that can be shared by people everywhere. And we definitely in Saudi Arabia have shared in that cake.
And if you see Saudi Arabia today, it is in fervor. It is a country that is moving forward at great speed, both economically and socially and even politically, despite what you may read in The New York Times or The Wall Street Journal.
But otherwise, I think what makes this a very important relationship for both our peoples is that as I was saying goodbye to the king and I asked him, "Your Majesty, how should I deal with President Bush and the American people?" And he turned to me without batting an eye and he said just be frank with them. And I think that's the kind of relationship that we aspire to and pursue with you.
I related to Mr. Haass what I said to your secretary of State when I gave her a copy of my credentials back in September. I reminded her of a story of Winston Churchill being a guest at the White House during the war years when President Roosevelt wanted to honor him by putting him up in the White House instead of Blair House. And one night, Mr. Roosevelt wheeled into Mr. Churchill's room and found him stark naked. And so he tried to wheel back embarrassedly and so on, and Churchill turned to him and he said, "Mr. President, the prime minister of England has nothing to hide from the president of the United States." And I assured the secretary of State that I was not going to come to her naked on any occasion, but that that is the kind of relationship we would like to have with the United States.
And so with those remarks, I will be happy to take any questions from you. Thank you.
HOUSE: At this point in the U.S.-Saudi relationship, you did your -- I'm using Winston Churchill's story there about nothing to hide from Condoleezza Rice and wanting to cooperate. Is Iran a threat, its nuclear capability a threat, to the kingdom?
PRINCE TURKI: Ms. House, frankly I wish you hadn't asked me that question because this is the only topic that I am not going to talk about tonight. And that is because we are in the process of discussing things with Iran, and the instructions that I have received from my superiors is that as these discussions are continuing that I would decline talking about it in detail. But I would refer you to what our foreign minister has said in the past about our relationship with Iran and so on. And also I had some things to say about it in the past. So I am sorry if I disappoint people, but I am just as disappointed as you are.
HOUSE: Well, can I try once more on that? I think it's your foreign minister who said that the time isn't right for sanctions against Iran. What has to happen? When will the time be right? Or what has to happen to make it either unnecessary or the time be right?
PRINCE TURKI: The late King Faisal used to be known in our part of the world as the great sphinx because he said very little on any subject. And in this case, I'm going to be the little sphinx.
HOUSE: I might say it's a trait he passed on admirably to both of his sons, so I know you and Prince Saud are worthy little sphinxes.
PRINCE TURKI: Thank you.
HOUSE: Well, can we switch to another topic then?
PRINCE TURKI: Yes, madam, with pleasure.
HOUSE: With pleasure. Obviously, in your neighborhood we're deeply involved in Iraq, and I assume that it is definitely in Saudi Arabia's interest to have stability in Iraq. If that's the case, will or why doesn't Saudi Arabia do more to support the creation of a government in Iraq?
PRINCE TURKI: We are doing quite a bit. As you know, since the toppling of Saddam's regime, immediately the kingdom initiated an aid package to the Iraqi people that included not just humanitarian aid and services and so on but also a field hospital that operated for nearly a year in Baghdad treating Iraqis. Unfortunately, when the security situation worsened in Iraq, we had to pull out our representation at that time.
We have also committed ourselves to the Madrid aid effort to Iraq by committing ourselves to providing $1 billion of aid to Iraq. And just from November to the present, we have been contacting and engaging with all parties in Iraq to urge them to come together and form a kind of national reconciliation effort. In Jeddah, we held a conference for the Arab League last December, I think it was, at which time the decision to go to Cairo and invite Iraqi political and other leaders to come to Cairo took place. And that meeting occurred and the Iraqis who were involved represented all walks of life in present day Iraq. And they got over their differences, whether Sunni, Shi'a, Kurdish, Turkomen; you name it, they have it in Iraq.
And they, if you like, issued a manifesto from that meeting which foresaw the convening of another and wider conference in Baghdad, either at the end of this month or at the beginning of next month.
And when your secretary of State visited with King Abdullah in November last year, she asked him to urge the Sunnis to participate and to be proactive in the political developments in Iraq. And he told her: "Madame Secretary, I'm not going to do that. What I am going to do is to urge all Iraqis to be proactive in that political process because we don't want to be identified with simply one sect or one ethnic division in Iraq."
And that has been the case. There have been contacts in Saudi Arabia and outside Saudi Arabia with all of the factions in Iraq to urge them to reach a national reconciliation, that hopefully the elections that took place in January -- because of the participation of the Sunnis in greater numbers than ever before and now in the negotiations for the formation of the government, they are playing a very important role there, and along with the Shi'as and the Kurds and those who do not identify themselves with any particular sect.
So that effort is not only being supported by Saudi Arabia but was actually initiated by the kingdom through the Jeddah meeting in December of last year.
HOUSE: So if and when there is a government in Iraq, Saudi Arabia is prepared to deal with that government?
PRINCE TURKI: Absolutely. We have dealt in the past with all of the interim governments that came to Iraq and we've urged all of the factions involved to think more in terms of being Iraqi than being either Shi'a or Sunni or Kurd or Turkomen or Yezidi or any of the subdivisions of Iraq.
One other thing I think that has not been much reported on in the American press and even in the Western press is that during the last parliamentary elections in Iraq, particularly in the Sunni areas in Iraq, the Iraqi resistance played a very leading role in protecting the polling booths in those areas from attacks by the so-called jihadi foreign elements, like Abu Musaab al-Zarqawi and those who operate within his sphere. And they did that as a signal, I think, to all of us and, more particularly, to the rest of the Iraqi people that they were willing to be constructive in allowing the Iraqi people to have full representation in the parliament.
HOUSE: Do you think the US has enough troops in Iraq?
PRINCE TURKI: I really don't know. I'm not an American military expert nor any kind of military expert.
I can tell you that after the fall of Saddam Hussein, the lawlessness and the, you know, simple grabbing at everything, people -- mob rule, as it were, took over in Iraq and there were not enough troops to police the areas at that time. But we understand from our American colleagues now is that the training of Iraqi security forces, both police and the army, is running apace and is increasing in intensity, and as they acquire more know-how and more capability, they take over the policing and guarding of all of Iraqi territories and institutions.
And so, not being on the ground, as it were, one has to judge by what one sees in reporting by the press. Some of it is rather positive; some of it is rather negative. And the press gets away with that, but if you are a politician trying to do that, you'd be called to be flip-flopping.
But unfortunately, being so far away from it, really, all I can say is that report to you what we hear from others.
HOUSE: What do you know as opposed to what do you read in the press about what the Iranians are doing in Iraq?
PRINCE TURKI: Again, I would have to refer you to what our foreign minister said in this council not too long ago.
HOUSE: Which was?
PRINCE TURKI: Mr. Haass, will you remind me? I think it's all in all the publications.
HOUSE: Then repeat the foreign on those. Can I switch to -- this administration has obviously had a goal of expanding democracy in the Middle East to, as they've put it, drain the swamp, if you will, of Arab despots and open up a new chapter. Iraq is obviously a part of that, now the elections in Palestine. In your mind, have we made progress on that goal? Or have we regressed over the last four years?
PRINCE TURKI: I can tell you, as far as Saudi Arabia is concerned, the issue of economic, social and political reform is both a horizontal and a vertical issue because it comes up from the bottom, from the average citizen, and it also comes down from the top from King Abdullah and his government.
In the year 2003, before his death, the late King Fahd spoke to the consultative assembly about his vision for a reform program for Saudi Arabia. And he summarized it in six points.
The first point is to stress and re-stress the direction of the religious ethos, if you like, of Saudi Arabia as that being identified by the Prophet Mohammed -- peace be upon him -- who when he was asked, "tell us who you are, Muslims," he said we are a people of the middle -- in other words, not zealous but not lax for Islam. And the king at that time urged the mosque preachers and the higher religious authorities in the kingdom, and even in the schools and the universities where religion is taught, to emphasize this practice of the Prophet Mohammed.
The second point that he stressed was the rivaling of the political participation in the decision-making process in the kingdom.
The third point that he stressed was that women have an equal role to play in the development of Saudi Arabia as men.
The fourth point that he stressed was revamping of our educational system so that individual Saudis can be taught the skills and the know-how to be able to participate in the marketplace in the modern world.
The fifth point that he stressed, of course, was economic reform to allow for the creation of jobs and industry and so on to absorb the increasingly growing number of young people that are coming on the job market in Saudi Arabia.
And the sixth point that he made was that the government machinery, the bureaucracy, should be streamlined so that it can perform on all of those issues, and so on.
And if you look at the record from 2003 until today, you will find the following: We've had a national dialogue center established in the kingdom where every year a topic is chosen to be discussed by the people of Saudi Arabia. And subcommittees meet in the various provinces in Saudi Arabia in public and on television to discuss various issues like the role of women in life, the role of -- the issue of terrorism, and the issue of dealing with the other -- meaning the non-Muslims -- the issue of youth, et cetera. And these have been going on for the last four years and expanding as time goes on.
The other thing that has happened, of course, is that we've had municipal elections where 50 percent of the municipal councils have been elected by Saudi citizens. And these councils are now operating. And hopefully in the next round of elections in three years' time universal suffrage will also be applied to this to include women, as they were not included in the last elections.
As far as women are concerned, all of the education and job opportunities in the kingdom have been opened to all women at any time that they want. And as a matter of fact, today in Saudi Arabia, we have more women graduates from the universities than we have men graduates. And on a uniform basis, they far outclass their male colleagues in that field.
So these are just a few of the things that have happened over the last three years. And as I mentioned in my introduction, the economic boom that is taking place in the Kingdom today is not solely due to the increase in oil income in the Kingdom. But rather, I think more than that it is an affirmation of the people's confidence in the system in Saudi Arabia. People are putting their life savings and their money -- and those who have money abroad -- for example, like in the United States or in Europe and so on -- have brought back some of that money to invest in a very booming market that gives you, I think over the last month or so, more than 25 percent for your investment. I don't think you can beat that anywhere nowadays. But it is that kind of development and progress that we've had in the kingdom.
HOUSE: There are a lot of other topics to discuss -- oil, et cetera -- but I know there are other people out here who are real experts on oil and Israel, et cetera. So I'm going to turn to the audience.
Yes, sir?
Could you please for the question period wait for the microphone and identify yourself and ask one question, please?
QUESTIONER: His Highness, you (inaudible) much better than we are --
HOUSE: Would you identify yourself? Excuse me, could you identify yourself?
QUESTIONER: Gregor Uzinksi (ph) at (inaudible)
His Highness, you know much better Arab nations and you -- (inaudible) -- we are. And (inaudible) you think that Bremer as the worst move of the -- in first year was dissolving Iraqi Army and sending teachers home. This automatically make base -- they may be underground parties and movement against US troops. Or you think this was really not only this man because it happened later because Arab nation has some type of resistance for just proud honor against foreign forces?
PRINCE TURKI: Well, I think, if I may, I would refer you to what Mr. Bremer himself said about that issue, and he was very frank in that. And he thought that, as he expressed in his book, that the disbanding of the army and the security forces and the Ba'ath party was the wrong thing to do. And I think -- I don't know if he put it in these words or not, but -- I don't remember now -- but if he had to do it over again, he would have been more careful about how that issue was handled by the officials who handled it when they did.
People will resist a foreign occupation any time they see it in their country. And I think the political process that is now in process -- and as I mentioned earlier, the fact that all of the political factions in Iraq are now participating and the fact that the resistance cooperated and protected the polling booths in Iraq shows that the people of Iraq want to move forward. They want to benefit from the present rather than look upon the past. And this is where the kingdom, and I think other countries, are moving as well with them.
HOUSE: Mort?
QUESTIONER: Your Highness, I think --
HOUSE: Mort, could you introduce yourself?
QUESTIONER: I'm Mort Zuckerman with US News and World Report.
PRINCE TURKI: You're well known, Mr. Zuckerman.
QUESTIONER: I'm very happy to see you again. Many in the West really, I think, are stunned by the outbreak of the kind of almost culture of death that has come out of the world of Islam, manifested, of course, in the form of suicide bombing. I wonder if you could give us some insight as to why that fever is almost raging across the Islamic world and whether or not in your comments you might also discuss whether or not the export of the Wahhabi religion from Saudi Arabia contributed to that in any way?
PRINCE TURKI: Thank you, Mr. Zuckerman. And I follow your writings in your magazine, of course, and that's been a constant refrain in your writings.
You call it the culture of death and put it in the context of -- almost as if behind every Muslim mosque there is someone ready with a suicide belt to explode himself against the West or against other interests. I would disagree with that impression. Inasmuch as the West was surprised, if you like, by this culture of death, I can assure you that the majority of Muslims were even more surprised because this culture of death runs counter to everything that Muslims hold dear to themselves.
There is a verse in the Qur'an which says that killing one soul is like killing all of mankind. And other verses in the Qur'an refer to the innate value of life and the importance of safeguarding and guaranteeing that life, even in time of war.
The Prophet Mohammed, peace be upon him, when he was in conflict with first the Romans, and then after his death the Muslims followed in their conflict with the Persians, strict instructions were given to the army commanders not to kill innocent people, not to attack places of worship, not to cut trees and, generally, to be as embracing as they could be of the non-combatants that they meet along the way.
What I can tell you is this culture of death, unfortunately, is being promoted and practiced by a cult. And religious cults have arisen in all religions throughout history. This is, I think, the most recent manifestation of that in which the cult leader has a cult philosophy to which cult recruits devote themselves and sacrifice their lives without question about the viability or the legality or the justifiability of their action. And unfortunately, bin Laden has managed to propagate this cult and make it into the death cult that it has become.
As to whether Wahhabism and so-called export of Wahhabism from Saudi Arabia has contributed to this culture of death and suicide bombing, I am a direct descendant of Sheikh Hamid Nadrohab (sp), who preached in the 18th century in Saudi Arabia a reform movement which fought against superstition and idolatry and so on and malpractices that had come about and accrued around the practice of Islam in the Arabian Peninsula. And certain principles about his teachings also follow from the teachings of previous Muslims, scholars and thinkers -- the four great Sunni teachers of Islam -- (names inaudible). He followed the -- (inaudible) -- school from those four teachers.
And on principles like, for example, suicide: All Muslims stand against suicide, for whatever reason it may come about. And the religious authorities in the kingdom under the leadership of mufti of Saudi Arabia, have issued fatwas against suicide bombings, even before September 11th, when these activities were undertaken in Palestine and Israel. Sheikh Abdulaziz Al-Sheikh issued a fatwa saying that suicide bombings are against the religion and should not be followed at all.
On issues of --
HOUSE: Why do you think there's been such an explosion in that -- in suicide bombings? I mean, you know, you're saying it's not Islamic, but there has been this sharp increase in that.
PRINCE TURKI: I can tell you that this is part and parcel of the kind of cult philosophy that found residence in the political situation in our part of the world. Nothing justifies any terrorist act, whether through suicide bombing or through any other activity, but when you have people faced with desperation and a general absence of any justice or wherewithal -- whether it is in terms of normal standards of living, education and so on -- as you have seen happen in the occupied territories of Palestine, the people have turned to desperate measures.
But even in Palestine, if I may say, the al Qaeda cult as a cult has not found root. The suicide bombings in Palestine have taken a different tack from the al Qaeda tack, if you like. Hamas and the Jihad and others identify themselves differently from al Qaeda and they have suicide bombings, which they justify as being legitimate means of war under occupation. That is their justification for it. And that is -- when they started doing that, our mufti in Saudi Arabia declared publicly that that route is against the teachings of Islam.
So Wahhabi, I think, has taken on, if you like -- has become a kind of punching bag identified by governments and groups for the sake of an easier and simpler way of explaining things than it necessarily should be that way.
As I told you, on basic principles of theology, the Wahhabi teachings contradict 180 degrees the cult of bin Laden and the suicide bombings that take place, wherever they may be.
HOUSE: The gentleman in the back to your left. Okay?
QUESTIONER: Thank you.
PRINCE TURKI: He told me he was going to pose troubling questions, and I told him I may give him troubling answers.
QUESTIONER: Your Highness, Val Doss (sp) from InsCap Management
PRINCE TURKI: From?
Q InsCap Management. The question -- I wanted to actually press you a little bit on an issue you touched on, democracy. Democracy based on universal adult franchise -- that is one person, one vote -- on a notion of dignity of the individual -- when you look at that as a concept, do you in your mind think in the practice of Islam in the kingdom, the tenets of those practices, there is something very fundamentally incompatible with the simple fundamental notions of democracy as it has taken root across the globe? Thank you.
PRINCE TURKI: I am glad you asked that question, because I want you all to know that even before President Bush's call for democracy and the elections in our part of the world -- and when the Saudi kingdom was established, Islamic principles dictated upon us the practice of a bai'a. Some of you probably know that word more than I do, but basically what it is a contract that the citizen enters into with the person that he chooses to be his leader for reciprocity in how they deal with each other. The citizen vows allegiance and -- (inaudible) -- obeying and hearing from the leader in return for the leader's responsibility to the citizen to protect and guarantee the rights of the citizen within the framework of Islamic Shari'ah. And that bai'a is entered into in a vote, a public vote, if you like.
When King Abdullah became king, he received in public in the official residence -- not the official working place of the king in Saudi Arabia -- the citizens' bai'a through handshake, that every citizen comes and shakes his hand and says the following words to him: I give you the bai'a in pursuit of the dictates of the Qur'an and Sunnah of the prophet -- the Sunnah meaning the way of the prophet. And this bai'a is not exclusive to men. Even women are enjoined to do that bai'a. And the king received women in his home later on to receive their bai'a. And in the various provinces of Saudi Arabia, the governors in those provinces receive the bai'a in the name of the king for the citizens who cannot go to the capital and give the king directly their bai'a.
And I remember I was then ambassador in London -- in the embassy in London, and I was told in the embassy here in Washington, a bai'a book was opened for Saudi citizens to come and sign their names so that they can express their -- not just allegiance but their contractual arrangement with the new king. So as a process of elections, that has been the practice since the time of the successors of the prophet, 1,400 years ago.
I think where we as Muslims -- not just in the kingdom but in other Muslim countries -- have been lacking and have failed to do is in institutionalizing it and making it a process that is formal and institutionalized so that people know exactly what is expected of them, when they can expect it and so on.
So the issue of one man, one vote is not alien to the society in Saudi Arabia, nor do I imagine in any Muslim society, because it is part and parcel of the Muslim's makeup that he should practice the bai'a. If not, he would be committing a sin. And I mean that he and she.
HOUSE: I think the differences in our society -- we get to decide who we profess our loyalty to, if you will, by going to the ballot box and choosing between one, two, three, four, as opposed to simply an expression of loyalty.
PRINCE TURKI: But may I just continue on that point, because you make a very interesting point, Ms. House.
Three years ago in Davos, this issue came up, and I asked the panel moderator whether he thought the election of President Bush in the year 2000 was a legitimate election because the majority one man, one vote went to the other candidate, yet the Electoral College was the one that decided this issue in your society. And the answer that came back to me, which made sense after I thought about it a while, was that that is true, but the Electoral College was part and parcel of the government system that came about as a result of the consent of the people. And hence, that made it legitimate as a means of electing the president, in addition to the issue of one man, one vote.
And we in the kingdom, in our progress for the future, we will find our ways of broadening the concept of the consent of the people to be inclusive of all of the citizens of Saudi Arabia.
HOUSE: Many, many questions. And the gentleman in the -- yes, sir?
QUESTIONER: Thank you. Barnett Rubin, New York University. First, I just urge you as Saudi Arabia democratizes not to emulate the 2000 presidential election of the United States. (Laughter.)
No one knows better than you the situation and the cast of characters along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. I wonder --
PRINCE TURKI: I think you know better.
QUESTIONER: Well, we know in different ways. We missed each other in Kandahar in June, 1998 by a few days. I wonder if you could give us your evaluation of why the insurgency and cross-border terrorism have intensified rather than abating and what actions various actors should take in particular to lower the temperature between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
PRINCE TURKI: On the second part of the question, I think, of course, it is up to the leadership between Pakistan and Afghanistan to do that. I know that President Karzai and President Musharraf are men of common sense. And we see that in everything that they do within their countries and within their -- (word inaudible). So it would be surprising that they don't -- that the two countries don't have an even closer relationship than they already do. But you'll have to explain it perhaps more than me. I mean, you're more recently there than I am.
On the issue of dealing with the insurgency and its (inaudible), again, as we were talking earlier whether there enough troops in Iraq or not -- I mean, the issue in Afghanistan has to be decided on a broad military outlook -- whether there are enough troops there to carry the fight to the so-called insurgents or whether the government itself, the central government, can acquire the security and defense apparatus that will allow it to meet these challenges.
HOUSE: Yes, sir?
QUESTIONER: Doron Weber, Sloan Foundation. You were in charge of the General Intelligence Directorate for 25 years beginning in 1977. How early did you become aware of Osama bin Laden and what was your strategy in dealing with him?
PRINCE TURKI: I met Osama bin Laden five times in my life as intelligence director. Mid-'80s to end of 1989 or beginning of 1990 was the last time I saw him. And when the withdrawal of Soviet troops in Afghanistan occurred, bin Laden and his supporters within Afghanistan -- and by the way, that's where al Qaeda was born. As I like to -- prefer to say, the al Qaeda was born in the hills of Afghanistan rather than in the deserts of Saudi Arabia. And they decided that they were going to form a group that will, in their view, protect Muslim interests throughout the world as they identified themselves as being the primary claimants to the credit of driving the Soviets out of Afghanistan.
And so, by 1990 when I last saw him at the beginning of that year, he had come to me with a proposition that he wants to bring his mujaheddin as he called them, to liberate the then-Marxist regime in south Yemen. And I advised him that that was not the right time to do it because there were other factors playing there politically and economically. South Yemen was being -- not a favorite word of mine -- weaned away from the Soviet Union at that time. So, he left and that was the last that I saw of him.
He then remained in the kingdom for another two years after that, sometimes going to mosques and preaching without taking permission to do so and being arrested for doing that and reprimanded and then let go.
And I think at the end of 1992 -- perhaps Mr. Rubin can correct me on that -- he asked for permission to leave Saudi Arabia. And he left and went to Afghanistan. And he went from there in -- end of 1993 he went to the Sudan, and that's when he began operating against the kingdom from the Sudan. He was stripped of his Saudi citizenship in 1994. His financial assets were frozen at that time and even his personal family disowned him in public at that time.
By 1996, he moved from the Sudan to Afghanistan and it went on from there. So we were pretty much aware of bin Laden from the very beginning, if you like. Not perhaps so much in terms of how dangerous he could be, but as he grew and as his movement grew, people became more aware of his danger.
And the first terrorist act undertaken by bin Laden was against Saudi Arabia in 1995 when an explosives truck was exploded next to a training facility for the National Guard where I believe 11 American trainers were killed along with other nationalities.
HOUSE: The lady in the back.
QUESTIONER: Good evening.
PRINCE TURKI: Your turn will come.
QUESTIONER: Good evening, Your Highness. My name is -- (name and affiliation inaudible) -- Beirut, Lebanon.
PRINCE TURKI: (Inaudible.)
QUESTIONER: My question goes to Lebanon, of course. Tomorrow is the first anniversary of the assassination of Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. What are your thoughts on the outcome of the assassination and other assassination?
PRINCE TURKI: Well, this is a very sad occasion for all of us. Those of us who had the privilege and honor to know Rafik Hariri know how much he meant not just to us as individuals but to a host of Lebanese and non-Lebanese individuals who received his generosity and his acts of kindness, whether in providing scholastic scholarships or simply meeting the medical needs of individuals and families, and sometimes even providing homes for people who didn't have homes. So we all mourn his death. And I think the greatest pity of all of this is that a man like Rafik Hariri is not going to be replaced by anybody. He was unique. And his loss is, therefore, that much more magnified than if you could have somebody who could be cloned, let's say, and brought to power.
What we are seeking, of course, with the world community is finality to his death -- who killed him and how that happened and meeting justice by bringing those people who killed him to court -- he and the other people who were assassinated in Lebanon. And that's why we have been in full support of the United Nations' efforts in that endeavor, and we hope that they will reach finality sooner rather than later.
HOUSE: Gentleman here -- sorry.
QUESTIONER: Allen Hyman, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. Hamas has been supported, at least for their social services, by the kingdom for many years. Now that Hamas has achieved political power and continues to call for the destruction of Israel, a member of the United Nations, how will the kingdom use its influence to try to change Hamas' policy?
PRINCE TURKI: One thing that everybody has to keep in mind is that the kingdom never supported any specific party in Palestine. Our support has always gone to the Palestinian people through United Nations institutions, through the World Bank, through the Arab League and through all of the international institutions that operate and have operated in Palestinian refugee camps and in territories occupied by Israel.
Our king visited Pakistan just recently and his visit coincided with the coming of the results of the elections in Palestine where Hamas appeared and came out as the winner in those elections.
In the joint communiqué that came out between King Abdullah and President Pervez Musharraf, both of them enjoined Hamas to do the following: first of all, that they must commit to the commitments of the Palestinian Authority, because the Palestinian Authority, it's raison d'etre, it's legitimacy derives from the Oslo Agreements with Israel.
Secondly, they enjoined Hamas to commit to the Arab peace plan, the Abdullah peace plan, which was the first plan that talked about a two-state solution for Palestine and Israel on an equitable basis. And thirdly, they enjoined Hamas to commit to the roadmap for peace, which was recognized by the world community as the means to achieve the two-state solution.
And at the same time, both of them enjoined the world community to recognize that the Palestinian people, through democratic elections, have chosen their representatives. And therefore, that process must takes its place. And I think we are still -- it would be premature now to judge what is going to happen because there is still no Hamas government in place. We are still -- the Palestinians are still under an interim government until a new government takes over.
My view is that Hamas will not give us anything, if you like, whether in commitments or otherwise, until they find out who is going to be their interlocutor after the Israeli elections, which will be coming at the end of next month. Then we can expect some movement on that issue, but the kingdom has already expressed its views on that to Hamas and to the world community.
HOUSE: Two more questions.
PRINCE TURKI: If I didn't let her ask me a question, she would really give it to me in -- (inaudible) -- newspaper.
QUESTIONER: Thank you, Your Highness. (Name and affiliation inaudible.)
Back to Iran -- and I respect the fact that you don't want to tell us the details of what's going on, but you said we are in the process of discussing things with Iran. Are you discussing them bilaterally? Is it in the context of the regional other concerns, from Hamas to Hizballah to Syria to Iraq? Is it in connection only with the nuclear capability? Therefore, might there be a dimension with what Russia and China are trying to do? And is it true that you're acting in your good roles, your good offices throughout the region on the basis of some people say -- and bad stability is better than good chaos?
PRINCE TURKI: Well, I respect your respect. Thank you.
HOUSE: I'm sorry to see that you had no better luck than I did.
Okay, this will probably have to be the last question. The gentleman here. Unless the answers are brief, and then we'll get this gentleman.
QUESTIONER: John Lamb, Sidley Austin.
Your Highness, I had the good fortune of spending a couple of years in your country in Riyadh in the early '80s. As somebody who is a practicing Catholic, I was able to find opportunity to go to mass at the American military compound in Riyadh, unlike a lot of the Filipino workers there.
And I was wondering if you see any time in the future where the hundreds of thousands of people of other faiths who are guest workers in your country will have an opportunity to worship discretely as they can in other places in the -- (inaudible) -- like Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, the Emirates. And Qatar also follows the principles of Mohammed ibn Abdel Wahhab.
PRINCE TURKI: Well, of course. I think this is an issue that has to be not just pursued by the kingdom but also explained in as much as possible so that people don't misunderstand where we come from.
As you know, the kingdom is the place of the two holy mosques, and as such, the issue of worship by others is ingrained in the teachings of the Qur'an and the practice of the prophet. So there is nothing in Saudi law or Saudi practice to infringe upon people worshipping, as you said, in their homes and in their privacy on that -- not just Christians, but Jews and any other followers of religion.
We have in the kingdom millions of Muslims -- have always posed to the question to ourselves -- we believe in all of the prophets, Mohammed being the last one. We revere from Adam to Noah to Abraham to Moses to David, Solomon, you name it, Jesus, Jonah, Jacob. All the prophets of the Old Testament and the New Testament, we consider them to be our prophet. And we also accept that the divine revelations to these prophets, the Torah and the -- (inaudible) -- are our books, along with the Qur'an. And our question to Christians and Jews is that why don't you reciprocate and believe in our prophet as we believe in your prophets? Why don't you accept our Qur'an as your book as we accept your Bible in its entirety, whether Old Testament or New Testament?
And so, the balance here is whether the individual practices of certain people in the kingdom who go and break into homes and confiscate Bibles and prevent people from worship almost in a manner that is -- not almost: It is in a manner contrary to the practice of the prophet himself. And that is something for our legal authorities to deal with these people.
And I know many of you here will say yes, but some of these people are officials of Saudi Arabia. And I say yes. This is one of the banes that we have to carry with us that in our dealing with our guests who live in the kingdom, there are among us in our society those who take, if you like, these unacceptable actions against a practice that the prophet himself allowed in his own mosque. And when he was visited by a group of Christians from the south of Arabia in that time, he allowed them to pray in his own mosque. So that is the balance that we have to deal with. And as I told you, as we progress and go forward, King Abdullah has expressed his view publicly on that matter.
In convening the extraordinary summit meeting of Muslim countries just last December, one of the main topics there was on this issue of how to deal with the others, the non-Muslims -- not just in our societies but even for Muslims who live in societies that are not Islamic. Along with that was an issue that was discussed at that conference, which was the issue of Islamaphobia, as we've seen some ramifications of that in the recent controversy over the cartoons that depicted the prophet -- peace be upon him -- in unacceptable and really terrible ways.
So you're right, and we have that lacking in our kingdom and we have to address it. And addressing it in front of an audience like this in this manner, I think, allows me as ambassador of Saudi Arabia to your country to explain some of the difficulties that we have and some of the problems as a society that we have.
HOUSE: One of my duties, Mr. Ambassador, is to close on time. So I apologize to you and others who didn't get to ask your question. Thank you very much.


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During a recent visit to Hanbury Hall I was lucky enough to be able to shoot panoramas inside the property on their staircase showing the impressive painted walls and ceiling by Sir James Thornhill (who also painted the dome at St PaulÄôs Cathedral).
Equipment used;
Nikon D300,
Nikon 10.5mm Fisheye Lens
Nodal Ninja 5 Panoramic Bracket
Manfrotto 055XProB Tripod
Software used;
PTGui Pro 8.1.2
Pano2VR 2.2.3
6 shots taken 60 degrees apart at 15 degrees down and a single zenith shot. Shots were also bracketed to allow for later selection to better cope with lightening conditions (dark walls, bright windows).
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I am trying to replace a water pump that we have on a confined space simulator that will pump water from an open 55 gallon tank to a pair of fire sprinklers to simulate a pressurized chemical release. I have never seen this unit in action, so I am not sure how much pressure it takes to blow the water out in 4-6 foot arches...they originally had a 1/12 hp Flotec FPOF360ac pump, but said it didnt have enough psi, and eventually they burned the pump up. I need help.
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With a magic 100% efficient motor and pump, that'd require almost 3 hp, so it's no surprise 1.5 hp didn't cut it for two sprinklers.
Discharge of 0.0063 m3/s is effectively the "speed of exhausting a volume", that is, dV/dt. Elementary volume dV can be represented as a product of cross-section area by elementary length: dV=S*dl, where the elementary length dl can be represented as a product of fluid speed by elementary time: dl=v*dt. Thus, dV/dt=S*v.
Then, power is effectively the speed of performing the action: P=dA/dt. Since the elementary action ("work") can be represented as applying the force at the elementary path: dA=F*dx, it can be presented as pressure forces acting at the elementary section area: F=p*S, so the power is P=p*S*v. We need to derive the amount of power needed from first and second: P=p*dV/dt. Substituting with p=3.4*10^5 Pa, dV/dt=6.3*10^-3 m^3/s gives P=2142 W, which is almost 2.9 hp.
The max height of the arc can then be derived: the sprinkler dispenses 6.3*10^-3 m^3 each second providing it with kinetic energy of 2142 J. Considering the dispensant to be water, this is equivalent to 6.3 kg. If the kinetic energy is fully transformed into potential energy of uplifted water, then E=m*g*h, where h is then h=E/(m*g), that is, h=2142/(6.3*9.8)~=34.7 m. Whoa, the height of a 10-floor building.


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That the impossible extensions -- which only showed up in the jumps when I saw her in Berkeley a few years ago as Nikiya, and I was hoping she had hidden in the attic -- were back in full force, and the most frustrating thing is that they are clearly a choice and a bad one. She has such incredible control, and even when she doing the crazy extensions, everything else is in place. I don't know how she manages to hold her back so straight while doing the arabesques: it's as if she's built like a pen knife. She has all of the gifts and the rest of her performance is purely classical. She's not making a point with the extensions by stretching everything neoclassically to push the envelope, and she's got the technical control to leave them out.
Very divided feelings about Zakarova: a lot to like, but those much-discussed extensions made me cringe. And there was one jete early on that was awful: legs flung apart, no actual elevation, no forward movement, no lightness, just a mid-air 180+ split and a clunky landing; "Uh oh," I thought. But later, I think it was during the vision scene, she did a series of what looked like deliberately low jetes that were everything they should be: arced and traveling with good ballon.
In Vancouver, although it says "live" everywhere, they show it at 1pm on tape delay. The good news is that there is a tape, and it works. Because there weren't many more than 50 at "Esmeralda", I showed up just before the intro, only to find that it was sold out, and the only seats left for ticket holders were in the first two rows. (I also missed the interview with Hallberg, for which I would have come earlier had I know it would play before the broadcast.) I'm sure some of this was because of where I was sitting, even though the illusion was being a little above stage level, but I think I spent more time looking under Zakharova's tutu than over it.
What was missing from the Prologue was a Fairy of Modesty. Modesty was missing from her performance. She was very glamorous from the beginning, and I don't mean in-your-face glamor, but natural, irrepressible glamour. That worked well in Act II when she was apart from Prince Desire, but not so effective when he partnered her, because she represented, at best, a desire, rather than an ideal. In one of the article posted in the last couple of days, Hallberg wondered at how Zakharova took over the rehearsal, and in close-up, it looked like she very much took charge of the dancing in Act III.
There were lots of lovely things in her performance, but, temperamentally, I would rather have seen her in "Raymonda". (Isn't her coach Ludmila Semenyaka, who was in one of the Bolshoi "Raymonda" DVD's?)
Sometime before 2008 there was an internet stream of "Raymonda" from the Bolshoi, I think a TV broadcast which ran several times, in which I was enthralled with Maria Allash. Since then I'd seen her once before this performance and was disappointed, because she seemed so wooden, and while I was hopeful initially, I thought she was missing the graciousness for the role. She did have a single expression, as if it she was in pain and was trying to mask it.
Another vote for the Prince with the feathered crown: he had great presence and elegance. The one in the teal or green pants -- from India? from Arabia? from Persia? -- got a lot of screen time during Zakharova's solo, and he made the most of it.
Dramatically, I think this production is a dud. In Russian classical ballet, do they use pointing to the floor to indicate death instead of the crossed arms? Having Carabosse point to the floor at the end of her curse was anti-climatic. If this was supposed to be a battle between good and evil, as multi-lingual Bolshoi spokesperson Novikova said during the intro -- it's amazing how she keeps going back and forth between French and English -- they might have cut half of Carabosse's unfocused prancing after the curse and given equal time to the Lilac Fairy, whose curse mitigation was easy to miss if you blinked.
There was almost no mime in this production There was 10 seconds at the beginning when Catalabutte reviews the list and indicates that there's something wrong, but he can't put his finger on it -- a great set-up -- 2x10 seconds of Carabosse getting angry and cursing Aurora, and 10 seconds for the King to threaten to hang the four girls with knitting needles and the Queen to convince him otherwise by putting her head on his shoulder affectionately. There's not much more than another 30 seconds in the rest of the ballet. For the life of me I don't understand why directors are wiling to have characters walk around aimlessly to avoid "boring" mime than to have them do the simple gestures that further the story and get on with it. It doesn't take that long.[/soapbox]
I wanted to slap down Kaptsova's leg the one time she did a big extension, but it was over quickly, and then she danced Florine beautifully and with great charm. The Fairy Tale figures seemed to be the hybrid of masks with clothes for the men, as if they could be aristocrats dressing up and performing, while the women wore tutus, which only the fairies wore, so it was neither one nor the other. For example, the Wolf was a man pretending to be a Wolf, not a man in a Wolf suit, and his performance was tempered accordingly. The Red Riding Hood and White Cat were neither here nor there, dramatically, but they gave it a good shot nonetheless.
Again it may have been because I was seeing a close up, but Anna Leonova's Diamond Fairy looked muscular and hard. Of the four Act III fairies, I was most impressed with Maria Vinogradova's Gold Fairy; she danced with grace.
The orchestra sounded fantastic at the Scotiabank Theatre in Vancouver. If the acoustics in the new theater are questionable, they miked it beautifully.


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1932 Ford Tudor Classic - Li'l CoffinWritten by on September 1, 2009 Dig This Boss 1:1 Scale All-Time Show Rod
In 1954, a young kid behind the wheel of a channeled '32 Ford Tudor came storming down Mt. Vernon Avenue in Wichita, Kansas. As the Ford passed the train tracks it slowed and made its way up to the doors of the Star Kustom Shop. The shop proprietor, Darryl Starbird, noticed the channeled Ford from the corner of his eye and made his way out to greet what he thought would be just another run of the mill customer. As the kid climbed out from the car Darryl hollered, "What can I do for ya?" The kid replied, "My name's Dave Stuckey and I'm here to see about a job." Dave had moderate skills with welding, bodywork and customizing, but his eagerness and enthusiasm to craft his talent was immeasurable. It didn't take long for Starbird to notice, so he decided to give the kid a chance, and gave Dave a part time job, which he worked after school got out.
Over the next few years Dave soaked up all that the Star Kustom Shop had to offer and perfected his skills. It wasn't too long before Dave was working side-by-side with Starbird as his right-hand man. Although he punched a clock on customer cars, building his '32 was always at the back of his mind. During downtime Darryl would lend a helping hand and help Dave work on the '32. Eager to see his dream unfold, Dave would burn the midnight oil after the shop closed, striving to give his Deuce that perfect look. Over the next few years the once fenderlesss, channeled and Flathead-powered Tudor would receive custom rear fenders with dual '53 Studebaker pans, Model A front fenders, custom running boards, a one-off Ala Kart-styled grille shell with chrome bullets, '40 Ford dash, a Buick Titan Red paint job with gold scallops, and of course, that classic DeSoto 331ci Hemi.
Another key element the sedan sported was the white and maroon Matlasha (a fabric imported from Belgium) interior, which a female onlooker said made the car look like a little coffin. The phrase seemed to strike the right chord, and the once car-with-no-name was dubbed, Li'l Coffin. The finished product then appeared on the cover of the November 1960 issue of Car Craft, and was also featured in Cars magazine's spread on the Star Kustom Shop's Best of '59.
In 1960, Dave parted ways with Star Kustom Shop to open the doors of Stuckey Kustoms in Wichita, Kansas. With him he brought his '32, and began what has become known as the "Wildest Deuce Ever Shown." The first order of business was to section the body and bring the beltline down to just above the rear wheel wells. Next, Dave reworked the cowl with '58 Merc headlight bezels frenched in with bullet accents. The DeSoto engine, mated to a '39 Ford transmission, received two more Stromberg carbs and was sucked up into the cowl to make way for a new one-off sleek nose decorated with six streamline tubes. Under the nose sat a '37 Ford tube axle with custom spring pockets. The most notable change, and defining touch, was when Dave reshaped and altered the roof to a unique cantilever-style top with a mid-mounted chrome roll bar for support. Inside, the car received a new dash with floating gauges, a custom steering wheel and four bucket seats (the bucket seats were later replaced with the bench style seat with tonneau cover). The car was well on its way to wowing the show circuit; only problem was Stuckey had run out of money to finish it. At this point Larry Farber enters the story. Larry purchased the car from Dave, but part of the arrangement was that Dave would finish the car for Larry to show. True to his word, Stuckey completed the '32 and Larry set out to show it to the world. From here the car went on to grace the cover of Rod & Custom in November of '62, and be featured in countless other publications.
In the early Sixties Darryl Starbird was head custom consultant at Monogram Model Company. During Darryl's tenure with Monogram they turned six of Darryl's full-size cars into models and contracted him to build one-off creations of his design for the company, lend his designing hand to a number of kits, and of course, act as a consultant. Monogram president Jack Besser told Starbird they were in the market to bring out a knockout kit based around a rod. Before the last word rolled off Besser's tongue, Starbird knew just the car that would stir a craze in households near and far: Stuckey's Li'l Coffin. Following the lead of their head custom consultant, Monogram purchased the car, and had Darryl freshen things up after the show circuit had taken its toll on the Deuce (on an ironic note, Stuckey was once again working for Starbird when Monogram dropped the car off for a little lipstick and rouge).
In 1967, muscle cars were in full swing and custom one-off creations, like the Li'l Coffin, were considered yesterday's news. The Li'l Coffin was of no use for Monogram, being that the public was after factory-styled model kits, so they gave Starbird a call and offered him the chance to buy it. Because these "nostalgic" rods had little to no value at the time, Starbird couldn't refuse the bottom dollar offer. Not only did the cars of this style have no dollar value, they didn't have much of a shelf life with the general public either, therefore the Li'l Coffin fell to the wayside like so many other rods and customs, and was restyled into something completely different. Darryl's first of many reincarnations of the Li'l Coffin was dubbed The Monkey Ward Delivery. The car was outfitted with an all-new nose, GMC 8/71 blower and a sedan delivery-styled upper deck. In 1980, Starbird went on to restyle the car once again, this time as a dual-cowl phaeton with a Jag IFS, Corvette IRS, dual-carbureted Chevy 350 and lift-off Carson-style top. Tragically, this version was short lived due to the fact it caught fire while unloading. The car, with Darryl in it, nearly burnt to the ground. Like a broken record, the car was once again resurrected in the early Nineties with, yes, you guessed it, a new look. This time the car received a full-bodied tilt nose with an aluminum grille nestled up front. Also new to the scene was a lift-off hardtop with a full-framed windshield.
Jump ahead to 2007 when nostalgic rods and customs are no longer outcasts in the hot rod world. Seeing where the movement is headed, Darryl once again decided to break out the torch and re-work the Li'l Coffin, only this time, put it back to Stuckey's original model car design. First up, the updated chassis needed to take a trip back in time. The original pickup points for the Deuce's underpinnings were still traceable, therefore Darryl was able to place a new '37 Ford axle and split wishbones in the appropriate position and maintain the original wheelbase. Once in position, Darryl crafted the custom spring pockets with coil springs and shock mounts. At the center of the Deuce 'rails lies a custom-fabbed stabilizer bar, which connects to the '37 axle keeping the frontend assembly centered. A '48 Ford quick-change rearend, converted to open drive, was relocated under the rear with split wishbones.
Next up came the daunting task of locating a DeSoto 331ci Hemi. Once one turned up, United Motors, in Wichita, Kansas, and Darryl's son, Cliff Starbird, overhauled it and topped it with six Stromberg 97s, just like Stuckey intended. Starbird was only able to scour up one of the original intake manifolds; therefore he turned to Eelco to duplicate a set of new manifolds. Stuckey had the original headers for the car and was glad to send them off to their rightful place. However, the exhaust pipes that flow so fluidly with the running boards needed to be recreated. Backing the Hemi is a Ford three-speed tranny with a Hot Heads adapter plate.
It was then time to put things back to the iconic look of the Li'l Coffin. From the beltline down, the car maintained its original persona, but from there things needed to be re-worked. A good starting position was the cowl. Starbird had to make the oval opening with handmade bezels, in the vein of the Merc bezels, and decorative bullets. Although the front fenders were left intact over the years the nose was long gone. Therefore, Starbird constructed a replica of the nose out of 1/2-inch steel conduit and sheetmetal. Inside the concaved nose rests six streamline tubes, and directly behind that is a custom-made radiator, by US Radiator.
The rear fenders were also intact, but the distinctive look of the dual '53 Studebaker pans were out of sight. Being that Stude pans aren't a readily available commodity like yesteryear, Starbird mimicked the Stude look using steel tubing and sheetmetal. Inside the newly-fabbed pan rests streamline tubing. Behind the tubing is an oval piece of Plexiglas painted translucent candy red, which acts as signals and taillights.
The heaviest task at hand was the cantilever-style roof. Being that the last form of the Li'l Coffin had a lift-off top, Starbird had to once again make pieces of the car from thin air. After sifting through piles of old car parts, Darryl stumbled across the original roll bar. The roll bar was installed and the roof was built accordingly. The outer portion of the roof is all metal, while the inset is a steel tube skeleton with Carson-style padding. With things back to Sixties status quo, Darryl sprayed the car in a patented Starbird House Of Kolor custom mixed Candy Apple Red over gold. Lastly, the American Racing 15-inch Torq Thrust rims wrapped with Coker whitewalls and cheater slicks were thrown in the mix to set things off just as the picture on the model's box depicted.
Under the cantilever-style roof rests a new bench seat, once again crafted by Starbird, outfitted in pearl white Naugahyde with gold Frieze by Walt's Upholstery in Mulvane, Kansas. Gracing the dash is a one-off replica steering wheel and floating gauge pods housing Stewart Warner Lifelines. The tonneau cover out back is upholstered to match the seats, and the entire underside of the roof is masked with tuck-n-roll pearl white Naugahyde.
Still something was missing. The car was never intended to have a skeleton stand next to it, but when Monogram threw the skeleton in the model it immediately immortalized the Li'l Coffin. One such fellow who stills remembers his first kit, is Jerry Glenzinski. To show his appreciation he finished off the look of the car creating a life-size skeleton to lean against the car, just like on the model's box.
Who would have thought what seemed to be an ordinary encounter between two hot rod enthusiasts 55 years ago would turn out to be the starting point in a long winded history of just another '32 Ford Model B. But then again, when you add ingredients like Stuckey, Starbird and Wichita into the mix, nothing is ever a "just another" custom car or hot rod!
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A young Dave Stuckey has just finished installing the dual '53 Stude pans; it's now time to blend the characteristic touch into the body of the '32.The rear fenders were entirely scratch built from steel tubing and sheetmetal. Here you can see Star Kustom Shop's own Darryl Starbird working the passenger side fender to perfection.Although he may not be the kid he once was, Darryl still hacks away in the shop six days a week with a steady 8-to-5 regiment. Here he's hard at work re-styling the Li'l Coffin (for the last time!) per Stuckey's design.


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When I posted a pumpkin custard recipe a week ago I said I didn't have time to refine it any further. Well, I lied. My in-laws have come to visit and so I took the recipe for another spin. Further research on the interwebs revealed a recipe by Bryanna that used corn flour to thicken the custard and give it colour. I gave this a try and I also revised the method to make the whole thing easier.
Friday, October 9, 2009
Perfect Pumpkin Custard
10 comments:
- VeganCowGirl said...
This looks and sounds great! If only I can convince the grocery shop folks in Brussels to order in canned pumpkin...they thought I was insane yesterday trying to explain that Canadians often use canned pumpkin to make pie....
- October 10, 2009 at 5:48 AM
- Foodeater said...
I think I may have said this before but I really wish you were my dad!
- October 10, 2009 at 3:08 PM
- Oraphan said...
That looks and sounds so perfect! Can't wait to try this recipe, I LOVE pumpkins everything.
p.s. I did a post about pumpkins and linked you, hope you don't mind.
- October 10, 2009 at 11:35 PM
- karenmoran said...
This was super yummy! Thank you.
- October 11, 2009 at 9:54 PM
- sabrina said...
i made this last night and it was delicious!!!!!!!!!!! thanks for the great recipe.
- October 13, 2009 at 6:37 AM
- Jennifer said...
This looks so perfect. I can almost taste it now... brilliant addition of coconut =)
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- October 14, 2009 at 3:17 PM
- Urban Cyclist said...
Lovely. I burnt the sugar and didn't have any more when I made this last night, so I used a layer of apple butter. It actually worked pretty well and reduces the sugar, if one is concerned with that. I'm thinking of reducing the sugar further with mashed dates or something and then calling this breakfast.
- October 15, 2009 at 1:52 PM
- Andrea said...
If I use Agar Powder instead, would it be the same 1 tablespoon measurement?
- October 18, 2009 at 1:26 PM
- Vegan Dad said...
Use 1 tsp of powder.
- October 20, 2009 at 10:16 PM
- Tiana said...
I made this using agar powder and since I didn't have coconut cream I used mimicreme. I was so impressed with the taste and texture! It is delicious. Thank you so much for the awesome recipe VeganDad!
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The dream of the National Corvette Museum Motorsports Park is becoming a reality. Track designs are final, with a groundbreaking set for June 28.
"By next year we expect to have the paddock, autocross, skidpad area finished and ready for use at our 20th anniversary event which is Labor Day 2014," says Motorsports Park Project Manager, Roc Linkov.
The 184 acre, multi-million dollar park will sit across from the museum on the other side of I-65.
On site soil and bedrock samples are currently being collected. Sound engineers are also in the area to ensure a nearby neighborhood isn't disturbed.
"What they will be providing us with is information if sound abatement is needed, how much is needed, do you need 2 feet of burm of dirt?" Do you need an 8 foot burm of dirt?," says Linkov.
Tourism is expected to climb with a finished motorsports park, bringing a new kind of boost to the local economy.
"The motorsports park is a different element of a Corvette. If you don't like the museum aspect of it or if you don't want to watch the assembly line part then you have this new more exciting, adventurous part of it and that's what people are going to be drawn to," says Telia Butler, Public Relations Coordinator for the Bowling Green Area Convention & Visitors Bureau.
"We could offer visitors to the museum a chance to take 3 laps with an instructor around the track at high speed to see what's it's like," says Linkov.
Officials plan to keep the park's use for recreational purposes saying it will be open to much more than just Corvette lovers.


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I'm not sure why every time I am about to embark on a trip I think of this song, but I do! I actually considered embedding the video to it in this post but it would have made this just crazy long!
So you may or may not already know that Michael, baby J and I are flying to Valencia, Spain today! yey trip! booo flying! I am a TERRIBLE flyer, I get anxious and stressed out weeks in advance, and since having a baby it seems that this anxiety is even worse. I am scared of everything right now…and hence why I am still awake at 12am writing this post. I wanted to give you a little glimpse into my crazy head. Brace yourselves, this will be a long post {with lots of pictures!}.
First off I headed to the 4 kid stores around our house to try and find anything that I figure will help distract baby J from fussing on the 7hr flight to Paris, the 2hr layover and the 3hr flight to Valencia. So here is what I got him.
{portable I-doll…super cool Ipod hookup}
{lavander crib quilt and pillow…more on products in a later post}
{Safe sippy, Pura sippy with silacone spouts & Born Free sippy}
{mimi rattle}
{Jelly Cat soft book}
What was my little peanut doing while momma was taking pics?!?
Next, I proceeded to head upstairs and start my own packing. I generally tend to over-pack so this time I was determined to just take the BARE NECESSITIES!
I packed 4pairs of heels and 1 pair of flip flops {not pictured}.
{red Valentinos for the wedding}
{black patent leather Louboutin heels}
{nude Valentinos}
{teal patent leather Louboutin heels}
Then came the clothes; 6 dresses {wedding dress not pictured}, 3 cardigans, 3 silk tops, 1 pair of shorts, 1 pair of skinny jeans, one evening bag, 5 tank tops {not pictured}, plenty of undies! {not pictured for obvious reasons!}
{Robert Rodriguez Black Lable dress / Club Monaco dress / Alice+Olivia Prom dress / Alice+Olivia nude dress / Rachel Roy Orchid Print dress}
{Joe Fresh cardigan / Wilfred wrap / Joe Fresh white cardi}
{Talula silk and lace shirt / Alice+Olivia flowered top / trapeze shirt}
{Kindness is Always Fashionable beach bag / straw fedora}
Light and dewy makeup for the Valencia heat and beautiful natural tones for the wedding makeup! And don't forget the lashes!
Airplane outfit.
{Wilfred striped cotton top / black Lacoste+Malandrino pants / black TOMS shoes / mom necklace I designed and had made / Marc Jacobs bowler}
Phew ok…now lets pack up Baby J! Now this process took significantly more time.
First, I started pumping and storing milk 4 days before because I wanted to have 3 full 5oz bottles to take with us. I also experimented making various baby foods {carrot, yam, pear} and successfully chose the pear puree to take on the plane with us, in 2 125mL canning jars.
Ok now for the pictures! I decided we are taking all of J's things in the cabin with us, in order to avoid potentially losing his luggage in transit, so his items will be divided between the diaper bag and the Bumble Collection weekender bag {with less important items going into Michael's suitcase}.
{4 tshirts, 2 pairs of jeans, 3 pairs of shorts, 6 short sleeved onsies, 8 shirt-short combo onesies, 2 butt butters, 1 bowtie, 1 body cream, body wash, wash cloths, towel…}
{shorts and belt}
{shirt-short combo onesies}
{2 pairs of baby shoes}
{Gucci diaper bag packed with Hooter Hiders, 2 changes of clothes and plenty of toys}
{Bumble Collection weekender bag packed with all the other clothes and plenty of diapers}
{entertainment toys for the little peanut}
{singing elephant and Aden+Anais swaddle blankets}
{giraffe lovey…baby J won't sleep without it these days}
{books, Ipod and Idoll}
Ok so that's it for us! We are officially leaving today and returning August 14th, but I will be posting away from abroad {maybe just not quite as often}. Tune in on Monday August 1 though for an extra special GIVEAWAY Feature!!!! Cheers!


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Say I buy a domain
foo.com - can I easily use GMail to receive and send emails from an address of that domain. For example,
Is this possible or do I have to install a mail server on my VPS? I would prefer something free.
Say I buy a domain
Is this possible or do I have to install a mail server on my VPS? I would prefer something free.
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Yes, you can use Gmail if you sign up for Google Apps. You can find the free version here: http://www.google.com/enterprise/apps/business/pricing.html
Yes in Gmail you can click on your setting gears icon click the Accounts and Import tab, and you will see an option called under the
zoho.com has free mail hosting for up to 3 accounts
No you cannot use GMail to:
You cannot receive e-mail via GMail that is directed to your domain unless you have a catch-all forwarding setup which requires a mail server.
To receive E-mails you will need to install mail server on your vps. You can either add e-mail account as pop or imap to your gmail. To send E-mail you can either use your own outgoing server (smtp.foo.com You will need to configure it in Gmail)or gmail's outgoing server.


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Alright, so I'm having a hard time thinking of a way to do this. Perhaps someone here can help!
Here is the problem: I need to figure out a way to use bitwise operations (or any sort of equation) to turn a single number into an x and y that represents an offset spiraling 0,0 (see image).
Related image:
So $f(n) = x$ and $g(n) = y$, for example, would yield something like $f(25) = -2$ and $g(4)= 1$.
I need a way to store those two values within a byte, either through bitwise operations (much like how RGB values are stored and retrieved within an integer) or through some other mathematical equation.
If the numbers need to be repositioned or something, that is fine too.
Any help to point me in the right direction?


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What may be the difference between the usage of チャンス and 機会 ?
For example:
1) これは機会だぜ!
2) これはチャンスだぜ!
What may be the difference between the usage of チャンス and 機会 ?
For example:
1) これは機会だぜ!
2) これはチャンスだぜ!
Do really people say "これは機会だぜ!"? I doubt it…
While you do say "これはチャンスだ" to mean "it's now or never", "just do it!", "go for it!" and other once-in-a-life-time opportunities, I think that "機会" is a much more usual opportunity, less outstanding situations. You would use 機会 to say "Since everyone is here, this is the opportunity to discuss the frobnication of frobnickers", or "I had the opportunity to meet her mother at the local supermarket." Nothing to write home about, just a simple description of the situation.
Also, by チャンス being a word of foreign roots, and 機会 a compound word, it is likely that the former is more colloquial than the latter. I also wonder whether 機会 isn't, statistically speaking, used to refer about an event in the past, while チャンス would be used to talk about some opportunity still to take.
(If you say "これはアタックチャンスだ!" do not forget to clench your fist and wave it doing circular motions in front of you)
As pointed out, for your examples チャンス would be more suitable. Although it seems more natural to me to use 「が」or even 「こそ」.
Also, 機会 has nothing to do with past or present.
If you want to expand your vocabulary, there are lots of other options to use for "chance/opportunity", although the context may vary somewhat.


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559.com is unavailable:
10019976.com is available:
But how can I figure out the lowest number available as a ".com" domain name?
559.com is unavailable:
10019976.com is available:
But how can I figure out the lowest number available as a ".com" domain name?
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You could find out programatically using a domain search API, such as Dynadot's API, which lets you search for available domains in blocks of 100.
But actually posting the shortest available numerical domain here might only ensure that it wasn't the shortest available domain for much longer.
I think you mean the shortest valid name, because availability shouldn't be your concern since almost all of short names are already taken!
FYI, 559.com is valid and available through GoDaddy auctions.
The shortest valid numerical domain name that I could find by searching on GoDaddy is three digit names, such as 123.com or 111.com, but as you can guess, they're all already taken.
I'm not sure why, but it seems two letter/digit domains are not available by many registrars including GoDaddy.


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We have old, ugly kitchen cabinet hinges. I've read conflicting opinions online as to whether spray painting them is a good idea. How would you do it if you were going to go for it?
Just to stop the ugliness, I would just get a can of Rust-Oleum gloss enamel (black, white, whatever), then remove the hinges from the cabinets.
Clean them thoroughly, and if there's any existing lacquer or hardcoat, try roughing them up with a bit of steel wool. If you can completely disassemble each hinge, that would be ideal; otherwise, work a small amount of silicone lube or grease into the action, to help keep the paint out of the hinge itself (keep the outer surfaces clean, though).
Then, simply give them a couple good coats of the enamel spray; each coat should cover well, but don't go too thick or you'll get runs, drips, etc, as well as having paint over the tops of the moving parts (which will then crack the first time you move the hinge). Let dry, flip and repeat. When both sides are done, reassemble and reinstall the hinges. The enamel should cure into a nice hard shell that should last you until you can spend the money to replace the hardware, or redo the whole kitchen.
No matter how light you coat or what paint you use, it does not work. Hinges pull off spray paint.


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What exactly is POSIX?
What is Unix now?
Are they only the Unix's developed by Bell Labs or do the SCO ones count too? Are there others?
Are they only the Unix's developed by Bell Labs or do the SCO ones count too? Are there others?
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UNIX (POSIX) is a set of "guidelines" which must be followed by an operating system (and it's parts) for it to be considered a "UNIX".
So asking which is the UNIX OS that the others are based on or which was the first doesn't really mean anything. Sure there was an operating system which was the first to be coined a UNIX -- but really, what you're talking about it the guidelines it follows.
Unix is a trademarked name and there is only one specification for Unix. To be called a Unix system, you must apply for and be certified to use that name.
If your question is about code base lineage and not standards, current OSes directly descending from the original Bell Labs / AT&T Unix releases are AIX, HP-UX, Oracle Solaris & OpenSolaris derivatives all coming from System V release 4 and (Open/Free/Net)BSD and derivatives from the much earlier Unix version 6.
While Mac OS X has some BSD code, its core is not a descendant of the Unix kernel code.
The history and timeline of UNIX is nicely presented here and shown pictorially here.
As noted, there is a single UNIX specification that defines "Unix" to which all products must conform to be officially compliant and branded. The various vendor brands can be found here.


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Task Manager shows the overall memory usage of svchost.exe. Is there a way to view the memory usage of individual services?
Note this is similar to http://serverfault.com/questions/2786/finegrain-performance-reporting-on-svchost-exe
Task Manager shows the overall memory usage of svchost.exe. Is there a way to view the memory usage of individual services?
Note this is similar to http://serverfault.com/questions/2786/finegrain-performance-reporting-on-svchost-exe
There is an easy way to get the information you are asking for (but it does require a slight change to your system). I am posting my answer to a similar question, http://serverfault.com/questions/2786/ (perhaps the two questions should be merged?):
Split each service to run in its own SVCHOST.EXE process and the service consuming the CPU cycles will be easily visible in Task Manager or Process Explorer (the space after "=" is required):
Do this in a command line window or put it into a BAT script. Administrative privileges are required and a restart of the computer is required before it takes effect.
The original state can be restored by:
Example: to make Windows Management Instrumentation run in a separate SVCHOST.EXE:
This technique has no ill effects, except perhaps increasing memory consumption slightly. And apart from observing CPU usage for each service it also makes it easy to observe page faults delta, disk I/O read rate and disk I/O write rate for each service. For Process Explorer, menu View/Select Columns: tab Process Memory/Page Fault Delta, tab Process Performance/IO Delta Write Bytes, tab Process Performance/IO Delta Read Bytes, respectively.
On most systems there is only one SVCHOST.EXE process that has a lot of services. I have used this sequence (it can be pasted directly into a command line window):
You could use the built-in
Image Name PID Session Name Session# Mem Usage ========================= ======== ================ =========== ============ svchost.exe 2940 Console 0 7.096 K
If you don't know a name, you can list them by running this statement:
It lists all services hosted by svchost.exe, for example:
Image Name PID Services ========================= ======== ============================================ svchost.exe 632 DcomLaunch svchost.exe 684 RpcSs svchost.exe 748 Dhcp, Dnscache svchost.exe 788 LmHosts, W32Time svchost.exe 804 AeLookupSvc, AudioSrv, Browser, CryptSvc, dmserver, EventSystem, helpsvc, lanmanserver, lanmanworkstation, Messenger, Netman, Nla, RasMan, Schedule, seclogon, SENS, ShellHWDetection, TrkWks, winmgmt, wuauserv, WZCSVC svchost.exe 1140 ERSvc svchost.exe 1712 RemoteRegistry svchost.exe 196 W3SVC svchost.exe 2940 TermService svchost.exe 2420 TapiSrv
Services aren't necessarily hosted by
Process explorer will indeed show you individual memory usage within svchost Ensure you have the latest version from here http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653
Make sure to run the Process Explorer as administrator, click on the svchost you want to inspect, click the
Now you can view and sort on the memory usage of individual services (implemented by dlls) within the svchost.
While Process Monitor is a general purpose utility (that will do everything but wash dishes for you), for this particular question you want to use VMMap (another SysInternals utility)
VMMap is a process virtual and physical memory analysis utility. It shows a breakdown of a process's committed virtual memory types as well as the amount of physical memory (working set) assigned by the operating system to those types. Besides graphical representations of memory usage, VMMap also shows summary information and a detailed process memory map. Powerful filtering and refresh capabilities allow you to identify the sources of process memory usage and the memory cost of application features.
Besides flexible views for analyzing live processes, VMMap supports the export of data in multiple forms, including a native format that preserves all the information so that you can load back in. It also includes command-line options that enable scripting scenarios.
This is getting into stackoverflow territory, but if you can get hold of per-thread memory stats you may be able to roughly correlate that to the individual service dlls by matching them up to the dlls listed in the thread stack. Way too much for my tiny sysadmin brain, though.
I extend Peter Mortensen's answer here. Before modifying the type of services, please check the existing type by command like:
Which will output the followings:
Any type other than "10 WIN32_OWN_PROCESS", "20 WIN32_SHARE_PROCESS" should not be modified.
Separating the services is the correct answer, but the sc config command didn't work for me (2008 R2).
You can do it via the registry though, which means setting the "Type" parameter to 0x00000010 (dec. 16):
Be careful though which service you choose to modify, there are special types besides "own" and "share" that shouldn't be changed, like:
After that, just restart the service and you should see in ProcessExplorer that it now has its own svchost.exe process.