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About the study of african history.
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Posted: 06-Apr-2007 at 11:31
My question is simple.
There is something that I have seen ocurring alot in studies about africa:
The exclusion of the natives from their own history.
before you start labeling me as an afrocentrist or something, please hear me out.
The observation is a simple one. If we take east africas swahili states, their architecture to be more precise. The design was middle eastern influenced but the "enginering" was native. So they had middle eastern influenced architecture. But the craftmanship was "native". Why does it feel like that the craftmanship is downplayed.
I noticed this is a very strong trend. If it has outside influence downplay the "african" part.
Well. Perhaps it is me that do not see the whole picture. I am not a scholar. I am just kind of interested in the subject.
Anyway I hope that somebody can answer my question.
Quote Reply Posted: 06-Apr-2007 at 14:04
You could post this question in the "History of Africa" section. You'll notice there that nobody downplay the history of subsaharan Africa. At least, not in here
Cywr
Posts: 6003 Quote Reply Posted: 07-Apr-2007 at 13:14
Mali rocks for mud buildings.
Arrrgh!!"
Decebal
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Well, I think that there's a couple of things to consider here. If one talks about Byzantine architecture in a place like Italy or Romania, no one talks much about the craftsmen, they just say: this is a byzantine style building, and not "this is a byzantine style building built by Italian or Romanian craftsmen". That is usually not needed.
Now, in the case of Africa, this happens to tie in with another element, that of a general disregard for African cultures and achievements, which is a remain of the colonial era. This common omission becomes conspicous in the context of this cultural condescendence, and in one's search to find an African contribution to world civilization. You see, the African cultures which are known in the west, even to most historians, are those who indeed have had extensive influences from Eurasia, or are even considered culturally more Middle-Eastern than African: Egypt, Ethiopia, and even Ghana/Mali/Songhay (which had strong Islamic influences). This led historians as well informed (for the time) and famous as Arnold Toynbee to remark that out of all major regions, Sub-Saharan Africa is the only one which did not develop an original civilization. The error, while in part due to racism, is also due to the isolation of some African cultures, and most importantly to the lack of work done in the fields of African archeology and history. The African component of the above-mentioned civilizations has been little studied and there's the additonal issues of racism on one side and Afrocentrism on the other, involved. And there's many African cultures and civilizations which have barely been studied at all. I think that another hundred years may need to pass until we have a picture of African history which is as complete as the one we have of European or Asian history, or it may never even happen at all.
What is history but a fable agreed upon?
Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.- Mohandas Gandhi
Well, I don't think Toynbee is wrong.
Subsaharan African didn't develop an atonishing original civilization. I don't think that is racism but just stating a fact. Other peoples like the North Central Asian Nomads, the Samis, the Ainus, the Australians, the Amazonians and the Polynesians didn't develop an original civilization either. They developed cultures but not original civilizations.
That doesn't mean they are "inferior" people at all. It is just the way it was.
Now, that doesn't mean the Subsaharan Region don't have marvels that are worth to study, starting by Zimbabwe, Eredo and the Ife brozes.
I used to believe the exact same thing, penguin, until recently. But I've started to become aware of the lack of proper study in many areas of African civilizations. For instance, Nubia has traditionally been depicted as Egypt's poor cousin, a caricature of its advanced northern neighbor. But recently, a picture emerges which shows Nubia to be just as ancient as Egypt, and nearly as powerful. And what do we really know about the civilizations in Niger's inner delta before the advent of Islam? Not a whole lot, though archeology indicates urbanization in the region dating back to 200BC if not before.
Basically my point is that due to political instability in current Africa, and European attitudes during colonial times, archeology in Africa is not well developed at all, so we can't expect our current level of knowledge to provide us with a complete picture of its history. It is not out of the realm of possibility that somewhere on the continent, a major discovery may be made which could change our whole concept of how African civilizations developed. Look at the Indus valley civilization: it was only in the 1920's that this civilization, arguably the equal of Egypt or Sumer was even discovered. The same might happen in Africa.
Yes, it is possible. For instance, I just recently knew about a network of trails that crossed southern Africa, and that probably contacted the Swahili region with Congo and Niger. There is also the very real probability of influences comming from the Indonesian colones in Madagascar as well.
All this while looking for the origin of the Marimba. I think further studies are needed and I agree with you on that.
Originally posted by pinguin
Subsaharan African didn't develop an atonishing original civilization. I don't think that is racism but just stating a fact. Other peoples like the North Central Asian Nomads, the Samis, the Ainus,�the Australians,�the Amazonians and the Polynesians didn't develop an original civilization either. They developed cultures but not original civilizations.
Now, that doesn't mean�the Subsaharan Region don't have marvels that are worth to study, starting by Zimbabwe, Eredo and the Ife brozes.
What do you mean that sub-Saharan Africa never developed an original civilization? BS!
Oh no. Once again!
Sorry Decebal, I leave it now. I going to get concentrated in the history of Americas thread. I know Blacks Olmecs are comming
Good luck with your new fellow
P�nguin
The architectural designs found in the Swahili States have been found no place else but there, so they are not Miidle eastern in origin, they are distinctly Swahili. Pinguin, don't set up strawmen arguments to knock down, no on said anything about Black Olmecs.
Originally posted by X-Ras
The architectural designs found in the Swahili States have been found no place else but there, so they are not Miidle eastern in origin, they are distinctly Swahili....
The Swahili region is a quite interesting culture. If you have more info, just post them.
But does them developed large urban complexes before they entered in contact with Arabs and Indonesians?
That's the question to answer.
Every human group have a culture. Civilization is a term restricted to urban cultures that develop complex architecture, public highways, large regular armies, universities, and things like that, and where large social problems have been solved, and there has been development of specialized skills, formal religion, writing, mathematics, metalurgy, etc. It was a level that was achived without external help in Egypt, Nubia and perhaps Ethiopia in Africa, but that was induced in other places of Africa. For instance, the Kingdoms of West Africa (Mali, Ghana, Sonhai) developed under the influence of Islam.
So, the critical question is: does the Swahilli region got a level of complexity enough to be classified as a civilization, without external help?
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X-ras.. i think i have heard of you before on another thread...but i tend to go with the idea that sometime in the future when people get over their bais behavior... more pieces of the puzzle known as african history wil appear... who knows what kinds of things they will discover... there could be large urban expanse under the ocean of sand in the Sahara or even in the central rain forests... i believe last year or using satelite imagery they discovered ruins of city in either south america of in africa..i forget which...My memory of it is hazed right now...
there is only one truth
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Every human group have a culture. Civilization is a term restricted to urban cultures that develop complex architecture, public highways, large regular armies, universities, and things like that, and where large social problems have been solved, and there has been development of specialized skills, formal religion, writing, mathematics, metalurgy, etc. It�was a level that was achived without external help in Egypt, Nubia and perhaps Ethiopia in Africa, but that was induced in other places of Africa. For instance, the Kingdoms of West Africa (Mali, Ghana, Sonhai) developed under the influence of Islam.
Civilization wasn't introduced to those West African kingdoms. Islam played a part only in trade and in the wealth and influence of the Upperclass, but most of the citizens were *NOT* Muslims themselves. Islam is only a religion, nothing more. Urbanism in West Africa *PRECEDES* Islam, the same with the Swahili states. If you ever the Peripulus of the Erytherean Sea you would know that coastal rding cities existed before Islam. The information is there to be found just search.
As for influence, Greece and Rome received influences from the Near East so are they less of a civilization because of this? No. Interaction and trade enriches a civilization, it doesn't dilute it.
Writing was introduced by Muslims, ship building Arab style was introduced by Muslims. Madrasas (centers of learning or universities) where introduced by them as well, together with libraries. Even more, West African Kindoms developed thanks to transaharan commerce, particularly of gold, salt, ivory and slaves.
So, there was a link between that region and the outside world, from which influences travelled. That's why many historians don't agree that those kingdoms represent a local civilization but more a variation of the Mediterranean civilizations, spreaded by Islam.
Nothing wrong with that. There are quite a few places that are considered original civilization: China, India, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Mesoamerica and Peru are the places usually mentioned and no more. For instance, Greece is not considered original either, but derivated of ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt, through Crete. Rome is even more detached from being original.
The celtic and germanic peoples of Northern Europe are not considered the creators of a civilization either. They developed interesting cultures but not civilizations.
hmm so far this tread has been interesting... i think to take it to the next level by adding sources for claims...this sources of course would have to be acceptable....
and Pinguin nice stunt on biodiversity forum....
Originally posted by Tk101
I hope you agreed with me
lol..i laughed at the whole thing...but you shouldn't battle against Bayou. he seems to know what he's talking about...but i can't say i perticularly agree with what you said though...
I also though about the reasons why civilization didn't come about in certain places around the world. Perhaps for some of africa's cultures perhaps we can list reasons towards SOME cultures on the continent didn't develop into states.... i know in general for the central and tropical regions... the local populous had to deal with living away from water ,which is one of the main catalysts to civilization.Bodies of waters in tropical regions usually have an abondance of life and that includes mosquitos with malaria... From memory i can observe that not many civilizations sprang up in any of the worlds tropical forest regions...but i due recall 1 or 2 coming about in central rain forest region...
Look, I believe all humans are equaly smart. Some were lucky enough in developing civilizations and others were not. In the case of Africa I admire the arts of Subsaharan Africa, the architecture of Zimbabwe and people like the Zulu warriors that defeated the British army once.
However, I don't like people think the Moors belong to Subsaharan Africa, because they don't. Now, Bayou could know a lot about Africa but I doubt he knows as much as I do about Spain, that's my culture.
We know the Moors, TK101, because they are part of the genetic pool of Spain even today. Millions of Spaniards today look like theirs fellows across
the Gibraltar Strait. Most Kabyles can pass for Spaniards without problem, for instance. They were the Moors of Spain, and they are still called Moor in Spain. No matter than Spaniards also called Moor to any Muslim.
So, when someone want to "teach me" or "revealing me" Spain's history I get upset. For that they should have read the "Mio Cid", The works of Henry X the Wise, and all what I do know about Spain. After all, most of my ancestors came from there.
Pingiun
I tend to agree with most of waht you said. sometimes things aren't always what they seem... all becuase people look like you does that mean that they are genetically similar to you? if what you say is true...would it be safe to say that most spainish are N. African variants?
also is their something wrong with NAfrians Moors being related to SSA's? they have been both on the continent for thousands of years so..it is only to be expected that they would be related... also what does it matter if MOors were mixed or not?
also now that i think about it...when ever we would quote genetic tests and such...do we as laymen REALLY understand whats is being stated and also can what the scientist say is trust worthy?
also what was the reason why after the 12th century, iberia had the most advanced kindgoms in Europe?
Actually tk101, I would say that Iberia had the most advanced kingdoms in Europe before the 12th century, and not after. The fundamentalist Almoravids and Almohads snuffed out the cultural brilliance of Al-Andalus. It was during the Ummayad Caliphate of Cordoba and even during the Taifas states that the so-called Moors in Spain were at the peak of their culture. The reasons are numerous and it's a lengthy discussion, but suffice to say that Islam was more advanced scientifically and culturally than Western Europe until about the 12th century, when Europe started to catch up. By the 16th, Western Europe was clearly ahead of Islam in most respects.
On an added note, some of the moors, specifically the Al-Murabit, or Almoravids, did come from Sub-Sharan Africa, as opposed to the Maghreb. They started out as a warrior monk group in the Senegal valley, before they conquered the Maghreb and Al-Andalus.


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WWII AAF Mission Report
mlbc Apr 26, 2017 9:55 PM
I am trying to locate a "Mission Report" of a single plane of the 7th AAF (raid on Puluwat Atoll 23 Apr 1944) that was referenced in CINCPAC Press Release No. 370 of 24 Apr 1944: "…Puluwat Island was bombed before Dawn on April 23 by a single Seventh Army Air Force Liberator, …" I have concluded it may have been a plane assigned to 7th AAF, 30th Bombardment Group, 27th Bombardment Squadron.
I am a novice with identifying where records may be filed, but this description seems to fit: 18.7.1 Records of the Office of the Commanding General Textual Records: … AAF World War II combat operations records ("Mission Reports"), consisting of narrative and statistical summaries, intelligence reports, field orders, loading lists, and other records, arranged by unit, 1941-46 (1,855 ft.)…
I cannot determine who I contact to receive a copy. Does anyone know?
Re: WWII AAF Mission Report
Ryan Bass Apr 27, 2017 11:27 AM (in response to mlbc)
Dear Ms. Collins,
Thank you for your History Hub question. The reference (18.7.1) is from our guide to federal records and it is a vague description of the records that we hold in our custody but does not actually lead to records. I have quickly checked both our finding aids and in our catalog for the Army Air Forces Mission Reports (Record Group 18 Entry (NM-6) 7A for records concerning the 27th Bomb Squadron and the 30th Bomb Group. Unfortunately, we do not have any records for 27th Bomb Squadron but we do have records for the 30th Bomb Group. The following files cover the time frame for the raid on Puluwat Atoll.
Mission Analysis Reports:https://catalog.archives.gov/id/2867498
Mission Reports: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/2867497
Mission Combat Reports: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/2867496
Two other useful places to look for information regarding bombing in the Pacific Theater would be the following two series:
RG 341 Entry (NM-215) 217: Military Intelligence Photographic Interpretation:https://catalog.archives.gov/id/654709
RG 243 Entry (I-10) 41: Pacific Survey Reports and Supporting Records, 1928-1947:https://catalog.archives.gov/id/561631
If you have any other questions or wish to order copies of these records please write to the Textual Reference Staff at the National Archives in College Park, MD since all of these records are located here. Their email is archives2reference@nara.gov.
Please note that you can only order three files at a time. Best of luck in your research!
mdwyre Apr 28, 2017 8:48 AM (in response to mlbc)
There are also additional unit histories and supporting documents of Army Air Force units in the custody of the Air Force Historical Research Agency, 600 Chennault Circle, Building 1405, Maxwell Air Force Base, AL 36112-6424. These files often include historical reports. You may also want to call (334) 953-2395 or write to that office for further information concerning any records in their custody. The web site is http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

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transverse line intersecting the 'point' is the scarf joint line.
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And here's what the other side looks like. I applied the burl veneer after inlaying the ebony on the top.
another tale of screwup and anguish. This is The Tale of the Original Fretboard.
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proceeded to lay out AND INSTALL the inlays with epoxy.
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If you're not doing big inlays, buy a pre-slotted and radiused fingerboard!
If you're using a template to cut your slots, lay them out WITH THE TEMPLATE.
If you're not using a template, use a longer caliper (18" would be great).
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Radius the fretboard BEFORE cutting the slots.
pau ferro board) and eventually bit the bullet and ordered another ebony board radiused and slotted).
I've lost in the last month... I hope!
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These words hit me between the eyes when I first read them five years ago. At the time, I was working at my family's eye clinic business. My job paid well, but I had grown increasingly bored with what I was doing. I'd grown tired of having the same repetitive conversations and performing the "good old" eye exams every day.
All my family members thought I had lost my mind. "Nobody gets to the point where he has all these assets, and all this income and then just walks away," one of my uncle told me, incredulous. "You're given a running business. If you leave, you're really going to regret it."
But I haven't. Not for one minute. If anything, I wish I'd done it sooner. Hell, I wouldn't even go to Optometry School! Joseph Campbell was right: Follow your bliss.
"If you follow your bliss," he wrote, "you put yourself on a kind of track, which has been there all the while waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living . . . I think the person who takes a job in order to live - that is to say, just for the money - has turned himself into a slave."
That sounds harsh, I know. After all, we all have commitments and responsibilities. But that doesn't mean change isn't possible. It hurts to spend your days doing something that is not really suited to your talents, especially when you know you could be doing far more than you are.
Work you enjoy is invigorating. You're expressing yourself, making an impact. Too many of us approach the job market thinking of nothing more than money, security, and benefits. I'm not saying these things aren't important. They are! None of us would survive long without them.
But for a true sense of fulfillment, there has to be more than just money and security. (Just as there has to be more to retirement than golf and television.) It's tough to feel genuinely satisfied without expressing your abilities, even if your primary talent is raising happy, productive kids.
Some may call me an idealist, a dreamer. Perhaps. But life is not a practice round. This is it!
You can work a job. You can pursue a career. Or you can choose a vocation. The choice is yours!


Did a Truck's Poor Lighting Cause Your Fort Lauderdale Truck Accident?
If you drive on any Florida highway or Fort Lauderdale city street, you will most likely encounter a tractor trailer. It seems like semi trucks are everywhere these days – no matter what road you go down or which turn you take. Although these trucks are hard to miss, as they are massive in size, they can sometimes appear invisible at night.
Semi trucks have lights running on the top and bottom of the trailer, which helps increase a motorist's awareness of these trucks on the road; however, their sides are generally left unlit. Because the sides of the trailer are typically non-reflective, it can make it more difficult for drivers to spot semi trucks during nighttime driving.
When a driver does not see the semi truck due to its poor lighting system, inadequate reflectors, or lack of lights entirely, that driver may plow into a large truck. This takes place more often than people probably imagine. Some of the drivers involved are drunk drivers or elderly people who cannot see very well, but many other drivers simply do not see the truck due to the lack of lighting coupled with its slower movement.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has discussed tractor trailer vehicle lighting and would like to see the number of lighting-related Fort Lauderdale truck accidents and crashes around this nation decrease.
When a truck driver understands that other motorists may have a hard time seeing their trailer at night and proceeds carefully, accidents may be reduced. If you were injured in a Fort Lauderdale truck accident because of poor lighting or a truck driver's negligence, you may have rights to a financial recovery for your medical bills, instances of pain and suffering, physical therapy, lost wages, and more.
Find out if you can hold a negligent trucker and trucking company accountable for your injuries, and call a qualified Fort Lauderdale accident lawyer for help with your case today.


Pink Farmhouse In Mormon Row is a photograph by Carol Chihara which was uploaded on July 25th, 2016.
Early morning in the Grand Teton National Park.
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M.Sc., Post-Grad Cert, H. Dip., B.A., Reg. Prac. APPI, I.C.P.
As a psychotherapist, Lorna's clinical experience spans many years working in private practice, mental health and psychiatric clinics, and as a group facilitator.
Lorna completed a B.A. in Psychology and Sociology in TCD, and continued her studies with a Post-Graduate Higher Diploma in Psychoanalysis in DBS. Following this, she completed a clinical MSc in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy in UCD School of Medicine/St Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin.
Continuing professional development is at the core of Lorna's practice, and she completed APPI's two-year "Programme for Continuing Studies" (PCS). She also undertook a Post-Graduate qualification in Childhood & Adolescent Loss in the Irish Hospice Foundation/Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (IHF-RCSI) (experiences of loss through death, separation/divorce, abandonment and other family issues).
Lorna is a member of the Association for Psychoanalysis & Psychotherapy in Ireland (APPI), the Euro-Federation of Psychoanalysis (EFP), and Psychologists Protection Society (PPS). Other memberships include the Irish School of Lacanian Orientation (ICLO-NLS), which is part of the NLS (New Lacanian School) and the World Association of Psychoanalysis (WAP).


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package graph;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Scanner;

import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;

import org.xml.sax.SAXException;

import edu.uci.ics.jung.graph.Graph;
import edu.uci.ics.jung.graph.UndirectedSparseGraph;
import edu.uci.ics.jung.io.GraphMLReader;

public class GraphMLImport {

public static Graph<SpatialNode, WeightedEdge> importSpatialFile(String nodeFile, String edgeFile){

		Graph<SpatialNode, WeightedEdge> g = new UndirectedSparseGraph<SpatialNode, WeightedEdge>();
		HashMap<Integer,SpatialNode> nodes = new HashMap<Integer,SpatialNode>();

		System.out.println("Importing Nodes: " + nodeFile);
		try{
			//import nodes
			Scanner scanLine = new Scanner(new File(nodeFile));

			scanLine.nextLine();

			while(scanLine.hasNextLine()){
				Scanner scan = new Scanner(scanLine.nextLine()).useDelimiter(",");
				int id = Integer.parseInt(scan.next());
				double x = scan.nextDouble();
				double y = scan.nextDouble();

				nodes.put(id,new SpatialNode(id, x,y));

			}
		} catch (FileNotFoundException e){
			e.printStackTrace();
		}

		System.out.println("Importing Edges: " + edgeFile);
		try {
			//import edges
			Scanner scanLine = new Scanner(new File(edgeFile));

			scanLine.nextLine();

			while(scanLine.hasNextLine()){
				Scanner scan = new Scanner(scanLine.nextLine()).useDelimiter(",");
				int id = Integer.parseInt(scan.next());
				String label = scan.next();
				double dist = Double.parseDouble(scan.next());
				Integer source = Integer.parseInt(scan.next());
				Integer dest = Integer.parseInt(scan.next());

				try {
					g.addVertex(nodes.get(source));
					g.addVertex(nodes.get(dest));

					g.addEdge(new WeightedEdge(id, dist, label), nodes.get(source), nodes.get(dest));
				} catch (IllegalArgumentException e){
					//node doesn't exsist
				}

			}

		} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
			// TODO Auto-generated catch block
			e.printStackTrace();
		}

		return g;
	}

	public static Graph<Integer, WeightedEdge> readGraph(String filename){

		Graph<Integer, WeightedEdge> g = new UndirectedSparseGraph<Integer, WeightedEdge>();

		GraphMLReader gmlr;
		try {
			gmlr = new GraphMLReader(new VertexFactory(), new EdgeFactory());

			//Next we need a Graph to store the data that we are reading in from GraphML. This is also an Undirected Graph because it needs to match to the type of graph we are reading in.

			//Here we read in our graph. filename is our .graphml file, and graph is where we will store our graph.
			gmlr.load(filename, g);

		} catch (ParserConfigurationException e) {
			// TODO Auto-generated catch block
			e.printStackTrace();
		} catch (SAXException e) {
			// TODO Auto-generated catch block
			e.printStackTrace();
		} catch (IOException e) {
			// TODO Auto-generated catch block
			e.printStackTrace();
		}

		return g;

	}

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		int nodes = 100;
		int edges = (int) Math.floor(nodes * 1.75);
		Graph<Integer, WeightedEdge> g = GraphGenerator.createUndirectedSparseGraph(nodes, edges);
		GraphGenerator.writeGraphOut(g, args[1]);
		Graph<Integer, WeightedEdge> newg = GraphMLImport.readGraph(args[1]);
		System.out.println("AHH");

	}

}

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Where do we buy Vintage Camper Parts?
Heffe and the kids at work on the tires.
When we brought the Shasta 16-SC home with us we knew we were in for some challenges ahead.
I followed that shell of a camper up the freeway while Heffe towed it along, and I watched the camper vent cover fly into the wind as a tractor trailer whipped past.
Not to mention, that at my direction, we had just jackknifed the truck bed corner right into the front window while backing out of the lot, popping out all of the vented glass panes on the front. Fun times ahead.
So all of that news leads me to one my recent discoveries. All of our hardware needs should be sastisfied here at Vintage Trailer Supply.
The mission at Vintage Trailer Supply is to provide vintage camper enthusiasts like you and me with as many hard-to-find parts and products as possible. They boast the widest selection of vintage trailer parts for sale anywhere in the world.
So, let's dig in and get this party started!


Because we entertain pretty much every weekend throughout the summer here, we are always looking for new and creative ideas for meals, drinks, and creativity in and around the kitchen. Also being that I used to work at a restaurant that provided catering I find myself being very meticulous about designs on plates and trays whether it's for a group of strangers or myself.
When recently asked to review several products from Francois et Mimi, I knew I was in. Right away you can notice the quality and unique designs of each of the their products. This time around, I had the opportunity to review their Set of 4 Ivory Vintage-Style 20-Ounce Jumbo Soup and Cereal Mugs, and the Pastel Colors Ice Cream Bowl Set.
I was once told a long time ago that during the hottest days of summer, if you are trying to cool off you should have a hot cup of coffee or espresso (which is what I was offered on my vacation). Even though I've heard that several times after and believe it, something still seems strange about drinking a hot beverage or having a bowl of soup to cool down. The winter gives me even more of an excuse to chow down on soup and although we are moving quickly into Summer, there is just something about the way soup can warm your tummy and especially when sick!
I even love to make my own from scratch but come on who has that kind of time on their hands (especially with my two crazy boys). The Vintage Style Jumbo Soup and Cereal Mugs have become my all time favorite for soup time and honestly couldn't have arrived at a better time since our family had been struggling with the flu the same week. Not only can you pour your favorite hot beverage into these but cold cereal and warm soup as well. The stoneware stays cool to touch keeping little (and big) hands safe at all times. I love the way these look displayed on hooks under my cabinets at the house!
The Pastel Colors Ice Cream Bowl Set has also perfectly matched my Francois et Mimi stacking mug set with tons of fun color throughout my kitchen! Made from stoneware ceramic, these bowls are lead-free and dishwasher/microwave safe. The style is definitely eye catching and these are now the boys favorite bowl to use for just about anything from ice cream to spaghetti to everything in between!
Recommendation: Definitely worth the purchase, especially when you look at the competitors which offer much cheaper quality products. I wish I could tell you what the price was on the mugs so I knew if they were costly or not but they don't have that information available. These both can be washed and reused just as easily as anything out there.


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from PyQt4 import QtCore, QtGui

try:
    _fromUtf8 = QtCore.QString.fromUtf8
except AttributeError:
    def _fromUtf8(s):
        return s

try:
    _encoding = QtGui.QApplication.UnicodeUTF8

    def _translate(context, text, disambig):
        return QtGui.QApplication.translate(context, text, disambig, _encoding)
except AttributeError:
    def _translate(context, text, disambig):
        return QtGui.QApplication.translate(context, text, disambig)

class View_Widget(QtGui.QWidget):
    """Set up Journal View.

    This widget acts as the output for the markdown converted html text.

    """
    def __init__(self, parent):
        """Initialize Journal View.

        Set up the caller function as reference when
        this class is initiated. Then calls
        the view_layout function.

        """
        super(View_Widget, self).__init__(parent)
        self.view_layout(parent)

    def view_layout(self, parent):
        """Add box layout for Journal View.

        This function adds a box layout in the right side of the central widget
        and calls __JournalView funtion.

        """
        self.journalViewLayout = QtGui.QHBoxLayout()
        #self.journalViewLayout.setMargin(11)
        self.journalViewLayout.setSpacing(6)
        self.journalViewLayout.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("journalViewLayout"))
        self.__JournalView(parent)
        self.journalViewLayout.addWidget(self.journalView)
        parent.horizontalLayout_7.addLayout(self.journalViewLayout)

    def __JournalView(self, parent):
        """Set up QPlainTextEdit.

        This function creates a Text Editor that cathces the output text from
        the mardown function and displays the html text.

        The size of this widget scales along with the window size.

        Note : The user should not be able to input any text in this widget.

        """
        self.journalView = QtGui.QTextEdit(parent.centralWidget)
        self.journalView.setMinimumSize(QtCore.QSize(200, 600))
        self.journalView.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("journalView"))
        self.journalView.setReadOnly(True)


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Stockman: US Entry Into World War I Was A Disaster
Posted by Tyler Durden on November 14, 2017 3:05 am
Tags: Afghanistan, AL QAEDA, Brazil, Business, Central Banks, central intelligence agency, congress, Economy, Economy of the United States, FEDERAL RESERVE, Financial crises, Fiscal policy, france, germany, Gold standard, Government debt, Great Depression, incineration, Iran, japan, Keynesian economics, keynesianism, Kuwait, Macroeconomics, Monetization, national debt, National debt of the United States, northern France, Open Market Operations, Systemic risk, Totalitarianism, U.S. Treasury, US Federal Reserve, world economy
Categories: Afghanistan Al Qaeda Brazil Business Central Banks central intelligence agency Congress Economy Economy of the United States federal reserve Financial crises Fiscal policy france germany Gold standard Government debt Great Depression incineration Iran japan Keynesian economics keynesianism Kuwait Macroeconomics Monetization national debt National debt of the United States northern France Open Market Operations Systemic risk Totalitarianism U.S. Treasury US Federal Reserve World economy
Authored by David Stockman via The Daily Reckoning,
103 years ago, in 1914, the Federal Reserve opened-up for business as the carnage in northern France was getting under way.
And it brought to a close the prior magnificent half-century era of liberal internationalism and honest gold-backed money.
The Great War was nothing short of a calamity, especially for the 20 million combatants and civilians who perished for no reason discernible in any fair reading of history, or even unfair one.
Yet the far greater calamity is that Europe's senseless fratricide of 1914-1918 gave birth to all the great evils of the 20th century – the Great Depression, totalitarian genocides, Keynesian economics, permanent warfare states, rampaging central banks and the follies of America's global imperialism.
Indeed, in Old Testament fashion, one begat the next and the next and still the next.
The old liberal international economic order – honest money, relatively free trade, rising international capital flows and rapidly growing global economic integration – resulted in a 40-year span between 1870 and 1914 of rising living standards, stable prices, massive capital investment and prolific technological progress that was never equaled either before or since.
The Great War undid it all.
In the case of Great Britain, for example, its national debt increased 14-fold, its price level doubled, its capital stock was depleted, most off-shore investments were liquidated and universal wartime conscription left it with a massive overhang of human and financial liabilities.
Yet England was the least devastated.
In France, the price level inflated by 300% its extensive Russian investments were confiscated by the Bolsheviks and its debts in New York and London catapulted to more than 100% of GDP.
Among the defeated powers, currencies emerged nearly worthless with the German mark at five cents on the pre-war dollar, while wartime debts – especially after the harsh peace of Versailles – soared to crushing, unrepayable heights.
And the Great Depression's tardy, thoroughly misunderstood and deeply traumatic arrival happened compliments of the United States.
In the first place, America's wholly unwarranted intervention in April 1917 prolonged the slaughter, doubled the financial due bill and generated a cockamamie peace, giving rise to totalitarianism among the defeated powers and Keynesianism among the victors.
Even conventional historians admit as much.
Had Woodrow Wilson not misled America on a messianic crusade, the Great War would have ended in mutual exhaustion in 1917 and both sides would have gone home battered and bankrupt but no danger to the rest of mankind.
Indeed, absent Wilson's crusade there would have been no allied victory, no punitive peace, and no war reparations; nor would there have been a Leninist coup in Petrograd or Stalin's barbaric regime.
Likewise, there would have been no Hitler, no Nazis, no holocaust, no global war against Germany and Japan and no incineration of 200,000 civilians at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Nor would there have followed a Cold War with the Soviets or CIA sponsored coups and assassinations in Iran, Guatemala, Indonesia, Brazil and Chile to name a few. Surely there would have been no CIA plot to assassinate Castro, or Russian missiles in Cuba or a crisis that took the world to the brink of annihilation.
There would have been no domino theory and no Vietnam slaughter, either.
Nor would we have had to come to the aid of the mujahedeen and train the future al Qaeda in Afghanistan. Likewise, there would have been no Khomeini-led Islamic counter-revolution, and no U.S. aid to enable Saddam's gas attacks on Iranian boy soldiers in the 1980s.
Nor would there have been an American invasion of Arabia in 1991 to stop our former ally Saddam Hussein from looting the equally contemptible Emir of Kuwait's ill-gotten oil plunder – or, alas, the horrific 9/11 blowback a decade later.
Nor would we have been stuck with a $1 trillion Warfare State budget today. But I digress.
Economically, the Great War enabled the already rising American economy to boom and bloat in an entirely artificial and unsustainable manner for the better part of 15 years.
The realities of war finance also transformed the new Federal Reserve into an incipient central banking monster in a manner wholly opposite to the intentions of its great legislative architect – the incomparable Carter Glass of Virginia.
During the Great War America became the granary and arsenal to the European Allies – triggering an eruption of domestic investment and production that transformed the nation into a massive global creditor and powerhouse exporter virtually overnight.
Altogether, in six short years $40 billion of money GDP became $92 billion in 1920 – a sizzling 15% annual rate of gain.
Needless to say, these fantastic figures reflected an inflationary, war-swollen economy – a phenomena that prudent finance men of the age knew was wholly artificial and destined for a thumping post-war depression.
World War I simply gave birth to the modern Fed as we know it.
When Congress created the Federal Reserve on Christmas Eve 1913, just six months before Archduke Ferdinand's assassination, it had provided no legal authority whatsoever for the Fed to buy government bonds or undertake so-called "open market operations" to finance the public debt.
In part this was due to the fact that there were precious few Federal bonds to buy. The public debt then stood at just $1.5 billion, which is the same figure that had pertained 51 years earlier at the battle of Gettysburg, and amounted to just 4% of GDP.
Thus, in an age of balanced budgets and bipartisan fiscal rectitude, the Fed's legislative architects had not even considered the possibility of central bank monetization of the public debt, and, in any event, had a totally different mission in mind.
The big point here is that Carter Glass' "banker's bank" was an instrument of the market, not an agency of state policy. The so-called economic aggregates of the later Keynesian models — GDP, employment, consumption and investment — were to remain an unmanaged outcome on the free market, reflecting the interaction of millions of producers, consumers, savers, investors, entrepreneurs and even speculators.
But WWI crossed the Rubicon of modern Warfare State finance. During World War I the U.S. public debt rose from $1.5 billion to $27 billion – an eruption that would have been virtually impossible without wartime amendments which allowed the Fed to own or finance U.S. Treasury debt.
These "emergency" amendments – it's always an emergency in wartime – enabled a fiscal scheme that was ingenious, but turned the Fed's modus operandi upside down and paved the way for today's monetary central planning.
Washington learned that it could unplug the free market interest rate in favor of state administered prices for money, and that credit could be massively expanded without the inconvenience of higher savings out of deferred consumption.
Effectively, Washington financed Woodrow Wilson's crusade with its newly discovered printing press – turning the innocent "banker's bank" legislated in 1913 into a dangerously potent new arm of the state.
It was this wartime transformation of the Fed into an activist central bank that postponed the normal post-war liquidation – moving the world's scheduled depression down the road to the 1930s.
The Fed's role in this startling feat is in plain sight in the history books, but its significance has been obfuscated by Keynesians presuming that the state must continuously manage the business cycle and macro-economy.
The Great Depression thus did not represent the failure of capitalism or some inherent suicidal tendency of the free market to plunge into cyclical depression — absent the constant ministrations of the state through monetary, fiscal, tax and regulatory interventions.
Instead, the Great Depression was a unique historical occurrence — the delayed consequence of the monumental folly of the Great War, abetted by the financial deformations spawned by modern central banking.
The "failure of capitalism" explanation of the Great Depression is exactly what enabled the Warfare State to thrive and dominate the rest of the 20th century because it gave birth to what have become its twin handmaidens — Keynesian economics and monetary central planning.
Together, these two doctrines eroded and eventually destroyed the great policy barrier – that is, the old-time religion of balanced budgets – that had kept America a relatively peaceful Republic until 1914.
If only we could rewind the clock to 1917 and keep Wilson out of WWI, history – and economics – likely would have been a lot different.


There is surely hardly any more important measurement parameter than temperature. We are confronted with it on a daily basis and most people have individual preferences as to what exactly the right temperature is in specific situations. And this is where the greatest problem actually lies: people only feel temperature. However, temperature measuring instruments have to be used for objective and comparable results. Depending on the specific application, you will find different thermometers, temperature meters or digital thermometers for that purpose at Testo.
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The really economical alternative to the temperature meter.
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Where do you want to measure temperature?
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The testo Smart Probes VAC kit enables you to measure temperature, speed and air humidity, as well as to calculate volume flows. Ideal for air conditioning and ventilation systems.
A temperature meter in itself means you have already taken the first step. However, you need to bear a few things in mind for really efficient and precise temperature measurement.
With your temperature measuring instrument, choose a probe immersion depth of 10 to 15 times the probe diameter. This reduces measurement errors. In addition, it helps the accuracy of the measurement result if you keep the liquid moving during the measurement.
In this case, the probe head is placed vertically onto the surface. Here it is important to ensure that neither the contact surface of the probe head nor the measurement object are uneven, as this can falsify the measurement.
When measuring moving air with a temperature meter, the measurement probe is simply introduced into the environment being measured. Due to its special design, the air probe has a very short response time. The measurement result can be improved by moving the probe through the air at 2 – 3 m/s during the measurement.
There are applications where a temperature meter is not enough. For instance, when it is a case of monitoring temperatures over the long term and reliably recording the readings. This is where temperature data loggers are used. The small aids are ideally suited for temperature monitoring, making work a little bit easier every day for quality managers and facility managers all over the world.
When you need to integrate temperature readings seamlessly into automated building services, then it is temperature transmitters that are required. First of all, they measure the temperature, just like a temperature meter – however, they then convert the measuring values into a standardized electrical signal which can be further processed to control specific procedures.
In the broad spectrum of temperature measurement, particularly high importance is attached to surface temperature measurement. Because it is not just in industry, trade or facility management that a surface temperature measuring instrument is used. The food industry is also – and above all – the sector where this measurement method is one of the most common. In the end, spot checks on the quality of food can be carried out quickly and reliably using surface temperature measurement. And precise measurement of the surface temperature often makes laborious measurement of the core temperature superfluous.


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Recession will hit young people hardest, say Tories
Conservatives announce plans for new apprenticeships and national careers service to help young people find jobs
Polly Curtis Education editor
Fri 9 Jan 2009 10.24 EST First published on Fri 9 Jan 2009 10.24 EST
Young people will bear the brunt of the economic downturn as they leave school and university unable to get a job, according to the shadow universities secretary, David Willetts, who today sets out Conservative plans to help them into employment.
Students will leave university this year with fewer jobs to go to and apprentices are at risk of being laid off, he told the North of England Education Conference in Chester.
"Whatever your background or wherever you are, you will be hit by this recession," he warned. "It is not just the Neets [young people not in employment, education or training] who are vulnerable. There are new risks for apprentices. Apprentices halfway through their apprenticeships face the double disaster of losing their job and their training as their employer goes bust."
He said students about to leave university would also be hard hit. "All the evidence is that university graduates are finding it much tougher getting a job than for over a decade," he said, citing Bank of England figures from last year that suggested businesses were planning to reduce headcount by cutting back on graduate recruitment.
Willetts announced Conservative proposals for a national database of "alternative" apprenticeships to employ apprentices who lose their jobs in the recession. A new £180m careers service would be set up under a Conservative government. Universities would also be forced to publish the employment rates for their graduates so potential students can discern the best universities in terms of job prospects.
Willetts said: "One of the great failures of the past decade has been the failure to tackle the problem of low social mobility. One important role for public policy is to create a world where your fate is not determined in the early years.
"Dius [the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills] is crucial because it is responsible for what I think of as the school-to-work system, which functions less well here than in most other advanced western countries. This matters more than ever in the chill winds of recession. In tough times like these, the danger is that the recession hits people in the transition even worse than any other group."
He said that better careers advice was crucial. In 2004, the National Audit Office found staff without formal qualifications co-ordinated or delivered careers advice in two-thirds of English schools, he said, adding: "There is very worrying evidence that poorer children rely more on their parents than on careers guidance received in school, unlike wealthier peers. Poorer children are twice as likely to rely on their mother as on careers advisers for information about higher education."
The Conservative plans would include a new and independent careers service across the country, funded with £180m, to advise students of where A-level choices are likely to take them and the advantages of going to university.
The universities secretary, John Denham, this week announced plans – backed by the prime minister – for an extra 35,000 apprentices to help keep young people employed in the economic downturn.
Unemployment and employment statistics
Tories to force vote on national loan guarantee scheme
George Osborne says he wants to force Gordon Brown to either back plan or reject it
Published: 9 Jan 2009
Osborne claims Obama endorsement for Tory anti-recession strategy
Andrew Sparrow: Shadow chancellor uses speech to Policy Exchange to argue that US president-elect is also in 'fiscal stimulus' camp
Britain needs a state bank
John McFall
John McFall: To avert depression, the the government itself must take on the task of getting credit flowing
The return of political interest
Editorial: This month's cut is probably a staging post on the march to zero (or near-zero) interest rates


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Imported Fire Ant Queen, Vol. 4, No. 6
Insects, Fire Ants, Insects-Home Lawns
Solenopsis invicta
Family: Formculionidae
What's the smallest possible fire ant colony? This newly-mated queen is just beginning to excavate her nest site. She's all alone right now, but she's hoping to have a big family one day. Yesterday, she and hundreds of her brothers and sisters were in a large mound waiting for the workers to open exit tunnels through the top of the mound so they could swarm. She had wings then and used them to fly up into the sky, where she was intercepted by a waiting male. It was a good day for swarming and many other colonies also swarmed that day. After mating, she fell to the ground, shed her wings, and began searching for a good place to nest. It was windy that day, so she landed several miles from her parent colony.
Her next step is to dig a small nest chamber, lay a few eggs and care for the resulting larvae. She will have to get by without eating during this time, using nutrients derived from the breakdown of her flight muscles—won't be needing those again—to provide nutrition for herself and those first few worker ants. These first workers will be small and stunted, but as soon as they are adults they will begin to forage and care for subsequent larvae, allowing the queen to focus all her effort on laying eggs. If the colony survives, and most don't, it will be many months before it grows into a small mound that is large enough to notice, but eventually, it could grow to a population of one hundred to two hundred thousand, and produce swarmers of its own.
Control: There are three methods of controlling fire ants: 1} granular fire ant baits, which are spread over the yard two or three times a year 2} individual mound treatments, applied either as dry powders or liquid drenches, and 3} broadcast insecticide treatments that kill foraging workers and newly arrived queens as they move through the soil. See Extension Publication 2429, Control Fire Ants in Your Yard for detailed information on how to use these treatments. For best control, plan on using a combination of at least two of these methods.
Also see the MSU Fire Ant web site for detailed information on fire ant biology and information on controlling fire ants in special situations, like pastures, orchards, commercial vegetables, or home vegetable gardens.
Blake Layton, Extension Entomology Specialist, Mississippi State University Extension Service.
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Burn-In
P.W. Singer , August Cole
Mia Barron
An FBI agent hunts a new kind of terrorist through a Washington, DC, of the
future in this groundbreaking book—at once a gripping techno-thriller and a fact-based tour of tomorrow.
America is on the brink of a revolution, one both technological and political.
The science fiction of AI and robotics has finally come true, but millions are angry
and fearful that the future has left them behind. After narrowly stopping a bombing
at Washington's Union Station, FBI Special Agent Lara Keegan receives a new
assignment: to field-test an advanced police robot. As a series of shocking catastrophes
unfolds, the two find themselves investigating a conspiracy whose mastermind is using
cutting-edge tech to rip the nation apart. To stop this new breed of terrorist, their only
hope is to forge a new type of partnership.
Burn-In is especially chilling because it is something more than a pulse-pounding
read: every tech, trend, and scene is drawn from real-world research on the ways that
our politics, our economy, and even our family lives will soon be transformed. Blending
a techno-thriller's excitement with nonfiction's insight, Singer and Cole illuminate the
darkest corners of the world soon to come.
Mystery, Thriller & Horror >
We liked this book and found it really interesting to listen to on a long drive. The story line moved along easily and there were enough twists and turns that you weren't exactly sure how the protagonist would resolve things. It is set up well for the next in the series and we would listen to that too. The concepts were really interesting ones, especially with the way the challenges the main character faces unfold for the audience.
The storyline could have been worthy of a good book but the dialogue was annoyingly bad. On top of that, the narrator didn't pull it off.
This was an entertaining story. Nothing too deep. Kind of like an "I Robot" type adventure.
This title is due for release on May 26, 2020.
This title is due for release on May 26, 2020
Burn-In...
P.W. Singer


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Q: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #39: Error inflating class ProgressWidget public final class ProgressWidget extends LinearLayout {

    <Default Constructors implemented> {
        setOrientation(LinearLayout.VERTICAL);
        inflate(context, R.layout.horizontal_progress, this);
    }

    @Override
    protected void onFinishInflate() {
        //Continue with rest of the logic.
    }
}

R.layout.horizontal_progress has 35 lines.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<merge xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/progressTextView"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:background="@drawable/rounded_white_background"
    android:gravity="center"
    android:textColor="@color/light_black"
    android:textSize="12sp"
    android:fontFamily="roboto-regular"
    android:paddingTop="1dp"
    android:paddingBottom="1dp"
    android:paddingLeft="2dp"
    android:paddingRight="2dp" />

<SeekBar
    android:id="@+id/progress"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="@dimen/horizontal_progress_height"
    android:indeterminate="false"
    android:progressDrawable="@drawable/horizontal_progress"
    android:gravity="center"
    android:thumb="@null"
    android:progress="0"
    android:secondaryProgress="0"
    android:max="100"
    android:minHeight="@dimen/horizontal_progress_height"
    android:paddingTop="1dp"
    android:paddingBottom="1dp"
    android:paddingLeft="2dp"
    android:paddingRight="2dp" />

</merge>

R.drawable.horizontal_progress has 36 lines.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">
<item android:id="@android:id/background">
    <shape android:shape="rectangle" >
        <corners android:radius="@dimen/horizontal_progress_radius" />
        <gradient
            android:startColor="@color/horizontal_progress_background"
            android:endColor="@color/horizontal_progress_background"
            android:angle="270"/>
    </shape>
</item>
<item android:id="@android:id/secondaryProgress">
    <clip>
        <shape android:shape="rectangle" >
            <corners android:radius="@dimen/horizontal_progress_radius" />
            <gradient
                android:startColor="@android:color/white"
                android:endColor="@android:color/white"
                android:angle="270"/>
        </shape>
    </clip>
</item>
<item android:id="@android:id/progress">
    <clip>
        <shape android:shape="rectangle" >
            <corners android:radius="@dimen/horizontal_progress_radius" />
            <gradient
                android:startColor="?android:attr/colorAccent"
                android:endColor="?android:attr/colorAccent"
                android:angle="270"
                tools:ignore="NewApi"/>
        </shape>
    </clip>
</item>
</layer-list>

Last segment of the Stack-trace.
Caused by: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #39: Error inflating class ProgressWidget
                                                                      at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:620)
                                                                      at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:696)
                                                                      at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:755)
                                                                      at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:758)
                                                                      at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:462)
                                                                      at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:397)
                                                                      at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:353)
                                                                    at android.view.View.inflate(View.java:1746
Everything works right on Phone Device - Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-G900A, Android Version 5.0. Always crashing with above stack-trace on Asus Nexus 7, Android 4.4.3.
This ProgressWidget is a custom reusable component of an Android Library module, that will be used with a Project Module. The main Project Module is expected to cater minSDKVersion 16 all the way up to TargetSDKVersion 24.
Any pointers as to what may be causing the crash only on Tablet device will be greatly appreciated.

A: Try changing the color in the last gradient (the one that has the tools:ignore="NewApi" line). Those two colors are not defined in SDK<21.
If this doesn't solve it, please post more of the stack trace.

A: I managed to resolve this issue based off another similar issue.
https://stackoverflow.com/a/39254876/941912

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From the Barstool of the Publisher
By Marquee Magazine on	 October 1, 2005 Brian F. Johnson, Editorial, News
I usually use this space for my "From the Barstool of the Publisher" column. But something happened this month on the way to deadline that made me stop and change that.
While under the gun of deadline, the new Lucero DVD review (that I had yet to write) was pulled from the issue due to space constraints. But, while waiting for the various last-minute items like dates and stories to roll in, I popped in the DVD and immediately realized I had made a big mistake. This DVD needs to be reviewed and you all need to see it. And, you all need to see Lucero live. The band is playing a number of dates in the area this month (see the calendar section for details).
So take a break from my normal ramblings for once and take a look at this instead.
See you at the shows.
Lucero's new DVD is a masterful dream
Dreaming in America — DVD
Liberty and Lament
Dreaming in America, which debuted Sept. 16 at the CMJ Festival in New York, is the first DVD to take a look inside one of best bands you've never heard of — at least until now.
It's the best music documentary DVD since Sam Jones turned his lens on Wilco for I am Trying to Break Your Heart.
In fact, it tells a similar story in many ways, but Dreaming in America has a powerful poignancy going for it that the Wilco documentary does not, and by nature, cannot. That poignancy lies in the fact that it's a story about a band that is almost there, but not quite there yet, and that takes the underdog spirit of Wilco and multiplies it by 10.
Through a series of live and studio clips of the band in action, intermingled with interviews (mostly with lead singer and guitarist Ben Nichols), filmmaker Aaron Goldman paints a masterful picture of what a hard-working, van traveling band, scratching for their break and their place in this tumultuous industry, is all about.
Dreaming is an honest film that portrays a band that wears their truest love of playing music in front of people on their checkered flannel sleaves and it's about time someone took notice of Lucero.
Brian F. Johnson marquee magazine
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