The precious, sparkling stone forged in the heat of the Earth has long been a symbol of love. But how many people who buy them at great price and sport them on fingers and necks realize that there is a dark side to diamonds? That in some parts of the world diamonds are wrestled from the ground in dangerous conditions by some of the world’s poorest people? That the tiny size and relative anonymity of diamonds can make them the ideal means to fund war, terrorism, and criminal syndicates?

The precious, sparkling stone forged in the heat of the Earth has long been a symbol of love. But how many people who buy them at great price and sport them on fingers and necks realize that there is a dark side to diamonds? That in some parts of the world diamonds are wrestled from the ground in dangerous conditions by some of the world’s poorest people? That the tiny size and relative anonymity of diamonds can make them the ideal means to fund war, terrorism, and criminal syndicates?

Learn to Handle the Most Challenging Tool in All of Woodturning.

In this 90 minute video Alan will cover the following areas in detail:Shaping, refining and tuning the skewSharpening, hand and power honingPreparing the lathe for skew workReducing the fear and working saferModification of the dead centerPlaning and roughing cutsV cut, saucer, parting and pommel cutsPeeling cutTwisted grain and end-grain scraping cutRolling cutCoving cutSuggested exercisesAlan Lacer has been active in woodturning since 1976 as a turner, demonstrator, instructor, writer, curator and organizer. He is past president of the American Association of Woodturners.

Using the torture and death in 2002 of an innocent Afghan taxi driver as the touchstone, this film examines changes after 9/11 in U.S. policy toward suspects in the war on terror. Soldiers, their attorneys, one released detainee, U.S. Attorney John Yoo, news footage and photos tell a story of abuse at Bagram Air Base, Abu Ghraib, and Guantanamo Bay. From Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and Gonzalez came unwritten orders to use any means necessary. The CIA and soldiers with little training used sleep deprivation, sexual assault, stress positions, waterboarding, dogs and other terror tactics to seek information from detainees. Many speakers lament the loss of American ideals in pursuit of security.

Rare oriental percussion Construction Kits & Single Instrument loops. Real percussive diamonds played by native top musicians Natik & Xeyam, Nistemann Sansar, Celal Sansar, Emrah Sansar, Oezkan & Efkan Durmaz!. A huge variety of oriental and ethnic percussion styles in 3/4, 5/8, 6/8, 7/8, 9/8, 10/8, 12/8 measure. Userfriendly cut, combinable with each other and ready to use also in a 4/4 track!. This acoustic journey takes you from the Caucasus to Balkan, with sonic stopovers in Azerbaijan, Turkey, Persia, Chechenia, Turkmenistan, Bulgaria, Greece, Iraq and Macedonia! Features: 113 Construction Kits & 846 Single Instrument Loops Dual Layer DVD 6,35 Gb (WAV 1,99 Gb) 55 Bpm - 260 Bpm Multiformat: WAV, AIFF, REX2, SAGE (Stylus RMX) Instruments:

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Rare oriental percussion Construction Kits & Single Instrument loops. Real percussive diamonds played by native top musicians Natik & Xeyam, Nistemann Sansar, Celal Sansar, Emrah Sansar, Oezkan & Efkan Durmaz!. A huge variety of oriental and ethnic percussion styles in 3/4, 5/8, 6/8, 7/8, 9/8, 10/8, 12/8 measure. Userfriendly cut, combinable with each other and ready to use also in a 4/4 track!. This acoustic journey takes you from the Caucasus to Balkan, with sonic stopovers in Azerbaijan, Turkey, Persia, Chechenia, Turkmenistan, Bulgaria, Greece, Iraq and Macedonia!