<head></head><body bgcolor="">Dear&nbsp;&nbsp;WOS<br>I&nbsp;have&nbsp;been&nbsp;receiving&nbsp;your&nbsp;Digest&nbsp;for&nbsp;a&nbsp;bit&nbsp;and&nbsp;have&nbsp;<br>decided&nbsp;&nbsp;to&nbsp;tell&nbsp;you&nbsp;a&nbsp;bit&nbsp;of&nbsp;what&nbsp;RedSeven&nbsp;is&nbsp;about.&nbsp;<br><br>What&nbsp;follows&nbsp;is&nbsp;a&nbsp;‘stock’&nbsp;response&nbsp;to&nbsp;people&nbsp;who&nbsp;have&nbsp;asked.&nbsp;<br><br>If&nbsp;there&nbsp;are&nbsp;any&nbsp;questions,&nbsp;I&nbsp;would&nbsp;be&nbsp;happy&nbsp;to&nbsp;answer&nbsp;them.<br><br>It&nbsp;all&nbsp;began&nbsp;a&nbsp;bit&nbsp;like&nbsp;this:<br><br>‘And&nbsp;friends,&nbsp;somewhere&nbsp;in&nbsp;Washington&nbsp;enshrined&nbsp;in&nbsp;some&nbsp;little&nbsp;folder,&nbsp;is&nbsp;a<br>study&nbsp;in&nbsp;black&nbsp;and&nbsp;white&nbsp;of&nbsp;my&nbsp;fingerprints.&nbsp;And&nbsp;the&nbsp;only&nbsp;reason&nbsp;I’m<br>singing&nbsp;you&nbsp;this&nbsp;song&nbsp;now&nbsp;is&nbsp;cause&nbsp;you&nbsp;may&nbsp;know&nbsp;somebody&nbsp;in&nbsp;a&nbsp;similar<br>situation,&nbsp;or&nbsp;you&nbsp;may&nbsp;be&nbsp;in&nbsp;a&nbsp;similar&nbsp;situation,&nbsp;and&nbsp;if&nbsp;your&nbsp;in&nbsp;a<br>situation&nbsp;like&nbsp;that&nbsp;there’s&nbsp;only&nbsp;one&nbsp;thing&nbsp;you&nbsp;can&nbsp;do&nbsp;and&nbsp;that’s&nbsp;walk&nbsp;into<br>the&nbsp;shrink&nbsp;wherever&nbsp;you&nbsp;are&nbsp;,just&nbsp;walk&nbsp;in&nbsp;say&nbsp;“Shrink,&nbsp;You&nbsp;can&nbsp;get<br>anything&nbsp;you&nbsp;want,&nbsp;at&nbsp;Alice’s&nbsp;restaurant.”.&nbsp;And&nbsp;walk&nbsp;out.&nbsp;You&nbsp;know,&nbsp;if<br>one&nbsp;person,&nbsp;just&nbsp;one&nbsp;person&nbsp;does&nbsp;it&nbsp;they&nbsp;may&nbsp;think&nbsp;he’s&nbsp;really&nbsp;sick&nbsp;and<br>they&nbsp;won’t&nbsp;take&nbsp;him.&nbsp;And&nbsp;if&nbsp;two&nbsp;people,&nbsp;two&nbsp;people&nbsp;do&nbsp;it,&nbsp;in&nbsp;harmony,<br>they&nbsp;may&nbsp;think&nbsp;they’re&nbsp;both&nbsp;faggots&nbsp;and&nbsp;they&nbsp;won’t&nbsp;take&nbsp;either&nbsp;of&nbsp;them.<br>And&nbsp;three&nbsp;people&nbsp;do&nbsp;it,&nbsp;three,&nbsp;can&nbsp;you&nbsp;imagine,&nbsp;three&nbsp;people&nbsp;walking&nbsp;in<br>singin&nbsp;a&nbsp;bar&nbsp;of&nbsp;Alice’s&nbsp;Restaurant&nbsp;and&nbsp;walking&nbsp;out.&nbsp;They&nbsp;may&nbsp;think&nbsp;it’s&nbsp;an<br>organization.&nbsp;And&nbsp;can&nbsp;you,&nbsp;can&nbsp;you&nbsp;imagine&nbsp;fifty&nbsp;people&nbsp;a&nbsp;day,I&nbsp;said<br>fifty&nbsp;people&nbsp;a&nbsp;day&nbsp;walking&nbsp;in&nbsp;singin&nbsp;a&nbsp;bar&nbsp;of&nbsp;Alice’s&nbsp;Restaurant&nbsp;and<br>walking&nbsp;out.&nbsp;And&nbsp;friends&nbsp;they&nbsp;may&nbsp;thinks&nbsp;it’s&nbsp;a&nbsp;movement.’&nbsp;-&nbsp;Arlo&nbsp;Guthrie<br>[©1966,1967&nbsp;(Renewed)&nbsp;by&nbsp;Appleseed&nbsp;Music&nbsp;Inc.&nbsp;All&nbsp;Rights&nbsp;Reserved.]<br>And&nbsp;after&nbsp;a&nbsp;bit,&nbsp;it&nbsp;grew&nbsp;to&nbsp;this:<br>The&nbsp;ABOTA&nbsp;[A&nbsp;Bridge&nbsp;Over&nbsp;The&nbsp;Abyss]&nbsp;ONAMISSION&nbsp;focus,&nbsp;is&nbsp;in&nbsp;dealing&nbsp;on&nbsp;a&nbsp;<br>‘Customer&nbsp;of&nbsp;One’&nbsp;basis&nbsp;dealing&nbsp;in&nbsp;design&nbsp;and&nbsp;restoration&nbsp;in&nbsp;marginal&nbsp;communities.<br>The&nbsp;facilities&nbsp;include&nbsp;Two&nbsp;Stratasys&nbsp;systems&nbsp;–&nbsp;a&nbsp;Titan&nbsp;FDM&nbsp;and&nbsp;a&nbsp;Eden&nbsp;Polyjet.<br>We&nbsp;also&nbsp;have&nbsp;an&nbsp;Eosint&nbsp;‘M’&nbsp;and&nbsp;an&nbsp;Eosint&nbsp;‘S’&nbsp;in&nbsp;plant&nbsp;which&nbsp;will&nbsp;be&nbsp;fully&nbsp;integrated&nbsp;once

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the&nbsp;move&nbsp;is&nbsp;complete.

Too,&nbsp;there&nbsp;is&nbsp;a&nbsp;3&nbsp;X&nbsp;9&nbsp;Metre&nbsp;flat&nbsp;bed&nbsp;Router&nbsp;with&nbsp;a&nbsp;.75&nbsp;Metre&nbsp;‘Z’&nbsp;Axis,

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currently&nbsp;being&nbsp;upgraded&nbsp;with&nbsp;a&nbsp;JAG&nbsp;Laser&nbsp;capability.<br>There&nbsp;is&nbsp;a&nbsp;Modified&nbsp;5&nbsp;axis&nbsp;HAAS&nbsp;VF-2TR&nbsp;which&nbsp;has&nbsp;been&nbsp;just&nbsp;upgraded&nbsp;to&nbsp;accept&nbsp;the

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Delcam&nbsp;Suite,&nbsp;soon&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;resident&nbsp;in&nbsp;our&nbsp;computer&nbsp;network&nbsp;which&nbsp;runs&nbsp;a&nbsp;full&nbsp;suite&nbsp;of

Mathworks, Mathmatica

and&nbsp;Comsol&nbsp;Finite&nbsp;Element&nbsp;software&nbsp;as&nbsp;well&nbsp;as&nbsp;a&nbsp;full&nbsp;Catia&nbsp;Suite&nbsp;and&nbsp;anything&nbsp;else

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companies&nbsp;are&nbsp;willing&nbsp;to&nbsp;part&nbsp;with.&nbsp;The&nbsp;system&nbsp;resides&nbsp;in&nbsp;an&nbsp;8&nbsp;unit&nbsp;Mac&nbsp;Xserve&nbsp;G5&nbsp;Dual&nbsp;parallel

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cluster&nbsp;as&nbsp;well&nbsp;as&nbsp;a&nbsp;6&nbsp;unit&nbsp;network&nbsp;server&nbsp;and&nbsp;multiple&nbsp;tower&nbsp;and&nbsp;laptop&nbsp;stations.

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Yet&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;integrated

in&nbsp;a&nbsp;recently&nbsp;acquired&nbsp;8&nbsp;unit&nbsp;Sun&nbsp;cluster,&nbsp;obtained&nbsp;because&nbsp;some&nbsp;of&nbsp;the

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programing&nbsp;we would&nbsp;like&nbsp;to&nbsp;use&nbsp;has&nbsp;yet&nbsp;to&nbsp;grow&nbsp;up&nbsp;to&nbsp;a&nbsp;Mac. <br>

While&nbsp;the&nbsp;operational&nbsp;backbone&nbsp;is&nbsp;Linux,we&nbsp;are&nbsp;capable&nbsp;of&nbsp;handling&nbsp;most&nbsp;that&nbsp;comes&nbsp;

through&nbsp;the&nbsp;door. <br>

Our&nbsp;most&nbsp;recent&nbsp;delivery&nbsp;is&nbsp;a&nbsp;Cincom&nbsp;K-16&nbsp;VII&nbsp;Swiss&nbsp;Turning&nbsp;Centre.<br>

<br>Our&nbsp;one,&nbsp;soon&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;resolved,&nbsp;deficiency&nbsp;is&nbsp;provision&nbsp;for&nbsp;precision&nbsp;3D&nbsp;scanning.

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This&nbsp;is&nbsp;now&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;final&nbsp;process&nbsp;of&nbsp;a&nbsp;solution&nbsp;which&nbsp;will&nbsp;allow&nbsp;us&nbsp;to&nbsp;replicate&nbsp;directly&nbsp;from

parts<br>

coming through the door.<br>Operationally&nbsp;we&nbsp;have&nbsp;created&nbsp;everything&nbsp;from&nbsp;a&nbsp;set&nbsp;of&nbsp;heads&nbsp;for&nbsp;a&nbsp;‘Merlin’&nbsp;engine&nbsp;to

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Custom&nbsp;‘Ipod’&nbsp;cases,&nbsp;our&nbsp;major&nbsp;‘Cash’&nbsp;product.<br>The&nbsp;Rapid&nbsp;Prototyping/Manufacturing&nbsp;facility,&nbsp;was&nbsp;originally&nbsp;tasked&nbsp;for&nbsp;service&nbsp;to&nbsp;the

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relief&nbsp;effort&nbsp;launched following the&nbsp;2004&nbsp;South&nbsp;East&nbsp;Asian&nbsp;Tsunami <br>

and&nbsp;spun&nbsp;off&nbsp;at&nbsp;the&nbsp;end&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;project&nbsp;to&nbsp;a&nbsp;program&nbsp;I&nbsp;had&nbsp;under&nbsp;development&nbsp;which

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has&nbsp;resulted&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;successful&nbsp;reintegration&nbsp;of&nbsp;a&nbsp;group&nbsp;of&nbsp;Chrystal&nbsp;Meth&nbsp;addicts

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into&nbsp;‘civilized’&nbsp;society.&nbsp;We&nbsp;are&nbsp;currently&nbsp;relocating&nbsp;the&nbsp;facility&nbsp;from&nbsp;Nanaimo&nbsp;B.C.

to&nbsp;Gold&nbsp;River&nbsp;B.C..&nbsp;the&nbsp;reason&nbsp;for&nbsp;this&nbsp;is&nbsp;two-fold.

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The&nbsp;first&nbsp;is,&nbsp;the&nbsp;Village&nbsp;of&nbsp;Gold&nbsp;River&nbsp;has&nbsp;recently&nbsp;become&nbsp;its&nbsp;own&nbsp;Internet&nbsp;Provider

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taking&nbsp;ownership&nbsp;of&nbsp;a&nbsp;major&nbsp;extension&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Canadian&nbsp;Fibre&nbsp;Gateway&nbsp;– <br>

The&nbsp;second&nbsp;is,&nbsp;the&nbsp;surrounding&nbsp;environment&nbsp;on&nbsp;Nootka&nbsp;Sound&nbsp;lends&nbsp;itself&nbsp;to&nbsp;fostering

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creativity&nbsp;in&nbsp;many&nbsp;forms,&nbsp;and&nbsp;with&nbsp;the&nbsp;arrival&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;‘Plant’,&nbsp;very&nbsp;constructive&nbsp;ones.<br>There&nbsp;is&nbsp;an&nbsp;old&nbsp;and&nbsp;sometimes&nbsp;overused&nbsp;saying,&nbsp;‘Think&nbsp;Globally,&nbsp;Act&nbsp;Locally’.

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I&nbsp;have&nbsp;reversed&nbsp;it&nbsp;to&nbsp;say&nbsp;‘Think&nbsp;Locally,&nbsp;Act&nbsp;Globally’.&nbsp;Everything&nbsp;my&nbsp;program&nbsp;does&nbsp;is&nbsp;designed<br>

&nbsp;to&nbsp;translate&nbsp;on&nbsp;a&nbsp;global&nbsp;scale. <br>

Dr&nbsp;Neil&nbsp;Gershenfeld&nbsp;http://web.media.mit.edu/~neilg/&nbsp;of&nbsp;MIT&nbsp;created&nbsp;the&nbsp;first&nbsp;‘Fab&nbsp;Labs’

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http://fab.cba.mit.edu&nbsp;which&nbsp;provided&nbsp;the&nbsp;impetus&nbsp;for&nbsp;the&nbsp;creation&nbsp;of&nbsp;the <br>

ABOTA&nbsp;–&nbsp;ONAMISSION&nbsp;project.&nbsp;What&nbsp;has&nbsp;been

accomplished&nbsp;is&nbsp;the&nbsp;ability&nbsp;to&nbsp;reform&nbsp;the&nbsp;concept&nbsp;on&nbsp;a&nbsp;semi-industrial&nbsp;scale,

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and&nbsp;open&nbsp;it&nbsp;to&nbsp;a&nbsp;wide&nbsp;audience.&nbsp;While&nbsp;my&nbsp;initial&nbsp;target&nbsp;was&nbsp;the&nbsp;too&nbsp;much&nbsp;talent&nbsp;being

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wasted&nbsp;to&nbsp;a&nbsp;drug&nbsp;created&nbsp;to&nbsp;keep&nbsp;Nazi&nbsp;Troops&nbsp;awake&nbsp;and&nbsp;compliant.&nbsp;The&nbsp;ultimate&nbsp;goal

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of&nbsp;the&nbsp;program&nbsp;is&nbsp;to&nbsp;create&nbsp;a&nbsp;world&nbsp;wide&nbsp;network&nbsp;of&nbsp;creators&nbsp;who&nbsp;can&nbsp;design&nbsp;and&nbsp;supply

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for&nbsp;local&nbsp;needs&nbsp;while&nbsp;using&nbsp;the&nbsp;‘Highway&nbsp;Of&nbsp;Light’&nbsp;as&nbsp;their&nbsp;means.&nbsp;The&nbsp;premise&nbsp;is&nbsp;simple,

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this becoming a&nbsp;co-operatively&nbsp;owned,&nbsp;community&nbsp;venture,&nbsp;housing&nbsp;technologies&nbsp;generally <br>

found&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;overstuffed&nbsp;towers&nbsp;of&nbsp;major&nbsp;manufacturing&nbsp;concerns, <br>

now&nbsp;taken&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;street&nbsp;and&nbsp;put&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;hands&nbsp;of&nbsp;talent&nbsp;the&nbsp;broader&nbsp;community&nbsp;might&nbsp;never

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have&nbsp;expected&nbsp;or&nbsp;accepted&nbsp;to&nbsp;exist.<br><br>Best&nbsp;Regards<br><br>Martin&nbsp;G.&nbsp;Smith&nbsp;-&nbsp;Proprietor<br>RedSeven&nbsp;Services<br><br>NOTE:-&nbsp;This&nbsp;message&nbsp;is&nbsp;for&nbsp;the&nbsp;information&nbsp;and&nbsp;response&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;designated&nbsp;receiver&nbsp;only.&nbsp;<br>Any&nbsp;transfer&nbsp;and/or&nbsp;publication&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;nature&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;request&nbsp;contained&nbsp;herein,&nbsp;<br>with&nbsp;the&nbsp;expressed&nbsp;exception&nbsp;of&nbsp;internal&nbsp;reference,&nbsp;<br>is&nbsp;strictly&nbsp;prohibited.<br><br>Each&nbsp;day&nbsp;as&nbsp;we&nbsp;walk&nbsp;the&nbsp;byways&nbsp;and<br>flash&nbsp;along&nbsp;the&nbsp;highways&nbsp;of&nbsp;light,<br>there&nbsp;are&nbsp;those&nbsp;who&nbsp;are&nbsp;left<br>standing,&nbsp;as&nbsp;the&nbsp;march&nbsp;to&nbsp;flight<br>goes&nbsp;by&nbsp;some&nbsp;to&nbsp;stop&nbsp;and&nbsp;wonder&nbsp;<br>at&nbsp;the&nbsp;enormous&nbsp;potential&nbsp;at&nbsp;what<br>has&nbsp;been&nbsp;created.<br>But&nbsp;others&nbsp;who&nbsp;are&nbsp;left,&nbsp;standing&nbsp;<br>in&nbsp;a&nbsp;rut&nbsp;at&nbsp;the&nbsp;side&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;road,&nbsp;<br>a&nbsp;rut&nbsp;too&nbsp;soon&nbsp;to&nbsp;become&nbsp;an&nbsp;abyss.<br><br>So&nbsp;Then?&nbsp;What&nbsp;to&nbsp;do?<br><br>Have&nbsp;said&nbsp;before,&nbsp;too&nbsp;many&nbsp;times&nbsp;to&nbsp;count,&nbsp;<br>yet&nbsp;shall&nbsp;say&nbsp;again,&nbsp;as&nbsp;often&nbsp;as&nbsp;need&nbsp;be,&nbsp;<br>until&nbsp;there&nbsp;is&nbsp;clarity&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;air:<br><br>The&nbsp;time&nbsp;has&nbsp;come&nbsp;to&nbsp;put&nbsp;a&nbsp;fence&nbsp;at&nbsp;the&nbsp;top&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;cliff&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>instead&nbsp;of&nbsp;a&nbsp;net&nbsp;at&nbsp;the&nbsp;bottom:&nbsp;<br>Thus&nbsp;giving&nbsp;a&nbsp;chance&nbsp;to&nbsp;build&nbsp;a&nbsp;bridge&nbsp;over&nbsp;the&nbsp;abyss.<br><br><br><br>http://abota.blogsource.com</body>