we currently have two permits out for gambier. one for kitchen demo permit whic.and the actual remodel pert and currently working on the third permit for the roof deck. all our permits were and will be issued over the counter. 173 gambier is a third house that you have remodeled in 46 and therefore, have some experience. in no means am i an expert. you hired the same general contractor j.m.c. general contractor, who i hire on my previous project on madison street. just a block away. while working on our plan to obtain the larger permit, we got a permit for a kitchen demo to get a head start tonight the project. on december 6th, the contractor notified me that we were issued a work stop violation. the following day i dropped by to assess the property and saw the contractor went above and beyond the scope of work that was permitted. knowing we were still waiting for are the larger permit, the contractor tore down the back side of the house which was never our intention. we were sent an notice of director's hearing in which i attende

he was born in what is now senegal, between the rivers of senegal and gambier. this is one of the most important tribes of west africa. today, the number is about 14 million people. he was born in this region. he grew up, and went to school, we have to assume it was one of the mosques where he learned to read and write in arabic. but, in his autobiography, he talks about having spent over 25 years studying. >> my name is omar ibn said. my birthplace is futor, between the two rivers. i sought knowledge under the instruction of my own brother and others. i continued my studies for 25 years, then returned to my home where i remained six years. ms. deeb: we're not quite sure what he was studying, but we do know he was studying with mentors. this is quite the traditional way of studying in both the middle east and in africa at that time. you had mentors. you went on and studied with scholars. his knowledge was expansive. he must have spoken at least two or three languages. but, he was in a region in which there was war, tribal warfare. this is not uncommon. at a cert