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Frequencies and uses
*The designations can encompass a greater range of frequencies, but the frequencies listed are standard for RFID communication.

Tag types

 * Dry Inlay: just the inlay (chip, antenna and vehicle)
 * Wet Inlay: dry inlay with an adhesive backing (also commonly referred to as a tag)
 * Smart Label: wet inlay with an opaque, printable cover

Kuba
The Kuba (or Ba Kuba), an ancient culture, located in the southeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire). The Kuba migrated during the 16th century from the north to their current homelands along the Sankuru and Kasai Rivers.

The Kuba have been described as a people who cannot bear to leave a surface without ornament. Known for their raffia textiles, carved palm wine cups and cosmetic boxes but most famous for their monumental helmet masks, featuring exquisite geometric patterns, stunning fabrics, seeds, beads and shells.

The boxes, known as Kuba Boxes and called ngedi mu ntey by the Kuba, are generally used to hold tukula powder and paste. Usually in the shape of a square with a faceted lid, semi-circle (sometimes referred to as "half moon"), rectangle or the shape of a mask. Sometimes the boxes were used for holding razors for cutting raffia, hairpins or ritual objects.

Tukula (called twool by the Kuba) is a red powder made of ground cam wood. The color red is essential to the Kuba concept of beauty and was therefore used to ornament the face, hair and chest during dances and important ceremonies, as well as to anoint bodies for burial. Tukula was also mixed with other pigments to dye raffia cloth.

One of the important art forms identified with competition between titled court members among the Kuba are the carved palm-wine drinking cups and ornately carved boxes. With half of all Bushoong men holding titles in the 1880s, competition for influence was sometimes fierce, and found expression in the elaboration of these essentially commonplace household objects into works of extraordinary beauty.

Sunni-Shi'a breakdown
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Tiffany Johnson
Tiffany Johnson (born April, 1973) in Burnsville, Minnesota, is an American author, radio personality, certified hypnotherapist, public speaker and professional psychic medium and Reiki healer.

She is currently touring for the Darkness on the Edge of Town radio program with Jason & Grant of TAPS from Sci Fi Channel's Ghost Hunting, Chris Fleming from Biography Channel's Dead Famous, Patrick Burns from Court TV's Haunting Evidence, John Zaffis and author Rosemary Ellen Guiley.

History
Tiffany states that she has had paranormal experiences since childhood. In high school she began reading Tarot for friends at parties. In 19xx she started doing "readings" professionally at a local New Age store.

Books

 * Seeds of Thought ISBN 1-592-98084-8

Links

 * Official website
 * Darkness Radio