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These historic formations have resulted in a long-standing myth that Muslims are "outsiders" within Europe that belong in the Middle East, Asia and Africa. In actual fact, Muslims have been living in Europe for centuries. For instance, Bosnian Muslims have been rooted in Europe since the 15th century, and rightly consider themselves as European as the Greeks and Hungarians who live in their neighbourhood. A BBC documentary aired recently showed how Muslims have been established and influential in British public life since the Victorian period. Inside Story - Europe's rising anti-Islam trend But Muslims haven't just been living in Europe for centuries; they have also been making huge contributions to the Europe that exists today. Muslims ruled parts of Italy, France, Portugal and Spain for more than 750 years, during which they created a cosmopolitan and prosperous society in which learning flourished. During this period, Muslims played a vital role in transmitting ancient Greek works, such as that of Aristotle, to medieval Europe. Scholars have widely argued that it was a credit to this Muslim inspiration that Europe emerged out of the Dark Ages, going on to have a Renaissance that created strong political and economic structures that still make Europe part of the so-called First World today. Europe's prosperity is therefore, at least in part, thanks to the significant contribution of Muslims throughout history. Muslims in Europe's history have not just been carriers of knowledge, vital as that may have been. Throughout the centuries, they have also produced enormous scholarship in numerous fields such as medicine, mathematics, astronomy, chemistry and philosophy. So crucial was Muslims' contribution to these disciplines that many English words relating to these fields have their origins in the Arabic language. Consider, for example, fundamental terms like chemistry, which came from al-kimiyah, and algebra, which came from al-jebr. A long list of Muslim polymaths who made ground-breaking interventions and inventions could be drawn up, such as Ibn Sina in the field of medicine, Ibn al-Haytham in the field of optics, Al-Zahrawi in the field of surgery, Ibn Rush in the field of philosophy and theology, Al-Biruni in the field of astronomy, Al-Jazari in the field of engineering and Abbas Ibn Firnas in the field of aviation. It is worth spending some time reflecting on these characters, and the many others who were similar to them, all of whom contributed far more to humanity than what the vast majority of us ever will. Polymaths are rare finds today, but there are many Muslims living in Europe today who are successful in their field, whether that be a field that is prestigious or something less glamorous. Muslim heritage is rich in inspiring contributions, and Islamic teachings encourage believers to seek knowledge and make use of their lives in the most productive way possible. Muslims have contributed massively to Europe and they continue to do so in numerous fields alongside other Europeans. This is captured in the Olympic games, where several European countries will be proudly represented by Muslim athletes. For instance the host nation, Great Britain, will have British Muslims representing them like Mo Farah, Moe Sbihi and Darren Chessman - not as British Muslims, but simply as Britons. It is only because of that historic belief that Muslims are separate and sealed off from Europe that these issues need to be highlighted. Following recent news that the British population has risen more than expected partly due to immigration, the familiar scaremongering about "outsiders" has resurfaced. This must be challenged with reminders that those whose origins may be elsewhere may also have a long history of contributing to our societies, and may continue to do so in the future. Rather than understanding immigration as something inherently damaging, then, we should appreciate the many benefits it brings. It is often when different people come together that the most promising collaborations emerge. There are no signs of Muslims leaving Europe - and, of course, there should not be any calls for them to do so. In fact, the population of European Muslims may only grow further with continued migration from Muslim countries, conversions to Islam, and especially if Turkey joins the EU. Muslims have a long history in Europe, have contributed to its development, and continue to make Europe what it is today. For that reason, their presence should not be feared but celebrated. Dr Leon Moosavi is a sociologist of race and religion based at the University of Leicester. 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An earthquake Saturday afternoon that shook the Oklahoma City area likely was one of the largest recorded in the state's history, an Oklahoma Geological Survey seismologist said.
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The quake occurred at 12:10 p.m. about four miles northwest of Jones, just east of Arcadia Lake, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It was felt in cities including Norman, Edmond, Oklahoma City and Guthrie.
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The largest quake previously recorded in the southern Arcadia Lake area registered at 3.8, said Austin Holland, a geologist with the Oklahoma Geological Survey.
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Hey, Scripting Guy! Greetings from an old VBScript guy. I have a problem with a Windows PowerShell script. It returns the unexpected result of "RANSFER" instead of the desired result of "\TRANSFER". One more thing: How can I use the TrimStart method to cut exactly what was given instead of doing it like it does? Here is the script:
$FullPath ="\\TVVVGXMFIL001D\IT-TEMP\MIHA\TRANSFER" $PathToRemove ="\\TVVVGXMFIL001D\IT-TEMP\MIHA" $FullPath.TrimStart($PathToRemove)
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Cool question! I had to look this up myself. Here is the skinny on the TrimStart method.
The TrimStart method removes from the current string all leading characters that are in the trimChars parameter. The trim operation stops when a character that is not in trimChars is encountered. For example, if the current string is "123abc456xyz789" and trimChars contains the digits from '1' through '9', the TrimStart method returns "abc456xyz789".
The behavior of TrimStart is because of the way it is implemented in the .NET Framework; therefore, the Windows PowerShell team does not really have control of it. It is not, however a bug. It is just strange.
TrimChars is an array, not a simple string of characters. So when you have your path to remove, it is looking at an array of letters. In your full path string, the first letter that is not in your array is the letter R, so it trims from there. Here are the first two parts of your code. If you look at each path, the $PathToRemove variable already has the letter T in it, so when we see the T in front of the word Transfer, the T is also removed. So the first letter that is not part of the array that gets created from the $PathToRemove variable will be where the remainder of the string is found. In this example, the part that is left is Ransfer, and not Transfer as you were expecting:
$FullPath="\\TVVVGXMFIL001D\IT-TEMP\MIHA\TRANSFER" $PathToRemove="\\TVVVGXMFIL001D\IT-TEMP\MIHA"
Here is how I would write what you are trying to do; I would use the Split-Path cmdlet as shown here:
PS C:\>p $FullPath="\\TVVVGXMFIL001D\IT-TEMP\MIHA\TRANSFER" PS C:\> Split-Path $FullPath -Leaf TRANSFER
Answer to your last question: It can't—that is just the way that it works.
By the way, this is for free: If you are missing instr, you can use the IndexOF method from the string class. You could then pair that with a substring. This is documented at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/topics/winpsh/convert/instr.mspx.
Hey, Scripting Guy! I have just found this script: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/resources/qanda/oct04/hey1019.mspx. It is on the right track, but as usual I want something slightly different. In my case, I want the files I have selected already (normally between 1 and 20) located in a folder on the network to all become read-only files. Some may already be locked, so that's why I liked the checking loop rather than the toggling approach. Is this possible? Ideally the script should be on my C: drive and not in the individual folder next to the target files. I am using Windows XP Professional.- AH
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ReadOnly = 1 Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set objFolder = objFSO.GetFolder("C:\fso") Set colFiles = objFolder.Files For Each objFile in colFiles If objfile.attributes And ReadOnly Then WScript.Echo objFile.name + " is already readonly" Else objFile.Attributes = objFile.Attributes Xor ReadOnly End if Next
Hey, Scripting Guy! I am trying to run the following <formatting role="bold">enable mailbox</formatting> command on users who are not mailbox enabled. I then want to write the output to a file. This file is invoked by a .bat file. Here is the script:
$date = ((get-date).toString('MMM-dd-yyyy')) $outputfile = "c:\scripts\" + $date + '.out' get-date | Out-File $outputfile -append get-user -organizationalUnit TestOU | where-object{$_.RecipientType -eq "User"} | Enable-Mailbox -Database "ORE\MailBox Database" | get-mailbox | s elect name,windowsemailaddress,database | Out-File $outputfile –append
However, I get an error returned in red text. When I launch the Exchange Management Shell and just copy and paste the commands, it works just fine and writes to my output file. Any idea about what's going wrong here?
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When you open the Exchange Management Shell, the Exchange snap-in gets loaded. When you invoke the script via a .bat file, the Windows PowerShell console is loading, but is not loading the Exchange snap-in. What you need to do is to load the Exchange snap-ins within your script. Add the following line of code to the beginning of your script:
ADD-PSSnapin –name *exchange*
Hey, Scripting Guy! Thank you very much for the Scriptomatic 2.0. I must admit I was surprised to see such a fine tool coming from Microsoft. Unfortunately, I have a problem when I run it on Windows Vista. It gives me an error.- MP
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Because of the way Scriptomatic 2.0 enumerates the WMI namespaces, it must be launched with administrator rights on Windows Vista. And because it is an HTA, it is not aware of the need for administrator rights. This causes Scriptomatic 2.0 to fail, rather than bringing up the UAC dialogue box to request admin rights. To run Scriptomatic 2.0 on Windows Vista, you need to first create a shortcut to the command prompt. Edit the shortcut so that it will run as an administrator. This is due to the fact that an .HTA file is not associated with the runas command. For that matter, neither is the .vbs file. When you have your administrator command prompt, you need to paste the path to Scriptomatic 2.0, or type the path to Scriptomatic 2.0 at the command prompt. When you have done this, you can launch Scriptomatic 2.0 in a normal fashion (if any of this stuff is normal). Going forward, you may want to actually edit the path of the elevated command prompt so that it actually launches Scriptomatic 2.0. PowerShell Scriptomatic is written in C# and uses an embedded manifest, which tells it that it needs to have administrator rights. It therefore will prompt for administrator rights when it is run on Windows Vista.
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Sandro's Home Decorating
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The 2013 Doctor Who Christmas special, "The Time of the Doctor" , is the last episode (so far) to star Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor. It's also quite thought provoking, despite it's ambitious storyline being crammed into a mere 60 minutes.
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Aimless young punk Otto (Emilio Estervez) gets hired by Bud (Harry Dean Stanton) to repossess cars that owners failed to make payments on. Then one day, Otto, other repo men, and government agents all race to find a certain Chevy Malibu which may or may not have dead aliens from outer space in the trunk...
This is a wild, almost surreal comedy-thriller by writer-director Alex Cox that never lags in its pacing. The musical soundtrack evokes the 80s with songs by Iggy Pop, Black Flag, and Fear, among others. All 92 minutes of it is in color and rated R for violence and language.
We'll also be having a guest speaker, my colleague Everett Perdue, who'll go in more detail about the movie and its significance (artistic and otherwise) then and now, and will answer any questions you might have.
For more info, head to our Cult Films page here. Our next film following Repo Man will be the 1963 James Bond thriller, From Russia With Love on Thursday, February 19th at 6:30 PM in the meeting room. See you there!
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(Above is one of the books I enjoyed reading this year.)
The Greenwich Time just published a list of books recommended by my colleagues and myself. Click here to read it.
Since I had sent a lengthy list (no, I'm not bragging), some of my other picks were dropped for space considerations. Anyway, here's what else I had recommended (some may be familiar to readers of this blog):
Rogues, edited by George R. R. Martin & Gardner
Dozois, is a fun collection of short stories from several genres by such
authors as Neil Gaiman and Connie Willis. Fans of Martin's "Song of
Ice and Fire" series (adapted for HBO as Game of Thrones) will want
to check out the author's contribution, "The Rogue Prince, or A King's
Brother", which is a prequel to the aforementioned series.
Jeff VanderMeer's "Southern Reach" trilogy (Annihilation; Authority;
Acceptance) which revolves around the mysterious "Area X" and
the government's attempts to penetrate it, is one of the most exciting and
frightening works of horror fiction you'll ever read. You'll leave the
light on when going to bed after finishing this collection.
Just in time to celebrate the character's 75th anniversary comes IDW's Batman:
The Silver Age Dailies and Sundays 1966-1967, which collects the
first two years of the caped crusader's newspaper comic strip, written by
Whitney Ellsworth and illustrated by Sheldon Moldoff, Carmine Infantino and Joe
Giella. Uneven in spots -the strip tried to combine the comic book
version of Batman with the then-popular "camp" TV series- this is
still a blast to read!
King of the Weeds by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins.
Private eye Mike Hammer tries to prove the guilt of a killer, whose release
from prison on a technicality may destroy the career of Hammer's pal NYPD
Captain Pat Chambers. But first Mike has to fight off the mob, who think
he's hiding millions of their own money. Solid thriller with a powerful ending!
Other books I enjoyed included The Monogram Murders by Sophie Hannah,
featuring Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot, Lock In by John Scazi,
and The Most Dangerous Book: The Battle For James Joyce's
Ulysses by Kevin Birmingham. But the most powerful one I read was
probably Ron Suskind's Life Animated: A Story of Sidekicks, Heroes
and Autism, a moving and life affirming account of his ultimately
successful efforts to communicate with his autistic son Owen.
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Nothing says "Season's Greetings" more (at least to me) than a newly published, authoritative collection of horror/fantasy writer H.P. Lovecraft's (1890-1937) classic tales that he wrote in the 20s and 30s for various pulp magazines. The New Annotated H.P. Lovecraft, edited by Leslie S. Klinger, was released a few months back just in time for Halloween, but horror fans will still want this for Christmas. (Click here to reserve our copy.)
The collection focuses more or less on the stories and one novel that were set in and around the fictional town of Arkham, Massachusetts and his Cthulhu Mythos. Klinger has included such thrillers as "Dagon", "The Call of Cthulhu", "The Colour Out of Space", "The Silver Key", "The Dunwich Horror", "Herbert West Reanimator", and the fatalistic, science fictional novel At The Mountains of Madness. All of these stories have annotations in the margins spotlighting Klinger's well-researched historical back stories on the locations (real and made up) of the tales, letters, photos (including actual site in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, magazine covers and movie posters), and citations of deleted passages in the stories when first published.
There's also an introduction by Alan Moore ( Watchmen), an essay by Klinger about Lovecraft's life which doesn't sugarcoat over the author's racist misanthropy (to put it mildly), and a fantastic series of equally informative appendixes detailing the chronology of Lovecraft's works, screen and audio adaptations, etc. For serious fans of the horror genre alone, The New Annotated H.P. Lovecraft is required reading!
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Hot off the heels of their last collection of classic comics by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby (reviewed here), Titan Books has released another volume of vintage S&K stories.
The first installment of Jeff VanderMeer's "Southern Reach Trilogy", Annihilation is a solid, riveting thriller that will leave you breathless by the last page. (Click here to reserve our copy.)
Just in time to help celebrate the 75th anniversary of Bob Kane and Bill Finger's famous caped crusader is this terrific long-overdue collection, Batman: The Silver Age Newspaper Comics. The first of three projected books by IDW that will cover the 1966-72 newspaper strip based on the Batman comics, this volume covers the period between May 29th, 1966-December 31st, 1967.
Boy, do I got a cult film candidate for you! Hammer Films' bizarre, almost insane mashup of their horror films and the then popular kung fu craze , 1974's The Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires, is one of the most outlandish but strangely entertaining films they ever produced. (Click here to reserve our copy.)
The next installment of Greenwich Library's Cult Films program will be on Wednesday, September 10th at 6:30 pm in the second floor meeting room. In celebration of it's fiftieth anniversary, we'll be showing the 1964 James Bond 007 thriller Goldfinger.
Starring Sean Connery as Bond, with Honor Blackman, Gert Frobe and Harold Sakata, this was the film that unleashed Bondmania (and the secret agent craze) onto the public during the sixties.
An overview of this film will be in a future post. Meanwhile, here's the trailer:
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