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Q+A with Guest Artist in Print Program Abra Ancliffe
Wed. October 29, 2014
Can you tell us about your practice and background?
My education was in English literature and printmaking — making a clear path to a language-based art practice that is heavy in book and print. I also run a subscription-based circulating library, the Personal Libraries Library (PLL) that recreates the personal libraries of artists, thinkers, writers, and scientists of interest to my members and myself.
The PLL collections include the personal libraries of Maria Mitchell, the nineteenth century astronomer, librarian, educator, and suffragist and Robert Smithson (1938-1973), the influential artist, writer, and thinker. The Library then expanded to include the personal libraries of writer, critic, and journalist Italo Calvino (1923-1985); short-story writer, translator and librarian Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986); and poet, civil-rights activist, and gardener Anne Spencer (1882-1975). Outside of my practice, I teach printmaking at the Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) in Portland, Oregon.
How did you become interested in astronomy?
I believe that everyone has an innate interest in the stars and other observable celestial bodies. Unfortunately, now most of us are quite disconnected from the night sky due, in part, to light pollution that obscures all but the brightest celestial bodies. Most of us do not tilt our eyes towards the sky much, since they are trained on more earthly objects. Halley's Comet in 1986 was an incredibly memorable experience for me as a girl. There was an excitement around the comet that was palpable, and staying up late to catch a glimpse of it was transformative. Funnily, I do not remember actually seeing the comet with my own eyes.
You will be working with the John R.W. Herschel Collection at the Harry Ransom Center? What is in the collection?
Much of my current work is centered on how we view and understand the night sky through the page. With that in mind, I decided to explore the Ransom Center collection to see its holdings in astronomy. I found the Herschel Papers and began to search for items in the collection that could be images/drawings/paintings/prints made by the Herschel family of the observable night sky. Serendipitously, the Ransom Center has multiple observed drawings of stars, nebulae, and at least four paintings of Halley's Comet as seen in 1836.
What drew you to the Rob Roy Kelly American Wood Type collection?
What wouldn't? It is a world-class collection that is still in use for students, scholars, and artists — a very exciting "living" collection. As a letterpress printer, I have studied the collection through the book, American Wood Type: 1828-1900, and was able to see it in person, briefly, a couple years ago. I also teach wood type typography and history from the book and the website in my classes at PNCA.
The opportunity to work with both the Rob Roy Kelly American Wood Type and Herschel collections is incredibly exciting and allows me access to source materials and tools to expand my current practice.
How do you see the production, labor, and meaning-making of publishing and astronomy converging and overlapping?
At some point, astronomy and publishing are the act of putting the night sky on the page. As aforementioned, the printed page has increasingly become the primary way that we view the night sky. Thus, the labor and modes of production in each field converge and overlap. In fact, many early astronomers made and printed their own texts and images. They knew well that representation of celestial bodies is mediated by how the ink is put on the page. This continues today with the spectacular images produced from Hubble-collected data, where processors assign colors and create the images that we see. As the Hubble website states, "Hubble images are made, not born. Images must be woven together from the incoming data from the cameras, cleaned up and given colors that bring out features that eyes would otherwise miss."
This exploration is at the heart of my current body of work, When Looking Down is Looking Up.
Eddie Chambers releases Black Artists in British Art: A History from 1950 to the Present
Wed. October 29, 2014
Dr. Eddie Chambers has published Black Artists in British Art: A History From 1950 to the Present (I.B. Tauris). In the book, Chambers "tells the story of Britain's black artists, from the 1950s onwards, including the contemporary art of Steve McQueen, Chris Ofili and Yinka Shonibare."
Black Artist in British Art recieved reviews by Richard Cork in Royal Academy of Arts and Hansi Momodu-Gordon in Contemporary And.
Graduate student researchers find hidden treasures within Blanton's Tate gift
Wed. October 29, 2014
When the Blanton Museum of Art announced in August that it had received over 120 Latin American artworks from alumni Judy and Charles Tate, the news came as no surprise to a handful of Art History students hard at work on the catalogue for the collection.
Dr. Penelope Davies, assistant chair and professor of Art History, explained, "It's one of the strengths of our program that students have numerous opportunities to gain experience outside of the classroom. These experiences prepare them for their careers and position them well in an increasingly competitive job market."
Art History graduate students Dorota Biczel, Doris Bravo, Claire Howard, Mari Rodriguez, Alexis Salas, and Abigail Winograd, as well as alumna Amethyst Beaver researched and wrote contributions to the collection's catalogue.
"Working on an exhibition or being part of the catalogue writing team makes the work we do as graduate students or emerging art professionals feel relevant and tangible," described Amethyst Beaver (MA in Art History, 2011), who became a curatorial assistant at the Blanton in 2012.
The students' research for the catalogue often complemented work they were doing for their dissertations, but it also allowed them to branch out and discover new artists, periods, or regions outside of their research interests.
"The entries that I wrote pertain to Argentine art in the late twentieth century, and my work similarly engages in detailed, object-centered analysis of artworks," explained Alexis Salas. "Working on the catalogue brought me into contact with an edgy, quiet, graphic work of art by Emilio Renart that expands my understanding of what Argentine artists were doing in the 1960s."
Doris Bravo was able to uncover new facts about one work. "Tarsila Do Amaral's Barco drawing from 1924 was actually a trial. She made several variations of this drawing for Oswald de Andrade's manifesto, Pau Brasil," said Doris Bravo. "One of the things I enjoy most about being an art historian is playing detective. With this work I had little to go on — the artist's name, the year, the media, measurements. So I focused my search on that information, and I eventually arrived at the trials for this book."
"While spending more time researching Joaquin Torres-Garcia's work, I was hoping I could find a more complex way of discussing his work. I was curious to find out whether his accomplishments amount to more than just inverting the hierarchies of Western art. While space was limited for my entry, I did learn a lot," added Dorota Biczel.
The addition of the Tate Collection not only enhanced the Blanton's Latin American holdings, but allows for new connections to be made between works on the university campus.
"I was excited to see more Surrealist works enter the Blanton's collection," Claire Howard explained. "Especially the paintings by Wifredo Lam and Leonora Carrington. It is also great to have a Frida Kahlo drawing to complement the portrait of her by Diego Rivera that the Blanton already had, as well as her Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird in the Harry Ransom Center's collection."
"This gift renews the university's and the Blanton Museum's commitment to the field of Latin American art, which as a former graduate student, is particularly exciting to me," added Amethyst Beaver.
The Tate Collection comprises approximately 120 modern and contemporary Latin American works from artists such as Tarsila do Amaral, Lygia Clark, Frida Kahlo, Carlos Mérida, Wifredo Lam, Armando Reverón, Diego Rivera, Alejandro Xul Solar, and Joaquín Torres-García, among others. The collection catalogue includes a preface by The University of Texas at Austin President Bill Powers, Blanton Director Simone Wicha in conversation with Judy and Charles Tate, and an essay by Beverly Adams, curator of Latin American Art at the Blanton, with contributions by curatorial research assistant Beth Shook and others.
La línea continua, an exhibition that presents approximately 70 works from the Tate Collection, is on display at the Blanton now through February 15, 2015. The companion catalogue is available at the Blanton Museum shop.
Michael Smith performs at Frieze London
Wed. October 29, 2014
For the Focus section of the 2014 Frieze Art Fair in London, Smith restaged his Government Approved Home Fallout Shelter Snackbar installation from 1983. The installation, presented by Dan Gunn Gallery (Berlin), is one of Smith's most important and earliest installations and its first exhibition outside of the US.
This year's themed section, "Live," was organized by curators Raphael Gygax and Jacob Proctor and dedicated to ambitious performance-based installations.
Smith's performance received praise and mentions in The Art Newspaper, The Guardian, Complex, and Art Forum and was listed at the 10 of the best works at Frieze London by Artspace.
Students volunteer with The Contemporary Austin, work with Do Ho Suh
Wed. October 29, 2014
The Department of Art and Art History encourages students to go beyond their coursework by taking advantage of opportunities that expand their knowledge and potential career paths.
This fall, a group of our students took such an opportunity by volunteering as Korean-English translators at The Contemporary Austin for Do Ho Suh and his installation team in preparation for his solo exhibition.
Current undergraduate students who volunteered include: Yeun Jae Chang (Visual Art Studies), Eunji Jeong (Studio Art), Hyojung Lee (Art History), Moses Lee (Design), and Soo Min Lee (Design). Alumna Amy Choi (BA Studio Art, 2014) was also part of the team. All the students are of Korean descent and some have lived in Korea.
"During my freshman year, I took a 3D Foundations class with Beili Liu. Beili gave us a presentation of contemporary installation artists and one of artists was Do Ho Suh," recalled Soo Min Lee. "I could not miss this chance. I was so pleased and honored to assist Do Ho."
The exhibition struck a personal chord with the students. "Most of his works are informed by his personal experiences, his move from Korea to United States. I also moved to United States when I was 17 to study abroad. The house reminds me of my family in South Korea," Soo Min Lee explained.
Working with Suh and his assistants gave the students a behind-the-scenes look at the installation process and exhibition design.
"I was blown away about the level of detail that was in Suh's work and the precision with which it was executed," described Moses Lee. "When I saw Apartment A, Unit 2, Corridor and Staircase, 348 West 22nd Street, New York, NY 10011, USA, I couldn't wrap my head around how patient you would have to be to recreate an entire home. I loved how the work literally created a space of its own, affecting how people interacted with the space in and around it."
Soo Min Lee continued, "Before I volunteered to help with the exhibition, I thought designing and curating exhibitions was simple — just choose an artist and set up. When I volunteered, it became obvious that there are many people from many different areas that contribute to the exhibition."
An influential artist operating within a distinctly twenty-first century global mode, Do Ho Suh crafts evocative and visually stunning works that reflect ideas of home, identity, and personal space. The exhibition Do Ho Suh at The Contemporary Austin encompasses the museum's two distinct sites and includes both existing works and newly fabricated pieces from several of the artist's discrete but related bodies of work.
Large-scale sculptures, installations, and works on paper will be on view at The Contemporary Austin – Jones Center at 700 Congress Avenue and at the museum's Betty and Edward Marcus Sculpture Park at Laguna Gloria, 3809 West 35th Street in Austin, Texas through January 11, 2015. More information can be found at thecontemporaryaustin.org.


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The struggle for freedom in a repressive society is presented more flamboyantly in His Dark Materials, the National's adaptation of Philip Pullman's trilogy of novels tracing the journey of maturing children through multiple universes. Hytner tapped dramatist Nicholas Wright for the production, being shown in two three-hour parts at the Olivier Theatre, before it was announced that a film troika based on the novels was being planned by Scholastic Entertainment and New Line Cinema.
The staged Materials isn't short on cinematic spectacle itself, with a sprawling landscape of wisecracking angels, armored polar bears and daemons, creatures who essentially function as the souls of characters, such as young heroine Lyra.
Movingly played by Anna Maxwell Martin and Dominic Cooper, Lyra and her friend Will embark on a cosmic adventure that puts them at odds with a corrupt church. Hytner and Wright don't flinch from the more controversial aspects of Pullman's books, which have been described as opposing Christian theology. But the director and playwright also appreciate Pullman's abiding belief in the power of faith and wonder.
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Can we win the war on terror?
Let me share an anecdote with you before I expand on that exciting question. Recently, I was at JFK airport seeing off a friend who was leaving for Japan. In a long line to the security station, there was a group of Japanese kids, apparently returning home from a trip to New York. If I had to guess their age, I would say 10 or 11. Each kid was wearing a Yankee baseball hat — no doubts a souvenir from the trip. Each kid was holding his or her passport open for the security officer. None of them seemed to speak English. As they one by one reached the officer, he would lift the hat off the head of the kid to compare the cute, smiling face to its likeness in the passport.
There were passengers of several other flights in that line. One of them was for Riyadh. When I saw the dark-skinned man accompanied by four creatures that resembled four bowling pins draped in dark fabric, I thought that was their destination. I was curious how the security officer would handle them. To my great disappointment, no international incident unfolded before my eyes. The officer, who had just diligently scrutinized the passports and faces of Japanese children, simply waved the Arabs through.
So, let me ask you again: Can our government win the war on terror?
Of course, we can. And we can do it without wasting the lives of our soldiers and hundreds of billions of our dollars in Iraq and Afghanistan. All we have to do to achieve that victory is kick Islam out of the United States and Canada. Once the term Muslim American becomes no more than an oxymoron, we will be able to sell our no longer needed airport security equipment to Eurabia and bail out our ailing banks without using a penny of taxpayers' money. I know it, you know it, Osama bin Laden knows it, Hussein Obama knows it, and even George Bush, who seems to knew nothing at all, knew it as well; even if this knowledge didn't stop him from announcing to us on September 12, 2001, that Islam was not an enemy. His government was most definitely unable to win this war.
But are we willing to uproot the Muslim community in the US? Sadly, we are not. Islam is a religion, and, whether you think it is a religion of peace or something entirely different, there is freedom of religion in this country, guaranteed by our Constitution. On the other hand, religion — every religion — is an ideology. An ideology can justify our way of life, as Judaism and Christianity do, be neutral towards it as is Buddhism, or openly and explicitly oppose it, as communism, fascism, and Islam. Why should we allow the enemy ideology to blossom on our soil? Because we are afraid we are not going to be able to draw the line, and once Islam is no longer a danger, the forces unleashed in order to contain it will turn against us: the Jews, the homosexuals, the blacks — everyone who has a historically well founded fear of persecution.
Nobody knows the answer.
If you thought the crisis we are currently going through was limited to the crumbling financial institutions, you were wrong. The sad state of our economy is only one side of it. This crisis has been in the making for decades; it involves every aspect of our lives.
The international prestige of the United States is at its lowest in, at least, a century.
The American political machine with its ongoing political debate between the two parties about the better future of this country has deteriorated into an unabashed race for power.
Liberals, abusing their ever growing influence, succeed in taking away our liberties — for example, the liberty to openly and publicly celebrate Christmas or to speak the truth when the thought police finds it politically incorrect. The very same government that sends our soldiers to foreign lands to fight for obscure goals tries them for murder when they perform their duty and defend their lives and the lives of their comrades.
We could overcome this crisis, but we need a leader wise and strong enough to lead us out of it. George Bush did not qualify for the job. And neither does John McCain, who has failed to even acknowledge that the country is in the throes of a total crisis.
What's going to happen?
It is amazing when anyone tries to discuss Islam and radicalism the whole thing gets taken out of context. What I said was simply that Islamic radicalism is not monolithic, homogeneous and uniform and the motivations of Islamist groups in Europe and South Asia are very different. Where in any of this do you find a defence of Islamic radicalism or of the Taliban?
The Muslim radicalism in Europe is borne out of a feeling of oppression and alienation and they view with sympathy the plight of Palestinians and Kashmiris which they can relate to and apparently understand. They are easy recruits to Al-Qaeda because they are ideologically committed and are focused more on Western oppression. Their political and religious objectives are more sincere, pure and unadulterated and very difficult to overcome since they are unlikely to compromise.
Islamic radicalism in South Asia has completely different goals and objectives. A few of the groups are ideologically committed and have links to the Al-Qaeda network. Some other groups are sponsored by the Pakistan military and intelligence. This group tends to be opportunistic and overlaps with yet another group that is somewhat independent (as they are financed through the opium trade) and is motivated more by money and power than religious ideology. This latter group has largely been co-opted by Indian intelligence. Many of the terrorist attacks in Pakistan recently were sponsored by Indian intelligence and conducted through one or another of the Taliban groups.
The Taliban factions have made territorial gains into Pakistan but the government there has been reluctant to antagonize them not because they like the situation but because of other security concerns and imperatives. Pakistan is concerned that committing its forces solely to suppressing the Taliban would weaken its front with India who maintains significant forces on the border with Pakistan. There is also the worry in Islamabad that they will also lose sight of their claims on Kashmir if they spend too much effort on the Taliban. Basically the Pakistan government wants a commitment from the West that India will not put pressure on their borders and that they should stop promoting the insurgency in Baluchistan that is being sponsored through Indian consulates in Afghanistan. India has almost 50 consulate offices in Afghanistan to instigate subversive activities against Pakistan.
Without referring to any of these matters The Economist article seems bland and simplistic and intended to cause misunderstanding and promote further ignorance of the whole issue. While Islamist radicals in Europe may work with groups in South Asia their objectives and profiles are generally very different and both are parasitic on each other and often antagonistic.
When the 'teaching mind 'is 'different', the so called teaching materials are reduced to just a sort of academic showoff. Reasons why, in some 'schools' guns and ammunations were in store. Enacting the mediaval mind of the Moghul period ,dreaming to enrich the 'global umma' and to maintain a strict theological differentiation from the 'non believers' is seemingly an anti thesis to the modern mind of the 21st century that prescribes breaking of all possible walls, make the world small, closer, united and one.
But then the drive of the global civilisation has already shifted the gear and is running faster than everbefore towards a direction that promises more of 'oneness' than more of differences. The wonderful mind of oneness, emerging out of 'one humanity' thinking has heralded and employed the power of technology in shape of inter net, to unite cultures, tastes, habits, characters, outlooks, mndsets and the 'one world' is fast taking shape in no uncertain a way. And the power of this 'mega mind' to almost obliterate the 'mini mind'
is again certain.The emerging oneness in the 'economic mind' and the political mind' of the humanity is very much to be seen and felt the worldover. Just a matter of time, that the 'social' and the 'religious' minds of the humanity will follow the same direction.
Bigger forces will always overtake the smaller forces.Yesterdays will always give ways to the tomorrows. And the compulsiveness of a higher evolution can always engulf the smaller revolution.
Now, will the schools be free of arms and ammunations, Unnecessarily stored for a purpose that looks so meaningless and futile?
Will the constructive thinkers amidst the 'believers' start believing in themselves more?
Bangladesh or Britain 'these believers'[ contructive ones] can bring the desired change. For common good.
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In Europe and Britain, is it only Muslims who face alienation and isolation? The Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists are absolutely fine, from the day they arrived in Europe / Britain? None of these non-Muslim groups have grievances?
In South Asia is it only Muslims who face "direct oppression" ? The Sikhs, Hindus and Christians are doing "Jiziya Fine" in Pakistan? Taliban have demanded Pak Rs.50 Million as Jiziya from the Sikhs who have lived in Aurakzai and Swat for centuries.
If so, please explain why the proportion of Non-Muslims in Pakistan and Bangladesh on the eve of independence in 1947, has dropped so drastically in 2009? Sikhs and Hindus are right now streaming out of Baluchistan and Swat. They are not oppressed? Would you support any moves by fellow Sikhs and Hindus similar to the actions you support taken by British Muslims?
By quoting the 'conspiratorial / denial' views of Shahidul Islam you merely confirm views non-Muslims have of Muslim 'objectivity'.
LeT and similar groups are all 'fake Islamic groups' created by 'foreign intelligent agencies'? Please be serious, this is a serious forum discussing an important theme.
Strange that people from a less developed and more intolerant country like Pakistan go to Britain, and instead of adapting to a modern and secular culture become more intolerant and exclusive. What will happen to Britain, a beacon of civilization, 50 years from now, as these immigrants have children numbering a dozen and they all import their wives or husbands from the hearts of darkness?
Britain will be the Pakistan and Bangladesh of the future,and who is to blame, the civil libertarians who will be extinct when the demagogues take over.
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"One thing that people tend to ignore when talking about South Asian communities in the US vs. those in Britain and Canada - its much easier to go to Britain or Canada than it is to get into the US. "
I also want to correct this impression. The majority of immigrants to the US get in on so-called family reunification visas. One person immigrates there and then applies for all of his brothers and sisters and parents. Each brother and sister brings along his spouse and children. The spouses in turn will be able to bring in their own brothers and sisters and parents eventually. There is no education requirement for someone getting this type of visa.
This type of immigration tends to exclude people from Europe since they generally do not have an immediate relative in the US. Up until 1965 there used to be a much more fair system where each country had a quota, ensuring that immigrants would not be dominated by any particular country.
This of course still begs the question of whether there is still any rationale for immigration when there is no longer any frontier to fill up.
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It is really sad but absolutely true that the conservative/fanatic in some degree of practicing Islam here in Britain(Birth place of liberty, tolerence, democracy and human right)is amazing even the it is not the same scale where they are origin from such as Sylhet, Bangladesh. May i take the opportunity to tell here the cause could a be various but one is segregation, lack of proper education, some degree of of poverty existing in many families of migrants. Although when the month of Ramadan begun there is a competition in Bangladeshi electronic media to raise money for the Madrasa or like this in the name of charity, they collect millions of pounds and may sent to Bangladesh. My concern is will it bring any good for the society sustainably/economically or is it just taking advantage of thousands of soft muslims emotional feeling in the holy month of Ramadan. The activities here by the muslim from Bangladesh or any part of the world not representing the true nature but making Islam and its innocent followers a victim of mistrust, making under previledged of its system. I believe the government, media took the matter and provide more liberal knowledge towards other faith and modern life practice not in the college/university curriculumn but even at school level. Thanks
So, Munshi, were the Taleban not really in control of afghanistan before coalition forces invaded?
Are they not really in control of a large portion of north eastern Pakistan now?
Has sharia law not really been forced upon the population?
and Daniel, that lions remark was a reference to the romans pitting lions against christians in fights to the death inancient arenas. sorry if it was a bit obscure!
my main point is that it would be completely impractical to rid one society of all Islam. Allah, Jesus, fairies, ghosts, some people believe in these things and they have every right to, but its important that they learnt to put logic first.
The radicalism of Muslims in Europe and that of South Asia are very different and have completely separate roots. The radicalism found in Europe is based on alienation and isolationism and Muslims there try to find common cause with Muslims in other countries (which may be the country of their origin) such as in Palestine or Kashmir.
For Muslims who actually live in South Asia the inspiration is entirely different and has more to do with direct oppression and is a matter of national survival especially with a hostile neighbor such as India always stoking up trouble. There is also the possibility that in South Asia Islamist groups are used for political ends and the motivations are often less than religious or idealistic. In a commentary in todays (May 1, 2009) HOLIDAY the author, Shahidul Islam writes,
"The game is a familiar one in which foreign intelligence outfits create fake Islamist groups within Muslim nations of strategic importance while their media outlets serve to publicise the Islamist militancy phobia in order to justify political, economic and military interventions.
Since 2001, the game has been played with devastating consequences in Iraq and Afghanistan, both the countries having been occupied by foreign forces and their armed forces totally destroyed.
The same tactic is being used against Pakistan and Bangladesh too and the crisis in Pakistan is being capitalised to the fullest to whiff up tensions inside Bangladesh in order to create pretexts for foreign military intervention."
I hope that the Economist in future would attempt to portray a more balanced and objective analysis about South Asian issues rather than the same sensationalist perspectives that we find often in the Indian press.
Look at the irony. The west opened up it's doors to immigrant Muslims, the west provided them with education and opportunities to earn a fair livelihood, and now look at the wages the west gets in return. Muslims are using the tools they have learnt from west to wage a war against the very society that has given them sustenance.
When Spain was conquered back from Muslims, the conquerors gave two options to the Muslims. Convert or depart, it was as simple as that. So in spite of having such a long history be being ruled by Muslim rulers, Spain is not suffering from the problem as much UK has. Perhaps it's time for UK to take a leaf out of Spain's history book.
While liberalisim is welcome, it should not end up being self inimical to liberal society. That will be a tragedy of sorts.
The islam that is coming over western europe it must be out, expelled
It is a threat, is radical and against the freedom and human rights is absolutely different than the turkysh one: that should be in the European Union
If we do not act now the democracy will be on risk. And the radicals (neo roman imperialist or neonazis) on power doing 21st century final solution
If The European Parlamet elections on June will see a rise on the extreme right representation it wont be a surprise. They are only ones showing common sense
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Nowhere in my text do I propose the conscription of lions in the struggle with Islam. In fact I propose harsh yet strictly non-violent means only.
My analysis consists of the following main steps:
1) the West faces a severe threat from Islam (a perception most commentators on economist.com seem to share)
2) the government is making matters worse (i.e. sharia law in some places, much leeway for radical preachers)
3) demographics, radicalisation and lack of resistance all point to the problems worsening, leading to civil war somewhere in the future
4)it is our duty to prevent this and go for a de-Islamisation at least in the West (on the same lines as the de-Nazification in Germany after WW II)
Radical? Certainly. But in my mind also the least painful way out of the current mess, and I mean for everyone!
Daniel, you are silly. would you have us all asseble in arena to watch muslims and lions fight?
Personally, i don't think it should be legal for a child to receive an education which is solely taught in a religious context. How can a child make an informed decision on whether they belive in god when they have never considered otherwise? Children must be taught scientific process and logic seperately to give them a fair chance of having a balanced perspective. a solely religious education amounts to indoctrination.
I don't just disagree with Islamic education though, i fully disagree with certain schools in Kansas, USA which teach the creation story as if it actually happened.
To be slightly more utopian, i don't think there should be any introduction to religions until education is complete, when the individual can make an informed decision (to be completely utopian i would say there would be no religion at all), but as children would pick up religious behaviour from their parents naturally anyway, the best we can hope for is that science, math, languages etc. are taugh in a secular context, and only Religion is taught by madrassas.
Daniel Van Loenen:
Now now,we live in the civilized world of the liberal left.These wonderful ppl have every right to come and settle down and abuse the west with impunity while taking the dole from the infidel BUT if you or any one else whose mind hasn't been irreparably damaged by a liberal education were to complain you'll be branded as a racist/islamophobic/far righter etc etc.
I was wondering if Miliband will suggest whether British girls should try out the hijab once a week to you know further cultural understanding and promote dialogue of civilizations.Its worth a try!
Our Islam-related problems increase day by day yet our governments still deny there even is a problem. I think it is fair to say the present dangers to the British way of life have not been so great since the time of Alfred the Great.
Decisive action is needed in short term, and not only in the UK:
- total immigration stop from all muslim countries
- the closure of the sharia courts in Britain and the extradition of anyone involved
- closure of all muslim religious schools throughout the UK. Attendance of foreign muslim schools leads to extradition
- banning of all muslim religious symbols in public life
- 24x7 infiltration of all mosques to monitor for anti-western talk
- outlawing of every measure that promotes Islam just like it is not legal to promote national-socialim
- and many other wide-ranging laws
It is either decisive action now or a civil war later. Unless of course we want to go down quietly and bow to Mecca.
Still musing about 'Newton's laws' I referred to in my post below, (1/05/09, 5:29):
SIKHISM is a most interesting reaction by a section of Hindus to Islamic invasions and subsequent rule of India. Guru Gobind Singh Devji, a shrewd observer and a strategist in countering Islam in India, marshalled his Hindu followers into 'defenders of the faith', through a careful emulation of Islamic forms.
ONE BOOK ( Guru Granth Sahibji), ONE dress that would identify a Sikh ( a special Turban and beard), ONE weapon ( a short sword, Kirpan, an essentially defensive weapon ) with which to defend himself and others under attack, ONE religious order with ultimate authority.
This revered Guruji and his family were murdered by the Islamist Emperor in Delhi, Aurangzeb, who recognised the nature and scope of the resistance the Guruji was organising - despite the revered Guruji's attempt to explain to the Mughal Emperor in person that the Guruji was only seeking to preserve the ancient Vedas, Upanishads and Puranas of his people.
The second note-worthy reaction to Islamic rule of India was that of Chatrapathi Shivaji Maharaj, a Maratha warrior and strategist. He and his ministers forged together, for the first time in Hindu history, a quasi-political Hindu identity and Hindu culture that sought to distinguish itself from Islam. The present day quasi-political entity called Rashtriya Swayam Sevak (RSS) can be linked to this bit of Indian history and Hindu reaction to Islam.
One more historic foot note: The 'Sepoy Mutiny' of 1857 that restored the Mughal Empire, temporarily, would have become a grand success but for the reluctance of the Sikhs to see Islamic rule prevail once more in India. Sikh sepoys helped the British to fight their way back into Lucknow and Delhi.
Marathas too were only half-hearted in wanting to see the old Mughal Empire restored. Many central Indian Marathas preferred to be bystanders.
Such were some historic events by way of reaction to Islam and Islamic rule.
There is a strange set of 'Newton's laws' relevant to our discussion.
"The more dogmatic a religion, the stronger the resistance generated to it in others."
"The more dogmatic a religion, the less inclined its followers are to accept pluralism and democracy."
"The more dogmatic a religion, capable of obliterating other views, the greater the probability of conflicts within and without such a nation." Look at the Eight years War between Iran and Iraq. More Muslims are killed by other Muslims than by non-Muslims.
That plus the fact that you have next to no social security in the US which means that as an immigrant you have to work hard just to put food on the table.The option of staying at home on the dole is non existant in the US for immigrants.
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Trying to identify what is in my garden (no one has touched it for years) and there is a section where all of these individual leaves are popping up. They may be in other sections of the garden as well, but at this point, they stand out to me in this spot because they are clumped together and there is nothing else there. This is under an azalea bush, near the hedge, both of which are under an oak tree on the south side of the house (so low light)
Maianthemum was my thought also, used to see them in the woods in SE OH. Pretty this pic was taken 5/21/03. That info is not attached to these old pics, but that's the date it was taken from the camera, so it may have been the day before, I would have put them on computer by the next day if not the same day.
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I was reading something that Google was changing some stuff around so the government can't spy on your stuff. Do you think they could have changed something on there servers so because I have modded ones maybe like the server knows so that's why they keep crashing?
Also I had a blacked out play store and now it just keeps updating automatically to new one.Before yesterday I had it patched with lucky patcher to not auto update, but for some reason the patch won't work anymore.It worked fine for months up until yesterday.
So I think it has something to do with my Google service framework.Can someone post there's so I can try to update mine.I installed a app yesterday and I think it might have messed mine up.thanks
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Potatoes were brought to Europe from America, initially as ornamental plants. Their culinary advantages had not been noticed until the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. In Poland, potatoes became widespread by the end of nineteenth century, which was slightly more than 100 years ago. "Kotlet schabowy" became popular in the PRL period (Communist Poland 1945 – 1989), and it is a copy of the Austrian Viennese style schnitzel (not Wiener Schnitzel which is made from veal). "Bigos" was already known in the sixteenth century, but, in fact, it was rather similar to contemporary "goulash" – just pieces of chopped meat. It did not evolve into the contemporary form – dishes made of cabbage and meat – until the eighteenth century.


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Dear Experts please help me to rectify the issue in printing of sales invoice, as in our CST number contains 11 digits but it is printing only 10 digits.
is it a classic or a RDLC report?
classic: increase the size of the field for the CST number.
RDLC layout: increase the field size, or set the "CanGrow" property of the field. But caution: this can also mean it grows to a multiline printout.
with best regards
it is RDLC, please suggest me the process to increase the field size, Or i can acess to classic also.
Please give me the process to change my CST number change in classic.
Dear Experts advice me the process to correct the CST line(i.e CST number line) in our Sales invoice using the classic.
Click, Tools -> Object designer
Select reports on the left, then select report 206
Click Design (At the bottom)
Select View (At the top) -> Sections
Drag the CST number field a little bigger (Making it longer to fit the extra character)
Escape out and save when prompted
Always make a backup before making any changes
Neville FoynNAV Developer, Consultant & TrainerMCTS NAV, CRM, Sharepoint, SQLMCSA SQL 2012MCITP NAVMCT


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Well, let's talk about Blue I guess?? Because they perfectly illustrate both me changing, and my art changing.
So, Blue started off pretty simple. Grey and brown with a small amount of Blue on her. At the time of this drawing I had already had Blue, unchanged, for quite a while. My art at this point was pretty wonky, and a lot of it was referenced from other artists. (Something I'm really embarrassed by today)
So I got into the more "sparkle"-dog thing. And Blue deteriorated fast. She became gothic, sparkly puke.
And then Blue came into the design she would be known by for the next two or three years. During this time my style was still a mess.
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Attaching orchids to trees
Hi, I'm in Thailand and I want to attach orchids to big trees. The common practice here is to put the orchids in chunks of Coconut husk which is then wired to the tree trunk. Eventually, as the orchid roots grow on the tree the coconut husk can be removed.
I'm looking for a natural looking alternative to using coconut. Sphagnum moss is available from Bangkok but it is very expensive and I will need a lot.
Has anyone got any ideas of what I can use?
Provided that you have the right sort of tree, you can tie the orchid on with fishing line or similar. You do not need spag. or similar in a warm humid climate.
Biggest problem is finding a tree where the bark makes the orchid happy and the canopy is not too dense.
There are four photos in the link of mostly Phalaenopsis growing in Vietnam.
I can only dream .
But note the Clay orchid pots and the fairly unobtrusive hanging method.
Click on the Photos for a larger view.
Here is a link that might be useful: Orchids growing in Vietnam
I'm attaching them to the trunks of some big existing trees (30m), big Rain trees (Albixia samam) Millingtonias, Tabebuia Rosea. It won't look natural stuck to the trunks I know but I want orchids in the garden.
Sunlight shouldn't be a problem but I don't know about the tree-orchid compatibility!
Thanks for the advice. Very useful.
Emily, I use a lot of jute to mount orchids. By the time the jute rots away the orchid is well rooted to the mount/tree in most cases. I also use a lot of the natural mosses and lichens found in my area to hold a bit of moisture to the roots as they establish. Phal type dens do really well mounted to smooth barked palms. The roots ramble around and are a glorious sight all by themselves. I have found that phals like a rough barked tree to grow on.
Good LUCK!! I'd love to see pictures!!