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The FNE Innovation team is headed by Innovation specialists Peeter Nieler and Sten Kristan-Saluveer, who will be curating a series of articles on these topics and heading a unique team of the leading young specialists in AV innovation throughout Europe for FNE.
The series is interactive and we encourage you to pose questions to our team as well as share with us your own projects in the AV innovation field. We will also be organising a series of events in different locations across CEE to bring innovators, AV professionals and investors together.
The Film New Europe Association is main networking platform of professionals in the Central and Eastern Europe and Baltic region. The FNE Association board is made up of the heads of the most important film institutions in the region.
The webportal Film New Europe (FNE) with its FNE Daily newswire was chosen as the main tool to achieve the network's objectives: FNE is the sharing of know how, visibility of regional cultural diversity and finally the voice of the region. FNE is also a pan-European connection for the region and has partnerships and activities with the main pan-European film institutions based in Western Europe.
PRAGUE: The FAMU in Prague plans to introduce a new department specialised in video games design, as the Czech Republic is today one of the major video games developers.
PARIS: Immersify, a European R&D consortium made up of the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center (PSNC, Poland), Spin Digital Video Technologies GmbH (Germany), le Marché du Film – Festival de Cannes (France), the Visualization Center C (Sweden) and Ars Electronica Futurelab (Austria), runs in Paris until March 2020. The project is supported by the EU's Horizon 2020 programme.
TALLINN: Storytek, a mentor-driven accelerator fully focused on the audiovisual sector and designed for companies engaged in digital entertainment formats, intellectual property and technology development, VR/AR, e-sports, data and algorithm development, is welcoming applications until 9 February 2017. The 10 week intensive, tailor-made boot camp starts in Tallinn on 17 March 2018.
Kay Meseberg heads the ARTE unit dedicated to upcoming technologies. FNE invited him to tell us about the role innovative new technologies will play in the future.
BUCHAREST: The overwhelming majority of members of the Europa Cinemas network consider lack of finances as the biggest barrier to innovation, according to the survey The New Approaches to Audience Building – A Survey of Innovation in the Europa Cinemas Network, commissioned by Europa Cinemas and issued at the 20th EC Network Conference in Bucharest (24-26 November 2017).
FNE and Europa Distribution are launching a new chapter in our Distributor of the Month section. In the coming months we will talk with European distributors about their line-up, their best marketing campaigns developed for different windows and what advice they would give to a new distributor.
FNE has teamed up to Regiofund backed by CEI (Central European Initiative) to bring film professionals from across the region to two days of events in Katowice Poland on 5 and 6 October.
VENICE: FNE spoke to Lithuanian director Andrius Lekavicius about why he chose VR for his new project Bloody Sunday / Kruvinasis Sekmadienis about the bloodshed around the TV Tower in January 1991. This year virtual reality even had its own island in the Venice laguna.
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Sten-Kristian Saluveer was the organiser of the 2016 edition of the European Film Forum conference in partnership with the European Commission in Tallinn within the frames of the Black Nights Industry Days. The event focused on innovation, new technology and the digital single market initiative and other key topics for Europe's audiovisual industries. Saluveer is an Estonian film and audiovisual media producer, festival manager & programmer, consultant, and film researcher focusing on East-Asian film industries, specifically Japan and South-Korea. He graduated from Concordia International University in Electronic Media and has followed up in Culture Management(Estonian Music Academy) and Japanese Studies (Department of Asian Studies, Tallinn University). Most recently he holds a Master's Degree from University of Tokyo (Japan) with an awarded thesis on film industry development and international co-productions in Hong Kong, Japan,and South Korea.
Jorik Jakubisko is one of the leading European experts in transmedia problematics. He is co-owner of the Prague based Transmedialist which will publish the comic book Bouquet at November (CZ+SK). It is first pillar for transmedia project Czech Grimm.PhD He is student at FSV UK (Faculty of Social Sciences at Charles University - Institute of Communication Studies and Journalism) and he writting his doctorate dissertation on Transmedia in context of single European digital market . He also works as a creative partner in Jakubisko Film in Prague together with his mother and father Deana and Juraj Jakubisko.
Agnes Salson graduated from the French cinema school La Fémis and Mikael Arnal, filmmaker, created the project "Tour d'Europe des cinémas", a journey across Europe visiting a hundred cinemas, seeking for innovative ideas and trends for independent cinema exhibition.
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No Cream {Vegan} Caramel Sauce
Sometimes it's all just too…too. The neighbor's dog barks too early. Traffic moves too slowly, inboxes grow too full, and there are way WAY too many choices for sofas available. Grab a jar of No Cream Vegan Caramel Sauce and a spoon, and let's deal.
I'm not sure at what point in history we transitioned from a sofa being a bench with cushions to a sofa being an endless maze of firmness and arm length and fabric to analyze and debate, but we have arrived at couch overload. After three, 15-hour days spent furniture shopping Labor Day sales, I'm confident that—at least when it comes to couches—we have too many options.
Last week, Ben and I moved from a 500-square-foot apartment to a full-sized home, and—minus a bed and a few college-era plastic drawers—that home is devoid of furniture. It's ideal for an open-floor dance party but not so ideal for activities such as eating, reading, or generally any enterprise best accomplished while sitting. Fortunately for us, No Cream Vegan Caramel Sauce tastes as heavenly eaten standing in front of an open refrigerator as it does seated at the finest of tables. Grab a spoon, open the lid, and dive right into this sweet nectar.
Making homemade caramel has to be one of my all-time favorite life activities. I love watching the sugar melt, the mixture bubble ferociously as I stir in the cream, and the transformation of color from a thin, pale gold to a deep, rich copper. Another all-time favorite activity of mine: pouring homemade caramel sauce over absolutely everything.
While I'm overwhelmed by furniture options at the moment, caramel (and dessert in general) is one area where I believe we deserve choices. Although I adore a butter-bursting, heavy cream-laced caramel sauce as much as the next sane individual, I also eat dessert after every meal, including lunch. I've found that keeping a few lighter dessert options around allows me to satisfy my sweet craving, while living a healthy lifestyle. I became intrigued by the idea of making a caramel sauce without heavy cream, and this No Cream Vegan Caramel Sauce is the result.
Whether you follow a vegan diet, are looking for lower-guilt dessert choices, or run into an emergency shortage of heavy cream, this No Cream Vegan Caramel Sauce will not disappoint. I made it using plant protein power-packed Silk Vanilla Soymilk, maple syrup, and vegan margarine. If you are not following a vegan diet, regular unsalted butter is a fine substitute.
The sauce comes together easily on the stove, and although it won't thicken quite as much as regular, full-fat caramel, it's still rich, decadent, and absolutely fabulous. Plus, you can enjoy the full benefit of feeling like a magical sugar wizard as the soymilk froths and bubbles.
Try Vegan Caramel Sauce drizzled on ice cream, dunked with apple slices, poured over waffles, or eaten directly from the jar. After all, this healthy-living dessert is all about options!
Personally, I'll be eating my Vegan Caramel Sauce while cozied up to one of our many (still) unpacked moving boxes on our empty living room floor, for the next eight weeks. Our sofa—chosen in a moment of desperation as the furniture store was closing—isn't due to be delivered until Thanksgiving.
Standing, caramel-eating dance party anyone?
Once again, thank you all so much for your kind moving wishes! We still don't have internet (*sigh*), so please be patient with me, as I will be slow to respond to comments and emails. In a few weeks once things are unpacked, I plan to share photos of our (still empty) abode, along with the wild story behind our move and first home purchase too. Stay tuned!
Vegan Caramel Sauce
- 3/4 cup vanilla soymilk — or regular soymilk (do not use light)
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup pure maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch — or arrowroot flour
- 1 tablespoon water
- 2 tablespoons dairy-free soy margarine — such as Earth Balance
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/8 teaspoon kosher salt
In a medium saucepan, combine the soymilk, sugar and maple syrup over medium heat. Cook for 5 minutes, whisking often. In a small bowl, whisk together the cornstarch and water, then add to the saucepan. Cook caramel an additional 5 minutes. The mixture will bubble, foam, and thicken somewhat. Remove from heat and whisk in the soy margarine, vanilla extract, and kosher salt. Transfer to a heat-proof container and leave the lid ajar until the caramel comes to room temperature. The caramel will continue to thicken as it cools.
Recipe Notes
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More healthy-living dessert deliciousness:
- Whole Wheat Walnut Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Banana Blueberry Crumb Bars
- Hazelnut Latte Chocolate Meringue Cookies
- Mini Lemon Greek Yogurt Cheesecakes with Gingersnap Crust
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Homemade caramel sauce is definitely the best, but VEGAN too?! I'm sold! I can't believe this awesome-looking sauce is healthy! But I'm definitely not gonna complain—just hand me the jar and a spoon and I'm good. :D
I love how the house smells of caramel when making a homemade sauce. It even beats a caramel candle because you get to actually eat it.
The house will be full before you know it and you have this heavenly caramel sauce to make the time pass quickly!
Wow, this is super impressive. I'm always terrified of having epic caramel fails, but it's so cool that you find it relaxing! And even cooler that you have dessert after each meal. With caramel like this, how could you not?
Vegan caramel? Made with only natural sugars?! This is detox friendly! Yay!
Love love this! I was actually going to make caramel this weekend and I realized I had no heavy cream..womp womp. This recipe would've been perfect!! Can't wait to read about/see your new home!
I couldn't imagine any other way to enjoy caramel!
so excited to see your new home…and this vegan sauce sounds pretty good esp my boyfriend who is majorly obsessed with everything caramel.
Love homemade caramel sauce. I must make this.
It's interesting to read about someone wanting dessert after lunch as well as dinner. I've actually gotten to a point where I don't like a lot of sugar and am only tempted to eat desserts when I'm on a cruise ship and they are very difficult to escape from. When I eat them, it's an old habit coming out, not a craving (sounds weird, but it's true – it's old childhood issues coming back to haunt). That said, this recipe sounds very good. Definitely worth keeping for the day I might need it… :-)
Mmmmm I love homemade caramel sauce! I do a vegan caramel sauce using coconut milk, brown sugar and maple syrup. Our caramel sauces should have a play date!
Sounds lovely! And I understand your no couch until Thanksgiving issue. Though I didn't know my bed would be delayed 3 months. I disassembled my old bed, and the delivery company called to say they only had delivery for half of a bed and is that correct? *#&%^@% NO! It's not correct!! 4 months after ordering the first bed we canceled the order and went to a different store. 2 days later I had the best sleep. Keep your chins up!
I love that you advocate eating this directly from the jar! My one attempt at making caramel wasn't very successful, so I think it's about time I tried again. Thanks for the reminder!
I am lactose intolerant – so this caramel sauce is PUUURFECT!!!
Good luck unpacking lady! GAH – that furniture store must be busy to not be able to deliver yalls sofa till Thanksgiving – guess it will be another something to be thankful for :)
Oh, this sounds absolutely wonderful. Definitely on the list for this weekend! Good luck with the sofa hunt – it's overwhelming! Looking forward to your move story and pictures of the new abode!
Yes, caramel sauce is the perfect fix to lots of little life struggles! Love that you made a vegan version. Looks delicious. I definitely want to lick that spoon!
I've tried to make caramel sauce a few times and failed miserably! I think I've been too emotionally tramatized to try again for a while, but this sounds awesome. I think we could all use a guilt-free container to eat with a spoon, especially coming back to reality after the 3 day weekend!
So many great ways to enjoy this caramel sauce, though straight from the jar sounds the best at this moment!
Too many choices is the very reason Squirrel and I got married on a beach. Deciding was just too hard. I feel you on the furniture front. We're in search of a bed, and so far I've come up with several likes. Again, why so many? Love this vegan caramel.
I adore making (and eating!) caramel… I can't wait to try this version so that I can eat it with a spoon without any guilt;-)
Congratulations on your new home. Furniture shopping is definitely fun and stressful all at the same time. This caramel sauce sounds like the perfect solution :D It looks so delicious
Did someone say dance floor parties?? With caramel sauce present? Yes!! I'm in!! Hope you find a couch soon. I'm a firm believer we have WAY too many choices in things and it hinders progress at some point lol!
I too, love pouring homemade caramel over everything, in fact, I just did it the other day! Loveeee this vegan version, a MUST try for me!
Girl, I don't think I could agree with you more…sometime things are just 'too'!!! Like this vegan caramel sauce… it is just 'too gorgeous' lol….but seriously, I need this!!
I'm running into an emergency cream shortage RIGHT NOW. So glad I found this! I can't wait to see your new place and your Labor Day shopping spoils. How exciting!
Vegan caramel sauce?! I didn't know such a thing existed/could exist – my lactose intolerant self is much indebted to you! Good luck with unpacking :)
I love the idea of a vegan caramel sauce! I already know I would like it since I'm a big fan of soy products.
Love love love this!! Bring this over right now please?
Can't wait to douse this healthy caramel sauce on absolutely everything!
Oh I would eat this with a spoon! It looks lovely!
I wonder how it'd do with coconut milk! Looks tasty and like a great alternative :)
This looks like genius! Will definitely be trying!
What a gorgeous caramel sauce!
Ugh I feel your pain about the furniture buying. We've lived in our house for 3.5 years and just put our "college couch" on the curb earlier this year!
And total genius making caramel sauce vegan, because we all know vegan = healthy, so pass a spoon :)
I want a giant spoonful of this. It looks amazing, and I can't believe it is vegan! Also furniture shopping…ugh. it is the worst. way too many options! My husband and I always joke about what will happen when we move out of a tiny apartment and have to furnish a whole house! Good luck my friend!!! Thank God for caramel sauce
Three days of furniture shopping? Wow, you do need some delicious comfort in the form of caramel! Would be amazing if there was one shop, with the one sofa you need. In the meantime, caramel will solve all problems!
Ah, the joys of moving. All good stuff though :) Soon enough, you'll be all settled in with furniture, boxes gone, and caramel in hand :)
Ahhh just hand me a spoon! Best of luck with unpacking and settling into your new home. What an exciting time! :)
Erin, this made a gorgeous silky caramel sauce!! After I made a run to get new maple syrup (as opposed to the moldy stuff i found in the tan jug from Costco thank you very much :( ), I swapped the white sugar out for Sugar in the Raw turbinado. The color is stunning, it really continued to thicken up as it cooled. I did skim 1/8″ of foam off after it cooled (right onto my tongue ;) ). And it's so easy!! Making the apple bars tomorrow. Thank you, missy! This one's a keeper!
Caramel sauce is the business. Couch trialing, not so much. Didn't even know just how hard it was to buy a couch until a few years ago…… kind of makes the 3 bears & their beds tale relatable. Boy, you gotta get a couch that does it all…… but how hard is it to find "the one"?
This is so genius! I can't wait to try it!!
Lauren at http://www.lakeshorelady.com
OOOOH! Just stumbled across this, going to try this with almond milk and Natvia! Can't wait! Now, just to make some dairy- and sugar-free ice cream and some coconut flour waffles to go with it…
I made caramel sauce with coconut milk, coconut sugar, and maple syrup and it was sooo good!
Could you recommend any replacement for maple syrup? I can't find it where I live :( Its cool that i found this blog since I'm also a law student's wife and, he happens to be vegetarian so, he would appreciate a vegan caramel sauce.
Over a year too late, but golden syrup might work.
Could I use oil instead of butter or margarine?
So excited to try this recipe! My niece is vegan and always seems to be left out of all the Christmas goodies at our family gatherings. One question…can I use brown sugar instead of white sugar in this recipe? My usual recipe calls for brown sugar.
Hi Lynn, I'm so happy that you found this recipe (and happy for your niece too :) ). I've never tried the recipe with brown sugar, so to be safe, I'd recommend using white. The white will caramelize as the caramel cooks, so you'll still have a nice flavor. If you want to use brown, feel free to experiment—I've just never done it that way, so I can't vouch for the results.
Uh oh…screwed it up I assume because I used a coconut milk creamer that is actually FAT FREE! Who knew? (Guess I should have paid more attention) Anyway, it tastes yummy, but isn't thickening. I will make one last trip to the store for soy milk and try again. At least it is not a really time-consuming endeavor, thankfully!


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|Formal Herb Garden (Photo from St Louis Mag, by JJ Lane)
Plant movement - change placement
Plant facts will say these herbs need full sun: Basil, Borage, Caraway, Catnip, Cilantro/coriander, Dill, Fennel, Lavender, Mustard, Oregano, Rosemary, Sage, Summer Savory, Tarragon, and thyme.
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These herbs need partial sun: Beebalm (bergamot), chamomile, chervil, chives, echinacea, garlic, lemon balm, lemon verbena, marjoram, mint, Parsley. That said, Beebalm grows just fine for me in part shade. And I've been successful with echinacea and garlic in full sun.
Sometimes plants do not thrive because they are not getting enough light or the wrong amount of water. Assuming that you can fix the water situation - a little tweak to placement may make a big change in plant health. You may consider moving the containers or moving the plants. I do not suggest moving a plant more than twice a year.
Fertilizing An outside (in the ground) herb garden may not need much fertilizer depending on your soil. However but herbs grown in containers will require a bit of extra care which is typical with container gardening. Container grown plants continuously use up nutrients and need a time-release organic fertilizer or a liquid fertilizer.
Please consider - don't over-fertilize herbs. Too big of plants means more work for you pruning, harvesting, preserving. It may force them to flower sooner. And it may make dilute the flavor if the plants get too straggly. Avoid fertilizing late in the growing season.
Please consider - don't over-fertilize herbs. Too big of plants means more work for you pruning, harvesting, preserving. It may force them to flower sooner. And it may make dilute the flavor if the plants get too straggly. Avoid fertilizing late in the growing season.
|Everyone loves Parsley
Herb plants can be used as part of an integrated pest management program. The smell and oils from herbs can deter to garden insect pests. However, that doesn't mean that your herb plants will be pest free themselves! As you work around the garden keep an eye out for pest problems on your herb plants. Many insects like Aphids, leaf miners and spider mites will feed on the plants. You may not see the bug but you will see the result of their munching - that is leaf spotting or stippling marks or leaf curling damage. If you see signs of inset pests you can spraying the infected plant with insecticidal soap (or your own soap mixture). You need to make sure to get all sides of the leaves and plan including underside and inside leaves/stems. Some pests, like caterpillars will become butterflies :)
Here is a listing of some common pests for popular herbs, treatment should be organic and appropriate for edible crops:
- Basil: Aphids and slugs love basil. Treat with chemical sprays. Reduce moisture and have good air circulation to reduce fungus.
- Chives: Sometimes gets aphids which can be hosed off.
- Cilantro: May be powdery mildew which is treated with fungicides
- Marjoram: Aphids, spider mites are common. Treat with insecticidal soap. Prevent fungal problems with good air circulation and water so that leaves dry by evening.
- Oregano: Aphids, leaf-miners and spider mites are common on plants grown in containers. Treat with pesticide.
- Parsley: Watch out for caterpillars and fungal disease. Remove infected leaves and apply fungicides early.
- Rosemary: Whitefly and spider mites are treated with organic pest controls. Control water conditions to reduce botrytis rot. Remove rotting plants.
- Sage: Slugs and spider mites can be controlled with diatomaceous earth. Other issues include powdery mildew and verticillium wilt. Sage needs good drainage and air circulation.
- Tarragon: Powdery mildew and downy mildew may attack tarragon. Reduce this with good air circulation and watering so that it to dries by evening.
- Thyme: Spider mites and aphids like thyme especially the underside of leaves (and they are small and hard to spot) I see the leaf damage. Knock pests off with a heavy blast of water or use insecticidal soap.
|Post pruning lavender - From LongCreekHerbs.com
For all type of herbs - continually inspect and remove yellowing leaves and those damaged by pests. Then determine what type of herb you have because that will determine how you should prune to maintain your plant. (Pruning is different from harvesting. Pruning is cutting back to maintain the plant.) There is a good article on lavender and sage here.
- Perennial Herbaceous Herbs (that's funny to type!): these die back to the ground in winter. No pruning necessary just chop it to the ground when when harvesting or to get rid of the flowers. They can be decimated several times a year to reduce old and dead branches. This includes Bee Balm, Chives, Oregano, Sweet Fennel, Winter Savory, Tarragon, and (the evil) Mint. Maybe an all Herbaceous culinary Herb garden would be a good idea. Except for the mint. Keep it out of the garden and in a well confined area, like a pot suspended in mid air. This plant is invasive and should NEVER be planted in your garden.
- Perennial Evergreen Herb Plants: these stay green year round. Examples are Rosemary, Thyme and Sage. They only require pruning at once a year. In early spring, cut back old branches without signs of new growth. Also trim out branches to increase airflow (avoid lots of crisscrossed branches.) Don't let the branches get too tall and woody - they won't produce the leaves you are after. If you can remove old in favor of shorter and leafier branches that's a good move. This will revitalize your herb plant. Prune only about one third of the foliage at a time. Always cut to a point that still has growth showing.
- Annual Herbs (depends on your location): These plants last only for one season and then must be replanted the next year. Some annuals (in my cold climate garden) include Basil, Chervil, Cilantro and Dill. These plants will "go to seed" each year before it dies.Once an annual starts to make flowers it is difficult to make get it to produce of leaves. If flowers/seeds are present, all the energy goes into seed production. Also when an herb begins to flower the leaves can yellow or become change in flavor. So by pinching out the growing tips of herbs such as basil (Ocimum), the plant bushes out. You may need to prune or harvest regularly to keep the plant growing leaves instead of flowers. See my blog post on preserving your fresh herbs.
Weeding Your Herb Garden It almost goes without saying - but I wrote it anyway. Yes, weeding the herb garden is a must, if only to make harvesting easier! You can take down weeding needs through application of straw, leaf clippings or mulch.
Preparing for winter, aka Winterizing your herb garden
In a cold climate garden some extra steps are helpful to put the herb garden to sleep for the winter. Herbs can have shallow roots that are easily damage by the freeze/ thaw cycle. Mulching in protects and keep herbs safer from the cold. After the ground is frozen, spread a loose mulch up to four-inches deep. Avoid material that will pack down and get mushy during the winter months - like grass clippings or shredded leaves. This gets too much moisture and may cause herb plants to rot. If it gets too compacted, herbs will have difficulty growing up in spring. Remove the mulch after there are seen signs of new growth in spring.
Happy Day
Teresa Marie
PS BTW the St Louis Botanic Garden and Chicago Botanic Garden have really awesome herb gardens


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Android new App 1.83
Here is the description.
Protect yourself from threats with Norton Core Secure Wifi Router. With this Release, you'll find:
A fortified account renewal experience.
Less Persistent Notifications.
General Improvements.
I copied this from Google Play. What it means, I'm sorry, but I don't know yet.
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Things "under the hood" were improved. No visual changes that I can see at this point.
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I'm don't understand I first bought norton for my HP and that is the most hacked device I have so the dont even protect that I have 5 license s and 5 devices only 2 are covered wth I also have life lock and H P smart friends maybe I should get macfee
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Are you using the Norton Core Router? If not, which Norton Security product are you using so we can move your question to the correct forum board.
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Jax (Sons of Anarchy) Giclee Print
For all the Sons of Anarchy fans- this original "Jax" pastel drawing by Michael Corr is now available as an 7 x 10" Giclee Fine Art Print.
Each print is made using archival quality inks and heavyweight 230gsm Matt Fine Art Paper. The print size is 7 x 10" and comes with a small white border, and is wrapped in protective cellophane, ready for framing.
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I was asked the other week how to load balance the UM role, I am going to use this post to provide some simple advice to get you started.
In short, add multiple UM role servers to each Dial Plan you wish to make more resilient to application or operating system failure.
Depending on your IP Gateway you should be able to round robin or balance the load between UM servers. To remove a server temporarily you could use:
set-umserver -identity e14um01 -status nonewcalls
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BMW Group Classic has revealed a fully restored 507 roadster that once belonged to the King of Rock'n'Roll - Elvis Presley.
The restoration follows one of the most spectacular classic-car discoveries of recent times. The 1957, BMW 507 was driven by Elvis - already famous at the time - whilst he was carrying out military service in Germany. After Presley finished his military service in 1960, the car seemingly vanished for nearly 50 years and was believed to have been lost. In fact, there was not even certainty about the chassis number of the car driven by the "King". There were also doubts about whether Elvis Presley had ever transported the car back to the USA after he finished his military service, and nobody knew anything about the subsequent ownership of the car.
But the puzzles has now been solved thanks to the experts at the BMW Group Classic Archives and American journalist Jackie Jouret, who works for "Bimmer" magazine in California. In 2006, she was already searching through contemporary reports for Elvis' BMW 507 and relevant literature, delving into the history of this model. During the course of her work, she uncovered an essential detail - various sources confirmed the BMW 507 delivered to Elvis in Germany was not a brand new car but had previously been used by racing driver Hans Stuck.
Between May and August 1958, the racing driver known as the "Hillclimb Champion" won a number of competitions in Germany, Austria and Switzerland – in a white BMW 507 with chassis number 70079 and registration plate M–JX 800. It is also a known fact, verified by photographs, that this roadster rolled off the assembly line on 13 September 1957. A few days later, it was exhibited at the Frankfurt International Motor Show and repeatedly used for test drives by the press.
This vehicle had been carefully serviced at BMW, the engine had been upgraded and a new gearbox fitted when it ended up with a dealer in Frankfurt in the autumn of 1958. The young US soldier Presley was 23 at the time when he came along and took it out for a spin, was immediately impressed, and decided to buy the car. Photos taken at the time show that export licence plates had already been fitted and later on it was given a registration from the US military. This was part of the reason why subsequent identification of the vehicle proved to be so complicated.
BMW's Group Classic Archives were only absolutely certain about its provenance when they came across the insurance proposal from December 1958 which contained the chassis number 70079 alongside registration of the keeper of the vehicle as Elvis Aaron Presley.
Elvis used the BMW 507 to drive between his home in Bad Nauheim and the US Army Base in Friedberg. His female fans always kept a close eye on him and he was often mobbed by them, and the paintwork of the roadster was frequently daubed with messages of love painted in lipstick. These signs of adoration were by no means unusual for a rock star but they were an embarrassment to Presley as a young US soldier. A new livery in Red for the vehicle solved the problem.
In March 1960, Elvis Presley ended his military service in Germany and took the car back to America. A few months later he traded in chassis number 70079 at a Chrysler dealer in New York. The dealer in turn sold the car for the ridiculously low price from today's perspective of $4,500 dollars to radio moderator Tommy Charles, who duly fitted a Chevrolet engine in it and began racing. This took up so much space that parts of the front frame carrier had to be cut out. The gearbox and the rear axle, and the instruments in the cockpit were replaced. Charles won a race in Daytona Beach/Florida with the radically modified roadster and he lined up on the starting grid in several more competitions before selling the vehicle in 1963.
Two more changes of ownership followed and the BMW 507 then went to California and was purchased by space engineer and passionate classic car collector Jack Castor. Castor put together a comprehensive dossier on his BMW 507 and happened to see the article in "Bimmer" magazine. Castor wrote to the author, told her he was aware that a previous owner was "hillclimb champion" Hans Stuck, but up to then he had only been able to speculate about a potential connection with Elvis.
However, Jouret was absolutely certain and accompanied Castor to a pumpkins warehouse where the car was stored alongside other decaying vehicles. "Jack had tied down its engine bonnet with ropes," recalled the journalist when she looked back on the moment of discovery. "It took some time until we actually got the engine compartment open and identified the stamped chassis number: 70079, the Holy Grail among BMW numbers."
Castor had already collected a number of parts for the planned restoration, what he lacked was an appropriate engine and the necessary time to see the project through. Jouret set up the contact with BMW Group Classic and after several years and a number of discussions, an agreement was reached. Alongside the purchase of the vehicle by BMW Group Classic, it also included the authentic restoration of the car along the lines envisaged by Castor.
The condition of the two-seater really was a cause for concern. Although the original body parts and other components were virtually all present and intact, the roadster had of course lost its engine and gearbox. The rear axle was a 'replacement part' of unknown origin, rust was eating away the floor assembly, the seats were worn and there was no instrument panel. In the spring of 2014, the 507 was shipped to Germany in a container, together with the spare parts.
As was usual for projects of this nature, phase one was primarily destructive - the vehicle was completely dismantled. Initially, the aluminium body was separated from the floor assembly made of sheet steel. This was the only way of retaining as much of the original material as possible. The paint was then removed from the floor assembly in an acid bath and from the body in an alkaline bath. Any remnants of the interior that remained were set aside.
A lot of components had to be remanufactured from scratch because the stocks of original parts are limited, even at BMW. Traditional craftsmanship in the style of the 1950s was joined by high-tech production procedures of the modern world. The instrument panel was newly cast on the basis of the original. The leather upholstery was created to precisely match the pattern shown in old photographs and catalogues. When the seats were reconstructed, it proved possible to use the original steel subframe for the seats after all the rust had carefully been removed. Window winders and door handles were remanufactured in an advanced, modern 3D printing process based on the original dimensions.
The engine for Elvis' 507 was completely rebuilt from spare parts. The 3.2 litre V8 engine was reconditioned and rebuilt to original specifications, but it was not given an engine number on account of the unavoidable but otherwise unusual use of old and new components. The front frame carrier, which had been cut down at an early stage, also had to be reproduced in its original geometry and integrated in the floor assembly. The wooden nailing strip for fixing the soft top in place was also reproduced using materials and processing methods in keeping with the 1950s.
Maximum authenticity was also the objective in painting the vehicle. The car is now finished once more in Feather White. The primer coat, the filler and the top coat were applied in a procedure that corresponds to the technology in use some 60 years ago. This enabled the excessive 'colour brilliance' to be avoided which is considered desirable nowadays but is inappropriate for classic cars.
The use of true-to-original parts and production procedures corresponds precisely to the conditions defined by Jack Castor. He wanted to restore the roadster to the original condition, however, his aspiration to be able to see the BMW 507 through the eyes of the "King" remained unfulfilled. Jack Castor passed away at the age of 77 in November 2014.
BMW says it will therefore remember him at Pebble Beach, where the fully restored classic will be exhibited on 21 August 2016 at the Concours d'Elegance. Visitors to the classic car show will see the 507 exactly as it was when soldier Elvis Presley took delivery of the car on 20 December 1958: in Feather White, the 150 hp V8 aluminium engine under the bonnet, centre-lock rims, black-and-white interior and a Becker Mexico radio.


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Layout news -
The clubs OO layout Coppell is now stored after having all its point motors replaced on the scenic boards, as well as some modifications to some of the older fiddle yard ones to improve their reliability.
The new HO Swiss layout has had its entire standard gauge track laid and the under board wiring installed, and is now undergoing test running/de-bugging prior to the scenic work starting. Fitting of the meter gauge track bed is on-going. All being well the layout should make its first appearance at our show in October.
Congratulations to Mark and Claire, who got married today. All the best for the future from all at FMRC, Mr & Mrs Reynolds!
The model engineering section have completed the re-instatement of the 3.5 inch track, and the park track has now re-opened for the season.
The FMRC Facebook page has been re-launched with new photos and news updates on the new HO Swiss layout. See Links on the left.
After far too long a wait, the first signs of a replacement for the clubs HO Swiss outline layout Oberfriedhof have arrived at the clubrooms, a large pile of pre-cut plywood. It's a Swiss jigsaw!
The model engineering section has begun the restoration of the 3.5 inch gauge to the park track after a number of years out of use.
The Mayor of Barrow formally opening the newly extended park running track with various FMRC members as passengers. He didn't get to drive Furness though!
Stop Press - The newly extended park track will be officially opened by the Mayor on Easter Sunday the 24th of April at 1.30 pm. Fingers crossed for a nice day!
The ME section have now moved into there new home in the park compound. The extension is progressing well and is planned to open at Easter 2011, watch this space! At Dundee St the workbenches are wired in and in use. The library will hopefully move in next week.
Progress is made, our new (to us) workbenches in position in the new clubrooms. Still to be levelled and wired in though!
Also the arrival of the first bits of model railway. Coppell has arrived in its new home. What do you mean you can't see any railway!
In the park the new hut has been erected and is in the process of 'fitting out' by the model engineering section.
Yes, its true, the FMRC finally has a new home. After 25 years at Cemetery Lodge (during the last five of which we've been referring to it as the ''fungus factory''!), we are moving to the top floor of No1 Dundee Street, Barrow Island. We are currently cleaning and decorating our new home before we move our meager belongings across town! The model engineering section are still meeting at Cemetery Lodge on Fridays until the workshop in the park is completed.


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Brent Nichols has posted my story The End on his Fantastic Adventures blog. You can read it here.
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Nomads, so the scholars of Teleleli say, are those barbarians who have domesticated animals but no agriculture, and thus must wander from place to place, since their herds quickly eat all the grass in a given area.
Among those nomads who ride animals, rather than walking or using chariots or wagons, women will often suffer miscarriages and other maladies of the womb. For this reason, such nomads are often unable to replace their dead through natural increase. Thus they will often be most eager to have new members join their number.This may lead to customs of the highest virtue – such as welcoming any refugee or exile who comes among them – or the lowest vice – such as raiding strangers that they may steal their infants and raise them as their own.
My thanks to Magister Noisms for his research on this subject.
Tekumel needs Conan and Princess Leia
People who follow role-playing blogs, particularly those concerned with old versions of D&D, are likely to have heard of Tekumel. M.A.R. Barker's fantasy world is as lovingly detailed as that of Tolkien or any of his successors, but has a very different inspiration, being a combination of 'pulp' fantasy and science fiction and various non-European civilisations.
There have been four official role-playing games set in the world, and none of them have proved successful. Several people have wondered why the setting isn't more popular. Here's my take on it.
Empire of the Petal Throne, the first Tekumel game (and either the second or third RPG ever, depending on when you count Tunnels & Trolls as being first published), assumes that the player characters are 'barbarians', just arrived in the great city of Jakalla.
When I first read this I assumed that the characters were supposed to be from a 'normal' D&D-like setting, and that the characters would discover Jakalla along with the players.
In fact it turns out that the player characters are supposed to come from places with roughly the same culture as Jakalla (although the details are different enough that the game gives percentage chances of accidentally committing a crime simply by wandering around).
Not only that, but the fandom of the game, if not the rules themselves, seem to assume that you will 'really role-play'. That is, your character 'has to' approve of slavery, human sacrifice and impaling people for minor crimes.
No one seems to put it this way, but in D&D terms the big cosmic conflict in Tekumel is between Lawful Evil and Chaotic Evil – and even then the conflict is something of a trick, since the gods are specifically stated to be aliens masquerading as gods.
There doesn't seem to be any place for someone who either truly comes from outside the society, or who was born into it but rejects its values. And this, to me, seems quite different to the source fiction.
So, in conclusion, Tekumel would be better if it had good guys.
Heroic Adventure Boots
Marvel Comics (or maybe just one artist there?) seems to have liked this strange style of boots where the top folds over.
Is this a real style, or something that only existed in the comics? It doesn't seem like you'd be able to get them on, unless the bit that folded over was stretchy.
EDIT: And the mystery is solved! See the comments for the answer.
Everything Jack Chick knows about black people is wrong
I recently found a Jack Chick pamphlet, It's A Deal, while on my way to role-playing. For those that don't know them, they're little comics that promote Christian fundamentalism. Among fantasy fans he's best known for Dark Dungeons, which is about how Dungeons & Dragons is a tool for recruitment into Satanism.
It's A Deal turned out to be intended specifically at black people, so I'm not in the group that it's aimed at. However I'm not sure the group that it's intended for exists outside of Jack Chick's mind.
First of all, even the fact that I found it is strange. There are hardly any African-Americans in Australia. There's a small number of Aboriginals, and a small number of people from East Africa who largely came here as refugees, but in both cases the culture is completely separate to that of black Americans.
It doesn't feel like the author got their ideas about black people's lives from personal experience. The main character sells his soul to become a promiscuous basketball star, and there's a drive-by shooting by a guy called 'Ice Man'.
Also, I don't know whether I'm reading too much into this, but the good son is named James and speaks in 'standard' English, while the bad son is named Denzel, wears cornrows, and speaks in a much more colloquial way.
Anyway the moral of the story is quite strange. Denzel believes that he's sold his soul to the devil, but his father tells him that those deals have no validity, and that he can still be saved, which in the end he is.
"Warning: any deal with the devil is phony" it concludes.
Does Jack Chick think that there are lots of black people who made deals with the devil, and don't get saved because they believe themselves to be damned? Is this even a stereotype among Christian fundamentalists?
Or am I thinking about this way more than anyone involved in making it did?


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Haryana government jobs: Age limit raised, check details
The Haryana government has raised the upper age limit of entry into government service from 40 to 42 years, an official spokesperson said today. He said that all the departments have been conveyed to incorporate the provisions relating to raising the upper age limit for entry into the government service in their service rules, at their own level.
The departments will not have to obtain the approval of council of ministers, general administration, Finance Department and Haryana Public Service Commission or Haryana Staff Selection Commission as per the decision taken by the council of ministers in its meeting held on May 30 this year.
The spokesperson said that a circular to this effect has been addressed to all administrative secretaries, heads of departments, commissioners of Ambala, Hisar, Rohtak and Gurgaon divisions, all chief administrators and managing directors of all boards, corporations and public sector undertakings, deputy commissioners, sub-divisional officers (Civil) and registrars of all the universities by the chief secretary.


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Families United Against Hate
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individuals and organizations. FUAH provides support,
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communities dealing with incidents based on bias; and to the
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Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying Work Group
The Washington State Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Office of the Education Ombudsman are called on by The Washington State Legislature to convene a Work Group on school bullying and harassment prevention to develop, recommend, and implement strategies to improve school climate and create respectful learning environments in all public schools in Washington. I'm a member of this Work Group.
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Friends Ugandan Safe Transport Fund ~ Regarding Uganda's Passage of A Law Targeting Its LGBTQ Population (Minute approved on April 13, 2014). I am a manager of this project of Olympia Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).
Olympia Unity in the Community ~ I am a member of, and do the website for, this coalition dedicated to organizing positive and pro-diversity educational events and appropriate community responses to the growing presence of hate groups in the Olympia area. Unity seeks to build working relationships with a broad range of ethnic and cultural organizations, faith groups, progressive organizations, government entities and individuals who support diversity as an essential basis for a strong community.
PFLAG-Olympia ~ Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) is a family-based organization that promotes the health, well-being and civil rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons, their families and friends through: support to cope with an adverse society, education to enlighten an ill-informed public, and advocacy to end discrimination and to secure equal civil rights. PFLAG provides opportunity for dialogue about sexual orientation and gender identity, and acts to create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity. I do the website and newsletter with Alec, I was on the chapter's Board for many years, stepping down atl the end of 2012.
|SAGE-Olympia ~ a Net affiliate of SAGE (Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders) USA, the premier GLBT elder care organization which is based in New York. The SAGE Olympia mission is to promote the wellness of GLBT elders in the Thurston County area with a range of referrals, services and other activities. I do web design with Alec.
|Youth Guardian Services (YGS) ~ a wonderful youth-run organization that provides support services on the Internet to gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, questioning, and straight supportive youth. I'm honored to be on their board of directors, and now I'm the board chairperson. The YGS YOUTH Email Lists exist to establish an outlet for youth to talk with each other about anything in a safe internet space. The five YGS discussion and support lists are: YOUTH13-17, YOUTH17-21, YOUTH21-25, the STR8 List (25 years old or younger who have friends or family members who are GLBTQ), and the LivingColor List (for GLBTQ persons between the ages of 13 and 25 who are affected by eating disorders and/or eating issues). The age policy is strictly enforced, and the lists are managed by peer List Managers. No grown-ups allowed!
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Why Cricket Is A lot more Common Than Any Other Sports.
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***Yet another Walter Hill movie that passed me by. All I knew was that it starred Wesley 'always bet on black' Snipes and Ving Rhames, and it was set inside a prison. That was enough to get me drooling.
Alright, so it isn't exactly the greatest film ever made, and the acting is a little stiff at times but it's still a fun romp. Like the good old Van Damme flicks of the 90's, there's plenty of action and plenty of fist pumping scenes to make it entertaining. Snipes is the best thing in this although Rhames is great too, Faulk is terrible though (God rest his soul), his accent made me laugh constantly.I never imagined Hill making a movie like this but I would definitely like to see more, they are fun.
I've also heard that there are a few sequels to this too, some saying that they totally outclass this one. I'm definitely organising an Undisputed marathon screening very soon, my eyes need more prison boxing movies. They remind me of Lock-Up with Stallone!


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eating the rainbow: white
WHEN ESTABLISHING the "rules" by which I would eat the rainbow one colour at a time I came upon a sticking point. There are many basic compounds of a dish that are white; garlic, onion and flour, to name but a few. Yes it is possible to create delicious foods without these ingredients – as … Continue reading
eating the rainbow, one colour at a time…
AS A CHILD my mother instilled in me the need to add colour to every meal. At dinner time a sprig of parsley or dill (mine was a Polish household) would be added to my plate with a flourish, accompanied by the declaration "That's better, now we have colour on our plates!". This notion of … Continue reading
travel bite: the food of Burma
APPARENTLY Burmese food has a bad rep. I was told of this by the Lonely Planet. However overall both mine and others' personal experiences were of the opposite persuasion. (Bar the 'cheeseburger' that was all artificial cheese slice but no burger. But then again why should the Burmese know how to make burgers when their … Continue reading
best of the rest: Vietnam
SPEEDING between coffee plantations, lime coloured butterflies energetically swarm. Cicadas throb; silk worms noisily munch upon their mulberry leaves. The Virgin Flower's fern-like arms fold down, fronds pulled in tight upon a foreign body's touch. Along a raised ledge of grasshopper-green rice paddies, tops twinkling yellow, a woman in shocking pink walks. Floating villages, local markets. Gushing waterfalls, … Continue reading
on my plate: green things…
GREEN things. They seem to be cropping up on my plate a lot these days. Hot, cold; smooth, crunchy. Savoury and sweet. First up, there's a Pea, Lemon and Mint Soup, offering a subtle blend of flavours. I preferred it cold, though beware not to add the parmesan until thoroughly chilled if choosing this option, as otherwise you … Continue reading


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When it's so damn hot outside, light and fresh is the order of the day, and my favorite summertime dish (second to a tomato sandwich) is a chilled soup. The other day, The Glass Onion in West Ashley featured a creamy and cool corn soup, topped with a couple chunks of avocado and a drizzle of oil. And it was perfectly filling — not too light but not too heavy.
The chilled cucumber soup at G&M/Fast & French is a regular favorite that appears in the warmer months. Heavy on the dill and yogurt, the soup comes in a deep bowl and is perfectly paired with a crusty baguette and French cheese. Or you can keep it really light and get some fruit on the side. I prefer the cheese — and the wine.
In addition to their massively satisfying Mediterranean Plate (baba ghanoush, hummus, tomatoes, cucumbers, couscous, pita, olives, pepperoncini), Papa Zuzu's has a stellar gazpacho that never fails to make me happy, particularly when it's the height of tomato season.
During the month of June, Ted's Butcherblock is featuring a chilled pea, mint, and ricotta soup. It's teeming with pea but has a nice minty zing and salty tang from the ricotta.
You can also count on Five Loaves to have a couple of chilled soups during the summer. They've been featuring a Southwestern cucumber and lime soup along with a breezy melon and yogurt blend.
Have you encountered any cold soups? Let us know, and we'll keep a running tally of where to score a cool, refreshing summertime lunch.


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"God is not pleased by blood -- and not acting reasonably is contrary to God's nature" is the essential statement in Emperor Manuel's verbal duel with his Persian interlocutor, which Pope Benedict quoted in his now famous Regensburg lecture last September. "Faith is born of the soul, not the body."
The world outlook based on this simple yet essential adage is light years away from the Verse of the Sword (9:5), the essential message of the Kuran. It is, in fact, so diametrically opposed to it that we may be forgiven for concluding that Muhammad's "inspiration" was indeed supranatural, but not divine.
The timeless Kuranic dictum to all faithful, to fight the rest of us infidels until we pay the poll tax (Jizya) with the trembling hand of abject submission, has a whiff of sulphur to it. It conclusively denies the possibility of "peace" (short of Islam's global triumph), or even of peaceful co-existence. "Kill the unbelievers wherever you find them" is an injunction both unambiguous and powerful.
Of course, Karen Armstrong, John Esposito et al. will reply with the verse "la ikraha fiddeen" ("no compulsion in religion"), but they will do so to deceive and misguide us. Verse 2:256 is not at all a proof that forced conversion is against Islam. Verse 2:256 does not leave non-Muslims free to make their religious choices unmolested and un-coerced, in accordance with their conscience and free will. As contemporary Islamic scholars explain, there is no compulsion in making the choice of whether you want to be a Muslim or not. Once that choice is made, however, your options are bleak -- death or submission -- if it is the wrong choice: "Faith and rejection, iman and kufr, cannot be forced upon one by others. So Islam does not say that others must be forced into Islam; that if they become Muslims, well and good, and if they do not, they are to be killed, that the choice is theirs." (In the same spirit, there was no compulsion to accept Communism under the 1936 Soviet constitution, but its insufficiently enthusiastic embrace meant death in the Gulag.)
The difference among Islamic scholars on 2:256 is that of degree, not kind. Some assert that it has been abrogated not only by 9:5 but also by 9:73 ("O Prophet, struggle with the unbelievers and hypocrites, and be thou harsh with them"). Other scholars -- more "tolerant" ones, we might say -- said 2:256 has not been abrogated, but it had a special application: it was revealed concerning the People of the Book (Jews & Christians), who should not be compelled to embrace Islam if they submit to the rule of Islam and pay the Jizya. It is only the idol worshippers who are compelled to embrace Islam and upon them 9:73 applies. As al-Nahas points out in An-Nasikh wal-Mansukh, "this is the opinion of Ibn 'Abbas which is the best opinion due to the authenticity of its chain of authority." In exempting the Jews and the Christians from 2:256, the ulema agree that pagans and atheists can and should be compelled to accept Islam by force.
The foremost Islamic scholar of all time, Ibn Khaldun, summed up the mainstream consensus -- the consensus that is valid to this day -- when he defined systemic violence as a religious duty based on the universalism of the Muslim mission and the obligation to convert all men to Islam either by persuasion or by force. He readily concedes that "Islam is under obligation to gain power over all nations."
The orthodox Islamic rationale for compulsion -- e.g. that given by Ibn al-'Arabi -- is worthy of dialectical materialism's somersaults; we find that "no compulsion" actually means compulsion, and that "freedom" is only the freedom to accept revealed truth:
The Prophet said: I have been ordered to fight against the people until they testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah. This Hadith is taken from the words of Allah, "Fight them on until there is no more tumult and religion becomes that of Allah" (2:193). If someone asks how can people be compelled in the truth when the mere fact of compelling indicates a violation of the will of the one compelled? -- the first answer is that Allah sent Mohammad calling people to Him, showing the way to the truth, enduring much harm . . . until the evidence of Allah's truth became manifest . . . and His apostle became strong, He ordered him to call people by the sword . . . hence there is no more an excuse after being warned. The second answer is that people first are taken and compelled, but when Islam becomes prevalent . . . their faith strengthens and finally becomes sincere.
Translated into the language of contemporary and equally mainstream Islamic discourse, with "reasonable" people there is no need for compulsion because "after all the clear proofs, the logical reasoning and the manifest miracles there is no need for force at all." But with those who persist in their obstinate refusal to be reasonable and convert (or submit), coercion is both legitimate and necessary. After all is said and done, the authorities at al-Azhar hold, jihad is "a divine obligation: the Muslim is always mindful that his religion is a Qur'an and a sword . . . the Muslim is forever a warrior."
It is therefore inevitable that imperialism is immanent to Islam, as Ephraim Karsch argues persuasively. The apologists assert that Muslims are called by the Kuran to strive for peace, but the "peace" is possible only under an all-pervasive Islamic rule. Such "peace" does not only have the negative meaning of the absence of war. It is a positive state of security, attainable once all infidels are killed, converted or subjugated.
Islam may use the rational form, but in substance it is implacable in the view that only Allah creates our acts and enables us to act, and we are but transmission belts with a preordained balance of debit or credit that determines our destiny in the hereafter. A Muslim's prayer is not "communication," and it is offered in the hope of placating a capricious and unpredictable Master. The Master, Allah, is so transcendent as to be devoid of personality.
As then-Cardinal Josef Ratzinger wrote back in 1979, "the unrelated, unrelatable, absolutely one, could not be a person. There is no such thing as a person in the categorical singular." In the end, Allah the unknowable and un-personable, is served out of fear, obedience, and hope of bountiful heavenly reward. Islam explicitly rejects the notion that "he who has my commandments and keeps them, he is it who loves me." (John, 14:21) The Kuran states the opposite: "Say, If ye love Allah, follow me; Allah will love you and forgive you your sins." (3:31) This "love" is a means of winning love and forgiveness. It is the "love" of the self, the very opposite of true love; pure sulphur yet again ...
In lieu of the sordid "interfaith dialogue," the lasting benefit of the Regensburg controversy is that it forced some of us to reconsider the claim that three "great monotheistic religions" share common roots and "believe in the same God." But do Christians believe in the same God that Muslims say they worship?
Of course we do not.
The formal argument first. It is clear and fairly simple. The Christian God of the Creed is trinitarian: the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all things seen and unseen; the Son, our Lord and Savior, eternally begotten of the Father; and the Holy Spirit, the giver of life. This is the orthodox faith, "which except a man shall have believed faithfully and firmly he cannot be in a state of salvation."
The doctrine of the Deity of Christ is essential. Unless the Son is truly God and "one with the Father," Christians would be idolaters. If He were but a prophet, Christians would be foolishly entrusting themselves to a created creature in the vain hope of salvation. Islam, on the other hand, violently and explicitly rejects and condemns the Christian doctrine of God (Kuran 4:171), the Trinity (5:37), and the deity of Christ (5:72, 5:17), and Allah unambiguously condemns Christians as disbelievers worthy of destruction (9:29-30). Muhammad's insistence that there is a heavenly proto-Scripture and that previous "books" are merely distorted and tainted copies sent to previous nations or communities means that these scriptures are the "barbarous Kuran" as opposed to the true, Arabic one. (Let's leave aside for a minute the puzzling question of how any degree of "distortion" of the Kuran could produce either an Old or a New Testament.) The Muslim Tradition also regards the non-canonical Gospel of Barnabas, and not the New Testament, as the one that Jesus taught. To cut the long story short, orthodox Islam teaches that it alone worships one true God that Judaism and Christianity tell lies about -- lies for which Christians and Jews will be punished in hell.
"One God" cannot be trinitarian and infinitely transcendent. Christians and Muslims cannot be both right. Their convergent paths do not lead to the same hilltop.
Unlike the Christian faith in God revealing Himself through Christ, the Koran is not a revelation of Allah -- a heretical concept in Islam -- but the direct revelation of his commandments and the communication of his law. Christian God "comes down" and seeks man because of His fatherly love. The Fall cast a shadow, the Incarnation makes reconciliation possible. Allah, by contrast, is unknowable and so purely transcendent that no "relationship" is possible. He reveals only his will, not himself. Allah is "everywhere," and therefore nowhere relevant to us. He is uninterested in making our acquaintance, let alone in being near to us because of love. We are still utterly unable to grasp his purposes and all we can do is what we have to do, to obey his command.
Allah's absolute transcendence means that he cannot be fathomed, only worshipped. It is by virtue of being infinite, not loving, that he is inseparable from his creation. His absolute sovereignty means that his "closeness" to man is not a two-way relationship; man's experience of Allah is impossible. Any such attempt would imply heretical encroachment on his absolute transcendence. Ultimately, Allah's absolute transcendence means that he is everything and nothing. He cannot be grasped by the human mind and is greater than we can comprehend. Every thought about him is insufficient and false.
This is emphatically not the "same God" we believe in. Judging by Islam's fruits through the ages, we'd be fully justified to conclude that "Allah" is His arch-enemy . . .
Srdja Trifkovic is the foreign-affairs editor of Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture and director of The Rockford Institute's Center for International Affairs.
Read the entire article on the Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture website (new window will open). Reprinted with permission of the author.


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Conservation at The North Carolina Botanical Garden
The North Carolina Botanical Garden is a Conservation Garden. We have developed Environmentally Responsible Gardening Practices that we apply to our own gardening activities, and which we hope others will be interested in adopting. We have also developed a set of Conservation Principles for Development that will be of interest to builders and land developers.
Control and removal of invasive exotic species from natural areas is a major focus of our efforts. In service to that goal, we offer the following to the gardening public: information on native alternatives to invasive exotic plants and information on recommended sources of native plants. Since its founding, the Garden has pioneered a "Conservation through Propagation" approach, one example of which is our Wildflower of the Year program.
We work closely with other local, state, and regional conservation organizations. One local organization that we partner with is the Morgan Creek Valley Alliance, whose mission is "to preserve the rich biological and cultural history of the Morgan Creek Valley."
Finally, we are actively involved in the conservation and restoration of rare species and natural areas. Please see our Policy on the Sale of Rare Plant Species [PDF].
Updated on January 13, 2014 at 01:45:18 pm.


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Nilgin Yusuf
Nilgin Yusuf is a fashion writer based in London. She graduated with a BA in Fashion Communication & Promotion from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in 1988. After winning the Vogue New Talent and Guardian Fashion Writing competitions, she went directly to Elle as their Fashion Writer. Since then she has spent the last twenty years writing about fashion for national magazines and newspapers, notably as Fashion Writer at the Daily Telegraph and Fashion Editor at the Sunday Times.
She currently runs the Post Graduate Certificate in Fashion and Lifestyle Journalism at the London College of Fashion, where she is also Director of Programmes in Media. As well as freelance journalism for the Saturday Times, she recently completed an MA in Fashion History and Culture entitled Undressing the Criminal Icon, 1959-1969 and is currently working on a book that deconstructs the glamour of the criminal image.
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FREELANCE members who work for magazines are invited to a meeting on Thursday 15 September at 6pm in Headland House.
The meeting will discuss rates, rights, disappearing work and other issues that arise from the floor during discussion.
Places are limited by space, so members wishing to attend must inform the Freelance Office by Wednesday 14 September at the latest.
Places will be allocated on a first-come-first served basis.
John TonerFreelance Organiser