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Omicron variant: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa 'concerned' over countries imposing travel bans
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday said he is "concerned" over some southern African countries imposing travel bans amid the discovery of the new coronavirus variant Omicron.
"I am concerned and of course out of respect to them, I mean they have their reasons," he said. "But we would like to have a discussion with them in a way where we would prefer that they do not react like our former colonisers, who are very quick to close Africa down," he added.
This comes after Rwanda, Seychelles, Mauritius, Egypt and Angola have closed their borders soon after the discovery of the new variant following several western countries.
Earlier on Sunday, Ramaphosa had asked the countries to "urgently" reverse "scientifically unjustified" travel restrictions.
"We call upon all those countries that have imposed travel bans on our country and our southern African sister countries to immediately and urgently reverse their decisions," Ramaphosa had said, in his first address to the nation since the detection of Omicron. "The prohibition of travel is not informed by science," he added.
Meanwhile, while countries were "punishing" South Africa for detecting the new Omicron variant by issuing travel bans, European countries like Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands already had the super mutant strain, claim reports.
South African health officials had alerted the world on November 24 about the existence of the new variant B.1.1.529, with 32 mutations. Two days later the World Health Organisation (WHO) assigned the Greek alphabet Omicron to the variant and said the new strain may pose a higher risk of reinfection than past mutations of the virus.
Genome sequencing and other genetic analysis showed that the B.1.1.529 variant was responsible for all 77 of the virus samples analysed from Gauteng in South Africa, collected between November 12 and 20.
However, sample tests in Belgium and Germany now confirm that the variant was present in their countries before November 24, CBS news reported.
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I realize that it has been quite a while since my last post, but I have decent reasoning - among them being I haven't been consuming as much wine that would warrant making any entries in the last couple of months. I am definitely at a point where I will be remedying that situation, in a very responsible way.
Tonight, as I prepared a Cornish hen for dinner, I struggled with what wine to partake with it. I had staring at me, a 2006 Vintage Willamette Valley Riesling and a 2003 Merlot from 14 Hands. I know the cardinal rule of the type of food that should be consumed with what type of wine - but I couldn't bring myself to open the Riesling, so instead, I decided to go with the Merlot. I know, I know, shame on me.
Anyway, I received this bottle of 2003 Merlot from my friend Jon a couple of months ago after I dog-sat for him for about a week. I shelved this bottle of wine and truly forgot I had it until this evening. 14 Hands is a winery that is completely unfamiliar to me, at least I think it is (I don't recall having been there, but if it is in the Tri-Cities area, then it is possible I have visited them, but only once before). The grapes come from the Horse Heaven Hills, the south-central area of Washington in the Columbia River Valley. I have to be honest, I have not been able to find out much more about the winery itself. I have called the 800 number, but it being a Sunday, they were closed, so I will work on finding out more and make an addendum to this post.
I opened the bottle and let it breathe for about 30 minutes before I poured my first glass. Holding the glass, I noticed a very rich, very deep and dark color, which peaked my interest. I took a whiff, and the first thought that came to my mind to describe it was "clean." The nose on this wine - and I have continued to smell it - can only be described by me as clean. Don't get me wrong, its not like a cleaning agent, but just "clean." The nose also is not very strong - you smell it initially while sniffing the wine, but it doesn't remain.
The first sip was not very impressive, as is not completely uncommon with wines, but it definitely gets better. I do find the taste to be very "oak-filled," not in a bad way, but it is clear that it was fermented in oak barrels. You are also able to taste the spices of this Merlot, which comes in the form of an aftertaste - there isn't anything that hits you before you swallow it. I continue to sip as I write this, and I can feel/taste a little bit of a kick that enhances the spices.
What I am finding here is that this Merlot is not over-bearing, nor is it bland, but rather, it has a mellow sense to it. I definitely imagine that this is a wine enjoyed while just relaxing. A not bad wine for under $15.
Sounds like it is probably food friendly and easy-going. Thanks for the review.
I was taken to dinner at a very upscale restaurant in The Woodlands, TX for my 69th birthday.
My son & I were having roast pork and he ordered a glass of merlot for each of us.
I asked our waiter about the wine & he said it was "14 Hands".
It definitely is "food friendly and easy-going."


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Etisalat Digital announced that Massar Solutions, a UAE-based fleet management firm, has signed up for its secure and reliable OneCloud Services.
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I would've never thought of berries in chicken salad, but love this idea. I just made a HUGE batch of chicken salad at work, but we keep it simple with just sour cream, mayo, and celery.
Yeah — I wouldn't have thought of it either if we hadn't been out of grapes and apples. You know what they say about necessity being the mother of invention. I came out awesome.


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Q: If $(\mathcal D(A),A)$ is a linear operator, then $\mathcal D(A)\subseteq\mathcal D(A^{1/2})$ Let $(H,\langle\;\cdot\;,\;\cdot\;\rangle)$ be a $\mathbb R$-Hilbert space. We say that $(\mathcal D(A),A)$ is a linear operator, if $\mathcal D(A)$ is a subspace of $H$ and $A:\mathcal D(A)\to H$ is linear.
Assume $(e_n)_{n\in\mathbb N}\subseteq\mathcal D(A)$ is an orthonormal basis of $H$ with $$Ae_n=\lambda_ne_n\;\;\;\text{for all }n\in\mathbb N\tag 1$$ for some $(\lambda_n)_{n\in\mathbb N}\subseteq(0,\infty)$ with $$\lambda_{n+1}\ge\lambda_n\;\;\;\text{for all }n\in\mathbb N\;.\tag 2$$
Let $\alpha\in\mathbb R$, $$\mathcal D(A^\alpha):=\left\{x\in H:\sum_{n\in\mathbb N}\lambda_n^{2\alpha}\left|\langle x,e_n\rangle_H\right|^2<\infty\right\}$$ and $$A^\alpha x:=\sum_{n\in\mathbb N}\lambda_n^\alpha\langle x,e_n\rangle_He_n\;\;\;\text{for }x\in\mathcal D(A^\alpha)\;.$$

How can we show that $\mathcal D(A^1)\subseteq\mathcal D(A^{1/2})$?$^1$

I would prove the claim in the following way: Let $x\in\mathcal D(A^1)$ and $$\lambda_{\text{sup}}:=\sup_{n\in\mathbb N}\lambda_n\;.$$

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*Case 1: $\lambda_{\text{sup}}<\infty$ and hence $$\sum_{n=1}^N\lambda_n\left|\langle x,e_n\rangle\right|^2\le\lambda_{\text{sup}}\sum_{n=1}^N\left|\langle x,e_n\rangle\right|^2\xrightarrow{N\to\infty}\lambda_{\text{sup}}\left\|x\right\|^2\tag 3$$ by Parseval's identity

*Case 2: $\lambda_{\text{sup}}=\infty$, hence $$\lambda_n\ge 1\;\;\;\text{for all }n\ge n_1\tag 4$$ for some $n_1\in\mathbb N$ and thereby $$\sum_{n=1}^N\lambda_n\left|\langle x,e_n\rangle\right|^2\le\sum_{n=1}^{n_1-1}\left|\langle x,e_n\rangle\right|^2+\sum_{n=n_1}^n\lambda_n^2\left|\langle x,e_n\rangle\right|^2\tag 5$$ where the second sum on the right-hand side of $(4)$ is convergent for $N\to\infty$ by definition of $\mathcal D(A^1)$

In both cases, we obtain $x\in\mathcal D(A^{1/2})$. However, for some reason I think that my argumentation is too complicated. Is there a simpler one?

$^1$ Note that I've explicitly written $\mathcal D(A^1)$; not $\mathcal D(A)$. However, it should be clear that $A$ can be extended to $\mathcal D(A^1)$ if $\mathcal D(A)$ is a proper subset of $\mathcal D(A^1)$.

A: You want to show that
$$
           \sum_{n}\lambda_n^2|\langle x,e_n\rangle|^2 < \infty \implies \sum_n \lambda_n|\langle x,e_n\rangle|^2 < \infty.
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You have assumed $0 < \lambda_{n} \le \lambda_{n+1}$ for all $n\in\mathbb{N}$. There are two cases to consider. If $\lambda_n$ is uniformly bounded, then both sums are finite for all $x$. The other case is where $\lambda_n\rightarrow\infty$ as $n\rightarrow\infty$. In that case there exists $N$ such that $1 \le \lambda_n$ for all $n\ge N$, which forces $\lambda_n \le \lambda_n^2$ for $n \ge N$. Hence,
$$
       \sum_{n\ge N} \lambda_n |\langle x,e_n\rangle|^2 \le \sum_{n\ge N}\lambda_n^2|\langle x,e_n\rangle|^2 < \infty \;\;\; \forall x\in\mathcal{D}(A)\\
    \implies \mathcal{D}(A)\subseteq\mathcal{D}(A^{1/2}).
$$

A: We can prove a way more general result: Let $$\lambda_{\text{sup}}:=\sup_{n\in\mathbb N}\lambda_n\in(0,\infty]$$ as in the question.

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*If $\lambda_{\text{sup}}<\infty$, then $$\sum_{n\in\mathbb N}\lambda_n^{2\alpha}\left|\langle x,e_n\rangle_H\right|^2\le\lambda_{\text{sup}}^{2\alpha}\sum_{n\in\mathbb N}\left|\langle x,e_n\rangle_H\right|^2=\lambda_{\text{sup}}^{2\alpha}\left\|x\right\|^2_H<\infty\tag 6$$ by Parseval's identity for all $\alpha\ge0$ and $x\in H$, i.e. $$H\subseteq\mathcal D(A^\alpha)\;\;\;\text{for all }\alpha\ge0\tag 7$$

*Otherwise, $$\lambda_n\ge1\;\;\;\text{for all }n>n_1\tag 8$$ for some $n_1\in\mathbb N_0$ and hence $$\sum_{n\in\mathbb N}\lambda_n^{2\alpha}\left|\langle x,e_n\rangle_H\right|^2\le\sum_{n=1}^{n_1}\left|\langle x,e_n\rangle_H\right|^2+\sum_{n>n_1}\lambda_n^{2\beta}\left|\langle x,e_n\rangle_H\right|^2<\infty\tag 9$$ for all $\alpha,\beta\in\mathbb R$ with $\alpha\le\beta$ and $x\in\mathcal D(A^\beta)$, i.e. $$\mathcal D(A^\beta)\subseteq\mathcal D(A^\alpha)\;\;\;\text{for all }\alpha,\beta\in\mathbb R\text{ with }\alpha\le\beta\tag{10}$$

*In either case, $$\lambda_n^\alpha\le\lambda_1^\alpha\;\;\;\text{for all }\alpha<0\text{ and }n\in\mathbb N\tag{11}$$ and hence $$\sum_{n\in\mathbb N}\lambda_n^{2\alpha}\left|\langle x,e_n\rangle_H\right|^2\le\lambda_1^{2\alpha}\left\|x\right\|_H\tag{12}$$ by Parseval's identity for all $\alpha<0$ and $x\in H$, i.e. $$H\subseteq\mathcal D(A^\alpha)\;\;\;\text{for all }\alpha<0\tag{13}$$

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In Wildlife Photography, what distinguishes a decent photograph from an excellent one?
It is patience to wait for the right moment, the dedication to capture it and the knowledge of knowing the difference.
To predict the movements of wild animals is by trying to understand their behavior, the more time you spend the better you understand them. It's kind of like a predators' strategy that patiently waits for the prey to come closer & then launches the strike.
Direction of the Sun; lighting your subject adequately. General rule of thumb is to have the Sun behind you; else you'll have an underexposed image and/or unwanted highlights.
The wind movement/downwind; that should be in your favor i.e. flowing from the animal towards you else you'll give yourself away. Animals have a keen sense of smell.
Keep an open view; avoid positioning yourself around trees & other Natural surroundings that may obstruct depending on what you're photographing.
Heavy cloud cover; one really can't do much about it, rather use it to your advantage to get a dramatic photograph.
Depending upon the terrain and vegetation, dress accordingly. Restrict wearing any flashy/reflective objects.
Strictly avoid keeping loose change/keys in your pockets that inevitably will rattle and startle the wild animals.
Be alert of your surroundings, tourists around most likely will get excited upon observing wildlife, you may politely hint them to hush.
Be considerate of other equally serious photographers, if you find your view being blocked by another photographer slowly readjust your position, else wait for their shutter to go off and hint them.
Refrain from raising an alarm verbally, gestures are more favorable. You most definitely don't want to startle the wild animals.
The sound of your camera's shutter distracts the animals, think carefully because one shot is all you may get.
Know your equipment well before you venture into the wilderness, try photographing pets/domestic animals to get hang of the equipment.
Select your lenses depending on the subject you wish to photograph, carrying an array of lenses will just distract you from what you want to capture.
Changing of lenses in the field may not be a good idea, besides having missed a shot your camera will be more prone to collect dust/moisture.
Keep in mind the Rule of Thumb for *Shutter Speed i.e. shouldn't be lesser than the actual focal length of your lens, unless you have camera support or really steady hands.
Choose your *Aperture wisely depending upon your subject, as it will help determine the *DOF- Depth of Field. For photographing large animals at a close distance it is advisable to keep atleast 2-3 stops smaller to ensure increased DOF unless you want a selective focus. For animals at a distance you may keep a larger Aperture i.e. shallow/decreased DOF to seclude one animal from the heard/back ground. DOF has a greater range in SLR cameras with inter-changeable lenses in comparison to point and shoot with fixed lenses.
To make really good pictures of wildlife, one must make a study of animal behavior to have a better chance of anticipating action.
A naturalist's sensitivity is as important as the photographic technique.
You'll have the best possibilities of photographing wild animals when they are most active; usually early morning/evening, since the direction of natural light and hues are just right.
Give the animals enough room to move around, never corner a wild animal. If cornered they may panic and will act instinctively.
Never get between the animal and its food.
Don't drive in where you can't get out fast.
Always carry protective covering for your camera equipment and be prepared to encounter lots of dust/rain.
When camera is not in use a good idea is to keep it covered with a cloth preventing dust to settle on the front lens element and the camera body.
Keep all necessary essentials/camera accessories/extra memory cards/cleaning cloth/spare battery, etc. in your jacket pockets, from where they can be easily accessed.
If using tele-lenses a support is a must, it can be in form of a tripod/monopod/beanbag.
Use whatever is available to you in case you miss any of the essentials for e.g. place the camera on the vehicle's body/window in absence of a dedicated support. Running low on memory without backup cards, reduce the resolution at which the camera stores photographs. Besides having to sacrifice at times be better prepared for next time by your learning's.
Most importantly display respect for the boundaries of wild animals and they shall for yours.
In case travelling in an open jeep/gypsy, carry rope to harness the tripod beforehand on to the frame of your vehicle.
Last but not the least; don't monkey around!
Depth of Field (DOF): is the portion of a scene that appears sharp in the image.
Aperture: an aperture is a hole or an opening through which light travels.The DOF is controlled by the lens aperture diameter, which is usually specified as the f-number, the ratio of lens focal length to aperture diameter. Reducing the aperture diameter (increasing the f-number) increases the DOF; however, it also reduces the amount of light transmitted onto the sensor. Although increasing the aperture diameter (decreasing the f-number) decreases the DOF allowing more light to pass onto the sensor.
Shutter Speed: shutter speed is a common term used to discuss exposure time, the effective length of time a shutter is open; the total exposure is proportional to this exposure time, or duration of light reaching the image sensor. Aperture value i.e. f-number and Shutter Speed are critically dependent upon each other, decreased Aperture will result in longer Shutter Speeds vis-à-vis increased Aperture will result in shorter Shutter Speeds.
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Tuesday evening STEAM programs at the Wilson County Public Library (NC) are gaining popularity with area families.
The brain-building activities have been going on since May and are paid for with a 2017 grant from the Library Services and Technology Act. The federal portion was $44,343, plus $11,090 in local funds, for a total of more than $55,000 to create a CrAFT studio emphasizing robotics, coding, crafts, electronics and more.
The goal of the grant was to build a space in the library that focused on activities in science, technology, engineering, art and math, or STEAM, according to Debbie Schmitzer, a librarian who works in the children's room on the library's second floor.
Schmitzer said a space once occupied by local history materials is being repurposed for STEM and STEAM functions.
On Tuesday nights, large groups of enthusiastic children and parents sprawl across the floor in one corner of the children's area. The programs begin at 7 p.m. with Schmitzer typically reading a book with some relation to the night's activities.
Kids can make houses, towers bridges or anything they can imagine. The next event is about catapult construction where kids use Popsicle sticks, rubber bands and spoons to catapult cotton balls to knock down objects that Schmitzer prints out.
November is Lego Club, which is a recurring monthly program held every fourth Tuesday of the month. Schmitzer pours out big boxes of Legos and gives an assignment to the children to build things. Last week it was their favorite animal.
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Putnam County Mural Project is Searching for an Artist
Putnam County Mural Project is Searching for an ArtistPutnam County is looking for an artist to commission a mural on four grain silos on the southside of Greencastle.urlPutnam County, Greencastle, The Putnam County Mural Project2019-06-04T00:00:00-04:002019-06-04T00:00:00-04:00
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The mural will be painted on four grain silos at the northwest corner of Veterans Memorial Highway and U.S. 231 in Greencastle.
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Putnam County is looking for an artist to commission a mural on four grain silos on the southside of Greencastle.
The artist, who must be 18 or older, will receive a $22,500 stipend and will host workshops for the community about the importance of murals in neighborhoods.
The Putnam County Mural Project listens to feedback from the community about what the county means to them and what they would like the mural to look like to collaborate with the chosen artist.
Chris Flegal is the leader of the volunteer group promoting the project.
"I think art has the ability to bring a lot of pride to community," Flegal says. "I think it allows people to think about their heritage and think about why they live where they live."
The mural will be at the northwest corner of Veterans Memorial Highway and U.S. 231 in Greencastle. Flegal says this is a high traffic area and will be the site of a bike and walk path in the future. Artist applications are due June 28.
Once an artist is selected, the Putnam County community will be invited to vote between two artist renderings in early August. Prepping the silos will also happen in August. Mural installation will be complete by the end of September.
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2020 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio Is A Beast To Savor
Alfa Romeo's Stelvio Quadrifogilio is powered by a Ferrari-derived 2.9-liter twin-turbo V6 engine that kicks out 505 horsepower and 443 lb.-ft. of torque through an eight-speed automatic transmission.
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2020 Ram 1500 EcoDiesel Takes The Long Road
The Ram 1500 EcoDiesel is powered by a 3.0-liter turbo V6 and has fuel economy ratings of 21/29-MPG city/highway with four-wheel-drive, or 22/32-MPG with rear-drive.
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Refractor Engine — игровой движок, созданный стокгольмской студией Refraction Games, и впервые использованный в собственной игре Codename Eagle, вышедшей в ноябре 1999 года. Позднее компания была приобретена Digital Illusions CE и Electronic Arts, с целью совместной разработки новой версии движка — Refractor 2 Engine, для известной серии игр Battlefield. На протяжении выпуска игр серии Battlefield, технология многократно дорабатывалась, вводились новые возможности и графические эффекты.

Преемником технологии Refractor является игровой движок Frostbite Engine, который используется в продолжении игр серии Battlefield.

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With smartphones becoming like second skin, mobile applications are something one simply cannot survive without. Not only do mobile applications make life easier, they greatly increase productivity, both personal and professional. Whether it be driving your little one to work safely, or getting your bills paid, apps are a ubiquitous part of our lives. Here are some of the best apps that changed our lives for the better in 2016.
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Scan smartly with Genius Scan 3.0: Earlier designed for iOS, a recent version has been introduced for Android too. Users can now quickly scan important documents, better adjust cropping for a clearer view, and organize scanned documents better with the tagging feature.
Gaming revolutionized with Pokémon Go: Gaming took on a new form, with the release of the immensely popular Pokémon Go. Based on Augmented Reality (AR), that bridges the gap between the real and digital worlds, it kind of set an example for the likes of Google Tango and Magic Leap, who are looking at exploring AR for businesses.
Perfect photos with Prisma: This app for both iOS and Android, made waves, in creating the perfect photo moment, thanks to its unique art-work centric styling. It leverages the power of Artificial Intelligence, and gives photos a style that's inspired by famous artists such as Picasso. What you see featuring you is a Picasso inspired, piece of art, ready for display to the world!
Share more with SharePoint Mobile: Microsoft launched a mobile friendly version of its popular SharePoint software. It can talk to the online version, sharing site activities and files from SharePoint Online. With this on-the-go application, users can now access important work links, co-workers files and intranet functionalities without having to worry about PC connectivity.
Get happier with 10% Happier: An iOS app, it's all about finding happiness through the art of mindfulness, of course, delivered on your mobile! Guided meditation courses by renowned teachers or bite-sized video interventions, take your pick! One of the best stress management and happy apps, for a happier you!
Flash your flash cards with Tinycards: Flash-cards based learning has always been in vogue for its high effectiveness, particularly better retention. Now, forget about hauling those physical cards wherever you go, turn to iOS for a virtual Flashcards learning experience. Learn about languages, math, geography and a myriad other subjects and transform into a smart learner!
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Does Israel have more to gain or to lose from the rise of the far-right in Austria?
SOMETHING IS changing in Europe. A debate on the character of the continent is being deliberated in a series of national elections.
In the October 15 Austrian elections, the far-right Austrian Freedom Party made significant gains, rising from 20.5% to 26% of the vote, and entered negotiations to join the government of 31-year-old chancellor- elect, Sebastian Kurz.
Whereas in Germany, the Alternative for Deutschland far-right party is relatively new, having entered parliament for the first time after the September 24 election in which it garnered 13% of the vote, Austria's Freedom Party has a long history. That history is stained with antisemitism and racism, with Nazis and neo-Nazis among its members and even its leaders. When the party entered the government in 2000, much of the international community, including the European Union and Israel, decided to boycott Austria.
The possibility of the Freedom Party entering government again has sounded alarms across the Jewish world.
Others are skeptical and maintain that the changes are cosmetic, pointing to individual cases as indicative of a pervasive antisemitism in the party.
Charles Small, founder and director of the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy, insists that opposition to the party must be unequivocal. "There should be zero tolerance for antisemitism, especially from Austria given its horrific past," he says.
Strache visited Israel on a number of occasions and asked Glick to convey a letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressing his support for moving the Austrian Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
The Austrian media have mocked such visits and contacts as attempts for securing a "kosher certificate" for the party's messages of hate.
Indeed, Glick spent much of his time with Strache discussing the party's views on Islam.
Strache told Glick that when certain Muslim countries in the Middle East fund the construction of a mosque in Austria, they later pay for the establishment of various institutions around that mosque, such as charities, non-governmental organizations and cultural centers. Others on the European Right and Left claim similar realities exist throughout Europe.
The immigration trend of Muslims to European countries coupled with their high fertility rate have aggravated that fear.
At the same time, the population of non- Muslim Europeans is shrinking, due to low birthrates. In addition, postwar Europe is post-ideological, secular and universalist, while Muslims tend to have a strong ideology, religion, particularity and willpower.
In addition to demographic and narrative elements, the fear is augmented by an alleged institutionalized mechanism driving the replacement trend. According to Strache, Muslim governments are funding parallel communities in the heart of Europe.
In a sense, it is a form of reverse colonialism. Time will tell if such views are symptoms of Islamophobia and paranoia or if we are witnessing early stages of a "war for European succession," with the seeds of its institutional, financial, philosophical, military and political infrastructure already in place.
Fear of Islam figured prominently not just in the Freedom Party's platform, but also in the campaign of the center-right Austrian People's Party, which won the election, capturing 31.5% of the vote, up from 24% in 2013.
THE AUSTRIAN Jewish community, which is estimated to be under 10,000, is concerned that in response to the perceived Islamic threat, there might be a crackdown on religious schools and rituals as a whole.
Such actions could adversely affect Austrian Jewish life, for example, when it comes to kosher slaughtering and circumcision. But of even greater concern is the historical pattern that when things go bad, Europeans tend to direct their frustrations at the Jews. Indeed, some believe this is already happening.
A growing hostility toward Israel on the street has been accompanied by an escalation of official support for anti-Israel measures within the EU and by some European governments, including initial support by France and Sweden of a UNESCO resolution suggesting there is no Jewish connection to the Temple Mount. There has also been increasing animosity toward Israel in the European media and the salons of the European establishment.
Like others in the Vienna Jewish community, Deutsch is firm in his opposition to the Freedom Party: "When the nationalist wolf puts on a blue sheepskin it does not change its nature, only its appearance," he says, referring to the party's blue color scheme.
Without a doubt, the memory of the Holocaust is strongly rooted in the Israeli and Jewish ethos. It is not only about the mass murders and the death camps, it is also about Jews having forged long-lasting friendships with seemingly well-mannered Europeans, who, when the opportunity presented itself, brutally turned against them.
The question is how does one apply the memory and its lessons to the current situation in Austria? Is there a tendency to overplay the threats of the past, and underplay the dangers of the present? A similar question has arisen in Austria's past.
In 1895, Vienna elected an openly antisemitic mayor. The emperor and prime minister decided to intervene, refusing to confirm Karl Lueger to office.
Lueger was a staunch antisemite. Herzl even considered challenging him to a dual.
After winning repeatedly, Lueger was eventually confirmed. In the interim, hate against Jews mushroomed. Herzl carefully observed how Europe was changing in the 1890s and applied it to understanding shifts in sources and motives of Jew hatred.
The recent Austrian election beckons us to remember Herzl as we assess the contemporary threats emanating from Europe.
"There is a tendency in Israel to ignore antisemitism on the Left and to condemn antisemitism on the Right," says Glick.
Fulfillment of Herzl's utopia: The first electric train reaches Jerusalem!


The recorded history of Lahore (Punjabi: لہور دی تریخ, Urdu: تاریخ لاہور ), the second largest city-district of Pakistan, covers thousands of years. Originally the capital and largest city of the Punjab region, it has since its creation changed hands from Jain, Hindu, Buddhist, Greek, Muslim, Mughal, Afghan, Sikh and the British, thereby becoming the cultural capital and the heart of modern-day Pakistan.
An old street-scene in Lahore.
A mythological legend, based on oral traditions, states that Lahore was named after Lava, son of the Hindu god Rama, who supposedly founded the city. Lahore Fort has a vacant temple dedicated in honour of Lava. Likewise, the Ravi River that flows through northern Lahore was said to be named in honour of the Hindu goddess Durga.
Ptolemy, the celebrated astronomer and geographer, mentions in his Geographia a city called Labokla situated on the route between the Indus river in a region described as extending along the rivers Bidastes or Vitasta (Jhelum), Sandabal or Chandra Bhaga (Chenab), and Adris or Iravati (Ravi).
The oldest authentic document about Lahore was written anonymously in 982 and is called Hudud-i-Alam. It was translated into English by Vladimir Fedorovich Minorsky and published in Lahore in 1927. In this document, Lahore is referred to as a small shahr (city) with "impressive temples, large markets and huge orchards." It refers to "two major markets around which dwellings exist," and it also mentions "the mud walls that enclose these two dwellings to make it one." The original document is currently held in the British Museum.
Plutarch as well as many other scholars suggest that Jainism was the most ancient and original religion in Punjab. Lahore was the cultural centre of Jainism. A book written by Plutarch, Life of Alexander talks about the encounters between Alexander the Great and digambara Jain saints called gymnosophists. Bhabra or Bhabhra is an ancient merchant community from Punjab region which mainly follows Jainism. It is believed to be connected with the Bhavadar or Bhavada Gachchha to which the Jain Acharya Kalakacharya belonged to. They may have originated from the Bhabra town (32° 13' 30": 73° 13'). Inscriptions suggest that Bhavada Gachchha had survived until the 17th century. There were Jain temples at localities still called Thari Bhabrian and Gali Bhabrian.
An 1876 engraving of Rajputs, from the Illustrated London News.
The city of Lahore has a Gurjara origin. The earliest princes were said to be traditional Gurjar. Hieun Tsang, the Chinese traveller, who visited the Punjab in 630 AD, speaks of a large city, containing many thousands of families, chiefly Brahmans, situated on the eastern frontier of the kingdom of Cheka, which he says, extended from the Indus to the Beas river.
Chinese traveller Faxian, who visited South Asia between 337 and 472 CE, calls Lohana a brave community ruling the northwest territory of South Asia, in his diary. Another Chinese traveler, Kurmang who came in the eleventh century A.D. speaks of a Lohrana kingdom as a mighty power.[dubious – discuss] Historian Burton writes Lohanas were brave people and says they were spread over today's Baluchistan (Pakistan), Afghanistan and eastern fringes of Central Asia. Col. Todd, who delved into history of Rajasthan, describes Lohanas as one of the oldest Kshatriya community.
Present view of the Ichhra Bazaar (Market) at night. The market, because of being designed in very old style is very narrow for vehicles to cross and shoppers to walk.
There are no architectural remains of the old Hindu city of Lahore, a circumstance which might well be explained by the absence of stone material, and the numerous destructive invasions to which the city has been subjected. But also, in accordance with what all Indian architectural researchers tend to show namely, that the northern Hindus were not, until a comparatively late period, in the habit of building temples, or durable edifices of any kind. Even at Delhi, the seat of Hindu dynasties from upwards of a thousand years before CE to more than a thousand years after CE, and there, where is abundance of stone, no specimens of Hindu architecture exist dating earlier than the tenth or eleventh century.
At the period of the first Muslim conquests, Lahore was in possession of a Rajput King Prithviraj Chauhan, of the family of Ajmer. Whether owing to change of dynasty, or to Lahore's exposed position on the high road from Afghanistan to India, it was subsequently deserted and the seat of the government was removed to Sialkot or its vicinity, where it remained until the period of the conquests of Sultan Mahmud Ghaznavi in the beginning of the eleventh century; that the conqueror re-occupied the deserted city, and established a garrison in a fort, which was built possibly, like the Old Fort at Delhi, on the ruin of the old Rajput stronghold.
In 682 AD, according to Ferishta, the Afghans of Peshawar, who had, even at that early period, embraced Islam, wrested certain possessions from the Hindu prince. A war ensued, and in the space seventy battles were fought with varied success, until the Afghans, having formed an alliance with the Ghakkars, a wild tribe inhabiting the Salt Range of Punjab, compelled the Raja to cede a portion of his territory. The next mention of Lahore is in the Rajputana chronicles, where the Bussas of Lahore, a Rajput tribe, are mentioned as rallying to the defence of Chittore, when besieged by Muslim forces in the beginning of the ninth century.
Image of Sultan Mahmud Ghaznavi in his court where noblemen and noblewomen convened.
The mausoleum of Sultan Qutub ud Din Aibak in Anarkali, Lahore, Pakistan.
At length, in 975 AD, Sultan Sabuktigin, Governor of Khorassan and father of the celebrated Sultan Mahmud Ghaznavi advanced beyond the Indus. He was met by Raja Jayapala, the Raja of Lahore whose dominion is said to have extended from Sirhind to Laghman and from Kashmir to Multan. By the advice of the Bhati Rajput tribe, the Raja Jayapala formed an alliance with the Afghans, and, with their aid, was enabled to withstand the first invasion. However, Sabuktigin later repeated his conquest on his succession to the throne of Ghazni. A battle ensued in the vicinity of Lamghan ending with the defeat of the Raja and overtures being made for peace. His terms were accepted and persons were sent, on the part of Sabuktigin, to take the balance of the stipulated ransom. On reaching Lahore, Jayapala proved faithless and imprisoned those commissioned to receive the treasure. On learning intelligence of his perfidy, Sabuktigin, in the words of the Ferishta, "like a foaming torrent, hastened towards Hindustan".
Another battles ensued, in which Jaipal was again vanquished, and he retreated, leaving the territory to the west of the Nilab or Indus in the hands of the invader. The invader did not retain the conquests that he had made for in 1008 AD, a confederation headed by Anandapala, the son of Raja Jayapala, again met the advancing army, now commanded by Mahmud, son and successor of Sabaktagin, in the vicinity of Peshawar. Lahore was allowed to remain intact for thirteen years longer. Anandapala was succeeded by Nardjanpal, while Mahmud pushed his conquests into Hindustan. But in 1022 AD, he suddenly marched down from Kashmir, seized Lahore without opposition, and gave it over to be plundered. Nardjanpal fled helpless to Ajmer, and the Hindu principality of Lahore was extinguished forever. A final effort was made by the Hindus in the reign of Modud, 1045 AD, to recover their lost sovereignty, but after a fruitless siege of six months, they retired without success.
Sultan Mahmud Ghaznavi is to the right, shaking the hand of the Shaikh, with Ayaz standing behind him. The figure to his right is Shah Abbas I, who reigned about 600 years later.
Few references to Lahore exist for times before its capture by Sultan Mahmud Ghaznavi in the eleventh century. In 1021, Mahmud appointed Malik Ayaz to the throne and made Lahore the capital of the Ghaznavid Empire.
The Sultan Mahmud Ghaznavi took Lahore after a long siege and battle in which the city was torched and depopulated. As the first Muslim ruler of Lahore, Ayaz rebuilt and repopulated the city. The present Lahore Fort stands in the same location. Under his rule, the city became a cultural and academic center, renowned for poetry. The tomb of Malik Ayaz can still be seen in the Rang Mahal commercial area of town.
After the fall of the Ghaznavid Empire, Lahore was ruled by various Muslim dynasties known as the Delhi Sultanate, including the Khaljis, Tughlaqs, Sayyid, Lodhis and Suris. When Sultan Qutb-ud-din Aybak was crowned here in 1206, he became the first Muslim Sultan of South Asia. It was not until 1524 that Lahore became part of the Mughal Empire.
The Mongols invaded and conquered the Khwarazmian dynasty, the King Jalal ad-Din Mingburnu retreated to modern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa but was defeated in Battle of Indus.
The Mongol army advanced and in 1241, the ancient city of Lahore was invaded by 30,000-man cavalry. The Mongols defeated the Lahore governor Malik Ikhtyaruddin Qaraqash, massacred the entire population and the city was leveled to the ground. There are no buildings or monuments in Lahore that predates the Mongol destruction. In 1266, Sultan Balban reconquered Lahore from the Mongols but in 1296 to 1305 the barbaric Mongols again overran northern Punjab. In 1298, 200,000 men Mongol army conquered Punjab and committed atrocities then marched towards Delhi but was defeated by Malik Kafur general of Sultan Alauddin Khalji ruler of the Delhi Sultanate.
The last Lodi ruler, Sultan Ibrahim Lodi was greatly disliked by his court and subjects. Upon the death of his father Sultan Sikandar Lodi, he quashed a brief rebellion led by some of his nobles who wanted his younger brother Jalal Khan to be the Sultan. After seizing the throne by having Jalal Khan murdered, he never really did succeed in pacifying his nobles. Subsequently, Daulat Khan, the governor of Punjab and Alam Khan, his uncle, sent an invitation to Babur, the ruler of Kabul to invade Delhi.
The first Battle of Panipat (April 1526) was fought between the forces of Babur and the Delhi Sultanate. Ibrahim Lodi was killed on the battlefield. By way of superior generalship, vast experience in warfare, effective strategy, and appropriate use of artillery, Babur won the First battle of Panipat and subsequently occupied Agra and Delhi.
Entrance of the Badshahi Mosque or Emperor's Mosque built by the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb.
The Alamgiri Gate is the main entrance to the Lahore Fort built during the reign of Aurangzeb.
Lahore reached a peak of architectural glory during the rule of the Mughals, whose buildings and gardens survived the hazards of time. Lahore's reputation for beauty fascinated the English poet John Milton, who wrote "Agra and Lahore, the Seat of Great Mughal" in 1670.
From 1524 to 1752, Lahore was part of the Mughal Empire. Lahore touched the zenith of its glory during the Mughal rule from 1524 to 1752. The Mughals, who were famous as builders, gave Lahore some of its finest architectural monuments, many of which are extant today.
Emperor Aurangzeb seated on a golden throne holding a hawk in the Durbar.
From 1524 to 1752, Lahore was part of the Mughal Empire. Lahore grew under emperor Babur; from 1584 to 1598, under the emperors Akbar the Great and Jahangir, the city served as the empire's capital. Lahore reached the peak of its architectural glory during the rule of the Mughals, many of whose buildings and gardens have survived the ravages of time. Lahore's reputation for beauty fascinated the English poet John Milton, who wrote "Agra and Lahore, the Seat of the Great Mughal" in 1670. During this time, the massive Lahore Fort was built. A few buildings within the fort were added by Akbar's son, Mughal emperor Jahangir, who is buried in the city. Jahangir's son, Shahjahan Burki, was born in Lahore. He, like his father, extended the Lahore Fort and built many other structures in the city, including the Shalimar Gardens. The last of the great Mughals, Aurangzeb, who ruled from 1658 to 1707, built the city's most famous monuments, the Badshahi Masjid and the Alamgiri Gate next to the Lahore Fort.
During the 17th century, as Mughal power dwindled, Lahore was often invaded, and government authority was lacking. The great Punjabi poet Baba Waris Shah said of the situation, "khada peeta wahy da, baqi Ahmad Shahy da" — "we have nothing with us except what we eat and wear, all other things are for Ahmad Shah". Ahmad Shah Durrani captured remnants of the Mughal Empire and had consolidated control over the Punjab and Kashmir regions by 1761.
The Delhi Sultanate and later Mughal Empire ruled the region. The Lahore region became predominantly Muslim. Due to missionary Sufi saints whose dargahs dot the landscape of Punjab region, and to the efforts of Mughal emperors, whose policies and forced religious conversions discouraged the growth of other religions.
The 1740s were years of chaos, and the city had nine different governors between 1745 and 1756.
Shortly after defeating the Afghans in the Battle of Delhi, the Marathas entered Lahore in 1758.
In March 1758, about 50,000 soldiers of the Maratha Empire laid siege to Sirhind, with a usual alliance with Khalsa and Mughal Commander Khan Adina Beig. At that time, the Afghan general Jahan Khan, along with Abdali's son Taimur Shah, had 25,000 troops with him. On 20 April 1758, the Marathas entered Lahore.
Raghunathrao, the Maratha peshwa who conquered Lahore in 1758.
In 1759, the Maratha and its allied forces defeated the Durrani Empire in the Battle of Lahore. The Maratha Empire had made large successes, capturing Delhi, Punjab, Kashmir, Multan, Peshawar and Attock.
Shortly after that, in 1761 A.D, As Marathas were defeated in Panipat and Ahmed Shah went back to Afghanistan a chaos resulted. Lack of local government and no head or ruler in the Punjab allowed Sikh Misls to gain effective control of their respective areas. From 1764 to 1799, Bhangis controlled the Lahore province. The latter part of the Bhangi rule is considered as very oppressive and unjust.
In the end of 1798, The High Gentry of Lahore, comprising all three religions, made a combined and effective petition before, Ranjit Singh, the chief of Sukerchakia Misl to invade and take control of the Lahore province which he successfully did with the help of his mother-in-law, Sada Kaur's Kanhaiya Misl.
During the 18th century, as Mughal power dwindled, Lahore was often invaded by Afghan armies and became a province of the Afghan Empire, governed by provincial rulers with their own court.
The Sikhs warring band invaded after the decline of the Mughal Empire in Punjab and created of a collection of autonomous Misls, which were governed by Misldars, mainly in the Punjab region.
Early in Aurangzeb's reign, various insurgent groups of Sikhs engaged Mughal troops in increasingly bloody battles. In 1670, the ninth Sikh Guru, Guru Tegh Bahadur encamped in Delhi, receiving large numbers of followers, was said to have attracted the wrath of Emperor Aurangzeb. After the decline of the Mughal Empire, the Sikh invaded and occupied Lahore District.
The execution of Guru Tegh Bahadur infuriated the Sikhs. In response, his son and successor, the tenth Guru of Sikhism Guru Gobind Singh further militarized his followers.
Twelve Sikh misls joined into one to form a new empire and sovereign Sikh State ruled by Maharaja Ranjit Singh. Ranjit Singh was crowned on 12 April 1801 at Lahore. The 1740s were years of chaos, and the city had nine different governors between 1745 and 1756. Invasions and chaos in local government allowed bands of warring Sikhs to occupy some areas. In 1799, all Sikh Misls (warring bands) joined into one to form a sovereign Sikh state ruled by Maharaja Ranjit Singh from the royal capital, Lahore. During the 1740s, frequent invasions by Afghans led by Ahmad Shah Abdali and has created chaos in local government had made life very uncomfortable for the citizens of Lahore. Bhangi Misl was the first Sikh band to invade and plunder the Mughal Lahore. Later Ranjit Singh was able to make gains in this chaos. He defeated the grandson of Abdali, Zaman Shah in a battle between Lahore and Amritsar. Out of the chaos of Afghan and Sikh conflicts Ranjit Singh who was able to unify the Sikh factions and capture Lahore where he was crowned Emperor. Many visitors to Lahore during this era noted that much of the city was in disrepair and many of its Muslim monuments and Mosques were pillaged and desecrated by the Sikhs. The land, palaces and houses of Muslim nobility were confiscated by the Sikhs Sardars.
The Samadhi of Emperor Ranjit Singh in Lahore, Pakistan.
While much of Lahore's Mughal era fabric lay in ruins by the end of eighteenth century due to the destruction and plunder by the Sikh Bhangi Misl. Ranjit Singh's death on 27 June 1839 ultimately ended his reign, while the Sikh rule continued until the British gained control of the empire in 1849.
On 7 July 1799, the Sikh militia of the Sukerchakia chief, Ranjit Singh, occupied Lahore. Ranjit Singh used the Hazuri Bagh, the enclosed garden next to the Mosque as his official royal court of audience. In 1762 A.D., the Bhangi Sikh Sardar army conquered Lahore and occupied the Shaheed Ganj Mosque, together with the courtyard. Shaheed Ganj area being named after Sikhs who had been scalped and killed there during the Mughal empire. The Muslims were prohibited from entering and praying at the Mosque. The Sikhs built a Gurdwara, Sikh temple, in the courtyard and used the Shaheed Ganj Mosque building to house Sikh priests.The Sikhs built a Gurdwara, Sikh temple, in the courtyard and used the mosque building to house Sikh priests.
Syed Ahmad Barelvi a Muslim nationalist received desperate pleas of help from the persecuted Muslims of the Punjab region. The Muslims were prohibited to call Azan and lands belonging to the waqf endowments which provided financial support to Muslim institutions were confiscated by the Sikhs. Syed Ahmad Barelvi in 1821 with many supporters and spent two years organizing popular and material support for his Punjab campaign. He carefully developed a network of people through the length and breadth of India to collect funds and encourage volunteers, traveling widely throughout India attracting a following among pious Muslims. In December 1826 Sayyid Ahmad and his followers clashed with Sikh troops at Okara but with no decisive result. In a major battle near the town of Balakot in 1831, Sayyid Ahmad and Shah Ismail Shaheed with volunteer Muslims were defeated and martyred by the professional Sikh Army.
In 1841, during the Sikh civil war, Ranjit Singh's son, Sher Singh, used the Badshahi Mosque's large minarets for placement of zamburahs or light guns, which were placed atop the minarets of Badshahi Mosque to bombard the supporters of the Sikh Maharani Chand Kaur taking refuge in the besieged Lahore Fort, inflicting great damage to the Fort itself. In one of these bombardments, the Fort's Diwan-e-Aam (Hall of Public Audience) was destroyed (it was subsequently rebuilt by the British but never regained its original architectural splendour). During this time, Henri De la Rouche, a French cavalry officer employed in the army of Sher Singh, used a tunnel connecting the Badshahi Mosque to the Lahore Fort to temporarily store gunpowder.
Maharajah Ranjit Singh made Lahore his capital and was able to expand the kingdom to the Khyber Pass and also included Jammu and Kashmir, while keeping the British from expanding across the River Sutlej for more than 40 years. After his death in 1839 the internecine fighting between the Sikhs and several rapid forfeitures of territory by his sons, along with the intrigues of the Dogras and two Anglo-Sikh wars, eventually led to British control of the Lahore Darbar ten years later. Capitalizing on the disarray surrounding the succession struggles after Ranjit Singh's death and only partially diminished by a war fought against the Sikhs on their eastern frontier, the British rode into Lahore in February 1846 and garrisoned their troops in the citadel. Two unstable years later, they were drawn into a second war with the Sikhs at the southern city of Multan when that city's governor, Mul Raj, encouraged his troops to rebel. After a series of closely fought battles, the Sikh army was finally defeated in the Battle of Gujrat, sixty miles north of Lahore. In March 1848, following the British victory, Dalip Singh, Ranjit Singh's teenage son and heir to the throne, was formally deposed in Lahore. The remaining Sikh regiments in the city were abruptly decommissioned and camped outside the city demanding severance pay. Within a year, the Punjab was formally annexed to the British Empire and military sappers had begun leveling Lahore's city wall.
For the British, Punjab was a frontier province, because Lahore had boundaries with Afghanistan. Therefore, the Punjabis, unlike the Bengalis and the Sindhis, were not allowed to use their mother tongue as an official language. The British first introduced Urdu as an official language in Punjab, including Lahore, allegedly due to a fear of Punjabi nationalism. During the rule of British colonial government, the Punjabi Muslims started reclaiming and rebuilding of the Muslim monuments occupied, damaged and destroyed by the Sikhs during their heavy handed rule in the Punjab region.
Under British rule (1849–1947), colonial architecture in Lahore combined Mughal, Gothic and Victorian styles. The General Post Office (GPO) and YMCA buildings in Lahore commemorated the golden jubilee of Queen Victoria, an event marked by the construction of clock towers and monuments all over India. Other important British buildings included the High Court, the Government College University, the museums, the National College of Arts, Montgomery Hall, Tollinton Market, the University of the Punjab (Old Campus) and the Provincial Assembly. Under British rule, Sir Ganga Ram (sometimes referred to as the father of modern Lahore) designed and built the General Post Office, Lahore Museum, Aitchison College, Mayo School of Arts (now the NCA), Ganga Ram Hospital, Lady Mclagan Girls High School, the chemistry department of the Government College University, the Albert Victor wing of Mayo Hospital, Sir Ganga Ram High School (now Lahore College for Women) the Hailey College of Commerce, Ravi Road House for the Disabled, the Ganga Ram Trust Building on Shahrah-e-Quaid-e-Azam, and the Lady Maynard Industrial School. He also constructed Model Town, a suburb that has recently developed into a cultural center for Lahore's growing socioeconomic elite.
Viceroy Lord Mountbatten of Burma with a countdown calendar to the Transfer of Power in the background.
Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman seconding the Lahore Resolution with Muhammad Ali Jinnah presiding the Lahore session.
Minar-e-Pakistan, where the Pakistan Resolution was passed.
Lahore enjoys a special position in the history of Pakistan Movement and Indian Independence Movement. The 1929 Congress session was held at Lahore. In this Congress, a resolution of "complete independence" was moved by Pandit Nehru and passed unanimously at midnight on 31 December 1929. On this occasion, the contemporary tricolor of India (with a chakra at its centre) was hoisted as a national flag, and thousands of people saluted it.
The predominantly Muslim population supported Muslim League and Pakistan Movement. After the independence of Pakistan in 1947, the minority Hindus and Sikhs migrated to India while the Muslim refugees from India settled in the Lahore District.
Lahore is regarded as the heart of Pakistan and is now the capital of the Punjab province in the state of Pakistan. Almost immediately after the independence, large scale riots broke out among Muslims, Sikhs and Hindus, causing many deaths as well as damage to historic monuments—including the Lahore Fort, Badshahi Mosque and other colonial buildings. With United Nations assistance, the government was able to rebuild Lahore, and most scars of the communal violence of independence were erased. Less than 20 years later, however, Lahore once again became a battleground in the War of 1965. The battlefield and trenches can still be observed today close to the Wagah border area.
After independence, Lahore was eclipsed by Karachi, which quickly became the biggest and most industrialized city. It was not until the administration of Mian brothers, and the 1990s riots in Karachi that Lahore once again gained its significance as an economic and cultural powerhouse through government reforms. The second Islamic Summit Conference was held in the city. In 1996, the International Cricket Council Cricket World Cup final match was held at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.
The Walled City of Lahore known locally as the "Un-droone Shehr" (Inner City) is the oldest and most historic part of Lahore. The Punjab government embarked on a major project in 2009 to restore the Royal Trail (Shahi Guzar Gah) from Akbari Gate to the Lahore Fort with the help of the World Bank under the Sustainable Development of the Walled City of Lahore (SDWCL) project. The project aims at the Walled City development, at exploring and highlighting economic potential of the Walled City as a cultural heritage, exploring and highlighting the benefits of the SWDCL project for the residents, and at soliciting suggestions regarding maintenance of development and conservation of the Walled City.
The present day Lahore is a three-in-one city. That is why, when one visits Lahore; he finds three different cities – each distinguished from other in one way or other. The old city – existed for at least a thousand years – developed in and around circular road. Similarly, the British built Lahore covers the area from Mayo Hospital to the Canal Bank on the east. Unquestionably, third Lahore which includes various posh localities such as Gulberg, Bahria Town Joher town, Defence Housing Authority along with several others developed after the independence. Samnabad is a major residential area and administrative subdivision of Lahore, Pakistan. It is the one of Oldest Posh areas of Lahore and located in the center of City.
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^ Tamara, Sonn (2011). Islam: A Brief History. John Wiley & Sons.
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Dawn DeDeaux, America House, 1989-91/2021, Digital drawings, metal framing, motion detector lights, dimensions variable, Collection of the Artist © Dawn DeDeaux, Photo by Seth Boonchai.
NEW ORLEANS, LA.- The New Orleans Museum of Art presents Dawn DeDeaux: The Space Between Worlds, the first comprehensive museum exhibition for the pioneering multimedia artist Dawn DeDeaux, on view October 22, 2021 through January 23, 2022. One of the first American artists to connect questions about social justice to emerging environmental concerns, DeDeaux's art responds to an uncertain future imperiled by runaway population growth, breakneck industrial development, and the imminent threat of climate change.
"Dawn DeDeaux has long grappled with existential questions surrounding earth and humanity's survival," said Susan Taylor, Montine McDaniel Freeman Director of NOMA. "Originally scheduled for Fall 2020 but twice postponed—once due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and again because of the recent climate change-induced catastrophe of Hurricane Ida—the works and messages presented in the exhibition are more relevant than ever as we navigate this challenging time."
Since the 1970s, DeDeaux's practice has included video, performance, photography, sculpture, and installation to create art that grapples with the social, political, and environmental impacts of the Anthropocene, and responds to the unique threats facing her home state of Louisiana, one of the fastest disappearing landmasses in the world. The Space Between Worlds is organized around a series of immersive installations that span DeDeaux's entire 50-year career. Featured are early projects like CB Radio Booths, which linked communities across New Orleans via radio and satellite, to more recent works from her MotherShip series, which plots our escape from a ruined earth, and a brand new immersive 70-foot video installation entitled Where's Mary.
"A 'retrospective' is by definition a look backward, but in the case of Dawn DeDeaux's work, that definition doesn't seem to fit," said author, scholar, and catalogue contributor John M. Barry. "So much of what she's done seems of the now. It's beyond prescient."
DeDeaux has long worked between the worlds of the past, present, and future. Her exhibition highlights that we all have a limited-time-only opportunity to come together, coexist, and effect change.
The catalogue for Dawn DeDeaux: The Space Between Worlds features essays by exhibition curator Katie A. Pfohl, Eva Diaz, Associate Professor of the History of Art and Design at Pratt; Debbora Battaglia, Professor of Anthropology at Mount Holyoke College; John M. Barry, Distinguished Scholar at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine; and Walter Isaacson, Leonard Lauder Professor of American History and Values, Tulane University; alongside a foreword by museum director Susan Taylor and an interview between Pfohl and the artist, conducted at the height of the COVID-19 lockdown.
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Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race
Sydney/Hobart, Australia
IT'S NO SECRET ANYMORE
Geoff Boettcher's South Australian yacht Secret Men's Business 3.5 was announced this afternoon as this year's Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race Overall winner. In a dockside presentation, CYCA Commodore Garry Linacre presented the Adelaide-based skipper with the Tattersall's Cup for his race win, and Patrick Boutellier of Rolex Australia presented a Rolex Yacht-Master timepiece as the holiday crowd thronged the surrounding Constitution Wharf docks.
Secret Men's Business was the 14th boat across the finish line in a race where just finishing was an achievement. Severe wind and weather conditions contributed to the retirement of twenty percent of the fleet this year.
Boettcher was the second winner from South Australia in a row – and like last year's winner Andrew Saie's of Two True, Boettcher sails from the Cruising Yacht Club of South Australia.
When asked how it feels to win the legendary Rolex Sydney Hobart race, Boettcher's face lit up and he said, "As a kid it's something you always dream of. Just doing the race is fantastic, but to be a winner is the ultimate in sailing for Australian blokes."
Last year, Boettcher modified Secret Men's Business 3.5 to improve the 51-foot Reichel Pugh design's upwind performance. The modification seems to have paid some handsome dividends. "We kept the rig, the deck, keel, rudder and electronics, but the hull was completely new. We added a metre to her length while we were at it," Boettcher said.
About the boat's performance in the race Boettcher commented, "It was great. We hadn't really tested it. We'd taken it around to Sydney and Hamilton Island. Not a lot of miles and not in the real hard conditions that we had during this race, so we're pretty proud -- she hung in there nicely."
A veteran of now 22 Rolex Sydney Hobart races, Boettcher summed up this year's race conditions in one word: "Tough." He explained, "It was a tough one with a little bit of everything. We clocked 50 knots of breeze out there on the track and the waves were damaging. I don't know how many of the fleet have retired but I know it's a big percentage. So it was hard, and to win one that was this hard is very gratifying."
Asked what drives him to compete in what is more often than not, a gruelling offshore classic, the 64-year-old supermarket owner replied, "I suppose to have a win in your life, and the camaraderie of the really fantastic guys standing next to me. I think it's a camaraderie thing of just getting there (to the finish) together." He continued, "It's something special to take your boat to Sydney and compete against all the rest. In Adelaide we don't have the competition that's put on here. The Rolex Sydney Hobart is the pinnacle and that's the one we want to be in."
Asked whether he'll be taking part in next year's Rolex Sydney Hobart race, Boettcher laughed and said, "It's early stages yet. At my age we're running out of runway for anything else!"
As of 1530, 36 boats had finished the race, 33 were still racing and 18 had retired. While today's award of the Tattersall's Cup has been made, for half of the Rolex Sydney Hobart fleet their race is, by any means, not over.
The official final prize giving for the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2010 will be held at the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania on Saturday, 1 January 2011 at 1100 AEDT.
The entries for this the 66th edition of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race included six international entries from the USA, UK, Italy, France, as well as two partly crewed Russian boats, and entries from seven of the eight Australian states and territories.


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UK ambulance workers embark on strike
Mayowa Oladeji
The National Health Service (NHS) has advised persons who are experiencing less severe health concerns to visit a General Practitioner or pharmacy or use the NHS111 telephone advice service rather than dialing 999.
This was due to the strike embarked upon by ambulance workers as administrators informed patients that ambulance response times may be even longer than usual and that some patients may have to travel to the hospital on their own rather than wait for paramedics.
Thousands of ambulance staff in England and Wales who belong to the Unison or GMB unions will stage the second stoppage of their dispute with ministers over pay. However, NHS bosses fear this strike will be more disruptive than the first, which took place on 21 December, because it would involve more staff, including call handlers.
"The picture will vary across the country, but with more staff expected to strike this time, the NHS is in an even more precarious position," said Miriam Deakin, the director of policy and strategy at NHS Providers, which represents health service trusts.
She said trust leaders were doing what they could to minimise the impact of the strike but were "braced for another day of significant disruption".
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They were resigned to thousands of patients having their surgery or outpatient appointments postponed, causing "a knock-on effect on services in subsequent days", she said. The impact would be "harder to absorb" than last month.
Deakin has previously emphasized that NHS administrators "fully understand why overworked ambulance employees have been pushed to strike," and that ministers need to engage in genuine pay negotiations with the unions to prevent further strikes. On January 23, there will be a third ambulance strike.
Many of the LAS personnel will be on picket lines, according to Daniel Elkeles, chief executive of the London Ambulance Service (LAS), meaning some people who call 999 might not even get an ambulance.
People should only request an ambulance "when a life is at risk", Elkeles said.
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Nicholas Tan
Retrospective Visions
Retrospective Visions is an exhibition that that questions the expansive need for surveillance and its conflicting position as both a form of security and a remover of privacy through the lens of a speculative future set in the year 2038.
In the year 2038, life is simpler and faster than ever. The world has become a giant global integrated network of smart countries with technology embedded into every aspect of our social processes. In turn, the tools of surveillance and its processes have become more seamless and omnipresent. With surveillance closer to us now more than ever, it has become not only a form of observation and control, but also a form of protection that citizens can employ.
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Nicholas is a Singapore-based visual communicator with an interest in Speculative and Critical design as well as surveillance and privacy. Believing that good design should be invisible and appreciated in its different forms, Nicholas likes to imagine diverse ways to communicate, through video, product, graphic design and even possibly through art.
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Contributed by Melissa Simon
This article was written in 1899 when anti-Semitism was widespread in the United States. Large companies did not hire Jews, Universities either didn't admit Jews or limited their numbers with strict quotas. "Respectable" people like Ford and Edison expressed their anti-Jewish feelings openly. Mark Twain had an answer for them:
Written by Mark Twain in Harper's, September 1899
If the statistics are right, the Jews constitute but one percent of the human race. It suggests a nebulous dim puff of stardust lost in the blaze of the Milky Way.
Properly the Jew ought hardly to be heard of, but he is heard of, has always been heard of.
He is as prominent on the planet as any other people and his commercial importance is extravagantly out of proportion to the smallness of his bulk.
His contributions to the world's list of great names in literature, science, art, music, finance, medicine, and obtuse learning are also way out of proportion to the weakness of his numbers.
He has made a marvelous fight in this world in all the ages and has done it with his hands tied behind him.
He could be vain of himself and be excused for it. The Egyptians, the Babylonians and the Persians rose, filled the planet with sound and splendor, and faded to dream stuff and passed away.
The Greeks and the Romans followed and made a vast noise and they are gone.
Other peoples have sprung up and held their torch high for a time. But it burned out, and they sit in twilight now or have vanished.
The Jew saw them all. Beat them all, and is now what he always was, exhibiting no decadence, no infirmities of age, no weakening of his parts, no slowing of his energies, no dulling of his alert and aggressive mind. All things are mortal but the Jew. All other forces pass, but he remains.
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Whatever you do, don't pick up a hitchhiker.
So your mama might say. And you may believe it, until you find yourself with a thumb in the air.
When I was a kid (and this was the 90's), there was this party. And it was several towns over. I wanted to go, and so did my neighbor. But "several towns" came out to something like 15 miles, and to be honest, without Google Maps or a good understanding of how to even own a map, neither of us knew that.
So we decided to ride our bikes to get there. And I guess, in the interest of journalism, they weren't our bikes…as much as they were stolen. But anyway, statutes of limitation long gone, that friend never made it.
And neither did I. Not on the bike, anyway. There was this major highway intersection about six miles shy of the destination party and, quite frankly (by 9:30pm, well into a party "back home"), I was tired of cycling. So my nearly adult self tossed that 16″ pink and white bike into the forest–fully intent on some day giving it back, I think–and threw a thumb into the air.
I was picked up by some French Canadians; and I assure you that is quite the experience for a young man grown up in a town full of largely set-in-their-ways, if not downright-racist, Central Pennsylvanians. They sat me in the back seat of a three row mini-van and I was bedazzled by beautiful women and intelligent men alike. Moments later, even after I continued to give them much ado about leaving me a block or two away, I was at my destination. Those intriguing foreigners were gone and I was too.
It sparked something small in me which would eventually lead to full-time travel. But more importantly, it would give me a lifelong desire to pick up anyone who was both willing to put their thumb in the air and didn't completely look like a psycho.
Many years later, I'd find myself living in a Volkswagen Bus. Driving to a town. With my then 8 year old son.
A man on the side of the street, no thumb at all mind you, was looking like a guy with two feet and about twenty miles to civilization. I thought about it. I'd picked up at least a dozen people in the fifteen years that had passed, not one of them a threat or anything short of decent. But I'd never picked up a hitchhiker with anything to lose but myself, my money, or maybe my car.
In that instance I thought about those facts. That I'd never lost a thing. That I'd had so many conversations in fact, that lead to the contrary. Stories about guys trying to find a job, or how many states they'd crossed, or just plain old women trying to get to work. I thought about the logic of wanting to protect my son. But from what? Good Samaritans?
And so I pulled over a few yards later and put my right signal on. I could see the man, older, long grey beard, running up to meet us. My son instinctively got into the back seat, not for fear but for manners, and the guy jumped in.
We drove him to town. Twenty miles was twenty five minutes in a car. Or a day's pursuit on foot. He swore a bit, talked hippy lingo and tried to express his reverence for nature as much as he did curse out the last guys he'd been camping with. Apparently they didn't share their McDonalds. When we got to where we were all generally going, he left, shook my hand. And then he was gone.
No murders. No thieving. A little different perspective for me and mine.
Did they get angry? Nope. Did they get a bunch of miles further down the road, while having a party all the way? Yep.
And that's the kind of thing I want to express with this issue. Hitchhiking is not a crime. It's not a guaranteed death sentence. It's another way of getting around.
When I was 20, I hitchhiked across the Sahara dessert by alone. I have yet to stop since. This time around, I find myself in Pakistan.


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Regulars feel a big win coming as progressive jackpot approaches $100K
2009 was a record year for jackpots and bonuses at Slotland.com, one of the world's first and still most popular online slots sites. A total of $799,309 was paid out in progressive jackpots last year and more than $68,500 was given to players as bonuses in year end draws. That's on top of nearly half a million dollars in deposit bonuses that were paid in 2009. With the current jackpot nearing $100,000, regulars at the casino are starting to feel that another big win could be just around the corner.
2009 saw a more than 10% increase in total jackpot payouts over 2008. Averaging $133,218 in 2009, individual jackpots were larger than the year before. All games at Slotland are tied to the same jackpot and in 2009 the jackpots were won playing some of their most popular games: Heavy Metal, Mega Spin, Slotris, Jacks or Better and Treasure Box.
The largest jackpot in Slotland history, $200,111, was won in 2009 by a player known as FORGOMO playing the Heavy Metal slot machine. That beat the previous record set by TEXASTEASER who got lucky in 2008 playing the Treasure Box slot and won $195K.
Not everyone can win a jackpot but Slotland also paid out nearly half a million dollars in deposit bonuses to its players in 2009.
As it has just done for 2009, Slotland will again do random year end draws for thousands more in bonus money in 2010. Each deposit is an entry (VIPs earn two entries per deposit). The draw awards a top cash prize of $5000 and splits a further $13,250 between another 20 players. On top of that, $55,000 will again be awarded to the top 30 overall depositors.
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It's crucial to use alt tag and to make sure search engines know what you are talking about. Alexa rank is a scoring framework that measuring an activity and making characterization as per this movement those Alexa Toolbar clients are going to sites.Secondly, the number of backlinks you have also matters a great deal.His understanding of human behavior often allows him to see what his guests might be choosing to overlook, and uses that ability to confront them and help them take positive steps towards solving their problems. That's why you should use alt tag on your all pictures, which you use in your website. If there is no alt tag, search engine doesn't understand anything from the image.
Wednesday on CNN's "New Day," host Alisyn Camerota said it was "remarkable" CNN found and got an apology from the Reddit user who was credited with creating the video that President Donald Trump tweeted out last weekend that showed him Wednesday on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," network host Andrea Mitchell accused President Donald Trump of not reading, absorbing facts and was "not reality-based" when discussing his foreign policy moves.


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Q: TypeError [ERR_UNKNOWN_FILE_EXTENSION]: Unknown file extension ".ts" - Again I use Node.JS workspace with the following structure:
root/
    |- build/
    |- ModuleA/
         |- build/
    |- ModuleB/
         |- build/
    |- WebAPI/
         |- build/
         |- server.ts

build folder contains all the rollup output.
root package.json has "type": "module", which I don't want to remove because I want to use import
tsconfig.json has:
"moduleResolution": "node"
"esModuleInterop": true.
"module": "ES2022"
When trying to run the web application npx ts-node ./WebAPI/server.ts, I bump into the error:
TypeError [ERR_UNKNOWN_FILE_EXTENSION]: Unknown file extension ".ts"

Running the app with ts-node-esm src/webapi/server.ts bumps into the following error:
CustomError: Cannot find module '/root/webapi/Presenters/RegisterUserPresenter'

on the line of import:
import { RegisterUserPresenter } from "../Presenters/RegisterUserPresenter"

What should I do?

A: To solve the error, make sure to install the module
and try setting moduleResolution to node in your tsconfig.json file
npm install module-name

npm install --save-dev @types/module-name

Make sure to replace module-name with the name of the module in your error message.
tsconfig.json
{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "moduleResolution": "node",
    //.......
  }
}


Enid Tsui follows up on China Guardian's coup last month when it made a massive sale in Beijing of Huang Binhong's Yellow Mountain (1955) for 345 million yuan (HK$396 million.) Huang hasn't been among the platinum-plated names in Chinese classical ink painting like Zhang Daqian and Qi Baishi until now. But Tsui suggests there's a bit more going on behind the scenes with this sale than simply the emergence of a new name in Chinese Classical painting.
First of all, the sale marks the arrival of China Guardian's Guo Tong as powerful force in Mainland sales. Second, the Mainland is showing strength again after years of sales migrating to Hong Kong. Finally, the return of big prices in art in China itself may be a signal that other asset sectors are too clogged with government controls. The spillover is coming back to the art market.
Controls on capital leaving the country mean cash has to be stored in China at a time when there are fewer assets that can be accessed. The Huang was bought be a company, not an individual, adding to the speculation.
"After 2011, the market was cooler, partly because of a real shortage of liquidity as companies saw slower growth, partly as a response to prices going up too quickly before, and partly because of the government's anti-corruption drive. Sales in 2014-15 were nearly 40 per cent less than in 2011," says Guo.