More importantly, we are a community of passionate experts, learners, makers, artists, geeks, parents, children, students, and professionals. You are likely to find expert advice and eager collaborators for anything you're looking to build.
To get started, come to an Open House, every Tuesday from 6pm to 10pm. We will give you a tour of the space and answer your questions about our tools, methods, and membership. The Calendar lists other recurring events, such as the Member Meeting on the 1st-Wednesday of each month. If you have burning questions not answered here, please email board@atxhs.org.
Work Day Sat April 27 2019 12-6pm Come help improve the space, Pizza served! Stop by for an hour or for all 6 like a hero.
Membership earns you 24/7 access to the space following a mandatory free orientation class. Several of the tools and areas require a training class. A few of the more popular tools require a calendar reservation so that you can be sure to run your job to completion. Apart from reasonable fees for classes and consumable costs, there are no additional usage fees. We also offer a Family Rate and a Starving Hacker Rate if you're interested.
The space is run by volunteers, for volunteers. Members are urged (but not required) to help us grow, groom and improve the space. Ask around for how you can help!
We are a collaborative industrial workshop full of people who love to learn and make things!
We have over 8,000 square feet of space that is perfect for artists, designers, engineers, makers and hackers, fabbers, scientists, musicians, seminars and workshops, co-working, and a ton of other stuff. We're the perfect place for any project that needs space, involves loud or messy equipment (woodworking, soldering, welding, painting), power (we have 120V, 240V, and 3-phase power), tools that are too expensive or large for your own workshop ( see our laser cutters, CNC mills, and 3D printers ) or meeting with collaborators.
More importantly, we are an established and ever-growing community. Imagine what we can do when we combine our skills, knowledge, ideas, tools, and materials... or see for yourself at our next Open House, every Tuesday evening from 6-10pm.
We're hackers (thoroughly defined here), which means we create things and we put things together in new and innovative ways. ATX Hackerspace is dedicated to encouraging and promoting technical, scientific, and artistic skills through projects, collaboration, and education by all legal means.
Members are given 24-hour access and may bring up to two guests to the space at any time.
Visitors are invited to attend our Open House - every Tuesday evening from 6-10pm - or any of the open events on our Calendar or Meetup page.
I'm here to work with my hands, and actually complete something."
--Casey, ATXHS member, while laser-cutting a TV Tray with the face of Trey Anastasio on it.
It's a TV Trey. Get it?
Sign up for upcoming classes by going to our Class_List and checking out the upcoming offerings.
Contact our Board of Directors for any questions you may have.
Get Your Own Private Office Space!
ATX Hackerspace's new co-working area with private office space provides something new in Austin. Here you have a union of dedicated office spaces with 24/7 access to cutting-edge prototyping and traditional crafting methodologies. Small business owners, independent professionals, startup companies, or people who just need their own space are a great match with our location, infrastructure and network of fellow innovators.
This page was last modified on 24 April 2019, at 02:36.


When baby is not happy, no one is happy. And, unfortunately, eczema can cause many sleepless nights for baby, as well as Mom and Dad. More than 20% of children suffer from eczema, and the effects extend beyond skin irritations and sleeplessness to include hay fever allergies and asthma.
Studies, published by PubMed.gov, suggest that rubbing moisturize onto an infant's skin on a daily basis can lower a child's risk of developing dry, itchy patches on the head, arms, and legs. In 2014, researchers from the Oregon Health & Science University discovered parents could cut their newborns's risk of atopic dermatitis in half by moisturizing their baby everywhere but the scalp, at least five times a week for the first 6 months of life.
"Eczema can be devastating. Beyond the intractable itch, a higher risk of infections and sleep problems, a child with eczema means missed time from school, missed time from work for parents and huge out-of-pocket expenses," said Dr. Steve Xu, a resident physician in the Dermatology Department at Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine. Dr. Xu and his research team compared various moisturizers to determine which one was the most affordable but still aided in the prevention of eczema. This research team determined the most cost efficient option was petroleum jelly, better known as Vaseline, costing only $7.30 for a 6-month supply. When rubbed onto a baby's skin, the moisturizer acts as a barrier against aggressors, such as allergies. A family can expect to spend as much as 35% of their discretionary income on care for a child suffering from atopic dermatitis.
Because it's among the most moisturizing, petroleum jelly is also recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics as one of the top-choice moisturizers for treating (not necessarily preventing) eczema, including atopic dermatitis.
McNeil DG Jr. Petroleum Jelly May Reduce Risk of Eczema. http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/02/health/petroleum-jelly-eczema.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fhealth&_r=2. Published January 3, 2017. Accessed January 9, 2017.
Lewin E. Moisturizing Babies Could Prevent Eczema Research Finds. http://www.essentialbaby.com.au/baby/baby-health/moisturising-babies-could-prevent-eczema-research-finds-20161216-gtcoi3. Published December 16, 2016. Accessed January 9, 2017.
Zander M. The Cheapest Way to Prevent Eczema In Babies Is Probably Already In Your Bathroom. http://www.scarymommy.com/eczema-in-babies-study-vaseline-cheapest-way-to-prevent/. Accessed January 9, 2017.


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AAU Youth Wrestling (2013-2015)
Cookeville has served as home to the Team Tennessee AAU Youth Wrestling State Championships welcoming approximately 1,000 youth wrestlers (age five-years-old to eighth grade) along with fans and families, and 300 coaches for each two-day event at the Hyder-Burks Pavilion.
Outdoor Channel: Major League Fishing GEICO Select Series (2015)
Cookeville was selected as host city for filming the second season of the Outdoor Channel's Major League Fishing GEICO Select Series with 24 top anglers competing on Center Hill and Dale Hollow Lakes. (Air date: January 2016). The Select series is a companion to the Major League Fishing Cup series. "We are thankful that we were able to develop a terrific partnership with the Cookeville community, because we're having an outstanding event. Cookeville has been a gracious host, and the waters in the area helping us put together another great Major League Fishing television series." Don Rucks, Major League Fishing Commissioner.
Southern Cruisers Tennessee State Rally (2000-present)
Cookeville has been home to the Southern Cruisers Riding Club's annual state rally ince 2000. The event is an all-brands rally providing funds to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
Tennessee Preservation Trust (2013)
History and hospitality collided as Cookeville was selected as host of the 2013 Tennessee Preservation Trust, a statewide conference in conjunction with the Tennessee Historical Commission.
Toyota East vs. West Tennessee All-Star Classic (2012-2016)
The Tennessee Athletic Coaches Association furthered Cookeville's reputation as the state's high school football capital by choosing the city and Tennessee Tech University as host for the Toyota East vs. West Tennessee All-Star Classic. The all-star game welcomes 88 players, 18 cheerleaders, 16 coaches and countless fans and families from across Tennessee for a battle of the best-of-the-best from east to west Tennessee. "Since Cookeville and Tennessee Tech have proven to be great hosts for the BlueCross Bowl, it was an easy choice for us to make." Murphy Fair, Guru of Tennessee High School Football, and All-Star Classic Game Coordinator
International Baja SAE Competition (2013, 2016)
Cookeville's Tennessee Tech University has served as host to the annual international Baja SAE competition welcoming 100 teams from across the globe, including India, Canada, Mexico, and Egypt to the Hyder-Burks Agricultural Pavilion.
Run For The Wall (2013-present)
A major overnight stop for Run For the Wall since 2013, Cookeville welcomes hundreds of riders each year riding in honor of POWs, MIAs, and KIAs during the cross-country motorcycle route from Los Angeles to Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, DC. "There is always one city that stands out. Cookeville is obviously that city for the Midway Route! This community's hospitality is one I know will remain in each of our hearts, and will only grow each year when we return!" - James "Gunny" Gregory, Founder of RFTW
Tennessee H.O.G. Rally (2012, 2014, 2015)
Cookeville has made Harley-Davidson history, setting record-breaking attendance numbers, serving as smallest city to host, and is the only Tennessee city to host consecutive years. As a result, Cookeville was also selected to serve as the host of the first Southern Backroads H.O.G. Rally, July 11-15, 2017. "Cookeville is an ideal hub for the rally. Aside from the roads of the Upper Cumberland being a motorcyclists' dream, there is so much support from the entire community. Local residents, businesses, and law enforcement have shown so much hospitality, it's astounding." - Gary Bagwell, H.O.G. Rally Coordinator.
Tiny House RoadShow (2016)
More than 15 tiny houses and 30 vendors made Cookeville's Hyder-Burks Pavilion home for three days to showcase homes and products dedicated to "tiny living".
TSSAA BlueCross Bowl (2009-present)
The Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association has allowed Cookeville to serve as Tennessee's high school football capital, hosting the BlueCross Bowl championships since 2009, welcoming an average of 30,000 attendees over the three-day event each December. "The history and tradition of football, and especially high school football, run very deep in our state. There are so many reasons why the event is what it is today. One of the main reasons it is so special is the city of Cookeville, Tennessee Tech University, and the numerous volunteers who put so much hard work and dedication into making it a truly memorable experience for the student-athletes. That is our goal for each event, and we certainly couldn't do it without them. TTU's Tucker Stadium is a great venue for the BlueCross Bowl. It's large enough to accommodate our biggest crowds, and it creates for a great atmosphere for each championship game." – Bernard Childress, TSSAA Executive Director
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Letters, notes, autographs, portraits, and other materials collected by the Harwood Family over a period of two hundred-fifty years. Much of the early materials, including Revolutionary War era materials, are Navy and military service related. Later materials include letters from major political, financial, and literary figures. Correspondents include Herbert Hoover, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Ray Lyman Wilbur, Pearl S. Buck, and Carl Sandburg. Also included are engravings, photographs, and autographs of historical figures. Includes papers relating to Rear Admiral Andrew Allen Harwood.
Documents collected by Frank Golder relating to John Paul Jones' career as Admiral in Russian Black Sea Fleet during the war against the Ottoman Empire. Includes copies (photostats and typed transcripts) of correspondence from Jones to Prince Grigori A. Potemkin, handwritten in French. Also notes, diary, and correspondence excerpts (copies, by hand/typed or photo) assembled by Golder. Includes correspondence between Golder and Russian repositories about materials on Jones and Jones' career in the Russian navy.
Journal, photograph, silhouette, printed booklet, and annotated sketch. The journal is one kept by Kane during the Second Grinnell Expedition, the purpose of which was to search for Sir John Franklin. The journal dates from 4 June 1854 to 15 May 1855.
Curtis Wilbur served as Secretary of the Navy from 1924-1929. The collection contains various printed speeches and addresses from the period beginning March 1924 through November 1927. In addition, it contains various newspaper articles and miscellaneous correspondence.


In the wake of the devastating images of the intentional destruction of objects from the Mosul Museum, the International Council of Museums (ICOM) is deeply concerned for the safety of museum professionals in Iraq and mourns the loss of invaluable cultural heritage due to thisreprehensible attack.
The international museum community shares the pain of the Iraqi people in the face of such brutal assaults on their collective history and identity. When cultural objects of a country disappear, all people are denied a part of their shared history and are taken as hostages alongside the heritage.
The international community must not only strongly condemn the destruction of such an important collection, but must take immediate measures to prevent further deplorable assaults on the culture and history of humankind.
Voluntary destruction of elements of Iraq's millennial culture and history, and those of the broader region, has been occurring for many years. This recent calculated provocation is also an attack on the concept of museums, and a forceful rejection of the ways in which the world app roaches and values ancient societies.
Concerned about the frequency of such systematic destruction of heritage, ICOM calls on theresponsibility of all for protecting the cultural heritage of the world, of which the ancient royal cit ies of Nineveh, Nimrud and Hatra in northern Iraq are great vestiges.
These senseless acts are in complete violation of national and international legislation, encompassing the recent United Nations resolution 2199, which condemns the destruction of cultural property and aims to prevent the trade in items of cultural, scientific and religious importance that have been illegally removed from their country of origin during periods of conflict.
For over a decade, ICOM has dedicated itself to emergency preparedness and response for museum professionals and to the protection of Iraqi cultural objects at risk of illicit trade. In this regard , a revised version of the Emergency Red List of Iraqi Cultural Objects at Risk will soon be published.
In extending solidarity and support to our colleagues in Iraq, ICOM wishes to further contribute to future capacity-building efforts for museum professionals of the region who could be confronted with such exceptional and tragic situations.


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package opa

import (
	"context"
	"encoding/json"
	"io"
	"runtime"
	"sync"
	"time"

	"github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/ast"
	"github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/internal/wasm/sdk/internal/wasm"
	"github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/internal/wasm/sdk/opa/errors"
	sdk_errors "github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/internal/wasm/sdk/opa/errors"
	"github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/metrics"
	"github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/topdown/cache"
	"github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/topdown/print"
)

var errNotReady = errors.New(errors.NotReadyErr, "")

// OPA executes WebAssembly compiled Rego policies.
type OPA struct {
	configErr      error // Delayed configuration error, if any.
	memoryMinPages uint32
	memoryMaxPages uint32 // 0 means no limit.
	poolSize       uint32
	pool           *wasm.Pool
	mutex          sync.Mutex // To serialize access to SetPolicy, SetData and Close.
	policy         []byte     // Current policy.
	data           []byte     // Current data.
	logError       func(error)
}

// Result holds the evaluation result.
type Result struct {
	Result []byte
}

// New constructs a new OPA SDK instance, ready to be configured with
// With functions. If no policy is provided as a part of
// configuration, policy (and data) needs to be set before invoking
// Eval. Once constructed and configured, the instance needs to be
// initialized before invoking the Eval.
func New() *OPA {
	opa := &OPA{
		memoryMinPages: 16,
		memoryMaxPages: 0x10000, // 4GB
		poolSize:       uint32(runtime.GOMAXPROCS(0)),
		logError:       func(error) {},
	}

	return opa
}

// Init initializes the SDK instance after the construction and
// configuration. If the configuration is invalid, it returns
// ErrInvalidConfig.
func (o *OPA) Init() (*OPA, error) {
	ctx := context.Background()
	if o.configErr != nil {
		return nil, o.configErr
	}

	o.pool = wasm.NewPool(o.poolSize, o.memoryMinPages, o.memoryMaxPages)

	if len(o.policy) != 0 {
		if err := o.pool.SetPolicyData(ctx, o.policy, o.data); err != nil {
			return nil, err
		}
	}

	return o, nil
}

// SetData updates the data for the subsequent Eval calls.  Returns
// either ErrNotReady, ErrInvalidPolicyOrData, or ErrInternal if an
// error occurs.
func (o *OPA) SetData(ctx context.Context, v interface{}) error {
	if o.pool == nil {
		return errNotReady
	}

	raw, err := json.Marshal(v)
	if err != nil {
		return sdk_errors.New(sdk_errors.InvalidPolicyOrDataErr, err.Error())
	}

	o.mutex.Lock()
	defer o.mutex.Unlock()

	return o.setPolicyData(ctx, o.policy, raw)
}

// SetDataPath will update the current data on the VMs by setting the value at the
// specified path. If an error occurs the instance is still in a valid state, however
// the data will not have been modified.
func (o *OPA) SetDataPath(ctx context.Context, path []string, value interface{}) error {
	return o.pool.SetDataPath(ctx, path, value)
}

// RemoveDataPath will update the current data on the VMs by removing the value at the
// specified path. If an error occurs the instance is still in a valid state, however
// the data will not have been modified.
func (o *OPA) RemoveDataPath(ctx context.Context, path []string) error {
	return o.pool.RemoveDataPath(ctx, path)
}

// SetPolicy updates the policy for the subsequent Eval calls.
// Returns either ErrNotReady, ErrInvalidPolicy or ErrInternal if an
// error occurs.
func (o *OPA) SetPolicy(ctx context.Context, p []byte) error {
	if o.pool == nil {
		return errNotReady
	}

	o.mutex.Lock()
	defer o.mutex.Unlock()

	return o.setPolicyData(ctx, p, o.data)
}

// SetPolicyData updates both the policy and data for the subsequent
// Eval calls.  Returns either ErrNotReady, ErrInvalidPolicyOrData, or
// ErrInternal if an error occurs.
func (o *OPA) SetPolicyData(ctx context.Context, policy []byte, data *interface{}) error {
	if o.pool == nil {
		return errNotReady
	}

	var raw []byte
	if data != nil {
		var err error
		raw, err = json.Marshal(*data)
		if err != nil {
			return sdk_errors.New(sdk_errors.InvalidPolicyOrDataErr, err.Error())
		}
	}

	o.mutex.Lock()
	defer o.mutex.Unlock()

	return o.setPolicyData(ctx, policy, raw)
}

func (o *OPA) setPolicyData(ctx context.Context, policy []byte, data []byte) error {
	if err := o.pool.SetPolicyData(ctx, policy, data); err != nil {
		return err
	}

	o.policy = policy
	o.data = data
	return nil
}

// EvalOpts define options for performing an evaluation
type EvalOpts struct {
	Entrypoint             int32
	Input                  *interface{}
	Metrics                metrics.Metrics
	Time                   time.Time
	Seed                   io.Reader
	InterQueryBuiltinCache cache.InterQueryCache
	PrintHook              print.Hook
	Capabilities           *ast.Capabilities
}

// Eval evaluates the policy with the given input, returning the
// evaluation results. If no policy was configured at construction
// time nor set after, the function returns ErrNotReady.  It returns
// ErrInternal if any other error occurs.
func (o *OPA) Eval(ctx context.Context, opts EvalOpts) (*Result, error) {
	if o.pool == nil {
		return nil, errNotReady
	}

	m := opts.Metrics
	if m == nil {
		m = metrics.New()
	}

	instance, err := o.pool.Acquire(ctx, m)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	defer o.pool.Release(instance, m)

	result, err := instance.Eval(ctx, opts.Entrypoint, opts.Input, m, opts.Seed, opts.Time, opts.InterQueryBuiltinCache,
		opts.PrintHook, opts.Capabilities)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	return &Result{Result: result}, nil
}

// Close waits until all the pending evaluations complete and then
// releases all the resources allocated. Eval will return ErrClosed
// afterwards.
func (o *OPA) Close() {
	if o.pool == nil {
		return
	}

	o.mutex.Lock()
	defer o.mutex.Unlock()

	o.pool.Close()
}

// Entrypoints returns a mapping of entrypoint name to ID for use by Eval() and EvalBool().
func (o *OPA) Entrypoints(ctx context.Context) (map[string]int32, error) {
	instance, err := o.pool.Acquire(ctx, metrics.New())
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	defer o.pool.Release(instance, metrics.New())

	return instance.Entrypoints(), nil
}

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ROC, the Highlands Italian restaurant at 1327 Bardstown Rd., (look for the American and Italian flags hanging from the pergola over the patio) has gradually been extending their service. A few weeks ago, ROC introduced a Sunday brunch from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Now it is starting daily lunch service, Tuesday to Friday, 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
The lunch menu will feature panini of various kinds, chicken Parmesan and mortadella sliders and macaroni and cheese, made with cavatappi and truffles. Lunch entrées will be chicken paillards and chicken milanese, Italian pork loin Parmesan and arugula and tomato salad.


text:
package native

import (
	"debug/elf"
	"fmt"
	"syscall"
	"unsafe"

	sys "golang.org/x/sys/unix"

	"github.com/go-delve/delve/pkg/proc"
	"github.com/go-delve/delve/pkg/proc/linutil"
)

func (thread *nativeThread) fpRegisters() ([]proc.Register, []byte, error) {
	var err error
	var arm_fpregs linutil.ARM64PtraceFpRegs
	thread.dbp.execPtraceFunc(func() { arm_fpregs.Vregs, err = ptraceGetFpRegset(thread.ID) })
	fpregs := arm_fpregs.Decode()
	if err != nil {
		err = fmt.Errorf("could not get floating point registers: %v", err.Error())
	}
	return fpregs, arm_fpregs.Vregs, err
}

func (t *nativeThread) restoreRegisters(savedRegs proc.Registers) error {
	sr := savedRegs.(*linutil.ARM64Registers)

	var restoreRegistersErr error
	t.dbp.execPtraceFunc(func() {
		restoreRegistersErr = ptraceSetGRegs(t.ID, sr.Regs)
		if restoreRegistersErr != syscall.Errno(0) {
			return
		}
		if sr.Fpregset != nil {
			iov := sys.Iovec{Base: &sr.Fpregset[0], Len: uint64(len(sr.Fpregset))}
			_, _, restoreRegistersErr = syscall.Syscall6(syscall.SYS_PTRACE, sys.PTRACE_SETREGSET, uintptr(t.ID), uintptr(elf.NT_FPREGSET), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&iov)), 0, 0)
		}
	})
	if restoreRegistersErr == syscall.Errno(0) {
		restoreRegistersErr = nil
	}
	return restoreRegistersErr
}


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With regards to the extent of non-public property this tenant left out, you may have a massive cleaning undertaking before you. Whether or not you have a group or just oneself and an affiliate, emptying this rental is a undertaking that can take a short time. If you've been sensible and chosen a dumpster, you've made this undertaking easier about yourself. You may take everything out to this dumpster instead of being worried about what is definitely recyclable or maybe can be provided to charity. Dumpster rental corporations will often take care of sorting through items place in their dumpsters to observe what can proceed to charity or be reused along with what can go to recycling centers. If you haven't hired a new dumpster, you'll need to carry this initiative yourself to eliminate costs with your local rubbish company.
Whenever you handle huge projects like construction, household renovation or maybe green garden cleanup, it will be important for you carry help from specialist to complete this project productively. People have a due treatment to complete this project in time, but they overlook post issues of the undertaking such as rubbish hauling. Looking to generate huge tons of rubbish on completing the undertaking. Tons of rubbish piled up for very long period of time could lead to great deal many troubles such as leading to environmental pollution, dispersing infectious conditions, occupying totally free space with your arena, effecting the growth within your further assignments and so on. Removing such a huge trash about self wipes out much of your a serious amounts of also wants huge investment in terms of move and labour. Piling rubbish for longer period of time may chuck you within unnecessary difficulties.It encourages penalty within you for being an origin for producing environmental pollution.
You might be concerned about the cost of something like this. Maybe you are not sure that you're going to need something like that. Sit down and create a list of everything that are going to end up being thrown out. Now think about your location going to need to have to take it and exactly how you are going to understand it there. In the event you still are not convinced that you'll need a dumpster for rent, estimate how much time it's going to take you to remove all of the excess and dirt from your home or maybe yard. It would just be really worth the money to save all of the time it is going to carry to clean up and dispose of everything.
There are many situations when you may need a Cost of a Dumpster in Eastport, NY. You purchased a brand-new second home that you just consider a cabin. You got the good price within the cabin having a gorgeous garden and lake rights. Now the cabin wants to have some redesigning done. The initial item you see that needs to be utilized care of will be the roof. Your roof is starting to drip and the shingles are little by little being supplied off of the roof structure as the fingernails are coming up from it.
Have you been happy with the way your home seems to be right now? Are you experiencing clutter hidden in your closets and crevices? Has this spilled out into your car port? Your basement?


From off a hill whose concave womb re-worded A plaintful story from a sistering vale, My spirits to attend this double voice accorded, And down I laid to list the sad-tun'd tale; Ere long espied a fickle maid full pale, Tearing of papers, breaking rings a-twain, Storming her world with sorrow's wind and rain.
Upon her head a platted hive of straw, Which fortified her visage from the sun, Whereon the thought might think sometime it saw The carcase of a beauty spent and done. Time had not scythed all that youth begun, Nor youth all quit; but, spite of Heaven's fell rage Some beauty peeped through lattice of sear'd age.
Oft did she heave her napkin to her eyne, Which on it had conceited characters, Laund'ring the silken figures in the brine That season'd woe had pelleted in tears, And often reading what contents it bears; As often shrieking undistinguish'd woe, In clamours of all size, both high and low.
Sometimes her levell'd eyes their carriage ride; As they did battery to the spheres intend; Sometime diverted their poor balls are tied To th' orbed earth; sometimes they do extend Their view right on; anon their gazes lend To every place at once, and nowhere fix'd, The mind and sight distractedly commix'd.


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January 14, 2021 Julia Shuvalova	Leave a comment
I was going to tell about this, but tonight's snowfall makes an ideal backdrop for my story.
I witnessed the final 11 years of the USSR. I was a child, so my memories don't contain any grim episodes. Instead, I remember the Soviet period as a very quiet time, synonymous with such words as security, safety and peace.
And it was also the time when families were very close-knit and generally kind-hearted. Money was rarely an issue, for everyone was generally pleased with what they had.
Following the demise of the USSR, families began to fall apart. For the second time in the 20th century, after the Civil War of 1918-1922, fathers and sons opposed each other. The civil war didn't break out this time, but money and the opportunities it provided became the bone of contention. I can't help pointing out that this expression is a perfect, if sad, metaphor for the conflict that engulfed generations of Russian people.
There was one more important change, apart from money. Younger people began to drift away from their families and homes. Some headed abroad, others to nightclubs. Shops began to work till late, and very soon there appeared those that never closed their doors.
And this was one of the biggest departures from the Soviet times. In Soviet Russia shops used to close any time between 6 and 9pm. I cannot remember a shop that would remain open till 10pm or later. Obviously, there were a few "duty shops", like the chemists, that would stay open but there'd be only a handful of them for the whole of Moscow.
We often consider any restriction as an encroachment on our freedom. On second thoughts, restrictions help to structure one's life; without limitations and boundaries people are quite incapable of implementing even the simplest regime.
In Soviet times, when most people finished work at 6pm sharp, they had some three hours to do their shopping. It is true that there were queues at the cashiers, but it's now clear, why: lots of people had to do their shopping before 9pm. They also had time to meet their friends, visit the theatres and cinemas, walk or attend evening classes and clubs before coming home and spending the evening with their family.
Then, when many shops began to work 24/7, it suddenly became possible to do any shopping at any time. Time with the family became not so important, or it was difficult to make time for them. When you work for yourself, as capitalism often demands, you make your own success and fortune. But, as we have plainly seen, very few people are capable of managing their time well. And, as much as those 24/7 shops were convenient, they also helped to devalue the time. Indeed, if you can do your shopping any time, it doesn't matter when you actually get to do it.
"Thanks to" the pandemics, shops in Moscow currently work from 8 till 11pm. In the spring 2020, some of them even closed at 9pm or 10pm. Naturally, we had to plan a shopping trip, or we and our pets would be left without food. This added some pressure, but I suddenly realized that I enjoy the quietude of the streets after 11pm.
Before, the traffic never stopped whatever the weather. Tonight there are only few cars, mostly taxis, that snail through the snowfall. People are at home. I don't think they all sleep, but most of them do.
We hear about different conspiracy theories, but, if my observations are anything to go by, the traitors of mankind may not quiet achieve their goals. By getting back to the normal regime, sleeping when one is expected to sleep, and shopping in the day people are likely to improve their life and perhaps even make it more harmonious.
In historical terms and in the Russian context, this may indeed be a U-turn to the Soviet past and the best it had to offer.
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Elephant and Donkey: the mascots of American two political parties (from ruswi.com)
You'd likely want to know what we think here, in Russia, about the situation with the elections and Trump-Biden confrontation. Well, quite simply, we think this is the end of democracy in the USA.
Politics, Weapons and Enemies
The state of affairs between our countries is such that most Russians like the American people, nature, the best of American culture and values – but we are deeply aware that political elites hold Russia as one of America's biggest enemies. The model of Realpolitik these elites have adhered to for decades dictates to always remember there is an enemy whose attack is imminent. You might say that Russia exists in the same paradigm. Not quite: in our case, this is the sad historical reality. Following the creation of the ancient Russian state in the 10th century and its "free" existence until the Mongol invasion in the 13th century, the only time Russia was not invaded by the belligerent enemy forces was in the 18th cc. I don't need to tell you that things are different with the USA that has been waging wars here and there in various corners of the East since 1960s. And while Russia has to produce the arms to defend itself, the U.S. produce arms to "bring the democratic values" to uncivilised barbarians elsewhere in the world.
This introduction serves to explain that most people here in Russia are not "for" or "against" Trump, Clinton, Obama, Biden, or any other Democrat or Republican. We are for the politician that is least belligerent and more grounded. Such was Trump. His was the mindset of a good businessman: if it's good for business, let's do it. If not, forget it.
Democracy, Hypocrisy and Human Rights
I'll explain now what problems I personally have with the liberal democratic agenda. Under the aegis of "human rights" liberals bring havoc and plague on all the houses in the neighbourhood. Before we knew it, every deviation under the sun has been considered normal, so that if you don't discover any legally acknowledged deviation in yourself, you're a freak. Any discussion becomes a minefield where you are bound to breach these or those rights. This makes any forward movement completely impossible. Instead of getting to the core of the problem and finding a solution, we're beating around the bush fearing to offend somebody.
And secondly, I really despise these boss-servant relations when a boss comes across as your best friend. This is never the case. Liberalism is all about supporting the weak, it seems. In truth, it's about weakening the weak, to make them powerless, dependant and therefore more docile and compliant. More often than not the boss takes the servant for a drink not to talk about life, but to learn the weaknesses of the employee. And then he disposes of the servant if necessary, and the latter cannot even understand why the boss had to be so ruthless. They always had a good chat and a pint on Friday afternoon…
First, there has indeed been proof of Democrats' forging the elections. Interestingly, they used the same method of which they've been accusing Russia since 2011: they threw in fake bulletins. And now we see Twitter "forever banning" Trump. The meaning thereof is VERY simple. The Fourth and Fifth Estate in America is the real power; their owners and investors own the country. What the recent American election has shown, is that people no longer have any power or right. You may vote because the Constitution says you can, but you don't decide who becomes the president. The owners of the media and social networks do. Officially, the last popular president, i.e. elected by the people, was Donald Trump.
This is certainly the end of democracy in the USA. This is also a revival of oligarchy in its worst form yet. Its power is entirely virtual, including the money, but extremely strong and omnipresent.
What's Next for America?
I don't for a second support those (rare) voices who claim they will enjoy watching the USA plunging into the civil war. For all the bad things the American politicians have done since the 20th c., the American people don't deserve to experience the horror of an inner military conflict. Yet I can well imagine it happening. Just as there is a shadow state, there is a shadow national spirit that exists besides the social networks and television. It is supported by the values that we call traditional and that have been mocked or distorted in the recent years. But they still exist: family, children, faith, national independence, national culture, a healthy business competition. Republicans and those who share their values have a lot to fight for.
Links to other articles on Politics and History on LCJ
Ten Years Ago, on September 11, 2001
Historical Comebacks (about the West-East rivalry)
Jacques Le Goff on History (one of the leading medievalists on the Evil, the West and the East)
Thoughts on Russian presidential elections (+mentality+curious media parallels with the recent US elections)
Wrong on Russia (about history, democracy, Russia and the West)
The 75th Anniversary of the Leningrad Blockade, 1944-2019
The Professional Fallacy of Historians (a brief piece on mid-Tudor studies)
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2021 Xmas, Experiences, Holidays, LCJ Author Corner, On Russia, PhotoFiles
The Orthodox Christmas Eve is called "sochelnik" after a special meal cooked on this day. In Orthodox tradition, Christmas Day ends the so-called Christmas Lent that lasts from the end of November until January 7th. This Lent, similarly to the Assumption Lent in August, has fixed dates, as opposed to the Great Lent in spring and St. Peter's Lent in June.
According to tradition, the faithful are not allowed to eat any food on Christmas Eve, except for "sochivo" – a mix of cooked wheat and honey, sometimes with the added dried fruits. I must admit I've never cooked it yet, and in fact, the last week of Lent was difficult to fast because my body demanded that I enjoyed the festive time.
The faithful have been asked not to visit the churches this year, and the service at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour can be attended only by special invitation. I suppose one may express their surprise, if not anger, with these facts. So, let's remember that Jesus was also born outside the city and laid with the animals. We are in the same cradle this year, as Jesus, so let us focus on the essence of this holiday. A Child is born in cold and poverty to become the King. So we in our homes and in different state of being welcome the Light of the World to change our lives for the better.
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Walking in the Biryulyovo Arboretum
I used to visit the famous Biryulyovo Arboretum in summer but never in spring, autumn or winter. But there's always a space for a miracle! On January 2nd, 2021 I added some wintry views to my collection of photos! Join my walking in the alley of pines, which I renamed into The Trail of Smiling Pines (by analogy to The Trail of the Lonesome Pine film). I was walking in the Biryulyovo Arboretum from 1.30pm to 5.30pm. The last 2 videos were made at dusk, around 4pm, when I moved from the pine alley to that of deciduous trees. Then I made a very short video of a starting snowfall. It was magical walking in the Biryulyovo Arboretum in winter, and I hope you take time to walk there with me.
The summery view of the Biryulyovo Arboretum
Another post about the Biryulyovo Arboretum.
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Bye, Year 2020! Happy New year 2021!
I've been looking through my posts here in which I tried to draw a line under the previous year. It was good to see for myself what experiences got me well prepared for the year 2020.
There was a marriage break-up in 2006, a loss of job in 2008, yet another one in 2009, lots of travelling in 2010 and various events in 2011, more travelling and events in 2012-2013. In 2013, I started teaching. In 2014 my grandma died, the pound sterling rate doubled, and I found myself in a bit of jeopardy because I couldn't get my books and academic photocopies back in the next six years. I rarely mentioned my extensive translation work here, except when it was literary translation. At the end of 2015 the neighbour upstairs got everyone below him severely flooded, so until 2018 I had to deal with a complete makeover of my flat. I was also an editor-in-chief, then a head of the department, and I started to perform as a singer. I couldn't always maintain my blogging, so between 2015 and 2017 LCJ was offline. All these experiences, however unexpected and unwelcome, taught me to stay calm amidst any kind of storm, to be agile and flexible, to rely on myself but also to trust others, and to be patient.
My Year 2020
This explains why in 2020, when people were going mad because of distant work and learning, constant home living, and all sorts of restrictions, I was in the position when I could actually give them advice and provide help. I followed my heart, and it always brought me more good.
Some great things that happened to me in 2020:
I translated 4 books, due out in 2021;
I had 5 books published, 1 electronic and 4 printed, The Hammock for the Falling Stars I mentioned before;
starting from summer 2019, I listened to 9 online courses on finance and psychology;
I translated and voiced a course on front-edge technology for aesthetic medicine, orthopedics, dentistry etc.;
thanks to the above, and also my friends Adrian and Marco, I was finally able to get all my books and papers back to Moscow (here's the mention).
I didn't travel much, but I happily resorted to following a few Instagram accounts of people who live in countries as different as Bali and Italy and tell us about their everyday life.
Thoughts on Year 2020
Overall, I've had a fantastic year 2020. I realise this sounds ridiculous to some of you, so I'll explain. I've had my best results in all my life when I took a complete responsibility for every action. I made my own choices, I followed my decisions, and I put myself first. Now, as far as I know, "I" for many people include their relatives, at the least, if not also friends, job, country and mankind. And this is the problem: we cannot be responsible for the mankind. We can be only responsible for ourselves as a part thereof. We cannot be responsible for our relatives, except for how we interact with them. It's a totally different subject, but basically, if another person is unable to be happy, we cannot and shouldn't make them happy at the expense of our own happiness.
My Wishes for Year 2021
For the year 2021, I want to wish us all to be patient and flexible. If it's true that the virus is here to stay until 2023, then the new year will come "equipped" with more instability and danger. There will be more restrictions, more pressure, and more uncertainty. So I pray that we all stay calm and faithful. This storm is also of spiritual nature, it especially hits control freaks who are very fearful deep inside. As it is quite clear that the events are out of our control, please don't fear what you don't know. Instead, build on your strengths and find faith. With faith, we are unconquerable.
S Novym Godom! Happy New Year!
May the year 2021 bring you joy, keep you healthy and let you see the good chances!
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The Hammock for the Falling Stars
November 13, 2020 Julia Shuvalova
I am very glad to announce a publication of a collection of original fairy tales, inspired by the world folklore, The Hammock for the Falling Stars. The project is at the finishing stage where the authors and all those who are interested are collecting the money to publish the book before Christmas. 17 female authors wrote over 30 tales that take the reader to all the four corners of the world. This hardback edition contains over 100 pages, it is lavishly illustrated and will surely make a superb gift for a Russian-reading child. I have already translated my tale, inspired by Welsh folklore, into English and will look to publish it separately. In the meantime, you can look at the beautiful illustrations to this wonderful, superb edition. If you know of someone who may be interested in this book, please feel free to share the post with them.
The cover of the book, The Hammock for the Falling Stars (Moscow, 2020)
The Hammock for the Falling Stars can be purchased via this link: https://www.tinkoff.ru/sl/AxyL1HgRWHH. Please write your name and a social network name or email to be contacted for the book to be posted.
A previous announcement.
More posts on Wales.
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The Ban on Mixed Marriages: Marry But a Muslim
In my blog post on November 4th on occasion of the Day of National Unity I mentioned that Russia today is performing a balancing act due to multinational and multicultural character of the contemporary Russian society. In his address to the leaders and heads of religious organisations President Vladimir Putin also mentioned that, barring certain differences, all religions consider all people equal in front of God. Today we've learnt that this is not quite so. The Council of Ulema of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Russia has imposed the ban on mixed marriages.
"The Council of Ulema decided that Muslims should not marry representatives of other faiths, in particular Christians and Jews. Interfaith marriages are permissible only in certain cases with the permission of the local muftiat… Common values are important for people as close as husband and wife. The similarity of spouses in religion is the most important condition for a happy life"
Source: https://runews24.ru/eng/society/10/11/2020/32ca990d9a290128710f914ba4c38cf4
The decision to ban mixed marriages can create certain problems. Since the Soviet times there have been a lot of mixed – and happy – marriages, so neglecting the question of faith is a long-term habit. Russian Orthodox priests are not particularly welcoming mixed marriages either, and when they have to explain, they also raise the topic of common values. However, the Ulema's decision that has existed in theory since 2019 pioneers the formal prohibition of future marriages between the representatives of Islam, Christianity and Judaism – something that neither Christian nor Judaic organisations formally did, although similar recommendations against marriages with the unfaithful exist in those religions, too.
Here at this point many people, mainly atheists, shall raise their hands and deplore the ruin that religion causes to people's lives. Meanwhile, the Ulema explains their decision not only by a lofty idea of a unity of values (faith included), but by a more practical reason. Russian and Jewish girls are known for their beauty, and Muslim men often leave their former Soviet Republics to work in Moscow and other Russian cities to earn money. There they predictably meet and marry non-Muslim girls, while the Muslim beauties (who traditionally must stay with the family) cannot find a man to marry.
So, in truth, this is about demographics, not God.
I always look for good things on such occasions. If anything else, the Ulema's ban reminds us what family is really about. We're raised on fairy tales about love at first sight (and I believe in it, too!) However, love at first sight means recognising your other half as the one your soul has been waiting to meet. The soul doesn't recognise the sex appeal or the hair colour. It recognises values. In case with traditional religions, a particular set of rites is a cornerstone of life. For many others, faith itself is a cornerstone, even if we don't religiously follow a particular tradition. Hence it is important to know your values and not to compromise on those that matter most. If we look at things from this point of view, the Ulema's decision suddenly makes sense.
The marriages between Muslims and Jews may become a rarity for Russian Muslims (Image credit: europe1.fr)
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Poekhali by Yuri Gagarin To Become a Trademark
Roscosmos has initiated the registration of several historic and seminal signs as trademarks "to protect the state corporation from unfair competition". Poekhali by Yuri Gagarin is to become a trademark – the world-famous word he said on his first flight to space, which means "let's go".
Poekhali by Yuri Gagarin is known all over the world as the first words of a man in space. It is set to become a trademark if registered by Pospatent. Image credit: fortuna-2014.livejournal.com
As we're waiting to hear about further details, here's a song about Yuri Gagarin, Do You Know What Man He Was, sung by Yuri Gulyaev. The video is a collage of Gagarin's photos.
Nine years ago, when the world celebrated the 50th anniversary of the first manned Earth orbit, Anton Agarkov paid a visit to the Star City and shared lots of photos that I also featured on my blog. Read the article. To commemorate the same event, Attic Room Productions have made The First Orbit movie that you can watch below. It reconstructs Gagarin's historic flight and helps to relive his experience – now almost 60 years on.
More posts on Space.
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2021 Photographic Calendars to Order
November 6, 2020 Julia Shuvalova
The new year is just around the corner, and I'm pleased to announce the availability of 2021 photographic calendars I've prepared for you.
Llandudno. A View from the Great Orme (@Julia Shuvalova, 2013)
We're starting with my photographic calendars available on Zazzle.com. One of them is dedicated to Wales and features my photos made there between 2009 and 2013. The photos were taken in North, Middle and South Wales, particularly in Caernarfon, Llandudno, Denbighshire. Exact places include Valle Crucis Abbey, Horseshoe Path, and a few others.
Wales. A 2021 Calendar
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Another calendar consists of my London photos. The landmarks include a church in Aldgate, St. Pancras Railway Station, the church of St. Clements Danes, a few Bloomsbury and Soho streets. This is London you rarely see on postcards. While the Welsh 2021 photographic calendar is ideal for those who love the countryside, London 2021 photographic calendar will best suit those who like the subdued city vibe.
London. A 2021 Calendar
Both 2021 photographic calendars cost around $20 and can be delivered within a few days. I hope you will be able to enjoy my photos in the coming year.
Furthermore, please browse my Zazzle store and choose from cards, posters, iPhone covers and other merchandise that I will upload soon.
More posts on Photography.
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The Day of National Unity in Russia: Faith and Mockery
We celebrate the Day of National Unity in Russia today. It falls on the same day as the celebration of the Kazan Icon of Our Lady by the Russian Orthodox Church. In fact, November 4th has been celebrated since the 17th c., after the Polish-Lithuanian intervention had been driven out of Russia by the Second Volunteer Army of Minin and Pozharsky. The occasion was first commemorated by Mikhail Romanov, the first ruler of the new dynasty on the Russian throne.
"The Russian Orthodox people have for centuries prayed to Our Lady who always defends and helps when the human powers are running low".
In recent years the civil holiday was widely celebrated by the parades and street performances, but naturally, this year such events were out of the question. On the contrary, the faithful flocked to churches this morning. Many Russian Orthodox churches traditionally serve two liturgies on big holidays like this one, to accommodate as many believers as possible. I, too, went to the church today, although I couldn't stay for the service.
I'm drafting a big article on satyre, the mockery of religious beliefs and the impact it has on the world today. One thing I certainly find disturbing is that we are not serious enough about the really important things. We take politics very seriously; we take economy and money-making even more seriously; and expendables, like buckwheat and toilet paper, seem the end of it all. But our world is growing exponentially void of sympathy and respect. For is there really an explanation to the fact that, while the Act of Equal Opportunities demands employment to all despite their (dis)abilities, religious beliefs, sexuality and gender, the artists and journalists demand the right to mock faith and its most important aspects? Logically, this means 1) that a person outside the titular spectrum is given a competitive advantage based on their "difference" but at the time 2) in return for the titular population tolerating their "difference" they are made to tolerate the mockery of some very important aspects of their culture, namely, faith.
Christianity has undergone this hysteria during the Reformation, when zealous Protestants whitewashed the opulent Catholic frescoes and broke the statues of saints and prophets. There has long been a taciturn consensus between the different denominations within the Christian Church, whereby the Russian Orthodox Church remains faithful to the old Byzantine order, preserving the spirit of Christianity, while Catholic and Protestant Churches have moved on pastures new, admitting in women and gay priests. The thing is very different with Islam, as according to traditional Christian thought, Muhammad is a fake prophet, hence Islam is a sect, not a religion in its proper sense of the word. It has been accepted by the civil society, by the lay order, but in terms of religious culture, there has been no acceptance. The Western culture remains largely Christian, and if if chooses to drift anywhere, it is to yoga and Buddhism, not Islam. The Muslim culture doesn't fit anywhere, so it literally has to fight for itself. Despite this, for nearly a decade European journalists have seen to aggravating the Muslim population by producing caricatures on Muhammad and, most recently, on President Erdogan, who seemingly aspires to resurrect the Ottoman Empire. Add to this the problem of the West "making up" the palatable East and not even attempting to understand the East on the latter's own terms, and it becomes obvious just how really tragic these caricatures are, and how oblivious is President Macron or other leaders to the real state of things.
Admittedly, Russia today is also performing a balancing act today, following the demise of the USSR and the influx of the cheap labour force from the former Soviet republics. I wrote previously about the Day of National Unity in Russia and the attempt to relegate the revolutionary past into the void of History. However, it is legally prohibited to mock or satirize anyone's religious beliefs, and I fully support this limitations. I know some call these satirical acts the manifestation of freedom. I strongly believe that freedom is not about how far we can go, but when we choose to stop.


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"There is no compulsion in religion," – Holy Qur'an
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"God's House": Muslims saved Jews from Nazis
"To me Islam is poetry. is science, is to be with the Divine. Islam is beauty," – Norman Gershman, founder of "BESA, a code of honor" project.
"I am a Jew of Islam because Judaism under the rule of the Crescent took a different course than that under the rule of the Cross. The Jews of Islam, although decreed by the Pact of Omar as dhimmis or second-class citizen, never experienced the same level of hatred, anti-Semitism or persecution, which were their daily bread in Christendom. They were not demonized as god's (Jesus) killers and did not have to defend their religion in public deputations. They were not expelled en-masse on religious grounds from a Muslim country as they were from England, France and Catholic Spain," Rabbi Haim Ovadia, Kahal Joseph Congregation in Los Angeles, California, January, 2008.
"Islam is an act of God's Mercy upon Jews," Shelomo Dov Goitein (1900-1985), a German Jewish historian in his book 'Jews and Arabs'.
"God's House", is a film by American Jewish photographer, Norman H. Gershman that shows Muslim tolerance towards Jews during the time when 150,000 Jews served in Nazi Army and the leaders of the World Zionist movement refused to help the European Jews being persecuted by the Nazis. Gershman chronicles the stories of Muslims, especially in Albania, who saved the lives of the Jews during WW II. Albania, Muslim country with a population of 3.6 million gave refuge to and hid 2,000 foreign European Jews. "These Muslim people in this small little country did something miraculous," Gershman says in the film.Fritzi Weitzman 85 – then 13-year-old, was one of the Austrian Jews saved by the Muslims.
The film (watch two videos below) is a behind-the-scenes look at how Gershman tracked down the heroic Albanians, the rescued Jews and their progeny for his book, "Besa: Muslims Who Saved Jews in WW II". Fritzi was thrilled that she had finally been able to share with the world the story of how a Muslim man faced up to anti-Semitism and saved the lives of her and her entire family. "For 70 years I've been trying to tell the world what King Zog did," she said.
However, it's not an isolated case. According to Stanford J. Shaw, on the orders of Turkey's president Ismet Inonu (a Crypto-Jew), Turkish ambassdors in Germany and France issued vissas to 100,000 European Jews to escape Nazi regime. In the past, Muslim armies liberated Jewish communities living under Church's yoke in Jerusalem (638 CE), Spain (711 CE) and Greece (1450 CE). It was Sultan Slahuddin who after giving a crushing defeat to the Crusaders occupying Palestine in 1186 CE – allowed the Jews to resettle in Jerusalem after nine decades. On June 10, 2005 – The Israeli mole, Abraham Foxman, national director of Anti-Defamation League (ADL) presented organization's highest award, Courage to Care Award, to Turkish prime minister Recep Tattip Erdogan in appreciation of its diplomates for saving the Jews under Nazi regime. While accepting the award at ADL headquarters in New York, Erdogan assured the 'Islamophobe' Jewish leaders that there is no anti-Semitism in Muslim-majority (99.7%) Turkey. ADL was taken to task for accepting the Muslim tolerance by Muslim-hating Daniel Pipes and his fellow Zionist creeps. Interestingly, since Erdogan has called Ahmadinejad "a good friend" – Foxman has been complaining about persecution of Jewish minority (26,000) in Turkey.
Karen Armstrong recollected Muslim tolerance towards non-Muslims especially the Jews during Islam's second Caliph Omar's entery to Jerusalem without a war. Not only that Omar refused to pray inside the city's main church – he also sent some of his senior officers to locate the ruin of the second Temple of Mount. To his great surprise, the ruin were used as city garbage dump by the Christian authorities. He helped his soldiers to clean the site and later handed it over to Jerusalem's Chief Rabbi at no cost. For this great generosity, the Chief Rabbi declared Omar as the "Promised Messiah".
The British Crown Prince Charles in "Islam and the West", wrote: "Islam was a religion of remarkable tolerance for its time, allowing Jews and Christians the right to practice their inherited beliefs, and setting an example which was not, unfortunately, copied for many centuries in the West. The surprise, ladies and gentlemen, is the extent to which Islam has been part of Europe so long."
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2 responses to ""God's House": Muslims saved Jews from Nazis"
fridaysermons | February 14, 2010 at 2:27 am | Reply
I think this article is fantastic and is due credit. When the Jews were being persecuted in Spain by the crusaders the Ottoman Empire ruler opened the gates for them.
Muslims should be proud of this fact, and if true Muslims ever once again exist, they will no doubt help them again or any other nation.
Lawrence Greer | August 11, 2014 at 2:27 am | Reply
After reading "BESA" I see Islam in a different light. Some Muslim friends in
San Angelo, TX where I live, introduced me to this excellent work.
I am thinking of showing it to our community. We have a small com. of Muslims.
Do you have any suggestions as to how I could show this? Our town
is rather tolerant, although we have our share of hatemongers..
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My background is I have a bachelor's and a master's degree from MIT. I worked as an engineer for a while and then proceeded to work for a start-up company. I went back to school for my MBA at Harvard Business School. Once I graduated, I had an opportunity to work in Harvard Management, but ended up working at a firm called Strome Susskind.
If you ever want to start a fund, it is best to start it during a bad time. The environment that existed in 2000 was an environment in which John Templeton made $100 million personally by shorting every company on ipolockup.com. There were a lot of liquidity-based issues. Since stocks, first and foremost, follow liquidity, you had a ton of terrible companies where you had 10% of the float outstanding and 90% of the stock coming off their IPO lock up where people wanted to sell. It was a once in a lifetime opportunity on the short side. We didn't cover a short for two years.
Ascend was founded in January of 2000. We're a focused long/short equity strategy. We started with $3.3 million. Half the money was my own at the time and I still have the vast majority of my money in the fund. I think that has definitely changed my incentive structure. You want to make sure that you preserve capital but also make money which is very much in alignment with our investors. I definitely encourage all senior employees to put a large percentage of their own money in the fund as well.
Accounting matters
The first thing is accounting. When we started in 2000, accounting was a big opportunity because there was so much bad accounting. For the most part, if you follow the cash you get the answer right. Don't look at the income statement; look at the cash flow statement. If you follow the cash flow and follow the balance sheet, you'll get things right more times than not.
The companies with really bad accounting end up going bankrupt. Companies like Nortel, that self-funded their growth, got into an awful lot of problems. Currently there are certain countries that are self-funding their own growth. It's an interesting situation if you look at those countries as if they were companies. Would you believe these countries would go bankrupt as well?
We then went through a period of time where the accounting was pretty clean. In the last three or four years, several companies have tried to fund their own growth and do the same thing that Enron did – use their balance sheet to obscure what the true earnings power is and fund their own growth. These are always great short candidates.
There are certain areas where people get accounting wrong. People usually get currency wrong, they get pensions wrong, and if you follow those through you can come up with what the right answers are. Even with a $200 billion consumer goods multinational stock earlier this year, it was very obvious that earnings estimates were 10% too high because of currency. When they finally got on their conference call and said earnings estimates are going to go down 10% because of currency, the stock still sold off. Don't underestimate the obvious and take advantage of these types of situations.
Alpha, compounding and performance attribution
We measure our performance by Alpha. We have a sector-focused approach. Currently we have seven different people that manage money within their different sectors. We also believe in the power of compounding. I think Ben Franklin said that compound interest was the eighth wonder of the world. In 1790, he left in his will an investment of $4,500 to be placed in a trust for 100 years. After the first 100 years the trust had grown to $400,000 and by 1990 the remaining amounts grew to $4.5 million which in turn has helped fund the Boston Public Library. It's just the power of compounding over a long period of time. The lack of drawdowns is key to that. We have set up our system not to fail.
Long/short equity was set up in 1949 by A.W. Jones and I think that long/short as a general category has worked pretty well. There are two different styles of long/short. One is the event driven where you're taking advantage of capital arbitrage, you're taking advantage of event-driven specific items. The other area is that it's sector-specific focused work, so if you focus in on only your sector, you're going to know your sector better than the competition.
If you're looking at a long/short portfolio, there are three different drivers of performance. The first is stock selection and that's the part that can't be explained by anything else. The other ones are sector allocation and market exposure. These are your three big levers. What can't be explained by markets and can't be explained by sector, can be explained by stock selection.
Buy-backs versus issuance
It is a very impressive list of stocks that have shrunk their share count year in and year out. It's like increasing the dividends every year because if you are buying back stock that means you have a good business, high ROE, and generally have a good discipline on allocation of capital. If you're increasing your share count, it means that you probably have problems. The best shorts are ones that have capital structure issues where they're over levered in a marginal business and in some way or another you're going to have to issue dilutive equity. There are also certain businesses that through no fault of their own but are in the wrong space at the wrong time. I think these are a good source of short opportunities as well, but ideally it's your spread between your longs and your shorts that matter the most. When you use your shorts to fund your longs, you can create non-correlated positive return streams which is the goal that everybody wants to achieve.
Company meetings and fundamentals
Good longs – we're looking for improvements in revenues, better earnings growth, stable ROIC, competitive advantage, under-levered balance sheet, high barriers to entry. Shorts we're looking for the opposite of that – deteriorating fundamentals and liquidity issues. Liquidity issues are actually my favourite on the short side. It's over-levered companies, deteriorating cash flow, and also if there are large discrepancies in cash flow versus reported earnings.
Several companies have been caught recently with Brazilian exposure and their receivables were going up significantly. You can talk a lot about it but the issue is if your receivables are increasing a lot, you have to make up for that somehow. I think it's a very good source of short ideas when you're looking at this but doing balance sheet analysis.
Short criteria include increase in competition, product cycle, weak and unsustainable capital structure, and flawed business models.
What is interesting about the healthcare sector is that most drugs are set up like a toll bridge. The acquisitions actually work because you're not going to lose share. For example, if a pulmonary company buys another pulmonary company, you literally get rid of one company's entire sales force (S). You have one salesman selling two products instead of one calling on the same doctor – incredible productivity and efficiency. Next, G&A can be significantly reduced by eliminating redundancies and R&D can be stripped out.
By eliminating S, getting rid of G&A, and R&D, and reducing the tax rate, suddenly one can strip 20 to 30 points out of the operating model. It's just gushing cash, so you can buy companies at 10 times the EV to EBITDA, and then you can almost get a 20% IRR on it because you take out costs from SG&A, R&D and save on taxes.
Longs and shorts
A US fertilizer company is an example of a recent winner. It is a low-cost producer of nitrogen-based fertilizers that uses natural gas as an input. The US is a net importer of nitrogen-based fertilizers so the US is going to be cost-plus relative to the other areas. If you are producing a commodity, you want to be low cost. When we bought this company, it was selling for eight times free-cash flow – four times the EV to EBITDA. They were buying back 10% of the company on a quarterly basis – it is fair to say nobody liked them.
A certain US E&P company has been one of my favourites on the short side lately. It's the modern day Enron. However, unlike Enron, everything was laid out in its disclosure. The US E&P company basically told you that there's no cash flow, there's no real earnings, it's over levered and cash flow is very dubious. I don't think there was anything that was illegal. It is just a very bad business model that people didn't understand.
Oil services shorts
One of our current shorts is a deep-water driller. The deep-water drilling is a terrible business. It makes the airline business look pretty good. One reason the airline industry is such a bad business, is that when one airline goes bankrupt the planes don't go out of service, somebody buys the planes, spray paints their logo on it and it's right back out flying ruining the business for everybody else. The reason that deep-water is worse is that it costs $50 million to stack a rig. From the rig owners perspective it is better to rent it for free than to stack it.
The market is oversupplied on the deep-water side and deep-water has become the high-cost producer of oil. Onshore shale oil is now lower cost than offshore meaning it will come back first. When we take this into account and put today's rig prices into an income statement, we believe deep-water drillers are 8.5 times EBITDA to debt, meaning the equity has no value.
Again, this deep-water driller is a highly levered entity in a deteriorating environment. The company has good management, but it is just a bad business, and they're over levered.
Macro view
To me the US looks like it's okay. The GDP looks fine and hourly wages are starting to tick up.
This economic expansion is not going to be over until we have a housing cycle, a credit cycle and a capex cycle from a US centric standpoint.
I agree with Dornbusch that economic cycles generally don't die of old age, they're murdered by the Fed, and it's usually to fight inflation.
To increase residential capex, it's in everybody's best interest to alleviate some of the very negative rules and regulations on the housing market. The housing market regulations are too tight when Bernanke can't get a loan because he lost his job. Housing starts should go back up to a more normalized rate, which should increase GDP by a couple percent.
We are now in an industrial recession. Everything associated with the mining and materials sectors is very weak. Recently Parker Hannifin and Emerson confirmed this with their weak orders. Layoffs are happening in the energy patch, and on the industrial side. We're going to see significantly more negative earnings revisions later in this third quarter. Much of the cause of this is by what is happening in China, Brazil, and the rest of the world.
US wage inflation
In a recession you have six people looking for one job and there is no wage inflation. Currently there are two people looking for one job, and because of this the US is experiencing 2.5% to 3% wage inflation. If you were taking your Economics 101 mid-term and somebody told you that unemployment is 5%, wage inflation is 2.5% to 3%, where should you set rates? You would answer 2.5% to 3% and that is where Yellen wants to set rates. She believes she's behind the curve and wants to raise rates soon.
I don't think raising rates will hurt the economy or the market. However, what could potentially derail the market is the unintended consequences of the stress that it puts on the rest of the world.
US small-cap valuations and liquidity
The area that is very overvalued right now is small-cap stocks. I think we could be entering a 1998 type of situation where small caps dramatically underperform. The underperformance will be based on illiquidity. It doesn't take a lot for them to start underperforming. Recently, there has been a lot of money that has gone into smart Beta or smart Alpha strategies. These strategies are equally weighted indexes instead of market-cap weighted indexes. In effect, these funds sell Microsoft and buy a $100 million company. I've traded small caps before and can verify there are no bids in a down tape.
European wage inflation
I think Europe looks pretty good. Europe is benefitting from QE, weak energy and a weak euro and Germany has been one of the biggest beneficiaries of these trends.
Germany's willingness to allow for some inflation has been very positive for the rest of Europe. It allows for the rest of Europe to heal without having prices go down due to inflation. And as John Maynard Keynes says this allows for the errors or stupidity and the optimism.
China overcapacity
China just looks horrific. If you start with China capex relative to GDP, there are only a few countries in the history of the modern world that have even come anywhere near 40%, 45% of capex relative to GDP. The most recent ones were Thailand, Indonesia and Singapore in 1998. When this bubble burst Thailand's market went down 90%, its currency corrected by 50% and its GDP fell by a third.
Currently the IMF estimates China is running at 55% capacity utilization. It's utter insanity to have almost half of your plant and equipment sitting idle and spending half of all GDP building stuff that'll never be used. And China has been borrowing to pay for this. They're using debt to build stuff that'll never be used. Their goal is to transition from a durable to a non-durable economy without having any hiccoughs. There's an awful lot of consternation right now. To make matters worse, China is the high cost producer of iron ore, met coal, urea, polyethylene, polypropylene, the aromatics chains, the fertilizers, and aluminium.
Japan's demographic challenges
Japan is a fascinating study too. We had a demographer that came in two years ago and according to his numbers, he believes the last Japanese goes extinct in 2450. When running the numbers, we still had 200,000 to 300,000 Japanese around in 2450, but his point is well taken that there will be half the population by 2100.
Japan is in a very difficult situation. It's debt to GDP is over 2.5 times. The BOJ's debt to GDP is already at an alarmingly high level of 0.7. If interest rates go to 4%, all of Japanese tax revenues goes to paying interest. Japan wants to have 3% inflation with 1% interest on long-term debt. I don't think that exists. I think it'll be the first major country to have significant problems.
The above is a transcript of a presentation made at the 4th FERI Hedge Funds Investment Day, held in Bad Homburg, Germany on 10 September 2015.
Malcolm Fairbairn founded Ascend Capital in 1999. Prior to launching the fund, Mr. Fairbairn was Managing Director of Structured Equities for Citadel Investment Group, Inc. in Chicago, Illinois. Subsequently, he launched and was portfolio manager for Orchard Partners, L.P., for Citadel Investment Group in San Francisco. From 1994 to 1997, Mr. Fairbairn worked as senior analyst for Strome Susskind, L.P. and was a portfolio manager for Strome HedgeCap, L.P., in Santa Monica, California. In 1993, he served as an equity analyst for Capital Research and Management Group in Los Angeles. Mr. Fairbairn received his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School in 1994 and was awarded his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Chemical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1985.
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Albania, a Wonderful Example of Coexistence and Religious Tolerance
Evalda Jera
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.26417/ejser.v4i1.p153-156
If we refear to the history of humanity we note that the tolerance of human society is too early, it was born togather with the man. It should be noted that religious beliefs in Albania are and has always been characterized by a strong feeling and a sincere harmony which is reflected in the relations between people with different religious beliefs, as well as between religious people and atheists. Albanians are both Christian and Muslim, Catholic, Orthodox, and Bektashi. For centuries territories populated by Albanians has been remarkable for a unique interfaith tolerance. Religion has never been in the past and is not now a source of conflict in society. In the history of the Albanian religious, communities have always succeeded with a peacefully cooperation. This tolerance stems from the awareness of the Albanians that they belong to the same nation having a strong ethnic identity regardless of external factors affecting the determination of Albanians from other religions. In the Albanian national tradition, religious tolerance is one of the main characteristics of Albanian people morality . The interest of the nation has always been primary in relation to religious matters, it is first of all beeing Albanian. Albanian as well said Pasko Vasa in the nineteenth century "never churches and mosques can separate usbecouse the religion of Albanians is Albanianhood" and so, because of this we create a big example, a wonderful cooperation, a peaceful atmosphere and open the way for peace and friendship between people not only in Albani but worldwide.
JERA, Evalda. Albania, a Wonderful Example of Coexistence and Religious Tolerance. European Journal of Social Science Education and Research, [S.l.], v. 2, n. 3, p. 153-156, aug. 2015. ISSN 2312-8429. Available at: <http://journals.euser.org/index.php/ejser/article/view/757>. Date accessed: 19 jan. 2020. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.26417/ejser.v4i1.p153-156.
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The text in the middle said the product's name in big white letters, followed by a smaller 'bug killer' note below.
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The troupe was the brainchild of Canadian Jennifer Capraru, who travelled to Rwanda to film Shake Hands with the Devil, inspired by the memoir of Lt- General Roméo Dallaire, the Canadian soldier in charge of UN peacekeepers during the 1994 genocide.
Capraru was in the Rwandan capital in 2006 and the experiences of the Rwandan survivors moved her to action.
"I was so struck by them and their courage that I thought, what can I do? What can I give?" Capraru told CBC News.
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Capraru hopes it's a message that resonates with Canadian audiences.
"If theatre and art can be a part of making the world a place where genocide isn't possible, that's really what drives me," she said.
The Monument appears at Harbourfront in Toronto from April 27 to May 1. It is performed in Kinyarwanda with English surtitles.


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