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Norman captures 6th state title
By Cameron Jourdan
The Oklahoman USA TODAY NETWORK
Published: Sun, March 14, 2021 3:10 AM
Norman celebrates with the trophy after beating Bixby in the Class 6A girls state tournament championship game Saturday at Mabee Center in Tulsa. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman]
TULSA — The standing ovation started with more than a minute left on the clock.
Fans donning orange and black slowly started rising and clapping, cheering on members of the Norman girls basketball team as the clock ticked down. Even some Bixby fans, the Tigers' opponent Saturday, joined in.
The Tigers deserved it.
For their undefeated season. For their state championship. For their adversity through a tumultuous week.
Top-ranked Norman dominated in the second half and beat No. 6 Bixby 48-37 at Oral Roberts' Mabee Center to win their second straight Class 6A state championship and the sixth in school history. The Tigers also finished the season undefeated at 19-0, putting a feather in the cap on one of the most successful three-year runs by a program in state history.
"It's awesome, but I'm really happy that I just get to play with these girls," Norman senior Kelbie Washington said. "These girls are what makes it different."
After winning the state title in 2019, Norman was the favorite last season before the state tournament was canceled. Some fans began chanting three-peat during the celebration.
Washington, an OU signee, dominated in the second half. She scored the Tigers first seven points after intermission, the first two coming off consecutive steals that forced a Bixby timeout only a minute in.
"It was a really good thing for us," Washington said of the second-half run. "Especially the girls motivating me to play defense. I think that's the reason why I got those steals was because of the girls."
Washington finished with a team-high 15 points to go along with three rebounds, three assists and three steals. Aaliyah Henderson also scored in double figures, adding 10 points.
Bixby (19-6 overall) trailed 21-17 entering the third quarter, but it was never able to garner momentum because of turnovers and missed 3-point shots. Coming in, the Spartans were on a tear shooting from behind the arc. Against Norman, Bixby made only one of its 10 3-point attempts. It also had 14 turnovers.
Norman senior Chantae Embry, a Texas Tech signee, also was strong defensively and on the boards. She finished with eight points, eight rebounds and two steals. She said her and Washington's bond helped them dominate throughout the season.
"Kelbie has been my best friend since like fourth grade," Embry said. "She's not just my best friend, she's like my sister on and off the court."
As the clock continued to wind down toward the end of the contest, Norman's players began embracing on the court and the cheering got louder.
Washington had the ball in her hands right before the buzzer. She dribbled around the floor a few times before heaving the ball in the air as the horn sounded, sparking the celebration.
It was a trying season for the Norman girls basketball team. Coronavirus quarantines and cancellations rocked the schedule. Then an announcer directed racist comments at them when players kneeled during the national anthem before Thursday's game.
The applause from both sides was warranted as the clock ticked away. So was the celebration of another championship season.
"This entire season, from last year to this moment now, it's just been an amazing run," Norman coach Michael Neal said.
Norman's Kelbie Washington goes to the basket beside Bixby's Gracy Wernli during the Class 6A girls state championship game Saturday at Mabee Center in Tulsa. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman]
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Did Trump Admin Memo Explain How To Spot Transgender People?
A federal memo allegedly said homeless shelters could identify some incoming transgender residents based on height and whether or not they had facial hair or Adam's apples.
Trump attends the 2019 Army Navy Game in Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 14, 2019. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Dana Clarke, available via Wiki Commons.)
The Trump administration issued a memo in July 2020 that listed physical characteristic to look for in order to identify incoming transgender people at federally funded homeless shelters.
In July 2020, Snopes received numerous inquiries from people who said they had heard U.S. President Donald Trump's administration issued a proposal to change federal law governing homeless shelters and that that memo included an explanation for how to spot some transgender people so the facilities could deny them housing.
Many readers included a link to an LGBTQ Nation article published July 20, 2020. People on social media circulated the same claim and link, criticizing the alleged memo as yet another example of the Trump administration's discriminatory tactics to oppress a population that's already at high risk of homelessness.
The LGBTQ Nation story alleges the federal memo "says homeless shelters can use 'factors such as height, the presence (but not the absence) of facial hair, the presence of an Adam's apple' to spot trans women" during the intake process.
Yes, a proposal sponsored by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson did list those physical attributes verbatim (see below):
Now, let's investigate why — was the language intended to help homeless shelters spot transgender people seeking services?
First, to explore that question, we researched the circumstances under which the Trump administration was most likely to have written the alleged document. We learned via a July 1, 2020, HUD press release Carson had recently written a proposal to amend existing guidelines that govern how federally funded homeless shelters operate, and we deemed that initiative to be the most likely source of the claim's inspiration. The press release stated:
Carson today announced a proposed modification to the 2016 portion of the Equal Access rule. The Equal Access rule requires all HUD funded housing services to be provided without discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. The new rule allows shelter providers that lawfully operate as single-sex or sex-segregated facilities to voluntarily establish a policy that will govern admissions determinations for situations when an individual's gender identity does not match their biological sex.
Some context: Housing officials under former U.S. President Barack Obama originally established the Equal Access rule, which requires homeless shelters and other facilities that receive money through the HUD's Office of Community Planning and Development to give Americans equal access to services, regardless of their gender identity or other characteristics.
Carson's proposal primarily targeted homeless shelters and facilities within that group that keep beds, bathrooms or other spaces separate for men and women for both emergency and longer-term stays. His measure would have given those places the legal authority to establish rules so only people whose biological sex corresponds with that of what the shelter serves would be granted access to services, no matter how people identify.
Next, we obtained the memo to which the LGBTQ Nation headline and press release were referring: a 29-page document on HUD's official website titled "Making Admission or Placement Determinations Based on Sex in Facilities Under Community Planning and Development Housing Programs." The docket was signed by Carson, a former neurosurgeon whom Trump appointed to lead HUD in 2016.
The document details the specifics of his proposal, as well as his rationale for introducing it, amid a series of unrelated initiatives by the Trump administration to weaken federal protections for transgender Americans.
The in-question measure would have changed existing guidelines that, the document alleged, Obama's administration enacted in violation of administrative law and "minimized local control, burdened religious organizations, manifested privacy issues, and imposed regulatory burdens." The proposal read:
If a single-sex facility permissibly provides accommodation for women, and its policy is to serve only biological women, without regard to gender identity, it may decline to accommodate a person who identifies as female but who is a biological male. Conversely, the same shelter may not, on the basis of sex, decline to accommodate a person who identifies as male but who is a biological female. A different shelter may choose not to make placement decisions or accommodations based on biological sex and there remains no mandate that shelters take biological sex into account.
At one point, the document implied that the existing Equal Access rule — requiring facilities nationwide to provide housing, regardless of incoming residents' gender identities — posed a danger to shelter residents; an argument that appeared to be rooted in the unsubstantiated and transphobic claim that men with nefarious intentions might pose as trans women and gain access to female facilities to stalk or harass women. However, the document did not explain how or under what circumstances HUD came to that assumption, nor did it provide verifiable instances of that happening, aside from a pending lawsuit in Fresno, California, that alleges a shelter there allowed such behavior. The HUD proposal stated:
[The] current rule makes it impracticable for some shelters to, after admitting a biological male, adequately protect the privacy interests of their biological female clientele who do not want to shower, undress, and sleep in the same facilities as biological men.
Pending whatever shelters decide for their entry policies under the proposal, the document stated, staff at facilities that are designed to exclusively serve men or women would ask incoming residents their gender identities before giving them beds. In those cases, if intake workers had "good faith" to believe someone was presenting as male or female but that gender did not correspond with their birth sex — which is literally the definition of being transgender — and that birth sex was not served by the shelter, the staff could turn them away.
It was at that point in the docket HUD wrote:
HUD believes that reasonable considerations [for determining whether a person is transgender] may include, but are not limited to a combination of factors such as height, the presence (but not the absence) of facial hair, the presence of an Adam's apple, and other physical characteristics which, when considered together, are indicative of a person's biological sex.
In sum, it is accurate to state that under the leadership of Trump, HUD issued a memo in July 2020 that outlined steps for staff at federally funded homeless shelters to determine whether or not incoming residents were transgender, and given the language — it listed masculine physical features and how to notice them, presumably in circumstances when trans women are seeking housing at female-only shelters — we rate this claim "True."
However, this fact was key: The measure regarding homeless shelters' entry guidelines never took hold at facilities.
Federal leaders were still debating the proposal at the time of the November 2020 election. And after voters elected Democratic candidate Joe Biden over Trump, Biden's HUD Secretary, Marcia Fudge, withdrew the Trump-era measure from consideration. Fudge said in an April 2021 statement:
Unfortunately, transgender and gender non-conforming people report more instances of housing instability and homelessness than cisgender people. Today, we are taking a critical step in affirming HUD's commitment that no person be denied access to housing or other critical services because of their gender identity.
Bollinger, Alex. "Trump Administration Memo Explains How To Spot A transgender Woman". LGBTQ. 20 July 2020.
Burns, Katelyn. "The Trump Administration's Proposed Homeless Shelter Rule Spells Out How To Spot A Trans Woman". Vox. 17 July 2020.
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. "Press Releases". 1 July 2020.
Jan, Tracy. "Proposed HUD Rule Would Strip Transgender Protections At Homeless Shelters". The Washington Post. 22 May 2019.
Burns, Katelyn. "The Trump Administration Is Targeting Homeless Trans People In The Middle Of A Pandemic". Vox. 2 July 2020.
Office Of The Secretary HUD. "Department of Housing And Urban Development". Accessed 23 July 2020.
Federal Register. "Housing And Community Development Act Of 1980: Verification Of Eligible Status". National Archives. 5 October 2019.
Cameron, Chris. "HUD Rule Would Dismantle Protections For Homeless Transgender People". The New York Times. 1 July 2020.
National Center for Transgender Equality. "The Discrimination Administration". Accessed 23 July 2020.
Appleton, Rory. "Women Accuse Poverello House Of Allowing Transgender Resident To Sexually Harass Them". The Fresno Bee. 12 October 2020.
This post was updated after President Joe Biden's HUD Secretary, Marcia Fudge, withdrew the proposal for consideration.
By Jessica Lee
Jessica Lee is Snopes' Senior Assignments Editor with expertise in investigative storytelling, media literacy advocacy and digital audience engagement.
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As they wobble from stair to stair.
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In clouds of silver spray.
No mother by its side.
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That wanders through the dark.
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To the most outrageous treatment.
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Let the echoes wake again.
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And the crocodile knows its true).
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Q: Restricting access by IP address to wp-admin and wp-login.php on Azure Wordpress on Linux Using Azure Wordpress for Linux Web App, I'm trying to modify the nginx conf.d file to restrict access to wp-login.php and wp-admin directory by IP address. The directives that I'm trying to use either seem to completely allow access or completely deny access, it does not seem to respect allow x.x.x.x; at all.
Here is the code that I've placed in my server block:

    location ~ ^(wp-admin|wp-login.php) {
            try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
            index index.html index.htm index.php;
            allow x.x.x.x;
            deny all;
            }

If I only have the deny all; directive, everything returns a 403 forbidden error. If I put in the allow directive, I can access it from any IP address and it never seems to throw an error.
I've noticed in my logs that this is showing up:
    278#278: *25 access forbidden by rule, client: 172.19.0.1, server: _, request: "GET /wp-admin HTTP/1.1", host: "myhostname.com"

and that this precedes my server block in the default.conf file:

    upstream php {
            #server unix:/tmp/php-cgi.socket;
            server 127.0.0.1:9000;
    }

Is these something going on that basically makes all my inbound traffic appear to nginx as coming from the same IP address? Is there any way to "pass that down" ?
Here is the default.conf file:

    upstream php {
            server unix:/var/run/php/php7.0-fpm.sock;
            #server 127.0.0.1:9000;
    }

    server {
            listen 80;
            ## Your website name goes here.
            server_name _;
            ## Your only path reference.
            root /home/site/wwwroot;
            ## This should be in your http block and if it is, it's not needed here.
            index index.php index.html;

            location = /favicon.ico {
                    log_not_found off;
                    access_log off;
            }

            location = /robots.txt {
                    allow all;
                    log_not_found off;
            access_log off;
            }

      # Add locations of phpmyadmin here.

      # Disable sendfile as per https://docs.vagrantup.com/v2/synced-folders/virtual
      sendfile off;

      set $skip_cache 0;

      # POST requests and urls with a query string should always go to PHP
      if ($request_method = POST) {
        set $skip_cache 1;
      }
      if ($query_string != "") {
        set $skip_cache 1;
      }

      # Don't cache uris containing the following segments
      if ($request_uri ~* "/wp-admin/|/xmlrpc.php|wp-.*.php|/feed/|index.php|sitemap(_index)?.xml") {
        set $skip_cache 1;
      }

      # Don't use the cache for logged in users or recent commenters
      if ($http_cookie ~* "comment_author|wordpress_[a-f0-9]+|wp-postpass|wordpress_no_cache|wordpress_logged_in") {
        set $skip_cache 1;
      }

      # Don't cache WooCommerce URLs
      # Cart widgets are still a problem: https://github.com/emcniece/docker-wordpress/issues/3
      if ($request_uri ~* "/(cart|checkout|my-account)/*$") {
        set $skip_cache 1;
      }
            location / {
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                    try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
            }

            location ~ \.php$ {
                    #NOTE: You should have "cgi.fix_pathinfo = 0;" in php.ini
                    include fastcgi.conf;
                    fastcgi_intercept_errors on;
                    fastcgi_pass php;

        fastcgi_read_timeout 300;
        fastcgi_cache_bypass $skip_cache;
        fastcgi_no_cache $skip_cache;
        fastcgi_cache WORDPRESS;
        fastcgi_cache_valid 60m;
            }

            location ~* \.(js|css|png|jpg|jpeg|gif|ico)$ {
                    expires max;
                    log_not_found off;
            }

I started noticing today that I can see the IP address that I want under the PHP variable of $_SERVER['HTTP_X_CLIENT_IP'] --- Is there a way to test that under the allow/deny options, or to override the value that allow/deny looks at to use this other value? For example:
if ($http_x_client_ip != x.x.x.x) {
                return 403;
        }

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Türkische Lateinalphabete sind eine Untergruppe der lateinischen Schrift, in der heute Turk- und andere vorderasiatische Sprachen wie das Kurdische, Tscherkessische und Lasische geschrieben werden. Sie haben geschichtlich ältere Alphabete ersetzt, deren Vorläufer in den betreffenden Sprachen auch als Einheitliches Alphabet bezeichnet wurden. Die ursprüngliche Bezeichnung dieser Schriftsysteme – Einheitliches türkisches Alphabet – wurde aufgegeben, als sich auch nichttürkische Völker dem System anschlossen.

Historische Entwicklung

Vorgeschichte
Der in Georgien geborene aserbaidschanische Literat Mirzä Fätäli Axundov begann um 1850 im Alleingang, ein Latein-Alphabet für die Turkotataren Russlands zu entwickeln. 1863 befand er sich in Istanbul auf einem Kongress der Turanischen Gesellschaft und stellte dort sein fertiges Alphabet vor. Dieses fand jedoch nicht den erwünschten Anklang, sodass Axundov enttäuscht nach Georgien zurückkehrte. Dort reformierte er ab 1878 das arabische Alphabet.

Entwicklung
Die in den späten 1920er Jahren zuerst in der Sowjetunion erstellten türkischen Alphabete unterschieden sich untereinander nur geringfügig. Sie wiesen nur einige für Turksprachen geeignete Modifikationen des klassischen lateinischen Alphabets auf, darunter ganz wenige kyrillische.  Wegen zahlreicher Vorteile wurde diese Schriftform schon recht bald von den Turkvölkern und auch anderen Völkern der Sowjetunion übernommen. Das lateinische Alphabet war leicht zu erlernen und bereits weltweit stark verbreitet. Zudem bestand auch ein Vorteil gegenüber den arabischen Schriften, da nun jedem Laut ein eindeutiger Buchstabe zugeordnet war. Dadurch konnten auch Fremdsprachler einen Text so lesen, dass ihn ein Muttersprachler verstand. Auch den jeweiligen grammatikalischen Regeln kamen diese Alphabete sehr entgegen. Außerdem brauchten mehrsprachig aufwachsende Menschen, wie etwa Minderheiten, nur noch ein einheitliches Alphabet zu erlernen.

Das sogenannte einheitliche türkische Alphabet oder neue (türkische/turksprachige) Alphabet, oft kurz Janalif genannt, wurde ab 1922 in Baku, der Hauptstadt Aserbaidschans, für die Gemeinschaft der Turksprachen entwickelt. Vorher galt bei allen diesen Sprachen – soweit sie verschriftet waren – das persisch-arabische Alphabet. Nach dem Zusammenbruch des Zarenreiches 1917 wandten sich die russischen Tataren dem Westen zu; infolgedessen begann ab 1922 bei ihnen auch der Bruch mit den überlieferten arabisch-persischen Traditionen: Aserbaidschan führte als erstes von ihnen das einheitliche Alphabet für den amtlichen Schriftverkehr ein; ab dem Schuljahr 1924/25 wurde es allgemein verbindlich eingeführt. Ab 1924 wurde auch das Karatschai-Balkarische mit diesem Alphabet verschriftet; 1925 wurden auch für die übrigen Turkvölker des Nordkaukasus die Latinisierung in der Sowjetunion und Verschriftung ihrer Sprachen beschlossen.

In der Zeit vom 26. Februar bis zum 5. März 1926 fand in Baku ein Turkologenkongress statt. Es nahmen alle damaligen turkvölkischen Minderheiten der Sowjetunion teil. Besonders wurde von den Delegierten die Abordnung der Tschuwaschen begrüßt. Kongressvorsitzender war Samadagha Aghamalioghlu. Aus der Türkei nahmen zwei Mitarbeiter Kemal Atatürks, Mehmet Fuat Köprülü und Hüseyin Zade Ali Bey, am Kongress teil.

Sehr rasch bildeten sich drei Hauptrichtungen:
 Die "Traditionalisten" oder Kadimtschilar unter Gamiljan Scharifow plädierten für die Beibehaltung der überlieferten arabischen Schrift. Damit sollte die weitere Zugehörigkeit zum persisch-arabischen Kulturraum gewährleistet werden.
 Die "Radikalen" oder Dschadidisten unter Sultan Madschid Afandijew wünschten die rasche Ablösung der arabischen durch lateinische Schriftzeichen. Dadurch sollte die Modernisierung und Westanbindung der Turkvölker verdeutlicht werden.
 Die "Gemäßigten" unter Ahmed Baytursun waren für beide Schriftsysteme; sie forderten für den internationalen und privaten Schriftverkehr die lateinische Schrift, während Gesetze und Werke der hohen Poesie und der Wissenschaft weiterhin in arabischen Schriftzeichen zu verfassen seien. Diese standen zwischen den ersten beiden Gruppen.

Schließlich konnten sich die Radikalen durchsetzen, und es wurde beschlossen, ein "Einheitliches/Neues türkisches Alphabet" (Janalif) für alle Turkvölker einzuführen. In der Türkei wurde das Alphabet nach Modifikationen durch Atatürk 1928 unter dem Namen Neues türkisches Alphabet eingeführt (siehe unten).

Auch im internationalen Ausland setzte sich das lateinische Alphabet durch, das jedoch in fast allen Ländern geringfügig an die Aussprache angepasst wurde. Insbesondere Zischlaute und Vokale wurden oft mit Sonderzeichen oder Extraregelungen versehen. 1929 war die Latinisierung der Turksprachen, 1931 die der mongolischen Sprachen der UdSSR abgeschlossen, zur selben Zeit weiterer Minderheitensprachen in der Sowjetunion, darunter kaukasische Sprachen, finno-ugrische Sprachen und iranische Sprachen. Sie alle erhielten nur leicht modifizierte Varianten des Janalif, die in der sowjetischen Nationalpolitik Korenisazija flächendeckend gelehrt und verbreitet wurden. Weiter nördlich gelegene Sprachen, die bereits in kyrillischem Alphabet geschrieben wurden, beteiligten sich nicht daran, da dieses Alphabet bereits lautschriftlich war. Aber auch die Tschuwaschen nahmen nicht an der Latinisierung teil, sie verblieben als einziges Turkvolk Russlands beim kyrillischen Alphabet.

Doch schließlich beschloss die Moskauer Führung unter Josef Stalin, dass in allen nicht russischsprachigen Gebietsteilen der Sowjetunion ein obligatorischer Russischunterricht und für alle Sprachen in der UdSSR das kyrillische Alphabet eingeführt werden sollten. So wurde in den Jahren 1936 bis 1940 das einheitliche Alphabet in der UdSSR schrittweise wieder zurückgedrängt. Ausnahmen waren nur die baltischen Staaten und die Karelo-Finnische SSR, die im Gegensatz zu den anderen Unionsrepubliken weiterhin mit lateinischen Buchstaben schrieben.

Neues türkisches Alphabet
Das Neue türkische Alphabet orientiert sich sehr an der klassischen Lateinschrift und kann daher von Europäern bei Kenntnis einiger weniger Besonderheiten mühelos gelesen werden. Die Entwicklung dieses Alphabets wird Atatürk selbst zugeschrieben, der dies bereits 1919 beim Nationalkongress in Erzurum als Ziel formuliert haben soll. Ihm ging das "Einheitliche türkische Alphabet" nicht weit genug, da es eine Mischschrift darstellte, so dass er einige Änderungen vornahm. Das "Neue türkische Alphabet" (Yeni Türk alfabesi) wurde nach der Veröffentlichung 1927 gut aufgenommen und löste bereits 1928 die bis dahin übliche arabische Schrift ab. Es war sehr einfach zu erlernen und vereinfachte die Alphabetisierung erheblich. 1928 beschloss man die Einrichtung von Nationalschulen (Millet Mektepleri), um auch der erwachsenen Bevölkerung die Schrift zu vermitteln. Bereits ein Jahr später hatten sich mehr als eine Million Bürger eingeschrieben. Bis 1933 wurden mehr als 1,2 Millionen Diplome ausgegeben. Auch die Zahl der herausgegebenen Bücher stieg ab 1934 sprunghaft an. Die Lateinschrift diente dem Staat auch dazu, der islamischen Geistlichkeit das Bildungsmonopol endgültig zu entziehen.

Im Neuen türkischen Alphabet gibt es keine vom Lateinischen abweichenden Buchstaben, lediglich Zusatzzeichen, die größtenteils auch aus Alphabeten anderer Nationalsprachen bekannt sind. Eine Besonderheit ist jedoch, dass das I, der ungerundete geschlossene Vorderzungenvokal, auch in der Großschreibung einen Punkt trägt (İ). Dies dient der Unterscheidung vom ungerundeten geschlossenen Hinterzungenvokal , der dem westlichen I ähnelt, aber immer ohne Punkt geschrieben wird: ı, I.

1990 fand in Ankara ein Gipfel aller türkischsprachigen Kultusminister Zentralasiens und des Kaukasus statt. Dabei regte die damalige türkische Regierung an, dass die großen Turkvölker der UdSSR das Türkei-türkische Alphabet im Laufe von 15 Jahren für ihre Staaten übernehmen bzw. zur Grundlage einer Eigenentwicklung nehmen sollten. Die kleineren turkstämmigen Völkerschaften sollten dann zu einem späteren (nicht näher definierten) Zeitpunkt dieses Alphabet ebenfalls übernehmen. Hierunter fielen auch Bevölkerungsteile, die bereits vor der Kyrillisierung durch die Russen schon einmal Latein geschrieben hatten. Die Akzeptanz der Beschlüsse war allgemein hoch, man stand der lateinischen Schrift positiv gegenüber. Sie bedeutete für die jungen Staaten Zentralasiens, sich mit der Einführung eines "westlichen" Schriftsystems über die Türkei zum Westen hin- und von der untergehenden Sowjetunion abzuwenden.

So führte das der Türkei direkt benachbarte Aserbaidschan bereits im Dezember 1991 das – um fünf Zusatzzeichen ergänzte – Türkei-türkische Alphabet verbindlich ein, das ebenfalls "Neues türkisches Alphabet" genannt wurde. Der Gebrauch der kyrillischen Schrift wurde von der aserbaidschanischen Staatsführung allerdings weiterhin geduldet; man begründete dies mit der russischen Minderheit im Land.

Auch die 1944 von der Krim vertriebenen Krimtataren führten in den 2000er Jahren eine Variante des Türkei-türkischen Alphabetes ein. Inzwischen werden diese latein-basierten Alphabete von allen diesen Völkern als "Neues türkisches Alphabet" bezeichnet – ganz gleich, ob es sich um eine Übernahme einer überarbeiteten Version des Türkei-türkischen Alphabets oder um eine Eigenentwicklung handelte. Im Westen spricht man von modifizierten lateinischen Alphabeten, die der betreffenden Sprache lautlich angepasst wurden.

Modernere Entwicklung
Die Zusammenfassung der leicht voneinander abweichenden Alphabete zeichnet sich bereits ab. Auf der Konferenz des Ständigen Rates wurde 1994 ein Musteralphabet vorgestellt, das "Gemeinschaftliche türkische Alphabet" (türkisch Ortak türkçe alfabesi), aus dem die neuen Schriftsysteme der Turkstaaten gebildet werden sollten.

Für die usbekische Sprache wurde ursprünglich aus diesem Musteralphabet ein neues Alphabet entwickelt. Jedoch entschied sich Usbekistan noch im Laufe desselben Jahres als einziger Turkstaat für einen gänzlich anderen Weg und entwarf aus dem lateinischen Standardalphabet eine eigene Schriftvariante. Dabei wurden nicht die türkischen Sonderzeichen übernommen, um turksprachige Besonderheiten auszudrücken, sondern eigenständige Sonderzeichen (oʻ und gʻ) eingeführt. Für die ebenfalls in Usbekistan beheimatete karakalpakische Sprache wurde 1997 auch ein neues lateinisches Alphabet angenommen, das sich am neuen usbekischen Alphabet orientiert.

Turkmenistan hat 1995 das kyrillische Alphabet durch das lateinische ersetzt, siehe Turkmenisches Alphabet. Die Tataren in Russland schrieben seit 2001 wieder lateinisch. Allerdings musste die tatarische Regierung diesen Beschluss bereits 2004 wieder zurücknehmen, da Russland seinen Teilrepubliken als einziges verbindliches Alphabet das kyrillische vorschreibt.

Eine Kommission der Kultusministerien der Staaten Kasachstan und Kirgisistan entwarf aus Kostengründen für beide Staaten ein einheitliches kasachisch-kirgisisches Lateinalphabet. Anfang 2005 führte die staatliche kasachische Nachrichtenagentur dieses lateinische Alphabet neben dem kyrillischen ein. Im Dezember 2012 gab die kasachische Regierung bekannt, dass die Einführung des lateinischen Alphabetes bis 2015 vollzogen sein wird, was jedoch nicht gelang. Am 27. Oktober 2017 wies der kasachische Präsident Nursultan Nasarbajew seine Regierung erneut an, bis 2025 das kyrillische durch das lateinische Kasachische Alphabet zu ersetzen. Die nach der Unabhängigkeit Kirgisistans diskutierte Umstellung der kirgisischen Schriftsprache wurde letztendlich doch nicht vollzogen.

Einzelnachweise

Literatur
 Heinz F. Wendt: Fischer Lexikon Sprachen, 1961 ISBN 3-596-24561-3
 Helmut Glück (Hrsg.), unter Mitarbeit von Friederike Schmöe: Metzler Lexikon Sprache. 3., neu bearbeitete Auflage. Metzler, Stuttgart/Weimar 2005, ISBN 3-476-02056-8, S. 417 [Anmerkung: Unter dem Titel "Neues türkisches Alphabet" wird fälschlicherweise das "Einheitliche Alphabet" beschrieben.]
 Klaus Kreiser: Abschied von der arabischen Schrift (1928). In: Klaus Kreiser (Hrsg.): Germano-Turcica. Zur Geschichte des Türkisch-Lernens in den deutschsprachigen Ländern, Universitätsbibliothek Bamberg, Bamberg 1987, ISBN 3-923507-06-2, S. 121–128.
 Zentrum für Türkeistudien, Essen: Aktuelle Situation in den Turkrepubliken – Innenpolitik, Sicherheitspolitik, Wirtschaft, Umwelt, Bevölkerung  (Working Paper 14, 1994)
 FSP Entwicklungssoziologie, Bielefeld: Formen der Transvergesellschaftung als gegenläufige Prozesse zur Nationsbildung in Usbekistan (Working Paper 334, 2000)
 Der Fischer Welt Almanach '94 – Zahlen, Daten, Fakten, 1993 (S. 846)
 Mehmet Tütüncü: Alphabets for the turkic languages
 Herbert W. Duda: Die neue türkische Lateinschrift. I. Historisches. In: Orientalistische Literaturzeitung 1929, Spalten 441–453. – II. Linguistisches. In: Orientalistische Literaturzeitung 1930, Spalten 399–413.
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Weblinks
 Arabic or Latin? Artikel in Azerbaijan International vom Frühjahr 2000 (8.1) über den Turkologen-Kongress von 1926 (Englisch)
 Aserbaidschanische Alphabetgeschichte (Englisch)
 Verschiedene aserbaidschanische Alphabete und Sprachbeispiele
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 turkmenisches Lateinalphabet
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1. Admire the musée d'art moderne and the petit palais
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Overshadowed by the Centre Pompidou and the Grand Palais, these two major institutions are worth a visit both for their world-class collections and stellar special exhibitions. The Musée d'Art Moderne, sister museum to the avant-garde Palais de Tokyo, traces the trajectory of the European visual arts of the 19th and 20th centuries. Special exhibits, like recent shows on Linder, Keith Haring, and Sonia Delaunay, charge a small entrance fee (€8-€11). The recently restored Petit Palais, a spectacular edifice designed for the 1900 World's Fair, features early-20th-century decorative arts, murals, and mosaics. The circular inner garden's charming café is one of Paris's best-kept secrets for lunch or teatime. Recent exhibitions (€8) on the decorative arts and artists include Baccarat, the Legend of Crystal, and Carl Larsson, Sweden's Most Beloved Painter.
2. Learn at small museums
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At the edge of the beautiful Parc Monceau, Musée Nissim de Camondo is Paris's greatest example of the art of gracious living. Once the home of banker Moïse de Camondo, it is a monument to the height of French and European decorative arts and remains exactly as it was when Camondo bequeathed it to France in honor of his son, who was killed in World War I. Another one-time family home, the Musée Cognacq-Jay is housed in a typical Parisian Hôtel Particulier (mansion) in the Marais and was once owned by the founders of La Samaritaine, one of Paris's first department stores. Brimming with important art and objects, the museum is another testament to French art de vivre.
3. Walk around Père Lachaise
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The final resting place for illustrious Parisians, the legendary Père Lachaise is Paris's largest cemetery and one of the city's most picturesque spots for a stroll, especially during Toussaints (All Saints' Day) on November 1, when Parisians leave flowers for their dearly departed. Set on a steep hill in the 20th arrondissement, the cemetery's winding cobbled paths and shady avenues are lined with graves that range from simple slabs to ornately sculpted mausoleum's large enough to house an altar, stained glass windows, and all manner of sculpted imagery. Balzac, Colette, Proust, Oscar Wilde, Molière, Chopin, Sarah Bernhardt, Isadora Duncan, Gertrude Stein, and Jim Morrison are just a few of the notables here in permanent repose.
4. Explore Paris's historic churches
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Few come to Paris without visiting the 12th-century Cathédrale de Notre Dame for its lovely chapels and sublime windows. Yet there are several more must-see churches within easy walking distance, starting with the exquisite Sainte-Chapelle, also on the Ile de la Cité. Across the Pont St-Michel in the sixth arrondissement lies one of Paris's oldest churches, medieval Église St-Germain-des-Prés and the soaring Église St-Sulpice, with murals by Delacroix. Cross the Pont d'Arcole into the 4th for the glorious Église St-Gervais-St-Protais, surrounded by charming cobbled streets. Down scenic rue Miron the newly cleaned St-Paul-St-Louis houses Delacroix's Christ on the Mount of Olives. Perched on the hill of Montmartre, the famous Sacré-Coeur offers monumental views of Paris, and a few steps away, lesser-known St-Pierre de Montmartre is the oldest surviving church in Paris, built over an early Roman temple to the god of Mars.
5. Visit the arènes de Lutèce
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History buffs know Paris was once an important Roman outpost, but many visitors don't realize the ruins of one of the world's largest Roman amphitheaters lie a little ways southeast of the city center in the leafy fifth arrondissement. The Arènes de Lutèce—where Gallo-Roman citizens watched theatrical productions, gladiators, and circuses—was constructed in the first century AD, yet remained a myth to archeologists and historians until it was finally uncovered in the 1860s during excavation for a tramway. Large enough to accommodate 15,000 spectators, the amphitheater's stone walls and terraced seats are remarkably preserved, and its inner terrace is now a favorite picnic ground and soccer field for neighborhood school kids.
6. Learn to cook
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All you need is curiosity and a sense of adventure to benefit from a tantalizing range of free cooking courses offered by the Fédération Française de Cuisine. The FCC was founded in 2007 to promote French cuisine as a healthy and pleasurable leisure activity accessible to everyone, no matter what level of expertise. Best of all, courses are offered in several green markets and fairs around Paris, so you have the pleasure of experiencing a deeply French ritual firsthand. Though classes are in French, anyone can sign up and follow along for a pleasant and edifying hour-long course, with titles like 100% Chocolate, Celebrate Easter, and Vegetables of the Sun.
7. Sample wine at free tastings
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Oenophiles and curious wine lovers will find free sipping at a few of Paris's standout wine shops. Along with a series of wine courses in English (see the website for schedules and prices), La Dernière Goutte hosts free wine tastings on Fridays at 5:00 pm (with free cheese) and all-day Saturday (with the winemakers) starting at 11:00 am. Lucky you if you happen to be in Paris during one of Caves Augé's famous dégustations. This bustling shop, known as Paris's second oldest cave, rolls out the barrels for its monthly tastings with the vignerons from the important wine regions of France: the Rhone Valley, the Savoie, Jura, and Alsace, Loire, and Beaujolais. Best of all, Augé also hosts two splendid annual champagne tastings—les bulles.
8. Hunt through Paris flea markets
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The inexhaustible Marché aux Puces St-Ouen, a.k.a. Clignancourt, is continuously reinventing itself. Village Vintage, housed in a courtyard off the rue des Rosiers, the market's central spine, features a wonderful café, Tartes Kluger, art galleries, vintage couture, and a wealth of 20th-century design. Many bargain hunters still prefer the smaller Vanves, but be sure to get there early, it closes by 1 pm. Intrepid hunters willing to arrive early and sift through junk can be amply rewarded at the Porte de Montreuil (open Saturday and Sunday from 8 am to 1 pm). Those in the know head out to Foire de Chatou (otherwise known as Antiques and Ham), held one weekend every October and March. Known for being France's largest outdoor market, it also features wine and, well, ham. Its located 10 minutes from Paris by RER.
9. Experience art at le centquatre
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The hulking 18th-century building at La Villette sat abandoned from the late 60s, when it ceased functioning as the city mortuary, until 2008 when it opened as a soaring art space after a five-year of renovation. Le Centquatre is now among Europe's leading contemporary art venues, with an international roster of artists in residence and exhibitions and performances encompassing every art form: visual arts, dance, music, theater, cinema, and video art. Guest DJs and live concerts rock the hall on weekend nights, and during the day Parisians from all walks of life flock to enjoy the center's gourmet café, restaurant, pizza truck, and épicerie. Shoppers love the French charity Emmaüs's vintage shop and Centquatre's excellent bookstore. La Maison des Petits has activities for tykes from birth to age five.
10. Watch free cinema
Nothing like summer in the city to catch an outdoor screening of your favorite foreign and American flicks. In this film-centric city movie buffs are never at a loss for something to do. Grab your blankets and picnic gear and head to Parc de la Villette, Paris's largest park, where Cinéma en Plein Air hosts a scintillating series of films—many in English—in July and August. At the end of July to mid-August, Paris's Forum des Images hosts Cinéma au Clair de Lune featuring the French classics screened in public parks throughout Paris, from the heights of Montmartre to the Place des Vosges. Join the Parisians and head to La Peniche Cinéma, situated in a boat on the Canal de l'Ourcq in the Parc de la Villette, which hosts a free year-round series of films and concerts every Friday and Saturday.
11. Gawk at le Panthéon
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We may take views for granted, but in Paris they often come at the price of a meal or admission. Not so at the Panthéon, burial place of such French luminaries as Voltaire and Rousseau. From 2014 until 2022, the iconic domed structure will be undergoing one of the most extensive renovation projects in France, beginning with the cupola, which will reopen in March 2015, offering some of the most spectacular views of Paris from the city center. During the restoration the monument will not only remain open but will host a series of art installations, which you'll find listed on the website.
12. Eat free food
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With great food available on any budget, you're not likely to go hungry in Paris. At these convivial nightspots, as long as the drinks are flowing, the food at the bar is free. Le Bouillon Belge's party atmosphere, impressive beer list, and tempting, well-priced cocktails are accompanied by free moules and crisp frites (mussels and fries). Revel in the exotic atmosphere of Tribal Café on Friday or Saturday night and you'll be treated to complementary couscous with your drinks—Wednesdays and Thursdays are free moule-frite nights. After 8:30 pm on Thursday, Les Trois Frères serves up platters of free couscous with merguez (lamb) sausage at the bar. Le Penty, around the corner from the popular Place d'Aligre, draws a rollicking crowd for its free kémia—and assortment of Middle Eastern-style amuses-gueules (appetizers) with your apéritif.
13. Listen to free concerts
Music is the universal language and at these historic churches a splendid program of year-round concerts means no barriers to total enjoyment. Though many classical concerts are ticketed, there are free concerts galore, beginning with the American Church in Paris, whose Sunday night concert series has been offered free to the public since the 1930s. At Notre Dame cathedral a program of Gregorian chants, organ music, and other concerts is offered year-round, along with a schedule of paid classical concerts. The Église de la Madeleine also offers a mixed series of free and paid performances. Other churches where the music flows for free: Église de la Trinité, near Gare Saint-Lazare, Église Saint-Eustache in Les Halles; the lovely Église Saint-Roch near the Palais Royal; and the Église Protestante Réformée de l'Oratoire du Louvre in the Louvre.
14. Stop by palais royal
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Hidden behind the stately walls of a 17th-century palace, these manicured gardens are one of Paris's true hidden gems. From royal palace to nighttime pleasure zone, the Palais-Royal's colorful history is laid out under its elegant archives, from the Grand Véfour, among Paris's oldest restaurants, where Napoléon, Balzac, Proust, and Colette dined, to the shops that once comprised Paris's first outdoor shopping mall. Nowadays the Palais Royal has quietly transformed into a major fashion destination, where the likes of Stella McCartney, Marc Jacobs, and Rick Owens rub shoulders with a dozen exciting French luxury brands: perfumer Serge Lutens, Maison Fabre gloves, Pierre Hardy shoes, Maison Bonnet handmade glasses, Maison de Vacances housewares, and many more. Lounge around the central fountain or read among the rosebushes, as Simone de Beauvoir did as a schoolgirl.
15. Lounge at Place de Vosges
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In the heart of the Marais, the lovely Place des Vosges—another one-time royal palace—is a favorite spot for young Parisians to lounge about on a pleasant day. Surrounded on four sides by the graceful brick and limestone walls of the early 17th-century palace, the park's wide-open square, central fountain, and walkways are an oasis in the heart of Paris's chicest shopping Mecca. Surrounded by art galleries and cafés, it's a great place to stop for a bite or a drink and watch the world go by.
16. Stroll along the canal St-Martin
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Strolling under the plane trees and over the bridges lining the picturesque Canal St-Martin is a true Parisian pleasure. There's no definitive roadmap here, but you'll want to cover the quays on either side of the canal, where you can enjoy a picnic or dine at a canal-side café. Other streets not to miss: on the canal's west side the teeming rue des Vinaigriers is the go-to place for chic cafés, bakeries, and coffee; rue Beaurepaire, rue Marseille, and rue de Lancry for fabulous shopping; and rue Lucien Sampaix for a mix of both. On the canal's east side, take rue de la Grange to a lovely little chapel, part of the early 17th-century Hôpital Saint-Louis, founded by Henry IV in 1607, it's one of Paris's oldest hospitals and a pretty place for a stroll.
17. Exercise at the Berges de Seine
Along the south side of the Seine, extending the steps of the Musée d'Orsay all the way to the Pont de l'Alma, the new Berges de Seine offers a multitude of free activities for all ages. A great place to stroll, jog, or bike while taking in riverside views of Paris, along with its gardens and walkways, cafés, games, and performance spaces, les Berges offers a continuous series of outdoor fitness classes with coaching, including running, jump rope, yoga, Nordic walking, skiing, boxing, and even free personal training sessions to get you motivated. In the summer, there are also free concerts and outdoor films. A comprehensive website (in English) gives you all the details for this wonderful space.
18. Wander through gardens and parks
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A visit to Paris isn't complete without a leisurely stroll in one of the city's glorious parks. The most Parisian of the options, the Jardin du Luxembourg, offers lush gardens and trees, a picturesque basin (where French kids sail their boats), tennis courts, an apiary and orchards, a huge play area for kids of all ages, a Guignol puppet theater, Paris's oldest carousel, and so much more. In Paris's fifth arrondissement, the Jardin des Plantes is France's primary botanic garden, with exotic and medicinal plants from the world over. Along with its lovely shaded pathways and miles of flowerbeds, the park contains the world's oldest zoo, historic greenhouses, the Museum of Paleontology, and the incomparable Musée de l'Histoire Naturelle.
19. Explore Paris's vineyards
The Fête des Vendanges de Montmartre takes place every October on the heights of Montmartre. Its one of the best parties of the year (with revelry of all kinds and, of course, a tasting of last year's cuvée) to celebrate the grape harvest at the Clos Montmartre. But regardless of the time of year, you can enjoy the views from Paris's oldest vineyard by taking a stroll on the rue des Saules. Tucked away in the vertiginous Parc de Belleville, you'll find breathtaking views of the city along with a vineyard of Pinot Meunier and Chardonnay grapes, planted in 1992 on a beautiful swath of terraced park. Although Belleville's days as a vineyard date back to the 13th century, wine production tapered off in the 1900s. Now, the vignerons produce a dry rosé from Belleville's harvest that can be found in some of the neighborhood wine shops.
20. Admire the promenade Plantée
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The inspiration for New York City's highline, this beautiful 4.5 kilometer (2.8 mile) walkway elevated three stories above the Paris streets extends from Place de la Bastille to the Bois de Vincennes. Built in 1988 over a graceful arched viaduct, whose arcades now house the art galleries and artisan studios of the Viaduc des Arts, the Promenade Plantée's lush, overgrown gardens and trees take walkers eye-level through an architecturally rich part of the city. A jogger's paradise, the promenade is a favorite route for walkers and Sunday strollers.
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Standard & Poor's downgraded Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank and Barclays on Wednesday; reporting worries over their investment portfolios sizes and the impact of new regulations.
Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank and Barclays rely heavily on investment banking to encourage revenue growth. Banks are still recovering from the 2008 financial crisis, which drove some economies into recession and reproduced new regulations and legal probes.
Barclays and Deutsche Bank had their ratings cut from A+ to A while Credit Suisse Group was reduced to A- from A.
The rating agency said that Deutsche Bank's "ability to generate stable, predictable revenues" has declined.
According to S&P, Credit Suisse, the second biggest Swiss bank, gets about half of its revenue from investment banking. While Credit Suisse has taken steps to improve its risk and increase capital, it faces a "volatile revenue and earnings stream".
The bank said on a statement: "We base today's rating actions on our opinion of the increasing risks that Europe's large banking groups active in investment banking face as regulators and uncertain market conditions continue to make operating in the industry more difficult".
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Home News Community Religion professor Chris Parr to take students on Silk Road route
Religious studies professor Chris Parr is preparing for a journey to the Silk Road in China this summer. This trip is a "test" — he will take students along the route next summer.
Parr is a recipient of the Messing Faculty Award, funded by the provost's office / Photo by Josh Tyler
The Silk Road is an ancient trade route that connects China with central Asia, west Asia and Europe. The name is derived from the dominant trade of Chinese silk along the route since around 207 B.C. Supported by the Messing Faculty Award, Parr will travel alone for about three weeks from late June to mid-July.
Established in 1977, the annual Messing Faculty Award is granted to a full-time faculty member in order to improve teaching or enrich classroom experience. The award offers a $4,500 stipend for international travel and other expenses during the summer.
"I am really delighted and grateful for the Messing Award making this opportunity possible," Parr said. "The plan is now an action."
Provost Julian Schuster said the Messing Faculty Award is not only helping Parr to continue his work, but also enabling students to have opportunities for global education.
"This is a prime example of how individual achievement of a professor can lead actually to reinforcing the mission of our university: to become a truly global university," Schuster said. "[Parr] is an excellent candidate to be the recipient of the Messing Award. Chris is a dedicated teacher. He gives 101 percent to his students, and he is always accessible. There is a passion that he has about the subject that he teaches."
Having taught about Chinese religions at Webster for 25 years, Parr decided it is time for him to go see them in their original culture.
"I want to learn about and understand the history of Buddhism coming into China along the Silk Road with all the complexity it involved, in a way that also reflects other religions and ideas and products that traveled the same road," Parr said. "A lot of that is about seeing it with my own eyes and the whole sensory experience of encountering the Silk Road, the distances, the smells, the dustiness, all of those things."
Parr recently taught the classes Early Buddhism and China's Silk Road Religions. He will be teaching Buddhism in China and Early Sources of Chinese Civilization next year, but he feels this is not enough context for students.
"Maybe the best way of doing this would actually be taking a class of students there to explore the art, the history and culture, also the aspect of then and now," Parr said.
By visiting the well-preserved art treasures in grottoes and caves and learning about religions and history, Parr said he wants to provide students a multidisciplinary learning experience — something they cannot get from reading books and reports.
Parr invited Jeff Hughes, a professor from the art department, to co-teach the class for next summer. Hughes has studied and taught the history of Asian art and visited China just last year. He said he is very interested in the plan. Hughes said the Silk Road is a great choice for Parr's research and teaching because the Silk Road allowed a great deal of intercultural exchange where numerous religions came together.
"In essence, it was a very tangible manifestation of what we often call globalism today," Hughes said.
For the art aspect, Hughes said his focus will be the development of Buddhist art in China and broader issues of cultural transmission. Hughes said he believes art students will certainly benefit from the experience.
"They would be exposed to several centuries, even millennia, of art," Hughes said.
Parr said the journey will not be easy. He is well aware of the difficulties he will very likely encounter on the road: language, transportation, dry heat in the desert and other, more unexpected ones. Nevertheless, he said difficulties will not be barriers to stop him.
"You are much better to go with an attitude that you are going to get outside of your comfort zone, and you are going to be challenged to stretch your possibilities," Parr said.
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NBA has been in existence for over 70 years now. There is a lot that has happened during all those years. The fact that basketball is many people's favorite sport there is a lot to learn. From history, awards and many other facts that you probably don't know. Just like online casinos that have been around for a long time, there are many interesting facts to learn about the NBA. If you are that curious NBA, check out some interesting facts.
Shaquille O'Neal Has only 1 three-pointer In His Career
If it was another player then yes, having a single three-pointer in the entire career is understandable. But not for O'Neal, he is one of the best all-time NBA players in history. He won the NBA Champion four times. But it is interesting to know that of the 22 attempts he made on making a three-pointer he only succeeded once his entire career.
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LeBron James Uses His Right Hand To shoot But Is Left Handed
LeBron James uses his left hand to both eat, write and everything else. But have you ever seen him in the game? He makes use of his right hand to shoot. In an interview, he was once asked why he uses his right hand only for shooting. His response was that he tried imitating his idols when he was younger. That is when he started shooting with the right hand.


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On Friday, September 13th, the police of Mexico City ended the occupation of the Zocalo, Mexico City's main square, where several thousands of teachers had been camping out in protest against the recently approved education reform bill signed by President Peña Nieto, which they saw as impinging on their rights. Once the eviction became effective, the Federal Police burned some of the tents and utensils that remained after the 25-day stay of the members of the National Education Workers Coordinating Committee (CNTE, the Spanish acronym for Coordinadora Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación).
About 3,500 police clashed with teachers and related groups to reconquer the Zocalo, with the specific goal of ensuring that Mexico's Grito de la Independencia ("Cry of Independence") ceremony could be held the night of September 15. About 6,000 people marched to protest the eviction. 31 people were arrested during the operation. According to authorities, none of the arrestees were teachers, but this is disputed by the teachers, who say at least 20 of their colleagues were detained. The protesters then moved their camp to the Monument to the Revolution, in the same area of the historic city center, where they plan to remain indefinitely.
September 16, Independence Day, is one of the most important celebrations of the year for Mexicans. Thousands of people gathered for the traditional Grito de la Independencia.
The clean-up begins at the Zocalo (historic centre) in Mexico City after weeks of the annual teachers manifestation. At 16:00 on Friday the 13th, the order was given to forcefully remove them.
Almost 3500 policemen were deployed that day. Here they stand celebrating a good day's work after many civilians were hospitalized or injured in the day's events.
A lone policeman walks the area securing it with some form of grenades attached to his vest.
A banner stating there is "Nothing worth celebrating but everything worth fighting for" at the protest on Independence Day (September 15th).
A woman covers her face at the protest on Independence Day.
During the march, someone is pictured holding a banner for the small delegation of Haujuapan, a small area in the well-known region of Oaxaca.
On the other side of the city, the majority of the city celebrates Independence Day.
The traditional Mexican sombrero, worn in celebration.
The night draws to a close. In the background, the Monument to the Revolution, where the protesters have now set up camp.
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Q: Installing LAMP on SSD I've already installed LAMP but because I'll be doing local dev work on drupal sites I got an SSD and installed that (+ partitioned and formatted it). So I can access my SSD now. But I'm thinking I'd like to install LAMP on the SSD so I can do dev work for drupal sites there.
Does anyone know if that's possible (it won't have an OS on it). Do I need to add an OS to it as well? and if not, what's the commands for installing programs on another drive?
Thanks so much! I'm really new on Linux. Trying to get myself un-Windows'ed after 20 years.

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It's also a time for vacations, however, and who wants to have to stay home to work on their to-do list instead of traveling, sightseeing, and relaxing? Luckily you can do both if you power through organizing your basement using these five tips.
The best way to get something quickly is to make a checklist. This helps you to stay on track. You will always know what still needs to be done, so that you don't waste time spinning your wheels when you could be completing the next task instead.
Before you can organize, you need to go through what you have. Make three categories — keep, donate, and throw away — and separate everything into piles. Be sure you take immediate action on what you're getting rid of — drop off everything worth donating at your local thrift store right away, and toss the rest — or it'll work its way back into your basement storage, cluttering it up again and making more work for you later on down the road. Plus, by getting rid of things you leave yourself with less to organize. Take a hard look at the items you are considering keeping. If they are not super important or essential to having around, consider renting a self storage unit to put aside those items for later use.
Consider investing in things like metal shelving and clear plastic storage bins. A good organizational system can make your job much easier for a number of reasons.
Everything fits more easily. Instead of wasting your time playing Tetris with many different sized boxes to try to make everything fit, all you'll have to do is pack each bin and put it on the shelf. Easy peasy.
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Exercise: Are Animals Active To Stay Fit?
Jan 22, 2016 04:36 PM EST
Lab animals voluntarily "exercise" when given a wheel to run on.
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Humans voluntarily seek out ways to exercise and be active in lifestyles that are otherwise sedentary for a big part of the working populace. From playing sports, running marathons or lifting weights at the gym, people make staying fit a priority - but are we the only species that does?
In the latest study, researcher Dr. Lewis Halsey of Roehampton University tires to answer this question. However, the results are not all that conclusive - we still don't know if animals necessarily exercise to "keep fit."
But here's what we do know:
Animals rely on intermittent foraging to acquire energy-rich foods, which they need to support them in their routine activities of predator defense, locomotion, and mating.
Humans also consume eating energy-rich foods and compensate for weight gain by exercising.
Therefore, Dr. Halsey was interested to see if some animals also need to spend time and energy on voluntary exercise so that they are fit enough to out-run predators, win over mates or hunt down prey.
"Researchers haven't contemplated the idea that some animals may not do enough exercise during their general activities to be suitably fit for infrequent, high-intensity activities such as fleeing from predators. This needs to change," Halsey said in a news release.
We also know animals will change their body condition in response to environmental conditions. For example, songbirds gain some weight to survive the winter, but not so much that they can't escape predators.
On the other hand, when there are no predators around to fear, animals will pile on the pounds. Laboratory animals, for instance, gain weight in captivity. Like humans, however, they will burn excess fat by "exercising" -- when given a wheel, mice, rats and hamsters will spend countless hours running round and round.
Contrary to humans' need to push themselves harder at the gym after a "cheat day" or holiday full of sweets, some species are able to maintain their fitness with little to no exercise at all.
In his study, recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology, Halsey points out polar bears and penguins burn different tissues while fasting in the winter, rather than through voluntary exercise. And polar bears stay fit during hibernation by maintaining their muscles, ensuring they don't awaken in the spring a weakling.
Barnacle geese appear to be an extra-special case of getting fit quickly: Some populations migrate nearly 2,500 kilometers each autumn from Svalbard in northern Norway to Scotland, but in preparation for such strenuous travels the geese fly for only a few minutes each day, in short bursts of flight, which Halsey compares to modern high-intensity training (HIT) regimes human athletes use to boost maximal aerobic capacity.
"Barnacle geese appear to get fit for certain predictable, planned events such as migration, and yet miraculously seem able to do so with little or no voluntary exercise," He added. "So their bodies seem to trigger increased fitness from within - they get fit automatically when they need to - enough to make any human with a waning New Year's resolution to get fit very jealous."
If animals are voluntarily working to "keep fit," they would need to tap into their energy reserves. Understanding this opens a whole new window for studying animal behavior, Halsey said. "No one has previously observed animal behaviors and thought 'this behavior could be associated with keeping fit."
Another study, recently published in the journal PLOS ONE, focuses on young humpback whales, who appear to work out in extended sequences of breaching. (Scroll to read more...)
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Young humpback whales perform a series of breaching sequences to exercise.
For their study, researchers from California State University, Channel Islands, examined whales' myoglobin, which is a protein found in the muscle cells of animals and is responsible for storing oxygen. In terms of humpback whales, however, only young calves are seen "exercising."
"These high levels of exercise have always been something of a paradox," co-author Rachel Cartwright said, "given the limitations on maternal energy resources during the breeding season."
In total, Cartwright and her team studied muscle tissue samples from 18 stranded baleen whales, and compared muscular myoglobin stores found in both young and adult baleen whales. Since whale calves develop oxygen-carrying myoglobin as they mature, researchers suggest exercise may drive may be crucial part of the animals' early development.
"This study provides a functional explanation for these high activity levels; this intense exercise drives development of oxygen stores in the muscle tissue, allowing young whales to build their breath-holding capacity and make sustained, extended dives," Cartwright added.
These studies combined reflect how working out may be more common in the animal kingdom than previously thought.
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Q: "vastly" for "to a [very] great degree; extremely" in contexts not involving comparison or measurement: BrEng vs. AmEng usage Does using vastly to mean to a [very] great degree; extremely in contexts not involving measurement or comparison, now sound common and idiomatic to British ears, or is it still likely to be considered objectionable, or at least controversial, by a majority of educated native speakers of British English?

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*Per Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage, ed. 1993),

  The use of vastly to mean "to a great degree" in contexts not involving measurement or comparison has been criticized as an affectation, especially in British English. Such use is common and idiomatic in American English (emphasis is mine):
The soil is a vastly complex ecosystem --Barry Commoner, Columbia Forum, Spring 1968
I am aware that I have vastly oversimplified some of the most complicated questions --Richard Neuhaus, Harper's, October 1971

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*Per Fowler's Modern English Usage, ed. 2004),

  In contexts of measure or comparison, where it means by much, by a great deal, as is vastly improved, a vastly larger audience, vastly is still in regular use (emphasis is mine.) Where the notion of measure is wanting, and it means no more than 'exceedingly, extremely, very' as in I should vastly like to know, it was fashionable in the 18c. (e.g. The City ... was vastly full of People--Defoe, 1722. This is all vastly true--E. Burney, 1782. A'nt you come vastly late?--Sheridan, 1799), but became less common as time went on, and is still now in restricted use.

Here are a few sourced examples of such uses of vastly, which, according to M-W and Fowler, might sound (or should I say, should sound) objectionable to many native speakers of British English:

I desired by means of this voice to give the impression that the story being told was enormously old and vastly true. Penguin Random House
They will vastly appreciate it and will cooperate with you more fully. As a teacher, you must be able to think fast and adjust lesson plans as the occasion demands.
Dude, the internet is vastly full of people who know more than you and have called your bluff. (Source: ft86club.com)
I had plenty of time and did not need to stick to a schedule - if the train was vastly late (i.e. more than three hours late) it did not bother or worry me, or interfere with my plans. (Source: NYC reviewer on TripAdvisor)
The account of coercion here is vastly oversimplified.
This is a vastly complex issue.

A: I didn't know that it was considered 'objectionable, or at least controversial'!  To me it sounds entirely idiomatic, conveying a sense of something being not merely immense, but exaggeratedly, astonishingly and perhaps inappropriately immense:  'to an exceedingly great extent or degree', as thefreedictionary has it.  At first glance 'exceedingly great' seems tautological, but at times that is the point:  bigness is one thing; mind-blowing bigness is notable for that additional reason.
Perhaps my favourite instance is from The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy:  'Space [says the Guide] is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is.'  That is from a magnificently literate 1978 UK comedy series, broadcast on the tremendously proper channel BBC Radio 4.  From then until now I have never heard anyone criticise Douglas Adams's use of 'vastly' here.
I would be willing to wager that the most common current usage of 'vastly' is in the expression 'vastly overrated':  this is smoothly used as the single example in this definition of overrated at the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.
The expression 'vastly complex' is also very common, e.g. used perfectly naturally in a discussion of human groups systematically observing the world in order to establish policies in interacting with it (Kenneth E Wilkening, Acid Rain Science and Politics in Japan, p11).
I have also come across 'vastly complex' pretty regularly in hardcore Systems Analysis, where complexity is par for the course (the whole point of Systems Analysis), so vast complexity also has a place.
Two systems-related examples:
1  Blogger dr24hours describes him/herself as a systems engineer and health care researcher, and says the following (with my emphasis) in a 19/07/12 blog post entitled 'Applications of Systems Theory':

The systems which produce and publish scientific knowledge are
  vastly complex and interrelated, and form a complex system.

2  At the University of Queensland, Brendan Markey-Towler (Ph.D student) and John Foster (Professor of Economics) published their 2013  paper entitled 'Understanding the causes of income inequality in complex economic systems'.  They say (my emphasis):

It is argued that such a complex systems approach (despite being
  vastly simplified here) provides a superior basis for understanding
  income inequality compared to standard economic analysis. (p1)
However, in the context of the vastly complex and adaptive system that
  is the economy [...] (p2)
Kahneman (2003) noted that the perception of stimuli largely depends
  on the 'availability' of certain bits of information within a vastly
  complex situation. (p11)

I should note that I am a native speaker of British English, with loooong experience of other Englishes both literary and academic across a number of disciplines.  From that standpoint I would always have said that 'vastly' is the kind of term that is easily prone to hyperbolic overuse (a bit like 'literally'), at which point it would indeed seem blunderingly affected, but that using it judiciously can make a certain kind of point perfectly well.


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The sixth Falcon 9 rocket booster recovered by SpaceX has returned to Port Canaveral after an up-and-down flight Aug. 14 that sent a commercial Japanese broadcasting satellite toward orbit.
Photos: Falcon 9 climbs away from Cape Canaveral with JCSAT 16
The Falcon 9 rocket's eighth flight of 2016 took off from Cape Canaveral early Sunday with the Japanese JCSAT 16 communications satellite, setting a new mark for the most launches made by SpaceX in a single year.
Falcon 9 rocket launches Japanese satellite, then nails bullseye landing
Vaulting into a starry sky over Florida's Space Coast, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully took off early Sunday with a Japanese video and data relay satellite, then stuck a landing on a barge stationed nearly 400 miles east of Cape Canaveral.
Falcon 9 launch timeline with JCSAT 16
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket is set for liftoff from Cape Canaveral early Sunday, heading due east over the Atlantic Ocean to deliver the JCSAT 16 communications satellite into orbit 32 minutes later.
Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket launches Japanese satellite, then lands at sea
For the second time this year, SpaceX has launched a commercial communications satellite for Tokyo-based SKY Perfect JSAT Corp. A Falcon 9 rocket blasted off at 1:26 a.m. EDT (0526 GMT) from Cape Canaveral with the JCSAT 16 satellite to relay data and video across Japan and the Asia-Pacific. The Falcon 9's first stage booster nailed a landing on a barge in the Atlantic Ocean a few minutes later.
Falcon 9 rocket rumbles through pre-flight engine firing
SpaceX technicians planned to connect a Japanese communications satellite to the tip of a Falcon 9 rocket as soon as Thursday, eyeing a launch from Cape Canaveral just after midnight Sunday.