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Heritage and pageantry highlights, the Royal Parks Church music, festivals, free art exhibitions and museums in and around London.
The 62nd Norwegian Christmas Tree in Trafalgar Square Date: 3 December, 2009. Time: check website for the time. Until 6 January, 2009. Venue: Trafalgar Square. London Transport: Nearest Tube: Charing Cross. Description: Since 1947 the Norwegian government has donated a 75 feet high Norwegian fir tree to Britain each year, as a symbol of friendship and to thank the nation for helping the Norwegian people during the war. This is put up in Trafalgar Square and decorated in a traditional Norwegian style with 500 white lights which are switched on from noon until midnight each day through the Christmas period (until 6th January). There is carol singing around the tree most evenings until 20 December.
Ceremony of the Keys Date: Ongoing. Daily. 9.30.pm. Venue: Tower of London, Tower Hill, EC3N 4AB Tickets: Complimentary tickets are obtainable on application in writing. Check Tower website for details. London Transport: Nearest Tube. Tower Hill. Description: The Ceremony of the Keys is the traditional locking up of the Tower of London and has taken place on each and every night, without fail, for at least 700 years. The Yeoman Warders, (the famous Beefeaters), in their royal livery, and military guard, lock the outer gates of the Tower of London and deliver the keys to the Governor of the Tower, (always a retired General), who resides in the Tudor Queen's House overlooking the infamous scaffold site within the walls. The importance of securing this fortress for the night is still relevant because, although the Monarch no longer resides at this royal palace, the Crown Jewels, including the Coronation Regalia and many other historic valuables, still do and felonious attempts have been made to steal them! Check Historic Royal Palaces/Tower of London for daily opening times, etc., for the Tower, Crown Jewels, etc.
Alexia's tip: The Princess Diana Memorial Walk. Make a point of seeing the four Royal Parks in central London by taking the Princess Diana Memorial Walk; a seven mile figure-eight walkway with its hub at Hyde Park Corner, (the best starting and finishing point). The fascinating walkway is marked by 70 plaques set into the ground and passes a number of places with which Diana was associated in her life - and death. Break the walk into at least two parts unless you have legs and stamina for a marathon. Do the Green Park and St. James's Park stretch on one day, Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens section on another. Be sure to wear sensible shoes and take your time to pause and see all the places of interest. Wheelchair Accessibility: Yes. Adapted toilets. Yes. There are restrooms and refreshment points in St. James's Park, Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens.
St. James's Park Opening Times; Daily. 5am-midnight. London Transport: Nearest Tube: St. James's Park. Description: This is London's oldest park and, although open to the public, is historically within the grounds of Buckingham Palace. Bounded by the Palace on the west by historic St. James's Palace, Clarence House and the Mall on the north, Admiralty Arch and Horseguard's Parade on the east, Wellington Barracks and Birdcage Walk on the south, it lies at the very heart of London's Royal heritage and pageantry and should on no account be missed by London visitors. The beautiful ornamental lake overlooked by the Palace is stocked with fifteen species of exotic waterfowl including Pelicans and Black Swans, and the shady walks are bordered by superbly planted seasonal flowerbeds and flowering shrubs. As well as Buckingham Palace, Horseguard's Parade and Admiralty Arch, pause to see the Queen Victoria Memorial with its marble statue of Victoria and glittering figures of Victory, Courage and Constancy, bordered by the ornamental gates given by Britain's former Dominions; Australia Gate, South Africa Gate and Canada Gate. See also in the Mall, the superb new memorial bronze of the late Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, (unveiled February, 2009).
Wheelchair Accessibility: Yes. Adapted toilets. Yes. Alexia's Diary: There is one FREE event in St. James park for a Guided Walk: 14 December, 2009. Time 1-2pm. Five Hundred Years of Horse Guards. Find out how Horse Guards has changed since the days of Henry VIII. Book early for a spot. Check website for more details. Pelican feeding time. Daily. 2.30pm. Lakeside. A popular time for both Pelicans and spectators!
Changing the Guard at Buckingham PalaceThe colourful ceremony at the western end of the park takes place at 11.30am on odd dates in November. Musical march past from Wellington Barracks down Birdcage Walk on south side of the Park to the Palace and return. Changing the Queen's Lifeguard at Horseguards Parade. Mornings: Daily 11am and 4pm. Sundays 10.am. Horseguard's Parade, situated at the eastern end of the park, is in fact the official entrance to Buckingham Palace.
Green Park Opening Times: Daily. 5am-midnight. London Transport: Nearest Tube. Green Park, Hyde Park Corner. Description: Originally called, appropriately, 'Upper St. James's Park' this green open space to the north of Buckingham Palace was a once popular dueling spot. In Regency times there was a small sanitized dairy farmhouse here where fashionable ladies of the haut monde could pay an afternoon visit and play at being milkmaids. The park is now a peaceful grassland devoid of rapier wielding and pistol toting duelists and bucolic bovine attractions. Its mature tree'd open space is much enjoyed by Londoners in February and March for its picturesque sea of daffodils and in summer as a picnic and sunbathing spot. Few events take place here, other than the firing of a Royal Salute on the occasion of a State Visit by a foreign Head of State. The Park is bordered in the north by Hyde Park Corner with its Apsley House and Wellington Arch museums, and the fine houses lining Piccadilly, in the east by leafy Queen's Walk overlooked by the imposing Ritz Hotel, Spencer House and Lancaster House, and in the south by Buckingham Palace's walled gardens.
Wheelchair Accessibility: Yes. Adapted toilets. No. Nearest toilets in St. James's Park and Hyde Park.
Alexia's tip: Wander down Queen's Walk after Tea at the Ritz on your way to the Canada Memorial and the Canada Gates facing Buckingham Palace and pause to admire the superb Palladian facade of Spencer House, onetime ancestral London residence of Princess Diana's family. At Hyde Park Corner see Decimus Burton's 1828 triumphal Wellington Arch, (an English Heritage Museum); his imposing Ionic Screen, (1825) and his charming little neo-Classical lodge next to it, (now an excellent tourist information office staffed by very helpful assistants). Note also the Greek Revival frontage of the Lanesborough Hotel, (William Wilkins, 1827); the neo-Classical frontage of Apsley House, (Benjamin Wyatt, 1828/9), London home of the Duke of Wellington, (an English Heritage Museum). Alexia's Diary: The Ritz Hotel at the northeastern corner of Green Park and the Lanesborough Hotel at Hyde Park Corner are civilized though expensive venues for Afternoon Tea. Advance booking is essential at the Ritz and advisable at the Lanesborough.
Kensington Gardens
The Regent's Park Opening Times: Daily. 5am - dusk. London Transport: Nearest tube. Baker Street. Description: The Regent's Park, 166 hectares (410 acres), is a masterpiece of landscape design and town planning. It includes stunning rose gardens with more than 30,000 roses of 400 varieties. The Park is the largest outdoor sports area in London with 'The Hub' a community sports pavilion and sports pitches, nearly 100 acres available for sports fans of all abilities. Henry VIII appropriated what was then known as Mary Bourne Park for use as a hunting ground, which he considered to be an invigorating ride from Whitehall Palace. It remained a royal chase until 1646. John Nash, architect to the crown and to the Prince Regent developed the Park as part of his patron's grandiose design for central London extending from Piccadilly Circus up Regent's Street and ending in a vast rounded park surrounded by palatial terraces, a lake, a canal, 56 planned villas (only 8 were ever built) and a summer palace for the Prince Regent, which was never built because the Prince Regent turned his attention and money to creating Buckingham Palace. It wasn't until 1835, after the Prince Regent ascended the throne as King George IV, that the general public were actually allowed into the sections of the Park and this was only for two days of the week. The Park later became the home of the Zoological Society and the London Zoo. The celebrated Queen Mary's Gardens, (the Rose Gardens, named after the Queen Consort of King George V), and the now famous annual summer open air theatre season draw Londoners and visitors alike to this most northern of London's Royal Parks. The park's lake is notable for London's largest heronry and is much loved by film makers for location work. Relax at the Garden Cafe at the Rose Garden. An award winning Wildlife in the Park community garden has recently been opened under the aegis of WITB, with design, planting and caring support from local schools and community volunteers.Guided Walk: 17 December, 2009. Time: 10:30am - 12:00. Walking In The Winter Wonderland. The park may be basking in sunshine or blanketed with snow; come along and enjoy the delights of Greenwich Park. No early booking required. Check sites for further details. Wheelchair Accessibility: Yes. Adapted toilets. Yes.
Alexia's Diary: There are a number of interesting FREE events scheduled for October in Regent's Park; Guided Walks - Bats and Birds. Check website for dates, and times. Book early for the Guided Walks.
Greenwich Park Opening Times: Daily. 6am, pedestrians. 7am for traffic. London Transport: Riverboat to Greenwich pier; North Greenwich tube then 188 bus to Greenwich Park Gate. Description: Together with Richmond Park, Greenwich is the oldest of the Royal Parks, with a Royal history stretching back to mediaeval times. Situated on top of a hill, the park provides visitors with sweeping views across the River Thames to St Paul's Cathedral and beyond and is home to a small herd of fallow and red deer, reminders of a bygone era when this was a royal hunting ground. The park is now part of the Greenwich World Heritage Site, host to the Prime Meridian Line and the old Royal Observatory, as well as having the National Maritime Museum, built on the site of the old Tudor Palace of Placentia, as a neighbour. King Henry VIII was born and spent much of his early time here before transferring his affections to Hampton Court Palace. We can thank the 17th century Stuart monarchs, however, for the park as we see it today. They transformed it from a Tudor hunting ground, demolishing the decaying old Tudor palace of Placentia and jousting lists, embarking upon a magnificent era of building that has given us the exquisite Classical Queen's House, (Inigo Jones, completed 1635), and Wren's superb Baroque waterfront palace completed for Charles II in 1702 as a Royal Naval Hospital. Together with the Queen's House it is now the National Maritime Museum. Charles II also commissioned Sir Christopher Wren to build the Royal Observatory in the park. All are open FREE to the public. The Queen's House is a popular venue for wedding and civil commitment ceremonies. The park is best approached from the river, (regular service from Westminster and Tower quays). For a full description of the palace, Free entry particulars, etc., see Burlington Bertie's Royal Greenwich Wheelchair Accessibility: Yes. Adapted toilets. Yes.
Alexia's Diary: There are FREE events in Greenwich Park in December. Guided Walk: 17 December, 2009. Time: 10:30am - 12:00. Walking In The Winter Wonderland. The park may be basking in sunshine or blanketed with snow; come along and enjoy the delights of Greenwich Park. No early booking required. Check sites for further details. 30 December, 2009. "Drop In" at the Secret Wildlife Garden Center. Time: 10am - 3pm. See any wildlife that is passing by; wildlife related activities for all ages; guided tours of the nature trails and deer viewing hide. Check site for further information.
Battersea Park Opening Times; Daily. 5am-midnight. London Transport: Rail. Battersea Park. See also Wandsworth Council. Description: While not a Royal Park, Battersea deserves mention and has historic royal connections. Battersea Park is a 200 acre green riverside gem with beautiful planting, quiet lake and delightful Thames-side walks. Managed by a forward looking and energetic Wandworth Borough Council Parks Service, it is much loved by the local residents but relatively unknown to visitors despite its full programme of events, Fairs, Exhibitions and Cultural Festivals throughout the year. It is also notable for its beautiful Buddhist Peace Temple overlooking the Thames. Once marshy land notorious as a venue for dualists, (the Duke of Wellington and Lord Winchilsea famously fought a dual here over a matter of honour), the Park was landscaped with one million cubic yards of soil, dug out during the construction of Victoria Docks and shipped upriver. Queen Victoria opened it in 1858. The park has recently undergone a �11 million restoration programme and is now an oasis of peace; one of London's finest recreation amenities lying on the south bank of the Thames opposite the Royal Hospital Chelsea, home of the Chelsea Pensioners. The charming boating lake is home to a flourishing heronry and many species of waterfowl. Expect to see chick hatchlings paddling frantically behind proud parents on the lake. Note the Barbara Hepworth sculpture and the Australian War Memorial bordering the lake. Wandsworth Borough make the most of their beautifully kept and run Thames-side park to host a wide variety of events there throughout the year. Expect fashion shows, art exhibitions and antiques fairs, horticultural displays and competitions, firework displays and sporting events. . To find out what is going on in Battersea Park call: Tel: (020) 8871 7534. Wheelchair Accessibility: Yes. Adapted toilets. Yes.
Somerset House: Free Tours Venue: Somerset House, Strand. WC2R 1LA. Tel: 020 7845 4600.
Date: 1.15pm, 2.45pm Weds. 12.15pm, 1.15pm, 2.15pm, 3.15pm Sats. 2009. London Transport: Nearest Tube: Leicester Square, Piccadilly Circus. Carparking and Congestion Charge payment: Trafalgar/Spring Gardens.
Tickets: FREE tickets from the Information Desk in the Seamen's Waiting Hall, available from 10.30 am. Description: Discover evidence of Tudor intrigue and Georgian Enlightenment, scientific curiosity and naval power, extravagant entertainments and 'the King's Shilling', as you are led from the airy lightwells of graceful staircases to the atmospheric Deadhouse.. Wheelchair Accessibility: No. Adapted Toilets: Yes.
Camden Market Dates: Daily and weekends. Busiest day Sunday. Venue: Camden Town. NW1. London Transport: Nearest Tube. Camden Town, Chalk Farm. Description: Once a weekend affair, the Camden Market complex in North London has now become a daily fixture. Camden Lock Market, by the Regent's Canal, began as a craft market but now has a much wider spectrum of goods on sale. Add to this the Camden Stables Market, (Alternative Fashion); Camden (Buck Street) Market and Inverness Street Market, which are all now trading in parts throughout the week. The markets at their most lively weekends however, with the Camden Canal Market opening Friday to Sunday and the indoor fashion market at the Electric Ballroom drawing crowds on Sunday. Local pubs and ethnic restaurants offer the visitor good and reasonably priced neighbourhood nosh. Wheelchair accessibility: Yes in parts. Adapted Toilets: Yes.
Dover Street Market Dates: 11am-6pm, Mon-Sat; 11am-7pm, Thurs-Sat. Closed Suns. Venue: 17/18 Dover Street, W1S 4LT London Transport: Nearest Tube. Green Park. Description: Over 70 trendy Fashion, Perfumery, Home and Kitchen stalls from around the world show one offs and interesting quirky items in this four story building. Now showing Fall and Winter 2009 Collections. Well worth a visit to enjoy the designer layout and booths as well as buy. Enjoy a tasty snack at the top floor cafe. Wheelchair accessibility: Yes, on all floors. Adapted Toilets: Yes.
Portobello Market Dates: Saturdays. Venue: Portobello Road, Westbourne Grove, W11. London Transport: Nearest Tubes. Notting Hill Gate, Ladbroke Grove. Description: The Portobello Antiques Dealers Association, (PADA), runs what is described as the largest antiques market in the world. The famous Saturday Market starts from around 5.30am with trading between dealers from the UK and overseas. Most stall holders are open to the public by 8.00am and the market is in full swing for the rest of the day, with collectors and visitors from all over the world. The shops and stalls of Portobello Road and Westbourne Grove offer an extraordinary variety of goods and specialist services, with antiques and collectibles ranging in price from a few pounds to several thousands. Be sure to check out the extensive PADA website before your visit. Wheelchair accessibility: Yes in parts. Adapted Toilets: Yes, nearby.
Spitalfields Market Dates: Thurs-Sats, 10am-4pm; Suns, 9am-5pm. Venue: 105 Commercial Street, Spitalfields, E1 6BG. London Transport: Nearest Tubes. Description: Well worth your visit to London's East End. Great for hidden gems of fashion and one off designer pieces. Wander around five different local markets and a growing number of interesting shops and oriental restaurants. Markets: Thursday - Antiques & Vintage; Friday - Fashion & Art; All shops and no stalls; Sunday: All shops and all stalls.
Wheelchair accessibility: Yes in parts. Adapted Toilets: Yes, nearby.
St. Paul's Cathedral Dates: Sundays and special Holy Days. Venue: EC4M 8AD. Tel: 020 7236 4128. London Transport: Nearest Tube: St. Paul's. Description: Attendance at services is free. The Cathedral is closed to sightseers on Sundays and special dates in the Cathedral calendar. Check St. Paul's Cathedral to confirm scheduled times of services, etc. Sightseers are charged an entrance fee on weekdays to see the stunning grandeur of Sir Christopher Wren's Renaissance interior, the dome, crypt, etc. Tickets can be bought online through the Cathedral website. Wheelchair Accessibility: Check website for details.
St. Martin-in-the-Fields Dates: Sundays and special Holy Days. Venue: Trafalgar Square WC2N Tel: 020 7766 1100 London Transport: Nearest Tube: Charing Cross Station. Description:8am - Holy Communion. 10am - Sung Eucharist. 1.15pm - Service in Mandarin. 2.15pm - Service in Cantonese. Check St. Martin-in-the-Fields to confirm times, services and Christmas worship. Historic landmark church overlooking Trafalgar Square; an interesting fusion of High English Baroque and Palladianism. Considered to be the church masterpiece of architect James Gibbs, (1682-1754), it replaced an earlier church built by Henry VIII, (1542), which itself replaced a 13th century Gothic edifice. Noted for its popular lunchtime concerts, (Mons/Weds/Fris). Check website for details. Wheelchair Accessibility: Check website for details.
Westminster Cathedral Dates: Sundays and special Holy Days. Venue: 42 Francis Street, SW1P. Tel: 020 7798 9055 London Transport: Nearest Tube: Victoria Station. Description: 10.30am. Solemn Mass, (sung by the Cathedral's world famous choir). Check http://www.westminstercathedral.org.uk/">Westminster Cathedral for full details of this and other sung services over Christmas. The choir is world famous. This is the Mother Church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Westminster (built between 1895 and 1903), in the Neo-Byzantine style; the architectural masterpiece of John Francis Bentley (1839 - 1902). It ranks architecturally as one of the noblest of all English churches. The interior which was never completed, provides a serene, quiet and inviting place to worship and meditate. Entry is FREE at all times.Wheelchair Accessibility: Yes. Adapted toilets. Under construction
Brompton Oratory Dates: Sundays 11:00am. Venue: Brompton Road, Knightsbridge, SW3. London Transport: Nearest Tube: Knightsbridge. Description: 11am. Solemn Mass, (Sung Latin Novus Ordo). Check Brompton Oratory for special Christmas services. Fashionably popular Roman Catholic church for the Knightsbridge, Belgravia and Kensington communities. Built 1880-84 by Herbert Gribble who was awarded �200 by the incumbent Oratorian monks of St. Phillip Neri's Order for his winning Renaissance design. Several other architects worked on this structure through the years, contributing to its distinctive character and rather florid interior. Entry is FREE at all times. Wheelchair Accessibility: Check website for details.
Courtauld Institute of Art Gallery
Venue: Courtauld Gallery, Somerset House, Strand, WC2R ORN. Tel: 020 7848 2526
Dates: Permanent Collections ongoing.
Tickets: FREE on Mondays 10am-2pm, and to under 18s, registered UK students.
London Transport: Nearest Tube: Temple.
Description: One of the most important Art collections in Britain, including world-famous Old Master, Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings; an outstanding prints and drawings collection featuring works by Michelangelo, Rembrandt, Cézanne and Turner. The collection includes around 530 paintings, 7000 drawings and 15,000 prints as well as significant holdings of medieval, Renaissance and modern sculpture, ceramics, metalwork, furniture and textiles. The collection has been formed through a series of major gifts and bequests made by some of the leading collectors of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Wheelchair Accessibility: Yes. Adapted Toilets: Yes.
Tate Britain Venue: Tate Britain, Millbank, SW1P 4RG. Tel: 020 7887 8888. Opening Times: Daily. 10am-5.40pm. London transport: Nearest Tube: Pimlico. Description: Tate has the world's finest collection of British Art 1500 - 2007, presenting an unrivalled picture of its development from the 16th century to present day. Special attention is given to Blake, (1757-1827), Constable, (1776-1837), and Turner, (1775-1851), the three outstanding British artists from the Romantic age who have dedicated spaces within the gallery, while the unique Turner Collection of some 300 paintings and many thousands of watercolours is housed in the specially built Clore Gallery. The gallery also holds rich collections of Hogarth, Gainsborough, Reynolds, Stubbs, the Pre-Raphaelites, twentieth century artists Stanley Spencer, Henry Moore, Francis Bacon and young British Artists of the 1990s. There are free lecture tours of the gallery's various collections daily. An entrance charge is made for some temporary exhibitions which may be mounted in association with other galleries. Check Burlington Bertie's London Diary for details. The gallery itself is notable as a good example of Edwardian Grand Manner architecture, ( S.R.J.Smith, 1897-1900).
Tate Modern Venue: Bankside, SE1. Tel: 020 7887-8008. Opening Times: Daily. 10am-5.40pm. London Transport: Nearest Tube. Embankment. Description: Britain's national gallery of international Modern Art. A converted power station on the Thames embankment, Tate Modern houses work from the 1900s Fauvists to today's Arte Povera. The collection can be interactively explored online. An entrance charge is made for some temporary exhibitions which may be mounted in association with other galleries or sponsors. Wheelchair Accessibility: Yes. Adapted toilets. Yes.
The National Gallery
Venue: National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, WC2N 5DN. Tel: 020 7747 2885. Opening Times: Daily 10am-6pm. Weds 10am-9pm. London transport: Nearest Tube: Charing Cross, Leicester Square. Description: The National Gallery houses one of the greatest permanent collections of European painting in the world, suitably catalogued and illustrated on the gallery website. These range from 13th century altar-pieces to the work of modern artists such as Tim Gardner. There are free guided tours and lectures daily. See website for details. In Room 1, until 6 April: The Landscape: Oil Sketch. Most landscape oil sketches from the 18th and early 19th centuries were never intended for exhibition - sketching out of doors was used primarily as a training for the hand and the eye. Often sketches remained overlooked, staying in artists' families rather than being offered for sale. Only a few collectors recognized the quality of pieces in this tradition. It is these collections which are celebrated in this exhibition. Degas owned studies by Corot and Th�odore Rousseau - the National Gallery purchased these pictures at the sale of his collection in 1918. They now form the core of a small but distinguished group of works, recently augmented by the loan of the Gere Collection. This is a charming exhibition of a much underrated medium. Recommended. Admire the Greek Classical revival facade which faces onto Trafalgar Square, (William Wilkins, 1834-38). Wheelchair Accessibility: Yes. Adapted toilets. Yes.
National Portrait Gallery
Venue: National Portrait Gallery, St. Martin's Place, WC2 0H3. Tel: 020 7312 2463. Opening Times: 10am-6pm. Thurs/Fri 10am-9pm. London Transport: Nearest Tube. Charing Cross, Leicester Square. Description: The National Portrait Gallery has some 92,000 portraits of great and famous British men and women in its unrivalled permanent collection, some 51,000 of which can be researched online. A selection is on permanent display here together with others which are shown for shorter periods due to their fragility. An entrance charge is made for some temporary exhibitions, (see Burlington Bertie's London Diary), which may be mounted in association with other galleries. Wheelchair Accessibility: Yes. Adapted toilets. Yes.
The Wallace Collection Venue: Hertford House, Manchester Square, W1. Tel: 020-7563-9500
Opening times: Open daily 10am - 5pm. From 2 January, 2008.
Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult. The use of buggies is not permitted within the building. London Transport:: Nearest Tube. Baker Street; Bond Street
I>Opening times: The Wallace Collection the finest private collection of art ever assembled by one family. It was bequeathed to the nation by Lady Wallace, widow of Sir Richard Wallace, in 1897, and opened to the public just over three years later on 22 June 1900 as a national museum. Its first visitors were variously delighted, amazed and bemused. In 25 galleries are unsurpassed displays of French 18th century painting, furniture and porcelain with superb Old Master paintings and a world class armoury.
Free general guided tours of the Collection are usually given on each weekday at 1pm, also Wednesdays and Saturdays at 11.30am, and Sundays at 3pm. These are sometimes replaced by specialist gallery talks covering aspects of the Collection in more detail, often given by members of The Wallace Collection staff. the The historic Hertford House is itself worth visiting. A new online database that will eventually contain information on every work of art in the Wallace Bequest. Wheelchair Accessibility: Yes. Adapted toilets. Yes.
London Walks with Richard Jones Richard Jones, the noted author and London historian, who hosts the ever popular ticketed guided tours theJack the Ripper Walk, and London Ghost Walk, has compiled a fascinating selection of 25 meticulously researched leisured walks, with FREE downloadable, easy to follow routes that take in the vibrant and historic diversity of our great city. Enjoy the Victorian London of Charles Dickens and his characters; the secret city of hidden alleyways and courtyards that Dickens knew; the Bohemian Chelsea of Oscar Wilde, the ghostly royal shades at Buckingham Palace, the Tower of London and Windsor, historic cemeteries. Strongly recommended.
Walk This Way Four guided walks from 'Walk This Way' which explore Thames-side points of architectural and historical interest. Check the downloadable pdf guide. 1. Southbank: London Eye - Imperial War Museum. 2. Millenium Bridge: St. Paul's Cathedral - Borough Market. 3. Golden Jubilee Bridges. Soho and Covent Garden - South Bank. 4. Riverside London: Tate Britain - Design museum.
London's Blue Plaques Venues: Various throughout London. Description: Directory of houses bearing commemorative plaques to famous occupants together with a history of the blue plaque scheme and the (sometimes fictional), people who once lived or were born there. Top 5 Plaques: Sherlock Holmes, 221b Baker Street, (see Burlington Bertie's London Diary for description of this museum); Charles Dickens, 48 Doughty Street, (now a Museum, pay to enter); John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 14 Princes Gate; Karl Marx, 28 Dean Street; John Logie Baird, 22 Frith Street. Alexia's tip: Make a note, or, if you have children in tow, have them make a note of each blue plaque you see. See who can spot the most! You and they can learn about the famous occupants on the internet when you return.
British Library Venue:St. Pancras, 96 Euston Road, NW1. Tel: 020 7412-7332. Opening Times: Mon/Wed/Thurs 9:30am-6pm. Tues 9:30am-8pm, Fri/Sat 9:30am-4:30pm, Closed Sun. London Transport: Nearest Tube: King's Cross/St. Pancras, Euston and Euston Sq. Description: An exhibition of antiquarian maps and views from the Library's collections bring the city's transformation from medieval to modern life. Wheelchair Accessibility: Yes. Adapted toilets. Yes.
British Museum Venue: Great Russell Street, WC1B. Tel: 020 7323 8299. Opening Times: 10am-5:30pm. Thurs/Fri 10am-8:30pm. Closed 1 January, Good Friday, 24-26 December. London Transport: Nearest Tube. Tottenham Court Road. Description: One of the world's greatest collections of Human History and Culture artefacts dating from the dawn of civilization. Ancient Civilizations, Elgin Marbles, Rosetta Stone, Sutton Hoo Burial, etc. Very popular with children. An entrance charge is made for some temporary exhibitions, (currently much praised The First Emperor: China's Terracotta Army), which may be mounted in association with other museums. Sir Robert Smirke's main frontage, (1823-47), embodying a giant Ionic colonnade with pedimented portico is London's finest example of early 19th century Greek Classical revival; a fitting entrance for visitors to the Elgin Marbles taken from the Athens Coliseum. Wheelchair Accessibility: Yes. Adapted toilets. Yes.
Freemasonry Library and Museum Venue:60 Great Queen St. WC2B 5AZ. Tel: 020 7395 9257. Opening times: Mon-Fri 10am-5pm. Check by phone or online for Christmas Holiday Closings. London Transport: Nearest Tube: Covent Garden. Description: Free Mason's Hall has been the center of Freemasonry for 230 years. It is the meeting place of over 1000 Masonic Lodges and is the headquarters of the United Grand Lodge of England, the oldest Grand Lodge in the world. It is a Grade II listed Building, by architects, H. V. Ashley, and F. Winton Newman. The interior of the building is richly decorated. Wheelchair Accessibility: Check website for details.
Geffrye Museum Venue: Kingsland Road, E2 8EA. Tel: 020 7739 9893. Opening Times: Tues-Sat 10am-5pm, Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays 12- 5pm. Closed 24-26 December and 1 January. London Transport: Nearest Tube: Liverpool Street, Old Street. Description: The Geffrye Museum is one of London's best loved museums. It depicts the quintessential style of English middle-class living rooms, with collections of furniture, textiles, paintings, and decorative arts displayed in a series of period rooms from 1600 to the present day. The museum is set in elegant 18th century almshouses with a contemporary wing surrounded by attractive gardens, which include an award-winning walled herb garden and a series of period gardens. Wheelchair Accessibility: Check website for details.
Hunterian Museum Venue: 35-43 Lincoln Inn Fields, Holborn WC2A 3PE. Tel: 020 7869 6560. Date: Mon-Sat. 9:30am - 5pm, 2007. Closed Sundays 25-26 December and 1 January. London Transport: Nearest Tube: Hillhead. Description: Founded by William Hunter, Anatomist, the Hunterian Museum celebrated 200 years in 2007. Works of art by Chardin, Fergusson, Pissaro, Gavin Hamilton, and The Mackintosh House. Wheelchair Accessibility: Check website for details.
Imperial War Museum Venue: Lambeth Road, SE1 6HZ. Tel: 0207 416 5320. London Transport: Nearest Tube. Lambeth North; Elephant and Castle; Waterloo, (wheelchair accessible); Southwark, (wheelchair accessible). Car Park: Union Car Park/53 Southwark Street. Description: A museum of art, artifacts and memorabilia of all British and Commonwealth armed conflicts since the start of the Great War in 1914. A number of free temporary exhibitions are mounted on a regular basis, including the current exhibition Breakthrough, the Museum's collection of British art incorporating outstanding artworks from the official art schemes of both world wars and significant non-official and contemporary works. The architecturally interesting museum building was formerly the central portion of Bethlem Royal Hospital for the mentally ill, or 'Bedlam', as it was commonly known. Designed by James Lewis, it was completed in 1815. Wheelchair Accessibility: Yes. Accessible Toilets on all floors bar the 3rd and 4th. Accessible cafe on ground floor. The Museum has a number of manual, folding frame wheelchairs that can be borrowed for the duration of your visit. Check website for full details.
Museum of London Venue: London Wall, EC2Y 5HN. Tel: 0870 444 3851 Opening Times: Mon-Sat 10am-5:50pm. Sun 12pm-5:50pm. Closed 24 - 26 December and 1 January. London Transport: Nearest Tube. St. Paul's. Description: London's urban history backed by a remarkable collection of artefacts dating from prehistory to present. Ongoing programme of free temporary exhibitions and projects, archaeological digs and surveys. This is a superb museum, imaginatively laid out to take the visitor through 3000 years of London's history. Strongly recommended as part of your visit to the City of London. Very popular with children.Wheelchair Accessibility: Yes. Adapted toilets. Yes
Natural History Museum Venue: Cromwell Road, SW7 2RL. Tel: 020 7942 5000. Opening Times: Daily 10am-6pm. Closed 24 - 26 December. London Transport: Nearest Tube. South Kensington. Description: A remarkable world collection of flora, fauna, minerals, mammals, dinosaurs, etc., housed in Alfred Waterhouse's superb Romanesque building, (opened 1881). The Dinosaur collection is brilliantly laid out. Not surprisingly this is a top pop venue for children. Take out a Reader's pass to view the fine library collection of original Victorian book illustrations by pre-photography flora and fauna bird illustrators such as J.G.Keulemans, (1841-1911).Wheelchair Accessibility: Check website for details.
Science Museum Opening Times: Daily 10am-6pm. Closed 24 - 26 December. Venue: Exhibition Road, South Kensington, SW7 2DD. Tel: 0870 870 4868. London Transport: Nearest Tube. South Kensington. Description: Comprehensive record of scientific, technological and medical change since the eighteenth century. Though rich in British material, this is a worldwide collection. Very popular with children because of the interactive hands-on touchy/feely/smelly displays, (fossilised Dino dung is a popular exhibit), the Museum often features.Wheelchair Accessibility: Check website for details.
Sir John Soanes Museum
Venue:13 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3BP. TEL: 44 (0) 20 7440 4263.
Opening Times:TuesdaySaturday 10am-5pm plus First Tuesday of the month open 6 9pm. Closed Bank Holidays, Christmas Eve. FREE on regular days except for large tour groups and special exhibits.
London Transport:Holborn Tube Station on the Central Line.
Description:Soane was born in 1753, the son of a bricklayer, and died after a long and distinguished career, in 1837.
Soane designed this house to live in, but also as a setting for his antiquities and his works of art. After the death of his wife (1815), he lived here alone, constantly adding to and rearranging his collections. Having been deeply disappointed by the conduct of his two sons, one of whom survived him, he determined to establish the house as a museum to which 'amateurs and students' should have access.
Wheelchair Accessibility:No. All wheel chairs must be left at the door; no large bags allowed.
Victoria and Albert Museum Venue: Cromwell Road, SW7 2RL. Tel: 020 7942 2000. Opening Times: Daily 10am-5:45pm, Fri 10am-10pm. Closed 24 - 26 December. London Transport: Nearest Tube. South Kensington. Description: 3000 Years of Art and Culture. Permanent Collection collected from the four corners of the Globe from the days of Empire. An entrance charge is made for some temporary exhibitions which may be mounted in association with other museums. Admire Aston Webb's eclectic design of the building, (1891). He is better known for his later Neo-Classical facade of Buckingham Palace, (1912-13) and Admiralty Arch leading from Trafalgar Square to the Mall.Wheelchair Accessibility: Yes. Adapted toilets. Yes.
Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art Venue:53 Gordon Sq. WC1H OPD. Tel: 020 7387 3909. Opening Times: Mon-Fri. 10-12:30 and 1:30-5:00pm. Closed Bank Holidays and weekends. London Transport: Nearest Tube. Covent Garden. Description: The Percival David Foundation exists to promote the study and teaching of Chinese Art and Culture. Its unique collection of Chinese ceramics and library of East Asian and Western books related to Chinese Art were both presented to the University of London in 1950 by the collector and scholar Sir Percival David. Wheelchair Accessibility: Check website for details.
The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology Venue:University College London, Malet Pl., London WC1E 6BT. Tel: 020 7679 2884. Date:Tues-Fri, 1pm-5pm; Sat 10am-1pm. Closed over Christmas and Easter Holidays. London Transport: Nearest Tube. Euston Square. Description: Part of the University College London teaching faculty hidden away on campus, the Petrie Museum houses one of the greatest collections of Egyptian and Sudanese archaeology in the world with c. 80,000 objects illustrating some 6,000 years of life in the Nile Valley from pre-history through the time of the Pharaohs to the Islamic period. Notable exhibits are one of the earliest pieces of Linen, (c. 5000 BCE); two lions from the Temple of Min at Koptos from the first group of monumental sculpture (c. 3000 BCE); a fragment from the first Kinglist or calendar, (c. 2900 BCE); the earliest example of Metal from Egypt; the first worked iron beads; the earliest example of glazing; the earliest Egyptian 'cylinder seal', (c. 3500 BCE); the first 'wills' on papyrus paper; the oldest gynecological papyrus. The museum houses the world's largest collection of Roman period mummy portraits (1st/2nd centuries CE). No concession is currently made to spectacular display and lighting techniques and you will not see any fabulous treasures from Tut's tomb. If, however, you have any interest in Ancient Egypt and an outline of its historical background your visit will be memorable. Photography without flash is allowed. The bright new website with its online catalogue facility offers a good insight into the collection, every item of which has its provenance.
A new, more wheelchair accessible, museum will be opened in 2011 where the entire collection will be visible for the first time. Meanwhile you can access collection items online if you know what you are looking for. Wheelchair Accessibility: Check website for details.
University College London Collections Venue: Malet Pl., London WC1E 6BT. Tel: 020 7679 2884. Opening times: Tues-Fri, 1pm-5pm; Sat 10am-1pm, 2007. Closed 22 December and reopens 2 January 2009. London Transport: Nearest Tube: Euston Square. Description: These collections of Art, Archaeology, Medicine, Anthropology, Geology, Anatomy, and Science Collections, are scattered over the UCL campus. Obtain a map of the campus when you get there and let it be your guide to the Collections used by the University as teaching resources.Wheelchair Accessibility: Check website for details.
V & A Museum of Childhood Venue: Cambridge Heath Road, E2 9PA. Tel: 020 8983 5200. Opening Times: 10am-5.45pm. Closed 25 - 26 December and 1 January every year. London Transport: Nearest Tube. Bethnal Green, Central Line, Zone 2. Description: UK's national collection of childhood related objects from 1600. Toys, dolls, teddy bears, games, costumes, childcare, etc. A superb Collection. Current exhibition, (until 19 April, 2009): Top to Toe: Fashion for Kids explores the fascinating world of children's clothing from 250 years ago to the present day.Very popular with children.Wheelchair Accessibility: Check website for details.
The Wallace Collection Venue: Hertford House, Manchester Square, W1.Tel: 020-7563-9500.
Opening times: Open daily 10am - 5pm.
Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult. The use of buggies is not permitted within the building. London Transport: Nearest Tube.�Baker Street; Bond Street
Description: The Wallace Collection the finest private collection of art ever assembled by one family. It was bequeathed to the nation by Lady Wallace, widow of Sir Richard Wallace, in 1897, and opened to the public just over three years later on 22 June 1900 as a national museum. Its first visitors were variously delighted, amazed and bemused. Among its treasures are one of the best collections of French 18th-century pictures, porcelain and furniture in the world, a remarkable array of 17th-century paintings and a superb armoury.
Free general guided tours of the Collection are usually given on each weekday at 1pm, also Wednesdays and Saturdays at 11.30am, and Sundays at 3pm. These are sometimes replaced by specialist gallery talks covering aspects of the Collection in more detail, often given by members of The Wallace Collection staff. The house itself is worth visiting.Wheelchair Accessibility: Check website for details.
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The Chicago Transit Authority is throwing a retirement party on Thursday for its oldest fleet of rail cars: the 2200 series.
According to the CTA, the 2200s went on their last, ceremonial trip along the Blue Line Thursday morning — all while decked out in the cars' original exterior decals and featuring interior advertising from 1969, when the cars first debuted.
July 31 was the cars' last official day of regular service, the Chicago Tribune notes.
The cars are most well known for their accordion "blinker"-style doors that pivot inward upon opening, often to the surprise — and annoyance! — of passengers standing near the doors.
The cars' farewell means that 100 percent of the agency's rail cars are now accessible to passengers in wheelchairs, CBS Chicago reports — though about two-thirds of the CTA's train stations remain inaccessible to wheelchair-reliant riders.

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Nvidia ships 'first' 80nm mobile graphics chip
GeForce Go 7700 to debut in Asus laptop
Nvidia has introduced what it claims is the first notebook-oriented graphics chip fabbed at 80nm, the mid-range GeForce Go 7700. It will initially feature in Asus A8 laptop family.
The GPU contains 12 pixel pipelines, four more than the 90nm GeForce Go 7600, which explains the new chip's higher fill rate - 5.4bn pixels per second to the 7600's 3.6bn. The two parts can both process 550m vertices every second, and they each have a 16GBps memory bandwidth, indicating identical RAM clock speeds. The 7700 connects to video memory across a 128-bit, dual-channel bus.
However, the 90nm GeForce Go 7600 GT runs to 19.2GBps, 6bn pixels per second and 610m vertices per second, so it clearly delivers greater performance than the new chip, despite the lower model number.
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What could we want more for our children than to have stories that are told to them that are "love songs to evolution"? This little project has the aesthetic feel of Machinarium, a deep commitment to rigorous science and tells the story of the Lord Howe Island stick insect which is a success story for diversity and the importance of zoos in the protection of endangered species. I'm a fan - and it needs your support.
Sticky is a soon to be released short-film from Australian animator and storyteller, Jilli Rose of Bespoke Animation.
My children have had stick insects as pets for years now; they are amazing creatures, so alien and foreign in appearance - the closest thing you'll get to owning your own Starship Troopers monsters. Maybe that is why I am so fond of this concept, along with it being a story of science and nature that is close to my home.
The Director describes her creation as such:
I've been working on an animated documentary about the stick insects from Lord Howe Island. It's inching along well. It's partly a celebration of the cape-worthy team at the Melbourne Zoo who have quietly, diligently and quite literally saved a species from extinction, it's partly a love song to evolution, uniqueness, life and the little creatures underfoot, and it's partly a retelling of the mindblowingly awesome story of the insects themselves. It's a madly colourful, whimsical, hopeful, heartwarming and really beautiful little film. Its preview was picked up by the press last month and the zoo is going to promote it when it's finished. . . so it looks like it's going to travel really well.
As with all creative projects though this one is a labor of love. To make it to film festivals and have the opportunity to be screened and seen by as many folks as possible it needs a helping hand. So, if you want to participate in "a retelling of the mindblowingly awesome story" of Lord Howe Island stick insects then watch the trailer above, and then go and back Sticky over at Pozible, an Australian crowdfunding site for creative projects.


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A looping construct for processing input in a way similar to the awk tool.
Originally by Olin Shivers. This implementation has been taken from PLT Scheme's awk library and minimally modified by felix winkelmann to work with CHICKEN.
See the SCSH documentation for awk.
Count non-comment lines in Scheme file:
(use awk) (print (awk (read-line) (line) ([nlines 0]) ("^[ \t]*;" nlines) (else (add1 nlines))))
Strip blank lines:
(use awk) (awk (read-line) (line) () ("[^ \t]" (print line)) )
Compute maximal line length:
(use awk) (print (awk (read-line) (line) ([max-len 0]) (#t (max max-len (string-length line))))
Sort /etc/passwd file:
(use awk) (define (read-passwd . port) (let ([line (apply read-line port)]) (if (eof-object? line) (values line #f) (values line (string-split-fields ":" line #:infix))))) (for-each (lambda (entry) (print (cdr entry))) (sort (awk (read-passwd) (line fields) ([ans '()]) (#t (cons (cons (car fields) line) ans)) ) (lambda (x y) (string<? (car x) (car y)))))
- 1.8 Fix license specification in the .meta file
- 1.7 Bugfix release thanks to Imran Rafique for the report
- 1.6 Updated test script to return proper exit status
- 1.4 Improved unit tests
- 1.3 Added regex dependency
- 1.2 Ported to CHICKEN 4
- 1.1 Adapted to new setup scheme
- 1.0 Initial release
PLT Software Copyright (c) 1995-2002 PLT
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NAMEFacebook::Graph::Authorize - Authorizing an app with Facebook
VERSIONversion 1.0801
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DESCRIPTIONGet an authorization code from Facebook so that you can request an access token to make privileged requests. The result of this package is to give you a URI to redirect a user to Facebook so they can log in, and approve whatever permissions you are requesting.
extend_permissions ( permissions )Ask for extra permissions for your app. By default, if you do not request extended permissions your app will have access to only general information that any Facebook user would have. Returns a reference to self for method chaining. permissions An array of permissions. See <http://developers.facebook.com/docs/authentication/permissions> for more information about what's available.
set_display ( type )Sets the display type for the authorization screen that a user will see. type Defaults to "page". Valid types are "page", "popup", "wap", and "touch". See Dialog Form Factors in <http://developers.facebook.com/docs/authentication/> for details.
uri_as_string ( )Returns a URI string to redirect the user back to Facebook.
LEGALFacebook::Graph is Copyright 2010 - 2012 Plain Black Corporation (<http://www.plainblack.com>) and is licensed under the same terms as Perl itself.
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In No god but God, internationally acclaimed scholar Reza Aslan explains Islam—the origins and evolution of the faith—in all its beauty and complexity. This updated edition addresses the events of the past decade, analyzing how they have influenced Islam's position in modern culture. Aslan explores what the popular demonstrations pushing for democracy in the Middle East mean for the future of Islam in the region, how the Internet and social media have affected Islam's evolution, and how the war on terror has altered the geopolitical balance of power in the Middle East. He also provides an update on the contemporary Muslim women's movement, a discussion of the controversy over veiling in Europe, an in-depth history of Jihadism, and a look at how Muslims living in North America and Europe are changing the face of Islam. Timely and persuasive, No god but God is an elegantly written account that explains this magnificent yet misunderstood faith.
Praise for No god but God
"Grippingly narrated and thoughtfully examined . . . a literate, accessible introduction to Islam."—The New York Times
"[Reza] Aslan offers an invaluable introduction to the forces that have shaped Islam [in this] eloquent, erudite paean to Islam in all of its complicated glory."—Los Angeles Times Book Review
"Wise and passionate . . . an incisive, scholarly primer in Muslim history and an engaging personal exploration."—The New York Times Book Review
"Acutely perceptive . . . For many troubled Muslims, this book will feel like a revelation, an opening up of knowledge too long buried."—The Independent (U.K.)
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Today, she argues, the world's 1.6 billion Muslims can be divided into a minority of extremists, a majority of observant but peaceable Muslims and a few dissidents who risk their lives by questioning their own religion. But there is only one Islam and, as Hirsi Ali shows, there is no denying that some of its key teachings—not least the duty to wage holy war—are incompatible with the values of a free society.
For centuries it has seemed as if Islam is immune to change. But Hirsi Ali has come to believe that a Muslim Reformation—a revision of Islamic doctrine aimed at reconciling the religion with modernity—is now at hand, and may even have begun. The Arab Spring may now seem like a political failure. But its challenge to traditional authority revealed a new readiness—not least by Muslim women—to think freely and to speak out.
Courageously challenging the jihadists, she identifies five key amendments to Islamic doctrine that Muslims have to make to bring their religion out of the seventh century and into the twenty-first. And she calls on the Western world to end its appeasement of the Islamists. "Islam is not a religion of peace," she writes. It is the Muslim reformers who need our backing, not the opponents of free speech.
Interweaving her own experiences, historical analogies and powerful examples from contemporary Muslim societies and cultures, Heretic is not a call to arms, but a passionate plea for peaceful change and a new era of global toleration. In the wake of the Charlie Hebdo murders, with jihadists killing thousands from Nigeria to Syria to Pakistan, this book offers an answer to what is fast becoming the world's number one problem.
a) Sources of Islam, its essentials and doctrines -- The Holy Quran, Hadith, Ijtihad and Ijma
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In The Heart of Islam one of the great intellectual figures in Islamic history offers a timely presentation of the core spiritual and social values of Islam: peace, compassion, social justice, and respect for the other. Seizing this unique moment in history to reflect on the essence of his tradition, Seyyed Hossein Nasr seeks to "open a spiritual and intellectual space for mutual understanding." Exploring Islamic values in scripture, traditional sources, and history, he also shows their clear counterparts in the Jewish and Christian traditions, revealing the common ground of the Abrahamic faiths.
Nasr challenges members of the world's civilizations to stop demonizing others while identifying themselves with pure goodness and to turn instead to a deeper understanding of those shared values that can solve the acute problems facing humanity today. "Muslims must ask themselves what went wrong within their own societies," he writes, "but the West must also pose the same question about itself . . . whether we are Muslims, Jews, Christians, or even secularists, whether we live in the Islamic world or in the West, we are in need of meaning in our lives, of ethical norms to guide our actions, of a vision that would allow us to live at peace with each other and with the rest of God's creation." Such help, he believes, lies at the heart of every religion and can lead the followers of the Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) as well as other religious and spiritual traditions to a new future of mutual respect and common global purpose.
The Heart of Islam is a landmark presentation of enduring value that offers hope to humanity, and a compelling portrait of the beauty and appeal of the faith of 1.2 billion people.
Mamdani dispels the idea of "good" (secular, westernized) and "bad" (premodern, fanatical) Muslims, pointing out that these judgments refer to political rather than cultural or religious identities. The presumption that there are "good" Muslims readily available to be split off from "bad" Muslims masks a failure to make a political analysis of our times. This book argues that political Islam emerged as the result of a modern encounter with Western power, and that the terrorist movement at the center of Islamist politics is an even more recent phenomenon, one that followed America's embrace of proxy war after its defeat in Vietnam. Mamdani writes with great insight about the Reagan years, showing America's embrace of the highly ideological politics of "good" against "evil." Identifying militant nationalist governments as Soviet proxies in countries such as Nicaragua and Afghanistan, the Reagan administration readily backed terrorist movements, hailing them as the "moral equivalents" of America's Founding Fathers. The era of proxy wars has come to an end with the invasion of Iraq. And there, as in Vietnam, America will need to recognize that it is not fighting terrorism but nationalism, a battle that cannot be won by occupation.
Good Muslim, Bad Muslim is a provocative and important book that will profoundly change our understanding both of Islamist politics and the way America is perceived in the world today.
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A journalist who grew up in the Midwest and the Middle East, Power offers her unique vantage point on the Quran's most provocative verses as she debates with Akram at cafes, family gatherings, and packed lecture halls, conversations filled with both good humor and powerful insights. Their story takes them to madrasas in India and pilgrimage sites in Mecca, as they encounter politicians and jihadis, feminist activists and conservative scholars. Armed with a new understanding of each other's worldviews, Power and Akram offer eye-opening perspectives, destroy long-held myths, and reveal startling connections between worlds that have seemed hopelessly divided for far too long.
Praise for If the Oceans Were Ink
"A vibrant tale of a friendship.... If the Oceans Were Ink is a welcome and nuanced look at Islam [and] goes a long way toward combating the dehumanizing stereotypes of Muslims that are all too common.... If the Oceans Were Ink should be mandatory reading for the 52 percent of Americans who admit to not knowing enough about Muslims."—The Washington Post
"For all those who wonder what Islam says about war and peace, men and women, Jews and gentiles, this is the book to read. It is a conversation among well-meaning friends—intelligent, compassionate, and revealing—the kind that needs to be taking place around the world."—Fareed Zakaria, author of The Post-American World
"Carla Power's intimate portrait of the Quran, told with nuance and great elegance, captures the extraordinary, living debate over the Muslim holy book's very essence. A spirited, compelling read."—Azadeh Moaveni, author of Lipstick Jihad
"Unique, masterful, and deeply engaging. Carla Power takes the reader on an extraordinary journey in interfaith understanding as she debates and discovers the Quran's message, meaning, and values on peace and violence, gender and veiling, religious pluralism and tolerance."—John L. Esposito, University Professor and Professor of Islamic Studies, Georgetown University, and author of The Future of Islam
"A thoughtful, provocative, intelligent book."—Diana Abu-Jaber, author of Birds Of Paradise and The Language of Baklava
On November 20, 1979, worldwide attention was focused on Tehran, where the Iranian hostage crisis was entering its third week. That same morning, gunmen stunned the world by seizing the Grand Mosque in Mecca, creating a siege that trapped 100,000 people and lasted two weeks, inflaming Muslim rage against the United States and causing hundreds of deaths. But in the days before CNN and Al Jazeera, the press barely took notice. Trofimov interviews for the first time scores of direct participants in the siege, and draws upon hundreds of newly declassified documents. With the pacing, detail, and suspense of a real-life thriller, The Siege of Mecca reveals the long-lasting aftereffects of the uprising and its influence on the world today.
In this eye-opening, REVISED AND UPDATED EDITION, Gabriel explains:
ATROCITIES COMMITTED BY MUHAMMAD IN THE NAME OF ALLAH HOW ISLAM WAS INFLUENCED BY WARLIKE ARABIAN CULTURE OF THE SEVENTH CENTURY HOW EGYPTIAN FUNDAMENTALISTS MURDERED AND ROBBED CHRISTIANS TO RAISE FUNDS FOR TERRORISM THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A MODERATE MUSLIM AND A FUNDAMENTALIST MUSLIM THE PROMINENCE OF JIHAD (WAR AGAINST INFIDELS) IN ISLAMIC THEOLOGY THE GOALS OF ISIS AND THE IMPACT OF IT SWIFT GROWTH AND IMPACT The motive behind Islamic world activity will no longer be a mystery. You will learn how each action is rooted in the philosophy of Islam. Now both the Christian and the political world must decide how to react to Muhammad's revelation.
As the second-largest and fastest-growing religion in the world, Islam is deemed by more than a billion Muslims to be a source of serenity and spiritual peace, and a touchstone for moral and ethical guidance. While extremists have an impact upon the religion that is wildly disproportionate to their numbers, moderates constitute the majority of Muslims worldwide. It is this rift between the quiet voice of the moderates and the deafening statements of the extremists that threatens the future of the faith.
In The Great Theft, Khaled Abou El Fadl, one of the world's preeminent Islamic scholars, argues that Islam is currently passing through a transformative period no less dramatic than the movements that swept through Europe during the Reformation. At this critical juncture there are two completely opposed worldviews within Islam competing to define this great world religion. The stakes have never been higher, and the future of the Muslim world hangs in the balance.
Drawing on the rich tradition of Islamic history and law, The Great Theft is an impassioned defense of Islam against the encroaching power of the extremists. As an accomplished Islamic jurist, Abou El Fadl roots his arguments in long-standing historical legal debates and delineates point by point the beliefs and practices of moderate Muslims, distinguishing these tenets from the corrupting influences of the extremists. From the role of women in Islam to the nature of jihad, from democracy and human rights to terrorism and warfare, Abou El Fadl builds a vital vision for a moderate Islam. At long last, the great majority of Muslims who oppose extremism have a desperately needed voice to help reclaim Islam's great moral tradition.
Learn how the papacy helped start Islam,
only to have this new daughter rebel against her. You'll understand the Arab's
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Rome guided the development of Islam, only to be double-crossed later.
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into cooperation with "Mother Church." The global "super-church" is forming!
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ATROCITIES COMMITTED BY MUHAMMAD IN THE NAME OF ALLAHHOW ISLAM WAS INFLUENCED BY WARLIKE ARABIAN CULTURE OF THE SEVENTH CENTURYHOW EGYPTIAN FUNDAMENTALISTS MURDERED AND ROBBED CHRISTIANS TO RAISE FUNDS FOR TERRORISMTHE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A MODERATE MUSLIM AND A FUNDAMENTALIST MUSLIMTHE PROMINENCE OF JIHAD (WAR AGAINST INFIDELS) IN ISLAMIC THEOLOGYTHE GOALS OF ISIS AND THE IMPACT OF IT SWIFT GROWTH AND IMPACTThe motive behind Islamic world activity will no longer be a mystery. You will learn how each action is rooted in the philosophy of Islam. Now both the Christian and the political world must decide how to react to Muhammad's revelation.
In a world threatened by religious wars, depleting natural resources, a crumbling ecosystem, and alienation and isolation, what has happened to our humanity? Who are we and what are we doing here? The Sufi path offers a journey toward truth, to a knowledge that transcends our mundane concerns, selfish desires, and fears. In Sufism we find a wisdom that brings peace and a relationship with God that nurtures the best in us and in others.
Noted scholar Seyyed Hossein Nasr helps you learn the secret wisdom tradition of Islam and enter what the ancient mystics call the "garden of truth." Here, liberate your mind, experience peace, discover your purpose, fall in love with the Divine, and find your true, best self.
(1) Field Testing the Communication of Divine Message: The unique feature of this translation is its field testing for over 3 1/2 years to improve the communication and understanding of the Divine Message. Translation passages were given to the New Muslim and Non-Muslim high school and college students for reading under the supervision of various Ulema (scholars). After reading, the person was asked to explain as to what he/she understood from the passage. If his/her understanding was the same as is in the Arabic Text of the Holy Qur'an then we concluded that we have been successful in conveying the Divine Message properly. If his/her understanding was different than what the Qur'anic verses were stating, we kept on rewording the translation until those verses were understood properly. It was tremendous patience on part of the participants. May Allah reward them all.
(2) Simplicity: In this translation Simple Language and Direct Approach is used for appealing to the common sense of scholars and common people.
(3) Understandability: There are no foot notes to refer and no commentary or lengthy explanations to read. All necessary explanations have been incorporated right there in the text with italic type setting to differentiate from the translation of the meanings of Qur'anic Arabic Text.
(4) Outline of Pertinent Information: Before the start of each Srah, information relating to its Period of Revelation, Major Issues, Divine Laws and Guidance has been presented as an outline. Then a summary of the preceding events has been tabulated for the reader to understand the histo! rical background to grasp the full meaning of the Divine Message.
(5) Reviews, Input and Approvals: This project was started in 1991 and initial draft completed in 1994. Then the Translation was sent to different Ulema (Scholars) in Town and throughout United States for their review and input. After their reviews and input it was sent to Jme Al-Azhar Al-Sharif in Egypt, Ummal Qur in Saudi Arabia and International Islamic University in Pakistan for their review, input and approval. This translation was published after their reviews and approvals.
Power of this prayer of Imam Muhammad al-Dar'i lies in its simplicity, its
purity, and its sincere supplication. It is essentially a plea to God that our
transgressions be overlooked, that divine mercy be bestowed upon us, that
social justice be restored in spite of us, that wrongs be righted, and that
righteousness reign once again in our lands, so that the destitute may no
longer be in need, the young may be educated, the animals' purpose fulfilled,
rain restored, and bounties poured forth. It is a plea to be freed from the
aggression of foreigners in lands over which they have no right—a plea much needed
in our modern world, rampant as it is with invasions and territorial
occupations. Ultimately, it asks not that our enemies be destroyed, but simply
that their plots, and the harm they cause, be halted. Its essence is mercy,
which in turn is the essence of the Messenger of God, Muhammad (peace and
blessing of God be upon him): "And We have only sent you as a mercy to all the


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The Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) leads and sponsors several efforts to advance scientific understanding of the importance of vitamin D to health. These efforts have included:
ODS also sponsors conferences and workshops on vitamin D and leads a federal working group on this nutrient to identify and help meet research needs.
ODS has vitamin D fact sheets in two versions—Health Professional and Consumer. The Consumer version is available in both English and Spanish.
As part of its Vitamin D Initiative, the NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) established the Vitamin D Standardization Program (VDSP) in November 2010. VDSP is an international collaborative effort to standardize the laboratory measurement of vitamin D status. The VDSP goal is to improve the detection, evaluation, and treatment of vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency by promoting the standardized laboratory measurement of serum total 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] by making it accurate and comparable over time, location, and laboratory procedure.
This collaboration involves the coordinated efforts of ODS; the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST); the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); the Vitamin D External Quality Assessment Scheme (DEQAS); the College of American Pathologists (CAP); the American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC); the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (IFCC); the Laboratory for Analytical Chemistry; Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; plus national surveys and collaborators around the world. Since the inception of this program, ODS has enlisted the participation of national health surveys from Australia, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
A public meeting to showcase the VDSP's progress since 2010 was held on the NIST campus on November 14, 2013. See information about the meeting, including the presentations.
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Tuesday Tip: Swap Your Towel For a T-Shirt
Who ever knew that old t-shirt you've had since college would make the perfect beauty hack?
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Quote Of The Day: Jim Steranko on Comic Book Companies
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Editorials, Marvel Comics,
"Comic book companies are like comic book villains; they keep coming back after they die."
—Jim Steranko
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[Artwork: Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #6, cover by Jim Steranko, © Marvel Comics]
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Weekend Reading: Avengers, Beau, Gareb And The Ultraverse
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Editorials, Movies, DC Comics, Marvel Comics,
Everyone is still talking about Joss Whedon's The Avengers.
Emmy-winning writer/producer/director Ken Levine got a kick out of The Avengers, but it's not his favorite comic book movie.
The Avengers is now the third highest-grossing US movie of all time.
And they're even screening it on the International Space Station
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Weekend Reading: Avengers, Starlin, Finger and Bagge
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Editorials, Movies, Reviews, Independent, Marvel Comics,
Next week, we'll all be talking about Men In Black III, but this week was still a lot of chatter about Joss Whedon's The Avengers. Let's hit that:
Avengers creators assemble! Here's a short but excellent interview with Jim Starlin, courtesy of Hero Complex and Geoff Boucher. It's super-spoilery so if you haven't seen the movie yet, don't click!
And speaking of Avengers, here's writer Lance Mannion's review, titled "The Romance Of Tony Stark."
Tim at Balloon Juice views The Avengers: "It's a Whedon movie, and quite a good one. Every other line of dialogue could end up on a t-shirt, characters come across as layered and real, conflicts involve profound philosophical differences where it is only sometimes clear who has the 'right' side of it, and one or more title character will have a very near-death experience."
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Ultraverse Returns!
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Editorials, Interviews, Movies, Marvel Comics,
Who knew that a corner of the internets would be talking about Malibu Comics' Ultraverse this week?
A recent podcast interview with Steve Englehart opened up the Ultraverse files with his belief about why Marvel won't publish Ultraverse titles or use the characters these days. Bleeding Cool linked to the podcast and a gathering of commenters soon followed.
BC followed up the original post with a subsequent one involving comments made by Marvel's Tom Brevoort about BC's original post.
Not to be outdone, Heidi at Comics Beat uncovered the news that Malibu Comics co-founder Scott Rosenberg's non-publishing IP holding company, Platinum Studios was having tremendous problems. That opened up a discussion of the origins of Men In Black, now that the new movie in the franchise is out.
So enjoy your blast from comics' past!
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Weekend Reading: Avengers, Joe Simon, And Don Martin
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Editorials, Movies, Reviews, Marvel Comics,
Another sad week as noted comic book artist Ernie Chan passes away. As always, Mark Evanier has the best obituary, if ever an obit can be categorized that way.
Amanda Marcotte takes a look at The Avengers movie, specifically the male reviewers and their reactions to The Black Widow.
Another good catch by Daniel Best at 20th Century Danny Boy: a tale of stolen artwork involving Joe Simon and the FBI.
Comedy writer Paul Laikin (he wrote for MAD Magazine and was editor of Marvel's Crazy) has passed away.
And speaking of MAD Magazine, I've never met anyone who didn't like Don Martin's work. Here's a nice piece in honor of his birthday.
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Quote Of The Day: The Avengers
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Movies, Reviews, Marvel Comics,
"There's no more blatant sexism than sneering at a woman for playing 'dress-up' in a movie where the men around her are dressed in tights and robot costumes. The belief that superhero movies are a No Girls Allowed zone couldn't be more obvious."
- Writer Amanda Marcotte on The Avengers
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Joe Shuster Superman Original Art Auction!
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If you've ever dreamed about owning an original piece of Superman artwork by co-creator and artist Joe Shuster, now's your chance.
Longtime original art dealer Larry Shell is offering a rare piece of American comics history this week in a fast-paced auction.
It's a full color Joe Shuster recreation to the cover of Action Comics #16 (the original issue went on sale in 1938). According to Shell, this recreation was drawn in 1983 and "is one of only a very few cover recreations that Shuster did and is 100% his work." It was originally owned by Wendy and Richard Pini (Elfquest).
The original measures a large 15" x 20" in size and is rendered in lead and colored pencils, which gives the image the soft quality of pastels.
You can see a photo of Joe Shuster with the original piece here.
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Avengers Assemble Links!
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Because we're all about The Avengers 24/7/365, here are a bunch of nice Avengers links that haven't been abused too much by the internets.
Assemble! My pal, the comics historian Peter Sanderson, takes a look at The Avengers. The money quote: "That climactic battle between the Avengers and Loki's invading forces, in the heart of New York City, captured the fantastic spectacle and visceral excitement that the superhero genre can create more fully than I had ever imagined seeing in a live action film."
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Weekend Reading: The Avengers, Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and Dave Berg
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Now, how many times have you already seen The Avengers? Doesn't it just kick movie butt? And what movie do you think we'll be talking about all summer? Avengers or The Dark Knight Rises?
Avengers Assemble…in line! Former Malibu Comics publisher and co-founder Dave Olbrich (now a manager at Space Goat Productions) and for Malibu Comics Editor-In-Chief Chris Ulm (now the head guy at Appy Entertainment), show up at the :20 mark in this report from AMC theaters in southern California.
Longbox Graveyard goes Marathoning and Assembling for Avengers and other Marvel-based movies. "Five of my favorite superhero movies, in a day-long sitting, followed by a midnight debut of The Avengers! Seventeen hours in a movie theater, ninety minutes in the car each way getting there, a day off work to do it and another day off to recover. Great for a twelve-year-old, not-so-great if you're half a century old. So I found a couple twelve-year-olds and went anyway."
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Weekend Reading: Avengers, Overload, Don Bluth and John Cleese
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Editorials, Interviews, Movies, Independent, Marvel Comics,
So how many times are we all seeing The Avengers this weekend? And in how many ways is it the movie of the summer?
In honor of the new Avengers movie, Longbox Graveyard looks at the Kree/Skrull War, from Avengers #89-97. "Nearing the end of his iconic six-year stint on Avengers, Roy Thomas — along with artists Neal Adams and Sal & John Buscema — delivered what was up to then arguably the longest and most complex continuing story in superhero comics, as Earth became a battleground between the warring Skrull and Kree star empires."
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