Escape to Sanity

Escape to Sanity http://gurcanaral.multiply.com/ <table style="text-align: center;border-collapse: collapse;" width="600" border="0" bordercolor="#111111" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="1"> <tbody><tr> <td align="center" height="66"><img src="http://images.gurcanaral.multiply.com/image/2/photos/22/orig/74/Sumru%20Head%20Shot.jpg?et=odox5bi5UQIChYQYsu2rqA" width="96" height="100" hspace="1"></td> <td align="center" height="66">IF YOU WISH TO BECOME A CONTACT,   PLEASE <a href="http://gurcanaral.multiply.com/SUMRUARAL@YAHOO.COM">E-MAIL</a> US   <a href="http://gurcanaral.multiply.com/SUMRUARAL@YAHOO.COM">(SUMRUARAL@YAHOO.COM)</a></td> <td align="center" height="66"><img src="http://images.gurcanaral.multiply.com/logo/1" width="100" border="0"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="140" align="center" height="145"><a href="http://gurcanaral.multiply.com/PHOTOS/ALBUM/36"><img src="http://images.gurcanaral.multiply.com/image/5/photos/22/600x600/44.gif/sylvester.gif?et=XLY4NgJVsrkeAPBsq%2CAsOQ" width="100" border="0"></a></td> <td width="373" align="center" height="145"><center><embed allowscriptaccess="never" allownetworking="internal" enablejsurl="false" enablehref="http://freeforallpolitics.multiply.com/journal/item/false" saveembedtags="true" src="http://www.bushslastday.com/bldflashclock/012009Clock.swf" quality="high" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#000000" name="01.20.09 Bush's Last Day countdown clock, copyright BLD designs 2006" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" width="300" align="middle" height="255"> </center></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" width="643" align="center" height="3"> I DISCOVERED THIS PLACE BY ACCIDENT WHEN I WAS LOOKING FOR SOME MUSIC REFERENCE. SO, I DECIDED TO START A PAGE OF MY OWN, SO THAT I COULD DO LIKE-KINDNESS TO OTHER PEOPLE HERE. I DON'T KNOW HOW FAR IT WILL TAKE ME. TIME WILL SHOW.</td></tr></tbody></table> Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:46:17 -0000 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:56:51 -0000 Escape to Sanity http://images.gurcanaral.multiply.com/logo http://gurcanaral.multiply.com 100 100 Zurich and Nearby towns http://gurcanaral.multiply.com/photos/album/55/Zurich_and_Nearby_towns Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:56:51 -0000 Karadzic after 12 years in "hiding"(!) Karadzic and Mladic, his General, who is yet to be found, represent the hypocrisy of European "civilization". The one, for which, when asked what he thought of "Western Civilization", Ghandi had replied "That would be a good idea". The West is no more civilized than the rest of the world. The West is only "rich", sitting on the wealth accumulated off the back of colonialism, violence, slavery, plundering and robbery, no different than most of such wealth accumulated. After the disintegration of Yugoslavia, the European Christian world looked at it as another opportunity to rid the heart of the Christian World off the Muslim remnants of the Ottoman Empire, namely, Bosnians, Macedonians and Kosovons. This extermination of the Muslim minority was supported by the Christian World openly, or clandestinely, or even in cowardly ways. The UN was used as a vehicle with its then Sec. Gen. Boutros Boutros-Ghali [1], a Christian Egyptian. Under the UN supervision, Muslims throughout the form... http://gurcanaral.multiply.com/journal/item/93/Karadzic_after_12_years_in_hiding Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:54:00 -0000 Turkika Tragudia <img src="http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/1328/tourkikafrontvr8.jpg"> ALİ UĞURLU* SEMA İÇLİ * MEHLIKA BELGÜL DIMITRIS MANISALIS http://gurcanaral.multiply.com/music/item/513/Turkika_Tragudia Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:42:50 -0000 JURIST - Paper Chase: Israel justice minister calls for relaxation of religious marriages rules <a href="http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/jurist_search.php?q=Andrew%20Gilmore">Andrew Gilmore</a> at 10:31 AM ET[JURIST] Israel's Chief Rabbinate [official website, in Hebrew], the body that authorizes and conducts marriages in the country, should allow marriages between people of different religious faiths, Israeli Justice Minister Daniel Friedmann [official profile] said Sunday. The Chief Rabbinate currently requires all marriages to adhere to Orthodox Jewish law and traditionally does not allow members of different religious faiths to marry. Last Tuesday, former Chief Justice of the Israeli Supreme Court Aharon Barack [official profile] called on the Knesset [official website] to amend marriage laws [Ynetnews.com report] to provide Israeli citizens with a civil alternative to religious marriages. Ynetnews.com has more. Considerable confusion exists over who qualifies for marriage in Israel due to controversies over conversion and the difficulties in establishing evidence of Jewish heritage among immigrants to Israel. Even converts to Orthodox Judaism can be denied ... http://gurcanaral.multiply.com/links/item/102/JURIST_-_Paper_Chase_Israel_justice_minister_calls_for_relaxation_of_religious_marriages_rules Wed, 21 May 2008 00:10:51 -0000 İstanbulda konser mevsimi başlamış bile GAYDA İSTANBUL “Saraybosna-İstanbul Hattından Balkan ve Çingene Müzikleri”<img style="opacity: 1;" id="photoimg" class="photoimg" src="http://images.gurcanaral.multiply.com/image/2/photos/22/600x600/85/gayda%2520istanbul-sss.jpg?et=LaLWu76WYva3bkVYYlb8CA&nmid=15693666" height="308" width="464"> KONSER 7 Mayıs 2008 Çarşamba / STUDIO LIVE GAYDA İSTANBUL, Boğaziçi Gösteri Sanatları Topluluğu (BGST) bünyesindeki Kardeş Türküler ve 45'lik Şarkılar çalışmalarında edinilen deneyimlerin ve İstanbul'da yaşayan Çingene müzisyenlerle yapılan çalışmaların ışığında, Balkanlardan Trakya'ya ve oradan İstanbul'a uzanan kültürel bir iklimin izlerini sürüyor. Bu topraklardaki coşkulu ritimler ve ezgiler, Gayda İstanbul'da, dünyanın başka müzikleriyle buluşuyor...  Incesaz will perform with Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in a special concert held within the official celebration in Cemal Resit Rey Concert hall for the 75th anniversary of Turkish Airlines on 20/05/2008. In April 2008, Incesaz recorded an album called "Roads" for the 75th anniversary of Turkish Airlines in Budapest again with Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. <img src="http://www.stageartorg.com/Incesaz-ss.jpg" border="0" height="184" width="274">"15th year Performances" from Kardes Türküler :<img src="http://www.stageartorg.com/Kardes%20Turkuler-ssss.jpg" border="0" height="184" width="275">Kardes Türküler of BGST (Bosphorus P... http://gurcanaral.multiply.com/journal/item/90/90 Mon, 5 May 2008 23:53:00 -0000 Ibn al-Nafis - a man before his times <h1><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_al-Nafis">Ibn al-Nafis</a></h1> <h3>Extracted from Wikipedia</h3> Ibn al-Nafis (1213-1288) was an Arab Muslim polymath—a physician, anatomist, physiologist, surgeon, ophthalmologist, Hafiz, Hadith scholar, jurist and lawyer, theologian, philosopher, logician, novelist, psychologist, sociologist, scientist, science fiction writer, astronomer, cosmologist, futurist, geologist, grammarian, linguist and historian. He was born in Damascus, Syria, and worked in Cairo, Egypt. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Islamic_studies_scholars" title="List of Islamic studies scholars">Muslim scholar</a> Name: Ala al-Din Abu al-Hassan Ali ibn Abi-Hazm al-Qarshi al-Dimashqi Title: Ibn al-Nafis Birth: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1213" title="1213">1213</a> CE Death: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_17" title="December 17">17 December</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1288" title="1288">1288</a> CE 11 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhu_al-Qi'dah" title="Dhu al-Qi'dah">Dhu al-Qi'dah</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7th_century_AH" title="7th century AH">687 AH</a> Ethnicity: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab" title="Arab">Arab</a> Region: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a> Maddhab: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shafi`i" title="Shafi`i">Shafi`i</a> School tradition: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunni_Islam" title="Sunni Islam">Sunni Islam</a>, Nafisian physiology Main interests: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_medicine" title="Islamic medicine">Medicine, Anatomy, Pathology, Physiology, Surgery</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophthalmology_in_medieval_Islam" title="Ophthalmology in medieval Islam">Ophthalmology</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_studies" title="Islamic studies">Islamic Studies</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiqh" title="Fiqh">Fiqh</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharia" title="Sharia">Sharia</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qur'an" title="Qur'an">Qur'an</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_of_hadith" title="Science of hadith">Science of Hadith</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalam" title="Kalam">Kalam</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Islamic_philosophy" title="Early Islamic philosophy">Philosophy</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_astronomy" title="Islamic astronomy">Astronomy, Cosmology</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_eschatology" title="Islamic eschatology">Eschatology</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futurology" title="Futurology">Futurology</a>, ... http://gurcanaral.multiply.com/links/item/99/Ibn_al-Nafis_-_a_man_before_his_times Thu, 1 May 2008 20:14:00 -0000 I sometimes sits and thinks and... <img src="http://images.cafepress.com/jitcrunch.aspx?bG9hZD1ibGFuayxibGFuazo1NF9GLmpwZ3xyZWN0YW5nbGU9YmxhbmssOTIsMTQsMjk5LDQ1NSwtODM1NTcxMixTb2xpZCwxfHJlY3RhbmdsZT1ibGFuayw5MiwxNCwyOTgsNDU0LC0xLFNvbGlkLDF8cmVjdGFuZ2xlPWJsYW5rLDkwLDEyLDI5OSw0NTUsLTE2Nzc3MjE2LFNvbGlkLDF8bG9hZD1MMCxodHRwOi8vaW1hZ2VzLmNhZmVwcmVzcy5jb20vaW1hZ2UvMTkzODg5NDlfNDAweDQwMC5qcGd8fHNjYWxlPUwwLDI5OSw0NTUsV2hpdGV8Y29tcG9zZT1ibGFuayxMMCxBZGQsOTAsMTJ8Y3A9cmVzdWx0LGJsYW5rfHNjYWxlPXJlc3VsdCwwLDQ4MCxXaGl0ZXxjb21wcmVzc2lvbj05NXw=" width="480"> http://gurcanaral.multiply.com/journal/item/89/I_sometimes_sits_and_thinks_and... Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:42:00 -0000 Why is my water bill so high? http://gurcanaral.multiply.com/journal/item/88/Why_is_my_water_bill_so_high Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:42:00 -0000 The Jonestown Massacre Because "cults" are in the headlines again, I wanted to remind people about another suspenseful cult event: Jim Jones, the People's Temple, murder and mass killings, all taking place in "Guyana". Even Agatha Christie could not have come up with a darker mystery.<hr>The first reports out of Guyana on November 18, 1978 were that Congressman Leo J. Ryan and four other members of his party were shot and killed as they attempted to board a plane at Port Kaituma airstrip. Within hours, came the shocking announcement that 408 American citizens had committed suicide at a communal village they had built in the jungle in Northwest Guyana. The community had come to be known as “Jonestown.” The dead were all members of a group known as “The People’s Temple” which was led by the Reverend Jim Jones. It would soon be learned that 913 of the 1100 people believed to have been at “Jonestown” at the time, had died in a mass suicide. (more) Also see: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Jones">Jim Jones</a> in Wikipedia. <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/01-jones-jim.jpg/150px-01-jones-jim.jpg"> http://gurcanaral.multiply.com/links/item/96/The_Jonestown_Massacre Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:38:01 -0000 Istanbul's last pork butcher fights Islamist crackdown on swine - Turkish Daily News Apr 12, 2008 <a href="http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr"><img src="http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/images/elements/ntd/tdnlogo1.gif" alt="TDN" title="Turkish Daily News Logo" border="0" width="761" height="56"></a> <img src="http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/images/elements/design/spacer.gif" height="10" width="10">   Sunday, Apr 13 2008 3:17 am GMT+2 <h2>Istanbul's last pork butcher fights Islamist crackdown on swine</h2> <h5>Saturday, April 12, 2008</h5> Fırat Kayakıran ISTANBUL – Bloomberg   Lazari Kozmaoğlu, Istanbul's last pork butcher, takes a break from a two-hour backgammon session to recall the days he spent slicing bacon instead of rolling dice.   Eight workers used to rush in and out of the cutting room, placing wrapped meat in refrigerators, Kozmaoğlu, 63, recalled in his store in central Istanbul. Today the shop is down to its last two months of stock and attracts only a handful of customers.Turkey's Islamist-rooted government has clamped down on the pork industry since 2004, closing all but two of the country's 25 pig farms and revoking slaughterhouse licenses. Kozmaoğlu, unable to add to his meat supplies, spends most of his time shuffling paperwork as he seeks permission to reopen his abattoir.”I don't... http://gurcanaral.multiply.com/links/item/95/Istanbuls_last_pork_butcher_fights_Islamist_crackdown_on_swine_-_Turkish_Daily_News_Apr_12_2008 Sun, 13 Apr 2008 00:36:19 -0000 What's New by Bob Park - Friday, April 11, 2008 <img src="http://bobpark.physics.umd.edu/images/spacer.gif" alt border="0" height="1" width="41"> <img src="http://bobpark.physics.umd.edu/images/spacer.gif" alt border="0" height="1" width="43"> <img src="http://bobpark.physics.umd.edu/images/spacer.gif" alt border="0" height="1" width="6"> <img src="http://bobpark.physics.umd.edu/images/spacer.gif" alt border="0" height="1" width="138"> <img src="http://bobpark.physics.umd.edu/images/spacer.gif" alt border="0" height="1" width="10"> <img src="http://bobpark.physics.umd.edu/images/spacer.gif" alt border="0" height="1" width="55"> <img 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<img name="header_r5_c8" src="http://bobpark.physics.umd.edu/images/header_r5_c8.gif" alt border="0" width="77" height="5"> <img name="header_r5_c10" src="http://bobpark.physics.umd.edu/images/header_r5_c10.gif" alt border="0" width="45" height="5"> <img name="header_r5_c12" src="http://bobpark.physics.umd.edu/images/header_r5_c12.gif" alt border="0" width="65" height="5"> <img name="header_r5_c14" src="http://bobpark.physics.umd.edu/images/header_r5_c14.gif" alt border="0" width="105" height="5"> <img src="http://bobpark.physics.umd.edu/images/spacer.gif" alt border="0" height="5" width="1"> <h1>Friday, April 11, 2008</h1> <h3 class="subhead"><a name="1">1. NO SCIENCE DEBATE: CANDIDATES WILL DEBATE JESUS. </a></h3> It seemed to be going well for efforts to arrange a debate on science issues. The National Academies, the Council for Competitiveness and the AAAS had agreed to serve as official cosponsors; the plan was endorsed by all major research universities and scientific societies. However, in a world faced with the threat of global warming, dwindling fossil fuel, continuous warfare, disease and starvation on the rise in Africa, spiraling food prices world wide, the candidates must focus on "solutions." They have therefore chosen to attend "The Compassion Forum" instead, a "wide ranging and probing discussion of policies related to moral issues." It will be held at Messiah College somewhere in central Pennsylvania. 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So, if you wished to add a reply which itself has a link, or an image, ... http://gurcanaral.multiply.com/links/item/93/HTML_Tutorial Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:56:57 -0000 Hagia Eirine / Aya Irini                               <h1>Aya İrini    Kilisesi Müzesi</h1> <h1>Museum of the Church Hagia Irene</h1> <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Gurlitt_Haghia_Eirene_SE.jpg">    <img style="width: 191px; height: 131px;" alt="Aya İrini 1912" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Gurlitt_Haghia_Eirene_SE.jpg/300px-Gurlitt_Haghia_Eirene_SE.jpg" class="thumbimage" border="1"></a><a class="image" title="The apse of the church with cross" href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Hagia_Eirene_Constantinople_2007.jpg"><img alt="The apse of the church with cross" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Hagia_Eirene_Constantinople_2007.jpg/180px-Hagia_Eirene_Constantinople_2007.jpg" class="thumbimage" border="1" height="130" width="109"></a><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Gurlitt_Haghia_Eirene_SE.jpg"><img src="http://www.istanbul.net.tr/images/muze/ayairini.jpg" style="width: 181px; height: 131px;" border="1"></a><a class="image" title="Irenekirken.jpg" href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/Irenekirken.jpg"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Irenekirken.jpg/89px-Irenekirken.jpg" border="1" height="135" width="107"></a>     Aya İrini/Hagia Eirine - 1912   <a class="image" title="The Church of Hagia Eirene at Topkapı Palace" href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/Hagia_Eirene_Constantinople_July_2007_002.jpg">    <img style="width: 293px; height: 221px;" alt="The Church of Hagia Eirene at Topkapı Palace" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Hagia_Eirene_Constantinople_July_2007_002.jpg/180px-Hagia_Eirene_Constantinople_July_2007_002.jpg" class="thumbimage" border="1"></a> <a class="image" title="Hagia Eirene01.jpg" href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/Hagia_Eirene01.jpg"> <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Hagia_Eirene01.jpg/120px-Hagia_Eirene01.jpg" border="1" height="107" width="147"></a><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Millingen_H._Eirene_section.jpg"><img style="width: 161px; height: 110px;" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Millingen_H._Eirene_section.jpg/300px-Millingen_H._Eirene_section.jpg" class="thumbimage" border="1"></a> <a class="image" title="Hagia Eirene.jpg" href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Hagia_Eirene.jpg"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Hagia_Eirene.jpg/120px-Hagia_Eirene.jpg" border="1" height="113" width="143"></a><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Constantinople_Hagia_Eirene.png"><img style="width: 171px; height: 121px;" alt="Aya İrini planı" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Constantinople_Hagia_Eirene.png/300px-Constantinople_Hagia_Eirene.png" class="thumbimage" border="1"></a> Telefon:(0212) 528 45 00 Fax: (0212) 512 54 74 E-mail: ayasofyamuzesi@hotmail.com İlçe: Sultanahmet Adres: Topkapı Sarayı Avlusu, Sultanahmet İstanbulAya İrini Kilisesi (<a href="http://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yunanca" title="Yunanca">Yunanca</a>: Tanrısal Barış), <a href="http://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%84%C2%B0stanbul" class="mw-redirect" title="İstanbul">İstanbul</a>'da, <a href="http://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topkap%C3%84%C2%B1_Saray%C3%84%C2%B1" title="Topkapı Sarayı">Topkapı Sarayı</a>'nın dış avlusunda, <a href="http://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayasofya" class="mw-redirect" title="Ayasofya">Ayasofya</a>'nın yakınında ve onunla çağdaş olan Bizans kilisesi ve müze. <a href="http://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayasofya" class="mw-redirect" title="Ayasofya">Ayasofya</a>'dan sonraki ikinci büyük <a href="http://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bizans" class="mw-redirect" title="Bizans">Bizans</a> kilisesidir. Eski kaynaklara göre, burada bulunan Roma döneminden kalma Artemis, Afrodit ve Apollon mabetlerinin kalıntılarından yararlanılarak, 4. yy'ın başlarında <a href="http://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/I._Constantinus" title="I. Constantinus">I. Constantinus</a> (<a href="http://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/324" title="324">324</a>-<a href="http://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/337" title="337">337</a>) zamanında yapıldı. <a href="http://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayasofya" class="mw-redirect" title="Ayasofya">Ayasofya</a>'yla aynı avlu duvarı içinde bulunan Aya İrini, <a href="http://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/532" title="532">532</a>'deki Nika Ayaklanması sırasında yanındaki Sempson Z... http://gurcanaral.multiply.com/journal/item/87/Hagia_Eirine_Aya_Irini Sun, 6 Apr 2008 02:12:00 -0000 NOVA | Cracking the Maya Code | PBS <h1 style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;" align="center"><a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/mayacode" />Cracking the Maya Code</a></h1> <img src="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/mayacode/images/map-icon.jpg" alt="Map of the Maya World" style="border: 24px outset #800000; padding: 0" width="198"> <img src="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/mayacode/images/home.jpg" alt="Cracking the Maya Code: The story behind the centuries-long decipherment of ancient Maya hieroglyphs. Airs on PBS April 8, 2008" border="0" width="760" height="243"> <img src="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/images06/nav-proghome-stripe-top.jpg" alt border="0" height="13" widt="750"> <img src="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/images06/nav-proghome-stripe-v1.jpg" alt border="0" height="320" width="13"> <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/mayacode/timeline.html"><img class="f_left_h" src="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/mayacode/images/icon_time.jpg" alt="Time Line of Decipherment" border="0" width="60" height="55"></a> <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/mayacode/timeline.html">Time Line of Decipherment</a> Trace key discoveries in the effort to understand the Maya script. <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/mayacode/masterpiece.html"><img class="f_left_h" src="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/mayacode/images/icon_mast.jpg" alt="A Masterpiece Revealed" border="0" width="60" height="55"></a> <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/mayacode/masterpiece.html">A Masterpiece Revealed</a> Explore a 2,000-year-old mural, one of the most exciting recent discoveries of early Maya art. <img src="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/images06/nav-proghome-stripe-v2.jpg" alt border="0" height="320" width="13"> <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/mayacode/translate.html"><img class="f_left_h" src="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/mayacode/images/icon_tran.jpg" alt="Decode Stela 3" border="0" width="60" height="55"></a> <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/mayacode/translate.html">Decode Stela 3</a> "Read" Maya hieroglyphs carved on an eighth-century stone monument, and hear them spoken aloud. <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/mayacode/map.html"><img class="f_left_h" src="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/mayacode/images/icon_map.jpg" alt="Map of the Maya World" border="0" width="60" height="55"></a> <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/mayacode/map.html">Map of the Maya World</a> From Chichén Itzá in the north to Copán in the south, the Maya empire was vast and varied. <img src="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/images06/nav-proghome-stripe-v3.jpg" alt border="0" height="320" width="13"> <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/mayacode/program.html"><img src="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/mayacode/images/nav-watchprogram.jpg" alt="Watch online" border="0" width="228" height="128"> </a> <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/preview/i_3506.html">Watch a Preview</a> <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/mayacode/about.html">TV Program Description</a> <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/mayacode/resources.html">Links & Books</a> <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/teachers/programs/3506_mayacode.html">Teacher's Guide</a> <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/mailing/">E-Mail Bulletin</a> <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/mayacode/shop.html"><img class="f_left2" style="margin-bottom: 8px;" src="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/images06/nav-home-icon-dvd.gif" alt="DVD" border="0" width="59" height="27"></a> <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/mayacode/shop.html">Buy the Video/DVD</a> <img src="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/images06/nav-proghome-stripe-v4.jpg" alt border="0" height="320" width="13"> <img src="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/images06/nav-proghome-stripe-bot.jpg" alt border="0" height="13"> http://gurcanaral.multiply.com/links/item/92/NOVA_Cracking_the_Maya_Code_PBS Fri, 4 Apr 2008 23:40:18 -0000 Tensions rise in Turkey <h2><a href="http://poligazette.com/2008/03/24/tensions-rise-in-turkey/" rel="bookmark">Tensions Rise in Turkey</a></h2> <h3>Filed under: <a href="http://poligazette.com/category/europe/" title="View all posts in Europe" rel="category tag">Europe</a>, <a href="http://poligazette.com/category/turkey/" title="View all posts in Turkey" rel="category tag">Turkey</a> — Michael van der Galien on March 24, 2008 @ 4:00 pm CET </h3> I haven’t written a lot about the recent developments in Turkey, with regards to the tensions there, which may have given some of you the impression that it’s quite calm in in that country: sadly, the reality of the situation is that there are a whole lot of problems. As reported earlier, the country’s main prosecutor has asked Turkey’s Supreme Court to shut down the AK Parti (Justice and Development Party) of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and President Abdullah Gül, arguing that the party’s goals are in breach with the country’s secular system. This was, of course, a reaction to the AKP’s decision to abolish the headscarf ban in universities. <a href="http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=99831" target="_blank">The AK Parti seems to be afraid that the prosecutor will win the case,</a> and has decided to fight back: several critics of Erdogan et al. have been arrested in recent days. When Erdogan heard of the attempt to shut down his I... http://gurcanaral.multiply.com/links/item/90/Tensions_rise_in_Turkey Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:46:01 -0000 OHAAAA - ÇÜŞŞŞŞ This is from a traffic monitoring camera in Istanbul. The title "OHAAAA - ÇÜŞŞŞŞ" is best understood by Istanbul-residents. I would not know how to translate it. If anyone can, I would be thankful. :) http://gurcanaral.multiply.com/video/item/14/14 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:26:31 -0000 Vt. towns approve Bush 'indictment' - Boston.com <h1>Vt. towns approve Bush 'indictment'</h1> <img src="http://cache.boston.com/resize/bonzai-fba/AP_Photo/2008/03/04/1204654109_1055/539w.jpg" border="0" width="500"> Town Clerk Annette Cappy stands in her office in Brattleboro, Vt. Friday Feb. 29, 2008, holding a sample ballot with an article which voters will consider that would instruct the town's attorney to draft indictments allowing President Bush and Vice President Cheney to be arrested by local authorities for crimes against their Constitution. On primary day Tuesday March 4, 2008, its residents will vote on whether to issue warrants for the arrest of Bush and Cheney, should they ever visit. (AP Photo/Jason R. Henske) Associated Press Writer / March 4, 2008 BRATTLEBORO, Vt.— Voters in two Vermont towns approved measures Tuesday calling for the indictment of President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney for what they consider violations of the Constitution. More symbolic than anything, the items sought to have police arrest Bush and Cheney if they ever visit Brattleboro or nearby Marlboro or to extradite them for prosecution elsewhe... http://gurcanaral.multiply.com/links/item/89/Vt._towns_approve_Bush_indictment_-_Boston.com Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:14:58 -0000 BBC NEWS | Europe | Turkey in radical revision of Islamic texts <h2>Turkey in radical revision of Islamic texts </h2> By Robert Pigott Religious affairs correspondent, BBC News <img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/999999.gif" alt border="0" height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="416"> <img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44452000/jpg/_44452136_koranlebanon_203_bbc.jpg" alt="A Lebanese man reads the Koran" border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="203" height="152"> The scholars say they are returning to the original values of Islam Turkey is preparing to publish a document that represents a revolutionary reinterpretation of Islam - and a controversial and radical modernisation of the religion. The country's powerful Department of Religious Affairs has commissioned a team of theologians at Ankara University to carry out a fundamental revision of the Hadith, the second most sacred text in Islam after the Koran. The Hadith is a collection of thousands of sayings reputed to come from the Prophet Muhammad. As such, it is the principal guide for Muslims in interpreting the Koran and the source of the vast majority of Islamic law, or Sharia. <img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/start_quote_rb.gif" alt border="0" width="24" height="13">This is kind of akin to the Christian Reformation. Not exactly the same, but... it's changing the theological foundations of [the] religion<img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/end_quote_rb.gif" border="0" height="13" width="23" hspace="0"> Fadi Hakura,... http://gurcanaral.multiply.com/links/item/87/BBC_NEWS_Europe_Turkey_in_radical_revision_of_Islamic_texts Tue, 4 Mar 2008 02:38:53 -0000 NOVA | Intelligent Design on Trial | PBS <img src="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/images06/nav-bar-main.jpg?mii=1" usemap="#map_nav_banner_main" border="0" height="56" width="600"> <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/">Home</a>||<a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/programs/">Watch Online</a> <img src="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/images06/nav-rule-gt.gif" border="0" width="600" height="1"> <img src="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/id/images/home-nodate.jpg" alt="Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial: Science is 'Exhibit A' in a landmark trial on the teaching of evolution." border="0" width="600" height="191"><img src="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/images06/nav-proghome-stripe-top.jpg" border="0" width="600" height="10"> <img src="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/images06/nav-proghome-stripe-v1.jpg" alt border="0" height="580" width="13"> <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/id/apsell.html"> <img class="f_left_h" src="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/id/images/icon_apse.jpg" alt="Executive Producer's Story" border="0" align="left" width="60" height="55"></a> <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/id/apsell.html"> Senior Executive Producer's Story</a> Senior EP Paula Apsell explains why and how NOVA took on the contentious issue behind Kitzmiller v. Dover. <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/id/defense-id.html"> <img class="f_left_h" src="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/id/images/icon_deid.jpg" alt="In Defense of Intelligent Design" border="0" align="left" width="60" height="55">In Defense of Intelligent Design</a> Phillip Johnson, the father of ID, on the Wedge Strategy, why evolution "comes up short," and more <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/id/defense-ev.html"> <img class="f_left_h" src="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/id/images/icon_deev.jpg" alt="In Defense of Evolution" border="0" align="left" width="60" height="55">In Defense of Evolution</a> Biologist Ken Miller on why ID is a "science stopper," why evolution matters, and more <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/id/boardvsteachers.html"> <img class="f_left_h" src="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/id/images/icon_boar.jpg" alt="Board vs. Teachers" border="0" align="left" width="60" height="55"></a> <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/id/boardvsteachers.html"> Board vs. Teachers</a> Read the Dover School Board's controversial disclaimer on evolution and the memo science teachers wrote in response. <img src="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/images06/nav-proghome-stripe-v2.jpg" alt border="0" height="580" width="13"> <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/id/judge.html"> <img class="f_left_h" src="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/id/images/icon_judg.jpg" alt="The Judge Speaks" border="0" align="left" width="60" height="55"></a> <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/id/judge.html"> The Judge Speaks</a> Listen in as Judge John Jones reads key excerpts from his landmark ruling. <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/id/defining.html"> <img class="f_left_h" src="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/id/images/icon_defi.jpg" alt="Defining Science" border="0" align="left" width="60" height="55"></a> <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/id/defining.html"> Defining Science</a> Hear seven experts briefly describe the essence of science and how it differs from religion.   <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/id/predictions.html"> <img class="f_left_h" src="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/id/images/icon_pred.jpg" alt="Darwin's Predictions" border="0" align="left" width="60" height="55"></a> <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/id/predictions.html"> Darwin's Predictions</a> Over 150 years later, science continues to confirm most of Darwin's conjectures. &n... http://gurcanaral.multiply.com/links/item/86/NOVA_Intelligent_Design_on_Trial_PBS Mon, 3 Mar 2008 21:41:34 -0000 Fikret Kizilok - Dunden Bugune <img border="4" src=http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/3479/1159360004fikretkizilokht8.png> 1. Zaman Zaman (3:45) 2. Yeter Ki (3:29) 3. İki Parça Can (4:11) 4. Gidiyorsun (3:34) 5. İnişlerim Çıkışlarım (3:54) 6. Ama Babacığım (3:12) 7. Bir Harmanım Bu Akşam (5:40) 8. Uyku Kardeşim (2:30) 9. Vurulmuşum (3:11) 10. Yumma Gözün Kör Gibi (2:51) 11. Sevda Çiçeği (4:26) 12. Fark etmeden (4:15) 13. Tek Başına (3:12) 14. Yana Yana (3:47) 15. Kalbim (3:57) 16. Yadigâr (4:55) 17. Gecenin Üçünde (5:20) 18. Leylim Leylim (3:54) 19. Söyle Sazım (2:36) 20. Plage Egoiste - Kumsalda http://gurcanaral.multiply.com/music/item/481/Fikret_Kizilok_-_Dunden_Bugune Sun, 24 Feb 2008 07:27:10 -0000 Fikret Kizilok- Gun ola Devran Done <img src=http://progressive.homestead.com/files/fikret_compiweb.jpg align="left"> Fikret Kizilokwas born in 1946. He had his primary and secondary education at Galatasaray prep school. At university, he got his degree in dentistry. He performed with Cahit Oben 4 since 1964, then recorded a 4-track EP. During the last of his university years, he made a trip to Anatolia, where he heard more on Turkish traditional music, and met Asik Veysel, a respected traditional saz master. When Veysel died Fikret himself never played the saz again. In 1970 he had his first success with "Yumma Gözün Kör Gibi" with lyrics by Asik. In 1977 he recorded his LP "Not Defterimden" (from my notebook), an album, which was banned almost instantly after its release. Upset, he quit music for a while but returned in 1983 with "Zaman Zaman" (from time to time), followed by "Yana Yana" (1990) and "Yadigar" (1995). He died in 2001. (Modified from notes by Hakan Dedeoglu).You can find more about him at <a href=http://progressive.homestead.com/files/fikret_compiweb.jpg>Turkish Progressive Music</a> http://gurcanaral.multiply.com/music/item/468/Fikret_Kizilok-_Gun_ola_Devran_Done Sun, 24 Feb 2008 03:03:04 -0000 NOVA | The Four-Winged Dinosaur | PBS   <a href="http://www.pbs.org/" target="_top"> <img src="http://www.pbs.org/images/nav/global/globalnav_pbslogo.gif" alt="PBS Home" border="0" width="30" height="28"></a> <img src="http://www.pbs.org/images/common/blank.gif" alt border="0" height="28" width="3"> <a href="http://www.pbs.org/" target="_top"> <img src="http://www.pbs.org/images/nav/global/globalnav_pbshome.gif" alt="PBS Home" border="0" width="62" height="9"></a> <img src="http://www.pbs.org/images/nav/global/globalnav_divider.gif" alt border="0" width="2" height="28"> <a href="http://www.pbs.org/search/search_programsaz.html" target="_top"> <img src="http://www.pbs.org/images/nav/global/globalnav_programs.gif" alt="Programs A-Z" border="0" width="87" height="9"></a> <img src="http://www.pbs.org/images/nav/global/globalnav_divider.gif" alt border="0" width="2" height="28"> <a class="footernav" href="http://www.pbs.org/hplink/redir/tvschedules/" target="_top"> <img src="http://www.pbs.org/images/nav/global/globalnav_schedules.gif" alt="TV Schedules" border="0" width="81" height="9"></a> <img src="http://www.pbs.org/images/nav/global/globalnav_divider.gif" alt border="0" width="2" height="28"> <a class="footernav" href="http://www.pbs.org/hplink/redir/aboutpbs/aboutpbs_support.html" target="_top"> <img src="http://www.pbs.org/images/nav/global/globalnav_support.gif" alt="Support PBS" border="0" width="76" height="9"></a> <img src="http://www.pbs.org/images/nav/global/globalnav_divider.gif" alt border="0" width="2" height="28"> <a href="http://www.shoppbs.org/entry.point?target=z&source=PBSCS_CONTENT_TOPNAV:N:DGR:N:N:707:QPBS" target="_top"> <img src="http://www.pbs.org/images/nav/global/globalnav_shop.gif" alt="Shop PBS" border="0" width="55" height="9"></a> <img src="http://www.pbs.org/images/nav/global/globalnav_divider.gif" alt border="0" width="2" height="28"> <a href="http://www.pbs.org/search/" target="_top"> <img src="http://www.pbs.org/images/nav/global/globalnav_searchpbs.gif" alt="Search PBS" border="0" width="69" height="9"></a> <img src="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/images06/nav-bar-main.jpg?mii=1" usemap="#map_nav_banner_main" border="0" height="73" width="600" align="left"> <img src="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/microraptor/images/home.jpg" alt="The Four-Winged Dinosaur: Surprising fossils from northeastern China spur a debate over how birds evolved. 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EVOLUTION IN FLORIDA: THANK GOD IT'S ONLY A THEORY.</a></h3> In approving new science standards, the state education board in Florida has for the first time ever used the word "evolution." That's a huge step forward. At the last... http://gurcanaral.multiply.com/links/item/82/Whats_New_by_Bob_Park_-_Friday_February_22_2008 Sat, 23 Feb 2008 06:20:46 -0000 Natural History: The Amazing Horseshoe Crab I watched a documentary about this creature on PBS. Like most of the documentaries by PBS, I was fascinated. This creature is older than almost all of the other creatures on earth: more than 450,000,000 years old..! This ancient creature, it turns out, has remarkable features which we do not quite understand. To me, a most amazing thing was that their blood is ... BLUE..! (makes one wonder if the aristocracy is related to it --blue blood). That blue blood apparently is common among other mollusks as well, not that I had ever seen it before. This creature is currently the backbone of all FDA tests, because its blood has a particular property of immediately surrounding a bacterium and forming a clot around it. In this era of "synthesizing" everything, mankind relies on a 450 million years old creature for a critical test on drugs ! They are one-by-one hand picked and then a lot of their blood is drained in a lab to make the test-chemical. The creature is then released... http://gurcanaral.multiply.com/links/item/81/Natural_History_The_Amazing_Horseshoe_Crab Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:58:43 -0000 Secularism and Religion: Can they co-exist? In a recent post about the apparent conflict in the lifestyle of Turkish people, interesting views about Islam and secularism has been advocated. If I understand correctly, the assertion is that "secularism is in the way of practicing Islam". I might extend this conjecture and suggest that, as a corollary, secularism would also be in the way practicing Christianity and Judaism. We know that Israel is not secular. One cannot be an Israeli citizen without embracing Judaism. Similar concepts used to be very common about Christianity in European countries. Islamic countries rely on a fundamental set of "laws" (sharia) derived from Koran to be the basis of all Jurisdiction. There are also countries which have significant number of Muslims, or as in the cases of Tunis, Algiers, Libya and Turkey, which seem to have distanced themselves from sharia. 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