Yunnan's (China) Stone Forest Video

Amazing scenery

http://english.cntv.cn/program/natureandscience/20111124/114721.shtml

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http://www.hiking4health.com/

J.CREW MEN'S SHOP, 4 IN A ROW

Recently J.Crew opened it's 4 Men' Shop @ Time Warner Centre, New York. These men stores are so intresting due to a well curated collection. J.Crew's own label mixed with brands like Alden, Barbour, Belstaff, Drake's, New Balance, Quoddy, Thomas Mason and many many more. But don't expect this atmosphere in every middle of the road J.Crew or you will be disappointed.

MELCom International

MELCom International

Melcom International, the European Association of Middle East Libraries, is an academic professional organisation, devoted to promoting co-operation among individuals and institutions in Europe, in particular, and all over the world in general; concerned with all aspects of Middle East librarianship, book collecting, the book trade and publishing.

It pursues its aims without any discrimination on the grounds of race, religion, sex, nationality or political philosophy.

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"MAN 1924" FOR THE MAN OF 2012

Carlos Castillo, the man behind MAN 1924, creates a look which is beyond preppy, not as slick, let's call it City Smart or Classic With A Twist. His signature are the popped collar shirts which you see on all the pics. MAN 1924 has 2 stores in Spain, (Bilbao and Madrid), called one of the favorite stores by The Sartorialist. 

Practical Glamour: the art & style of the no-shoe home

Practical Glamour: the art & style of the no-shoe home

A few years ago I happened to catch a doctor on the radio who was railing passionately about the evils of wearing your outdoor shoes in your home. By traipsing through your home in fresh from the street shoes, you were effectively transferring any and all types of filth–gum, dirt, oil, spit, other things I can’t bring myself to type–from the street into your personal space, which really should really be kept as pure as possible, dirtwise and vibewise.

He convinced me. I’ve been a practitioner of the no-shoe domicile for a while and wouldn’t dream of going back to having that level of grossness imported inside again. Levels of grossness of course, being relative to where you live. Cape Cod; not so bad, maybe some sand or a spot of soil. Manhattan or downtown Los Angeles; unprintable.

I’ve noticed that here in the U.S. it is increasingly common to visit homes that are no-shoe homes. That is, you leave your shoes at the door for all the reasons your hosts might desire: the basic hygiene argument outlined above, heels carving up a soft wood floor, an addiction to white shag carpets, and so forth.

THE BEAT OF DENIM

Alpheios Texts

The Alpheios Project makes open source software for reading and learning languages. It currently supports Arabic, Latin and Ancient Greek texts.

Following texts are available in Arabic:

• al-Aghani (Book of Songs)
  [Misr Matba'at al-Taqdim. 1905.] Compiled by Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani in the tenth century. A vast collection of poems, ranging from the earliest period to his own and including invaluable biographical notices.
  • Volume 1
  • Volume 2
  • Volume 3
  • Volume 4
  • Volume 5
  • Volume 6
  • Volume 7
  • Volume 8
  • Volume 9
  • Volume 10
  • Volume 11
  • Volume 12
• Arabian Nights
  [Bulak. 1863. Bulak. 1935.] Compiled over many centuries by many hands.
  • Volume 1
  • Volume 2
  • Volume 3
  • Volume 4
• Arabic Reading Lessons
  [Duncan Forbes LL.D. London. Wm. H. Allen & Co. 1864.]
• The Autobiography Of The Constantinopolitan Story-Teller
  [Joseph Catafago. London. Bernard Quartich. 1877.]
• Selection From The Annals Of Tabari
  [ed. by. M. J. de Goeje. Leiden. Late E.J. Brill. 1902.] Passages from the work of one of the greatest Islamic historians, Abu Ja'far Muhammad Ibn Jarir al-Tabari, 838-923.
• Selections from Arabic geographical literature
  [Edited with notes by M. J. de Goeje. Leiden. Late E.J. Brill. 1907]
• Voyages of Ibn Batuta
  [C. Defrémery et Le Dr. B. M. Sanguinetti. Paris. Imprimerie Nationale. 1879.] A remarkably comprehensive survey of the world in the mid-fourteenth century by the great traveller Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta, 1304-1369.
  • Volume 4

YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHING YET!!

Amherst

Irving

Dickie

Furman

Last week you met Greg, he is wearing Classic Specs eyewear a great concept, you buy your frames via internet for only $ 89,-- per frame and you've got a lot of combinations, like frame color, optical lens or for sunwear lens color. Plus they donate 6% from every purchase to New Eyes for the Needy. So support this Brooklyn based company with buying your glasses via them......don't you need glasses yet, it's a great fashion item without optical lenses.

Online Checklist for Arabic Papyrus edition

The Checklist of Arabic Documents

Orientalisches Seminar  -  معهد الاستشراق

(Last Update 11. November 2011) by Petra M. Sijpesteijn, John F. Oates (✝), Andreas Kaplony, and Eva M. Grob

Download (version November 2011) (PDF, 603 KB)

Download (version June 2006) (PDF, 140 KB)

Download (as in Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 42 (2005) 127-166) (PDF, 1869 KB)

Introduction

The Checklist of Arabic Documents aims to facilitate and advance the use of Arabic documents. By providing this inclusive bibliography of editions of Arabic documentary texts - on papyrus, paper, parchment, leather, ostraca, wood, stone and bone - in monographs and articles, and setting out a standardized system of abbreviations for monographs of Arabic document editions, we hope it will serve to enhance the transparency of citations and improve the accessibility of editions, functioning as a useful point of reference for Arabists and non-Arabists, specialists and non-specials alike.

Arabic Papyrology

Scholars have long acknowledged the importance of papyri and other documents for our understanding of early and medieval Islamic culture and society. Tens of thousands of papyrus documents survive, in Greek, Coptic and Arabic, and among the vastly diverse and significant information they contain are the only contemporary records of the Muslim conquest of Egypt in the mid-seventh century, a cornerstone event not only in the history of Mediterranean civilization but in the development of one of the most populous religions of the world. Never intended to be read by later generations, the documents not only offer a useful check on the data preserved in narrative and literary sources, but also record aspects of life and strata of society to which we would otherwise have no access, and with a richness, immediacy and variety unmatched by any other source. Together, these documents have the potential to shine a fresh and detailed new light on early Islamic Mediterranean culture and society. The field can no longer afford to be without them.

Despite their importance, however, papyri from the Islamic period continue to be underused. The philological complexity of Arabic papyri combined with the poorly developed infrastructure of the field (with few catalogues and handlists) seriously impedes the edition of new documents. Of the tens of thousands of Arabic documents preserved in museum and library collections around the world, only some two thousand have been published so far. The relative neglect is especially striking when Arabic papyrology is compared to older disciplines such as Greek, Latin and Coptic papyrology, all of which have benefited from such essential tools as electronic and printed databases, lexicographic, geographical, onomastic and linguistic reference works and compilations of corrigenda - all of which Arabic papyrology lacks.

Open Access Report: Turkey and the Arab Spring

Turkey and the Arab Spring: Implications for Turkish Foreign Policy from a Transatlantic Perspective

Source: Istituto Affari Internazionali

From the Foreword:

The Arab Spring reveals a number of contradictions, constraints as well as opportunities for Turkish foreign policy, all of which are of key relevance both to Turkey and to its transatlantic partners.

In the short-term, the Arab Spring has revealed a number of inconsistencies in and weaknesses of Turkish foreign policy, particularly when mapped against the stances of the European Union (EU) and the United States. These weaknesses and inconsistencies may be viewed as by- products of a more proactive Turkish role in its southern neighborhood. Over the last decade, Turkish foreign policy has become more open to engagement with its neighbors, more eager to resolve regional problems and less secularized in nature. Improved relations with Syria, Iraq, and Iran (as well as Russia, Armenia, and Greece) are evidence of this. But this does not mean that Turkish foreign policy has been purely idealistic and norm driven. The Arab Spring has revealed the inherent tension between the normative and realpolitik dimensions of Turkish foreign policy.

THE GANT RUGGER GALLERY

GANT Rugger presented their Spring/Summer 2012 collection in London in a "Gallery" way. The collection was shown in the Elms Lesters Painting Rooms, the Painting Rooms are historic studios, aged over the past hundred years, thick with paint-flecked walls. I can imagine that this was the perfect place to present the brand. I'm filled with envy, wish we had an event like this in Holland. (pics via Preposity & Rippedbackpocket)

Vinson Video and California Photography Website

Mt Vinson

Calif High Sierra

Summitpost's Updated Personal Websites which include a Mt Vinson Video and some great Californian photography from Fred Weyman

Re: Personal Websites

by Cy Kaicener » Tue Nov 22, 2011 4:22 pm

Expedition Video of Mt Vinson by Philippe Gatta
http://philippegatta.fr/blog/ -- Philippe Gatta -- France

http://searler.com -- Dave Searle -- UK -- Updated

http://www.sonnietrotter.com -- Sonnie Trotter -- Canada
http://www.planetmountain.com/english/N ... eyid=38818

http://fredweyman.art.officelive.com/default.aspx -- Foweyman -- California
http://www.flickr.com/photos/foweyman/
http://www.summitpost.org/users/foweyman/26722 -- Fred Weyman -- California
http://www.summitpost.org/peak-3244m-si ... ada/761465

The Latest Personal Websites
ttp://www.montisvertex.wordpress.com -- Lake of Constance -- Switzerland -- New Member
http://www.summitpost.org/matterhorn-why-not/762062

http://www.hikrs.com -- East King -- Washington
http://www.summitpost.org/the-last-good ... ter/761970

http://www.summitpost.org/a-late-autumn ... rse/762180 -- selinunte01 -- Germany -- A late autumn wintry Watzman traverse
http://www.summitpost.org/users/selinunte01/46310 -- selinunte01 users profile

http://www.summitpost.org/phpBB3/personal-websites-t2819-1710.html

Please visit my website

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Arab Reform Bulletin changes name to Sada.

Arab Reform Bulletin published since 2003 by Carnegie Endowment for International Peace has recently changed its name to Sada.

ISSN:1942-5805

"To better reflect the current developments on the ground and the breadth of the debate occurring in the region, [Arab Reform Bulletin] was relaunched as Sada, meaning reverberation or repercussion in Arabic. Sada offers original, bilingual analysis of political change and reform trends in the Arab world from leading thinkers and new voices in the region."

Alphabetical List of Open Access Journals in Middle Eastern Studies

BROOKS "YOUNGER " BROTHER

Last week, Brooks Brothers opened up its Flatiron Concept Store, situated in New York's first Skyscraper at 175, Fifth Avenue. Brick walls and wooden beams are exposed. This store is "Not Your Dadddy's Brooks Brothers" it's geared for a younger customer. The store showcases an assortment of men's and woman's sportswear including Levi's jeans. Preppy is the key word brought together in a creative, playful way. (pics via the urban class boutique)

Open Access Journal: International Journal of Modern Anthropology

International Journal of Modern Anthropology

ISSN:1737-7374
eISSN:1737-8176

Association Tunisienne d’Anthropologie
Published in : Munastīr, Tunisia
Frequency: Annual
Vol. 1, (2008)-

Alphabetical List of Open Access Journals in Middle Eastern Studies

Open Access Journal: Alternatives : Turkish Journal of International Relations

Alternatives : Turkish Journal of International Relations is a journal of Yalova University and published by Center for International Conflict Resolution.

e-ISSN: 1303-5525
Published : Istanbul, Turkey
Frequency: Quarterly
Vol. 1, no. 1 (spring 2002)-

Alphabetical List of Open Access Journals in Middle Eastern Studies

Treating Guests Like Children?

re-post

Some people feel that in being asked to remove their shoes, they are being treated like children.

They may find it obnoxious, having to follow a house rule. They may think it is fine to ask children to take off their shoes, as who knows what they might step in, but they feel patronised to be asked to take off their own shoes. They believe that adults can be trusted to wipe their feet on the doormat.

What I would say to these people is that there are many good reasons why hosts may ask them to take off their shoes. I suggest they try not to think of it as a house rule, but just as a polite request (like somebody asking you to hold their umbrella). These people probably go shoeless sometimes in their own homes, so it should not be too onerous to do this when at the homes of others.

The fact is that wiping your feet will not remove all the dreadful stuff that your shoes pick up. You may try to be careful what you step in, but a lot of the worst things, like lead or weed killer is unseen.



Other people may feel that removing their shoes makes them feel childish. They do not feel terribly grown up skipping around a house in their bare feet or padding in their socks. What I would say to those people is that they should bear in mind that in many cultures, going shoeless indoors is the norm. In Japan or Sweden, nobody thinks it childish to be in socks or bare feet. There are plenty of situations in the UK where adults will be without shoes; such as on the beach or in a Yoga class. I suggest that when they visit shoeless homes, they ought to bring some slippers to wear.

KICK SOME ASS

This is booty-licious, don't know which to choose, shall I go for Alden, Red Wing, Quoddy or Sorel?

Life ain't easy.......

ACL @ UNIONMADE, FRISCO

Michael Williams of ACL posted a great piece of Unionmade, San Francisco on his site. Above you see a selection of his photo's, for more pic's and the article click here!