Lunch
Lighter Side: Grilled Breast of Chicken, Eggplant Parmesan Casserole, Fresh Zucchini Squash, Roast Beets, Brown Rice, Farro, Baked Potato, Whole Wheat Pasta, Marinara Sauce Traditional: Grilled Breast of Chicken with Arugula, Fontina Cheese and Caper Mayo, White Bean-Artichoke Hummus and Arugula on ...
Armenia to be represented at Turkish presidential inauguration
Image: aydinlikdaily.com Representatives from Armenia’s government will attend this week’s inauguration of Turkish president Recip Tayip Erdogan in a move that is being hailed as some as a positive diplomatic step for the two nations. Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan this week announced that a memb ...
Turkey Leaning Against Developing Indigenous Fighter
Turkey’s new top defense procurement management is not as warm to the idea of designing and developing an indigenous fighter jet as it used to be, citing limits to technological capabilities. A senior defense procurement official said a new assessment of the program, dubbed the TF-X, found that seve ...
[转载]LSD简史（一）
原文地址： LSD简史（一） 作者： 土摩托 这是我为《读库》写的《LSD简史》的第一部分： LSD简史 导言 历史上第一次，科学家当上了人类的精神导师。 正文 精神导师（Guru）可能是人类发展史上最先出现的一个白领工种。这个职位以前叫做“巫师”，他们不用劳动，只要每天晚上带领大家跳跳舞就行了。他 们向劳动者提供的是心灵安慰，换来粮食糊自己的口。宗教出现后，这个职位被牧师取代。从此，“精神导师”这个工作几乎被宗教界人士垄断了。 1938年，一个偶然事件打破了这种垄断。几个科学家抓住机遇，成为了一代人的精神导师。 霍夫曼的自行车之旅 1938年，一个名叫艾伯特•霍夫曼（Albert Hofma ...
Never Again Air Berlin!!!
Never Again Air Berlin!!! © 2011 Steven Byles, Flickr | CC-BY-SA | via Wylio When two of our friends decided to get married in August, it meant that my partner and I had to travel back on my birthday because we were both working the following day. We bought the tickets from the German carrier Air Be ...
The Sunrise - by Victoria Hislop - thought provoking drama
From the publisher Headline via Netgalley: In the summer of 1972, Famagusta in Cyprus is the most desirable resort in the Mediterranean, a city bathed in the glow of good fortune. An ambitious couple are about to open the island's most spectacular hotel, where Greek and Turkish Cypriots work in harm ...
Arab Nations Strike in Libya, Surprising U.S.
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK and ERIC SCHMITT Twice in the last seven days, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates have secretly launched airstrikes against Islamist-allied militias battling for control of Tripoli, Libya, four senior American officials said, in a major escalation of a regional power struggle ...
Matchday Preview: Toon in Town
I have never been much cop at maths, but I’ve been working on an equation that I think will turn out pretty robust: Unconfident Attack x Gillingham Defence = Confident Attack. After a dire performance at a team who hadn’t won a home game since March, this Tuesday we face a team who’ve failed to find ...
Dutch gov't not to extend Patriot missiles in Turkey
The Dutch government has decided not extend the Patriot missiles mission in Turkey, the Dutch House of Representatives announced Monday. Originally a one-year mission, it had been extended once and will end in January 2015. The Dutch government, noting that the threat of attacks from Syria to Turkey ...
Alex Webb: Затерянный в Стамбуле (переводы из книги "On street photography and poetic image")
© Alex Webb, Istambul, Turkey, 2001. "Потеряться где-то за городом просто, однако для того чтобы заблудиться в городе, как в лесу, требуется определённый навык. Названия улиц должны звучать для путника как шуршание сухих веток, маленькие улицы старого города должны показывать ему время суток также о ...
Turkey returns historic monastery to Syriac community
The return of the monastery to the minority community was first brought up following the declaration of Turkey's democratization packet in October 2013. Turkey has returned the historic Mor Gabriel Monastery in the south-eastern city of Mardin back to the ...
