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Reaching for the Heavens

The "Apprentice Work": - The Sehzade mosque. The "Qualification Work" : - The Suleymaniye Mosque, Istanbul's greatest, covers almost 25 acres and includes in addition to the large mosque (basilica plan), four schools (medreses), a hospice, public baths ...

From ADAMVASCO, Metafilter,  14 Aug 2008

Jumping Through Hoops

"Chinese Turkistan" is a fascinating place, a rmix of people and cultures and fairly backwards in time, and dramatic geography and weather. It's always been a hotbed of civil war not to mention the tensions of the great powers - Russia, China, India, ...

From ADAMVASCO, Metafilter,  16 Jul 2008

Nearer to thee....

Jesus wouldn't fly on a plane, he has huge leathery wings and fierce talons, and–oh wait, that's Smaug. posted by Mister_A at 10:07 AM on July 7 Just think of it as a semi-Rapture. posted by Artw at 10:08 AM on July 7 I watched a shitload ...

From ADAMVASCO, Metafilter,  7 Jul 2008
Related Topics: Kurt Vonnegut,  Bob Dylan,  Dick Cheney

Just like any mother

Interesting post, adamvasco. With draconian anti-free speech laws like this, good luck with getting into the EU there, Turkey... Hope Ersoy will come through this okay, that is, not sentenced and jailed. posted by flapjax at midnite at 7:26 AM on June ...

From ADAMVASCO, Metafilter,  18 Jun 2008

Back to the future

They are not being held. They are just staying in Freedom Hotels, and when they have been bad, they get freedom tickled. Now go on and have a nice day. posted by sien at 4:07 AM on June 4 And please, please hurry up November. Bush / McCain - not ...

From ADAMVASCO, Metafilter,  4 Jun 2008
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