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I was at cinema a couple of weeks back, and saw a trailer of an interesting upcoming movie ... One of the main characters played by Johnny Depp, that alone oughta make it cool.
The film is 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' from the book by Roald Dahl.
:-) Paul
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Paul B. Vinland
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Yeah, well, since somebody actually did place an ad in the paper it must be true ... He even has done it once before ...
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Paul B. Vinland
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Anyone read the last Wilbur Smith book - The Triumph of the Sun ?
It's the last addition in the family sagas of the Courtneys and the Ballantynes.
Is Wilbur Smith's Africa historic correct? In this book he places the Courtneys in Kharthoum, Sudan a wee bit after the mid-1800s, and we have a conflict between an Islamic rising under a Mahdi on the one side, and the British Empire an
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Paul B. Vinland
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Paul B. Vinland Wrote:
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> Hmmm ... Is there room for a Mulligatawny recipe?
> I've composed it meself ... Made it from scratch 8
> times now, and it gets better and better every
> time ...
it is actually milaguthanny, meaning, milagu-black pepper, thanny - water..... but, it is called also as Rasam.. it is a Tamil ite
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premalatha balan
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Newgrange - the oldest known solar observatory in the world?
Build approx. 3,700 B.C. (if my info is correct).
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Paul B. Vinland
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April 6th I'm going to Dublin, Ireland. I have the 7th alone before the rest of my group catch up with me.
I thought of going to Newgrange. Any other visitas I oughta see?
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Paul B. Vinland
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How can a cane be haunted? There's a ghost somewhere haunting it? ;O) Sssssspooky! (which reminds me of a rather cool movie with Jim Carrey) ...
Or maybe it is my understanding of the word 'haunted' ...
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Paul B. Vinland
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Hmmm ... Is there room for a Mulligatawny recipe? I've composed it meself ... Made it from scratch 8 times now, and it gets better and better every time ...
Mail sent ...
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Paul B. Vinland
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Isn't J. Strauss a character of Isaac Asimov? The man who accidentally travels through time by a lightbeam passing through his lab? Man, it's way to long since last time I read Asimov ...
Found it, and I was almost right. The book is: Pebble in the Sky and the character is Joseph Schwartz. From Chicago, 1949, thrown into Asimov's Galactic Empire story ... Cool book, as far as I
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Paul B. Vinland
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From my point of view (a Norwegian point) scones ain't biscuits. And biscuits ain't cookies either ... Three different things, kind of ... Not to make it more difficult to take a stand, though.
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Paul B. Vinland
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What do you use for shielding against cosmic and solar radiation? Having it underground would use the moon's ground to be kinda shield ...
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Paul B. Vinland
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Hey! Merc!
When is this TV-series going to be aired? ;-) It "sounds" promising after surfin' through Act One ...
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Paul B. Vinland
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Thanks. I've seen it now and it is by the Director of Arctic Studies at the Smithsonian. A very favourable review (although not sure about her conclusion, he points out that there are alternative scenarios, eg 8. D. J. Bradbury, The Vinland Map: A Short Summary (Past Presented, Whitehaven, UK, 2004). (See: )
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Doug Weller
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Ancient History
It appears to just be a book review, of 'Maps, Myths, and Men' by Kirsten A. Seaver, which was published last year. From the review, it looks like the book is an overview of the possible origins of the Vinland Map, concluding that it was a 20th century hoax.
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NathanielJ
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Ancient History
I assume we're talking about the kind of 'wormholes' made by worms but my first
thought was for the kind that connects stargates. I have definitely been watching
to much SG=1 and Atlantis!
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Roxana Cooper
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Ancient History
That's almost certainly available online. I might have access in the office.
John
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John Wall
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Ancient History
Anything new in it?
Fitzhugh, HISTORY: A Saga of Wormholes and Anatase, Science 2005 307: 1413-1414
Doug
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Doug Weller
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Ancient History
Hi Ritva,
I have Gmail as well ...
Send me an email to pal.vinland@gmail.com and I'll beam you up ...
:-) Paul
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Paul B. Vinland
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Ancient History
There ain't 70 50-cent pieces in 30 dollars ... But that's maybe why you have to add 10 to get to 70 ...
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Paul B. Vinland
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9 out of 11. Doesn't sound to bad ... Although I got tricked by Moses ...
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Paul B. Vinland
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Duh ...
*wailing "I failed!!!"*
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Paul B. Vinland
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I thought it was a boat, sort of ...
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Paul B. Vinland
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Wouldn't it be a hoot if it turned out to be Vinland?
However, assuming there really is something there at all, it is most likely to be Native American. Alternatively; are we missing any post-Columbian European settlements in this area?
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Roxana Cooper
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Ancient History
Bernard,
I'm not sure I am going to make my point clearly but I will try. I do NOT believe legends are the truth. I do believe that legends are clues to what reality may have been. As such I have always tried to rank them as a secondary source and a direction to follow rather than the primary source itself.
Legends are stories about reality. They are NOT fiction. They can be embel
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donald raab
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Ancient History
They've programmed the Huygens to transmit the data three times, as so not to miss anything thing during transmit ...
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Vinland
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Ancient History
... up to 20 meters, and the map of the area might be re-drawn ... At least, that's what a Norwegian newspaper is telling. It was referring to a Ken Hugnut, an american seismologist. Here's a FAQ-link I found while searching for his statement.
Paul
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Vinland
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kenuchelover Wrote:
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> What on earth is going on in Scandinavia!
This is where you get to experience the everyday-life the Scandinavians live ;-)
Though, I'm not sure I'd support the notion that Santa lives in Drøbak. It is far from the North Pole, and you're kinda way far away from any reindeer ... Although, if you
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Vinland
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Darn, you're quick Katherine ... I've been looking for the english version of this article since I read it this morning, and was going to post the link, but you beat me to it.
Quite an interesting find! From the Merovingian era in Norway. The age that preceded the Viking Age ...
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Vinland
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Ancient History