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Hi Merc, Does he get back together with Anne? Is his car going any better? Has he given up smoking? (Has he done anything about tidying his house yet?) Regards, Hermione (PS Does he meet up with any more Greys?)by Hermione - Coffee Shop
"The surfaces of deserts are being broken up by four-wheel drive vehicles such as the Toyota Land Cruiser, the Japanese version of the Land Rover and a great favorite with drivers in the Sahel, the dry states to the south of the Sahara, as well as many other challenging places. "The surface disturbance is proceeding at such a rate in Africa, the Middle East and Asia that it is contriby Hermione - Laboratory
Bart Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > My disproval question had more to > do whether or not you can make me clear this to be > a waste of time. I think the general idea, Bart, is that the theory's supporters are supposed to explain to us why it isn't a waste of time - not the other way around!by Hermione - Ancient History
Anthony Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Bart Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Hello Hermione, I hope the new > book > > can give you new insights, or a hard > disproval to > > show me. > > > it is the theory's proponent who is > responsible for proving the tby Hermione - Ancient History
kenuchelover Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- one company even raises > it's sheep ENTIRELY indoors, pampered like hell in > sheds with padded walls. The idea is to raise > them entirely stress free, walking as little as > possible (more metabolic energy to grow wool > with?), and with no sunlight or abrasion or dirt > on the wool. Thby Hermione - Humanities
Bart Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Wilkens wants his theory to be discussed, It was.by Hermione - Ancient History
Stephanie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- However, modern economy seems to > really be eroding this aspect of their culture. > This year, the wool sheared off of the sheep sold > for 20 cents a pound. It's so bad, according to > Grandma, that she has seen many of her neighbors > not even bothering to shear their sheep. The > demandby Hermione - Humanities
These are some modern examples where the artist has intentionally incorporated the Golden Section in his work: Chris Hadcock's "Passcaglia" sculpture on Brighton Beach: The spiral set design by Hayden Griffin for Arthur Miller's "After the Fall" at the Cottesloe (1990): (Finally, Mondrian's "Composition B with Red" (1935) is also said toby Hermione - Ancient History
Hi Anthony, >If you read the article, you realize that the "golden ratio" has little importance OUTSIDE of a cultural misinformation campaign put forward by numerologists! It isn't some incredibly signficant number (except in some simple geometry about squares and diagonals), and thus the importance of it is all in the mind of the deceived observer. "Having founby Hermione - Ancient History
Hi teacup, > You write 25.4 mm. Not to put too fine a point on > this but the claim at that other board is for an > Egyptian inch of 63/64ths of a British inch. I > know this doesn't change the substance of your > objection to the claim. Just thought I would > mention it to be fair. Thanks ... you're right: I don't think I did take that properly into aby Hermione - Ancient History
Hi Ritva, > >Nevertheless, although fractions could be > expressed by different parts of the HE, I can't > >find anything that specifically states that > the EH was symbolized by the RC. > > > Are you saying that you can't find anything by > comparing a Royal Cubit rod and the Eye, and what > they denote and symbolize, as far as measuresby Hermione - Ancient History
lobo-hotei Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The fractional aspect is what is the important > thing and not so much the unit in question. Yes - that was the impression I got, too!by Hermione - Ancient History
Hi Ritva, > Oh man, I had a hard time finding this posting > again.... but here I am. A gold star for trying, then! > I'd venture to claim that all the measures > the humans use today, are one way or another > related to the human body. After all, that must > have been the easiest way to measure things during > the time, when the measuring sticks etc.by Hermione - Ancient History
Chris O-H Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The 21st of June not only marks the summer > solstice but also the 50th anniversary of my > birthday. I'm now > ancient :-) Nonsense! A mere babe-in-arms ... (Happy Birthday!)by Hermione - Coffee Shop
Hi Ritva, what is the Rc? According to Dilke (1987: 23), the royal cubit was based on the forearm. (He adds that shorter and longer cubits found in AE "appear to be non-Egyptian"). And why it would be so > meaningful to building for afterlife, and > especially afterlife? What other unit were they going to use? > > > You have not understood one word I haby Hermione - Ancient History
Hi Ritva who said that the Eye > > of Horus was anything to do with units of > length? > Are you trying to be funny? ?? > In case not, let me explain this way: the Eye of > Horus represents fractions i.e. 1/2, 1/4 etc all > the way to 1/64. Two to the power of 6. These fractions, as far as I > know, are tools to calculate. Right? Yes ...by Hermione - Ancient History
Ritva Kurittu Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > >But, as I understand it, the Eye of Horus > symbolizes fractions, not units of length. > > Say that again? Who says 1/64 can't be a part of a > length? No one said that! But ... who said that the Eye of Horus was anything to do with units of length? > > > >Now, iby Hermione - Ancient History
Hi Ritva, > What I meant is, that the AEs did have a > measure that is equal in length to the measure we > now know by the name of "inch". > > >I looked at arguments for the existence of > such a unit on another board, and found them > unconvincing. > > Well, what can I say. One thing convinces me and > another convinces you. Those thingsby Hermione - Ancient History
Ritva Kurittu Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I take back my above postings. I have just been > shown (on another board) very convincingly, that > the measure we today call "inch" did exist in > ancient Egypt. I think this might depend on what precisely is meant by "inch" and "exist", Ritva! I looked at argumenby Hermione - Ancient History
Thanks, Mike ... Yes, the consensus in our household is that Billie Piper was very good, so it's nice to know she'll be in the next series. It's just David Tennant I feel half-hearted about ...by Hermione - Paper Lens
Well: we've just seen the last episode (and, no, I didn't look at the spoiler, so I didn't know what was going to happen). My husband said he thought it was excellent. We both think it's a shame that Ecclestone and Piper are leaving. When's the next series due to appear, BTW?by Hermione - Paper Lens
Lee Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- I'm not sure what you saw > as "distasteful" about the Gosnold exhumation. > Could you explain? Well, I think I was more concerned for the fabric of the church than for the corpse itself; to judge from the TV pictures, they had to dig up the floor and tiles in order to reach the corpse. In principle,by Hermione - Humanities
MikeS Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > So who or what do you think the bad wolf is > Hermione? Something dreamed up by the production team and the scriptwriter during brainstorming sessions over innumerable cups of coffee in order to inject a bit of heat into the viewing figures ...by Hermione - Paper Lens
It really does depend precisely what is meant by the term "tie" or "necktie", doesn't it ...by Hermione - Humanities
The verdict in our household is that the new series is OK (ish) ... but it was more fun in the old days when you could see the stagehands' feet behind the scenery in the background as they fought to keep the props from falling over ...by Hermione - Paper Lens
C. Loggy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > How can these ruins be classified as the remains > of an ancient civilization when they've found no > writing. Isn't that a prerequisite for > civilization? Am I misunderstanding something > here? Well: at one time in the late 1960), it was suggested (by Kuhn) that, to meet the criteria ofby Hermione - Ancient History
bernard Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I looked at your wikipedia article and there > are some serious errors in it. Yes - it's just this sort of thing that makes me very unwilling to use Wikipedia.by Hermione - Coffee Shop
Pete Clarke Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I still think it's outrageous to exhume bodies > simply to get at the data (and thaqt holds true > for all archaeological excavations, not just > recent Christian ones). > > Sometimes bodies have to be exhumed to protect > them for development, etc. but this is beyond the > pale. Itby Hermione - Humanities