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Geert
Wilders Speaks about the Islamic Threat to the West
From: Robert Graves <robert.graves@charter.net>
jihadwatch-Western Civilization is doomed!
This presentation by Dutchman Geert Wilders is well worth the read and a call to
action to all non-Muslins to 'report for duty' to Stop the "Islamization' of
Western Civilization. The Liberals; the Humanists; the 'Tolerant' of all who
oppose Judeo-Christian values and traditions, just don't 'get it'! Islam is not
our friend nor can it Ever Be! The Quran 'commands' them to conquer the World
for Islam (meaning their religion) through persuasion or the Sword! We will
either "Submit" (the meaning of Islam) or we will die!...and that applies not
only to Jews (their first hatred) but to Christians; Hindus; Siks; Buddaists;
Confusianists; athiests; agnostics; polytheists; one=godders; two-godders;
three=godders; e.t.c. ad. infitum. ad. nauseum. In simple words that all can
understand....when Islamics gain power, ALL Non-Muslins will "Submit" to Allah
of Islam or be killed by beheading!! If you doubt this truth; read their Koran
(Quran) or visit some of their web-sites! Clearly we are entering a new era of
the Cursades except that they are winning by 'attacking' Western Nations
through insidious immigration (legal or otherwise) until they are strong enough
to 'topple' the existing governments and by the power gained to suppress or
eliminate opposition to Islamic rule!
Please pass this on to all your family, firends and associates. We need to join
Mr. Wilders in his 'war' against Islamic invastion of Western Nations.
Extracts for the speech by Geert Wilders
America as the last man standing
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022867.php#more
Extracts:
The war against Israel is not a war against Israel . It is a war against the
West. It is jihad. Israel is simply receiving the blows that are meant for all
of us. If there would have been no Israel , Islamic imperialism would have found
other venues to release its energy and its desire for conquest. Thanks to
Israeli parents who send their children to the army and lay awake at night,
parents in Europe and America can sleep well and dream, unaware of the dangers
looming.
Many in Europe argue in favor of abandoning Israel in order to address the
grievances of our Muslim minorities. But if Israel were, God forbid, to go down,
it would not bring any solace to the West. It would not mean our Muslim
minorities would all of a sudden change their behavior, and accept our values.
On the contrary, the end of Israel would give enormous encouragement to the
forces of Islam. They would, and rightly so, see the demise of Israel as proof
that the West is weak, and doomed. The end of Israel would not mean the end of
our problems with Islam, but only the beginning. It would mean the start of the
final battle for world domination. If they can get Israel , they can get
everything. Therefore, it is not that the West has a stake in Israel . It is
Israel ..
These are not times in which to take lessons from appeasement, capitulation,
giving away, giving up or giving in. These are not times in which to draw
lessons from Mr. Chamberlain. These are times calling us to draw lessons from
Mr. Churchill and the words he spoke in 1942: "Never give in, never, never,
never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to
convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the
apparently overwhelming might of the enemy".
2. Reconstruction of Ancient Greek
Computing Machine: "world's first computer"?
Forwarded by Cam Rea
World's First Computer Rebuilt, Rebooted After 2,000 Years
By Charlie Sorrel
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/12/2000-year-old-a.html?npu=1&mbid=yhp
Extracts:
A British museum curator has built a working replica of a 2,000-year-old Greek
machine that has been called the world's first computer.
A dictionary-size assemblage of 37 interlocking dials crafted with the precision
and complexity of a 19th-century Swiss clock, the Antikythera mechanism was used
for modeling and predicting the movements of the heavenly bodies as well as the
dates and locations of upcoming Olympic games.
The original 81 shards of the Antikythera were recovered from under the sea
(near the Greek island of Antikythera) in 1902, rusted and clumped together in a
nearly indecipherable mass. Scientists dated it to 150 B.C. Such craftsmanship
wouldn't be seen for another 1,000 years ? but its purpose was a mystery for
decades.
Many scientists have worked since the 1950s to piece together the story, with
the help of some very sophisticated imaging technology in recent years,
including X-ray and gamma-ray imaging and 3-D computer modeling.
Now, though, it has been rebuilt. As is almost always the way with these things,
it was an amateur who cracked it. Michael Wright, a former curator at the
Science Museum in London, has built a replica of the Antikythera, which works
perfectly.
In the video from New Scientist below, Wright shows how the machine works.
In short, Antikythera's user interface is deceptively simple, operated by a
simple knob on the side. This conceals the intricacy within, amounting to a
complex mathematical model, tracking the movements of planetary bodies and
incorporating a series of submechanisms to account for the eccentricities of
their rotation.
A dial on the faceplace featured the Greek zodiac and an Egyptian calendar;
pointers showed the location of the moon and the five planets known at the time.
On the machine's back, an upper dial shows a 19-year calendar (matching the
solunar cycle) and the timing of upcoming Olympic games. A lower dial shows a
76-year cycle (when the Olympic and solunar cycles coincide) and indicates the
months in which lunar and solar eclipses can be expected.
According to New Scientist, this is the first working model of the Antikythera
computer to include all of the device's known features. And, like the original
machine, it has been built of recycled metal plates. That's right: The
Antikythera mechanism is not only the world's oldest computer, it's also the
world's first green computer.
3. Archaeology: Brit-Am Version of
Explorator
11.35
From: david meadows <rogueclassicist@gmail.com>
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explorator 11.35 December 21, 2008
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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The Tomb of Cyrus has undergone some restoration work:
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8709290873
I think we mentioned this necropolis near Palmyra before (but it
seems to be getting a pile of coverage now):
http://www.ansa.it/site/notizie/awnplus/english/news/2008-12-17_117288907.html
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2008/12/17/Ancient_burial_site_found_in_Syria/UPI-98991229548059/
http://it.moldova.org/stiri/eng/173504/
http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-62194.html
A half shekel coin has been found on Temple Mount:
http://it.moldova.org/stiri/eng/173897/
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2008/12/19/Ancient_coin_found_in_Temple_Mount_dirt/UPI-45891229706818/
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=1048260
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728255435&pagename=JPArticle/ShowFull
BAR is still arguing for the authenticity of that ivory pomegranate:
http://www.bib-arch.org/news/news-ivory-pomegranate.asp
A new theory on where Noah's flood may have occurred:
http://cwnewz.com/content/view/494/2/
Too many tourists are visiting Petra:
http://www.ameinfo.com/178679.html
More coverage of that Second Temple Jewish town find:
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/128880
More/different coverage of that 'King David tunnel' find:
http://www.newsok.com/edmond-students-dig-their-way-to-the-find-of-a-lifetime/article/3330930
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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The big news this week (mostly in the German press, alas) is the
discovery of a battlefield in northern Germany which suggests the
Romans had a presence (of sorts) there in the late second/early third
century A.D.:
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,3877796,00.html
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,596619,00.html
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,596720,00.html
http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2008/1215/2
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=588&art_id=nw20081218075153715C499281
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iY8SwRu6dheaLnRSctQr8uOG-lAgD95399Q01
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-eu-germany-roman-battlefield,0,5422796.story
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-eu-germany-roman-battlefield,1,4853364.story
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/europe/view.bg?articleid=1139253&srvc=rssKALEFELD-OLDENRODE
http://www.theage.com.au/world/battlefield-relics-could-rewrite-roman-history-20081217-70q1.html
http://www.thelocal.de/sci-tech/20081211-16075.html
http://www.wlz-fz.de/newsroom/wissen/zentral/wissen/art680,757226
http://www.n-tv.de/1068870.html
http://www.borkenerzeitung.de/aktuelles/kultur/nachrichten/876525_Roemisches_Schlachtfeld_in_Niedersachsen_entdeckt.html
http://www.welt.de/kultur/article2881449/Hier-metzelten-Roemer-die-Germanen-nieder.html
http://www.fr-online.de/in_und_ausland/wissen_und_bildung/aktuell/1646011_Forscher-entdecken-Schlachtfeld.html?sid=321a1a7ff8ee7cd2c090193edddafd7e
http://idw-online.de/pages/de/news293934
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/dec/16/romans-archaeology-germany-teutoberg
A recreation of what Cleopatra really looked like:
http://chattahbox.com/science/2008/12/16/first-accurate-depiction-of-cleopatra-created/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/science/sciencenews/3792872/Elizabeth-Taylors-Cleopatra-nowhere-near-reality.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1095043/The-face-Cleopatra-Scientists-recreate-true-image-legendary-beauty.html
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/HealthSci/Cleopatras_first_true_image_recreated/articleshow/3845320.cms
Rome's city council wants some gladiatorial exhibitions:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article5369754.ece
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/12/19/Roman_Coliseum_to_host_gladiator_events/UPI-22211229716747/
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,470047,00.html
This was actually found last year ... a Roman lamp from Spain depicting
a gynecological exam:
http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=323496&CategoryId=13003
cf (for a photo):
http://terraeantiqvae.blogia.com/2007/062001-aparece-en-leon-la-unica-lucerna-del-mundo-con-una-escena-ginecologica.php
Interesting lead bars from off the coast of Ibiza:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081215074650.htm
Visit our blog:
http://www.atrium-media.com/rogueclassicism
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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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A 4000 b.p. necklace from a stone-lined grave:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081207210018.htm
http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/4000_year_old_amber_necklace_has_been_unearthed_in_england/
More finds from melting glaciers in the Alps:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7580294.stm
Depending on the time you read this, you might get to watch
the solstice at Newgrange:
http://www.servecast.com/opw/211208/index.html
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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC
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A swiss watch in a Chinese tomb ... hmmmmm:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1096959/Mystery-century-old-Swiss-watch-discovered-ancient-tomb-sealed-400-years.html?ITO=1490
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/76140/Tomb-raiders-baffled-by-Swiss-watch-found-in-ancient-tomb
http://macedoniaonline.eu/content/view/4806/48/
New Zealand Archaeology eNews:
http://www.nzarchaeology.org/netsubnews.htm
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NORTH AMERICA
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The "Ossabaw Cremation Pit" (Georgia) is very unusual/interesting:
http://gashpo.org/content/displaycontent.asp?txtDocument=456
http://gashpo.org/Assets/Documents/Ossabaw_excavation_pr_rel.pdf
http://www.northwestgeorgia.com/statenews/local_story_352144343.html
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hfQStkrqIhmV9BHRPQNIuUJom8EgD955LSE80
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081219.wcremate1219/BNStory/Science/home
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/18315228/detail.html?rss=atl&psp=news
http://gpbnews.blogspot.com/2008/12/archeologists-announce-rare-find.html
http://news.mobile.msn.com/en-us/articles.aspx?aid=28312638&afid=1
A native American burial near Fort Lupton:
http://www.greeleytribune.com/article/20081219/NEWS/812199994/-1/rss03
Remains of an ancient village in Sierra Vista (Arizona):
http://www.svherald.com/articles/2008/12/18/news/doc4949ed3b93b5a206231009.txt
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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
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Archaeology is not as exciting as Indy makes it out to be:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/text/2008544164_archaeologist21.html
Milk through the ages:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98264977
Some sketches on the backs of some works in the Louvre have been
identified as daVincis by clumsy art historians:
http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4bh3da-us-leonardo-louvre/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7791595.stm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/3832831/Three-da-Vinci-sketches-discovered-in-Louvre.html
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081218/sc_nm/us_leonardo_louvre
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/19/arts/design/19arts-SKETCHESMAYB_BRF.html
... on mistletoe:
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2008/1218/1229523050329.html
... on how ancient folk contributed to our modern customs (maybe):
http://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/x466474172/Ancient-winter-festivals-contributed-to-our-holiday-customs
... on Chanukah:
http://www.ou.org/index.php/shabbat_shalom/article/47394/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/19/AR2008121901491.html
... on the connection between Mithras and St. Nick (maybe):
http://www.areawidenews.com/blogs/1215/entry/22856/
... on assorted Christmas accoutrements:
http://www.abilene-rc.com/index.cfm?event=news.view&id=55F50586-19B9-E2F5-4678A6270E99306D
... on historical hangovers:
http://proof.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/18/cures-for-the-inevitable/
Interesting item on US Army historians:
http://www.army.mil/-news/2008/12/18/15312-army-historians-unearth-yesterday-keep-history-alive-for-tomorrow/
Latest in the homo floresiensis saga:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081217124418.htm
Something about pandemics, reforestation, and the Little Ice Age:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081218094551.htm
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TOURISTY THINGS
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Aachen:
http://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/8222/History_tour_on_a_wet_day_in_Aachen.html
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DIG DIARIES/BLOGS
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Tel Kadesh:
http://sitemaker.umich.edu/kelseymuseum.digdiary/read_our_blog
Tel Dan:
http://teldan.wordpress.com/
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CRIME BEAT
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An Italian farmer was arrested when he tried to sell a number of
Etrusco-Corinthian artifacts he dug up on his farm south of Rome:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/081218-art-video-ap.html
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/139954/Farmer-digs-up-ancient-sanctuary-in-Italy
http://iltempo.ilsole24ore.com/2008/12/17/965725-sequestrate_miniature_antiche_privato.shtml
http://iltempo.ilsole24ore.com/2008/12/18/966125-tesoro_laghetto_vicino_casa.shtml
http://www.artelabonline.com/articoli/view_article.php?id=3308
http://www.adnkronos.com/IGN/Cultura/?id=3.0.2825574941
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Police-Captures-Roman-Artifacts-Dug-By-Farmer-100399.shtml
http://news.mobile.msn.com/en-us/articles.aspx?aid=28278047&afid=1
Stupid people loot sites and then post a video of said looting on Youtube (duh):
http://www.sacbee.com/latest/story/1489048.html?mi_rss=Latest%20News
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NUMISMATICA
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India is getting a new currency museum:
http://www.hindu.com/2008/12/09/stories/2008120961712000.htm
Someone keeps putting a Liberty Eagle coin in a Salvation Army kettle:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98409333
Ancient Coin Collecting:
http://ancientcoincollecting.blogspot.com/
Ancient Coins:
http://classicalcoins.blogspot.com/
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EXHIBITIONS, AUCTIONS, AND MUSEUM-RELATED
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On some military antiques:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/19/arts/design/19anti.html
The economy and trying to set prices at Sotheby's:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/19/arts/design/19voge.html
The assorted costumes from the Brooklyn Museum are headed to the
Met:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/16/arts/design/16muse.html
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