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Organ Cave West Virginia

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 20:05:27 GMT

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The second largest commercial cave in the eastern United States, Organ Cave is a National Natural Landmark and a National Historic Landmark

Organ Cave lies alongside the old Midland Trail, which began as an ancient buffalo trail. The settlers took advantage of the hardwood forest and fertile grasslands for their livelihood. By canoe, flatboat and wagon, these slowly made inroads into what was considered the western wilderness. Much of their success is due to the Old Saltpetre Route, a highway of nitre depots that supplied the government with much needed ingredients for making gunpowder for its artillery. In his Notes of Virginia, Thomas Jefferson recorded that at least fifty nitre caves rested along the Greenbrier River, and these were all used as a source of income for the private citizen.

St Kilda

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:24:59 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Visit website for lots more - including how to visit, and working holidays with the National trust for Scotland.

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There have been people on St Kilda since prehistoric times, exploiting the rich resources of the sea, growing crops and keeping animals. It is not clear when the first settlers came to St Kilda, but simple stone tools found on Hirta suggest that Bronze Age travellers may have visited St Kilda from the Western Isles some 4,000 to 5,000 years ago. In the 1830s the Rev Neil Mackenzie found what were probably remains of burial cists in Village Bay. Excavations in 1995 revealed a possible burial structure dating from the Bronze Age.

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Watercolour of the village in 1831

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Islanders carrying their belongings to the jetty at the evacuation

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St Kilda is one of only 24 global locations to be awarded 'mixed' World Heritage Status for its natural and cultural significance. World Heritage List

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At 1400ft, Conachair boasts the highest sea cliffs in Britain.

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The archipelago of St Kilda, the remotest part of the British Isles, lies 41 miles (66 kilometres) west of Benbecula in Scotland's Outer Hebrides.

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REMOTE ONTARIO LAKE REVEALS MYSTERIOUS ANCIENT STRUCTURE

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:57:31 GMT

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REMOTE ONTARIO LAKE REVEALS MYSTERIOUS ANCIENT STRUCTURE

Posted Mar 05.08

The history of Eastern Canada is generally viewed in two stages: 1st - recent history, measured in decades and centuries, involving the early, white settlers and 2nd - the early history, measured in many centuries and millennia, represented by petroglyphs, stone mounds and arrow heads that takes us several hundred, sometimes a thousand or two years back into North America's native past.

A third stage may now have to be added: the ancient past, when the landscape hardly resembled the forest clad hills of today and the environment was just recovering from thousands of years of glaciation. Some ten thousand years ago, human populations were not measured in thousands or even millions like today, but dozens, or at best hundreds. Even this handful of ancestors managed to leave us proof of their existence. In a cold lake in remote Central Ontario a possible artifact has been recently discovered.

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August 21st, This Day In History

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:04:03 GMT

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clipper's remarks: In 1893, a group of American expatriates and sugar planters supported by a division of U.S. Marines deposed Queen Liliuokalani, the last reigning monarch of Hawaii. One year later, the Republic of Hawaii was established as a U.S. protectorate with Hawaiian-born Sanford B. Dole as president. Many in Congress opposed the formal annexation of Hawaii, and it was not until 1898, following the use of the naval base at Pearl Harbor during the Spanish-American War, that Hawaii's strategic importance became evident and formal annexation was approved. Two years later, Hawaii was organized into a formal U.S. territory. During World War II, Hawaii became firmly ensconced in the American national identity following the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941.

In March 1959, the U.S. government approved statehood for Hawaii, and in June the Hawaiian people voted by a wide majority to accept admittance into the United States.

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The modern United States receives its crowning star when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a proclamation admitting Hawaii into the Union as the 50th state. The president also issued an order for an American flag featuring 50 stars arranged in staggered rows: five six-star rows and four five-star rows. The new flag became official July 4, 1960.

The first known settlers of the Hawaiian Islands were Polynesian voyagers who arrived sometime in the eighth century. In the early 18th century, American traders came to Hawaii to exploit the islands' sandalwood, which was much valued in China at the time. In the 1830s, the sugar industry was introduced to Hawaii and by the mid 19th century had become well established. American missionaries and planters brought about great changes in Hawaiian political, cultural, economic, and religious life. In 1840, a constitutional monarchy was established, stripping the Hawaiian monarch of much of his authority.

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Israel and Its Illegal Expansion In West Bank

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:41:33 GMT

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clipper's remarks: What's there to mull over? Two wrongs do not make one right!

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Israel mulls new settler enclave in West Bank

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel has proposed building a new Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank near Jerusalem, a spokesman for the main settlers organization said on Monday.

The Defence Ministry, which oversees the issue, made no comment on a move that would be seen by Palestinians and by Israel's U.S. and European allies as a breach of commitments to halt settlement activity on land Palestinians want for a state.

The Palestinians have already accused Israel of bad faith during the nine-month-old, U.S.-sponsored Annapolis peace process for approving the expansion of other settlements, mostly near Jerusalem, and for last month giving the go-ahead for an entirely new settlement in the Jordan Valley.

Israel's Front-Line Thugs

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 03:10:52 GMT

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The security forces are, of course, by no means scared to act when it suits them. Palestinian demonstrations are routinely put down with excessive force: rocks flung by pre-teens are countered with rubber bullets, tear gas, and – often – live and indiscriminate fire. But when it comes to clamping down on violence emanating from the settler community, a different set of rules apply, and the authorities' reeking hypocrisy is exposed as endemic to the way in which they view the different strands of Israeli society.

Via Philip Weiss

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Of late, there has been a steady stream of brutal assaults carried out by settlers against their Palestinian neighbours in the West Bank, right under the noses of the lackadaisical army. The phenomenon is, sadly, nothing new; what has brought the story back into the spotlight are the efforts of human rights groups, such as B'Tselem to film the violence and document the shocking reality on the ground – which is why, it seems, the authorities are so keen to clamp down on their activity in the region.

However, the settlers don't confine their vindictive and vicious attacks to Palestinians; they are not averse to attacking their Jewish peers either.

Then another Breaking the Silence group came under attack from settler vigilantes, who doused the participants with boiling water after confronting them in the streets of Hebron and heckling them with cries of "traitor", and other such hostile invective.

Tags: israel, settlements, west bank, palestine, hypocrisy

Israeli Settlers Increase Violence Against Palestinians

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:49:45 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The levels of violence are on the increase in the illegally occupied settlements and there seems to be a message there. The "Apartheid" is real and the Israeli system of law does not provide for equal justice.

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7 August '08: Increase in settler violence

B'Tselem is investigating twelve cases of settler attacks on Palestinian between 29 July and 4 August. These cases reflect a sharp increase in reports of such violence, and represent a peak to an escalation that has been underway over the past few weeks. The cases recent took place across the West Bank, with a majority in South Mount Hebron and the settlements around Nablus.

Five of the cases involved stone throwing; in two livestock were stolen; one included gunfire, five physical assaults, and three involved property damage (some of the cases included more than one kind of abuse). In some of the cases, law-enforcement authorities failed to apprehend suspects. In the two thefts of livestock, police apparently did not return the livestock to their owners. At least four of the cases involve minors.

In one case of assault, a woman in her sixth month of pregnancy and her two daughters were hurt

Palestinians capture violence of Israeli occupation on video

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:54:15 GMT

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clipper's remarks: In case anyone thinks its just one or a few videos, there are literally hundreds which clearly and undisputably demonstrate the evils of the state of israel - a society bereft of morals. My hat off to B'Tselem (Jews with conscience) who regularly - and not without much consequence - expose the deplorable crimes of that rotten state.

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Palestinians capture violence of Israeli occupation on video

An Israeli child from a far-right settler group in the West Bank city of Hebron hurls a stone up the stairs of a Palestinian family close to their settlement and shouts: "I will exterminate you." Another spits towards the same family.

They are shocking images. There is footage of beatings, their aftermath, and the indifference of Israel's security forces to serious human rights abuses. There is footage too of those same security forces humiliating Palestinians – and most seriously – committing abuses themselves.

The group has supplied almost 100 video cameras to vulnerable Palestinian communities in Hebron, the northern West Bank and elsewhere, to document and gather evidence of assaults and abusive behaviour – largely by settlers.

Tags: human rights violations, inhuman, israel, genocide

The Birth Control of Yesteryear

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 05:35:44 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Unlike many other medicines of its time, silphium was not thought of as a mere folk remedy; Scholars and doctors of the day openly praised the plant's effectiveness as a contraceptive. Ancient Rome's foremost gynecologist– a physician named Soranus– wrote that women should drink the silphium juice with water once a month since "it not only prevents conception but also destroys anything existing." Alternatively, a tuft of wool could be soaked in the juice and inserted into the vagina as a pessary. During laserwort's heyday, Rome's birth rate decreased considerably despite increasing life expectancy, plentiful food, and relatively few wars or epidemics, and some historians cite this as evidence of the herb's effectiveness.
Unfortunately, modern science will probably never determine whether the fennel's extract was really an effective form of parenthood prevention, nor will it measure laserwort's merit as a medicine. By the end of the first century AD, following a fifty year decline in s

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Cyrene coins depicting silphiumApproximately 2,600 years ago– around 630 BCE– the Greek island of Thera was plagued by drought and overpopulation. According to legend, an assortment of settlers were selected to sail south to establish a colony in more hospitable climes. The men and women apprehensively put to sea, and the gaggle of enterprising Greeks eventually erected the city of Cyrene on Africa's northern tip. There, the settlers encountered a local herb which would ultimately bring them and their progeny fantastic wealth.

The plant was known as silphium or laserwort, and its heart-shaped fruit purportedly brought the ancient world a highly sought-after freedom: the opportunity to enjoy sex with very little risk of pregnancy

It is thought by many historians that this ancient icon of unfettered lovemaking is the origin of today's ubiquitous "I love you" heart symbol.

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Obama - Innocence, Optimism and Reality - or is it missing?

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 05:54:31 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Insightful take on things. And rather frightening.

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Radical optimism is America’s contribution to the world. The early settlers thought America’s founding would bring God’s kingdom to earth. John Adams thought America would emancipate “the slavish part of mankind all over the earth.” Woodrow Wilson and George W. Bush preached their own gospels of world democracy.

Barack Obama is certainly a true American.

Obama’s tone was serious. But he pulled out his “this is our moment” rhetoric and offered visions of a world transformed. Obama speeches almost always have the same narrative arc.

When I first heard this sort of radically optimistic speech in Iowa, I have to confess my American soul was stirred. It seemed like the overture for a new yet quintessentially American campaign.

His Berlin Victory Column treacle would have made Niebuhr sick to his stomach.

Obama has benefited from a week of good images. But substantively, optimism without reality isn’t eloquence. It’s just Disney.

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Peach Cobbler Recipe

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:58:07 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Recipe for peach cobbler

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Early American settlers brought their favorite juicy pie recipes with them. Recipes like the peach cobbler were created because of local ingredients and improvisation. This is a classic Southern dessert, made even more delicious with locally grown peaches.

29 oz can sliced peaches
2/3 - 1 cup sugar
2 Tbsp corn starch
2 Tbsp butter
1/2 Tbsp cinnamon

2. Mix sugar and corn starch in saucepan. Stir in fruit juice gradually, bring to boil. Boil 1 minute, stirring constantly.

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Israeli Terrorists on Rampage

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:28:48 GMT

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A settler attacked an Israel Defense Forces soldier at the West Bank outpost of Havat Gilad Thursday afternoon, holding a knife to the soldier's throat and forcibly removing his helmet from his head. The attacker then fled the scene.

The incident occurred during a confrontation between settlers and Israeli soldiers in the area, west of Nablus.

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Other settlers at Havat Gilad set Palestinian olive groves on fire, sparking several field fires.

Earlier Thursday, Palestinian security officials said that more than 20 settlers had attacked another Palestinian village in the West Bank, Burin, smashing cars and windows and cutting electricity wires.

When police and soldiers intervened to restore order, a settler snatched a soldier's gun and fired in the air before being disarmed and arrested,

The closest settlement to Burin is Yitzhar, where a settler was arrested this month for allegedly trying to launch a homemade rocket at Burin.

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Zionist settlers burn Palestinian farms

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:20:11 GMT

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Zionist settlers burn Palestinian farms

Witnesses reported that the settlers assaulted farmers in the same area and opened machineguns to terrorize them while IOF soldiers escorted those settlers and fired teargas and rubber-coated bullets at the locals causing suffocation among farmers and citizens.

Meanwhile, IOF soldiers raided the Balata refugee camp east of Nablus city shortly after midnight Monday and kidnapped Jamal Al-Ayed.

Local sources said that the soldiers stormed the city and roamed its streets. They noted that the soldiers broke into and ransacked the home of Karim Issa at the pretext of searching it.

Bad Moon Rising

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:40:03 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The British upper 1% parrot the US upper 1%. Gives me a warm fuzzy feeling inside (sic).

However, Brown did state that Israel needs to back off in regards to the Palestinian state. Of course the Israelis didn't take kindly to this, sticking to their own version of manifest destiny.

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UK PM: Iran threat to Israel 'abhorrent'

(CNN) -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned that his country would back tougher sanctions against Iran over its nuclear ambitions and denounced Iranian threats against Israel as "abhorrent" in a landmark speech Monday to the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, in Jerusalem.

Brown, who is the first British premier to address the Knesset, said Tehran faced a clear choice between suspending its nuclear weapons program and international isolation, the UK Press Association reported.

"Our country will continue to lead, with the United States and our European partners, in our determination to prevent an Iranian nuclear weapons program. We stand ready to lead in taking further sanctions and will ask the whole international community to join us."

But he urged Israeli settlers to withdraw from Palestinian lands, prompting jeers from a member of the audience, and called for a lasting Middle Eastern peace settlement.

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tale of two rugby players

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 11:45:31 GMT

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clipper's remarks: For those who have read this article before I make no apologies for repeating it.
At a time when my friends are being liberated in Zimbabwe, the actions of Brown and that moron in America proved they are political non-entities in the extreme. Fancy announcing to the world that you have a universal agreement with the other powers for sanctions against Mugabe without first getting the ink on the document.
Go to East Glasgow and get your inept party elected. No wonder my grandfather left if that is the standard of reason there exists in Jockland.
Go to the article and read carefully. The honest and decent person has no rights in this world where colour has more sway that justice. One of my friend's family had been in Southern Africa for almost 500 years. He now lives in poverty in Portugal.

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Tale of Two Rugby Players

‘Tienie’ Martin’s Great Grandfather Marthinus Martin arrived in the Eastern Highlands of what was then Southern Rhodesia in October of 1894. Having led 104 settlers on a harrowing journey north from

South Africa

the new arrivals set about hacking a livelihood out of a largely deserted wilderness and helped pioneer commercial farming in the new country.

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