... I think this issue of censorship is related to my earlier difficulties in receiving digests from the newsgroup although the problem in this case was with...
[Mod. note. Thanks, John: quite wonderful. I've replaced your long URL with a tinyurl. Members with slow Internet connections should note that this is...
... Dear John, As a supplement to your invaluable how-to manual on photographing objects, I'd like to point to powerful image-enhancing techniques that have...
Yes, John. I spent several years gathering, assessing, and synthesizing all of the research on genetics pertaining to the Tarim Basin and published it in 2005...
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Dear List, A set of ditches in Gujarat which are said to be similar to the Nazca lines. I suppose it had to happen one day... http://tinyurl.com/r6xnl Sudha R....
[Mod. note. Nice again, John. One clarification: What's innovative in Malzbender's work as I understand it isn't in his photography but in his light dome and...
Greetings- I've had an inquiry from a visitor to my Vedic site for a mantra that is apparently to be applied for reunion with a loved one. Is anyone aware of ...
... Dear Claus Peter: I thought that your post would evoke a lot of interest, and that Victor Mair especially would jump on it. :^) But not a peep on the List...
I would love to learn more (with pictures if at all possible) I ain't dead, just too busy John John C. Huntington, Professor (Buddhist Art and Methodologies) ...
[Mod. note. Thanks, Rodo! - Steve.] Dear list members, Steve, more than a peep will come only on August 24, as mentioned on the website of Deutsches...
... Let’s see how the story goes on. ZDF is not a private TV station (and thus directly profit oriented) but a so-called öffentlich-rechtlicher Sender, that...
Thanks, Claus Peter: Of course on ZDF. But it does seem a bad precedent as a way to announce a scientific discovery. It's my guess news of the discovery is...
Dear Claus Peter and others interested in the topic, Having spent years dragging my cameras around Asia, I have run to "professional" photographers and...
Dear List, Yahoo 'news story' (source = Bulgarian press release) on "what might turn out to be one of the world's oldest inscription", supposedly some 7,000...
[Mod. note. I see your point, Rodo. I forgot about the travel delays. The TV connection just made me suspicious. - Cheers, Steve.] Steve, It is very unclear...
Well, I agree that the President of the Deutsches Archaeologisches Institut (DAI) will make a very conscious move, when he invites media people out into...
Apologies for any repost - I've been having list troubles and also wanted to know if I'd receive posts I sent ot this list. The request came from a visitor...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5249408.stm Two arrested over Hermitage theft The Hermitage has one of the finest art collections in the world Russian police...
Dear list members, You may have read the Associated Press story about Ahmadinejad's new tour de force: "Iranian leader bans usage of foreign words TEHRAN, Iran...
Dear Frank, I've looked and can't find any IRNA original for this AP story either, despite the claim that IRNA was the source. What? Do US reporters sometimes...
Dear Frank, Agence France-Presse (AFP) apparently checked up on the sources of the AP story at the end of July and found it was full of half-truths. The story...
Well, JR-- since it is Sunday: there are many incantations against (female) rivals; a few in Rgveda 10 (end), and many in the Atharvaveda (AV 17!) -- yet,...
Hmmm---this reminds me of the custom in some Indian forest tribes of the sleep-crawling lover, who rendezvous with his beloved after the parents (and hopefully...
Dear List, Weekend update: the fact that America is filled with complacent idiots is once again confirmed. The article below discusses the recent Harris poll...
Ancient Tamil literature does not have mantras. But the themes of separation and longing for reunion occur often. Here is the translation of a couplet from...
Dear Frank and list, ... Ahmadinezhad would not be the first one to harbour such ideas - there have been several attempts to "purify" Persian from perceived...