YENİ YΙLІΝІΖ ΚUTLU OLSUN! ... From: Paul W Goldschmidt To: goldschp@... Cc: sig@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2007 11:40 PM Subject:...
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jenne@...
jenneheise
Dec 20, 2007 1:58 am
... The travel cost, plus the time involved, knocked it out of the running for this year even before we had financial setbacks at home. Another year, I might...
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jenne@...
jenneheise
Dec 20, 2007 2:00 am
... Now, if people are interested in having a Slavic track of classes and gatherings at Pennsic, that would be great. Of course we'd have to find someone...
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Amy Tubbs
smolotova
Dec 20, 2007 4:14 am
Valium makes planes more tolerable. :-) ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Pan Zygmunt Nadratowski
tomnadra
Dec 20, 2007 1:19 pm
<<Now, if people are interested in having a Slavic track of classes and gatherings at Pennsic, that would be great. Of course we'd have to find someone willing...
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Sfandra
Seonaid13
Dec 20, 2007 5:04 pm
... *head pops up from a pile of mailers, wrapping paper, and ribbon* HUH? :D Well, I have to admit, I had enough fun teaching last year that I'm probably...
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charles stefanich
mos6238
Dec 20, 2007 6:06 pm
I have only made 1 Pennsic work schedule problems,but the one I did make missed every class I wanted to take being on the field of battle at the time and...
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LiudmilaV@...
mamainna2000
Dec 20, 2007 11:42 pm
Since I don't expect that I will attend Pennsic or even Estrella in the next 14 years or so, I will stay in the same boat as having an East Coast event. My...
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Pan Zygmunt Nadratowski
tomnadra
Dec 21, 2007 12:30 am
I added a bunch of the class notes, and all but one are up now (the last is up friday). www.plcommonwealth.org/slavunotes.htm -- Pan Zygmunt Nadratowski "Most...
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Rick Orli
orlirva
Dec 21, 2007 4:34 pm
So, I was reading the recent Biography of Peter the Great, and ran into an interesting factoid that for the first time, in the late 1600s, Muscovite ladies...
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Tim Nalley
mordakus
Dec 21, 2007 5:14 pm
Yeah, that charming habit is very common in Asia so I speculate that it was yet another immitation of the Khans. On the bath thing, very common in Russian ...
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jennifer knox
jeniferknox
Dec 21, 2007 5:27 pm
That's fascinating! What's the name of the book you found that in? Anyone else have sources on the blackened teeth thing? Does anyone know what they used to do...
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Tim Nalley
mordakus
Dec 21, 2007 5:44 pm
Oh, that was in one of Verdansky's tomes. Depending one your comfort with his scholarship the theory is verified or disproved. It is a very commonly written ...
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Rick Orli
orlirva
Dec 21, 2007 6:08 pm
This particular book was by Lindsey Hughes. He also quoted an ambassador to Moscow who reported in detail on bathing habits, if I recall there were 4 varieties...
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bphall76@...
bphall76
Dec 21, 2007 8:06 pm
The way I remember it, blackened teeth was a side effect of whatever the women were using to whiten their faces.But, I've been wrong before. Vasilisa Myshkina ...
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Tim Nalley
mordakus
Dec 21, 2007 9:13 pm
Thats interesting! I know that alot of those compounds had mercury in them and trace amounts of arsenic.....sounds like an interesting article idea! ... ...
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history_writer978
history_writ...
Dec 21, 2007 10:52 pm
I'm looking for records of battles and minor skirmishes fought in Hungary from 1555-1600. Does anyone know if such a record exists, and how I could obtain the...
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L.M. Kies
sofyalarus
Dec 21, 2007 11:01 pm
"Blackened teeth" has never been on my list of signs of mercury or lead poisoning. And according to the detective novels, arsenic is known for its acute...
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jennifer knox
jeniferknox
Dec 22, 2007 8:47 am
Until recently I know that Japanese Geisha blackened their teeth, and that this wasn't an effect of any facial cosmetics. I'm wondering if what they used was...
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Iustin Branov
iustinbranov
Dec 24, 2007 8:04 am
Biochem major. Does that count? I decided to do a quick look to see what I could find. Apparently, there is older research that shows a 'lead blue' line ...
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Tim Nalley
mordakus
Dec 24, 2007 9:24 pm
I'm working on a gorlatnaya shapka article with a surprise departure in theory but wih construction discussion, included specs on he MarkV design! Should have...
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Paul W Goldschmidt
goldschp
Dec 24, 2007 9:33 pm
Hi Mordak, Sounds great! I'm also interested in compiling folks' impressions of SLUM. Could I get you to do a brief write-up of your thoughts on the event...
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Paul W Goldschmidt
goldschp
Dec 24, 2007 9:35 pm
And while I'm at it.... can I interest any of the other SLUM attenders in doing up their impressions for Slovo as well? (please send them to me off-list) ...
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Tim Nalley
mordakus
Dec 26, 2007 1:01 pm
OK. Slow here this week! ... Best Regards, 'dok "Some people have sacred cows and they make very tasty steaks" ...
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history_writer978
history_writ...
Dec 26, 2007 7:06 pm
Mercury was used to treat syphilis, which would turn saliva black. I'm not sure if that would also turn teeth black. ... ...
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Rick Orli
orlirva
Dec 26, 2007 9:23 pm
The increasingly useful Google Book Search... try: "black teeth" muscovite find full text for Women in Russian History, from the 10th to the 20th Century. ...
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Rick Orli
orlirva
Dec 27, 2007 3:55 pm
its on page 115. A contempory source on black teeth is Samual Collins, who was traveling in the late 1630s... his book is a great read on muscovy, and is also...
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panimagdalena56
Dec 28, 2007 7:12 pm
http://www.wodefordhall.com/display.htm I contacted an acquaintance who is very knowledgeable in medieval Japan culture. The above link is a good link and...
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quokkaqueen
Dec 29, 2007 12:51 am
Modernly, mercury-silver dental almalgams seem to be a reason for teeth being stained brown-black over time. But I can only find information about that on...
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L.M. Kies
sofyalarus
Dec 29, 2007 2:35 pm
Greetings from Sofya! ... Well, that makes much more sense than lead or mercury. After all, iron compounds and oak galls are the standard ingredients of...
