http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/tales/ en-us Fri, 20 Apr 2007 17:43:56 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1820792/posts Tales cities tell DR. T. V. PADMA According to archaeologists Indus cities had an efficient administrative system. Archaeologists have made intelligent guesses about Indus society by carefully studying the cities. Because the cities were so similar, it is reasonable to think that the people living in them shared ideas. How were the Indus cities kept in good condition for centuries? An efficient administration was probably in place to collect taxes for city maintenance. The similarities in the city layouts, home architecture, brick size, well construction and drainage systems also suggest a strong central authority. Peaceful people Yet, if hereditary kings... The Hindu http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1820792/posts#comment Fri, 20 Apr 2007 17:43:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1631402/posts <p>Ship logs and pottery show how the geomagnetic field has changed.</p> <p>Old ship records of magnetic north have helped to unravel a record of our planet's field.</p> <p>While sailors plied the Seven Seas in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, little did they know that their ships' logs would one day help scientists to reconstruct the history of the Earth's magnetic field.</p> Nature http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1631402/posts#comment Fri, 12 May 2006 23:59:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1627465/posts Old bones are telling new tales BY SANDI DOUGHTONMay 5, 2006 The Seattle Times ELLENSBURG, Wash. - Behind two locked doors at Central Washington University, what might be called Son of Kennewick Man sits inside a cardboard box. The faceless skull dates back 9,000 years - just 400 years younger than the superstar skeleton unearthed from the banks of the Columbia River. While Kennewick Man ignited a legal battle over the control of ancient bones, the skull at CWU has barely raised a ripple. "It just misses the mark in terms of people's interest," said CWU anthropology professor Steven Hackenberger.... The State http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1627465/posts#comment Fri, 5 May 2006 19:01:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1527640/posts VISTA, Calif. (Nov.. 22, 2005) -- The local San Giorgio Lucano Ristorante, known for it’s regular patrons of active duty Marines from Camp Pendleton and salty veterans from the Veteran’s of Foreign Wars club just down the street, was host to a night of sea stories told by Purple Heart recipients of all ages who have fought in every war from World War II to Operation Iraqi Freedom. Aside from the approximately 30 Marines and sailors and their families, a California Congressman and a former San Francisco 49ers Super Bowl winner attended the event. “It’s really simple what we’re doing.... Marine Corps News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1527640/posts#comment Wed, 23 Nov 2005 23:18:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1309225/posts One day in 1994, Doug Burns was leaving an appointment at Mass General Hospital when he was set upon by a thug standing over 6 feet tall and weighing more than 300 pounds. The criminal first battered Burns and when Burns protested the assault the thug threw a weapon at Burns and then charged Burns. Burns then drew his licensed handgun and shouted at the attacker to stop and then yelled at everyone nearby to call 911. Many calls were then received by 911, telling of the attack and how the victim was holding the criminal at gunpoint. When the... The Outdoor Message http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1309225/posts#comment Tue, 28 Dec 2004 00:01:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1198414/posts Microscopic analysis, reported in the current issue of the journal Geology, revealed a 3-inch-thick layer of "shocked quartz" — a form of the mineral produced only under intense pressure like that of an impact — that dated to 35.5 million years ago, when a space rock slammed into the Earth about 120 miles southeast of present-day Washington. Yahoo / AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1198414/posts#comment Tue, 24 Aug 2004 18:32:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/926025/posts IF IT had hit Central London, Britain would no longer have a capital city. The force of the meteorite that hit eastern Siberia last September destroyed 40 square miles of forest and caused earth tremors felt 60 miles away. An expedition from Russia's Kosmopoisk institute has only recently reached the site in a remote area north of Lake Baikal because of bad weather and difficult terrain, the Interfax news agency said yesterday. Fragments of the meteorite had apparently exploded into shrapnel 18 miles above the Earth with the force of at least 200 tonnes of TNT. At the time, Russian... The Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/926025/posts#comment Tue, 10 Jun 2003 00:25:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1100339/posts Is he an international man of mystery? Does he have psychic powers beyond the realm of mere mortals? Could it be possible that John Kerry truly knows the innermost secrets and desires of all world leaders? Or is he just a self-serving politician of the Kennedy brand who will do anything, say anything, obfuscate and deceive with abandon in his quest to occupy the Oval Office. Frankly, I'd bet on the latter. As time goes on, John Kerry seems to be exhibiting traits frighteningly similar to the delusions of Al "I invented the Internet" Gore. In truth, I suspect many... CNSNews.com Commentary http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1100339/posts#comment Thu, 18 Mar 2004 14:29:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1041729/posts Saddam the great dictator of fairy tales (Filed: 17/12/2003) Iraq's tyrant spent weeks before the war writing a novel about underground resistance, reports Jack Fairweather Saddam Hussein spent the final weeks before the war writing a novel predicting that he would lead an underground resistance movement to victory over the Americans, rather than planning the defence of his regime. Saddam's propaganda image As the war began and Saddam went into hiding 40,000 copies of Be Gone Demons! were rolling off the presses. Most were destroyed by bombing and looting but the Telegraph has obtained one of the few remaining copies... The Telegraph (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1041729/posts#comment Wed, 17 Dec 2003 01:08:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/895361/posts (Repost : See Previous threads for context) After obtaining permission from Commodore Jim Robinson, I hereby dedicate this thread to 101 or more sea stories. For the innocents among us, a sea story is an experience (or a good lie) that a person associated with the Naval service either remembers personally or has had told to him at one time in the past. It has been said that the difference between a sea story and a fairy tale is that a fairy tale begins with "Once upon a time..." while a Sea Story begins with "This is a no-shi++er..." I... Blackshoes, Airdales, Bubbleheads, Snipes, Jarheads, etc. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/895361/posts#comment Thu, 17 Apr 2003 22:09:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/833994/posts <p>IRAKLIO, Greece (AP) -- Researchers on the southern Greek island of Crete have unearthed the fossilized tusk, teeth and bones of a Deinotherium Gigantisimum, a fearsome elephant-like creature that might have given rise to ancient legends of one-eyed cyclops monsters.</p> CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/833994/posts#comment Sat, 1 Feb 2003 19:07:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/731502/posts Comets, Meteors & Myth: New Evidence for Toppled Civilizations and Biblical Tales By Robert Roy Britt Senior Science Writer posted: 07:00 am ET 13 November 2001 "...and the seven judges of hell ... raised their torches, lighting the land with their livid flame. A stupor of despair went up to heaven when the god of the storm turned daylight into darkness, when he smashed the land like a cup." -- An account of the Deluge from the Epic of Gilgamesh, circa 2200 B.C. If you are fortunate enough to see the storm of shooting stars predicted for the Nov. 18... Science Tuesday/Space.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/731502/posts#comment Mon, 12 Aug 2002 00:32:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/692765/posts New Finds Worldwide Support Flood Myths Brian Handwerk for National Geographic News May 28, 2002 Ancient stories of massive floods pass from generation to generation and in many places in the world are integral to a people's spoken history. The tales differ by locale, but commonly feature either torrential rains or a hugely destructive wall of water bursting into a valley, destroying everything in its path. In many cases, the flooding is an act of retribution by displeased gods. Scientists, historians, and archaeologists view many of these enduring tales as myth, legend, or allegoric tales meant to illustrate moral principles.... National Geographic News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/692765/posts#comment Sat, 1 Jun 2002 00:00:48 GMT