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vilawolf — Fri, 24 May 2013 20:31:08 GMT

News 20 new results for Archaeology

Huge submerged mystery structure in Sea of Galilee stumps dry-docked Israeli ...
Washington Post
“It's very enigmatic, it's very interesting, but the bottom line is we don't know when it's from, we don't know what it's connected to, we don't know its function,” said Dani Nadel, an archaeologist at the University of Haifa who is one of several ...
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Richard III was buried in 'hastily dug and untidy grave'
The Independent
The academic paper - by a team from the University of Leicester Archaeological Services, School of Archaeology and Ancient History, and Department of Genetics - is called The king in the car park: new light on the death and burial of Richard III in the ...
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Film on Ga. graveyard wins film festival award
San Francisco Chronicle
The 33-minute film "I Remember, I Believe," won the best script and best music awards at the Archaeology Channel's International Film and Video Festival in Eugene, Ore. The film came about when the Georgia Department of Transportation was notified of ...
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What lurks below Portsmouth's surface?
Seacoastonline.com
Dr. Kathleen Wheeler, an independent archaeological consultant based in Portsmouth, is holding a special lecture on June 11 to examine just what exactly can be found buried deep in the earth throughout the local community. Wheeler's talk, “Archaeology ...
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U of S students digging at Wanuskewin Park
News Talk 980 CJME
“When it comes to archaeology in particular, this is a public science, so we want people to be able to come down, ask questions, see how a real dig site works,” said Andrew McDonald, the sales and marketing manager at the park. The park will be posting ...
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Jesse, Swallow and Pickard halls to close for renovations
Columbia Missourian
In the first wave, the Art History and Archaeology department in Pickard Hall will pack up its museum collection and move about two miles north to the former Ellis Fischel Cancer Center on Business Loop 70 West, which the university wants to rebrand as ...
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SLU prof edits book on recent archaeology work in South Asia
North Country Now
St. Lawrence University professor Shinu Abraham recently edited a book on the recent work of American archaeologists in South Asia. “Connections and Complexity: New Approachs to the Archaeology of South Asia” was published in honor of the late ...
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Tales of archaeological discoveries wanted
Salisbury Journal
ANYONE who was involved in the discovery of the Rockbourne Roman Villa site or the Damerham Archaeology Project, or who knows someone who was, is being urged to contribute their memories and pictures to a special display. The RocDam Display ...
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Peabody scholar traces 10000 years of state's Native American history
Ct Post
The history of Connecticut archaeology and the late 19th century vogue for Indian artifacts are just two aspects of the over-sized and profusely illustrated "Connecticut's Indigenous Peoples," a new book from Yale University Press by Lucianne Lavin ...
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Revealed: Yorkshire's Stone Age past
The Northern Echo
The exhibition, which opens tomorrow, May 24, coincides with the publication of Star Carr: Life in Britain After the Ice Age, by the Council for British Archaeology. The book tells the story of excavations at the site which was buried in a deep layer ...
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Antiques seized, two arrested
The News International
The police officials said the experts of Archaeology and Museum Department checked the relics, who said these were 400 years old and had been smuggled from Swat and Afghanistan. The police arrested two alleged smugglers identified as Farhad, ...
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Rare Finding of Ancient Greek Warrior
Greek Reporter
Rare Finding of Ancient Greek Warrior. By Margarita Papantoniou on May 23, 2013 in Archaeology, News · ancient warrior Anagnostis Agelarakis, Greek professor and Chair of Anthropology at Adelphi University in Long Island, New York, transported some of ...
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Memories of Great Yarmouth's forgotten past marked with commemorative plaques
Norfolk Eastern Daily Press
Members of the Great Yarmouth Local History and Archaeology Society were among those who gathered for the successive ceremonies, staged in approving sunshine, bringing the total number dotted around the borough to 57. Dr Paul Davies, society ...
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Archaeologist digs islands' history
Camarillo Acorn
Archaeologist Jennifer Perry shares her commute with pods of dolphins and herds of whales. Several times a year the assistant professor of anthropology at California State University Channel Islands boards a supply boat to the Channel Islands, where ...
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John Warren Sanders
The Durango Herald
His principal interests were studying history, anthropology and archaeology as well as hiking and camping in the Southwest. Mr. Sanders was a member of a number of archaeological and environmental organizations and was particularly active with the San ...
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Third-Century Cutlery at Auction; Schoolgirls' Samplers
New York Times
They date as far back as the third century, and many were excavated at British archaeological sites, including burial grounds, chalk pits and riverbeds. The handle finials are shaped like acorns, spears and apostles, or bear the monograms of ...
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Schifter House Work Progresses
Martha's Vineyard Gazette
Archaeologists with the Public Archaeology Lab (PAL) came to the Vineyard last week to investigate the site. The archeologists were contracted by Mr. Schifter at the request of the tribe. During their two days on the site, the feature was found to be ...
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South Bibb cemetery documentary wins international film awards
Macon Telegraph (blog)
The world is taking notice of the Avondale Burial Ground now that a documentary of the Georgia Department of Transportation's grave relocation project has won awards at the Archaeology Channel's International Film and Video Festival in Eugene, Ore.
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Flag Fen: Going back to the Bronze Age
Peterborough Telegraph
Brave living history enthusiasts will put aside 21st century comforts for six days - and go back 3,500 years at Flag Fen Archaeology Park in Peterborough. From 28 May to 2 June Flag Fen's team of historians will live in a roundhouse, cooking over an ...
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From Lod to the Louvre
The Times of Israel
The mosaic floor, which archaeologists believe was part of a wealthy man's house, has been previously displayed in Israel and the US, including an exhibit in New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. Part of the Lod mosaic (photo credit: Niki Davidov ...
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Blogs 1 new result for Archaeology

Is the development boom a bust for archaeology? | Flinders ...
By mileskemp2013
Dr Morrison has identified a gap in the literature, and general discussion, on the topic and has defined the project thus: “Archaeology and the development boom: an analysis of professional ethics and standards in Australian archaeology''.
Flinders Archaeology Blog

Web 3 new results for Archaeology

Archaeology Trowels and Tools | Facebook
Archaeology Trowels and Tools, Whittingehame, United Kingdom. 5616 likes · 1030 talking about this.
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Discover the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology | Campus Information
Discover the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. View · Voting results · Kelsey Museum building. The Kelsey Museum of Archeology or KMA hosts a collection of ...
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go? The New South Wales Archaeology Online project and issues of
Based on the article 'Digital preservation, online access and historical archaeology 'grey literature' from New South Wales, Australia', by Martin Gibbs and Sarah ...
www.australianarchaeology.com/.../where-does-the-grey-litera...

vilawolf — Tue, 21 May 2013 23:30:58 GMT

Twelfth journey. Descent of the balloon Jean-Bart into the Seine, near Jumièges.

From Histoire de mes ascensions (Story of my balloon ascents), by Gaston Tissandier, Paris, 1880.

DUE TO A SUDDEN INFLUX OF SPAM BOTS

vilawolf — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 21:54:39 GMT

Holy crap, 56 in one day?

I've not enabled IP Logging and CAPTCHAs. Sorry guys.
It'll hopefully be temporary.

American Journal of Archaeology Updated Books Received

vilawolf — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 01:18:32 GMT

American Journal of Archaeology Updated Books Received (July 2012)

Of the titles published in the July 2012 list of books received, those below are still available for review.

The AJA Book Review Editors are always seeking to increase our cadre of reviewers; those who wish to become reviewers should contact the Book Review Editors directly (bookreviews@aia.bu.edu) and provide an up-to-date curriculum vitae that includes credentials (generally Ph.D. or equivalent professional experience) and a list of relevant publications, as well as a statement of research interests.

A full listing of all books received in the July 2012 issue is available for free download at http://www.ajaonline.org/sites/default/files/1163_BksRcvd.pdf.

List of Books Still Available for Review

Arjava, Antti, Matias Buchholz, Traianos Gagos, and Maarit Kaimio, eds. The Petra Papyri. Vol. 4 (American Center of Oriental Research Publications 6). Pp. xx + 213, figs. 7, b&w pls. 74. American Center of Oriental Research, Boston 2011. $60. ISBN 978-9957-8543-5-5 (cloth).

Bahrani, Zainab, Zeynep Çelik, and Edhem Eldem, eds. Scramble for the Past: A Story of Archaeology in the Ottoman Empire, 1753–1914. Pp. 519, figs. 177. SALT, Istanbul 2011. Price not available. ISBN 978-9944-731-27-0 (paper).

Barrett, Caitlin E. Egyptianizing Figurines from Delos: A Study in Hellenistic Religion (Columbia Studies in the Classical Tradition 36). Pp. xix + 731, figs. 15, b&w pls. 270, color pls. 65, tables 20, plans 10. Brill, Leiden 2011. $241. ISBN 978-90-04-20797-4 (cloth).

Bohne, Anke. Bilder vom Sport: Untersuchungen zur Ikonographie römischer Athleten-Darstellungen (Nikephoros Beihefte 19). Pp. xi + 797, b&w pls. 87. Weidmann, Hildesheim 2011. €98. ISBN 978-3-615-00392-5 (cloth).

Bohrer, Frederick N. Photography and Archaeology (Exposures). Pp. 184, figs. 91. Reaktion Books, London 2011. £17.95. ISBN 978-1-86189-870-8 (paper).

Callot, Oliver. Les sanctuaires de l'acropole d'Ougarit: Les temples de Baal et de Dagan (Ras Shamra-Ougarit 19). Pp. 237, figs. 162, pls. 3. Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée, Lyon 2011. €27. ISBN 978-2-35668-019-8 (paper).

Ceserani, Giovanna. Italy's Lost Greece: Magna Graecia and the Making of Modern Archaeology (Greeks Overseas). Pp. xiii + 331, figs. 17, map 1. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2012. $74. ISBN 978-0-1-974427-5 (cloth).

Chaniotis, Angelos, ed. Ritual Dynamics in the Ancient Mediterranean: Agency, Emotion, Gender, Representation (Heidelberger althistorische Beiträge und epigraphische Studien 49). Pp. 390, figs. 56. Franz Steiner, Stuttgart 2011. €62. ISBN 978-3-515-09916-5 (paper).

De Vos, Mairette, and Barbara Maurina, eds. La villa romana di Isera: Ricerche e scavi (1973–2004). Pp. xii + 432, figs. 389, pls. 34, graphs 13, tables 6. Edizioni Osiride, Rovereto 2011. €30. ISBN 978-88-7498-159-5 (paper).

Forsén, Björn, and Esko Tikkala, eds. Thesprotia Expedition II: Environment and Settlement Patterns (Papers and Monographs of the Finnish Institute at Athens 16). Pp. iii + 392, figs. 246. Foundation of the Finnish Institute at Athens, Helsinki 2011. €25. ISBN 978-952-67211-2-5 (paper).

Freed, Joann. Bringing Carthage Home: The Excavations of Nathan Davis, 1856–1859 (University of British Columbia Studies in the Ancient World 2). Pp. 264, figs. 137, color pls. 9. Oxbow Books, Oxford 2011. $96. ISBN 978-1-84217-992-5 (cloth).

Gachet-Bizollon, Jacqueline, ed. Le tell d'Akkaz au Koweït (Travaux de la Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée 57). Pp. 436, figs. 152, b&w pls. 21, color pls. 4, tables 63, plans 8, CD-ROM 1. Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée, Lyon 2011. €46. ISBN 978-2-35668-018-1 (paper).

Gallo, Giovanni, Vincenzo La Rosa, Filippo Stanco, and Davide Tanasi, eds. Radamante al computer: Archeologia e informatica nel mondo minoico. L'esperienza catanese. Atti delle giornate di studio Catania, 11 e 28 novembre 2008. Pp. 146, figs. 44. Università di Catania, Catania 2011. Price not available. ISBN 978-88-905786-0-1 (paper).

Gimatzidis, Stefanos. Die Stadt Sindos: Eine Siedlung von der späten Bronze bis zur klassichen Zeit am Thermaischen Golf in Makedonien (Prähistorische Archäologie in Südosteuropa 26). Pp. 531, figs. 108, pls. 145, tables 12. Marie Leidorf, Rahden 2010. €89.90. ISBN 978-3-89646-597-9 (cloth).

Horn, Frédérique. Ibères, Grecs et Puniques en Extrême-Occident: Les terres cuites de l'espace ibérique du VIII au II siècle av. J.-C. Pp. xi + 388, figs. 62, tables 41, maps 22, CD-ROM 1. Casa de Velázquez, Madrid 2011. €105. ISBN 978-84-96820-64-7 (paper).

Insoll, Timothy, ed. The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Ritual and Religion. Pp. xxvi + 1,108, figs. 149, tables 3. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2011. $150. ISBN 978-0-19-923244-4 (cloth).

Lavan, Luke, and Michael Mulryan, eds. The Archaeology of Late Antique "Paganism" (Late Antique Archaeology 7). Pp. lxv + 642, figs. 60. Brill, Leiden 2011. $255. ISBN 978-90-04-19237-9 (cloth).

Lenski, Noel, ed. The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Constantine. Pp. xx + 471, figs. 75, plans 12. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2012. $39.99. ISBN 978-1-107-60110-9 (paper).

Lolos, Yannis A. Land of Sikyon: Archaeology and History of a Greek City-State (Hesperia Suppl. 39). Pp. xxviii + 635, figs. 411, tables 12, maps 6. The American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Princeton 2011. $75. ISBN 978-0-87661-539-3 (cloth).

Mac Sweeney, Naoíse. Community Identity and Archaeology: Dynamic Communities at Aphrodisias and Beycesultan. Pp. x + 266, figs. 22, tables 9. University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor 2011. $75. ISBN 978-0-472-11786-4 (cloth).

Metcalf, William E., ed. The Oxford Handbook of Greek and Roman Coinage. Pp. xviii + 688, figs. 920, tables 15. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2012. $150. ISBN 978-0-19-530574-6 (cloth).

Pullen, Daniel J. Nemea Valley Archaeological Project. Vol. 1, The Early Bronze Age Village on Tsoungiza Hill. Pp. xl + 1,047, figs. 421, tables 171. The American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Princeton 2011. $150. ISBN 978-0-87661-922-3 (cloth).

Ray, John D. Texts from the Baboon and Falcon Galleries: Demotic, Hieroglyphic and Greek Inscriptions from the Sacred Animal Necropolis, North Saqqara (Egypt Exploration Society Texts from Excavations 15). Pp. xiv + 374, figs. 172. The Egypt Exploration Society, London 2011. £90. ISBN 978-0-85698-205-7 (paper).

Rose, C. Brian, and Gareth Darbyshire, eds. The New Chronology of Iron Age Gordion (Gordion Special Studies 6). Pp. xiii + 181, figs. 107, tables 10. University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia 2011. $69.95. ISBN 978-1-934536-44-5 (cloth).

Seifert, Martina. Dazugehören: Kinder in Kulten und Festen von Oikos und Phratrie. Bildanalysen zu attischen Sozialisationsstufen des 6. bis 4. Jarhunderts v. Chr. Pp. 398, b&w pls. 42. Franz Steiner, Stuttgart 2011. €64. ISBN 978-3-515-09642-3 (paper).

Smith, Amy C. Polis and Personification in Classical Athenian Art (Monumenta Graecia et Romana 19). Pp. xlvi + 202, figs. 95. Brill, Leiden 2011. $179. ISBN 978-90-04-19417-5 (cloth).

Spanu, Marcello. The Theater of Diokaisareia (Diokaisareia in Kilikien: Ergebnisse des Surveys 2001–2006 2). Pp. x + 134, figs. 66, color pls. 4, b&w pls. 54, plans 13. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2011. $180. ISBN 978-3-11-022222-7 (cloth).

Strudwick, Nigel, and Helen Strudwick, eds. Old Kingdom, New Perspectives: Egyptian Art and Archaeology 2750–2150 BC. Pp. vii + 320, figs. 224, color pls. 14, tables 12. Oxbow Books, Oxford 2011. $120. ISBN 978-1-84217-430-2 (cloth).

Vasilikou, Dora. Το χρονικό της ανασκαφής των Μυκηνών 1870–1878 (Βιβλιοθήκη της εν Αθήναις Αρχαιολογικής Εταιρε ίας 274). Pp. 238, figs. 22. The Archaeological Society at Athens, Athens 2011. Price not available. ISBN 978-960-8145-87-0 (paper).

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Untitled Peter Vincent Fiction

vilawolf — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:02:31 GMT

Untitled Peter Vincent Fiction

Legal Disclaimer: The characters and situations depicted herein belong to DreamWorks SKG and Albuquerque Studios. No copyright infringement is intended and all work was done within Fair Use guidelines. This story has been written for my own enjoyment and for the enjoyment of my friends and readers. No profit ever has or ever will be made from its existence.

Simple Disclaimer: I own no one and nothing, except for a very warped, messed up mind that likes playing with other people's characters and universes. I make no money from any of this, so please don't sue me. Besides, I've only got about five bucks and half a bottle of whiskey anyway.

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Archive Warning: Major Character Death
Category: Gen
Fandom: Fright Night (2011)
Relationship: None
Characters: Jerry Dandridge, Peter Vincent
Published: 2012-02-06
Words: 2683
Chapters: 1/1

Places Posted: http://archiveofourown.org/works/334045 & http://vilawolf.livejournal.com/

Summary: Jerry vs Peter. One on One.

This is likely a one shot, but if I ever get the itch to write about Peter again it may be Peter on Stage and Jerry showing up to finish things. I'm thinking about Peter on stage vs Peter off stage and what would happen and how would the show change with Peter a vampire now and how high would the body count be if Jerry showed up during one of the shows....

So the closing is a sloppy, I hope I got across something about Peter here.

Gripe:

Ok, I just want to say something about this version of Peter Vincent. Yes, I understand his reluctance to fight a vampire. Especially the same vampire that terrorized him as a child and murdered his parents. I understand that in his own home flight overrides fight no matter who dies.

But there is no need to rip him apart in some of the fan fictions that I’ve read people. NONE AT ALL.

What you are missing folks, is that Peter is /damn good/ at his day-job. He HAS to be good at illusion and escapes or he would not be working the holy bloody grail of magical jobs = The Las Vegas Strip. AND… don’t forget, he’s not putting on his show in someone’s basement or the over-stuffed lobby of a back alley casino. He’s headlining the Hard Rock Hotel.

Remember this fact next time you decide to lock him in a closet with a stock door-lock. HE CAN GET OUT. If memory serves one of the deleted/extended scenes was him performing Houdini’s dangling straight-jacket escape. BEING UPSIDE DOWN DOES NOT BOTHER HIM.

HANDCUFFS, CHAINS, PADLOCKS, DOORS, WONT STOP HIM IF HIS ASS IS ON THE LINE. Escape is a vital part of ‘get me the fuck out of here before I die.’ And he is DAMN GOOD at it, you do not get paid a Vegas Headliner’s salary if you suck.

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Five of them held him down, ripped his shirt and he felt the flesh of his stomach and chest tear as they scratched and bit him. He felt his life drain and in a moment the alcoholic content of his blood nearly doubled, causing the room to spin wildly. Before he had been able to follow the kid here he had taken as much liquid courage as he dared and now with so little blood left in his body he was quickly going from drunk to shit-faced.

They pulled their fangs back and he moaned. A voice from somewhere off to the side, he couldn't quite understand what it said but the vampires backed off. He forced his eyes to focus then wished he hadn't. Jerry was there, standing over him. The face that had haunted his sleep since childhood. The face that had murdered his parents and left him alone in the world. The face that had in a strange way made him the magician he was today.

“Did you really think this would work Pete?”

Somewhere in the blood loss, the torn muscle in his arm, the drunkenness, Peter thought it sounded like a bad line from a show he'd once done.

He groaned when he had meant to say something meaningful, perhaps even defiant. The vampire leaned over him and grabbed him by the now empty ammo belt around his chest and lifted him up. As the room swam he caught a brief look at Charlies body, the girl still over him with blood on her face and it was all he could to not to puke as he thought 'Stupid kid. I told you this would happen.'

Jerry half carried him, half dragged him across the room, up the short steps, down the hallway, and tossed him in a tiny room, no bigger than a storage closet. He landed hard against dirt floor as the door closed and he subconsciously heard the door lock. He picked himself off the floor, his cell was empty save for a large plastic trunk, he leaned against the back wall and slid down into the corner behind the trunk, pulling his knees against him.

He woke up in dim light, more afraid to find himself still alive than glad in his good fortune. The fresh stinging on his neck told him Jerry had been back. The wounds on his chest looked bad, he could barely move one arm and he was sure his leg was infected. He knew what the thin black lines spreading across his body meant. Some desperate, foolish part of him clung to the hope that he could get out of here in time even as he knew it was already too late.

He reached for his cell phone but his pockets where empty. Even the hidden ones for tiny lockpicks, keys and other items he used in his shows and carried out of habit or because he just felt off with out. He looked at the trunk he was hiding behind. Covered in dirt, he brushed it off with a bloody hand. Plastic, gaudy, a goth look to it. The sort of think they sold tourists at the gift shop of the hotel he worked at. No. No, it wasn't... he went around the other side and knelt, brushing off the front of it and winced as he read his name and saw the logo of his show.

A fist to the top, directly over the lock and it popped open. “cheap tourist crap” Why he wanted to look inside he didn't know. With Jerry it could be anything. A body, body parts, apples, or tools. He was hoping for tools, would probably scream if he found body parts, but saw only dirt. He dug in to it but found nothing. He froze as he heard footsteps above him, eyes widening as he tracked them to the trapdoor, relaxing as they moved back. He looked at his watch, rubbing dirt off it's face with a thumb. It had been almost twenty four hours.

He needed a drink, desperately wanted an entire bottle of Midori at least. It was what any self respecting emotionally crippled Englishman lock inside his own nightmare come to life would do in his place. Drown the fear so he could at least die with dignity. The nightmare beast in the closet he knew to be real had finally stepped out of the shadows, reached out a grabbed him and was above him this very moment and he was it's prisoner, it's food until it was done with him and he was either dead or turned. He should have run. He shouldn't have let Charlie convince him he was anything other than the coward he had always pretended to be. He had tried to warn him, tried to tell him to take his girlfriend and run. Now he was dead an she turned and he was locked in a fucking box half dead and starting to turn.

He didn't want to deal with this. He wanted to run. His penthouse wasn't secure or far enough away. Back to England? With his costume and fake tattoos he knew no one back home would recognize him as the magician. That was how he had designed it. So he could go anywhere he wanted without being mobbed by crowds demanding he make their car vanish. But... Jerry had crossed the sea once, probably did it every few years. The part of him that was sober was telling him it was already too late.

The vampire would be back and soon and he was locked in a fucking closet buried thirty feet below ground with nothing of any use. Even the skeleton key that had opened every lock to every hand cuff, padlock and crate in his show he kept for emergencies. All he had was this cheap plastic crate with his name on it, mocking him, screaming at him in large pin-stripped letters 'MASTER OF DARKNESS”.

He was going to die. Jerry was going to kill him. A strange emotion sparked in the back of his throat. There was no such thing as a Magician Proof anything, all it took was time. Enough time and he could get out of a bank vault. Of course anyone could do anything given enough time so an artificial time limit would always be imposed. The coffin on the conveyor belt being drawn into a wood chipper for instance. Any magician worth their stuff could get out of police issue cuffs in less time than it took to close the lid. The time for the coffin to move towards destruction was to give the audience something else to look at while the guy inside knocked out the back panel and dropped to the ground behind the mirror places in front of the belt. Sometimes you didn't even have to slip the cuffs. The trick still worked as long as you made your mark around the other side of the truck (of course in the opposite direction the wood chips would fly so no one saw you crouch-running) and gave a loud enough shout.

He looked at the mocking crate then his eyes slid to the metal plate where the door nob should be, up to the single dim bulb behind plexiglass. He had plenty to work with.

His ear caught the sound of a do it your self brand lock sliding. The kind he had picked nightly while hanging upside down thirty feet in the air with his hands tied behind his back. That stunt came in the second act of his show... the three hot chick vampires would tie him up, hang him by his ankles in a recreation of one of Bathory's many cruelties. All it took was the though of his show to remind him of Ginger....sure they had given each other crap but they had always stuck together. Their relationship was like that. They could yell and insult one moment and hold each others life their hands next. It was the closest he had allowed himself to get to another person, the closest to a normal relationship to another human he had had since his parents and now...

God, she was dead...

The door opened into the blacked hallway, the sober part of him noted the internal hinges on the door as Jerry stood there.

“You're a bastard you know that?”

“And you are a coward.”

“I know that.”

“You taste like you mother.”

He had nothing for that and only watches as the vampire seemed to fill the room while the sober part him tried to tell him it was only because Jerry was blocking the light. In the moment he looked away his eyes and the side of his head suddenly throbbed a pounding ache and he dropped to his knees, not sure if he was punched or kicked. He felt a sharp pain on his collar bone, a nerve pinched an his arm felt like it was simultaneously on fire and going numb. He clenched his jaw, caught his breath and it took every ounce of him not to scream as Jerry fed.

The door was closing and he was crying. His arm was numb to the fingertips and he used his other hand to stuff the injured one into it's pocket. He pulled himself to his corner behind the dirt filled chest and wedged himself in. How many now? Two from Jerry. How many from the others? His chest and leg counted five minimum. He had to get out of here. He had to.. no.. not to sleep. That was bad.

Jerry's voice some how clear even down the hall … “Not long now. Not, if you die during the day Pete.”

He hissed back, though weak and a voice wracked with pain and grief “fucking snacker.”

He just wanted to lean back and sleep. To close his eyes for a moment. He could set the alarm on his watch to wake him up. No. The sober part of his mind was now screaming at him to stay awake. He tried to stand but his heart couldn't take any sudden movements and he nearly blacked out. The blackness edging in his vision, the numbness behind his ears, the faint and already fading taste of a copper penny in his mouth. He tried again, pulling himself up slowly.

If he could not get out of here, he had no right calling himself a Master Magician let alone the Master of Darkness. He kicked the crate over, picked it up and shook out the dirt.

“CHEAP PLASTIC TOURIST CRAP!” he rammed it against the door as above him Jerry smiled, nursing a beer and listing to everything going on under him.

He ended up having to stomp the crate swearing about injection molding until he had broken off a piece small enough for his purposes. He rubbed one side of it against the cement wall until his arm woke up, then used that hand to keep working at the edge, looking at his watch every so often. Around five am the footsteps above him moved in the direction of the trap door and he slipped the sliver of plastic into the long pocket in the waistband of his jeans.

The lock clicked and Jerry smiled.

“Now why did you do that? I paid good money for that when I saw your show last month.”

“I'll get you another one.”

“Some master of the dark arts you are Pete. A vampire in your audience and you didn't even know.”

“You have any idea how many faces I see every night?”

He couldn't help but feel annoyed at the familiarity of the bad show-like dialog.

The vampire smiled, set the flask on the dirt pile gave one more smile and locked the door. Minutes ticked away as he stared at it. For the first time in a long while he knew he shouldn't drink. His heart and liver probably could not take it and he had something to do. He picked it up and looked at it. He flicked it open and took a sip. Just a coward who pretended nightly to be a fearless vampire killer. What the hell, it was already too late.

He was exhausted & dizzy but he did not let himself sleep. He had worked on that bit of plastic for most of the day, thinning one end of it until it would be useful to him, the rest of it had gone swimmingly fast. He eyed his watch, waiting for the moment he knew would come. Once out of his cell, he locked the door, made for the few items he wanted to take with him, and was up the trapdoor. Here he waited a moment, watching his watch again. He could hear the vampire in the main house, waiting for his mark. It wouldn't do to have Jerry see him try and tun for his life … finally his cue came with the garage door sliding closed. He opened the panel in the closet and was out of the house.

At the entrance to the subdivision he stopped a car, borrowed a cell phone and in a few minutes Hotel Security had a small army of police at Jerry's while he was long since whisked away back to the hotel. The Hard Rock offered the man who's cell phone he had borrowed several thousand to never blog or talk of this until an official statement was given, while also putting he and his wife up in the hotel. While in the ambulance he over heard the emt comment on his too low bp on the radio and he said something about a psychotic who thought he was a vampire who had kidnapped him. He'd seen bodies in a dug-out basement... the Hotel Representative sitting next to him looked at him, looked at the emt and was on the phone with the hotel about that thing they had always talked about but never thought would actually happen.

He turned on the news two days later to a reporter talking about a house of horrors. He had convinced the hospital staff to allow him to leave once his more severe injuries were looked at and tended to. Severe anemia could easily be treated at home, when money wasn't an issue. The at home nurse looked from her charts and machine as the raid unfolded live to the world. His name wasn't mentioned in a single report (that's the PR department for you. They has assured him a 'leak' was planted to let his name slip in a few weeks, however, an engendered reveal for the most bang)

Seven bodies were found and brought out, at least two of them bursting into flames once the sun touched the half zipped body bags. That left five vampires plus Jerry. He'd have to remember that. Jerry wasn't home though, the obvious signs of quick packing in the house. He wondered how long it took it to realize he was gone and how long of a head start he'd really had, or if it had simply let him go. Had it been angry or amused? The clock told him it was 2 pm. His bedroom windowless yet brightly lit. The windows in the main room were wide open to the sun as long as she was here.

He pulled a shirt on, and put his wig on, the mustache and goatee went on in the doorway. Pulled his long coat on and cocked a finger at the nurse as he pushed the button for his elevator. By the time he reached the stage he was in character. A quick rehearsal, two shows later and a girl was sharing the elevator ride back up with him. She was only slightly drunk as they poked around his collection. Neatly cleaned up and repaired in his absence.

They chatted about this and that until he remembered that he had promised her dinner. She laughed until she caught his reflection.

He loved this town.

I can make Cabal Fan Art?

vilawolf — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 06:30:51 GMT

vilawolf — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 21:08:12 GMT

FUCKING SPAMMERS BE PISSING ME OFF!
seriously... everyday I'm deleting at minimum 5 spams off of old / back posts.

Buy an authentic 'Dracula Coffin' for $136

vilawolf — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 20:58:46 GMT

http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2011/09/20/bargain_coffins_from_transylvania_where_else/

The Associated Press
Bargain coffins from Transylvania. Where else?
By Alison Mutler
Associated Press / September 20, 2011

SIBIU,
Romania—Times are so hard in Romania that people joke they cannot
afford to die. Yet in the mountains of Transylvania, carpenters are
churning out cut-price coffins in a bid to beat the rising costs of
death.

Ilie Troanca says he’s beating the recession blues with
bargain coffins that sell for around euro100 ($136) in Transylvania,
home of the Dracula legend.

So far, he’s sold just a few hundred,
but the coffins have only been on the market for a couple of months. He
has already attracted plenty of attention far beyond the Transylvanian
city of Sibiu, 300 kilometers (188 miles) northwest of Bucharest.

“I
saw there was an opportunity and that we had unused space,” said
Troanca, director of the Sibiu state timber and forest industry, which
oversees 180,000 hectares (445,000 acres) of oak, beech, pine forests.

The
no-frills coffins sell for 350 to 450 lei (euro82 to euro106 or $112 to
$145) plus 24 percent sales tax, depending on the wood and the
complexity of the design. Oak is the most expensive, while beech and
pine are less pricey.

Coffins are big business in Romania, a
country of 22 million, which has an aging population but where scarcely
anyone is cremated. Regular coffins can sell for hundreds or thousands
of euros depending on how fancy they are, and in addition to buying a
plot, families often have to pay bribes to graveyard caretakers to
secure a decent burial site.

Long slices of wood from the trees
that cover the Carpathian Mountains were stacked outside Troanca’s
workshop like bread sticks.

“This would have become firewood” if we hadn’t used it, he said.

It takes about one day to craft an inexpensive coffin before it is painted
or lacquered. There are two designs, rectangular or hexagonal, which
has a six-cornered lid.

“It’s a good idea,” said Sorin Ceausila, a
42-year-old carpenter who was jobless before being hired to make
bargain coffins. “We all die and someone has to make the coffins.”

The Lost Boys of Gurps Help!

vilawolf — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 01:13:23 GMT

Some of you know that my old computer took a shit and died on me a couple months ago. Being broke I could not afford a new one for just over a month and in that time I hand wrote a conversion for The Lost Boys movies, scripts, and books to the GURPS Table Top role playing game.

http://thelbrpg.wikia.com

I ended up with more than 4 1/2 inch binders of hand written character notes, script comparisons, movie notes, character stats and hand drawn maps.

Some of you also know that about two weeks ago I decided to create a wikia for that conversion as a way of getting it out there, easy set up and easily editable, cause the odds of my actually publishing it are next to nothing.

Aside from that fact that I have only the most basic (read NONE) knowledge of creating and maintaining a wikia and my scanner cannot read my hand writing so I cannot simply scan as a text file I have become massively overwhelmed by this project.

I am humbly calling for the help of our incredible fandom.

I’ve got stats and maps and everything GURPS side, if your favorite character has not been given their own page yet, feel free to jump on it.

Edit the hell out of it. Upload pics. Create pages. Tell me if I fucked anything up.

http://thelbrpg.wikia.com

Really Fuckers?

vilawolf — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 06:43:36 GMT

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jul/24/priests-abuse-catholic-legal-plea

So the Catholic Church is wanting to get out of paying damages to victims of child molestation by claiming priests are not legally employees:

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Catholic church's plea could rule out damages for priests' abuse

Victims' lawyers condemn 'scandalous' defence that Catholic priests are not legally employees of the church

Jamie Doward
The Observer, Sunday 24 July 2011

The Irish president, Mary McAleese, has reminded the church of its ‘stated objective of putting children first’. Photograph: Paul Faith/PA

Victims of sexual abuse by priests will no longer be able to sue the Catholic church for damages if a landmark judgment rules that priests should not be considered as employees.

In a little publicised case heard this month at the high court, the church claimed that it is not "vicariously liable" for priests' actions. The church has employed the argument in the past but this was the first time it had been used in open court and a ruling in the church's favour would set a legal precedent.

The use of the defence raises further questions about the church's willingness to accept culpability for abuse. It follows a damning report into abuse at the diocese of Cloyne in Ireland which prompted the Irish president, Mary McAleese, to call on leaders of the church "to urgently reflect on how, by coherent and effective action, it can restore public trust and confidence in its stated objective of putting children first".

Those planning to bring claims in relation to the high court case expressed dismay. "As children, we weren't given an innocent, carefree and safe environment," said one. "We weren't given a peaceful structure in which to grow and develop normally. By some miracle, some of us are still here to voice the words of so many who can't. Only a small number of victims ever come forward. The full potential of who we could have been as adults has been stolen."

The church's defence has been condemned by lawyers. "I think the Catholic church's attempt to avoid responsibility for the abhorrent actions of one of its priests is nothing short of scandalous," said Richard Scorer of the law firm Pannone, which specialises in abuse cases. "The Catholic church would be better served by facing up to its responsibilities rather than trying to hide behind spurious employment law arguments."

The ruling is being made as part of a preliminary hearing into the case of "JGE", who claims to have been sexually abused while a six-year-old resident at The Firs, a children's home in Portsmouth run by an order of nuns, the English Province of Our Lady of Charity. "If we fail, it would mean that no other victims of Catholic priests would be able to be compensated," said Tracey Emmott of Emmott Snell, a specialist in working with sexual abuse claims who is representing JGE.

JGE alleges that she was sexually abused by Father Wilfred Baldwin, a priest of the Roman Catholic diocese of Portsmouth and its "vocations director", who regularly visited The Firs during the 70s. Her legal team claim the nuns were negligent and in breach of duty, and that the diocese was liable for Baldwin's alleged abuse as he was a Catholic priest engaged within the work of the diocese.

Previous hearings in the House of Lords and the court of appeal relating to other church organisations have found that ministers should be treated as employees. But there has been no judgment yet on whether the relationship between a Catholic priest and his bishop is akin to an employment relationship.

"They claim that the relationship between the bishop of the diocese and the parish priest in question does not amount to anything akin to a relationship of employment, and therefore there cannot be any 'vicarious liability' for the priest's acts," Emmott said.

"That is to say, whatever sexual abuse their priests might commit, it is not their responsibility. They are absolved of blame. We need to show that, while Father Baldwin wasn't strictly an employee of the church, he was acting on the bishop's behalf and that the bishop clearly had a degree of control over his activities."

Criminal proceedings against Baldwin, who was the subject of a police investigation, concluded when he died of a heart attack in 2006.

U.S. Flag Code

vilawolf — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 05:41:48 GMT

What is the U.S. Code?

The United States Code is the official, subject matter order, compilation of the Federal laws of a general and permanent nature that are currently in force. In accordance with section 285b of title 2 of the U.S. Code, the Code is compiled by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the United States House of Representatives. The Code is divided into 50 titles by subject matter. Each title is divided into sections. Sections within a title may be grouped together as subtitles, chapters, subchapters, parts, subparts, or divisions. Titles may also have appendices which may be divided into sections, rules and/or forms.

The subjects covered by the 50 titles of the U.S. Code are:
1. General Provisions
2. The Congress
3. The President
4. Flag and Seal, Seat of Government, and the States
5. Government Organization and Employees
6. Surety Bonds (repealed by the enactment of Title 31)
7. Agriculture
8. Aliens and Nationality
9. Arbitration
10. Armed Forces
11. Bankruptcy
12. Banks and Banking
13. Census
14. Coast Guard
15. Commerce and Trade
16. Conservation
17. Copyrights
18. Crimes and Criminal Procedure
19. Customs Duties
20. Education
21. Food and Drugs
22. Foreign Relations and Intercourse
23. Highways
24. Hospitals and Asylums
25. Indians
26. Internal Revenue Code
27. Intoxicating Liquors
28. Judiciary and Judicial Procedure
29. Labor
30. Mineral Lands and Mining
31. Money and Finance
32. National Guard
33. Navigation and Navigable Waters
34. Navy (eliminated by the enactment of Title 10)
35. Patents
36. Patriotic Societies and Observations
37. Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services
38. Veterans' Benefits
39. Postal Service
40. Public Buildings, Property, and Works
41. Public Contracts
42. The Public Health and Welfare
43. Public Lands
44. Public Printing and Documents
45. Railroads
46. Shipping
47. Telegraphs, Telephones, and Radiotelegraphs
48. Territories and Insular Possessions
49. Transportation
50. War and National Defense

The "FLAG CODE"

Previous to Flag Day, June 14, 1923 there were no federal or state regulations governing display of the United States Flag. It was on this date that the National Flag Code was adopted by the National Flag Conference which was attended by representatives of the Army and Navy which had evolved their own procedures, and some 66 other national groups. This purpose of providing guidance based on the Army and Navy procedures relating to display and associated questions about the U. S. Flag was adopted by all organizations in attendance.

A few minor changes were made a year later during the Flag Day 1924 Conference, It was not until June 22, 1942 that Congress passed a joint resolution which was amended on December 22, 1942 to become Public Law 829; Chapter 806, 77th Congress, 2nd session. Exact rules for use and display of the flag (36 U.S.C. 173-178) as well as associated sections (36 U.S.C. 171) Conduct during Playing of the National Anthem, (36 U.S.C. 172) the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag, and Manner of Delivery were included.

This code is the guide for all handling and display of the Stars and Stripes. It does not impose penalties for misuse of the United States Flag. That is left to the states and to the federal government for the District of Columbia. Each state has its own flag law.

Criminal penalties for certain acts of desecration to the flag were contained in Title 18 of the United States Code prior to 1989. The Supreme Court decision in Texas v. Johnson; June 21, 1989, held the statute unconstitutional. This statute was amended when the Flag Protection Act of 1989 (Oct. 28, 1989) imposed a fine and/or up to I year in prison for knowingly mutilating, defacing, physically defiling, maintaining on the floor or trampling upon any flag of the United States. The Flag Protection Act of 1989 was struck down by the Supreme Court decision, United States vs. Eichman, decided on June 11, 1990.

While the Code empowers the President of the United States to alter, modify, repeal or prescribe additional rules regarding the Flag, no federal agency has the authority to issue 'official' rulings legally binding on civilians or civilian groups. Consequently, different interpretations of various provisions of the Code may continue to be made. The Flag Code may be fairly tested: 'No disrespect should be shown to the Flag of the United States of America.' Therefore, actions not specifically included in the Code may be deemed acceptable as long as proper respect is shown.

UNITED STATES CODE

Where to Purchase a Copy of the U.S. Code
If you are using it for legal research, I urge you to verify your results with the printed U.S. Code available through the U.S. Government Printing Office. The printed U.S Code is available for purchase through the Government Printing Office (GPO) at (202) 512-1800, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., eastern time. Orders can also be sent by mail to:

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GPO accepts checks, VISA, and MasterCard.

The U.S. Code is also available on CD-ROM from the Goverment Printing Office. The U.S. Code CD-ROM with the laws in effect as of January 2, 1992, (stock number 052-001-00438-8) is available for $34. The U.S. Code CD-ROM with the laws in effect as of January 4, 1993, (stock number 052-001-00389-6) will be available (January 17, 1995) for $36. The U.S. Code CD-ROM with the laws in effect as of January 24, 1994, is scheduled to be available March 31, 1995.

On-Line copy of the U.S. Code.

Source of document below: CD-ROM prepared and published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the House of Representatives. It contains the laws in force on January 4, 1993.

UNITED STATES CODE
TITLE 36
CHAPTER 10

PATRIOTIC CUSTOMS

§ 170. National anthem; Star-Spangled Banner.
§ 171. Conduct during playing.
§ 172. Pledge of allegiance to the flag; manner of delivery.
§ 173. Display and use of flag by civilians; codification of rules and customs; definition.
§ 174. Time and occasions for display.
§ 175. Position and manner of display.
§ 176. Respect for flag.
§ 177. Conduct during hoisting, lowering or passing of flag.
§ 178. Modification of rules and customs by President.
§ 179. Design for service flag; persons entitled to display flag.
§ 180. Design for service lapel button; persons entitled to wear button.
§ 181. Approval of designs by Secretary of Defense; license tomanufacture and sell; penalties.
§ 182. Rules and regulations.
§ 182a to 184. Repealed.
§ 185. Transferred.
§ 186. National motto.
§ 187. National floral emblem.
§ 188. National march.
§ 189. Recognition of National League of Families POW/MIA flag.

§170. National anthem; Star-Spangled Banner
The composition consisting of the words and music known as The Star-Spangled Banner is designated the national anthem of the United States of America.

§171. Conduct during playing
During rendition of the national anthem when the flag is displayed, all present except those in uniform should stand at attention facing the flag with the right hand over the heart. Men not in uniform should remove their headdress with their right hand and hold it at the left shoulder, the hand being over the heart. Persons in uniform should render the military salute at the first note of the anthem and retain this position until the last note. When the flag is not displayed, those present should face toward the music and act in the same manner they would if the flag were displayed there.

§172. Pledge of allegiance to the flag; manner of delivery
The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag, 'I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.', should be rendered by standing at attention facing the flag with the right hand over the heart. When not in uniform men should remove their headdress with their right hand and hold it at the left shoulder, the hand being over the heart. Persons in uniform should remain silent, face the flag, and render the military salute.

§173. Display and use of flag by civilians; codification of rules and customs; definition
The following codification of existing rules and customs pertaining to the display and use of the flag of the United States of America is established for the use of such civilians or civilian groups or organizations as may not be required to conform with regulations promulgated by one or more executive departments of the Government of the United States. The flag of the United States for the purpose of this chapter shall be defined according to sections 1 and 2 of title 4 and Executive Order 10834 issued pursuant thereto.

§174. Time and occasions for display

(a) Display on buildings and stationary flagstaffs in open; night display

It is the universal custom to display the flag only from sunrise to sunset on buildings and on stationary flagstaffs in the open. However, when a patriotic effect is desired, the flag may be displayed twenty-four hours a day if properly illuminated during the hours of darkness.
(b) Manner of hoisting

The flag should be hoisted briskly and lowered ceremoniously.
(c) Inclement weather

The flag should not be displayed on days when the weather is inclement, except when an all weather flag is displayed.
(d) Particular days of display

The flag should be displayed on all days, especially on New Year's Day, January 1; Inauguration Day, January 20; Lincoln's Birthday, February 12; Washington's Birthday, third Monday in February; Easter Sunday (variable); Mother's Day, second Sunday in May; Armed Forces Day, third Saturday in May; Memorial Day (half-staff until noon), the last Monday in May; Flag Day, June 14; Independence Day, July 4; Labor Day, first Monday in September; Constitution Day, September 17; Columbus Day, second Monday in October; Navy Day, October 27; Veterans Day, November 11; Thanksgiving Day, fourth Thursday in November; Christmas Day, December 25; and such other days as may be proclaimed by the President of the United States; the birthdays of States (date of admission); and on State holidays.
(e) Display on or near administration building of public institutions

The flag should be displayed daily on or near the main administration building of every public institution.
(f) Display in or near polling places

The flag should be displayed in or near every polling place on election days.
(g) Display in or near schoolhouses

The flag should be displayed during school days in or near every schoolhouse.

§175. Position and manner of display
The flag, when carried in a procession with another flag or flags, should be either on the marching right; that is, the flag's own right, or, if there is a line of other flags, in front of the center of that line.

(a) The flag should not be displayed on a float in a parade except from a staff, or as provided in subsection (i) of this section.
(b) The flag should not be draped over the hood, top, sides, or back of a vehicle or of a railroad train or a boat. When the flag is displayed on a motorcar, the staff shall be fixed firmly to the chassis or clamped to the right fender.
(c) No other flag or pennant should be placed above or, if on the same level, to the right of the flag of the United States of America, except during church services conducted by naval chaplains at sea, when the church pennant may be flown above the flag during church services for the personnel of the Navy. No person shall display the flag of the United Nations or any other national or international flag equal, above, or in a position of superior prominence or honor to, or in place of, the flag of the United States at any place within the United States or any Territory or possession thereof: Provided, That nothing in this section shall make unlawful the continuance of the practice heretofore followed of displaying the flag of the United Nations in a position of superior prominence or honor, and other national flags in positions of equal prominence or honor, with that of the flag of the United States at the headquarters of the United Nations.
(d) The flag of the United States of America, when it is displayed with another flag against a wall from crossed staffs, should be on the right, the flag's own right, and its staff should be in front of the staff of the other flag.
(e) The flag of the United States of America should be at the center and at the highest point of the group when a number of flags of States or localities or pennants of societies are grouped and displayed from staffs.
(f) When flags of States, cities, or localities, or pennants of societies are flown on the same halyard with the flag of the United States, the latter should always be at the peak. When the flags are flown from adjacent staffs, the flag of the United States should be hoisted first and lowered last. No such flag or pennant may be placed above the flag of the United States or to the United States flag's right.
(g) When flags of two or more nations are displayed, they are to be flown from separate staffs of the same height. The flags should be of approximately equal size. International usage forbids the display of the flag of one nation above that of another nation in time of peace.
(h) When the flag of the United States is displayed from a staff projecting horizontally or at an angle from the window sill, balcony, or front of a building, the union of the flag should be placed at the peak of the staff unless the flag is at half staff. When the flag is suspended over a sidewalk from a rope extending from a house to a pole at the edge of the sidewalk, the flag should be hoisted out, union first, from the building.
(i) When displayed either horizontally or vertically against a wall, the union should be uppermost and to the flag's own right, that is, to the observer's left. When displayed in a window, the flag should be displayed in the same way, with the union or blue field to the left of the observer in the street.
(j) When the flag is displayed over the middle of the street, it should be suspended vertically with the union to the north in an east and west street or to the east in a north and south street.
(k) When used on a speaker's platform, the flag, if displayed flat, should be displayed above and behind the speaker. When displayed from a staff in a church or public auditorium, the flag of the United States of America should hold the position of superior prominence, in advance of the audience, and in the position of honor at the clergyman's or speaker's right as he faces the audience. Any other flag so displayed should be placed on the left of the clergyman or speaker or to the right of the audience.
(l) The flag should form a distinctive feature of the ceremony of unveiling a statue or monument, but it should never be used as the covering for the statue or monument.
(m) The flag, when flown at half-staff, should be first hoisted to the peak for an instant and then lowered to the half-staff position. The flag should be again raised to the peak before it is lowered for the day. On Memorial Day the flag should be displayed at half-staff until noon only, then raised to the top of the staff. By order of the President, the flag shall be flown at half-staff upon the death of principal figures of the United States Government and the Governor of a State, territory, or possession, as a mark of respect to their memory. In the event of the death of other officials or foreign dignitaries, the flag is to be displayed at half-staff according to Presidential instructions or orders, or in accordance with recognized customs or practices not inconsistent with law. In the event of the death of a present or former official of the government of any State, territory, or possession of the United States, the Governor of that State, territory, or possession may proclaim that the National flag shall be flown at half-staff. The flag shall be flown at half-staff thirty days from the death of the President or a former President; ten days from the day of death of the Vice President, the Chief Justice or a retired Chief Justice of the United States, or the Speaker of the House of Representatives; from the day of death until interment of an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, a Secretary of an executive or military department, a former Vice President, or the Governor of a State, territory, or possession; and on the day of death and the following day for a Member of Congress. As used in this subsection -
(1) the term 'half-staff' means the position of the flag when it is one-half the distance between the top and bottom of the staff;
(2) the term 'executive or military department' means any agency listed under sections 101 and 102 of title 5; and
(3) the term 'Member of Congress' means a Senator, a Representative, a Delegate, or the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico.
(n) When the flag is used to cover a casket, it should be so placed that the union is at the head and over the left shoulder. The flag should not be lowered into the grave or allowed to touch the ground.
(o) When the flag is suspended across a corridor or lobby in a building with only one main entrance, it should be suspended vertically with the union of the flag to the observer's left upon entering. If the building has more than one main entrance, the flag should be suspended vertically near the center of the corridor or lobby with the union to the north, when entrances are to the east and west or to the east when entrances are to the north and south. If there are entrances in more than two directions, the union should be to the east.

§176. Respect for flag
No disrespect should be shown to the flag of the United States of America; the flag should not be dipped to any person or thing. Regimental colors, State flags, and organization or institutional flags are to be dipped as a mark of honor.

(a) The flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.
(b) The flag should never touch anything beneath it, such as the ground, the floor, water, or merchandise.
(c) The flag should never be carried flat or horizontally, but always aloft and free.
(d) The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery. It should never be festooned, drawn back, nor up, in folds, but always allowed to fall free. Bunting of blue, white, and red, always arranged with the blue above, the white in the middle, and the red below, should be used for covering a speaker's desk, draping the front of the platform, and for decoration in general.
(e) The flag should never be fastened, displayed, used, or stored in such a manner as to permit it to be easily torn, soiled, or damaged in any way.
(f) The flag should never be used as a covering for a ceiling.
(g) The flag should never have placed upon it, nor on any part of it, nor attached to it any mark, insignia, letter, word, figure, design, picture, or drawing of any nature.
(h) The flag should never be used as a receptacle for receiving, holding, carrying, or delivering anything.
(i) The flag should never be used for advertising purposes in any manner whatsoever. It should not be embroidered on such articles as cushions or handkerchiefs and the like, printed or otherwise impressed on paper napkins or boxes or anything that is designed for temporary use and discard. Advertising signs should not be fastened to a staff or halyard from which the flag is flown.
(j) No part of the flag should ever be used as a costume or athletic uniform. However, a flag patch may be affixed to the uniform of military personnel, firemen, policemen, and members of patriotic organizations. The flag represents a living country and is itself considered a living thing. Therefore, the lapel flag pin being a replica, should be worn on the left lapel near the heart.
(k) The flag, when it is in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display, should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning.

§177. Conduct during hoisting, lowering or passing of flag
During the ceremony of hoisting or lowering the flag or when the flag is passing in a parade or in review, all persons present except those in uniform should face the flag and stand at attention with the right hand over the heart. Those present in uniform should render the military salute. When not in uniform, men should remove their headdress with their right hand and hold it at the left shoulder, the hand being over the heart. Aliens should stand at attention. The salute to the flag in a moving column should be rendered at the moment the flag passes.

§178. Modification of rules and customs by President
Any rule or custom pertaining to the display of the flag of the United States of America, set forth herein, may be altered, modified, or repealed, or additional rules with respect thereto may be prescribed, by the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the United States, whenever he deems it to be appropriate or desirable; and any such alteration or additional rule shall be set forth in a proclamation.

§179. Design for service flag; persons entitled to display flag
The Secretary of Defense is authorized and directed to approve a design for a service flag, which flag may be displayed in a window of the place of residence of persons who are members of the immediate family of a person serving in the armed forces of the United States during any period of war or hostilities in which the Armed Forces of the United States may be engaged.

§180. Design for service lapel button; persons entitled to wear button
The Secretary of Defense is also authorized and directed to approve a design for a service lapel button, which button may be worn by members of the immediate family of a person serving in the armed forces of the United States during any period of war or hostilities in which the Armed Forces of the United States may be engaged.

§181. Approval of designs by Secretary of Defense; license to manufacture and sell; penalties
Upon the approval by the Secretary of Defense of the design for such service flag and service lapel button, he shall cause notice thereof, together with a description of the approved flag and button, to be published in the Federal Register. Thereafter any person may apply to the Secretary of Defense for a license to manufacture and sell the approved service flag, or the approved service lapel button, or both. Any person, firm, or corporation who manufactures any such service flag or service lapel button without having first obtained such a license, or otherwise violates sections 179 to 182 of this title, shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than $1,000.

§182. Rules and regulations
The Secretary of Defense is authorized to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 179 to 182 of this title.

§182a to 182d. Repealed. Pub. L. 89-534, § 2, Aug. 11, 1966, 80 Stat. 345

§183, 184. Repealed. Pub. L. 85-857, § 14(84), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1272

§185. Transferred

§186. National motto
The national motto of the United States is declared to be 'In God we trust.'

§187. National floral emblem
The flower commonly known as the rose is designated and adopted as the national floral emblem of the United States of America, and the President of the United States is authorized and requested to declare such fact by proclamation.

§188. National march
The composition by John Philip Sousa entitled 'The Stars and Stripes Forever' is hereby designated as the national march of the United States of America.

§189. Recognition of National League of Families POW/MIA flag
The National League of Families POW/MIA flag is hereby recognized officially and designated as the symbol of our Nation's concern and commitment to resolving as fully as possible the fates of Americans still prisoner, missing and unaccounted for in Southeast Asia, thus ending the uncertainty for their families and the Nation.

Miscellaneous References

UNITED STATES CODE
TITLE 4
CHAPTER 1 - THE FLAG

§1. Flag; stripes and stars on
The flag of the United States shall be thirteen horizontal stripes, alternate red and white; and the union of the flag shall be forty-eight stars, white in a blue field.

§ 2. Same; additional stars
On the admission of a new State into the Union one star shall be added to the union of the flag; and such addition shall take effect on the fourth day of July then next succeeding such admission.

§ 3. Use of flag for advertising purposes; mutilation of flag
Any person who, within the District of Columbia, in any manner, for exhibition or display, shall place or cause to be placed any word, figure, mark, picture, design, drawing, or any advertisement of any nature upon any flag, standard, colors, or ensign of the United States of America; or shall expose or cause to be exposed to public view any such flag, standard, colors, or ensign upon which shall have been printed, painted, or otherwise placed, or to which shall be attached, appended, affixed, or annexed any word, figure, mark, picture, design, or drawing, or any advertisement of any nature; or who, within the District of Columbia, shall manufacture, sell, expose for sale, or to public view, or give away or have in possession for sale, or to be given away or for use for any purpose, any article or substance being an article of merchandise, or a receptacle for merchandise or article or thing for carrying or transporting merchandise, upon which shall have been printed, painted, attached, or otherwise placed a representation of any such flag, standard, colors, or ensign, to advertise, call attention to, decorate, mark, or distinguish the article or substance on which so placed shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $100 or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days, or both, in the discretion of the court. The words 'flag, standard, colors, or ensign', as used herein, shall include any flag, standard, colors, ensign, or any picture or representation of either, or of any part or parts of either, made of any substance or represented on any substance, of any size evidently purporting to be either of said flag, standard, colors, or ensign of the United States of America or a picture or a representation of either, upon which shall be shown the colors, the stars and the stripes, in any number of either thereof, or of any part or parts of either, by which the average person seeing the same without deliberation may believe the same to represent the flag, colors, standard, or ensign of the United States of America.

UNITED STATES CODE
TITLE 4
CHAPTER 2 - THE SEAL

§ 41. Seal of the United States
The seal heretofore used by the United States in Congress assembled is declared to be the seal of the United States.

§ 42. Same; custody and use of
The Secretary of State shall have the custody and charge of such seal. Except as provided by section 2902(a) of title 5, the seal shall not be affixed to any instrument without the special warrant of the President therefor.

UNITED STATES CODE
TITLE 5
PART III
CHAPTER 29 - COMMISSIONS, OATHS, RECORDS, AND REPORTS
SUBCHAPTER I - COMMISSIONS, OATHS, AND RECORDS

§ 2902. Commission; where recorded
(a) Except as provided by subsections (b) and (c) of this section, the Secretary of State shall make out and record, and affix the seal of the United States to, the commission of an officer appointed by the President. The seal of the United States may not be affixed to the commission before the commission has been signed by the President.

UNITED STATES CODE
TITLE 5 PART I
CHAPTER 1 - ORGANIZATION

§ 101. Executive departments
The Executive departments are:

The Department of State. The Department of the Treasury. The Department of Defense. The Department of Justice. The Department of the Interior. The Department of Agriculture. The Department of Commerce. The Department of Labor. The Department of Health and Human Services. The Department of Housing and Urban Development. The Department of Transportation. The Department of Energy. The Department of Education. The Department of Veterans Affairs.

§ 102. Military departments
The military departments are:

The Department of the Army. The Department of the Navy. The Department of the Air Force.

UNITED STATES CODE
TITLE 18
Part I. CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
CHAPTER 33 - EMBLEMS, INSIGNIA, AND NAMES
THIS TITLE WAS ENACTED BY ACT JUNE 25, 1948, CH. 645, SEC. 1, 62 STAT. 683

§ 700. Desecration of the flag of the United States; penalties

(a)(1) Whoever knowingly mutilates, defaces, physically defiles, burns, maintains on the floor or ground, or tramples upon any flag of the United States shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.
(2) This subsection does not prohibit any conduct consisting of the disposal of a flag when it has become worn or soiled.
(b) As used in this section, the term 'flag of the United States' means any flag of the United States, or any part thereof, made of any substance, of any size, in a form that is commonly displayed.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed as indicating an intent on the part of Congress to deprive any State, territory, possession, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico of jurisdiction over any offense over which it would have jurisdiction in the absence of this section.
(d)(1) An appeal may be taken directly to the Supreme Court of the United States from any interlocutory or final judgment, decree, or order issued by a United States district court ruling upon the constitutionality of subsection (a).
(2) The Supreme Court shall, if it has not previously ruled on the question, accept jurisdiction over the appeal and advance on the docket and expedite to the greatest extent possible.

UNITED STATES CODE
TITLE 2
CHAPTER 9A - ORGANIZATION

§ 285b. Functions
The functions of the Office shall be as follows:

(1) To prepare, and submit to the Committee on the Judiciary one title at a time, a complete compilation, restatement, and revision of the general and permanent laws of the United States which conforms to the understood policy, intent, and purpose of the Congress in the original enactments, with such amendments and corrections as will remove ambiguities, contradictions, and other imperfections both of substance and of form, separately stated, with a view to the enactment of each title as positive law.
(2) To examine periodically all of the public laws enacted by the Congress and submit to the Committee on the Judiciary recommendations for the repeal of obsolete, superfluous, and superseded provisions contained therein.
(3) To prepare and publish periodically a new edition of the United States Code (including those titles which are not yet enacted into positive law as well as those titles which have been so enacted), with annual cumulative supplements reflecting newly enacted laws.
(4) To classify newly enacted provisions of law to their proper positions in the Code where the titles involved have not yet been enacted into positive law.
(5) To prepare and submit periodically such revisions in the titles of the Code which have been enacted into positive law as may be necessary to keep such titles current.
(6) To prepare and publish periodically new editions of the District of Columbia Code, with annual cumulative supplements reflecting newly enacted laws, through publication of the fifth annual cumulative supplement to the 1973 edition of such Code.
(7) To provide the Committee on the Judiciary with such advice and assistance as the committee may request in carrying out its functions with respect to the revision and codification of the Federal statutes.

Birthday Shout Out!

vilawolf — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 03:15:51 GMT

acdeathsquad's birthday is coming up on July 04!

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Archaeology News Ticker

vilawolf — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 19:33:34 GMT

School by the shovel: Day on the dig
Pensacola News Journal
University of West Florida archaeology student John Hueffed, left, shares a discovery with field school director in training Danielle Dadiego at the site of the Mission San Joseph de Escambe in Molino. / Tony Giberson/tgiberson@pnj.com Learn more about ...
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Native American remains found in Oak Harbor
The Seattle Times
But the state's Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation says the delay could have been avoided if the city had followed their suggestion to employ an archaeologist. The construction site sits near a known archaeological site. ...
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5 Questions with Elizabeth Benchley
Pensacola News Journal
The director of the University of West Florida's Division of An-thropology and Archaeology, and the Archaeology Institute, has helped cultivate a thriving interest in unearthing Pensacola's past. Benchley, 65, has seen a lot of archaeology students ...
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'Ships' presents a unique view
Daily News - Galveston County
By Mark Lardas While Texas is associated with oil and cattle more than with ships and seafaring, Texas is home to one of the world's leading centers for maritime archaeology — The Institute for Nautical Archeology at Texas A&M University. ...
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Archeology Talks and Programs Offered at Three Parks Coast to Coast
National Parks Traveler
His most recent professional publication is the four-volume encyclopedia, Archaeology in America (Greenwood Press, 2009), a four-volume encyclopedia for which he is the general editor. Now the executive director of the Center for Digital Antiquity at ...
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National Parks Traveler

Of muck and men
Planet Earth
Food science, a discipline far removed from archaeology, provided the key clue: an approach used to authenticate organic produce! Previous research showed that mineral fertilizer and farmyard manure have different effects on which forms of nitrogen get ...
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Planet Earth

Documenting local 'Shipwrecks'
Glens Falls Post-Star
Benway and Zarzynski first began investigating shipwrecks in Lake George after taking a three-day workshop on underwater archaeology in 1987. authors, was interested in finding out more about the underwater history of the lake and formed Bateaux Below. ...
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Iron Age burial site found near Tiruvannamalai
The Hindu
He wanted the Tamil Nadu Archaeology Department or the Archaeological Survey of India to prepare a list of the surviving sites, fence them off and declare them protected monuments under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act.
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The Hindu

Vizhinjam Project Cost Escalates
Yentha
Studies conducted by the Archaeology department of the University of Kerala have proved that Vizhinjam had active sea routes in the past with several foreign countries. Now with the project getting delayed due to environmental issues, ...
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NMSU professors need votes for grant to help restore historic Phillips Chapel
Las Cruces Sun-News
"Phillips Chapel is a symbol of community preservation in action," NMSU archaeology Professor Beth O'Leary said. "It is being restored by private donations and volunteers and student labor. The preservation efforts have reached the halfway mark. ...
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Christine DeSantis and Dutcher Teague Taylor DeSantis-Taylor
TCPalm
Taylor graduated from Martin County High School in 1991 and from the University of Central Florida in 1996 with a bachelor of arts in anthropology and archaeology. He is employed by Prudential Florida Realty Inc. as a Realtor.
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Madurai's heritage to shine again
Times of India
Patthu Thoon (ten pillars), Vilaku thoon and Vitta vassal were also built during the same period," said S Chandravanan, assistant director, department of archaeology. Besides, British era buildings are also located enroute. ...
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Gannon to assist tour guide review
Historic City News
Gannon offered several years ago to conduct a tour guide seminar, and UF Distinguished Research Curator of Archaeology Kathy Deagan quickly joined him. She is out of the area and couldn't be reached for comment, Gardner said. ...
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Community Briefly June 25
Nevada Appeal
Positions available are for a construction professional and someone who is an architect or design professional, building construction professional, archaeology, anthropology, history professional or a property owner who resides within the district. ...
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Native American remains found in Oak Harbor
The Olympian
The state's Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation said the delay could have been avoided if the city had followed its suggestion to employ an archaeologist. Mayor Jim Slowik said he has asked for a review of why the recommendation was not ...
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Chess, Goddess and Everything: Utah Fires Three Archaelogists for ...
By Jan
But assistant state archaeologist Ronald Rood, who was among those dismissed, said in a professional association website post that Utah "showed its disdain for archaeology and Utah's vast cultural heritage." In a separate interview with ...
Chess, Goddess and Everything

UTSA hosts 'Indians of North America' archaeology camps through ...
UTSA hosts 'Indians of North America' archaeology camps through Aug. 12. Register now: A few openings remain in this summer's camps ...
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Dark Shadows Woes

vilawolf — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 04:36:13 GMT

I finally can afford a copy of Dark Shadows: The Night Whispers

Amazon is out of stock. :(

WAHHHHHHHHHHH!

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Archaeology News Ticker

vilawolf — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 00:46:46 GMT

Archaeologists Unscramble Ancient Graffiti In Israel
NPR
Stern, 35, is an archaeologist and an assistant professor in the history department at Brooklyn College. Her passion is the tomb graffiti of the ancient Jews in what was then Roman Palestine. Graffiti has been "published, but sort of disregarded," she ...
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Virginia Fields dies at 58; scholar of early Mesoamerican art, archaeology at ...
Los Angeles Times
(Los Angeles County Museum of Art) By Suzanne Muchnic, Special to The Times Virginia M. Fields, a leading scholar of early Mesoamerican art and archaeology who joined the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's curatorial staff in 1989 and devoted 22 years ...
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Los Angeles Times

Effort to tie North Carolina shipwreck to pirate Blackbeard advances
Los Angeles Times
But then they had to add this downer: "And often, with archaeology, that's as good as it gets." Mark Wilde-Ramsing, deputy state archaeologist and head of the Queen Anne's Revenge project, wrote the paper with Charles Ewen of the anthropology faculty ...
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Los Angeles Times

Expert: Mexican Archaeology Born of Search for Cultural Roots
Latin American Herald Tribune
MEXICO CITY – Mexican archaeology has grown out of the country's desire to uncover the cultural wealth of Mesoamerica, one of the world's six great cradles of civilization, archaeologist Eduardo Matos said. “In Mexico, we have an enormous ...
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Washington County archaeological finds are being displayed for a year
Waynesboro Record Herald
The Maryland Archaeological Conservation Lab at Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum and the Maryland Historical Trust received the grant for the County Archaeology Collections Exhibit Project. “This exhibit provides us with a wonderful opportunity to ...
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Field day set at historic site
Charlotte Observer
By Gina Smith Warren Wilson College, Western Piedmont Community College and the Exploring Joara Foundation will hold Archaeology Field Day 10 am-2 pm Saturday at the Berry archaeological site on Henderson Mill Road in Morganton. ...
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Archaeology expert to speak in Cedar Falls Tuesday
Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa --- John Hahn of Wapsi Valley Archaeology will present "Digging in Iowa" at 7 pm Tuesday at the University Museum, 3219 Hudson Road. Hahn will discuss how some archaeology performed in Iowa is done through privately owned cultural ...
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ESCONDIDO: Archaeology camp offered
North County Times
The San Diego Archaeological Center will offer an Archaeological Site Investigation camp session from 9 am to 12:30 pm June 27 through July 1 at 16666 San Pasqual Valley Road. Designed for children in grades 2-6, ASI teaches archaeology, ...
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'World's oldest child' holds key to evolutionary period (re-issue)
DailyIndia.com
A team led by Harold Dibble, a curator at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, unearthed the child's skull and upper body in Morocco last year. By analyzing teeth, Dibble's team estimated the child was 6- to 8 years ...
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Volunteers ready for Collier dig
Post-Tribune
Indiana University-South Bend students also are helping out this year, Hodson said, as the school develops its archaeology department. With the exception of a septic tank on the site, which has since been removed, Hodson said much of the site by the ...
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Back together at the brigade encampment
The Columbian
The National Park Service is holding an archaeology field school for college students at the workers' village site, west of the stockade, through July 22. By Steven Lane Reenactor Andrew Douglas “signs” Asher Webb, 6, to work for the Hudson's Bay ...
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Bahamas Genealogical Conference - July 16, 2011
thebahamasweekly.com
Formerly Curator in the Museums, Archaeology, and Historic Preservation Section, Department of Archives; later in the Antiquities, Monuments & Museums Corporation, Nassau, Bahamas. Ms. Turner is one of the first two Bahamians pursuing doctoral degrees ...
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Great old town revealed in Ganja's territory
Trend News Agency
A great old town, which was called Laso in due time, has been revealed in the territory of Ganja, Azerbaijan, head of the Ganja Archeological Expedition of the Archaeology and Ethnography Institute at the Azerbaijani National Academy of Sciences (ANAS) ...
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Locally grown goods featured weekly, open-air market Hamilton Street at West ...
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Archaeological Dig at White Hill Mansion, Fieldsboro conducted by Dr. Richard Veit and Archaeology students from Monmouth Unive... Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip…in fact, it can get downright deadly. ...
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Metro to use tunnel tech in Walled City
Times of India
The archaeology department was satisfied with the project since no protected monument falls along the proposed rail line, but cautioned that the age of the city be also kept in mind while using the methodology. As the Jaipur Metro's work steadily ...
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Delaware Named Pa.'s River of the Year
Patch.com
“Program topics this year include water quality monitoring, aquatic life, Native American storytelling, paleontology, and archaeology. Through paddling, education, and camping, we hope to provide sojourners with a heightened sense of appreciation of ...
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Expert: Oak Harbor bones may be from 1600s or earlier
KOMO News
Guy Tasa, an anthropologist with the state Department Of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, says there's a chance the bones were buried there before the 1700s. "Dental patterns and shape of skull that would indicate that we are talking about Native ...
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ISESCO/UNESCO: ISESCO takes part in World Heritage Committee meeting
International Islamic News Agency
Dr Abdel Aziz Salah, archaeology expert from ISESCO Culture and Communication Directorate, will attend and supervise the Arab-Islamic group coordination meeting. Dr Mourad Rammah, for his part, will represent ISESCO Islamic Heritage Committee in the ...
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Things to do in the River Bend
Alton Telegraph
Archaeology Day: 10 am to 4 pm, flintknapping, artifact identification (CAA staff), kids' activity area, tour 2000-year-old excavation site, (618) 653-4316. Full Moon Cemetery Tour: 7:30 pm, Mineral Springs Haunted Tours, ...
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Around Azeroth: Out of many, one
Joystiq
If a player for example uses the stuff from Archaeology to turn into a naga you can copy that player with the potion and someone else can use the potion near you till you have a whole army of Naga :D Druids can use a potion and then use flightform for ...
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University research projects hailed as most important of modern times
Media Newswire (press release)
Areas of particular research strength recognised include meteorology and climate change, typography and graphic design, archaeology, philosophy, food biosciences, construction management, real estate and planning, and law. ...
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From Iran to Persia and back
Times of Malta
A similar experience with a big dose of human kindness and openness was that at the private University of Archaeology in Marvdasht, which offers tuition to 14000 students. We were “mobbed” by the students, welcoming enthusiastically on campus and ...
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Bones give peek at key evolutionary period
BusinessGhana
The remains of a child from about 108000 years ago should shed light on a key period in human evolution, a University of Pennsylvania archaeologist said. A team led by Harold Dibble, a curator at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and ...
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Pain | The Hidden Archaeology
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Sir Eglamour of Artoys

vilawolf — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 05:05:12 GMT

An English magic legend of medieval French origin. The story tells of the winning of Christabell by Eglamour. Christabell's father agrees to their union if Eglamour will fulfill three tasks. He must conquer the giant Sir Maroke, bring from a distant land the head of an enormous boar, and kill a powerful dragon that has been devastating the country around Rome. In these adventures he is successful, but is kept in Rome by illness. In the meantime, Christabell has given birth to a son and is banished by her angry father. Her son is stolen from her by a griffin and taken to Israel, where he is adopted by the king and named Degrabell.

Many years afterward, Eglamour and Degrabell meet in a tournament for the hand of Christabell. Eglamour is successful, and eventually their identities are revealed. Eglamour and Christabell are married and return to their native country with their son.

Versions of this legend survived in the English ballad of Sir Lionel (Child No. 18) and in modern times in the American ballad "Old Bangham." It has been suggested that the conquest of the giant boar has an ancient origin in the Hindu myth of Lord Vishnu in the form of the gigantic boar Vahara, who created the mighty Himalayan mountain range in his battle with a demon.

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Wild Hog in the Woods
Ballad as sung by Shanghaied on the Willamette on the album "Tasting the Salt Air"

There is a wild hog in these woods
Doodle-um day, doodle-um day
There is a wild hog in these woods
Doodle-um oh-day
There is a wild hog in these woods
Catch him boys, don’t let him get away
Cut him down, cut him down
Catch him if you can
Old Bangham did a huntin’ ride
A sword and a pistol at his side
Old Bangham rode to the wild hog’s den
He spied the bones of a thousand men
Bangham blew his hunting horn
The wild hog crashed through oak and thorn
Old Bangham drew his hunting knife
He swore he’d take the wild hog’s life
They fought nine hours on that day
Till the wild hog fled, he slunk away
Old Bangam did you win or loose?
He swore by God he’d won his shoes
There is a wild hog in these woods

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The Ballad of Sir Lionel
http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/child/ch018.htm

18A.1 SIR EGRABELL had sonnes three,
Refrain: Blow thy horne, good hunter
Sir Lyonell was one of these.
Refrain: As I am a gentle hunter
18A.2 Sir Lyonell wold on hunting ryde,
Vntill the forrest him beside.
18A.3 And as he rode thorrow the wood,
Where trees and harts and all were good,
18A.4 And as he rode over the plaine,
There he saw a knight lay slaine.
18A.5 And as he rode still on the plaine,
He saw a lady sitt in a graine.
18A.6 ‘Say thou, lady, and tell thou me,
What blood shedd heere has bee.’
18A.7 ‘Of this blood shedd we may all rew,
Both wife and childe and man alsoe.
18A.8 ‘For it is not past 3 days right
Since Sir Broninge was mad a knight.
18A.9 ‘Nor it is not more than 3 dayes agoe
Since the wild bore did him sloe.’
18A.10 ‘Say thou, lady, and tell thou mee,
How long thou wilt sitt in that tree.’
18A.11 She said, ‘I will sitt in this tree
Till my friends doe feitch me.’
18A.12 ‘Tell me, lady, and doe not misse,
Where that your friends dwellings is.’
18A.13 ‘Downe,’ shee said, ’in yonder towne,
There dwells my freinds of great renowne.’
18A.14 Says, ‘Lady, Ile ryde into yonder towne
And see wether your friends beene bowne.
18A.15 ‘I my self wilbe the formost man
That shall come, lady, to feitch you home.’
18A.16 But as he rode then by the way,
He thought it shame to goe away;
18A.17 And vmbethought him of a wile,
How he might that wilde bore beguile.
18A.18 ‘Sir Egrabell,’ he said, ’My father was;
He neuer left lady in such a case;
18A.19 ‘Noe more will I’ . . .
* * * * *
18A.20 ‘And a[fter] that thou shalt doe mee
Thy hawkes and thy lease alsoe.
18A.21 ‘Soe shalt thou doe at my command
The litle fingar on thy right hand.’
18A.22 ‘Ere I wold leaue all this with thee,
Vpoon this ground I rather dyee.’
18A.23 The gyant gaue Sir Lyonell such a blow,
The fyer out of his eyen did throw.
18A.24 He said then, ’if I were saffe and sound,
As with-in this hower I was in the ground,
18A.25 ‘It shold be in the next towne told
How deare thy buffett it was sold;
18A.26 ‘And it shold haue beene in the next towne said
How well thy buffett it were paid.’
18A.27 ‘Take 40 daies into spite,
To heale thy wounds that beene soe wide.
18A.28 ‘When 40 dayes beene at an end,
Heere meete thou me both safe and sound.
18A.29 And till thou come to me againe,
With me thoust leaue thy lady alone.’
18A.30 When 40 dayes was at an end,
Sir Lyonell of his wounds was healed sound.
18A.31 He tooke with him a litle page,
He gaue to him good yeomans wage.
18A.32 And as he rode by one hawthorne,
Even there did hang his hunting horne.
18A.33 He sett his bugle to his mouth,
And blew his bugle still full south.
18A.34 He blew his bugle lowde and shrill;
The lady heard, and came him till.
18A.35 Sayes, ’The gyant lyes vnder yond low,
And well he heares your bugle blow.
18A.36 ‘And bidds me of good cheere be,
This night heele supp with you and me.’
18A.37 Hee sett that lady vppon a steede,
And a litle boy before her yeede.
18A.38 And said, ’lady, if you see that I must dye,
As euer you loued me, from me flye.
18A.39 ‘But, lady, if you see that I must liue,’
* * * * *

18B: Sir Lionel

18B.1 A KNIGHT had two sons o sma fame,
Refrain: Hey nien nanny
Isaac-a-Bell and Hugh the Graeme.
Refrain: And the norlan flowers spring bonny
18B.2 And to the youngest he did say,
‘What occupation will you hae?
Refrain: When the, etc.
18B.3 ‘Will you gae fee to pick a mill?
Or will you keep hogs on yon hill?’
Refrain: While the, etc.
18B.4 ‘I winna fee to pick a mill,
Nor will I keep hogs on yon hill.
Refrain: While the, etc.
18B.5 ‘But it is said, as I do hear,
That war will last for seven year,
Refrain: And the, etc.
18B.6 ‘With a giant and a boar
That range into the wood o Tore.
Refrain: And the, etc.
18B.7 ‘You’ll horse and armour to me provide,
That through Tore wood I may safely ride.’
Refrain: When the, etc.
18B.8 The knicht did horse and armour provide,
That through Tore wood Graeme micht safely ride.
Refrain: When the, etc.
18B.9 Then he rode through the wood o Tore,
And up it started the grisly boar.
Refrain: When the, etc.
18B.10 The firsten bout that he did ride,
The boar he wounded in the left side.
18B.10r When the, etc.
18B.11 The nexten bout at the boar he gaed,
He from the boar took aff his head.
18B.11r And the, etc.
18B.12 As he rode back through the wood o Tore,
Up started the giant him before.
18B.12r And the, etc.
18B.13 ‘O cam you through the wood o Tore,
Or did you see my good wild boar?’
18B.13r And the, etc.
18B.14 ‘I cam now through the wood o Tore,
But woe be to your grisly boar.
18B.14r And the, etc.
18B.15 ‘The firsten bout that I did ride,
I wounded your wild boar in the side.
18B.15r And the, etc.
18B.16 ‘The nexten bout at him I gaed,
From your wild boar I took aff his head.’
18B.16r And the, etc.
18B.17 ‘Gin you have cut aff the head o my boar,
It’s your head shall be taen therfore.
18B.17r And the, etc.
18B.18 ‘I’ll gie you thirty days and three,
To heal your wounds, then come to me.’
18B.18r While the, etc.
18B.19 ‘It’s after thirty days and three,
When my wounds heal, I’ll come to thee.’
18B.19r When the, etc.
18B.20 So Graeme is back to the wood o Tore,
And he’s killd the giant, as he killd the boar.
18B.20r And the, etc.

18C: Sir Lionel

18C.1 SIR ROBERT BOLTON had three sons,
Refrain: Wind well thy horn, good hunter
And one of them was called Sir Ryalas.
Refrain: For he was a jovial hunter
18C.2 He rang’d all round down by the woodside,
Till up in the top of a tree a gay lady he spy’d.
Refrain: For he was, etc.
18C.3 ‘O what dost thou mean, fair lady?’ said he;
‘O the wild boar has killed my lord and his men thirty.’
Refrain: As thou beest, etc.
18C.4 ‘O what shall I do this wild boar to see?’
‘O thee blow a blast, and he’ll come unto thee.’
Refrain: As thou beest, etc.
18C.5 [Then he put his horn unto his mouth],
Then he blowd a blast full north, east, west and south.
Refrain: As he was, etc.
18C.6 And the wild boar heard him full into his den;
Then he made the best of his speed unto him.
Refrain: To Sir Ryalas, etc.
18C.7 Then the wild boar, being so stout and so strong,
He thrashd down the trees as he came along.
Refrain: To Sir Ryalas, etc.
18C.8 ‘O what dost thou want of me?’ the wild boar said he;
‘O I think in my heart I can do enough for thee.’
Refrain: For I am, etc.
18C.9 Then they fought four hours in a long summer’s day,
Till the wild boar fain would have gotten away.
Refrain: From Sir Ryalas, etc.
18C.10 Then Sir Ryalas drawd his broad sword with might,
And he fairly cut his head off quite.
18C.10r For he was, etc.
18C.11 Then out of the wood the wild woman flew:
‘Oh thou hast killed my pretty spotted pig!
18C.11r As thou beest, etc.
18C.12 ‘There are three things I do demand of thee,
It’s thy horn, and thy hound, and thy gay lady.’
18C.12r As thou beest, etc.
18C.13 ‘If these three things thou dost demand of me,
It’s just as my sword and thy neck can agree.’
18C.13r For I am, etc.
18C.14 Then into his locks the wild woman flew,
Till she thought in her heart she had torn him through.
18C.14r As he was, etc.
18C.15 Then Sir Ryalas drawd his broad sword again,
And he fairly split her head in twain.
18C.15r For he was, etc.
18C.16 In Bromsgrove church they both do lie;
There the wild boar’s head is picturd by
18C.16r Sir Ryalas, etc.

18D: Sir Lionel

18D.1 AS I went up one brook, one brook,
Refrain: Well wind the horn, good hunter
I saw a fair maiden sit on a tree top.
Refrain: As thou art the jovial hunter
18D.2 I said, ‘Fair maiden, what brings you here?’
‘It is the wild boar that has drove me here.’
Refrain: As thou art, etc.
18D.3 ‘I wish I could that wild boar see;’
Refrain: Well wind the horn, good hunter,
And the wild boar soon will come to thee.’
Refrain: As thou art, etc.
18D.4 Then he put his horn unto his mouth,
And he blowd both east, west, north and south.
Refrain: As he was, etc.
18D.5 The wild boar hearing it into his den,
[Then he made the best of his speed unto him].
18D.6 He whetted his tusks for to make them strong,
And he cut down the oak and the ash as he came along.
Refrain: For to meet with, etc.
18D.7 They fought five hours one long summer’s day,
Till the wild boar he yelld, and he’d fain run away.
Refrain: And away from, etc.
18D.8 O then he cut his head clean off,
. . . . .
18D.9 Then there came an old lady running out of the wood,
Saying, ‘You have killed my pretty, my pretty spotted pig.’
Refrain: As thou art, etc.
18D.10 Then at him this old lady she did go,
And he clove her from the top of her head to her toe.
18D.10r As he was, etc.
18D.11 In Bromsgrove churchyard this old lady lies,
And the face of the boar’s head there is drawn by,
18D.11r That was killed by, etc.

18E: Sir Lionel

18E.1 THERE was an old man and sons he had three;
Refrain: Wind well, Lion, good hunter
A friar he being one of the three,
With pleasure he ranged the north country.
Refrain: For he was a jovial hunter
18E.2 As he went to the woods some pastime to see,
He spied a fair lady under a tree,
Sighing and moaning mournfully.
Refrain: He was, etc.
18E.3 ‘What are you doing, my fair lady?’
‘I’m fightened the wild boar he will kill me;
He has worried my lord and wounded thirty.’
Refrain: As thou art, etc.
18E.4 Then the friar he put his horn to his mouth,
And he blew a blast, east, west, north and south,
And the wild boar from his den he came forth.
Refrain: Unto the, etc.
* * * * *

18F: Sir Lionel

18F.1 SIR RACKABELLO had three sons,
Refrain: Wind well your horn, brave hunter
Sir Ryalash was one of these.
Refrain: And he was a jovial hunter

Archaeology News Ticker

vilawolf — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 00:06:48 GMT

'Indiana Jones in reverse' wins archaeology 'Oscar'
WalesOnline
by Robin Turner, Western Mail VALUABLE archaeological sites are being “decimated” to service a full-scale industry in selling human history, according to the man dubbed “Indiana Jones in reverse”. Swansea University archaeologist Dr David Gill said ...
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On the job with ... Brennan Bajdek, archaeologist and carronade conservator
The Cannon Beach Gazette
His job: Bajdek is an archaeologist and conservator for the Arch Cape Carronades Oregon project, a restoration effort under way at Texas A&M University to conserve two carronades (short, large-caliber cannons) from the USS Shark, which wrecked on the ...
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Public gets chance to see archaeological dig
Alton Telegraph
By SANFORD J. SCHMIDT EDWARDSVILLE - Anthropology and archaeology students at SIUE may have gotten an unexpected benefit from a senseless act of vandalism at their Field School - interest in their open house Friday seemed to be running high. ...
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Designed by: Tim Berners-Lee
CNNMoney
Enter "Digital Archaeology," a curated tour of the Internet's not-so-distance past. The exhibit, which had its US debut at New York City's recent Internet Week, resurrects 28 milestone sites from the Web's formative years. The exhibit's centerpiece is ...
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Los Buchillones Archaeological Site Declared a National Monument
Cuba Headlines
The Los Buchillones Archaeological Site was declared a National Monument on Thursday, because of the importance of the findings of the remains of a Taino village. The site raises new questions about the lives of aboriginal people in Cuba and the ...
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Scouting for awards at BYU museum
Deseret News
By Mormon Times, PROVO, Utah — Two programs to help Boy Scouts earn the Archaeology Merit Badge and Cub Scouts earn special patches will be at Brigham Young University's Museum of Peoples and Cultures. The Archaeology Merit Badge Blitz will be for Boy ...
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Deseret News

Smith Mountain Eagle
Smith Mountain Eagle
Forest, VA - Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest is currently hosting the 23nd annual Summer Field School in Historical Archaeology. Six students are participating in 2011 and have come from all over the country, representing states including Texas, ...
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Sacred Sites—Concern Extends Across Country
Indian Country Today Media Network.com
When tribes are told that a cultural report has been prepared, “it actually is an archaeological report. In reality they didn't get it; they didn't talk to Indians about whether there are other values to us here than archaeology. ...
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Indian Country Today Media Network.com

Archaeology News Ticker

vilawolf — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 21:21:31 GMT

CSST cites three firms in death of archaeologist
Montreal Gazette
MONTREAL - Quebec's workplace health and safety board has cited an archaeological company as well as the construction firm and the engineering firm it subcontracted in the wake of a wall collapse in December at an Old Montreal excavation site that left ...
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Thieves hit archaeological dig at SIUE
STLtoday.com
EDWARDSVILLE • Southern Illinois University Edwardsville police are investigating vandalism and thefts last weekend at an archaeological dig on the campus. Police Lt. Kevin Schmoll said tarps protecting three of four carefully excavated "squares" were ...
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'Digital Archaeology' Exhibit Examines Internet's Past
TechNewsDaily
Thanks to a recent exhibition entitled “Digital Archaeology” that ran in New York City at the Metropolitan Pavilion and ended June 13, however, it's finally possible to look back at the history of the Internet and see just how far its come in its brief ...
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Want your mummy? Haunting images from inside the largest travelling exhibition ...
Daily Mail
The last time mummies came to Philadelphia was in April, when two Chinese mummies were abruptly removed from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology exhibition amid a dispute with Chinese officials.
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Daily Mail

Vacations That Make a Difference
GlobeNewsWire (press release)
The Crow Canyon Archaeological Center in Cortez, Colorado, provides travelers with the opportunity to contribute to a worthy endeavor and fulfill a lifelong passion for learning. By joining fellow archaeology enthusiasts during Crow Canyon's ...
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Sri Lanka Archaeology Dept plans to take Jaffna material to Anuradhapura
TamilNet
According to news reports, the excavation has been 'jointly' conducted by the Sri Lanka Department of Archaeology and the Department of History and Archaeology of the University of Jaffna. Even on all earlier occasions, valuable material excavated from ...
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PMSS launches marine archaeological service
reNews Europe
PMSS has set up a marine archaeological service that will be headed senior experts in the field John Gribble and Stuart Leather. The service will “strengthen our client's onshore and offshore development and construction aspirations”, ...
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reNews Europe

The Belcourt Theatre nD Festival Launch Party & Fundraiser in Part I
Examiner.com
On Friday June 24th, The Belcourt Theatre is having its 2nd Annual nD Festival Launch Party and Fundraiser at the grand-opening of the Antique Archaeology located at 1300 Clinton Street, Suite 130 in Marathon Village in Nashville. ...
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Fear for Libya's Roman ruins
Washington Post
Susan Kane, a professor of archaeology at Oberlin College in Ohio who has done extensive work in Libya, said Libyan contacts she deems credible have told her the government is storing munitions in cultural sites, such as museums and ruins. ...
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Curator of Archeology at Sam Noble Museum retires
Oklahoma Daily
The Curator of Archaeology for the Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, and Associate Professor with the Department of Anthropology, University of Oklahoma, will be retiring this year. Don Wyckoff Ph.D. said he felt it was a good time for retirement, ...
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Archaeology and Human Remains
By The Nag
Archaeology and Human Remains. By The Nag in Art on Jun 15, 2011 at 5:49 am. Quebec artist Marc Seguin paints pictures of destroyed European churches from World War Two. This in itself is not so unusual. What is different about Seguin's ...
Neatorama

Binford vs. Childe: Who was the most influential archaeologist?
By Michael E. Smith
I found Binford's emphasis on science and rigor new and exciting, very attractive to someone who wandered into archaeology from a math/science background. On the other hand Childe's work (the one article I forced to read, "The Urban ...
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AIA Update

vilawolf — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 21:19:50 GMT

Welcome to the AIA e-Update!

June 16, 2011

In This Issue...

AIA Statement on Belitung Shipwreck

Free Totebag With Your Annual Fund Donation

Video Update from Site Preservation Grant Winner

AJA Partnership with JSTOR

Dig Deeper

AIA Tours: Just a Few Spots Left on Prehistoric Cave Art of Spain & France!
This fall, discover the most famous and arguably the greatest prehistoric cave art in the world, all on this one trip, in the company of prehistoric art and early man expert Paul G. Bahn. Explore ten major prehistoric caves plus two exact replicas; visit superb archaeological, ethnographic, and art museums; and enjoy visits to charming medieval villages. Along the way, savor wonderful food and fine wines, and relax in excellent accommodations.
Details on all AIA Tours land tours and cruises are online at www.aiatours.org. Contact AIA Tours at (800) 748-6262 or aia@studytours.org with questions and to request brochures by mail. Click here to receive AIA Tours e-newsletters.

AIA STATEMENT ON BELITUNG SHIPWRECK

As the largest and oldest organization devoted to archaeology in North America, the Archaeological Institute of America is committed to the protection of the world's cultural heritage. As part of this commitment we strongly oppose the commercial salvage of antiquities and any exploitation of archaeological materials obtained in this manner.

The Belitung Shipwreck was salvaged unscientifically by commercially-motivated treasure hunters. Although the excavation and disposition of these materials may be technically "legal," it is the AIA's position that involvement by the Smithsonian Institution in the exhibition of these artifacts will serve to blur the distinction between bona fide nautical archaeology and treasure hunting. Following this path puts the Smithsonian in the indefensible position of aiding those who believe that antiquities are a commodity to be mined for personal or corporate financial gain. They are not—they are part of the world's cultural patrimony.

As the premier museum of the United States and the largest museum and research institution in the world, the Smithsonian is a model for others and should endorse the highest ethical standards for American archaeological and museological practice. The AIA urges the Smithsonian's leadership to heed the voices of archaeologists worldwide—including many within its own walls—in cancelling the plans for any exhibition of the Belitung shipwreck and its artifacts. To proceed with plans to display these objects will increase the risk to other equally valuable shipwrecks that have yet to be discovered. - Liz Bartman, AIA President

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SITE PRESERVATION GRANT VIDEO UPDATE

View a video update from AIA Site Preservation Grant winner and lecturer, Heather McKillop, as she discusses her exceptional discovery, preservation methods, and the status of her work supported by the AIA Site Preservation Grant: www.archaeological.org/news/currentprojects/5232

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGY

The American Journal of Archaeology has partnered with JSTOR in the Current Scholarship Program. Beginning July 1, 2011, all electronic AJA access will originate from JSTOR.

The AJA is a longstanding participant in the JSTOR Archival Collections, and adding current journal content is a natural extension of the collaboration with JSTOR. The Journal's participation in the Program will seamlessly integrate the current issues alongside its archival content.

Stay tuned to the AJA website (www.ajaonline.org) for upcoming information about this new partnership and to take advantage of a free trial subscription offer. Discount packages will be available to institutional subscribers.

ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELDWORK OPPORTUNITIES

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Archaeology News Ticker

vilawolf — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 19:02:41 GMT

Archaeologists Dig at Historic Annapolis Black Home Produces Surprisingly Rich ...
Newswise (press release)
Newswise — COLLEGE PARK, Md. – An archaeological team from the University of Maryland is uncovering an unexpectedly rich haul of household materials from an historic African American home in Annapolis – with one more week to go in their excavation. ...
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Archaeologists dig in basement of southern Indiana courthouse, searching for ...
Greenfield Daily Reporter
AP BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Some archaeologists have been digging in the basement of a southern Indiana courthouse trying to learn more about the history of the site going back to the 1800s. Indiana University archaeologist Cheryl Munson says the current ...
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Udupi: Ancient Unicorn Idol Found at Kalya
Daijiworld.com
Udupi, Jun 14: SA Krishnaiah, folklore scholar, and Prof T Murugeshi, professor of MSRS College Shirva in the department of history and archaeology, said that a very rare unicorn sculpture of 'Hayagajanandi (combination of horse, elephant, bull), ...
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Archaeologists to search River Coquet for lost mill
BBC News
A team of amateur archaeologists has won lottery cash to fund an underwater excavation in Northumberland. The £9500 from the Heritage Lottery Fund will allow Coquetdale Community Archaeology group to search the River Coquet for a 13th Century cloth ...
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BBC News

10th century Chola engraving unearthed in Nagai hamlet
Times of India
The articles, including a big wooden paddy measure called `marakkal' and three big clay oil containers, believed to be made in China, were found by an archaeology team. Archaeological experts feel that the region is a treasure trove of buried history ...
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Sacred Buddha Relics our national heritage - Dr Kakar
Ceylon Daily News
Director General of Pakistani Archaeology Department and Museums Dr Fazal Dad Kakar said 'the Sacred Buddha Relics is our national heritage.' The Sacred Relics which were brought from the museums of Taxila and Peshawar to commemorate the 2600th ...
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Ancient rock art at risk of being lost
Independent Online
Few Australians know or care much about Aboriginal rock art, according to Paul Tacon, a professor of anthropology and archaeology at Griffith University in Queensland. “South Africa has a European colonial history too, but everyone in South Africa ...
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Independent Online

Vitrified Forts
About - News & Issues
By K. Kris Hirst, About.com Guide June 13, 2011 There are some things in archaeology that fascinate me for no really logical reason: Vitrified forts are one of them. Vitrified Fort at Dunnideer Scotland. Photo by Stu Smith Vitrified forts are Iron Age ...
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St. Charles area campus notes
STLtoday.com
Â Lindenwood University recently started a new anthropology/archaeology program. • St. Charles American Legion Auxiliary Unit 312 presented scholarships to Jacob Obholz of Duchesne High, Morgan Corley of Orchard Farm High, Faith Schaberg of St. Charles ...
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Playable Archaeology: An Interview with Telehack's Anonymous ...
You've done some incredible data archaeology here — reconstructing 25000 hosts from the early Internet, along with the people that used them at the time. One guy on Hacker News was able to find himself and his two best friends at the ...
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Web Design: A Look at the “Digital Archaeology” Exhibition Taking ...
By Gary D. Price
Digital Archaeology, the exhibition that charts the disruptive moments of web design and celebrates the characters behind its radical evolution is to be shown in New York for the first time in June as a key part of Internet Week. ...
INFOdocket

Zahi Hawass: Egyptian Archaeology with a Side of Surprise ...
By lacma
Zahi Hawass: Egyptian Archaeology with a Side of Surprise. In January of this year, during the political upheaval in Cairo, thieves broke into the Egyptian Museum and took eighteen objects (four were eventually recovered) and damaged ...
Unframed The LACMA Blog

A couple gifts

vilawolf — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 02:01:27 GMT

for all my LJ friends...

1. A get out of hell free card
2. a pamphlet

Cut for size

The card is suppose to be printable to Business Card size, it just scanned mega huge.
The pamphlet is standard paper size, double sided, it just scanned mega huge.

Bako News - AKA There. I solved it.

vilawolf — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 19:38:30 GMT

There. I solved it.

ATTN Zombies!

vilawolf — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 18:24:09 GMT

THIS JUST IN:

BE A ZOMBIE IN A MOVIE!

A (very good) friend of mine is currently scouting locations for a B Grade zombie flick.

I know... we've all heard this before, but he's serious about doing this.

The Plot:
the protagonist and a former member of his team who's turned

Why He Needs Our Help:
horde scenes for a flashback or two

How To Contact Him:
(please be serious about this, he really is a dear friend of mine so no fuck-stickary or I will find you)
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1668286448

A Myth YAY - Taniwha

vilawolf — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 07:40:51 GMT

Believe it or not folks, but my first love in all these news tickers is and always will be stuff like this. Damn I get a kick out of a folkloric story hits my agg. Aww. I think my Agg knows that today is my birthday. :)

http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/regional/77274/council-says-tunnel-consultation-deals-with-taniwha

Council says tunnel consultation deals with taniwha

Updated at 5:36 pm today

Auckland Council says consultation with local Maori will deal with any issues should its proposed rail tunnel need to be built near a taniwha.

A member of Auckland's Independent Maori Statutory Board has told councillors that the taniwha Horotiu lives near the Town Hall on Queen Street.

The taniwha is a being in Maori mythology that lives in waterways, and the Wai Horotiu was a stream that once drained Queen Street.

Local iwi Ngati Whatua O Orakei chose not to comment on the issue on Wednesday, but a statement from the council said consultation has begun.

The council has not yet determined the route of the proposed downtown rail tunnel, which has so far failed to win support from the Government.

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The Legend of Poutini

Taniwha Poutini guards the mauri within the treasured stone.

The mana (spiritual force) of pounamu comes from Kahue (or Ngahue) an atua (God).

Taniwha Poutini as protector of the stone is the servant of Kahue.

Poutini from time to time used to venture further afield.

One day, while resting in the warm waters off Tuhua (Mayor Island, in northeast NZ) he saw a beautiful woman, Waitaiki, bathing in the sea.

Poutini looked at Waitaiki with lust in his heart. He lunged forward and snatched her and fled south towards the mainland.

Waitaiki's husband, Tamaahua was a powerful chief and skilled in the rituals of the spirit world. When he realised that his wife had been taken he threw a magical dart in the air. The dart pointed in the direction of his wife.

Tamaahua and his slave paddled after then in hot pursuit.

Finally, after reaching the shore Poutini lit a fire to warm Waitaiki, but hearing Tamaahua approaching he took her up again and moved on.

The chase continued across Aotearoa (New Zealand).

Each time Poutini stopped he lit a fire to warm his captive: at Tahanga, on the Coromandel Peninsula at Whangamata in Taupo, at Rangitoto Ki te Tonga (D'Ville Island), Onetahua, (Farewell Spit) and Pahuatare on the West Coast.

The rocks at all these sites - all of them important sources of stone for Maori - are all still stained by the fires of Poutini.

Fleeing further south Poutini and his captive eventually reached Piopiotahi (Milford Sound).

Weeping with cold and fright, Waitaiki begged him to turn around.

Poutini listened to her, and carried her back up the coast, eventually taking sanctuary in the headwaters of the Arahura River.

In close pursuit, at Piopiotahi Tamaahua found his wife's tears preserved forever in the stone named tangiwa (Bowenite)

He realised that Poutini and Waitaiki had turned back and tracked them up the coast to the Arahua valley.

That night Tamaahua rested and prepared for the final showdown.

Poutini was concerned. Fearing Tamaahua's strength and determination, he decided that if he could not have Waitaiki, no-one would.

He transformed her into his likeness (pounamu) and laid her in the cold waters of the river. Then he slipped downstream past the sleeping warrior.

In the morning Tamaahua set out to do battle with Poutini to reclaim Waitaiki. But when he reached the head of the river, his enemy had gone.

He found his young wife cold and lifeless, transformed into stone in the riverbed. Realising what had happened he went back home, grieving.

His tangi (song of grief) still sounds throughout the mountains.

To the Nagi Tahu people Waitaiki is the mother of pounamu.

The Jade fragments that break from the mother lode and roll down the river to the sea are her children.