TIGblogs - Malcolm Lawrence

This link has a Japanese folk tale titled O-Jizo san, The Grateful Statues. http://www.japanippon.com/fairytales/jizo.htm Neal Robbins ... Never miss a thing.

This link has a fossil photo of Naraoia spinosa. http://www.fossilmall.com/EDCOPE_Enterprises/Chengjiang/chengjiangfossils111/CJF850D.jpg The fossil is 10 mm.

Naraoia is a genus of marine arthropods that existed during the Cambrian. Fossils of them have been found in the Chengjiang Biota of China. Jun-Yuan Chen, D.E.

Aepycamelus (also called Alticamelus) was a type of camel that lived during the Miocene and the early part of the Pliocene. Macdonald named Aepycamelus in 1956

This link has an illustration of Aepycamelus. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Aepycamelus_Alticamelus_hharder.jpg A sculpture of Aepycamelus is on this

Geosaurus was a crocodyliform genus that lived during the late Jurassic and the early Cretaceous. Fossils of it have been found in Europe and South America. An

This link has several Shona sculptures. http://www.bau-xi.com/dynamic/artist.asp?ArtistID=51 This link has a photo of a Shona sculpture. It represents a bird

The Shona are a people of Africa. The majority of them live in Zimbabwe and the northwest part of Mozambique. However, some reside in Malawi, Zambia, South

This link has a fossil photo of Climatius sp. http://www.fossilmall.com/Science/FishFossils/climatius/FS5246B.jpg The fossil dates to about to the

Climatius is a fish that lived during the Devonian period (416-359 million years ago). Fossils of it have been found in Scotland. An exceptionally well

This link has a Nigerian folk tale. The name of it is The King and the Ju Ju Tree. http://www.sacred-texts.com/afr/fssn/fsn30.htm Neal Robbins ... Never miss a

Helicoprion (also Heliocoprion) was a genus of sharks that lived 300-225 million years ago. These sharks existed in the Carboniferous, Permian, and Triassic

This link has a photo of a set of Helicoprion teeth, which are in a spiral pattern. http://www.toyen.uio.no/palmus/galleri/montre/english/x294.htm Neal Robbins

This link has a fossil photo of Nankinolithis sp. http://www.fossilmall.com/EDCOPE_Enterprises/trilobites/Trilobite-1/MF04B.jpg This fossil is 20 mm. in length

Nankinolithis sp. was a trilobite that existed during the Late Ordovician (460.9 - 443.7 million years ago). Fossil remains of it have been excavated at El

"Dzanhuidada," a Mixtec legend Where the dreadful shout resounded, "War! War!" Montezuma, the Aztec warrior, directed himself with partisans to conquer the

Massospondylus carinatus is a dinosaur species that lived during the Jurassic. Fossil remains of it have been found in the Upper Elliot and Clarens formations

These links have artwork depicting Massospondylus. http://dinonews.net/images/dinos/massospondylus2.jpg

I looked at the website of your band; thanks for posting the link to it. What you're doing is wonderful. It's great for people in America to get to listen to

The Bateke are a people who mainly live in the republics of the Congo. However, some also reside in Gabon. This link has photos of Batek masks from the Congo.

These links have photos of Guro masks of the Ivory Coast.

These links have folk tales from Zimbabwe. http://www.mamaafrika.com/Folktales/Zimbabwe1.php

Malcolm, ... Your action and explanation are appreciated as the courtesy they are. You've done what a list moderator ought to do. In fact, I'm surprised such

Adasaurus mongoliensis is a dinosaur of the late Cretaceous. Fossil remains of it have been found at Budin Tsav in Mongolia. The Mongolian paleontologist

This link has a piece of artwork portraying Adasaurus. http://www4.uji.es/~al052510/adasaurus.jpg Neal Robbins ... Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your

Sinoeocrinus is an echinoderm of the Cambrian. It is in the class Eocrinoidea. These creatures were among the earliest echinoderms. Fossils of Sinoeocrinus lui

This link has a photo of two fossil specimens of Sinoeocrinus sp. http://www.fossilmall.com/EDCOPE_Enterprises/Chengjiang/kaili2/KB62B.jpg One is 6 mm. wide.

In an article about the Dutch politician, Geert Wilders and his film Fitna, the journalist asks the question is this "free speech" or "hate speech." I would

In case anyone is confused, the logo to the left is not endorsed or supported by Wal-Mart, the mega retailer often criticized for its stores' negative impact

In such cases as this, I don't think they should be immuned from Iraqi law. Would these soldiers be if they were there as civilians? A modern-day Rome is what

--I wonder if it is the male emos that are getting beat up. As I recall, Mexico has a culture that tends to be very conservative, and Roman Catholic.

This link has a piece of artwork depicting Weigeltisaurus. http://www.avg-wesel.de/geologischer_kalender/per1.htm This link has a Weigeltisaurus fossil photo.

Weigeltisaurus jaekeli was a reptile species that lived in the late part of the Permian period. Fossils of this creature have been found in Germany. Other

Guangweicaris is an invertebrate that lived during the Cambrian period. Fossils of it date to about 525 million years ago, which was during the Lower Cambrian.

This link has a fossil photo of Guangweicaris spinatus. http://www.fossilmall.com/EDCOPE_Enterprises/Chengjiang/Chengjiangfossil7/CJF459A.jpg The fossil is 65

March 27, 2008 No Tam-Tams for Passover? Trouble at plant THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Production problems at a Newark plant mean there won't be any bite- sized matzo

Secernosaurus koerneri was a hadrosaurid dinosaur of the late Cretaceous. Like other hadrosaurs this dinosaur was an herbivore. It is believed to have been

These links have artwork portraying Secernosaurus. http://piclib.nhm.ac.uk/piclib/webimages/0/20000/500/20598_med.jpg

Hear, hear.... But on the other hand... what do you expect from a military man trained in ancient times to obey orders and not think to hard .... Frank ...

This link has an article on another atrocity committed by American troops in Iraq. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article602898.ece An Iraqi

Hey David, it seems very evident that you have nothing to offer the list except your own misinformation about the US military and geopolitics and a bunch of

The Bush administration has told many lies. The war in Iraq has nothing to do with "defending freedom". It has to do with Halliburton making money. The

The war needs to be opposed and ended. It has needlessly cost the lives of many people. The money that was wasted on the war could have been spent for things

Accordionist Dave Thomas does a stunningly good interpretation of Yann Tiersen’s La noyée.

David Cotner’s current music events list is up here.

Bear's collapse "Enron all over again" By Daisy Maxey, Jaime Levy Pessin and Ian Salisbury The Wall Street Journal On Wall Street, employees are suddenly

George Lewis is a giant in American jazz. If you are in Chicago during these dates, you may wish to check out this concert and performance. Contact The Velvet Lounge for more info.

The man credited with running the Beatles name and making them fabulously wealthy has passed away in New York.

- Rudy Carrera

A couple of Colombia’s finest with a beautiful tune for you, Esta Vida (This Life).

HT: Musica Colombiana.

- Rudy Carrera

Sadly, I didn’t have a chance to post this before. I loved DC5, not as much as the Beatles certainly, but “Glad All Over” was as good a beat anthem that came out during the 60s, and it’s sad to hear of the passing of their singer, Mike Smith.

“Glad All Over” is featured in the video above.

HT: Scott Brooks.

- Rudy Carrera

No videos on this fine Mexican pianist yet, but his site and bio are certainly worth a look into. If you visit Mexico check his schedule and watch him perform. By all accounts he’s quite a pianist.

- Rudy Carrera

You're right; it has been a beautiful day here. I've enjoyed it very much. Neal "Timothy B.Gunter" wrote: I'm in the choir and we had done

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This link has an article about giant marine life forms found in Antarctic waters. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080321/ap_on_sc/antarctic_sea_life Neal Robbins

Eryma modestiformis was a lobster of the Jurassic period. Fossils of it have been found in the Solnhofen Limestone in Germany. They date to the Kimmeridgian

HPV: THE FIRST CANCER VACCINE - Dr Tim O'Shea - excerpted from The Sanctity of Human Blood, 11th edition) It was inevitable. In the post 9/11 marketing frenzy

This link has a photo of Brachyaspidion sulcatum. http://www.fossilmall.com/Western-Fossils/Trilo16/TR011b.jpg The fossil is 13 mm. in length. It was found in

Brachyaspidion sulcatum is a trilobite species of the Cambrian. Fossils of it have been found in the Wheeler Shale in Millard County, Utah. They date to the

A wonderful Good Friday to the Western Christians who peruse these pages, and a blessed Purim to our Jewish mates. Enjoy your weekends!

- Rudy Carrera

Thanks to the Central-Asia-Harvard Yahoo! Mailing List for posting this film release:

A distribution of: Central-Asia-Harvard-List. The Announcement List for
Central Eurasian Studies at Harvard University

FILM- Koreans in Central Asia, Film Screening: “Koryo Saram”, April 11

Posted by: Davis Center for Russian & Eurasian Stds <daviscrs@fas.harvard.edu>

Friday, April 11 - Film Screening - Co-sponsored by the Korea Institute and the Davis Center for Russian & Eurasian Studies “Koryo Saram” Co-directed by Y. David Chung and Matt Dibble.

Y. David Chung, Film Co-director, in person, Tsai Auditorium, CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge St., 6:30pm, Free and open to the public.

For more information on “Koryo Saram” please go to: http://koryosaram.net/

Film synopsis:

In 1937, Stalin began a campaign of massive ethnic cleansing and forcibly deported everyone of Korean origin living in the coastal provinces of the Far East Russia near the border of North Korea to the unsettled steppe country of Central Asia 3700 miles away. This story of 180,000 Koreans who became political pawns during the Great Terror is the central focus of this film. With political scientist and executive producer Meredith Jung-En Woo and cameraman and co-director Matt Dibble, Chung traveled to film the survivors of the deportation and their descendants who still live in Kazakhstan today.

Koryo Saram (the Soviet Korean phrase for Korean person) tells the harrowing saga of survival in the open steppe country and the sweep of Soviet history through the eyes of these deported Koreans, who were designated by Stalin as an “unreliable people” and enemies of the state. Through recently uncovered archival footage and new interviews, the film follows the deportees’ history of integrating into the Soviet system while working under punishing conditions in Kazakhstan, a country which became a concentration camp of exiled people from throughout the Soviet Union.

Today, in the context of Kazakhstan’s recent emergence as a rapidly modernizing, independent state, the story of the Kazakhstani-Koreans situated within this ethnically diverse country has resonance with the experience of many Americans and how they have assimilated to form new cultures in our world of increasingly displaced people.

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Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: 617.495.4037
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- Rudy Carrera

This link has a fossil photo of Clypecaris pteroidea. http://www.fossilmall.com/EDCOPE_Enterprises/Chengjiang/chengjiangfossil9/CJF836B.jpg The fossil is 13

Clypecaris pteroidea is a Cambrian invertebrate. Fossil remains of it have been found in the Chengjiang Biota in Yunnan Province, China. This creature is

Wafting through a list of 100,000 links I need to sort through was the story of Xiao Qian and Wen Jieruo, a husband-and-wife duo brave enogh to tackle translating the James Joyce masterpiece.

- Rudy Carrera

... That's really quite clever social satire. And I haven't gotten past the dinner party yet. Don

Another point of view from France. My input: The question is not anymore whether the US should stay or leave. The financial crisis will deal with it in its

A point of view from Switzerland http://www.letemps.ch:80/template/editoriaux.asp?page=1&article=228233 Le temps de réparer Luis Lema Jeudi 20 mars 2008

... Westernmost dissent New York, San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago... Lihue. Huh? Yes, Lihue. There is such a place in the United States. It is the county

To my fellow bloggers from The Tower of Babel, I bid you welcome! If there are things musical you wish to see here, by all means, comment away!

- Rudy Carrera

Amazing news. Holy crap! Never thought I'd see the day. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU

... On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 1:20 PM, Marie Claude Rideau <

http://www.addictedtowar.com/ ADDICTED TO WAR takes on the most active, powerful and destructive military in the world. It tells the history of U.S. foreign

Excellent e-mail! Great job Malcolm! Malcolm Lawrence wrote: Greetings all, I've just switched the English language link

Greetings all, I've just switched the English language link on the Babel homepage to the new English language Babel blog. http://en.towerofbabel.com/blog/ and

A website with Navaho sand paintings is on this link. http://www.snowwowl.com/naartsandp.html Neal Robbins ... Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage.

... Wake up and smell the anthrax (redux) This is what I wrote on February 27, 2003: "Who is winning the pre-war hype before it even begins? Of course, CNN

One of New Yorks young lions of the avant-garde, Andrew D’Angelo, is fighting off a brain tumor. Consider, if possible donating to his site in order to offset his medical costs. There isn’t much protection for avant-garde musicians health-care-wise, sadly.

- Rudy Carrera

Only a twit like George W. Bush would make the below statement just days before the 5th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. "I must say, I'm a little envious.

This link has an article about a dinosaur whose skin was amazingly well preserved. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080318/ap_on_sc/dinosaur_mummy Neal Robbins ...

In honor of St Paddy's day, here's a classic Muppet sketch -- a rendition of "Danny Boy," performed by Animal, the Swedish Chef, and Beaker on the high notes.

The Science Of Sleep March 16, 2008 ... (CBS) Human beings spend on average one third of their lives asleep. We know we need to sleep but most of us have never

Waikiki in the Himalayas By Jon Letman Today as I drove down Nawiliwili Road listening to an NPR report about the violent turn protests in Lhasa have taken, I

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Terrorists are beyond borders and claims of citizenship because we are fighting an ideology, not a nation, not a religion and not a "people". They are a cancer

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... Democracy, or living in freedom as you call it, is not something that can be imposed. That is a contradiction in terms. Democracy is a freedom of choice.

Does that statement include the US policy that people should be able to live in freedom? Maybe the "Iraqi civilians" would prefer to be killed by their own

A Vote for Your Beliefs May Be a Vote Against Your Freedom by Barbara L. Minton It looks like about 66% of Americans will be happy when January 20, 2009 rolls

The Four Horsemen of the Health Apocalypse by Tony Isaacs A dark plague has crept across the land, operating largely in shadow for generations and set upon us

The $200 billion bail-out for predator banks and Spitzer charges are intimately linked By Greg Palast Reporting for Air America Radio’s Clout Listen to

MMR: Vaccine can cause blood disorder 13 March 2008 There's more bad news for advocates of the MMR (measles-mumps- rubella) vaccine with the discovery this