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About 7,000 British and Australian soldiers died in the muddy fields around the French village of Fromelles during the first World War. A mass grave of 250 of those killed in 1916 was recently found near the town. Experts are now trying to identify the bodies and prepare them for burial in a new war cemetery in the heart of Fromelles.
When was the last time you actually set pen to paper and mailed off a personal letter to someone? It's probably been awhile — and the man responsible is Ray Tomlinson. In 1971, Tomlinson changed the way the world communicated when he invented e-mail.
If you've used a GPS system — or if you happen to be using the Internet to read this — you can thank DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. For 50 years, the smallish, somewhat secretive division of the Pentagon has been mostly off-limits to reporters. Now author Michael Belfiore has profiled the agency in a new book.
The Arlington Ladies believe that no death should go unmourned. How do they make sure that happens? The group of women attend people's funerals, even though they don't know them. NPR's Petra Mayer caught up with a few of the ladies at Arlington National Cemetery during this week's Veterans Day celebrations.
President Obama arrived in China on Sunday, as part of his eight-day tour of Asia. NPR's Scott Horsley talks to host Guy Raz about what President Obama is expected to discuss with Chinese leaders, as well as a report on the president's talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty and Iran's nuclear program.
One of television's most successful comedy writers, David Lloyd, died this week. He was 75. Lloyd wrote for Jack Paar, Johnny Carson and Dick Cavett. He penned episodes of
Cheers, Taxi, Rhoda, The Bob Newhart Show, Wings and
Frasier. But his most memorable work may have been on
The Mary Tyler Moore Show. An episode he wrote called "Chuckles Bites the Dust" was cited by
TV Guide as the funniest sitcom episode ever.
In 1974, a group of farmers digging a well in central China stumbled upon a buried figure. It turned out to be one of an estimated 7,000 life-sized terra cotta warriors in an underground tomb complex. The warriors and a host of other figures were created for China's first emperor, Qin Shihuangdi. Host Guy Raz drops by the National Geographic Museum in Washington, D.C., to see an exhibit of the figures.
According to numerous sources on the Internet, three years from now a planet called Nibiru will collide with Earth, resulting in the extinction of the human race. This and other apocalyptic myths have NASA stepping up to soothe our fears.
British author Martin Jacques witnessed the decline of the British Empire over his lifetime. He predicts that Americans will have a similar experience as the power of the United States declines in the coming years, yielding to an ever more powerful China. He discusses his new book,
When China Rules the World.
At the height of the Cold War, the television series
The Prisoner was so subversive and enigmatic, it lasted just 17 episodes. There's finally a remake, but if you're expecting a faithful re-creation of the British series, actor Jim Caviezel says you'll be disappointed.
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The oldest know hymn to Peace
From the welcoming of the Olympic Flame 2004 in Sitia Crete.
This is the oldest Hymn to PEACE.
Music set by Zachos Terzakis.
Crete - In ancient Palaeokastro
Performance -Ancient Greek
Voice Greek
LYRICS STROPHE 2
Hail.! Greatest Kouros, Son of Kronos
Master of all gone below ground
return to Dikta for the changing year...
for here they took you from Rhea,
babe immortal, the shielded wards
and beat the dance with their feet.
(Literal translation: J.-A. Mac Gillivray)
Greetings from Greece
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wisemanspeeks .. wrote:
i know she will come march the tenth my b-day
i am jittery much like a child on Christmas eve,
i am anticipating much like a poor man who's,
about to receive his first pay check,
i can't wait i got a date,with an angel
every year about this time ,
she comes to give me the love ,
i need to make it Thu another year,
when she appears always with a Golden glow,
just before she takes human form,
of a Goddess in all her head dress,
with roses as a necklace,
wings that flutter to enfold me,
whisk me off to that place ,
where there is no time or space ,
we bath in the river of blessings ,
good tidings and cheer
we laugh, we talk ,we smile all the while ,
sipping the drink reserved for Gods,
as we feel the effects of love taking over,
our souls knows no shame,she stands takes my hand,
leads me to a bed made of pure passion,
filling me up with nothing but affection
as we embrace as our lips touch ,
i feel the magic the splendor
,
of raw admiration much like poetry ,
in motion our true essence ,
starts to mingle as we lay make love,
under the heavens above, on clouds and stars,
pillows of hearts,
fires of desires ignites ,sun burst forth in the sky,
angels gather with the animals of paradise,
to peek blush and be amaze by us,
as the peacocks spread their wings,
strutting the many beautiful colors ,
as we make love ,as we make love,
flowers bloom ,rainbows come into view,
as we make love ,as we make love,
as we make love a spirit and a soul,
to Gods thrown room we go,
where we are judged as one,
i as a man you as my guardian angel,
only to be found true and worthy,
of one another, with Gods blessing,
we shell join closer together,
in the ways of what is the highest of honors,
ever lasting forever after,no separating never to fall,
that angel i got a date with will materialize,
every year she comes to me,
on my birthday with a promise to return,
my faith is strong i know she will come,.
i know,i know,i know she will come,
my faith is strong,,peace wisemanspeeks copy@rights wizthom
LOVE IS THE FORCE ,THAT RULES US ALL,,
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