taken from the Book Of Facts
written by Readers Digest
man's first friend
the dog is man's oldest as well as his best friend.
the ancient Egyptians used dogs for hunting 8000 years ago, and stone age humans may have had hunting dogs before 10,000BC, the ancestors of the dog were probably the lighter-built southern Asian races of the wolf, but other wolf races may have contributed as well.
about 5000 years ago humans began to develop breeds of dogs in order to encourage different qualities.
last, the short-legged dachshund was bred for hunting badgers, and sheepdogs was bred for its herding abilities.
all dogs - from a Mexican chilhuahua weighing less than 1kg ( 2.2lb ) to a huge st bernard weighing more than 90kg ( 198lb ) - are members of the same species.
in biological terms, this means that any dog can potentially breed with any other dog - although differences in size can make this unlikely in some cases. and despite the long domestication there is no genetic barrier between dogs and wolves, either.
personal opinion;
the fact that man has and is still breading all kinds of animals to make others - they are in my opinion playing god, nature has was of making life happen without the aid of man but man obviously don't think so.
Friday, September 20, 2013
Birth of the mummy
taken from the Book of Facts
written by Readers Digest
the word mummy, for the embalmed bodies of Egyptian notables does not come from Egypt, or even from the Arab world. it is thought to derived from a Persian word mummia, meaning 'bitumen' or 'tar'. Mummies were so named because ancient peoples who came across the age - blackened corpses believed wrongly that the bodies were a source of tar.
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
a segment from Phobia
A segment from Phobia
Ursa said to the Zane; "Zane Andruin how are you and the family Been?"
"Grate, well maybe not grate but pretty good. welcome gentlemen. have a seat, this is my son Sidian and I'm Andruin!"
As they each sat down around the circular table in the hart of the room, Ursa introduced them and apologized for the hasty meeting; "I realized the reason for our asking to see you is quite unusual but we're hoping upon hearing our arguments, you'll agree it's the best course of action to take!"
"Ursa, don't take this the wrong way, but, I think you have spent to much time on that Space station ...... I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about, I was under the assumption that PASCO dealt with matters concerning space. Although what the Archaeology you mentioned has to do with it has me curious, I fail to understand exactly what it has that involves me. I probably know less about both of them the majority of the population and at the risk of sounding stupid - what do they have in common?"
"Lost civilizations, dad, this is why you should have been reading all those articles in the science magazines I have, PASCO has been gearing up to train people on Taganae for exploring other planets as they move outwards into space AND ...... worlds who's populations have passed out of their existence, to understand who they were, how they lived, where they went and why requires the knowledge of the experts."
"Wow, I had no idea you know so much about this, Sidian, You present some very good points so far, I'm not sure in what you think I can do to be helpful but its certainly something worthy of attention. Make yourselves comfortable gentlemen we've got a lot of discussing to do!"
The meeting lasted for several hours with no sign of ending anytime soon.
Each person contributing thoughts and ideas, they talked about Archaeology in general and the valuable information it had provided on the development of the cultures around the planet. PASCO will need the expertise to gather the same kind of information on far off worlds where the inhabitants cannot speak for themselves. they went over the current types of equipment and tools and discussed some ideas of yet unknown tools and equipment that would be needed as well as the training the PASCO personnel would require to carry out their mission. when the conversation began to wind down, Zane Andruin sat back in his chair with a thoughtful expression on his face.
"This has been an interesting discussion. I'm quite impressed, however I missed the part where my help comes in, could someone run it by me again?"
As the three of them glanced at each other Vytar took in a deep breath and said; "looks like it's my turn to speak, Probably because it's my idea and rather then bore you with a long winded plea. I'll just cut to the point. these future Archaeologist need intense training to do their job. while they are learning, they must be as safe as possible. My idea is to use some ready made unknown areas with problems and hazards unforeseen in advance where they can learn to function and do so without dying in the process. We need access to the Kelmik Regions, all of them, to achieve it. Further more, I strongly advise Admiral Ursa, PASCO and anyone else involved to engage the services and experties of the best Archeologist in the world to do this training and that's Dathan's Lindaran, Professor at the Karf Mithallis University, I believe I Know for a fact he'd be very willing to sign on!"
"I know for a fact that he would too Vytar, he not only said he wants in the Kelmik Lands but he has made numerous attempts to sneak in to them, Do brake the news to him gently, I wouldn't want him to go into shock; that should come later when he gets in there and finds whatever he thinks is there. And Ursa, as a token of my willingness to add your happy group, you may have the pleasure of my sons company, sense I know full well he'll start hounding me for permission to go before you even reach the outer door, also make sure that Professor Dathan knows not to stray away from the main pack - he tends to be a lone wolf when he thinks no one is watching."
Ursa said to the Zane; "Zane Andruin how are you and the family Been?"
"Grate, well maybe not grate but pretty good. welcome gentlemen. have a seat, this is my son Sidian and I'm Andruin!"
As they each sat down around the circular table in the hart of the room, Ursa introduced them and apologized for the hasty meeting; "I realized the reason for our asking to see you is quite unusual but we're hoping upon hearing our arguments, you'll agree it's the best course of action to take!"
"Ursa, don't take this the wrong way, but, I think you have spent to much time on that Space station ...... I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about, I was under the assumption that PASCO dealt with matters concerning space. Although what the Archaeology you mentioned has to do with it has me curious, I fail to understand exactly what it has that involves me. I probably know less about both of them the majority of the population and at the risk of sounding stupid - what do they have in common?"
"Lost civilizations, dad, this is why you should have been reading all those articles in the science magazines I have, PASCO has been gearing up to train people on Taganae for exploring other planets as they move outwards into space AND ...... worlds who's populations have passed out of their existence, to understand who they were, how they lived, where they went and why requires the knowledge of the experts."
"Wow, I had no idea you know so much about this, Sidian, You present some very good points so far, I'm not sure in what you think I can do to be helpful but its certainly something worthy of attention. Make yourselves comfortable gentlemen we've got a lot of discussing to do!"
The meeting lasted for several hours with no sign of ending anytime soon.
Each person contributing thoughts and ideas, they talked about Archaeology in general and the valuable information it had provided on the development of the cultures around the planet. PASCO will need the expertise to gather the same kind of information on far off worlds where the inhabitants cannot speak for themselves. they went over the current types of equipment and tools and discussed some ideas of yet unknown tools and equipment that would be needed as well as the training the PASCO personnel would require to carry out their mission. when the conversation began to wind down, Zane Andruin sat back in his chair with a thoughtful expression on his face.
"This has been an interesting discussion. I'm quite impressed, however I missed the part where my help comes in, could someone run it by me again?"
As the three of them glanced at each other Vytar took in a deep breath and said; "looks like it's my turn to speak, Probably because it's my idea and rather then bore you with a long winded plea. I'll just cut to the point. these future Archaeologist need intense training to do their job. while they are learning, they must be as safe as possible. My idea is to use some ready made unknown areas with problems and hazards unforeseen in advance where they can learn to function and do so without dying in the process. We need access to the Kelmik Regions, all of them, to achieve it. Further more, I strongly advise Admiral Ursa, PASCO and anyone else involved to engage the services and experties of the best Archeologist in the world to do this training and that's Dathan's Lindaran, Professor at the Karf Mithallis University, I believe I Know for a fact he'd be very willing to sign on!"
"I know for a fact that he would too Vytar, he not only said he wants in the Kelmik Lands but he has made numerous attempts to sneak in to them, Do brake the news to him gently, I wouldn't want him to go into shock; that should come later when he gets in there and finds whatever he thinks is there. And Ursa, as a token of my willingness to add your happy group, you may have the pleasure of my sons company, sense I know full well he'll start hounding me for permission to go before you even reach the outer door, also make sure that Professor Dathan knows not to stray away from the main pack - he tends to be a lone wolf when he thinks no one is watching."
Saturday, August 24, 2013
Mikal
Mikal then said his good by's and went to the left, when the door opened up Talin then said; " i hope you can handle the job Mikal its not going to be easy! "
he turned around and looked at him then asked; " what gives you the idea that i can't?"
nothing its just when i reviewed your record i got the opinion that when you make up your mind you close it to other possibilities that's all!"
i never close the door to anything, Admiral Talin, to this day i am still looking for evidence to support some theories that Professor Darik of the Trojans are looking for when he first got into Archaeology!"
"yes, that is what he said, why are you doing that anyway?"
" every possibility must be ruled out before it can be ruled out as a possibility! there can be no closed doors anywhere anytime! what in my record told you that i closed doors?"
"there are a couple of little things - nothing major though!"
i would very much like for those little thing to be told to me so i can clear up any confusion! Admiral!"
Mikla walked back over to the chair and sat down, "now tell me some of them please?"
"Okay for starting off with there is the little matter of the Trojan Desert ' the lifeless lands " why are you so bent out of shape telling people that at one time there was in fact life there?"
"at one time there was, the genetic make up of that desert clearly shows that - i don't know what changed the genetic make up of the region but the salt mountains aren't a natural development for the area, the salt you find in the sea and the salt you find in those mountains have nothing encomium! right down to the genetic make up the cells are different where the salt in the sea can be ate the salt in the desert will kill you if you ate it! there just nothing that can tie them together!"
well on that one you were right, Ridium told us that the Lifeless lands were made by him to bring forth a mineral we now know as Trysillucant, to him its call silicon and it wasn't natural on Phobia, the point though is you closed that door before the proof was found!'
"Ridium? who is that?"
"Ridium is a true Arkondian, he was born in the Altiearian time here on Phobia!"
"Altiearian time, the Altiearians are a race of people that Vytra Korvan found or wait Vytar named them, Professor Dathan Lindaran found them right?"
" right!"
"so how could he have been born in the Alterian time? they lived over twenty three million generations ago?"
"not quite, the Altiearieans are in fact three hundred generation old, that is three hundred generation ago they came to Phobius then the name of the planet was changed to Phobia but that's about what happened according to Ridium!"
"still how could he be from the Altiearians!"
"you aren't into astrology are you?"
"no - why?"
"if you were you would have known, were do you think we got the Radiant Spirit space station at?"
"i thought we built it!"
"no, Ridium is the computer that is on that station, that station is in fact a star ship built by the Altiearieans, we inherited it! and you were going to take on a job with little to no knowledge of the true situation!"
"we inherited it?"
Talin laughed then added, the first thing you need to do is go to Radiant Spirit Station and learn your history!"
"i"ll do that now then!"
"your free to go then!"
he turned around and looked at him then asked; " what gives you the idea that i can't?"
nothing its just when i reviewed your record i got the opinion that when you make up your mind you close it to other possibilities that's all!"
i never close the door to anything, Admiral Talin, to this day i am still looking for evidence to support some theories that Professor Darik of the Trojans are looking for when he first got into Archaeology!"
"yes, that is what he said, why are you doing that anyway?"
" every possibility must be ruled out before it can be ruled out as a possibility! there can be no closed doors anywhere anytime! what in my record told you that i closed doors?"
"there are a couple of little things - nothing major though!"
i would very much like for those little thing to be told to me so i can clear up any confusion! Admiral!"
Mikla walked back over to the chair and sat down, "now tell me some of them please?"
"Okay for starting off with there is the little matter of the Trojan Desert ' the lifeless lands " why are you so bent out of shape telling people that at one time there was in fact life there?"
"at one time there was, the genetic make up of that desert clearly shows that - i don't know what changed the genetic make up of the region but the salt mountains aren't a natural development for the area, the salt you find in the sea and the salt you find in those mountains have nothing encomium! right down to the genetic make up the cells are different where the salt in the sea can be ate the salt in the desert will kill you if you ate it! there just nothing that can tie them together!"
well on that one you were right, Ridium told us that the Lifeless lands were made by him to bring forth a mineral we now know as Trysillucant, to him its call silicon and it wasn't natural on Phobia, the point though is you closed that door before the proof was found!'
"Ridium? who is that?"
"Ridium is a true Arkondian, he was born in the Altiearian time here on Phobia!"
"Altiearian time, the Altiearians are a race of people that Vytra Korvan found or wait Vytar named them, Professor Dathan Lindaran found them right?"
" right!"
"so how could he have been born in the Alterian time? they lived over twenty three million generations ago?"
"not quite, the Altiearieans are in fact three hundred generation old, that is three hundred generation ago they came to Phobius then the name of the planet was changed to Phobia but that's about what happened according to Ridium!"
"still how could he be from the Altiearians!"
"you aren't into astrology are you?"
"no - why?"
"if you were you would have known, were do you think we got the Radiant Spirit space station at?"
"i thought we built it!"
"no, Ridium is the computer that is on that station, that station is in fact a star ship built by the Altiearieans, we inherited it! and you were going to take on a job with little to no knowledge of the true situation!"
"we inherited it?"
Talin laughed then added, the first thing you need to do is go to Radiant Spirit Station and learn your history!"
"i"ll do that now then!"
"your free to go then!"
Monday, August 12, 2013
In Memory of Ricky Lambert
My Aunt Ricky was a especially talented Person, she drew everything from - dragons, unicorns, ordinary cats and dogs, any thing you wanted @ colored them to.
she painted the walls of her room to look like a forest of silver trees like in the Lord of the Rings.
when she was young she made a picture of a field of flowers with the names of each family member on them and above, she put stars @ the names of the family members who passed away.
sadly her flower became a star on February 10th 1992 when she passed away at age 33.
this story is told in my mothers words,
we miss all those who passed away and we know that they are now in a better place.
she painted the walls of her room to look like a forest of silver trees like in the Lord of the Rings.
when she was young she made a picture of a field of flowers with the names of each family member on them and above, she put stars @ the names of the family members who passed away.
sadly her flower became a star on February 10th 1992 when she passed away at age 33.
this story is told in my mothers words,
we miss all those who passed away and we know that they are now in a better place.
Saturday, August 10, 2013
In memory of Randy Dansby
my brother Randy Dansby
1. Randy would "create" milk shakes of various flavors and had me ( Ronny ) taste them to see if they were good.
2. Randy drew "underdog" on a sheet of paper @ ran 100 copies of it at Children's Hospital which were given to classmates of mying ( Ronny ) in the 1st grade as "special rewards" for good work - which was like putting a star on their papers. ( that worked for everyone except me sense i lived with him and got his drawing all the time anyway ).
3. Randy received a motorized "motorcycle" when he was 5 from Santa and he took it everywhere with me ( Ronny ), who was 2 1/2 years old, on the back, and our dog, Fancy ( a toy poodle ) along side.
one day Randy got angry at mom and took me ( Ronny ) @ Fancy on the motorcycle to grandma's house - 2 blocks away and told her mom was mean and we ( Randy and me ) moved to her house. after she gave them cookies - they ( Randy and I ) came home - both were tired and wanted to play with our toys @ had forgotten we were mad at mom @ had moved away.
1. Randy would "create" milk shakes of various flavors and had me ( Ronny ) taste them to see if they were good.
2. Randy drew "underdog" on a sheet of paper @ ran 100 copies of it at Children's Hospital which were given to classmates of mying ( Ronny ) in the 1st grade as "special rewards" for good work - which was like putting a star on their papers. ( that worked for everyone except me sense i lived with him and got his drawing all the time anyway ).
3. Randy received a motorized "motorcycle" when he was 5 from Santa and he took it everywhere with me ( Ronny ), who was 2 1/2 years old, on the back, and our dog, Fancy ( a toy poodle ) along side.
one day Randy got angry at mom and took me ( Ronny ) @ Fancy on the motorcycle to grandma's house - 2 blocks away and told her mom was mean and we ( Randy and me ) moved to her house. after she gave them cookies - they ( Randy and I ) came home - both were tired and wanted to play with our toys @ had forgotten we were mad at mom @ had moved away.
Friday, July 19, 2013
from riches to rages
from riches to rages.
the princess was engaged to a prince, a wedding she wasn't interested in and so when a chance came up that would give her what she wants she took it.
the man named Gation Gorthan went to a fight, the animal that plagued the empire was a mythological beast called a Tycan, a Tycan is a wolf like dog with a silvery coat of hair.
the only thing that could be done was try to case it off, for nothing ever made has been able too kill one that they knew of.
Gation Gorthan dressed in his suit of steel and grabbed his sword, then joined his team of warriors and set off for the village of Barba.
Barba sat at the outer edge of the empire to the southeast, when they arrived there he talked too the few villagers that clammed to survive the encounter.
they told him that they were at the area called fortress gates - so named because it was the road into the empire from southeastern section of the continent.
they went looking for it in that area, when they found the beast there were ten nights.
swords in hand they fought the beast, one by one the beast killed them, seven of them died that day, Gation lost his sword in the fight the beast was too close too it for him too get it back so he simply did what his grandfather told him too do.
he grabbed a long tree branch that had broke of a near by tree and was laying on the ground.
the knights must have hit the beast a hundred times with there swords and nothing happened, there wasn't even a scratch on the beasts skin.
as the two remaining knight kept the beasts attention, Gation drove the tree branch into the right eye of the beast, killing it insistently.
as is the custom of the empire - Gation and the two other remaining knights dearied there dead, then carried the beast back too the village to eat.
it took them three days to figure out how to skin the beast, metal just would not do anything too its skin.
in frustration he grabbed that tree branch again and stabbed the beast in the chest, the wood branch sailed into the beast quickly and smoothly.
they old saying and the reason one why they ate whatever they killed is; " if you eat the dead you become part of it! "
the villagers felt insensible because of that not too mention homered by the nights.
when they got back with the story for the kings family, Gation Gorthan became a hero of the empire, now the laws of marring any of the princesses are - " either you have to be royalty or a hero "
the princess announced that her wedding was off with the prince of the other lands, a move that upset her father, but made both the prince of the neighboring nation and her sister happy.
one by one the family tried too talk since into her, she just wasn't lessening to them.
finally Gation said he would try to talk to her to.
" why did you call off the wedding?"
"i don't love him and it paves way for my sister to marry him in three years, they love each other!"
"but what about the union of the Alliance?"
"it can wait for a few years!"
"Ok, who do you love? the empire needs an hear!"
"my sister can provide that, for once, i want what i want!"
"and what's that?"
"to be advridge!"
"but your not advridge!"
"no but i could be with your help!"
"come again!"
"you are advridge and you are a hero, if you and i marry then i would be advrige too!"
"i have nothing too offer you for one thing!"
"but my father would take care of that!"
"i'm hardly around!"
"but my family will be all i need, if i marry a hero then i take his states at home but retain my relationship with my family too, i could visit them when i'm lonely!"
"you know what you are asking?"
"yes! i will grow on you, you might even love me in the end!"
"but i do love you - just not in that way!"
"but you could given some time!"
"your father would give me a cassel to!"
"not if you put restrictions on him, he has been trying to marry me off for years now, he would except then just so i would get married!"
"what type of restrictions do you have in mind dear!"
"that sounded good, well for one thing you can tell him that you would except a pay raise but only if its the same as any other knight, two; you would except an estate but only a modest one, what you have done for the nation he would be more will to give you anything you want then you think and that includes me!"
"i'll try, but this is just for you!"
she jumped up and started hopping in place saying " yes, yes, yes!"
he walked out of the room and asked to see the King, she must have been right about that because the king took him right in, the king was talking too the ambassador of the nation that the princess was suppose to marry the prince in.
he told the king and the ambassador what the princess had to say that is everything but the conditions he knew that for the conditions to work he had to keep that part too himself.
"are you interested?"
"yes but under conditions!"
"what conditions?"
he gave the conditions that the princess gave him to the king, he sold them as his idea.
they all talked for about two hours, finnally, the king said that the villagers of Barba was starting too act like the ruled the empire and he would agree too all the terms if he would go to that village and take control as a duke of the district.
he agreed and the next day both the ambassador and him left he went to the village to get thing set up and the ambassador went to his embassy.
the princess made the announcement and he supported it just before he left.
he found a nice twenty five accer lot and built a nice log cabin there - that became known as the dukes estate.
after a few days passed he went back too the plaice married her and took her to there new home for life, the gifts were modest to.
the princess was engaged to a prince, a wedding she wasn't interested in and so when a chance came up that would give her what she wants she took it.
the man named Gation Gorthan went to a fight, the animal that plagued the empire was a mythological beast called a Tycan, a Tycan is a wolf like dog with a silvery coat of hair.
the only thing that could be done was try to case it off, for nothing ever made has been able too kill one that they knew of.
Gation Gorthan dressed in his suit of steel and grabbed his sword, then joined his team of warriors and set off for the village of Barba.
Barba sat at the outer edge of the empire to the southeast, when they arrived there he talked too the few villagers that clammed to survive the encounter.
they told him that they were at the area called fortress gates - so named because it was the road into the empire from southeastern section of the continent.
they went looking for it in that area, when they found the beast there were ten nights.
swords in hand they fought the beast, one by one the beast killed them, seven of them died that day, Gation lost his sword in the fight the beast was too close too it for him too get it back so he simply did what his grandfather told him too do.
he grabbed a long tree branch that had broke of a near by tree and was laying on the ground.
the knights must have hit the beast a hundred times with there swords and nothing happened, there wasn't even a scratch on the beasts skin.
as the two remaining knight kept the beasts attention, Gation drove the tree branch into the right eye of the beast, killing it insistently.
as is the custom of the empire - Gation and the two other remaining knights dearied there dead, then carried the beast back too the village to eat.
it took them three days to figure out how to skin the beast, metal just would not do anything too its skin.
in frustration he grabbed that tree branch again and stabbed the beast in the chest, the wood branch sailed into the beast quickly and smoothly.
they old saying and the reason one why they ate whatever they killed is; " if you eat the dead you become part of it! "
the villagers felt insensible because of that not too mention homered by the nights.
when they got back with the story for the kings family, Gation Gorthan became a hero of the empire, now the laws of marring any of the princesses are - " either you have to be royalty or a hero "
the princess announced that her wedding was off with the prince of the other lands, a move that upset her father, but made both the prince of the neighboring nation and her sister happy.
one by one the family tried too talk since into her, she just wasn't lessening to them.
finally Gation said he would try to talk to her to.
" why did you call off the wedding?"
"i don't love him and it paves way for my sister to marry him in three years, they love each other!"
"but what about the union of the Alliance?"
"it can wait for a few years!"
"Ok, who do you love? the empire needs an hear!"
"my sister can provide that, for once, i want what i want!"
"and what's that?"
"to be advridge!"
"but your not advridge!"
"no but i could be with your help!"
"come again!"
"you are advridge and you are a hero, if you and i marry then i would be advrige too!"
"i have nothing too offer you for one thing!"
"but my father would take care of that!"
"i'm hardly around!"
"but my family will be all i need, if i marry a hero then i take his states at home but retain my relationship with my family too, i could visit them when i'm lonely!"
"you know what you are asking?"
"yes! i will grow on you, you might even love me in the end!"
"but i do love you - just not in that way!"
"but you could given some time!"
"your father would give me a cassel to!"
"not if you put restrictions on him, he has been trying to marry me off for years now, he would except then just so i would get married!"
"what type of restrictions do you have in mind dear!"
"that sounded good, well for one thing you can tell him that you would except a pay raise but only if its the same as any other knight, two; you would except an estate but only a modest one, what you have done for the nation he would be more will to give you anything you want then you think and that includes me!"
"i'll try, but this is just for you!"
she jumped up and started hopping in place saying " yes, yes, yes!"
he walked out of the room and asked to see the King, she must have been right about that because the king took him right in, the king was talking too the ambassador of the nation that the princess was suppose to marry the prince in.
he told the king and the ambassador what the princess had to say that is everything but the conditions he knew that for the conditions to work he had to keep that part too himself.
"are you interested?"
"yes but under conditions!"
"what conditions?"
he gave the conditions that the princess gave him to the king, he sold them as his idea.
they all talked for about two hours, finnally, the king said that the villagers of Barba was starting too act like the ruled the empire and he would agree too all the terms if he would go to that village and take control as a duke of the district.
he agreed and the next day both the ambassador and him left he went to the village to get thing set up and the ambassador went to his embassy.
the princess made the announcement and he supported it just before he left.
he found a nice twenty five accer lot and built a nice log cabin there - that became known as the dukes estate.
after a few days passed he went back too the plaice married her and took her to there new home for life, the gifts were modest to.
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