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Scientists have discovered an ancient 9th century Viking era ring in Sweden, which has the words 'For Allah' engraved upon it ... The ring was cataloged at the Swedish History Museum in Stockholm as a signet ring consisting of gilded silver set with an amethyst inscribed with the word "Allah" in Arabic Kufic writing ... "Colored glass was an exotic material in Viking Age Scandinavia," Warmlander said....
The Siasat Daily 2015-03-18Vikings in the NBA ... Grady has posted a double double in ten of the Vikings' last 14 games including a stretch of four in a row in mid-February ... If you are ever in a heated trivia showdown and the question happens to be, "Which school was the first 14 seed to advance to the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament?" thanks to Hustle Belt, you can count yourself a winner....
Dayton Daily News 2015-03-18Using a sensor that needs to be placed in a bed, the Aura sends data on breathing, movement and heart rate to a phone app, while the device itself glows red or orange during the night before waking you up with blue ... prubuy.hk) works best in a properly darkened bedroom....
South China Morning Post 2015-03-18This perpetual culture of swindling naïve and inexperienced students isn’t coming to an end anytime soon and the best way to protect yourself is to know your rights. Help yourself out by thinking pretty hard about the landlord, the letting agency, the housemates, the area, and the contract itself ... Everyone’s best friends in freshers’ week, so wait until after Christmas to decide whom you’re willing to spend every day and night with....
The Independent 2015-03-18While surround sound systems and soundbars are expensive, there are affordable gaming-related headsets available which allow the player to become immersed when they are playing a game with high-quality sound ... Mute your microphone instantly with the On/Off button, adjust the chat or in-game volume with just a touch of a button ... Chat with it and immerse yourself in your favorite games with high-quality audio for under $100....
The Examiner 2015-03-18Yufen Chang, Chinese Flagship Associate Professor, describes the capstone year as "an exceptional opportunity for Flagship students to be immersed in a Chinese-speaking environment and culture." Capstone students take courses related to their major at either Nanjing University or Tianjin Normal University side-by-side with local university students....
noodls 2015-03-18So the current chill in relations with Russia, it seems, has not affected the British love affair with Tolstoy ... And Andrei Konchalovsky himself forged a film career both in Hollywood and Russia where he collaborated closely with the distinguished film-maker Andrei Tarkovsky ... the old paradigm of a cultural conflict in Russia between so-called Slavophiles and Westernisers....
BBC News 2015-03-18And the trick isn't so much in what you do, but the order you do them in ... And every habit ends with a reward -- the reason you're driven by the cue and routine in the first place ... You could also use it to set yourself up early in the week for actions you know you'll want to take later but will be worn out if you don't put the triggers in place now ... How I Taught Myself To Stop Peeing In A Broken Toilet....
Huffington Post 2015-03-18But while the Romans, Vikings and Normans ruled Britain for many years, none left their genetic calling cards behind in the DNA of today's mainland Caucasian population ... The only appreciable genetic input from the Vikings is in the Orkney Islands, which were part of Norway for 600 years ... Given the cultural significance of the Roman, Viking and Norman invasions, it's surprising they didn't leave greater genetic legacy....
New Scientist 2015-03-18And the Vikings have three straight state championships between 2010 and 2012 to show for it ... They will face Blackhawk Saturday at the Giant Center in a rematch of last year's title game, which the Vikings lost. "When we really get going in our offense it helps us go on a run," freshman Kate Connolly said ... I was a little bit worried about all those threes we were taking with a lead but she came in and knocked two of them down." ... FOOD.....
Philadelphia Daily News 2015-03-18A DNA study of Britons has shown that genetically there is not a unique Celtic group of people in the UK ... As just about anyone in Orkney will tell you, Orcadians are different ... But the evidence suggests that, for all the cultural power of the islands' Norse heritage, the genetic legacy of Pictish and other pre-Viking DNA remains strong ... We're dealing here with relatively small variations in DNA....
BBC News 2015-03-18PARIS (AP) - French president Francois Hollande has issued a call to preserve the cultural heritage threatened by Islamic State extremists in Iraq and Syria. IS extremists have pillaged an ancient city in Iraq and bulldozed another, events described by UNESCO as "cultural cleansing." ... The Louvre was the first museum to exhibit treasures of the Assyrian civilization in the 19th century ... 3 injured in Northeast Philly blaze ... FOOD. ... Food ....
Philadelphia Daily News 2015-03-18The organizers have planned rallies, cultural programs and teach-ins to draw attention to US military interventions across the globe ... The US government is provoking Russia in Ukraine and Eastern Europe, pushing for another coup in Venezuela and expanding its military presence in Asia and Africa,” she added....
Press TV 2015-03-18Russia i/ˈrʌʃə/ or /ˈrʊʃə/ (Russian: Россия, tr. Rossiya; IPA: [rɐˈsʲijə] ( listen)), also officially known as the Russian Federation (Russian: Российская Федерация, tr. Rossiyskaya Federatsiya; IPA: [rɐˈsʲijskəjə fʲɪdʲɪˈratsɨjə] ( listen)), is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects. From northwest to southeast, Russia shares borders with Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland (both via Kaliningrad Oblast), Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia, and North Korea. It also has maritime borders with Japan by the Sea of Okhotsk, and the US state of Alaska by the Bering Strait. At 17,075,400 square kilometres (6,592,800 sq mi), Russia is the largest country in the world, covering more than one eighth of the Earth's inhabited land area. Russia is also the eighth most populous nation with 143 million people. It extends across the whole of northern Asia and 40% of Europe, spanning nine time zones and incorporating a wide range of environments and landforms. Russia has the world's largest reserves of mineral and energy resources and is the largest producer of oil and natural gas globally. Russia has the world's largest forest reserves and its lakes contain approximately one-quarter of the world's fresh water.