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Otago DNA research links kuri to Indonesia

Edit Otago Daily Times 07 Oct 2015
Powerful new genetic analysis by University of Otago scientists of New Zealand's first dog, the extinct kuri, has revealed tantalising ancient links with Indonesia. Otago University PhD student Karen Greig has been unravelling the genetic heritage of the kuri using DNA analysis ... This oven was used sometime between the early 1320s and 1350 AD. ''It's really cutting-edge research in terms of ancient DNA,'' Ms Greig said yesterday ... ....

Otago researchers sequence kuri dog genomes (University of Otago)

Edit Public Technologies 07 Oct 2015
(Source. University of Otago). Thursday, 8 October 2015 9.56am. Kuri, Canis lupus familiaris, collected 1876, between 'Waikava' & Mataura plains, Catlins, New Zealand. Gift of Mr Anderson, 1876. CC BY-NC-ND licence. Te Papa (LM000828) ... This oven was used sometime between the early 1320s and 1350 AD. Wairau Bar is the site of New Zealand's first major Polynesian settlement ... Ms Karen Greig. Department of Anthropology and Archaeology ... Email ... Email....

How Did People in the Middle Ages Tell Time?

Edit Huffington Post 29 Jul 2015
How did people in the Middle Ages tell time?. originally appeared on Quora. The best answer to any question. Ask a question, get a great answer. Learn from experts and access insider knowledge. You can follow Quora on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+. Answer by Tim O'Neill, M.A. in Medieval Literature and has studied most aspects of the period for many years ... These were. ... Lauds — at 3 a.m. or at dawn ... Working in the 1320s, the abbot of St ... ....

Birthday boys: how an accident of history links Dante and Yeats

Edit The Guardian 12 Jun 2015
Born almost exactly 600 years apart, these two great poets find themselves woven into 21st-century culture in very different ways. Joni Mitchell in 1977 … her song Slouching Towards Bethlehem takes its title from Yeats’s poem The Second Coming. Photograph. Neal Preston/Corbis ... AP ... He first became a presence in crime fiction in a literary novel, Umberto Eco’s 1980 The Name of the Rose (set in the 1320s, a few years after Dante’s death) ... ....

Mark Harold: The Johnny Rotten of beatboxing who has made it big in Lithuanian politics

Edit The Independent 06 Mar 2015
As a beatboxer and self-confessed English eccentric, Mark Harold cuts an unlikely political figure ... The 36-year-old has become the first foreigner to be elected to help run Vilnius, the capital city of Lithuania ... “Throughout history, the best solution to Vilnius’ problems has been immigration.” Cites Grand Duke Gediminas, founding father of Vilnius, who in the 1320s offered privileges to immigrant merchants and artisans ... FOR Ukraine ... ....

Heavenly matters, earthly delights (University of Cambridge)

Edit noodls 26 Jan 2015
(Source. University of Cambridge) ... Binski's research sets into context the whole gamut of human endeavour ... The British are modest about their achievements in art ... Lady Chapel wall arcade, Ely cathedral, begun 1321; Ely Octagon, designed 1320s; Pantheon, interior, Rome; Westminster Hall, late 14th century; boss depicting a woman fending off a laundry thief, Norwich Cathedral cloister, east walk (all taken from Gothic Wonder)....

Isabella of France

Edit About.com 25 Sep 2014
About Isabella of France. Known for. Queen Consort of Edward II of England, mother of Edward III of England; leading campaign with her lover, Roger Mortimer, to depose Edward II. Dates. 1292 - August 23, 1358. Also known as ... By the 1320s, Isabella and Edward II's dislike of each other had escalated, as he spent more time with his favorites, including Piers Gaveston in what was almost certainly a homosexual affair ... A . B . C . D . E . F . G ....

Multi-Color, Quidel,S PDR Gold Trust, Agnico Eagle Mines and Pretium Resources Properties highlighted as Zacks Bull and Bear of the Day

Edit PR Newswire 26 Jun 2014
Zacks Investment Research, Inc., www.zacks.com. (PRNewsFoto/Zacks Investment Research). ×. Zacks Investment Research, Inc., www.zacks.com. (PRNewsFoto/Zacks Investment Research). CHICAGO, June 26, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Zacks Equity Research highlights Multi-Color Corporation (Nasdaq. LABL-Free Report) as the Bull of the Day and Quidel Corporation (Nasdaq ... Today, gold futures traded in the $1320s for most of the session ... 9339 ... ....

Linda Robertson: For all their hypocrisy, the Olympics do open a window on their setting

Edit The Charlotte Observer 07 Feb 2014
SOCHI, Russia The first impression upon arrival in Sochi is how un-wintry the place is. It's a Black Sea beach resort, the centerpiece of the Russian Riviera and, in its heyday, a spa haven. No sign of Dr ... After three days in gray, 12-degree Moscow, I was hit by a wave of warmth in sunny Sochi ... The Moscow Museum of Modern Art is directly across Petrovka Street from the onion domes of the Vysokopetrovsky monastery, founded in the 1320s ... ....

Linda Robertson: Olympics of Odd set to begin in beach resort of Sochi

Edit The Miami Herald 07 Feb 2014
SOCHI, Russia—The first impression upon arrival in Sochi is how un-wintry the place is. It’s a Black Sea beach resort, the centerpiece of the Russian Riviera and, in its heyday, a spa haven. No sign of Dr ... Palm trees are just one of the incongruities of the 2014 Winter Olympics ... The Moscow Museum of Modern Art is directly across Petrovka Street from the onion domes of the Vysokopetrovsky monastery, founded in the 1320s ... ....
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