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Learn facts about ancient Rome in this fun history video for kids! We will walk through the history of ancient Rome, learning about their government and their culture. We will also uncover an interesting fact about socks. This is going to be awesome!
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Ascott Raffles Place Singapore
Ascott Raffles Place, set amidst Singapore financial cityscape, is a place where you can truly experience cultured living. This architecture gem was the first modern high-rise office to be built in Singapore after World War II. It was symbolic of the economic recovery of the nation and its blossoming position as a financial centre. In 1953, although partially finished, the building was considered significant enough to be featured in Queen Elizabeth II's coronation. Fifty years on, this heritage building was lovingly restored from its 1950s splendour and converted into a second home for many of its global travelers.
Not only is Ascott Raffles Place easily accessible to the multitude of business and financial institutions, it is also close to renowned entertainment, cultural and shopping districts unique to Singapore. Just behind Ascott and a little further along the Singapore River is the Asian Civilization Museum. The Asian Civilisations Museum is the first museum in the region to present a broad yet integrated perspective of pan-Asian cultures and civilisations. It houses over 1300 artefacts from the region.
And if you want to experience Singapore safely from 165m above ground level, you must definitely ride in the capsule of the world's largest observation wheel. The Singapore Flyer, not far from the Ascott Raffles Place, is the only place in Singapore where you can get a bird's eye view of the entire city.
Literally a stone's throw away from the Ascott Raffles Place is the famous and charming Lau Pa Sat -- a food haven right smack in the middle of Singapore's financial district. Interestingly, this nearly 200-year old building hasn't always been here. In fact it's been taken down, stored and moved twice before. But it's the only example of a building of this kind in the whole of South East Asia. This old market is indeed old. It was first opened in 1825 -- making it Singapore's first wet market, dating it back to the time of Sir Stamford Raffles, founder of Singapore. It was subsequently converted into a famous gourmet paradise and has been gazetted as a national monument since 1973. The variety of street food is founded in the regional variations of Malay, Chinese, Indian and Nonya cuisines.
Thanks to the convenient location of Ascott Raffles Place, the heart of Singapore's shopping strip, Orchard Road, is merely a few stops away on the Mass Rapid Transit, or MRT. Orchard Road got its name from the nutmeg, pepper and fruit orchards that used to lie on either side of the street in the 1840s. ION Orchard, Tangs and Ngee Ann City are just some of the famous landmarks of this hot shopping strip.
If you've had your fill and want to experience Singapore at night, you will be thrilled to find, not far from Ascott Raffles Place are the famous waterfront godowns that now play host to a colourful kaleidoscope of restaurants, wine bars, entertainment spots and retail shops.
The Singapore River has always been an iconic river of the city-state of the nation for it was on its banks that the foundation of the nation was forged. The heart of Clarke Quay is shielded by umbrella-like canopies, called Angel Sky, that rise above the roofs of surrounding shop houses. The Central Fountain Square at Clarke Quay, which spews out chilled water of 16 degree Celsius, not only cools the temperature during the day, it is also a fantastic water dance display.
Asian Civilisations Museum set to get bigger, better with extension plan - 08Nov2012
SINGAPORE: The Asian Civilisations Museum (ACM) is set to get bigger and better with a S$5.5-million extension plan.
A new wing will be added to ACM's current building at Empress Place.
The museum's extension plan comes after it received a S$5-million donation from Hong Leong Foundation.
S$500,000 of the donation will be used to acquire artefacts related to Fujian culture.
The Fujian culture is especially meaningful to Mr Kwek Leng Beng, the governor of Hong Leong Foundation, as his father, Kwek Ho Png, founder of Hong Leong Group, was born in Fujian.
Construction for the new wing is expected to be completed in 2015.
ACM director Alan Chong said the new wing is a respectable, yet clearly different, addition to an important heritage structure.
The new galleries will take advantage of natural light and provide a different experience for the visitor.
He added that more of the museum's collection can be revealed in an innovative and hopefully thought-provoking way.
Mr Kwek said by working with the Asian Civilisations Museum, it hopes to be able to inform and educate future generations about the roots of Singapore's forefathers.
Dr Chong said:We are very keen to show how China relates to the rest of the world, through trade, through immigration, through exchange. This is really what we are trying to work on. Fujian especially, was the homeland of so many immigrants to Southeast Asia, not just to Singapore but also in countries which are now Malaysia and Indonesia.
According to Dr Chong, the extension will not follow the colonial architectural style of the existing building.
Acting Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Lawrence Wong broke ground for the new wing on Thursday, together with the museum's staff and patrons.
The new wing be a modern structure of glass and titanium.
Facing the Victoria Theatre, the three-storey structure will look like a solid box floating between two existing museum wings.
The Asian Civilisations Museum is a wonderful old building and we shouldn't try to create something that would be an imitation of nineteenth-century history, said Dr Chong.
The preservation monuments board also instructed us that they prefer to have something that was new, rather than something that imitated the old and I thought one of the best ways of preserving the old facade was to construct something that was quite light, it has got a lot of glass, daylight so that you can always see the old building behind the new. It floats in front of the original building and that was our intention.
ACM, which first began operations at Armenian Street in 2005, is dedicated to exploring the rich artistic heritage of Asia, especially in Singapore's ancestral cultures.
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Indonesia travel : Museum of Memorial Stone Park. Cemetery of several important peoplel. Jakarta13
Indonesia travel : Museum of Memorial Stone Park. Cemetery of several important people in the Dutch Colonial. Jakarta13
Museum Taman Prasasti (Indonesian for Museum of Memorial Stone Park or Inscription Museum) is a museum located in Jakarta, Indonesia. The museum was formerly a cemetery, built by the Dutch colonial government in 1795 as a final resting place for noble Dutchmen. Several important people were buried in the cemetery area including Olivie Mariamne Raffles - the first wife of British governor general Thomas Stamford Raffles – as well as Indonesian youth activist Soe Hok Gie.
The cemetery area is the oldest of its kind in Jakarta and may have been the oldest modern cemetery in the world by comparison with the Fort Canning Park (1926) in Singapore, Gore Hill cemetery (1868) in Sydney, Père Lachaise Cemetery (1803) in Paris, and Mount Auburn Cemetery (1831) in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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The cemetery was officially opened on September 28, 1797, although people had been buried here as early as 1795. The cemetery was known as Kebon Jahe Kober (recorded under this name since December 14, 1798). It was located in Kerkhoflaan. The cemetery was built to accommodate the increasing number of death that was caused by an outbreak of disease in Batavia. Because of this outbreak, the cemetery areas of the New Dutch Church (Dutch Nieuwe Hollandsche Kerk, now the Wayang Museum), Binnenkerk (an inner city Portuguese Church), and Sion Church (an outer city Portuguese Church) were full. Because of this, some of the gravestones from these cemeteries were transferred into Keboh Jahe Kober cemetery.
After Indonesia's declaration of independence, the park was used as a Christian cemetery. Within the first two years it was managed by the Verberg Foundation and for the next twenty years it was handled by the Palang Hitam Foundation.
From 1967 to 1975 the cemetery was managed by the Jakarta burials agency. In 1975, the cemetery was closed to make way for the construction of the Central Jakarta mayoralty office. At a request from the local government, some corpses were removed by relatives while others were taken to Tanah Kusir cemetery in South Jakarta. Many tombstones, sculptures and statues were removed and damaged during the construction of the office and now only 32 tombstones remain in their original positions. The size of the cemetery is also reduced from the original 5.9 hectare plot to 1.3 hectares. Only 1,372 of about 4,200 stones were selected to be kept in the cemetery.
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The main collection of the museum is the Dutch gravestones, some of these came from the former Nieuwe Hollandsche Kerk (the location of which is now the Wayang Museum in Jakarta Old Town). These gravestones are marked with the inscription HK or Hollandsche Kerk. The oldest gravestones are from the 17th century up to the end of 18th century. The style of the gravestones range from Javanese-Hindu style, neogothic or classical. The gravestones are arranged on a park-like setting.
Other collection of this museum are ancient inscription stones, miniature of different gravestones from various provinces of Indonesia, a replica of a 17th-century hearse, and the original coffins for Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta, the first president and vice president of Indonesia.
The Doric-style main building in front of the cemetery is built in 1874. The building contains two wings to the left and to the right of the main building; each is used to entomb remains of males and females.
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Stone Laying Ceremony at site of FISU’s new headquarters - FISU 2016
LAUSANNE - FISU President Oleg Matytsin today participated in a Stone Laying Ceremony at the site of the Synathlon building in Lausanne, which will become the home of FISU’s headquarters from January 2018.
The Synathlon building will unite four separate and complimentary organisations: FISU, ThinkSport, the Institute of Sports Science of the University of Lausanne (ISSUL) and the International Academy for Sports Science and Technology (AISTS).
Each organisation will occupy individual workspaces, offices and meeting rooms and share access to a central hub of communal spaces, including an auditorium, four classrooms and a cafeteria.
At the Stone Laying Ceremony President Matytsin delivered a short speech in which he outlined the purpose of the Synathlon building and praised the project’s key stakeholders.
“This building will unite education, university sport and sport science and technology under one roof. In this way, it is more than just a building; it is a monument to the idea that athletes should always be able to pursue ‘dual careers’. The Synathlon will help athletes pursue sporting and intellectual goals side-by-side in an environment that promotes fair play, ethics and good governance”, President Matytsin said. “Today is about recognising and thanking the people who have worked so hard to make the construction of this building a living reality. On behalf of all those who will work, study and benefit from the Synathlon, I would like to thank everyone at the Canton de Vaud, ThinkSport, the Institute of Sports Science of the University of Lausanne, the International Academy for Sports Science and Technology and FISU for making this project a reality.”
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President Putin visits monument to Russian soldiers in France
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History of the Maldives | Wikipedia audio article
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The history of the Maldives is intertwined with the history of the broader Indian subcontinent and the surrounding regions, comprising the areas of South Asia and Indian Ocean; and the modern nation consisting of 28 natural atolls, comprising 1194 islands. The earliest written history of the Maldives is marked by the arrival of Sinhalese people, who were descended from the exiled Magadha Prince Vijaya of ancient India; since then, the Maldives were ruled by kings (Radhun) and occasionally queens (Ranin). Historically, the Maldives had a strategic importance because of its location on the major marine routes of the Indian Ocean. The Maldives' nearest neighbours are Sri Lanka and India, both of which have had cultural and economic ties with Maldives for centuries. The Maldives provided the main source of cowrie shells, then used as a currency throughout Asia and parts of the East African coast. Most probably Maldives were influenced by Kalingas of ancient India who were earliest sea traders to Sri Lanka and Maldives from India and were responsible for the spread of Buddhism. Hence ancient Hindu culture has an indelible impact on Maldives' local culture.
After the 16th century, when colonial powers took over much of the trade in the Indian Ocean, first the Portuguese, then the Dutch, and the French occasionally meddled in local politics. However, this interference ended when the Maldives became a British Protectorate in the 19th century and the Maldivian monarchs were granted a good measure of self-governance.
The Maldives gained total independence from the British on 26 July 1965. However, the British continued to maintain an air base on the island of Gan in the southernmost atoll until 1976. The British departure in 1976 at the height of the Cold War almost immediately triggered foreign speculation about the future of the air base. Apparently the Soviet Union made a move to request the use of the base, but the Maldives refused.
The greatest challenge facing the republic in the early 1990s was the need for rapid economic development and modernisation, given the country's limited resource base in fishing, agriculture and tourism. Concern was also evident over a projected long-term sea level rise, which would prove disastrous to the low-lying coral islands.
SOUTH AFRICA: NELSON MANDELA (4)
(11 Feb 2000) English/Nat
Ten years ago today (Thursday) Nelson Mandela emerged from prison, punching the air defiantly.
For millions of people it meant the end of decades of oppression and the anniversary is a chance to relive those heady times.
Mandela marked the occasion by returning to his birthplace and visiting the three sites of a new museum dedicated to his extraordinary life.
In Mandela's birthplace, dancers celebrated the life of their most remarkable son.
For black South Africans his release from prison a decade ago symbolised a huge victory in the struggle against a brutal system of white rule.
Four years later apartheid collapsed.
In South Africa's first all-race elections in 1994 Mandela became president and stretched out a hand of forgiveness to his former oppressors.
Last year he gracefully stepped down from office, but he still continues to play a leading role in public life.
On Thursday Mandela returned to Mveso, in the Eastern Cape, to take part in their joy.
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We're celebrating something that's absolutely invaluable in our history. An epoch, a phenomenon, where a man was born here through all kinds of tribulation to lead us to freedom.
SUPER CAPTION: Ben Ngubane, Minister for Arts and Culture
The euphoria of watching Mandela walk free on February 11, 1990, has largely faded and been replaced by the cold realisation that huge challenges confront South Africa.
The post-apartheid government is struggling to give millions of South Africans, if not the good life, at least the basics.
But on Friday at least, people have been happy to just remember the events surrounding their hero's historic release.
UPSOUND: Nelson Mandela speaking to crowd.
The former president told the gathered crowds that there was still a lot of work ahead before South Africa truly becomes a nation of the free.
These days Mandela is often seen in Qunu, walking in the hills near these foundations -- the home where he grew up.
Little is left of the hut where the former president was born 81 years ago in this tiny village in the impoverished Transkei region of South Africa's Eastern Cape province.
A stone and wood monument containing a series of photographs of Mandela has been erected near the foundations of the hut.
It is part of the three-part Mandela museum.
Later in the day, Mandela travelled to nearby Qunu, where women performed a traditional dance of the Xhosa people, Mandela's ethnic group.
In Qunu, the town where Mandela lived until he was nine, the former president broke ground on a new youth centre which will be dedicated to him.
It's aimed at giving poor black youths a better chance in life.
Qunu will also be the home to a cultural centre that will make up the Nelson Mandela museum.
Hundreds more were gathered in the nearby town of Umtata, Mandela's final stop of the day and the site of the main museum.
Mandela arrived to more cheering crowds in the town of Umtata, where a museum dedicated to his struggle against apartheid and his presidency was opened.
He told the gathered crowd that they should all share in the triumph over apartheid, saying all black South Africans, in some way, took part in the struggle.
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Amongst you there, there are many who have never been forced into exile, who never went underground and who were never jailed, but who nevertheless in various ways were of great help to our struggle. We are the architects of the campaign to destroy white supremacy in this county. We are the king makers of the modern history of South Africa.
SUPER CAPTION: Nelson Mandela, Former South African President
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Dr. Ng Eng Hen is a member of Singapore’s governing People’s Action Party (PAP) and has been the Minister for Defence since 2011. He previously served as the Minister for Manpower from 2004 to 2008 and Minister for Education from 2008 to 2011, as well as the Leader of the House in Parliament from 2011 to 2015.
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This lecture will focus on the current work of Studio Daniel Libeskind and the detailed examination of specific projects. In addition the lecture will address the practice of architecture and the education of architects.
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Daniel Libeskind is a Jewish Polish-American architect who founded Studio Libeskind with his wife Nina in 1989. An accomplished musician, he is also an artist, set designer and an internationally recognized teacher. Daniel Libeskind’s design for the Jewish Museum in Berlin received the German Architecture Prize in 1999 and in 2012 Studio Libeskind was awarded the AIA National Service Medal for their work on the master plan to develop the 16-acre site in Lower Manhattan destroyed in the terrorist attack of 9/11. Based in New York city the studio has designed notable civic buildings throughout the world. Currently Studio Libeskind are designing Sumner Houses – an affordable housing project for the New York City Housing Authority and a new Maggie Center in London.
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Umaid Bhawan Palace - Rajasthan
Umaid Bhawan Palace, located at Jodhpur in Rajasthan, India, is one of the world's largest private residences. A part of the palace is managed by Taj Hotels. Named after Maharaja Umaid Singh, grandfather of the present owners of the palace, this monument has 347 rooms and serves as the principal residence of the erstwhile Jodhpur royal family.
Umaid Bhawan Palace was called Chittar Palace during its construction due to use of stones commonly known as Chittar in the building. Ground for the foundations of the building was broken on 18 November 1929 by Maharaja Umaid Singh and the construction work was completed in 1943. The Palace was built to provide employment to thousands of people during the time of famine.
The present owner of the Palace is Maharaja of Jodhpur Gaj Singh. The Palace is divided into three functional parts - a luxury Taj Palace Hotel (in existence since 1972), the residence of the erstwhile royal family, and a Museum focusing on the 20th century history of the Jodhpur Royal Family. The opening hours of this museum are 9 am to 5 pm. There is also a gallery showcasing the most exotic automobiles owned by the royals
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Kate's Marilyn moment: Duchess struggles to control her £1,700 dress as she and William.
Kate's Marilyn moment: Duchess struggles to control her £1,700 dress as she and William lay a wreath at Delhi war memorial.
It was the most solemn and poignant moment of the Royal tour so far – as Kate and William honoured India's war dead at its national memorial.
So there couldn't have been a worse time for the Duchess's £1,700 dress to start misbehaving.
As the couple laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Delhi, Kate found herself repeatedly battling to stop it flapping up in the breeze in images reminiscent of the iconic Marilyn Monroe 'white dress' pose.
Her flyaway hair and outfit then continued to cause her embarrassment as she tried to stand in a moment of reflection while the Last Post was played.
Arriving in New Delhi today, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge undertook some of the more formal duties required of a traditional Royal tour.
First stop was India Gate, the imposing 137ft high red sandstone structure in the heart of the bustling city which is the country's national war memorial.
The couple were greeted as they stepped out of their official car by Brigadier Mark Goldsach, FCO Defence Attaché, and Lt Col Simon Labilliere of the Army Air Corps, military advisor to the British High Commission.
On the wreath they laid was a card written by William, which they had both signed, which read: 'Never forgetting those who had paid the ultimate sacrifice for India.' William also signed a visitors book.
Before they left, the couple, unusually, posed for photographs against the imposing structure before being whisked off for their next engagement.
The couple flew in from Mumbai on a private jet they have hired to travel around the country and on to Bhutan.
The cost of the plane will be met by taxpayers but is deemed the only way they can get around the two counties in order to undertake their 22 planned engagements in just seven days.
The party will fly back out of the country on Sunday on a scheduled British Airways flight.
The foundation stone of the Edwin Lutyens-designed monument was laid shortly after the First World War in February 1921 by the Duke of Connaught in a ceremony attended by members of the India Army, Imperial Service Troops and the Viceroy of India, who said: 'The stirring tales of individual heroism will live forever in the annals of this country.'
He went on to say the memorial would was not only a tribute to the memory of heroes 'known and unknown' but would inspire future generations to endure hardships with similar fortitude and 'no less valour'.
Tomorrow the couple are due to fly onto the Kaziranga National Park in Assam where their chef has promise to serve them up the world's hottest chilli.
Prashanta Kumar Sharma, General Manager for the IROA resort, said: 'Our hotel employees are planning to welcome the royal couple in the traditional way with the Bihu and Jhumur dance.
'We are also planning to serve them traditional dishes, along with the world's hottest chilli Bhut Jokakiya. We are excited and eagerly waiting for their arrival.'
Last night the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge glittered at a charity dinner with a feast of Indian entertainment full of singers, dancers and even a nod to fashion.
The Future of Global Capitalism: Branko Milanovic in Conversation
In a timely new book, as the U.S. and China compete for dominance, Branko Milanovic asks: What are the prospects for a fairer world now that capitalism is the only game in town? What is the relationship between capitalism and democracy? Milanovic, author of Capitalism, Alone: The Future of the System That Rules the World, is a visiting presidential professor and senior scholar at the Stone Center for Socio-Economic Inequality at The Graduate Center. He joins in a conversation with James K. Galbraith, Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. Chair in Government/Business Relations at the LBJ School of Public Affairs, and professor of government, at the University of Texas at Austin; and Marshall Steinbaum, assistant professor of economics at the University of Utah and co-editor of After Piketty: The Agenda for Economics and Inequality. Janet Gornick, professor of political science and sociology and director of the Stone Center, moderates.
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I am the Statue of Liberty
I’m on Liberty Island
Come and visit me
I am the Statue of Liberty
I’m surrounded by the waters
of New Jersey
In 1886,
The Statue of Liberty
was gifted to the US from France
to celebrate their friendship across the sea
The statue represents the friendship these two countries endured
during the American Revolution.
I’m not sure if you’ve heard
In 1865 a French man
named Édouard de Laboulaye
proposed The Statue of Liberty be built for the USA
Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi
Was the French sculptor
Who designed the Statue of Liberty
Of that I’m sure
Bartholdi chose Bedloe's Island as the site for the Statue
So, every ship entering New York Harbor would see it. It’s true
Here are some facts about me you may have not known
I’m 305 feet and 6 inches tall from foundation to the torch tip shown
I have a 35-foot waistline
So I wear a big toga
And I weigh 225 tons
I wish I had a big sofa
My torch was restored in 1986
with thin sheets of 24k gold
Yea, I’m kinda rich
My crown has 7 rays
One for each of the seven continents
Each of them weighs 150 pounds and 9 feet in length
and they’re dense
My face measures more than
8 feet tall in length you see
The broken chains on my feet represent freedom and democracy
I am the Statue of Liberty
I’m on Liberty Island
Come and visit me
I am the Statue of Liberty
I’m surrounded by the waters
of New Jersey
If you want to climb me you’ll be walking for some time
Up 154 steps from the pedestal to the head of mine
My copper exterior’s less than the thickness of two pennies
And I could make 30 million pennies
With the amount of copper on me
My original copper color used to be a brownish gold
But, now I’m a green patina due to natural weathering because I’m old
If you want to visit me you’d have to come to Liberty Island
Which is an exclave of the New York City borough of Manhattan
Remember to be fair and kind to everyone you meet
Because we live in the USA known for freedom and democracy
I am the Statue of Liberty
I’m on Liberty Island
Come and visit me
I am the Statue of Liberty
I’m surrounded by the waters
of New Jersey
John Aldworth: Evidence of an earlier culture living in New Zealand is becoming more evident
John Aldworth, the author of his book ‘Forbidden History’ states that virtually his whole life has been devoted to journalism. In particular with British newspapers including the Daily Mail to the Dominion and Evening Post in Wellington, NZ. He has always been interested in story and then sharing them.
He states that in the 19th century European historians and some Maori historians talked about things in their past that is now, virtually ‘politically incorrect’ today. That in fact there apparently were different peoples living here prior to the Maori or the Polynesians that came to this country.
Not taught in the NZ Education System
That today this is not taught in our schools or our universities and John says that if true, that there were other people here, then they are a real and genuine part of our history.
His book Forbidden History seeks to show that for Maori that their descendants are here among us - they are living today and the story of at least two of them are written about in his book.
A descendent of another DNA strand?
He introduces on person who maintains she is a descendant of the Patupaiarehe - fair skinned and fair haired - some with reddish hair that they have been here for around 2000 years right up until today. He says that there is a small tribe, (hapu) living near Taumaranui in the middle of the North Island. Her name is Monica Matamua an 85 year old woman and participated in a National Geographic Genome project and took a DNA test on her blood.
The main results showed 40% Mediterranean origin 12% European and only about 14% Oceanic or Polynesian. Note That this only totals 66% of the DNA. That the other DNA is of Peruvian or South American origin.
He furthers this by saying she is descended from people who had intermarried with Maori people - and he adds to this that certain Maori are in part descendents from these people themselves. He says certainly some of them are.
John then states that sales of his book has been bought well be Maori people. Who many are delighted to know that they have a longer whakapapa - or lineage - bloodline.
The test show that Middle Eastern especially Persian DNA is in her lineage. That as there was turmoil in Persia, the narrative says that they left there with the desire to find a place to live in peace … finally after many countries (so the story is conveyed) they ended up in Aotearoa just before the time of Christ.
Listen to the interview
Waitaha - who are they?
John then says that the Polynesian Waitaha nation arrived after that - according to recently deceased Paramount Chief George Connolly AKA Hori Manuka Manuka Kapenga. The Upoko Ariki or Head Chief of the Waitaha people. Who’s lineage supposedly came from the Middle East as well, according to George, who said that his people landed in NZ around 580 AD.
Then John says that there are actually other people but deferred to speak about it saying that it get confusing (I agree says Tim).
He said upon their arrival they had the desire to live in peace and with the Patupaiarehe and the Waitaha - they between them lived in peace for 1300 years and John says if this is true - then we owe it to ourselves if this is the history for this country - to find out as to how did the achieve this peace. Because it is exceptionally unique.
See the YouTube Video 'Skeletons in the Cupboard' by Peter Marsh and Gabie Plumm …
Poenamo is the actual name of the South Island actually means the Waters of Peace. This is where a good percentage of the Waitaha supposedly come from. Today the South Island is known as Te Wai Pounamu, the waters of greenstone.
The Arrival of the Warrior People
Then there was the arrival of warrior people … who took over the first inhabitants that were here and then engaged in inter-tribal warfare fighting among themselves.
John talks about a Moriori chief in Waikato that once were inhabiting an area from Raglan in the West to Tauranga in the East - his name being Philipp Ranga - Waikato University Professor Tom Roa when asked agreed and said that there were people in that area before the Maori arrived.
In the original history of the Tainui tribe they have in their official record a story that having landed in the Waikato that they drove out inhabitants and indigenous people that they found.
Listen about the Chief of the Moriori of the Chatham islands and what transpired right up until the time to the invasion of Maori who took a British sailing ship filled with warriors and went and took the lives of the population.
John says that his book has gone into bat for them, because these previous people were never a...
China Writes Differently | SOAS University of London
China writes differently was a lecture given by Prof. Lothar Ledderose (Heidelberg) at the Centre of Buddhist Studies, SOAS University of London on 15 November 2019. It was part of the Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Lecture Series in Chinese Buddhism, sponsored by Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation. Find out more at
The first part will argue that in the name of a Buddha written in Chinese characters the Buddha is believed to be present himself. This name emanates religious power and it can be worshipped. Examples are taken from the stone engravings of the second half of the 6th century in Shandong.
The second part will introduce the sutra texts that were engraved in caves in the 8th century in the Grove of the Reclining Buddha in Sichuan (Wofoyuan). They were considered to be relics of the Buddha’s body and complement the colossal statue of the Reclining Buddha in the Grove. The Grove thus is a monument in overcoming death.
The third part will compare the role of Buddhism in the time of political division of China from the 3rd to the 6th centuries and the role of Christianity in the same time in the Roman Empire. It will be argued that the reunification in China was facilitated by the logographic system of script, whereas the alphabetic systems in Europe were a factor preventing the reunification of the Roman Empire.
Bio
Lothar Ledderose is senior professor of the history of East Asian art at the University of Heidelberg, member of the Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften and fellow of the British Academy. His books include Mi Fu and the Classical Tradition of Chinese Calligraphy (Princeton 1979), and Ten Thousand Things (Princeton, 2000). He is the series editor of Buddhist Stone Sutras in China, of which 7 volumes have appeared so far. In 2005 Lothar Ledderose was awarded the Balzan Prize.