tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post7394293129774666456..comments2024-03-28T18:39:59.184-07:00Comments on SearchReSearch: SearchResearch Challenge (11/23/16): The Greek islands: birth and graffiti?Dan Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13603209997260423532noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-46821367990163873972016-11-28T08:17:43.099-08:002016-11-28T08:17:43.099-08:00Good Morning. Just to share 2 articles related to ...Good Morning. Just to share 2 articles related to previous SearchReSearch Challenges<br /><br /><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-38128746" rel="nofollow">A rare antique map found stuffed up a chimney in Aberdeen has been saved by conservation experts.<br />The document, which dates back to the late 17th Century, was destined for the skip when it was discovered during a house renovation.</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-38127320" rel="nofollow">Australia, Coral Reef: Some 67% of corals died in the reef's worst-hit northern section, the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies report said.</a>Ramon Gonzalezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16129830563029534511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-86635594639613325212016-11-26T22:49:02.862-08:002016-11-26T22:49:02.862-08:00Ahh
Reading the other comments I realised I misrea...Ahh<br />Reading the other comments I realised I misread 18th C as 1800s. The 1707 Volcano ws also described in the previous book. A more contemporary account is here http://tinyurl.com/h77oo8gChrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02283907151773905241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-46861859344680783932016-11-26T22:37:36.232-08:002016-11-26T22:37:36.232-08:00See also Santorini and its eruption by Focque
http...See also Santorini and its eruption by Focque<br />https://books.google.com.au/books?id=-flSbhrdZnkC&pg=PA36&dq=santorini+volcano++1866&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjlwpmHqcjQAhWCy7wKHcUQCvQQ6AEIHDAA#v=onepage&q=santorini%20volcano%20%201866&f=falseChrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02283907151773905241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-68757230819374966232016-11-26T20:10:26.086-08:002016-11-26T20:10:26.086-08:00First challenge was tricky.
Since all the names we...First challenge was tricky.<br />Since all the names were unfamiliar, I searched for 1826 Mediterranean US and the second hit was a Wikipedia entry for the Mediterranean Squadron, discovered the name of the commander of fleet.<br />Searched John Rodgers American navy 1826 and found his biography https://archive.org/details/johnrogerscomm00paulrich<br /><br />According to biography he commanded a fleet of 4 ships: North Carolina, Constitution, Ontario and Erie. At beginning of 1926 he was in Port Mahon (Minorca) wintering fleet. Joined in Feb 1926 by Porpoise commanded by Benjamin Cooper (one of the graffiti names). 4 of these ships sailed in convoy via Milos and Paros and met with Erie in Vourla.<br /><br />Checked on Google maps- this route would take them close to Delos<br />The biography also indicated that M.C. Perry was a Lieutenant on the North Carolina which was the flagship of the fleet. <br /><br />A google search US Navy 1826 brought up a register dated 13/12/1825<br />http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/USN/1826/NavReg1826.html<br /><br />According to the register all 4 names carved were serving officers:<br />John A Cook was a Lieutenant on the Porpoise<br />Thomas J Manning was a midshipman on the Porpoise<br />M.C. Perry was a Lieutenant on the North Carolina <br />Benjamin Cooper was a lieutenant on leave <br /><br />Search for MC Perry North Carolina Mediterranean<br />https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/research-guides/z-files/zb-files/zb-files-p/perry-matthew-c.html shows he was promoted to master commander in 1826. I assumed from the number of hits and his later history is that Perry is the officer you noticed.<br /><br />A further search "north carolina" Porpoise 1826 Delos produced a journal:<br />http://www.captainsclerk.info/journals/lt-elie-a-f-vallette-1826-28.html<br /><br /><br />15 Jun – Fresh breezes – Porpoise sighted anchored in Delos harbor – 1130 anchored in 7 fathoms with 48 fathoms chain in Auso [sp?] harbor – out 1st and 4th<br />18 Jun – Light breezes – 0500 underway – squadron in company – 1100 Divine Service – North Carolina ¾ mile on starboard bow – beat to quarters at sunset –<br /><br />Both the Porpoise and North Carolina were at Delos from June 15-18 1826 and the Cook, Manning, Perry and Cooper were on board these ships at the time. From Rodgers biography, it was common for the officers to visit historical sites when they came ashore- he describes in depth their visit to Troy, but not Delos.<br /><br />Second search took less than 1 minute<br />Searched Santorini eruption – found Eruptions on Santorini- 1866 1870 (Nea Kameni)<br />Wikipedi search of Nea Kameni shows that it is a new island formed as part of the eruption.<br />Searched TROVE for Nea Kameni; Reported in the Hobart Mercury Thurs 3 May 1866<br />http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/8839112?searchTerm=Nea%20Kameni&searchLimits=<br />Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02283907151773905241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-275261017417215722016-11-26T10:55:10.363-08:002016-11-26T10:55:10.363-08:00at the keyboard, drooling reflexively…
conditioned...at the keyboard, drooling reflexively…<br />conditioned to be distracted… wonder if MCP was ever distracted? <a href="http://tinyurl.com/gmtnf7n" rel="nofollow">[Commander Perry distracted]… different Perry</a><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=pavlov%27s%20dogs%20name" rel="nofollow">Ivan's hounds</a><br /><a href="http://io9.gizmodo.com/the-truth-about-pavlovs-dogs-is-pretty-disturbing-1591853321" rel="nofollow">lab coats</a><br /><a href="http://people.whitman.edu/~herbrawt/classes/390/Siegel.pdf" rel="nofollow">heroine… wonder if conditioning applies the the internet too? seems likely.</a><br /><a href="http://www.savagechickens.com/2016/11/a-soft-deadline.html" rel="nofollow">coughing… Ack!</a><br /><a href="http://mentalfloss.com/article/66473/ack-12-things-you-might-not-know-about-bloom-county" rel="nofollow">Bill the Cat</a><br /><a href="http://tinyurl.com/gsep8dv" rel="nofollow">aaack</a><br /><a href="https://www.nobelprize.org/educational/medicine/pavlov/readmore.html" rel="nofollow">Nobel, 1904, how the digestive system works</a><br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Pavlov" rel="nofollow">wiki</a><br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:One_of_Pavlov%27s_dogs.jpg" rel="nofollow">just wrong - Baikal ?</a><br /><a href="http://motherboard.vice.com/read/why-we-still-want-laika-the-space-dog-to-come-home" rel="nofollow"> Laika – a long tradition of canine misuse, needless to sat, they are not alone…</a><br /><a href="http://newyorkacademyofart.blogspot.com/2015/08/lenins-body-space-dogs-and-saint.html" rel="nofollow">facsimiles, stuffed too</a><br /><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/10/world/europe/the-soviets-sent-stray-dogs-to-conquer-space/" rel="nofollow">the CNN take</a>remmijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985809654574916217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-26897077087652740412016-11-26T08:21:56.319-08:002016-11-26T08:21:56.319-08:00Hello Remmij great finding on the book and the gra...Hello Remmij great finding on the book and the gravestones. <br /><br />I tried searching for the book using [ Santorini eruption 1800..1900] and other similar. Also on books with tools searching 18th Century. Still not good results. Need to check your other links and try new angle to second part of ChallengeRamon Gonzalezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16129830563029534511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-37831841058589137552016-11-25T15:10:10.163-08:002016-11-25T15:10:10.163-08:00the visibility of my contributions is dubious, but...the visibility of my contributions is dubious, but it is curiously rewarding, in a <a href="http://emojipedia.org/dog-face/" rel="nofollow">Pavlovian</a> sense, to see them on the flickering screen…<br />you got the one from the 21st too, thx - stuff happens & you have your hands full - we're not<a href="http://www.iowalivingmagazines.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Robotreading-234x300.jpg" rel="nofollow"> robots </a>… | … <a href="http://65.media.tumblr.com/9a085ccd4b1bbfecca4a7f592323f540/tumblr_inline_nk6cod7og31t63ajm.jpg" rel="nofollow"> yet </a> (they need to work on that sense of automated humor)<br /><br /><a href="http://imgur.com/a/N2DOT" rel="nofollow">imperfect machine/consciousness</a>remmijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985809654574916217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-79498408614808948482016-11-25T12:25:59.726-08:002016-11-25T12:25:59.726-08:00Hmmm... I don't know why, but I have to approv...Hmmm... I don't know why, but I have to approve your comments one-at-a-time, I can't just batch them up with others. I tried to approve them all, but one might have slipped away from me. Sorry about that. Dan Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13603209997260423532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-40261012891692523712016-11-25T12:11:29.961-08:002016-11-25T12:11:29.961-08:00my posts seem to be elusive once again – perhaps t...my posts seem to be elusive once again – perhaps this will appear – was curious about the monument's condition…<br /><a href="http://www.beyondthegravestone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/DSC_0367.jpg" rel="nofollow">before - 2013? - a lot of growth in 9 years?</a><br /><a href="http://www.beyondthegravestone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/DSC_0368.jpg" rel="nofollow">before - 2013?</a><br /><a href="http://www.beyondthegravestone.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Perry.jpg" rel="nofollow">after - 2013"</a><br /><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/63-7.htm" rel="nofollow">Jane Slidell (wife) inscription</a><br /><a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=804" rel="nofollow">2004 photo - clean - curious</a><br /><a href="http://navalwarcollegemuseum.blogspot.com/2015_03_01_archive.html" rel="nofollow">2015 - Treaty of Kanagawa</a><br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_of_Kanagawa" rel="nofollow">Kanagawa</a><br /><a href="https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured-documents/treaty-of-kanagawa" rel="nofollow">National Archives</a><br /><a href="https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/barbed-wire" rel="nofollow">off topic, but barbed wire is often in the mix…</a><br />related to Delos –<br /><a href="http://www.ancient.eu/delos/" rel="nofollow">Delos</a><br /><a href="http://www.ancient.eu/Delian_League/" rel="nofollow">Delian League</a><br /><a href="http://www.ancient.eu/" rel="nofollow">Ancient History Encyclopedia – interesting site</a><br /><a href="http://www.ancient.eu/china/" rel="nofollow">China 中國 北京 example </a><br /><a href="http://qz.com/845268/facebook-is-poised-to-pick-profits-over-democracy-by-complying-with-chinas-censorship-rules/" rel="nofollow">Chin sway</a>remmijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985809654574916217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-90692109828635693562016-11-25T08:53:15.468-08:002016-11-25T08:53:15.468-08:00Perry’s varied collection spans Ancient Greece to ...<a href="http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/gallery/perry/" rel="nofollow">Perry’s varied collection spans Ancient Greece to the modern world</a><br /><br />[Matthew Calbraith Perry in greece]<br /><a href="https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/research-guides/z-files/zb-files/zb-files-p/perry-matthew-c.html" rel="nofollow">He was promoted to master commandant in 1826 and named a captain eleven years later. </a>Also says: "From 1838 to 1840 he commanded the steam frigate Fulton in connection with experiments in steam navigation."<br /><br />Perry served on this ship USS North Carolina, Executive Officer,<br />Mediterranean Squadron Sep.1824 - Aug. 1827<br /><br />Sep. 1824 - 5 Aug. 1827 - Served as Executive Officer, U.S.S. North Carolina, flagship of the Mediterranean Squadron under Commodore Rodgers, engaged in protesting American commerce from Greek pirates. In 1825-26 participated in a visit to the headquarters of the Greek Revolutionists and in an interview with the Captain Pasha of the Turkish Fleet. Promoted to Master Commandant, 21 Mar. 1826.<br /><br />[Matthew Calbraith Perry greek pirates] also in books<br /><br /><a href="http://www.beyondthegravestone.com/2013/07/04/this-monument-was-erected-by-matthew-perrys-wife/" rel="nofollow">this-monument-was-erected-by-matthew-perrys-wife</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://books.google.com.mx/books?id=ZDDsAwAAQBAJ&lpg=PA366&dq=Matthew%20Calbraith%20Perry%20greek%20pirates&pg=PA366#v=onepage&q=Matthew%20Calbraith%20Perry%20greek%20pirates&f=false" rel="nofollow">The Navy’s Godfather: John Rodgers Book</a><br /><br />[Commodore Perry greek Squadron] in books <br /><a href="https://books.google.com.mx/books?id=eVESZyujaSEC&lpg=PA1830&dq=Commodore%20Perry%20greek%20Squadron&pg=PA1830#v=onepage&q=Commodore%20Perry%20greek%20Squadron&f=false" rel="nofollow">Commodore Matthew Perry and the Perry Expedition to Japan</a><br /><br />[Perry Mediterranean Squadron]<br /><br /><b>Answer </b> Commodore Matthew Perry was commissioned in the Mediterranean Squadron to reunite with Greek Pirates with the ship USS North Carolina. Ramon Gonzalezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16129830563029534511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-75452033752914122382016-11-24T21:09:49.588-08:002016-11-24T21:09:49.588-08:001 I see Matthew C Perry chiseled his name on there...<br />1 I see Matthew C Perry chiseled his name on there. Wikipedia and other confirm he was in Greece in the year 1826 which he inscribed, as did others from his ship. He is famous and high ranking even in those early years of his USN career. He went everywhere in the world for 50 years and rose about as high in the USN as its possible to do, I think. Just easy obvious searches.<br /><br />2 [santorini eruption explosion 18th century] finds book Volcanoes of the World: Third Edition<br />By Lee Siebert, Tom Simkin, Paul Kimberly...page 55 shows Greece and New Kameni which erupted in 1711, at the beginning of the 18C, which leads to http://www.angelfire.com/super2/greece/kameni-islands.html<br />Which confirms previous date.<br /><br />Contemporary commentary: searched Gale newspapers, Nothing 1700-1750 for New Kameni, however another search same timespan for Santorini finds this from the Leiden Gazette April 20 republished in Daily Courant (London, England), Friday, April 16, 1708; Issue 1923. 17th-18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers. "Constantinople January 4 (1708) They write from the Island of Santorini in the Archipelago, Situate about 28 Leagues to the Northward of the City of Candia, of the 1st of December last, that an Island was sprung up from out of the Sea, which in that place is vastly deep: That this Island is form'd of Stones thrown up by a Volcano, that is under the Ground at the bottom of the Sea . . ."<br /><br />Two Great CHallenges jon tUjonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06450649073262987652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-27911427347450655932016-11-24T09:07:32.152-08:002016-11-24T09:07:32.152-08:00Good day, Dr. Russell and everyone.
[Define BCE] ...Good day, Dr. Russell and everyone.<br /><br />[Define BCE] Before Current Era. This is the first time I see this. Only knew BC/AD <br /><br />1. What's remarkable about this graffiti? Do you see what I see? Can you prove it? <br /><br />In the photo, noticed two things but not sure if those are the rights you see: First one is Lego and second is Cap. M.C. Perry. After that also noticed U.S.N 1826 but I haven't found something useful.<br /><br />[Define U.S.N] United States Navy<br /><br />[M C Perry] <br /><br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_C._Perry" rel="nofollow">considered The Father of the Steam Navy in the United States.</a><br /><br />["m c perry" delos statue]<br /><a href="http://www.baxleystamps.com/litho/ry_litho_narrative.shtml" rel="nofollow">Books Pertaining to Commodore Perry's Expedition to Japan and Okinawa</a><br /><br />["m c perry" greece apollo statue]<br /><br />["matthew c perry" intext:greece ]<br /><br /><a href="http://study.com/academy/lesson/commodore-matthew-c-perry-japan-biography.html" rel="nofollow">Perry in Mexico</a><br /><br />[United States Navy delos island] [United States Navy delos island 1890..18900][United States Navy delos island 1890..18900 intext:"M C Perry"]<br /><br />[united states navy delos Apollo statue graffiti]<br /><br /><a href="http://www.sacred-destinations.com/greece/delos" rel="nofollow">the Sacred Way (or Dromos) leads to the Sanctuary of Apollo</a><br /><br />Site mentions: "A piece of the foot is in the British Museum, a hand is in the Delos site museum, and part of the trunk and the thighs are behind the Temple of Artemis on Delos.<br /><br />The statue base bears several inscriptions: the original dedication in Archaic letters, which reads "I am of the same marble, statue and pedestal"; a 4th-century dedication reading "The Naxians to Apollo"; and later graffiti from Venetians and 17th-century travelers." <br /><br />I am sure it is not the one we are looking for and also don't mention M C Perry<br /><br />[Statue of Apollo delos ruins intext:"M C Perry"]<br /><br />[m c perry greece delos island] in books. Found possible good link but just have snippet view. Just mentions Mr. Riordan found an inscription<br /><br />[Naval Institute proceedings "m c perry " delos] and tried to find the proceedings with ["mr riordan found an inscription "M. C. Perry USN 1826""] not good link<br /><br />At the moment no answer. I think the lego part has nothing to do with the Challenge. So I need to try different angle.<br /><br />Happy Thanksgiving to all<br />Ramon Gonzalezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16129830563029534511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-44376207232823502542016-11-23T12:56:47.628-08:002016-11-23T12:56:47.628-08:00the wandering Google-er life, it's a sweet lif...the wandering Google-er life, it's a sweet life - is there a ride like that @ Disney World ala Pirates of the Caribbean or It's a Small World… featuring SoS John Forbes Kerry?<br />see:<br /><a href="http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/11/08/501153007/john-kerry-heads-to-antarctica-and-to-a-new-travel-record" rel="nofollow">on election day</a><br /><a href="http://www.state.gov/secretary/travel/" rel="nofollow">TOTAL FLIGHT TIME: 2,846.91 HOURS - a typical 40 hour work year is 2080 hours… that's astronaut, off-planet surface type hourage…</a><br /><br /><b>this guy…? graffito artist?</b><br />…perhaps better known for his forays onto these islands? - The Ryukyu Islands<br /><i>"He (Matthew C. Perry) subsequently served as Executive Officer of the USS North Carolina, flagship of the Mediterranean Squadron under Commodore Rodgers, which was engaged in protecting American commerce from Greek pirates. "</i><br /><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/Matthewperry.jpg" rel="nofollow">this guy? he got around, started early, 15</a><br /><a href="http://www.starnewsonline.com/news/20090906/uss-north-carolina-to-show-off-elegant-predecessor" rel="nofollow">USS North Carolina</a><br /><a href="http://www.robinsonlibrary.com/america/unitedstates/naval/perry.htm" rel="nofollow">Robinson Library</a><br /><a href="http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/USN/1826/NavReg1826.html" rel="nofollow">NAVAL REGISTER FOR 1826. COMMUNICATED TO THE SENATE JANUARY 9, 1826.</a><br /><br /><i>"During the time that Nea Kameni was growing, Micra Kameni subsided by as much as 2 m (Fouqué, 1879, p. 140)<br />1810-30; von Humboldt (1863, p. 242, citing Virlet and Fiedler) reported that a new "island" that was 15 fathoms below sea level in 1810 had risen to within 3 or 4 fathoms of sea level by 1830. "It rises steeply like a giant cone, from the bottom of the sea, and the continuous activity of the submarine crater is obvious for the circumstance that sulphurous acid vapors are mixed with sea water, in the eastern bay of [Nea Kameni) ... [and] coppered ships lie at anchor in the bay in order to get their bottoms cleaned and polished by this natural process.""</i><br /><br />(how do you reorient page view? - I went to plain text, but there probably is a better way…?)<br /><a href="https://books.google.com/books?pg=PA130&dq=1707-11+eruption+on+santorini&id=oCqXqSOykoYC&output=text" rel="nofollow">the closest I could find on the 1707-11 eruption 'real-time' description…</a><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/rHSs92VHz3M" rel="nofollow">"God of Fire, God of Life" - Story of Santorini Volcano</a><br /><a href="http://www.photovolcanica.com/VolcanoInfo/Santorini/Santorini.html" rel="nofollow">Santorini (Thera) Volcano</a><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/z0JfNXIgpYw" rel="nofollow">Santorini - The Thera Cataclysm</a><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/gr7-zehSxQs" rel="nofollow">Santorini The Doomsday Volcano</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.regrom.com/2012/05/03/regency-culture-and-society-graffiti/" rel="nofollow">graffiti</a><br /><a href="http://ed.ted.com/lessons/a-brief-history-of-graffiti-kelly-wall" rel="nofollow">tED</a><br /><a href="http://designtaxi.com/news/358932/Infographic-A-History-Of-Banksy-s-Graffiti-Art/" rel="nofollow">Banksy may not outlast Perry</a><br /><a href="http://heavy.com/entertainment/2013/03/the-20-awesomest-pieces-of-ancient-graffiti/" rel="nofollow">some examples…</a>remmijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985809654574916217noreply@blogger.com