http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bibal/ Bibal.Net Study Group Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:20:23 GMT Ernest McClain http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bibal/message/19970 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bibal/message/19970 In today's posting the N.Y. Times runs a brief essay by Dan Bilefsky titled, "Velvet Revolution's Roots Still Obscure 20 Years Later" that is well-worth Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:59:37 GMT Ernest McClain http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bibal/message/19969 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bibal/message/19969 Thank you, Richard, every little bit helps. The 5-pointed star seems a "natural" candidate for the standard pentatonic scale, with or without the surrounding Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:45:07 GMT Richard Abbott http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bibal/message/19968 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bibal/message/19968 Hi Ernest, I can give a quick answer from resources to hand and will have a longer look to see if I can find anything else out. Gardiner lists N14 (star on its Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:24:46 GMT Ernest McClain http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bibal/message/19967 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bibal/message/19967 Dear Richard: I need help in using Gardner's EGYPTIAN GRAMMAR. On p. 487 his sign N14 is the 5-armed humanoid glyph for a star, and N15 surrounds the star with Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:02:07 GMT Ernest McClain http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bibal/message/19966 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bibal/message/19966 Bryan, You are right to consider this of great significance. Eco is brilliant--I will have to read his whole interview to respond. Homer's list proves Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:17:20 GMT skholiast http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bibal/message/19965 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bibal/message/19965 Ernest, et al., here's the beginning of an interview with Umberto Eco that a friend just sent me. You can read the whole thing here Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:38:06 GMT Ernest McClain http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bibal/message/19964 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bibal/message/19964 What a lovely experience this must be for you, Michael. Enjoy! I'll send you something. Ernest The tuning is not always successful, and some Chinese Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:26:55 GMT Michael Hudson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bibal/message/19963 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bibal/message/19963 Dear Ernest, I just returned yesterday from a month in China. The last week I visited Wuhan, and heard an actual performance on a replica of the bells dug up Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:49:53 GMT Ernest McClain http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bibal/message/19962 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bibal/message/19962 Dear John: I've read virtually all of it again today, skipping a few pages only that I must yet review. And I've ended up with new respect for the author. I'm Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:13:24 GMT Ernest McClain http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bibal/message/19961 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bibal/message/19961 The December 3 issue of THE NEW YORK REVIEW arrived today with Bloom's review R. Crumb's cartoons of GENESIS, provoking America's most famous reviewer to new Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:27:59 GMT Ernest McClain http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bibal/message/19960 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bibal/message/19960 Dear Petur: We approach truth "asymptotically" with continual corrections, and no apologies required. Iceland is helping Ireland understand itself, and Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:42:18 GMT P&Ó Auglýsingastofa http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bibal/message/19959 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bibal/message/19959 Dear Ernest We relentlessly run the gauntlet of establishing fundemental knowledge of our environment. It seems your found numbers, stand for a stable vision Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:41:57 GMT Ernest McClain http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bibal/message/19958 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bibal/message/19958 Gunnar: I can't keep silent. When musicians find themselves in heaven it is their nature to sing--obviously the only reason an omnipotent deity would have Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:36:04 GMT Ernest McClain http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bibal/message/19957 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bibal/message/19957 Rchard, This is a very beautiful and important contribution. And in the Americas, it remains a suspicion in my mind, that the "word of God" had already arrived Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:11:27 GMT Richard Abbott http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bibal/message/19956 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bibal/message/19956 Hi Ernest and all, you wrote ... I think there is more to be plumbed here (I do realise you were just setting out a bullet-point list rather than long