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  • A Timeworn Scroll Reveals King Henry VII's Interests in New World Colonization

    10/17/2018 9:49:40 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 8 replies
    Ancient Origins ^ | October 6, 2018 | Ashley Cowie
    In AD 1499 England launched its very first English-led expedition to "Terra Nova" (New World) and now researchers studying a 16th century scroll have found King Henry VII awarded William Weston, one the explorers, with... the payment of 30 British pounds sterling... equivalent of a laborers salary for six years... The information was discovered on a huge parchment dating back more than 500 years and ultraviolet light was required to reveal the hidden text said study co-researcher Evan Jones, a senior lecturer in economic and social history at the University of Bristol in a report in Live Science. In 2009,...
  • After 500 Years: Kosher Portuguese Olive Oil

    05/03/2005 4:15:10 PM PDT · by SJackson · 6 replies · 454+ views
    Arutz Sheva ^ | 5-3-05
    For the first time since expelling its Jews in the 15th century, Portugal has once again begun producing kosher olive oil under strict rabbinical supervision. The product, which is being marketed under the name Ribeiro Sanches Kosher, is manufactured by Penazeites, one of the country’s most important manufacturers of olive oil, in the central Portuguese town of Penamacor. The oil bears a “triangle-K” kosher symbol and is under the supervision of Rabbi Elisha Salas, an emissary of the Jerusalem-based Shavei Israel organization (www.shavei.org),who serves as rabbi of the Jewish community of Oporto, Portugal’s second-largest city. The olive oil is also...
  • Security Council Multinational Force to Support Ceasefire in Liberia (Text of Resolution 1497)

    08/02/2003 8:20:21 PM PDT · by HAL9000 · 2 replies · 109+ views
    Security Council 4803rd Meeting (Evening) SECURITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZES MULTINATIONAL FORCE TO SUPPORT CEASEFIRE IN LIBERIA Resolution 1497 (2003) Adopted by 12-0-3 (France, Germany, Mexico);Also Declares Readiness to Deploy UN Peacekeeping Force by 1 October Deeply concerned over the deteriorating situation in Liberia and consequent tragic loss of countless innocent lives, the Security Council this evening authorized a Multinational Force to support implementation of the 17 June ceasefire agreement there using all necessary measures", and declared its readiness to deploy a United Nations peacekeeping force by 1 October to assist in reaching a comprehensive peace agreement. Adopting resolution 1497 (2003)...