NEW! Exploring The Book of Mormon In Americas Heartland Photographic Book

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Sunday, August 24, 2014

Outdoor Adventure Retreats - O.A.R.

Welcome I am sharing this site of professional experianced outdoor adventurers and what they do to assist others build teamship and self confidence with in your self. While experiancing the amazing mountainlands and canyonlands of Utah. Amazing group take a look and contact them for further details on how they can help you and your team. S.T.H.
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Adventures in the great outdoors are a true equalizer. Wealth, education or ethnicity become irrelevant when you are challenged by an outdoor adventure. A 500 foot rappel on a 7.2 MM rope offers the same fear to overcome to everyone. What makes the difference between success or failure at that moment is who you are inside. True challenges build character within people as well as encouraging teamwork within groups. At Outdoor Adventure Retreats, we help you discover your fears and teach ways for you to overcome them - Period! Contact us today to learn how to get started.




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Friday, August 22, 2014

USA: Viking Ship Discovered Near Mississippi River

USA: Viking Ship Discovered Near Mississippi River

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Memphis| A group of volunteers cleaning up the shores of the Mississippi river near the biggest city in Tennessee, have stumbled upon the remains of an ancient boat encrusted in mud. A team of archeologists from the University of Memphis that was rapidly called to the site, confirmed that the ship is most certainly a Viking knarr, suggesting the Norse would have pushed their exploration of America a lot further than historians previously thought.
The heavily damaged ship was found near the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers, and lies on a private property. It has a length of about 16 meters, a beam of 4.5 meters, and a hull that is estimated capable of carrying up to 24 to 28 tons, a typical size for this type of ship. Knarrs were naval vessels that were built by the Norsemen from Scandinavia and Iceland for Atlantic voyages, but also used for trade, commerce, exploration, and warfare during an era known as the Viking Age, that goes approximately from 793 to 1066 AD. They were clinker built, which means the overlapping of planks riveted together. It was capable of sailing 75 miles (121 km) in one day and held a crew of about 20 to 30 men.
One of the only artefacts on the site, this sword was probably abandoned after it broke, suggesting a violent battle.
One of the only artefacts on the site, this sword was probably abandoned after it broke, suggesting a violent battle.
This new discovery could be one of the oldest evidence of pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact, and it certainly brings to mind the famous colony of ”Vinland” mentioned in the Icelandic Sagas. This mythical colony would have been established by Leif Ericson around the same period as the settlement at l’Anse aux Meadows, in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, the most famous site of a Norse or Viking settlement in North America outside Greenland.
Butternuts found in the Newfoundland site had already suggested that the Norse had explored the continent because they do not grow naturally north of the Canadian province of New Brunswick, hundreds of kilometers away from any known Viking settlement.
The carbon dating of the new ship estimates that it dates from between 990 and 1050 AD, approximately the period associated with Vinland and the various Canadian sites (L’Anse aux Meadows, Tantfield Valley, Avayalik Islands). This could mean that the that the Viking had actually developed a far wider trade network in the Americas that what was traditionnally believed. Unfortunately, very few other artefacts have yet been found on the site, suggesting the crew must have most likely abandoned the ship and continued on foot.
Professor James Milbury, who leads the research team working on the site, believes the Norse could have been killed by natives.
Professor James Milbury, who leads the research team working on the site, believes the Norse could have been killed by Chickasaw natives.
More searches are to be expected in the area over the next few years, as scientists will now certainly try to look for any artefacts or historical traces that could lead them to understand what happened to the crew of the ship. Many myths from local native tribes will also be analyzed by historians from the team to see if they could hold useful information, as both Chickasaw and Choctaw mythologies include many stories of fights against “red-haired devils”.
- See more at: http://worldnewsdailyreport.com/usa-viking-ship-discovered-near-mississipi-river/#sthash.30VvJuWf.dpuf




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(Note: this is one of the reasons I share these interesting finds, yes we know the Vikings were here, lots of evidences can be found on the linked sites here.  Also realize the early natives of America before Columbus had ships and boats as well, there are records of it, stories of these boats and ships being used in these regions.)

Saturday, August 16, 2014

Kickstarter / Funding Event FaceBook for publishing the Pure Heart Guide Book series.

Visit and discover how to assist in the funding of this project

Event: September 1, 2014 Start time 12:01am
September 20, 2014 End time 12:00 Midnight.
I am launching a 30day fundraiser for publishing the 1st book in a 5 book series. If needed funds raised I can publish book 1. And share with the world the adventure that lives in my mind that wants to be shared with many.
Kickstarter is an All or -0- system. So its important to meet the basic goal for covering publication etc.
Thanks for your consideration in helping with this dream.

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I am launching a 30day fundraiser for publishing the 1st book in a 5 book series. If needed funds raised I can publish book 1. And share with the world the adventure that lives in my mind that wants to be shared with many. Kickstarter is a All or -0- system.
Visit the link for more details, samples of the book, etc. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1211328784/576190337?token=7cbd0c5b