Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 09:45:31 From: Tom King Subject: My Novel I've just (finally) assembled a complete PDF of my draft Nikumaroro novel. A number of you said you'd like to look at copies, and I'd treasure your comments. If you want me to send you the PDF, please send me your email addresses. Thanks, Tom King tfking106@aol.com ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 19:06:50 From: Tom King Subject: Comments on my novel I want to thank all the Forumites who've expressed interest in reading the manuscript of my Niku novel. I hope you've all received the PDFs I sent. I'm also hoping you'll send me comments, as critical as appropriate, to TFKing106@aol.com. I've gotten very helpful comments from William Webster-Garman, and plan to start next week making revisions in response, so the sooner I receive everyone else's reaction, the easier it will be for me to profit from your advice. LTM Tom King ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 21:00:52 From: Dan Postellon Subject: Re: comments on my novel I'm still reading. Comments to come later. Dan Postellon ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 08:07:29 From: Alan Caldwell Subject: Re: Comments on my novel Tom, I am still reading and Do have comments. I'll give them to you when I finish. Alan ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 09:48:10 From: Hilary Olson Subject: Re: Comments on my novel Dr King I also am still reading and will send my comments to your email no later than Sunday afternoon. Thanks Hilary ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 19:13:09 From: George Werth Subject: Amelia and Fred Where did this photograph come from? ALL comments accepted! George Werth TIGHAR Member #2630 http://www.aerohub.co.nz/?cat=5 ********************************************** That's the photo which, in its un-cropped state, has the various cylinders and oil cans and other stuff we've used for comparison to artifacts. It was taken in Darwin, I think. Pat ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 19:08:44 From: George Werth Subject: So they found Amelia Earhart http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1810028001/info Coming Soon! LTM George Werth TIGHAR Member #2630 ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 09:09:40 From: Pat Thrasher Subject: Forum and other news This summer we are embarking on a major revision of the TIGHAR website -- call it TIGHAR 2.0. As part of that revision, we are going to discontinue this email forum and move the activity to a web-based message board hosted on the TIGHAR website. There are two reasons for this. The first is that the message board is free, which the Forum is not. The second is that, while the Forum was state-of-the-art when we began it, web-based applications have zoomed ahead in the last decade and we can just do a lot more with the technology now. The message board is being tested now, and when it's ready we'll post all the links and information here. This email Forum will wrap the end of July, so you have plenty of time to get used to the idea. In other news, for those of you who are interested, TIGHAR's Devastator Project has a team headed to the Marshall Islands this week, and we will be posting daily updates on the new TIGHAR News Blog. One is already up. You can access the News Blog at http://www.tighar.org/Joomla Take a look. Pat ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 15:36:12 From: Marty Moleski Subject: Re: Forum and other news Pat Thrasher wrote: You can access the News Blog at http://www.tighar.org/Joomla Take a look. Linux is case-sensitive. The correct link is: http://tighar.org/joomla/ All part of climbing the learning curve for TIGHAR 2.0. :o) Marty ******************************** Picky, picky.... ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 15:36:55 From: Tom Hickcox Subject: Missing Hawaii The local paper has an article on our former coroner's solo flight around the world in the '60s. I thought there might be some interest here. He says the only navigation aid was a compass. He missed Hawaii by 100 miles but the DoD bailed him out. Tom Hickcox 2725 ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 15:37:56 From: Jackie Tharp Subject: Re: Forum and other news Hi Pat: And Happy Memorial Day to all... I couldn't get the link to work, and don't know if the problem is on my end or yours, but thought I'd let you know so you can check out your end while I check mine. Jackie Tharp ******************************** As Marty pointed out, I messed it up: http://tighar.org/joomla/ is correct. Pat ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 15:47:53 From: Dennis McGee Subject: Maid of Harlech? So . . . why isn't it the Harlot of Harlech? You know, allowing herself to be "discovered," coyly revealing herself at the most opportune time, driving men mad with the possibilities, playing to someone's fantasies, etc. etc. LTM, who forfeited coy years ago Dennis O. McGee #0149 EC ************************************ You're a sick man, McGee. But we knew that years ago..... Pat ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 21:45:26 From: Dan Postellon Subject: Re: Maid of Harlech? Reminds me of when I heard a Scot use the word "whore". I had never heard anyone pronounce all the letters in it before, and that was before I was in Detoit! Dan >From Dennis McGee > >So . . . why isn't it the Harlot of Harlech? You know, allowing >herself to be "discovered," coyly revealing herself at the most >opportune time, driving men mad with the possibilities, playing to >someone's fantasies, etc. etc. > >LTM, who forfeited coy years ago >Dennis O. McGee #0149 EC >************************************ > >You're a sick man, McGee. But we knew that years ago..... > >Pat ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 21:45:52 From: Tom Hickcox Subject: Re: Missing Hawai'i I failed to include the url for the article. My mistake Sorry for the trouble. Tom ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 21:46:21 From: Gene Dangelo Subject: Re: Forum and other news Hello, Everyone! I guess that Memorial Day is indeed a fitting day to acknowledge this significant transition! I would just like to say that this forum has been a wonderful avenue of tangency with the entire Amelia Earhart quest for me over the past 12 (already!!) years, and I want to thank Ric and Pat for their fastidious and conscientious dedication to the project. I will be sorry to see the forum go, but I will gladly jump over to the website's message board, to continue the quest! Thanks for making it all happen, both then and now! Most Sincerely, Dr. Eugene M. Dangelo, N3XKS, # 2211 ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 13:23:22 From: Hilary Olson Subject: Re: Forum and other news I think this new and improved TIGHAR web site is absolutely great. Love It Hilary ******************************* We're only about 1/4 of the way there, too -- lots to come. Pat ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 13:23:54 From: Hue Miller Subject: Remains are lost in race for relics "Remains are lost in race for relics Brisk trade in WWII planes thwarts efforts to recover missing fliers" http://www.boston.com/news/world/australia/articles/2009/05/25/remains_are_lost_in_race_for_relics/ If the link doesn't work, go to http://www.theworld.org/ and jump to link "Bryan Bender's Story on WW2 Relics". You can also listen to the story, select "Listen to Program May 25, 2009". I have not tried advancing thru the audio stream to the point where this story begins. via: Hue Miller ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 14:11:49 From: Dennis McGee Subject: Re: Remains lost in race for relics Hue Miller referenced: "Remains are lost in race for relics/Brisk trade in WWII planes thwarts efforts to recover missing fliers" Equally tragic is Leon Cooper's recent documentary (?) "Return to Tarawa" on the Military Channel http://military.discovery.com/tv/return-tarawa/return-tarawa.html showing garbage dumps that are building up on the beaches of Tarawa where hundreds of Americans died in 1943 wresting the island from the Japanese. Other sites on the island, including cemetaries, have been lost, partially-paved over, or built on. It's a very sobering film. More than 500 Americans are listed as "Missing in Action" on Tarawa and our government is dragging its feet to locate and repatriate their remains. LTM, Dennis O. McGee #0149EC ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 20:59:14 From: Mona Kendrick Subject: Bones For Tom King and Karen Burns In re-reading Hoodless's 4 April 1941 report to Sir Harry Luke, I noticed that 8 of the bones come from the right side of the body and only 2 from the left side. Can ya'll make anything of this? What taphonomic factors might skew the preservation in favor of one side of the skeleton? --Mona ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 21:33:15 From: Tom King Subject: Re: Bones As the non-expert in taphonomy, I'll risk letting Kar embarrass me and suggest that the body was most likely lying on its left side. That side being directly in contact with the soil and all its microorganisms, and retaining moisture by virtue of gravity and not being as exposed as the other side to sunlight and air, would decay faster and remain attractive to crabs longer than would the upper, right side. Alternatively, the body might have been lying on its right side, exposing the left side to early predation by large crabs who'd drag off the larger bones. Or maybe the crabs are commies. Kar? ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 20:06:31 From: Mona Kendrick Subject: Re: Bones >Or maybe the crabs are commies. Oh yeah, the strawberry land hermit crabs are red. --Mona