Word: presention
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...thinks the blood on the shroud is human, male and ancient. In the early 1990s, Garza-Valdes asked Victor Tryon, director of the Center for Advanced DNA Technologies at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, to help him identify the organisms he believed were present in the shroud samples. To do so, he used a technique that enabled him to make millions of copies of the infinitesimally small segments of DNA contained in sticky-tape samples of the shroud...
...tests, Tryon says, "All I can tell you is that DNA contamination is present and that the DNA belonged either to a human or another higher primate. I have no idea who or where the DNA signal came from, nor how long it's been there." It is, he says, not necessarily the remains of blood. "Everyone who has ever touched the shroud or cried over the shroud has left a potential DNA signal there." Tryon quit the project soon after his tests. "I saw it as a multidisciplinary project involving archaeology, physiology and other fields. But I came...
Blame for Africa's ills has in the past been wrongly laid at the doorstep of foreigners. We have come to accept, however, that our choices of the wrong political and economic models following independence from the colonial powers have been the cause of most of our present misery. The economic and political reforms under way in many of our countries will at long last translate into more freedom and higher living standards for us. In Kenya and other African countries, reforms are being implemented that will result in privatization of state enterprises, more efficient public-service structures, a concerted...
...best times to visit the region are early April, when the rhododendron festivals are held, and the fall, when the foliage offers a stunning backdrop to the mists. But the view, enhanced by the ever-present scent of sandalwood and pine, is spectacular in any season...
...present-day abbey consists of hewn-stone buildings with red tiled roofs, pointed arches and stained-glass windows, well-tended gardens, courtyards and sprawling palm trees. There are modern touches: a fax in the office, solar panels in the garden. The wing in which visitors stay was renovated within the decade...