Answer. Nostradamus wrote primarily in "early Modern French," with an admixture of archaic words mostly derived from Latin and Greek. Early Modern French is approximately contemporaneous with Shakespearian English. He also incorporates words from the "Languedoc" or Provencal dialect of southern France. Readers who are familiar with Latin and modern French can often understand the original language, even if they have not studied early French or Provencal.

Answer. Apart from his professional works (in which no one is really interested) he produced a number of prophetic works. We discern between the Centuries and the Prognostications. The Prognostications are like an Almanac. They contain a series of Predictions about the next year. Because these predictions were fulfilled (or not) more than 440 years ago few are interested in them. The really interesting stuff is the Centuries.

Answer. Very little or nothing. He does refer to the King of the Mongols, and to a King from beyond the Black Sea. Most of the discussion about China relates to a verse from the Bible that mentions an army of 200 Million. If the prediction is very specific, it is probably bogus. Nostradamus almost always concealed his meaning in anagrams, symbolism, and mythological allusions. (There are exceptions, however, see below.) These articles almost never give a citation to the original verse.

Answer. The names of [Louis] Pasteur, [Gen. Francisco] Franco, and others are clearly given by Nostradamus. The exact date of the London Fire (1666) is also plainly given. Many interpreters think that Hitler's name is also given, slightly modified, as "Hister." There are still many unsolved names and dates. In other quatrains, several dates are given in terms of fairly specific and unique astronomical data (e.g., planet positions in the zodiac). Answer.

Answer. Nostradamus was educated as a physician and was noted for his work during the plagues of the 16th century. In later years, he worked as an astrologer to clients who included the Queen of France.

Answer. The books of Erika Cheetham have good biographical material. These are readily available in university libraries and even in many bookstores. See also the other Nostradamus pages on the WWW and the USENET Nostradamus FAQ. (See below.)

Also don't forget to check out Albert Nanomius' eight part FAQ regularly posted on apn. Excellent stuff as a sidebar to the quatrains, and goes to some lengths in theorizing about the "subject" of N's writings. A real honest-a-goodness original 1606 french dictionary with word search capabilities. Not complete, but neither was the french language in 1606. The Anagram page. Enter a word up to 10 characters long and generate all possible anagrams (The page is very amusing.

Answer. It is commonly believed that the first two Anti-Christs were Napoleon and Hitler. The identity of the third Anti-Christ is not yet known. Some people believe that Saddam Hussien will be the 3AC. Many believe that the 3AC will come from the Mid-East. Others have argued that the 3AC will come from East Asia (China, Mongolia or Korea.) This is a common topic of discussion in the Nostradamus newsgroup.

Answer: Surgical sterilization (spay/neuter) is completely effective and widely available in most areas of the U.S. The best contribution the public can make is to spay/neuter all cats and dogs—owned, stray, and feral. Cats and dogs can become pregnant far earlier than most people realize. Never allow “just one litter.

No. Some people who are deaf (and many who are hard of hearing) are trained in lip reading (or speech reading). In certain settings, when the speaker cannot be observed, they rely on the use of an Oral Interpreter who is specially trained to articulate speech silently and clearly, as well as rephrase or choose words that give higher visibility on the lips. Natural gestures and body language can also be used.

This is a common occurrence for newcomers. After the meeting, feel free to ask someone to clarify the language. Reading Al-Anon conference approved literature can also be helpful.

a physician, Nostradamus became famous because of fighting the plague. He traveled through the infected areas and applied, with success, medicines that were uncommon in his time. He translated a book by Claudius Galenus, the founder of West European healing. an astrologer, Nostradamus became famous for the yearly publishing of almanacs (beginning in 1550). These almanacs contained political predictions for each month, later known as the Présages.

The investigation on which Nostradamus, astrology and the Bible is based, showed by means of the quatrains and the letters to Cesar and Henry II, that Nostradamus had the strong conviction that God gave to him the gift of prophecy. During 29 years, from October 16, 1524 to October 11, 1553, he got "imaginations" (visions). These "imaginations" contained hints to wars, disasters and the like.

English is the language of tourism in Laos. Guides are available who speak European languages. English appears more and more on road and building signs. The phonebook is printed in Lao and English. You will meet many English speaking in large cities (Vientiane & Luang Prabang). Cyber net cafes are sprouting up everywhere, and these are always staffed by English speaking people.

Michel de Nostredame (1503-66), later known as Nostradamus, was one of the leading lights of the late French Renaissance. A Jewish-French contemporary of Paracelsus and England's Dr John Dee, he is often supposed to have been (from 1530) at medical college with Rabelais: however, he is known to have been expelled again from the student body at Montpellier for having, as an apothecary, been rude about doctors, so this is at best uncertain. He was certainly much admired by the poet Ronsard.

The local Catholic peasantry viewed him with suspicion and (in an age of almost apocalyptic religious warfare) thought he might be some kind of Protestant. The Church was interested, though sometimes a little suspicious. His books - and especially his annual Almanachs - were avidly devoured by the reading public (around 90% of whom could reportedly read at the time).

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Nostradamus was a French physician. He was born in 1503 in Saint-Rémy de Provence, France. He died in 1566 in Salon-de-Provence, France. He was a catholic. His parents and grandparents were Jewish from origin, but had themselves baptized catholic.

Consumer research conducted in 1998 by FSIS and the Food and Drug Administration shows that less than half the population owns a food thermometer. And only 3 percent of the population use a food thermometer when cooking hamburgers. Yes, we think they will. Using a food thermometer has never been easier. There are thermometers that are specifically designed to register temperatures quickly in thin foods like hamburgers or chicken breasts.

For communicating in Quenya, try the Quenya mailing list. You are asked to post to this list primarily in Quenya, using English only for translation (as in “Here's what I meant to say. Did I get it right?”). Elfling is a good choice also; members have posted a great deal of poetry in Quenya and Sindarin, and Didier Willis composed and posted a Quenya murder mystery. Lisa Star, editor of Tyalië Tyelelliéva, hosts an Elvish Poetry Prize, awarded every other year.

Finding the right support group.If you are looking for a support group in your area the web is a good place to start.

Today we drill wells into the geothermal reservoirs to bring the hot water to the surface. Geologists, geochemists, drillers and engineers do a lot of exploring and testing to locate underground areas that contain this geothermal water, so we'll know where to drill geothermal production wells. Then, once the hot water and/or steam travels up the wells to the surface, they can be used to generate electricity in geothermal power plants or for energy saving non-electrical purposes.

The Bible has definitely caused many controversial arguments to take place in our country and world today. Many people use it to defend their views on life and ethical issues. In order to determine how to live a moral life, a person must first decide what they are going to take as fact or a good idea. Realizing how the Bible came to be the collection of books it is today can help anyone determine if and how they want to follow the “Word of God.

The name of Neptune can be found in a number of quatrains as well as in a number of the Présages. However, there is nothing that shows that Nostradamus knew about the existence of other planets than the seven "classic" planets of his lifetime: Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. If he gave lists of planets, he always listed one or more of these planets and never one or more of the transsaturnial planets.

Anybody can make up a load of tosh which is incredible easy to interpret in a way which suits the interpreter. (I should know, sweetie.) I suspect that the world as we know it will come to an end in the year 3472 when the last weedy little human being finally gasps its final breath and the cockroaches will take over .

No. It's a gradual and continuing process. When I first started learning French, I could immediately understand oui and non to mean yes and no. At that point I understood less than, say, 1 percent of the French language. Since then, a greater and greater percentage of French is understandable to me directly, without having to think about it or translate it into English.

Applicants do understand and speak good English. Most of them come from the Philippines and countries around Europe and English is their second language.