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The tradition I refer to is (was) more pronounced in the past to be sure and then in the south… consider D. H. Fischer's book Albion's Seed for a good treatment of this idea.
Our country has always had a fear of a large, professional, standing army… think of the British Army in colonial times. But we also have a tradition of patriotism and honor, valuing service to the country. We realize the importance of skilled and highly trained (and otherwise educated) officershence the service academies. All this makes Scout's reply very logical and practical.
The buffalo cultures were that before the introduction of the horse… it just took them longer to catch up to the herds and they were less selective in their hunting pattern, running the whole herd over a cliff and taking what they wanted. The mobility issue is a key though, had they not had the horse when farming became a better option they'd likely have been more receptive.As Wily mentioned many tribe (NE for example) mixed Ag with H-G; this drives home the point about environment having a large play in all this. Up until the arrival of the Europeans vast reaches of the east were basically orchards… doesn't take much farming ability to cut down the trees you can't get anything good to eat from to let the others grow better. Corn is and beans are pretty easy to grow… witness the slash and burn Ag patterns that survive even today.No the thing that sells it for Ag is the ability to produce surplus food that can be stored… until the group has the technology and desire to do that they'll be H-G or practice transhumance.
Looks like a T-72 variant so the focus need to be on the uniform or other clues… as so many countries used on(e) of the family. see below.
Gurka Bira (Gardener) Gun… “Purported to have been invented by General Sri Sri Sri Maharajah Gehendra Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana (1871-1905) the “Bira” Double Barreled Quick Fire Rifle was no less than a virtual copy of the British Gardner Gun. In Martini-Henry .455/577 caliber fed from a double stacked 120rnd Pan Magazine the weapon was fired by a Crank Handle not unlike the American Gatling Gun.” [1] [1]Gurka Bira….
I think that it makes it easier to log on when you're traveling around. If you use Microsoft Outlook, for example, you normally have to be at your main computer to check messages. If you use hotmail, gmail, yahoo, etc., it's quite a bit easier to log on from wherever. Just a possibility.
May well be. When I was still teaching the district allowed for remote access thru a Microsoft exchange server. Not sure it would be any more secure; serious hackers will usually find a way in.
Seems logical. My one question is why would she use a yahoo.com acct. for gov't business? That's pretty weird, methinks.
Article 1: The Legislative Branch (sections 1 and 2)Note: To conserve time and space I will not include the entire text of the various articles, only material to illustrate points taken. I?m sure anyone interested can get a copy of the document and follow along if necessary. Basically what follows is the nickel tour. Section 1: Grants legislative power to the Congress; Congress is defined as two chambers the Senate and the House of Representatives. Section 2: [the House] 1. ??Members chosen ever second year by the People of the several States, and the Electors in each state shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature.? Establishes that the members of the house are chosen by the voters of the state; qualifications to vote, established as those who could vote in state elections. Appears to follow the line that the people elect the lower house of the legislature, is logical as it parallels the British system. 2. Establishes qualifications as the following: 25 YOA, US citizen for 7 years, resident of the state represented. 3. Establishes division of representatives among states: based on population. At the time the constitution was written Native Americans were not citizens and were not counted toward the total population of a state, the issue of slaves was handled by the 3/5 Compromise? 3/5 of the slave population was counted toward the total for representation. (While the South wanted all counted they settled for this as considering slaves were property they had a potential tax liability with the South wanted to avoid if possible). The census was established to enumerate the population each 10 years (since 1790) to allow for the correct number of reps per state. Currently (based on the 2000 census) each Congressional district has something over 640K people, each state gets at least one Congressional seat (of the 435, see map attached) and there are six non-voting delegations: American Samoa District of Columbia Guam Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico United States Virgin Islands 4. Vacancies are filled by special elections called by the governor of the state involved. 5. The Speaker of the House is the leader of the majority party and chooses the heads of the various committees. The House has the power to Impeach (indict or bring charges against officials). More on impeachment in Section 3: The Senate (coming soon).
Generally the invention (or discovery, depending on your POV) of agriculture is required for the transition to urban life but also must produce a surplus to get there. The idea that the geographic setting allowed H-G society to remain is pretty solid in most cases; one of my old history profs proposed that the California Indians didn't have strict rules (mostly) nor many hassles internally because the landscape was so forgiving (in most areas)… food falling out of the trees and clogging up the streams. The environment didn't require much and they lived down to the requirements.H-G appears to be a sustainable way to make a living but it is, in reality, more reactionary. Consider the plains Indians living off the buffalo; what do you do when your food source moves 50 miles down the road? Move or starve. Could be the source of the Noble-Savage myth though, who knows.I really don't want to sound like an environmental determinist but the idea that our setting will influence how we make our living in that area has been pretty well established. The wild-cards are technology level and group psychology. Big nod here to the geographic theme of human-environmental interaction.
My heavens. I have fallen into a pit of uncultured barbaric and right wing philistines–woe!
Nope just a serious student of the Westward Movement; Benny DeVoto rocks, his trilogy is the best! Also a fan of Merk and Steckmesser (among others).–A miner said, “Betsy, will you dance with me?” “I will that, old hoss, if you don't make too free. Don't dance me hard, do you want to know why? Doggone you, I'm chock-full of strong alkali.” 😮
Remember this:I burn my candle at both ends, It will not last the night. But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends, It gives a lovely light.My students loved this–anarchists at heart!
Mine was this:”Out on the prairie one bright, starry night, They broke out the whiskey, and Betsy got tight. She sang and she shouted and she danced o'er the plain, And she showed her bare arse to the whole wagon train.” 😮
