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  • September 28, 2011 at 3:40 pm in reply to: Pacifists during the American Revolution #25396
    Omer
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    Other than Quakers were there a whole lot of pacifists in Revolutionary America?  I would think not.

    Your bet  8)

    September 28, 2011 at 3:38 pm in reply to: Education 1910 #25418
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    Don't forget that 1910 wasn't far away from the 19th century; not to mention that students didn't have to worry about WWI, the Great 1929 Depression, WWII, the Cold War, etcI don't say it was easier at the time but I don't think we can compare now and before

    September 28, 2011 at 3:23 pm in reply to: Scout’s sig #25460
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    Just have to wait for the Tea Party approval then perhaps Herman Cain will be allowed to run  8)

    September 27, 2011 at 4:02 pm in reply to: Define "Late Antiquity" #25445
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    I'd say after Theodosius reign,  the last emperor to rule over both the eastern and the western halves of the Roman Empire (AD 379-395) and who declared Christianity as the only legitimate Imperial religion, ending the state support for the traditional Roman religion (AD 380).

    September 25, 2011 at 4:36 pm in reply to: Eternity or regrets ? #23429
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    Another kind of time capsule but a house-sized onehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15020697 I particularly enjoy the interview  😉

    September 20, 2011 at 3:36 pm in reply to: Climate monitoring #25435
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    I would be very surprised that scientists use that kind of monitoring station for their warning about global warming.  But well, in times of “intelligent design”, science is fundamentally challenged for religious and political reasons, nothing new since Galileo (except a dark age revival ?)  8)

    August 24, 2011 at 2:52 pm in reply to: Earthquake in Virginia #25337
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    SNAFU  8)

    August 24, 2011 at 2:50 pm in reply to: What is wrong with this sentence? #25315
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    The president is an elected monarch supposedly constrained by a bicameral parliament and the judiciary.

    Glorious !!

    August 19, 2011 at 4:24 pm in reply to: Define "Western Civilization" #11324
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    An interesting program about a definition of what made our western culture original(refresh your German and/or French language)http://videos.arte.tv/en/videos/le_dessous_des_cartes-4071500.html

    August 19, 2011 at 12:52 pm in reply to: Ski is right #25136
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    Are all leftists or liberals wrong ?

    August 17, 2011 at 3:57 pm in reply to: today in history #5779
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    Few decades ago, a 13th of August, something fundamental happened in Western history. Can you guess what it was according to this picture ?

    July 28, 2011 at 2:44 pm in reply to: I’m back #25185
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    ¡Felicitaciones por el gran paso!

    July 12, 2011 at 5:18 pm in reply to: WW2 Fighter Planes #8092
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    At first sight I fell in love with the Spitfire. I later liked the Mustang and the Yak-5 (or 3) designs.

    Just ... listen ! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALe8zKWf3uA&feature=channel_video_title

    July 12, 2011 at 1:47 pm in reply to: WW2 Fighter Planes #8090
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    I believe the Germans were working on a jet-propelled fighter that was just going into production at the end of the war....I believe I saw something on in on the History Channel a while back.  It might have changed the course of some battled had it been introduced a year or two prior to that.  Anyone know more about this?

    It's the Messerschmitt Me 262 : Me 262 had to potential to change the course of the air war in Europe but Hitler ordered that it be used in a capacity that undermined its whole value as a fighter plane.http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/messerschmitt_262.htm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3VzThjMOdE&NR=1

    July 9, 2011 at 6:52 pm in reply to: Building the Parthenon quiz #22314
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    And the winner is ? PS. "decorations of the Parthenon continued until 431 BC." something's wrong here ...  😉

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