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I don't think it would help very considerably with the search engines. It's more for a show – a way of customizing your profile in an interesting manner. Of course, I don't want profiles to be overly crowded with information. I'll have to see what works and what doesn't.
Then how did they deal with the malaria? Was it simply a matter of draining the swamps to reduce mosquito proliferation?
I can put some fields in as long as they don't appear if a person doesn't give any response to it. That way it would be an optional field, not mandatory.
So you don't think the Chinese might launch into space unannounced and perhaps wonder what's in the Americans' station? Did we learn nothing from Goldie Locks and the Three Bears? 😀 😀
I put this in its own topic so you can post your pictures here.When I lived in Ann Arbor I found out that Frost had taught there at one or two points during his life and it was during that time that he thought of his basis for the famous poem "Stopping by the woods on a snowy evening" - some place near Portage Road. When I was in seventh or eighth grade I had to memorize that for a class. Excellent poem.
I think I asked this question of a professor in an astronomy class once, but I can't recall his answer. But what Donnie says is probably exactly it – why send men up when you can send machines?That said, I remember reading that the moon would be great for installing a telescope at, since there is no atmosphere like there is on earth, thereby providing better viewing. Of course, this would entail a large base at which to build the telescope at. I'm sure this is something they'll think of doing in the new lunar complex.A question - do you think they'll put locks on the doors at the moon base? 😕 😕 😕
Christmas has been celebrated since the days of the early Christians. I know in my personal research that many Medeival carols appear to have been sung – including some that are incredibly beautiful. While some of them are still known today, others are largely forgotten. It only makes sense that some of the carols we know of today have come from other eras. With the collective hand-me-downs of Christmas carols, it's no doubt that we have so many to choose from.
I think original sources are fascinating in and of themselves. They give insights which are universal, not just contemporary. They know what's important about the events of their time and they capture it. And it's interesting learning the customs and practices of former ages from mouths that witnessed them.
The Kennedy who was killed before parachuting out of his plane that was going to be used as a guided missile? Eddie O'Hare?
I have further consolidated the Slavery and Civil War boards into one. As Donnie's Great Awakening moderating power diminished, his Civil War authority increased!If you have any other recommendations for consolodations, lemme know.
Well, they were sent back – or at least some of the time. The Abolitionists, however, began to become so opposed even to this that enforcement of the FSA was hardly an easy task. When Shadrach Minkins was captured in Massachusetts, President Fillmore [url url=http://Shadrach Minkins]had to bring federal troops in[/url] to bring him to the South. If I recall correctly, many soldiers were called upong to tranport him past the 50,000 spectators who were watching in Massachusetts after the sentence to send him back South was brought down.
I saw something about this on the History Channel last night. Wasn't the the battle in which the Persians were led by Xerxes? Although the account of the battle was somewhat sketchy, it seemed that the Greeks only “lost” the battle because they knowingly left about 6000 Spartans to defend themselves while the rest of the Greeks went to Sea to battle. It seemed to be more of a tactic than an effort they were expecting to win.
I read today that NASA wants to build a permanent moon base by 2024. It amazes me that what was accomplished back in the 1960s needs to be retraced again. The article says it will cost some $100+ billion just to get back on the moon. Did we waste our knowledge gained from early space visits to the moon in the time since? Another interesting part about the article is the following:
Two key themes, according to NASA, were to prepare for future exploration, with Mars the next stop, and expansion of human civilization. Both NASA's science and engineering communities agreed on a permanent outpost, an agreement rare for two conflicting sides of the agency, Horowitz said.
As I have thought, Malthus continues to be an unreliable basis for modern-day policy decisions. As mankind expands, he will invent new technologies to survive and will branch out beyond the earth. "Expansion of human civilization" are not words you hear to often....I like the sound of it in this article.
Alright, in answer to my own question I did some reading on the legendary founding of Rome at Wikipedia and here's what I gathered. It appears that the generosity of Romulus and Remus had something to do with the fact that they had been ordered to be killed as babies, after which they were set free on a raft in the Tiber River (from which they were eventually rescued). Their beginnings, obviously, were quite humble. As they grew they eventually came to be at odds with their grandfather's (Numitor) shepherds. After the twins killed the shepherds, they took Numitor's slaves and servants into their own company, which suggests that they took people into their company who otherwise might be considered outcasts or rejects.After Amulius was killed and the twins befriended Numitor, Romulus and Remus set off to settle down in what is the traditional city of Rome among the Aventine and Palatine Hills. They took with them fugitives and other rejects from that group when they decided to set up their own settlement. From there they began to accept people into their rank of similar lowly stature, and part of their governing philosophy was that the governing "Patricians" would treat their subjects as they would treat their own sons. There was therefore a basic notion of justice that was embedded into Roman society from the beginning. As news of this city spread, more and more people wanted to settle there.Eventually the mass influx of citizens forced Romulus (who had killed Remus in some argument) to realize that there was a serious woman shortage in the city. It is after this that the story continues with the "bait and switch" scenario with the kidnapping of the Sabine women. However, I think what I have stated already answers the question that was originally asked. It was Romulus and Remus' desire to accept people into their ranks who would otherwise be outcasts that they were generous, and I think their generosity sprang from awareness of their own origins.
