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That's the interesting thing about history. When news stories are written about current events, they can often be politicized and slanted, distorted, and exaggerated, and we (or at least I) have realized that the news doesn't always tell the whole story. But once these stories are in the history books it almost seems like they develop in stature as being the historical “truth”. Perhaps this is the case because scholars, even though they may disagree, have come to at least some concensus on the matter. So where do we draw the line between current events and history? Sometimes the lines are blurred. After all, some events of the past five years have begun to enter the history books even though they are still used as political tools. I don't think there is an entirely clear answer to your question, although generally speaking if something or someone has moved out of being only in the newspapers to being in the history books, it becomes "recent history". For example, the impeachment of President Clinton is an example of "recent history" even though it's still brought up in current politics these days. Perhaps Donnie can give us his thoughts on the matter since this issue must have come up at least tangentially in some of his classes.
I lost my John Browning avatar.
I'll try to get it back or something of the similar genre. I disabled remove avatars/uploading avatars as it had inadvertently changed when I upgraded the forum. I'll try to get it back and upload it if I can (BTW if anyone has suggestions for avatars let me know...I have to find them from appropriate sources to avoid copyright probs).
I would have to agree with Hobilar that Constantiople (Istabal) was.
True...perhaps Constantinople under Justinian ~530 A.D.? I have heard that London around 1500 or so also rivaled Rome. Of course, there are so many aspects of Rome when we refer to it that our usage of "rival" must be taken within a certain context.
Hey, thanks for the support – but the Emperor's coffers are truly bountiful. 🙂 I have awarded some subjects and have brought them to their pre-crash shekel status (or close to it).
Hold on there guys, now just hold on. 😀 I don't want your winning argument to win quite that quickly. 😉If Rome were so superior, why would advancements have been made at all? Think about the barrel vault, and the groin vault which made buildings able to carry such great loads. Think of the flying buttress which also enabled higher buildings and more windows and light to enter. Think of artistry such as stained glass which developed during this time.Donnie, you point to individual feats of greatness in Rome. But what about the common man? Wasn't he able to eat more as farming methods improved? Clothing likely lasting longer? As shipmaking improved, so did trade and the ability to buy things that perhaps only the Richest in Rome could, right?
But don't you think that in order to be a Nazi you had to subscribe to party ideology? I know that there were German soldiers fighting with the Nazis who I do no think were part of the Nazi party. These soldiers were likely just fighting for their homeland and had no real choice about the matter. In the articles, it is stated that the woman was not a Nazi.
Yeah, I think I know what the problem is. I changed the fix I did to make them appear at one time. I'm trying to solve Skiguy's avatar problem and this was one of the things I've tried. Hold on and I'll hopefully get all the errors taken care of.
You say “those who settled in South Carolina were already used to Barbados and its warm climate”. Does this mean that settlers in the West Indies region immigrated to the Colonies during the early 1700s? Or when was this, and why did this migration occur from the Carribean?
They hit all the words in a post, not just the subject lines. You can see this, for example, by going to this posting by Donnie back in March ( ).Now if you go to Google and type in this sentence from Donnie's post:
The churches who are gaining adherents are the universalist nondenominational sects who market themselves to a younger generation
...you'll see that Donnie's post is the first in the Search Engine Result Pages (or SERPS for us geeks). Not all posts are indexed in Google, but generally the older and more popular threads (such as those with links from outside sources) will be placed higher in the Search Engines.
Well, it looked like a bit of British humor (or should I say “humour”) if you ask me 🙂 . Actually I don't think the movie has much to do with history as it does with rambunctious students.
Well I think that crops such as tobacco, cotton, and citrus were southern crops, whereas something like corn and wheat might be more northern. Aside from these I am not entirely certain what the advantages of each region would be.
Well the more we post the more frequent the traffic
Yes that is true. And you might find it interesting to see how your postings in the past have attracted other people who are looking for that same (or related) information. I find this particularly interesting when people are searching for obscure tid bits, such as chu lai vietnam or 1990 s and the 1920 s differences .
Didn't Ian Fleming write the original books in the early 20th Century? I could be wrong on that, though. What is interesting is how the Bond character is rather timeless. I bet the movies became popular in the 1960s because of our heightened awareness of Cold War espionage and whatnot.My favorite have to be some of the earlier Sean Connery movies. They just don't make them quite like that anymore, and Connery was the best Bond. I haven't seen the new guy in action so I can't judge all that accurately, but he doesn't look like like he'd be a good Bond from the get go, IMO.
I just saw there's a movie coming out in November titled “The History Boys”:
Plot Summary: "The History Boys" tells the story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students in pursuit of an undergraduate place at Oxford or Cambridge....
http://www.comingsoon.net/movie/the-history-boys-2006I saw part of the trailer and needless to say, I don't think I'll be seeing it. Not quite an "historical" piece, if you will.
