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5 is the sum of 2 (the dyad… 1st female number) and 3 (the triad… 1st male number).source: http://www.mathgym.com.au/history/pythagoras/pythnum.htmCheers,Waly
Except for the unprecedented U.S. military presence in the Middle East to change the dynamic.Hey Uncle Bob, your cousin is even calling you an infidel now.
Uncle Bob (Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, PM) gave his nephew (Arthur Balfour) a job.... Nephew was later PM and author of the Balfour Declaration, widely blamed for much of the woe in the Middle East; Tommy (Woodrow Wilson) "helped" with the Fourteen Points" which, however well-meaning, were widely ignored.Perhaps we should have paid more attention to the little Asian cook that wrote a letter to the Big Four about self-determinatin for his country....Wally
So let's learn from history, knock it off, and look ahead.
Therein lies the rub; one side too busy trying to blow the other up and the other side using economic and political means to hamstring the first (or blow them up if that doesn't work). Didn't learn... doomed to repeat."I blame it on Uncle Bob's nephew... oh, and Tommy helped by accident." ;D Wally
Didn't mean this in the current sense… another clue…Bob's your uncle...Keep you eye on the ball...I'm a patriot; you're a terrorist...and now:"We're cousins, everybody kicks us around, so let's fight, each other!"
.... ... but a ****ed [edited for word useage?] successful leader, eh?
Sorry that this post req'd an edit; I slipped and have no problem the fix but please indicate that it was edited by someone other than me. Thanks in advance. :-[WallyPS Another clue... "Keep your eye on the ball."W
I have a question for people here. When you study or teach history, do you think it's best to use an approach where you basically take everything you thought you knew about a particular time/event/issue and set it aside and learn things from the ground up? I'm not referring to setting aside knowledge of other areas of history, but rather preconceived notions that may influence one's study.For example, one could take the knowledge of the events in Israel today, which would likely influence one's study of the history of Israel. Wouldn't it be better to set all these issues aside if one were studying the creation of the Israeli state after WWII? Or wouldn't it be better to study the causes of the Civil War based on an analysis of the events from the adoption of the U.S. Constitution up through secession, rather than to bring preconceptions into the mix? What do you think is the best approach?
Rather than get into the various examples that the rest of the folks have offered and even your pro-offered CW model let me generalize.This is what I teach my students: geography (our surroundings and what Mother Nature gives us to work with) influences (notice I said influences not determines...) culture; culture (the way of life of a group or individual) again influences their history (how we or any society is through time)... it's already in the book. We cannot change or revise what has gone one before us... only observe the results and hopefully learn from them.Having a preconceived idea is okay if it is a hypothesis, subject to test and revision... leftist or rightist professors that do not discuss and debate conclusions in light of anything but their own dogma are worthless to education. Any idea we have must stand up to debate.At this point let me introduce something that hasn't (at least at the time of this post) gotten me fired, yet... I tell my classes when we study leadership that Hitler is, arguably, one of the greatest leaders in the history of human kind. When the gasps stop I explain that in terms of "getting his people to do what he wanted them to do"... unquestioningly... he succeeded. Now as to the morality of his methods, that's another story: megalomaniac-sociopath of the highest order but a damned successful leader, eh?The principle is to use the scientific method... Question; Hypothesis; Data; Test; Conclusion. If we are honest we can get there.WallyPS As far as the Middle East: the clue is this; "Bob's your uncle!"
According to this source http://www.ssefo.com/info/timeline.html the 'Fitz' was severely damaged (and repaired) a few times prior to her sinking.
1969September 6Internal and external damage occurs when the Edmund Fitzgerald hits ground near the Soo Locks. 1970April 30The Edmund Fitzgerald and the S.S. Hochelaga collide, causing damage for the second time in less than eight months. September 4The Edmund Fitzgerald is damaged when it hits a lock wall. This is the third time the Edmund Fitzgerald has been subjected to significant damage in only 12 months.
I wonder if this had anything to do with it.
I'm no marine architect but seems like these events certainly could have taken a toll on the integrity of the ship.
I read A Perfect Storm ... ships are actually quite difficult to turn over. While I imagine lake storms can be violent, I wouldn't think they'd be as violent as storms in the middle of the ocean. Evidently they can still be enough to sink a 700 foot ship.
If I remember correctly the Fitz, more-or-less, was swamped. The hold covers weren't completely secure and allowed water to enter the holds, this added the unrecognized grounding damage, that added more water. At a certain point buoyancy was lost. While there have been various other thoughts this seems the most likely and is currently the most accepted I think. Wally
It's still remarkable, to me at least, that a ship could be destroyed in a lake, even though it's a big one at that.
According to my sources, Superior is approx 32K sq-miles... a bit larger than South Carolina.The Fitz was 729' long and displaced 26.6K tons. Almost the provirbial needle in the haystake.Surprised me too 😮Wally
waylon. Cash?
Yup! Two of the four Highwaymen... well done.
Now, I guess it would be too easy to ask which of the Highwaymen, earlier in his career had a bit of a crisis due to a pictorial in Playboy... this ought to be a slam-dunk, don't you think?
