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God and the Devil are not equal and opposites just as the two genders, male and female, are equal and opposites, are they? Republicanism ( talk) 00:53, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
What do environmentalists think about the fall of communism and the triumph of capitalism and America in the end of the Cold War? Republicanism ( talk) 02:26, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
Section #3 of Yamashita's gold (and the related Rogelio Roxas article) surprised me — how can Hawaiian courts have jurisdiction over a foreign head of state in a dispute arising from that head of state's country? Why wasn't the lawsuit thrown out of court as soon as the judge(s) realised that it didn't involve anything that happened in Hawaii? Nyttend ( talk) 03:38, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
see What the letter B after those numbers stands for (in the "begin views column"? I know M stands for a million and K stands for thousands. 65.128.142.118 ( talk) 06:57, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
Despite making the illustrations slightly larger at the top, I'd still expect it to be quite difficult to read the top from ground level. So, was there some type of superstructure, perhaps wooden, built around it in Roman times, to allow everyone to read the top ? StuRat ( talk) 08:51, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
Thanks all. StuRat ( talk) 19:12, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
Here's an extract from my political science textbook-
"... The Judiciary of India is also one of the most powerful in the world. The Supreme Court and the High Court have the power to interpret the Constitution of the country. They can declare invalid any law of the legislature or the actions of the executive, whether at the union of the state level, if they find such a law or action against the Constitution. Thus they can determine the Constitutional validity of any legislation or action of the executive in the country, when it is challenged before them."
I didn't get the last sentence properly. Help me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yashowardhani ( talk • contribs) 14:22, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
I remember hearing (from many), that the first clock in Gastown was financed by merchants that didn't like steam coming out of a grate in the sidewalk. 1977 was before the internet so it is hard to source, I am sure this is the main reason for funding the project by merchants. The other clocks around the world may have been built for similar reasons. Should this be added to the article after sourcing? I don't even know where to look. It seems other editors on the talk page had trouble sourcing info as well.-- Canoe1967 ( talk) 16:33, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
-- Canoe1967 ( talk) 12:35, 14 January 2013 (UTC)
Hello,
the Land of Punt did have a script, how does it look like (is the script ostensibly influenced by Egyptian hieroglyphs as it could be deciphered or is it a script totally unrelated to the Egyptian)? If the Land of Punt had contact to Egypt, why aren't there any translations?
Greetings HeliosX ( talk) 19:31, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
Thank you for your answer, but this History_of_Somalia#Ancient article refers to Punt as well, proposing them to have pyramids and a writing system? And I have another question, did Punt persist till 325 BC?
Greetings HeliosX ( talk) 06:09, 14 January 2013 (UTC)
In the Land of Punt, it's always fourth down. --
Trovatore (
talk)
06:12, 14 January 2013 (UTC)
The nude photography workshop I recently attended got me thinking. There are some cultures in the world where women having their breasts bared is nothing special. These are mainly indigenous tribes in Africa and Oceania, not developed countries in Europe or North America. I haven't been to any of these places, but from what I've seen in pictures, the women seem to be rather small-breasted. Is this just a coincidence, or is there a correlation between breast size and cultural opinion about breasts? JIP | Talk 19:39, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
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God and the Devil are not equal and opposites just as the two genders, male and female, are equal and opposites, are they? Republicanism ( talk) 00:53, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
What do environmentalists think about the fall of communism and the triumph of capitalism and America in the end of the Cold War? Republicanism ( talk) 02:26, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
Section #3 of Yamashita's gold (and the related Rogelio Roxas article) surprised me — how can Hawaiian courts have jurisdiction over a foreign head of state in a dispute arising from that head of state's country? Why wasn't the lawsuit thrown out of court as soon as the judge(s) realised that it didn't involve anything that happened in Hawaii? Nyttend ( talk) 03:38, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
see What the letter B after those numbers stands for (in the "begin views column"? I know M stands for a million and K stands for thousands. 65.128.142.118 ( talk) 06:57, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
Despite making the illustrations slightly larger at the top, I'd still expect it to be quite difficult to read the top from ground level. So, was there some type of superstructure, perhaps wooden, built around it in Roman times, to allow everyone to read the top ? StuRat ( talk) 08:51, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
Thanks all. StuRat ( talk) 19:12, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
Here's an extract from my political science textbook-
"... The Judiciary of India is also one of the most powerful in the world. The Supreme Court and the High Court have the power to interpret the Constitution of the country. They can declare invalid any law of the legislature or the actions of the executive, whether at the union of the state level, if they find such a law or action against the Constitution. Thus they can determine the Constitutional validity of any legislation or action of the executive in the country, when it is challenged before them."
I didn't get the last sentence properly. Help me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yashowardhani ( talk • contribs) 14:22, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
I remember hearing (from many), that the first clock in Gastown was financed by merchants that didn't like steam coming out of a grate in the sidewalk. 1977 was before the internet so it is hard to source, I am sure this is the main reason for funding the project by merchants. The other clocks around the world may have been built for similar reasons. Should this be added to the article after sourcing? I don't even know where to look. It seems other editors on the talk page had trouble sourcing info as well.-- Canoe1967 ( talk) 16:33, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
-- Canoe1967 ( talk) 12:35, 14 January 2013 (UTC)
Hello,
the Land of Punt did have a script, how does it look like (is the script ostensibly influenced by Egyptian hieroglyphs as it could be deciphered or is it a script totally unrelated to the Egyptian)? If the Land of Punt had contact to Egypt, why aren't there any translations?
Greetings HeliosX ( talk) 19:31, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
Thank you for your answer, but this History_of_Somalia#Ancient article refers to Punt as well, proposing them to have pyramids and a writing system? And I have another question, did Punt persist till 325 BC?
Greetings HeliosX ( talk) 06:09, 14 January 2013 (UTC)
In the Land of Punt, it's always fourth down. --
Trovatore (
talk)
06:12, 14 January 2013 (UTC)
The nude photography workshop I recently attended got me thinking. There are some cultures in the world where women having their breasts bared is nothing special. These are mainly indigenous tribes in Africa and Oceania, not developed countries in Europe or North America. I haven't been to any of these places, but from what I've seen in pictures, the women seem to be rather small-breasted. Is this just a coincidence, or is there a correlation between breast size and cultural opinion about breasts? JIP | Talk 19:39, 13 January 2013 (UTC)