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Salome asked for John the baptist’s head. Herod made it so. Is a princess’s (or queen’s or daughter’s) request to a ruler a common trope in stories from antiquity? I mean specifically not from medieval tales but earlier.
I realize it may not be proper to call Salome a princess.
Temerarius ( talk) 01:47, 29 June 2018 (UTC)
How do you tell the difference between a real massage spa and a brothel that's disguised as a massage spa? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 47.147.7.191 ( talk) 05:12, 29 June 2018 (UTC)
I'm looking for a clearer explanation and possibly statistics about conscription in Sweden prior to the 2010 abolition. Some sources seem to say military service was compulsory for all men once they turned 18, but other sources say the numbers went up and down, which seems to indicate they only conscripted a certain number in various years. Or was it the case that the official rule was for all men over 18 to do military service, but this wasn't enforced? 2001:44B8:20D:5B00:9D5B:CB50:F293:C11C ( talk) 17:03, 29 June 2018 (UTC)
The US Census Bureau (and a number of 3rd parties) provide estimated projections for the future US national population (e.g. 2025, 2040, 2050, etc.) broken down by race (e.g. White, Black, Asian, etc.). Do any of these agencies provide breakout tables for the future populations of the various US states by race? I'm curious how they imagine the growth in non-White population will be distributed around the country. Dragons flight ( talk) 20:02, 29 June 2018 (UTC)
Self closing since while highly relevant to this subthread, the subthread seems very OT especially since the original question remains unanswered
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The real problem is that the definition of white changes as time changes. What is non-white in the 19th century USA may become white in the 21st century USA, just ask the jews, italians, greeks, irishs and russians. 49.177.234.140 ( talk) 11:41, 30 June 2018 (UTC)
" Of course as I tried to emphasise above, since the census relies on self identification, if someone does mark or write that they are black or African American, this should be accepted no matter if they look like F. W. de Klerk. The complication becomes if they provide a written answer which isn't so easy to interpret. I imagine anyone who identifies Afrikaner, white South Africa, white African or anything of that sort is not likely to be classified as African American. Someone who simply identifies as African or South African may be more complicated. As I also emphasised above, while the specifics on how these sort of things are handled varies, the problem tends to occur with any statistical data collection for any ethnicity (or similar) type question which allows a written answer. Nil Einne ( talk) 09:24, 1 July 2018 (UTC)Black or African American – A person having origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa.
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Salome asked for John the baptist’s head. Herod made it so. Is a princess’s (or queen’s or daughter’s) request to a ruler a common trope in stories from antiquity? I mean specifically not from medieval tales but earlier.
I realize it may not be proper to call Salome a princess.
Temerarius ( talk) 01:47, 29 June 2018 (UTC)
How do you tell the difference between a real massage spa and a brothel that's disguised as a massage spa? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 47.147.7.191 ( talk) 05:12, 29 June 2018 (UTC)
I'm looking for a clearer explanation and possibly statistics about conscription in Sweden prior to the 2010 abolition. Some sources seem to say military service was compulsory for all men once they turned 18, but other sources say the numbers went up and down, which seems to indicate they only conscripted a certain number in various years. Or was it the case that the official rule was for all men over 18 to do military service, but this wasn't enforced? 2001:44B8:20D:5B00:9D5B:CB50:F293:C11C ( talk) 17:03, 29 June 2018 (UTC)
The US Census Bureau (and a number of 3rd parties) provide estimated projections for the future US national population (e.g. 2025, 2040, 2050, etc.) broken down by race (e.g. White, Black, Asian, etc.). Do any of these agencies provide breakout tables for the future populations of the various US states by race? I'm curious how they imagine the growth in non-White population will be distributed around the country. Dragons flight ( talk) 20:02, 29 June 2018 (UTC)
Self closing since while highly relevant to this subthread, the subthread seems very OT especially since the original question remains unanswered
Nil Einne (
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15:16, 30 June 2018 (UTC)
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The real problem is that the definition of white changes as time changes. What is non-white in the 19th century USA may become white in the 21st century USA, just ask the jews, italians, greeks, irishs and russians. 49.177.234.140 ( talk) 11:41, 30 June 2018 (UTC)
" Of course as I tried to emphasise above, since the census relies on self identification, if someone does mark or write that they are black or African American, this should be accepted no matter if they look like F. W. de Klerk. The complication becomes if they provide a written answer which isn't so easy to interpret. I imagine anyone who identifies Afrikaner, white South Africa, white African or anything of that sort is not likely to be classified as African American. Someone who simply identifies as African or South African may be more complicated. As I also emphasised above, while the specifics on how these sort of things are handled varies, the problem tends to occur with any statistical data collection for any ethnicity (or similar) type question which allows a written answer. Nil Einne ( talk) 09:24, 1 July 2018 (UTC)Black or African American – A person having origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa.