I am not for the word becoming part of the common, everyday vernacular, but it still is. Some complained that they found memorizing the scientific names and common names of 48 crops difficult for a freshman level class. Dioxin is the common name used to refer to the chemical tetrachlorodiben...
were sharing some of the most common Old English last names to help you uncover your family history. Lee, Lewis, Long, Lumbard, Lyon, Maddern, Marshall, Martin, Mason, This last name originated from the British Isles, and is actually taken from the Greek name Alexandros, which refers...
Namestnik Office −0.03 Monthly autonomy change −25% Autonomy change cooldown −5% Minimum autonomy in territories −10% Trade company investment cost The namestnik is a position in the state's bureaucracy which can be compared to the one of a viceroy's. They are in charge of the...
Namestnik Office −0.03 Monthly autonomy change −25% Autonomy change cooldown −5% Minimum autonomy in territories −10% Trade company investment cost The namestnik is a position in the state's bureaucracy which can be compared to the one of a viceroy's. They are in charge of the...
Something Scottish would have been preferable, but the good names were taken - McClcl- land, Stewart, Macmillan." Editor Jack David, a burly fellow in jeans and a (non-clan) plaid shia, frowns. "McLeod - no. McLcod was left, but it didn't sound too good." Emerson House, stepsister...
I think we love Christmas because we were made for a better life—a life we have lost sight of—and Christmas helps us see it again. Adoration of the Shepherds. Dutch, Mathias Stomer, ca. 1650. Public Domain. Christmas is when we commemorate God’s act of bringing love to the world,...
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August finally got a job closer to home, and we’re together again as a family. He and the boys (who are now young men) keep busy helping me with projects around the homestead. In 2015, the big project was a 10×20 greenhouse with poured footings. For 2016, we attached a combination...
My best experience was with two men in Phong Nha Ke Bang National Park, we were queuing for a boat ride when I asked two men what their names were, they looked at each other in astonishment! They couldn’t believe what they were seeing, a white person speaking Vietnamese! They were ...