which according toBehind the Nameis a variant ofLavinia. In Roman mythology, Lavinia was the wife of Aeneas, and “the mother of the Roman People.” Another example of how many Amish first names are not Biblically-based.
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...
It’s also true that wolves, like bats, have to fight stereotypes – appearing in literature and movies cast as the dangerous – the villains. Eventually humans will get pasts the “let’s kill something to stuff and hang on the wall to show how dominate we are”, and recognized as oth...
We live in a world filled with appliances designed to make our lives easier. Knowing the names ofcommon appliances in Englishwill be essential when you visit, or relocate to, an English-speaking country. Here’s an overview of the most common and practical appliances in English. 2- Technology...
Return the last directive result that can cause “return” in the current event (E.g., an option that stands for “return” of the selection list box, input value and battle result, in the script of scenario events). Following are the different meanings of result_code in various directiv...
Hollywood in the 40s after the US Military revealed it had huge weapons they called blockbusters because they could literally level a city block. Hollywood grabbed the concept and twisted the meaning of the phrase to include anything that had a huge impact, such as their latest theatrical ...
Eighty-seven of us, veterans of all military branches, each with an appointed “guardian,” flew to Washington on the 57th mission of Badger Honor Flight. My guardian was my daughter, Katie. We veterans were given red polo shirts, windbreaker jackets, and baseball caps blazoned with the Bad...
Plait used a term borrowed from military, which is commonsensical: Ambush. Hubble cannot track the Moon, and indeed there is no need to track it. The astronomers simply configured HST into the "ambush mode," pointing it to an anticipated location. When the Moon moved into the position, ...
Religion on the other hand, operates in the equally important, but entirely different, realm of human purposes, meanings, and values…” He then proposes that we embrace a central principle of respectful noninterference with intense dialogue by eliciting the principle of N O MA-Non-Overlapping ...
hospitals and of course pacifism. Gibbon was wrong when he blamed the Fall of Rome on the pacific and un-military nature of Christianity – but the description of the Christians being against war is valid. It was always thus, until the Muslim attacks from 650 AD to 1000 AD by necessity ...