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Today I learned what is the MWP-1a. An abrupt increase of sea level ( between 16 meters (52 ft) and 25 meters (82 ft) in about 400–500 years) that happened between 13,500 and 14,700 years ago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meltwater_pulse_1A

Today I learned about the UDC system Universal Decimal Classification, and about the Mundaneum, a forerunner of Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Decimal_Classification#Main_tables https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mundaneum

Oh yes I have lived such an experience. _Another example is the Manager (or CEO) traveling to find business opportunities: interacting with another culture can be messy and it is highly recommended to get as much as possible information before proceeding.

Is it possible to correct the spelling in the thread title? My eyes cry at Lorenz.

I didn't know they were hard drives in the 70's. I remember tapes & punchcards. Our first computer at the office (Aviette I cannot recall the rest) had no hard drive at all.

Belgian joke? A couple of Belgians go for skying in the French Alps. They are asking for the same ski instructor they had last year but they cannot recall his name. How was he? Can you describe him? _Yes he was wearing a suit with colors blue white red. _Hum, all instructors here wear that colors (it is the French flag). Do you remember anything else? _Euh yes, I think he has two anuses. _???two anuses, how do you know he has 2 anuses? _Because when he crossed with other instructors they always asked him :"How are you doing with your two arseholes?"

That the word "panic" comes from the ancient Greek god Pan. From Wiki Etymology The word derives from antiquity and is a tribute to the ancient god, Pan. One of the many gods in the mythology of ancient Greece: Pan was the god of shepherds and of woods and pastures. The Greeks believed that he often wandered peacefully through the woods, playing a pipe, but when accidentally awakened from his noontime nap he could give a great shout that would cause flocks to stampede. From this aspect of Pan's nature Greek authors derived the word panikon, “sudden fear,” the ultimate source of the English word: "panic".[1] ------------------------------------------------------- Effects Prehistoric humans used mass panic as a technique when hunting animals, especially ruminants. Herds reacting to unusually strong sounds or unfamiliar visual effects were directed towards cliffs, where they eventually jumped to their deaths when cornered. Humans are also vulnerable to panic and it is often considered infectious, in the sense one person's panic may easily spread to other people nearby and soon the entire group acts irrationally, (...) ---------------------------------------------------- So for the ancient Greeks, when someone got under panic, it was caused by the intermission of the god Pan. At the end of the Marathon battle, the myth says that runner Pheidippides encountered the god Pan who asked him why the Athenians didn't adore him. Pan had come to the battlefield and helped the Athenians to win the battle. Pheidippides answered that from now on, Pan would be adored by the Athenians (and indeed since then they create a temple to Pan in a grotto under the Acropolis. The concept that Pan helped the Athenians makes me think that when they saw the Persians run back to their ships it was for the Athenians a sign of panic.

When I click a link to a post from My Activity Stream, the post opens at the first page.I must then go and open manually the last page to find the continuation of the conversation. So the question is: Is it possible to make the post open directly to the last page?

Spit not split, my bad. Thank you for the smooth correction.

49 years ago...

If you ever go pick some food from a hotel breakfast buffet and see a glass above the food, preventing the splitting of food with saliva, it comes from HACCP regulation.

At 50 I decided that I was old enough to admit that I don't know some things. From this time I started asking: what is it? And if you do that you will realize that most of the times nobody clearly know what that thing is. I remember my first question to a man talking about hotel kitchen and asp. Asp here, asp there, what is asp?? It was not "asp" but HACCP. After asking, it appeared that nobody around knew what it was. But I was the only one daring to ask. pee-eh-so is the more close to the Greek πίεση which means pressure.

Quelle chanson!

Do you know Sananda Maitreya?

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http://nigelstanford.com/TimeScapes/