Arts & Humanities - 12 August 2006

Many years ago I heard a story that there were 2 armies/countries that were going to go to war. In order to find out whether or not their enemy was going to attack them during the following winter, the leader of one side sent spies to the enemy's market to see if lamb meat was significantly cheaper than normal. The reasoning behind this being that if lamb meat was relatively cheap then this probably meant that the enemy was slaughtering more sheep than usual, which might indicate that they were using the increased amount of wool collected to make more winter clothes for their army for a wintertime invasion. This is the classic example of intelligence collection and analysis that always comes to my mind.

Is anyone else out there familiar with this story? Does anyone have a reference anywhere to the full story? Was it actually lamb meat? Was the savvy leader Ghengis Kahn? Is the story actually about the Greeks? The Romans? Was it Theucydides? Homer? The Iliad? The Oddyssey?

-thanks!

2006-08-12 19:15:49 · 3 answers · asked by nada 2 in History

In fashion or in the arts?

2006-08-12 19:13:22 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Visual Arts

2006-08-12 19:07:28 · 6 answers · asked by Kahu 1 in Philosophy

constantly hearing of tragic cases and personal reasons. it hard to deal with.

2006-08-12 19:06:49 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Arts & Humanities

Without having to cut it out by hand. For example how could I take my daughters picture and lift my daughter from it and just have her on a white background. Is the only way to cut it out? I have paint shop pro if its possible to do it on there. Thanks in advance for the help :)

2006-08-12 19:03:53 · 3 answers · asked by Angie W 2 in Photography

happy advance independence day to all pakistanies living in pakistan and all over the world

2006-08-12 19:02:05 · 5 answers · asked by ghulamalimurtaza 3 in History

2006-08-12 18:59:12 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Philosophy

2006-08-12 18:49:51 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Philosophy

2006-08-12 18:45:45 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in History

Hi everyone, please help me with my poem
This poem is about ak47 and how it has been seen wrongly by the world.

It was October, year 1947 and 1,
A weapon was born and our hearts it won,
Beautifully crafted with iron and steel,
blessed by the Russians with the gift to kill,

Many has tried and all has fail,
Only in the hand of one will it prevail,
One who can tame the fiercest tigers,
With a good sight of aim,
And a man who knows no pain,
All is left is for ak47 to do wonders,

AK47 you are my beauty, You are my curse,
as i plant the bomb in the body of a corpse,
I have nothing else to say but to wrap it up,
Make a small prayer to God, and blew it up.

2006-08-12 18:38:52 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Books & Authors

In the latest Harry Potter book, who do you think is "R.B" who stole the horcrux?

2006-08-12 18:32:33 · 20 answers · asked by Richo Fev 5 in Books & Authors

woot woot lefties heres al ist of famous awesome lefties
1.kurt cobain!
2.bill clinton!
3.Paul mcartny!
4. fran dresher lol ..... she awesome
5. jimi hendrix!
6. nicole kidman
7.annie lennox
8. jay leno!
9.marilyn monroe!
10.robert plant!
11.babe ruth
12.oprah winfrey
13 bruce willis

2006-08-12 18:31:55 · 15 answers · asked by Sara a 1 in Genealogy

the statue is in the dust. Great poem about pride

2006-08-12 18:30:19 · 3 answers · asked by matty k 2 in Books & Authors

I'm looking for a new digital camera that can be used for hobby work, so I guess professional level.

I'm thinking of spending up to about 600-700$ at most. Any suggestions?

2006-08-12 18:27:10 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Photography

2006-08-12 18:26:11 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Arts & Humanities

where is the about me section on my space i still cannot get a backround i have no idea what i am doin and i mean that really i need step by step

2006-08-12 18:24:38 · 3 answers · asked by megan l 2 in Other - Visual Arts

2006-08-12 18:22:18 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Genealogy

2006-08-12 18:19:04 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Photography

I'm not talkin Faith and I'm not talkin Aliens.I'm talkin about life in general and the unexplained miracles.Children living years beyond what countless doctors said.Tumors that disappear.Babies that fly in tornados and are found unscathed.What do you BELIEVE?

2006-08-12 18:06:09 · 20 answers · asked by hippiegirl672003 4 in Philosophy

Just WHY is The White House WHITE?
When did it become white and why?
Be as accurate and unbiased as possible LOL (I`m English - I know the answer)

2006-08-12 18:02:26 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in History

If he were alive and on earth today; What Would Jesus Do? Answer both globally and if her were in your neigbourhood.

2006-08-12 17:51:45 · 14 answers · asked by joe 2 in Philosophy

The real Fort Apache is located on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation in eastern Arizona. Have you ever been? What were your impressions?

2006-08-12 17:44:22 · 3 answers · asked by henryhotspurs 2 in History

Still in early stages right now. I'm doing some character mapping working off a book called "the weekend novelist." It provides a step by step guide of how to grow your idea into a novel. Question is this. Some of the early exercises ask to write dreams for your characters, as well as their entire wardrobe in their closets. Also writing brief stories of their past leading up to the story. Is this necessary? Do you do this? I'm not 100% locked into the direction of the story yet and it seems like a lot of this stuff I would change as I discovered the characters/conflicts better. It seems to me that getting into outlining scenes and building off that would be more effective. Or are these exercises effective in keeping a direction so as to not give up when stuck? What are your steps to writing? On a side note have you been published and what did you write? I'll check out your book sometime. Any other information you want to throw in is also greatly appreciated.

2006-08-12 17:41:23 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Books & Authors

i'm such a harry potter fan! plz help!

2006-08-12 17:35:00 · 9 answers · asked by ☆LiAn☆ 3 in Books & Authors

Meaning:
One of the effects to the conclusion...but not the actual conclusion.
A situation or happening that leads to the conclusion.

I believe it starts with a D or De.

2006-08-12 17:32:08 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Books & Authors

I've always been interested in Greek and Norse mythology. Can anyone suggest where I can get ebooks or atleast read those stories online? Thanks.

2006-08-12 17:30:35 · 6 answers · asked by axman1000 2 in Books & Authors

What are some good pranks to pull while someone is sleeping? I've screwed up the hand in the water trick too many times. also interested in non sleeping pranks

2006-08-12 17:30:08 · 8 answers · asked by Mike 1 in Other - Arts & Humanities

Let's make a consistent assumption or hypothesis:
"Every event in space-time is unique." That means every incident
in past,present and future can have only single value not multiple values. Although, multiple values can be assigned to a future event
but that implies probability and our ignorance about the future.
Also, let's make another hypothesis:
"Every event is connected by cause and effect."
Now, let's say that somebody knows what will happen in some particular future. Now, he decides to change that event. What will happen? According to the second hypothesis--he will either forget
his decision or some unknown force will prevent him to change the event[1].
Now if that person disclosed his prediction to another person, the second person might as well predict about the above outcome[1].
So, does that make the second person another prophet--if he applied the above 2 hypotheses?

2006-08-12 17:28:57 · 12 answers · asked by Mahfuz R 1 in Philosophy

i'm just wondering...

doesn't that feel weird?

you lived your childhood, adolescenthood, and adulthood carrying your original last name only to have it changed to somebody's last name when you get married... how do you take that?


would you care to tell?


thanks!!

2006-08-12 17:25:36 · 11 answers · asked by Inquirer 5 in Other - Arts & Humanities

2006-08-12 17:09:13 · 10 answers · asked by kush gupta 2 in History