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| bio | website | budo.markcwallace.net |
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| location | United States | |
| age | 50 | |
| visits | member for | 7 months |
| seen | 5 hours ago | |
| stats | profile views | 24 |
I'm currently studying Tomiki Aikido under Dr. Yoji Kondo, although I started in Yoshinkan aikido under Helton-Sensei. I'm also studying Taiji under D. Gilmer at StillwaterTaichi I'm informally studying jo and bokken.
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Apr 3 |
reviewed | Approve suggested edit on Are there any good sources on the history of the name for Kazakhstan? |
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Apr 3 |
reviewed | Reviewed What are the safeguards in the German constitution of 1949 against dictatorship? |
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Apr 2 |
answered | Did any of the US States ever attempt to secede, aside from American Civil War times? |
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Apr 2 |
reviewed | Approve suggested edit on Has any US President served in a government position with a foreign nation before or after their presidency? |
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Apr 2 |
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What was the origin of the roles of “lieutenant” officers? I think you're imposing order that doesn't exist. Rank wasn't designed, it evolved. I also believe that we still have brigadier generals - I pass them in the hall all the time. |
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Apr 2 |
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Who was the last US president who did not start a war? "Who" is used to refer to people (a category to which we hope Presidents belong) and no President has started a war after leaving office. |
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Apr 2 |
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Were China's problems in the past two centuries due to “missing out” on the industrial age? This question presumes that China has a coherent set of "problems". I'm not comfortable with that assumption. Did China fall behind, or did Industrialized Welfare states leap ahead? |
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Apr 2 |
reviewed | Leave Open Is the Terrorist Exclusion List (TEL) still used for anything? |
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Apr 2 |
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How much tax did Romans pay? Impossible to answer without breaking the rule about discussion in comments. |
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Apr 1 |
answered | How much tax did Romans pay? |
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Apr 1 |
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Was the American Civil War the first to include multiple multi-day battles? "somewhat common" is unanswerable. |
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Apr 1 |
reviewed | Reviewed Was the Roman Empire based on a 'plunder economy'? |
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Apr 1 |
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Was the Roman Empire based on a 'plunder economy'? This answer has the potential to be very good, if only it included more citations and less rhetoric. The facts are there, but if I'm fascinated with the assertions, there is no way for me to go further and learn more. Thank you for the beginning of an excellent answer. |
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Mar 29 |
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Where did the masquerade ball come from and what was its original concept? added 2 characters in body |
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Mar 29 |
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Wasn't it a tactical mistake for Saladin to send fruits and water to Richard I when ill? Sending fruits and physicians was not a tactical action; it was a strategic action. |
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Mar 29 |
answered | Where did the masquerade ball come from and what was its original concept? |
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Mar 29 |
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Where did the masquerade ball come from and what was its original concept? deleted 30 characters in body |
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Mar 29 |
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Where did the masquerade ball come from and what was its original concept? A trivial search on google or wikipedia will reveal answers. Halloween is not a religion. |
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Mar 28 |
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How did Mongolian nomads acquire metal weapons? I just did a google search on "mobile forge" and turned up a half dozen links that look relevant. |
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Mar 28 |
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Historically, have African nations had a higher proportion of coups than nations on other continents? deleted 154 characters in body; edited title |
