Do you know what “Toponymy” means? I didn’t. It refers to a study of place names. Every place has a name, it seems. “Places” can be towns, counties, roads, neighborhoods, bodies of water - even stars in the heavens. They are often named for people (for example, Putnam Street), ...
Both the 16th and 17th Amendments were enacted to clarify practices that were practiced, but controversial, and needed settled inclusion into the Constitution. The 16th Amendment, ratified in 1913, granted Congress the power to levy a federal income tax without apportioning it among the states based on population. This amendment allows Congress to tax income “from whatever source derived” and was enacted in response to the Supreme Court’s 1895 decision in Pollock v. Farmers’ Loan & Trust Co., which had restricted Congress’s ability to collect income taxes by ruling that a ...
(AP) — The third week of September is National Houseplant Week, a nod to the fact that we’re turning our attention to indoor plants. It’s a great time to explore a practice called kokedama and have a little fun making a special addition to our collections. The Japanese method of ...
Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! The September heat wave is hopefully the last blast of summer as temperatures may reach 90 degrees over the weekend. Unfortunately, there is no rain in the forecast. It does not really feel like fall until the weather cools down a bit and the leaves ...
Last week I had two special friends of mine visiting the new Parkersburg High School cross country locker room at the PHS Annex One was Dr. Torie Jackson - president of West Virginia University at Parkersburg, and Olivia Reeder, vice president of Institutional Advancement at WVUP. To my ...
Some of us no doubt remember the 2004 disaster film “The Day After Tomorrow,” in which the collapse of the Atlantic Ocean’s currents led to an ice-covered Northern Hemisphere in a matter of days. Great special effects but, as the filmmakers admitted, questionable science. Fortunately, a new ice age cannot be created in two or three weeks. Unfortunately, scientists have noted a serious problem with our planet’s circulatory system, one that could lead to disastrous if less immediately dramatic effects in our children’s lifetimes. Last October, 44 oceanographers from 15 ...
