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Open Question: Camp Powhatan- Summer Camp?

Ok so my Boy Scout troop is going to Camp Powhatan (Virginia) and im just looking for some tips. What are the facilities like? (toilets, showers) Food- I know camp food is nasty where is it on the nasty level (1 the worst 10 being good) what are the tents that they provide like leaky, moldy, sturdy, etc how is the leadership? Health Lodge Any other comments?

Resolved Question: what were the instructions for the Virginia Colony, 1606?

i need to know what the exact instructions were in a list .... in english please thank you here is the instructions taht they have below but i dont really get it! please only real answer if you dont have anything nice to say dont say it ! Thank you guys sooooo much it means allot to me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! As we doubt not but you will have especial care to observe the ordinances set down by the King's Majesty and delivered unto you under the Privy Seal; so for your better directions upon your first landing we have thought good to recommend unto your care these instructions and articles following. When it shall please God to send you on the coast of Virginia, you shall do your best endeavour to find out a safe port in the entrance of some navigable river, making choice of such a one as runneth farthest into the land, and if you happen to discover divers portable rivers, and amongst them any one that hath two main branches, if the difference be not great, make choice of that which bendeth most toward the North-West for that way you shall soonest find the other sea. When you have made choice of the river on which you mean to settle, be not hasty in landing your victuals and munitions; but first let Captain Newport discover how far that river may be found navigable, that you make election of the strongest, most wholesome and fertile place; for if you make many removes, besides the loss of time, you shall greatly spoil your victuals and your caske, and with great pain transport it in small boats. But if you choose your place so far up as a bark of fifty tuns will float, then you may lay all your provisions ashore with ease, and the better receive the trade of all the countries about you in the land; and such a place you may perchance find a hundred miles from the river's mouth, and the further up the better. For if you sit down near the entrance, except it be in some island that is strong by nature, an enemy that may approach you on even ground, may easily pull you out; and if he be driven to seek you a hundred miles [in] the land in boats, you shall from both sides of the river where it is narrowest, so beat them with your muskets as they shall never be able to prevail against you. And to the end that you be not surprired as the French were in Florida by Melindus, and the Spaniard in the same place by the French, you shall do well to make this double provision. First, erect a little stoure at the mouth of the river that may lodge some ten men; with whom you shall leave a light boat, that when any fleet shall be in sight, they may come with speed to give you warning. Secondly, you must in no case suffer any of the native people of the country to inhabit between you and the sea coast; for you cannot carry yourselves so towards them, but they will grow discontented with your habitation, and be ready to guide and assist any nation that shall come to invade you; and if you neglect this, you neglect your safety. When you have discovered as far up the river as you mean to plant yourselves, and landed your victuals and munitions; to the end that every man may know his charge, you shall do well to divide your six score men into three parts; whereof one party of them you may appoint to fortifie and build, of which your first work must be your storehouse for victuals; the other you may imploy in preparing your ground and sowing your corn and roots; the other ten of these forty you must leave as centinel at the haven1s mouth. The other forty you may imploy for two months in discovery of the river above you, and on the country about you; which charge Captain Newport and Captain Gosnold may undertake of these forty discoverers. When they do espie any high lands or hills, Captain Gosnold may take twenty of the company to cross over the lands, and carrying a half dozen pickaxes to try if they can find any minerals. The other twenty may go on by river, and pitch up boughs upon the bank's side, by which the other boats shall follow them by the same turnings. You may also take with them a wherry, such as is used here in the Thames; by which you may send back to the President for supply of munition or any other want, that you may not be driven to return for every small defect. You must observe if you can, whether the river on which you plant doth spring out of mountains or out of lakes. If it be out of any lake, the passage to the other sea will be more easy, and [it] is like enough, that out of the same lake you shall find some spring which run[s] the contrary way towards the East India Sea; for the great and famous rivers of Volga, Tan[a]is and Dwina have three heads near joynd; and yet the one falleth into the Caspian Sea, the other into the Euxine Sea, and the third into the Paelonian Sea. In all your passages you must have great care not to offend the naturals [natives], if you can eschew it; and imploy some few of your company to trade with them forcorn and all other . . . vic

Resolved Question: Best cabins to go to around West Virgina?

Or any area around there, maybe even Virginia or PA. We live in Florida so we dont want to go too far. I'm trying to find a cabin or snow lodge somewhere by the mountains for my family.(about 8-10 people) any ideas? places you've been or know about? sites? it would be a great help!

Resolved Question: How can I find this boy I met camping?

I just went to Tar Hallow, which is like a camping/hunting place. I met these two boys, who told us their names were Kara and Tara (Yeah, we knew they were lieing) We (we being me and the 3 other girls I was with and the two boys) went up to a big hill and climbed up it. We stayed up there swinging from a vine for bout an hour, then went down to the Lodge to eat Lunch. The boy im trying to find went hunting after that. The two boys kept stealing my Kermit the frog beanie annd the boy who im trying to find had a white beanie. The boy Im trying to find is 13 years old, his birthday's is on August 15th and he lives in Virginia. I live in Ohio. BTW im including the information like he had a white beanie, we were swinging on a vine) because if by some Miracle he reads this, he might contact me. I dont have any information on how too contact him, no phone number or email adress. I figure I'll probably go back next year and he might be there, but probably not. He was just sooo nice, I really wish I could stay friennds with him, he said we were Beanie Buddys. :( I really doubt if I will ever see him again, but Im just hoping I will.

Resolved Question: Husband is coming home from deployment HELP!?

My husband is hopefully coming back from deployment in January. I am currently in IL and hes coming into Norfolk. I do have a 2 month old son which will be 6 months when he comes home. I just wanted to know when I fly down to Norfolk what should I do after I arrive at the airport. Do I get a shuttle/taxi over to the Naval base and go on base and stay at the lodge or should I rent a car or what I'm going nuts cause I will be all alone and I have never been to Virginia HELP!!!111

Resolved Question: STATE TAXES CAN ANYONE HELP?

I lived in Virginia from 1969-1982 and again from 1999-2007. When I returned to Virginia in 1999 it was after a year long situation I had while a Probation Officer in New Jersey. I was the Officer in charge of the Family Crisis Unit and a telephone call led to my having a case of a troubled teen-ager. This teen murdered an eleven year old in the neighborhood. As a result the community was outraged that the Judge in charge of the case sent him home. The community call for the Judge to be dis-robed. He in turn retaliated against me and for a year I was subjected to numerous hearings and transfers and false charges. I managed to successfully get through all that was thrown at me until the last few months when false accusations were being lodged against me because I did nothing wrong to place blame and in the end I had to retire with ordinary disability. I worked very hard to get where I was and with one incident my years of hard work was destroyed through no fault of my own. When I finally got myself together I moved to Virginia and lived with my son. I had 0 income from September 1998 until January 1999. Needless to say it was a devastating ordeal and I finally managed to get some part time work. When I went to file my taxes I was told that disability income was not taxable and I believed that the money I made from outside of Virginia should not be taxed. I could not find anyone who knew what the laws were I even went to the Virginia tax department but they said they only collect the tax they don't answer questions. I filed what I thought was correct. In 2006 I paid some back taxes,penalty and interest, by that time I was looking for someplace to live and the cost of houses in Virginia was out of my range. When I finally found a house I could afford $45,900. in North Carolina and moved in 2007. I wanted to get all the Virginia Taxes settled and hired an attorney over the computer BJ Haynes. At first he told me that disability retirement was not taxable now he tell me that Virgina says if I can work I am not disabled? He did nothing for nearly a year and now one year is in collections. This attorney filled all the forms from 2003 - 2007 at a cost of $4,637.50. Needless to say I am devastated. I paid him on a credit card that I still owe over $2,000. and I have the final bill of another $2,137.50. I read on the internet that there is amnesty for Virginia taxes starting July 2009. Would I be eligible for any relief? had I known Mr. Haynes was not going to do anything to argue my case for relief I would have never gone to him. All he did was download forms and fill in the information he did no representing to the Tax department concerning my disability. Please can you understand paying $4637.50 just to file form Please help. I know I was stupid trusting someone to help now I am stuck with two large bills. I am 66 years old and there are no jobs here in North Carolina. I worked hard all my life and just want to enjoy what time I have left without living with all this anxiety. Please Help Paula Jacques

Resolved Question: suggestions to my myspace profile/about me?

this is my about me: im 15, im a sophmore at chs, im single, and im just your average girl. my favorite colors are black white and teal, i <3333 music, such as rise against, the mars volta, city & colour, and brendan benson. i textt, but definitely not addicted. ask me for my number. i live in archers lodge, which is pretty chill, but my heart is definitely in virginia. i cant wait 'till im 18 so i can get some tattoos. i hate the jonas brothers, twilight, and everyone being obsessed with "peace" and mess. im absolutely obsessed with batman. and if you didnt know that, you really dont know me. im 25% italian, which means im tall, pale, and brown haired/eyes. i think tan and muscular is unattractive on anyone and everyone. i really hate myspace, and i really love facebook. i find ww1&2 veryyy interesting. i am officially drug/alcohol free. i have 2 bestfriends. and i love them a whole lot! i want to go to appalachian state or uncw. i live for the winter, and my favorite holiday is labor day;) i have a huge phobia for midgets, ill have a panic attack when i see one. i like to draw, and i like to take pictures of the stupidest things. honesty is the best policy, maybe not the easiest one, but its the best. lol. comment? no messages pleaseee, comment my picturees. ask for my number, please and thankyou (: and this is the overview of my profilee: http://i29.tinypic.com/idavl3.jpg

Resolved Question: How is the denial of Americans any different than the denial of Germans after the second world war?

A series of allegations including murder, weapons smuggling and the deliberate slaughter of civilians have been levelled against the founder of Blackwater, the security company being investigated for shooting deaths in Iraq. The accusations, including a claim that the company founder Erik Prince either murdered or had killed former employees co-operating with federal investigators, are contained in sworn affidavits lodged at a Virginia court on Monday night. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6740735.ece http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoMLuT9Dl0o Use of weapons which have left generations of deformed babies and billions of years worth of poisoned ground in Iraq --- the real impact of depleted uranium http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyX4307WgBc Off shore camps where the public is told trials are a luxury Allegations of torture are no longer news worthy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr8LdsBd_Tw The Cpl who the public is to believe acted all by herself and managed to keep torture of suspects secret from command in a military prison ---------------------------- How is American reaction to the current and ongoing reality of US troops and private mercenary groups hired by Bush and currently funded by Obama is different than the German reaction to the of the reality of the camps Free speech zones which look like cages in some cases Off shore camps that answer to no one seldom lay charges and never seek convictions at trial Use of weapons that deform DNA and remain radiactive for up to 4.5 billion years The solving of the illegal wire tapping scandal by making domestic spying on Americans and others without a warrant legal The bringing home of an attack Infantry brigade to help police while a war on 2 fronts wages More and more homeless Americans living in tents all over the US The worlds largest prison population A population in denial ------------- Do you see a trend ? Can you draw a historical parallel ?

Voting Question: Can anyone find me notes or a translated version of this.... that i can actually understand?

REVEREND PETER FONTAINE'S DEFENSE OF SLAVERY IN VIRGINIA (1757) As to your second query, if enslaving our fellow creatures be a practice agreeable to Christianity, it is answered in a great measure in many treatises at home, to which I refer you. I shall only mention something of our present state here. Like Adam, we are all apt to shift off the blame from ourselves and lay it upon others, how justly in our case you may judge. The Negroes are enslaved by the Negroes themselves before they are purchased by the masters of the ships who bring them here. It is, to be sure, at our choice whether we buy them or not, so this then is our crime, folly, or whatever you will please to call it. But our Assembly, foreseeing the ill consequences of importing such numbers among us, has often attempted to lay a duty upon them which would amount to a prohibition, such as £10 or £20 a head; but no governor dare pass such a law, having instructions to the contrary from the Board of Trade at home. By this means they are forced upon us, whether we will or will not. This plainly shows the African Company has the advantage of the colonies, and may do as it pleases with the Ministry. Indeed, since we have been exhausted of our little stock of cash by the war, the importation has stopped; our poverty then is our best security. There is no more picking for their ravenous jaws upon bare bones; but should we begin to thrive, they will be at same again. All our taxes are now laid upon slaves and on shippers of tobacco, which they wink at while we are in danger of being torn from them, but we dare not do it in time of peace, it being looked upon as the highest presumption to lay any burden upon trade. This is our part of the grievance, but to live in Virginia without slaves is morally impossible. Before our troubles, you could not hire a servant or slave for love or money, so that, unless robust enough to cut wood, to go to mill, to work at the hoe, etc., you must starve or board in some family where they both fleece and half starve you. There is no set price upon corn, wheat, and provisions; so they take advantage of the necessities of strangers, who are thus obliged to purchase some slaves and land. This, of course, draws us all into the original sin and curse of the country of purchasing slaves, and this is the reason we have no merchants, traders, or artificers of any sort but what become planters in a short time. A common laborer, white or black, if you can be so much favored as to hire one, is 1s . sterling or 15d. currency per day; a bungling carpenter, 2s. or 2s. 6d.. per day; besides diet and lodging. That is, for a lazy fellow to get wood and water, £19 16s. 3d. current per annum; add to this £7 or £8 more and you have a slave for life.

Resolved Question: Have you ever had a splinter as big as this?

Fishing is a contact sport: This is an actual emergency room photo of a fisherman who lost control of his high-speed boat in West Virginia . Wardens believe that he was travelling approximately 75 mph at the time of the accident. He was unable to negotiate a curve in the narrow waterway. Unfortunately for him, upon striking the shoreline and being ejected from the boat, he landed bottom end first on an old fence post. You can probably see from the picture what happened next, but the attached picture really says it all. The good news is that after about 6 months, this man made a full recovery after suffering a shattered hip, broken leg, several broken ribs, internal injuries and soft tissue damage. Doctors credited his recovery to the fact that the post lodged itself so tightly that there was little or no blood loss. Now that's got to hurt!!! See picture attached (but take a deep breath first and hold on.) http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2z8zw9e&s=3