I am starting this thread as a place we can ask dumb questions and hopefully get the answers needed.

 

My first one:  What is an RSS feed?

RSS is a family of Web feed formats used to publish frequently updated content such as blog entries, news headlines or podcasts. An RSS document, which is called a "feed," "web feed," or "channel," contains either a summary of content from an associated web site or the full text. RSS makes it possible for people to keep up with their favorite web sites in an automated manner that's easier than checking them manually.

 

RSS content can be read using software called an "RSS reader," "feed reader" or an "aggregator." The user subscribes to a feed by entering the feed's link into the reader or by clicking an RSS icon in a browser that initiates the subscription process. The reader checks the user's subscribed feeds regularly for new content, downloading any updates that it finds.

 

 

God invented Wikipedia and Google for matters like this.

 

RSS: Also known as "Really Simple Syndicater"

The only dumb question is the one not asked. Therefore, there should be nothing in this thread.

 

In before the lock!

What is the oldest standing structure in the state of Ohio?

What is the oldest standing structure in the midwest?

^^Depends on what you define as a structure. According to Preservation Ohio, the oldest building is the Ohio Land Company Office in Marietta:

 

http://myhometownohio.blogharbor.com/blog/_archives/2007/10/16/3294180.html

 

 

the serpent mound? any moundbuilders stuff? does that count?

 

nice link ink -- that stuff bears posting:

 

 

Ohio's Built Superlatives

by Staff on Tue 16 Oct 2007 08:57 AM EDT  |  Permanent Link

Ohio’s history is certainly a long and storied one. As we move well into our third century of statehood, here’s a brief look at some existing Buckeye historic resources which were – or are -- the “first” or “oldest” of their kind.  If you know of another one, please let us know; we'd be happy to include it.

 

Oldest church in Ohio in continuous use for worship – First Congregational Church, Tallmadge, built 1825

 

America’s oldest authentic 19th century theatre – Woodward Opera House, Mount Vernon, built 1851

 

Oldest building in Ohio -- Ohio Land Company Office, Marietta, built sometime between 1788 and 1800

 

Oldest brick building in Ohio – Jacob Picking Building, Lisbon, built 1803

 

Oldest brick house in Ohio – Betts House, Cincinnati, built 1804

 

Oldest house in Ohio that served as an Underground Railroad Station – Sawyer-Curtis House, Little Hocking, built 1798

 

First theatre in Ohio to offer talking movies – Palace Theatre, Lorain, built 1928

 

Oldest college building in Ohio – Cutler Hall, Ohio University, Athens, built 1816

 

Oldest college football stadium in Ohio – Mount Union Stadium, Alliance, built 1915

 

First Mormon temple built in the world – Kirtland Temple, Kirtland, Lake County, built 1836

 

First stone inn built in Ohio – Eager Inn, Mogantown, Pike County, built 1797

 

First post-Civil War memorial hall in Ohio – Monumental Building, Sidney, built 1877

 

Oldest sandstone bridge in Ohio - Blaine Bridge, Blaine, Belmont County, built 1828

 

America's first US Presidential Library building - Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library, Fremont, built 1916

 

Where's Arabic? That's a major language to be leaving out. I'm getting it up to the level my Spanish is and since I'm able to read debates and interviews with famous Arab intellectuals and understand a good deal, it must be coming along really well. For some reason, good pronunciation was something I picked up early in both, so I had to let others know that my level wasn't as high as they thought.

Where's Arabic? That's a major language to be leaving out. I'm getting it up to the level my Spanish is and since I'm able to read debates and interviews with famous Arab intellectuals and understand a good deal, it must be coming along really well. For some reason, good pronunciation was something I picked up early in both, so I had to let others know that my level wasn't as high as they thought.

 

Somebody posted in the wrong thread.......(ps: i didn't think "Arabic" is an actual language, is it? I mean I can swear at someone in Chaldean......)

 

go to: http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php?topic=14443.0

Arabic is an actual language, though it has many national dialects- Lebanese, Egyptian, Iraqi.  Some of these are quite distinct, like different dialects of Spanish.  Egyptian, for one, is nearly incomprehensible to non-Egyptians.  Think trying to understand someone from the English Midlands.

Or New Jersey.