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During the few occasions when I was sent in from the field to the U. S. army headquarters in China to report to General Albert C. Wedemeyer in 1945, I noticed that the general and his staff were keenly interested in certain questions.
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Turkey and the Holocaust
Turkey's Role in Rescuing Turkish and European Jewry from Nazi Persecution
Shaw, Stanford J.
Date published:
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The neutrality maintained by Turkey during most of the Second World War enabled it to rescue thousands of Jews from the Holocaust in the Nazi-occupied or collaborating co... | web |
History of London
East End - Land of the Cockney
Pigs and cows in back yards, noxious trades like boiling tripe, melting tallow, or preparing cat’s meat, and slaughter houses, dustheaps, and ‘lakes of putrefying night soil’ added to the filth.
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How to Make Your Own Long Burning Candles
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Buying or crafting your own long burning candles makes a lot of sense. You get more value for your dollar, and there's less hassle involved. If the candles are intended for functional applications, like for light or heat in the event of an emergency, getting them to... | web |
China Conservation: Situation Improving For Endangered Species Like Elephants, Sharks And Rhinos
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Buyer's Market
Definition of 'Buyer's Market'
A situation in which supply exceeds demand, giving purchasers an advantage over sellers in price negotiations. Buyer's Market is commonly used to describe real estate markets, but it applies to any type of market where there is more product available than there are people... | web |
IPCC Fourth Assessment Report: Climate Change 2007
Climate Change 2007: Working Group III: Mitigation of Climate Change Transportation and urban planning
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The Large-scale Projects Lab/Garage (SS 132) supports research and projects requiring large amounts of space or garage-like facilities. This lab has been used to build SAE Mini-Baja Vehicles and most recently the ASCE Steel Bridge. It also is... | web |
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Date: 1200-1300
Language: French
Origin: haler 'to pull'
1 verb
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1 to pull something heavy with a continuous steady movement
haul something off/onto/out of etc something
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Olduvai Gorge: Oldest Evidence of Mankind's Evolution
Olduvai gorge
Olduvai Gorge is a rich archaeological site in Tanzania where evidence of the first humans has been found.
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The first family of paleontology
Louis and Mary (Nicol) Leakey are often referred to as the first family of pa... | web |
Cartoon History
Cartoon history is full of classic moments and beloved cartoon characters. While the history of cartoons may have origins in the distant past, the last century has seen the development and evolution of the animated cartoon.
Felix the Cat started it all.
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Due to its location that connects to the Red Sea and the facing countries like India, Yemen has historical archive in traditional Arabic music. History states how the Yemeni people used to come up with their music, so simply and spontaneously. Arabic poetry is the main part of the Yemeni songs, and then come... | web |
What Does URI Stand For?
I get a lot of complaints about an API that I maintain (http://api.joind.in) which is "missing" the ID field. This ID field is the database's primary key; if the user doesn't have access to the database (they don't), then it seems to me that the primary key probably isn't all that useful.
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Morocco Culture
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culture and civilization. Numerous races have come down to this hospitable country from different parts of the world: Berbers, Africans, Jewish, Europeans, Arabs and Muslims. They integrated in the Moroccan society and fused their ... | web |
Micronesian Mythology
Micronesia, an area in the southwest Pacific Ocean containing thousands of islands, has no single mythology. The various islands and island groups—including the Caroline Islands, Marshall Islands, Mariana Islands, and Gilbert Islands—each have their own collection of legends and mythological bein... | web |
Malaria’s probable arrival in Rome in the first century AD was a turning point in European history. From the African rain forest, the disease most likely traveled down the Nile to the Mediterranean, then spread east to the Fertile Crescent, and north to Greece. Greek traders and colonists brought it to Italy. From ther... | web |
Congo, Republic of (1970-1991)
Upon the adoption of a Marxist government, the Republic of Congo changed its name to the People’s Republic of Congo (the former name appears above to link it to the current name) and adopted a new anthem effective Jan. 1, 1970. The “Trois Glorieuses” referred to in the title is a refere... | web |
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The West Thumb Geyser Basin, including Potts Basin to the north, is unique in that it is the largest geyser basin on the shores of Yellowstone Lake. The heat source of the thermal features in this location is thought to be r... | web |
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NTSB Issues Recommendations Dealing With Emergency Locator Transmitters in General Aviation Aircraft Following Crash Involving Senator Stevens
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WASHINGTON - The National Transportation Safety Board today issued two safet... | web |
Foucault’s Life and Hard Times
The Passion of Michel Foucault
by James Miller
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Michel Foucault
by Didier Eribon, translated by Betsy Wing
Harvard University Press, 374 pp., $14.95 (paper)
To the Friend Who Did Not Save My Life
by Hervé Guibert, translated by Linda Coverdale
Athe... | web |
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Thatcher's Failing: Inadaptability
By R. W. APPLE Jr.
Published: November 24, 1990
In 1945, having helped lead the Allies to the verge of victory in World War II, Winston S. Churchill and his Conservative Party were unexpectedly driven from power by Clement Attlee and Labor.
The electorate ha... | web |
History of the pontoon
Published online: Aug 30, 2013 Feature Katie Burke
A little over 50 years ago, a small town Minnesota farmer had a thought that would completely change the history of boating. His idea of building a family-friendly vessel involved modernizing a concept that had been around for centuries. The or... | web |
Switzerland: Neutral or Cowardly?
Announcer: Mr. Ziegler, the argument that is often heard, is "The Banque Nationale bought more from, or made more business with the Allies than the Germans," and that in the long run, one cancels the other. What is your reaction?
Mr. Z.: This is grotesque. First, Sir, I respect you g... | web |
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According to a new study from Northwestern University lifelong musical experience has an impact on the aging process and that age-related delays in neural timing are not inevitable and can be avoided or offset with musical tra... | web |
Tomorrow Never Knows
With its recent U.S. tour, Kraftwerk stakes its claim as the most important group since The Beatles
--John Lennon, 1963
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Gas Laws
Elements are the fundamental substances of which all matter is composed.
Two or more elements can combine to form a compound.
Each molecule of water contains two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom, as its symbol H2O indicates.
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Guns and Self-Defense
by Gary Kleck, Ph.D.
This afterword to the trade paperback edition of Stopping Power: Why 70 Million Americans Own Guns by J. Neil Schulman is abridged from chapter five of Targeting Guns: Firearms and Their Control.
Copyright © 1997 by Walter de Gruyter, Inc., New York.
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Silicone rubber is applied with a brush to create the mold. (Courtesy of Art Castings of Colorado)
As a sculptor, I often try to describe how my clay pieces are molded and cast into a final bronze sculpture. It is a lengthy and complicated process. The castin... | web |
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Paying Off Credit Card Debt
Reduce Debt by Thinking About It Differently
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Baldness or hair loss is usually something only adults need to worry about. But in a few cases, teens lose their hair, too — and it may be a sign that something's going on.
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How can the download size be so small?
I get asked from time to time about the download size of my games. After all, it does seem like the file sizes should be far greater or at least the games should be downloading content constantly to make up for their small download and installation size. Instead, everything is co... | web |
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Spinner Dolphin in the Red Sea
Dolphins are highly intelligent creatures. Although they look like fish and live in water, they are mammals. They are very trainable, as seen in shows in aquariums all over the world. Their socialization and high intelligence m... | web |
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Gun violence is an issue everywhere with no way of completely stopping it but something has to be done to decrease the gun violence in the United States because the number of deaths and injuries by gun violence.
After President Kennady being assonate... | web |
The Chieftains and the Church
An intellectual audit of the Democrats and the Republicans
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This year marks the 150th anniversary of the rivalry between the Democratic and Republican Parties. Ever since 1854, when the implosion of the Whigs paved the way for the birth of the Republican Party (twenty-six... | web |
Drawing the Lewis Structure for C2H6 - Ethane
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• With C2H6 there are only single bonds. Whenever you see a compound made of Carbon and Hydrogen that ends in ane that means it will only have single bonds.
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The market system is efficient but not equitable. Thus, in any market system there will be rich and poor. There are also circumstances (injury, age, job loss, death of the breadwinner, etc.) that could push any particular person into a state of poverty. Many governments have taken upon thems... | web |
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Hepatitis is a term that means inflammation of the liver.
Inflammation is a natural reaction of the body to injury and often causes swelling and tenderness.
Alcohol, chemicals, drugs and viruses can all cause hepatitis.
There are several different viruses that cause hepatitis, such a... | web |
Maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health
Traditional male circumcision among young people
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World's longest-living bypass survivor talks about some foods to watch out for
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Noun: blastoff 'blãst,óf
1. The launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination
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Verb: blast off blãst óf
1. Launch with great force
"the rockets were blasted off"
Derived forms: blasted off, blastoffs, blasts off, blasting off
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Media Global (New York): Microsavings Opens Up a World of Possibilities
For those living on less than $2 a day there are few available financial tools that many of us may take for granted like bank accounts, credit, or insurance. However, even when the denominations are small, these finan... | web |
The notification system
Zotonic’s notifier system makes it possible to create modular components with pluggable interface. The notifier system is used by internal core Zotonic components like the authentication mechanism, the logging system and more.
The notification system can not only act as a traditional event sub... | web |
Mayan Beliefs
mayan calendar
The modern world went through a huge religious scare, as the so-called ‘Mayan Calendar’ ran out the clock on the world. Despite the belief of millions, the world did not end as they planned, though it says something that so many people placed their belief in a nearly extinct culture from ... | web |
How Do Crabs Breathe?
Crabs are somewhat similar to fish in that they are equipped with gills for breathing. The gills themselves are feathery type structures located at the top of the crab’s walking legs. They are derived from part of the jointed walking leg. In order to breathe on land, crabs must keep these gill... | web |
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Ethnic pride source of prejudice, discrimination
Blood-based ethnic national identity has hindered cultural and social diversity in Korea, experts say
Appeared in The Korea Herald, August 2, 2006
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Koreans have developed a sense of nation based on shared blood and ancestr... | web |
Observer classes respond to lifecycle callbacks to implement trigger-like behavior outside the original class. This is a great way to reduce the clutter that normally comes when the model class is burdened with functionality that doesn‘t pertain to the core responsibility of the class. Example:
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How America Saved the English Language
Dr Lynne Murphy at Ealing Skeptics in the Pub (The Rose and Crown) on 2 September 2013
Lynne Murphy takes you on a grammatical tour of transatlantic prejudices and challenges what you think you know about Americanisms — and their effect on the Mother Tongue.
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What If More States Had Set Up Their Own Obamacare Exchanges?
23972583_SPolitico’s Kyle Cheney and Jennifer Haberkorn have made the case that Republican non-collaboration with Obamacare has brought a completely federally controlled healthcare system closer to reality:
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Meditation with children involves a willing heart, a quiet space, and uninterrupted time. Before you gather you children, here are the supplies you will need to get started. (no cell phone, TV, music, internet, business call, etc.)
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The Philosopher’s Stone
At the center of the alchemist’s quest was the legendary philosopher’s stone, a magical piece of the perfect gold, which could immediately transform any substance it touched into gold as pure as its own nature. The Emerald Tablets of the great Hermes Trismegistus spoke of such a marvelous catal... | web |
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Another way to send data from a Web page to the server is via POST method.
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Arnett, M. G. (2001). Effects of prolonged and reduced warm-ups on diurnal variation in body temperature and swim performance. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 33(5), Supplement abstract 893.
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Broken Mammoth Archaeological Project - Introduction to Research
Why and where sites occur in the landscape continue to be crucial questions for archaeologists. The problem of finding sites becomes increasingly difficult the farther back in time one goes. The oldest sites may be deeply buried in loess or flood deposit... | web |
The earth can become uninhabitable.
It’s an unfortunate fact that arguing with an idiot, or with someone who’s disingenuous, is substantially more difficult than arguing with an intelligent person. David Roberts alludes to this at the beginning of his disturbing presentation about climate change, (which, by the way, ... | web |
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The district attorney (DA), in many jurisdictions in the United States, represents the government in the prosecution of criminal offenses. The district attorney - an elected or appointed official - is the highest ... | web |
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In graphic design and printing, FPO (pronunciation: each letter is pronounced separately: /eff-pee-oh/) equates to for position only or for placement only. Blank placeholders or temporary low-resolution illust... | web |
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For nearly 250 years, Berber kings of the 'House of Masinissa' ruled in Numidia, which included much of Tunisia, and later in adjacent regions, first as sovereigns allied with Rome and then eventually as Roman clients.... | web |
Physical data model
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Physical Data Model Options.[1]
A physical data model (or database design) is a representation of a data design which takes into account the facilities and constraints of a given database management system. In the lifecycle of a pro... | web |
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1802, in military writing, for a very tight style of mass marching, from lock (n.) + step (n.).
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This Is Just To Say
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"This Is Just To Say" (1934) is a famous imagist poem by William Carlos Williams.
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Written as though it were a note left on a kitchen table, Williams' poem appears to the reader like a piece of found poetry.... | web |
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The Reverand Homer A. Tomlinson was the son of the leader of the Church of God, a small sect of the Pentecostal church or the Holy Rollers. Born in 1892, Tomlinson at first didn't want to be a preacher like his dad. He worked in an advertising agency in New York in 1916. After a while he entered his father's ministry a... | web |
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High Summer
By Neil M. Travis, Montana
In late July the summer sun rises early and retires late behind the western hills, dawn precedes the sun by nearly an hour and twilight lingers long after the sun has set. This is what I call 'High Summer', the peak of the summer season, that time period when ... | web |
How to become a Certified Phlebotomy technology through military training
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Shiny allows web applications with R
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RStudio, the folks behind the IDE for R released last year, continues to expand their offerings for current and future R users. Shiny is RStudio's most recent release, and it aims to make R web applications easier to make and share.
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Growing Marijuana Tips: How to Quickly Resolve Marijuana Magnesium Deficiency
Deficiency in magnesium commonly happens if you are growing marijuana plants in a hydroponic set-up and cultivating cannabis indoors in any medium. This nutrient deficiency is not common in outdoor growing. When marijuana plants lack magnesi... | web |
Howard Passell
In the last couple of years humanity passed an important threshold: We are now predominantly an urban species, with a little more than half our total population (now a little over 7 billion) living in cities of all sizes. Accordingly, the size of cities is growing as well. In 1950 there were 75 cities w... | web |
Crowdsourcing Could Help Deaf People Subtitle Their Everyday Life
Subtitles make TV far more accessible for deaf people, but new research promises to give people with hearing difficulties the option to subtitle their everyday lives, too, using crowdsourced transcribers.
Researchers from the University of Rochester ha... | web |
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I've already discussed hearsay evidence and standards of proof (see the blog archive), and this week I decided to tackle another evidentiary problem that family historians encounter when dealing with records: reliability. I have seen many researchers give great weight to a marriage license or social... | web |
Milestones: 1830–1860
1830–1860: Diplomacy and Westward Expansion
During this crucial period, the United States pursued a policy of expansion based on “manifest destiny,” the ideology that Americans were in fact destined to extend their nation across the continent.
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In recent times the media and some bloggers have talked of a ticking time bomb with regard to Kenya’s youth unemployment. This follows the post election violence that occured as a result of a disputed election in Kenya that took place in late 2007 and early 2008. It is true that th... | web |
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Usually, the suffix "־הם" is used to mean "them" as an object, as is "להם" or "אליהם". Or it is used to mean "their" in possessive form, as in "כליהם" or "אבותיהם".
But sometimes, the very same usage is applied to the suffix "־מו". A famous instance: "וְזָרַח מִשֵּׂעִיר לָמוֹ" (Devarim 33:2).... | web |
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Sorry for the simpleness of this question. I've been trying to study the Torah as much as possible. I do not know Hebrew (though I'd truly like to and would appreciate any advice on how to get started), but when I want to talk about the law I see that there are a lot of references to different... | web |
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Definition of asset-backed securities
If a financial institution sells asset-backed securities, it buys loans from lenders such as banks and uses the loans as backing for bonds. The financial institution takes the repayments on these loans and uses them to pay interest to investors who buy the bonds, and to repay the ... | web |
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Quick Ways to Lower Blood Pressure
By Nora M. Greenway
People who have high blood pressure are at risk of developing heart disease in the future. If you have it you are probably looking for quick ways to lower it. There are simple things that you can do at home to help your blood pressure ret... | web |
Monday, July 25, 2011
Lyme tests old and new
My recommendations for Lyme testing have not changed.
Some new tests have been introduced, unfortunately there are no published studies demonstating their validity. One test is called an immune tolerance test. It measures T cell proliferation after exposure to select Lyme... | web |
Sunday, March 18, 2012
How To Make A Leprechaun Trap
Need to make a Leprechaun Trap? Perhaps your 1st grade teacher has assigned this task for homework and you have no idea how to begin? Well, luckily for you, Josie teacher gave her the exact same assignment and she is happy to demonstrate how a Leprechaun Trap is... | web |
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