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This film explores direct-to-consumer genetic testing through the stories of people who have considered taking this type of genetic test.
Discover how DNA sequences code for proteins with different roles and functions.
This 3D animation shows how proteins are made in the cell from the information in the DNA code.
Debat... | 13 |
January 23, 2009
Just when we all thought that perhaps the wind in the sails of the human embryonic stem cell debate had abated, Geron Inc. announced that it was approved by the FDA to conduct an experimental procedure on human subjects who have suffered from a recent spinal cord injury. The procedure would involve the... | 13 |
The antibody molecule is composed of four polypeptide chains (see peptide)—two identical light chains and two identical heavy chains—joined by disulfide bridges. The light chains have a variable portion that is different in each type of antibody and is the active portion of the molecule that binds with the specific ant... | 13 |
Scientists at the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research have identified a novel and unexpected regulatory activity of RNA at the edge of inactive chromosomal regions. In their publication in Nature Structural and Molecular Biology they showed that non-protein coding RNAs demarcate active and inactive chr... | 13 |
What is Anemia?
What is Anemia and Why Am I Tired?
Reprinted with permission from DaVita, Inc.
Someone with chronic kidney disease (CKD) may also have anemia, a condition that results when red blood cell levels fall below normal ranges. A major factor in the development of anemia for those with CKD is the diseased kidn... | 13 |
Key Benefit: Campbell Essential Biology, Fourth Edition provides effective solutions to the challenges faced by readers. Three themes (relevance, process of science and evolution) found at the beginning, middle and end of every chapter give students a memorable framework to take with them into the future. One compellin... | 13 |
José Onuchic has become an expert at connecting the dots, but finding connections merely implied by the dots well, that's quite a trick.
The Rice University biophysicist and his team have created a tool to do just that for proteins and, in the process, have advanced the art of predicting their form and function.
In thi... | 13 |
- DNA Forum
|Ryan B ||03-25-2007 02:18 PM |
Why is DNA called an acid, when infact in it there is a base (adenine, guanine,thymine,cytosine)?
|Devilinme ||03-25-2007 02:45 PM |
DNA is a nucleic acid, and as you stated is based from adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine which are not bases but rather sugars.
|jowpers ... | 13 |
Onion (Allium) cells in different phases of the cell cycle
The cell (from Latin cella, meaning "small room") is the basic structural, functional, and biological unit of all known living organisms. Cells are the smallest unit of life that can replicate independently, and are often called the "building blocks of life". T... | 13 |
Latest Cellular differentiation Stories
Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) researchers have a new model for how the kidney repairs itself, a model that adds to a growing body of evidence that mature cells are far more plastic than had previously been imagined.
For the first time, scientists have taken stem cells from c... | 13 |
EVENT: Advances in the design and operation of particle accelerators built for basic physics research are leading to the rapid evolution of machines that deliver cancer-killing beams. Hear about the latest developments and challenges in this field from a physicist, a radiobiologist, and a clinical oncologist, and parti... | 13 |
PheGenI: The Phenotype-Genotype IntegratorA January 2013 update to the PheGenI resource of dbGaP. Changes include: autocomplete search for Traits; example searches; source choice; and enhanced ...
A Beginner's Guide to Punnett SquaresPaul Andersen introduces the Punnett Square as a a powerful tool in genetic analysis. ... | 13 |
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What is the official name of the FAM134B gene?
The official name of this gene is “family with sequence similarity 134, member B.”
FAM134B is the gene's official symbol. The FAM134B gene is also known by other names, listed below.
Read... | 13 |
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What is the official name of the GLI3 gene?
The official name of this gene is “GLI family zinc finger 3.”
GLI3 is the gene's official symbol. The GLI3 gene is also known by other names, listed below.
What is the normal function of the GLI3 gene?
The GLI3 gene belongs to a family of genes that are in... | 13 |
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What is the official name of the HES7 gene?
The official name of this gene is “hes family bHLH transcription factor 7.”
HES7 is the gene's official symbol. The HES7 gene is also known by other names, listed below.
Read more about... | 13 |
Tissue Collection for Disease Modeling
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Hepatitis C and fatty liver disease are the two most common liver diseases in California. Individuals from different backgrounds are susceptible to these liver diseases, but they have unique genetic profiles that may influence the severity of d... | 13 |
What Is a Breast Self-exam?
Steps for a Breast Self-exam
- Lie down with a pillow under your left shoulder. Place your left arm behind your head.
- Use the finger pads of your right hand to feel for lumps in your left breast. Move the finger pads in little circles to feel for any lumps.
- Use varying levels of pressure... | 13 |
This article is about general ligases. For DNA specific ligases, see DNA ligase.
In biochemistry, ligase (from the Latin verb ligāre — "to bind" or "to glue together") is an enzyme that can catalyze the joining of two large molecules by forming a new chemical bond, usually with accompanying hydrolysis of a small chemic... | 13 |
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What is the official name of the SLC19A3 gene?
The official name of this gene is “solute carrier family 19 (thiamine transporter), member 3.”
SLC19A3 is the gene's official symbol. The SLC19A3 gene is also known by other names, li... | 13 |
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What is the official name of the RPGR gene?
The official name of this gene is “retinitis pigmentosa GTPase regulator.”
RPGR is the gene's official symbol. The RPGR gene is also known by other names, listed below.
What is the normal function of the RPGR gene?
The RPGR gene provides instructions for... | 13 |
MIT makes Hornet multicore simulator power aware
March 12, 2012 // Peter Clarke
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a software simulator, called Hornet, that they claim models the cycle-accurate performance of multicore chips and scales up to 1,000 of cores.
The research group report... | 14 |
I’m sure most everyone has heard the term “cloud computing” at least once. What exactly is “the cloud” and cloud computing? It actually isn’t as magical — or new — as it may sound.
The cloud has been around for a very long time. In fact, it has been around since the dawn of the internet. Yes, you may not realize it but... | 14 |
What to do if you suspect your computer has a virus
Aug 13, 2012, 9:11 a.m.
If your computer is running slow or acting strangely, you may have scratched your head and wondered, "Does my computer have a virus?" Fortunately, it's a pretty easy process to check for a computer virus and you don't have to be a computer geni... | 14 |
Power supplies are devices that produce AC or DC power.
AC-DC Adapters (369 suppliers)
AC-DC Converters (135 suppliers)
Board Mount Power Supplies (76 suppliers)
Computer Power Supplies (334 suppliers)
DC Power Supplies (1,201 suppliers)
DC power supplies accept an input power and output the desired form of DC power. C... | 14 |
Mosfet Output Stage Capacitance
I was leafing through one of my older notebooks today and
came across something you may like.
A number of you have asked about the trade-offs in
paralleling power Mosfets, particularly driving the Gate
capacitances. Practically speaking, we are talking the
Gate-to-Source and Gate-to-Drai... | 14 |
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Remote diagnostics of patient's vital information and initiation of necessary actions have resulted in the development of wireless body area network (WBAN). For almost zero maintenance of each sensor node within a WBAN, each node must work with a power consumption less than 100μW which can be achie... | 14 |
Serial Peripheral Interface Bus
The Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) bus is a synchronous serial communication interface specification used for short distance communication, primarily in embedded systems. The interface was developed by Motorola and has become a de facto standard. Typical applications include sensors, ... | 14 |
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In this series on productivity, author Jess Stratton takes you through the latest tools that will help you run your business and life more efficiently. Each installment covers a particular feature or technique in a different online tool, such as Google Apps, Skype, YouTube, Mint.com,... | 14 |
As more telephones, laptops, and personal digital assistants become wireless, meshing the different antenna configurations becomes a problem for satellite and terrestrial communication. A new Meander Line Antenna (MLA) may provide a solution. "It's new because it combines previously separate antennas used for different... | 14 |
3.1 Evaluation 3.1.2 The Evaluation Model 18.104.22.168 Form Evaluation 22.214.171.124.1 Symbols as Forms
126.96.36.199.1.4 Symbols Naming Both Lexical and Dynamic Variables
The same symbol can name both
a lexical variable
and a dynamic variable,
but never in the same lexical environment.
In the following example, the ... | 14 |
I checked the abstract again and all the numbers are correct. Here it is: "The Intel 32nm Poulson processor contains 3.1 billion transistors integrated onto a single 544mm2 silicon die size. Eight processor cores and a total of 54MB of on-chip cache are linked by an on-chip ring-like interconnect bus."
I calculated 2.7... | 14 |
Monitoring Processes with Kill
If you have a process ID but aren't sure whether it's valid, you can use the most unlikely of candidates
to test it: the kill command. If you don't see any reference to this on the kill(1) man page, check the info
pages. The man/info page states that signal 0 is special and that the exit ... | 14 |
Cloud computing is currently one of technology’s hottest topics. The sector is growing rapidly and some are warning that it could be the next big tech bubble. It is clear to most Chief Technology Officers of major corporations, though, that it is a technology with a rich history that is sure to continue going in the ri... | 14 |
RAID Array Calc
By Randy Gawer
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RAID stands for Redundant Array of Independent Disks. RAID is a method of combining several hard drives into one unit. It offers fault tolerance and higher throughput levels than a single hard drive or group of independent hard drives.
This RAID calcu... | 14 |
We used two platforms. One test platform was the Fluke Networks AirCheck WiFi tester. The AirCheck contains a 2 x 2 antenna system, and thus can support only two spatial streams.
The second test platform was a Lenovo T-410 Laptop that was able to take advantage of the performance boost offered by a WiFi router with a 3... | 14 |
Virtual Data Room - VDR
A Virtual Data Room (VDR) is a series of proprietary extranets that provide an online repository of data. Businesses typically use a secure virtual data room to share critical information with external customers and partners in a secure, online environment. The Virtual Data Room enables parties ... | 14 |
ASP COM Component in Microsoft Visual Basic
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feclearexcept, fegetexceptflag, feraiseexcept, fesetexceptflag,
fetestexcept, fegetenv, fegetround, feholdexcept, fesetround, fesetenv,
feupdateenv, feenableexcept, fedisableexcept, fegetexcept - floating-
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CCKShort for Complementary Code Keying, a set of 64 eight-bit code words used to encode data for 5.5 and 11Mbps data rates in the 2.4GHz band of 802.11b wireless networking. The code words have unique mathematical properties that allow them to be correctly distinguished from one another by a receiver even in the presen... | 14 |
Abbreviated as CA, a trusted third party organization or company that issues digital certificates used to create digital signatures and public-private key pairs. The role of the CA in this process is to guarantee that the individual granted the unique certificate is, in fact, who he or she claims to be. Usually, this m... | 14 |
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WPF was Microsoft's killer UI construction kit - a second generation GUI. Then it looked as if it was on the way out but with Windows Forms in maintenance mode and a new interest in WPF it is still a good choice for your desktop projects.
This article is a short introduction to WPF - not only using it but a... | 14 |
Hello I have a program to write and I want to make it load a file.The problem is that I want the user to give the name of the file that he wants to load.He will write the name of the file and the program will search for the file in a certain folder(I know the name of the folder)and then load it in the program.A part of... | 14 |
Profilers identify bottlenecks in Perl programs
SmallProf Line Profiler
Of course, some modules do not have very sophisticated logging mechanisms. Thankfully, Perl has a number of profilers that measure the amount of time each line of source code uses.
Table 1 shows the major CPAN profilers for various tasks in ascendi... | 14 |
The PS/2 lineup of computers, introduced in 1987, was an effort by IBM to take back the initiative in the PC market. With PS/2 came new technology and a refreshed look, which IBM thought would help it claw back market share from clone manufacturers.
But instead of re-establishing IBM’s dominance over the PC market, the... | 14 |
Dynamically typed languages.
Dynamically typed languages such as Python and Ruby have experienced a rapid grown in popularity in recent times. However, there is much confusion as to what makes these languages interesting relative to statically typed languages, and little knowledge of their rich history. In this chapter... | 14 |
Thanks for the help Show transcribed image textA seismic signal g(t) = 10 cos (1000 pi t) + 20 cos (2000 pi t) is to be uniformly sampled for digital transmission. What is the maximum allowable time interval between two adjacent sample values that will ensure perfect signal reproduction? b) A TV signal with a bandwidth... | 14 |
You may have read recently in the news about the Netherlands Data Protection law being scrapped as it breaches human rights legislation. This isn’t the first time that a country has had challenges with data retention legislation or with the clash between data retention and human rights.
Data retention is a complex issu... | 14 |
Fourier transform is able to decompose images. Instead of analyzing a time varying signal, it decomposes a variation of intensity (gray levels) over distance. Time domain becomes space domain (time variable replaced by X-coordinate) and frequency is called spatial frequency.
As frequency refers to the (inverse of the) ... | 14 |
Hypervisors and the workloads they virtualize allow organizations to make more effective use of hardware.
When organizations began to discover that they were running workloads on physical servers with less than 15% utilization, they began turning to server virtualization hypervisors to increase the utilization levels o... | 14 |
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Show transcribed image textConsider the following LTI systems with the given input-output relationships. For each case, find the impulse response of the system Two linear time-invariant systems, each with impulse response h(t), are connected in cascade. Given input x(t) = u(t), ... | 14 |
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Apollonius The Athenian, (flourished 1st century bc), sculptor known only by his signatures on the marble “Belvedere Torso,” now in the Vatican, and the bronze “Boxer,” now in the Museo Nazionale Romano of Rome. At one time these sculptures were thought to be 1st-century originals. Now it is believe... | 15 |
Question: "Is the king of Tyre prophecy in Ezekiel 28 referring to Satan?"
Answer: At first glance, the prophecy in Ezekiel 28:11–19 seems to refer to a human king. The city of Tyre was the recipient of some of the strongest prophetic condemnations in the Bible (Isaiah 23:1–18; Jeremiah 25:22; 27:1–11; Ezekiel 26:1– 28... | 15 |
Zur Novelle der Jahre 1848–1888. Stifter, Keller, Meyer, Storm
The novella from the Age of Realism does not represent literary reality, but literary artificiality. It is characterised by an aesthetic quality which until now has only been commented on marginally. The novellas display 'artfulness' by continuing the Roman... | 15 |
The Emperor convoked each ecumenical council, declaring its time, place, and purpose, and invited all the bishops of the Empire. After the partition of the Empire and the barbarian invasions, the Emperor only had jurisdiction over the East. In order for the bishops of the West to be represented, the Emperor would send ... | 15 |
The "suffering servant" passage is often quoted in a Christian context as passage foretelling the coming of the Messiah. This workshop approaches the passage in its own context and on its own terms, not from the meaning later assigned to it by Christian theologians. If you are familiar with this passage, recall your fi... | 15 |
Benedict of Nursia
|Saint Benedict of Norcia|
Saint Benedict Detail from a fresco by Fra Angelico
Patron of Europe
Norcia (Umbria, Italy)
|Died||22 March 542
|Venerated in||Roman Catholicism
|Canonized||1220, Romeh by Pope Honorius III|
|Feast||11 July (General Roman Calendar), (Anglican Communion)
14 March (Byzantine ... | 15 |
Visual Timeline: Salamis
To navigate the timeline, click and drag it with your mouse, or click on the timeline overview on the bottom.
490 BCE: A combined force of Greek hoplites defeat the Persians at Marathon.
482 BCE: Themistocles persuades the Athenians to build a fleet, which saves them at Salamis and becomes thei... | 15 |
discussed in biography...Schelling, and made the acquaintance of many of the leading writers of the time, including Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. He became a first-rate scholar and published a little book of poems, Ghaselen (1821; “Ghazals”), in which he imitated the style of his friend Friedrich Rückert. This was soon f... | 15 |
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. Roman Catholic Church The pope.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. The Pope.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. the head of the Roman Catholic Church
Sorry... | 15 |
It is the number seven, not eight, that plays the principal rôle in Jewish heortology and dominates the cycle of the year. Every seventh day is a sabbath ; the seventh month is sacred; the seventh year is a sabbatical year. The jubilee year was brought about by the number seven multiplied by seven; the feast of the Azy... | 15 |
A proverb is a short, traditional saying in general use. It usually expresses some obvious truth or familiar experience. Here are some proverbs that are well known in English, though some of them come from other languages. You can also see the meanings of these proverbs.
"The best things in life are free."
"A stitch in... | 15 |
“There is nothing that man needs more than Divine Mercy,” Pope John Paul II told the world at the grave of Poland’s Saint Faustina Kowalska in a suburb of Cracow on June 7, 1997.
The pope had come to honor the nun he beatified in 1993, and whom Jesus had named as His “Apostle of Divine Mercy” to this troubled, bloody c... | 15 |
Psalm 107 (Greek numbering: 106) is a psalm in the biblical book of Psalms. Written by King David, this psalm is a song of thanksgiving to God, who has been merciful to his people and gathered all who were lost. It is beloved of mariners due to its reference to ships and the sea (v. 23).
Psalm 107 is divided into forty... | 15 |
The prophet Mormon was an amazing human being and a man among men. Mormon was a child prodigy, a skilled military commander, a great historian, a powerful prophet and a loving father and son.
Mormon had no guile and he consistently showed tenderness and compassion for his fellow men.
Mormon and a minority of those fait... | 15 |
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- King James Version
1After this Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias. 2And a large crowd was following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing on the sick. 3Jesus went up on the mountain, and there he sat down with his disciples. 4No... | 15 |
Fifth Earl of Nithsdale (Lord Nithsdale signed as Nithsdaill) and fourteenth Lord Maxwell, b. in 1676; d. at Rome, 2 March, 1744. He succeeded his father at the early age of seven. His mother, a daughter of the House of Douglas, a clever energetic woman, educated him in sentiments of devotion to the Catholic faith and ... | 15 |
REPORTER AT LARGE about Pope John Paul II and the Vatican's silence over their role in the Holocaust. The article discusses how the doctrine of papal infallibility affects the Catholic Church's reconciliation with its complicitous role in the Holocaust and also how Karol Wojtyla (Pope John Paul II), while forging a new... | 15 |
He wrote under the name of King Xerxes and sealed the order with the royal signet ring; he sent out the bulletins by couriers on horseback, riding the fastest royal steeds bred from the royal stud.
The king's order authorized the Jews in every city to arm and defend themselves to the death, killing anyone who threatene... | 15 |
Proverbs Concerning: Our Relationship To Wisdom/Understanding: Prov 3:13-14
Happy [is] the man [that] findeth wisdom, and the man [that] getteth understanding. For the merchandise of it [is] better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
We now continue by looking at several proverbs that a... | 15 |
discussed in biographyhead of the Talmudic academy at Sura, Babylonia, traditionally regarded as the first Jewish authority to write a complete domestic and synagogal liturgy for the year, the Siddur Rav Amram (“Order of Prayers of Rabbi Amram”). Amram’s work, forerunner in this field of those of Saʿadia ben Joseph and... | 15 |
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The Leaning Tower of Pisa is an eight-story, 51-foot (15.5 meter) tower standing in Pisa, Italy that, from the seventh floor, leans about 14.5 feet (4.4 meters) off center. It was built as a bell tower in the 12th century, and started to lean to the north during const... | 15 |
(Titus Flavius Clemens), born probably at Athens; died c.215. Christian writer. He succeeded Pantrenus as head of the catechetical school of Alexandria, Egypt, c.190. During the persecution of 202 the school suffered and Clement withdrew to Caesarea in Cappadocia, where he governed the local Church during the imprisonm... | 15 |
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Christianity, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Christianity on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Bibl... | 15 |
Moses An Ancient Leadership Story
This story has four sections. Stop the reading after each section to share reflection as guided in Activity 2, Description of Activity.
1. Moses Is Called to Leadership
"Today," Moses thought, "I'll take the flock to the base of the Holy Mountain . I know there is some green pasture ov... | 15 |
Question: "What did Jesus mean when He said, 'It is finished'?"
Answer: Of the last sayings of Christ on the cross, none is more important or more poignant than, “It is finished.” Found only in the Gospel of John, the Greek word translated “it is finished” is tetelestai, an accounting term that means “paid in full.” Wh... | 15 |
The first thing to notice about the Gospels is that they are skillfully designed; each one is tailored to suit its specific perspective. Matthew was a Jew, a Levite; he presents Jesus Christ as the Messiah of Israel—the Lion of the Tribe of Judah. This first book of the New Testament plunges right in to establish Jesus... | 15 |
|In 1749 Johann W. von Goethe was born in this small building in the city of Frankfurt. Goethe was one of the paramount figures of German literature and European Neo-Classicism. |
Goethe, born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany,
(28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German novelist, dramatist, humanist, scientist, philosop... | 15 |
ja'-el (ya`el, "a wild or mountain goat," as in Psalms 104:18; Iael):
The wife of Heber the Kenite and the slayer of Sisera (Judges 4:17-22; 5:2-31). Jael emerges from obscurity by this single deed, and by the kindest construction can hardly be said to have reached an enviable fame. The history of this event is clear. ... | 15 |
The Maccabees, also spelled Machabees (Hebrew: מכבים or מקבים, Maqabim; Latin: Machabi or Machado; Greek: Μακκαβαῖοι, Makkabaioi), were the leaders of a Jewish rebel army that took control of Judea, which at the time had been a province of the Seleucid Empire. They founded the Hasmonean dynasty, which ruled from 164 BC... | 15 |
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|Sunday school resources - The Greatest Commandment|
|Written by Andrew Hewlett|
The Greatest Command – Love God and Love your neighbour Matt 22: 34-46 or Mark 12:28-34
Idea for Youth group talk or Children’s sermon:
Show the children a “Guinness book of world recor... | 15 |
On August 19, 1989, Hungarians and Austrians gathered at their border - sealed off since 1945 - for a picnic. Walburga Habsburg Douglas remembers how 600 East Germans used it as a cover to flee West.
DW: How do you feel about the Pan-European Picnic today, 25 years later?
Walburga Habsburg Douglas: I feel incredibly th... | 16 |
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The Lublin–Brest Offensive (Russian: Люблин‐Брестская наступательная операция, 18 July – 2 August 1944) was a part of the Operation Bagration strategic offensive by the Soviet Red Army to clear the Nazi German forces from the central‐eastern Poland.... | 16 |
- Who wrote this document? What was his role in the events he describes?
- When was this document written? (At the time of the events described? After the events described took place?) Why might when the document was written matter in what we learn from this document?
- What experiences does Paul Cowan bring to this ev... | 16 |
Madura, Western Australia
View of the Madura Pass towards the roadhouse, 2012.
|LGA(s)||Shire of Dundas|
Madura was settled in 1876 as a place to breed quality cavalry horses for the British Indian Army for use in the Northwest Frontier region of India (now part of Pakistan). The horses were shipped from the coast at E... | 16 |
Marion Hartog, editor of the first Jewish women’s periodical in history, was born in Portsmouth, England, the fourth of twelve children of Joseph Moss (c.1780–c.1840), profession unknown, and Amelia (c.1780–c.1850). Amelia Moss was the granddaughter of the founder of Portsmouth Jewish Congregation and the daughter of S... | 16 |
This article was published in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 6, (MUP), 1976
William Kyffin Thomas is a minor entry in this article
Robert Thomas (1781-1860), newspaper proprietor, was born in November 1781 on a farm, Rhantregynwen, at Llanymynech, on the border of Shropshire, England, and Montgomeryshire, W... | 16 |
General Maurice Gamelin (1936)
|Birth name||Maurice Gustave Gamelin|
20 September 1872|
|Died||18 April 1958
|Years of service||1893–1940|
Maurice Gustave Gamelin (20 September 1872 – 18 April 1958) was a French general. Gamelin is remembered for his unsuccessful command (until 17 May 1940) of the French military durin... | 16 |
2nd Battalion (Australia)
Officers from the 2nd Battalion at Giza, December 1914
|Size||~1,000 men[Note 1]|
|Part of||1st Brigade
|Nickname||City of Newcastle Regiment|
|Motto||Nulli Secundus (Second To None)|
|Colours||Purple over Green|
|Engagements||Second World War|
|Unit Colour Patch|
The 2nd Battalion was an infa... | 16 |
Discovered in a cupboard 20 years ago, the only surviving police archive documenting the deportation of French Jews has been opened up to public view for the first time. The contents are a treasure trove for historians.
One of the most extraordinary documents on show is "Memo 173 - 42," dated July 13, 1942 and marked "... | 16 |
Soap made from human corpses
In the 20th century, there have been various alleged instances of soap being made from human body fat. During World War II it was believed that soap was being mass-produced from the bodies of the victims of Nazi concentration camps located in German-occupied Poland.
The Yad Vashem Memorial ... | 16 |
Ярославская область (Russian)
|— Oblast —|
|Established||March 11, 1936|
|Government (as of March 2011)|
|- Governor||Sergey Vakhrukov|
|- Legislature||Oblast Duma|
|Area (as of the 2002 Census)|
|- Total||36,400 km2 (14,100 sq mi)|
|Population (2010 Census)|
|- Density||34.96/km2 (90.5/sq mi)|
|Time zone(s)||MSK (UTC+... | 16 |
|Born||Stepan Andriyovych Bandera
1 January 1909
Uhryniv Staryi, Galiсia, Austria-Hungary
|Died||15 October 1959
Munich, West Germany
|Nationality||Ukrainian, Austro-Hungarian, Soviet|
|Religion||Greek Catholic (excommunication)|
|Battles/wars||World War II|
Stepan Andriyovych Bandera (Ukrainian: Степан Андрійович Банд... | 16 |
Neulanghorst (also known as Neulaughorster Weide; now known as Orliniec; coordinates: 54.2038, 19.222 [54° 12′ 13″ N, 19° 13′ 19″ E]; population in 1905, 127; in 2012, 110) is located approximately 8 kilometres (5 miles) east of Nowy Dwór Gdański (Tiegenhof), 11 km. (7 mi.) north-west of Elbląg (Elbing), 22 km. (14 mi.... | 16 |
This article was published in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 5, (MUP), 1974
William Landsborough (1825-1886), explorer, was born on 21 February 1825 at Stevenston, near Saltcoats, Ayrshire, Scotland, son of Dr David Landsborough, clergyman, entomologist and artist, and his wife Margaret, née McLeish. Educat... | 16 |
This article was published in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 12, (MUP), 1990
George Lowe Sutton (1872-1964), agricultural scientist, was born on 23 October 1872 at Everton, Lancashire, England, son of Henry Hall Sutton, shipping agent, and his wife Ellen, née Lowe. George's widowed mother took him to New So... | 16 |
Rose Gell Jacobs
A member of the original circle of women who established Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization, in 1912, Rose Jacobs epitomized the spirit of American Zionist voluntarism. She gradually rose from a grass-roots organizer to the leadership of the organization, and came to play a central role in Zion... | 16 |
Wiesloch (Badische staatliche Heil- und
Pflegeanstalt für Geisteskranke Wiesloch)
The Kinderfachabteilung in Wiesloch operated from at the end of October 1940
at the latest (the first child that had been admitted under Reichsausschuss
procedure was admitted in mid November 1940), until probably August 1941,
after no ad... | 16 |
The Encyclopedia features over 1,700 biographies, 300 thematic essays, and 1,400 photographs and illustrations on a wide range of Jewish women through the centuries -- from Gertrude Berg to Gertrude Stein; Hannah Greenebaum Solomon to Hannah Arendt; the Biblical Ruth to Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Berthe Bénichou-Aboulker was... | 16 |
Soviet Peace Committee
Soviet Peace Committee (SPC, also known as Soviet Committee for the Defense of Peace, SCDP, Russian: Советский Комитет Защиты Мира) was a state-sponsored organization responsible for coordinating peace movements active in the Soviet Union. Soviet Peace Committee was founded in 1949 and existed un... | 16 |
They say talk is cheap. But in fact it can be devastatingly expensive. Among the generation of Germans who were enthralled by Hitler's eloquence, millions paid with their lives and their children's lives for empowering this demagogue to lead them to ruin and infamy.
Germany before Hitler was one of the more tolerant na... | 16 |
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