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relationship to Lake Burragorang...With a surface area of about 34 square miles (88 square km) and an average depth of 76 feet (23 m), the lake holds 1,696,000 acre-feet (2,092,000,000 cubic m) of water. It is contained behind Warragamba Dam (completed 1960), which lies 15 miles (24 km) upstream from Penrith and 20 mil... | 16 |
This article was published in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 1, (MUP), 1966
Matthew Flinders (1774-1814), navigator, hydrographer and scientist, was born on 16 March 1774 at Donington, Lincolnshire, England, the son of Matthew Flinders, a surgeon, and his wife Sussannah, née Ward. He was educated at Doningt... | 16 |
On March 24, 1918, German forces cross the Somme River, achieving their first goal of the major spring offensive begun three days earlier on the Western Front.
Operation Michael, engineered by the German chief of the general staff, Erich von Ludendorff, aimed to decisively break through the Allied lines on the Western ... | 16 |
1954 transfer of Crimea
|Part of a series on the|
The transfer of Crimea in 1954 was an administrative action of the Supreme Soviet which transferred the government of most of the Crimean peninsula from the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic to the Ukrainian SSR.
On 19 February 1954 the Presidium of the Supre... | 16 |
The Battle of Sicily: How the Allies Lost Their Chance for Total Victory (Google eBook)
In July 1943 the Allies launched a massive amphibious assault on Sicily. The invasion proved successful, bringing fame to American Gen. George S. Patton and British Gen. Bernard Montgomery, whose "race" to Messina was immortalized i... | 16 |
This article was published in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 1, (MUP), 1966
Henry Hacking (1750?-1831), seaman and explorer, arrived in New South Wales as quartermaster of the Sirius in 1788. He was 'reckoned a good shot' and while shooting game for the officers and ship's company he acquired much knowledge... | 16 |
Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski
|Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski|
SS Obergruppenführer Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski
|Birth name||Erich Julius Eberhard von Zelewski|
|Born||1 March 1899
Lauenburg, Pomerania, German Empire
|Died||8 March 1972
Munich, West Germany
|Allegiance|| German Empire
|Years of service||1914–45|
|Commands h... | 16 |
BUDAPEST (Apr. 5)
The NATO attack on Yugoslavia, and the horrific Kosovo refugee crisis that now affects several Balkan states, have sent echoes of both the Holocaust and the Exodus from Egypt resounding through the world this Passover.
Jews themselves play only an incidental role in the current conflict, but the symbo... | 16 |
Known as “Mama G.” by generations of admirers, Adele Ginzberg was an influential figure in the Conservative Movement as wife of the famed Louis Ginzberg, professor of Talmud at the Jewish Theological Seminary, and was an active member of National Women’s League. Ginzberg was a role model and inspiration to rabbinical s... | 16 |
The Élysée Treaty was a treaty of friendship between France and West Germany, signed by President Charles de Gaulle and Chancellor Konrad Adenauer on January 22, 1963 at the Élysée Palace in Paris. With the signing of this treaty, Germany and France established a new foundation for relations that ended centuries of riv... | 16 |
Combat traits usually get most of the attention from researchers, because they are thought to have arisen due to intense male-male competition for access to females. Large, elaborate weapons become the focus of sexual selection studies because the connection is obvious. Collared lizards (Crotaphytus collaris), for exam... | 17 |
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Biology and Philosophy 18 (3):387-400 (2003)
The current widespread belief that taxonomic methods used before Darwin were essentialist is ill-founded. The essentialist method developed by followers ... | 17 |
|Scientific Name:||Capricornis swinhoei|
|Species Authority:||Gray, 1862|
|Taxonomic Notes:||There has been disagreement in the current taxonomy of Naemorhedus and Capricornis (Groves and Grubb 1985, Soma et al. 1987, Groves and Shields 1996) and is in need of revision. Recent genetic evidences have supported that Capr... | 17 |
- The largest of the anthropoid apes (Gorilla gorilla) native to the forests of equatorial Africa, having a stocky body and coarse, dark brown or black hair. 2.
- Bush Meat: A Crisis for Gorillas
- Gorillas in Crisis. By Kathleen Donovan-Snavely. What will you have for supper tonight?
- Gorillas in our midst: sustained... | 17 |
sparrow weaver family of small gregarious birds, based on the genus
the well-known sparrows. In this work these birds are classified as a subfamily (Passerinae) in the weaverfinch family (Ploceidae), order Passeriformes.
Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online.
Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2015. Web. 2... | 17 |
Oceans are quite noisy places at the best of times, what with the weather, the movement and communication of fish and man-made noises like ships’ engines and sonar devices. However, the biggest cause of noise pollution in the whole underwater ecosystem is the air bubbles gushing from melting glaciers and their icebergs... | 17 |
Snow Leopard Trust Updates
On June 21st, 2012, our field team made a remarkable visit to the den sites of Anu and Lasya. These two females are part of our long-term ecological study and wear GPS tracking collars that help us identify their movements. With this data, we can learn critical information about snow leopard ... | 17 |
Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Squaliformes
(Bramble, sleeper and dogfish sharks) > Etmopteridae
Etymology: Etmopterus: Greek, ethmos, -ou = sieve or ethmoides bone + Greek, pteron = wing, fin (Ref. 45335).
Environment / Climate / Range
Marine; demersal. Subtropical; 39°N - 33°S
Length at first maturity / Size / We... | 17 |
Boyd, I.L., McCafferty, D.J., Reid, K., Taylor, R., and Walker, T.R. (1998) Dispersal of male and female Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 55(4), p. 845. (doi:10.1139/cjfas-55-4-845)
Full text not currently available from Enlighten.
Publisher's URL: http://... | 17 |
|Madagascan pochard, Captive Breeding Program, Madagascar|
|Former range (in red)|
The Madagascan pochard or Madagascar pochard (Aythya innotata; Malagasy: Fotsy maso, Onjo) is an extremely rare diving duck of the genus Aythya. Thought to be extinct in the late 1990s, specimens of the species were rediscovered at Lake ... | 17 |
Has read a paper, presumably by Hooker, using the Madeiran flora to argue against Forbes's doctrine. Hooker asked how far Darwin will go in attributing common descent; he intends to show 'the facts & arguments for & against the common descent of species of same genus; & then show how far the same arguments tell for or ... | 17 |
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Oceana launched its campaign to Stop Seafood Fraud in 2011 to ensure that seafood sold in the U.S. is safe, legally caught and honestly labeled. Oceana’s campaign activities include determining the true identity of seafood through DNA testing, revealing fraud and urgin... | 17 |
This species is listed as Endangered as it has a very small, decreasing range, within which changes in the burning regime and the introduction of cattle to the region have resulted in a long-term population decline, which is continuing despite intensive conservation efforts.
Christidis, L.; Boles, W. E. 2008. Systemati... | 17 |
In what may sound like soggy logic, the smalleye pygmy shark hides in the dark by lighting up, a new study says.
The research is helping to illuminate one of sharkdom's biggest evolutionary puzzles: how some species came to shine in the first place.
"More than 10 percent of currently described shark species are luminou... | 17 |
Cryptococcus: the types
In the previous post in this series, I promised to talk about some different types of the cryptococcal organism, including their clinical significance. But before I point out the types, let's recapitulate quickly the conventions of scientific naming of biological organisms, a.k.a. binomial nomen... | 17 |
The bloater (Coregonus hoyi), which feed mainly on invertebrates and in turn is eaten by lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) and burbot (Lota lota), is a major trophic integrator in coldwater ecosystems in the upper Great Lakes. To better understand their thermal niche and habitat distribution, we acclimated groups of ye... | 17 |
Koi & Pond Tip of the Day
March 31st, 2015
Filters that have not had water circulating through them for the winter should be cleaned well before turning the pump back on this spring. Cleaning will remove toxins that can develop from waste breaking down in the filter in the absence of oxygen. Once your filter is up and ... | 17 |
Yellow-tailed woolly monkey
SOCIAL ORGANIZATION AND BEHAVIOR
Photo: Noga Shanee
In general, group size is usually between around 5 to 18
individuals, but groups as large as 30 have been reported (Leo Luna
1980; 1987; Aquino & Encarnación 1994; Butchart et al. 1995;
Mittermeier et al. 1977; DeLuycker 2007; Shanee et al.... | 17 |
May 22: Shark lecture
Shark research focus of opening lecture of Ocean Currents series in Lewes
4:22 p.m., May 12, 2014--Tagging sharks is an effective way to learn about their migration patterns, but attaching the tracking devices to sharp-toothed predators is no easy task.
Danielle Haulsee would know. The researcher ... | 17 |
The White-faced Whistling Duck is a waterfowl species lacking any differences in ornamentation, coloration, size or behavior between the sexes. For distant communication, this species uses loud whistles. We analyzed 12 spectral parameters of 344 whistles from 23 captive adult ducks (14 males and 9 females). Discriminan... | 17 |
|Scientific Name:||Sorex dispar|
|Species Authority:||Batchelder, 1911|
Sorex gaspensis Anthony & Goodwin, 1924
|Taxonomic Notes:||French and Kirkland (1983) concluded from morphological data that S. dispar and S. gaspensis are not conspecific. However, the only significant difference between the two taxa is size, with... | 17 |
This species is listed as Vulnerable because its population is believed to have declined rapidly as a result of extensive forest clearance. It is projected that continued habitat loss will cause future rapid declines in its population and range.
Dicaeum australe (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into D. aus... | 17 |
The baculum (also penis bone, penile bone or os penis) is a bone found in the penis of many placental mammals. It is absent in the human penis, but present in the penises of other primates, such as the gorilla and chimpanzee. The bone is located above the male urethra, and it aids sexual reproduction by maintaining suf... | 17 |
|Scientific Name:||Lundomys molitor|
|Species Authority:||(Winge, 1887)|
Hesperomys molitor Winge, 1887
Holochilus magnus Hershkovitz, 1955
|Taxonomic Notes:||Voss and Carleton (1993) propose Holochilus magnus as the same as Hesperomys molitor and synonymize these as Lundomys molitor.|
|Red List Category & Criteria:||L... | 17 |
Making a milk jug bird feeder is a fun project to do with kids. It teaches them about nature, wild birds and recycling.
1Gather your materials: Clean empty milk jug, marker, thin wire or strong string, scissors, birdseed.Ad
2Outline cutout holes on the two sides away from the handle.
3Cut out holes.
4Remove the cap and... | 17 |
Bird-brained behaviour: The ultimate migration
When scientists fitted a tracking device to a small brown seabird, they knew it thought nothing of crossing the Pacific. But their research has proved that the sooty shearwater is capable of an astonishing 39,000-mile odyssey in search of an endless summer. Steve Connor re... | 17 |
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Tawny fish owl
The tawny fish owl (Bubo flavipes) is a species of owl. It used to be placed in Ketupa with the other fish owls, but that group is tentatively included with the eagle-owls in Bubo, until the affiliations of the fish owls and fishing owls can be resolved more precisely. It is clea... | 17 |
By GreatSchools Staff
According to a 2005 Education Week survey of state science standards from 41 states, 39 state standards documents offer some description of biological evolution and how it accounts for the diversity of species that exist today, while 35 of these documents go further and give similar treatment to D... | 17 |
Conures are a diverse, loosely-defined group of small to medium-sized parrots. They belong to several genera within a long-tailed group of the New World parrot subfamily Arinae. The term "conure" is used primarily in bird keeping, though it has appeared in some scientific journals. The American Ornithologists' Union us... | 17 |
|Scientific Name:||Pentaceros japonicus|
|Species Authority:||Steindachner, 1883|
|Red List Category & Criteria:||Least Concern ver 3.1|
|Reviewer(s):||Collen, B., Richman, N., Beresford, A., Chenery, A. & Ram, M.|
|Contributor(s):||De Silva, R., Milligan, H., Lutz, M., Batchelor, A., Jopling, B., Kemp, K., Lewis, S., ... | 17 |
- Action Alert: Urge Senators to Support Great Lakes Issues
- Action Alert: Urge Congress to Restore Farm Bill Conservation Funding
- Weekly News Roundup: Microbeads, Algal Blooms, and More
- NOAA Report Highlights Changes in Great Lakes Region Land Use
- House Republicans, Democrats Unite in Push to Restore Great Lake... | 18 |
What's New Eroding dunes spur education, restoration efforts The Herald-Palladium (3/23) Movement of nearby dunes onto private property is prompting a Michigan county to take steps to prevent further damage. A plan is being developed that will look at how to best accommodate the dunes trail system and necessary restora... | 18 |
Subtraction by Addition
by Therese Dunphy, Editor-in-Chief
For nearly a decade, the federal government has attempted to define what waters of the United States fall under regulatory purview of the Clean Water Act of 1972 (CWA). The term used in the act, “navigable waters,” apparently lacked clarity for regulators who h... | 18 |
A GIS-based technique for linking landscape characteristics to non-point source nitrogen export potential: implications for contributing areas management
A Nitrate-N Leaching Index (NLI) is calculated and the results indicate that nitrogen loss in the study area occurs through both leaching and surface runoff. A non-li... | 18 |
Effluent from uranium-mine dewatering and acidic water released by a tailings-pond dike failure increased radionuclide activities in streamflow in the Puerco River in New Mexico and Arizona. Median dissolved gross-alpha activity in the streamflow was 1,130 picocuries per liter from 1975 to 1986 when mine discharges cea... | 18 |
Seeking peace. Striving for justice. Together.
The UNICEF Tap Project is back!
This year’s initiative asks Americans to unlock 14 million days of clean, safe water for children around the world by encouraging you to stop texting, calling, emailing, tweeting and posting -- and challenge your friends to do the same. Mill... | 18 |
This data set consists of digital water-level-change contours for the High Plains aquifer in the central United States, 1980 to 1997. The High Plains aquifer extends from south of 32 degrees to almost 44 degrees north latitude and from 96 degrees 30 minutes to 104 degrees west longitude. The aquifer underlies about 174... | 18 |
Twenty three years ago, in 1993, the first annual World Water Day was an occasion to draw attention to water related challenges around the globe. It will be observed again tomorrow, with a focus on sustainable water governance. We join with others to celebrate the many successes in the intervening two decades.
The numb... | 18 |
RT Book, Whole DB /z-wcorg/ DS http://worldcat.org ID 52520551 LA English T1 Whose water is it? : the unquenchable thirst of a water-hungry world A1 McDonald, Bernadette,, Jehl, Douglas., PB National Geographic Society PP Washington, D.C. YR 2003 SN 0792262387 9780792262381 9780792273752 0792273753 AB "Mankind has alwa... | 18 |
Portable toilets, often referred to as porta-potties, Port-a-Johns (American English), or Portaloos (UK), ("Portaloo" is a UK and European Community registered trade mark) are simple portable enclosures containing a chemical toilet (a toilet bowl filled with disinfectant instead of water) which are typically used as a ... | 18 |
During 1997–2012, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the San Antonio Water System, collected and analyzed water-quality constituents in surface-water runoff from five ephemeral stream sites near San Antonio in northern Bexar County, Texas. The data were collected to assess the quality of surface water that... | 18 |
Palve Budruk residents cherish reliable supply of at their doorstep throughout the year (Availability of water with in the household reduces drudgery of women.)
By Vidya Kulkarni
Sixteen year old Kanchan has been spared from the everyday hardship of fetching water – something that her mother and grandmother had faced f... | 18 |
Flood-frequency characteristics for 312 gaged sites on Wisconsin streams are presented for recurrence intervals of 2 to 100 years using flood-peak data collected through water year 2000. Equations of the relations between flood-frequency and drainage-basin characteristics were developed by multiple-regression analyses.... | 18 |
- Four arrested with large variety of drugs
- Vampire deer terrifies region
- Outpatient lab services moving to mall: IH
- Two-tier fee system on way out
- No solid reason to reject CDAC’s fire hall proposal
- Line Creek start-up problem impacted fish: Teck
- Columbia Valley RCMP Report
- A Fernie example for fire hall... | 18 |
Ontario Study Debunks Water Worries
For daily news updates and web-exclusive news items, visit the “AggBeat Online” section of our website at www.aggman.com
by Tina Grady Barbaccia, News and Digital Editor
In a win for the aggregates industry, a study has found that aggregate extraction operations have no adverse effec... | 18 |
|Chapter 33: The management of freshwater - The problems|
A wide range of human activities can adversely affect the condition of the aquatic environment. Disturbances can result from a human activity in a seemingly unrelated area often far away from the impact site, and delayed in time. The great majority of issues inv... | 18 |
Rivers are hydrologically connected to their tributaries, nearby wetlands and the seasonal streams that feed them, which means that pollutants can move among them all.
It seems obvious, and the Environmental Protection Agency-compiled science is clear on the topic. But permitting, enforcement and treatment of the natio... | 18 |
MD Senator Ties Conowingo Dam to Bay Restoration
CONOWINGO, Md. (AP) - Officials say concerns about the sediment-filtering capacity of a dam on the lower Susquehanna River in northeast Maryland must be addressed in the broader context of trying to improve water quality efforts throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
C... | 18 |
A Delaware County Grand jury Thursday indicted 39 year old Matthew Rausenberg of Columbus on 32 counts alleging sex crimes against children in his classroom. First Assistant Prosecutor Kyle Rohrer outlined the charges saying Rausenberg faces life in prison, if convicted.
Scientists Combat Algal Blooms
It’s been called ... | 18 |
— Denver Water (@DenverWater) March 18, 2015
Originally posted on Mile High Water Talk:
A tale of two tunnels: How the Moffat Tunnel conquered the divide
The Moffat Tunnel changed the way Denver Water provided a reliable water supply to its earliest customers.
By Steve Snyder
This week, 9News and History Colorado provi... | 18 |
The Great Lakes Dredging Team is a partnership of federal and state agencies created to assure that the dredging of U.S. harbors and channels throughout the Great Lakes, connecting channels and tributaries is conducted in a timely and cost effective manner while meeting environmental protection, restoration, and enhanc... | 18 |
by D.R. Helsel and R.M. Hirsch
This report is available as a pdf below
This book began as class notes for a course we teach on applied statistical methods to hydrologists of the Water Resources Division, U. S. Geological Survey (USGS). It reflects our attempts to teach statistical methods which are appropriate for anal... | 18 |
EPA Agreement Means Safer Drinking Water on Amtrak Trains
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Amtrak have entered into an agreement that is aimed at making sure drinking water is safe on all passenger cars. Random monitoring of drinking water has been in place since the 1980s, now an enforceable agreement will... | 18 |
The results of a survey of macroinvertebrate communities in the Ravenna Army Ammunition Plant, were used as an indicator of disturbance in streams flowing through or near the training areas at the Plant. The data were interpreted using the Invertebrate Community Index (ICI), a multiple-metric index developed by the Ohi... | 18 |
The Mobile River Basin is one of more than 50 river basins and aquifer systems being investigated as part of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water- Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program. This basin is the sixth largest river basin in the United States and the fourth largest in terms of streamflow. The Mobile River B... | 18 |
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A national conservation group has named two rivers in the Carolinas as among the nation's 10 most endangered.
American Rivers has named the south fork of the Edisto River in South Carolina as the nation's sixth most endangered river because of worries about its waters being sapped for irrigation.
... | 18 |
The Maritimes Groundwater Initiative (MGWI) is a large, integrated, regional hydrogeological study focusing on a representative area of the Maritimes Basin in eastern Canada. The study area covers a land surface of 10 500 km2, of which 9 400 km2 are underlain by sedimentary rocks. This sedimentary bedrock is composed o... | 18 |
Being able to create good, clean water wherever you are will not only wet your whistle, but also save your life.
Water storage is very important in being prepared for the unexpected, but what if you’re far away from your water storage? Perhaps you’re out hiking. Well let me tell you, toting around a 30 gallon water bar... | 18 |
Transport of soluble toxic substances through porous media lead to some significant geoenvironmental problems, for example, leachate migration from municipal and industrial solid waste resulting from unregulated disposal. Advection, dispersion, diffusion, and decay are reported to be
the principal mechanisms in such ph... | 18 |
The much needed rain continues today in Southern California and it’s been a pleasant surprise as we know its only temporary. But the issue of rainwater runoff is pertinent in areas near the ocean as almost all of the water is diverted straight to the ocean and with it unknown amounts of sedentary junk and toxic materia... | 18 |
For power most interurbans used overhead catenary (energized electric lines attached to line-side poles), which was usually rated at about 600 volts. Although some used third-rail for power this was the exception. To produce the electricity for the operations interurbans either constructed their own substations or purc... | 19 |
Sunday, Mar. 29, 2015
32 ° Fair
While our allegiance to God takes precedence over our allegiance to any state, we acknowledge the vital function of government as a principal vehicle for the ordering of society. Because we know ourselves to be responsible to God for social and political life, we declare the following re... | 19 |
Adam Winkler: Is the Filibuster Unconstitutional?tags: Constitution, filibuster, Adam Winkler
Adam Winkler is a professor at UCLA School of Law and the author of Gunfight: The Battle over the Right to Bear Arms in America.
As political theatre, Senator Rand Paul's marathon, 13-hour filibuster to protest the Obama admin... | 19 |
Cheaper rent East of the River has drawn arts organizations and artists to places like historic Anacostia. We explore the arts scene and what increasing development will mean.
In 1939, five young black men walked into Alexandria, Virginia’s public library to request they be issued library cards. When borrowing rights w... | 19 |
|City of Bowie|
Old Town Bowie, as seen from the intersection of Maryland Route 564 and Chapel Avenue in January 2008
|Motto: "Growth, Unity and Progress"|
Location of Bowie in the State of Maryland
|Country||United States of America|
|• Mayor||G. Frederick Robinson|
|• Total||18.51 sq mi (47.94 km2)|
|• Land||18.43 sq... | 19 |
Introduction: Gena Philibert-Ortega is a genealogist and author of the book “From the Family Kitchen.” In this blog article, Gena shows how engagement, wedding and anniversary announcements in old newspapers provide a wealth of genealogical information to help with your family history research.
What should you be searc... | 19 |
Civil Rights Leader
Born Feb. 4, 1913 - Died Oct. 24, 2005
When Rosa Parks was born, she was named Rosa Louise by her parents. Her father was a carpenter and her mother was a teacher. Her parents separated when she was two years old, and she with her mother and brother moved to her grandparents' farm.
Her mother, Leona... | 19 |
All the societies of the vanguard — Social Democrats, revolutionaries of all shades, various communists — say that the individual is a “product of his environment.” It would be more exact to say that individuals are products of their environment, adding that the individual person, more especially, is the end of an ance... | 19 |
Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education - The Past, The Present & The Future
Amber Racine on 5/20/2014
About The Author
Amber Racine is an attorney at Raynes McCarty where she represents catastrophically injured plaintiffs in product liability, premises liability and general negligence actions i... | 19 |
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Slave Codes were sets of laws during the colonial period and/or in individual states after the American Revolution, which defined the status of slaves and the rights and responsibil... | 19 |
Definitions for casting vote
This page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word casting vote
the deciding vote cast by the presiding officer to resolve a tie
A casting vote is a vote given to the presiding officer of a council or legislative body to resolve a deadlock and which can be exercised only ... | 19 |
Barack Obama Speaks at Selma, Alabama
Seeking to build upon the success in Montgomery, King and other southern black ministers founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in 1957. In 1959, King toured India in order to further develop his understanding of Gandhian nonviolent strategies. Later that year,... | 19 |
When a Road Opened Under the Hudson
LATE one November evening in 1927, the cars trying to get into the Holland Tunnel were pressed up against the eastbound entrance — a vehicular scrum, moving nowhere — when their drivers began to communicate in what has since become the customary language of that dense, acrid patch of... | 19 |
This is the work in which Louis Althusser formulated some of his most influential ideas. For Marx, first published in France in 1968, has come to be regarded as the founding text of the school of “structuralist Marxism” which was presided over by the fascinating and enigmatic figure of Louis Althusser. Structuralism co... | 19 |
Henry VIII was known to self-medicate. The king had a book of prescriptions for treating his own ailments, and even concocted some of his own remedies.
The Middle Passage: 1699
Date: May, 31st 2013 12:30 pm - 12:45 pm
Taken from the memoir of James Barbot, the part-owner and “supercargo” of the slave ship The Albion-Fr... | 19 |
19th-Century School Raises 20th-Century Issue of Burden of Racial Balance
By GEORGE JUDSON,
Published: November 21, 1991
WATERBURY, Conn., Nov. 19— The sooty hulk of Maloney School, built in 1889, sits on a hill above South Main Street, as forbidding as a haunted castle. Every weekday more than 300 children enter it to... | 19 |
Railroads and the American People
Publication Year: 2012
In this social history of the impact of railroads on American life, H. Roger Grant concentrates on the railroad's "golden age," 1830-1930. To capture the essence of the nation's railroad experience, Grant explores four fundamental topics—trains and travel, train ... | 19 |
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As westward expansion began after the American Revolution, the only central New York pathways west of Fort Schuyler (Utica, New York) were rivers and a footpath called the Mohawk Trail or Iroquois Trail. The land companies which began developing large tracts of la... | 19 |
Voter ID laws
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A voter ID law is a law that requires some form of identification in order to vote or receive a ballot for an election. In most jurisdictions, voters must present an ID, usually a photo ID. Because of purported differences in ability... | 19 |
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. Law based on judicial decision and precedent rather than on statutes.
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- n. Law or system of laws established based on judicial precedent rather than on statutory laws create... | 19 |
history of Chester...a trading centre for an agricultural area yielding wheat, corn (maize), and soybeans. Agriculture is still important, and flour milling and food processing also contribute to the local economy. The Menard Correctional Center (the state’s second oldest prison and largest maximum-security prison) was... | 19 |
Originally published 03/07/2013
Arthur M. Sackler GalleryWashington, D.C.March 9 through April 28When Thomas Jefferson was in need of guidance he turned, as many statesmen did, to that handbook of political subtleties, Machiavelli's "The Prince." But arguably more important to the third U.S. president was a biography b... | 19 |
Q: I have a list of New York Censuses that were compiled in the "off years" such as 1845, 1855, 1865. Does anyone know how to access these? They would be very useful in tracking my great-grandfather across the US. -- Sharon
A: Most genealogists, if they have been researching for any time, are aware of the decenniel fed... | 19 |
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Gypsyheart~ Queen of Rust
Middletown was along one branch of the old underground railroad, which had a major station at West Elkton. But this organized route of escape for black slaves was neither underground nor a railroad.
In this story, an exception to the rule, the "station" was indeed underg... | 19 |
- On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will review the Voting Rights Act of 1965
- Penda Hair, Benjamin Jealous: Losing Section 5 of the Act would harm our democracy
- Leading up to the 2012 elections, we saw great efforts to pass restrictive voting laws, they say
- Hair, Jealous: Without Section 5 of the Act, unfair voting... | 19 |
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- Phylicia Rashad
- April 4, 1968
- The March on Washington of 1963
- Maggie Lee Walker who founded the St. Luke Penny Savings Bank in Virginia
- Lorraine Hansberry and the play was "Raisin in the Sun"
- a Who was the first African-American woman to win a Tony Award for best lea... | 19 |
The Extraordinary Story of the Hanging of the Black Man Who Owned Slaves
When I first read about Jeremiah in the work of the outstanding scholars of South Carolina’s early history, including Peter H. Wood, Robert M. Weir, and Philip D. Morgan, my initial reaction was an instinctive, “What a story!” In part this was bec... | 19 |
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The original content for this article was contributed by The National Institute for Genealogical Studies in June 2012. It is an excerpt from their course Research: Grandmothers, Mothers and Daughters-Tracing Women by Lisa Alzo, M.F.A.. The Institut... | 19 |
A term to describe or prescribe politics based on strictly practical rather than idealistic notions, and practiced without any sentimental illusions.
In Germany, the term Realpolitik is more often used to distinguish modest (realistic) politics from overzealeous (unrealistic) politics. That Prussia didn't demand territ... | 19 |
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Naturalization records were filed in the city courts, superior courts, and the courts of common pleas. Many pre-1906 records are indexed and located at the Connecticut State Library. Some are in the county courts. For more information, go t... | 19 |
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