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- The Web Site "Auschwitz - Birkenau" is the official Web Site of the concentration camp (KL) Auschwitz-Birkenau (O?wi?cim-Brzezinka). It is in Polish, English, and German, and features a brief history and overview of the infamous death camp where Jews, Poles, Roma, Sinti and many other nationalities and ethnicities perished during the Second World War. Initially set up as a concentration camp, in 1942 it began to function as an extermination centre which saw the murder of between 1. |
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- This Web site was originally created for the Leaving Certificate in Ireland. It is part of a project to develop a text book and accompanying CD Rom. The site, however, offers a sample of primary documents concerned with the Famine and the 1916 Rising. The 1916 documents include: a general introduction to the Uprising; |
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- This web site consists of a downloadable PDF file containing facsimiles of seventeen important documents relating to the Irish uprising of 1798. The unsuccessful rebellion of 1798 was initiated by the Society of United Irishmen, lead by figures such as Wolfe Tone and Beaucamp Bagnall Harvey. The documents begin with the Lord Lieutenant Earl Camden's 1796 report on the state of Ireland and conclude with the Catholic Archbishop of Dublin's letter to Castlereagh in 1800, complaining of continued outrages in County Wexford. Other documents include: the oath of the United Irishmen; |
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- The Web Site "Joan of Arc Museum" is in English, but there is also a French version. It is the Web Site of the Museum, opened close to the spot where the French saint (Jeanne d'Arc, or La Pucelle as she was known) was burnt at the stake on 30 May 1431 in Rouen. This site provides very basic information on the life of a woman who attracted the label of both saint and witch and who divided society's opinion for centuries. The most useful section is probably the one that lists the films made about Joan, and others that briefly discuss her trial (with quotations), her sword, and her banner. There is also a helpful resume of the Hundred Years War. |
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- The archaeological site of Madaba 30 km south-west of Amman in the highlands of modern Jordan is best known its well preserved Byzantine buildings and mosaics, including the famous mosaic map of Palestine discovered in 1896 but the area has in fact been the focus of urban settlement for more than 5000 years. The Tell Madaba Archaeological Project (TMAP) of the University of Toronto has examined the development of early urban society around Madaba since 1996 and has attempted to chart its long history of occupation from a Early Bronze Age tell site to a modern population centre within the wider context of long-term changes in subsistence and environmental adaptation. The settlement began as a medium-size tell site around 16 hectares in extent situated in the fertile upland plains of central Jordan. The town is mentioned in the 9th century BC Mesha inscription which provides an important link between ancient Moab and the Bible while later sources and archaeological remains attest to its wider prominence in ancient times. This resource, which was under construction at the time of writing in 2003, introduces the aims and methods of this research project, provides a brief background to the archaeological site and its region along with preliminary reports of fieldwork from 1996 onwards and includes a concise bibliography of past scholarship and discoveries. |
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Jasna Góra (Dec 12 2003 03:45 GMT) - The Web Site "Jasna Góra" provides information about the history of the most revered Roman Catholic shrine in Poland. The Shrine of the Most Holy Virgin Mary of Jasna Góra is home to a venerable icon also known as the Black Madonna of Cz?stochowa. The Pauline Monastery which houses the icon was built in the late fourteenth century, when the order had been invited into Poland by Prince W?adys? |
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- Little Fayoumis almost wound up having a hissy-fit this afternoon, because the tree is in front of the door to his video cupboard. I told him it was the one Pokemon video that was out, or nothing. He elected to have the video. LF was very excited when witchofrock showed up, though I was a little scattered. witchofrock had one of the other moms from her kid's play group along with her, and this was someone new. |
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- [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - Boston Globe Dec 11 2003 9:36PM ET... |
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Am I gay? (Dec 12 2003 03:44 GMT) - My new girlfriend of two months two weeks ago was blowing me real nice and lots of saliva and I was loving it. I was hard as a rock and while I was face fucking her she started sticking her finger up my ass. Man, I was in fucking heaven... |
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- www. anronproductions. terrashare. com |
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- www. anronproductions. terrashare. com |
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Audi CPO (Dec 12 2003 03:42 GMT) - Audi Certified Pre-Owned has a multifaced browsing ability. Browse * by model * by model year * brows by price... |
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- Just as the D.C. area dries out from the latest storms, more winter weather is on the way. |
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- Heavy rains Thursday morning trapped several commuters' cars at a MARC parking lot in Laurel, Md. |
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- A new shelter is opening soon in D.C. But the city will keep a temporary shelter open through winter. |
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- Flooding was a big problem in Montgomery County Thursday where crews were busy with calls for water rescues. |
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- Technology is helping soliders stationed overseas to stay in touch with their families back home. |
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- Present and future EU nations will try to hammer out a deal on a constitution at two days of talks in Brussels. |
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- Brazil's Senate gives final approval to pension reforms in a major victory for Lula in his first year as president. |
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the code (Dec 12 2003 03:41 GMT) - I've uploaded the code I'm using for exploring 1D CAs here. It's minimally documented, but the code should be straightforward. It may not be pretty, but it's straightforward. |
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the code (Dec 12 2003 03:41 GMT) - I've uploaded the code I'm using for exploring 1D CAs here. It's minimally documented, but the code should be straightforward. It may not be pretty, but it's straightforward. |
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ghost (Dec 12 2003 03:41 GMT) - he chose to become translucent. he became invisible to machines... no camera could even try to capture him, no mirror reflected his image... yet he was not an unusual being, he was simply a ghost,... |
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- Before everybody goes home again, before the lights dim here again, before a more intimate voice sneaks back into the posts, maybe this now is the perfect time to post just a few more of... |
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- ... I've been playing so much lately that I'm losing my blogging/writing momentum. Day are going by that I don't even think about writing. I wonder sometimes if my writing and music are coming out of the same bucket of... |
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So Bust (Dec 12 2003 03:41 GMT) - Wow..no time to post. So busy. So much to do. Dear God, when does it end?... |
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- What Russia thinks of the Kyoto Protocol on "global warming" (Long, MS Word document, their words). |
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- By Jim Kent, a freelance writer and radio journalist who regularly appears on National Native News Radio. The Lakota belief that "life is a circle" is on full display in South Dakota, in the person of William - "Wild Bill" or "Cowboy Bill" to many American Indians - Janklow. |
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- What a surprise ... When Congress voted the $87 billion for military expenditures and reconstruction in Iraq they were keen to create an office of Inspector... |
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- A man was convicted of capital murder for firing more than 50 bullets into the car of four women, killing them all as they returned home from their jobs at a run-down cantina last year. Police had described the killing as a gang-ordered hit gone wrong. |
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