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A Brief History of Archery
Archery is a sport that dates back years and years before the modern day version that we have today with all sorts of high-tech equipment and different techniques of shooting and competing with other archers. To give you an idea of just how old archery really is, in approx. 2800 BC, the first composite bow was produced by the Egyptians. It was made from wood, tipped with animal horn and held together with animal sinew and glue.
article tags: archery, hunting, competition, history, bow, arrow
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A Brief History of Competitive Archery
Archery is one of the oldest sports that are still being practiced today. The bow and arrow can be traced back as far as the Paleolithic era (35,000 to 8000 B.C.), and is the most widely used weapon in human history.
While there is recorded evidence of archery contests taking place in china more than 3000 years ago, the modern sport of target archery most likely originated in England during the 14th century.
article tags: archery, hunting, competition, history, bow, arrow
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A Brief History of Heroin in America
A Brief History of Heroin in America
article tags: drug addiction, prescription drugs, heroin, meth, marijuana, cocaine, crack, hydrocodone, smoking addiction, addiction rehabs
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A Brief History Of Seiko Watches
Watches are classic. They are an essential part of every wardrobe, but they must also possess style and functionality to the wearer. For years, watches have been extremely popular gift ideas while remaining a constant self-indulging accessory.
article tags: watches, seiko, chronograph
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A Fresh Look on the War in Iraq
The world was expecting news from the US for quite a while, but when the official declaration of war came out the reaction didn’t seem that expected. On March 19th, 2003 the first US troops entered the territory of Iraq with definite task: to occupy the territory of dictatorship of Saddam and destroy his regime. The announcement caused many emotions like anger, frustration, fear, disdain, happiness, excitement, agreement.
article tags: troops, regime
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A Moment of Truth about Maxim Gorky
Maxim Gorky (1868-1936) is widely considered a Bolshevik author, closely allied with the likes of Lenin and Stalin. But this is far from the truth.
Gorky's real name was Alexei Maximovich Peshkov. He chose the pseudonym "Gorky" - "bitter" in Russian - to describe his early experiences from the age of eight as a menial worker. In his late teens he attempted suicide.
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Another Look at Indians (Native Americans, Amerindians)
Native Americans are often cast in the role of victims of White aggression and unbridled avarice-driven or gratuitous violence, especially in the territories known collectively today as the United States. But the first massacre was perpetrated by Indians in the British colony Jamestown, in Virginia in 1622. They slaughtered 347 white men, women and children on that occasion.
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Another Look at Mahatma Gandhi
Many myths abound about Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand known as Mahatma "Great Souled") Gandhi (1869-1948).
He was not born to a poor Indian family. His father was dewan (chief minister) of Porbandar, the capital of a small principality in Gujarat in western India under British suzerainty. He later became dewan of Rajkot.
He married at the age of 13 and was a mediocre student.
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Argentina's Economy in a Nutshell
Argentina's Economy
Contrary to conventional economic wisdom, rich countries tend to stay rich and poor countries tend to stay poor. The exceptions tend to be those "economic miracles", like Japan, that have lifted themselves from the ranks of the poor into the ranks of the economic elite.
Argentine economic history stands in stark contrast to that pattern.
article tags: argentina, argentina economy, economic history, financial history, international finance
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Augusto Pinochet, President of Chile, born 1915
After seizing power in a bloody CIA-backed coup, General Augusto Pinochet ruled Chile with a rod of iron for two decades, during which human rights violations became the norm of Chilean life.
Hailing from an upper-middle class background, Pinochet entered the military academy in Santiago at the age of 18, graduating three years later as a second lieutenant.
article tags: augusto, pinochet, chile, president, leader, military
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Back to The Future With Germany
Do you think you know everything about East Germany?
article tags: east germany, germany, learn german, berlin wall
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Bizarre Flag Facts – Q & As
Test your Patriotic Knowlege of the American Flag:
Question: Is it ok to fly the American Flag upside down?
Answer: The flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.
Question: My flag was accidentally dropped and got dirty. Does it have to be destroyed?
Answer: The flag should never be allowed touch the ground, the floor or water.
article tags: flag hanger, rebel flag, flag display case
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Bombers of the Second World War
The Lancaster is probably the most famous of all the bombers of the second world war. According to Capt. Donald Macintosh (ex-second world war bomber pilot, and author) it was a lot smoother to fly than the Wellington; the experience of which was close to that of a fighter plane (with no payload, of course).
Survival rates on bombers.
The life of a second world war bomber pilot was probably the most dangerous of all the armed forces of the second world war.
article tags: history, military, military history, second world war, planes, bombers
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Celebrate American Freedom Won 225 Years Ago
With the decisive Battle of Yorktown in Virginia in 1781, America freed itself from the shackles of tyranny. Now, Virginia-the first, permanent English-speaking colony in the New World-is celebrating the 225th anniversary of the historic battle.
The National Park Service's Yorktown Battlefield and Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation's Yorktown Victory Center,.
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Chavez's Inspiration - Simon Bolivar
Simon Bolivar (1783-1830) is a Latin American folk hero, revered for having been a revolutionary freedom fighter, a compassionate egalitarian and a successful politician. He is credited with the liberation from Spanish colonial yoke of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia, a country named after him. Venezuela's new strongman, Hugo Chavez, renamed his country The Bolivarian republic of Venezuela to reflect the role of his "Bolivarian revolution".
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Conflict in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) PART I
India and Pakistan have in the past fought four wars over J&K and held several talks to resolve the 56 year old problem, but till now no tangible results have emerged, except for a composite dialogue. Although, both India and Pakistan are trying to move the peace process ahead, yet there are very few indications in a policy shift. Pakistan continues.
article tags: indo-pak peace process, india pakistan relationship, pakistan and india conflict, india pakistan affairs, india pakistan relation, jammu kashmir disputes
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Did Colorado Kill Doc Holliday
John Henry “Doc” Holliday’s final words, spoken as he lay dying in the Hotel Glenwood in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, were “this is funny”. We’ll never know, of course, exactly what the Wild West legend meant by this. Perhaps he found it ironic that after a life spent tempting death in the gambling dens of the American frontier, it was at last his 15-year long battle with tuberculosis that had killed him.
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Discover the USMC Challenge Coin
To ensure compliance, the pilots would challenge each other to produce the coin. If the challenged couldn’t produce the coin, he was required to buy a drink of choice for the challenger; if the challenged could produce the coin, the challenger would purchase the drink.
article tags: coin, coins, challenge coin, challenge
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Dr. Walter Freeman's Frontal Lobotomies at Athens (Ohio) State Hospital
Few chapters in the medical history of Athens County, Ohio, are more notorious or fascinating than that concerning Walter Freeman, M.D., and the more than 200 frontal lobotomies he performed at the Athens State Hospital in seven visits between 1953 and 1957.
Until the middle of the twentieth century, treatment for most inpatients in large state hospitals, like that in Athens, was limited to providing a safe and humane environment.
article tags: walter freeman, frontal, transorbital, lobotomy, lobotomies, psychosurgery, ect, electroconvulsive, state hospital, psychiatric hospital, ptsd
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Early Internet work
Early Internet work
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ERP Products Overview
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article tags: erp products, oracle e- business suite, industry applications, sap
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Facts and Figures about the Presidents of the USA
The first president of the united States was not George Washington.
Washington was the first president under the Constitution of June 21, 1788, ratified by 1790.
The first constitution of the USA was titled "Articles of Confederation" and was in force between 1781 and 1788. It created a single house of Congress and no executive - but for one year during this period (1781-2, John Hanson served as "President of US in Congress Assembled" - or, in short, President of the United States.
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Ferdinand Marcos - President of the Philippines, 1917-1989
A trained lawyer, Marcos was convicted of assassinating a political opponent of his father in 1939 and, from his condemned cell, argued his case up to the Philippine Surpreme Court, where he won an acquittal.
During the Second World War, Marcos collaborated with the Japanese who occupied the Philippines – though he later claimed to have led the Filipino resistance, a fiction in which the United States colluded, awarding him medals.
article tags: ferdinand, marcos, president, philippines, history, information, politics
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Fidgety Philip - A Brief History of ADHD
Many people think ADHD is a recent "fad," a new diagnosis. Nothing could be farther from the truth.
article tags: adhd, add, attention deficit disorder, parenting
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Finally! Secrets Behind Old Glory Revealed
If you are an American and grew up attending school in the United States, you were taught the lesson of how Betsy Ross sewed together the first American flag in 1776. But how many recall exactly what the stripes, the stars and the colors represent?
Believe it or not, the colors red, white, and blue didn’t have any significance when the flag was adopted in 1777.
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