CJotD congratulated him on his achievement in the only way we knew how: with a cake in the shape of the 1993 London marathon winner, moustached British athletics hero Eamonn Martin. But without doubt it is your laughter, joke submissions, posts on Facebook, tweets on Twitter and pins on Pinterest that have propelled us to these heady heights
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Share The Basics of Chimp Technology Chimpanzees are second only to humans in the variety of tools they use and the innovative ways they employ those tools. Share A Guide to Terrestrial Snails Terrestrial snails, also known as land snails, are a group of land-dwelling gastropods that have the ability to breathe air
For many Peruvians, the question that gnaws at them daily would seem simple: what to eat? Ceviche with slivers of fiery chili and corn, stews simmered for hours in beer and cilantro, velvety Amazonian chocolate. Article Top 10 adventures in Peru Peru may be known as a cradle of ancient civilisations, but its wild topography also makes it a wonderland of adventure..
Read More SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! Sign up to receive announcements on events, the latest research and more! We will never send spam and you can unsubscribe any time. Learn More Historical child sex abuse Given current concerns about the extent of sexual abuse in the past, how might historians contribute to our understanding of what went wrong and prevent future mistakes? This ESRC-funded project, undertaken by a team of researchers - Lucy Delap (Cambridge), Dr Louise Jackson and Dr Louise Settle (Edinburgh) and Dr Adrian Bingham (Sheffield) aims to inform and contextualise present-day debates in Britain by examining key moments over the last 100 years when abuse reached public awareness through media, criminal justice or policy
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(1894 and 1912 editions -- reprint is cheap), and Quarterman Publishings anthology Canadian Tokens and Medals -- a compilation of articles from The Numismatist. Photo of Robert McLachlan -- a well-published Canadian numismatist, he was also one of the early presidents of the ANA -- an organization once heavily represented by Canadians due to having no national organizations of their own at the time
World of Work Report 2013 The shift of global investment patterns Worldwide investment has shifted from advanced economies to emerging economies over the last decade with an accelerating divergence since the economic crisis. Discussion paper 213 Labour incomes and employment GEL simulations of policy options This paper discusses the macroeconomic effects of a change in the labour share based on the IILS 'Global Economic Linkages' (GEL) model
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The Taliban were by far the worst government Afghanistan has ever had A year after the Taliban seized power, I interviewed UN staff, foreign aid workers and Afghans in Kabul. The CIA's supply of Stinger missiles to the mujahideen forced the Soviets out of Afghanistan This myth of the 1980s was given new life by George Crile's 2003 book Charlie Wilson's War and the 2007 film of the same name, starring Tom Hanks as the loud-mouthed congressman from Texas
17 July 2015 Arles 2015: North Korea, a Life between Propaganda and Reality Alice Wielinga travelled 2500 kilometers through the inlands of North Korea. 13 July 2015 Lina Hashim photographed the secret places young Muslim couples arrange to meet Lina Hashim, a Muslim woman living in Denmark, photographs suicide bombers, elicit sexual encounters and hair usually covered in public by headscarves
Agriculture is the watershed moment when humans began taming themselves and controlling their environment, eventually leading to the splendor of civilization. b) Historians document deprivation and management Another angle for the revisionist perspective was the historical documentation of how much conditions had changed for gatherers and hunters
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We also aim to perpetuate the memory, courage and comradeship of all those on all sides who served their countries in France and Flanders, and their own countries, during The Great War
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Soldiers, in their letters home, wrote about extreme violence against Filipinos, alongside complaints about the weather, the food, and their officers; and some of these letters were published in home-town newspapers. sentry fired on Filipino soldiers outside Manila in February, 1899, the second war erupted, just days before the Senate ratified a treaty with Spain securing American sovereignty over the islands in exchange for twenty million dollars
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