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 | The Battle of Vienna - 1683 | | | January 5, 2009, 4:57 pm | visits: 75 | |
Summer in Vienna is hot and humid As July, 1683 began, Hapsburg Archduke Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, had retreated to his estate at Perchtoldsdorf to escape the oppressive heat of the city | |
| Wildlife in Nature | | | January 4, 2009, 10:43 am | visits: 63 | | Wildlife needs to be protected throughout the world We need to leave enough of nature to pass along to the next generation | |
| How Terrorism Cult Leaders Persuade People to Join Them and Do Anything | | | December 24, 2008, 5:43 pm | visits: 110 | | I was recently watching the news about the 26 November 2008 terrorist attacks on Mumbai Several terrorists had entered Mumbai, India from the sea route and had attacked the Taj Hotel, Oberoi, Trident and a building called Nariman House at Colaba | |
| The Logistical Problems of a New World Order | | | December 19, 2008, 1:22 pm | visits: 93 | | Lately, the news has come in flooding waves for me The election, bailouts, and endlessly horrible employment news have washed over me, and left a sort of numb feeling in place of my usual optimism | |
| How Would You Like to Own a Piece of Our History? | | | December 18, 2008, 4:36 pm | visits: 91 | | For the most part when it comes to commemorative coins the United States Congress authorizes commemorative pieces that lionize and honor American individuals, places, events, and institutions Although these coins are legitimate tender, they are not coined for common circulation instead they are merely coined as "art" | |
| Part II - Dietrich Bonhoefer's Niece: Renate Bethge | | | December 15, 2008, 10:43 pm | visits: 121 | | She was a quiet, unassuming woman, apparently the perfect "Hausfrau" – housewife – to a famous man Her husband Eberhard Bethge was famous because he had been Pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer's closest friend, his confidant and his disciple | |
| Part 1 - A Suicide-Bomber Targeting Hitler: Axel Baron Von Dem Bussche | | | December 15, 2008, 10:36 pm | visits: 82 | | "The survivors of a failed coup are never its heroes," Axel Baron von dem Bussche told me the first time we met, but by most standards Bussche was a hero At the age of 24, while a captain in the German Army, Bussche agreed to carry out a suicide-bombing against Adolf Hitler | |
| It May Sound Strange But Al-Qaeda and Neocons Were Indeed "Useful" To Each Other! | | | December 5, 2008, 10:01 am | visits: 102 | | Before the September 11 attacks, Washington's Neo-cons had waited in frustrated hope for an event that would serve as the excuse needed to enable them to rouse public support for a war against Iraq and other "rogue states" where they were sure American power could easily dispatch Their project for the New American century proposed to remake the oil-rich-Middle-East in America's image | |
| Why Do We Need Renewable Energy Solutions? | | | December 2, 2008, 10:50 pm | visits: 92 | | That may seem like a silly question Surely everyone knows that we need to begin to develop renewable energy solutions sooner, rather than later | |
| Economic Background For Investment In Thailand Part 5 | | | November 22, 2008, 9:36 am | visits: 108 | | The government adapted strict monetary and fiscal policies to control the rate of inflation during this period Rigid monetary policies were used to limit credit expansion in the private sector | |
| Economic Background For Investment In Thailand Part 2 | | | November 21, 2008, 1:29 am | visits: 99 | | The First National Economic Development Plan continually emphasized development in Thailand The Second National Economic Development Plan continually emphasized the development of infrastructure in such areas as communication and transportation | |
| Economic Background For Investment In Thailand Part 3 | | | November 21, 2008, 1:22 am | visits: 82 | | The Second Plan (1967-1971): The Foundation of the Infrastructure
The Thai economy was now in a new era of development since the initiation of the First Plan Toward the end of the First Plan | |
| Economic Background For Investment In Thailand Part 1 | | | November 21, 2008, 12:57 am | visits: 75 | | Economic Background for Investment in Thailand
Until quite recently, Thailand had a reputation for being primarily a country which relied heavily on commodity exports, it used to be the world's largest rice exporter
However, this is no longer true, the agricultural exports used to represent more than 40 percent of the country's export in the mid-80s | |
| Tsunami Warning System - Will it Give You Time to Escape? | | | November 7, 2008, 2:15 am | visits: 92 | | The amount of warning time a tsunami warning system can provide depends on the distance between your location and the location of the undersea event A tsunami can travel 500 to 600 mph in deep water, slowing as it approaches shore | |
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