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72Financing From Fear
Many things are inevitable...no money will stop a natural disaster. Money should not control our lives but we could control money.
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77The Buffalo Nickel History and Values
The Buffalo Nickel is an American coin that is worth 5 cents of a dollar or 5/100. Although the design of the coin is quite unique, there were many problems with the coin from constant circulation wearing. In fact, there are many of these coins that...
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79The Legacies of a World War
After the Great War the powers that be decided to take their revenge on Germany. The result of this revenge was the 2nd World War. There were also other consequences.
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78Constitutional rights and Acts of Sedition
Should America grant terrorists constitutional rights or not? This is an issue that I struggle with. I like things to be black or white, but this issue seems to fall into a gray area. Common sense says of course not, they are terrorists and we are...
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73Hand Tinted Vintage Postcard Gallery
Our Grandmother on our Mother's side was a warm and wonderful lady called Agnes Hasmall. Sadly she died back in the late 1980's when aged 92, but some of the wonderful memorabila she left for us to remember her by included a large selection of hand tinted vintage postcards she had kept over the years, many of which dated back as far as 1911. Some of these postcards had been written to her by relatives, others were unused but had found their way into her collection, whichever they were what they
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72Swine Flu Pandemic (H1N1)
The 2009 flu pandemic was caused by a new strain of H1N1 influenza virus. A similar strain was endemic in pigs but was not readily transmissible to humans. In 1998 an apparent hybridisation of pig, bird and human strains created a transmissible...
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68World One War: Germany's First Dreadnought
SMS Nassau SMS Nassau line drawing of Top & Side, 1911 (11 in) SK L/45 guns of the Nassau Class Triple expansion engine animation In 1907, Imperial Germany responded to Great Britain’s ‘all big gun’...
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79Happy Birthday Grampa
One of the first hubs I ever published. Originally published my grandpas 92nd birthday, July 10th 2010. Most of my followers haven't read it, so I thought I'd repost it.
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83Christmas in a War Zone - From a World War I Soldier's Diary
November 11, 1918, a date celebrated as Veterans Day, Armistice Day, Remembrance Day, etc., is considered today to be the date that World War I ended. People forget that what really happened that day was that the warring nations simply decided to stop fighting temporarily while diplomats tried to find a peaceful solution. For soldiers in Europe in 1918, Christmas that year was haunted by the thought of war returning shortly.
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85The Emergency in Ireland, World War Two: WW2 Rationing
Rationing WW2 Ireland during the Emergency. World War Two. The Glimmer man. Photos Ration Books. Rationing, Bombs in North Strand and Phoenix Park
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