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Colorful India – The Big Picture – Boston.com.
Andy Martin Races Up the Empire State Building’s 1,576 Steps – .
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7 Insane Ways Music Affects The Body (According to Science) | .
Autism and Asperger syndrome underdiagnosed in women, researchers say .
Over 3,000 dinosaur footprints found in China
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LONDON: How two butterfly species have evolved exactly the same striking wing colour and pattern has intrigued biologists since Darwin’s day.
Now scientists at the University Cambridge have found “hotspots” in the butterflies' genes that they believe will explain one of the most extraordinary examples of mimicry in the natural world.
Crew of 2nd Aircraft – Plane # 40-2292 – Crew from 37th Squadron, 17th Group – (Crash landing – China)
Lieutenant Hoover lifted off five minutes behind Jimmy Doolittle and caught up to the lead aircraft en route to Japan. His B-25 followed Doolittle’s until it reached the shoreline, at which time Hoover veered off to bomb his own targets, two factory buildings and storehouses. He then trailed Doolittle most of the way to China where he managed to make a wheels-up crash-landing in a soft rice paddy. The crew was uninjured and walked for three days before friendly local guerilla fighters found them. On April 22 they went by boat to Sungyao, then traveled by train and by foot to arrive in Chunking on May 14.
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Doolittle Raider 80 Brave Men.
This Album memorializes the arrival of Hungarian Jews to Auschwitz in May of 1944.
It is the only one of its kind, and it is solely due to this album that we have a visual history of what occurred in the Auschwitz-Birchenau death camp.
The album was discovered after the war by an Auschwitz survivor, Lily Jacob, who donated it to Yad Vashem in 1980.
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[prior to the earthquake that has devistated Haiti, an investigative reporter began to uncover a "helpful" organization working with orphans. The problem? Many charges of child sexual abuse...the slide show report here]
Connecticut Post Photojournalist Christian Abraham composed an audio slideshow of his travel to Haiti for our Betrayal of Hope
Sunday print exclusive: Betrayal of Hope in Haiti – Connecticut Post.
Picture Gallery . Chinese New Year.
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The almost seven hours of recorded interviews presented here took place between 1932 and 1975 in nine Southern states. Twenty-three interviewees, born between 1823 and the early 1860s, discuss how they felt about slavery, slaveholders, coercion of slaves, their families, and freedom. Several individuals sing songs, many of which were learned during the time of their enslavement. It is important to note that all of the interviewees spoke sixty or more years after the end of their enslavement, and it is their full lives that are reflected in these recordings. The individuals documented in this presentation have much to say about living as African Americans from the 1870s to the 1930s, and beyond.
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Voices from the Days of Slavery, Audio Interviews (American Memory from the Library of Congress).
The way you celebrate and memorialize a life should be as unique and meaningful as the person you have known and loved. So, we have often wondered why most cremation urns and memorial objects seem rather ordinary. At SHINE ON BRIGHTLY, you will find one of a kind works of art, which truly honor and express the qualities of the individual spirit.
Each urn and memorial we offer is hand crafted by artisans who take great pride in creating art with purpose and meaning. These art urns and memorials will be admired for their beauty, treasured for their significance and hold a special place in your heart and home.
