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Ha! I think computer-generated portraits of historical figures probably often do that. King Tut bothered me a bit….http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/King-Tut-portrait-of-a-mummys-boy/2005/05/11/1115585033566.html
Ok, so we're in the final week of the Western Civ Forum Pick'Em. I am currently 36 points behind the leader, which basically means I cannot catch up (barring some unforgettable collapse) – there are simply too few games being played this weekend. I see Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma State takes place on Saturday.The one upset I am picking is Memphis over Connecticut.
I think there are two sides to this. First, the police are naturally going to try to expand the scope of their power so they can protect society. I'm sure if we looked at any slice of history, we'd find law enforcement arguing that its authority be wider than what the public at large might think. In general, this has led to safer communities, especially in areas where crime is higher. Of course, this lead to the second side – police power comes at the expense of the rights of citizens, especially innocent citizens who are caught up in investigations through overreach or through abuse of power. I view state vs. citizen rights in regard to crime something like a pendulum; in times of greater need, it shifts toward the needs of the state, but in times of greater peace and prosperity it shifts toward the citizens.I don't think it's new that the police see constitutional rights as a hindrance rather than legitimate protections. What might be new, however, is the exponential leap in technology which creates the potential for greater police reach than ever before. Also, there's the ongoing attempt by the state to justify its reach due to terrorism post-9/11 which has reduced citizen rights compared to pre-9/11.
I would say the most iconic photos of the war are:1) napalm victim running2) the Vietcong man getting executed3) the monk on fire
Is this the one?
Weeping Parisian from NARA Ww2-81 [Public domain], by Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Overseas Operations Branch. New York Office. News and Features Bureau. (12/17/1942 - 09/15/1945), from Wikimedia CommonsHere's the caption (my emphasis in bold):French people bid troops of the French Army goodbye as they leave metropolitan France at Marseille harbour, 1941, to reach the French colonies in Africa to be organized as Free French Forces. Incorrectly captioned by NARA as "A Frenchman weeps as German soldiers march into the French capital, Paris, on June 14, 1940, after the Allied armies had been driven back across France."
Well, truth be told, UCF has actually done fairly well this year. I think Louisville will have to start playing a more rigorous schedule in the future in order to get more respect. I imagine that will happen once it starts playing the ACC schedule.
Well, there could be a chance that neither team plays in the title bowl game, depending on what happens this weekend. Ohio State still has to hurdle Michigan State, and I'm sure that people from Auburn/Missouri will be wanting their team in the game, depending on who wins their matchup. Honestly, Ohio State hasn't played many good teams this year.And speaking of Louisville, their name might have been mentioned in this present discussion had they not faltered against UCF. I doubt they would have been seriously considered for the title game, but had they won they might currently be ranked #4, #5?
I think an iconic video of the time is that one of the Germans marching in front of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. I'm sure you've seen it.
Hey Ski, here is another idea. Contact the AMU librarian with the citation data for the article you need. They can usually get it for you. The librarians there are great and if they don't have it they can get it. I abused the heck out of them while doing my thesis, so much that I was on a first name basis with one of them. They get some amazing stuff. They managed to get me digital copies of newspapers rom Berlin, Vienna, and London for specific days in 1866. I guarantee they can get you a 30 year old journal article.
I second this. I just remembered seeing that AMU offers interlibrary loan, and I know that you can request journal articles that way. In fact, it would probably be done pretty quickly, and they'll likely send it in electronic form. It's really easy to do.
For documents/images, they have to have been created before around 1922. There are some other exceptions as well. I believe the owner of the copyright to the movie “It's a Wonderful Life” lost it a few decades ago (somehow), which is why it's now played so often on TV around Christmastime.
Are you sure? After doing some searching, I finally found the portal to AMU's journal database. Unfortunately, it doesn't list the names of the journals in public, but it does say that it gives access to some 53,000 journals. The article you're looking for has been cited many times, so it may be important enough that you can access it via AMU.http://www.apus.edu/community-scholars/librarians/
I really do not think that JSTOR allows this kind of thing. They plaster a terms of service on a page when you try to download any article. However, it looks like there are other databases which also carry this article. Take a look here – there may be other ways to access it via AMU's library:http://icb.oxfordjournals.org/content/17/2/343.full.pdf+html
Yes, I can tell that the person who writes the history articles on that site knows about or has done at least some historical research.
