List of conspiracy theories There are many unproven conspiracy theories of varying degrees of popularity, frequently related to but not limited to clandestine government plans, elaborate murder plots, suppression of secret technology and knowledge, and other supposed schemes behind certain political, cultural, and historical events. Some theories have dealt with censorship and excoriation from the law such as the Holocaust denial. Conspiracy theories usually go against a consensus or cannot be proven using the historical method and are typically not considered similar to verified conspiracies such as Germany's pretense for invading Poland in World War II. Ethnicity, race and religion[edit] Antisemitic conspiracy theories[edit] Antisemitism has, from the Middle Ages, frequently taken on characteristics of conspiracy theory. In the second half of the 19th century conspiracists claimed that Jews and/or Freemasons were plotting to establish control over the world. Armenian conspiracy[edit] Samuel A. Eurabia[edit]
10 Search Engines to Explore the Invisible Web Not everything on the web will show up in a list of search results on Google or Bing; there are lots of places that their web crawlers cannot access. To explore the invisible web, you need to use specialist search engines. Here are our top 12 services to perform a deep internet search. What Is the Invisible Web? Before we begin, let's establish what does the term "invisible web" refer to? Simply, it's a catch-all term for online content that will not appear in search results or web directories. There are no official data available, but most experts agree that the invisible web is several times larger than the visible web. The content on the invisible web can be roughly divided into the deep web and the dark web. The Deep Web The deep web made up of content that typically needs some form of accreditation to access. If you have the correct details, you can access the content through a regular web browser. The Dark Web The dark web is a sub-section of the deep web. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
List of country subdivisions by GDP over 100 billion US dollars This is a list of first-level country subdivisions which have a nominal Gross domestic product in excess of US$ 100 billion. Those subdivisions which are the largest in their respective countries are shown in bold. Note: the use of nominal GDP and currency conversion in this list makes inter-area comparison difficult List[edit] See also[edit] References[edit] Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki Elemental | Wired Science WIKIREUSE : JULIA CHRISTENSEN WIKIREUSE is a 2007 commission of New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc., (aka Ether-Ore) for its Turbulence web site. It was made possible with funding from the Jerome Foundation. As superstores abandon buildings in order to move into bigger stores, what will become of the walls that they leave behind? It is within the answer to this question that we are seeing the resourcefulness and creativity of communities across the United States, as they struggle to deal with a challenge that is emerging all over the country: the empty big box store. Through travel, the study of community, and exploration of the urban landscape, Julia Christensen has been researching the way people build their towns amongst the increasing presence of corporate real estate, creating the context for their own lives. Julia Christensen began investigating how communities are reusing the big box in the winter of 2002. Her book, Big Box Reuse, will be published by MIT Press in November of 2008.
IDV User Experience Library of Congress Picks 88 Unobjectionable Books that "Shaped America" The Library of Congress, established by President John Adams, has announced its list of "88 Books that Shaped America," determining that two-thirds of America's cultural history took place in only the last 112 years. That at least is the evidence from the publication dates, just 27 of which are from before the twentieth century. Only 20 predate the Civil War. Suck on that, Francis Hopkinson, Susanna Rowson and Charles Brockden Brown! Phyllis Wheatley, you did your people great honor, but you just didn't shape America. All those people were big sellers. These lists are more or less designed to rub you the wrong way, so I have two big beefs. There are some interesting choices. There's a pronounced split between "shaping" and literary value. If we are talking about shaping America, where's Leon Uris' Exodus, which ignited popular support for Israel while spending years on the bestseller list? It's not like there's a shortage of evangelists. Anyway, here's the full list:
Full Spectrum Reading List: 7 Great Books by TED 2012 Speakers by Maria Popova Anatomy of introversion, inside the brain’s optimism bias, and a blueprint for doomsday from PC Guy. TED time is once again upon us, with this year’s conference, themed Full Spectrum, a mere week away. In preparation, and true to the Brain Pickings pre-TED tradition, here are seven exceptional books by some of this year’s TED speakers, spanning everything from psychology to children’s books to satire — a full spectrum, indeed. The question of what makes us happy is likely as old as human cognition itself and has occupied the minds of philosophers, prophets, and scientists for millennia. Underpinning the narrative is a fascinating and dimensional lens on the constant interplay of reason and emotion, intuition and rationality. Human rationality depends critically on sophisticated emotionality. Do you feel a pang of guilt when you decline a dinner party invitation in favor of a good book and a cup of tea? Brain Pickings has a free weekly newsletter and people say it’s cool.
Air France 447, the FedEx hijacking, and other amazing stories about airplanes and airplane crashes KAREN BLEIER/AFP/GettyImages. Every weekend, Longform shares a collection of great stories from its archive with Slate. For daily picks of new and classic nonfiction, check out Longform or follow @longform on Twitter. Have an iPad? Download Longform’s brand-new app. Long articles about airplanes, like long articles about cruise ships, tend toward the tragic. William Langewiesche • Vanity Fair • January 2009 There were so many ways the two planes could have avoided the collision. “The same bewilderment afflicted others within earshot of the impact. Jeanne Marie Laskas • GQ • Mar 2008 Life as an air-traffic controller at LaGuardia: “Controllers here, as in a lot of towers, still use ’strips.’ Jeff Wise • Popular Mechanics • December 2011 The transcript of a disaster: "Human judgments, of course, are never made in a vacuum. "Here is a synopsis of what occurred during the course of the doomed airliner's final few minutes S.C. The story of Southwest Airlines: " ’I’m gonna kill you!’
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