From radio transmitters liberally placed about the U.S., each with a carrier frequency in the hundreds of kilcocycles, the Morse Code letter, "A," dit dah, and the Morse Code letter, "N," dah dit, were broadcast into alternate quadrants by each pair of a set of four antennae. When ...
That’s a big win. I become chairman of the permanent subcommittee for investigations and I will use that subpoena power. I’m gonna be like a mosquito in a nudist colony.” At McCormick’s watch party, local Republican leaders urged guests to stick ...
legendary son of King Solomon and Queen of Sheba, to Haile Selassie. The Emperors, known as ‘King of Kings’, unified the nation and resisted European Imperialism, climaxing with the defeat of a large Italian army at the Battle of Adwa on March 1st, 1896, by Emperor Menelik II, Empress...
Between 1942 and 1947, large-scale redistribution releases were made at a number of sites in eastern Canada. The parasitoids were obtained at established colony sites at Millbridge, Ontario (Clausen, 1978). By 1948, populations of the casebearer were low at the original release sites. The para...
Interestingly, there is also an unincorporated community named Satan's Kingdom in the town of Leicester in Addison County, Vermont, near the southern shore of Lake Dunmore.Theories suggest the name Satan's Kingdom might have derived from particularly intense sermonizing that occurred in a Northfiel...
A royal colony was directly under the control of the King of England. By the time of the Revolutionary War in 1775, eight of the colonies had become royal colonies. Georgia, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia were all royal ...
sandwich, a Southern staple, is especially beloved in Georgia. It consists of a creamy spread made from sharp cheddar cheese, mayonnaise, and pimentos (cherry peppers) served cold or on griddled white bread. Though pimento cheese is tied to Southern cuisine, its origin storybegins in New York...
Hudson River, and throughout New York and New Jersey. In 1674 the British surround New Amsterdam and threaten invasion. Their goal was to connect their Southern and New England colonies as well as acquire a profitable port city. Instead of a battle, Governor Stuyvesant surrendered the Dutch ...
This story is important for two reasons. First, it’s a classic “spillover event,” and one that echoes the emergence of Covid-19, which likely originated in a horseshoe bat somewhere in southern China, northern Vietnam, or Laos. No one is sure exactly where and how the jump f...