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| Speaking of undergraduate research projects..... |
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11:22pm 05/11/2009 |
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Who is working on their senior capstone right now? How is it going? What is your topic? I have never been so stressed in my life. I am literally having nightmares about my research (the archives kick me out or someone has already done word-for-word the same research, I miss the deadline and fail....you know, fun dreams like that). Oh....and I have trouble sleeping because I actually feel guilty for spending time in bed rather than writing. I know this is just a senior capstone and not nearly as stressful as a Master's Thesis or Ph. D dissertation....but still. I just want it to be over :\ By the by, my title is "Temples of Hope: American Citizenship and Jewish National Identity in Early Twentieth Century Colorado Tuberculosis Sanatoria." Yay :) mood:  stressed |
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| Spanish Civil Warrrr |
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11:49pm 05/11/2009 |
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Hello good people, I'm writing a paper on the significance of the Spanish Civil War on foreign policy and international relations and would like some help (I hope this is an acceptable question)... In terms of the thesis, because I was asked to cover a "broad spectrum" within 3000 words, I was thinking about narrowing it down to a specific issue that involved many nations, such as the failure of the non-intervention agreement, and on a broader scale the failure of the League of Nations and all those Internationals. In it I'd like to cover the very obvious violations of the agreement by Italy, Germany, and USSR, and the French, British, and America's lack of action to stop these powers from committing these violations. That said, I am having a hard time finding a good, solid, extensive source on the French position. I understand they were supporters of the non-intervention and the reasons why they committed to this, but the sources I'm getting are the bits and pieces from books on American and Soviet positions and I'd love to have a good supporting proof of the FRENCH position. I've been looking on Google Books, WorldCat, ProQuest, and of course the local libraries but maybe I am using all the wrong keywords? Any help/input would be appreciated! x-posted |
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| LiveJournal Major Notes: Spam counter-attack, RSS feeds again, CSI Deadly Intent contest |
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01:15pm 05/11/2009 |
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 The empire strikes backIn recent weeks, we've taken huge steps towards blocking spam accounts on LiveJournal. In fact, we've suspended as many as 30,000 accounts in a single day! We've implemented several pre-emptive measures to prevent the creation of spam accounts, and we've honed our detection of suspicious content. Spam bots are a crafty lot, so we'll continue to refine our tactics and keep up the good fight to keep you safe from spam attacks on LiveJournal. RSS feeds againIf you're addicted to , ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/syndicated.gif) icanhaschzbrgr, or other syndicated feeds, we're pleased to report that we've resolved the update error that was mucking up your RSS feeds. While content was being pulled correctly, it wasn't being posted to the feeds themselves. Late last week, we finally nailed down what we hope was the root problem, so content should post properly. We thank you for your patience. Wii have killer CSI Deadly Intent contests! ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) c_s_iIf you're a gamer who loves CSI, have Wii got news for you! c_s_i is sponsoring killer contests. Simply post a question to a member of the CSI crew. The winner will get a free copy of CSI: Deadly Intent for Nintendo Wii (with a retail value of $39.99) and get their question answered by a member of the CSI writing team! There's also a fantastic monthly contest. To enter, join c_s_i, play the online version of CSI: Deadly Intent, and respond to a two-part query for a chance to win a Wii! Entries will be judged on composition and originality. Sorry, but you must be a U.S. resident and over 18 years old to participate. Check out the rules here. Enveloped in postcardsLast week, we asked you to send in postcards to help us decorate our drab concrete walls. Here's a photo of the results so far! Thank you so much and please keep them coming! You can mail them to Frank the Goat, Esq., c/o LiveJournal, Inc., 539 Bryant Street, Suite 210, San Francisco, CA 94107. Be sure to include your username, since we'll be giving ten random users paid account credits.  Photos of the weekIf you haven't visited our new LiveJournal photo community, you're in for an amazing visual trip. LiveJournal users from around the world will take you on a scenic journey to everywhere. Post your own pictures or kick back and enjoy at lj_photophile. You can view some of this week's awesome photos after the jump. Please start tagging with geographic location, since we'd like to track all the places around the world represented in this community. Keep on commenting too! ( Read more... ) |
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| undergraduate research project suggestions |
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12:56pm 05/11/2009 |
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Alright, so I'm a history major at a state university and am beginning to look into my graduate school options. For a long time now, I've had my heart set on Yale, and I've been trying to do everything in my power to somehow set myself apart from other applicants. Right now I'm trying to start an undergraduate research project through my university but don't know what exactly to do it on, or how specific I ought to be. My emphases are in American History and Western European History (particularly French). At this point I think I'd rather do my project on something related to American history. Sorry, I know that's pretty vague, but I'm open to any suggestions! Also if anyone has any information on Yale admissions, that would definitely be appreciated! |
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| Spotlights: Homepage Spotlight 11/2/09 |
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09:53am 02/11/2009 |
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![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) wendylady2Designed to rescue fashion victims everywhere, this Brit-based community reads like a rag-ezine. Published once or twice weekly, you'll view bizarre highlights of the global fashion scene through captivating photos and delightfully snarky editorial. Sit tight for a virtual fashion tour from the runways of New York to Milan to Paris and back home again to London in homage to the adage: you can't buy good taste. |
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| Spotlights: Homepage Spotlight 11/2/09 |
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09:51am 02/11/2009 |
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soldiers_heartA passionate community for veterans of all ages (mostly American), plus families, friends, and supporters. View poignant snapshots detailing life in combat and back on civilian soil in the form of original artwork, personal narratives, poetry, and photos. Be forewarned that members don't shy away from describing their disappointments, disabilities, and struggles.
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| Network Maintenance - Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 04:00-05:00 GMT/UTC |
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05:17pm 30/10/2009 |
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EDIT: If you're reading this, our maintenance is OVER! The problem was not found on our equipment, which means we'll have to work with our ISP to fix this small problem -- which also means another maintenance window in the future -- but at least we have eliminated our side. Thank you everyone, and a special shout out to rekoil for giving me a great suggestion AND also the opportunity to feel like I've just called in to a local radio station. Have a great day, night or afternoon wherever you may be. --- Hi everyone, sorry for the late notice but I'm going to have to do some testing on 1 of our 4 internet circuits TONIGHT; Friday night or Saturday morning depending on which time zone you're in. Most of us shouldn't notice any impact, though there may be some slowness or lag when I switch traffic on to our other ISP circuits and then another hit when I stop the tests. If a page won't load or times out, try hitting refresh 1 or 2 times and it should load then. If it doesn't work at all... trust me, I'll be typing really really really fast to try to undo whatever I just did. Hopefully you'll have some Halloween candy (if you're in the USA and celebrate that kind of thing) nearby to take away the bitterness of a small site outage. :( Here's the handy-dandy Website That I Always Use to get a feel for when the maintenance will start in your area. Our site traffic historically dips on Friday afternoons until Saturday morning which is why we tend to pick this time for maintenance work. ( tech details )status.livejournal.org will, of course be updated before and after the maintenance window. Or else marta will get mad at me. :D bt |
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10:56am 30/10/2009 |
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Does anyone know for certain of a specific text or Atlas that has a map of 13th century Florence? (Specifically 1245 - 1275) The only one I found online marked at 13th century Florence is rinkydink AND it contains landmarks that didn't exist in the 13th century. Thanks. |
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| LiveJournal Major Notes: Search super-tweak, postcards, and amazing user content! |
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10:53am 29/10/2009 |
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In response to user comments from last week, we want to let you know that we'll remain LJ cut-free for the next month in order to get more eyeballs on our evolving newsletter. As for product coverage, that continues to be our top priority. For more granular detail, however, we recommend you join lj_releases. Super-tweak for Yandex searchSome of our beta testers expressed privacy concerns using the Yandex search engine. Here's why: Last week, when you ran a search, you could see the usernames (and only the usernames) of everyone who commented on an entry, even if that entry was switched to Private or Friends Only after it was originally indexed. You could NOT see the actual comments from Friends Only or Private posts. In response to your input, we've implemented a fix to keep all user activity currently marked Friends Only or Private completely hidden. If you'd prefer your public content not to be indexed by Yandex, click here and use the settings labeled Search Inclusion (this covers your entire journal) and/or Comment Search Inclusion (which covers comments only). To test drive Yandex search now, click here. Postcards from the edgeSeveral years ago, we asked LiveJournal users to send postcards to help us decorate our dull, white-washed offices. Since a good idea warrants repetition, we're at it again (same issue, new address). We hope you'll surround us with LiveJournal love by sending your postcards to Frank the Goat, Esq., c/o LiveJournal, Inc., 539 Bryant Street, Suite 210, San Francisco, CA 94107. We'll post snapshots right here. Be sure to include your username, since we'll randomly pick 10 lucky recipients to win free paid account time. Conquer Writer's BlockHere are some excerpts from this week's most popular question of the day: If a friend or relative makes a racist or homophobic remark, do you tend to confront them or let it slide? Are you more likely to confront them if it offends you directly or someone else who seems reluctant to speak up?- I find it easier to stand up for other people, and i wouldn't let it slide if they made a rude or hurtful comment.
- Usually if a friend makes a racist or homophobic remark, I tend to let it slide. I think that while i would not say such things myself, I have no right to censor those around me.
- This happens all of the time. I confront some relatives, but I refuse to if they are drunk or watch Fox News.
- I'd let it slide if it was just a private remark... As much as I despise bigotry and intolerance, I know that you can't change people-they have to change themselves ...
- Confront! confront! confront! Politely, but without equivocation.
- SPEAK UP. Always, always, always speak up. Letting something slide lets ignorance win. No matter if it offends me directly, or someone else, I will confront the speaker and let them know that's not ok.
- I don't get offended personally. As an immigrant, woman, gay and person of color if I took every single potentially offensive remark seriously I wouldn't get anything done.
- I punch them in the balls. With my mind.
- I do speak up, but often very timidly because I feel that I'm white and therefore I don't really have any authority to lecture someone on what's racist and what isn't...
- Generally speaking, I do not let this shit fly, because it reduces me as a person, to this non-person and it replicates the destructive discourse that makes sure that sexual minorities, racial minorities, women, people with disabilities, trans people and every intersection thereof into something other than human... And sometimes... I'm just too tired to deal with it, so I roll my eyes, make a sarcastic remark and hope the conversation moves on quickly.
For more daily questions and user comments, join writersblock. FYI, we don't want to invade your privacy, so we haven't credited individual users for their responses. We'd appreciate your feedback on this! Spotlight community of the weekWe can't resist making one last midnight trip to the ol' pumpkin patch. If you adore crazy costumes, fiendish festivities, and bottomless candy consumption as much as we do, this community has just what it takes to light up your jack-o-lantern.  halloween_fanPhotos of the weekWe received so many incredible photos, we had to close our eyes and point. We uploaded a selection of awesome images at our new lj_photophile community. Please join and start posting (try to keep the width at around 625 for the sake of consistency)! We'd love for you to tell us more about your photos! You can help us select spotlight photos by commenting on your favorites. Once again, we thank you for making our online world more beautiful! CurtainsThanks, again, for tuning in. We look forward to seeing you next week. |
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12:46pm 29/10/2009 |
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Hello, I am doing research on Hitler's last days in the bunker and his suicide. This is not a topic I chose and am not particularly interested in it, but have no choice in the matter. I am looking for any dissertations that anyone might know of on this topic. At my university we have interviews that have been done with individuals who were in the bunker with Hitler and our professor wants us to use them to determine what we think about what others have written on the topic. I've found many books as well as journal articles but my professor is requiring that we reference at least one dissertation. Any thoughts or suggestions on a dissertation or where I could find one would be extremely helpful. Thanks! |
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10:09am 29/10/2009 |
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Hello, I'm currently doing research for my dissertation on seventeenth century mental illness in England. Unfortunately, I cannot read Latin and this is an issue in deciding which texts that are relevant as I have no idea what they mean. Could anyone recommend me a good Latin to English dictionary? I've been searching through various ones Google comes up with but most haven't helped me at all. I hope this is an acceptable request, please feel free to delete it if not. :) |
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| Book Recs? |
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02:28pm 29/10/2009 |
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Hi all! I am interested in reading some books about Marc Antony, Caligula, Elagabalus and ancient Egypt. Now, I've found various titles on the internet, but I have no idea what's worth reading and what's not. So if you've read any books about those topics, could you recommend me some? Thanks. |
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| History Books |
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06:03pm 28/10/2009 |
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I graduated from school about five months ago with my B.A. in History and am starting to miss all the information and reading! I want to read some Historical Nonfiction, especially biographies. While I was a student of European History, I'm looking to read about any area or subject. What are some of your favorite books, subjects, leaders, etc? Thanks for all your help! Cross-posted in historyisfun. mood: Distracted |
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| Franklin D Roosevelt topics |
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03:24pm 27/10/2009 |
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Hello everyone
I just joined this community and have been reading through past entries and I'm impressed by the feedback members offer, so I was hoping you could offer me a little help.
I am trying to come up with a (4th year) history honours thesis topic. In the past 3 years I haven't focused intensely on any particular area of history (mainly due to the lack of choices at my uni), but I have done a couple of classes on US history (like the Civil War). I am interested in the 1930s and the Depression, and I love US History so I was thinking I could possibly write about that era and perhaps focus on something to do with President Franklin D Roosevelt. I am trying to do some research now and try to come up with a topic, but I was wondering if anyone who knows a bit about this era of history has any suggestions for an interesting research topic.
Any help would be hugely appreciated :)
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| Spotlights: Homepage Spotlight 10/26/09 |
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07:48am 26/10/2009 |
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halloween_fanHere at LiveJournal, we never balk at an opportunity for high drama, wicked costumes, and gluttonous sugar consumption. But this community takes it one step further: Here, everyday is Halloween. Of course, the hallowed eve is particularly sacred to this spirited crowd. If you're looking for last-minute costume ideas for your black cat, faux eyeball candy, or stand-out haunted houses, dive in for a splash of pagan merriment.
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| Spotlights: Homepage Spotlight 10/26/09 |
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07:44am 26/10/2009 |
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bookishPassionate readers share well-penned reviews on a broad sweep of genres, including fiction, YA, sci-fi, paranormal, fantasy, and good ol' pot-boiling suspense. Those of a lit crit persuasion are invited to introduce themselves before posting. And for the silent majority who prefer to bask in our neighbors' labors, there are thoughtful reviews, book list suggestions, and even great gift ideas to keep your library card and dowtime filled.
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