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101Ford Motor Company Lamp Factory — The Flat Rock Ford Motor Co. Lamp Factory was the product of a unique collaboration betweenindustrial genius Henry Ford and his lead designer, Albert Kahn.Ford systematically acquired land, an existing dam, and water rights in the area where the… …
102Mamluk identity — The birth of the Mamluk System during the Abbasid PeriodAl Mu tasim was the first Caliph to depend on the Turkish Slaves Soldiers (Ghulams), when as Amir he bought around 3000 Ghulams. They were Turkish prisoners of war, captured in Central Asia …
103Wind-hydrogen hybrid power systems — One of the key issues with wind energy is its intermittent nature. This has led to numerous methods of storing energy including the production of hydrogen through the electrolysis of water. This hydrogen is subsequently used to generate… …
104Overdale, Montreal — Overdale was a small residential district in downtown Montreal which became a famous symbol of the struggle between urban conservationists and land developers. In the mid 1980s two developers, Robert Landau and Douglas Cohen operating under an… …
105Jezreel Valley railway — The Jezreel Valley railway, or simply the Valley railway ( he. רכבת העמק, Rakevet HaEmek ) refers to a historical railroad in Ottoman and British Palestine, which was part of the larger Hejaz railway and ran along the Jezreel Valley.It was built… …
106Human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo — In all areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the human rights record remained poor, and numerous serious abuses were committed. Unlawful killings, disappearances, torture, rape, and arbitrary arrest and detention by security forces… …
107First Stadtholderless Period — The First Stadtholderless Period or Era (1650 1672) (Dutch Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk ) is the period in the history of the Dutch Republic in which it reached the zenith of its economic, military and political Golden Age. The term has… …
108DTV transition in the United States — See digital television transition for information on worldwide digital transition plans The DTV transition in the United States (also called the broadcast digital transition) is the switchover from analog (the traditional method of transmitting… …
109Housing in Senegal — Senegal’s high population growth and migration from the rural areas to Dakar has resulted in the mushrooming of squatter settlements on Dakar’s periphery. [http://www.buyusa.gov/westafrica/en/senegal ccg.pdf Senegal Country Commercial Guide 2008] …
110logistics — /loh jis tiks, leuh /, n. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) 1. the branch of military science and operations dealing with the procurement, supply, and maintenance of equipment, with the movement, evacuation, and hospitalization of personnel, with the …
