Some unrevealed facts.
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All of the items listed were purchased from Amazon. I purchased this case along with the Max5G case from Thermaltake. I use a Sabertooth Z77  motherboard which has the latest USB 3.0. For testing, I used a Seagate 1TB Sata3 (6GB) Constellation ES3, and a Seagate ES 750GB SATA2 drive. Using the SATA2 drive, both cases show with the CrystalDiskMark using USB3 to have 81MB/s read and 78MB/s write with 1GB blocks. At 512K, half that speed. On USB2, the readings were 35MB/s and 30MB/s. The big difference came when using the SATA3 drive on USB3. The MAX5G case provided 187MB/s read and 185MB/S write, while this case was 118MB/s read and 121MB/s write. All tests were repeated. Comparing the two cases, the Startech does have the aluminum sides, with mostly plastic for the 5G. Other than that, the Max5g is the better of the two at a higher price. FYI, the 5GB/s quoted in literature for cases in general only applies to the maximum speed of the USB 3.0 interface, NOT the speed of the controller of the enclosure. Depending on the chipset, speed and compatibility varies considerably. Both of the cases mentioned use the most compatible chipset, but not the same model.
4565575
Even though this book is well written, the author made conclusions that were unsupported by the facts. The Constitution of the United States of America specifically states in a number of places that no state or citizen can form another nation without the consent of the Congress, if at all. By concluding that Southern secession was Constitutional, the author loses credibilty. There are other ways to "justify" the secession that led to the Civil War, but the Constitution is not one of them.
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Although the surgeon-author is not a gifted writer there are some fascinating facts to be gleaned from this book. For instance, Charles I's corpse had completely disappeared and nobody knew where he was located until centuries after his death in 1649 when he was found to be resting between Henry VIII and Jane Seymour at Windsor. His severed head was still recognizable with the Van Dyke beard in place. Charles died from the axe, of course, and there were several murders (including Richard II and Edward II). The various diseases suffered by English monarchs are discussed in detail.

Queen Anne, for instance, likely suffered from lupus, her obesity and her failure to produce a live child or one that lived longer than a few days, are the reason for that diagnosis. 17 of her dead babies were found in the tomb of Mary Queen of Scots for reasons unknown. Syphilis was rampant among kings, Charles II being perhaps the most notorious lecher. Henry VIII has often been suspected of having syphilis, but the author says unlikely. The ulcer in his leg was not a syphilitic gumma but a wound he had sustained in the jousts and which infected the bone underneath. And poor young Edward VI died horribly of tuberculosis, his hair fallen out, his fingernail gangrenous.

Then there is Queen Victoria whose waist measured 46 inches- she was truly five by five. She succumbed to heart disease and the complications of obesity and is the last monarch discussed in the book.

This history of British royals and how death claimed them is a fine read, not really depressing and certainly not voyeuristic, just interesting. Want to know what happened to Oliver Cromwell's head? Read the book!
3776429
An interesting compilation of facts, but not not a great deal of new material.
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In addition to this work documenting much evidence of the day, most people don't realize that recent science has confirmed with 100% certainty that the landings were fake.  Sadly, new electron microscopy of the Moon rocks show unmistakable organic fossils in every stone (fossilized bone fibers, skullcaps, brain tissue, neurons, muscle fibers, and wood fiber).  One stone, that the astronauts personally presented to Holland, was recently identified as 100% petrified wood.  NASA acknowledged "the mistakes" but offered no explanation.  Quite embarrassing, but sadly true.  Anyone can google-up the lab results online.

Additionally, Niel Armstrong in his final words to the public before he died, at the White House, said unmistakably that the truth behind the Moon landings was covered up ("underneath truth's protective layers").  Youtube that video for a very strange closing paragraph, he flat out tells the school children in the audience it was a lie, in words that completely crossed the Rubicon, but were ethereal enough to allow him to finish without being yanked from the stage by a secret service cane.
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The December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor was hardly over before the public began to wonder how the US could have been caught so unawares.  The Roberts Commission investigation (Dec 18, 1941 to Jan 23, 1942) concluded that General Short (Army) and Admiral Kimmel (Navy) were derelict in their duty and blamed them.  But almost immediately questions arose about facts that didn't add up.  By the end of May, 1946 a total of 9 investigations had taken place with differing and alternating conclusions each time, and yet questions still abound today.

John Toland looks at each of the investigations and discusses the evidence and testimonies presented.  He focuses on a large amount of evidence that many in Washington knew beforehand that an attack was "imminent" and also that it would occur at Pearl Harbor.  Some evidence pinpointed the exact date and other evidence the location of the "missing" Japanese fleet.  He even presents communications that foreign dignitaries passed on information, and that those in top levels of American government had more than enough knowledge beforehand that could have prevented (or at least minimized) the attack.  The only ones who knew almost nothing were Short and Kimmel.

This book was originally published in 1982 so it's possible there may be newer information, and apparently it is a bit controversial in its conclusions.  Toland claims that Admiral Stark (Chief of Naval Operations) and General Marshall (War Dept. Chief of Staff) in Washington had enough corroborated information that - at a minimum - a clear warning should have been sent to the commanders in Hawaii.  He speculates that part of the reason they might not have intervened was because they didn't want the Japanese to know the US had broken their code and were reading all their messages (but he also presents evidence that the Japanese suspected as much).  And while he doesn't directly condemn President Roosevelt, he certainly casts a shadow by claiming that FDR also had access to the information.  He cites speculation that FDR allowed the attack to happen as a way to win support from the American public, over half of which opposed intervention into the war in Europe, but his criticism seems somewhat muted.

Although this book is nearly 350 pages it's a much quicker and easier read than that number might suggest.  It was also more interesting than a dry and detailed accounting of the investigations might sound.  Toland obviously places an emphasis on exonerating Kimmel and Short but does a good job piecing together the chronology of the intelligence that was gathered and known in the weeks and days leading up to the attack (he doesn't cover the attack itself).  He discusses those who changed their testimonies as well as the documents which appear to have disappeared (such as the infamous "winds" message).  For the most part Toland keeps the information from becoming overly tedious, but the main difficulty I had was with the VERY extensive "Cast of Principal Characters."  They are listed at the beginning of the book but my interest was more casual and I didn't make the effort to keep everyone as straight as I might have.  Still, I found it to be an interesting read and disappointing to know that maybe there was more "infamy" behind the scenes than we were led to believe.
657626
Bill always throws in some facts never told. Important read
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I liked the facts that were never made public regarding others in the plot.  I didn't like all the names jumbled in one chapter.  It was hard to  distinguish each player.
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I have odd curiousities so when I heard this on the news, I said whynot.  Well there is nothing in here that is not extremely old information.  for those who have curiosities boom and splat there are alot better sources
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This well-researched book is a large collection of irrefutable evidence proving that Amelia Earhart was captured and held by the Japanese after crashing in the Marshall Islands on her 1937 Around-the-World flight.  Although the author could not determine what finally happened to her; the very large number of witnesses furnishing the information in this book make it certain that the facts contained in the book are true.  The many books about Amelia published after this one either: ignore this information completely, deny it, or confuse the isssue with conflicting "disinformation".  These later books are largely speculation, with very few facts to support their allegations.  Goerner's book leaves one with the impression that a large effort has been made by two Governments and their Armed Forces to suppress the true story of what happened to Amelia Earhart. The real truth may never come out, but this book is a "must read" for anyone seriously interested in Amelia Earhart.
  The book was received from Amazon in very good used condition, with the original dust jacket in place.  Also included with the book, as an extra, were two pertinent and revealing newspaper clippings on the subject.
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Good depiction of the facts surrounding this.  Some historical facts that are not well known are presented.  Of interest to me was the explanation of the political and ideological differences of the native Americans subjected to this travesty.  Well written but sometimes a little too much detail.
1959968
Interesting facts but not nearly as complex (nor titillating) as I'd hoped!
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this would be a nice piece of fiction.  as a person aquainted with the facts, i am sorry that the whole story has not been presented fairly and objectively.
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This an interesting and reasonably well written expose of what one might call "monarchs behaving badly." In many cases amusing and frequently shocking. However, being fairly familiar with the subject, there were only a few tidbits with which I was not already familiar. My one major complaint is the all-too stereotypical Eurocentric scope of the book. While I am well aware that the subject of royal pecadillos is too vast to be covered by a single book, I find it curious that no continent other than Europe is even mentioned. Moreover, many European monarchies are likewise not mentioned, such as the Scandinavian monarchies, Belgium, Holland, etc. The author also jumps around chronologically, talking about a particular sovereign, and then returning to the same individual sometime later. In addition, there were a couple of notable inaccuracies: the first sentence of Part VII declares "the Roman emperors of the first century were Europe's first true monarchs..." Putting aside the fact that the Roman emperors were not initially considered (officially at least) to be hereditary monarchs, what about an obscure little guy known as Alexander the Great, some three centuries before Caesar Augustus (NOT Julius Caesar) was proclaimed the first "Imperator" (the Latin word merely means "commander")? As far as I know, Macedon, or Macedonia IS in Europe, and Alexander was most emphatically a king! Secondly, we are told, towards the end of the book that Tsar Nicholas II and his family were slain in OCTOBER of 1918, when, in fact the slaughter occurred in JULY of that year. All in all a good read, but not without  its flaws.
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It's packed with information with some truth and some untruth.  Overall I found it to be a slanted rendition of the history of early contact between indigenous Americans and Europeans.
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A terrific collection of facts;makes a good research source for those who need quick sources of facts. There are still some seekers who do not have
personal computers.
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A good book on an under-studied President and great man.  However, as I read, I found myself distracted by a number of factual inaccuracies that I kept noticing and kept popping up.  Here are some examples (page citations to the hardback edition):

Pages 93-94: Oveta Hobby was the first woman to be part of the cabinet says the book.  Not so, Frances Perkins served as Secretary of Labor starting twenty years earlier.

Page 63: The Korean War started on May 25, 1950 says the book.  Not so, it actually started on June 25, 1950.

Page 84: Implies that Truman's second inauguration was in 1948.  Not so, it actually was on January 20, 1949.

Page XV: Kennedy was 44 when he became President.  Not so, he was born on May 29, 1917 so in January 1961, he would still have been 43.

These may be small issues individually, but taken together they undermine my confidence in the author.