Exercise 1
Domain Name: BESTHISTORYSITES.NET
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Whois Server: whois.fastdomain.com
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Name Server: NS1.RHOSTBH.COM
Name Server: NS2.RHOSTBH.COM
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Updated Date: 11-dec-2012
Creation Date: 31-jan-2002
Expiration Date: 31-jan-2014
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Registrar: FastDomain Inc.
Provider Name….: BlueHost.Com
Provider Whois…: whois.bluehost.com
Provider Homepage: http://www.bluehost.com/
Domain Name: BESTHISTORYSITES.NET
Created on…………..: 2002-01-31 14:27:32 GMT
Expires on…………..: 2014-01-31 14:27:32 GMT
Last modified on……..: 2012-12-11 23:56:09 GMT
Registrant Info: (FAST-16908473)
EdTechTeacher
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Administrative Info: (FAST-16908473)
EdTechTeacher
Beth Holland
806 West Roxbury Parkway
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467
United States
Phone: +1.6174558716
Fax..:
Email: @edtechteacher.org
Last modified: 2012-01-02 23:06:39 GMT
Technical Info: (FAST-12785241)
Bluehost.com
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United States
Phone: +1.8017659400
Fax..: +1.8017651992
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@bluehost.com
Last modified: 2012-06-11 18:53:21 GMT
Status: Locked
Domain servers in listed order:
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Exercise 2
I searched the Battle of Adwa in Wikipedia and found quiet a lot of information that I thought was really interesting. The Battle of Adwa was between Ethiopia and Italy in 1896 that determined the faith of Ethiopia. The battle began when Italy was on a campaign to conquer Ethiopia, but was met with a heavy resistance by the Ethiopians. The emperor of Ethiopia, Menelik, was credited for his strategic military planning that was essential for the battle. Menelik needed allies, so sent his people to Russia for weapons, which they were welcomed in high regards. Ethiopia had a large human resource that put Italy at a disadvantage. Contrary to conventional wisdom that Ethiopia just fought with spears and swords, Ethiopia had a significant amount of firearms and cannons at its disposal to match Italy’s weapon stock. After 5000 deaths of the Ethiopian soldiers and 7000 of Italy’s soldiers, the war was concluded with Italy retreating. Ethiopia remained one of the two nations in Africa to have never been colonized, along with Liberia. Battle of Adwa was a significant event in Ethiopia’s history that is still in the hearts of many Ethiopians today.
The Wikipedia post had many sources and references to back the many claims and statements. Majority of the sources and references seem to come from published books spanning from the early 1900 to early 2000. I checked out few of the authors and they were mainly professors in the US and Ethiopia. Considering the extensive list of sources/references and the author’s credibility the Wikipedia post on this topic seems to be fairly accurate on the subject matter. The post had a grasp of the many events in the battle in detail.
Exercise 3
Jane Browning conducted an extensive amount of research for her senior projects. From her blog posts she had a lot of credible sources that she can confidently utilize for her project. She took the time and effort to gain a lot of information about the last american pirate in the Chesapeake, Edward Owens. She had gone to the Library of Congress and the National Archives to obtain information about the Cutter Service and also found old maps of the area that was useful first hand sources that were credible for her research. She also found the will letters written by Edward Owens to his family members that were testaments to his old life as a pirate, which is a great source that she can really rely on. The interview with George was also a good source, as he is related to Edward Owens even though he is a far decedent of the pirate, because he provided documents that pertained to Jane’s research. So overall, she had credible and reliable sources that she can utilize towards her senior project.