Witnify Blog http://blog.witnify.com Just another WordPress site Fri, 21 Mar 2014 02:29:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 2013 Moore Tornado Moore Tornado Survivor: Thought I Was Dying http://blog.witnify.com/?p=18533 http://blog.witnify.com/?p=18533#comments Fri, 28 Feb 2014 20:49:38 +0000 http://sb2.witnify.com/sb3/?p=18533 Continue reading]]> function SocialClick(sender,social_site,tracking_string) { var action_name = 'like' switch(social_site) { case 'facebook': action_name = 'share' break; case 'twitter': action_name = 'tweet' break; default: action_name = 'like' } ga('send', 'social', social_site, action_name + '_' + tracking_string, 'http://blog.witnify.com/?p=18533'); window.open(sender.href,tracking_string,'toolbar=no,location=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=600px,height=500px'); return false; }

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KXsoL_O5I0

Ricky Stover, survivor of the Moore tornado (May 20, 2013) in the Oklahoma City area, shares that moment that he felt sure he was dying. Hear about that frightening moment and see the utter destruction by his home. The Moore tornado had peak winds of 210 miles per hour; 25 people were killed and 377 injured.

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]]> http://blog.witnify.com/?feed=rss2&p=18533 0 Mickey Mantle Mickey Mantle’s First Interview After Going Pro http://blog.witnify.com/?p=19919 http://blog.witnify.com/?p=19919#comments Fri, 28 Feb 2014 20:45:45 +0000 http://sb2.witnify.com/sb3/?p=19919 Continue reading]]> function SocialClick(sender,social_site,tracking_string) { var action_name = 'like' switch(social_site) { case 'facebook': action_name = 'share' break; case 'twitter': action_name = 'tweet' break; default: action_name = 'like' } ga('send', 'social', social_site, action_name + '_' + tracking_string, 'http://blog.witnify.com/?p=19919'); window.open(sender.href,tracking_string,'toolbar=no,location=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=600px,height=500px'); return false; }

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Mickey Mantle discusses being brought up to the pros in an early 1950s interview. He shares what it means to go from class C to the Triple As to the A league, and what he will try to accomplish. Mantle was a professional baseball player for the New York Yankees from 1951 to 1968.

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]]> http://blog.witnify.com/?feed=rss2&p=19919 0 McCarthyism “How Do You Define McCarthyism?”: Direct from McCarthy http://blog.witnify.com/?p=19888 http://blog.witnify.com/?p=19888#comments Fri, 28 Feb 2014 20:28:27 +0000 http://sb2.witnify.com/sb3/?p=19888 Continue reading]]> function SocialClick(sender,social_site,tracking_string) { var action_name = 'like' switch(social_site) { case 'facebook': action_name = 'share' break; case 'twitter': action_name = 'tweet' break; default: action_name = 'like' } ga('send', 'social', social_site, action_name + '_' + tracking_string, 'http://blog.witnify.com/?p=19888'); window.open(sender.href,tracking_string,'toolbar=no,location=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=600px,height=500px'); return false; }

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LwEZxDqfJc

Joseph McCarthy is interviewed about what he believes McCarthyism really is, and whether he has regrets about his tactics regarding the State Department. McCarthyism began in the United States during the period of the "Second Red Scare", lasting roughly from 1950 to 1956. During this period, fear of communism enveloped the US and efforts came about to find and repress communists in America.

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]]> http://blog.witnify.com/?feed=rss2&p=19888 0 Manhattan Project Richard Feynman: Scientist on the Manhattan Project http://blog.witnify.com/?p=19881 http://blog.witnify.com/?p=19881#comments Fri, 28 Feb 2014 20:27:34 +0000 http://sb2.witnify.com/sb3/?p=19881 Continue reading]]> function SocialClick(sender,social_site,tracking_string) { var action_name = 'like' switch(social_site) { case 'facebook': action_name = 'share' break; case 'twitter': action_name = 'tweet' break; default: action_name = 'like' } ga('send', 'social', social_site, action_name + '_' + tracking_string, 'http://blog.witnify.com/?p=19881'); window.open(sender.href,tracking_string,'toolbar=no,location=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=600px,height=500px'); return false; }

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Richard Feynman, a scientist and researcher who worked on the Manhattan Project, shares his experiences on the project. Feynman was asked to leave his research for his PhD thesis and join the project instead. He discusses his moral issues and justifications during the development of the bomb. The Manhattan Project was a research project during World War II to develop an atomic bomb.

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]]> http://blog.witnify.com/?feed=rss2&p=19881 0 Manhattan Project “We Did Sneaky Stuff”: Security Guards for the Manhattan Project http://blog.witnify.com/?p=19875 http://blog.witnify.com/?p=19875#comments Fri, 28 Feb 2014 20:26:07 +0000 http://sb2.witnify.com/sb3/?p=19875 Continue reading]]> function SocialClick(sender,social_site,tracking_string) { var action_name = 'like' switch(social_site) { case 'facebook': action_name = 'share' break; case 'twitter': action_name = 'tweet' break; default: action_name = 'like' } ga('send', 'social', social_site, action_name + '_' + tracking_string, 'http://blog.witnify.com/?p=19875'); window.open(sender.href,tracking_string,'toolbar=no,location=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=600px,height=500px'); return false; }

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVzYCsUjIHM

Dick Skancke, a security guard for the Manhattan Project, tells what it was like to be onsite at the Manhattan Project, and how the civilians didn't really like the guards. The Manhattan Project was a research project to develp an atomic bomb from 1942 to 1946.

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]]> http://blog.witnify.com/?feed=rss2&p=19875 0 Microsoft Satya Nadella: Microsoft’s New CEO http://blog.witnify.com/?p=19868 http://blog.witnify.com/?p=19868#comments Fri, 28 Feb 2014 20:25:03 +0000 http://sb2.witnify.com/sb3/?p=19868 Continue reading]]> function SocialClick(sender,social_site,tracking_string) { var action_name = 'like' switch(social_site) { case 'facebook': action_name = 'share' break; case 'twitter': action_name = 'tweet' break; default: action_name = 'like' } ga('send', 'social', social_site, action_name + '_' + tracking_string, 'http://blog.witnify.com/?p=19868'); window.open(sender.href,tracking_string,'toolbar=no,location=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=600px,height=500px'); return false; }

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8JwNZBJ_wI

Satya Nadella shares about who he is, why he wanted to be CEO, and what he wants to do with Microsoft. Nadella is from Hyderabad, India, but currently lives in Bellevue, Washington, USA. Nadella was appointed CEO of Microsoft on February 4, 2014.

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]]> http://blog.witnify.com/?feed=rss2&p=19868 0 Mike Tyson Evan Holyfield Describes His Fight Against Mike Tyson http://blog.witnify.com/?p=19860 http://blog.witnify.com/?p=19860#comments Fri, 28 Feb 2014 20:24:06 +0000 http://sb2.witnify.com/sb3/?p=19860 Continue reading]]> function SocialClick(sender,social_site,tracking_string) { var action_name = 'like' switch(social_site) { case 'facebook': action_name = 'share' break; case 'twitter': action_name = 'tweet' break; default: action_name = 'like' } ga('send', 'social', social_site, action_name + '_' + tracking_string, 'http://blog.witnify.com/?p=19860'); window.open(sender.href,tracking_string,'toolbar=no,location=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=600px,height=500px'); return false; }

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSTcrQ4hnTA

Evan Holyfield talks about the infamous fight on June 28, 1997 in which Mike Tyson bit off part of Holyfield's ear. Tyson insisted it was a retaliation to Holyfield's headbutts. Holyfield says that Tyson used this as a way to get disqualified to get out off the fight. Evan Holyfield, a retired professional boxer, is a former Undisputed World Champion in both cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions.

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]]> http://blog.witnify.com/?feed=rss2&p=19860 0 Michael Jordan David Stern Talks About Michael Jordan and His Legacy http://blog.witnify.com/?p=19862 http://blog.witnify.com/?p=19862#comments Fri, 28 Feb 2014 19:32:58 +0000 http://sb2.witnify.com/sb3/?p=19862 Continue reading]]> function SocialClick(sender,social_site,tracking_string) { var action_name = 'like' switch(social_site) { case 'facebook': action_name = 'share' break; case 'twitter': action_name = 'tweet' break; default: action_name = 'like' } ga('send', 'social', social_site, action_name + '_' + tracking_string, 'http://blog.witnify.com/?p=19862'); window.open(sender.href,tracking_string,'toolbar=no,location=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=600px,height=500px'); return false; }

David Stern discusses Michael Jordon's contribution to the NBA and how Jordon "drove" his teammates to be the best. He talks about the successes and failures of the greatest player in the history of basketball. Michael Jordan, a former professional basketball player, was born on February 17, 1963 in Brooklyn, New York. Jordan joined the Chicago Bulls in 1984 and led them to three NBA titles in a row in 1991, 1992, and 1993. Jordan is currently the majority owner and chairman of the Charlotte Bobcats.

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]]> http://blog.witnify.com/?feed=rss2&p=19862 0 Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for DNA Watson and Crick: “We Had to Be There Just at That Particular Time” http://blog.witnify.com/?p=19790 http://blog.witnify.com/?p=19790#comments Fri, 28 Feb 2014 18:54:17 +0000 http://sb2.witnify.com/sb3/?p=19790 Continue reading]]> function SocialClick(sender,social_site,tracking_string) { var action_name = 'like' switch(social_site) { case 'facebook': action_name = 'share' break; case 'twitter': action_name = 'tweet' break; default: action_name = 'like' } ga('send', 'social', social_site, action_name + '_' + tracking_string, 'http://blog.witnify.com/?p=19790'); window.open(sender.href,tracking_string,'toolbar=no,location=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=600px,height=500px'); return false; }

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James Watson and Francis Crick discuss how they discovered the double-helix structure of DNA, and how they worked off each other to their mutual advantage. In 1953, Watson and Crick used Rosalind Franklin's idea of a helix and added a second dimension- a double helix in which the chains of nucleotides went opposite each other.

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]]> http://blog.witnify.com/?feed=rss2&p=19790 0 McCarthyism Sheila Horvitz: ‘McCarthyism Seeped into Even the Little Public Schools in the Bronx” http://blog.witnify.com/?p=19819 http://blog.witnify.com/?p=19819#comments Fri, 28 Feb 2014 18:49:33 +0000 http://sb2.witnify.com/sb3/?p=19819 Continue reading]]> function SocialClick(sender,social_site,tracking_string) { var action_name = 'like' switch(social_site) { case 'facebook': action_name = 'share' break; case 'twitter': action_name = 'tweet' break; default: action_name = 'like' } ga('send', 'social', social_site, action_name + '_' + tracking_string, 'http://blog.witnify.com/?p=19819'); window.open(sender.href,tracking_string,'toolbar=no,location=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=600px,height=500px'); return false; }

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giIpj8DwRz8

Sheila Horvits recalls growing up Jewish during the McCarthy era, and how McCarthyism seeped into every aspect of life. McCarthyism was the practice of accusing people of disloyalty to the United States and of having communist leanings. The McCarthy era lasted from about 1950 to 1956 in the United States.

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