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efficient cause: Encyclopedia II - Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act - Background

The federal bureaucracy in the years after the Civil War was generally undistinguished, because the system of selecting officials and supervising their work was irrational. That system had evolved in the early nineteenth century, and relied on the well-known political adage, "to the victor belong the spoils." That did not necessarily mean that bad people were appointed; many government officials were quite good, but the system itself was ill-suited to efficiency. This spoils system caused many presidents to exploit their position of power by granting ill-equipped friends to important ...

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Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act - Background, Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act - The Act

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efficient cause: Encyclopedia II - Cardiac arrest - Diagnosis

Cardiac Arrest is defined as a heartbeat which does not result in efficient pumping of blood. In many cases, lack of carotid pulse is the gold standard for diagnosing cardiac arrest, but pulselessness (particularly in the peripheral pulses) may be a result of other conditions. In a hospital or ambulance, cardiac arrest is identified by the lack of a pulse (or lack of heartbeat if listened to through a steth ...

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Cardiac arrest, Cardiac arrest - Etiology, Cardiac arrest - Treatable causes, Cardiac arrest - Diagnosis, Cardiac arrest - Treatment, Cardiac arrest - First aid, Cardiac arrest - Other prehospital care, Cardiac arrest - Hospital treatment, Cardiac arrest - Ethical Issues

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efficient cause: Encyclopedia II - Shaka - Mfecane - The Scattering

The increased military efficiency led to more and more clans being incorporated into Shaka's Zulu empire, while other tribes moved away to be out of range of Shaka's impis. The ripple effect caused by these mass migrations would become known (though only in the twentieth century) as the Mfecane. Some groups which moved off (like the Hlubi and Ngwane to the north of the Zulus) could have been impelled by the Ndwandwe, not the Zulu. Some moved south (like the Chunu and the Thembe), but never suffered much in th ...

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Shaka, Shaka - Early years, Shaka - Shaka's social and military revolution, Shaka - The major conflicts, Shaka - Mfecane - The Scattering, Shaka - Death and succession, Shaka - Sources

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efficient cause: Encyclopedia II - Rectifier - Applications

One of the first applications of rectifiers was detection of amplitude modulated radio signals by a diode. In early Crystal radio receivers the diode was a simple piece of semiconductive mineral. Rectifier - Power transmission. AC is used for current transmission because it can easily be stepped up or down in voltage by a simple transformer. High voltage power lines transmit the same power at lower current (which causes lower heat) and it is then stepped down by substation transformers to the more manageab ...

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Rectifier, Rectifier - 'Half-wave' rectification, Rectifier - 'Full-wave' rectification, Rectifier - Applications, Rectifier - Power transmission, Rectifier - Rectifier output smoothing, Rectifier - Rectification efficiency

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efficient cause: Encyclopedia II - Radioisotope thermoelectric generator - Safety

It should be noted that RTGs use a different process of heat generation from that used by nuclear power stations. Nuclear power stations generate power by a chain reaction in which the nuclear fission of an atom releases neutrons which cause other atoms to undergo fission. This allows the rapid reaction of large numbers of atoms, thereby producing large amounts of heat for electricity generation. However, if the reaction is not carefully controlled the number of atoms undergoing fission (and the heat production) can grow exponen ...

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Radioisotope thermoelectric generator, Radioisotope thermoelectric generator - Design, Radioisotope thermoelectric generator - Fuels, Radioisotope thermoelectric generator - Use, Radioisotope thermoelectric generator - Life span, Radioisotope thermoelectric generator - Efficiency, Radioisotope thermoelectric generator - Safety, Radioisotope thermoelectric generator - RTG Models

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efficient cause: Encyclopedia II - Greek Struggle for Macedonia - Early Stage

From 1900 onwards, the danger of Bulgarian control had upset the Greeks of Southwest Macedonia. The Bishop of Kastoria, Germanos Karavangelis and the ambassador of Greece in Monastiri (now Bitola), Ion Dragoumis, realised that it was time to act in a more efficient way and started organising Greek opposition. As Ion Dragoumis wrote in his calendar ‘‘I am thinking how these communities of Greece outside of the Greek Kingdom can affiliate in our state. Why wait their liberation only from Greece? Let them work ...

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Greek Struggle for Macedonia, Greek Struggle for Macedonia - Causes, Greek Struggle for Macedonia - Early Stage, Greek Struggle for Macedonia - Official Greek Involvement, Greek Struggle for Macedonia - Consequences

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efficient cause: Encyclopedia II - Icebreaker - Recent advances

The shape which allows icebreakers to move through ice also makes them uncomfortable in open water and means they have poor fuel efficiency. Icebreakers tend to roll side to side causing discomfort to the crew. Some new icebreakers such as the USCGC Healy make use of anti-roll tanks. Anti-roll tanks use computer controlled pumps to rapidly shift ballast water side to side to keep the vessel upright. This same techno ...

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Icebreaker, Icebreaker - History, Icebreaker - Function of icebreakers, Icebreaker - Recent advances, Icebreaker - Notable icebreakers, Icebreaker - Argentina, Icebreaker - Australia, Icebreaker - Canada, Icebreaker - Finland, Icebreaker - Germany, Icebreaker - International, Icebreaker - Japan, Icebreaker - Norway, Icebreaker - Russia, Icebreaker - Sweden, Icebreaker - United Kingdom, Icebreaker - United States

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efficient cause: Encyclopedia II - Munich - Lifestyle

Residents of Munich enjoy a high quality of life. Mercer HR Consulting consistently rates the city among the top 10 cities with highest quality of life worldwide. The 2005 survey ranked Munich as 5th. Munich enjoys a thriving economy - principally information technology, biotechnology, and publishing. Environmental pollution is low, although currently the city is concerned about levels of fine dust in the air. The public transport is extremely efficient, although delays on the S-Bahn (commuter train) often cause frustration during extreme wi ...

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Munich, Munich - History, Munich - Main Sights and Culture, Munich - Other, Munich - Around Munich, Munich - Economy, Munich - Lifestyle, Munich - Politics, Munich - Transportation, Munich - Sports clubs, Munich - Colleges and universities, Munich - Twin cities

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efficient cause: Encyclopedia II - Zone diet - Hormonal paradoxes

Sears emphasizes a hormonal paradox which "low-fat" advocates were unaware of, namely that low-fat carbohydrates increase the production of the hormone insulin, causing the body to store more fat. He points to the cattle ranching practice of fattening livestock efficiently by feeding them lots of low-fat grain. He and others have noted the irony that human diets in the West for the last twenty years have been full of low-fat carbohydrates, yet peo ...

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Zone diet, Zone diet - Hormonal paradoxes, Zone diet - The low-carb craze, Zone diet - The Zone in Italy

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efficient cause: Encyclopedia II - Science of photography - Contribution to noise grain

Science of photography - Quantum efficiency. As is well known to communications engineers, light, like everything else, comes in particles. The energy of a particle (photon) is the frequency times Plank's constant. A fundamental property of any photographic method is how many particles it has to catch, on the average, for each one counted. This is a way of understanding the "grain" in film pictures. The chemistry limits the fraction of light particles that cause chemical change. To make the film sensitive, the silver compounds are in p ...

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Science of photography, Science of photography - Law of Reciprocity, Science of photography - Lenses, Science of photography - Focal length, Science of photography - Aperture, Science of photography - Bokeh and Depth of field, Science of photography - Motion blur, Science of photography - autofocus, Science of photography - workings of a typical manual camera system, Science of photography - Effects limiting resolution detail, Science of photography - Focus, Science of photography - Aberration, Science of photography - how electron overflow in CCDs can lead to blurring and fringing effects, Science of photography - Film Grain Resolution, Science of photography - Diffraction aperture limit, Science of photography - Contribution to noise grain, Science of photography - Quantum efficiency, Science of photography - Aliasing, Science of photography - Film, Science of photography - Developing, Science of photography - Stop-Bath & Fixer, Science of photography - Polaroids

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efficient cause: Encyclopedia II - Loudspeaker - Enclosures

A loudspeaker is commonly mounted in an enclosure (or cabinet). The major role of the enclosure is to prevent the out-of-phase sound waves from the rear of the speaker combining with the positive phase sound waves from the front of the speaker, which would result in interference patterns and cancellation causing the efficiency of the speaker to be compromised, particularly in the low frequencies where the wavelengths are large enough that interfere ...

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Loudspeaker, Loudspeaker - History, Loudspeaker - Dynamic loudspeakers, Loudspeaker - Using Crossovers for various Drivers, Loudspeaker - Loudspeaker types, Loudspeaker - Woofers, Loudspeaker - Mid-ranges, Loudspeaker - Tweeters, Loudspeaker - Full-ranges, Loudspeaker - Subwoofers, Loudspeaker - Enclosures, Loudspeaker - Closed-box enclosures, Loudspeaker - Reflexed enclosures, Loudspeaker - Other enclosure types, Loudspeaker - Phase or polarity, Loudspeaker - Construction and Testing, Loudspeaker - Efficiency, Loudspeaker - Specifications, Loudspeaker - Interaction with listening environments, Loudspeaker - Variations on the dynamic loudspeaker, Loudspeaker - Other technologies, Loudspeaker - Piezoelectric speakers, Loudspeaker - Plasma arc loudspeakers, Loudspeaker - Digital speakers, Loudspeaker - Flat panel speakers, Loudspeaker - Electrostatic loudspeakers ESL, Loudspeaker - Converting ultrasound to audible sound, Loudspeaker - Home cinema speakers, Loudspeaker - Wireless, Loudspeaker - Multi driver systems

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efficient cause: Encyclopedia II - Loudspeaker - Enclosures

A loudspeaker is commonly mounted in an enclosure (or cabinet). The major role of the enclosure is to prevent the out-of-phase sound waves from the rear of the speaker combining with the positive phase sound waves from the front of the speaker, which would result in interference patterns and cancellation causing the efficiency of the speaker to be compromised, particularly in the low frequencies where the wavelengths are large enough that interfere ...

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Loudspeaker, Loudspeaker - History, Loudspeaker - Dynamic loudspeakers, Loudspeaker - Electrical characteristics of a dynamic loudspeaker, Loudspeaker - Loudspeaker types, Loudspeaker - Woofers, Loudspeaker - Mid-ranges, Loudspeaker - Tweeters, Loudspeaker - Full-ranges, Loudspeaker - Subwoofers, Loudspeaker - Enclosures, Loudspeaker - Closed-box enclosures, Loudspeaker - Reflexed enclosures, Loudspeaker - Other enclosure types, Loudspeaker - Phase or polarity, Loudspeaker - Construction and Testing, Loudspeaker - Care of speakers, Loudspeaker - Efficiency, Loudspeaker - Specifications, Loudspeaker - Interaction with listening environments, Loudspeaker - Variations on the dynamic loudspeaker, Loudspeaker - Other technologies, Loudspeaker - Piezoelectric speakers, Loudspeaker - Plasma arc loudspeakers, Loudspeaker - Digital speakers, Loudspeaker - Flat panel speakers, Loudspeaker - Electrostatic loudspeakers ESL, Loudspeaker - Converting ultrasound to audible sound, Loudspeaker - Home cinema speakers, Loudspeaker - Wireless, Loudspeaker - Multi driver systems

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efficient cause: Encyclopedia II - Industrial Revolution - Causes

The causes of the Industrial Revolution were complex and remain a topic for debate, with some historians seeing the Revolution as an outgrowth of social and institutional changes wrought by the end of feudalism in Great Britain after the English Civil War in the 17th century. The Enclosure movement and the British Agricultural Revolution made food production more efficient and less labour-intensive, forcing the surplus population who could no longer find employment in agriculture into cottage industry, such as weaving, and in the longer term ...

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Industrial Revolution, Industrial Revolution - Causes, Industrial Revolution - Causes for occurrence in Europe, Industrial Revolution - Innovations, Industrial Revolution - Transmission of innovation, Industrial Revolution - Factories, Industrial Revolution - Machine tools, Industrial Revolution - Textile manufacture, Industrial Revolution - Mining, Industrial Revolution - Metallurgy, Industrial Revolution - Steam power, Industrial Revolution - Transportation, Industrial Revolution - Navigable rivers, Industrial Revolution - Roads, Industrial Revolution - Coastal sail, Industrial Revolution - Canals, Industrial Revolution - Railways, Industrial Revolution - Social problems, Industrial Revolution - Child labour, Industrial Revolution - Housing situation, Industrial Revolution - Luddites, Industrial Revolution - Organisation of labour, Industrial Revolution - Effects, Industrial Revolution - Intellectual paradigms, Industrial Revolution - Capitalist, Industrial Revolution - Criticism, Industrial Revolution - Marxism, Industrial Revolution - Romantic Movement, Industrial Revolution - The Second Industrial Revolution, Industrial Revolution - Notes, Industrial Revolution - Books

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efficient cause: Encyclopedia II - Infantile spinal muscular atrophy - Cause

The region of chromosome 5 that contains the SMN gene has a large duplication. A large sequence that contains several genes occurs twice in adjacent segments. There are thus two copies of the gene, SMN1 and SMN2. The SMN2 gene has an additional mutation that makes it less efficient at making protein, though it does so in a low level. SMA is caused by loss of the SMN1 gene from both chromosomes. The severity of SMA, ranging from SMA 1 to SMA 3, is partly related to how well the remaining SMN 2 genes can make up for the loss of SMN 1. Often there are additional copies of SMN2, and an i ...

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Infantile spinal muscular atrophy, Infantile spinal muscular atrophy - Types, Infantile spinal muscular atrophy - Caused by mutation of the SMN gene, Infantile spinal muscular atrophy - Other forms of SMA, Infantile spinal muscular atrophy - Treatment, Infantile spinal muscular atrophy - Symptoms, Infantile spinal muscular atrophy - Diagnosis, Infantile spinal muscular atrophy - Cause, Infantile spinal muscular atrophy - Research, Infantile spinal muscular atrophy - Adults with SMA, Infantile spinal muscular atrophy - External link

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efficient cause: Encyclopedia II - Breech birth - Process of Breech Birth

As in labour with a baby in a normal head-down position, uterine contractions typically occur at regular intervals and gradually cause the cervix to become thinner and to open. In the commoner breech presentations, the baby’s bottom (rather than feet or knees) is what is first to descend through the maternal pelvis and emerge from the vagina. At the beginning of labour, the baby is generally in an oblique position, facing either the right or left side of the mother's back. As the baby's bottom is a less efficient dilator than the he ...

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Breech birth, Breech birth - Etiology, Breech birth - Epidemiology, Breech birth - Categories of Breech Presentation, Breech birth - Process of Breech Birth, Breech birth - Risks of Breech Birth, Breech birth - Factors Influencing the Safety of Breech Birth, Breech birth - Diagnosis of Breech Presentation, Breech birth - Turning the Baby to Avoid Breech Birth, Breech birth - Breech Birth versus Caesarean Section

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efficient cause: Encyclopedia II - Saiva Siddhanta - Saiva Siddhanta Teachings

Rishi Tirumular, like his satguru, Maharishi Nandinatha, propounded a monistic theism in which Shiva is both material and efficient cause, immanent and transcendent. Shiva creates souls and world through emanation from Himself, ultimately reabsorbing them in His oceanic Being, as water flows into water, fire into fire, ether into ether. The Tirumantiram unfolds the way of Siddhanta as a progressive, four-fold path of charya, virtuous and moral living; kriya, temple worship; and yoga—internalized worship and union with Parā Shiva th ...

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Saiva Siddhanta, Saiva Siddhanta - Gurus, Saiva Siddhanta - Saints and Ascetics, Saiva Siddhanta - Siddhas, Saiva Siddhanta - Saiva Siddhanta Teachings, Saiva Siddhanta - The Spread of Saiva Siddhanta, Saiva Siddhanta - A New Siddhanta, Saiva Siddhanta - A Dualistic Development, Saiva Siddhanta - Saiva Siddhanta Today

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efficient cause: Encyclopedia II - Wood fuel - Environmental Impact

Depending on topography and climatic conditions, wood heating in certain areas can cause air pollution, particularly particulates. "Slow combustion stoves" increase efficiency of wood heaters burning logs, but also increase particulate production. Low pollution slow combustion stoves are a current area of research. An alternative approach is to use pyrolysis to produce several useful biochemical byproducts, and clean burning charcoal, or to burn fuel extremely quickly inside a large thermal mass. This has the effect of allowing the fuel to burn completely without producing particulat ...

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Wood fuel, Wood fuel - Energy Content, Wood fuel - Combustion by-products, Wood fuel - Environmental Impact, Wood fuel - Firewood, Wood fuel - Measurement of firewood, Wood fuel - European use of wood fuel, Wood fuel - United States use of wood heat, Wood fuel - 1973 energy crisis, Wood fuel - Today

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efficient cause: Encyclopedia II - Future energy development - Fossil fuels

Fossil fuels supply most of the energy consumed today. They are relatively concentrated and pure energy sources and technically easy to exploit, and provide cheap energy if the costs of pollution and subsidies are ignored. Petroleum products provide almost all of the world's transportation fuel. Pollution is a large problem. Fossil fuels contribute to global warming and acid rains. The use of fossil fuels, mainly coal, causes tens of thousands of deaths each year in the US alone from diseases like respiratory disease, cardiovascular d ...

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Future energy development, Future energy development - General considerations, Future energy development - History of predictions about future energy development, Future energy development - Fossil fuels, Future energy development - Oil, Future energy development - Natural gas, Future energy development - Coal, Future energy development - Nuclear power, Future energy development - Renewable energy, Future energy development - Increased efficiency in current energy use, Future energy development - Energy storage and transportation fuel, Future energy development - Speculative

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efficient cause: Encyclopedia II - Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam - The military LTTE

The LTTE as an organisation is very centred around the personality of Prabhakaran, who has dominated it almost continuously since it was formed. Recruits owe a strong personal loyalty and obedience to him as their leader, which has helped instill a strong sense of discipline in the organisation, and keep it operationally efficient. Recruits are instructed to be prepared to die for the cause, and are issued with a cyanide capsule to be swallowed in the case of capture. The LTTE also has a special squad of suicide tr ...

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Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam - The military LTTE, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam - The beginnings of the LTTE, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam - The IPKF period, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam - The post-IPKF LTTE, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam - The peacetime LTTE, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam - The LTTE-GoSL ceasefire, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam - From army to quasi-governmental entity, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam - Political activities, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam - Terrorists or Freedom Fighters?, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam - The LTTE and human rights, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam - Notable Attacks

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efficient cause: Encyclopedia II - Incandescent light bulb - The halogen lamp

The problem of short lamp life is addressed with the halogen lamp, also called the tungsten-halogen lamp, where a tungsten filament is sealed into a clear "capsule" filled with a halogen gas such as iodine or bromine. This creates an equilibrium reaction where the tungsten filament that evaporates when giving off light is chemically re-deposited at the hot-spots, preventing the early failure of the lamp. This also allows halogen lamps to be run at higher temperatures (which would cause unacceptably low lamp lifetimes in ordinary incandescent lamps) allowing for g ...

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Incandescent light bulb, Incandescent light bulb - History of the light bulb, Incandescent light bulb - The halogen lamp, Incandescent light bulb - Comparison of electricity cost, Incandescent light bulb - Standard fittings, Incandescent light bulb - Efficacy and efficiency, Incandescent light bulb - Power, Incandescent light bulb - Voltage light output and lifetime, Incandescent light bulb - Heat

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efficient cause: Encyclopedia II - Computer cooling - System Cooling

If there is more air being forced into the system than being pumped out (due to an imbalance in the number of fans), this is referred to as a 'positive' airflow, as the pressure inside the unit would be higher than outside. A balanced or neutral airflow is the most efficient, although a slightly positive airflow results in less dust build up. ...

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Computer cooling, Computer cooling - System Cooling, Computer cooling - Spot Cooling, Computer cooling - Passive Heatsink Cooling, Computer cooling - Peltier Cooling/TEC, Computer cooling - Liquid Water Cooling, Computer cooling - Heat Pipe, Computer cooling - Causes of Heat Build Up, Computer cooling - Cooling and Overclocking, Computer cooling - Heatsink Lapping, Computer cooling - Use of Exotic Thermal Conductive Compounds, Computer cooling - Use of Rounded Cables, Computer cooling - PC airflow path

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efficient cause: Encyclopedia II - Clan Snow Raven - The Golden Century

On Lum, the Ravens gained many of the attributed they are renowned for today: superb political manipulators (that the Ravens could get what their Clan needed with minimal conflict), also, this caused the Ravens to be politically divided as well, with bloodlines banding together to form 'families.' This conflict, unlike that constant infighting that plagues the Fire Mandrill Clan, has only made the Snow Ravens stronger. In addition to this, the Ravens were also efficient users of raw materials (Snow Ravens, both Clan and totem are known to ne ...

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Clan Snow Raven, Clan Snow Raven - Snow Raven Totem, Clan Snow Raven - The Birth of Clan Snow Raven, Clan Snow Raven - Aftermath of Operation Klondike, Clan Snow Raven - The Golden Century, Clan Snow Raven - The Political Century and Operation Revival, Clan Snow Raven - The Great Refusal, Clan Snow Raven - Territory Wars, Clan Snow Raven - Treachery at Kanzaka, Clan Snow Raven - The Assault on Lum, Clan Snow Raven - The Jihad and Beyond

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