Homo Jihadicus. Islam in the former USSR and the phenomenon of the post-Soviet militants in Syria and Iraq. OSW REPORT 2015-09-21

The post-Soviet area, along with the countries of the Middle East, North Africa and Western Europe, have become one of the main global exporters of Islamic militants. Currently on the territory of Syria, and to a lesser extent of Iraq, there are several thousands of foreign fighters from the post-Soviet states. The causes of the war migration from the former USSR states to the Middle East have their roots in the dynamic changes taking place inside Islam in the post-Soviet area: primarily the growth of Salafism and militant Islam, as well as the internationalisation and globalisation of the local Islam. The deep political, economic, social and ideological changes which Muslims underwent after the collapse of the USSR, led to the creation of a specific group within them, for which Islam in its radical form became the main element of their identity. Homo sovieticus, without fully eradicating his Soviet part, became Homo jihadicus who not only identifies himself with the global Ummah, but is also ready to leave his country and join jihad beyond its borders in the name of the professed ideas.

(Table 1) Organohalogen contaminants in adipose tissue of captive sledge dogs (Canis familiaris) fed with whale blubber or pork fat

Studies on the fate of organohalogen contaminants (OHCs) in wild top predator mammals in the Arctic have often been a challenge due to important knowledge deficiencies in the life history of the sampled animals. The present study investigated the influence of age, dietary and trans-generational factors on the fate of major lipophilic chlorinated and brominated OHCs in adipose tissue of a potential surrogate captive species for the polar bear (Ursus maritimus), the sledge dog (Canis familiaris) in West Greenland. Adult female sledge dogs (P) and their sexually-mature (F1) and/or pre-weaning pups (F1-MLK) were divided into an exposed group (EXP) fed blubber from a Greenland minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) and a control group (CON) given commercially available pork fat. Large dietary treatment-related differences in summed and individual congener/compound adipose tissue concentrations of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), hexachlorobenzene (HCB), chlordanes (CHLs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were found between the EXP and CON groups for all the sledge dog cohorts. However, among the F1-MLK, F1 and P dogs in both of the EXP and CON groups, little or no difference existed in PBDE, HCB, CHL and PCB concentrations, suggesting higher state of equilibrium in adipose tissue concentrations from a very early stage of life. In contrast, the distribution pattern (proportions to the summed concentrations) of OHC classes, and the major congeners/ compounds constituting those classes, varied on a dietary group- and/or cohort-dependent manner. The present captive sledge dog study demonstrated the importance of the confounding effects of diet composition, mother-pup association (maternal transfer), reproductive status (nursing), and to a lesser extent age in the fate of OHCs in adipose tissue of a large top carnivore mammal.

Granite block marking the former place of the Haven Elm, planted by the class of 1867 in honor of President Erastus O. Haven.

On verso: Class [sic] to the rear wall of Angell Hall and between Angell and Haven Halls. M-12

Red Simmons, former U-M Women's track coach

[officiating at first Red Smmons Invitational]

Red Simmons, former U-M Women's track coach with Penny Neer

[at first Red Smmons Invitational]

Fielding Yost with former players Donald Green, Maurice Crumpacker and Denny Clark at Portland, OR alumni event April 1923

[Alumnus caption: "A Reunion of the Old Guard The Coach with Three Old Pupils, Donald W. Green, '11; M.E. Crumpacker, '09 W. D. Clark, '07]

L'idéographie : mémoire sur la possibilité et la facilité de former une écriture générale au moyen de laquelle tous les peuples puissent s'entendre mutuellement sans que les uns connaissent la langue des autres /

"Extrait du vocabulaire français-idéographique et idéographique-français": 14 p. (3rd group).

""Captive Column" crash tests - crash testing of a light standard luminaire [sic] pole. Final report.

Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C.

The variorum teacher's edition of the Holy Bible : containing the Old and New Testaments ; translated out of the original tongues; and with the former translations diligently compared and revised, by His Majesty's special command ; with various renderings and readings from the best authorities, and the aids to the student of the Holy Bible.

Pref. signed: C.J. Ball.

The eminent American comedienne Marie Dressler : in The life story of an ugly duckling; an autobiographical fragment in seven parts, illustrated with many pleasing scenes from former triumphs and from private life ...

Title page within ornamental border.

The captive nations : nationalism of the non-Russian nations in the Soviet Union /

Map on lining-papers.