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Wikinews image credit U.S. military tribunal law faces first court challenge 3 November 2006 The military commissions set up by the Bush administration to try Guantanamo detainees may order indefinite detention of suspects based on evidence secured by torture, concluded an amicus curiae brief filed by seven former federal judges before the D.C Circuit Court of Appeals.  » Full story

Wiktionary Word of the day profligate v 100px (archaic) To drive away; to overcome. Wikiquote History is the present. That's why every generation writes it anew. But what most people think of as history is its end product, myth. ~ E. L. Doctorow Wikibooks Blender 3D: Noob to Pro Blender 3D is a cross-platform, open source 3D modeling program. This book provides an excellent collection of tutorials to help you learn to use Blender 3D.

Wikiversity Nonlinear Finite Elements v:Nonlinear finite elements is a complete course of about 150 to 200 pages designed by mechanical engineering researcher v:User:Banerjee. Nonlinear finite elements is the best developed of a number of related mechanical engineering projects created by the same user - other projects include Introduction to Elasticity (about 100 pages) and Waves in composites and metamaterials (a 25-page lecture series). Nonlinear finite elements includes a full lecture series and extensive accompanying homework assignments and solutions. The course is officially described as "an introductory course on nonlinear finite element analysis of solid mechanics and heat transfer problems. Nonlinearities can be caused by changes in geometry or be due to nonlinear material behavior. Both types of nonlinearities are covered in this course. The course aims to (1) provide the mathematical foundations of the finite element formulation for engineering applications (solids, heat, fluids) and (2) expose students to some of the recent trends and research areas in finite elements." There is substantial use of mathematical notation and this course is recommended only for specialists. For non-specialists however, the course is an excellent example of how a massive wikiversity course can be structured. For more contributions in the area of this project, see continuum mechanic, finite element analysis and nonlinear finite elements (category).

Wikisource Finished with the War: A Soldier’s Declaration is a statement by Siegfried Sassoon read to the British House of Commons on 30 July 1917 and printed in the London Times. Due to his prominence as a decorated soldier, Sassoon did not face a court-martial and was instead ruled to be mentally ill and sent to Craiglockhart Hospital. I am making this statement as an act of wilful defiance of military authority because I believe that the war is being deliberately prolonged by those who have the power to end it. I am a soldier, convinced that I am acting on behalf of soldiers. I believe that the war upon which I entered as a war of defence and liberation has now become a war of agression and conquest. I believe that the purposes for which I and my fellow soldiers entered upon this war should have been so clearly stated as to have made it impossible to change them and that had this been done the objects which actuated us would now be attainable by negotiation.

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