At least five of the individuals show the effects of a violent attack, one even had the tip of a stone weapon embedded in a vertebra.
Wolfgang Haak says that as most of the people in the graves were women and children it is probable that most of the adults were elsewhere at the time of the attack, perhaps out fighting or working in their fields.
“They returned home to the village and found their loved ones dead. It’s an assumption, but the most plausible explanation.”
Researchers say such violence fits with what we know about life in central Europe at the time – the area had fertile soils, a stable climate and natural access routes. This made it a desirable place to live, but also created competition amongst its inhabitants, leading to violent confrontations when one community tried to displace another.
Thus, life could be very dangerous in Germany 4,600 years ago. The latest research also shows grieving and compassion during that period. DNA tests on the remains revealed that children were buried in the arms of their parents, facing towards them.
Craig Newmark has posted a nice explanation of Net Neutrality, and why he says it’s “NOT about regulation”:
The people who run the infrastructure of the Net are Internet Service Providers, many of whom are large telecoms. They’re not really private companies, in that they use public properties to get a signal from one place to another. For example, they have to run wires through public “rights-of-way”, or they need to use public airwaves for radio style communication.
In return, we expect them to respect American values like fair play and a level playing field; no pay for privilege.
Bottle recycling adds up to a $5 million-a-year industry, according to estimates by police and environmental groups. Police say criminals sell restaurants protection in exchange for empties, which leave no paper trail and offer crime families a relatively legitimate source of income.
Organized crime, long overshadowed by the Arab-Israeli conflict, has become such a part of everyday life that Israel has its own “Sopranos”-style TV series, “The Arbitrator,” in which even synagogues are no refuge from hit men.
In the past, rival families would settle their scores quietly. But as the pot gets richer they are getting bolder, taking more risks and posing a greater threat to public safety. Most crime bosses now travel with bodyguards in armored vehicles.
Last May, Yaakov Alperon’s older brother, Nissim, survived the ninth assassination attempt against him. A three-man hit team dispatched to get him was intercepted by police, and in the ensuing gunbattle a policeman was seriously wounded and one of the gunman was killed.
The mob always seems to prey on very basic, essential and unglamorous markets like garbage and recycling.
[T]oday, when the future is uncertain, when markets are unstable, when investor confidence is shaken, this is the time — more than ever — when we need a powerful voice for compliance.
In a line you should expect from the SEC, he warned everyone that
[W]hen a company cuts compliance, violations will occur. And if violations occur, punitive actions should and will be taken. In the current environment, that is true now more than ever. There will be no favor granted because a company made a cost-cutting decision to minimize
their compliance budget.
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