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• Dec. 2, 2009-Military Writers Book Signing Symposium at San Diego Veterans Museum and Memorial Center

  
  Heart Book Series — Authority: 114
  MILITARY WRITER’S SOCIETY OF AMERICA SAN DIEGO BOOK FAIR AND SIGNING On Wednesday, December 2, 2009, from 6-8 p.m., 14 authors from the San Diego Chapter of the Military Writer’s Society of America will gather at the Veterans Museum and Memorial Center for a Symposium, Book Fair and Book Signing. ...
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• Local Heroes Honored

  
  CNN.com - Most Popular — Authority: 846
  Two men, Chris Thomas and Shannon Hogan, who risked their lives to pull NW Arkansas resident Mary Irwin out of a burning car on Oct. 13, were honored at the November 24, 2009, meeting of the Rogers (Arkansas) City Council.  Rogers Fire Chief, Tom Jenkins, gave them  the Frank Jacobs Citizens Award for Heroism.   ...
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• Governor honors heroes of tanker truck explosion

  
  The AroundFortWayne Blog — Authority: 446
  The truck driver rescued was from Fort Wayne.Press release from the Governor’s Office:Governor honors heroes of tanker truck explosion
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• California Budgets Going To Be Dreadful

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 174
  California Budgets Going To Be Dreadful Until long-term structural issues are fixed, there is no way legislators can produce an honest spending plan so the state lives within its means. George Skelton Capitol Journal November 23, 2009 The Capitols budget oracle projects $20.7 billion in new red ink for the next 19 ...
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• Never lost, always found (18): Inconceivable... and yet possible

  
  So far, so good — Authority: 116
  We watched the World Pyro Olympics yesterday at the Bonifacio Global City in Taguig. Despite the rain, thousands came to witness what was touted to be the ultimate face-off of pyrotechnic masters. And the two countries who dueled last night- Germany and China- did not disappoint! I tried my best to capture ...
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• My Story of the War: A Womans Narrative of Four Years Personal Experience as Nurse in the Union Army, and in Relief Work at home, in Hospitals, Camps, and at the Front, During the War of the Rebellion.

  
  Jobs at home - Legit work — Authority: 149
  Product Description Historians and biographers have told the stories of the great battles, the glorious victories and devastating defeats, the heroic actions of famous generals and captains in the war that split a nation. In this book Mrs. Livermore strives to tell the stories of the private soldier, sketches of the ...
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• The White Rose: German heroes

  
  The Hannibal Blog — Authority: 121
  In a recent conversation , I brought up the White Rose– die Weiße Rose –and was reminded that most of you (being Anglophone) have probably never heard of them. But you must know them. Now you will. They were a smallish group of students and one professor at the University of Munich during the Nazi era who ...
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• Norwegian University gives thumbs down to Boycott Israel

  
  Augean Stables — Authority: 512
  For a fine account of this development, see Trondheim University Unanimously Rejects Boycott of Israel It’s ironic that, just as a major Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions organizing conference is about to take place at Hampshire College, the BDS movement suffered a major setback. The Board of Governors of the ...
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• APEC leaders dilute carbon targets

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is jointly hosting a climate change breakfast on the sidelines of APEC in Singapore, though the Pacific rim leaders have watered down climate change targets in their final statement. Climate change has been the big new issue on the usually trade-centred agenda of the Asia Pacific Economic ...
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• This Week in Normality (Short Edition) — Heroism

  
  Normality Restored — Authority: 115
  This week’s (shortened) theme was inspired by the following story:Driving home from Yankee Stadium last night, drunk with power (and champagne!), Girardi stopped to help an accident victim, even though each World Series winner is specifically granted the right to run over one pedestrian, no questions asked.So ...
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• The Incredible Shrinking Man

  
  Normality Restored — Authority: 115
  “A hero is a man who does what he can” – Romain RollandI’ll take the opportunity to use this week’s theme as a means to write about a great classic that I recently read for the first time.“The Incredible Shrinking Man” is the best horror story I’ve ever read. I suppose that’s not saying a [...]
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• The Cold Light of the Day After the Speech

  
  BitsBlog — Authority: 141
  There’s a  number of people last night heaping praise on Obama’s speech at Ft Hood yesterday .  Predictably,  Marc Armbinder is one of them: Today, at Ft. Hood. I guarantee: they’ll be teaching this one in rhetoric classes. It was that good. My gloss won’t do it justice. Yes, I’m having a Chris ...
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• The English still know how to observe Armistice Day

  
  Bayou Renaissance Man — Authority: 510
  I was very moved to read of the Armistice Day service at Westminster Abbey in England today - particularly because both of my grandfathers fought in World War I. The Daily Mail reports : Only one man, in this repository of kings and legends, is so revered that none may tread upon his grave. And yesterday, on the ...
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  Away with Words: In Pursuit of Authenticity — Authority: 119
  
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• The end of the war to end all wars

  
  Bayou Renaissance Man — Authority: 510
  On November 11th, 1918, forever after commemorated as Armistice Day and/or Remembrance Day (except in the US, where some lunatic politicians decided to amalgamate it with the commemoration of veterans , and thus lose its unique and historic character), the First World War came to an end. The killing was over - ...
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• Fort Hood Fallen: Victims, Not Heroes

  
  Outside The Beltway | OTB — Authority: 675
  President Obama’s speech at yesterday’s memorial service for the victims of the Fort Hood massacre was touching and struck the right chords. Marc Ambinder and Taegan Goddard both say it was his best speech, ever, and Chuck Todd gushes that it will be “remembered and quoted from for quite some time.” ...
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• Veteran’s Day

  
  San Diego Blog — Authority: 129
  1918 World War I, then normally referred to simply as The Great War (no one could imagine any war being greater!), ended with the implementation of an armistice [temporary cessation of hostilitiesin this case until the final peace treaty, the infamous Treaty of Versailles, was signed in 1919] between the Allies and ...
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• Tomorrow is Veteran’s Day 2009

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  New York, Nov 9 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Veterans Day is an annual American holiday with the aim of honoring its military veterans and the sacrifice that they selflessly did for their country so that the other citizens could live in peace. It is a federal holiday as well as a state holiday too, in all [...]
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• Lest We Forget

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 552
  The tally of soldiers dying in Afghanistan and Iraq is raising, a strong anti war movement is building in Britain.  I recently wrote an article about the recent conflicts and my personal feelings. This and seeing families on T.V. in mourning.  It got me thinking about an ordinary family in-fact my own, and the ...
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• Magdi Cristiano Allam: Halte à l’antisémitisme sous couvert d’antisionisme!

  
  Augean Stables — Authority: 512
  Alexandre del Valle has posted at his blog an interview with France Soir of the Egyptian-born, Italian journalist and European deputy, who has just published a book, in response to Islamist terrorism, a hymn to life entitled, « Pour que Vive Israel » (ed du Roche). Since his conversion to Christianity, there are ...
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