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• Daily News: Sheepshead Bay Needs A Statue Of Vince Lombardi!

  
  Sheepshead Bites — Authority: 125
  Unless you’ve stooped to examine the understated brass plaque embedded in the sidewalk at the corner of East 17th Street and Jerome Avenue, you might never see a public acknowledgement of neighborhood pride for one of Sheepshead Bay’s most famed native sons. “IN MEMORY OF VINCE LOMBARDI: 1913-1970,” the ...
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• Berlin Zoo Keeps Milking This Sh*t With Knut Memorial Statue

  
  Best Week Ever — Authority: 685
  After the untimely passing of Knut The Polar Bear in 2011, the Berlin Zoo has commissioned a Bronze Statue of their famous deceased Polar Bear. Here is the winning design for the sculpture, a not-too-dramatic-at-all-sounding statue called “Knut, The Dreamer” : “Hey, check out that statue. Oh wait, ...
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• EXTRA: What goes through peoples’ minds about King Day these days?

  
  CHICAGO ARGUS — Authority: 412
  There are times I wonder just how much have we managed to trivialize the memory of Martin Luther King, Jr. – all in an attempt to make him more acceptable for society as a whole. KING: Have we lost the real man? As we participate in ceremonies all across the country on Monday to pay homage ...
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• “If I Die” App Posts Your Final Message to Facebook After Your Demise

  
  The Inquisitr Entertainment — Authority: 730
  It’s probably the rare person in this social media age who has not wondered what would happen to their Facebook and Twitter accounts in the event of their unexpected (or perhaps, more sadly, expected) death. What would people say to you? And what would your last post be? You could get an answer to at least the ...
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• I Work

  
  The Blue Door — Authority: 111
  I work to forward the Dream . I teach students to think and question and engage; I raise ethical, compassionate children; I stand up for those whose voices are ignored or derided; I make my spaces safe and welcoming for those who need, and I challenge those who would marginalize, demean, or injure others. I am aware ...
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• Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial / ROMA Design Group

  
  ArchDaily — Authority: 652
  Courtesy of ROMA Design Group This past Fall, ROMA Design Group proudly announced the completion of the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial in Washington D.C. In 2000, ROMA won the international design competition among nearly 1,000 entries. ROMA Design Group worked for several years to develop the design. ...
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• Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.

  
  Contexts Crawler — Authority: 105
  Who gets remembered, and how we remember them, isn’t left to chance.  Images of the past are malleable, and memories are often altered and changed based on present-day events and actors.  Today, many are remembering Martin Luther King Jr.  And as CNN points out, some ways of remembering, like the new Martin ...
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• See the Dudgeons Wharf Memorial

  
  Tired of London, Tired of Life — Authority: 110
  A poignant memorial on the Isle of Dogs, the Dudgeons Wharf Memorial marks a spot where five men from the London Fire Brigade died in the greatest single loss of life since the Second World War. The firemen died when oil tanks exploded as they tackled a riverside fire at Dudgeons Wharf on 17th July 1969. A ...
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• Missouri Korean War Veterans Memorial / Tilt-Up Concrete Association

  
  ArchDaily — Authority: 652
  © Dror Baldinger, Courtesy of Powers Brown Architecture In September of 2011, the Missouri Korean War Veterans Memorial was dedicated at a ceremony in Washington Square Park in Kansas City , Missouri. The project, which started as an effort to demonstrate the benefits of Tilt-Up concrete construction as part of ...
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• Brother Martin

  
  The Blue Door — Authority: 111
  Today is Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday.  It is also mine. I think the fact that I’ve always known that I share a birthday with Brother Martin has made me particularly aware of his influence.  I’ve long said that I’m sorry that I wasn’t born in time to march with him; I think that I would have been ...
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• If Trees Could Talk, I Can Only Imagine What This One Might Have to Say

  
  Are We There Yet?? — Authority: 101
  While in southern Connecticut last week with Patti , we took a short drive down to Westport and stopped in at the Connecticut 9-11 Living Memorial at Sherwood Island State Park. I hope youll be able to stop in over at my post on The Distracted Wanderer to read about it. http://feeds.feedburner.com/AreWeThereYet?
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• Home of the Week: Naval Academy's 'Mother B' hive of dorm life ? Home and Garden (www.HometownAnnapolis.com – The Capital)

  
  Paternal Prose — Authority: 146
  Since the early 1900s, Bancroft Hall, designed in the richly detailed Beaux-Art style by architect Ernest Flagg, has housed the midshipmen of the U.S. Naval Academy. Bancroft Hall is considered one of the largest dormitories in the world. The 36-story MSU Main Building at Moscow State University in Russia has over ...
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• Columbia Guide to Religion in American History

  
  RELIGION IN AMERICAN HISTORY — Authority: 413
  Paul Harvey Its always nice when a book finished in the previous decade appears in the subsequent decade. Thats the case with our new one, Columbia Guide to Religion in American History , which took a leisurely stroll from manuscript completion to actual book appearance (as rather lengthy books tend to do), but ...
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• World Briefing | Europe: Germany: A Bear Will Dream in Bronze

  
  top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority: 163
  http://www.nytimes.com/ World Briefing | Europe: Germany: A Bear Will Dream in Bronze The Berlin Zoo and the association of its supporters announced the winning design on Friday for a bronze statue of Knut, the world-famous polar bear who died last year. published date:Sat, 14 Jan 2012 05:40:45 GMT
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• National Briefing | Washington: King Memorial to Be Revised

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 865
  A quotation carved in the granite memorial to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will be changed after the inscription was criticized for not accurately reflecting the civil rights leader’s words.
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• World Briefing | Europe: Germany: A Bear Will Dream in Bronze

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 865
  The Berlin Zoo and the association of its supporters announced the winning design on Friday for a bronze statue of Knut, the world-famous polar bear who died last year.
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• Lights, Camera, No Action

  
  Paternal Prose — Authority: 146
  Two days before Christmas, President Barack Obama signed a bill to fund the government through October—keeping the U.S. in business along with the District, which would have ground to a halt if the feds had shut down. A few days later, though, the Washington Post uncovered a nasty surprise for the city. in ...
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• Rose Memorials

  
  Coupon News — Authority: 108
  Rose memorials is a business, which prides itself on excellent quality workmanship and fully guaranteed work at very competitive prices. Whether you are choosing a new memorial or needing a repair or addition to an existing headstone, we’re more than happy to help. We can help you express what you want to say in ...
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• Haiti Quiet as Quake Marked With National Holiday

  
  top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority: 163
  http://abcnews.go.com Haiti Quiet as Quake Marked With National Holiday Memorials, church services in Haiti as country quietly marks 2 years since devastating quake published date:Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:01:57 -0500
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• The proposed deconstruction of President Eishenhower planned for the National Mall

  
  Legacy Matters — Authority: 106
  The proposed Eisenhower Memorial is awful.  His grandchildren oppose it. George Weigel writes about  Gehrys Ghastly Eisenhower Memorial The present Eisenhower Memorial design, by postmodernist Frank Gehry, has virtually nothing to do with the Dwight David Eisenhower of history....
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