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• Veterans Day

  
  Clueless in Boston — Authority: 424
  Today is Veterans Day in the U.S. and I thought I would forgo the usual Wednesday Doorway to show the statue of Colonel Thomas Cass. Thomas Cass (1822-1862) was born in Ireland, but moved to Boston and served as Colonel in the Ninth Massachusetts Infantry U.S. Volunteers, a regiment of Irish volunteers known as the ...
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• Editorial: Promises on Open Space

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 913
  Congress should honor the intent of the Land and Water Conservation Fund and pass laws to insulate the fund from being raided for other purposes.
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• Free Admission to National Parks

  
  Modern Hiker — Authority: 416
  Secretary Salazar If you’re lucky enough to be able to take time off of work in the middle of the week, you may want to head outdoors … even more so than you usually would. This Wednesday, in honor of Veterans’ Day, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar will be waiving entrance fees on public recreation ...
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• Necropolis

  
  Adventures of a Pinay Neska — Authority: 118
  According to Wiki, a necropolis is a large cemetery or burial ground usually including structural tombs. The term is usually used for high burial grounds near the centers of ancient civilizations.This word was derived from Greek meaning “city of the dead” . I know it’s rather late talking about this right ...
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• The Berlin Wall, 20 years on

  
  Google Sightseeing — Authority: 122
  November 9 is an important date in German history for a number of reasons , but today we are commemorating an era-defining moment: the fall of the Berlin Wall exactly 20 years ago. In the weeks leading up to November 1989, both Hungary and Czechoslovakia had relaxed their border controls, and thousands of East ...
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• Some Items of Interest ~

  
  yankeemom.com — Authority: 136
  Win Free Boots For Life! Militaryboots.com is giving away free Converse Military boots for life through a photo contest to find the most worn-out pair of boots. Your boots have endured everything you’ve thrown at them. Drilling. Marching. Combat. Miles upon miles through never-ending plains, scorching ...
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• Rigas tornu skaititajs

  
  Riga Daily Photo — Authority: 127
  Rīgas torņu skaitītājs ( Rigas Towers Counter ) is relatively new bronze monument next to Swedbank building . The bronze man is sitting on the grass and counts innumerable Riga towers . This sculpture is made as a gift to Riga by donations of Swedbank clients; sculpted by Olga; Shilova; photographed by ...
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• After 8 Years, Work Starts at a Sept. 11 Site

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 913
  Sarah Wainio was among the victims relatives who participated in a groundbreaking ceremony.
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• Letter: A Battleship at Rest

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 913
  To the Editor:.
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• Tribal Chiefs and the President New York Times

  
  The City Project Blog — Authority: 422
  New York TimesNovember 6, 2009EDITORIALWhite House receptions of American Indian leaders have too often been patronizing historical footnotes. President Obama opened what we hope will be a more promising chapter on Thursday when he met with the leaders from all 564 federally recognized tribes. He vowed that there ...
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• 12 Reasons The Cross Is Not A Violation of Freedom

  
  ADF Alliance Alert — Authority: 462
  "Real religious freedom is not freedom from religion, says a historian writing in response to this weeks European court decision discouraging crucifixes in Italian schools . . . "
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• Walled City

  
  Adventures of a Pinay Neska — Authority: 118
  Ávila is a walled city with an altitude nearly twice as high as Vitoria. It measures 1,130 meters above sea level being the highest provincial city of Spain. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is the birthplace and home of  St. Therese (Sta. Teresa) of Ávila. This is just one of the gates of the city ...
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• Remembring the Berlin Wall using PhotoSynth

  
  D' Technology Weblog — Authority: 545
  The Berlin Wall is a piece of German history. One we would’ve liked to miss! I feels good and right that it is gone now. And when you’re in Berlin looking for rests of the Wall you’ll have a very hard time finding some. It’s easier here in Redmond!, says Gerold Hubner .
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• The Equator

  
  Google Sightseeing — Authority: 122
  We featured the Greenwich meridian two years ago on Google Sightseeing, so it’s about time we had a closer look at the other global zero: the equator . Although it is more than 40,000km long, there are surprisingly few towns along the line – much of its length consists of ocean, and on land it crosses large ...
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• National Briefing | Washington: Problems Delay Defendant’s Evaluation

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 913
  Officials at a prison hospital say chronic medical problems are complicating a psychiatric evaluation for the 89-year-old man accused of fatally shooting a guard at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
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• Editorial Notebook: U.S.S. Missouri

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 913
  Though World War II’s horrors will never be forgotten, it is possible to appreciate its relics.
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• CurbedWire: Climbing Lady Lib, Matt Damon in FiDi

  
  Curbed NY — Authority: 671
  LIBERTY ISLAND— Gushing over staircases is normally Nicolai Ouroussoffs thing, but damn, cool photo! Our photographer writes, "My pals and I were the very first to climb the statue recently. Being completely alone inside is a very odd feeling. Getting puffed, scanned, and finger-printed to climb a monument is a ...
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• Abroad: Scots Aim Lasers at Landmarks

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 913
  A section of Rosslyn Chapel in Scotland, captured in minute detail with laser scanners.
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• Grave Attractions

  
  Life in the Bristolwood — Authority: 127
  I had been wanting to go back to the Woodlawn Cemetery in Canandaigua for awhile,  as I have never seen such a beautiful cemetery!  It is located on a side street,  back off the road.  The topography is wonderful, with some gently rolling areas that are just stunning in the Autumn! This cemetery is old and there ...
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• crossing over the river thames under stormy skies

  
  Rion.nu: photoblog by Rion Nakaya — Authority: 110
  Above, wet winds gust as pedestrians cross over the Millennium Footbridge in Central London . Other places: Jakes Scenes from the NYC Street Advertising Takeover , Bocetos Queens , Electrolites Harvest , Stop Losing Your Hair from Daily Dose, and a shot from les particules etranges of the women are heroes ...
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