national

A nation can mean many things, and so can the notion of "national." It invokes a sense of patriotism and of place and history, culture and language, community and heritage.

A national feeling is often called upon in times of great crises or challenges. For example, the financial crises and ensuing deepening recession in the United States in 2008 brought many to discuss the national mood, national reaction, and national sense of self. And the blogosphere certainly plays a continuing role in updating and defining what national means in various contexts, such as "national nightmares" , "national suicides", and such.

Nationalism is closely related to the term national, and it too conveys a sense of strong emotion and ties to a geographic place, often a country or territorial homeland. Nationalism can fuel acts of violence and civil war – such as in Northern Ireland and Gaza – due to longstanding disputes over control of territory

National can also be used in much more friendly situations, such as Major League Baseball's National Leauge, and national pastimes, such as (once again) baseball in the United States.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “national”

• 2011 Kia Sorento National Press Introduction Wave Two

  
  Kia BUZZ — Authority: 118
  By Kia Motors America Public Relations teamWave two of the 2011 Kia Sorento national press introduction has concluded, with 59 media having the opportunity to learn about the all-new Sorento CUV as well as tour the Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia (KMMG) plant and Kia Georgia Training Center in West Point, Georgia. ...
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• Barletta to Make Another Run at Kanjorski

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 163
  Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta (R) is likely this week to announce his third bid against Rep. Paul Kanjorski (D-Pa.), according to a Republican source with knowledge of his impending campaign. Barletta’s entrance into the race likely makes this a top-tier contest for Republicans, who are hoping to pick up a couple of ...
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• Obama Afghanistan Decision Likely Pushed Back to December

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 163
  Barack Obama will likely hold off deciding his strategy and troop strength levels until December, according to a New York Times report on his upcoming meeting Wednesday with his national security advisers.That would make four months since Obamas hand-picked Afghan General Stanley McChrystal made an urgent request in ...
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• Cave Study Links Climate Change to Centuries-long California Droughts

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 155
  California experienced centuries-long droughts in the past 20,000 years that coincided with the thawing of ice caps in the Arctic, according to a new study by UC Davis doctoral student Jessica Oster and geology professor Isabel Montañez. The finding, which comes from analyzing stalagmites from Moaning Cavern in the ...
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• Hello, world

  
  America Least — Authority: 419
  Hi there! My name is Hot Dog and Im a proud senior at Boston University. Over the last three, going on four, years Ive worn a hot dog costume to most (but not all) BU sporting events on campus. My best friends, who I went to high school with, dresses as Jesus. Like it or not, weve become somewhat of a fixture on the ...
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• Is the Proposed NMB Rule Change Wright or Wrong?

  
  Swelblog / Swelbar on Airlines — Authority: 103
  I had made up my mind that I was not going to write anything more on National Mediation Board activities, at least until after the scheduled public hearing on December 7 in Washington. Isn’t it interesting that the date for the hearing is synonymous with Pearl Harbor Day?  I digress. I have heard from many people ...
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• ResearchMatch.org Is Cool -The Idea, the Website and even the Logo! Is This Really From The NIH?

  
  The Addi and Cassi Fund - Niemann Pick Type C — Authority: 98
  Great news from the NIH today — a new service called ResearchMatch.org was announced.  ResearchMatch.org is a national research study recruitment registry announced to help match volunteers with researchers who want them to participate in research studies.The registries matching model compliments Clinicaltrials.gov ...
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• New Legal Rights for Britain’s NHS Patients

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 155
  Patients in Britain will have legal rights to maximum waiting times for elective procedures and urgent cancer referrals and to an NHS Health Check every five years for those aged 40-74, if proposals published today are taken forward. The proposals, set out in ‘The NHS Constitution: A consultation on new patient ...
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• CAP: Postpone Gitmo Close, Send Leftovers to Bagram

  
  The Washington Independent — Authority: 781
  The influential Center for American Progress, which has close ties to the Obama administration , is now calling on President Obama to push back the closing of the Guantanamo Bay detention center to July . That’s despite the president’s day-two directive to close the notorious prison by January. Closure has ...
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• Brownlee: Not an ardent follower of fashion. Merely obsolete.

  
  The Standard — Authority: 597
  One of the things that has surprised me about the government and Brownlee’s energy policy is that it is so mundane and 20th century. In every other area of their political electoral strategy we saw a pithy slogan, often pinched from overseas, substituting for policy and dumbed it down to the level of the dittoheads ...
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• Fort Hood

  
  Mostly Cajun, All American and Opinionated — Authority: 482
  I wish I had something good to say… I don’t. It’s been a bunch of years since I spent the summer 1969 in Fort Hood. I haven’t been there since. People ask how we let this happen. I wonder myself. We’ve gotten so politically correct that our watchers don’t dare speak any more. This major was showing ...
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• D.C.-Area Sniper John Allen Muhammad Executed

  
  ClickCrosby.com — Authority: 152
  The mastermind of the 2002 sniper attacks that killed 10 in the Washington, D.C., region was executed at a Virginia state prison Tuesday. Prison spokesman Larry Traylor says Muhammad had no final words. » E-Mail This      » Add to Del.icio.us Credits: source
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• Walgreens Black Friday Deals

  
  BeCentsAble — Authority: 137
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• NAR LPS NPR RVM Added to Realtor Alphabet Soup

  
  Sellsius real estate marketing blog — Authority: 515
  The National Association of Realtors ( NAR ) has been in the kitchen cooking up a recipe for a new soup for its members to slurp. The hearty stock, made from Gateway , Real EstateChannel/TREC ,  and Library/Archive ,  is NPR , Realtor Property Resource , which will aggregate various data on residential and ...
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• Newcastle United fans request to Mike Ashley: stop messing with the legacy of Wor Jackie

  
  Geordies Newcastle United Breaking News / Newcastle United News — Authority: 171
  As Newcastle strolled past Peterborough United on Saturday amid scenes of intermittent anger at owner Mike Ashley, one of many questions to be asked was: does our history matter? 27 Vote(s)
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• Autry Museum’s Native Am. Weekend Record Crowd

  
  California Beaches Blog — Authority: 444
  Los Angeles, CA–Record Breaking Crowds Attend Autry’s Native American Heritage Weekend. Native American history and culture at the Autry National Center is featured annually with major events that include Intertribal Arts Marketplace; the 10th Anniversary season of Native Voices at the Autry with the play ...
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• Reinforcing the Progressives

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 155
  Yesterday I used my Chutzpah of the Week award to call attention to the nine Democrats in the House of Representatives who voted against health care reform in betrayal of their representation of a sizable portion of their electorate currently without any form of health insurance. Having done this, I should ...
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• Drake and Fisher take RC Pro National titles

  
  Red RC - RC Car News — Authority: 443
  Adam Drake has been in contact to tell us about last weekend’s RC Pro finals held last weekend in Alvarado, Texas, which we already briefly touched on with a report from the buggy class. The event played host to nearly 300 drivers from around the US and Team Losi had a great weekend with Adam Drake TQing three out ...
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• India Places 20 Million Order With Chinas Huawei

  
  China Sourcing News — Authority: 122
  Indian state-owned telecommunications operator BSNL has announced that it has placed a purchase order of mobile communication equipment of 20 million GSM lines for Indias southern zone to the Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei and will not call for any new bids.Kuldeep Goyal, chairman and general manager for BSNL, ...
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• Report: Globalization of Malware Production

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 427
  By Simon Heron , CISSP Internet Security Analyst Traditionally, malware has tended to originate mainly from countries like Brazil and America, with other nations such as Korea and India joining them in the top 10 malware charts in recent years. However, October’s threat stats reveal that the level of malware ...
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