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”

• Coal mine blast kills 42 in China, 66 trapped – Yahoo! News

  
  PID News — Authority: 142
  HARBIN, China – Rescuers working in frigid cold and darkness tried to reach 66 people believed trapped a third of a mile half a kilometer underground after a huge gas explosion Saturday ripped through a coal mine in northern China, killing at least 42 people.via Coal mine blast kills 42 in China, 66 trapped – [...]
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• How bad is this health care bill?

  
  lgstarr — Authority: 432
  This bill is so bad, that it is beyond repair...If anything close to the Obama-Reid-Pelosi plans passes, there will be one last chance in November 2010 to stem the tide of government control. It is not too much to say that several more years of Democratic control will result in an almost irreversible economic and ...
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• Two terrorists, soldier killed in Jammu and Kashmir

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 710
  Jammu, Nov 22 (IANS) Two terrorists and a soldier were killed in a gunbattle after Indian troops foiled an infiltration bid from across the Line of Control (LoC) - in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district late Saturday, according to reports.The reports said that there was heavy gun fire from across the LoC Saturday ...
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• US shares info with India on Headley’s ISI links

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 710
  By Manish ChandGeneva, Nov 21 (IANS) The US Saturday disclosed to India new information linking the anti-terror plot hatched by expatriates David Coleman Headley and Tahawuur Rana with some elements in the ISI and said it will reveal the name of a key Pakistani national linked to the Mumbai carnage in a week’s ...
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• 42 miners die in blast, 66 trapped

  
  Shanghai Daily: Latest News — Authority: 675
  A GAS explosion tore through a state-run coal mine in northern China yesterday, killing at least 42 people and leaving 66 others trapped underground with rescuers working frantically to save them. The gas blast...
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• 16 scientists set to study river system

  
  Shanghai Daily: Latest News — Authority: 675
  SIXTEEN Chinese scientists will start an exploratory mission of the Mekong River next week, team leader Tao Baoxiang said. Huo Mingyuan, chief scientist, said the 20-day study aims to learn about the state of the...
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• The NIMF is No More [Parenting]

  
  Kotaku — Authority: 827
  The National Institute on the Media and the Family - whose annual report cards were more fair and reasonable than such an Orwellian name might imply - will close at the end of 2009 after 14 years of watchdoggery. The closure is apparently tied to the end of funding from a primary NIMF source, Fairview Health ...
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• National Penn Bank Locations

  
  SelectCDRates.com - The Leading Industry Tool to Help You Select and Compare the Best 6 Month, 1 Year, 2 Year, and 5 Year CD Rates, Find rates by individual states, Money Market Account Rates, Savings Account Rates, Money Market Fund Rates, and Tax Exempt — Authority: 151
  National Penn Bank branch locations throughout Pennsylvania and Maryland.  Find bank locations for all National Penn Bank branch offices.  Bank directory includes the complete bank address and description for each bank office locations for National Penn Bank. National Penn Bancshares, Inc is the fourth largest bank ...
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• 123 Lump Sum, 123 Lump Bums?

  
  Structured Settlements 4Real: What's Real in the Structured Settlements, Settlement Planning, Settlement Consulting and Litigation Recovery Management Space? — Authority: 430
  Responding to my post " Fast Cash Now Is a Bunch of BS " reader Elizabeth Baker writes: " My mother is also going through 123 lump sum and it was approved by the courts in February 2008 and they told her it would be for sure on the 20th 2009 of November.it has came and no money.she has been very patiant (sic) ...
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• Lunch with the PM

  
  Homepaddock — Authority: 551
  I lunched with the Prime Minister on Friday. It was an intimate gathering – just John Key, Deputy PM Bill English, MPs Jacqui Dean, Eric Roy & Michael Woodhouse . . . . . .  National Party President Peter Goodfellow, board member Kate Hazlett, a hundred and something others & me. One of the ...
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• Can I Call it an “Act of Terror Now”?

  
  BernardFinel.com — Authority: 126
  I hate to echo anything the right-winger are spouting… but in this case I do think there is something to charge that “political correctness” is getting in the way of grappling with the Hasan case. Hasan had intensified contact with radical Yemeni American cleric – washingtonpost.com In the months before ...
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• India, US to clinch reprocessing pact Tuesday

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 710
  By Manish ChandOn Board PM’s Special Aircraft, Nov 21 (IANS) India and the US are set to announce the conclusion of a crucial pact on reprocessing spent fuel, that marks the final stage of their landmark nuclear deal, after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh holds talks with US President Barack Obama. “We hope that ...
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• Considerable decline in militancy in J-K: DG Khudda

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 710
  Jammu, Nov.21 (ANI): Director General of Police Kuldeep Khudda on Saturday said there has been a considerable decline in the militancy-related incidents in Jammu and Kashmir. Speaking to media men here, Kuldeep Khudda, Director General of Police said militancy-related violence has dropped by almost 23 percent this ...
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• School children take to roads against Maoists’ atrocities in Chhattisgarh

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 710
  Bastar, Nov.21 (ANI): Chhattisgarh State has been badly affected Maoist menace in the recent past. Maoists have also targetted school buildings, blocking of roads, and are involved in many disruptive activities.A large number of students in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar district on Saturday took out a protest recently ...
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• Scientists Developing Swarms of Miniature Drifting Robots to Patrol the Ocean

  
  CleanTechnica — Authority: 651
  The National Science Foundation has just awarded researchers at UC San Diego a $1million grant to develop small robotic devices that will drift with the ocean currents to study the mechanisms that support plankton and other tiny marine creatures.  Swarms of the autonomous underwater explorers (AUE’s) ...
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• RECLAIMING SADNESS

  
  Blogs — Authority: 162
  Or the Obligation to Be Up-Beat The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has announced that soon all New York City Metrocards will be stamped "OPTIMISM." Positive thinking, our unofficial national ideology, is becoming harder and harder to escape. Happiness and cheerfulness are good things, to be sure, as are ...
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• Old Dogs…

  
  No Runny Eggs — Authority: 535
  No, I’m not referring to the new movie out starring Robin Williams, Seth Green and John Travolta! Of the many reasons that I was opposed to John McCain’s nomination last year, one that stood out towards the top, was McCain’s position on Global Warming.  You may remember that McCain was one of the authors of ...
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• Letting loose the attack dogs

  
  monoblogue — Authority: 133
  You know, for someone who the loony left dares the Republicans to nominate in 2012 because she’s perceived to be the weakest candidate, they sure are running scared of Sarah Palin! This comes from Mitch Stewart at Organizing Against America, the Obama/DNC front group: Right now, Sarah Palin is on a highly ...
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• >>American Thinker: The Obama/Holder Bushwhack. A must read.

  
  And So I Go: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow — Authority: 143
  American Thinker: The Obama/Holder Bushwhack I believe my readers will find this article on American Thinker an excellent essay on the unbelievably stupid and irresponsible action of Attorney General Ben Holder and President Obama wanting to try  Muslim Terrorist in civil court and  thereby giving them the rights ...
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• Gators prepping for FIU (and peek new unis)

  
  Swamp Things - Gators Blog — Authority: 145
  *Nike had next weeks Pro Combat uniforms on display. Florida will wear this garb when playing FSU next week as part of a nationwide Nike promotion. Not too crazy about the shoulder stitching, but the helmets pretty sweet. *DE Jermaine Cunningham (shoulder) is not dressed, but expect him to play against FSU. ...
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