Archive for March, 2007

Thursday, March 29th, 2007

Increase May Mean Longer Army Tours

By Ann Scott Tyson Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, March 29, 2007; A15 Sustaining the U.S. troop increase in Iraq beyond this summer will not be possible without keeping some Army combat brigades in the war zone for up to 16 months — much longer than the standard year-long tour, a top U.S. general in […]

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Thursday, March 29th, 2007

Feast of John Keble

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Thursday, March 29th, 2007

Feast of Ludovico of Casoria

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Thursday, March 29th, 2007

On This Day

Blessed Ludovico of Casoria (RC) 537 - Vigilius is consecrated and enthroned as Pope, replacing Silverius 1673 - English king Charles II accepts Test Act: RC excluded from public functions

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Wednesday, March 28th, 2007

Beautiful

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Wednesday, March 28th, 2007

Feast of John Nepomucene’ Neumann

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Wednesday, March 28th, 2007

Today in Anchorage

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Wednesday, March 28th, 2007

Fascinating!!!

This image provided by NASA Tuesday March 27, 2007 shows a nighttime view of Saturn’s north pole by the visual and infrared mapping spectrometer onboard NASA’s Cassini orbiter. An odd, six-sided, honeycomb-shaped feature circling the entire north pole of Saturn has captured the interest of scientists with NASA’s Cassini mission. NASA’s Voyager 1 and 2 […]

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Wednesday, March 28th, 2007

I Love These!!!!

This image released by NASA in December 2006 and taken by the Spitzer Space Telescope shows new-born stars glowing in the Serpens star-forming region. Scientists have moved one step closer to understanding how stars are formed after the discovery of molecular oxygen in interstellar space, the Swedish Space Corporation has said.(AFP/NASA/File)

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Wednesday, March 28th, 2007

Today in Anchorage

Today: Sunny. High 31F. Winds NNW at 5 to 10 mph. Tonight: Mainly clear skies. Low around 15F. Winds N at 5 to 10 mph.

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