Archive for September, 2007
Monday, September 10th, 2007
Brian Injuries Plague Returning GIs
Associated Press | September 10, 2007 NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The war in Iraq is not over, but one legacy is already here in this city and others across America: an epidemic of brain-damaged Soldiers. Thousands of troops have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injury, or TBI. These blast-caused head injuries are so different from the […]
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Sunday, September 9th, 2007
Wonderful Weirdos Day
We’ve been accused of this, too!
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Sunday, September 9th, 2007
National Grandparent’s Day
And now we are grandparents!!!
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Sunday, September 9th, 2007
Today in Anchorage
Tonight: Cloudy with periods of rain. Low near 50F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 80%. Rainfall around a quarter of an inch. Tomorrow: Morning showers, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. High 61F. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 30%.
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Sunday, September 9th, 2007
St. Omer, bishop and confessor, 670
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Sunday, September 9th, 2007
Feast of Gorgonius, Dorotheus, and Companions, martyrs, 304
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Sunday, September 9th, 2007
Feast of Peter Claver
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Saturday, September 8th, 2007
U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq at 3,760
MSNBC.com By The Associated Press The Associated Press Updated: 3:53 p.m. AKT Sept 8, 2007 As of Saturday, Sept. 8, 2007, at least 3,760 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least […]
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Saturday, September 8th, 2007
Inukshuk
An Inukshuk was made by the Inuit [“Eskimo”] as a place or direction marker. We saw the one below in Stanley Park, but in an area where the buses did not stop, so I was not able to get a picture. We thought it would be easy to get one in Vancouver BC, as it […]