Archive for December, 2007

Monday, December 31st, 2007

And, Finally For 2007, An Inspiring Throught From President Bush

“This is historic times.”

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Monday, December 31st, 2007

Today in Anchorage

Tonight: Partly cloudy. Low 19F. Winds N at 5 to 10 mph.
Tomorrow: Mainly cloudy. High 22F. Winds light and variable.

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Monday, December 31st, 2007

Records Found, WWII Vets Get Medals

Knight Ridder | December 31, 2007
More than 60 years after he served his country, the United States Air Force presented veteran Thomas Amendola, of Margate, and about 20 of his fellow Jungle Skippers with the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal.
Lost records were blamed for the delay.
But the records were found about seven months ago, […]

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Monday, December 31st, 2007

Nothing Is Too Good For Our Boys In The Trenches!!!

Some VA Docs Hit Staffing Decisions
Knight Ridder | December 31, 2007
A group of physicians at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Spokane fears that new staffing decisions may mean too few doctors in the hospital and lower patient care standards.
Beginning in early January, the doctors, physician assistants and nurse practitioners at more […]

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Monday, December 31st, 2007

HOGMANAY

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Monday, December 31st, 2007

New Year’s Eve

Ring out wild bells to the wild sky,
The flying cloud, the frosty light:
The Year is dying in the night;
Ring out, wild bells, and let him die.
Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
The Year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.
Ring out the grief that […]

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Monday, December 31st, 2007

Feast of Columba, virgin and martyr, 3rd century

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Monday, December 31st, 2007

Feast of Sylvester I

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Sunday, December 30th, 2007

Lest We Forget

2007 deadliest for US troops in Iraq
By BRADLEY BROOKS, Associated Press WriterSun Dec 30, 3:03 PM ET
The second half of 2007 saw violence drop dramatically in Iraq, but the progress came at a high price: The year was the deadliest for the U.S. military since the 2003 invasion, with 899 troops killed.
American commanders and diplomats, […]

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Sunday, December 30th, 2007

Today in Anchorage

Tonight: Mostly cloudy. Low 8F. Winds light and variable.
Tomorrow: Mostly cloudy skies. High 22F. Winds NNE at 5 to 10 mph.

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