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10 Shocking Ways the Second World War Could Have Ended Differently

http://io9.com/10-shocking-ways-the-second-world-war-could-have-ended-1558135375?utm_campaign=socialflow_io9_facebook&utm_source=io9_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

A bunch of interesting WWII what ifs.

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Movie Review: Parkland (3.5 Stars)

Parkland

3.5 out of 5 stars

Watched BluRay late March 2014

I must be mad (hinting at March Madness) or crazy because all this film did was depress me. These events predate me by almost ten months. Not even a glint in my parents’ eyes yet. I’ve stood on the white “X” on the street where President Kennedy was shot in Dallas. I’ve walked through the park and stood in the spot where Zapruder captured the assassination on film. I did not visit Parkland, where both Kennedy and Oswald were declared deceased. Until this morning, I didn’t even know the name of the hospital nor the doctors and nurses burdened with that triage.

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Article: As ‘The Monuments Men’ movie nears its opening, KC celebrates its ties – KansasCity.com

As ‘The Monuments Men’ movie nears its opening, KC celebrates its ties – KansasCity.com

http://www.kansascity.com/2014/01/21/4767880/as-the-monuments-men-movie-nears.html

Hometown connection and I was already looking forward to this movie.

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Amelia Earhart: Breaking Barriers of Earth and Sky

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/4581137

I grew up in a small Kansas Town Between Leavenworth and Atchison. The state highway I commute to work daily on is dedicated to her memory.

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Century-Old Photos of the U.S. Take Us Back to the Industrial Age

http://io9.com/century-old-photos-of-the-u-s-take-us-back-to-the-indu-1497015526

Nice photographs from early 20th century metropolitan areas.

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Guest Post: My Uncle’s Best Reads of 2013

I’m relinquishing my blog today to my favorite uncle so he can share his essay on his best reads from 2013. You’ll have to wait for another day to learn the answer to the question ‘Why doesn’t he have his own blog?’ Currently, he is a retired Air Force Colonel, writing historical and speculative fiction and painting and teaching watercolor. And now without further ado …

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In 2013, I read a record number of books and don’t plan to read that many again in one year. I don’t just read for pleasure. I am an author-wannabe, so some of my reading is researching what’s on the market. (That’s my story.) And, I have a lifelong love of history, so I read a lot of history, biography and alternate history stories. Also, at church I give a Bible study a month, so I’m always looking for ideas to steal . . . uh, in a Christian-sort-of-way. Finally, I love humor. So, I occasionally give extra credit to stories that tickle my funny bone.

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