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Bethlehem
Bethlehem (Arabic: بيت لحم‎ Bayt Laḥm (help·info) or Bēt Laḥm, lit "House of Flesh"; Hebrew: בֵּית לֶחֶם‎ Bēṯ Leḥem, Modern: Bet Leḥem, IPA: [bet ˈleχem], lit "House of Bread;" Greek: Βηθλεὲμ, Vithleém) is a Palestinian city located in the central West Bank and approximately 8 kilometers (5.0 mi) south of Jerusalem, with a population of about 30,000 people. It is the capital of the Bethlehem Governorate of the Palestinian National Authority and a hub of Palestinian culture and tourism. The Hebrew Bible identifies Bethlehem as the city David was from and the location where he was crowned as the king of Israel. The New Testament identifies Bethlehem as the birthplace of Jesus of Nazareth. The town is inhabited by one of the oldest Christian communities in the world, although the size of the community has shrunk due to emigration.
The city was sacked by the Samaritans in 529, but rebuilt by the Byzantine emperor Justinian I. Bethlehem was conquered by the Arab Caliphate of 'Umar ibn al-Khattāb in 637, who guaranteed safety for the city's religious shrines. In 1099, Crusaders captured and fortified Bethlehem and replaced its Greek Orthodox clergy with a Latin one. The Latin clergy were expelled after the city was captured by Saladin, the sultan of Egypt and Syria. With the coming of the Mamluks in 1250, the city's walls were demolished, and were subsequently rebuilt during the rule of the Ottoman Empire.

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Colorado
Colorado (ⁱ/kɒləˈrædoʊ/ or /kɒləˈrɒdoʊ/) is the US state that encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains. Colorado is part of the Western United States, the Southwestern United States, and the Mountain States. Colorado is the 8th most extensive and the 22nd most populous of the 50 United States. The United States Census Bureau estimates that the population of Colorado was 5,116,796 on July 1, 2011, an increase of +1.74% since the 2010 United States Census.
The state was named for the Colorado River, which early Spanish explorers named the Río Colorado for the red colored (Spanish: colorado) silt the river carried from the mountains. On August 1, 1876, U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant signed a proclamation admitting Colorado as the 38th state. Colorado is nicknamed the "Centennial State" because it was admitted to the Union in 1876, the centennial year of the United States Declaration of Independence.

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Fort Carson
Fort Carson is a United States Army installation located near Colorado Springs, primarily in El Paso County, Colorado. It is 40 miles (64 km) north of Pueblo, Colorado in Pueblo County. The 137,000-acre (550 km²) installation extends south into Pueblo and Fremont counties. The portion of the installation located within El Paso County forms a census-designated place (CDP), which had a population of 13,813 at the 2010 census. Fort Carson is the home of the 4th Infantry Division, the 10th Special Forces Group, the 71st Ordnance Group (EOD), the 4th Engineer Battalion, the 759th Military Police Battalion, the 10th Combat Support Hospital, the 43rd Sustainment Brigade, and the 13th Air Support Operations Squadron of the United States Air Force. The post also hosts units of the Army Reserve, Navy Reserve and the Colorado Army National Guard.
Fort Carson was established in 1942, following Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. The city of Colorado Springs, Colorado purchased land south of the city and donated it to the War Department. Construction began immediately and the first building, the camp headquarters, was completed January 31, 1942. Camp Carson was named in honor of the legendary Army scout, General Christopher "Kit" Carson, who explored much of the West in the 1800s.

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London
London ⁱ/ˈlʌndən/ is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its founding by the Romans, who named it Londinium. London's ancient core, the City of London, largely retains its square-mile mediaeval boundaries. Since at least the 19th century, the name London has also referred to the metropolis developed around this core. The bulk of this conurbation forms the London region and the Greater London administrative area, governed by the elected Mayor of London and the London Assembly.
London is a leading global city, with strengths in the arts, commerce, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcare, media, professional services, research and development, tourism and transport all contributing to its prominence. It is the world's leading financial centre alongside New York City and has the fifth-largest city GDP in the world (and the largest in Europe). London has been described as a world cultural capital. It was the world's most visited city during 2011 and London Heathrow is the world's busiest airport by number of international passengers. London's 43 universities form the largest concentration of higher education in Europe. In 2012 London will become the first city to host the modern Summer Olympic Games three times.

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NASA
Coordinates: 38°52′59″N 77°0′59″W / 38.88306°N 77.01639°W / 38.88306; -77.01639
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research. Since February 2006, NASA's mission statement has been to "pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research." On September 14, 2011, NASA announced that it had selected the design of a new Space Launch System that it said would take the agency's astronauts farther into space than ever before and provide the cornerstone for future human space exploration efforts by the U.S.
NASA was established by the National Aeronautics and Space Act on July 29, 1958, replacing its predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). The agency became operational on October 1, 1958. U.S. space exploration efforts have since been led by NASA, including the Apollo moon-landing missions, the Skylab space station, and later the Space Shuttle. Currently, NASA is supporting the International Space Station and is overseeing the development of the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle and Commercial Crew vehicles. The agency is also responsible for the Launch Services Program (LSP) which provides oversight of launch operations and countdown management for unmanned NASA launches.

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North Pole
Coordinates: 90°N 0°W / 90°N 0°W / 90; -0
The North Pole, also known as the Geographic North Pole or Terrestrial North Pole, is, subject to the caveats explained below, defined as the point in the Northern Hemisphere where the Earth's axis of rotation meets its surface. It should not be confused with the North Magnetic Pole.
The North Pole is the northernmost point on Earth, lying diametrically opposite the South Pole. It defines geodetic latitude 90° North, as well as the direction of true north. At the North Pole all directions point south; all lines of longitude converge there, so its longitude can be defined as any degree value.
While the South Pole lies on a continental land mass, the North Pole is located in the middle of the Arctic Ocean amid waters that are almost permanently covered with constantly shifting sea ice. This makes it impractical to construct a permanent station at the North Pole (unlike the South Pole). However, the Soviet Union, and later Russia, have constructed a number of manned drifting stations on a generally annual basis since 1937, some of which have passed over or very close to the Pole. In recent years, a number of studies have predicted that the North Pole may become seasonally ice-free due to Arctic shrinkage, with timescales varying from next year to fifty years or more.

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Aaron Carter
Aaron Charles Carter (born December 7, 1987) is an American singer. He came to fame as a pop and hip hop singer in the late 1990s, establishing himself as a star among pre-teen and teenage audiences during the early-first decade of the 21st century.
Carter was born at the Tampa General Hospital in Tampa, Florida, where his parents, Jane Elizabeth (née Spaulding) and Robert Gene Carter, ran the Garden Villa Retirement Home. The family was originally from upstate New York, where his brother Nick, of the boy band Backstreet Boys, was born. Aside from his older brother Nick, he also has three sisters: twin sister Angel (a model), B.J. and Leslie (1986–2012). Carter is named after his maternal grandfather, Douglas "Charles" Spaulding, and paternal grandfather, Aaron Charles Carter. Carter attended the Frank D. Miles Elementary School and the Ruskin School in Florida. Carter has said that the mood in his home was often tense because of his parents' divorce. His parents would often argue about his money and Carter would often be in the middle of the fight, trying to stop it. Carter later felt that he was pushed into show business when he was too young.

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Biblical Magi
The Magi ( /ˈmædʒaɪ/;Greek: μάγοι, magoi), also referred to as the (Three) Wise Men, (Three) Kings, or Kings from the East, were, according to Christian Scripture, a group of distinguished foreigners who visited Jesus after his birth, bearing gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. They are regular figures in traditional accounts of the nativity celebrations of Christmas and are an important part of the Christian tradition.
The Gospel of Matthew, the only one of the four Canonical gospels to mention the Magi, states that they came "from the east" to worship the Christ, "born King of the Jews." Although the account does not tell how many they were, the three gifts led to a widespread assumption that they were three as well. In the East, the magi traditionally number twelve. Their identification as kings in later Christian writings is probably linked to Psalms 72:11, “May all kings fall down before him”.
The New Revised Standard Version of Matthew 2:1–12 describes the visit of the Magi:

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Gabriel
In Abrahamic religions, Gabriel (Hebrew: גַּבְרִיאֵל, Modern Gavri'el Tiberian Gaḇrîʼēl, God is my strength; Arabic: جبريل, Jibrīl or جبرائيل Jibrāʾīl) is an angel who typically serves as a messenger to humans from God.
He first appears in the Book of Daniel, delivering explanations of Daniel's visions. In the Gospel of Luke Gabriel foretold the births of both John the Baptist and of Jesus. Christians of the Catholic traditions refer to him as Gabriel the Archangel.
Gabriel is referred to as "he" in the Bible, and in Daniel 9:21 he is explicitly called "The man Gabriel". Some moderns, especially New Age exponents, portray Gabriel as female or androgynous.
In Latter-day Saint theology, Gabriel is believed to have lived a mortal life as the prophet Noah. The two are regarded as the same individual; Noah being his mortal name and Gabriel being his heavenly name.
Gabriel is mentioned in the Book of Daniel, in the Hebrew Bible where he is sent as a messenger of YHWH (see God in Judaism) to Daniel during the Jewish captivity in Babylon. He is later mentioned in the Talmud.

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Herod the Great
Herod (Hebrew: הוֹרְדוֹס‎, Hordos, Greek: Ἡρῴδης, Hērōdēs), also known as Herod the Great (born 73 or 74 BCE, died 4 BCE in Jericho), was a Roman client king of Judea. His epithet of "the Great" is widely disputed as he is described as "a madman who murdered his own family and a great many rabbis." He is also known for his colossal building projects in Jerusalem and elsewhere, including his expansion of the Second Temple in Jerusalem (sometimes referred to as Herod's Temple) and the construction of the port at Caesarea Maritima. Important details of his biography are gleaned from the works of the 1st century CE Roman-Jewish historian Josephus Flavius.
The Romans made Herod's son Herod Archelaus ethnarch of Judea, Samaria, and Idumea (biblical Edom) from 4 BCE to 6 CE, referred to as the tetrarchy of Judea. Archelaus was judged incompetent by the Roman emperor Augustus who then combined Samaria, Judea proper and Idumea into Iudaea province under rule of a prefect until 41. Herod's other son Herod Antipas was tetrarch of Galilee from 4 BCE – 39 CE.

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Jesus
Jesus ( /ˈdʒiːzəs/; Greek: Ἰησοῦς; 7–2 BC/BCE to 30–36 AD/CE), also referred to as Jesus Christ or simply Christ, is the central figure of Christianity and most Christian denominations venerate him as God the Son incarnated. In Islam, Jesus (in Arabic: عيسى‎ in Islamic usage, commonly transliterated as Isa) is considered one of God's important prophets.
Most modern historians agree that Jesus existed and was a Jewish teacher from Galilee in Roman Judaea, who was baptized by John the Baptist, and was crucified in Jerusalem on the orders of the Roman Prefect, Pontius Pilate. Scholars have offered competing descriptions and portraits of Jesus, which at times share a number of overlapping attributes, such as a rabbi, a charismatic healer, the leader of an apocalyptic movement, a self-described Messiah, a sage and philosopher, or a social reformer who preached of the "Kingdom of God" as a means for personal and egalitarian social transformation. Scholars have correlated the New Testament accounts with non-Christian historical records to arrive at an estimated chronology of Jesus' life.

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Jonathan Ross
Jonathan Stephen Ross, OBE (born 17 November 1960) is an English television and radio presenter, best known for presenting the BBC One chat show Friday Night with Jonathan Ross from 2001 until he left the BBC in 2010. Ross began hosting a new chat show on ITV1 starting 3 September 2011. Ross also hosted his own radio show on BBC Radio 2, and acted as a film critic and presenter of the Film programme. Other regular roles have included being a regular panellist on the comedy sports quiz They Think It's All Over from 1999 to 2006, and presenting the annual British Comedy Awards from 1991 to 2007, and 2009 onwards.
Ross began his television career as a programme researcher, before débuting as a television presenter for The Last Resort with Jonathan Ross on Channel 4 in 1987. Over the next decade he had several radio and television roles, many through his own production company, Channel X. In 1995 he sold his stake in Channel X, and embarked on a career with the BBC. In 1999, Ross took over presenting the Film programme from Barry Norman, and also began presenting his own radio show, while two years later he began hosting Friday Night with Jonathan Ross. For the chat show, Ross won three British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards for Best Entertainment Performance, in 2004, 2006 and 2007. By 2006 Ross was believed to be the BBC's highest paid star. In 2005, Ross was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to broadcasting. Ross has been involved in controversies throughout his broadcasting career. As a result, in 2008 he wrote a semi-autobiographical work titled Why Do I Say These Things?, detailing some of his life experiences.

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Michelle Obama
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama (born January 17, 1964) is the wife of the 44th and incumbent President of the United States, Barack Obama, and is the first African-American First Lady of the United States. Raised on the South Side of Chicago, Obama attended Princeton University and Harvard Law School before returning to Chicago and to work at the law firm Sidley Austin, where she met her future husband. Subsequently, she worked as part of the staff of Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley, and for the University of Chicago Medical Center.
Throughout 2007 and 2008, she helped campaign for her husband's presidential bid and delivered a keynote address at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. She is the mother of two daughters, Malia and Sasha, and is the sister of Craig Robinson, men's basketball coach at Oregon State University. As the wife of a Senator, and later the First Lady, she has become a fashion icon and role model for women, and an advocate for poverty awareness, nutrition and healthy eating.

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Ringo Starr
Richard Starkey, MBE (born 7 July 1940), better known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an English musician and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for the Beatles. When the band formed in 1960, Starr was a member of another Liverpool band, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. He joined the Beatles in August 1962, taking the place of Pete Best. In addition to his drumming, Starr is featured on lead vocals on a number of successful Beatles songs (in particular, "With a Little Help from My Friends", "Yellow Submarine", and the Beatles version of "Act Naturally"). He is credited as a co-writer of the songs "What Goes On" and "Flying", and as the writer of "Don't Pass Me By" and "Octopus's Garden".
As drummer for the Beatles, Starr was musically creative, and his contribution to the band's music has received high praise from notable drummers in more recent times. Starr described himself as "your basic offbeat drummer with funny fills". Drummer Steve Smith said that Starr's popularity "brought forth a new paradigm" where "we started to see the drummer as an equal participant in the compositional aspect" and that Starr "composed unique, stylistic drum parts for The Beatles songs". In 2011, Starr was picked as the fifth-best drummer of all-time by Rolling Stone readers.

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Saint Joseph
Joseph (Hebrew יוֹסֵף, "Yosef"; Greek: Ἰωσήφ) is a figure in the Gospels, the husband of the Virgin Mary and the earthly father of Jesus Christ (in distinction to God the Father, his "heavenly father"). In Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and Anglican Christian traditions he is regarded as Saint Joseph.
The Pauline epistles, generally considered the earliest extant Christian records, make no reference to Jesus' father; nor does the Gospel of Mark, generally considered the first of the gospels. The first appearance of Joseph is therefore in the gospels of Matthew and Luke. Each contains a genealogy of Jesus tracing his ancestry back to King David, but the two are from different sons of David; Matthew follows the major royal line from Solomon, while Luke follows a minor line from Nathan, another son of David and Bathsheba. Consequently all the names between David and Joseph are different. According to Matthew "Jacob was the father of Joseph," while according to Luke, Joseph, or possibly Jesus, is said to be "of Heli." Some scholars reconcile the genealogies by viewing the Solomonic lineage as Joseph's major royal line, and the Nathanic lineage in Luke to be Mary's minor line.

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Saint Nicholas
Saint Nicholas (Greek: Ἅγιος Νικόλαος, Hagios ["Saint", literally "Holy", Latin: Sanctus] Nicolaos ["victory of the people"]) (270 – 6 December 343), also called Nikolaos of Myra, was a historic 4th-century saint and Greek Bishop of Myra (Demre, part of modern-day Turkey) in Lycia. Because of the many miracles attributed to his intercession, he is also known as Nikolaos the Wonderworker (Νικόλαος ὁ Θαυματουργός, Nikolaos ho Thaumaturgos). He had a reputation for secret gift-giving, such as putting coins in the shoes of those who left them out for him, and thus became the model for Santa Claus, whose modern name comes from the Dutch Sinterklaas, itself from a series of elisions and corruptions of the transliteration of "Saint Nikolaos". His reputation evolved among the faithful, as was common for early Christian saints. In 1087, part of the relics (about half of the bones) were furtively translated to Bari, in southeastern Italy; for this reason, he is also known as Nikolaos of Bari. The remaining bones were taken to Venice in 1100. His feastday is 6 December [O.S. 19 December].

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Zwarte Piet
In the folklore and legends of the Netherlands and Belgium, Zwarte Piet ( pronunciation (help·info)) (meaning Black Pete) is a companion of Saint Nicholas (Dutch: Sinterklaas) whose yearly feast in the Netherlands is usually celebrated on the evening of 5 December (Sinterklaas-avond, that is, St. Nicholas Eve) and 6 December in Belgium, when they distribute sweets and presents to all good children.
The characters of Zwarte Pieten appear only in the weeks before Saint Nicholas's feast, first when the saint is welcomed with a parade as he arrives in the country (generally by boat, having traveled from Madrid, Spain). The tasks of the Zwarte Pieten are mostly to amuse children, and to scatter pepernoten, Kruidnoten and "strooigoed" (special sinterklaas-candies) for those who come to meet the saint as he visits stores, schools, and other places.
The original Zwarte Piet is sometimes associated with Knecht Ruprecht, but in the Low Countries the tradition has not merged with Christmas.
The Dutch now celebrate Sinterklaas (5 December) with an exchange of gifts. These presents are given anonymously, but are often accompanied by poems (Sinterklaasgedicht), signed by "Zwarte Piet" or "Sint", which are read aloud during Sinterklaas evening for the enjoyment of the ones assembled. The poems often are teasing in nature.

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NORAD Tracks Santa in 2010

Welcome to NORAD Tracks Santa! We hope you enjoyed this recap of Santa's 2010 trip around ...

published: 14 Oct 2011

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Evolution of the NORAD Tracks Santa Videos

This video takes a look at the North Pole video throughout the years and how it has change...

published: 03 Jun 2012

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2012 NORAD Tracks Santa (HD)

Follow NORAD as we track the fastest thing on Earth! Welcome to NORAD Tracks Santa! Join u...

published: 29 Oct 2012

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NORAD Tracking Santa's Journey

Volunteers are pulling on their Santa hats, phone lines are in place and wall-size trackin...

published: 24 Dec 2012

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NORAD Santa Tracker - Christmas Eve Santa Tracking

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published: 25 Dec 2010

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NORAD Tracks Santa - Alaskan Region

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published: 09 Dec 2011

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Headquarters NORAD Holiday Message 2012

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published: 13 Dec 2012

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NORAD Tracks Santa (2011) - Atlanta, Georgia, United States

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published: 25 Dec 2011

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NORAD Santa tracker tracked in google earth 2010

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published: 24 Dec 2010

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NORAD Tracks Santa with Bing, Not Google: Hot Trends

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published: 24 Dec 2012

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NORAD tracks santa 2011 part 1

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NORAD Tracks Santa - Canadian NORAD Region

Canada Santa Claus Flight Tracking by NORAD; Learn More at: www.youtube.com A Collection o...

published: 24 Dec 2012

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NORAD Tracks Santa 2012 - Fan made Trailer (Teaser)

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published: 08 Nov 2012

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Ukraine's Prime Minister and presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko speaks to the media in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010.

Ukraine Government Plans to Charge Ex-Premier With Murder

The New York Times

19 Jan 2013

MOSCOW — The government of President Viktor F. Yanukovich of Ukraine said Friday that it planned to bring murder charges against his political rival, the jailed former prime minister, Yulia V. Tymoshenko, in connection with the 1996 assassination of a member of Parliament. Connect With Us on Twitter. Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. Twitter List. Reporters and Editors ... He said that Ms ... Ms ... Ms ...   ... ....(size: 8.0Kb)

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In this undated photo, a man stands next to the body of an unidentified person near Ain Amenas, Algeria. Algerian bomb squads scouring a gas plant where Islamist militants took dozens of foreign workers hostage found "numerous" new bodies on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013 as they searched for explosive traps left behind by the attackers, a security official said, a day after a bloody raid ended the four-day siege of the remote desert refinery.

Death toll climbs past 80 in siege in Algeria

Richmond Times Dispatch

21 Jan 2013

Algerian security forces on Sunday made grisly discoveries of dozens of bodies at a sprawling natural gas facility, a day after a violent showdown put an end to an international hostage crisis. But as Algeria tallied up the losses, a debate was emerging about whether the militant group linked to al-Qaida that seized the plant had been intent on a massacre or whether it had simply been after money ... ....(size: 2.9Kb)

photo: US Army / Sgt. 1st Class Abram Pinnington

File - Spc. Wickham, an infantryman and 240B gunner, and another soldier, assigned to Company D, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), pull rear security while on a short halt during an Afghan National Security Forces-led mission in rural areas of Zormat district, Afghanistan, Dec. 10, 2012.

Is Mali the next Afghanistan?

Stars and Stripes

20 Jan 2013

WASHINGTON -- The war rages about cities with names such as Goa and Timbuktu, in a sparsely populated, mostly flat, dusty and landlocked country in northwest Africa. The combatants include a nomadic Berber people known as Tuareg, the French Foreign Legion and a coalition of al-Qaida affiliates who identify themselves with the Maghreb, the desert region of Northwestern Africa ... Some U.S ... Afghanistan ... J ... "They go to where the fight is ... ....(size: 6.6Kb)

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File - A beggar woman shielding her children from the sun in Srinagar, India, on July 09 2012.

Oxfam says world's rich could end poverty

Al Jazeera

20 Jan 2013

The world's 100 richest people earned enough money last year to end world extreme poverty four times over, according to released by international rights group and charity Oxfam. The $240 billion net income of the world's 100 richest billionaires would have ended poverty four times over, according to the London-based group's report released on Saturday ... [...] We're anti-poverty agency ... You don't normally hear us talking about wealth ... ....(size: 18.5Kb)

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President Barack Obama speaks at a fundraising reception in Baltimore, Tuesday, June 12, 2012. Democrats and Republicans are wary of trying to exploit a new report about the sharp drop in household wealth over the past 20 years. The economic report was stunning. The Great Recession shrank Americans' wealth so much that, in 2010, median family net worth was no more than it had been in 1992 after adjusting for inflation. According to the Federal Reserve report, two decades of accumulated prosperity had vanished, mainly because of falling home prices. The smartest minds in the Obama and Romney campaigns seem to conclude that the guts of the report are too complex, too old and too tricky to exploit for political ends. So both Obama and challenger Mitt Romney have had little to say about it.

Algeria crisis: Obama blames 'terrorists' for deaths

BBC News

20 Jan 2013

US President Barack Obama has blamed "terrorists" for the death of 23 hostages at a besieged desert gas facility in Algeria. A four-day siege at the In Amenas site was ended on Saturday by an army raid. At least five Britons, five Norwegians and 10 Japanese are dead or missing, while Algeria said its troops had killed all 32 hostage-takers ... Continue reading the main story Foreign citizens involved ... Hostage crisis in Algeria ... ....(size: 5.9Kb)

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Obama Family Returns To D.C. In Style After Hawaii Vacation (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post

07 Jan 2013

That's a wrap, folks!. The Obama family officially returned from their Christmas vacation in Hawaii on Sunday. (Well, the president already returned once, coming back to DC on Dec ... 1. Thanks, fiscal cliff!) ... Michelle ... PHOTOS. ... In this handout from the White House, First Lady Michelle Obama smiles while talking on the phone to children across the country as part of the annual NORAD Tracks Santa program on December 24, 2012 in Kailua, Hawaii....(size: 8.3Kb)

Obama's Hawaii Vacation: Day 4 (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post

07 Jan 2013

KAILUA, Hawaii -- How President Barack Obama spent the fourth day of his holiday vacation in Hawaii on Saturday.. _ LOUNGING ... _ RADIO ADDRESS ... _ DINNER ... _ LATE DEPARTURE ... Photos, via the Associated Press ... Earlier on HuffPost ... In this handout from the White House, First Lady Michelle Obama smiles while talking on the phone to children across the country as part of the annual NORAD Tracks Santa program on December 24, 2012 in Kailua, Hawaii ... ....(size: 8.2Kb)

Obama's Hawaii Vacation: Day 2 (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post

03 Jan 2013

KAILUA, Hawaii -- How President Barack Obama spent the second day of his holiday vacation in Hawaii on Thursday.. _ GYM. Obama had a morning workout at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, keeping with his routine. _ BOWLING ... Hawaii ... In this handout from the White House, First Lady Michelle Obama smiles while talking on the phone to children across the country as part of the annual NORAD Tracks Santa program on December 24, 2012 in Kailua, Hawaii ... ....(size: 7.0Kb)

Boeing 737 MAX surpasses 1,000 orders to date

The Examiner

02 Jan 2013

The Boeing Company announced Wednesday an order by Aviation Capital Group (ACG) for 60 737 MAX airplanes. ACG's order, consisting of 50 737 MAX 8s and 10 737 MAX 9s, was finalized in December. The 737 MAX has now accumulated more than 1,000 orders to date ... Watch live, NORAD Tracks Santa 2012 (updates). ....(size: 1.9Kb)

Top DC Aviation News Examiner stories of 2012

The Examiner

01 Jan 2013

Watch live, NORAD Tracks Santa 2012 (updates) - Once again, DC Aviation News Examiner provided updates on Santa’s journey across the globe, as he spread Christmas cheer to all the good girls and boys in the world ... and reports on Santa‘s trip ... Watch live, NORAD Tracks Santa 2012 (updates)Top stories for DC Aviation News Examiner in November 2012....(size: 2.2Kb)

American Airlines shuffles passengers in snowy conditions

The Examiner

29 Dec 2012

American Airlines is offering customers flexibility to change their travel plans due to continued snowy conditions in the northeast, the airline announced on Saturday ... Here is the list of affected cities and airports ... (MDT) Hartford, Conn ... (HPN) ... or Canada ... Watch live, NORAD Tracks Santa 2012 (updates)Top stories for DC Aviation News Examiner in November 2012Virgin America launches new Saturday nonstop JFK-PSP service. ....(size: 2.1Kb)

NORAD Tracks Santa Program has record-breaking success in 2012 (NORAD - North American Aerospace Defense Command)

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28 Dec 2012

- Jennifer Eckels, first time NORAD Tracks Santa volunteer, takes calls at the NORAD Tracks Santa Operations Center ... The NORAD Tracks Santa website, www.noradsanta.org, had 22.3 million unique visitors access the site, up nearly 19%, from 235 countries and territories across the globe during the month of December, while fans of the NORAD Tracks Santa Facebook page grew to over 1.2 million followers....(size: 4.2Kb)

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The emblem of NORAD Tracks Santa.

NORAD Tracks Santa is an annual Christmas-themed entertainment program, which has existed since 1955,^[1] produced under the auspices of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). Every year on Christmas Eve, "NORAD Tracks Santa" purports to track Santa Claus as he leaves the North Pole and delivers presents to children around the world.

The program is in the tradition of the September 1897 editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" in the New York Sun.^[2]

1 History and overview
2 Website and other media
3 Sponsorship and publicity
4 References
5 External links

History and overview [link]

1955 Sears ad with the misprinted telephone number that led to the NORAD Tracks Santa Program

This publicity picture for NORAD Tracks Santa shows two Northeastern Air Defense Sector members with radar equipment in December 2008.

This publicity picture shows two members of Canadian Forces with radar screens.

The program began on December 24, 1955 when a Sears department store placed an advertisement in a Colorado Springs newspaper which told children that they could telephone Santa Claus and included a number for them to call. However, the telephone number printed was incorrect and calls instead came through to Colorado Springs' Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) Center. Colonel Shoup, who was on duty that night, told his staff to give all children that called in a "current location" for Santa Claus. A tradition began which continued when the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) replaced CONAD in 1958.^[3]

Today, NORAD relies on volunteers to make the program possible.^[4] Each volunteer handles about forty telephone calls per hour, and the team typically handles more than 12,000 e-mails and more than 70,000 telephone calls from more than two hundred countries and territories. Most of these contacts happen during the twenty-five hours from 2 a.m. on December 24 until 3 a.m. MST on December 25.^[3]^[4] Google Analytics has been in use since December 2007 to analyze traffic at the NORAD Tracks Santa website. As a result of this analysis information, the program can project and scale volunteer staffing, telephone equipment, and computer equipment needs for Christmas Eve.^[5] Volunteers include NORAD military and civilian personnel.^[6]

As of 30 December 2011 (2011 -12-30)^[update], the NORAD Tracks Santa program had 101,000 Twitter followers and the Facebook page had nearly one million fans.^[7]

Website and other media [link]

The NORAD Tracks Santa program has always made use of a variety of media. From the 1950s to 1996, these were the telephone hotline, newspapers, radio, phonograph records and television. Many television newscasts in North America feature NORAD Tracks Santa as part of their weather updates on Christmas Eve.

From 1997 to the present, the program has had a highly publicized internet presence. As mobile media and social media have become popular and widespread as methods of direct communication, these newer media have also been embraced by the program.^[8]^[9] The layout of the NORAD Tracks Santa website and its webpages have changed from 1997 to the present due to changes in internet technologies, and changes in partners and sponsors for a particular year.

Between 2004 and 2009, people who visited the NORAD Tracks Santa site were told they could "track" Santa in Google Earth.^[10] They were given a link to download Google Earth, and then a KMZ file to download. Since 2009, the tracking in Google Earth has been done from the NORAD Santa site, and there is no KMZ file for Google Earth anymore.^[11] In 2011, an iOS and Android application was introduced, which features updates and an interactive game similar to Angry Birds.^[12]

From mid-January until November 30, when one arrives at the NORAD Tracks Santa website, one is greeted with a message to come back on 1 December to "track Santa with NORAD". During December, one finds a NORAD Tracks Santa website with all the features available. On Christmas Eve, the NORAD Tracks Santa website videos page is generally updated each hour, when it is midnight in a different time zone. The "Santa Cam" videos show CGI images of Santa Claus flying over famous landmarks. Each video is accompanied by a voice-over, typically done by NORAD personnel, giving a few facts about the city or country depicted.^[13] Celebrity voice-overs have also been used over the years. For the London "Santa Cam" video, English television personality and celebrity Jonathan Ross did the voice-over for 2005 to 2007 and the former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr narrated the same video in 2003 and 2004.^[14]^[15] In 2002, Aaron Carter provided the voice-over for three videos.^[16]

The locations and landmarks depicted in some of the "Santa Cam" videos have changed over the years. In 2009, twenty-nine "Santa Cam" videos were posted on the website. In previous years, twenty-four to twenty-six videos had been posted.

Sponsorship and publicity [link]

NORAD Tracks Santa relies on corporate sponsorship, and is financed by neither American nor Canadian taxpayers.^[17]^[4]^[18]

U.S. military units that have provided publicity for the program include the Northeast Air Defense Sector of the New York Air National Guard and the U.S. Naval Reserve Navy Information Bureau (NIB) 1118 at Fort Carson, Colorado.^[19]^[20] Other U.S. federal agencies, such as NASA and NOAA, have helped publicize the service,^[21]^[22]^[23]^[24]^[25] as have the Canadian Forces.^[26]^[27]^[28] First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama assisted in the 2011 tracking, answering phone calls.^[29]

According to Gerry Bowler, a history professor at the University of Manitoba, the NORAD Tracks Santa program and the various Santa Tracking efforts are "one of the few modern additions to the centuries-old Santa Claus story that have stuck." Bowler stated that the program "takes an essential element of the Santa Claus story — his travels on Christmas Eve — and looks at it through a technological lens," therefore bringing the Santa Claus mythology into the modern era.^[30]

References [link]

^ "Why we track Santa". Noradsanta.org. March 14, 2009. http://www.noradsanta.org/en/whytrack.html. Retrieved December 24, 2011.
^ "Is There a Santa Claus?". NORAD via Tobey.com. December 2009. http://tobey.com/santa/english/istheresanta.html. Retrieved December 31, 2009.
^ ^a ^b "NORAD Tracks Santa". NORAD.mil. http://www.norad.mil/about/Santa.html. Retrieved December 26, 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c Terdiman, Daniel (December 24, 2009). "Behind the scenes: NORAD's Santa tracker". CNN.com. http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/12/24/cnet.norad.santa.tracker/. Retrieved December 26, 2009.
^ Gillis, Jeff (December 9, 2008). "Santa Tracking with NORAD and Google Analytics". Google Analytics. http://analytics.blogspot.com/2008/12/norads-santa-tracking-website.html. Retrieved December 31, 2009.
^ "NORAD's Santa trackers break own records for calls, emails, Facebook and Twitter followers". Associated Press via The Washington Post. December 29, 2011. http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/norads-santa-trackers-break-own-records-for-calls-emails-facebook-and-twitter-followers/2011/12/29/gIQABIJFPP_story.html. Retrieved January 1, 2012.
^ Smith, Graham (December 30, 2011). "One million Facebook followers, 102,000 phone calls and 7,720 emails: How this year's defence department Santa-tracking operation broke all records". The Daily Mail. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2080381/Norad-Tracks-Santa-breaks-records-million-Facebook-followers-102-000-phone-calls-7-720-emails.html. Retrieved January 3, 2012.
^ Franklin, Curt (December 24, 2009). "NORAD Deploys Network For Watching Santa". Network Computing. http://www.networkcomputing.com/security/norad-deploys-network-for-watching-santa.php. Retrieved December 31, 2009.
^ Gordhamer, Soren (February 8, 2010). "5 Levels of Effective Communication in the Social Media Age". Mashable.com. http://mashable.com/2010/02/08/communication-social-media/. Retrieved February 10, 2010.
^ "Track Santa in Google Earth". Noradsanta.org. http://www.noradsanta.org/en/track3d.html. Retrieved December 24, 2011.
^ Martin, Jeffery (December 23, 2009). "This year, Santa is totally plugged in". Google Geo Developers. http://googlegeodevelopers.blogspot.com/2009/12/this-year-santa-is-totally-plugged-in.html. Retrieved December 24, 2011.
^ Elliott, Dan (December 22, 2011). "NORAD Santa trackers stand by for another big day". Boston Globe. http://articles.boston.com/2011-12-22/business/30547599_1_norad-tracks-santa-volunteers-answer-santa-trackers. Retrieved December 24, 2011.
^ Sullivan, Danny (December 23, 2009). "From NORAD Santa Tracker To Twitter: Santa Tracking For Christmas Eve 2009". Search Engine Land. http://searchengineland.com/santa-tracking-for-christmas-eve-2009-32427. Retrieved December 31, 2009.
^ Phillips, Michael (December 2, 2003). "'Starr' helps NORAD track Santa". AF.mil. http://www.af.mil/news/story_print.asp?id=123006125. Retrieved December 31, 2009.
^ "NORAD Missile Agency Tracks Santa By Satellite". Sky News. December 24, 2007. http://news.sky.com/home/article/1298341. Retrieved December 31, 2009.
^ "Aaron Carter Named NORAD's Honorary Santa Tracker". Yahoo! News. November 25, 2002. http://new.music.yahoo.com/aaron-carter/news/aaron-carter-named-norads-honorary-santa-tracker--12059763. Retrieved December 31, 2009.
^ Dendy, John B (December 2000). "Santa Trackers.Org". Airman Magazine. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0IBP/is_12_44/ai_68507673/. Retrieved December 31, 2009.
^ Roeder, Tom (December 24, 2007). "NORAD will track Santa's trip". The Gazette (Colorado Springs). http://www.gazette.com/news/santa-31212-command-tracking.html. Retrieved December 31, 2009.
^ Davis, Brooke (December 21, 2007). "New York Guardsmen Lend Help to Track Santa’s Flight Path". New York State Division of Military & Naval Affairs. http://dmna.state.ny.us/news/news.php?id=1207921850. Retrieved December 31, 2009.
^ Brian, Eric; Arnold, Darin (December 24, 2002). "Naval Reservists Support NORAD’s Annual Tracks Santa Project". Navy.mil. http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=5201. Retrieved December 31, 2009.
^ "NOAA to Aid NORAD in Tracking Santa Claus". NOAA.gov via Spaceref.com. December 18, 2000. http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=3379. Retrieved December 31, 2009.
^ Herring, Kyle; Hawley, Eileen (December 20, 2002). "NASA to Track Santa". NASA.gov. http://sse.jpl.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=4004. Retrieved December 31, 2009.
^ Diller, George (December 21, 2006). "NASA's KSC Providing Assistance to Santa on Christmas Eve". NASA.gov. http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/news/releases/2006/release-20061221b_prt.htm. Retrieved December 31, 2009.
^ Wrublewski, Tom (December 19, 2008). "NORAD Tracks Santa Update". NASA.gov. http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/topstory/2008/norad_santa.html. Retrieved December 31, 2009.
^ Atkins, William (December 23, 2006). "NORAD and NASA Help Santa Claus Deliver Toys to Children". iTWire. http://www.itwire.com/science-news/space/8268-norad-and-nasa-help-santa-claus-deliver-toys-to-children. Retrieved December 31, 2009.
^ Lavallee, David (December 12, 2007). "NORAD getting ready to track Santa". The Maple Leaf. http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/Commun/ml-fe/article-eng.asp?id=3985. Retrieved December 31, 2009.
^ Munoz, Alexandre (December 12, 2007). "Land force ready to help too". The Maple Leaf. http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/Commun/ml-fe/article-eng.asp?id=3987. Retrieved December 31, 2009.
^ "Canadian institutions keep us believing in Santa, says Queen’s researcher". Webwire.com. December 14, 2005. http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=6934. Retrieved December 26, 2011.
^ Sweet, Lynn (December 24, 2011). "Michelle Obama takes kids calls Christmas Eve as NORAD tracks Santa". Chicago Sun Times. http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2011/12/michelle_obama_takes_kids_call.html. Retrieved December 25, 2011.
^ Elliott, Dan (December 24, 2010). "Secret Santa helper: First lady pitches in with NORAD". Associated Press via MSNBC. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40803123/ns/us_news-life/. Retrieved May 30, 2011.

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