Fresh perspectives on experiences of WWI (Massey University)

Edit Public Technologies 05 Apr 2016
On that basis, and as part of the Centenary History of New Zealand in the First World War project, Massey's new press is publishing; Experience of a Lifetime. People, Personalities and Leaders in the First World War, a book that furthers our understanding of the conflict and highlights the benefits of war experiences as a research category ... The New Zealand Soldier in the First World War 1914-1918, published last year....

Returning Raiders halves make instant impact (NRL - National Rugby League Ltd)

Edit Public Technologies 05 Apr 2016
He also played a key role in the game's first try by putting Josh Papalii into a yawning gap before the Queensland Maroons back-rower linked up with Jarrod Croker to score next to the posts. Raiders coach Ricky Stuart said the pair handled their first game back for the Green machine with aplomb, but was also quick to pay tribute to the efforts of the rest of his young squad....

War Journalist from the US Chris Kline: Danger Was an Occupational Hazard (Kaunas University of Technology)

Edit Public Technologies 05 Apr 2016
In the first part of the interview below, Kline told about becoming a war journalist and the unexpected consequences of this choice. How did you choose to become a war correspondent? ... He was in Normandy on D-Day, parachuted into Germany on the first day of the Allied crossing of the Rhine and was also one the first American war correspondents to enter Berlin as the Nazi capital fell ... Being a war reporter cost me my marriage....

Some highlights and observations from opening weekend

Edit North Jersey 05 Apr 2016
Photo by Chris Pedota . Staff photographer ... But many teams have gotten a game – or two – in so far, so here are some highlights and observations from the season’s first couple of days. 1 ... Ridgewood senior pitcher Lisa Higgins threw a five-inning no-hitter in the Maroons’ 11-0 win over Ramapo ... Not a bad way to begin her high school career ... She made a big play to catch hard-hit liner with a runner on first base for the final out of the game....

Joe Medicine Crow, American Indian who was his tribe's last war chief, dies at 102

Edit Stars and Stripes 05 Apr 2016
Joe Medicine Crow, an American Indian who wore war paint under an Army uniform during World War II, conducting battlefield heroics that made him his tribe's last war chief, and who distinguished himself as a guardian of his people's history, died April 3 at a hospice center in Billings, Montana ... After the war, he became the official historian of the Crow ... His first wife, the former Charlotte Heminger, died in 1942....

Amb. R. James Woolsey visits the Netherlands for a symposium on terrorism (The Institute of World Politics)

Edit Public Technologies 05 Apr 2016
(Source ... Amb. R ... Amb ... On the same day, he appeared on AND, where he discussed the war with the caliphate ... Amb. Woolsey also spoke to EenVandaad Binnenland on March 23 about the war against ISIS. He explained how ISIS will represent the first major challenge since the Cold War. the Western world will be at war again ... He also gave an interview with the Dutch newspaper Algemeen,, where he gave his opinion again about the future war ... (noodl....

Whose Side Is 'Doctor Strange' on in 'Captain America: Civil War'?

Edit IMDb 05 Apr 2016
And now we begin the long wait to see the first trailer ... Civil War, which pits all of Marvel's heroes against each other ... Civil War either ... Civil War trailer, where Team Cap and Team ......

See Black Ops 3’s World at War Remake Map

Edit Game Rant 05 Apr 2016
Black Ops 3‘s remake of the World at War map known as “Banzai” for the futuristic first-person shooter ... World at War title ... Black Ops 3‘s remake of World at War‘s Banzai with Verge? Do you believe developers altered the first map enough to justify its use in the franchise’s latest entry? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below....

Global military spending nearly $1.7T amid Mideast conflicts

Edit Palm Beach Post 05 Apr 2016
Global military spending rose in 2015 to nearly $1.7 trillion, the first increase in several years, driven by conflicts including the battle against the Islamic State group, the Saudi-led war in Yemen ......

Obama notes passing of historian, Crow war chief

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 05 Apr 2016
President Barack Obama says a World War II veteran and Native American historian "helped shape a fuller history of America" by sharing the stories and culture of his tribe. Obama released a statement Monday following the death of Joseph Medicine Crow, the last surviving war chief of the Crow Tribe in Montana and the first in the tribe to attain a master's degree ... ....

Obituary: Joseph Medicine Crow, Native American historian

Edit Scotsman 05 Apr 2016
Joseph Medicine Crow, an acclaimed Native American historian and last surviving war chief of Montana's Crow Tribe, has died ... Medicine Crow in 1939 became the first of his tribe to receive a master's degree, in anthropology ... “He really wanted to walk in both worlds, the white world and Indian world, and he knew education was a key to success,” said Viola, who first met Medicine Crow in 1972 and collaborated with him on several books....

'Star Wars' Admiral Ackbar Actor Dead

Edit TMZ 05 Apr 2016
'Star Wars' Adm. Ackbar Actor Dead at 93. 1. 7 minutes ago BY TMZ STAFF. Erik Bauersfeld, the actor who voiced the classic 'Star Wars' line ... "It's a trap!" ... which first reported his death. Probably only the biggest 'Star Wars' fans realize that he was also the voice of Jabba the Hutt's right hand man, Bib Fortuna ... ....

Essential Comics This Week

Edit Gamespot 05 Apr 2016
Now that the first act is over and the stage is set, issue #6 will feature artist R.M ... Justice League Darkseid War Special #1 ... Darkseid War is an event done right ... This is going to be a big issue as Grail will be revealing more about her involvement in this giant war ... It's a tale of crime and comedy, and we got an early look at the first issue ... Civil War ... Star Wars ... The new Poe Dameron ongoing comic is a direct lead-in to Star Wars....
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