Today in History Christmas Eve Highlights
On December 24 1809 Kit Carson was born in Madison County Kentucky. Other events include the Treaty of Ghent ending the War of 1812 in Belgium and the 1851 Library of Congress fire in Washington.
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Christopher “Kit” Carson
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Vasco da Gama
Africa
India
Cochin
United States
Britain
Ghent
Belgium
Library of Congress
Washington
D.C
Pulaski
Tenn
Ku Klux Klan
Giuseppe Verdi
Cairo
Egypt
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Values in War Roles for Women and Life Creation
Maggie Gallagher questions society’s valuation of women’s roles in combat versus motherhood. The piece cites a general praising female soldiers who fly helicopters operate satellites and serve as medics and analysts while arguing against women being forced into killing roles.
Mehta's Eroica night and India's rule bound music world
Syndicated columnist Tom Plate reflects on Zubin Mehta guest conducting in Los Angeles. He praises Mehta's precision and humor while criticizing Beethoven's Third Symphony performance as overly restrained. Plate links such restraint to India's bureaucracy and hopes both loosen to let culture breathe. He notes Plate is finishing a book on Lee Kuan Yew. past columns are online.
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Zubin Mehta
Los Angeles
Mehta
Walt Disney Concert Hall
Webern Mehta
Bartok
Yefim Bronfman
Beethoven
India
Eroica
Tom Plate
Singapore
Lee Kuan Yew
Pacific Peta Rectives
Blogspot
Pacific Perspectives Media Center
Beverly Hills
California
Clean water and eco farming at local dairy dairies
The piece highlights dairy farms using wastewater to irrigate fields and fertilize crops while employing lagoons to treat waste and reduce odor. It notes growing poplars to clean air and soil, and methane digesters to turn animal emissions into renewable energy.
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Ag Conservancy
Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Missouri
Agconservancy.com
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Harold Pinter
London
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Mary Higgins Clark
Anthony S. Fauci
Mike Curb
Lemmy
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Jeff Sessions
R-Ala
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Clarence Gilyard
Stephanie Hodge
Afghanistan
Ian Burden
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Anil Kapoor
Wade Williams
Kate Spade
Mary Ramsey
Mark Valley
Diedrich Bader
Amaury Nolasco
Ricky Martin
Stephenie Meyer
Ryan Seacrest
Alexander Smith
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Maggie Gallagher
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