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		<title>Maine Events</title>
		<link>http://uselessnexus.com/p/656</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 23:07:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael P. Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two great Civil War living history events in Maine this summer. Tell you friends! Rally for Norlands Civil War Reenactment Weekend June 12 and 13, 2010 Battle at Fort Knox July 23 – 25, 2010 Both support good causes and feature great people telling a legendary story. So please, plan on attending these events and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rich attack USS Constitution</title>
		<link>http://uselessnexus.com/p/628</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:52:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael P. Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some arrogant rich people find it too noisy living next door the USS Constitution. The nerve of some people just burns me up! According to the Boston Herald, some residents have complained that the twice daily cannon salutes and the playing of the national anthem are disruptive to their lives. You can read the Boston [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Last Veterans of WWI</title>
		<link>http://uselessnexus.com/p/615</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:13:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael P. Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was reported last week that Henry Allingham, one of the last surviving British World War I servicemen, has died at age 113. He could be the last W0rld War I (WWI) veteran to serve in the trenches in Western Europe. Of course, it&#8217;s possible that there is another Tommy out there, but clearly the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maine at Gettysburg on Google Books</title>
		<link>http://uselessnexus.com/p/604</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:19:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael P. Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was checking out Google Books tonight. There is a ton of valuable interesting stuff! Including, &#8220;Maine at Gettysburg&#8220;. &#8220;Maine at Gettysburg&#8221; is the definitive single volume reference of the many and great contributions that men from The State of Maine made at the Battle of Gettysburg in July of 1863. There are many other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rally for Norlands</title>
		<link>http://uselessnexus.com/p/578</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 01:40:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael P. Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mark your calendars for June 6, 7, 2009 and make plans to attend what could be the largest Civil War reenactment in Maine this year. Confederate and Union, military and civilian reenactors from across New England will participate in two days of Civil War living history to benefit the Washburn-Norlands Living History Center in Livermore, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Vampire&#8217; Unearthed in Venice</title>
		<link>http://uselessnexus.com/p/556</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:32:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael P. Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Discovery Channel News has an interesting story about a Female &#8216;Vampire&#8217; Unearthed in Venice. A long time ago, I hung out with someone who was a big fan of vampire stories. So I always think of her when I stumble upon a news story about vampires. As a historian, I found this story particularly interesting. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Naval Institute Blog</title>
		<link>http://uselessnexus.com/p/551</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael P. Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the past several months, I have been enjoying many of the contributions to the U.S. Naval Institute blog. As most friends know, I have a passion for history, particularly maritime, military and naval history, even though I have never served in the Armed Services. the USNI blog has had a couple of interesting reads [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WWII SUBMARINE WAR PATROL REPORTS</title>
		<link>http://uselessnexus.com/p/249</link>
		<comments>http://uselessnexus.com/p/249#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 21:35:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael P. Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Historic Naval Ships Association has posted digitized copies of microfilm of 63,000 pages of World War 2 United States Naval submarine patrol reports. As an amateur historian I find this to be a tremendously fun resource. Being microfilm of the original paper reports, it is difficult to read in places. But a primary source [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s official, it&#8217;s been cold!</title>
		<link>http://uselessnexus.com/p/226</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Geological Survey and Maine State Climate Office announced today that a minus-50 Fahrenheit reading from Big Black River on January 16th, 2009, held up to scientific scrutiny and becomes the oldest recorded temperature in Maine and New England history. You can read more about it here:  50-below sets [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quote: &#8220;illusion of progress&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://uselessnexus.com/p/111</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:39:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I stumbled upon this qute tonight and it really struck me as indicitive of the way my life has felt this year. I can&#8217;t even explain exactly how I stumbled upon it. So I&#8217;ll simply offer it up and see how it strikes you. We trained hard, but it seemed that every time we were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>South Ossetia War thoughts</title>
		<link>http://uselessnexus.com/p/107</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:25:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unless you have been under a rock this week, you are probably aware that the countries of Russia and Georgia went to war over a plot of land in The Republic of Georgia called South Ossetia. You can read up on the details at Wikipedia or Mahalo is you want the quick edition. There is [...]]]></description>
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