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Anheuser-Busch donates 65 acres in upper York County to the Civil War Trust
2015-03-24 18:24:17| Beverages - Topix.net
The largest portion of the Civil War battlefield on which the Battle of Williamsburg was fought was set aside for preservation Tuesday. At a press conference held at Kingsmill, Gov. Terry McAuliffe joined Rick Shippey, senior general manager of Anheuser-Busch's Williamsburg Brewery, in announcing that 65 acres ever set aside for preservation, under the control of the Civil War Trust.
In Florida's "beer war," the growler...
2015-03-22 19:17:00| Beverages - Topix.net
After a two-year political and public relations battle, Florida's craft beer fans may soon be able to leave their local brewery with the preferred half-gallon refillable jug of the microbrew they love and retire their "Free the growler" T-shirts. The Florida Legislature appears poised to pass a bill that would legalize 64-ounce refillable beer jugs or "growlers," which are legal in every other state.
The Guardian is declaring war on fossil fuels
2015-03-20 19:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Desk: After 20 years at the helm of one of the United Kingdom`s most influential newspapers, Alan Rusbridger is about to step down as editor of the Guardian. He`s not going quietly: In an op-ed a couple weeks ago, Rusbridger pledged to use his waning weeks to launch a full-out war on climate change: So, in the time left to me as editor, I thought I would try to harness the Guardian`s best resources to describe what is happening For the purposes of our coming coverage, we will assume that the scientific...
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Weapons of World War III: How new technology will affect the next great conflict
2015-03-19 13:50:17| Extremetech
AUSTIN–During a panel this week at South by Southwest Interactive 2015, authors Peter Singer and August Cole discussed their collaboration on Ghost Fleet, a novel about the next great superpower conflict. Part of the reason they wrote the book is to be able to paint a picture, in fiction, of how big future wars might be fought…
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04.22: Rescue at Los Baños: The Most Daring Prison Camp Raid of World War II
2015-03-18 19:04:47| Powells Books Events Calendar
Bruce Henderson, the bestselling author of Hero Found, returns with the incredible true story of one of the greatest military rescues of all time, the 1945 World War II prison camp raid at Los Baños in the Philippines. Combining personal interviews, diaries, correspondence, memoirs, and archival research, Rescue at Los Baños (William Morrow) tells the daring story of a remarkable group of prisoners — whose courage and fortitude helped them overcome hardship, deprivation, and cruelty — and of the young American soldiers and Filipino guerrillas who risked their lives to save them.
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