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  Spaceweather.com: November 2003 Aurora Gallery
Summary: A coronal mass ejection (CME) swept past Earth on Nov. 20th and sparked bright auroras as far south as Florida in the United States and Greece in Europe.
The source of the CME was sunspot 484--one of the trio of active regions that caused intense geomagnetic storms last month.
Recorded by a sensitive all-sky camera during the intense geomagnetic storm of Nov. 20th, the bright dancing blobs are rare Florida auroras.
science.nasa.gov /spaceweather/aurora/gallery_01nov03_page12.html   (505 words)

  
  20 Nov History: This Date
Three months later, the 20 crew members who had tried to survive on small life-boats in the middle of the Pacific had been reduced to only eight.
They had clung to life by eating their dead comrades, killing one by one, drawing lots to determine who would be next to be eaten.
In 1631 he became an engineer in the army of Gustav II Adolf [19 Dec 1594 – 16 Nov 1632] of Sweden, and from 1646 to 1681 he was bürgermeister (mayor) of Magdeburg and magistrate for Brandenburg.
www.safran-arts.com /42day/history/h4nov/h4nov20.html   (9890 words)

  
  Alliance Nov. 20 Newsletter
The Kettl Commission Nov. 16 endorsed the concept of a foundation plan for funding education but struggled with the question of how municipal aids should be funded.
The commission's municipal workgroup is to meet Nov. 21 in Madison to develop a funding alternative that recognizes that historic spending patterns reflect the mix of services citizens desire in their communities and that equalizes tax effort required to get there.
Those were some of the examples of DOT bureaucratic hubris that prompted members of the Alliance of Cities, meeting in Janesville Nov. 17, to vote to conduct a survey of local-government complaints against the agency -- as well as examples of exemplary DOT conduct in its relations with local government.
www.wiscities.org /newsletter5.htm   (1702 words)

  
 Southpinellas: Nov. 20 is decision day for special programs
Nov. 20 is decision day for special programs
That is: this Wednesday, Nov. 20, the deadline for accepting a spot in a magnet program, fundamental school or career academy.
NOV. 20: Applicants to countywide magnet programs, fundamental schools and career academies must accept their invitations by this date.
www.sptimes.com /2002/11/17/SouthPinellas/Nov_20_is_decision_da.shtml   (934 words)

  
 nov | The News is NowPublic.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 25, 1963, the body of President Kennedy was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery.
Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 22, 1963, President Kennedy was shot to death while riding in a motorcade in Dallas.
Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 21, 1922, Rebecca L. Felton of Georgia was sworn in as the first woman to serve in the U.S. Senate.
www.nowpublic.com /tag/nov   (585 words)

  
 Today in history - Nov. 20 - Boston.com
Today is Monday, Nov. 20, the 324th day of 2006.
On Nov. 20, 1947, Britain's future queen, Princess Elizabeth, married Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh, in a ceremony broadcast worldwide from Westminster Abbey.
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www.boston.com /news/history/articles/2006/11/19/today_in_history___nov_20   (445 words)

  
 Challenge -- Nov. 20
On Nov. 7, Kevin Spencer, a 19 year old, fl worker, was killed by Camden cop John Sosinavage.
In spite of the cover for fascism provided by the Democratic Party and its elements, the unions, the liberal churches, etc. with their "differences" with the "right," workfare is exposing the ruling class.
On Election Day, Nov. 5th, PLPers picketed the Transit Authority in downtown Brooklyn, chanting "Hitler rose, Hitler fell, Racist workfare, go to hell." On Nov. 7th, PLPers rallied at the Bushwick Income Maintenance Center where 80 workers are on WEP and 60 are salaried.
www.plp.org /cd96/cd1120.html   (13332 words)

  
 Lectures: Nov. 20-Dec. 14
Nov. 20 Physics and astronomy, “The EDM and CP-Violation Beyond the Standard Model,” Peter Herczeg, Los Alamos National Lab Theory Division, 4 p.m., Jones Physical Sciences Center, Room 409.
Nov. 20 Philosophy, Science Studies Seminar Series, “The Troubled History of the Ether,” Joseph Milutis, art, 12:30–2 p.m., Preston College Seminar Room.
Nov. 25 Anthropology, "The Archaeology of Colonialism in British Honduras: Maya Caste War Immigrants and the British Colonial Enterprise, 1857–1936," Jason Yaeger, Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin and 2004 Fellow of the School of American Research, 3:30 p.m., Hamilton College, Room 318.
www.sc.edu /usctimes/articles/Lectures/nov_20_to_dec_14.html   (394 words)

  
 Duke in the News: Nov. 20, 2006
BBC/PRI's The World, Nov. 17 -- Scott Silliman, director of the Center for Law, Ethics and National Security at Duke, argues that the United States is aggressively working to regain its status as a world leader in respecting human rights.
News & Observer, Nov. 20 -- The findings of Duke researchers add to a growing mystery about whether lead is creeping undetected into drinking water, even though federal rules require water systems to routinely test for it.
Wall Street Journal, Nov. 20 -- Going the distance to assess global health needs is one reason Duke alumna Melinda Gates has emerged as a powerful force in the new philanthropy.
www.dukenews.duke.edu /2006/11/clips112006.html   (348 words)

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