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The deaths listed are unverifiable for now but the situation is serious in Istanbul.

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good: Badass ‘Speed Sisters’: The First Palestinian Women’s Auto Racing Team- Amber Fares wrote in Living, Women and Creativity “Nummber two! Marrrrrrrah, from Jenin!” The crowd erupts. “Huh? A girl?” one guy asks. Marah, the 20-year-old racing prodigy, drives up to the start line. Jenin is home, and this is her turf. It was here that she first beat out most men to place in the top ten. Eyes closed, she whispers a passage of self-encouragement from the Koran. Her fingers chart the course in the air that she is tracing in her mind, that she has been doodling in the pages of her course books for days, that she has been seeing in her sleep. It loops and weaves. It seems to never end. But she knows it now. She’ll find her way. Marah is not alone. Brought together by a common desire to live life on their own terms, several determined Palestinian women have taken on the street car speed test circuit of the West Bank—competing against each other for the title of fastest woman, for bragging rights for their home city, and to prove that women can compete head on with men in Palestine and beyond. Together they have been acclaimed as the first all-women motor racing team in the Middle East—the “Speed Sisters.” Continue reading on good.is Instead of Fast and Furious 6, can there be a movie about the “Speed Sisters” instead?

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Badass ‘Speed Sisters’: The First Palestinian Women’s Auto Racing Team
- Amber Fares wrote in Living, Women and Creativity

“Nummber two! Marrrrrrrah, from Jenin!” The crowd erupts. “Huh? A girl?” one guy asks. Marah, the 20-year-old racing prodigy, drives up to the start line. Jenin is home, and this is her turf. It was here that she first beat out most men to place in the top ten. Eyes closed, she whispers a passage of self-encouragement from the Koran. Her fingers chart the course in the air that she is tracing in her mind, that she has been doodling in the pages of her course books for days, that she has been seeing in her sleep. It loops and weaves. It seems to never end.

But she knows it now. She’ll find her way.

Marah is not alone. Brought together by a common desire to live life on their own terms, several determined Palestinian women have taken on the street car speed test circuit of the West Bank—competing against each other for the title of fastest woman, for bragging rights for their home city, and to prove that women can compete head on with men in Palestine and beyond. Together they have been acclaimed as the first all-women motor racing team in the Middle East—the “Speed Sisters.”

Continue reading on good.is

Instead of Fast and Furious 6, can there be a movie about the “Speed Sisters” instead?

usnatarchives: “Scott Levins, the Director of the National Personnel Records Center, recently received a letter of thanks from the folks at JPAC, mentioning the names of 32 men missing since the Korean War who had been identified, thanks to the efforts of this center, and could now be sent home for burial. Some of the names listed were the names of young men whose records I had processed. Sometimes, I take a quick look at the ages of the men and women whose records I am working on. I realize that most of them are less than half my age. I’ve had a good life so far. Sometimes, their lives ended just when it should have been beginning.” —excerpt from Why I Do What I Do, by Michael Pierce, preservation technician at the National Archives at Saint Louis. Our mission is to preserve, protect, and make available the records of the Federal government, and this includes the millions of files of veterans, living and deceased.These records are housed at the National Personnel Center in St. Louis, and can be accessed by veterans to received benefits, or by families and researchers. To learn more about these records, watch this video. Image: A grief-stricken American infantryman whose buddy has been killed in action is comforted by another soldier. In the background a corpsman methodically fills out casualty tags, Haktong-ni area, Korea. August 28, 1950. Sfc. Al Chang. (Army, 111-SC-347803) This picture.

usnatarchives:

“Scott Levins, the Director of the National Personnel Records Center, recently received a letter of thanks from the folks at JPAC, mentioning the names of 32 men missing since the Korean War who had been identified, thanks to the efforts of this center, and could now be sent home for burial.

Some of the names listed were the names of young men whose records I had processed.

Sometimes, I take a quick look at the ages of the men and women whose records I am working on. I realize that most of them are less than half my age. I’ve had a good life so far. Sometimes, their lives ended just when it should have been beginning.”

—excerpt from Why I Do What I Do, by Michael Pierce, preservation technician at the National Archives at Saint Louis.

Our mission is to preserve, protect, and make available the records of the Federal government, and this includes the millions of files of veterans, living and deceased.These records are housed at the National Personnel Center in St. Louis, and can be accessed by veterans to received benefits, or by families and researchers.

To learn more about these records, watch this video.

Image: A grief-stricken American infantryman whose buddy has been killed in action is comforted by another soldier. In the background a corpsman methodically fills out casualty tags, Haktong-ni area, Korea. August 28, 1950. Sfc. Al Chang. (Army, 111-SC-347803)

This picture.

americasgreatoutdoors: Today we remember those countless brave men and women who gave their lives so we could live in freedom. Let’s hold all our fallen heroes in our hearts today and everyday. Photo of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial by Richard Paige Memorial Day.

americasgreatoutdoors:

Today we remember those countless brave men and women who gave their lives so we could live in freedom. Let’s hold all our fallen heroes in our hearts today and everyday.

Photo of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial by Richard Paige

Memorial Day.

smithsonianmag:

Happy 130th to the Brooklyn Bridge!

When it opened on May 24, 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge was the longest suspension bridge in the world. Designed and built by German-born John A. Roebling and his son, Washington A. Roebling, the bridge connected New York and Brooklyn. The remarkable design used Roebling’s patented system of steel wire cable construction. Its graceful limestone and granite towers, pictured here, took 5 years to build.

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inothernews: A TALE OF ONE CITY  Sarah Dick read a Dr. Seuss book to her 3-year-old daughter, Jadyn, in her driveway in Oklahoma City on Wednesday. Her house was destroyed in the tornado. Officials say at least 24 residents died in the storm.  (Photo: Rick Wilking / Reuters via the Wall Street Journal) Heartbreaking but hopeful.

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A TALE OF ONE CITY  Sarah Dick read a Dr. Seuss book to her 3-year-old daughter, Jadyn, in her driveway in Oklahoma City on Wednesday. Her house was destroyed in the tornado. Officials say at least 24 residents died in the storm.  (Photo: Rick Wilking / Reuters via the Wall Street Journal)

Heartbreaking but hopeful.