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Today's Document from the National Archives

Add Today's Document from the National Archives to your daily Internet routine. Missed yesterday's document? No worries, there are links to both yesterday's and tomorrow's documents.

Working from Home, North Face & the EPA and Rain

• Thinking about working from home? There's a lot to consider. Read the post from Library of Congress Blog since it contains information about self-employed individuals, tools for brainstorming, tips on how to turn your hobby into a job you love and resources.
• Tell me there's one student at Samford that doesn't own a North Face item. Admit it, you aren't cool until you do on this campus. Here's something to think about, ‘The North Face’ Clothing Parent Company Facing Nearly $1M in Federal Fines Following Unsubstantiated Product Claims
• Tired of the rain? Here's an image from NASA that shows estimates of rainfall for the southeastern US from Sept. 14-21.
  

Name Your Favorite National Park

A segment of Sunday Morning (CBS) was devoted to our National Parks. Reveling in 'America's Best Idea' shows not only how wonderful and beautiful our National Parks are but also about a new documentary by Ken Burns, The National Parks: America's Best Idea. The six episode documentary will begin next Sunday on PBS.

National Park Service's America's Best Idea Today

Documents of the Week: U.S. Department of Defense

For the next two weeks, we will display documents from the Department of Defense. You won't want to miss these next two displays! These will be shown for the next week as Part One of our DOD display:

• All Roads Lead to Baghdad: Army Special Operations Forces in Iraq
• Armed Forces Decorations and Awards
• Arming the Eagle: A history of U.S. weapons acquisition since 1775
• Army Nursing: Pride and Professionalism
• Considering a Career as a Historian in the Federal Government: A Quick Guide
• Iraq: a country study
• Israel: a country study
• Military Funeral Honors: Honoring Those Who Served
• Military Women in the Department of Defense
• North Korea: a country study
• Operation Enduring Freedom: The United States Army in Afghanistan
• Pearl Harbor: 50th Anniversary Commemorative Chronicle
• Prisoner of War: Rights & Obligations Under the Geneva Convention
• Soviet Military Power, 1990 (Map)
• Soviet Military Power: An assessment of the threat, 1988
• The Korean War: Years of Stalemate
• The Most Secret War: Army Signals Intelligence in Vietnam
• The U.S. Army and the Lewis and Clark Expedition
• U.S. Naval Test Pilot School
• When It Mattered Most: Remembering Our Fallen Medical Personnel in Iraq-Afghanistan

America’s Healthy Future Act of 2009

Space Shuttle Discovery Landing

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