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• 1. Brian  |  November 14, 2007 at 2:26 am

  I enjoyed the web site. Feel free to visit my site at http://www.nonuclearms.com.

  Thanks,
  Brian
  brian2525nd@aol.com

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• 2. Brian  |  November 14, 2007 at 2:38 am

  Updated: http://www.nonuclearms.com

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• 3. Jackie Thomas  |  November 14, 2007 at 4:31 am

  We should all strive for peace just like Janet Bloomfield. I have the utmost respect for her.

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• 4. Janine Dupont  |  February 10, 2008 at 1:20 am

  Hi, Keep up the good work.

  I stared an Peace Petition requesting an United Nations (UN) call for an international cease fire and hostilities.

  Make your name count and sign the online petition:
  http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/heartlook

  Together we can build a peaceful world.

  Thanks

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• 5. Human Rights Watch International Film Festival  |  June 10, 2008 at 6:13 pm

  Human Rights Watch International Film Festival

  THE RECRUITER
  (New York Premiere)
  Dir. Edet Belzberg
  US, 2008, 86 min, Documentary
  In English

  Bringing new meaning to the slogan “An Army of One,” The Recruiter follows US Army Sergeant First Class Clay Usie, one of the most successful recruiters in America, as he seeks out the young men and women of Houma, Louisiana. Sergeant Usie’s infectious ‘can do’ spirit draws in the kids, and he begins working with some of them three to four years before they are able to enlist. He becomes their mentors, their role models, and in some cases their surrogate fathers, as he trains beside his recruits and pushes them to their physical limits to prepare for Army basic training boot camp. But the realities of the war hit closer to home as the death count in Iraq for soldiers from the Houma area begins to rise and fewer and fewer civilians are willing to enlist. Four of Sergeant Usie’s recruits, Chris, Bobby, Lauren, and Matt, enter boot camp inflated with Sergeant Usie’s vim and vigor and talk of brotherhood and pride, but are soon confronted by the realities of the day-to-day life of a soldier. Sergeant Usie has prepared them for the physical brutality of boot camp, but can anyone prepare them for the emotional and psychological hardship that separation from their families, boot camp, and actual combat will bring?
  *Official Selection, Sundance Film Festival 2008
  *This HBO Documentary Film premieres on HBO on July 28th

  Presented in association with Margaret Mead Film & Video Festival

  Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center
  Friday, June 13th, 4:00 p.m.
  Saturday, June 14th, 9:15 p.m. Discussion with filmmaker to follow
  Sunday, June 15th, 1:00 p.m. Discussion with filmmaker to follow

  For more information visit:
  http://www.hrw.org/iff/2008/ny/films.html#15

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