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A quick postscript to our previous post on the Out of Water Project: you can now browse the website that's been set up for the exhibition and its forthcoming book version. Just a few of the projects have been uploaded, though we're assuming more will be online in the coming months.
If you know of a case study or a technology for collection, conversion and distribution of water sources in arid climates — or if you have a project of your own — and want it to be considered for inclusion in the book, send an email to info @ oowproject dot com.
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February 10, 1998
Tammy Jones Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD (Phone: 301/286-5566) Ray Villard Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD (Phone: 410/338-4514) RELEASE: 98-24 SHOCK WAVE SHEDS NEW LIGHT ON FADING SUPERNOVA NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is giving astronomers a ringside seat to a never before seen titanic collision of an onrushing stellar shock wave with an eerie glowing gas ring encircling a nearby stellar explosion, called supernova 1987A. Though the star's self-destruction was first seen nearly 11 years ago on Feb. 23, 1987, astronomers are just now beginning to witness its tidal wave of energy reaching the "shoreline" of the immense light-year wide ring. Shocked by the 40-million mile per hour sledgehammer blow, a 100-billion mile diameter knot of gas in a piece of the ring has already begun to "light up," as its temperature surges from a few thousand degrees to a million degrees Fahrenheit. "We are beginning to see the signature of the collision, the hammer hitting the bell. This event will allow us to validate ideas we have built up over the past ten years of observation," says Robert Kirshner of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) in Cambridge, MA. "By lighting up the ring, the supernova is exposing its own past." Astronomers predict it's only a matter of years before the complete ring becomes ablaze with light as it absorbs the full force of the crash. Illuminating the surrounding space like a flashlight in a smoky room, the glowing ring is expected to literally shed a
brilliant new light on many unanswered mysteries of the supernova: What was the progenitor star? Was it a single star or binary system? Are a pair of bizarre outer rings attached to an invisible envelope of gas connecting the entire system? "We have a unique opportunity to probe structure around the supernova and uncover new clues to the final years of the progenitor star before it exploded," adds Richard McCray of the University of Colorado in Boulder, CO. "The initial supernova flash only lit up a small part of the gas that surrounds the supernova. Most of it is still invisible. But the light from the crash will give us a chance to see this invisible matter for the first time, and then perhaps we can unravel the mystery of the outer rings." Though scientists will never solve the paradox of what happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object, the supernova collision is the closest real-world example yet. "This supernova gives us an unprecedented opportunity to directly witness new physics of shock interactions," says McCray. "Though astronomers have measured shock effects from the expanding debris of many supernovae which are centuries-old, their impact velocities are at least ten times slower than the ones we see today in supernova 1987A." The ring was formed 20,000 years before the star exploded. One theory is that it resulted from stellar material flung off into space as the progenitor star devoured a stellar companion. The ring's presence was given away when it was heated by the intense burst of light from the 1987 explosion. The ring has been slowly fading ever since then as the gas cools. Several years ago radio waves and X-rays were detected as the fastest moving explosion debris slammed into cooler invisible gas inside the ring. In spring of 1997 the newly installed Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) first measured the speed of the supernova debris pushing along the shock wave. "The STIS lets you see the invisible stuff," says George Sonneborn of Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD. "We see the shock happening everywhere around the ring." In July, Hubble Wide Field and Planetary Camera-2 images taken by Robert Kirshner and coinvestigators showed that a compact region near on the ring lit up like a sparking diamond set in an engagement ring. Supernova 1987A is the brightest stellar explosion seen
since Johannes Kepler observed a supernova in the year 1604. It is located about 167,000 light-years from Earth in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The Space Telescope Science Institute is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., for NASA, under contract with the Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD. The Hubble Space Telescope is a project of international cooperation between NASA and the European Space Agency. - end EDITOR'S NOTE: Images to accompany this release are available to news media representatives by calling the Headquarters Imaging Branch on 202/358-1900. NASA photo numbers are: Color: 98-HC-58, 98-HC-59 The images are also available electronically through the Internet via World Wide Web, ftp or Gopher. The Internet addresses are: ftp: ftp.stsci.edu (IP address: 184.108.40.206) WWW: http://www.stsci.edu Gopher: www.stsci.edu


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How can we ensure sustainable development in the world's drylands where many of the world's poorest people live? That's the challenge facing decision makers who are gathering in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires this week for a UN meeting on combating desertification and where IUCN is offering a blueprint for action.
Drylands cover more than 40% of the earth's land surface and are home to more than a third of the world's population. They are far more than just deserts and can include grassland, savanna and wetlands that are home to some unique biodiversity. Drylands are productive and resilient places that supply water, food, animal fodder, fuelwood, shelter, medicinal plants and globally-valued commodities such as gum Arabic and cashmere. But these facts are often overlooked and there is a widespread misconception that drylands are wastelands, fuelled by media reports of drought and famine, particularly in Africa.
The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) is the main international treaty charged with tackling land degradation and sustainable dryland management. This week sees the Convention's Ninth Conference of the Parties, to which IUCN is sending a strong delegation. It wants to see a shift in focus away from desertification and land degradation towards maximizing the opportunities that exist for sustainable dryland development and the empowerment of local people. Today at the Conference, IUCN is launching its new publication - Dryland Opportunities: A new paradigm for people, ecosystems and development which outlines the key steps needed at national and international levels.
"Sound dryland management must start with strengthening the capacity of people who rely on dryland biodiversity to adapt to changing conditions. There needs to be far greater recognition by governments of the existing value of dryland ecosystem services both to local people's livelihoods and to national economies," says Neville Ash, Head of IUCN's Ecosystem Management Programme. "What's needed is the adoption of a wider landscape, or ecosystem approach that takes into account the intricate relationship between people and their natural resources and how external pressures, such as changing economic markets are affecting them," he adds.
One of the most serious threats to drylands is climate change, but drylands can also play a key role in both mitigation and adaptation including through carbon sequestration, climate regulation and watershed protection. IUCN is calling for a stronger relationship between the UNCCD and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and encourages Parties to the UNCCD to address the growing threats climate change poses to drylands. Dryland people have a wealth of knowledge on how to adapt to changing and unpredictable climate and this should form the basis of development planning, the Union believes. Through its extensive network of member organizations, both governmental and civil society, and leading experts on ecosystems and biodiversity, IUCN is ideally placed to offer practical guidance and solutions for sustainable dryland development.


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Bolcom and Morris
Traversing Broadway, vaudeville and music hall, performing music from the ragtime era to the end of the 20th century, the duo of William Bolcom and Joan Morris have delighted audiences across the United States and around the world since 1973.
At the piano, composer and raconteur William Bolcom charms the audience with his engaging patter. One of the driving forces behind the ragtime revival that began in the 1970s, he is also the composer of the poignant "Graceful Ghost Rag." As an accompanist, his lively and harmonically rich touch is impeccably tuned to every nuance of Joan Morris's voice.
Chanteuse Joan Morris brings out a veritable cast of characters to sing each of her songs — from a curious little kid ("Love in the Thirties") to a world-weary lover ("Toothbrush Time") to an unforgettable dowager waging battle at the Ladies Club with her recipe for "Lime Jello Marshmallow Cottage Cheese Surprise." According to the Chicago Tribune, "She projects not just a song, but the character singing it, and gives that character her own irresistibly funny and winning personality."
The duo has 24 recordings to their credit, from their Grammy-nominated debut "After the Ball" to recent collections of songs by Yip Harburg, Gus Kahn and Arnold Weinstein/William Bolcom. Their newest CD, Someone Talked!, is available on the Equilibrium label. Visit our photo galleries to see performances from the album in New York and Ann Arbor or watch the entire New York concert online!
"Bolcom and Morris may be the best thing to happen to American popular song since the invention of sheet music." — The Chicago Sun-Times
"Together the couple is, to borrow the title of an early Bolcom opera, 'dynamite tonight.' His brilliantly propulsive, imaginative embellished pianism provides her with a strong rhythmic framework. And Morris plumbs every number for its specific emotional content." — The San Francisco Examiner
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Weather-related crash kills Ind. man in Ky.
Weather-related crash kills Ind. man in Ky.
WILLIAMSBURG, Ky. —
A crash involving a sport utility vehicle and two tractor-trailer trucks has killed an Indiana man in southern Kentucky.
Whitley County Coroner Andy Croley told WKYT-TV in Lexington huge snowflakes were falling, impairing driver's visibility late Monday afternoon and Interstate 75 was slick when the crash occurred.
Kentucky State Police said 27-year-old Tyler L. Armacost of Franklin, Ind., was killed when he lost control of his SUV, ran through the median, struck one truck and then was hit head-on by the other. Armacost was driving north out of Tennessee and the crash occurred between the state line and Williamsburg.
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Eve Gravel is a Montreal fashion designer whose dresses are worn by such singer-songwriters as Coeur de pirate, Ariane Moffatt and singer Norah Jones. Dynamic and creative, her eye for texture and colour goes beyond designing fashionable clothes. When she and her partner, percussionist and record producer Jean-Philippe "Jean-Phi" Goncalves found their third-floor Plateau co-prop in 2010, Eve knew she could give her imagination full rein.
What was it that particularly appealed to you about this apartment?
It's long and narrow and we've got only one bedroom, but I could see its potential. The building was constructed around 1910, so the textures and the raw materials were all there - rough brick walls, wood trim around the windows and doors, hardwood floors. ... The outside of the building has lots of heritage detailing as well. The previous owner had obviously taken good care of it.
It sounds as if you didn't have to do any renovating.
Not much. The living-dining area and the kitchen had already been opened up, but we did shave a little off a wall in the living room, to make it look even more spacious. One of our friends, Jean-François Ethier, who happens to be a cabinetmaker, removed the old ceiling beam, sawed it up and made it into a TV stand. We also painted this particular brick wall white. Because the walls on the opposite side of the room were also brick, it made the living area a bit too gloomy.
Jean-François helped us to redo the kitchen as well. The cupboards were all dark wood, the fridge was in the corner, there was very little counter space and the layout wasn't very practical. We lightened everything up by installing Ikea cabinets but we made them look a little different from the ones everybody else has, because we added black antique metal handles. I like mixing and matching the old and the new, and Jean-François is very open to my ideas.
What about the butcher block countertop?
We added that as well. It's wide enough to seat a couple of people and others can sit around the dining table. Because the space is quite narrow (the table is squeezed between the counter and an L-shaped corner), we came up with a space-saving banquette instead of chairs. The top opens up, so we can store things underneath. Jean-Phi and I love to take an apéro with friends. They can sit here, I can prepare food and we can chat at the same time.
What on earth is the dining table leg made from?
(Laughs.) It's part of a transmission unit for a Jeep Cherokee. We found it in a scrap yard! I love going into those places and saying, "I'd like the top of this or that object" because in my mind's eye, I can see how I might use it in a different way.
(As we wander around, Gravel shows me various cannibalized and repurposed furnishings that she has incorporated into the apartment. The coffee table, which sits atop a brown and white cowhide instead of a rug, is an old-fashioned flatbed cart with metal wheels. Twin chairs in the hallway came from the waiting room of a railway station and rough wooden butter boxes affixed to the wall serve as bookshelves. Underneath sits an old wooden suitcase and a steamer trunk.)
I've been collecting butter boxes for a long time, but it isn't always easy to find ones that are the same size. These boxes match, but they were pretty dirty. It took me two days to clean them!
(We walk into her bedroom where she shows me her sliding closet doors. They're made of seasoned barn wood.)
The old doors were plastic, so we replaced them with these planks. We just covered them with a light wash of white, because I wanted to highlight their texture and let some of the original wood show through. The inside fittings - again they're from Ikea, but they were here already - are very practical. They store lots of our clothes, but unless you open the doors, you would think this was an old cupboard.
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Tenants: Eve Gravel, 33, and Jean-Philippe Goncalves, 34
Location: Plateau
Been there since: 2010
Purchase Price: $330,000
Size: 1,000 sq. feet (one-bedroom) on the top storey of a tri-level co-prop, with two balconies
Designer's touch brought to 100-year-old home
Eve Gravel is a Montreal fashion designer whose dresses are worn by such singer-songwriters as Coeur de pirate, Ariane Moffatt and singer Norah Jones. Dynamic and creative, her eye for texture and colour goes beyond designing fashionable clothes. When she and her partner, percussionist and record producer Jean-Philippe "Jean-Phi" Goncalves found their third-floor Plateau co-prop in 2010, Eve knew she could give her imagination full rein.


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Sports at McPherson is very fun on campus. They have big crowds and the fans have fun. They have movie night every Tuesday and all the latest movies can be watched on campus.Read More
There are several activities put on by the college. We have two dollar tuesdays, where every other tuesday you can see a movie in theaters for two dollars. There are DJ events and several fun contests. At the end of the school year there is an All schools day where there are many contests and a parade downtown. There are also two towns thirty minutes away that are bigger and one an hour away Wichita that's the second biggest town in Kansas.Read More
Well there are always events on campus going on and when there isnt we have a gaming store for those who like to play different card games or like comic books and its open until 11pm and then we also have The Well which is a coffee shop that sometimes also has live entertainment from the two colleges in town. We also have a theater and an opera house. And we are only 20 minutes from Hutchinson, 30 from Salina and an hour from Wichita.Read More
I'm an actor so I act for fun and the theatre program here is amazing, as I freshman I've been in two shows thus far, it's been a blast. There's also a couple of clubs in town, and a movie theatre the a lot of students frequent on Tuesday night when the school sponsors a $2 tuesday where students pay $2 to see brand new movies. The school is also great about scheduling things like comedians, stunt men, and other acts for students to watch.Read More
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Canada earned a notable 2-1 win over Brazil in a women's international friendly courtesy of a pair of goals by Vancouver Whitecaps FC alum Christine Sinclair at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts on Saturday.
Six former 'Caps started for Canada, including defenders Emily Zurrer and Candace Chapman; midfielders Desiree Scott and Sophie Schmidt; and strikers Christine Sinclair and Melissa Tancredi.
Veteran goalkeeper Karina LeBlanc captained the side on her 100th appearance for Canada and made a crucial second half save to preserve a 1-0 lead for her team. In the process, LeBlanc became the first Canadian goalkeeper and only the seventh player in the country's history to reach 100 caps.
Sinclair's goals came in the 12th and 78th minutes respectively to give Canada a 2-0 lead before Brazil pulled one back from the penalty spot when Gabriella Demoiser converted in the 87th minute.
Canada got off on the front foot to open the match when Sinclair raced clear through on goal and appeared to have beaten the Brazilian goalkeeper until Andreia pulled off a splendid save by reaching back and denying the Canadian striker a clear shot on the empty goal.
After Sinclair was denied on her first attempt, she made no mistake with the second.
Candace Chapman sent an angled ball over the top of the Brazilian back-line and Sinclair beat the offside trap, latched onto it and dispatched a cool finish to make it one-nil Canada in the 12th minute.
The rest of the first half unfolded largely without event with both teams trading half-chances in open play.
The game was marked by a concerning moment when Andreia collided with Emily Zurrer in an aerial clash leaving the Brazilian 'keeper motionless on the pitch. Andreia was tended to by medical staff before being stretchered off just ahead of halftime with back-up goalkeeper Barbara coming on in added time.
The second half was largely influenced by Brazil's decision to bring on Marta, who did not start the march due to her later arrival into camp in advance of the match.
Marta had the first real chance of the second period when she rang a firm header off of the crossbar from close range in the 66th minute.
The Brazilian star went close again only minutes later when LeBlanc made a superb save to deny Marta's half-volley from eight yards out. The Brazilian striker powered a left-footed attempt but LeBlanc dove acrobatically and deflected the effort wide of the post with her left hand.
After being on the back foot for large parts of the second half it was Canada who found the next breakthrough.
Sophie Schmidt provided a delicate layoff to Sinclair at the edge of the area after a direct ball from Marie Eve-Nault. Sinclair turned and fired a left-footed effort perfectly into the bottom right corner to give Canada the 2-0 lead in the 78th minute.
Just when Canada looked to be cruising to a comfortable victory Brazil were offered a route back into the game when defender Carmelina Moscato brought down Erika Santos in the box and the referee pointed to the spot.
Substitute Gabriella Demoiser stepped up and converted the opportunity, placing the ball to the bottom left corner – just beyond the reach of LeBlanc who had guessed correctedly and was mere inches away from making the save. The goal was scored in the 87th minute.
Brazil continued to press after halving the deficit but Canada defended resolutely and did enough to hang on for the 2-1 win.
Also of note in the match, Sophie Schmidt made her 34th consecutive appearance for Canada, tied for sixth-longest in team history.
Christine Sinclair's two goals on the afternoon brought her season total to 13 and her career tally to 133.
Canada will depart for Malmö, Sweden, on March 25 ahead of the team's next women's international friendly match against the Swedes on March 31.


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In my first year of menstruating, my period would last for 6 or 7 days, but in the second year it began to last for approximately nine days. At the end of the second year and in the third year, it began to last between two and three weeks. In Ramadan it lasted 18 days, starting three days before Ramadan, and lasting for 15 days of Ramadan. What is the ruling on that with regard to making up missed fasts?.
The scholars differed concerning the maximum length of menses. The correct view is that there is no minimum or maximum length of menses, and that a woman's period may become longer or shorter. What matters is that the blood that comes out is menstrual blood, regardless of how long it lasts.
Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
Shaykh al-Islam [Ibn Taymiyah], Ibn al-Mundhir and a number of scholars said: It is not correct to set a specific time limit. When a woman sees the blood that women recognize as menstrual blood, then it is menses. The evidence for that is as follows:
The general meaning of the verse in which Allah says (interpretation of the meaning): "They ask you concerning menstruation. Say: that is an Adha (a harmful thing for a husband to have a sexual intercourse with his wife while she is having her menses)" [al-Baqarah 2:222]. The words "Say: that is an Adha" imply a ruling connected to the reason, which is that it is adha. So if this blood, which is the adha, is seen, and it is not bleeding from a vein, then it is deemed to be menses. End quote.
Al-Sharh al-Mumti', 1/402
And he said:
There are some women who may remain pure (i.e., free of menses) for four months, then the menses may come and last for an entire month. It is -- and Allah knows best -- as if it is saved up then comes all at once. And there are some women who menstruate for three days every month, or four or five or ten days. End quote.
Al-Sharh al-Mumti', 1/402
Based on this, your period is the days on which there is bleeding, until you see the tuhr (white discharge signalling the end of the period), even if it lasts for more than fifteen days, so long as the bleeding does not continue for the entire month or only stops for one or two days, in which case it is istihaadah (non-menstrual bleeding).
For information on rulings on istihaadah, please see the answer to question number 68818.
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This article was reported in collaboration with the Investigative Fund at the Nation Institute, where Lee Fang is a reporting fellow.
On January 27, 2010, one year into his term, President Barack Obama used the occasion of his State of the Union address to issue a warning. The Supreme Court had just opened the "floodgates for special interests—including foreign corporations—to spend without limit in our elections." He was speaking about the ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, in which the Court struck down nearly a century of law, granting corporations vast new leeway to influence the outcome of elections.
In the months after Obama's speech, the American Petroleum Institute, an oil industry trade association that represents hundreds of multinational oil and gas companies, would demonstrate just how prescient the president's warning was.
Before Citizens United, API had gone to battle with the president over his efforts to address global warming. It took out issue ads, hired lobbyists from K Street, and financed dubious studies to claim that even the most piecemeal legislative fixes, such as the Waxman-Markey bill designed to cap carbon emissions, would lead to economic ruin. The group spent $7.3 million on federal lobbying during the year the bill was being debated.
But as the 2010 midterm elections loomed, Citizens United handed API an additional arrow for its quiver. The group could now funnel undisclosed corporate donations directly to campaign entities. Among the oil executives leading API at the time—and still to this day—was Tofiq Al-Gabsani, a registered lobbyist for the Saudi government. Al-Gabsani is the chief executive of Saudi Refining Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Saudi Arabian Oil Company, the government-owned Saudi oil giant better known as Aramco.
Aramco, by means of its US subsidiary, is understood by insiders to be one of the top donors to API, where, according to the Washington Post, membership dues for the largest firms can be as much as $20 million a year. API has roughly 400 member firms, but only a small group of oil and gas industry CEOs sit on its board of directors, which oversees the trade association's major political campaigns, according to API state business filings and two former API executives. Alongside the top officials of such major American firms as ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips, one of those directors for the past three years has been Al-Gabsani.
US law still bans foreign corporations from participating directly in elections. But after Citizens United, trade associations like API—whose influential members include foreign corporations—are free to spend as they wish, unburdened by disclosure requirements. And these groups have taken full advantage of their new freedoms. While other campaign committees, from labor unions to Super PACs, face strict transparency rules, trade associations enjoy unparalleled power to covertly manipulate elections using corporate money.
API-funded groups were a force behind the tidal wave of negative advertisements to hit Democrats in the midterms. Pennsylvania Representative Joe Sestak "voted for Pelosi's job-killing cap-and-trade plan," intoned one election-season TV ad from Americans for Tax Reform, one of several groups financed by API in 2010. Sestak's vote for a bill to put a price on carbon pollution, the ad continued, constituted "a great big tax that would make utility bills skyrocket, gas prices soar." Sestak lost his bid for the US Senate, and his Congressional seat was one of sixty-three taken by the Republicans.


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AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — President Barack Obama says he hopes military action isn't required to stop Iran from building a nuclear weapon.
But Obama adds that he would never take an option off the table to respond to the threat.
Obama held a news conference Friday in Jordan. The president was asked whether he's prepared to deal with the fallout of a military strike, including Iran's threat to raze cities in Israel if attacked.
Obama responded that the best resolution is through diplomacy, and he said the U.S. will continue to apply pressure in, quote, "a non-military way."
He says if Iran is only pursuing peaceful nuclear power, it should find a way to verify that to other nations, so it can become a part of the international community.


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Gerald Anthony "Jerry" Wunderlin, of Lacey, Wash., passed away Feb. 6, 2013, in Olympia, Wash. He was born Feb. 11, 1936, in Fort Wayne, Ind., to Elmer John Wunderlin and Helen Marie Kloss.
He married LaReine Frances Wunderlin on June 2, 1956. Jerry retired from the telephone company business in 1998, after 45 years of hard work. In later years, there was nothing he enjoyed more than his family, his church, playing pinochle, and eating out.
He is survived by his wife, Reine; his sons, David Wunderlin, of Mercer Island, Kenneth Wunderlin, of Columbus, Ohio, and Robert Wunderlin, of Eugene, Ore., daughters Dawn Baird, of The Dalles, Ore., and Kimberly Reith, of Portland, Ore., and 11 much-loved grandchildren.
Remembrances may be made in his name to your favorite charity.
A memorial mass is schedule for 9 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 14, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 812 Bowker St. S.E., Lacey, Wash.
Arrangements are under the direction of Woodlawn Funeral Home, 5930 Mullen Road S.E., Lacey, WA 98503; 360-491-3000.
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amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research
March 2011—Ninh Binh province was home to Viet Nam's first imperial capital in the tenth century, but its past glory means little to Chi Hong.* An HIV-positive widow who lives with her two school-age children in a small village, she cannot regularly get her AIDS medicines locally and so must travel three hours north to the modern capital, Hanoi. Supporting her family with a small vegetable stall, Chi Hong struggles to scrape together resources to pay for her trips to the doctor. Some months she has been unable to go.
Chi Hong's story is a common one in rural areas and isolated villages across Viet Nam and throughout Asia. Even when healthcare is available, those under treatment for HIV must often deplete their meager savings to travel grueling distances, an economic burden that weighs heavily on women like Chi Hong, who contracted HIV from her now-deceased husband and raises her children alone.
HIV-positive widows in Viet Nam saved money for health
emergencies—and children's school fees—through
collective savings groups developed by TREAT Asia.
Enter the Ninh Binh savings groups.
Recognizing that treatment access often hinges on the simple ability of patients to get to the doctor, TREAT Asia set up a small fund in 2008 to support medical transporation for members of two local HIV women's self-support groups. But that money eventually ran dry. Casting about for a way to make the emergency fund sustainable, TREAT Asia community manager Jennifer Ho considered microfinance, a system that makes small loans available to low-income people, often women who want to establish a small business.Interested but Wary
The women of Ninh Binh weren't thinking about commerce, but they occasionally needed modest sums of money to keep their lives on track. Why not set up a savings-and-loan—a sort of borrowing collective—financed and organized by the women themselves so that they could help each other out in the event of health-related emergencies? Ho made a suggestion to two groups: each woman could put in 10,000 Vietnamese dong per month (US $0.75), borrow against the fund if they needed to, and pay the loan back with only modest interest. At the end of the year, group members would get their money back with an equal share of the interest generated from the loans.
The women were interested but they were wary. Microfinance was an unfamiliar concept in Viet Nam, and personal trust between group members was a question as well. "They raised issues like, what if the person in charge of the money spent it, or what if they didn't give it to the right person?" remembered Nguyen Thi Diu of World Concern Vietnam, who worked with TREAT Asia to implement the community savings program.
To help ensure transparency and accountability, the women's groups developed their own guidance on the types of loans they would make and the process of repayment. "We suggested that not just one person would keep all the money but maybe two or three in the group, and that they would decide together who would borrow the money," said Diu. "So then it was OK for them. Before then, the women's groups had a strong sense of solidarity, but now they really had to learn to trust each other."
The two Ninh Binh savings groups were established in mid-2009 with around 15 women in each group. Although the original idea was to support medical care, members soon decided to extend help to women like Chi Thuy, a widow whose seasonal income as a rice farmer made it difficult for her to pay school fees up front for her two young children, one of whom is HIV positive. "Living with HIV and bringing up children is very difficult," explained Diu. "So the women agreed to lend money sometimes for school fees as well."
After one year, the two community savings projects far exceeded expectations: more than 90 percent of the women contributed to the funds on a regularly basis and they repaid 100 percent of their loans. "By encouraging the participants to develop the habit of saving, they were able to provide each other with much needed financial assistance," said Ho.
Although the TREAT Asia project in Ninh Binh officially ended in 2010, the women's community savings projects live on. "Our goal was to help create a stronger community for HIV-positive women," said Ho. "Now, they've taken that goal into their own hands."
*Chi Hong and Chi Thuy's names have been changed in this story to preserve their privacy.
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As a cable network, VH1 arrived too early for its own good. Christened "Video Hits 1" in 1985, the network spent the better part of its first decade desperately looking for ways to outflank MTV—it was "MTV for Old People" during its adult-contemporary phase, when the network seemed to be a shrine to Phil Collins, and, later and more charitably, it was "MTV With Music Videos." It's ironic that this dreary period in VH1's history is the one the network chooses to revisit—again and again—in shows like I Love the 80s, I Love the 80s Strikes Back, and the 40 Most Awesomely Bad Break-Up Songs … Ever. It's like a twentysomething leafing through his high-school yearbook and wondering what might have been. To understand the much-heralded renaissance of VH1, in which the network has gone from unwatchable to riveting, the place to start is with its inferiority complex.
After years in the adult-contemporary ghetto, VH1 showed the first signs of a new attitude with Pop-Up Video, the series that debuted in 1996. With cheeky info-bubbles interrupting music videos, the show was subtly anticipating two values that would form the new VH1. First was the obsession with commenting on pop culture. Second was that in order to be a success, VH1 was going to have to adopt the pose of an outsider. Unlike MTV, which cozied up to celebrities lest they skip the Video Music Awards, VH1 was distinctly B-list. And rather than trying conventional methods to improve its status—such as moving into new genres or attemptingnoble pop scholarship like Behind the Music—VH1 began to exult in its second-tier status. If MTV was going to be the A-list star, VH1 would become the heckler on the rope line, the hyperarticulate commentator on pop.
VH1 executives like to talk about the network's "voice"—the one that has been adopted by its hosts, regular stable of pop commentators, and announcer. Affectionate and highly ironic, the voice sounds a bit like a gentle imitation of Chuck Klosterman. It is the kind of voice that would thoroughly dismantle a Madonna video, pointing out the gratuitous excess and the cheesiness of the mise-en-scène, before admitting, "But wasn't it great?" VH1 cultivated this voice in I Love the 80s (2002), a show in which hipster comedians riffed on a decade's worth of pop, cracking wise on everything from INXS to Child's Play. (Dee Snider: "It's a doll! Step on it! It's over!") In recent years, VH1 has developed two types of nostalgia programming. There is reflective nostalgia, like I Love the 80s. Then there is what you might call "instant" nostalgia: Best Week Ever, in which a cast of comedians riffs on the last six days, and more recently Web Junk 20, which surveys stuff that's going around on the Internet. Turning the pop present into instant nostalgia keeps the network fresh, explains Michael Hirschorn, VH1's executive vice president of original programming and production.
These days, VH1's sister network is not MTV. It is ESPN. In ESPN's freewheeling early days—back in the 1980s, before it became a sprawling sports empire—the network had the feel of an exclusive boys club. SportsCenter anchors were minor celebrities, playing to young males who shared a set of cultural references (years of accumulated sports detritus), and more frequent viewing let you in on the inside jokes. VH1 aims for a similar appeal. Hipster comedians (Michael Ian Black, Hal Sparks) replace hipster sports anchors, and the furrowed-brow sports debates have become meditations on extinct TV, nearly forgotten music, and the most awesomely bad breakup songs ever. VH1's ideal viewer, like ESPN's, is a male in his late 20s nursing a pop hangover, and the comedians are his spiritual gurus. To further the "just us guys" aesthetic, VH1 gives its shows (which can cost a fortune to produce because of rights fees) a kind of low-fi authenticity that contrasts with MTV's slicker productions. "Part of the VH1 approach is having it look tossed off, when in fact it isn't," says Hirschorn.
The network's other chief interest, in its new identity, is reality TV, which it calls "celebreality." Here, VH1 shows the same cheeky indifference toward celebrity, and walks the same thin line between nostalgic affection and outright ridicule. As a rule, the "celebrities" that pop up on VH1 are not, and never were, big stars. They are niche types (Hulk Hogan), nobodies (Wendy the Snapple Lady), and has-beens on the verge of an emotional breakdown (Danny Bonaduce). The network's reality shows exist to show what desperate lengths they will go to revive their careers. VH1 is the network where a has-been will submit to live in a house with other has-beens (The Surreal Life), go to fat camp (Celebrity Fit Club), or endure a prolonged and excruciating emotional crisis (Breaking Bonaduce). It is riveting television, and more than a little bit cruel. Having been exhumed as kitsch icons on I Love the 80s, the has-beens are now taking turns being smirked at in the flesh.
So, is VH1 any good? Well, whatever joy I Love the 80s once elicited, it's safe to say the network has strip-mined the last three decades for all they're worth. ("We're nearer to the end of that than we are to the beginning," says Hirschorn.) And if the house comedians seem to be a little flat as of late, the network can still turn out genuinely brilliant television, like TV's Illest Minority Moments (2004), which highlighted the racism that regularly infiltrates network TV. The celebreality shows are uniformly good. And then there's Flavor Flav, the former "hype man" of Public Enemy, whose recent cultural renaissance is due to his permanence on VH1. Withered and scratchy-voiced (he's like a corporeal embodiment of a has-been), Flavor has lately gone searching for a romantic partner on his show Flavor of Love. He seems caught somewhere between nostalgia and the pop present, between finding new dignity and lapsing into self-parody—he is, in short, the perfect celebrity spokesman for VH1.


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5 Reasons Why Your School Should Use Drupal Commerce
Guest post by Chris Hartigan, VP, Higher Education and Verticals, Acquia, Inc.
While colleges and universities are not ecommerce businesses they still do a great deal of ecommerce. From online bill payments for class registration, to payments for fines, infractions and permits, to dining plans and other related student services, to tickets for events and seminars, to online bookstores for merchandize and materials, and of course to online giving for fundraising and advancement activities, colleges and universities are using ecommerce every day to support the multi-faceted business of higher education. And for each of these online transactions there is a commerce platform in place that manages both the "product" and the "sale", and this myriad of commerce solutions around campus have become, for many institutions, a very complex challenge to support.
- Multiple vendors with varying terms and conditions create an administrative burden.
- Multiple contracts with a spectrum of costs create economic disadvantages.
- Multiple integration points to existing applications and sites creates technological "debt" and potential security issues.
- And of course multiple different systems themselves creates a patchwork of online experiences that diminishes institutional brand and lowers constituent affinity.
But the good news is that these challenges are addressable and many institutions are looking at their ecommerce ecosystems and seeing an opportunity to implement a single new solution that allows them to take back control of their online commerce landscape. The solution that many are turning to? Drupal Commerce. The reasons why Drupal Commerce makes the most sense for college and universities? Well, there are many...
1) ROI: If return on investment is important to your institution then there is simply no comparison to Drupal Commerce. With other ecommerce platforms there is typically an upfront cost to either license or implement the solution (or both) and there are ongoing percentage-of-transaction costs as well. And for the types of low-margin transactions that colleges and universities are managing online even a small percentage of the transaction fee can be material. Drupal Commerce is open source meaning that it is free and available to anyone. As with any other type of technology solutions the more complex you need it to be the more time and money you can potentially invest in it, but the basic premise of open source holds true for Drupal Commerce and as a result the ROI from using the solution is identifiable and compelling. And that is often the biggest driver of ecommerce solutions in the first place.
2) Adaptability: Due to its open source nature and strong community support Drupal Commerce has been proven effective in a number of different ecommerce situations. Drupal Commerce can be used for relatively simple transactions like online giving where a record is created against an existing contact (or a new contact is created at the time of the gift) and also for more complex transactions like merchandise and materials where inventory management and fulfillment capabilities are required. For "simple" use cases, here's one simple example of a school using Drupal Commerce to power online giving through its alumni site. And for more complex use cases a great use case that we often point people to is that of Timex, who uses Drupal Commerce throughout their site to drive all online commerce experiences (does your institution have a use case more complex than this?). Due to the diverse nature of online commerce around campus, schools need a single solution that can handle a myriad of different use cases and scenarios. Drupal Commerce can handle them all and thus eliminates the need to plug in individual ecommerce solutions around the institution thereby reducing overall complexity and increasing effectiveness.
3) Unification of Content and Commerce (i.e. Brand Control): This is probably the biggest reason why leading consumer brands like Timex and others have decided to utilize Drupal Commerce to drive their online commerce initiatives. By having a platform that allows you to integrate content and commerce at the same time you can more effectively control the user experience and better manage how your consumers are interacting with your brand. Without this integration the online content experience ("learn, engage") is bifurcated from the commerce experience ("transact") and that schism leads to a watered down online experience. Colleges and universities are brands, and in cases where the brand is a part of why your constituents are doing business with you online - such as online giving, buying merchandise or purchasing a ticket to an event - integrating the brand and the content experience into the commerce experience is a best practice that drives greater engagement and, ultimately, more transactions.
4) Leverage Drupal: The fact that Drupal Commerce is fully integrated with your existing Drupal environment goes without saying, but the key point that a lot of our higher education customers focus on is that because it is Drupal they already have a lot of the infrastructure, resources and skills to manage and support it themselves. No need to learn a new technology, no need to learn new integrating protocols, no need to build a new stack no need slow down at all. Simply take your existing Drupal knowledge and environment and extend it out to support your ecommerce needs around campus.
5) Compliance: Drupal Commerce works like any other commerce platform in that it integrates with any third-party gateway (Touchnet, Authorize.net, Cashnet, Moneris, Verisign, PayPal, Scholarchip, etc,) to effect the credit card transaction and thus allows you to successfully maintain PCI compliance. Additionally, with all the work that the Drupal community does to support the highest accessibility and security protocols there is comfort that the platform you are using to manage your commerce initiatives will be one that will advance your security and accessibility efforts at the same time.
If your school is interested in learning more about how Drupal Commerce can be used to reduce your overall ecommerce complexity and retain more value from the online transactions that you support, you can always contact us to learn more. Or if your school is currently using Drupal Commerce we'd love to hear from you as well. We're always looking for great examples of Drupal in action to share with rest of the higher education community.


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~ The Sulfate free claim, is a term used commonly by the natural beauty industry, specifically referring to the two harsh cleansers found in traditional shampoos, known as SLS (Sodium Lauryl Sulfate) and SLES (Sodium Laureth Sulfate). These strong cleansers can strip oils causing irritation to the skin and scalp. No A'kin products contain SLS or SLES and therefore are referred to as sulfate free.
Not all sulfates are bad. Behenyltrimonium Methosulfate (also called BTMS) is one of the good sulfates. It is an oily wax and an extremely mild conditioning ingredient, to moisturise your hair and scalp vs. stripping natural oils away. It is also more degradable than many other conditioning ingredients.
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Vanessa Hudgens: LAX Arrival with Selena Gomez & Ashley Benson
Vanessa Hudgens and Selena Gomez huddle together as they arrive at LAX airport in Los Angeles on Saturday afternoon (February 23).
The two actresses landed safely with co-star Ashley Benson after promoting their new film, Spring Breakers, throughout Europe.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Selena Gomez
Along with other co-star Rachel Korine, the girls made stops in Paris, Berlin, Madrid and Rome.
WHICH STOP WAS your favorite of the promo tour?
Spring Breakers opens in New York and LA on Friday, March 15th.
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29 U.S. Code § 1139 - Separability
If any provision of this chapter, or the application of such provision to any person or circumstances, shall be held invalid, the remainder of this chapter, or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original "this Act", meaning Pub. L. 93–406, known as the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. Titles I, III, and IV of such Act are classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1001 of this title and Tables.
Secretary authorized, effective Sept. 2, 1974, to promulgate regulations wherever provisions of this subchapter call for the promulgation of regulations, see section 1031 of this title.
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NCAA Tennis: The UCLA Men's Tennis team shows off their new adidas tennis kits as they play in the 2013 ITA National Men's Team Indoor Championships, being hosted by the University of Washington in Seattle, Wash.
The Bruins, seeded third at the event, faced off against 14th seed Tennessee, with UCLA winning 4-1. You can follow all the matches (including a live stream) at the UW ITA National Men's Team Indoor results page. UCLA's No. 1 player, Dennis Novikov, lost his singles match to Tennessee's Mikelis Libietis.
Follow: The ITA's Twitter is huffin' and a-puffin'. You can read their tweets at @ITATennis and #ITAIndoors.
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FIU has signed a lease to expand FIU Downtown on Brickell, nearly doubling its square footage after less than a year of operation to expand programs offered by the College of Business Administration.
"As we expand our footprint downtown, FIU will continue its important role in Miami's ongoing economic renaissance," said FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg. "We look forward to educating the next generation of corporate leaders and entrepreneurs in our state-of-the-art facilities."
The addition of 28,000 square feet at 1101 Brickell Ave. will add two multi-purpose classrooms and a reception space to FIU's existing 32,000 square feet of classrooms, leadership and faculty offices, and dining space. The expanded areas will open for use in the fall of 2012. Signage with FIU's name and logo will appear on the building high above Brickell Ave.
"Students have quickly given a strong positive reception to our Brickell location," Executive Dean Joyce J. Elam said. "As we continue our mission as a resource for the downtown community, the added space will allow us to build our role as a focal point for professionals and executives who want to take their careers to the next level."
In September 2011, FIU opened FIU Downtown on Brickell after six years at another location downtown. The space was built to FIU's specifications and displays reproductions from The Wolfsonian-FIU collection. The building, owned by Florida East Coast Realty, was chosen after an exhaustive search to provide a suitable location for a centrally-located space with facilities capable of serving FIU's rapidly expanding student population.
"As a strong believer in the importance of continued education, I'm extremely pleased that FIU's downtown programs have been such a wonderful success since opening at 1101 Brickell. The building's prime position on Brickell is providing many area working professionals a convenient location to further their education," said Florida East Coast Realty Chairman & President Tibor Hollo.
In addition to existing programs, the new space will house the College of Business Administration's redesigned Executive MBA program, an immersive educational experience designed to meet the needs of experienced managers. A new program, the Master of Science in Health Information and Management Systems (MSHIMS) will have its start downtown. Current programs at the site are the Professional MBA, Master of Science programs in International Real Estate and Finance, the Healthcare MBA as well as FIU's Master of Public Administration and Master of Arts in Global Governance. It is also home to the College of Arts and Sciences' Metropolitan Center.
For more information on FIU Downtown on Brickell programs, please visit http://dwntwn.fiu.edu/.


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When it comes to Boston Bruins winger Milan Lucic, the sophomore jinx is obviously as fictious as Jason Voorhees of "Friday the 13th" fame.
One year after skating in 77 NHL games and posting 8-19-27 totals as a 19-year-old, all Lucic has done in the 2008-09 season is get better in every way. He's put up 14-22-36 totals and a plus-12 rating (as opposed to minus-2 last season) in 63 games.
That's not to say that Lucic hasn't gone through some rough patches. With his goal against New Jersey Sunday, he snapped a 15-game goal-less drought that might've been a sign of a struggle. But with Lucic, the goals are the last thing you look at to determine whether he's been producing. You watch him on the forecheck, you watch him in the corners and in front of the net. Is he making the opponent pay for getting in his way? Is he clearing room for his teammates to make plays? The answer almost all season has been a resounding yes.
"If I'm not scoring, I've got to make sure I'm doing something to make an impact to the team. So I think first things first is what I've got to do," Lucic said today after the Bruins practiced in Wilmington, Mass. "Make sure I'm establishing that physical presence more than anything. Points come after all that other stuff. For me, I'm more focused on doing those other things and making good plays and getting in on the forecheck and finishing all my checks. The other stuff comes along."
Hits are credited differently by every building in the NHL. But no matter where the Bruins are playing, Lucic fills up that column on the stats sheet. That might be the only numerical way to gauge his value. But you can also just observe and realize that whichever line he skates with, the other two guys typically find the space to create more offense. For most of the season, Lucic has done that for Marc Savard and Phil Kessel. And Sunday he was on the left side of Shawn Thornton and Stephane Yelle.
Head coach Claude Julien always preaches that Lucic has to play "his game" regardless of his slot in the lineup. And Lucic thrives under that mantra because that's what he does best.
"I think it's pretty easy. I don't have to change anything. Still I've got to make sure I'm the first guy in and do all those things … it doesn't really matter what line I play with," he said.
"When I play with 'Yeller' and 'Thornty,' thinks are going to be simpler and more straight lines. I just have to remember that."
If there's been one minor downside to Lucic's season, it's been that for the first time in his adult life he's had to deal with injuries. He missed 10 games, including seven in a row at one point, with what was widely believed to have been an upper-body injury (possibly a shoulder). For a guy whose only previous serious injury was a broken hand in his first year of junior hockey, Lucic has had to learn more about his body and the limits he can push it to.
"It just goes to show that you've got to take care of yourself and those kind of things if you want to stick around for a long time," he said. "So I just try to get in the gym as much as I can to keep myself strong and prepared for any situation. It's a learning curve. And it's good for me to learn it at a young age."
Lucic hates sitting out games as much as Rush Limbaugh hates liberals. But that doesn't mean he can just indiscriminately suit up regardless of his physical condition. He's accumulated the knowledge he needs about himself over the course of the season.
"You do it in practice and you see what it feels like and those types of things. Obviously you (factor in) time of season and all that type of stuff," he explained. "But I think everyone's got their own pain threshold, so it's all mental and what you can handle. But sometimes you've got to be smart about it too. If you can handle it but you're making it worse, sometimes you've got to be smart and sit back and take a few days or even a week."
With his body in tip-top shape and his game honed and ready to fit in on any line, Lucic should be an impact player when the postseason arrives. And that sophomore jinx has just about run out of time to catch him.


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Once Halloween is over the holidays round the corner fast. For people who love to sew it doesn't matter if time is in short supply. We make handmade gifts long into the night and not because we feel we have to, but usually because we love to.
For Free Stuff Friday the book Sew Special Fat Quarter Gifts is up for one lucky reader. This book is packed with easy gifts that come straight from the heart. Projects like table runners, tote bags, pin cushions, quilts and more can be made quick and easy and all with fat quarters. All the projects are for fat quarters or quilting fabric that is 18×22 rectangles. You will learn how to fashion these fat quarters into fun and thoughtful gifts.
For the question today, tell us what was or is your favorite hand made gift to make. Or what was a gift that you received that has still left a great memory for you.


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(Reuters) - A combination of human error and a severe "microburst" during a thunderstorm caused a military air tanker to crash while fighting a South Dakota wildfire in July, killing four airmen, according to an accident report released on Wednesday.
The U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules crashed on July 1 while battling a blaze near Edgemont, South Dakota, killing four North Carolina Air National Guard airmen. Two others were seriously injured.
An Air Force Air Mobility Command accident investigation report released on Wednesday found that an "inadequate assessment" by the cockpit crew of "operational conditions resulted in the aircraft flying into a microburst and impacting the ground."
The report describes a microburst as a severe, localized wind gust, blasting down from a thunderstorm, typically covering an area less than 2.5 miles in diameter and lasting less than 5 minutes.
Those killed were identified as Lieutenant Colonel Paul Mikeal and Major Joseph McCormick, both pilots; Major Ryan David, a navigator; and Senior Master Sergeant Robert Cannon, a flight engineer.
The plane was one of eight U.S. Air Force aircraft that can be quickly converted into firefighting tankers for a Defense Department-U.S. Forest Service program when private and commercial fleets cannot meet the need.
The investigation also found factors that substantially contributed to the mishap included the "failure of the Lead Plane and Air Attack aircrews to communicate critical operational information; as well as conflicting operational guidance concerning thunderstorm avoidance."
The wildfire, which had consumed a few thousand acres (hectares) at the time of the crash, was one of thousands across the United States during one of the most devastating fire seasons on record.
According to the National Interagency Fire Center, more than 53,000 wildfires have been reported this year to date, which together have consumed more than 9 million acres (3.65 million hectares).
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King Family Letter, 1864 December 13
Papers, 1847-1889, including bible records, estate accounts, letters, photographs, and oaths of the King family of Henry County, Virginia. Includes letters, 1858-1859, from Elizabeth King to her parents regarding her religious thoughts and family news. Also included is an account book, 1847-1850, settling the estate of George W. King. Also includes a letter, 10 December 1858, from Lewis G. King detailing his religious beliefs and experiences. Most of the letters, 1862-1865, were written to and from Lewis G. King while he served with the 42nd Virginia Infantry Regiment. The letters were written from Dinwiddie, Henry, and Rockingham Counties and Norfolk, Petersburg, and Richmond, Virginia. Topics include troop movements, camp life, battles around Newmarket and Petersburg, Virginia, rations, and his thoughts on the war. Of note is a letter, 18 May 1865, informing Elizabeth of the death of Lewis at a hospital in Fort Monroe, Virginia. The King family resided in Henry County, Virginia. Lewis G. King (1819-1865) was the son of George W. (1768-1838) and Susan Martin King (b. 1799). Elizabeth King (b. 1825) was the daughter of John (1788-1862) and Polly Wills King (1791-1874). Lewis G. and Elizabeth King married on 18 October 1841. Lewis served with the 42nd Virginia Infantry Regiment, Company F, and died of typhoid fever in a hospital in Fort Monroe, Virginia in May 1865.
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King family. Papers, 1847-1889. Accession 44358. Civil War 150 Legacy Project, The Library of Virginia, Richmond Va. 23219.
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Hey, look, it's this simple: In a potential race against Scott Brown, the polls show that Ed Markey is way behind.
A Scott Brown win would give the Republicans yet another vote in the U.S. Senate. No matter how loudly Brown cries or insists that he is not like those other bad Republicans, in the end, he is. He organizes with them, he'll vote for Mitch McConnell for leader and when the vote comes up on close political stuff, he'll be with the Republicans.
So why do Republicans win in a state as blue as Massachusetts? They win because the voters get sick and tired of being taken for granted by the political class. Frankly, they don't even want to elect people from that class. That's why we've seen a whole string of Republican governors in the Bay State and why, years ago, Ed Brooke was elected senator. When it comes to high political office, Massachusetts is a competitive state despite the fact that the registration is overwhelmingly blue.
Massachusetts people are among the most educated, bright and thoughtful in this country. They see Deval Patrick and know he's the real thing. They go for competence and brains.
This time there will be no Barack Obama at the head of the ticket to bring out the Democratic vote. If Ed Markey isn't going to win, who can? What Massachusetts needs now is a hero -- someone who every working man and woman can relate to, someone from outside of the political class.
I believe that James Taylor is that person.
JT, who famously followed that road "from Stockbridge to Boston," is as much of a hero to the people of the Bay State as General Henry Knox was.
Not only is he one of the most celebrated singers in the world who can fill any stadium, but he is also a brilliant thinker and, most of all, a person who can relate to the problems we all face in life. He has gone head to head with his own personal demons and stands as a symbol for each of us who struggles with our own issues. He is us and he will win overwhelmingly.
What kind of a Democrat is he? Every insider knows what the Democratic party owes Taylor. Over the years, he has worked tirelessly for Democratic candidates, raising tens of millions of dollars for the effort. We all know how generous he has been in raising funds for the Boston Symphony Orchestra. His devotion to the Red Sox organization is well known.
He is a man of integrity and great principles. He is not one of the denizens of the Congress, hanging around with millionaires and billionaires who will finance his campaigns. Personally, I can tell you how hard he has worked on behalf of public radio, something I will remember to my last breath.
He is committed to his wife, Kim, and their love story is genuine and beautiful. Their twins, Rufus and Henry, are already remarkable young men. Last year when Taylor appeared for free in Dickens' A Christmas Carol, he brought the wonderful Berkshire Theatre Group to the attention of the world.
I have talked politics with Kim and James many times. They are anything but the same old, same old. I tell you, Taylor could win. If I was Deval Patrick, I would nominate him as a temporary replacement for Brown, but this time, I would not suggest that he couldn't run for a full-time seat. We would be damned lucky to have him. Would he give up his wonderful career to do it? I almost hope not.
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DENVER, CO--(Marketwire - January 28, 2013) - Roomlinx Inc. (OTCBB: RMLX), the innovative developer of media networks and interactive TV (iTV) applications for the hospitality industry, today announced the successful implementation and operation of Roomlinx iTV distributed via a Roomlinx installed and managed HSIA (High Speed Internet Access) network.
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My father had a total gastrectomy 2 weeks ago. He has been tube fed up until a few days ago at which time they started giving him a pureed diet. What will his diet have to consist of long-term? Will he be able to eat meat without pureeing, etc? Since there is no stomach, how do things get digested? Do you have a suggestion on this subject?
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