Letter | It’s time to do something about poverty other than study it
We read news reports that Gov. Tim Kaine appointed Arlington State Del. David Englin to yet another commission to study poverty in Virginia. While we certainly welcome that the governor’s and the General Assembly’s desire to measure the extent of poverty in Arlington and Virginia, we’re puzzled by the call to “study” what census data and other readily available information already make clear — significant levels of poverty and hunger exist statewide and in Arlington. Read more
Augusta County Board of Supervisors meeting agendas for Monday, June 22, and Wednesday, June 24
The Augusta County Board of Supervisors will meet Monday, June 22, at 1:30 p.m., for its monthly staff briefing, and Wednesday, June 24, at 7 p.m. for a regular business meeting.
The meetings will be held at the Augusta County Government Center, U.S. 11, Verona.
The agendas for the meetings: Read more
Waynesboro City Council meeting agenda for Monday, June 22
Waynesboro City Council will hold a regular business meeting Monday, June 22, at 7 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Charles T. Yancey Municipal Building, 503 W. Main St.
The agenda for the meeting: Read more
Heartbreak – Arkansas rallies, eliminates Cavs from CWS
Virginia had Arkansas down to its last strike, but it was the Razorbacks who ended up getting the last out.
A two-out, two-run homer by Brett Eibner tied the game at 3 in the top of the ninth, and an Andrew Darr double in the 12th plated the eventual winning run as Arkansas won an instant classic by a 4-3 final to stay alive in College World Series play. Read more
Another cheap shot from the far right
“Do you believe in the sanctity of human life? Do you believe in traditional marriage? If so, according to Chris Graham, you are as bad as Heinrich Himmler!” a local blogger informed a regular New Dominion and Augusta Free Press advertiser in an e-mail that the advertiser in turn forwarded to me this evening. Read more
Earth Talk | Lowland gorillas
Dear EarthTalk: Has the recent violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo threatened the populations of lowland gorillas? How many are left?
- Glenn Hammond, San Francisco, Calif.
The short answer is yes, dramatically. Not to be confused with Western Lowland Gorillas, which are thriving in significant numbers in neighboring Congo (a recent census counted 125,000), today fewer than 5,000 Eastern Lowland Gorillas are estimated to remain in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), formerly known as Zaire. Some 17,000 inhabited the region as recently as 1994, but today habitat loss, hunting, and war and violence are combining to push them over the edge. Read more
Chris DeWald | Computer brain games
We are often faced with “you have reached your insurance limit” or “we believe you have reached your possible learning rehabilitation.” When faced with this, you just want to give up and vegetate. Any brain injury denial can take a perilous turn in our lives especially if it is garnished by people that surround us with a negative attitude. Read more
Dad’s Point of View | Internet Dating 101, and how I met my wife
When I got separated and then divorced six years ago, the world of dating had gone through a change. Internet dating was well underway and the quaint idea of friends introducing you to other friends seemed to have gone the way of the horse and buggy. There were still bars and clubs, but those options didn’t appeal to me when I was young enough to consider them, and when my hearing was still good enough to survive the over-the-top decibels in such environments. Read more
Waynesboro Generals baseball camp next week
The first of two Waynesboro Generals summer baseball camps that had been scheduled to start today has been moved back to next week due to today’s rain.
The June camp is now set for Wednesday, June 24, Thursday, June 25, and Friday, June 26, from 9 a.m. to noon each day. Read more
They can’t steal an election, can they?
The ongoing news story involving the apparently tainted Iran presidential election hits closer to home than you might think. The key difference being that the controversy over Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s 60 percent-plus victory spilled into the streets, while the controversy that still lingers in some circles in Waynesboro over the May 2008 city election is still largely a whisper campaign. Read more
Wendy Chavkin | Time to tackle women’s health
The armies mustering for debate over lowering health-care costs while raising quality should look first at ways to improve the health of women – and not just when they are pregnant.
When infant deaths soared suddenly in Harlem some years ago, I asked my team at New York City’s Health Department to review every case. We found that many of the mothers had lost several previous pregnancies and that they had chronic or recurrent health problems. But they only received health care when they were pregnant. They got no post-delivery follow-up for their underlying health conditions, so they were doomed to repeated tragedies. Read more
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Raj Date | Establishing minimum standards for the safety of financial products
Posted on June 18, 2009 · Leave a Comment
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