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Dull Ache column by W.R. Marshall It’s the silent softener. The disease that weakens not only the backbone, but preys upon the very resolve of men and women who once had both. It’s a tragedy unfolding everyday in America, but unlike most disorders, it doesn’t infect the poor and disenfranchised, but it’s rampant among the…
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Earth Talk From the editors of E/The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: How is it that hydrogen can replace oil to run our cars? There seems to be a lot of controversy over whether hydrogen can really be generated and stored in such a way to be practical? – Stephane Kuziora, Thunder Bay, Ontario The jury…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Nearly a trillion dollars. That’s what Congress and the Bush administration have committed to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in the past seven years with the passage this week of another supplemental wartime spending bill. It’s “wasteful spending,” said Sam Rasoul, the Sixth District Democratic Party congressional nominee.
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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] Nice, provocative lede to the “Can’t just blame it on the rain” story on Day One of The News Virginian’s Stormwater Strain series. “Trash, cigarette butts, oil and antifreeze assault Waynesboro’s stormwater system,” writes the NV’s Jimmy LaRoue, making us think that these are the…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] They didn’t teach this kind of stuff when I was in school. I’m referring specifically here to basic digital photography and photo editing, which will be the focus of a summer program for the arts sponsored by Bridgewater College July 7-11. The program, funded through a grant from the P….
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] It’s not just Republicans who are raising issue with the idea that Virginia needs to come up with more money to fix what Gov. Tim Kaine and other top Democrats have been saying for years is a transportation crisis in the Commonwealth.
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Item by Jim Bishop Among the gifts offered to those attending the 16th annual Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival were visible enthusiasm among participating musicians as they re-created and interpreted selections by some of the world’s most beloved composers. Guest guitar artist Michael Partington stated: “I’m able to play what I want to play, and I…
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Dull Ache column by W.R. Marshall “There is a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you can’t take part; you can’t even passively take part, and you’ve got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] The Richmond and Northern Virginia-Washington, D.C. metro areas are among the top 15 metro areas in the country with the highest levels of carbon emissions per capita, according to a report released on Wednesday by the Brookings Institution. But that’s not the rest of the story regarding carbon footprints.
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Earth Talk From the editors of E/The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: The 2008 Summer Olympics in China are drawing a lot of attention right now for political reasons. I’ve heard, though, that one ray of light is China’s effort to make the event as green as possible. What’s going on in that regard? – Josh…
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