| Next Weeks Almanac Digest
Also in 2005, an earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangxi killed at least 14 people and injured hundreds of others. And, in 2005, a 67-year-old textile tycoon in India, Vijaypat Singhaniaset, set a world's altitude record of 69,852 feet in a hot air balloon over Mumbai. In 2006, Jordan's King Abdullah warned the Middle East was on the brink of three potential civil wars -- in Iraq, in Lebanon and among the Palestinians. Also in 2006, Russia's state-run arms exporter denied Russian news agency reports it had begun delivering Tor-M1 anti-aircraft missiles to Iran. A thought for the day: Richard Bentley said, "No man was ever written out of reputation but by himself." Today is Tuesday, Nov. 27, the 331st day of 2007 with 34 to follow.
Wild Card/Vacation Day 11 of 12
Only two more shopping days until I return to the final days of the City Council campaigns. Then, we'll have fun taking apart the campaigns. Any dirt yet? Any mudslinging. You know, the good stuff. Or is everyone behaving? My wife is now looking over my shoulder -- literally -- so I have to pretend that I'm just checking ball scores. See ya in two days. Here's Wild Card ... .
Asian-style oasis honors Vietnam veteran
Then one day in the spring of 2004, Walt Jones found a suspicious lump on his back.
It turned out to be a rare and deadly form of non-Hodgkins lymphoma.
He had served 19 months in the Vietnam War and was likely exposed to the herbicide Agent Orange, associated with numerous diseases, including non-Hodgkins lymphoma.
That fall, while undergoing an aggressive chemotherapy treatment, he died of complications caused by an infection.
"He didn't die in the war," Jones said. "He died as a result of it later."
Beside herself with grief, Jones didn't know what to do.
"After Walt died that winter," said Jones, an emergency room nurse who's now 56, "I was searching for something."
Online she found TOP Vietnam Veterans, a nonprofit group that organizes trips to Vietnam, called Tours of Peace, to help veterans and their family members find closure.
Playing doctors and nurses
The kit comes in a beautiful cyan blue plastic case. Inside there are two lancets - I'm growing to really dislike lancets - and a collection bottle for the blood. You prick your finger, then hold it next to the little tube sticking out of the bottle and the blood is drawn down by capillary action. I prick my thumb, but not much blood comes out. Filling the sample bottle is like trying to put toothpaste back in the tube. I squeeze and squeeze my thumb, but what little blood there is has already coagulated. Luckily there's another lancet, so I try again on the other thumb. This time it's a different story: there's a torrent of blood. It goes everywhere - all over the side of the bottle; all over the label I wrote on so carefully. I fill the bottle in about five seconds. But the blood is still pouring out of my thumb.
Bono and DATA Receive 2007 Liberty Medal at National Constitution ...
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Bono, U2 lead singer and activist, and DATA (Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa), the advocacy organization he co-founded to combat poverty and disease in Africa, were presented with the National Constitution Center's 2007 Liberty Medal last night for their groundbreaking work in raising awareness about and spurring a global response to the crisis of AIDS and extreme poverty in Africa. Bono and DATA accepted the prestigious Medal and its accompanying $100,000 prize in a public ceremony at 7:00 p.m. at the National Constitution Center in Historic Philadelphia. All of the prize money will be donated to DATA. During the ceremony, Joseph M. Torsella, National Constitution Center President and CEO, said that this year's recipient is an inspirational example of the power of citizens to elevate important issues to the world stage.
Man Charged with Molesting 7 Year Old Girl by Al Ratcliffe
He's charged with producing pornography with a minor, sodomy, rape and sexual abuse of child under 12 years old. Chief Jones says there could be more victims involved in the case. And they're asking for parents to give them some help. If your child has had contact with Mcburnette, investigators want to hear from you. Call the Etowah County Sheriff's Department at 256 549 2825. .
Scotching the myth
Gordon Brown's elevation to Prime Minister and Alistair Darling's promotion to Chancellor raised the temperature.With two Scots in Downing Street, some politicians and the London-based media have launched political attacks. Journalist Kelvin MacKenzie provocatively told a TV debate: "The Scots exist solely on the handouts of the clever English generating wealth in London and the south-east." It is notoriously difficult to disentangle the UK's tax and spending totals to discover where the winners and losers lie. However, our study concludes that far from being "subsidy junkies", Scots pay their own way. .
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