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          <title>Journals can help you make sense of past, navigate future</title>
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Would you drive across the country without a map? Would you walk through a strange house in the dark without turning on the light? Would you try to make sense of your life without writing it down? For some of us, keeping a journal is a way of navigating this mysterious journey we call life.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Obituaries for March 21</title>
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Charles, Mrs. Mildred Riddle, 73, of Richmond, a retired nurse at St. Mary&#8217;s Hospital and widow of Jim Charles. Coomer, Mr. James A., 70, of Richmond, husband of Susie Ivory Coomer, a retired employee of the Virginia Commonwealth University library. Gough, Mrs. Lena Carter, 92, of Chesterfield, widow of Frank Gough. Halpert, Mr. Oscar, 86, of Richmond, widower of Ruth O. Halpert.           ]]></description>
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          <title>In My Shoes: Volunteering starts with finding the time&#8212;and a passion</title>
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Jenni Lee Crocker of Richmond is a director at accounting firm Ernst &amp; Young. She&#8217;s married with two young children, yet she manages to volunteer an average of about eight hours a week. Crocker and thousands of busy women in the region somehow find the time to volunteer. Hundreds of agencies, foundations and churches wouldn&#8217;t be able to do all they do without their help.           ]]></description>
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          <title>The Accidental Chef: All about asparagus</title>
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 With spring finally here and a rather intense winter behind us, it&#8217;s hard not to start craving those first seasonal vegetables. Virginia, in particular, produces a good variety including spring onions, beets, spinach, and one of my personal favorites, asparagus. This mild-flavored, flowering perennial is not only easy to cook but also quite healthy and adds a unique spunk to a variety of dishes.           ]]></description>
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          <title>J. Cleiland Donnan, cotillion teacher, dies at 88</title>
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Janet Cleiland Donnan taught dance steps and manners to several generations of Richmond-area children. She later used her home as a bridge to bring about better race relations in the city. Miss Donnan, a beloved teacher who approached racial healing as a mission, died Friday at age 88. For 40 years, she was the proprietor of the Cleiland Donnan Junior Assembly Cotillion.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Life Notes: Renewing your commitment to parenting well</title>
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Given the amounts of snow Virginia experienced this winter, it&#8217;s likely that more than a few children and parents were thrilled to greet the arrival of spring yesterday. I have to be honest, though: I was among the few who loved the repeat snowfalls and being forced to hunker down at home. It was nice to have a good excuse to do nothing but watch weather reports, catch up on movies and reading, and relax. The cookie baking and snowman making did my soul, and my children&#8217;s, some good.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:01:07 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Kid&#8217;s travel journals capture memories</title>
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When Emme Corbet, 10, and her sister Carolyn, 12, were in kindergarten and first grade, their family took a trip to Ireland. Their mother, Kathy Corbet, helped each child keep a journal as a way of making the vacation more meaningful. Travel journals have since become a tradition for the Richmond family. They start their journals before they leave home, with research into the history, geography, culture and attractions of the places they&#8217;ll visit. While there, the girls write every day and tape in brochures, menus, coins and other memorabilia. They often write in restaurants while waiting for dinner.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Women and parents are more likely to volunteer</title>
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          <title>Finding time to volunteer</title>
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          <title>What you should know about the Monument Avenue 10K</title>
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One of the biggest. This year marks the 11th anniversary of the race, which started in 1999 with just over 2,400 participants. It&#8217;s now one of the largest 10K races in the country. Celebrity runners. First twins Barbara and Jenna Bush ran the race in 2006 under aliases. The Bushes crossed the 10K finish line together at just under 55 minutes, which put them in the top 15 percent of           ]]></description>
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          <title>Class Reunions for March 14</title>
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May 2: Scottsburg High School reunion for attendees and graduates will be held at 2 p.m. at Ernie&#8217;s Restaurant on John Randolph Boulevard in South Boston. Reserve by April 22. For details or reservations, call (804) 275-7181 or e-mail carlton362003@yahoo.com.Send class reunion news to community@timesdispatch.com.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Tips for a grand camp of your own</title>
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For grandparents hosting children on spring break or planning a camp for summer, a few tips from Joan Brackin and Georgia Witkin, senior editor of Grandparents.com and a professor of psychiatry at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York: &bull;Open the camp to the older kids. Brackin welcomes all of her grandkids who are out of diapers. Once they reach 13, they become her &#8220;counselors in training&#8221; and help care for the younger ones. Brackin says the high schoolers help maintain a well-supervised environment; for safety reasons, other grandparents will want to limit camps to a smaller number of kids.           ]]></description>
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          <title>&#8216;Kangaroo care&#8217; helps preemie&#8217;s mom bond</title>
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MIAMI Inever imagined I&#8217;d spend my first weeks as a mother pretending to be a marsupial. But there I was, a month and a half before my due date, sitting in the neonatal intermediate care unit and hoping that a practice known as &#8220;kangaroo care&#8221; would help my preemie. Every morning, I&#8217;d put my 4-pound, 6-ounce son under my pouch-like sweater so that we were skin to skin, chest to chest, my body acting as a natural heat source instead of his incubator&#8212;with the added benefits of a human touch, soothing heart beat and familiar smell.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Family notes</title>
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Children&#8217;s Home Society of Virginia is offering an adoption orientation April 1 for prospective parents interested in finding out more about adopting children from the foster-care system. The agency will offer another orientation April 15 on infant adoption. Both meetings are free and begin at 5 p.m. at the agency&#8217;s Richmond&#8217;s office, 4200 Fitzhugh Ave. For details, call (804) 353-0191, or visit http://www.chsva.org.   Items for Family Notes should be sent at least two weeks before the event to Bill Lohmann, Richmond Times-Dispatch Flair Department, P.O. Box 85333, Richmond, VA 23293 (mail), (804) 649-6836 (fax) or wlohmann@timesdispatch.com (e-mail).           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Camp Baker offers summer camps</title>
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The Greater Richmond ARC&#8217;s (formerly the Association for Retarded Citizens) Camp Baker is offering weeklong summer-camp sessions for adults and children with developmental disabilities. The camps at the 22-acre facility in Chesterfield County will run from June 20 to Aug. 20. Camp Baker&#8217;s goal is to provide &#8220;a traditional camping experience with fun activities like cookouts, campfires and talent shows,&#8220; senior program director Shirley O&#8217;Brien said in a news release.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Savvy Senior: Food&#45;assistance programs for seniors in need</title>
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Q:What can you tell me about food stamps or food-assistance programs for seniors? I&#8217;m a 65-year-old widow struggling to make it on Social Security. Answer: Food stamps help put food on the table for more than 38 million Americans each month, including millions of seniors. If you&#8217;re not familiar with the Federal Food Stamp Program, the first thing you need to know is that it changed its name. It&#8217;s now called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP (your state may use a different name).           ]]></description>
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          <title>People&#8217;s Pharmacy column</title>
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Q:My total cholesterol is 140, my LDL is 55 and my HDL is 47. I am on simvastatin. My chiropractor believes that my numbers are too low for me to be on medication. He says the brain is made up of cholesterol and that we need a certain amount. I am confused. My doctor thinks these numbers are great and wants me to stay on the drug.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Miss Manners</title>
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DEAR MISS MANNERS: How do you feel about the use in an obituary of a photo of the deceased when he/she was much younger than at the age at which he/she had died? I have the typical face of a woman my age, 78&#8212;wrinkled, sagging skin and thin, graying hair. A photo of me at 26 shows a very attractive, vibrant young woman, and this is how I would like my friends to remember me. (And it would send a message to my much younger friends: No matter how beautiful or handsome you are now, you, too, will one day be old, wrinkled and gray if you live long enough.)           ]]></description>
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          <title>Horoscope</title>
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Use your charm when dealing with friends and lovers and you will get some help dealing with responsibilities. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Emotional deception is apparent when dealing with past problems that were never resolved. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Use the past as your reference so you don&#8217;t make the same mistake twice. CANCER (June 21-July 22): You will be pressed for time and pressured into making a decision you are in no position to make. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Travel, attending events, communicating with people with common interests and having fun should be on your agenda. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Don&#8217;t entertain the thought of getting involved in a joint venture. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Take responsibility for the things you do and the way you do them and you will impress the people who matter the most. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Avoid opposition, arguments and people you do not trust. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Exaggeration will put you in a vulnerable position when the real facts are announced. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Hold on to what you&#8217;ve got. This isn&#8217;t the time to be frivolous or to take unnecessary risks. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Don&#8217;t lend or borrow. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Take a closer look at your personal situation and consider what needs to be changed. Birthday Baby: You are a competitor and a promoter. You are serious-minded but will adapt to suggestions. You are friendly and forever chasing your dreams. Your numbers are: 3, 6, 17, 20, 26, 37, 45. By Eugenia Last / Universal Press Syndicate           ]]></description>
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          <title>What&#8217;s Happening</title>
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WHAT&#8217;S HAPPENING The Central Virginia Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation held its 10th annual gala&#8212;All You Need Is LOVE&#8212;on Feb. 27 at The Jefferson Hotel. A sold-out crowd of more than 400 guests opened their hearts and wallets to help fund a cure for juvenile diabetes. Guests were treated to entertainment by Rosetta Stone and the chapter&#8217;s first JDRF IDOL, which included performances of Beatles hits &#8220;Here Comes The Sun,&#8220; &#8220;With A Little Help From My Friends,&#8220; and, of course, the gala&#8217;s theme, &#8220;All You Need Is Love,&#8220; performed by local children, teens and adults living with or affected by diabetes.           ]]></description>
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DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I suspect that many people call their headaches migraine headaches without any justification. I have what my doctor calls optical migraines. I have the classic semicircle of jagged, strobing lines that begin as a small bit near the center of my vision, and it grows and widens until it surrounds one side of my vision. I wonder whether severe headaches with the jagged lines are truly migraines. Can you spell it out for me?&#8212;B.T.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Dear Abby for March 21</title>
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DEAR ABBY: I have been married for 12 years to a man who is an excellent provider, but not a loving husband. He works out of town every week and comes home on weekends. When he&#8217;s away he ignores my phone calls and won&#8217;t answer any texts. If I do get him on the phone, he picks a fight with me, and that&#8217;s enough for him not to answer anymore that week. We have three children, and he doesn&#8217;t even communicate with them.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Religion Notes for March 20</title>
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MUSIC Piano Recital, featuring original works for piano by Salvatore Lupica, 2 p.m. today, St. Mark&#8217;s Episcopal Church, 520 N. Boulevard. Suggested admission is $10 and a nonperishable food item. Details: (804) 358-4771 Sonrise, and Wade &amp; Connie Stanley, tonight at 6, Gospel Chicken House, 14709 Greenwood Church Road, Montpelier. Details: http://www.gospelchickenhouse.org or (804) 883-6487           ]]></description>
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          <title>Health notes: Joe Piscatella on heart health</title>
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Healthy-living advice dispensed by expert Q:Do you take vitamin supplements? Answer: The question wasn&#8217;t for me. It was for Joseph C. Piscatella, guest speaker Thursday at Bon Se cours St. Mary&#8217;s Hospital for a talk on stress and its effects on health. Piscatella was just 32 years old in 1977 when he was diagnosed with aggressive heart disease.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Retired Virginia Credit Union president Dot Hall dies</title>
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Dorothy Jones Hall joined Virginia Credit Union Inc. in Richmond in 1957 as a bookkeeper, becoming its first full-time paid employee. Having formerly worked for a finance company in North Carolina, she was struck by the philosophy of caring and helping at the nonprofit credit union. &#8220;It didn&#8217;t take me long to learn which concept I liked better,&#8220; she said in an interview at her retirement as president and CEO in 1999.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Obituaries for March 20</title>
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Coles, the Rev. Nathan Anderson, 85, of Chesterfield, retired pastor of Madison Temple A.M.E. Zion Church in Richmond and a retired employee of Virginia Power, husband of Lelia Goode Coles. Donnan, Miss Janet Cleiland, 88, of Richmond, former owner of and instructor at the Cleiland Donnan Junior Assembly cotillion in Richmond. Dowdy, Mrs. Thelma Ann &#8220;Mammar&#8221; Jenkins, 85, of Richmond, a homemaker, widow of William Maynard &#8220;Willie&#8221; Dowdy.           ]]></description>
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DEAR MISS MANNERS: My 16-year-old cousin recently had a baby. Although I think she is still too young to have children, I keep my opinions to myself and am genuinely happy for her and her healthy baby. The problem is, whenever I visit her, her aunts and other people I hardly talk to start telling me that I should have children by now and that my younger cousin &#8220;beat me&#8221; to parenthood, as if it were some sort of competition.           ]]></description>
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DEAR DR. DONOHUE: Numerous over-the-counter supplements such as DHEA and herbs claim to stimulate testosterone production. As I am one of many 70-plus-year-olds who lift weights to increase strength and muscle mass before we become too old, do you recommend such supplements? If so, which ones?&#8212;ANON. DEAR ANON.: Dehydroepiandrosterone, from this point on called DHEA, is a hormone made by the adrenal glands.           ]]></description>
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By Susan Snyder The Philadelphia Inquirer PHILADELPHIA&#8212;As a freshman at Temple University, Gian Hunjan shelled out $500 per semester for textbooks at the bookstore, all new. Now a senior, he buys most of his books used, or he skips them altogether and looks up material on the Internet instead. He wishes more books were available online.           ]]></description>
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By Larry Gordon Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES&#8212;It took months for her homesickness to ease and the benefits of life in a new city to become apparent. But Jeanny Fuentes said she now has few regrets about leaving Los Angeles and her close-knit family to attend college nearly 3,000 miles away. By enrolling at Boston College, the 18-year-old freshman became part of a national trend in which Latinos are increasingly attending colleges farther from home.           ]]></description>
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By William Mullen Chicago Tribune CHICAGO&#8212;Stephanie Cox-Batson was out for a jog in January when a photograph in an art gallery window stopped her in her tracks. The shot, taken July 6, 1966, showed the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. surrounded by tense police bodyguards as he entered Soldier Field. He was about to make the biggest speech of a summer-long campaign to confront racism in the city.           ]]></description>
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By Edmund Sanders Los Angeles Times SDEROT, Israel&#8212;The rockets may not strike as often these days, but residents of this working-class town say they can&#8217;t shake the anxiety that comes with living in Israel&#8217;s most frequently bombed city. Pedestrians strolling downtown keep an eye out for the nearest concrete-reinforced bus-stop shelter in case public loudspeakers crackle with a 15-second warning to dive for cover. Many motorists forgo seat belts so they can ditch vehicles quickly. A playground is equipped with 5-foot-wide concrete pipes that are brightly painted to look like giant caterpillars but double as children&#8217;s bomb shelters.           ]]></description>
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By Marilynn Marchione The Associated Press Some of mankind&#8217;s most devastating inherited diseases appear to be declining, and a few have nearly disappeared, because more people are using genetic testing to decide whether to have children. Births of babies with cystic fibrosis, Tay-Sachs and other less familiar disorders seem to have dropped since testing came into wider use, The Associated Press found from interviews with numerous geneticists and other experts, plus a review of the limited research available.           ]]></description>
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By Andrew Maykuth The Philadelphia Inquirer BROOKLYN, Pa.&#8212;Denise Dennis&#8217; ancestors were among the first farmers who settled in northeast Pennsylvania, in 1793. They were free African-Americans&#8212;extraordinary because they became integrated in a largely white community 70 years before the emancipation of slaves. Their 153-acre farm has remained in the family for seven generations. The Smithsonian Institution has taken an interest. The National Trust for Historic Preservation called it &#8220;a rare and highly significant African-American cultural landscape.&#8220;           ]]></description>
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By Richard Marosi Los Angeles Times SAN DIEGO&#8212;The border barrier dips and curves, zigs and zags, hugging the mountain&#8217;s contours like a slimmed-down version of the Great Wall of China. Among the costliest stretch of fencing ever built on the U.S.-Mexico border, the 3.6-mile wall of steel completed this past fall is meant to block trafficking routes over Otay Mountain, just east of San Diego.           ]]></description>
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WASHINGTON&#8212;After 9/11, Congress in its panic hastily&#8212;and, many think, ill-advisedly&#8212;created the Frankenstein we now know as Homeland Security out of disparate parts from the Justice and Treasury departments and elsewhere. Among the agencies that found themselves now in a new, uncharted bureaucracy that was 270,000 people strong were the Bureau of Customs and the Immigration and Naturalization Service&#8212;the former a well-managed, highly productive agency in the Treasury Department and the latter almost the direct opposite in the Justice Department.           ]]></description>
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NEW YORK&#8212;While preparing a chapter for my next book, &#8220;Is This America?&#8220; on the effect of so many Americans in and out of school being unaware of their roots in the Constitution, I was startled by a replay of a March 2 video ad by Liz Cheney and Bill Kristol. In &#8220;Keep America Safe: Who are the al-Qaida Seven?&#8220; Cheney and Kristol, directors of keepamericasafe.com, find Attorney General Eric Holder guilty of hiring lawyers &#8220;who advocate for, or represented,&#8220; detainees at Guantanamo.           ]]></description>
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By Steve Hendrix The Washington Post WASHINGTON&#8212;Salsa is a working dog, a wet nose for hire. And at $100 an hour, her earning power is nothing to sneeze at. &#8220;Come on, Salsa, find your dog, find Sweetie,&#8220; called out Sam Connelly, Salsa&#8217;s owner, handler and partner. The pair set out from a 7-Eleven in suburban Suitland, Md., in search of Sweetie, an errant beagle.           ]]></description>
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By Richard Simon Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON&#8212;Congress isn&#8217;t divided solely along party lines. Sometimes, it&#8217;s split by food group. Consider the Shellfish Caucus, the Beef Caucus, the Peanut Caucus and, for those who like their legislation additive-free, the Organic Caucus. They belong to the eclectic buffet of about 300 congressional caucuses&#8212;little posses that bring together otherwise often bitterly partisan lawmakers to promote pet causes from A (the Algae Energy Caucus) to Z (the Zero Capital Gains Tax Caucus).           ]]></description>
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By Judith Graham Chicago Tribune CHICAGO&#8212;If Carol Gaetjens ever becomes unconscious with no hope of awakening, even if she could live for years in that state, she says she wants her loved ones to discontinue all forms of artificial life support. But now there&#8217;s a catch for this churchgoing Catholic woman. U.S. bishops have decided that it is not permissible to remove a feeding tube from someone who is unconscious but not dying, except in a few circumstances.           ]]></description>
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By Kristen Gelineau The Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia&#8212;The words of the president of Indonesia boom through the room, and 24-year-old Desy grows quiet, listening to her leader&#8217;s message: &#8220;Is there in your heart? Is there in your spirit? The affection that I wait for like dew in my heart?&#8220; Desy, who like many Indonesians goes by one name, leans against the counter of this downtown music store and grins. This is her favorite of the nine ballads President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has penned for his latest album, entitled &#8220;Ku Yakin Sampai di Sana&#8221;&#8212;or &#8220;I Believe I&#8217;ll Get There.&#8220;           ]]></description>
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By Tim Sullivan The Associated Press NEW DELHI&#8212;Ajit Singh knows about the lies people tell. He has followed folks through the littered, mildewed mazes of New Delhi&#8217;s middle-class neighborhoods. He has photographed them as they leave their lovers&#8217; apartments. He hears them exaggerate their salaries and hide their illnesses. A thin man in an ill-fitting suit, Singh works out of a crowded office around the corner from a muffler shop. An incense stick burns behind his desk. A sign in slightly fractured English warns the staff: &#8220;Walls Has Ears And Eyes Too. BE ALERT.&#8220;           ]]></description>
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We asked our Facebook fans to tell us about some of their favorite volunteer activities. Alice Dunn Lynch: Volunteering through the Junior League of Richmond has been the most rewarding experience of my life. Not only have I benefited from the training, I have been afforded an opportunity to work alongside a diverse group of women who are committed to volunteerism, all while being exposed to a myriad of nonprofits in our community. Through yearlong placements to popular Done-in-a-Day offerings, there has always been something that suited my schedule and priorities.           ]]></description>
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Preserve heirloom quilts for future generations by taking the following steps: &bull;Take a photo of the quilt and document it as thoroughly as possible, including the pattern, the quilter&#8217;s name, the location and date it was completed, care instructions and any special stories. &bull;Place a label on the back with the key information.           ]]></description>
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High-tech stitching machines, computer software, beading and hand-painting? These aren&#8217;t your grandmother&#8217;s quilts. Evelyn Townsend of Chesterfield County began quilting in 1985, when patterns were traced and quilts were stitched in more traditional ways.            ]]></description>
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Quilting Adventures, a locally owned fabric and quilting shop in the Shops at Willow Lawn, is hosting a 30-hour quilting marathon from April 30 to May 2 to benefit support services provided by Massey Cancer Center in Richmond. The hours will be Friday, April 30, from 10 a.m. to 1 a.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; and Sunday, noon to 6 p.m. Quilters will gather at Quilting Adventures to work for three-hour shifts. Prizes will be awarded to the top team and top individual fundraisers. All proceeds will go to Massey Cancer Center for programs that provide services to cancer patients and their families and friends. Volunteers will be quilting by hand as well as by sewing machine. The finished quilts will be donated to the Highlands-Massey Classic and the annual Cure By Design event to raise funds for the American Cancer Society.           ]]></description>
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When Mary Hutchinson&#8217;s mother died in December 2008, she was left with the painful task of disposing of her clothing. &#8220;I prayed about what to do with everything,&#8220; said Hutchinson, who lives in Richmond. Family members suggested donation, but Hutchinson couldn&#8217;t bring herself to part with outfits that she had bought for her mother and her mom&#8217;s other favorite clothes.           ]]></description>
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Davis, Mr. Richard, 55, of Richmond. Doyle, Mrs. Phyllis Brown, 103, of Henrico, a retired editor of the Virginia Education Association&#8217;s Virginia Journal of Education, widow of John C. Doyle Jr. Flowers, Mrs. Mary Frances Buchanan, 91, of Richmond, a former president of the Garden Club of Virginia and a Richmond civic leader, widow of George Horace Flowers Jr.           ]]></description>
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Homespun and haute Designer Natalie Chanin is back with more inspiration and how-tos for people who love her &#8220;haute homespun&#8221; look. Chanin is the founder of Alabama Chanin, a fashion and home-design company that creates simple yet chic items from organic or recycled materials. She has followed up her &#8220;Alabama Stitch Book&#8221; with &#8220;Alabama Studio Style,&#8220; which shares techniques, patterns and instructions for replicating her company&#8217;s designs.           ]]></description>
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Areader purchased a window from Pella in 2000 for a bedroom she and her husband were preparing for their baby. It was a triple casement window from Pella&#8217;s Proline series. In March 2009, she noticed mold growing in the lower corner of the center stationary casement. She immediately contacted Pella, but it took until June to get a technician scheduled to come out. They also charged her $120 for the visit.           ]]></description>
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          <title>What&#8217;s it worth?</title>
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Q:I own several original movie posters from the Bedford Theater in Ohio that date from the 1930s. They each measure 14 by 22 inches. I would like to know more about them, including value. The posters are for the 1937 drama &#8220;Bad Guy,&#8220; the 1937 adventure film, &#8220;Riding on Air,&#8220; the 1935 comedy &#8220;Bright Lights,&#8220; and the 1936 film &#8220;Poor Little Rich Girl,&#8220; starring Shirley Temple.&#8212;J.E.           ]]></description>
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Q:What is the best procedure for getting a deck ready for the summer? Answer: Preparing a wood deck for the summer is an easy task as long as you inspect and maintain it throughout the year. The condition of any outdoor surface depends largely on the kind of weather it has to endure. Heavy rain and snow, an accumulation of wet leaves and strong sunlight take their toll.           ]]></description>
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Taking back deed shouldn&#8217;t affect credit Q:I have a rental property that I purchased in 2005. I was going to hang on to the property and sell it a few years later. Since that time, the real estate market has not been good. I find myself in the same position as many others, with my property now worth less that what is owed on it. There is only a first mortgage on the property.           ]]></description>
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Calendar of events relating to homes and gardens Greater Richmond Home and Garden Show: Exhibitors offer info on products and services 1-8 p.m. today, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. tomorrow and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday at The Meadow Event Park, Doswell. $5-$7. (804) 994-2862. Winter Farmers&#8217; Market: 10 a.m.-noon tomorrow and Saturdays through April 24 at Blanchard&#8217;s Coffee Co., 5047 Forest Hill Ave. http://www.themarketumbrella.com.           ]]></description>
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Q:I have fallen in love with arugula. We grew some in the fall, and it was wonderful. I&#8217;d love to grow some this spring, but can I plant it before the last frost? Answer: You sure can. Actually, arugula could have been planted in early March. It loves our typical March and April temperatures. However, once the soil starts getting hot in late May, it will probably bolt to seed, which signals the end of the leafy season.           ]]></description>
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In late February, the unmistakable signs of spring were everywhere: Maple and pear trees were budding. Daffodils and crocuses pushed through sun-warmed soil. Birds noisily began to search for mates. Yet, only a couple of weeks before, back-to-back snowstorms covered our lawns and gardens, hiding most food sources from winter birds. The thick blanket of snow turned backyard feeders into treasure troves for hungry birds, often bordering on feeding frenzies. It was an excellent chance to watch feeding strategies and tactics.           ]]></description>
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Situations that arise will force you into a make-it-or-break-it period that must be handled with care. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Don&#8217;t get stressed over nothing. Instead, keep your thoughts a secret and you&#8217;ll be able to work toward your goals without interference. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Move forward regardless of what others do and you will meet someone who shares your interests.           ]]></description>
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DEAR DR. DONOHUE: Will you please write about cataracts? My eyes feel like they have dirt in them, and my head aches all the time on top and in the forehead.&#8212;B.P. DEAR B.P.: A bit inward from the pupil of the eye is the eye&#8217;s lens. It&#8217;s a clear, oval-shaped affair that focuses incoming light on the retina to form a sharp image. A cataract is a smudge on the lens. It&#8217;s something that happens to everyone with aging. Diabetes, smoking, excessive alcohol and sunlight also contribute to cataract formation.           ]]></description>
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A 1999 graduate of Floyd County High School who was serving as a civil affairs officer in the Iraq war has died in northern Iraq. Army Reserve Spc. Steven Jesse Bishop, 29, of Christiansburg died of a non-combat-related illness March 13 at Contingency Operating Base Speicher in Tikrit. Assigned to Company C of the 422nd Civil Affairs Battalion (Tactical), based in Greensboro, N.C., his duties included speaking with key leaders, gathering information, interviewing Iraqis and coordinating the commander&#8217;s emergency-relief program.           ]]></description>
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Atkins, Mr. Charles B., 81, of Glen Allen, an Air Force veteran, a retired employee of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, husband of Mary Ann Atkins. Bartlett, Ms. Betty, of Richmond. Brown, Mr. Harold W. Sr., of Richmond, widower of Ann Marcia Brown. Bryant, Mr. William Marcellus Jr., 82, of Richmond, a World War II Army veteran, a retired assistant secretary in the mortgage-loan division of Life Insurance Co. of Virginia, husband of Ann W. Bryant.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): The changes or reforms you want to make will be met with opposition. The way you go about things will set the stage for what&#8217;s to come. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Explain your situation without giving away too much information. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Put your Gemini charm to work and you can influence the outcome of a situation you face. Don&#8217;t let someone&#8217;s disgruntled response stop you from moving forward.           ]]></description>
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DEAR DR. DONOHUE: My daughter in her late 40s has ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder). I have no idea what it is. I understand she had it since she was a child. Can anything be done for her now?&#8212;ANON. DEAR DR. DONOHUE: Please tell me about ADHD. My granddaughter now lives with me while she goes to college. Her mother says her condition is under control. I am 89 and very troubled.&#8212;J.C.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Tucking into a heap of bangers and mash (sausages and mashed potatoes) certainly fits the St. Patrick&#8217;s Day spirit. It just doesn&#8217;t often fit into a healthy diet. Bangers and mash, which is popular throughout England and Ireland, typically is made with a mild pork sausage containing lots of breadcrumbs, a bit of sage and gobs of fat.            ]]></description>
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4 pounds lean raw corned beef brisket, 3 tablespoons pickling spice (often included with brisket)           ]]></description>
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Barlow, Quin&#8217;Nasia C., an infant, of Richmond. Burton, Mrs. Mary L., 66, of Richmond, a retired employee of the Henrico County school system, widow of Lewis Burton Jr. Ferguson, Mr. James Floyd &#8220;Jimi,&#8220; 54, of Midlothian, a former employee of AJL International in Dallas, and a former catering manager at the Hotel John Marshall and the Carolina Inn in Chapel Hill, N.C.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Franklin D. Kizer&#8217;s influence extended far beyond the high school science students he taught in Norfolk early in his career. Consider Rickey P. Hicks, chairman of the chemistry department at East Carolina University, which was Mr. Kizer&#8217;s alma mater. Hicks learned much about chemistry from Robert Bass at Virginia Commonwealth University. Bass had been taught chemistry by Mr. Kizer at Norview High School in what was then Norfolk County.           ]]></description>
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The cupcake frenzy has swept the nation and settled in the Richmond area. The tasty treats are about to enjoy their small-screen close-ups: Food Network is jumping on the craze with its show &#8220;Cupcake Wars.&#8220; While the network has aired only one episode so far (in late December), one Short Pump business is in contention to be on the show.           ]]></description>
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Don&#8217;t put up with anyone trying to hold you back. Be bold and honest about your intentions and plans. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Get to the bottom of things quickly to avoid unnecessary criticism and opposition. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Do everything you can to help others. Your response to a cry for help will bring you in contact with people who have plenty to say but little to offer.           ]]></description>
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DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I am an 86-year-old man who is a caregiver for my 90-year-old wife, who has dementia. I try to cope with the many problems my situation entails. The latest ones have aggravated an intolerable itching. I try to resist scratching, but it feels so good that I am overwhelmed and go ahead and scratch. Often, my skin bleeds. Friends say nerves are to blame. Can you name a product that will clear my skin?&#8212;F.C.           ]]></description>
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Q:I like corned beef and cabbage, and I thought I would make some this year for St. Patrick&#8217;s Day. But I have had other people&#8217;s corned beef and cabbage, and to be honest, it was tough. What do I need to do to make sure that it is tender?&#8212;Fred R.           ]]></description>
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Karen Burke Poh was a teacher first, but she was born to business. When Mrs. Poh&#8217;s father, Thomas Carey Burke Sr., died in 1983, she and her mother took over his carpet business in Richmond&#8217;s Carytown district and never looked back. Carey Burke Carpets more than doubled in size at its once-cozy location at 3115 W. Cary St., and its business has increased tenfold since she took it over, said son Derek Poh of Richmond.           ]]></description>
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Benton, Mr. Percy William Jr., 80, of Richmond, a retired educator and businessman. Bishop, Mrs. Constance Brown, 79, of Richmond, a retired bookkeeper at Camelot Nursing Home, wife of Russell Robert Bishop. Brown, Mrs. Frances E., of Richmond, widow of Ruben L. Brown. Brunson, Keith Lamont, 23, of Richmond. Charles, Mr. Nelson, 62, of Chesterfield, an employee of Vulcan Materials Co., husband of Alberta Charles.           ]]></description>
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Do not travel off the beaten trail. Stick to what you know and what you promised to do. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Keep your thoughts to yourself and avoid any unnecessary dealings with officials, authority figures, banks or hospitals. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): It&#8217;s the presence you have when you are passionate about something that will attract some interesting offers.           ]]></description>
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DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I am an 80-year-old woman who declares herself an organ donor every time she renews her driver&#8217;s license. Is there a cutoff age when organs are not longer usable?&#8212;D.W. DEAR D.W.: If more people felt the way you do, the long lists of patients waiting for organ transplants would disappear. More than 100,000 people are waiting for an organ, but only about 25,000 organs are actually donated yearly.           ]]></description>
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Mr. Walter E., 71, of Richmond, a former roofer with Martin Brothers, husband of Nancy O. Banton.  Bey, Mr. David Sr., of Richmond. Braxton, Mr. William Alvin, 88, of Richmond.  Catalano, Ms. Kelly D., 40, of Chester, formerly of Meadville, Pa., a welder for Blueprint Automation in Colonial Heights. Farmer, Mrs. Louise S., 85, of Chesterfield, widow of Malcolm E. Farmer.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Keeping secrets will be necessary if you want to avoid trouble. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You don&#8217;t have to reveal secrets but you will have to explain what you are trying to accomplish. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Refuse to let anyone railroad you into taking on responsibilities that don&#8217;t belong to you.           ]]></description>
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DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I was told by a family member that the total amount of Tylenol taken in a person&#8217;s lifetime can be hazardous to one&#8217;s health. I have been taking two eight-hour pain-relief Tylenol before bedtime, as I have spinal stenosis, arthritis and degenerative back disease. This allows me to wake up in the morning without pain. Is taking two Tylenol for pain every day bad for your health? The person who told me that saw the information on the Internet. - S.A.           ]]></description>
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Q:I&#8217;m a paramedic and also work in an obstetrics unit. A little Vicks under the nostrils helps a lot. I&#8217;ve never had a new dad get sick or faint when he&#8217;s used it. I believe more people get sick due to smells than sights, and Vicks very effectively blocks the odors. We carry it on our ambulance for crew use, and it really helps keep the crew from getting motion sick (especially during calls with really bad smells).           ]]></description>
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Q:What will happen to my property and money if I die without a will? Answer: No one ever really dies without a will. That&#8217;s because even if you don&#8217;t create one yourself, the state you resided in will make one for you. But that also means the state gets to determine who gets your property and money&#8212;not you. The state laws that determine how your estate will be distributed if you die without a will are called intestacy laws, and they can vary greatly. The best way to find out how your state works is to go to MyStateWill.com. This is a free, user-friendly site that has an intestacy calculator for every state so you can get an exact breakdown of how your estate would be distributed.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:01:35 EDT</pubDate>
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Wear green. This one is a no-brainer. If you don&#8217;t own any green clothes, which is hard to believe, go wild and paint a green shamrock on your cheek or put green streaks in your hair. But make sure you don&#8217;t use permanent colors. On March 18, you don&#8217;t want to be singing &#8220;It&#8217;s not easy being green.&#8220; Irish blood. Everyone is Irish on St. Patrick&#8217;s Day, but some famous folks who really did have Celtic blood flowing through their veins were James Cagney, Buffalo Bill Cody, Bing Crosby, John F. Kennedy, Davy Crockett, Gene Kelly, Buster Keaton and Grace Kelly. Lucky shamrock. The shamrock is often confused with the four-leafed clover, but they aren&#8217;t the same. The shamrock gets its name from the Irish Gaelic word Seamrog, which refers to the plant&#8217;s three leaves. Holiday meals. The traditional St. Patrick&#8217;s Day meal is corned beef and cabbage. But that&#8217;s not the only traditional holiday meal. Another classic Irish dish is colcannon (a mixture of cabbage and mashed potatoes), which is eaten on Halloween. What is it with all the cabbage? Party on. More than half of Ireland&#8217;s 5.4 million residents are under 30. No wonder Ireland&#8217;s St. Patrick&#8217;s Day festival lasts for six days.           ]]></description>
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 Often, when home cooks hear the words phyllo dough, they shudder at the thought of trying to work with this paper-thin concoction made of flour and water. While it might be a tough ingredient to manipulate, once cooked, the texture and crunch that phyllo (aka filo or fillo) dough offers the palate (especially when it&#8217;s stuffed with feta or drizzled in honey) is nothing short of addictive.           ]]></description>
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With this winter&#8217;s piles of snow behind us (we hope), it&#8217;s time to get outside for a walk. Springtime provides the perfect temperatures for long walks. But if you need more than a thermometer for motivation, consider walking somewhere other than your own neighborhood.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:01:26 EDT</pubDate>
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Homeowners and gardeners are itching to get back outdoors&#8212;but with so much to do, where do you begin? Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden prepared a checklist of springtime chores to simplify the process. Early spring: now through March 31 &bull;Prepare power equipment by refueling, changing oil and replacing spark plugs. &bull;Sharpen hand-tool blades, replace worn equipment, and restring edgers and trimmers.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:01:14 EDT</pubDate>
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Col. Denny Meade Slane presided over the Virginia State Police during a time of substantial change. He oversaw construction of new division headquarters buildings in Fairfax County, Richmond and Wytheville, the addition of a new division incorporating Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William counties, the reorganization of the Division of Investigation, which became the Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the expansion of the superintendent&#8217;s executive staff.           ]]></description>
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It was a cloudy fall morning at the foot of the Kesslers&#8217; driveway, about 50 yards from my house&#8212;a stop for Bus 106 to Southview Elementary School in Roanoke County. The comments were ruthless, the laughter hysterical. It was 12 hours after my first&#8212;and last&#8212;Toni home permanent.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:01:11 EDT</pubDate>
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 The name alone&#8212;Adagio&#8212;is intriguing. The price&#8212;$65&#8212;is eyebrow-raising. The taste&#8212;luscious black cherry and dark fruit&#8212;is well-balanced and palate pleasing. This blend of 40 percent Merlot, 40 percent Petite Verdot and 20 percent Cabernet Franc is the creation of Williamsburg Winery&#8217;s winemaker Matthew Meyer.           ]]></description>
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WHAT&#8217;S HAPPENING More than 300 guests attended the Arthritis Foundation Virginia Office&#8217;s 22nd Crystal Ball on Feb. 20 at The Jefferson Hotel. The annual black-tie event is held to raise awareness and funds and to honor those who give their time and talent to the Arthritis Foundation. Co-chaired by Tracy and Sheldon Retchin and Dawn and Stuart Siegel, the 2010 Crystal Ball was themed &#8220;All That Jazz.&#8220;           ]]></description>
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 There are so many ways to absorb news and notes about diet and exercise that it&#8217;s often tough to separate fact from fiction. We have celebrities hocking fad diets, supermarket box tops claiming &#8220;healthy new recipe!&#8220; and contradictory scientific studies that cancel out each other. It&#8217;s no wonder we wake up one day and can&#8217;t remember why we&#8217;re drinking 16-ounce radish smoothies.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Burton&#8217;s edgier &#8216;Alice&#8217; outgrows her prim style</title>
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NEW YORK The fashion world has found a muse at the movies: &#8220;Alice in Wonderland.&#8220; Following the storyline of the new Tim Burton adaptation of the classic Lewis Carroll book, this Alice is distinctly more mature&#8212;and has outgrown the headband and pinafore so familiar from her previous animated persona. Now she is live-action, edgy, adventurous and confident.           ]]></description>
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Former Virginia State Golf Association chief administrator Wallace Willard McDowell died Friday in Charlottesville. He was 89. Mr. McDowell, a banker, began doing volunteer work for the VSGA in 1968. He was elected to the VSGA Board of Directors, and in 1973 was asked to become the association&#8217;s executive secretary after the death of Jose Davila.           ]]></description>
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