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In the News (Thu 16 Feb 12)

  
  Walter Read -- radio, antenna expert
Walter Read, a lifelong radio and antenna expert who built a crystal set at the age of 11 and helped develop military radar during World War II and microwave antenna systems after the war, has died.
Read continued to play the trombone in a small swing band, to take photographs and to help his son study and prepare for his own radio license test, which he passed.
Read is survived by his wife of 66 years, Marion of Los Altos, who was his former high school classmate; and by his children, Jim of Inverness and Billie Jean Gergis of Concord.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/11/18/BAGA89T5KR1.DTL&type=printable   (432 words)

  
 Epithelioid and Sarcomatoid Mesothelioma - Early, Ludwick, Sweeney & Strauss   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
Walter did not know that his years serving in the U.S. Navy and later working as a journeyman would threaten his life and health and drastically change his family's future.
Walter described that "no matter what you did you were engulfed in this [asbestos] dust." Walter did not know that this "dust" he was being exposed to while working amongst the pipe coverings, gaskets and packing aboard the Dashiel could eventually cause mesothelioma - a deadly asbestos-related disease.
Walter thought he lived a "normal life." Medically, he had been fortunate to have "good health his entire life." He and Joan had just started walking around the church parking lot to lose a few extra pounds.
www.elslaw.com /mesothelioma_profile_mcadam.htm   (1927 words)

  
 Walter Read - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
Walter William Read (born 23 November 1855 in Reigate, Surrey, died 6 January 1907 in Addiscombe Park, Surrey) was an English cricketer, who was a right hand bat, right hand slow underarm bowler, but right hand fast roundarm bowler.
Read was named a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1893.
Read took part in the original Ashes match and is commemorated by the poem inscribed on the side of the urn:
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Walter_Read   (197 words)

  
 Walter Wilson Read
Walter and Ester are buried with Walter's parents and sisters, Grace Read Smith and Ethel Read Evans, in Denison Cemetery Section 16, Lot 26, E1/2, Swoyersville, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
Walter's obituary is from an undated clipping in a Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania newspaper given to Esther Doyle Read by Walter's sister, Ethel Harden Read Mitten Evans.
Robert Walter Read was not a resident of the household in 1930 (1930 United States Federal Census, Enumeration District 46-21, Glenside Town, Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, sheet 8A, 7 April 1930).
www.charm.net /~edrtjd/readgen/1189fam.htm   (2322 words)

  
 Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
When Walter rejoined him, John Butler was recruiting a ranger battalion to serve with the Indians in raids against American settlements.
Walter was still in Quebec when John Butler led an expedition against the Wyoming valley of Pennsylvania, the first of several operations which earned Butler’s Rangers a bloody reputation.
Walter took command in September when his father was ill and on 11 Nov. 1778 led a force of 520 rangers, regulars, and Indians in a disastrous attack on Cherry Valley, N.Y. Lacking heavy cannon, the rangers and regulars were unable to capture the fort, and during the siege the Indians sacked the town.
www.biographi.ca /EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=35908   (984 words)

  
 Walter Dean Myers - Monster
Despite his obvious ability, though, young Walter had trouble on the playground because of a speech impediment; he was frequently involved in fights when the other children teased him, so much so that by the time he was in fourth grade, he was threatened with suspension.
Walter’s childhood life revolved around the church, which was not just a place of worship but an activity center where he learned basketball and dance.
Walter Dean Myers twice received Newbery Honor recognition (for Scorpions, 1989, and Somewhere in the Darkness, 1993) and is a three-time recipient of the Coretta Scott King Award.
www.northern.edu /hastingw/myers.html   (1678 words)

  
 General Info on Major Walter Reed
Walter Reed, then forty-two years old, was greeted with enthusiasm by an eager group of researchers at the Pathological Laboratory.
In it, through the carefully recorded controlled experiments, Walter Reed found that in order for a mosquito to become infected, it had to bite a yellow fever patient during the first three days of his illness; only during that time was the agent present in the bloodstream.
On November 21, 1966, a bronze bust of Major Reed was unveiled at Walter Reed Army Medical Center by the Walter Reed Memorial Association, an organization which, since its inception in 1903, had resolved to erect a memorial in Washington to perpetuate his fame and memory.
www.wramc.amedd.army.mil /welcome/history   (3879 words)

  
 Teenreads.com -- Author Profile: Walter Dean Myers
Walter Dean Myers is the acclaimed author of MONSTER, the first winner of the Michael L. Printz Award, a National Book Award Finalist, Coretta Scott King Honor Book, and Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book; THE DREAM BEARER; HANDBOOK FOR BOYS; BAD BOY: A Memoir; and the Newbery Honor Books SCORPIONS and SOMEWHERE IN THE DARKNESS.
Walter Dean Myers lives with his wife, Constance, and his son, Christopher, the youngest of his three children, in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Walter Dean Myers is the author of numerous books for Young Adults and children, but we think that most people can relate to his gritty and realistic coming of age stories.
www.teenreads.com /authors/au-myers-walterdean.asp   (3748 words)

  
 Oakland Raiders   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
Recently, Oakland Raiders QB Andrew Walter paid a visit to Glenview Elementary School in Oakland, Calif. The school was hosting their annual Read-A-Thon event and excitement was in the air.
Walter read a variety of short stories to the 4th graders, including the life stories of Albert Einstein, Princess Diana, and Anne Frank.
Walter stressed the importance of reading, writing, and being a good communicator, which the children seemed to agree with.
www.raiders.com /newsroom/newsroomNewsDetail.jsp?id=24433   (340 words)

  
 Walter Wilson Read
Walter and Ester are buried in Section 16, Lot 26, E1/2 Denison Cemetery, Forty Fort, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
In 1894 Walter was employed by Allied Trades in Scranton, Lackawana County, Pennsylvania as a printer.
Walter Wilson Read, 60, formerly of this city and Scranton, died on Tuesday night at his home in Philadelphia of complications.
www.charm.net /~edrtjd/readgen/walterfam.htm   (452 words)

  
 ..:: Reopen 9/11 - Catch the Real Terrorists ::..   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
I read the international press and internet news which had stories that never saw the light of day or were deeply buried or ridiculed in the US press.
Read how the alleged hijackers used top secret information to find holes in our Radar Defenses.
Please read, "Crossing the Rubicon", by Michael Ruppert, which indicts Richard Cheney for his involvement in the war games that diverted our interceptors from stopping the high-jacked airplanes.
reopen911.org /walterletter.htm   (1965 words)

  
 Sir Walter Scott - Books and Biography
To read literature by Sir Walter Scott, select from the list on the left.
Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) was born in Edinburgh, as the son of a solicitor Walter Scott and Anne, a daughter of professor of medicine.
After the financial crash of 1825-26 the author's anonymity was destroyed, and he was exposed to the general public as Sir Walter Scott.
www.readprint.com /author-68/Sir-Walter-Scott   (1400 words)

  
 TheBookHaven.net - Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen - Larry McMurtry
Walter Benjamin is composed of many different sections.
He is enjoying a "lime Dr. Pepper" (regional beverage of choice, I guess) and reading "The Storyteller." It is an essay by German writer Walter Benjamin.
He describes what he was reading at the time, and even discusses why he couldn't read after the surgery.
www.thebookhaven.net /Z_Walter_Benjamin_Dairy_Queen.html   (851 words)

  
 Classical Music with Walter Parker / Music / Vermont Public Radio
Walter may seem buttoned down while playing classical music, but don't be surprised if you see him touring the back roads of Vermont on his classic Harley motorcycle!
Walter's passion for classical music is apparent, but his encyclopedic knowledge is indeed impressive.
After graduate studies at New York University in Musicology, Walter served as Collection Assistant in the university's Music Library and also catalogued historical jazz records for the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University.
www.vpr.net /music/walter.shtml   (249 words)

  
 Brooklyn College Library   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
Correspondence in Series 1 is between Lloyd Read and his parents, Walter and Elinor Read, as well as with his sister Viola.
Among these are Walter G. Read's sketch books, a 1905 tax receipt for the 745 Rugby Road home, a 1926 "new calendar of desserts," and Mr.
There are also photographs from the neighborhood, the 1926 Read family trip to the West, glass plate negatives of a fraternal organization and Brooklyn row houses.
depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu /library/archives/findaid/read/series.html   (659 words)

  
 JESS WALTER - Citizen Vince (2005)
In a couple of bravura passages, Walter leaves his gangsters to fend for themselves while he enters the minds of the candidates themselves.
DEAN BAKOPOULOS (in The Milwaukee Sentinal): Jess Walter's "Citizen Vince" is the sharp and insightful tale of a mobster who arrives in Spokane, Wash., seeking a new life at the beginning of the Reagan era.
Citizen Vince is the third novel by Jess Walter, an investigative journalist whose other writing credits include co-authoring In Contempt, a bestselling memoir by Christopher Darden, a member of the O.J. Simpson prosecution team.
www.jesswalter.com /work2.htm   (1264 words)

  
 KATV Channel 7 - Search Results
The gloves are off for the women on "The View." Creator Barbara Walters said she was "betrayed" by Star Jones Reynolds' surprise on-air announcement of her exit from the daytime talk show Tuesday.
Whenever he sees Barbara Walters, George Clooney mentions how he's still paying for telling her in an interview that he was never going to marry again.
Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning was named the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year, saluting a player's charity and off-the-field work, as well as his accolades on the field.
www.katv.com /search.hrb?s=ns&k=walter   (333 words)

  
 Bookreporter.com - Reader Comments about CITIZEN VINCE by Jess Walter
Walter's greatest gift to the reader was celebrated by the phrase “the pearly waterfalls that the city [of Spokane] had oystered itself around.” Walter dissected the oyster shell, examined its creases and seamy streaks, and revealed the grit and flaks clinging to the shell.
I was particulary impressed by the complexity of the characters and the depth to which Walter went to to describe them.
Walters is able to do the same thing and he pulls you right along with the action.
www.bookreporter.com /suspense_thriller/0502walter/walter-ARC.asp   (1980 words)

  
 Zathura for PlayStation 2 Review - PlayStation 2 Zathura Review
When he has Walter read the card for him, a meteor shower suddenly starts smashing the house to splinters.
Walter is similar to Danny except he's a bit stronger, so he can do things like swing on bars and hang on ropes.
Walter and Danny's father and sister both have roles in the movie, but they have been cut entirely from the game.
www.gamespot.com /ps2/action/zathura/review.html?sid=6139681   (1473 words)

  
 In My Father's Arms, A True Story of Incest. Sexual Abuse of a Male Child by His Father, a Memoir   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
Nine-year-old Walter de Milly is awakened by his father, who leads him to their backyard bomb shelter, bolts the heavy lead door, and molests him.
This book recounts the author's attempts to grapple not only with the lingering effects of the maltreatment he suffered from infancy through adolescence, but also with his own homosexuality and the complex blend of hatred, pity, contempt, and love he feels for his aging and increasingly infirm father.
It was a pleasant surprise to read Walter A. de Milly's account of his sexual abuse by his father, a prominent citizen in Tallahassee, Florida.
www.walterdemilly.com   (1028 words)

  
 John Paul Walter | Scholarship | Ong | Ong Bibliography: Introduction
While Orality and Literacy: The Technologizing of the Word is Walter J. Ong's most famous work on oral-written-print-electronic contrasts, Orality and Literacy was never meant to be the capstone to Ong's work as many have taken it to be.
In short, Orality and Literacy should be read as Ong's attempt to write an introductory text that summarized the field as it existed in 1982.
Walter Ong's Contributions to Cultural Studies: The Phenomenology of the Word and I-Thou Communication.
www.jpwalter.com /scholarship/Ong/ongbib.html   (491 words)

  
 New York is Read, White and Blue
Walter is the winner of several Newbery Honors and Coretta Scott King awards.
walter I would have realized that my love for books and writing was an important asset to my life and would have thought of them as more important than I did.
A reminder to our audience: If you did not read the entire chat it will be posted in the chat transcript section of www.nypl.org in a few days.
summerreading.nypl.org /read2004/chats/myers.html   (2000 words)

  
 Kidsreads.com - Walter Dean Myers
Walter Dean Myers is an award-winning writer of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for young people.
He has received the Margaret A. Edwards Award for his contribution to young adult literature and is a five-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Award.
Walter Dean Myers lives in Jersey City, New Jersey.
www.kidsreads.com /authors/au-myers-walter-dean.asp   (701 words)

  
 The Blog | Walter Cronkite: Telling the Truth About the War on Drugs | The Huffington Post
Walter, with all due respect, you make a major error in your post that is inexcusable.
Uncle Walter is the most intelligent and trusted man in news and if he says something is what it is, then I have NO doubt he tells the truth.
I have a very high standard for respect, and I respect Walter Cronkite as an example of what a newsperson ought to be.
www.huffingtonpost.com /walter-cronkite/telling-the-truth-about-t_b_16605.html   (3817 words)

  
 Land of the Blind by Jess Walter - read review
She hopes that by figuring out this increasingly complex case, that she will prove herself to be the detective she once was.
This book is a very honest read, laying the characters bare to their bones.
Read a chapter excerpt from Land of the Blind at HarperCollins
www.mostlyfiction.com /sleuths/walter.htm   (737 words)

  
 Walter Hoving Home
The Walter Hoving Home is a non-profit, faith-based rehabilitation center serving women 18 years and older who have been involved in drug addiction, alcoholism, prostitution and other life-controlling problems.
The center was begun in 1967 by John Benton and his wife, Elsie, in New York and is named for the late Walter Hoving, former chairman of Tiffany and Co., who helped raise money to buy the first facility in Garrison, New York.
The Walter Hoving Home expanded to the West Coast in 1985 and opened a facility in Pasadena, California, located in the historic Mira Monte Hotel at 127 South El Molino Avenue.
www.walterhovinghome.com   (356 words)

  
 An African-American Appeal for Peace
It was a sign that I couldn't read clearly, but still I knew there were deadly ramifications to its manifestation.
Walter Mosley is the author of the bestselling Easy Rawlins series of mysteries, the novel R.L.'s Dream, and the story collection Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned, for which he received the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award and, most recently, Life Out of Context, published by Nation Books.
He was born in Los Angeles and has been at various times in his life a potter, a computer programmer and a poet.
www.thenation.com /doc/20030127/mosley   (861 words)

  
 Creative Cow - Show
Walter is one of the great people we've interacted with for years and he's a true pro's pro and he's also a very funny guy.
Walter Biscardi is a leader in both our Final Cut Pro and Pinnacle CinéWave forum communities where Cow members have long appreciated his friendly and insightful input.
Recently, Walter took FCP on the road for a three day corporate shoot and found it to be a major tool in the project.
www.creativecow.net /show.php?page=/leaders/biscardi_walter/biscardi_walter.html   (2104 words)

  
 Quotations from Walter Benjamin
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Only he who can view his own past as an abortion sprung from compulsion and need can use it to full advantage in the present.
For what one has lived is at best comparable to a beautiful statue which has had all its limbs knocked off in transit, and now yields nothing but the precious block out of which the image of one's future must be hewn.
www.poemhunter.com /quotations/famous.asp?people=Walter+Benjamin&p=2   (456 words)

  
 HP board fires back at Hewlett - Feb. 25, 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
Walter Hewlett has been arguing against the merger in letters to shareholders and newspaper ads, while Hewlett-Packard has launched an equally prolific campaign aimed at garnering support ahead of the March 19 shareholder vote on the Compaq merger.
In the letter to shareholders, HP started by saying "You may have read that Walter Hewlett has a 'plan' for HP.
Maybe you read both, depending upon which day of the week it was, or what Walter Hewlett thought was expedient to say at the time...
money.cnn.com /2002/02/25/deals/wires/hp_compaq_re   (332 words)

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