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MTBE Drinking Water Contamination in Pascoag, RI: A Tracer Test for Investigating the Fate and Transport of Contaminants in a Fractured Rock Aquifer Prepared by: Jim Allen and Thomas Boving* *Woodward Hall Rm. 315 University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI email@example.com (Phone: 401-874-7053) Final Report Submitted to: Rhode Island Water Resources Center Kingston, June 05, 2006 Summary Ever since 2001, when Pascoag's only public drinking water well was shut down because of MTBE contamination, the people of Pascoag are without a drinking water source of their own. The MTBE problem at Pascoag is one of the largest in the country and probably the largest in New England. While Pascoag is large, it has almost all common MTBE problems in the New England region: drinking water, bedrock, and river contamination. The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, RI-DEM, has agreed opening the Pascoag site to scientists and students from the University of Rhode Island. The overarching objective was to work towards a systematic investigation of MTBE bedrock contamination and a prognosis for remediation alternatives. In this report we describe the results of a pump test that was designed to investigate the fate and transport of MTBE. A conservative tracer test was also carried out, but it had to be terminated before tracer breakthrough at the pumping well occurred. The data generated during this pump test was amended with data from groundwater monitoring wells up-gradient from the production well and a statistical evaluation of fracture analysis data. The principal finding was that the MTBE concentration in the production well can be controlled by the pump rate. That is, the MTBE concentration increases beyond the limit (40 µg/L) set by the RI Department of Health when pumping the production well at 240 gpm, but remains below that limit when pumping at a lower rate (150 gpm). It may therefore be possible by carefully adjusting the pumping regime and continuously monitoring the hydraulic and chemical conditions at the site to produce at least some amount of water from the aquifer. Because the pump test was comparably short (approximately 6 weeks), it is recommended to follow up with a step-up pumping rate test and, more importantly, longer (e.g., 6 months) pump test to ensure that the MTBE concentration remain at low levels over extended periods of time. Introduction The Pascoag Water District serves about 5,000 people in the Town of Pascoag, RI. Their drinking water was pumped from one 16" well, drawing 350 GPM from both the bedrock and overburden aquifers. On August 30, 2001, a resident of Pascoag noticed an odor in his water. A chemical analysis confirmed that the drinking water was contaminated with MTBE. The acronym MTBE is short for a synthetic organic compound chemically known as methyl tertiary-butyl ether. MTBE is a volatile, flammable, colorless liquid at room temperature and has a terpentine-like odor. MTBE is informally known as a fuel oxygenate because it provides extra oxygen for the internal combustion process ("anti-knocking agent"). MTBE has been used in U.S. gasoline at low levels since 1979, replacing lead-organic compounds as octane enhancer. Since 1992, MTBE has been used at higher concentrations (approx. 10%) in some gasoline to fulfill the oxygenate requirements set by Congress in the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments. MTBE is now recognized as a very serious threat to groundwater. MTBE contamination is very difficult and expensive to cleanup and is becoming the most common drinking water problem faced by state agencies today. 0 300 600 1,200 Feet Following the detection of MTBE in the drinking water, Pascoag residents were immediately notified Figure 1: Currently known extend of the that they should not drink the town water and Pascoag MTBE plume in the bedrock minimize skin contact. Nonetheless, residents aquifer. complained about massive headaches, vomiting, wheezing, and blisters on their lips. Ever since 2001, when the drinking water well was shut down, the people of Pascoag have been without a drinking water source of their own. Responding to Pascoag's drinking water emergency, the Burrillville School District opened up the hockey rink for residents to take showers and fill water jugs. In the following months, the RI Department of Environmental Management (RI-DEM) supplied the Pascoag residents with about a quarter million dollars worth of bottled water. Currently, Pascoag is receiving water from village/district of Harrisville (both within the Town of Burrillville) at a cost of more than $1,000,000/year. Pascoag cannot sustain this financial burden and may soon become insolvent. Because no other drinking water resources are available, there is strong political pressure building to reactivate the Pascoag well. RI-DEM identified a nearby gas station as the source of the MTBE. After the owner of the gas station declared bankruptcy, RI-DEM took over all assessment and remediation activities (Project Manager Mike Cote (401) 222-2797, ext. 7118). During the emergency site investigation over 6" of free gasoline was found in some wells. Intrusion of toxic vapors demanded the temporary evacuation of 200 senior citizens from a nearby home for the elderly. By now the MTBE contamination plume is approximately 20 acres in size and up to 100 feet deep. This makes the MTBE problem at Pascoag one of the largest in the country and probably the largest in New England. The contamination resides in both the overburden and fractured bedrock aquifers and has been consistently detected in a nearby river, too. Bedrock contamination is very complex and expensive to cleanup. It is a common problem in New England as its bedrock aquifers are susceptible to this 1 contamination, due to their being relatively shallow. Currently MTBE in the bedrock aquifer reaches to a maximum of 15,000 µg/L. For comparison, the RI drinking water limit for MTBE is 40 µg/L. To date, over 50 shallow and deep overburden wells and 16 bedrock wells were installed by RI- DEM. Over 3 million gallons of contaminated water and over 3,000 gallons of gasoline were pumped so far. Funding for the site investigation and water treatment has been provided by the U.S. EPA. EPA's assistance prevented the Rhode Island Leaking Underground Storage Tank (LUST) program from immediate collapse. RI-DEM has now reached a critical decision point – either focusing the remaining funds on constructing a water treatment plant and reactivation of the public well to allow some degree of normalcy to return to the area. Or, concentrate on remediation of the bedrock contamination problem, which – if remained untreated – may again jeopardize the water quality in the future - even after a treatment system has been installed. The main objective of this pilot-scale field project was to development a conceptual model of MTBE fate and transport within the drinking water aquifer at the Pascoag site. The principle means of generating these data were a tracer test and water quality analysis. Also, the study of this MTBE site served students as an experiential learning opportunity as they were working next to environmental professionals and regulators. Ultimately, the results of this study are expected to produce hydraulic and chemical data in support of RI-DEM and the Town of Pascoag in attempt to reopen the well field. Methods, Procedures, and Facilities In cooperation with RI-DEM, more than 60 wells were installed at the site, including many nested wells (i.e. closely spaced wells penetrating different depths of the aquifer). The depth of the wells ranges from 10 ft (overburden) to over one hundred feet into the fractured bedrock. The actual production well (PW3A) is 64 ft deep and penetrates the fractured bedrock aquifer approximately 10 ft. Starting March 14, 2005, a pump test was conducted at PW3A. The flow rate was recorded at the well head and water level elevations were measured using a vented InSitu data logger. Additional wells were monitored manually and by loggers installed in wells MW18D, MW20S, MW20D, MW28BR, where S and D stand for shallow and deep overburden wells, respectively, while BR is a bedrock well. Precipitation data was recorded at a NOAA weather station located 13 miles south in South Foster, Rhode Island.. Bedrock well LE2 and overburden well MW14D were used as tracer injection wells. From March 14 through April 19, 2005, the pump rate was 240 gpm. For the last day of the test, April 20, 2005, the pump rate was decreased to 150 gpm. Water samples for MTBE and tertiary amyl methyl ether (TAME), another gasoline oxygenate, were collected on a daily basis starting the day before the beginning of the pump test. All samples were collected in 40 mL VOA vials and preserved with 6N hydrochloric acid with zero headspace. All these samples were analyzed by EPA method 8260B (Low QL) for volatile organic compounds (VOC) and oxygenates by Premier Laboratory (Dayville CT). Samples collected between 04/03/05 and 04/08/05 were collected but not analyzed. A conservative tracer (fluorescein) was released in well LE2 A total of 50 g fluorescein was pre- dissolved in 1000 ml of deionized (DI)and injected into LE2 at once. The tracer was released one day after the pumping rate was decreased from 240 to 150 gpm. About 100 ml tracer samples were collected on hourly basis. Fluorescein was analyzed by UV-Vis spectrometry (Shimadzu) at a wavelength of 491 nm. A fracture analysis at bedrock outcrops on and near the site was carried out and statistically evaluated for dominant fracture orientation. Measurements of lineation, foliation, and fracture orientations were collected using a Silva Compass. Fracture strikes were plotted on rose diagrams using the Rockworks software for plotting individual locations and groups of measurements. 2 Results The locations of those wells utilized in this study are shown in Figure 2. Figure 3 shows the water table elevation under non-pumping conditions, while Figure 4 shows the water table under pumping conditions (240 gpm). Figure 2: Location of monitoring well utilized in this study. 3 Figure 3. Water table of site under non-pumping conditions. Table drawn using combined bedrock and overburden wells. Uneven contour interval 4 Figure 4. Water table gradient under pumping conditions of 240 GPM. Notice plume separation and the flow divide in middle of the site. Uneven contours The water table elevations in the pumping and observation wells are summarized in Figure 5. Also shown are the precipitation measurements. There were two significant precipitation events during the aquifer test. These events occurred on March 28 and April 2, with amounts of 2.8 and 2.5 inches respectively. 5 Figure 5: Drawdown curves obtained from pressure transducers. Precipitation is also plotted. The origin of the anomalous point in Public Well #3A on 4/10/05 is unknown. It may have been related to a very short pump disruption. Figure 6: Concentrations of MTBE and TAME at the wellhead from the start of the aquifer test through the end. Notice the apparent steady state at 43 µg/L for MTBE and the drop when pump rate changed. 6 Water Quality Data The results of the water analysis at the production well head are summarized in Figure 6. MTBE and TAME were detected in every sample after the first few days. MTBE levels increased asymptotically and peaked at 44 µg/L on 04/14/2005. TAME levels never exceeded 5 µg/L. After injection of the fluorescein tracers (04/20/2005), samples were collected for only 4 hours. The reason for this short sampling period was that the pump test was shut down on 04/20/2005 by the Pascoag Utility District because MTBE levels had exceeded the 40 µg/L limit. This was unfortunate because at the time of the shut-down, MTBE levels had dropped to less than 40 µg/L , presumably in response to lowering the pump rate to 150 gpm. Because there was a 14-day lag time between sampling and availability of laboratory results, the shut down was ordered without knowing that a drop in MTBE concentration had occurred. Once the pump test was shut down, it was not possible to restart the pump test again. Figure 7: Average fracture strike for all field measurements Fracture Analysis The results of the fracture study (91 total observations) indicate that there are two dominant fracture orientations in this area. The trend of mineral lineation is approximately N2E and plunges at 10° to the north. The dominant fracture orientation is nearly parallel to the mineral lineation and has an average dip of 65E. The other less dominant fracture orientation is N75W and dips 75S. Figure 7 shows the average strike of all fractures measured. Slight variation and other orientations do occur, however the frequency and transmissivity of these fractures is less significant. Orthogonal fractures that trend along the same dominant strike but dip much more shallowly also occur. The frequency of the N75W trending fractures appear to be concentrated in localized fracture zones. Between these zones the rock units are massive. The N2E fractures are more regular and their frequency is more consistent. 7 Discussion The results of the water table elevation measurements before and during the pump test clearly indicate that the production well – even when pumped at a lower rate than during pre-contamination production (300 gpm) – strongly influences the groundwater gradient and pulls MTBE from the source zone towards the well head. Under no-pumping conditions the MTBE appears to migrate away from the well field and towards the river in an approximately north-north-easterly direction. The natural direction of the groundwater movement seems to be controlled by fractures running in approximately south-to-north direction and by the presence of the river. Also, the response of the water table elevation to precipitation is almost instantaneous suggesting that there is a good hydraulic connection between the surface and the aquifer. The shape of the MTBE concentrations graph indicates that a quasi-equilibrium concentration level between 40 and 50 µg/L MTBE is being approached when the pumping rate is at 240 gpm for about 4 weeks. Once the pumping rate was lowered to 150 gpm, MTBE concentrations dropped below the regulatory threshold limit of 40 µg/L. This suggests that by carefully controlling the pumping rate, water of drinking water quality can be pumped from the aquifer. Because the aquifer test ended prematurely, the injected conservative tracers had not arrived at the pumping well. The analysis of the test data has led to a better understanding of the ground water flow, contaminant transport, and ground water/surface water interactions. The goal was to determine how and where contaminants are moving and if it is possible to eventually reactivate the well. Major new advancements regarding water table gradients, plume stabilities, contaminant transport pathways, and the aquifer/surface water interactions have now been made. Based on these findings it is suggested to design a stepped pumping test and monitor the water quality in the production well as well as in up-gradient wells for at least 6 months duration. Ideally, this stepped pumping test should give evidence for, potentially, a threshold pumping rate at which the MTBE concentrations will remain below the drinking water limit. Acknowledgements This study was made possible by a grant from the RI Water Resources Center and support by RI Department of Environmental Management and the Town of Pascoag. 8
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With his factory Yamaha teammate, Jorge Lorenzo, still in contention for the title, why did Rossi choose to make this announcement at the beginning of a race weekend? "I make in my mind the decision last week," he said. "I don't want to stay one weekend with Jeremy knowing this is inside me and not say to him. I'm not able, you know?"
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Sooooo...this is my first year with an herb garden. I have: English lavender, purple sage, white sage, golden oregano, regular oregano, thyme, parsley, calendula and two kinds of basil. What should I do to winter these plants over? Should I start new ones from cuttings (and how do I do that??) Should I dig up whole plants and bring them inside? Help, please!!
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post #4 of 59/22/13 at 2:12pmI am in Eastern Ontario. I can get to Vermont in about 4 hours - so we have similar climates, although you are a bit more mountainy.
I leave the oregano in the garden. I do heap leaves on it once they fall, as a bit of mulch. It does just fine and is one of the best herbs in my garden.
Parsely and thyme will also overwinter, although they do not seem quite as hardy as oregano. My parsley lasts 2 or 3 years, then I need to plant a new one. Ditto thyme.
Basil does not last over the winter, and my attempt at growing it inside have failed - although my thumb is more khaki than green.
If a frost is coming (and I heard "overnight low of 3 degrees on the radio a few hours ago - which is about 35 or 36 farenheit) - harvest what you can. Things like basil will instantly turn black and unusable if there is a hard frost - so sad!!! I am drying some basil and freezing some in ice cubes for fall/winter use.
I don't know if you do garlic - but now is a good time to get them in the garden for next season.
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ANDERSON, Ind. —
Central Christian Church has shared a century-long relationship with the arts, hosting a free concert series for as long as the historic building has stood on the corner of 10th and Jackson streets.
Sunday's concert will feature Hoosier pianist Phoenix Park-Kim, associate professor of piano at Indiana Wesleyan University. She's traveled across the country and in South Korea, Taiwan, Italy, Switzerland and Russia as a performer winning top prizes at national and international competitions.
Central Christian senior pastor Rick Vale said he's excited about Park-Kim's performance and said the church — which recently purchased a new piano — would be an "incredible" venue for the concert.
"She is an amazingly clean and yet passionate artist when she plays," Vale said. "Her playing is not just perfect but it is also really lyrical; she really makes the piano sing."
Park-Kim's concert is a great one for people who may not think they like classical music, he said, pointing out that Park-Kim has a lot of personality during her performances and that concerts are "always fun."
Anderson University professor of music Randy Frieling described Park-Kim as a "crowd pleaser" pointing out that she plays many familiar tunes.
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Frieling said Park-Kim is a friend and that the two have performed together in the past and have a concert together planned for March.
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Park-Kim, born in Seoul, South Korea, began playing the piano at 5 and gave her first public performance at 7 years old. She has given performances in various music festivals such as the Aspen Summer Music Festival, Piano Texas, ARIA International Summer Academy, and the Summer Music School in Siena, Italy.
She has been featured as a soloist performing Beethoven Concerto No. 5, Op. 73, "Emperor" with the Korean Philharmonic Orchestra; Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 18 with the University Missouri-Kansas City Chamber Orchestra; Mozart Piano Concerto K.365, and Chopin Andante spianato & Grande Polonaise brillante with Marion Philharmonic Orchestra and Hummel Piano Concerto No. 2 with Indiana Wesleyan Orchestra among others.
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Reviews for A Present for Little Lotte |
PenAndInkPrincess chapter 1 . 1/11/2011 That was beautiful, and so in character for Raoul and Christine. In the words of the Phantom, "Brava, brava, bravisamma." |
Perfume chapter 1 . 12/27/2010 This story was equally as cute as the previous one I had read. The fact that Christine had left the scarf still inside the opera house is precious gift indeed! And the fact that Raoul went and restored it to its former glory is adorable. I can see Steve Barton doing this. XD Thank you for another enchanting story! |
PhantomBialystock chapter 1 . 4/11/2008 How cute! I love this idea so much, and your writing was very well. The way you conveyed Raoul's thoughts as he decided on the present was excellent. The only thing I would suggest is to use less "but"s and "and"s at the beginning of sentences. Sometimes they're good, but too money can be easily combined into two or more sentences. Anyway, wonderful job! |
Truth Questor chapter 1 . 4/11/2008 Huzzah! Lovely job with characterization, emotion, narration and everything! I especially liked the line about the dove presenting its friend with a red ribbon-so cute! This is going on my favorites list. Raoul/Christine forever! |
Kitty-hiime chapter 1 . 4/8/2008 I'm very glad that you enjoyed my story! There will be several more chapters, so I hope that you look forward to them. I thought that 'A Present' was very well written, especially in the beginning. I absolutely loved that he gave her the scarf, after repairing it. At the same time, that would be my one suggestion: after the scarf, the shell necklace, even though it is very pretty, is awfully plain. I would suggest that the order be reversed, so that after enjoying the fancy jewelry with the sentimental attachment (like any female would, as Raoul himself pointed out, and then afterwards she receives the shocking and powerfully moving gift of the scarf. But other than that, great job, and happy future writings! |
LadyBastet92 chapter 1 . 4/8/2008 Aw, that was so sweet I loved the part with the necklase. Great job! |
LuckyLadybug chapter 1 . 4/7/2008 Aww, this is so sweet! I was wondering what Raoul would find for her, and that's just perfect! That necklace sounds so gorgeous. And restoring a scarf that had such special meaning to her would be a wonderful present too! That would be so exciting! The descriptions of the abandoned opera house are very melancholy, especially everything just as it was in Christine's dressing room. I really like the imagery you came up with for it! Awesome work! |
sparklyscorpion chapter 1 . 4/7/2008 Aww, yay! What a sweet R/C fic. I love it! I'm always sad that there are so few R/C fics on the site; this one is wonderful. :) |
The Duelist's Heiress chapter 1 . 4/7/2008 So cute. I loved it. TDH |
Bathsheba Carr chapter 1 . 4/7/2008 This is lovely. Everyone always seems to bash the Raoul-Christine relationship in their fanfics, impliying that such a common man could never measure up to the Phantom's genius. But this is different-Christine and Raoul are happy together and-hey! what do ya know?-actually living a nice little life with out Erik's abusive nature haunting them. Whoa, okay, sorry my review turned into a little anti-Erik rant there. Anyways, really good job! Write more, please! |
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Retired 4-star U.S. Army Gen. Wesley Clark told local farmers he was fighting mad and waging a war against the oil industry.
"We import nine million gallons of gas every day, which is about $1,000 a year for every American," he said. "There's no reason we can't grow our own fuel and control our own destiny as a nation."
Clark, who serves as the co-chairman of Growth Energy, an ethanol lobbying group, spoke to area farmers and investors at a POET Biorefining Membership Appreciation Dinner at the Paramount Theatre Centre and Ballroom in Anderson on Monday.
The visit by Clark coincides with a national ad campaign launched by Growth Energy called "You're No Dummy," depicts the oil industry as a ventriloquist trying to manipulate a dummy to parrot its opinions. The ads can be found online at www.yourenodummy.com.
The campaign is a grass-roots effort by the biofuel industry as the House Energy and Commerce Committee prepares to host a two-day hearing on the Renewable Fuel Standard. Tom Buis, chief executive officer of Growth Energy, said Anderson was the fifth stop for Clark who has been speaking to farmers and investors across America.
"A lot of people have been weighing in on the issue and we had 27,000 people who had contacted their legislators as of last Friday," Buis said. "We hope to double that number before Congress reconvenes on Sept. 9."
Clark said the oil industry is spreading misinformation to the public in an effort to undermine support for American-made fuel. He said one of the biggest myths is that ethanol is driving up the cost of food. He said only the starch is used in ethanol production. All the protein, fiber and oil are returned as distillers grains and used to replace corn in animal livestock feed that benefits America's food production.
"We are in a fight between big oil and big food," Clark told the 93 people in attendance at the dinner. "And we are fighting back."
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Rapper T.I. was denied bond this week after his arrest over the weekend on weapons charges. This is what happens when you glorify violence and think going to prison is cool, said Cynthia Tucker in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. TI's music gets you
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hat happenedRapper T.I. was denied bond this week after his arrest over the weekend on weapons charges. ATF agents arrested T.I.—whose real name is Clifford Harris—in Atlanta after he allegedly tried to buy three machine guns, two silencers, and a pistol through his bodyguard. Lawyers for Harris—who, as a convicted felon, could face a stiff sentence if convicted—said they would press for bail at a hearing on Friday.
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T.I.'s arrest "may only add interest" to the BET Hip Hop Awards, said Rashod D. Ollison in the Baltimore Sun. The "multiplatinum-selling, Grammy-winning" rapper was up for a leading nine awards in the show, which airs Wednesday but was taped Saturday hours after the arrest. But the future of hip-hop may be brighter if the industry can cultivate "controversy-free" stars who will generate some much-needed positive publicity.
T.I. could have spent Saturday night basking in his success at the BET ceremony, where he won two awards, said Cynthia Tucker in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Instead, he spent the evening in police custody, facing what could be years in prison. Apologists say rappers are being persecuted by "the Man," but the young black men and women who glorify violence and think going to prison is cool have only themselves to blame for "their own destruction."
It's easy to get "all amped" watching T.I. "brandishing a baseball bat" in his "Hurt" video, said Tom Breihan in The Village Voice's Status Ain't Hood blog. Until you realize that when he sings about shooting people, he's not joking around. Without a clear "divide" between "displays of bravado and actual threats of violence," the music becomes "too problematic" to enjoy.
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Yahoo Moves Aggressively Into TV
So-called "one-offs" -- YouTube videos of political hijinks and Diet Coke explosions -- have drawn massive audiences, whereas Web series in which people return each week have, for the most part, failed to break through.
"The only way we're going to get there is by starting to take some chances," said Yahoo's vice president of media Jimmy Pitaro.
Pitaro said Yahoo could learn from TV networks, which are willing to roll the dice each year with expensive pilots. He wants to "focus more on what our editors and producers think is creative and will resonate with an audience."
Yahoo announced one gambit Wednesday with the "Ready, Set, Dance!" series, part of a content-sharing deal with Electus, an outfit run by Ben Silverman, who spearheaded NBC's "The Office" and "The Biggest Loser."
The new reality-competition series, where contestants break out into dance spontaneously when a camera arrives, will have 12 weekly episodes. It is sponsored by State Farm, which will be integrated into the content.
Pitaro, who declined to speak about his rumored departure from Yahoo, said the company will stick with video shorts and not move into lengthier productions. It produces shows such as daily roundups of prime-time TV, finance and sports.
Pitaro said the shows are financially successful with sufficient advertising, but have not found the type of mass loyal audience common to hit TV shows. "The dollars are there," he said. "That's not the problem -- the problem is scaling it."
Appearing with Pitaro on an Advertising Week panel, Silverman said his experience with Web sites and originals is that "most of the big platforms you see aren't ready to invest in content -- they want to repurpose content."
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A judge who presided over Allen Iverson's divorce ripped into the former NBA star's parenting, stripped him of custody of his children, and ordered him to attend Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) to address his drinking problem, TMZ reports.
The Atlanta judge recently signed off on Iverson's divorcefrom ex-wife Tawanna, and awarded her legal and physical custody of the couple's five children. Iverson reportedly has visitation rights, but he has to follow strict rules in order to maintain them.
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World AIDS Day: Forget politics, HIV could be the deadliest Arab up-rising yet
HIV is gaining ground in the Middle East and North Africa
The Arab world is never far from the international headlines, but when it comes to HIV, it tends to take a back seat. That's because the estimated rate of infection in the general population is low, 0.1% compared with around 5% south of the Sahara. There is a general impression—both within the Middle East and beyond—that HIV is at least one less problem in an otherwise troubled part of the world.
But this is wishful thinking, according to a new study from UNAIDS. HIV is thriving in the Middle East and North Africa. Infections have more than doubled since the beginning of the millennium, and AIDS-related deaths have almost tripled. This makes the Middle East and North Africa one of only two regions where HIV is still on the rise; in the rest of the world, infection rates and deaths from AIDS have either stabilized or are declining. Forget politics: HIV could be the deadliest Arab up-rising yet.
The epidemic is now firmly entrenched in "key" populations, among them men-who-have-sex-with-men, female sex workers and injecting drugs users, in many countries, alarmingly so: one recent study in Tripoli, Libya found that nearly 90% of the participants who inject drugs were also living with HIV. No man is an island when it comes to HIV, and that means that the virus is starting to spread beyond these most-at-risk groups. Women are increasingly hit hard; nearly three-quarters of those living with HIV have been infected by their husbands.
Although there have been plenty of grand political declarations about the need for action on HIV, only a couple of governments—among them Morocco's—have managed to step up. On average across the region, less than one in five people living with HIV is getting the medicines they need, and the proportion of pregnant women receiving anti-retroviral therapy to prevent transmission to their children is less than half that. This is the lowest treatment rate in the world, all the more disturbing given that there are deep pockets across the region which could be reaching in, and out, to get treatment to all in need.
The factors that drive HIV elsewhere in the world are in full force across the Middle East: poverty, war, gender-based violence, and taboos around sex among them. But most devastating is the stigma and discrimination that people living with HIV or those at risk face on daily basis. It exists at all levels: in laws which criminalize same-sex relations, sex work and injecting drug use, which when reinforced by selective religious teachings, only serve to drive vulnerable people underground, turning them away from testing and treatment, and speeding the spread of HIV. Or in government policies which block the entry of migrant workers living with HIV or condone their expulsion if found to be infected: 12 of the 41 countries which still impose restrictions on the entry, stay or residence of people living with HIV are in the Arab region . Or in attitudes at home, in communities, on the job—even in hospitals and clinics—which make people living with HIV feel like outcasts. According to the HIV Stigma Index, which tries to quantify this exclusion, more than half of people living with HIV in Egypt have been denied treatment in healthcare facilities; in Yemen, a fifth have experienced physical harassment or assault; a third in both countries, as well as Sudan, have had to move or have been unable to find houseing because of their HIV-status.
In the political upheaval sweeping much of the Arab region, it is easy to focus on what is going wrong, and to overlook progress in the right direction. The same is true for HIV. There are small, remarkable steps forward in tackling the epidemic: the emergence of NGOs for people living with HIV, like MENARosa, a new group to support women, for example. Or efforts in Tunisia to provide legal services to people living with HIV. Or projects in Lebanon to increase distribution of condoms to groups at risk. Or studies in Oman to fully understand the nature of the emerging epidemic in vulnerable populations. HIV is not exactly a priority for most governnments, and communities, across the Arab region. This needs to change, because those same problems that top their to-do-list are also driving HIV. There is far less time than most people think to stop this crisis-in-the-making.
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I want a neighborhood with great nightlife. What's Northeast like?
First Landing State Park, located alongside Shore Drive in Northeast Virginia Beach, is a favorite local park for tourists and VA Beach residents alike. Encompassing a beach with boating and swimming, hiking and biking trails, picnic tables, camping facilities, and several nature programs, there is something in First Landing to keep visitors of all ages busy and happy. Nearby False Cape State Park on Sandpiper Road is an undisturbed coastal environment with no vehicular access. This park offers camping, hiking, and boating, as well as a wildlife refuge and an extensive environmental education program.
What are some fun things to do on the weekend in North Portal Estates?
As a popular vacation destination, Virginia Beach boasts a lively nightlife, and Northeast Virginia Beach is no exception. Popular local bars range from laid-back dive bars to swanky clubs and lounges. AJ Sports Bar and Grill is a no-frills bar with a fun crowd, considerable beer selection, tasty appetizers, and live music acts on the weekend. On the other end of the spectrum, Mermaids is a high-class club with a chic decor, go-go dancers, and world class DJs spinning all the hottest dance beats.
Getting transferred to NAS Oceana from California. Need help finding a family friendly area not too far from the base and the city. Looking to rent an apartment also. Which area would you suggest?
Bay Colony in Virginia Beach is a perfect mix of quiet residential and beach living. It is close to the city center of Virginia Beach, you can drive to restaurants, country club and beach easily. Broad Bay is around this neighborhood, so you can appreciate the beautiful scenery by just riding a bike to the lakeside.


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