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Richmond History Makers
The Valentine launched Richmond History Makers in 2005 to annually recognize, honor and celebrate those everyday citizens and outstanding organizations that are making significant contributions to the greater Richmond region.
2016 Honorees
Back Row (L-R): Chris Dovi, Rebecca Dovi, Joann Henry, Jack Berry
Front Row (L-R): Edward H. Peeples, Jr. PhD, Patty Parks
Promoting Stronger Communities
Patty Parks, Richmond Public Library
Improving Social Justice
Edward H. Peeples, Jr. PhD
Creating Quality Educational Opportunities
Joann Henry, Dream Academy, Inc.
Demonstrating Innovative Solutions
Chris & Rebecca Dovi, CodeVA
Encouraging Regional Collaboration
Jack Berry, Richmond Region Tourism
Each of the five honorees are recognized at the annual Richmond History Makers Celebration on October 18, 2016 from 6-8:30 pm.
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The nomination period has ended for this year.
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Nominee will have enhanced educational opportunities for citizens, improved academic achievement, or ensured a safe, constructive learning environment.
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Nominee will have demonstrated innovation and vision in making the Richmond region a better place to live, work, or visit.
Encouraging Regional Collaboration:
Nominee will have endeavored to bring together different entities to develop solutions that improve efficiency and effectiveness of programs across jurisdictions.
Improving Social Justice:
Nominee will have shown a commitment to promoting diversity, access and opportunity for all.
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I share a lot of great links and pictures on Facebook and Twitter. Here's some of the best from October: "The erotic charge that […] lit up the performance of giving birth also seemed to light up the stories they told about it. Many of the stories I heard were not specifically sexual but, in the telling, were filled to overflowing with the kind of intimacy, excitement, pleasure, and passion that articulated itself in and through the birthing body they hailed—a body that, in being given, gave, t … [Read more...]
October link round-up
Birth Guardians: Nadirah Adeye
Today's profile of Nadirah Adeye is part of our series profiling people who work with pregnancy, birth, or the postpartum period (prenatal massage therapists, childbirth educators, OB/GYNs, doulas, midwives, lactation consultants, labor & delivery nurses, pediatricians, etc.) and are Pagan or work with a Pagan community. Check out the previous Birth Guardian profiles. If you would like to be a part of the series please send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com. Now here's Nadirah's pro … [Read more...]
Maiden, Mother, Crone… Or Something Else?
By Kris BradleyEditor's Note: This is re-posted with the author's permission from Confessions of a Pagan Soccer Mom. Photo credit: Hecate via Rob Koopman.I've participated in a couple of discussions in the last month or so on the subject of the typical Triple Goddess: Maiden, Mother and Crone The Maiden is virginal. She is the waxing moon; the early spring, not quite yet burst into bloom; she is new beginnings. She is a seeker of knowledge. The Mother is sexual She is the full m … [Read more...]
Book Review: Pagan Pregnancy
It is important to think of pregnancy as a process, not a condition... pregnancy changes you and your life on a deep level. - Arin Murphy-Hiscock I am aware of exactly one book available for purchase right now specifically on the topic of Paganism and pregnancy. Arin Murphy-Hiscock wrote Pagan Pregnancy: A Spiritual Journey from Maiden to Mother years ago, and the book was finally released as an ebook just a few months ago. As soon as I saw the news I enthusiastically set to work getting t … [Read more...]
Responding to Ina May: I was The Goddess at that moment
Editor's note: This week we're trying something new. I asked some of our regular contributors to each respond to a quote from midwife and natural birth advocate Ina May Gaskin. In her new book Birth Matters Gaskin wrote: Birth… matters because the journey through pregnancy and birth offers an irreplaceable way for women to explore their deepest selves – their minds, bodies, and nature… There is a sacred power in the innately feminine capacity of giving birth. It is one of the elemental, contin … [Read more...]
What's in a Name?
by Kira NuitImagine one of your kid's friends at the door asking "can Floribunda come out to play?" Or, when young Floribunda gets into trouble, imagine how you might feel barking out, "Floribunda Oregano Sunbeam!" I've heard some names on the playground that I would not want to holler out my back door at suppertime.One of the first things confronting pregnant couples is what to name their baby. Throughout history we have bequeathed the names of our ancestors, named our children to honor … [Read more...]
Pagan names
Let's be honest. Pagan names are weird. They are the source of much mockery, from both within and without the pagan community. For some reason we feel the need to name ourselves BlazingRaven Night Hawk's Daughter or Moonray Celestina Wolf, or maybe just Thorson, which is like Madonna, but less obvious, right? But now some of us are having kids and they need names. What's a pagan to do?First off, all names have meaning. Do we pick Jim, because it was our favorite uncle's name? Do we pick Sarah a … [Read more...]
On Being a Holy Mother
'Holy Mother,In whom we live, move and have our being,From you all things emerge and unto you all things return…' This is the beginning of a prayer I learned from T Thorn Coyle just before becoming pregnant with my first child. It is only a slight twist on a biblical verse Acts 17:28 with which I was already familiar. As a religious studies scholar, whose work focused on women in religion and Mariology (the study of the Virgin Mary) theories of the divine feminine were important to m … [Read more...]

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This cut-and-dried chronicle includes one of the most enchanting experiences of my life.
I wonder where you got all your cut-and-dried notions about Englishmen?
The woman felt a certain fainting of purpose at the cut-and-dried programme presented in that dry manner by the dry old man.
But, Nan, seriously, do you not notice how formal and cut-and-dried most sermons are?
There is no sudden or cut-and-dried solution of the Negro problem, or of any other problem.
However miracles continue to happen in this cut-and-dried world.
But it has always been a cut-and-dried affair as long as Hiram has been here.
Oh, it will have to be a cut-and-dried election as far as Mignon is concerned.
The Mathematics instructor was a youngish man with a sort of cut-and-dried manner that Ira found unsympathetic.
Her voice was defiant, as if deprecating in advance any cut-and-dried disapproval.


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By Zach C. Cohen, USA TODAY
San Francisco's city government announced Tuesday it is no longer buying Apple desktops and laptops following Apple's decision to withdraw from a national green certification program.
Apple removed all 39 of its desktop and laptop computers from the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool registry, a green certification program for computers, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday.
Apple's latest laptop, the MacBook Pro, is not eligible for EPEAT certification because of its Retina display, which requires its battery be glued directly to the case. This makes it difficult to recycle, according to EPEAT CEO Robert Frisbee.
EPEAT is adjusting its standards to meet the changing realities of the tech industry, including adding new display standards for smartphones and tablets, EPEAT Director of Outreach and Communications Sarah O'Brien told USA TODAY.
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The ban likely will not have a significant impact on Apple, San Francisco's chief information officer, Jon Walton, told the Journal. Only about 1% to 2% of the city's computers are Macs, he said.
The U.S. General Services Administration, which dictates which computers the federal government purchases, said Apple's decision to leave EPEAT won't greatly affect which computers it purchases.
"GSA recommends EPEAT, but at this time GSA doesn't require EPEAT for all contracts," GSA spokesman Dan Cruz told USA TODAY in an email.
However, other organizations are re-evaluating their relationship with Apple. University of California, Berkeley, and Cornell University said they are re-evaluating following the decision. About 10%-15% of of Apple's revenue comes from education organizations, according to the Journal.
Greenpeace issued a report last November saying Apple was the fourth-most-green tech company, behind HP, Dell and Nokia. Apple was in ninth place in the previous year's report.
Apple responded to The Loop, a technology and Apple blog:
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August 18th 2005
Published: March 24th 2006
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Target: Muara Jambi
Every once in a while I like to have a quick look around the countryside without numbing my behind on the hard seat of a crowded rickety bus or elbowing my way through often hopeless crowds at railway stations. But best of all I enjoy flying short domestic legs on exotic airlines, the stranger their logos or hopelessly odd their aircraft the better. Indonesia is serviced by a great number of domestic airlines, most of them making use of the ubiquitous Boeing 737-200, presumably inherited from larger airlines such as Garuda or Malaysian that got sick of them or bankrupted. My favourite trick is collecting time tables and trying to puzzle together an itinerary that will take me in a sweeping circle back to my starting point within the same day. It is no easy task, as airlines like to shift their time tables, and once you find some flights that match up you can be sure that one leg will be fully booked spoiling the whole set up and forcing you back to the drawing board. My luck with the planning from Jakarta was exceptionally poor this time, as the time tables really would require me to spend time overnight
Sucking Jambi dry!
Amazingly there was still some refined black gold left for us.
hunting for accomocation in places that did not appeal to me until finally I found two flights that were compatible.
The target in question was Jambi, capital of the Jambi province and home to roughly half a million souls. The airport mainly services the oil and paper industry in town, there is not much reason for touristing there. The morning flight courtesy of
would leave me stranded in this place for some four hours or so, until the returning flight with
. After consulting with the LP I decided to set up a little expedition to the nearby jungle temples at Muara Jambi.
As I usually like to complain about in the blog, this means that I had to wake up early this morning and that in turn means restless sleep. I remember having bad dreams about work(!) until being woken up around 4 am by this recurrent "Plop!" sound. After ignoring it for a while I finally get up to investigate what is going on and find that something in the ceiling is leaking water onto the bathroom floor. I place a newspaper at the floor to cushion the sound a bit and head back to
City hall?
Ronaldo pointed it out to me but I can't remember what it was.
uneasy sleep, until finally getting out and hitting the street around 8 am. A Bluebird taxi drops me off at the domestic terminal and I take the opportunity to collect timetables from a whole slew of airlines, including a new set-up which offers a daily flight to Sorong, a place that I have been very interested in for a while. The domestic terminal is quite small and most interesting of all, the gates are like a group of open air shelters connected by suspended walkways. The atmosphere is very relaxed but unfortunately the views of the airport are pretty bad.
The flight is quick and comfortable and before long I have arrived at the Jambi airport arrival hall. As is often the case in Asia, the airport seems very small in comparison to the population it serves. The weather looks a bit grey and dull and I hope it is not going to rain. I approach the airport taxi service counter and begin sketching a drawing of my intended roundtrip to Jambi, and before long I have drawn a small crowd. Everybody is convinced that I am a businessman and when they finally understand that I am on a
Heading out of town towards Muara Jambi
mission of touristing they light up and everybody starts exclaiming
"Jalan Jalan!"
. They assure me it won't be a problem to reach Muara Jambi and head back in time to my afternoon departure flight, requiring roughly an hour in each direction. I rent a cab and an young man named Ronaldo beckons me to follow him to his monstruous Toyota SUV and off we go. I draw a sigh of relief that it turned out so easy.
Before we can make the trip we have to fill 'er up, and that involves circling around town looking for petrol stations that can deliver the goods. The first two
service stations are dry, it is not until we stumble on a third that we get lucky, even though we have to wait in a long line of thirsty vehicles. This is a good way to do some sight seeing of Jambi, although it isn't particularily exciting. We spend the time chatting a bit on rusty English and I learn that much like most the young men I meet on trips Ronaldo is married with kids back home and expects me to be as well. When fueling is complete we speed
Driving through cozy villages
Looks like it is going to rain
off along the narrow road leading into the countryside. The road is almost constantly lined with houses, many standing on poles a meter above ground level or so, new villages constantly replacing each other. At regular intervals little mosques will appear. The roadside is of course also home to the roaming goats, sheep, cows, ducks, dogs, cats and the whole area seems very idyllic. Idyllic that is, until our big Toyota comes along kicking up dust and scaring animals and people of the road with a blaring horn.
After about 50 minutes or so we leave the main road for a smaller dirt road that leads up to the Muara Jambi temple complex just as a light rain begins to fall over the area. Ronaldo and I leave the car and walk out into the complex. However, it seems that the LP is a bit off the mark when it comes to giving this place a proper description. Apparently this is the most important Hindu-Buddhist site in Sumatra and according to the author it is easy to spend all day here. I failed to embrace the atmosphere of history and had enough in approximately twenty minutes or so. The
Who's that moron standing in the rain?
main section is basically a number of rectangular orange stone structures in a grassy field. What you make of it is of course up to you, but to me a few photographs were pretty much all I could get out of the place. Mission now accomplished I decided we might as well not waste more time here and head back to the airport, especially as the rain was not giving up any time soon. It turned out to be a good idea because as we headed back to town a good deal of the population had dragged out their motorbikes and bicycles for an unlikey spontaneous 60th Anniversary parade, bascially involving clogging all the streets with funky bikes decorated in red and white.
I would like to go back to Jambi province some time for a more thorough look at it, especially wandering those little roadside villages with houses on poles would be interesting. For now though, I was quite happy to return to Jakarta on another comfy 737-200 leg, this time flying over a number of the Thousand Islands north of Jakarta. Definitely another idea for an excursion. As we arrived back in Jakarta I decided I might
Ok, I admit, I like this one...
as well purchase my onward flight to Bangkok from the Garuda office over at the international terminal, and then head back downtown per Damri airport coach. As I had just purchased my ticket I was unlucky to miss a bus by half a minute or so and ended up outside the terminal waiting for almost an hour for the next. The Damri coaches are great, I only wish they would extend the service a bit. Arriving at Gambir railway station downtown again I now easily navigate my way outside and flag down a metered taxi outside the station compound. A metered ride it turns out cost about half of what the drivers ask for at the station.
Finally arriving at the Acacia Hotel my total excursion for enjoying two short haul flights has been well over twelve hours and I am beginning to feel the fatigue creeping up on me. I quickly head outside to the convenience store nearby to stock up on some breakfast foods and then order up a big bowl of Mie Jawa noodles for supper, just smiling broadly thinking about how I can sleep like a log the coming morning.
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Hi Ronaldo!
Excuse me?
From the LP: "The restored temple Candi Gumpung ... has a fiendish makara (demon head) guarding its steps." -To put it mildly, this was a big disappointment.
I like this dark wet asphalt...
Another pit stop
Jambi dressed in a rainy mist
Blurry downtown Jambi view
There's something about this view...
...that makes me happy I am not outdoors
Indonesia Raya! (Part Two)
Celebrating the Independence Day by driving around...
Mie Jawa noodles after a long day
4th July 2006
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Hi grantcorp
what a nice report.... i'm glad you liked your trip to Jambi i'm from Jambi by the way... :)
5th May 2007
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wow..i am from kuala tungkal, jambi. well you should go there and see how the bird nest market there that is growing rapidly. oo there are many plantations as well
2nd November 2007
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my small city
I am glad that you made it to Muara Jambi Temple. There's less tourist attraction here in Jambi. There's much things to see outside Jambi, too bad you have not much time to spent here. But lucky, you see the oldest Sriwijaya temple already. They do made a yearly festival at Muara Jambi Temple, i think it's good to attract tourist to come to Jambi. Btw, i think what you call "City hall" is the Governor Office and next to the Governor office is the house of representative for Jambi and the food, "jawa noodle" is actually "soto" yes its right, its from Java (some other province have similiar foods). I live near the Governor office. Hope you could really visit Jambi next time. Cheers !
2nd November 2007
Thank you for the advice!
Your information is most welcome, as I don't like to spread false information around! :) Yes, the trip to Jambi really was a short one, I think sometime in the future I need to come back and take it slowly. I really liked the little villages lining the road to Muara Jambi. Houses on stilts, small mosques, everything seemed so calm.
28th July 2010
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Hi! nice to know you visited my place! Go visit this blog,, official blog for muarajambi temple and it's progress to date.. www.muarajambitemple.blogspot.com dont hesitate to contatc me anything u wanted to know about muarajambi temple and the cultures!
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