POLITIC 365 - John Payton's Tireless Work and Advocacy Remembered, Mar 28, 2012

 "Last Thursday, civil rights advocate and legendary attorney John Payton passed away after a brief illness.  He was 65.  Payton has left a legacy to which very few can compare, but many can admire.  Payton led the way in some of the most groundbreaking civil rights battles of recent memory.  Payton is survived by his wife, Gay McDougall"

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LA TIMES - Sanford McDonnell obituary: Former McDonnell Douglas CEO dies at 89, Mar 28, 2012

 "March 21, 2012|By W.J. Hennigan, Los Angeles Times
Sanford "Sandy" McDonnell, the former chief executive of aerospace giant McDonnell Douglas Corp. who in the 1970s helped turn around the company started by his uncle, died Monday. He was 89.
His death was announced by Boeing Co., which acquired McDonnell Douglas in 1997. McDonnell's family told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer at Thanksgiving 2010 and died at his home in Clayton, Mo."

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GIZMAG - Successful face transplant is "most extensive to date", Mar 28, 2012

 "A gun accident fifteen years ago left Richard Lee Norris without his lips, nose, and with limited movement of his mouth. Now after a marathon 36-hour surgical procedure described as "the most extensive full face transplant completed to date," a team led by Dr. Eduardo Rodriguez at the University of Maryland has restored Mr. Norris' quality of life"

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NAVY Times - Obama to Medvedev: More flexibility after Nov, Mar 28, 2012

 "SEOUL, South Korea — President Barack Obama told Russia’s leader Monday that he would have more flexibility after the November election to deal with the contentious issue of missile defense, a candid assessment of political reality that was picked up by a microphone without either leader apparently knowing

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10 sexy female singers of country music . 10 mujeres cantantes sexis de la música country, Mar 21, 2012

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LA TIMES - Robert Ayres obituary: Illustrator who drew map of Ponderosa on "Bonanza" was 98, Mar 14, 2012

 

"As a set illustrator for Hollywood studios, Robert Temple Ayres created his most famous work at Paramount in 1959. Officially called "Map to Illustrate the Ponderosa in Nevada," it was conjured up just so it could burst into flames on television screens during the opening of the long-running show "Bonanza."

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IDOLATOR - Jimmy Ellis, Trammps Frontman & Singer Of “Disco Inferno”, Dead At 74, Mar 14, 2012

 "Just as Adele’s 21 is aiming to tie the 24-week run atop Billboard’s Top 200 chart that the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack enjoyed 35 years ago, one of the artists featured on the latter has passed away. Jimmy Ellis, frontman of Philadelphia soul and disco band The Trammps, died yesterday following complications from Alzheimer’s disease. The singer died in a South Carolina nursing home at the age of 74.
Ellis was a founding member of The Trammps, who were born out of previous acts The Volcanos and The Moods. Once The Trammps’ original lineup was established in 1972, the band caught disco fever and racked up minor hits with songs like “Hold Back The Night” and “That’s Where The Happy People Go”."
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NY TIMES - William Hamilton, Known for ‘Death of God’ Idea, Dies at 87, Mar 14, 2012

"William Hamilton was a tenured professor of church history at a small divinity school in Rochester in April 1966 when Time magazine created a sensation with a cover article featuring some of the ideas he had been writing about for years in journals read mainly by ministers and theologians."
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FRUGAL CAFE - Shocking, Sad News: Canada’s Ski Racer Nick Zoricic, Age 29, Has Died after Skicross Crash at World Cup Event in Switzerland… Rest in Peace (video), Mar 14, 2012

« Frugal Café Blog Zone: "Sad breaking news… Toronto’s champion ski racer Nick Zoricic has died following head injuries he sustained from an accident while skiing at the World Cup in Switzerland. Utterly tragic and shocking.
Zoricic, born in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina), emigrated with his family to Canada when he was five. Only 29 years old, he had recently won third place during the FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup Ski Cross in January in Les Contamines, France. This was Zoricic’s third year on the World Cup circuit.
Prayers go to Nick’s family, friends, and fans as they grieve and struggle to come to grips with this unforeseen, heartbreaking tragedy. May he rest in peace and God bless him."

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WTOP - Ore. physician behind Death With Dignity law dies, Mar 14, 2012

 "PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Peter Goodwin fought for years to give terminally ill patients the right to die on their own terms. When he couldn't fight anymore, that's exactly what he did.
The Portland physician died Sunday in his home after using lethal chemicals obtained under an Oregon law he championed. He was 83"
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MAIL Online - Switzerland coach crash: 22 Belgian children killed and dozens more hurt, Mar 14, 2012

 "A catastrophic coach crash that killed at least 22 children and six adults - after the vehicle veered, hit a kerb and then rammed into a concrete wall in a Swiss tunnel - could have been caused by speeding.
Police said the vehicle, in which the 12-year-old schoolchildren were travelling, was going 'considerably faster' than the 63mph speed limit as it careered into an underpass wall on the A9 highway, near Sierre, Valais, close to the border with Italy.
Swiss crash scene investigators told Belgium's Le Soir newspaper: 'The coach was travelling at very high speed. It was going considerably faster than the speed limit on a stretch of road where the speed is limited to 100kmh.'"
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WORLD MUSIC CENTRAL - The ‘Dame’ of Greek folk music Domna Samiou dead, 84, Mar 13, 2012

 "One of the country’s leading folk singers, Domna Samiou, passed away late on Saturday, leaving behind an irreplaceable gap in traditional Greek music and culture.
Samiou was born in the Athens neighborhood of Kaisariani, in 1928. Her parents were refugees from Bayrindi, Smyrna. They had fled to Greece in 1922 during the Asia Minor Catastrophe"
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Samoa Newd - OCEAN PRINCESS LIGHTS UP MAIN DOCK, Mar 08, 2012

 "It is not too often that a cruise ship leaves port with its lights on, but on Monday evening, March 5, the cruise ship Ocean Princess left Pago Pago at nearly 7 p.m., and the early darkness had the beautiful lights on the ship aglow as it pulled away from the dock.
The Ocean Princess is the ninth of nineteen cruise ships scheduled to visit the territory in 2012, and the only one scheduled to call into port during the month of March."
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DAILY CALLER - James Q. Wilson, ‘Broken Windows’ author, dies at 80, Mar 08, 2012

 "James Q. Wilson, a political scientist who coauthored the influential “Broken Windows” article in The Atlantic Monthly in 1982, which became a touchstone for the move toward community policing in Boston and cities across the country, died early this morning in Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center."
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BBC News - Star Wars artist Ralph McQuarrie dies aged 82, Mar 08, 2012

"Ralph McQuarrie, the artist who helped George Lucas bring Star Wars to the big screen, has died aged 82.
The conceptual designer created the look of characters including Darth Vader, Chewbacca and R2-D2 and C-3PO.
He also worked on the original Battlestar Galactica TV series and Steven Spielberg films ET and Cocoon, for which he won an Oscar.
A tribute on his website said: "We'll miss you Ralph. You will forever be the brightest star in our galaxy."

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HOLLYWOOD Reporter - 'It's a Small World' Songwriter Robert Sherman Dies at 86, Mar 08, 2012

 "Songwriter Robert Sherman, best known for penning the infectious Disney tunes “It’s a Small World After All” and "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious," died Monday, March 5 in London"
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ABC News - Rep. Donald Payne Dies from Colon Cancer, Mar 08, 2012

 "New Jersey Rep. Donald Payne died today of complications from colon cancer. The Democrat and former chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus was 77 years old.  He died  at St. Barnabas Hospital in Livingston, N.J., according to his office.
Payne was the first African American elected to the House of Representatives from New Jersey, in 1988. Representing the 10th District of the Garden State, his jurisdiction included counties that border New York City. A native of Newark, the congressman made alleviating poverty a key tenet of his 12 terms in office. He was one of the most progressive members of his state’s delegation."
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INQUISITR - William Heirens, Convicted ‘Lipstick Killer,’ Dies in Prison, Mar 08, 2012

 "William Heirens, the 1940s “Lipstick Killer,” and Illinois’ longest serving prisoner has died, prison officials said.
Heirens, 83, was found unresponsive in his cell at Dixon Correctional Center Monday and taken to the University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 8:45 p.m."
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Lev Manovich - N Blog Archive » The world’s best airports are in Asia, Mar 08, 2012

"In the annual survey of airport service quality by Geneva-based Airports Council International (ACI), Asian airports—Seoul, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Nagoya, Japan—won four of the five top spots. Nova Scotia’s Halifax was the only non-Asian airport to be included in the top five"
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DNAINDIA - World's best tea maker Stephen Twining shares trade secrets, Mar 08, 2012

"A lot more of the uncontrollable goes into a good cup, more than you can ever imagine — from the temperature, to the climate, the moisture in the air, the soil, in India, the monsoons — which is why when you taste a wonderful cup of tea, it’s almost like the world has worked towards creating that perfect cup of magic, just truly and exclusively for you,” begins Stephen Twining as we sit down to an ambient seated conversation amid the resplendent and wonderfully invigorating environs of the Leela Kempinski on the Old Airport Road"
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