Today:
Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 72. Light and variable wind becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight:
Mostly clear, with a low around 48. Light and variable wind becoming northeast 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
Temperatures are forecast to remain in the upper 60s to lower 70s for the next week, with a slight chance of rain Tuesday night through Wednesday.
High Wind Watch in effect from February 27, 10:00 PM PST until February 28, 04:00 PM PST
Courtesy of HistoryNet:
1827 The first Mardi-Gras celebration is held in New Orleans.
1864 The first Union prisoners arrive at Andersonville Prison in Georgia.
February 25, 2021
Packing for Maine is sort of like packing for an adventure: You ll want to bring your sturdiest boots and most weather-resistant jacket, and the kind of bag that has room for fresh blueberries. Scenic Maine is known for its relaxed New England lifestyle, not so much the mansions of Greenwich or Newport as the earthy, sea-dashed homes that look like they ve got stories. Bring your flannel, your favorite Stephen King novel (for the full experience of Maine s most famous resident, of course), and a taste for lobster, and you ll be ready for anything. Time Zone
Maine gets cold
in the winter, so unless winter is your favorite season and you are a big fan of the cold (no judgment here), summer and fall are the best times to go. While summer is peak tourist season and allows visitors to enjoy all that Maine s beaches and seafood have to offer, fall might even win out the weather is usually brisk and comfortable, and the N
The first YA book to deal with HIV/AIDS was M. E. Kerr’s
Night Kites. Published in 1986, the novel features a teenage protagonist whose older brother is sick with AIDS-related illnesses. As Christine Jenkins and Michael Cart point out, this novel did not inspire a trend: HIV/AIDS “would receive major thematic or topical treatment in only three other YA novels in the eighties.”
In addition to the four novels published in the 1980s, only thirteen texts “that included any character who was HIV positive or had AIDS appeared in the nineties.” Moreover, just one of the affected characters in these thirteen books is a young person; the rest are adults, “usually uncles or teachers.” Lydia Kokkola concludes that, during this time period, HIV/AIDS functions mostly as a “punishment” for sexually active and/or queer characters.
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Over four decades, Franklin Pierce, America’s 14th commander in chief, and acclaimed novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne, cultivated a strong bond. Their loyal relationship lasted through periods of togetherness and separation; it ended sadly in 1864 during the Civil War.