Vietnam War poems born from a physicist’s memories
John Michael Finn, a 55 year old physics professor at the College of William and Mary, published Flashback: A Journey in Time an electronic book of 194 stream of consciousness vignettes in free verse about his Vietnam War experiences. He writes to convey the feel of being there and to honor veterans while questioning war.
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Williamsburg
John Michael Finn
Vietnam
Finn
College of William and Mary
Kathleen Flevin
William and Mary
Slevin
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Salt Lake City Uses Flags to Ease Downtown Crossing
In Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson ordered Day Glo orange flags placed at 32 midblock crosswalks after a pedestrian was struck. A volunteer in Olympic blue jacket waved a flag to illustrate pedestrians may take a flag to cross six-lane streets and return it at the far curb.
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Salt Lake City
Rocky Anderson
Flashback in Time Journey Excerpts
Fragmentary excerpts recount a jungle trek with twilight light and distant space milestones. The narrator recalls listening for Armstrongs words and notes the paradox of a nation that could reach the moon yet struggle with a guerrilla war nearby. A medic’s yelling is mentioned amid officers and sergeants.
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Armstrong
Georgia Green peanut adapts to drought and disease
In Tifton Georgia Bill Branch has developed the disease resistant Georgia Green peanut variety introduced in 1995. It now dominates Southeastern plantings and resists tomato spotted wilt virus, helping farmers during drought years and boosting yields to about 2800 pounds per acre in Georgia. Other breeders like Dan Gorbett and John Beasley note ongoing work to chase improvements and high oleic variants.
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Tifton
Bill Branch
Branch
University of Georgia
Coastal Plain Experiment Station
Georgia Green
Georgia
Dan Garbett
University of Florida
Gorbett
Texas
Gainesville
Fla
John Beasley
University of Georgia Extension Service
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