Monticello

Red Wing, Monticello: How big is nuclear danger?

StarTribune.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

Concerned about the radioactive waste piling up at two plants, Red Wing and Monticello want help managing the risk.

Potomac Hospitality Services Downtown DC hotels and restaurants support Capital Area Food Bank

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday

All the DC hotels in the PHS group are supporting the drive by The Capital Area Food Bank this week to provide food to local children, families and senior citizens in need. The River Inn, The Quincy, One Washington Circle Hotel, George Washington University Inn, Hotel Monticello, Virginian S...

The 2009 Obama Foodorama Holiday Gift Guide

Obama Foodorama (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009

... all kinds of vegetables that Jefferson himself cultivated in his own huge kitchen garden at Monticello, his plantation home in Virginia. Jefferson varietals planted at the White House include Tennis Ball Lettuce, Brown Dutch Lettuce, Prickly Seeded Spinach, Arugula, Florence Fennel, Scarlet Runner Beans, Caseknife Pole Beans, and Whippoorwill Cowpeas (also known as crowder peas), and these...

The Biggest Hole On The Earth

DailyFun4u (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009

... Reef, a small atoll 100 kilometres (62 mi) from the mainland and Belize City 6. Glory Hole - Monticello Dam, California A glory hole is used when a dam is at full capacity and water needs to be drained from the resevoir. Close-up of Monticello Dam. Its the largest in the world, enabling it to consume 400 cubic feet of water every second. The Monticello Glory Hole can be seen...

TomTom GO 32MB GPS Navigator Top Quality

TomTom GO 720 Reviews (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009

... entrance ramps are clover-leaf instead of stoplight, guiding me to turn in a wrong direction. - Monticello may be Thomas Jefferson's famous home near Charlottesville VA, and featured on US currency, but TomTom cannot find it. - In southern MD, TomTom guided us to a farmer's house instead of the desired restaurant three miles away. - In Alexandria VA, we needed to find a hospital. TomTom...

DelFosse Vineyards & Winery: A Fine Symphony of Nature & Wine

My Virginia Wine Spot (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009

Hello Friends, Following an exceptional and delicious dining experience at the C&O Restaurant on Charlottesville’s downtown mall, we rose bright and early the following morning ready to jump back on the Monticello Wine Trail . Our next stop was to a popular Virginia winery that I have seen at a number of Virginia wine events, but had never visited (I know, shame on me). After visiting...

Senate Leader Lawson pondering CFO run in 2010

Naked Politics (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009

... Lawson is having difficulty raising money against his current opponent, U.S. Rep. Allen Boyd, D-Monticello, a well-entrenched "Yellow Dog" Democrat who has nearly $2-million in the bank. "It's kind of sad we can't find a candidate" for CFO, Lawson lamented. -- Steve Bousquet

• Sen. Al Lawson pondering run for CFO in 2010 - The Buzz Florida Politics

Sen. Al Lawson pondering run for CFO in 2010

The Buzz Florida Politics (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009

... Lawson is having difficulty raising money against his current opponent, U.S. Rep. Allen Boyd, D-Monticello, a well-entrenched "Yellow Dog" Democrat who has nearly $2-million in the bank. "It's kind of sad we can't find a candidate" for CFO, Lawson lamented.

Schumer: DOT Leaves $1M For Rt. 17 Expansion Idle

WCBSTV.com: Your Source For New Yor (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009

... the widening of a 37-mile stretch of Route 17 to three lanes in both directions from Harriman to Monticello.

Sacramento Marathon ( California Prisons )

Blog Absolute Point (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009

... (Clayton, MO.), 1:13:09. 2. Christopher Winter, 27 (Jackson, TN.), 1:13:27. 3. Daniel Roberts, 27 (Monticello, KY.), 1:14:32. 4. Jason Altman, 30 (Knoxville, TN.), 1:15:26. 5. Jeff Haushalter, 42 (Atlanta, GA.), 1:15:32. 6 … read more Former Hunterdon Central standout Chris Pannone may have used the 17th annual Turkey Trot 5K run as a tune-up, but the 23-year-old set a course record of 14:44...

Masses and Classes -- By: Mike Potemra

The Corner (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009

“Elitist” and “anti-elitist” poses are more popular now than they’ve been in some time. But they have been with us since the earliest years of the republic, and even the colonial period. I was just reading a literary biography of Thomas Jefferson, The Road to Monticello: The Life and Mind of Thomas Jefferson by Kevin J. Hayes, and discovered the following, from...

Britney Murphy ( Britney Murphy Fired )

Blog Absolute Point (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009

... (Clayton, MO.), 1:13:09. 2. Christopher Winter, 27 (Jackson, TN.), 1:13:27. 3. Daniel Roberts, 27 (Monticello, KY.), 1:14:32. 4. Jason Altman, 30 (Knoxville, TN.), 1:15:26. 5. Jeff Haushalter, 42 (Atlanta, GA.), 1:15:32. 6 … read more Matt Hiatt has always been a defensive coach at heart. So while he wasn’t entirely thrilled with the overall game put up by the Northeast boys basketball team,...

The True Burden will be upon Future Generations

After Gutenberg (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009

... (21.8 million tons, 1977), NRG’s W.A. Parish plant in Texas (20.9 million tons, 1958), Luminant’s Monticello plant in Texas (18.3 million tons, 1974), the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Cumberland plant in Tennessee (17.9 million tons, 1972), AEP’s John E. Amos plant in West Virginia (17.4 million tons, 1971), Progress Energy’s Crystal River plant in Florida (16 million tons, 1966) and Duke...

• Aging coal plants take a heavy environmental toll - Facing South
• Aging Coal Plants Take a Heavy Environmental Toll - Truth Out