Rhode Island

Rhode Island and Providence Plantations,[3] more commonly referred to as Rhode Island (en-us-Rhode Island.ogg /roʊd ˈaɪlɨnd/ (help·info)), is a state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area. Rhode Island borders Connecticut to the west and Massachusetts to the north and east. Rhode Island also shares a water border with New York's Long Island to the southwest.

Despite the name, most of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations is in fact on the mainland. The name Rhode Island and Providence Plantations derives from the merging of two colonies, Providence Plantations and Rhode Island. Providence Plantations was the name of the colony founded by Roger Williams in the area now known as the City of Providence.Rhode Island and Providence Plantations was the first of the thirteen original colonies to declare independence from British rule and the last to ratify the United States Constitution.[5][6]

Rhode Island's official nickname is "The Ocean State", a reference to the state's geography, as nearly one tenth of Rhode Island's inland area is covered by salt water. In addition, no resident of the state is more than a thirty-minute drive from the water's edge.[7] Unofficially, and in other parts of the country, Rhode Island is referred to as Little Rhody.[8]Another hypothesis on the origin of the name is that when Verrazzano sailed into Narragansett Bay, the many islands reminded him of the Aegean Sea, and he named it for Rhodes. This is what is said on the Verrazzano Monument in downtown Providence at Monument Park near the Rhode Island School of Design.

Cap and Trade

"cap and tax" bill if you prefer his parlance. He listed the legislators, including our own Vern Ehlers, and urged listeners to call. Reached Friday afternoon before the vote, Ehlers said his phone lines were jammed with calls because of the urging of Limbaugh and others and that he was still indeed mulling the complexities of the 1,300-page bill. Ehlers said he honestly wrestled with the bill because of his belief climate change must be addressed. But he also felt the bill would hurt Michigan more than other states.

In the end, Ehlers voted no on the bill that passed 219-212, saying his concerns about the impact on Michigan were not addressed even after he discussed them with majority leaders, including the bill's chief sponsors, Reps. Ed Markey, D-Mass., and Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif. He also was in meetings with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. climate change is not man made. climate change is not man made. history does not begin the day you are born. Just because 'this day or that day' may have been the hottest you remember, does not mean my SUV made it that way. The sun made it that way. carbon dioxide is not a pollutant. I don't care what Al Gore says.

We need it to survive. Polar bears swim all the time to get from one place to another. The ice caps are not melting. Early tests were wrong. New testing shows the old sensors were faulty. You blame George Bush for being wrong on WMD, but somehow a few scientists can't be wrong? If you dispute anything I've written, look it up for yourself. And the daily kos, huffington post, moveon, Rush Limbaugh, and Sean Hannity are not sites to look for insiteful facts. read what opposing views from your own say. climate change is not man made. climate change is not manmade.

National HIV Testing

National HIV Testing Day was organized by the National Association of People with AIDS with support from the Disease Control and Prevention. offered free HIV awareness classes aIn recognition of the 16th Annual National HIV Testing Day Island Coast Aids Networknd after hours testing on Saturday. "Testing is safe, today testing is non-invasive. Testing is important. Today you can live with AIDS. It's a wonderful time to be alive with HIV and AIDS because there's hope,” said AIDS survivor Marcus Morris.

The CDC recommends that people aged 13 to 64 be tested as a routine part of their medical care. Free confidential testing is conducted using the OraSure mouth swab. To schedule an HIV test contact Dr. Peter Bright at (239) 464-7398. "The Centers for Disease Control recommend every sexually active adult is tested annually. Unless you have a GPS tracker or a camera on your partner's zipper you don't know where and when it comes down,” said Dr. Peter Bright, I-Can Director of Programs.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Saturday, June 27th is National HIV testing day. The Southside Ministry Church on Emerson held a health fair this afternoon, to encourage neighbors to get tested. They are trying to break past the stigma of HIV testing by making testing quick and easy. Experts say as many as one in five people with HIV, don't know they're infected. If you didn't get tested Saturday, but want to, click on the link on the right for more information on testing sites.