Take a walk through history at these Massachusetts cemeteries
R. Scott Reedy
Daily News Correspondent
Looking for somewhere to take a contemplative walk and a break from today’s uncertain times? By design, many cemeteries – particularly the rural or garden variety which gradually replaced churchyard burying grounds over the course of the 19th century – afford peace and quiet, and the opportunity for reflection.
Today, with their paved roads and walkways, cemeteries – some flat and others with hills – are ideal for walking.
And while they offer solitude, even on the quietest of days you’ll rarely be entirely alone. Cemeteries are home to birds and other animals – squirrels and rabbits, the occasional deer or turkey, or, if there is a nearby pond or stream, perhaps geese, turtles, even a swan or two.
Shannon Donnelly
Palm Beach Daily News
HRH Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh, longest-serving Royal Consort in the history of the monarchy, died peacefully on Friday at Windsor Castle, two months shy of his 100th birthday.
He has been husband to HM Queen Elizabeth II for 72 years, and all that time, as royal protocol dictates, walked a few steps behind the queen.
But when he came to Palm Beach, solo or with one of his sons, he was front and center. He walked in behind nobody.
Prince Philip was no stranger to this royalty obsessed island, and especially not to island philanthropic circles. Like less blue-blooded fundraisers, the prince knew that Palm Beach is ripe with charity bucks.
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Fiddler on the Roof opened, revered critic Roger Ebert gave it three out of four stars and said director Norman Jewison “has made as good a film as can be made from the material”. Ebert, now deceased, thought the storyline was “quite simply boring”, which decried the work of its original author, Sholem Aleichem, and raised doubts about Ebert’s Pulitzer Prize for Criticism.
With global acclaim from all other reviewers, three Oscars, multiple nominations (including Best Actor for Chaim Topol) and a cumulative $83.3 million at the box office, the enduring appeal of this movie is irrefutable.
Collaborations helped Lesotho achieve UNAIDS 90/90/90 targets: EGPAF Collaborations helped Lesotho achieve UNAIDS 90/90/90 targets: EGPAF
Limpho Sello
LESOTHO managed to control HIV and AIDS infections through collaborative efforts from stakeholders like development partners, the government and clients, the Elizabeth Glaser Paediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) has said.
This came out during a Thursday webinar held to celebrate Lesotho’s success in AIDS epidemic control by achieving the 90/90/90 targets. The webinar was attended by experts from EGPAF and the Ministry of Health.
In 2015, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) launched its final targets to drive progress towards ending the AIDS epidemic where by 2020; 90 percent of all people with diagnosed HIV would have received lifelong sustained antiretroviral (ART) therapy; 90 percent of all HIV positive people would be on treatment; and 90 percent of all people receiving ART should have suppressed t