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...alabaster prayer room of the Zoroastrian temple in the center of Yazd, a handful of adherents sway to the cadence of ancient Persian prayers recited as a priest feeds sticks of sandalwood and sprinkles of frankincense into a blazing urn. Zoroastrians wear hand-woven wool cords as external symbols of their faith, and almost always pray in front of a fire, which represents purity and sustainability. In Yazd, the holy flame has burned for 1,500 years without ever being extinguished. While Zoroastrianism was once the dominant religion in a swathe of territory spanning from Rome and Greece to India...
During a family vacation in August, Obama brought his family to the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, which overlooks the apartment where he grew up. Obama and his children left two leis at niche No. 440, where the ashes of his grandfather Stanley Dunham are in an urn behind a bronze plaque. Stanley Dunham was an Army sergeant in World War II; he died of prostate cancer in 1992. Officials at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific have since been contacted by Borthwick Mortuary about holding a service for Madelyn Dunham, says Gene Castagnetti, the cemetery's director...
...turned out, Dunham's koa (wood) urn arrived on Election Day, Soetoro-Ng wrote in her e-mail. Soetoro-Ng surrounded the urn with pictures of Dunham's late daughter Stanley Ann Dunham (the mother of Soetoro-Ng and the President-elect), Dunham's grandchildren and her great grandchildren - "all of us who benefited so much from her steady voice and hand," Soetoro-Ng wrote...
...just no place like home.The Harvard sailing team returned to the Charles River last weekend with one goal—to qualify for this month’s ACC Championships. Both the women’s and co-ed teams did much more than that, winning the Victorian Coffee Urn and Erwin Schell Trophy respectively, to end the regular fall season on a high note. “This weekend was really exciting for both the co-eds and the women. I was really, really excited for the co-eds and it was great that both teams did so well...
...Their best finish was also second place, but three disqualifications proved to be too much to come back from.Boston College dominated the event, finishing nearly 50 points ahead of its nearest competitor. The women will also look to claim an ACC berth this coming weekend at the Victorian Coffee Urn, which will also be the final home regatta of Watson’s impressive career. “Four women’s teams have already qualified, so we just need to be one of the next three,” Watson said. “The Charles River...