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When Kirsten Gaither steps out her front door every morning, she realizes the world holds much more than the familiar comforts of her Liberty Heights neighborhood. Traveling with her AAU and Digital Harbor basketball teams has taken the teenager around the United States, but Gaither's horizons are even wider. "In school, why am I learning about other countries? Why am I learning about history in other countries? It's not just the United States on the planet," she said. "There are more things going on in the world, and it obviously affects us here, because we're at war over in Iraq.

WASHINGTON -- The Navy is exploring the possibility of basing an aircraft carrier, minesweepers or other ships of the 6th Fleet in the Israeli port of Haifa, a major shift in deployment strategy that could have serious repercussions at home and in the Middle East.Navy officials say privately they are not eager to initiate such a move. But they say pressure from Senate committees and pro-Israel interests in Washington help to explain why they are considering Haifa as a possible home port for U.S. ships.

TEL AVIV, Israel -- Iraq struck weakly at Israel this morning with conventional missiles that caused a dozen slight injuries and some damage here and in Haifa, the government said.A spokesman said Israel was "considering" whether to retaliate. Dozens of Israeli jets creased the night air, but it was unclear whether they were on attack or defense.This morning Lt. Gen. Dan Shomron, the Israeli chief of staff, said, "The fact the missiles were fired at a civilian population is a very grave occurrence.

IN HER 97 years in Baltimore, I never met Ella Reeves Clotsworthy. I wish I had. This remarkable person is one of the cast of characters who figure in the recently published memoir of lawyer, horseman, world traveler and storyteller Charles B. Reeves Jr. Sprat Reeves, as so many people know him, included his Aunt Ella's story in the book he's called "Carpe Diem." Born in Baltimore, Ella Reeves grew up in dignified Victorian style in a Charles Street home opposite the Maryland Club. She married C. Baker Clotsworthy, who died before this little story begins.

JERUSALEM - As Israel began to broaden its West Bank offensive and Palestinians continued their deadly wave of suicide bombings, the standoff between the Israeli military and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat showed no signs of easing yesterday. At least 15 Israelis were killed when a bomber blew himself up in a crowded restaurant in the northern port city of Haifa, the latest in a string of attacks that have killed more than 40 people since Wednesday. "The state of Israel is in a war," Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said in a televised address, his second in four days.

HAIFA, Israel -- The woman who called herself Nomi was a rainbow in a dim bar. She had an explosion of teased yellow hair, tears drawn in black mascara, full red lips, and gold earrings that seemed as big as the ship's anchors of the Navy sailors she serves."

Think of Dorry Segev and Sommer Gentry as intellectual magpies. The glittery ideas they filch from fields as diverse as swing dancing, systems analysis, water skiing and medicine seemingly have little in common. But Segev and Gentry weave them together into a strong yet flexible structure designed to protect fragile lives. Segev, 41, is a transplant surgeon at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, a pianist who studied at Juilliard and a former computer prodigy. Gentry, 35, an assistant mathematics professor at the Naval Academy, was a doctoral student when she caught the public's attention by designing a dancing robot.

On March 31, 2006, ALBERT WOODROW, of Baltimore, MD, formerly of Boston; beloved husband of the late Myrtle Leslie (Gascovitch), devoted father of Diane Romm and her husband Rabbi J. Leonard Romm, of Riverdale, NY and Haifa, Israel and Sharon Woodrow and her husband Paul Glaser of Haifa, Israel; loving brother of Ilene Falkson of Pompano Beach, FL, Bernie Woodrow and his wife Gail of Marblehead and the late Sumner Woodrow, dear brother-in-law of Lorraine...

The man who runs many of Baltimore's marinas, a former captain in the Israeli navy, prefers the sky to the sea. The only boat he owns is a gondola, which he keeps tied up at his marina in Canton. "I love aviation; that's my passion," said Dan Naor, 47, chief operating officer of Baltimore Marine Centers, as he stood next to a cherry-red helicopter on a recent weekday. He flies it - not as often as he'd like - from Pier 7 in Canton, the base of another business he runs, Baltimore Helicopter Services.

On Saturday, May 8, 2004, SAMUEL IWRY; beloved husband of Nina Iwry (nee Rochman); loving father of Mark Iwry, of Bethesda, MD; father-in-law of Daryl Lander; devoted brother of the late Benjamin Iwry, of Haifa, Israel; adored grandfather of Jonathan Iwry. Services at SOL LEVINSON & BROS., INC., 8900 Reisterstown Rd., at Mt. Wilson Lane, due notice of day and time. Interment at Arlington Cemetery-Chizuk Amuno Congregation-4300 N. Rogers Ave.