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Congratulating the royal couple on their new son, John Key presumptuously added, "I have no doubt he will grow into a fine young man". Really! Hitler's mother no doubt thought that about baby Adolf. Indeed, all the madnesses reported daily are committed by once delightful children, and in the case of first-born boys, whose mothers thought they'd produced the "second coming". What therefore goes wrong when they grow up? Take recent news items.
Gareth Morgan, for example, is visiting the Korean demilitarised zone to bring peace and unification to the two Koreas. Given his exceptionalism in all things, he will doubtless succeed. He can then ride westward and settle the 60 years stand-off between India and Pakistan, devising a cure for cancer on the way. Having achieved that, the Israeli-Palestinian standoff awaits his input. He will receive a great reception, that region having form in succumbing to self-proclaimed messiahs. Gareth can culminate his peace tour by riding triumphantly into Cairo on his male mid-life crisis-symbolic Harley Davidson, and bring mutual love to the warring factions. My God they're lucky buggers.
Gareth was probably once a nice little boy, whose mother was also doubtless about his future, but today suffers from obsessive attention-seeking syndrome. The subject arose recently over drinks, producing a general consensus that his problem could be solved by acquiring a mistress.
Attention then turned to who else needed this timeless cure-all for blokes going bonkers. "What about the upskirts brigade", suggested one of the women present, referring to the regular reports of vicars and the like, being arrested for filming up women's skirts. "No, no", cried the men in unison, rightly as it transpired, "That cannot be a sexual thing".
Still, in the interest of scientific inquiry, that is for those who consider psychology a science, which it no more is than panel-beating, we sought an explanation to what possible gratification can be achieved by a split-second glimpse of knees, for that, in fact, is all they see. I say that, as in the interest of elucidation we put it to the test with a co-operative foreign lady diplomat lessee in for drinks and our female staff, all wearing a range of dress types.
Lying on the floor and looking up their skirts as they walked past, revealed that the offending vicars have knee fetishes for that is all that can be seen when walking. Scepticism led to this research being peer-reviewed by our female staff who also lay on the floor and duly confirmed our findings.
A barrister could argue that's no crime, after all if the "offender" was taking split-second photos of passing females' faces or feet (another vicar fetish), there would be no complaint. My point, however, is if one could backtrack 40 years or whatever, and tell a proud mum that her then lovely little boy, far from being the "second coming" would one day be arrested for this behaviour, understandably she would be incredulous.
Take a case reported recently from America. A woman entered a toilet cubicle, upped her skirt, downed her pants and was about to sit when she glanced down, only to see a bloke's face looking up.
Another vicar, I imagine you're thinking, but amazingly on this occasion not so. It transpired the culprit had gone to enormous lengths to achieve this capability. That weirdo was once an innocent little boy, so what went wrong and also, why don't women have these compulsions? Perhaps they do but lack the initiative to act on them.
A decade back in Wellington a helmeted and goggled cyclist, pedalling rapidly through the botanical gardens, was grabbing women's buttocks as he passed. Apparently the women objected to this. So powerful was this urge, despite all the publicity and thus risk of being caught, he persisted and was duly nabbed. Again to everyone's amazement, not the usual vicar culprit, but instead a prominent professional firm partner and family man. So why will not baby George Windsor, whose future Key is doubtless about, not one day be doing this stuff? Someone has to.
These issues are serious matters. The media are full of Auckland housing problems which in a few years will be resolved and forgotten. But make no mistake; the vicars, and despite the Prime Minister's assurance, possibly baby George, will still be at it.
A few months ago an expert of some relevant persuasion claimed children under 5 have no concept of evil. Putting aside the poor little souls beaten by scumbag fathers, themselves once sweet innocents, or in war-torn places, it's an interesting proposition.
Why then do things subsequently go haywire? Why do 13-year-old girls suddenly decide they hate their mothers, or well-bred little boys turn into tattooed swill or mass murderers? The fact is we're badly designed, for in a perfect world Peter Pan-like children ideally would never grow up.


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The curiosity of the desalination plant proposal is: why is the State Government spending more than it has to when expert advice is that water recycling and harvesting is cheaper and more efficient ("Cold water on the salt solution", Herald, July 12)?
These are very sound reasons for the Prime Minister, green groups and the public not supporting the idea. The added element of cruelty to sea life caught up in the suction makes it even more unpalatable. Great noises are made about protecting whales and other sea creatures - and rightly so. Wouldn't participation in this cull therefore be a little hypocritical? I certainly don't want my drinking water delivered on this basis.
D. Davie Toongabbie
I never thought I'd see the day when John Howard sounds more sensible than Bob Carr. The Sydney desalination plans are clear evidence that the Carr Government is in terminal decline. How depressing.
Hans Peter Dietz Springwood
No need to worry about the desalination plant and where it will be built. When did this State Government last do anything it said it was going to do? And by next year the building costs and the power consumption will be too high for this project to go ahead, so it will be all talk and no action, like the rest of what Mr Carr says is good for us.
Bernard McLeod Vaucluse
Ocean outfall to Waterloo. Is this a variation on "coals to Newcastle"?
Megan Brock Summer Hill
If the Carr Government is opposed to recycling sewage, why is it proposing to place its desalination plant on the Kurnell peninsula, where the only viable place to collect sea water is within spitting distance of the sewage outfall?
Paul Burns Como West
Methinks Mr Carr's Kurnell secret recipe won't be finger lickin' good.
Peter Fyfe Lavender Bay
While recycling is undoubtedly the way to go in addressing Sydney's water shortage, I venture that at the next election, rather than being recycled into power, Bob Carr will be filtered out permanently by reverse electoral osmosis.
Fred Jansohn Rose Bay
Hey, Bob, I won the bet. If all else fails with Sydney infrastructure, put it in Sutherland Shire. It can join army camps, aircraft overflights, atomic energy plants, waste disposal tips, oil refineries and, thankfully, the National Park.
Russell Stevens Jannali
Is this desalination plant Bob's Pyramid of Giza, his Hanging Gardens of Babylon, his Zeus, his Artemis, his Colossus of Rhodes, his Mausoleum at Halicarnassus or his Lighthouse of Alexandria? These things were wonders; his is merely an unnecessary environmentally destructive salute to a big ego with few answers to NSW's problems.
No one wants this bloody thing - spend the money upgrading existing infrastructure. Maybe build a giant funnel.
Andrew Millett Rozelle
A desalination plant is surely a case of giving credence to Carr's clearwater revival.
Allan Gibson Cherrybrook
Building a desalination plant at Kurnell is probably a good idea. At least it could be useful if there was an oil fire.
Carolyn Wills Cremorne
To Sutherland Shire residents upset by the decision to build a desalination plant at Kurnell, don't worry. This is a Bob Carr announcement. That's as likely to be fulfilled as a John Howard promise.
Victor Marshall Erskineville
Another rush of Carr blood to the head. Past time we were rid of him.
G. Lewis Lindfield
It's not overly surprising to hear much negative reaction to the proposed desalination plant for Kurnell. Yes, it uses a lot of power. But so do television sets and computer games, and nobody seems to be saying they should be banned. I would think that water is more important to our community than so many of the other non-essential electricity gobblers.
Ultimately, it is important we have a source of water that does not rely on our most unreliable rainfall.
Mike Barnett Gladesville
It seems that we can race solar-powered cars from Darwin to Adelaide, but that technology cannot be used to power a desalination plant. Why?
Brian Swan Epping
Bob Car is in a no-win situation - damned if he does, damned if he doesn't. He should put it to a referendum at the next state election and offer a choice between desalination and recycling (doing nothing should not be an option). Let the voters decide.
A. Manoharan Kareela
The Primate is merely aping the Treasurer
The Treasurer, Peter Costello, mixes religion with politics when attending Hillsong Church services. When Phillip Aspinall, the newly elected Primate of the Anglican Church, did so in his condemnation of the Government's industrial relations policy, Mr Costello assured us the two should not be mixed ("Howard pledges to unleash prosperity", Herald, July 12). Why is it all right for the Treasurer to mix them, but wrong for the Anglican Primate to do so?
Barry Smythe Wallerawang
Mr Costello says a qualification in theology doesn't make you an industrial relations expert. Not like being a Melbourne barrister or a suburban Sydney solicitor.
Peter Margan Rose Bay
Just because Mr Costello has a law degree does not make him an expert in either economics or accountancy.
M.E. Browne Greenwich
If the new Anglican Primate of Australia had come out in favour of the Government's changes to the industrial relations system, neither Peter Costello nor Kevin Andrews would give a hoot that his academic qualifications are in theology rather than industrial relations law.
Robyn Prygoda Nowra
In vowing to speak out, perhaps the new Primate of the Anglican Church, Phillip Aspinall, needs to be alert and alarmed. Waiting in the wings are the angels of the Australian Tax Office at the behest of the Treasurer, Peter Costello, ready to pounce on any apostate not-for-profit charity daring to engage in political advocacy.
In stating that the churches would not be silenced on industrial relations changes, it would indeed be shameful (and sinful) in the democracy we call Australia if his primacy were to be marked by Anglicare's loss of charity status by a Tax Office ruling. Most un-Christian.
Terry O'Brien North Parramatta
Why is that when cardinals, archbishops and bishops question, on moral grounds, any of the Prime Minister's policies, he is dismissive of them and questions their credentials to comment?
Severino M. Milazzo Maroubra
The Government's "factual" advertising says workers on Australian workplace agreements earn 100 per cent more than workers on award rates. Where do I sign up?
John Christie Oatley
Vocation over degree: it's hardly a trade-off
Inferring that "Fewer public school students want degrees" ( Herald, July 12) from simply looking at statistics makes too many assumptions.
Surely there are other reasons the percentage of public school students qualifying for a tertiary entrance rank has dropped that cannot be interpreted from statistics. How about the high costs of university education, for one? The lack of university places, another. The article states that public schools offer the widest choice of vocational subjects - could there be another reason here? Why the negativity in aspiring to learn a trade? Your headline could easily have read: "Public schools lead the way in vocational education." It chose instead to have another swipe at public schools.
Sharon McGuinness Thirroul
So Jillian Skinner says it is insulting that government high school students are not being encouraged to aim for university, as many choose a vocational education that leads to trade qualifications. Meanwhile, her Liberal counterparts in Canberra have been saying a trade qualification should have the same status as a university degree and that vocational education in the new technical colleges is vital to the future Australian economy. No wonder students are confused.
Alice Leung Maroubra
Breeding enemies
Paul Sheehan is correct to remind us there were terrorist bombings before George Bush was elected and before the Iraq invasion ("Murder of innocents a lost cause", Herald, July 11). However, he stops well short by omitting the fact the world has a much bigger terrorist problem now than it did before Iraq.
There may once have been a chance of winning the war against terrorism by focusing on the enemy at hand - that is, Osama bin Laden and co. But, as many observers warned before the Iraq invasion, apart from being unjustified and unnecessary, it has resulted in new enemies for the US and its allies, increased support for bin Laden, new terrorist organisations, and more lunatics willing to blow themselves up.
Charlie Mclean Russell Lea
Tariq Ali's apologist rationalisation of the London bombings ("Violence begets violence, and so the horrors continue", Herald, July 11) falls into the hands of the bombers. In desperately searching for a rational cause for these attacks, Mr Ali states: "The real solution lies in immediately ending the occupation of Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine."
Just a cursory glance of any al-Qaeda or Hamas literature shows a pan-Islamist myopic view of the world, bent on derailing any hope of peaceful coexistence. That we in the West have brought these attacks on ourselves doesn't stick and makes a mockery of the will and determination of Londoners to continue their daily activities in defiance of these attacks.
David Faktor Double Bay
Fine time for council
Last Saturday, parking inspectors staged a dawn assault on our quiet street in Waverley. About 20 residents awoke to find they'd been fined for parking in the opposite direction of travel (that is, on the wrong side of the street) and various other misdemeanours. There were no safety issues and the errant parkers were not disrupting any traffic in our sleepy street.
Was Waverley Council acting in the public interest or was it adding to the $5 million in parking fines that the council earns each year ("Meter madness", Herald, July 12)?
Lesley Robinson Waverley
Corby's special case
It's nice to see that the Prime Minister can take time out of his busy day to write a sympathetic letter to Schapelle Corby ("PM sends offer of help to Corby", Herald, July 12).
Yet Corby has had, and will have, her day in court. Let's reserve our sympathy for those Australians languishing in foreign jails without the prospect of any court hearing.
D. Hurst Lindfield
Pay TV? Try replay TV
Paul Tenison (Letters, July 12) writes about people turning off free-to-air TV because of excess advertising time. But try switching to a cable channel and all you seem to get is re-runs. It's got so bad, I'm wondering about paying next month's cable subscription fee with a photocopy of last month's cheque.
Keith Berg Birchgrove
The side-by-side letters of Ron Jarvis and Paul Tenison (Letters, July 12) give me an idea. Maybe the clergyman preaching for an hour could be obliged to follow industry standards and provide 18 minutes of advertising? Failing that, I find taking a few notes helps, both with paying attention and increasing the chances that I'll put something into practice through the week.
Jon Guyer Cammeray
Job for bra boys
In 49 years in the maritime industry, I have worked with numerous classifications of fitters - engine fitters, fitters and turners, electrical fitters and tyre fitters. Now, in retirement, I find I missed possibly the best one - "bra fitter" ("Cups runneth over, and it's the shop assistant's fault", Herald, July 12). In my time, one had to do a five-year apprenticeship, so would someone tell me and all old fitters: how long is the apprenticeship and what are some of the lurks and perks of bra fitting?
David Barrow Merewether
At last, a job I know I could do well. If there are so few competent bra fitters out there, let me have a go.
Phil Armour Yass
Self-defeating powers
Gerard Henderson says in "Iraqis, too, are victims of the resistance" ( Herald, July 12) that no one responded to a challenge by the ALP senator Robert Ray to show specific evidence of where the powers of the new ASIO legislation had been abused.
But isn't it the case, and rather ironically so, that anyone responding to such a proposition would put themselves at risk of detention and/or conviction under these same powers?
Mike Clear Penrith
More feathers in the cap of world's best city
On Monday my 10-year-old grandson, Thomas, and I went to Centennial Park and Iron Cove to do a spot of birdwatching. In six hours we identified 42 species of birds. Is Sydney "the world's best city" for birdwatching, too? ("City scores rich praise as travel destination", Herald, July 12).
Fenton Sharpe West Pennant Hills
Is @ @ all shorter?
I'm right @ home with abbrevi@ions, but does substituting @ for at save any time @ all?
Graham Hanlon Normanhurst
Hours of fun
Why does happy hour at most pubs last at least 120 minutes?
Keith Hoffman Sydney
View from the rear
Usually on entering the bus, and together with all the other young blokes, I head for one of the back seats. There, I can observe the embarrassment of those seated and in obvious feigned ignorance of the plight of their more needy, unseated fellow passengers.
Terence Ibbott (age 70) Randwick
I am 56 but, unlike M. Johnson (Letters, July 8), haven't been offered a seat on a bus. My ageing experience was buying a television recently and pretending to understand the teenage salesman's techno-babble about plasma, LCD, rear projection and CRT. That was humiliating.
Victor Baskir Edgecliff
In and out of season
Do any economics cognoscenti know of, and agree on, which season's economic figures do not have to be "seasonally adjusted"?
Ross Krippner Coopers Shoot
Dial a leg-up
I'm impressed the Van de Walls have thrown out their volumes of the White Pages and use the internet instead (Letters, July 11). But what do they stand on when they have to reach something on the top shelf?
Andrew Derbidge North Ryde
Where will Kim Van de Wall look for an electrician when the power goes down and the computer stays resolutely dead?
David Haines Exeter
Sir Bob's needy locks
All that money to Africa. Could anybody spare a couple of dollars and buy Bob Geldof a comb?
Natalie Raab Forster
A literal point
My Kiwi mate told me that names don't always tell their intended meaning. There is one place in New Zealand that became victim of either Maori logic or Maori humour. When an early white surveyor pointed at a landscape feature and asked what it was called, the literal translation from the Maori warrior was "it's your finger".
Graham Apthorpe Cowra
A mad generation gap
Fancy that! Today's generational slang is confusing and irritating to older generations (Letters, July 12).
Tom Holloway Lane Cove
I find this sick discussion totally awesome, mad and unreal.
Peter Dresser Coonamble


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By Sandi Rog
Whitefire Publishing, June 2012
About the Book
A Cheyenne warrior bent on vengeance. A pioneer woman bent on fulfilling a dream. Until their paths collide.
After fleeing her abusive uncle, Anna is determined to reach the city of her dreams. But White Eagle and his fierce warriors take her prisoner. Anna attempts a harrowing escape, but her savage captor is determined to have her at all costs and forces her to be his wife. Has God forgotten her, or does He have plans of His own?
A man with a boot in one world and a moccasin in the other, White Eagle is disillusioned with his faith after a minister leads a massacre on his peaceful tribe. Where is his God? He's definitely not with the white men who are slaughtering his people. But White Eagle also can't give in to the idolatry practiced by his fellow tribesmen.
Only the Truth can set him free. And it s found in beautiful Anna s carpetbag.
My Review
I read this book straight through. What an incredible, heart-felt novel! Rich with Native American culture, intrigue, and romance, Walks Alone held me captive to the end. So many desperate choices necessary for survival had to be made, but the things the hero and heroine feared most also made them stronger in the end. The variety of emotions they experienced and the developing love between them compelled me to read on, and more than that, they caused my eyes to well with tears a number of times. I felt the characters' pain and sensed their relief as their many trials made them stronger once they realized they were not alone, but that God was with them all along.
Walks Alone contains a lot of realism and spiritual depth, which made me think more about my own faith. Most of all, this is a story of unconditional love and finding true freedom in Christ. He wants us to come to Him because we love Him, not because we were forced. This novel is a beautiful portrayal of God's love for us and shows us why He gives us the freedom to choose. I loved Walks Alone so much that it's making my favorite fiction list for 2012!
The Kindle version of Walks Alone by Whitefire Publishing is currently available as of January 15, 2012, however, the print version will not release until June. So get a copy now or save your money and get the paperback! It's worth it either way.
Michelle Sutton
Healing Hearts—fiction making an impact on real lives. . .
Author of over a dozen novels. Available in 2011, First Response (June 2011), Their Separate Ways (July 2011), Letting Go (August 2011), In Sheep's Clothing (September 2011), and When Love Collides (December 2011).


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Key Statistics: LF Travis Buck 2-4, 2B, HR(5); 2B Jonathan Galvez 3-3, SB(12); CF Cameron Maybin 1-3, CS, K;
Prospect Watch: Jonathan Galvez extended his latest hitting streak to five games with a 3-for-3 night Friday. After being hobbled by a pair of leg injuries last year, the 22-year-old has already matched his 2012 season total with 12 stolen bases. While his average is creeping back towards .300, his isolated power rate is at a career low right now. … The back of the Tucson bullpen continues to struggle as Brad Boxberger and Brad Brach gave up three runs over their three innings, yielding a combined six hits and two walks. … Cameron Maybin joined Yasmani Grandal as part of the big league contingent suiting up in Tucson. Both players had a single, though Maybin was thrown out trying to steal after his first inning line drive.
For further reading on the Tucson Padres, see the Arizona Daily Star
San Antonio Missions 4 Arkansas Travelers 1
Key Statistics: RF Reymond Fuentes 1-3, 3B, BB, SB(19), 2RBI; 3B Jake Blackwood 2-4, 2 2B; RHP Donn Roach 6IP, 3H, 1R, 0ER, 4K, 2BB
Prospect Watch: Donn Roach got back on track after getting roughed up in his last two outings. The 23-year-old sinkerballer allowed only one unearned run on three hits in his six innings of work, though he struggled a bit with his command. In addition to walking two, Roach had a wild pitch and hit a batter as he threw a season-high 95 pitches. Only three balls were hit to the outfield in his first five frames. … Rey Fuentes is now among the top five Texas League hitters in average, walks, on-base percentage, stolen bases and runs scored as he continues his remarkable season of re-emergence as a prospect. He had a single on Friday to extend his hitting streak to six games.
For further reading on the San Antonio Missions, see the San Antonio Express-News
Lake Elsinore Storm 4 Stockton Ports 3 in 17 innings
Key Statistics: 2B Cory Spangenberg 3-7, BB; RF Yeison Asencio 2-7, 3B; RHP James Needy 5IP, 5H, 3ER, 6K, 2BB
Prospect Watch: Check out all the details on the Storm's second marathon of the week in John's recap.
South Bend Silver Hawks 7 Ft. Wayne TinCaps 3
Key Statistics: 3B Gabriel Quintana 2-4, 2B, 3RBI; 2B Diego Goris 2-4, 2B; RHP Ruben Mejia 2.2IP, 8H, 5ER, 2K, 2BB
Prospect Watch: Ruben Mejia had his roughest outing as a starter Friday night, failing to make it out of the third inning. After starting the year in the bullpen, the 21-year-old Dominican had given up only five runs in 18.1 innings over four starts coming into the night. However, Friday he was torched for eight hits over only 2.2 frames and would have given up more than his five earned runs if not for Corey Adamson throwing out a runner at the plate to end the first inning and a nifty double play behind him in the third. … Gabriel Quintana plated all three of the TinCaps runs with a single and double. The 20-year-old third baseman is now hitting .303 on the year, but still sports a troubling 39:3 strikeout-to-walk ratio. He has drawn only one walk in 78 plate appearances this month.
For further reading on the TinCaps, see the Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette
For the box scores of all the games please go to the MiLB.com scoreboards


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A retired US lawyer is documenting his globe-trotting adventures with a world map tattoo on his back that is inked in after each visit.
Over the last eight years, Bill Passman, 59, has visited 60 different countries, including New Zealand which he described as "breathtaking".
"I got the tattoo as a way to show my passion for travel," the Louisiana native told the Daily Mail.
"It's a permanent reminder of all the amazing places I've visited.
"I'll be forever in pursuit of new sights and adventures, and I hope that I might be able to convince other people to give budget travel a chance."
He has a full map of the world tattooed on his back.
Once he's visited a country, its borders are coloured in with ink.
After his law career, he climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in 2006 which gave him the travel bug.
He returned home, sold everything, and has been travelling nine months a year ever since, he told the Mail.
"I only go back to Louisiana to see my family," Mr Passman said.
"I love so many countries - but all for different reasons.
"Nepal and New Zealand are just breathtaking but, my go-to country, where I can not stop returning to is Guatemala, and I've been there 20 times since my first visit in 2010. They have 'eternal spring' and the people are amazing."


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Continue the adventure beneath Castle Aldrheim and discover the fate that has befallen the buried city of Old Aldrheim and its inhabitants.Read full description
Continue the adventure beneath Castle Aldrheim and discover the fate that has befallen the buried city of Old Aldrheim and its inhabitants.
Magicka Dungeons & Gargoyles is a new expansion to Magicka that continues the tale where Dungeons & Daemons left off. Hop on the tour for adventure along the streets of the buried city of Old Aldrheim, find out what happened to its previous inhabitants, blast things in the face(s) while ultimately trying to find a way back home...
Due to popular demand the hard mode from Dungeons & Daemons makes a return as well but since we like to keep it a secret we can't talk much more about it. (It's to the left…)
Key Features:
Tumble into the second chapter of a new brilliant tale in the Magicka universe
Explore the streets of Old Aldrheim
Look for secrets in the back alleys of a lost buried city.
New creatures and adversaries.
Test your skills in the chapter's unforgiving "hidden" hard mode
Innovative and dynamic spell casting system with thousands of possible combinations
Up to four player co-op in all game modes as well as single player option
Experience the parody and satire of a cliché fantasy world
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