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FCC to revise leasing of local phone networks
WASHINGTON -- The head of the Federal Communications Commission said Thursday that the agency would write new regulations on the leasing of local telephone networks, now that the Bush administration has decided not to appeal a ruling overturning competition rules.
Sam's Club markets bulk 'Passion' videos to churches
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Mainstream retailer Sam's Club began offering 50-copy "church packs" of Mel Gibson's "The Passion of The Christ" this week, in a twist on usual ways of selling to religious groups.
Service allows people to send messages into deep space
PHILADELPHIA -- Forget Internet postings, cell phone calls, greeting cards or newspaper classifieds. There's a new way to get your personal message to the whole universe -- and perhaps even the afterworld -- for less than $25.
Hydrogen-fueled Shelby Cobra goes on sale
LOS ANGELES -- So, where do you fill up a $150,000 hydrogen-fueled sports car?
Non-profit's job grows as Fair Trade coffee does
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- How do you like your coffee? Without guilt, say an increasing number of consumers, and an Oakland nonprofit makes sure that's the way they get it.
Prepaid cell plans and special branding being pitched to teens
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Kristen Moe, age 16, is savoring her prepaid cell phone and is the envy of her peers.
Tobacco industry prepares to meet N.Y. deadline for fire-safe cigarettes
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Self-extinguishing cigarettes require special paper that one tobacco company is finding in short supply. They annoy some smokers by going out if you don't puff on them regularly. And they cost more to produce than regular cigarettes.
Energy watchdog forecasts stronger growth in oil demand
LONDON -- Global demand for oil will grow this year at its fastest rate since 1980, but the producer group OPEC's pledge to pump more crude should help ease the pressure on prices, the International Energy Agency said Thursday.
Above the Old City
Only the pigeons have this good a view of St. Augustine. From 1,000 feet in the air, Old City Helicopters gives customers a new perspective of St. Augustine.
Wedding: Albritton-Rinnert
Molly Elizabeth Albritton and Bret Edward Rinnert were united in marriage at 4 p.m. April 24 during a double-ring ceremony performed at Homeport Christian Church by Minister Mark Frenier.
Wedding: Sperry-Kessel
Kelly Lea Sperry and Stephen Charles Kessel were united in marriage at 5 p.m. June 5 during a double-ring ceremony performed at the Fountain of Youth by Teresa Brown, notary.
Engagement: Petty-Simmons
Dean and Susan Petty, St. Augustine, announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Candice Nicole, to Ryan R. Simmons, son of Robert and Carolyn Simmons, Amarillo, Texas.
Engagement: Cyre-Gillette
The engagement and approaching marriage of Heather Michelle Cyre and Joel Frederick Gillette are announced by her mother, Melanie Fleming Cyre, Jacksonville.
Engagement: Sharpley-Shineman
Mr. and Mrs. Don Frazer Sharpley, Metter, Ga., formerly of Savannah, announce the engagement of their daughter, Helen Schley, to Tad Franklin Shineman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Vernon Shineman, St. Augustine.
Engagement: Hassel-Herd
Summer Delaine Hassel and Jeremy David Herd will exchange wedding vows at 7:30 p.m. June 19 in St. Augustine.
Anniversary: Holstein
Mr. and Mrs. John Wesley Holstein celebrated their 61st wedding anniversary June 4.
Engagement: Dobbs-LaVercombe
David and Peggy Dobbs, St. Augustine, announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Lindsay Ann, to Elliott Michel LaVercombe, son of D.T. and Amy LaVercombe, Hayesville, N.C., and Rob and Denise Baker, St. Augustine.
Wedding: Traylor-Arnold
Marilyn Ann Traylor and Brian Scott Arnold of Melbourne exchanged wedding vows May 20 at Channel Marker 71 Barrier Island Inn and Restaurant. Heather Michael, notary, officiated.
Birth: Guess
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen L. Guess, St. Augustine, announce the birth of a daughter, Mya Brianna, 5 pounds, 10 ounces, at Flagler Hospital on May 30.
Wedding: Parrish-Vulpis
The courtyard of Lightner Museum was the setting at 7 p.m. June 5 for the marriage of Christina Nicole Parrish and Jeff Michael Vulpis.
Birth: Davis
Rusty and Kimberly Davis, St. Augustine, announce the birth of a son, John Edward III, 6 pounds, 7 ounces, on May 20 at St. Vincent's Hospital. He joins Kyle Edward Davis, 13.
Wedding: Harrison-Tatum
Andrea Lynn Harrison and Terry Lynn Tatum recited wedding vows at 7:30 p.m. June 3 during a double-ring ceremony performed on St. Augustine Beach by Allen Crosby, notary.
Birth: Taylor
Mr. and Mrs. James Dean Taylor, Elkton, announce the birth of a daughter, Cheyenne Dawn, 8 pounds, 4 ounces, on June 3 at Flagler Hospital. She joins Cody Dean, 11/2.
Wedding: Holstein-Hennessey
Ginger Elaine Holstein and Brandon Lee Hennessey exchanged wedding vows on May 14 in St. Augustine.
Birth: Garcia
Juan Carlos and Cristina Garcia, Miami, announce the birth of a son, Kenneth Francis, 8 pounds, 8 ounces, at Flagler Hospital on May 24. He joins Samantha M., 2; Carlos N., 16; and Helen J., 14.
Birth: Taylor
Jason and Shauna Taylor, St. Augustine, announce the birth of a son, Aiden Joseph, 7 pounds, 6 ounces, April 12 at Flagler Hospital.
Wedding: Beebe-Borgmeyer
Sarah Emily Beebe and Benjamin William Borgmeyer were united in marriage at 5 p.m. June 12 during a double-ring ceremony performed at the First United Methodist Church of St. Augustine.
Wedding: Petersen-Cooley
Anastasia State Park on the beach was the setting at 7:30 p.m. May 28 for the marriage of Kristi Kay Petersen and Scott Joseph Cooley. Teresa Brown, notary, officiated at the double-ring nuptials.
Wedding: Baut-Holiday
Kasandra Ann Baut and John Henry Holiday were united in marriage at 5:30 p.m. May 8 during a double-ring ceremony performed at The Oldest House by Jeff Cossairt. Kyle Wehner provided violin music.
Bike ride set for June 19
A four-city bike run is Saturday. "Born to Dream" invites participates to "Follow Us to Dream It with Marineland," as bikers gather in preparation for a celebration which begins at 2 p.m. at Marineland.
Class of '94 in search of 'lost' members
The St. Augustine High School Class of 1994 reunion is scheduled for July 30 and July 31, and organizers are in search of some of the class members.
It's a Great Life: Heymen helpful household hints
Now before all you Heloise and other home improvement column fans get up in arms, I'm not knocking the columns in what I'm about to say.
SJRCC ethics professor honored
"All Rise, SJRCC Ethics Court Case is now in session with the Respectable Professor Jorge Milanes presiding," said St. Johns River Community College (SJRCC) student Terry Baggs, acting as bailiff.
Slovakian youth needs home for school year
He enjoys football and chess, and he's also interested in Scouting. When he completes his education, he thinks he'd like to become a dentist.
Castillo photo contest is under way
The third annual photo contest is under way at the Castillo de San Marcos, and this year children have their own category.
Social Security Q&A
Q: I am 65 years old and help support my 90-year-old mother, who is in great health. If I should pass away before she does, would she be due any extra Social Security benefits based on my earnings record?
FCTI awards diplomas
More than 100 First Coast Technical Institute graduates entered the schools conference center to the tune of pomp and circumstance to receive their adult career and technical education diplomas last month.
Must see spots in Ireland
Dingle Peninsula: Travel around this 30 mile stretch of land by bike or car. Oceanside sights and lush countryside are unbeatable. Plus you can see the western-most point in Europe.
Upcoming activities include extravaganzas and bluegrass
The St. Augustine Regional Women's Council of Realtors will host a Hollywood extravaganza "A Night with the Stars" talent show from 6 to 9 p.m. June 24 at the St. Augustine Shores Riverview Club.
Pets of the week
A lovable young adult female tabby is available for adoption this week at the St. Augustine Humane Society, Old Moultrie Road.
Study-abroad programs are popular
There's a new fad among college students these days -- leaving their home colleges.
Peace Corps seminar set here
The Peace Corps will host an information seminar in St. Augustine on June 22 for recent college graduates, professionals and retirees interested in learning more about overseas volunteer service.
In service
Seaman Stephen T. Shelley has graduated from Coast Guard basic training at Cape May, N.J. Ceremonies were held May 28.
Relay league field day set at Faver-Dykes park
The public is invited to participate in the American Radio Relay League's Field Day competition June 26 and 27 at Faver-Dykes park.
Book mobile schedule
The following is the schedule for the St. Johns County Public Library System's book mobile for the week of June 14.
COA menu
The following is the menu for the St. Johns County Council on Aging for June 14-18.
Kids' ham radio day is Saturday
Saturday, hundreds of young people throughout the country will be chatting with other youths, not via the Internet, but over the airwaves using Amateur Radio (or "ham radio") technology during Kid's Day.
The Medicare discount card: A tale of two women
Nita Aymond knows she's fortunate enough to be able to afford her prescriptions, so she doesn't complain about the cost.
Former FloArts student on the big screen
Actor Daniel Franzese attributes his ongoing success on the big screen to the training he received in 1996, while a student at Florida School of the Arts at St. Johns River Community College in Palatka.
Senior notebook
Arthritis Foundation aquatic classes are being held at 8:30 a.m. Monday through Friday at the Commodore Clubhouse, St. Augustine Beach.
Share your group's social news with The St. Augustine Record
News from the social scene is a monthly feature of The St. Augustine Record on the SocialLight Page, and contributions are welcome.
COA spotlight on the staff
Susan Johnson is site supervisor of the Council on Aging.
News notes
The St. Johns County Civic Association Roundtable meets from 9 to 11 a.m. Monday at the St. Johns County Library, 1960 N. Ponce de Leon Blvd. Speaker will be Jim Sutton, executive director of St. Johns Vision.
Column of the day: Daytime dial
ALL MY CHILDREN: All charges were dropped after Kendall defended Ryan and Greenlee's marriage to the Cambias lawyers. Later, however, Bianca admitted to Greenlee that Kendall knew all along that the marriage was a sham.
Only in Ireland
On any given day, a man dressed from head to toe in a green Uncle Sam-like suit can be found on Galway's aptly named Shop Street. He wears a green sparkling hat, green face paint and holds a cane.
People: Streep recieves lifetime achievement award
Inhuman. Shape-shifter. Spirit channeler. Too perfect. Those were the unusual accolades bestowed upon Meryl Streep by some of her famous colleagues Thursday night as the actress received a lifetime achievement award from the American Film Institute, reports The Associated Press.
People: Jackie Chan steps up to a new challenge
HONOLULU (AP) -- Jackie Chan is attempting his most daring stunt ever: becoming what he calls a "true actor."
Reagan's work in film reveals his commitment and likability
ORLANDO -- Before he won the role of president, Ronald Reagan had played many others in Hollywood.
Sheila Denise Morris graduated from the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine on May 29. During the awards ceremony on May 28, she was inducted into the Upsilon Chapter of Phi Zeta for ranking scholastically in the top 25 percent of her veterinary medical class.
Presbyterian youths doing mission work in Arizona
Every year the senior high youth of Memorial Presbyterian Church participate in a mission trip. This year the mission team of Memorial Presbyterian Church headed to the Navajo Nation Ganado Mission in northeastern Arizona.
Elizabeth Burres receives the Mary Garnett scholarship
Elizabeth Burres is recipient of this year's Mary Garnett Scholarship. Presentation was made during the May First Coast Technical High School/St. Augustine awards program.
Hunt students check out the restaurant industry
Fourth grade students of Heather Secrist at R.B. Hunt School visited South Beach Grill on a field trip last month.
Programs for teens scheduled at Ponte Vedra Branch Library
"Dating violence seminar," aimed at teens and presented at the Ponte Vedra Branch of the St. Johns County Library System, will be spotlighted Friday.
Acting awards presented at St. Augustine High School
The drama department at St. Augustine High School ended the school year with an acting awards banquet at the Casa Monica Hotel.
Changes abound for alligator hunting
When the permits came in last year, I almost panicked. How in the world were we going to make use of 10 alligator harvest permits which would allow us to harvest 20 alligators during the season which runs from Sept. 1 through the first week of October each year?
Youngster snares king weighing 51.2 pounds
And a child shall lead them. Cory Howard, an 11-year-old from Jacksonville, hauled in a whopping 51.2-pound kingfish Friday that enabled Hooked For Reel to take a commanding lead after the first day of the Kingbuster 400 tournament.
Friday's massive catch holds up Kingbuster 400
Everyone that asked where the crew that caught one of the biggest prizes in the history of the Kingbuster 400 got the same reply.
Your Gardening Q&A
Q. I am having to throw away about half my cucumbers because they are getting a small hole in them and then inside this I find a caterpillar. I applied Sevin but am still having the problem. What can you suggest?
Garden briefs
Master Gardeners will hold plant clinics today, at the Farmer's Market, St. Augustine Amphitheatre, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. and at Wal-Mart Garden Department, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Mock Orange Impressive
In case you're wondering, there are still sections of St. Johns County that remain virtually undeveloped.
Wildlife Discoveries: Anole vs. earwig: A garden guardian that does its duty
April 22, I stopped by Southern Horticulture nursery in the late afternoon, and while talking to Kim Miller, a nursery assistant, a brown anole suddenly dashed out and pounced on an earwig on the sidewalk between us.
June chores
Reduce mole cricket damage without pesticides by mowing turf at the recommended heights: Bahia, 3 to 4 inches; St. Augustine, 3 to 4 inches; Centipede, 1 to 2 inches; Bermuda, 1/2 to 1 1/2 inches.
Garden Hotline: Unwanted vines can be stubborn
With the start of hurricane season last week, the rains have suddenly appeared. This means many plants will kick it into high gear since the springtime drought has ended. Along with desirable plant growth, weeds will come into their own, too.
Dr. Donohue: Organization helps those with rare diseases
DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I have written before asking about research and information on Friedreich's ataxia. Our granddaughter has it. -- G.H.
Dr. Donohue: Ankle sprains are most frequent sports injuries
DEAR DR. DONOHUE: Three weeks ago, while playing tennis, I twisted my ankle. It was terribly swollen. I haven't seen a doctor, but wonder if I should. I am still hobbling around. How should a person treat this kind of injury? How long do the pain and swelling last? -- V.S.
Iraqi official assassinated in capital
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Gunmen firing from a car killed Iraq's deputy foreign minister Saturday in the first assassination of a senior official since the new interim government was announced this month. Iraqi authorities blamed Saddam Hussein loyalists.
Early complaints of Abu Ghraib abuse went nowhere, records show
WASHINGTON -- At least five soldiers objected last fall to abuses they saw at the Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad. One demanded to be reassigned, saying the behavior he witnessed there "made me sick to my stomach."
Reservists win award for Iraq flight
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE (AP) -- A transport crew that dodged Iraqi missiles while refueling helicopters and avoiding collisions with other aircraft has won an Air Force Reserve award for the most distinguished flight of 2003.
With infrastructure under attack, Iraqis aim their anger at America
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Power pylons toppled. Fuel pipelines blown apart. Foreign engineers gunned down and yanked out.
Child dies after found unconscious at public pool
An 8-year-old St. Augustine youth was found unconscious, floating face down in the Willie Galimore Center public pool in Lincolnville on Saturday afternoon.
A Bully Salute
Men dressed in 1898 military uniforms with swords hanging at their sides stood in procession under the scalding sun at St. Augustine National Military Cemetery on Saturday.
Iraqi official assassinated in capital
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Gunmen firing from a car killed Iraq's deputy foreign minister Saturday in the first assassination of a senior official since the new interim government was announced this month. Iraqi authorities blamed Saddam Hussein loyalists.
Meetings & agendas
The St. Augustine City Commission meets at 5 p.m. Monday in the Alcazar Room at 75 King St.
The Record wins seven awards in competition
The St. Augustine Record won four first-place awards in the 2004 Florida Society of Newspaper Editors' journalism competition.
Nation's Oldest City: St. Augustine was observation spot for 1882 Venus event
Did you get up early enough this week to watch the transit of Venus on Tuesday morning? NASA states that the transit of the planet Venus across the disk of the sun is "among the rarest of planetary alignments."
Principals nominated for awards
Two St. Johns County principals have been nominated for the 2004 Commissioner's Principal Achievement Award for Outstanding Leadership.
Boy, 8, found in pool, dies
Eight-year old Marquis Fuller of Lincolnville was found floating face down at the Willie Galimore Community Center and Aquatic Complex about 3:30 p.m. Saturday.
Bridge of Lions to be closed
The Bridge of Lions is scheduled to be closed to all vehicle traffic on Sunday night beginning at 8:30 p.m. and re-opening by 5:30 a.m. Monday morning, according to the Florida Department of Transportation.
Political notebook
Six new candidates were added to the list of choices for voters last week, two for Julington Creek Community Development District Seat 5, one for Port Waterway and Beach District Group 4, one for St. Augustine Beach Group 1 and two for Group 2.
Nancy Reagan a model of devotion
WASHINGTON -- After a week of pomp, pageantry and processions, all designed as a tribute and farewell to Ronald Reagan, one of the most memorable images will be that of Nancy Reagan.
First lady Laura Bush offers support for Buddy Check 12
JACKSONVILLE -- It wasn't just a VIP Buddy Check 12 event. It was a very VIP opportunity.
Mourning in America
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. -- In a final, majestic hail to the chief Friday, the nation bade a lingering goodbye to Ronald Reagan at a stately service in Washington under somber skies and at a hilltop burial ceremony beneath a setting sun in his beloved California.
Police Report: Female sought in connection with Ponte Vedra burglaries
Purses, wallets, checkbooks and keys left in unlocked vehicles became the target of an unknown female subject, according to the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office.
Political signs in rights of way collected
School Board District 2 candidate Moses Floyd said he erected one large and two small campaign signs at Lewis Speedway and Avenue D one Friday night.
Homeless man to defend self in murder case
A St. Johns County judge Friday ruled that a homeless man accused of killing another man with a concrete block will be allowed to manage his own legal defense.
Civil rights milestone to be marked
Two St. Augustine committees plan to host events this week that celebrate and honor the 40th anniversary of the civil rights movement in St. Augustine during the 1960s.
Reps arrive to check on students from Russia
ST. AUGUSTINE BEACH -- Three work exchange programs that sponsored Russian students to come to the United States this summer visited Friday to check on them.
From NASCAR dad to soccer mom, campaigns drawn to political labels
WASHINGTON -- NASCAR dad, meet soccer mom. She could give you some pointers on what it's like to be part of a voting bloc the political parties are eager to woo.
Edwards favored among Kerry's choices for a running mate
WASHINGTON -- Sen. John Edwards, the smooth-talking populist who emerged from the nominating campaign as John Kerry's chief rival, is favored among registered voters to be the Democratic vice presidential candidate, according to an Associated Press poll.
McCain rejects Kerry's vice presidential overtures
WASHINGTON -- Republican Sen. John McCain has personally rejected John Kerry's overtures to join the Democratic presidential ticket and forge a bipartisan alliance against President Bush, The Associated Press has learned.
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Gertrude A. Jerreld
Gertrude A. "Trudy" Jerreld, 76, of Pensacola, died June 3, 2004, at Covenant Hospice in Pensacola.
Kathleen M. Whelan
Kathleen M. Whelan, 89, of St. Augustine Shores, died June 11, 2004, at Flagler Hospital. She was born in County Limerick, Ireland, and had resided in St. Augustine since 1977, moving here from Brooklyn. She was retired from Brooklyn State Hospital, where she worked as a nurse and was a member of Corpus Christi Catholic Church.
Virginia H. Lovett
Virginia H. Lovett, 85, of St. Augustine, died June 9, 2004, at Flagler Hospital. She was a lifelong resident and a native of St. Augustine. She was a homemaker and a member of First United Methodist Church.
John Robert Harnage
John Robert Harnage, 56, of St. Augustine, died June 9, 2004, at Mercy Memorial Hospital in Ardmore, Okla. He was a service technician at St. Augustine Gas Company and he was a member of the U.S. Army.
Gertrude A. Jerreld
Gertrude A. "Trudy" Jerreld, 76, of Pensacola, died June 3, 2004, at Covenant Hospice in Pensacola.
Letter: Help save Marineland from condo development
Editor: A conceptual plan by Centex Destination Properties to develop Marineland has been approved by the Marineland Town Commission.
Perspective: Reagan's memory
If one of the social graces is knowing when to leave, Ronald Reagan was a gentleman with providential timing.
Perspective: Thatcher and Gorbachev's respect will outlive criticism
PARIS -- Now, let Reagan be Reagan: the man and the myth at one in death. The measure of Ronald Reagan should be not so much by his devoted associates as by those who found virtue in him when they could have found fault and enmity.
Around the nation
Ronald Reagan's final accomplishment in life was to raise awareness and understanding of Alzheimer's disease.
Sunday editorial: Derail the bullet train
It's time to join Florida's Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher in derailing the bullet train.
Perspective: Remembering a tumultuous 1960s
It's hard to believe the St. Augustine summer that brought us intense civil rights demonstrations at its beginning and Hurricane Dora at its end was 40 years ago.
Letter: A tribute to Mrs. Rosalie Gordon-Mills
Editor: It was indeed with deep sadness that my family and I learned of the death of Mrs. Rosalie-Gordon Mills. The Church of St. Cyprian's and the community of St. Augustine as a whole have lost a stalwart and a friend, someone who gave of her life very selflessly to the community in which she lived.
Perspective: The ever-adapting newspaper business
I attended an annual Florida press convention last week in Sarasota, a gathering of journalists from weekly and daily publications from the tip of Key West to the tail of the Panhandle.
The breakup of families
SAN DIEGO -- Chess whiz, trombone player and aspiring engineer, 10-year-old Michael Gomez ranks among San Diego's most gifted students. Yet despite U.S. citizenship, the lifelong California resident may soon have to move against his wishes to Mexico.
Perspective: Politics today: Remembering Ronald Reagan
WASHINGTON -- The passing of Ronald Reagan at 93 brings with it a rush of personal memories, none of which tell what kind of president he made but illustrate why he so effectively plucked the heartstrings of his fellow Americans.
Around Florida
Our 40th president, Ronald Wilson Reagan, 93, has passed away, but for those who were inspired by his vision of self-reliance, conservative policies and peace through strength, Reagan's legacy will live on...
Dodgers roll over Red Sox; Rays beat Rockies
BALTIMORE (AP) -- Barry Bonds hit his 675th homer and capped a four-run 11th inning with an RBI single, leading the San Francisco Giants past the Baltimore Orioles 9-6 on Saturday in the opener of a day-night doubleheader.
Local golf scores
ST. JOHNS COUNTY MEN'S GOLF ASSOCIATION "Turkey Shoot" Team Variable
Sorenstam leads at LPGA tournament
WILMINGTON, Del. -- Facing a marathon finish in the rain-delayed LPGA Championship, Annika Sorenstam made sure she at least had a head start.
Road-weary Gators face Hurricanes today
CORAL GABLES - Miami is 40-7 at Mark Light Field this season, hasn't lost a postseason series at home since 1990 and the Hurricanes say they're peaking at the perfect time.
Young millionaire trying to win racing championships
Dressed in a T-shirt, jeans and sneakers, his cap on backward, Alex Meshkin bears little resemblance to other NASCAR team owners.
Tigers beat Marlins with homer from Rodriguez
DETROIT (AP) -- Ivan Rodriguez homered in his first game against his former team, helping the Detroit Tigers beat the Florida Marlins 8-4 Friday night.
Gators slip
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) -- With their ace on the mound, the Florida Gators threw away a chance to put Miami on its heels.
Arkansas beats FSU in Super Regional opener
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) -- Scott Hode got tired of hearing questions about his postseason slump, so the Arkansas shortstop did something about it this week.
Changes abound for alligator hunting
When the permits came in last year, I almost panicked. How in the world were we going to make use of 10 alligator harvest permits which would allow us to harvest 20 alligators during the season which runs from Sept. 1 through the first week of October each year?
Rookie Kahne wins pole at Pocono
LONG POND, Pa. -- There were no crashes or bad luck for Kasey Kahne at Pocono Raceway.
NASCAR president Mike Helton promises changes after Dover fiasco
LONG POND, Pa. (AP) -- NASCAR president Mike Helton on Friday promised changes to avoid a repeat of the caution-plagued race that slowed the field at Dover and upset drivers.
Hopley gives SMU men title in final NCAA meet
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Lauryn Williams ran away with the women's 100-meter title at the NCAA track and field championships on Friday night, winning in 10.96 seconds - the fastest time in the world this year.
Friday's massive catch holds up Kingbuster 400
Everyone that asked where the crew that caught one of the biggest prizes in the history of the Kingbuster 400 got the same reply.
Georgia shoots past Georgia Tech
ATLANTA - Bobby Felmy hit a three-run homer and reliever Johnny Dobbs escaped a bases-loaded jam to lead Georgia past Georgia Tech 7-5 Friday in the first game of their best-of-three NCAA super regional series.
Column: When it comes to race, it's best just to shut up
ORLANDO - Here's what Larry Bird should have said: "I'll take the Fifth on that one." Here's what Paul Hornung should have said: "No comprende." Here's what Rush Limbaugh should have said: "My opinion is, I have no opinion."
Couples lead by a stroke at Buick Classic
HARRISON, N.Y. (AP) -- Fred Couples, pain-free after a pair of acupuncture sessions, shot a 6-under 65 Friday to take a one-shot lead after two rounds at the Buick Classic.
History in the making? Pistons try to buck quarter-century trend
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - Go ahead, try to remember an NBA champion that didn't have a Hall of Famer. Anyone younger than 40 will have a hard time with the answer.
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Album Rating: 4.0Yeah cause you emotionally abuse me all the time without a thought of how I might feel.
Weird. I can't associate the phrase 'neverender' to anything besides Coheed.
poor fox
Album Rating: 4.0I know, the word meant something to me before I even started listening to the band and then I was like hmmm. interesting.
when we go to bed ull forget all bout it
Album Rating: 4.0Hey doesn't the cover of this album look like a vagina???
Ah fuck now I'll never stop seeing it that way
with a boy in it
Album Rating: 4.0I know dude I was like wtf is that a kid staring at a very large vagina!?
lets all stare
Album Rating: 4.0been on it.
thread is malfunctioning. meet me in the lilitu thread.
Album Rating: 4.0The pull of Vagina is too strong.
Album Rating: 4.0.... night
where u going
to mine, we have a party to get to
Its gonna be a long time before I listen to any more C&C
definitely yonic
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" Author: Angela Carter / Genre: Fiction "
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Quotes within: "It's every woman's tragedy that after a certain age, she looks like female impersonator."
And: "Comedy is tragedy that happens to other people."
Wise Children is told from a perspective of a 75-year-old Dora (Nora's twin), an illegitimate child of a theatrical family, the Hazards. While the book is filled with twins, incest, mistaken identity (well, they ARE a theatrical family after all - many productions and just as many nods to Shakespeare within) as Dora remembers the old days and faces new problems, it never ceases to be believable.
Dora's voice is what makes the novel stand out. Cynical, yet still girl-ish at heart. Witty, yet still sensitive and emotional in front of a father who rejected them. Flashy, yet self-depreciating in her own old-age. Indeed, behind all the wit and humour, here is a character who'd been through years of heart-break with a smile and a kick.
A joy to read.
For those who love Angela Carter's feminism, it isn't in-your-face in this novel, but there are various absent fathers, failing fathers, and rejected fathers. Yes, paternity is a real theme here, along with the sheer energy of the song and dance that fuel Dora and Nora's lives.
I studied this book quite extensively for A Levels, and to be honest it is probably one of my favourite books of all time, but I will try not to spoil it too much!!
The gist of the story is this: Twin sisters Dora and Nora, who have been brought up by their Grndma after their orphan mother died in childbirth, are sitting at home on their 75th birthday and they receive a letter in the post, inviting them to their father's and uncle's (also twins) 100th birthday that evening. Suddenly their nephew (actually half-brother but he doesn't know that! Oh and also a twin!) arrives on their doorstep telling them that his girlfriend has gone missing, and then we learn about the twins' life from when they were abandoned as babies to their careers in show business to unwanted marriages and a lack of a father all through those years. They never had children and never had a father who would acknowledge them, but on their 75th birthday there's a small piece of them that hopes that will change. The whole story is told from Dora's perspective, but she tells of both hers and Nora's lives and considering they spent almost every waking minute together it is no surprise she knows all about her experiences too!
I don't want to spoil this book as I think it's a really good read for anyone, and something that should be read by everyone! It's a kind of tragic story with a twist; they believe that their father is Melchior, and have done all their lives, but as he has a twin brother Peregrine it makes you wonder about who really is the father! It also has a huge Shakespeare influence too - most of the plays spoken about are Shakespeare plays, and all 4 of their birthdays actually fall on Shakespeare's birthday too, so it's a hue influence to Angela Carter in this book. Although I don't like Shakespeare personally (his plays are so hard to analyse!!) the influence of him was actually very amazing in this book; almost every chapter has a reference, almost everything said or done has a reference. I was so surprised when analyzing it so closely in class! This is most definitely a must-read if you like Shakespeare and it's 'adapted' books and films, for want of a better phrase, although it's not so much adapted as more explained and explored.
Dora tells the story in first person narrative, the only way it can be told as far as I'm concerned, and although it is a tragic story they have so much fun and do so many great things along the way. They end up in squalor, in Hollywood, no dad, one dad, two dads... It's incredible, and I really don't know where Carter got the imagination for this but wow!
All the characters have a part to play aswell, and I don't think there are many characters that are named that don't have something to do with Dora and Nora throughout; even some random actors in the plays end up in bed with them or married of to a member of their family, so they're all useful and necessary, unlike some books that will sometimes explain a character at the beginning that will never show up in the rest of the book again! There are also hugely shocking bits to the plot too, such as incest and lies and confusion over fatherhood; because Perry and Melchior are twins, it is impossible to know who fathered who - there are at least 3 sets of twins fathered by the 2 of them, but you never find out who is the actual father of each set! This I think adds to the story in so many ways, one of which shows just what it was like back in those days when it was difficult to know, but with such a funny twist!
It's not even a long book either, 200-300 pages I think, and once you start reading it doesn't even matter - we were told to read the first chapter for homework one night when we got the book, and me being me and really getting into it ended up reading the first 7! It ruined he class work but I really didn't care at that point.
I probably read it 3 or 4 times during that year, and then once more since leaving College, and it really was an amazing book to read. In fact, I may have to go dig my copy up and read it again - definitely a recommended book from me!
Wise Children, the final book written by Angela Carter tells the story of Dora and Nora Chance, identical twins and illegitimate and unrecognised daughters of theatre legend Melchior Hazard. On the twins 75th birthday they receive an invitation to Mechiors 100th birthday party and after 75 years of being ignored they don't hesitate to get dressed up and go. Dora then starts to look back at her and her sisters long and eventful life in the theatre and around the world.
As their mother, chambermaid Pritti Kitty dies giving birth, the two twins are adopted by 'grandma', although not related by blood a grandma to the two in every other sense of the world. They grow up in a house in London which is constantly taking on a wide variety of random women and have quite a liberated youth as inspired by the naturism of their grandma. Also from birth, twin brother of Melchior, Peregrine Hazard, takes on the role of father to the two, in the eyes of the law so as to help the small family out with a bit of extra money. As he also works in the theatre industry, Dora and Nora start their acting careers from a very young age. From small parts in London theatre to being cast as extras in America in a movie of A Midsummer Nights Dream starring father Mechior and one of his many hearts desires Daisy Duck. The story goes through the lives of the girls and their theatre careers, focusing on their (mostly non-existent) relationship with their fathers, his many wives and children, until the night of the aforementioned party.
I am sure that any fans of Angela Carter will recognise this if one of, if not the best, of her novels. Her writing style is like no others, rich in description, double entendre, and fantastical characters. This book is full of very strong and extravagant personalities, there is hardly anyone in there who isn't a big personality, you may wonder how, by the size of the book, so many big characters manage to fit in. But the do! This book is over the top in everyway that the theatre is meant to be. There was a couple of times when I did wonder who was actually related to who, but luckily there's a list of characters in the back of the book stating as much. Everyone seems to be related to each other in Wise Children, legitimately, illegitimately, by blood or not. Although the story does have a beginning middle and end it doesn't follow the usual plot form as most books, you never really know where it's going, although a lot seems to be happening at all times. However, I found this very readable and read it pretty fast, it's one of those kind of books that you can't put down, even though it has no real cliff hangers, you still want to know what's going to happen. This is a really excellent read, I love the writings of Angela Carter and if you haven't read anything of hers already I would urge you to give her a try!
Wise Children By Angela Carter
Angela Carters Wise Children is the life story of show businesses Chance Sisters. Dora Chance, twin sister of Nora, narrates throughout the story. She tells their colourful life tale upon the commencement of the twins seventy- fifth birthdays.
The story is set mainly in England. The twins spend a great deal of their lives based at their childhood home in Brixton, South London. I think Angela Chance has chosen this setting to exaggerate and highlight the twins illegitimacy. The North and South divide of social London were very clear at the time of the books setting. The Right side of the tracks is the North and the wrong side, the South. There is to be no overlapping of borders, as the sides are very definitely separated by the river.
At the time of the twins births, there was a huge stigma attached to being illegitimate. Angela Chance has again exaggerated this by adding that the sisters are half orphaned (their Mother died in childbirth) and unacknowledged by their father. So effectively there is double the stigma there.
The fact that Angela Chance has used a lot of exaggeration is no great coincidence. This story centres on the world of show business. A world full of larger than life characters, melodramas and indeed exaggeration on every level.
The twins know very little about their Mother. They know that she died in childbirth, when she was working at 49 Bard Road, Brixton, London. The properties rooms where at the time of the twins births, let to theatricals that Nora describes as being
Not shall I say theatricals of the well heeled variety
Nora and Dora were brought up by the owner of 49 Bard Road whom they know as Grandma although she bears no relation to the girls to their knowledge. In fact, the twins seem to know very little about the woman, who has taken them in, loved, cherished and brought them up. Nora describes what she knows early on the book.
All that I know about her is shed arrived at 49 Bard Road, on new years day 1900, with a bankers draft for the first years rent and the air of a woman making a new start, in a new place, a new century and so the evidence points, a new name.
The sisters biological father is the famous Melchoir Hazzard, an acclaimed actor, who has dedicated his career to playing Shakespeares lead characters. Melchoir has followed in both of his show business parents footsteps. He however does not acknowledge Nora and Dora as being his daughters.
Grandma Chance confronts Melchoir Hazzard about being the girls father, upon discovering that coincidentally he is acting in the play, she has taken the twins to for their seventh birthday. Melchoir is just about to wed Lady Atlanta Lynde at this
point and denies fathering the twins for fear the marriage will not happen if the truth gets out. Instead, Melchoirs twin brother Peregrine claims to be the twins father.
Peregrine Hazard is a flamboyant character who adores the twins. He provides for them financially throughout their childhood and also sends extravagant gifts from some of the far-flung places across the world that he visits. He always seems to have several business ventures on the go, although the twins know very little about these. He is portrayed in this story as quite a hero. He has taken on the girls wholeheartedly whilst his twin brother has disowned them totally, despite being their biological father.
Peregrine wins the girls hearts the first time he meets them, by being a magician. He always turns up unexpectedly at 49 Bard Road laden down with exotic gifts for the girls and bottles of crème de la menthe for Grandma Chance. Right the way throughout the girls childhood, Peregrine displays an endless ability to surprise, delight and wow the girls and Grandma Chance. His reputation however becomes completely tarnished right at the end of the book when we discover all along that Peregrine has sexually abused and taken Noras virginity. One calls in to question the authors sense of moral obligation to her readers.
Throughout the book, Angela Chance uses Melchoir and Peregrine, the twins to display binary opposition. Melchoir and Peregrine are very different in character and that was apparent from an early age, despite them being twins.
Now although these two were twins, they were not alike as two peas
Melchoir is described at ten, as being dark, brooding and very serious about his acting. Whereas his twin brother Peregrine is described as being
A holy terror and couldnt keep a straight face
Angela Chances use of binary opposition adds structuralism to the characters and thus the story.
Nora and Dora take after Grandma Chance, they will help and take in anybody as a member of their own family. Whereas in the Hazzard family, it is an entirely different story altogether. The author uses this to display a clear example of irony. Dora and Noras half sisters by Lady Atlanta display unbelievable cruelty towards their Mother. They push her down the stairs and steal everything that belongs to her. Ironically, it is Nora and Dora who come to the rescue and bring Lady Atlanta to live with them.
Angela Chance has worked at an ideological level that reflects accurately upon the era in which the story has been written. The main example of this is of course the twins illegitimacy. The Hazzard family clearly see themselves as belonging to a different social class to Nora and Dora. They see themselves as a cut above them, despite the fact that this is a dysfunctional family that boasts affairs, incest and indeed poor treatment of many an unfortunate person, who has become involved with the family. This is somehow acceptable because this is a famous, legitimate family. Angela Chance shows how one single irrelevant fact such as illegitimacy can make you socially unacceptable whereas legitimacy means you can get away with near on anything!
Wise Children, like all Angela Carter's novels, is very, very, very hard to quantify. The novel itself is a minefield of clichés, stock characters and contrived situations waiting to happen. My point being: this never happens. Ever. Not at all. This does not seem possible.
Contextualisation: knowing the name and not much else I picked up the novel second hand, having read the first few pages in the shop. I was enjoying it but there was the niggling thought in the back of my mind: this book could get annoying. But I knew it would take 30 or forty pages to find out and so what was there to lose.
What indeed?
I bought it.
Wise Children, on the surface, is the tale of Dora and Nora Chance (known in their 'glory days' of music hall / vaudeville as the Lucky Chances), bastard offspring of Thespian Sir Melchior Hazard, one of a line of great Thesps (read: theatrical hams), though it is allowed to be thought Melchior's Brother, Perry is their father (and there is no doubt that they would prefer that he was). The story opens when they discover that they have been invited - the invitation they have long been waiting for - to their father's 100th Birthday Party. From this vantage point, Dora, our narrator, takes us back through her life with Nora, living in Brixton (Bard Road - there are a Shakespearean nods abound) first with Grandma Chance (who is possibly their mother), then their travels to Hollywood as part of Melchior's very family orientated (and ultimately kitsch) production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, their return to Brixton, as well as narrating the early life of their unrecognising father and grandfather.
The story is in many ways beside the point and yet it is also very important. It is at heart a Shakespearean cockney knees up, filled with more sets of twins than you can shake a stick at, sex, incest, tangled relations, affairs, changed loyalties, unsuitable marriage, recriminations and familial back stabbings.
What is most important though, to my mind, is Carter as writer and not the story. Wise Children was Carter's final novel, written as she was dying of cancer (she did not live long after the novel was published) and assumedly because of this - in rejection of her illness - the novel is filled with such infectious joy and sheer delight at the possibilities of living. The vaudevillian/carnivalistic nature of the story is mirrored by the prose. There is a sense of utter completeness about it and so I found myself utterly entrapped within the novel, which, ironically, in the hands of a lesser author, would have irritated me beyond measure. Carter's use of language: the novel is written from Dora's point of view and reflects her world view, her use of language is Dora's language and not stiff and inflexible, but filled with vibrancy and colour and energy and an almost carnivalistic attitude to existence. Dora and her sister Nora are, after all, dances and though they do not dance through life necessarily, the language dances about the mind beautifully, entrancing and graceful even when vulgar. Carter is poetic concerning the mundane yet never allows her language or the novel to get lost or become pompous. Carter constantly brings herself down to earth. Such as Dora's uncertainty, when in asked in a cinema if she and Nora are indeed the Luck Chances (they've been watching their father's Midsummer Night's dream decades after it was made), and noting the semen on a man's moustache (it does make sense in the narrative, honest!) admits she was never sure if come should be spelt "come" or "cum".
Ultimately Wise Children succeeds because it celebrates life, in this case especially a romantically (but never lachrymose) skewed music hall, carnival, cockney existence (things that would normally arouse my antipathy in fiction), also because it reminds you of the possibility of language and the reason why you read average books, because there is the possibility of discovering such exquisite moments of literature as this.
Wise Children seems to me to be the perfect synthesis of her works, of her later, more mature style, also of the surreal nature of her earlier works, of the provocations of The Infernal Desire Machines of Dr Hoffman (a personal favourite), as well as the disturbing yet mundane, magical realism of The Magic Toyshop.
It's rare that I suggest to people to read anything, people's tastes being too varied and mine too askew but the remarkable nature of the novel, the infectious joy that suffuses it is such that I suggest you try it, even if to read the first few pages in the bookshop and decide. Moreover, ever so rarely in novels, you approach the denouement, and in Wise Children, the anticipation of Melchior Hazard's birthday party you wonder, now, where can this novel go, how can it end so that I'm not disappointed or kinda go: good ending but Yet this is a novel that is rare. It starts off magnificently and as you read, as the words slip under your skin, you realise it does the near impossible and gets better still.
And the ending really didn't let me down. No Whizz-Bang-Gimmick or anything like that. It is just right. Right in that way that is so hard to pin down. It's the only way that I can explain it. But then surely that is what marks out art from that which is merely well crafted, and Wise Children is almost impossible to pin down, or, for that matter, to put down.
If you enjoy it a tenth of the amount that I did, I doubt it is possible to be disappointed. After a spat of reading average books (one aside, Moorcock's Dancers at the End of Time), this renewed my faith in literature. No exaggeration (for once), it really did, and since then I've been going steadily through the Carter back catalogue!
You can pick it up from Amazon for 6.99, for some reason no longer reduced; from Play for 5.49, or from Ebay for next to nothing.
Please note that this review also appears on Ciao
A richly comic tale of the tangled fortunes of two theatrical families, the hazards and chances, Angela Carter's witty and bawdy new novel is populated with as many sets of twins, and mistaken identities as any Shakespeare comedy, and celebrates the magic of over a century of show business.


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Vision Development Module
One of the main analysis tools used in this project was the Vision Development Module. This LabVIEW add-on made it simple to perform image data analysis and display results to the user. The Vision Development Module also makes use of the multicore PC so the user can make feedback adjustments as the images are acquired.
In addition to image processing, we used the Vision Development Module to drive another very important component of the system, the SLM. The SLM is the active element in the microscope used to cancel out sample aberrations, which reduces image blur and increases image brightness. The SLM can be thought of as a 1,920 × 1,080 pixel "mirror" that we use to reflect the excitation laser beam into the microscope objective. By addressing sections of pixels on the SLM, the laser beam is divided into multiple beams, or "beamlets," that can be independently controlled. Each beamlet can then be redirected back to the focus point if it was scattered in the wrong direction by tissues covering the cells of interest.
Similarly, the phase of each beamlet can also be adjusted. This correction compensates for any index of refraction differences each beamlet might experience while passing through the sample. The goal is to configure the SLM so that all beamlets meet exactly at the focal point, perfectly in phase. When this occurs, we acquire the sharpest and brightest images possible (Figure 3).
To configure the SLM, we needed specific patterns. Using the Vision Development Module, it was simple to generate the images necessary for the adaptive optics algorithms and to send them to the SLM via a standard digital visual interface video cable. The tight integration of the Vision Development Module and the LabVIEW development environment was also key to making the SLM updates fast and in synch with the microscope's scanning.
Using the adaptive optics microscope with NI technology, researchers can obtain deeper tissue images with greater clarity than ever before. In addition, these images are several times brighter than those taken without using the adaptive optics corrections. This means less excitation power is needed, significantly reducing photo bleaching and allowing for the performance of longer and deeper scans.


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Ragel compiles finite state machines from regular languages into C, C++, Objective-C, D, Java, or Ruby code. It allows the programmer to embed actions at any point in a regular language, and to control non-determinism in the resulting machines. It understands concatenation, union, kleene star, subtraction, intersection, epsilon transitions, and various other common operators. It also supports the construction of scanners and the building of state machines using state charts. It can be used to create very fast recognizers and parsers that are also robust.
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Release Notes: Bugs related to include paths, handling error conditions, and printing line directives were fixed.
Release Notes: A bug in graphviz generation was fixed. A bug related to 64-bit systems and machines defined with hex numbers was fixed. The build system was moved to automake.
Release Notes: The backend programs were removed and merged into the frontend. New write commands were added. Bugs were fixed.
Release Notes: Duplicate include prevention was fixed and improved. A false assertion spurred during the creation of scanners with conditions was fixed. A crash on the failed lookup of a goto/call target was fixed.
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A Fluent OpenStack client API for Java.
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Custom messenger handlebar bag with Ortlieb QL1 and Tubus rod
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I have this Dahon Mantis and it doesn't have a headtube truss fitting but its nice to have a bag to buy stuff with.
I didn't want the added bulk of a rear rack or risk clamping to a future carbon seatpost.
FYI, Ortlieb already sells a neat messenger style bag with their quick hook system but I wanted to try this myself.
Essentially you can get the QL1 rails and hooks and add them to any bag, but you need a rail for the hooks to attach to.
So I first bought a nice water shedding messenger bag (Vaude Albert M) and added the wide Ortlieb QL1 rail and hooks to it.
Then I drilled M4 holes right through my Avid FR5 levers making sure the levers can still function and bolted these Tubus stayholders to my levers with M4x25mm bolts. http://www.tubus.com/product.php?xn=37
After I slid in a 8mm Tubus Roundstay rod http://www.tubus.com/product.php?xn=53 and adjusted the width of my levers to my liking, I cut the extra rod off.
Now I have a rod mount for the QL1 hooks to grab on to and it only added 88 grams to my handlebars.
In hindsight I should have bought the narrow Ortlieb QL1 rail since my handlebars are as narrow as possible at 485mm.
The wider QL1 rail on this bag touches my fingers when I'm braking.
Oh well, it was an experiment and a pretty solid result.
Lots of way to skin that cat, why need expensive tubus part ? Just get 10mm round bar stock and drill through that, if your assumption that drilling through the brake levers is ok. Space off with washers or hollow 6mm alu tubing. That might give your hands better clearance between bars and bag as that looks tight. Nice idea !
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Liverpool FC secured its first trophy of the season in Spain at the weekend, but it was on the track rather than on the pitch.
A motorsport team backed and financed by the English soccer club won the 2009 Superleague Formula title, seeing off the challenge of Tottenham Hotspur. Liverpool's driver, Adrian Valles, secured a fourth-place finish in the final race, won by Anderlecht, to take the series.
Superleague Formula features motorsport teams backed by professional soccer clubs. Going into the final race of the six-race season - which has already announced that it will have an extra four races in 2010 - the championship statistically remained a four-horse race with Olympiacos and FC Basel 91 trailing Liverpool and Tottenham.
"It's fantastic to have won the championship and I'd like to thank the whole team for the great job they've done this season," said Valles. "We have been competitive at every round, yet we've never had any problems with reliability. To win the Superleague Formula title is a great honour for a driver because the level of competition is so high and the cars are all the same.
"I'm also really pleased for Liverpool. I met all the players and staff last week and they wished me good luck so I am so happy to have clinched this title for them. They've won a lot of trophies in their history so it is nice to have added another one to that list."
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Craig Dolby, driving for Tottenham, added: "I'm obviously very disappointed not to win the championship, but I pushed as hard as I could and had a lot of fun. We've had some bad luck here and there without which things could have been different, but overall it has been a great year."


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Tycoon told to take Dati child test
A French court has ordered a paternity test for a multi-millionaire who former Justice Minister Rachida Dati claims fathered her three-year-old daughter.
But the mystery of the glamorous politician's love life is likely to continue because the alleged father is legally entitled to refuse.
The birth of the child while Ms Dati was in office from 2007 to 2009 made headlines and set off guessing games about the father's identity, which the minister refused to divulge.
Last month, the 46-year-old named Dominique Desseigne, a 68-year-old widower with two grown children, as the father of her child and took her case to a court in Versailles.
In a closed-door hearing, the court ordered Mr Desseigne - who owns the Champs-Elysees establishment Fouquet's - to submit to a paternity test, said a court official.
Paternity tests are voluntary in France, meaning Mr Desseigne, chief of the Lucien Barriere casino group, can refuse to take the test despite the court order. He has been quoted in the past as saying would do just that.
However legal experts warn that a judge might take such a refusal as an admission of paternity if there is corroborating evidence such as text messages, emails and photographs supporting a relationship.
With her humble origins growing up in a housing project, one of 11 children of Algerian and Moroccan parents, Ms Dati was the government's emblem of diversity, and, with her penchant for designer clothes, jewels and stiletto heels, became the toast of Paris and foreign capitals.
She now serves as a member of the European Parliament in the eastern French city of Strasbourg and keeps a link to the Paris power elite as the mayor of the capital's tiny seventh district.
Were the court to determine that Mr Desseigne is the father, the child would receive rights as an heir and Ms Dati would gain access to child support.
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After months of searching, Universal's remake of Endless Love has found its leads: Gabriella Wilde and Alex Pettyfer.
The two are in negotiations to star as teens in a love that turns a dark and disastrous corner, stepping into the same roles that were originally played by Brooke Shields and Martin Hewitt in the 1981 movie.
STORY: Young Actresses Vie for Brooke Shields Role in 'Endless Love' Remake (Exclusive)
Shana Feste is directing the movie and Scott Stuber and Pam Abdy of Bluegrass Films, and Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage of Fake Empire are producing.
Wilde was among the quartet of actress that THR revealed tested for the part in early February. The other actors included Sarah Bolger, who recently played Princess Aurora in ABC's cult hit fantasy Once Upon a Time; Olivia Cooke, who co-stars in A&E's upcoming Carlton Cuse TV series Bates Motel; Sophie Lowe, an up-and-coming Australian actress who appeared in a horror movie called Roadkill and starred in a Down Under TV series titled The Slap.
The girls tested opposite up-and-coming Australian actor Brenton Thwaites. In the end, the studio decided to go in a different direction in terms of males and narrowed its search on the female side to Lowe and Wilde.
Wilde, repped by ICM Partners and Tavistock Wood in the U.K., appeared in Paul W.S. Anderson's Three Musketeers and will be seen in the upcoming remake of Carrie.
Pettyfer is the British actor who starred in I Am Number Four and appeared with Matthew McConaughey in Magic Mike. He is repped by WME and Hansen Jacobson.


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Lafayette FCU Could Find Life as a Bank Quite Challenging in Competitive D.C. Market
KENSINGTON, Md. -- As the $332 million Lafayette Federal Credit Union moves toward the Dec. 16 special meeting that will end the balloting on whether or not it will remain a credit union, there are indications that the institution might find it especially hard going as a bank.
The primary challenges the credit union-turned-bank will face may be its size and a diminished presence in its market place as it simultaneously stops being a credit union with a majority of federal employee members and instead becomes just another bank in Washington, D.C. making a bid for a very sophisticated and highly-prized customer base.
"Washington is considered a very competitive banking market primarily because of the number of relatively affluent people who live here who are smart and who often have jobs which are relatively recession proof," explained David John, a noted banking analyst for The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank.
"In their case it may mean that they are going to have to go from having a somewhat proprietary or advantageous position within their established fields of membership to having to try to draw profitable customers away from other financial institutions and that is a very different matter," he added.
The credit union has told its members that it plans to keep its branches in the headquarters of the U.S. Agency for International Development and Small Business Administrations, although it will almost certainly have to pay close to market rent for them, and thus will keep up its presence with its former field of membership. But even if it maintains the branches, it will have to do so as a bank and not as a credit union. Both agencies have workers who may actively choose a credit union over a bank, John speculated.
The situation could get even more competitive if another credit union in the Washington area that also serves federal employees decided it wanted to take Lafayette's place in the Small Business Administration or USAID, adopting the former credit union's field of membership.
"I would expect that any well-managed credit union in the D.C. area that already serves federal employees would have started thinking in that direction," John said.
One CU that may have a strong claim for that field of membership is the $866 million State Department Federal Credit Union, a credit union that already claims a number of USAID employees as members.
Because of the close ties and history between USAID and the State Department, there have always been questions about when and under what circumstances a USAID employee could become a member of SDFCU, according to Deborah Clark, a vice president with SDFCU. There even had to be an exception that specified that USAID employees could not join State, but the exception was eliminated three years ago, Clark said.
Since the exception was removed, Clark explained, State has made a point of talking to USAID employees about becoming State members, but has essentially kept the marketing effort low key since there was another credit union also serving the agency. But if Lafayette succeeds in becoming a bank, Clark admitted that State could step up the effort to reach USAID employees.
The CU already has a message specifically to USAID employees that runs as part of its telephone hold tape and has launched a Web site specifically for USAID employees who may be thinking of joining.
That pre-existing relationship should give SDFCU a head start if it decided to make a run at becoming the credit union officially designated to serve USAID members, something that Clark said the CU had not yet decided to do.
"We will be watching what happens with Lafayette," she said, "it will definitely be interesting to see what will happen."
The situation with employees of the Small Business Administration is a bit more open. Since there are currently no other CUs that have as strong a claim on SBA employees as potential members, the field is more open for other credit unions which serve federal employees and employees of companies that contract with the federal government to move in.
John stressed that even with additional money that Lafayette might raise in a stock offering, there was no guarantee that the new bank would necessarily have the experience or be situated to make the transition.
"Remember, it's a balancing act between being able to keep profitable customers and finding new ones," John noted.
As a bank Lafayette may see a decline in its customer base as former members leave, either because they want to remain with a credit union or because the bank prices them out, he explained. Without an established foothold in its old field of membership and facing competition from a credit union that takes its old position, it may be difficult to find new ones.
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Denise Welch, former Corrie star and Celebrity Big Brother winner, knows that her escapades of the past have made her a prime tabloid target.
Falling out of nightclubs drunk, flashing her breasts on national television and engaging in extra-marital affairs have all gained her an image of being an out-of-control, middle-aged man-eater.
Now, she has set herself up for more flak with the publication of Starting Over, her second autobiography in just two years, in which she reveals all about her break-up with husband of 24 years Tim Healy, her romance with toyboy fiance Lincoln Townley (below) and her forays into reality TV.
Her admissions in the latest book may initially leave the reader unsympathetic, including revelations that she left Carol McGiffin's 50th birthday party in Bangkok - which Healy attended - to be with her old flame Steve Murray.
But Welch (54), explains: "You have to understand that fidelity wasn't the top priority in our marriage."
Despite this, there's a recent picture in the book of Healy and Welch and their respective new partners in the family home smiling for the camera.
"We're not going on holiday with them," she quips, "but we've been out for dinner and if I go away, Tim will come here with his partner Jo to have Louis (their youngest son). Tim is still in my life. He's the father of my children and he's a very good father."
Indeed, they both found new partners when they were still together, but Welch says the marriage had been over for quite some time. She announced the split earlier this year on Loose Women.
"Tim and I chose for me to do it that way, surrounded by people who are my good friends. My life at the time was in freefall. We were relieved that it was out there, but it was a tough time."
Their two sons, Matthew and Louis, were aware of the news before it was made public and knew of their parents' new partners, she says.
"They don't enjoy all of that side of it, but they knew our reasons. They were fed up with Mummy being perceived as the adulteress and Daddy being 'long-suffering'."
She has since become engaged to party planner Townley, who is 15 years her junior, while she and Healy remain good friends.
"The children see us being much more friendly with each other because we are not married anymore. It's improved our relationship, without a shadow of a doubt. We are still very much in each other's lives, but on a level which is better for us. We had just grown apart."
Welch is still living in the family home in Cheshire, which is up for sale, while Healy is renting. When the house is sold, she and Townley will buy their own place.
Welch is now planning a wedding abroad next July and hopes that her Loose Women pals will be there.
"He popped the question at a lovely hotel in Nice and it was very romantic. He got down on one knee and proposed in the traditional way, which has never happened to me before. There were tears - I was thrilled."
The relationship has been the subject of countless column inches, with Townley's sexuality often being the topic.
"The Press have picked up on the fact that he's somebody with a past, as if there's something murky going on. It's not like that, but he's lived a life. Although he's younger than me, he knows what he wants. Tim couldn't have been more pleased for us."
And Welch is clearly smitten. "It's like having a gay best friend that I love. We make each other laugh, which is one of the main things. I love the way he looks."
She has also given up drinking for the sake of her relationship with Townley.
"I was a party animal. Now I'm not, because I've taken alcohol out of my life. I still go to parties, but I just leave earlier.
"I think a lot of people feel they're going to take the fun out of life if they stop drinking. I've added to the fun in my life because I can remember everything. And I don't have the hangovers and I feel much healthier."
She has difficulty responding to the suggestion she was an alcoholic.
"Some people think you're not an alcoholic if you don't drink in the morning. I didn't drink in the morning or every day. I didn't hide bottles under the chair.
"But I became powerless over alcohol when I started to drink. I don't go to AA, but AA says that being powerless over alcohol is being an alcoholic.
"If you read a list of reasons you should cut out drink, one is having blackouts, which I did, and when your behaviour starts upsetting and affecting the people you love. So that was two boxes ticked."
Welch charted her battle with clinical depression in her first autobiography, Pulling Myself Together. These days, she isn't free of it, but it's much better than it was, she reflects.
"It rears its head very little nowadays, which is partly to do with the hormone treatment I received for it but also coming out of the menopause and giving up alcohol. I certainly feel I'm much more in control of it, than it is of me. I'm on a low-dose anti-depressant that I'll be on forever."
In the book, Welch charts her accounts of her experiences in Dancing On Ice, which was terrific, and Celebrity Big Brother, which was hellish, as she clashed with US actor Michael Madsen.
Although she hated the experience, she doesn't have any regrets about taking part; at the end of the day, it earned her enough money to pay off a large tax bill.
"I try not to regret anything. I don't regret it because I found out a lot about myself, some things I liked, some things I didn't," she says.
"I found out that I actually like quite a lot of things about myself. I never thought I was a hypocrite or a bully and I reaffirmed that with myself, because I was in there with people who were both.
"I used to surround myself with people who weren't good for me. I vowed not to allow myself to be put in a situation where I was so vulnerable again. I've always adored my friends, but it made me appreciate the people close to me."
She doesn't regret exposing her breasts in a hot tub on the show.
"I can't understand the furore that it caused. I wouldn't do it again and we were all tipsy. If I'd have been bitchy, nasty and two-faced, that's what I would have regretted," she says.
The actress has starred in Waterloo Road, Down To Earth, Soldier, Soldier and Coronation Street, and will be appearing on Piers Morgan's Life Stories later this month.
"It would take me five years in a drama to make what I did on Celebrity Big Brother, but I want to concentrate on more acting," she adds.


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Something Wicked This Way Comes
Stand Alone Fantasy Titles, August 2012
Youth and Age. Belief. Fear. Morality and Sin. These are the building blocks of this dark novel from master author Ray Bradbury. When Cooger And Dark's Pandemonium Shadow Show pulls into town, Jim and Will are mesmerized by the sights and sounds and the witness the magic of the carousel as it turns the old into children. Mr. Dark then begins the hunt for the two boys and a war for their souls is about to take place. Bradbury was a genius of the craft and it shows with this novel. The people of the town come to life and are easily understood because much of what they think and feel and fear is inherent in all of us. A darkly glorious yarn.


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Shroud of the Avatar released to backers
The first release of Richard Garriott's highly anticipated fantasy role-playing game, Shroud of the Avatar, is available today for backers of the crowd funded project. You may now log in to your account, download the client, create a character, and explore the streets of Owl's Head, the first town open. It's currently single player online only, but future releases will roll out multiplayer online modes.
Release 1 allows players to test out the game's intriguing dialog system with non-player characters (NPC). Additionally, you can equip different clothing, armors, and weapons, and select a house from the entire list of player houses -- even the Lord of the Manor estate. To outfit your home, various chests of furniture and decorations have been placed all throughout town which you can easily pick up.
"We are pleased with our progress," game creator Richard Garriott said, "and we are excited to show our fans what we've created in the short amount of time we've been working on the game.
"It's still very early in development, and this is not your traditional development model. Since the game is crowd funded and crowd sourced, we feel it's important to give our community an early glimpse of the game's progress...earlier than what you'd normally see in traditional game development. But this is important because player feedback at this stage will be utilized in helping us understand any changes we need to make and to possibly reaffirm that we are on the right track."
You can head here for instructions on how to download, install, and being playing Shroud of the Avatar.


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What are ISS and Glass Lewis and Why Should My Bank Care?
On October 26, 2017, Institutional Shareholder Services ("ISS") issued draft proposed policy changes for the 2018 proxy season (the "Draft Changes").1 The Draft Changes for US companies are grouped in three categories:...more
This memorandum outlines certain considerations for US public companies in preparation for the 2017 annual reporting and proxy season. Part I of this memorandum discusses new developments and practical action items for the...more
Dear clients and friends,
We present our traditional year-end issue of Snell & Wilmer's Corporate Communicator to help you prepare for the upcoming annual report and proxy season. This issue highlights SEC reporting and...more
On November 16, 2016, Skadden hosted a webinar titled "Preparing for the Shareholder Proposal Season." The panelists were Amy Borrus, deputy director of the Council of Institutional Investors (CII); Skadden M&A and corporate...more
Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass, Lewis & Co (Glass Lewis) have both released their updates to their respective Canadian proxy voting guidelines for the upcoming 2017 proxy season. The ISS updates apply to...more
This memorandum summarizes key developments that public companies should consider in drafting their disclosures and reviewing their existing corporate governance policies and procedures in preparation for the 2016 annual...more
Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) is a very influential purveyor of proxy advisory services. As part of ISS' annual policy update procedure, ISS recently released a proposed policy change with respect to...more
On September 17, 2015, Skadden presented a webinar titled "Proxy Access: Latest Developments." The panelists were Art Crozier, Chairman of Innisfree M&A Incorporated; Mike Garland, Assistant Comptroller for Corporate...more
Proxy access, meaning the ability of stockholders to put their nominees on management's proxy card and create a proxy contest without having to file their own proxy statement, was the marquee issue of the 2015 proxy season....more
In preparing for the upcoming proxy season, it is important for issuers to be familiar with the current Canadian proxy voting guidelines prepared by Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) and Glass Lewis & Co. (Glass...more
Proxy research and advice entities Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. ("ISS") and Glass, Lewis & Co., LLC ("Glass Lewis") recently updated the guidelines each service will use to inform their voting recommendations for...more
Proxy season is upon us and the plaintiffs' bar is demonstrating its resourcefulness by bringing a third wave of shareholder litigation. This new wave, which has not crested yet, consists of a return to derivative shareholder...more
Say-on-pay has contributed to an environment where shareholder engagement is an increasingly critical component of corporate governance.
In this section, we take a broad look at the corporate governance landscape to...more
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The upcoming 2013 proxy season will likely be impacted by new policies issued by proxy advisers, as well as shareholder activists taking advantage of previously adopted rules, rather than by recent legislative or rulemaking...more
Set forth below are summaries of key ISS and Glass Lewis policy updates that will take effect for the 2013 proxy season.
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- 2013 Annual Meeting Season
- Dealing with ISS and Other Proxy Advisory Firms this Proxy Season
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Purchasing & Expense Management Solutionsfor Accommodation, Meetings & Events
BSI is delighted to announce that Fujitsu Services, one of Europe's leading IT services companies, has recognised the achievements of the company with a 'Gold Services Provider' award at Fujitsu's 2nd Annual Awards Ceremony that took place on 30th April.
The awards dinner was held at the Kingsway Hall Hotel, London and was hosted by Guy Allen, Fujitsu Services Director of Sourcing and Supply with several other Fujitsu Directors and Senior Managers also attending.
BSI's Gold award followed their participation in year two of the Fujitsu supplier management programme. Fujitsu aims to deliver great service and long-lasting business value to their customers. To support this they launched the Fujitsu supplier management programme in 2007 to strive for further improvements in the relationships with their key suppliers.
BSI was successfully evaluated against a set of weighted criteria including: quality, health & safety, environmental & corporate social responsibility, financial & commercial metrics, organisation & account management, governance & compliance, people and technology.
John Moss, Head of Services Sourcing at Fujitsu Services, commented: "The BSI team deserves a lot of credit in achieving Gold status in year one, providing a service that is very emotive for our staff and that has gone through a number of initiatives in order to maximise our ability to get the best rates. They continue to demonstrate commitment to understanding, embracing and delivering what's important to Fujitsu in order to drive cost savings and service excellence and we would like to congratulate them".
Two BSI representatives were present to collect the award on the night; Nicole Sheekey-Jones, BSI's Fujitsu Account Manager and Trevor Elswood, BSI Group Managing Director. Elswood commented: "We are delighted to have received the award, which is a tribute to our relationship with Fujitsu and our ongoing dedication to meeting clients' needs and exceeding expectations. A special note of thanks goes to all those that serve Fujitsu within the BSI team who work tirelessly and with great commitment to deliver consistently high results".


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I'm not talking about tights, but real, fine, sheer hose.
It's been mentioned here, and I also feel like nude sheer hose are a dated look.
I was about to put on my sheer black hose today, and then I remembered that Tim Gunn said that this was an evening only look.
It's almost springy enough to wear bare legs around here, and I am having a hard time waiting to wear my heels and ballet flats with skirts!
Are you still wearing pantyhose? Or are they totally outdated and/or inappropriate?