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VietNamNet Bridge – While lumberjacks illegally attack forests throughout the country, they do not dare to set foot on the forests in Khau Tinh commune of Na Hang district in Tuyen Quang province.
Located on the altitude of 1000 meters over the sea water level, Khau Tinh Commune is a special commune in the core area of the Tat Ke – Ban Bung natural reserve. 99 percent of local households are ethnic minorities, while 67 percent of them are poor households. However, though living in poverty, local residents never intend to chop down the trees in the forests and refuse the big sums of money illegal lumberjacks give to them to tell them to chop down trees. Here in the remote area, the forests are being protected every day by local residents. The virgin forests have existed there for many generations. It is not the laws, but the plighted word the local residents made, which forces them to try to keep the forests. Khau Tinh commune has always been green with the protected primary forests which closely link with the people's spiritual life. Every one here has the sense of protecting the forests, which they consider as the treasure of the whole community. Vi Van Luong, Deputy Chair of the commune people's committee, said that there are four hamlets in the communes with 283 families of ethnic minorities. There are 8300 hectares of natural forests, being protected by local residents on the voluntary basis. Due to the natural conditions, it is still very difficult to travel among the four hamlets. However, all the urgent happenings can be reported by local residents to the local authorities timely, so that the local authorities can join forces with local people to protect the forests. Located far in the forests, there is still no mobile phone coverage in many hamlets of Khau Tinh. Therefore, hamlets have to send students or local residents to the commune's people's committee every day to report about the life of people. Hoang Van Lien, a local resident, said he has devoted more than a half of his life to the forests. Two years ago, when discovering illegal lumberjacks trying to chop down ancient precious woods, while it was heavy raining and there was no time to go to the commune's head office, he and some other people tried to drive them away. The lumberjacks then had to run away when they realized that they had to combat with a lot of people determined to protect their land. Since then, illegal lumberjacks do not dare to set foot on the land any more. According to Chu Van Giang, a policeman of the Khau Tinh commune, local people understand that they need to protect the forests not only to preserve their cultural characteristics, but also to help prevent from flooding, landslide and maintain water resources for rice fields. Therefore, the forests in the commune have been not only protected by the Forest Protection Law, but also by the regulations set up by the communal people. All the people who chop down trees would bear the heavy punishment by the commune and villages. There are self-managing teams and forest fire prevention teams in every hamlet. In 2011 alone, 270 households in the commune committed to protect the forests. It is the awareness of local people of preserving the natural land, which has helped the old forests covering an area of thousands of hectares exist for many generations. Thien Nhien
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I HAVE always believed that in the end good prevails over evil.
Sadly, though, the latter flourishes before good men do something to stop it. Often it takes an incident to prompt action and the recent kidnapping of over 200 schoolgirls in north-eastern Nigeria is one such example.
We can imagine all too vividly the terror these young girls must be experiencing at the hands of these monsters and the West, including the UK, has offered its expertise to recover them.
Having served for nine years in the Army, I have no doubt that our special forces are well up to the task.
But first these men from Boko Haram, an Islamic terrorist group, whose name means 'western education is forbidden', have to be found. They hide in the vast, inhospitable terrain, where communication is difficult and the borders porous.
Elders from Chibok, where the girls are from, have been told their children will be sold into slavery for £7 each, forced to marry fighters in neighbouring Cameroon and Chad.
Meanwhile, the widespread outrage at the Nigerian government's apparent inaction grows.
It's a sobering thought that Boko Haram has killed 1,500 people this year alone and kidnapped eight more girls this week.
Nigeria is oil-rich but riddled by corruption and violence. I do not condone putting our armed forces in harm's way on a whim – but this case has rightly struck a chord and a rescue attempt should be made if the circumstances allow.
Sadly, we cannot destroy every dark stain on our planet, but we might be able to return 200 young girls to their families.
That surely is an honourable cause and one that's worth fighting for.

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JOHANNESBURG: Former chief justice Arthur Chaskalson fulfilled his mission to help create a better South Africa, President Jacob Zuma said yesterday.
"Justice Arthur Chaskalson has run his race and fulfilled his mission to contribute to building a better South Africa in which all are treated with dignity," he told mourners at a memorial service for Chaskalson held in Joburg.
Zuma said despite his "sharp mind", Chaskalson would be remembered for his compassion and humility.
"We came to terms with the reality that a colossus who has done so much for this country and its people, was no more.
"Together with his peers… Chaskalson helped demolish the legal fortress upon which apartheid was built, and built the foundation on which our constitutional order is premised." Zuma said Chaskalson had inspired the government to reverse the legacy of inequality, poverty and under-development.
Chaskalson's friend and colleague, George Bizos, said the former chief justice did not belong to a political party.
"There were no secrets between Arthur and me. I know he was not a member of any political party."
The SACP earlier in the week claimed that Chaskalson was secretly a member of the party in the 1960s.
Advocate Jeremy Gauntlett, who spoke on behalf of the General Council of the Bar, said Chaskalson would not have joined any organisations.
Gauntlett said Chaskalson was the "truly great advocate of his time", who had a legacy of being courteous.
"He could deflate your tyres when you were not looking, but he did so always with that grace and courtesy."
Gauntlett said Chaskalson had not succumbed to the "trappings of power".
"[He showed] how you can be the president of the Constitutional Court and drive what the court clerks called a Toyota 'skedonk' [jalopy]."
Former chief justice Pius Langa said Chaskalson had not wavered in his pursuit of justice.
"He did not just speak, he believed in doing."
He said the Legal Resources Centre and the Constitutional Court stood as memorials to all Chaskalson had done to fight for justice.
Chaskalson died at the age of 81 in Joburg on Saturday, of leukaemia. He was the first president of the Constitutional Court and was chief justice from November 2001 until he retired in 2005.
In 2002, he was awarded the Order of the Baobab.
He was buried on Monday in a private, but special official funeral, at West Park cemetery, Joburg. – Sapa


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Deputy party chief falls in Beijing crackdown on corruptionMalcolm Moore
Published: December 7 2012 - 3:00AM
A PROMISE by China's new leaders to tackle corruption has claimed its first major scalp: the deputy Communist Party chief of Sichuan.
Li Chuncheng, 56, has been put under investigation and has not been seen in public since November 19, according to Xinhua, the official Chinese news agency.
Mr Li was the second most senior official in the central Chinese province of 80 million people and was promoted last month to be one of the 171 alternate members of the Central Committee, one of the highest organs in the party.
It is not clear what crime he may have committed, but his detention follows the arrest in August of Dai Xiaoming, the chairman of the Chengdu Industry Investment Group, on suspicion of bribing government officials in Chengdu, where Mr Li was once party chief.
Mr Dai and Mr Li were involved in a controversial project by Sinopec, the Chinese oil company, to build a £7 billion ($10.7 billion) petrochemical plant on the outskirts of Chengdu.
Another Chinese leader, Zhou Yongkang, was involved in the project during his time as Sichuan's party secretary. Ai Nanshan, a former professor at Sichuan university who campaigned against the plant, said: ''Other government officials in Chengdu did not agree with it, but they were gagged and public complaints were suppressed. The local newspapers did not even dare to report that it had gone into operation this year.''
Mr Zhou's ties to Mr Li raise the possibility that the anti-corruption drive may be part of a new factional battle. Mr Zhou was a supporter of the disgraced former politburo member Bo Xilai.
Mr Li's career has been under a cloud since the Sichuan earthquake in 2008. At the time, he was the party chief of Chengdu and had spent £110 million on lavish new government offices. He incurred the wrath of Wen Jiabao, the then premier, by moving into the offices soon after the earthquake. He was forced to move out, sell the building and give the proceeds to the earthquake fund.
China's leadership is still reeling from a series of corruption scandals this year, starting with the case of Bo Xilai. Reports by Bloomberg and The New York Times have revealed the vast wealth accrued by the families of top leaders, including Mr Xi and the departing premier Mr Wen- leading internet censors to block both organisations' websites.
Analysts say that uncommonly strong anti-corruption language in Mr Xi's speeches, coupled with the appointment of a no-nonsense financial expert, Wang Qishan, as head of the country's anti-corruption commission, signal that the new party leadership is likely to take a tough stand on abuses of official power.
Aggrieved citizens are increasingly turning to popular microblogging websites to expose corrupt officials.
Chongqing official Lei Zhengfu was sacked last week after a 12 second-long, five-year-old tape showing him having sex with a teenage woman went viral on the microblogging website Sina Weibo.
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Lilli Cooper, Lauren Pritchard & More to Join Zoe Sarnak in THE YEARS BETWEEN at 54 Below this Week
In her 54 Below debut, Zoe Sarnak will premiere songs from The Years Between: an exploration of New York's millennials as the latest lost generation, set to a score of rock, folk, pop, and soul. To celebrate this piece's debut, she's inviting favorite performers from concerts past and recording the night for a LIVE CONCEPT ALBUM.
Lilli Cooper (Threepenny Opera), Jason Gotay (Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark), Julia Mattison (Godspell), Grace McLean (Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812) and Lauren Pritchard (Spring Awakening) are now set to join a cast that includes Allison Case (Hands on a Hardbody) and Kacie Sheik (Hair).
Mia Walker will direct the evening and Jen Hoguet is producing alongside 54 Below. Zoe Sarnak is an award-winning composer and songwriter whose musicals include A Lasting Impression, Mixtape and Painless, co-written with Michael Kimmel (The Last Goodbye). Zoe's music has been featured at concert venues throughout the city including Joe's Pub, the Highline Ballroom, NYTW and more.
This concert will take place at 54 Below (254 W 54 St) on Thursday, March 13 at 930pm. There is a $25-35 cover charge and a $25 food and drink minimum. Tickets and information are available at http://www.54below.com. Tickets on the day of performance after 4pm are only available by calling (646) 476-3551. Student tickets are 50% off and are only available in person the day of the show.
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There's a little bit of preparation involved, but the results are well worth it.
Top Review by MrsByrd14
This was soooo good! I meant to review this 2 years ago. I used to make this dish all the time when me and my husband first got married. I served it over mashed potatoes each time. I always cut the savory (isn't stocked in my pantry) and instead of canned mushrooms I use fresh. This dish is our favorite pork chop recipe!! Thanks!!!
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- 6 boneless pork chops, 1/2 inch thick, trimmed
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 2 cups onions, sliced 1/8-1/4 inch thick rings (about 3 medium)
- 1 cup white wine
- 1 teaspoon dried savory
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 8 ounces mushrooms, sliced
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 (1 1/4 ounce) package brown gravy mix (I used Knorr)
- 1 1⁄2 cups water (to prepare the gravy mix)
- salt
- pepper
- paprika
Directions See How It's Made
- Sprinkle chops with salt, pepper, and paprika. Heat oil in a heavy skillet over medium heat. Lightly brown chops (about 5 minutes per side) and set aside.
- Add wine to the skillet and deglaze, scraping the skillet to remove any bits. Turn off heat.
- Prepare the gravy mix according the the package directions and set aside.
- Place one layer of onions in the bottom of the crock pot.
- Place 3 pork chops over the onions.
- Place 1/2 of the mushrooms over the pork chops.
- Sprinkle with 1/2 of the thyme and savory.
- Add another layer of onions.
- Layer the remaining pork chops and sprinkle them with the remaining thyme, savory, and garlic.
- Place bay leaf on top.
- Place the remaining mushrooms on top of that.
- Cover with a layer of remaining onion slices.
- Pour the wine that was used to deglaze the pan over the top.
- Pour the brown gravy over that.
- Cook for 3 1/2 hours on high or 6-7 hours on low.
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Since your colon was not removed when you had colon cancer, you are at risk for developing colon cancer again and should continue getting regular surveillance colonoscopies.
As for the symptoms you've continued to experience, they unfortunately cannot easily be explained. Irritability of the gastrointestinal tract often occurs in patients with ulcerative colitis and is usually not related to inflammation of the colon. Irritability of the colon can be a cause of diarrhea and cramping in the abdominal area, but blood and mucus in your stool implies that you have ulcerations of the colon. I suspect that your doctor will have to treat you for both active ulcerative colitis and for the symptoms related to the irritability of your colon.


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"Teaching bmx in the best bmx park of Europe, the infamous UNIT23 managed by his father, CHAZ MAILEY was invited to a Teenage Jam in the excellent park of Aurillac and enjoyed a couple of private sessions in the EPICENTRE and the cute park of ALBI. Filmed by a very inspired Romain Fel on a dynamic music, CHaz shows again his elegant lines and delicate skills."


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It seems milk does a brain good, too, according to a letter published in the journal Practical Neurology. The authors of the letter, intrigued by research published in the New England Journal of Medicine that suggested a link between a nation's chocolate consumption and number of Nobel Prize winners, looked at data from the Food and Agriculture Organization on per capita milk consumption in 22 countries and found that milk consumption had a significant association with the number of Nobel Prize winners.
Sweden has the most Nobel laureates (33 for every 10-million people) and also consumes the most milk products, followed by Switzerland, which has similar numbers.
The authors found that China had the lowest number of Nobel laureates and also the lowest milk consumption of the countries studied. Canadians are somewhere in the middle, with 21 Nobel Prize winners and a good (though not quite as ravenous as the Swedes) taste for milk.
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Carnival Glory - Eastern Caribbean: Carnival Glory Cruise Review by JJCalder19
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Carnival Glory - Eastern Caribbean
Destination: Eastern Caribbean
Embarkation: Port Canaveral (Orlando)
Embarkation: Flew in day of cruise, was picked up by local transport and it took 40 min to get to Port Canaveral. Embarkation took around 45 min which I consider excellent timing because there were practically 2,000 people checking in at 1pm.
Ports: Bahamas, nice. Only there for 8 hours. Did the dolphin encounter excursion. St. Thomas. Beautiful. Did the St. John Champagne sailaway and snorkeled. Waters kind of choppy but clear and warm. St. Maarten. Not one of my favorites, but the pina coladas are to die for and the people are nice.
Dining: Did not have one bad meal and I hit everything. Lido deck for breakfast, pizza, sushi, burgers, deli, dining room every night and room service as well.
Service: Waiters were extremely pleasant. Room steward knocked on our door to introduce himself. Nice touch.
Debarkation: Sad to leave. Had to be out of room by 8:30 am and we waited in the casino for our color More tags to be called. We were one of the first ones to be off the ship. Customs took all of 10 min. Got our bags off the carousels. Bye, bye Glory! Less
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Veteran forward Dionisio Gomez announced his retirement last week, ending a pro basketball career that began in 2003 in the USBL.
For the past three seasons, the 203-cm Gomez competed with fierce determination and energy for the Shiga Lakestars.
In between, he also played for pro teams in his native Panama, Argentina, Mexico, Chile and Spain.
The 34-year-old University of Arkansas graduate is now embarking on a new career. He's been hired as an assistant coach for the Southern Utah University women's basketball team, which is led by new coach Chris Boettcher, who guided the Lakestars this past season.
"Nichy is one of the hardest-working players I have ever coached and I am excited for him to join our staff," Boettcher said of Gomez in a statement. "I know his work ethic and enthusiasm for the game will have an impact on our program. I am excited for him to work with our post players and help in strength and conditioning."
"He understands my coaching philosophy and is passionate about winning," Boettcher said. "I know he will bring a positive feel to our team and the community."
Gomez averaged 14.3 points and 8.9 rebounds in 51 regular-season games for Shiga in 2013-14, helping the Lakestars advance to the postseason for the third time in as many seasons during his tenure with the Kansai club.
"I have always asked myself what would be worst: letting the sport push you out or walking away on your own terms? I got to tell you neither one is easy," Gomez said in a statement issued by the Lakestars.
"After 11 years, four continents and roughly 600-plus games, I have decided to walk away from the game of basketball and take my experience with me into the next chapter of my life. I will always be thankful for all the memories and great people I met along the way…"
Asked to reflect a bit more on his experience playing in Japan, Gomez had this to say in an interview with The Japan Times: "The bj-league was a great experience. Greatest memories I have are of my teammates. I was blessed to land in such a great place like Shiga and to play with a great group of guys. Also having the opportunity to be coached by great people such as Chris Boettcher and Alan Westover (from 2011-13).
"Lastly, the boosters in Shiga were amazing. Unconditional support at all times. I will always remember the city, the team and the boosters. Shiga will always have a special place in my heart."
Gomez's retirement from pro basketball came less than a year after fellow Panamanian Mariano Rivera, the inimitable New York Yankees closer, threw his final pitch in the major leagues.
For Gomez, Rivera provided special inspiration.
"Mariano is an icon of greatness and hard work," Gomez told this newspaper. "He should be an example for anyone in any sport — humble and a hard worker. I am always excited to see anyone from my country succeed."


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text: Culture 30 August 2010 There's nowt so queer as folk revivalists Sign up for our weekly email * Broadstairs, the Isle of Thanet, a frowsty sort of an evening in early August, with shadows forming within shadows down the high street - a run of chip shops, chain stores and charity shops that steepens into a ski jump, which threatens to tip you off the dirty-white crescent of cliff surrounding Viking Bay. The general consensus following a wholesome chicken dinner was that we should promenade and observe the morris dancers parading through the town; after all, who but a callow sophisticate could fail to appreciate this ancient rite, with its pagan roots buried deep in the loam of old Albion? A few morris-dancing community support officers were gathered in the gloaming. They pranced, they twirled, they jingled their bells and they clacked their truncheons under the appreciative eyes of beery onlookers, whose faces were eerily leeched of colour by the up-light from their 3G phones. And then, lo, here was the parade! Side after side of morris dancers, some perfectly traditional in white shirts, straw hats and knee breeches, but others altogether mutant: there were Star Wars morris dancers with masks; there were beribboned morris dancers, their garments reminiscent of the straw robes of New Guinea's tribal warriors; there were even punk morris dancers who pogo-ed down the road. Could it be magic? In recent years, I've been spending more and more time on the south coast and it seems to me that a curious cultural convulsion is gripping this landscape of boredom and bungalows, Tesco car parks and shingle beaches; for, just as the once-discrete towns of Shoreham, Hove, Brighton, Lewes, Eastbourne, Bexhill, Hastings, Folkestone, Dover, Deal, Ramsgate and Margate have become joined together into a continuous, urbanised littoral, so there has been this atavistic upsurge of hey-nonny-no-ing, anti-Catholicism and fertility cults. In Hastings last autumn, we witnessed the parade of the Sussex bonfire societies, groups of largely middle-aged male and female urbanites, dressed up as anything from Darth Vader to pogoing punks. Accompanied by drummers and didgeridoo players and dragging barrels of burning tar along the road, the various societies have a tribal air to them. The same tribes were out again in May to celebrate the Jack in the Green festival - another weird exercise in new paganism, in which a leafy bloke prances through the old town, followed by the anointing of a tree boll with water, or some such flummery. Then they were at it again in Broadstairs, as Folk Week climaxed in an ejaculation of inauthenticity. All these festivals, parades and bonfire ceremonials are modern inventions. The Lewes Guy Fawkes carry-on began as recently as the late 19th century, when it was formulated by a local antiquarian. The Jack in the Green ballyhoo was revived only in the early 1980s, while the entire jiggling edifice of morris dancing was only re-erected in the early decades of the 20th century by folklorists such as Cecil Sharp. Faking it So complete was the deracination wrought by industrialisation during the 19th century that the folklorists often had to be a bit creative when it came to "discovering" old songs and traditions, and it is this spirit of fakery that we find in the contemporary face-painters and drum-bangers. Indeed, it's arguable that it's precisely because we're in a period of equally profound cultural loss that the volk are impelled to such pretend continuities. Still, good luck to 'em, I say - it's a jolly spectacle and they don't seem to take themselves too seriously. Besides, I don't imagine that any one of them labours under the delusion that he or she is parading along a folkway grooved into the greensward as deeply as a medieval holloway. To suggest such a thing would be as facetious as imagining that all those wallahs gathered together in the abbey for this coronation or that jubilee believe they're participating in a ceremonial unchanged since time out of mind, rather than a bit of mummery got up by Walter Scott to boost the flagging popularity of the Hanoverian dynasty. Oops, I'm being ironic again. But then irony - unlike cod paganism - is the real living tradition of our isles, while all the Viking boat burnings, summer solstice gatherings and assorted saturnalias are nought but another exercise in that very fine human madness: nostalgia for an age that never really existed. Will Self is an author and journalist. His books include Umbrella, Shark, The Book of Dave and The Butt. He writes the Madness of Crowds and Real Meals columns for the New Statesman. Subscribe from just £1 per issue This article first appeared in the 30 August 2010 issue of the New Statesman, Face off More


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If he were still alive today, what would Milton Friedman think of his disciple, Ben Bernanke? This is a matter of some concern to the Fed chairman, who is reported as saying to colleagues on Saturday: "I grasp the mantle of Milton Friedman…I think we are doing everything (he) would have us do."
With libertarian economists tending to be among those most critical of QE2, Mr Bernanke is relying on Friedman's halo effect to enhance the legitimacy of the Fed's recent actions. Friedman's friends say that his opinions were unpredictable, which is what made them interesting. But some some free market economists, like Allan Meltzer, claim that Friedman would have strongly disapproved of QE2. Are they right?
Mr Bernanke's admiration for Milton Friedman goes a long way back. In this famous speech, made in honour of Friedman's 90th birthday in 2002, Mr Bernanke described his hero in simple but glowing language:
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BARNESVILLE -- In less than three quarters of work Friday, Monroe Central senior quarterback Curtis Nixon amassed 234 rushing yards on just 10 carries and three scores and threw for another touchdown to lead the Seminoles (5-3), rated eighth in Ohio Division VI, Region 21, to a 44-0 shutout of the outmanned host Barnesville Shamrocks.
It took Monroe just four plays to get on the scoreboard after forcing the 'Rocks into a three-and-out, with Nixon kept the ball on an option and rambled 15 yards to paydirt. The two-point conversion pass from Nixon to Trey Duffy put the 'Noles in front for good at 8-0.
The Monroe Central defense was at the top of its game, holding Barnesville to negative yards in the opening half and just 23 yards of offense on 37 plays.
The next first quarter Monroe score was a 43-yard scoring strike from Nixon to Gavin Morton. Mikey Jones hauled in the pass for the extra two and a 16-0 Seminole lead.
The final score of the initial quarter was a safety when Barnesville punter Austin Hannahs had to scramble after a punt snap that sailed over his head and got tackled in the end zone.
Nixon added to his rushing stats the second round by rambling 80 yards for a touchdown. Levi Brown then capped off the first half scoring for Monroe with a four-yard scoring run. A pass for the extra two points failed following the first score and Nixon kicked the PAT after the Brown run to send the teams to the locker room with the 'Noles totally in control with a 31-0 advantage.
Nixon, who also completed 5-of-9 passes for an additional 106 yards, provided an early third quarter the Monroe Central score with his second 80-yard touchdown scamper of the game and then split the uprights with the PAT kick to up the difference to 38-0 and veteran coach Jay Circosta went as heavily as he could to the bench.
The final score came from the Monroe Central second unit, with freshman Jarrett Hooper raced 17 yards to the end zone, but a run for the two-point conversion came up short providing the 44-0 final.
Besides Nixon's 234 rushing yards and three TDs, Brown added 91 yards on just seven carries while Chase Carothers tacked on 13 yards on five totes. Duffy had two receptions for 52 yards to pace the Monroe receivers.
BHS (1-7) managed just nine net yards on 29 rushing attempts led by sophomore Daniel Brown with 38 yards on 18 carries. Hannahs hit on just 1-of-8 passing attempts for 14 yards and was picked off once.
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Washington, DC — Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid released the following statement on comments made today by Vice President Dick Cheney:
"When the U.S. intelligence community confirmed that America is losing the war on terror because of Bush failures in Iraq, this White House lost all credibility on matters of national security. With Iraq in a civil war, Afghanistan moving backwards and our own borders unsecured, it's clear George Bush and Dick Cheney are desperate to hide their record and distort the truth. America needs a new direction, one that is tough and smart and gives Americans the real security they deserve."


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To contribute to the group hug from a wallflower distance... Speaking from a perspective of doing large production systems in Racket, I find Typed Racket very promising. And besides the technical benefits of TR, there is also a political one: for help in handling objections from people who are averse to non-Java and insist that they need static type checking. I'm also looking forward to TR support for keyword arguments, and use of TR in optimizations. -- http://www.neilvandyke.org/
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"What is wrong with them? They never listen to me! They only listen to that blue-suited blowhard! It's the mustache, I bet!"
— Robbie Rotten, LazyTown
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A battle with the universe."
A battle with the universe."
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Police cannot use the state's traffic laws to draw blood from suspected drunk drivers without a warrant absent their specific permission at the time of the test, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled last week.
In a unanimous decision Thursday, the justices rejected the contention by the Pima County Attorney's Office that all Arizona motorists give "implied consent'' to having blood, breath or urine tests as a condition to be licensed to drive. They said that means, absent a clear -- and voluntary -- consent immediately prior to the blood draw, it is an illegal search without a warrant.
In a wide-ranging ruling, the high court also said that the ability of juveniles to give that voluntary consent is not absolute -- and not the same as an adult. Justice Scott Bales, writing for the court, said a trial judge must consider all the factors, including the age of the suspect and the failure to notify parents.
But the justices refused to rule that the absence of a juvenile's parents automatically means any consent is not voluntary.
Thursday's ruling most immediately means that charges of driving under the influence of drugs will be dropped against the youth, identified in court records only as Tyler B. because he was 16 at the time of the arrest.
But he is not out of the legal woods yet. Deputy County Attorney Nicolette Kneut said Tyler, who has since turned 18, still faces charges of possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia in justice court as an adult.
Pima County Attorney Barbara LaWall said Thursday's ruling will complicate the job that police statewide are required to do. She said the high court has provided no guidance.
"How is the officer supposed to know whether or not it's been an express consent,'' she said. "It just makes it really, really tough because there isn't any bright line.''
LaWall said the ruling means that her office will advise police to get a court-ordered warrant whenever possible before drawing blood, even when a motorist -- and now, especially a juvenile -- gives approval for a blood draw. That, she said, eliminates any possibility of having that consent later ruled involuntary.
According to court records, Tyler and two friends arrived late to school. A school monitor smelled marijuana on the boys and also saw drug paraphernalia in Tyler's car.
The boys were detained in separate rooms while sheriff's deputies were contacted.
A deputy read Tyler his Miranda warnings against self-incrimination and the right to an attorney. But the court files said that Tyler, in the presence of several school officials, admitted he had driven his car to school after smoking marijuana and that he owned some of the paraphernalia in the car.
When the deputy placed Tyler under arrested, the youth became agitated and was placed in handcuffs while the deputy retrieved a blood-draw kit from his car.
On returning, he saw Tyler had calmed down and he removed the cuffs. He then read Tyler from the law which says that Arizona motorists must consent to blood or other tests and that refusal will result in automatic suspension of driving privileges.
Tyler agreed verbally and in writing to the blood draw. But when the case went to court, Tyler argued his consent was not voluntary and that, as a minor, he lacked capacity to consent.
When the court commissioner agreed and suppressed the evidence, the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case. Bales said the issue has never been decided in Arizona.
Bales rejected arguments by prosecutors that "implied consent'' law means there is no need to determine whether a consent at the time of the blood draw is voluntary.
"A compelled blood draw, even when administered pursuant to (the implied consent law) is a search subject to the Fourth Amendment's constraints,'' he wrote for the court. "Such an invasion of bodily integrity implicates an individual's most personal and deep-rooted expectations of privacy.''
He said the law says only that an officer must ask a suspect to submit to the test -- and that if a person refuses, a warrant is needed and the suspect's licenses is suspended.
Bales said a motorist can allow a warrantless search "provided the consent is voluntary.'' But that, he said has to be decided by a court based on all the circumstances, including the suspect's age -- and even whether a parent is present.
In this case, Bales wrote, the court commissioner was correct in ruling that, based on the evidence she had, Tyler's consent was not voluntary.
He said Tyler was detained for about two hours in a room in the presence of school officials and a deputy, without his parents.
"Tyler initially was shaking and visibly nervous,'' Bales wrote, and placed in handcuffs until he calmed down. And he said that the law read to him about "implied consent'' ended with the statement, "You are, therefore, required to submit to the specified tests.''
It was only then, Bales said, Tyler consented to the blood draw.
Thursday's ruling drew a special comment from Justice John Pelander. He said his own review of the evidence leads him to believe Tyler did voluntarily consent.
But Pelander said Arizona law requires he and the other justices not to reweigh the evidence, but only to consider whether the court commissioner abused her discretion in suppressing the evidence.


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Bond rating upgrade makes savings possible
Corcoran taxpayers got good news Thursday, July 24, in the form of a 3.3 percent true interest rate on the city's sale of $3.14 million of general obligation utility revenue bonds.
Prior to the sale, Northland Securities, Corcoran's financial advisers, had projected a true interest rate of 3.49 percent, according to City Administrator Brad Martens. He estimated that the more favorable 3.3 interest rate will save the city $70,000 in debt service costs over the 20 year life of the bonds.
Martens announced bond sale results at the Thursday, July 24, Corcoran City Council meeting. The council approved the bond sale and also conducted other business. Here are some meeting highlights related to the sale, water and sanitary sewers.
The bond sale is providing $2.8 million for water and sanitary sewer infrastructure to serve Ravinia, the Lennar single-family housing development that will be located south of Corcoran Lions Park and west of County Road 101. Ravinia will be Corcoran's first subdivision to be served by municipal water and sanitary sewers.
Corcoran has approved a final plat for 36 single-family homes in Ravinia's first phase. Lennar has proposed to eventually build 426 single-family detached homes on the 266.57-acre site. The builder is doing grading for the first phase and is looking at having model homes in place for next spring's Parade of Homes, Martens said.
Another $250,000 from the bond sale is enabling Corcoran to complete work on public works facilities, including asbestos abatement and demolition of one of the buildings at the old Caine Road public works site.
Martens attributed the favorable interest rate on the bond sale to an upgrade by Moody's Investor's Service in Corcoran's bond rating from A2 to A1.
When Moody's announced the bond rating upgrade on July 17, the firm's financial analysts said that one of Corcoran's challenges is "small general fund reserve balances."
Martens said Corcoran has been following a financial plan for the past five years to address this situation. Reserve funds are important because cities use them to pay bills during the first part of each year while waiting for proceeds from property taxes.
Moody's analysts seemed to notice the improvement in reserve fund levels. They commented: "The city's financial operations are expected to remain satisfactory over the next three to five years given solid reserve levels and recently implemented financial practices. The city saw surpluses in fiscals 2012 and 2013, which increased available reserves from a modest $472,000, or 15 percent of revenues, to a solid $961,000, or 28 percent of reserves."
Analysts also said Corcoran has the potential to improve its bond rating with Moody's, if the city has "material increases in General Fund reserves."
On the other hand, Corcoran's bond rating with Moody's could go down. Analysts said reasons would be declines in general fund reserves, operational challenges or cost overruns related to the city's water and sewer system expansion, and multi-year declines in property values.
After the City Council approved the bond sale, councilors reviewed a draft of the 2015 city budget. Comments from the Moody's analysts affected the council discussion. Councilors noticed that the proposed budget did not include an increase in reserve funds.
Then they asked what budget items could be cut so that additional money could be shifted to reserves. One possible cut would be the proposed videotaping of council meetings. Another potential cut would be the proposed creation of a new city staff position, assistant to the city administrator.
Martens said city staff has been working on the 2015 city budget since May. The council and staff will continue to refine the budget through the end of the year. Corcoran is required to set its preliminary general fnd budget and property tax levy in September. By the end of December Corcoran is required to certify its final 2015 budget and property tax levy. The final figures can be equal to or lower than the preliminary figures — but not higher.
In related business, the council approved an ordinance regulating public sanitary sewer and water within Corcoran. The ordinance spells out who will be required to pay for these utilities, exactly what the utility users will pay for and related regulations. With this ordinance in place, Corcoran has a regulatory structure for dealing with water and sewer customers in the new Ravinia development.
The purpose section of the new ordinance says: "Priority for extending service is new development and the existing downtown commercial district. It is not the intention of the city to extend service and require connection of existing residential or agricultural properties unless requested as referenced in this ordinance."
Under the ordinance, new development will pay one set of trunk line availability charges per acre.
Existing developed residential property, commercial property and unimproved land will pay one set of trunk line availability charges regardless of acreage. This would happen within 30 days notice from the city that a trunk line is available to the property. Collection may be deferred and financed for a period not to exceed 20 years.
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What's a good sherry...
...and how much should I expect to spend for it? A recent episode of Frazier has made me curious about sherry. I don't know anything about it and am reluctant to just go out and buy the first one I see as I won't know how to judge it. Any recommendations?
Well, it looks like everyone else is too ashamed to admit they drink sherry.
Broadly speaking there are three types. It is quite possible you will like one type and dislike another.
Pale/ dry sherries are good as a pre dinner drink or with tapas, particularly seafoood and ham. Fino and manzanilla are almost clear liquids. They are very dry, sometimes even a bit salty. I like this sort best - I have a half-size bottle of La Guita Manzanilla in the fridge at the moment. It is light and delicious.
The next sort is rather brown in colour and is the most common. Most people wouldn't keep the in the fridge. At the dry end there is amontillado (sp?), oloruso is sweeter. I'm not too keen on these and the cheap ones taste like cough medicine. Harvey's Bristol Cream is thought to be good at the latter end, Dry Sack at the former.
The third sort is Pedro Ximenez. It's dark and weird and is a good match with stinky cheese, nuts and other after dinner things.
I dunno how popular sherry is where you are, but here it ranges in price from $2 a litre to $30 a bottle. I paid A$10 for my half bottle. I've never been disappointed by anything from the actual region (Sherry= Xeres= Jerez, Spain) Note that - as for port - some English sounding brands are the genuine article.
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I like a chilled glass or two before dinner, and nearly always opt for a Manzanilla rather than a Fino (I enjoyed my visit to San Lucar de Barrameda -- Manzanilla town -- more than the time I spent in Jerez de la Frontera, where all the other sherries come from).
I've bought Manzanillas in NYC between $5.99 and $20 a bottle....I think the best I've had here is made by Osbourne. It fetches $6.99, so it's also a great buy.
Incidentally, hawthorne, you spelled "Amontillado" right, but the heavier sherry is "Oloroso."
That was just what I needed to know. I think the amontillado, the oroloso, and possibly the Harvey's Bristol Cream are what I would most enjoy. Thanks for the info and the links, guys.
Starvers, good to see you back. I thought perhaps you'd quaffed one bottle of meths too many and had slipped, Gitane in hand, out of your garret onto the cobbled street below.
Sherry's pretty damned cool. Bristol Cream is a bit sweet for a "non-sensitive" artist like you (I have you down more as a Hemingway than a Wilde), but the medium or dry (amontillado) was made - by the Brits in Spain - to fill that awkward gap before English Sunday lunches with relatives you didn't now and didn't much like. You know (complete with Woody Allen style subtitles]:
"Very warm for the time of year." [Who the fuck are you?]
"Yes, isn't it?" [When are you going to die so I can inherit my money?]
(Looking over your shoulder) "Splendid sherry, no?" [Right, I'm off to talk to someone more interesting]
"Indeed." [I've poisoned yours]
The amontillado gets extra points for being served in these dinky little fluted - more like hour-glass - glasses. Americans should know that you're not actually meant to knock it back in one, but the average Brit would probably put it down to your being American and forward, and be trying to bed you for the rest of the afternoon. (Given that Sunday is the gardener's day off.)
Lustau produces a very wide range of excellent sherries that are available in many wine stores. The one that I liked the best is their Amontillado Jerez Almacenista Gonzalez Obregon, which retails for about $24 a bottle. They also have a very good Pedro Ximenez San Emilio Solera Reserva for about $16 a bottle. Alvear also makes many different sherries ranging in price from the inexpensive to greater than $80 (which for sherrry is pretty expensive).
As a somewhat related sidenote I would like to put my $0.02 in for solera style sherry vinegar which can be just as enticing as balsamic vinegar in terms of complexity of taste.
I use sherry as an excellent deglazing liquid in cooking which adds a very distinct, and unexpected taste, to many dishes.
Now if you really want to delve into the subject of obscure and neglected fortified wines then perhaps we could start on thread on Madeira. Talk about overlooked!
The best sherry is, of course, Amontillado. And I happen to have a fine cask of it here! If you'll just follow me down this long, dark basement tunnel . . .
I'm very blessed, it appears, and while I can usually discern the difference between a bad wine and a good one, there really doesn't seem to be -- or at least I haven't encountered it -- a variety of wine that I don't like. Sweet, dry, red, white, fortified, non-fortified...it doesn't seem to matter: there are notes, flavors and sensations to be enjoyed with each. I'm the same about art; basically, if it's good I like it.
One of the advantages of not being a snob, I guess.
Ah, yes...Madeira! Brings to mind an old Limelighters' song...
Have some Madeira, my dear?
You'll find it quite better than beer...
She awoke the next morning with a headache at both ends,
and a terrible ringing in her ear...
Wasn't it a Flanders and Swann number originally?
'Have some madeira, M'dear
You really have nothing to fear
I'm not trying to tempt you, that wouldn't be right
You shouldn't drink spirits at this time of night
Have some madeira, M'dear
It's very much nicer than beer
I don't care for sherry, one cannot drink stout
and port is a wine I can well do without
It's simply a case of Chacun à son gout
Have some madeira, M'dear!'
('Gout' to rhyme with 'out' not, a la Francais, 'poo', of course.)
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Another amusing thing happened that night also - well, amusing for all but the husband of one of the other couples. This couple lived across the street from the home where the card game was taking place and the wife - a very vivacious, attractive and flirtatious woman - was trying to entice her husband to come home to bed. Hubby wanted to continue the evening and suggested that she go home without him. She replied in a plaintive/naughty way (which was completely over my innocent head at the time) that if she went home alone she wouldn't have anybody to go to bed with. I was plenty tired myself by this time, and so I said that I'd go to bed with her. Needless to say, this was met with much hilarity on everyone's part. Everyone, that is, except for her husband who, it turned out, was quite jealous and thought that I knew damn well what I was saying and just sat there, glaring at me. Oh, well...no matter: she thought it was adorable, took my face in her hands and gave me sweet kiss, and this time managed to drag her recalcitrant husband back home.
My father later enlightened me as to the nature of my faux pas.
Something not quite right here, Starvers. You knew this woman was flirtatious, you found her strangely attractive, and yet, and YET, you feigned innocence when she said she'd take you up on your offer of a quickie. She then drives her tongue down your throat in front of the assembled company, and off you go for a threeway.
What really gave the game away, incidentally, was the fact that no self-respecting boy brought up in the Eisenhower era would know what a faux pas was.
Damn, damn, damn!...I never can get one past you! You have instantaneously devined the true nature of that encounter, which was indeed my initiation into the delights of the flesh...and my subsequent lifelong interest in attractive, vivacious women!
And btw, I hadn't a clue about 'faux pas' at that tender age; it was only after attaining a sophisticated and worldy adulthood -- i.e., two or three years ago -- that I became both knowledgeable of such words and willing to use them.
I dig the Poe references above.
I knew a guy who quaffed Dry Sack sherry now and again. Is it regarded as any good, by purists?
And now that I think of it, "Monty Python" had a skit about an Anglican priest with quite a taste for sherry, to the point where he plans to have a huge underground storage tank of sherry built under the vicarage. A sherry distributor visits him and is delighted to take yet another order from him: "Glad to help, Vicar. You're our biggest customer, after North America."
The American connection to the produce of Jerez is closer than you might think. My initial exposure to the amber liquid was through a TV commercial in the late 60s starring a very fat fellow imbibing in front of an oaken cask. It was only later that I discovered that this "Orson Welles", dressed a la mode in cape as I recall (it was the 60s), had - "had had" is perhaps more accurate at this stage of his decline - another career.
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Following an agreement between Iran and Britain, the two sides will end situation of having interest office sections in a third country and follow ties directly and through non-resident charges dˈaffaires, IRNA reported.
Informed sources in London told IRNA that the two countries have decided to end having relations through a third country.
Following closure of the two countries embassies, Omanˈs Embassy in London and Swedenˈs Embassy in Tehran were interest office sections of the two countries.
In the past three months, Iran and Britain have held several rounds of talks in different levels to agree on recovering bilateral ties step by step.


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Objectivism: Group Discussion Guide
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If you are just starting your freethought campus group, you might be in need of some fresh ideas to kick off the quarter. Even if you are an established group, oftentimes it can be difficult to come up with new topics every week for the duration of the academic calendar. These meeting topic activity packets should provide you with some materials and discussion questions that you can use to spur dialogue and conversation at your meetings. Attached is also a PowerPoint which you could use to introduce the group to this fascinating topic.
Have you ever caught yourself thinking about how vastly more important your own existence and desires are in relation to the betterment of the human species and your fellow man? If so, then Objectivism is the moral philosophy for you! Founded by Russian-American Philosopher Ayn Rand, Objectivism holds that reality exists as an absolute, independent of man's desires, wishes, and emotions. Reason alone should be the only guiding principal behind man's perception of reality. According to Rand, there is no higher purpose in life than to pursue one's self interest. Objectivists see capitalism as the purest and most preferable manifestation of economic activity. They advocate for the same separation between the state and the economy as has been instituted between the church and state.
Objectivism is often criticized for being cruel and dogmatic in its assertions. Critics also point to the inherent crises present in the capitalist cycle that are caused by the over accumulation of goods, surplus of labor, and devalorization of capital in the built environment as a weakness of Objectivist ideology. Many Objectivists counter that in a free market guided by minimal regulation and laissez faire capitalist ideals, corruptions and failures of the system would cease to exist.
Objectivism as a philosophy was popularized by Ayn Rand and group of her followers known as "The Collective". Rand published the book Atlas Shrugged in the year 1957 as a fictional narrative that illustrates the many foundational beliefs of the Objectivist philosophy. The Objectivist movement gained steam throughout the 1960's, and Rand toured the country lecturing and writing newsletters supporting her work. Most Academics have dismissed Rand's philosophies and the Objectivist movement as cultish due to its devotion to Ayn Rand and her fictional characters as heroes of reason and the standard bearers for absolute morality. While Objectivism has struggled to gain traction in the mainstream of formal academic studies of philosophy, it has enjoyed significant popularity among student groups at universities around the world.
Teaser Question [for advertising your discussion]
- Is Objectivism a cult, or the only just moral philosophy?
- What does it mean to be an Objectivist?
- Who was Ayn Rand, and what does she have to do with Objectivism?
- Does the free market need to be regulated by the state?
- Does Objectivism provide at least some valuable insights to those in the secular movement, or is it an "all-or-nothing" proposition?
- Did Alan Greenspan's (former Chairman of the Federal Reserve) adherence to Objectivist principles lead to the lack of regulation that would eventually cause the collapse of the U.S. Housing Market in 2007 and in turn the recent recession?
- Does Ayn Rand's work deserve more attention in academic circles or does it deserve to be ignored due to its radically selfish prescriptions for how to live one's life?
Objecting to Objectivism: The Atheist Experience Blog - This blog includes some great links to some criticisms of Objectivism. The Atheist Experience video blog also discusses this topic in detail. The Atheist Experience is a weekly live call-in television show sponsored by the Atheist Community of Austin. This independently-run blog features contributions from current and former hosts and co-hosts of the show.
The Ayn Rand Institute - ARI seeks to spearhead a cultural renaissance that will reverse the anti-reason, anti-individualism, anti-freedom, anti-capitalist trends in today's culture. The major battleground in this fight for reason and capitalism is the educational institutions-high schools and, above all, the universities, where students learn the ideas that shape their lives.
The Goddess of the Market: The Meaning of Ayn Rand - Jennifer Burns, a professor of history at the University of Virginia, looks at the development of Rand's ideas and her alliances -- and clashes -- with other intellectual and political figures. New York writer Anne Heller draws on original research in Russia, dozens of interviews with Rand's relatives and acquaintances, and previously unexamined archives to develop the first complete and independent biography.
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Randall de Sève's The Duchess of Whimsy
illustrated by Peter de Sève
Book review by Sherri Trudgian
Ages 3-8
Love at first bite!
The Duchess of Whimsy proves the old adage that opposites attract. The collaboration of husband-wife team Randall (Toy Boat) and Peter de Sève (artist for The New Yorker) has produced a spectacular new fairy tale. True love does come to our hero and heroine but only after much striving on his part and humbling on hers.
The reader is invited to an "extravagant soirée" for "uncommon conversation" by The Duchess of Whimsy. Only the most unusual guests in their "elaborate attire" accompanied by their "peculiar pets" will be there. The Earl of Norm, who the Duchess considers simply "too ordinary" for her taste, will also be there. Why? The King needs a political treaty with the Earl and has pressured his daughter to extend him an invitation.
The Earl of Norm is an average sort of fellow, undistinguished, non-flamboyant and owns an ordinary dog. His conversations consist of mundane things like the weather and condition of the roads. None of which could possibly attract The Duchess of Whimsy.
The Earl, however, is smitten with the Duchess. He loves her "lively stories", her "wild apparel", and her "joie de vivre". She sparkles. She is everything he is not.
The Earl of Norm tries to woo the Duchess by stepping outside of his comfort zone. He hopes to catch the attention of the Duchess by bringing a giraffe to her soirée. Unfortunately he is unable to control his new pet. The giraffe drags the Earl along as he chases and then eats the fruit off a guest's hat. The Earl then dons a bright brocade cape covered with peacock feathers. The cape is much too long and causes him to trip. Instead of his simple attire, he looks simply ridiculous. Finally, he compounds his humiliation by comparing the Duchess to a squid, platypus and penguin in a love sonnet he composed.
Three strikes you're out! In spite of the Earl's efforts to please the Duchess, she still considers him "too ordinary."
The crisis point of this story occurs when the cook falls ill. The dilemma is solved by the guests of the Duchess. Each one graciously offers to cook a specialty dish. The exotic dishes take much too long to prepare. The Marquise of Charisma is dragged through the forest by a pig sniffing out truffles for her canapés. The Shah of Huzzah has to search for quail eggs for his watercress salad. The Duke of Dreams needs a galaxy of spun sugar stars to top his velvet midnight cake.
After all his futile efforts, the Earl of Norm has no desire to cook. Instead, he whips up a simple "grilled cheese sandwich and a glass of milk".
The Duchess is not a patient person. She doesn't care to wait and starts to focus on the Earl's sandwich.
"How could something so ordinary look so good?" The Earl who is not only polite but very generous offers her a bite. She studies the "golden, crusty bread" and the "glistening, melted cheese" then takes a bite.
"It was delicious. It was delectable. It was Divine!!"
Since the other guests are busy preparing their dishes, the Duchess has no one to talk to except the Earl.
She learns that the Earl can tell a good joke and rescued his dog from a traveling circus.
He learns that she likes quiet walks and sitting by the frog pond at twilight.
Through their conversation true love begins to blossom. They find each other to be "simply extraordinary".
Book review - The Duchess of Whimsy
Peter de Sève's illustrations take this story from the simple to the spectacular. His combination of eccentric people and exotic animals will make the reader smile. The Duchess herself exudes whimsy. She is captured on the front cover in a formal ball gown riding atop some sort of unicycle contraption. Her eyes are smiling and the plumes in her hair wave in the breeze as two fairies carry her train.
Who else but a whimsical Duchess would paint her toes the colors of the rainbow using an artist's brush and palette?
Whimsy can also be seen in the length of the King's train which requires upward of twenty footmen to carry it.
The Earl, as a lovesick youth, moons over the Duchess. He has a huge grin plastered across his face as he leans towards her, hands clasped over his heart.
The Duchess of Whimsy (An Absolutely Delicious Fairy Tale) is a wonderful tale. It captures the imagination of both adults and children. The story and the illustrations are equally pleasing. There are several lessons to be gleaned from this tale. Number one: Be yourself. Number two: People are all different. Get to know them. You just might be surprised!
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BOSSES of discount food store giant Lidl have given assurances to Pickering Town Council that they are to proceed with a long-awaited development near the town centre.
The scheme has been at the centre of a long-running wrangle between local authorities and the company which won planning approval following an appeal over a year ago for the development at the junction of the A170 and Vivis Lane on a prime site, formerly the town's coal yard.
Town councillors protested after the unused site became a temporary car park last October, and Ryedale District Council took legal action.
Two Lidl executives attended the recent town council meeting when they told councillors that work on the new store would begin in 2013. They said it had been delayed until now because of a restrictive covenant on the site.
"We have invested a seven-figure sum in this site and development," said senior Lidl officer, Chris Blyth.
Coun Mal Danks said that Lidl would not now have to pay for the covenant being lifted as a result of the scheme not starting in 2012.
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THE eight-year-old Gingindlovu girl who was raped and assaulted is looking forward to starting at her new school after she was fitted with a prosthetic eye yesterday.
"Thank you," said the girl as she got off a chair and dashed to hug Peter Furber, a Durban University of Technology lecturer.
Three months ago, the girl was attacked, allegedly by a 15-year-old boy, as they were walking from school.
She was dragged into a cane field behind her house where she was raped and had her left eye gouged out, and was left for dead.
After the attack she was fitted with a "stock eye", which did not fit correctly, prompting reactions from people around her. It brought back bad memories.
"She has been brave after the rape ordeal. She still smiles like nothing ever happened," said her guardian, who cannot be named to protect the girl's identity. "The only thing that makes her sad is when people make comments about her not having an eye or asking what happened to her. But now she cannot stop smiling, looking at herself in the mirror."
The fitting of the eye, worth R15 000, took four days to complete.
"She says she wants to be a nurse when she grows up because she wants to help others. She was registered at a new school after the incident, but other children made it unpleasant for her because she was teased for not having an eye.
"She wanted to go to school immediately after the artificial eye was fitted, but she will go on Monday," said the guardian.
It was not easy for the girl when the procedure began earlier this week because she did not understand what it entailed.
"Ever since the incident, it has been very hard for her to trust people she hardly knew. She cried during the fittings, but I had to make her understand that this was for her own benefit and she would love the end product," said the guardian.
The girl had been fitted with the stock eye at a hospital in Empangeni.
"But it did not fit the eye socket properly, so it was easy for people to see that it was not her real eye and questions made her upset, forcing her to recall the incident," the guardian said.
Furber, who was heading the procedure at the university, received a call a month ago from an optometrist, who asked if he could help make a prosthesis for the girl.
"I agreed. It's a bitter-sweet reward for me because an incident like this was so unnecessary. Fortunately, rehabilitation is available," he said.
Furber explained that he had to gain the child's trust.
"At first it brought back bad memories of the ordeal as a male figure touching her eye," the guardian said.
Furber said an impression of the empty socket was taken. He said this was necessary to create an exact replica.
"Once the eye impression was taken, the final model was made," he said.
Ensuring that the iris colour of the artificial eye matches that of the patient's right eye was of utmost importance.
"The eye was built in wax which was then transferred to acrylic. After that the white part of the eye and the veins were painted and a final layer of acrylic was put for the eye to be ready. This process takes three to four days to complete," Furber said.
The eye was made at the university's dental clinic as the same material is used to make dentures.
There is 85 percent movement with the prosthetic eye and the girl has been taught how to put it in and take it out, and to clean it once a day.
She will need to consult Furber annually for the prosthetic eye to be polished and every two years to change the eye as she grows.


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Monday, September 17, 2012
Complete Genomics Acquired For $117.6M By Chinese Firm
Mountain View-based Complete Genomics has found a buyer for the firm, Chinese company BGI-Shenzhen. the two said this morning. The two said that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement where BGI Biotech will pay $3.15 per share in cash for Complete Genomics, which was publicly traded on the Nasdaq as GNOM. Complete Genomics has been looking for a buyer since at least June. The firm provides human genome sequencing services. The company said it will continue to operate as a separate company, and remain in Mountain View. As part of the deal, BGI will provide Complete Genomics with up to $30M in bridge financing for its operations.


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