ANN WIDDECOMBE has been asked to be the next British ambassador to the Designer Shoes Vatican, it was reported today.

The former Conservative MP converted to Catholicism in 1993 after the Church of England voted to ordain women priests. She is known as the "Popessa" among her friends.

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Can a road ever be broad enough or perfect enough that it would meet all expectations? Those working and living on St John's Church Road do not think so.

The stretch from Coles Park to Sepping's Road junction was broadened just five years ago. And, today, it is back to square one. Cars line up during rush hour on this spacious stretch. All the chaos just dies down a couple of hours after the children in the various schools around are safely inside and all the office-goers have reached their workplaces.

Add a couple of lanes more to this stretch, the chaos will still be a regular feature twice a day during peak hours, residents and businessmen say. Red marks left behind by the BBMP and the notices they distributed recently have left the residents and shop owners confused.

Information is hard to come by. BBMP engineers are not clear about what they intend to do and when. "Whatever is done should be done for the benefit of the public also. It is important to add the word 'also' because it is not clear why this project is being implemented," says Khaleel Ahmed, a businessman who has been running a repair shop here for 30 years.

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It is no surprise that those who stand to lose their livelihood and ties with this place are confused. "The BBMP engineers did not say when this would be done. It may take a year, it may take two years, according to them," says G Babu, an employee at a car sales office.

"Nobody has got the exact measurement. I have spoken to the AEE but have got no answers," says Mohammed Javeed, an entrepreneur. Javeed, who settled down here in the 1980s and owns a house here, is being asked to give up part of his parking space and shops he rents out in exchange for transfer of development rights. But he does not want "a paper that can be read like a newspaper and thrown out".

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What is the point of having TDR when people construct as many floors as they want, flouting rules and permissions? In a land where law is not implemented, such options are of little value, he says. "Beggars cannot be choosers in a city where citizens are being reduced to beggars," he adds.

TDR could benefit those who have the land or sturdy building to build further, says M Suleman Sharief, Congress president of Shivajinagar Block. Sharief, who owns a wedding hall, part of which could be acquired by BBMP for its project, dismisses TDR as an option for the many small-land holders.

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Restaurateur Rana Sikander too suggests that an underpass at the Haine's Road and St John's Church Road junction and a flyover connecting to Cantonment Station will give much relief to commuters.

Venkatesh VS, proprietor of a shop here, is open to an elevated road being built here although his business may suffer during the construction. "In the long run, that's the only permanent solution. Traffic can move on both roads. Exit roads can be provided every couple of kilometres. Businessmen at the ground level can continue as usual," he says.

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KENSINGTON and Chelsea's decision to approve a new five-storey retail and residential complex on Portobello Road is bad enough in itself -- but following another recent controversial planning decision on the road, it suggests that the council has lost touch with the area's needs. The a ntique shops and stalls of the road are a major tourist attraction Cartier Handbags and a significant part of the local micro- economy. Already the street's unique character has been diminished with the conversion of a lively antiques arcade to a chain store. The latest planned development would be even worse.

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KUALA LUMPUR: The government yesterday said it was working on comprehensive solutions to the increasing number of homeless and abandoned children.

Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil said the setting up of numerous shelters by the ministry should not be seen as the only solution.

"Shelters are not prisons and we cannot force the children to stay there," she said, adding that the ministry had already started working with non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to tackle the problem.

The NGOs, she said, had identified areas attracting a high number of homeless and abandoned children, such as Bandar Baru Sentul, Ampang and Bukit Bintang here.

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Shahrizat was commenting on a New Sunday Times expose on hundreds of street children living in abandoned buildings in the city.

Following interviews with some of these children, it was revealed that they roamed the streets, committed robberies and even prostituted themselves to survive.

The report also received the attention of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, who said in Kota Kinabalu yesterday that the government would have to look deeper into the matter.

"We need to check on this. We need to find out who these children are, whether they are locals or if they are children of those who are not from here," he said.

A Scottish expatriate, Jill McWilliams, who has been involved with street children here, accused the ministry of having a lackadaisical attitude.

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Shahrizat said the ministry provided two types of shelters - one for "care and protection" and the other for "rehabilitation".

Young victims of abuse, neglect and abandonment would be placed in a "care and protection" shelter. Children involved in criminal activities and high-risk behaviours such as drug abuse would be placed in "rehabitation" shelters.

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Twenty-four "rehabilitation" centres were provided through various institutions like Sekolah Tunas Bakti (9), Taman Seri Puteri (4) and Asrama Akhlak (11).

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Haddington's Hao Sheng-Hsu claimed his first national title in Scotland last night with a play-off victory in the weather- shortened Cameron Corbett Vase at Haggs Castle in Glasgow, writes Nick Rodger. The 19-year-old from Taiwan, who is an overseas member of the East Lothian club, edged out Royal Aberdeen's Scott Larkin at the second extra-hole after both players had finished at the head of the leaderboard with one-under aggregates of 215. The scheduled four rounds were cut to three because of heavy rain and strong winds.

nThe Cadzow Cup men's open was abandoned at Hamilton because of rain. The tournament will now take place on Sunday, September 5.

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Tyson Gay, racing for the first time since injuring a hamstring in Manchester, was edged over 200 metres by Walter Dix at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Eugene on Saturday, writes Findlay Leith.Dix, Olympic bronze medallist, came through late to win by 0.04secs in 19.72, a meeting record.

Veronica Campbell-Brown won the 100m in 10.78, David Oliver the 110m hurdles (12.90) and Chris Cantwell the shot (22.41m) - all best times in the diamonds watch world this year. Dwight Phillips got injured in the long jump and will miss the Glasgow Super8 on Thursday.

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Edinburgh's Euan Burton finished just outside the medals at the Moscow Grand Slam after losing to South Korea's Dae-Nam Song, writes Roddy Mackenzie. Burton finished fifth in the under-81kg, while Sally Conway (under-70kg) and Sarah Adlington (over-78kg), both based in Edinburgh, were also fifth in their respective events.

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Alister McRae recorded his first podium of the season with second place in Rally New Zealand, keeping alive his dream of winning the Asia Pacific Rally title, writes Kenneth Stephen. The Lanark-born Scot was left frustrated last weekend after a gearbox failure ruined his opening round in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge, at Ypres.

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Taylor won the 14st 7lb class, and Hirsch the 13:7, while three- times European champion Rab Clark (Glasgow) and Cameron 0'Raw (Hamilton) won at 9:7 and 11:7 respectively.

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Alongside Astin it was Iain Powell, George Bamford and Jonathan Sutcliffe that lined up and the Skip lads fancied their chances on what was proving to be a difficult day. The blustery conditions should have played into the hands of men who are accustomed to playing in the wind. It did not prove the case though and Skip's final score of 628 was a massive 44 shots behind the eventual winners Huddersfield. It was four shots behind the next worst team and left the lads scratching their heads for answers. Needless to say injured captain Richardson mens diamond watches for sale was not impressed and has promised changes for next season's campaign that must now begin in the lower tier.This week they play the last league match at Saddleworth, needing to score more points than Crow Nest Golf Club or be relegated from Division 2.

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Prattens Bowls Club members have been enjoying their bowling in the sunshine, which has produced some fast greens.

The men travelled to Yeovil to meet Westland Sports in the Wedmore Plate but a close contest resulted in a narrow defeat by four shots.

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COMPETITORS are approaching the business end of the tournament in the Grimsby and District Closed Tennis Championships.

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Beal came through a fine hard-hitting game with Mike Watkinson 6- 2, 6-2 and Holmes advanced similarly through a well-contested match with Craig Brockbank 6-3, 6-1. In an all St James Tennis Club quarter-final, number two seed James Snape will face Paul Spurrell.

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Having got himself into a winning position, Hewitt missed a couple of key points and suddenly it was game on.

Spurrell forced and won a tie-break to level.

Hewitt trailed 3-0 in the decider, fought back strongly to lead 4- 3, only for Spurrell to complete his smash and grab 6-4. Daniel Mc- Gregor gave an impressive display to beat Chris Watkinson 6-2, 6-2. He faces either Adam Wrightham or Ken Cowan in the last eight.

The last Watkinson standing in the singles, John, ended the challenge of Jim Steer 6-1, 6-2. He awaits either number one seed Thomas Drew or Phil Nicholson in the quarter-finals.

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Sarah Key and Gill Turner, the number three seeds, are through to the semi-finals of the Ladies Doubles with a confident 6-0, 6-0 victory over Sally Bradley and Rose Foster.

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Also through are number four seeds Penny Daniel and Tracy Cardy after a solid 6-0, 6-4 win over Jane Spurrell and Jo Watkinson.

Daniel is also through to the semi-finals of the Ladies Singles after a well contested 6-4, 6-3 victory over Sarah Key.

However, Daniel, with partner Richard Hewitt, suffered defeat in the first round of the Mixed Doubles, opponents Craig Brockbank and Sally Eggleston serving astutely and retrieving well in a 6-4, 6-2 victory.

In a valiant display against number two seeds John and Jo Watkinson, Brockbank and Eggleston kept the form going, but the Watkinsons - three set experts - edged it 6-3, 6-7, 6-3. Also through, and they will take some beating in this form, are number one seeds Chris Watkinson and Jane Hunter, who overcame Lee and Tracy Cardy 6-2, 6-3. Joining them in the last eight are Mike Watkinson and Ellie Cass, who survived a tense second set tie-break to beat Phil Nicholson and Charlotte Todd 6-3, 7-6. Watkinson and Cass now play number three seeds Trevor Kelly and Sally Bradley.

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1950 CENTRE-HALF Sally Eades became a national heroine when her team defied a "sex ban" imposed by the Essex County Football Association.

The FA fuddy-duddies banned Chelmsford Ladies' football team playing on approved grounds and stopped its own members from associating with them.

Sally, who became mother-oftwo Mrs Ketley, recalled the event in an interview in the Chronicle in 1988.

She said: "Thanks to the ban everyone in the country heard about our team.

"We were featured in national newspapers and we attracted upwards of 5,000 spectators, especially after the notoriety we received in the media."

Sally went to see Essex Chronicle editor Rae Handley and asked him to put out a story appealing for women to join her team.

"We had so many replies we formed two sides for the 1950-51 season," said Sally, who admitted that local lads were attracted like bees around a honey pot.

"I don't think they were too interested in soccer, but they did take a fancy to our goalkeeper."

Mr Handley fully supported her team, penning this hard-hitting comment: "When the Essex County Football Association forced Crompton Parkinsons (a Chelmsford firm) by a 50-year-old rule to ban the Chelmsford v Maldon soccer match on their ground, they were carrying a stage further the absurd fight against this form of women's sports.

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"Why are the FA so dead set against these girls? In my opinion there is only one real explanation.

"They are scared. And money is at the back of it.

"When Chelmsford girls played against Burnham at Admiral's Park ground recently on a Sunday 2,500 people attended.

"During Chelmsford Carnival Week 5,000 watched the Maldon- Burnham game. Pounds 100 was taken at the gate.

"Now 5,000, it must be remembered, is the average figure for a Chelmsford City first team game. Imagine what would happen to the professionals' gates all over the country if the women started playing on Saturday after noons.

"That is what scares the FA".

Happily in today's enlightened soccer world women's football is thriving.

Chelmsford City Ladies Football Club caters for girls and women from the age of seven.

The team is always on the lookout for new players. For details contact club secretary Dawn Barnard 01245 284377.

Chronicle supported uprising THE rise in popularity of watching women footballers in action was covered extensively by the Essex Chronicle.

No less a figure than WT Spurgeon, secretary of Chelmsford & Mid Essex League, told its annual dinner in 1950 of his "anger".

He was more than miffed that their matches were attracting huge crowds, while male teams could only draw a handful of onlookers.

Mr Spurgeon hit out: "It angers me that a crowd of 1,200 can watch 22 young ladies kicking a ball about.

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"I am dead against ladies' soccer, the standard they are said to play passes comprehension."

But club treasurer Sid Johnson defended women players, saying "I don't see why ladies shouldn't play football, ladies are very adaptable these days."

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The 4-by-8-inch valve is used on the fresh air-oxygen system for the Qinghai-Tibet train, also known as the Lhasa Express or Sky Train in China.

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The train crosses 1,215 miles and reaches its highest point at Tanggula Pass, an altitude of 16,640 feet. The train passes Qinghai Lake, China's largest lake, and Fenghuoshan, the world's highest railroad tunnel at 16,093 feet. More than 80 percent of the journey is at an altitude of 13,000 feet or higher. Half of the rail line is built on permafrost.

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Kimray might be best known for working with engineering firms in the oil and gas industry, but it works with firms in other industries as well, using its distributor Ameritech Scientific in Beijing and Tianjin, Watkins said.

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The same valve that Kimray started with in 1948 is a precursor to the valve the company uses in China today, Watkins said.

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While Watkins declined to disclose specific financial details of the contract, he said the government changes out all the valves with new ones as part of a preventive maintenance program.

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Privately operated Kimray, which was founded in 1948, reports annual sales of about $90 million, according to its website. Watkins said sales increased more than 20 percent annually from 2004 through 2008. The economic downturn, beginning in 2009, impacted sales, which declined from 2008 levels.

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On July 13, 1945, The Palestine Post reported that amid clouds of secrecy and various rumors the final stages of the preparations for the Berlin (Potsdam) Conference now appeared to be complete. It was expected to be a "win the peace" conference with US President Harry Truman, in place of the late president Roosevelt, meeting Marshal Stalin Jimmy choo shoes for the first time. It was believed that the Soviet Union, which was making new demands on Turkey, would also show more interest in other Middle Eastern affairs.

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On July 13, 1960, The Jerusalem Post reported that the US Democrats announced that they would seek direct Israeli- Arab States talks.

President Mr. Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, accompanied by his wife, Rachel Yannait, left for a nine-day Mediterranean cruise aboard the s.s. Jerusalem.

Dr. Avraham Biran, the director of the Foreign Ministry's Armistice Affairs Division, discussed with UNTSO's Chief of Staff, Gene. Carl von Horn, the frequent Syrian violations of the armistice agreement. In Jerusalem the UN Israeli-Jordanian Mixed Armistice Commission discussed the Jordanian violations of the armistice lines [pre-1967] and the Jordanian treatment of persons who had inadvertently crossed into enemy territory.

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Students at Moraine Meadows Elementary School enjoyed experiencing Mardi Gras on Fat Tuesday as their school gym was transformed into the French Quarter in New Orleans, complete with a live jazz band, and streets named Decatur, Bourbon and Rampart.

The event was a reward for students from Kettering and Moraine who participated in a reader incentive program, according to school librarian Pam Fortener.

The Kettering Fairmont High School jazz band played When the Saints Go Marching In while kids danced into the gym. Many of the students made and wore colorful masks decorated with sequins and feathers. Teachers wore feather boas and funny hats and threw beads at the students as they walked down Bourbon Street.

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Fortener congratulated the students, saying that they had read a total of 187,627 minutes in 2 months, which equaled 131 days of nonstop reading. Students logged and turned in the hours they spent reading at home and at school.

The Krewe Leaders, usually known simply as teachers, led their students to various educational and fun stations set up around the French Quarter, including Cafe Du Monde, which served donuts and the Creole Cafe, which served cake.

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Jenna Beavon, 10, said she was having a good time.

"It's fun to get out of the classroom and be able to listen to the music," she said, and added that she also had never been to New Orleans but would like to go now.

Lauryn Clark, 6, wore a brightly colored cardboard mask adorned with pink feathers and sequins. She said her favorite parts of the French Quarter were the stations and the music. As the students exited the French Quarter, it was again to the sounds of When the Saints Go Marching In.

Fortner said she has only been to New Orleans once, but loved it. She also loved rewarding the students for their reading.

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The Lakers played 82games to get to this point, but they were merely a warmup for what's to come. They won 65 games, but they were nothing more than a tuneup. They earned the No.1 seed in the Western Conference, but that's meaningless now.

No question, the Lakers will be favored to defeat the Utah Jazz handily in the best-of-7, opening round series and advance to the next round. The Lakers might not drop a game. They might not drop a bead of sweat, either.

Expectations of the Lakers have been enormous.

The Lakers agreed the bar has been set high. After all, they are the ones to help put it there, with their play and their words. They told everyone who would listen they expected to return to the NBA Finals - and to win.

They know they must win 16 games to claim the championship that eluded them when they lost to the Boston Celtics last June. They know they must not waver in their task, fixing their gaze on the prize they believe is within their reach.

"No, not nervous, just excited," Pau Gasol said. "We feel more confident. Last year, we had a great run, but everything was just kind of happening. This year, we kind of expect to be out there and to be successful

and to move along and to get to our goal."

First, they must clear a formidable hurdle in the Jazz, a team many expected to finish higher than eighth in the conference. Injuries to key players, including Carlos Boozer and Deron Williams, sent it tumbling to the back of the playoff pack.

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Utah finished with a 48-34 record, including 15-26 on the road, the worst record of any team in the Western Conference playoffs. The Jazz finished 17 games behind the Lakers (65-17), who were a league- best 29-12 away from home.

The home-road disparity has troubled the Jazz all season.

"We go to Salt Lake City and it's like we're on a whole other planet," Boozer said during a recent television interview. "We play fast, we play great (defense), we're active.

"We're a very good home team. We've been trying to bottle that energy and that play and bring it to wherever we go and we haven't quite figured it out yet."

The Jazz's road struggles lead many observers to believe the Lakers will make quick work of the Jazz and move ahead to face the winner of the series between the fourth-seeded Portland Trail Blazers and the fifth-seeded Houston Rockets.

Utah coach Jerry Sloan all but counted his team out after the Lakers handled the Jazz with remarkable ease during the second half of the regular-season finale. Sloan startled reporters by saying after the Lakers' 125-112 victory:

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A Year in a Montreal Pastry School

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WITH TV channels devoted to food and the cult of celebrity chefs, gourmet cooking is fast becoming the latest obsession of millions. One such "foodie" is Montreal freelance journalist, writer and teacher Denise Roig.

After years of teaching journalism, she'd had her fill of students who couldn't construct a grammatical sentence. One day, she stopped at the neighbourhood store of the Pearson School of Culinary Arts and unexpectedly found herself following her passion for baking.

Published by the Winnipeg-based Signature Editions, Butter Cream is the captivating chronicle of her experiences, a memoir of her time in the kitchen learning new things -- not only about baking, but also about herself.

Like Bill Buford in his bestselling memoir Heat, Roig put her career aside to become a food writer. Then she headed back to school for a year to learn how to make pastry and desserts.

Roig lays it all out in the narrative, honestly sharing her fears about why she is there and whether this is a wise career move for her at age 56 and the oldest member of the class.

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The hard days are very hard, forcing her to look deep within herself to try to understand her frustrations and anger: "I hate being last or weakest," she writes. "I hate not knowing what I'm doing, hate being the slowest, the oldest. I like being good at things, which is one of the reasons this pastry course is so hard on me."

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But alongside the fears and the struggles, she shares her passion for baking (beginning when she was 17) and the memories of learning from her mother, aunt and grandmother, who made the family desserts from scratch.

The book is studded with recipes, for butter cream and crme caramel, biscotti and breads. Each recipe is a link to key moment in her story, whether about the thrill of learning new ways to make old recipes, or the fear of making a new recipe the wrong way.

She bonds with many of her fellow classmates, their lives converging with hers, creating a shared experience. Some are there are there to make a career of pastry and baking, others simply to learn.

Throughout the year they come together and sometimes even tear apart, the pressure and the pace wreaking havoc on personal relationships.

There is a darker side to her story, too -- the intolerance of some toward the six Chinese students in the class and the theft of someone's gear leading to the dismissal of a classmate.

The push and pull between the instructors also create difficulties, putting the students between their teachers.

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In some places this works, but in others the personal tidbits can be rather jarring, as they force the reader to pause to figure out the connections.

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When John Cabot and his crew set sail aboard the Matthew in 1497, they had been hoping to trade goods with the people of Asia.

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Instead, their voyage took them to the coast of Newfoundland, making Cabot the original discoverer of America.

This summer, sailing enthusiasts in the Westcountry can experience life aboard a replica of the 15th century ship when it visits the region.

The Matthew will be in Salcombe, South Devon, as part of a pirate raid weekend show.

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Outdoor challenge company Endurance Life is organising the visit and says the Bristol-based Matthew will provide a unique opportunity for local people to enjoy a piece of maritime history.

"Sailing on the Matthew is like stepping on board a time machine made of wood and canvas and rope," said skipper Rob Salvidge.

"The ship is the only one of its type sailing in the world but is similar in style to the ships of Drake's period.

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"Imagine joining the crew and working hard to set the sails, and then experiencing exactly what Drake would have done just off the Devon coast - it's a very dramatic prospect."

The Matthew will be based in Salcombe on June 21 and June 22.

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Alfred Hitchcock would love the Twitter headquarters here in San Francisco. Birds gathering everywhere, painted on the wall in flocks, perched on the coffee table, stitched on pillows and framed on the wall with a thought bubble asking employees to please tidy up after themselves.

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In a droll nod to shifting technology, there's a British red pay telephone booth in the loftlike office that you are welcome to use but you'll have to bring in your cell phone.

I was here on a simple quest: curious to know if the inventors of Twitter were as annoying as their invention. (They're not. They're charming.)

I sat down with Biz Stone, 35, and Evan Williams, 37, and asked them to justify themselves.

ME: You say the brevity of Twitter enhances creativity. So I wonder if you can keep your answers to 140 characters, like Twitter users must. Twitter seems like telegrams without the news. We now know that on the president's trip to Trinidad, ABC News's Jake Tapper's shower was spewing brown water. Is there any thought that doesn't need to be published?

BIZ: The one I'm thinking right now.

ME: Did you know you were designing a toy for bored celebrities and high school girls?

BIZ: We definitely didn't design it for that. If they want to use it for that, it's great.

ME: I heard about a woman who tweeted her father's funeral. What ever happened to private pain?

EVAN: I have private pain every day.

ME: If you were out with a girl and she started twittering about it in the middle, would that be a deal-breaker or turn-on?

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ME: Do you ever think "I don't care that my friend is having a hamburger?"

BIZ: If I said I was eating a hamburger, Evan would be surprised because I'm a vegan.

ME: What do you think about the backlash to Twitter on the blogs? Isn't that a bit like the pot calling the kettle black?

BIZ: If people are passionate about your product, whether it's because they're hating or loving it, those are both good scenarios. People can use it to help each other during fuel shortages or revolts or earthquakes or wildfires. That's the exciting part of it.

ME: Why did you think the answer to e-mail was a new kind of e- mail?

BIZ: With Twitter, it's as easy to unfollow as it is to follow.

(They're spilling past 140 now, but it must feel good to climb out of their Twitter bird cage. Evan has to leave. Biz and I continue.)

ME: Don't you get worried about being swallowed up by Google?

BIZ: They don't swallow you up. They call you up.

ME: Why did you call the company Twitter instead of Clutter?

BIZ: We had a lot of words like "Jitter" and things that reflected a hyper-nervousness. Somebody threw "Twitter" in the hat. I thought "Oh, that's the short trivial bursts of information that birds do."

ME: Oprah unleashed mayhem in the Twittersphere last week when, in her first tweet, she greeted "Twitters" instead of "Twitterers."

BIZ: I'm still kinda old-school. We're twittering, and we're all twitterers. An
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In the latest edition of Full & By, the newsletter of the Maritime Museum of San Diego, we learned that its three vessels constitute the largest single collection of tall ships in the world. The Star of India is the oldest active ship in the world (a fact of which the musuem is proud), is a National and State Historical cheap coach purses landmark, and is listed in the World Ship Trust. The bark is ported in San Diego with her sister tall ships, HMS Surprise, replica of a mid-18th century Royal Navy frigate, and California, replica of an 1847 revenue cutter, which was the first revenue cutter assigned to the area. In 2003, she was designated as the official tail ship of the State of California.

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Along with a visiting replica of the 1812 privateer Lynx, the four vessels sailed over the weekend of 10-11 November in celebration of the Star's, 144th birthday (14 November 1863). The back page of the museum's newsletter features a picture of the four ships under full sail providing photographer Benson Lee an outstanding "Parade of Sails."

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The Maritime Museum of San Diego is at 1492 N. Harbor Drive, San Diego, California, 92101. Information: 619-234-9153. .

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SOME call them "rats with good PR" and they're widely regarded as pests, but there's no denying their charm: grey squirrels are a widespread, and largely popular, fixture in the parks and gardens of the central belt, bird food theft notwithstanding.

But these innocuous-looking creatures are now such a serious threat to the viability of Scotland's native red squirrel population that they are to be controlled with a strategic cull.

Today in Perthshire, Saving Scotland's Red Squirrels (SSRS), the first nationally coordinated attempt to save native squirrels, will be launched by environment minister Mike Russell. The threeyear project run by the Scottish Wildlife Trust, Scottish Natural Heritage, the Forestry Commission Scotland and the Scottish Rural Property and Business Association, will combine culling of grey squirrels with support for landowners in managing their woodland in red-friendly ways.

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Grey squirrels, which were introduced in 1876 from North America, are larger than reds, out- compete them for food, breed more and have higher juvenile survival rates. They are also carriers of squirrel-pox, to which they are immune but which kills reds within 15 days of infection.

In England and Wales, the nonnative grey has pushed the red out of large areas. Scotland is home to 75per cent of the UK's remaining population, but here too red squirrel numbers have rapidly declined - there are 121,000 reds left here compared to more than 200,000 greys. Although most of the Highlands are grey-free, the Scottish Squirrel Survey in 2007 revealed reds were lost from the central belt and that greys were penetrating further, especially in the south-west; they are also found in Aberdeenshire, northern Perthshire and Angus.

Unless action is taken, supporters of the GBP1.3m project argue, the red is likely to disappear from mainland Scotland in 30 to 50 years. "The red squirrel is one of our most beautiful and valuable native species. Therefore its loss would be unforgivable, " says Mike Russell.

But not everyone agrees. The charity Advocates for Animals sees no justification for the cull, which is expected to result in the killing of thousands of greys. It opposes the culling of one species to protect another because "it is wrong to kill animals in the name of conservation" - but does not believe this project will have the desired effect anyway.

It has published the results of a poll showing that 34per cent of Scots support a grey squirrel cull, as opposed to 54per cent opposing it.

The charity's campaigns director, Ross Minett, says: "Habitat management and developing a vaccine to the squirrelpox virus are the most viable means of cherishing all our squirrels, red and grey."

Yet Stuart Brooks, director of conservation at the Scottish Wildlife Trust, says it is "disingenuous to say there are alternative solutions to saving the red squirrel". A vaccine is under development but it is "not around the corner".

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A MAN who supplied machine guns used in nine gangland murders was jailed for life yesterday - and the sentencing judge warned that the death toll caused by his weapons could rise still further.

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Self-taught gunsmith Grant Wilkinson, 34, was ordered to serve a minimum term of 11 years after a jury found him guilty of running a gun factory supplying lethal Mac-10 weapons to criminals.

He adapted blank-firing replicas into live-firing guns in a garden shed in Berkshire before they were sold on and used by criminals, including the gang that killed PC Sharon Beshenivsky in Bradford.

Judge Zoe Smith, passing sentence at Reading Crown Court, said: "The scale of this criminal enterprise is unprecedented in this country. Some 30 to 40 of these weapons are still unaccounted for, and regrettably, but doubtlessly, the roll call of death and serious injury will continue to rise."

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Wilkinson modified the weapons in the backyard of a derelict house which he rented out to tenants as a cover for his criminality. The guns have since been linked to 52 of the 58 Mac-10 shooting incidents since 2004, when he set up his factory.

Scotland Yard is offering pounds 10,000 for anyone with information leading to Fake Chanel the seizure of 40 Mac-10s which have still not been recovered.

Wilkinson was convicted of seven offences: conspiracy to convert imitation firearms; conspiracy to sell or transfer firearms; conspiracy to sell or transfer ammunition; two counts of possession of firearms with intent to endanger life and two counts of possession of ammunition with intent to endanger life.

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