WELL, SOMETHING WAS MALIGNANT: After a Greenville, N.H., woman opened a sympathy card her husband's employer sent, she called the company to reveal the news: she wasn't dead. Over the roughly two years in which he'd told co-workers (but not her) about his wife's "battle with cancer," Scott Wellington, 31, received weeks of extra vacation time and thousands of dollars in donations. "We were extra sympathetic to this guy," said Dan Villemaire, president of C&M Machine Co. "My father, Paul, the CEO of this company, is a cancer survivor. This really pulled at our heartstrings." Wellington quit after his wife's supposed death, and has been charged with theft by deception -- his wife doesn't have cancer, and never did. (AC/New Hampshire Union Leader) ...Wellington's father predicts he'll ask for mercy because he's an orphan. RATTED OUT: Des Moines County Sheriff's deputies raided
the Bucktail Lounge in Danville, Iowa, after receiving a tip about illegal activities there, and sure enough found illegal gambling being sponsored by the owners. Patrons were betting on mouse races, officers say, with bets of at least a dollar per mouse per race. "We don't consider it gambling at all, it's just people having fun," said bar owner Scott Beach. "If you win, you win. If you lose, you lose." His wife, Jan, agrees: "It was to make some money for the bar and have some fun." Yep, Scott said, agreeing back: "Mouse racing is entertainment. It's not like they are getting ate, if you're a loser you die. Not like that at all." But investigators found numerous violations, including mouldy food and trash on the floor, and several charges are pending against the proprietors. (JW/WQAD-TV) ...Try hiring a bunch of strippers for "entertainment" and "fun" -- surely there can't be any pesky rules about that! SURREAL MONEY: "Liu Dali" (a pseudonym to protect his identity), a 54- year-old former prison guard, was jailed for three years for illegally petitioning the Chinese government to crack down on corruption. By day, Liu was forced to labor in the Jexi labor camp in northeast China, breaking rocks in coal mines, carving chopsticks and toothpicks out of planks of wood, and assembling car seat covers. But after hours, he had more work to do: "gold farming." Liu says prisoners are forced to build up credits in online games such as World of Warcraft, carrying out menial online tasks that build up small amounts of credit, then repeating it for 12 hours at a time. The credits are then sold to gamers overseas -- for real cash. "Prison bosses made more money forcing inmates to play games than they do forcing people to do manual labor," Liu says. "I heard them say they could earn 5,000-6,000 Chinese yuan [US$770-925] a day." (MS/London Guardian) ...Someone should petition the government to crack down on that.
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Capricorn 22nd December – 20th January Page of Pentacles. Care for yourself be gentle and take time, all you need to relax, enjoy your studies and interests that you care about. Small sums of money are coming to you to save not spend.
Aquarius 21st January – 18th February King of Pentacles. Use your skills in business this month and you wont go far wrong. Your health will be strong, your mind alert and you can finish any task you set yourself with ease. You will have the Midas touch. Success for you is guaranteed. Pisces 19th February. – 20th March Six of Swords. The need now is for a tranquil mind, as insight and understanding mean everything here. A serene smooth passage this month depends on you seeing and comprehending the way in which your pattern of life is working. News received now could cause tears to be shed. Aries 21st March – 20th April. Three of swords. Loss or heartache needs to be faced now, whether separation or the final stages of divorce. Healing can only start once an ultimate resolution has been reached. So please bear this in mind and do not be stubborn. Taurus 21st April – 21st May Death. Before you can have a new beginning, old things have to end. The time to understand the inevitability of change is here. Your destiny, your choices and your experiences are yours and no-one elses. Gemini 22nd May – June 21st The Hermit. It is seldom the things we want that turn out to be the best for us. Afraid of being alone again. Are you separated from family and friends by circumstances beyond your control. You can create your own future, believe it and start now today.
Cancer 22nd June – 22nd July Strength Rely on your inner strength, have faith, trust that you will overcome all that is in your way and prevents you from going forward, You have nothing to fear, think positively you can summon the Warrior Angel – Spiritual Strength to fight by your side. Your potential knows no bounds. Leo 23rd July – 23rd August Four of swords. A time for rest, silence and solitude, recovery and building up strength in preparation for the activities to come. Let the stresses and strains of daily life melt away. Relax, meditate and go within. Find that inner peace you are searching for..
Virgo 24th August – 22nd September The Emperor. We all have a hidden desire within us to meet and overcome every challenge but first you must learn to master yourself, before you can progress, conquer your faults and control your weaknesses, then you can reach your goals by the use of intelligence and reason. Libra 23rd September – 22nd October Two of Pentacles. Budget your finances this month, juggle and balance paying your bills. Not a time to hoard. Put your money to work for you then the rewards come because creative energy has been initiated. :
Scorpio 23rd October - 22nd November Queen of Pentacles August for you is the month to learn about your body, how to take care of it through diet and exercise. Discover your sensual nature, enjoy wearing clothes that make you feel good about yourself. Be generous to yourself a little bit or a lot of pampering and luxury. Go on you deserve it. Sagittarius 23rd November - 22nd December Queen of Wands. LOVE, Loyalty, warmth in all relationships. It is TRUE what you give out you get back tenfold this month Upliftment, uplifting and inspiring inspiration you are and you give to others.
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Guardian of the past Stereo grams Turn the page sideways clockwise and look at the image you should see a mystical guardian ? Can’t see it, heres some tips that might help The Pullback Get very close to the stereogram, and very, very slowly pull it away from you. At first you won't even be able to focus on the image... However, keep moving the image in and out, relaxing, and it will appear. Look at the Reflection You'll need to LOOK at something about twice the distance of the image. It turns out we have something that is almost always available that is the exact distance... your reflection. By looking at your reflection, this will help, if not put the book one side of a glass door enough to let you see your reflection.then... After looking at your eye, simply stop focusing on your eye, and try to see the image. Repeat, switching your focus from your eye to the image, and your reflection... and suddenly you will get it.
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Using the letter grid below, how many words can you find. - Each word must contain the letter in the middle ( so RISE is not allowed) - words must contain 3 or more letters (so ME is not allowed) - each letter can only be used as many times as it appears in the grid - no proper nouns , -There is as always a 9 letter conundrum. ( MORE THAN LAST AUGUST ? ) If you score more than 15 words well done
Across 1. Exactness (8) 5. Egg dish (6) 9. 3 wheeled vehicle (8) 10. False (6) 12. Occurring every third year (9) 13. Armada (5) 14. A-line line (4) 16. Helps (7) 19. Deliberately vague (7) 21. At the peak of (4) 24. Welsh dog (5) 25. Imaginative (9) 27. Involving financial matters (6) 28. Disrobe (8) 29. Not a borrower (6) 30. Avidness (8)
Down 1. Savvy (6) 2. Judge (6) 3. A synthetic silklike fabric (5) 4. It makes bones strong (7) 6. A public declaration of intentions (9) 7. Generous gifts (8) 8. Dissertation (8) 11. Supplication (4) 15. Get rid of (9) 17. Forgiving (8) 18. Fort (8) 20. Radiate (4) 21. Move forward (7) 22. Small (6) 23. A short break (6) 26. A synthetic fabric (5)
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Discover how to break a code: Every number in the codeword grid is 'code' for a letter of the alphabet. Thus the number '12' may correspond to the letter 'L', for instance. We have given you 3 letters, 13 = J, 17 =S & 19 = B Answers on page 70
1) Beethoven 2) 7 3) The loire 4) Imagine 5) Seaweed 6) Oliver Cromwell 7) Sir Benjamin Hall 8) May 9) 26 10) Copper Zinc
11) The Boston strangler 12) Parker 13) Australia 14) mt. olympus 15) Uruguay 16) 1965 17) Skylab 18) Somerset 19) Lazio 20) Lord nelson’s mistress
Codeword: 1=Y, 2=M, 3=P, 4=W, 5=Z, 6=R, 7=X, 8=E,
9=U, 10=T, 11=G, 12=F, 13=J, 14=L, 15=C, 16=Q, 17=S,
18=JD 19=B, 20=A, 21=I, 22=V, 23=N, 24=K, 25=O, 26=H,
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