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Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:50:00 GMT http://beibeiueb.spoonylife.com/man-killed-in-preston-crash-25118.html Man killed in Preston crash Lamp A 77-year-old woman has been taken to Royal Melbourne Hospital in aserious condition with multiple fractures and a man, aged in his80s, suffered serious head, leg and chest injuries, according to anAmbulance Victoria spokesman. The male was taken to Austin Hospital in a critical condition afterbeing treated at the scene. Bell Street is closed in both directions between Edwin Street andBanksia Street. Eastbound traffic along Bell Street is being diverted south alongWaterdale Road and then east along Banksia Street to Studley Roadand back on to Bell Street. Westbound traffic is being diverted into Studley Road and westalong Banksia Street, into Waterdale Road and back on to BellStreet. A police spokeswoman said the diversion were likely to remain untilabout 7pm in the traffic-heavy area. Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:49:00 GMT http://beibeiueb.spoonylife.com/local-news-lamp-oils-can-be-deadly-25117.html Local News: Lamp Oils Can Be Deadly Sunday, August 03, 2008 - 12:00 AM NEW JERSEY - Extreme caution is urged when using lamps, lanterns, or torchlights containing lamp oils. The staff at the New Jersey Poison Information and Education System(NJPIES) warns the public of the serious danger lamp oils poseespecially to young children. When accidentally taken by mouth,such lamp oils can enter the lungs causing pneumonia and evendeath. Recently, a 3 year old toddler needed immediate emergency roomattention for ingesting lamp oil. The child drank the oil from alamp left o­n the familys picnic table. According to BruceRuck, PharmD. of NJPIES, It is very important to recognize thatmany of the lamps containing these oils are not child-resistant andmust be kept away from children. When not in use, store the lampsand extra oils, the same way you would store any chemical - Lockthem up and keep them out of the reach of children. If you suspect a poisoning, call the poison control center forimmediate treatment advice as well as for prevention information.Call 1-800-222-1222, trained medical professionals will provide youwith the most up to date emergency treatment advice, and willanswer any drug or poison information question you may have. Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:49:00 GMT http://beibeiueb.spoonylife.com/shadow-lighting-your-interior-design-peter-buning-style-25116.html Shadow Lighting Your Interior Design, Peter Buning Style Shadows give depth to your interior design during the day and stealthe show at night. Shadows are mysterious, organic, architectural,romantic, fascinating... and they can add dimension and design toyour interiors without weighing them down. German designer Peter Buning loves shadows, and if you love themtoo, you will adore these lamps. There are three series of shadowlamps in his collection: Tripes, Virus and Sha-Do Lights. 1. Tripes Lights The three-pointed star became famous, legend has it, when Paul andAdolf Daimler, owners of Mercedes-Benz Inc., chose the star as asymbol for their company in honor of thier father. GottliebDaimler, the locomotion engineer, used the symbol of thethree-pointed star on his stationery. Peter Buning's Tripe Lights create magnificent shadows through thetiny carvings in a three-pointed ceiling or wall lamp. Here is alook at the lamp from an angled perspective.... Now, look at the some of the shadows it can create! The Tripes Light is made in two sizes, in a 6-inch diameter and a39-inch diameter. The radius of the shadow depends on the diameterof the lamp, the position of the lamp on the wall or floor, and thearchitectural variations in the light's environment. (The TripesLight comes in wall lamp and floor lamp designs.) 2. Virus Lights Pretty ball-shaped lamps, globes of living cells with a virus cellin the center cast honeycomb shadows in wider concentric circles asthey get progressively further from the lamps. The Virus Lights,each about 6 inches in diameter, can be used as table lamps orplaced directly on the floor. Various combinations will reflectdifferently. 3. Sha-Do Lights The Sha-Do Lights can cast up to nine feet of shadows across wallsor ceilings and, because you can adjust the size of the lamp shade,you can adjust the size of the shadows. The lamp shades areavailable in several patterns, all creating intricate designs.Adding one or two more lamps to the wall or ceiling make somereally interesting patterns. Here are three of the five patternscurrently available in Sha-Do Lights. The first photo of each pair is taken at an angle to the lamp,allowing you to see both the lamps and the shadows they create;following is a frontal view of the shadow. Sha-Do Lights: Pattern 1 Sha-Do Lights, Pattern 2 Sha-Do Lights, Pattern 5 Shadows are always a wonderful way to create a mysterious orromantic atmosphere in your home. With Peter Buning's lamps, youcan make shadows an intentional part of your interior design. For more information, see Buning's lighting website Here's another romantic idea: Fire Up Your Romance With A Portable Fireplace! Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:48:00 GMT http://beibeiueb.spoonylife.com/striped-lamp-animates-blah-room-25115.html Striped lamp animates blah room Sure your budget is tight these days. Isn't everyone's? But lessmoney doesn't mean your home has to look shabby minus the chic. An interesting table lamp or pair of lamps can add pizzazz to adated room. This Bulatan zebra lamp is 24 inches high and can help a room lookmore eclectic. The lamp sells for $45 at Pier 1 Imports,www.pier1.com. Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:47:00 GMT http://beibeiueb.spoonylife.com/sharp-to-introduce-six-new-led-down-light-lightings-brightness-...-25114.html Sharp to Introduce Six New LED Down light Lightings; Brightness ... The model DL-D007N Transparent Panel, Neutral White Down light Lighting delivers a brightness of 1,400 lumens, the highest in theindustry and equivalent in intensity to a 150-watt incandescent lamp. This unit can be used as main lights even in commercialfacilities with high ceilings. The complete line-up combines two types of LED with different emission color temperatures (neutralwhite and warm white) and two types of cover panels (transparentand translucent white) in lightings having equivalent lightintensities of either 150 or 100 watts. Neutral white LEDs cangenerate bright lighting for factory or office entrances, warmwhite LEDs can provide relaxed lighting for hotel lobbies and such,and translucent white cover panels are ideal for use in hospitalsand other venues where overly bright lighting must be avoided.Users can select from a total of six models according toapplication and installation location. Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:46:00 GMT http://beibeiueb.spoonylife.com/taiwans-energy-policy-gives-energy-saving-lamps-a-boost-25113.html Taiwan`s Energy Policy Gives Energy Saving Lamps a Boost Taipei, Aug. 5, 2008 (CENS)--Taiwan government`senergy-conservation policy will give a big boost to the island`senergy-saving lamp industry, in which many manufacturers haveplanned to begin volume production or sheer shipment some time thisquarter. The Executive Yuan, Taiwan`s Cabinet, recently announced it wouldreplace all the island`s incandescent-type traffic lights with LED(light emitting diode) lamps in three years, and replace all theincandescent lamps currently serving throughout the island withenergy-saving lamps in four years. Industry watchers estimate local lamp-makers including ChinaElectrical Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Delta Electronics Inc., Lite-OnIT Corp., Topco Technologies Corp. and Willypower Optronics Corp.to be the primary beneficiaries of the energy policy. They believe energy-saving lamps will first see businessopportunities generated by the policy, which they say will fuelmassive use of the lamps. China Electrical, currently Taiwan`s No.1lamp maker, pointed out that the government policy would bringabout huge market potential for energy-saving lighting fixtures andT5 fluorescent tubes. The uses of LED lamps, they added, wouldfurther help reduce energy consumption and CO2-gas emission. In line with the policy, the lamp maker plans to branch intoproduction of T5 lamps using its cold cathode fluorescent lamp(CCFL) technology. An automated production line calling forNT$300-400 million (US$10-13 million at US$1:NT$30) is on thedrawing board. Industry watchers estimate energy-saving lamps to be one of ChinaElectrical`s major revenue earners this year. Lite-On has acquired Philips` patented technology for makingenergy-saving lamps and entered into alliance with the heavyweightlamp maker to produce the lamps by becoming its contract supplier. Lite-On has delivered its lamps to major customers includingPhilips for verifications. The company`s factory in Zhenjiang ofthe mainland Chinese province of Jiangsu will begin volumeproduction of the lamps in September and its factory in Indonesia,whose output capacity is much bigger, will enter into volumeproduction in July next year. Meanwhile, Taiwanese industry watchers project the LED market totake off when LED starts entering into roadway lights and householdlights in a big way. They think that LED has lower penetration inroadway-light market than in traffic-light market. They estimatelocal LED roadway-light industry to begin producing results onlywhen all the lights on the island are changed to LED types. Theyadd LED can make foray into household-lighting market only when thelamp`s price runs close to that of energy-saving lamp. (by Ken Liu) Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:46:00 GMT http://beibeiueb.spoonylife.com/superior-lamp-inc.-wins-prestigious-torch-award-from-the-better-...-25112.html Superior Lamp Inc. Wins Prestigious Torch Award from the Better ... Superior Lamp Inc. is very proud to have been nominated andselected for this prestigious award as it exemplifies theirtireless pursuit of excellence in customer service, qualityexcellence, environmental awareness, and energy-efficient lightingproducts. Since 1977, Superior Lamp Inc. has maintained thereputation as an industry leader for unparalleled quality andinnovation in industrial lighting equipment across North Americafor their extensive line of lighting products. They produce a widerange of lighting solutions in all sizes for every industrialapplication including fluorescent, incandescent, metal halide,mercury vapor, high-pressure sodium lighting, and lighting ballastsengineered to last fifty years and longer. Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:45:00 GMT http://beibeiueb.spoonylife.com/arrest-made-in-death-of-18-year-old-cyclist-23499.html Arrest made in death of 18-year-old cyclist Carpet Arnel Ulep Abuluyan was arrested at 2:30 p.m. yesterday onsuspicion of failure to render aid in the death of Aldridge, 18.Abuluyan was being held at the main police station cellblock. Police seized a white GMC Savannah van with front-end damage ownedby Abbey Carpet et Floors from Kuroda Auto Body in Waipi'o asevidence. Abuluyan is employed by the carpet company. Police said a tip led to the arrest. Last night, Abuluyan's family said that he is single and lives athome at the 'Oliana Street address with his mother and a sister. Arnel Abuluyan came to Hawai'i from the Philippines in 1983, hissister Evelyn said. She lives in San Jose, Calif., and is inHawai'i visiting, she said. "I was a little shook," when the police came and arrested him, shesaid late last night. His sister Verlita said that Arnel Abuluyan works for Abbey Carpetinstalling carpet. His sister Evelyn said he drives a white van forthe company. Aldridge was riding his bicycle home after work along KamehamehaHighway near the Dole Plantation when a speeding vehicle veeredonto the shoulder and struck him at around 1:35 a.m. A passing motorist spotted Aldridge in the grass next to thehighway and contacted authorities. The young man was first taken to Wahiawa General Hospital incritical condition. He was later transferred to The Queen's Medical Center, where hedied at around 5 a.m. Aldridge's death led to an outpouring of community reaction, with areward offered for information leading to an arrest and a fundcreated to assist the family. After the wreck, Aldridge's family and police put out a publicappeal for information into the incident. Police issued a description of a suspect vehicle, but it was saidto be a red GMC truck with lights on top. Memorial service A memorial service for Aldridge, who wanted to attend college inGermany and become an entrepreneur, was held Tuesday at SchofieldBarracks. Burial was to be in Jeffersonville, Ind. A Leilehua High School graduate, Aldridge was described by friendsand family as fun-loving and outgoing. His father, Army Staff Sgt.David Aldridge, said his friends nicknamed his son "McLovin'." Many who knew the younger Aldridge expressed shock and sorrow thatthe young man's life ended suddenly just as it was set to take off. Struck riding home The manager of a Burger King restaurant where Aldridge had beenemployed for several months as a food service worker said Aldridgeworked the 4 to 10:30 p.m. shift, and then would ride his bicycleto the Helemano Military Reservation where his family lived on APono Court. The elder Aldridge, who has been deployed twice to Iraq, was on anArmy training mission in Texas when his son was struck and killed. He returned home early the next day to be with his wife, Susanne,and the couple's 3-year-old daughter, Destiny. Attempts to reach him last night were unsuccessful. Reach Kelli Miura at 535-2467 or kmmiura@honoluluadvertiser .com. Reach Rod Ohira at rohira@honoluluadvertiser.com and John Windrow at jwindrow@honoluluadvertiser.com . Mon, 04 Aug 2008 05:03:00 GMT http://beibeiueb.spoonylife.com/green-carpet-welcome-for-migratory-birds-23497.html Green carpet welcome for migratory birds Green carpet welcome for migratory birds Monday August 4 2008 02:11 IST V Krithiga | ENS Get a 30% discount on Calls to India. Trees have been planted outside every home in Thiruppadaimarudur village TIRUNELVELI: Thiruppadaimarudur has an ongoing love affair, onethat keeps touching new heights. This tiny hamlet, about 30 km offTirunelveli, receives thousands of migratory birds from Asian andEast European countries and villagers go out of their way to makethem feel welcome. There are about 300 families in the hamlet and all have plantedsaplings in front of their houses to provide shelter to the birds.Over 75 species of birds come calling each year and they have beenvisiting the village for breeding for the last 10 years. A majority of the birds arrive by December end and fly away by Juneor July. Some of the special bird varieties seen here are the painted stork,darter, black ibis, white ibis, purple heron, grey heron, cattleegret, spot billed pelican, spot billed duck and pheasant tailedjagna. Murugaiah, a farmer, says, Every year the number of birds visitingour village increases. Saplings have been planted in front of allthe houses to accommodate them. Thiruppadaimarudur Panchayat president S Gomu says, These birdsare like family members. Fearing that crackers would disturb thebirds, we have prohibited bursting of crackers in our village. Bird watcher Narambu says, If a baby bird falls from a tree, theyinform me immediately. You dont get so much cooperation from anyother village. The villagers want to build upon their initiative. They have sent aproposal to the district administration for construction of anartificial tank. A villager said, Birds have to go to a nearbytank to catch fish. A tank in the village would help. Forest Ranger, Social Forestry, P Loganadhan said, For the lasteight years, we have planted trees in over 12 hectares (over 8,000trees). Recently, the villagers asked us for saplings and weobliged. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 05:02:00 GMT http://beibeiueb.spoonylife.com/postal-workers-to-get-red-carpet-treatment-23495.html Postal Workers To Get Red Carpet Treatment Carpet 03 August 2008 by Steve Lawson -© Hellmail.co.uk Fatigue at work can be due to many things, but Correos, the Spanishpostal operator, is to make fundamental changes to mail centreswhich it says will improve staff health and improve productivity. After succesful trials last year, Correos is to introduce new floorsurfaces designed to reduce fatigue and make tasks that necessitatestanding for long periods, more comfortable. It had been recognisedthat hard floors were a problem for many workers and the newsurfaces reduce vibration as well as insulating employees from thecold. Seating and tables are also to be replaced where possible,with more ergonomic designs. The introduction of better equipmentis also likely to improve conditions for Correos employees. Over the next five months, most key mail centres will benefit fromimproved flooring including those at Valencia, Oviedo, Tenerife,Vitoria, Bilbao, Barcelona, Seville, Valladolid, Malaga, Santiago,Granada, Saragossa, the Balearics, Merida, Alicante, and Madrid. © Hellmail.co.uk (03 August 2008) Hellmail content is covered by copyright and may not be reproducedwithout a return link to the article. Articles can be E-mailed to a friend and you can get a printableversion of the article. More Global Postal News Mon, 04 Aug 2008 05:02:00 GMT http://beibeiueb.spoonylife.com/iran-annual-handmade-carpet-exports-hit-4m-sqm-23492.html Iran annual handmade carpet exports hit 4m sqm Carpet Tehran: 20:11 2008/08/03 Print version Email this to a friend Iran"s annual handmade carpet exports hit 4m sqm TEHRAN, Aug. 3 (MNA) Iran annually exports over 4 millionsquare meters of carpet to the world, Iran National Carpet Center(INCC) director said here on Sunday. The main destinations of Iran"s handmade carpets are the U.S.,Europe, Persian Gulf countries, Japan, China, and Russia, MortezaFaraji said to IRNA. These carpets are mainly weaved in West and East Azarbiajan,Khorasan, Fars, and Chahar Mahal Bakhtiari provinces. Morteza Faraji also stated that the INCC plans to hold a carpetexhibition in late August. SAt least 70 handmade carpet merchants and buyers from 35American, European and Asian countries are expected to attend thisexhibition. The 17th Persian Handmade Carpet Grand Exhibition will be held fromAug. 22 to 28 at the permanent fairgrounds of Tehran. RVA/MRK END MNA Mon, 04 Aug 2008 05:01:00 GMT http://beibeiueb.spoonylife.com/inside-macau-red-carpet-treatment-for-privileged-paula-23490.html Inside Macau: Red-carpet treatment for privileged Paula Carpet Team Radcliffe are on their way to join Britain's band of happycampers on an island more used to accommodating sybarites thansporting types. When Paula, husband and coach Gary, daughter Isla,mum, dad and personal physio fly into Macau today she will find herteam-mates on the last leg of their pre-Games preparations. Butsome may wonder if she is being afforded special treatment by beingallowed to having her entire entourage with her as she attempts towin her fitness race against a stress fracture and compete in themarathon. Dave Collins, the UK Athletics performance director,insists he has no qualms about this, or that if necessary Radcliffewill be given until the eve of the race to claim a place. "Withproven performance comes privilege," he says, "and Paula is anexceptionally talented athlete who should be given everyopportunity to do what she feels is best for herself. If you askedAlex Ferguson I'm sure he'd give one of his star players right upto the kick-off to try and pass a fitness test. When you have anathlete of her quality this has to be the case." Dream on as United States seek redemption No doubt who are the highest rollers in Macau. Overshadowing thepresence of the Beijing-bound Brits are sport's biggest earners,the basketball giants of America's Dream Team, warming up here forMission Redemption. Four years ago in Athens the NBA superstars,lacking interest and motivation, were embarrassed with only abronze medal but now the new dreamers, spearheaded by Kobe Bryant,promise to atone. The fervour here for sell-out matches againstTurkey and Lithuania leaves no doubt what will be the biggestattraction in basketball-besotted China. Wiggins in pole position as flag-bearer It is odds-on a cyclist or sailor being the flag-bearer when theBritish team of 313 march into the Bird's Nest Stadium on Fridayevening, those being potentially the most productive sports as faras medals are concerned. For those fancying a flutter in one of themany casinos which dominate the Macau skyline, the smart moneywould be on Bradley Wiggins, Chris Hoy or Ben Ainslie. Of thattrio, Wiggins seems favourite. The 28-year-old Londoner, abrilliant mimic who is popular with fellow athletes, pedalled tothree golds in the previous World Championships and took amemorable collection of gold, silver and bronze from Athens. He istipped to win three more golds in Beijing, which would put himclose to Sir Steve Redgrave as an Olympic medallion man. Testing time for Boris and the China watchers A hundred British spies are heading for Beijing this week, briefedto watch every move the Chinese make. These are all members ofSebastian Coe's 2012 team, whose mission is to compile a dossier onhow London can avoid being put in the shade by what will be themost stupendous Olympic production ever. Travelling with them willbe London's mayor, Boris Johnson, who will be centre stage at theclosing ceremony and, according to Coe, has been undergoing "someserious aerobic conditioning". Coe says: "We've had a series ofcoaches training him to wave the flag six times." Joking apart, these archers can be Britain's golden shots With inevitable references to Robin Hood, it is just as wellBritain's archers, in form and on target for a team gold, have asense of humour. Cumbrian carpenter Alan Wills says his home club,Sellafield, have only a handful of members yet regularly produce anarray of champions. "It must be something in the water." insidelines@independent.co.uk Interesting? Click here to explore further Mon, 04 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://beibeiueb.spoonylife.com/carpet-tycoon-sells-his-house-for-67m-but-still-loses-a-pile-23488.html Carpet tycoon sells his house for 67m but still loses a pile Carpet This one is of me being smuggled away by my minders . . . TONY and Cherie Blair were never knowingly under-photgraphed whileon holiday when they were in power. Now their daughter Kathryn seems to have gone a lititle far evenfor her publicity-hungry parents. She has apparently been postingdetails of family holidays on her profile page on the Facebooknetworking website. The shindigs disclosed on Kathryn's page, no longer visible on theinternet, include a meeting with Chelsea football team and a tripby Tony, Cherie, Kathryn and two of her brothers to the holidayisland of Penang, Malaysia, last week. Other snaps include Kathryn living it up at Chequers. Presumablythey were taken before Gordon Brown took up residence. You'd think one Keith Vaz was enough for anybody Should it not be against the law to impersonate Keith Acolleague of mine called the outspoken Labour MP for Leicester Eastlast week on his mobile phone, and a man who claimed he was Vazsaid he couldn't speak as he was "jumping up and downon the wife". MPs should note that this excuse cuts no ice with our reporters,because our man aware that Vaz is a bit of a character pressed ahead with an inquiry about knife crime. He wasslightly surprised at the reply. "Knife the f*****s! Knifethe f*****s!" said Vaz. The real Vaz, it seems, has a new mobile phone number. But thisraises the question: is the country really ready for two of KeithVaz? Can the home secretary do nothing to end this menace? Happiness is a cigar called Winston a snip at £11each You can smoke them on the beaches, and you can just about stillsmoke them in the fields and in the streets. But with Britain undersiege from the health Nazis, is this really the best time to belaunching a new range of Winston Churchill cigars? Showing the family's typical bulldog spirit, the wartimeleader's grandson, the former Tory MP Winston Churchill, hasnamed the new cigars after places associated with his grandfather including Blenheim, Chequers and No 10. "Retailers have told me that people who would normally buy atthe bottom end of the market want to push the boat out if theycould buy a Churchill," he says. "I think my grandfather would have liked that. The cigar wascertainly one of his principal props." A box of 25 Blenheims will set you back £275. All you have todo then is find somewhere comfortable you're allowed tosmoke. Good work, Charles, but we saw how you got here It was typically courageous of the Prince of Wales to visit theSuffolk resort of Southwold last week, despite the obvious dangerof seeing Gordon Brown in a pair of tight Speedo trunks. The princeapparently bought some seaweed, as you do, and enjoyed a pint ofthe local brewery's new carbon-neutral beer. It was an example to us all of how we can enjoy a summer break while still thinking of the environment. Or it would have been, apart from one small point he arrived by helicopter. After the Sexual Health Independent Advisory Group (SHIAG),here's another unfortunate acronym from the Crown Prosecution Service Capability Review Action Planning. LITTLE BRITAIN Today we launch a new reader service: Jim Naughtie's Questionof the Week. Here's what the Today presenter asked the EU commissioner Peter Mandelson on Wednesday: "Do you think that the mechanism of the WTO this vast round, a kind of Rubik's cube in which all kinds of parallel negotiations have to be sorted out to get a comprehensive deal is still the way to do it; with the emerging economies pursuing their own interests, with the US unable to come to a deal with China and India, for example, on a way into their markets; can it work onthat model, given the way the world is? Could he have meant: "Is the World Trade Organisation justtoo complicated for the modern world, or what?" Good news for Liberal Democrats thinking of a holiday on the Greekisland of Poros. First, it's okay to wear sandals withoutembarrassment. Second, there is a taverna that boasts:"Everything we serve is without conservatives." Lord Harris, the Tory peer, has just sold his house in London for£67m. Four years ago he turned down an offer of £100m.Harris, who made his money in carpets, not property, is a directorof Arsenal FC but says that the reason he declined RomanAbramovich's offer was nothing to do with sporting rivalry: "Weweren't interested in selling four years ago." An arthritic tortoise who couldn't walk has been saved by acobbler who made him special leather boots. "I was pleasedthe owners came to me," said Trevor Adams, of TraditionalShoe Repairs, in Haverfordwest. "They said they knew I had agood reputation for shoe repairs but wanted me to do somethingabout their tortoise. "He's going great guns across the patio now. When hisshell gets heavier, I'll make him a set of wheels." Benthe tortoise was recently discovered to be female, but is stiller ferred to as "he". The owner, who did not want to be named, said: "We' vebeen calling him a ‘he' for 28 years. It's a bitawkward changing now." Western Mail A woman stabbed her partner to death because she did not want to move to Wolverhampton, a court heard. The Sun Drinkers have been sneaking onto the wards of Homerton universityhospital and stealing the alcohol-based hand gel used to fight thespread of deadly diseases. Bottles of the gel have even beensnatched from the ends of patients' beds. Police believe thethieves are diluting the gel with orange juice and cola. Hackney Gazette Send your observations to atticus@sunday-times.co.uk Mon, 04 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://beibeiueb.spoonylife.com/carpet-tycoon-sells-his-house-for-67m-but-still-loses-a-pile-23487.html Carpet tycoon sells his house for 67m but still loses a pile Carpet This one is of me being smuggled away by my minders . . . TONY and Cherie Blair were never knowingly under-photgraphed whileon holiday when they were in power. Now their daughter Kathryn seems to have gone a lititle far evenfor her publicity-hungry parents. She has apparently been postingdetails of family holidays on her profile page on the Facebooknetworking website. The shindigs disclosed on Kathryn's page, no longer visible on theinternet, include a meeting with Chelsea football team and a tripby Tony, Cherie, Kathryn and two of her brothers to the holidayisland of Penang, Malaysia, last week. Other snaps include Kathryn living it up at Chequers. Presumablythey were taken before Gordon Brown took up residence. You'd think one Keith Vaz was enough for anybody Should it not be against the law to impersonate Keith Acolleague of mine called the outspoken Labour MP for Leicester Eastlast week on his mobile phone, and a man who claimed he was Vazsaid he couldn't speak as he was "jumping up and downon the wife". MPs should note that this excuse cuts no ice with our reporters,because our man aware that Vaz is a bit of a character pressed ahead with an inquiry about knife crime. He wasslightly surprised at the reply. "Knife the f*****s! Knifethe f*****s!" said Vaz. The real Vaz, it seems, has a new mobile phone number. But thisraises the question: is the country really ready for two of KeithVaz? Can the home secretary do nothing to end this menace? Happiness is a cigar called Winston a snip at £11each You can smoke them on the beaches, and you can just about stillsmoke them in the fields and in the streets. But with Britain undersiege from the health Nazis, is this really the best time to belaunching a new range of Winston Churchill cigars? Showing the family's typical bulldog spirit, the wartimeleader's grandson, the former Tory MP Winston Churchill, hasnamed the new cigars after places associated with his grandfather including Blenheim, Chequers and No 10. "Retailers have told me that people who would normally buy atthe bottom end of the market want to push the boat out if theycould buy a Churchill," he says. "I think my grandfather would have liked that. The cigar wascertainly one of his principal props." A box of 25 Blenheims will set you back £275. All you have todo then is find somewhere comfortable you're allowed tosmoke. Good work, Charles, but we saw how you got here It was typically courageous of the Prince of Wales to visit theSuffolk resort of Southwold last week, despite the obvious dangerof seeing Gordon Brown in a pair of tight Speedo trunks. The princeapparently bought some seaweed, as you do, and enjoyed a pint ofthe local brewery's new carbon-neutral beer. It was an example to us all of how we can enjoy a summer break while still thinking of the environment. Or it would have been, apart from one small point he arrived by helicopter. After the Sexual Health Independent Advisory Group (SHIAG),here's another unfortunate acronym from the Crown Prosecution Service Capability Review Action Planning. LITTLE BRITAIN Today we launch a new reader service: Jim Naughtie's Questionof the Week. Here's what the Today presenter asked the EU commissioner Peter Mandelson on Wednesday: "Do you think that the mechanism of the WTO this vast round, a kind of Rubik's cube in which all kinds of parallel negotiations have to be sorted out to get a comprehensive deal is still the way to do it; with the emerging economies pursuing their own interests, with the US unable to come to a deal with China and India, for example, on a way into their markets; can it work onthat model, given the way the world is? Could he have meant: "Is the World Trade Organisation justtoo complicated for the modern world, or what?" Good news for Liberal Democrats thinking of a holiday on the Greekisland of Poros. First, it's okay to wear sandals withoutembarrassment. Second, there is a taverna that boasts:"Everything we serve is without conservatives." Lord Harris, the Tory peer, has just sold his house in London for£67m. Four years ago he turned down an offer of £100m.Harris, who made his money in carpets, not property, is a directorof Arsenal FC but says that the reason he declined RomanAbramovich's offer was nothing to do with sporting rivalry: "Weweren't interested in selling four years ago." An arthritic tortoise who couldn't walk has been saved by acobbler who made him special leather boots. "I was pleasedthe owners came to me," said Trevor Adams, of TraditionalShoe Repairs, in Haverfordwest. "They said they knew I had agood reputation for shoe repairs but wanted me to do somethingabout their tortoise. "He's going great guns across the patio now. When hisshell gets heavier, I'll make him a set of wheels." Benthe tortoise was recently discovered to be female, but is stiller ferred to as "he". The owner, who did not want to be named, said: "We' vebeen calling him a ‘he' for 28 years. It's a bitawkward changing now." Western Mail A woman stabbed her partner to death because she did not want to move to Wolverhampton, a court heard. The Sun Drinkers have been sneaking onto the wards of Homerton universityhospital and stealing the alcohol-based hand gel used to fight thespread of deadly diseases. Bottles of the gel have even beensnatched from the ends of patients' beds. Police believe thethieves are diluting the gel with orange juice and cola. Hackney Gazette Send your observations to atticus@sunday-times.co.uk Mon, 04 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT