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...being a dead soldier’s wife.”“It’s different to me.”“Well not to me! You’ve been holed up this whole time but I’ve been going to town. I’ve heard how the Northerners talk.”“They talk about me?”“They talk whatever they want. They don’t care about gossiping right in the open. I’m trying to keep...
...order has three ranks: chevalier, officier, and commandeur. After Ost’s knighting, the 60 attendees, which included close friends and family as well as local officials, sampled the French truffles and pastries which Ost and his culinary team had prepared for dessert. Born in the Alsatian town of Strasbourg, Ost cooked in kitchens around the world before he finally decided to settle down and make his home in Boston. In 1996, Ost first opened Sandrine’s Bistro, named for his daughter, after a stint as the executive chef of Le Meridien Boston, a restaurant...
Muhajiriya, Sudan, the site of massacres in 2007, is in flames once again. In this South Darfur town, more than 30,000 people have been uprooted from their homes. New York Times columnist Nick Kristof has cited reports that the Sudanese government has resumed the lethal trifecta of aerial bombardment, Janjaweed militia attacks, and ground invasion that prompted the American government to deem the Darfur conflict a genocide in 2004. Yet, at this moment, a confluence of several independent events may produce a resolution that was not possible before...
...Gardener Brendan Sokaluk was reportedly seen sitting on the roof of his house at Churchill about 75 miles (120 km) east of Melbourne watching the flames tear into the hills above his town on Feb. 7. Five days later the 39-year-old, who had unsuccessfully tried several times to join the local fire brigade, was charged with arson causing death, lighting a bushfire and possession of child pornography...
...there has been plenty of blame to go around. Residents of the tiny town of Kinglake, where dozens died, filed a class action lawsuit against an electric utility that allegedly operated a power line that snapped in the heat, sending off sparks that may have started one of the fires. Environmentalists have also been criticized for lobbying against the clearing of trees near homes and the use of controlled burns to reduce underbrush. (Read "How to Survive a Disaster...