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New stars are forming inside this giant cloud of dust and gas as seen in infrared light by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE. Sprawling across the constellation Vela is a complex of dark, dense clouds of dust and gas, difficult to detect with telescopes that see only visible light. The complex is called the Vela Molecular Cloud Ridge.
A 14-year-old Dutch girl who wants to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world has won a court's permission to attempt the voyage. The court in Middelburg lifted a guardianship order imposed last year, which placed Laura Dekker under the care of child protection services. Laura must complete the two-year trip before she turns 17 in September 2012 to break the record. Her mother has dropped her objections to the plan.
A 14-year-old Dutch girl who wants to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world has won a court's permission to attempt the voyage.
The court in Middelburg lifted a guardianship order imposed last year, which placed Laura Dekker under the care of child protection services.
Laura must complete the two-year trip before she turns 17 in September 2012 to break the record.
Her mother has dropped her objections to the plan.
A five-year-old Irish boy who was wrongly accused of stealing a bag of crisps has won 7,500 euros damages for defamation of character. The case, reported in the Irish Times on Wednesday, concerned Tadhg Mooney from Balbriggan in County Dublin. The court heard he was in a local branch of Lidl with his mother in June 2009 when a shop assistant grabbed his arm and made the accusation.
A five-year-old Irish boy who was wrongly accused of stealing a bag of crisps has won 7,500 euros damages for defamation of character.
The case, reported in the Irish Times on Wednesday, concerned Tadhg Mooney from Balbriggan in County Dublin.
The court heard he was in a local branch of Lidl with his mother in June 2009 when a shop assistant grabbed his arm and made the accusation.
It's a story of Zara Phillips, daughter of the Princess Royal (Windsor division). The difficulty comes in trying to work out where the logic broke down. Is it the Lesser Windsor who's nutty, the PR people she's employing, or the reporter reporting on what the latter had arranged for the former?
I suspect quite a few wires got crossed. You can't be me, I'm taken
She seemed at pains to explain that she was ill at ease in the fashion world. Hardly surprising given that she's a somebody who spends all their time stepping around horse-manure.
Equally we seem to miss the start of the conversation which ends with her comment that she's not a princess. Evidently the reporter is an idiot who doesn't understand how titles work. So right from the start you're feeling like you're missing a clue as to what this is about.
It's pretty poor journalism all in all keep to the Fen Causeway
