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Maxi Bader buys a house and loses it all at 19
TEARS glisten in Maxi Bader's clear green eyes as she looks around the dream home she moved into only hours before floodwater ravaged it.
Today it sits empty.
But in the 19-year-old's mind she can see herself last Thursday, organising the new, matching furniture she had lovingly hand-picked for each inch of the Elphinstone St, Rockhampton, house.
After four years of saving up for a deposit for her very own home, the Biloela girl achieved that dream five months ago. Four months later and she paid off up to $20,000 worth of new furniture.
And at midday on Thursday she called her mum Karen, who still lives in Biloela, excitedly describing each piece of furniture and her dinner plans for her first guests.
But on Thursday night she saw her dreams sinking in brown, muddied floodwater and debris.
Her next phone call to her mum caused Karen to jump in her car with Maxi's younger brother and his girlfriend and immediately make the three-hour drive to Rockhampton.
When flash flooding submerged two nearby gullies on Rockhampton's second wettest day on record it gushed into Maxi's home.
The house is not in the Q100 and is not set to go under during floods, so Maxi had no warning.
Like many people across the region, ex-tropical Cyclone Oswald caught Maxi unawares.
When water first began rising from the torrential rain Maxi rushed to Mitre 10 to buy a shovel and sandbags, hoping to dig a drain to divert the water away from her house.
By the time Maxi returned home the water was so high and running so fast it almost knocked her off her feet and it later dinted her garage door. But she refused to leave her new home.
Wading out into her front yard, alone and with no one in Rockhampton to call on, the young girl screamed for help. Maxi's neighbour yelled at her to get out of the water.
But the Biloela girl who had worked two jobs at one point to save up to buy her own home and own car wouldn't leave without a fight.
Neighbours, strangers and old family friends turned up at Maxi's home to help her remove everything they could.
By the time Karen arrived Maxi was emotionally spent.
Maxi collapsed and couldn't stop crying.
It was only her fourth time in the house that had become a sanctuary from her job working on the Miles to Curtis Island gas pipeline.
Maxi works 28 days straight, then has a nine day break.
Now, she's not sure if she feels safe enough to stay in the house for even one of her days off.
But after being raised by a single mum who built their family home with her own hands and the help of a builder over three years, Maxi had been taught better than to let floodwater keep her down.
"My mum had to start from scratch and I didn't want to be like that," Maxi said.
"I always wanted to be financially secure."
Despite it all, she can now see the humour through her pain.
Maxi knows she's one-of-a-kind - even if it's for the wrong reason.
"No one else can say 'I bought a house and lost it at 19'," Maxi joked.
"I've given up a lot of my social life, it's just backfired. But I think I'd be bored any other way. The house keeps giving me projects - I just don't like what it's given me."
Maxi's plan to study veterinary science this year is up in the air and she's on antibiotics after a cut on her foot became infected by floodwater.
An assessor also told her and Karen on Wednesday that everything under 1.2m had to be removed and replaced - that means the entire bathroom and kitchen.
She will also have to rebuild her fence and completely re-do her new yard.
Maxi had partially insured the house, but as she had just received her furniture she had not had time to organise contents insurance.
But when it comes to Maxi - nothing's over until she says it is.
"It will be all right," she said. "I'll fix it - I'll save up again."
The family is discussing building a retaining wall around the house, but said they would have to speak with neighbours because they don't want the water to be funnelled into their yards.


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Dr. Phil is on a mission to keep women from being battered. His slogan is "End the Silence On Domestic Violence." But I recently watched him counsel a woman whose boyfriend punched, choked, and kicked her. Dr. Phil told her she wasn't to be blamed for the violence, nothing she said or did was wrong…. Read More ›

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Femi Kuti Live at the Afrika Shrine
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The New Afrika Shrine closed by the police
The New Afrika Shrine in Lagos was built and operated by Femi and Yeni Anikulapo Kuti, the eldest son and daughter of cultural icon, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, who built the original Shrine in the seventies, which endured until shortly after his death in 1997 when it, too, was forcibly closed by the Nigerian authorities. The new Shrine was forcibly closed down last week by the authorities who gave less than 24 hours notice and claimed "noise nuisance, illegal street trading, indiscriminate parking, blocking of access roads and obstruction of traffic" as their justification.
Both the old and new Shrines were much more than just music venues. They were a refuge for the underpriviledged and acted as a focal point for dissent and thus became a hindrance to the authority of the ruling elite. Fela used the stage to launch eloquently savage diatribes against the corruption and mismanagement that was rife in Nigeria, one of the world's leading oil producing countries, and was a hero to millions for the acid, non-compromising social commentary in his lyrics. In the 70's and 80's people flocked to the Shrine to hear Fela's latest protest against the country's leaders and enjoy the powerful music and performance by Fela and his band hosted by the Kalakuta Republic, ruled by Fela who called himself the Black President.
Fela paid the price of his rebellion by being constantly harassed, arrested (over 200 times) and beaten by the police, but this did not diminish the force of his attacks over time.
Following his death and the forced closure of his beloved Shrine, Femi and Yeni resolved to re-build an even bigger venue on a nearby site and used their share of income from the global sale of Fela's albums with which to do so.
They were determined to maintain their Father's legacy and considered the heritage of shelter, support and advocacy as being the most valuable contributions they could make towards the development and creation of a united and democratic African republic. According to authorities, the venue has been permanently closed, but a petition to re-open the site will be forwarded to Nigeria's Minister of Culture.
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Watch highlights from the BAFTA Scotland New Talent Awards 2013 which recognises and rewards outstanding new practitioners in Scotland's moving image industries.
The BAFTA Scotland New Talent Awards took place on Thursday 21 March at Glasgow's Òran Mór. Muriel Gray made a welcome return as the 2013 Awards host and as usual, her incredible energy, wit and enthusiasm went down a storm.


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At Close Range
First-time lawyers before the Supreme Court invariably comment about the close distance between their lectern and the justices' bench. How close? For Zackery Morazzini, California's Supervising Deputy Attorney General and the state's advocate in this morning's oral argument in Schwarzenegger v. Electronic Merchants Association, this close:
For half an hour, at least six justices appeared to be engaging in their own first-person shooter games, each directing his or her barrel down at Morazzini's argument that ultra-violent videogames are not protected by the First Amendment. And Morazzini was asking the Court to adopt an unprecedented expansion of its obscenity doctrine beyond its sex-based bounds, putting him so snugly within the justices' sights that they didn't even have to take aim to score their fatal shots.
Justice Antonin Scalia pursued Morazzini as if the lawyer had kidnapped the justice's brother. Like any game that can trace its roots back to Wolfenstein 3D–the father of first-person shooters–Scalia's pursuit featured increased firepower with every deadly blow. His first line of questions merely exposed the difficulty in cabining the principle behind California's laws just to video games, setting up Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan each to empty their revolvers: are Grimm's fairy tales too violent? Comic books? Movies? Rap Music? Bugs Bunny?
From sight unseen leapt Justice Stephen G. Breyer with a flak jacket for Morazzini. If the shooters wanted a line drawn, he'd draw them a line: if the virtual gore is too violent for an 18-year-old, then it's too violent for all minors, period.
But Breyer's suggestion came just as Scalia and company were upgrading their weaponry. Kagan stalked Morazzini into a corner, forcing him to admit that juries are responsible for determining what is and isn't too violent for minors. At this suggestion, Scalia brings out the shotgun: Cold Steel Originalism. With almost caricatured irascibility, Scalia said, "You are asking us to create a — a whole new prohibition which the American people never – never ratified when they ratified the First Amendment."
At that point, Justice Samuel A. Alito attempted a diversion. "Well," he said, "I think what Justice Scalia wants to know is what James Madison thought about about video games." But the two conservative justices will have to save their internecine peppershot over the limits of originalism for the footnotes of this case's ultimate opinions: pushing through the audience's laughter–and we all know laughter heals lawyers' bleeding, bullet-riddled craniums–Scalia insisted, "No, I want to know what James Madison thought about violence."
Morazzini wasn't destined to survive this onslaught. Not with Sotomayor pointing a double-barrel point-blank at him, tersely demanding specific dates for specific statutes banning speech. When he had no answer, he might as well have slumped down, lifeless, his skull fragments piercing the wooden bench before him. Instead, Justices Scalia, Sotomayor, Kagan, and Ginsburg spent the remains of Morazzini's time gleefully smearing themselves in his splattered bits of brain.
Chief Justice John G. Roberts stayed out of the game for nearly all of Morazzini's argument. But when Paul Smith of Jenner & Block stepped forward to argue against the California statute, the Chief pressed play. Roberts wrote last term's 8-1 opinion in United States v. Stevens, in which the Court refused to create a First Amendment carve-out for depictions of animal cruelty. The Chief made clear today, however, that a child's interactive destruction of virtual human life is far more nefarious than videos of real pit bulls mauling the jaws off of real wild hogs.
To make his point, the Chief lodged an entire clip of heavy metal deep into Smith's argument that there is no American tradition of legally shielding children from violent expression.
Graphic violence. There is a difference. We do not have a tradition in this country of telling children they should watch people actively hitting schoolgirls over the head with a shovel so they'll beg with mercy, being merciless and decapitating them, shooting people in the leg so they fall down. I'm reading from the district court description: Pour gasoline over them, set them on fire and urinate on them. We do not have a tradition in this country. We protect children from that. We don't actively expose them to that.
With Scalia, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, and Kagan sitting in gore-phoriac stupors from the first half-hour, Alito and Breyer grabbed the weapons and ran at Smith. Alito first took another shot at Scalia's originalism, then moved on, his voice thick with sarcasm, to "clarify" Smith's position:
And you say there is no problem because 16-year-olds in California never have $50 available to go buy a video game, and because they never have TVs in their room and their parents are always home watching what they — they do with their video games, and the parents — and the video games have features that allow parents to block access to — to block the playing of violent video games, which can't be overcome by a computer-savvy California 16-year-old, that's why there is no problem, right?
Breyer then charged ahead, framing the issue not as one of creating a new category of expression unprotected by the First Amendment, but rather as one of traditional First Amendment analysis, in which the restriction on speech must be narrowly tailored to meet a compelling state interest. Breyer's bayonet caught Smith off-guard and soon Alito and Roberts were stabbing away. Even Sotomayor, now roused, poked at Smith a bit, but her pokes largely served to startle Smith into a tactical concession so that he could return to his stronger defenses.
Ultimately, however, it was Justice Anthony M. Kennedy who lit the match that may, one day, burn this whole damn grindhouse to the ground. The Court's obscenity jurisprudence, upon which California's chances live or die, has no place in the First Amendment, however unprotected appeals to the prurient interest may have been in America's more puritanical past. And Kennedy today took the Court's first steps towards an outright rejection of its obscenity doctrine since Justices Hugo Black and William O. Douglas originally warred against its formulation fifty years ago.
The transcript, however, robs Kennedy of his intent so evident to those who watched him on the prowl this morning. For instance, a reader could believe that Kennedy meant to endorse California's law by repeatedly asking questions such as, "Why shouldn't violence be treated the same as obscenity?" But these questions were couched in his broader observations that "the Court struggled for many, many years and to some extent is still struggling with obscenity." These are words of condemnation, not of endorsement. They recognize that Roth's edifice has rotted, if it wasn't rotten from the very start. And if California succeeds in housing its law in a rotten hellhole, so be it: sooner or later, the Court will make ashes of it all.
But Kennedy's overtures will be left for another year, if any obscenity case ever manages to climb high enough to reach the Court. Today, all that mattered was that more justices killed more of California's law than they did its challengers.
Indeed, that Morazzini managed to reassemble his skull and its contents for his rebuttal only gave Sotomayor more ammo with which to re-splatter his brains all over the Chief Justice. Said Sotomayor:
So what happens when the character gets maimed, head chopped off and immediately after it happens they spring back to life and they continue their battle. Is that covered by your act? Because they haven't been maimed and killed forever. Just temporarily.
Just temporarily is right. Until the Court brings obscenity within the First Amendment's protections, these cases will continue, like zombies and vampires, to rise from the dead, hungry to devour our brains and suck our blood even as we empty them of theirs over and over and over again.
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Bravo! Best post to date.
I read the transcript, and you did clear up a lot with regards to Kennedy. At first, it looked like he was saying sex and violence should be treated the same (though he did raise vagueness questions when grilling Morazzini), but apparently, he is willing to go the Black/Douglas route on obscenity. Unfortunately, I don't see the rest of the Court agreeing here. Do you think he'll write a concurrence, or join the majority?
Another interesting observation is that we didn't get a peep out of Thomas during either side's arguments. Any predictions on which way he'll go?
Another interesting observation is that we didn't get a peep out of Thomas during either side's arguments.
He almost never speaks. He says it's a habit he developed as a child in school (he grew up speaking Getchee/Gulllah, a sort of creole of English plus African languages, learned standard English later, and was mocked for his nonstandard diction), and that if he remains silent, almost always everything he wants addressed is addressed. He kind of views oral argument as theater; so does Justice Scalia, I feel, but Professor Scalia enjoys it.
Any predictions on which way he'll go?
Thomas is pretty pro-First Amendment. He had a concurrence in Fox v. FCC where he said that the entire FCC regulation of obscenity on broadcast TV and radio (Pacifica and Red Lion cases) was unConstitutional.
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If you have never heard of bio-printing, or find it a very distant topic, here is your chance to know it better. Mr Fan Mingwei, Co-founder and Director of Bio3D Technologies (first bio-printing company in Singapore and one of the few in the world presently) will be showing one of their bioprinters and explain what is bio-printing at the Singapore Mini Maker Faire this weekend. Mingwei learnt about the Singapore Mini Maker Faire through a discussion at the Science Centre previously and he thought it might be a good idea to showcase this relatively new technology to Singaporeans. This would be the first time that he will be showcasing a real bioprinter at such a public event, and will even do some simple demonstrations. We are indeed honoured!
As this would be Mingwei's first time participation at the Singapore Mini Maker Faire, he shared that he is looking forward to lots of fun and excitement learning about new and interesting works by different makers. He found it exciting that such a trend is picking up in Singapore and he hopes to see more people and organisation engaged in such a movement.
It would definitely be a rare occasion that one can see a real bioprinter and learn how it works. Don't miss this opportunity this weekend at the Singapore Mini Maker Faire that will be held at Senja-Cashew CC!


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Inspiration Monday: Julianne Moore's Hair
So I finally got around to watching Tom Ford's A Single Man last night. I know, I am a year overdue on this, and there was a Netflix queue mistake that involved another movie called A Serious Maninvolved. This was worth the wait; I cannot believe I did not see it sooner. The sets are absolute perfection.
The movie takes place in L.A. in 1962 (that makes it about two years behind the current season of Mad Men – I think I am completely stuck on Sixties period sets right now). From the college classrooms where smoking is permitted to the bank safe deposit room, each set is stunning. I loved the contrast between Colin Firth's Mid-Century Modern glass house and Julianne Moore's Hollywood Regency house a few doors down. As set after set blew my mind, the most brilliant one was Julianne Moore's living room. Obviously, this room was planned around her hair. I'm not even kidding. It had to be. Every single shade from root to tip was represented and complimented in this lush regency room. Not since The Royal Tennenbaums have I seen such obsessive-compulsive attention to detail, or attention to matching hair to wardrobe and sets. Enough jibber jabber, let me go take some pictures of my telly screen and share with you…
The pillows, the shag carpet, oh, and their black and white costumes make them stand out against the palette in the living room and not be swallowed up by all of the shades of oranges, gold, ambers and apricots – there is one black and white painting in there that plays off them. It's just so brilliant I can't even stand it. Bravo!
I'll try to insert the gallery below, I'm also wild over her Chinoiserie dressing area and ikat headboard, turquoise rotary phone and nightstand lamps.


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Marquette University's slogan is "Be the Difference." Jerel McNeal was the difference tonight during #24 Marquette's 67-54 win over Seton Hall. Throughout the Golden Eagles' season, Jerel has been the difference.
Jerel poured in 21 point on 7-of-15 shooting from the field, grabbed 9 boards while making huge offense plays down the stretch. He scored on a big-time spin move into the lane to ignite Marquette's decisive run and push his team to 2-2 all-time in Big East tournament play.
Jerel spearheaded the stifling of Big East second-leading scorer Brian Laing. The Marquette guard's fearless slashing into the lane set the tone for the rest of the team. They followed Jerel's gritty play and gained a 21 rebound advantage over Seton Hall.
Although Dominic James stole the show late in the game by forcing three big turnovers, Jerel makes the Marquette engine go. Many say that if Jerel played during Marquette's first-round exit in last year's NCAA tournament, the outcome would have been drastically different. And I tend to agree. Plus, I hate Drew Neitzel.
If Jerel can bring his consistent fire and fearless game up through these coming Big East and Big Dance tournament games, the Golden Eagles will soar. Fire it up, Marquette.


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4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Most horrific crime: Less than two years after mass murders on the Virginia Tech campus, Chinese grad student Xin Yang, 22, is decapitated January 21 in the cafe at the Graduate Life Center where she lived by Haiyang Zhu, 25, a Chinese doctoral student.
Biggest shift in Charlottesville law enforcement: Sheriff Cornelia Johnson announces her retirement January 21 after serving three terms and taking her place in local history as the city's first female and first black elected sheriff.
Quickest candidacy announcements: Albemarle police Officer James E. Brown III throws his hat into the ring January 22 and Charlottesville Sheriff's Office Captian Michael Baird announces January 23 he's running in the November election.
Quickest break from the party line: Newly sworn-in 5th District Congressman Tom Perriello votes January 22 against releasing $350 billion in bailout money that was approved by Congress last fall and for more accountability in how that money is used.
Biggest change of heart: Albemarle Board of Supervisors Chair David Slutzky decides not to challenge four-term incumbent Delegate Rob Bell after threatening last fall to "kick his a** out."
Biggest religious discrimination suit: Greene County pastor Jeffery King files suit against Cardinal Health Inc. January 7 claiming the company fired him when he refused to work Sundays and contacted the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Tasha Kates has the story in the Progress.
Saddest loss for UVA: Revered Dean of Admissions Jack Blackburn, 67, dies January 21. He was known for making the university a more diverse place, and for pushing hard for AccessUVA, which guarantees financial support to applicants who don't have the money and are accepted at UVA.
Saddest loss for Live Arts: Longtime contributor Joe Barker, partner of artistic director John Gibson, dies January 25.
Twentieth largest endowment: UVA's for the fifth straight year, according to the National Association of College and University Business Officers. The university reported its endowment at $5.1 billion June 30; between July and November, it lost more than $1 billion.
Lowest electric bill: Albemarle County, which is looking at a $4.9-million budget shortfall, saves an estimated $103,875 on its utility bill in 2008 and reduces carbon emissions by 425 tons, according to a release.
Most torched cars: Police say two vehicles were deliberately set on fire the evening of January 20– one on Madison Lane and one on Prospect Avenue.
Biggest incentive: Charlottesville tries to lure 79 school system employees to retire by offering a bonus up to $6,000
Biggest local layoffs: Biotage sends its 50 jobs to Cardiff, Wales, following up-the-road neighbor G.E. Fanuc's layoff of around 50 people.
Most unusual job news: Video Gaming Technologies in Ruckersville gets some gaming business and will be adding 60 jobs, the DP reports.
Latest carnal knowledge case: Waynesborean Cassandra Mays Mawyer, 28, is charged with having sex with 13- and 14-year-old boys, the News-Virginian reports.
Latest gig for former sheriff Ed Robb: A new Investigation Discovery channel series, "Undercover," that aired January 27 features the exploits of Robb when he was an FBI agent in the 1988 Pizza Connection II operation. Bryan McKenzie has the story in the Progress.
Beeriest: A "Virginia Is Also for Beer Lovers" travel piece in the Washington Post covers the plethora of local area breweries: Starr Hill, South Street, Blue Mountain Brewery in Afton, and Devils Backbone Brewing Company in Roseland.
Biggest screen: The Paramount offers up its 25' by 45' screen to V.I.P. members to watch the Super Bowl in HD February 1 for free– and will allow beer and chips in the theater.
Correction: The channel running the series that featured Ed Robb's work has been corrected.


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Praise be to Allah.Praise be to Allaah.
Khula' is not regarded as a talaaq even if the word talaaq is used, according to the more correct opinion.
This may be explained as follows:
If khula' takes place without using the word talaaq, and is not intended as a talaaq, then it is an annulment (of the marriage contract) according to a number of scholars. This is the view of al-Shaafa'i in his old madhhab, and it is the view of the Hanbalis. The fact that it is an annulment means that it is not counted as a talaaq. The one who separated from his wife by khula' twice may go back to her with a new marriage contract, and it is not counted as a talaaq at all.
An example of that is if the husband said, "I separated from my wife by khula' in return for such-and-such an amount of money" or "I annulled her marriage in return for such and such."
But if the khula' involved the word talaaq, such as saying "I divorce (talaqtu) my wife in return for such-and-such an amount of money", then it is a talaaq according to the majority of scholars. See al-Mawsoo'ah al-Fiqhiyyah (19/237).
Some of the scholars are of the view that this is also an annulment and is not counted as a talaaq, even if the word talaaq is used. This was narrated from Ibn 'Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with him) and was the view favoured by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah, who said: It is the stated view of Imam Ahmad and his oldest companions.
See: al-Insaaf (8/393).
Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: But the more correct view is that khula' is not talaaq, even if the actual word talaaq is used. This is indicated by the Holy Qur'aan. Allaah, may He be glorified and exalted, said (interpretation of the meaning):
"The divorce is twice, after that, either you retain her on reasonable terms or release her with kindness"
[al-Baqarah 2:229]
i.e., within the first two times, either keep her or let her go, it is up to you.
"And it is not lawful for you (men) to take back (from your wives) any of your Mahr (bridal-money given by the husband to his wife at the time of marriage) which you have given them, except when both parties fear that they would be unable to keep the limits ordained by Allaah (e.g. to deal with each other on a fair basis). Then if you fear that they would not be able to keep the limits ordained by Allaah, then there is no sin on either of them if she gives back (the Mahr or a part of it) for her Al-Khul' (divorce)"
[al-Baqarah 2:229]
So this is a separation on the basis of giving back (all or part of the mahr). Then Allaah, may He be glorified and exalted, says:
"And if he has divorced her (the third time), then she is not lawful unto him thereafter until she has married another husband"
[al-Baqarah 2:230].
If we count khula' as a talaaq, then these words "And if he has divorced her" would refer to a fourth talaaq, and this is contrary to scholarly consensus. The words "If he has divorced her" mean a third divorce, "then she is not lawful unto him thereafter until she has married another husband"
The evidence in the verse is clear. Hence Ibn 'Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with him) was of the view that any separation in which compensation is paid is khula' and not talaaq, even if the word talaaq is used. This is the correct view. End quote from al-Sharh al-Mumti' (12/467-470).
And he (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:
Every wording that points to a separation in return for compensation is khula', even if the word talaaq is used, such as saying for example, "I divorce (talaqtu) my wife in return for compensation of one thousand riyals." We say: this is khula', and this is what was narrated from Ibn 'Abbaas (may Allaah have mercy on him), that everything in which compensation is involved is not talaaq. 'Abd-Allaah ibn al-Imam Ahmad said: My father thought the same about khula' as Ibn 'Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with him) did, i.e., it is an annulment, no matter what wording is used, and it does not count as a talaaq.
An important issue stems from this: if a man divorces his wife (talaaq) on two separate occasions, then khula' takes place using the word talaaq, then according to the view of those who say that khula' using the word talaaq counts as talaaq, she is irrevocably divorced from him, and she is not permissible for him until she has been married to someone else. According to the view of those who say that khula' is an annulment even if the word talaaq is used, she becomes permissible for him with a new marriage contract even during the 'iddah. This view is more correct. But nevertheless we advise those who write down the khula' not to use the word talaaq when recording it, rather they should say "he separated from his wife by khula' in return for compensation of such and such value", because most judges in our country, and I think even in other countries, believe that if khula' occurs using the word talaaq, it is counted as talaaq, and this may be detrimental to the woman, because if it is a final talaaq she will become irrevocably divorced, and if it is not the final talaaq it will still be counted against him. End quote from al-Sharh al-Mumti' (12/450).
Based on this, if you want to go back to your husband, then it is essential to have a new marriage contract and no talaaq is counted against you.
And Allaah knows best.
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The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. Thoreau, Walden
"I'm not going, Stenny."
At ten o'clock on a June Wednesday, I sat on the wood deck of my childhood sky castle. My bare legs dangled in the coolness-kissed night air. I had hooked one arm around the railing for safety – not because I was afraid of falling, but because holding on seemed like the smart thing to do.
I stared into the darkness. I'd never given much thought to how high thirty feet was. Kingsway was visible through the branches of the nearby trees even though acres separated me from my home. The branches swayed in the wind, and a pink-white glimmer from the desk light in Dad's office winked at me.
Was Dad still working, still trying to sort out what he had called a misunderstanding?
Beside me, his shoulder brushing mine as he moved, Stenny pried a splinter from the railing. He set the piece of wood aflame and dropped the burning sliver over the edge.
I leaned forward, peering at the streak of light. I counted under my breath, calculating how long the flame would take to land on the mat of leaves beneath the tree house. Would the splinter start a fire? Would the sharp little spike impale an ant, flambéing a life that neither of us could see or even imagine? Did ants wander around at night? Why was I thinking about the lives of ants when everything in my own life had gone so wrong?
"Why not, Van?"
The flaming splinter landed, spluttered, and went out. The breeze that had extinguished the flame carried the scent of Stenny's body spray, a citrusy, almost girlish fragrance he layered on so thickly the mosquitoes were avoiding him. I should have thanked him for wearing the spray, since the mosquitoes weren't landing on me either, though they buzzed all around. But the overpowering scent made me want to sneeze.
Stenny shifted to face me. "Why don't you want to go?"
He was close enough to kiss, the way we had inside the tree house before worry took over again and I had wriggled away from him and come out onto the deck. His face was a pale white smudge in the moonless night, and I couldn't make out his expression. Could he really be so dense that he had to ask why I couldn't go to France with him?
No, he had an IQ in the genius range, and stupid wasn't a word I'd ever use to describe him.
"You know why not." I turned back to Kingsway, to the light shining in the window of Dad's office. The memory of how he'd looked earlier that afternoon – pale, shaky, and trying not to vomit – haunted me. "I have to be here for Dad."
"Why? What can you do for him here that you can't do in France? We're not traveling to Mars. You could call him every day. Besides, your mom's here for him. She's not going anywhere. Come on. Be practical."
"Now isn't the time for being practical. Dad needs me."
"I need you." He put an arm around my shoulders and pulled me close.
I leaned against him. For a brilliant geek who reeked of girly citrus fragrance, he was solid, not soft at all.
"We've been planning our trip all year, Van. I got tickets and reservations and everything."
"I know."
I was pretty sure he'd asked his father's assistant to make the actual travel plans for what he called our "gap summer," the three months between high school graduation and our first semester as freshmen at Harvard. Still, even if he hadn't done any of the work himself, he was excited about going, just the two of us exploring a place some people called the city of love. He wanted this summer to be our special time.
I wanted a special time for us too. But my life had changed. Didn't he understand how much my life had changed?
"I can't go away now. Calling Dad is not the same as being here."
"Almost the same." Stenny's tone edged toward sulky. His arm loosened around me. "Maybe better. Over there you wouldn't have to deal with the journalists and the photographers."
"Are they still out front?"
The shouting, jostling throng at the gated entrance to Summerpath that afternoon had bristled with microphones, cameras, recorders and rude questions. I was grateful for our community's harried guards, who were keeping them at bay and away from the residents. Away from my pale, shaken father.
"Yeah. There's even more than when the FBI came this morning." Stenny chuckled. "I counted. I think they're breeding."
On a different night, I would have laughed too. Tonight, I couldn't. Having the Federal Bureau of Investigation knock on the front door sucked the joy right out of a day. I rested my head against Stenny. His heart beat with the same pulse as the buzzing of the mosquitoes and the chirping of the bugs living among the tree leaves.
I looked at the big house where I'd grown up. From here, my life seemed storybook perfect. I wished I could sit here forever.
I said, "If the attention gets too overwhelming, I'll move into the tree house."
Stenny snorted. "Sure you will."
"I could. I could be…I don't know, like Thoreau at Walden." The idea held a lot of appeal. Living alone in the woods sounded so independent.
"This isn't the eighteen hundreds. You can't live in the woods on your own like Henry Thoreau did. You'd have to have permits or licenses." Stenny's tone was impatient. "Besides, if you'd actually done the work on that paper you turned in for Honors Lit, you'd know what Thoreau wrote in his book. He was trying to find something, not run away from something."
"I did the work. Part of the work, anyway. And I'm not running away. I'd be having an adventure."
"Forget that idea. You're not the outdoors type." He paused. When he spoke again, his tone no longer carried an edge. "Seriously, is the money a problem? I mean, I know the FBI probably took everything your dad has, but the main stuff is paid for, and I have enough allowance to cover whatever else we want to do."
I stiffened. He was making assumptions, both about me and about my dad. Or was he? Had the FBI taken Dad's money? I didn't know.
"The money isn't the reason I changed my mind. I told you, I want to be here for Dad. Having to face these lies is really hard on him."
Stenny was quiet, and I relaxed against him again. Was he trying to imagine what my dad was going through? A lot of our friends thought Stenny had a computer in place of a heart, but I knew a side of him no one else did. He was probably thinking of how my determination to stay with my dad proved my loyalty. Stenny appreciated loyalty. That was one reason why he loved me.
"Are you sure they're all lies, Van?"
I jerked back. "How could you even ask that question? Dad never cheated anyone in his life."
He shrugged, the movement almost imperceptible in the darkness. That little shrug stabbed into my heart the way I'd imagined the splinter impaling an ant. I scrambled up, stomped into the tree house, grabbed my sneakers, and jammed them onto my feet. My hands shook, and I couldn't tie the laces. I left them undone, stalked out to the deck, and glared at Stenny.
His shoulders hunched into his turtle look. He got that drawn-into himself expression whenever he was trying to think of what to say or how to fix whatever he'd already said that had turned out to be wrong.
Let him figure out what he'd done all by himself. This time I wasn't going to rescue him.
I went to the stairs that spiraled around the tree and jogged down, circling the thick trunk, one hand trailing along the polished railing.
Stenny clomped behind me.
I picked up speed and took the steps two at a time, feeling dizzy, and too hurt and angry to care. When I got to the bottom, I dashed across the clearing to the narrow path leading to Kingsway.
Stenny caught up with me at the edge of the woods. He grabbed my arm and pulled me to a stop. "I'm sorry, Van. For whatever I did."
His cluelessness hurt almost as much as his doubt. Maybe he did have a computer for a heart. "Are you really sorry? Or do you just think you ought to be?"
"I meant the FBI doesn't usually make mistakes."
"My. Dad. Never. Cheated. Anyone." I ground the words out and wrenched my arm away from him, growing hot on a fresh spurt of anger. "If you think he could, you don't know him at all. And if you think I'd leave him to face these lies by himself, you don't know me either."
"That's not true. I do know you."
"Go away, Stenny. Go to France for your precious gap summer and don't worry about me or my dad." I whirled from him, breaking into a run as I plunged into the woods.
He called my name. I refused to answer. My pulse pounded in my ears as I ran, headlong, through the darkness, away from him – and away from Kingsway, away from Dad's anguish, away from the unwanted spark of fear that Stenny might be right.
No, he was wrong. Wrong.
I tripped over my shoelace, fell to my knees. A stick jabbed into my leg. I started to cry, partly from the pain, partly because Stenny didn't understand me at all, and partly for Dad.
A branch cracked behind me and leaves rustled. I scrambled to my feet.
Stenny had come after me! He really did love me, enough to follow me, and…
Pete Hawthorn stepped out of the woods, holding a flashlight. The backglow lit his face, which was drawn into the frown he wore lately whenever he saw me, and his mouth turned down into a scowl. "Don't you have any sense at all, Dandy-Vandy?"
I should have known Stenny wouldn't traipse through the woods searching for me. Running through the dark wasn't his style. He'd use his phone.
My own phone, tucked in the pocket of my shorts, burst into the first bars of Boyfriend. I ignored the noise and poked a finger at Pete's chest. "Quit calling me that. Don't you have better things to do than skulk around the woods in the dark? Like maybe going to work?"
"I took the night off." He peered at me. "Why are you crying?"
"None of your business!" Then, as his words sank in, I asked, "Why'd you take the night off? Is Gus okay?"
"Gramps is the same as he always is." Pete slid the button on the flashlight and the bulb dimmed. "I stayed home because we heard the news about your dad. We're going to help, in whatever way we can." His voice barely carried across the small space between us, the words and tone sincere.
"That means a lot. Thanks. Tell Gus thanks too."
"Yeah." Pete turned the flashlight on bright again and waved it in a searching arc. "Where's the jerk-off? He leave you alone out here?"
My gratitude evaporated like dew off grass. I planted my hands on my hips as my phone played Boyfriend again. "Stenny's not a jerk-off, and he's probably at the tree house, where I left him."
"How nice to know he'll stay where you tell him to. At least you won't need to put a leash on him when the two of you are wandering around France." Pete narrowed his eyes. "The woods are really dark, Dandy-Vandy, in case you haven't noticed. Do you have a flashlight? Or am I gonna have to walk you home?"
I didn't need him to babysit me. I opened my mouth to say so, and then reconsidered as the sounds of the night surged around me. He was right. The darkness crackled with noises I hadn't paid much attention to during my rush to get away from the hurt of Stenny's doubt. The air seemed ominous too, full of a sickly-sweet odor, a combination of gasoline, motor oil, and damp dirt. The mix stunk the way I imagined zombies – or worse, vampires – would.
"Thanks, Pete. That's a good idea."
"I have them occasionally." He gestured with the flashlight. "The path's this way."
We strode along single file without speaking. The dry leaves crackled beneath our feet and the occasional haunting cry of a bird shredded the air.
"Nightingale," Pete said.
We reached the end of the path, coming out of the woods behind a row of bushes fencing Kingsway's open lawn. A line of solar lights illuminated the back yard, glowing against the pool cabana and the house's white walls beyond – big, ornate…and home.
I smiled despite my worries. "I love how pretty our house is at night."
Pete shut the flashlight off. "I'll send you pictures while you're enjoying your European adventure with the jerk-off."
I was turning to him when a man carrying a portable video camera dashed across the lawn. I gasped. "He's headed for the house! I have to warn Dad."
"Call him." Pete lifted his own phone. "And get down so that guy doesn't see you. I'll contact security. They'll take him off the property."
I yanked out my phone and sank onto the soft ground. My fingers shook as I punched speed dial for Dad's cell. Pete dropped down beside me as I waited for Dad to answer. I half-listened to what Pete was saying to Summerpath's security service while the horrifying scene in front of us unfolded.
The man with the camera approached the enclosed pool. The camera clicked and whirred as he aimed the lens first at the screened cabana and then at the main house.
Pete ended his call. "The guards'll be here in a minute," he whispered in my ear. "Did you tell your dad to stay inside until they get this guy?"
My call went to voice mail. "He's not answering!"
I sprang to my feet. The guy with the video camera swung around.
Pete grabbed my arm and yanked me back behind the bushes. "Stay down! Call the landline in your dad's office. Maybe he'll answer that. I'll call Gramps. He'll know what to do."
He punched another number into his phone. I raised my phone, and then lowered it as three security guards raced around the side of the house and yelled, "Freeze!"
The cameraman threw his hands up, still clutching his camera.
Pete finished talking with his grandfather and peered through the branches of the shrubbery. "I'm glad you're going away with the jerk-off. This is not the place you want to be this summer."
"Stenny's not a jerk-off. And I'm not going away with him."
"Not going? Are you crazy? Those reporters will make your life miserable."
"Dad needs me." I gestured at the cameraman the guards were hauling off. "This proves I have to stay here."
"You mean this proves you can't stay here."
"Yes, I can. If things get too bad, I'll move into the tree house. I think living like Thoreau did at Walden will be fun."
"Sure. Tons of fun," Pete said, in the same tone Stenny had used when I had told him my idea.
I lifted my chin. "I think so."
He snorted, another exact imitation of Stenny. "Dandy-Vandy in a tree house. That's a real stretch." He shook his head. "Forget that idea. You'll be a lot safer going away with the jerk-off."
"I'm perfectly capable of living in the tree house." I jumped to my feet. "Thanks for your help. Why don't you go dump your lousy advice on somebody who needs it?"
I pushed through the bushes and stomped across the grass to Kingsway. I was in the middle of the back lawn when the deafening roar of a helicopter swooping low made me duck. Harsh white light scattered the darkness, drowning out the glow from the solar lamps. I raised my arms to shield my face from the glare. The round red logo of the local television news station on the side of the helicopter glared down at me like an angry eye. I froze.
"Come on, Van!" Stenny shouted. "Run for the cabana!"
He tugged at me. My muscles loosened and I sprinted across the grass, holding his hand, as the helicopter light tracked us. By the time we reached the sheltering pool enclosure, my heart was pounding.
I let go of Stenny's hand and swiped the sweat off my forehead.
Stenny was breathing hard too. He looked out through the screen. The helicopter hovered a few more moments, the spotlight jabbing through the air like a bony finger, and then swooped away toward the front of Kingsway in the same direction the security guards had taken the trespassing reporter.
"You all right?" Stenny asked.
"You're hurt?" He caught my shoulder. "Did you get hurt?"
"I'm not hurt. I'm just shaky and scared."
"Yeah, that was pretty scary. I'm glad you're okay." He puffed out a breath, half snort, half chuckle. "I've never been chased by a helicopter before. What took you so long to get through the woods? Why didn't you answer your phone?"
"I was talking to Pete." I checked the yard. Nothing moved in the area lit by the solar lamps or the darker place near the woods where Pete and I had crouched behind the shrubs while hiding from the reporter. "I hope Pete's all right."
"Don't waste your time worrying about that loser."
"He's not a loser." I crossed my arms. "What is with you guys?"
Stenny shrugged. "I don't like losers. Pete will never amount to anything. He'll end up mowing lawns like his Grandpa Gus."
"There's nothing wrong with mowing lawns. And Gus is practically part of our family."
"I know." Stenny bent to poke the pool water, sending shimmering waves skimming across the surface. "The setup is weird, don't you think? I mean, Gus isn't your family. So why did your dad build a cottage on the property for him to live in after the loser showed up?"
I had no idea. Gus had lived in town and worked days as our groundskeeper when I was little. He'd moved into the newly-built caretaker's cottage after Pete's mom and dad were killed in an auto accident when Pete was seven, and they'd lived there ever since. I couldn't imagine not having them around.
"Because Dad enjoys helping people. He's a good person, no matter what you think of him." A light flicked on in the kitchen. "I better get inside. If Dad heard that commotion, he'll be worried."
Stenny caught my arm. "I'm sorry for what I said before. If your dad says he didn't do any of the stuff everyone's tweeting about, that's good enough for me."
I turned to him. The gleam of light from the solar lamps softened his features, and he looked like the boy who had stood beside my desk on the first day of grade school and said, "I'm Carsten Valencia Junior."
He had said his name proudly, as if everyone should recognize him. Most of the kids had – except for me.
He'd added, "You're wearing a Valencia designer dress from my dad's summer collection."
Stuck up, I'd thought. I'd changed my mind when he said, "Can we be friends?"
Our first meeting hardly seemed that long ago.
"Thank you, Stenny," I said now. "I needed to hear you say that." I brushed my fingers across his cheek.
He caught my hand and placed his lips against my palm. "I want to be with you this summer. Please come to France with me."
I wanted to, wanted to so badly I had to struggle to speak. "I can't. I…I just can't."
His shoulders slumped. "I figured you'd say that. Once you make up your mind, you never change it. Arguing makes you more determined."
"You do know me, don't you?" To keep the kiss he'd placed in my palm safe, I wrapped my fingers tight, then pressed his kiss to my heart and reached up to place my own kiss on his lips. For a few wonderful seconds, the world retreated, and we were alone, cocooned in each other. "I love you, Stenny."
Before he could answer, my phone beeped. I read the text from Mom.
Where R U?
I tilted the screen so Stenny could see. "I have to go."
"Yeah, me too." He pulled his own phone out and showed me the text from his dad. Where R U? "Parental minds think alike."
I laughed, and we stepped out of the cabana and walked hand in hand across the lawn.
"Don't move!" a voice behind us growled. "I have a gun and I'm an excellent shot."
Stenny froze.
I squeezed Stenny's hand and said, "Please don't shoot us, Gus."
"Oh, geez, Vandy, I'm sorry." Gus lowered the gun as I turned. "I heard your voices and thought you were more of those damned reporters."
"Were you really going to shoot?" Stenny said.
Gus grinned, his teeth very white in the darkness. "Don't be ridunkulous, boy. Of course I was."
Stenny swallowed and pulled his hand away from mine. "Listen, Van, I have to get home. You'll go inside now?"
I nodded and glanced at Gus. "Would you give Stenny a ride home, Gus? I'm worried about the reporters."
"No need," Stenny said. "I'll be fine."
"My pleasure." Gus cradled the gun over his forearm. "Come on, boy. If we see anyone who's not supposed to be here, I'll take care of 'em!"
They crossed the yard. A few seconds later, the electric cart Gus used to patrol the property whirred into life, and the boxy white vehicle zipped away down the path. I hurried to the back door of the house. As I keyed the code into the digital lock, my parents' voices came clearly through the window.
Dad's tone was soothing. "We'll be okay, Dana."
"I know," Mom said. "We'll get through this horribleness together. I just wish Vandy would answer my text. Did Gus know where she is?"
"No, but when I called, he said he and Pete were checking the property. If she's here, they'll find her. Stop fretting. She's a big girl."
"She's not quite all grown up yet, Armstrong, no matter what you think. She's only seventeen, and she's led a very sheltered life. With everything that's happened today, I have good reason to worry. Where is she?"
"I'm right here." I pushed open the door and walked inside. The brightly lit kitchen was spotlessly immaculate, the way Martha left it every night when she finished her housekeeping work and went home.
"Finally! Where have you been?" Mom hurried to give me a hug.
"Stenny and I were trying to stay out of sight." I hugged her back.
Mom glanced out the door, into the yard. "Where is Stenny?"
"Gus is taking him home in the cart. I was afraid the reporters would spot him. They're everywhere." I nudged the door shut with my foot. "Did you see the one filming the house?"
"Filming the house! This is awful." Mom released me and stepped back. "I feel like we're under siege."
"The ruckus will be over soon enough." Dad leaned against the counter, his arms crossed.
My gaze went to the window behind him. The plantation blinds were drawn, for what was probably the first time since we'd lived in Kingsway. Was Dad more worried than he wanted us to think?
Dad winked at me. "I'm glad you're home, Princess."
I crossed the kitchen to give him a hug, and he squeezed me as if he might never let go.
"I'm glad you're here too," Mom said. "We need to talk about what happened today."
Dad looked straight at me. "The first fact you need to know is that I'm innocent."
"You don't have to tell me. I know you're innocent."
He drew me closer. "Thanks. You're the best."
His words left me more certain than ever I'd made the right decision about staying home instead of going to France with Stenny. "I need to tell you guys something too."
"Oh?" Mom's eyes widened. "What? What happened?"
"Nothing! I mean, nothing bad! I have good news. I swear."
Dad would think so, anyway. He'd be happy about my choice. He always went along with what I wanted, and this time what I wanted was what he needed. I was less sure about Mom, especially after the sheltered life remark.
"We could use some good news." Dad smiled at me, and then glanced down as his phone rang. He checked the caller identification and raised a finger. "Hold that thought. I have to take this. Business call."
I nodded. His business always came first.
He said into the phone, "Let me call you right back on the land line. I don't know if this one is secure." He disconnected. "I'll be a while, Princess. Why don't you tell your mom the good news? She can fill me in later."
"No! I mean, that's all right, Dad. I can wait until you're finished."
He paused on his way out the door. "Are you sure?"
I had to tell them my plan when they were together. Dad was a lot better at convincing Mom than I was.
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Parasitología latinoamericana
versión On-line ISSN 0717-7712
Parasitol. latinoam. v.62 n.3-4 Santiago dic. 2007
Parasitol Latinoam 62:165 -169, 2007 FLAP
The community of gastrointestinal helminths in the housemouse, Mus musculus, in Santiago, Chile.
CARLOS A. LANDAELA-AQUEVEQUE*, MARÍA D. R. ROBLES** and PEDRO E. CALLAN*
* Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas Animales, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias y Pecuarias, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
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The house mouse, Mus musculus, has been present in Chile since approximately 1600 AD and it is the most tipically synanthropic rodent in Chile. In order to know its parasites a survey was conducted in three different localities in Santiago. The helminthes community was poor in species and only three nematodes species were found: Syphacia obvelata,Aspiculuris tetraptera and Physaloptera calnuensl All these species constitutes the first record in Chile. This is also the first record of P. calnuensis in this host. Syphacia obvelata was the most abundant and the most prevalent.
Key words: Syphacia, Aspiculuris, Physaloptera,Mus musculus.
El ratón doméstico, Mus musculus, está en Chile desde aproximadamente el 1600 DC. y es el más sinantrópico de los roedores chilenos. Para conocer sus parásitos se realizó un estudio en tres diferentes localidades de Santiago. La comunidad de helmintos fue pobre en especies y sólo se encontraron tres especies de helmintos: Syphacia obvelata, Aspiculuris tetraptera y Physaloptera calnuensis; todas estas especies constituyen el primer registro para Chile. Esté es también el primer hallazgo de P. calnuensis en este hospedador. Syphacia obvelata fue la especie más prevalente y abundante.
Mus musculus, Linaeus, 1758 is a wordwide distributed rodent. This mouse first settled in Chile approximately four centuries ago1. It is found in both urban and suburban enviroments, and it is the most tipically synanthropic rodent in Chile2. Currently, most of our knowledge about its parasites is limited to lists compiled from regions outside of the American continent3,4. Moreover, they have been made without ecological data or morphometric comparisons5,6. Herein we report the first record of gastrointestinal helminths of M. musculus in Chile and add data of parasite distribution in thee localities of Santiago, Chile.
The survey were conducted between March and October of 2002 in Santiago, Chile. 88 mice were live-trapped using Sherman traps baited with rolled oats at each of the three localities: 1) Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias y Pecuarias (FAVET) of the Universidad de Chile (39 individuals) (33° 34' 20" S; 70° 37' 51" E; 620 mas1.); 2) Fundo El Bosque (28) (33° 32' «50 S: 70° 48' 10" E; 454 mas1); and 3) Pudahuel (21) (33° 26' 10" S; 70° 49' 20°; 464 mas1).
The mice were killed using ether. Helminths were collected, fixed in 10% formalin and preserved in 70% ethanol, cleared in lactophenol, and studied under a light microscope. The prevalence (P), mean intensity (MI) and mean abundance (MA) were calculated for each locality and species found following Bush et al.7 (Table 1). Tables 2 - 4 list measurements of the specimens, including the mean and standard deviation, followed by the range in parentheses, and those given by previous authors. All measurements are in micrometers unless otherwise stated.
Community diversity (H) and homogeneity (J) were estimated using the Shannon-Wiener index. In keeping with Rózsa8, the Kruskal Wallis non-parametric ANOVA was used to compare mean abundances and mean intensities of helminths in each localities. The test of hypothesis of independence (Chi square) was used to compare prevalences of helminths in each localities. Specimens of helminths were deposited in the Museo Nacional De Historia Natural. Santiago, Chile (P. calnuensis: MNHN1537. MNHN1542, MNHN1543; S. obvelata: MNHN1538; A. tetráptera: MNHN1539. MNHN1540, MNHN1541)
A total of 2.405 specimens were collected and identified as three different species: Physaloptera calnuensis Sutton, 1989, Aspiculuris tetr áptera (Nitzch, 1821) Schulz, 1927 and Syphacia obvelata (Rudolphi, 1802) Seurat, 1916. These species were recovered from 2 infestation sites: stomach (P. calnuensis) and caecum-colon (A. tetraptera, S. obvelata).
Syphacia obvelata was found in the 3 localities, while A. tetraptera and P. calnuensis were found in 2, the first one in FAVET and Pudahuel, and the second in FAVET and Fundo El Bosque (Table 1).
In Chile, species of genus Physaloptera have been found in humans, dogs and cats9,10, in the form of eggs in feces. There is no study of adult worms. P. calnuensis was originally described from Calomys laucha Fischer 1814 (Cricetidae) in Artigas, Uruguay11. This paper represents the first record of this species in M. musculus, and in Chile. The only discripancie found between both hosts was the tail length. This difference is related to the different hosts and areas (Table 2).
Both A. tetraptera and S. obvelata have been found in M. musculus in the laboratory and in the wild1,12,13.
Aspiculuris tetraptera has previously been recorded in laboratory mice from South American countries1416. Other species oí Aspiculuris found in the American continent was assigned to A. lahorica Akhtar, 1955 in house mice of Mexico17. Measurements of this worm are similar to those given for A. tetraptera (Table 3). However, the number of caudal papillae is distinct 10 versus 14, respectively18.
Eleven species ofí Syphacia have been recorded in America, included S, obvelata14,16,19,20. However, among them, only one species, S. phyllotios has been recovered in Chile from Phyllotis darwini Waterhouse, 183728. Therefore S. obvelata is the second report of this genus and the first of this species in Chile. Measurements of S. obvelata in this paper are similar to those given by previous authors14,21,22 (Table 4).
Syphacia obvelata was the species with highest values of P, IM and AM (Table 1). There were not significant differences in the prevalence, mean intensity and mean abundance between sites either within parasite species neither at the component community level. (Table 1). Pudahuel was the site with the highest diversity and homogeneity (Table 5).
The low richness of parasite communities in this study is notable. In contrast, in M. musculus from Mexico, a component community of 6 different species was found17. However, a study carried out on several Chilean rodent species23, showed that in Chile the low parasitic richness is not an uncommon result. This case was also observed in studies on invasive species of Chile such as hares (Lepus europaeus Pallas, 1778) and rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus Linaeus, 1758)2425. This could be due to extrinsic factors such as a lack of vectors or intermediate hosts; the possibility that the invasive mouse could have shed its parasites in the process of colonization2627; or due to geographic barriers for colonizations (such as The Andes Mountains or the Atacama Desert) which make Chile similar to an island. Low parasite richness is frequent in introduced hosts in island as occurs in Southern Indian Ocean and in Formentera (Balearic) island1213. Future studies will clarify the effect of these factors on the richness of parasites in Chilean rodents.
This is the first research of gastrointestinal helminth fauna of the M. musculus in Chile, and it also provides a new host and locality record.
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Acknowledgements :The authors wish to sincerely thank Dra. GracielaNavone, CEPAVE, Argentina, for assisting in the identification of parasite species. The authors also would like to thank Dra. Griselda Pulido and Dra. Eileen Harris for kindly providing of references of Aspiculuris. Funding provided by the Project of United Nation for the Development (PNUD) CHI99003 - 20010452 is also gratefully acknowledged.
Pedro E. Cattan.


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ATTACK Wall from Acoustic Sciences Corporation
A Seminar presented by Arthur M. Noxon, PE, President of Acoustic Sciences Corporation, at the Surround 2001 International Conference And Technology Showcase, December 7th - 8th, 2001, Beverly Hills, California.
Acoustics 101
Practical Guidelines For Building a Sound Studio, Listening Room & More! By Eric Smith, Founder & President ("Fearless Leader") Auralex Acoustics Inc.
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An extensive article about the current situation in the US related to classroom acoustics. The document is downloadable as booklet in .pdf
LINKWITZ LAB - Room acoustics
General info related to speakers, RT60, Critical Distance (Room Radius), Standing waves, Room modes etc. Not too complex but good. Includes references to other docs and bying a 20 $ test CD.
McSquared System Design Group, Inc
This site contains a lot of interesting stuff to read. It also includes several Jave script calculators. Sound and other examples (Audio files). (note the calculators on the site have some limitations)
Noise Pollution Clearinghouse
The Noise Pollution Clearinghouse is a national non-profit organization with extensive online noise related resources.
Quiet Classrooms
The Classroom Acoustics Coalition provides important background on the nature and scope of the problems caused by bad acoustics in classrooms, and offers practical planning strategies and methods to avoid or correct bad acoustics in existing or planned educational facilities.
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