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GET OUT NOW
Dear Dr. Archer, I went on a few dates with my brother-in-law’s uncle. This man has wanted to go out with me for years. When I noticed his page on Facebook, I sent a friend request. We chatted, and I asked him out. We went to a mutual friend’s party, and had a wonderful »
ROBOT CAMEL JOCKEYS
Two recent innovations to the generations-old Middle East sport of camel racing boosted its profile. First, to cleanse the sport of a sour period in which children from Bangladesh were trafficked for use as jockeys, owners have begun using “robot” jockeys — electronic dummies that respond to trainers who are tracking the races with »
SWLA RICE FARMERS HOPE FOR AN IMMENSE NEW MARKET IN CUBA
“I’ve been working on this for 10 years. I’m very passionate about it.” That’s Welsh rice farmer Brian Wild talking about the potential rice market in Cuba that became a bit more accessible recently when President Barack Obama declared “normalized” relations between Cuba and the U.S. Wild went to Cuba in 2001. He was »
POPS AND ROCKETS
Not long after moving back to his hometown of Lake Charles, Nick Villaume asked his childhood friend, Robbie Austin, if he would go into business with him. Villaume dreamed of starting and operating a gourmet frozen pops business. Pops? As in Popsicles? Robbie needed some convincing, to say the least. There’s nothing new about »
SOWELA: A CONSTANT STATE OF CHANGE
The SOWELA of even three or four years ago bears little resemblance to today’s revitalized school. New accreditation, campus improvements and additions, enhanced program offerings, and a new partnership with industry and the community have given SOWELA a new image — and a new place of importance in the area’s economic future. Lagniappe recently »
CELEBRITY CANINE
Local Therapy Dog Featured In 2015 Petco Calendar • By Karla Wall For Jeanie, an adorable pomeranian/papillion/Yorkshire terrier mix, with a couple of other breeds back in the pedigree, life has been a rags-to-riches story. Found on the streets of Bell City in 2008 when only five or six months old, and taken in »
RESTAURANT CALLA
Well, I hope everyone had a great holiday season. I’m sure we’ve all eaten more food than we should have. I must share the wonderful dining experience I had with my family the other night. Chelsea and I took my sister Tricia, my niece Toni, and Amber and Amber’s husband Beau, out to dinner »
I AM CFP
So how do you like me now? Did I come as advertised in my long-awaited unveiling? I did what I was supposed to do and settled the issue on the football field? Oh, I’m sorry forgot to tell you. I am the College Football Playoffs. Yeah, I know you didn’t think it was possible »
BATTLING DEPRESSION
Dear Dr. Archer, I’m a 50-year-old single teacher who was diagnosed with depression after the death of my father, when I was 31 years old. I was prescribed an antidepressant. Five years ago, I suffered a major depressive episode, and was referred to a psychiatrist who prescribed Moclobemide, which made me very ill. I »
SANDRA, THE NON HUMAN PERSON
A court in Buenos Aires, Argentina, granted a petition in ordering the freedom of a Sumatran orangutan from Buenos Aires Zoo. Sandra, age 29, is a “non-human person” and thus sufficiently advanced in “cognitive function” to be not merely an object that humans can own without obligation. A Reuters report found no similar judgment »
