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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 6, 2004, Winnipeg, Manitoba B5 Winnipeg free press diversions tuesday july 6, 2004 Gorebridge / Omar Sharif and Tannah Hirsch North South vulnerable. South deals. Other suits controlled and a fifth Trump hence a ruffing value South North decided to try for 12 tricks. K q 8 4 West led a Low heart won by. A j 3 Dummy a Jack. Since there was no Way. Q 9 to avoid taking the club finesse Declar. K 8 7 4. J 10 6 3 2 clubs broke 3-3, the 13th club would. 9 3. K j 6 5 take care of the Diamond loser. But that South was against the Odds so Declarer found. A j 7 5 2 an extra Chance. Declarer cashed two. K q 9 rounds of hearts ending in Dummy. He. A 5 then led a Low club from the table and. A q 7 when East followed with the six inserted the seven. The bidding West won with the nine but was end South West North East played. Since a heart would allow 2nt pass 3. Pass Declarer to Ruff in one hand while Dis 3. Pass 4. Pass carding a Diamond from the other 6. Pass pass pass West exited with a Diamond. Dummy a Queen was played and when that won opening Lead four of. Declarer could claim 12 tricks. Switch the six and eight of club spot cards so often depicted As is around and there is no Way to land the when a Bridge player shows someone a slam. On the second club Lead East can hand diagram can be crucial to the insert the Jack gobbling up partners Fate of a contract. Here is an excellent nine and there is no Way Declarer can example. Avoid losing a trick in each minor. Try the auction was straightforward. It. When North a Stayman inquiry elicited a Spade fit North Cue bid the Ace of hearts As a slam invitation. With the ? Tribune Media services Ric Francis / associated press Frankenstein von Hagens and a cadaver at the California science Center. Human body exhibit Sparks controversy cadavers skinned dissected to reveal insides by Kristie a. Martinez l of Angeles ? a pregnant woman lies on her Side with a hand behind her head As if posing for a nude photograph. But her dead body in to the Only thing exposed. Her heart intestines and eight month old fetus Are visible As Well. The woman was one of More than 200 people who donated their cadavers for use in body worlds the anatomical exhibition of real human bodies which made its . Debut Friday at the California science Center. Intended to teach people about human skeletal cardiovascular and other systems the final exhibit includes 25 bodies that have under gone a process called plast nation in which body fluids Are replaced with Clear pliable plastic. Most have been skinned or dissected to reveal Muscles Bones nerves and organs. Some show damage done by ill Nesses such As cancer and lung disease. Since debuting in Tokyo in 1996, the show has aroused controversy As Well As curiosity. Its shocking display of flesh and Bones has offended Many observers who claim it violates the Sanctity of the human body. However German scientist Gunther von Hagens who created the exhibit and the preservation technique defends his work As educational and enlightening. Its More than time that we show How the body really looks he said. In the past eight years body worlds has toured Asia and Europe attracting nearly 15 million visitors and a number of critics who have dubbed von Hagens or. Death and Frankenstein because of his work. In Frankfurt Germany the lutheran Church said the display was amoral and insulting to the dead. At a London show one visitor covered the body of the pregnant woman with a Blanket because he could to stand seeing the fetus. During exhibit stops about 6,000 people signed papers donating their Stop being a Coward and Call off the wedding dear Rhona i a supposed to marry my Best Friend in just a few months. We be been living together for two years and the problem is i a not totally attracted to or in love with her. I do love her in a Way and she a a great companion and Domestic god Dess. However she s about 50 or 60 pounds Over weight and has been that Way since i met her a few years ago. I kept thinking she would lose the weight or that i could work it off Well now i realize that even if she lost All her extra weight i still would to be totally attracted to her. Then there s the other Issue ? not being totally in she san of housekeeper does the laundry and the shopping Cooks once in a while and is very Well organized. She totally loves me and accepts me just the Way i am. What should i do ? conflicted in Seattle dear conflicted you Are experienc ing a major romantic trauma ? and the need to make a life decision that will affect two people. I Don to under stand How you can schedule a marriage to someone you planned to renovate before the event especially since your intentions were Covert and she has always been a Large woman. A pity wedding will not be a cheerful sight nor an equitable offer to some one you have loved. I think you owe her fair notice that the event is off ? bodies to von Hagens Institute for pos sible plast nation. Most Hope to further medical science he said. The limited possibilities ? to be either burned or to rot in Earth ? always seemed degrading to me and were problematic wrote one female donor whose identity was withheld. It is a Good thing that professor von Hagens went beyond these limited recent visitors to the California Sci ence Center said they had mixed feel Ings about the coming exhibit. Eva Edwards was fascinated until she discovered the exhibit featured real human bodies. She quickly saw a conflict Between her religious and scientific beliefs. Religiously we feel the body should be respected and buried she said. I Don to really feel that crying the effect on her nine year old daughter was even More profound. The girl started crying when she realized the bodies in the preview pictures were real. The body parts did to bother 16-year?old Zahra Nankani who was visiting the Centre As part of a youth Confer ence on Medicine. I think its amazing to see real live body parts and the vulnerability and intricacy of a human body Nankani said. Most people Don to get to see visitors younger than 13 wont be permitted to see body worlds without a Parent or guardian. Jeffrey Rudolph president of the California science Center said the exhibit underwent a rigorous review by religious leaders medical professionals and bioethicist before it was brought to los Angeles. He said the panel knew it would make people uncomfortable but decided the educational value outweighed any possible controversy. Its not an ethical Issue Rudolph said. Its More of a visceral ? associated press tally honest with her Why Start now about your Lack of attraction to her body. It will suffice you to say you Are sorry that you realize your feelings have changed and Are saddened that you have Hurt her in any Way. Then Tell her she deserves a Man who loves her to bits because she is a special person. Don to wait because you Are too cowardly to Tell her. The next person to know your feelings should be her. Dear Rhona i have been going out with this Guy for six months. I feel like i a really in love with him and am wondering if getting intimate will push us closer together. It would be my first time and i a kind of concerned. Am i making the wrong decision ? on the Fence dear of getting naked can go either Way. Being so totally vulnerable with another human being can bring great closeness ? but it can also leave you feeling exposed and overextended in the intimacy department. You May feel like you re revealing too much with no Chance of reeling it Back in. I think any time a person has any ques Tion Marks in their head about sex involvement then the Best action is to Back away and Ponder it a while. You cannot erase history once you make it. If intimacy is the goal there Are Many safer alternatives to try like talking about issues that Are close to your heart. There a Only one first time per customer ? if you can help it Don to make yours regrettable. Rhona welcomes questions and comments. Visit or write to Box 146, 1857 w. 4th ave., Vancouver . V6j 1m4. ;