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Central Edition The Des Moines Register Page4A Saturday, September 20, 2008 Clock in England devours minutes, tells time (usually) ARREST FROM PAGE 1 A have the alleged murder weapon. Michele Davis, 41, died Sept. 11 when her east-bound car went out of control and crashed on Interstate Highway 235 north of downtown Des Moines. Police initially investigated her death as a fatal car crash, but an autopsy showed that she had suffered a gunshot wound to the head. Witnesses had linked a "Time is gone, he's eaten it," said Taylor, who calls the oversize grasshopper "Chronophage," which translates to "time eater." The clock, four feet in diameter, displays time us ing light-emitting diodes.

The light races around the outer ring once every second, pausing briefly at the actual second; the next ring inside indicates the minute, and the inner ring shows the hour. i The clock's pendulum sometimes slows down or speeds up. Because of that, the time display may be as much as a minute off, although it swings back to the correct time every five minutes, Taylor said. "There are so many expressions in everyday life about time going fast, time going slow and time standing still. Your life is not regular, it's relative to what's going on," he said.

MP? 1 ftlfrsri film i in Mlitm LHit, CHRIS RADBURNASSOCIATEO PRESS Stewart Huxley ponders the "time eater" clock unveiled Friday at Corpus Christi College in Cambridge, England. That's a huge grasshopper at the top in a nod to an 18th-century invention, the grasshopper escapement, that regulates a clock's movement. been rough for a long time, and it just kept deteriorating." Cosner is "taking some time away" and preferred not to comment on Friday's arrest, according to Kimbley. "The arrest is welcome," she said. "But it obviously brings about a whole realm of emotions and concerns.

Concerns for the children. It's a lot for them to go through." Davis, a mother of three and grandmother of one, lost control of her car after she was shot and crashed on the Third Street, exit ramp at the start of the afternoon rush hour. One of the other drivers, Robert Pertzborn of Ankeny, said that police questioned him about the red truck but that he didn't see it. Nadine Rich of Des Moines, whose car was hit by Davis' car, said that she didn't see the truck and that police did not ask her about it. There are 2,273 2002 red Ford F-150 pickup trucks registered in the state; 202 of them are in Polk County.

The case "has been a tough one," Zubrod said. Court officials would not confirm that a protective order against Randy Davis had been filed. They said the information is confidential. Dolly Kimball, another member of the motorcyclists' group, said that after Michele and Randy separated, Randy continued to attend meetings. Michele did not, to avoid her husband.

"She was afraid of him," Kimball said. "She wanted him to leave her alone, and he was persistent." Michele Davis also reportedly kept track of how often her husband violated a no-contact order, according to Kimball. Cosner said his daughter had left her husband once before and was dating a co-worker at TMC Transportation, a Des Moines trucking firm. The co-worker, Matt Jor-gensen of Des Moines, told The Des Moines Register on Thursday that he had dated Davis since May and that the two had tried to keep the relationship quiet while Davis avoided her estranged husband "as much as possible." "She didn't want any confrontation; she just wanted to keep her distance," Jorgensen said. "Everyone knew how great of a person she was." Haiti's food crisis deepens after floods red pickup truck to the crime scene.

Police said earlier this week that an image of the truck, a 2002 red Ford F-150 with an extended cab, was captured Friends say Michele Davis tried to avoid her husband. on Department of Transportation traffic cameras before the crash, which involved four other vehicles. On Friday, police confirmed that the red Ford F-150 is owned by Randy Davis. Michele Davis had moved out of the home at 1409 King Ave. in April, according to her father, Michael Cosner of Des Moines, who described Randy Davis as "a pretty hot-tempered guy." He works for a carpenter contractor, according to Stephanie Kimbley, Michele Davis' sister.

Online court records show Davis, a Vietnam-era military veteran, has been cited only for a handful of traffic violations. Michele Davis had asked for a restraining order against her husband of 17 years, and the couple were in the midst of a divorce when she was slain, Cosner said. "The way I understand it, the day of her funeral was the day she would have signed the papers," Cosner said Thursday. "Things had DELIVERED TO YOUR HOME. to subscribe call 1-877424-0225 bf JHoincs Scjister FN Associated Press Port-au-Prince, Haiti Four tropical storms have wiped out most of Haiti's food crops and damaged irrigation systems and pumping stations, raising the specter of acute hunger for millions in the impoverished country.

"The system of agriculture has been destroyed," Agriculture Minister Joanas Gue said. Aid agencies and diplomats also say Haiti desperately needs help to avert mass hunger. Emergency aid has flowed in to people directly affected by Fay, Gustav, Hanna and Ike, storms that triggered flooding and killed at least 425 people in less than a month, including 194 in the critical rice-growing Artibonite Valley. But the United Nations has raised less than 2 percent of a critical $108 million fundraising appeal, said Stephanie Bunker, a spokeswoman for the world body's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Another $18 million has been pledged but not delivered.

And much, much more is needed, with farms damaged or destroyed across the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. "This will take billions of dollars. This is not something small," U.S. Agency California Legislature agrees to demands on budget! Associated Press Cambridge, England Most clocks just tell time, simply and reliably. Not the $1.8 million "time eater" formally unveiled Friday at Corpus Christi College in Cambridge.

Inventor John Taylor used his own money to build the clock as a tribute to John Harrison, who in 1725 invented the grasshopper escapement, a mechanical device that helps regulate a clock's movement. Making a visual pun on the grasshopper image, Taylor created a demonic version of the insect to top the gold-plated clock. The beast rocks back and forth, ultimately inserting its talons in notches at the top of the clock to move it forward. Halfway through the minute the grasshopper's jaws begin to open, snapping shut at 59 seconds. for International Development Administrator Henrietta Fore said.

Schools that were supposed to open in early September are still filled with refugees fighting over scraps of food aid. Malaria and other diseases are beginning to spread. The U.S. government is sending $29 million in food aid and humanitarian assistance, and countries like Colombia have airlifted food and clothing. U.N.

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John. Haiti always struggled to feed its people. Now, it's getting to be impossible. On a helicopter tour on Tuesday, Fore saw that floodwaters still covered much of Haiti's rice-growing region. Crops were covered with brown mud or lay crushed in ruined fields stretching far as the eye could see.

Gue, the agriculture minister, estimates that 60 percent of this year's food harvest has been wiped out by the storms. The damage could be felt for years mountain topsoil, already loosened by rampant deforestation. washed out to sea. from spending more than it takes in. He said he could sign the package as early as Monday.

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