ASIO doubles to fight home terror threat
The News Review:
- ASIO doubles to fight home terror threat
- Maris battled Mantle, media and Babe’s legacy – Classic
- UK economy set to grow at slowest rate since early 1990s – ITEM Club
- Carter gets off mark to stun Arsenal
- Beyond the Nile Cruise
ASIO doubles to fight home terror threat
The Age – Oct 16, 2005
but it is entirely of another order to have the capacity to anticipate events,” he said. “Particularly, as we now know the threat of home-grown terrorism is very real. “Attorney-General Philip Ruddock said the boost, which was part of a five-year strategic plan, had been recommended in a confidential review of ASIO by former spy boss Allan Taylor. Mr Taylor, the former head of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service, found ASIO needed greater resources beyond its current $153 million a year to ensure it could keep pace with the threats of terrorism and espionage. “The current security environment has imposed pressures on ASIO not imagined just a few years ago,” Mr Ruddock said. The funding will be used to recruit and train new officers, improve surveillance and install better computer systems to handle the flow of information into ASIO, which has increased more than fivefold since 2001.
Maris battled Mantle, media and Babe’s legacy – Classic
ESPN – Oct 16, 2005
Roger Maris at least knew his antagonist when he sought to break the Babe’s single-season record in 1961. Commissioner Ford Frick’s insistence on creating two records ultimately had the opposite effect; it pointed up the negligible difference in establishing major league marks broken within the old 154-game schedule and the newer 162-game schedule. This alteration in perspective, however, did Maris little good in hispursuit of immortality. Quiet and shy, he recoiled from the incessant mediaattention. The pressure of his drive to beat the Babe so frayed Maris that he began losing his composure and his hair. The left-handed hitting rightfielder wasn’t the people’s choice to break the 34-year-old record… The pressure of his drive to beat the Babe so frayed Maris that he began losing his composure and his hair. The left-handed hitting rightfielder wasn’t the people’s choice to break the 34-year-old record. Most Yankees fans were rooting for his home-grown teammate,. But an infection forced the Mick out of the race in September, and he finished with 54 homers. Of the 275 homers Maris hit in his 12-year career, 61 came this season.
UK economy set to grow at slowest rate since early 1990s – ITEM Club
Forbes – Oct 16, 2005
2 pct for 2006, but stressed that this is dependent on sustained growth in the world economy and a recovery in exports and investments. ‘The Chancellor is blaming the UK economic slowdown on the recent spike in oil prices and the weakness of the European economy, but this is unrealistic,’ said Professor Peter Spencer, the ITEM Club’s chief economic advisor ‘The problems were plain to see at the time of last year’s pre budget report in December, but instead of addressing them then the Treasury chose to dress up the UK finances for the election,’ he added. He said the problem is actually home-grown, born out of a booming housing market and strong consumer spending, which has propped up the UK economy. Despite the growth shortfall, ITEM doubts that the Bank of England will be able to cut the cost of borrowing this year, given that inflation is running at an eight and a half year year in the wake of sky-high oil prices. Spencer noted that CPI inflation is running near the top end of the Bank’s target range. Under its remit the rate-setting Monetary Policy Committee has to keep CPI inflation within 1 percentage point of the 2.
Carter gets off mark to stun Arsenal
Telegraph.co.uk – Oct 16, 2005
Since the FIFA president is anxious to see all Premiership clubs field at least six home-grown players, nothing could have pleased him more than victory for a side boasting eight Englishman at the start over opponents who, for the second time in eight months, named a squad of 16 containing not a single player of English birth. A mighty roar went up at The Hawthorns as the struggling side finally won at home for the first time since August. They did so by virtue of the equaliser Nwankwo Kanu scored against his former employers late in the first half and, after the interval, substitute Darren Carter’s first goal for the Albion since his £1.
Beyond the Nile Cruise
Washington Post – Oct 16, 2005
WHERE TO EAT: Because we were a bit isolated on the west bank, we ate all our Luxor meals at the Al Moudira — and didn’t regret it. Dinner for two was about $32 with wine, featuring choices of fresh fish and beef that mingled Egyptian and international influences; the garden provides home-grown salads, herbs and fruits. Lunch of pizzas, sandwiches and mezes (appetizers) is served around the pool, for about $8 per person. WHAT TO DO:· In the Luxor area, most Nile cruises will include Luxor temple, Karnak temple, Hatshepsut’s temple, the Colossi of Memnon and a few tombs in the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens. You may want to plan additional time, particularly at vast Karnak and the Valley of the Kings. · You can visit Abydos and Dendera on a full day-trip from Luxor, but you must travel in a security convoy, which regiments the time you can spend, particularly at Abydos.