Sports of The Times; View From Mountain Makes Minaya Cautious
The News Review:
- Sports of The Times; View From Mountain Makes Minaya Cautious
- Painting a musical picture of Scotland
- From Friday’s Globe and Mail
- Company seeks to tap the power of cow manure.
- The face of terror
- Island Grill looks to the Caribbean
Sports of The Times; View From Mountain Makes Minaya Cautious
New York Times – Jul 14, 2006
Luck is invariably part of all winning equations, but credit must go to Minaya for creating the blend of stability and veteran leadership, from Martínez to Carlos Delgado to Paul Lo Duca (bean counters take note, over Benji Molina) to Julio Franco. Minaya cushioned the climb to stardom, especially for Wright. Given the cultural trends in baseball, in general, and the Mets, in particular, Wright is bound to be the beneficiary of white-hope and home-grown campaigning. He is a terrific young man with an even better swing. But while he is packaged as the emerging face of the hot new Mets, the brain and body of the organization are finally a fair reflection of Queens and the boroughs beyond. There are more Hispanic Mets now than there are not, but the bean counting has given way to a countdown to a division title, while the inevitable comparisons are made with the team across town.
Painting a musical picture of Scotland
Telegraph.co.uk – Jul 14, 2006
In classical music, that yields much more in the way of foreign responses to the romantic image of Scotland than it does home-grown product. We had one of the best-known of those responses in this concert from the Scottish Chamber Orchestra – Mendelssohn’s Scottish Symphony. All this was rendered with an appropriately light touch in this performance, conducted by Joseph Swensen.
From Friday’s Globe and Mail
Globe and Mail – Jul 14, 2006
The event was supposed to help their cause — but it may end up being remembered as the night that Canada’s first home-grown Islamist terror cell came crashing down. The full text of this article has 1328 words.
Company seeks to tap the power of cow manure.
Free with registration – The Record – AccessMyLibrary.com – Jul 14, 2006
Farms in Lodi one day could be among those providing energy for commercial or residential use. That’s an exciting prospect in a state that currently imports 95 percent of its natural gas supply from the Rocky Mountains, Canada, Texas and elsewhere, said Jon Tremayne, a spokesman for Pacific Gas & Electric Co. “This technology provides, one, a home-grown source, but it’s.
The face of terror
Times of India – Jul 14, 2006
Attacking Mumbai would just suit the bill. Some
intelligence officials feel that Pakistani establishment may have plotted the
carnage to retaliate for its troubles in Baluchistan. Though home
grown, and a product of exploitation of resource-rich Baluchistan by a Punjabi
elite, the unrest among Baluchs have been blamed by Pakistan establishment on
RAW. If Pakistan wanted to teach India a “lesson”, the attacks on
the Mumbai local train network were what it would look for. LeT has
now a well-oiled collaboration with SIMI cadre in various states, particularly
Maharashtra, and it can always drawn upon the Ahl-e-Hadis extremists — the
hardline Islamic sect it represents — for help with logistics. With its network of safe houses, hawala funding and arms and
ammunition caches, the organisation has the wherewithal to deliver a telling
blow — a strike meant to signal to India that despite its rising global
profile, it can still be hit amidships. Unlike in the past, there
have been no tell-tale phone calls to handlers in Pakistan or Jammu and Kashmir
after the operation.
Island Grill looks to the Caribbean
Jamaica Observer – Jul 14, 2006
One of these subsidiaries is a shareholding in Versair Inflite Services which specialises in airline catering. It is not a stretch of the imagination to see Island Grill meals on flights around the Caribbean. This can happen because there is a yearning for home- grown selections by Caribbean nationals. Lyn states, “What we have found in the Caribbean is that there is not a lot of true Caribbean quick-service restaurants. Many fast-food restaurants are not indigenous. We see a need to create specific menu items that reflect the cultures. For example, in Barbados we will be doing flying fish.