Winner to be named today: Harris County’s Susan Andrews one of…
The News Review:
- Winner to be named today: Harris County’s Susan Andrews one of…
- Routine traffic stop turns into drug bust
- Why the CD is alive and well
- It was no fiesta at the Fiesta
- ‘I want to make coaching a profession and I reckon we can do it…
- Fears for tears at the parliament
- Huge cache of ammo, guns, tunnel found in burning Norco home
Winner to be named today: Harris County’s Susan Andrews one of…
Free with registration – Columbus Ledger-Enquirer – AccessMyLibrary.com – Mar 2, 2007
Andrews, 51, of Ellerslie, is in her 30th year with the school district she has headed since 2000. She is a home-grown educator who graduated from Harris County High School and has spent her.
Routine traffic stop turns into drug bust
Royal Oak Daily Tribune – Mar 2, 2007
“We will probably charge him (today),” Kolp said. “He made admissions. We believe it was a home-grown product. It was of very high quality. ”
Police reports said the unidentified officer using laser speed check equipment determined the Dodge Durango was traveling 59 miles an hour in a 40 mph speed zone on eastbound Eight Mile. Upon stopping, the driver exited the vehicle and approached the officer who took his identification while ordering the man back inside the Durango. The officer learned the driver had three current driver’s license suspensions.
Why the CD is alive and well
Belfast Telegraph – Mar 2, 2007
They enjoy, in short, the thrill of ownership in its concrete sense, rather than the more abstract notion of ownership associated with the digital realm. This is because you never really "own" a downloaded piece of music; it’s just some sounds marked by a few letters in an iTunes library listing: not the same thing at all. So who are they, these 75 hopeful performers currently vying for punters’ attentions? Well, besides the six CDs I ended up reviewing, there are several solo outings from former band-members going it alone, such as Charlotte Hatherley, guitarist with Ash, Tracey Thorn and Euros Childs; a veritable sorority of solo female singer-songwriters headed by Mary Chapin Carpenter, and an equivalent frat-houseful of sensitive young fellows bearing acoustic guitars; a sprinkling of rappers, the best being the home-grown talent Klashnekoff; bleeping electronica from Pole, Amon Tobin and Electroconductor, none of it particularly sparkling; bangin’ house grooves from Schwab; a gospel documentary soundtrack, Say Amen, Somebody, and a reissue of the Performance soundtrack with a splendid new sleevenote by yours truly; smatterings of dub, jazz and country; and a swathe of British and American indie, clearly the genre quickest to cotton on to the whole home-recording phenomenon that has transformed the music industry over the past decade. One of the new young bands to take advantage of this technology is Manchester’s Autokat, whose distinctive brand of sinister guitar pop can be sampled on their Late Night Shopping debut. Creative control is paramount to Autokat, who record, mix and master everything themselves at their rehearsal space. "No pressure, and no producer putting their ideas on us," says their singer, John (they eschew surnames). "We just want to do what we want, the way we want it, and not have anybody telling us what to do… "No pressure, and no producer putting their ideas on us," says their singer, John (they eschew surnames). "We just want to do what we want, the way we want it, and not have anybody telling us what to do. But if a big label came and offered us loads of money, that would be fine too!" Like every new band, Autokat have their own MySpace home page, a mandatory thing for modern musicians in search of an audience. As John says, "These days, people probably go to MySpace before they even visit the band’s own website, it has become that important. " And how many MySpace "friends" do they have? "Oh, I think we’re quite picky!", he laughs. "Our bassist Ben looks after the site, and I think he turns a lot of them down. He’s not a MySpace whore.
It was no fiesta at the Fiesta
Jamaica Observer – Mar 2, 2007
What was the view of the people of Lucea, the Hanover capital, which lies across the bay from Point, the location of Fiesta?
The project is seen as hope for Hanover, a parish which has languished for development for far too long. It is widely held that former Prime Minister PJ Patterson, who was born in Hanover, went after the Fiesta project specifically to help his home place. “Him mussi vex when him hear what gwan a Point Tuesday,” one of his parishioners said on Wednesday morning when we sought home-grown opinions. A helper shared the view she’d heard on Lucea’s streets. Nobody, she said, was happy about the fire and the looting which went on. “Dem shoulden do dat, but. ” The qualification was based on the stories which have been told of workers not getting paid by the contractors who hired them and the perception that on the whole, the workers at the site are not well treated by the management.
‘I want to make coaching a profession and I reckon we can do it…
Telegraph.co.uk – Mar 2, 2007
“I’m the Lottery minister as well, so I shall be fighting like mad to make sure all our Lottery money goes to the grassroots. “On Thursday, the day before he officially overtakes Howell’s long-service record, Caborn has another battle to fight. He is meeting the Premiership chairmen to argue for a shake-up in the way football is run that includes salary caps, quotas on home-grown players and financial transparency. The recommendations form part of a European white paper that could become legislation by 2008, though the clubs are implacably opposed. Bringing about a football revolution would be quite an ending to an eventful period in charge, though Caborn is happy where he is for the moment and will certainly not be in the market for a different job under Gordon Brown. “I’d like this job or nothing,” he says. “I’ve done 10 years [as a minister] now.
Fears for tears at the parliament
BBC News – Mar 2, 2007
Only one in five victims are prepared to give evidence to the police. The minister, Des McNulty, said the executive was trying to combat the evil of the loan sharks by providing