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Grower pushes for home-grown fig industry
abc.net.au – Apr 22, 2007
Almost all the international crop is dried. The Wauchopes believe their strength is in introducing new value added products. They also want home grown cooks and restaurants to learn how to incorporate figs into their menus. And that’s where the cookery school and Associated Lunch comes in. ANN OLVIER: Well, Willa and I share similar philosophies. Growing things properly, minimal spray, food that’s in season. And, I mean, there’s always been drying and freezing in cold countries, but so that you actually make the most of the product, so that you can afford to use it, don’t waste anything.
Gun Crazy – Where does the Virginia Tech massacre leave America’s…
The Independent – Independent – Apr 22, 2007
It will recommend new technologies to enhance campus security, and tougher standards for ejecting students who are on the brink of going haywire. This sounds like tinkering, and it probably will be. Indeed, it is curious that a country that will deploy billions of dollars and its entire military to counter the threat of terrorists coming from the outside seems so unable to tackle home-grown dysfunctions. Jonesboro, Columbine, the Amish schoolhouse.
Two Photos: Picture: Dave Meyers
The Age – Apr 22, 2007
I’ve always felt like an underdog, soI’ve always stuck up for the underdog. I have questions, a lot ofpeople do, and why shouldn’t I be allowed to ask them? That’s thepart of being an American that I love, that I can use my art to saywhat I feel, that I can ask as many questions as I want. Coming after Try This, the new album addresses Pink’sAmerican difficulties through its very title, but, at the sametime, I’m Not Dead also refers to a growing socialawareness, which, sadly, is likely to work against her chances ofhome-grown pop success. “Recently, I just took my blinders off,” she says, describingthe process of making I’m Not Dead as one of “waking up”. “I started becoming interested in things like reading the paper andknowing about the world outside of Los Angeles or Philadelphia. Istarted becoming more educated and more informed, more aware andmore present. Of course, Pink’s career has not been without its compromises,and I’m Not Dead is hardly a warts-and-all affair… After her parents’ divorce, in 1988, Pink also began to buttheads with her mother Judy, and was eventually thrown out of homeat the age of 15. “I’m so anti-authority, and she was struggling so hard to havesome sort of control, that it just didn’t work,” she says, althoughshe takes pains to state that their relationship is now muchimproved. “It’s not like I go home and it’s like ‘How was your day,sweetie?’ ‘Fine, Mom. No, I’ve never had sex, Mom’. But I mean,we’re friends. Her parents’ divorce made her wary of marriage, but, after fiveyears together, she and motocross racer Carey Hart tied the knot inJanuary last year. “We know the realities and the statistics,” she says, “but youknow, everything we’ve done we’ve made it our own, so I don’t seewhy we can’t make this our own.
InterRailing grown-up style | Travel | The Observer
Guardian Unlimited – Apr 22, 2007
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InterRailing grown-up style | Travel | The Observer. Now, 16 years on, a new grown-up version of the rail pass inspires her to recreate the journey… No mobile phones! You had to use a phone box if you wanted to call home. ‘ She’s warming to her theme now. ‘No euros! Remember all those different currencies?”OK, stop. ‘I’m starting to feel old.
The Sun News On-line| Spectator
Daily Sun – Apr 22, 2007
Rather than abate, the
wave of cannabis cultivation has enjoyed a remarkable fillip
within the country over the years while the plant finds its
way into the country’s major suburbs as well as the
rural areas where it is predominantly farmed. Farmers make thousands of Naira for every bale of cannabis
grown and couriers make at least 400 per cent profit in dispatches. Also, international export of the product has increased as
home- grown cannabis becomes more popular as “the best
in the world”, reveals Okey Ihebom, the Edo State commander
of the NDLEA. Raphael Okon, a courier based in Benin, Edo State, maintains
that cannabis cultivation is a worthwhile venture that deserves
government support. “Many people take cannabis as intoxicant. Others use it to cure various illnesses. It is also used in
making cosmetics,” he says.