Snoop Dogg ‘Disappointed’ With Australia Ruling
The News Review:
- Snoop Dogg ‘Disappointed’ With Australia Ruling
- Free gigs kick off city festival
- Ethanol drive will increase Caribbean food prices
- Shah is no fading star
- Lone Creek : Books : The Rocky Mountain News
- Soweto derby a sell-out
- HSBC Racing Academy Drivers Set for the second round of the Formula…
Snoop Dogg ‘Disappointed’ With Australia Ruling
San Francisco Chronicle – Apr 27, 2007
What is this teaching our children about being good citizens if criminal behaviour is simply ignored? I hope they don’t let him in – maybe it will may him think about his future behaviour more carefully. Posted By: Kazzer | April 27 2007 at 03:33 PMIs there anyway we could deny him entry to the US? Why isn’t this guy doing time yet?I don’t blame the Aussies one bit. Rabbit infestation, home grown terrorism, salt water mixing with fresh supplies. They don’t need this stone cold criminal a$ there. Posted By: ArturoE | April 27 2007 at 03:55 PMSnoop Dingo! That’s rich, Frank. Had to stifle a not appropriate for work laugh on that one. Posted By: Cranky_Old_Batt | April 27 2007 at 04:12 PMpoor Snoop.
Free gigs kick off city festival
Belfast Telegraph – Apr 27, 2007
Damien Murray reports Only a few months ago, I was waxing lyrical about one of my favourite bands – the Canadian female group, Po’Girl – who, at that time, were due to make their Ulster debut at Belfast’s Real Music Club. So impressive was their performance, in fact, that they were immediately snapped up to play at the 8th Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival, kicking the event off with a free gig at the Black Box on Thursday night ? so, start queuing now. Full marks must go to the festival organisers, not only for bringing such quality musicians as Po’Girl back to town, but for their innovative and welcome introduction of free opening-night events under the heading of ‘Big Night Out’. One other free festival gig well worth checking out on Thursday (but only if you can’t get in to see Po’Girl) is ‘Orchestral Manoeuvres in Belfast’, featuring rising stars Duke Special, Foy Vance and Julie Feeney, with the Ulster Orchestra at the Waterfront Hall. This interesting venture was made possible by the festival, in conjunction with the BBC and the Northern Ireland Music Industry Commission… ** The Downpatrick Blues & Roots Music Society has recently announced the line-up for its annual musical shindig again being staged at the Courtyard at Ballydugan Mill. The 5th Get Down With the Blues Festival is shaping up to be a very memorable one, with former Manfred Mann singer Paul Jones teaming up with fellow Blues Band member Dave Kelly to headline the event on June 2. Running from 3pm to midnight, this year’s event also boasts the welcome introduction of a late-night bus to Belfast, leaving the venue at 1am. Other artists playing at this year’s festival include The Rev Doc and the Congregation, Whitey Johnston, Rab McCullough, The Sh*t Hot Helicopters, 18 Roses, Play The Thief, Elaine Murphy, Amadan and The Motion Project (www. getdownwith theblues.
Ethanol drive will increase Caribbean food prices
Jamaica Observer – Apr 27, 2007
This has led to the construction of 80 ethanol plants. South Dakota already has 12 plants with another five more under construction. The study says that four billion bushels of corn will have to be grown this year to service a potential US$40-billion ethanol industry, as well as feed the wealthiest country on earth. Last year, corn accounted for 10 per cent of the US$305-billion farm industry of the United States. This high demand for corn will push food bills up faster than the overall rate of inflation. “I think the probability now is very large – for 2007 and 2008 – that price increases in the food and beverage sectors are going to outpace the general inflation rate,” said economist Christopher Hurt of Purdue University. “Energy has been the bigger component of inflation these past two years, while food helped to moderate that,” he added… Much of what we eat comes from imported foods, leading to a US$3-billion food import bill. Research carried out by the Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute (CFNI) indicates that a great proportion of the imported foods we consume indeed contribute to the many illnesses and diseases affecting our peoples and development. ”
The increase in corn prices as a result of the demand for ethanol is all the more reason for the Caribbean to reduce its food import bill and rely more on home-grown agricultural products. Dominica relies on home-grown produce
The premier of Nevis, Joseph Parry, noted that Dominicans are increasingly becoming dependent on local produce and foods and are the better for it. “The people of Dominica, who use their local food more extensively than we do, have an average lifespan of two to three years more than the Nevisian and the Kittitian,” he said. “It is clear that this phenomenon can be aligned to our relative consumption patterns. I am making this point to say to the people of Nevis that we need to return to the soil and the people need to return to consuming what we grow and what we produce locally.
Shah is no fading star
Telegraph.co.uk – Apr 27, 2007
England’s batting was mired in mediocrity (Pietersen apart) and yet, as soon as you dip into county cricket, you realise the shires are laden with prodigious home-grown talent. One such, now languishing in the second division of the LV County Championship, is Middlesex’s Owais Shah. Here was a precocious lad who was blooded early (county debut aged 17), captained England Under-19s, made an assured one-day international debut in 2001 and was expected to be a mainstay of the senior XI by the age of 24.
Lone Creek : Books : The Rocky Mountain News
Rocky Mountain News – Apr 27, 2007
Davoren enlists the aid of his friends, who in this landscape ofdeception, are better protection than knives and bullets. People die in the uncovering of a smuggling operation that has aglobal reach but centers under the northern Montana sky – a landscapepopulated with an exceptional cast of both likable and despicablecharacters, some changing traits during the course of the story. Of course, there’s a beautiful woman leading Davoren on and, ofcourse, there’s the wise and crusty patriarch of the Pettyjohn Ranch,who straddles the law but always acts with a home-grown sense of honorand veracity. There’s also the large and looming Madbird, a Blackfeet Indian whoprotects Davoren like a forest spirit, teaching him how to read theworld like one reads tracks in the soil. Sample of prose: ” ‘All right, you didn’t come here to listento an old man drool in his whiskey,’ he said. ‘I assume it’s aboutKirk. ‘”‘This is touchy Reuben.
Soweto derby a sell-out
Independent Online – Apr 27, 2007
Pirates currently occupy seventh position in the Premier League log and Chiefs, in ninth position, are precariously placed to finish among the top eight teams in the log and qualify for next season’s Supa8 competition. Pirates currently occupy seventh position in the Premier League logBut PSL general manager Andrew Dipela proclaimed earlier this week that “league positions don’t matter as far as this game is concerned – because it is all a matter of tradition and even the ANC government stops working for 90 minutes to keep track on what is happening in the derby”. Pirates fans, meanwhile, are imploring DRC-born coach Bibey Mutombo to recall the recently out-of-favour bevy of brilliant home grown players like Gift Leremi, Jospeh Makhanya and Lebohang Mokoena in order to regain the scintillating style of play that has deserted the Buccaneers recently. The future of Chiefs’ Serbian coach, Kosta Papic, who was initially brought to South Africa by Pirates, could be dependant on this game, with both teams seeking to gain lost prestige and pride from a successful outcome.
HSBC Racing Academy Drivers Set for the second round of the Formula…
Al-Bawaba – Apr 27, 2007
These home grown drivers have shown good results in comparison to the other European drivers who have long years of motor sport experience.