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‘Nutcracker’ shows the skill and progress of home-grown dancer…
madison.com – Dec 14, 2007
, DEC 14, 2007 – 11:03 PM 'Nutcracker' shows the skill and progress of home-grown dancers By Jay Rathfor The State Journal It may be a sign of how extremely professional Madison Ballet has become, that celebrated guests no longer eclipse our home-grown dancers. This is clear at the annual production of "The Nutcracker, " which opened Friday at the Overture Center for the Arts. It 's another bright, sparkling, holiday bauble, all wrapped up in a lush visual and sonic package. Much is familiar, some has changed. The choreography is by the Madison Ballet 's own artistic director, W.
Green thumb, green heart
Corpus Christi Caller Times – Dec 14, 2007
Salazar now works three gardens, one of them connected with the Food Bank, which distributes the lettuce, spinach, beans, cherry tomatoes and other vegetables to hungry families. The Food Bank also focuses on the garden-grown vegetables to teach nutrition. Salazar is using his gardens, some of whose produce goes to his own family’s consumption, some of which is sold at a local farmers market and that with the Food Bank, to be something of a promoter for home-grown fruits and vegetables. Give him a home-grown ROSE for his efforts on behalf of healthy food. Arkansas travelerProfessional sports figures aren’t known for holding loyalty to a team above their own personal priorities. But the sudden departure of coach Bobby Petrino from the Atlanta Falcons, with three games still left to go in the season is pretty cold. Petrino, who was hired as coach of the University of Arkansas, earlier this week simply left a letter to his players saying he had quit as coach "in the best interest of me and my family.
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SportingNews.com – Dec 14, 2007
Mitch(ell) Mustain. Bobby Petrino probably wishes he could work with him, but Mustain, once a prized home-grown Razorbacks recruit, transferred to be far away from Arkansas as the latest QB-in-waiting for the USC Trojans. I still get him confused with Megadeth lead singer Dave Mustaine, but the hair is a giveaway. Of course, you would be upset and leave your home-state college too if you lost a starting job to someone named Casey Dick. ————————-.
The curse of black gold
Stuff.co.nz – Dec 14, 2007
Health, education, housing, social welfare – all can be deluged with money. At last, the state has more than sufficient resources to make a real and lasting difference to the lives of all its citizens. Players reel off their pet projects: a 30-hour working week; architecturally innovative state housing communities people would be queuing up to join; free childcare for everyone; state-of- the-art computer technology and super-fast Internet connections free to every home; a world-class, electrified, light-rail public transport system in all major cities; fully funded, commercial-free, public broadcasting – with lavish support for home-grown news, sport, documentary, music and drama production. With all that lovely oil, everything is possible. Or is it?The fate of the South American nation of Venezuela suggests that finding one's country in possession of vast reserves of oil may not be the uncomplicated blessing it seems. The discovery of massive oil reserves in the years during World War I transformed Venezuela into one of the continent's wealthiest economies and dramatically expanded the capacity of its military strongmen to buy the loyalty not only of their fellow officers but of the all- important middle class and, sometimes, even the workers. Eventually, the flood of oil dollars rendered Venezuela's tradition of benign military dictatorship redundant, and in the same year that Labour won power in New Zealand, 1935, the country finally became a stable two-party democracy.
McCullum takes on speedsters
NEWS.com.au – Dec 14, 2007
article-tools –> Richard Earle December 15, 2007 12:00am FEARLESS Brendan McCullum smashed Australia’s grip of fear as New Zealand proved it will not relinquish the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy without a fight. A sweltering Adelaide crowd was baying for blood after the Kiwis questioned the validity of home-grown hero Shaun Tait’s action ahead of last night’s series opener. Instead, it was diminutive opener McCullum (96) who stood and conquered from the outset, smashing 96 from 103 balls in New Zealand’s 7-254 from 50 overs. The keeper-batsman put on 99 with No. 3 Jamie How and 52 with Ross Taylor in amassing his highest one-day score. Taylor rebounded from his Twenty20 WACA nightmare against Australia with a quickfire half century in 52 balls before top-edging to Tait off Brett Lee.
From slum-dweller to miracle graduate
New Zealand Herald – Dec 14, 2007
With three volunteers, Gitau had been teaching carpentry, tailoring, computer skills and baking. At the heart of his plans was a library. It was the imagination and ambition of his home-grown charity that caught the eye of other NGOs. And when Monica Quince, the wife of the European Union’s head of delegation in Nairobi, and a colleague, Alex Walford, took an interest in his projects, they provided not only resources, but the vital advice that led to Gitau’s Manchester adventure. Gitau and Walford became friends. A few months later, Gitau told him about his dreams. He wanted to show him the prospectus, but when Gitau couldn’t find it, he simply told him "Manchester”, and "IDPM”.