Editor’s home-grown experiment cuts grocery bill to $10
The News Review:
- Editor’s home-grown experiment cuts grocery bill to $10
- Your stories of the year: part two
- Mind game crucial for McLeish at Birmingham
- A year of milestones and millstones for NZ TV in 07
- Cover story: The fast-changing garden scene
Editor’s home-grown experiment cuts grocery bill to $10
New Zealand Herald - Dec 27, 2007
css-trouble {display:block;font:bold 1. 6em Arial, sans-serif;line-height:2em;}. css-trouble a {text-decoration:none;color:#FF0000;}. css-trouble a:hover {text-decoration:underline;}… In the process, she is slashed her spending on groceries. Now she wants the rest of us to make the effort, and start growing our own fruit and vegetables. Ms Hallinan decided last Christmas that if she could not grow everything in her back yard she had no right to tell others to do it. She says she managed to cut her grocery bill to ten dollars a week using her garden, and is encouraging New Zealanders to do the same. The secret of how she did it can be found at.
Your stories of the year: part two
Guardian Unlimited - Dec 27, 2007
Following sharp price rises in August, the cup of bitterness overflowed. No one in Washington, London or anywhere else outside Burma turned a tap. And this home-grown popular protest has - so far - been as peaceful as can be. I have before me a joint statement from the All Burma Monks Alliance and the 88 Generation Students group which begins with a remarkable sentence: “The entire people led by monks are staging a peaceful protest to be freed from the general crises of politics, economics and society by reciting the Metta Sutra. ” The Metta Sutra reflects on the Buddhist virtue of metta, or unconditional love and kindness. “) One demo banner read: “Love and kindness must win over all”… In effect, they are beating up the Buddha. Iain Aitch: The very English appeal of punk-rock band CrassI was strangely moved - a mixture of nostalgia and optimism - by the article about the agit-pop punk group, Crass. It somehow conveyed a unique and appealing aspect of Englishness - Daniel Mudford, London SW17Film & Music, October 19. The choice of venue, the Shepherd’s Bush Empire in London, has caused controversy among fans of the band. Crass usually played church halls and scout huts, with almost every gig being a benefit for CND, Rape Crisis or some other worthy cause… The choice of venue, the Shepherd’s Bush Empire in London, has caused controversy among fans of the band. Crass usually played church halls and scout huts, with almost every gig being a benefit for CND, Rape Crisis or some other worthy cause. Internet message boards are abuzz with accusations of a sell-out. “Some of the criticism from old fans has been spiteful and personal,” says [vocalist Steve] Ignorant. “But I don’t have to justify what I do.
Mind game crucial for McLeish at Birmingham
Telegraph.co.uk - Dec 27, 2007
He was never really out of the equation - but when I spoke to him a few weeks ago I felt that he needed a wee bit more sharpness and mobility fitness-wise. “He has worked on that with the fitness coach over the last couple of weeks, and it has really fallen into place for him. “Gillingham manager Mark Stimson has revealed Newcastle, Arsenal and West Ham are all vying to sign home-grown youngster Luke Freeman. The striker, who has played three games for Gillingham’s first team, hit the headlines last month when, at the age of 15 years and 233 days, he became the youngest player ever to appear in the FA Cup proper. Freeman has since made two more appearances for the League One side following his senior debut in the 2-1 FA Cup defeat at Gillingham, but has yet to start a first-team game. Stimson is resigned to losing the teenager, who has already spent time at Newcastle and Arsenal, but only if the deal is right for the cash-strapped Kent club. “Luke has had a fantastic day at Newcastle and a fantastic day at Arsenal,” said Stimson.
A year of milestones and millstones for NZ TV in 07
Stuff.co.nz - Dec 27, 2007
Britain's ITV also commissioned a six-part series based on the drama, called Honest, set to air next year. It was an auspicious start for new Nightline presenter Samantha Hayes, when several weeks into her role and with almost faultless diction, declared a horse in the Melbourne Cup was "pissing down the outside", as opposed to passing. Proving New Zealand television executives often can't recognise talent when they see it, home-grown music-comedy duo Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie snagged a 12-episode television series on the American HBO cable network. The deal came after the duo - Flight of the Conchords - could not find a New Zealand network interested in the series. The televised pleas of distraught model Nicky Watson to help find her missing dog would surely rate as one of the low moments of New Zealand television. The news clip, slotted next to murders and natural disasters, suggests the start of the silly season for television over Christmas and New Year may already be underway.
Cover story: The fast-changing garden scene
Pakistan Dawn - Dec 27, 2007
Our patience as we waited endlessly for the miracle to happen was amply rewarded. Next morning the flower wilted and died. Of course, cactus may be home-grown here but at certain nurseries you can find the most colourful varieties of imported cacti. Many readers must be thinking what next? Good question, as there are countless gardening segments left which would benefit immensely from expertise provided by clubs and associations. For instance, I would certainly love to join a club that focuses on crotons, those tropical plants that create a colourful aura with their vivid yellow and red leaves in variegated colour combinations and enticingly twisted and curly shapes. Crotons need a lot of care as they die easily. A rose club, a fragrant shrubs club, a bulbs club and, of course, fruit and vegetable clubs are also urgently needed.