Home-grown art
The News Review:
- Home-grown art
- German Basketball Struggles for Sponsors, Recognition
- Singapore says open skies only a ‘half step’
- BANGLADESH: More needs to be done to tackle bird flu
- Pint to pint
Home-grown art
St. Petersburg Times - Feb 15, 2008
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TAMPA - Pam Moody always dreamed of owning her own art gallery where she and other native Florida artists could display their work in a cozy space that was both personal and inviting. Last fall, the Citrus Park ceramic artist opened the Creative Native Gallery in a 1940s bungalow at 5307 N Falkenburg Road in East Tampa. She painted the outside of the vintage house pale yellow and the shutters a Caribbean blue-green. Inside there are "no white walls to be found," she jokes, but rather, lots of earthy greens, brick red, wheat colors, even black. "It's added a lot of interest and charm - it really is cute," says Moody, 44, a ceramic artist who creates unique, nature-inspired Florida sculpture for the home, including designs inspired by coral and sea life… "It needed a lot of work. And East Tampa is not known as a big art destination, but that's changing. " The vintage bungalow is a 30-mile trip from their home in Citrus Park, but Moody says it's worth the commute because the property was a good fit for both of them. It stands in what was once a rural, residential neighborhood that now includes industrial buildings and a diner mixed in among the homes. "It really was a humble little house, owned by salt-of-the-earth people who, judging by the roof line, added on to it a number of times," she said. Now, she's fixing up the last room in the house: a studio space where artists can work and where the Creative Native can hold classes. She says she wanted a mixture of artists showing different kinds of work at the gallery - not just ceramicists like herself.
German Basketball Struggles for Sponsors, Recognition
Deutsche Welle - Feb 15, 2008
“It’s obvious that kids interested in basketball today know more about the NBA players than they do about the guys who play here,” Voigt said. German-player quote — high enough?
In 2005, the BBL tried to improve the situation by ruling that at least three of the 12 players on the roster have to be Germans. Voigt called the quota “kind of low,” saying that court time in the pro leagues is necessary for Germans to develop enough home-grown talent to field good national teams for European championships. Otherwise Germany couldn’t hold its own against more basketball oriented countries like Greece or Spain. But more worrisome than keeping German players active, is the question of how to keep the teams alive at all. Earlier this month, the Cologne 99ers announced bankruptcy, despite a string of successes. The move came after the team’s corporate sponsor, RhineEnergie, pulled its support and a private financier failed to come through with enough cash to carry the team.
Singapore says open skies only a ‘half step’
The Age - Feb 15, 2008
“But it is only half a step. Mr Forshaw said the decision would stop any worries about thenew Labor government’s commitment to free trade. “Competing in a globalised economy doesn’t mean consumers shouldlose by protecting the legacy practices of home-grown companies outof some loose definition of national interest,” Mr Forshawsaid. “As we have consistently argued, it is a mistake to confusenational interest with national carriers’ interests. Singapore would, Mr Forshaw said, keep calling for furtherliberalisation”We are patient,” he said. “All over the world, these changes are occurring and consumersare benefiting. “Australia should be no different.
BANGLADESH: More needs to be done to tackle bird flu
Reuters AlertNet - Feb 15, 2008
The blood is not washed away, nor are the remains of the bird properly disposed of. Instead, the bird is thrown away where wild birds may eat it. Home-grown chickens generally roam about the courtyard and defecate, with residents carrying the faeces into their homes on their bare feet. Chicken coops are generally cleaned each morning, but those cleaning them out rarely if ever cover their faces with a mask or a piece of cloth to prevent exposure to faecal dust. Amongst the very poorest people, residents and animals, including chickens, often share the same house - and chicken faeces are either dumped in the backyard or spread over the kitchen garden as manure. Other households dry the faeces in the sun and then put them into the pond as fish feed - the same ponds they use for bathing, clothes’ washing and watering livestock. Hygiene practices need to be changedTraditional health and routine hygiene practices also need to be changed.
Pint to pint
Telegraph.co.uk - Feb 15, 2008
Inspired by the owners’ love of Spain, the menu is short, punchy and changes twice daily. ”Meals for the whole table” (such as suckling pig, a big white fish or bouillabaisse) are popular and come summer there are barbecues in the pretty garden. For vegetarians, the chef is happy to fiddle around with dishes on the blackboard and the owner is proud of her home-grown American cress, mustard leaf and baby Swiss chard. Of course, there’s always the option of simply grazing at the bar on the home-made pork scratchings and the wild boar salami, washed down with the house Sauvignon (Chilean) from glasses the size of small swimming pools. The beers on offer are Brakspear, San Miguel and Guinness, but the big winter warmer of the moment is the home-mulled cider. Hurry and drink some before spring comes. The Half Moon, Cuxham, Watlington, Oxfordshire (01491 614151).