UK: Home-Grown Veg Ruined by Toxic Fertiliser
The News Review:
- UK: Home-Grown Veg Ruined by Toxic Fertiliser
- Ty: ‘Hip-hop has no culture’
- Opinion: A Deserved Defeat for Germany at Euro 2008
- Furniture Store Moves Into Levitz Building
- Man’s response to challenge is inspiration to many
UK: Home-Grown Veg Ruined by Toxic Fertiliser
Infoshop News - 12 hours ago
The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has been inundated with calls from concerned gardeners who have seen potatoes, beans, peas, carrots and salad vegetables wither or become grossly deformed. The society admitted that it had no idea of the extent of the problem, but said it appeared ’significant’. The affected gardens and allotments have been contaminated by manure originating from farms where the hormone-based herbicide aminopyralid has been sprayed on fields. Home-Grown Veg Ruined by Toxic Fertiliser
by Caroline Davies
June 29, 2008
Guardian
Gardeners have been warned not to eat home-grown vegetables contaminated by a powerful new herbicide that is destroying gardens and allotments across the UK.
Ty: ‘Hip-hop has no culture’
Independent, UK - 14 hours ago
It’s not necessarily goody two-shoes music, but it is about having some sort of integrity. My integrity is in my music and that’s what I push. So yeah, unfortunately I am treated like a little child in the UK because I do hip-hop music. But really, I am treated like a fully-grown man who is influencing others abroad. It’s horses for courses. "Raised in Brixton, south London to Nigerian-immigrant parents, he grew up with his sister in a strict household where career choices were limited to becoming a doctor or a lawyer. But Ty wanted to do hip-hop.
Opinion: A Deserved Defeat for Germany at Euro 2008
Deutsche Welle, Germany - 3 hours ago
No one was constantly good and all had their weak moments. Goalkeeper Jens Lehmann fluttered more than the ball up to the semi-final. Defender Christoph Metzelder’s beard might have grown during the tournament, but he didn’t get any faster. Per Mertesacker also seemed too slow too many times. Midfielder Michael Ballack was not at his best in several games, including the final. People should be able to expect more of a top player than that. Germany’s much-praised strikers, Miroslav Klose and Mario Gomez, didn’t manage to achieve much.
Furniture Store Moves Into Levitz Building
Kitsap Sun (Subscription), United States - 6 hours ago
It opened its first store in Austin in 2002. Ashley Furniture was founded by Carlyle Weinberger in 1945 as the Ashley Companies. The company has grown to be one of the largest home furniture manufacturing companies in the country, according to the company’s Web site. The Silverdale store is at 9577 Ridgetop Boulevard NW. It’s grand opening will be Friday. Store hours will be Monday through Saturday from 9 a.
Man’s response to challenge is inspiration to many
Meriden Record-Journal, CT - 8 hours ago
All they wanted was for Alex to have a chance to experience a normal life again. Not only has Alex Weisker returned to a normal lifestyle despite his permanent handicap, but the 2008 Southern Connecticut University graduate has been a source of inspiration for family and friends throughout Wallingford. "To watch him grown and mature, to see him overcome obstacles that would have held anyone else down, it’s just amazing," said his neighbor Gloria Caballero, who hosted a party in his honor at her 51 Wrinn St. home Sunday afternoon. "We really couldn’t be more proud of him. " Family friend Nancy Freyberg and Weisker’s high school friend Kevin Johnson both said they have been impressed with how focused he has been and said that if he can overcome struggles with life as a disabled person, then they can overcome anything.