Archive for September, 2008

29 Sep

Vaughan Could Still Make India Trip

England national selector Geoff Miller has admitted that Michael Vaughan could visit India this winter as part of the England performance squad.
It was announced on Saturday that Vaughan would not take part in the senior squad’s tour of India this winter after he struggled to regain his form following his decision to step down as [...]

29 Sep

Arroyo cuts short Samar trip due to storm

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has cancelled her Cabinet meeting in Eastern Samar province on Tuesday due to tropical storm “Pablo,” cutting short her two-day visit there, a Palace official said.
“All events in Eastern Samar after the event in Balangiga are cancelled due to the storm,” Capadocia said in a phone interview.
The President called off the National [...]

29 Sep

Guardiola Retains Squad For Ukraine Trip

Guardiola has been tweaking his squad slightly between games in the opening few rounds of the season so far but he has decided to summon largely the same players who travelled to Espanyol for the clash against Shakhtar.
The only exception is Uruguayan defender Martin Caceres, who will be back in the squad available for selection [...]

29 Sep

Preview Soccer-Chelsea Take Trip Into The Unknown Against Cluj

Chelsea take a trip into the unknown when they visit surprising Romanian debutants CFR Cluj with both teams looking to extend their winning starts in Champions League Group A on Wednesday.
Chelsea, last season’s beaten finalists, are taking nothing for granted in their first match against Romanian opposition despite Cluj’s lack of European experience.
Striker Salomon Kalou, [...]

29 Sep

Nasa Delays Trip To Repair Hubble Telescope

A problem that struck the Hubble Space Telescope on Saturday will delay the final space shuttle mission to service it, moving the launching from next month to next year, NASA officials said Monday.
During five spacewalks, the astronauts were set to install two new instruments and repair the telescope’s best camera and a spectrograph, both of [...]

28 Sep

Community Mourns After Thai School Trip Deaths

The group of students from Winthrop Baptist College were visiting Tad Tone waterfalls, about 600 kilometres north-east of Bangkok, when they were caught in a thunderstorm and struck by lightning.
The pastor of the Winthrop Baptist community, Benny Ho, says everyone is saddened by the deaths. “It’s been a big tragedy, something that has shocked our [...]

28 Sep

Grave Trip A ‘hello’ For Digger Nephew

When David Storey finally sees his uncle’s military grave in Belgium Tuesday, he’ll be saying a long-awaited hello rather than goodbye.
His exact whereabouts remained a mystery until August, when DNA tests revealed he was one of five Australian soldiers found in an unmarked grave on the outskirts of a small Flemish town near Ieper and [...]

28 Sep

Russellville Takes A Long Road Trip

On the other side of the ball junior signal caller Joey Howe is fast becoming a player college coaches are showing interest. Howe has a large frame at 6-6, which allows him to see the field nicely. He also has a strong arm and a good delivery.
The Russellville defense was relentless all evening as they [...]

26 Sep

Keys to staying in contact with your college student

As your child begins to get settled in at college, here are some rules of thumb to keep the lines of communication open:
Aim for touching base once a week, said Gary Ireland, dean of students at North Central College in Naperville, Ill.
“If you get in the habit of talking daily, you might not [...]

26 Sep

Busted! How to handle fibbing children

After receiving stern orders that the vanity was off limits, 4-year-old Katrina Knapps got into her mommy’s makeup stash.
Fuchsia lacquer drip marks marred the countertop and drawer handles — the product of a self-manicure gone awry. And Katrina’s chin and cheeks … and hands and sleeves … were smeared with lipstick streaks because of amateur [...]