15 May

Iemma denies power sell-off behind China trip

Mr Iemma has arrived in Hong Kong where he will give the keynote address at a business lunch later today.
The Premier has been joined by representatives from 33 companies and nine universities, who will accompany him to a series of meetings in Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Shanghai and Beijing during his 10 day visit.
Mr Iemma says [...]

12 May

3 faiths coming together for Mideast trip

They will travel halfway around the world together, build a house for a needy family together and reach out to refugees of war together.
But showing people how different faiths can work together for the common good is the biggest thing a group representing Muslim, Jewish and Christian communities in Indianapolis hopes to achieve on a [...]

03 May

A Trip Down Memory Lane Through Drive-In Theaters

The conversation occurred because I was trying to find the name of a long-gone drive-in movie theater in Culpeper County so I could put it on a historical map. Someone finally referred me to Joe Quaintance, who had built the theater.
As Quaintance and I talked, I realized that this man could be considered the 1950s [...]

03 May

Red Sox DVD provides trip down memory lane

The title of this DVD is a bit of a misnomer unless you, like the producers, believe the greatest Red Sox [team stats] memories occurred only in the World Series.
Owing to the lack of film from the team’s most dominant era - from 1903-1918 - the period is given an 18-minute summation via photos and [...]

07 Apr

Zidane to display skills in Sydney

ZINEDINE Zidane, World Cup winner and three-time FIFA World
Player of the Year, will play a match in Australia in June.
Zidane, who won the World Cup with France in 1998 and was
sensationally sent off in the 2006 World Cup final after
headbutting Italian Marco Materazzi, will make a whirlwind 72-hour
trip to Sydney that will include an exhibition [...]

07 Apr

Flats glad to go green

Running a lawnmower using fermented fruit ethanol and shrink- wrapping windows were among winning ideas in the University of Canterburys Eco-My-Flat competition.
It was developed by three summer scholarship students and encouraged students to become eco- friendly in their flats.
Weekly workshops taught the students techniques that made them more aware of their actions and how they [...]

07 Apr

Zidane to display skills in Sydney

ZINEDINE Zidane, World Cup winner and three-time FIFA World
Player of the Year, will play a match in Australia in June.
Zidane, who won the World Cup with France in 1998 and was
sensationally sent off in the 2006 World Cup final after
headbutting Italian Marco Materazzi, will make a whirlwind 72-hour
trip to Sydney that will include an exhibition [...]

05 Apr

Zidane to display skills in Sydney

ZINEDINE Zidane, World Cup winner and three-time FIFA World
Player of the Year, will play a match in Australia in June.
Zidane, who won the World Cup with France in 1998 and was
sensationally sent off in the 2006 World Cup final after
headbutting Italian Marco Materazzi, will make a whirlwind 72-hour
trip to Sydney that will include an exhibition [...]

03 Apr

Sorry, no fat chicks allowed

They come and make documentaries about you (The March of the Penguins), they make animated movies of you singing and bopping and grooving (Happy Feet) and all you really want is a normal life: fish, sex, snow, somewhere to bring up the kids.
Dolphins, till recently, were more modish, made into crystal dingle-dangles, ornaments and soft [...]

02 Apr

Kiwi taekwondo Olympian set to surprise

At 90kg and 1.83m tall, the 30-year-old immigration officer doesnt look like the type of guy who could drop someone with a lightning kick to the head.
And hes hoping giants such as 2m-tall world champion Daba Modibo Keita, of Mali, and French beast Pascal Gentil share that sentiment.
I know exactly where I am in my [...]