| GG weighs into cricket debate
Isn't wondrous how those with biased views fail to see the message when it goes against that bias.Cricket (and golf) are games where, since time immemorial, honour and personal integrity are part and parcel of the game.The example of poor sportsmanship from all quarters in recent history serve only to prove that 'wrong begets wrong'.The GG is absolutely correct in his observations.I am an Aussie; not biased unduly, but keen to see fair play.The behaviours of all cricketers in recent years leaves much to be desired. Forget pointing the finger at whomever began this obnoxious behaviour and take steps to right what is wrong; the game itself can only benefit. Agree (0) Alert moderator Isaac Hunt: 30 Jan 2008 2:01:10pm The confusion around this issue seems to stem from the mistaken belief that "Cricket (and golf) are games where, since time immemorial, honour and personal integrity are part and parcel of the game" - lets address that important misconstructionsports people are rarely the sharpest tools in the shed and most of them have little understanding of what "honour and personal integrity" is or how to spell it - the fact is that sports people are more competitive than your average Joe in the street and are therefore more inclined to cheat if they are satisfied they will not be caught - the very notion that some sports are more honourbale or have more integrity than others only helps muddy the waters because, although that is what we have been told for years - it is simply not true - sports "personalities generally (an oxy moron if ever there was one) do not deserve to be put up on a short plinth, never mind a pedestal! Agree (0) Alert moderator Dave: 30 Jan 2008 2:49:22pm Mate, the people who began it most probably before the time of cricket.
Families, businesses share money worries
And the Baltimore resident, a 52-year-old homemaker, is in school studying nursing to land a recession-proof job.
"We feel like we've really been conscientious about saving and planning, and in spite of that, we're feeling like we're going to have trouble keeping our heads above water," said Watson, who is concerned about retirement, health care costs in particular.
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Landmark exhibit traces photography’s evolution in American culture
From daguerreotype to digital image, the medium of photography has captured the artist's imagination and eye.A landmark exhibition, "Icons of American Photography: A Century of Photographs from The Cleveland Museum of Art" is at The Cleveland Museum of Art through Sept. 16. It includes 116 photographs by 60 major photographers, covering the period from 1850 to 1960. This thoroughly satisfying show from the museum's own collection, provides in curator of photography Tom Hinson's words, "a visual record of America: who we were and whom we have become." It also tracks how the genre's technical developments impacted creative expression.Each black-and-white photograph is a masterpiece of the genre by some of the greatest photographers of the age. A number of these important photographers are Jewish, including Aaron Siskind, Alfred Stieglitz, Weegee (born Arthur Felig), Helen Levitt, Andreas Feininger and Ben Shahn.The exhibit begins with the daguerreotype and the earliest examples of portraiture, the first practical photographic process developed by Frenchman Louis-Jacques-Maude Daguerre in 1839.
SurfAid International Launches Quiksilver SurfAid Community Health ...
Humanitarian aid organization SurfAid International has opened the first stage of the Quiksilver SurfAid Community Health Training Centre at Katiet, in the Mentawai Islands, off Indonesia's West Sumatran coast.
The centre, which has been funded by the Quiksilver Foundation, has been designed by leading organic agriculturalist, Brendan Hoare.
In the worst Mentawai villages, up to 50 per cent of children will die from causes including acute respiratory infection, diarrhea, bad or unclean birthing and malaria. Underlying this, SurfAid research shows that up to 40 per cent of Mentawai children are malnourished and 60 per cent of mothers and children are anemic. The centre aims to help correct this situation.
SurfAid Founder and CEO, Dr. Dave Jenkins, said the opening of the centre was the culmination of a long and successful partnership with Quiksilver.
Snowboarder dies at Steamboat
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. Ski area officials confirmed Friday afternoon that a 22-year-old snowboarder died at Steamboat Ski Area.
Steamboat Ski and Resort Corp. spokesman Mike Lane said the individual was snowboarding on Snooze Bar, an intermediate trail on the upper mountain in the Morningside Park area, when the accident occurred.
Steamboat Ski Patrol responded to the scene at 2:30 p.m. and administered life support. Patrollers took the individual to an ambulance at the Slope Maintenance building, where he was pronounced dead.
The Routt Coroner is investigating the case. The individual's name is withheld pending notification of kin.
The death is the second at the ski area in 10 days.
On Jan. 15, Mark Joseph Stout, 45, of Ottsville, Pa., was skiing with his 15-year-old daughter and friends when he fell behind the group at about 11:30 a.m.
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