Article: Gardening: Grow bananas; TASTE OF PARADISE AT HOME.(Features)

Article: 'A walking calamity'; Dislocated thumb, sprained ankle, bursitis, injured jaw, flu - it's been a rough ride for Kim since he hoisted the hardware at last year's AT&T.(AT&T NATIONAL)
The Washington Times (Washington, DC);  July 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ......capitalizing on his immense talent last year by posting the first two victories of his...I've been a walking calamity, said the 24-year-old Kim, who returns to Congressional Country...week to defend the title he captured last year with a tournament-record score of 268...

Article: CHINA'S EXPORT SITUATION TO IMPROVE AT YEAR-END, EXPERTS.
AsiaPulse News;  July 2, 2009 ;     194 words ......is expected to greatly improve at the end of this year or the beginning of the next year once it passes through its hardest period, said...value of China's exports had slumped 21.8 per cent year on year in the January-May period, suffering a seven-mon...

Article: Corn filling more acres this year
The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL;  July 1, 2009 ;     540 words ......unexpectedly large crop of corn and soybeans this year, easing some fears of rising food costs...through June, up 1.8 million acres from last year. Farmers also planted 87 million acres of corn, up 1 million acres from last year and the second-largest corn acreage in...

Article: Winchcombe school review of year
Gloucestershire Echo, The;  July 4, 2009 ;     238 words ......their laurels at the school's review of the year. More than 70 of the pupils from years...Herapath, who won the Scientist of the Year trophy, Megan Scott who was awarded the...Association Cup two years running. The 13-year-old said: "I'm still doing the litter picking...

Article: Norwin Relay for Life braces for tough year
Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review;  July 3, 2009 ;     577 words ...Last year's Relay for Life at Norwin was the most successful in the event's five-year history, but 2009 could be a challenging year for the American Cancer Society's signature fundraiser. "The economy has hit all the Relays," said Denise Martin...

Article: Party on Pasadena's Colorado Street Bridge canceled this year
Pasadena Star-News;  July 4, 2009 ;     460 words ......the iconic Colorado Street Bridge every year. The up-front $100,000 cost of staging...raiser is too risky an investment this year, said Sue Mossman, the preservation group...was fiscally responsible to do it this year. The risk is too high." But the city hasn...

Article: 540,000 ON DOLE BY END OF YEAR; More jobs in danger as economy slides.(News)
The Mirror (London, England);  July 2, 2009 ;     473 words ......UNEMPLOYMENT could top 540,000 by the end of the year, the Taoiseach warned yesterday. Brian...have seen their employment dry up this year. And Mr Cowen warned the unemployment rate...540,000 people - before the end of the year and could rise somewhat again next year...

Article: Thailand's CPI for June drops 4.0 pct year on year
Xinhua News Agency;  July 1, 2009 ;     175 words ...Thailand's CPI for June drops 4.0 pct year on year BANGKOK, July 1 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's consumer confidence index (CPI) for June stood at 104.7, a 4.0 percent decline year on year, but it was 0.4 percent higher than that of May, the...

Article: Cherries return to Door County After the disaster of last year, the industry bounces back
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  July 5, 2009 ;     694 words ......crop of the iconic summer fruit after last year's extreme weather nearly wiped it out...crop of both sweet and tart cherries this year," said Jim Seaquist, a partner in his family...3 million pounds of tart cherries this year -- roughly 20% less than the bumper crop...

Article: INDONESIAN MOTORCYCLE SALES PREDICTED TO SHRINK THIS YEAR.
AsiaPulse News;  July 2, 2009 ;     121 words ......industry is forecast to sink to a seven year low with production estimated to reach...motorcycle industries (AISI) said last year, the capacity utilization was 84 per cent...for motorcycle has declined so far this year compared with last year. Based on data...

Article: Road deaths total 127 in first six months of the year, figures reveal
The Irish Times;  July 2, 2009 ;     277 words ......killed on the roads in the first six months of the year, down by 14 on the same period last year, figures released yesterday by the Road Safety...warned that July is the "most lethal" month of the year to use the roads. Between 1999 and 2008 a total...

Article: Profitability tumbles to 17-year low, NS reveals.
The Birmingham Post (England);  July 2, 2009 ;     323 words ......drove up industry's wage costs by more than ten per cent year-on-year, while profitability sank to a 17year low. The leap in...between the final months of 2008 and January/ March this year, National Statistics reported yesterday. Productivity...

Article: GORDON RAMSAY REVEALS HIS YEAR OF HELL ; PROFITS FELL BY 87 PER CENT AND CHEF HAD TO PLOUGH IN Pounds 5M TO SAVE EMPIRE
Evening Standard - London;  July 2, 2009 ;     553 words ......almost 90 per cent in his most "turbulent" year since starting in business. The celebrity...close it came to running out of money last year because of overhasty expansion, forcing...he is earning up to Pounds 10 million a year from his TV programmes, live shows and...

Article: A boulder approach; When designing a garden for a geologist, Julie Toll went for rocks.
The Evening Standard (London, England);  November 5, 2003 ;     700+ words ......around the house, was designed by Julie Toll, whose chief talent lies in...the deck, I also planted a 40-year-old olive tree, which I knew...flower and scent through the year, like Daphne odora Aureomarginata...Egyptian bulrushes. At this time of year, ornamental grasses change colour...