Flock Focus:sheep producers could do more to maximise grass value
Grass is perceived as being fundamental to lamb production, but the UK sheep industry could do more to maximise its value. Debbie James reports
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Judge orders end to NFL lockout, but situation still unclear
U.S. District Judge Susan Richard Nelson issued an injunction Monday against the NFL lockout, effectively ordering the league to resume business, but it was not clear how quickly that might happen – if at all.
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Australia shaped on acceptance, not ignorance
I’d like to say to Jim Wallace that I am Muslim and gay – although Islamic clerics would say the two are mutually exclusive (”Not a time for the twit averse”, April 26). I attended the dawn service at the Sydney Cenotaph and stood shoulder to shoulder with fellow Australians to commemorate and honour our fallen heroes.
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Steve Nelson: Lipstick on the Pig of American Education
The “course-title inflation” problem is worse than the Times report suggests. NAEP and SAT scores have indeed flat-lined. But this “flat-line” indicates a precipitous drop in actual learning.
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