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Sideswipe: March 11: Prescient words on pandemic 10 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM 3 minutes to read Ten years ago by the New York Times published comments by Dr Abigail Zuger criticising certain supposedly unrealistic aspects of Contagion, Steven Soderberghs film about a deadly pandemic sweeps the globe. The movies screenwriter, Scott Burns, responded ... "We took great care to make sure our fictional story was based on real science. The world had seen more than three dozen new pandemic...

Oscar Hammerstein II, (born July 12, 1895, New York, New York, U.S.—died August 23, 1960, Doylestown, Pennsylvania), American lyricist, musical comedy author, and theatrical producer influential in the development of musical comedy and known especially for his immensely successful collaboration with the composer Richard Rodgers. The grandson of the opera impresario Oscar Hammerstein, he studied law at Columbia University before beginning his career in the theatre. Between 1920 and 1959 he w...

      Daniels Substitute Teacher - Daniel is so excited for the Spring Sing at school today, but when he arrives, he discovers that Teacher Harriet is not there to teach the routine to the students. The class meets a substitute teacher named Mr. Malik. Daniel is hesitant at first, but learns that different can be fun, too. Strategy: Things may change, and thats okay. Today we can do things a different way. Episode Duration: 28 minutes and 46 seconds Episode Number: 505

10:16AM, FEB 28 2021 Studs and stallion masters have already thrown their hat into the ring in a bid to secure the breeding rights to Mishriff, winner of last weeks $20 million Saudi Cup, but racing manager Ted Voute has said that the colts owner Prince Faisal is content to bide his time before reaching an agreement. A blue-blooded homebred son of the Princes dual Group 1 winner Make Believe, Mishriff already rated a highly desirable stallion prospect before his victory in the worlds ri...

UPDATED 11:58AM, MAR 2 2021 Prince Faisal had ten million reasons to celebrate following the Saudi Cup in Riyadh after his homebred star Mishriff added the worlds richest race to a record that already included the Prix du Jockey Club and the Prix Guillaume dOrnano. The story contained within Mishriffs pedigree encapsulates an approach to racing and breeding that has brought the Prince untold success over the past four decades. The four-year-old hails from his signature family, tracing ba...

The John Gosden trained Mishriff (IRE), owned by Prince A A Faisal, went one better than his second place finish in last years Saudi Derby when he caught Charlatan (USA) in the final 100m to win the $20m The Saudi Cup, the worlds most valuable race.

Nicholas Kristof writes that we can't impeach Fox News along with Donald Trump. But we can try to cut off its funding.

“I don’t have a signal either. Is his transceiver not on?” “We need all hands on deck now!” Their confidence was crushed. The most essential avalanche rescue tool, fundamental to their training scenarios, was suddenly useless. They’d have to find him using other means: pole-like probes and shovels. If they didn’t find him in 15 or 20 minutes, he likely wouldn’t survive. They were approaching the two-minute mark. No way, McIntosh said to himself. This can’t be how Nick McNutt ...

3:01PM, JAN 25 2021 Juddmonte has announced mating plans for their American-based broodmare band, including multiple Grade 1 winner and top producer Close Hatches.  Close Hatches, a daughter of First Defence and the winner of five top-level contests including the Personal Ensign Stakes, is the dam of the multiple Graded winner Tacitus - who will run in next months Saudi Cup - and will visit the exciting Constitution.  Constitution, whose son Tiz The Law struck in the Belmont Stakes ...

A new Dusty Springfield anthology collects singles from her time with Atlantic Records. In 1968, Dusty Springfield — then an established pop star in the U.K. — flew across the pond to conquer the U.S. by signing what was meant to be a long-term deal with Atlantic Records. The label sent Springfield down to American Sound Studio in Memphis, Tenn., hoping to impart some of the Southern soul magic that had worked so well for Wilson Pickett and Aretha Franklin. Those sessions are now collected ...