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Rupert Smith, 41, won prizes all over the world. He was also a humble man, with a boundless “generosity of spirit”, his family say.

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The BVI Beacon COMMENTARY — Call made to rekindle softball’s ‘glory days’ Virgin Islands softball once soared and reached the pinnacle of international competition, excellence, and prominence. However, its status and standing has declined precipitously in the past decades. As such, the … Virgin Islands softball once soared and reached the pinnacle of international competition, excellence, and prominence. However, its status and standing has declined precipitously in the p...

Food and Drink: Theres more to island cooking than jerk spices Published by admin on Wed, 06/09/2021 - 6:47am A green table lantern cannot obscure the hue of brown stew chicken at Koolrunin Yardis in Jefferson City. [Dave Faries] By:  Editor Chef Ronald Jackson doesn’t mind sharing his recipe for brown stew chicken. There’s chicken, of course, thyme, onions, ginger, some peppers and a number of other ingredients. “I can show you how I do it,” h...

From the blog of Amos Davidowitz at The Times of Israel

Halstan in multimillion strategic spend for book growth Darryl Danielli Thursday, May 6, 2021 Halstan has upgraded its production firepower with a circa £2.5m spend to be "best in class”, with a new sheetfed inkjet press and automated book line taking centre stage in its diversification strategy. Canon VarioPrint iX3200, centrepiece of strategic spend The Amersham, Bucks-based business installed a Canon VarioPrint iX3200 B3 sheetfed inkjet last month. “P...

Afghanistan: defeated narrative and America’s compulsion It is a shame how a superpower like the US walked into a country ostensibly with unclear political aims The writer is a retired major general and has an interest in International Relations and Political Sociology. He can be reached at [email protected] and tweets @20_Inam Although the pseudo-analysts of the Afghan scene, top Bush officials, neocons and their beltway backers, tried all tricks in their toolkit to stop, delay and/or conf...

What did 20 years of western intervention in Afghanistan achieve? Ruination Simon Jenkins © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Ghulamullah Habibi/EPA The longest, most pointless and unsuccessful war that Britain has fought in the past 70 years – its intervention in Afghanistan – is to end in September. I doubt anyone will notice. Nations celebrate victories, not defeats. Twenty years ago the United States decided to relieve its 9/11 agony not just by blasting Osama bin ...

Britain’s justifications for invading were having influence and deterring terror. They are just neo-imperialist platitudes, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Mediafisch’s “My Perfect Supercar” kicks into gear Zurich-based prodco Mediafisch is teaming with Switzerland-headquartered holding company Elysian Fields and luxury car collector organization Supercar Owners Circle (SOC) for a six-part docuseries that will reveal the rare and ... March 8, 2021 Zurich-based prodco Mediafisch is teami...