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Straits Times 23 Jun 08
WHAT makes Singapore unique? Is it our quaint shophouses, old buildings from colonial times, antique monuments or lush rainforests?
Singapore's heritage is a hotchpotch of cultural relics and natural beauty, and efforts towards their preservation made by the authorities are laudable.
However, I must speak for our more elusive natural heritage sites that are being neglected.
Reefs, seen only underwater or at low tides, are a marine heritage unknown to many Singaporeans.
If you have ever marvelled at the panoramic spreads in National Geographic and curious animals detailed in Sir David Attenborough's travels, know that you can view the same for yourself without even leaving our shores.
One such place is Cyrene reef, a 10-minute boat ride from the mainland.
Located west of Labrador Beach, between Pulau Bukom and Jurong Island, the reef is situated in the middle of a busy shipping lane.
It remains rich in marine diversity despite its proximity to offshore refineries and other developments.
Flaunting a long sand bar flanked by lush sea-grass meadows and lagoons of coral rubble, Cyrene is home to many beautiful marine animals such as the knobbly sea star and colourful nudibranchs.
It is revealed only at low tide. So it is no wonder that the reef remains an enigma to many.
In spite of Singapore's humble size, new creatures are being discovered all the time.
In April, marine biologist David Lane discovered a species of sea star, Pentaceraster mammillatus, on Cyrene reef. It was an intriguing find as it had previously been found only in the Red Sea and western Indian Ocean.
This may be the tip of the iceberg; there could be many more marine creatures waiting to be discovered.
Unfortunately, Cyrene - and other reefs in the Southern Islands - are in danger of being smothered by sediment and pollutants from new developments nearby. This could mean the end of marine life on these reefs.
We painstakingly saved Bukit Timah nature reserve, a tiny patch of rainforest. We preserved a short, 300m stretch of beach along Labrador Park, our last remaining natural rocky shore on the mainland. We saved these areas so that our children may enjoy our natural heritage.
Yes, heritage buildings and national parks are important, but so are our natural reefs and rich marine life. Just because we cannot see them does not mean we can neglect them.
The writer, 24, graduated with honours in biology from the National University of Singapore.
Links to more about Cyrene Reef
- Cyrene Reef on the wildsingapore website
- I want to go Cyrene Reef facebook group
- Blogging contest to go to Cyrene Reef and see it for yourself.


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The Premier League title is more often than not decided within the last ten games of the season.
Currently around 28 games in we're quickly approaching the business end of the campaign and, though we've been treated to many shocks and surprises along the way, we're hopeful that the best is yet to come.
With four teams firmly locked in one of the tightest title tilts in the history of the competition, English football fans are set to experience virtually every emotion over the course of the coming weeks.
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A few years after director Akira Kurosawa released the Japanese version (Throne of Blood) of Shakespeare's Lady Macbeth, Andrzej Wajda, for his first project outside of Poland, directed Siberska Ledi Magbet/Siberian Lady Macbeth.
This particular version-of-two-versions was based on the 1865 novel Ledi Makbet Mtsenkogo Uyezda/Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District by Nicolai Leskov and Dmitri Shostakovich's 1934 opera Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (also based on Leskov's work). Using the composer's music for the background, this tale is set in Yugoslavia during Czarist Russia.
Left at home with her father-in-law when her husband is away on a prolonged trip, Katerina takes up with peasant workman Sergei. Her father-in-law discovers the affair and Katerina, with the help of her lover, poisons him. When her husband finally returns home, Katerina has fatal plans for him as well.
As usual, Wajda aims for symbolic reflection; in this instance, the themes are of retribution and exile. It may be interesting to note that when Shostakovich wrote his opera, it was suppressed in the Soviet Union until one year before the release of this film, revived under the title, Katerina Izmaylova.
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First is from Yoshikane
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I also got couple of single beveled from him only 1 etch in V2 Steel
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This one is very special Singatirin Honyaki Gyutos
Very Very reasonable priced Honyakis with Japanese Carbon steel
With Hamon but in Sanjo they make Hamon not wavy they are more straight make think it is the best way to heath tread Honyakis
Info about them will be up on web tomorrow
I also added Diawood Kitchen Scissors
And of coars some new stones
Binsui and Red Aotos are in stock again !!!
Also i got some very nice Blue Aotos but selected by me without any toxic inclusions and extra smooth
Huge Hideryama Suita
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This is Page 3 of a four-page article: get dipping, grilling and simmering with these sumptuous sauces. Click on the black links below to see other pages.
The Art Of Chipotle's sauces have won awards at food shows nationwide. Versatile, they can be used for dipping, grilling, simmering and topping. We tried three of the current four varieties. Crazzberry Fiesta, Smokey Red Sensation and Sweet Heat Addiction have appeal to a broad range of palates. The fourth sauce, Fresh Cream Indulgence, has the most chipotle paste and has a slightly higher heat level that will be appreciated by those who want more sizzle.
Crazzberry is not some new antioxidant fruit that has emerged from a remote rainforest; it's a combination of cranberry and raspberry, and there is real fruit in this sauce. Yet Crazzberry Fiesta is not overly sweet, which makes it versatile.
The attractive, purple-red sauce is medium-bodied and has a chutney-like consistency, with some cranberry pieces and raspberry seeds throughout.
Awards: Award winner at Chile Pepper Magazine Zestfest and America's Best Food Show, 2005 Scovie Award in the Medium Heat sauce category (finishing behind Sweet Heat Addiction, below).
Ingredients: Raspberries, brown sugar, water, chipotle paste, cranberries, cider vinegar, chipotle seeds, olive oil, salt, garlic, xanthan gum.
Our favorite Art of Chipotle product, this rich, opaque, red-orange sauce contains very little sugar (less than a gram per tablespoon) and has a smooth richness we can't get enough of. One of our testers likened it to a chipotle barbecue sauce. It's not overly spicy; there's a nice amount of heat on the finish. A bit garlicky, it has a consistency similar to that of mole sauce.
This sauce can be used just about anywhere, and as readily as (and in place of) ketchup or barbecue sauce.
There's a minimum order of three bottles on The Art Of Chipotle's website—but don't worry, they'll go quickly.
Awards: 2nd place for Specialty Chile Hot Sauce and 3rd place for Spicy Ketchup, 2005 Scovie Awards; 3 more awards at the America's Zesty Best Show.
Ingredients: Water, chipotle paste, tomato paste, molasses, soybean oil, garlic, chile powder, cumin, pineapple juice concentrate, salt, xanthan gum, oregano.
As the name suggests, this is the sweetest of the sauces. It has a lingering, spicy finish, its texture is similar to that of a thicker, bottled vinaigrette, and it has some chunks of onion.
On its own, this sauce is a bit sweet for our taste, but it makes a nice marinade for chicken. The flavor becomes milder when cooked.
For those who enjoy sweeter, sticky sauces (and we see many of these, so we know there are plenty of customers for them), it would make a nice, spicy salad dressing. No doubt, it was created to appeal to the many people who like sweet flavors in savory foods; the primary ingredient is brown sugar. Sweet heat addicts, this one's for you—for wing sauce, pork tenderloin, and, instead of pepper jelly, over a brick of cream cheese as a cocktail snack.
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Keihan Railways connects North Kyoto with Eastern Kyoto at Demachiyanagi Station, the final stop on the line. On the Western side, Keifuku Railways provides easy access to the area from Arashiyama, with stops for Ninnaji, Ryoanji, Kinkakuji, and Kitano Tenmangu (Kitano Hakubaicho Station).
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Kitaōji Station on the municipal subway system's Karasuma Line gives travellers easy access to a key bus terminal that serves parts of northern Kyoto. The Karasuma Line itself continues north all the way to Kokusaikaikan Station, near the Kyoto International Conference Center.
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Northern Kyoto covers a large area, so many buses travel through the region. The #8 North (北8) bus makes a loop around the entire northern area. In the northwest, #59 passes most of the major attractions. In the northeast bus #4 and #5 each travel around popular touring spots.
The #8 is the only bus that will take you to and from the Takao area. The #17 bus will take you to the Ohara area. Both of these areas are located outside of the boundary of the ¥500 All-Day Bus pass, so do not purchase the pass if you are travelling to either of these areas.
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Visiting the vast temple complexes of north-western Kyoto can take the better part of a day. A suggested itinerary is to take the subway (Karasuma line) to Kitaoji station, and walk west along Kitaoji-dori. Daitokuji, Kinkakuji, Ryoanji and Ninnaji Temples are all on Kitaoji-dori, and about 15-30 minutes' walk apart. However if it is summer time and sweltering hot it is easy to take the bus from temple to temple as well, just read the route map at the stops. En route, you will see the giant "dai" (大) symbol burned on Mt. Daimon-ji, which can be climbed in an hour or so - look for the entrance near Ginkaku-ji (see below). If you're in Kyoto at night on August 16th, look up - you'll see the (大) aflame. Hirano Shrine is a short walk south along Nishioji-dori from Kinkakuji. If you still have time left at the end of the day, take the pleasant electric railway (Keifuku Kitano line) from Omuro to Katabiranotsuji, then take the JR Sagano line from nearby Uzumasa station back to central Kyoto.
Takao area[edit]
While the Takao area offers a modest number of sightseeing opportunities, it is one of Kyoto's most famous places to view the fall leaves. Throughout the autumnal season, the place is quite lively with vendors selling fresh treats and lanterns along the river at night. On the off-season, the area is very quiet, with few tourists. You can see the area in a half-day trip if you wish or stay a little longer to revel in the area's natural beauty (see Momijiya in "Sleep" section for accommodation in the area).
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Oliver Perez is left-handed with 90-mph. plus heat. He'll keep getting chances. When he's on, as he was last Saturday against Detroit with four hitless innings, he ignites the imagination.
Then again, when he's the Bad Ollie, he reduces those in the Mets' dugout to a bunch of babbling, head-scratching messes. Jerry Manuel once said the Bad Ollie kept him on the top step of the dugout ready to spring out.
Perez threw strikes and spotted his pitches against the Tigers, and the Mets want to see more of that tonight against Florida. The Mets continue to hang with Perez because of his high ceiling for potential, which is greater than John Maine or even Mike Pelfrey.
Perez's command was good in his first two starts, traceable to a consistency in his footwork mechanics that resulted in a comfortable release point.
"It seems so easy when it all works,'' pitching coach Dan Warthen said.
When Perez has an idea where his pitches are going he becomes more focused and relaxed. The anxiety is gone.
It seems like a little thing, but in the Detroit game Perez cruised and retired his first eight hitters, but then walked the next two. The wind kept Carlos Guillen's ball in the park. The next inning, Perez regained his focus and set the Tigers down in order.
There are dozens of games when those circumstances produced a different scenario.
It's only spring, but it beats what we've seen before.
Beltran making progress: Carlos Beltran, who'll open the season on the disabled list following knee surgery, is encouraged by his rehab.
"I'm doing good,'' Beltran told ESPN Radio. "I come to the ballpark every single day, rehabbing, to try and put myself in the best condition, so when it come time for me to start playing baseball I can go out there and do what I know I can do.''
Here's tonight's batting order vs. Marlins:
Angel Pagan, CF
Luis Castillo, 2B
David Wright, 3B
Mike Jacobs, 1B
Jason Bay, LF
Jeff Francoeur, RF
Alex Cora, SS
Henry Blanco, C
Oliver Perez, LP
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Shepherd Moves On As A Driver And A Cause
By Jeff Hood | Senior Writer
Concord, N.C. – As a steady drizzle fell over Lowe's Motor Speedway, NASCAR driver Morgan Shepherd found time Thursday afternoon to disclose how he celebrated his 68th birthday on Monday.
"I gave everybody the day off and I worked on the race car," said Shepherd, as a wide-smile flashed across his face.
A driver with four Sprint Cup and 15 Nationwide Series wins on his resume, trips to victory lane are now relegated to memory lane by thumbing through photo albums.
A win these days for Shepherd is just making the show.
A well-respected veteran from Conover, N.C. who holds virtually every job title within his organization except truck driver, Shepherd has failed to qualify for 11 of 30 Nationwide Series events this season.
But despite being forced to lay off nearly all of his Faith Motorsports employees earlier this season due to a lack of sponsorship, Shepherd has vowed to soldier on.
He admitted that he would have long been forced to shut the doors on his operation if not for funding assistance from two of NASCAR's biggest stars.
"I couldn't be here if it wasn't for Kevin Harvick and Tony Stewart," said Shepherd, whose best finish this season is a 13th at Las Vegas in March. "Kevin Harvick has helped me with several cars. He kind of started this program with me.
"And Tony Stewart bought me three engines at the start of the season and he pays for all my tires every week to race.
"We definitely couldn't be here if it wasn't for those guys."
Shepherd's day at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif. on Saturday was cut short when he finished 33rd following engine failure.
"We burned a piston in our engine," he explained.
But that temporary setback won't thwart him from attempting to make his 260th career start in NASCAR's junior circuit in Friday night's Dollar General 300.
Stewart, a two-time Cup champion, refuses to take credit for assisting Shepherd financially.
"The thing with Morgan is you've got to applaud him every week," Stewart said. "The guy does it with absolutely nothing. He has no help and he is his own crew, basically.
"He has some guys that help but he has to pretty much watch everything that's going on. That's something where it would be easy just to walk away from that scenario. But he still plugs along and still makes the effort to be here every week.
"He's not missed a race, as far as showing up for every race on the schedule. So you want to see somebody like him be successful because of the effort he personally puts into it."
As for his future plans, Shepherd said it's too soon to know if he'll return in 2010.
"We don't know about next year," he said. "A lot of times, we don't even know how we're going to even make it to the next race. But we seem to always make it."
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In Belfast on June 27, Queen Elizabeth of Britain shook hands with Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness, a former Irish Republican Army commander, in a long-awaited encounter symbolizing progress on reconciliation in Northern Ireland. • Responding to criticism of poorly handled public relations, the Vatican hired Fox News correspondent Greg Burke on June 23 as its "senior communications adviser." • The Society of St. Pius X rejected on June 25 as "clearly unacceptable" a Vatican doctrinal document that was supposed to lay the foundation for the group's reconciliation with Rome. • On June 22 Msgr. William J. Lynn of Philadelphia became the first high-ranking U.S. Catholic clergyman to be convicted of a crime associated with the handling of priests accused of child sexual abuse. • Facing a $17 million shortfall in 2012, Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Philadelphia announced an administrative reorganization that will cut 40 jobs and close the 117-year-old diocesan newspaper, The Catholic Standard and Times. • Eight parish mergers, three elementary school closings and the creation of a consortium of five other elementary schools were among the proposals accepted by Omaha Archbishop George J. Lucas on June 19.
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