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Her ex-husband, Randy Heine, said the pair are like golf s answer to Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor .
The 68-year-old, who married Lindsay twice, said after their engagement: Lindsay has enough husbands for us all to be ushers at the wedding. At the very least we should all be invited to the bachelor party. I could sort the strippers. It s not like I don t know a few.
Sir Nick separated from his first wife Melanie Rockall (pictured) when she discovered he was having an affair with his manager s secretary, Gill Bennett
Sir Nick with his first wife Melanie holding the trophies for his three consecutive Tour victories, at their home in 1983. The pair separated when she discovered he was having an affair
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In New York, Ronald F. Cascone died on Friday, March 5th from complications of COVID and after a long battle with esophageal cancer. He was 77. Cascone was known around the world as one of the foremost authorities on the advanced bioeconomy, an acerbic critic of cant, pettifoggery and hype and a champion of emerging technology.
A chemical engineer by training, he was a principal in the Nexant energy consulting practice (and its predecessors) for more than 30 years, after many years at Scientific Design Company. In the past 10 years he graced the ABLC stage many times, often as a member of the Due Diligence Wolfpack. He leaves behind his wife, Judith, daughters Kristina, Elena, and Gabriella; his brother Peter Cascone and nephews Alex and Max Cascone; sons-in-law Thomas Bracken and Geno Donnelly; and grandchildren Brielle and James Donnelly.
The Irishman who wrote New Zealand s national anthem
Updated / Monday, 8 Feb 2021
15:01
Thomas Bracken, author of God Defend New Zealand
On February 6th, 1840, over 500 Maori chiefs along with representatives of the British Crown signed the Treaty of Waitangi. The agreement set out certain rights for the Maori people, but handed over governance to England - making New Zealand a British colony.
As a result,
God Save the Queen became the country’s national anthem. But, years later, a second anthem penned by Irish-born poet Thomas Bracken was officially recognised.
Thomas Bracken’s Irish roots
Thomas Bracken was baptised at a Catholic church in Clonee, County Meath on December 30th, 1841. Four years later, during the Great Famine, his mother Margaret died. Then in 1852, his father Thomas, who worked as a postmaster, passed away as well.
Credit: (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
File photo: Salem Nuclear Power Plant in Lower Alloways Creek Township
In a reprise of a debate from three years ago over lucrative subsidies to keep New Jersey’s three nuclear power plants from closing, backers and critics squared off over whether to keep charging ratepayers for the $300 million annual payments.
In two virtual public hearings Monday, the two sides once again portrayed the financial viability of the PSEG Nuclear units in starkly contrasting terms. PSEG executives argued the plants are in worse fiscal shape than they were in 2018 when a divided Board of Public Utilities voted to award the initial subsidies to avert their closing.