Feb 14
This is an open letter to the Minister of Transport: Let me help you with your feasibility study on the light rail issue for free. It is not often I agree with former works and transport minister Colm Imbert, but I have to on this one. Judging from the various newspapers reports, it seems your …
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Feb 07
There is no question that children today are less active than those in times past. Video games, the Internet and satellite TV have significantly added to that trend by forcing a sedentary lifestyle, and as a result, childhood obesity is at an all time high. But the proposed action of one Mississippi lawmaker has led …
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Jan 30
On March 1, Scentsy will launch an innovative product line extension: an online greeting card store featuring over 150 original, customizable, SCENTED greeting cards. You will be able to order cards online and have them delivered to the recipients’ addresses without buying stamps or going to the post office. You can personalize cards with a …
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Jan 25
“Even the postal department sold greeting cards. we had stocked up all post offices with an array of designer cards giving the customers a huge range to choose from,” he added. Hariharan is one of the few people who still delights in writing letters and sending greeting cards. “There is nothing to beat the feel …
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Jan 22
Monarchists in Canada are licking their lips in anticipation of new stamps celebrating the Queen. But a stamp collector says don’t expect to make any money if you sock your savings into buying and selling stamps. Canada Post announced on Monday it has issued a booklet of 10 self-adhesive stamps featuring a cameo of Queen …
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Dec 31
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — former FIFA vice president Jack Warner said Thursday he was awarded World Cup television rights for as little as $1 in return for helping Sepp Blatter win elections for the presidency of world soccer’s ruling body. Warner, who resigned from FIFA in June amid bribery allegations, said in a statement that …
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Dec 29
PEPPERELL — Astron Inc.’s 29,000-square-foot concrete building, nestled in a corner of Lomar Industrial Park, is a virtual concert hall of chaotic humming from industrial machines and the rattle of metal pieces falling into buckets. A giant automatic press punches holes through a sheet of metal every few seconds, and the round pieces with complicated …
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Dec 28
BAGUIO CITY, Philippines – looking for a place to stay here can be a problem. And unless you have booked ahead of time, you wouldn’t find yourself a comfortable yet affordable place to stay for few days. Good thing, an all-suite vacation residence has finally opened here. Located at the Leonard Wood Loop, Barangay (village) …
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Dec 25
Last updated at 10:00 PM on 3rd December 2011 This much we know: Neil Simon can write. not only has he written more than anyone’s fair share of plays and screenplays – deep breath here: Barefoot In The Park, The Odd Couple, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Biloxi Blues, Broadway Bound, CaliforniaSuite, The Goodbye Girl, Murder by …
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Dec 24
Agitation for carving out a separate State of Telangana might not be vocal at this point of time and the leaders lying low, but they have found a new channel of spreading the demand by marking currency notes with ‘Jai Telangana’ both in Telugu and English. Writing in the white space – watermark window – …
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