Feb 15
As a grade school teacher, Amanda Flatt Wireman has seen it happen, she says, more than a few times. she gets to witness that split-second when a child gets it. It’s like a lightbulb goes on and the child is changed in some real way and she got to be a part of that change. …
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Feb 07
The odds were that Julia Smit-Lozano wouldn’t be able to break the cycle of homelessness. She could have drifted in and out of homelessness as her parents had for most of their lives. Instead, today at 32, Smit-Lozano is a model success story, living independently for the past three years in an Anaheim apartment with …
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Feb 06
There's a new stamp price — it's 45 cents, as of Sunday Jan. 22. The United States Postal Service (USPS) raised the price of a stamp from 44 cents to 45 cents in an announcement in October, but it didn't take effect until Sunday Like us on Facebook – The cost of mailing a letter …
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Jan 29
Børn i hvide anorakker, farverige nationaldragter og for store skoletasker går ind ad glasdørene. Pårørende modtager med blitz og viftende flag, indtil de små elever er samlet i skolens entré. Opmærksomheden på første skoledag gør de små størrelser generte. Midt på trappen til første sal stopper skoleinspektøren op. Hun byder velkommen til Atuarfik Hans Lynge, …
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Jan 20
Food policy can sound like a dreary enterprise best left to Washington, D.C. but big-city mayors are starting to see local food policy as a key step in getting healthy, affordable food to their constituents. This afternoon, the mayors of America are meeting in Washington, D.C., to launch their own food policy task force. the …
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Jan 02
In the introduction to “Inferno,” a magisterial new history of World War II, theeminent British historian Max Hastings writes, “One of the mostimportant truths about the war, as indeed about all human affairs,is that people can interpret what happens to them only in thecontext of their own circumstances.” This is a useful truth at all …
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Jan 02
– “Roanoke schools had the largest enrollment drop of any district in Virginia this fall, according to a recent report of the state department of education.” – “Mohawk Rubber co. will pay a year’s rent for a new battered women’s shelter in the Roanoke Valley, said a company executive.” – “Stopping Cave Spring is only …
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Dec 31
UPDATE: This morning, we reported that Verizon will add a $2 “convenience” fee to pay your bills online. but after much media and consumer backlash, the company is backing off. “At Verizon, we take great care to listen to our customers. Based on their input, we believe the best path forward is to encourage customers …
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Nov 26
CLEVELAND, Nov. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Consumers have a new place to shop for their holiday cards this year: Cardstore.com. now part of the American Greetings Corporation (NYSE: AM) wide variety of convenient solutions, Cardstore.com is the website to create perfectly personalized holiday cards like photo cards, funny cards, greeting cards, family …
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Nov 25
Just a quick reminder that TIME IS RUNNING OUT to get your FREE STAMP SETS when you order 2 or more Simply sent Kits! CHECK THIS POST for more info. I know I previously posted this idea for the Boxes made from the Simply sent kits, but now that we made them in my Stamp …
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