Category Archive: greenland Stamps

Feb 15

Lights go on at new learning center

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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

Homeless cycle: She beat it; Dad didn’t

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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

New Stamp Price: It’s 45 Cents

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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

Grønland skal stoppe nationalklynkeriet

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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

Big-City Mayors Dig In To Food Policy : The Salt : NPR

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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

Editorial: In 2012, the Haves vs. the Have-nots, paid for by Have-lots

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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

Looking Back: Dec. 19, 2011 – Roanoke.com

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– “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

Verizon scraps plan to introduce $2 ‘convenience fee’ for online bill payments. That was fast!

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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

American Greetings Introduces Cardstore.com — CLEVELAND, Nov. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ –

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      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

Simply Sent Kits – Free Stamp Set Offer – Patty’s Stamping Spot

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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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