Feb 17
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Missouri, along with eight other states, deny food stamp benefits to drug felons. It’s a law ex-offenders and lawmakers are working to change. Johnny Waller is a 34-year old scholarship student at Rockhurst University. he spends his days in class, but in his personal time he helps fight for the rights …
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Feb 13
Mahathir Mohammad, the former prime minister of Malaysia, must be so paranoid to claim that Anwar Ibrahim wants to change Malaysian laws with that of Western laws (chedet.cc). he has failed to substantiate his allegations and has no empirical evidence to prove his allegations. his motive is apparently to pour scorn on Anwar – his …
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Jan 26
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 Judge denies murder convict Do you know how to repair a broken stamp? Some schema is headed from being a niche item to museum curiosity. This desire couldn’t make them more athletic looking. Using this cushioning effect may take a bit of practice, but the results will be worth it. A …
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Jan 07
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Jan 04
Recently a reader of the blog asked if (pre-printed) stamp album pages provide spaces for all the issued stamps and (essential) varieties. my response to question was negative: if catalog editors can’t agree on simple facts on what to list as major/minor numbers, then how could those making album pages manage better on deciding what …
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Jan 02
by Dominic Sandbrook Last updated at 11:26 AM on 29th December 2011 Pride: Adrian Sykes’s book celebrates the Britons who made their country great, and shaped the modern world Almost ten years ago, a survey was launched to find the most significant individuals in our nation’s proud history. More than a million people took part, …
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Dec 05
Gil Mangels, founder of the Miracle of America Museum in Polson,created a uniquely personal exhibit recalling the Dec. 7, 1941,attack on Pearl Harbor. “I’ve had people come in and say, you know, memorials andstatues and plaques are all right but this kind of gives us ameaning and a feeling,” he said. “That’s what we’re hoping …
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Nov 29
On Monday I went online to buy Danish stamps in order to be ready for writing Christmas cards later this month. Yes, yes, sending cards through the post is terribly old fashioned, but this is one Christmas tradition that I really like. I keep a running list (in my Flylady Christmas planner) of how many …
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Nov 28
Saudi Arabia is so confident that this postage stamp-sized will change the solar industry, they’ve invested $10 million into the project. Photograph by: Tim Fraser, Postmedia News Saudi Arabia has no intention of falling out of power when its oil runs out, which is why the kingdom has backed a potentially “game-changing” solar cell project …
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Nov 22
Switzerland celebrates Stamp Day on 9 December. This year, visitors to the “Philasierre” stamp exhibition in Sierre in the Swiss canton of Valais can look forward to a special treat. for the first time ever, FIFA is putting part of its stamp collection on display. Just like with most large international sporting events, numerous stamps …
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