Feb 01
Tweet Tweet Alternative investment advocacy group AAA has noted the increasing popularity of stamp collecting as a means of generating funds through a hobby. Boston, MA, USA, January 25, 2012 — Stamp collecting is becoming increasingly popular as a money-making hobby and can actually prove profitable in these economic times, claims Alternative Asset Analysis (AAA). …
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Jan 24
Custom Search BY RAYMOND AFRICA The Manila Police District yesterday assured a safe celebration of the Chinese new Year today with the deployment of more than 300 policemen in Manila’s Chinatown, the center of the festivities. Senior Supt. Fidel Posadas, MPD deputy district director for administration, said more than 200 policemen from the National Capital …
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Jan 23
There’s a not-so-funny joke: “Know how to get a recent collegegrad off your porch? Pay him for the pizza.” In my last column, I touched on how things had changed since mygrandfather’s day, particularly in regard to education. Forcenturies now, education has been focused on by major social andpolitical movements that have blamed and praised …
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Jan 20
Over the past two months, InfoWorld has been researching a flaw in Oracle’s flagship database software that could have serious repercussions for Oracle database customers, potentially compromising the security and stability of Oracle database systems. Typically, when a bug results in a database outage, affected systems can simply be recovered from backups. but as InfoWorld …
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Jan 19
The news that Pennsylvania will again require food-stamp recipients to meet an asset test brought an increasingly uttered refrain from Michael Hanley. "oh, dear," the executive director of United Neighborhood Centers of Lackawanna County said. "Here we go again." The condemnation from area social service providers was as swift as it was universal as the …
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Jan 18
Two US-based Tamil organizations in the U.S. jointly issued a commemorative stamp to mark the 6th anniversary of the extra-judicial execution by Sri Lanka security forces of five Trincomalee high school students on the 2nd January 2006, when the highly accomplished students were spending an afternoon at a seafront in Trincomalee. The stamp having price …
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Dec 11
Howard Archer, IHS Global Insight Given the dominant role of the services sector, the modest pick up in activity in November indicated by the purchasing managers’ survey provides a limited boost to hopes that the economy can keep growing in the fourth quarter, if only marginally. The rate of services expansion was still only modest …
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Dec 06
Melbourne artist Tim Hancock and his designs for the 60 cent and $1.20 stamps, showing soldiers and buglers in silhouette, with poppies. Photo: Sebastian Costanzo THE designer of the first Australian stamps issued to mark the end of the Great War is descended from a seaman who stoked the fires when Australia joined the war …
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Nov 27
Have you ever heard of Zazzle? If the answer is no, Zazzle sells custom-made coffee mugs, tote bags, calendars, postage stamps, postcards, invitations, posters and many, many other customized products – all designed by you! Zazzle is the world’s leading platform for quality custom products. Zazzle’s proprietary technology enables individuals, professional artists, and major brands, …
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Nov 27
Before we introduce our Guest Designer, we’d just like to say…. Happy Thanksgiving Day, America (and everyone else)!!! May your blessings be many and your thanks be great. We’ve been having such a wonderful time since launching Lily Pad Cards, and we couldn’t do it without you – the best readers and card-makers out there. …
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