Feb 21
the looks from couples as I walk down the street alone Do guys get looked at like they must be defective in some way when they walk down the street alone on Valentine’s Day? Is it really so terrible to be independent? I thoroughly enjoy not having to generate chit-chat about pop culture solely for …
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Feb 08
In recent weeks, FishbowlLA has written about two separate Variety.com blog posts that alleged the time-stamps of Emma Stone and Sundance Film Festival news items on Deadline.com were false. In both cases, Variety‘s BlogDogger–based on some stated live Web monitoring–insinuated that Deadline.com must have jerry-rigged the date-time stamps of these particular articles, to make it …
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Feb 08
Japanese special steel makers are speeding up their overseas deployment under the pressure of high yen rate, high corporate income tax or electricity shortage and high cost of steel components made in Japan. While overseas steel makers are advancing their manufacturing technologies, they are facing a difficult time to compete in the market. some steel …
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Jan 30
The floundering U.S. Postal Service increased postal ratesSunday in a bid to offset a small part of its $5.1 billion loss in2011. The 1-cent price bump to first-class mail stamps was the firstincrease in more than 2 ½ years. Stamps marked with “forever”automatically are upgraded to the new 45-cent rate for letters.But, any stamp marked …
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Jan 23
From 2010 to 2011, use of food stamps at greenmarkets increased from a little more than $505,000 to $620,000 — a gain of 23 percent. That’s still a drop in the bucket, in a city where millions of people spend billions of dollars worth of food stamps every year. But City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who …
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Jan 22
I am writing this on the eve of a new school term, having lazed around until the last minute, oozing every second out of my well-earned holiday! my appetite will get a shock tomorrow, because I barely get a chance to sit down and grab a bite to eat; visiting friends and family will become …
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Jan 06
TAMPA – Right now, Florida only has a few casinos. but before long, you may legally be able play all your favorite casino games in your own home, with just the click of your computer mouse. A new federal decision has cleared up some of legal questions surrounding online gambling. The Obama administration cleared the …
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Dec 18
Rubber stamps have become widely popular over the last few years. Previously, rubber stamps were used for business purposes only, but people today now use rubber stamps extensively for craft projects. Nowadays, rubber-stamping has become a fantastic hobby where an individual can create all sorts of designs by using rubber stamps. for this hobby, obviously …
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Dec 14
My parents bought me a new Christmas tree ornament every year when I was growing up, ensuring that I’d have quite a collection when I started my own family. but few are marked with the date, and it’s impossible to remember now whether 1982 or 1985 was the year I was crazy about teddy bears. …
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Nov 22
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – a criminal swindle of the nation’s $64.7 billion food stamp program is playing out at small neighborhood stores around the country, where thousands of retailers are suspected of trading deals with customers, exchanging lesser amounts of cash for their stamps. Authorities say the stamps are then redeemed as usual by the unscrupulous …
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