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July 7, 2009

7 wonders of world second phase of voting ends

Staff Reporter The second phase of voting for the New Seven Wonders of the World concluded yesterday and the outcome of the second phase would be announced after calculation and verification of voting. The top 77 nominees will be shown at www.new7wonders.com on July 9, from which the New7Wonders of Nature Panel of Experts will advise on the choice of the 28 Official Finalists, to be announced on 21 July 2009 – the day that voting resumes in the Official New7Wonders of Nature, as chosen by over 1 billion votes and to be revealed in 2011.

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July 7, 2009

Mother Nature Working In Garden Wedding Favors or Asian Wedding Favors

When people hear of a garden wedding, the first image that appears in their heads is a backyard or a park, with a plethora of plants as decorations. Of course, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with having an outdoor wedding, or even using plants as decorations. The idea, however, is to make the wedding look like a natural paradise and not the garden section of the local big box store.

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July 6, 2009

A beach of a birthday…Abby turns 3.

Dear Abigail, Today you turned 3 years-old.  It seems like just yesterday that I was holding a 4 pound baby in my arms, and now, suddenly you are three.  We celebrated your birthday today down in Duck, NC with a large chunk of your family: Pappap, Ammom, Ma, Pa, Casey, Mason, Brandon, Holly, Steve, Lisa, Vanessa, Mommy, Daddy and Natalie.  You wanted a Strawberry Shortcake birthday party.  Ma was so nice to throw the party at her beach house, and Holly made you the best Strawberry Shortcake Cak

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July 6, 2009

July is Family Fun month on Women in the Green!

School’s out! So, what to do with the kids that’s fun (for both you and them) and not going to break the bank?Crafts!Get started now working on homemade birthday and Christmas cards and gifts.  Check out your local dollar store to find crafting supplies for a lot less than the speciality scrapbooking or craft stores.Check out the internet for lots of craft ideas for all ages. If the kids are old enough, maybe teaching them to knit, sew, or crochet will give them even more ways to be creative!Tag

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July 6, 2009

Slotocash Casino – Daily Jackpot Wins

Casino Cash Journey Team asked: When SlotoCash burst onto the scene in 2007, many industry experts asked if there was place for yet another slots-focused online casino. SlotoCash has proven that there is by filling a tidy little niche and offering online players a great site to visit for quality Rival powered casino games. Described as a “breath of fresh air” in the online gambling industry, the casino is owned and operated by Trenan Ltd, a Cypriot-based firm whose parent company, Deckmedi

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July 6, 2009

Nasty cuts or nice cuts, there will be blood

A few weeks ago an extraordinary meeting took place that could determine the future of public spending in this country. The venue was a white stuccoed house in Carlton Gardens. The chairman was Sir Gus O’Donnell, the Cabinet Secretary. Under discussion was whether drastic cuts in expenditure — of up to 20 per cent — will be needed to tackle the spiralling deficit. In the room were senior officials from across Whitehall and Conservative frontbenchers — but not a single minister.

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July 6, 2009

Matt and Lauren Opening their Birthday gift from their Dad

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July 6, 2009

Birthday number 44

They come around once a year and they are absolutely unavoidable…birthdays I mean.  Mine happens to be today but I’m not a big birthday celebration person.  Gifts are terrific but not necessary.  Certainly not expected.  This year though G. decided to get me a bike.  I love cruisers.  No gears to mess with – if you’re shifting gears you’re probably workin’ too hard.  Or at least I am.  More often than not, now that I’m out of my sports competitive-ness years, a pleasant bike ride sounds like a

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July 6, 2009

7 students hurt in roof-plaster collapse

Staff Reporter Seven students were injured yesterday as a chunk of roof-plaster fell on them when they were in a class at a school at Prasanna Poddar Lane in the city’s Tantibazar area under Old Dhaka. The injured were identified as Mhethelia(6), Rubina(7), Soniya(8) Ashamoni,(7) Tania(7) Johohara(7) and Juli(6), Salauddin officer in-charge of Kotwali police station told the New Nation that a big chunk of plaster fell on the students of Prasanna Poddar Government Primary School when class was going on in the room at about 9:30am.

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July 6, 2009

Faruk’s remark angers garment factory owners

Staff Reporter Scores of readymade garment owners yesterday expressed their resentment over remarks of Commerce Minister Faruk Khan on wearing costly suits and possessing number of luxury vehicles by them. Faruk Khan on Sunday at a cheque distribution ceremony to the heirs of dead workers of RMG industry, scholarship distribution to children of RMG workers and certificate distribution to skilled workers at BGMEA auditorium urged the garment factory owners not to be luxurious instead of looking after labourers’ welfare.

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July 6, 2009

A few surveyees took issue with question #5, which had personal elements related to programing games ideas in their home community – concerns which…

Also, I want to get personal ideas and view points that will offer some important perspective about the level of programing games integration in our society. … ” All in all, programing games survey takers were grateful for the complimentary gifts, and some even expressed interest in participating in future studies….

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July 5, 2009

Costly, inefficient failures. Who needs them?

Cutting the size of government is now the only game in town — at least, for those who would like to prevent taxes rising to the point that there becomes little point in working or saving. Unless spending is put on a sharply declining path, the UK faces a decade of persistent deficits, stagnant growth and a steady loss of leadership to other, better founded economies across the globe.

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July 5, 2009

Britain: a refuge for the unspeakably evil

What is it about arresting people for war crimes that the Government doesn’t like? After Iraq, you’d think an administration that may be in legacy mode would want to stamp some late-term legitimacy on its 12 years in office. But rumours are growing in Whitehall that Jack Straw is about to turn his back on bringing suspected mass murderers to justice in UK courts. Apparently ministers think it would be too expensive, or that it might offend our allies.

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July 5, 2009

Preening populism has put us off democracy

Each to his own: you don’t go to Sir Alan Sugar for advice on diplomacy or plead with me to teach you breakdancing. And you wouldn’t, on the whole, go to Bernie Ecclestone for philosophical insight and mature historical reflection. Deafened by the vroom-vrooming of his horrid sport, wreathed in petrol fumes for 60 years and blinded by his billions, that strange, wizened little figure has generally stuck to what he knows: motors and money. Sure, he dazzled Tony Blair with his millions, but who didn’t?

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July 4, 2009

Iran’s British stooges are staring right at you

Zahra, an Iranian woman studying at an English university, is in a state of terror. Her husband, an activist in the cause of the defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, was arrested a fortnight ago, and has not been seen since. Zahra, whose eyes are lined in green, the colour of the country’s reformist opposition, told the BBC: “Why should he be in jail

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July 3, 2009

Indulge your selfishness. Go and help someone

My friend L, for years a magazine editor of sharp tailoring and formidable repute, has been helping out her local hoodies. When introduced to these huge, surly, baseball-capped lunks, her first instinct was to flee. They were Neets — that growing pariah group of kids not in education, employment or training — with barely a GCSE between them. Nonetheless L had volunteered to help them to draw up CVs, so she rolled up her sleeves, as she put it, “to try to make s*** shine”.

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July 3, 2009

In the fog, remember: victory is impossible in Afghanistan

It’s important not to understand. It’s important not to learn. In the total buggeration into which the world’s help for Afghanistan has now descended, it’s important not to know too much. Accept that somebody some day may understand, but it isn’t going to be you. Somebody some day may grab the Gordian knot and cut it, but it isn’t going to be us. Know only that. To know more is to know less.

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July 2, 2009

I’ll pay 69p for a belt-tightening Queen

I was messing around on the internet the other day when I noticed a shop in Glasgow was selling inflatable crocodile riders for just 69p. They’re called crocodile “riders”, I discovered, because they’re sturdy enough for children to ride them across the swimming pool. Of course, I wasn’t able to check the quality of the product first-hand but nevertheless it did seem to be a bargain.

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July 2, 2009

If the Government won’t learn, nor will children

It would be nice if education ministers had take the five-year MoT they propose for teachers — if any stayed long enough in the job. There’s definitely something wrong with the steering in the Education Department. This week’s Schools White Paper left me bewildered. I am a diligent student of bureaucratese, but I couldn’t decide if it was dangerous or anodyne, a U-turn or a bunny hop — until I realised that an important component seemed to have fallen off.

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July 2, 2009

38th Birthday – 2 Years ’till 40!

Today is my 38th birthday, and I guess it’s time for a bit of reflection.  38 is definitely in the “late thirties” category, yet I don’t feel that old at all.  I feel as though I’m in my late twenties, maybe.  I guess that’s because I don’t have a husband, children, or a mortgage, and all of those other things that go with being a responsible adult. Being young-at-heart runs in my family.  My dad just turned 69 and he doesn’t look it or act it at all.  He’s still so full of life and vigor, and

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