Archive for August, 2006
Thursday, 31 August 2006 @ 7:35pm
December 2005
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NEWS IN A MINUTE: Oakland County
Detroit Free Press - Ever wondered how much your antique Aladdin teapot is really worth? How about that ornate old clock, or your trio of Roseville vases? Curious collectors can bring their treasures to the Highland Township Senior Center Antique Appraisal Fair, beginning
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PRWeb - Symmetricom Announces First IEEE 1588 Grandmaster Clock for Precise Time and Frequency Synchronization over Networks First to offer IEEE 1588 standard with the ability to synchronize clocks within better than a microsecond accuracy, with only a
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Wednesday, 30 August 2006 @ 11:00pm
Providence city officials, business owners discuss concerns about uptown area
Two sisters who opened an antique store and restaurant in uptown Providence want their businesses to serve as inspiration to other potential business owners who might be willing to move into the commercial section there.
New jail can finally take prisoners
BELMONT - The certificate of occupancy for the new Allegany County Jail has been issued, and soon the county’s Budget Committee will get hard numbers to look at concerning sheriff department overages.
Clock, watch repair could be a dying art
The grandfather clock built by an Amish cabinetmaker is missing its parts.
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Tuesday, 29 August 2006 @ 11:35pm
Women say injustice rife in model-Arab state
Independent Online, South Africa - Aug 23, 2006… For Hammami, the clock is ticking. She is jobless despite a university degree, and she wonders if inheritance money from her grandfather might have given her a …
Keep a Secret? College junior tapped to meet the elite
Winston-Salem Journal (subscription), NC - Aug 19, 2006… Advance copies of exams? A grandfather clock and $20,000 at graduation? Connections that any self-respecting go-getter would kill for? Nuclear codes? …
$1.4 million in refunds urged
Kansas City Star, MO - Aug 10, 2006… 2003, also offered seven consolation prizes, including a Maserati Spyder sports car, a Harley-Davidson motorcycle, a baby grand piano and a grandfather clock. …
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Tuesday, 29 August 2006 @ 3:15am
Lower East Side Sours Get a Whole Lot Sweeter — Whole Foods Market Sponsors 6th Annual Pickle Day on Sept 17
Lower East Side BID and NY Food Museum announce 6th Annual Pickle Day - September 17th, 2006. Whole Foods, the Onion to sponsor a day of free samples, activities, music, and fun. Just one block below the LES Farmers Market, on Orchard Street, between Broome and Grand Streets. (PRWEB Aug 18, 2006) Trackback URI: http://www.prweb.com/zingpr.php/RmFsdS1DcmFzLUNyYXMtTWFnbi1JbnNlLVplcm8=
It’s My Town for Aug. 16
By BENNIE SCARTON JR. The Manassas Museum Associates are putting together a cookbook and need some good, tested and reliable recipes. Ann Harrover Thomas , member, said “It would be nice if they were old ones –such as your grandmother’s best pie, uncle Charlie’s stew, a Christmas dinner favorite, your specialty hors d’oeuvre or your child’s favorite treat.”
The IBM Personal Computer Turns 25
The PC Has Come a Long Way Since Green Monochrome Screens, No Hard Drives and No Mouses
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Monday, 28 August 2006 @ 4:00am
Summer break is over
The Free Lance-Star, VA - Aug 22, 2006Sometime after 3 o’clock on one of the last afternoons of summer, children … school, said 12-year-old Miani Byers before turning to her grandfather, Louis Coleman …
Life & Times: To Edmonton artist Dorothy Shute, life was an …
Edmonton Journal (subscription), Canada - 20 hours ago… As they approached the dining room, they would discover the source: Mrs. Shute leading her peers in a merry rendition of My Grandfather’s Clock. …
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Sunday, 27 August 2006 @ 5:35am
NEWS IN A MINUTE: Oakland County
Detroit Free Press - Ever wondered how much your antique Aladdin teapot is really worth? How about that ornate old clock, or your trio of Roseville vases? Curious collectors can bring their treasures to the Highland Township Senior Center Antique Appraisal Fair, beginning
2006 Rolls Royce Phantom Review
The Auto Chanel - On the other side of the roll-away panel is the traditional Rolls analog clock. Lots of buttons and controls are positioned filled with their collections of antique outhouses, bedsteads, and dozens of scarecrow figures dressed as everything from a
DWAYNE FATHERREE: PC s birthday casts a long reflection
Tuscaloosa News - Digital alarm clocks have relegated the analog clock to curio shops and antique stores. If you re a coffee drinker, you may even have a computer chip triggering the morning brew for you. None of that would happen if computers weren t controlling
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Friday, 25 August 2006 @ 10:35am
Small defects big turnoff for buyers
Daily News Transcript, MA - Aug 17, 2006… Or, your wall clock needs a fresh set of batteries in order to display the correct time. … If it leaks or doesn t turn on correctly, repair or replace it. …
Tier price tag for recovery nears $250M
Press & Sun-Bulletin, NY - Aug 19, 2006… at Lourdes Hospital in Binghamton have estimated it will cost $22 million to repair damage to the … But the clock is ticking to meet each government’s deadlines. …
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Thursday, 24 August 2006 @ 3:05pm
100 hours for 100 years at McKinley Museum
Canton Repository (subscription), OH - Aug 20, 2006… Yut noted that a countdown clock will be installed in the museum s lobby Sept. 1. It will count down to the beginning of the 100 Hours Celebration. . …
New Zealand cities have own charm
Dallas Morning News (subscription), TX - Aug 18, 2006… Canterbury Museum, a lovely … Finished in 1906, it boasts a large square clock tower and a striking floor mosaic with more than 725,000 Royal Doulton tiles. …
Back to school books
Dailyrecord.com, NJ - 6 hours ago… each time Mr. Ouchy looks up at that oversized white-and-black clock that seems … Ms. Frizzle’s class heads to the new science museum to get ideas for their own …
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Wednesday, 23 August 2006 @ 5:20pm
$1.4 million in refunds urged
The Missouri attorney general wants a St. Louis-based charity to refund $1.4 million to consumers who purchased raffle tickets for an opulent Parkville mansion, a fundraiser that was supposed to help spinal cord injury research.
Time, time, time is on His side
Has it ever seemed like God has let you down? That He failed to come through for you in your hour of need? That He somehow forgot about you or that He was simply too late? One of the reasons for this, of course, is that we all live on schedules.
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Tuesday, 22 August 2006 @ 8:15pm
Moonwalk Mystery
There’s a reason Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin looked so ghostly in those first live pictures from the Moon. Their television camera - a technical marvel at the time - was too small to send video in standard broadcast format. Bandwidth was at a premium. So a simpler video signal had to be sent from the Moon, and converted at the tracking stations in Australia that received it. A lot of detail
Agricultural Fair Welcomes All Comers
It was nearing four o’clock at the Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Society’s 143rd annual Livestock Show and Fair on Saturday - time for the Birds of Prey show to begin - but in the heart of the crowd beside the tent full of owls and hawks, it was not a peregrine falcon but rather President Bill Clinton who was attracting the attention.
Bits of Bowen; pieces of history about the former governor
Former governor auctions a lifetime of material memories. BREMEN — It is utterly amazing how many things one can gather during their life. Ties and tapestries and trinkets. Full-sized telephone booths. Even a relative recluse can amass tons of treasures during their time on this earth.
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Monday, 21 August 2006 @ 9:35pm
Wal-Mart unveils must-haves for back-to-school
CNW Telbec (Communiqu s de presse), Canada - Aug 18, 2006… Based on sales data, top fashion trends will be leggings, texture and patterns of … day off to a good start with the following: - RCA AM/FM/CD Clock Radio (Dual …
2 of the most FAQs about e-gold: Understanding E-gold vs Paypal
American Chronicle, CA - 10 hours ago… is substantially lower because of fraudulant transactions, chargeback s and cancelled sales. … true that their fraud experts work around the clock, behind the …
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Sunday, 20 August 2006 @ 10:20pm
One man’s lonely walk to help his family in Lebanon
The tall, thin fisherman and grandfather with a tired face and sharp eyes left the port city of Tyre on Sunday for the village of Bekaata in the Shouf region in the centre of the country.
Leicester has look at its early history
Thanks to Justice of the Peace Arthur C. Tatro of Spencer, local history buffs have been provided with an up close and personal look into a family that was part of Leicester’s early history, but perhaps never received the accord it deserved.
Boy gets to enjoy hunt of a lifetime
No amount of money can buy a day of hunting at Mattamuskeet Ventures, a 15,000-acre hunter’s haven in extreme eastern North Carolina.
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Saturday, 19 August 2006 @ 11:05pm
Palace Roomier for Retailers
By Mike Gorrell, The Salt Lake Tribune Aug. 9–Life is even better for Life is good now that the Boston-based clothier’s temporary digs for Outdoor Retailer are inside the expanded Salt Palace Convention Center.
A city thrives against the odds
At a cafe in Belgrade’s train station, I got a dark look when I remarked on the clerk’s perfect English. “You’re in Serbia, not on Mars,” she said mirthlessly. I may have deserved the rebuke, but my mistake was understandable.
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Friday, 18 August 2006 @ 11:40pm
INTERNATIONAL VILLAGE: Stormy start doesn’t faze festival’s 47th opening
When the gates opened for the 47th annual International Village, the sights and sounds of McKeesport’s food and entertainment festival filled Stephen Barry Field in Renziehausen Park.
Chrysler Introduces 2007 PT Street Cruiser Pacific Coast Highway Edition - VIDEO ENHANCED STORY
New Chrysler PT Cruiser model breezes in to kick off annual Woodward Dream Cruise Twelfth factory-customized limited-edition PT Cruiser celebrates an ultimate American driving road Chrysler PT Street Cruiser Pacific Coast Highway Edition achieves close to 30 mpg fuel economy More than 1 million PT Cruisers sold since its introduction Royal Oak, Mich., Aug 15, 2006 - Chrysler
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Friday, 18 August 2006 @ 12:30am
January 2006
Spokane Spokesman-Review - DFO: Idawa came “in from the cold” earlier today, identifying himself to me. He’s a young man with deep roots in North Idaho who currently lives in the Seattle area. A top-notch dude. I was thrilled to get to know him a little via e-mail. It’ll make
Old friends stop in to say goodbye to Greeley restaurant
Greeley Tribune - It was in the booth under the antique wooden clock, which still reads 6:35, that Gayle and Lowell Lamp had their first date more than 21 years ago in Potato Brumbaugh’s, 2400 17th St. It was also under those same dim lights when they celebrated their
Archives for: July 2006
Cape Cod Today - As far as I can tell, they first became available in high-end gift shops and antique outlets. They made their way to mass Some of the people who frequent these Masses are militantly devoted to turning back the church clock. While they would not
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Thursday, 17 August 2006 @ 1:30am
Betty Sterling, 90, avid supporter of Hawai’i artists
Mary Elizabeth “Betty” Sterling never lost her love for art, daughter Susan Palmore said yesterday.
Calendar of Events
“The Bill of Rights for People Living with Epilepsy,” by The Galesburg/Monmouth Area Epilepsy Support Group, 6:30 p.m., OSF St. Mary Medical Center, 3333 N. Seminary St. Free.
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Wednesday, 16 August 2006 @ 2:55am
Loeb Sets The Pace In The Rain
Germany : SS 1 - 20.04 km : The second half of the WRC season is now getting underway with the first stage of the 2006 Rally Deutschland.
Live: England v Pakistan
Pakistan resume on day three of the third Test on 202-2 in reply to England’s 515.
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Tuesday, 15 August 2006 @ 7:30am
Fifa’s 2010 HQ near completion
South Africa.info, South Africa - Aug 7, 2006… dome will feature a breathtaking triple-volume entrance and will serve as a museum charting the … and we will be handing over the keys at eleven o’clock on that …
Ride Your Bike Like Nobody s Watching
HappyNews.com, TX - Aug 7, 2006… We would eventually finish our homework at one o’clock in the morning under the covers or on the school bus the next day. … Louis City Museum? …
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Monday, 14 August 2006 @ 8:45am
Varian Medical Systems Introduces PaxScan(R) Digital X-ray Image
WTNH.com - semiconductor) wafer detectors, and capable of lasting up to five times longer, even in highly demanding round-the-clock employs approximately 3,600 people who are located at manufacturing sites in North America and Europe and in its 56 sales and
‘Last call’ stays at midnight
Brazoria Facts - SURFSIDE BEACH When the clock strikes midnight, hard liquor will stop flowing into patrons glasses and the doors will Larry Davison, who served as mayor in 2004 when aldermen voted to cut off hard liquor sales at midnight, spoke at the council
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Sunday, 13 August 2006 @ 11:10am
Pizarro: Event’s opening day saves best, and showiest, for last
San Jose Mercury News - The blogging pigeons — the signature fowl of the festival that will be measuring air pollution with GPS-enabled backpacks they wear on their flight home — were released for the first time Tuesday just after 6:30 p.m. from the art museum’s clock
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Austin Chronicle - THE EDUCATIONAL HISTORY OF BLIND PEOPLE This traveling exhibit from Kentucky’s Callahan Museum of the American They need basic household items, like clock radios, linens, and kitchen supplies, especially through spring. 472-1164
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