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Take that, you dirty rats. Once rat-free, Dutch Harbor now has rodents running amok and everybody’s got a rat-sighting tale, according to a story in The Dutch Harbor Fisherman. But if new anti-rat regulations ordered by the Alaska Board of Game work — the measures forbid vessel operators from harboring rats and require ports to come up with rodent control plans — the community could have its rats on the run. .
Mir-El Antiques Transcends eBay With Judaica Auctions Website
Jerusalem ----July 30 ..... The past Christmas and Hannuka holiday proved that Internet on-line auction sites are among the most promising e-commerce operations on the Web today. Media Metrix, an e-commerce traffic measurement firm, reported that eBay saw its highest volume of unique visitors overall - 4,073 million - during the peak holiday season between Nov. 22 and Dec. 26. And Amazon.com, which also has auction services, took the number 1 spot, boasting 5,693 million visitors. Internet research company Forrester Research foresaw potent growth in auctions.
Analyst Evie Black Dykema made note of the growth possibilities for the then, new e-commerce industry in an Internet marketing research report she compiled back in March 1999. And the marketing, buying and selling of old and rare Judaica antiques on the Internet, which was once limited to eBay, is now taking on new dimensions with the launching of Mir-El Antiques new Website www.AntiquesAuctionsBuySell.com.
January 2008 - Posts
Over the weekend, Barack Obama got two Kennedys (Kennedies?) for the price of one. First, Caroline Kennedy, daughter of JFK, penned a gushing op-ed in the New York Times endorsing the senator from Illinois. Then on Sunday, the campaign announced that Read More... .
50 years of funerals: Dorothy Graham has seen plenty of changes ...
Dorothy Graham, who has been in the funeral service business for 50 years, received the Woman of the Year Award from the Davie Business Women Association at the group's annual dinner. Cathy Boles, president of the Davie organization, said, "I think her longevity in the field is astounding. To start out in an entry level position at age 19 and continually move up through the years to where she now owns a funeral home is a great accomplishment. The members of DBWA congratulate Dorothy on receiving our Woman of the Year Award." Now president of Graham Funeral Home, she had been in the business for 40 years when she decided to go out on her own. "I graduated valedictorian of my graduating class from Davie County Training School in May 1953 at age 16," she recalled.
Libraries connect with kids
They also do service projects. Molly Garratt and Nathan Kirkman, sophomores at Muscatine Community College, supervise this program.More usersMusser Public Library Director Pam Collins said today’s technology is getting people to do things remotely by computer."We love to have people come into the library, but we want to increase our usership and feel that doing as much as possible through technology will reach more people," Collins said. "Younger generations are very comfortable with that."Collins said online services make it possible for the library to be where the patrons are.Reporter contact informationConnie Street: 319-527-8164ckcasey@louisacomm.netDetailsWest Liberty LibraryWhere: 400 N. Spencer St., West LibertyPhone: 319-627-2084Web site: wllibrary@wlpl.orgHours: 10 a.m.-7 p.m.
Norwich Union GB Juniors for World Cross
UK Athletics today named the Norwich Union Great Britain and Northern Ireland Junior Team for the IAAF World Cross Country Championships to be staged in Mombasa, Kenya, on 24 March. Junior Men:Lee Carey (Nuneaton Harriers), Adam Hickey (Southend on Sea AC), Ben Lindsay (Pendle AC), Andrew Livingstone (Thurrock Harriers), Conor McNulty (Kilbarchan AAC), Jon Pepper (Enfield and Haringey). Res: David Forrester (St Helens Sutton AC). Junior Women:Jess Coulson (Stockport Harriers), Sian Edwards (Kettering Town Harriers), Olivia Kenney (Royal Sutton Coldfield AC), Emily Pidgeon (Gloucester AC), Charlotte Purdue (Aldershot, Farnham and District AC), Stevie Stockton (Vale Royal AC). Res: Non Stanford (Swansea Harriers). Steph Twell, who was pre-selected, has withdrawn with a leg injury that has developed since she won the European Junior title and enjoyed success against seniors at the turn of the year.
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