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Read MoreMan auctions his life on eBay, is disappointed at sale price
Monday, June 30, 2008 After auctioning off his entire life on eBay for A$399,300 (€244 912.148) Ian Usher says he is “a little bit disappointed” at the final selling price. The 44-year-old British immigrant living in Perth, Australia, put all of his worldly belongings up for sale on the popular auction website, including his three-bedroom house and all its contents, his car, motorcycle, jetski, skydiving gear, and his job at a rug store, for which he offered a two week trial period. He even offered introductions to his friends living…
Read MoreColleges offering admission to displaced New Orleans students/LA-ND
See the discussion page for instructions on adding schools to this list and for an alphabetically arranged listing of schools. Due to the damage by Hurricane Katrina and subsequent flooding, a number of colleges and universities in the New Orleans metropolitan area will not be able to hold classes for the fall 2005 semester. It is estimated that 75,000 to 100,000 students have been displaced. [1]. In response, institutions across the United States and Canada are offering late registration for displaced students so that their academic progress is not unduly…
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Read MoreUK Chancellor of the Exchequer makes 2005 Budget speech
Wednesday, March 16, 2005 The United Kingdom Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Right Honourable Gordon Brown PC MP, in a speech to the British House of Commons today presented his ninth Budget, what is very likely to be his last Budget before the next UK General Election. This opened the parliamentary debate on the 2005 Finance Bill, and was followed by responses from the opposition parties. In a 48 minute long speech, the Chancellor presented a Budget of “tax cuts that are reasonable, spending that is affordable, and [economic] stability…
Read MoreUN Report: Earth ecosystem in peril
Thursday, March 31, 2005A report Tuesday from a United Nations-backed project, consulting more than 1,300 scientists from 95 countries, and written over the last four years, warns that 60 percent of the basics of life on Earth — water, food, timber, clean air — are currently being used in ways which degrade them. Furthermore, fisheries and fresh water use-patterns are unsustainable, and getting worse. “The harmful consequences of this degradation could grow significantly worse in the next 50 years,” according to a press release from the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA),…
Read MoreRacially motivated text messages surface in other states
Wednesday, December 14, 2005 Following the distribution of text messages which resulted in violence in Sydney, similar messages are appearing around Australia.
Read MoreZambian government launches a new agricultural policy
December 22, 2004 The government of Zambia has launched a new national agricultural policy, according to a report by the Times of Zambia. The newspaper reports that the policy was announced yesterday by the country’s Minister of Agriculture & Co-Operatives, Mr. Mundia Sikatana. At the event marking the launch of the new program, Mr. Sikatana described the policy as addressing the issues of food security, economic growth and poverty reduction. The policy will cover all sectors of agriculture in the nation, and will be implemented by the ministry of Agriculture.…
Read MoreHome Ownership Benefits U.S. Society
Read More About: Retirement Financial Planners Best Financial Advice By Real Estate Advisor Several studies have evaluated the impact of the rising U.S. home ownership rate on American’s society. Besides boosting the economy (in 2005 alone, 16 % of total economic activity was from the housing sector), home ownership also provides other social benefits. A study conducted by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) found that home ownership positively impacts the U.S. society in at least five areas: social stability, educational achievement, civic participation, crime rates and participation in public…
Read MorePoliticians begin campaigns for Flint, Michigan replacement mayor
Wednesday, March 4, 2009 Several candidates have announced their intent to run in the special Flint, Michigan mayoral primary election scheduled for May 5, 2009. The primary election was called to fill the remainder of resigning Mayor Don Williamson‘s term ending in 2011. The two candidates with the most votes will face off in the August special general election. Each candidate will need to collect at least 900 signatures of registered Flint electors in twenty day to qualify for the May 5, 2009 ballot. On the first day petitions were…
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