Letter from Africa: Cultural collision of Jacob Zuma’s trip to Britain
Letter from Africa: Cultural collision of Jacob Zuma’s trip to Britain
People often say they are proud of their country, proud of their ancestors and all they achieved. Presumably it also follows that you can be ashamed of your country and the sins of its fathers.
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MN volunteers take hit on reimbursements
MN volunteers take hit on reimbursements
Volunteers who drive people without transportation to medical appointments are feeling the pinch after a change in state reimbursement rules. They’ll no longer be paid when the client isn’t in the vehicle, which is often when the volunteer is driving to pick up the client or has just dropped them at [...]
Business People Twin Cities
Business People Twin Cities
Chipotle Mexican Grill awarded the media agency of record, planning and buying account to Compass Point Media, Minneapolis. … Kowalski’s Cos. signed Media Relations Inc., Burnsville, as publicity and marketing agency. … Arden Hills-based Land O’ Lakes’ Dairy Foods Division named Colle+McVoy, Minneapolis, its digital agency of record. … Chanhassen-based Northcott Hospitality [...]
Legislation Could Give People a Say in Health Department Decisions
Legislation Could Give People a Say in Health Department Decisions
Now, only those on the health department board get a say in regulations — and those on the board are appointed by Huntington City Hall and the Cabell County Commission, not voted in by the public.
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Coughlan: Young people emigrate ‘to enjoy themselves’
Coughlan: Young people emigrate ‘to enjoy themselves’
SOME young Irish people are emigrating “to enjoy themselves” according to Tánaiste Mary Coughlan.
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Last tan standing: Tropical Seas last of the suntan lotions based near “The World’s Most Famous Beach”
Last tan standing: Tropical Seas last of the suntan lotions based near “The World’s Most Famous Beach”
Ormond Beach’s Tropical Seas is the last of the Daytona Beach suntan lotions still based in east Volusia Once upon a time, people gathered along the ocean shore to revel in the sun, sand and surf — and work [...]
Frustrated job seekers deciding to call it quits
Frustrated job seekers deciding to call it quits
Many jobless people have reached a conclusion that captures the depth of the unemployment crisis: Looking for a job is a waste of time. The economy is growing. Yet it’s creating few jobs. That’s why in the past eight months, 1.8 million people without jobs left the labor [...]
People Profile –Persistence helps Ken, Ann Bevers in careers
People Profile –Persistence helps Ken, Ann Bevers in careers
Ann and Ken Bevers say Blue Bell ice cream helped their fledgling restaurant business in Chappell Hill survive in the 1980s.
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Away-From-Home Audience Puts Sports Viewing in the Red Zone
Away-From-Home Audience Puts Sports Viewing in the Red Zone
Arbitron Inc. announced today, that data from more than 40,000 tabulated panelists in its Portable People Meter⢠ratings service indicate that 30 percent of Men aged 18-34 who watched CBS Sports’ 2010 NFL AFC Jets-Colts Championship game last weekend did so away from home.
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Greenville jobs office aims to speed service
Greenville jobs office aims to speed service
With South Carolina’s sky-scraping unemployment rate and a huge increase in people seeking jobs, the Employment Security Commission’s Greenville office is consolidating and expanding its employment services into one area.
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