New directory and calendar developed with leader in open publishing boost conservancy’s fundraising revenue Raleigh, N.C., June, 2010 —The nonprofit Bald Head Island Conservancy on one of North Carolina’s fragile barrier islands faced a gaping budget deficit last year that threatened its mission of protecting and preserving an ecosystem of maritime forest, sand dunes and [...]
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Memories – The good old days?
Someone asked the other day, ‘What was your favourite ‘fast food’ when you were growing up?’ ‘We didn’t have fast food when I was growing up,’ I informed him. ‘All the food was slow.’ ‘C’mon, seriously. Where did you eat?’ ‘It was a place called ‘home,” I explained!! ‘Mum cooked every day and when Dad [...]
White Paper – ‘Your Child, Your Schools, Our Future’ – sets out Labour’s plan to continue school improvement
Labour’s Schools Secretary Ed Balls, has announced radical new school reforms to build on the massive improvements in the last decade; create a world-class education system; and build a strong economy and work force for the future. The White Paper – ‘Your Child, Your Schools, Our Future’ – sets out Labour’s plan to continue school [...]
Prime Minister Gordon Brown – Building Britain’s Future
The Prime Minister has published a plan for “Building Britain’s Future” which aims to make Britain a “fairer, stronger and more prosperous society”. Visit Building Britain’s Future website Building Britain’s Future – download the pdf The document outlines the PM’s plan for economic recovery. It also charts the Government’s goals for renewing democracy, modernising national [...]
Hertz Announces 4,000 Workforce Reduction
Company Maintains Strong Liquidity and Total Net Cash Flow in Fourth Quarter 2008 PARK RIDGE, NJ — (MARKET WIRE) — 01/16/2009 — Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: HTZ) (“Hertz” or the “Company”), the operator of the world’s largest general use car rental brand, and one of the largest equipment rental businesses in North America, announced [...]
Spectre of 1968 haunting Europe – Sarkozy fears
As disparate but linked militant youth protests simultaneously erupt in a number of countries across the continent, French President Nicholas Sarkozy has retreated on two controversial pieces of domestic legislation out of fear that a spectre is haunting Europe – the spectre of 1968. LEIGH PHILLIPS Mr Sarkozy, the outgoing chairman of the six-month rotating [...]
24 Plus News – Mending Britain’s broken society – George Osborne
Delivering the CPS Annual Lecture, George Osborne said: “I’d like to thank Jill Kirby and the Centre for Policy Studies for inviting me here today to give this Annual Lecture. The CPS helped to lay the intellectual foundations for the arrival of a transforming Conservative Government in 1979. I hope that you can do the [...]
24 Plus News – Buy Local, Work Local, Trade Local, Save Fuel, Cut Living Costs, Improve Health
Local Food for Thought – An interesting slant on lifestyle improvement in increasingly challenging times: Author – DIane Wessel This summer I started my own personal “experiment”. The idea seeded (pun intended) during a recent checkup with my doctor when I discovered that my cholesterol was high. My doctor advised me to improve my diet [...]