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Dutch Government Passes New Terror Bill (AP via Yahoo! News)
From: us.rd.yahoo.com

" The Dutch government approved a new terrorism bill Friday that grants law-enforcement authorities far-reaching powers of investigation and allowing them to hold suspects for up to two weeks without charges."

Rec area grants sought (Sun-Sentinel)
From: us.rd.yahoo.com

"Two playgrounds for children with disabilities will be coming to Davie, and the agencies in charge of the projects are seeking grants."

PFSweb Breaks Through to Profitability in 2004 - Record Revenue and Net Income of $1.1 Million Highlight Fourth Quarter
From: www.prweb.com

"PFSweb, Inc. (NASDAQ: PFSW), which IPO'd in December 1999, reports its first profitable year and sustainable profitability, with record revenue and net income for the Fourth Quarter. The share price, $3.28 at the market close, zoomed up in after-hours trading: After Hours (RT-ECN): 3.80 0.52 (15.85%). The global business process outsourcer (BPO), is known for e-commerce fulfillment and supply chain management, as well as its many blue chip clients, such as IBM, Xerox, Hewlett-Packard, a Fortune 500 company and the U.S. Government. It projects earnings per share in 2005 of 0 cents to 3 cents. [PRWEB Mar 4, 2005]"

1st Independence Financial Group Inc Announces F...
From: grangetrend.blogspot.com

" 1st Independence Financial Group Inc Announces Fourth Quarter Earnings Market Wire via Yahoo Finance 1st Independence Financial Group Inc NASDAQ FIFG the holding company of 1st Independence Bank reported today that net income for the three month fiscal year ended December 31 2 4 was 239 743 or 13 per fully diluted shareIndependence Activists with Pro Japanese History to Lose Benefits Yonhap NewsSEOUL March 3 Yonhap South Korean independence activists who worked for the Japanese colonialists as well as their descendants will be stripped of state financial benefits government officials said ThursdayWelcome to the Financial Gazette Online The Financial GazetteMDC secretary for legal affairs David Coltart told The Financial Gazette that the petitions had become academic because Parliament will be dissolved on March 3 ahead of the 2 5 general election the next dayWelcome to the Financial Gazette Online The Financial GazetteLast week the government accused of ignoring the country s financial realities authorised monthly pensions of 1 3 million to each former political prisoner detainee or restrictee with effect from last month through a statutory instrument gazetted on FridayIndependence Blue Cross Aids Three Family Practice Counseling Network Health Centers PR Newswire via Yahoo Finance Three additional Philadelphia area health centers have been added to the list of those aided by Independence Blue Cross Charitable Medical Care Grant programJapan s Financial Mergers ForbesAs corporate lending continues to decline Japanese banking securities and other businesses are looking to integrate Credit Card Application Guide "

About 3,000 Quebec students protest against cuts to their education grants (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News)
From: us.rd.yahoo.com

" SHERBROOKE, Que. (CP) - About 3,000 students marched through the streets to Premier Jean Charest's riding office Thursday to protest against his Liberal government's cuts to education grants."

Rec area grants sought (Sun-Sentinel)
From: us.rd.yahoo.com

"Two playgrounds for children with disabilities will be coming to Davie, and the agencies in charge of the projects are seeking grants."

PFSweb Breaks Through to Profitability in 2004 - Record Revenue and Net Income of $1.1 Million Highlight Fourth Quarter
From: www.prweb.com

"PFSweb, Inc. (NASDAQ: PFSW), which IPO'd in December 1999, reports its first profitable year and sustainable profitability, with record revenue and net income for the Fourth Quarter. The share price, $3.28 at the market close, zoomed up in after-hours trading: After Hours (RT-ECN): 3.80 0.52 (15.85%). The global business process outsourcer (BPO), is known for e-commerce fulfillment and supply chain management, as well as its many blue chip clients, such as IBM, Xerox, Hewlett-Packard, a Fortune 500 company and the U.S. Government. It projects earnings per share in 2005 of 0 cents to 3 cents. [PRWEB Mar 4, 2005]"

Social grants 'abusers' come forward (SABC News)
From: us.rd.yahoo.com

"More than 700 people who have been fraudulently receiving social grants from the Limpopo government, have come forward. The amnesty period expires at the end of this month."

Woman Sentenced In Husband's Death Set Free (Action News 7 New Mexico)
From: us.rd.yahoo.com

"ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- She was imprisoned for the death of her husband, but as of Tuesday Janet Vigil is a free woman. Gov. Bill Richardson's office confirmed Tuesday that Vigil has been released from the women's correctional facility in Grants."

Chicago Real Estate Listings Now Available with Free Expert Information for Home Buyers
From: www.prweb.com

"Agent Axis, an online provider of one-stop real estate shopping , has launched a free real estate search engine with over 50,000 Chicago Metropolitan real estate listings, all matched to a top Realtor expert for each neighborhood to provide home buyers with valuable practical information. [PRWEB Mar 2, 2005]"

National MPs sour over sugar grants decision (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
From: us.rd.yahoo.com

"Some Queensland National MPs have criticised a decision by their federal colleagues to withhold the payment of grants to sugar growers. The Federal Government last month refused to pay the multi-million dollar sustainability grant because some areas had not embraced industry reform."

Free Credit Reports (ABC 13 Toledo)
From: us.rd.yahoo.com

"COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio and Michigan consumers can check their credit history for free starting March 1. A federal law grants one free credit report per year from each of the three major credit reporting agencies."

Leading Forensic Human Identification E-Symposium April 14, 2005
From: www.prweb.com

"International Web conference launches with free registration for law enforcement, lawyers and academics. [PRWEB Mar 1, 2005]"

schmittle italy
From: blogs.law.harvard.edu

" "If you name it (and spruce up a little), they will come."

metroplexicus

Little Italy, Schenectady, NY

original image here

I'm sure there are some Schenectadians who think my musings about the local

Metroplex Development Authority (as in local schmocal) manifest a certain

lack of civic trust and hope. So, I thought I'd show my ethnic pride and tell

you a little bit about our Little Italy -- "La Piccola Italia" -- which is one long

block called North Jay Street, about half a mile from my home.

North Jay Street was once the home of a thriving Italian immigrant population.

The children of those immigrants long ago joined the Brain Drain out of Schenectady

County, or have moved to the City's suburbs. A handful of the original immigrants

may, along with their devoted offspring, survive on the block. However, I have

never seen any signs of life at the remaining half dozen residences.

Two years ago, the first prong in the Metroplex plan to "support an Italian heritage

neighborhood" came to fruition, when Cornell's Restaurant moved its venerable

and successful operation from another section of Schenectady to North Jay Street,

thanks to almost $500,000 in Metroplex aid.

One beloved Jay Street bakery went out of business a few years ago.

The lovely image shown above is the newly completed Little Italy streetscape, crowned

by imposing entryway columns,and financed with a $750,000 Metroplex grant.

You can find a number of articles about our Little Italy here.

There are no other projects planned yet for Little Italy. Having told you about all there is to

know about Metroplex's Little Italy Project to date, I have two True or False questions for you:

After moving one restaurant to North Jay Street, Little Italy now boasts the following

"Italian heritage" enterprises: One restaurant; one bakery; one spumoni shop.

The other businesses addresses on North Jay Street include: two auto body shops, one

boarded-up former strip club (previously a boarded-up Fire Station); one funeral home;

one empty, former gay bar; and, at the far corner, a biker bar (called the Saw Mill).

Bonus question: True or False: The owner's of the spumoni shop are trying to sell their

business and building but may be asking too much money (hey, this is Little Italy!).

Think hard and find the answers below.

Answers (you peeked!!). 1) True; 2) True; Bonus: True

Inspired yet? Our local newspaper had some suggestions for Metroplex in a recent editorial

(Daily Gazette, "City needs to be aggressive in creating Little Italy," Feb. 12, 2005, reprinted

here at #4)

If you happen to be in the region -- checking out, for instance, the lovely

Little Italy 20 miles away in Troy, NY, come on over to Schenectady's La Piccola Italia.

I checked: Issa has no spumoni haiku for me to share with you.

by dagosan:

mama serves

grandma's recipes --

Christmas Eve calamari

[Dec. 24, 2004]

under nana's afghan -

dreaming homemade

bread and meatballs

[Nov 30, 2004] "

Social grants 'abusers' come forward (SABC News)
From: us.rd.yahoo.com

"More than 700 people who have been fraudulently receiving social grants from the Limpopo government, have come forward. The amnesty period expires at the end of this month."

Woman Sentenced In Husband's Death Set Free (Action News 7 New Mexico)
From: us.rd.yahoo.com

"ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- She was imprisoned for the death of her husband, but as of Tuesday Janet Vigil is a free woman. Gov. Bill Richardson's office confirmed Tuesday that Vigil has been released from the women's correctional facility in Grants."

Chicago Real Estate Listings Now Available with Free Expert Information for Home Buyers
From: www.prweb.com

"Agent Axis, an online provider of one-stop real estate shopping , has launched a free real estate search engine with over 50,000 Chicago Metropolitan real estate listings, all matched to a top Realtor expert for each neighborhood to provide home buyers with valuable practical information. [PRWEB Mar 2, 2005]"

schmittle italy
From: blogs.law.harvard.edu

" "If you name it (and spruce up a little), they will come."

metroplexicus

Little Italy, Schenectady, NY

original image here

I'm sure there are some Schenectadians who think my musings about the local

Metroplex Development Authority (as in local schmocal) manifest a certain

lack of civic trust and hope. So, I thought I'd show my ethnic pride and tell

you a little bit about our Little Italy -- "La Piccola Italia" -- which is one long

block called North Jay Street, about half a mile from my home.

North Jay Street was once the home of a thriving Italian immigrant population.

The children of those immigrants long ago joined the Brain Drain out of Schenectady

County, or have moved to the City's suburbs. A handful of the original immigrants

may, along with their devoted offspring, survive on the block. However, I have

never seen any signs of life at the remaining half dozen residences.

Two years ago, the first prong in the Metroplex plan to "support an Italian heritage

neighborhood" came to fruition, when Cornell's Restaurant moved its venerable

and successful operation from another section of Schenectady to North Jay Street,

thanks to almost $500,000 in Metroplex aid.

One beloved Jay Street bakery went out of business a few years ago.

The lovely image shown above is the newly completed Little Italy streetscape, crowned

by imposing entryway columns,and financed with a $750,000 Metroplex grant.

You can find a number of articles about our Little Italy here.

There are no other projects planned yet for Little Italy. Having told you about all there is to

know about Metroplex's Little Italy Project to date, I have two True or False questions for you:

After moving one restaurant to North Jay Street, Little Italy now boasts the following

"Italian heritage" enterprises: One restaurant; one bakery; one spumoni shop.

The other businesses addresses on North Jay Street include: two auto body shops, one

boarded-up former strip club (previously a boarded-up Fire Station); one funeral home;

one empty, former gay bar; and, at the far corner, a biker bar (called the Saw Mill).

Bonus question: True or False: The owner's of the spumoni shop are trying to sell their

business and building but may be asking too much money (hey, this is Little Italy!).

Think hard and find the answers below.

Answers (you peeked!!). 1) True; 2) True; Bonus: True

Inspired yet? Our local newspaper had some suggestions for Metroplex in a recent editorial

(Daily Gazette, "City needs to be aggressive in creating Little Italy," Feb. 12, 2005, reprinted

here at #4)

If you happen to be in the region -- checking out, for instance, the lovely

Little Italy 20 miles away in Troy, NY, come on over to Schenectady's La Piccola Italia.

I checked: Issa has no spumoni haiku for me to share with you.

by dagosan:

mama serves

grandma's recipes --

Christmas Eve calamari

[Dec. 24, 2004]

under nana's afghan -

dreaming homemade

bread and meatballs

[Nov 30, 2004] "

College Essay Preparation Books
From: collegeapps.about.com

"The college essay is one of the most important elements of the college admissions process. It's critical that you do your homework before beginning to write your college essay. The College Essay Prep Mega-manual along with college admissions essay preparation..."

Rapper Jay-Z Remixed
From: www.prweb.com

"Jay-z's Black Album Remixed [PRWEB Feb 27, 2005]"

RM to Support 2005 UCISA Conference on Learning, Management, Technology and Creativity
From: www.prweb.com

"RM, the leading provider of ICT solutions and management services to the Learning and Skills and Higher Education sectors, announces its support for this year s UCISA conference. [PRWEB Feb 27, 2005]"