Say hello to Bell’s Brantford
Sunday, September 5th, 2010The text-messaging craze, cell phones and telemarketers can all be credited to -- or blamed -- on Alexander Graham Bell.
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Say hello to Bell’s Brantford
Model-train mania around the world
Saturday, September 4th, 2010Model railroading has been a pastime and hobby since the 1840s. Scale models of locomotives, streetcars, tracks, signals, buildings and figures depict locations real and imaginary, and even periods of history. OHIO West Chester Township...
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Model-train mania around the world
Breakfast problem with foreigners
Friday, September 3rd, 2010When I started booking foreigners into the Japanese inns on our island, the minshuku owners all had the same fear: "We don't know how to make a Western breakfast!" "No problem," I said, "just make the Japanese breakfast as you normally do. Foreigners don't expect you to change just for them. When in Rome . . . right?"
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Train enthusiasts line up for Japan hotel’s railway room
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010Some hotels use luxurious spas or spectacular views to attract guests but one hotel in Japan boasts a unique attraction in its star room -- a large, built-in train set.
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‘Tomboy’ on the catwalk
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010When Brooke Evaga's little sister was approached in a shopping mall to be part of the Westfield Style Pasifika Model Search Brooke decided to give it a go as well.
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'Tomboy' on the catwalk
Hoping treasures can keep stores on track in Middleburg Heights
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010When Michelle Turner hears a phone ring in her Pearl Road store, she has to look at the phone to know how to answer.
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Hoping treasures can keep stores on track in Middleburg Heights
Latest News Update on mother teresa
Thursday, August 26th, 2010Mother Teresa's birth centenary begins with prayer Kolkata, Aug 26 : A Mass was held at the Missionaries of Charity today to mark the beginning of year-long birth centenary celebrations of Mother Teresa by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kolkata.
Attractions: Week of Aug. 26
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010Area attractions run on a rotating basis as space allows.
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Attractions: Week of Aug. 26
The Prius gets a purr: Green car is made noisier to protect pedestrians
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010Toyota is to begin selling the sound generator for installation in its best-selling Prius car - which runs in near silence on electric power at low speeds.
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The Prius gets a purr: Green car is made noisier to protect pedestrians
Out-of-date train design unsafe: report
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010OTTAWA - A new report says faulty rail cars could be hauling dangerous cargo across the country and the government should set rules for reporting broken parts.
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