In the first installment of this series, we looked at the reasons that the RBOCs' FTTP plan might mean salvation for the industry. But is it really salvation? Or is it smoke? The following is a list that makes us more than a little skeptical of the...
According to the Encarta World English Dictionary, synergy is: "The working together of two or more things, people, or organizations, especially when the result is greater than the sum of their individual effects or capabilities." There are other definitions ofcourse. And they all go back to the concept of synergism,...
Only a last-minute donation kept the emergency food pantry run by the Salvation Army of Richmond from shutting down Monday, but without some quick assistance, operations could halt any day. The pantry is appealing in desperation for the public's help to restock its shelves and continue serving...
A SALVATION Army chief has been banned from driving for a fortnight. Newcastle-based Raymond Begley, the region's divisional director for evangelism, was brought before magistrates at Alnwick on a charge of speeding because he already had so many points on his driving licence he faced losing it under...
With more families seeking assistance, the Richmond Salvation Army warns that it may be forced to turn hungry people away unless it receives help restocking its food pantry. The organization provides boxes stocked with enough food to feed a family of four for a week. But because...
WIND farms such as the one at Nissan's car plant in the North East are not the salvation to Britain's clean energy needs, says a leading alternative power exper t. Jim Heathcote, chief executive of ITM Power, says: "For every wind farm built there has to be additional...
SALVATION Army chiefs have come under fire after neighbours claimed their revamped hall is an eyesore. A number of people living near the hall, in Bedlington, claim it looks like a factory and is out of keeping with its surroundings - and Wansbeck Council planners say the extension...
Byline: By GARRY WILLEY A CHARITY rat who targeted older folk has blown a court chance to stay free. Jodie Denham was jailed by magistrates after stealing purses from 13 elderly women browsing for bargains in the Salvation Army and British Heart Foundation stores on Newcastle's...
FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-25 September 2008-Wal-Mart Donates $2.5 Million to Support Hurricane Relief EffortsC2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Responding to the hurricanes that have swept through Louisiana and Texas, Wal-Mart has announced a $2.5 million commitment to assist with relief efforts. The retailer's commitment -- a...
LEADING ARTICLE Our governments still have much to do to rescue our economies The bulls charged back into the arena much too soon. When news filtered out a week ago of an unprecedented United States Government plan to nationalise the toxic debt of Wall Street, American...
Hit & Run... If you happen to be listening to BBC Radio 5 Live between the ungodly hours of 11pm and 1am, salvation is within earshot in the form of Richard Bacon, the station's shining star. On Tuesday, Richard - who has a...
REMEMBER when we had summers? Many Mirfield people will recall that in those happy days there was a lot going on when the sun shone. One of the biggest events was when the 'free' churches combined for their annual Whit Walk. At the height...
THE difference between a misty, gloomy December day and a sunny September one serves to emphasise the changes that have taken place in Mirfield town centre. The essential architecture of the scene has not changed since 1948 above and now below, but Mirfield Town Hall in the intervening...
Mike Farris has traveled far in his journeyfrom wild front man of the hard-rockin' Screamin' Cheetah Wheelies to beinghonored as 2008's Emerging Artist during Thursday night's Americana MusicAwards and Honors at the legendary Ryman Auditorium. He chronicles theheart of that journey in his "Salvation in Lights" album, a weatheredrocker's retelling...
CAN Harry Potter save Gordon? Or is the PM's situation now so dire that not even the supernatural can save him? The donation of GBP1 million to Labour from the Potter author, JK Rowling, only emphasised the depths of Labour's own credit crunch: the party is GBP18m in debt. ...
FORMER Salvation Army envoys at Kirkburton, Clifford and Pauline Mallinson, returned to the Hub to join members of the Burton Friendship Club met at their weekly meeting last Tuesday. Pauline sang some Songs from the Shows and Clifford read two of the monologues made famous by Stanley Holloway...
A SCHEME has been launched to collect Christmas gifts for needy children in Eastern Europe. Operation Christmas Child is now under way in South Tyneside. It is an annual opportunity for residents to send gifts to disadvantaged youngsters in Romania who would otherwise not receive a...
Nationwide event offers shoppers chance to get fresh fall fashions at a discount while helping neighbors in need ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In a year that has brought financial challenges to many Americans, The Salvation Army and Stein Mart, Inc., want to help shoppers "Give...
CHICAGO -- Grecian Delight donated 34,000 pounds of various flatbreads and specialty meats to ChefRelief.org to assist hurricane victims on September 9, 2008. Chef Michael Morrison headed the relief effort by reaching out via the Research Chef Association RCA and divided the donation equally between the states of Louisiana and...
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