Monthly Archives: February 2014

Soon, SMS alert when wait-listed railway ticket gets confirmed

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Wait-listed passengers will soon get ticket booking status messages on their mobile phones if their tickets get confirmed before journey.A senior Railway Ministry official said the wait-listed passenger will get a SMS about the status of the ticket on the mobile phone number given at the time of ticket booking.Currently, one has to either dial the enquiry number 139, or use the Internet to know the status of the wait-listed ticket. Users can also get to know the status of their tickets at Read more [...]

Michigan House Envy: Bingham Farms mansion mimics Mt. Vernon

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This large, classic colonial stone house was built in 1930 in Bingham Farms, a tiny area of fine houses on big lots, winding streets and woods. It stands on more than four acres with a fountain, two gazebos, a bridge, a second small house and a showplace colonial-style garden, built to mimic Mt. Vernon.It comes with a heck of a pedigree. The man who built it was industrialist George Kennedy, a golfing friend of Henry Ford and head of auto supplier Kelsey-Hayes.Kennedy hired that era’s esteemed Read more [...]

France: Baby Foot too fast for rivals in Listed contest

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Report: France, Sunday Cagnes-sur-Mer: Prix de la Californie (Listed) 1m AW, 3yo BABY FOOT (Frederic Rossi/Franck Blondel) overcame a difficult wide draw to run out a comfortable winner from Zvarov. Blondel was obliged to drop towards the rear and bide his time as Pierre-Charles Boudot cut out the running aboard the Gay Kelleway-trained Act Of Charity. The British challenge faltered approaching the furlong marker while Baby Foot swept down the outside to score by a length. "I think a 1,600 Read more [...]

Bill seeks to limit authority of localities to regulate agritourism

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BY KATE MILLER Capital News Service RICHMOND — An agritourism bill that would restrict local regulation of customary agricultural and farm activities has passed the Senate.  Senate Bill 51 would prohibit Virginia counties from regulating the management of agritourism for-profit events; the sale of agricultural or silvicultural (forest) products or related items; the preparation or sale of foods that Read more [...]

Baby Foot too fast for rivals in Listed contest

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Report: France, Sunday Cagnes-sur-Mer: Prix de la Californie (Listed) 1m AW, 3yo BABY FOOT (Frederic Rossi/Franck Blondel) overcame a difficult wide draw to run out a comfortable winner from Zvarov. Blondel was obliged to drop towards the rear and bide his time as Pierre-Charles Boudot cut out the running aboard the Gay Kelleway-trained Act Of Charity. The British challenge faltered approaching the furlong marker while Baby Foot swept down the outside to score by a length. "I think a 1,600 Read more [...]

Eric Pickles: Government made ‘mistake’ in taking the advice of the …

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As forecasters warned of another week of storms, Mr Pickles, who has taken temporary charge of the response to the crisis, issued an unreserved apology to those affected in the Somerset Levels.Repeated calls for dredging were made to Downing Street and other Whitehall departments by farmers and others in the region from at least six months ago but funding was declined."We made a mistake, there's no doubt about that and we perhaps relied too much on the Environment Agency's advice," Mr Pickles told Read more [...]

Bid to block scalpers on Trade Me

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NRL Auckland Nines event organiser David Higgins, of Duco Events, said the company was in discussions with the online auction site TradeMe. Photo / Sarah IveyOrganisers of NRL Auckland Nines are trying to get tickets removed from Trade Me as scalpers start cashing in on New Zealand's bumper event calendar. NRL Auckland Nines event organiser David Higgins, of Duco Events, said the company was in discussions with the online auction site over removing all tickets listed for the event. "We're against Read more [...]

Murray jumps on board Indoor Skydive

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Skydivers can tackle an indoor challenge in Sydney’s west – 400 flight hours were sold in four hours in an early bird sale. Max Mason David Murray may be excited about joining the board of little-known Indoor Skydive Australia but there is one ­challenge already waiting for the former chief executive of the Commonwealth Bank to tackle head on. Mr Murray, who was inaugural head of the federal government’s Future Fund, has never taken the plunge and gone skydiving. “I don’t Read more [...]

Eric Pickles admits dredging ‘mistake’ as more storms forecast

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As forecasters warned of another week of storms, Mr Pickles, who has taken temporary charge of the response to the crisis, issued an unreserved apology to those affected in the Somerset Levels.Repeated calls for dredging were made to Downing Street and other Whitehall departments by farmers and others in the region from at least six months ago but funding was declined."We made a mistake, there's no doubt about that and we perhaps relied too much on the Environment Agency's advice," Mr Pickles told Read more [...]