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Have you ever wanted to learn another language? If you decide to take on that challenge, one of the first steps is to learn a new alphabet. However, not all languages have the same number of letters in their alphabet. For example….. The Hawaiian alphabet has only 12 letters.

  The RecruitMilitary Opportunity Expo is this Thursday, August 18, 2011 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event is produced by the RecruitMilitary.com in cooperation with the American Legion.  The big hiring expo is intended to help our recently returning troops and other veterans and service members, and their spouses with employment, entrepreneurship, and […]

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After 20 years, mandatory sex education is back in New York City public schools. In an email to principals, Chancellor Dennis M. Walcott said mandatory sex education will start in the 2011-2012 school year. The curriculum will be flexible but will include lessons on how to use condoms, how to avoid unwanted sexual encounters and […]

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Dalmations are beautiful spotted dogs about which most people don’t know much. It’s pretty common knowledge that Dalmations have gotten the reputation as the mascot for firemen and the firehouse. However, here’s a lesser known fact about Dalmations…. At birth a dalmation is always pure white.

Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell is wearing a new hat.  He has been named chairman of the Rebublican Govenors Association. The present head of the association , Rick Perry, has stepped down to run for President. This gives McDonnell a national platform however he contends that he will complete his term as VA governor but will be willing […]

A new study has found that nice workers actually earn less money in the workplace. A study conducted in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology found that men who are not as nice in the workplace earned 18% more each year. As for woman who were seen as rude in the workplace only earned 5% more yearly. […]

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          A great line-up for the second consecutive year of the Richmond Jazz Festival, and a great audience on hand for both of the main sessions to hear artists like Earl Klugh (pictured), Brian Culbertson, Spyra Gyra, Chrisette Michele, and more.  I was proud to be one of the co-hosts for this year’s event, and […]

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Wake up! We are in 2011. Women are no longer owned by their father and then their husband. So why are some women still changing their surnames? And why do some men still want them to? It’s sad, it’s misogynous, it’s archaic, it’s insecure and it’s unnecessary. Why would you do something so drastic simply […]

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Have you ever entered a staring contest with a friend, trying not to be the first one to blink. Even if you did win that contest, after that, you will do quite a bit of blinking when you’re not thinking about it. I bet you never knew….. You blink over 10 million times a year.

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Richmond City Council encourages Richmond families to attend one of four Richmond locations on Saturday, Aug. 13 to receive free school supplies for their children for the 2011-2012 Richmond Public Schools academic year. At the event, sponsored by Northside Coalition for Children, school supplies will be distributed to students enrolled in Richmond Public Schools from […]

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A serial butt-slasher who has menaced female shoppers across a Virginia county is a bigger pain in the backside than first thought. Three more victims came forward to police in Fairfax County Thursday and said they were victims of the derrière-targeting slasher – bringing his total number of victims to 9. “It’s not surprising that […]

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How would you ever make it through the day without your morning cup of coffee? Sometimes it even takes 2 cups to really get you going. But do you know where that coffee comes from? It may surprise you to know…. Hawaii is the only U.S. state that grows coffee.