A retired Army officer has spent the past eight years researching the stories behind all the names in the Penzance Book of Remembrance. Major Bob Harrison, who lives in the town, spent hours searching through old newspapers to find out what happened to those who died in World War I and World War II. He also discovered 850 bombs had fallen on Penzance during WWII. Maj Harrison said war memorials, or books of remembrance, often contained little more than a [...]
Daily Archives: August 6, 2012
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Pebblebrook says business, leisure travel strong
Bethesda-based Pebblebrook Hotel Trust reported higher revenue and income on a strong quarter for business at its hotels, including newly acquired hotels. Pebblebrook’s second-quarter revenue rose to $59.6 million from $45.6 million. Net income was $5.4 million, or 10 cents per share, compared with $1.8 million, or 3 cents per share, a year ago. Second-quarter funds from operations rose to $20.1 million, or 37 cents per share. “Our hotels benefitted from the continued strength in business and leisure transient travel, [...]
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Llanrwst leisure centre open day
Over the past four years there has been a huge increase in attendance to both Dyffryn Conwy Leisure Centre and Llanrwst Swimming Pool. A major part of this has been down to a new fitness suite and improved fitness class timetable, which now offers a huge variety of classes to suit people of all ages and abilities. He added: This has encouraged many people to sign up for the Ffit Conwy membership who are reporting that they are now looking [...]
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EPEAT researching thin and light laptops to clear up ambiguities on glue use
Apples decision to remove its products from the EPEAT registry, and its later decision to re-list them, have led to a number of questions about how thin and light laptops are evaluated by the organization. Today, EPEAT is announcing that its beginning a period of surveillance of thin and lights in order to get a better handle on broad ambiguities or issues with product declarations. Specifically, its looking at how adhesive use impacts its criteria governing disassembly of external enclosures [...]
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Patch Pet: You’ll Have a Best Friend with Sourdough
We use the terms “affectionate” and “playful” a lot when describing our pets. But take those two words and multiply them by 10 and you’ll get an idea about our pal Sourdough. #13; This cat is beyond friendly. He’ll rub up against your ankles when you enter a room to greet you and when you reach toward him, he’ll lunge forward to headbutt and rub your hand. When hes in lap cat mode, Sourdough simply turns into sweet bread (hence [...]
