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HEAR, hear, and hear!!! Parking in the Central Business District’s newly-paved footpaths, traffic islands, or double parking, or driving on to the wrong side of the road to park is dangerous to other motorists and compromises the safety of our pedestrians.
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YOU have been warned. Yes, warned by the National Capital District Commission that if you persist with this flagrant disregard for the safety of others, your vehicle may be towed away in your absence and without notice, impounded, and you will be fined accordingly.
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AND your registration details have been recorded in NCDC CCTV and that is the notice from the city boss.
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REMEMBER, when the impulse and excitement of buying a new property strikes, it can be easy to be swayed into a loan by a smooth talking lender or a major banking institution.
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REMEMBER, Dick Tracy!!! Yes it is a cartoon that was created in 1931 by Chester Gould, who continued to produce it until 1977. The strip reflects the dark mood of film noir and is filled with treachery. Its title character is a hard-hitting, fast-shooting, and supremely intelligent police detective who matches wits with a variety of colourful villains.
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TODAY, we have the calculator. Back in ancient times, it was the abacus. It is often a frame with beads sliding on wires. Used for centuries before the adoption of the written Arabic numeral system, it is still utilized by merchants in China and elsewhere. Though often attributed to the Chinese, it is thought to have been invented by the ancient Babylonians. The first abacus was probably a flat tablet covered in sand. Lines were drawn in the sand and pebbles were used to make calculations
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INTERESTING that when their epileptic handlers experience seizures, the seizure response dogs come to the rescue by pulling away dangerous objects, attempting to rouse them if they lose consciousness, and even summoning aid by finding another person or activating a medical alert or pre-programmed phone. Because epilepsy is such a wide-ranging condition, each dog is trained for a specific individual’s needs.
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COSMONAUT Valentina Tereshkova was a Soviet cosmonaut who became the first woman to fly in space. In 1963, she was the solo pilot of a three-day flight aboard Vostok 6, orbiting the Earth 48 times. Her flight was her only experience in space, and she left the Soviet space programme soon after and married cosmonaut Andriyan Nikolayev.
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QUOTE of the day: Time is stored in the bags under my eyes. – Michelle Frank
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