Bob Stamps, 65, a professor of environmental horticulture at the University of Florida's Research and Education Center in Apopka, was elected recently as a fellow of the American Society for Horticultural Science. Planning to retire this month, Stamps spent much of his 35-year career testing water conservation methods for farmers. …
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Daily Post North Wales Royal Mail says 37 postal staff were attacked by dogs in Gloucestershire in …This is GloucestershirePOSTMAN Lawrence 'Loz' Smith has spoken of the moment he was charged at by four dogs and bitten on the leg. He was among 37 Royal Mail staff attacked in Gloucestershire …
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Postal Service Reform Still ElusivePJ MediaBlake Farenthold (R-Texas) and Rep. Dennis Ross (R-Fla.) will take place on Wednesday. Two keys to reform are the closing of thousands of rural post offices, many of them in Republican districts, and labor contracts that Democrats want to remain whole. More: continued here
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Welfare for the rich Thank you for printing the article about what has happened with food stamps and the farm bill. [“A food-stamp fight over values,” page one, July 18.] It is important for the American people to understand that many Republicans in our government, and our country, do no …
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