Hongkong Post will issue a set of special stamps and other philatelic products on March 27, featuring Hong Kong’s weather phenomena. The collection introduces seven common weather wonders in Hong Kong, including rainbows, frost, clouds, lightning, fog, rain and typhoons. The stamp on the $20 Stamp Sheetlet shows Typhoon Vicente approaching Hong Kong in July 2012 when Hurricane Signal No. 10 was …
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PolitiFact: Lawmaker cites correct stat on food stamp disbursalAustin American-StatesmanAfter airing qualms about cutting “things that work well” during a May 15 meeting of the House Agriculture Committee, the Democrat from Alpine said that some government programs have high error rates but that the error rates for food stamps, meaning … More: continued here
ABC News House panel weighs cuts to food stampsFox NewsThe House bill would cut about $2.5 billion a year — or a little more than 3 percent — to the food stamp program, now known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. The legislation would achieve the cuts partly by eliminating "broad …Panel Set…
California Healthline 'A Persistent Puzzle': Californians Embrace Medicaid — But Food Stamps? Not So Much.California HealthlineMillions of low-income Californians eligible for food stamps are not receiving the benefit, earning the state one of the lowest rankings in the nation for its participation in the program. Just three states — all much more conservative than the…
Gustav and Ike Updates: New Orleans Blue Roofs, Food Stamps…Bayou Buzz, LA –3 hours agoFollowing an incident where a tent collapsed at a food stamp distribution site in St. James Parish earlier today, the Louisiana Department of Social … More: continued here
The Age 'Tramp stamps' now mainstreamThe Age, Australia –Nov 23, 2008Naomi Jones, 20, gets inked up by Zack Tait at the Illustrated Man Tattoo Studio of Fine Art. They were once referred to as "tramp stamps" but tattoos on … More: continued here