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Cut Christmas trees require water and maintenance – and careful thought about disposal. 10'000 Hours/DigitalVision via Getty Images by Curtis VanderSchaaf, Mississippi State University Every year, Americans buy somewhere between 35 million and 50 million Christmas trees, and many more pull an
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NFL Owners Table Proposal to Incentivize Hiring of Minority Coaches, GMs, Per Report – Free Press of Jacksonville
Under the proposal, any team that hires a minority head coach would receive a six-slot bump for their subsequent year’s third-round NFL draft
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COMMUNITY REPORT: Brenda Shockley to serve as city’s chief equity officer -
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Growth & Jobs | Embracing the new norm - Small and medium tourism enterprises hopeful about reopening of sector
Kemilee McLymont-Campbell and her husband, Peter, operators of the 75-room Golf View Hotel in Mandeville, Manchester, are hopeful that the reopening of the tourism sector will bring about an improvement in their current fortunes. McLymont-Campbell...
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Skeldon estate GM says he resigned as was unable to work under GuySuCo CEO - Stabroek News
Vishnu Panday, the point person for the government’s resuscitation plan for the Skeldon sugar estate, says he resigned as he was unable to work with GuySuCo’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sasenarine Singh and that they share opposing views on the way
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NFL Owners Reportedly Voting on Resolution to Incentivize Teams to Hire Minority Head Coaches and General Managers
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Conflict of interest in $2 million Petrojam donation to Munro College?
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Growth & Jobs | Social enterprises to benefit from US$910,000 programme
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