Photo enthusiasm brightens gray skies in Paris Nov 16, 2008
One sponsored by SFR mobile telephones awards young photographers the chance to be shown at Paris Photo, while BMW actually exhibits the prints chosen and also awards the prize-winner 12,000 Euros. This year the lucky winner was Yaolu. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Connecting through collecting Oct 17, 2008
"I had his birth announcement put on a tube of Msaid the account specialist with the Mississippi Supreme Court. She owns more than 500 candy dispensers and items featuring Maying basketball, flying airplanes, shopping, golfing, scuba diving and riding motorcycles. One is even dressed like James Dean. Finding humor in each piece of Ameri-candy, she frequently adds to the collection that began almost 20 years ago. "They just made me smile, and I got hooked on it," she said. Smallwood, 58, also... (The Clarion-Ledger)
Indian art emerges as high-appreciation investment at volatile time Sep 25, 2008
It seems that the communications staff of the ministers whose resignations were announced on Tuesday - described by one senior communications official as "a bit of a bombshell, to say the least" - suddenly found that answering telephones was far too irksome a task in the trying political circumstances. . (Business Report, South Africa)
News in Brief Sep 20, 2008
($12); cameras, coffee makers, printers, dehumidifiers, telephones, vacuums, etc. ($7); palm pilots, toaster ovens, etc. (Amesbury News, MA)
Unwind at a bed-and-breakfast Sep 11, 2008
Rooms at this romantic inn have no televisions, telephones, fax machines or computer hookups. Chances are your cellphone won't work, either. (AZCentral -- Travel)
Italian village reborn -- as a hotel Aug 7, 2008
There are no TVs, telephones or minibars in the rooms. Although the majority of the guests are from outside the country, Daniele says about 30 percent are Italians who are "nostalgic for the Italy of 30 years ago." One woman who grew up poor in the region told him: "You gave dignity to something I was always taught to be ashamed of.". (CNN -- Travel)
Anew kind of hotel in ancient Italian villages Jul 17, 2008
There are no TVs, telephones, or minibars in the rooms. 1. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Financial Planning for Disasters Jun 13, 2008
Emergency financial planning advice usually starts with such eleventh hour basics as carrying quarters for pay telephones, then extends into longer-term needs. Here are some of those recommendations. (Suite101.com)
How to navigate Scott Antique Market May 6, 2008
Shop for china, marble-topped chests, drop leaf tables, cane-backed chairs, paintings, rugs, armchairs, antique bread bowls, benches, iron fencing, crystal sconces, copper pails, bedroom suites, dining chairs, Victrolas, jewelry, mirrors, bird cages, baskets, china closets, roll-top desks, bookcases, antique telephones, collectibles and more. Shopping tips. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Loved and lost Apr 20, 2008
"We've got a number of telephones booked from bidders in the US, from Europe, and from China.". At the end of the auction yesterday, the family's contract ticket for the trip had sold for $66,000. (Boston Globe)
Sisters open antiques store in rural Kewanee Apr 4, 2008
Besides the usual antique store merchandise like furniture, glassware and other household items, Tower Hill features a collection of vintage telephones that Rene Verstraete acquired during his telephone company career. Many Kewaneeans will remember when Don Nelson had a chicken farm on the site, selling fresh eggs to wholesalers and to customers who drove out to the farm. (Kewanee Star Courier, IL)
Wine Country Indulgence Mar 15, 2008
Rooms come with cable television, VCR and DVD players, alarm clocks, telephones, irons and gas fireplaces. Free Wi-Fi in the sunroom (and town plaza). (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
eBook - fact or fiction? Feb 20, 2008
"ROG's comments are interesting - and I think partly true. But like all extreme scenarios, they usually don't pan out." \\A few years ago it was 'extreme' to suggest people would abandon their land-line telephones or that the record industry would be in crisis. The extreme happens all the time, but I agree that prediction is very difficult, especially about the future. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Election defeat for Taiwan's pro-independence party stirs Beijing's hopes for closer ties Jan 13, 2008
China's Foreign Ministry referred questions to the government's Taiwan Affairs Office, where telephones were not answered Sunday. In recent years, Beijing has maintained an unspoken policy of not directly commenting on Taiwan's political process for fear of turning Taiwanese voters away from candidates that favor stronger ties with the mainland. (International Herald Tribune)
4 northern Arizona historic hotels Nov 16, 2007
There is live music from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. nightly, the trains whistle as they rumble past, and the rooms do not have televisions, telephones or room service. The clanking that guests may hear in the middle of the night isn't a ghost, it's the steam radiators. (AZCentral -- Travel)
Exploring Reno's Specialty Museums Sep 29, 2007
Located north of the University of Nevada Reno campus, the state s oldest museum features diverse displays -- from turn-of-the-century telephones and architectural drawings and photos from the 1940s to early tools used by the Washo Indians and a two-headed calf. The museum also contains a library where people interested in Nevada history and genealogy can do research. (Suite101.com)
Mexican estate May 11, 2007
SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE, Mexico: When Martha and Elton Hyder of Fort Worth, Texas, began creating a second home here in 1959, the residents of San Miguel de Allende still got their water from an ancient spring, El Chorro, and telephones were scarce. "We had to go to the hotel down the street to use the phone, and we only had water from 6 to 10 in the morning," Martha Hyder recalled. (International Herald Tribune)
He just can't get enough of Mickey Apr 26, 2007
"Kids would give me things, and then eBay came along." The first collectibles he bought were three Mickey Mouse telephones. People still give him Mickey Mouse objects and he has a few handmade items, like a needlepoint of Mickey's face made by his wife, Paula, and a quilted wall hanging from another relative. (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)
Watertown: For collectors, nothing beats a postcard Apr 13, 2007
Before text messages, before e-mail, before telephones, there was a quick and cheap way to transmit a message: postcards. They continue to have an enduring appeal today, even if the Internet can zap a photo around the world faster than you can lick a stamp. (Boston Globe)
New businesses bring life to old Milton Mar 17, 2007
Wooden-soldier dominoes, princess telephones, electric football sets and cotton children's sleeping bags in colorful patterns like ladybugs and sports can be found at Polka-dots, which should open on Willing Street in late summer. "Polka-dots is my 5-year-old catalog and mail-order sales business that is extending into retail," Deb Pruitt said. (Pensacola News Journal)
SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE CONSOLIDATED BUDGET Jan 11, 2007
TECHTALK (Berman, SHNS _ Column) _ Alexander Graham Bell would never recognize today's telephones. 600. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
