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Some have more wisely chosen other means of transportation, and are role models to consider, at least in their outlooks. For example, Barry Hynes, former president of the Boston City Council and son of the late Boston Mayor John B. Hynes, has been devoting his life for years to helping disadvantaged children from South Boston to Rwanda, establishing tuition-free schools and programs. "The world tells us to accumulate wealth, as much as we can, but that’s robbing us of great possibilities," he says in a Boston Irish Reporter profile. "I don’t know about you, but I don’t want to die with any money in the bank." Neither does selfless County Cork-born Fr. Daniel J. Finn, who has pastured St. Mark’s in Dorchester, the church where Rose Kennedy and her father "Honey Fitz" once worshipped.
Quaker Bitters As Popular Today As In 19th Century
Ever hear of the medical terms "catarrh," "scrofulous humor," "dyspepsia," "bilious attacks," "torpidity of the system," "ague" and that all-encompassing ailment, "summer complaints"?
These illnesses and more could be cured in the 19th century by Dr. Flint's Quaker Bitters. Take just a swig of the liquid in the bottle, and you felt better. It even said on the label, "Try this and thou shalt be benefited."
Henry S. and Ezra H. Flint were part of Flint & Co., a furniture and houseware store in Providence, R.I., in 1864. The Flints had three stores by 1867. Harvey Flint, a cashier, left the stores in 1872 and started making Quaker Bitters. His two sons and other Flint relatives, including Henry S., joined Flint & Co.
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Let the games begin -- after dark
Even though the multiple Frisbees flying through the air are aglow with light-emitting diodes, the deepening dusk makes it hard to pick them out and several people duck just in time to avoid a direct hit. By now, almost everyone has heard of Ultimate Frisbee. But the glow-in-the-dark version played weekly on the Cambridge Common is putting a whole new spin on the sport. Cambridge resident Chris Beaman started a group on Meetup.com, an online social networking website, announcing biweekly get-togethers to toss around LED-illuminated discs after dark. From the first meeting of five people in late May, the group has grown to online membership of 166 people and a turnout of at least 30 people for the now-weekly meetings. Beaman says he liked the idea of people getting together to throw a disc around in the dark.
Tax credits will make insurance affordable
This is a very bad idea. Did some naive soul think "increased competition will force providers to decrease costs and increase quality in order to stay in business" I believe what will happen is more consolidation (monopoly) and less competition.Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 4:25 am .
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