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HOME & GARDEN 
November 14, 2017 ‘I just needed to feel the real world’: gardening writer Anna Pavord describes crawling onto lawn after cancer
Anna Pavord at her home in Dorset CREDIT: CHRISTOPHER JONES FOR THE TELEGRAPH Barely out of intensive care and unable to walk after treatment for stomach cancer, Anna Pavord quite literally “crawled” on her hands and knees onto a patch of grass, desperate to reconnect with nature. The much-loved gardening writer has told how she dragged herself along a […]
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ELECTRONICS 
July 11, 2017 Why Most Battery Life Tests Are a Useless Indicator of Real World Usage
HIGHLIGHTS Recently, Consumer Reports’ MacBook Pro tests were in the news Lab tests almost never can be correlated to real world usage Standardised tests are only useful for rough comparisons Apple’s new MacBook Pros received a fair amount of criticism for making life difficult for professionals by removing useful features like an SD card slot or prioritising thinness over […]
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NEWS 
January 30, 2017 “Widgets: The 12 New Rules for Managing Your Employees As If They’re Real People” A Winner in 2016 Small Business Book Awards
“Widgets” is a book about employee performance. The premise is that people are not your greatest asset. They are not yours and they aren’t an asset — they are people. Author Rodd Wagner takes you on a journey that will turn how you look at human resources and your employees on its head. He shows […]
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ELECTRONICS 
January 2, 2017 Are Electronic Holiday Cards a Replacement for Real Cards?
This time of year, you want to send holiday greetings to all your clients and business contacts, but it’s time-consuming to handwrite notes, stuff them in envelopes, address them and mail them. Not to mention the fact that it’s a waste of natural resources. But are electronic cards (“ecards”) yet to the point of replacing […]
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ELECTRONICS 
October 23, 2016 Are Electronic Holiday Cards a Replacement for Real Cards?
This time of year, you want to send holiday greetings to all your clients and business contacts, but it’s time-consuming to handwrite notes, stuff them in envelopes, address them and mail them. Not to mention the fact that it’s a waste of natural resources. But are electronic cards (“ecards”) yet to the point of replacing […]
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NEWS 
August 6, 2016 Lots Of Quotes, Photo-Ops. But How Real Is The PM Modi-Obama Friendship?
It looked like genuine affection when PM Modi pulled President Barack Obama into a bear hug as he stepped off Air Force One last year. (AFP File Photo) NEW DELHI/WASHINGTON: HIGHLIGHTS PM Modi in Washington, to meet President Obama for 7th time PM Modi will address a joint meeting of Congress tomorrow Visit comes as […]
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NEWS 
June 27, 2016 within the Human Blood-drinking, ‘real Vampire’ community of recent Orleans
Surveys carried out through the Atlanta Vampire Alliance have located that there are at least 5 thousandpeople within the US who pick out as actual vampires. John Edgar Browning met his first “real vampire” in a Gothic garb save. A doctoral candidate at Louisiana state college at the time, Browning had already been on the […]
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NEWS 
June 13, 2016 inside the Human Blood-drinking, ‘real Vampire’ community of new Orleans
Surveys performed with the aid of the Atlanta Vampire Alliance have observed that there are as a minimum five thousand people in the US who discover as actual vampires. John Edgar Browning met his first “actual vampire” in a Gothic clothing shop. A doctoral candidate at Louisiana state college at the time, Browning had already […]
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NEWS 
May 6, 2016 specialists are hoping that key reforms, which include the GST, the real estate bill, and the Housing For All initiative, will deliver a large push to the Indian realty marketplace.
authorities initiatives which can boost quarter Commenting at the destiny outlook for the world, Vineet Relia, handling director of SARE houses, says, “a series of structural and coverage reforms have fostered effective sentiments among buyers, builders, in addition to investors, and created an avenue for the sector to carry out higher. The Modi government’spromoting of […]
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NEWS 
April 16, 2016 Dear Supreme Court, let’s get real about sexual identities and sexual desire
In a short span, the apex court has dug itself a massive legal hole by issuing two contradictory judgments that pull in two separate directions. Image credit: Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP April 15 marks the second anniversary of a landmark Supreme Courtruling that recognised the status of a “third gender”. The judgement made it legal to identify oneself […]
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COUPONS 
April 11, 2016 Target’s savings app Cartwheel now lets you clip real coupons
Target’s top-rated shopping app Cartwheel is today becoming more useful to those who are looking to save money at checkout. The company says the app has been expanded to support digital coupons from manufacturers – meaning shoppers can save dollars on a wider range of products, as opposed to percentage discounts off select products, as before. […]
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NEWS 
March 11, 2016 Quikr buys online real estate portal Commonfloor.com
Quikr has been strengthening the portfolio of services it offers since mid-last year. Photo: AFP Bengaluru: Online classifieds firm Quikr India Pvt. Ltd, one of India’s most valuable start-ups, bought real estate portal CommonFloor in a distress sale orchestrated by Tiger Global Management Llc, the influential US-based hedge fund that is an investor in both. […]
