The Seward Chronicles.

A Hard Decision.

I have finally deceided that it is time for me to depart Newsvine. My other online work and businesses now have to take priority, so it is with a heavy heart and after much deliberation that I have reached this decision to end my Newsvine Column at the end of this month.

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Miss Me?

Greetings to all my Newsvine Friends. Have you missed me??? Well, for what it's worth I have really missed you lot.

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Just "Poppin' in to say Hi".

The reasons why I have cut back on my Vine Time is mainly due to health issues, and needing some more "me time". However, as I stated in my last article for my Column, I have not left permanently, and, as good as my word, like now, I am visiting from time to time.

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Giving Newsvine a break until some time in September.

I have decieded to give my "Seward Chronicles" column a "Summer Break" until the middle of September.

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Contactless Credit Cards.

My Credit Card provider (Barclaycard) is introducing new contactless cards for small payments (under £10) at places like News Agents and smaller similar outlets.

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A Heartfelt Tribute to the British National Health Service.

Here is my account of my recent "Close Encounter" with Britain's National Health Service.

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Prescription drug abuse ravages state's youth

MOREHEAD, Ky. — Late in the morning last New Year's Day, Sam and Lynn Kissick received a devastating phone call that would tear their lives apart.

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It's good to be back!

I was rushed into hospital on the 28th May with severe breathing difficulties, and a CT Scan discovered a bloodclot on my lungs, they also had to give me FOUR units of blood as I had become very anemic....but the real crunch came when they also discovered that I am suffering from …

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Will you still need me? will you still feed me?

"Happy birthday to me, Happy Birthday to me............Many years ago, when I first heard that Beatles song, "When I'm Sixty-four" it did, indeed, seem like a lifetime away......in fact I even doubted if I would reach the ripe old age of Sixty-Four in those days.

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The Cruel Sea. (Review)

The Cruel Sea and I go back a very long way.....over fifty years when my father bought a copy from a Book Club he was a member of. I did not, as a child, usually read his books, but the title of this one fascinated me.

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Holder: US needs Europe's help to close Gitmo

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder spent days gingerly, privately asking for help before taking his plea public: The United States needs Europe's assistance to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center.

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How to Save the Economy? Become an Inventor! (Satire)

That's it! I have sussed out how to get Britain moving again without chucking obscene amounts of Taxpayers' cash into the economy. We will go out, and either re-invent something, or invent something new.

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An Inconvenient Truth.

Last evening the British Television Channel, Channel Four, showed the "Network Premier" of Al Gore's controversial film "An Inconvenient Truth".

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Friends.

When I last checked, my Newsvine tally of Friends numbered just over Four Hundred! Now, this really is quite amazing in just about eighteen months of activity on here.

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F1 champion to be determined by race wins

Formula One's championship will be decided by the number of race wins and not accumulated points.

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Friday the Thirteenth.

As we all know by now, yesterday was Friday the Thirteenth, one of three such days this year. Did you get caught out by it, or did you put off doing anything you would normally have done if it had been an "ordinary" Friday?

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Messages detail friendship between engineer, teen

Commuter train engineer Robert Sanchez and his young rail fan became fast friends with their constant chatter in text messages about their shared love of trains.

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Giving up Tobacco? Just how hard can it be?

I am now into my fourth day without the dreaded weed, and I have to say that last night and so far this morning, it has been very hard.

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Now that "Time" has been called.

Most of us are caught up in this mess through no fault of our own. This is the real tragedy. Many have lost their savings, and those who still have savings are seeing the interest on them drastically reduced.

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A virtually wasted week! Thank You Snow & Ice.

I usually drive to the Post Office on a Monday, but last week I did not fancy it at all. Too much packed ice and snow around, and our side roads have seen no sign of any Gritting Lorries whatsoever.

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A New British Political Party

I have recently discovered and joined a new British Political Party. The name of this Party is "The Libertarian Party".

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SKorea: NKorea still carrying out nuclear deal

North Korea is still carrying out a nuclear disarmament pact despite its recent threat to hold onto atomic weapons, South Korea's No. 2 nuclear negotiator said Tuesday after a rare trip to the communist nation.

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Obama's whistle-stop words echo the past

When President-elect Barack Obama kicked off his whistle-stop tour in Philadelphia on Saturday, his remarks carried echoes from America's past.

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EU nations tell banks to use bailouts to lend

European Union nations told banks Tuesday to use state bailout aid to boost lending to the wider economy instead of shoring up their balance sheets.

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Stevie Nicks looking forward to Fleetwood Mac tour

It's been five years since their last tour, but Stevie Nicks says chemistry is still strong among the members of Fleetwood Mac. Nicks says they're gelling as they prepare for their "Unleashed" tour.

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Recent Votes

  • A Party on Lowell Street

    OK I was getting the food for The Pack ready when my neighbors invited me over to a birthday party for a little boy (their 2y.o. nephew)...

  • A Hard Decision.

    I have finally deceided that it is time for me to depart Newsvine. My other online work and businesses now have to take priority, so it is with a heavy heart and after much deliberation that I have reached this decision to end my Newsvine Column at the end of this month.

  • Today, A Little Trip to the VA

    I thought that Y'all would like to tag along on my "day out", so here is a pictorial tour of the bus trip. Starting out from Edinger Ave. & Flower St. in Santa Ana Ca, (Photo #1). At the bus stop I ran into Rudy and Phil two of our local homeless guys (Photo #2).

  • Will we ever have bananas again, Daddy? (Satire)

    THE prospect of a nice, ripe banana faded rapidly into the distance last night as Britain faced-up to a new age of banana-free austerity.

  • Hotmail security breach spreads as 20,000 Gmail and Yahoo! passwords are posted online

    The massive security breach that led to millions of Hotmail customers being advised to change their passwords has now spread to users of email services including Gmail and Yahoo! Mail.

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