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Toiling in a boring job? Then why not join the growing hordes of women who are making a living from their much-loved hobbies. Eithne Farry meets the craft revolutionaries

ROBIN MCDONALD, Special to News Citizen Sounds of cannons thundered through the air during Liendo Plantation?s Civil War Weekend, starting on Friday, November 21. Booms from the large cannons could be heard miles away in towns surrounding the plantation, as far away as Hockley, and possibly farther.

A controversial list of BNP membership has revealed hundreds of members living in Kent. Ex-servicemen, a chiropodist and a woman who lists her hobbies as sewing crafts, knitting and animal welfare are all included in the leaked document.

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Ever wonder why Joel Greenblatt does not use his Magic Formula for his own portfolio? Here we go. Instead of a very concentrated portfolio, he bought 156 stocks with a $63 million portfolio. Now let's see how a real magic formula portfolio works. These are the details of the buys. New Purchases: ABC, ACN, ADTN, AG, AIMC, AKAM, ALV, ANF, AOB, AP, ARM, ARO, ASIA, AYI, BARE, BBI, BEAV, BGP, BJ, ...

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Householders in London are being urged to ease the threat of landfill fines and beat the credit crunch with a free online resource called SnaffleUp.