Category: news
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New York City Tax Department: Yoga Studios Not Subject To Local Sales Tax
Media Advisory – Tax Department Issues Guidance Regarding Sales Tax Treatment of Yoga Facilities in New York City Tuesday, July 24, 2012 The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance has issued guidance… …charges for yoga classes by facilities in New York City that offer only instruction in various yoga disciplines are not subject…
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FDA approves Qsymia by Vivus
The first few times I read this I thought it said Virus. That about sums up my credibility as a health news reporter, but that won’t stop me from filling this post full of judgementalism and negativity. After all, that’s what news is about, no? Vivus shares are rallying yet again, continuing their big surge…
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Matthieu Ricard | French Buddhist Monk
He has been called the happiest man in the world! Born 15 February 1946 is a French Buddhist monk who resides at Shechen Tennyi Dargyeling Monastery in Nepal. Born in Aix-les-Bains, Savoie, France, he is the son of the late Jean-François Revel (born Jean-François Ricard), a renowned French philosopher, and grew up among the personalities…
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Human Planet – Web exclusive series trailer – BBC One
The most remarkable species of all… Living in the wildest places on earth… Struggling to survive…
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Vladimir Putin Speech at the Munich Press Conference in Germany
I must admit, international politics is not my strong point. For many reasons, I expect the daunting web of world economics, politics and law will be my final intellectual frontier. It feels only natural to have begun with the simplicity of math and science and to have progressed through interests in physics and chemistry and…