Quality Over Quantity: Understanding Roundabout’s Newish Donation Policies Jan 11, 2021 2:17 pm | 1 comment | 282 reads
Imagine this: you have been living in Beijing happily with your family for a few years. Now, it’s time to head home, but it doesn’t make sense to ship all of your furniture and belongings. After offloading big stuff in the usual buy and sell groups, you are still left with
a lot of things to clear out. Who can save you?
Roundabout of course!
A quick phone call later, and a Roundabout truck arrives at your doorstep, loads all your unwanted items into the back, and rides into the sunset, no questions asked and totally for free.
Letters to the editor: Sculpture half hidden and distracting
11 Jan, 2021 07:00 PM
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Rotorua Daily Post
The Hemo sculpture is both half-hidden and a distraction on the roundabout. Could it go somewhere where we can safely see it and all of it?
Mark Collet
Shameful display There are at least two types of leaders. The most obvious at this time is Donald Trump, president of the United States, who has taught the rest of the world a very valuable lesson.
When he became president, people believed what he said, and assumed he must be right and they followed like sheep.
By Thomas V. Mirus ( bio - articles - email ) | Jan 08, 2021
Happy New Year! It’s time for the annual article in which members of the Catholic Culture staff look back on their reading in the past year and recommend the best, some published in 2020 and some not. Actually, this list is not confined to reading only. You’ll get book recommendations from Jeff Mirus, Phil Lawler and Mike Aquilina; book and film recommendations from James T. Majewski; and book, essay, podcast, music and (way too many) film recommendations from Thomas V. Mirus. Enjoy!
Jeff Mirus
The best books I read in 2020 were all new titles among the books I reviewed on CatholicCulture.org during the course of the year with the exception of the last one, for which this survey will constitute my review. Apparently 2020 was a year in which I was most impressed by authors who increased my spiritual understanding and fueled my spiritual growth, though each in a different way and on a di
Travesía conmemora 500 años del viaje de Magallanes elmanana.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from elmanana.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Global pandemic meets 500th anniversary of 1st global voyage
The epic story invites appreciation for conflicting, overlapping perspectives on history and reflection on the rewards and perils of a connected world. Author: CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA Associated Press Published: 12:55 PM EST December 31, 2020 Updated: 12:55 PM EST December 31, 2020
MEXICO CITY, Mexico Disease, mutinies and uncharted waters nearly sabotaged the global circumnavigation of the expedition led by Portuguese mariner Ferdinand Magellan. Five centuries later, the pandemic looms as a Spanish navy tall ship sails to commemorate the feat.
The Juan Sebastián de Elcano, named for a Basque captain who completed the 1519-1522 circumnavigation with 17 of the roughly 240 crewmembers who began it, docked around Latin America after leaving Europe in August. Visitors were not allowed on board and the crew disembarked in just a few places, including the Chilean island of