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Two Russians sail to Alaska seeking asylum in US

Post Author By Evo Plus
Post Date September 20, 2024

Two Russian nationals have been detained by US officials after arriving in a small boat on St Lawrence Island in Alaska.

According to the two US senators who represent the state, the men landed at a beach in the village of Gambell and requested asylum in the country.

A Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokesperson said the duo’s asylum claim was currently being processed.

Thousands have fled Russia to avoid being conscripted for war in Ukraine.

Gambell – home to less

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How much home staging is just enough? Invest wisely to increase profits

Post Author By Evo Plus
Post Date September 18, 2024

Home Staging is your secret weapon to an amazing home sale, if it’s done right

I know that to be true because I’ve been staging homes since 2006. I’ve seen it over and over again…A seemingly unsellable house gets an offer a week or two after we stage it.

The real estate market conditions vary. Today, toward the end of year 2020 and in spite (or, possibly, because of the pandemic), most of the USA and Canada are experiencing low inventory. That means more demand than supply, which creates an advantageous situation for the seller.

But, eventually, the market will

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Steven Seagal Given Land by Russia Previously Allocated for Sick Children

Post Author By Evo Plus
Post Date September 2, 2024

Actor Steven Seagal has been given land by authorities in the prestigious Rublevka area near Moscow that was previously allocated for the care of children with cancer, according to a report.

The Gorki Holding Co., which Seagal has a 26 percent stake in, received a huge plot of land in the Odintsovo district, according to Russian news outlet Baza. Authorities in the Moscow region reportedly gave the company 8.2 hectares (20 acres) of land in the Odintsovo district, with a market value of 800 million rubles ($13.6 million).

The company intends to build an International Center for Martial Arts at

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Searching for my roots in an Algerian cemetery

Post Author By Evo Plus
Post Date March 28, 2023

In our series of letters from African journalists, Maher Mezahi writes about what the branches of his family tree have taught him.

On the outskirts of Skikda, an agreeable Mediterranean city along Algeria’s eastern seaboard, my extended family owns a plot of land that sits on a slope.

For my mother and her siblings, the land was an idyllic escape from their cramped downtown apartment that was synonymous with the mental grind of the school year.

On long summer vacations in the countryside, they cautiously picked juicy prickly pears, carelessly built large

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Biden admin buckles to environmental groups, making a sudden reversal on key land decisions

Post Author By Evo Plus
Post Date March 16, 2023

The Biden administration announced late Tuesday that it would reverse a Trump-era land swap deal facilitating the construction, in an Alaska wilderness area, of a potentially life-saving road opposed by environmental groups.

The Department of the Interior (DOI) withdrew the land exchange — which had been finalized by former Interior Secretary David Bernhardt in 2019 and aggressively defended in court by the Biden administration — and explained that it contained procedural flaws and wasn’t consistent with agency policy . DOI Secretary Deb Haaland said the agency would initiate another environmental analysis of the proposal as part of President Biden’s conservation

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The 5 Most Important Steps to Downsizing with Success

Post Author By Evo Plus
Post Date October 17, 2022

If you’re like most people, you’ve probably accumulated a lot of stuff over the years. Like most people, you likely are elements as to what to do with it. For many people, downsizing is a difficult and overwhelming task

To help you get started, I’m sharing 5 important steps to downslzing, but also to figure out what to do with your stuff.

Step 1: Map Out Your Downsizing Project

There are a number of tasks that go in to downsizing. And it all starts with a plan: narrowing down your possessions, donating/selling, putting your home on the market, renovating your

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Behind the Scenes of Simple Elements

Post Author By Evo Plus
Post Date October 16, 2022

People always like to know who they’re working with. So it’s my hope that others will gain some insight into what makes me tick. Read on to learn more about behind the scenes of Simple Elements.

Allow me to introduce myself…

Name: Nicole Schenk

Role at Simple Elements: Owner, Property Stylist

I’ve had a passion for all things design since I was a kid, I just didn’t recognize this until I was in my 30’s. After university I studied fashion design. That led me to a 14 yr career working with leading fashion retailers. My favorite aspect was visual merchandising–

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The trend for the Paint Colors in 2022

Step 1: Map Out Your Downsizing Project