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Source: Daily Graphic

Phastor Limited, a leading concrete product and roofing sheets manufacturer in the country, annexed two major awards last year with a commitment to continue the production of quality and affordable concrete and roofing products to boost the building and construction sector of the economy.

The company was adjudged the Best Input Supplier of the Year (Building and Road Sector) at the sixth Ghana Property Awards while it also received an award for its sterling contributions to the building sector at the Ghana Business and Financial Services Awards.

Speaking to the Daily Graphic about the awards, the Managing Director of the company, Mr John Stephen Sam, said the awards have challenged us to do more and we are ready for the task because hard work has been our hallmark.

The award has also challenged us to exceed the expectations of our customers and we are ready not to fail.

Mr Sam said the company had always kept to the production of quality concrete products for construction and roofing irrespective of the rising costs of raw materials.

That has been our hallmark and we will continue to strive towards that to ensure that we remain top among our competitors, he said.

Phastor products

The company specialises in the production of pre-stressed beams and ceiling blocks for storey buildings.

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New cameras target drivers passing by stopped Montgomery County school buses New cameras target drivers passing by stopped Montgomery County school buses

Updated: Thursday, January 2 2014 7:21 PM EST2014-01-03 00:21:33 GMT

An estimated 600 to 1,000 motorists drive by stopped school buses in Montgomery County each year. It is against the law and county officials want to put a stop to it.

An estimated 600 to 1,000 motorists drive by stopped school buses in Montgomery County each year. It is against the law and county officials want to put a stop to it.

More than half of female Marines in boot camp can't do three pullups, the new minimum standard. So the Corps is delaying the requirement.

More than half of female Marines in boot camp can't do three pullups, the minimum standard that was supposed to take effect with the new year, prompting the Marine Corps to delay the requirement, part of the process of...

Updated: Thursday, January 2 2014 9:22 AM EST2014-01-02 14:22:24 GMT

In a bright pink running top and her dark brown hair pulled back in a ponytail, Courtney is getting ready for the New Year's Day "5K Resolution Run." On the top of her list for 2014? Find Ben.

In a bright pink running top and her dark brown hair pulled back in a ponytail, Courtney is getting ready for the New Year's Day "5K Resolution Run." On the top of her list for 2014? Find Ben.

Updated: Thursday, January 2 2014 7:54 AM EST2014-01-02 12:54:22 GMT

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Packers QB Aaron Rodgers tackles Internet rumors: 'I'm not gay'

By: Kyle Bowman

The Extras & Memories

WWE Main Event is a one-hour televised special on the Ion Network, and focuses on wrestling, and has little time allotted towards storylines or an over-use of interviews/promos. For the die-hard wrestling fan, who tunes in to exclusively watch wrestling, this is a positive

The negatives around the show are that it is only an hour, and doesnt showcase all of the mid-card talent, or those who did not appear on a RAW show, two nights before on Monday. Some wrestlers we see on RAW, and also have a second match on the Main Event show. How much is too much? How much is overkill, to the point where it gets redundant or repetitive?

As for the other show, it is a behind-the-scenes type of deal that has features and in-depth looks of superstars outside of the squared circle. This is a E-network special, called Total Divas.Yes, it does give an inside look of how writing and promo work is done, along with the physical training at the NXT/WWE Performance center. I for one, enjoy the show; and it does give a good look as to how the TV shows are produced, presented and all of the pre-takes before it.

Quite personally, I also miss Tough Enough, also But thats another story.

Total Divas also discusses some of the real life couples of some of the major WWE stars, and gives a view of what life is like for those couples; outside the ring and related social interactions.

You, being the reader and my fellow audience- what do you think of the two shows? Good? Bad? Indifferent?

WWE Tough Enough was a TV show that would take contestants and average Joes and Jills who may or may not have had athletic backgrounds, but were to be taught some of the introductions about the business. It was a hard knocks type of course, that became a stepping stone for some talent to enter the business, and do so in an abbreviated format- through Tough Enough which endorsed said competitor(s) to be eligible for Primetime, and other additional training.

Tough Enough started with 4-5 trainers and in its inception was Al Snow, who now works for TNA Impact Wrestling. Other featured trainers were Tazz, Chavo Guererro, Tori and Jacqueline. Tazz and Chavo also have plied their trade in the ring, like Snow- and they too have found their way also to Impact Wrestling. Bob Hardcore Holly Howard is also a trainer during the first season(s), and was a WWE star as well.

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2 Jan 2014 20:40

It is understood an unknown object struck the tram after being thrown from Victoria Park at Whitefield

Sean Hansford

Metrolink bosses were forced to remove a new tram from the network after vandals smashed a window.

The Manchester Metrolink Twitter account reported delays between Whitefield and the city centre at around 5.15pm today after the tram was damaged at Whitefield.

It is understood an unknown object struck the tram after being thrown from Victoria Park.

The @MCRMetrolink account tweeted: Due to an act of vandalism to a tram at Whitefield passengers between Whitefield and the city may experience an additional 6 minute wait.

We will shortly be reintroducing a replacement tram at our Queens Road depot to replace the vandalised tram.

A window has been smashed on one of our new trams. It has been withdrawn for safety reasons. A replacement tram will be put back into service at our Queens Road depot shortly.

Passengers were hit with six-minute delays while workers removed the damaged tram.

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SAN DIEGO - The former owner of a Miramar-area cabinet company was ordered Thursday to spend two years in custody for taking more than $150,000 from 16 victims for remodeling jobs that he never did.

Felix "Eddie" Brown, 54, pleaded guilty last October to diversion of construction funds and grand theft.

As part of his plea agreement, Brown -- who owned Bardon Cabinetry -- will be allowed to serve his custody in the county jail instead of state prison.

According to prosecutors, Brown took thousands of dollars from his victims in May 2011 for kitchen and bathroom remodeling jobs, then suddenly closed his business and left town without doing the work.

Melissa Jeffers said she was "stunned" by the turn of events. She said she had done a lot of research on kitchen remodeling companies before settling on Brown's outfit.

"We were kind of pressured by a couple of his employees -- if you don't write the check, we can't order the wood -- so we wrote the check for $14,100, and that was on a Saturday," Jeffers said. "The check was deposited on Saturday and cleared the bank on Monday, and Tuesday they closed their doors for good."

Jeffers said she never signed a contract because she was going to come back to the showroom on Tuesday and make her final selections for the remodel.

"I just think he's a complete crook," she said. "I don't know if we will ever recover the money."

Frank Melbourn, who lost $14,000 to Brown, said the defendant got what he deserved.

"I'm satisfied that I think justice has been served," he said. "All along, me and the rest of the victims felt like a crime had occurred, and we desperately were trying to get the right people involved so that we could get this thing addressed."

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Published: Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014, 11:42p.m. Updated 5 hours ago

The City Planning Commission on Tuesday will review the first office building proposed as part of the $100 million Bakery Square 2.0 development in the East Liberty/Larimer area.

Walnut Capital of Shadyside, the developer and owner of Bakery Square, is proposing a 218,000-square-foot building in the 6400 block of Penn Avenue. The $27 million project would be opposite the existing office building in Bakery Square and would connect by an enclosed pedestrian walkway four stories above Penn Avenue.

The new building, the first of a possible three with a combined 400,000 square feet, will be six stories tall, according to a suggested artist sketch.

The development, on the former Reizenstein Middle School site, will include two 175-unit apartment buildings and 57 rental town houses. Construction of the first apartment structure will begin early this year.

No one would say whether Google, which is expanding at Bakery Square, might be a tenant of the new building.

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R eferring to the group of nations that includes Russia, India and China, Donald Trump Jr. said "With extensive research conducted by our leasing agent, Cushman & Wakefield, we are pleased to confirm that Trump Towers Rio is currently the largest urban office complex in the BRIC Countries."

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RAEFORD - The doctors are in.

Physicians began seeing patients in the primary care and cardiology office at FirstHealth of the Carolinas' new Physician Offices & Specialty Services building in Hoke County last month.

Dr. Mahalia R. Guerrier, an internist, and Dr. Vicki Hardy, who practices family medicine, anchor the primary care practice. Dr. Debbie R. Thomasson handles the cardiology section of the practice.

The 20,000-square-foot facility, which adjoins FirstHealth's Hoke County branch of Moore Regional Hospital, will eventually house offices for several specialties once the months-long move-in is complete later this year.

"In moving here, we're closer to the hospital, so I can go back and forth to the hospital and can take care of things that have to be done at the hospital more easily," Thomasson said Thursday.

She said driving to and from facilities for tests and other procedures can disrupt flow and take time away from patients.

The location also makes access to patients easier for the doctors, Guerrier said.

"We can work in here, and we can still follow a patient over there," Guerrier said of patients admitted at the hospital. "If there's an issue, they can easily call us here, and we can go see the patient."

In addition, physician assistant Jim Shaffer works in the primary care practice and is available to see walk-in patients.

Working in such proximity to the primary care physicians complements her focus on preventive medicine, Thomasson said.

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The Morrison Historic Preservation Commission (MHPC) is applying to nominate an appropriate portion of the communitys commercial district to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), a listing of spaces, structures or areas recognized to be of national historic, cultural or architectural importance.

With the assistance of our consultants, the MHPC has spent months researching and writing the substance of our application. In the hopes that the community will find the information contained therein both interesting and informative, we will be running, one at a time, in no particular order, over the next year, the architectural and historical description of each building included.

Contributing Category: The term contributing means that the structure lies within an historic district and adds to the architectural or historic significance of the same as a whole. If it is within the boundaries of the district, but does not so supplement, it is deemed non-contributing.

The second report is for the nomination of the Whiteside Hotel.

130 East Main Street

Date: 1865

Large freestanding three-story corner building with unpainted brick exterior. The non-original asymmetrical storefront of the main elevation (south) consists of a recessed glass and aluminum double-door entrance (Kawneer), aluminum display windows, and brick veneer. A retractable fabric awning is immediately above the storefront with the transom area covered with vertical aluminum siding (the siding continues along the side elevation).

The upper facade features five segmental arch window openings per story. The second story windows are rectangular replacements while the third story windows are historic segment top wood double-hungs. A deeply projecting wood cornice with scrollwork brackets spans the width of the parapet and wraps around the corner onto the side and rear elevations.

The long side elevation (east) lacks first story openings instead featuring a non-historic painted mural which spans the entire length of the side wall. The upper facade has eleven window openings per story, with replacement second story windows and four-over-four segment top wood double-hung windows above.

The rear elevation (north) is similar to the side but with three window openings per story (one at second story is a door). There is also a non-historic loading dock and rear entrance. A three story concrete block elevator shaft is near the northwest corner.

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