Monthly Archives: January 2011

Program needs houses to fix up

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Hoping to meet with the same success as last year’s inaugural Rebuilding Calistoga program, Calistoga Affordable Housing is seeking applicants for the 2011 housing improvement program. Last year, Rebuilding Calistoga connected 32 families with volunteers and building material suppliers to improve the safety and comfort of homes all across town. Among the projects completed by some 152 volunteers from all around Napa County were fixing broken windows and screens, replacing broken Read more [...]

Guide to hotels and villas in Spain: holiday planner 2011

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Vintage Travel (01954 261431; www.vintagetravel.co.uk) Hand-picked houses with private pools in rural and coastal Catalonia, Andalusia, Galicia, Majorca and Menorca. This year there are properties in Lanzarote, including a house sleeping eight on the islet of La Graciosa. Other options Abercrombie Kent Villas (0845 618 2205; www.akvillas.com) Luxury villa specialist with focus on Andalusia and the Balearic Islands. New is Can Almendra near Manacor in eastern Majorca. Bolt-on “AK Read more [...]

Extremist leader jailed for child abuse

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Ashraf Miah had taught at the East London Mosque in Whitechapel (Photo: PAUL GROVER) Here’s the full version of a story which appeared in the print edition of the paper: A MAN has been jailed for a series of sex attacks on children committed while he was leader of a Muslim extremist group and a teacher at a hardline London mosque. Ashraf Miah, 38, from Mile End, a former teacher at the East London Mosque, repeatedly molested the girls whilst they recited religious texts. The youngest victim Read more [...]

Lions’ lineup remains unset for Michigan meet

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There are 18 athletes on the Penn State men’s gymnastics roster. Roughly one-third made the blackboard. Before practice Tuesday, coach Randy Jepson wrote a handful of gymnasts’ names on his blackboard in the team’s White Building training facility. As everyone clustered around him, he explained the names’ significance. “These are the guys who are definitely competing Saturday,” Jepson said. “The rest is wide open.” Senior captain Matt Albrecht, senior Warren Yang, sophomores Read more [...]

Lions' lineup remains unset for Michigan meet

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There are 18 athletes on the Penn State men’s gymnastics roster. Roughly one-third made the blackboard. Before practice Tuesday, coach Randy Jepson wrote a handful of gymnasts’ names on his blackboard in the team’s White Building training facility. As everyone clustered around him, he explained the names’ significance. “These are the guys who are definitely competing Saturday,” Jepson said. “The rest is wide open.” Senior captain Matt Albrecht, senior Warren Yang, sophomores Read more [...]

Fewer preventable errors recorded at St. Cloud Hospital

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<!--Saxotech Paragraph Count: 18-->(2 of 2)The number of falls listed for St. Cloud Hospital increased by one from last year’s report. The results cited in both were listed as serious disabilities.“They are not as easy, in my opinion, to prevent as one might think,” Honkomp said about falls. “Sometimes our patients may be doing just fine and think that they’re able to get up on their own, only to find out that they are a little bit more dizzy than they thought and end up falling.”St. Read more [...]

Listed outlook improves

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20 January 2011 | By Amanda Smith Email Share Comment Save Numis Securities expects share buybacks, tender offers and potential wind-ups to produce a better outcome for listed fund of hedge fund investors in 2011.The research firm says the listed sector failed to deliver last year, with returns averaging around 5 per cent, excluding funds that are being wound up.It says most listed funds of hedge funds suffered losses in May to June last year and failed to protect Read more [...]

Financial planner selling Park Ridge property

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Trevor D. Mathias and Allison Mathias have listed for sale a three-bedroom, 2.5-bath at 116 S. Dee Road in Park Ridge for $524,900.The Mathiases paid $560,000 for the property in Dec. 2004, the same year the 2,141-square-foot home in West Park Ridge/Chippewa Woods was built. It is located in the Centennial Park subdivision. Jennifer Barcal of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage is the listing agent. Mr. Mathias is a financial planner and a senior vice president at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney in Read more [...]

Interior designer selling in Forest Ridge 3BD

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Julie D. Rooney has listed for sale a three-bedroom, four-bath home at 9524 Crooked Creek Trail in Sunset Hills for $524,900.Larry Sontag of 123 Real Estate Inc. is the listing agent. The 2,600-square-foot house was built in 1970 in North of 255. It is part of the Forest Ridge subdivision. Ms. Rooney is an interior designer and owner of Julie Rooney Interiors. She has been in the industry for more than 15 years.According to BlockShopper.com, there have been 106 home sales in Sunset Hills during Read more [...]

Bank VP lists Winnetka 3BD home

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Brent and Michelle Brouse have listed for sale a three-bedroom, three-bath home at 1070 Willow Road in Winnetka for $639,000.The 1,962-square-foot home in Central Winnetka was built in 1959. Susan Baby of Coldwell Banker Residential is the listing agent. Mr. Brouse is vice president and branch manager at National City Bank in Chicago.He attended Purdue University. Ms. Brouse is director of client relations at CompuSystems, Inc., a Broadview-based full-service trade show registration contractor. Read more [...]