We don't want homes destroying our green

We don’t want homes destroying our green 1:40pm Monday 17th January 2011 Print Email Share Comments(0) A PARISH council has refused to give its backing to plans to build homes on an old Worcester golf course until members have seen the whole plan. Chairman of Warndon Parish Council Ray Morris said there was a risk that “piecemeal” plan for housing developments on the former Tolladine Golf Course could gradually destroy Read more [...]

Bernie Ecclestone spends fortune on houses for daughters

Bernie Ecclestone has dug into his deep - near bottomless - pockets to help his two daughters rocket to the very top of the property ladder. According to the Sunday Times, Ecclestone doled out £101 million to daughters Tamara and Petra, as they bought up a couple of the most expensive properties in London. Petra splashed out £56 million on the grade II-listed, eight-bedroom Sloane House in Chelsea, while Tamara snapped up a £45 million house in Kensignton Palace Gardens. Ecclestone, Read more [...]

Events around Mid-Valley celebrate MLK Day

<!--Saxotech Paragraph Count: 2-->To millions of African Americans, poor whites, Hispanics and other disenfranchised people, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was the prophet of their crusade for racial equality.Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a day set aside by the federal government in observance of King’s birthday. It takes place the third Monday of January. Events planned around the Mid-Willamette Valley are listed on the right.This year, the holiday marks the 25th anniversary Read more [...]

Martin Luther King Day Events

Celebrate the life and times of Martin Luther King Jr. with these events around town. And if you've got little ones at home for the school holiday, there are some great (and educational) ideas in here for you too. A Celebration of the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Monday, Jan. 17 Enjoy a  staged reading and commemoration of the words of Dr. King at Sycamore Rouge.  The event will open with remarks by Mayor Moore followed by performances of the words of Dr. King, Read more [...]

Events listed for Jan. 19

Wed, January 19, 2011 Soup kitchens: 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Immanuel Baptist Church, 1615-2nd St. SE, and from 5 to 6:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, 1000-3rd St. NE. Minot State University Brown Bag Book Talk: noon, MSU's Gordon B. Olson Library, noon. Ernst Pijning of the MSU Division of Social Science will discuss the book "The Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for Everyone," by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett. The talk is free and open to the public.Faith United Methodist Read more [...]

Best Buy lists iPad 2 Online, Will They Put the Original iPad on Sale?

Big box retailer Best Buy listed Apple’s next generation tablet device, the iPad 2, on its web site recently and quickly pulled it down. The electronics store had three versions of the iPad 2 listed: a Wi-Fi version, a 3G and Wi-Fi version along with an iPad 2 with a larger hard drive. While the devices were listed only as “iPad,” the “coming soon” moniker on the pages left many to speculate that these were indeed meant for the iPad 2. Best Buy was possibly testing the listings for the Read more [...]

Food giveaway sites listed

Print this Article Email this Article Low-income San Joaquin County residents can obtain free government-surplus food Thursday at 15 locations. Start times are listed, and the centers close once the food is gone.To receive the food, people must be residents of San Joaquin County, living in the appropriate ZIP codes, whose monthly income does not exceed $1,354 for one person; $1,821 for two; $2,289 for three; $2,756 for four; $3,224 for five; and $3,691 for six.Sites Read more [...]

Transfer-listed Sangweni plays

Posted: 2011-01-17 07:13 Despite being included in the AmaZulu team that played Golden Arrows on Sunday, midfielder Thamsanqa Sangweni is still on Usuthu's transfer list. Sangweni was put on transfer together with six other players, but made a surprise appearance yesterday in an unfamiliar position as central defender for Usuthu.   Another notable figure on the AmaZulu bench was Nigerian defender Pere Ariweriya,i who was also put on transfer last week.   Speaking to KickOff.com, Usuthu Read more [...]

Mirae’s ETF listed on Hong Kong bourse

Mirae Asset Financial Group Chairman Park Hyeon-joo, right, receives a golden pig from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange’s Cash Market Trading Division Vice President David Lo during a ceremony to directly list Mirae’s fund product, Monday. / Courtesy of Mirae AssetBy Oh Young-jin Mirae Asset Financial Group, led by its Chairman Park Hyeon-joo, has become the first Korean asset management firm to have its exchange-traded fund (ETF) directly listed on the Stock Exchange Read more [...]

Best Buy Listed Three iPad 2 Dummies On Its Website, Then Pulled Them Out

ShareThe rumors of an iPad 2 have been around ever since Apple introduced the first-gen tablet and the fact that Best Buy listed three iPad dummies doesn’t help cooling things down. The last time we spoke about the iPad 2, we heard that Apple will release three versions of the slate: GSM, CDMA, and WiFi-only; and besides these, we also found out that Best Buy, WalMart and others will get it three months after initial launch.At the moment Best Buy has removed the three iPad listings and sadly Read more [...]