Monthly Archives: August 2011

This week’s health briefs for Horry, Georgetown counties

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Chronic kidney disease education | Varying schedule, varying locations in Horry and Georgetown counties. Free. (866) 647-9396 or ultracare-dialysis.com/TOPS Health screenings | Tuesdays, mall area, Georgetown Memorial Hospital; Thursdays, front lobby, Waccamaw Community Hospital. Finger-stick lipid profiles with blood sugar test: $20; diabetes screening-hemoglobin A1C: $15; blood sugar levels: $3. Free blood pressure screenings from 7:30 a.m. to noon. 520-8447 or 520-8634. OB tour | 6 p.m. Read more [...]

Choosing best Test team not easy: Clive Lloyd

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Dubai, Aug 26 (IBNS) Chairman of the LG ICC Awards Selection Panel and Chairman of the ICC Cricket Committee Clive Lloyd admits choosing the ICC Test Team of the Year 2011 was not an easy task, on this week’s LG ICC Awards 2011 special ICC Cricket World Radio Show.“It was a difficult task this year to choose the teams of the year and also our long-lists as we had a lot of exciting cricket to look at in the observation period. Some excellent performances came from all the teams, we looked Read more [...]

Earl’s bid to make spray-paint Scottish castle a permanent tourist attraction

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By Lee MoranLast updated at 3:39 AM on 29th August 2011 When Brazilian street artists set about painting a series of psychedelic images on the side of a 13th century Scottish castle, the locals were understandably outraged.Now their temperatures are set to soar even higher, after it emerged its owner wanted to make the controversial graffiti mural permanent - going back on his original promise that it would only appear for three years.Patrick Boyle, the Earl of Glasgow, has written to Historic Read more [...]

Cook Fine Art sued by collector for $5m in missing art

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A New York City art dealer has taken off with about $5 million worth of art, or the proceeds of their sale, claims one collector. Works by the likes of Picasso, Klee, Kandinsky, and Matisse were reported by the dealer to be consigned in a Christie's auction on behalf of the collector. The items were never listed in the sale. The dealer said through his attorney that the "money has been spent" and he hopes to avoid prosecution. George Ball sued R. Scott Cook, his wife Soussan A.E Cook, Cook Fine Read more [...]

Barack set to rise in class

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(UKPA) – 8 hours ago  Barack will be hurled back into Group company following his honourable effort in defeat at Killarney on Tuesday evening.The Frank Ennis-trained five-year-old finished second to Wild Wind, to whom he was giving 12lb, in the Listed Vincent O'Brien Ruby Stakes. He is already a Listed winner, at Leopardstown in June, but will now try his hand in the Group Three Concorde Stakes at Tipperary on October 2.Ennis said: "We were giving the winner lots of weight, so it was a great Read more [...]

Telluride’s Big Real Estate Listings

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Every year, the Telluride Film Festival (Sept. 2-5) transforms the Colorado mountain community of 2,500 into a hot spot for the movie biz, a far cry from the town's Wild West origins. After all, this was where Butch Cassidy committed his first bank robbery.Dick Ebersol Lists $13 Mil Telluride Home (Exclusive)Telluride Film Festival: THR's Film Critic Todd McCarthy On Why Secret Lineup Works Hollywood also has long favored the ski town as a place for second homes. Telluride's vibe might be Read more [...]

Myrtle Beach area political meetings

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• The North Myrtle Beach Democratic Club is holding its annual Free Fish Fry from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Fat Harold’s parking lot, 210 Main St., North Myrtle Beach.Everyone is welcome. The food is free but donations are accepted. For more information, contact Brian Scott at 503-6128 or Mrbrianscott@gmail.com.• The South Enders meet at 6 p.m. Sept. 8 at The Borgata Restaurant, 813 Surfside Drive, Surfside Beach. For more information, e-mail Steve Chand at beserchand@yahoo.com Read more [...]

Irish property firm’s jewel Marsh & Parsons up for sale

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Along with LSL, which has a stock market valuation of £207.5m, final bids were received from mid-market private equity firm Graphite for £50m and Bowmark Capital for £53m. They had competed with buy-out houses Bridgepoint and BlueGem and trade buyers Connells and Countrywide. The problem for private equity was that following the problems BC Partners faced with the Foxtons debt, banks were less willing to lend enough money to make the returns work for the private equity model. Read more [...]