Monthly Archives: June 2013

Wolves: Henry, O’Hara, Johnson & Ward transfer listed

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Wolves have made club captain Karl Henry, Jamie O'Hara, Roger Johnson and Stephen Ward available for transfer as they prepare for life in League One. Midfielder Henry, 30, has made over 250 appearances and only agreed a four-year deal at Molineux last summer. However, he has been transfer listed alongside defender Johnson, 30, ex-Tottenham midfielder O'Hara, 26, and 27-year-old utility man Ward. All Read more [...]

Listed IFA completes its 14th acquisition

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Listed IFA AFH has acquired Shape Financial, the 14th acquisition by the company since its flotation in June 2011, for an undisclosed sum. Shape Financial is an authorised, Somerset-based IFA which reported a turnover of £1.5m in its most recently completed financial year. This acquisition brings 16 new advisers, including all five shareholder-directors of Shape Financial, to the company’s current total of 104 advisers. The new advisers will continue Read more [...]

For sale: a house with a Norman keep in the garden

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Becuase the house has various converted outbuildings, the pair have been able to share the home easily, often renting out parts of it to holidaymakers who enjoy staying so near a piece of Welsh history. The practicalities of caring for the tower are thankfully not a concern: the Welsh heritage board, CADW, has responsibility for the keep, and maintains it on the condition that it is open to the public. Because the building is accessed via a staircase that leads up from the road, Read more [...]

Coffin containing bones listed for sale

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A US man who advertised a coffin for sale on classifieds website Craigslist failed to mention there were human bones inside. Iowa man Dave Burgstrum listed the item for $1,303 to help raise money for the International Order of Odd Fellows, a fraternity that promotes giving to the poor, the Associated Press reports. "Oak Coffin was manufactured between 1890 and 1915," the June 20 listing reads. "It's in very good condition with bronz (sic) handles and lined with white silk." Mr Burgstrum Read more [...]

Coffin containing bones listed for sale

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Iowa man Dave Burgstrum listed the item for $1,303 to help raise money for the International Order of Odd Fellows, a fraternity that promotes giving to the poor, the Associated Press reports."Oak Coffin was manufactured between 1890 and 1915," the June 20 listing reads."It's in very good condition with bronz (sic) handles and lined with white silk."Mr Burgstrum said the coffin had been used in fraternity rituals and "been covered and kept in storage."But he did not mention there were human bones Read more [...]

Agenda shows light lifting for Cabral

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Public Safety Secretary Andrea Cabral’s written work schedule is far lighter than other top Patrick cabinet appointees, showing days with only a meeting or two, long daily gaps, weeks totaling less than 25 scheduled hours and light Fridays, according to documents obtained by the Herald.Cabral — who kept a low profile in the days following the Boston Marathon bombings — stood out in a Herald review of the calendars of Gov. Deval Patrick’s four new Cabinet secretaries. Highlights include:• Read more [...]

Vancouver hobbit house tossed a lifeline by townhouse developer

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One of Vancouver’s two “hobbit houses� has been sold to a local developer planning to build a residential townhouse complex on the site. But before fans of the faux thatched-roof home, located at 587 W. King Edward Avenue, start labelling the developer Dark Lord of Mordor for destroying a Vancouver landmark, they should know that it’s unlikely it will be torn down. Although the 83-year-old house doesn’t have a heritage designation that prevents it from being demolished, Read more [...]

Vancouver hobbit house tossed a lifeline by townhouse developers

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One of Vancouver’s two “hobbit houses� has been sold to a local developer planning to build a residential townhouse complex on the site. But before fans of the faux thatched-roof home, located at 587 W. King Edward Avenue, start labelling the developer Dark Lord of Mordor for destroying a Vancouver landmark, they should know that it’s unlikely it will be torn down. Although the 83-year-old house doesn’t have a heritage designation that prevents it from being demolished, Read more [...]

Birmingham morphs into a Southern jewel

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- It feels like Birmingham finally is emerging from the shadows cast by the ugly racial violence of 1963. Long haunted by black-and-white newsreel footage of the fire hoses and police dogs city leaders turned on blacks demonstrating for civil rights, the city has a new vibe that's generating buzz all its own 50 years later. Birmingham's culinary scene is a jewel, with nationally known chefs and restaurants, and decades of white flight are giving way to people moving into Read more [...]