| Women’s shelter plans scrapped | | Posted Tuesday, February 06, 2007 12:57:17 PM by Blog57 Team | | Bob Orr of the Warren Family Mission said so far the mission has not received any word of those plans and has had no contact with Abigails House board. A woman who answered the phone at Pathways said she was aware of the donation from Abigails but had no details on it. Before Fridays announcement, some volunteers and residents who have donated to the project and who were aware of the agencys moves to several locations during the past three years had raised questions on how the money was spent and whether the home would open. They moved and I lost track of them. I have no idea where they are, said Betsey Outhwaite, a member of Grace United Methodist Church, which did a project for Abigails Home in 2005. Churches and families throughout the county have donated thousands of dollars, clothing and personal hygiene items for residents who never lived in the facility.... | |
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| | | What Is a Second Home? | | Posted Monday, January 08, 2007 3:00:41 PM by Blog57 Team | | (ARA) - As the weather begins to turn, many people are beginning to think about their vacation plans. Some will fly away to their favorite vacation spot, but taking a vacation to a place you have to fly to can get expensive and can limit where you go and what you can do.A good alternative can be to have a vacation home that's there for you whenever you want to go.What Is a Second Home? .... | |
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| | | Innovative home plans in pipeline | | Posted Sunday, November 19, 2006 12:58:50 PM by Blog57 Team | | Uttlesford District Council is proposing to transform redundant garages in Manor Road into short-term accommodation and to open up vacant units at the Mead Court sheltered housing scheme to younger tenants. Both plans are at the preliminary stage. Rod Chamberlain, executive manager for housing services, was keen to stress that the Manor Road scheme, which would see the garages replaced by a supervised, purpose-built facility with four to eight rooms, was not an old-fashioned hostel. "I certainly don't like the word hostel. I would like to think that people could come into Manor Road and not realise it was a special facility, " he said. "I wouldn't like it to have a reputation for sticking out like a sore thumb. Hopefully, the people who are there would completely integrate." Mr Chamberlain said that the garages were dilapidated and many were empty, creating an eyesore.... | |
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| | | Tyson: Scrutinize home replacement cost definitions they vary | | Posted Monday, November 13, 2006 11:14:39 AM by Blog57 Team | | Q: I have been getting insurance quotes for our new home and have been getting wildly different estimates for replacement cost. The house, which is about 100 years old, has about 2,800 square feet, typical moldings, average floors, kitchen, baths, etc. Travelers estimates a replacement cost around $600,000 (about $200 per square foot). Liberty Mutual comes in at $425,000 (about $150 per square foot). I want to be fully covered, of course, but not overpay for coverage I don't need. What is a realistic replacement cost per square foot for a house like this? A: You should ask each insurance company to provide you with its definition of, and limitations on, guaranteed replacement-cost coverage. Such coverage guarantees that the insurer will pay to have your home rebuilt in a total loss, even if the construction cost exceeds the policy's dwelling coverage.... | |
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| | | Cisco name expected on A's new home in Fremont | | Posted Friday, November 10, 2006 11:12:35 AM by Blog57 Team | | The Oakland A's reportedly plan to unveil high tech plans next week for a new home in Fremont to be dubbed Cisco Field. Owner Lew Wolff Wednesday personally invited Fremont officials to a Tuesday press conference at Cisco Systems Inc.'s (NASDAQ:CSCO - News) headquarters in San Jose. Cisco's chairman and CEO, John Chambers, is expected to announce the naming deal for the 36,000-seat stadium and unveil some technological features it could have. The park is planned for 143 acres that Cisco owns near I-880 that it once planned to use as a campus. Wolff is expected to unveil plans for a ballpark-centered lifestyle development along the lines of San Jose's popular Santana Row, including residences, retail and hotels. Published November 9, 2006 by the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal .... | |
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| | | Lowe's plans to build home center in Fernley | | Posted Tuesday, November 07, 2006 7:06:15 AM by Blog57 Team | | FERNLEY -- A Lowe's home improvement center is headed to the town and expects to open its doors in 2007. Lowe's plans to build its center at the southeast corner of Nevada 40 and Stanley Drive near an Amazon.com location in eastern Fernley. Fernley Mayor David Stix Jr. said the Lowe's store is expected to be located near a Wal-Mart planned for the area. With store size taken into account, this represents an average $18.5 million investment for the company, which looks to create up to 175 jobs in Fernley. In Nevada, the first Lowe's was opened in 1998. The chain has 12 Nevada locations with another under construction in North Las Vegas. Statewide, Lowe's employs 1,600. Fernley residents must travel to Sparks, Reno or Carson City to visit Lowe's, meaning a drive of at least 30 miles.... | |
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| | | FSA unveils new rules as it takes on reversion plans | | Posted Saturday, November 04, 2006 7:15:13 AM by Blog57 Team | | HOME reversion plans, which allow elderly people to raise cash from their property by selling at least part of it, should become a safer equity release option from next year. The Financial Services Authority (FSA) published its final rules for the regulation of home reversions this week - reversions will fall under its remit from 6 April next year. .... | |
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| | | NYSE Plans to Close One of Trading Floor's Five Rooms (Update2) | | Posted Wednesday, November 01, 2006 7:09:30 AM by Blog57 Team | | Oct. 31 (Bloomberg) -- The New York Stock Exchange, the world's largest stock market, plans to close one of its trading floor's five rooms over the next 18 months as more shares change hands electronically. The room being shut is a 10,000-square-foot space at 30 Broad Street in downtown Manhattan that the Big Board opened six years ago, at the height of the technology-stock bubble. It's currently home to 33 floor brokerages and Bear Wagner Specialists LLC, a unit of Bear Stearns Cos. They'll be relocated, along with trading of 503 stocks, including Citigroup Inc., Xerox Corp. and NYSE Group Inc., the exchange's parent company. The decision reflects the NYSE's shift to more computer- based stock trading after 214 years dominated by face-to-face haggling. This month, the Big Board began lifting some restrictions on electronic transactions as part of its so-called Hybrid Market.... | |
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| | | Indian actress Aishwarya Rai denies rumors of marriage plans | | Posted Monday, October 30, 2006 1:10:45 PM by Blog57 Team | | MUMBAI, India (AP) - When actress Aishwarya Rai does decide to tie the knot, she says she will shout the news from rooftops. Rai denied recent newspaper reports of an impending marriage with popular actor Abhishek Bachchan. "For now, could Abhishek and I be allowed to concentrate on our individual careers, please?'' Rai was quoted as asking in the Mumbai Mirror newspaper. "I've absolutely no plans for marriage in the near future.'' "When there is a marriage, I won't hide it,'' she said. "I'll stand on the rooftops and talk about it.'' The couple star in "Umrao Jaan'' a remake of a Bollywood classic about a courtesan named Ameeran, or Umrao Jaan Ada, kidnapped from her home and sold to a brothel. Rai plays the key role of Umrao Jaan. Abhishek Bachchan, Shabana Azmi and Sunil Shetty are also in the movie that releases later this week. "Now people are setting dates for my marriage,'' the newspaper quoted Rai as saying.... | |
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| | | Ikea plans massive Pierce County distribution center | | Posted Wednesday, October 25, 2006 7:03:52 PM by Blog57 Team | | Home furnishings retailer Ikea said it plans to build a massive distribution center near Tacoma that could eventually total more than 1 million square feet. The Swedish company said it will initially build an 843,000-square-foot facility on 65 acres at the Frederickson Industrial Area in unincorporated Pierce County to handle freight received at the Port of Tacoma. The first phase of the project is scheduled to be operational by spring 2008. The company said it could expand the center by another 220,000 square feet after the first phase is operating. .... | |
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