четверг, 15 марта 2012 г.

Parkway GBP6m sale

Four buildings that make up Great Western Court, at the BristolParkway North Office Park, have changed hands for GBP6.75 million.

The development has been sold by Lothbury Property Trust toprivate investment company Bentley Hall.

The buildings were originally developed by Crest Nicholson Estates15 years ago.

Roger Chubb, of Hartnell Taylor Cook, advisers to the LothburyProperty Trust, said:

"The …

MCC delegation visits active Cuban church

Mennonite Central Committee U.S. representatives saw first-hand the issues facing Cuban people during their August 30 to September 7 visit to Cuba.

They visited Brethren in Christ and Mennonite churches, as well as MCC partners in Cuba: the Martin Luther King Jr. Center and the Cuban Council of Churches.

"We hoped to increase our exposure to Cuban life and gain a greater understanding of the effects of the U.S. trade embargo on Cuba so we can address U.S.-Cuban issues here," explained Daryl Yoder- Bontrager, assistant director of MCC Latin America/Caribbean programs.

What the group found was a poor country and a people with a strong spirit. With 2 established …

Cancer warning adds wrinkle to parenting debate

When Amy Morris' twin boys, then 11, went on an academic trip to Washington last year, she agreed to give them cell phones at the program's request. But this summer she was dismayed to learn that girls at her 8-year-old daughter's day camp were using cell phones they'd taken along in their backpacks.

"We were outraged," says the Connecticut mother, who adds that the camp didn't know. "These girls think it's a cute game. But it's inappropriate, and it's unnecessary."

It's a signature parenting dilemma of the wireless age: Should kids have cell phones? And how old is old enough? It pits our understandable desire to keep tabs on our offspring _ …

среда, 14 марта 2012 г.

Are you there, genevieve?

I am trying to contact a young American ex-pat by the name ofGenevieve.

I believe she may be living and working in Bath and was last seenat the Ely …

Crunch time for Hawks // Loss to Coyotes could doom playoff hopes

The Blackhawks' final four games may be all but moot shouldPhoenix win or tie at St. Louis Saturday.

If the Coyotes pick up a point, the ninth-place Hawks wouldtrail them by three points as the two teams take the United Centerice Sunday.

Edmonton and San Jose, sixth and seventh in the eight-teamconference playoff picture, did the Hawks no favors by winningThursday night, shortly after the Hawks dropped a 3-2 decision at St.Louis."We have to get everybody hungry by Sunday," said coach CraigHartsburg.Had the Hawks been hungry enough the last three games - alllosses - the franchise would not be facing the possibility of missingthe playoffs for the first time …

Summary Box: Snapshot of the fall of icon Kodak

THE TROUBLES: Eastman Kodak Co. is teetering on a financial precipice, having failed to find its focus after facing fierce foreign competition and a digital revolution it was slow to embrace.

FUELING THE TALKS: Even as Kodak tries to bat down sudden talk of bankruptcy, it has enlisted a legal …

North Koreans check newspaper on new officials

North Korea's main newspaper printed photographs and biographical details Tuesday of senior officials appointed a day earlier at a rare parliamentary session.

The brother-in-law of leader Kim Jong Il was promoted to a key position in the secretive nation's leadership and a new premier was named Monday.

North Koreans looked at the Rodong Sinmun newspaper on display stands in Pyongyang, according to exclusive footage from broadcaster APTN in Pyongyang. The front page featured a large photo of Kim Jong Il and other senior officials presiding over Monday's parliamentary session.

The reclusive Kim is believed to have suffered a stroke two years …