Curtain Set To Rise Again On Former Theatre
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on December 1, 2008
A FORMER theatre that has stood empty for 25 years is in line to be reopened despite the shelving of ambitious plans for its future.
Hopes of extending the Leith Theatre to include apartments have been ditched, but developers are still keen to reopen the building for community use.
“However, we recognised that we would have difficulty [...]
Carr Calls Career Curtain Down
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on December 1, 2008
Former Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur right back Stephen Carr has retired from professional football at just 32 years of age.
Carr played for Spurs for eleven years between 1993 and 2004 before joining the Magpies’ playing staff for four years.
Carr’s inability to maintain his fitness was cited as the primary reason for then Newcastle manager [...]
Curtain Set To Rise On Marathon Climate Talks
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on December 1, 2008
Representatives from almost every country on the planet are set to start 12 days of tough talks in Poland on Monday aimed at getting the ball rolling for a new global climate change pact. The forum of the 192-member UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Poznan, Poland comes halfway along a two-year process [...]
No Surprises Behind Curtain
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on November 30, 2008
A lot has changed in the NFL since 1995, but the Pittsburgh Steelers haven’t changed a lot.
He found that while the names have changed, from Barry Foster to Willie Parker and from Greg Lloyd to LaMarr Woodley, the scheme is still largely the same: same blitzes on defense, same blocking scheme on offense, same excellent [...]
Enthusiasm Of Shocker Volleyball Fans Spike
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on November 29, 2008
A crowd filled with gold, all to watch a team who’s season, thus far, has been paved with it. “They’re fabulous. It’s so exciting I’m so glad,” says Shocker Fan, Nancy Welshimer.
“Everybody likes to watch somebody who’s winning and doing well,” says Steve Smith. Season ticket holder, Ruth Ann Ellis adds, “We just couldn’t wait [...]
Final Curtain For Texoma Band
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on November 29, 2008
After thousands of performances, three albums and more than a decade of music, the members of a band with Texoma ties are heading a new direction. Tonight the band Bigloo will play one of their final shows for fans in Wichita Falls.
The Texoma natives have grown up along with their fans. They got married, had [...]
Curtain Call For Curlin At Churchill Downs
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on November 29, 2008
This weekend marks both an end and a beginning for North America’s highest earning horse, as he is set to take his curtain call this Saturday. Curlin, the reigning horse of the year, will make his final parade performance before a most appreciate crowd at Churchill Downs before he is scheduled to stand at stud [...]
Curtain Descending On The Patriots Hopes
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on November 29, 2008
In a normal year, last season’s Patriots-Steelers game might offer some clues to Sunday’s matchup. But this is not a normal year, and that was not a normal game.
The biggest question about Pittsburgh’s offense is a familiar one. Willie Parker, who has missed five of the last eight games, practiced Friday but remained questionable. If [...]
CCTV Cup English Speaking Contest Drops Curtain In Beijing
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on November 28, 2008
The winner is Shi Yupeng, from Fudan University. The student from Shanghai, who majors in Biology, emerged as grand champion.
Two second-place finishers and three who shared third-prize, also were given golden awards as finalists.
The six finalists emerged from the pack after four days of stiff competition at the CCTV network studios. Competitors took time out [...]
Final Curtain Came Too Soon
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on November 28, 2008
Always a frenetically busy person, he explained in his clipped English accent that he was on a tight schedule: “I’ve got to take my sister out to dinner in half an hour.” In other words, the interview would have to be snappy.
In the end, though, it ran over time. Controversy had raged around Hickox for [...]