Curtain call
Filed Under Curt Hennig | Posted on April 12, 2008
At the merchandise stand for Monty Python’s Spamalot,
there are the usual sundry items for sale: mugs, badges, magnets,
key-rings and caps. Then there’s the more Pythonesque accoutrements
such as miniature flying cows, killer rabbit slippers, a cow
catapult deluxe set and black T-shirts emblazoned with the somewhat
prophetic phrase, “I’m not dead yet %26#133; “.
The musical may be a [...]
Oxford measures to make more room
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on April 7, 2008
Theres just not enough space to go around if Oxford is to meet the demand of a growing housing need, so there are some tough decisions to be made
Oxford is running out of space and unlike many other citys it faces a lack of brownfield land that can be used to create the many more [...]
Curtain call
Filed Under Curt Hennig | Posted on April 7, 2008
At the merchandise stand for Monty Python’s Spamalot,
there are the usual sundry items for sale: mugs, badges, magnets,
key-rings and caps. Then there’s the more Pythonesque accoutrements
such as miniature flying cows, killer rabbit slippers, a cow
catapult deluxe set and black T-shirts emblazoned with the somewhat
prophetic phrase, “I’m not dead yet %26#133; “.
The musical may be a [...]
‘Ambitious PiLON’
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on April 7, 2008
PiLON might be a sub-contractor, but it acts and thinks like a main contractor. Thats because it aspires to become one - and this bold newcomer sees a dedication to customer service as the key to unlocking that goal.
Theres nothing like making a good impression, and thats exactly what relative newcomer PiLON is determined to [...]
Bolsover shows good housekeeping
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on April 6, 2008
Bolsovers decision to retain its housing stock rather flew in the face of the Governments desired outcome for the future of council housing. The hard road it might have been but the dissident choice paid off the district council is proving its worth as a landlord
Since taking the decision to retain its housing stock [...]
K Panels sips sustainable success
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on April 6, 2008
Whats in a name? Well, in the case of K Panels, it means a company that is contributing towards meeting the demand for more affordable housing and making them zero carbon too
The story began well before the Code for Sustainable Homes was a priority on the Governments agenda, in Sherwood Forest, the home [...]
Power From The South
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on April 3, 2008
If you took a map of Grand Forks and drew a circle where every local elected official lives, you’ll discover a curious imbalance.
North of DeMers Avenue Curtain Rods, the traditional dividing line between the city’s north end and its south end Curtain Rods, there are three City Council members and one park commissioner. That’s four [...]
Dramas Get Attention And Give Musicals A Run For Their Money
Filed Under Curt Hennig | Posted on April 1, 2008
For at least 25 years, the premier commercial theater district in the country has been dominated by musicals. Such serious dramatists as Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams were once represented on Broadway marquees, but the straight play was pushed to the margins during the final third of the last century.
As the audience base shifted from [...]
The Mother Of All Chertoff Waivers
Filed Under Cur Tainx | Posted on April 1, 2008
Country Curtain It has come to the attention of the Border Ambassadors network that Secretary of Homeland Security, Michael Chertoff is once again planning to exercise his dictatorial powers under the Real ID Act. Such a waiver, if filed, would encompass the Continental U.S., specifically from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico. That [...]
Books There are many ways to turn out the lights
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on March 29, 2008
Blackoutsby Craig BoykoMcClelland %26amp; Stewart,324 pages, $29.99
In one of the stories in Blackouts, a character reflects on a technological challenge that involves compressing data. As he puts it, how to express the greatest amount of information in the most concise way. What it came down to was patterns, the recognition of recurrent patterns in a [...]