Cricketer Hick admits ‘lack of cutting edge’ as curtain falls
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on September 17, 2008
‘Unfulfilled promise’ has often been a phrase used to describe Graeme Hick’s career so it may be cruelly apt if his final season before retirement is cut short by injury.
That means the former England international is set to miss the four-day County Championship match against Middlesex starting on Wednesday.
Born in what was then Salisbury, Rhodesia, [...]
‘Steel Curtain’ member White dies
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on June 11, 2008
Former Pittsburgh Steelers defensive end Dwight White, part of the defence that led the team to four Super Bowl championships in the 1970s, has died following surgery at a Pittsburgh hospital. He was 58.
“Dwight White was one of the greatest players to ever wear a Steelers uniform,” said team chairman Dan Rooney in a statement. [...]
Jean Luc Nelias lifts the curtain on the blackout
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on May 18, 2008
The problem with ocean races is that when the guys have set off, there is no such thing as a Sunday anymore. Everyone involved has to work everyday. Right let’s move on to some comments regarding this morning’s situation. The bad news is obviously the retirement of BT, who turned around yesterday at 17:30 GMT [...]
Thompson to announce retirement
Filed Under Curt Hennig | Posted on April 20, 2008
Veteran Cronulla backrower Lance Thompson will announce his
retirement from the NRL today.
The former Dragons star is set to confirm he will be bringing
down the curtain on his 13-year first grade career at a press
conference at the Sharks’ headquarters at 2pm today.
The representative backrower has played just one game this
season after struggling to come back from [...]
Orbit Group merger completes
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on April 6, 2008
Related ItemsSanctuary Group merger to go ahead Windmill to merge with MMHA Grand Union Housing Group is launchedM%26amp;D joins Accord Desborough gets eco homes Orbit Group scoops Equality %26amp; Diversity award Partnership creates new homes for Burnley Orbit associations merge Fry Housing Trust joins Accord Group New partnership for Moat and Bourne April 1 marked [...]
Curtain to fall on this body of work
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on March 22, 2008
Most performers have no trouble stepping onstage. It’s stepping offstage that can be a problem. And for movement artists and dancers, retirement can come at a ridiculously young age. Dancers’ bodies essentially lay them off, and then they must remake themselves, often after having done little in their lives but dance. And when fellow performers [...]
LGA insulation action plan
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on March 10, 2008
Related ItemsBrent Council makes homes more energy efficient Elderly urged to apply for heating grants Aragon retirement scheme installs new heatingHerefordshire to cut fuel billsSlough offers free insulation for over 70’s Aragon installs 1000th heating systemFree heating for Lincoln homes An action plan to ensure every home in the country is insulated would drastically cut [...]
Government launches ‘age friendly’ housing strategy
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on March 1, 2008
Related ItemsHousing 21 plans Derby extra care Orbit has lunch with Gordon Brown Hanover names new retirement scheme Wirral extra care scheme opens Coventry elderly housing plans on show Elderly urged to apply for heating grants North Tyneside extra care schemes to be improved Maidstone Extra care apartments-work begins SMART house officially launched Handforth [...]
News You can’t kill a symbol
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on February 24, 2008
Tom, you know you surprise me, says Al Pacino’s Michael Corleone to Robert Duvall’s skeptical Tom Hagen in The Godfather Part II. If anything in this life is certain %26ndash; if history has taught us anything %26ndash; it’s that you can kill anybody.Released [...]
Coventry elderly housing plans on show
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on February 21, 2008
Related ItemsWirral extra care scheme opens Elderly urged to apply for heating grants North Tyneside extra care schemes to be improved Maidstone Extra care apartments-work begins SMART house officially launched Handforth extra care development launched Ashram up for Housing Corporation Gold AwardDagenham retirement development completes Extra funding for home adaptations Slough offers free insulation [...]