How Much Is Enough To Hold In Reserve Fund
- May
- 19
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Q: I live in a self-managed building that’s in good shape. We consider ourselves a young association and have only $4,000 in our reserve account. At a recent meeting, there was concern that our reserves are too low as the building gets older.
How do we determine what is proper to have in a reserve account? [...]
Viva Pinata Sequel Takes Shape
- May
- 15
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Once again, NeoGaf plays host to the idle gossip, word being that the new VP will include drop-in co-op play, not to mention some rather flashy support for the Live Vision Cam. The camera will apparently be used to enable players to scan cards, unlocking unique in-game content.
The cards will reportedly usher new animals, new [...]
Few belly laughs in Baby
- April
- 27
With everyone from the TV-awards circuit to Entertainment Weekly declaring Tina Fey the new queen of comedy, the producers of Baby Mama (including Saturday Night Live’s Lorne Michaels) have treated her first star vehicle as a coronation. I love Tina Fey (who doesn’t?), but you can start the crowning without me.
Playing a variation on [...]
It may be a drought but a living has to be made (+video)
- April
- 16
It is Mastertons weekly stock sale, a scene of woebegone sheep and cattle and fast-talking salesmen in hip-high leggings smeared with wool grease. They are pleading for the quick nods from the cockies and stock agents who are their lifeblood.
But pushing up the prices for sheep, lambs and cattle is a near-impossible task.
No one wants [...]
Elite schools test toddlers before admission
- April
- 16
Principal of Aucklands Kings School Tony Sissons says the boys are not asked to sit formal tests. Along with principals of other private schools who test children under five, Sissons says the interviews are an opportunity to meet parents and check whether the child fits the school.
He schedules interviews when the boys are aged between [...]
CBS’ ‘Early Show’ is still a late bloomer
- April
- 16
On the air, CBS’ Maggie Rodriguez radiates niceness in a
generic, morning-show-host sort of way, so it was time for a latte spit-take when she got off a mean-girl joke recently on “The Early Show.”
The “Early” gang stood outside its Manhattan studio, preparing to do a battery of push-ups under the tutelage of a fitness expert. [...]
Jack Handeys Thoughts Get Deeper
- April
- 12
After a series of “Deep Thoughts” paperback collections (a 1994 edition was titled “Deepest Thoughts: So Deep They Squeak”) and a “Fuzzy Memories” compilation, which collectively have sold more than 1 million copies, Handey is releasing his first book of longer form material.”It does feel like an accomplishment, kind of going to the adults table [...]
UK At Home behind the closed doors of ordinary Britons
- April
- 12
To see clips that go behind the shooting of UK at Home, click
here, or click the player above
Whenever I hear the word home, I think of the oak table in our dining room.
My parents worked as GPs, out early and back late, so during the week meals
were rushed and casual %26ndash; usually I would [...]
Something’s fishy
- April
- 8
Produce isn’t the only thing with a season. Fish and other goodies-of-the-sea have peaks and valleys throughout the year.
“When fish is in peak season it’s abundant, in the best shape and at the best price,” says Paul Marczyk of Marczyk Fine Foods in Denver.
And what’s in season now?
“Halibut,” Marczyk says. “Wild striped [...]
Working out for two
- April
- 8
Doctors used to tell their pregnant patients to avoid vigorous exercise during pregnancy for fear that it could injure the mom, the developing baby or both. Today, mothers-to-be are encouraged to be in shape and to keep active during their pregnancy.
“You wouldn’t show up for a marathon without training for it,” says Teddi Bryant, [...]
