Lifestyle Columns
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'Movin' Out' moves in to Aurora's ParamountApr 14, 2009 11:00 pm - "Movin' Out," director/choreographer Twyla Tharp's hybrid jukebox musical and dance show, comes to Aurora's Paramount Theatre. Underscored by two dozen Billy Joel songs,...
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Gire on movie piracy: It's costing all of usApr 14, 2009 11:00 pm - The first question I would ask video piracy suspect Gerardo Arellano would be this: "Hannah Montana: The Movie"? Are you kidding me? That's the motion picture you're acc...
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Donate PJs at Glen Ellyn's Pajamapalooza 2009Apr 13, 2009 11:00 pm - Pajamas are on the long list of things most of us take for granted. To thousands of homeless children in Illinois, they're a luxury. That is why Glen Ellyn businesses an...
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Rare carcinoma on the riseApr 12, 2009 11:00 pm - Q. Would you please write a column about Merkel cell carcinoma? I was diagnosed with this and understand the enormity of it. There is a lack of knowledge about it in...
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Growth spurt may be behind adolescent's sore kneesApr 12, 2009 11:00 pm - My "real" patient that morning was the young lady who was in for her third and final cervical cancer vaccine. Since it was a school holiday, her 13-year-old brother was ...
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Solving the mystery of the yellow snowApr 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Q. We live in South Burlington, Vt., in a free-standing (two to a unit) condo. After the last two snowstorms, we have noticed a yellow liquid dripping off the roof. ...
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Private mortgage insurers offer a model of smart reservingApr 11, 2009 11:00 pm - This is the second column in a two-part series that began last Sunday in Homes Plus. Last week, I discussed why capital requirements - requiring firms to have capital eq...
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What to do when guest policy has been violatedApr 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Q. I have a rental house and during a recent drive-by to check on my property I noticed that there were two cars in the driveway that I had never seen in the past. I...
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Subcontractor caught in middle of foreclosureApr 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Q. I was hired by a general contractor to do the heating and air conditioning work on a very large residential rehab. The total cost of my work was around $45,000. A...
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Here's a place to get some new exoticaApr 10, 2009 11:00 pm - JCPenney calls it accent furniture, but for small rooms some of the pieces in the Artesia global collection are "real" furniture. An upholstered corner chair for $500, f...