The Vogue of Things Green . . .

One new buzzword that has become popular with the economic downturn is making things “green” or such as having a “green economy” ... -saving ‘green homes’ and the clean-up of the country’s four main rivers. Such an effort ... on, are among such plans. New projects, such as the construction of bicycle roads [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 11:41:37

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Duroboat - Special Introductory Offer

The grind of the work week, coupled with our increasing number of personal responsibilities can leave a person wrung-out by week’s end ... utilizing modern clean burning outboards. While other boats have trended towards bigger, bad-er, bolder, Duroboat has maintained a classic style and unique construction (no weld, no rivets) since [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 02:00:08

Major Cover-Ups in Vancouver

Vancouver is heavily blanketed --thoroughly in the dark ... public work of covering up as well as cleaning up! On a smaller scale, there is the Blanket Bus ... -glo and directive aesthetic. In their projects, industrial and street construction colours [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 05:32:12

Giant Paisley Pink Rug

Giant Paisley Pink Rug This adorable rug is petite loop cotton pile construction ... . The rug is first hand looped and crafted through a canvas and then reinforced with another durable canvas backing. Professional cleaning only. Price:$136.00 Buy now [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 20:59:56

What's in the stimulus bill

Here's the rundown on spending, courtesy of the House Appropriations Committee. My first take is that if you have spend $550 billion ( ... billion for highway construction; ·        $31 billion to modernize federal and other public infrastructure with investments that lead to long term energy cost savings; ·        $19 billion for clean [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 16:31:22

Eating Out - Café Blå Porten

Blå Porten (Blue Gate) is a café - restaurant at Djurgården I've been *very* hesitant in visiting, ... mainly less haughty staff, better cleaning, considerate child/pram possessors would make this place ... in summers does look enchanting. Blå Porten (with a website that seems to be under construction [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 21:57:00

THE WORLD today!

———————————————————————————1. Barack Obama wins Presidential Election and becomes the 44th President of the United States starting January 20 - Hope ... on Americans to help the needed, to contribute to their communities and to take part in public service ... Summers to head his Economic Council and Peter R. Orszog as Director of the Office of Management [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 00:23:08

Why palm scanning is the new fingerprinting

It's quite simple, actually: you don't have to touch anything. I can say from experience that every time I put my right index finger on the little glass window of my hospital's Pyxis machine to check out drugs for a case, I wonder just what's on that little window after scores of people have done the very same thing earlier that day [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 17:01:08

What Productivity Does

Michael Lind interrupted some grand theorizing about the long cycles of American politics with an odd parenthetical: ( ... : During our period of alleged deindustrialization, industrial output has been rising ... the reverse is true. Vastly improved agricultural productivity means fewer farmers. Improved industrial [more...]

Date: 2008-11-12 17:43:18

Packs a Bassy Punch, Sonoro Cubo Elements Review

Sonoro Audio Cubo Elements clock radio won a Red Dot award for best product design so we just had to review one to see what all the accolades were ... by the lint free microfiber cleaning cloth and a pair of white gloves included with each unit. The only ... up, stereo sound and bass reflex are excellent thanks to its internal wood construction [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 16:45:54

Foreclosure / Short Sale Mess in Tacoma

We’ve seen plenty of these kinds of articles and news reports about the foreclosure situation down in southern California, but I don’t think many people ever would have expected to see such a piece written about the Seattle area: Foreclosures mean work for “trash-out” specialists Contractors who specialize in cleaning [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 15:45:17

Minnesota nonsense

By Sean Casten News from the Super-Shoddy Climate Change Reporting desk: The Bemidji Pioneer broke this story on Tuesday: ... clean energy source for consumers, farms and businesses in the Upper Midwest," is lamenting the fact ... a stop to coal-fired power plant construction. Setting any moral judgments aside [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 07:05:15

schenectady’s slow learners on thin ice again

.. photo by Albany Times Union/Skip Dickstein (+ ENLARGE) Sometimes, it’s just too easy to poke fun at the City of Schenectady and its hard-working civil servants, so we try to stick with more challenging fare.   But, we can’t always resist the temptation to share the news: For the second time in less than a year, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 17:30:33

Dove photo shoot

In the morning I heard the pretty bird in the tree. I can't remember it's name. It makes beautiful little sounds that sound quite complex ... just chilling.And cleaning each other a bit.Cleaning and overseeing what's going on (nothing) in the garden ... for cleaning the track. It has a rubber underneath. The car has cleaning agents branding on it which [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 12:33:00

How To Build A Dog Kennel

Building a dog kennel is actually a fairly easy venture if you have a basic knowledge of construction and some important tips about how to do it ... openings are facing the road or a neighbors house, then you can expect far more barking and howling ... and concrete are easy to clean and maintain. Proper ventilation is your next concern in building a [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 19:00:16

Economist Versus Idiot: Bastard In A Basket

The World Last Week -Bill Richardson won't be America's next commerce secretary--he's under investigation for possibly giving one of his donors a state contract. -That wasn't the only stumble for Barack Obama's relatively smooth selection process, as Joe Biden called the secretive nature of the nomination of Leon Panetta ( [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 08:54:33

"I am always struck by how few students challenge the underlying ethics of the idea that we ought to save the lives of strangers when we can do so at relatively little cost to ourselves".

For most of last year, I participated in an amazing training program that focused on an method of treating others known as Radical Loving Care.Groups of us met w the trainers to fully comprehend and integrate this training into our professional and personal lives.The training was skillfully done, powerfully moving and, for me, very motivational [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 12:08:00

Civic Judo: Gypsy integration in reality

This program of TV NOVA, "Civic Judo" about the gypsy questions, was aired in May 2008. English transcript, my fast translation:0:00 Narrator: Our reporter, Ms Bohunka Frankova, recorded a program for you that we titled in a simple way: Roma minority.0:05 Narrator: It's being discussed a lot. Many people are criticized for their racist statements [more...]

Date: 2008-11-30 19:29:00

DIY Monday - PVC Light Tent w/ Glass Riser

Besides being a photographer, I am also a website developer and consultant here in Colorado ... suitable for your needs. Construction was pretty simple. 1. Measure 14 sections of 30″ each (or whatever length you want to use) on the PVC pipe. After cutting, I used a file to clean up the edges [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 13:00:09

Start Green Cleaning Now!

Busby SEO Test Global climate change has become a matter of increased significance among many companies ... cleaning aims to eliminate use of these toxic chemicals entirely. Advancements in chemical technology ... . As a result, products and activities have started to turn “green.” The world of cleaning products [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 14:21:34

A Delicate Transition

Washington DC is far away from Berkeley, California. Dr. Steven Chu is obviously a very smart Nobel Laureate and has taken a step towards the middle of the political distribution. I am hoping that he embraces incentives as part of his push at the Department of Energy to help our economy "decarbonize" [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 00:10:25

Stimulus Bill: $825 Billion

Wanna bet the final legislation tops $1 trillion, after more tax cuts are added to placate enough Republicans so that Obama can get 80 senators to support it, as he wants? Working closely with President-elect Barack Obama, House Democrats on Thursday called for $825 billion in federal spending and tax cuts to revive the moribund economy, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 22:20:51

Just let the boy open the door for you

I hear a lot of people decrying feminism as a ball-busting, man-hating, female-superiority philosophy. I personally prefer to identify as humanist, since feminist does seem rather exclusive to me - the word makes it sound like only females can identify as feminists, when we all know that isn't true [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 17:18:17

11 Eleventh-Hour Bush Environmental Rule Changes

Pamela Ferdinand, National Geographic News 16 Jan 09;In its final months the Bush Administration has issued a slew of last minute environmental rule changes, many of which have already gone into effect and could be hard to reverse.National Geographic News asked representatives from four leading environmental organizations to judge 11 of these " [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 08:45:00

Предсказания Кюнстлера на 2009 - США, Нефть, Геополитика, Путин

Спонсор месяца - #1 RX pharmacy affiliate program!Сайт дня (как попасть) - http://www.business-magazine.ru/There are two realities "out there" now competing for verification among those who think about national affairs and make things happen. The dominant one (let's call it the Status Quo) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 07:59:00

Forecast for 2009

Introduction       There are two realities "out there" now competing for verification among those who think about national affairs and make things happen. The dominant one (let's call it the Status Quo) is that our problems of finance and economy will self-correct and allow the project of a "consumer" economy to resume in "growth" mode [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 03:33:57

What Passes as Cleaning Up Shipbuilding These Days

Chris Cavas has a report that suggests there may be some contract trading in the works between Bath Iron Works and Ingalls Shipyard.Four years after Congress ripped apart a U.S. Navy winner-take-all scheme for building new DDG ... fabrication of DDG 1000 in February could wind up building that ship and DDG 1001, the Michael [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 16:37:00

MODERN WONDERS of an Ancient Art Part II (Jul, 1936)

You can read part I here. view additional pages MODERN WONDERS of an Ancient Art Part II By H. W ... iron for architectural purposes makes such a home both possible and practical. As a building material ... for a lifetime of service. In the past six or seven years, several types of buildings have been designed [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 04:22:08

The Little Green Schoolhouse

The sixth-graders in Marti Goldstone’s science class at Horace Mann Elementary are working on a project that could save their D.C. public school a lot of money. They are conducting an energy audit of their entire school. They calculate how much energy each classroom, gym, cafeteria, office, etc [more...]

Date: 2008-12-03 11:00:17

Big Changes In The Senate As The Parties Gear Up For Another GOP Drubbing In 2010

Yesterday we remarked how a Debbie Wasserman Schultz led cabal of conservative Democrats is already bad mouthing the prospects of the DCCC working to win more seats from Republicans in 2010. They say they want to put all their energy into the incumbent protection racket and not worry about vulnerable Republicans [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 13:30:00

Hey Mike, They're TAR Sands, Not Oil Sands

I wasn't really surprised when the clip came out of Michael Ignatieff praising the "oil sands" as the very future of Canada. Oh sure, he said, we have to do a bit of cleaning up but, hey, once we get that little chore ... has likened them to the building of the Egyptian Pyramids or the Great Wall of China.But their impact [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 18:51:00

Cleaning Up UK Coal Mines With Wind Power

Coal mines are the last thing that come to mind when thinking about renewable energy, but a new partnership between UK Coal and Peel Group, ... to the Guardian). In the deal, the companies are looking at 14 former coal mining sites for the construction ... commercial use, and Steven Underwood, director of Peel Energy, said in a statement that the land [more...]

Date: 2008-11-17 05:00:16

First Hybrid Solar and Gas Power Plant Under Construction

The sunshine state is in the spotlight for a groundbreaking solar plant that will add solar thermal collectors to an existing gas ... the plant run on clean, emissions-free, solar power," said FPL Group CEO, Lew Hay. Fossil fuel use is suspended when the heat from the sun is available to power the steam turbines. Approximately [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 13:39:17

California fine-art photographer looks up to his piers and finds his artistic niche

"As a fine art photographer," says Jerry Hiller, "I am especially fortunate to live in Southern California. Our unique and diverse environment offers many subjects to photograph -- urban, nature, architecture, portraiture, automobiles and the like. Having photographed most of these, I wanted to find one subject that expressed my interest in nature, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 15:08:00

The Triangle of Life

In the aftermath of 1994 Northridge earthquake, new building codes were developed with the express purpose of making  futue construction of ... water, steam lines, natural gas lines, and duct work.) 69 hospitals were unable to handle casualties because the piping failed and raw sewage was covering the floors and no clean water was available [more...]

Date: 2008-07-31 01:32:40

Report by: Ted Welling Saturday January 18th 2009 Due to a major construction project, Cliff Dwellers Hotel and Restaurant will be closed from January 5, 2009 to February 6, 2009. Lees Ferry Anglers Flyshop, Guide Services, and Boat Rental, along with Gas Station will remain open throughout the construction process [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 02:09:04

New tape to protect buildings from explosions

New tape to protect buildings from explosions Posted by Roland Piquepaille @ 9:32 am Categories: Defense & Security, Engineering & Innovation Tags: Tape, Wall, X-FLEX Blast Protection System, Construction, Roland Piquepaille According ... with a water-based primer, developed by Berry, after cleaning to reduce the time it takes for the adhesive [more...]

Date: 2008-12-20 17:32:52

Solar Firms Are Slashing Jobs

We’ve all read the ugly news: some 500,000 jobs lost in December, and layoffs happening all over the tech industry ... construction is on hold until at least the second half of 2009, while the company looks for more funding ... to meet the state mandated goal of clean power as early as 2010. OptiSolar spokesperson Alan [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 08:00:45

Party tricks: Ten ways to save on your next shindig

This is so timely as my dear daughter’s 2nd birthday is coming up! ... with huge industrial knobs?? joke! Anyways, let me just share with you this nice online find that I got ... that you’ll do all the setting up and cleaning up. Or, if weather permits, host everyone at a local [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 16:25:55

First Solar to Brighten Up Masdar City

Here’s a way to draw in cleantech financing in a global credit crunch: find a country, or an emirate, that’s spending lots of oil money on clean power projects. Thin-film solar darling First Solar ... as the Silicon Valley of the Middle East — with a strong focus on renewable energy. Construction [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 23:00:51

Report by: Ted Welling Sunday January 18th 2009 Due to a major construction project, Cliff Dwellers Hotel and Restaurant will be closed from January 5, 2009 to February 6, 2009. Lees Ferry Anglers Flyshop, Guide Services, and Boat Rental, along with Gas Station will remain open throughout the construction process [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 02:03:36

Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/13/2008

My favorite story tonight is the one about the Bedouin tribe in north Israel who claim Barack Hussein Obama as a long-lost member.Should be an interesting family reunion…Thanks to Abu Elvis, C. Cantoni, Diana West, Insubria, JD, Kahane loyalist, TB, and all the other tipsters who sent these in. Headlines and articles are below the fold [more...]

Date: 2008-11-14 04:59:00

This has really been bothering me

Folks, I believe that the majority of American’s are basically good people and I don’t believe that they will deliberately try and cheat people. But I have as a major interest of mine, investments in real estate and stocks and commodities. No I don’t currently trade or invest as I have no money to do it with, but still I watch CNBC, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 18:52:04

Alphabet School - "B"

We had another fun crafty week with the letter B. Our first art project of the week was to make binoculars out of tissue paper rolls. This was Charlotte's first experience with a paint brush and she worked it pretty well, but eventually she settled for smearing it around and getting the paint on her hands [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 17:22:00

Expected values and Normal Accidents

By Peter B. Meyer Those coal ash spills should have been expected. Normal Accidents is a 25-year-old book by Charles Perrow, subtitled "Living with High-Risk Technologies." Perrow, reflecting on the Three Mile Island nuclear incident and other accidents, argued that modern advanced technologies are so complex, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 08:28:08

WELCOME TO THE VERY FIRST METAMORPHOSIS MONDAY!

It's here...the first Metamorphosis Monday! Yipee! I can't wait to see all the wonderful "Before and Afters!" I'll be sharing the exterior changes that took place at my home when I added on my screened-in porch. If you are participating in Metamorphosis Monday, please be sure to add your permalink below, and not your general blog address [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 03:00:00

From Looking to Seeing: Student Learning in the Visual Turn

“Viewing” exercise on the first day of class1 Gordon Parks, "Washington, D.C. Government Charwoman, Aug. 1942" (photograph of Ella Watson, from the Library of Congress). Olivia: The focus of the photograph is of a black cleaning lady. She has a solemn, almost sad, undignified look in her eyes. She does [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 17:37:06

SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA CEMENT PLANTS AND GLOBAL WARMING

Can California’s cement industry walk the fine line between regulation and innovation to fight global warming? BY CHRIS AMICO CUPERTINO, California — From the lip of the quarry at Hanson Permanente cement, all of Santa Clara stretches out in panorama. Few plants in California are this close to this many people [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 17:29:44

Malik Rahim profiled in the San Francisco Bay View

Full article here. Additional IPR coverage here. Pat LaMarche, Green Party candidate for vice president in 2004 and for governor of Maine in 2006 and author of “Left Out In America: The State of Homelessness in the United States,” writes in the Bangor News: “I’m staying just a few blocks from Jefferson Davis Parkway [more...]

Date: 2008-11-28 15:29:09

Actions report from Greece

Arrests More than 270 people have been arrested in connection to actions, since the beginning of the insurrection, on December 6th, in 15 cities ... noon. Liberated spaces The building of the Journalists' Union is still occupied by young people ... -in in the office of Evangelismos hospital, where Konstantinta Kouneva is being treated. This hospital is [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 06:13:00

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