A Heck Of A Deal In Florida
The St Petersburg Times reports from Florida. “Tampa Electric lost more customers than it added in the third quarter, an unprecedented reversal that slashed the utility’s profits and promises to delay power plant building. ‘We’ve never seen this since I’ve been working at Tampa Electric,’ said Gordon Gillette, [more...]
Date: 2008-11-01 16:24:17
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about it recently, but this weekend's festival is actually a pretty big deal. Historically, local giant fests don't go so well when set up near New York, but this one seems to have the backing and support to actually get done right. First off, it certainly helps to have a band like Radiohead headline two nights [more...]
Date: 2008-08-08 18:53:54
It May Market Organic Alternatives, but Is Your Cleaner Really Greener?
Alternatives to Dry Cleaning However strong the smell, though, he wanted the antidote to be gentle on the planet. Mr ... -cleaning stores have increasingly sprouted signs reading “organic” or “green,” as environmentally conscious consumers look for alternatives to traditional dry cleaning and its use of the solvent [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 04:51:40
Dryers News - Air Dryer
Nashville FurorKrave's Groovy Interior and the Municipality's Finest Hand Dryer Nashville Vista, USA - 2 hours ago And this element, ... steps will lower energy tally The Coloradoan, CO - Jan 17, 2009 In the summer, a polluted air filter ... . It's a mighty, compact, air-blasting Presence provides help identifying household robustness risks [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 19:59:19
Right Now You Don’t Know Who To Trust In Florida
The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports from Georgia. “The anemic housing market should be a boost to Atlanta’s apartment market. But the emerging shift in living arrangements is creating an unusual set of challenges for the industry. Leasing agents are having to contend more with the ’shadow market, [more...]
Date: 2008-08-19 13:29:20
It’s A Different World In California
The Berkeley Daily Planet reports from California. “Million-dollar condos? In Berkeley? Yes, says Don Peterson, president of SNK Development, the company now building the nine-story-plus Berkeley Arpeggio on Center Street. Asked who might buy the units, Peterson said, ‘We are looking at the university population and the Berkeley population, [more...]
Date: 2008-08-28 20:18:25
Brief history of Japan’s culture of techno-toilets
For Westerners, it is the device that has launched a thousand euphemisms: the water closet, the loo, the john, the can ... . But consumers can also summon features that spritz your backside, dry, deodorize, flush automatically ... . To help reduce hotel water costs, Japan’s No. 1 toiletmaker, Toto, this year introduced a water [more...]
Date: 2008-10-30 20:00:52
Who’s Who in Green: Josh Dorfman
This week’s Who’s Who in Green focuses on the accomplishments of Josh Dorfman, a green entrepreneur and media personality with his own radio show, ... water waste, and for Green Works, the new line of green cleaning products by Clorox. Josh ... into a nation of a billion car drivers. Since then, he’s made it his goal to help people maintain [more...]
Date: 2008-07-25 18:17:41
Who’s Who in Green: Josh Dorfman
This week’s Who’s Who in Green focuses on the accomplishments of Josh Dorfman, a green entrepreneur and media personality with his own radio show, ... water waste, and for Green Works, the new line of green cleaning products by Clorox. Josh ... into a nation of a billion car drivers. Since then, he’s made it his goal to help people maintain [more...]
Date: 2008-07-25 18:17:41
I Gave It Four Stars At Netflix
A couple years ago I had a conversation with someone, and they were warning me about teenage boys and their mega-turds. About how they can flat-out destroy residential plumbing… I remember laughing about it, and telling Toney, but can’t recall who gave me this advice. I thought about it all weekend, and came [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 13:00:36
An Interview with the Garbage Guy
Several weeks ago, Francy listed a home that had been rented out. Let’s just say the renters were not the neatest folks ... and subcontract cleaning services if a sales clean is required for a vacant property as part of the sales ... . The home was basically trashed. As the owners lived out of state, they needed a cleaning service [more...]
Date: 2008-07-05 19:55:03
Legendary Dallas real estate developer Trammell Crow dies
Trammell Crow, a poor bookkeeper's son who became the world's biggest commercial real estate developer, has died at age 94 after a long illness. Mr ... ' landscape. For more than 50 years after he built his first commercial building, he and his company ... the globe – office buildings in Germany, hotels in Hong Kong and luxury resorts in the South Pacific [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 06:42:00
Global Human Rights Groups Protest Slaughter in Gaza
By STEPHEN LENDMAN(Picture by Ben Heine)On June 16, 2008, noted Israeli historian Ilan Pappe explained "The Israeli Recipe for 2008: Genocide in Gaza, Ethnic Cleaning in the West Bank." He wrote:"Not long ago, I claimed that Israel is employing genocidal policies in the Gaza Strip." After re-thinking this highly-charged term, he "concluded [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 19:32:00
State R&D awards announced: Safe chocolate, green heaters and more
The Washington Technology Center just announced eight recipients of $561,971 in research and development grants ... and HEATCON Composite Systems, a Seattle composite repair equipment supplier, are collaborating ... Engineering to develop algorithms to control the cleaning of heat-transfer surfaces in industrial processes [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 00:30:11
Swindle
Wall Street is a criminal enterprise based on a confidence scam so it should be no surprise that the swindle continues unabated. Bank of America and Citigroup, two of the biggest swindlers on the street reported repugnant fourth-quarter results, but had a lot of clean up help from the New York Times [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 18:25:49
Swindle
Wall Street is a criminal enterprise based on a confidence scam so it should be no surprise that the swindle continues unabated. Bank of America and Citigroup, two of the biggest swindlers on the street reported repugnant fourth-quarter results, but had a lot of clean up help from the New York Times [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 21:31:17
Domestic Diva, Marion McGregor
Living Healing Quilt Project Promoting Healing – One Stitch at a Time This post is part of the Living Healing Quilt Project that honours the ... for the younger children. Cleaning the floor was done silently and in unison which required team work ... the cleaning was polishing the floor. Dust rags were tired to the girls’ stocking feet to serve [more...]
Date: 2008-12-20 17:42:42
Setting The Stage Where Creativity Meets Business
What one word describes Shayla Noel and Sherrie Robinson, the mother-and-daughter team who recently launched EZ Design Staging? If one asks coworkers, associates, and clients, the word is “unforgettable”! For some time, the circumstances in their lives had been catapulting them towards this moment [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 20:17:45
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
Pet Advice - Pet News - Pet Photos
Stop Your Pet From Peeving You OffDr. Debbye Turner Bell - CBS Morning ShowEach new year, we make resolutions to break bad habits, but what about our furry family members?Sometimes their behavior can be destructive and annoying. So what can you do?We all love our dogs and cats and think they are the smartest creatures on earth [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 13:08:00
Swindle on Wall Street
Wall Street is a criminal enterprise based on a confidence scam, so it should come as no surprise that the swindle continues unabated. Bank of America and Citigroup, two of the biggest swindlers on the Street reported repugnant fourth-quarter results, but had a lot of clean up help from the New York Times [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 18:25:49
Katrina 3-Year Coverage: Reports show that New Orleans recovery still has a long way to go
Today marks the third anniversary of Katrina’s landfall over the Gulf Coast, but the recovery efforts in New Orleans remain slow and problematic and several barriers remain to rebuilding, according to several reports released this month. Gulf Coast rebuilding must become a priority for the next president “If the history of the Katrina recovery [more...]
Date: 2008-08-29 07:37:02
Carpet Cleaning Monroe NJ
All Natural Carpet Cleaning Monroe NJ When you have your carpet cleaned, it is important for your home to be left in a healthy condition. Most home owners and office managers would prefer to avoid harsh chemicals, cleaners, abrasives, or fumes in their home and office. We are a reputable carpet cleaning company which takes great [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 22:53:50
Carpet Cleaning Monroe NJ
All Natural Carpet Cleaning Monroe NJ When you have your carpet cleaned, it is important for your home to be left in a healthy condition. Most home owners and office managers would prefer to avoid harsh chemicals, cleaners, abrasives, or fumes in their home and office. We are a reputable carpet cleaning company which takes great [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 22:53:59
IQAir's Operation Clean Air: Nearly Pure Air for Beijing
For many of us, the Olympics have shed some light on the Chinese capital city of Beijing--particularly on air quality that ... with advanced air-cleaning in their residential and training areas in Beijing during the Olympic Games. The ultra-high-efficiency air-cleaning equipment in a normal apartment produces results [more...]
Date: 2008-08-19 20:06:22
13 Companies Hiring
2008 saw a loss of over 1.2 million jobs in the United States and forecasters are predicting a conservative 2 million job will disappear in 2009. Career Builders had an interesting article today about 13 companies that will be hiring next year. What I find interesting are the types of companies that are experiencing growth and the possible [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 19:03:00
Job Openings For Filipino Waitresses, Residential Cleaner In Canada
POSITION: WAITRESSNO. OF VACANCIES: 20EMPLOYER: Nick TorresQUALIFICATIONS: Female, 18 - 25 yrs old, with or without experienceREQUIREMENTS: ... years old. - Applicants needs to have some cleaning, janitorial experience and MUST be able ... Driving License. - Applicants must have at least 12 months of cleaning experience working [more...]
Date: 2008-12-19 07:27:00
Exploring Amazon S3 Backup Options with Jungle Disk and Bandwagon
James Deaton is the technology director of OneNet, our Oklahoma State Regents‘ network, and he’s one of the smartest people I know when it comes to educational technology and networking. Several months ago James told me about some video transcoding solutions he’d read about which utilize Amazon Web Services, [more...]
Date: 2008-12-14 04:46:30
CHINA: Gray days ahead for elderly population
. BEIJING, China / RedNet.cn / January 7, 2009 Sharon Lee, Editor Wang Bing never thought it would be so difficult to find a proper nursing home for his 69-year-old mother. When he walked out of the quiet courtyard of Fengyiyuan, a government-funded nursing home in Fenzi Hutong, in downtown Beijing's Xicheng district, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 22:30:57
Carpet Cleaning Monroe NJ
All Natural Carpet Cleaning Monroe NJ When you have your carpet cleaned, it is important for your home to be left in a healthy condition ... the traditional use of toxic chemical protectors, hazardous cleaning ... , or fumes in their home and office. We are a reputable carpet cleaning company which takes great [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 22:53:58
Prolitec introduces programmable air sanitizer
New Programmable System is First to Continually Sanitize the Air in HVAC Ducts and Commercial, Medical and Residential Spaces Prolitec’s ARIA(TM) ... treat enclosed rooms one at a time, and their effects are temporary. A new chemical formulation ... enclosed spaces, ARIA is of keen interest to HVAC professionals for continuously cleaning the air in [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 00:10:43
Why Buy Now When It May Go Down More?
The Sun News reports from New Mexico. “Kevin Romney has been trying to sell his house in Las Cruces since 2007. He believes he would have had an easier time moving the property had he put it on the market a little sooner. ‘We’ve had it on the market several times for about a year,’ the 54-year-old Las Crucen said [more...]
Date: 2008-06-30 15:31:23
Intelligent Risk Takers In California
The Press Democrat reports from California. “Exchange Bank’s top executive, J. Barrie Graham, resigned unexpectedly as president and chief executive officer of Sonoma County’s oldest and largest commercial bank. Exchange Bank has long been a key lender for local builders [more...]
Date: 2008-08-21 19:33:25
Repairs That Help Sell Your Home
Most sellers know of some repairs that need to be made to their home, and a lot of sellers have many items on that list, ... your repair dollars. According to the study, the top four areas to focus on are: clean and de-clutter (see ... Gopalakrishnan, Sr. Marketing Manager for HomeGain. Here’s how HomeGain breaks down the ROI for the top [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 12:20:15
US Marine Killed; Zaidi Will not Apologize for Shoe-Throwing; Alleged Conspirators Freed
Reuters reports: '"The U.S. military said in a statement that a U.S. Marine died on Sunday after being wounded in fighting in Iraq's western Anbar province. MOSUL - Gunmen killed two people in a drive-by shooting in eastern Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said [more...]
Date: 2008-12-24 07:49:11
Gifts for the Geeky Home
Struggling to find a gift for a hard to please geek, then how about a geeky gift for their home, here’s 10 to choose from. Hidden Bookshelf - $12.99 Look at this stack of books… How is it staying up? Is it glue? Velcro? Tractor beams? The secret is a simple and clever little device called the Hidden Bookshelf! [more...]
Date: 2008-12-03 15:23:49
Street Cleaning Regulations to Change in Dumbo
(Photo by Josh Derr) Community Board 2, which serves Dumbo, ( ... “No Parking 8am to 9am”and metered parking thereafter, the revision would have one-half hour window ... will be on residential streets where the frequency would be reduced from two days of sweeping (per side [more...]
Date: 2008-10-08 17:13:51
Transcript: Meet the Press – Henry Paulson, Michael Bloomberg – Interviewed by Tom Brokaw
(Source: MSNBC.com) updated 12:10 p.m. ET, Sun., Sept. 21, 2008 MR. TOM BROKAW: Our issues this Sunday: The American financial system in deep crisis. (Videotape) PRES. GEORGE W. BUSH: Given the precarious state of today’s financial markets and their vital importance to the daily lives of the American people, [more...]
Date: 2008-09-21 20:03:43
China in 2009
China in 2009: a year for surpriseKerry BrownThe problems of China's economy and the discontent of its people are worrying the Beijing leadership. Its response over the next months could be bolder than many expect, says Kerry Brown. The first weeks of 2009 find China consumed by the same anxiety as the rest of the world [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 22:15:00
What a BHAP!
Latest reports reveal that in December the U.S. job market was even worse than predicted (693,000 job cuts), which sent stock prices tumbling and prognosticators spewing negative news that is fueling the crisis. According to Macroeconomic Advisers Chairman Joel Prakken, "The U.S [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 16:00:18
Master Window Cleaner 2009 - Tim Hunter - Gleaming the View
The Master Window Cleaners of America is a Window Cleaning Association for Residential and Route Window Cleaners founded in 2004 by Jack Nelson ... Cleaners from 5 different areas of the United States, their window cleaning experience totals over ... helpful information to its Members in all aspects of Window Cleaning and especially in the area [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 18:59:00
Tips for a More Successful Appraisal
Real estate appraisals are powerful, particularly in today’s nervous market as loan underwriters take a more skeptical approach to approving ... appeal, adding a fresh coat of cosmetic paint, cleaning out clutter from closets, or adding a wreath [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 22:10:38
Carpet Cleaning Jamesburg NJ
Carpet Cleaning Jamesburg NJ All Natural Carpet Cleaning Jamesburg NJ When you have your carpet cleaned, ... managers would prefer to avoid harsh chemicals, cleaners, abrasives, or fumes in their home and office. We are a reputable carpet cleaning company which takes great pride in using non-toxic cleaning [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 00:16:06
Carpet Cleaning Jamesburg NJ
Carpet Cleaning Jamesburg NJ All Natural Carpet Cleaning Jamesburg NJ When you have your carpet cleaned, ... managers would prefer to avoid harsh chemicals, cleaners, abrasives, or fumes in their home and office. We are a reputable carpet cleaning company which takes great pride in using non-toxic cleaning [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 00:16:33
Carpet Cleaning Jamesburg NJ
Carpet Cleaning Jamesburg NJ All Natural Carpet Cleaning Jamesburg NJ When you have your carpet cleaned, ... managers would prefer to avoid harsh chemicals, cleaners, abrasives, or fumes in their home and office. We are a reputable carpet cleaning company which takes great pride in using non-toxic cleaning [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 00:15:53
Trapped in a Mormon Gulag
Note: West Ridge Academy is licensed by the State of Utah, and their license is up for renewal this month ... (BSTUVER@utah.gov), at the Utah Department of Human Services, Office of Licensing.Update: Apparently emails ... its services in hopes of corralling their spiritually [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 04:29:00
Trapped in a Mormon Gulag
Note: West Ridge Academy is licensed by the State of Utah, and their license is up for renewal this month ... (BSTUVER@utah.gov), at the Utah Department of Human Services, Office of Licensing.Update: Apparently emails ... its services in hopes of corralling their spiritually [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 04:29:00
“Tottenham have turned into the laughing stock of the season. And just to rub it in, there is a new joker in town — keeper Gomes.” - Pat Sheenhan
Comment & analysis round-up Quote of the day: “We are worse than Leeds at the moment and we need a kick up the arse. It’s mental and physical. If you don’t have a winning mentality you have a losing mentality, and we’ve got that at the moment. We’ve got to get stuck in and start winning games [more...]
Date: 2008-10-24 10:20:48
Rise & Shine: January 5, 2009
The Rise & Shine is your daily source for all solar-industry news. Brought to you by Sweet Solar Home and the Experts at SunRun. CALIFORNIA NEWS Solar-Power Industry Remains Hot in California “While we don’t have the final numbers yet, it appears we nearly doubled the amount of solar installed in 2008 versus 2007, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 17:06:51
Who's Who: Unmasking the LSU/VA Team
In 2009, the fights to reopen Charity Hospital and save Lower Mid City from demolition will come to a head. The proposed $1 ... and by a site selection process that favors the demolition of a residential neighborhood over ... as the CEO of the LSU Healthcare Services Division, acting as the head of the state's system [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 23:10:00
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