historic restoration : Obama's first plan (blog)

Obama's first plan

Obama's first plan The House Appropriations Committee introduced its version of the Obama administration's American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan of 2009 yesterday. The New York Times reports that this is expected to be in the final stimulus bill. See the Committee Chairman, Wisconsin Representative David Obey's memo here [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 22:16:25

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TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads

TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads Posted by Huffington Post on 19 Jan 2009 | Tagged as: News, North America, Bush, Politics, Obama, Television, Talk Shows, Media Analysis, Agenda Setting Good morning and welcome to your Sunday Morning Liveblog. Today marks the final Sunday of the Bush administration! Does that fill you with nostaglic waxings? [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 16:13:39

Ku Li: Malaysia's economic State of Play

After re-reading in The Edge, Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah's speech entitled Restoring Confidence at ASLI's 11th Malaysia Strategic Outlook Conference 2009, I have to borrow wholesale, the text of that speech from Another Brick in the Wall's blog.Ku Li's speech examines the current government's reticence on addressing the forthcoming economic [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 15:45:00

Sunday Talking Heads

Sunday Talking Heads Posted by Huffington Post on 19 Jan 2009 | Tagged as: News, North America, Bush, Politics, Obama, Television, Talk Shows, Media Analysis, Agenda Setting Good morning and welcome to your Sunday Morning Liveblog. Today marks the final Sunday of the Bush administration! Does that fill you with nostaglic waxings? [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 16:13:39

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 ... Unprecedented Accountability: A historic level of transparency, oversight and accountability will help [more...]

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

Historic Warren church steeple slated for restoration

Historic Warren church steeple slated for restoration by Jim Lockwood/The Star-Ledger Thursday January 01, 2009, 10:00 AM Two years ago, ... and historic preservation, was one of several provided to historic restoration efforts in the county. MATT ... a pair of the corner spires atop the historic wooden bell tower of St. Luke's Episcopal Church [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 16:56:32

The Classic Group’s Philip Bates Elected President for EM NARI

LEXINGTON, Mass. — The Classic Group, Inc., architects and custom home builders located in Lexington, is proud to announce Philip Bates, ... Victorian home in Melrose, MA. The Classic Group designs, builds and renovates distinctive private ... of design and construction professionals offer architectural design, new home and custom home [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 17:36:57

direct contribution.

direct contribution. Without your support, the mission will end. Thank you for helping me tell the full story of the struggle for Iraq and Afghanistan. Comments (15) Down with Barriers, Up with Iraq 25 November 2008 On November 13th I covered a mission in south Baghdad with soldiers from the 4th [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 22:46:25

Reflections about old jails, land appraisal, and high speed infrastructure in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas

Yesterday was our 2008 family Thanksgiving travel day, as we ventured from our home in Oklahoma to “grandmother’s house” in Manhattan, Kansas ... from the Chase County Courthouse “Restoration Celebration & Open House” on Saturday, October 25, 2008 [more...]

Date: 2008-11-27 17:32:04

Left Anticommunism: the unkindest cut

A CYRANO’S JOURNAL VIRTUAL UNIVERSITY SELECTION Stalin’s idealized portrait, ca. 1937 Introduction to Michael Parenti’s work by Patrice Greanville Stalin—the favorite “bete noire” of anticommunists the world over—provided abundant grist for anti-Soviet propaganda [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 02:59:03

(Photo of North Portico of White House courtesy Kathleen Andersen) ... be considered the world’s most famous home since it houses the U.S. president — leader of the free ... will become home to the 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama and his family. With Obama’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 12:30:37

Molineux Hotel restored to house Wolverhampton's history archive

A historic hotel in Wolverhampton has been restored to be used as the new home for the city's history archives ... fund. Read more about the restoration of the old Molineux Hotel in the Wolverhampton Express ... Wanderers even changed there before matches. Following a five-year restoration, the Grade II listed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 00:12:53

Speed review: Archaeology news from the last two weeks

Between the Christmas and New Year celebrations, and my two weeks at the field, ... , Restoration works in Vietnam and a Construction Mess in Indonesia. With a new Thai government in power ... of My Son in Vietnam is earmarked for restoration work (My Son sanctuary to be restored at $16.5 million [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 00:14:13

Bunbury Cathedral plans go to Council

Bunbury diocese has submitted plans to the City of Bunbury for the rebuilding of its iconic cathedral and historic Parish House ... and restore the historic Federation Queen Anne style building affectionately known as the Parish ... Cathedral as its centrepiece and the restoration of the existing buildings have all come together [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 00:04:00

The Morland Dynasty Series, by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

(This is a sticky post. For more recent entries, scroll down) ... in historical form.Many of the novels have characters that appeared in previous books; but even though ... Harrod-Eagles's website.# 5: The Black Pearl: 1660 to 1666.On the eve of the restoration, the Morland [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 20:45:00

Daily Photo - Victoria Embankment, London

Victoria Embankment, on the north bank of the Thames in London (UK) is home to one of the many obelisks that were removed from Egypt in the 19th Century.Not only does the obelisk survive, currently undergoing partial restoration, but a set of Egyptomaniac features [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 17:39:00

Latin America: Perspectives for Socialism in a Time of a World Capitalist Recession/Depression

by Prof. James Petras Introduction A serious discussion of the perspectives for socialism in Latin America today requires several levels of analysis, moving from world economic conditions, to US-Latin American relations, to their specific impact on Latin America [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 06:43:08

Ku Li repeat call on leadership to face up to global economic reality

.fullpost{display:inline;}Last week, Abdullah snapped on RTM News at Tengku Razaleigh for describing the current leadership as in a state of economic denial. He said Ku Li does not have access to data and is in no position to insist the leadership face up to the reality of a looming recession [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 19:00:00

[khabor.com] Is Kashmir Changing?

Is Kashmir Changing?-I DR.ABDUL RUFF Colachal With the polls over and new regime taking charge in Jammu Kashmir, now under Indian occupation, ... PSA cases, advocating compensation for losses to thousands of house owners who lost their property [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 11:32:00

Senate Approves Omnibus Public Lands Bill That Includes Feinstein-Boxer Measure to Restore San Joaquin River

The omnibus public lands bill approved by the Senate today includes a consensus measure sponsored by U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer (both D-Calif.) to authorize and fund the historic San Joaquin River restoration settlement, which requires federal implementing legislation to become [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 19:14:00

Mike Thompson at Interior?

Another California member of Congress may be off to join the Obama Administration - in this case, Mike Thompson of CA-01 ( ... controversial Healthy Forests Restoration Act, which enviros saw as a massive gift to the timber industry [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 09:26:38

I. FOREWORDA hundred years have passed since the writing of China’s first constitution. 2008 also marks the sixtieth anniversary of the promulgation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the thirtieth anniversary of the appearance of the Democracy Wall in Beijing, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 15:00:40

legislative update

here's the latest update from the legislative session HB 1017 - (Appropriations Committee at the request of the Governor) - Appropriates $59,566,703 for the Game and Fish Department for the biennium beginning July 1, 2009, and ending June 30, 2011. House Appropriations Committee heard 1/14, no action taken. HB 1045 - (Legislative Council) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 17:03:00

Lustration and the Politics of Memory in Russia

On Thursday, Oct. 30, the Russian human rights group Memorial held a ceremony in front of the former KGB offices on Lubyanskaya ... there are lively public debates over some periods of the country's past (the restoration of the Romanovs [more...]

Date: 2008-11-01 00:13:55

Dandelion SaladCrossposted with permission from Jewish Peace NewsJewish Peace News Jan. 5, 20081) Ashkelon, Past and Present ... of at least one person. One of the backstories of this historic town is that it was home to tens [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 12:08:41

Christmas Miracle: Angels Flight Track Work Begins*

Click the image above to view the full photogallery ... Bunker Hill to the Historic Core. A 2001 Angels Flight fatal accident closed down the ride ... to return the two historic railway cars, Olivet and Sinai, to the tracks soon." UPDATE: Here's an email [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 17:53:20

Despite promise, no work on Syracuse's Mizpah in '08

Despite promise, no work on Syracuse's Mizpah in '08 by Greg Munno / The Post-Standard Monday January 05, 2009, 10: ... then quickly begin on an addition to the building and the restoration of the remaining space into a hotel ... for the Mizpah Tower building on Columbus Circle in downtown Syracuse. The Post-StandardBen Errez [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 15:31:32

Gott mit uns: British fascists and ‘Christian’ racism

This is a guest post by Edmund Standing of I Kid You Not Following the recent leak of the BNP membership list, ... an esoteric interpretation of the Bible, in particular of ‘prophetic’ passages in the Old Testament, which [more...]

Date: 2008-11-22 15:08:34

Bush Administration Ordered to Find Missing White House E-Mails

On January 15, 2009, Federal Magistrate Judge John Facciola formally ordered the White House to search the entire Executive Office of the President (EOP) and the Office of Administration (OA) to collect and preserve all emails sent or received between March 2003 and October 2005 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 21:42:07

Slavery in India: Chengara’s Dalit-Adivasis call for freedom

Date: 2008-10-28 11:36:24

Cranford pushes for restoration of historic fire engine

Cranford pushes for restoration of historic fire engine by Gabriel H ... Fire Department's 1920 American LaFrance pumper was first piece of mechanized equipment purchased ... pumpers that comprise the fire department's rolling red fleet. But for the next few years, don't [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 14:57:58

Promenade Samuel-De Champlain by Daoust Lestage

The Quebec government commissioned the architects at Daoust Lestage to design the Promenade Samuel-De Champlain as part of the celebration of Quebec ... , with its steel structure and latticed timber flanks, refers both to historic pier towers and to the lumber [more...]

Date: 2008-11-26 12:10:11

An inauguration and a celebration

Super Hamburger America writes a thought-provoking post on the upcoming Obama inauguration ... historic his victory, deserves the exaltation our new president will receive this week. No matter [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 16:47:00

Inaugurated

Today is historic. America celebrates the inauguration is it's first black President ... a representative to be the most powerful person in the world. This is a story of redemption and restoration [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 15:21:00

Steve Carell Buys Marshfield Hills General Store (Photos)

... The Office and in his spare time he will run his newly purchased sideline activity, the historic Marshfield ... s sister, Tish Vivado visited the couple at their California home in October and mentioned [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 19:35:30

Paul Simon is 'the legendary artist' reopening the Beacon

Paul Simon @ Town Hall (more by Ryan Muir) It is only fitting that one of New York's very own would celebrate another New York icon as Paul Simon takes the stage, following MSGE's restoration, to "reopen" this legendary theatre. Simon first [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 17:27:24

Interesting updates from Crookedbrains.

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Date: 2009-01-20 17:10:00

HOW SAFE ARE SAN FRANCISCO BAY BEACHES AND WATER

Lessons from the Cosco Busan Oil spill BY AARON CROWE A “dirty bathtub ring” and a some oil under a few rocks are about all that remain from the Cosco Busan oil spill more than a year ago in the San Francisco Bay. The spill of nearly 54, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 07:13:54

Long Island Motor Parkway

by LJ James I recently took a trip back in time to Long Island NY’s past! No I was not in a Delorean. I was actually in a 1929 Model A Ford,It was one of many in a pack of Model A Fords.My trip back in time was hosted by members of the Model A Ford Club of Long Island [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 13:01:09

Long Island Motor Parkway

Date: 2009-01-19 13:34:43

2008 Terrorism

As 2008 comes to a close we must look back at America's security and terrorism in general around the world ... to interview many Islamist Jihadists who attacked our troops and who had plans of future attacks against [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 01:13:07

Mysterious Tunnel, where art thou? Story by John Vonderlin

Pescadero’s Mystery Tunnel (Images coming) Story by John Vonderlin Email John (benloudman@sbcglobal.net) ... more amazing to me, if you look carefully, you’ll see that the two dotted lines, typically used to indicate [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 21:58:01

Listening Ears.

Listening Ears.Way back in the 1910s and 20s, before the invention of radar, Britain needed a way to try and detect incoming unfriendly aircrafts ... : Listening Ears (8) 7 Listening Ears (8) 8 For the restoration in 2003, English Heritage secured [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 15:44:42

This Day, January 20, In Jewish History

January 20 In Jewish History1667: Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth cedes Kiev, Smolensk, ... to a son.1902: Herzl writes to Israel Zangwill and Joseph Cowen and describes the financial plans [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 23:25:00

Indy Transponder 20-January 1130z

Champion aerobatic pilot Tom Moon killed in NSW Riverina - Melbourne Herald Sun, ... on the exchange of ideas and information concerning the safe operation and restoration of warbird [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 11:28:00

NCT Regional Office Town Recipient of Preserve America Grant

Village of Shawnee, Ohio (photo by Lost in the Hills) ... for their restoration and reuse. Funds will also be used to design a streetscape for the downtown [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 21:42:00

2009 AIA Honor Awards for Excellence in Architecture, Interiors, and Urban Design

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) have selected the 2009 recipients of the AIA Institute Honor Awards, ... architectural designs, by its first professional architect; one that greatly influenced [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 01:16:00

Part II: The Three "Rs" of Historic Preservation - New Beach Plan

Part I was a reflection on the "new" beach and casino building redevelopment plan ... and was soon hired on to organize the restoration, rehabilitation of the estate in converting [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 18:20:00

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