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JUST LIKE US Responses to “Dreams from My Mother,”Oct ... have allowed its residents back in right away, many items could have been washed and salvaged, houses could have been opened up to air out and begin drying instead of containing the quick-growing mold. Damage [more...]

Date: 2008-11-15 19:26:08

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Free of unnecessary barriers

“We must build a world free of unnecessary barriers, stereotypes, and discrimination… ... House website and spotted this opening quote on the Disabilities Agenda page.  This reflects ... in this country and no one has the right to take that away from me.  Years later, when I found out in addition [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 04:52:29

Year in Review, 2008 Architecture Awards: Jean Nouvel, Ennis House, and Building of the Year

As 2008 comes to a close, here's a look (and in some cases, an update) to the more compelling and fantastic stories that stood out this year ... , is slowly being restored.) UPDATE: Well, not the best news. "There are no plans to open the house ... Never Move Past the Rendering Stage: It was French architect Jean Nouvel’s leafy green giant [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 22:30:12

Bulleted List of the 100K LEED Checklist Targets

In preparation for our open house this weekend, I created a quick document with a bulleted list of all of the LEED for Homes points we are going ... Preferable Products 4.5 Construction Waste Reduction 1 EQ Indoor Environmental Quality - 13 Points ... Testing 2 Enhanced Local Exhaust 1 Better Air Filters (MERV 12) 1 Indoor Contaminant Control [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 13:26:35

British Columbia: City of Langford may allow more subdivisions for developments that are Bankrupting them

We bear witness to new plans to bulldoze and subdivide the south side of SPAET (Skirt) Mountain ... out some of the remaining traditional sites on the mountain, including the Guardian Rocks and the canyon ... more important is gathering information. The Open House is hosted by the city’s PR firm, The Tartan Group [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 02:49:04

Remodeling Our Home on a Budget

I mentioned in my last post that I would share my experience on how we remodeled our home and added a modern addition on a budget ... and laundry room (yes, they were all very small cramped rooms) into a open floor plan modern home ... house we could in an area we liked. We lucked out and were able to find a 700 square foot bungalow [more...]

Date: 2008-11-03 12:56:26

Rome Update

Nice touristy thing from the Sydney Morning Herald: In a city as old as Rome, it is hard to imagine finding anything new amid the rubble ... to be something new to see. This year, four rooms in Emperor Augustus's 2000-year-old home were opened ... , were part of a smaller house he lived in when he was still simply Julius Caesar's adoptive son [more...]

Date: 2008-11-12 10:33:22

Event Reminders: TGIF!

Rocking the Boat Fall Open HouseRocking the Boat uses traditional wooden boatbuilding and on-water education to help young people develop into ... out their fall Open House tonight, 11/7, from 6 to 8pm. Event will take place at at Rocking the Boat's Hunts ... numbers in the old neighborhood. All three are new to the illegal betting game and the tensions [more...]

Date: 2008-11-07 14:56:37

Weekly Political Roundup

Gen. Colin Powell told CNN “We definitely should reevaluate ,” in his strongest statement yet against the policy ... , a deputy mayor of Los Angeles and an open lesbian, to head the White House Council ... enough in condemning lack of marriage equality. Impact Florida, a chapter of Join the Impact, plans [more...]

Date: 2008-12-12 22:24:11

Quick Hits - Feminists, Summers, Agenda, Oh My!

Courtesy, as ever, Rebekah at WMC: For Women, It’s Not The Gender, It’s The Agenda 11/14/08 Boston Globe: ... an open door to the White House of President-elect Barack Obama, and they plan to walk right ... narrow. Summers May Be Off Of Treasury Short List 11/13/08 Politico.com: Intense [more...]

Date: 2008-11-14 18:43:50

The Cottages at Holly Ridge

November 9, 2008 I had to let you know about a beautiful new construction community in the Holly Ridge area, a hop, ... Tagged: architecture, catering, century 21, Century 21 Champion, craftsman style, excellent ... skip and a jump away from the beach.  The Cottages at Holly Ridge hosted a lovely open house [more...]

Date: 2008-11-09 23:25:08

Katherine Heigl Selling Starter Home

Okay children, Your Mama and the Dr. Cooter have finally winged our way back home ... floor plan. Stunning walls of glass to view city from downtown to ocean. Professionally designed ... and exuberantly beige day-core. Listing information shows that the house includes an open floor [more...]

Date: 2008-07-01 13:03:22

A Dirty little Secret.....

Well......it is about time. I can finally tell you about a DIRTY little secret I have been keeping for the past two months. I was asked to become a member of the Splitcoaststampers Dirty Dozen design team! The January gallery ---MAKING A HOUSE A HOME......is now open....you can check it out HERE!If you are not a FAN [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 09:00:00

Using Arduinos for multi-touch tables to save budgets...

This article was about spending cuts but this caught my eye.. ... ... ...Faust says that typical exhibit designs and construction can be expensive--and that exhibits break ... in-house. (Open-source software and networks are developed by computer experts who believe [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 08:00:41

Suburban Intervention / Oyler Wu Collaborative

A small intervention on the backyard of a house by Oyler Wu Collaborative. Functional, open, and well shaded…  I like it ... , Jenny Wu, Chris Eskew, Brad Goldpaint Lighting Design: Thomas Paterson, Luxpopuli Photographs: Art ... out of looking to the existing home for points of interest, not as a vernacular, but rather as a way [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 18:00:51

Just relisted!

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0 ... my Inspiranza Designs open house this Friday! I'm soooo nervous yet excited at the same time! Wish me lots ... MazerDesign. Organica was displayed at the local arts council through the New Year but now [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 21:27:00

Review and Giveaway: The American Journey of Barack Obama

About the Book: For decades Americans have turned to LIFE to see, understand, and remember the most important events and people of our time. Just as LIFE once opened up the glittering Kennedy White House, LIFE now focuses its lens ... so compellingly. In addition to a powerful array of photographs that were taken by many of the country's [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 03:38:54

English speaking coffee house in city

Finding an English speaking environment is no longer a problem for young people in HCMC ... of the coffee house. Guests can enjoy coffee, soft drinks, and fast food served in American style ... Vietnamese guests at the coffee house. Opened three years ago, Master’s Cup is nestled in an alley [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 06:54:00

Again With the Changes

Just when I thought 2008 was full of changes, I find that 2009 is all about transitions too ... has offered to contact the ESE coordinator at the new school to set up a tour. In addition, the school will have an open house the week before school starts; the kids and parents will have a chance [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 19:00:21

BOTT Begins

Just got back from the first nite!  Bishop Haney cast a vision saying that this can be our greatest hour.  Sound familiar? Then Bro ... during the open house.  What a vision!  Each department ties video, graphic design and lighting [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 04:32:48

MECHANICAL EVENTS- ASYMPTOTE

OPen HouseWanna know the secrets known only to the mighty MITians??!!Wanna know wat it takes to be an adroit???!!!Well, here is an opportunity for all of u out there, to do it.On the occasion of our diamond jubilee, as a part of Asymptote, we are hosting, OPEN HOUSE [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 10:08:00

Bolton: Israel 'Will Attack Iran' After US Elections

Guest blogged by Jon Ponder, Pensito Review. In an interview posted on the website of the London Telegraph, John Bolton, ... Yorker reporter Seymour Hersh revealed that Dick Cheney had secret plans for creating an "open ... from the White House. At the same time, the Times of London reported that top U.S. military brass [more...]

Date: 2008-06-26 17:16:02

Enjoy a Cup of Tea at the Mlesna Tea Castle

Long years ago, in 1867, a man from Scotland introduced a beverage to the locals, ... of which are now collectors items. As a forerunner in promoting the “tea-house” concept in Sri Lanka ... up in Kandy (Tea Fortress) in Kiribathkumbura. Two months ago, Mlesna opened it’s new Tea house at St [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 06:34:31

Tracking Homebuyer Activity

Last week an agent said to me, “I have had the same 6 or 7 buyers and sellers for the last 4 months ... through during an Open House. Agent #1 showed the property 3 X in 2 days.  If you take the code ... on a property that cost $250,000 more on a similar house nearby. From that we can assume that the buyer [more...]

Date: 2008-08-24 18:48:13

Early December News Notes

Vail Cookbook Available for Holiday GivingVail Cooks, a new cookbook featuring recipes from Vail locals, guests, restaurants and chefs, ... in the future. The future is now. Taiwan-style dim sum is now prepared every Saturday and Sunday between 11 ... when The Happy Noodle House is expected to open [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 21:54:00

Tuesday evening digest: inaugoblogging edition

The First District Inaugobloggers David and Ellen report that they were Hanging out with Tim and Gwen on Monday when they went to ... hosting inaugural open houses during the week. Jonathan Krause from Owatonna was randomly selected [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 02:41:11

Over The River And Through The Woods

If you're dreaming of a white Christmas, why just dream? ... ourselves to Cornwall to visit Lanhydrock, the Victorian country house which is sponsoring a nature walk ... , there'd still be time to see some of the house's 50 rooms open to the public. In case of inclement [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 21:50:28

Paper Holiday - Advent Calendar

First, thank you Grace for this opportunity! Next, hello out there. I like to make things ... in my hometown of Portland with my husband and two sons, and work in a carriage house type studio a few ... candy encrusted graham cracker houses. For this Advent garland, I used open end envelopes [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 13:00:30

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: JASON WU - DESIGNER

Jasonwu Well the new First Lady has turned another immigrant fashion designer in to an instant sensation. Tonight its 26 year old Jason Wu. Mrs. Obama is wearing a Jason Wu gown to ten Inaugural Balls this evening. The Taiwanese-born designer graduated from New York's Parson School of Design and opened up his own fashion house three years [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 03:03:40

Canada’s Harper vows to fight planned ouster

(CNN) — Canada is bracing for a political battle royale as its three opposition parties jockey to wrest power from Prime Minister Stephen ... s Conservative Party, which has governed with a minority in the House of Commons since 2006, gained ... an opening for a coalition of the country’s opposition parties to take power in a dispute over how [more...]

Date: 2008-12-03 12:40:27

Media Digest 1/6/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

According the Reuters, December domestic cars sales were the worst month in years. Reuters writes that Toyota (TM) will cut plants ... Journal reports that the Obama tax plan my offer child credits for low income families ... . The Wall Street Journal reports that Nasdaq is opening a derivatives clearing house. The Wall [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 09:02:51

Week-in-Review — Dec 7, 2008 December 8, 2008

Posted by ismailimail in Newsletter. trackback All related posts for the inauguration of Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat building in Ottawa Canada, ... undergraduate students and the university. This week’s Ismaili Muslim Authors features 12 year old ... to bring you news and photographs of the opening of the Ismaili Muslim house of worship and [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 21:04:55

Auto Bailout Compromise Reportedly Moving Forward (Update: Further Progress))

Contrary to usual form, I'm putting the latest update first, ... on the auto bailout bill. However, the Detroit Free Press, in a story posted at almost the same time, say ... where the truth lies. It remains an open question whether the House will go along even [more...]

Date: 2008-12-12 01:33:53

10 Organizing Tips To Have A Fun Open House Party

... to their home—They live on the second floor in the Governor’s mansion in Salt Lake City. Because ... party! 10. Be sure your plans have included you to be at the party and not stuck in the kitchen [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 12:14:16

HOW WAS GOVERNOR PERDUE'S FIRST WEEK?

Funny you should ask. We got an e-mail from the Governor of North Carolina, Bev Perdue, ... ; she attended the Inaugural Parade and held an open house at the Executive Mansion. In addition ... . Governor Perdue's 10 cabinet secretaries were sworn-in in a ceremony in the Old State House [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 17:24:16

Reading Today

Zines_070903111928553_wideweb__300x359.jpg The big event of the day is the Hugo House's Zine Library grand re-opening celebration ... are an important part of modern literary history, and it's really interesting to watch them change ... -screening and fancy design. Go and take a look, really. It's free. At Elliott Bay Book Company [more...]

Date: 2008-09-13 18:00:00

Teens' abuse of pills worsens in CNY, U.S.

Teens' abuse of pills worsens in CNY, U.S. by Catie O'Toole / The Post-Standard Thursday November 06, 2008, 11: ... as a cheap and easy way to get high, said state police Trooper Jack Keller, who works with 79 school ... estate open houses to steal drugs from bathrooms, he said. [more...]

Date: 2008-11-06 17:11:21

RAVI ZACHARIAS PROMOTES ROMAN CATHOLIC HENRI NOUWEN AND CONTEMPLATIVE SPIRITUALITY/MYSTICISM

A while back Apprising Ministries ran a piece called Ravi Zacharias Answers “Can A Person Live A Sincere Christian Life As A Homosexual?” ... that Jesus came to open the door to God’s house, all human beings can walk through that door, whether [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 00:16:31

Boringly functional artwork in the service of marketing homes: If people can’t figure out what you’re selling, they won’t buy it

I wrote about the back side of that card last week ... small way, we launch a house in the same we someone else might launch a new car or a new kind of dishwasher or a new magazine. Those business-card-sized Open House cards will be distributed to 6,000 [more...]

Date: 2008-10-11 17:22:16

Tidbits 01/14/2009

The Will Rogers World Airport is now offering free Wi-Fi.Thursday, Jan 15, 4-6pm:Deaconess Pregnancy & Adoption Servicesis hosting an open house to show ... her plans to run for governor Thursday in Duncan,OKC and TulsaSteve Jobs Taking a Leave of Absence [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 04:57:00

Congress returns to an ‘intense’ opening

With more robust majorities in both houses of Congress and a deepening global financial crisis, ... and Inauguration on Jan. 20, House Democrats plan to move legislation on issues key to their base – ... recovery plan expected to cost between $850 billion and $1 trillion. Not since President Franklin [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 21:10:39

RAVI ZACHARIAS PROMOTES ROMAN CATHOLIC HENRI NOUWEN AND CONTEMPLATIVE SPIRITUALITY/MYSTICISM

Click the post title to be taken to the source. A while back Apprising Ministries ran a piece called Ravi Zacharias Answers “Can A Person Live A ... wrote: Today I personally believe that Jesus came to open the door to God’s house, all human [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 00:16:31

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 ... or concrete. Concrete works very well, but it will crack and need repairs over time. Both steel [more...]

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

It’s Auction Time Again in Phoenix Real Estate

This coming Saturday, another large-scale auction of foreclosed homes in the Phoenix real estate market is going to take place ... inspected the homes, you’re out of luck. Open houses on these homes were the last two weekends [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 20:58:40

The Next Generation

My parents are not and were not hippies. But they’ve always hung out with hippies of the politically liberal-left persuasion, ... . In my second year going there, he and his family moved into the downstairs of our duplex. I can’ ... . They have a program for 18 months - 3 by next fall. It has 1 open slot. It is 10 min from our house, towards [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 21:26:15

Welcome to our first installment of An Entirely Gratuitous Selwick Christmas Novella (hmm, really must think of a catchier title) ... were holding open house for Christmas Eve [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 17:25:42

New listing, open house this Sunday: 67 Rutland Street

Hello. I am pleased to announce I am listing three condominium homes for sale ... House on Sunday, September 21, from 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM. A 2008 condo conversion, 67 Rutland Street ... in the late 1800’s, 67 Rutland Street served as a rooming house at one time and was most-recently [more...]

Date: 2008-09-20 18:00:51

Psychics, Flippers and Loan Extensions

Arthaus Dominic attended the Arthaus open house, Your Future Holds… a Condo! They put it on the market five months ago, but only four of the nine units have sold so far. And among the gimmicks [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 06:55:13

Construction Zone

I thought I'd do an info dump regarding the big project going on at my house these days, ... , she had had open heart surgery to repair a valve, and a double bypass. She recovered very well at first [more...]

Date: 2008-10-19 05:01:07

How to get rid of sow bugs (aka rollie pollies)

For the most part, sow bugs (aka rollie pollies) are harmless, but can be unsightly, and often migrate by the thousands. Especially during the spring and summer, these creatures can invade your yard or house in large ... , foundation vents and utility openings, underneath siding. Another trick I’ve heard works [more...]

Date: 2008-10-25 02:45:00

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