Obama Gets Personal Google Earth Update

Today, the 20th of January 2009, the USA inaugurates its 44th President: Mr Barack Obama ... . Then a parade is held from the Capitol Building to the White House. Google Maps Mania has a summary ... through some clever blending of new aerial and older satellite images. Read more about this on Ogle [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 14:16:00

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Eye on Business January Brandon

Japanese Steakhouse Coming To Brandon Kobe Steakhouse, a chain of restaurants with locations also in Tampa, Clearwater and Orlando, will soon be open on S.R. 60, across from the Westfield Brandon mall. The steakhouse will sit in the same building that used to house Benningan’s, which closed in July [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 21:53:44

Harris School

It sits like a mausoleum on the 800 block of Southard Street, ... to be surrounded by other cement structures of a 1950's or 60's style and they included the MARC house ... in the Harris building. That clearly didn't happen:There were plans aired to hand the building over [more...]

Date: 2008-11-30 05:01:00

ShoeMoney Announces Incredible Toolset for Bloggers and Webmasters!

As you know, making money online is becoming more popular by the day! ... last weekend in Las Vegas. We wanted to ask him some questions about his new long awaited set of Internet ... the ShoeMoney Tools Program? ShoeMoney: Sure, over the last 4-5 years we have been building tools in house [more...]

Date: 2008-09-25 23:31:59

Madonna’s messy divorce a hot topic in London property circles

Madonna’s messy divorce a hot topic in London property circles Posted by Kevin Brass in UK real estate, Propparazzi, News, ... , director Guy Ritchie. The couple reportedly owns five buildings in London, plus Ashcombe House, a Georgian mansion on 1,200 acres in Wiltshire. Their portfolio also includes a building in London’s West [more...]

Date: 2008-10-29 04:24:16

HITBSecConf2008 - Malaysia

The HITBSecConf2008 - Malaysia took place in october 2008; now the videos are available for download! There were some interesting talks!! ... Kiosks - Analysis and Visualization of Common Packers - A Fox in the Hen House - UPnP IGD ... Generation Reverse Shell - Build Your Own Password Cracker with a Disassembler and VM Magic [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 06:31:50

Pinc House: Scandanavian Modern Housing & Prefab Developments

Pinc House is all about bringing life into style. An Ittur Group owned company in Sweden, they conceive of, create, develop and build housing developments, prefab homes and projects that are modern, sustainable ... : their original model home, the Sport range are available in two categories, "Leisure" and "Residence [more...]

Date: 2008-10-17 13:50:00

Engagement is Bad Policy - Part II

In our first post discussing “engagement” with Islamists, which Barack Obama’s team initiated even before he was elected, ... , in the U.S. Congressional Rayburn House Office Building (RHOB), speakers in a panel discussion sponsored [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 10:15:08

Modulex: Legos for grown-ups

In the 1960s, the designer of the modern Lego brick formed a new company to make a product for adults called Modulex. In the early 1960's Godtfred was building a new house and, naturally, he tried to model ... of 6:5, was different than standard European construction modules of 1:1. Rather than contend with the problems [more...]

Date: 2008-10-15 20:23:08

Heights food news News of note for the Heights/Hillcrest crowd (and beyond) ... Finer Foods, the old-line carriage trade grocery on Kavanaugh, from Gene Lewellen. The Goldens, whose ... the Goldens once owned on Kavanaugh. (That building now houses Cafe Prego.) In time, that restaurant space [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 02:14:33

Paul Sahre: A Designer and His Problems

Friday, 06 February 2009 Katie Murphy Amphitheater Fashion Institute of Technology Building D 27th ... Now: The Beach House for Everyone, 1964–, a loving look at a short-lived product of early '60s consumer ... . In one room he designs and prints posters (some now in the permanent collection at the Cooper-Hewitt [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 15:02:57

Notes from the Field: New Orleans Loses a Valued Leader

Rev. Marshall Truehill, a staunch ally in our battle over the demolition of the New Orleans public housing developments, and more recently, ... of this confident preacher. As the representative of the National Trust for Historic Preservation in New Orleans ... about saving and re-using old buildings, that it was really about whether housing policies for [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 19:45:36

The Energy Challenge - No Furnaces but Heat Aplenty in Innovative ‘Passive Houses’ - Series - NYTimes.com

By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL DARMSTADT, Germany — From the outside, there is nothing unusual about the stylish new gray and orange row houses in the Kranichstein District, with wreaths on the doors and Christmas lights twinkling through a freezing drizzle. But these houses are part of a revolution in building design: There are no drafts, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 13:16:00

Parks for revitalization - Dr. King would approve, I think

The image just below, which photographer Bill Lim has made available to us through the wonder of the Creative Commons, ... buildings, run-down warehouses, and shoddy housing near the Tenderloin," according to a new article ... of development-and they often serve as the anchor for the old and new buildings around them. From Boston [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 14:47:43

Green Building: 4 Types Of Healthy Insulation

Typical house insulation is made of fiber glass and is unfortunately treated with hazardous fire retardant chemicals that can outgas up to 7 years ... some options: 1. Thermo Hemp - I really love the idea of hemp insulation knowing hemp is naturally mold ... moisture. Instead of using the usual fire prevention chemical they saturate the denim in borates [more...]

Date: 2008-12-13 17:32:00

The Solution for All Problems Facing the Right...

...will not be found here. Not on this site, not with Web 2.0, not on the Internet, not... .. ... to operate the tools, the tools themselves are relatively worthless. It takes architectural drawings ... . The Republican Party could build a socially conservative and fiscally liberal house. Alternately, the GOP [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 05:11:47

PAKISTAN PRESIDENTS WALKS DIFFICULT LINE BETWEEN ISLAMIST CRACKDOWN AND ANGERING HIS MILITARY

BY SUSANNE KOELBL Pakistan’s President Zardari is trying to avoid a conflict with India without completely alienating his own powerful army ... mosque, a madrassa, other school buildings and housing for college students, and a hospital. Jamaat-ud [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 06:47:19

Schwimmhaus, a Compact Modern Houseboat

Crafted with outmost elegance by German architects Confused-Direction, Schwimmhaus is a compact modern houseboat that keeps in tune with the tranquil environment ... fabricated out of salvaged wood from an old farm house in addition to other sustainable building [more...]

Date: 2008-11-07 21:32:37

St. Louis Real Estate-Building Inspection-Crawl Space Inspections

crawl space No Basement, No Sweat. . .but you better pay attention to this! A crawl space is an area or portion of a space in a building or house, without a basement ... a basement for storage and we don’t care what our crawl space looks like, we will never go down [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 01:21:49

Interested in the Benefits of Wet Sauna Treatments?

What are the benefits of wet sauna treatments? Well, to begin with, ... and skin. Some people like to build an outdoor sauna near their house in a separate cabin, it’s probably more cheap that way than trying to convert a room of your house into a sauna. You’d be amazed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 03:40:33

City panel rejects Ken Karl's appeal of house razing

The city’s decision 14 months ago to raze a historic house that building inspectors condemned got the backing Friday of an appeals panel weighing the ... Karl, who owned the 313 Main St. home knocked down under orders from the city, said he plans [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 22:37:00

Recycled

I was all set to do a post about industrial or "working" buildings -- barns, cotton mills, carriage houses -- used as homes. For some reason I thought the phenomenon really took off in the late 1960s [more...]

Date: 2008-10-05 18:48:34

Green Building meets Air Quality Guidelines

How Healthy Are National Green Building Programs?, The National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH) ... improvements be made to several programs to reduce contaminants: Avoid the use of mold susceptible ... gypsum board.Require sub-slab depressurization systems radon mitigation system in new homes [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 21:37:52

Casa BF / Humberto Hermeto

Saw this incredible house by Brazilian architect Humberto Hermeto posted on Notcot today, amazing! I guess the plan is to first save up and buy a bunch of Herman Miller pieces, then build a house [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 07:09:19

Spoil Your Own Country BROWNSKI Not Ours’

Immigrants Have Taken 40% of all Homes Built in Last Decade December 4, ... European immigration since 2005. The Brown Government plans to build three million new houses in the UK ... by the Home Office. Nearly 600,000 properties have been needed to house immigrants since 1997 — [more...]

Date: 2008-12-04 17:31:20

How to Build Animal Housing: 60 Plans for Coops, Hutches, Barns, Sheds, Pens, Nestboxes, Feeders, Stanchions, and Much More

Since you've decided to raise chickens, you'll need a little house for them. Some people use the traditional shed style coop and some are using innovative designs ... has plans, sketches and dimensions for several different sizes of chicken houses. It also has 60 (yes [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 01:47:36

Despite program, new members dis-oriented

Despite program, new members dis-oriented POSTED November 18, 2008 | 12: ... of Congress. Monday on Capitol Hill was Orientation Day for incoming House freshman — and it showed. As lots of new faces wandered the halls of the Cannon House Office Building, pols-to-be asked [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 18:47:26

On Dream Homes

Looking for inspiration for your dream home? Are you ready to get started building? ... you a totally modernist style house on a realistic budget. Other plans that you can choose from are narrows, prairie styles, southern houses, colonial homes, new england plans, beach house and many [more...]

Date: 2008-08-06 17:06:00

Leona Update

Leona Update Now that the election is over and we have a new President(!) ... are some thoughts on the recently completed Leona project.  Last weekend, Leona had their open house ... on the north side of the building on Ward St. There are quite a few different floor plans [more...]

Date: 2008-11-07 22:43:16

Death toll at 112 in Brazil floods

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (CNN) — The death toll from historic floods in southern Brazil continued to creep upward Monday, with 112 reported dead, ... effect, with bridges, roads, houses and buildings destroyed. The federation of industries said [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 13:59:18

Managing Disasters (Again)

Sometime last night, someone opened up this blogsite thus marking the 500,000th time that this site was accessed ... the last few weeks. Ridges are nice places to build houses - overlooking down on other people [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 22:21:00

Much change in Biggie Smalls' neighborhood

.fullpost{display:inline;} In rapper Biggie Smalls'old Brooklyn neighborhood, the building that once housed a coin laundry is now a plastic surgeon's office [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 12:16:00

A Slightly Worrying Thought...

Folks, I'm beginning to wonder if we haven't been slightly barking up the wrong tree with the Equestrian Events in the Park in 2012 ... Museum which we discussed recently. If you recall, they're going to knock down some Victorian buildings and build a new, unexciting but not particularly offensive wing to house - well - not very much [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 14:58:38

A typical day in Jammu

Our bedroom is part of a 3-room building separate from the main house. The room has 3-exposed walls made of concrete ... house for breakfast. There is no table as you’d recognise, just a foam mat on the floor with a table [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 07:18:27

Daly: Triumph over legacy of slavery

Daly: Triumph over legacy of slavery They had no last names, for slaves had no more official status than dogs even as they helped build the Capitol and the White House. Their reward comes only now, two centuries later, as the ultimately triumphant powers [more...]

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

Monrovia's Courtyards At Old Town Breaks Ground

You know, there's really not enough coverage of Monrovia development ... on Myrtle Avenue. The four-story buildings will house spacious one bedroom and two bedroom floor plans [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 19:02:24

President Mills To Consult Chiefs On Appointment Of Mmdces

President Atta Mills (in suit) and Vice President John Mahama (on his left), in a pose with members of the National House of Cheifs ... other to build a better Ghana. He decried the disrespect shown by some MMDCEs to traditional rulers [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 09:22:08

Lac Superieur Residence: Stacking boxes with style

For a vacation home, the Lac Superieur Residence is a structure full of grace and visual appeal ... Residential Renovation Contemporary Three Storey Home in Manhattan Beach The Seigle House in Lincoln Park ... , the award winning building features a simple, clear minimalist design that divides it in three [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 21:00:45

Future of Penang (or what are LGE’s resolutions - malaysiakini)

A few days ago, I was amused to read on Malaysiakini that Chief Minister of Penang, ... ? No. They only care about making money building more homes. The houses you see above are from the same [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 17:37:54

Faux Painting: Creative Ideas for Unique Faux Finishes

by Debra That Painter Lady Conrad Our prehistoric ancestors knew all about the power of paint ... that are ideal for making rooms match the style and ambience of an older house or character building [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 09:05:44

An Adirondack Love Story

With all this talk of building tiny houses on a budget, ... and old tires than soil. We saw a "farmhouse" in Keeseville that was about 15 feet from the house next [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 16:05:00

Built-ins Design Ideas

There are a lot of different things that you can put in the house you are either building or remodeling. One thing that you might want to consider if it is a good idea are built ins. Here [more...]

Date: 2008-12-03 04:37:39

It’s News To M_A - 1/20/09

cross-posted at WWL, M_A’s & OWL Stories of note from the WakeTheFuckUp news desk… ... had been building a new house for himself; it had been pulverised and lay in ruins. Earlier [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 12:38:07

Back To Basics Challenge

I'm sorry I will have to do a short post, it is very hot inside today.Sowing seed or PlantingI saw two punnets of six French lavender plants ... garden plan, working out storage plans or more long term goals and projects like plans for digging root ... , managing stores, preserving, building that home made cob or solar oven, adding house insulation, saving [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 10:27:00

RIP Don LaFontaine (Photos): LaFontaine “Movie Trailer Voice” Dies

Don LaFontaine died Monday from complications of a collapsed lung. LaFontaine was 68 years old ... building; a carriage house on west 57th street. Floyd L. Peterson, Inc. was one of the first companies [more...]

Date: 2008-09-02 14:02:15

Corporate America sells Obama, message of change

The guys hawking Barack Obama T-shirts and trinkets on the corners of downtown Washington have some new competition in the selling frenzy building ... to mark the change in the White House. It is relatively rare for corporations leery of alienating ... . The hometown Washington Post plans four separate editions on Tuesday and Wednesday along with an [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 11:30:52

Kuala Terengganu - why i would not vote for UMNO/BN

While i have no god given right to tell anyone who they should vote for, ... to build better houses for their constituents? Maybe. But how come they have funding for this exorbitant [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 07:00:00

TNR: The Solution for All Problems Facing the Right...

Patrick Ruffini has the solution for what ails the party. Guess what? ... and blueprints. Without a coherent plan which everyone can follow, the result will be a disaster. The Republican Party could build a socially conservative and fiscally liberal house. Alternately, the GOP [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 03:27:41

SHITDISCO | Friday 10 February 2006 | Rock CET

Glasgow based Shitdisco was formed in 2005 by bassist Joel Stone, singer/guitarist Joe Reeves, keyboard player Jan Lee and drummer Darren Cullen. The four friends met each other through their studies at the Glasgow School of Art and build ... held free parties in a large dilapidated house on Glasgow's West Princes Street. Their dance punk [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 08:32:19

Corporate America Cashes In With Obama

Big business, the supposedly right-wing, conservative entity that thwarts "progress" ... of downtown Washington have some new competition in the selling frenzy building up to the president ... in the White House. It is relatively rare for corporations leery of alienating consumers with any whiff [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 17:49:28

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