George W. Bush Presidential Center. No. 1.17.2009.12

The George W. Bush Presidential Center. On January 21, 2009 George W ... million for an endowment — Bush’s plans stand out as an effort to defend his tumultuous White House ... . Bush, will return to Texas to begin his own post-presidency, including plans to build a library [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 03:16:04

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Prince Charles And Camilla Moves Into Their New Eco-Farmhouse

Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles quietly took the wraps off of their new country residence yesterday — called Llwynywormwood Estates — and ... farmhouse surrounded by 192 acres of organic farm and countryside would not say who the home belongs ... by insulating the building with hemp and sheep’s wool. The plans also include filling a lake from [more...]

Date: 2008-06-24 13:04:53

St. Bernard Parish's hospital battle rages on

St. Bernard Parish's hospital battle rages on by Chris Kirkham, The Times-Picayune Tuesday January 20, 2009, 6:11 AM More than a year after creating a five-member public board to plan and build St. Bernard ... the panel to let it take over the job of building it. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 14:19:36

The Dark Prince of Beacon Hill keeps doing his thing

This is nice: The Red Sox have gotten $13.6 million in state tax credits to refurbish Fenway Park and surrounding buildings and plan to ask for $26 ... of a $50-million annual historic-preservation tax-credit fund he oversees: It took nearly two [more...]

Date: 2008-07-23 14:48:13

You Could Have Heard A Pin Drop

When in England , at a fairly large conference, Colin Powellwas asked by the Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans forIraq were just an example of empire building by George Bush.He answered by saying, 'Over the years, the UnitedStates has sent many of its fine young men and womeninto great peril to fight for freedom beyond [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 22:23:00

DrumBeat: August 19, 2008

The Great Oil Bubble? The markets are rejoicing as the “great oil bubble” loses air and rapidly heads back to its proper double-digit price ... -controlled oil company, plans to build an $11.1 billion low-sulfur refinery in the country's [more...]

Date: 2008-08-19 13:30:11

The REAL in “Real Estate” (McKinney Courier-Gazette)

The REAL in “Real Estate” (McKinney Courier-Gazette) January 20, 2009 | By Rem In Real estate | Comments(0) “FOR SALE: Cozy historic house in desired neighborhood with original features and unique floor plan. Expansive yard with out-buildings, many trees and mature vegetation. Partial electric [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 07:29:53

The REAL in “Real Estate” (McKinney Courier-Gazette)

The REAL in “Real Estate” (McKinney Courier-Gazette) January 18, 2009 | By Rem In Real estate | Comments(0) “FOR SALE: Cozy historic house in desired neighborhood with original features and unique floor plan. Expansive yard with out-buildings, many trees and mature vegetation. Partial electric [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 09:29:12

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

Ten for Tuesday (January 13, 2009)

Here’s this week’s Ten for Tuesday. Enjoy! 1. My friend, Lindsay, details how she and her husband are handling allowances. 2 ... . 9. The Frugal Duchess and her plan for building a better a budget. 10. Wisdom Tree’s Jeremy Siegel’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 17:39:22

Update on 980 Madison Avenue Proposal

Update on 980 Madison Avenue Proposal Jan 20th, 2009 Many of our readers have been following Sir Norman Foster’s proposal for an addition above ... or not the project team will return with a revised plan or if any restoration of the existing building ... was too overwhelming to the existing building and inappropriate to the character of the Upper [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 19:28:35

Toronto Janitors Organize for Rights, Respect and Justice

(By John Riddell from The Bullet) As darkness falls in Toronto and tens of thousands of office workers pour out of the downtown skyscrapers, ... the office towers and readies them for the next day’s activity. These buildings house Canada’s richest ... insurance, no Canada Pension Plan, no job-accident coverage. The Ontario government views them as self [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 18:20:36

Stop building to help housing prices recover?

So many plans and ideas are being floated to repair the country's economic situation. David Reilly of the Wall St ... Test." There is currently more than 10 months of home inventory. Homeowner vacancy rates are at historic highs of about 2.8%, compared with pre-bubble levels of about 1.7%, according to the U.S. Census [more...]

Date: 2008-11-17 19:37:46

Environment

Environment 16-Jan-09 Growth in Energy Use Could Drop 22 Percent by 2030 Under Right Conditions: Report PALO ALTO, Calif ... announced a plan earlier this week to build a massive offshore wind farm in the North Sea [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 17:18:35

Adding another dimension to your city

Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at 2:15 PM Your downtown is so much more than an address listing of the businesses in it ... , all at once? What if you could plan a walking tour of all the historic buildings downtown ... has a Photorealistic 3D Buildings layer that you can use to host 3D models of the buildings [more...]

Date: 2008-10-07 21:15:00

Improvement Services Provide Varying Specialist Skills

When beginning your remodeling project, knowing which contractor to use can be overwhelming ... in that field. If you have a very large remodel planned, then it might be best to get a building ... or so. A large project will require the use of an improvement plan, which will allow you to live in your home [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 04:33:30

President Obama: We will harness new energy

Cross-posted on WattHead Today Barack Obama took the oath of office and became the 44th President of the United States of America ... to do with it? Now is the critical time to make big plans, build the movement and make all the changes [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 22:29:28

Marselle Condos

Marselle Condos Marselle_condos_seattle Marselle condominiums is the latest addition close to the South Lake Union, ... feet. The building will offer a variety of floor plans from studio, one bedroom with den, two ... around $475/square foot. Studios will start at under $200,000 and go up to $600,000's. Each home [more...]

Date: 2008-07-25 15:37:36

Israeli air strikes kill cute kittens and Hamas terrorist leaders

But mostly Hamas terrorist leaders: Senior Hamas terrorist Hussam Hamdan, who was in charge of Grad-type rocket launches into Beersheba and Ofakim, ... launched Operation "Double Challenge", targeting a tunnel Hamas was building as part of a plan to kidnap [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 12:38:00

Norman Foster to re-design Mecca.

(((Well, if anybody's up for the job...))) http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/dailynews/2008/11/foster_and_hadid_to_redesign_mecca ... ' building in the world. The top-secret plans are being backed by King Abdullah ben Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia who has asked a hand-picked collection of starchitects to 'establish a new architectural [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 19:14:02

How to Be Good At Affiliate Marketing

by Laurance Suggar With time and effort you can build a residual income to last a life time ... to the question is Affiliate Marketing any good? Yes, when you have a plan, these tips will help ... a an income building up. 2. Find good affiliate programs which pay well, choose products or services [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 04:48:18

XStreet SL and OnRez to Join Linden Lab!

Xstreet SL and OnRez to Join Linden Lab! Today we are very happy to share some exciting news with you: ... this transition as smooth as possible for you in the weeks ahead. Because our plan is to build [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 02:03:43

OMG gossip: Queen Elizabeth II in the poor house

Poor Queen Elizabeth II. No, I mean POOR Queen Elizabeth. Oops, Madonna feel on stage in Rio, in the most elegant fashion [ ... plans to build hotel with refrigerated beach in Dubai towleroad [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 06:53:07

Get Away from Traditional Floor Plans

By Bob JohnsonPaying attention to office design and building maintenance are vital facets to doing business that many company owners neglect. The design of office interiors can have a deep end result on the frame of mind and efficiency ... . A lot of home offices end up set up in this manner, with too much office equipment or furniture using [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 15:56:00

Things To Consider When Building Your Own Turbine

by David Sullivan Today you’ll find that electricity is getting more and more expensive ... to start. Look for detailed plans or blueprints which will help you build your turbine, and make sure [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 20:50:45

Even Better Than Greenspoint: New AstroWorld Festival Office Park!

One of Swamplot’s best tipsters forwards a link to a website featuring lovely renderings of a family of glassy office buildings and blocky parking ... of nonsense with their clever plan, clearly modeled after several better-known suburban office parks ... . Get it? Just like it says on the Crosswell Torian home page: “Piece of dirt? [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 00:43:14

"World's Toughest Phone," Sonim XP3, Coming to US

sonimsmall1.jpg Their European phones have been dropped from a 13-story building and shot with guns, four times, ... finally plans to bring their phones home to the US with the upcoming XP3, which will be available next ... . You break it, you get a new one. There will be a European version of the XP3 with fewer features [more...]

Date: 2008-10-08 15:02:43

Things to Consider When Building Your Own Wind Turbine

by David Sullivan Today you’ll find that electricity is getting more and more expensive ... you’ll need to start. Look for detailed plans or blueprints which will help you build your turbine [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 20:53:42

Live Your Dreams!

Isn't it time to start living your dreams? What do you hope for? ... ! 1. Your own profitable home-based business 2. The time and money to put family first 3. Working ... and the best way to build your business. Our Dual Team-Builder Plan creates a natural support system [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 23:48:30

Students Across the U.S. Plan for Summer of Solutions

Minneapolis%20Skyline.jpg Building more sustainable cities is going to take a lot of work. Living a one-planet lifestyle, in a one-planet city implies that we’ve halted our outpouring [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 22:30:26

Global Social Benefit Incubator Competition on Social Edge

Are you a social entrepreneur or the leader of a social venture, or do you know someone with a social venture that could benefit from capacity building, in-depth consultation on their business plan and mentoring by Santa Clara University faculty and Silicon [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 15:11:15

A Change of Plans

I posted several weeks ago about our dream to build our house on the river...the shovels were ready to go ( ... change in plans by now)...and so...WE BOUGHT IT...this incredible almost 100-year-old farmhouse ... for that special one-of-a-kind farmhouse sink)...well...in the middle of the hunt for things with a history [more...]

Date: 2008-07-17 06:49:00

Gegard Mousasi Moving Up to Light Heavyweight for Next Fight

Promoted from the FanPosts by Kid Nate ... I've always wanted is to be a heavyweight. I plan, over one year maybe two years, to build ... ! "Eventually, the UFC will be around the world all the time and I think we’ll have a regular home here [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 02:38:14

How it’s done

This you have to like — remarks to reporters from an  an Israeli battalion commander in Gaza: “A couple of days ago, ... Yehuda said. “We demolished the building on top of him with a bulldozer.” Sounds like a plan. ... an armed squad popped up from a tunnel that was concealed by a nearby building. We took them [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 04:55:46

Update: Contractor defends United Way proposal

Pete Douglas, president of The Douglas Company, said Jan ... of Job1USA, about plans to save the United Way building, which the United Way board had rejected. “ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 00:28:50

A Sneak Peek at Frank Gehry's New Headquarters

As we reported back in early November, starchitect Frank Gehry is planning to move closer to the sea soon, ... new building. Here's a bit: The 3.53-acre campus consists of two 1950s warehouse buildings, which are being upgraded and expanded. A 50,000-square-foot main building will house Gehry offices [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 11:00:05

Solar Cell, Module Costs to Fall Dramatically

alamosa1solar.jpg Good news for home and building owners considering installing solar systems: ... bailout and stimulus plan is another big factor expected to drive costs down. The growing number ... some form of feed-in tariff, or credits, for home and building owners that feed surplus power [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 16:34:25

For the Love of Lazarus

Foss Village is where people go to die. But the non-profit nursing home, in operation since the 1920s, is ready to start a new life. Foss has plans to demolish its aging one- and two-story buildings and sprawling parking lot in Bitter Lake, and replace them with a modern nine-building campus and underground parking that fills [more...]

Date: 2008-06-09 23:40:05

Tonight's Veterans ball canceled, organizer missing

Veterans ball canceled, organizer missingBy Rick Maze - Staff writerPosted : Monday Jan 19, 2009 14:15:20 ESTIf you bought tickets to the Veterans’ Inaugural Ball, plan on staying home.The ball, which ... at the National Building Museum and Heroes Red, White and Blue Ball at the Warner Theater are separate [more...]

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

Obama rally: 'I'm not Joe the plumber'

Trying to appear presidential and in command of the economic crisis, Barack Obama just wrapped up a detailed policy discussion in Palm Beach ... , not able to sleep,” Villalba said. Obama touted his plans for universal health care, called ... the Iron Worker is building a bridge for him to the White House." [more...]

Date: 2008-10-21 16:52:32

Build A Glider-Copter (Aug, 1954)

view additional pages Build A Glider-Copter AN 86-lb ... , and will make plans and kits available to high school and college students who can build them at home ... . In European countries the governments try to encourage glider flying for the training of future pilots [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 04:16:05

March Professional Trailbuilders Conference in Asheville, NC

Set for March 15 - 20, 2009 in Asheville, NC, the Professional Trailbuilders Conference will feature seminars, expositions, demonstrations and meetings for those that manage or build trails. Topics include design and construction, land management, trail planning, contracting, advocacy and other related matters [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 18:34:49

Crisis roundtable: Wake up, Europe

IF YOU have been wondering why European economists and French leaders are urging closer cooperation at a continental level to address the financial ... plans. In a political environment like the European Union, where institution building ... something like 6-7% of American GDP, other European firms have grown well beyond the financial means [more...]

Date: 2008-10-06 06:04:04

Redesign In Works For Secaucus Boondoggle?

The Secaucus Transfer, a white elephant if there ever was one, is getting a renovation to resolve problems in traffic flow ... is too horrible to imagine."Yes, we have a plan for consolidating the three turnstiles in that part of the building," said NJ Transit spokesman Dan Stessel. "But it's not firm yet. Nothing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 15:50:00

Home.

At our age and status, we are ones who talk about really being able to acquire a house of our own ... releases say the Schumacher Homes designs and builds custom dreamhomes all across the United States. Since we have plans of migrating to the US in the near future, I could not wait until I can avail [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 02:30:03

New Crystal Palace Pictures Released

Original Crystal Palace Crystal Palace, home to cheeky dinosaurs, a floundering football team, and a pair of priapic transmitter towers, could soon boast a rebuilt version of the structure that lent its name to the area. Plans are afoot to resurrect the Victorian cast-iron & glass building (pictured), originally erected for the 1851 [more...]

Date: 2008-10-03 13:32:20

Billboards Gotta Go in Xi'an China

The colonel greets visitors to Xi'an China Some nice news out of China on the preservation front: ... the historic capital's walls in order to eliminate "visual pollution." They'll be taking down over 190 current ... and residential buildings in the area, He Hongxing, director of Xi'an urban planning bureau, said. "We hope [more...]

Date: 2008-09-10 14:00:00

U.K. Transportation Is a Mixed Bag: Planes, Trains and Automobiles

It was a big day for transportation in the UK today, but is the region’s transportation getting greener? ... have a substantial, and negative, impact on the environment. The Transport folks plan to add a third ... secretary and energy secretary, complained that building a new runway would go against the UK’s target [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 18:47:53

Barack Obama won labor support. Now labor seeks his support

Barack Obama might not be president-elect without the tens of millions of dollars that organized labor spent on his behalf ... is preparing for a major lobby battle. The group, American Rights at Work, plans to start airing its new ad on Sunday, hoping to build support for the Employee Free Choice Act, legislation authored by Rep [more...]

Date: 2008-11-14 17:40:46

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

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