BEIJING HOLDS ITS BREATH
ANXIETY AND EUPHORIA | August 20th 2008 Tama Leaver/flickr On a trip to Beijing in the days before the hub-bub, ... , who tore down most of the historic city walls. He began the grand project of the Second Ring Road ... courtyard houses huddled along narrow alleyways, replacing them with massive Soviet-style concrete buildings [more...]
Date: 2008-08-20 01:36:17
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moving buildings
DCMUD has a story about moving an historic building to make room for the large St. Martins low income housing project [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 22:06:00
Biggest Boondoggle in American History
Still believe this is about reinvestment?...:rofl2 Biggest Boondoggle in American History Quote: We are living in a historical moment that in some ways represents uncharted territory ... out an email on the House Democrats' ridiculous $825 billion "stimulus" bill. It is worth reproducing [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 11:38:43
Scribe: 1.20.2009
Scribe: 1.20.2009 Posted on January 20th, 2009 by Mr. Eldridge Period 4 Scribe for January 20, 2009, Inauguration Day!!! ... ! -Metaphor- Humans build houses using instruments, like hammers. Natural processes are God’s tools ... was an interesting and historic day, because as you all know, President Barack Obama was inaugurated. YAY [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 04:36:44
Elect Obama, Or Else: Police Prepare For Unrest
A note from Radarsite: In our previous article Elect Obama, ... , especially if Sen. Obama loses his bid for the White House. We were of course accused ... for possible civil unrest and riots after the historic presidential contest. Public safety officials said [more...]
Date: 2008-10-24 17:36:33
'Green opportunity' knocks for Brown - and is missed
... and accelerating climate change, he has missed an historic opportunity to boost the economy and take an important ... efficiency measures; improve the energy efficiency of all public sector buildings. This should provide [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 02:10:50
Obama: 'New Mission in Iraq: Ending the War'
President-Elect Barack Obama, who defeated John McCain in a Electoral College landslide in Tuesday’s historic presidential election, ... with the Bush administration’s own plans for the region the White House is currently trying to hammer [more...]
Date: 2008-11-06 08:00:00
Scenes From This Morning's MLK Day Parade
Marching bands, splashy floats, horses, vintage cars and patriotic mascots filled Martin Luther King Jr ... , crowding the barricades and watching from atop houses and parked cars. With shouts of "Yes ... from their trunks. Kids celebrated both the historic occasion and the school holiday. They waved American flags [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 08:38:16
Newt Gingrich, 10 years after quitting, still full of advice for GOP
Maybe you remember him. Newt Gingrich, the ex-Georgia congressman who took advantage of some serious Bill Clinton first-term mistakes to lead the historic Republican Revolution of 1994, was always brimming with ideas, some of them interesting ... as House speaker after helping lead his party into serious off-year election losses, Gingrich is still [more...]
Date: 2008-11-17 09:28:50
Steal This Look: San Francisco Facade
From Sarah: San Francisco is renowned for its classic Victorian and Edwardian houses; however, it is refreshing to see a homeowner add a modernist touch to a historic facade. We love the look of this cheery entryway, featuring a lime-green door with simple satin chrome lever handle, a glass [more...]
Date: 2008-12-23 21:40:32
Proof of travel
Proof I went somewhere! There are no cannons in Portland (that I’ve found so far). It was incredibly windy on the historic battery in Charleston, South Carolina. It was *so* worth trying to find parking. Amazing houses, neat park, real live cannons and sunshine.Oh how I adored [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 22:22:11
Economy: Syria Avoids Recession
[ Syrian chef Ahmad Zeidan prepares gourmet Aleppine dishes at the Mirage hotel in the historic city of Aleppo October 21, 2007 ... so many more Syrians into the poor house during the first half of 2008 was largely reversed during [more...]
Date: 2008-12-13 21:58:42
Astrology Looks At the Birth Chart of Barack Obama
by Robert Wilkinson While there has been rampant speculation about Barack Obama's true birth time, ... to be a historical figure of enormous stature is shown by Jupiter and Saturn in the 12th house [more...]
Date: 2008-11-14 02:54:21
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
Clinton Endorsement Speech Gave Obama And Her What They Both Needed
When it was announced that Democratic Senator Hillary Clinton was going to give a concession and endorsement speech the key questions became: ... the party — and would it allow the controversial Clinton to emerge from the primaries a historic ... as a turning point election. She warned Democrats not to let Republicans take the White House again [more...]
Date: 2008-06-07 19:06:11
Beyond the historic moment
[ President Barack Obama walks down Pennsylvania Avenue with his wife Michelle Obama on their way to the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan ... . 20, 2009.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon) The inauguration of Barack H. Obama is historic and momentous, but it is so much more. While he is the pride of the African- American community, he also [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 22:19:53
Oblivious Far-Right OC Activists Demand More Failed Conservatism
OK, this is hilarious. With wrong-track numbers at over 80% and the current President near historic low approval ratings, ... Club of Orange County is telling the GOP leaders of both the House and Senate that it is too late ... leadership in either house survive to lead in a new Congress, the Lincoln Club of Orange County [more...]
Date: 2008-07-07 19:58:35
What’s Haute: San Francisco
Famous for its sweeping bay views and gingerbread Victorian houses, San Francisco is an epicenter of the haute lifestyle ... vistas and all with gas fireplaces. Historic rooms stay true to original floor plans and materials ... boast floor-to-ceiling windows. Guests can enjoy Chef Joseph Humphrey’s Bay Area cuisine at the Murray [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 17:24:42
Sketchcrawling in Balmain
This morning I went out with a group of sketchers for a mini sketchcrawl warm-up before the next World Wide Sketchcrawl on Jan 10. We went to Balmain – a wonderful suburb on the harbour with lots of historic buildings. Many inner city suburbs of Sydney are full of these wonderful rows of terrace houses with wrought iron [more...]
Date: 2008-12-13 07:24:00
For the Love of Historic Preservation
Some families support education, others health care, still other cancer research, ... 1828 Askren House in Indianapolis, allowing officials to repair the roof and masonry, and eventually ... preservation projects. The Central Indiana Community Foundation (CICF) program administers the program [more...]
Date: 2008-10-15 13:25:25
DNCC CEO Daughtry answers on-line questions
Democratic National Convention CEO Leah D. Daughtry held an online discussion at Washintonpost.com. Here are some highlights: Franconia, Va ... an informal understanding that the Party that holds the White House holds its Convention ... the convention. And the fact that they align with Dr. King's historic speech is just a happy coincidence [more...]
Date: 2008-07-31 11:52:00
It’s a selfish, arrogant feeling, to want to be a part of history in the making. But it’s a feeling that all of us, at one time or another, share. And that’s what makes it so oddly beautiful.
Big Daddy Drew, from Deadspin and KSK, has his reasons: I’m voting for Barack Obama this fall ... not: an opportunity for me to “be a part” of a historic moment. It’s an inescapable fact for both candidates that a black man winning the White House would be a far a greater milestone in American History [more...]
Date: 2008-06-19 19:22:12
Obama Inauguration is a Prelude to…
Today at high noon eastern standard time, Barack Obama will be sworn in as the 44th President of the United States ... of the best laid plans of past presidents’ have been left to die on the House or Senate floor. For real ... . For millions of Americans, Obama’s inauguration will be viewed as an historical event. For others [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 07:36:28
Ypulse Essentials: Tweens In The White House, Multi-tasking Millennials, Kiwibox On YouTube
Barack Obama Facebook Tweens in the white house (will Malia and Sasha be bigger than Miley? ... values. Also, how schools incorporate the historic event into lesson plans. Plus Ben & Jerry's [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 23:17:20
Pondering Preservation: How Will The Economic Downturn Affect Preservation?
Welcome to Pondering Preservation, a series that asks preservationists, architects, historians, ... : Will a downturn mean fewer historic structures are at risk from developers' bulldozers ... built, often mixed-use buildings with retail and housing together (although almost no affordable [more...]
Date: 2008-11-10 19:22:27
McCain mocks Obama's premature inauguration plans, but...
John McCain has mocked Democrat Barack Obama all week as so cocky that he is already “measuring the drapes” in the White House Oval Office ... video by clicking on the Read more line below) in a newspaper story on White House transition planning ... was confirmed. Addressing a sun-washed rally in the Old West plaza of historic Mesilla, in southern New [more...]
Date: 2008-10-26 02:26:02
Nanaimo Bound!!!
Weekend plans? Me too, my friends. My lady and my friends band, Collapsing Opposites are preparing for a weekend in lovely Nanaimo. Ahhh, the memories. The historical landmarks. Angels Acres. The Cambie Hotel ... !! But for me, the highlight playing in Nanaimo was a house show we played with our friends Hot Loins [more...]
Date: 2008-09-12 17:05:16
Presevationists Rally Around Historic Farmhouse
It's not often that a historic preservation battle focuses on and old farmhouse ... plans to move the 139-year-old Mumford House, which was named for the school's original Dean of Agriculture. The house reportedly stands in the way of new landscaped plaza and bell tower.This "Model [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 01:47:00
ABC's General Election Plans Include Clinton Coverage
TVNewser has obtained the following memo from ABC News president David Westin ... . As we move into the next phase of this historic race for the presidency, I wanted to make you aware ... on the race for the White House. New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media [more...]
Date: 2008-06-12 17:15:09
1516 H street
In reply to Streetscape: 1924: While the Wilkins building is lost, the row house to the right, #1516, is still there, albeit with an altered ( ... plans to raze most of the historical buildings around Lafayette Square in order to replace them ... , one of the first examples of preservation focused on a historic district, not just a single building [more...]
Date: 2008-12-03 14:21:46
Obama must have a real bullet proof vest at all times if he really wants to take the US presidency
Story by Chief Editor Korir, africanpress@getmail.no Our fear should not be dismissed ... now is whether Obama will make entry into the White House before mad men or women plan to assassinate ... for president in a speech in Minnesota tonight — an historic achievement that for the first time will place [more...]
Date: 2008-06-07 13:31:37
Insane and Hussein
Stop press! Gerry Adams to attend the inauguration of the One on Tuesday in Washington. The Shinner press office employees put down their buckets of historical whitewash earlier ... 1 million people - made up of a mixture of east coast liberals, New York coffee house opinion [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 08:15:52
Mansion safe
There is growing confidence that the threat of demolition has been lifted from one of Newport’s finest Houses ... Council. Their LibDems coalition partners have shown some appreciation for the great Newport buildings ... . At my request a Historic Building Inspector from Cadw has now visited the property and a full internal [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 22:41:22
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
Fire in a Barn at Cambridge
This is a quotation from an “Account of Fires in Massachusetts” published by the Massachusetts Historical Society in 1838: Aug. 8, 1783 ... in privateers during the Revolutionary War. He made enough money to own several houses, including ... , shown above. There’s no longer a barn on the lot, but there is a late nineteenth-century carriage [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 14:02:00
Fall Carriage Rides through Colorful Charleston
Tour du Jour Selected Travel Post and Press Releases from our Tour and Attraction members. Here at Old South Carriage Co ... frisky - and so will you! Our one hour carriage tour covers about 25 blocks of the historic district. We operate from 9am until 5pm every day of the week. One each tour you will see houses, gardens [more...]
Date: 2008-09-24 22:37:44
Obama’s Hope for our Country
Welcome to Your New America Image by Stewf via Flickr On this historic day, ... , that explains why he chose to take them onthe campaign trail that led to a new, white house and a new ... to fill my heart and light up my day. And suddenly, all my big plans for myself didn’t seem [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 11:06:55
Bulletin from Wasilla
Here in Wasilla, the small Alaskan town where until two years ago Sarah Palin was mayor, ... as governor of Alaska, I told my teenage sons, ‘go to the ceremony, this is going to be historic.’” He admitted, however, that he was gobsmacked at the speed of her ascent to the race for the White House [more...]
Date: 2008-09-04 13:40:27
Crowds Disperse as Obama Arrives at White House
After President Obama and his family arrived at the White House late this afternoon, spectators along the inaugural parade route thinned out considerably, beginning the final exodus of a historic crowd that created massive backups in streets and subway stations [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 09:49:30
Cuba: After Ike
“it now appears that Havana and its many historic buildings will be spared from the worst of the storm that has brought devastating consequences to the island’s housing, agriculture and other [more...]
Date: 2008-09-10 12:42:27
Barrack Obama thanks OffPlanPropertyExchange
photo credit: ... their mortgages, let alone have enough money left over for houses. Our healthcare system is quick ... volunteers, but most of all, I want to thank offplanpropertyexchange for making this historic occasion [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 11:01:37
British play on Sikh religion showcased in Chandigarh
British play on Sikh religion showcased in Chandigarh Chandigarh, Jan 20 (IANS) ... . The production followed Guru Gobind Singh's historic journey from Talwandi Sabu to Nanded Sahib ... director Gaurav Sharma. 'We have seen many Indian production houses coming to Britian [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 08:45:47
Obama Book “Yes We Can” Sells Out 1st 55,000 Printing (Guest Voice)
What is the depth of the good-will generally facing President Elect Barack Obama? ... photos of Obama, Power House Book’s “Yes We Can” sold out its first 55,000 copy printing before ... or managed to capture a historic or emotional moment by recording that second just right, seeing [more...]
Date: 2009-01-04 22:53:09
Faux Marx
Faux Marx Laura of 11D says this quote is making the rounds of Wall Street ... , houses and technology, pushing them to take more and more expensive credits, until their debt becomes ... this is as a historic record. But it's quite something to wade through.) And third, because [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 18:43:29
Maybe If They Had Called Them The Malvinas Apartments, Things Would Be Different
From Marc Fisher in today’s Washington Post: Rather than embrace the addition of much-needed housing to the new downtown that Montgomery County ... has taken the first step toward declaring the Falkland Chase apartments a historic property that could not be demolished. The board’s final vote on the historic designation is set for next week. What’ [more...]
Date: 2008-06-05 20:55:30
The Social Media Presidency
Today, I subscribed to the White House blog. Yes, you read that right. I Tweeted today that my mind tends to drift to mundane realities during historic events. It’s a way of grounding the moment and making it real and relatable for myself. For me Jason Kottke’s post [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 05:12:40
Anti-War Groups Complain Obama "Hero Worship" Keeping Them From Openly Criticizing Cabinet Picks.....
Assploding irony..... Antiwar groups and other liberal activists are increasingly concerned at signs that Barack Obama's national security team ... as well as Rahm Emanuel, Obama's choice for White House chief of staff. He also said his group ... approach the subject delicately because of public euphoria over Obama's historic victory. "There's so much [more...]
Date: 2008-11-20 17:45:54
Florida Bed and Breakfasts - Without Breaking the Budget
by Jane Leisteiner Your New Year’s resolution to save money shouldn’t come at the expense of your travel plans ... House Inn should be on your list. A day at the beach is definitely in the cards here with complimentary ... in historic St. Augustine, has the perfect solution with the Cottage Suite. If you are enjoying a romantic [more...]
Date: 2008-12-11 16:25:54
Hope in the White House Tees
hope-white-house.jpg You may not have been able to get your hands on a ticket to Obama's historic inauguration taking place this Tuesday in D.C., but you can still show your support and sanguine [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 22:31:11
British play on Sikh religion showcased in Chandigarh
Chandigarh, Jan 20 (IANS) 'Guru Manyo Granth', ... Singh's historic journey from Talwandi Sabu to Nanded Sahib during 1705-08. 'We ... have seen many Indian production houses coming to Britian and performing there but this is probably [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 08:50:01
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