house planning

As an Architecture student, I had a whole collection of architectural magazines and books that I find very inspiring in my studies ... that you need in finding the perfect plan of that dream home whether it is an American, Mediterranean ... when it comes to form and function.  You won’t be paying more for an architectural drawing plan since [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 22:25:12

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Renovation

My parents have been planning for the best Home Plans for almost six months now ... . Meanwhile my father wants a stone and brick style house with pleated roof, he wants a French type house. Last month they wanted a Mediterranean style home but it seemed very much outdated. They want [more...]

Date: 2008-12-25 08:17:45

Live Blogging from the 2009 Edmonton Housing Forecast Seminar

Sheldon, Nathan, Derek, Lisa and I (and over 800 other people) ... roofs, open floor plans, geometric shapes) and Mediterranean (stucco, tile roofs, grand entries ... , Chair of the Home Builders Association talked about trends in home design: The three hottest styles [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 22:55:00

Seffner: Sagamore Trace-Ashton Woods Homes

ONLY A FEW HOMESITES LEFT!! FROM THE 180’s! Beautiful rolling landscapes, surrounded by trees, ... you a variety of home styles & floor plans to choose from. Whether your style is the beautiful Craftsman, casual elegance of the Mediterranean, or somewhere in between, AWH can help you create the home [more...]

Date: 2008-11-15 23:39:54

it's a good day

Some of you may remember a while back me going off on the city approving the demolition of a house that had seen better days ... the typical Mediterranean style home commonly found in the newer developments on the outer fringes ... funny. I wonder if they even tried? The curious can check out the thwarted plans here.What follows [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 20:40:00

Armani Plans First Beach Residences

Filed under: Real Estate DevelopmentsArmani's next design project has been revealed. Emaar Properties is working with Armani S.p ... the Mediterranean. Each unit will have a private pool and common amenities include a boardwalk lounge, health club ... by Armani and the homes will feature an exclusive range of Armani/Casa home furnishings. Read [more...]

Date: 2008-08-31 08:02:00

Whither to go?

We’ve gotten really predictable these days. A nice, if crisp, sunny day means that we take Kimmy to her favorite playground, while Becky stays home to prepare herself for her next outing with her friends. Very little ... is that we have no firm travel plans for the foreseeable future. Recession, uncertainty, you know. Kimmy came [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 15:55:21

News and Views

Expert Predictions: Stock Market Could be Good in 2009USA TodayNEW YORK — Stock market forecasts tend to be sunny, and 2009 is no exception. Wall Street gurus are again predicting gains. But this year's bullish market call comes with an asterisk.Wary stock strategists, unsure how the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression will play out, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 13:43:00

DrumBeat: September 12, 2008

Kazakh Oil: A War of Nerves - Russian brinkmanship could imperil the flow of oil and money across the Caspian to Europe ASTANA - On the scorching, ... and export more through that route. The plans for the corridor, though, were drawn before Russia's ... the Georgia events will cause transportation problems. But already Kazakhstan has canceled plans [more...]

Date: 2008-09-12 13:05:16

Landmarks of Religious Rome: Michelangelo's Dome... and Moroni's Trumpet

After years of warming relations with the Catholic world, albeit punctuated by the occasional doctrinal spat, ... in the Pope's backyard, revealing its plans to build a temple in Rome. Announced this morning by church ... a temple following its dedication. On their Utah home-turf, the LDS have a long history of faithful [more...]

Date: 2008-10-05 06:23:34

Examples Of Hate Speech

1. "There is a huge gap between us (Jews) and our enemies �*not just in ability but in morality, culture, sanctity of life, and conscience. They are our neighbors here, but it seems as if at a distance of a few hundred meters away, there are people who do not belong to our continent, to our world, but actually belong to a different galaxy [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 20:07:36

UN Demands $1-Billion for Israeli Damage During Lebanon War

... ) The chickens are finally coming home to roost.  After a failed war that ended up killing 1,000 ... of a southern Beirut power plant, which the Lebanese said had caused “an ecological disaster.” According [more...]

Date: 2008-09-08 07:24:28

gaza graffiti on wall outside my old apartment in hamrai keep thinking about safa joudeh. the last two days since i read and blogged her words from electornic intifada:We have fled for too long, Gaza is our last refuge and our home after we were displaced from what is now called Israel. All this happened 60 years ago. What more could they want? [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 15:28:14

Top 10 Ways to Save Money in a Recession

Times are tough, money's tight, and nobody should be spending more than they need ... . For a weekend kick, you can make your favorite chain restaurant recipe at home. Stay away from the high-fat cruft on dollar menus and switch to a cheaper, healthier Mediterranean diet or these twenty [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 17:00:00

The Investment Gods Are Angry

The Working Capital Model (WCM) is an historically new methodology, but with roots deeply imbedded in the building blocks of capitalism, ... to people or countries around the Mediterranean. The sole purpose of the exercise was profit ... . The excess cash needed a home, and a wide variety of early entrepreneurial types were quick [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 23:53:10

The Investment Gods Are Angry

The Working Capital Model (WCM) is an historically new methodology, but with roots deeply imbedded in the building blocks of capitalism, ... to people or countries around the Mediterranean. The sole purpose of the exercise was profit ... . The excess cash needed a home, and a wide variety of early entrepreneurial types were quick [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 00:03:08

Of War, and Tent Hospitals

Via Andrew Sullivan, I came across this snippet from Jeffrey Goldberg: I saw Sally Quinn, an adjunct member of my Torah study group, last night, and she had a smart idea: Why not erect a massive tent hospital in Sderot, staff it with Israeli army doctors, and treat the Palestinian wounded there? [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 16:18:20

Unusually Large U.S. Weapons Shipment to Israel

Michel Chossudovsky, GlobalResearch.ca January 16, 2009 A very large delivery of US weaponry to Israel consisting of 3,000 tons of “ammunition” is scheduled to sail to Israel. The size and nature of the shipments are described as “unusual”: “Shipping 3,000-odd tons of ammunition in one go is a lot,” one broker said, on condition of anonymity [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 21:28:02

“How long before they are wearing Manchester United shirts on the moon?”

Comment & analysis round-up Quote of the day: “Robinho is a great player, who plays in one of the best teams in the world – Real Madrid – and in the national team of Brazil. It’s the time for speculation. It’s the time for agents to put one story here, one there. They change this and that. But he’s a very good player.” – Luiz Felipe Scolari [more...]

Date: 2008-07-25 07:24:56

Pro Tennis Players’ Houses — Roddick, Evert, McEnroe, Agassi, Graf, Wilander, Nagelsen McCormack, Seles

If you’re a tennis fan, you relish the thwack-thwack sound of the ball as it is pulverized across the net as one of tennis’ Grand Slams, the U.S ... Andre, Steffi Graf purchased this 3,010 sq ft Mediterranean-style home on Hibiscus Island, a small ... d like to serve up (pun intended) a few homes you might enjoy. Andy Roddick’s house 4104 Shimmering [more...]

Date: 2008-09-04 19:42:26

Noodles Chill Out

Noodles Chill Out Lots of Asian restaurants in the Bay Area offer cold noodle dishes, and most can also be made at home. Learn how! ... American/Latin (13) Southwestern (3) Spanish (19) Steak House (24) Sushi (57) Tapas (11) Teahouse ... ; Phan's plans Food takes backseat to MarketBar's locale California's blue-ribbon cheeses [more...]

Date: 2008-07-23 15:29:14

St. Paul’s School grad finds NBA fervor imperfect but strong in Fes, Morocco

... her in Fes, carrying little more than vague plans to teach English. When we arrived in September, the first Fulbrighter we met was Ryan Farha, a Gilman graduate. Almost 4,000 miles from home, Charm [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 03:38:52

429: Free Princess Cruises Balcony Upgrades from Ecruising

Issue 429 | 15 January 2009 Hi Cruisers, One of our POSH Club members, ... of model. It is 2.14 m long and was built using plans obtained in Italy, (whilst on a cruise ... . We've included transfers, one-way flight home with Qantas, 2 nights at the Empire Hotel which [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 11:47:00

DrumBeat: September 5, 2008

U.S. highway fund crushed by cutback in driving NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- An unprecedented decline in driving will deplete the federal Highway Trust Fund by the end of September prompting the government to ask Congress for an $8 billion emergency infusion Friday. Gasoline sales are crucial to maintaining the nation's highway infrastructure [more...]

Date: 2008-09-05 14:22:45

Top 10 Ways to Save Money in a Recession [Lifehacker Top 10]

Times are tough, money's tight, and nobody should be spending more than they need ... . For a weekend kick, you can make your favorite chain restaurant recipe at home. Stay away from the high-fat cruft on dollar menus and switch to a cheaper, healthier Mediterranean diet or these twenty [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 17:00:00

Would Russia’s Med presence support Hizbollah and Syria in a conflict?

The biggest strategic threat to Israel are Russian anti aircraft missiles. It is Israel’s air superiority that insures it’s battles ... initially around Syria’s Mediterranean ports where Moscow is building naval bases. DEBKAfiles ... as he flew home, the foreign ministry spokesman [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 15:13:40

My Marrakech trips

Why hello all my faithful readers, My, my, how close to the end we are. So as I mentioned at the very end of my last installment I went to Morocco. Morocco is the first truly different place I’ve traveled to. It’s considered a developing country. It’s not westernized. Religion and the state are not separate [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 21:40:00

Tiny Island

A brief series on my recent Mediterranean trip. Part two: Nisyros. The woman at the information desk scrawled a pair of Greek words onto a post-it and handed it through the window to us. "Give this to the cab driver" she said. We were in the airport on the island of Kos and we were armed with our ever-present backpacks and a notion, [more...]

Date: 2008-09-22 01:00:48

DrumBeat: October 8, 2008

Oil prices: Buckle up for a wild ride Outlook for crude depends largely on the health of the global economy. Analyst predictions range from a fall to $50 or a surge to $150 a barrel. NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Expect nothing but volatility for oil prices over the next year or two - with the fate of the global economy largely dictating whether [more...]

Date: 2008-10-08 13:29:59

Homeless + Conceptual Art = Reichtum 2

January 1, 2009 in Aesthetics, Architecture | Tags: Architecture, Berlin, Haus Schöneweide, Miriam Kilali, ... and strip lighting that previously defined the face of the three-storey house. The overall effect is of a chic boutique hotel with Mediterranean undertones that would not be out of place in a trendy [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 06:15:36

You don't know me

Rezko and Odinga are important persons in their own right, but it is their connection to Barack Obama that has the press interested. First, Kenyan PM Raila Odinga is not going to meet with Obama when he visits the US. "Mr Odinga has said he is a cousin of Mr Obama’s, although the senator’s representatives deny that the two men are related [more...]

Date: 2008-06-16 18:58:00

Diet Cookbooks: What's Left After the Fad Passes?

We'll admit to having an occasional weakness for fad diet cookbooks, ... sources for recipes and tips, even if we're not following their eating plans. My first diet cookbook ... for me. Eating nothing but fruit before noon was fine when I was making my own schedule and working from home [more...]

Date: 2008-10-04 15:10:00

More Celebrity Listings: Sutherland, Sedaris, and Knoxville

Is it just me, or are there a ton of celebrity real estate transactions going on lately? This week, we’ve got more celebrity comings and goings: [ ... , L.A. In the Silver Lake area of L.A., 24 actor Keifer Sutherland’s home is on the market for $4,895,000 — ... -chic loft and a downstairs recording studio. Hmm … did Sutherland have plans for a recording [more...]

Date: 2008-07-29 00:54:13

UN to Demand $1-Billion for Israeli Damage During Lebanon War

... ) The chickens are finally coming home to roost.  After a failed war that ended up killing 1,000 ... is for the damage caused to the Lebanese coast due to an oil spill following an Israeli bombing of a southern [more...]

Date: 2008-09-11 05:07:47

What Remodeling is Likely to Show a Profit on Sale?

My general rule of thumb is "Remodel for your own enjoyment. If you're lucky, you'll get some of your money back when your sell." The remodeling industry has made a very large amount of money seducing people into believing they will recoup their investment, or more than their investment [more...]

Date: 2008-06-25 13:44:07

The Latest Jonathan Keats Emanation

For Immediate Release Contact: jonathon_keats@yahoo.com BERKELEY ERECTS FIRST TEMPLE FOR WORSHIP OF SCIENCE New "Atheon" Builds on Latest Cosmology from NASA... Project Conceived by Artist Jonathon Keats to Debut at Judah L. Magnes Museum With Co-Sponsorship from the University of California September 5, [more...]

Date: 2008-09-11 13:35:31

The Age of Scarcity

Civilian Death Toll Rises After Second Day of Air Strikesby Hazem Balousha in Gaza City, Rory McCarthy in Jerusalem - The Guardian (UK)Death toll moves above 300. Calls for investigation after seven students at UN college die in missile attacksTo the doctors at the Shifa hospital in Gaza City it was another body on a chaotically busy day [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 13:07:00

Looking for an Effective Diet Plan?

Many folks need to drop some weight, and lots of them are forever searching for diet plans that are effective. It’s not really hard to find weight loss plans that are effective, but finding a program ... after returning home from work outs, those 1000 calories won’t be sufficient to satisfy. First it’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 17:16:06

Who Goes There?

Out, damned spot! out, I say! One; two: why, then, ’tis time to do ’t. Hell is murky! Fie, my lord, fie! a soldier, and afeard? What need we fear who knows it, when none can call our power to account? Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him? [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 09:58:00

10 Stories That Defined Broadband in 2008

With every tick of the clock, 2008 is taking its final steps toward 2009, when the year starts afresh ... went out in the Mediterranean Sea, and then two more went on the blink in February. Towards the end ... brought home the fact that the Internet is really a network where many parties agree to interconnect [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 05:00:48

VP Debate Joe Biden vs Sarah Palin

I betcha! you will have something to say about the debate wink* Who do you think win the debate? Do you think they might need linear motion? ... . Palin. The House of Representatives this week passed a bill, a big bailout bill -- or didn't pass it, I should say. The Senate decided to pass it, and the House is wrestling with it still tonight [more...]

Date: 2008-10-03 04:51:42

GAZA STRIP 2009 = WARSAW GHETTO 1942…as Zionist tanks bear down on refugee camps, the world demands that Israel and America stop the slaughter of the innocents

from the WORLD SOCIALIST WEB SITE: Ground assault sparks worldwide protests Civilian casualties mount as Israeli army slices through Gaza By Chris Marsden 5 January 2009 Israel is engaged in direct conflict with Hamas fighters in the Gaza Strip, after its long-expected ground invasion began Saturday [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 09:21:29

My Trip to India

Hey everybody! I returned from India on January 12th at around Noon, ... to have my health back. Although my previous post was titled “On Vacation in India”, my trip turned out to be FAR from a vacation. The trip was extremely hectic, and we crammed a ton of different [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 01:54:57

Heroes of the Generational Freedom Movement, Part 1: General George S. Patton

The Life and Murder of One Honorable Son of a Bitch Background George Smith Patton, Jr. was born November 11th, 1885 in San Gabriel, California. George was interested in military history from an early age, and pretty much always planned on being a military hero like his father’s friend, John Mosby, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 00:18:50

From Baku to Russian-Occupied Georgia

“Russia can have at its borders only enemies or vassals.” – George F. Kennan, United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union “You must draw a white-hot iron over this Georgian land!…You will have to break the wings of this Georgia! Let the blood of the petit bourgeois [more...]

Date: 2008-09-10 08:22:34

Notes On Weight Loss Diet Meals & Weight Loss Diet Foods

Lots of people need to teen weight loss tips, and lots of people are always on the look out for diets that work ... , particularly after returning home from work outs, those 1000 calories won’t be enough to satisfy ... to realize that for vegetarian weight loss plans it’s best to change lifestyle, including healthier [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 10:05:41

Drill Bits: Exxon, Noble Tout New Oil and Gas Finds

Russell Gold reports: While the world’s attention has been focused for the past few days on Washington D.C. and Barack Obama’s plans to reinvent the energy mix, old energy hasn’t stopped working ... —and for Exxon investors the world over. An Exxon home run here could help the stock – and help [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 14:25:00

Tourism > City Guide > Balıkesir

Area: 14.292 km²Population: 1.076.347 (2000)Traffic Code: 10Balıkesir has shores that clean sea water reach's the sanded beaches, and those shores surrounded by green olive trees. Ayvalık, Burhaniye, Ören, Edremit, Akçay and Altınoluk are attractive holiday place for whom want to rest in enjoyable environment or whom interested by archeological [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 09:06:00

In The Company Of Vampires

I watched a bit of HBO's "True Blood" today, and between that and getting a copy of the new paperback "First Blood" (thanks, Meljean!) I'm in a bloodsucking mood. This is a chapter from a vampire novel I wrote in 2005, known by many names -- "Vamptopia," "Hex In The City," "Fools and Vampires," and, when I'm just feeling sorta punchy, " [more...]

Date: 2008-09-22 10:18:00

Prayer Update from ISRAEL (DEC 29, 2008)

December 30, 2008 Nine days ago the so-called ‘cease fire’ between Hamas and Israel came to an end ... immediate. Our government has been accused at home of cowardice and indecision.  But it has in fact been gathering intelligence and making plans. Two days ago those plans went into affect [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 05:13:48

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