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 Last month they wanted a Mediterranean style home but it seemed very much outdated.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
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Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady Setting Up House?
Gisele Bundchen’s noviocito Tom Brady bought a house. A big, big house ... canyons - comes with plans for an 11,500-square-foot Mediterranean-style manse by award-winning ... . A house so big, it would make about three or so of your abuelito’s old world hacienda. New [more...]
Date: 2008-12-22 19:17:56
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
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
So I Went to Italy…
It was a honeymoon of sorts as it was where the Mister and I had wanted to go in June, but that was peak season and so expensive ... in October. So we went to Mexico then (Also off-season. I guess that’s our style.) and made plans ... and piled into a van. Ravello is a cliff town along the Mediterranean, so to get there, we had to drive [more...]
Date: 2008-10-28 20:38:08
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
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
Travel Tip Tuesday: Three Holiday Travel Tips
Cherrye molester, I wrote the following in my journal. photo credit: basykes I woke up this morning at 4:30 AM, prepared for my stint along the Amalfi Coast, packed a small day pack, threw on a hat and headed to the train station. “I don’t know how you do it,” my husband told me. “This would not be fun for me [more...]
Date: 2008-11-25 05:00:52
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
Daily Update: December 3, 2008
Today we honor Saint Francis Xavier, Priest (died 1552). Born into Spanish nobility, he studied and taught philosophy at the University of Paris, and planned a career as a professor. However, he was also a friend of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, who convinced him to use his talents to spread the Gospel [more...]
Date: 2008-12-04 05:44:02
Israel- Booby Trapped By Hamas and The U.N.!
Israel warns Gazans to get out of Dodge as the festivities are about to escalate. Why? Because, Iran, fearing the repercussions of an Hamas defeat, may have signalled they will continue to back Hamas instead of letting them sink and/or swim on their own. Picture regarding which way Iran is playing this is a bit uncertain at this point.( [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 14:56:00
Foisting the Jolly Roger
Continuing our series of guest authors from Vets for Freedom, we have a piece on piracy from one of VFF's founders Mark Seavey ... , and French champagne from the House of Heidsieck” can be enjoyed with each of your meals as you travel around the Mediterranean and Horn of Africa in the lap of luxury. And there is no additional [more...]
Date: 2008-10-07 18:01:10
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
Personal Development Posts
Want to increase your site’s search engine rankings and traffic? Click HERE to write a guest post for this blog. Britannica Blog presents We Need Better Teaching posted at Britannica Blog, saying, “Young teachers who stay just long enough to be discouraged and a big bulge of baby-boomer teachers starting to retire, [more...]
Date: 2008-11-17 03:01:58
Spanish Civil War: Beginnings and Colliding Forces
Women militia fightersThis Maoist analysis of the Spanish Civil War offers an important and scathing critique of the Communist International’s Popular Front strategy — where, after 1934, Communist Parties made the defense of bourgeois democracy (and strategic alliances with “anti-fascist” powers) the center of their political work [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 18:41:57
Top 10 and Mediterranean Diet
Diets to sell books / /p h3 style= You may want to go directly to the Mediterranean Diet Weight Loss Plan Health magazine has created a ... : a) They are not long-term oriented nutrition plans but temporary weight loss treatments. b) All of them could be inspired or enclosed in a lifelong diet called Mediterranean Diet, not included in [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 12:05:33
NIV / TNIV - The Minor Prophets
3 October, 2008 Hebrew, Logos Bible Software, Series, TNIV, Translation After a very long break (nearly a year), I’ve decided that I need to complete this series. What follows then, is a comparison of the Minor Prophets - Hosea through Malachi. Let’s take a look at the stats: Total Change from the NIV to the TNIV: 4.7% Hosea: 3.8% Joel: 3 [more...]
Date: 2008-10-03 21:05:24
Make-Believe Maverick
I know the article below is long and I didn't write it, but its frankly one of the most thorough and best written articles I've seen on John McCain's entire life. It takes a look at the maverick credentials of McCain, and the gaping holes in the myth that McCain is a real authentic, independent and presently sinless politician [more...]
Date: 2008-10-06 00:18:00
McCain's Record of Reckless Dishonesty
The Make-BelieveMaverick: LookingCloser at McCainBy Tim DickinsonRolling StoneOctober 16, 2008 - A Fort McNair, [more...]
Date: 2008-10-04 10:19:00
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
NEW ARRIVALS/RESTOCKS FOR FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5
NEW ARRIVALS AND RESTOCKS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5thanks for looking.as the year begins to wind down, the deluge of new titles intensifies… i know i say this A LOT, but there are SO MANY excellent releases in this week, it’s hard to know where to start. as so happens, the top picks is as good a place as any… check em out: [more...]
Date: 2008-12-05 15:05:00
COVERSATIONS WITH READERS!
CONVERSATIONS WITH READERS REFERENCE: THE DAJA VU ARTICLE -- A LOOK BACK TO SEE AHEAD! James R. Fisher, Jr. © December 10, 2008 “Our best conjectures as to the true spring of actions themselves are all we know from history. That Caesar was murdered by twenty-four conspirators, I doubt not, [more...]
Date: 2008-12-12 16:28:00
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
Clash in the Caucasus
Rolling Back The “Unipolar” World… For the past week, Dick Cheney has been traveling through the Caucasus trying to drum up support for punitive action against Russia for its role in the recent fighting in South Ossetia. The Vice President vowed that the Moscow’s action “will not go unanswered” [more...]
Date: 2008-09-11 11:44:25
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
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
Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen purchase price for Los Angeles dirt revealed in public records; QB and supermodel paid $11.75M for their 3.6-acre vacant lot in a guard-gated Brentwood neighborhood
Public records finally (after months and months!) have cleared on the purchase price that stud quarterback Tom Brady and supermodel Gisele Bundchen ... for an 11,500-square-foot Mediterranean-style mansion that had been prepared by award-winning architect ... by that assertion, since listing information plainly states that the plans for a house (which we [more...]
Date: 2008-12-14 13:26:09
Introduction to Romans
A History of Relations between the Jews and Rome The first Jewish settlers in Rome may have been ambassadors and their retinue, ... " with their native cult. 62 BC The Roman general Pompey conquered eastern Mediterranean and Palestine ... In the civil war that began in 49 BC., the Jews in Rome and throughout the Mediterranean world [more...]
Date: 2009-01-04 20:32:00
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
The day’s top political news: Gov. Paterson said to be "certain" to pick Caroline Kennedy to replace Hillary Rodham Clinton in the US Senate. Such conclusions are based on the view that Paterson, after nearly two months of indecision, would "greatly embarrass" and "entirely humiliate" Kennedy, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 15:50:09
Clash in the Caucasus: Rolling Back The “Unipolar” World By Mike Whitney
Dandelion Salad By Mike Whitney 09/10/08 “ICH” For the past week, Dick Cheney has been traveling through the Caucasus trying to drum up support for punitive action against Russia for its role in the recent fighting in South Ossetia. The Vice President vowed that the Moscow’s action “will not go unanswered” [more...]
Date: 2008-09-10 23:14:21
An Affordable Shortcut To Designing Your Dream Home
You have likely been making mental notes for years ... plans from which a builder can work: 1.Hire an architect 2.Make alterations to an existing house plan ... does not come cheap. An economical compromise is to modify existing new house plans [more...]
Date: 2008-12-07 20:19:17
Energy and Power in the Northern Cyprus
Dear Energy Professional, Dear Colleagues,Your writer was in Northern Cyprus on sacrifice holiday. He stayed in Guest House of Middle East Technical University (METU) Northern Cyprus Campus ... for peak loads. Northern Cyprus Electricity Generating Public Company KIBTEK has further plans [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 17:51:00
NEW ARRIVALS/RESTOCKS FOR FRIDAY, JANUARY 9
NEW ARRIVALS AND RESTOCKS FRIDAY, JANUARY 9thanks for looking.ahhh, january! winter is creeping in for real now… it’s cold, windy, grey and wet (and fwiw, the 2009 farmers almanac sez we’re in for a wet one this year)… what better time to catch up on some old favorites (or possible future favorites)? grab some food and drink ( [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 14:30:00
The Wikipedia list of never built Disney Attractions, Theme Parks, Resorts, and more...
You all know the great Wikipedia web site, right? Well, last week i had a big surprise when i found this "List of never built Disney attractions" page ! I don't know who had the good idea to do this list, but it's pretty well done, and there is even some projects i've never heard about before! [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 18:36:00
Mumbai - Only The Beginning! It's the Two C's!
A ring of truth? Yes, an overstatement to make a valid point. Also, an article pointing out the true villain is Congress and the inane laws which have helped cripple a once proud and leading industry as politicians used it to build and pay off constituents [more...]
Date: 2008-12-02 14:12:00
Big plans for lakeside hotel and 2nd golf course at Desert Springs, Almeria
Plans for a big new investment, announced in September, will mean a wider choice of holidays on offer at Desert Springs, ... in the Almanzora region of Almeria in south-east Spain. PUBLICITY Beach House Hotel plans ... The Beach House @ Desert Springs – we will extend the choice and style of resort accommodation [more...]
Date: 2008-10-02 16:00:19
Today in Palestine! ~ Headlines January 03, 2008 ~
Mosque shelled in Beit Lahiya Saturday; at least 14 killed, dozens injuredIsrael intensified its ground, air and naval attacks on different parts of Gaza on Saturday, killing some 30 Palestinians and injuring dozens of others. After an airstrike that targeted a local mosque in Beit Lahia in northern Gaza , [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 20:54:00
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler, chief of the Gestapo, the German secret police, poses in his military uniform in 1938.GestapoThe gestapo (contraction of Geheime Staatspolizei: "Secret State Police") was the official secret police of Nazi Germany. Under the overall administration of the Schutzstaffel (SS), it was administered by the Reichssicherheitshauptamt ( [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 06:16:00
“Ranch homes” - their history and distinguishing characteristics
ranch-house-3 Is my house a ranch house? A colonial? A colonial-ranch? A year into the blog, I’m pretty sure in understanding that my own house is a mix…but this holiday ... . But not all one-story houses are ranch homes. Ranch-style, ranch bungalow, ranchette, rambler, California [more...]
Date: 2008-12-28 08:00:57
Sunday Real Estate Round-Up. 09/21/08
Filed under: Estates, Celebrity Shopping From the LA Times Hot Properties: ... their house in the Hollywood Hills at $7,395,000. We first saw this home back in 2006 ... Jason Kendall has listed a house he owns in Manhattan Beach at $7.3 million. The listing is here [more...]
Date: 2008-09-21 09:05:00
Caprock Analytics Stock Ratings for Selected Stocks
Caprock Analytics highlights selected stocks from the over 4,000 stocks tracked and analyzed by Caprock Analytics. These stock selections include a recent Caprock Analytics Strength metric and a brief description of the company. Note that stocks with negative strength ratings indicate a degree of weakness that has been detected [more...]
Date: 2008-12-26 19:06:23
.A crowded Consumer Fair.
.A crowded Consumer Fair. Saturday, 10 January 2009 @ 8:23 MTSA special promo *click to enter website* 19,000 and counting That’s the number of visitors that have visited the 3rd Consumer Fair in the first and second day. We have two more days left so it will be interesting to see the numbers for this one on Sunday [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 00:23:09
Cheney in the Caucasus
Cheney in the Caucasus 12 09 2008 Cheney in the Caucasus By MIKE WHITNEY For the past week, Dick Cheney has been traveling through the Caucasus trying to drum up support for punitive action against Russia for its role in the recent fighting in South Ossetia. The Vice President vowed that the Moscow’s action “will not go unanswered” [more...]
Date: 2008-09-11 20:04:40
Argentine Crisis, Big U.S. Dollar Rally, Insider Failure, Dividends to Fall, and More!
by Addison Wiggin & Ian Mathias The ghost of America’s future visits Argentina… markets crash, ... . As if on cue, Yahoo! announced plans to slash 10% of its work force yesterday, about 1,500 [more...]
Date: 2008-10-22 17:14:06
Maison De La Lumiere in Bologna, Italy
Maison De La Lumiere in Bologna, Italy December 08th, 2008 | Category: Furniture Whole Italy is filled with a stunningly beautiful old Mediterranean architectural style, but not the house you’re about to see. Designed by architect Duilio Damilano, Maison [more...]
Date: 2008-12-08 10:05:25
Largest Cruise Ships
How ever will massive cruise ships of the future compete with largest cruise ships of the present? ... ! Royal Caribbean International is currently home of the world’s largest cruise ship and it plans to top ... as well as repositioning cruises and Transatlantic cruises. Royal Caribbean plans to introduce [more...]
Date: 2008-12-09 17:00:57
DrumBeat: October 27, 2008
At Asian food market, a sign of lost confidence Empty rice shelves encase a fear that has transcended American culture, ... , plans to exchange rice for oil from Iran, its commerce minister said on October 27. "Our senior [more...]
Date: 2008-10-27 13:30:05
Headlines for 10-01-08 - 12-28-08
I'm back in the ring to take another swing. A Stand For JusticeIsrael troops kill 14yo near settlementIsrael 'using food and medicines as weapons' Israel is collectively punishing innocent civilians by withholding and controlling food and medicine to Gaza, says Christian Aid [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 06:12:00
Molly Sims' House of Style
SELLER: Molly SimsLOCATION: Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, CAPRICE: $2,999,000SIZE: 3,043 square feet, 3 bedrooms, 3 ... model and boob-toob ack-tress Molly Sims has put her 1930s Spanish style casa in the hills above ... plunked down $1,425,000 for her 3,043 square foot house on Hollywood Boulevard in November of 2003, which [more...]
Date: 2008-08-04 12:33:00
Merge with Saudi Arabia - They Own and Owe Us!
Power from 'Wind Farms' apparently a lot of hot air. The key is nuclear but Obama is opposed to nuclear ... . In fact, many oil companies are shelving plans to explore and refiners are going to be cutting back [more...]
Date: 2008-12-20 22:43:00
