Sell your green home

We now understand enough about sustainable homes to know that they’re not just important for the conservation of the planet, ... . A year ago, eco-towns were at the forefront of the government’s plans to build more new homes and reduce ... properties. New research from the Energy Saving Trust reveals that energy efficient homes could [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 16:20:23

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Everhouse: A new plan for post-Katrina homes

John Sawyer’s vision for the next phase of Katrina recovery revolves around a simple home. Three years after hurricanes Katrina and Rita battered the Gulf Coast, housing remains a major problem in the region. There’s a shortage of skilled labor to build new homes, insurance rates have skyrocketed, [more...]

Date: 2008-10-23 15:36:54

More on Cheh’s Home Protests Bill

LL continues to follow up on Ward 3 Councilmember Mary Cheh’s plans to impose new restrictions on protests at private homes in the wake of alleged ... the legislation that Cheh plans to introduce next week, he raised some general concerns about restricting ... on any given issue being in front of someone’s house is very powerful.” For instance, he cited [more...]

Date: 2008-12-12 20:54:17

From A Buyer’s Perspective, The World Is Their Oyster

The Denver Post reports from Colorado. “While there are plenty of resale and foreclosure options out there, ... In response, the 50-year-old company, one of the nation’s largest homebuilders, is downsizing floor plans ... homebuilders are enticing buyers with brand-new smaller and less expensive homes. Floor-plan sizes [more...]

Date: 2008-11-16 17:33:07

One In Four Boomers Plans Move to New Home

One in four Baby Boom generation households (26%) expects a future move from their current home, with most reporting they will seek a single-level home that is more comfortable or convenient, according to a new survey conducted for AARP by Opinion Research Corporation Echoing past surveys [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 14:06:38

Mortgage rates: First-time buyers are missing out on low-cost deals

Nationalised bank Northern Rock announced today it was only passing on half of last week's interest rate cut to its variable rate mortgage ... nationalised last year, is yet to announce its plans. A flurry of new low-cost home loans ... % of a property's asking price still face rates of more than 7%. Abbey's new range of cheaper home loans includes [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 15:18:17

Creating a Life Plan

I have met very few people who have a plan for their lives. Most are passive spectators, watching their lives unfold a day at a time. They may plan their careers, the building of a new home, or even a vacation. But it never occurs to them to plan their life. As a result, many end up discouraged and disillusioned, wondering where they went wrong [more...]

Date: 2008-06-30 02:23:36

No Phone Home

According to a newly released report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, ... Remember T-Mobile's HotSpot @Home Talk Forever plan? It was introduced back in February and now it...New ... for Home Arriving Next Year?What do you think about an iPhone for your home? Would you actually use [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 01:39:23

An Investment in the Future of Noe Valley

Click the image above to view the full photogallery. As it currently stands, 469 Clipper St. is probably the house that all the neighbors hate ... plans for a new home, designed by ZAK Architecture. Actually, if the 3,500 sq ft renovation is built as designed, the neighbors will probably start fuming about the "ugly modern thing" that's ruined [more...]

Date: 2008-11-14 21:32:10

Monday

Not much action today but we went out as usual. The husband opted to work at home so after work, we went out and had dinner at the mall ... , maybe Santa will give me my dream computer this year! We’ll see..I wanted a new bag(again ... who are planning a party at their homes come holiday! Ok, gotta have to post another entry and I’m off to bed;) [more...]

Date: 2008-11-17 13:24:41

Donald Trump house sold in Palm Beach Florida for record $100 million

Cue ABBA because real estate mogul Donald Trump is about to pocket a whole lot more money, money, money ... Beach, Fla., mansion. He originally paid $41 million for the property four years ago and hired ... has no immediate plans to live in his new home. In fact, he may tear it all down to subdivide the land. [more...]

Date: 2008-06-20 18:03:49

Medical Emergency Keeps Aerosmith At Home

With plans to begin the new year by performing for fans in Venezuela, Aerosmith has been forced to cancel their trip and remain home while guitarist Joe Perry undergoes emergency knee surgery. The group had been scheduled to take part in the three-day Solid Fest music [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 15:27:00

Sherry Chris To Be Keynote Speaker at Unchained Orlando Online Marketing Conference

I’m tickled pink with this announcement.  Sherry Chris, ... that embodies the future of the real estate industry while grounded in the tradition of the home,” said ... . Chris plans to develop a new media-rich Web site that will provide engaging and interactive content [more...]

Date: 2008-10-29 01:18:27

Daily Sprout

Pickens Plan, Redux: T. Boone says “the wind stuff is deader than hell right now,” but promises to push on with his plan to reduce U.S ... parks at home. — New York Times Chu on the Issues: Soon-to-be energy secretary Steven Chu [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 19:00:32

Roasted Asparagus with Raspberry Sauce

asparagus-rasp The Obama family is settling into their new home tonight, the big one at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW ... . But one thing that I loved to hear was that Michelle Obama said that she plans to make sure her daughters are still making their own beds in their new home. Another heartwarming tidbit: Michelle’s mom [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 05:42:26

Shrinking Floorplans Meet Energy Costs and Buyers Budgets

Home-sold Builders are seeing less opportunity in building large homes and are retooling their floorplans to take this into account ... to afford the oversized home makes less sense. Add into the equation potential inflation and the high ... $300,000. Now, the builder is shrinking floor plans again. It recently launched a new line of homes [more...]

Date: 2008-10-21 12:00:23

Sunday Farm Photo: Heat Cheat

Firewood Blocks: A Busy Farmgirl's New Best Friend Both The Shack and the new building ( ... old home. The new building, on the other hand, has the opposite problem—we bought a massive wood ... like a perfect plan to me—stay warm and yet still have plenty of fresh air. Kind of like when I used [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 20:23:38

An Interview With Tate Forcier

An Interview With Tate Forcier By TomVH — January 7th, 2009 at 5:50 PM — 35 comments Filed under: ... started, it’s kind of hard because it’s different from San Diego. This is my new home, a new ... today, and we spoke about what the future holds, and how he plans on getting himself, and the team [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 21:50:25

1/19/09: ESPN Changing Up MLS Format, Expect Teams With Exciting Atmospheres To Get More ESPN 2 Games Next Year

ESPN 2 and MLS would be better off to include more games with the atmosphere on the left and none or as little as possible home games( ... , Colorado, New York, etc. until they improve their home atmosphere.According to the Sports Business ... ) and Fridays (three times).ESPN plans to program matches after college football, NIT basketball [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 23:09:00

Save the CEOs

by Rich Herschlag This is Clark. Last year, Clark bought a 12,000 square foot waterfront villa in Boca Raton and a 7, ... his fleet of Barchettas up for sale. Plans for a new heliport at his home in Key West are on hold. News [more...]

Date: 2008-10-17 21:06:23

Home Improvement Magazines and Stores are Good Design

by Cadell Derbing Whether you know a lot about homebuilding or just have some ideas of how you want your new home to look and function, ... to the layout and building plan in the design phase will ensure that you realize your dream of living ... . Some ideas in very high-end homes can be adapted to other price level building with little [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 19:53:00

LG, Netflix Team for Internet Video Streaming Televisions

LG and Netflix seem to feel confident enough in the desire for streaming movies to consumer devices in that they are now bringing the experience to other products for the home. The two announced today plans for Netflix-enabled “Broadband HDTVs.” These new LCD and plasma HDTVs will begin being available this spring. LG [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 19:30:28

Jan 19/09 What whacky things can I do in New York.

It’s almost twenty-four hours of Buster’s poo protest. He’s not happy with the winter and he just doesn’t want to do it ... s desperate and then get home out. I’m so excited now that my plans to see Kathy Griffin with my friend ... we are there. I haven’t been there for six years. For awhile New York was like my second home staying [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 16:08:37

CURIOUS INDEX, 7/9/08

Perhaps we should scale back our plans for a fifth home with custom space elevator ... to put the logo “U” on the field for ‘Canes games in their new home in Miami. No word whether stadium [more...]

Date: 2008-07-09 13:13:09

Shed complete a new home for Freud

Thanks to David from Shed Design for sending us these photos and info. From Shed Design: Interior Architecture & Design studio Shed was appointed to master plan ... . The new £2M HQ on nearby Newman St. provides modern, practical and creative workspaces. Visitors [more...]

Date: 2008-07-29 08:22:03

A 3G iPhone for 1 Euro?

Apple’s new 3G iPhone is receiving a lot of attention these days ... GPS and other bells and whistles, the iPhone version 2.0 is set to be a big seller both at home ... service plan. The plans available cost from $88-$146 monthly, and offer calls and Internet use [more...]

Date: 2008-06-22 05:27:39

Singapore carrot and stick: Financial Times

Singapore has signalled that it will adopt a carrot-and-stick approach in dealing with possible public unrest as the city-state enters what could be ... . The government also unveiled plans to crack down on acts of civil disobedience, with a new law expected ... , said Home Minister Wong Kan Seng. Police would be given pre-emptive powers to prevent [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 15:00:15

Cashing In On The Obama Stimulus Program

Here's an interesting website: Obamastimulusprogram.com Registered anonymously, the splashpage is particularly slick looking: ... relief to those in need and will be part of the recovery plan for America. However, Government Grants ... debt * provide mortgage assistance or prevent foreclosure * purchase a new home * start [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 12:26:46

Declining

Link: Household spending and investment in big-ticket items plummeted in October in the United States, as major world economies announced new plans to try to boost demand to fight a deepening economic ... to lower home loan mortgage rates and ensure households and small businesses have access to adequate [more...]

Date: 2008-11-26 19:31:16

Pureed Peas & Marx…..

Michelle Malkin’s site is awesome.. but there are times that I enjoy the comments more … The 0-5 plan. ... this mom is a home-schooling mom, her kids are spared! But for any new moms out there.. a “voluntary ... and their parents. Unlike other early childhood education plans, the Obama-Biden plan places key emphasis [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 03:16:40

Plant Plans

10:19 pm- permalink) Comments (14) 2009 New Home, Houston I know I have gone missing from the blogosphere for the past few months ... New Year! Posted by Indira©Copyrighted in Zen (Personal) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 03:19:05

Happy Inauguration Day!

Happy Inauguration Day! Hazel went to her infant massage class this morning that my doula, Lorryn is doing for a small group of friends, ... around from the month. We had grand plans to go out to see our friends in western Massachusetts for New ... out, had a double ear infection and four teeth coming through. So, instead we stayed home like most of New [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 19:48:46

MeetUp on the Mall: Say Hello to Your Fellow Americans

During the 2008 presidential race, it seemed like "community organizing" ... the National Mall tomorrow with a few new friends and some fresh plans to start creating change back home. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 19:40:18

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

MeetUp on the Mall: Say Hello to Your Fellow Americans

During the 2008 presidential race, it seemed like "community organizing" ... the National Mall tomorrow with a few new friends and some fresh plans to start creating change back home. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 19:40:26

Will Gustav Be Another Katrina?

NEW ORLEANS — Hurricane Gustav charged toward the largely deserted coast of Louisiana early Monday morning and seemed destined to make landfall west ... , who hit the road for Florida just a few months after he was able to return to his home in New ... a back seat to the storm, as the Republican Party scaled back its convention plans in deference [more...]

Date: 2008-09-01 09:47:11

L.A. Goes Enviro-MENTAL With Insider Dealings, Waste In Solar Plan

-By Warner Todd Huston Los Angeles, California has a new initiative underway called “Measure B” that would basically award a monopolistic, ... too expensive to install and maintain to be cost effective. A recent study claimed that, for home ... in L.A. The cost of the plan is “estimated” at 3.6 billion dollars, though as government waste proceeds [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 12:08:48

Green Business Wrap-up

We end this week looking expectantly to the start of what is hopefully a new beginning in government, green business, and sustainability ... recently returned home from too many years in the Windows wilderness) and I hope that Apple ... MTA Considering Green Metrocard Program The New York Metropolitan Authority has green plans [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 11:39:18

Getting Lost and Loving It

BACKPACKING PILIPINAS 7,107 Reasons to Explore *Second wave! Hear the stories of how some backpackers got lost and survived. Know how to plan and explore, where and when. Discover new ways of traveling around the country ... Walks Home Explorations and Intro to Lonely Planet’s Experimental Travel by Bert Bainto of YTRIP [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 00:50:13

A place to lay their heads

A Place to Sleep Once that new little baby comes home, they're going to need a place to sleep. If you plan on co-sleeping, I'm definitely not the one to talk to. While I can't say I'm against it, it does not and will not work for my family, so this advice comes from a mommy who likes having a crib! [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 11:00:02

Drink George Washington's Whiskey

By Debbie Schlussel Early last year, John Fund wrote a very interesting piece on George Washington's Distillery. It's been reconstructed near his Mount Vernon home, and Fund wrote about how Washington's ... . Rees says he plans to limit the new output of Washington's brew to a few commemorative bottles [more...]

Date: 2008-08-15 19:44:18

Boyle takes on Wright women

With his newest novel “The Women” set to come out Feb. 10, famed novelist T ... in Pleasantville on Usonia Road or the magnificent new cantilevered windowed home on an island in Lake Mahopac which was built based on plans Wright created for this exact Putnam County location [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 15:36:28

Taking Liberties

The Government is planning a massive new database which will collect and retain private information such as emails, ... facebook group has sprung up aiming to stop the plans with direct protest action. A simple (and harmless) little idea to ‘cc’ Jacqui Smith (Home Secretary) into all your emails for one day, swamping [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 13:46:43

Be a Blogger Series Finds a New Home: Introducing SideHustleBlogging.com

I’m excited to announce today’s launch of my new blog, Side Hustle Blogging! ... something relevant, but the topics won’t stop at simply writing for the web.  I plan to include posts ... me a comment and say hello, or just take a few minutes to peruse the articles there.  And don’t worry, I plan [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 11:00:25

McCain, Reagan and Greatness

Or consider his proposals for energy policy: My fellow Americans, when I’m president, ... on every front. We will produce more energy at home. We will drill new wells offshore, and we’ll drill ... the health of our planet. It’s an ambitious plan, but Americans are ambitious by nature, and we have faced [more...]

Date: 2008-09-10 18:40:03

More Affordable Than Intended

A report from Crain’s New York Business. “Fueled in large part by the number of homeowners who could not keep up with monthly payments on subprime ... , he jumped at the chance.” “Then, the same broker told him about a home in Yonkers. Again, he didn’ ... t afford one-and he plans to walk away from the three homes and get a fresh start, this time without [more...]

Date: 2008-08-18 14:00:12

Paramount’s Centennial Collection: Sunset Blvd. and Four Hepburn Flicks

Paramount Home Entertainment released their first wave of “Centennial Collection” DVD releases on November 11, ... history, Paramount Home Entertainment will launch of a new line of classics that were digitally ... . Does this mean they plan on releasing 100 titles by the year 2012 when the studio actually turns 100 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 06:18:09

In Fight For Energy Independence, Pickens Has New Weapon

WASHINGTON — Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens is adding a new wrinkle to his push for U.S ... programs at home remain severely underfunded," said Pickens, who plans to highlight the monthly figures on his Web site. Pickens met with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and several House and Senate [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 13:12:02

Planning Ahead

Another year has passed and almost all people are busy with their plans for this new year, ... from my job and look for small business opportunity at home where I can work and be with my family ... that in His given time all my plans will materialize. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 15:43:00

Homestead: Cali Greens at Keys Gate-S.K. Constructio

Occasionally, a new home project comes along that offers a traditional neighborhood feel in the midst of a rapidly growing community and on the edge ... Construction, Keys Gate’s premier builder, Cali Greens’ two-story townhomes include six different floor plans that can be personalized with hundreds of options. Builder incentives available. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 22:20:03

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