UN SECURITY COUNCIL ADJOURNS WITHOUT VOTE ON GAZA
BY PATRICK WORSNIP By Patrick Worsnip The United Nations Security Council met in emergency session on Wednesday to discuss the violence in Gaza, ... , opening of border crossings into Gaza and “restoration of calm in full.” It denounced “the excessive ... on Saturday to try to stamp out the Palestinian rocket fire, has rejected calls for an immediate [more...]
Date: 2009-01-01 03:55:21
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Trouble in paradise?
By Kate Sheppard Visiting the Everglades has become de rigueur for presidential candidates hoping to shore up environmental cred in Florida, ... legislation that included funding for Everglades restoration and urged colleagues to let Bush's veto ... billion Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) that Congress passed last year, and then passed again [more...]
Date: 2008-06-09 07:22:30
Spending the gas gold The Game and Fish Commission got a look today at the agency staff's ideas for spending the coming gas royalty riches ... and fields now in turf growing. Restoration of this for recreation use would solve a problem for Central Arkansas Water, currently being held up by a speculator to buy the land at an inflated price under [more...]
Date: 2008-09-17 23:46:44
MOTO W233 Phone Renew: Environmentally Responsible Design with Uncompromised Quality
We have talked about the new Motorola handsets just a few days ago but today is time to pay special attention to one particular cell phone ... from plastic derived from recycled water bottles. That means your future Renew phone will be entirely, 100 ... by investing in various renewable energy sources and restoration. After extensive product life-cycle [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 00:08:36
CytoSport Boosts Workout Benefits
Whether you’re a professional athlete or a weekend warrior, CytoSport provides high-quality nutritional supplements that help boost your strength, ... a comprehensive before, during and after nutritional plan for building mass. Using the powerful ... and CytoMax Recovery to ensure glycogen restoration and muscle recovery. Performance is the ultimate [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 15:15:02
Louisiana sees flooding
(CNN) — Louisiana — for once spared a direct hit by a Gulf Coast hurricane — still saw its share of damage Friday as areas still soaked from ... s Office of Coastal Protection and Restoration said. In Plaquemines Parish, hard-hit by Hurricane ... . Floodgates throughout New Orleans were closed and officials reported water levels rising in Lake [more...]
Date: 2008-09-12 19:55:33
Somebody torched the Governor's Mansion in the state of Texas
(((And they did a heck of a thorough job, apparently.))) (((Given that America's current President lived there for two terms, you have to wonder ... in a rented house in far West Austin since August, when an 18-month restoration project began ... destroyed the 152-year-old mansion. (((That's a pretty serious fire.))) No one was injured in the fire [more...]
Date: 2008-06-10 14:34:57
Green College Spotlight: Duke University
Since 2005, Duke University in Durham, North Carolina has had an official environmental policy that pledges commitment to environmental research ... buildings, green dining services, wetland restoration, green ‘conservation zones’, an ambitious recycling program and stringent water conservation efforts. Students, faculty and staff make an effort [more...]
Date: 2008-12-15 11:00:47
Scale Model Die Cast Toy Car Trade Shows and What To Buy - Becoming Popular
It is not difficult to find someone who enjoys scale model car shows, as they are a world wide phenomenon which take place more than once a year ... will be able to see these glamorous and historical vehicles. Car show origins can be traced to people ... in contests. It is often the very nature of the restoration abilities that is at the heart [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 16:22:43
Review: Dark Angels, by Karleen Koen
I was disappointed in this book. I had high expectations for it because I loved Through a Glass Darkly ... sister Minette arrives home from the French court for a visit after ten years away. Afterwards, Alice ... there's a sequel planned. As a novel about the Restoration period, I recommend Kathleen Windsor's [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 16:32:00
Hand me down
I kind of have a thing for Oriental rugs. I think it's the intricate, excessive patterns and the bold colors that appeal to me. I imagine just having a house full of them, in a multitude of styles and shades, someday ... a little restoration, I think - the fringe around the ends is all but completely gone - but it still [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 16:16:10
Hurricane Gustav made landfall yesterday southwest of New Orleans in the historically Cajun community of Cocodrie in coastal Terrebonne Parish. Gov. Bobby Jindal says he's received reports of widespread damage in Terrebonne as well as coastal ... comes close to the minimum estimate of $14 billion needed for truly sustainable restoration [more...]
Date: 2008-09-02 20:10:06
And is There Scientology Still for Tea?
Fifteen years ago I was walking around Manchester with a friend who had lived in California as a child ... the middle out of the city, beginning a period of restoration and building which is still a surprise ... that the peculiar people standing outside the building above, which has changed not one iota, as far [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 08:19:00
Central Planners, Big Mistakes
China has delayed its HUGE scheme to move water from Yangtze to the Yellow River ... about another ecological/economic disaster so soon after Three Gorges Dam. To understand the Chinese ... land and water. Then it needs to replace grandiose ego-projects with simple restoration [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 02:08:20
TECH: BACKUP, Backup, backup. Fail at your own peril!
http://cli.gs/7q2rBv Back Up Your Computer to Save Time and Money Saturday, 25th October 2008 (by J.D.) ... , you have to test the restoration. My story was entertaining. Since it was a test! If it’d had been “for real” ... they saw no reason why a test was absolutely necessary. So, I was called up on the carpet. (It was a very [more...]
Date: 2008-10-26 13:13:34
What the President Didn't Say
So I read the inaugural speech. It was the socialist screed I had expected, with a couple of particularly chilling items ... has a nice science website where we go to learn all things scientific. He brings home his science ... go on, but I just wanted to mention that when I read about the restoration of science [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 00:10:06
a kitchen intervention
This is the short story of what happens when a really bad kitchen happens to a really cool person. You might know my friend Anne Turner ( ... have it all at once... she had just moved into this new (old) house, she did some facelifts here ... Ground" Hardware: Restoration Hardware, Ephram 6" pulls Countertops: Black honed granite from Dupont [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 14:56:55
A project worthy of a new era’s PWA
First we let Seoul beat us to it when they removed a highway and daylighted the buried Cheongyecheong River. And now London has gotten into the game ... for stream daylighing at Lafayette Park includes a range of uses and activities.LA, we need the water ... a stream restoration program. Not a pilot project, not fake creeklike diversion landscape feature [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 19:07:10
Liberal Think Tanks, Majority Of Democratic Voters Condemn Israeli Self-Defense In Gaza
Nice to see that Alan Dershowitz's gamble - supporting and defending Obama's anti-Israel foreign policy team because it would make ... will be counterproductive and damage Israel's security in the long run. In their statements, they called for intervention by the United States and the international community to restore a cease-fire betwee [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 00:40:54
Senate Economic Stimulus Bill Includes New Science Funding
By Richard Jones at AIP One of the first actions the new 111th Congress will take in January is the passage of a massive economic stimulus bill ... has made it even more clear that we are facing an economic crisis of historic proportions,” and called ... for restoration of funds previously reallocated to meet return to flight activities.” U.S. [more...]
Date: 2008-11-25 20:58:50
It's My Thing Tuesday: What In The Heck Have I Been Doing All This Time?!
There are times when it feel like I am not accomplishing a single thing. I have nothing much to post and nothing at all to 'brag' about! ... yarn in Fire Brick.The next thing that I have been working on is something that I doubt too many of you will have an interest in - but it is fun for me! Thisis my first fountain pen restoration project [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 17:23:00
Salmon Protection in Sonoma County
THE WATER Institute web video, Your Salmon Creek, is available with some amazing underwater footage of habitat restoration and rehabilitation ... of the water in our waterways. Those watersheds that are forested offer a wide array of benefits. Healthy ... water, and improve the quality of our lives. Through the use of forests and forestry practices [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 15:19:50
What's in the stimulus bill
Here's the rundown on spending, courtesy of the House Appropriations Committee. My first take is that if you have spend $550 billion ( ... in renewable technology. · $16 billion to repair public housing and make key energy efficiency ... water, flood control, and environmental restoration investments; · $10 billion for transit [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 16:31:22
Restorative Resolutions for 2009 and Beyond
With a campaign tag line, CHANGE WE NEED, President-Elect Barack Obama and a large portion of the American population should have some rather ... ? Or do we just try to refinance our house one more time, to take advantage of the latest Red Tag Sale? Here’ ... our fossil fuel addition: Our fossil-fuel-based luxuries and lifestyle are coming at a dire cost [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 15:44:41
Nutrition Supplements for Performance and Rejuvenation
View 9 Min Video about Stem Enhance with Christian Drapeau What is StemEnhance® and why do you need it? ... antioxidants protect your cells from damage caused by “free radicals”. When circulating stem cells find ... part of the body that is in need of restoration. StemEnhance a natural botanical extract [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 18:15:37
Cal-a-Vie: French Romance in Southern California
Remember this house designed by Cote de Texas Top Designer #7 Gerrie Bremermann? The house is owned by Terri and John Havens, of New Orleans ... on a massive restoration and remodeling, turning the picturesque property into a French dream. California ... trek to France each year to collect furniture, construction materials and even buildings to bring [more...]
Date: 2008-10-11 07:30:00
Don’t Be a Grinch - Throw a Party
The economic climate this year is causing many companies to say Bah Humbug to the annual holiday party ( ... to impact companies and their employees – so much so that the number of parties has reached a historical ... with its A Night of Giving holiday party event. Three charities, City Harvest, New York Restoration [more...]
Date: 2008-12-05 10:30:23
Links for the Day (October 3rd, 2008)
1. "A Wordsmith Rallies to Reclaim ‘That Guy’": Times article from a few days ago about columnist and family friend Ed Lowe ... unable to speak, he is back home, living with his companion, Susan Hennings, in her cozy house here ... "Back By Midnight." This episode is dedicated entirely to The Godfather restoration, and features [more...]
Date: 2008-10-03 12:52:51
Crist’s Crosses: Is Everglades Deal Just a Pol’s Bid to Be Veep?
If ever someone personified the perils of the politics of energy, it’s Florida Gov. Charlie Crist. ... restoration deal by buying out U.S. Sugar that environmentalists call one of their biggest coups ... everything into question.” Of course, the Everglades restoration—which involves buying out almost [more...]
Date: 2008-06-25 15:28:39
Greens party for Obama
Environmentalists, who spent much of the past eight years shunned by - or shunning - the Bush administration, ... " built around development of clean and renewable energy and environmental restoration, among other ... . That more down-home shindig cost $500 a head, or $1000 for VIPs, and featured just one headliner music act [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 20:37:43
2008 Patriot Fund Report
Fellow Patriots,2008 proved to be a very challenging year both politically and economically ... advocacy for individual liberty, the restoration of constitutional limits on government ... all of our IT and creative needs in house. This was a bold but necessary step for a small company serving an ever [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 16:36:00
Flooded Basement?
Not here, not us, but we have friends who have an ongoing battle brewing in their basement ... fire and smoke restoration services, so it's a good site to bookmark. Hopefully you'll never need ... . Seems like every time it rains more than 5 minutes they have a flood! The worst thing isn't even [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 00:02:00
Tuesday Three Rivers Commercial-News
Facts concerning a proposed Fisher Lake sewer system were presented to a capacity crowd at Park Elementary Monday night ... system with the sewage processed at Three Rivers’ Clean Water Plant. The proposed sewer would cost ... procession consisting of a Belfor Property Restoration van and several school buses drove away from White [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 13:32:20
Links of the Day
Militants in Pakistan bomb 5 girls schools, kill soldier ~ linkIndian Army lacked ammo for war with Pakistan ~ linkRoyal Bank of Scotland loss a all-time record for a UK firm - shares in freefall ~ linkGeorgia and Abkhazia trade border fire ... ~ linkMarriage between two branches of Georgian Royal Family strengthens possible future Royal Restoration [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 16:35:00
Planned Australian Dam Poised For Failure?
Conservationists in Australia are claiming that the postponement of the proposed Traveston Crossing Dam is actually a sign that the dam will never ... has been the slew of environmental precautions and protections that Queensland Water Infrastructure ... , such as local trail enhancement and habitat restoration, QWI is indefinitely postponing the [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 01:35:43
Green Jobs Training: Asheville GO!
“My neighborhood’s crazy.” Waylon said, “there’s drugs, alcohol, violence, stolen motor vehicles, robbing, ... watermelon, Delario and Darius put away shovels they were using to build a green house. D, Waylon’s co ... , and ecosystem restoration. The first half of each day is dedicated to introductions and trainings [more...]
Date: 2008-11-20 22:24:19
Obama, McCain economic duel
by Jill Zuckman TOLEDO, Ohio--Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain battled long-distance over the economy Monday as Obama offered new proposals to ... himself as a fighter with a plan to restore the nation's finances to good health. In advance ... his plans to buy up bad mortgages and refinance them so home values don't plummet, allow retirees [more...]
Date: 2008-10-14 14:21:54
Sistani: SOFA Must ‘Win Support Of All Iraqis’
As I noted yesterday, the assent of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani was essential for the passage of the status of forces agreement, ... in a statement issued by his office in Najaf that the pact would only be viable if it secured the “restoration ... be accepted,” said al-Sistani, who called on lawmakers to “rise to their historic responsibi [more...]
Date: 2008-11-18 18:15:37
Nutrition Supplements for Performance and Rejuvenation
What is StemEnhance® and why do you need it? Stem Enhance® is a natural extract that helps the body maintain healthy stem cells ... to how antioxidants protect your cells from damage caused by “free radicals”. When circulating ... and to connective tissue or any part of the body that is in need of restoration. StemEnhance a natural botanical [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 18:07:39
Daily Dose: 12/18/08
» UCLA Releases New Research on Asian American Literature Abroad » Asian Americans Win Victory in Boston Ballot Battle » JP Morgan Sponsored Foreclosure Clinic Draws 250 Homeowners » Phase One of Angel Island Restoration Almost Complete » Book launch for Parent Barack: Filipinos in Obama’s America » Second Annual Locus at Kearny [more...]
Date: 2008-12-19 00:14:46
I'm Going to Tell You a Secret. Shhhhhhh.
My friend Julia from Hooked on Houses is hosting her first ever Hooked on Fridays party today! Here's what I'm hooked on this week ... . (Remind me to share that story with you sometime.) Maybe you've had the same problem.I take home ... words for you...Restoration HardwareDid you know that they sell paint in stores and online [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 00:42:00
Familiar Faces
Familiar Faces Jennifer Rubin - 11.19.2008 - 8:07 AM Okay, it is starting to be a little bit too much ... about change. Ah, it’s the same old crew. The proof will be in how they all perform, but I sympathize with those who thought they were buying something other than the Clinton Restoration. So Obama might [more...]
Date: 2008-11-19 13:07:00
UN chief calls Gaza situation 'heartbreaking'
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived Tuesday at the Gaza Strip in order to examine the results of the three-week ... and the moderate states. "Hamas must not gain any legitimacy from the restoration process ... in order to bury him. The brothers said that their house had been hit by a phosphorus shell fired [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 13:50:00
A timely wine.
Like many people in New Orleans, my husband and I are in the midst of home restoration. While this project is underway we (my husband, son and I) reside in the carriage-house-cum-pool-house on our lot. We are right ... into the carriage house. Tables were made of saw horses and old doors and it took us 7 tries before we found [more...]
Date: 2008-10-07 18:22:11
Sierra Highlights #9
My occasional daybook. Notable Events: Sean gets Monday off school and has his birthday coming up this week ... so I can do a quick restoration when I see dust or grime. We get a lot of dust in this house because ... and earnestly after the Old Testament reading: "Mom, it said that Samuel heard the Lord calling [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 03:22:00
Hey Barak, Don't Look Down!
Since he ws elected, and even before then, Barak Obama has come to represent a lot of things to a lot of people. He has become a living icon of the restoration of the United States we once admired. An icon ... the significance of having, at last, a black/mixed race/different looking president. It is a historic time [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 20:38:18
Crush Hamas and brave the backlash
CNN International’s coverage of the weekend’s fighting in Gaza concluded with a rush of images: mangled civilians writhing in the rubble, ... rocket fire. Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni went to Egypt and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert appeared on al ... guilty for disrupting the ceasefire and demand its immediate restoration. One wonders why Israel even [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 13:09:08
Scott Waterman
Scott Waterman is an artist, a talented decorative painter and I'd like to add an incredible interior designer once I saw photos of his home. His decorative painting began with trompe l'oeil murals and the restoration of historic buildings. Amazing talent (click for larger images)... His former home in San Francisco was featured [more...]
Date: 2008-07-16 12:59:00
Back alleys and parking lots...
I have no idea why I am so often drawn —if you'll pardon the pun— to back alleys and details that aren't really part of ... turned mineral water bottling plant owned by my friends the Bowens, the American Orthodox church ... , so it was heartening to see the elegant and sensitive restoration of the grand old building with its [more...]
Date: 2008-12-07 21:18:00
in the kitchen and more
I am wrapping another project up and since we are on the subject of kitchens I thought I'd give you a sneak peek... [ ... Brass, the hardware is Restoration Hardware, the tile is Barbara Barry for Ann Sacks ... above is a close-up of the beams in this house... you may recall back in November of 07 when I posted [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 14:56:48
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