The Vogue of Things Green . . .

One new buzzword that has become popular with the economic downturn is making things “green” or such as having a “green economy” ... -saving ‘green homes’ and the clean-up of the country’s four main rivers. Such an effort ... on, are among such plans. New projects, such as the construction of bicycle roads [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 11:41:37

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Duroboat - Special Introductory Offer

The grind of the work week, coupled with our increasing number of personal responsibilities can leave a person wrung-out by week’s end ... utilizing modern clean burning outboards. While other boats have trended towards bigger, bad-er, bolder, Duroboat has maintained a classic style and unique construction (no weld, no rivets) since [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 02:00:08

Major Cover-Ups in Vancouver

Vancouver is heavily blanketed --thoroughly in the dark ... public work of covering up as well as cleaning up! On a smaller scale, there is the Blanket Bus ... -glo and directive aesthetic. In their projects, industrial and street construction colours [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 05:32:12

Giant Paisley Pink Rug

Giant Paisley Pink Rug This adorable rug is petite loop cotton pile construction ... . The rug is first hand looped and crafted through a canvas and then reinforced with another durable canvas backing. Professional cleaning only. Price:$136.00 Buy now [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 20:59:56

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 ( ... billion for highway construction; ·        $31 billion to modernize federal and other public infrastructure with investments that lead to long term energy cost savings; ·        $19 billion for clean [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 16:31:22

Eating Out - Café Blå Porten

Blå Porten (Blue Gate) is a café - restaurant at Djurgården I've been *very* hesitant in visiting, ... mainly less haughty staff, better cleaning, considerate child/pram possessors would make this place ... in summers does look enchanting. Blå Porten (with a website that seems to be under construction [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 21:57:00

Packs a Bassy Punch, Sonoro Cubo Elements Review

Sonoro Audio Cubo Elements clock radio won a Red Dot award for best product design so we just had to review one to see what all the accolades were ... by the lint free microfiber cleaning cloth and a pair of white gloves included with each unit. The only ... up, stereo sound and bass reflex are excellent thanks to its internal wood construction [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 16:45:54

Minnesota nonsense

By Sean Casten News from the Super-Shoddy Climate Change Reporting desk: The Bemidji Pioneer broke this story on Tuesday: ... clean energy source for consumers, farms and businesses in the Upper Midwest," is lamenting the fact ... a stop to coal-fired power plant construction. Setting any moral judgments aside [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 07:05:15

How To Build A Dog Kennel

Building a dog kennel is actually a fairly easy venture if you have a basic knowledge of construction and some important tips about how to do it ... openings are facing the road or a neighbors house, then you can expect far more barking and howling ... and concrete are easy to clean and maintain. Proper ventilation is your next concern in building a [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 19:00:16

DIY Monday - PVC Light Tent w/ Glass Riser

Besides being a photographer, I am also a website developer and consultant here in Colorado ... suitable for your needs. Construction was pretty simple. 1. Measure 14 sections of 30″ each (or whatever length you want to use) on the PVC pipe. After cutting, I used a file to clean up the edges [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 13:00:09

First Hybrid Solar and Gas Power Plant Under Construction

The sunshine state is in the spotlight for a groundbreaking solar plant that will add solar thermal collectors to an existing gas ... the plant run on clean, emissions-free, solar power," said FPL Group CEO, Lew Hay. Fossil fuel use is suspended when the heat from the sun is available to power the steam turbines. Approximately [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 13:39:17

The Triangle of Life

In the aftermath of 1994 Northridge earthquake, new building codes were developed with the express purpose of making  futue construction of ... water, steam lines, natural gas lines, and duct work.) 69 hospitals were unable to handle casualties because the piping failed and raw sewage was covering the floors and no clean water was available [more...]

Date: 2008-07-31 01:32:40

Solar Firms Are Slashing Jobs

We’ve all read the ugly news: some 500,000 jobs lost in December, and layoffs happening all over the tech industry ... construction is on hold until at least the second half of 2009, while the company looks for more funding ... to meet the state mandated goal of clean power as early as 2010. OptiSolar spokesperson Alan [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 08:00:45

First Solar to Brighten Up Masdar City

Here’s a way to draw in cleantech financing in a global credit crunch: find a country, or an emirate, that’s spending lots of oil money on clean power projects. Thin-film solar darling First Solar ... as the Silicon Valley of the Middle East — with a strong focus on renewable energy. Construction [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 23:00:51

Preliminary Plan: American Recovery and Reinvestment

Here is a href=”http://beacheconomist.com/Appropriations_Stimulus_0115.pdf”the plan (PDF file) ... construction;br /br /• $31 billion to modernize federal and other public infrastructure with investments that lead to long term energy cost savings;br /br /• $19 billion for clean water, flood control [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 03:11:01

Lance Armstrong's Texas Ranch, Estate of the Day

Filed under: Estates, Celebrity Shopping Biicycle champ and serial dater of celebrity blondes, ... into the swimming hole. The neighbors said that the dam construction ended up muddying the clear waters of Deadman's Hole. Armstrong ended up paying around $850,000 to solve the whole mess including clean [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 18:02:00

NEW CONSTRUCTION FROM 1955!

This awesome 50's bungalow, located on a quiet, cul-de-sac street on the Hill, has seriously never been lived in... at least on the main level ... eat off the floor it's so clean, and features an additional full bath (offered as-is). The yard [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 11:27:45

Home Construction Improvement Update

Today was a big day for this site as I transfered the blog from a blogger hosted site to my own hosting site powered by WordPress ... I migrated the site. Please bear with me over the coming days as I try to clean things up and get back [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 02:29:01

Munters MCS: The construction drying experts

Without Munters MCS construction drying services, project progress can be delayed which can result in financial penalties, ... Commercial Mold Remediation Disaster Planning Disaster Restoration Commercial Hurricane, Storm Clean [more...]

Date: 2008-11-10 20:03:34

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