Kent Avenue Power Plant Destructoporn: Massive Shrinkage
2008_12_Powerplant%20Desctructoporn.jpg Remember the old Kent Avenue BMT Power House that Con Ed said it was just doing some "spring cleaning" ... , complaints of toxic clouds of asbestos wafting into residential neighborhoods and the like, the spring cleaning is so complete that the building is nearly gone. A tipster sent this pic showing what [more...]
Date: 2008-12-11 18:51:27
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Power Washing Fact Sheet
by JR Rooney Pressure washers can be divided into four basic categories: light-duty electric; residential gas powered; heavy-duty gas powered; and professional gas powered. Cleaning power (CP) is calculated by multiplying pounds per square ... . They are lightweight and extremely easy to transport and use. Uses: * Washing cars, boats * Cleaning house [more...]
Date: 2008-09-10 20:44:31
All you need to know about a Power Washer
by JR Rooney Power washers can be divided into four basic categories: light-duty electric; residential gas powered; heavy-duty gas powered; and professional gas powered. Cleaning power (CP) is calculated by multiplying pounds per square ... and extremely easy to transport and use. Uses: * Washing cars, boats * Cleaning house siding [more...]
Date: 2008-09-10 20:41:09
All you need to know about a Power Washer
by JR Rooney Power washers can be divided into four basic categories: light-duty electric; residential gas powered; heavy-duty gas powered; and professional gas powered. Cleaning power (CP) is calculated by multiplying pounds per square ... and extremely easy to transport and use. Uses: * Washing cars, boats * Cleaning house siding [more...]
Date: 2008-09-10 20:46:09
All you need to know about a Power Washer
by JR Rooney Power washers are divided into 4 basic subcategories: light-duty electric; residential gas powered; heavy-duty gas powered; and professional gas powered. Cleaning power (CP) is calculated by multiplying pounds per square ... and extremely easy to transport and use. Uses: * Washing cars, boats * Cleaning house siding [more...]
Date: 2008-09-10 20:46:44
The DeviLL made me do it
A lot of different blogs, a lot of comments on the openspace rate increase. And so many of them are outraged and blaming LL for their use of openspace sims as residential ... prim counts is like saying clearly retailer X wants you to buy steam cleaners, clean the whole house [more...]
Date: 2008-10-29 19:34:56
What Toxins Lurk Beneath Your House? (And Do You Want to Know?)
Wendy Bounds writes: cleaners Last week, I wrote about a growing industry of so-called “green dry cleaners” who use alternatives to the cleaning solvent perchloroethylene — or “perc” — which has been labeled a probable human carcinogen. The EPA is currently requiring a phase-out of perc at cleaners located in residential buildings [more...]
Date: 2008-12-08 16:51:18
Pretending To Fly In California
The Press Democrat reports from California. “The collapse of the housing bubble continues to reverberate through Sonoma County, according to a report issued Tuesday. Just over half of the homes sold in August were dumped by desperate owners trying to avoid foreclosure or by banks that seized them from borrowers who fell behind on their mortgages [more...]
Date: 2008-09-17 19:31:08
THE WORLD today!
———————————————————————————1. Barack Obama wins Presidential Election and becomes the 44th President of the United States starting January 20 - Hope ... on Americans to help the needed, to contribute to their communities and to take part in public service ... Summers to head his Economic Council and Peter R. Orszog as Director of the Office of Management [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 00:23:08
MotorCity Woes Extend Beyond Auto Industry
DETROIT — One measure of how tough times are in the Motor City: Some of the offenders in jail don't want to be released; some who do get out promptly re-offend to head back where there's heat, health care and three meals a day. "For the first time, I'm seeing guys make a conscious decision they'll be better off in prison than in the community, [more...]
Date: 2008-12-21 02:27:47
Water Filters are a Healthy Home Improvement
by Jason Mann Each day we rely on having water readily available, both for its practical uses and as a critical factor in good health ... . Some of these are bacteria that managed to escape the cleaning process at the water plant. There are also ... worth getting if your water supply is of dubious quality. And to add to the expense, these systems [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 17:27:03
Wanderlust: Holiday in the Sun
Ah, January -- back to reality. I hope you all had a lovely holiday. Before we get back into the regular swing of things, I wanted to share some snaps of our winter break. We hit the road heading south in search of sunshine and swanky retro fabulousness, and for the most part, that's what we got.So this is the house we rented in Palm Springs [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 12:36:00
Worcester City Council liveblog
Jump to Comments 7:10: A little confusion here. There’s a group here to speak on forming a committee to look at moving to a single tax rate ... a member of the group to speak. Elizabeth Proko is now decrying the council’s “lowest residential” vote ... for his own party, is getting recognized for his years of public service. He is stepping down [more...]
Date: 2008-12-17 00:16:12
You Don’t Need A Lot Of Money To Start A Small Biz
USA TODAY: No, this is not the greatest time to go into business for yourself, but that said, it can be done if you do it right ... of something you know well, hunt it out, and resell it on eBay. Buy low, sell high. • Residential and commercial cleaning: Housecleaning is a tried and true home-based business, and it can lead [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 16:09:57
What About My Parents?
I've been laying it all out there lately about receiving annual inheritances and responding to some of the comments one by one. One commenter on my post The Effects of Not Having to Struggle notes: "It sounds like your grandparents are much more successful than your parents. That must have some interesting implications for family dynamics [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 05:58:00
Articles, comments, stories, conversations
The format for networked reporting doesn’t exist yet, but I’ve been thinking about it in terms of how comments manifest public opinion (as well as an ugly underbelly of hate). Networked reporting, as Charlie Beckett sees it, is a collaboration between the public and the journalists. It’s not the same as citizen or civic or public journalism [more...]
Date: 2008-10-17 16:48:00
Motor City’s woes extend beyond auto industry
One measure of how tough times are in the Motor City: Some of the offenders in jail don’t want to be released; some who do get out promptly re-offend to head back where there’s heat, health care and three meals a day. “For the first time, I’m seeing guys make a conscious decision they’ll be better off in prison than in the community, [more...]
Date: 2008-12-20 17:59:56
Starting Up A Cleaning Service - The Three Basic Types
Setting up a cleaning business is like any other endeavor – one of the first things you need to do is to choose which specific area you could start ... prudent of all three is residential cleaning. The skills and equipment involved in this area ... that it has created an individual niche in the cleaning industry. Also, there are special equipment [more...]
Date: 2008-12-10 03:56:49
Dryers News - Air Dryer
Nashville FurorKrave's Groovy Interior and the Municipality's Finest Hand Dryer Nashville Vista, USA - 2 hours ago And this element, ... steps will lower energy tally The Coloradoan, CO - Jan 17, 2009 In the summer, a polluted air filter ... . It's a mighty, compact, air-blasting Presence provides help identifying household robustness risks [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 19:59:19
It’s A Different World In California
The Berkeley Daily Planet reports from California. “Million-dollar condos? In Berkeley? Yes, says Don Peterson, president of SNK Development, the company now building the nine-story-plus Berkeley Arpeggio on Center Street. Asked who might buy the units, Peterson said, ‘We are looking at the university population and the Berkeley population, [more...]
Date: 2008-08-28 20:18:25
I Gave It Four Stars At Netflix
A couple years ago I had a conversation with someone, and they were warning me about teenage boys and their mega-turds. About how they can flat-out destroy residential plumbing… I remember laughing about it, and telling Toney, but can’t recall who gave me this advice. I thought about it all weekend, and came [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 13:00:36
An Interview with the Garbage Guy
Several weeks ago, Francy listed a home that had been rented out. Let’s just say the renters were not the neatest folks ... and subcontract cleaning services if a sales clean is required for a vacant property as part of the sales ... . The home was basically trashed. As the owners lived out of state, they needed a cleaning service [more...]
Date: 2008-07-05 19:55:03
Legendary Dallas real estate developer Trammell Crow dies
Trammell Crow, a poor bookkeeper's son who became the world's biggest commercial real estate developer, has died at age 94 after a long illness. Mr ... ' landscape. For more than 50 years after he built his first commercial building, he and his company ... the globe – office buildings in Germany, hotels in Hong Kong and luxury resorts in the South Pacific [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 06:42:00
Global Human Rights Groups Protest Slaughter in Gaza
By STEPHEN LENDMAN(Picture by Ben Heine)On June 16, 2008, noted Israeli historian Ilan Pappe explained "The Israeli Recipe for 2008: Genocide in Gaza, Ethnic Cleaning in the West Bank." He wrote:"Not long ago, I claimed that Israel is employing genocidal policies in the Gaza Strip." After re-thinking this highly-charged term, he "concluded [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 19:32:00
Small Business Opportunities Ideas
Small Business Opportunities Ideas By Lauren Thompson | December 27, 2008 by katie George Some people are tired of working under administration, so it is better for those to think about opening there own small business. After all, why one would want to work for someone else and go through the daily grind of commuting to and from the office [more...]
Date: 2008-12-27 20:35:50
Small Business Opportunities Ideas
by katie George Some people are tired of working under administration, so it is better for those to think about opening there own small business. After all, why one would want to work for someone else and go through the daily grind of commuting to and from the office when he can establish a business in his own home [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 12:00:35
Small Business Opportunities Ideas
by katie George Some people are tired of working under administration, so it is better for those to think about opening there own small business. After all, why one would want to work for someone else and go through the daily grind of commuting to and from the office when he can establish a business in his own home [more...]
Date: 2008-12-25 22:14:17
Small Business Opportunities Ideas
by katie George Some people are tired of working under administration, so it is better for those to think about opening there own small business. After all, why one would want to work for someone else and go through the daily grind of commuting to and from the office when he can establish a business in his own home [more...]
Date: 2008-12-25 22:12:27
Setting The Stage Where Creativity Meets Business
What one word describes Shayla Noel and Sherrie Robinson, the mother-and-daughter team who recently launched EZ Design Staging? If one asks coworkers, associates, and clients, the word is “unforgettable”! For some time, the circumstances in their lives had been catapulting them towards this moment [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 20:17:45
Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/13/2008
My favorite story tonight is the one about the Bedouin tribe in north Israel who claim Barack Hussein Obama as a long-lost member.Should be an interesting family reunion…Thanks to Abu Elvis, C. Cantoni, Diana West, Insubria, JD, Kahane loyalist, TB, and all the other tipsters who sent these in. Headlines and articles are below the fold [more...]
Date: 2008-11-14 04:59:00
Pet Advice - Pet News - Pet Photos
Stop Your Pet From Peeving You OffDr. Debbye Turner Bell - CBS Morning ShowEach new year, we make resolutions to break bad habits, but what about our furry family members?Sometimes their behavior can be destructive and annoying. So what can you do?We all love our dogs and cats and think they are the smartest creatures on earth [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 13:08:00
I can see less miles
Alameda NayTiff brought up some thought-provoking issues, first:Both the Park and Webster street shopping areas are in fairly high density areas. (Does anyone have specific data on this?) Both have apartment buildings nearby and have multiple local and transbay bus lines. Do you consider these areas successful? [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 15:00:21
Business idea 11. House cleaning service
Description of Job • Clean, vacuum, and neaten homes or apartments. • Carry out other services as requested by the client. • Perform turnover cleaning of rental properties. The Need Most of us, unless we live in a hotel (or in a dorm room and don’t care), are responsible for cleaning our house or apartment [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 13:52:51
Canvassing vs. guerrilla marketing
he doorbell rang right in the middle of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”. A man wanted me to know about his new residential carpet cleaning company. We have hardwood ... , what could the cleaning company do to put the service into context and make it relevant to home (and carpet [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 20:11:24
Exploring Amazon S3 Backup Options with Jungle Disk and Bandwagon
James Deaton is the technology director of OneNet, our Oklahoma State Regents‘ network, and he’s one of the smartest people I know when it comes to educational technology and networking. Several months ago James told me about some video transcoding solutions he’d read about which utilize Amazon Web Services, [more...]
Date: 2008-12-14 04:46:30
Incorporating your Foreclosure Investments and DIY Real Estate Forms
You can save a lot of money by selling your home yourself (for sale by owner) or buying a home without the aid of a real estate agent. Here in NJ, real estate agent commissions are usually negotiated to around 4-6%. If you're selling a house priced at $450,000 that's $22,500 which is not an insignificant amount of money, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 12:24:09
Why Buy Now When It May Go Down More?
The Sun News reports from New Mexico. “Kevin Romney has been trying to sell his house in Las Cruces since 2007. He believes he would have had an easier time moving the property had he put it on the market a little sooner. ‘We’ve had it on the market several times for about a year,’ the 54-year-old Las Crucen said [more...]
Date: 2008-06-30 15:31:23
US Marine Killed; Zaidi Will not Apologize for Shoe-Throwing; Alleged Conspirators Freed
Reuters reports: '"The U.S. military said in a statement that a U.S. Marine died on Sunday after being wounded in fighting in Iraq's western Anbar province. MOSUL - Gunmen killed two people in a drive-by shooting in eastern Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said [more...]
Date: 2008-12-24 07:49:11
The weather, the wonder, and the WTF...
Ok. What's with the weather. -14 today, +7 tomorrow. Then 10 degrees all weekend until next Wednesday... Then -7 again.WTF is up with that ... ... Although a trip through the mountains might be nice.I am cleaning house up here. Going to let ... new dudes today. I residential tech and 1 server tech, and I am excited to get them going. Should [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 23:54:00
Start the year clean: Engage the kids, repurpose old items
There’s something about the new year that brings on a cleaning frenzy in my life ... training with our kids will pay many dividends in getting the cleaning job done … together. Marlo ... this? I spoke with Amy Olson, spokesperson for THE MAIDS Home Services, to find some industry tips [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 18:04:09
RTA Team visits Bus Depots at Al-Aweer, Jebel Ali and Al-Rawiyah
Dubai (United Arab Emirates): A team from Public Transport Agency at Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) ... , cleaning and refueling. The Station also has offices for 50 employees as well as residential ... to lift articulated buses. Considering the vital role played by maintenance and service teams [more...]
Date: 2008-12-23 11:25:55
Transcript: Meet the Press – Henry Paulson, Michael Bloomberg – Interviewed by Tom Brokaw
(Source: MSNBC.com) updated 12:10 p.m. ET, Sun., Sept. 21, 2008 MR. TOM BROKAW: Our issues this Sunday: The American financial system in deep crisis. (Videotape) PRES. GEORGE W. BUSH: Given the precarious state of today’s financial markets and their vital importance to the daily lives of the American people, [more...]
Date: 2008-09-21 20:03:43
China in 2009
China in 2009: a year for surpriseKerry BrownThe problems of China's economy and the discontent of its people are worrying the Beijing leadership. Its response over the next months could be bolder than many expect, says Kerry Brown. The first weeks of 2009 find China consumed by the same anxiety as the rest of the world [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 22:15:00
Cleaning Up A Mess Called ‘Hurricane Greed’
Some housing bubble news from Wall Street and Washington. Bloomberg, “Builders in the U.S. broke ground in May on the fewest houses in 17 years ... if they are not trying to hold onto cash. It is a perfectly sensible business practice, but obviously [more...]
Date: 2008-06-17 18:31:21
Tips for a More Successful Appraisal
Real estate appraisals are powerful, particularly in today’s nervous market as loan underwriters take a more skeptical approach to approving ... appeal, adding a fresh coat of cosmetic paint, cleaning out clutter from closets, or adding a wreath [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 22:10:38
Trapped in a Mormon Gulag
Note: West Ridge Academy is licensed by the State of Utah, and their license is up for renewal this month ... (BSTUVER@utah.gov), at the Utah Department of Human Services, Office of Licensing.Update: Apparently emails ... its services in hopes of corralling their spiritually [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 04:29:00
Trapped in a Mormon Gulag
Note: West Ridge Academy is licensed by the State of Utah, and their license is up for renewal this month ... (BSTUVER@utah.gov), at the Utah Department of Human Services, Office of Licensing.Update: Apparently emails ... its services in hopes of corralling their spiritually [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 04:29:00
Posts about Home Sales as of January 18, 2009
NUS card strangeness - irrisorie.thetorturegarden.net 01/18/2009 I mentioned on here a couple of weeks ago that I’d tried to do a registration with NUS for this year’s student card, … since it requires you to go through all the process such as home address, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 14:29:44
THE WORLD today!
———————————————————————————1. Barack Obama wins Presidential Election and becomes the 44th President of the United States starting January 20 - Hope for a Change - Yes we can -130 Million Americans, more than in any other election since 1960, voted for a change and choose Obama, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 00:54:08
THE WORLD today!
———————————————————————————1. Barack Obama wins Presidential Election and becomes the 44th President of the United States starting January 20 - Hope for a Change - Yes we can -130 Million Americans, more than in any other election since 1960, voted for a change and choose Obama, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 00:09:08
