Glass elevator highlights $34.5 million house
112 Emerald Bay/Cindy Yamanaka 112 Emerald Bay/Cindy Yamanaka The Laguna Beach house known as “Cresting Wave” has curving copper roofs, ... , 9,759-square-foot house is the cylindrical glass elevator, topped with a conical skylight. A spiral stairway ... for $34.5 million last February, O.C.’s second-highest sales price. Architectural plans on record [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 20:01:18
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January 12, 20092009 Washington Legislature under way"We need to solve the big problems together," DeBolt said. "We are facing a huge budget crisis ... option at more than $4 billion. The elevated and surface plans would cost more than $3 billion ... to be caught unaware by the deal. House Majority Leader Lynn Kessler, a Democrat, says the state [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 00:51:00
Klein Bottle house / McBride Charles Ryan
Architect: McBride Charles Ryan - Rob McBride & Debbie-Lyn Ryan Location: Mornington Peninsula, Australia Project Team: Drew Williamson, ... the more orthogonal means of communication - plans, sections and elevations naturally encourage ... keen to be topologically true to the Klein bottle but it had to function as a home. We thought [more...]
Date: 2008-10-24 12:15:00
The Restorers Library " Pallisers New Cottage Homes 1887"
From Time to time I like to recommend reference books that may be of interest to Old House restorers, Palliser's New Cottage Homes 1887 is a reproduction of the rare catalog that originally was published in 1887. It includes 1,500 detailed drawings of floor plans, elevations, perspective views [more...]
Date: 2008-12-19 17:50:00
Turnabout Is Fair Play
The Casper Star Tribune reports from Wyoming. “Federal data show that southwest Wyoming is bearing the brunt of the state’s population growth ... we were at this point last year,’ he said.” “‘In June, there were about 300 residential lots ... thing with residential units already built,’ he said. ‘The inventory is increasing and demand seems [more...]
Date: 2008-07-10 18:12:40
Bernanke's Testimony Apocalyptic (For Fed Chief)
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke is testifying before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs ... has advanced at a sluggish pace during the first half of this year, while inflation has remained elevated ... to face numerous difficulties, including ongoing strains in financial markets, declining house prices [more...]
Date: 2008-07-15 14:34:00
The Celebreality Interview - Hoopz
Hoopz takes the cash! Bizarrely, staying loyal and steering clear of drama on reality TV yielded a huge reward — how often does that happen? ... t think so. I want to go out on top. Do you have a sense of elevated reality TV status, having won ... people in the house. Real was who I chose to be close to. We bonded and clicked and became alliances [more...]
Date: 2008-10-06 02:25:46
No We Aren't
It is ironic that Jamie Foxx, one of many pop-culture icons on hand Sunday at the Lincoln Memorial lauding America's first pop-culture president, Barack Obama, would quote Thurgood Marshall during early inaugural festivities:“Each of you as an individual must pick your own goals. Listen to others but do not become a blind follower [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 12:45:00
Ten Ways To Slash Car Insurance Costs
by Ron C George These are the top ten ways to save on your automobile insurance, starting from ten and working its way down to number one ... hand a clean car title can conserve you a lot of money each year. Take advantage of sedan/house ... in percentage depending on the insurance broker; then again it may be in the amount of 5%. Elevated Deductibles [more...]
Date: 2008-12-24 09:42:14
Sleazy, Slimy and Creepy! Politics and Military Ops
Karl Rove writes what we all know happened but the press and media continue to provide cover for Democrats who were too busy getting 'sweetheart low interest deals' from Fannie and Freddie, to do their job. Now that the Housing Bubble has burst they are on board and pointing fingers at others and doing what they can to avoid reports of coziness [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 18:13:00
Top Five Pediatric Stories of 2008
By Dr. Stacy Beller Stryer, M.D. Reflecting on the past year’s successes and failures as a parent is an important and worthwhile exercise to do ... up for healthcare plans. He wants to expand Medicaid and state health insurance programs ... up that cigarette only when you are outside your house or when your children aren’t home, you may still [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 09:11:15
First home hits market in new seaside project
Dolphins frolicked in the surf of Dana Point about 300 yards from this home’s back gate the day we visited ... , opening onto a 10-foot-deep deck overlooking the beach and blue Pacific beyond. His-and-Her bathrooms ... s closet, displaying the owner’s watches, cufflinks and jewelry. Beach bath: An elevated tub in her master [more...]
Date: 2008-12-03 08:01:28
FAST FORWARD
Four shots, no goals. No shame for a 20-year-old who was playing in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League mere months ago, and who started the season on the Florida Panthers’ fourth line. No shame for Michael Frolik, since even the league’s great hope, Sidney Crosby, entered Sunday’s play with the same 0-for-4 record on shootout attempts [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 18:05:14
East Link Thoughts
Sound Transit has released its draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for East Link, here’s an executive summary (9.6 MB pdf) ... , costs and benefits of elevated, at-grade and underground rights of way. There’s also an interactive ... is where the Eastside plans to put most of its development in the future, and more stations is generally [more...]
Date: 2008-12-14 09:02:36
A nutty addition to a healthy diet
Eating a handful of nuts is an enjoyment for most people. But the thought of fat in nuts keep some from savoring that pleasure ... that many different kinds of nuts are helpful in reducing the risk of cancer and elevated blood pressure as well as reducing the risk of heart disease. What’s more, new research shows that eating plans [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 15:47:00
Waterfalls start flowing tomorrow morning-- perhaps as early as 7am, but sadly, the Circle Line tours of the bay don't start until Friday. So if you want a good view (or a good picture) of these babies, you're going to have to view them from land. No problem: we've marked the best viewing spots for each one on the map above. 1 [more...]
Date: 2008-06-26 12:53:00
Tysons Tunnel Rally: "We're on Track!"
I just got back from a TysonsTunnel rally (at Marco Polo Restaurant in Vienna) that was attended by about 80-100 tunnel supporters ... Oberstar - the most powerful man in the House of Representatives on transportation issues - recently ... " all around the country. According to Scott Monett, we don't want this "elevated, ugly thing." Today [more...]
Date: 2008-07-23 15:07:24
Recent events:)
Success! Yesterday we got a new computer, after having the same one for well over 6 years and working with the same old programs, ... , but the powers that be had other plans for me! My leg was swollen up about 1 and 1/2 times the size of the other one & hurt like hell, but we all thought I had strained it in getting the house [more...]
Date: 2008-12-28 22:21:12
China Stimulus, Troublesome Retail Earnings, Global Economic Woes
China unveiled yesterday (Sunday) what it described as a “massive” economic stimulus package – a planned capital infusion of $586 billion that it plans to use to reverse its slowing growth, to loosen credit and to offset slowing global growth by stoking domestic demand. Xinhua, China’s state-run news agency, said yesterday that the stimulus [more...]
Date: 2008-11-10 12:23:58
Selectivity in Imaging the First Emperor
With the Mummy 3 DVD, with its reanimated Qin Shi Huang Di (played by Jet Li), coming out just in time for last minute holiday shopping, with a video game tie-in to come out as well, we asked K.E. Brashier of Reed College, a specialist in early China, to provide our readers with some background on previous views of the First Emperor in high [more...]
Date: 2008-12-17 18:45:00
More from the Front Lines of the Financial Crisis by Stephen Lendman
Posted by dandelionsalad on November 3, 2008 Dandelion Salad by Stephen Lendman Global Research, November 3, 2008 In its latest economic outlook, Merrill Lynch economists “worry about inflation, or more precisely,” a lack of it. From crashing global equity markets, falling commodity prices, rising unemployment, stagnant wages, [more...]
Date: 2008-11-03 18:11:43
Survivor: Gabon Winner
Ken’s overplaying of the game in the belief that he’s the mastermind came back to bite him again in Survivor: Gabon Episode 13, ... three with Bob and Matty. As bad plans go, that’s a good one. Susie should get minimal votes ... to get through an elevated maze. If they fall off, they have to go back to the start. Matty is the first [more...]
Date: 2008-12-15 00:45:31
Sing Our Own Song [VII]
In a book I read a very very long time ago (Star Signs), Linda Goodman mused that when we take the S out of Self, we end up with “elf.” The other relevant thing I recall Linda proselytizing is how elevating ourselves can be accomplished through rediscovering and singing the hidden language of creation. {*1} On the other end of the [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 02:11:12
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The Mirror, Vol. 12, No. 593“The Cambodian economy, which should continue to grow now, seems to be like a jammed brake, because investment capital this year declined up to November, where foreign investment capital for construction, which is an important sector, decreased by more than 12% [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 16:55:41
On Birthday of Swami Vivekanand
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA Introduction The valiant monk who proclaimed in America the greatness of Hinduism and of Indian culture at a time when the West regarded India as a land of barbarians. The beloved disciple of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa.He was the living embodiment of sacrifice and dedicated his life to the country and yearned for the progress of [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 01:15:00
On Birthday of Swami Vivekanand
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA Introduction The valiant monk who proclaimed in America the greatness of Hinduism and of Indian culture at a time when the West regarded India as a land of barbarians. The beloved disciple of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa.He was the living embodiment of sacrifice and dedicated his life to the country and yearned for the progress of [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 01:15:00
Meat Wagon: Whole Foods edition
By Tom Philpott In Meat Wagon, we round up the latest outrages from the meat industry. Suddenly, Whole Foods can't get a break ... of new-store openings. Now it's scaling back expansion plans. Amid these ill tidings comes news ... . Last year, "federal meat inspectors threatened to suspend operations at the packing house [more...]
Date: 2008-08-11 22:04:38
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
DrumBeat: September 18, 2008
Refilling fuel tanks after Ike to take weeks HOUSTON (Reuters) - Oil refiners and producers on Thursday rushed to restore Gulf of Mexico production following Hurricane Ike, but energy traders and analysts warned it will take several more weeks to refill U.S. fuel inventories, increasing the risk of shortages [more...]
Date: 2008-09-18 13:19:59
Desert wind blows health risks from Calif mines (AP)
Desert wind blows health risks from Calif mines (AP) By admin | RANDSBURG, Calif. – Heaps of toxic mine waste rise like church steeples over this wind-swept desert town, threatening the health of residents and of thousands of off-road bikers. Tests on dust samples have revealed some of the highest arsenic levels in the country — as much as [more...]
Date: 2008-12-21 15:57:02
Pimping For The Saudis?
I have written repeatedly when anti-Semitism boils to the top it suggests the world is sick and this sickness has eventually led to serious events - even wars.I have been very specific about my belief that war was imminent and wrote this as recently as several weeks before the new one began between Hamas and Israel [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 04:48:00
Cold Zoo Giraffes Will Soon Get New Home
Work On New Barn To Begin Soon SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Three Sacramento Zoo giraffes that now shiver as winter temperatures dip will soon get a new, ... Our first priority is a better home for our girls,” Healy said, adding that plans also call for an elevated deck to offer visitors a better look at the tall animals. The current barn is riddled [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 16:06:00
Sibling rivalry…
…or something like that. Sometimes, as I’m at my house, alone with my children, telling them something in a slightly elevated tone of voice - exhausted or bemused, either way - it appears that my mother sneaks in, and says things that I remember hearing from my childhood [more...]
Date: 2008-12-15 23:16:08
Tennessee sludge contains elevated levels of arsenic
(CNN) -- The drinking water in the area of last month's coal-sludge spill in eastern Tennessee is safe, but elevated levels of arsenic have been found in the sludge, authorities said. A billion gallons ... in city water at his house over the holidays and didn't worry about it. At a Friday news conference [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 06:26:06
Thursday, Janyary 15, 2009
(NOTE: There will be no update of the news Friday, instead, we will be covering a most interesting story – an untold one about US POWs captured at the Battle of the Bulge, then sent to concentration camps as slave laborers) The day’s top political news: Bush Bids farewell President George W [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 14:35:07
"New Urbanists" say It's time to build more rail
A growing group of architects, urban planners and activists leading a movement called "New Urbanism" see the current crises of energy, economics and environment as an opportunity to transform our cities. The transformation to sustainability they envision has more than a bit of a"Back To The Future" flavor to it [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 01:19:00
Back to the Blog
December 16, 2008 in Uncategorized I was out in Northern California for about a week visiting family and friends ... I went to the open house at the new location for the Judah Magnes Museum in downtown Berkeley ... , the works. Had a few He-Brews and then headed home. I would have stayed to eat but had plans [more...]
Date: 2008-12-16 18:25:27
Jeb In The Senate?
Jeb In The Senate? Jennifer Rubin - 12.26.2008 - 2:13 PM Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush seems poised to run for Senate ... prospects of those elevated without benefit of an election. Second, it will allow him to critique ... t stage a miraculous recovery and the Obama administration’s plans don’t work out quite as planned [more...]
Date: 2008-12-26 19:13:47
AEI Subprime IV.4: Zimmerman Presentation
Here is Housing Doom’s fourth installment of our unauthorized annotated transcript of the American Enterprise Institute’s September 30, 2008 seminar "The Deflating Mortgage and Housing Bubble, Part IV: Where Is the Bottom?" This is the presentation by Tom Zimmerman. He makes use of an extensive slide deck. [more...]
Date: 2008-11-22 07:01:39
LEED Certification in Your Remodeling and Construction Projects
So you’re getting ready to remodel your home and you want to go green as much as possible because you’re trying to be more environmentally responsible… and you also wouldn’t mind saving some money on utilities and maximizing your home’s resale value. Where do you start? A good place to start for your remodeling and construction [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 04:30:13
My reply to Nick Clegg on tax
It was good to have Nick Clegg on the blog. Since he has been direct and robust, I hope he won't mind if I am too. So I would like to go through Nick's piece responding to his main points as best I can. Here we go: I’m not sure I’ve ever been called a “punk tax cutter” before [more...]
Date: 2008-11-10 16:39:27
Pet Photos - Pet News - Pet Advice
Give Your Pet a Gift That MattersBy Carolyn Washburn - The Spectrum.comEarly spring rains begin to cause the rivers to rise ... your pets safe and secure. You can make pet preparedness kits for evacuation and make alternative plans ... or killed. That's why family preparedness plans need to account for the four-legged and winged members [more...]
Date: 2008-12-18 14:16:00
Obama 2012? Unlikely
Barack Obama laid the foundation for his economic recovery plan four days ago at George Mason University, revealing how he plans to combat the financial crisis and put us on the path toward prosperity ... suggests that Obama may be prudent in assuming that the economy – the issue that largely elevated [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 00:57:36
Royal News Links
Royal News Links January 5th, 2009 Prince William and Prince Harry move house - Telegraph The move from under the protective wing of the Prince of Wales was approved by Queen over the weekend. It is expected to be announced by Clarence House ... their elevated new status… Prince William And Kate Middleton’s Engagement - Casino Beacon Prince [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 09:34:19
Today’s Science Policy News for November, 25th 2008
A look at today’s science and health policy news: Medicare’s private insurers await impending cutbacks The Hill-Congress and the incoming Obama ... Obama next month, one of them will be that the issue be elevated to the White House and not left ... significantly change the landscape for health plans in the entitlement program — [more...]
Date: 2008-11-25 15:23:15
A Great Way to Avoid Remodeling Project Nightmares
“remodeling and construction” “remodeling project” “diy” “remodeling” When doing any sort of remodeling or construction project, if it’s not a diy project and you’re not the contractor or doing it yourself, you’ll most likely end up hiring a contractor or tradesman to work on your remodeling project [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 17:00:10
“The first revolutionary act is to call things by their true names.”
-"TO SEE WHAT IS IN FRONT OF ONE'S NOSEREQUIRES A CONSTANT STRUGGLE."-- George Orwell, 1946 - Israel "and" America....is a covert paradigm.. ... , and the White House Murder Machinations INC, which is globalized in nature since 1994/95....This particular [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 10:39:00
losing Louisiana
The Times Picayune published a 3 part series written by Bob Marshall and Mark Schliefstein on the disappearing Louisiana Coastline - an intriguing ... . Such a rise would overwhelm the most ambitious coastal restoration plans now under way and submerge almost [more...]
Date: 2008-12-17 01:55:32
Stereotyping Social-Network Users
I've been using a social network of sorts for as long as I've been using the Internet ... you than call you. If their house was burning down they would rather text a message to 911 than call them ... their text messaging plans cannot handle the flow of data that the Extremist pours out. They usually post [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 14:05:13
Stock Market Dictionary - B
Fifth letter of a Nasdaq stock descriptor specifying that issue is the Class B shares of the company.B2BAn Internet strategy of dealing directly with businesses, rather than consumers, i.e. business to (2) business.BAThe two-character ISO 3166 country code forBOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 16:31:00
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