Trees vs. Streams: A Planned Real Estate Development Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand

When the folks at Columbia Gas massacred dozens of trees for the sake of some ugly underground pipeline you couldn't even see, ... are flipping out over a teensy bit of collateral damage from the ongoing stream restoration project:David Oliver has lived in his house on Old Trail Drive for nearly 40 years, all along enamored [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 05:05:00

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Permalink | THURSDAY NEWS UPDATE. SENATE TRIES "CHRISTMAS TREE" VERSION OF BAILOUT BILL; KEY SWING STATES SHIFTING TO OBAMA; MS, ... of pork funding projects in an attempt to by support of House opponents. The House plans to hold [more...]

Date: 2008-10-03 06:33:48

Obama’s stimulus package won’t help for years

Wow, an honest headline from the Associated Press! To what do we owe this momentous occurrence? ... to pump up the economy through old-fashioned public works projects like roads, bridges and repairs ... by House Democrats would be released into the economy over the next four years, concludes the analysis [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 11:44:55

For sale: 1960s mid-century-style house in Jordans, Buckinghamshire

Jordans1 Designed back in the 1960s by Gresham Dodd, this mid-century-style house in the sought-after location of Jordans, Buckinghamshire is what you might call a 'project'. It's a single story house, with a design ... . But if you've got cash to spare, it could be worth considering. Find out more at the Modern House website [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 19:33:46

Pinc House: Scandanavian Modern Housing & Prefab Developments

Pinc House is all about bringing life into style. An Ittur Group owned company in Sweden, they conceive of, create, develop and build housing developments, prefab homes and projects that are modern, sustainable ... : their original model home, the Sport range are available in two categories, "Leisure" and "Residence [more...]

Date: 2008-10-17 13:50:00

Construction Zone

I thought I'd do an info dump regarding the big project going on at my house these days, ... , she had had open heart surgery to repair a valve, and a double bypass. She recovered very well at first [more...]

Date: 2008-10-19 05:01:07

Steps to build a dream home

Follow these 7 rules to get past the hurdles and start on the path to successfully build a custom, dream home: 1 ... s) for your neighborhood before you finalize your house plans and break ground on your project. Also, be sure to obtain architectural approval if required. 5. Set a Realistic Budget: Accurate budget [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 13:03:03

"Stimulus bill may ignore Ohio's Train & Transit needs" All Aboard Ohio

All Aboard Ohio is calling on Ohio’s Congressional Delegation to support a list of “Shovel Ready” federal stimulus projects identified last week by the U.S. House of Representatives’ Transportation & Infrastructure Committee. In that list ... for passenger rail. This week the House Appropriations Committee kept the funding levels intact [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 22:15:48

Leona Update

Leona Update Now that the election is over and we have a new President(!) ... are some thoughts on the recently completed Leona project.  Last weekend, Leona had their open house ... on the north side of the building on Ward St. There are quite a few different floor plans [more...]

Date: 2008-11-07 22:43:16

BEIJING HOLDS ITS BREATH

ANXIETY AND EUPHORIA | August 20th 2008 Tama Leaver/flickr On a trip to Beijing in the days before the hub-bub, ... , who tore down most of the historic city walls. He began the grand project of the Second Ring Road ... courtyard houses huddled along narrow alleyways, replacing them with massive Soviet-style concrete buildings [more...]

Date: 2008-08-20 01:36:17

Speaker Spotlight: Jeannie Fulbright

Jeannie Fulbright is a wife and homeschooling mother to 4 children and the author of Apologia’s Elementary Science Series ... more about Jeannie... With 4 children, I bet Science projects are frequent at your house! What is your most [more...]

Date: 2008-07-04 01:59:02

Adventures with... plaster and walls...

Hello! Well- I decided to take on the House project this weekend- and paint the main living space ... into THIS! Lovely old plaster walls and Old water damage... I decided to fix it which took an extra 2 hours [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 06:57:24

The Illustrated Results of Obama's "Community Organizing"

If I didn't know better, I'd think this was Beirut in the nineteen seventies ... his accomplishments, particularly in spearheading asbestos cleanup at a low-income housing project. He omits [more...]

Date: 2008-07-03 14:58:07

Dandelion Salad by William Blumwww.killinghope.org Jan. 3, 2009 The Anti-Empire Report Read this or George W ... in construction projects at this one base to house additional American forces, erecting guard stations [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 16:04:56

Wednesday Linklube: Twin Cities Builders Pull Back, Radioactive Granite, Citi Death Watch

  The Charles W. Schneider house is on the market for $219,000. Project anyone? Image via St. Paul Pioneer Press ... Cities New Construction: "2008 new construction permit activity is down 69.4 percent from the peak year ... the stuff I measured in '88." And if you think that's bad, test your basement. Utilities See [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 22:00:15

Save Soapblox!

From the diaries - Todd You know how some politicians are fond of saying "you can't solve a problem by just throwing money at it ... national sites including Pam's House Blend, My Left Wing, Swing State Project, and my own Open Left [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 19:26:48

Much in Obama stimulus bill won't hit economy soon

WASHINGTON – It will take years before an infrastructure spending program proposed by President-elect Barack Obama will boost the economy, ... through old-fashioned public works projects like roads, bridges and repairs of public housing. Less than half of the $30 billion in highway construction funds detailed by House Democrats would [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 09:03:49

HPC and Virtualization: Oak Ridge Trip Report Just before Sun's Winter Break, ... Research Team (SRT) at ORNL, mentioned that the plot plan for his house is stamped "Top Secret -- Manhattan Project" because the plan shows the degree difference between "ORNL North" and "True North [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 09:06:18

America's other Glorious War

by William BlumThe Pentagon pushes hard for a large increase in troops for Afghanistan ... on to discuss $300 million in construction projects at this one base to house additional American forces [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 04:04:00

Cameron and Osborne are close to a winning economic message (and a project for government)

On Coffee House yesterday Fraser Nelson was marvelling at the size of Barack’s. Much bigger than Gordon’s. Even Angela Merkel now has one. So, too, does Stephen Harper. Almost every politician [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 08:56:00

A Little Kitty Start

While contemplating my next step regarding Flo ( ... a new project tonight. “Kitty Cottage Sampler” is by Little House Needleworks ... a cute ornament this way. In addition to starting a new stitching project, I also started another “new [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 04:51:42

America’s other Glorious War

The Pentagon pushes hard for a large increase in troops for Afghanistan ... on to discuss $300 million in construction projects at this one base to house additional American [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 15:26:45

Infrastructure Takes Time

Infrastructure provides excellent campaign rhetoric.  After elections, infrastructure can keep fans a fanning ... of shovel ready public works (infrastructure repairs) is lacking funds to match the rhetoric ... like business as usual.    House Plan for Infrastructure Disappoints Advocates for Major Projects [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 15:25:00

My Weekend Projects: 5 Ways I Spend My Weekends Saving Money and Living Frugally

Most weekends, I tackle one significant project around the house, ... it in the basement for several weeks to ferment and settle. If you’re interested in trying this out yourself [more...]

Date: 2008-09-19 14:00:16

Vacation? What's a Vacation? It's what Other People Get.

I was all set, I thought, to head out to Vegas with the wife in hand but of course something ALWAYS happens when you make plans ... up with an alternative project to keep me busy around the house, when I'm not at Hooters for the wings! [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 17:20:06

M house / Architecture W

Architects: Architecture W Location: Nagoya, Japan Project Team: Michel Weenick, Yukiko Iwanaga, Brian White Client: ... the design of the house. A hybrid structural system made up of simple reinforced concrete, concrete ... of the house - allow the design to accommodate a variety of site and program conditions while also [more...]

Date: 2008-10-15 19:00:43

Remembering Design Legends

Master, pioneer, legend. Only a few achieve these distinctions ... recognizable projects — the Gamble house in Pasadena, Calif. The Greenes designed the bungalow-style [more...]

Date: 2008-10-20 17:05:40

MediaEdge Office 2007 Deployment: Planning

Without a good plan, any type of deployment is bound to have problems ... of certain aspects you don't have the knowledge in house either just for the duration of the project ... , but what if they are all busy with other important projects at the same time? Something to think about in any case [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 14:06:53

Magical realism

Boing Boing readers predict the next five years and beyond ... design group who condense their projects into downloadable manuals, such as the Walking House ... marketeer gets their comeuppance / announcing the construction of a cooled beach in Dubai. Nice headline [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 00:45:14

William Blume's The Anti-Empire Report...

"William Blum left the State Department in 1967, abandoning his aspiration of becoming a Foreign Service Officer, ... of time'." The story goes on to discuss $300 million in construction projects at this one base to house [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 13:34:00

Blum on America's 'Stability Operations' Around the World

The Anti-Empire ReportBy William Blum / January 2, 2009America's other glorious warThe Pentagon pushes hard for a large increase in troops for ... '." The story goes on to discuss $300 million in construction projects at this one base to house [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 17:24:00

Rebuilding a Green New Orleans: Social Enterprise in the Lower 9th Ward

Executive Director of the non-profit Make it Right, Tom Darden, has been working closely with New Orleans officials and community leaders like Charles Allen in order to rebuild the Lower 9th Ward with eco-friendly houses. He dubs it, “the toughest redevelopment project in the country [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 23:45:06

William Blum: America’s other glorious war

The Pentagon pushes hard for a large increase in troops for Afghanistan ... on to discuss $300 million in construction projects at this one base to house additional American [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 21:41:21

pTools plans European expansion on back of digital asset deal

Irish content management software house pTools is projecting European growth plans after striking a vital partnership with digital asset management (DAM) technology leader Equilibrium. [more...]

Date: 2008-09-10 13:23:00

Martin Luther King Day Events Around the City

Today is Martin Luther King Jr ... : The free, first-come first-seated event begins at 10:30 a.m. at the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House ... Department has service projects in the Bronx and Manhattan—a nod to MLK's statment, "Everybody [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 05:43:13

These Ain't Hippie Shoes

Hi, my name is Mark and I'm addicted to shoes.  Yeah, a shoe habit.  I could play it up as part of project metrosexual but that'd be a lie ... with house music pounding in the background.   They're made of nubuck.  I feel a little bit sorry ... ."  You're right.  They were on sale.  At the register they rang up at $60, but I said, "Uh-Uh, girlfriend [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 06:50:14

Welcome to Washington! Visitors Center Opens Late & Hugely Over Budget

ABC's Tom Shine from Washington, DC: I hope Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid can find the time to give the auto execs a tour of the new 621 million ... ." Phillip Kennicott, writing in the same paper this morning calls "it is a historic and aesthetic ... buildings." While House and Senate leaders congratulate each other over a project that is hundreds [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 14:58:30

The Progressive Blogging Infrastructure Needs Your Help

Bowers explains: Why is Soapblox Important? ... by several national sites including Pam’s House Blend, My Left Wing, Swing State Project, and my own Open [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 18:47:23

moving buildings

DCMUD has a story about moving an historic building to make room for the large St. Martins low income housing project [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 22:06:00

Radiohead's Phil Selway, In Singer-Songwriter Mode

Courtesy of ateaseweb.com, we have some acceptable footage of Mr ... album culled from various performances spearheaded by Crowded House's Neil Finn and including ... are reprising the project, with notable addition Jeff Tweedy, via a new LP and a series of shows [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 19:35:54

Where My Money Is Going

FIRST CHECK OF THE MONTHDEBT 340.00 GROC/EAT OUT 300.00CHURCH 125.00ELECTRIC 136.00CELL PHONES 180.00CAR INSURANCE 136.00TOLLS 40.00AUTO SAVINGS 40 ... and putting towards future projects.2009 DEBT/PROJECT REPAYMENTFURNITURE BALANCE 640.00EXTRA HOUSE PAYMENT 873.00PAYMENT TOWARD SPOUSE CC 1500.00CENTRAL AC UNIT 3000.000BATHROOM REMODEL 4000.00TOTAL [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 21:37:00

Sharing the love with a few Valentine’s Cards

If you’re a Stampin’ Up! demo be sure to read all about our all *new* Workshop Planning Service. We’ll be giving away 5 free copies on Monday ... , I heard my grandfather calling for me. My grandparents live on the main level of our house - prior ... I was in my studio finishing up the project designs for next month’s class planner (a supply list [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 03:01:34

X Project - Inside View, Part 2

Ever wondered what it would have been like to be a part of the PD Factory Team expansion efforts - the X Project?  Well wonder no more ... , chop wood for his house (and our fire pit). It was here that what was happening really became clear [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 22:30:44

The Sellers Aren’t People, They’re Banks

The Monterey County Herald reports from California ... Attorney Annie Michaels.” “O’Meara, reached at his Pebble Beach home, said he plans to fight ... on the project, with O’Meara losing his Pebble Beach home, a house in Bass Lake and two houses in Fresno.” [more...]

Date: 2008-06-30 22:28:53

Artifice: January 8, 2009

Announcements 1. Available Space Art Project (ASAP) activities suspended 2 ... . Visceral, Homer Watson House & Gallery, Kitchener 12. Twelfth Night: Christmas in Cambridge Jan [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 07:00:55

New Computer Prize Draws computing Fans To Raffle

Being that times are a bit tough, it's proving increasingly difficult to meet the challenges of the Christmas Season for The HeliOS Project ... , it ain't too rough on the eyes. It houses a 160 gig hard drive which isn't too shabby since most ... you know...those cheap so-and-so's)However, we do have folks entering the drawing that are not particularly [more...]

Date: 2008-11-30 03:38:00

Episode #49 - Basement Mistakes

The Handyguys answer a basement remodeling question and then list some basement mistakes. [ Don't finish this basement! ... have basements that they want to remodel to create new livable space. Basements are no longer scary, dungy ... to constantly improve his house, I would try to get you opinion on a project I am thinking of taking [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 22:00:37

NYC - "If Nothing Changes, It Changes Nothing" (09.12.08 - 11.01.08)

Lisa Anne Auerbach If Nothing Changes, It Changes Nothing Exhibition on view from September 12 - November 1, ... s latest project, "Tract House", is a series of 63 [more...]

Date: 2008-09-10 01:51:12

Cole-gate: Colemans' rennovations overlap with payments to Laurie's company, DC house buy

Norm Coleman was undertaking an expensive home renovation project when his friend and benefactor Nasser Kazeminy allegedly ordered a cash transfer ... records of the remodeling project. Original projections in 2006 estimated a cost of $328,000, but four months later, the construction cost was estimated at $414,000, over-budget by $86,000. During [more...]

Date: 2008-12-12 23:16:33

Taming the Sheet Music Tiger

A colleague of mine recently asked me how I managed to keep all of my music organized ... and said each “project” had it’s own stack of music somewhere in her house. Sometimes they were in binders [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 17:27:32

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