On Chicago
"It is the most perfect presentation of nineteenth-century individualistic industrialism I have ever seen. Chicago is one hoarse cry for discipline."--H. G. Wells(1866-1946)(From: The Future in America: A Search after Realities, 1906) Chapter IV, "Growth Invincible: The Tail [more...]
Date: 2008-12-12 12:34:00
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Shocking! Surprising! And Exciting!
After the jump, a detailed look at how and why Matthews Southwest was selected to become the developer for the convention center hotel -- including interviews with Assistant City Manager A.C. Gonzalez and Jack Matthews. When the city council’s Economic Development Committee selected Matthews Southwest as the developer for the convention center [more...]
Date: 2008-06-25 01:01:09
BUNDLED UP
Justin, who likes catching peoples unawares, snapped this photo of me early in the morning (just before sun was coming up) ... and humbled by your generous support. Thank you so very much. We have plans to put your money to work [more...]
Date: 2008-12-19 20:32:56
GOPUSA ILLINOIS Daily Clips - November 27, 2008
GOPUSA ILLINOIS Daily Clips for November 27, 2008 includes news and commentaries on the following topics: Republican Party candidates, elected officials, party leaders, and events Republican Party platform issues including promoting a strong national defense, respect for the rule of law, individual responsibilitiy, traditional values, etc [more...]
Date: 2008-11-27 17:21:16
A Simple Woman's Daybook ~ Day 16
For TodayMonday, December 22Outside My Window ...."...oh the weather outside is frightful, but the fire is soooo delightful .. ... quilt and stitcheries and prairie dolls and doll pillows and raggedies! My imagination ... from the living area into the bedrooms.Around the house... lots of laundry, present wrapping [more...]
Date: 2008-12-22 15:03:00
REWIND: Live Simply, Laugh Often, Love Much
The front door of the innIt's our wedding anniversary today! Seven years ago this evening, we were married in front of the beautiful fireplace at a B&B in Savannah, Georgia (we lived there then). How quickly time flies, and how different things are now [more...]
Date: 2008-12-28 14:25:00
Obama's New Appointments
Obama's New Appointments - by Stephen LendmanThe beat goes on. As with his economic and security appointments, Obama again disappointed but didn't surprise. Without exception, his team assures business as usual, a near-seamless transition from George Bush, and not "change to believe in [more...]
Date: 2008-12-19 11:28:00
New Condos Outside of Calgary - Updated for Jan ‘09
AIRDRIE: BREEZE AT AIRDRIE: By Generations Group of Companies. Three-bedroom townhomes or one-, two-or three-bedroom apartment-style condos from low$200,000s.At 2370 Bayside Rd. S. W.,Airdrie. COURTYARDS OF KING’S HEIGHTS: Gardenside condos from$194,900, plus GST. At Kingsland Road in Airdrie. COPPERSTONE VILLAGE: By Jade Landing Holdings [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 20:59:20
A quilty year?
I had big quilting plans for 2008. After all, in October of 07' I made this quilt to my satisfaction and without much difficultly. (my first quilt) ... ? I've got a good start. In addition to the bloggy inspiration, I've joined Block of the Month again [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 23:12:00
Frank Lloyd Wright's Marin Civic Center
click photo for full-size imagephoto by Donald Kinneyclick photo for full-size imagephoto by Donald Kinneyclick photo for full-size imagephoto by ... the various phases of construction, including plans for a fabulous conference center that never got ... about his work in House Beautiful.House Beautiful carried an article about some of Frank Lloyd Wright's [more...]
Date: 2008-12-13 13:02:00
DrumBeat: December 14, 2008
Global oil supply will peak in 2020, says energy agency Global oil production will peak much earlier than expected amid a collapse in petroleum investment due to the credit crunch, one of the world's foremost experts has revealed. Fatih Birol, chief economist to the International Energy Agency, [more...]
Date: 2008-12-14 14:06:53
16 things….
First, I read it on Alexa’s blog then I read it on Girl Wonders blog and thought to myself ’self, you can do this too!’I think the rules are your supposed to write 16 things about your real life self and post a pic except Girl Wonder took a spin and did 16 in game things [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 00:58:45
Thankful Thursday ~ His Word
Thankful Thursday ~ His Word Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path ... , so that the power of Christ may rest upon me..” – 2 Corinthians 12:9 Hope – “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.” – [more...]
Date: 2008-06-12 00:25:21
Today’s Science Policy News for December, 16th 2008
A look at today’s science and health policy news: Obama picks Salazar as Interior secretary L.A. Times– President-elect Barack Obama plans to name Sen. Ken Salazar (D-Colo.) to lead the Interior ... White House energy and climate office and the appointment of a Nobel Prize winner to run the Energy [more...]
Date: 2008-12-16 15:38:32
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Friday Wednesday List: Your Advice for Celebrity Inaugural Revelers Will one-time Obama e-mail pal Scarlett Johansson attend any inaugural events? ( ... Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, Matthew Modine, Ellen Burstyn...Each day as more plans are solidified [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 15:42:28
Slow Cook Thursday
Slow (sloh) adjective, -er, -est, adverb, -er, -est, : moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train; ... , CT, where they restored an old 1789 farmhouse. In 1970 my father got a telephone call that would [more...]
Date: 2008-06-19 07:10:24
“Ranch homes” - their history and distinguishing characteristics
ranch-house-3 Is my house a ranch house? A colonial? A colonial-ranch? A year into the blog, I’m pretty sure in understanding that my own house is a mix…but this holiday ... . But not all one-story houses are ranch homes. Ranch-style, ranch bungalow, ranchette, rambler, California [more...]
Date: 2008-12-28 08:00:57
Little House On The Prairie (Season 3) DVD Review
Nominated for 17 Emmys, including one Golden Globe for Best TV Series - Drama, Little House On The Prairie is one of the most popular shows in television history. Based ... characters, and Little House On The Prairie would become an American favorite, boasting ten successful [more...]
Date: 2009-01-04 04:28:40
The 2nd Canadian Book Challenge- 6th Update
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!Five months in and we've made it to 536 books!Welcome to MelanieO who is also hosting a Canada Reads Challenge: Participants in the Canada Reads Challenge are asked to read all five Canada Reads books and predict a winner by February 15th. Click on the above picture for all the details. ( [more...]
Date: 2009-01-01 05:01:00
Stop Smoking Crack - Don’t Take The Loan
A report from the Associated Press. “Existing home sales in the Midwest tumbled nearly 18 percent in August from last year, while the median sales price in the region fell 5.6 percent to $168,000, the National Association of Realtors said. The median sales price fell in nine cities in the AP-Re/Max report [more...]
Date: 2008-09-26 12:48:53
Jan 15th 2009 NP Jobs NPworld.us Karen 'n bill
. Nurse Practitioner Jobs Advanced Practice Clinician, Advanced Practice Providers Nurse Practitioner Jobs Subscribe in a reader Featured Nurse Practitioner Employers & Recruiters This is our standard job page that we email Mon-Sat to about 13, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 13:41:00
Sunday Scribblings: Pilgrimage
The prompt over at Sunday Scribblings is “Pilgrimage.” A long journey or search of great moral significance ... of the small town’s bank president, she lived a privileged life in a house on the lake, a monster neo [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 18:14:00
I Thought I Had a Holiday Bladder Infection (but I don’t) so you don’t have to
Christmas Day will always be Just so long as we have we So it’s Christmas Eve, and I’m busy and stressed and rushing and hurrying ... holiday post. Oh, I had such plans. I was going to share with you the first few scenes of the exciting [more...]
Date: 2008-12-24 22:05:08
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Best Bets New Pushing Daisies (ABC, 7pm) New Criminal Minds (CBS, 8pm) New Life (NBC, 8pm) New Law & Order (NBC, 9pm) New Dirty Sexy Money ( ... of Weeds, Moonlighting, Alf, Little House on the Prairie, Mad Men, Will & Grace, The Dead Zone [more...]
Date: 2008-12-10 19:53:56
Social Media & the Cost of Fuel
Paula & I just changed plans to visit our daughter in Dallas because of the high price of airfare and the lack of direct connections. A friend who's a retailer at Tahoe tells me he expects [more...]
Date: 2008-07-02 15:59:28
New Year's Eve with the CBC
Hubby and I had plans last night for New Year's Eve, but they were cancelled, as our hostess had some sickness in her house. I wasn't actually that sorry. What is the big fuss about staying [more...]
Date: 2009-01-01 14:49:00
Video: Cedar River Overtakes Downtown Cedar Rapids
Flood water from the Cedar River in Cedar Rapids is now rising at a rate of two inches per hour, ... , the park shelter is underwater. House boats there are beginning to tip as they run out of length [more...]
Date: 2008-06-13 01:21:59
Everything But the Christmas Sync
December can be a tough time for liturgical sorts. Like embarassed house guests caught snooping through the master suite, we slink around corners and head for the shadows, clutching our candles [more...]
Date: 2008-12-06 15:25:05
A change in plans
I posted early in December that for the first time since I started this blog, ... more months away from home:The prairie night was cold, a deep and penetrating cold, like being [more...]
Date: 2008-12-23 13:00:00
My life - ready for normal
The past four months have been so breathtakingly full: ... , I even had my own copy of Prairie Fire - wish I still had it, but thanks to Little Green Footballs [more...]
Date: 2008-11-03 01:03:15
GOPUSA ILLINOIS Daily Clips - November 7, 2008
CHICAGO TRIBUNE -- Emanuel pick shows change is state of mind - John Kass http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-kass-07-nov07,0,4323182.column -- Bill Brady says he will run for governor - AP http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-il-governor-brady,0,5407418 [more...]
Date: 2008-11-07 16:27:42
Saturday, 1/10
NYT 7:58LAT 6:36Newsday 6:35CS 3:21Going Too Far 5:51yesterday's WSJ 7:46(updated at 2:30 p.m. Saturday)New flash! ... here in Chicago in 2007. Commissioner Gordon's house is in my neighborhood, and the SWAT truck passed [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 04:38:00
15 Innovative Uses for Twitter by Kalena Jordan
15 Innovative Uses for Twitter by Kalena Jordan 15 Innovative Uses for Twitter (That You Probably Haven’t Thought Of) By Kalena Jordan (c) 2008 Those of us who are daily Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/ kalena) users already grok the power of the application and it’s potential [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 03:02:56
Videos » are you ready » Planet Netopia
Out of State and Special Interest Donations to Mike GronstalNovember 16, ... of Prairie Meadows Des Moines IA 500 1/13/2008Iowa Committee of Automotive Retailers West Des [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 15:32:16
Videos » are you ready » Planet Netopia
Out of State and Special Interest Donations to Mike GronstalNovember 16, ... of Prairie Meadows Des Moines IA 500 1/13/2008Iowa Committee of Automotive Retailers West Des [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 15:35:51
New bar ‘Strutts’ onto Kalamazoo music scene
By Karie Kuiper Western Herald [ (Karie Kuiper / Western Herald) ... W. Michigan Ave., is a popular coffee house for college students to do just that. Amidst a murmur [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 06:10:35
January 7 - IBM/MSFT Layoff Rumors Remain - Oglivy Cuts 10% - LM Glasfiber Spins 150 Out the Door - Cessna Warns - 400 Less at Barclays - Aloca Sheds 15,200 - EMC Deletes 2400 - Lenovo Erases 2500
Mike: Good day to all ... from refinancing the house. The auto industry is still dying a slow death and will continue to shed [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 13:47:48
Go Coast to Coast Across the United States
The third largest country by size in the world, the U.S ... to alpine peaks in the Rocky Mountains, from rolling prairie lands and barren deserts in the West [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 08:38:00
NP Jobs Week In Review NPworld.us
Post Nurse Practitioner Jobs Post Physician Assistant jobs, Post Nurse Practitioner job, Physician Assistant job, NP jobs, Nurse Practitioner Resumes Nurse Jobs Physician Jobs CRNA jobs,Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioner Jobs,ARNP jobs,Advanced Practice Provider,Advanced Practice Clinician, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 15:58:00
Prairie House Plans
Prairie House Plans December 31st, 2008 · Comments Off Powered By CbproAds Prairie House Plans Living in a welcoming home in a lovely setting is the American dream. Maybe you have country farm house plans of your own after seeing television shows featuring old-time family life. The rich history of prairie style homes makes them [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 12:52:06
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