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  • Pass Police chief: New station a dream come true Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 8:41PMPASS CHRISTIAN, MS (WLOX) – Records Clerk Gloria Sanders is juggling two jobs these days -- settling into her new office while trying to conduct police business. Sanders and her co-workers have waited too long to finally move out of cramped trailers.
  • 'Like being in a washing machine' Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 4:06PMUPDATE 4pm: CHRISTCHURCH residents said the walls of their homes "wobbled like jelly'' when a 7.0 quake rocked the city today.
  • The Smithsonian's National Zoo Celebrated the Completion of Phase I of Elephant Trails Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 4:54PMThe Transformation Of the Zoo's Home For its Asian Elephants is Not Merely a Facelift By Karin Korpowski-Gallo Washington, DC - The Smithsonian's National Zoo celebrated the completion of Phase I of Elephant Trails, an innovative and expanded home for Asian elephants, Sept. 2. Phase I has four elements: a new elephant barn, two new outdoor yards, the Elephant Exercise Trek and The Homer and ...
  • Westmont Construction Complete In Time For Start Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 10:13AMWorkers put finishing touches on two new buildings, Adams Center for the Visual Arts and Winter Hall for Science and Mathematics before students arrived for the fall semester.
  • Structural Insulated Panels Have Many Fans, So Why Don't More Builders Use Them? Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 3:41PMSIPs offer superior energy efficiency to conventional stick-frame building.
  • Download: Arma II: Operation Arrowhead v1.54 Patch Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 3:26PMFiled under: Downloads , Patches , FPS The newest patch for Arma II: Operation Arrowhead updates the game to v1.54. Highlights include a trimmed down version of the British Armed Forced DLC expansion (called Arma 2: British Armed Forces Lite ). All units, vehicles and weapons from the DLC are available with lower quality textures and audio files. You'll have to purchase the British Armed Forces ...
  • Restaurant/bar is approved, with conditions Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 1:47AMGoshen Members of the Goshen village planning board gave the go-ahead to Kelley Jean’s Restaurant although it came with conditions.
  • Restaurant/bar is approved, with conditions Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 1:50AMGoshen Members of the Goshen village planning board gave the go-ahead to Kelley Jean’s Restaurant although it came with conditions.
  • Juniata school needs nearly $9.4 million in renovations Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 9:12AMDuBOIS - The 44-year-old Juniata Elementary School building in DuBois needs nearly $9.4 million in renovations. The school was renovated in 1976 and 1993.
  • Why Governors Shouldn’t Be Appointed Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 3:24PMFor over a month, Moscow has been boiling in heat that has approached and sometimes surpassed 40 degrees Celsius, along with heavy, sticky, eye-burning smog. Carbon monoxide levels have reached crisis levels, at six times the maximum acceptable concentration.
  • Analysis: Political apathy fuelling Russian crisis Thursday, August 12, 2010 @ 6:30PMFor more than a month, Moscow has been boiling in 40-degree heat and eye-burning smog. Carbon monoxide levels have reached crisis levels, at six times the maximum allowable co
  • Russia's fires fueled partly by political apathy Thursday, August 12, 2010 @ 4:07PMMOSCOW — For over a month, Moscow has been boiling in 40-degree-Celsius heat and heavy, sticky, eye-burning smog. Carbon monoxide levels have reached crisis levels, at six times the maximum allowable concentration. Other toxic substances in Moscow's air are at nine times the normal level. Early this month, a journalist called the office of Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov, seeking comments on the ...
  • All Belleville properties to be reassessed Thursday, August 12, 2010 @ 12:49PMAll Belleville properties will be reassessed by January 2011, Mayor Raymond Kimble announced at Tuesday's Township Council meeting.
  • Wildfires and smog: a wakeup call for Russia | Yevgenia Albats Wednesday, August 11, 2010 @ 8:51PMThe human and financial costs of the heatwave are evidence of the regime's inability to cope with unforeseen risk For more than a month, Moscow has been boiling in 40C (100F) heat and heavy, sticky, eye-burning smog. Carbon monoxide levels have reached crisis levels, at six times the maximum safe concentration. Other toxic substances in Moscow's air are at nine times the normal level. In early ...
  • Light test shows ballpark as work of art Monday, August 9, 2010 @ 4:15PMLight test shows ballpark as work of art
  • Hampden gardener shows off flair for the whimsical, beautiful Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 5:52PMWalter Whitney's Hampden backyard looks like a collection of clips from a gardening magazine, unique homemade creations interspersed with the bright splashes of color from the 22 "garden spots" scattered throughout the property.
  • Panel systems and drywall offer options for finishing the basement Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 5:12AMIn the past, finishing a basement was simple: Slap up some paneling, throw down some indoor-outdoor carpet and rescue some furniture from the trash. How times have changed. Now, homeowners are confronted with a wealth of basement finishing options that fall into two main camps: traditional drywall and stud construction or basement "systems" with mold-resistant panels designed for basement use.
  • Groundhouse Sustainable Home Combines Natural Living with Zero Carbon Performance - the First Year in the Groundhouse Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 10:00AMLow Carbon innovator CLEVEL today confirmed that the first Groundhouse, built in Brittany, France, has achieved comfortable temperatures averaging 19.2 degrees C (66.5 F) during its first year of occupation. Its passive solar design and super insulation coupled with solar power make it a natural building that achieves 21st century zero carbon performance. A unique combination of natural style ...
  • Safety fell to speed on doomed Gulf oil rig, testimony shows Tuesday, July 20, 2010 @ 7:54PMTestimony at investigative hearings in Kenner on Tuesday showed that time after time in the days and weeks leading to its April 20 oil well blowout, BP eschewed safer options and chose more dangerous ways to handle its difficult...
  • Hearings: Still unclear why key safety tests bypassed on oil rig Tuesday, July 20, 2010 @ 12:39PMTests on the presence of natural gas and the cement's inegrity not done
  • Tent, Yurt, or Mansion? Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 4:39PMI slept in a yurt last night. Not a portable yurt of felt like the Mongols carried across the steppes, but a tarp and wood structure with windows, electric outlets and a porch. Not so portable. I'm afraid I treat my earthly "tent" the same way, like a permanent home instead of a temporary shelter.
  • McCarthy Breaks Ground for Miramar College Parking Structure and LEED Platinum-Designed Police Substation Wednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 6:39PMMcCarthy Building Companies, Inc. ( www.mccarthy.com ), one of the nation's leading builders, has broken ground for the construction of a new 828-space parking structure and an adjacent 6,000-square-foot police substation at San Diego Miramar College, located in the Mira Mesa/Scripps Ranch area of San Diego.
  • City could crack down on neglected properties Tuesday, July 13, 2010 @ 12:04PMThe city wants to crack drown on neglected vacant properties, the City Council was told Tuesday.
  • A return to Haiti, planting seeds for the future Monday, July 12, 2010 @ 12:15PMI returned to Haiti in mid June, over a month after having produced a documentary called Rescued on two children whose precarious lives depend on an orphanage run by American Christian missionaries. I don't have another story to report. I just want to go back. I am haunted by these kids. Cendy Juene is just 6 and she has no one person in the world caring for her, just the kindness of the staff ...
  • Reno Contracting Construction Trailer Achieves LEED(R) Certification Thursday, July 8, 2010 @ 9:00AMReno Contracting, announced another first today with the LEED® certification of a Job Site Construction Trailer.  This is the first and only structure of its kind to achieve such a rating.
  • VIEWPOINTS: Proposed smoking ban ordinance Wednesday, June 30, 2010 @ 8:06PMSmoke-Free San Angelo, the group that proposes banning smoking in public places, has rejected the City Council’s amended version of the ordinance it offered this spring.
  • Clearing the air on smoking ban Tuesday, June 29, 2010 @ 4:14PMSmoking ban takes effect on July 5 The City of Beloit is expecting self-compliance when a statewide smoking ban goes into effect across Wisconsin Monday.
  • Full text of Smoking Ordinance Tuesday, June 29, 2010 @ 1:03PMThe full text of the Smoking Ordinance to be voted on in November.
  • Parkside Convention Centre Receives Interior Redesign Monday, June 28, 2010 @ 3:38PMSydney-based project features sea-inspired décor.
  • Restaurant inspections Monday, June 28, 2010 @ 6:27AMApplebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar, 1855 E. Primrose. June 23. Critical violations: 1. Uncooked chicken too warm. Noncritical violations: 1.
  • A vacation home that’s off-grid and outta sight Thursday, June 24, 2010 @ 12:57PMToronto’s Altius Architecture designs a Muskoka cottage with high visual impact but a soft touch
  • NanaWall Systems Introduces Ornilux Bird Protection Glass to North America Tuesday, June 15, 2010 @ 6:00AMWindow Collisions Kill Between 100 Million And 1 Billion Birds Each Year In The United States. Nanawall Systems is the First Operable Glass Wall Company To Offer An Architectural Solution That Protects Birds And Is Not Discernible To The Human Eye.
  • NanaWall Systems Recognized in City of Watsonville Water Resources Center in AIA 2010 Top 10 Green Project Monday, June 14, 2010 @ 6:00AMThe American Institute of Architects (AIA) Committee on the Environment (COTE) Has Selected the Top 10 Examples of Sustainable Architecture and Green Design Solutions that Protect and Enhance the Environment.
  • NanaWall Introduces Large Opening Glass Wall Hurricane System for Midrise Buildings in Hurricane Zones Friday, June 11, 2010 @ 7:00AMNanaWall Introduces Hurricane System for Mid-Rise Buildings. The NanaWall® SL73 Miami Dade/AAMA Hurricane Folding System Offers Maximum Protection from Wind, Water and Impact During Hurricane Storms. The NanaWall SL73 Offers the Beauty of a Large Opening NanaWall Combined with Hurricane Protection for Buildings up to 10 Stories.
  • NanaWall Systems Launches Structurally Glazed SL82, Winner of Two International Design Awards Thursday, June 10, 2010 @ 7:00AMWinner of Red Dot and iF Design Awards in Europe in 2010, the NanaWall SL82 Structurally Glazed Folding Glass System Launches in North America at the American Institute of Architects' Convention in Miami. This Transparent Operable Glass Wall Blends Perfectly with the All-glass Aesthetic of a Structurally Glazed Commercial or Residential Building for Openings up to 39 Feet Wide. Available with ...
  • How to choose either solarium or greenhouse Thursday, June 3, 2010 @ 8:31PMI'm always amused when I remember the "Beadwall" greenhouse insulation system developed by a solar designer back in the 1970s.
  • Tire Fitting Machine for Run Flat Tires Thursday, June 3, 2010 @ 7:56AMNOW available at Pampanga Premier Cars BMW! read more
  • Design Details: Staircases Thursday, May 27, 2010 @ 9:57AMIs it a mere staircase, or is it a stairway to heaven? Good design and interesting materials make the difference.
  • Maintenance matters Thursday, May 20, 2010 @ 8:55PMNah, that little drip under the sink is nothing to worry about. I'll put it off until I get around to it. Beware those words. They could cost you in the long run.
  • NanaWall Featured in Award-winning Green Hotel Suite Thursday, May 20, 2010 @ 7:00AMNanaWall Systems, Inc. announces the NanaWall® SL60 is featured in the winning design of the first-ever Sustainable Suite Design Competition, a competition sponsored by the USGBC for interior designers to showcase the best hospitality design strategies that boast environmental responsibility while enhancing guest experience. The NanaWall connects the hotel suite to an outdoor lounge expanding ...
  • Alumni group tours new Phenix school Wednesday, May 5, 2010 @ 10:05PM— Alumni of George P. Phenix High School oohed and aahed as they took in the new gyms and cafeteria in the soon-to-open pre-K-8 building named after their former school.
  • LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga - Cannisters and Cheat Blocks FAQ (LSW2) Tuesday, April 27, 2010 @ 1:27PMLEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga (Wii) LEGO Star Wars 2
  • Farmer lives like the pioneers in a modern house in Coupland Saturday, April 24, 2010 @ 9:05AMFarmer lives like the pioneers in a modern house in Coupland
  • NDW Seabees Rebuild Together in Washington Thursday, April 22, 2010 @ 11:49AMU.S. Navy Seabees took their construction and maintenance expertise to northeast Washington’s eighth ward last weekend to improve one resident’s quality of life.
  • Architects practice the energy efficiency they preach Sunday, April 18, 2010 @ 2:11AMThe goal: The owners of Architects hanna gabriel wells wanted to showcase their passion for energy-efficient design when they moved offices in Ocean Beach last year. Their previous projects had included designing an eco-friendly building for the OB People’s Organic Foods Market a decade ago.
  • Second innings Friday, April 16, 2010 @ 1:44PMGoing after trouble pays, as architect Cyriac T M discovered when he built a 3,800 sq ft house for his family in Thiruvananthapuram in 2001. Cyriac specialises in buying traditional Kerala houses as they come up for sale and reassembling them in new resorts or homes.
  • Is this Canada's Most Affordable Green Home? (in News) Tuesday, April 13, 2010 @ 2:23AMHow Victoria architect Keith Dewey transformed eight used shipping containers into an airy residence. Second of three parts.
  • City, school deal in limbo Wednesday, April 7, 2010 @ 12:16AMThe city of Key West and the School Board want to talk about a possible deal on the Glynn Archer Elementary School building, but neither group is leaping for it. The problem: The School Board isn't... read more
  • Pomona Construction Will Impact Parking, Not to Mention the Noise Thursday, March 25, 2010 @ 1:24AMPomona College Dean of Students Miriam Feldblum and Dean of Campus Life Ric Townes held a presentation on the north campus housing and parking project in Hahn 101 on Tuesday.
  • Cost To Save Sims $600,000; Plan Meet Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 2:23PMA city study of the former Sims Bowl property in downtown Des Plaines says the cost to rehabilitate the property for use as a bowling operation could far exceed $600,000.