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- The Bald Woman's Blog: Part 21 Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 6:04AMSu's nightmare trip to London continues... The last blog entry finished with Su and her autistic daughter Laura paying endless visits to public toilets as Laura found it increasingly hard to cope with the London crowds. Laura heads for yet another public convenience but...
- UTTC plans training to ease tribal officer shortage Sunday, August 15, 2010 @ 11:37PMThe future of law enforcement in Indian Country may lie in a brick building with expansive windows curving to the northeast, which sits in an empty field south of Bismarck.
- Larger-than-life cast of characters dominates Charles Taylor war crimes trial Friday, August 13, 2010 @ 1:40PMHollywood, although it tried several times to draw the world's attention to modern-day genocide in Africa, would have a tough time replicating the drama of Charles Taylor war crimes trial.
- Larger-than-life cast of characters dominates Charles Taylor war crimes trial Friday, August 13, 2010 @ 12:10PMHollywood, although it tried several times to draw the world's attention to modern-day genocide in Africa, would have a tough time replicating the drama, horror, intrigue and deception on display as former Liberian president Charles Taylor faces war crimes charges here.
- The Opposite House, Beijing: hotel review Monday, August 2, 2010 @ 8:56AMLucinda Baring reviews the Opposite House, a hip hotel in Beijing's Embassy district.
- 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.
- It's a company town - where the trade is in intelligence Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 9:18AMIn the final part of the series, Dana Priest and William Arkin size up Fort Meade, Maryland.
- Noise complaints make for loud hearings before selectmen Wednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 6:57PMSelectman Ron DiOrio vowed to call for a vote to revoke the entertainment license of the Island House, if the board hears another noise complaint about the popular Circuit Avenue bar and restaurant. The establishment was before the board for a public hearing on a noise complaint.
- Skills Canada-Ontario camp at Conestoga College gives kids a taste of working life Wednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 7:54AM— Twelve-year-old Ben Durdan was the first camper to speak Tuesday, stepping to the microphone of Conestoga College’s CJIQ radio station to see what a job in radio was like as a part of the Skills Work! summer day camp.
- Jewish music for Palestine Tuesday, July 13, 2010 @ 12:08AMThe album cover for “The Rising Tide Sinks All” depicted Shell oil canisters leaking in to the ocean. John Kitses's 12-year old drawing was like a premonition waiting to become true.
- Jewish musicians unite for Palestine Monday, July 12, 2010 @ 6:38AMThe album cover for “The Rising Tide Sinks All” depicted Shell oil canisters leaking in to the ocean. Cooper's 12-year old drawing was like a premonition waiting to become true.
- Room with no view, but perfect for an office Friday, July 9, 2010 @ 2:09PMWhen the strongest cellphone signal is in the smallest room, a strawberry colored tub becomes a desktop.
- Planners hear proposalfor indoor firing range Thursday, July 8, 2010 @ 1:32PMCAIRO — The proprietors of a proposed indoor gun range on Route 32 in Acra presented a site plan to the Cairo planning board Wednesday.
- CHOC makes space for the smallest babies Wednesday, June 23, 2010 @ 8:22AMWhen Eunice Garcia realized she would give birth to her first baby nearly three months before her due date, she put her hand on her too-small belly and prayed. "I said to God, 'Protect her and give her peace as she comes out into the world,'" said...
- Condo Owners Fear X-Ray Would Show Mushy Bones Monday, June 21, 2010 @ 10:32PMResidents of La Jolla's Seahaus say their complex was constructed so poorly that developers should pay to fix it -- or even give them their money back.
- Council ponders the future of the LCPA Friday, June 18, 2010 @ 4:31AMThere is far more to the Lansdale Center for the Performing Arts than meets the eye.
- Renovated Radisson Blu Hotel Hits Hamburg Wednesday, June 16, 2010 @ 11:01AMThe city's largest hotel showcases three different room styles designed by Swedish architect Christian Lundwall.
- In The Pipeline: CoStar Development and Construction News For June 13-19 Tuesday, June 15, 2010 @ 12:57AMThis edition of In The Pipeline includes news that hobby company Traxxas will become the first corporate headquarters to establish a beachhead in the Craig Ranch master development near Dallas-Fort Worth. A number of new educational and public projects...
- Natick Service Council ready to show off new home Saturday, June 12, 2010 @ 11:34PMThe finishing touches are being applied to the Natick Service Council's new home, which has been transformed from the rundown gymnasium at the former Coolidge Junior High into a bright office for the organization.
- Downtown Indianapolis condos get second chance at makeover Monday, June 7, 2010 @ 10:41AMJun. 7--Klaus Wittern came close to renovating the run-down Shelton apartments into condominiums in late 2007.
- Downtown condos get 2nd chance at makeover Monday, June 7, 2010 @ 6:03AMKlaus Wittern came close to renovating the run-down Shelton apartments into condominiums in late 2007. He had lined up contractors, architects and a bank to finance the nearly $3 million project for the 1925 building at 825 N. Delaware St. Then a recession struck, and his plans fell apart.
- Happy birthday, Biosphère Friday, June 4, 2010 @ 7:24AMIn a glassed-in room on the fifth floor of the Biosphère, an enthusiastic educator explains what greenhouse gases are to a group of visiting schoolchildren.
- Set Free leader, saint or con man? Friday, June 4, 2010 @ 5:11AMANAHEIM Pastor Phil Aguilar, leader of the Christian motorcycle club Set Free Soldiers, points his muscular, tattoo-laden arm through a doorway during a tour of his Anaheim house. "Check out the living room of a typical biker gang's house," he says...
- Dubbing in demand as Hollywood takes hold in India Friday, May 21, 2010 @ 11:17AMMUMBAI (AFP) - Mona Shetty breaks into fits of laughter when she talks about playing Barbie in the Hindi-language version of the Hollywood animation "Toy Story 3".
- Dubbing in demand as Hollywood takes hold in India Friday, May 21, 2010 @ 12:26AMIndian voice artiste Mona Shetty rehearses the Hindi-language script for a Hollywood movie in Mumbai on May 12, 2010. (Photo courtesy: AFP) Indian voice artiste Mona Shetty (L) sits with her mother Leela Ghosh at their dubbing studio in Mumbai on May 12, 2010.
- Mercedes-Benz dealer heading to Grapevine Wednesday, May 19, 2010 @ 9:31PMPark Place will build a multimillion-dollar facility and move operations from Bedford.
- Oversize Felt Rugs, Born in a SoHo Loft Thursday, May 13, 2010 @ 1:32AMIN Mongolia, felt-making is a communal affair: women and children beat freshly sheared wool with sticks and sprinkle it with water, then horses drag it through a field. It's a centuries-old tradition that takes hours, sometimes days, considerable skill and much hoof- and manpower.
- Party house Thursday, May 13, 2010 @ 1:23AMYou might expect Andrew W.K., the 31-year-old rocker, piano virtuoso and nightclub entrepreneur, to make his home in some cool downtown loft. But he’s got much loftier aspirations. “It was always my dream to live in a skyscraper,” says W.K., who rents a 1,650-square-foot, $8,000-per-month...
- This community board does not like tacos! Wednesday, May 12, 2010 @ 9:48AMThe two-year-old Trophy Bar is violating city fire codes when it holds cookouts in its backyard because it doesn’t have a second fire exit, Community Board 1 said back in February.But that warning didn’t put the kibosh on a Cinco de Mayo fiesta at the bar, when...
- INTERVIEW/PROFILE: At 30, Princeton Record Exchange is Still Groovy Tuesday, April 27, 2010 @ 8:45PMBy Scott Morgan It is Wednesday, in the middle of a day in the middle of an unremarkable week, and there are at least 40 people flipping through records or reading the spines of CDs along the walls of the Princeton Record Exchange. The store will draw nearly 800 people before closing this night and this is just on an otherwise unremarkable, non-shopping-season weekday. On a normal Saturday there ...
- Doom - Comparison FAQ Friday, April 16, 2010 @ 5:27PMDoom (SNES) Doom, SNES
- Past, Present Merge Friday, April 16, 2010 @ 7:20AMNEWS-The new Winter Haven Fire Station located at the corner of U.S. Highway 17 and Avenue G, S.W. is nearing completion. Paul Crate / News Chief. Thursday, April 15, 2010.
- New Winter Haven fire station blends old and new styles, features Friday, April 16, 2010 @ 7:16AMThe new Winter Haven Fire Station located at the corner of U.S. Highway 17 and Avenue G, S.W. is nearing completion. Thursday, April 15, 2010.
- New Chandler Care Center open for business Friday, April 9, 2010 @ 2:17PMA community health care center where those in need can find free dental, mental and medical services is now open for business.
- Gary Dourdan's Loud Sex Fiasco Tuesday, April 6, 2010 @ 8:25PMGary Dourdan's theme song? Jennifer Lopez's Let's Get Loud! Last month, police had to pay a visit to Gary Dourdan's house after neighbours reported some disturbance at the actor's place. Subsequently, the police arrested his girlfriend, Maria Asis del Alamo for domestic violence after they noticed scratch on the actor's neck. Despite protests from the former CSI actor, the police still hauled ...
- Leave a comment: Tuesday, April 6, 2010 @ 8:18PMGary Dourdan's theme song? Jennifer Lopez's Let's Get Loud! Last month, police had to pay a visit to Gary Dourdan's house after neighbours reported some disturbance at the actor's place.
- The Suite Life Tuesday, April 6, 2010 @ 1:18AMRyan (seated) and Patrick: Believers in emerging markets. Before 2003, you’d have been hard-pressed to find a five-star hotel south of Makati. The realm of world-class accommodations stopped there, and perhaps stretched a bit toward the Bay Area, but beyond that, zilch.
- The Suite Life Monday, April 5, 2010 @ 4:44PMBefore 2003, you'd have been hard-pressed to find a five-star hotel south of Makati.
- Victims in Restaurant Shooting Were Eating after a Funeral Monday, April 5, 2010 @ 11:10AMThe now-identified victims, who were likely intended targets , in Saturday's shooting that left four dead and two in critical condition were gathered after a funeral. 30 to 40 people had come together at the Hot Spot Cafe on Riverside Drive, but when the shooting occurred, only a handful remained . Despite neighborhood theories on the shadiness of the restaurants, owner Artour Balian said the ...
- Old Spitzer building in Grafton targeted for gun range Saturday, April 3, 2010 @ 12:22AMGRAFTON — The owners of a gun shop and auto repair facility have plans to turn the old Spitzer car dealership downtown into a business where you could get your car repaired and do a little shooting at an indoor gun range at the same time. The auto repair business at Pro-Tech Automotive & Cycle, now [...]
- Childhood center seeks residential feel Tuesday, March 30, 2010 @ 12:01AMSchool District 203 and construction officials on Monday led a tour of the Ann Reid Early Childhood Center being built along Naper Boulevard at Collingwood Drive. The 48,000-square-foot school for students through age 5 is in Naperville's Huntington Estates neighborhood.
- The Gear That Keeps London's Pirate Radio Hidden [Pirateradio] Saturday, March 27, 2010 @ 4:41PM# pirateradio Untraceable infrared links. Backpacks full of back-up transmitters. Cloak and dagger secrecy. Hundreds of pirate radio stations broadcast in London every day, but this 20 minute documentary shows that only the tech-savviest stay a step ahead of the police. More »
- Buzz builds as IMAX theater nears opening in Simpsonville Wednesday, March 24, 2010 @ 1:05AMImproved 3-D technology is the most recent advancement to come to the movie theater experience. More and more movie-goers are donning 3-D glasses when they enter the theater to view movies that pop off the screens and dazzle with visual effects.
- Keeping WLIU on the air, from anywhere Suffolk Closeup Wednesday, March 17, 2010 @ 10:19PMWhat a scene this weekend: the finest radio station studio facility on Long Island was being dismantled. The elements of WLIU radio - microphones, file folders, CDs and more - were in cardboard boxes waiting to be moved.
- Sculpting music and careers: Little Known Artists' Studios a unique experience Monday, March 15, 2010 @ 5:52AMDean Stairs, a musician, sound engineer and father of 10, has been running his own business since 2001.
- Saving Radio Saturday, March 13, 2010 @ 7:47AMBy Karl Grossman What a scene this weekend: the finest radio station studio facility on Long Island was being prepared to be dismantled. The elements of WLIU radio — microphones, file folders, CDs, etc. — were in cardboard boxes waiting to be moved. And soon, the soundproof walls and ceilings, the little rooms where on-air personalities [...]
- Owner seeks to restore building's club past Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 7:45PMASBURY PARK — The owner of the three-story downtown building that once housed the Upstage Club will go before the city Planning Board on April 12 to get a plan approved to bring back bands to the third floor of the building.
- Northwest oasis Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 4:00AMCORPUS CHRISTI —The entry to Cathy and Patrick Geary’s dream home, with its towering rock walls and six foot Celtic cross etched into the concrete floor, was inspired by an Irish castle. The rest of the house is a pure South Texas ranch hacienda of bold colors and filled with gifts and collectibles from loved ones, hand painted art and murals, distressed and hand painted woods, custom stained ...
- Empire State Building Takes on ‘No Pane, No Gain’ Sustainability Attitude Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 6:30PMJohnson Controls is taking a “no pane, no gain” approach to sustainable retrofitting of the Empire State Building.
- Empire State Building Sustainability Initiative Elicits ‘No Pane, No Gain’ Mantra Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 10:30PMJohnson Controls is taking a “no pane, no gain” approach to sustainable retrofitting of the Empire State Building.