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  • Bradshaw student wins design contest Friday, November 21, 2008 @ 7:17PM Rachelle Allen saw her schoolmates’ colorful posters designed for the York Area Adopt-a-Pet (YAAP) displayed at the Kilgore Library and thought she must have lost. Her entry for the contest did not hang among them. Then she got the letter in the mail declaring her the grand prize winner. Rachelle, the daughter of Kent and Toni Allen of Bradshaw, couldn’t have been more surprised. ...
  • A self-built man with a cunning plan Friday, November 21, 2008 @ 6:05PMAs one surveys our property/housebuilding sector, it is difficult not to recall the American actress and comedian Lily Tomlin when she predicted, "Things are going to get a lot worse before they get worse."
  • Lake Woodlands Target store reopens Friday, November 21, 2008 @ 3:31PMThe Target store on Lake Woodlands Drive has reopened with a new look.
  • McRae Industries, Inc. Reports Earnings for Fiscal 2008 Friday, November 21, 2008 @ 3:30PM McRae Industries, Inc. reported consolidated net revenues for fiscal 2008 of $80,021,000 as compared to $68,271,000 for fiscal 2007.
  • Modular buildings taking shape Friday, November 21, 2008 @ 5:05AM BOSTON and#8212; It took six days for builders to put together a modular classroom with wood panels and walls of windows on a concrete plaza in Boston this week.
  • Exeter/Hampton/Rockingham area community calendar Friday, November 21, 2008 @ 5:03AM "TWO STUDIOS: SIX ARTISTS," will participate in the annual holiday art open house Friday, Nov. 21 from 3 to 8 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 22 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Lily Designs Beading Studio and Salmon House Art Studio, both located at the corner of...
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  • Dr. A. Sunder Ram Joins EoPlex Technologies as Director of Research and Development Friday, November 21, 2008 @ 4:00AM EoPlex Technologies, the company that produces ceramic, metallic and polymeric components by a new low cost print-forming technology, announced today that Dr. A. Sunder Ram has joined the company as Director of Research and Development.
  • Courthouse almost done – really Thursday, November 20, 2008 @ 8:24PMRestaurants are anticipating larger lunch crowds. Attorneys have begun to look for office space. The city has even built a walkway to facilitate the daily movement of hundreds of employees and patrons of the new South Santa Clara County Courthouse into the downtown area.
  • California E-Car Dreaming Thursday, November 20, 2008 @ 7:46PMA new public-private partnership pushes electric cars in the Golden State.
  • Costa Pedasí & The Cliffs at Keowee Springs Thursday, November 20, 2008 @ 6:49PMA beachfront residential development and a lakeside golf resort community.
  • Builders say going modular is good way to go green Thursday, November 20, 2008 @ 6:39PMIt took six days for builders to put together a modular classroom with wood panels and walls of windows on a concrete plaza in Boston this week.
  • CCEA bid to generate additional livelihood opportunities in UP and AP Thursday, November 20, 2008 @ 8:32AMNew Delhi, Nov 20 : The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Thursday gave its approval for implementation of Comprehensive Handicrafts Cluster Development Scheme at Moradabad (UP) and Narasapur (AP) in order to enhance the competitiveness in terms of access to technology, increased market share, ensure effective integration of scattered artisans and linking them to SMEs, generate ...
  • EMRISE Corporation Receives Additional $1 Million Order for Power Supplies for U.S. Military Armored Vehicles Thursday, November 20, 2008 @ 8:30AM RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIF----EMRISE CORPORATION , a multi-national manufacturer of defense and aerospace electronic devices and communications equipment, today announced it has received an additional follow-on order from a large international customer for more than $1 million of modular power supplies to be used in a long-running strategic U.S. military armored vehicle program.
  • Carrier Launches New Software for LEED EA Analysis Thursday, November 20, 2008 @ 7:44AM Carrier Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. , has released version 4.40 of their E20-II Hourly Analysis Program software. HAP v4.40 provides significant new features making Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Energy and Atmosphere Credit 1 analysis faster and easier.
  • Cypress CapSense Proximity Sensing Solution Delivers Industry-Leading Detection Range of Up to 25 Centimeters Thursday, November 20, 2008 @ 7:00AM SAN JOSE, Calif.----Cypress Semiconductor Corp. today announced that its proximity detection solution enables a best-in-class proximity detection range of 25 cm. Based on the market-leading CapSense™ touch-sensing technology, the solution leverages the flexible PSoC® Programmable System-on-Chip architecture to deliver variable detection range and sensitivity along with desired system effects.
  • Cities, Schools Delay Projects Thursday, November 20, 2008 @ 6:28AMSpring Hill is one of the fastest-growing cities in the U.S. With its picturesque location in the rolling hills of Tennessee, just 30 miles south of Nashville, plentiful jobs, reputable schools and affordable housing, the town has attracted people from all corners of the country, and its population has swelled to 25,000 from just 7,000 in 2000.
  • Community center begs for help Thursday, November 20, 2008 @ 3:39AMOfficials with the Red Hook Initiative, a community center that draws as many as 400 kids each month, are pleading for help after the group was booted from its headquarters last week.
  • LSUA bustling with new building projects Thursday, November 20, 2008 @ 2:47AMAn ambitious plan designed to take campus life at Louisiana State University at Alexandria up a few notches is under way.
  • Rail project recommends three routes Thursday, November 20, 2008 @ 12:03AM NEW BEDFORD — The South Coast Rail Project announced Wednesday it is recommending only three commuter links between New Bedford, Fall River and Boston be pursued — two that would use rail and one for rapid bus.
  • Conservancy building green facility Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 11:42PMHENDERSONVILLE – The Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy board of trustees recently broke ground on a 3,200-square-foot custom built, passive solar and energy efficient office facility in the nonprofit campus, Ironwood Square, on the corner of Upward Road and Case Street, Hendersonville.
  • Geneva school construction estimates are over budget Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 11:26PMPreliminary estimates for the construction of Geneva Platt R. Spencer Elementary and the Geneva Middle School are substantially over budget, putting some of the planned upgrades in jeopardy.
  • DTH Archives Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 11:25PMThree committees of the Board of Trustees met Wednesday to hear reports on various campus issues. UNC’s endowment has lost more than 13 percent of its value in the last four months, said Jon King, president of the UNC Management Company, which oversees the endowment.
  • BlackBerry Storm review (Verizon Wireless) Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 10:54PM Verizon Wireless will soon offer the BlackBerry that Apple should fear. Find out why in our full BlackBerry Storm review.
  • Green IT could have big global reach Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 10:21PMAn increasingly consolidated and energy efficient IT infrastructure could play a major part in cutting emissions, according to a recent report.
  • Development & Design: Boutique Housing Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 10:18PMFor the past century, the fashion industry has been capitalizing on the idea of couture—the designing, making, and selling of high-quality, custom-designed clothing. In the past, only the social elite could afford to buy high-quality custom-designed products.
  • YESTERYEAR: Luecke building is tribute to six generation Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 9:52PM When Charles Luecke walks down EastMain Street in Freeport, he feels more than right at home – he feels completely rooted. Luecke can stand on the east side of the street and look at the tangible evidence of his family’s place in this community over six generations.
  • Community rolls up sleeves Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 11:47AMA $2 million budget was proposed at a meeting of the Wick Park revitalization project on Saturday.
  • University Circle pushes forward on hotel, other projects Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 11:29AMPlans for two hotels and other projects in University Circle are moving forward, despite a financial crisis that has made development funding hard to come by. Chris Ronayne, president of University Circle Inc., said the community development group is considering...
  • EDG Designs New Dallas Wolfgang Puck Venues Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 11:28AMSan Rafael, Calif.-based EDG Interior Architecture + Design is designing the interiors for the redevelopment of the 50-story Reunion Tower and the historic Union Station, both located in Dallas, Texas.
  • Seminar on Intellectual Property Rights set Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 9:53AMMANAGEMENT of intellectual property rights (IPRs) by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) will be the main focus of the discussion during a seminar to be conducted by the regional office of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Intellectual Property (IP) Philippines on November 20 and 21 at the Waterfront Insular Hotel.
  • Computing From Weather to Warcraft Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 6:08AMThe falling cost of supercomputer systems has allowed a broader range of corporations and institutions to buy them for everything from processing movie graphics to searching for oil.
  • picoChip Details Industrys First LTE Picocell and Femtocell Reference Designs at LTE World Summit Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 5:21AM LONDON & BATH, England----picoChip today disclosed further details of the industry’s first complete LTE basestation reference designs at the LTE World Summit in London. The PC8618 picocell and PC8608 femtocell platforms, respectively designed in conjunction with picoChip’s development and research partners, mimoOn and ASTRI, will enable high capacity wireless networks for enterprise, ...
  • Highlights of Economic and Business Growth in the Tampa Bay Region (News Briefs) Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 4:09AM News briefs concerning economic and business growth in the Tampa Bay Region from the Tampa Bay Partnership:
  • Taste It | Mezzanine Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 8:00AMRob and Jessika Weaver weren’t necessarily considering opening a restaurant when they purchased the building across the street from one of their most successful ventures, River City Tattoo. But two years later, Stronghill Dining Company came to fruition because the Weavers knew all the right people.
  • First Potomac Realty Trust Signs Two New Leases Totaling 79,000 Square Feet Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 8:00AM BETHESDA, Md.----First Potomac Realty Trust announced today that it has signed two new leases – one with the U.S. General Services Administration and the other with Sutron Corporation.
  • Andrew J. Bacevich, The Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 7:44AM Andrew J. Bacevich, The Limits of Power (Henry Holt and Company, New York, 2008) Published earlier this year when the eventual electoral victory of Barack Obama was still fairly remote and unknowable, Andrew Bacevich’s book was addressed not so much to the future occupant of the White House as it was to the American people at large: warning us that ‘change we can believe in’ will require a ...
  • Basic aid enters Gaza; Olmert, Abbas debate failing truce - Summary Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 7:39AMJerusalem - Israel allowed basic humanitarian aid into Gaza for the first time in almost two weeks Monday, but kept its border crossings shut to fuel and non-essential goods as a fragile truce which had largely held for five months further unravelled...
  • CRA International Consultants Study High Voltage Transmission in the Southwest Power Pool Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 7:30AM BOSTON----CRA International, Inc. , a worldwide leader in providing management, economic, and financial consulting services, today announced its role in preparing a study about the economic benefits if approximately 1,200 miles of extra-high voltage transmission are built in the Southwest Power Pool.
  • AMDs Award-Winning ATI Radeon HD 4800 Graphics Series Shipping in High-Performance PCs from Leading OEMs and System ... Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 7:01AM SUNNYVALE, Calif.----AMD today announced high-performance PCs from a wide array of leading original equipment manufacturers and system integrators are now delivering immersive game play thanks to the ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 line of graphics cards.
  • Solarflare Demonstrates Leading Standards-Compliant 10 Gigabit Ethernet Solutions at Supercomputing 2008 Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 7:00AM IRVINE, Calif.----Solarflare Communications, the leading provider of standards-compliant 10 Gigabit Ethernet silicon, will showcase its technology leadership with multiple demonstrations of the 10Xpress® 10GBASE-T PHY and Solarstorm® 10GbE controller at SC08, the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis.
  • Curtiss-Wright Announces Senior Management Appointments Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 7:00AM Chief Operating Officers
  • REGION: Tribe building its own wireless network Sunday, November 16, 2008 @ 4:17PMFORT YATES, N.D. - Standing Rock Sioux officials say their reservation along the North Dakota-South Dakota border is in a communication dead zone with phone service that is spotty at best. They plan to change it. Advertisement: DIAMONDS & DESIGNS Holiday Savings! Check out our selection and save for the holidays!
  • Southern Calif. firefighters aided by calmer winds Sunday, November 16, 2008 @ 1:18PM Updated 1:08 p.m. BREA, Calif. - Calmer winds Sunday aided firefighters battling wildfires that destroyed hundreds of homes in Southern California, forced thousands of residents to flee and left much of the region under a thick blanket of smoke. Advertisement: DIAMONDS & DESIGNS Holiday Savings! Check out our selection and save for the holidays!
  • Heat is on for city hopefuls; Council considers five-year blueprint to tackle climate change Sunday, November 16, 2008 @ 12:35PMA FIVE-YEAR blueprint to tackle climate change will be put to Warrnambool City Council tonight. Among the targets is to purchase 100 per cent green energy for all council buildings. The 49-page ...
  • 40 countries, 35 years, many memories Sunday, November 16, 2008 @ 12:00PMBRATTLEBORO -- When Larry Simons was a younger man, he traveled the globe in search of handcrafted items like weaving baskets, clothing and blankets.
  • George Soros buys Research in Motion Ltd., Arch Coal Inc., Whiting Petroleum Corp., Global Signal Inc., Suncor Energy ... Sunday, November 16, 2008 @ 11:43AMGeorge Soros is back to his fund. We can see it from the portfolio holdings of his fund. He owns fewer stocks now and he bets big into certain areas. George Soros owns 83 stocks with a total value of $2.8 billion. These are the details of the buys and sells. New Purchases: ACI, AMZN, BAC, BBY, BK, BUD, BWLD, CA, CDNS, CHK, CIEN, CSGS, DPS, ETR, FIS, FRO, GGP, GLRE, GMT, GSL, GSL/WS, HSNI, ITT, ...
  • Architect Works To Make Traditional Touches Affordable Sunday, November 16, 2008 @ 11:37AMMiddleburg architect Russell Versaci is passionate about his craft.
  • Kaukauna sees need to add public safety workers Sunday, November 16, 2008 @ 4:25AMKAUKAUNA When Fire Chief Paul Hirte sounded off alarms last year that staffing shortages in his department could compromise the communitys safety, city officials committed to hire three firefighters.
  • Artists begin process of bringing back galleries Sunday, November 16, 2008 @ 1:02AMGALVESTON — Island artists are determined to paint a brighter picture for the wounded art community on the island as they begin cleaning up.