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120 teams participate in 39th World Series of Bocce Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 1:32PMROME – The Toccolana Club of Rome was the place to be this weekend, as hundreds of teams and many more spectators converged on the East Dominick Street establishment to celebrate an Italian game as the annual World Series of Bocce was held for the 39th time.
New Kaleidescape Vault Automatically Imports your CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray Discs and Stores Them for Easy Retrieval Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 1:18PMSUNNYVALE, Calif., July 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Kaleidescape, Inc., the market leader in movie servers, today announced availability of the M700 Disc Vault, designed from the ground up to simplify and accelerate the process of adding movies and music to a Kaleidescape System. Up to 320 discs can be loaded into the M700 Disc Vault's precision carousel, where their contents are quickly copied ...
iRise Announces New Visualization Services Offerings Designed to Accelerate Business Innovation Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 1:18PMProfessional services offerings built on best practices collected from successful visualization projects Visit website for full story...
Building green homes getting affordable, Cebu firm says Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:41PMCebu-based Greenovate Corp. is offering Cebuanos what they said was an alternative and affordable way of building houses through its Green Home product, an executive said.
Quick tips for web design: Keep learning Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 11:21AMRyan Boudreaux highlights a few handy resources for those who both want to get started and continue their web design education without going back to the classroom.
Planet Green Partners with General Motors on World Premiere Television Event: "Detroit in Overdrive" Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 11:18AMThe three-part documentary premieres on Thursday, August 4 starting at 8:00/7:00c.
Prefabricated homes go upscale Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 2:32AMPrefab houses aren't just for trailer parks anymore. Two Bay Area startups are crafting factory-built homes and rooms for the high-end market, the kind of people who want an architect-designed custom house with all the...
Elk River damage is assessed in Routt County Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 2:15AMStanding water and a gutted ranch house on Tony Connell’s property just west of Steamboat Springs serve as a reminder that this was ground zero for spring flooding. Connell said the damage caused by the high water this spring was personally devastating, and there is no clear path to get operations back to normal.
Designs that matter Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 7:22PMA team of budding architects and design professionals picks up construction know-how and ruminates on why design matters at a design-and-build camp in Sabah.
Phoebe Philo: The British fashion designer who’s leading the pack Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 6:36PMWhat I love is this idea of a wardrobe," says Phoebe Philo, "the idea that we're establishing certain signatures and updating them, that a change in colour or fabric is enough. I do think that the world doesn't need many more frivolous bits and bobs that end up left in cupboards or landfills."
Twin tragedies in 1936 Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 6:16PMTrue to form, I am swamped. I'm busy with a new museum to get opened (details to follow in a few weeks), an exhibit to mount for the Whitney-Tisdale reunion (as well as our friends from the South Porcupine Fire Department) and the regular job of keeping my sanity.[...]
New designs, continued support mark early stages for NW Native center Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 5:03PMA three-level building encompassing nearly 15,000 square feet. A sloping metal roof punctuated by a skylight. Carved wooden doors. Coast Salish rectangular wood columns. An outdoor café and Native plant teaching garden.
Lethargy to the rescue Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 5:03PMHamilton illustrator Greg Hyland designs internationally distributed sets for LEGO - but is most proud of his lazy superhero comic
A subcontinental souq Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 2:40PMLocated in the predominantly Indian suburb of Deira, Souq Al Wasl is nothing but an air-conditioned building with a rugged and faded blue façade.
APEX OFFERING PLAN DECLARED EFFECTIVE; FIRST CLOSINGS UNDERWAY Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 12:43PMNEW YORK, NY APEX Condominiums offering plan has been declared effective and the new luxury building in Harlem is already 40 sold -- more than twice the required percentage. Closings are underway and the first residents have moved into their new homes, according to owner/developer RCG Longview and The Marketing Directors, Inc., the propertys exclusive sales and marketing agent.The fast-selling...
Shrewsbury museum is packed up for move to new home Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 10:55AMA team of 50 volunteers is helping Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery staff with the mammoth task of cataloguing and packing 150,000 artefacts ahead of its move to its new home.
A home fit for a design firm Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 1:09AMDLR puts its cutting-edge designs into practice in its new, energy-efficient building.
Jocelynn Brown: Imagination leads to stylish crocheted vest Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 1:02AMCrocheting enthusiast Donna Glanton designs garments and accessories based on styles that inspire her along with what she'd like to see women wearing.
New jackup rigs are more robust Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 2:14PMSeveral naval architects and marine engineers have introduced new jackup rig designs that trend toward larger units with deeper water depth capabilities, with one design rated for operations in up to 575 ft (175 m) of water.
CONNECT WITH MWRF Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 12:12PM[Cover Story] Amplifiers Break Intercept Barrier 1. The high-linearity HXG amplifiers are supplied in sealed, surface-mount ceramic packages with internal impedance-matching circuitry. High linearity, typically measured by the third-order intercept point (IP3), is an increasingly...
Firm says green home building cheaper Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 11:43AMread more
New Orleans signs' language has irresistible accent Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 11:28AMA sign hanging outside Lily’s Jackson Street Market, an antiques store, reads: “No computer, no web, no fax, no virus.” Next door, Simon Hardeveld’s sign shop is anonymous. Without any sort of advertising or promotion, customers usually have to find...
Local artist inspired at an early age Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 10:51AMAlthough she has not had any formal art training, artist Elaine Wright, who displays and sells her work at Artisans in the Square in downtown Hingham, has studied with various teachers whose work she admired and who complemented her own traditional style.
Canada's Telecommunications Hall of Fame Announces 2011 Telecom Laureates Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 10:00AMOTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - 07/14/11) - His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Canada's 28th Governor General, heads the 2011 list of Canadian achievers in the field of telecommunications selected for induction this year into Canada's Telecommunications Hall of Fame. His Excellency, whose distinguished career included significant success in advancing Canada's digital ...
Gold River Productions Inc. (PINKSHEETS: GRPS) Discusses Its All-Composite "World Home" Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 9:30AMSALT LAKE CITY, UT--(Marketwire - 07/14/11) - John Ohlin, President and Chief Executive Officer of Gold River Productions (Pinksheets: GRPS - News ) Inc. The technology used to construct the World Home has won the prestigious "Utah Innovations Award for Outstanding New Technology". A home or building built with the World Home's all-composite sandwich panels can achieve a heating and cooling load ...
Be a tourist in your own backyard Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 9:27AMMelbourne's buildings are open for inspection.
Bay State company unveils new flywheel-energy facility Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 6:03AMTYNGSBORO -- Though this week's grand-opening celebration of Beacon Power Corp.'s 20-megawatt flywheel electricity generating and storing facility was held 150 miles away in Stephentown, N.
Allentown day care application is denied Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 9:57PMDirector blasts Allentown after facility was forced out by arena plans. The director of a day-care center that is losing its lease to make way for a planned hockey arena in downtown Allentown is accusing the city of leaving her out in the cold — again.
Visitors on Vespas take graffiti art tour in Miami Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 9:02PMMIAMI (AP) — Graffiti was once considered a sign of urban decay, the sort of thing that might keep tourists away from a neighborhood. Now, not only is it an accepted art form, but it's also the subject of a new tour in one of Miami's trendiest neighborhoods, Wynwood, where legal outdoor murals by graffiti artists cover the walls near art galleries and restaurants.
Real Outdoor Living Program Now Offering Free, Customizable Deck Plans Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 9:00PMFeaturing five deck plans ranging in size from a townhome to a two-story deck attached to a traditional home to a standalone gazebo, there's a deck size and style to fit everyone's taste.
Visitors tour Miami's art hub in search of best graffiti while riding Vespas Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 5:58PMMIAMI - Graffiti was once considered a sign of urban decay, the sort of thing that might keep tourists away from a neighbourhood. Now, not only is it an accepted art form, but it's also the subject of a new tour in one of Miami's trendiest neighbourhoods, Wynwood, where legal outdoor murals by graffiti artists cover the walls near art galleries and restaurants.
Spanish Fork man finds meaning in drums Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 12:01PMYou can tell a lot about Bryan Burr just by listening to his voicemail: "Hello wonderful person and thanks for calling the positive motion drumming experience ..." his energetic voice greets
Saudi- Real estate bubble needs to be corrected for decent housing Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 12:44AMSaudi- Real estate bubble needs to be corrected for decent housing
Minnesota company flush with orders Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 12:16AMPortable-toilet maker provides help in year of natural disasters MINNEAPOLIS - This year's torrent of natural disasters is providing a mini-windfall for Satellite Industries, a Plymouth, Minn., company that claims to be the world's largest supplier of portable toilets. Talk about this topic
Ensconced in luxury Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 8:56PMMTT Properties and Deve- lopment Sdn Bhd is launching its first batch of luxu-rious homes in Balik Pulau, Penang, in the fourth quarter.
San Francisco's Valencia Street on bicycle Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 8:49PMThe Valencia Street bike corridor is a hip, mostly flat route in the Mission District. Here are some restaurants and other stops to explore along the way. Nobody does hip like the bicyclists of San Francisco's Mission District.
TV highlights for Sun, July 10 Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 8:11PMNational TV highlights for Sunday, July 10.
Charles Village Pub Under Reconstruction After Winter Fire Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 4:32PMA Towson University hot spot. In the dead of winter, fire tore through the Charles Village Pub. Now the popular hangout is on the mend.
Portable-toilet maker flush with demand in year of disasters Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 3:38PMMINNEAPOLIS -- This year's torrent of natural disasters is providing a mini-windfall for Satellite Industries, a Plymouth, Minn., company that claims to be the world's largest supplier of portable toilets. Satellite recently sold about 1,000 toilets for use in earthquake-ravaged Japan. Another 1,000 have been sent off this summer to several areas in the U.S. destroyed by tornadoes, fires and ...
Designers celebrate end of Haute Couture week Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 5:05AMJean Paul Gaultier, Azzedine Alaïa, Haider Ackermann and Dame Vivienne Westwood were among the designers to attend a party celebrating Paris Haute Couture Week last night.
Living green goes from fad to fashion Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 5:04AMThere are plenty of buzzwords: recycle, repurpose, sustainable, eco-everything. They've got us all thinking green.
Hellesdon pupils celebrate county’s first cob classroom Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 2:47AMYoungsters tucked into pizza and sat back to admire their handy work as they celebrated the completion of the county’s first eco-friendly classroom.
World Buyers Gift Wholesaler Announces Opening of New Showroom Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 2:37AMWorld Buyers' growing line of wholesale gifts moves to new and expanded showroom in America's Mart. (PRWeb July 08, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/7/prweb8621517.htm
Durie hopes to find the Top Design Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 1:41AMJamie Durie is back in Australia with his new show Top Design, in which trained designers compete to win $100,000.
Mountain biking sport comes to North Park, with grand opening Sunday Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 11:57PMThere is a new trail in North Park that may look a bit scary to some. But for others, it's a dream come true. It's the new Freeride Trail and Skills Park, and there will be a grand opening at noon Sunday. The facility is near Pie Traynor Field and North Park Swimming Pool.
Quake study may lead to safer building designs Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 3:00PMCARBONDALE - Pluck a guitar string, and it will vibrate at a certain rate, creating pitch based on how fast or slow these oscillations occur. This vibration rate, or frequency, depends on several factors, including the structure of the string and its length.
Athletics: Like Mother, Like Daughter - Skirt Sports Launches Skirt Sports Girls Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 1:25PMBoulder, Colo. (June 18th, 2011) -- Skirt Sports, recognized throughout the activewear world for innovative designs and unparalleled quality, is proud to announce its Girls Collection.
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Mattamy Homes Acquires 50 Additional Home Sites at Marley Will Build Homes Priced From the 170s Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 9:59AMTEMPE, Ariz. --- Mattamy Homes recently acquired 50 new home sites at Marley Park, located east of Reems Road just south of Waddell Road in Surprise, northwest of Phoenix.Carolyn Morrison, vice president of operations at Mattamy Homes in Arizona said Mattamy plans to build new four and five bedroom single family homes on 55-foot by 120- foot home sites at Marley Park, priced from the 170s. New...
Board sets school policies for upcoming year Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 9:24AMThe Morehouse Parish School Board established chances in policy for the 2011-2012 school year, which starts in less than 60 days.