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Tree Planters Warned Of Subsidence Risk
Now that spring has firmly arrived, one personal finance provider is warning gardeners to think carefully before making major changes in the garden near to their house. |
KTGY Projects Receive Recognition For Best Community, Best Attached Home & Best Architectural Design
BIA of So. CA and HBA of No. CA have recognized KTGY as a finalist in six categories in the prestigious MAME Awards competition including Best Community, Best Attached Home & Best Architectural Design. Projects honored include City Square in Escondido, Calif.; Arroyo Crossing in Livermore, Calif.; and Vantage of Palo Alto in Palo Alto, Calif. |
Shoppers Indicated As Wasting Both Money And Food
Being wasteful with food could place consumers under financial strain, a recently-released report indicates. |
Earth Day Set As Launch Day For New Omega-3 Hemp Skin Care System From Sunrise Scents.
What day could be more fitting than Earth Day (April 22) to launch a new system of natural body care products formulated from Omega-3 rich Hemp? |
American Air & Water®, Inc. Awarded a GSA Federal Supply Schedule Contract
Hilton Head Island, SC - American Air & Water®, Inc. successfully met all the General Services Administration (GSA) requirements for being a government supplier and was awarded a Multiple Awards Schedule contract GS-07F-0256U on March 24, 2008. With the GSA contract American Air & Water®, Inc. will offer its proprietary germicidal ultraviolet light product – the American-Lights® UV Air Cleaner – directly to the federal purchasing agencies. |
KTGY Names Keith Labus & Ken Ryan New Shareholders
Award-winning KTGY GROUP, INC., Architecture and Planning, has named two new shareholders in the company’s Irvine office: Keith Labus, Principal of Studio 6; and Ken Ryan, Principal of the Community Planning and Urban Design Studio. Labus has been associated with KTGY since 2002 and offers the clientele 13 years of award-winning planning and design experience in the areas of high density market rate and affordable residential and mixed-use projects. With over 20 years of experience, Ryan has served as a leader guiding the design and implementation of a wide variety of complex high profile projects throughout the United States. Ryan joined KTGY in 2007 and currently heads up KTGY’s Community Planning and Urban Design Studio providing expertise in master planned communities, urban design, mixed-use/regeneration, resort/recreation, strategic planning and entitlement services. |
Triple Diamond Energy Announces Commencement of the McClure-Diamond No.1 Project
Triple Diamond Energy announces the start of a four well drilling program in Garvin County in Oklahoma’s Hoover Field. |
KTGY Names Lalaine Tanaka as Principal to Lead Firm’s Hospitality Division
Lalaine Tanaka has joined KTGY GROUP, INC., Architecture and Planning, as principal in the company’s Irvine office. Tanaka will lead KTGY’s Hospitality division. With over 20 years of architectural design experience, Tanaka has been extensively involved with the direction and design of award-winning hospitality, commercial/mixed-use, and resort planning projects throughout the United States. Prior to joining KTGY, Tanaka served as design director for nine years at a major Orange County architectural firm where she was instrumental in developing the company’s acclaimed hospitality design studio and portfolio. |
Britons ‘Taking Notice’ Of Green Home Improvements
Britons are increasingly looking to make eco-friendly improvements to their home, new research shows. |
Consumer Demand for Green Practices Changing the Business of Home Improvement Contractors
Pristine Home Solutions, a Massachusetts home improvement contractor serving Middlesex and Worcester County, says that increasing demand for eco-friendly home solutions will further influence consumer buying decisions in the home improvement industry in 2008. |
Consumer Demand for Green Practices Changing the Business of Home Improvement Contractors
Pristine Home Solutions, a Massachusetts home improvement contractor serving Middlesex and Worcester County, says that increasing demand for eco-friendly home solutions will further influence consumer buying decisions in the home improvement industry in 2008. |
In 2007 in the United States Alone, 870,984 Confined Animals Died in Preventable Fires
I keep records on media reports of barn fires and the animals lost in those fires. The financial and emotional losses are tremendous, but there is information available to prevent nearly every fire and much of that information is posted on my website, at no charge, for anyone wanting to protect the animals in their care--whether for economic or emotional reasons. |
Loft Insulation ‘Cost Effective’ In Reducing Utility Bills
Insulating property could play a major part in homeowners lowering their utility bills, an industry expert suggests. |
Charity Offers Spy Thriller Giveaway in Time for Holidays
Earth Action Right Now, a registered non-profit organization, joins with Deadly Exchange author, Geoffrey M. Gluckman, in giving away signed copies of his book to the first 100 people to donate to the organization. The promotion runs from now until year end. |
Seven Projects Designed By KTGY Group Receive Awards & Recognition
KTGY GROUP, INC., Architecture and Planning received seven Silver Awards and a Regional Award in The Nationals 2008 Awards competition. KTGY is also a finalist for three prestigious Best In American Living Awards (BALA). The final Best In American Living Awards will be announced and presented February 12, 2008. The Nationals’ Gold Awards will be announced and presented February 13, 2008. Both will take place during the International Builders’ Show in Orlando, FL. |
Arizona Man Teaching Positive Visualization to End World Hunger
Come celebrate World Abundance Day. Visualize the END of Hunger!
The seminar will be directed by Nichoas Tutora, certified consultant with Bob Proctor, featured in the movie The Secret.
Nicholas will discuss the paradigm between World Abundance and World Hunger.
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Green And Sassy
Sassy Scrubs Commits to Green Practices to Produce Medical Scrubs to Benefit the Environment and Community |
KTGY GROUP Principals Invited to Speak at Multi-Housing World & The Developer Conference -- Ken Ryan and David Senden to Participate
Award-winning KTGY GROUP, INC., Architecture and Planning, is pleased to announce that two KTGY principals, Ken Ryan and David Senden, have been invited to speak at the Multi-Housing World 2007 Conference: “Building the Multi-Housing World One Piece at a Time,” in Orlando, Florida on Thursday, September 6, from 3:30 pm - 4:45 pm; and The Developer Conference: “The Next Great Places: Discover How To Create Compelling Communities,” in Washington, DC on Tuesday, September 11, from 3:45 pm - 4:45 pm. |
Palmtreeservices Ready New Online Services for Brisbane Tree Customers
Palm & Tree Services is for all your tree work requirements, qualified professionals with a passion for tree work from removals through to reports for developers, a one stop arborcultural company now upgrades their online services for seeking customers. |
Garden Improvements ‘Add Privacy And Value’
Taking out a cheap loan to pay for some improvements to a garden could enable potential house sellers to raise the value of their home, with the aesthetic pleasure, privacy and protection offered by a well-developed garden often an enticing proposition for those looking to buy a property. |
KTGY GROUP, INC. Selected to Design On-Campus Housing at University of California, Irvine
Award winning KTGY GROUP, INC., Architecture and Planning announced today that it has been selected by American Campus Communities, Inc. (NYSE:ACC) to begin the design development of up to 4,000 on-campus beds at the University of California, Irvine (UCI). The multi-phase development project will be located on up to five separate land parcels on the East Campus of UCI and will target a silver or higher certification under the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED rating system. KTGY and American Campus Communities recently completed the Vista del Campo and Vista del Campo Norte projects totaling 3,000 beds on the UCI campus. |
Skip Hire Companies Hit Recycling Targets
Recycling levels have quadrupled since 1996 and over a quarter of all household waste is now composted or recycled. |
Skip Hire Companies Hit Recycling Targets
Recycling levels have quadrupled since 1996 and over a quarter of all household waste is now composted or recycled. |
Electric Fireplace Prices are Lowest in the Summer Months
Maximum Discounts on All Electric Fireplace Models During The Summer Months From FurnitureBlue.com |
Switching Supplier "Can Save Hundreds"
The switching of energy suppliers could well save consumers hundreds of pounds, it has been claimed. |
Bulborama Announces New Energy Saving Mini Bullet CFL Light Bulbs
Bulborama announced today a new product release of four innovative Mini Bullet shaped compact fluorescent (CFL) light bulbs which allow users to directly replace 60 or 75 watt incandescent light bulbs with 13 or 15 watt CFL lamps. |
KTGY GROUP Awarded Six Gold Nugget Merits
Award-winning KTGY GROUP, INC., Architecture and Planning, announced it has earned six prestigious Gold Nugget Merit Awards for its site planning and architecture for attached, detached and affordable homes. KTGY received three Merit Awards for “Best Affordable Project - Under 30 DU/AC” for its College Vista in San Mateo; Nuevo Amanecer Apartments in Pajaro; and Royal Court in Morgan Hill. KTGY’s Oakland Estuary project located in Oakland won two categories: “Best Neighborhood Site Plan – Up to 20 Acres” and the “Best Attached Housing Project – 18 to 40 DU/AC.” KTGY also received a Merit Award for its Artisan Walk in Emeryville, Calif. for the “Best Attached Housing Project – 18 to 40 DU/AC.” |
Expert States: Use Your Car to Control Gophers
Engine Exhaust Found To Be 90% Effective In Gopher Control; The Crittergetter Delivers |
Bulborama Sets Earth Day Energy Star Lighting Promotion
Lighting company Bulborama launches an Earth Day promotion encouraging the use of energy efficient compact fluorescent (CFL) lamps.
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Stamford Scientific (SSI) Unveils Exclusive Snappy Saddle™ for Tube Diffusers
Stamford Scientific (SSI) unveiled an exclusive Snappy Saddle™ design for tube diffusers applied in wastewater treatment facilities. |
Stamford Scientific (SSI) Unveils Exclusive Snappy Saddle™ for Tube Diffusers
Stamford Scientific (SSI) unveiled an exclusive Snappy Saddle™ design for tube diffusers applied in wastewater treatment facilities. |
KTGY GROUP Principal David Senden Invited to Participate as Panelist at Urban Land Institute (ULI) Mixed-Use Development Program in Northern California
Award-winning KTGY GROUP, INC., Architecture and Planning, is pleased to announce that David Senden, a principal and lead residential designer, has been invited to participate as a panelist in the Urban Land Institute (ULI) policy program series, “Mixed-Use Development: When and Where Does One Roll the Dice?” held on March 23, 2007 in Roseville, Calif. Senden’s panel is entitled “Entitlements and Dealing with Jurisdictions.” |
Is This the Type of Society you Want to Reduce our CO2 by 60%?
The Car Party says the Labour Party and the Green Lobby are wrong and attacking the poorest in society in the name of the environment is a way backward not forwards |
Poker Eon in Spanish
PokerEon.com is now available in Spanish and introduces new freerolls |
Get Rid of Birds!
Rid Pest Birds for good off of ledges, sills, rooflines, signs and more with Stainless SPIKES Needle Strips, an affordable and effective solution to protect your property from pest birds. |
Get More Miles with the Lexus 2007 Hybrid LS 600h
We all know how great the previous Lexus Hybrid LS 600h was so now there is a new 2007 model out that is even greater than the first one, we know it was tough to beat but the people at Lexus has done a fantastic job |
Are Hybrid SUV's a Waste of Time
We know that hybrid cars are the future but a hybrid version of an SUV seems to be just a waste of time |
Are Hybrid SUV's a Waste of Time
We know that hybrid cars are the future but a hybrid version of an SUV seems to be just a waste of time |
Are You Energy Smart?
Birmingham City Council’s Corporate Social Responsibility Campaign asks, Are You Energy Smart? |
Are You Energy Smart?
Birmingham City Council’s Corporate Social Responsibility Campaign asks, Are You Energy Smart? |
Svenska Poker at PokerEon.com
Swedish poker players welcome to the new PokerEon.com Svenska |
College Students Using Condoms Incorrectly
2006 Condom Survey Reveals Problems For Students: |
Natural Playgrounds Company Starts New Design Trend
The Natural Playgrounds Company designs unique, natural playgrounds using natural features and components to create fun and challenging playscapes and outdoor classrooms offering childcare centers, nature centers, schools, and communities maximum, sustainable play and learning value for less cost. Collaborative design process with students is a highly beneficial outcome that teaches real-world skills! |
Bamboo Flooring – An Eco-Friendly Alternative to Hardwood Flooring
The modern, environmentally friendly and durable alternative to hardwood is bamboo flooring. Being a grass, as opposed to timber, gives bamboo the edge as a not only a building product (being strong and at the same time flexible), but also as a sustainable resource: |
