Archive for February, 2009

CEDAR LOG CABIN KITS - Trading Markets (press release)

Friday, February 27th, 2009
CEDAR LOG CABIN KITS
Trading Markets (press release), CA
The Forest Service is conducting market research on a possible requirement for two cedar log cabin kits, brand name or equal to Pan Abode (drawing included for reference). The specifications provide a listing of the type of features that are requested

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After the Green Economy, Green Security - Middle East Online

Friday, February 27th, 2009

Now that we’ve decided to “green” the economy, why not green homeland security, too? I’m not talking about interrogators questioning suspects under the glow of compact fluorescent light bulbs, or cops wearing recycled Kevlar recharging their Tasers …

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Home foreclosures in region surge - NWI.com

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

CROWN POINT | The number of Lake County residents losing their homes to foreclosure accelerated by 40 percent during 2008 as a plummeting economy took its toll on homeowners’ ability to pay their mortgages, the county’s sheriff said. Lake County …

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Home foreclosures in region surge - NWITimes.com

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

CROWN POINT | The number of Lake County residents losing their homes to foreclosure accelerated by 40 percent during 2008 as a plummeting economy took its toll on homeowners’ ability to pay their mortgages, the county’s sheriff said. Lake County …

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Study of President Lincoln comes to life - The Herald-Times (subscription)

Thursday, February 26th, 2009
Study of President Lincoln comes to life
The Herald-Times (subscription), IN
The one-room school was a lot like the 18-by-16-foot Lincoln log cabin, with a dirt floor. Students ages 6 to 16 had to stand up and recite their lessons in unison. Lincoln could only attend when he wasn’t needed on the farm, in December and January.

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Snowshoes and S’Mores; Camping in the Cold - New York Times

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

New York Times
Snowshoes and S’Mores; Camping in the Cold
New York Times, United States
The only thing missing was the tent, which on this trip would be replaced by the 20-by-22-foot log cabin with eight bunks and a wood stove — shelter and warmth being two crucial elements for keeping families happy in a place where winter storms are

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The Department of Homegrown Security - Mother Jones

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Mother Jones
The Department of Homegrown Security
Mother Jones, CA
Rebecca Solnit, author of Hope in the Dark, reports that, within the de-industrialized ruins of Detroit, a landscape she describes as “not quite post-apocalyptic but… post-American,” people are homesteading abandoned lots, growing their own produce,

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Libertytown parishioners consider costs, environment in centuries … - The Catholic Review

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

The Catholic Review
Libertytown parishioners consider costs, environment in centuries
The Catholic Review, MD
By Craig K. Paskoski Chris and Susie Hill’s ultimate goal is to “go off the grid,” using no power generated from fossil fuels, and drastically shrinking their carbon footprint. The Hills are well on their way. While the couple has always been close to

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Luxury Henderson home goes up in flames - MSNBC

Thursday, February 26th, 2009
Luxury Henderson home goes up in flames
MSNBC
Neighbors say the house was a beautiful custom home - a 5000 square foot log cabin home. The huge plume of smoke could be seen for miles in every direction. “It just took off. All of a sudden it was a lot of smoke then you just saw the flames and it

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ACORN Antics: You heard it here first - Lew Rockwell

Thursday, February 26th, 2009
ACORN Antics: You heard it here first
Lew Rockwell, CA
That blog was based on this video of an ACORN break-in with the thief claiming “homesteading.” It turns out that both the professional squatter (claiming to be a “victim”) and the ACORN property destruction specialist were arrested.

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