Remember everyone involved in dams fight Nov 8, 2009
It appears to me that California is so ashamed of its support that it hides the $250 million in a Safe Drinking Water and Storage Act AB 752. Steve Kandra a Klamath area farmer has been quoted as saying we re working darn hard to save these communities. (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
Harvard to digitize 51,000 rare Chinese books Oct 11, 2009
They will be examined to identify those that are fragile, damaged or sewn in a way that hides text along the binding margin. Harvard technicians have been designing new equipment as they prepare to begin the six-year project in January. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
West Berkeley: Fourth Street Oct 5, 2009
Using European hides, she designs, cuts and sews all the bags herself - about 500 bags per year ... Using Swedish upholstery cowhides, he creates practical hobos, messengers, totes and briefcases with minimal brass hardware that range from $20 to $200 and come in many styles and colors. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Valuable antiques stolen from Custer shop Oct 2, 2009
Also missing is a rare scale once used for weighing buffalo hides, several crocks, a cash box with an undisclosed amount of cash, silver dollars and some troy-ounce silver. "They took a lot of crocks," Boyd said. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
'Design Above All': small spaces, big ideas Sep 21, 2009
Wallpaper is used generously to punch up the bathrooms, and thick Kravet drapery hides unsightly tubs and closets. Highlights: The panoramic aquarium in the entryway is the perfect complement to Sloane Miyasato's Fishes wall-covering and silk organza in the guest bathroom. (San Francisco Chronicle)
'Requiem for a Paper Bag' May 21, 2009
Thus film uber-geek Seth Rogen finds a porno mag as a child and hides it in a tree to cherish until it rots; best-selling pseudo-mystic Paulo Coelho turns a feather into a message from above; perennial hippie child Tom Robbins finds an inventive marriage proposal plan that triggers his reverie of impulsive weddings past; director Robert Evans finds and loses "piece of mind" in the form of a lobster; Jim Carroll finds a plastic toy soldier in what comes out of a friend's colon after a "cleanse"... (San Francisco Chronicle)
More of this story... May 7, 2009
A cottage hides in the back, behind a vegetable garden that features the season's freshest produce. And a large patio provides the perfect destination for family and friends to gather for a BBQ or enjoy a cool breeze. (The Exeter Sun, CA)
Full Body Hippo Among Seven Hundred Taxidermy Mounts for Sale to Highest Bidder Fort Worth Big Game Trophy & Western Auction Apr 10, 2009
There are numerous high quality hides: Zebra, Springbok, Axis Deer, Alpaca, cowhides, sheep skins, Eel and Snake skins plus Grizzly Bear, Polar Bear and Lion rugs. The sale has an excellent selection of furniture and accessories such as framed art, trunks, cowhorn chairs, couches and footstools; coffee tables, blankets, bar stools, antler chandeliers and lamps, metal art, wagon wheels, cowboy and Indian collectibles like arrowheads, rattles and spears; Indian jewelry, knives, antlers and horns,... (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Calico Hen House celebrates 25th year, humble beginning Mar 23, 2009
Fell's pride and joy is a lodge room overflowing with lodgepole pine furniture, including a bed, and woodsy- and western-themed accessories such as buffalo and cow hides. She has collected, bought and sold antiques for years. (Waterloo Courier, IO)
