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Hoping to spark a "green" building wave, Roanoke's C2C Home tentatively plans to start construction of its first environmentally friendly house in November. Construction on the house, in the 400 block of Harrison Avenue in Northwest Roanoke, was to begin more than a year ago. But C2C Home officials said the experimental project hit several snags: a hoped-for building material lacked a patent; a firm that created one of the designs disbanded; some designs proved too impractical to be built here; few of the designers have the skills to produce precise construction plans; and construction costs proved too high. During the past year, C2C Home also has converted from an all-volunteer effort to a nonprofit, recruited a board of directors, drawn up plans for several more houses, solicited donations of cash, building materials and in-kind labor and helped inform local builders and buyers about sustainable building.
ARLINGTON, Va. - The Army activated the Installation Management Command Oct. 24 to consolidate and strengthen installation support services to Soldiers and their families through the full authority of command.Lt. Gen. Robert Wilson assumed the IMCOM command at a Pentagon ceremony hosted by Lt. Gen. James Campbell, director of the Army Staff. The new command places the former Installation Management Agency, the former Community and Family Support Center and the former Army Environmental Center under a single command as a direct reporting unit."Today we take the next step in the evolution of Army installation management ... in order to create a more efficient, effective and agile organization to ensure the best Army in the world is supported by the best installations in the world," Wilson said.
The upcoming edition of the Canadian Home Furnishings Market, Canadas leading furniture trade show, is all set for January 13 to 16, 2007, at the International Centre in Mississauga, near Toronto. Showcasing the countrys most complete and varied range of home furnishings for the retail market, this years show will feature 700,000 square feet of great products from nearly 400 exhibitors, including more than 70 permanent and outside showrooms.
This 35th-anniversary edition of the show is shaping up to be more dynamic than ever, following in the footsteps of the Canadian furniture industry by taking a fluid approach to recent shifts in the marketplace. While furniture shows have proliferated over the past few years tangible evidence of the business value of making connections at trade shows the Canadian Home Furnishings Market is, as always, a very smart business proposition, providing an overview of the entire industry and an opportunity to check out terrific new products.
On a hot afternoon in May, buses carrying people with dreams of a better life rumbled across the desert to a converted Bible college on the edge of this oil town of 12,000. As each bus rolled toward the front gate, a welcome committee came into view: a dozen men and women in sunglasses, broad-brimmed hats and crisp green uniforms, standing ramrod straight. A former U.S. Marine on one bus recalled his boot camp days, and groaned: ``Oh, no. Not again.'' By day's end, the 50 new trainees of Class 620 had settled in at the U.S. Border Patrol Academy, where over the next five months they would be chiseled into America's first line of defense on the country's southern border. Among the recruits were Joseph Sorrento, whose dream of entering law enforcement brought him from Buffalo, N.Y.; Philip Marquez, who had been boxing curtains at a warehouse in Brownsville, Texas; and Katy Foscue, who had given up a trucking job and moved with her husband, Matt, to a town near Tucson.
ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Radiant Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: RADS), a leading provider of innovative technology for the hospitality and retail industries, today announced financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2006. Summary financial results for the third quarter of 2006 are as follows: Total revenues for the period were $57.6 million, an increase of 23 percent over revenues of $46.8 million for the same period in 2005. Net income for the period, including the impact of employee stock option expense, was $2.4 million, or approximately $0.08 per diluted share, an increase of $1.7 million, or $0.06 per diluted share, compared to the same period in 2005. Adjusted net income (non-GAAP) for the period, which excludes amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets, non-recurring items, the impact of changes in the valuation allowance against deferred tax assets and compensation expense related to the issuance of employee stock options, was $4.9 million, or $0.15 per diluted share, an increase of $1.5 million, or $0.04 per diluted share, compared to the same period in 2005.
Older adults interested in a unique arrangement for affordable, independent living are invited to explore the Elder Cottage Rental Program in Tompkins County. Better Housing for Tompkins County rents small, modular homes to income-eligible seniors (60 and older) who wish to have them installed temporarily next to the family home of one of their adult children or other supportive relative living in Tompkins County, outside the City of Ithaca.
"The program is very popular with the seniors who use it, and their families," explains Andrew Piliero, Property Manager. "Best of all, the rent for each of the cottages is based on income, so they are affordable as well as handicapped-accessible."
The Cottages were the first of their kind to be sited in New York State in 1998.
Pioneer Europe chose IBM's Embedded ViaVoice software to speech-enable its AVIC-HD1BT aftermarket navigation system, which can be installed in most cars and delivers information, entertainment and convenience to drivers. IBM designed speech algorithms, created by scientists from IBM Research Labs, provide speech recognition and text-to-speech conversion capabilities for the Pioneer navigation system. "Speech recognition is at the beginning of a tidal wave in cars," said Geert Verhoeven, manager of product planning for navigation, Pioneer Europe. "A driver can now enter destinations, search for points of interest and access their music on the built-in hard drive using their voice. Pioneer chose IBM Embedded ViaVoice as its source for voice technology because of its proven quality and high performance on embedded platforms used in real world environments." "The combination of Pioneer's conversational voice search capability and IBM Embedded ViaVoice help provide AVIC-HD1BT customers with an unprecedented user experience," Verhoeven said.
October 26, 2006 - Featuring scalable CPU that supports up to 1.1 GHz Intel Pentium M processor, Kontron V Panel offers direct, on-board connections for CANopen, CAN, DeviceNet, or Profibus. Integrated fanless cooling design allows passive cooling, and up to 112 freely programmable function buttons and 16 special buttons can be integrated into display frame. Offered with displays from 10.4-19 in., modular HMI system provides multiple interface options as well as PCI and PCMCIA slots for expansion. .
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