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Modular, boxlike homes with add-on porches, changing roof designs and floor plans, and - most importantly - quick assembly. That's the idea behind grant proposals Louisiana submitted to federal officials to replace the cramped quarters of FEMA travel trailers for residents displaced by Hurricane Katrina and the victims of future disasters. The nation's five Gulf Coast states are competing for a pool of $400 million to test and build alternative housing for hurricane victims, a pilot program FEMA hopes can become a model for how to provide fast, temporary or semipermanent housing after the next tornado in Nebraska, earthquake in Hawaii or hurricane in Louisiana. "Louisiana wants housing for disaster victims. FEMA wants to look at options for future disasters," said Jeff Hebert, the Louisiana Recovery Authority's deputy director of planning who worked on the state's alternative housing grant proposal.
BATON ROUGE (AP) - Modular, boxlike homes with add-on porches, changing roof designs and floor plans, and - most importantly - quick assembly. That's the idea behind grant proposals Louisiana submitted to federal officials to replace the cramped quarters of FEMA travel trailers for residents displaced by Hurricane Katrina and the victims of future disasters.The nation's five Gulf Coast states are competing for a pool of $400 million to test and build alternative housing for hurricane victims, a pilot program the Federal Emergency Management Agency hopes can become a model for how to provide fast, temporary or semi-permanent housing after the next tornado in Nebraska, earthquake in Hawaii or hurricane in Louisiana.''Louisiana wants housing for disaster victims. FEMA wants to look at options for future disasters,'' said Jeff Hebert, the Louisiana Recovery Authority's deputy director of planning who worked on the state's alternative housing grant proposal.
SIMI VALLEY, CA and ROTKREUZ, SWITZERLAND -- (MARKET WIRE) -- October 24, 2006 -- NovaStor, a leading provider of data availability and protection solutions, launched the latest version of their network backup solution NovaNET. With the NovaNET 10 Service Pack 2B release, NovaStor introduces several new benefits for new and existing customers and has done away with any scalability limitations that were present in past releases. NovaNET's modular design allows corporations to "pay as they grow" at the speed of their requirements whether it's a small office with a single server or a large enterprise which employs multiple servers in mixed OS environments. NovaNET 10, Service Pack 2B scales past any previous NovaNET version and provides much greater flexibility with regards to backup options.
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — A bill that would have changed the residency requirements for Navajo presidential and vice presidential candidates did not receive enough votes to stay alive. The vote count was 36 in favor and 33 opposed during Thursday's Navajo Nation Council fall session. Since the proposed bill would have made changes to Navajo codes, the bill needed 59 votes to pass. Local Council delegates Pete Atcitty, Wallace Charley and Richard Begaye all voted in favor of the measure. Delegates LoRenzo Bates and Ervin Keeswood voted against the measure. According to Title 2 and 11 of the Navajo Nation codes, Navajo presidential and vice presidential candidates must have permanently lived within the boundaries of the Navajo Nation for at least three years. Legislation 0565-06 would have stricken the residency requirements for the candidates completely, according to the proposed legislation.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Organizations of all sizes struggle to get employees working in unison towards common goals. In their attempts to achieve this alignment, most rely on meetings, emails, static briefing books and PowerPoint to review performance. Besides being time- consuming and cumbersome, these methods usually fail to capture and preserve the discussions that surround performance. Worse still, these methods are naturally limited in their ability to reach and actively engage more employees in the process of improving performance. Pilot® Software, Inc., the original provider of performance management solutions, solves this information-isolation problem with its release today of an updated version of PilotWorks®. This release features a new operational reviews component that brings consistency and structure to the process of capturing, consolidating, presenting and disseminating information that helps an organization align its goals, initiatives and metrics.
Boozefighters MC Chapter 11, The Father's House Church and Hobbie Chevrolet are hosting a motorcycle toy run Oct. 21. Meet at 10 a.m., ride at 11 a.m. Bring one canned good and two toys. Call 534-4140 or 624-1834 for information. Guided Nature Walks Gray Lodge Wildlife Area hosts 'weekend wildlife walks' every weekend from Oct. 21 through Feb. 4. Join Saturdays, 10 a.m. and Sundays 1 p.m., unless raining. Information: 846-7505. At Feather Falls The Fabulous Swing Kings will be entertaining at the Feather Falls Casino in the Cascade Showroom Oct. 22 from 6-9 p.m. Dancing and listening to big band music from the swing era. No cover charge. Dinner and Line Dance VFW Post 1747 will host a dinner and line dance Oct. 28. Advance tickets are $10, at the door, $12.
FREMONT, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- October 26, 2006 -- @Road, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARDI), a global provider of next-generation solutions for Mobile Resource Management (MRM), today announced its results for the quarter ended September 30, 2006. Total revenues for the third quarter of 2006 were $25.2 million, an 8% sequential growth compared to $23.2 million for the second quarter of 2006. Hosted revenues for the third quarter of 2006 were $21.2 million, and licensed revenues for the third quarter of 2006 were $4.0 million. Net loss attributable to common stockholders for the third quarter of 2006 was $3.6 million, or $0.06 per diluted share. For the nine months ended September 30, 2006, total revenues were $73.1 million, an 11% increase compared to $65.6 million for the same period in 2005.
My new apartment has a reasonable rent and a great view of the Boston skyline. However, it has ugly vinyl floors, and the landlord won't replace them. Do you have any ideas for a way to cover them? P.P. Somerville Modular carpet tiles from Flor might be your solution. They come in many colors and patterns, and you can have great fun combining them any way you want. The 19 1/2-inch squares are designed to be installed by homeowners and start at $7 a tile. They are available in Boston at Koo de Kir (koodekir.com) and at Vessel (vesselinc.com) and online at florcatalog.com. I live in a modern home with some interesting architectural twists, including the layout of the second-floor stair landing and corridor. The floor width increases gradually from one end of the hall to the other.
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