Traffic growth spurs conversion from city-based sites to national platform Los Angeles, CA. “We’ve received a flood of requests, all over the country, to open up new cities. DiggersList’s waste-reducing re-use, and cost-cutting discounts have resonated with homeowners from California to New York, and Chicago to Louisiana. Green Goddess Musing about Sustainable Issues in a planet hell bent on being anything but. womans worth in a mans field is all part of a days work. Greenwash/ Bullshit Free Zone. The expansion means that any U.S. MORE >>

Marketing to the professional tradesman in the Construction, Industrial and MRO markets Home About Me Contact Market Overviews Newsletter Podcasts Services Professional Tradesmen Use Social Media to Unlock Local Opportunities Professional tradesmen, whether you’re an electrician, plumber or locksmith, are finally realizing that social media can play an important part in their new business effort. If you can’t leverage the New York Yankees, you can always run promotions with your local minor league team. This is so critical to a small business’ success. If MORE >>

Bond Program Backing Green Energy By DIANE CARDWELL Will Toor, a Boulder County commissioner, who advocates the use of Qualified Energy Conservation Bonds.Kevin Moloney for The New York TimesWill Toor, a Boulder County commissioner, who advocates the use of Qualified Energy Conservation Bonds. Under the initiative, cities and counties could sell bonds to pay for a new wind farm or energy efficient windows at City Hall, and the federal government would help pick up the tab. The City of Los Angeles issued $131 million in bonds in 2010 to expand a wind farm, and St. MORE >>

ENR’s Best of the Best 2011 Award Winners: Best Civil Works/Infrastructure – Inner Harbor Navigation Canal Floodwall , New Orleans, La.; Best Cultural/Worship – DiMenna Center for Classical Music , New York, N.Y.; submitted to ENR New York by H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture. Best Landscape/Hardscape/Urban Development – Wilmington Waterfront Park , Wilmington/Los Angeles, Calif.; submitted to ENR New York by Clark Construction Group LLC. submitted to ENR New York by Clark Construction Group LLC. MORE >>

In May, when a judge asked Haugen if he understood the effect of the death sentence, Haugen responded, “Well, one of them will be that we’ll never have to have this conversation again,” the Los Angeles Times reported. Apparently Alec Hoag was a celebrated pimp, thief and confidence man in New York City in the 1840s. He developed a new method of stealing from johns as described below in The Straight Dope. The construction business employees a high percentage of funny folks willing to say what pops into their heads. It makes for fun job sites. MORE >>