First-of-its-kind Website Connects Architects & Designers with Nonprofits in Need: Corresponding Publication Advocates Pro Bono Design

Public Architecture, the San Francisco-based nonprofit that advocates pro bono design, has launched Version 2.0 of its nationally-recognized program, "The 1%" (www.theonepercent.org). The two new apparatus of the affairs cover a "match-making" website and a book advertisement advocating pro bono design.

San Francisco, CA -- Public Architecture, the San Francisco-based nonprofit that advocates pro bono design, has launched Version 2.0 of its nationally-recognized program, "The 1%" (www.theonepercent.org). The centerpiece of the affairs is a first-of-its-kind "match-making" website that connects nonprofit organizations in charge of architecture abetment with architectonics and architecture firms accommodating to accord of their time on a pro bono basis.

"This next appearance of The 1% builds on the drive we've garnered in the program's aboriginal two years, and begins to abode the added and appropriately important ancillary of any pro bono relationship: the client," says John Cary, Executive Director of Public Architecture (www.publicarchitecture.org), which coordinates The 1% program. "Public Architecture--like abounding firms, schools, and AIA chapters--fields dozens if not hundreds of inquiries anniversary year from humans and groups gluttonous pro bono architecture assistance. Until now, there hasn't been a area of any affectionate to catalog, abundant beneath abode those needs."

This next appearance of The 1% builds on the drive we've garnered in the program's aboriginal two years, and begins to abode the added and appropriately important ancillary of any pro bono relationship: the client Public Architecture--like abounding firms, schools, and AIA chapters--fields dozens if not hundreds of inquiries anniversary year from humans and groups gluttonous pro bono architecture assistance. Until now, there hasn't been a area of any affectionate to catalog, abundant beneath abode those needs. The all-inclusive majority of the nonprofits we plan with are saddled with accessories and appointment spaces that don't reflect the accent of their mission We're talking about groups and the humans they serve who would not contrarily accept acceptance to able design. The 1% affairs has the befalling to antidote this situation. This is an awfully affective and able publication It is absolutely the affectionate of ability that can affect added pro bono architecture collaborations above the country. This next bearing of The 1% affairs website enables both nonprofits and firms to annals and analyze the kinds of casework they either charge or are accommodating to action on a pro bono basis. The seven casework currently answer on the website ambit from the assembly of basic attack abstracts to complete ability renovations.

"The all-inclusive majority of the nonprofits we plan with are saddled with accessories and appointment spaces that don't reflect the accent of their mission," says Aaron Hurst, architect and admiral of the Taproot Foundation. "We're talking about groups and the humans they serve who would not contrarily accept acceptance to able design. The 1% affairs has the befalling to antidote this situation."

In an accomplishment to acquaint the abstraction and attempt of pro bono architecture to both nonprofits as able-bodied as architectonics and architecture firms, Public Architecture is accompanying absolution a book advertisement to accord with the new website. Made accessible by a above admission from the "Ideas that Matter" affairs of Sappi Limited, the advertisement includes brief, project-specific interviews with acclaimed architectonics and nonprofit leaders, which detail how cooperation amid architects and nonprofits can actualize both alarming spaces as able-bodied as alarming stories. The book aswell includes a absolute 'how-to' section, anecdotic allowances and strategies for firms and nonprofits alike.

"This is an awfully affective and able publication," addendum RK Stewart, 2007 President of the American Institute of Architects. "It is absolutely the affectionate of ability that can affect added pro bono architecture collaborations above the country."

Launched in 2005, The 1% affairs was fabricated accessible by a admission from the National Endowment for the Arts. Version 2.0 of "The 1%" affairs website was fabricated accessible acknowledgment to the connected abutment of NEA as able-bodied as a contempo admission from The American Institute of Architects and the advancing abutment of several arch architectonics firms and foundations. To date, over 200 firms of all sizes accept active on, alignment from sole practitioners to some of the better firms in the country, including HKS and Perkins + Will.

Note to editors:

The afterward Public Architecture assembly are accessible for interviews:

John Cary, Executive Director of Public Architecture and Director of The 1% program

John Peterson, Founder & Chair of Public Architecture

Aaron Hurst, Founder & President of the Taproot Foundation

Contact Barbara Franzoia at barbara@publicarchitecture.org or by buzz at 415/291-0243.

Public Architecture
www.publicarchitecture.org

Established in 2002 by artisan John Peterson, Public Architecture is a civic nonprofit alignment based in San Francisco. Public Architecture acts as a agitator for accessible address through education, advocacy, and the architecture of accessible spaces and amenities.

The 1% Program of Public Architecture
www.theonepercent.org

"The 1%" is a civic affairs launched by Public Architecture in 2005 that challenges architectonics and architecture firms to agreement 1% of their billable hours to pro bono work. Over 200 firms accept active on to date. If every architectonics able in the U.S. committed just 20 hours annually, it would add up to 5,000,000 hours anniversary year--the agnate of 2,500-person close alive fulltime for the accessible good. The 1% affairs was launched by Public Architecture in 2005 with the abutment of a admission from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), and is anon accurate by a ambit of groups, including the NEA, American Institute of Architects (AIA), Boston Society of Architects (BSA), accumulated and clandestine foundations, as able-bodied as arch firms such as Elness Swenson Graham Architects (ESG), Hammel, Green & Abrahamson (HGA), Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum (HOK), HKS, McCall Design Group, Peckham & Wright Architects (PWA), and Perkins + Will.

Borden Elliott & Pierce Report On Third Quarter Executive Job Results

According to Borden Elliott & Pierce after-effects for controlling career alteration in the third division of this year shows an access over endure year of about 16%.

Orlando, FL -- Borden Elliott & Pierce, a career administration close with offices in Tampa and Orlando are absolution their third division after-effects on admiral who accept appear a acknowledged career transition.

According to Borden Elliott & Pierce the after-effects for controlling career alteration in the third division of this year shows an access over endure year of about 16%.

Borden Elliott & Pierce is not an application agency. Our job is to adviser our audience through a action of career alteration and/or improvement; which sometimes after-effects in an centralized advance with their absolute employer, or a adventitious to actualize something on their own. Borden Elliott & Pierce says that this is a acceptable sign, as the trend for this year continues to authenticate that admiral are landing jobs at an added amount over endure year. The aggregation warns however, that these after-effects alone reflect the success of admiral who accept accustomed able abetment in their search, and may not reflect the after-effects for all executives.

Borden Elliott & Pierce says these after-effects are based on the letters of admiral who accept appear accepting of a new career position or those who accept fabricated a absolute career decision, such as aperture their own business, or accepting an centralized promotion. "Borden Elliott & Pierce is not an application agency. Our job is to adviser our audience through a action of career alteration and/or improvement; which sometimes after-effects in an centralized advance with their absolute employer, or a adventitious to actualize something on their own."

According to Borden Elliott & Pierce, there is appropriately acceptable account for October as the access of absolute career alteration for admiral over endure year appears to continue. Borden Elliott & Pierce will absolution the October after-effects in aboriginal November.

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Larry Keim Reports on Jobs Outlook for Executives in The Third Quarter

According to Larry Keim, a sampling from career administration firms shows that controlling akin placements in the third division of this year authenticate a baby access over endure year, about 4 percent.

Houston, TX -- Larry Keim is a career industry able and follows the hiring trends of executives, professionals and managers through career management/career counseling firms.

According to Keim, a sampling from career administration firms shows that controlling akin placements in the third division of this year authenticate a baby access over endure year, about 4%.

Career administration firms are not application agencies. Their job is to adviser their audience through a action of career improvement; which sometimes after-effects in a advance or a adventitious to do something on their own. Keim says that this is a acceptable sign, as the trend for this year continues to authenticate that admiral are landing jobs at an added amount over endure year. Keim warns however, that these after-effects alone reflect the success of admiral who accept accustomed able abetment in their search, and may not reflect the after-effects for all executives.

Larry Keim gathers letters from a sampling of career administration organizations apropos the success amount of admiral who accept appear accepting of a new career position or career decision, such as aperture their own business, or affective up the accumulated ladder area they currently work. "Career administration firms are not application agencies. Their job is to adviser their audience through a action of career improvement; which sometimes after-effects in a advance or a adventitious to do something on their own."

According to Keim, the best account for now is that aboriginal after-effects for October and the third division are assuming a amazing access of absolute career alteration for admiral over endure year. "October is currently absorption an access of over 60% over endure year. This is a cogent access over endure year and a hopeful indicator that the fourth division will aftermath after-effects far advanced of endure year.

Larry Keim provides career accompanying casework to career administration / career counseling firms throughout the US. Keim will anon be absolution a new website.

E.ON UK Supports Government's Carbon Capture and Storage Project

E.ON UK, one of the country's arch activity generators, and business activity supplier, has today accepted its abutment for the Government's CCS activity and its ambition to crop allotment in the competition.

-- The aggregation is one of a drop of UK companies to accept developed both pre- and post-combustion projects, a lot of conspicuously through its affairs for carbon abduction accessible supercritical coal-fired units at Kingsnorth in Kent. And are appreciative to be one of the UKs better business gas supplier.

We accordingly abutment the Government's accommodation and are currently evaluating options for entering a column agitation activity or projects into the competition. Dr Paul Golby, Chief Executive of E.ON UK, said: "We recognise that the Government has bare time to ascertain its action objectives and appraise the accessible technology options adjoin these.

"Making the technology best now will accredit developers to focus accomplishment and amount on projects which will best accommodated those action goals and abstain added amount on those it does not.

"We accept that the best of column agitation affirmation technology adapted to a supercritical atramentous bulb is absolutely rational accustomed that the Government has set, as a key action aim, the cold of demonstrating technology that can be retrofitted in China and added countries to their new and approaching coal-fired plant.

"We accordingly abutment the Government's accommodation and are currently evaluating options for entering a column agitation activity or projects into the competition."

The aggregation which offers a advanced ambit of business activity services will adjudge on how best to access the antagonism already there is added description of the rules next month.

E.ON is aswell one of the supporters of the FutureGen activity in the US and is affianced in added analysis projects in Europe and in Canada. The aggregation is aswell continuing to investigate 'oxyfuel' battlefront as one adjustment for apple-pie atramentous bearing at its technology centre in Nottinghamshire.

The Government is currently because an appliance from E.ON to body two 800MW supercritical coal-fired units at its absolute Kingsnorth ability base in Kent.

E.ON is one of the arch blooming generators in the UK, and arch business electricity supplier with 21 wind farms amid from Cornwall to Northern Ireland. We aswell bake biomass actual alloyed with atramentous in two of our ability stations and are currently architecture the UK's better committed biomass ability base at Lockerbie. Combined, our renewable portfolio generates abundant blooming activity to ability the homes in a city-limits the admeasurement of Manchester.

Our ambition is to cut the carbon appear by anniversary kW of electricity we accomplish by 10% amid 2005-2012, accepting already bargain it by 20% back 1990.

Major business gas supplier E.ON, aswell plan to absorb £1bn on new renewables in the next 5 years, including new onshore and adopted wind, new biomass and beachcomber and flat power.

Personal Bankruptcy Lawyer, Kevin Heupel, Announces the Launch of Free Online Bankruptcy Evaluations

Heupel Law, P.C. announces the absolution of new casework including chargeless online defalcation evaluations, chargeless antecedent consultations, and transaction plans. By alms chargeless features, their audience are able to plan appear and accretion a beginning banking start. Additionally, Heupel Law is committed to answering all of a client's defalcation questions accurately.

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Our ambition is to about-face obstacles into opportunities. We accept that there are abundant affairs that may could cause banking problems, including the access in the foreclosure market. Many humans feel that filing defalcation is the end of the road. However, defalcation isn't the end or a stigma; it's in actuality the alpha of a new, beginning banking life. We accept that humans who are advertent defalcation cannot acquiesce to pay ample advocate fees. We action a chargeless antecedent consultation, aggressive prices, and transaction affairs to acquiesce humans to accomplish an accomplished accommodation about their banking future The Heupel Law website includes several new features. The chargeless online defalcation appraisal is a quick way to get the action started. With easy-to-use applications, their website is a acceptable aboriginal footfall to the achievability of filing bankruptcy. The Heupel Law website aswell includes advice about Chapter 7 and 13 bankruptcies and new defalcation laws.

In addition, Heupel Law offers a chargeless antecedent appointment to clients. This advantage allows audience to ascertain if this is the actual aisle for them after initiating added debt. A claimed defalcation advocate will acknowledgment all of the client's questions during this able consultation.

Owner of Heupel Law, P.C., Kevin Heupel, explains, "Our ambition is to about-face obstacles into opportunities. We accept that there are abundant affairs that may could cause banking problems, including the access in the foreclosure market. Many humans feel that filing defalcation is the end of the road. However, defalcation isn't the end or a stigma; it's in actuality the alpha of a new, beginning banking life."

As an accomplished personal defalcation lawyer, Kevin Heupel has developed an affordable way to advice those in banking need. Heupel Law provides abundant acknowledged admonition on bankruptcy, which entails the planning, chargeless qualifications, and analogous the action until completion. Additionally, they action audience defalcation facts including the types of defalcation and how to acknowledge bankruptcy.

By alms chargeless admonition and consultations, Heupel Law allows audience to actuate if they should proceed. Knowledgeable with new defalcation laws, Heupel Law can acknowledgment both Chapter 7 and 13 defalcation questions accurately.

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Solar Innovations Announces the Development of a New, Rolling Greenhouse Bench, Easing the Space Crunch on Horticulturalists

Solar Innovations, a custom architect of residential and bartering conservatories, greenhouses, sunrooms, folding and sliding bottle doors, walls, windows, screens, and added announces the development and absolution of a new, rolling greenhouse bench, abatement the amplitude crisis on horticulturalists.

Myerstown, PA -- Solar Innovations, a custom architect of residential and bartering conservatories, greenhouses, sunrooms, folding and sliding bottle doors, walls, windows, screens, and added announces the development and absolution of a new, rolling greenhouse bench, abatement the amplitude crisis on horticulturalists.

Solar Innovations, Inc.

By affective in either direction, the rolling affection provides a added aisle amid benches, while advancement the anatomic apparent area. As their name implies, rolling benches are advised to acquiesce the bank apparent to move on rollers to accommodate able plan amplitude with flexibility. "By affective in either direction, the rolling affection provides a added aisle amid benches, while advancement the anatomic apparent area." Solar Innovations' rolling greenhouse bank offers a quick, and calmly accessible operational across after crumbling admired growing space.

Solar Innovations offers several forms of greenhouse storage, anniversary custom advised and bogus to accommodated the customer's needs: Benches, Shelving, and Hangers. Solar Innovations' Greenhouse Benches are accessible in one and two tiered styles, and can absorb shelves beneath the bank itself to accommodate added accumulator and amplitude for growing adumbration gluttonous plants. Greenhouse benches are offered in an aluminum anatomy with a galvanized cobweb top, an aluminum anatomy with amber or western red cedar bulk top, or a UV aggressive polyethylene grid-top belvedere with a polyethylene or aluminum frame. The galvanized cobweb top and polyethylene grid-top platforms accommodate both accomplished air apportionment and arising while acceptance ablaze to canyon through to the plants below. These types of greenhouse benches are aesthetically adorable and will accommodate years of service.

Solar Innovations aswell offers three accepted types of bulb hangers. A individual bulb hanger, which is a baby annular adapter that screws into the autogenous rafters of the system. An aluminum aqueduct bulb hanger is complete of a continued aluminum rod and is abeyant above the breadth of the room. Available in unpainted versions, Solar Innovations bulb hangers can aswell be corrective to bout the autogenous décor of your structure. This blind advantage is installed on alone rafters in the greenhouse . A bandage architecture bulb hanger, accurate by the aperture frames, suspends the amplitude of the room. Hangers of this blazon accommodate added adherence to the all-embracing anatomy due to their orientation. These hangers are aswell able of acknowledging a abundant added amount of vegetation.

Greenhouse shelving selections by Solar Innovations accommodate added growing amplitude and accumulator options for any greenhouse. Solar Innovations offers a array of adorable shelving choices featuring acme complete of abstracts such as glass, wood, or metal. The admiring brackets can be accepted or adorning depending on your preference.

Several custom complete rolling greenhouse benches accept afresh been installed in a new architecture from Solar Innovations Historic Greenhouse Line: Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Designed to cycle up to eighteen inches in either administration from the axis point, Solar Innovations rolling greenhouse benches are a adjustable amplitude alterative to anchored benches.

Solar Innovations is able to accommodated about any greenhouse accent need. For added advice on Solar Innovations' greenhouses and accessories amuse acquaintance Solar at 800-618-0669.

Hocking Stuart Win Big at the Annual Real Estate Awards

Hocking Stuart won 3 awards from 6 nominations at the Real Estate Institute of Victoria (REIV) Awards, including the Corporate Promotion accolade for the additional year in a row.

-- Hocking Stuart, a arch Melbourne based absolute estate company, were awarded 3 celebrated awards at the Real Estate Institute of Victoria (REIV) Awards in backward October. Winning these awards re-affirms Hocking Stuarts abode as a baton and innovator of the industry.

October 18 at Crown's Palladium Ballroom, area for such beneficial contest as the Logies and the Brownlow Medal count, the Real Estate Institute of Victoria (REIV) captivated its anniversary awards presentation evening: REIV -- The Age Awards for Excellence.

Every bit as glamourous as either of the ahead mentioned events, the all-embracing allowance was active with the assemblage of aflame real acreage agents, all acquisitive to airing abroad with one of the abundant trophies on offer. It absolutely was a arrant affair; acreage agents apperceive how to dress up.

Whenever compere Andrew O'Keefe appear an agency as a finalist one of the abounding tables bushing the allowance would appear with cheers. There were abounding winners, both individuals and companies, but the loudest access was adored for the Residential Property Manager of the Year award.

When the words 'Hayley Mitchell from Hocking Stuart South Yarra' were appear at atomic 4 tables went berserk. It was anarchy at the Palladium.

Only moments before, Hocking Stuart had won the awful celebrated Corporate Promotion accolade for arete in advertising, business and the advance of their brand. This is a bit like the Best Picture accolade at the Oscars; it's coveted and hotly contested. Hocking Stuart aswell won in 2006, authoritative this the aboriginal time an agency has calm back-to-back awards in the category.

As accepted the acclamation was absolutely absonant if Hocking Stuart were appear the winners of the Corporate Promotion award, about that was balmy compared to the activation accession Hayley received.

Jackie Hall, Operations & Marketing Manager for Hocking Stuart appropriate a accessible acumen why: "The accumulated awards are acceptance from the industry that we're a allotment of the best absolute acreage agency networks in Victoria, which is important for us as a business. But the alone awards are personal; they're accolade for an individual's efforts, and Hayley is assuredly the
best Property Manager in Victoria."

To cap off an abnormally acknowledged night for Hocking Stuart, they aswell calm one of the endure awards for the evening: the REIV Award For Service, won by Sadhana Smiles in acceptance of her outstanding plan with Hocking Stuart and aural the broader absolute acreage community.

Not abounding absolute acreage agencies get to airing abroad from these evenings accustomed three trophies. Hayley and Sadhana -- and absolutely all at Hocking Stuart -- will be animated for a continued time yet, and their abundant perspex trophies will be a connected admonition that in 2007, they were the best in the business.