http://wwmm2008.blogdrive.com/ wwmm2008 Mon, 02 Oct 2006 19:40:02 PDT http://www.blogdrive.com Copyright 2006. http://wwmm2008.blogdrive.com/archive/9.html Mon, 02 Oct 2006 11:36:11 GMT Gaithersburg community calendar Mail community calendar announcements to: Calendar, Gaithersburg Gazette, 1200 Quince Orchard Blvd., Gaithersburg, MD 20878. By fax: 301-670-7183. Bye-mail: gaithersburg@gazette.net. Meetings Historic Preservation Advisory Committee will meet 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at City Hall, 31 S Summit Ave. Call 301-258-6300. Olde Towne Advisory Committee will meet 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at City Hall Gallery, 31 S Summit Ave. Call 301-258-6300. Community Facilities Steering Committee will meet 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall, 31 S Summit Ave. Call 301-258-6300. Board of... (more) http://wwmm2008.blogdrive.com/comments?id=9 http://wwmm2008.blogdrive.com/archive/8.html Thu, 21 Sep 2006 16:19:36 GMT 'Office Furniture' Received Designation from Homeland Security SafetyAct "Anti-Terrorist Technology" Download this press release as an Adobe PDF document. Gunnar Manufacturing Inc. has developed a Protective Office Furniture System, a unique and patented u-shaped suite of office furniture, capable of withstanding over 40 tons of rubble and blasts of over 250 pounds of TNT. It is intended to help safeguard office workers by providing them a safe place of refuge under their desks in the event of a structural ceiling collapse due to natural disaster, criminal activity, or terrorist... (more) http://wwmm2008.blogdrive.com/comments?id=8 http://wwmm2008.blogdrive.com/archive/7.html Thu, 21 Sep 2006 14:51:07 GMT Furniture designer joins forces with reuse organisation 20/09/2006 Office space and furniture designer Steelcase has linked up with not-for-profit enterprise Green-Works, which provides schools, charities and community organisations with redundant office furniture. Green-Works¡¯ zero landfill policy sees it take old furniture from offices and re-distribute it to others. Damaged or worn items can be remodelled or repaired at its in-house joinery, with remaining items distributed to art and drama projects for more innovative uses. Steelcase UK managing director Mark Spragg said:... (more) http://wwmm2008.blogdrive.com/comments?id=7 http://wwmm2008.blogdrive.com/archive/6.html Thu, 21 Sep 2006 14:49:18 GMT Regions find place at furniture’s bountiful table By: Pavla Kozáková, 18. 09. 2006, More by this author The highly competitive office furniture market has seen little consolidation so far, but the myriad of small companies in the sector already see a positive effect from rapid office space development, especially in the regions outside Prague. There are about 200 major office furniture suppliers on the Czech market, but small furniture suppliers, who offer made-to-order office furniture, constitute the largest portion. “According to our estimates, there are around 3,000 furniture... (more) http://wwmm2008.blogdrive.com/comments?id=6 http://wwmm2008.blogdrive.com/archive/5.html Fri, 20 Jan 2006 07:10:20 GMT CIA authenticates bin Laden's new tape Analysts at the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) believed that the voice on a tape, aired earlier Thursday by Arab television station Al Jazeera, was that of Osama bin Laden, an agency official said. The official, speaking anonymously, said that following technical analysis, the CIA determined that the voice on the tape was that of bin Laden, chief of the al Qaeda terrorist organization. Bin Laden warned in the tape that attacks were under preparations against the United States and its allies, and offered a truce in response to... (more) http://wwmm2008.blogdrive.com/comments?id=5 http://wwmm2008.blogdrive.com/archive/4.html Thu, 12 Jan 2006 07:42:10 GMT Georgian attacker on Bush sentenced to life Vladimir Arutyunian, who attempted to kill Bush and his Georgian counterpart Mikhail Saakashvili during an outdoor rally in Tbilisi in May 2005, was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Tbilisi City Court on Jan. 11, 2006. Vladimir Arutyunian, who attempted to kill Bush and his Georgian counterpart Mikhail Saakashvili during an outdoor rally in Tbilisi in May 2005, was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Tbilisi City Court on Jan. 11, 2006. MOSCOW, Jan. 11 (Xinhuanet) -- The man charged with attempting to take the... (more) http://wwmm2008.blogdrive.com/comments?id=4 http://wwmm2008.blogdrive.com/archive/3.html Tue, 03 Jan 2006 05:15:14 GMT Beijing to invest more in suburban area The Beijing municipal government will for the first time invest more in construction in the suburban area than in the urban area this year, a senior official said on Monday. Ding Xiangyang, director of the city's development and reform commission, said 51 percent of the planned investment will go to the suburban area with the remaining 49 percent to the urban area this year. Priority will be given to projects to improve the urban traffic system, suburban infrastructure facilities and public service facilities, to help save energy and... (more) http://wwmm2008.blogdrive.com/comments?id=3 http://wwmm2008.blogdrive.com/archive/2.html Tue, 03 Jan 2006 05:10:19 GMT Germany says not to take sides in Russia-Ukraine dispute The German government on Monday called for a compromise between Russia and Ukraine in the gas dispute, but insisted that German would not take sides in the row. "There is no finger-pointing from our side," said Foreign Office spokesman Martin Jaeger. Deputy government spokesman Thomas Steg said that German officials had phoned senior government members in both Moscow and Kiev and called on them to find a solution to the problem. Steg reaffirmed that Berlin is not seeking to become a mediator for the dispute. ... (more) http://wwmm2008.blogdrive.com/comments?id=2 http://wwmm2008.blogdrive.com/archive/1.html Tue, 03 Jan 2006 05:07:40 GMT Dutch police, army form joint anti-terror squad The police and the army in the Netherlands have established a new unit to deal with incidents involving terrorists or organized crime. "For the first time police duties have been combined with defense activities," said Peter Van Zunderd, the head of the national police service on Monday. "This is an important development within our organization to better tackle major organized crime gangs and terrorism," he told a meeting to mark the New Year. The new squad has been named "Dienst Speciale Interventies", or Special... (more) http://wwmm2008.blogdrive.com/comments?id=1