Lofts at risk under new planning proposals
Observer - Radical reforms of the planning system that are that are supposed to make it easier for homeowners to carry out building work A loft conversion represents the most lucrative home alteration we can make in terms of adding value to our properties. The
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So you want to be your own contractor
San Francisco Gate - When Michel Del Buono decided to act as the general contractor for his home remodel, he expected a few snags. What he didn’t In another instance, a subcontractor made a mess of the front and backyards despite signed contracts stating that the work
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Recruiters Corrupt Guestworker Program
Forbes - Consulate in Monterrey, hundreds of Mexicans wait anxiously for temporary work visas. But even before they were fingerprinted money from poor migrants and then keep them on the job by forcing them into debt or threatening their families back home.
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Artist’s work echoed vibrancy of Detroit
Detroit News - Born Aug. 9, 1921, in Detroit’s Corktown, he began drawing on the scrap paper his mother carried home from work. He later attended Cass Tech High School, where he enrolled in an art program and continually drew Detroit cityscapes. Upon graduating in
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Local machinists see shortage in young ranks
Weirton Daily Times - You use the skills at home and at work, all the time, Jaworski said. Jerry Draa, vice president of Mull Machine, agreed that there s a shortage of machinists, and machine shops, too. We train all of our people because we were no longer
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Staying alive: the women who are immune to Aids
Observer - There was only the exhausting work of farming at home, and she hoped to find a job in the city. Before long she was hired as a maid in a middle-class house. That lasted a year, and then she found more work mending clothes, and then casual labour in
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WA high schools to make community service compulsory
Australian Broadcasting Corp. - Education Minister Mark McGowan says the work will involve a range of activities including time spent helping in a nursing home, tutoring younger children, or even cleaning up parkland and bush reserves. He says work will be supervised by teachers and
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Go green: work at the office not at home
Daily Telegraph - It seems the perfect combination of conscience and convenience, but working from home may not be so good for the planet after all. In fact, the growing numbers who avoid daily commuting could actually be contributing to global warming, research shows
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