Boys hockey Benson opens South career Tuesday [ Fargo Forum ] Dec 01, 2008  Advertisement: HALBERSTADT'S MEN'S CLOTHIERS $99 Designer Suits Halberstadt's West Acres Mall Fargo, North Dakota Read More ...

Chinese-Themed Microsoft Arc Mice Can Get Lost In Your Pottery Collection [Arc Mouse] [ Gizmodo ] Dec 01, 2008  During my visit to Hong Kong, Brian showed me to a local design store called G.O.D. , which kind of reminded me of a China kitsch-themed Urban Outfitters. When I get a chance to go... Read More ...

Forget Citigroup, a California puppet show needs a bailout [ International Herald Tribune ] Dec 01, 2008  California's economy has taken a toll on a marionette puppet theater that has enchanted children over nearly five decades. Read More ...

Growing a better tomorrow [ University News ] Dec 01, 2008  After discovering a neighborhood around a local elementary school has 45 percent worse air quality than the national average, UMKC students teamed up with the school to help preserve the young students' health. UMKC's Urban Planning and Design collaborated on a project to help give students at Crispus Attucks Elementary School a chance to improve their environment and help prevent the ... Read More ...

Urban Light dinner to serve 'Baskets of Blessings' [ Springfield News-Sun ] Dec 01, 2008  Shoppers looking to do some good with their holiday dollars can spend Thursday evening, Dec. 4 at Urban Light Ministries' second annual 'Baskets of Blessings' dinner and auction. Read More ...

Urban legends [ Boston Globe ] Dec 01, 2008  Boston photographer Peter Urban has captured many celebrities in his lens - Todd English, Keith Lockhart, Mayor Thomas Menino, Fay Wray and designer Carleton Varney , Robert B. and Joan Parker, Robert Brustein, and, according to Urban, the 'loneliest hotel Christmas tree in Boston.' His new exhibit, 'Advertising My Friends,' is a collection of 16 images based on the premise ... Read More ...

Urban roofs going to seed [ Norwalk Advocate ] Dec 01, 2008  STAMFORD - What if an office building had a roof that filtered water, deflected heat in the summer and kept the building warm in winter? How about if it cleaned the air, too? Read More ...

Ford Ranger Max Concept Inspired By Power Tools [Ford Ranger] [ Jalopnik ] Dec 02, 2008  At the same time Ford is unveiling a US plan for profitability packed with cars that we don't want, it's showing off simple, practical, affordable, utilitarian vehicles elsewhere in the world like... Read More ...

Houston Holiday Events [ Greater Houston Weekly ] Dec 02, 2008  The Downtown Houston Holiday Experience will bring life to the streets of downtown with two new holiday components located at main street square, downtown's new retail core featuring Macy's, The Shops at Houston Center and the new Houston Pavilions; and the new urban park, Discovery Green. Read More ...

NZ fashion designers serve up gift ideas [ Scoop.co.nz ] Dec 02, 2008  Stuck for gift ideas on what to buy the stylish man who already has it all? New menswear label Hubert & Rhymes is offering up a range of quirky yet beautiful clothing that will be the talk of the Christmas party. Read More ...

NextGen Award Winning Urban Living Home Comes to the 2009 International Builders' Show [ PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance ] Dec 02, 2008  From January 20-23, 2009, Las Vegas will welcome an estimated 90,000 home building professionals from around the world as they gather together for the International Builders' Show , the largest trade show in the home building industry. Read More ...

Sky Gardens Coming to Madison Ave? [ Gothamist ] Dec 02, 2008  Architect Daniel Libeskind is taking a cue from the urban gardening minds and 'has unveiled a proposal for his first New York building: a glass tower dripping with sky gardens.' NY Mag reports that his vision for One Madison Avenue would surpass the 700-foot Met Life tower in height, and that ' Initial designs show a glass-curtained tube with cutaways spiraling up and around the façade ... Read More ...

Young designers making their mark on, what else?, t-shirts [ The Southampton Press & The East Hampton Press ] Dec 02, 2008  Ever wonder what teenage artists coming up through the ranks are doing? A Sag Harbor clothing store, LABL, a hip shop carrying new lines by several young designers who live on the East End, may provide a window in. A few are still in high school. Read More ...

Urban Forest [ Contract Magazine ] Nov 30, 2008  Unfortunately, the connotation of a chain restaurant does not usually conjure up images of fine dining. Read More ...

Urban Planner November 30, 2008 [ Torontoist ] Nov 30, 2008  HOLIDAYS: This year the Gardiner Museum chose the theme 'Children of the World' for its Twelve Trees of Christmas exhibit, making today's Family Day a true immersion in childhood fantasy. Read More ...