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pwbeat.publishersweekly.com | Nov 18, 2008

- Lynda Barry talks to Vice Magazine about how lobbying against wind turbines in her backyard has stalled her creative work, and details how she typically starts her day as an artist. Working from a small barn with no computer, she begins with a reading of poetry or philosophy at dawn.

http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/11/18/pull-quotes-that-farmland-spark/

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION BRIEFS

But a few miles south, the Canadian National Railway had built, in 1908, a 65-foot-high concrete multicelled silo, where today it is nestled between newer silos built in 1928, 1947, and 1960, all presumably air-entrained. It is still in use by the International Malting Co.

http://www.concreteconstruction.net/industry-news.asp?sectionID=718&articleID=238974&refresh=true

Ethanol s Excedrin Headache: Where Have All the Good Sites Gone? - Ethanol Producer Magazine

Broberg may have prevailed. The 55 MMgy plant is on hold while the Minnesota Environmental Quality Board convenes a group to study the effects of ethanol on groundwater supplies.

http://ethanolproducer.com/article.jsp?article_id=3854&q=&page=3

Grain Elevators

I have lived in the area all my life and knew of the grain elevators, but not the extensive history until looking on the Internet. It might make an interesting article.

http://www.concreteconstruction.net/industry-news.asp?sectionID=718&articleID=238936&refresh=true

95947 -- In re Tax Protest of United Ag Services -- Greene -- Kansas Court of Appeals

2. Our legislature has repealed a statute requiring improvements on leased land be considered personal property for purposes of ad valorem taxation. The effect of this repeal was to move improvements on leased property from personal property tax rolls to the real estate tax rolls. 3. K.S.A.

http://www.kscourts.org/cases-and-opinions/opinions/ctapp/2007/20070601/95947.htm

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION Online: Resources for contractors and specifiers including construction

I have lived in the area all my life and knew of the grain elevators, but not the extensive history until looking on the Internet. It might make an interesting article.

http://www.concreteconstruction.net/industry-news-print.asp?sectionID=718&articleID=238936

Architectural Record Building Types Study | Humboldt Mill + Annex

The 148,000-square-foot Humboldt Mill + Annex is Brighton’s latest project here and combines lofts created within the historic Humboldt Mill (built in 1873) with a new Modernist structure on the site of a former train shed.

http://archrecord.construction.com/projects/bts/archives/multifamhousing/04_humboltMill/overview.asp

John Gilbert

John Gilbert has worked on several specialized agricultural research, teaching and commercial facilities.

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