Tag: lift
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Heavy new investments in the arts promise to lift Bunker Hill
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With two major expansions of downtown Los Angeles cultural institutions in the works, Bunker Hill is primed to elevate its status as the region’s leading arts center even as the area around it struggles with persistent homelessness and post-pandemic losses of office tenants. Bunker Hill will soon have the largest concentration of buildings designed by…
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New Pollution Rules Aim to Lift Sales of Electric Trucks
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The Biden administration on Friday announced a regulation designed to turbocharge sales of electric or other zero-emission heavy vehicles, from school buses to cement mixers, as part of its multifront attack on global warming. The Environmental Protection Agency projects the new rule could mean that 25 percent of new long-haul trucks, the heaviest on the…
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Lift Modular Kettlebells Stack Up to the Competition
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Diametric forces can come into play when deciding what sort of exercise equipment to welcome into the home. Gym equipment – large, awkwardly sized, and industrial – is rarely a net positive aesthetically. One versatile piece of strength and mobility equipment nearly anyone can add without sacrificing space or introducing an eyesore is the kettlebell,…
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430 Inches of Snow and an $89 Lift Ticket: Wolf Creek’s Laid-Back Appeal
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It was a gorgeous, cloudless February day and the skiing at Wolf Creek Ski Area, in southwestern Colorado, was superb. The snow was the soft, squeaky kind as I darted in the glades and lapped run after run on sparsely populated groomers. It all felt great. But somehow my lingering memory of that day is…
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Elon Musk’s Starlink IPO may lift off as soon as next year
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Less than a week after billionaire investor Ron Baron said Starlink would go public in “2027, or so,” there’s now hints that the timeline may be pushed sooner than he had envisioned. What inspired Elon Musk’s design for Tesla’s Cybertruck? SpaceX is considering clearing the initial public offering (IPO) for take-off as soon as late…
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iLuminate hopes to lift spirits in show at Genesee Theatre
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Miral Kotb was working as a software engineer around 15 years ago when she decided to marry her two passions: technology and dance. She created iLuminate, a dance company that combines glow-in-the-dark LED suits with music, dance and comedy. The show has performed with stars like Christina Aguilera, and it won third place in the…
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Workforce Housing Initiatives Give A Lift To Nation’s Top Ski Towns
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Park City, in Summit County, Utah, a playground of the rich and famous, will benefit from new … [+] housing intended to serve the workers who help keep the town’s lights on and services operating. getty The nation faces a critical shortage of not only affordable housing, but workforce housing. Nowhere is that shortfall more…
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Give your home an instant lift by getting creative with colour
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DIY paint projects are increasingly becoming more popular, primarily executed by homeowners who are keen on fleshing out a specific vision for their homes. Although the option of hiring somebody to do the task for you is always available, there’s nothing quite as creatively fulfilling as executing the job yourself. However, just because you decide…
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Hong Kong to lift one of the world’s longest Covid mask mandates
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HONG KONG — Hong Kong will lift its mask mandate Wednesday, ending the city’s last major restriction imposed during the Covid-19 pandemic. The city’s top leader, John Lee, said the requirement will end outdoors and indoors, including public transit, but that some high-risk premises can still require people to wear masks. Lee’s announcement at a…
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Car lift allows residents to drive into Bentley’s Miami Beach skyscraper apartments
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Sieger Suarez Architects and Dezer Development have released footage detailing the design of a lift that will allow residents to drive vehicles directly into apartments on all levels of the 61-storey skyscraper in Miami Beach. The Bentley Residences is a joint project between Sieger Suarez Architects (SSA), Bentley and Dezer Development. Bentley Residences in Miami…
