"But today there is no shortage of people in Washington that want a completely modern house, " he adds, noting he has about 20 active projects in the works.

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They then placed all of these cards on the wall and realized that, between the ten of them, they had over 150 active projects, many of which were drawing upon the same resources or impacting the same groups.

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Active open source projects receive more, and more varied, scrutiny than closed source projects.

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Salmon's is one of two projects active on Kickstarter that are poised to land in the site's all-time Top 5 in terms of funds raised.

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Ozzie still runs an embroidery business in California and is active in coastal conservation projects in his home town of Malibu.

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He said he also wants to work for socially active nonprofit groups, and one of his projects will be reform of the parole system that had denied him earlier release.

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The site also includes active discussion forums, where homeowners can ask questions on home projects and other homeowners as well as professionals can offer suggestions and advice.

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Besides founding the eponymous Shorenstein Company, which controls over 30 million square feet of office projects throughout the country, Shorenstein had long been active in civic circles.

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There are 15 UN agencies, funds and programmes active in Cuba, and 6 of them have resident representatives developing projects in the country.

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