Earlier, an anonymous witness, speaking from another building, said he had seen a group of "about five" people arguing with another two people.

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Despite all the talk of grid-based energy storage, the least expensive solution to the variability of wind and solar power is geographic dispersion, according to Leo Casey, Chief Technology Officer of Boston-based inverter company Satcon Technology, (NASD:SATC) speaking at the Building Energy 11 conference in Boston on March 9th.

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"We were in Istanbul for the opening night of a building we recently built and while we were speaking we've been astonished by a spiral stair hanging from a building in front of us, " said Ferlito.

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Broadly speaking, this means carbon footprint reporting and building energy efficiency and monitoring, analyzing, reporting and reducing energy consumption.

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Speaking to state TV from outside a ruined building, he said: "I am in Tripoli and not in Venezuela, " after rumours that he had flown to Caracas.

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And speaking of IKEA, we shared a step-by-step guide to building a vertical garden room divider using IKEA plant stands.

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Speaking in the press box, which provided a great view of both the Capitol Building and the slew of empty red seats, Kasten made plenty of bold predictions.

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The boss of the building union in Western Australia, Kevin Reynolds, even comes close (but not too close) to speaking fondly of Buckeridge.

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These refugees tended to be English-speaking professionals or students. (Their less-educated compatriots were inclined to head for factories or building sites in Germany.) At first their numbers were not great, but when war broke out in Kosovo last February, sisters, cousins and others with family already established in Britain began to arrive.

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