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President Obama’s Promise Zones Initiative

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” The first five Zones, located in San Antonio, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Southeastern Kentucky, and the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, have each put forward a plan on how they will partner with local business and community leaders to make investments that reward hard work and expand opportunity. Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.

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UPDATE: Seven New Locations Added To President Obama’s Promise Zones Initiative

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” The first five Zones, located in San Antonio, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Southeastern Kentucky, and the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, have each put forward a plan on how they will partner with local business and community leaders to make investments that reward hard work and expand opportunity. Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.

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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture: Earth USA 2011

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Other reports came from China, Bulgaria, England, Oklahoma and Texas. Germans lead the way with thoroughly embedded building construction norms in their national codes which will soon be inserted into the European Union standards. However new locations for earthen buildings are always being reported. where it is defined.

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Critical Issues and BIM – NIBS buildingSMART alliance conference – January 7-11, 2013

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Deke Smith is the Executive Director for the Building Seismic Safety Council and the buildingSMART alliance™ at the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS). Tammy McCuen , Oklahoma University. Tammy McCuen is an Associate Professor of Construction Science at the University of Oklahoma, College of Architecture.

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Critical Issues and BIM – NIBS buildingSMART alliance conference – January 7-11, 2013

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Deke Smith is the Executive Director for the Building Seismic Safety Council and the buildingSMART alliance™ at the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS). Tammy McCuen , Oklahoma University. Tammy McCuen is an Associate Professor of Construction Science at the University of Oklahoma, College of Architecture.

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Industry Focus: Logistics – Going With The Flow

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Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Hours of Service (HOS) rule that went into effect on July 1, 2013 could create a reduction in industry productivity, projecting the need for another 100,000 drivers without an increase in shipping volume. While trucking transportation costs rose 2.9

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Canada mass shooting death toll rises to 23 after police find four more bodies as it’s revealed gunman was ‘obsessed with mounties’, had an alcohol problem and was forced to shut his dental clinic during coronavirus

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The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said they are investigating 16 separate crime scenes in connection to the mass shooting, which coincided with the anniversaries of the 1995 Oklahoma bombing and the 1993 Waco Siege in Texas. . ’ . .’

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