NBN Online for the week of August 8, 2005

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In This Issue:

Front Page
New Standard Nears for Air Conditioners, Heat Pumps
Subscribe Your Employees — You Could Win a Digital Camera
Staten Island Downzoning Bid Violates Fair Housing Act
Layouts for Living
Floor Plans: Gothic Renovation Goes Modern
Coast to Coast
New Rules Could Cut Cheap Loans to High-Risk Borrowers
Politics & Government
Builders Battle Anti-Housing Moves Around the Country
Economics & Finance
30-Year Mortgage Rates Crawl Upward for Fifth Week
Tips
Builders’ Tip: How to Easily Expand Circular Holes
Business Management
Custom Builders to Gather at New Orleans Symposium
Construction Safety
Uncoupling of Hydraulic Excavator Buckets a Hazard
Cost of Workplace Injuries Soars to $49.6 Billion
Education
Education Calendar
Research
Tech Package Shows How to Improve HVAC Systems
Easy Energy Upgrades Can Save Fistfuls of Dollars
Environment
Endangered Species Delisting Proposed for Pygmy Owl
Legal
Ask the Lawyer: About Arbitration Clauses
Building Systems
Software Correctly Sizes HVAC for Concrete Homes
Cement Scarfs Up Dangerous Roadside Pollutants
Labor
Project CRAFT Grads Advance in the Granite Business
Building Products
Prize-Winning Dogs Set High Standard for Reliability
TV
NAHB-Produced Shows on HGTV & DIY — This Week
Endowment
Centex Homes Announces 24 Scholarship Winners
Association News
Maryland Association Sends Tools for Tsunami Relief
Henry Bachara, NAHB/FHBA Life Director, Dies at 81
NAHB Fall Board Meeting in Reno Sept. 7-11
Save on Dell™ Computer Products
Save More With BuilderBooks.com Rewards
Calendar of Events

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Maryland Association Sends Tools for Tsunami Relief

Henry Bachara, NAHB/FHBA Life Director, Dies at 81

NAHB Fall Board Meeting in Reno Sept. 7-11

Save on Dell™ Computer Products

Calendar of Events

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