Pappas expected to be appointed as interim city manager.
Byline: CITY BEAT/SPRINGFIELD By Jack Moran The Register-Guard SPRINGFIELD - It looks as if Cynthia Pappas will end up being city manager after all, albeit on a temporary basis. The Springfield City Council on Monday is expected to approve the appointment of Pappas as interim...

Inside it's mostly one grand space; this colorful Tucson house is both budget-conscious and energy-wise.
Inside it's mostly one grand space Like a fire opal half-hidden in the Sonoran Desert, this simple house doesn't reveal its flashes of color until you are inside and catch its sparkling variegations. Its clean, modern shell is just that> the house within stretches out--for the most part...

City must show plan for streets.
Byline: Bill Bishop The Register-Guard In a letter to the city released Monday, the General Services Administration said it wants a strong signal that city officials are willing and able to pay for new streets in the courthouse district by 2005 - before the landmark $70 million...

Network reliability-based optimal toll design.
Optimal toll design from a network reliability point of view is addressed in this paper. Improving network reliability is proposed as a policy objective of road pricing. A reliability-based optimal toll design model, where on the upper level network performance including travel time reliability is optimized, while on the...

Hot seat: school board chair Kathy Kleinlein on budget cuts and our new superintendent.
Sarasota School Board chair Kathy Kleinlein has been one of Next Generation education's staunchest supporters. She's also the only member of the board with an M.B.A. as well as a doctorate in education. She formerly taught high school English and trained employees within a Fortune 500 company. Today, she's...

Best by design: now that ACF has proudly settled into its pioneering new headquarters, we take a look at a some particularly remarkable sustainable buildings beyond our shores.
60L IS A LANDMARK IN AUSTRALIA as the first commercial office building to be so green on all fronts. Whereas the Sydney Water head office, when built, will collect water and reuse it, and the Australian Taxation Office in Canberra will be more energy efficient than other government buildings,...

BRIEFLY.
Byline: The Register-Guard Eugene programs receive donations from tribal fund The Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon donated a total of $5,000 to two Eugene-based programs Wednesday. The tribe donated $4,000 to Interventions Northwest and $1,000 to the University of Oregon Longhouse....

Around The Nation.
Labor-management meet set at Manila Hotel Five-hundred labor leaders and managers will gather for the 5th National Convention on Labor-Management Cooperation at the Manila Hotel on Nov. 15-16. Led by the Philippine League of Labor-Management Cooperation Practitioners (Philamcop) and the Department of Labor and Employment...

P3-B Cotabato irrigation project still needs R600 M to complete.
Byline: EDU H. LOPEZ CARMEN, Cotabato a" The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) has yet to complete the first phase of the P3.1-billion Malitubog-Maridagao (Malmar) irrigation project funded by Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC). NIA project manager Engr. Noldin Oyod said an additional P600 million...

Power brokers: construction/design.
Insurance coverage for the home-building sector of the construction industry has dried up as a result of significant claims and mass litigation. Most of the carriers that used to write home builders have left the market, and there are now very few left to handle this line. This is...