Coast Guard expects approval for sand berms

" Louisiana officials could have approval Wednesday on a proposal to build sand berms to protect barrier islands from oil leaking from the Deepwater Horizon disaster."This should have been done months ago.  There is not even  one excuse for the delay in even...

Creater of the world's tallest tower Burj Khalifa

New Delhi: Adrian Smith, the creator of the Burj Khalifa and other iconic structures worldwide, has been a practising architect for over 40 years. Meet the man who designed the building that has smashed all world...

Facebook criticised by Archbishop

" Social networking websites, texting and e-mails are undermining community life, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales has warned. Archbishop Vincent Nichols said MySpace and Facebook led...

A Buddhist temple is built using 1.5million recycled beer bottles

A Buddist Temple inthe northeast of Thailand has been built using only recycled beer bottles. The Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaew temple got their bottles from the nearby community and they had already built shelters in this...

Another Coney dream

Two urban planners from the Municipal Art Society came to our DUMBO offices this week to share their vision for “saving” Coney Island — and there’s a lot to admire in their beautiful dream. But most...

China’S Next 30 Years: Building the World’S Biggest Cities

More and more, bigger and bigger, but these coastal cities in China will have to be built on reclaimed land and the irony will be that very little water will remain between the mainland and Hong Kong! "By D’Arcy...

Who said American Ingenuity was dead? Barak Obama should hire these fellows!

Who said that American ingenuity was dead?  One thing is for sure, when faced with adversity you can bet that somewhere, an American is fast at work trying to solve a problem.  Take Rick Westmoreland for...

Live From Greenbuild 2008: 30 Years, Now a Movement

Do you have any idea how many people 30,000 from around the world gathered in one space feels like (and trust me, I'm a New Yorker, I don't get overwhelmed by much)? It's like those pilgrimages in India. It’s enough to make you realize: there is something truly bigger than...

New players challenge world order

[New players challenge world order Brazil, Russia, India and China, the so-called Brics, are predicted to emerge as major world players by 2050. In this,...

Social networks open doors to developers

ocial networks open doors to developers By Janie Christine Octia INQUIRER.net First Posted 15:42:00 11/09/2008 ...

Estimates show Palin assets TOP $1 million

" WASILLA, Alaska (AP) -- Sarah Palin and her husband have pieced together a uniquely Alaskan income that reached comfortably into six figures even before she became governor, capitalizing on valuable fishing rights, a series of land deals and a patchwork of other...

No pressure on Hughes to splash out on stars in January

Can Man City show their rival that they are now more solid under Mark Hughes?"Mark Hughes has been assured by Manchester City’s new owners that they will not put him under pressure to fill his squad with Galacticos when the transfer window opens in January.With the Abu...

11th September - Jinnah's Death Anniversary

Pakistan's newly elected President Asif Ali Zardari visited the mausoleum of the father of the nation, Muhammad Ali Jinnah in Karachi, to pay homage on his death anniversary here on Thursday. This was his...

Print Your House!

Tired of high home building prices? Print your house using a concrete jet printer and a CAD model. 3d printing has been around for a while, but this is one of the first large scale applications that looks like...

Hunt for man after sex attack on girl in Wales

Police in Wales are searching for an older man in Wales who is suspected of sexually assaulting a 17 year old girl in Swansea. "A SERIOUS sexual assault against a 17-year-old girl in Swansea was yesterday being investigated by South Wales Police. Police issued a description...

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