No driveway car "wash" in Washington State

Better get ready to buy a new Atlas, as the Pacific Northwest renames one of it's own "Ington State". It's a darn good thing I like keeping my truck in a tip top redneck "dirty" state.... otherwise I would be...

Anger smoulders in rebel city rubble

The Georgian forces attack that initiated Russia to attack Georgia, the hatred for Georgian Russians is very deep. Georgia's forces where trained by the US, for what purposes one can only guess. US and Russian relationships are at there very lowest. Americans that wonder why...

Vertical WindSpire Turbine Promises 100% Energy [used by avg. household]

Comparatively small, less noisy, more bird-friendly and reduces dependency of the People on big utility corporations. Based on an ancient Egyptian design for grinding grain."At a height of 30 ft. tall and only 2 feet...

Residential building land value drops 20pc

Falling UK land values are fuelling lower house prices with industry leaders asking the Government for urgent and immediate action....People are opting to rent rather than buy/sell and the North of England is the least expensive place to live...."Residential building land,...

Georgia conflict: Screams of the injured rise from residential streets

Innocent people are the victim of all this. Many building and apartment damaged by Russian airstrike." The ground shook and a series of explosions rippled through the air. From the middle of a housing estate in...

Canada's spreading cannabis crop

"Canada's spreading cannabis crop In the first of two pieces on organised crime accompanying his Radio 4 series How crime took...

Urban farming takes root in Detroit - This might solve the world food price r...

Could growing fresh vegetables help save crumbling inner cities around the world and tackle hunger? Putting in the spade-work at one of the charity's gardens That is the ambitious aim of a charity called Urban Farming, which has...

Are real estate speculators good for Vancouver?

This week's article in the Sun about a proposed speculator tax is truly odd.  The piece begins:"The Lower Mainland housing market might be cooling off these days. But glittering highrise condos continue to...

Battersea to produce power again

Real Estate Opportunities, a London based property company announce a major green redevelopment of the 1939 built Art Deco Battersea Power Station. Numerous failed redevelopment plans from successive site owners have...

Dubai house prices up 78%, another surge guaranteed « Peter J. Cooper’s We...

"Dubai house prices rose 78 per cent in the year to the end of Q1, according to a report from Colliers International. But all the anecdotal evidence suggests that rising prices have continued since then, and may have considerably further to go as the Federal Reserve cuts...

Canadian PM Apologizes to First Nations for Residential Schools

In an historic moment in Canadian history, Prime Minister Stephen Harper has issued an apology on behalf of the federal government, for the decades of abuse perpetrated against First Nations children who were stolen...

One dead in Vancouver drug lab

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorOne down, only 14,999 to go."One dead in Vancouver drug labStaff, Vancouver SunPublished: Saturday, June 07, 2008A 44-year-old resident of a Balsam St apartment in...

Untested Pesticide to be aerially sprayed over California urban areas to batt...

"Santa Cruz & Monterey County residential areas are going to be aerial sprayed with abiochemical as often as every 30 days starting August ? , 2008! San Francisco, Oakland, Marin, Albany, andmore residential areas are going to be aerial sprayed with a biochemical as...

The Ultima Tower -- a Human Termite Nest

" Eugene Tsui has designed a concept city called The Ultima Tower that would help solve the global population crisis. Acting as a human termite nest, and costing $150 billion, these two mile high green towers would...

Ohio judge to decide man's fate for sharing snack cake

"McARTHUR, Ohio (Map, News) - A judge in southern Ohio must decide whether to send a man to prison for sharing a Little Debbie snack cake. The case involves 21-year-old Timothy Caudill, who last year was held in a...

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