"The market shrugged off the prospect of a Citigroup meltdown and focused instead on the leak that Timothy Geithner was Obama's pick for Treasury Secretary. Citi fell another 20%, its shares dropping below $4. Have banking catastrophes become so routine that it is now...
created by MortgageAuditor | 52 wks ago | updated 52 wks ago 60 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"Metro eyes sky-rise farmingSurrey may be home to region's first vertical greenhouseKelly Sinoski, Vancouver SunPublished: Tuesday, October 21, 2008Rooftop gardens and vertical greenhouses could be a sign of the times in Metro Vancouver as the region wrestles with...
created by innes | 1 year ago 141 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
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...
"Fancy a gentle paddle down the Thames? Or a splash about in the Norfolk Broads? Or maybe something a bit more bracing?Like a 120ft vertical drop, straight down the front of a churning, thundering, pounding...
created by stvalentine | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 215 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
The leaning tower of Pisa will be safely standing for another 300 years, according to an engineer who's been monitoring the somewhat wonky building in Italy. ""All of our expectations have been confirmed,"...
"advertisers are becoming more efficient in online ad spend and moving dollars away from portals and higher-priced vertical sites toward more cost-efficient, targeted niche technology sites and social networking...
created by mtippett | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 415 views | 5 recommendations | 2 comments
"# Place BUSO horizontally (very important!)
# Place the needle (or stick) vertically on the drawing, on the spot corresponding to the current time (hour)
# Rotate BUSO until the needle’s shadow overlaps the intersection spot between the mark corresponding to the current...
"Patrick Blanc overgrows the vertical surfaces of buildings in the most beautiful way. What he creates is far away from any fancy horticultural show, his Vertical Garden could rather be called eco-art, or greener architecture consisting of a variety of plants trailing gently...
created by kate | 2 years ago 684 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments