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Technorati Search for: green building — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:00:11 GMT

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City-In-a-Pyramid Could House a Million Dubaians, Power Itself

Technorati Search for: green building — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:40:00 GMT

City-In-a-Pyramid Could House a Million Dubaians, Power Itself Posted by John Herrman at 11:40 AM on August 28, 2008 A particularly optimistic design firm in Dubai called Timelinks has proposed designs for the Ziggurat, a complete city to be layered inside of a massive pyramid that could serve as home for a million people at a time. Timelinks is currently seeking patents for a variety of technologies that would make such a building possible, including a three axis public transportation syst

City-In-a-Pyramid Could House a Million Dubaians, Power Itself [Dubai]

Technorati Search for: green building — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:40:00 GMT

A particularly optimistic design firm in Dubai called Timelinks has proposed designs for the Ziggurat, a complete city to be layered inside of a massive pyramid that could serve as home for a million people at a time. Timelinks is currently seeking patents for a variety of technologies that would make such a building possible, including a three axis public transportation system that would run residents up, through and across the pyramid. They've also claimed that with a hybrid wind, solar and s

Top Hollywood writer to create Facebook movie, admits “I honestly don’t know how this works” [Updated]

Technorati Search for: green building — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:37:02 GMT

Aaron Sorkin has created gripping movies like A Few Good Men, and television shows like The West Wing. Now, he’s going to write a story about the creation of Facebook. Sony’s bankrolling the feature film, with Scott Rudin producing it. Here’s the thing. I’m worried that Sorkin is going to write a movie based largely on all the fawning stories that have already been written about the company’s founding, with his own crude spin. He thinks the Facebook cofounders started the site to “meet girls

Go Green Giveaway ? Enter to Win a Bronx Zoo Prize Package!

Technorati Search for: green building — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:50:29 GMT

Giveaway details below! We need to be “green.” So I am joining my movie buddies and sponsoring a giveaway for the Bronx Zoo. Plus, Madagascar 2 — the animals come from the Bronx Zoo. Don’t they? Somehow there is a correlation. Wildlife Conservation Society Opens Spectacular Exhibit at Bronx Zoo, Celebrating the Wondrous Wildlife of Madagascar. This summer, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) unveiled Madagascar! at the Bronx Zoo, a spectacular immersion exhibit inside the restored hi

Little Green Footballs On Denver’s Park Mosque

Technorati Search for: green building — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:01:09 GMT

LITTLE Green Footballs spots a mosque. And thinks it’s a scoop: Zombie: The Mosque in Denver’s Civic Center Zombie’s latest report is on the mosque that was constructed in Denver’s Civic Center Park, within sight of the capitol building. The mainstream media don’t think this is newsworthy. It’s only newsworthy if you re a Muslim looking for somewhere new to pray. But why else would it be newsworthy? Discuss. Source

Rising Cost of Candy - A Brief Study of Hershey Prices

Technorati Search for: green building — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:54:24 GMT

It was big news this month when Hershey Co. announced that it was raising its wholesale candy prices by 11%. This is the second price jump for them this year, in January they raised prices by 13% for select products in their line as well. Most of this is due to increased cost across the board. Rising fuel prices in all sectors means that it costs more to buy energy to operate their factory candy kitchens, air condition their warehouses and drive trucks around. Add to that the biggest change,

When life forms go to war: Spore civilization stage trailer

Technorati Search for: green building — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:48:06 GMT

If you're bored with all the unicellular screenshots and videos of Maxis' upcoming life simulator Spore (PC, Nintendo Wii, DS, Mac, and Mobile), then feast your eyes on this latest trailer for the game. It features one of the more advanced stages in the game, where your beloved life forms learn one of the more "civilized" forms of social interaction: war. The video also features Producer Kip Katsarelis and Software Engineer Soren Johnsen as they explain how the civilization stage of the game wo

Simplify Your Sand Strategy

Technorati Search for: green building — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:38:42 GMT

Few things are more unsettling than hitting into a greenside bunker. If you have problems hitting out of greenside bunkers, you could probably cut a stroke or two from your golf handicap just by improving your bunker play. Unfortunately, weekend golfers almost never practice bunker shots. Most golf ranges don’t have practice bunkers. As a result, they lack the confidence needed to hit a good bunker shot under pressure. In bunker play confidence is half the battle. But building confidence isn’t

Brian Schweitzer Comes Out Swinging, Hits a Few and Misses a Few

Technorati Search for: green building — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:27:28 GMT

From most accounts that I’ve heard, Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer gave an excellent speech last night. Unfortunately, I was airborne on the way to Denver and was unable to attend. Here is the full speech: Below, I’ll parse the majority of Schweitzer’s speech, picking out some of the good and the bad. There were plenty of high points, but there is also enough troubling language to give me pause before praising it wholesale. A generation later, we face a great new challenge, a world energy

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Technorati Search for: green building maryland architecture — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:48:56 GMT

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Two views on disability

Technorati Search for: green building maryland architecture — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:08:34 GMT

Having worked in the architectural field for almost 22 years, I’ve gone from doing ink-on-mylar drawings hunched over a drafting table to spending my days on a computer putting together project drawings and specifications, all while having much of the information I need at my fingertips thanks to the internet. All but gone are the days of drawing up plans and running them through an old-fashioned blueprint machine with the special yellow printing paper, sucking in all those nice ammonia fumes.

Builder working toward Ph.D in green construction - Fall River Herald News

Builder working toward Ph.D in green construction
Fall River Herald News, USA - 25 minutes ago
In a few years, Mike Kwiecien hopes to be an authority on green homebuilding. He already has his own business and plans to enter the University of Maryland ...

Southern Maryland Blue Crabs learned a lot on their way to a ... - Daily Record (subscription)

Daily Record (subscription)

Southern Maryland Blue Crabs learned a lot on their way to a ...
Daily Record (subscription), MD - 3 hours ago
He added, however, that their ownership approach is not one of flipping teams to make money but of building a new local identity. ...

New District Court opening pushed back until April - Cumberland Times-News

New District Court opening pushed back until April
Cumberland Times-News, MD - 11 hours ago
The paint scheme would change from a battleship gray to a Dijon yellow with forest green shutters. The trim would remain white. The three-story house was ...

Subsidies Help Residents Go Solar - Washington Post

Washington Post

Subsidies Help Residents Go Solar
Washington Post, United States - 18 hours ago
He said he'll get a $5000 tax credit from Howard, $2000 off his federal taxes and a $10000 grant from Maryland. That will bring the cost of the system to ...

State Plans Public Listening Sessions on Growth and Development - Southern Maryland Online

State Plans Public Listening Sessions on Growth and Development
Southern Maryland Online, MD - Aug 13, 2008
The local session is scheduled for Tuesday, September 23, at the Southern Maryland Electrical Cooperative (SMECO) building in Hughesville. ...

Two-way bridge traffic defended - Annapolis Capital

Two-way bridge traffic defended
Annapolis Capital, MD - Aug 13, 2008
By SCOTT DAUGHERTY, Staff Writer Despite evidence two-way traffic on the Bay Bridge may have contributed to Sunday's fatal accident, the Maryland ...

Gordon Clark: Russo-Georgian Conflict Shows Bankruptcy of Post ... - PolitickerMD

Gordon Clark: Russo-Georgian Conflict Shows Bankruptcy of Post ...
PolitickerMD, MD - Aug 13, 2008
Gordon Clark, the Green Party candidate for US Congress from Maryland's 8th District, has for over twenty years been a community activist in the peace, ...

Two gunmen flee Balto. Co. restaurant - Baltimore Sun

Two gunmen flee Balto. Co. restaurant
Baltimore Sun, United States - 3 hours ago
The manager was taken to Maryland Shock Trauma Center with life-threatening injuries and was immediately taken into surgery, said Cpl. Michael Hill, ...

Tennis facility set to reopen in Oct. - Business Gazette

Tennis facility set to reopen in Oct.
Business Gazette, MD - 6 hours ago
They will be refinished, however, and will have a blue surface instead of green to meet United States Tennis Association regulations, Izadjoo said. ...

Blast from the past - Detroit Metro Times

Blast from the past
Detroit Metro Times, MI - 6 hours ago
With the exception of Moore and a few others, however, environmentalists by and large aren't buying industry's claims that it is a green source of energy. ...

Historic renovation garners state support - Superior Telegram

Historic renovation garners state support
Superior Telegram, MN - 9 hours ago
Today, seven of those boom-era buildings remain on Tower, including AMSOIL Building (Berkshire), Superior Stove Works (Empire), Badger Building (Maryland), ...

E-mail from Beijing - Daytona Beach News-Journal

E-mail from Beijing
Daytona Beach News-Journal, FL - Aug 11, 2008
Kregg Deery, a friend of the Lochte family, is a 2007 Spruce Creek High School graduate who now attends the University of Maryland-Baltimore County. ...

Green energy plan creates more jobs - Baltimore Sun

Green energy plan creates more jobs
Baltimore Sun, United States - Aug 10, 2008
... brief peak of building activity and 360 permanent jobs - at a cost of $10 billion ("Nuclear plant hearing today," Aug. 4). If Mr. McCain - and Maryland ...

More States Enact "Green" Building Codes - AHN

More States Enact "Green" Building Codes
AHN - Aug 7, 2008
The states that joined this year the list of green building endorsers were Florida, Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey, Oklahoma and South Dakota. ...

'Green' building codes sprout up across USA - USA Today

'Green' building codes sprout up across USA
USA Today - Aug 6, 2008
A few policies, such as one in Maryland's Baltimore County, give tax credits to builders for green construction of homes. San Francisco's ordinance requires ...

Assisted Colonization: Saving Species or Creating New Invasives?

EarthTrends - News — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:32:44 GMT

Many vulnerable species are facing reduced numbers because the adaptations that have served them for thousands of years make them unable to survive small changes in temperature or precipitation. When faced with climate change and other threats to their habitat, some species may not be able to relocate quickly enough to save them from extinction. A new technique called assisted colonization may prove to be an innovative solution.

Affordable Housing Goes Green - The Washington Independent

The Washington Independent

Affordable Housing Goes Green
The Washington Independent, DC - Aug 5, 2008
By Suemedha Sood 08/05/2008 Trolley Square is one of many new developments applying sustainable building practices to create a green living environment. ...

Missy Higgins Australian Superstar on Greening her North American Tour VIDEO 1 minute

Technorati Search for: green building maryland architecture — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:46:35 GMT

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