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Density Is For The Birds
Written by TreeHugger   
08/28/2008
bird apartment building photo We have previously noted examples of Achieving Density in Prefabricated Housing; now Belgian artist Maxime Delporte gives us not a bird house, but a bird apartment complex with La Mangeoire project....

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Battle of Britain looms after draw
Written by The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed   
08/28/2008

Holders Manchester United will face Celtic in the Champions League group stages following the draw in Monaco.


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Pioneering lesbian rights activist dies just weeks after wedding
Written by The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed   
08/28/2008

Del Martin, the pioneering lesbian rights activist whose career spanned more than five decades, and who twice took part in California's “first” gay marriage, has died at the age of 87.


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Merkel named most powerful woman in world (again)
Written by The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed   
08/28/2008

Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel was today named the world’s most powerful woman for the third year in succession by the US magazine Forbes although the accolade was largely ignored by her home nation which already refers to her as “Mrs World”.


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Solar Thermal Really Heats Up in Nevada: BrightSource Plans 1200 MW Facilty Outside Las Vegas
Written by TreeHugger   
08/28/2008
brightsource solar thermal power plant mockup image image: BrightSource Energy At the risk of sounding like a cheerleader, the scale of some of the new solar power plants being announced over the past few weeks are just astounding. PG&E has contracted with a 250 MW and a 500 MW solar plant in California, a 250 MW integrated solar plant/manufacturing facility is being built in India, and...
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Lit Thursday: On narrative
Written by Siel   
08/28/2008

Maybe this is why I have trouble with fiction. From Robert Kelly’s poem “Injune”:

An angel came to me today & told me that my proud dislike of narrative reveals an unwillingness to be accountable for my own actions. I contended that narrative is mostly...
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Kick Ash Furniture from Lost Trees Shown in Chicago
Written by TreeHugger   
08/28/2008
junctures chair photo Ross Fiersten, "Junctures" In the west we have the mountain pine beetle destroying the forests; in central USA and Canada we have the emerald ash borer, an accidental Chinese import, that has killed 25 million ash trees. The US Department of agriculture's method of dealing with is to destroy every tree within half a mile of an...
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Russia isolated as allies withhold support
Written by The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed   
08/28/2008

Russia was dealt a humiliating blow by its own allies today after a specially convened summit in Tajikistan withheld support for the Kremlin’s recognition of the independence of the two breakaway regions.


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Scottish Actor Gerald Butler Eats Healthy At Spring Street Natural
Written by parrish   
08/28/2008

Scottish actor Gerald Butler was caught lunching this week at the popular SoHo eatery, Read more...

 
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