Here's a cantankerous piece about a new Vancouver housing trend: the Mohawk. If you're from these parts you've probably seen them around--"a two-storey box with a half-sized strip of 'hair' on top," as the writer describes them.The Mohawk is arguably more attractive than its...
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Happy New Year, Sci-Fi/Lit Nerds (c'mon, I know I'm not the only one): the BAM in Brooklyn is presenting a modernized staging of Macbeth starring--drumroll--Patrick Stewart! I don't know about you guys, but for me...
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"Brazil is known for its world-class soccer, beaches, and Carnival. But what if you really take your fun seriously?
I don't know what my Global Gains colleagues Bill Mann and Nate Parmelee will do with their free time during their upcoming research trip to South America (to...
The expert at converting redundant properties back into beneficial and exciting use, Architect Derek Latham has set his sites on a world class station in Derby which is located in the centre of...
Banda Aceh (ANTARA News) - South Korea plans to build a world-class hospital in tsunami-devastated Aceh province at a cost of Rp450 billion, an official said.
"Both sides have reached an agreement on the construction of the hospital. It now depends on the availability of...
"The Action November Online Travel Fair provides visitors a chance to experience a different side of Macau with packages that offer up to 45% savings. November is an action-packed month for Macau with events such as the Macau Grand Prix and Tennis Showdown between Pete...
"With one of the largest university endowments in the world, a program to recruit top-flight faculty and students from across the globe and collaborations already underway with prestigious research institutions across several continents, King Abdullah University of Science...
"The 2008 budget is part of the firm's strategic plan and underpins the 5 year, U$59 billion investment program and consequently involves a significant increase in capex for organic growth as compared with the period 2003-2007, estimated at US$ 18 billion. The decision to...
""His appointment demonstrates our determination to be a world-class semiconductor company with a leadership that expedites achievement of our ambitions: to become a leader in Analog and Digital interfaces in our target markets for TVs, monitors and projectors. Our patented...
"The KAUST Discovery Scholarship will provide full tuition, a living stipend, book and computer allowances, and summer and career enrichment programs to qualified science and technology students at their home institutions prior to the University's opening in September 2009....
"As one of the most facilitated and attended tennis matches, China Open is also one the most important sports events that will take place before the opening of 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. With the top marque going hand-in-hand with a top match, Mercedes-Benz E-Class and...
"Work to turn Darlington's historic Railway Centre & Museum into a world-class visitor attraction is expected to get underway after Easter.
Funding for the £1.7 million refurbishment of the Grade II listed Victorian station - home of the world's first passenger railway,...
"Jake Norton
Class of ’96
Climber, Motivational Speaker, Photographer
Colorado Springs, Colorado
When media across the country learned that one of the climbers on the recent news-making Everest expedition spoke Nepalese and hailed from Colorado Springs, their first call was...
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"For more than three years, the International Space Station has floated half- built above the Earth. Maintained by a skeleton crew, the station - an assemblage of modules and girders - has not come close to its stated goal of becoming a world-class research...
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The mainstream media censored the vast majority of the evidence of fraud, so that most Americans to this day, have never heard a fraction of what was amiss.