Chile Earthquake Moved Entire City 10 Feet to the West
Shared by Misa The magnitude 8.8 quake that struck near Maule, Chile, Feb. 27 moved the entire city of Concepcion 10 feet to the west. The magnitude 8.8 quake that struck near Maule, Chile, Feb. 27 moved the entire city…
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Сподели знаење: Формирање на Python User Group, четврток 11.март.2010
Овој четврток, 11.март.2010 од 19 до 21 часот, во хаклабот КИКА ќе почнеме со редовен термин за Python работилница. Името сеуште не е утврдено, па за сега ќе го викаме со привременото име „Python вечери @ КИКА“ (предлози добредојдени). Овој…
Точка за културниот центар Затворен ќе биде Културниот центар „Точка“, во центарот на Скопје, кој минатите осум години функционираше како место за развој на домашната независна културна сцена. На Здружението на граѓани „Контрапункт“, кои го водеа Центарот, наскоро ќе им…
Lesbian panic shuts down Mississippi high-school prom
Mississippi's Itawamba County school district has cancelled a prom after Constance McMillen, an 18-year-old student, asked permission to bring her girlfriend as her date. The student planned to wear a tux. The school district's bureaucratic non-excuse for the cancellation is…
Widespread support for toilets that separate crap from urine
People in seven European countries have expressed willingness to try "NoMix" toilets that keep crap and urine separate, allowing for more efficient waste processing and less seepage of urine-borne pharmaceuticals into the water supply. The study was conducted with 2700…
Green, Efficient, and Small West House
With the economy the way it is, retiring folks are downsizing or losing their homes, while newly educated folks are graduating with slim pickings. Not to be grim, but this is causing people to use property in new ways, such…
Google maps goes bike-tacular, just in time for spring
"Bicycle" is now an option for mode of transport in Google maps. Ostensibly, the directions given will help you avoid particularly nasty car traffic and particularly disheartening elevation changes, though Treehugger found some kinks in that when they tried to…
Testing a New Dynamic Solar Facade
Just a few days ago, the $41 million Syracuse Center of Excellence in Environmental & Energy Systems (SyracuseCoE), a 55,000 square-foot building designed to LEED Platinum certification, was dedicated. The facility was built to be a living laboratory and platform…
Turn a quarter of Detroit into "semi-rural" farms?
The city of Detroit is proposing to give over a quarter of its land to be turned into "semi-rural" fields and farms, with the surviving neighborhoods standing in "pockets in expanses of green." The proposal is politically charged (serving a…
March 10, 2000: Pop Goes the Nasdaq!
2000: The Nasdaq hits 5,048.62, the high-water mark of the dot-com boom. It’s all downhill from here. See also: 10 Years After: A Look Back at the Dot-com Boom and Bust The boom is more accurately described as a bubble,…
