Sociopolis, the Rurban Housing Project Brings the Campo to the City (Photos)
October 28, 2010 No Comment
Inhabiting the Huerta. Photo Credit: Guallart Architects Five years ago, we first heard about Sociopolis , a “shared habitat” in Valencia (Spain). This housing development is to trigger social interaction between inhabitants, propose a new type of housing for the family structures of our time, and offer an environment of high environmental quality. Now it’s becoming reality; roads are being build, and trees are being planted…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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(CNN) — A man depicted as a hero in the movie “Hotel Rwanda” on Thursday slammed accusations by Rwandan authorities that he helped fund a rebel group. Paul Rusesabagina’s efforts to save hundreds during the 1994 genocide are depicted in the Oscar-nominated movie starring Don Cheadle. Rwanda’s general prosecutor, Martin Ngoga, said he has evidence showing that Rusesabagina funded terror activities in Rwanda….
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Myanmar has announced that its military leader, Than Shwe, will not stand in the country’s upcoming elections, diplomats at an Asian summit in Vietnam said. Alberto Romulo, the Philippine foreign secretary, said on Thursday that Myanmar’s foreign minister Nyan Win confirmed the news a day earlier. Nyan Win told his counterparts during an informal dinner for delegates attending a summit
Continue reading …Walmart demonstrates epic flower power with 14.5-inch Garden Dreams Pavilion dv5
October 28, 2010 No Comment
Struggling to decide how on Earth you’ll fit a gargantuan 15-inch laptop into your life, while simultaneously trying to imagine using something as minuscule as a 14-incher? Great news, vaquero! HP’s splitting the difference (and hairs, if we’re being honest) with its 14.5-inch Pavilion dv5-2129wm Special Edition, a vivacious new machine that has just popped up at Wally World. Powered entirely by flora, this ‘Garden Dreams’ laptop packs a BrightView LED-backlit display, AMD’s Turion II P540 CPU (2.4GHz), 4GB of DDR3 memory, a 500GB hard drive, 8x SuperMulti DVD burner, gigabit Ethernet, 802.11b/g/n WiFi, ATI’s Mobility Radeon HD 4250 graphics, an inbuilt webcam 5-in-1 card reader, three USB 2.0 sockets, HDMI / VGA outputs and a six-cell Li-ion battery. It’s available there in the source link for $598, and somehow or another, we suspect Ma Earth is urging you to do the right thing. Walmart demonstrates epic flower power with 14.5-inch Garden Dreams Pavilion dv5 originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 28 Oct 2010 07:34:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Kylie Minogue, Sharon Stone, Courtney Love and Dita Von Teese turned out for the amFAR Inspiration Gala in Los Angeles, which benefits the foundations AIDS research programs. (Oct. 28)
Continue reading …The front of Thursday's Washington Post shows Nancy Pelosi and Christine O'Donnell as witches with green faces, with the headline “A very scary midterm exam.” (To which we ask: Scary midterm
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Photo: Milk and Honey Shoes If you invest a pretty little penny, or two, in shoes from department stores–that turn over seasonal footwear collections faster than you can ask: does the shoe fit?–there’s a slower fashion alternative. Enter Milk and Honey Shoes ; they let you design your own own shoes from your own computer, meaning you get the style, fit, and color that you want, when you want it, and you don’t have to worry about their twin siblings being
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You didn’t forget did you? Today’s the day that the WiFi-only iPad makes its inaugural appearance at Verizon. Whether it’s the beginning of better days between the two US giants remains to be seen. As a reminder, Verizon’s offer bundles a MiFi 2200 mobile hotspot with your choice of 16GB ($629), 32GB ($729), or 64GB ($820) iPads and 1GB ($20), 3GB ($35), or 5GB ($50) of data per month without contractual commitment. Of lesser interest is the fact that AT&T will also begin selling the WiFi + 3G version of the iPad today in 16GB ($629), 32GB ($729), and 64GB ($829) with contract-free data plans for 250MB of data ($14.99) or 2GB of data ($25) per month with free access to AT&T’s 23,000+ domestic WiFi hotspots. AT&T’s also offering international plans ranging from 20MB for $24.99 per month on up to 200MB for a staggering $199.99 per month. Hit the appropriate source link below if either of these offers tickles your kraken. [Thanks, Michael R. and Tyler P.] iPad now on sale from Verizon Wireless and AT&T originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 28 Oct 2010 06:51:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Gunmen killed 15 people at a car wash on Wednesday in a Mexican Pacific coast state where drug-gang violence has risen this year. It was the third massacre in Mexico in less than a week. (Oct. 28)
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A new AP Economy Survey suggests there’s only modest improvement on tap for 2011. (Oct. 27)
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