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Changing Skyline: Brooklyn’s Barclays Center a glam, gritty architectural success   By Inga Saffron Philadelphia Inquirer Architecture Critic NEW YORK – Brooklyn used to be just a place, one of New York’s five boroughs. But in the last few years it has also become a meme, shorthand for conveying all that it means to be […]

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory- Mars Curiosity will host a media teleconference Wednesday, September 19, 2012 NASA On Sol 42 (Sept. 17, 2012), Curiosity drove about 105 feet (32 meters), toward the east-southeast, bringing the mission’s total driving distance to about 850 feet (259 meters). The Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons (DAN) instrument was used at two […]

World Trade Center: The status of construction 11 years after 9/11 By The Associated Press NEW YORK- Eleven years after terrorists attacked the World Trade Center, the new multibillion-dollar World Trade Center once again dominates the lower Manhattan skyline. Hundreds of construction workers are at the 16-acre site every day, and tourists snap thousands of […]

World’s largest marine park unveiled     By Neil Sands | AFP     The world’s largest marine park, a vast swathe of ocean almost twice the size of France, has been unveiled by the Cook Islands at the opening of the Pacific Islands Forum.   Prime Minister Henry Puna said the 1.065 million square […]

African partner countries to coordinate on SKA project Xinhua CAPE TOWN, — Nine African partner countries will meet in September to develop a joint strategic initiative for winning the right to host two-thirds of the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) project, the world’s largest and most sensitive radio telescope in development, it was announced on Friday. […]

NASA: Curiosity rover touches down on Mars on Monday, August 6   NASA With less than three days to go before touchdown on the Red Planet, Curiosity remains in good health, with all systems operating as expected. Given the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft’s consistent and stable course, today the project decided that the planned Trajectory […]

Website: http://www.sullivansummit.org _______________________________________________________ The 9th Biennial Leon H. Sullivan Summit is the premiere event on the continent of Africa bringing together government and corporate communities for the benefit of the African people. The Sullivan Summits are organized by The Leon H. Sullivan Foundation and held biennially in an African nation to highlight key issues and […]

Moscow expands its boundaries RT News At the first of July Moscow’s area grew from 1,070 square kilometers (410 square miles) to 2,560 sq km (970 sq mi). In terms of land footprint, Moscow now comes close to Paris. Moscow has just doubled in size. The big changes to the city limits will mean relocating […]

The Shard, Europe’s tallest building, launched amid debate   By James Pheby | AFP   Europe’s tallest skyscraper the Shard was inaugurated in London on Thursday in a dazzling sound and light show befitting its status as the capital’s brashest and most controversial building.   Thousands of Londoners gathered at vantage points around the city […]

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