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The massive subduction zone earthquake in Japan caused a significant level of soil "liquefaction" that has surprised researchers with its widespread severity, a new analysis shows.The findings also raise questions about whether existing building codes and engineering technologies are adequately accounting for this phenomenon in other vulnerable locations, which in the U.S.
:http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110418135537.htmThe massive subduction zone earthquake in Japan caused a significant level of soil... more
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Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood takes you back to the beautiful and yet violent streets of Ancient Rome. It's also fast becoming an Ancient game, as it was released back in 2010. Understandably, you've have plenty of time to beat the game and collect a hefty amount of achievements already. But alas, you may have missed some of the treasured Glyphs that mysteriously pop throughout the city. What are the Glyphs you ask? The Glyphs are messages left around the city by the mysterious subject 16. As you collect them, each one will initiate a series of puzzles, and if you solve them all you will be transported to a new location. A few additional perks for collecting the Glyphs are...Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood takes you back to the beautiful and yet violent... more
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‘Dead Drops’ is an anonymous, offline, peer to peer file-sharing network in public space. I am ‘injecting’ USB flash drives into walls, buildings and curbs accessable to anybody in public space. You are invited to go to these places (so far 5 in NYC) to drop or find files on a dead drop http://www.makeahistory.com/index.php/free-stuff/9589-dead-drops‘Dead Drops’ is an anonymous, offline, peer to peer file-sharing network... more
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New NYC hotel offers up-close views of ground zero
NEW YORK
--- At rates from $199 a night, guests at the new World Center Hotel can get as close to the hive of activity that is ground zero as it's possible to get without a hard hat.
The 169-room hotel just south of the World Trade Center site celebrated its grand opening Wednesday and Mayor Michael Bloomberg proclaimed World Center Hotel Day. But in what hotel executives call a soft opening, guests have been staying there for months as construction was completed floor by floor.
Deena Mendlowitz, an improv performer from Cleveland, said after checking out that it was "phenomenal" to see the rebuilding firsthand.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100609/ap_on_re_us/us_ground_zero_hotelNew NYC hotel offers up-close views of ground zero
NEW YORK
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If want to know what the past was like, forget about constructing a time traveling phone booth or sports car and put down the H. G. Wells. There’s a much easier way to see the past with your own eyes – photographs. If there’s a certain area you’re interested in, dig up some historic photographs, pay a visit to that place and overlap the old photo with the present location. It’s a quick, easy and stunning way to see how time has treated the locale.
Read more: http://www.whitespace.bz/ws/web/forms/pulse/PulseMainArticle.aspx?id=438If want to know what the past was like, forget about constructing a time traveling... more
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