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Arkansas Oil Spill Shatters American Dream of Families Still Displaced From New Homes
2013-05-02 14:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: It has been more than a month now, and Amber Bartlett has had enough of hotels and apartments and trailer homes. Of crowded rooms whose thin walls amplify the bickering of her four children. Of piles of toys and clothes overflowing from drawers and suitcases. Of not knowing, day to day, where her life is headed. She wants to be back in her five-bedroom, three-bathroom home at16 Starlite Road North in Mayflower, Ark. Ryan Senia, the Bartletts' next-door neighbor, is plenty ready to go home, too....
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Structural Engineer Jan Vacca Has A Dream to Design a 100-Story Building
2013-05-01 20:53:50| ENR.com: Headline News
As structural engineer Jan Vacca stopped in her office to grab coats and bags before heading to a jobsite in Philadelphia, she apologized for the clutter to graduate student Megan A. ToumaniosVacca's "shadow for a day." Clutter aside, the eye-catcher in the office that morning was the desk wall, which is papered with pithy sayings. "Angry people do not listen." "The more incompetent people are, the more competent they believe they are." "A fool flatters himself; a wise woman flatters the fool." Vacca's favorite quote, despite no mention of women, is Abraham Lincoln's: "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." The many postings, including good-behavior lists, are like mantras. "They are a comfort to me and they reground me," says Vacca, a vice president of The Harman Group Inc., King of Prussia, Pa. On March 27, Vacca offered advice to Toumanios, a future structural engineer graduating from Lehigh University. "Don't be afraid to ask questions or make mistakes," Vacca said. "That's how we learn."
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Onboard carbon capture: dream or reality?
2013-04-25 01:00:00| Ship Technology
A recent project by DNV has theoretically proven the feasibility of ship-based carbon capture and storage. But for all the environmental and financial advantages of a system that separates CO2 from exhaust gas, is the shipping industry ready for such
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New York Auto Show: Led By VW, German Brands Dream Diesel Dreams In America
2013-03-30 23:25:38| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
The German car companies - Volkswagen and Audi , BMW , Mercedes-Benz and even Porsche - dream dreams that diesel will catch on in America like it has in Europe.
An Ecuadorian Silicon Valley: Pipeline to the future or pipe dream?
2013-03-29 17:00:00| CNET News.com
In the conclusion of his report from the middle of the Earth, Crave's Eric Mack does a reality check on an ambitious plan to build a Latin American Silicon Valley. [Read more]
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