India opens ultra-modern airport terminal
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India inaugurated a multi-billion-dollar airport terminal in New Delhi on Saturday -- a shiny glass and steel symbol of the country's aspirations as an emerging global power The state-of-the-art hub, which cost nearly three billion dollars and can handle 34 million passengers a year, was showcased at a special ceremony by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ahead of opening to the public later this month. Built in just 37 months to coincide with New Delhi's hosting of the Commonwealth Games in October, the terminal sprawls over four square kilometres (1.5 square miles) and boasts 97 automated walkways and 78 aerobridges. "This...
Published on Monday 26th of July 2010 11:37:17 AM
Vanity: Glen Reynolds (Instapundit) is Reading This Book???
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IN THE MAIL: From Spencer Wells, Pandora’s Seed: The Unforeseen Cost of Civilization.
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Nice TryThe East Building, Avery Fisher Hall,.. and other ambitious architectural failures.
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"A work of art, architecture, whatever it is, needs time to finally make a judgement as to whether it's right or not," says I.M. Pei in First Person Singular (1997), Peter Rosen's fine documentary about the architect. It is a cruel irony that after 30 years, what many consider Pei's greatest work, the East Building (right) of the National Gallery in Washington, D.C., has gone seriously wrong.
Published on Monday 26th of July 2010 11:37:17 AM
Incredible! New George S Patton speech: Iraq & modern world
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General George S. Patton...rants about Iraq and the modern world situation! "An absolute must-see!!"
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Modern train service slowed by freight
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High speed rail is a glamorous idea -- it's fun to imagine a train streaking through the cornfields from Chicago to St. Louis in four hours. Less glamorous are some of the fixes that need to be made to Chicago's notoriously slow freight rail system. Talk about projects like "signalize interlocking" and "grade separation," and eyes glaze over. But the promise of faster passenger rail is inextricably linked to the down-and-dirty business of freight. To make passenger and commuter trains move faster, you have to get the boxcars out of the way. And to do that, there needs to be...
Published on Monday 26th of July 2010 11:37:17 AM
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