Posts Tagged ‘Bridge’

Mimicking fish and tailoring radar to warn of bridge peril

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
Floods cut down more bridges than fire, wind, earthquakes, deterioration, overloads and collisions combined, costing lives and hundreds of millions of dollars in damage.

10 Congressmen Who Should Be Fired

Thursday, July 29th, 2010
They tried to build a Bridge to Nowhere, fretted about "killing grandma," and stiffed the IRS. John Avlon presents a rogue's gallery of House members who should be bounced come November, from Joe Wilson to Alan Grayson.

Big project turns on small bridge

Sunday, July 4th, 2010
In an area brimming with stunning Bay vistas and unique natural scenery, the flat, marshy and debris-filled wetlands of Yosemite Slough are hardly inspiring. However, this small, nondescript patch of coastal land in the Bayview-Hunters Point community is playing a major role in the massive development project...

New Text Shows Delegates Must Overcome Conceptual Differences On IP, Climate

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
BANGKOK – Delegates gathered in Thailand to try and pull together a slow-moving UN negotiation on a plan to fight climate change have yet to bridge fundamental conceptual differences on key issues, including intellectual property. The vast majority of consensus found so far at the two-week informal gathering has been textual rather than political, said several participants. Substantive discussion “remains to be launched on many issues,” Anders Turesson, chief negotiator on climate for Sweden, wh