The mayor of Washington shares a duplex wall with Colombian refugees
On a recent evening, as the heavy aroma of a simmering pot of meat and beans wafted through an open doorway toward the mayor's side, Flor readied to leave for a graveyard shift cleaning office cubicles. She chuckled For now, in the District, the ...
www.washingtonpost.com
August 8, 2015
National Geographic Archives: Up From Hiroshima
By the end of the year the city's death count had reached 140,000, as radiation, burns, and infection took their toll. The population then stood at 137,000, down from a wartime high of 419,000. Seventy thousand buildings—hospitals, police stations ...
news.nationalgeographic.com
August 6, 2015
The Soviet Military's Eerily Detailed Guide to San Diego
It includes information about the terrain and climate: During the dry season (June to September), almost all rivers dry up, and in spring, during rainfalls, they turn into impetuous impassable torrents. There is . Here, the municipality building ...
www.wired.com
July 19, 2015
How China's Government Controls the News: A Primer
When Banqiao Dam on the Ru River finally burst, it unleashed a wall of water that rushed downstream, claiming an estimated 230,000 lives. . China News Service coverage hewed closely to the central narrative — that leaders were working actively and ...
foreignpolicy.com
July 22, 2015
Somerset County Freeholders To Honor Veterans Who Served In Southwest Asia
The AVTT is a large-scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. The wall will be open to visitors at the park from 3 p.m. on Oct. 1 through 1 p.m. on Oct. 4. Visitors will be welcome around the clock. The AVTT's appearance in ...
Taming the Flood
In August 1975, Typhoon Nina, one of the most powerful tropical storms on record, surged inland from the Taiwan Strait, causing floods so catastrophic they overwhelmed dam networks around the city of Zhumadian in China's Henan province. When Banqiao ...
www.chinafile.com
July 20, 2015
US State Dept. Bars Christians from Testifying about Persecution
1) On May 28, in the city of Chakwal, south of Lahore, Muslim men destroyed a Protestant church and beat six Christians, including the pastor. It was 8 o'clock in the evening when we left to return to Lahore. Behind the church, graffiti with ...
www.breakingisraelnews.com
July 29, 2015
A city's rebirth
"The group business has come back, too," Berman said, adding that the city's challenges were not limited to rebuilding post-Katrina ... And the Viking River Cruises company is opening its first U.S. offices in New Orleans in 2017 with two ships for ...
www.news-journal.com
August 16, 2015
Inside Amazon: Wrestling Big Ideas in a Bruising Workplace
When they “hit the wall” from the unrelenting pace ... like sending an email or walking into a manager’s office. Most comments, he said, are positive. However, many workers called it a river of intrigue and scheming. They described making quiet ...
www.nytimes.com
August 15, 2015
Regent Seven Seas Cruise of New Zealand
New Zealand has the to-and-fro trade of island nations, and towns of comforting old-fashioned slowness that make you think of slippered pensioners and portraits of a youthful Queen Elizabeth hanging in post offices ... At 6 o'clock the ship's bell ...
www.riverinaleader.com.au
August 15, 2015
Ghost Queen: Story of the forgotten River Queen
For more than 30 years, both in Oregon City and on the waterfront in ... Jonak says he immediately went to Beardsley's office and bought the boat for $2, cash. What he found, though, was disheartening. The River Queen was in far worse condition than ...
portlandtribune.com
August 14, 2015
Galt building is an eye-catching landmark
It still stands on Water Street South, impressive-looking from either side of the river, but facing an ... the existing towers on the old post office and the 1858 city hall. Today, downtown Galt can boast three historic clock towers while most other ...
www.therecord.com
August 14, 2015
Five things you need to know today!
Council officers recommend that the application is refused as it will ‘damage the city’s skyline ... the Balmoral clock tower. The meeting convenes at 10am and can be viewed on the council website. Drawing for Graphic Novels, Wall Building ...
www.theedinburghreporter.co.uk
August 11, 2015
Make flower bed and musical foundation along both banks of Gomti, instructs CS
The chief secretary has directed to further expedite the construction of diaphragm wall ... post located between the Gandhi Setu and NR bridge on left embankment of Gomti river would have to be shifted elsewhere in compliance of orders issued to office ...
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
August 13, 2015
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