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nytimes.com » NYT > World - Sep 9, 2008
A fire destroyed a historic pier on the northwest English coast on Tuesday, making it the second architectural relic from the heyday of domestic seaside resorts to go up in smoke in recent months.
Also tagged: great britain, fires and firefighters
telegraph.co.uk » Telegraph News - Jul 28, 2008
The first piers were built in the early years of the 19th century, primarily for ships to land on. This was in the pre-railway age, when inland transport was very poor.
Also tagged: national, society, fire, pier, grand, super, mare, weston
thaindian.com » Thaindian News - Apr 14, 2008
London , Apr 14 (ANI): It was literally a shitty escape for a UK family when a huge block of ice from a planes toilet smashed into their ceiling and hit their bed. The chunk of shit hit their bed moments after Peta …
Also tagged: sports, crashes, sun, planes, toilet, civil servant, hubby, freezer, chunk, supervision, stink bomb, south london
scienceblogs.com » ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed - Mar 4, 2008
James scores Piers for Feb (if you don't know who I'm talking about, well lucky you, err I mean wrt P not J, of course :-); but meanwhile, our nasty Free Press has been annoying nice Piers, leading him to say (thanks …
scienceblogs.com » Stoat - Mar 3, 2008
James scores Piers for Feb (if you don't know who I'm talking about, well lucky you, err I mean wrt P not J, of course :-); but meanwhile, our nasty Free Press has been annoying nice Piers, leading him to say (thanks …
treehugger.com » TreeHugger - Oct 19, 2007
We recently covered the shortlist for the BURA seaside network competition to design a seaside pier for the 21st century; we now present the winner, Atomikarchitecture. We noted previously why we love piers- Pleasure …
Also tagged: uk, water, design, design and architecture, travel, competition
treehugger.com » TreeHugger - Sep 13, 2007
John McLean, Morgan Carn Partnership, Humberts Leisure & Hemsley Orrell Partnership From Brighton to Atlantic City to Santa Monica, piers have been part of the culture of the waterfront. Pleasure piers were built …
Also tagged: design, travel, recreation, travel and nature, seaside
engadget.com » Engadget - May 22, 2007
Filed under: Transportation We've already seen radars come in handy when dodging impending attacks and avoiding accidents, but researchers at MIT are utilizing the technology to make sure our roadways and structures …
Also tagged: architecture, science, university, mit, sensors, sensor, bridges, cracks, radar, structures, structure, bridge, noninvasive
thecancerblog.com » The Cancer Blog - Jan 16, 2007
Filed under: All Cancers, Research, Daily news It's been reported that procrastination is on the rise. Not only that, but it makes people poorer, fatter, and unhappier too. It took 10 years of research when it was …
Also tagged: health, games, video, internet, research, diversions, phones, tv, money, american, time, college, ipods, students, young, men, cell, waste, expensive, healthy, blackberries, steel, association, psychological, chronic, canadian, worse, happy, rise, wealthy, procrastination, bulletin, costly, fatter, perfectionists, poorer, pssychological, tempting, unhappier