CNN: Billions of jellyfish wipe out Northern Ireland salmon farm

I’m trying to imagine a layer of jellyfish that is 10 square miles in area and 35 feet thick.  Not a pretty site.  Read it here.

Weeks later ~ palm trees still the focus of California fire images

You won’t find many images of the recent California fires in the media that don’t contain palm trees.  The Huffington Post front page today has a new one up with an article claiming that perhaps more could have been done to stop the fires: Surely there must be other things in Southern California to take [...]

US officials being investigated for $730m US Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq ~ $138m overrun

The biggest escape resort in the world currently under construction is the US Embassy in Iraq.  Perhaps nowhere in the world is an American safe zone with a few happy moments more desired.  They call the area "The Green Zone" for a reason.  According to the AP and MSNBC, the embassy itself will sit on [...]

Dubai ~ replacing New York as the center of the 21st-century world?

If you’re at all interested in Dubai, you may want to pick up a copy of the November 2007 issue of Metropolis magazine.  The issue is easy to find; it has a huge skyscraper on it, the Burj Dubai: The cover design is great.  It shows the printer’s marks at the top to illustrate that [...]

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