Sunday, July 4th, 2010
GIS & AGENT BASED MODELING – “The game…”teaches players about interactions between natural hazards and human decisions in a Gulf Coast barrier island community. It is a strategy and negotiation computer game intended for use in undergraduate classes, and is designed for four players who are connected to one another via the Internet.” Read More
Sunday, July 4th, 2010
NOVINTE BULGARIA – Bulgaria’s Transport Ministry has unveiled plans to construct two “Rolling Highway” or “Ro-La” terminals, a combined system allowing the transport of trucks by rail. The first such Rolling Highway terminal will be constructed at the train station at the town of Dragoman in Western Bulgaria, which is located between Sofia and the Serbian border on the major
Saturday, July 3rd, 2010
DUTCH NEWS – The credit crisis and collapse of the office property market has led Amsterdam city council to order an immediate halt to all building projects in the city, the Parool reports on Friday. Read More
Saturday, July 3rd, 2010
ALL AFRICA . Similarly to other major towns in Tunisia, the Kairouan Regional Transportation Company has started outfitting its bus fleet with the latest cutting edge global satellite positioning (GSP) system. This system will allow more efficient exploitation of its 120 buses. The company also digitized electronic passenger information and it is currently working to
Saturday, July 3rd, 2010
VIET NAM NEWS – General director of the Hanoi Department of Transport Nguyen Quoc Hung said transport infrastructure couldn’t be expanded because the city had only designated 6-7 percent of the capital’s total urban land area for use by the department. To deal with the city’s over 3.6 million motorbikes and 302,000 automobiles, the
Saturday, July 3rd, 2010
GLASGOW HERALD – Ten turbulent years have passed since the Maltese-born Scot catapulted himself on to the world stage by taking the race leader’s yellow jersey with a win in an opening time trial at Futuroscope. Catching up with the 33-year-old this week, though, is to encounter a confident and mature presence, comfortable in his
Saturday, July 3rd, 2010
SUTP – Johannesburg has become a meeting point for people from different countries and cultures, all connected to each other by their passion for the same sport. The good news is that the thousands of visitors to the four million metropolis do not need to worry about getting to the two stadiums, Soccer City and
Friday, July 2nd, 2010
TEKES FINLAND – The replacement value of electricity distribution networks in Finland is about EUR 15 billion and annual investment in them is some EUR 550 million. Current investment is already oriented towards future needs, such as real-time data and grid flexibility. “Most of our electricity networks were built in the 1960s and 1970s. The
Friday, July 2nd, 2010
EL MUNDO SPAIN – The Governing Council approved the Community of Madrid on Thursday declared as a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) 83,000 hectares located in the southwest region, which accounts for 10% of it. The announcement was made by the president of the Community of Madrid, Esperanza Aguirre and the minister of Environment, Housing
Friday, July 2nd, 2010
ALL AFRICA – Government says it will continue to focus on achieving sustainable economic growth and alleviating poverty to consolidate the strong achievements registered in the last 10 years of reconstruction of the economy. Despite the impact of the global financial crisis, Rwanda’s economy has been resilient growing by 6 percent last year. Ministry of
