Cities are an important testing ground for green technologies because urbanization is accelerating rapidly. More than half of the world’s population now lives in cities–and most population growth in coming decades will happen there, mostly in developing countries. Will cities of the future look like Beijing, pictured here? read all texts about Cities go green Continue reading...

In many of your classes, your instructor lectures on or makes a presentation about a topic, usually one that’s related to the current subject you’re studying. During a class lecture, your job is to listen actively and to take notes to reinforce what you’ve heard and jog your memory about the key points being presented. Continue reading...

Whilst Australians speak English, there are some words and expressions used that are unique to Australia. Here are some of them: A ANZAC — Australia and New Zealand Army Corps B barbie(BBQ) — barbecue bathers — word used in South Australia to refer to a swimming garment battler — someone who works hard but stills Continue reading...

Because I haven’t gotten a TV set in my house, I was trying to watch BBC World via Internet. Without luck, the official site of BBC World didn’t put the video stream as a free service, and I also tried lots of online TV sites, all of them has a invalid stream feed for BBC Continue reading...

老师出书了，学生理应推荐。在Thin写这本书的时候，我有幸试看了第7章 设计时支持。写得非常的不错，十分精炼，pf pf！详情请访问http://www.cnblogs.com/thinhunan/archive/2007/08/13/853292.html Continue reading...

I found this in Google Earth today. It’s so beautiful! After I showed this to Pat, he replied immediately “i want to build my house there”. Indeed, that’s also my dream. Great pic, thx Roberto Garcia. The Arenal Volcano is the only volcano in Costa Rica constantly active since it woke up after 400 years Continue reading...