Wonder what a recovery is going to look like? Keep an eye on jobs, inventories and prices advises the San Francisco Chronicle on SF Gate. Positives filter to the surface on Twitter although they don’t command as much attention as the ongoing shower of negatives. Anyone skimming the Twittersphere this week couldn’t escape this much [...]
Dennis Graver, an experienced scuba diving instructor who has three books on the sport, shares his favorite dive sites in a new fourth book. In his books, which have sold more than 100,000 copies, he covers everything from equipment to dive science in full detail, and also includes the latest information on new scuba technology. [...]
Housing reports released during the month of March have brought strong indications that the real estate market has begun its recovery. According to the National Association of Realtors, existing homes sales increased 5.1 percent in February 2009—which is the biggest percentage increase of existing homes sale in five years. Chief economist at the National Association [...]
For one German city, architectural design and modern styling are overlooked—it’s truly what’s inside that counts. Located outside Frankfurt, the city of Darmstadt is pioneering the way for passive house technology, a revolution in building design providing a home with exceptional efficiency standards, preventing drafts, cold floors, and other variable conditions. Using an ingenious central [...]
