Dubai Architecture: Dubai is NUTS!

Dubai is said to currently have 15-25% of all the world's cranes.There are more construction workers in Dubai than there are actual citizens. WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON OVER THERE?

A normal industry?

Much is riding on the possible merger of America's third- & fifth-biggest airlinesONE by one, the obstacles along the runway to what could be one of the most transforming deals in the world's air-transport industry are being cleared. If, within the next few days or weeks, executives at Delta & Northwest succeed in hammering out a common labour contract with their 11,000 pilots, the airlines will declare their intention to merge, subject to regulatory approval.Were the deal to go ahead, it would almost certainly trigger similar mergers between the rest of the "big six" American network carriers, with United & Continental likely to pair off on one side, & American & US Airways on the other. If, & it is still a big if, what emerged was a stronger, more stable American airline industry, that in turn would be an important step towards completing the stalled liberalisation of the global aviation industry. ...

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Scientific American Magazine: The Bluefin in Peril

ll tuna are not alike. The canned tuna fish in s&wiches & salads comes from either skipjack, a meter-long species that is caught in prodigious quantities around the world & served as “light meat tuna,” or albacore, another small fish that is marketed as “white meat tuna.” The yellowfin & the bigeye tuna are larger species that are also heavily fished, but neither makes for particularly wonderful sushi, & they are usually served grilled. But the bluefin tuna, a giant among fishes, is the premier choice for sushi & sashimi & has become the most desirable food fish in the world. As such, it has vaulted to the top of another, more insidious list: it is probably the most endangered of all large fish species. Heedless overfishing is steadily pushing the bluefin toward extinction, & the species may soon disappear unless entrepreneurial fish farmers can learn how to breed the tuna in captivity.

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