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Untangling the Crossed Wires of China’s ‘Super Grid’
Ultra-high voltage power lines are crucial to a greener future, but world leader China’s growing network has hit its fair share of snags.
SHANGHAI With few coal reserves to call its own and winter rains too erratic to rely on hydropower, central China’s Hunan province had long faced frequent electricity blackouts, an annoyance to residents and a hindrance to economic growth. So when an ultra-high voltage power line was approved in 2015, hopes were high.
The new UHV connection, infrastructure capable of carrying large amounts of electricity over long distances, would run all the way from the energy-rich Jiuquan region in northwestern Gansu province, and bring in enough coal, wind, and solar power to answer a quarter of Hunan’s energy needs.
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Miriam Dreiblatt, architectural designer. The Restorative Justice Community Center in Middletown, CT. The community center serves Middletown residents in addition to providing space for Restorative Justice practice, an alternative to the traditional judicial system where crime victims and perpetrators participate in mediated conflict resolution. In development with local advocacy organizations, the layered design embeds the circle process and support rooms within the public space to expose community members to Restorative Justice; yet, ensures the participants’ privacy by obscuring the rooms’ entryways and orienting the view toward the outside. The building reinterprets Middletow
Beacon of Beauty
All photographs by Paul Seibert
When the idea of the Statue of Liberty was first raised around 1870, many Americans found the proposal, if not exactly insane, at least idiotic. Given that Lady Liberty has become the universal symbol of New York City and of America’s most cherished ideals, it is hard to imagine the hostility, perplexity, and indifference that it initially encountered. But perhaps it shouldn’t be so difficult. Suppose that a bevy of Frenchmen showed up and announced their desire to erect the world’s tallest statue a woman in classical attire in the middle of the world’s busiest harbor and then asked the locals to foot a good part of the bill for the project. Some Americans with classical training might remember the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the vanished wonders of the ancient world, together with the lofty statues of Nero and Constantine that once stood in Rome. Others might recall more recent statues such as those of Arminius in Germany and
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Israel Issues Urgent Ban on All Seafood Distribution Uri Cohen
Mediterranean oil spill grinds fishing industry to a halt
Israel’s Health Ministry late Wednesday evening issued an urgent decree banning the sale of all seafood fished in the Mediterranean Sea, as the country continues to assess the damages of last week’s massive oil spill.
According to the government’s directive, no distribution or marketing of any Mediterranean seafood is allowed “until further notice.”
The order initially failed to specify if produce imported from other countries in the region would be approved for consumption, and on Thursday health officials issued a clarification, saying the ban only applied to “marine animals fished in Israel’s Mediterranean shores.”