Eight Automotive Myths We Choose To Believe [Car Culture] Sometimes traditional beliefs run contrary to the facts. Most times it’s beneficial to examine those beliefs and adjust to a new way of thinking. But sometimes ideas attain the status of myth for very good reasons. Here’s eight of those. Human beings aren’t strictly rational animals. Car enthusiasts, for all their emphasis on numbers and measurements, are roughly equal parts rational and rationalizing, and there’s no end to the

SYDNEY – Australia’s ocean energy company, BioPower Systems, today announced that it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Spanish Global Project Development Company Elecnor SA. The MOU establishes a process for the two companies to work towards agreements for development of wave energy projects using BioPower’s proprietary bioWAVET technology in Elecnor’s core business [...]

SYDNEY – Australia’s ocean energy company, BioPower Systems, today announced that it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Spanish Global Project Development Company Elecnor SA. The MOU establishes a process for the two companies to work towards agreements for development of wave energy projects using BioPower’s proprietary bioWAVET technology in Elecnor’s core business [...]

Police thwart alleged thief targeting home poker games – WCNC CORNELIUS, N.C. — Investigators thwart a home invasion minutes before it was supposed to happen. They say the target was a home hosting a high stakes poker game in Cornelius. Investigators say suspect Terry Lynn Adkins plan involved casing homes … Poker Champ Sues Vegas Card Academy – OfficialWire A champion poker player has filed suit over the use of her name in the marketing for a Las Vegas poker school. Sally Anne Boyer, a win

Linked Hybrid in Beijing, China by Steven Holl (photo via flickr/nicolette mastrangelo) We talk about architecture from time to time here on Broken Sidewalk, but mostly as it regards what’s going on in Louisville directly. It’s also important to keep an eye on some of the fresh ideas going on around the world concerning architecture and how it might transform cities. We shouldn’t take examples from abroad as excuses to copy or replicate a project locally, but perhaps we can use them