"The stone tablet has stood on this forested hillside since before they were born, but the villagers have faithfully obeyed the stark warning carved on its weathered face: 'Do not build your homes below this point!' Residents say this injunction from their ancestors kept their tiny village of 11 households safely out of reach of the deadly tsunami last month that wiped out hundreds of miles of Japanese coast and rose to record heights near here. The waves stopped just 300 feet below the stone...
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This blog was created to Plan the Planet. It is a work in progress - please click here if you wish to propose changes or additions or ask q...
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This blog was created to Plan the Planet. It is a work in progress - please click here if you wish to propose changes or additions or ask q...
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Leonardo Da Vinci's Experiment with Town Planning OK, We claim him. I propose that we award him AICP Read more on Planetizen at http://w...
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This is a projection on Wikapedia made before the proposed tax cuts. With the cuts the deficits will be higher. A responsible Federal Govern...
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