Tag Archives : Texas

On a hot summer day, a perfect relaxing outdoor activity is to lie in the lap of a hammock under the shade of a tree. However, the conventional hammocks are cumbersome to say the least and can be real tricky install. Now, Dallas, Texas based The KAMMOK Team has brought an all-new hammock that is not only soothing to look at, but is also very versatile [...]

For the 21st century motorist, it’s all about saving the environment while driving their luxury intensive electric or hybrid cars that have near zero or absolutely no carbon footprints. Understanding the growing awareness and due to the rising anticipation, Nissan Motors, the automobile giant from Japan has now announced its plans of resuming its [...]

The concept, Zipcar has based its offerings on, is not really luxury but convenience. They also offer some models of BMW but what BMW has just launched in Munich, Germany is pure and simple luxury. The hourly car sharing program is called BMW on demand. It is a pilot project initiated by the company itself and will run for at least a year in its present [...]

The latest city to join the crusade against the use of plastic bags is Brownsville, Texas. California, which is very near to Brownsville, has not been able to turn down the charm of plastic bags, but that didn’t keep the border town of Brownsville from turning away from these non eco-friendly bags. This ban will become effective after January 5, but [...]

The state of Texas in the Unites States recorded its highest rate of power generation ever in a single day, amounting to a whopping 6,272-megawatt, that was calculated to be a total of 19% of the entire power generation on the state’s main grid. This massive power generation was recorded at 6:37 a.m and does not include all wind turbines in the state, [...]

U.S. Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan massacred a group of soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas. He is U.S.-born Muslim who, as probing indicates, has had past contact with jihadists, including the radical Imam Anwar al-Awlaki. Al-Awlaki is a U.S.-born imam who champions a jihadist ideology. He was included at some length in the 9/11 commission report for his [...]

The massacre at Fort Hood occurred at a time when US President Barack Obama is at the final stage of decision-making about what to do with the US war in Afghanistan. The Afghan war has been proving to be a failure in the US antiterrorism mobilization, as well as its counterinsurgency campaign. US troops in Afghanistan are said to be disillusioned, [...]

Come 2010 and the construction work for the world’s longest marine causeway that connects Qatar and Bahrain will begin. The 40km long marine causeway will feature a 22km bridge and 18km embankments. It will also have a 13 meter wide railroad bridge. At present the travel time from Qatar to Bahrain takes four-and-a-half hours by car. This is expected [...]

A US federal jury sentenced to five consecutive life terms a former American soldier for raping and fatally shooting an Iraqi girl aged 14, as well as killing three of her family members. The carnage happened while Steven Dale Green, 24, of Midland, Texas, was serving in Iraq in 2006. ‘Green shot and killed the teen’s mother, father and sister, [...]

Villages and woods are probably the only places in the world where greenery hasn’t become extinct yet. Even these are facing depletion these days. Considering this, the developers of a mixed-use urban village, Mueller in Austin, Texas wished to preserve the lush green surroundings barring its industrial feel. And that is how Austin got its Largest [...]