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Andrey Shalaev, the founder of the Russian Bessmertnyi Barak (Immortal Barracks) project on victims of political repression, disappeared after he was detained in Tver on 19 October. Source: Meduza, the Russian Latvia-based media outlet, citing the Bessmertnyiy Barak project and OVD-Info, an independent Russian human rights media project Details: Shalaev told OVD-Info that he was detained at a train station in Tver while waiting for a train in a café on 19 October.

Experts say a major storm like Ian could push some insurance companies into insolvency, making it harder for people to collect on claims.

Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Hurricane Ian could cripple Florida's already-fragile homeowners insurance market. Experts say a major storm like Ian could push some of those insurance companies into insolvency, making it harder for people to collect on claims. Since January 2020, at least a dozen insurance companies in the state have

Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Hurricane Ian could cripple Florida's already-fragile homeowners insurance market. Experts say a

The Montgomery County Planning Department announced the winners of its fifth biannual Design Excellence Award Competition at an Oct. 21 banquet. An independent jury of professionals in the field of architecture and design honored three developments with Design Excellence Awards and two developments with special citations according to a press release. The Universities at Shady […]

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The winners of the 2021 Landezine International Landscape Award (LILA) have been announced.  The six-member jury, consisting of landscape architects and designers Marianne Levinsen, Martí Franch, Catherine Mosbach, Andrew van Egmond, Chloe Humphreys, and Zaš Brezar, selected winners out of...

Biography: Lavagnon Ika is Full Professor of Project Management (PM), former Program Director for the MSc in Management, Faculty Leader for uOttawa partnerships with African Universities, and Founding Director of the Major Projects Observatory at the Telfer School of Management (uOttawa). He holds a joint affiliation with the uOttawa School of International Development and Global Studies. Over the past 20 years, he has taught PM at the B.Com, MBA/EMBA, MSc and PhD levels in both the French and ...

The Atlantic And how to fix it March 12, 2021 Getty / The Atlantic By any reasonable metric, the empty lot on the corner of First and Lorena Street in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles is a natural place to build housing. With a bus stop next door and an Expo Line light-rail station less than a quarter mile away, residents would enjoy an easy 30-minute commute to one of the densest business districts in North America. They could walk to daily necessities such as grocery stores, phar...