The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Reader Review (EuroGamer) Oblivion is a wonderful game in a lot of ways, pretty and clean, the setting is incredibly coherent and detailed, the quests are often interesting and a little bit different, and the people wandering around do a great job of making the cities feel alive. First impressions are highly positive. |
Clubhouse Living (New York Times) After designing office spaces that encourage the easy interaction of people, like those at Google headquarters, Clive Wilkinson designed his home to do the same. |
Can we learn from our greatest Games? (Evening Standard) As Britain celebrates a golden medal haul at the Olympics and the baton is handed to London, attention turns to 2012. Can the capital top Beijing? Can we better Sydney? Not if the current squabbling about budgets, architecture and transport are anything to go by. |
YouthBuild visits B.I. airport (The Block Island Times) Justin Perry left high school at 17. He drifted from job to job until six months ago when his father told him about the YouthBuild program run through the Providence Urban League. Now, Perry is paid to attend the program each day while learning construction skills that he hopes will lay the foundation to start his own company. |
MEET YOUR NEIGHBOR (The Oregonian) Megan Braunsten said destiny led to her role as the new leader of the Gresham Downtown Development Association. |
On the Record / August 28, 2008 (The Buffalo News) Hires/Promotions/ Honors |
A first for India: A museum of contemporary art (International Herald Tribune) The Devi Art Foundation in Delhi is poised to be India's first noncommercial, nonprofit exhibition space for contemporary art from India and the subcontinent. |
Report: Area workers earn 30 percent more than nation (The Journal News) NANUET - Workers in the New York City metropolitan area on average earn about 30 percent more than the national average, a recently released federal study of 2007 data shows. |
Stephen Bates: People (Guardian Unlimited) Stephen Bates on Gerard Mortier, the Belgian enfant terrible of world opera |
London 2012: Tough Act to Follow (Time Magazine) Brits are known for theater, pageantry, music and humor. But if stodgy politicians have their way, none of that may come through in the 2012 Olympics |