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...bring Belarus back into Russia's fold. If Moscow were to shut off the oil, Lukashenko's regime would collapse. But for now, the ornery President holds off another democratic revolution on Russia's borders. Lukashenko does that the old-fashioned way. Every corner of the 208,000-sq-km country comes under his iron fist. He personally appoints all officials from ministers and regional governors down to village store managers - who are fired or arrested if they fail to deliver. The Batska's authority does not rest on a monolithic party but on a personal ideology, such...
...Record-setting price per sq. ft. paid last week for the air rights above a Manhattan church, twice the going rate...
...Some 100 billion pounds of plastic are used in the U.S. annually, yet only 2% to 4% of complex plastics are recycled, compared with 95% for steel and aluminum. That's because it's difficult to identify and sort engineered plastic by type and grade. At its 50,000-sq.-ft. Richmond plant, MBA figured out how to do it more affordably and efficiently and on a mass scale. In November, MBA opened the world's largest commercial-scale plastic-recycling facility for durable goods, in Guangzhou, China. The plant can process 40,000 metric tons of plastic annually. Another...
MODULAR With the FlatPak system, you can build your own modern home in four easy steps. First, decide on a model. Your choices include a 2,800-sq.-ft. house dwellmag.com) a 1,200-sq.-ft., one-story L-shaped structure; and a 2,000-sq.-ft., two-story vacation home. Second, choose your ?components for living?: wall type, finish, kitchen, bathroom, storage, built-ins and lighting. Next, Lazor Office (whose only existing prototype is Charlie Lazor's Minneapolis, Minn., residence, although the firm is building 20 more across the country) will customize them to fit your space, even...
SUSTAINABLE Innovative companies like the wildly successful organic-food chain Whole Foods Market and the Swedish mass-market furniture retailer Ikea have helped introduce the idea of sustainable lifestyle to the contemporary culture. Now Whole Foods has built a 2,000-sq.-ft. lifestyle store in West Hollywood out of sustainable and environmentally friendly materials, and the company even uses reclaimed and reused furniture for displays. For its recent PS collection, Ikea asked 28 designers to think up ingenious ways to use such recycled materials as wood and plastic to create new home-décor products like the Ellan rocking...