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Want to Live With 42 Million People in a Megacity the Size of Switzerland? Source: gawker.com City planners in China are hoping to turn the nine cities in the Pearl River Delta into a single, humongous megacity the size of Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Hampshire combined. Its population: 42 million.      @ Lui Sieh – Well, my ancestral village is already a golf course, so why not go whole hog and convert the whole Pearl River Delta?     

Bloomberg blamed for mishandling snowpocalypse Source: www.youtube.com http://www.nma.tv/ A huge blizzard dumped two feet of snow on New York City, paralyzing the traffic and causing chaos. Cars were stuck in the snow for days while emergency vehicles could not reach those in need. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg downplayed the storm, telling reporters the      Those crazy Taiwanese news animators are at it again…     

iheartradio: Alicia Keys “Empire State of Mind, Part II” (live) Source: www.youtube.com Alicia Keys performs Empire State of Mind, Part II at the P.C. Richard & Son Theater in TriBeCa on November 17, 2009 for www.iheartradio.com For all things Alicia Keys (Photos, Music Videos + More!), go to: http://bit.ly/9NUF7d ► FACEBOOK ◄ http://www.facebook.com/ih eartradio ► TWITTER ◄      Today’s Soundtrack: Good luck to all of the Marathon runners – the city is for you today!     

New York City’s Parallel to Gulf Oil Spill – NYTimes.com Source: www.nytimes.com The slow fouling of Newtown Creek lacked the drama of the gulf spill, but its impact has been profound. Advocates are hoping for Superfund designation.      I heard about the mess there, but I didn’t know it was 11 million gallons of oil!     

Brooklyn Law School graduate Irina Shekhets dies in Nepal plane crash on her 30th birthday Source: www.nydailynews.com Irina Shekhets and 13 others, including three other Americans, were killed when their Nepalese turboprop went down in heavy rain in a mountainous region about 50 miles south of the capital city of Katmandu.      RIP – very sad     

Pilobolus on Late Night with Conan O’Brien Source: www.youtube.com Pilobolus performed on Late Night with Conan O’Brien in July of 2008.      This was a while ago, but boy it is hot! Thanks Jerry Goldman for today’s Summer in the City soundtrack.