Tag: city
Want to Live With 42 Million People in a Megacity the Size of Switzerland?
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?
Posted: January 27th, 2011 under Links.
Tags: city, combined, delta, hog, lui, planners, rhode, single, village
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Bloomberg blamed for mishandling snowpocalypse
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…
Posted: December 31st, 2010 under Links.
Tags: animators, causing, city, emergency, michael, news, nma, reach, reporters, snow, storm, taiwanese
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iheartradio: Alicia Keys "Empire State of Mind, Part II" (live)
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!
Posted: November 7th, 2010 under Links.
Tags: alicia, city, eartradio, facebook, good, keys, luck, marathon, nuf, part, soundtrack, things, today, twitter
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New York City’s Parallel to Gulf Oil Spill – NYTimes.com
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!
Posted: August 30th, 2010 under Links.
Tags: advocates, city, fouling, gulf, hoping, impact, lacked, nytimes, oil, parallel, profound, slow, superfund
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Brooklyn Law School graduate Irina Shekhets dies in Nepal plane crash on her 30th birthday
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
Posted: August 30th, 2010 under Links.
Tags: americans, city, irina, katmandu, miles, nepal, plane, rip, sad, school, shekhets, south
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Pilobolus on Late Night with Conan O’Brien
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.
Posted: July 13th, 2010 under Links.
Tags: ago, brien, city, conan, goldman, hot, jerry, night, performed, pilobolus, soundtrack, source, summer, today, youtube
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