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7 of 10 worst American cities to find a job in California
2012-01-24 03:54:00 “Of the 10 metropolitan areas with the toughest job situations, seven are in California“, reports Danielle Kurtzleben in U.S.News & World Report Wonder if this is related to the flight of business from the Golden State. Hey, Ma’am, what are you doing to keep those businesses from fleeing the state. And, Jerry, you may want ...
By: GayPatriot
America?s To 10 Safest Cities, Ranked
2011-12-27 14:45:00 Looking for safe cities in which to live? A recent study may help you.
Is the condo market a leading indicator of lower home prices in cities? Cu
2011-12-26 09:22:00 Trying to read the housing market tea leaves is a challenging exercise but one indicator that seems to indicate changes in future prices is the condo and townhome market. It was interesting to see the action in the condo market here in Southern California where builders converted many large buildings into a readily available supply ...
Top Ten Asian Cities For FDI in 2012. China Snares Three.
2011-12-25 15:38:00 The Financial Times' FDIintelligence site [subscription required] just came out with its list of the top ten Asian cities for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in 2012 and three China cities made the list: Hong Kong, Chengdu, and Guangzhou. This ranking is based on data and expert opinion used to rank cities with the best prospects for inbound investment, economic development and business expansion in the upcoming year. Rank City Country 1 Singapore Singapore 2 Melbourne Australia 3 Hong Kong China 4 Brisbane Australia 5 Sydney Australia 6 Busan South Korea 7 Auckland New Zealand 8 Perth Australia 9 Guangzhou China 10 Chengdu China What do you think of this list? What do you think of the three China cities named? Why these three and not Dalian or Qingdao?
By: China Law Blog
Smart Cities o como avanzar a un mundo feliz
2011-12-23 09:09:00 En este contexto de crisis econmica surge lo ?smart? como solucin a casi todos nuestros problemas. Al parecer, nos encaminamos hacia un mundo smart, en el que todas las cosas que nos rodeen sern inteligentes y nos harn la vida … Sigue leyendo →
VidBlogger Nation Airs On Xfinity On Demand In 10 Cities
2011-12-14 06:13:00 Vidblogger Nation is a new first-ever social TV network airing on Xfinity On Demand featuring self-portraits by 10 VidBlogger tastemakers such as Ann Spade, Jen Friel, Sarah Austin, Jessica Berry, Rocco Leo Gaglioti, Sacha Heppell, Jenny Scordamaglia, Ann Spade, Tony Thomas, Jeff Wiesenbaugh, and Zennie Abraham — all sharing stories of people, places and things (Read More...)
Dubai PM: If Iran attacks Israel, Iranian cities ?will be gone the next day
2011-12-07 11:38:00 The prime minister of United Arab Emirates (home of Middle Eastern ‘vacationland’ Dubai) laughed at the idea of Iran wiping Israel off the map as promised several times by its President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad “What can Iran do with a nuclear weapon?” he asked rhetorically. “For example, will they hit Israel? How many Palestinians will die? ...
By: Euphoric Reality
Crazeal Plans To Focus On Smaller Cities. But Is It Too Late?
2011-11-18 07:00:00 The poster-boy of IPOs Groupon had its operation in India called Groupon India. After founders Ananya and Udyan Bubna had walked away, they rebranded the Indian arm of Groupon to Crazeal. Now, India head – Ankur Warikoo has set his eyes on the smaller cities in India. The expansion plan aims at increasing the current scope of 11 cities to 18 cities. Most of the added cities will be Tier II (under 1 million in population) like Pune, Surat, Visakhapatnam etc. To support this expansion the Crazeal team has already initiated advertisement and marketing campaigns. The company is also set to adapt a few changes that should be ideal for such cities. Explaining the same, Warikoo said , “Two important changes we are planning to introduce as we enter smaller cities are cash-on-delivery (COD) and a shift in the deals we provide. Clearly, these cities would not have a large number of restaurants or hotels. So, we would focus more on national products and the travel category.”...
By: WATblog
Female fronted act Diffuzion return with 'Winter cities' electropop album
2011-11-17 19:12:00 With the release in 2008 of their debut album "Body Code" on Alfa Matrix, Belarusian act female fronted Diffuzion launched itself on the wider electro scene bringing fresh and highly melodic...
By: Side-Line Music
The Top Cities in Australia
2011-11-15 12:01:00 Australia is a vast country and as a new immigrant, finding the right city to reside in is important. The following article discusses the facets of each of the best cities in the country.
Top 10 best car-free cities: Chicago doesn't rank
2011-11-07 19:40:00 W T H? I was shocked to see that Chicago didn’t make 24/7 Wall Street’s list of Top Ten cities to live in without a car. To compile their list, 24/7 Wall Street looked at a number of factors that contribute to a city’s overall ease in getting around by foot or bike. “In each... Read more »
Travel Book Collection Gift Set - 4 Cities by Taschen
2011-11-05 20:41:00 Travel wisdom in your pocket Get around New York, Paris, Berlin, and London in high styleTASCHEN 4 Cities is a 12 Vol. Boxed set of wonderful books covering New York, London, Paris, and Berlin. Each city separated into 3 guides for ?hotels?, ?restaurants?, and ?shops?. We love that they?ve taken the design-oriented (and coffee-table sized) TASCHEN guide book concept and translated it into pocket-sized companions. Wonderful for gift giving and a great keepsake from these wonderful cities! Great photos and the text gives you interesting and useful information, as well as addresses, phone numbers and website address. $60 retail price, $39 at Amazon. TASCHEN 4 Cities - 12 Vol. in Box (available Nov. 22)Highlights include - London: Number Sixteen, a chic South Kensington hotel in a beautiful Victorian townhouse with romatic gardens, celebrity chef Jamie Oliver's restaurant and social project, Fifteen, where teenagers cook the m...
Dan Burke, Capital Cities co-founder, dies at 82
(AP)
2011-10-26 18:23:00 AP - Dan Burke, whose retirement plan included buying the Portland Sea Dogs after retiring as president and CEO of ABC/Capital Cities Inc., has died of complications from diabetes. He was 82.
Detroit Leads All Case-Shiller Cities In Home Price Improvement
2011-10-26 14:45:00 Since bottoming out in March of this year, the Case-Shiller Index is up nearly 4 percent.
Top 10 US Cities to Enjoy Being A Foodie!
2011-10-03 20:17:00 By Katrina Brown Hunt America’s Best Cities for Foodies by Travel + Leisure readers pick the best cities for foodies, where that next great meal can come from a celebrity chef or the back of a truck. When you travel by your stomach, the challenge may now be following the latest trends ? literally. Anna ...Travel Lady Cruises, always providing you with TLC!Top 10 US Cities to Enjoy Being A Foodie!
By: Travel Lady Blog
My 11 Favorite U.S. Cities to Visit (by a Chicago area resident)
2011-05-31 03:40:00 Memorial Day weekend is a time when many people hit the road, or catch a plane, to visit one of America's great cities, national parks, recreational areas or wherever their family or friends may be. I stayed put in my suburban Chicago home this weekend, but had flown to Denver (home to the peer bear at left) last weekend and on recent weekends had driven to such Midwestern hot spots as Grand Rapids, Milwaukee and Champaign-Urbana. (The hyperlinks are to travelogues I wrote; haven't done so for Denver yet, but this is a link to a review of the U2 show I caught there.)Although I have visited and enjoyed a good number of natural attractions, both at home and...
Best Cities to Date: It's Not Chicago. Surprised?
2011-02-10 17:09:00 Image by chad davis via FlickrKeeping up with Cupid's spirit, the Daily Beast compiled a list of the best cities in the nation to find love using a myriad of factors including high marriage rates, low divorce rates, and best social scene to meet people. Many Chicagoans, including myself, know how miserable the "Scene" is to meet people. So if you're looking for love, you'll have better chances if you move to Wisconsin. Despite the gruesome reality, the numbers indicate that Chicago is the 23rd best city in the nation to meet people. Here's a breakdown of the numbers:#23, Chicago, IL Singles: B So-cial life: D Emotional health: C Marriage:&n-bsp;C Divorce: B -;Romantic hotspot: Avenues Stil-l searching for the one who makes your go heart pitter-patter? Consider these other cities who made it...
Most Literate Cities in the US
2011-01-25 16:45:00 Every year, Central Connecticut University publishes the most literature cities in the United States. Do you know which cities made the list in 2010?
Tale of Nine Cities
2011-01-10 09:46:00 Just found this wonderful article on the Bicycle Fixation Twitter feed and re-Tweeted it, but couldn't let it go at only that. It is from.... <p>Posted on 01/10/11 at 08:46 AM</p>
By: Bicycle Fixation
Housing Bust Creating Declining Cities Filled With ?Bulldozer Bait?
2011-01-07 14:49:00 Anyone who’s spent any time in the Rustbelt has seen their share of vacant boarded up houses. As job opportunities diminished, folks pulled up stakes, populations dropped and the market for their houses disappeared. Cities went into decline. Now a new study by James R. Follain, Ph.D., senior fellow of the Rockefeller Institute of Government ...
By: HousingDoom
Wikipedia To Remain Free, As Indian Cities Gear Up For Its 10th Anniversary
2011-01-04 09:00:00 If you had visited Wikipedia anytime in the last few months, there’s no doubt you would have seen Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales’ Appeal. And even though a section of the Internet ridiculed Wikipedia for..well..the omnipresence of its founder, it was all for a good cause – To Support Wikipedia. All sorts of gag images were being circulated in Twitter, heck there was even a Chrome extension. Wikipedia and Wikimedia’s other web properties have many loyal users and that came through with more than half a million donating a total of $16 million. With an overall Alexa Traffic rank of 8 – Wikipedia is the only ad free, user supported website in the top 10. Real time statistics of donations are available here and account for only the online donations. Which is why you see a total figure of under $14 million, the remaining donations came offline. Earlier Wikimedia had announced that it needed a total of $16million to keep operating and was able to achieve that f...
By: WATblog
A Tale of Two Cities
2010-12-17 15:00:00 "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going to heaven, we were all going direct the other way -- in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only." -...
Music video by The Narcicyst features faces from 12 cities
2010-09-16 12:00:00 Iraqi hip hop artist The Narcicyst latest video is a stunning collaborative work featuring portraits by 10 photographers in 12 cities across the globe.
Two weeks, Three Countries and Seven Cities
2010-09-05 02:56:00 Two week travel in three countries is defintely tiring when its a business travel. A measure of that is felt when sleep comes without any effort and lack of desire to do any physical exercises. Visit to ' Gadget Capital of the World' ' Sex and Spiritual Capital ' and 'Population Capital' gave a chance to see contrasting lifestyles that are slowly fading in this global era. All in one Wash basin - Remote sensing water, foamed soap dispenser and dryer. A new gadget in the realm of Toto - a ubiquitous name in Japan Toilet Industry. Hotel Toyo at Osaka is now Ramada but it abandoned old refrigerator that housed cans in horizontal position . Would there any technological marvel that has surpassed my observation of previous visit of 5 years ago ? Visit to Yodobashi in Osaka rekindled the memories of previous visits. It used to be TV era , then came Walkman era , DVD and PlayStation era ans now ? It is struggling to keep interest with US gadget iPhone and 3D display on PC. Englis...
By: goggly
Is Chicago One of America's Most Stressful Cities?
2010-08-18 18:25:00 Not everyone's cut out for the stresses that come with city life. There's hordes of people and pedestrians to deal with, bumper to bumper traffic, and of course, tons of noise and air pollution. Expose yourself to enough of these daily stressors and it's likely your health and well-being will take a hit. On the flip side, life can be more exciting and culturally enriching in big cities like Chicago. Would you rank Chicago as one of the top 5 most stressful cities? Let's see what the folks at Forbes magazine think....
Check Groupon's Offers in Other Cities For Deals Usable in Chicago
2010-07-21 17:14:00 When it comes to Groupon I don't stay within my city boundaries. Nope. I make a habit of checking the deals in other cities to see if there are things that I can use.
I wanna be like the Twin Cities - for this one thing...
2010-07-19 23:06:00 My better half is hanging out in Minneapolis for business over the next few days, and he being the one who got me into cycling in the first place, I am never surprised when he scouts a big bicycling/commuting trend for me.
If Chicago's West and South sides were their own cities, they'd b
2010-06-17 06:01:00 Collectively, according to a Chicago Reporter analysis, Chicago's 11th and 15th police districts on the West Side had a higher murder rate last year than New Orleans, the nation's deadliest city in 2009. Meanwhile, on the South Side, collectively, the 6th and 7th districts had a higher rate of violent crime than St. Louis, the nation's leading city for violent crime per capita in 2009....
Most Expensive Cities in the World
2010-06-07 03:31:00 by Roberta Murphy It’s interesting to study living costs in the most expensive cities in the world–at least as tabulated for 2009. According to Mercers, who tabulate these statistics for expatriate living, the 10 most expensive cities (based on housing, food, entertainment, clothing and transportation) are: 1. Tokyo 2. Osaka 3. Moscow 4. Geneva 5. ...
Commercial Property Market ? Indian Cities record above 18% Vacancy Rates [
2010-04-08 15:50:00 There are 2 sides to Indian real estate story ? While the residential property market is seeing a surge ( in some cases at record rates), on the other hand, commercial property market (office spaces) are still reeling under pressure. Due to recessionary environment in last 18 ? 24 months, the industry saw a huge shift ...
Videocon Another Player Enters GSM Arena – 100 Cities In 100 Days &n
2010-03-29 07:21:00 Telecom operators are a dime a dozen these days! With each large enough circle having more than half a dozen telco’s the summer heat is growing as far as competition is concerned. So if the tariff wars started by Tata docomo lead the war with per second billing lots of players followed suit with paise per second billing. Now with another new player in Videocon launching its telecom services in various circles it remains to be seen as to how low this tariff war will go and how long it will continue? Videocon Telecommunications Limited a group company, has planned roll-outs covering 100 cities in next 100 days including Punjab, Haryana, Gujarat, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh and Mumbai circle in the next fortnight! It will be looking to invest over Rs 14,000 crore over the next 3 years. On the projected revenues front Videocon Group Chairman Venugopal Dhoot stated that they expected to raise $3.8 billion to 4 billion by 2013. On the whole the game of the telco business gets competit...
By: WATblog
Itty Bitty Cities: 22 Models That Miniaturize the World
2010-03-04 19:00:00 Model cities aren’t just the stuff of kids’ toys. They’re used all over the world for urban planning, architectural proposals and research. But while miniature cities are useful, they’re also a unique kind of art. Older models give us a very real glimpse into what cities looked like in past generations, while new models can ...
By: Web Urbanist
Two indicted in Twin Cities flipping fraud allegations involving 35 homes
2009-12-09 22:27:00 In the following press release B. Todd Jones, United States Attorney for the District of Minnesota announced that a federal indictment was unsealed today against a Minnesota pair for allegedly orchestrating a mortgage fraud scheme in which they stole more than $2.5 million from lenders nationally by obtaining fraudulent loans for the purchase of 35 homes in the Twin Cities. The indictment charges Zack Zafer Dyab, 45, of Golden Valley, and Julia Alexander Rozhansky, 45, of Minnetonka, with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, six counts of mortgage fraud through use of interstate wires, and one count of engaging in a monetary transaction involving criminally derived property.The indictment alleges the defendants conspired to induce through fraudulent means numerous mortgage lenders throughout the U.S. to loan substantial sums of money to unindicted co-conspirators, who were relatives of Rozhansky. From 2003 through 2006, Dyab and Rozhansky allegedly recruited these co-conspi...
Best Cities for Entry-Level Jobs; Chicago is 4th
2009-11-26 08:02:00 "If you want to sell hats, you have to go to where the heads are," was the advice given to me years ago by a mentor who urged me to to move from a small city if I wanted to land a bigger and better job. He was right. This advice is validated by EmploymentSpot.com, which consolidates a number of "top cities" lists. CollegeGrad.com&nbs-p;also conducts a quarterly survey of the best cities for entry-level jobs. The Website provides job- listings and can be sorted by profession. Best cities for entry-level jobs: New York, NY Los Angeles, CA Washington, DC Chicago, IL San Francisco, CA Dallas, TX Philadelphia, PA Miami, FL Houston, TX Phoenix For the record, the 10 worst U.S. cities for employment are: Detroit; Fresno, CA; Las Vegas; Stockton,...
A Tale of Two Cities for Mobile Marketing
2009-11-16 03:17:00 It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. For mobile marketing, a tale of two cities has emerged. And it's a story with which many mobile marketers are already familiar. Although mobile marketing is growing by leaps and bounds as an industry, issues remain with the consistency ...
Rush Hour Power: Using Commuters To Power Our Cities?
2009-10-07 04:56:00 While I have heard of Israeli’s using nuclear waste, solar energy and animal waste to power their cities, this is the first time that I have heard of them using commuters. (Haaretz.com) An Israeli company has developed a method of generating electricity from road traffic, and Israeli may look to implement the system on the nation’s highways. The system works by using generators implanted in the asphalt that create energy when cars drive over them. Each generator produces 2,000 watts per hour, which is stored in batteries along the side of the road. The technology was developed by the Israeli firm Innowattech, with the cooperation of the Technion University. While Innowattech’s invention is only good enough to power street lights, these innovative mechanical devices could help large cities like Tel Aviv and Jerusalem save some serious shekels when it comes to their electric bill. Innowattech has a funky video (that needs to be on YouTube) highlighting how this wo...
By: IsraGood
Cities, Bicycles, and the Future of Getting Around
2009-09-21 05:14:00 Upcoming presentation in Los Angeles, Friday, October 2 nd , a presentation including celebrity cycling advocate David Bryne, Jimmy Z of the Bicycle Kitchen, LA's.... Posted on 09/07/09 at 09:28 AM
By: Bicycle Fixation
4 cities Chicago could learn from
2009-09-18 21:45:00 I found out today that starting Oct. 21, San Franciscans will be required to have 3 bins: garbage, recycling ... and compost.Yes, you read that right. Residents will have to throw their food scraps into the compost bin or face a fine. Yet Chicago ranks No. 1 in green--buildings, at least. A good start, Mayor Daley, but why don't we start with the simple stuff first?Need some help? Here are 4 cities that Chicago could learn from....
Like Photosynth for Entire Cities
2009-09-17 20:30:00 The University of Washington, who, along with Microsoft Live Labs, gave us the 3D photo-browsing technology that is now called Photosynth, has come up with a new algorithm that could expand on Photosynth?s capabilities. In fact, it takes the 3D rending of Photosynth and uses it to model entire cities using tens or hundreds of ...
By: sarahintampa
Attacks kill at least 21 in Mexican border cities
2009-09-16 19:23:00 Attacks kill at least 21 in Mexican border cities TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) – Firefighters found six bodies inside a burning car in Tijuana, and 15 people were killed in three separate shootings in another northern Mexican border town besieged by drug violence, authorities said Tuesday. Near Mexico’s southern border, meanwhile, the bullet-ridden bodies of eight men ...
By: TexasFred's
Tail of two cities: Sex Worker Literati
2009-08-16 01:35:00 Photo by ExpatJaneI've never been a sex worker. The closest I got was getting someone to pay me $5 for making out with a straight girl in college. Now I do that all the time, but oddly, no one wants to fork over any Benjamins for my efforts. But I am something of a sex worker groupie, in that I am continually amazed and inspired by their stories, their perseverance and the occasional yeast infection remedy they provide me. Last week, when I was on "vacation" (bloggers don't get real vacations) in New York, I was lucky enough to catch Sex Worker Literati, a new reading and performance series hosted by Audacia Ray and David Henry Sterry on the first...
Greenroofs Can Save Cities Millions Of Gallons Of Water
2009-08-04 15:59:00 From ScienceDaily: Latest Science News: Having a garden on your roof isn't just nice for a garden party; it can make your city more environmentally friendly. Many American cities are beginning to incorporate greenroofs into their planning ordinances because they recognize that, pla
Helping Cities Prepare for Electric Cars
2009-07-27 15:08:00 From CNET News.com: When President Obama said that he wanted to put 1 million plug-in hybrid vehicles on the road by 2015, it sounded good to many people worried about the effects of fossil fuels. But when you consider that there are currently about 230 million vehicles on the r
Can IT Help Build Smart Cities?
2009-07-23 14:36:00 From CNET News.com: Technology has the potential to help build smarter, greener cities, but whether it will is another matter. That was the take-away from a panel discussion Wednesday at Fortune's Brainstorm: Tech conference here. The need for cities that use less energy is c
Udaipur India Voted No 1 In Worlds Best Cities Contest
2009-07-15 23:40:00 Udaipur India Voted No 1 In Worlds Best Cities Contest Posted using ShareThis
2 men in 2 hotels in 2 capital cities = 1 hell of a weekend!
2009-06-23 19:17:00 So the big weekend has happened and I had an absolute blast.My weekend started on Friday where I met Lee in the Docklands where we spent a leisurly day having lunch, browsing and discussing all things Pet Shop Boys (PSB).Late afternoon we made our way over to the 02 Arena where we met up with Steve and a host of new friends. It was great fun winding people up about my relationship with Ste. Most (nearly) believed that I used to be his rent boy and he paid me to give up following a terrible chaffing accident. Lol.Anyway Ste and I made our way to our seats (not before he tried on most of the merchandise!) and caught the end of Frankmusiks set which was average at best.For the main event we were greeted with a stage full of White boxes onto which the vt was displayed.Heart was the opening number and Neil and Chris came on stage and performed with boxes on thier heads. Once the boxes were removed it was bowler hats and rousing renditions of DYSMC? and Pandemonium/Can you forgive...The ...
By: Trunk Guy
Ivan wrote a new blog post: List of best cities in Ukraine
2009-06-15 17:26:00 Ivan wrote a new blog post: List of best cities in Ukraine Focus magazine has represented the third annual rating “The best 55 cities for living in Ukraine”. Lviv has become the winner in 2009, Podrobnosti reports with reference to Interfax-Ukraine. Lviv, Kyiv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Chernivtsy, Yalta, Kharkiv, Odessa, Ilichevsk, Simferopil and Sevastopil have been included into the list of the best cities of Ukraine. Experts appreciated highly business and ...
U.S. Cities to Rely on Persuasion as Crime-Fighting Tactic
2009-06-13 22:22:00 U.S. Cities to Rely on Persuasion as Crime-Fighting Tactic At least 30 cities are expected to announce Monday that they are joining an unorthodox crime-fighting program that relies on persuasion, rather than arrests, to cut down on criminal behavior. The initiative, run by the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, targets violent crime and open-air drug markets ...
By: TexasFred's
Bulldoze U.S. Cities - Another Prediction Comes True
2009-06-13 00:09:00 Dozens of US cities may have entire neighbourhoods bulldozed as part of drastic “shrink to survive” proposals being considered by the Obama administration to tackle economic decline. The government looking at expanding a pioneering scheme in Flint, one of the poorest US cities, which involves razing entire districts and returning the land to nature. Local politicians believe ...
Earth's Cities from Space
2009-06-03 16:01:00 From The Daily Galaxy: Great Discoveries Channel: To an observer in space, the human species' footprint on Planet Earth is vividly visible. Looking east from a location southwest of Ireland, an astronaut on the ISS took this nighttime panorama of population centers in Ireland and |
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