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Southern View on Flatbush of proposed Ratner development in Brooklyn (bball.net)Another Vision for the Atlantic Yards
A dark horse proposal has emerged as a bidder for the Atlantic Rail Yards site in Brooklyn. Rather than the 60-story high rises and a basketball arena proposed by Forrest City Ratner, Extell wants to build 28-story apartment buildings and no stadium.
Fait Un-Accompli?
Gary Barnett, president of Extell Development Company,
-wants to build on the Brooklyn Rail Yards Site
Can't See the Towers for the Arena?
Ed Weintrob, founder and publisher of The Brooklyn Papers,
-says New York media have missed the story on the planned Brooklyn arena
» The Brooklyn Papers
Space on the Net
Robin Raskin, Technology author, journalist and spokesperson who specializes in helping parents raise kids in a digital world, dubbed, “The Internet Mom”
- on keeping teenagers safe on social networking internet sites
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Eric Zales, recent graduate of Verona High School. Attending Rutgers in the Fall. User of Facebook.com
» My Space
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Allie Lipner, recent graduate of Verona High School. Attending University of Maryland in the Fall. User of MySpace.com
» Face Book
Against Sanctity
Dr. Faroque Khan President of the Islamic Center of Long Island, in Westbury, sits on the board of Islamic Society of North America, also a professor of Medicine at SUNY Stony Brook
- condemns the attacks in London
» Islamic Center of North America
What the London Police Get Right
Jessica Stern, Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, Terror in the Name of God (HarperCollins, 2003)
-says even smart policing can't always stop all attacks
» Jessica Stern
Lean on Me
Lenore Skenazy Columnist for the Daily News,br />
- on our anxiety levels after the London bombings
» Daily News
Wake Up and Smell the Media
Jeff Jarvis, writes the blog Buzzmachine.com,
-on the failure of old media to keep up in moments of crisis
» Buzzmachine
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The Rocky Road Ahead
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Ray Young, the chief financial officer of General Motors, talks about GM’s bankruptcy.
Then, Damon Lester, president of the National Association of Minority Automobile Dealers, and Greg Williams, former owner of the recently closed Huntington Chevrolet in Huntington Station, NY., discusses the effect GM’s bankruptcy has had on dealerships and their employees.- Comments [40]
Tweet If You Use Twitter
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Farhad Manjoo, Slate's technology columnist and the author of True Enough: Learning To Live in a Post-Fact Society talks about what Twitter means and how different groups use it.
What's your take on Twitter? How do you use it? Comment below!- Comments [15]
Don't Say That, Literally
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John Flansburgh of the band They Might Be Giants discusses the running list the band keeps of "things we can no longer say." (a few examples: "my bad" "don't go there" "one hundred and ten percent" and "voted off the island")
What would be on your list of banned words or phrases? Comment below!- Comments [172]
From Denmark with Love
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Jesper Grunwald, senior managing editor with the Danish Broadcasting Corporation, talks about the Danish economy, biking to work, and why the Danes are allegedly the happiest people in the world.
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Squatting, Then and Now
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As former squats in the East Village make the transition to coops, making homes from abandoned housing is again an issue. Andrew Reicher executive director of Urban Homesteading Assistance Board, Frank Morales an Episcopal priest involved in East Village/Lower East Side squatting and homelessness activism since the late '70s, and Rob Robinson, a leader of the Housing Campaign of Picture the Homeless, discuss the return of squatting.
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