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PalmenGarten Daffodil, 1 [pic]

Daffodil photographed at the PalmenGarten, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

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Flower Porn from Frankfurt am Main's PalmenGarten, 2 [pic]

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Flower P*rn from Frankfurt am Main's PalmenGarten [pic]

Flower Porn 1. PalmenGarten, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

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City Smarts: Tech Giants Tinker in Giant Systems of Systems

If you think IT and sustainability are two totally different worlds, think again.... more

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America's Most Miserable Cities 2010

Cleveland leads a slew of Midwestern towns on our annual list, but thanks to high taxes New York and Chicago make it too.

The city of Cleveland has had a colorful history. The Cuyahoga River, which runs through the city, famously caught fire in 1969 thanks to rampant pollution, and it wasn't the first time. In 1978 it became the first U.S. city to default on its debts since the Great Depression. Cleveland sports fans have had to endure more anguish than those in any other city. The city has been dubbed with a less than endearing nickname: the Mistake by the Lake.
This year Cleveland takes the top spot in our third annual ranking of America's Most Miserable Cities. Cleveland secured the position thanks to its high unemployment, high taxes, lousy weather, corruption by public officials and crummy sports teams (Cavaliers of the NBA excepted).

Misery was on the rise around the country last year. Sure the stock market was up big, but so were unemployment, foreclosures and bankruptcy filings. Meanwhile housing prices, the U.S. dollar and approval ratings for Congress continued their downward spiral.

The widely tracked Misery Index initiated by economist Arthur Okun, which combines unemployment and inflation rates started 2009 at 7.3 and rose to 12.7 by the end of the year thanks to soaring joblessness. That is the highest level since 1983.

Our Misery Measure takes into account unemployment, as well as eight other issues that cause people anguish. The metrics include taxes (both sales and income), commute times, violent crime and how its pro sports teams have fared over the past two years. We also factored in two indexes put together by Portland, Ore., researcher Bert Sperling that gauge weather and Superfund pollution sites. Lastly we considered corruption based on convictions of public officials in each area as tracked by the Public Integrity Section of the U.S. Department of Justice.

We expanded the list of cities under consideration this year to include the 200 largest metropolitan statistical areas (in years past we've examined 150), which led to a shuffling in the ranks. Any area with a population of more than 245,000 was eligible.

Cleveland nabbed the top spot as a result of poor ratings across the board.
MORE---
http://realestate.yahoo.com/promo/americas-most-miserable-cities-2010.html
(and a bit extra on Cleveland)---
http://andreakristen.wordpress.com/2009/04/08/cleveland/Cleveland leads a slew of Midwestern towns on our annual list, but thanks to high... more

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FedEx Joins WRI to Bring Sustainable Transportation Systems to the World

Cities around the world could soon be tapping shipping giant FedEx’s logistical... more

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Travel Bug Robert - Golden Gate Bridge

Robert travels to the majestic Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California. The... more

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Walkability…Better Neighborhoods, Better Planet

Want to live the ultimate lifestyle of convenience, take off a few extra pounds, save... more

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2005 Hurricanes Katrina and Rita loans to be forgiven

Vice President Joe Biden announced on Friday that the U.S. government will begin... more

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City Maps Created From Cut Paper

North Carolina artist Karen O’Leary makes maps, but not just any old drawn or... more

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Weihnachten in MyZeil Einkaufszentrum, 8 [pic]

Another photograph from the architecturally and photographically fascinating mall in... more

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Weihnachten in MyZeil Einkaufszentrum, 7 [pic]

I love this photographing shopping center because it is so architecturally... more

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Weihnachten in MyZeil Einkaufszentrum, 6 [pic]

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Cities of India

A look at India's major cities and their monuments.

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Frankfurt am Main U-Bahn-Kunst (Frankfurt Subway Art), 2 [pic]

More artworks, drawn in chalk on the floor of the Frankfurt subway station in... more

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Will 'Get What You Want' Leave A Cultural Gap?

Get what you want, when you want it. That's the phrase that has dominated the... more

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Floating Cities

One architect believes floating cities could offer a safe haven for people who have... more

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Frankfurt Schneesturm (snowstorm) [pic]

When I awoke today, it was snowing. By late morning, the snow was falling fairly... more

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Copenhagen: Mayors key to pushing nations

Mayors of some of the world's largest cities flexed their muscle at the United Nations climate talks Wednesday, warning that "billions of people" are prepared to cut emissions far beyond whatever agreement world leaders may ink this week.

"We at the local level have too much to lose," said Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels. "We will go further, and we will make it safe for (politicians) to go further. We will push the envelope."
Nickels and mayors of Delhi, Mexico City, Johannesburg, Melbourne – representing some 45 million people total – said they were pushing forward with ambitious climate adaptation and mitigation efforts, even as their national leaders remained stuck on those very points.

They had no choice, said Melbourne Mayor Robert Doyle. Earlier this year the worst wildfires in Australia's history grazed the outskirts of his city, killing more than 75 people. Experts attributed the exceptionally fierce blaze to drought conditions that scientists predict will become increasingly common as emissions increase.

"My city went into meltdown," Doyle said. "If those conditions are what my city is going to have to deal with, then my city is not ready."

The mayors were joined by Sir Nicholas Stern, a leading climate change economist, at a standing-room-only briefing attended by mayors and local officials from around the world.

The discussion came a day after California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger called for a UN climate summit for cities and regions.

And while the world's attention was focused Wednesday on the premiers and presidents cloistered across the Bella Center behind a tight security cordon, the key to unlocking the climate crisis, Stern said, can be found at the local level.

"We can see the agreement. We know what it looks like. It is now a matter of political will," he said. "The cities have to show it. And that will add tremendously to the conviction of the national leaders. There's nothing like the power of example."

Some 75 percent of all manmade greenhouse gases can be linked to cities, Stern said. Cities consume nearly 80 percent of the world's energy. They house the majority of the world's people, they have bus lines, carpools, combined heat and power systems, infrastructure for electric cars.

"This is an obvious place to start," he said.

Yet there is a disconnect between local and national governments across the world on what is possible, Stern and the mayors said.

In the United States, 1,060 mayors have committed to meet their share of the Kyoto Protocol's emissions cuts, even though the Obama administration has dismissed the protocol's framework as "old think."Mayors of some of the world's largest cities flexed their muscle at the United... more

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Frankfurt Sonnenstrahlen (sunbeams) [pic]

I photographed this lovely scene yesterday afternoon. In the distance is the... more

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