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Transport for London (TfL) has confirmed plans to open a cable car in time for 2012 Olympics, operating 50 metres above water between the Greenwich Peninsula and Royal Docks. The cable car is to transport up to 5,000 passengers (cyclists and pedestrians) per hour, between the two Olympic venues (the O2 arena and ExCel exhibition centre). The duration of the trip will be approximately 5 minutes one-way, cars running every 30 seconds. According to the Guardian, the system will be privately funded, costing £25 million provided by a number of potential operators.
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Barcelona, Cologne, Hong Kong, Lisbon, New York and Singapore are amongst the cities
currently employing a cable car. Does TfL feel that London is lagging behind? After the Olympics, will the public want to use the cable car as an every-day mode of transport? Not only does it sound unrealistic to think that the public will choose to “take the cable car” to work, but the route (from one place in the middle of nowhere to another) seems extremely Olympics-centred. Will the cable car be purely used as a way to impress the masses of tourists organisers claim will visit London in 2012? (In fact most host cities experience a drop in tourism during the Olympics) Quoting Tfl analysts, it certainly seems so: “A cable car would bring excitement and iconic importance, which would generate interest in tourist visits.” Let’s go fly a kite.Transport for London (TfL) has confirmed plans to open a cable car in time for 2012... more
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Be sure to check out my Bon Jovi article archive from my online column at Examiner.com There is something there for every fan! Enjoy!
www.examiner.com/x-36037-Bon-Jovi-ExaminerBe sure to check out my Bon Jovi article archive from my online column at Examiner.com... more
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The Lewis Wallace novel of 1880 has now been turned into the latest spectacle at the 02 Arena. However, the tale that offers a mixture of violence and religious sentiment has been described By Michael Billington in his article in the Guardian as "a piece of high-flown kitsch destined to tour the world over the next few years. Its message that virtue is better than vengeance is unexceptionable, but good intentions and vast resources are no substitute for vision and theatrical imagination." I'm not entirely sure what he means, and think he could potentially be getting paid for the amount of LONG words he can stick into one sentence. Unexceptionable? is that a word? Anyway, he also comments "the production by Philip William McKinley lacks flair" It's a load of horses running round the O2, what do you expect?! He did have a few good things to say about it though...
"twice the production rises to the occasion. Once is during a sea-battle when a skeletal Roman galley, looking as if it might have been designed by Heath Robinson, is set upon by pirates who hare around the stage in torchlit, motorised beach-buggies. And the chariot-race itself, even if it can't match the movie, has a visceral excitement." Oh. I'd better cancel my order of 3 tickets then. I wouldn't want the members of my knitting club to be disappointed with their day out...The Lewis Wallace novel of 1880 has now been turned into the latest spectacle at the... more
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An entertainment company that had plans to reunite the Jackson family for a series of concerts has sent cease and desist letters to Michael Jackson demanding that he not perform his London shows this summer.
Lawyers for AllGood Entertainment say that Jackson’s manager Frank Dileo signed a deal late last year agreeing that his client would not perform any other shows within 18 months, reports TMZ.
Despite the fact that Jackson himself reportedly did not sign the agreement, entertainment law allows representatives to make deals on a client’s behalf.
Jackson is set to perform a residency at the O2 Arena in London in July.An entertainment company that had plans to reunite the Jackson family for a series of... more
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