Urban News
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As of today, Google has begun rolling out a new feature for Street View, the component of Google Earth and Google Maps that lets you view places as if you were actually there, that allows you to travel back in time and view the place in the past.
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Anshun -
After a lifetime of farming and mining in the hills of southwest China, Zhang Zongfu was thrust into subsidised housing closer to town, and into a monumental urbanisation drive aimed at boosting growth.Zhang likes his newly built digs, which are effect...
In the Media
by Carol Huang (AFP)
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People living in densely populated urban areas affect the health and fitness of native wildlife. A new study draws a link between the degree of urbanization and the prevalence of two parasites in wild house finches.
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Nashville -
The sights and sounds of the urban city can differ greatly from those of a more rural environment. While one area may be more pastoral and peaceful, scenes found in any of environment can hold a certain beauty.
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New York -
Author Susie Moloney is a renowned author of horror fiction. Small-town Canadiana infuses every inch of her work, which has garnered praise from critics and the notice of major Hollywood players.
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Carletonville -
The South African Army demonstrated its urban warfare skills to lawmakers and the media with house-clearing, parachute insertion and helicopter fast-roping tactics among other things.
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Pontypridd -
Three men who viciously attacked a tame fox in Wales, causing it to die, were given suspended sentences when they appeared in court.
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There used to be a dirt bicycle trail in River Rouge Park. While there still is, it turns into a newly paved stone road.
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The New York City Department of Health has taken the first step towards allowing residents to keep bees within the city.
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A recent article published on Digital Journal described 2009 as "The Year of the Gun". This article mentions an increase in the deaths of police officers by firearms in 2009. While it is horrible, we cannot assume that this is due to changes in gun laws.
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The City of Charlottetown has no problem with backyard chickens, but are watching a flock of a dozen birds in Lewis Point Park.
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Hellmann's are best known for their mayonnaise but they are also sponsors of 94 garden plots almost all across Canada. The plots are for gardeners who wouldn't otherwise have an opportunity to plant vegetables.
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Urban kids who live near parks and playgrounds have been found to be less overweight than other urban kids.
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In what sounds like a science fair project on steroids, engineers at Stanford University plan to have an unmanned robot car ready to navigate urban traffic in less than a year.
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Country singer Keith Urban has filed a lawsuit against a painter of the same name, claiming that the lesser known Keith Urban's Web site infringes trademark and cyber-squatting laws.
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I have no clue how this guy did this i can't even make a loop
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For the first time in human history, the world's population is about to become mostly urban.
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Man's cities have a tremendous impact on the behavior of the birds as they are known to alter their singing styles according to the city that they live in. "The urban songs were shorter and sung faster than the forest songs"
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Its been 9 months sing the whippet show dog escaped her cage at the Kennedy Airport.
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No-audio, cell-phone video capture of a busted fire hydrant in sunnyvale California.
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New York - Those who love New York know it as an ever-changing city, where a neighborhood can take on a new character in a matter of weeks and the sight of digging workers usually signals the coming of a new apartment building or office tower.
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Urban Image
Pictures of various urban sights in Nashville, TN
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Pictures of various urban sights in Nashville, TN
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The Thin Blue Line Ride heading out of Rock Hill SC for the less busy country roads along the route.
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Graffiti on fence surrounding development property in downtown Toronto.
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Vivienne Gucwa
The Manhattan Bridge and the New York City Skyline. "A wonderful person shared a quote last year by Henri Matisse that really resonated with me," says Gucwa."'A large part of the beauty of a picture arises from the struggle which an artist wages with his limited medium.' I think that there is a tremendous amount of truth in the (idea) that when you are limited, you are forced to work extremely hard to get the results you desire."
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Pictures of various urban sights in Nashville, TN
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Zouzou Wizman
A market in Lagos, south west Nigeria.
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John de Guzman
When it comes to Facebook’s recent purchase of Instagram, de Guzman isn’t worried. “Instagram's going to change - it's getting too big not to. I don't mind if Facebook is at the helm as it changes. I think it'll help users actually, because Instagram will have many more resources at its disposal to develop the product.”
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Pictures of various urban sights in Nashville, TN
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Charles Marville / Musée Carnavalet, Paris
"Banks of the Bièvre River at the Bottom of the rue des Gobelins (Fifth Arrondissement), ca. 1862", albumen silver print from glass negative. Musée Carnavalet, Paris.
cat. no. 54
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A transgendered prostitute in downtown Toronto.
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Pictures of various urban sights in Nashville, TN
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Courtesy Erik Johansson
Erik Johansson photo, where images are manipulated with Photoshop
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Charles Marville / The Metropolitan Museum of Art
"Sky Study, Paris, 1856—1857", albumen silver print from glass negative. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Fund, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 1987 (1987.1094) cat. no. 25.
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Pictures of various urban sights in Nashville, TN
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Charles Marville / The Metropolitan Museum of Art
"Rue de Constantine (Fourth Arrondissement), 1866", albumen silver print from glass negative. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 1986 (1986.1141) cat. no. 56.
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Pictures of various urban sights in Nashville, TN
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Big Slow
Cleveland, Ohio skyline
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Pictures of various urban sights in Nashville, TN
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