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- Loren just posted this in our forums, but I thought it was newsworthy, so am posting it here too... Caught this off of Gamespy today...have you heard anything about it? The E&B site has not been updated, or else I missed it... "EA announced today that from November 11th to Nov. |
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- Last post by Bobby on 17:36 12/Nov/03 - I love these, even (especially) the pompous ones beloved of Italians, Spaniards and Scousers: (" |
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- Last post by 'John Motson' on 16:42 12/Nov/03 - Good, or bad? |
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Graham Poll (Nov 12 2003 17:59 GMT) - Last post by Brig Bother on 13:25 12/Nov/03 - He is a fucking twat, isn't he? |
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- There have been many turning points in the evolution of national consciousness, such as the Silent Valley case which catalysed the environmental movement and the Mathura rape case which galvanised the movement for gender justice. The desecration of the Red Fort - the national icon of our Independence - should similarly highlight the urgent need to change our attitudes towards the conservation of our architectural heritage. |
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- Hyperlink posted for a possible Public Review of the state of the profession: Tilonia’s Barefoot campus, now the bare facts: Delhi architect shares Aga Khan award belatedly after lodging protest; by Sonu Jain in Indian Express |
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- Two articles by Manas Dasgupta in The Hindu, posted for a possible Public Discussion: There is certainly a drive in our civic space[s] since the Babari Mosque “vidhvans” [i], designed to re-structure space in a Hindutva image. Yet we have not seen a discourse in architecture that studies this, and parallels the "saffronisation" of South Asia discourse in related disciplines. |
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- "I would like to ask what does a young professional like me do so as to stop this kind of un-professionalism from spreading further," ends a comment posted on Enaction, signed young Architect / designer. A question about accountability for those not young? A question about survival for those not old? A question about responsibility for all? A question that won't disappear. |
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- Thousands of families relocated to sub-standard housing without livelihood opportunities in Narela seem caught in a freeze frame from the last millenium. Hundreds of public representatives, servants and saviours, busy with the business of their betterment, seem not to see that what should not have been at all cannot be fixed with trifling tinkering. |
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- In February 2003 MoUD announced that a Plan modification has been notified to permit in five special industrial areas all types of industries. In view of recent court directions against misuse of industrial space, this stands out for its brazenness in the larger clutch of 'policies' being announced and demanded to downsize legitimate entitlements in use of planned industrial space. |
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- Delhi's Master Plan estimated 100,000 industrial units by 2001 and set aside over 2000 hectares of space for them. Most units are functioning in illegal problematic ways because nearly none of this was developed. |
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- Delhi's industries in places not meant for them need development of space meant for them in the Master Plan, not regularisation, which will not solve their problems, only spare their space for other uses. |
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- In 2002 Delhi-ites began riding the Metro. In 2003 Delhi’s real estate is poised to ride it. Property development along the Metro line is the newest mantra. It is being chanted in the vein of a suggestion, but a barely publicised Public Notice set property development rolling a week before the Metro itself. |
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- Protection of past heritage and development for future needs are goals that are not readily synergetic. It is true that heritage goals have long been second fiddle. But it is also true that at least some institutions of the conservation profession now wield considerable influence. It becomes important, therefore, to clearly define priorities within and inter-relationships between heritage and development concerns in a longer and larger perspective so as to foster synergy, not conflict. |
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- Municipal Corporation of Delhi has staked a claim to having its say on the Master Plan for Delhi on the basis of the ubiquitous exhortation of the Constitution (74th) Amendment Act and its extended philosophy. Its claim, however, perhaps would be better judged on the basis of its past performance in relation to planned development using the powers already available to it. |
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- This is not a learned piece about how ideological stances do or do not, can or cannot, should or should not, guide planning. This is just a whistleblower’s account of just some developments spread over just ten days that clearly show (at least to the author) that it is pack-up time for planners. Politics of planning to facilitate politics of development has come of age. |
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- We, in professions or politics or government or NGOs, call them ‘slums’, their residents ‘poor’ and ‘vulnerable’ if we are good guys or ‘encroachers’ and ‘migrants’ and more if we are bad guys. In democracy that must surely be in infancy if not actually stillborn, ‘we’ do not even think of ‘them’ as citizens. Rangpuri Pahari Malakpur Kohi is a ‘slum’ because we say so. Its residents are citizens because their actions say so, in ways that many if not most of us have yet to learn to speak. |
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- Citizens’ groups from both slums and upper income flats in Vasant Kunj in Delhi are opposing a slum demolition, out of self-interest, within the ambit of the city’s statutory Master Plan. This on-going chronicle underscores the robustness of existing planning provisions and the inevitability with which contemporary ‘alternatives’ |
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- The Union Ministry of Urban development is poised to send a note on conversion of industrial and commercial plots in Delhi from lease-hold to free-hold to the Cabinet for approval. This move is expected, among other things, to allow for industrial land to be used for other purposes. In the context of recent and continuing developments in respect of industries as well as lately exposed land scams, this development throws up a number of questions relating to commodification of urban land and politics of urban development that beg urgent professional dialogue. |
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- "coffee fans have learned that there is more to this brew than the color of the roast." oh yes! and today finds a great review of a bccy classic, kummer's joy of coffee. i haven't re-read this in several years, i confess. but i love it! |
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- I only had a chance to read the first few paragraphs but I found this interesting article on technology to... |
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- Meet the world's largest belcher. And other people who, if aren't already extremely famous, should be.... |
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- Silicon.com has a round-up of views from the anti-virus industry. |
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- The Human Rights Commission says more must be done to put human rights at the centre of policing law and policy in Ireland. |
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- The jury in the trial of five Limerick men accused of murdering Kieran Keane has been offered free flu vaccinations to protect them from illness in the event of a flu epidemic during the high profile trial. |
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- A former priest was sentenced to eight months in jail this afternoon for sexually assaulting an altar boy on a number of occasions in the church sacristy as soon as Sunday mass ended. |
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Jabel?? (Nov 12 2003 17:59 GMT) - Oh and about 3 - 4 time zones, and the international |
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- Very little has been written about the word 'cunt'. The longest account currently available is an entry in Hugh Rawson's Dictionary Of Invective, in which he calls 'cunt' "The most heavily tabooed of all English words" (1989). Rawson's 'cunt' article is five pages long, though other tabooed words such as 'fuck' and 'nigger' have whole books devoted to them. I feel that 'cunt' deserves a similarly extensive analysis, and I hope that Cunt: A Cultural History will serve as a comprehensive study of this ancient and powerful word. |
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- This is a Magazine. It has words and pictures in it. ISSN 1721-4467 |
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- Lee Hadden writes: "The Cornell University Library's "Issues in Scholarly Communications" has an interesting article from November 12, 2003, on what steps the Cornell University Library is taking to reduce journal costs and price increases. See the article, "The Elsevier Subscription," and the accompanying links, at their web site. See their site at: library. |
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FTP PROBLEM (Nov 12 2003 17:58 GMT) - I'm new to Radio and I'm trying to upstream to a different server. I keep getting the following error: Can't upstream because "Can't open named stream because TCP/IP error code 11004 - Valid name, no data record of requested type. (DNS error)." Here's the technical info: |
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- Apple said that it will be opening five "Apple Stores within a store" in Australian retail chains before Christmas... |
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- The always fascinating Kevin Kelly's Cool Tools discusses top-end ear plugs: Until then, I've settled on cheap, high-quality disposable earplugs by Howard Leight. I use their "MAX" model, with an NRR rating of 33, the highest I've been able to... |
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- Axis of Good members look on as their chief signs legislation banning a certain type of late-term abortion. Republicans and the religious right are working to outlaw abortion -- one small step at a time... [ salon.com ]... |
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- Click the link. I'll have a wrap up when it's done. update: Welcome to the 3 million members of SEIU and AFSCME, who have now joined IUPAT and CTA and 500000 ordinary Americans in the quest to take back our country! WOOHOO! |
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- Student a no-show, but still makes A-listWashingtonTimes - Fourteen-year-old Lauren Lee recently got some great news in a progress report sent home from Sherwood High School in Montgomery County. The freshman got an "A" in a tough honors-level geometry course. Not bad, thought Lauren's mother, Lauren Asbury, especially considering that her daughter never attended the school. |
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- This is a table about Business Planning Equals Success |
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- This is a table about Alberta Remains Canada's Top Beef Exporter |
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- This is a table about Weekly Summary of U.S. Purchases of Mexican Cattle |
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- This is a table about Portland Export Grain Market Summary |
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- This is a table about Renewable Fuels Are Future Ag Markets |
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- This is a table about Russia Urged to Export Flour, not Wheat |
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- Hoppvärldsmästaren Dermott Lennon från Irland är ett av dragplåstren i Stockholm International Horse Show, i Globen i Stockholm den 28-30 november. Men det kommer också många andra stora internationella namn, samt alla de bästa svenska i hoppning och dressyr. |
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