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NPR : Remembering Mister RogersFred Rogers, who for more than 30 years touched the lives of children and parents as host of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, died of stomach cancer Thursday at age 74.
All it takes is one quick trip around the television dial to make you appreciate the work that this man did for children...
New York Times Obit....Fred Rogers, Host of 'Mister Rogers' Neighborhood,' Dies at 74
Just back from a trip to Germany. Took a video clip of the Munich subway on the
way out to the airport. Munich has a great subway system... very easy to get around.
Click the image above for a video clip... The clip was taken with a Canon S45...
a great camera...
Have been working here for a few
weeks.
Am starting to head back home today...
World Press Photo of the Year. Images that capture people and events... am in awe of the ability of those who can so eloquently capture a moment or an idea...
[by way of...Ben Hammersley.com]
The Seattle Times: Pacific Northwest Magazine
GO BY TRAIN pleads one.
GO BY STREETCAR urges the other.
Something tells me we're not in Seattle anymore, Toto. No, we're in Portland, American headquarters of the "New Urbanism" philosophy that touts neighborhood density, walking and transit over the car. Portland is doing, almost routinely, what Seattle keeps dreaming and arguing about.
I have been traveling for a few weeks... came across this article about Portland and am now even more homesick... :-) Is always nice when someone confirms what you already knew to be true... now if we only could fund our schools properly...