Last year we brought you a report on the plans and construction progress at Ground Zero. Now see updated photos of the work that’s going on at the WTC site. (via YesButNoButYes)
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6 Things Inspired by Einstein. He was always an inspiring kind of guy!
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The World’s Best Places to Live 2008. Hmm, maybe we could learn a thing or two from the many European cities listed. (via the Presurfer)
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An eight-year-old girl weighed in at 420 pounds! But she lost 320 pounds at an obesity clinic. What a difference!
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The Large Hadron Collider conducted a successful test on its first day of operation. As expected, the world did not come to an end.
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The Evolution of the College Dorm. This may explain some of the outlandish rise in tuition the last few years.
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Stamp out quackery! A hilarious PSA from the 1950s warns us away from fake doctors.
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The college dorm link is busted: it sent me to what seemed an obvious spyware or virus site in the guise of being an anti virus or spyware site. Certainly nothing about college dorms.
posted by Crispin on 9-11-2008 at 5:08 am
I’m sorry, Crispin. I have that fixed now.
posted by Miss Cellania on 9-11-2008 at 6:21 am
My city made number 19 in the best places to live!
posted by Ann on 9-11-2008 at 9:55 am
The Best Places to Live cities are compared using New York as the base city with an index score of 100… I don’t know… New York? I don’t want to live there…
posted by Jason! on 9-11-2008 at 1:05 pm
Interesting read, but all of these “best places to live” lists have got to be the most arbitrary things in the world! I guess it’s a good sell for magazines and good marketing for cities on the list.
posted by SteveO on 9-11-2008 at 2:09 pm
You have to take into account what the listmakers think constitutes “best” – a city with low taxes might not have good sushi, and vice versa.
posted by Joanna on 9-11-2008 at 2:55 pm
As far as the new collider, I’m not so sure:
posted by Dave on 9-11-2008 at 4:21 pm
if you go to my website, about halfway down the page, you may spot something to change your mind about whether the Earth survived the startup of the LHC …
look for the “Earth Status” indicator
click on it .. after 3 years of comfort, today (9-11) it says “Earth Destroyed”
posted by Howie Modell on 9-11-2008 at 6:22 pm