my Chronicles from the Sprawl (20/n) - First We Take Manhattan

I hadn't been to New York for almost 20 years (They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom?). Not even to the airport, in transit - nowadays most flies to the West Cost, from Europe, are direct, over Canada.

And there are so many things to do, so many places to visit.

But last August I land again in the JFK airport and my son took this picture of N.Y. (in the far, far, background) while we were crossing the Bronx Whitestone Bridge, going to Massachusetts (I would eventually return to New York, but only a few weeks later)

Where the picture was taken:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=40.81000,-73.83500&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1&iwloc=addr

Links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_We_Take_Manhattan

Coda:

Leonard Cohen - First We Take Manhattan - 1988 album "I'm Your Man"

They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom
For trying to change the system from within
I'm coming now, I'm coming to reward them
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin

I'm guided by a signal in the heavens
I'm guided by this birthmark on my skin
I'm guided by the beauty of our weapons
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin

(Chorus:)
I'd really like to live beside you, baby
I love your body and your spirit and your clothes
But you see that line there moving through the station?
I told you, I told you, told you, I was one of those

Ah you loved me as a loser, but now you're worried that I just might win
You know the way to stop me, but you don't have the discipline
How many nights I prayed for this, to let my work begin
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin

I don't like your fashion business mister
And I don't like these drugs that keep you thin
I don't like what happened to my sister
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin

(Chorus:)
I'd really like to live beside you, baby ...

And I thank you for those items that you sent me
The monkey and the plywood violin
I practiced every night, now I'm ready
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin


(Chorus:)
I am guided

Ah remember me, I used to live for music
Remember me, I brought your groceries in
Well it's Father's Day and everybody's wounded
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin

Dalits

So much talk about India. So little talk about the Dalits, perhaps the secret behind the "Indian Success Story"

Why nobody asked the people burning an effigy representing organizers of "Celebrity Big Brother," in Patna, India, Jan. 17, what they think about the Dalits?






Links:

http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?aid=348409&ssid=50&sid=BUS


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6282883.stm



http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/06/0602_030602_untouchables.html


http://www.guardian.co.uk/uklatest/story/0,,-6352459,00.html


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalit

Yes

(click on the image for a high-resolution version)

Links:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/AbortionLawsMap.png

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_law

http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/2003monitoring/WorldPopMonitoring_2002.pdf

http://europa.eu/bulletin/en/200207/p102001.htm#anch0010

my Chronicles from the Sprawl (19/n) - Edward Dean Adams Power Station

I have posted some scenic pictures of he Niagara fall before, but this one is different.

The fall are the far side of the water plane (Canadian Falls, 1/2 far left, Goat Island, 1/2 far right) , and we can not see then because we are at the level of the upper part. Canadian buildings, in the other side of the falls, are very visible in the far side though (the mist in the air, seen near the buildings, is the signature of the falls).

But the main interest of this picture is that it shows the entrance of the in-let canal for the former "Edward Dean Adams Station".

Build near the beginning of last century this was the turning point of the adoption of electricity as one of the main process of redistributing energy.

The place itself is quite abandoned and I had to use some old maps (also shown) and some math to find the place.

Satellite Photo (arrow in the place were I took the picture):

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=43.078553,-79.046719&ie=UTF8&z=14&ll=43.078543,-79.046717&spn=0.031409,0.107975&t=k&om=1&iwloc=addr

Links:

http://freenet.buffalo.edu/bah/a/nf/adams/index.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Currents

My New Mobile Phone

I have a new (smart)phone!

I have also a new cellular number.Just call my previous number and you will find a message announcing the new number :-)

Happy new year to everybody!