Barcelona’s urban layout of “superblocks” has proven to be a great way to make cities liveable, efficient, and environmentally friendly. We’ve looked at the brilliant design in Barcelona before, and now the question is how to take this urban design to other cities. Can car-focussed cities like Atlanta, Toronto, and
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Things Are Good: Infrastructure That Cleans the Air
Barcelona is going to build a road bridge which may be the cleanest bridge yet. Of course it’ll have pedestrian walks and bike paths, however, what makes the bridge really noteworthy is that it will clean the air. Concrete is notoriously energy-intensive to create so any carbon offset is beneficial.
Continue readingLeDaro: Michelle Jenneke: Right way to warm-up
But it got the men in the arena all heated up. Barcelona 2012. Michelle Jenneke’s pre-race warm up dance has gained the 19-year-old track star instant fame, heightened career visibility and a slew of marriage proposals — but will ‘the world’s sexiest hurdler’ make it to the Olympics? CBC.
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: The 100th Calgary Stampede: real men don’t kill horses for fun
A chuckwagon race in 1924 – then and now, unquestionably exiting and unquestionably cruel. Time for it to stop. Below: Alberta Premier Alison Redford and Prime Minister Stephen Harper, both looking fashionably butch in their cowboy duds. There’s no doubt about it: chuckwagon races are as exciting as hell. There’s
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