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- Ball is rolling on premier piece of MAPS 3 plan - Daily Oklahoman
- Exploring Tokyo - A Traveler's Guide to Visiting Tokyo - PRWeb
- Van Jones Promotes Progressive Candidate Voter Guide - FOX News
| Ball is rolling on premier piece of MAPS 3 plan - Daily Oklahoman Posted: 02 Nov 2010 10:07 PM PDT Copyright ©2010. The Associated Press. Produced by NewsOK.com All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. 
COST concerns have forced a slight change to an important piece of MAPS 3. The most important piece is still in the early stages but is coming along. Oklahoma City Council members voted last week to tweak the design of the pedestrian bridge that will span the Interstate 40 Crosstown Expressway when that highway is completed in a few years. The bridge will connect the north and south sides of a 70-acre park, which was part of the MAPS 3 projects voters approved 11 months ago. Original plans for the Skydance Bridge had cables extending from an 18-story sculpture to the bridge below. The plan approved last week changes the design to make it a free-standing structure. The price tag for a new downtown convention center — the biggest MAPS 3 project — is $280 million. It will be several years before it's completed, but it may not be long before the facility begins to take shape. That's because eight firms from around the United States are competing to be the consultant for planning the convention center. The fact this job has attracted a national response from competing firms can only be good for Oklahoma City, in ensuring it gets the best deal available. The importance of a new convention center can't be overstated. The other pieces of the $770 million MAPS 3 lineup are important in their own right and will make our city a better place to live. But any city that aspires to climb into the top 25 nationwide has to have a facility that attracts large conventions on a regular basis. A steady diet of conventions generates revenue and buzz — and if done right, plenty of both. The old Myriad was retrofitted into the Cox Convention Center about a decade ago. But it's too small to attract the kind of conventions a major league city needs. Hence the need for a new and much bigger one. Selection of the consultant is part of the initial process of getting the project off the drawing board. The most crucial step is deciding where the building will be located. Some want it to be handy to Bricktown; others believe it would be better to place the convention center closer to what used to be called the Ford Center, nearer to where the new green space will emerge. That's a decision for another day. Now it's time to focus on the consultant, who can help guide a process that eventually will turn another of Oklahoma City's big dreams into reality. News Photo Galleriesview allThis entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
| Exploring Tokyo - A Traveler's Guide to Visiting Tokyo - PRWeb Posted: 03 Nov 2010 01:06 AM PDT Tampa, FL (PRWEB) November 3, 2010 Exploring Tokyo today announced the launch of their resourceful and informative Tokyo Travel & Sightseeing Guide http://www.exploringtokyo.com. The website was created to provide travelers, curious web surfers and even Tokyo natives themselves with detailed information about Tokyo's best sight seeing from both modern and traditional ends of the spectrum. The travel guide takes up essentials such as: shopping districts, gardens, temples & shrines, markets, dining, and then goes in depth, detailing all major districts in the city, from Shinjuku to Akihabara. After which it takes it a step further and addresses some of the smaller yet essential districts such as Sugamo and Nippori. "One fact that sets our guide apart from others is that all of the information current. It is not uncommon to find dated travel info on the web and in publications, not to mention the noticeable lack of good and extensive photography," says Naru Sasaki, Chief Writer. "Tokyo is a fascinating city to behold so naturally there should be an abundance of photography so travelers can catch a glimpse of the city's magic. We have over 1,500 photos covering all aspects of the city. From the slums to the skyscrapers, gardens to shrines", he said. In order to further assist travelers Exploring Tokyo offers detailed maps powered by MSN and Google maps which show exact locations of points of interest, temples, dining, gardens and more. Depending on mobile devices these locations can be imported into phones, providing an invaluable convenience to travelers. Exploring Tokyo raises the bar further and provides a series of 'How to Guides' covering such over-looked essentials as "How to get from Narita International Airport to Downtown Tokyo – step by step", to "How to use an ATM in Tokyo". There are also detailed explanations and guides for how to use the train in the city. "If you're in Tokyo you're going to be riding the train whether you want to or not, its just a fact. And if you're used to Western trains or have never even rode a train then you're going to need some orientation. With our train guides we want to make your travelling as problem free as possible, so you can focus your attention on the good stuff", continues Chief Writer Sasaki. "Aside from our guides we hope travelers will also check out our Learning Japanese Guide where we take an earnest approach to teaching Japanese in a systematic manner. You certainly don't have to learn Japanese to visit Tokyo, but it will make the experience more rewarding", he said. Being one of the world's most expensive cities, many travelers and readers may assume traveling to Japan as something they could only dream about, but this doesn't have to be the case says Sasaki: "Just because it's the world's most expensive city doesn't mean everything is over-priced. You'd be surprised to find how affordable it can be, anyone has the capability of going. In fact with a budget of $2000.00 USD one could visit the city for a week! On our website we itemize the expenses one by one to illustrate this to the traveler. The point is, if you really want to go, you can make it happen. We provide you with the best of Tokyo to ensure you have the time of your life. # # # This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
| Van Jones Promotes Progressive Candidate Voter Guide - FOX News Posted: 02 Nov 2010 02:14 PM PDT A website being promoted by former White House official Van Jones offers one-stop shopping of progressive candidates endorsed by unions, environmental groups and abortion rights organizations, among others, in what is a nationwide voter guide for Election Day. Jones has teamed up with other activists and organizations to launch TheBallot.org under the umbrella of the League of Young Voters PAC, which first engineered the online tool in the 2004 presidential election. It now claims more than 350 voter guides in almost every state. Through the site, groups ranging from unions to local Planned Parenthoods to the Sierra Club have uploaded their slates of endorsed candidates. The idea is not just to impact the congressional elections but local elections as well, since many of the locally tailored lists go all the way down the ballot. Uploaded voter guides become available on a national map on the website, and users are also encouraged to spread them around at polling places and forward them through Facebook and Twitter. "By empowering Americans to make their own endorsements and spread them to their networks, TheBallots.org is enhancing grassroots democracy," Jones said in a written statement. Jones and League director Bill Wimsatt collaborated to develop the progressive voter guide as a counterweight to efforts by conservative groups. Jones left the White House as its green jobs adviser more than a year ago following criticism over his public remarks and positions, including calling Republicans "a--holes" and signing a petition in 2004 supporting a movement that claims the Bush administration was involved in the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. Jones joined the Center for American Progress in Washington, D.C., and Princeton University earlier this year. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
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