Back in Bangkok

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Cottonwood and Sunset

post from New Mexico PhotoJournal on 10 January 2007 11:11:00 PM. © New Mexico PhotoJournal

A cottonwood tree is silhouetted by a sunset at Elena Gallegos Picnic Area.
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Tube Heroes and Northern Line Strike Threat
Averted

post from Going Underground's Blog on 10 January 2007 08:13:40 PM. © Going Underground's Blog

Tu Be or not Tu Be - Shakespearean actor rescues woman on Tube Tracks

Only last week Donald Trump gave a $10,000 reward to a "Superman" who rescued a woman from the New York subway, so will we see Jeffrey Archer or Alan Sugar do the same with RSC actor Chuk Iwuji and an anonymous bystander? Both men leapt onto the tracks to drag a woman to safety at Clapham South station as a train approached.

Mr Iwuji said he was listening to music on Monday morning as he waited for his train when he heard shouts. "This girl was on the tracks. She was obviously trapped and could not move; it looked like she was doing some kind of head-stand. She was upside down when the train was just pulling in," he said.

"She would have been about 30ft from the opening of the tunnel and the train probably stopped about 20ft from her. There was a moment when I thought it was not going to stop in time."

The other man had jumped down first and this triggered Iwuji to act as well. Not content with that, the gallant actor risked electrocution a second time to rescue her shoe which had been left behind. Must have been a Jimmy Choo!

TfL don't look as though they will be following New York's example, with the reward though, and said: "We thank the two members of the public who helped this passenger. But we would caution strongly against people risking their lives by going on to the track, which is highly dangerous. Our staff are well trained to deal with such emergencies, and, as this incident shows, our safety procedures work." Check out the BBC for the full story.

Ironically, the New York subway rescuer has now been given a free Jeep, so perhaps this means his days of leaping in front of trains are over.

Sacked driver back in the job

After the possibility of strike action on the Northern Line you can breathe a sigh of relief as the Tube driver that was at the centre of the dispute has been re-instated. LU said he would return to work under close supervision.

An LU spokesman said: "A decision was made on appeal that, while the driver was guilty of a misdemeanour, the original dismissal was too severe.

"As a result it has been reduced to a suspended sentence of 12 months."

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SpaFlyer Shopping: Matrix Inspired Bath Spa Robe

post from SpaFlyer: A Blog for Spa Enthusiasts by SpaIndex.com on 10 January 2007 07:14:26 PM. © SpaFlyer: A Blog for Spa Enthusiasts by SpaIndex.com

From Takashi Yamada of Yanko Design, we learned about this beautiful Matrix inspired spa robe designed by Bart Lens:The pattern is based on the movement of dancing Dervishes, or the fighting matrix: when you pirouette you get the same effect. The collar is one large, rolled-up bath towel. The belt...

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Girl-on-Girl Pillowfight Tix Contest

post from Gridskipper on 10 January 2007 06:46:50 PM. © Gridskipper

We're in a giving mood. Flowers, brands, now this. Remember when we announced we were giving away two tix to the World Championship Pillow Fighting League at Galapagos on January 19th? Well, we did. ALl you had to do was submit a haiku about girls pillowfighting other girls. We got some piss-poor entries (Tits, Ass, Breast, Pillow/Fight thy warriors fighting/Feathers blow me). But we still have faith. Send your entries to tips@gridskipper.com.

The Pillow Fight League

Previously: What, Knishes Aren't Good Enough For You?, 11 Spring Street Reveal, Ahoy Manhattan!

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$199 Weekends at W New York - The Court

post from TravelPost.com Insider on 10 January 2007 06:16:00 PM. © TravelPost.com Insider

With all the talk about how difficult it is to score a decent hotel room in Manhattan for under $200, it’s a notable occasion when an upscale hotel like the W New York - The Court offers $199 nightly rates. Offering those rates on weekend nights is even better for leisure travelers. The rate is [...]

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Gridskipper Citysong Contest XV

post from Gridskipper on 10 January 2007 06:03:57 PM. © Gridskipper

Guess the song/artist/album to which this photograph refers and you get swag from us. This is called the CitySong Contest and you've grown to love it. Send your guesses to tips@gridskipper.com. Congratulations to last week's winner, Bill Boyd whose answer San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair) was correct. He has a bouquet headed his way, ASAP.

Previous Citysong Contests: San Francisco, Guns Of Brixton, Night Falls on Hoboken, Avenue D, Fujiyama Mama, Barcelona, All I Wanna Do, Le Poinconneur Des Lilas

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Pic of the Day: Favela

post from Gridskipper on 10 January 2007 05:49:52 PM. © Gridskipper

Dionisio González constructs photos using modern architecture and the architecture of the slums which is not of space and sunlight but of confined lives often broken before they have begun." Of course we can't be sure since, though we were directed to him by an anglophone blog, the only other info we find is en espanol.

Dionisio Gonzalez [via Conscientious]

Previous Pics of the Day: Photogrammetry, Budget Law Enforcement, Czarist Russia in Full Color, Dust Bowl in Full Color, Old Lady in Paris, Brussels, Celebrating Women

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The Bowery: Making Stephen Crane Proud

Curbed scored some brilliant internal shots of the TK Bowery Hotel on Bowery. I'm ashamed to admit I've passed the towering structure many a time and not known its fate. Now we know it'll be a boutique hotel called the Bowery run by the same ensemble as The Maritime. Happily, the building, while uncharacteristically large, manages to blend rather harmoniously with the surrounding architecture. Maybe that's only because the nearby NYU dorms are so godawful but the scale, the lovely green bricks and the exaggerated perspective all are auspicious omens. As is the floor mat shown above. Notice the elegant script, the antiquey candelabra, the fact that months and months from their opening date they've already concerned themselves with personalized floor mats. Class. Pure Class.

Inside the Tower of the Bowery [Curbed]
Plywood Sneak: Bowery Hotel Restaurant [Eater]

Previously: Franksgiving in East Village, Reservation for Prometheus Please, East Houston Hotel Reveal, The London Comes to NYC, LA Suite: A Pomeranc Production

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Japan News for January 11, 2007

A few Japan-related links for this morning:Japan’s largest mobile phone carrier, DoCoMo, will upgrade its wireless network to make its data transmission hundreds of times faster, enabling subscribers to watch high-quality video just as they can over fiber-optic cables.In November 2006, Internet giant Yahoo Japan held an online poll that showed 90 percent public support [...]

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