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Ajay Kumar: Sadaket malik's Articles on Education policies are praiseworth and need special appreciation. The Articles can help the policy makers of India to frame new contours of committmment. Ajay Kumar Director CCTE Bangalore India...

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knuut: oslo is not a safe city, if you walk down the akers river, you get often robbed/beaten down by people if you say no to buy drugs....

in response to: Crime in Oslo by Rune-Willem

Lynnette (Diaz) Madden: I had a dream about Webb's Bakery the other night. I woke up dying for one of their butter cookies with the chocolate center drop. I Googled Webb's and this is what I found! OMG--just......

in response to: Fall in the East Bay by joey

Dennis: Hi neighbors,I lived at 6 Covert Street between Broadway and the almighty Bushwick Avenue. I too remember those classic games of playing skelly,stoop ball and johnny on the pony ouch! I just caught a neck......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

TRANS KOF 2008 : Hey all this talk about Paterson brings back alot of memories I grew up in Paterson on Main st. and Wiess St.a block from St.Josephs hospital. my neighborhood was known as little San Juan......

in response to: paterson factory - may 2002 by adam

Anonymous Honest Tax paying citizen of Fredericton: This is yet another example of how much the fredericton police are a bunch of uneducated airheads, typical protests and offenses most cities in canada wouldnt be bothered with or treat with less scrutiny......

in response to: I Was Arrested Today by CE

adr: im not gonna read any of these comments, all i know is that the pics were all of one area by the old hospital, not the church, i dont know what year, but now they......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Bob Salmon: Hi James Off hand I cannot remember Mike Melani although the name rings a bell somewhere? Peter Robinson I remember from school and have not heard of him since we left school. Malcolm Kennedy was a good......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

herehere: my father grew up on hart street thru early 60's. took him back to old neighborhood for tour. area is slowly coming back but still very bad sections. give alot of credit for tearing down......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

EvilGentleman: All I know, is I have seen a lot of the little speed limit signs along the bike trails, usually proclaiming a limit of 20 km per hour. I confess that I have not been......

in response to: How Much Is That Pussy in the Window? by Montrealbunny

EvilGentleman: Actually Peter, logic would tell you that a loss would have been catastrophic, I agree. But that is not the case in Montreal. Had the Canadiens ##lost##, the crowds would have been grumpy and sullen,......

in response to: Hockey Victory Riot by EvilGentleman

Tom: hi, i'm from the u.k, so u probably won't care what i think, but sod it. I dnt kno the politics of your country v.well, but wether it's a cover up or not, the terrible......

in response to: Ground Zero: lower Manhattan as it looks today by Peter

db66: i grew up at Sergeant and Coral street....went to HA Brown....Jones Jr. High and then to Frankford class of 1984. Hung out at "The Lot" and loved every minute of growing up there!!!!! ......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

bubba: What I dont understand is....if so many people dont like the HA, why do you "know" so much about them. I cant count how many times I have just read that they are dope......

in response to: Hell\'s Angels - New York City by sine

Alan Taylor: Hi, Rob, I was just meaning to take a back seat to let others jump in with their memories etc knowing an ex work colleague is on this board - Hiya Bob. Cyril, my uncle (Bill Caufield)......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Alan Taylor: Hi, Rob, I was just meaning to take a back seat to let others jump in with their memories etc knowing an ex work colleague is on this board - Hiya Bob. Cyril, my uncle (Bill Caufield)......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Emily: I smiled to see a posting here with a pic of York and Emerald -- the same site I see outside my bedroom window every day. Things here aren't great but they're definitely moving......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

revisited: my father grew up on hart street thru early 60's. took him back to old neighborhood for tour. area is slowly coming back but still very bad sections. give alot of credit for tearing......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Indeed Bill Harding they cut kite lines, but with what type of line??: Pakistan province lifts 2005 kite ban Kite flying is a popular sport in Pakistan The government of Pakistan's Punjab province is to allow kite-flying during the Basant spring festival in February 2007. But officials said the kite-makers......

in response to: Kite String All over Milliken Park by Michelle

EvilGentleman: Wow! Kinda makes you wonder how such a common Italian word wound up being used in English the way it currently is. We English-speakers are weirrrrd people, I guess....

in response to: Bimbo Daycare by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: The simple reality is, Americans are welcomed warmly by most Montrealers, and generally disliked but tolerated by the rest. And that dislike is often because they are getting mistaken for Torontonians, or other English-speaking Canadians. Dislike......

in response to: Yankee Go Home by EvilGentleman

Djrobluv: I lived in EO for 15 years 1980-1995 South Harrison St & Webster Pl. Boarder of Orange and E. Orange. When we first moved to EO our block was quiet not too much going on......

in response to: The Projects of East Orange by Peter

CartLegger: But the point is, before the driver of the bicyclist has made their fateful and unfortunate decision, thousands of other decisions have already been made for both parties: by auto makers, city planners, politicians, road......

in response to: The Cars That Ate NYC by CartLegger

anon (cache-dtc-ag08.proxy.aol.com): I was about 6 when this went down. I recall my brother coming home with some Joxs sneakers boy was i happy. I seen it all from the 15th floor of my project window. (Summner......

in response to: Bushwick \'77: When the Lights Went Out by upfromflames

bushwick facts:: in the 60-70s all white italian and germans on irving side Puerto ricans were from other side of central it was like a border muslims locked down bushwick ave in the 70 -80s and prior......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

ilana: my boyfriend and i (brazilian and half filipino/half white) lived in bushwick for 8 months. we shared an apartment with a wonderful ecuadorian woman, Carmen, and her daughter Patricia on the first floor of a......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Sheila Hilton: The school on Allotment Road was Alfred Turner Lower School, where the first & second year pupils attended before moving up to the school on the station approach. My mother, Margaret Davies (nee Dakers) attended......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

jack: procyon, thx for not kneeing me, and thx for the nice things to say but one last comment and your free to answer this, i never said tv, family or books developed children, i'n tking......

in response to: All the Whores Shall Go to Heaven by Sohail Moughal

iman: hey jack, you're right man, and the things i was involved in were just like the old days. we aren't trouble makers or anything like that, we just chill as a group of kids......

in response to: But There Is No Other Door for the over 50 Year Old Gang by jack

Dcchanged man: I lived in bushwick from 1968-1982 Comfort and hell in bushwick depends on which pocket you lived in. The dead end streets of buswick Aberdeen , Granite , Desales Place and so on where a lot......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

joey: welcome back. with all the recent bashing of the big 3 domestic auto makers, this photo says it all. where you been?...

in response to: This Ride Is Pimped, Yo! by zagg

jack: the tree! has a bookmakers quality, like children's black outline playing on a dark blue background....

in response to: Key Maps Globe by groovehouse

EvilGentleman: I would agree with the majority of what has been said, but I will state my opinions on each issue, so it becomes obvious where I stand. I think the best way to have notification on......

in response to: User Survey 2007 by Jamie

EvilGentleman: Nancy, Nancy, Nancy. I was not attempting to belittle you in any way, I just happened to find the name to be extremely funny, due to the **very** different meaning of the word "bimbo" in......

in response to: Bimbo Daycare by EvilGentleman

j.walthers@timesnewsweekly.com: This interaction regarding Bushwick, while interesting, is lacking in an understanding of the history of the community, specifically its course and development in Kings County (not Brooklyn) from its chartering in the 1600s, its emergence......

in response to: I\'ve lived in Bushwick for just about fifteen years by Jeanne M.

EvilGentleman: Actually I could easily imagine a European mistakenly saying "a daycare for babes", which would be pretty equivalent to the above scenario. I guess we English speakers are very perverted people. I, for one, am......

in response to: Bimbo Daycare by EvilGentleman

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Why can't everyone just get along, and then all the soldiers can become bakers, ballet dancers and rock stars? Because we fight over beliefs, land, power, money and the last piece of wooly mamoth. sigh....

in response to: The End of the Brotherhood Winery Collection by jack

jack: uke, may i call you uke, or perhaps little ukraine you prefer, are you a student at nyu? my daughter received her masters from nyu. you are a sensitive photojournalist with a very......

in response to: Around New York by little ukraine

EvilGentleman: Good grief. Admit it, Nancy. You messed up when you named your daycare. As sweet and innocent as the name may be in Italian, you cannot possibly tell me that 100% of your clientele speak......

in response to: Bimbo Daycare by EvilGentleman

D: Hi Natalie Waterworth i remmeber your familys bakers on twenty row...

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

DAVE: [[img:17674]] Hi im from irlam did you live off Broadway and your family had the bakers one of the last shops on twenty row ...

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

jeeff: artists are only an example in this case because the neighbourhood became an art destination. i would be equally concerned if the neighbourhood had been turned around by portuguese bakers, who were then priced......

in response to: 48 Abell Bites the Dust? by jeeff

groovehouse: The {knitta} crew have a pair of crocheted {sneakers} on some powerlines here in {Houston}. I haven't gotten a picture yet. KnittaPlease [[http://knittaplease.com/]]...

in response to: Shoes by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

EvilGentleman: I suspect it's a $ sign, meant to signify the high cost of sneakers. Almost seems Banksy-like. Abstract urban spoof of the death of a very commercial product....

in response to: Shoes by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Sirhcbre: This post has been making me want to listen to the Postal Service for days! I wish I had some speakers so I can get my record player working!...

in response to: Everything Looks Perfect from Far Away by zagg

EvilGentleman: I wonder how long before we see spaghetti-on-a-stick... or maybe soup on a stick, chili on a stick, caviar on a stick, salad on a stick, or perhaps deep-fried sneakers on a stick. I know -......

in response to: Food on a Stick by Tyfoid Kid

Cameo: I believe they are all a sub-class of "vomitious maximus" The street names may be as follows: tilt-n-hurl cookie-tosser happy-go-puke-around I believe the makers of Ipecac tried to file suit once... ...

in response to: At the CNE: Amusement Bot #1 by jeeff

zagg: Well at the least, Chiamattt - it's what we Great Lakers would call a yacht. But just for kicks, I looked up the meaning at websters.com and it fits: Main Entry: 1yacht Pronunciation: 'yät Function: noun Etymology: obsolete......

in response to: The Discount Price of $35,000 a Week by Cameo

Susannah : Either that or there's a hobo walking around with new used sneakers and a tummy ache!...

in response to: Effective Communication by Marlo

EvilGentleman: Sounds like the typical Canadian and/or Quebec films of the 80's come back to life. "Profits? What are profits? We were thinking grants and tax deductions, eh?" Canadian films are generally indy films that absorb government......

in response to: Bon Cop, Bad Cop by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Hmmm, I suspect that the cups **could** become recyclable if they were processed in a way that heated them up to melt off the wax coating first. There may be a new industry here, just......

in response to: Tim in the Streets by Marlo

jamie: i hate to add to this argument but didn't the 'americans' pretty much eraicate the native population of their country back in the day? And the english didn't clear the Gaelic speakers out of their......

in response to: Fuck England by Peter

Dave: That brings me back... I used to see sneakers hanging off phone lines quite often when I was a kid in Ridgewood (Queens) in the early '70s. Later on, I may have lofted a pair......

in response to: Shoes by Peter

EvilGentleman: I'm honestly not 100% sure on this subject, but I know in most cases, alcohol is not permitted on streets or in parks, except for places like sidewalk cafes and the Six Flags La Ronde......

in response to: Montreal Police Bicycle by EvilGentleman

Myke: I like his sneakers....

in response to: Insurance Fraud by Peter

vanessa vargas to BOC: ummm...you must have been high when you wrote that response talking about me being a realtor! i am far from a realtor...and i happen to live on menahan...probably not too far from you. ......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

EvilGentleman: Nice find. Definitely some good optical illusion effects in that shadow, too. Now I know where the puzzle-makers get their ideas from....

in response to: Shadowbox by sine

EvilGentleman: Oddly enough, I quite often find protests an interesting thing to see when I am visiting new places. The protesters and the police can often provide a much more complete picture of the way the......

in response to: I Was Arrested Today by CE

EvilGentleman: Chris, I can tell you from experience, that while the majority of police try hard to do a decent job, cases of police overstepping the bounds of the responsibilities entrusted to them by the citizens......

in response to: I Was Arrested Today by CE

esix group member: sry evilg. i dont no who wrote that but its true. u cant always find a a speaker around nd anyways ppl today r using mp3's more than cd's so they use more earphones than......

in response to: The Future Einstein\'s? by Elicar

Brad: The federal court building downtown installed some speakers that play bird sounds to scare away pigeons. I still see pigeons sitting along the edge of the roof, so I think it's only scaring visitors....

in response to: Little Birdie Says... by Brad

EvilGentleman: Now why on earth would a future Einstein use such illiterate uneducated words to express themselves? Obviously we are dealing with a faker here. Nice try... And as far as speakers go, try these. [[http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/eCS/Store/en/-/USD/SY_DisplayProductInformation-Start?ProductSKU=SRST33BLUE&Dept=audio&CategoryName=pa_PADepartmentAccessories_PersonalSpeakers]] The......

in response to: The Future Einstein\'s? by Elicar

anon (mail.tweezerman.com): There are still parts of Bushwick that are ghetto..that's basically the case whereever you have housing projects. Housing projects cannot be gentrified. The people complianing about those saying that a white neighborhood is safer......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

jack: pic 1- larry and betty could not decide which way to go up the stairs. so arnold sat between them and the argued until they finally came decided to go up the right stairs. pic......

in response to: March 16 2006 Toronto by hool

EvilGentleman: Maybe the sign is for those Tagalog-speakers who are unfamiliar with the English word....

in response to: And This One Is for Elaine by Elicar

jack: i tried to throw some sneakers (not mine of course) up once and as i threw them a cop walked over to me and they did not wrap around the wire, instead they fell right......

in response to: Sneakers on 34th Street (forever) by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

jack: some of those sneakers are better than the ones i'm wearing now, perhaps i should get my ladder and visit your neighborhood. is there any size 11eee. plz send them 2 me. ...

in response to: Sneakers on 34th Street (forever) by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Humboldt Park - DAVE: Margaret, I suggest you visit Humboldt Pk on a weekend just to get your feet wet. Bring a friend or two and maybe have some coffee and pastries @ Cafe Colao, Saucer, Humboldt Pie. Lunch @......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

elaine: may i guess? it strikes me as more of an art take on photography than a photographer's one - or maybe a photographer would disagree, especially a 'craft' photographer. any takers? peter?...

in response to: At the Bus Stop: by Peter

Peter: oldskool adidas shelltops. with the fat laces, of course. [[http://sneakers.pair.com/m-supstr.htm]]...

in response to: Cause and Effect: by Peter

Jerry: As this city used to be called "Hogtown" I thing "Pigtown" would be more apropo. Why? 1) The rectitude laced moron courier (and as a pedestrian I have only contempt for the arrogant, spoilt, disrespectfull cyclists,......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

John: I read the book There are no children here and thought is was an outstanding book. I've heard about many terrible things that occurred at Henry Horner Homes through the years. It was a bad......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

kc: In 1980 I think women started wearing sneakers to work instead of heels...and maybe joey's right...stopped into my local liquor store yesterday, and they said day one of the strike had been incredibly busy, they......

in response to: Transit Strike! by Peter

BZZZP: it IS hobo xmas under there. they've scattered a bit since twin donut burned down, but they're still there, hangin around the bodegas and benches. why, i dunno, but i think they sleep in a......

in response to: Xmas Lights by BZZZP

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: You're absolutely right, Jamie. Trainers for the Brits, Sneakers for the Americans. Like Muppet for the Brits, Toy for the Americans. ...

in response to: Xmas Lights by BZZZP

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Yeah! You rock, BZZZP! Is this right under the Ditmars station? They look like naked bulbs and a bit of tinsel. We should go and throw some sneakers up there. (great shot, by the way.)...

in response to: Xmas Lights by BZZZP

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Yeah! You rock, BZZZP! Is this right under the Ditmars station? They look like naked bulbs and a bit of tinsel. We should go and throw some sneakers up there. (great shot, by the way.)...

in response to: Xmas Lights by BZZZP

elaine: ha! [[img:6650]] plus and by the way, i only just noticed that there are a pair of runes graffed onto these doors, a big Y with a middle forky bit. this is algiz, a rune of protection.......

in response to: new junction stencils by elaine

adam: is the one old guy wearing ben sherman sneakers? i hope so...

in response to: Nov 20 2005 Toronto by hool

Peter: damn, too bad the speakers are broken on my work computer. ill certainly have to check it out when i get home. i always love the multimedia entries, hool. the audio adds a new- yet strikingly......

in response to: montreal fields 3 by hool

Peter: Huh. I wonder if they get alot of takers on that "bargain"?...

in response to: purveyors of prophecy by vz

boston baller: the sneakers in boston are territory markers if you see to many one one line then you better know where you are. ...

in response to: Shoes by Peter

jack: the boots are by dkny and the red sneakers are by st. vincents clothing drop....

in response to: Standing Around by sine

hool: i feel embarassed for and confused by those who post as artists or makers of stuff, yet cannot communicate in the most basic visual medium (text). i'm not talking about poor spelling, althought "Im......

in response to: Fuck Neck Face by sine

cee: the link got pulled out of the last post -- here's the correct URL: http://dailydose.00ff00.com/2005/09/10/sneakers-hanging-from-a-street-light-in-brooklyn/...

in response to: Shoes by Peter

analog tagger: I'm doing a documentary on taggers, writers, bombers, "artists" and the like. if you are interested, I made an email just for this purpose. We need people who are willing to talk about the south......

in response to: Miami Youth Faces \'Serious Jail Time\': by Justice?

Deshant: so 'stilo' is spanish for 'style' I get that one. grilled cheese is frequently pronounced 'grill cheese'. I'll even let the party = patty thing slide. but who are these disreputable signmakers who let everything......

in response to: 2 Eggs Any Stile by Peter

Marc: elaine i am in.. kensington? just got off the coach, heading down to peckham for a bit- will be in town until next tuesday, would love to hang out- will be making dinner somewhere in......

in response to: bomb culture by elaine

Stacey: I remember doing this in Brooklyn when I was young. My brother (who is much older) told me that you would tell your mom that someone threw your sneakers on the pole so you......

in response to: Shoes by Peter

PABLO bREZMES (LEON-MADRID): I´m simply and absolutely astonished with the work of this visionaire Justo, and by the amount of messages around it; But, for all english-speakers reading this comments, i must tell you that the most amazing......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

from snopes.com: Legend: Old running shoes hanging from trees and power lines are 'gang signs.' Origins: All across the United States, you'll encounter discarded shoes hanging from wires, poles, and trees. Theories as to......

in response to: Shoes by Peter

Jamie: Hey don't worry about your English. It's 100% better than my Russian. Post in english or post in russian and someone will undoubtedly offer a translation for us english speakers. But keep posting your stuff......

in response to: Junk Yards of Moscow by UHOCTPAHEZ

Armagh bhoy: Là Fheile Padraig (Happy St Patrick for non Irish speakers). Visit Ireland and support the Irish struggle for freedom and justice for ALL (yes even the protestants who are Irish as well). England is the......

in response to: Falls Road: Belfast by Jamie