Re: The Department of Urban Affairs Reply #100 – 2015-10-24, 10:27:04 Quote from: Belfrager on 2015-10-23, 22:51:29Ban cars everywhere. It's false that the world economy needs desperately to move at car velocity in such a way that it justifies all the consequences cars cause.It almost feels as if that sentiment were the intent of the Institut Curie's current slogan:<img src=http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/myl/Curie1.png alt="Ensemble, prenons le cancer de vitesse">
Re: The Department of Urban Affairs Reply #101 – 2015-10-24, 11:50:00 Quote from: mjmsprt40 on 2015-10-24, 00:05:58Everybody has an idea that won't work. Banning cars everywhere is yours. Congratulations, I think...If, at least, you could explain why it "won't work"... but you can't, because it works perfectly. Since young age that humans are being indoctrinated that we need cars, we don't.Quote from: Frenzie on 2015-10-24, 10:27:04It almost feels as if that sentiment were the intent of the Institut Curie's current slogan:My Fench got a little rusty since, unfortunately, French as the language of Culture, was killed for long ago and not substituted by anything, but that's a somehow strange slogan, isn't it? Together, let's get the cancer of speed? or Together, let's get rapidly cancer?...Le Français, il sont fous...
Re: The Department of Urban Affairs Reply #102 – 2015-10-24, 12:10:13 Quote from: Belfrager on 2015-10-24, 11:50:00Le Français, il sont fous...I believe that should be "il sont fous, ces Gaulois!" Quote from: Belfrager on 2015-10-24, 11:50:00but that's a somehow strange slogan, isn't it? Together, let's get the cancer of speed? or Together, let's get rapidly cancer?...Prendre means to take in more ways than one. Together, let's take on cancer quickly! (i.e. let's fight against…)I kind of like it as Together, let's take on the cancer of speed.In Dutch the same kind of ambiguity applies. Opnemen has similar meanings to take on or indeed prendre. To make matters simpler, in Dutch it's disambiguated by the addition of the word against (tegen). So you take on against cancer, rather than simply taking on cancer.
Re: The Department of Urban Affairs Reply #103 – 2015-10-24, 12:15:41 Quote from: Frenzie on 2015-10-24, 12:10:13Prendre means to take in more ways than one. Together, let's take on cancer quickly! (i.e. let's fight against…)I kind of like it as Together, let's take on the cancer of speed.Yes, I was exploring the funny part of it... P.S. well, maybe "funny" was not the most appropriate word to use. Dark humor. Last Edit: 2015-10-24, 12:29:11 by Belfrager
Re: The Department of Urban Affairs Reply #104 – 2015-11-04, 12:28:55 What's going on in Houston, Texas, and what do you think about it?Here's a clip from the NYT article.QuoteSupporters said the ordinance was similar to those approved in 200 other cities and prohibited bias in housing, employment, city contracting and business services for 15 protected classes, including race, age, sexual orientation and gender identity. Opponents said the measure would allow men claiming to be women to enter women’s bathrooms and inflict harm, and that simple message — “No Men in Women’s Bathrooms” — was plastered on signs and emphasized in television and radio ads, turning the debate from one about equal rights to one about protecting women and girls from sexual predators.http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/04/us/houston-voters-repeal-anti-bias-measure.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0
Re: The Department of Urban Affairs Reply #107 – 2015-11-04, 23:39:27 The guy is clearly German. Only a German needs to dress as a woman just to take out the "soutien" to a girl...
Re: The Department of Urban Affairs Reply #108 – 2016-01-24, 17:08:55 A question of definitions, but China’s Pearl River Delta overtakes Tokyo as world’s largest megacity
Re: The Department of Urban Affairs Reply #109 – 2016-09-10, 07:13:38 California City,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO3LUhFwx6k
Re: The Department of Urban Affairs Reply #110 – 2016-09-10, 20:05:30 Although I would find it boring it is fascinating and imaginative.
Re: The Department of Urban Affairs Reply #111 – 2016-09-11, 08:47:14 If I had any confidence in your ability to speak the Queen's English, I'd think you meant that anything "fascinating and imaginative" is boring, for you! But I don't.So, you likely meant you expected it to boring but… But it's almost telly, eh? Suits your attention span.
Re: The Department of Urban Affairs Reply #112 – 2016-09-11, 23:44:12 Quite interesting coming from a bloke who lives in a country that tortures the English language.
Re: The Department of Urban Affairs Reply #113 – 2016-09-12, 01:12:22 So: You won't say which you meant? Is that because you don't know the difference? Granted, Spanglish and Ebonics are almost as bad as Scots… But give us time!
Re: The Department of Urban Affairs Reply #115 – 2016-10-27, 13:09:53 This video is alright (not great, just alright):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQSxPzafO_k
Re: The Department of Urban Affairs Reply #116 – 2016-10-27, 21:25:35 Well the urban thing actually differs in countries I would suggest. Here railways expanded to the benefit of the less well off for example and changed society. On trams here they did not have the gaps of miles between routes as suggested in that film and so on. it was an interesting film but not something that covers everywhere else.
Re: The Department of Urban Affairs Reply #117 – 2016-12-30, 18:47:12 Quote from: Frenzie on 2016-10-27, 13:09:53This video is alright (not great, just alright):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQSxPzafO_kThere are some points on density and transport-oriented development (TOD). A living city is essentially a walking city. Not necessarily because the citizens will be walking, but because cities interact better on a human scale. That makes the cityscape you're in "here" and not "somewhere inbetween". Compare New York City around 1955, 1985 and 2015. 1955 was the time the suburbs literally made inroads into NYC in the form of expressways and physical segregration (Robert Moses). While New York was a lively and highly enjoyable city in 1985 as well, it didn't put high emphasis on quality of life. By 2015 projects like the High Line, Times Square, Hudson were more likely to happen.
Re: The Department of Urban Affairs Reply #118 – 2016-12-31, 22:58:53 Being a staunch Glaswegian (in case anyone was not aware) my city lost it's tram system in 1962. It was over 125 miles altogether and had been the largest outside London and I took 3 years to build it on a railway simulator programme i have. Even today our suburban railway which is mostly overhead electric is second to London. Although there has been like anywhere suburban growth the population is very much lower than decades ago. In the early 1980's around '81 or or 82 it was circa 1,089,000 but today over 500,000. And before some numpty comes on yakking there were 2 very constructive points.Firstly here there were still big families (thing of the past nowadays except for immigrants) and overcrowding. But our politicians did something very progressive in building not just one but several new towns and proved very popular. So progressive politicians and the places thrived. Just shows what can be done.
Re: The Department of Urban Affairs Reply #119 – 2017-01-02, 00:13:22 Quote from: rjhowie on 2016-12-31, 22:58:53But our politicians did something very progressive in building not just one but several new towns and proved very popular. So progressive politicians and the places thrived. Just shows what can be done.This must be the time when the fairytale appears...
Re: The Department of Urban Affairs Reply #120 – 2017-01-02, 03:43:19 Shows how much you know and zilch an easy answer. We HAVE had new towns here but then we don't have to go with the begging bowl like south Europe.....
Re: The Department of Urban Affairs Reply #121 – 2017-01-02, 07:46:09 How many are strewn with minarets…?
Re: The Department of Urban Affairs Reply #123 – 2017-01-04, 03:02:54 Of course, you wouldn't notice…
Re: The Department of Urban Affairs Reply #124 – 2017-01-14, 13:29:36 Minarets gives to towns a fancy oriental atmosphere. I like it.The belly dance is also good for culture and... art.
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