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What I Learned While Biking in Beijing

In November, I got a surprise chance to spend 10 days in China, three of which I spent pedaling around Beijing. I recommend it. Holler if you need advice. Here’s what I have for now. If You Go, Pedal There will be a bike for rent somewhere nearby. It will require a deposit of 200 or 300 yuan, [...]

Obama Wins. Ian Files.

Chillag’s the blue guy. (I’m posting this from a hotel room in China, and I can’t quite tell if it works. If it doesn’t, try the direct link — it’s worth it.)

Jim Shepard Speaks

Click here to play. It’s here. At last. My interview with Jim Shepard, author of Like You’d Understand, Anyway, the inaugural selection of the Radio Galaxy Book Club. Many thanks to Laura Conaway for technical support. Shepard was an incredibly gracious interview subject. We talked for nearly an hour about the stories in the book—whose protagonists include [...]

Seeing Stars After Presidential Debate

The Adler Planetarium I didn’t expect to question my self-worth as an astronomer while watching the third Presidential debate last night, but that’s what happened. Sen. McCain’s relentless harping on Sen. Obama for destroying “Joe the Plumber’s” American dream was just too much. Let me tell you about my American dream. It has to do with stars. I [...]

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I don't know how this will turn out but I wanted to at least offer us all a place to meet. It's your local diner - let's see what happens!

I get a sense that we are winding down as the principals of BPP find new life. What next? Jan 6 2009
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Another cute off?? Ian and Tricia had a 'cute off months' ago.... 1 Reply

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Layoffs and cancellations at NPR 5 Replies

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Diya Kapoor

Some Wedding Planning Tips

Professional wedding planners are a great help when it comes to planning a beautiful wedding. But there are thousands of couples who’d rather see the plan of their wedding unfolding in front of them. Therefore, here are some useful wedding planning tips that could help you in the effort to make this special day of your life, one great memory.

Wedding planning tips are actually the support and the inform… Continue

Posted by Diya Kapoor on December 11, 2009 at 2:53am

Alia

Rajasthan Tours: Magnanimous Traveling through India’s Largest State

Camels on the streets and monkeys, Rajasthan is a place that seems suspended in time, dotted with old forts and palaces and where monkeys and camels still dominate the streets. It fascinates the senses: the colorful saris, the twangy sounds of the sitar, the exotic scents of foreign spices. For an intimate look at the state, avoid the tour buses and hire a driver. I picked a two-week Rajasrhan Tour itinerary with a driver from… Continue

Posted by Alia on December 10, 2009 at 3:18am

Diya Kapoor

Skincare tips for your wedding day!

The wedding season is fast approaching and those of you about to tie the knot know what I'm talking about when I say it's difficult to maintain good looks under stress. Trousseau tussles with ever-delaying tailors, wedding planners saying they can’t procure orchids for the decor at the last moment, running around to confirm your venue bookings and honeymoon tickets and hanging nightmares about your future mother-in-law all take their toll. It's enough to make anyone break out in rashes and pimpl… Continue

Posted by Diya Kapoor on December 10, 2009 at 1:36am

Diya Kapoor

How to Choose Your Wedding Day Florist

Choosing a florist for your wedding may be a daunting task, but keep a few of these tips in mind to make the process less stressful.



Choosing a florist is one of the many important decisions you will have to make over the course of planning your wedding. Flowers can be found everywhere on your special day, from your bridal bouquet and the fragrant centerpieces on your tables, to the decorations on your wedding cake. It is also a great way to remember those people who are special in your life,… Continue

Posted by Diya Kapoor on December 9, 2009 at 1:46am

Alia

Explore the Tradition and Heritage India with Majestic South India

Tourism is the largest service industry in India and world class cultural and natural heritage tourism assets also. India Tour have its own significant potential for becoming a major global tourist destination. Attraction to the tourists of the entire globe are exotic beaches in Goa, traditional forts and monuments of Rajasthan, Wildlife of North India, Hill stations, Fair and Festivals of India. One of the famous tourist destinatio… Continue

Posted by Alia on December 9, 2009 at 1:24am

Adiba Roshan Khan

Classic Golden Triangle Historical Architecture

The 7-day Classical Golden Triangle Tour of India is one of the most popular tour packages of Indian tourism industry. Delhi, Agra and Jaipur – the three anchor cities of the Golden Triangle – have some of the best historical monuments, world heritage sites and architectural masterpieces in North India that have played a pivotal role in Indian history. The hottest tourist destinations among these were built by the Mughals or bear their copious influences in architectural styles and features.

Du… Continue

Posted by Adiba Roshan Khan on December 9, 2009 at 1:06am

Rajesh Kumar

Explore the Unbelievable Charm of Goa on India Tour

Planning for a trip to India to enjoy your vacation in a delightful and memorable way? Come to Goa in India the tiny state well known for its amazing beauty of nature, pristine beaches, wildlife parks and sanctuaries, UNESCO World Heritage Site and many other tourism attractions. The state or Goa is visited by tourists from all the nook and corner of the world to enjoy vacation in a delightful way. Come to Goa once and it is sure you will love to come time and again to explore its amazing beauty… Continue

Posted by Rajesh Kumar on December 8, 2009 at 8:05am

Diya Kapoor

Wedding Theme IdeasWedding Theme Ideas

In finding the perfect theme for a wedding, the couple should discuss all aspects with each other. They have to figure out what they really want. In addition, when they do know what they want already, they can then turn to their wedding planners. These planners can then incorporate the preferences of the couple into the wedding package that they are preparing. If the couple prefers to prepare their weddi… Continue

Posted by Diya Kapoor on December 7, 2009 at 2:41am

Diya Kapoor

Wedding Videography

Wedding videography is the documentation of a wedding on video. Wedding video is also being referred to as a wedding film. Let’s remember the purpose of the wedding film; it is a reminder of a wonderful day and of the friends and relatives who joined with bride and groom in the celebration. event management company

The thing is to identify your approach, spend time getting prepared, pre-plan capturing key moments (bride coming up the aisle t… Continue

Posted by Diya Kapoor on December 4, 2009 at 5:35am

Diya Kapoor

Wedding Locations in India

A wedding is a brilliant adventure not just for the bride and the groom, but for everyone involved in the wedding. Choosing the right wedding location is one of the most important tasks that need to be considered while preparing for a wedding. The most important factor while choosing a wedding location is of course, the number of guests one expects for the wedding. Banquet halls, community centres, large grounds and parks serve as the great wedding locations or venues. People looking for fashion… Continue

Posted by Diya Kapoor on December 3, 2009 at 2:17am

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Wedding is the most auspicious moment in one’s life. To make their wedding a great celebration couples across the world come to Jaipur, the pink city of Rajasthan. wedding planner india The Pink city - Jaipur is the capital of Rajasthan. A number…
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INDIA is modernizing rapidly, sometimes too fast. You have giant malls, but grandmothers afraid to use the escalators. There are villages in the middle of nowhere, with ornate temples soaring into the hot sky. Still, old Rajasthan endures, evoking r…
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Once again, we can see the difference between the ways our government behaves vis-a-vis Chinese behaviour. Chinese would never allow any infernal foreign country to insult them. But our government is allowing it very easily. In India, Google Maps s…
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Choosing Your Wedding Music The reception is where the culmination of the wedding will be held. It is here where people will get to enjoy the celebration together with the newly married couple. For this matter, every detail of the celebration must…
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Produced by Win Rosenfeld and Zena Barakat Thanks, everyone, for being part of the Bryant Park Project. Look for us here. -- Laura Conaway

The Rundown For...Ever

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Let Me Tell You About My Good Friends

The cast of the BPP. Zena Barakat   These are just a few of the people who made the Bryant Park Project such an amazing place to work. Last night I left our office knowing that I had just one day left with everyone here, one more day to make the show that we all love so dearly. I was depressed, and I knew there was only one thing I could do -- bake. There is something about measuring, mixing, and frosting that I find incredibly soothing. My mom always baked for me when I was young, and I remember watching her take the time to paint the food coloring on the apple cut-outs on top of her pie. It was like edible proof of how much she loved us. Last night when I was carefully mixing and coloring my third batch of homemade butter cream frosting, I was just overwhelmed with feelings for this group. I leave the BPP with a final batch of baked goods, 24 ice cream cone cupcakes filled with all my love. -- Caitlin Kenney

Thanks For The Memories

Just a short post to thank everyone here for making me a part of the BPP family. Having started working for the show in June, I think I was perhaps the most recent addition to the staff, but I'm grateful that I had the time here that I did, however brief. It was much more than just a job. I read somewhere recently that the average person laughs 17 times a day (all right, a depressingly paltry amount of laughter to begin with) but I know that I met my daily quota at our morning meetings alone, and exceeded it many, many times over throughout the rest of each day here. Being at the Bryant Park Project was like being part of one big continuous postmodern vaudeville show, with routines both comic and serious, whose stage extended virtually everywhere and could include anything. Thanks for letting me in on the act. -- Paul Hechinger

Run!

This post has nothing to do with the fact that we're being run out of the building. Anthony Famiglietti. Photo Credit: New York Road Runners   One thing we didn't get the chance to air is Mike Pesca's interview with U.S. Olympic Steeplechaser Anthony Famiglietti. Fam, as he's known, is a real running hero of mine. He always seems to run with real guts; he goes as fast as he can regardless of what everybody else on the track is doing. That's what he did at the Olympic Trials in Oregon a few weeks back, and he won the race by a ridiculous margin. Here's Mike's interview: var so = new SWFObject("/player/media1/mediaplayer.swf", "mediaplayer1", "400", "20", "8", "#FFFFFF"); so.addParam("allowScriptAccess", "sameDomain"); so.addParam("allowfullscreen", "true"); so.addVariable("callback", "http://www.npr.org/player/media1/track.php?Log=1"); so.addVariable("logo", "http://media.npr.org/player/media1/npr_watermark.png"); so.addVariable("file", "http://www.npr.org/blogs/bryantpark/images/2008/07/fam.mp3"); so.write("flashcontent20080725tj"); -- Ian Chillag

E-mail This Story!

A long time ago I attempted to create a story that would make it to #1 on the NPR.org Most E-mailed List. To accomplish my goal I studied the list, and created a story that included elements commonly found on the list. Back then I peaked at #2. The #1 story got linked on Yahoo.com, and that was that. So I'm making one more attempt. Go to the story and e-mail it to everyone you know. (Keep in mind that when you enter a list of e-mail addresses separated by commas, the site only counts it as one e-mail. You have to enter one address, hit send, then go back and do the process again.) Now get e-mailing. Use this version of the story from today's show. This is our lasting legacy on NPR! -- Dan Pashman

Fruit From Our Friends

Our table is now piled with sweets -- three different kinds of cupcakes, plus donuts and a pair of cheesecakes. Now, thanks to our friends at WNYC's Takeaway, we've got healthy food, too. They sent us fruit, lovely fruit. Thanks, guys. Keep the faith. -- Laura Conaway

The Final Stage Of Grief: Acceptance

When Web editor Laura Conaway proposed doing a mashup of the five stages of grief with the "Best Song in the World Today," I immediately called dibs on stage five: acceptance. It probably wasn't my smartest move, as it turns out. I thought I was well into acceptance, and then found that in the middle of doing the segment I couldn't even talk. Apparently that's the big misconception about Elizabeth Kubler-Ross's groundbreaking research. You don't just move through the stages in order. You go back through them again and again, and you never really finish. I want to reiterate that I do have a sense of perspective and that although this is a profound loss for me -- personally and financially -- it's not all that bad in the grand scheme of things. We are all healthy people, we have the ability to work elsewhere, we will all be just fine. But to help us accept the loss of the show and the Web experience we all loved (I mean ACTUALLY LOVED -- how rare is that?) I picked the song "Smile Smile Smile" by Dan Zanes. It's about loving simple things about other people, and about how that love ripples and expands and eventually circles the world. Enjoy. -- Tricia McKinney

A Toast to the Bryant Park Project

As the BPP posse wraps up its final show, I just wanted to hijack their blog for a moment and ask all of you to raise a glass and join me in a toast. From start to finish, through thick and thin, the Bryant Park Project team has been innovative, entertaining, informative and a class act. You've created more than a show, more than a community - you've created a family, and for that I thank each and every one of you. Cheers, BPP, and thank you again - it won't be the same here without you. -- Andy Carvin

Before The Atom Split

The wonderful Revolution 21 fired over this clip from our earliest, earliest days. -- Laura Conaway
 
 

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BPPdiner: greg42 : I wonder if anyone can fix the BPP twitterfeed? Clearly it's messed up by the one QypeLondon message.

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BPPdiner: BPPdiner : greg42 : @TheArquebusier Other than that there are a couple of legit other uses of "BPP" in the world.

BPPdiner: BPPdiner : greg42 : @TheArquebusier Other than that there are a couple of legit other uses of "BPP" in the world.

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BPPdiner: greg42 : @TheArquebusier Other than that there are a couple of legit other uses of "BPP" in the world.

BPPdiner: greg42 : @TheArquebusier Other than that there are a couple of legit other uses of "BPP" in the world.

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CBC Current Podcasts

11/12/09: Pt 1 - Misleading Parliament

All three opposition parties are calling for the resignation of Defence Minister Peter MacKay over his handling of the Afghan detainee issue. We get the latest news on the issue and look at the politics behind it.

11/12/09: Pt 2 - Cold Case # 2

It's been thirteen years since Wayne Grevette was killed by a home-made bomb. And now his family is trying to solve a case that police couldn't. We have the second in our documentary series, Canadian Cold Cases.

11/12/09: Pt 3 - The Faith Instinct

A conversation with Nicholas Wade about his new book, The Faith Instinct: How Religion Evolved and Why it Endures. In it, he argues that religion is not simply a human construct and that it presents evolutionary advantages which have created a genetic predisposition in favour of faith.

10/12/09: Pt 1 - Alberta & Climate Change

We talk to Alberta's Environment Minister Rob Renner. Alberta accounts for half of the 30 per cent increase in Canada's greenhouse gas emissions since 1990. Rob Renner insists that Alberta is showing real leadership on climate change and he's taking that message to Copenhagen.

10/12/09: Pt 2 - Korea English Teachers

There are thousands of Canadians teaching English in Korea. And some of them say they are facing a growing and potentially dangerous backlash against foreigners. They blame it on a group called the Anti-English Spectrum. Among other things, the group accuses foreign teachers of spreading AIDS to children.

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