CITY IMAGES wishes all of you health, happiness & success in the New Year of the Monkey" - Lunar New Year.
Asians who embrace their roots and culture are forming their own relationship with the Lunar New Year, a holiday that’s in the midst of becoming an Asian American festival. They puzzle through the holiday’s exacting customs as a celebration of ethnic pride rather than out of adherence to superstitions about luck.
A 6.4 quake struck The Republic of China, known as Taiwan, killing 11 and toppling two high-rise residential buildings. Crews of rescuers have pulled out more than 200 people and more are still believed to be trapped inside.
11 Dead, Hundreds Rescued as Strong Quake Rattles Taiwan - ABC News - http://abcn.ws/20yHaBX via @ABC
Taiwan quake kills at least 11, fells apartment block http://reut.rs/23O7TJI via @Reuters
FDNY confirms one person is dead and others have been seriously injured following a crane collapse in lower Manhattan. There are now reports of a possible gas leak.
BREAKING: One killed, two seriously injured after crane falls on cars in TriBeCa http://via.pix11.com/170qP via @pix11news
One dead in downtown NYC crane collapse http://cnb.cx/1VUy23H
Fatal crane collapse in Manhattan http://nyp.st/1R9vGyO via @nypost
At least 1 dead, 2 injured in massive crane collapse in NYC http://usat.ly/1X86c5i via @usatoday
Violent incidents, including series of random slashing has many c0ommuters on edge. Recent victims include cops shot, a grandmother slashed on the subway, a man stabbed in broad daylight in the East Village... etc.
In the coming weeks, New Yorkers are seeing extra uniformed officers at subway stations and strategic locations across the city.
De Blasio makes speech as 2 cops are shot nearby in Bronx http://nydn.us/23MzpaE
Woman Stabbed With 'Needle' On New York Subway http://news.sky.com/story/1636657/woman-stabbed-with-needle-on-new-york…
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange would have allowed British police to arrest him if a United Nations panel ruled against him in connection with a case about his more than three years of detention in London.
Julian Paul Assange is an Australian computer programmer, publisher and journalist. The editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks, is the organisation he founded in 2006.
Winner Ted Cruz is continually being attacked by sore loser Donald Trump. Their so called b-romance is quickly evolving into a brawl and its about to intensify. What neither one of these knuckleheads realize is that it's Marco Rubio, who may be the one declaring victory.
We also wonder how The Donald will react if he realizes that he was trumped by Latinos?
Why Marco Rubio Was the Real Winner in Iowa | RealClearPolitics http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2016/02/03/why_marco_rubio_was_the_rea…
A simple set of questions are defined by Kipling in his immortal poem:
I have six faithful serving men
They taught me all I knew
Their names are What and Where and When
And Why and How and Who
They are also known by the less prosaic '5W1H' and are useful for general questioning and probing. Here are some question 'starters for ten'...
What
What, specifically,...?
What next?
What else?
Where
Where else?
Where are you?
Where, exactly...?
When
When, exactly, will you...?
When will it start/end?
When will I know?
Why
Why does that happen?
Why not?
A massive human tragedy in Falluhaj as refugeses die of starvation in the Islamic State-occupied city after Iraqi forces continue to blockade the city underlining the costs of trying to weaken extremist strongholds.
Trapped by the Islamic State, Iraqis in Fallujah say they are going hungry, too http://wpo.st/XEc81
Iraq: besieged Fallujah residents running out of food and medicine | Al Bawaba http://www.albawaba.com//news/iraq-besieged-fallujah-residents-running-…
And then there were three. Forget the monkey, there are few “Great Grandfather Turtles,” making rare public appearances.
Its dark gray-brown headed 4-foot-long (1.2-meter-long) beast, seemingly struggling to breathe.
The stately Cu Rua (pronounced “koo zu-ah”), which was estimated to be more than a hundred years old, has become a distinguished citizen.
Between the 1970s and 1990s, hunting devastated populations throughout China’s Yangtze River and Vietnam’s Red River valleys. Urban development has also damaged the species.
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