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Don’t Miss Out on West End Theatres during the Olympics

By Guest PostAugust 21, 2012Holidays 'n Travelsbroadway theatre, city, construction, london, lyceum theatre, new york, olympics, theatreland, tickets, top performance, victorian style, west end theatre

While visiting London, it is essential to take in several different locations during the visit. There are some rather iconic locations around the city, one of which is the West End Theatre. If you are visiting during the Olympics you can spend some time to check out the facility and possibly even a show, so you might as well purchase theatre tickets at the world famous Lyceum Theatre. This is an excellent opportunity to take in a locally produced show, one of which takes place at this incredible facility. (more…)

Joint Palestinian-American Dig Near Jericho Yields Clues About Early Islamic Culture

By Guest PostOctober 26, 2011Cultureamericans and palestinians, archaeologists, artifacts, bananas and lush vegetation, Bible, byzantine empire, caliph, christian and islamic communities, citrus fruits, city, culture, donald whitcomb, early islamic site, forbidden in islam, gil stein, hamdan taha, hisham palace, iconic site, ipads, islam, islamic civilization, jericho, joint palestinian american project, joshua, khirbet al mafjar, mafjar project, michael jennings, middle east, nephew, north of jericho, palestinian, palestinian director of antiquities, qasr hisham, rome, rule of caliph hisham, spatial relationship, sub tropical environment of palms, Technology, the tree of life, walid

As the Byzantine Empire was in decline, Islam began to dominate the Middle East, with a remarkable culture that showed a command of technology and an appreciation of art and decoration, research by archaeologists shows.

In order to study Islamic civilization in its earliest days, Donald Whitcomb, who directs the Islamic Archaeology project at the Oriental Institute, is undertaking a project with Palestinian colleagues to further excavate an early Islamic site north of Jericho that contains a palace, a bathhouse and what was probably a settlement to the north. (more…)

IBM Selected to Manage First Phase of New York City’s Data Center Consolidation and Modernization Program

By Guest PostJanuary 31, 20111 commentTechnologybridget van kralingen, citiserv, city, cloud computing, data center, Environment, ibm, modernization program, municipal cloud environments, new york, new yorkers, technology platform, technology solutions

*Project to Streamline IT Infrastructure to Improve Service Delivery, Reduce Energy Consumption and Strengthen Security*

NEW YORK, N.Y. – 31 Jan 2011: IBM today announced that it has been selected by the City of New York to build a more efficient, smarter technology platform for CITIServ, the City’s IT infrastructure modernization program. The goal of the project is to streamline delivery of City services by consolidating and updating outdated and incompatible IT, thereby reducing energy consumption, strengthening security, and providing City workers with faster access to the latest technologies. (more…)

IBM Helps Corpus Christi Build a Smarter City

By Guest PostDecember 13, 2010Technologyairport, citizens, city, corpus christi, fire hydrants, geographic information system, gis, gulf of mexico, guru banavar, ibm, steve klepper, sustainability, texas, traffic engineering, traffic signals, wifi system

*Data analytics provides the city with actionable intelligence*

ARMONK, N.Y. – 13 Dec 2010: IBM today announced that it is working with the city of Corpus Christi, Texas to continuously improve efficiency and sustainability for the city’s more than 280,000 residents.

The city of Corpus Christi is applying IBM software to measure, monitor and improve the way it manages city water, roads, airport, parks, and utilities. With greater intelligence across its departments, the city can more quickly evaluate and respond to issues, anticipate and prevent problems, and improve the quality of life for its citizens. (more…)

Picture Perfect: Windows Live Photo Gallery and Foursquare

By Guest PostOctober 30, 2010Technologybest photo spots, city, foursquare, fourth and mission streets, Microsoft, mobile application, new york city, san francisco, seattle, windows live photo gallery, yerba buena gardens

*Announcing a new Windows Live Photo Gallery experience on foursquare that helps users discover some of the best photo spots in their city.*

About the image: Yerba Buena Gardens. Located at Fourth and Mission Streets in San Francisco, Yerba Buena Gardens features public art and five acres of gardens. Image credit: Microsoft (more…)

Berkeley Lab Creates New Energy Model for Chinese Cities

By Guest PostOctober 4, 2010Environmentair-conditioning, China, china energy group, chinese cities, city, david fridley, energy consumption, eric masanet, julie chao, lawrence berkeley national laboratory, low-carbon city, suzhou, united states, urban-ram, urbanization

To tally the energy consumption of a city, the usual method is to add up all the energy used by residents—when they drive their car or turn on the air-conditioning—plus all the energy consumed by commercial buildings and industries in their day-to-day operations. But how should one account for the energy that went into building the office park where people work or paving the roads that people drive? And what about the energy required to make the clothes they are wearing? (more…)

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