Robert Hammond: Building a park in the sky
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Uploaded by TEDtalksDirector on Jul 1, 2011
http://www.ted.com New York was planning to tear down the High Line, an abandoned elevated railroad in Manhattan, when Robert Hammond and a few friends suggested: Why not make it a park? He shares how it happened in this tale of local cultural activism.
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Homosexual activists understand the power of words.
Please visit my channel to watch a one-minute video clip in which popular atheist author Richard Dawkins admits that homosexual activists "hijacked the word 'gay'".
The word "homosexual" is more appropriate and accurate because it, unlike the word "gay", actually describes the behavior/attraction/relationsh
ip being discussed. The word "gay" helps homosexual activists push their agenda.
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So you see, imagination needs moodling - long, inefficient, happy idling, dawdling and puttering.
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@CustardGanet straight form sickipedia, nice
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Hope it works better than their 'Airport in a skyscraper' idea.
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is it just me or is Robert Hammond hot?
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Let's just hope the guy won't get shot on a boat.
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hey, my name's Robert Hammond too!
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prettyawe
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ffs TED, whe nwill you learn to keep that intro/outro noise to less than 500% of the decibles of the speach
manonthemount 7 months ago 16
Anybody else feel this park officially puts us in the 21st Century?
Dimefan91 8 months ago 13