Twitter updates for 2009-08-17

http://twitpic.com/e9rt6 – BP's mascot Lionel was out walking Clifton Hill today. There was also a person with him passing out something. # I have more Twitter followers now than RSS followers. But both don't come close to the number of visitors who visit the site directly. # Saw a Niagara Parks worker walking around Queen…

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9 Wondrous Waterfalls from Around the World

From the Ethiopian Review: Mother Nature never ceases to amaze us. If, at times, we forget the awesome power she wields, all it takes to remind us is a glance at one of the earth’s most magnificent works of art: the waterfall. Monstrous in size, a fall’s power—and, most often, surreal setting—keeps visitors mesmerized year…

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See my picture of Fun House on Cambridge University Press web site

Back in April, I posted about how someone from Cambridge University Press contacted me about using a picture of Fun House that I had taken. They didn’t care that it was in Niagara Falls. They were working on an English as a Second Language (ESL) web site. Well, the site is done, and you can…

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Hotel project gets unusual tax break

From the Buffalo News: The Niagara County Industrial Development Agency granted an unusual tax break Thursday that will allow a Canadian company to avoid property taxes for five years on a Niagara Falls hotel to help it buy and rebuild the closed facility. The developer, Merani Hospitality, must meet certain levels of investment to receive…

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