I think I've connected the movement to environmental issues in many of my posts, but for any who are not obviously aware of the connection, I thought I'd write up this piece on the connections (well, some of them) between the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement and the environment.

She checks herself with a laugh. 'So this is how you keep yourself amused writing something for 10 years. But I would be bored stiff with writing if it was, OK, I'm just going to turn the same old somersault one more time.'

Another witness told the BBC visibility was very poor but drivers were approaching the crossing with no lights.

The world premiere of Plastic People of the Universe, a new work by choreographer Lynn Neuman will be performed by the this Saturday, January 22 at the , 85 South Oxford Street, Brooklyn, NY. Tix $20-25. 7:30pm

After dropping out of school Wu started a string of beauty parlors, a business which soon expanded into spas, hotels and property. Very soon she was on the rich lists and was hailed as a model for aspiring business people from small time Chinese cities.