Headlines 1/13/12
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US DRAWS LINE WITH IRAN. Over Strait of Hormuz.
GOP POLITICAL PRIMARIES. Campaign Heats Up.
NORWAY JUDGES. More Psychological Tests.
JAPAN. Six Years=Eight Prime Ministers?
FRIDAY THE 13. Be Very Careful.
STUDENTS ONLY
Don't miss next week's On-Location seminar at Hayden 5 Media! If you would like to attend, e-mail info@cencom.org with your name, school and year (freshman, sophomore, junior or senior).
On-Location: Hayden 5 Media
Wednesday, January 18
3:30 pm
Students Only
The founders of this bustling multi-media enterprise, Milos Silber and Todd Wiseman, first met during freshman year in film school. After graduation, they decided fate had created an ideal partnership and named their media start-up Hayden 5 Media after their dorm at NYU.
THE PICTURE HOUSE
Director - Woody Allen (95min, USA, 1999) - Rated PG-13
In association with Producer Darren Wallis
Film begins at 6:30pm and will be followed by a short on-stage conversation about the making of the soundtrack and working with Sean Penn. The conversation will be followed by the live concert.
"Emmet Ray is a fictional character, but so convincing in Woody Allen's Sweet and Lowdown that he seems like a real chapter of jazz history we somehow overlooked." - Roger Ebert, At The Movies
Putnam Trail: NYC Public Design
The NYC Public Design Commission recommended a STONE DUST surface for the Putnam Trail in May 2010. The Van Cortlandt Park Administrator Margot Perron said that, “strong support for the paved (asphalt) surface by community bike riders was sufficient in judgment of DPR” to overturn the qualified recommendation of the NYC Public Design Commission. Is this really how decisions are made now? Who are these “community bike riders” who make the decisions for the entire community regarding how $2.5 million in taxpayers funds are spent?
NYC Councilman Vacca On The Move...
On Friday, January 27, Vacca will sponsor a no-cost mammography van in front of his District Office at 3040 E. Tremont Avenue from 9 AM to 4 PM. Local women who are age 40 and over who have not had a mammogram in the past 12 months should call 1-877-628-9090 to make an appointment. The visit is co-sponsored by the American Italian Cancer Foundation, with medical services provided by Multi-Diagnostic Services. Early detection of breast cancer can save lives. Appointments will be made on a first-come, first-served basis.
Kingsbridge Armory Proposals?
If you watched NY1’s “Inside City Hall,” you may have seen Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and Deputy Mayor Howard Wolfson discussing the new RFP for the Kingsbridge Armory.
Video can be seen at the link below.
http://www.ny1.com/content/news_beats/inside_city_hall/154039/ny1-onlin…
Robert Branizza Hospitalized
City Islander and decorated military veteran, Bob Branizza continues to undergo a series of tests at Jacobi Hospital after hurting himself over the weekend.
According to his son Robert Jr, Mr. Branizza was taking down laundry on Saturday evening, when he injured himself and started bleeding. He was rushed to Jacobi, where doctors are keeping him for observation to make sure there is no concussion, or internal bleeding.
Mr. Branizza is not accepting visitors. Anyone who is interested in obtaining additional information on his condition my wish to contact the administrator on call at;
HEALTH ISSUES IN HAITI
Dramatic improvements in water and sanitation services are needed to eliminate cholera in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, health experts who took part in a United Nations-organized briefing to outline concrete steps to stem the spread of the disease in the region said today.
Headlines 1/12/12
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WINTER STORM BLAST.Heavy Winds & Rain.
PRISON RELEASES. Mississippi Governor.
ARMY DESECRATION. US Investigates.
GOP CANDIDATES. Who's On Top?
HAITI QUAKE. 2 Years Later.
Picture The Homeless - Banking on Vacancy
Frustrated by a landscape of vacant buildings and the seemingly endless cycle of horrible living conditions, rising rents that subsidies and vouchers didn't cover, and the shelter system, our members have been fighting to make the city convert vacant property into housing that poor folks can afford.
Several years and legislative battles later, activists have completed a historic city-wide vacant property count and they're releasing the report on Thursday, January 26th.
The full invitation/ information is below- please RSVP to adrian@picturethehomeless.org