Hydraulic Fracturing or FRACKING?

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The energy industry wants you to know that they are responsible operations and that natural gas is found throughout the world in underground formations, such as sandstone, carbonates, coal and shale. Gaining access to this gas involves drilling vertical, horizontal or multi-lateral wells to the target formation.

Various completion techniques, such as hydraulic fracturing, are then used to create an effective connection between the well and the targeted hydrocarbon-containing formation, thereby providing a pathway for the gas to be produced.

Pretty People Do Better in Job Market

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We've all participated in embarrassing and humbling actions to land that next position. Website: www.BeautifulPeople.com is for gorgeous people only!

It has launched an additional service for employers looking to hire an extremely attractive someone with all the right assets.

Some folk say it's a brutally honest approach to finding stunning employees, but there has to be more to job hunting than just good looks?

NYC MOST COMPETITIVE ON EARTH

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A new study commissioned by CityGroup indicates that New York City takes the top overall spot in the rankings as the most competitive city on earth.

That study was carried out by the Economist Intelligence Unit for Citigroup, which took a holistic approach to determining what makes these cities competitive.

The USA dominated the list by taking six of the top 20 spots, including New York in top spot far more than any other country.

No. 1 is NYC. London ranked second, Singapore was third, while Chicago was ninth on the most-competitive.

Are You Ready For Summer?

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We are all looking forward to a sunny, serene summer. But we should also be prepared and ready for storms and heat waves.

Here's what we're suggesting and what you can do to be prepared in NYC.

Con Ed is bracing for storms by reinforcing and flood-proofing critical equipment, installing new smart switches, and redesigning networks. The work will reduce outages and allow us to restore service more quickly.

If you lose power, or have partial, dim, or flickering lights, contact us right away

at 1-800-75-CONED (1-800-752-6633) or online:

CYCLONE ANDREA

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Post-Tropical Cyclone Andrea will continue to accelerate northeastward along the Northeast Coast through Saturday.

However, heavy rainfall will be the main impact. Some creeks and small rivers may rise out of their banks in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast.

Numerous Flood Warnings are still in effect.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/#ANDREA

ANDREA WINDS & RAIN

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The first officially named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season is a cyclone and it has a wide reach. It has drenched the southeastern U.S. moving swiftly up the East Coast and bringing the threat of weekend flooding as far north as New England.

Andrea made its way up the US East Coast, dumping rains from North and South Carolina to as far north as New England. The storm is delaying hundreds of flights. Andrea shed its tropical characteristics but still remained a threatening storm with heavy rain and high winds.

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

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FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR IN AN AUTOMOBILE. TURN AROUND DON`T DROWN!

MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. TURN
AROUND...DON`T DROWN! NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A

About Mannahatta and Terra Nova

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Longtime City Island resident, Dr. Eric Sanderson, PhD offered a lecture on past present and future Manhattan at Bartow-Pell Mansion's Spring Luncheon this afternoon.

Sanderson referred as far back as 9/12/1609, when this area was known on a map as zone 221 - Central Appalachian Broad Leaf Forest, which was then considered grassland and sparsely inhabited by 1000 different plant species, along with Lenape Indians, who were also known as Delaware People.

JOB INTERVIEW BALANCES

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Confidence with Teach-ability. Research from a variety of employment sources reveal that the majority of young employees believe their boss can learn a lot from them. While this may be true that more experienced interviewers do have a lot to learn from young employees, an interviewee who appears arrogant may repel a baby boomer. We suggest communicating your strong value, but without leaving the employer with the feeling you believe you know everything.

Arsenio Rodríguez Way

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Latin music legends, also known as Salsa Royalty appeared in the Bronx to pay tribute to El Ciego Maravilloso, while a significant portion of Dawson Street was finally renamed in honor of Cuban salsa singer Arsenio Rodríguez.

The music maestro, who was was known “the Blind Marvel,” Rodríguez was one of the founders of the conjunto style of Cuban music, which mixes conga drums, keyboards and horns.

Rodríguez was born in 1911, moved to the Bronx in the 1950s and became a staple in nightspots including the Tropicana and Hunts Point Palace. He died in 1970.

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