A movie everyone should see: "Harvest of Empire," based on the book by Juan Gonzalez, looks at how U.S. economic and military interests in the southern hemisphere forced "an unprecedented wave of migration that is transforming our nation’s cultural and economic landscape." www.harvestofempiremovie.com
NYC Council Member James Vacca, Chair of the Transportation Committee, today held a hearing to discuss a package of legislation designed to strengthen enforcement, enhance education, and improve safety among the city’s commercial cycling sector. The bills, which have the support of a diverse coalition of advocacy groups, are intended to address problems in the commercial cycling industry from two sides of the same coin.
A timely and decisive response is vital in the face of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity, top United Nations officials have stressed, highlighting the need to act when a State fails to protect its own people.
“This is the ultimate test of the responsibility to protect,” Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in his remarks to an informal interactive dialogue of the General Assembly on the principle agreed at a summit of world leaders in 2005.
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BILL CLINTON CHAMPIONS OBAMA. Democrat Convention Spotlight.
Former president Clinton got the crowds excited as he nominated a man who is cool on the outside but who burns for America on the inside. Meanwhile, God and Jerusalem are reinstated, after Obama intervenes to order these changes.
COURT APPROVES ARIZONA POLICY. 'SHOW ME YOUR PAPERS'.
This follows a similar U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the immigration law, and it's expected to go into effect soon.
BUBONIC PLAGUE PREVENTION. Stay Healthy and Safe.
"I always tried to take elements from North American jazz to give a richer quality to Afro-Cuban music. I felt that if I had just played pure jazz, I would have never been able to sound like Art Tatum, Bud Powell, or Hank Jones. So instead I took elements from these artists and tried to harmonically use jazz phrasing with Cuban rhythms as a way to enrich Cuban music. That's what I still do today. I have a tremendous respect for the genre of jazz."
POOR ECONOMIC NEWS. Bad Timing for Obama/Democrats.
Disappointing figures on US manufacturing growth make it highly unlikely that the jobless rate will fall before November’s presidential election. Meanwhile Democrats seek to reinforce coalition by juggling the demands of a diverse group contains dangers for Barack Obama, as policies tailored for members may chip away at support elsewhere
EYES ON EUROPEAN UNION ACTIONS. Draghi Bond + More.
A high school, in the suburb of Dallas, Texas, has taken the popular saying, “Everything’s Bigger in Texas”, to a whole new level. Allen High School recently spent $60 million dollars on a brand new football stadium for its high school team.
As if a new 18,000 seat capacity is not enough, the stadium features a 75 x 45 foot HD video scoreboard, as well as a weight room and sunken-bowl design. The stadium matches up to several college stadiums, yet falls to two Texas high school stadiums as 3rd largest football stadium in the state.
The Brooklyn Nets are currently building a $1 billion stadium named the Barclays Center. The Barclays Center is set to open this fall. The Brooklyn Nets will be the first major league team to call this New York City borough home since the late Brooklyn Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley moved the team to Los Angeles after the 1957 season.
As heavy fighting continues throughout Syria, the United Nations refugee agency today reported that the number of those fleeing to neighboring countries rose to over 100,000 in August – the highest monthly total to date.
According to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), 103,416 people sought asylum in countries neighboring Syria in that month, bringing the total number of Syrian refugees registered or awaiting registration as of 2 September to 235,368 – mainly in Lebanon, Turkey, Jordan and Iraq.