ASSORTED INTERESTING EVENTS
Event: “How I Got the Story” A Discussion with 2013 Pulitzer Prize winners
When: September 23, 2013, 5:30pm
Where: National Press Club Journalism Institute, Washington D.C., Conference Rooms
Event: “How I Got the Story” A Discussion with 2013 Pulitzer Prize winners
When: September 23, 2013, 5:30pm
Where: National Press Club Journalism Institute, Washington D.C., Conference Rooms
Health Department Warns Patrons Of New Hawaii Sea Restaurant In The Bronx Of Possible Exposure To Hepatitis A From September 7th To September 19th
Five cases of hepatitis A infections have been reported in connection to this restaurant. Hepatitis A is contagious.
If you ate at New Hawaii Sea restaurant between September 7 - 19, you are at risk for hepatitis You must get a hepatitis A vaccination ASAP. Free vaccinations will be given at Herbert Lehman High School, 3000 East Tremont Avenue, Bronx
Schedule: Monday, September, 23 from 6-10 pm
Do you value social media and are curious about finding out how you can generate more interest for your business? Think about writing a blog on City Island Images.
Writing a blog can do a world of good for every business. It provides a unique opportunity to elaborate and describe in your words and in detail exactly what you do and how you service your customers.
It's also a fantastic way to share your knowledge with people and attract a following. A blog regularly and routinely updated can be a vital piece to any online marketing strategy.
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences is handing out 2013 Emmy Awards.
It may turn out to be a battle between broadcast, cable and broadband. A whole hell of a lot of them; even with some hardware handed out last week, that still leaves a sizable number of statuettes and a whole lot of usual suspects fighting for them.
Rather than preview all of them, we can safely say that broadband is the new gorilla in the room.
It has finally arrived... The colorful Fall season, aka Autumn is associated with Halloween, then Thanksgiving and was influenced by Samhain, a Celtic autumn festival. It's widespread marketing campaign promoted in the US. Online, television, film, book, costume, home decoration, and confectionery industries use this season to promote products closely associated with such a holiday, with promotions going from early September to November, since their themes rapidly lose strength once the holiday ends, and advertising starts concentrating on Christmas.
Autumn also has a strong association with American football, as the regular season begins during September and ends with playoff competition in December or January, in the winter season. Canadian football, on the other hand, begins in the summer, but extends its season through the autumn season and into November. A popular activity for high schools in the US is attending Friday night football games in Autumn, while Sunday afternoons are reserved for the professional game, particularly the National Football League, and Saturdays are traditionally used for college football. The sport is generally geared around fall weather and playing in cold elements.
This Week in History, Sep 22 - Sep 28
Sep 22, 1862
Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation. On this day in 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issues a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, which sets a date for the freedom of more than 3 million black slaves in the United States and recasts the Civil War as a fight against slavery.
When the Civil War broke out in 1861, shortly after Lincoln's inauguration as America's 16th president, he maintained that the war was about restoring the Union and not about slavery. He avoided issuing an anti-slavery proclamation immediately, despite the urgings of abolitionists and radical Republicans, as well as his personal belief that slavery was morally repugnant. Instead, Lincoln chose to move cautiously until he could gain wide support from the public for such a measure.
Sep 23, 1875
Billy the Kid arrested for the very first time. On this day in 1875, Billy the Kid is arrested for the first time after stealing a basket of laundry. He later broke out of jail and roamed the American West, eventually earning a reputation as an outlaw and murderer and a rap sheet that allegedly included 21 murders. The exact details of Billy the Kid's birth are unknown, other than his name, William Henry McCarty. He was probably born sometime between 1859 and 1861, in Indiana or New York. As a child, he had no relationship with his father and moved around with his family, living in Indiana, Kansas, Colorado and Silver City, New Mexico. His mother died in 1874 and Billy the Kid—who went by a variety of names throughout his life, including Kid Antrim and William Bonney—turned to crime soon afterward.
Sep 24, 1789
The First Supreme Court. The Judiciary Act of 1789 is passed by Congress and signed by President George Washington, establishing the Supreme Court of the United States as a tribunal made up of six justices who were to serve on the court until death or retirement. That day, President Washington nominated John Jay to preside as chief justice, and John Rutledge, William Cushing, John Blair, Robert Harrison, and James Wilson to be associate justices. On September 26, all six appointments were confirmed by the U.S. Senate. The U.S. Supreme Court was established by Article 3 of the U.S. Constitution. The Constitution granted the Supreme Court ultimate jurisdiction over all laws, especially those in which their constitutionality was at issue. The high court was also designated to oversee cases concerning treaties of the United States, foreign diplomats, admiralty practice, and maritime jurisdiction. On February 1, 1790, the first session of the U.S. Supreme Court was held in New York City's Royal Exchange Building.
Sep 25, 1957
Central High School integrated. Under escort from the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division, nine black students enter all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. Three weeks earlier, Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus had surrounded the school with National Guard troops to prevent its federal court-ordered racial integration. After a tense standoff, President Dwight D. Eisenhower federalized the Arkansas National Guard and sent 1,000 army paratroopers to Little Rock to enforce the court order. On May 17, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka that racial segregation in educational facilities was unconstitutional. Five days later, the Little Rock School Board issued a statement saying it would comply with the decision when the Supreme Court outlined the method and time frame in which desegregation should be implemented.
Sep 26, 1960
First Kennedy-Nixon debate. For the first time in U.S. history, a debate between major party presidential candidates is shown on television. The presidential hopefuls, John F. Kennedy, a Democratic senator of Massachusetts, and Richard M. Nixon, the vice president of the United States, met in a Chicago studio to discuss U.S. domestic matters. Kennedy emerged the apparent winner from this first of four televised debates, partly owing to his greater ease before the camera than Nixon, who, unlike Kennedy, seemed nervous and declined to wear makeup. Nixon fared better in the second and third debates, and on October 21 the candidates met to discuss foreign affairs in their fourth and final debate. Less than three weeks later, on November 8, Kennedy won 49.7 percent of the popular vote in one of the closest presidential elections in U.S. history, surpassing by a fraction the 49.6 percent received by his Republican opponent.
Terrorists responsible for a mall bloodbath have killed 59 and injured over 175 individuals in a cowardly act.. Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta says he lost family members in an attack inside a crowded shopping center. He says hundreds of additional people were evacuated from the mall.
He said security forces were responding to the attack, calling it a delicate operation says a top priority is to safeguard the lives of those still being held hostage.
Classes held on Tuesday Oct. 1st 7-9pm; Saturday Oct. 5th 9am-noon; Tuesday Oct. 8th 7-9pm; Saturday Oct. 12th 9am-noon. As the City Island Sail & Power Squadron offers a four session boating safety course.
All classes held at the City Island Yacht Club, 63 Pilot St, City Island, NY.
The course costs $45; contact Jim Duffy 718-863-3855; Please call before 10 pm.
For additional information: Franz C. Alvarez
CI Sail & Power Squadron Education Officer
914-715-1161
The thousands of motorists, pedestrians and those riding bikes, who regularly cross the City Island Bridge are treated to a postcard-perfect view of paradise in NYC. The bridge itself, however, is about as ugly as it gets when you go under it and look at its underbelly. Those underpinnings have thinned since the structure was built and the span is visible with rust and crumbling concrete.
NYC DOT officials were so worried about a catastrophic failure that over the years, they've performed regular maintenance in an effort to prevent portions of this old bridge from falling into the water.
Treatment of low back pain has undergone a recent sea change. Experts now appreciate the central role of exercise to build muscles that support the back.
Bed rest, once a key part of treating back pain, has a limited role in healing sore backs. In very small doses, bed rest can give you a break when standing or sitting causes severe pain. Too much may make back pain worse. Here is how to do bed rest “right.”
To get the most from staying in bed, limit the time you are lying down to a few hours at a time, and for no longer than a day or two. You can rest on a bed or sofa, in any comfortable position. To ease the strain on your back, try putting pillows under your head and between your knees when lying on your side, under your knees when lying on your back, or under your hips when lying on your stomach. These positions reduce forces that sitting or standing impose on the back — especially on the disks, ligaments, and muscles.
An extended period of bed rest isn’t helpful for moderate back strain at any stage of therapy. While your back may feel a little better in the short term, too much time in bed can trigger other problems. Muscles lose conditioning and tone, you may develop digestive issues such as constipation, and there is some risk of developing blood clots in the veins of your pelvis and legs. And being on prolonged bed rest does nothing for your mental health and sense of well-being. Depression, as well as an increased sense of physical weakness and malaise, is common among people confined to bed.