The Bronx Artist Documentary Project

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The book is available for purchase. City Islanders Mary Colby, Reina Mia Brill, Marguerite Chadwick-Juner and Ron Terner are all represented in this amazing book. Focal Point Gallery has your copy. See some of our great local artists who live and work in The Bronx.

Artistic Energy: The Bronx
A film by Matt Heckerling & Paul Lingas produced by Yes The Bronx
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLu2BROLPxg
(This is a 2-minute trailer for the Bronx Artist Documentary Project film)

In May 2014, Charlie Vasquez, director of the Bronx Writers Center, put out an invitation to Bronx

NYC Meltdown?

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A major radiation release in the area would be catastrophic to the entire NYC Tri-state region.

This is why public safety officials recently conducted preparedness exercises at the Indian Point Energy Center. During their exercises, people near the site saw simulated attack scenarios that were intended to be as realistic as possible.

Latinos 50, New American Vanguard

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Given Corporate America's ongoing obsession with the Youth and Millennials, this has been an appealing selling point that many have used to gain the commitment of marketers and secure marketing budgets. While true, the tide has officially turned and the 50+ segment of the Hispanic market gained some much-deserved attention at two concurrent, high profile industry forums.

The presentation highlighted several demographic updates and provided compelling insights to demonstrate why marketers should care about Hispanics 50+. These included:

Stepping Stones Outlook

The recently completed third quarter reminded us that financial markets entail risk even as the
Federal Reserve continues to pursue its extraordinary monetary policies adopted during the
financial crisis seven years ago. The third 10% stock market correction since the bull market
emerged in 2009 came after a record stretch of time without one. However, the volatility was
minor compared to the Black Monday crash of October 19, 1987 which convinced President
Reagan to establish the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets. Comprised of the

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AUTUM BREEZES

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Autumn is in full swing, with Fall leaves turning various shades of color in areas offering spectacular views.

The majority of leaves in some areas are beginning to hit peak color. For the rest of the US summer green colors are starting to change to deeper, richer colors.

Brat: El Niño

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Winter has not even started and the East coast of US is expecting this season’s first big cold snap will dive in this weekend, bringing sub-freezing overnight lows, lake effect snow and an increased chance of waterspouts by Sunday, with temperatures running a chilly 20 degrees below average in parts of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast.

NOAA released its long-range temperature and precipitation outlook for this winter and we’re on track for a strange season.

WEB vs INTERNET

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The Internet is a Network of Networks. Its the infrastructure that connects networks across the world, including the hardware computers, servers, cables and the software.

When you use an app on your phone, send an instant message, transfer a file directly from one computer to another via file transfer protocol (FTP) or simply send an email, you are using the Internet but not necessarily the Web.

Tipping Ban?

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Danny Meyer may be on to something fair, just and equitable. He is eliminating the tipping pain for all of US.

This mathematics and popularity ritual is apparently discomforting to more than just the customer. Did you know that the chef, who is cooking your meal in the hot kitchen is not benefiting from the gratuity you leave on the table.

CITY IMAGES visited one of the world's most famous cooking schools and spoke with students, who are $40K in tuition debt, or more before earning their degree, just to slave inside a kitchen for low wages to please our pallet.

ITS DUE OR DIE

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The brilliant performance by ace Clayton Kershaw in Game 4 of the National League Division Series forced LA Dodgers and MY Mets to play today in a winner-take-all Game 5 in California.

The Dodgers other firenall, Zack Greinke, will take on Mets Jack or all trades. Jacob deGrom in what promises to be a hard-fought battle from the pitchers' mound.

The match-up of these MLB professional teams representing the nation's two largest media markets promises to draw plenty of attention despite the relative lack of past playoffs between these two major league baseball clubs, but thanks to previous drama of the first four games, which included the controversial Chase Utley's slide that broke Ruben Tejada's leg, this clash of the titans has become the postseason's most compelling sports rivalry.

The winner will go on to face the Chicago Cubs, an American team, which is hungry because it has been fighting to make it to its first World Series since 1945.

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