Two years after an earthquake flattened Haiti, the country’s children are slowly experiencing improvements in their living standards despite continuing challenges, a United Nations report announced today.
According to the study, there has been healing and progress for children in the areas of education, health, nutrition and child protection.
Tomorrow, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. will join Deputy Borough President Aurelia Greene, the Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation (BOEDC), NYSERDA, and environmental group Sustainable South Bronx will launch the Green Jobs/Green New York Bronx Outreach Program (GJ/GNY-Bronx).
The goal of the GJGNY-BX Program is to reduce energy usage in Bronx buildings and lower energy costs for Bronx home and building owners.
NYC Subway strap-hangers on Lexington Avenue subway lines, which is the busiest in North America, may be forced to make alternate travel arrangements for the next four nights starting today as the MTA suts down it's service for repairs.
Stations along the 4, 5 and 6 subway lines all the way from 42nd Street in Manhattan to Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn will shut from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. According to transit officials, their workers will inspect, repair and clean tracks, signal systems along with the roadbed.
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2012 POLITICS. Campaign Heat.
Winter History & Music
10 musical and historical presentations, Wednesdays at 1 PM. About one hour.
January – March 2012
St. Paul’s Church National Historic Site
897 So. Columbus Avenue Mt. Vernon, NY
914-667-4116
www.nps.gov/sapa
Wed., Jan. 11, Presenting the public career and life of Alexander Hamilton
Wed., Jan. 18, Mark Morganelli, flugelhorn, Brazilian jazz selections
Wed., Jan. 25, The Great War for Empire: The French and Indian War
Wed., Feb. 1, Sly Blue Band, traditional jazz and swing selections
Geek week started in Las Vegas today, the time for all electronics makers except Apple, which is the only brand that doesn’t take part in this annual gadget show.
This year the “ultrabook” is the new tablet and the “Smart” TV is the new 3D. Windows is hoping it will be the newAndroid.
This is the last year Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will deliver as the keynote, and it’s a crucial one for the software giant to find traction with its Windows and its Nokia partnership. The popularity of this show appears to be dwindling.
If the Earth were flat, we could find the distance between any two points using the Pythagorean theorem. It would just be the square root of (latitude1 - latitude2)^2 + (longitude1 - longitude2)^2. However, since the Earth is not flat, a more complex formula is needed. If the two points are close to each other, the above formula will be very close to correct, but if they are distant, it will not.
This very creative guy decides to travel all over the world and shoots one second of video footage in each and every location he has visited, then edits this brilliant video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wCSpZHYQ7XU
The previous few days, along with the couple of days could very well be described by some as unseasonably warm and unusual weather here in the normally cold northeastern states.
In some regions of USA, 'Indian summer' is used to describe the hottest times of the year, or as the dog days, in reference to the position of Sirius, the 'Dog Star' and brightest star in the sky other than the sun.
This Week in History, Jan 8 - Jan 14
Jan 08, 1877
Crazy Horse fights last battle. Crazy Horse and his warriors--outnumbered, low on ammunition and forced to use outdated weapons to defend themselves--fight their final losing battle against the U.S. Cavalry in Montana.
Jan 09, 1493