A study linking red meat and mortality lit up the media in more ways than one. Hundreds of media outlets carried reports about the study. Headline writers had a field day, with entries like “Red meat death study,” “Will red meat kill you?” and “Singing the blues about red meat.”
“There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is a miracle.”
— Albert Einstein
“When I am, as it were, completely myself, entirely alone, and of good cheer - say traveling in a carriage, or walking after a good meal, or during the night when I cannot sleep - it is on such occasions that my ideas flow best, and most abundantly. Whence and how they come, I know not, nor can I force them.”
— Mozart
“The weakness of men is the façade of strength; the strength of women is the façade of weakness.”
— Warren Farrell
Exhibition Talk: Mark Morrison
The History and Evolution of Garden Tools
Tuesday, April 17Mark Morrison
7:30 p.m.
Join us for an exhibition talk by landscape architect Mark Morrison, whose collection is now on view at BPMM. In a dynamic presentation on the History and Evolution of Garden Tools, Mark discusses the transition from custom-made to mass-produced, and the impact this has had on our environment.
Volunteer Garden
Clean-Up Day
Saturday, April 28
10 a.m.-1 p.m.
Help keep the garden and grounds at BPMM looking beautiful.
Exhibition Talk
April 18th 2012 @ Wednesday 7:30pm
THE EAST BRONX HISTORY FORUM PRESENTS:
Joe Tassiello, MTA Superintendent For a behind-the-scenes look at the New York City Transit System
Enjoy a behind-the-scenes look at the New York City Transit.
The Huntington Free Library at 9 Westchester Square.
This library is adjacent to the Apple Bank for Savings, south of Benson St. and across the street from Owen Dolen Park.
Call the EBHF Secretary, Tom Casey at 718 -549-8346 to obtain further directions or to confirm that there are no cancellations in the event of inclement weather.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today reiterated his demand that the Syrian Government immediately cease all military actions against civilians, amid a growing refugee flow into neighboring countries and fatal cross-border fire that has resulted in deaths and injuries.
“The Secretary-General strongly deplores today’s fatal cross-border shootings from Syria into Turkey, as well as into Lebanon,” his spokesperson said in a statement.
Mr. Ban spoke today with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, who conveyed his authorities’ utmost concern over the recent developments.
With gas prices always climbing, it’s important to protect your valuables and that means the gasoline stored inside your car's gas tank.
The average price of gas in the US is currently around $4 per gallon and therefore fuel theft has increased. Thieves are becoming creative and deviant.
- According to The AP, bandits have struck at least three upstate New York towns at night, tapping into underground tanks. Nearly 1,000 gallons of unleaded gasoline, kerosene and octane gas worth almost $6,400 were stolen.
According to The US Census Bureau statistics recently released show that The Bronx has become the top destination for people moving out of Manhattan. These figures show that more new Bronxites are immigrants who are moving in from Harlem, Inwood and Washington Heights.
The results from the American Community Survey reveal that 16,686 people left New York County for Bronx County from 2005 to 2009.This is a greater number than the 15,020 who moved to Brooklyn.
NO PEACE FOR SYRIANS. Cease Fire Deadline Today.
TULSA SUSPECTS CONFESS. Good Friday Killings.
COURT: OK's UK. Deport US Terror Suspects.
JUDGE: NY Mayor Must Release 911 Report.
WILDFIRES. SI/LI/NJ Firefighters Injured.
If you have ever known a person who when they started sneezing, or coughing they would never cover their mouth whenever they kept doing this?
At the very least, these inconsiderate people should direct their sneeze or cough into a folded handkerchief, a paper towel, perhaps a heavy-duty napkin or even toilet paper or a tissue. Whenever, or wherever this happened, I wished I had brought a face mask with me;.
Saturday April 28th @ 2:00 PM City Island Library Presents: THE SAINT OF FORT WASHINGTON
FILMED ON LOCATION:WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, PELHAM PARKWAY & HART ISLAND