Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum

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FIRST FRIDAYS - Tonight! Friday, July 5 @ 5:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Join us to hear pianist-singer-bandleader Mark Anthony Reid tonight as part of our collaboration with the Bronx Music Heritage Center. This versatile and much sought-after musician and his band flow seamlessly from American Standards and jazz to classical, gospel, and reggae. Mark is joined tonight by saxophonist Paula Atherton. Don't miss it!

The trolley makes a continuous hourly loop from the #6 Pelham Bay Park subway station to BPMM to City Island starting at 5:25 p.m. Bronx Music Heritage Center

VOICE RECORDINGS LIKE FINGERPRINTS

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Peoples voices are almost like fingerprints.

Let Zimmerman reproduce the sound of his scream.

Make or Let him do it several times. Even with him hearing it right before his performance (you don't really NEED to let him).

I am asserting that he could probably not be able to reproduce it no matter how many times he tried.

If the scream were him he would nail it easily every time he tried.

If he were a trained singer with a 3 octave range maybe he could,
but in a scream Its almost like blowing air into a coke bottle.

EAT LESS SALT

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Sodium chloride, AKA salt is essential to the body. The sodium in salt helps transmit nerve impulses and contract muscle fibers. Working with potassium, it balances fluid levels in in the body. But you only need a tiny amount of salt to do this, less than one-tenth of a teaspoon. The average American gets nearly 20 times that much.

The body can generally rid itself of excess sodium. In some people, though, consuming extra sodium makes the body hold onto water. This increases the amount of fluid flowing through blood vessels, which can increase blood pressure.

NEW SAINTS ANNOUNCED

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The Vatican has announced that former Popes John Paul II, John XXIII will be elevated to sainthood.

Pope John Paul II is set to become a saint of the Catholic Church by the end of this year, following the approval of Pope Francis over a second miracle attributed to his intercession.

Pope Francis has also cleared the way for Pope John XXIII to be canonized, even though there has been no second miracle attributed to his intercession. The Vatican said Francis approved a decision by cardinals and bishops.

SummerMusic

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SUMMERMUSIC 2013

THURSDAY, JULY 4 NOW – A HOLIDAY SALUTE TO GEORGE M. COHAN Jazz and Dixieland Favorites with Cathy Gale, Vocalist
Rockwood Drive Circle, Van Cortlandt Park

SUNDAYS
Each Sunday program from July 14 – August 11 performed at
2 pm at Rockwood Drive Circle, Van Cortlandt Park*, near Mosholu Ave and Broadway AND
4 pm at McGinley Center, Fordham University, Bronx Rose Hill Campus at Southern Blvd.

JULY 14 – AFRO-TANGO!
Raul Jaurena, Bandonéon, Marga Mitchell, Vocalist, Instrumentalists and Tango Dancers
The Latin/African tango connection

UN CLIMATE REPORT ALARM

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Earth's unprecedented climate extremes during the past decade until 2010 experienced heatwaves in Europe, droughts in Australia, floods in Pakistan, as a result of global warming, according to a report released by United Nations.

Almost every year of the decade were among the 10 warmest since records began in the 1850s and 2010 was the hottest, so says the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

AMERICA'S SWEETHEART REOPENS

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The Statue of Liberty will reopen to the public on July 4, months after Hurricane Sandy forced it to close down.

NYC was hit hard by Sandy just one day after the statue’s 126th birthday last November. Lady Liberty herself made it through the storm unscathed, but 75% of the 12-acre island the statue rests on was underwater. The storm surge flooded buildings and broke railings, docks, paving stones, electrical systems, sewage pumps and boilers. In total, Sandy wreaked about $59 million worth of destruction on Liberty Island and neighboring Ellis Island combined.

CRISIS IN EGYPT

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Morsy out in Egypt coup, while the military has taken over state media and it is monitoring all news and information content.

Following a fiery and defiant speech by Islamic Brotherhood President Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s military defended their nation against terrorist, radicals and fools.

Egypt's army has deposed the country's first democratically elected president, installing the head of the country's highest court as an interim leader, according to Egypt' top general.

EYE ON CABLEVISION

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After only one year, Cablevision decided to close down Newsday’s digital-only Westchester operation: The company reportedly declined to disclose how many employees were laid off.

Now, our nation's highest court has just declined a Cablevision Systems request seeking a stay of National Labor Relations Board proceedings in which the company is involved.