Headlines 2/23/12
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SYRIAN CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY. UN Investigates.
IRAQ EXPLOSION. al-Qaida Militants Kill Dozens.
GOP DEBATES. All Rivals vs Rick Santorum.
US CHILDREN. Poor Areas Increasing.
NYPD UNDER FIRE. All Directions.
4534 CITY ISLANDERS - FACTS & FIGURES
Geography: US CENSUS
Subject Number Percent
SEX AND AGE
Total population 4,534 100.0
Under 5 years 178 3.9
5 to 9 years 204 4.5
10 to 14 years 269 5.9
15 to 19 years 220 4.9
20 to 24 years 185 4.1
25 to 29 years 174 3.8
30 to 34 years 229 5.1
35 to 39 years 286 6.3
40 to 44 years 334 7.4
45 to 49 years 411 9.1
50 to 54 years 374 8.2
55 to 59 years 363 8.0
60 to 64 years 390 8.6
65 to 69 years 278 6.1
70 to 74 years 209 4.6
75 to 79 years 155 3.4
80 to 84 years 137 3.0
85 years and over 138 3.0
Median age (years) 47.0 ( X )
16 years and over 3,840 84.7
JOURNALISTS KIA
So far 9 Journalists have been killed this year and we are only in February, 2012. A total of 902 Journalists were killed while on assignment over the past 10 years.
The amount of those killed in action and the deadliest countries are listed below:
Iraq: 151
Philippines: 72
Algeria: 60
Russia: 53
Colombia: 43
Pakistan: 42
Somalia: 37
India: 27
Mexico: 27
Afghanistan: 24
Turkey: 20
Bosnia: 19
Sri Lanka: 19
Brazil: 19
Rwanda: 17
Tajikistan: 17
Sierra Leone: 16
Bangladesh: 12
IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM
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A five-member group of experts from the United Nations atomic energy watchdog is continuing its visit to Iran, where the members are holding talks with officials about international concerns over the country’s nuclear program.
The talks in Tehran are “aimed at resolving all outstanding issues in relation to Iran’s nuclear program,” the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reported today in a press release.
New 'ERUV'
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Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. presented Rabbi Shmuel Zuckerman of Young Israel of Pelham Parkway with a proclamation declaring the synagogue’s “eruv” to be valid for the next 99 years.
Interracial or Interethnic Relationshps
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Interracial relations in the US have reached an all-time high, with a record 1 in 12 weddings taking place between people from different racial backgrounds.
These figures indicate that attitudes towards Interracial marriage have changed dramatically. In the United States it was just 43 years ago when interracial marriage was made fully legal in all 50 states. Today, in many countries, interracial marriage is commonplace and most don’t even give it a second thought. Interracial marriage can convey a relationship between a Black and an Caucasian, a Hispanic and an Asian, etc.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT - WORDS OF WISDOM
" AS LONG AS YOU KEEP A PERSON DOWN, SOME PART OF YOU HAS TO BE DOWN THERE TO HOLD THEM DOWN, SO IT MEANS THAT YOU CANNOT SOAR AS YOU OTHERWISE MIGHT"
WAR FOR KNICKS?
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Over the past couple of weeks, KNICKS franchise has experienced a truly "LINSATIONAL" interest not only in New York, but all over the world. This may have also played a part in the Madison Square Network dispute with Time Warner Cable.
The management has so far dropped the ball on a couple of occasions and it may have done so once again by signing JR Smith, who comes to the team with some baggage.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=q5PitOdkJAY
This group is either determined to test their own limits, or they are their own adversaries.
ALABAMA BATTLE?
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City Island Images has just received this message and we had to share it with all of you.
Since Alabama enacted H.B. 56, it has been the most extreme state-level anti-immigrant bill passed to date. Now Hollywood director Chris Weitz has turned the camera on Alabama and is asking “Is This Alabama?”
Please watch these videos and see for yourself at http://isthisalabama.org
PHOTO: USS ALABAM Battle Ship
Headlines 2/22/12
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AFGHANISTAN BOILING. Anti American Protests.
MORE JOURNALISTS DIE. Covering Syria.
GOP DEBATE. Before Super Tuesday.
CORPORATE TAX RATES. Reforms.
OVERDRAFT FEES. Cost Billions.
OBAMA'S BLUES. WH Concert.