Headlines 12/9/11

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EUROZONE. New Treaty?

VIRGINA TECH. Shootings.

DECISION. Cremation vs Burial.

YANKEE STADIUM. Football Venue.

OCCUPY TV PROGRAM. Law and Order.

44 YEARS AGO TODAY

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Back 1967 Beatles album Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. In the story, Billy Shears, who now heads the Lonely Hearts Club Band, is the grandson of the famous Sergeant Pepper.

The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is one of the most influential albums of our time. In the history of popular music, there is “Before Sgt. Pepper” and “After Sgt. Pepper.” Rolling Stone described it as “the most important rock & roll album ever made, an unsurpassed adventure in concept, sound, songwriting, cover art and studio technology by the greatest rock & roll group of all time.”

PROTECTING WORLD’S DISPLACED

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UN refugee chief wants the international community to assume its shared duty to protect and assist millions of forcibly displaced and stateless people around the world, as he opened the largest-ever conference on the issue in Geneva.

The two-day forum, organized by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), brings together government officials from almost 150 countries and marks the 60th anniversary of the UN Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the 50th anniversary of the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

The Orchard Beach Pavilion

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Please click on the link below to see an article by Deborah Wye that appeared in Urban Omnibus, the website for the Architectural League of New York. Deborah is a Friends of Pelham Bay Park member and curator of the current Orchard Beach Pavilion exhibition at the City Island Nautical Museum.

Curator Deborah Wye explains how the Orchard Beach Pavilion inspired her to research and present the building’s history, to advocate for its preservation and to explore the city through some of its neglected civic architecture.

Bronx Regional Economic Projects

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Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. praised the Governor Cuomo’s Regional Economic Development Council for selecting 13 Bronx and borough-related projects as top development priorities for the City and the State.

More than half of the $66.2 million, almost $37 million, allocated by the Regional Economic Development Council for New York City will go to the Bronx. This includes $29.5 million that will be used for the redevelopment of the Hunts Point Produce Market, as well as smaller grants for other borough projects.

More $ For Middle Class

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NY Senator Jeffrey D. Klein, (D-Bronx/ Westchester), last night voted to bring a more fair and progressive tax system to New York that will cut taxes for middle class taxpayers and have the wealthy pay their fair share.

Headlines 12/8/11

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SAVE THE EURO. Commission Issues Danger Warning.

PUTIN ACCUSES US. Election Protests.

GOP RACE. Two Political Candidates.

ROCK N ROLL. Newest Classics.

ROTTEN APPLE. Core Probe.

CITY ISLANDERS RECALL 12/7/41

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It was 70 Yeas ago today when Japanese war planes deliberately bombed US military forces based in Hawaii. Immediately following the attack American forces fleet commander wrote this first official communique. -
AIR RAID ON PEARL HARBOR X THIS IS NOT DRILL. 12/7/1941.

THREE SENIOR ADULTS ACCUSE TSA

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Three senior adults have alleged that TSA caused them undue hardships while traveling. A third elderly flier who relies on a medical device now claims to have been traumatized by a search at a Kennedy Airport security checkpoint, while traveling after Thanksgiving.

66 year old Linda Kallish, a Florida resident relies on an insulin pump and a stash of fruit juice to control a diabetic attack.

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