There is no shortage of angst-inducing news these days: natural disasters, economic woes, political unrest. Add to this backdrop stresses in our personal lives, layoffs, illness, money woes, temper tantrums, and traffic jams, and it is clear that stressful situations are constant and inevitable.
Top United Nations officials say that Syria is at a “pivotal” moment following the Security Council’s authorization this weekend of a supervision mission, and called for a full cessation of armed violence in the country.
“It is our hope that the deployment of observers will help to stop the killing and consolidate the calm,” said the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, B. Lynn Pascoe. “The objective, however, is clearly not to freeze the situation but to create the conditions for a serious and credible political process.”
NEW HOME SALES DOWN. Largest Decline In a Year.
ZIMMERMAN IN HIDING. Arraignment Moved Up.
ROGER CLEMENS. Perjury or Preserving Legacy?
JOHN EDWARDS TRIAL. Campaign Finances?
GOP Primary Day. Including NY, CT, PA.
Volunteer Garden Clean-Up Day
Saturday, April 28
10 a.m.-1 p.m.Volunteer Garden Clean-up Day
Roll up your sleeves and don your gardening gloves to help us keep the garden and grounds of BPMM looking beautiful.
Light breakfast available. Please wear long sleeves, pants, and sturdy footwear and bring work gloves if you have them.
Garden Clean-Up Day sponsored bycon ed horizontal
Cost Free Registration requested 718.885.1461 info@bpmm.org
Exhibition Talk: Florence Boogaerts
Gardens of the World
Sunday, April 29 Florence Boogaerts
Join the Bronx Council of the Arts (BCA) for their kick-off celebration of The Big Read in the Bronx 2012 on Wednesday, April 25, from 6:00-7:00pm, at BCA’s future Westchester Square headquarters at 2700 East Tremont Avenue on the corner of St. Raymond’s Avenue. It is easily accessible by the #6 train and the BX 8, 31, 40, and 42 buses. Click here for directions.
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The Tribeca Film Festival and Center for Communication invite you to the Annual Bloomberg BUSINESS OF ENTERTAINMENT panel. This year's topic is Going Global: Will Co-Production Save the Film Industry? which focuses on the recent rise of international film co-production, and explores the benefits and obstacles of this often complex but rewarding strategy.
WHEN: Monday, April 23, 2:30 to 4:00 pm
WHERE: SVA Theater 2 Beatrice, 333 West 23rd Street (b'twn. 8th and 9th Aves.)
FREE. Open to the public; no ticket required. E-mail info@cencom.org if you would like to attend.
Whether you are covering national politics or local schools in the U.S, chances are that at some point you will cover Latino communities. With elections looming in November, media outlets have cast differing views on the importance of this population at the ballot box. Join a discussion with experts who will help inform your reporting on this complex voting block and the issues that most affect it.
* Angelo Falcon, president of the National Institute for Latino Policy
* Rodolfo O. de la Garza, Professor of Political Science, Columbia University
* Mark Hugo Chavez, Pew Hispanic Center
SUDAN BOMBS. S. Sudan Accuses Khartoum of Air Attacks
FRANCE PRESIDENT VOTE. Candidates to Runoff in Race
ZIMMERMAN RELEASED FROM JAIL. Free on Bail
ETAN PATZ INVESTIGATION. Search Continues
RAINSTORM. Nor-eastern Dumps Four Inches
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
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