PATRIOTIC?

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Patriot Act may have lost it's teeth, now that National Security Agency loses its authority to collect Americans' phone records in bulk, after an extraordinary weekend Senate session that failed to produce an 11th-hour deal to extend the fiercely contested program.

Intelligence officials say outcome amounts to a win for terrorists. But civil liberties groups say s an unconstitutional intrusion into Americans' privacy. The once-secret post 9/11 program was made public by Edward Snowden.

NEWS 12 BIRTHDAY

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I'd like to be the first to wish News 12 The Bronx a joyous and healthy Happy Birthday and 17 year anniversary.

You're no longer a baby, you're a popular and good looking teenager. However, since my talented team and I lovingly gave birth to you 17 years ago, and I will always and forever see you as one of my many beautiful cable and broadcast babes.

News 12 Long Island is the flagship channel of the Cablevision news group. It launched way back on December 15, 1986 as the brainchild of visionary Charles Dolan, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dolan. News 12 became the first 24-hour local cable news channel in the nation. This cable TV station provides 24-hour news coverage primarily focused on Long Island news and information content.

Years later, I was very proud to be chosen your founding station manager, to build and then launch News 12 The Bronx in June 1988, after being hired by the company founder, owner and then CEO.

I had already lived in the NY metropolitan area before, while working for NBC http://www.nbcnews.com/ as an awatrd winning writer and producer. Later, as news director, for WNJU-TV 47, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WNJU. I moved to City Island, The Bronx https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Island,_Bronx from the west coast, where I had been working for KVEA-TV 52, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KVEA .

Following many intense months of nearly non stop work, News 12 became the sixth and most diverse operation of the News 12 Regional News Network, which currently reaches about 300,000 cable television households in The Bronx.

We built this 24 hour cable news channel inside what used to be an abandoned roller-skating ring, located in the Soundview area. I then hired the best staff I was able to recruit and so to it that they were well trained inside the very same South Bronx neighborhood, where US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor enjoyed her early years.

These "on air " staffers included folks who are now well known media personalities, like NBC News anchorwoman Natalie Morales: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie_Morales and FOX Newsman James Rosen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Rosen_%28journalist%29#Career to name two. The only staff member, who is still working there from the original founding group, which I hired at News 12 The Bronx: http://bronx.news12.com/ is Operations Manager Brian Webb, https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=26637770&authType=name&authTok…

News 12 The Bronx was the first television news organization in the region to adopt the utilization of robotic cameras: http://www.parkervision.com/, as well as digital video servers to play back news: http://www.capitalnetworks.com/ and an environmentally friendly fleet of Hybrid electric vehicles which make up the state of the art news-gathering mobile units and reduce air pollution.

HB News 12, The Bronx * https://youtu.be/gParpNbPD8Y

TOCAYO RETIRES

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Tocayo is the Spanish term for a person with the same name as another individual. Most common among people of the same gender; although rare, it is possible to have a Tocayo of the opposite gender. I guess any woman named Roberta could then be called my Tocaya?

PARIS LOCKED OUT

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This Monday, city officials in Paris plan to start removing the so-called 'love locks'. For years, lovers have attached locks to the metal grilles on the side of the Pont des Arts,a practice which dates to 1804.

These love locks will be replaced by paintings over the summer, before transparent panels are put in place later this year. "We want Paris to remain the capital of love and romance," said Bruno Julliard, Paris' deputy mayor, adding that there would be new initiatives encouraging people to express their love in other ways.

BRONX BALD EAGLES

They say it was the coldest Winter since the Great Depression, it was cold enough for the Sound to freeze and that hasn’t happened in about a decade. The area between City and Hart Islands extending south to Long Island’s north shore was several square miles of ice. The regular barge traffic was reduced to an occasional large tanker that would cut a path through the ice sheet which would buckle and break several feet in front of its flat bow.

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NEW YORK NAILS IT

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New York State has launched a safety campaign for #NailSalonSafety and enacted emergency regulations, introduced legislation to protect workers, and educated workers.

When you or someone you know visits a nail salon, ask these 5 questions to the people in charge:

Are workers paid at least the minimum wage and overtime?
Is appropriate protective equipment respirator mask, gloves, eye protection provided to workers?
Is there adequate ventilation (no strong chemical odors)?
Is the salon business license posted in plain view?

NON PROFIT JOURNALISM

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The Institute for Nonprofit News is dedicated to helping our member non-profit news organizations produce and distribute stories with the highest impact possible, and to become sustainable nonprofit organizations.

Three veteran journalists from nonprofit news organizations are running for two open seats on the INN Board of Directors this year.

Under the bylaws, the board is composed of up to six public members, INN's CEO, and four executive directors elected from the member organizations, known as the membership council.

NEWS QUICKIE

NYC SKYLINE OPENS UP
14 years later anyone can gaze The Big Apple from the top of One World Observatory at One World Trade Center.

DENNIS HASTERT INDICTMENT
US House Speaker allegedly agreed to pay millions in hush money, but hasn't revealed what he did wrong yet.

HOTEL KILLINGS
Bombings by the Islamic State group strikes at fortified locations in Iraq with impunity, like the Taliban in Kabul.

FLOODS CONTINUE IN LONE STAR STATE
Public safety officials closely monitor the dangerous water levels of rivers in Texas caused by the deluge.

HORSE TRAINER AND RACING ELDER STATESMAN

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90 YEARS YOUNG

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The first lady of City Island celebrated her 90th birthday a couple of days late, but its always better late than never. Her official birthday was actually on May 26, as previously reported on CITY IMAGES, but the top secret surprise party was finally scheduled for last night.

The Morris Yacht and Beach Club, located on scenic and historic City Island, New York, was the venue chosen by Jackie Kyle Kalls's two delightful nieces Lauren and Leslie. These two loving family members were the ones who organized the beautifully choreographed birthday bash.

DEATH OF NEWSPAPERS

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The death of newsprint can be attributed to several factors. This is not an obituary, just a wake up call to arms, eyes and minds.

How many times have we asked ourselves how much of the current news and information content we receive really matters? Relevance is the crux of the news industry for sure, but is a fire, an auto accident, or local robbery really relevant to anyone who doesn’t know the difference between breaking news with gossip?

There are different types of news, Among them is hard news, soft news, features, evergreens, etc.

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