UN URGES ELIMINATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS

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Marking the 67th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged countries to work together to eliminate the threat of nuclear weapons and stressed the importance of honoring victims and survivors by sharing their stories with new generations.

“The tragedy in Hiroshima decades ago continues to resonate today,” Mr. Ban said in a message to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony, honoring those killed when an atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city on 6 August 1945, during the closing stages of the Second World War.

TOXIC TRUTHS

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The Dangers of Sugar - A prominent doctor who treats childhood obesity believes the high amount of sugar in the American diet, much of it in processed foods, is killing us. CBS' Dr. Sanjay Gupta reports, new studies seem to support his theory that sugar is toxic.

Sugar and kids: The toxic truth -Dr. Sanjay Gupta discusses new research showing that sugar is toxic to the human body and what families can do about it.

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7417238n&tag=nl.e882

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504803_162-57407203-10391709/sugar-and-kids…

THE BRONX ARTS ENSEMBLE

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ROMANTIC SUMMER BREEZES

Strings and Winds W/ Music of Beethoven and Rheinberger

Sunday, August 12
2 pm at Rockwood Drive Circle, Van Cortlandt Park
4 pm at Fordham University‘s McGinley Center

Rockwood Drive Circle, Van Cortlandt Park (enter at Mosholu Ave and Broadway, follow road past Van Cortlandt Stables)
McGinley Center, Fordham University, Bronx Rose Hill Campus (cars enter on Southern Blvd across from NY Botanical Garden).

Musicians
Francasica Mendoza, violin
Sally Shumway, viola
Bruce Wang, cello
Richard Fredrickson, bass
Theresa Norris, flute

ASSORTED INTERSTING EVENTS

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Event: Freelance Writers Meetup – Free Beer and Good Times!
When: August 7, 2012, 6:00pm – 7:00pm
Where: 121 Fulton Street, New York, NY 10038
We're stepping outside of our usual monthly format for a little summer fun. Join us for free beer (Yuengling and Bud Light) and great company at our summer happy hour. The festivities will take place at 121 Fulton Street, a gastropub in the Financial District. It's located between between Nassau and Dutch Street (on Fulton, of course).

NO NEWS IS BAD NEWS

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City Island Images is proud to offer a new feature. Front pages from newspapers all over the globe.

Today's Front Pages - Monday, August 06, 2012: 779 front pages from 85 countries.

For copyright protection, watermarks are occasionally placed on front pages that cover news events of historic significance.

CITY ISLAND IMAGES SURVEY

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WHEELS DOWN: MARS ROVER. NASA Celebration Of Technological Wizardry.
The robotic explorer Curiosity blazes through the pink skies of Mars, steering itself to a gentle landing inside a giant crater for the most ambitious dig yet into the red planet's past.

SIKH TEMPLE ATTACK. FBI Officials Identify It As Domestic Terrorism.
An unidentified gunman, who is described as in his 40s and white kills six worshipers as he opens fire inside a Sikh temple in suburban Milwaukee.

PRIME MINISTER DEFECTS SYRIA SINKING SHIP. PM Flees Country.

BACTERIA WATER WARNINGS

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NYC Officials have health advisories for would be bathers at Orchard Beach. This follows a test which revealed high levels of bacteria. This contamination may be linked to floating debris, oil products or sewage.

City Island Images has been told that these waters are potentially toxic, therefore the beach could be completely closed. We have reached out to NYC officials, who have yet to indicate how long these health advisories will continue.

BRONX DREAMS BIG

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The Bronx Children's Museum celebrated its third annual Dream Big initiative by honoring proud Bronxite and Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Afro-Cuban jazz musician Bobby Sanabria, who is also a Bronx native and a Grammy Award Nominee.

Sonia Manzano, of' "Sesame Street" fame served as the master of ceremonies, while politicians and VIP's delivered their speeches inside an uncomfortably hot auditorium.

This Week in History

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This Week in History, Aug 5 - Aug 11

Aug 05, 2002
Divers recover U.S.S. Monitor turret. The rusty iron gun turret of the U.S.S. Monitor broke from the water and into the daylight for the first time in 140 years. The ironclad warship was raised from the floor of the Atlantic, where it had rested since it went down in a storm off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, during the Civil War. Divers had been working for six weeks to bring it to the surface.

Aug 06, 1945