SYRIAN CRACKDOWN CONTINUES. Worldwide Pressure Increases.
US GI SHOOTER IN AFGHAN. Depression Defense.
FLORIDA SHOOTING VIDEO. New Development.
ROMNEY GAINS SUPPORT. GOP Influence.
SCRUGGS DIES. American Music Icon.
The food and nutrition crisis facing countries in West Africa’s drought-prone Sahel region has continued to deteriorate at an alarming rate despite commendable early response efforts by governments and international aid agencies, a senior United Nations official said today.
“We are in a race against time and some of the harshest climatic conditions on the planet,” said the Director of Operations at the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), John Ging, after returning from a week-long mission to Niger, Burkina Faso and Mauritania.
New Parking Garage Opens March 31
Located at 401 Bedford Park Boulevard, adjacent to the Metro-North Botanical Garden Station and just a short walk from the Garden's new Bedford Park Gate (view on Garden map), this brand-new, secure, self-park garage is easily accessible from all directions and will be available to Garden visitors as an alternate parking location. The Garden will no longer be using the Fordham University lot for overflow parking.
A Parking Solution for Every Need
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, congratulated the Consortium for Worker Education (CWE) for winning the 2012 Environmental Quality Award. The non-profit agency, which Senator Gillibrand nominated this past February, is partnering with Sustainable South Bronx and the Osborne Association to recruit and train Bronx residents for city jobs in emerging green industries.
At the Council’s Stated Meeting on Wednesday, March 28, the Council voted unanimously in favor of designating the City Island Nautical Museum, the former P.S. 102 and P.S. 17 City Island School, as a New York City Landmark.
An Evening with Estela Bravo: Filmmaker
Fidel: The Untold Story and Anecdotes about Fidel
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
6:30 pm ET
New York
In Person
Estela Bravo
A New York State Elder Abuse Prevalence Study reveals that 1 out of 13 older adults have been victimized in one form of elder abuse in the last few years. There are a couple of dozen unknown cases for every case reported. Also 14% of older New Yorkers have experienced some form of elder abuse since turning age 60.
In around 90% of reported cases, the abuser was a friend, or family member and most frequently was an adult child, or a spouse.
Harvard Medical School Professor of Medicine Russell S. Phillips has been appointed inaugural Director of the Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care by Jeffrey S. Flier, dean of the faculty of medicine. Andrew L. Ellner, instructor in medicine, will assume the position of co-director. Both Phillips and Ellner, along with Professor of Medicine David Bates, co-led the Center on an interim basis. Bates will continue to work with the Center closely as an advisor.
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PRESSURES ON SYRIA. UN Urges Immediate Plan Of Action.
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH. Afghan Women Persecuted.
INCREDIBLY SHRINKING CAMPAIGN. Newt Gingrich.
JFK PASSENGER PILOT. Flips Out During Flight.
JUSTICES DECIDING. Future Of Obama Care.