A total of 1,104 people died in Mexico last month for offenses connected with the actions of organized crime, according to a joint statement from several government agencies.
EFE News Agency reports that this number represents a decrease of 35 deaths (3.07%) from the previous month's level, so says documents released by the Presidency, the Ministries of Interior, Defense and Navy, the Attorney General and the Federal Police.
A winter blizzard packing hurricane-force winds pummeled the northeast, including City Island on Saturday. The NE storm left at least 4 dead and around 600,000 customers without power and caused the disruption of thousands scheduled flights.
Blizzard warnings were in effect for the northeastern coast, including the New York City and the entire metropolitan area, the National Weather Service said.
One billion people worldwide are preparing to celebrate the year of the SNAKE.
On February 10, 2013 the Asian Lunar New Year will be celebrated by many Asian countries, including China, Taiwan, Vietnam and Korea. The Lunar New Year is represented by a cycle of 12 years, each year denoted by a different animal zodiac.
For Chinese, which is the largest Asian population that celebrates this holiday in North America, the Lunar New Year is also known as the Spring Festival, and it would signal to farmers in China that they must begin preparation for the sowing of their fields.
30 inches of snow had reportedly fallen on central Connecticut by early this morning and areas of southeastern Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Hampshire had an accumulation of at least 2 feet or more of snow.
Airlines cancelled more than 5,300 flights so far and New York City's three major airports as well as Boston's Logan Airport closed down.
TIME & LOCATIONS:
Bronx
Crotona Park (Fulton Avenue and East 172nd Street)
12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Brooklyn
Prospect Park (near the Tennis House)
12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Manhattan
Riverside Park (Riverside Drive at 103rd Street)
12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Queens
Juniper Valley Park (78 Street & Juniper Valley North)
12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Staten Island
Clove Lakes Park (Martling and Slosson Avenues)
12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
EVENT:
Two major storms of the century only half a year apart? You can call them storms of historic proportions.. You can call it dangerous, but do not call it hype.
The politicians are telling people this is a dangerous storm because it is. These are serious life-threatening storms.
Thankfully, the science of meteorology has improved significantly over the years and forecasters have seen these coming.
But what's up with these politicians using visible sign language interpreters and practically ignoring other languages?
Heavy winds have arrived and this storm may dump up to 2 feet of snow from New York City to Boston. Forecasters say it's one for the record books, as folks scurried to stock up on food and water and road crews readied salt and sand.
Before the first snowflake had fallen, NYC, Boston, Providence, R.I., Hartford, Conn., and other New England cities issued warnings, wile airlines scratched thousands of flights through the weekend, while disruptions from the blizzard will be felt across the U.S.
The public is urged to avoid all unnecessary driving during the duration of the storm and, until further directed, to use public transportation wherever possible. As New Yorkers are making their commuting plans for tomorrow, they should be aware that driving conditions will be difficult. If you must drive, use extreme caution.
The MTA has advised of potential service disruptions, and information about any service changes to public transportation is available on the MTA website at http://www.mta.info/.
NEMO - This is not a kids animated film. Meaning of Nemo: A Greek boy’s name meaning "from the valley," means "nobody" in Latin. In plain English it means up to 30" of SNOW.
The Big Apple is buzzing with reports of a Nor’easter hitting the area. Thi is is a serious major winter storm, which is expected to impact the Northeast this weekend. As much as two feet of snow is forecast from the New York City metro area all the way to Maine. Wind gusts as high as 60-75 mph will create significant impacts to transportation and power. Coastal flooding is also possible.
Finding a reliable treatment for alcoholism has been a frustrating quest. In the best studies, all common psychosocial approaches have been found equally and only moderately effective. So physicians and mental health professionals have turned to drugs in the hope of matching their success, or partial success, in the drug treatment of other psychiatric disorders.
So far the results are inconclusive, and some still hesitate to treat any substance abuse problem with a drug. But there was a time when the drug treatment of depression and schizophrenia was questioned. The search for drug treatments has also been aided by progress in understanding addiction in general and the actions of alcohol in particular. One new drug was approved in 2005 and others are being considered.
Withdrawal symptoms
Alcohol withdrawal requires drug treatment only in a minority of cases — mainly when there is a risk of delirium or seizures. There are no fundamentally new ideas about how to go about it. The best-tested approach is to substitute a safer sedative — usually a benzodiazepine, such as diazepam (Valium), chlordiazepoxide (Librium), or lorazepam (Ativan) — and gradually reduce the dose.