Today marks the 52nd anniversary of the US embargo on Cuba. This communist island nation is the only one-party state in the western hemisphere.
The embargo, known among Cubans as "El Bloqueo" or "The Blockade," consists of economic sanctions against Cuba and restrictions on Cuban travel and commerce for all people and companies under US jurisdiction.
A new analysis from the Tri State Transportation Campaign says Broadway is the City's most dangerous road.
Their analysis identifies the most dangerous roads in the tri-state region for pedestrian fatalities. Looking at federal data from 2010 to 2012, it includes fact-sheets and maps that identify the locations of pedestrian fatalities and the age and gender of those killed. Counties in downstate New York and New Jersey that had five or more pedestrian fatalities over the three-year period were analyzed, as was the state of Connecticut.
Olympics: While the games begin in SOCHI, Russia, The 2014 Winter Olympics got underway Thursday the 22nd Winter Games started with crystal clear temperature just below 20 degrees.
These Olympics are an 18-day competition beginning with qualifying in the men and women slope-style events, qualifying in women's freestyle skiing moguls and team figure skating. Both the slope-style competitions and the team figure skating are new events to this year's program, during which 98 gold medals will be awarded.
Tutor Perini Corporation was awarded the contract to build The City Island Bridge and is now being awarded another one valued at approximately $60 million. This one is for building a replacement Maintenance of Equipment building at the Hudson Yards site in New York, in connection with the Company’s previously announced Amtrak Tunnel project.
Amazing Jukebox
This a Jukebox; but it is no ordinary jukebox. It will play all of
your favorite songs from 1950 through 1980. Each year has a scroll or drop down box that shows all the great songs for that year. Most years have over 40 songs. There is even a section at the bottom that allows you to listen to show tunes, TV show themes, Doo Wop and several others. This is pretty neat....and it is free. Read the rest of this and then click on the site at the bottom.
New York State Police will use social media to catch wanted individuals across the state. State Police will launch “Warrant Wednesday” on the Division’s Facebook page asking for the public’s help to track down people who have warrants out for arrest.
Featuring Brazilian Virtuoso Romero Lubambo and Jazz Legend Stanley Jordan
As much as I might love a saccharine, completely idealized and utopic love story from time to time ("You've Got Mail" comes to mind at the moment), when making this list, I wanted to go a little deeper.
Love stories without a melancholic undercurrent or, say, a true sense that collapse is imminent lack any sense of realism. So in that spirit, I give you a few recommendations which you may not have seen yet.
FOCAL POINT GALLERY
PRESENTS
"Artist's Choice"
February 7th- 28th
321 City Island Avenue
Opening reception Friday February 7th.
7pm-10pm. There is still time if you are an artist to get your work in.
Deadline Wednesday 5th.
Sochi Russia is the site of The Winter Olympics, which are scheduled to begin is a few days, but someone should notify the Olympic Organizing Committee the place is a mess.
The Winter Olympics Games' organizers may thin they're ready, but some hotel rooms have no light bulbs, no shower curtains, only cold water only and you cant close the doors to keep away stray dogs.
And did we mention their tap water, which looks more like.... Let's clean it up and call it apple juice, or perhaps beer.