It's common knowledge to use milk to relieve that burning sensation you get when you've eaten (or handled) hot peppers, but if you don't have milk handy, try sucking on a little sugar. It soothes the burn, at least for a while. More »
Use Sugar to Soothe the Burn from Spicy Peppers [Food Hacks]
Alan Henry
Tue, 04 Sep 2012 13:30:00 GMT
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Cellphones AIDS tests studied in S.Africa, S.Korea
The team have developed a microscope and an application that can photograph and analyse blood samples in areas far from laboratories to diagnose HIV and even measure the health of immune systems.
Cellphones AIDS tests studied in S.Africa, S.Korea
Mon, 03 Sep 2012 19:03:10 GMT
Citizenship help on offer thru City Council
Immigrants will be able to get help applying for citizenship or deferred action — the new, temporary work and residency permits for young immigrants — at 30 City Council members’ offices starting next month. CUNY’s Citizenship Now! will counsel immigrants on those and other legal issues weekly or monthly at the district offices — including 10 in Queens, nine in Brooklyn, six in the Bronx, three in Manhattan, and two in Staten Island — starting Oct. 1.
Citizenship help on offer thru City Council
ERIN DURKIN
Mon, 03 Sep 2012 07:00:08 GMT
 NEW THIS MORNING: * Assembly Speaker Shelly Silver will announce the state's delegates on the floor of the Democratic National Convention despite his involvement in a sexual harassment scandal, but some want him to give up the honor, the Daily News reports: http://nydn.us/PTmnES * The leading candidate to replace Assemblyman Vito Lopez as Brooklyn Democratic Party Chairman, Frank Seddio, vowed to unify the party, but progressives and some black and Latino party leaders are wary, the New York Times writes: http://nyti.ms/OFBQVj * Gov. Andrew Cuomo will maintain a low profile during his party's convention in Charlotte, skipping all but its last day and refusing to address national delegates despite his interest in a presidential run in 2016, the News writes: http://nydn.us/OGxexW * The state's Democrats are pondering how to be relevant nationally with their governor all but skipping the convention, its senators split among downtown hotels, and its speaker hobbled in a harassment scandal, the Albany Times Union reports: http://bit.ly/PT3r3a * Unions are building a 65,000-member coalition, led by the Detectives Endowment Association's Michael Palladino and the Correction Officers Benevolent Association's Norman Seabrook, to elect the next mayor, the News reports: http://nydn.us/NLemLZ * The state Department of Labor is investigating whether the company that manages Frontier Field paid its workers a living wage, the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reports: http://on.rocne.ws/NFo0pw * Department of Education officials say Harlem students are better off than they were a decade ago, but some parents complain that their schools are performing poorly even with the influx of charters, the Times writes: http://nyti.ms/ScWq4k | ||
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Teenager's remains identified 44 years after she vanished
A 44-year-old cold case finally came to a close Friday after authorities confirmed that human remains uncovered in a shallow grave in 1969 were those of a 14-year-old girl who vanished a year before.
Teenager's remains identified 44 years after she vanished
CHRISTINE ROBERTS
Sun, 02 Sep 2012 17:03:27 GMT
Northern lights ahead for USA
A solar storm means northern lights will fill the skies on Monday night, stretching from New York to Washington State, warn officials.
Northern lights ahead for USA
Sat, 01 Sep 2012 16:27:00 GMT
No Jerry Lewis in this year's taped MDA fundraiser
No tote board. No Jerry Lewis. And not from Las Vegas. An annual Muscular Dystrophy Association television fundraiser goes a new way Sunday.
No Jerry Lewis in this year's taped MDA fundraiser
Sat, 01 Sep 2012 17:58:14 GMT
 The Popular Education Project to Free the Cuban 5 www.freethecuban5.com freethecuban5@gmail.com 718-601-4751 Cuban 5 Pressure Campaign
Due to the U.S. government's denial to approve visas, Gerardo Hernandez Nordelo and Rene Gonzalez Sehwerert have not seen their wives since their incarceration!! Others in the Cuban 5 have not seen their parents, wives and children with regularity. The U.S. government has taken prolonged periods of time to issue them visas. The U.S. government's denial of visitation rights is a cruel and horrible form of psychological torture. Their rationale for denial is ridiculous and baseless; none of these family members are a threat to national security.
We are asking people to fax or mail out this letter to Ms. Navanetham Pillay, The NEW High Commissioner of Human Rights of the Office for Human Rights-United Nations Office at Geneva. We are asking her to intercede on behalf of the Cuban 5's mothers/wives to pressure the U.S. government to grant them VISAs to visit their husbands/sons!! Sign it and mail/fax to:
Ms. Navanetham Pillay, High Commissioner of Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights-United Nations Office at Geneva 8-14 Avenue de la Paix 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland Fax: + 41 22 917 9011
FREE THE CUBAN 5 MONTH SEPT. 12TH-OCT. 12TH! Free the Cuban 5 Film Series!
Sat. Sept. 22nd, 2012 at 2pm
The Brecht Forum 451 West Street (Between. Bank and Bethune Sts.) A, C, E or L to 14th Street & 8th Ave, walk down 8th Ave. to Bethune, turn right, walk west to the River and turn left. Suggested donation: $5-10 (no one will be turned away for lack of funds)
As part of our ongoing efforts to educate about Cuba, the Cuban 5, and the Cuban political system, The Popular Education Project to Free the Cuban 5 is hosting this film screening as part of "Free the Cuban 5 Month!" Join us for South of the Border, a film by Oliver Stone!
Film Synopsis:
There's a revolution underway in South America, but most of the world doesn't know it. Oliver Stone sets out on a road trip across five countries to explore the social and political movements as well as the mainstream media's misperception of South America while interviewing seven of its elected presidents. In casual conversations with Presidents Hugo Chávez (Venezuela), Evo Morales (Bolivia), Lula da Silva (Brazil), Cristina Kirchner (Argentina), as well as her husband and ex-President Nėstor Kirchner, Fernando Lugo (Paraguay), Rafael Correa (Ecuador), and Raúl Castro (Cuba), Stone gains unprecedented access and sheds new light upon the exciting transformations in the region.
The Popular Education Project to Free the Cuban 5: For more information on the Cuban 5 please contact: freethecuban5@gmail.com or 718-601-4751 Visit our website: www.FreetheCuban5.com | |||||||||||||
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Date: September 4, 2012
Capture the shifting color and light of fall blooming plants and the autumn landscape with soft pastels, a favorite, portable color medium of plein air artists. Through demonstrations and individual guidance, artist Wennie Huang encourages participants to translate their observations of the changing landscape using this versatile and expressive medium. Workshops will be conducted outside, weather-permitting. All skill levels welcome. Continues Tuesdays, September 11 and 18.
Start time: 10:00 am
End time: 1:00 pm
Contact phone: 718-549-3200
Location: Ecology Building (in Wave Hill)
Art Workshop at Wave Hill -- Pastel Painting: Late Bloomers in Early Autumn
Sat, 01 Sep 2012 04:00:02 GMT
While guns top the list of weapons used in violent assaults, every so often, a crime is committed with a weapon that harks back to a different era.
Ice Picks Are Still Used as Weapons
By WENDY RUDERMAN
Sat, 01 Sep 2012 05:55:01 GMT
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