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Boomers, Zoomers and a Profit Named Moses
Boomers | September 23rd 2008
People who claim a graduate degree from Harvard are obviously gifted. They also tend to be quite successful in life. Two business associates of my firm come to mind. Harvard MBA Robert Hacker launched one of the nation’s most successful... read more
Seven Candidates Campaigning
The Status Quote | September 18th 2008
According to the Des Moines Register, there will be seven presidential candidates on the ballot this November in the state of Iowa. How the ballot will differ in other states, I don't know. However, I wanted to begin to examine each candidate's repre read more
PODCAST: Shea Stadium
The Bowery Boys: NYC History | September 18th 2008 by The Bowery Boys
The Mets are movin' out to Citi Field, but we can't overlook the great stories contained in their own home, Shea Stadium, a Robert Moses project took years to get off the ground and has been populated with world class ball players, crazed Beatles fan read more
Beth+Tom
Blue Daisy Blog | September 16th 2008 by Mariann Szucs
Beth and Tom chose the Robert Moses beach on Long Island for their engagement session. It was my first time visiting this beach and I thought it was beautiful and the perfect backdrop for a romantic beachy session! Even an hour before sunset the bea read more
Malawi’s Flames to play Bafana named
Stories on Malawi | September 12th 2008 by Stories on Malawi
Seven South African-based players have been included in Malawi’s squad for an international friendly against Bafana Bafana at Germiston Stadium on September 30.The players are:* Joseph Kamwendo (Orlando Pirates),* Swadwick Sanudi (Dynamos),* Peter read more
Robert Caro on the Shapers of New York
Mr NYC | September 5th 2008 by Mr NYC
If you love not only New York City but its great history, the New-York Historical Society has something wonderful to offer you next year: three lectures called "The Shapers of New York" about the city by the brilliant historian Robert Caro, author of read more
Slowing Life Down
Jogging In Circles | September 3rd 2008 by Kim
Here we are, at the closing of another season. How did that happen? How did I let summer slip through my fingers so quickly?Living on Long Island, I am lucky enough to enjoy the change of seasons. I really do love the smell of fallen leaves in autumn read more
The Cool School Documentary download torrent
Movie Leech | September 3rd 2008
Release Group: Team CoWRYRelease Name: The.Cool.School.DVDRip. XviD-CoWRYRelease Date: August 02, 2008Theater Date: March 28, 2008Filename: cowry-tcsSource: DVD5 R1Size: 715.51 MB | CDGenre: DocumentaryVideo: Good | XviD | 608x336 (1.810:1) | 953kbit read more
Performer Jerry Reed Dead at 71
The Biography Channel | September 2nd 2008 by putty
Jerry Reed Hubbard (March 20, 1937-August 31, 2008), known professionally as Jerry Reed, was an American country music singer, country guitarist, session musician, songwriter, and actor who appeared in over a dozen films. As a singer, he may be best read more
WSJ: UDC's Ed Logue Needed at Ground Zero
Roosevelt Island 360 | August 27th 2008 by Eric
Logue on Main Street - NY Times 1974 Article Today’s Wall Street Journal notes that the Ground Zero projects needs greater direction on the scale of a City Planner like Ed Logue who helped develop Roosevelt Island in the early 1970’s. Most City d read more
New Yorkers Don't Dream Big Anymore?
Mr NYC | August 26th 2008 by Mr NYC
Not according to Jennifer 8 Lee of The New York Times.Does New York Need to Dream Big Again?According to her, the slow glacial of development in this city is a bad thing. While none would agree that it's a good thing, consider that she actually poses read more
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grinding-machine | August 24th 2008 by ohosote
Engraved in gold "north carolina highway patrol th anniversary -1989," serial numbers training rifle british smle xl42e bolt action sniper rifle, cal nato; fn browning. Is theft, using auction sentry deluxe crack, password, serial numbers, registrati read more
Jesus Laughed
Holy Ordinary: Quaker Thoughts on Life and Faith | August 20th 2008 by Brent Bill
Jesus, Moses, and Confucius walk into a bar...Well, maybe that's not a real good way to start a blog about the redemptive power of humor. Or a good way to start a book about it either. Which, to his literary credit, Robert Darden didn't in his new bo read more
Cherry Hill: the lost Lower East Side neighborhood
The Bowery Boys: NYC History | August 18th 2008 by The Bowery Boys
Cherry and Catherine streets, looking towards the Manhattan Bridge anchorage, in the once glorious Cherry Hill neighborhood. Pic courtesy Knickerbocker Village, who guesses photo to be from 1920s)Yesterday I went searching for remnants of the old Che read more
Boston College Student Killed In Boat Accident
SAILORS & MARINERS LEAGUE | August 18th 2008
Police said an early morning boat-vs-bridge collision left a Long Island man dead and another injured. Authorities responding to a call found Michael Ruscito, 21, of West Islip dead after his boat struck a support of the Robert Moses Causeway Bridge read more
Mistik Olay - The.Happening.(2008)
SanalSebil.com | August 15th 2008
Tür : Bilim Kurgu, Dram, Macera Gösterim Tarihi :13 Haziran 2008 Yönetmen : M. Night Shyamalan Senaryo : M. Night Shyamalan Yapım : 2008 Hindistan, ABD Oyuncular Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo, Spencer Breslin, Betty Buckley, Tony read more
No Title
The Known Universe | August 4th 2008
“It’s crazy how much work it is just to get somewhere to take our clothes off,” said Deborah after we walked a mile or so from the parking area to the clothing optional beach at Robert Moses State Park. “I remember going to a read more
PODCAST: Randall's Island and the 1936 Olympic trials
The Bowery Boys: NYC History | August 1st 2008 by The Bowery Boys
The smaller islands of the East River reveal fascinating secrets of the city's past, and Randall's and Ward's Islands are no exceptions. Found out how these former potter's fields are related to the most important Olympics-related event New York City read more
Anthoney Moses Genereau alias James Cummings.
Lord and Lady | July 27th 2008 by Lord and Lady
This is the story of Mose Genereau, his family history and ancestry.Born in Thurlow, Hastings,Ont. Canada 13 Sep 1855 to parents DennisGenereau, and Clare Dupuis, Christened at St Michael the ArchangelCatholic church of Bellville, Ont. 16 Sep 1855, read more
PODCAST: The Evolution of Central Park
The Bowery Boys: NYC History | July 25th 2008 by The Bowery Boys
When last we left the Park, it was the embodiment of Olmstead and Vaux's naturalistic Greensward Plan. Then the skyscrapers came. Also, how did all those playgrounds, a swanky nightclub, a theater troupe and all those hippies get here?Listen here or read more
Resurrecting the Unicorn
Fisher King Press | July 20th 2008 by Jackson Fisher
Resurrecting the Unicorn—that's what Bud Harris and Fisher King Press have up their sleeves!A few months ago, Bud Harris phoned and we visited about the possibility of bringing one of his out-of-print titles back into production. "What’s the titl read more
West Side Story Returns
Mr NYC | July 17th 2008 by Mr NYC
Great news! West Side Story, undoubtedly the greatest New York City musical of all time, will be returning to Broadway next year. Best of all, it'll be directed by Arthur Laurents, the original author of the musical and director of the successful rev read more
Wednesday at Robert Moses
About New York | July 17th 2008 by Elizabeth
For some reason we seem to end up at the beach on a Wednesday.I always take pictures of the water and the dunes.But really one week looks remarkably like another and has done for the thirty years I've been coming here.This is good.I don't think anyon read more
Beach
About New York | July 10th 2008 by Elizabeth
Nothing like a day at the beach to blow away the fumes of the city.Robert Moses is the continuation of Jones Beach and stretches for mile upon mile just off the south shore of Long Island.On Tuesday the waves were pretty wild and most people had fun read more
I'm just shaking my head...
New Millennium Negro | July 9th 2008 by maria nicole smith
Willie Kathryn Suggs. I didn't know who she was until Robert Kolker introduced me to her in his recent New York Magazine article, "Whose Harlem Is It?" Read the article in its entirety here. I really can't get into who she is, why you should know her read more
Zim: Favoured nation of God
Mafrench | July 6th 2008 by Mafrench
By Special Priest John AdebanjoFROM time immemorial in natural history, great and best leaders are born out of crisis.FROM time immemorial in natural history, great and best leaders are born out of crisis. Even in biblical times, all the people throu read more
My city was gone
Music After 40 | June 26th 2008 by Deb
Back in the 50s and 60s, Robert Moses was considered a powerful force of urban destruction. As head of public works for New York City, he had bulldozed blocks of tenements to make way for housing projects. He cut through the Grand Concourse section o read more
SAVE ZIMBABWE FROM MUGABE
The Body Shop Activist | June 24th 2008 by Adam Valvasori
From AVAAZ"Violence, intimidation and murder have won the day in Zimbabwe."- Moses Moyo*In elections this March, the people of Zimbabwe sent a clear message: Morgan Tsvangirai, not Robert Mugabe, should lead their government.Since then, through a cam read more
All hail the Coney Island Mardi Gras parade!
The Bowery Boys: NYC History | June 19th 2008 by The Bowery Boys
Before there were Mermaids, there was Mardi Gras. Above: ghoulish revelers from the 1911 paradeAn even larger collection of freaks and aquatic oddities than Coney Island's everyday normal assortment will come slithering down Surf Avenue this Saturday read more
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