Thursday, December 6, 2012

Dave Brubeck, 1920-2012

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Dave Brubeck, jazz musician and composer, experimenter in time, died yesterday at his home in Connecticut. He would have been 92 today. Th...
Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Egypt Approaching Failed State Status? Mob Rule Threatens the Safety of Women

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"It is not a country of law, not a state of law anymore. It has given men a chance to harass women without being accused," said Af...
Tuesday, December 4, 2012

A Civil War Christmas at the NY Theater Workshop

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Paula Vogel, Pulitzer Prize winner (How I Learned to Drive), has created a colorful, extremely earnest musical about the Civil War that stri...
Thursday, November 29, 2012

Where the Wild Things Are: Staten Island Edition

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View more videos at: http://nbcnewyork.com . A few years ago when I was working on Staten Island, my colleagues teased me about a deer ...
Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Got Color-Glass Condensate?: Tales from the Large Hadron Collider

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Is the Large Hadron Collider in CERN producing new types of matter, perhaps emerging from a post-Big Bang reminiscent Soup? Researchers spec...
Thursday, November 22, 2012

Happy Thanksgiving -- and Peace!

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It's a day for family and food, swing and standard tubes in the air, turkey of course,and Persian rice with truffles and piseli, quinoa ...
Wednesday, November 21, 2012

And For Now -- A Cessation in the Hostilities. How Long? Who Knows.

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Washington Post Reports that the Egyptian government announced Wednesday night that Israel and Palestinian leaders in the Gaza strip have ag...

A Pre-Thanksgiving Soliloquy

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For Danielle and Rami in Tel Aviv Right Now The Rolling Stones, 1969, on The David Frost Show, perform You Can't Always Get What You...
Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Israeli Soldier Killed; Hamas Announces Truce; Israel Prepares for Ground Offensive

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Truce

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Truce between Israeli and Palestinian forces to be announced Tuesday November 20 at 2 pm EST and goes into effect at 5 pm EST
Saturday, November 17, 2012

When Tigers Fight It Is The Grass that Suffers

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Gaza operation enters day 5 http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/live-blog-day-5-of-israel-s-gaza-offensive-1.478624 How would a...
Tuesday, November 13, 2012

The Andy Warhol Museum's Eric Shiner to Curate 'Focus' at the Centenniel Armory Show

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Exciting news in the Art World. The 2013 Armory Show, which this year will commemorate the centenniel of the original Armory Show in 1913, w...
Monday, November 12, 2012

Start Me Up: Rolling Stones Play Barclay Center

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The Rolling Stones 50 th anniversary mini tour will have a stop off on December 8 in Brooklyn after all..I guess the number's finally w...
Saturday, November 10, 2012

Rehearsing for the Apocalypse

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Waiting on a Gas Line. Reflecting on An unrecognizable, perhaps unimaginable, New York City following The Storm. Hundreds of houses burned o...
Thursday, November 8, 2012

...and the Beginning of a New Era: Odd and Even Gas Rationing in NYC

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New York City is imposing odd and even day gas rationing in NYC beginning Friday, November 9, at 6 AM.  License plates ending in an even num...