From Lisa Whitaker......
The law gets involved to protect a non-human animal:
In what could possibly be the first case of its kind, and one which might set a precendent, Bebe, a 5-year-old Bichon Frise, who was beaten by a man as part of a domestic dispute, has become the first dog granted an order of protection by New York courts.
A judge has ordered that a Bronx man keep away from the Bichon Frise.
Bebe's owner, Derek Lopez (27), is thought to be the first person to receive such an order of protection by the city on behalf of a dog.
Joseph Pentangelo, Assistant Director of The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), commented: "Pets are often caught in the cycle of domestic violence. By this action, the Queens District Attorney's Office demonstrates a strong commitment to the laws protecting pets and their caregivers."
It is thought Lopez (27) returned to his home on July 20 and found Bebe bruised and limping. He had left Fredrick Fontanez (20) in the apartment with 5-year-old Bebe. A neighbor heard Bebe "yelping and crying" soon after Lopez and Fontanez had a heated disagreement on the phone, officials said.
A veterinarian said Bebe's injuries were the result of being repeatedly hit or kicked.
Fontanez was released yesterday - but not before Judge Alex Zigman issued an order of protection instructing him to stay at least 100 yards away from Lopez and Bebe.
In July 2006, Gov. Pataki signed a bill allowing pets to be included in orders of protection.
"If this is the first one, it's great," said state Sen. Frank Padavan, who co-sponsored the legislation. "It's a crime to do harm to domestic animals, so this is only appropriate," Padavan said. If convicted, Fontanez faces up to a year in jail.
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by Susie » Tue Nov 07, 2006 5:29 pm
Chelsea Clinton runs into voting problems
NEW YORK (CNN) -- A famous political name does not guarantee hassle-free voting, as former "first daughter" Chelsea Clinton discovered Tuesday.
She turned up shortly after 6 a.m. at her polling site on West 20th Street -- in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan -- only to be told her name was not in the voter registration books there, a voting official said.
It turned out the registration book for her district had been mistakenly sent to the wrong location, said New York City Board of Elections Executive Director John Ravitz.
She filed an affidavit vote -- a paper ballot that allows election workers to confirm that a voter is properly registered after their vote is cast. If the voter is not registered, the vote is not accepted.
Posted 11/07/2006 05:02:00 PM |
NEW YORK (CNN) -- A famous political name does not guarantee hassle-free voting, as former "first daughter" Chelsea Clinton discovered Tuesday.
She turned up shortly after 6 a.m. at her polling site on West 20th Street -- in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan -- only to be told her name was not in the voter registration books there, a voting official said.
It turned out the registration book for her district had been mistakenly sent to the wrong location, said New York City Board of Elections Executive Director John Ravitz.
She filed an affidavit vote -- a paper ballot that allows election workers to confirm that a voter is properly registered after their vote is cast. If the voter is not registered, the vote is not accepted.
Posted 11/07/2006 05:02:00 PM |
- Susie
by Susie » Tue Nov 07, 2006 5:30 pm
Reynolds district witnessing heavy turnout
ERIE COUNTY, New York -- Turnout in Erie County, the home of Rep. Tom Reynolds, R-New York, and his opponent, Democrat Jack Davis, is reported to be moderate-to-heavy. Dennis Ward, the commissioner of the Erie Board of Elections, reports that turnout could top 50 percent, which he says would be "very good" for a midterm election.
Rep. Tom Reynolds voted in the afternoon. A spokesman says he was working the phones all day in order to monitor other House races, because Reynolds chairs the National Republican Congressional Committee. A spokesman says Reynolds "feels good" about the turnout so far and launched an unprecedented "get out the vote" effort in his district.
Democratic Candidate Jack Davis voted this morning. He has been keeping a low profile. A spokesman for Davis says his candidate is feeling optimistic.
Voters we spoke with say the Mark Foley scandal played a role in their decisions. Some voted against Reynolds, saying they felt he should have done more when he learned about questionable emails Foley wrote to a former congressional page. One Republican voter says she voted for Reynolds because he has the power to pull strings in Washington, D.C., but she said the Foley scandal made this a tough vote for her.
-- CNN Correspondent Mary Snow
Posted 11/07/2006 05:59:00 PM |
ERIE COUNTY, New York -- Turnout in Erie County, the home of Rep. Tom Reynolds, R-New York, and his opponent, Democrat Jack Davis, is reported to be moderate-to-heavy. Dennis Ward, the commissioner of the Erie Board of Elections, reports that turnout could top 50 percent, which he says would be "very good" for a midterm election.
Rep. Tom Reynolds voted in the afternoon. A spokesman says he was working the phones all day in order to monitor other House races, because Reynolds chairs the National Republican Congressional Committee. A spokesman says Reynolds "feels good" about the turnout so far and launched an unprecedented "get out the vote" effort in his district.
Democratic Candidate Jack Davis voted this morning. He has been keeping a low profile. A spokesman for Davis says his candidate is feeling optimistic.
Voters we spoke with say the Mark Foley scandal played a role in their decisions. Some voted against Reynolds, saying they felt he should have done more when he learned about questionable emails Foley wrote to a former congressional page. One Republican voter says she voted for Reynolds because he has the power to pull strings in Washington, D.C., but she said the Foley scandal made this a tough vote for her.
-- CNN Correspondent Mary Snow
Posted 11/07/2006 05:59:00 PM |
- Susie
How to Keep New York City Afloat
by Susie » Wed Nov 08, 2006 10:37 pm
Sci/Tech>Environment
from the November 09, 2006 edition
How to keep New York afloat
By 2050, stronger storms and rising sea levels may make the flood that previously hit once every 100 years a once-in-20-years event, according to GISS. With a possible three-foot sea level rise by 2100, flooding could occur every four years. "Our old ideas about climate may have to change," he says. "We need to be open to all possibilities."
Even as high-profile politicians like California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and New York Gov. George Pataki pledge to reduce their states' carbon "footprint," cities like New York and London - and entire countries like the Netherlands - are moving to adapt to long-term climate change.
With slogans like, "Why should you worry about a hurricane? It's not like you live on an island" and a tripling of storm shelters since Katrina, New York City's Office of Emergency Management has prepared for at least some of the short-term possibilities.
But even before Katrina, the city's Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), which manages the city's freshwater supply and wastewater - 13,000 miles of pipe, total - formed a task force with GISS to look at the long-term effects of climate change.
Among other things, the DEP was concerned by the damage storm surges might inflict on a city surrounded by water. Although city officials declined to discuss concrete solutions for this article saying they were still in the "assessment" phase, scientists foresee potential fixes ranging from raising key infrastructure and building dikes, to flood gates and temporary seals over tunnel entrances. One group proposes raisable flood barriers large enough to protect all of Manhattan Island.
Sea levels have risen almost a foot in the past century, partly because of ice melt and thermal expansion (warmer water has more volume), and partly because of naturally occurring land subsidence of the Northeast. In the same period, area temperatures have risen nearly 2 degrees F. About two-thirds of that increase occurred in the past 30 years and sea-level rise has accelerated in the past decade. "The core body of knowledge has solidified" on climate change, says Cynthia Rosenzweig, the lead GISS scientist on the climate-change task force. "We're moving into a solution phase."
But possible solutions - and how to pay for them - are still "big question marks," says Gary Heath, director of bureau operations and environmental analysis at the DEP. Although antiflooding technologies are basic and well established, implementing them in a city as old and crowded as New York is no simple task.
Elevating roads, for example, sends more runoff into subway grates. Water pumped out of subway tunnels - already some 14 million gallons daily - goes into sewer systems that might be overtaxed by rainwater. "You solve one problem and you create another," says Madan Naik, chief structural engineer of New York City Transit. "It's got to be a collaborative effort, whatever we do."
Much of this city of 8 million, the largest and most densely populated major city in the US, is only 10 feet above sea level. The potential 30-foot storm surge accompanying a Category 3 hurricane would flood large swaths of south Brooklyn, parts of Queens, Staten Island, and Manhattan below Canal Street, including the World Trade Center site - 100 square miles total. As happened during a 1992 northeaster, floodwater might pour into the city's tunnels and subway system, many of whose entrances are but 10 feet above sea level, short-circuiting public transportation and stopping traffic. The city's wastewater treatment plants - all 14 of which lie at the water's edge and have outfalls at mean tide level - could back up, sending raw sewage into basements and bathrooms citywide.
Klaus Jacob, a special research scientist at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University in New York, estimates the cost of such an event up to $100 billion. That's one-tenth of the $1 trillion gross regional product of the New York metropolitan area, embracing three states and 22 million people. (Some estimate that Katrina will cost Louisiana and Mississippi up to $150 billion.)
Rather than individually shoring up the city's many vulnerabilities, the better solution is to use the region's topography, say engineer Douglas Hill and Malcolm Bowman, head of the Storm Surge Research Group at Stony Brook University. Three barriers placed at strategic "choke points" - the Verrazano Narrows, Throgs Neck, and the Arthur Kill - would protect all of Manhattan and half the entire flood-prone area, they say.
Similar smaller barriers already protect Providence, R.I., New Bedford, Mass., and Stamford, Conn. Completed at a cost of £535 million in 1982 ($2.1 billion in today's dollars), the Thames River Barrier, about the size of the one proposed for the Arthur Kill, has been raised more than 90 times. Italy plans to finish its MOSE project, a series of inflatable pontoons to protect the Venice Lagoon, by 2011.
And then there's the Netherlands: Half the nation is below sea level. Its colossal Eastern Scheldt barrier, nearly two miles long and often called the "eighth wonder of the world," most resembles the one proposed for the mile-wide Verrazano Narrows.
Human nature being what it is, Mr. Bowman doesn't see construction beginning any time soon. Without exception, the aforementioned barriers were built after - not before - major floods. The British and Dutch barriers were built after a 1953 North Sea storm caused major loss of life in both countries. The New England barriers rose after the "Long Island Express" hurricane of 1938.
In fact, in the 1960s the Army Corps of Engineers proposed something similar to block storm surges from Lake Pontchartrain, which abuts New Orleans. Never built, the barriers "might have made enough of a difference" during hurricane Katrina, says Bruce Swiren, a mitigation specialist at the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The disaster has led him to reconsider Bowman's idea. "I used to think that it was a complete pie in the sky," he says. "After Katrina, I'm starting to think maybe it's not such a crazy idea after all."
But Klaus Jacob, author of several papers on New York's vulnerability to flooding, opposes such large-scale solutions not on engineering but on philosophical grounds. They lend an "illusion of protection" that will only prove catastrophic in the end, he says. "The higher the defenses, the deeper the floods that will follow," he says.
Commonsensical preparations such as raising houses; putting electrical infrastructure in the attic, not the basement; and formulating clear contingency plans will go much further. In the end, however, Jacob sees only one viable, long-term option: Retreat from low-lying areas.
"That's the lesson learned," he says, the "price to be paid for pumping CO2 into the atmosphere."[/b]
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1109/p13s02-sten.html
from the November 09, 2006 edition
How to keep New York afloat
By 2050, stronger storms and rising sea levels may make the flood that previously hit once every 100 years a once-in-20-years event, according to GISS. With a possible three-foot sea level rise by 2100, flooding could occur every four years. "Our old ideas about climate may have to change," he says. "We need to be open to all possibilities."
Even as high-profile politicians like California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and New York Gov. George Pataki pledge to reduce their states' carbon "footprint," cities like New York and London - and entire countries like the Netherlands - are moving to adapt to long-term climate change.
With slogans like, "Why should you worry about a hurricane? It's not like you live on an island" and a tripling of storm shelters since Katrina, New York City's Office of Emergency Management has prepared for at least some of the short-term possibilities.
But even before Katrina, the city's Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), which manages the city's freshwater supply and wastewater - 13,000 miles of pipe, total - formed a task force with GISS to look at the long-term effects of climate change.
Among other things, the DEP was concerned by the damage storm surges might inflict on a city surrounded by water. Although city officials declined to discuss concrete solutions for this article saying they were still in the "assessment" phase, scientists foresee potential fixes ranging from raising key infrastructure and building dikes, to flood gates and temporary seals over tunnel entrances. One group proposes raisable flood barriers large enough to protect all of Manhattan Island.
Sea levels have risen almost a foot in the past century, partly because of ice melt and thermal expansion (warmer water has more volume), and partly because of naturally occurring land subsidence of the Northeast. In the same period, area temperatures have risen nearly 2 degrees F. About two-thirds of that increase occurred in the past 30 years and sea-level rise has accelerated in the past decade. "The core body of knowledge has solidified" on climate change, says Cynthia Rosenzweig, the lead GISS scientist on the climate-change task force. "We're moving into a solution phase."
But possible solutions - and how to pay for them - are still "big question marks," says Gary Heath, director of bureau operations and environmental analysis at the DEP. Although antiflooding technologies are basic and well established, implementing them in a city as old and crowded as New York is no simple task.
Elevating roads, for example, sends more runoff into subway grates. Water pumped out of subway tunnels - already some 14 million gallons daily - goes into sewer systems that might be overtaxed by rainwater. "You solve one problem and you create another," says Madan Naik, chief structural engineer of New York City Transit. "It's got to be a collaborative effort, whatever we do."
Much of this city of 8 million, the largest and most densely populated major city in the US, is only 10 feet above sea level. The potential 30-foot storm surge accompanying a Category 3 hurricane would flood large swaths of south Brooklyn, parts of Queens, Staten Island, and Manhattan below Canal Street, including the World Trade Center site - 100 square miles total. As happened during a 1992 northeaster, floodwater might pour into the city's tunnels and subway system, many of whose entrances are but 10 feet above sea level, short-circuiting public transportation and stopping traffic. The city's wastewater treatment plants - all 14 of which lie at the water's edge and have outfalls at mean tide level - could back up, sending raw sewage into basements and bathrooms citywide.
Klaus Jacob, a special research scientist at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University in New York, estimates the cost of such an event up to $100 billion. That's one-tenth of the $1 trillion gross regional product of the New York metropolitan area, embracing three states and 22 million people. (Some estimate that Katrina will cost Louisiana and Mississippi up to $150 billion.)
Rather than individually shoring up the city's many vulnerabilities, the better solution is to use the region's topography, say engineer Douglas Hill and Malcolm Bowman, head of the Storm Surge Research Group at Stony Brook University. Three barriers placed at strategic "choke points" - the Verrazano Narrows, Throgs Neck, and the Arthur Kill - would protect all of Manhattan and half the entire flood-prone area, they say.
Similar smaller barriers already protect Providence, R.I., New Bedford, Mass., and Stamford, Conn. Completed at a cost of £535 million in 1982 ($2.1 billion in today's dollars), the Thames River Barrier, about the size of the one proposed for the Arthur Kill, has been raised more than 90 times. Italy plans to finish its MOSE project, a series of inflatable pontoons to protect the Venice Lagoon, by 2011.
And then there's the Netherlands: Half the nation is below sea level. Its colossal Eastern Scheldt barrier, nearly two miles long and often called the "eighth wonder of the world," most resembles the one proposed for the mile-wide Verrazano Narrows.
Human nature being what it is, Mr. Bowman doesn't see construction beginning any time soon. Without exception, the aforementioned barriers were built after - not before - major floods. The British and Dutch barriers were built after a 1953 North Sea storm caused major loss of life in both countries. The New England barriers rose after the "Long Island Express" hurricane of 1938.
In fact, in the 1960s the Army Corps of Engineers proposed something similar to block storm surges from Lake Pontchartrain, which abuts New Orleans. Never built, the barriers "might have made enough of a difference" during hurricane Katrina, says Bruce Swiren, a mitigation specialist at the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The disaster has led him to reconsider Bowman's idea. "I used to think that it was a complete pie in the sky," he says. "After Katrina, I'm starting to think maybe it's not such a crazy idea after all."
But Klaus Jacob, author of several papers on New York's vulnerability to flooding, opposes such large-scale solutions not on engineering but on philosophical grounds. They lend an "illusion of protection" that will only prove catastrophic in the end, he says. "The higher the defenses, the deeper the floods that will follow," he says.
Commonsensical preparations such as raising houses; putting electrical infrastructure in the attic, not the basement; and formulating clear contingency plans will go much further. In the end, however, Jacob sees only one viable, long-term option: Retreat from low-lying areas.
"That's the lesson learned," he says, the "price to be paid for pumping CO2 into the atmosphere."[/b]
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1109/p13s02-sten.html
- Susie
Re: New York
by Vegantastic » Tue Jun 03, 2008 5:49 pm
I am going to New York friday for about 10 days. Also to Washington.
And to farm sanctuary. I stay in Edison near NYC.
Is there a good vegan restaurant in New York city I should visit? Or are there vegan stores or something?
I found some on the internet, but maybe you have some places to recommend
And to farm sanctuary. I stay in Edison near NYC.
Is there a good vegan restaurant in New York city I should visit? Or are there vegan stores or something?
I found some on the internet, but maybe you have some places to recommend
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Re: New York
by Vegantastic » Tue Mar 24, 2009 8:31 am
On 17th of May the première of the movie Meat The Truth will be in New York.
It is a movie about the impact of the meat/dairy industry on the environment. The movie shows what the effect is when people stop eating meat 1 day or 7 days.
More information: http://www.meatthetruth.com
There you'll also find a trailer.
The makers of this movie are looking for people located in the area of NY who are willing to help on this day. They are looking for 10 people who want to hand out leaflets (you have to wear pig suits) before and during the premiere.
Please contact them on: info@ngpf.nl
It is a movie about the impact of the meat/dairy industry on the environment. The movie shows what the effect is when people stop eating meat 1 day or 7 days.
More information: http://www.meatthetruth.com
There you'll also find a trailer.
The makers of this movie are looking for people located in the area of NY who are willing to help on this day. They are looking for 10 people who want to hand out leaflets (you have to wear pig suits) before and during the premiere.
Please contact them on: info@ngpf.nl
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Re: New York
by Vegantastic » Tue May 12, 2009 4:34 pm
MAY 17TH: NEW YORK premiere of Meat the Truth
On May 17th 2009 Meat the truth will have its New York premiere at the New York Film Academy. There will be two screenings: at 5pm and 7pm, right after the Veggie Pride Parade. Admission is free! To reserve a seat, send an email to newyork@meatthetruth.com
DATE: May 17th 2009
SCREENING TIMES: 5pm and 7 pm
LOCATION: New York Film Academy
ADDRESS: 100 E 17th Street, New York, NY
ADMISSION: FREE!
RESERVATIONS: newyork@meatthetruth.com
On May 17th 2009 Meat the truth will have its New York premiere at the New York Film Academy. There will be two screenings: at 5pm and 7pm, right after the Veggie Pride Parade. Admission is free! To reserve a seat, send an email to newyork@meatthetruth.com
DATE: May 17th 2009
SCREENING TIMES: 5pm and 7 pm
LOCATION: New York Film Academy
ADDRESS: 100 E 17th Street, New York, NY
ADMISSION: FREE!
RESERVATIONS: newyork@meatthetruth.com
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Michael Franti & Spearhead at Gov's Island
by nycdave » Fri May 07, 2010 12:03 pm
such powerful music! the energy is very positive even when franti is getting intense, i think.
anybody coming out to the governor's island show in early june? should be very cool... the venue is amazing (governor's island is such a cool place!) and trombone shorty is opening. incidentally, anybody checked out shorty's new cd? very worth it.
anybody coming out to the governor's island show in early june? should be very cool... the venue is amazing (governor's island is such a cool place!) and trombone shorty is opening. incidentally, anybody checked out shorty's new cd? very worth it.
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