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Solvay Curfew
Solvay story
july 30
Justin Udo
611 secion 1
The village of Solvay passed a law last night putting a curfew into effect. The New York Civil Liberties union opposes the new curfew. Berrie Gewanter is Director of the Central New York C-L-U She says
"the law is unconstitutional, and if necessary she will challenge it. Gewanter went on to say "the municipality has to establish there is a different problem that causes harm to children of that particular age at curfew times."
Solvay resident Jim Rogers says he has been repeatedly by youngsters at night, and says he is doing what he can to keep his street safe. Rodgers also said
"I go out and I tell the kids to move along, i'm not afraid my wife don't like it but i'm just one of those guys I go right out there, I don't care."
The curfew will start at ten each night and is for children 16 years and younger.
july 30
Justin Udo
611 secion 1
The village of Solvay passed a law last night putting a curfew into effect. The New York Civil Liberties union opposes the new curfew. Berrie Gewanter is Director of the Central New York C-L-U She says
"the law is unconstitutional, and if necessary she will challenge it. Gewanter went on to say "the municipality has to establish there is a different problem that causes harm to children of that particular age at curfew times."
Solvay resident Jim Rogers says he has been repeatedly by youngsters at night, and says he is doing what he can to keep his street safe. Rodgers also said
"I go out and I tell the kids to move along, i'm not afraid my wife don't like it but i'm just one of those guys I go right out there, I don't care."
The curfew will start at ten each night and is for children 16 years and younger.
How Prof. Nicholson can say "pass me the gun" in 5 different languages...
Italian: passimi la pistola
Dutch: ga me over het kanon
German: führen Sie mich die Gewehr
Portuguese: passe-me o injetor
French: passez-moi le pistolet*
*never actually uttered in a war.
Courtesy of Babelfish
Dutch: ga me over het kanon
German: führen Sie mich die Gewehr
Portuguese: passe-me o injetor
French: passez-moi le pistolet*
*never actually uttered in a war.
Courtesy of Babelfish
About African Drumming-blog
When I came across the name I didn't really know what Seven Rays bookstore was. I had noticed a posting on a website that said they were offering African drumming lessons. I thought is was really unusual for a bookstore to be offering a drumming lessons so I decided to visit the store. When I first walked into the store I immediately noticed the sound of a waterfall. From that point I knew this was not your ordinary Barnes and Knobles. Two women were sitting next to the waterfall having lunch. I walked around the store and noticed various items like rocks, jewelry and books about Kabbalah. I had heard of these things before and heard that celebrities were really into them but to find a store of this kind in Syracuse was surprising. With Syracuse and surrounding areas being considered fairly conservative, it surprised me that this store had been in business over 30 years. The books lined against the wall seemed to be subject specific and covered topics dealing with spirituality.The co-owner was very helpful and said they offered many other classes. Several of the other classes they offered were meditative ones that also involved drumming to get people into a certain state of meditation.
How I did bassmaster
I came across this project as a similar angle to a story that I had seen in my hometown after a bowl game or an NCAA regional tournament. I found out from the Post-Standard that the fishing tournament was running from Tuesday to Sunday and the anglers came in Tuesday for Practice rounds. The news would always do a story about projected economical impact the event would have to the city. The Bassmaster Memorial is one of the major fishing tournaments in the United States and I was curious as to the economical impact it would have if any for city businesses. My first contact was Casey Davis of the Convention Bureau after a quick google search lead me to the visitors bureau website. She gave me the number to David Holder, who is the President of the Bureau. Mr. Holder and I spoke briefly and then he said he would call me back shortly. Around an hour later, and an hour before the newscast, he called and gave me specific information as to projected cost and what businesses would be impacted. It would have been the third anchor act that I would do for the newscast, but since I did not have enough time to do that one for an anchor act I turned it into a reader due to the fact that we needed more stories for a newscast anyway.
Fishing caught my interest because of the personal angle with my grandpa teaching me how to fish at a young age. In addition, I was aware of fishing tournaments but no fishing tournaments on a large scale such as the one at Onondaga Lake. I know there aren't many prestigious tournament around the area unless it deals with Syracuse University or the upcoming golf tournament at Turning Stone. The other anchor acts I did were over airport security at Hancock and George W. Bush and his personally selected panel on what to do with verterans and medical treatment.
Fishing caught my interest because of the personal angle with my grandpa teaching me how to fish at a young age. In addition, I was aware of fishing tournaments but no fishing tournaments on a large scale such as the one at Onondaga Lake. I know there aren't many prestigious tournament around the area unless it deals with Syracuse University or the upcoming golf tournament at Turning Stone. The other anchor acts I did were over airport security at Hancock and George W. Bush and his personally selected panel on what to do with verterans and medical treatment.
Elderly AIDS blog - Pizzi
New York City's Department of Aging is trying to educate the elderly on HIV prevention. New York City has the highest number of AIDS cases in the country, and in the next ten years the majority of the HIV patients in New York City will be over 50-years old. The Agency passed out condoms and offered HIV testing at a city senior center as part of their effort.
A few senior citizens were confused as to why they needed this education since many people in the crowd were averaging 70-years old. Many people wouldn't think (or wouldn't like to think) that the elderly were using drugs and having sex, but this is not true...they are. A physician from Howard University Hospital diagnosed HIV to an 82-year old! One senior citizen from the article said that if she had the chance to use the condoms, she would.
I wanted to investigate if Syracuse University's Center of Gerontology is doing anything to help with the growing population of elderly HIV patients. So, I interviewed the Assistant Director of Gerontology, Martha Bonney who said the Gerontology Center had recently received funding to start researching elderly HIV patients living in the Central New York area. This will be a different study from the studies conducted in New York City because Central New York is a more suburban area.
Bonney said this research is important to the Gerontology Center because with the antiretroviral drugs (advances in HIV/AIDS medicine) HIV patients are living longer and struggling with health issues that are "exacerbated by the simple process of aging." The Director of Gerontology, Madonna Harrington Meyer and a faculty affiliate, Andrew London have started the study, and estimate 12 to 24 months until completion.
A few senior citizens were confused as to why they needed this education since many people in the crowd were averaging 70-years old. Many people wouldn't think (or wouldn't like to think) that the elderly were using drugs and having sex, but this is not true...they are. A physician from Howard University Hospital diagnosed HIV to an 82-year old! One senior citizen from the article said that if she had the chance to use the condoms, she would.
I wanted to investigate if Syracuse University's Center of Gerontology is doing anything to help with the growing population of elderly HIV patients. So, I interviewed the Assistant Director of Gerontology, Martha Bonney who said the Gerontology Center had recently received funding to start researching elderly HIV patients living in the Central New York area. This will be a different study from the studies conducted in New York City because Central New York is a more suburban area.
Bonney said this research is important to the Gerontology Center because with the antiretroviral drugs (advances in HIV/AIDS medicine) HIV patients are living longer and struggling with health issues that are "exacerbated by the simple process of aging." The Director of Gerontology, Madonna Harrington Meyer and a faculty affiliate, Andrew London have started the study, and estimate 12 to 24 months until completion.
Steve Persieb is one excited guy
The best thing about interviewing Steve Persieb was how excited he was about the new help line for parents. It made me think that this program has a great chance of being a big success because the guy in charge has so much energy and enthusiasm. I am excited to see the results of the trial help line, although it will take months if not years to see if it really helped inform kids about drugs.
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