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Quotes of the Day

• Napoleon Bonaparte
  "History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon." […]
• John F. Kennedy
  "A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on." […]
• Henry Ward Beecher
  "The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things." […]

This Week Past Years

2009

• CIRCUS COMING TO CONEY?
• APPLE VERDE GRANDE
• HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY
• SOUTH FERRY RENEWED
• REPORTS GREATLY EXAGGERATED

Brooklyn Daily Eagle

• On This Day in History: March 12 Brooklyn Honors For Sedaka March 12, 2010
  Neil Sedaka has his well-deserved place of honor on the Brooklyn Celebrity Path at Brooklyn Botanic Garden. He was born in Brooklyn on March 13, 1939. Neil’s father, Mac, was a Brooklyn cabdriver. Neil grew up in Brighton Beach, where his grade school teacher at P.S. 53 arranged piano lessons for the aspiring prodigy. By […]
• 3 New Art Galleries Take Space in DUMBO March 12, 2010
  Three new art galleries have leased space in DUMBO, according to Zannah Mass, cultural affairs director for Two Trees Managment Co., landlord for all three galleries. The waterfront neighborhood of DUMBO is already a prime destination for art lovers, is […]
• Calendar: March 11-18 March 12, 2010
  Art ART 101: 101 Grand St., between Berry and Wythe, Williamsburg. (718) 302-2242 or www.art101brooklyn.com. “Just Words.” Through April 4. An exhibition of new work by Peter Scibetta. BROOKLYN MUSEUM: 200 Eastern Parkway. (718) 638-5000 or www.brooklynmuseum.org. Kiki Smith: “Sojourn.” Through September 12. “To Live Forever: Art and the Afterlife in Ancient […]
• Shopping for a Good Cause March 12, 2010
  Housing Works, the non-profit dedicated to ending AIDS and homelessness, is now celebrating its 20th year. In the beginning, it was created when four members of ACT UP, a well-known AIDS activist group, joined together to help “the tens of thousands of homeless men, women and children in New York City living with HIV and AIDS.” Over the past 10 years their a […]
• Free Stuff To Do! March 12, 2010
  Rent is high, so keep your social life cheap. It’s women’s history month, and the world is all abuzz with the latest female “first” — Kathryn Bigelow winning Best Director at the Academy Awards on Sunday night. But this Sunday, you […]
• Pro Bono Barrister: BBA’s Legislative Night Becomes More Interesting March 12, 2010
  By Charles Otey The legal community, especially members of the judiciary, were eagerly awaiting the Brooklyn Bar Association’s (BBA’s) first “Legislators Appreciation Night” where members of the bar and bench would have an open forum to collegially discuss matters of common […]
• Women Declare: ‘We’re Not Dolls!’ March 12, 2010
  They Raise Awareness of Women’s HIV/AIDS in Brooklyn By Mary Frost Brooklyn Daily Eagle BOROUGH HALL — The afternoon crowd did a double take this past Wednesday as they passed through Brooklyn Borough Hall Plaza. On the steps were hundreds of little dolls, each one bearing a large pink label with statements like, “I am an 18-year-old woman who just contracte […]
• SportsThe ‘Weghe’ of the Future March 12, 2010
  By John Torenli Groundbreaking Provides Hope in Otherwise Dismal Nets Campaign “Basketball has always been huge in Brooklyn,” New Jersey Nets interim coach and general manager Kiki Vandeweghe said in the days leading up to yesterday’s historic groundbreaking for the Barclays Center at the Atlantic Yards. Kiki should know. After all, the former NBA scoring ma […]
• David Yassky, Nominated as Taxi Commissioner, Is Expert in Field March 12, 2010
  As Committee Chair, Was At Forefront of Taxi Issues BROOKLYN — After several months of public speculation about his future, former councilman David Yassky, who represented Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO and Downtown until this past January, has been nominated by Mayor Bloomberg as chairman/ commissioner of the Taxi and Limousine Commission. If the nomination is app […]
• ‘A Light-Hearted, Mini-Manifesto of Pragmatic Parenting Advice’ March 12, 2010
  Having had three kids in three years, now in their 20s and 30s, Brooklyn-born author Ellen Pober Rittberg knows a thing or two about raising teens. She put the knowledge she learned along the way into a newly released book called 35 Things Your Teens Won't Tell You So I Will. Not only inspired by […]

NY Times (NY Regional)

• New York Region Comes to Grips With Shock of Storm’s Fury March 15, 2010
  Officials across the metropolitan region called damage from the weekend storm some of the worst they’d seen. […]
• Rain and Wind Created a Deadly Storm March 15, 2010
  After a weekend storm in the New York area, the lingering effects became clearer. […]
• In Expensive New York, Pizza for $1, or Even 99 Cents March 15, 2010
  In New York City, where an omelet can cost $1,000, incredibly cheap pizzerias are making their mark. […]
• Blessing and Curse of Structured Recess: No Goofing Off March 15, 2010
  A growing number of schools use a recess coach to curb behavior problems. […]
• Ask a Film Location Scout March 15, 2010
  Taking Questions: Nick Carr, who runs the Web site ScoutingNY.com, responds to readers' questions. […]
• Bees in the City? New York May Make Hives Legal March 15, 2010
  The honeybee’s bad rap — and the days of urban beekeepers facing $2,000 fines — may be over this week. […]
• New Jersey Schools Brace for Cuts Under Christie March 15, 2010
  The governor will unveil his budget proposal on Tuesday, and is expected to decrease state aid to school districts by as much as 15 percent. […]
• Architecture Review | Jean Nouvel: Luxury Tower at Corner of Grit and Glamour in Chelsea March 15, 2010
  Jean Nouvel’s new residential tower in Chelsea conjures a downtown New York we once loved and can now barely remember. […]
• Bidders for Aqueduct Slots Look to the Next Deal, Too March 15, 2010
  Sensing that legalization of gambling is on its way, companies want to win a video lottery contract at Aqueduct racetrack because it might help them land a more lucrative gambling business later. […]
• City Tries to Shut M2 UltraLounge Over Smoking Ban March 15, 2010
  The first enforcement action of its kind is part of an offensive by the health department against nightclubs it says flouts the rules. […]

Media Matters

• Right-wing media attack "Slaughter solution" as unprecedented, but GOP "set new records" for its use
  March 15, 2010
  Media conservatives have falsely characterized a legislative proposal reportedly being considered to finalize health care reform in the House as unprecedented, undemocratic, and unconstitutional. But the rule in question is an accepted part of House procedure, and Congress repeatedly used the rule under GOP leadership, according to a former GOP staff directo
• Charen falsely claims health care reform "mandate[s] racial and ethnic quotas"
  March 15, 2010
  Columnist Mona Charen falsely claimed that the House health care reform bill contains mandated "racial and ethnic quotas for medical schools and other federal contractors." In fact, the bill contains no quota mandates.Charen falsehood: House bill mandates "racial and ethnic quotas" From Charen's March 12 syndicated column: Among the
• Myths and Falsehoods on budget reconciliation
  March 15, 2010
  In recent weeks, conservative media have promoted a number of myths and falsehoods about the possible use of the budget reconciliation process to finalize passage of health care reform. Myth: Reconciliation is the nuclear option Myth: Reconciliation undermines democracy Myth: Reconciliation in general is "arcane," abnormal, and rarely used Myth: Re
• Palin's new anti-health care reform Facebook post is full of old falsehoods
  March 15, 2010
  On March 14, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin posted a new anti-health care reform essay on her Facebook page that contains numerous falsehoods regarding reconciliation, House rules, and "federal funding of abortion."Palin rehashes falsehoods about the House vote, reconciliation, abortion funding Palin: Democrats want to use reconciliation to "b
• Doocy falsely suggested Senate bill allows for federal "funding for abortion"
  March 15, 2010
  On Fox & Friends, co-host Steve Doocy falsely suggested that the Senate's health care reform legislation contains "language that does allow for" federal "funding for abortion" beyond what is currently allowed under the Hyde Amendment, which forbids the use of federal funds for abortions except in cases of life endangerment, rape
• Karl Rove brings his misinformation tour to Meet the Press
  March 14, 2010
  Karl Rove brought his misinformation tour to Meet the Press by making false claims about the Iraq war and the use of reconciliation to pass health care reform legislation.Rove falsely claimed it "was not" Bush policy "to go into Iraq and take their" oil revenues "to pay for the cost of the war" From the March 14 edition of NBC
• Will, Brooks mislead on deficit reduction in health care reform
  March 14, 2010
  Columnists George Will and David Brooks both claimed that the deficit reduction provisions of the Senate health care bill are, in Brooks' words, "totally bogus" because "it has 10 years of taxes and six years of benefits." In fact, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has estimated that the Senate bill will not only reduce budget de
• Quick Fact: Perino falsely claims health care benefits would take years to start
  March 12, 2010
  On March 12, Fox News contributor Dana Perino falsely claimed that people would "not see benefits for four to five years after" the health care reform bill passes. In fact, numerous benefits contained in the Senate bill would become available in the first year after the bill is enacted.Perino falsely claims benefits will take years to begin Perino:
• Beck attacks social justice
  March 12, 2010
  Glenn Beck has repeatedly attacked the concept of social justice and churches that promote it, asserting that it is "code language for Marxism" and warning that "when you see those words, run." In fact, numerous churches and religious faiths, as well as prominent religious scholars, espouse social justice, including the Catholic Church, t
• Media Matters: In which Glenn Beck hosts talk of tickle fights
  March 12, 2010
  This may forever be remembered as the week when "tickle fight" entered the political lexicon. The story stretches back to last week, when Eric Massa (D-NY) announced his resignation from the House of Representatives. It took many people by surprise, including conservative commentators, who initially reacted to the story by trumpeting ethics allegat
• Karl Frisch: Gone fishin': Right-wing media hook another dubious Obama conspiracy theory
  March 12, 2010
  After Robert Montgomery wrote in an ESPNOutdoors.com column that the federal government had a strategy in the works that "could prohibit U.S. citizens from fishing the nation's oceans, coastal areas, Great Lakes, and even inland waters," it was only a matter of time before the conservative media took the bait -- hook, line, and sinker. Easily
• Doocy falsely suggests Byrd opposes reconciliation to finalize health care reform
  March 12, 2010
  Fox & Friends' Steve Doocy falsely suggested that Sen. Robert Byrd opposed using reconciliation to pass health care reform, citing comments Byrd made in 2001. However, Byrd recently defended use of reconciliation to complete passage of health care reform legislation already passed by both the House and the Senate.Doocy suggests Byrd would oppose rec
• Applesauce redux: Doocy endorses "treat them like dogs" health care reform fix
  March 12, 2010
  Less than two weeks after Rush Limbaugh proposed eating "applesauce" as a solution for not being able to afford dentures due to lack of health insurance, Fox's Steve Doocy endorsed a veterinarian's idea to "fix" health care by "treat[ing] people like dogs." Limbaugh has also cited a lack of a "federal dog health c
• Upping the double standard: Fox now asking if it's "time for Speaker Pelosi to go"
  March 12, 2010
  Despite presenting no evidence that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was personally aware of concerns regarding former-Rep. Eric Massa's behavior months before those claims were made public, Fox & Friends hosted a panel on March 12 to discuss whether it's "time for Speaker Pelosi to go." But Fox news figures defended then-House Speaker Denn
• Jamison Foser: Running with a bad crowd
  March 11, 2010
  For a few weeks last fall, editors and ombudsmen at The Washington Post and New York Times seemed obsessed with the idea that they should be paying more attention to right-wing media and websites. In the wake of some wildly hyperbolic claims about ACORN, the nation's leading news outlets apologized for being too slow to run chasing after every "sca

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