Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Markham Rd near/at Steeles Ave E ROAD CLOSURE

Road Closure Information




Location:

Markham Rd near/at Steeles Ave E



Description: 3761 MARKHAM RD NORTH BOUN LANE WILL BE CLOSED DUE TO WATER MAIN REPAIR



Proposed start: 2010-Sep-01 18:00

Proposed end: 2010-Sep-02 06:00

Paladino Rides on Anger in G.O.P. Governor Race

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By JAVIER C. HERNANDEZ
Nathaniel Brooks for The New York Times

In Erie County, N.Y., Carl P. Paladino greets a supporter

of his bid for the Republican nomination for governor.Carl P. Paladino, nearly an hour and a half late, rushed into a chandeliered room in the Bronx the other day to tell Hispanic religious leaders why they should elect him governor. The scrambled eggs had turned cold, and so had the room.



"Hipócrita," one minister whispered. Another passed around newspaper articles with the words "bigot" and "anti-immigrant" underlined.



"The paper says that you hate all Hispanics," State Senator Rubén Díaz Sr. of the Bronx told Mr. Paladino. "The paper says you want to put us in jail."



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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/01/nyregion/01paladino.html?ref=nyregion













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26th MEU Goes to Pakistan

The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit is deploying aboard the USS Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group to join the flood relief efforts in Pakistan one month early.

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FEMA Administrator Fugate Kicks Off National Preparedness Month

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate today kicked off the seventh annual National Preparedness Month, joining local Washington, D.C. officials and students from Ferebree-Hope Elementary School at the Serve DC Commander Ready event to talk about the importance of family and community emergency preparedness, especially as Hurricane Earl approaches the East Coast of the U.S. and other storms continue to form in the Atlantic Ocean. [more info]

Shinseki at American Legion

Shinseki at American Legion


Wed, 01 Sep 2010
Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki speaking at the American Legion National Convention in Milwaukee, WI.

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USF-I Change of Command

USF-I Change of Command (click for more)

United States Forces-Iraq welcomes GEN Lloyd Austin as its new commander during a change of command ceremony. Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, outgoing commande

AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THURSDAY TO 11 PM

Air Quality Alert


...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THURSDAY TO 11 PM

THURSDAY...



THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION HAS ISSUED

AN AIR QUALITY HEALTH ADVISORY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



SULLIVAN.



AIR QUALITY LEVELS IN OUTDOOR AIR ARE PREDICTED TO BE GREATER THAN

AN AIR QUALITY INDEX VALUE OF 100 FOR THE POLLUTANT OF OZONE. THE

AIR QUALITY INDEX...OR AQI...WAS CREATED AS AN EASY WAY TO

CORRELATE LEVELS OF DIFFERENT POLLUTANTS TO ONE SCALE. THE

HIGHER THE AQI VALUE, THE GREATER THE HEALTH CONCERN.



WHEN POLLUTION LEVELS ARE ELEVATED...THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT

OF HEALTH RECOMMENDS THAT INDIVIDUALS CONSIDER LIMITING

STRENUOUS OUTDOOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY TO REDUCE THE RISK OF

ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS. PEOPLE WHO MAY BE ESPECIALLY SENSITIVE

TO THE EFFECTS OF ELEVATED LEVELS OF POLLUTANTS INCLUDE THE VERY

YOUNG, AND THOSE WITH PRE-EXISTING RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS SUCH AS

ASTHMA OR HEART DISEASE. THOSE WITH SYMPTOMS SHOULD CONSIDER CONSULTING

THEIR PERSONAL PHYSICIAN.


- Source: NOAA / NYSEPA