Hackshaw campaign needs volunteers

September 8, 2009

The Rock Hackshaw campaign needs volunteers immediately to help with mass mailings. They need to get about 64,000 pieces into the mail by Thursday evening so that they can be received by voters before election day.
They’re also going to need volunteers on Election Day for get-out-the-vote (GOTV) operations.
In other words – they’re going to [...]

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Rock Hackshaw – candidate for City Council, 40th District

August 31, 2009

Rock Hackshaw (okay, HERMON EMANUEL JEROME HACKSHAW, but we should be permissive about letting people pick their own names – particularly in a race in which the incumbent refers to himself as a physician – but may or may not be one, in fact; and may or may not live in the district). Plus – [...]

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Jackrabbit promotes fundraiser to assist employee in health crisis

August 18, 2009

JackRabbit sports is sponsoring a fund-raising run for one of its employees, Greg Hamilton, who has been diagnosed with testicular cancer. While his direct medical expenses are covered by Jackrabbit’s employee coverage,
There are all kinds of costs when fighting cancer, and only a few of them are covered by medical insurance.  Greg’s parents live in [...]

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Armed robbery of Gulf Station at Caton and Coney Island Avenues

August 8, 2009

We understand that early this morning (or late last night) the Gulf Station (which includes the Dunkin’ Donuts) suffered an armed robbery. As of this morning, the entire station was blocked off with crime scene tape.
It’s our understanding that no one was injured; we’ll try to provide further details as we acquire them.

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WhiteCollarCrimeNews on Jersey Scandals

July 24, 2009

White Collar Crime News – operated by New Jersey attorney Jef Henninger – has good detail on the unraveling, multifaceted, New Jersey/Israel/Brooklyn-based money-laundering/bribery/organ sale scandal.
44 arrested in massive Federal corruption sweep
Operation Bid Rig Part 3 – update
And – if you’re interested in criminal justice policy, or New Jersey, White Collar Crime News is worth reading. And how [...]

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WNYC’s Hennelly and Cruz on New Jersey arrests

July 23, 2009

WNYC’s Bob Hennelly and David Cruz have excellent coverage of the unfolding New Jersey scandal. Read/Listen to: Massive Corruption Arrests in NJ.

Federal officials have just announced further details of a major investigation into corruption and money laundering in New Jersey and Brooklyn. WNYC reporter Bob Hennelly and reporter David Cruz, former editor-in-chief of The Hudson [...]

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Equinox of Insanity: the very best line in a William Kristol column.

July 9, 2009

Nima Yousefi identifies the best line ever to occur in, or immediately adjacent to, a Wiliam Kristol column on the New York Times Op-Ed page. See William Kristol Asks ‘Will Obama Save Liberalism?’
Equinox of Insanity.

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June 22, 2009

Multiple reasons to check out David Friedman’s various web nodes:
The very funny and very clever Ironic Sans: e.g. his proposal for a motion-sensor alert-signal-adjusted mobile phone; the absolutely brilliant fiber-optic streetlights1;
Thsrs, “the on-line thesaurus that only gives results shorter than the word you look up” (I’d been thinking that telegraph abbreviations and shorthand were due [...]

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Energy Conservation teach-in

June 10, 2009

Title: Energy Conservation teach-in
Location: Oak and the Iris Café, located at 2826 Fort Hamilton Parkway on the corner of East 4th Street
Link out: Click here
Description: * Energy Conservation techniques
* Weatherization: Waste less energy through air sealing, increased insulation, window upgrades and improved ventilation.
* Solar Panels: Learn if your building is a good [...]

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Walsh Metal Works: beautiful custom gates

June 8, 2009

Made right here in Kings County by Sullivan Walsh:
Walsh Metal Works. Yet another indication of the abundance of brilliant artists, artisans, inventors, and engineers in Brooklyn.

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Bloomberg calls New York Observer reporter “a disgrace”

May 29, 2009

From the Associated Press, via Newsday:
At a news conference with U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis to discuss how stimulus money is being used for job training, Bloomberg noted several ways the economy seems to be doing better. Then New York Observer reporter Azi Paybarah asked whether the improving economy cancels out Bloomberg’s rationale for [...]

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a brief message about A Brief Message

May 23, 2009

Khoi Vinh, the outstanding web designer (Subtraction, The Times, Mister President), and neighborhood resident and Liz Danzico, whose work is new to us (Happy Cog Studios, Bobulate.com) have created A Brief Message,
A Brief Message features design opinions expressed in short form. Somewhere between critiques and manifestos, between wordy and skimpy, Brief Messages are viewpoints on [...]

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Uncommon Projects

May 17, 2009

Uncommon Projects is yet another example of Brooklyn’s abundance of inventors, creators, makers, designers and engineers – and how the boundaries between all of the previous description have blurred or disappeared. They write code, build websites, and build machines. And here’s some of what they’ve done.
Photo-taking bicycles for yahoo’s Purple Pedals Project; in turn, [...]

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City issues RFP for solar panels on municipal buildings

May 17, 2009

Better late than never. Here’s the press release. Excerpt after the jump:

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Church Avenue repair artisans

May 12, 2009

The implied fourth “R” of the triplet Reduce, Reuse, Recycle is Repair.
That which can be repaired can be be reused; if it’s broken, all that’s left is recycle – something we haven’t quite mastered yet.
Two establishments on Church Avenue have repaired things for me in recent weeks, all ahead of schedule, at low prices, [...]

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Ellen Honigstock’s ToePrint Project – reducing carbon footprints in many small increments

May 9, 2009

The Toeprint Project – reducing carbon footprints one bit at a time. This is a project of the brilliant New York architect Ellen Honigstock – check out the galleries of her work on the front page of her site.
NB: we’re neighbors and friends. But her work speaks for itself.

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Church Avenue BID survey

May 7, 2009

The Church Avenue Business Improvement District (BID) is working with the Pratt Center for Community Development to conduct a survey of local residents who live on or near Church Avenue between Coney Island Avenue and Flatbush Avenue to provide information on:
· Where they shop
· What they buy
· What they like about Church Avenue
· [...]

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May 5, 2009

Jill Conner has an interview in WhiteHot with Jeff and Alana Bliumis about their current installation, “Cultural Conversations.”
Here’s an excerpt from the interview:
Jill Conner: What was your motivation behind the installation at Black and White Project Space? It’s not just a static installation but one that grows over time and involves the community, right?
Alina [...]

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100th anniversary of the death of Lt. Giuseppe Petrosino

May 5, 2009

We’re reminded by the office of District Attorney Joe Hynes that 2009 is the 100th anniversary of the death of Lt. Giuseppe (Joseph) Petrosino, the first NYPD officer killed abroad in the line of duty. He’d been sent to Sicily to investigate organized crime.
Mr. Hynes and Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly will be at a [...]

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