Tuesday, February 28th, 2006
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Tell your Congressman or Congresswoman to vote “No” on House of Representatives Bill H.R. 4167, the “National Uniformity for Food Act,” coming to a vote in Washington, D.C this Thursday, March 2
The House of Representatives will vote this week on a controversial “national food uniformity” labeling law that will take away local government and states’ power to require food safety food labels such as those required in California and other states on foods or beverages that are likely to cause cancer, birth defects, allergic reactions, or mercury poisoning. This bill would also prevent citizens in local municipalities and states from passing laws requiring that genetically engineered foods and ingredients such as Monsanto’s recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone (rBGH) be labeled.
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Tuesday, February 28th, 2006
Republican congressional leaders had hoped to curtail bipartisan outcries over a United Arab Emirates-based company’s pending takeover of some U.S. port operations by brokering an agreement for a new investigation of the deal’s potential security risks.
Then came the disclosure that the U.S. Coast Guard had raised concerns weeks ago that, because of U.S. intelligence gaps, it could not determine whether the UAE company, DP World, might support terrorist operations.
Filed under: Politics- , Terror, War - by gamma
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Monday, February 27th, 2006
Monday, February 27th, 2006
Monday, February 27th, 2006

Avenue A, in front of Two Boots Video.
Filed under: East Village, Photos- , Avenue A, kiddie ride, Not Disney, Sculpture - by gamma
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Sunday, February 26th, 2006

Lost on the tracks. Number One train, 103rd Street Station. View Large
Filed under: Photos- , Doll, Hitchhikers, Subway - by gamma
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Friday, February 24th, 2006
Uploaded for the Guess Where NYC Flickr group. I’ll identify it here as soon as they guess it, which should be shortly.
From Niznoz: “It’s the Metro theatre on Broadway and 99th. It recently closed, again, and while the outside is protected as a landmark, the concern in the neighborhood is that it’s going to be gutted and turned into a supermarket. It’s a Deco classic.”
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Filed under: Architecture, New York City, Photos- , Architectural Decoration - by gamma
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Friday, February 24th, 2006

Construction, Upper West Side, Manhattan. View Large
Filed under: Photos, Upper West Side- , Construction, Cranes - by gamma
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