http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/queens/homeless_hero_pals_rite_tuff_5YdJm9SzzHqIXY40eL1fUO?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME=
I do not understand why not one person called 911 but simply walked past this brave man that rescued a woman from being stabbed to death. Read the story and also note 100 chipped in to return his body home to Guatemala.
Call 1-800-577-TIPS (8477); Text "TIP577" (plus your message) to "CRIMES" ( 274637); Submit Internet Tips
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Rally against Wall St. Fat Cats banksters trashed economy April 29
To concerned citizens,
The banksters and Wall Street fat cats trashed our economy. Now they're spending millions to lobby against commonsense reforms and consumer protections.
It's time to show these corporate greedmongers that the people have had enough. This Thursday, let's take our outrage to the streets!
Stand up to Wall Street!
WHAT: March and rally for an economy that works for all of us, not just Wall Street.
WHEN: April 29. Assemble at 3:30 p.m., march and rally begin at 4 p.m.
WHERE: Downtown New York City, next to City Hall Park (Enter at Broadway and Chambers St.). Sign up on our Web site to let us know if you can join the protest!
They took billions in taxpayer bailout money. They paid themselves multimillion-dollar bonuses and salaries for profits reaped from the predatory and speculative behavior that led to the crisis.
And, shamelessly, they're now spending millions on lobbyists in Washington, D.C., to try to kill regulations that would help prevent another crisis.
Enough is enough! Sign up and join the protest!
If you can't make it, you can still take action.
Thank you for all you do.
Rick, Angela and Glenn
Public Citizen's Online Action Team
letters on behalf of our Vets traumatized struggling The NY Times
post by Suzannah B. Troy
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/28/opinion/l28army.html
Feeling Warehoused in Army Trauma Care Units”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/28/opinion/l28army.html
Feeling Warehoused in Army Trauma Care Units”
131G for 1894 motorcycle post by Suzannah B. Troy
You never know what people what treasures might be hidden away in someone's basement and in Staten Island one such example is a historic motorcycle...perhaps among the first....
I wrote a story about motorcycles..."Chopping the Street". It is really about white collar crime being above the law and costing the tax payers billions whether detected or not, whether successfully prosecuted or not and I do get in to the history of motorcycles as well as the history of Wall Street...both a like the wild, wild west.....
http://web.mac.com/suzannahbtroy/suzannahbtroy/Podcast/Entries/2008/7/8_Chopping_the_street.html You can find my free podcast in Itunes as well.
Immigration Anger rising May 1 protest NYC
post: by Suzannah B. Troy
Article by Juan Gonzalez Immigration Anger Rising Across Nation http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2010/04/28/2010-04-28_immig_advocates_rising_up_in_anger_across_the_nation.html
I received this email from an activist:
Dear Bail Out the People friends,
ALL OUT for May Day
Saturday, May 1 – Union Square, 14th St, NYC – Noon
Being at Union Square on May 1, many thousands strong will be an important part of overturning racist, anti-immigrant legislation just passed in Arizona. This is an intense week. We have the ability to send a powerful message of outrage and solidarity.
Here is the schedule:
• Come by any afternoon or evening to pick up full color, glossy May 1 Union Square flyers and posters for last minute distributions.
• Help on the Wed, Thurs 2pm to 8pm work sessions. Thousands of signs, placards and banners have to be put together. Work session Friday 11AM - 6PM
• Wed at 4pm major press conference of immigrant activists at Union Square, 14th St & Broadwayorganized by Rebel Diaz and May 1 Workers and Immigrant Rights Coalition with the demand BOYCOTT ARIZONA
• Wed at 6:30 at 55 West 17th St, 5th Floor, May 1 Workers and Immigrant Rights Coalition Last Meeting before May Day
• On Thursday, April 29 there is a major union rally at 4pm called Show Down on Wall Street. Gather at City Hall for Rally, then March. Help us distribute thousands of May 1 Union Square flyers and signs. Come to the office at 55 W 17th St by 2pm or meet us and pick up material for distribution at Murray & Broadway, across from City Hall from 3:30 on. (Call or TEXT preferred to 646-353-2708 or 201-388-7428 to find us in City Hall area or at Wall Street.)
See you SATURDAY – MAY DAY - NOON at Union Square, 14th St & Broadway.
We need help from 7 am and on through the day with set-up, sound, security and distributions.
http://suzannahbtroy.blogspot.com/
Article by Juan Gonzalez Immigration Anger Rising Across Nation http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2010/04/28/2010-04-28_immig_advocates_rising_up_in_anger_across_the_nation.html
I received this email from an activist:
Dear Bail Out the People friends,
ALL OUT for May Day
Saturday, May 1 – Union Square, 14th St, NYC – Noon
Being at Union Square on May 1, many thousands strong will be an important part of overturning racist, anti-immigrant legislation just passed in Arizona. This is an intense week. We have the ability to send a powerful message of outrage and solidarity.
Here is the schedule:
• Come by any afternoon or evening to pick up full color, glossy May 1 Union Square flyers and posters for last minute distributions.
• Help on the Wed, Thurs 2pm to 8pm work sessions. Thousands of signs, placards and banners have to be put together. Work session Friday 11AM - 6PM
• Wed at 4pm major press conference of immigrant activists at Union Square, 14th St & Broadwayorganized by Rebel Diaz and May 1 Workers and Immigrant Rights Coalition with the demand BOYCOTT ARIZONA
• Wed at 6:30 at 55 West 17th St, 5th Floor, May 1 Workers and Immigrant Rights Coalition Last Meeting before May Day
• On Thursday, April 29 there is a major union rally at 4pm called Show Down on Wall Street. Gather at City Hall for Rally, then March. Help us distribute thousands of May 1 Union Square flyers and signs. Come to the office at 55 W 17th St by 2pm or meet us and pick up material for distribution at Murray & Broadway, across from City Hall from 3:30 on. (Call or TEXT preferred to 646-353-2708 or 201-388-7428 to find us in City Hall area or at Wall Street.)
See you SATURDAY – MAY DAY - NOON at Union Square, 14th St & Broadway.
We need help from 7 am and on through the day with set-up, sound, security and distributions.
http://suzannahbtroy.blogspot.com/
Chelsea Hotel Rapist NY Post
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/chelsea_hotel_rapist_xKcbaT8bFvoqt2zKGuQzxO
This woman deserves a medal for fighting off this creepy bartender, an employee that clearly ear marked her for rape and somehow got the key card to enter her room. Makes you long for an old fashioned dead bolt. She valiantly fought him off. Do you think crazy man will somehow blame the female victim?
His defense maybe she stalked him or she tried to rape him. You never know but blaming the victim tends to be the way to go. For now his defense attorney has no comment.
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This woman deserves a medal for fighting off this creepy bartender, an employee that clearly ear marked her for rape and somehow got the key card to enter her room. Makes you long for an old fashioned dead bolt. She valiantly fought him off. Do you think crazy man will somehow blame the female victim?
His defense maybe she stalked him or she tried to rape him. You never know but blaming the victim tends to be the way to go. For now his defense attorney has no comment.
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Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Mercer Hotel gives Vets & artist a hard time, 1st Precinct to the rescue! by Suzannah B. Troy
http://suzannahbtroy.blogspot.com/2010/04/mercer-hotel-stop-harassing-our-vets.html
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I saw to NYPD officers at the tables and I thought tickets would be written but this time around small businesses beat big businesses. Read the story see the pictures.
Robert Lederman's painting of Mike Bloomberg anti-street artists by Suzannah B. Troy
Robert Lederman's painting of Bloomberg looks like Rudy with more hair!
Goldman Sachs Top Dogs Grilled by Suzannah B. Troy
We witnessed Wall Street imploding, "the bail out" which left so many individuals and small businesses wondering why they couldn't get bailed out or why St. Vincent's Hospital was not bailed out but today the top dogs of Goldman Sachs got grilled!
Goldman Sachs was so concerned about their big bonuses drawing even more public outrage that Lloyd Blankfien, GS's CEO and Chairman took a much smaller bonus which was still hefty in "real people terms".
But today Goldman Sach's top dogs got grilled....medium to well done!
Llyod Blankfien: "I heard nothing today that makes me think we did anything wrong."
He did say we will be doing some soul searching....
Here is a link to some of what went on today. http://www.businessinsider.com/live-the-final-hearing-lloyd-blankfein-vs-the-senate-2010-4
Laura Garza's body found after 2 years posting by Suzannah B. Troy
1010 Wins reported that Laura Garza's body was finally found approximately 2 years after she was last seen on video tape exiting a Chelsea Club with prime suspect Michael Melee.
This photo of Laura Garza and article below are from 1010 Wins.
She is one of a series of women that went out for a drink and some fun and never returned home. Remember Jennifer Moore, she was under age and also partying at a club in Chelsea and Imette St. Guillen who was abducted from a bar in Soho. Here is one post in a series I wrote on Laura Garza. This post praises The New York Daily News in December of 2009 for reminding readers she was still missing and keeping the memory alive of this beautiful 24 year old woman with the million dollar smile.
http://suzannahbtroy.blogspot.com/2009/12/laura-garza-is-not-forgotten-her-family.html
http://suzannahbtroy.blogspot.com/2009/12/laura-garza-is-not-forgotten-her-family.html
NEW YORK (1010 WINS/AP) -- A body found in Pennsylvania is that of a Brooklyn woman who disappeared after leaving a Chelsea nightclub in 2008, according to police.
Middletown police said Monday that a DNA analysis has confirmed the identity of Laura Garza. They said her body was found on April 11 in Mount Cobb, Pa., several miles outside Scranton.
Garza, 25, was last seen leaving club Marquee with registered sex offender Michael Mele, and was with Mele in Newburgh, NY during the early morning hours of Dec. 3 and was never seen again.
Mele, 24, was the focus of the investigation into Garza's disappearance but was never charged. In the weeks after Garza vanished, police searched Mele's home and car looking for evidence.
Mele, who is a registered Level 1 sex offender and has repeatedly been investigated for alleged sex crimes in the past, is currently serving time in prison for failing to report a change of address.
He is considered a suspect in the disappearance of Garza, and at the time she was reported missing, was driving a 2005 Silver Infiniti SUV.
Anyone who may have seen or had contact with Mele in or around Scranton, PA is asked to contact New York State Police at 845 344-5300 or Pennsylvania State Police at 570 963-3156.
Middletown police said Monday that a DNA analysis has confirmed the identity of Laura Garza. They said her body was found on April 11 in Mount Cobb, Pa., several miles outside Scranton.
Garza, 25, was last seen leaving club Marquee with registered sex offender Michael Mele, and was with Mele in Newburgh, NY during the early morning hours of Dec. 3 and was never seen again.
Mele, 24, was the focus of the investigation into Garza's disappearance but was never charged. In the weeks after Garza vanished, police searched Mele's home and car looking for evidence.
Mele, who is a registered Level 1 sex offender and has repeatedly been investigated for alleged sex crimes in the past, is currently serving time in prison for failing to report a change of address.
He is considered a suspect in the disappearance of Garza, and at the time she was reported missing, was driving a 2005 Silver Infiniti SUV.
Anyone who may have seen or had contact with Mele in or around Scranton, PA is asked to contact New York State Police at 845 344-5300 or Pennsylvania State Police at 570 963-3156.
Thursday, April 15, 2010
IRS tax day freebies 2010 at Starbucks, Cinnabon; help the homeless
Today is April 15th, IRS Tax Day. That day where people get their last files together to make a list of fiscal expenditures and get their tax report in to the government before midnight.
While today may be a day of dread, fear not, for it's also a time of IRS tax day freebies 2010. Now the trouble is while this is a national trend, not enough retailers or eateries are actually sending out press releases announcing a marketing effort. If this blogger were in the restaurant business, everyone would get a free drink if they purchased a meal and could prove they just filed their taxes.
Now there is one company that seems to get "IRS tax day freebies 2010:" Starbucks. If you bring in a reusable mug on April 15th, or today, you get a free brewed coffee according to their website. Cinnabon, who makes those great, big cinnamon rolls with the thick frosting on top, is also part of IRS tax day freebies 2010.
Between 6 PM and 8 PM at Cinnabon, you can get two free cupcake bites to, as the website reports, "make it less taxing." But if you do this, I personally ask that you give your free cupcake bites to someone who needs food. It's personally sad to see people sitting or begging and know that retailers have these freebees that someone homeless generally doesn't know about.
So if you see someone near by, think about them.
Stay tuned.
While today may be a day of dread, fear not, for it's also a time of IRS tax day freebies 2010. Now the trouble is while this is a national trend, not enough retailers or eateries are actually sending out press releases announcing a marketing effort. If this blogger were in the restaurant business, everyone would get a free drink if they purchased a meal and could prove they just filed their taxes.
Now there is one company that seems to get "IRS tax day freebies 2010:" Starbucks. If you bring in a reusable mug on April 15th, or today, you get a free brewed coffee according to their website. Cinnabon, who makes those great, big cinnamon rolls with the thick frosting on top, is also part of IRS tax day freebies 2010.
Between 6 PM and 8 PM at Cinnabon, you can get two free cupcake bites to, as the website reports, "make it less taxing." But if you do this, I personally ask that you give your free cupcake bites to someone who needs food. It's personally sad to see people sitting or begging and know that retailers have these freebees that someone homeless generally doesn't know about.
So if you see someone near by, think about them.
Stay tuned.
IPhone app and Twitter for Small Luxury Hotels of The World
See: small luxury hotels, luxury hotels of the world, iphone app hotels, twitter small luxury hotels
If you think that hotels don't get tech and social networks and aren't willing to try, think again. Small Luxury Hotels of The World, a collection of over 500 hotels in 70 countries has both a Twitter page @SLHLuxuryHotels and an iPhone app. But if you're wondering just what a "Small Luxury Hotel of The World" looks like, here's one in my 2007 video of my trip to New York City to appear as a guest on CNN's Roland Martin Debate This Show:
That hotel at 1:24 is called the Jumeirah Essex House and it's next to Central Park and just a few blocks from CNN's New York studios in The Time Warner Center. It was the first seven-star hotel this blogger ever stayed in, thanks to CNN.
It's not hard to understand why Small Luxury Hotels of The World like the Jumeirah Essex House are so popular, and why a Twitter page and an iPhone app (no blogs or other social network systems so far) are so helpful to the fans of the hotel brand.
While the Twitter page only has 1,259 followers, it has more followers than @SLHLuxuryHotels is following, which is a healthy follower to followed ratio for future growth. Where @SLHLuxuryHotels can grow is by tweeting about subjects beyond the realm of the hotel, thus picking up more Twitter followers. Still, the Twitter use and the frequency of tweets is a great start.
The Small Luxury Hotels of The World iPhone app is both cool and useful and its free. You can find and call to book a room at any one of the hotels in their system right from your iPhone. Then you can share what you've found with your social network contacts.
CNN introduced me to Small Luxury Hotels of The World like the Jumeirah Essex House before this iPhone app; you can bet that when I buy a Verizon iPhone, the Small Luxury Hotels of The World iPhone app is one of the first I'm going to use.
Stay tuned.
If you think that hotels don't get tech and social networks and aren't willing to try, think again. Small Luxury Hotels of The World, a collection of over 500 hotels in 70 countries has both a Twitter page @SLHLuxuryHotels and an iPhone app. But if you're wondering just what a "Small Luxury Hotel of The World" looks like, here's one in my 2007 video of my trip to New York City to appear as a guest on CNN's Roland Martin Debate This Show:
That hotel at 1:24 is called the Jumeirah Essex House and it's next to Central Park and just a few blocks from CNN's New York studios in The Time Warner Center. It was the first seven-star hotel this blogger ever stayed in, thanks to CNN.
It's not hard to understand why Small Luxury Hotels of The World like the Jumeirah Essex House are so popular, and why a Twitter page and an iPhone app (no blogs or other social network systems so far) are so helpful to the fans of the hotel brand.
While the Twitter page only has 1,259 followers, it has more followers than @SLHLuxuryHotels is following, which is a healthy follower to followed ratio for future growth. Where @SLHLuxuryHotels can grow is by tweeting about subjects beyond the realm of the hotel, thus picking up more Twitter followers. Still, the Twitter use and the frequency of tweets is a great start.
The Small Luxury Hotels of The World iPhone app is both cool and useful and its free. You can find and call to book a room at any one of the hotels in their system right from your iPhone. Then you can share what you've found with your social network contacts.
CNN introduced me to Small Luxury Hotels of The World like the Jumeirah Essex House before this iPhone app; you can bet that when I buy a Verizon iPhone, the Small Luxury Hotels of The World iPhone app is one of the first I'm going to use.
Stay tuned.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
YouTube video channel Zennie62 reaches 12 million video views
The YouTube video channel Zennie62 has reached 12 million video views and 200,000 channel views as of Saturday, February 20th, and continuing a pattern of rapid growth that started in 2009 and has continued through 2010. Zennie62 on YouTube also has over 4,000 subscribers.
The YouTube video channel Zennie62 consists over 800 videos covering everything from politics to news, sports, tech, and entertainment and celebrity gossip. Zennie62 on YouTube is connected to the blog Zennie62.com, also at Zennie2005.blogspot.com. The Zennie62 blog is the center publication of a network of 100 blogs ran by Zennie62.com, of which this blogger, Zennie Abraham, is the executive producer.
The idea of Zennie62 is to bring "pure form video blogging" to the viewer. It's the simple practice of talking to the audience through a camcorder to tell a story or share a point of view, or as part of an interview with someone else. As video-blogging does not call for an elaborate set or expensive equipment, it can be done anywhere, at any time.
Here's one of Zennie62's most popular videos, this one on Susan Boyle:
And here's another one called "Fight in SF Fillmore":
Some of the videos are used for his national TV show The Blog Report with Zennie62 on CoLoursTV, DISH 9407.
Plans for 2010 include the upcoming NFL Draft Combine and The Academy Awards. Zennie62 has its first designated Associate Video-Blogger and seeks to form a team of video-bloggers in different cities. If you're interested, send an email to zennie@zennie62.com
The YouTube video channel Zennie62 consists over 800 videos covering everything from politics to news, sports, tech, and entertainment and celebrity gossip. Zennie62 on YouTube is connected to the blog Zennie62.com, also at Zennie2005.blogspot.com. The Zennie62 blog is the center publication of a network of 100 blogs ran by Zennie62.com, of which this blogger, Zennie Abraham, is the executive producer.
The idea of Zennie62 is to bring "pure form video blogging" to the viewer. It's the simple practice of talking to the audience through a camcorder to tell a story or share a point of view, or as part of an interview with someone else. As video-blogging does not call for an elaborate set or expensive equipment, it can be done anywhere, at any time.
Here's one of Zennie62's most popular videos, this one on Susan Boyle:
And here's another one called "Fight in SF Fillmore":
Some of the videos are used for his national TV show The Blog Report with Zennie62 on CoLoursTV, DISH 9407.
Plans for 2010 include the upcoming NFL Draft Combine and The Academy Awards. Zennie62 has its first designated Associate Video-Blogger and seeks to form a team of video-bloggers in different cities. If you're interested, send an email to zennie@zennie62.com
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Megan Fox Armani Commercial 2010 - Megan Fox gets kudos
The latest 2010 Megan Fox Armani Commercial is out today, Tuesday. Megan Fox is drawing rave reviews for the Armani commercial, where the stunning actress from Jennifer's Body and The Transformers movie series puts on Emporio Armani and becomes the face and body of Armani.
Splash News observed that Megan Fox "teases", while, Mail Online UK gushes...
The Transformers star, shot in black and white, pouts seductively at the camera as it pans up and down her enviable figure that has made her an international sex symbol.
The commercial is a 30-second-long trip along the semi-nude body of Megan Fox more than an commercial for Armani. To this blogger, it's playful, sexy, seductive, and just a tad boring. Not Megan Fox, the Armani commercial. Make no mistake about it, Megan Fox is a classically beautiful woman. But there's something about the Armani commercial that's missing and it's action.
Megan Fox in stiletto heeled sexy shoes and walking near-nude in the same Emporio Armani underwear would have sent the Internet into tilt. If the Emporio Armani commercial emphasized her legs as much as it does her face and abs, and her walking motion timed with that music, it would be timeless. Here's Megan Fox's legs on display in the Rolling Stones Interview of last year:
Over at Fashionising.com, Daniel P. Dykes says that women "hate Megan Fox" but men don't. I think the idea is for men to ask women to wear the Megan Fox Emporio Armani underwear (as it will come to be called) for them.
Let's see if the strategy works.
