April 2009
32 posts
rascacielos
the spot: madison ave, ny
the subject: window washers
the meregar: unionized window washers earn some $50,000 a years, an out-of-reach sum for other cleaning workers, and get some of the best occupational accident medical benefits payment in the industry.
a miracle?
issue 13
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man meat
the spot: roof top, rivington & allen, ny
the subject: kyle with raw beef
the meregar: the red color in meat is caused by a protein pigment called myoglobin
man what?
game on
the spot: madison ave & 39 st, ny
the subject: extreme rangers fans
the meregar: the word ‘CAR!’ is a common one to hear on busier streets which generally means ‘stop the game and move the goal nets’. This is often followed by the phrase “game on” once the car has passed.
if you’re a fan?
issue 12
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lining up
the spot: 5th ave & 50 st, ny
the subject: sale goers
the meregar: canada’s coastline is the world’s longest at 243,792 km or 151,485 miles (including the coastline of the country’s 52,455 islands.)
the best site for insider sales?
the first nice day
the spot: bryant park, ny
the subject: new yorkers eating their lunch outside
the meregar: in 1884, Reservoir Square was renamed Bryant Park, to honor the recently deceased poet and editor William Cullen Bryant.
these are nice scenes too?
london’s got it
the spot: soho grand, ny
the subject: hannah marshall
the meregar: about 25% of all people today living in London were born in another country.
read about it?
issue 11
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injured tax man
the spot: apt of my accountant
the subject: vinny, cpa
the meregar: congress passed the Sixteenth Amendment to the Consitution, which allows for the implementation of personal income tax, on February 3, 1913, and chose March 1 of the following year as the filing deadline. The deadline was changed to March 15 in 1918, and, as we learned at Tax History Project, to April 15 in 1955. Moving...
himss09
the spot: mcCormick convention center, chicago
the subject: dennis quaid
the meregar: heparin is an anticoagulant (blood thinner) that prevents the formation of blood clots
medical errors?
wall-o-halston
the spot: society of Illustrators, NY
the subject: wall of Halston sketches from the collection of Chris Royer
the meregar: halston achieved great fame after designing the pillbox hat Jacqueline Kennedy wore to her husband’s 1961 presidential inauguration, and when he moved to designing women’s wear, Newsweek dubbed him “the premier fashion designer of all...
the swarm
the spot: pour house, NY
the subject: march madness fans
the meregar: new honey bee colonies are formed when queen bees leave the colony with a large group of worker bees, a process called swarming. The first or prime swarm generally goes with the old queen. As soon as the swarm is established as a new colony, the bees raise a new queen, or sometimes a replacement virgin queen is already...
x2
the spot: soho grand, NY
the subject: the Felder twins
the meregar: 26 is the only integer between a square and a cube: 25 = 5 * 5 < 26 < 27 = 3 * 3 * 3
what do they do?
issue 10
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hoax
the spot: southampton, ny
the subject: women with umbrella
the meregar: one origin of today is April 1 was counted the first day of the year in France. When King Charles IX changed that to January 1, some people stayed with April 1. Those who did were called “April Fools” and were taunted by their neighbors
mine is that I am not at the beach today?