April 2009
32 posts
Apr 30th
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?
Apr 30th
Apr 29th
issue 13
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Apr 29th
Apr 28th
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?
Apr 28th
Apr 27th
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?
Apr 27th
Apr 23rd
issue 12
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Apr 23rd
Apr 22nd
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?
Apr 22nd
Apr 17th
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?
Apr 17th
Apr 16th
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?
Apr 16th
Apr 15th
issue 11
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Apr 15th
Apr 14th
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...
Apr 14th
Apr 13th
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?
Apr 13th
Apr 10th
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...
Apr 10th
Apr 9th
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...
Apr 9th
Apr 8th
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?
Apr 8th
Apr 7th
issue 10
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Apr 7th
Apr 1st
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?
Apr 1st