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i know it's been often discussed, but this article is worth the read. Atheists lose their faith in a variety of ways. 20+ years ago the path to enlightenment was, well, darker. thoughtful and nimble minds were only able to swallow religious mantra for so long before vomiting it back up. but much of that ability depended on just how religious your parents were. should you have found yourself in a fundy household, it's likely that the pressure and indoctrination you experienced were just too much to break away from. resources were limited. like-minded people were too scarce. information was too elusive.
no longer. the internet has aided and abetted countless freethinkers to break free. and it's only going to get better. i'm so very pleased that many more people are able to leave their dusty old religions behind. thank you, internet.
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The YouTube vlogger Thunderf00t has long opined that the internet is where religions go to die. I am not inclined to argue.
My brain read your last word as "agree". Glad I read it again.
Outstanding article Matthew. I found a few useful links as well.
"The Dalai Lama, who has lead interspiritual dialogue for many years made waves recently by saying as much: "All the world's major religions, with their emphasis on love, compassion, patience, tolerance, and forgiveness can and do promote inner values. But the reality of the world today is that grounding ethics in religion is no longer adequate. This is why I am increasingly convinced that the time has come to find a way of thinking about spirituality and ethics beyond religion altogether." "
So true but considering the source I'm afraid he's not envisioning a secular future, free of fantasy. I appreciate most of the sentiment though and hope this thinking can carry us forward together as a species.
Before reading the article I was inclined to think it would not be the internet per se that will kill religion, but information. As the writer has shown, it is information and community offered by the internet that will end the nightmare. Isolation and the idea that god works in mysterious ways are challenged when you can discuss science or social issues with someone located anywhere in the world.
We live in interesting times. I hope we survive to tell our great grandkids about them. We're headed in the right direction but we've got some obstacles to overcome first before we have smooth sailing.
Someone once commented that the internet is the "collective unconscious" made conscious taking the term from Jung. The meme-generating engine, collection of memes new and old on every topic, and perhaps one day we will download ourselves into the internet or some kind of VR.
I'm not sure I entirely agree that the internet is where religion comes to "die." I can definitely see it's a place where people can enlighten themselves and maybe it's a place where things like religion and atheism are put into a clearer perspective, because without religion, then atheism wouldn't make sense either. I could see a scenario where ignosticism takes the spotlight here, and maybe theism and atheism are shown for what they're truly worth. Alan Watts made a comment once that atheism is the kind of a contemporary intellectual fad that took hold during the time when classic scientists were curious about nature and the universe, guys like Newton and Galileo. Perhaps religion will die, perhaps atheism will die, and maybe we might be left with a vision that gives us a clearer reflection of the multiverse.
without religion, then atheism wouldn't make sense either
I wouldn't say that. It makes sense to believe that there is no such things as (insert previously undiscovered idea for anything that doesn't currently exist - like a new primary color that is only found inside an undiscovered nut on a tree in the middle of some remote jungle), it's just not very practical to have a word for that belief. To me, atheism makes sense even if the concept of gods had never been invented. It will always make sense and be a practical word, since the idea of religion has been let out of the bag, even if all religions were to go away entirely some day.
I don't understand how it could still make sense. After all, the concept of God is a derivative of religion, and without it, then there could be no atheism. Atheism is a reactionary position to theism. The only thing I could imagine that could work in the absence of all religion is a kind of apatheistic pragmatism or something like that.
Atheism is a reactionary position to theism.
By sticking to the narrow meanings that is correct. But an idea is usually much more than its strict meanings. Infact meanings of an idea depends on how it is practiced. Atheist studies show that Atheism is much more than just rejection of gods to atheists, it is rather way of thinking in logical and scientific way. It is rejection of anything that is illogical.
We are stuck with a lexical (or, more correectly, a morphemic) problem, caused by the fact that religious belief came first. So anything that came after had to be defined with respect to what came first.
Rabbi Sherwin Wine pointed out that he didn't want to be on the negative side of anything, so he avoided "atheism" where possible, substuting "(secular) humanism." He noted that religion could as well be described as "ahumanistic."
He noted that religion could as well be described as "ahumanistic."
In definition it may be debateable but in practice it is. When one thinks and acts in a way as it was done in Barbarion times, it is liable to become ahumanistic in modren terms.
If logical thinking -- not compartmentalized by religious memeplexes' "immune systems" -- became ubiquitous, and theism strictly a phenomenon of the past, we'd all be atheists. But there would be no need to use the label to distinguish ourselves from the majority, to find like-minded people and organize for change, just as we don't need to call ourselves aleprechaunists or atoothfairyists.
However, that time is not now, and I see the label as still very useful.
"the concept of God is a derivative of religion, and without it, then there could be no atheism."
Atheism is refuting the existence of god. Nothing more or less. A sense of being, working, belonging, thinking, and sense of wonder does not require religion. It requires thought. A cave family in the Stone Age thought about survival, just as any sentient creature does. From those thoughts rose stories, myths, fables, and beliefs that later evolved from speaking to written accounts. Thinking preceded religion. Religion served as the curricula for surviving threats, real and imagined.
Many times throughout human history, there have been those who refuted the existence of god and they were burned, stoned, drowned, beheaded, and other such atrocities that kept people in line. No amount of punishment and pain can stop thinking. Curiosity brought us out of the Stone Age through other developmental stages into the 21st century and quantum physics and all the other sciences that do not seek to hold on to old understanding, but seek to find errors in thinking and make changes as new knowledge becomes available.
Atheism is not a reactionary position to theism, it is participation in natural forces that keep the Earth moving around the sun, the sun in the Milky Way, the Milky Way in the ever expanding universe.
Theism is too small to take in all the newly available knowledge.
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I arrived at the Hollywood Improv two hours before show time and began loosening up by telling jokes to the walls. I wasn't as nervous as I probably should have been.
I paced the hallowed halls past autographed photos of Johnny Carson, Jay Leno, and David Letterman, conjuring up fantasies of tomorrow's headlines – everything from, "Local man stumbles on stage, lodges microphone in esophagus," to "Rookie comic offered 'Tonight Show' after first performance."
Then the loudspeakers shattered my reverie.
"And now, put your hands together for a very, very funny man, Dan Wood."
I made my way through the swinging doors, between tables and chairs, to the spot-lit stage.
"Hello, my name is Dan, and I've never heard of any of you people before, either."
Whatever happened next was swallowed up in the cottony stillness of what felt like a silent dream sequence. I could see my hands gesturing, and I figured my lips were moving because people at tables were nodding and laughing. Next: a visit from my other personality, complete with interior dialogue. "Hey, this guy must not be half bad ... some people are laughing."
"Pay attention, wiseacre, you are this guy."
"Then why are they laughing? These lines aren't that great. I know, I wrote them."
My moment on stage was the culmination of an eight-week comedy course I had taken to learn more about the world of mirth and to see if I could transition from being tired journalist to the next Jerry Seinfeld. As you can see from this piece, I'm still doing B-grade journalism.
I did, however, learn a lot about doing stand-up comedy – principally, that it is very, very hard. Also, that I'm not as funny as my mother always told me I was. I even experienced one of the most dreaded moments in live performance – I froze and forgot my lines.
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My journey to becoming the next Tina Fey began last fall when 11 of us – from teens to retirees – gathered in a basement theater on the Sunset Strip. We spilled our life stories as a way to begin building a five-minute comedy set that each of us would perform by course's end.
Guided by Cary Odes, a 20-year veteran comic, we went around the room identifying ourselves: TV production assistant, elementary schoolteacher, bodybuilding instructor, journalist, waitress, actor, pregnant mom, city engineer. Next, courtesy of course creator Judy Carter – another successful comic – we zeroed in on personal rants, things that really bugged us.
Steve Ducey told of his problematic long-distance relationship with a girl who lives in Kansas. Daryll Mackey recounted tales of being a divorced dad who is trying to date again without half the income he gives in alimony to his former wife. As everyone related their life story, we could hear the moment that real emotion kicked in – the seed of comedy. "Did you all notice the second Daryll mentioned his former wife?" asked Mr. Odes. "His temperature rose and his voice changed. Daryll, there's your starting point.
Finding an emotional hook is what gives life to comedy bits and keeps them from being empty punch lines. It also what connects the material with the broadest audience.
"I think you'll find that comedy is cathartic because you are mining terrain that you think is very personal and private to you," said Odes. "But what's happening is that people in the audience are responding with joy and release because they are suddenly realizing, 'Wow, that happens to you, too?' "
Our first assignment was to settle on a clear topic and meet with a "comedy buddy" assigned from the class. And we got the rudiments of comic structure. Don't try to be funny. Creativity is not about coming up with funny topics. It's about making ordinary topics funny.
Then, we had to practice adding attitude. We were given four training-wheel words to aid us: weird, hard, scary, and stupid. For Mr. Ducey, for instance, that meant coming up with as many endings to these sentences as possible: Long distance relations are hard because... Long distance relationships are weird because...
I discarded what I thought would make good comic material – a bit about my parents moving into a elderly-help facility – and instead went a Rodney Dangerfield route: living on a Midwest salary in the middle of two of the richest communities in America, Bel Air and Beverly Hills.
When I met with Ducey, he pulled lines out of me and I pulled lines out of him. "Why is it hard living on a small salary in L.A.?" he asked.
"Because your kids' friends have stuff way more expensive than you can afford."
"What's weird about having a long-distance relationship?" I said back.
"Because you go to pick her up at the airport and she looks way different than the last visit several months ago," he said. We were off.
At the next class, everyone read their lists. Odes guided us toward material he thought would have more comic potential. To do this, you must know your audience. Hockey-playing Canadians in a bar in Winnipeg are different from teens at a birthday party in Orange County, Calif. For one thing, the teens have all their teeth. Odes asked us to aim for the broadest group. (Fortunately, our audience at the end of this course would be more sympathetic than most – stacked with friends and relatives.)
Assignment for Week 3 was to develop a premise based on our topics. A good premise is an original observation – not something that is too general or trite. We had to do it without using the words, "I," "me," or "mine," so the premise would be universal.
Then we had to act our premises out. It turns out vaudeville-style punch lines ("take my wife ... please") are out. Comedy is now about dramatizing funny situations. Less Bob Hope. More Chris Rock. Consider this bit on body piercing: (premise alone) "It's hard to understand what people are saying when they've got hardware in their mouth." (With act out) "Arg, ooh, gump. Excuse me, could you take that bolt out of your tongue and repeat tonight's specials again?"
For the final weeks, we refined our material and practiced things such as adjusting the microphone without shorting out an electrical substation. We were just getting comfortable when the final performance exploded on us. I had thought it would be after the last week of the course. Turns out it was the week before. I spent days pacing back and forth in my house, reciting lines. Our gerbil never laughed once. I was anxious.
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I was going along fine on stage at the Improv. People other than my wife were laughing with some regularity. "How many of you (raise your hands) are poor? How many are trying to disguise that fact by wearing designer knockoffs and rented clothes?"
"I'm not actually poor. I just feeeeeel poor. That's because when I moved to L.A. from Ohio 25 years ago, I moved in right next to two of the wealthiest communities in America..."
Yet several things surprised me. One was how difficult it was to carry five minutes of rat-a-tat verbiage in my head while trying to appear casual and unscripted. Another was the audience reaction. They broke into convulsions at lines I didn't think were funny – and barely guffawed at others I thought were pretty good.
"I'm surrounded by extremely wealthy people. You've seen them. There the ones with bumper stickers that read, 'my other car's also a Bentley.' I drive a 15-year-old van with a bumper sticker that says, 'my other car's a set of used roller blades.' "
Not a great line. But huge laughter.
About four-fifths of the way through my routine, it happened. I blanked. The audience must have either been playing with their iPhones or figured my deer-in-headlights act was intentional. The more I tried to remember my next line, the more they laughed.
Finally, I pulled a slip of paper out of my pocket and finished the routine. Afterward, everyone was supportive, but there were no offers from Leno's staff.
Which brings me to one final conclusion about comedy: Journalism looks pretty good.


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Last Tuesday, a hellacious system whipped over Canada to deliver an upside-down volcano of rain. Nearly three inches slammed into the city, causing streets to develop Class IV rapids and spreading dismay among thousands of office drones, who had to stay late because outside had all of a sudden become SeaWorld. The Montreal metro's Orange Line ground to a halt. Rain began seeping into the basement of the Museum of Contemporary Art, where workers would later find hundreds of rare paintings soaked.
One of the most immediate effects of this terrific deluge was felt by Montreal's troubled sewer system. Ever since Mayor Gérald Tremblay took office 10 years ago, the city has poured more than $1 billion into bringing its pipes and drains up to snuff. But maybe $2 billion was needed. The lingering inadequacy of the sewer system became painfully apparent on Tuesday when the storm crippled and overloaded it "within minutes."
The result was as if God had wrapped his lips around the city's drainage pipe and blown, hard. Manhole covers, some of them welded into place perhaps because of previous wet explosions, popped up like skull-denting champagne corks. Stunned pedestrians rushing for shelter found their ways blocked by a few nasty geysers splooshing up from open manholes.
One such gusher erupted from the street in the Plateau-Mont-Royal borough on the east side of the island. This might be it when it was a baby, as CBC News reports the Plateau rain-fountain reached two-stories high:
This geyser also appears to be from the same storm. The video was uploaded on May 29, although the user writes "March 29." If anyone has more information on where it was, please add it in the comments section (WARNING: profanities ahoy!):
And boy did this person ever pick a lousy place to park. The green car received a monumental, unasked-for powerwashing of its underbelly for several minutes on Wolfe Street (another view here):
Why are Montreal's sewers such punks to heavy rain? One might point the finger at corruption in the industry, but it's no doubt more complicated than that. Under Montreal has a good rundown of all the problems that have plagued the system in the last century. For now, the city government has extended an olive branch to anyone affected by the colossal drenching: Citizens can put "things that have suffered water damage in their garage or basement" out on the sidewalk for garbage pickup until June 9, and not receive a ticket for littering.
American landlords derive more profit from renters in low-income neighborhoods, researchers Matthew Desmond and Nathan Wilmers find.
If you dream of roaming the U.S. in a your own personal train car, you still can. But Amtrak cuts have railcar owners wondering if their days are numbered.
The co-working startup is hatching plans to deploy data to reimagine urban problems. In the past, it has profiled neighborhoods based on class indicators.
A new study shows that growing up in an affluent community brings "compounding privileges" and higher educational attainment—especially for white residents.
A new survey finds that urban forests could benefit from better data on climate change and pests and a focus on social equity.


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Decker goes deep, but Padres fall to Dutch
PEORIA, Ariz. -- Following a long flight overnight Tuesday from Japan to Phoenix, Netherlands manager Hensley Meulens thought the last thing his team needed was a workout in the searing Arizona heat.
"I gave them the day off," Meulens said. "… They were battling [jet lag] today, with the time change."View Full Game Coverage
PEORIA, Ariz. -- Following a long flight overnight Tuesday from Japan to Phoenix, Netherlands manager Hensley Meulens thought the last thing his team needed was a workout in the searing Arizona heat.
"I gave them the day off," Meulens said. "… They were battling [jet lag] today, with the time change."View Full Game Coverage
It hardly showed Thursday, as the Netherlands strung together 14 hits en route to a 9-3 victory over the Padres before a crowd of 3,142 at the Peoria Sports Complex.
Starting slow, and possibly still feeling the effects of their long flight, the Netherlands scored seven runs over the last four innings to pull away from the Padres.
"They were on the fastball," said Padres manager Bud Black. "And then we threw them some breaking balls and they were on them, too. They had some good swings."
Nine different players had hits and Andruw Jones reached base three times, hitting a home run to give the Dutch their first run of the game.
Roger Bernadina, Xander Bogaerts, Jonathan Schoop, Randolph Oduber and Jones each had two hits in the victory, the first game the Netherlands has played since dropping a 10-6 decision to Japan in Tokyo on Tuesday. The team then left immediately for Phoenix.
The Netherlands, which has already advanced to the championship round of the World Baseball Classic on March 18 in San Francisco, will face the Mariners on Friday at 7:05 p.m. at the Peoria Sports Complex.
They'll do so, Meulens said, with an offense that appears to be getting better and better as the Classic goes on.
"The last three or four games, hitters started to get their timing down," he said. "The guys are having good at-bats and putting the ball in play."
Jones, who got the start as designated hitter for the Dutch, drilled a home run to start the second inning and then singled to center in the sixth inning.
The Padres couldn't match the offensive firepower of the Dutch, who had 10 extra-base hits, including eight doubles.
San Diego outfielder Jaff Decker came off the bench to hit a two-run home run in the sixth inning that cut the Netherlands lead to one run at 4-3.
But the Netherlands piled on late to pull away.
"They're hitting their stride," Meulens said of the offense.
San Diego pitcher Eric Stults, projected as the No. 4 starter in the rotation, allowed two runs on four hits over four innings. He threw 74 pitches in his longest outing of the spring. Stults had three strikeouts and walked one.
"I like his changeup and we saw the range of velocity on his fastball, which is what he does," Black said of Stults. "Overall, it was a productive night for Eric."
The home run by Jones was his first against the Padres since he did so during the regular season while he was with the Braves on July 6, 2007. Jones, who is currently under contract with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of the Japanese Pacific League, hit 434 home runs over a 17-year Major League career.
"But he's not trying to hit home runs," Meulens said. "He's getting a good pitch to hit. He's leading by example."
The Padres struck first, as leadoff hitter Everth Cabrera singled to left field and advanced to second on an error by Dutch shortstop Andrelton Simmons. Two batters later, Padres left fielder Jesus Guzman punched a changeup from starter Diegomar Markwell into right field for a 1-0 advantage.
Markwell, who got the victory against Cuba in Game 1 at Tokyo Dome, allowed no earned runs on two hits in his two innings of work
The Padres had a chance to break the game open in the third inning, as they put runners on second and third base with one out. But Dutch reliever Robbie Cordemans got Yonder Alonso on an infield pop-up and battled Jedd Gyorko in an eight-pitch at-bat before getting the Padres' second baseman looking at a called third strike to end the inning.
Cordemans pitched well in relief, tossing two scoreless innings with two hits allowed. He also walked two and struck out two.
Cabrera and Decker each had two hits.
Up Next: The Padres have a pair of split-squad games on Friday, as they host the Dodgers with one squad traveling to Surprise for a game against the Royals. Both games are set for 1:05 p.m. In the game in Peoria, Andrew Cashner gets the start. This will be the second start for Cashner, who is trying to win a spot in the rotation. He is scheduled to throw two innings. In Surprise, Jason Marquis will start. Projected to be the No. 3 starter in the rotation, Marquis will throw upwards of five innings. There's a chance three players who have been sidelined recently by injury -- outfielder Carlos Quentin (sore right knee), center fielder Cameron Maybin (lower back pain) and right fielder Will Venable (sore left side) could appear in either of the games.
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It took 45 minutes to extricate Dustin Moholland from his modified WRX after he smacked into a telephone pole at 100 mph. He survived, amazingly, but the car is toast and his friends are surprised it didn't happen earlier. NSFW.
Looking at the damage to the WRX, and the obvious modifications, there's little question as to the type of driving that led to this unfortunate accident and the reaction Moholland's friends only reinforces this. At one point his friend Mike Erskine, who shot the video above, asks him "Dustin, I don't know if you understand how fucking lucky you are."
This is echoed in the Facebook comments below the posting of the video, with friends saying "it's only a matter of time" and "this coulda happened to us a long time ago."
The before shot of the car is below. Here's hoping, for the sake of everyone on the road, that Moholland learns his lesson.
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This volume presents proceedings from the 19th IFIP World Computer Congress in Santiago, Chile. The proceedings of the World Computer Congress are a product of the gathering of 2,000 delegates from more than 70 countries to discuss a myriad of topics in the ICT domain. Of particular note, this marks the first time that a World Computer Congress has been held in a Latin American country.
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Back when he was running for president in 2008, Barack Obama hit upon a vivid way to illustrate just how long the race had dragged on. Babies, he would say, had been born and were "walking and talking" since the campaign got underway.
As it happens, 2008 was also the year TransCanada Corp. first submitted an application to build the Keystone XL pipeline running from Canada to the Gulf Coast. In the time it's taken the federal government to review the project, the kids are not only walking and talking — they're reading and writing.
Last Friday came the news that the Obama administration had delayed the Keystone application yet again. As the reason, the State Department cited litigation in Nebraska over a law that allowed the pipeline through the state as it carries more than 700,000 barrels of oil a day from Canada to the refineries on the Gulf Coast.
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The wandering of the Jews is frozen in the marble of the corned beef on rye. The fall of the Temple, the exile, life in the ghetto, reliance on the cheapest meat and the ensuing need to tenderize and smoke and spice, the crossing to the New World -- it all culminates in the towering sandwich you find at the Carnegie in New York, Junior's in L.A., Manny's in Chicago. Every deli is a synagogue. What remained when the kingdom was smashed and the faithful sent a-wandering.
In his deeply satisfying new book "Save the Deli: In Search of Perfect Pastrami, Crusty Rye, and the Heart of Jewish Delicatessen," David Sax sets out to tell this story one city, one deli, one tradition at a time, traveling from New York to San Francisco to Los Angeles, speaking to deli men, eating smoked meat, working as a cutter at Katz's on Houston Street ("Like snowflakes, no two pastramis are exactly alike, sometimes the flesh would be buttery soft, with very few sinews to impede my carving, but often I'd cut through a maze of tissue"), tasting and kvetching and chronicling the state of the cuisine, all this activity set against a dread premonition -- that the deli is going away, and the long run is over. "Across North America . . . Jewish delicatessens are disappearing faster than chicken fingers at a bar mitzvah buffet," he writes.
Sax chronicles the demise of the deli: the skyrocketing cost of rent in big cities, the dispersal of American Jews, the climbing cost of meats traditionally used by delis (driven by the popularity of Texas barbecue) and, most important, the lack of culinary interest from next-generation Jews.
This wonderful book is, in other words, both memorial and call to arms, a shofar blast meant to summon the far-flung back to the Temple remnants. "I hope to open your hearts to the same unrestrained love of Jewish delicatessen that I feel . . . and then subsequently fill those hearts with cholesterol."
Sax is actually operating in a grand tradition of Jewish reporting: that of Benjamin Tudela, the 12th century Jewish traveler wandering the Earth, observing and recording the state of Hebrews everywhere. Sax wants to know where they are, how it is, and what they're serving, food long having been a kind of barometer on Jewish well-being. In the early days of the Second World War, for example, when Polish Jews wanted to tell their American cousins how they were faring under the Nazis, they wrote, "We eat as on Yom Kippur."
Sax visited Protzel's in St. Louis; the New York Deli News in Denver, where John Elway once ordered a pastrami on white with mayo; Kosher on the Go in Salt Lake City; and the Kosher Cajun New York Deli and Grocery in New Orleans, among many others. In the end, he decides the best deli town in the U.S. ("brace yourselves, New York,") is Los Angeles, where he sits with Mel Brooks at Junior's in Westwood.
All the while, Sax lingers on the homey feel of the deli, a port in the stormy world, where, long before the birth of modern Israel, a Jew could find solace. "The air is thick with the warm vapor of boiling chickens," he writes of Gottlieb's in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. "A gentle clamor fills the ears; the clang of cutlery, a few gulps of liquid, the sizzle of fat on a hot surface."
It's a trip that suggests a Proust-like mission, in which the writer, by gorging his way around the map -- "I managed to haul my ever-expanding ass across the entire continental United States, eating at up to four delicatessens every single day" -- tries to recapture the joy of his first childhood meals in the storied delis of Montreal. "The meat is a wild mess of carnivorous beauty," he writes of a sandwich at Schwartz's. "At parts black and sticky, at points a light rose, mostly a meaty maroon."
The book is organized by region, each section opening with a quick history of the local Jews, a kind of encyclopedia entry that has the not unpleasant effect of attaching the story of the Hebrews to the story of their delis, these being the wild and intricate flowers thrown out by the community when the soil is right, the air is right, and the bees buzz around the hive. He speaks with special élan of New York in the first decades of the last century, when, each year, new delis opened as grand new hotels now open each season in Vegas. "Katz's, Jacob Bronfman's, Theodor Krainin's, Schmulka Bernstein's on Essex, each growing larger and more lavish than their predecessors," he writes. "Chief among these were the holy trio of corned beef, pastrami and pickled tongue, followed closely by roast brisket, beef salami, and beef baloney."
For historical reasons, Jews are obsessed with the fall of temples, and the aftermath of Diaspora, memory and pain. Two such disasters echo through this book: the fall of the 2nd Avenue Deli, which went down in a moment, like a collapsing star, leaving a black hole on the Lower East Side of Manhattan ("The two-foot-high Yiddish- inspired letters of the . . . sign lay dismantled on the sidewalk, like battlefield casualties in a Civil War photograph") and the fall of the Rascal House in North Miami Beach, the true promised land of the Jews, which succumbed as glacially and picturesquely as the Ottoman Empire. "When I heard the news in late 2006," writes Sax, "I was crushed."
Despite page after page of gluttonous joy, this is, in fact, a melancholy book, a sepia snapshot of our grandparents' world as it vanishes. To paraphrase the old blues tune, you don't miss your kreplach till it's gone.
Cohen is the author of "Sweet and Low," "Tough Jews," "The Avengers," "The Record Men," "Lake Effect" and, most recently, "Israel Is Real: An Obsessive Quest to Understand the Jewish Nation and Its History."


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Hi Vash,
I am currently on the local advisory board of Center for Inquiry Portland, and was also among many who attended a training in Portland just last month to become the first "Secular Celebrants" here in the Northwest for CFI.
As you may have already discovered, anyone can "officiate" a marriage ceremony, but shockingly, in all 50 states it is illegal for an atheist to "solemnize" a marriage. To sign a marriage license, you must either be a civil servant or be ordained by a religious organization (recently in Florida they've added notary republics to this short list). To get around this law, most officiants get ordained through the Universal Life Church, an online diploma mill. We at CFI take the principled view that this law is discriminatory against non-believers and believe that the law needs to be changed. (If my son wants to grow up to officiate weddings for a living, he should not have to associate himself with a religious organization to do so.)
It's a very exciting time to be an atheist! How would you like to be the first wedding in Oregon (in the Northwest) to help set us up for challenging the law? Until the law is changed, CFI's Secular Celebrants cannot solemnize a marriage - we can only perform the ceremony - so we still need a legal authority to actually sign the license. But, using secular celebrants will set a precedent to gear us up for challenging the law.
Dani Tofte
Well, I suppose that's true, an atheist can solemnize a marriage if they're also a civil servant! But you can't sign a marriage license as an atheist "officiant" otherwise. It is shocking, isn't it? I had no idea myself.
I had a minister perform my marriage ceremony (a looong time ago). He was my foster father so it was a sentimental decision. I wrote a secular ceremony with the traditional readings, songs, candle lighting.... I even kept in a "moment of silence" so that if people did want to pray for us they could. I don't know if many people even realized that there was no mention of anything supernatural. (Although, if I got to do it over again I would also have a more joyful ceremony instead of the traditional solemn one!) I didn't realize that had my foster father not been an actual minister I would have had to have had someone else sign my license. (If I got to do it all over again I would also choose a secular celebrant and have a pastorfarian ordained by the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster sign my license to make it official!)
Incidentally, if a couple believes that the person signing their license has the legal authority to do so, they cannot have their marriage license revoked even if it turns out the person didn't actually have legal authority. The person making the claim would be in trouble but it wouldn't affect the license they signed.
Marriage is, of course, a religious tradition that has been co-opted by governments to answer legal questions. Who gets what. Who's responsible for who. I share the opinion of many that government shouldn't be involved with marriage at all, that it should only be involved in civil unions, i.e., the paperwork, not the ceremony.
Getting married is simply what we're brought up to expect we're supposed to do. And...it's romantic. We could really do just as well having a "commitment" ceremony which is what many are opting to do nowadays, all the fun of a wedding without involving the government. Although, the government gives financial incentives for a couple to be married. I myself am technically married even though I've been "divorced" for years. It's just a financial decision, and a marriage license is just a piece of paper. But, I have two younger brothers with families and neither are officially married. Financially, that's the right decision for their situation.
Nowadays we can buck tradition and just do what makes the most sense for us. If you'd like to get an idea of what some other nonbelievers' ceremonies have been like, I can send you some "scripts".
I'm not sure what ever happened with your desire to challenge the law here in Oregon, but that exact thing is happening in Indiana right now. Hopefully the tidal wave of change across the nation will occur shortly after.
Hi Vash,
My wife and I were married ten years ago in a decidedly non-religious, though not explicitly atheist, ceremony officiated by Roger Moore, who works out of Portland. While he is a non-denominational minister, he was focused on making the ceremony precisely what we wanted, thus, no prayers, no biblical verses, nothing related to any religion. I don't know the capacity in which he signed our marriage license - I'd have to dig it up.
So, while not a specifically secular officiant himself, he worked with us to give us the ceremony we envisioned.
Hope this helps! Here's his website: http://moorecreativeweddings.com/
- Carlos
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The trafficking bill is considered easier to pass than universal background checks, where the central legislative action on gun control in the Senate remains focused. Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) has yet to agree with Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Kirk on a background checks provision requiring private gun sellers maintain sales records.
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Schumer, Manchin and Coburn have tried — unsuccessfully to this point — to reach an accord on background checks. But Coburn remains opposed to a key provision requiring private sellers to retain records, and it's uncertain whether an agreement can be reached.
( Also on POLITICO: Biden, Bloomberg, Feinstein push hard for gun control)
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Whether you are ready to think about the end of the summer or not, tickets are now (June 17, 2013) on sale for the labor day events that will be held behind the Brooklyn Museum:
I think the event on EP is among the largest, but there is a whole schedule of carnivals that happen throughout the year:
At what point is someone a member of the press?
I ask because (with your help) I/we have covered and written about this event for years.
Here is what I/we wrote in 2012: http://www.brooklynian.com/forums/topic/the-2012-west-indian-day-parade
Today, I (and many others) received this offer from WIADCA.
Should I take this year's coverage to a different level?
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If you are a member of the press, please inbox your email address and telephone numbers, we have a special invite for you!
You are not press? However if you accept, please take me with you. :bounce:
Whether bloggers and other independent journalists are considered "press" varies according to the individual and the context. Some courts have extended first amendment privileges to some freelance journalists.
It would be up to WIADCA to decide whether to extend press credentials to someone who is not employed by a news organization, and who has not (as far as I know) published news articles in recognized news media.
Is Brooklynian a "recognized news medium"? Only to those of us who regularly post and/or lurk here.
I don't know if they are interested in issuing Press Credentials, so much as wanting to woo potential people who are going to write about them with a free dinner.
I imagine they want to create an opportunity to impress such people that they are doing everything they can to work closely with the police and make this a safe event, and distance themselves from the armed, intoxicated, young men who marr it.
Go for it!!
I will.
I am confident I can remain objective despite any free, yummy, jerk chicken they may bestow upon me.
I like jerk chicken.
I'll send what they sent me to your inbox.
As a woman, you may stand a better chance of remaining objective in the event that the person serving said jerk chicken is covered solely by sparkles.
Update July 9: I have described my (lack of) credentials, and they have sent me an invite.
Readers of Brooklynian-
This year's perspective on the 2013 West Indian Day Carnival will be slightly different, but my coverage of the event may be nearly identical.
Tomorrow is the aforementioned event. In this instance, "special guest" means "curious onlooker":
West Indian American Day Carnival Association Launches New York Caribbean Carnival 2013
Brooklyn NY, July 11, 2013—The West Indian American Day Carnival Association (WIADCA) now in its 46th year, is set to launch its five-day Caribbean Carnival schedule for 2013. The events which are carded for August 29th through September 2nd, will feature cultural displays and entertainment from all the Caribbean Islands.
President of WIADCA, Thomas Bailey, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz; Caribbean-American elected officials; corporate sponsors and special guests are expected to attend the official launch at Brooklyn Borough Hall, 209 Joralemon Street, Brooklyn on Thursday 11th July, 2013 at 12:00 noon, where the theme and format for this year's events will be revealed. A networking reception will follow later that afternoon hosted by WIADCA with its partners, Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce and St Francis College and will be held at St. Francis College, 180 Remsen Street in Brooklyn Heights at 6:00 pm.
This annual event has become the largest cultural festival in the country, drawing over three million people each year. New York residents and international visitors all assemble to attend one of the greatest shows on earth that kicks off annually on the Thursday before Labor Day. These events features live performances, King, Queen and individual masqueraders of the band competitions, a night dedicated to Steelpan (Panorama) competition and concludes with a colorful parade of the bands on Labor Day, where thousands of masqueraders in elaborate costumes followed by gigantic music trucks and scores of colorful floats take to Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn. Pulsating rhythms and melodies of Calypso, Soca, Reggae, Zouk, Latin, Chutney and Steelpan can be heard throughout the five days of festivities. Additionally, the air is filled with tantalizing aromas of delicious Caribbean Cuisine from hundreds of vendors that line both sides of Eastern Parkway. The Carnival Parade begins at 11 am from Schenectady Ave to Grand Army Plaza, ending at 6:00 pm.
The events leading up to the Carnival Parade include:
1. Caribbean Woodstock - Features masquerade competitions and performances by artists from over a dozen Caribbean Islands, performing Soca, Calypso, Reggae, Zouk and Latin music.
2. "Stay in School" - Youth Talent Show - FREE for all children
3. Brass Fest – An electrifying musical performance with headliner Machel Montano HD and others
4. Steelpan Panorama competition - Featuring a special guest performance by New York University's Steel Orchestra.
5. Junior Carnival - Masquerade parade and competition for children under the age of 16
6. Dimanche Gras - Features world renowned panists - Robert Greenidge, Andy Narell and Liam Teague, along with an exciting all-star cast and much more.
WIADCA is a 501 © 3, tax-exempt not-for-profit organization devoted to promoting Caribbean culture to enrich our communities and engages in year-round educational, social and cultural activities.
WIADCA Website is: www.wiadcacarnival.org. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com. Telephone: 718-467-1797. Address: 323 Rogers Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11225.
This event is merely ONE of many events which attempts to define the organization's role in the scope of the overall weekend.
Every year, the organization has an epic PR task. Some year's, it is more successful than others...
WIADCA is now sending out daily press updates, emphasizing that they are sponsoring a variety of events, and demonstrating that they are not to be defined by J'ouvert (an event that they have nothing to do with), or the parade (an event they have something to do with, but no one is really in control of...)
Caribbean Carnival 2013 launches in Brooklyn NY
Monday 15th July, 2013: Awestruck spectators and scores of press representatives thronged the courtyard of Brooklyn Borough Hall this past Thursday as dozens of costumed masqueraders in a hue of colors paraded on the plaza and steps to the sweet rhythm of steel pan music. The show was staged by the West Indian Day American Carnival Association (WIADCA) to launch the 46th production of the annual 5-day cultural Festival.
Government officials and business persons were present to endorse the event, which was MC'd by Ian 'Goose' Eligon who introduced the exuberant Borough President, Marty Markowitz, followed by elected officials Jumaani Williams, Letitia James, Frank Seddio, Chairman of the Kings County Democratic Party and others. Deputy Consul General of Antigua & Barbuda Omyma David represented the diplomatic corps at the speakers' podium along with Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce's President & CEO, Carlo Scissura, who pledged the Chamber's support to WIADCA and Brooklyn business-woman Dolly Williams. This will be the first year that the Carnival, (which goes down Eastern Parkway and generates a lot of business for Brooklyn), will have a partnership with the Chamber. Mr. Scissura, explained "the Chamber would help raise money for the Carnival, by encouraging merchants to offer Carnival-related deals and help sponsor events.
Thomas Bailey, President of WIADCA announced the theme of the Carnival "Celebrating Caribbean Pride and Culture" and encouraged the New York business and general community to get involved in sponsorships, or volunteering time and resources. He listed the impressive line-up of events for 2013 including:
1. Caribbean Woodstock – Thursday Aug 29th at 7pm
2. Stay In School Youth Talent Show – Friday Aug 30th - Daytime
3. Brass Fest – Friday 30th Aug 2013 at 8pm
4. Kiddies Carnival – Aug 31st - Daytime
5. Steelband Panorama – Aug 31st at 8pm
6. Dimanche Gras – Sep't 1st at 7pm
All shows will be held on the grounds of Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York.
Bailey recalled that the group started the Carnival after requests from musicians, crafts people, artists, and others who were nostalgic for their homelands.
So I was traveling last week and I ran into a guy who used to live in Crown Heights. We talked for a bit and he told me that he was really happy he no longer has to deal with the parade. I honestly didn't think the parade was all that bad last year but apparently it was really bad when it first started.
Some years, the mood is calm and the parade meets my definition of "family friendly".
Many years, it is marred by violence.
When the parade is violent, the organizers (namely WIADCA) seem to state that the coverage of the violence is sensational and out of proportion. In response, someone then publicly accuses WIADCA of not caring about violence.
In response, some entity says that it is the NYPD (not WIADCA) that doesn't care about violence, and then comes the predictable apex of the drama: Someone perceives this as being all about race and states that none of this would happen if everyone could just be the same hue as them.
In response to this predictable outcome, it seems like the parade becomes the large elephant in the room that NO ONE wants to talk about.
For example, the Chamber of Commerce and WIADCA seem to be encouraging the media to gear their coverage toward the events behind the museum, because those are the ones they have the most influence over:
While well run, these events are attended by only a tiny fraction of the people who attend the parade. Hence, I think most people are going to continue define the celebration as the parade ...and blame WIADCA for "controlling and planning it", despite WIADCA efforts to differentiate itself from it.
I don't know how we will ever get to a point in which someone in a position of authority bravely, clearly and convincing states:
"No one dislikes the events behind the museum; Stop talking about them.
We want to talk about the various factors that go into creating the entire weekend and we are mature enough to know that the organizers and police have limited control over that."
Whynot, I feel that every organization, company, government agency, nonprofit and loved one points to something their doing well to hid something their not doing well. The misdirection argument flaw is one the biggest if not biggest logical fallacies. It is not a coincidence that it is basic human nature.
I believe that the parade will continue to get calmer and calmer. But in the mean time I'm not sure what WIADCA and the organizers can do to keep it calm. The only three things I can think of is to hire more security, arrange for more cops to come, and hand out free cold water.
I don't believe it's fair to blame the NYPD here. They seem to truck in a ton of cops. What else other than calling off the parade can they do? Which of course the community would rightfully scream bloody murder about.
That being said the WIADCA should show some spine and own up to the fact that violence does happen during the parade and their events. They should show leadership and say "your right violence happens during West Indian Day but we are working to reduce it."
By the way who plans and organizes the parade? The WIADCA parade talks about vendors so I'm guessing they do. But no one seems to want to take responsibility for actually organizing it.
Everyone plays a role. No one is therefore in charge.
I'm in charge of eating doubles and curried roti.
I am in charge of seeing co-workers dressed in only sparkles, and then assuring them I won't think of them differently when I see them next at work.
Today, July 26, is the last day to buy tickets at early bird prices:
Every year I swear I'm not going to go then as people strut in front of my building as they walk toward Eastern Parkway in elaborate feathers, sequins, and sparkles, I can't help myself...it's as if I'm following the Pied Piper's flute...only the music comes from steel drums. Actually I love jouve most of all.
If you are in the neighborhood for the weekend, it is best just to embrace it.
Last year, it did not seem as crowded as prior years. I'm sure there hundreds of theories as to why this happened, and others who will insist it was just my perception.
They could all be right.
August 1. About four weeks to go.
The mainstream press begins:
The comments at the end are the ones we hear every year..
I'm sure many West Indians are glad to see that there is a new Caribbean Premier League in cricket. I have watched some of these matches on cricfree tv and they have been very exciting.
My hope being that some day soon we shall see the Windies at the top of the ICC standings as in the good old days of Sir Vivian Richards and other greats.
As discussed above, the WIADCA is throwing the "events behind the museum".
For the first time, it seems as if they have real competition; The Barclays arena has also stepped up to accept cash and credit cards in exchange for entertainment:
photo: Daily News
Daily News wrote: Riding high on the waves made by the annual Labor Day Caribbean festivities, the star-filled, three-day Caribbean Fever Irie Jamboree Music Festival will be debut at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, opening Aug. 30 and continuing through Sept. 1.
Creole sounds, reggae, dancehall, soca, calypso and more will be reverberating in the Barclays Center during the Caribbean Fever Irie Jamboree Music Festival.
A hot lineup of top-ranked creole, reggae, dancehall, soca, calypso and worldbeat music stars will be appearing at the festival, beginning with the opening "International Night," starring Wyclef Jean, Kassav, Tabou Combo and Djakout #1. Aug. 31 is "Carnival-Mania," and features the best calypso and soca performers, such as Alison Hinds, Bunji Garlin, Fay Ann Lyons, Iwer George, Edwin Yearwood and Tallpree.
And "Irie Jamboree," the reggae and dancehall segment of the festival, will be held on Sept.1, starring Damian Marley, Shabba Ranks, I-Octane and others.
Door open at 7 p.m. and shows start at 8 p.m.
For tickets, call Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000, visit online at www.ticketmaster.com or call (646) 474-9048 for information.
source: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/west-indian-american-day-carnival-evolves-article-1.1430076#ixzz2cNe05AhC
Game on....
BTW, here's a historical account of NYC's West Indian Day Parade:
Aug 21, apparently their was a cocktail reception at Borough Hall last night.
All the major players were there.
...I wasn't.
She was:
Aug 22:
In preparation for the large parade, the parks people have begun putting up those wooden fences around the plants in the median of Grand Army Plaza.
Aug 28:
Once upon a time, one knew that Labor Day was approaching because you'd see steel bands practicing, people walking on stilts, lines at the liquor stores, and music throughout the night.
Now, it is much more subdued. The first concert behind the museum takes place tomorrow, and I hope it brings the area to life.
Few weeks back I had a guy come into the office who wanted liability insurance required by the Board of Ed for a group to practice in a schoolyard in the neighborhood. Couldn't find a company that wanted to write the policy as he only needed it for a month. Was a big group though, over 100 performers so I guess there will be quite a few groups of similar size.
I've seen a few pop-up costume stores, and certainly heard some groups practicing.
I do hope a lot of steel bands show up; I like them more than the 18 wheelers with 15' high speakers.
...the latter does not strike me as being evidence of talent, hard work, or pride.
I expect lots of city politicians this year as well.
I think that you'll probably see and hear more preparations if you go over to the PLG side of Empire and into Flatbush. The sense I get is that the changes in the neighborhood have pushed a lot of the preparations out of the area.
The influx of bars and restaurants have resulted in fewer landlords that are looking to enter into 8-12 week leases for space. There are three storefronts on Nostrand currently doing costume prep between Fulton and EP that I know of. Ten years ago there were probably 3 times as many not to mention a similar number on Franklin Avenue. A lot of the places that were used by steel pan groups for practice on Grand, Classon, etc have been converted from garages and auto shops to residential or commercial space.
As a result, it all seems much less intense in "the area I walk my dog"
---> roughly the rectangle formed by Vanderbilt, Atlantic, Brooklyn Avenue and Crown St<---
It now feels as if the parade is going to visit the area, as opposed to emanate from it.
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Did anyone else notice the NYPD bucket truck with an ESU type truck behind it going down Eastern yesterday? It looked like they were setting up more surveillance cameras. Not sure if this has to do with the parade or if the timing is coincidence. However, I'm banking on the former.
I would like it to be stated for the record that I welcome our government minders and that Big Brother always knows best.
NewGuy, you didn't have to state that for the record. Big Brother already knows what you think.
As a result of NYPD cameras and lots of people making videos of the parade on their cell phones, I expect that we will get really good photos of anyone who commits a crime along the parade route.
...especially if the offender happens to be a shapely female and dressed almost exclusively in sparkles.
wondering the over/under on there being more deaths than last year
Many people don't realize that Big Brother is a blood relative to Uncle Sam.
In this instance, Raymond Kelly is responsible for feeding Big Brother.
You'd have to define the parameters before I make a prediction.
I.E. Just the day of the parade? Actually along the parade route, or within 1/2 mile of it?
J'ouvert is a seperate event and should be counted seperately, right?
Saw a bunch of barriers either up or waiting to be put up around Kensington Ave today.
Some of the new trees they planted on the new Eastern Parkway median by the museum have died, simply because they were new trees.
They have put little fences around all of the alive ones, but not bothered to do so with the dead ones.
...makes me believe they might be able to optimize their time and resources.
photos of the Saturday children's parade, taken by myself and friends:
More photos of the children's parade from friends:
The Curry chicken stands are going up! I can taste it already!
Hey WhyNot, was that ClayFilms little one in that first picture being held by Daddy.?
BTW, J'Ouvert is 2 AM - 6 AM Monday Morning. GAP, Flabush, Rogers and Empire should all be quite busy.
Advice: http://brooklyn.com/eventdetail-63505858618.html.
Really long video from last year's J'Ourvert:
The overnight festivities have made the NYPD and FDNY busy locally:
Assist Officer | Eastern Parkway & Rogers Avenue Brooklyn, NY | 9/2/2013 7:29 a.m.
Robbery | Rogers Avenue & Sullivan Place Brooklyn, NY | 9/2/2013 7:09 a.m.
10-13 Over The Air | Franklin Avenue & President Street Brooklyn, NY | 9/2/2013 5:13 a.m.
Assist Officer | Bedford Avenue Brooklyn, NY | 9/2/2013 4:20 a.m.
Assist Officer | Nostrand Avenue & Clarkson Avenue Brooklyn, NY | 9/2/2013 3:49 a.m.
Slashing | Eastern Parkway & Classon Avenue Brooklyn, NY | 9/2/2013 3:48 a.m.
Shots Fired | Franklin Avenue & Carroll Street Brooklyn, NY | 9/2/2013 3:33 a.m.
Large Fight | Nostrand Avenue & Fenimore Street Brooklyn, NY | 9/2/2013 3:26 a.m.
Shooting | Flatbush Avenue & Beekman Place Brooklyn, NY | 9/2/2013 2:25 a.m.
Foot Pursuit | Flatbush Avenue & Lincoln Road Brooklyn, NY | 9/2/2013 2:09 a.m.
Large Crowd | Bedford Avenue & Montgomery Street Brooklyn, NY | 9/2/2013 1:36 a.m.
Foot Pursuit | Utica Avenue & Montgomery Street Brooklyn, NY | 9/2/2013 1:13 a.m.
Large Crowd | Flatbush Avenue & Church Avenue Brooklyn, NY | 9/2/2013 1:00 a.m.
Heard there was a shooting at Grand Army Plaza this morn. and unofficially the weekend was begun with man with a gun chasing another thru the childrens playground at Brower Park around five p.m. see you at the get together on Tuesday!
It's not a parade until there's gun-play.
Approximately 1:45 PM, the last of the politicians finally pass the Brooklyn Museum.
The large speaker trucks follow.
2:30 PM. What is expected to be a soaking rain, begins.
I saw it looked like rain and bolted at around 2. Glad I'd did. Ugh I think my bones are still vibrating from the semis with the sound systems. But over all I had a blast! Was it just me or was the crowd chiller this year?
One's experience of the parade often depends on where one is located within it:
NYPD Units requesting assistance for large disorderly group at this location of the West Indian Day Parade.
Utica Avenue & Union Street
Brooklyn, NY
9/2/2013 3:01 p.m.
4:00 the rain has stopped.
Early press: http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/09/02/brooklyn-to-celebrate-west-indian-culture-today/
Assist Policehttp://gothamist.com/map/
BROOKLYN *ASSIST POLICE* EASTERN PKY AND NEW YORK AV. PORTABLE UNIT REQUESTING MORE UNITS FOR CROWD CONTROL. NOW ADVISING A NO FURTHER. (c) [MNS3]
Eastern Pky And New York Av
Brooklyn, NY
9/2/2013 4:50 p.m.
In 2012, the violence began to surge as the parade ended. 2013 is looking similar:
Breaking News Network wrote: Shooting
1680 Bedford Ave
Brooklyn, NY
9/2/2013 5:45 p.m.
This is near Ebbets Field houses (Montgomery St)
...the Sanitation vehicles have begun the clean up of the parade route.
BROOKLYN: *STABBING* ROCHESTER AVE & EASTERN PKWAY. PD O/S WITH A MALE STABBED REQ A RUSH ON THE BUS (c) [MNS257]
Rochester Ave & Eastern Pkway
Brooklyn, NY
9/2/2013 6:33 p.m.
The police helicopters seem to be spending a fair bit of time flying east to west tonight.
Large Crowd
Additional units requested to the location regards assistance dispersing a large, disorderly crowd.
102 Utica Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
9/2/2013 6:59 p.m.
I think opening up the streets to cars is part of the NYPD's crowd dispersal strategy. They street cleaned and reopened EP at around 6:45. Now, they are giving the food vendors a little while to load everything on uhauls on the service roads
Then, sanitation will clean the service roads and let people park again.
Taken by friends:
Those who would like to see more photos of the costumes and the politicians, are encouraged to see this story by the Daily News.
24 photos ---> http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/west-indian-day-parade-2013-gallery-1.1443746?pmSlide=0
Great coverage from the patch on the parade. Actually kind of insane how they managed to ignore it.
A lot of the after parade excitement seems to be happening South of EP
Large Crowd
Task Force has been mobilized, aviation enroute.
Nostrand Avenue & Crown Street
Brooklyn, NY
9/2/2013 7:58 p.m.
The shootings that happened at approx 5:45 near Ebbets Field resulted in arrests:
The stabbing at 6:33 at EP and Rochester is mentioned, but his condition is not provided.
And, that's it for tonight's coverage!
...See everyone at the Parade, Museum Events and Barclays again in 2014!
Welcome to Fall!
A couple police vans loaded with cops and a cruiser just rolled by my window. One of the vans was driving in reverse! Hope they were just transporting cops.
The parade didn't seem to have many people this year. One could actually stretch without any hindrance. The pace of the parade seemed lethargic. Walk a few feet, stop, wait to move again, repeat. Still, I liked it. I especially liked seeing steamed lobster and clams being offered at the stalls.


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