New York City

Despite its size (and irrelevance in national elections), New York City produces about 1% of all of America's greenhouse gas emissions. That's as much as the entire countries of Ireland and Portugal, however considering that New Yorkers account for about 2-3% of the U.S. population, 1% isn't bad. But it's not great either, and Mayor Bloomberg said, "We can no longer deny the science and bury our heads in the sand. Climate change is a real issue with real consequences. And as a coastal city, New York can't just sit back and hope for the best."

According to the ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability's "Cities for Climate Protection Campaign," the average New Yorker contributes less than a third of the greenhouse emissions produced by the average American. This is likely thanks to the City's extensive public transportation system, reducing a reliance on cars.

Sarah Bereza

A lifetime before I moved to hipster-central, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, I was a sorority girl at the University of Michigan. The salacious underbelly of this time-honored community still continues to fascinate me. This world of friendship, camaraderie, sex and violence from my past became a kind of springboard for my career as a serious artist. I resolved a problem that I came across a few years ago during the execution of one of these sorority-inspired pieces by making my own frames for them. In this case, the painting needed to be oval in order to emphasize "the commissioned portrait," what one might find over a mantle or in a drawing room, and, therefore, it needed a frame. I enjoyed how it made the piece look quite formal, even though the sorority girl in the painting had a contorted, porn-like, orgasmic face.

The Brooklyn Museum Strikes Again

The Brooklyn Museum, like its home borough, has always suffered from an acute case of class envy toward its richer and more glamorous counterpart across the East River. Manhattan has Gilded Age mansions, the Oyster Bar, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Brooklyn has dems-and-dose tenements, Nathan’s Hot Dogs—and the museum that is its namesake. Its new Elizabeth Sackler Center for Feminist Art—the first site ever devoted entirely to the subject, with a permanent home for the classic late-1970s multimedia installation “The Dinner Party” and a temporary exhibit called “Global Feminisms”—must have struck administrators as a sure way to raise the museum’s standing.

Not that the Sackler Center is the museum’s first or even loudest attempt at the high art of publicity.

Young brothers killed in blaze

Two young brothers died and their parents and baby sibling were hospitalized early Thursday after fire raced through their home in Hazleton."I’ve never seen fire consume like that did," Hazleton Fire Chief Donald Leshko said. Firefighters arrived at 598-600 N. Manhattan Court, on the corner of Fifth Street between Wyming and Laurel steets, within one minute of receiving a report at 12:25 a.m. that fire trapped people inside the two-story duplex.People were on the porch roof, heavy fire spurted out the first floor and dense smoke churned out of the upstairs when firefighters arrived, Leshko said."Crews were throwing up ladders to get people off the porch ... it was very frantic, people yelling and screaming," Leshko said.Firefighters blasted the front stairway with a hose so a team could rush upstairs and search for the boys."We ran into a wall of fire in the hallway, blowing down the hall," Firefighter David Fatula, one of the first up the stairs, said.The team aimed a stream of water at the fire and opened the first bedroom door on the left where they found the unconscious boys, one atop the other, near a window.Fatula grabbed one boy and rushed outside, as Firefighters Joseph Jones and Kevin Ruby hustled the other boy outdoors."This house was deteriorating very badly," Leshko said.

HSN and Scoop NYC Bring You the "Ultimate Closet"

St. Petersburg, FL (PRWEB) April 18, 2007 -- Electronic retailer HSN and national fashion boutique Scoop NYC have combined forces to debut "Scoop Style" on HSN on May 17, 2007. Scoop's founder and renowned fashion authority Stefani Greenfield is scheduled to make several appearances this year where she will bring the Scoop "Ultimate Closet" concept of one-stop shopping from the best brands in fashion to the viewers of HSN. Scoop's boutiques have burgeoned into a 15-store phenomenon in 11 cities nationwide since launching in downtown Manhattan in April of 1996, and are known for being the premiere destination for time-deprived shoppers looking to create effortless must-have head-to-toe looks for any occasion!

"It's not about just showing you what's happening in fashion, it's about showing you how to become a part of what's happening," said Scoop Co-Owner Stefani Greenfield.