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• Capitol Bureau Visit Capitol Bureau Page
  The Capitol Pressroom for May 16, 2012
  

  The battle over Governor Cuomo’s energy highway has begun in earnest. Chairman of the Senate Energy Committee George Maziarz is no fan of a transmission line to bring Canadian hydropower to New York City.  To stop it, and stop “putting tens of thousands of existing jobs in mortal danger” the Senator is advancing legislation to deny the project eminent domain status.  ...

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  Norman Lebrecht’s CDs of the Week, 5/13/12
  

  Norman Lebrecht’s CDs of the Week: music of Mieczyslaw Weinberg, including his 3rd, 6th and 20th Symphonies; his Cello Concerto; and chamber music for woodwinds!

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• Ivory Tower Visit The Ivory Tower Page
  5/11/12 SHOW: OBAMA EMBRACES GAY MARRIAGE; LUGAR BOOTED; EUROPE IN CRISIS
  

  On this week’s show the panelists assess the why and wherefore of President Obama’s decision to publicly embrace gay marriage.  Then the panelists examine Senator Richard Lugar’s defeat in the Republican primary in Indiana and offer reasons why the outcome may be particular to this race and its special circumstances.  Finally the panelists look at the crisis in Europe and ...

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• Financial Fitness Visit The Financial Fitness Page
  Risky Business
  

  On Thursday’s Financial Fitness, we focus on what real investment risk is, how an investor can determine their own personal investment risk tolerance , and how they can adjust their investment holdings if they find their portfolio is either too risky or too conservative.  We will also talk about IPOs, initial public offerings, especially in light of Facebook’s Friday IPO.  And as always, ...

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  Arts Talk: Sacred Sites Open House
  

  This week, Marie Lamb speaks with the Reverend Gerard Beritela and Richard Giaccio of the Church of the Saviour in Syracuse about the “Sacred Sites Open House” weekend, which will be on Saturday and Sunday, May 19th and 20th, at four different sites in Syracuse. This event, which is sponsored by the New York Landmarks Conservancy,  includes the arts of ...

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• Food And WineVisit The Food And Wine Blog
  Diet and Disease
  

  I was shocked to learn that rates of heart disease are 10 times higher in northern Europe than in southern Europe – and that rates of the same types of cancers vary as much as tenfold around the world. As studies on this subject continue to mount, the results point to three variables: the foods we choose, how much physical activity ...

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