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What a Hundred Million Calls to 311 Reveal About NY

Wired Magazine

There were 34,522 complaints called in to 311 between September 8 and September 15, 2010. Here are the most common, plotted by time of day.

New Yorkers are accustomed to strong odors, but several years ago a new aroma began wafting through the city’s streets, a smell that was more unnerving than the usual offenders (trash, sweat, urine) precisely because it was so delightful: the sweet, unmistakable scent of maple syrup.

FL Girl Selling Camouflage Skullcaps to Honor Brother

by Jeanette Friedman – Chabad.org

Shaina Agami, 11, displays a camouflaged skullcap her late brother, U.S. Army Spc. Daniel J. Agami, affectionately referred to as a Kombatica.

Eleven-year-old Shaina Agami, preparing to celebrate her bat mitzvah next year, could have chosen any number of fun things to do to infuse meaning into the special day. Instead, the South Florida girl is working to ensure that people will always remember her brother Danny, a vibrant 25-year-old cut down in the prime of life in the middle of Iraq by an insurgent’s bomb.

First Campus Chabad House Opens in Manchester

by Tamar Runyan – Chabad.edu

Inset: Rabbi Schneur Zalman and Chaya Mushka Loewenthal, with baby Nechama, moved to Manchester a few weeks ago.

Just in time for the fast-approaching holiday of Chanukah, the network of campus-based Chabad-Lubavitch centers in the United Kingdom is expanding once more with the opening of the first-ever Chabad House dedicated to university students in Manchester, England.

Police Stop Hatzalah from Going to Emergency

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Police officers stopped a Hatzalah ambulance from responding to an emergency last night when officers took issue with the way the volunteer’s car was parked, continuing their lack of sensitivity towards the Crown Heights Jewish community.

Video: Interview with Mendy Raitport

CrownHeights.info sat down with Mendy Raitport, Candidate for State Assembly in the 43rd District, and asked him a couple of questions addressing a verity of issued raised about his candidacy and lack of community leaders support.