| The Manhattan Project: Special Edition Comes to DVD June 19
Everyone knows that teenagers are smarter than adults, and if given a chance the kids could save the world--if they don't blow it to bits first. The Manhattan Project tells of how 16-year-old Paul Stephens (Christopher Collet) tries to alert his community to the dangers of nuclear energy. Dr. John Mathewson (John Lithgow), a doctor in a pharmaceutical research plant wherein covert plutonium experiments are taking place, is the boy friend of Stephens' mom (Jill Eikenberry). While Lithgow is romantically occupied, Stephens and his girl (Cynthia Nixon) steal the plutonium and construct their own atomic bomb. DVD Features:- Filmmaker and Cast Audio Commentary- "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb" Making Of Featurette- "Home Made Apocalypse" Featurette- "All Things 1986" Subtitle TrackTechnical Specs:- Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic Widescreen Transfer- Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0The Manhattan Project: Special Edition DVD will sell for $19.98.
Back At The Hotel Pennsylvania, Pt. 1; Forget Brooklyn-Style Pizza ...
Consider the "Vornado," the greasy, chewy, rather sauceless and entirely too cheesy 11-inch, thin-crust personal pizza served up at Joe O's--the hallowed Hotel Pennsylvania's downstairs bar and restaurant, located along West 33rd Street. The entire building, built in 1919, is presently owned by real-estate behemoth Vornado Realty Trust. How has Vornado responded to its $13 tomato, pepperoni and mozzarella memorial? By likening the whole historic property to a "parking lot," and reportedly planning to tear it down and construct an enormous office tower in its place. "That's funny," remarked a bartender at Joe O's on Friday afternoon, who acted completely unaware of the landlord-entree connection. - Chris Shott .
NYC buys Mass. firm's medical records system
New York City today will confirm that it has a $19.8 million contract to buy electronic medical records software systems from eClinicalWorks of Westborough and distribute them to 1,300 clinicians who treat the disadvantaged. The purchase is part of a plan launched by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg to improve information systems used to provide primary care to Medicaid beneficiaries, prisoners, and other outpatient populations, including patients treated at community health centers. Electronic medical records help doctors keep track of patient's health problems and avoid prescription errors. Using electronic health records in primary care "could actually improve people's health," said Dr. Farzad Mostashari , assistant New York City health commissioner. "They improve care and place much-needed emphasis on preventive medicine." EClinicalWorks said it will open a Manhattan office to manage the initiative.
Wal-Mart: No evidence of surveillance
NEW YORK –– Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said on Friday that it has found no evidence that a fired systems technician secretly listened to its board or that the retailer conducted surveillance on shareholders who submitted proposals for its upcoming shareholders meeting.
The world's largest retailer said the findings came out of a review conducted by its legal department. It also said it was mailing an affidavit and certification of the review's findings to its shareholder proponents.
A copy of the affidavit was provided to Reuters by Wal-Mart.
Wal-Mart has faced mounting calls to disclose its surveillance records after it said in March that it fired security worker Bruce Gabbard for what the company said were unauthorized recordings of calls to and from a New York Times reporter and for intercepting text messages.
Danube (Both Sides) on Hudson
ROMANIA and Bulgaria joined the European Union in January, so in the long run, there may be less economic incentive for their residents to emigrate to New York. Luckily for lovers of mititei and shopska salad, plenty of them are already here. About 22,000 Romanian and 4,000 Bulgarian immigrants live in New York, according to the Department of City Planning. And for those who want to know what the European Union gained without traveling to Europe, the next month is a great time to come to New York: with festivals and concerts, it's a virtual Danube-visits-the-Hudson. First, food. The Bulgarians may claim to have invented yogurt, but unless you count the Dannon and Yoplait shelves at the supermarket, there are more places in New York to eat Romanian. They're concentrated in Sunnyside, Queens, a short subway ride from Grand Central or Times Square on the No.
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