Friday, December 20, 2013
Thursday, December 19, 2013
DNC Workers at Yosemite National Park
Sent to us by one of our readers...Please Read !
Dear Reel News Staff
Me and a lot of my co workers are at serious risk of losing our health insurance that we have had as a direct result of the government shutdown that happened in October. Because we will not meet the required number of hours worked per quarter since we did not work for nearly three weeks. We work for DNC at Yosemite which runs the concessions in Yosemite National Park but we do not work for the federal government. All the company has to do is sign a waiver saying that the month of October will not be counted against us and yet they are not willing to do this simple act. Instead we will be punished for something that is not our fault because DNC at Yosemite Does Not Care about it’s employees.. As soon as we came back from the government shutdown they began cutting hours even more which put us in a worse position and increased the number of people who will lose there health insurance in January.
There are married couples that are due to have children as well as those with disability’s that are counting on the health insurance that they have had for years. Which is about to be taking away. This is wrong and pisses me off. Because this is just one out of many things that they have done that show that DNC at Yosemite stands for Does Not Care about Yosemite and it’s employees. We have tried getting over three hundred signatures on a petition and appealing directly to the President of the company Mr. Dan Jensen and going to the local union 19 which did not do much. This makes me mad as heck because we are being punished for something that is not our fault and everyone knows it’s wrong and yet no one will stop it.
Sincerely yours,
Yosemite Jon
Dear Reel News Staff
Me and a lot of my co workers are at serious risk of losing our health insurance that we have had as a direct result of the government shutdown that happened in October. Because we will not meet the required number of hours worked per quarter since we did not work for nearly three weeks. We work for DNC at Yosemite which runs the concessions in Yosemite National Park but we do not work for the federal government. All the company has to do is sign a waiver saying that the month of October will not be counted against us and yet they are not willing to do this simple act. Instead we will be punished for something that is not our fault because DNC at Yosemite Does Not Care about it’s employees.. As soon as we came back from the government shutdown they began cutting hours even more which put us in a worse position and increased the number of people who will lose there health insurance in January.
There are married couples that are due to have children as well as those with disability’s that are counting on the health insurance that they have had for years. Which is about to be taking away. This is wrong and pisses me off. Because this is just one out of many things that they have done that show that DNC at Yosemite stands for Does Not Care about Yosemite and it’s employees. We have tried getting over three hundred signatures on a petition and appealing directly to the President of the company Mr. Dan Jensen and going to the local union 19 which did not do much. This makes me mad as heck because we are being punished for something that is not our fault and everyone knows it’s wrong and yet no one will stop it.
Sincerely yours,
Yosemite Jon
Saturday, December 14, 2013
Widow faces eviction in Cape Coral, Florida FOR ‘LIVING OFF THE GRID’
Robin Speronis told WFTX-TV that she was given an eviction notice after the station aired a story about how she chooses to live in a home without modern amenities, such as running water and electricity
“A code enforcement officer came, knocked on the door then posts a placard that says uninhabitable property, do not enter,” Robin said.
“Putting a woman who lives by herself, who is a widow, out on the street without any due process of law is unfathomable,” she added.
According to WFTX-TV, the notice cited international property maintenance code which said the property is not safe to live in.
Speronis, however, disputes such claims and wonders how a code enforcement officer would know without even entering the house. Now, she is speaking out demanding justice.
“I’m going to bring this to the attention of anyone who will listen until justice is served,” she said.
“Where is the justice? Why did they choose me,” she asked, “I was exercising my First Amendment rights of free speech in discussing living off the grid.”
A local attorney has decided to represent Speronis for free, according to WFTX-TV.
“A code enforcement officer came, knocked on the door then posts a placard that says uninhabitable property, do not enter,” Robin said.
“Putting a woman who lives by herself, who is a widow, out on the street without any due process of law is unfathomable,” she added.
According to WFTX-TV, the notice cited international property maintenance code which said the property is not safe to live in.
Speronis, however, disputes such claims and wonders how a code enforcement officer would know without even entering the house. Now, she is speaking out demanding justice.
“I’m going to bring this to the attention of anyone who will listen until justice is served,” she said.
“Where is the justice? Why did they choose me,” she asked, “I was exercising my First Amendment rights of free speech in discussing living off the grid.”
A local attorney has decided to represent Speronis for free, according to WFTX-TV.
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
DISNEY DIMINISHES JESUS’ IMPORTANCE FROM ANNUAL CHRISTMAS SHOW
From Glenn Beck's - The Blaze
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Is Disney really removing Christ from its traditional Christmas show — or at the least watering down the traditional story of the Jesus’ life and birth?
Is Disney Really Stripping the Christian Message Out of Its Annual Christmas Show?
Credit: Wikipedia
That’s the claim coming from a number of tips to TheBlaze, which purport that Disney’s “Candlelight Processional,” an annual show at Epcot and Disneyland that tells “the biblical tale of a savior born to a virgin in Bethlehem,” has been amended and sanitized to diminish some of its Christian message.
At the center of the contention is the removal of “One Solitary Life,” an essay that has been read during the “Candlelight Processional” since 1976. This overtly Christian text, written by Dr. James Allan Francis in 1926, details Jesus’ life, death and historical impact.
It culminates with the following words: “Nineteen centuries have come and gone, And today Jesus is the central figure of the human race, And the leader of mankind’s progress, All the armies that have ever marched, All the navies that have ever sailed, All the parliaments that have ever sat, All the kings that ever reigned put together, Have not affected the life of mankind on earth, As powerfully as that one solitary life.”
Considering the cutting of the essay and the tips we’ve been receiving, TheBlaze decided to explore the issue further, so we reached out to Disney and asked why “One Solitary Life” is no longer a part of the show.
The essay has been recited to complement the traditional biblical story of Jesus’ birth since 1976, making its recent removal more than noticeable.
But demand for the show and production constraints have apparently created a need, according to Disney, to shave time off of each performance so that the cast and crew can properly prepare for the three back-to-back performances that unfold each night during the holiday season.
Rather than an attack on the Christian message inherent in the show, Disney said the decision was all about logistics.
‘”Candlelight Processional’ is a longstanding tradition, and we regularly review and adjust various elements of the program to deliver a great guest experience that meets our operational needs,” said Disney spokesman Bryan M. Malenius.
Operationally, Disney said that the show was running long and that there was a need to remove the essay and replace it with something that would be a bit shorter in length.
While the new text refers to Jesus as “the blessed babe in a manger,” there are no mentions of Christ’s death. That said, the tone certainly aligns with the traditional Christmas story, though the more general text will likely not be as pleasing to those who enjoyed the hard-hitting spiritual nature inherent in “One Solitary Life.”
Arguably, it lacks the same biblical strength. Most noticeably, there’s the fact that “One Solitary Life” positions Jesus as “the central figure of the human race” — something that the new wording doesn’t quite accomplish.
“Heavenly peace… It is a gift bestowed upon us all during this special time of year. Tonight, people around the world mark this joyful season with heartfelt sentiment,” the new text reads. “As we each treasure our unique holiday traditions of family, faith, and culture, let us join together in celebrating the birth of the blessed babe in a manger, and rejoice in the universal message of peace on earth and goodwill toward men. Joy to the World!”
Comparatively, “One Solitary Life” spans 221 words and the new wording is just 78 words, so the goal of shortening the show via replacement text was met, Disney said. Both the essay and the new wording were, in context of the rest of the show, a very small proportion of the “Candlelight Processional.”
“One Solitary Life” wasn’t the only casualty this year. The song “Do You Hear What I Hear” was also cut from the event.
While the new text refers to Jesus as “the blessed babe in a manger,” there are no mentions of Christ’s death. That said, the tone certainly aligns with the traditional Christmas story, though the more general text will likely not be as pleasing to those who enjoyed the hard-hitting spiritual nature inherent in “One Solitary Life.”
Arguably, it lacks the same biblical strength. Most noticeably, there’s the fact that “One Solitary Life” positions Jesus as “the central figure of the human race” — something that the new wording doesn’t quite accomplish.
“Heavenly peace… It is a gift bestowed upon us all during this special time of year. Tonight, people around the world mark this joyful season with heartfelt sentiment,” the new text reads. “As we each treasure our unique holiday traditions of family, faith, and culture, let us join together in celebrating the birth of the blessed babe in a manger, and rejoice in the universal message of peace on earth and goodwill toward men. Joy to the World!”
Comparatively, “One Solitary Life” spans 221 words and the new wording is just 78 words, so the goal of shortening the show via replacement text was met, Disney said. Both the essay and the new wording were, in context of the rest of the show, a very small proportion of the “Candlelight Processional.”
“One Solitary Life” wasn’t the only casualty this year. The song “Do You Hear What I Hear” was also cut from the event.
While some might point to the amended language as definitive evidence that Disney is trying to diminish the Christian undertones of the “Candlelight Processional,” the show is comprised mainly of Bible verses recounting the entire story of Jesus’ birth.
Thus, without Jesus or the Christian message, there would very literally be no “Candlelight Processional.” Still, a critique centered upon an absence of Jesus as the centerpiece of the world does hold some validity.
Scriptures are read in the Disney show verbatim from the English Standard Version of the Bible. Luke 1:26-31, Luke 2:1-18, Matthew 2:1-2, 10, Matthew 2:9, 11 and Isaiah 9:6 are all read aloud. In these verses, Jesus is still referred to as “Christ the Lord.”
Isaiah 9:6 provides what very well may be the strongest remaining spiritual language in the “Candlelight Procession.” It reads, “For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given. And the government shall be upon His shoulders, and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, the mighty God, the everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace.”
In the end, Disney repeatedly denied that alleged complaints over Christian content led to the removal of the popular Christian essay and reiterated numerous times that the changes to the show were — and have always been — related to production and the continued push for a quality public performance.
“Candlelight is a Disney tradition that dates back to Walt Disney himself and has been a guest favorite since 1958,” the company told TheBlaze.
The “Candlelight Processional” is running from Nov. 29 to Dec. 30 this year, with each show filling up the 1,800-seat America Gardens Theater at Epcot; it is also a popular fixture at Disneyland, where it is limited to a two-day showing.
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Is Disney really removing Christ from its traditional Christmas show — or at the least watering down the traditional story of the Jesus’ life and birth?
Is Disney Really Stripping the Christian Message Out of Its Annual Christmas Show?
Credit: Wikipedia
That’s the claim coming from a number of tips to TheBlaze, which purport that Disney’s “Candlelight Processional,” an annual show at Epcot and Disneyland that tells “the biblical tale of a savior born to a virgin in Bethlehem,” has been amended and sanitized to diminish some of its Christian message.
At the center of the contention is the removal of “One Solitary Life,” an essay that has been read during the “Candlelight Processional” since 1976. This overtly Christian text, written by Dr. James Allan Francis in 1926, details Jesus’ life, death and historical impact.
It culminates with the following words: “Nineteen centuries have come and gone, And today Jesus is the central figure of the human race, And the leader of mankind’s progress, All the armies that have ever marched, All the navies that have ever sailed, All the parliaments that have ever sat, All the kings that ever reigned put together, Have not affected the life of mankind on earth, As powerfully as that one solitary life.”
Considering the cutting of the essay and the tips we’ve been receiving, TheBlaze decided to explore the issue further, so we reached out to Disney and asked why “One Solitary Life” is no longer a part of the show.
The essay has been recited to complement the traditional biblical story of Jesus’ birth since 1976, making its recent removal more than noticeable.
But demand for the show and production constraints have apparently created a need, according to Disney, to shave time off of each performance so that the cast and crew can properly prepare for the three back-to-back performances that unfold each night during the holiday season.
Rather than an attack on the Christian message inherent in the show, Disney said the decision was all about logistics.
‘”Candlelight Processional’ is a longstanding tradition, and we regularly review and adjust various elements of the program to deliver a great guest experience that meets our operational needs,” said Disney spokesman Bryan M. Malenius.
Operationally, Disney said that the show was running long and that there was a need to remove the essay and replace it with something that would be a bit shorter in length.
While the new text refers to Jesus as “the blessed babe in a manger,” there are no mentions of Christ’s death. That said, the tone certainly aligns with the traditional Christmas story, though the more general text will likely not be as pleasing to those who enjoyed the hard-hitting spiritual nature inherent in “One Solitary Life.”
Arguably, it lacks the same biblical strength. Most noticeably, there’s the fact that “One Solitary Life” positions Jesus as “the central figure of the human race” — something that the new wording doesn’t quite accomplish.
“Heavenly peace… It is a gift bestowed upon us all during this special time of year. Tonight, people around the world mark this joyful season with heartfelt sentiment,” the new text reads. “As we each treasure our unique holiday traditions of family, faith, and culture, let us join together in celebrating the birth of the blessed babe in a manger, and rejoice in the universal message of peace on earth and goodwill toward men. Joy to the World!”
Comparatively, “One Solitary Life” spans 221 words and the new wording is just 78 words, so the goal of shortening the show via replacement text was met, Disney said. Both the essay and the new wording were, in context of the rest of the show, a very small proportion of the “Candlelight Processional.”
“One Solitary Life” wasn’t the only casualty this year. The song “Do You Hear What I Hear” was also cut from the event.
While the new text refers to Jesus as “the blessed babe in a manger,” there are no mentions of Christ’s death. That said, the tone certainly aligns with the traditional Christmas story, though the more general text will likely not be as pleasing to those who enjoyed the hard-hitting spiritual nature inherent in “One Solitary Life.”
Arguably, it lacks the same biblical strength. Most noticeably, there’s the fact that “One Solitary Life” positions Jesus as “the central figure of the human race” — something that the new wording doesn’t quite accomplish.
“Heavenly peace… It is a gift bestowed upon us all during this special time of year. Tonight, people around the world mark this joyful season with heartfelt sentiment,” the new text reads. “As we each treasure our unique holiday traditions of family, faith, and culture, let us join together in celebrating the birth of the blessed babe in a manger, and rejoice in the universal message of peace on earth and goodwill toward men. Joy to the World!”
Comparatively, “One Solitary Life” spans 221 words and the new wording is just 78 words, so the goal of shortening the show via replacement text was met, Disney said. Both the essay and the new wording were, in context of the rest of the show, a very small proportion of the “Candlelight Processional.”
“One Solitary Life” wasn’t the only casualty this year. The song “Do You Hear What I Hear” was also cut from the event.
While some might point to the amended language as definitive evidence that Disney is trying to diminish the Christian undertones of the “Candlelight Processional,” the show is comprised mainly of Bible verses recounting the entire story of Jesus’ birth.
Thus, without Jesus or the Christian message, there would very literally be no “Candlelight Processional.” Still, a critique centered upon an absence of Jesus as the centerpiece of the world does hold some validity.
Scriptures are read in the Disney show verbatim from the English Standard Version of the Bible. Luke 1:26-31, Luke 2:1-18, Matthew 2:1-2, 10, Matthew 2:9, 11 and Isaiah 9:6 are all read aloud. In these verses, Jesus is still referred to as “Christ the Lord.”
Isaiah 9:6 provides what very well may be the strongest remaining spiritual language in the “Candlelight Procession.” It reads, “For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given. And the government shall be upon His shoulders, and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, the mighty God, the everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace.”
In the end, Disney repeatedly denied that alleged complaints over Christian content led to the removal of the popular Christian essay and reiterated numerous times that the changes to the show were — and have always been — related to production and the continued push for a quality public performance.
“Candlelight is a Disney tradition that dates back to Walt Disney himself and has been a guest favorite since 1958,” the company told TheBlaze.
The “Candlelight Processional” is running from Nov. 29 to Dec. 30 this year, with each show filling up the 1,800-seat America Gardens Theater at Epcot; it is also a popular fixture at Disneyland, where it is limited to a two-day showing.
Republican Senator Ted Cruz walks out on Raul Castro's speech at Mandela memorial !
Republican Senator Ted Cruz, part of a Congressional delegation at Nelson Mandela's memorial service, walked out of the service Tuesday when Cuban Dictator Raul Castro started speaking.
Cruz’s communications director, Sean Rushton, told National Review that the GOP senator “very much hopes Castro learns the lessons of Nelson Mandela.”
“For decades, Castro has wrongly imprisoned and tortured countless innocents. Just as Mandela was released after 27 years in prison, Castro should finally release his political prisoners; he should hold free elections, and once and for all set the Cuban people free,” he added.
President Barack Obama made some waves earlier in the day when he was photographed smiling and shaking hands with Castro before the memorial service. The White House said the interaction was not planned and no substantive discussion occurred.
Cruz’s father, Rafael Cruz, fled Cuba and the ruthless Fidel Castro regime when he was just a teenager. He came to the United States and fell in love with the country.
Monday, December 9, 2013
Happy Birthday Grace Hopper American Computer Scientist - Commodore Grace M. Hopper, USN
Developed the first Compiler for a Computer Programming Language
Grace Murray Hopper (December 9, 1906 – January 1, 1992) was an American computer scientist and United States Navy Rear Admiral. A pioneer in the field, she was one of the first programmers of the Harvard Mark I computer, and developed the first compiler for a computer programming language. She conceptualized the idea of machine-independent programming languages, which led to the development of COBOL, one of the first modern programming languages. She is credited with popularizing the term "debugging" for fixing computer glitches (inspired by an actual moth removed from the computer). Owing to the breadth of her accomplishments and her naval rank, she is sometimes referred to as "Amazing Grace". The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Hopper (DDG-70) is named for her, as was the Cray XE6 "Hopper" supercomputer at NERSC.
Early life and education
Hopper was born Grace Brewster Murray in New York City. She was the oldest in a family of three children. She was curious as a child, a lifelong trait; at the age of seven she decided to determine how an alarm clock worked, and dismantled seven alarm clocks before her mother realized what she was doing (she was then limited to one clock). For her preparatory school education, she attended the Hartridge School in Plainfield, New Jersey. Rejected for early admission to Vassar College at age 16 (her test scores in Latin were too low), she was admitted the following year. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Vassar in 1928 with a bachelor's degree in mathematics and physics and earned her Master's degree at Yale University in 1930.
In 1934, she earned a Ph.D. in mathematics from Yale under the direction of Øystein Ore. Her dissertation, New Types of Irreducibility Criteria, was published that same year. Hopper began teaching mathematics at Vassar in 1931, and was promoted to associate professor in 1941. She was married to New York University professor Vincent Foster Hopper (1906–76 from 1930 until their divorce in 1945. She never remarried, and she kept his surname.
World War II
In 1943, during World War II, Hopper obtained a leave of absence from Vassar and was sworn into the United States Navy Reserve, one of many women to volunteer to serve in the WAVES. She had to get an exemption to enlist; she was 15 pounds (6.8 kg) below the Navy minimum weight of 120 pounds (54 kg). She reported in December and trained at the Naval Reserve Midshipmen's School at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. Hopper graduated first in her class in 1944, and was assigned to the Bureau of Ships Computation Project at Harvard University as a lieutenant, junior grade. She served on the Mark I computer programming staff headed by Howard H. Aiken. Hopper and Aiken coauthored three papers on the Mark I, also known as the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator. Hopper's request to transfer to the regular Navy at the end of the war was declined due to her age . She continued to serve in the Navy Reserve. Hopper remained at the Harvard Computation Lab until 1949, turning down a full professorship at Vassar in favor of working as a research fellow under a Navy contract at Harvard.
COBOL
In the spring of 1959, a two-day conference known as the Conference on Data Systems Languages (CODASYL) brought together computer experts from industry and government. Hopper served as the technical consultant to the committee, and many of her former employees served on the short-term committee that defined the new language COBOL (an acronym for COmmon Business-Oriented Language). The new language extended Hopper's FLOW-MATIC language with some ideas from the IBM equivalent, COMTRAN. Hopper's belief that programs should be written in a language that was close to English rather than in machine code or languages close to machine code (such as assembly language) was captured in the new business language, and COBOL would go on to be the most ubiquitous business language to date.
From 1967 to 1977, Hopper served as the director of the Navy Programming Languages Group in the Navy's Office of Information Systems Planning and was promoted to the rank of captain in 1973. She developed validation software for COBOL and its compiler as part of a COBOL standardization program for the entire Navy.
Grace Murray Hopper (December 9, 1906 – January 1, 1992) was an American computer scientist and United States Navy Rear Admiral. A pioneer in the field, she was one of the first programmers of the Harvard Mark I computer, and developed the first compiler for a computer programming language. She conceptualized the idea of machine-independent programming languages, which led to the development of COBOL, one of the first modern programming languages. She is credited with popularizing the term "debugging" for fixing computer glitches (inspired by an actual moth removed from the computer). Owing to the breadth of her accomplishments and her naval rank, she is sometimes referred to as "Amazing Grace". The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Hopper (DDG-70) is named for her, as was the Cray XE6 "Hopper" supercomputer at NERSC.
Early life and education
Hopper was born Grace Brewster Murray in New York City. She was the oldest in a family of three children. She was curious as a child, a lifelong trait; at the age of seven she decided to determine how an alarm clock worked, and dismantled seven alarm clocks before her mother realized what she was doing (she was then limited to one clock). For her preparatory school education, she attended the Hartridge School in Plainfield, New Jersey. Rejected for early admission to Vassar College at age 16 (her test scores in Latin were too low), she was admitted the following year. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Vassar in 1928 with a bachelor's degree in mathematics and physics and earned her Master's degree at Yale University in 1930.
In 1934, she earned a Ph.D. in mathematics from Yale under the direction of Øystein Ore. Her dissertation, New Types of Irreducibility Criteria, was published that same year. Hopper began teaching mathematics at Vassar in 1931, and was promoted to associate professor in 1941. She was married to New York University professor Vincent Foster Hopper (1906–76 from 1930 until their divorce in 1945. She never remarried, and she kept his surname.
World War II
In 1943, during World War II, Hopper obtained a leave of absence from Vassar and was sworn into the United States Navy Reserve, one of many women to volunteer to serve in the WAVES. She had to get an exemption to enlist; she was 15 pounds (6.8 kg) below the Navy minimum weight of 120 pounds (54 kg). She reported in December and trained at the Naval Reserve Midshipmen's School at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. Hopper graduated first in her class in 1944, and was assigned to the Bureau of Ships Computation Project at Harvard University as a lieutenant, junior grade. She served on the Mark I computer programming staff headed by Howard H. Aiken. Hopper and Aiken coauthored three papers on the Mark I, also known as the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator. Hopper's request to transfer to the regular Navy at the end of the war was declined due to her age . She continued to serve in the Navy Reserve. Hopper remained at the Harvard Computation Lab until 1949, turning down a full professorship at Vassar in favor of working as a research fellow under a Navy contract at Harvard.
COBOL
In the spring of 1959, a two-day conference known as the Conference on Data Systems Languages (CODASYL) brought together computer experts from industry and government. Hopper served as the technical consultant to the committee, and many of her former employees served on the short-term committee that defined the new language COBOL (an acronym for COmmon Business-Oriented Language). The new language extended Hopper's FLOW-MATIC language with some ideas from the IBM equivalent, COMTRAN. Hopper's belief that programs should be written in a language that was close to English rather than in machine code or languages close to machine code (such as assembly language) was captured in the new business language, and COBOL would go on to be the most ubiquitous business language to date.
From 1967 to 1977, Hopper served as the director of the Navy Programming Languages Group in the Navy's Office of Information Systems Planning and was promoted to the rank of captain in 1973. She developed validation software for COBOL and its compiler as part of a COBOL standardization program for the entire Navy.
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Fox reporter challenges State Dept. on lies over secret Iran talks
A body language expert could have a field day analyzing the reaction of the State Department spokeswoman as she fumbled her way through pointed questions from a Fox News reporter on why reporters were lied to about the years long secret negotiations with Iran.
Spokeswoman Jen Psaki kept breaking into odd, beaming smiles as Fox’s Chief Washington Correspondent James Rosen pressed her on why the State Department continually denied the Obama administration was engaged in secret talks with Iran over its nuclear program, reportedly since 2011.
Sunday, December 1, 2013
THERE’S A REASON THIS A CAPPELLA COVER OF ‘LITTLE DRUMMER BOY’ HAS GONE MEGA VIRAL
You are in for a treat.
Pentatonix, an a capella music group consisting of five members, published a cover of “Little Drummer Boy” on Nov. 25 to rave reviews on the Internet.
Pentatonix, an a capella music group consisting of five members, published a cover of “Little Drummer Boy” on Nov. 25 to rave reviews on the Internet.
“Incredible, what talent,” one user wrote on YouTube.
Train derailment kills 4 in NYC
NEW YORK - Four people were killed and more than 60 were injured Sunday when a Metro-North commuter train derailed in the Bronx.
The Fire Department of New York also said about 50 units and 135 firefighters were at the derailment location just north of the Spuyten Duyvil station working to get passengers and crew out of the train.
Five of the southbound train's seven cars derailed in an area along the Hudson River and Sputen Duyvil just north of Manhattan, according to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
The seven-car train originated at 6:54 a.m. in Poughkeepsie, one of New York City's northern suburbs, according to the MTA. The derailment forced a suspension of all service on the MTA's Hudson line between Grand Central Station in Manhattan and the Croton Harmon station in Westchester County, a northern suburb.
The New York City Police Department declared a "level-three mobilization" -- a somewhat-common alert for a serious incident -- sending officers from across the Bronx to the derailment scene.
The Associated Press, quoting a woman at the scene, initially said that some cars of the Metro-North passenger train toppled into water. Edwin Valero told AP he was in an apartment building above the accident scene when the train derailed. He said none of the cars went into the water where the Harlem River meets the Hudson, but at least one ended up a few feet from the edge.
Spuyten Duyvil is a neighborhood in the Bronx. Metro-North's Hudson line serves New York City and Westchester, Putnam, and Dutchess counties, ending in Poughkeepsie.
The Metro-North noted the incident on its website with a note that "Hudson Line Customers will experience indefinite delays south of Croton Harmon. More information will be provided as it is obtained."
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