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Pinstripe Makes History’s 600th Club

Beautiful weather comes with a beautiful game!

One of the Yankees’ most popular pinstripes players kept everyone at the edge of their seats and biting their nails as he came up to bat. The crowd filled the honorable Yankee Stadium with signs and cheers as the 1 ^st inning was coming to an end with 2 outs, 2 balls, and no strikes. As Toronto’s right-handed pitcher, Shaun Marcum, threw the 13 ^th pitch to his at-bat opponent, the play every Yankee fan had been waiting for happened.

Exactly three years from his 500 ^th homer, Yankees’ 3 ^rd baseman, Alex Rodriguez, makes franchise history by becoming the youngest and seventh baseball player to have 600 homeruns. As the crowd cheered him with a standing ovation, his team welcomed him to the dugout with heartwarming pats on the back. “He had a good pitch to hit, he did what he’s done 600 times. He had a good swing at it and well, fortunately I think for him it’s over with, it’s done with,” Captain Derek Jeter commented on his teammate’s history breaker.

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Farmers Markets: The new eco friendly way to eat

In efforts to better the environment, there are many ways to go green. Not only recycling and saving electricity can be done to lower your carbon footprint. Try farmers markets, which are not only eco friendly but give you the chance to try new delicious foods. One of the largest markets in New York City is the Union Square Greenmarket, which hosts over 140 farmers each week.

Through the Greenmarket program, the organization GrowNYC offers 40 farmers markets throughout the city where people can purchase local and healthy farm fresh produce. There are almost 200 farmers involved, including bakers, fishermen, and farmers. At these farmers markets you can find anything from homemade pastries to wheatgrass juice. One particular stand at the Union Square farmers market, S. and S.O. Produce Farms, offers 115 varieties of produce.

Another thing that makes greenmarkets so important and healthy is that you have the opportunity to speak to the food producers. You can build a relationship with the ...

The Truth About Beating Black Kids

Poet and author Asadah promoted her book Beating Black Kids at Hue- Man bookstore, on 125 ^th Street and 8 ^th Avenue. Asadah is an administrator of a youth program, an educator, author and a single mom.  Her passion for the topic of not beating black kids comes from over 15 years of working with young people and never having to lay hands on them to get them to act correctly. Her book is made to target the black community and make parents question their child-rearing agenda if it involves beating. The book is filled with Asadah’s less than friendly view on how the black culture is failing as a result of early abuse and lack of proper communication. Shoes, wine bottles, wire hangers, hot spatulas, phone cords, belts, wet rags, rocks, and twigs are just a few of the “weapons” people have expressed to Asadah about their childhood experiences with beating. Almost all of them say they deserved it.

“Beating black kids comes from slavery: having the white man hit the black man, the black man hits...

Students Visit NY1

Yesterday, July 27th, a select group from HarlemLIVE's Summer Youth Media Challenge student pool, was invited on a site visit of NY1! Accompanied by Ruschell Boone, NY1 Reporter from Queens, the students were able to witness the behind the scenes hustle and bustle of a real newsroom.

Ruschell Boone joined NY1 as the newschannel’s Queens Reporter in 2002, and has covered stories such as the search to find a bone marrow donor for a six-year-old girl needing a transplant, the acquittal of three policemen in the Sean Bell trial, and the closing of Shea Stadium. Ms. Boone is also NY1's Saturday morning feature reporter.

Thank you to Ms. Boone and Ms. Nikia Redhead, Public Relations Manager at NY1 News/NY1 Noticias, for this great opportunity!

http://www.ny1.com/content/about_ny1/staff_profiles/340/ruschell-boone---queens-reporter/

HarlemLIVEs Summer Youth Media Challenge

HarlemLIVE is celebrating its 11th Annual Summer Youth Media Challenge!

Each year, 20 to 40 teens are divided into teams in order to compete in our seven-week contest. This summer starts with a city-wide scavenger hunt on July 7th, which foreshadows some of the stories and topics the students will cover during the challenge.  The teams showcase competitive presentations to invited community and media personalities, who act as judges to pick the best presentation and make constructive criticisms.  The teams compete to create the most and best content for the online magazine and the HL TV show. The summer challenge culminates with our Annual Awards Ceremony where the leader of the winning team is generally appointed as editor in chief for the following school year. In years passed, the ceremony has been held at Teachers College (2000-2002), Time-Warner (2003), Thomson Reuters (2004), Bloomberg (2005), set of Live with Regis and Kelly (2006), ESPN (2007), CUNY Graduate School of ...