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• STANDING O: Standing O is beaming out to NYU Lutheran Medical Center

  10-09-2015 18:02
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailySunset Park
  Three cheers and a few hundred rads to NYU Lutheran Medical Center’s radiation oncology department. The department has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in radiation oncology as the result of a recent review by the American College of Radiology. The first ever for the department. Woo hoo!
  Radiation oncology is the careful use of high-energy radiation to treat cancer, where a trained and dedicated
  
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• Gotham: Michael Cunningham on A Wild Swan and Other Tales

  10-09-2015 17:45
  Saturday, November 14, 2015 4:00 pmCentral Library, Dweck CenterIn A Wild Swan and Other Tales, Pulitzer Prize winning author Michael Cunningham transforms the people and talismans of lands far, far away—the mythic figures of our childhoods and the source of so much of our wonder—into stories of sublime revelation. Curated and hosted by Rob Spillman.
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• Gotham: Helen Phillips on The Beautiful Bureaucrat

  10-09-2015 17:45
  Saturday, October 3, 2015 4:00 pmCentral Library, Dweck CenterGotham series host Rob Spillman talks with Brooklyn’s own Helen Phillips, whose debut novel The Beautiful Bureaucrat has been widely praised, including by the New York Times Book Review, which called it “a riveting, drolly surreal debut novel.” Kakfaesque, comic, and moving, Phillips’s novel captures modern urban existentialism like few can. She is also the author of the highly acclaimed story collection And Ye
  
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• Pictures Worth 65 Shipping Containers

  10-09-2015 15:03
  
  Dougie Wallace captures the Vegas-style shenanigans of Blackpool, England in his Photoville exhibit, “Stags Hens & Bunnies, A Blackpool Story.” Photo: Dougie Wallace
  If you have somehow missed it over the last four years, New York’s largest annual photo exhibition is an impressive, immersive cross between a street museum, an art installation and day out in the sun, all in one.
  “Photoville is that rare hybrid where you can come down to the park, grab a beer, walk your
  
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• STANDING O: Standing O is cooling down with a new flavor

  10-09-2015 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyConey IslandWe scream for gelatoArianne Elshawarby, a mother of two, answered the call and aced the challenge to slam dunk the competition in the “Find Your Flavor’ contest hosted by Daniele Dal Sasso of Coney’s Cones. She had to choose from more than 50 ingredients — including marshmallows, egg nog, whipped cream, and bacon, just to name a few — to concoct an ice cream worthy of the top prize.
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• STANDING O: Goodbye Mrs. Chips

  10-09-2015 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyBensonhurstStanding O, along with the teachers, staff and students at Bishop Kearney High School, all bid a fond farewell and good luck to Patricia Hynes-Farragher on her retirement.The head of the physical-education department has put down the pencils, books, and student’s looks and will be putting up those trainers for a much needed rest.
  Standing O pal Patricia’s retirement marks the end of an era at the school, w
  
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• PARK SLOPE: The om-azing race: ‘Mindful triathlon’ challenges body and spirit

  10-09-2015 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailyOn your mark, get set, meditate!A new-age triathlon will expand thousands of auras in Prospect Park on Sept. 13. Wanderlust 108, making its second run in Kings County, replaces the traditional triathalon’s swimming and biking events with a yoga routine and group meditation. Having physically easier activities opens the event up to a larger audience, says the organizer.“Wanderlust is designed to be fun,” said Wande
  
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• MARINE PARK: Bicycle anarchy in Marine Park

  10-09-2015 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailyTalk about a vicious cycle.It’s chaos in Marine Park thanks to an influx of new bike riders, who often cruise at high speeds in the wrong direction around the Oval — the park’s mile-long loop of pedestrian and bike paths — and the city hasn’t done enough to make sure cyclists know which direction to head, according to angry locals.“It’s safer to ride in the street than the park!” said
  
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• JOE KNOWS: Jordan Rules: Hannah a hit at quarterback

  10-09-2015 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joseph StaszewskiBrooklyn DailyJordan Hannah had it in him all along — and maybe a little bit more than anyone expected.
  The senior, who hadn’t started at quarterback since his youth football days, was a speedy, efficient and versatile force in his first varsity game under center for Abraham Lincoln last Friday night.
  He helped the two-time defending Public School Athletic League city champions beat Erasmus Hall 24–14 with his legs, with h
  
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• HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS: Booker’s three scores pace Fort Hamilton past Flushing

  10-09-2015 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joseph StaszewskiBrooklyn DailyTroy Booker hasn’t missed a beat.
  Fort Hamilton’s junior running back picked up right where he left off after a breakout season a year ago. He opened 2015 with a monster game in a 44–0 win over host Flushing in Public School Athletic League City Conference football last Saturday. Booker rushed for 154 yards and three touchdowns on 14 carries.
  Quarterback Connor Fitzsimons completed seven of eight passed for 1
  
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• DUMBO: Book-lyn songs: Artists sing about ‘A Tree Grows in Brooklyn’

  10-09-2015 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Harry MacCormackBrooklyn DailyThese musicians are booked up!A group of local artists will celebrate the iconic immigrant tale “A Tree Grows In Brooklyn” with an evening of music on Sept. 14 in Dumbo. The Bushwick Book Club will present songs, dance performances, artwork, and food inspired by Betty Smith’s classic novel, and the group’s founder says they will be playing the event by ear.“I generally don’t look at any of th
  
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• BRIGHTON BEACH: Kosher food giveaway for the holidays

  10-09-2015 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Eric FaynbergBrooklyn DailyBrighton Beach residents congregated at the Shorefront Jewish Community Center on Sept. 3 to stock up on kosher foods in preparation for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.The Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty and the Food Bank for New York City joined community volunteers and rabbis to hand out food to people who may not be able to afford kosher goods. A Met Council spokesperson said tha
  
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• BOROBEAT: Here they are: Your first day of school photos!

  10-09-2015 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailyOut of the home, into the homeroom!School bells chimed on Wednesday for the first time since June, as Kings County kids flocked to classrooms across the borough for the first day of school.For many kids, it was a chance to reconnect with pals after being separated for three months over the summer break, said one mom.“He was excited to go back to school and see all his friends,” said
  
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• Book-lyn songs: Artists sing about ‘A Tree Grows in Brooklyn’

  10-09-2015 06:00
  
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• BAY RIDGE: Reporter tries new bike racks on Staten Island-bound busses

  10-09-2015 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Max JaegerBrooklyn DailyThe Metropolitan Transportation Authority launched a program on Sept. 6 to let cyclists strap their bikes to buses running over the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge between Bay Ridge and Staten Island. Pedal-promoters have been pushing the authority to let pedestrians and bikers use the iconic span for decades, and the new bikes-on-buses program marks the first time anyone without a car has been able to
  
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