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Falling Leaves
From I Love NY.com/foliage:
Week of Sept. 12-18, 2007
FIRST SIGNS OF COLORFUL FALL FOLIAGE EMERGING IN
NEW YORK STATE
The 2007 foliage season in New York State is officially underway as the first colors of autumn are appearing in the Adirondacks region, according to observers for the Empire State Development Division of Tourism’s I LOVE NEW YORK program.
This weekend in the Adirondacks, Old Forge in Herkimer County expects up to 35 percent color change with green, russet and burgundy leaves of average brilliance highlighted by splashes of red and gold. The rating is between just beginning and mid point. The Mt. Arab/Tupper Lake area in Franklin County expects 30-35 percent of the leaves to have changed color. Colors to look for include shades of mustard, rust, cranberry and pumpkin-orange scattered among the fading celery green leaves. Foliage spotters in Warren County’s North Creek and the Hamilton County towns of Indian Lake and Blue Mountain Lake project 30 percent color change by the weekend, with some isolated areas higher than 2000’ expected to see up to 60 percent change. Speculator, in Hamilton County, is predicting 10-20 percent color change. Expect mostly green leaves with red and yellow highlights. In Essex County, Lake Placid projects 10-15 percent leaf change by the weekend, with dull-to-average green leaves and highlights of red, orange and purple leaves of average brilliance.
The rest of the state reports 10 percent or less color change.
Do your part.
On September 20, 2007 more than 1 million people will wear BLACK as we unite in one voice with one message to declare that UN-EQUAL JUSTICE is just not acceptable. The world will be watching when not just African Americans but people of all races take a stand for something that we all believe in. Mychal Bell and the Jena Six should be free. If you have not heard about their case and why these average teenagers, good students, great athletes and are now fighting for their lives (one student Mychal Bell has been in jail since Dec. 2006) please see the YouTube link above to view this video for the shock of your life and on any of the links below for more information. This is clearly a case of racism, but Michael Baisden reminds us the protest in Jena, LA, the US and around the world is not an attack on white people but against a system that has failed us all. It is not about black and white but about what is wrong and what is right!
Enough is Enough…Un-Equal Justice is just not acceptable! ..Wear Black on September 20th to show your support!
For those that can attend:
RALLY & MARCH FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE
DATE: SEPTEMBER 20, 2007
LOCATION: JENA, LA
WHAT TO WEAR: BLACK
SCHEDULE:*
— 7:00am Protesters assemble at Ward 10 Recreation Park
— 7:30am March to the steps of the LaSalle Parish Courthouse
— 8:00am Prayers / Speakers front of the Courthouse
— 9:00am Sentencing for Mychal Bell
— 11:00am March to Park / Rally in Support of Mychal Bell & the Jena 6
— 2:00pm Adjournment
— 4:00pm Town Hall Meeting on “Quality Education without Fear or Intimidation” C-Span
* Schedule is tentative and subject to change based on sentencing time
