Rich Monetti
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Part I: Iconic Scenes That Say Plenty with Few Words
First in series of famous scenes in which the visuals say it all... 'Goodfellas', Copacabana Long Shot There may be too much dialogue here to qualify, but the words are pretty incidental and the visuals really make the point…
By Rich Monetti5 years ago in Geeks
Part II: Byram Hills Stories to Remember in Armonk
Prestigious MIT Award for Byram Hills Senior Byram Hills High School Senior Danielle Adilletta has won the Women’s and Gender Studies Category of the National High School MIT Inspire Research Competition in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.
By Rich Monetti5 years ago in Education
250,000 Annual Deaths from Medical Mistakes, Dr. Richard Klein of Yorktown Urges Us to Survive Our Doctors
250,000 people die annually because of medical mistakes. The statistic doesn’t sit so seamlessly with the claim that we have the world’s best healthcare. Dr. Richard Klein of Yorktown long ago noted the discrepancy, and has not sat idly in the face of the system’s inadequacies.
By Rich Monetti5 years ago in Longevity
'Philomena' Shows the Way for a Catholic Church that has Long Lost its Way
Philomena is yet another instance of the vast, unimaginable crimes of the Catholic Church. Young girls would get pregnant, and the Church sold the babies to wealthy American families. Of course, if complications arose, the wayward girls were spared the embarrassment and died anonymously among makeshift midwives. Based on the research and novel by Martin Sixsmith, the 2013 film does still provide a course for salvation. But if things are ever going to change, Philomena has the playbook, and her insistence on sharing it, makes this Stephen Frears film standout.
By Rich Monetti5 years ago in Geeks
Cary Grant and Tommy Chong: Two Very Different Stars Who Didn’t Shrink in the Face of the Establishment
Cary Grant had no problem with the ambiguity that surrounded his sexuality, according to his daughter, Jennifer Grant. It simply made women want to prove the rumors wrong. That’s her story and I’m sticking with it.
By Rich Monetti5 years ago in Geeks
A Look Back at the Horace Greeley Activism of Charlotte Bilski
A recounting of Charlotte Bilski and all her good work in Westchester... It's not hard to see. Too often, the world just isn't right. People still struggling in an earthquake's aftermath, Westchester County cutting crucial funds to childcare, and kids mired in unhealthy peer relationships. Just the short list seems overwhelming and the change we'd all like to see leaves us too far removed from the people who run things. Chappaqua, New York's Charlotte Bilski of Horace Greeley High School and the Westchester Youth Council doesn't see it that way. She believes true activism emanates from a much smaller constituency.
By Rich Monetti5 years ago in The Swamp
So Alive at Plattsburgh State with Those 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High'
When I went off to Plattsburgh State in 1982, I was terrified. But by the time I came back two weeks later for a wedding, I was locked in. Like a returning hero, I was met by Fast Times at Ridgemont High, and the Cameron Crow film so fit the moment.
By Rich Monetti5 years ago in Geeks
Remembering Kathy Storfer of the Bedford Hills Library
After years of mindlessly pursuing computers, I finally figured out that I was a writer. So in 2002 I took a journalism course at NYU. I was focused on writing personal essays, and when we were assigned an interview, I almost didn’t do it. But I figured, I’m here, why not. So the task was who, and apparently, I already knew what made a good story.
By Rich Monetti5 years ago in Education