Sunny Sunday in New York City followed by more showery weather in the work week.

Monday will see more showers mostly in Northwest sections, mostly cloudy Tuesday and fair Wednesday. It will remain on the cool side for this time of year. For the end of the week, it looks like we will see a return of our Frankenstein weather. So far, there is no big warm up in sight.

Washington Township got hit with a couple of inches of hail this afternoon around 4 pm!


HILARY HAHN,violin, performed at Town Hall in New York City on Sunday .

Miss Hahn gave a wonderful performance at Town Hall on 43rd. Street Sunday June 14. She showed once again, why she is one of the top violinists of our day. Winner of a second Grammy Award, in 2009, for her recording of Schoenberg and Sebelius concertos; she was superbly accompanied by Valentina Lisitsa, a pianist with talents equal to that of Miss Hahn..

Works by Ysaye, Ives , Brahms , and Bartok were performed in another part of the Free for All series at Town Hall. My favorites were the first work by Ysaye, Sonata #4. and the Brahms Hungarian Dances, which blew the doors out. An encore by Paganini was a delight. Both Miss Hahn and Miss Lisitsa were signing CD's at the end of the afternoon. The duo continue their tour next in South America.

Of course the price was right, it was free. There is one more free performance next Sunday, June 21, featuring the Emerson String Quartet. Free tickets are available at the box office at noon with the performance scheduled for 5 pm. By the way, classical music is very popular with younger people when the price is right. Are you listening Carnegie Hall and Avery Fisher Hall?

Town Hall has excellent acoustics and you won't be disappointed even in the balcony.



President Obama gave this warning today, America may go the way of GM.

I could not agree more. We have high debts, many commitments, high expenses,declining revenue and an inability to change with the times. If it happened to GM it can happen to the USA.

I cannot escape the feeling that we cannot afford to be the world's policemen. What if we secure the globe but crumble from within? What if we do not address our health care crisis?

Table. U.S. Human Cases of H1N1 Flu Infection
Web page updated June 12, 2009,
11:00 AM ET (Updated each Friday)
Data reported to CDC by June 11, 2009, 3:00 PM ET

States and Territories*	Confirmed and Probable Cases	Deaths
States
Alabama	123 cases	0 deaths
Alaska	11cases	0 deaths
Arkansas	13cases	0 deaths
Arizona	597 cases	5 deaths
California	1094 cases	6 deaths
Colorado	75 cases	0 deaths
Connecticut	637 cases	1 death
Delaware	187 cases	0 deaths
Florida	417 cases	0 deaths
Georgia	39 cases	0 deaths
Hawaii	198 cases	0 deaths
Idaho	29 cases	0 deaths
Illinois	1983 cases	5
Indiana	201 cases	0 deaths
Iowa	92 cases	0 deaths
Kansas	97	0 deaths
Kentucky	106	0 deaths
Louisiana	134 cases	0 deaths
Maine	33	0 deaths
Maryland	139	0 deaths
Massachusetts	1078	0 deaths
Michigan	419 cases	1 death
Minnesota	153	0 deaths
Mississippi	59 cases	0 deaths
Missouri	46 cases	1 death
Montana	27 cases	0 deaths
Nebraska	71 cases	0 deaths
Nevada	162 cases	0 deaths
New Hampshire	92 cases	0 deaths
New Jersey	348 cases	0 deaths
New Mexico	155 cases	0 deaths
New York	1160	13 deaths
North Carolina	61 cases	0 deaths
North Dakota	31 cases	0 deaths
Ohio	53 cases	0 deaths
Oklahoma	93 cases	0 deaths
Oregon	189 cases	1 death
Pennsylvania	626 cases	2 deaths
Rhode Island	62 cases	0 deaths
South Carolina	60	0 deaths
South Dakota	14 cases	1 death
Tennessee	110 cases	0 deaths
Texas	2049 cases	3 deaths
Utah	688 cases	2 deaths
Vermont	32 cases	0 deaths
Virginia	90 cases	1 death
Washington	584 cases	2 deaths
Washington, D.C.	33 cases	0 deaths
West Virginia	40 cases	0 deaths
Wisconsin	3008 cases	1 death
Wyoming	50 cases	0 deaths
Territories
Puerto Rico	7 case	0 deaths
TOTAL*(52)	17,855 cases	45 deaths
*includes the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico This table will be updated each Friday at 11 AM ET. International Human Cases of H1N1 Flu Infection See: World Health Organization. NOTE: Because of daily reporting deadlines, the state totals reported by CDC may not always be consistent with those reported by state health departments. If there is a discrepancy between these two counts, data from the state health departments should be used as the most accurate number. For more information about how these case counts are updated, see Questions & Answers About CDC's Online Reporting.

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