The weekly live chat known as IMportant People on Buffalo.com is being temporarily placed on hold. We’ll resume this chat this fall. The recaps of our previous IMportant People live chats can be found below.
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- Buffalo.com on IMportant People Recap 10/15/08: West Seneca Downsizing
- Buffalo.com on IMportant People: Recap 10/22/08: UB Bulls Football
- brianc on IMportant People: Recap 10/22/08: UB Bulls Football
- Joe on IMportant People Recap 10/15/08: West Seneca Downsizing
- Buffalo.com on IMportant People Recap 9/17/08: Finding a Good Job & WNY Employment Market
- Eric on IMportant People Recap 9/17/08: Finding a Good Job & WNY Employment Market
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- IMportant People 5/13/09: Buffalo Fan Awards
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The Buffalo Fan Awards are coming up on Thursday, May 21 at Shea's Performing Arts Center, and the celebrity host, Ahmad Rashad, will join us for IMportant People on Wednesday at noon.
The Buffalo Fan Awards are not just for the pros...even though several stars like Thurman Thomas, Jim Kelly, and Rob Ray (among many others) will be in attendance on this special night. High school and college athletes and coaches from Western New York will also be in the spotlight at the prestigious event. Find out more about the awards and how you can vote for the winners when we chat with former Buffalo Bill and legendary TV personality Ahmad Rashad on Wednesday at noon at IMportant People on Buffalo.com.
- IMportant People 5/6/09: Swine Flu
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Did you know that the symptoms of Swine Flu are very similar to any other case of flu? How do you know that it's the H1N1 virus? Did you know that consumption of pork products has nothing to do with swine flu? What's the best way to protect you and your family from this disease? As health officials across the nation scurry for answers and medical supply stores run low on surgical masks, many of us have questions just like these. That's why Buffalo.com has invited Dr. John Crane, Clinical Director of the Department of Infectious Disease, S.U.N.Y. at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and Attending Physician at ECMC and RN Elaine Roman, Public Health Planning and Information Officer for Niagara County's Health Department to join us for this week's IMportant People live chat. Join us on Wednesday at noon.
- IMportant People 4-29-09: Same-Sex Marriages
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On April 17, Governor David Patterson introduced a bill into the Senate for the approval of same-sex marriages in New York State. Following that proposal, a Siena College poll determined 53 percent of participants voted in favor of Patterson's legislation. With the interest growing in same-sex marriages, we want to know what you think of the landmark bill. What's the impact on your life? What does the future hold for gay and lesbian couples? Join us this Wednesday for a Buffalo.com chat with Kitty Lambert, president of Western New York's OUTspoken for Equality. Join us for the IMportant People chat Wednesday at noon, only at Buffalo.com.
- IMportant People 4-22-09: The Struggling Economy & Your Wallet
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If the economy is on your mind, join the club. Economic woes have filled headlines around the world and across Western New York. Economic indicators over the past week have been surprisingly upbeat, but is it a trend or a fluke? How has what's happened nationwide impacted our area? Join us this Wednesday on Buffalo.com for an IMportant People chat with Buffalo News financial reporter David Robinson. We look forward to your questions and thoughts about the economy.
- IMportant People 4-15-09: Obama's first 100 days
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When President Barack Obama took office, he enjoyed one of the highest approval ratings of any president ever. Now, one hundred days into his term, Obama already has an ambitious domestic agenda underway and a global economic crisis to wrestle with. What do people think of the job he’s been doing? Join Important People this Wednesday at noon as we chat with Jerry Zremski, Washington bureau chief for the Buffalo News. We’ll assess Obama’s first one hundred days and look at what might lay ahead for the administration.
- IMportant People 4-8-09: School Violence
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How safe are our schools? Headlines crop up across the country, and in Western New York, about incidents of violence in schools. Kids videotape other kids fighting, then post the video on YouTube. Parents flood school offices with concerns generated by the rumor mill and the internet. With the anniversary of the Columbine massacre coming up later this month, it's a good opportunity to take stock in the lessons learned from that tragedy and what's being done to make our schools—urban and rural—as safe as possible. We have two guests on this week's IMportant People on Buffalo.com: Stefan Mychajliw, the Special Assistant to the Superintendent for Community Relations for the Buffalo Public School District and Alan Holbrook, Business Director and Clerk for the Westfield School District. Join in the chat with your questions about school safety this Wednesday on IMportant People at noon.
- IMportant People 4-1-09: March Madness
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As March Madness comes to a close, the journalism students of St. Bonaventure University welcome long-time Olean Times Herald Sports Editor Chuck Pollock to this week's IMportant People blog to talk college basketball here on buffalo.com. Chuck will recap the record-setting season for the St. Bonaventure women's basketball team and also look at the progress the men’s team has made over the past few seasons under Coach Mark Schmidt.
Plus, as a bonus, Chuck will invite your thoughts about the big games this weekend in the NCAA Final Four. So join us this Wednesday at noon, as we wrap up March Madness and an exciting Big Four basketball season!
- IMportant People 3-25-09: Women's History with Madeline Scott
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Commemorate Women's History with IMportant People on Buffalo.com this Wednesday at noon when we talk with local historian and researcher Madeline O. Scott. She's a native of Olean, but has lived in Buffalo for over four decades. Scott traced her family's roots back to slavery in Maryland, West Virginia and Tennessee. A descendant of free residents from Ohio and New York, she's also studied the Underground Railroad in WNY. Scott's had numerous articles published in journals, is a member of the Afro-American Historical Association of the Niagara Frontier and the Western New York Women's Hall of Fame. To learn more about Women's and African American history in WNY and and get your questions answered check in for IMportant People on Buffalo.com.
- IMportant People 3-18-09: Steve Rinella
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On this week’s IMportant People, we’ll learn more about the city of Buffalo’s namesake. Steven Rinella is the author of American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon and The Scavenger’s Guide to Haute Cuisine. This outdoor adventurer shares his experiences in the wild and the lessons he’s learned about the largest land mammal in North American. In American Buffalo, Rinella describes his experience of hunting wild buffalo in Alaska and the significance of the animal to American history—including our own city.
- IMportant People 3-11-09: Buffalo Niagara 360
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Join Buffalo.com's IMportant People as we chat about careers and life for young professionals in Western New York with Ann Mestrovich, manager of Buffalo Niagara 360, a program for local young professionals. Buffalo Niagara 360 allows young professionals to connect and grow in stimulating work and social environments within Western New York. The program also gives employers a chance to identify, attract and retain high-skilled employees for the region’s future. So, chime in Wednesday at noon on Buffalo.com's IMportant People to ask Ann your important questions, from Western New York’s job market to what young people can do on the weekends in Buffalo, and everything in between!
