Sam Walton (1918) Born in Oklahoma and raised in Missouri during the Great Depression, Walton opened his first five-and-dime franchise in Arkansas in 1945. Seventeen years later, he opened his first Wal-Mart and began developing the Wal-Mart company into a […]
There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact. Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)
Countdown Begins for Race For Re-Entry 5-K Walk, Run, Ride in Soundview by David Greene Organizers and supporters of a pilot program that began last spring assisting those recently released from incarceration, with ways to more easily transition back into […]
Chairman Crowley Leads Effort to Include $325 Million for Working Families in Government Funding Bill (Queens, NY) – Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus Joe Crowley (D-NY) announced today his request for more than $325 million in federal funding for […]
Stoicism Definition: (noun) An indifference to pleasure or pain. Synonyms: Stolidness Usage: With the stoicism of the brutes who had raised him he endured his suffering quietly.
Henry Schoolcraft (1793) Schoolcraft was a geologist, geographer, and ethnologist noted for his studies of Native American cultures as well as for his discovery of the source of the Mississippi River in 1832. His extensive relations with Native Americans—including his […]
Man is a rope stretched between the animal and the Superman—a rope over an abyss … What is great in man is that he is a bridge and not a goal. Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)
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By Rich Mancuso/ Sports Editor There are the Yankees with home run power and overall a team that is deep at every position with the exception of first base with Greg Bird probably seeing no baseball activity for two […]
NCGS and Girls Prep Announce Billie Jean King to Appear at the Global Forum on Girls’ Education® II Billie Jean King to be Interviewed in Front of Global Audience About Importance of Girls’ Education NEW YORK, NY — On Wednesday, June 20, […]
TESTIMONY OF BRONX BOROUGH PRESIDENT RUBEN DIAZ JR. BEFORE THE NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEES ON HOUSING AND BUILDINGS AND FIRE AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ON INTROS. # 608, 609 AND 610. FEBRUARY 26, 2018 My office, in partnership with City […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) together with the Ohio Department of Agriculture today announced that the Asian longhorned beetle (ALB) is eradicated from Stonelick Township in Clermont County, Ohio. “The […]
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