Cases of Interest for the Week of September 12, 2016 Monday, September 12, 2016 ADA Judge Part # Status Defendant Name Case Details Lung, F. Justice Best Part 77 Motions HENRY MALDONADO Charged with Murder, Attempted Murder, Arson, and […]
Pierre de Ronsard (1524) Now considered one of the greatest French poets, Ronsard first served as a page and a squire and seemed destined for a career at court both in France and abroad. However, an illness left him partially […]
Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum—”I think that I think, therefore I think that I am.” Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)
atelier Definition: (noun) A studio especially for an artist or designer. Synonyms: artist’s workroom Usage: Joe and Delia met in an atelier where a number of art and music students had gathered to discuss chiaroscuro, Wagner, music, wall paper, Chopin, […]
Assemblyman Mark Gjonaj and Senator Jeff Klein in conjunction with the NYC Hispanic Chamber of Commerce invite you to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month on Saturday, September 10th in Mazzei Park (located at Williamsbridge Road & Mace Avenue) from 12:00pm- 5:00pm. […]
Thomas Sydenham (1624) Known as “the English Hippocrates,” Sydenham was a physician who advocated direct observation instead of theorizing to determine the nature of disease. His conceptions of the causes and treatments of epidemics and his classic descriptions of gout, […]
To conceal anything from those to whom I am attached, is not in my nature. I can never close my lips where I have opened my heart. Charles Dickens (1812-1870)
commissariat Definition: (noun) A stock or supply of foods. Synonyms: provisions, viands Usage: During the war with Spain he was employed in the commissariat of the French army, and made a fortune.
Senator Klein and BP Diaz Host The Temptations Senator Jeff Klein and Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. hosted legendary singing group The Temptations, who performed in the borough for the first time ever last Wednesday night in Loreto Park. […]
Colonel Harland David Sanders (1890) In 1929, Sanders opened a gas station and small restaurant in Corbin, Kentucky. His cooking grew so popular that he soon closed the gas station. By 1939, he had developed a secret blend of herbs […]
Comfort, n.: A state of mind produced by contemplation of a neighbor’s uneasiness. Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)
vesicle Definition: (noun) A small sac or cyst, especially one containing fluid. Synonyms: cyst Usage: All living things have much in common, in their chemical composition, their germinal vesicles, and their laws of growth and reproduction.
Laura Ashley (1925) Ashley was a British fashion designer and manufacturer. After serving in the Women’s Royal Naval Service during World War II, she founded a company with her husband to produce silkscreened placemats, scarves, and tea towels. Her romantic […]
Fortune always leaves a door open in adversity in order to bring relief to it. Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)
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