Profile America: The First Web
Today marks the 172nd birthday of the World Wide Web. Only it was electro-mechanical, not digital.
Today marks the 172nd birthday of the World Wide Web. Only it was electro-mechanical, not digital.
It all makes for good radio and starting this Thursday evening, ESPN Deportes New York is their new home as they host 1050 Impact.
BRONX, NY –State Senator Jeff Klein (D-Bronx/Westchester) hosted his annual spring children’s festival at St. Theresa’s School on Saturday. Hundreds of Bronx families enjoyed the spring extravaganza, which began with lunch. Children danced to pop music through the celebration and […]
Every man desires to live long, but no man would be old. Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)
promulgate Definition: (verb) To make known (a decree, for example) by public declaration; announce officially. Synonyms: exclaim, proclaim Usage: Where is the staircase from which Charles VI promulgated his edict of pardon?
Artie Shaw (1910) Considered one of swing’s two great clarinetists—along with his rival, Benny Goodman—Shaw was a virtuoso at his instrument. He began playing professionally as a teen before becoming leader of one of the most popular big bands of […]
Another Russian invasion of an Eastern European nation is brewing, and this time the consequences will be enormous. Moscow has combined the threat of overwhelming military force with economic and internal political pressure to pull Bulgaria into its orbit. Russian […]
After getting his fifth win of the season Sunday afternoon at Citi Field in leading the Mets to a 3-1 win and three-game series sweep over the Milwaukee Brewers, Noah Syndergaard is Mets ace.
The first state sponsored veterinary school in the U.S. opened on this date in 1879 at Iowa State College.
Cases of Interest for the Week of May 23, 2016 Monday, May 23, 2016 ADA Judge Part # Status Defendant Name Case Details Piergrossi, L. Justice Barrett Part 60 Ongoing Trial ELISEO PEREZ, VAUGHN, RIVERA, POLLARD, PARRA, PARKER, RODRIGUEZ, […]
When a man is old enough to do wrong heshould be old enough to do right also. Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
indigence Definition: (noun) Poverty; neediness. Synonyms: beggary, pauperism, penury, need Usage: The luxury of one class is counterbalanced by the indigence of another.
Richard Wagner (1813) Wagner was a German composer whose astonishing works made him one of the mos tinfluential figures in the history of Western music. He revolutionized the 19th-century idea of opera, seeing it as a wholly new art form in which musical, poetic, […]
The Ancient Order of Hibernians (AOH) is an Irish Catholic fraternal organization. Members must be Catholic and either Irish-born or of Irish descent. Its largest membership is now in the United States, where it was founded in New York City […]
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