Archive for December, 2015

Star Wars: The Force Awakens Crosses $100 Million Worldwide In IMAX® Theatres

Star Wars: The Force Awakens Crosses $100 Million Worldwide In IMAX® Theatres

Star Wars: The Force Awakens Crosses $100 Million Worldwide In IMAX® Theatres, Setting New Record Pace For IMAX LOS ANGELES, Dec. 28, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Star Wars: The Force Awakens, released by The Walt Disney Studios, soared to $106 million globally […]

by · December 29, 2015 · Business, Entertainment
Profile America: Chewsy Americans Like Gum

Profile America: Chewsy Americans Like Gum

CHEWSY AMERICANS The month of December has given Americans a lot to chew on, beyond holiday cookies, fruitcakes and candies. In December 1869, chewing gum was patented by Ohio dentist William Semple, who hoped that the flavored gum would help […]

by · December 28, 2015 · Features
On This Day In Football History: The Greatest Game Ever Played Happened In 1958

On This Day In Football History: The Greatest Game Ever Played Happened In 1958

THE GREATEST GAME EVER PLAYED — Colts vs. Giants at Yankee Stadium By Victor Mastro On this day in December 1958, the “Greatest Game Ever Played” was the 1958 National Football League Championship game between the Baltimore Colts and the […]

by · December 28, 2015 · Sports
Bronx Chronicle Quote of the Day: December 28, 2015

Bronx Chronicle Quote of the Day: December 28, 2015

The principal thing in this world is to keep one’s soul aloft. Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880)

by · December 28, 2015 · Bulletin Board
Bronx Chronicle Word of the Day: December 28, 2015

Bronx Chronicle Word of the Day: December 28, 2015

artistry Definition: (noun) A superior skill that one can learn by study and practice and observation. Synonyms: prowess, art Usage: They were wrought to such a pitch of nervous dread by the uncanny artistry of their witch-doctor, they were helpless […]

by · December 28, 2015 · Bulletin Board
Bronx Chronicle Photo of the Day: December 28, 2015

Bronx Chronicle Photo of the Day: December 28, 2015

by · December 28, 2015 · Bulletin Board, Photos
The Somewhere Project: A Citywide Exploration of West Side Story

The Somewhere Project: A Citywide Exploration of West Side Story

by · December 27, 2015 · Bulletin Board
Duke's QB Ross Martin (1) runs for a TD late in the Pinstripe Bowl.
Credit: Gary Quintal

New Era Pinstripe Bowl lived up to expectations, Duke wins in OT

  Pinstripe Bowl lived up to expectations by Rich Mancuso   There was an A-Rod reference early Saturday evening at Yankee Stadium but it had nothing to do with Alex Rodriguez the New York Yankees controversial `player who redeemed himself […]

by · December 27, 2015 · Sports
Bronx Chronicle Quote of the Day: December 27, 2015

Bronx Chronicle Quote of the Day: December 27, 2015

Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man…No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings. John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)

by · December 27, 2015 · Bulletin Board
Bronx Chronicle Word of the Day: December 27, 2015

Bronx Chronicle Word of the Day: December 27, 2015

lyceum Definition: (noun) A school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12. Synonyms: secondary school, Gymnasium, lycee, middle school Usage: “That lyceum has ruined him,” she added, remembering the insistence with which the chevalier […]

by · December 27, 2015 · Bulletin Board
The Woman’s Hospital of Texas Welcomes Its Record-Breaking Baby Number 11,000

The Woman’s Hospital of Texas Welcomes Its Record-Breaking Baby Number 11,000

The Woman’s Hospital of Texas Welcomes Its Record-Breaking Baby Number 11,000     HOUSTON, Dec. 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — For the first time in The Woman’s Hospital of Texas history, the hospital delivered more than 11,000 babies in one year. Cinthia and Albert […]

by · December 27, 2015 · Family, Health & Nutrition, News
Profile America: Channel Surfing

Profile America: Channel Surfing

The reliable TV remote control, a crucial labor saving device for couch potatoes, was unveiled this month in 1957. Robert Adler of the Zenith Corporation received a patent for a mechanical unit that used a striker and four small aluminum […]

by · December 27, 2015 · Profile America, Technology
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‘Santa’ de Blasio Delivers For Low Income Homeowners

MAYOR DE BLASIO & DEP ANNOUNCE $115 WATER BILL CREDIT FOR NEARLY 52,000 LOW-INCOME HOMEOWNERS   Home Water Assistance Program – started last year – expands to tens of thousands of senior or disabled New Yorkers; saves most participants 25 […]

by · December 27, 2015 · Government, Housing
2015 North American Box Office Revenue for Christmas Weekend Poised to Be One of Best on Record

2015 North American Box Office Revenue for Christmas Weekend Poised to Be One of Best on Record

According to Rentrak, this holiday weekend is poised to be one of the highest-earning Christmas weekends in North American box office history. Following the momentum already created by “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” along with “Alvin and The Chipmunks,” “Sisters” and […]

by · December 27, 2015 · Business, Entertainment
Matters of Faith: The Attribute of Patience

Matters of Faith: The Attribute of Patience

THE ATTRIBUTE OF PATIENCE by: Rev. J. Loren Russell, BA, MDiv.   ‭‭James‬ ‭1:2-4‬ ‭NKJV‬‬   “My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience […]

by · December 27, 2015 · Daily Living, Faith, Matters of Faith