Profile America: National Rice Month
Globally, rice is the world’s most important cereal grain.
Globally, rice is the world’s most important cereal grain.
Trump vs Clinton: Their Tax Plan, Our Economy, Your pocketbook. Who wins? Who loses? (Part 3) By Anthony Rivieccio, MBA If you followed the first two parts of our story, let’s remember some of the simple but most important things we […]
The full 2016-2017 Fordham University men’s basketball schedule was released today. It features eight televised Atlantic 10 contests and a visit from the defending Atlantic 10 champions, Saint Joseph’s University, to the historic Rose Hill Gym. Fordham will play […]
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.
Twitter to Share Ad Revenue on Videos by U.S. Users (Reuters) Grab a smartphone, make a video, and upload it to Twitter for a few bucks. Twitter is cashing in on America’s craze with mobile videos and sharing 70 percent of […]
Bronx Assemblyman Luis Sepulveda and The Institute For Family Health Celebrate the Renovation and Expansion of the former Soundview Healthcare Clinic Assemblyman Luis Sepulveda joined with officials of the Institute for Family Health and its Stevenson Family Health Center in Soundview, the […]
Friday, September 9 — The first instance of debugging a computer was recorded on this date in 1947. The early Mark II computer being developed at Harvard University was balky, and a programming team — which included Navy Lieutenant Grace Hopper, a pioneer […]
By Rich Mancuso/Sports Editor What’s going on here? Again this columnist refers to the words of Dick Young, the great and late New York sports scribe. The issue today: Boxing in New York appears to be dead because of a […]
By Rich Mancuso/Sports Editor Before the skeptics say the New York Mets need a witch doctor to cure the ailments there is one reason for optimism. There are 27 games left and two games away from that second NL wild […]
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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