By Brandon Colon On February 14th devastating news began to spread across the Country, of a gunman roaming the halls of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland Florida. Exactly two weeks later the resilient and outspoken survivors of this tragedy returned […]
Blackjack Definition: (noun) A leather-covered bludgeon with a short, flexible shaft or strap, used as a hand weapon. Synonyms: Cosh, Sap Usage: He was beaten so badly with the blackjack that he suffered several broken bones.
Edgar Cayce (1877) Cayce was an American folk healer and purported “psychic diagnostician” who popularized the idea of reincarnation. He received little formal education before setting off to wander the US, performing thousands of “life readings” and spreading his ideas […]
Looking at these stars suddenly dwarfed my own troubles and all the gravities of terrestrial life. H.G. Wells (1866-1946)
STATEMENT FROM STATE SENATOR GUSTAVO RIVERA ON THE SENATE ONE HOUSE BUDGET RESOLUTION (Albany, NY) – State Senator Gustavo Rivera released the following statement after voting against the State Senate One House Budget Resolution. “The Senate One House Budget Resolution […]
March Roars in with Laughs as Netflix’s Monroe Martin & Comedy Central’s Mark Normand Headline Comedy Nights at Empire City Casino (Yonkers, NY) — March will roar in with laughter at Empire City Casino with a duo of Wednesday Comedy […]
Nelson Management Group Achieves IREM Certified Sustainable Property Certification for Lafayette Boynton Complex The Bronx, NY – Nelson Management Group announced today that their multifamily, mixed-income apartment complex, Lafayette Boynton, has achieved IREM Certified Sustainable Property certification, a mark of […]
When you come up short, something is needed to put you back on course and to encourage you.
Unornamented Definition: (adjective) Lacking embellishment or ornamentation. Synonyms: Unembellished, Plain, Spare, Bare Usage: Strangers, who saw her for the first time, saw a lady in the prime of her life – a lady plainly dressed in unornamented white.
Gottlieb Daimler (1834) The mechanical experiments of German engineer, inventor, and pioneer automobile manufacturer Gottlieb Daimler aroused so much suspicion that, at one point, the police raided his workshop in Stuttgart, Germany, expecting to find a counterfeiting operation. They found […]
Assistance given to the weak makes the one who gives it strong. Booker T. Washington (1856-1915)
Chairman Crowley Statement on Gun Safety Legislation in the House (Washington D.C.) – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) issued the following statement after signing two discharge petitions to force a vote on commonsense gun safety measures: “America’s schools, […]
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