Washington D.C. – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is issuing a final rule outlining the conditions under which USDA will pay indemnity to farms affected by highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). It includes […]
Modern facilities will be designed to be integrated into surrounding neighborhoods and promote safety and support for the people who work and reside within them The de Blasio administration today unveiled plans for the building of four modern, community-based jails […]
Virginia Clemm Poe (1822) When she was just 13, Virginia Clemm married her first cousin Edgar Allan Poe, who was 14 years her senior. For years, scholars have debated about the nature of this relationship, which was cut short when […]
Better than man doth woman understand children, but man is more childish than woman. Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)
transliterate Definition: (verb) To represent (letters or words) in the corresponding characters of another alphabet. Synonyms: transcribe Usage: The Arabic text had to be transliterated for the American actors so that they could learn to speak their lines convincingly.
Income taxes first came to America this month 156 years ago, when President Abraham Lincoln signed a bill levying a 3 percent tax on incomes between $600 and $10,000, and a 5 percent tax on greater incomes. The tax was […]
BUFFALO BILLION II: Convicted, Again By Brian M. Kolb Jurors handed down guilty verdicts to four high-profile executives involved with an economic development pet project of Gov. Cuomo’s that came to highlight nearly everything wrong with how New York does […]
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Amanda Septimo, Democrat for Assembly in the 84th District, has been endorsed by 1199SEIU.
It’s odd that you don’t see much anger expressed online about how social media giants have helped dictatorships. Is that because those comments have been intentionally censored? An Intercept article by Ryan Gallagher recently reported that “Google is planning to launch a censored […]
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOWBy Councilman Rubén Díaz Sr. GERRI B. LAMB FUNERAL AND CELEBRATION OF LIFE You should know that the Funeral and Celebration of Life Service for Gerri Lamb will be held on Saturday, August 18, 2018, at 1:00 […]
Pope Pius VII (1742) Pius VII became pope in 1800, at a time of turmoil for the Catholic Church. A decade earlier, during the early stages of the French Revolution, the National Assembly tried to subordinate the Church to the […]
To learn is not to know; there are the learners and the learned. Memory makes the one, philosophy the other. Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870)
concoct Definition: (verb) Prepare or cook by mixing ingredients. Synonyms: cook up Usage: The witch concocted a sweet-smelling brew that would put the princess to sleep for 100 years.
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW By Councilman Rubén Díaz Sr. NOT FOR SALE, NOT FOR RENT, AND NOT FOR HIRE You should know that the City of New York has become the first city in the nation to regulate Uber. It […]
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