As to people saying a few idle words about us,we must not mind that, any more than the old church-steeple minds the rooks cawing about it. George Eliot (1819-1880)

menage Definition: (noun) A domestic establishment. Synonyms: household Usage: What sort of a menage is it which pays double the market price for a governess but does not keep a horse, although six miles from the station.  

Alfred Habdank Skarbek Korzybski (1879) Korzybski was a Polish-American linguist who developed a school of thought known as general semantics. He aimed to distinguish between words and the objects they describe,as well as between individual objects all described by the same word. He stressed […]

Do we not all agree to call rapid thought and noble impulse by the name of inspiration? George Eliot (1819-1880)

spelldown Definition: (noun) A contest in which you are eliminated if you fail to spell a word correctly. Synonyms: spelling bee Usage: Our school hosts a spelldown every year, but since Tom always wins, it’s not very exciting.

Thomas Cranmer (1489) Cranmer became the first Protestant archbishop of Canterbury after he helped Henry VIII in his negotiations with the pope over divorcing Catherine of Aragon. He annulled Henry’s marriage to Catherine,supported his marriage to Anne Boleyn, and later helped him divorce her. After […]

City Parks Foundation Presents SUMMERSTAGE 2016 SEASON Presented by Capital One Bank   FREE Music, Dance, Family, Film, Circus, and Theater Programs in The Bronx Bronx season runs July 5 – July 17   New York, NY– City Parks Foundation […]

That is the natural way of women…to scorn the one that loves them, and love the one that hates them. Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)

myopia Definition: (noun) A visual defect in which distant objects appear blurred because their images are focused in front of the retina rather than on it; nearsightedness. Synonyms: nearsightedness, shortsightedness Usage: By the time she was 30, her myopia had […]

Ignaz Philipp Semmelweiss (1818) Semmelweiss was a Hungarian physician who pioneered the use of antiseptics in obstetrical clinics. While working at a Vienna hospital, he became convinced that physicians were transmitting puerperal fever, also called childbed fever, to patients and […]

CM GIBSON HOLDS PRESS CONFERENCE CELEBRATING BASELINING OF ADDITIONAL $21.9 MILLION FOR CITY’S PROSECUTORS Bronx, NY – Chair of the Committee on Public Safety Council Member Vanessa L. Gibson joined Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark, Richmond County District Attorney Mike McMahon, […]

App and Website Will Make it Easier for New Yorkers to Give Goods, Find Goods and Do Good! The New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) announced the launch of donateNYC, a program designed to make finding and giving second-hand […]

STATEMENT FROM BOROUGH PRESIDENT DIAZ RE: Stubhub & New York Yankees Agreement   “Today’s announcement is a clear victory for the fans.   “I am glad to see that the New York Yankees have heeded the call put forth by […]

Hope is a leaf-joy, which may be beaten out to a great extension, like gold. Francis Bacon (1561-1626)

gourmand Definition: (noun) A lover of good food. Synonyms: trencherman, glutton Usage: Because he had a great appreciation for fine cuisine, the gourmand was asked to serve as a judge in the televised cooking contest.