On Tuesday, August 24, Phipps Neighborhoods’ Bronx Community Action Team (BxCAT) hosted a Back to School event in the Crotona Park neighborhood of The Bronx. BxCAT distributed school supplies to 75 children at the event, which also featured light refreshments, […]
Christa McAuliffe (1948) McAuliffe, a high school history teacher, was among the seven crew members killed when the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded soon after its launch in 1986. She had been selected to be the first civilian in space from a field of more than 11,000 applicants to NASA’s Teacher in Space program, and she was slated to teach two lessons during the flight. In 2004, she was posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor. What happened to the teacher chosen as McAuliffe’s backup? More…
There are not more than five cardinal tastes (sour, acrid, salt, sweet, bitter), yet combinations of them yield more flavors than can ever be tasted. Sun Tzu (544 BC-496 BC)
vacillate Definition: (verb) To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another. Synonyms: hover, oscillate, vibrate Usage: I vacillated about what to say for so long that the man on the phone asked if I was still there. Discuss. nx c
Ramon Magsaysay (1907) A Philippine guerrilla leader during World War II, Magsaysay helped combat the Japanese occupation and clear the way for US forces to liberate the island nation. He then entered politics and, as secretary of defense, spearheaded one of the most successful antiguerrilla campaigns in modern history by currying favor with the peasantry—thereby depriving the Hukbalahap rebels of popular support. By 1953, the Huks were no longer a threat, and Magsaysay was elected president. How did he die? More…
Every revolution was first a thought in one man’s mind, and when the same thought occurs to another man, it is the key to that era. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
penchant Definition: (noun) A definite liking; a strong inclination. Synonyms: preference, taste, predilection Usage: Our boss humored Bobby’s penchant for playing jokes on people until he found himself on the receiving end of one such prank. Discuss.
BRONX DISTRICT ATTORNEY DARCEL D. CLARK ANNOUNCES RIKERS ISLAND PROSECUTION BUREAU HAS INDICTED 37 CASES OF INMATE ASSAULTS ON OTHER INMATES, NYC DOC OFFICERS SINCE GRAND JURY RESTARTED Seven Defendants Charged with Scalding Inmate with Hot Water; Others Indicted for […]
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Helen Gibson (1892) Gibson was an American film actress, producer, trick rider, and rodeo performer, but her greatest claim to fame was that she was the first professional American stuntwoman. She got her start in stunt work doubling for Helen Holmes in The Hazards of Helen adventure film series and eventually took over the role entirely. She suffered a series of setbacks in the mid-1920s but persevered and managed to revive her Hollywood career. What are some of the dangerous stunts she performed? More…
What would any of us have been, if our fathers hadn’t drawed our faculties out of us? Charles Dickens (1812-1870)
apostate Definition: (noun) A person who abandons his religion, party, cause, etc. Synonyms: deserter, ratter, turncoat, recreant, renegade Usage: He was an early apostate, leaving the party last year. Discuss.
STATEMENT FROM BRONX DISTRICT ATTORNEY DARCEL D. CLARK ON SWEARING-IN OF GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL “Congratulations and best wishes to Kathy Hochul, making history as the first woman governor of our great state. I believe she will rise to the […]
Peggy Guggenheim (1898) Born to a wealthy New York City family, Guggenheim grew up in luxury, inherited a fortune in her early 20s, and became a friend, patron, and sometime lover to a number of avant-garde artists and writers. She spent the 1930s living in Paris and then London, where she opened her first gallery, Guggenheim Jeune. World War II impelled her return to New York, whereupon she married artist Max Ernst and opened a new gallery featuring her vast collection. Where did she take her collection after the war? More…
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