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Bronx DA: Cases of Interest for the Week of August 9, 2021

Bronx DA: Cases of Interest for the Week of August 9, 2021

Cases of Interest for the Week of August 9, 2021 *Appearances/Proceedings May Be Virtual*   Monday, August 9, 2021 ADA Judge Part # Status Defendant Name Case Details Hirsch, E. McCarty 70 Conference Jonathan Davila Charged with second-degree Murder and additional […]

by · August 10, 2021 · Bulletin Board

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

To The Editor: I am aiming this piece toward all of the “moderates, “centrists”, and “independents” out there because I believe that they are the only ones who have any kind of an open mind about politics these days. As […]

by · August 10, 2021 · Bulletin Board
Whose Birthday Is It? August 10, 2021

Whose Birthday Is It? August 10, 2021

Clarence Leonidas “Leo” Fender (1909) Few people in recent history have transformed popular music—rock and roll in particular—the way Leo Fender did. A self-taught radio repairman, Fender began inventing electronic instruments in the 1940s and is responsible for the first mass-produced solid-body electric guitar, the first widely used electric bass, and many other revolutionary instruments. His Fender Musical Instruments Corporation remains a leading manufacturer of electronic instruments and amplifiers. What are Fender “Nocasters”? More…

by · August 10, 2021 · Bulletin Board
Quote of the Day: August 10, 2021

Quote of the Day: August 10, 2021

To the boy of twenty it seems impossible that he will not love as wildly at sixty as he does then … His love will never fall, whoever else’s may. Nobody ever loved as he loves, and so, of course, the rest of the world’s experience can be no guide in his case. Jerome K. Jerome (1859-1927)

by · August 10, 2021 · Bulletin Board
Word of the Day: August 10, 2021

Word of the Day: August 10, 2021

cantankerous Definition: (adjective) Ill-tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable. Synonyms: bloody-minded Usage: I am an extremely considerate neighbor, yet the cantankerous old lady next door is constantly lodging complaints about me with our landlord. Discuss.

by · August 10, 2021 · Bulletin Board
Whose Birthday Is It? August 6, 2021

Whose Birthday Is It? August 6, 2021

Susie Baker King Taylor (1848) Born into slavery, Taylor was secretly—and illegally—educated during her childhood. As a young woman, she served as a Union army nurse during the American Civil War. She became the first African American to openly teach former slaves in Georgia and the first African-American woman to publish a memoir of her wartime experiences, Reminiscences of My Life in Camp with the 33d United States Colored Troops, Late 1st S.C. Volunteers. How did she end up with Union troops in the first place? More…

by · August 6, 2021 · Bulletin Board
Quote of the Day: August 6, 2021

Quote of the Day: August 6, 2021

One can sometimes do good by being the right person in the wrong place. Gilbert Chesterton (1874-1936)

by · August 6, 2021 · Bulletin Board
Word of the Day: August 6, 2021

Word of the Day: August 6, 2021

banality Definition: (noun) The condition or quality of being banal; triviality. Synonyms: unoriginality, predictability, dullness, ordinariness, staleness, vapidity, triteness Usage: My friends pursued their course with uneventfulness; they had no longer any surprises for me; even their love-affairs had a tedious banality. Discuss.

by · August 6, 2021 · Bulletin Board
Whose Birthday Is It? August 2, 2021

Whose Birthday Is It? August 2, 2021

Constantine I of Greece (1868) The reign of Constantine I was a trying one. He succeeded his father as king of Greece in 1913 and was almost immediately faced with World War I. His neutralist, yet essentially pro-German, attitude caused the Allies and his Greek opponents to force his abdication and send him into exile in 1917. His leading opponent’s fall from power in 1920 opened the door for Constantine to be restored to the throne, but his homecoming was short lived. Why did he abdicate for a second time in 1922? More…

by · August 2, 2021 · Bulletin Board
Quote of the Day: August 2, 2021

Quote of the Day: August 2, 2021

Rings and other jewels are not gifts, but apologies for gifts. The only gift is a portion of thyself. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

by · August 2, 2021 · Bulletin Board
Word of the Day: August 2, 2021

Word of the Day: August 2, 2021

animadversion Definition: (noun) Strong criticism. Synonyms: censure Usage: I meant no animadversions against any one, and certainly intended no disrespectful allusions to your mother. Discuss.

by · August 2, 2021 · Bulletin Board

Bishop of Diocese of Manchester Accused in Lawsuit of Sexually Abusing Minor

Law Offices of Mitchell Garabedian Press Release 07/22/2021 I do not represent the courageous clergy sexual abuse victim named in the civil lawsuit in which Bishop Peter Libasci is a Defendant. For decades, I have represented clergy sexual abuse victims […]

by · July 27, 2021 · Bulletin Board
Whose Birthday Is It? July 27, 2021

Whose Birthday Is It? July 27, 2021

Kenneth Tompkins Bainbridge (1904) Bainbridge was an American physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project, the US government program that produced the first atomic bomb. He was the director of Project Trinity, the first nuclear test explosion—the sole test before the bombs were used. The successful test took place in New Mexico on July 16, 1945, and Bainbridge called the blast “a foul and awesome display.” He later became an outspoken opponent of nuclear testing. What was Bainbridge’s other notable scientific accomplishment? More…

by · July 27, 2021 · Bulletin Board
Quote of the Day: July 27, 2021

Quote of the Day: July 27, 2021

A boy’s love comes from a full heart; a man’s is more often the result of a full stomach. Indeed, a man’s sluggish current may not be called love, compared with the rushing fountain that wells up when a boy’s heart is struck with the heavenly rod. Jerome K. Jerome (1859-1927)

by · July 27, 2021 · Bulletin Board
Word of the Day: July 27, 2021

Word of the Day: July 27, 2021

graybeard Definition: (noun) A man who is very old. Synonyms: old man, Methuselah Usage: “So, fellow-pilgrims,” said he, “here we are, seven wise men, and one fair damsel—who, doubtless, is as wise as any graybeard of the company.” Discuss.

by · July 27, 2021 · Bulletin Board