BRONX JURY CONVICTS MAN OF ATTEMPTED MURDER DESPITE LACK OF COOPERATION FROM SHOOTING VICTIM; CASE BASED ON AUDIO AND VIDEO EVIDENCE Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that a 38-year-old man has been found guilty of […]
DNA Evidence Tied Suspect to Victim 27 Years Later Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that a 46-year-old paroled sex offender from the Bronx has been indicted for murder and manslaughter for throwing a 17-year-old girl […]
President Jimmy Carter proclaimed National Women’s History Week during March 8, 1980 and since then, Presidential proclamations designated March as Women’s History Month. The Huntington Free Library and The East Bronx History Forum are pleased to announce the Forum’s 5th […]
If we used money to buy things with, insteadof love and kindness and the desire to pleaseone another, then we should be no better thanthe rest of the world. L. Frank Baum (1856-1919)
cistron Definition: (noun) A section of DNA that contains the geneticcode for a single polypeptide and functions as ahereditary unit. Synonyms: gene, factor Usage: When cistrons are located in reproductive cells, theypass their information to the next generation.
Jules Hardouin Mansart (1646) Mansart was a French architect and townplanner who completed the Palace of Versailles. Favored by Louis XIV, he was made the chief architect for royal buildings.After enlarging the château of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, he began work at Versailles. Much of his […]
Silver Alert issued 4/16/16 at 4:25 AM. The NYPD has issued a Silver Alert for the disappearance of Jose Aguasvivas, a 67-year-old Hispanic male from the Woodstock area of The Bronx, suffering from schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Mr. Aguasvivas was […]
What they do in heaven we are ignorant of; what they do not do we are told expressly. Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)
sobriquet Definition: (noun) An affectionate or humorous nickname. Synonyms: cognomen, moniker, nickname, soubriquet Usage: Usually he saw things long before others were aware that there was anything to see—a trait that had won for him the sobriquet of Hawk.
Émile Durkheim (1858) Along with Max Weber, Durkheim is considered one of the chief founders of modern sociology. His view that the methods of natural science can be applied to the study of society was influenced by the positivist philosophy […]
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