Monday, June 19 — The first Chinese student to graduate from an American college was Yung Wing, a naturalized American who received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, this month in 1854. That year, some […]
Klein Releases Report on the Rise of Contraband and Assaults on Corrections Officers Senator Jeff Klein recently released an alarming report analyzing the growing problem of assaults on corrections officers and staff and the seemingly unabated flow of contraband into […]
BP DIAZ MARCHED IN NATIONAL PUERTO RICAN DAY PARADE Last Sunday, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. showed off his boricua pride, marching in the 60th Annual National Puerto Rican Day Parade. Borough President Diaz stated that he believed that […]
Public School Parents Deserve Transparency By Devon Winston When Bill de Blasio was Public Advocate, he talked a lot about transparency in government. Once, he even gave the NYC Department of Education a “D” in transparency for failing to […]
By Cecilia Taveras When it comes to public education in the Bronx, Mayor de Blasio is better at talking than he is at listening. Last month, when the Mayor visited my borough for a week, he spent a lot of […]
By Luis Vazquez It’s a brave new world we have entered. Technology has reshaped the planet and tradition has taken a backseat to the newest inventions and innovations, even the America’s Cup, whose sailing history can be traced to 1851. […]
This Father’s Day, let’s celebrate the Dads who are redefining what it means to be a father. Share your favorite Dad tale.
By Lenny Ortiz The New York weather did its best Seattle weather impression as Saturday afternoon was a complete washout. However, the rainy weather would not slow down David Villa on his quest for his 50th MLS goal with a […]
This is one of the nation’s favorite days — Father’s Day. The occasion dates back to 1910, when Sonora Dodd of Spokane, Washington, wanted to honor her father, who raised six children by himself after his wife died. The […]
Matthew 9:35-38 (KJV) And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. But when he saw the multitudes, he […]
Charles Francois Gounod (1818) Gounod was French composer who also studied for the priesthood and worked as an organist. Throughout his life, he remained torn between the theatre and the church. His reputation largely rests on his hugely popular 1859 […]
A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on earth. George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
Buoyancy Definition: (noun) Irrepressible liveliness and good spirit. Synonyms: Irrepressibility Usage: With his natural buoyancy of spirits, he began to hope again.
On June 14, 1951, the U.S. Census Bureau was the first civilian institution to enter the computer age. After a dedication ceremony, the 13-ton UNIVAC I began its 12-year — or 73,000-hour — career of number crunching for the Census Bureau. […]
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