Twitter to Share Ad Revenue on Users’ Videos 

​Twitter to Share Ad Revenue on Videos by U.S. Users (Reuters) Grab a smartphone, make a video, and upload it to Twitter for a few bucks. Twitter is cashing in on America’s craze with mobile videos and sharing 70 percent of […]

by · September 10, 2016 · Media and Society, News, Technology

Profile America: National Rice Month

Globally, rice is the world’s most important cereal grain.

by · September 10, 2016 · Profile America
Financial Focus: Trump vs Clinton — Their Tax Plan (Part 3)

Financial Focus: Trump vs Clinton — Their Tax Plan (Part 3)

Trump vs Clinton: Their Tax Plan, Our Economy, Your pocketbook. Who wins? Who loses? (Part 3) By Anthony Rivieccio, MBA If you followed the first two parts of our story, let’s remember some of the simple but most important things we […]

by · September 9, 2016 · Financial Focus, Personal Finance
Fordham Announces 2016-17 Men’s Basketball Schedule

Fordham Announces 2016-17 Men’s Basketball Schedule

  The full 2016-2017 Fordham University men’s basketball schedule was released today. It features eight televised Atlantic 10 contests and a visit from the defending Atlantic 10 champions, Saint Joseph’s University, to the historic Rose Hill Gym. Fordham will play […]

by · September 9, 2016 · Sports
Borough President Rubin Diaz and Senator Jeff Klein with the Temptations.

Senator Klein and BP Diaz Host The Temptations

Senator Klein and BP Diaz Host The Temptations Senator Jeff Klein and Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. hosted legendary singing group The Temptations, who performed in the borough for the first time ever last Wednesday night in Loreto Park. […]

by · September 9, 2016 · Bulletin Board, Community Events
Whose Birthday Is It? September 9, 2016

Whose Birthday Is It? September 9, 2016

Colonel Harland David Sanders (1890) In 1929, Sanders opened a gas station and small restaurant in Corbin, Kentucky. His cooking grew so popular that he soon closed the gas station. By 1939, he had developed a secret blend of herbs […]

by · September 9, 2016 · Bulletin Board
Quote of the Day: September 9, 2016

Quote of the Day: September 9, 2016

Comfort, n.: A state of mind produced by contemplation of a neighbor’s uneasiness. Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)

by · September 9, 2016 · Bulletin Board
Word of the Day: September 9, 2016

Word of the Day: September 9, 2016

vesicle Definition: (noun) A small sac or cyst, especially one containing fluid. Synonyms: cyst Usage: All living things have much in common, in their chemical composition, their germinal vesicles, and their laws of growth and reproduction.

by · September 9, 2016 · Bulletin Board

Twitter to Share Ad Revenue on Users’ Videos 

​Twitter to Share Ad Revenue on Videos by U.S. Users (Reuters) Grab a smartphone, make a video, and upload it to Twitter for a few bucks. Twitter is cashing in on America’s craze with mobile videos and sharing 70 percent of […]

by · September 9, 2016 · Media and Society, News, Technology
Sepulveda, Institute For Family Health Celebrate Renovation and Expansion of Stevenson Healthcare Clinic

Sepulveda, Institute For Family Health Celebrate Renovation and Expansion of Stevenson Healthcare Clinic

​Bronx Assemblyman Luis Sepulveda and The Institute For Family Health Celebrate the Renovation and Expansion of the former Soundview Healthcare Clinic Assemblyman Luis Sepulveda joined with officials of the Institute for Family Health and its Stevenson Family Health Center in Soundview, the […]

by · September 9, 2016 · Health & Nutrition, Local News, News

Profile America: Genuine Debugging 

Friday, September 9 — The first instance of debugging a computer was recorded on this date in 1947. The early Mark II computer being developed at Harvard University was balky, and a programming team — which included Navy Lieutenant Grace Hopper, a pioneer […]

by · September 9, 2016 · Profile America, Technology

Boxing Dead in New York: Is MMA the Culprit?

By Rich Mancuso/Sports Editor  What’s going on here? Again this columnist refers to the words of Dick Young, the great and late New York sports scribe.  The  issue today: Boxing in New York appears to be dead because of a […]

by · September 9, 2016 · Sports
Sick Bay Near Flushing Bay: Theme Continues for the Mets

Sick Bay Near Flushing Bay: Theme Continues for the Mets

By Rich Mancuso/Sports Editor Before the skeptics say the New York Mets need a witch doctor to cure the ailments there is one reason for optimism. There are 27 games left and two games away from that second NL wild […]

by · September 8, 2016 · Sports
Movies Under the Stars, September 9 & 10

Movies Under the Stars, September 9 & 10

by · September 8, 2016 · Bulletin Board, Community Events
Whose Birthday Is It? September 7, 2016

Whose Birthday Is It? September 7, 2016

Laura Ashley (1925) Ashley was a British fashion designer and manufacturer. After serving in the Women’s Royal Naval Service during World War II, she founded a company with her husband to produce silkscreened placemats, scarves, and tea towels. Her romantic […]

by · September 7, 2016 · Bulletin Board