Here on Earth the coming year of 2011 will be a difficult one for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The space shuttles will be going into retirement, the Obama administration will be even more tight-fisted than previously, and choosing a destination for the U.S. human spaceflight program is expected to be acrimonious. However 2011…
Monthly Archives: November 2010
“Small Business Saturday” Promoted in New York City
Michael R. Bloomberg, New York City Mayor, announced that New York will be launching “Small Business Saturday” on November 27th. This is a national movement working to promote small businesses throughout the country which will take place on Saturday the 27th, between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, two of the busiest shopping days of the…
Vinyl-Siding Beloved By At Least One in Brooklyn
Lewis Canfield is a man with many interests. He is a professional with a creative side living in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, and has experimented with art, women’s perfume, and has worked in the film-making industry and even made a killing on the Internet. And now Mr. Canfield is earning his keep buying, selling…
Chilean Miner Completes 2010 New York City Marathon
Edison Pena, a Chilean miner, stretched himself thin but managed to finish the New York City Marathon in 5 hours, 40 minutes and 51 seconds. He reached his goal, which had been to finish the course through the city’s five boroughs in less than six hours. After the first hour of the marathon, Pena was…
Homework Helpers Gets the Kids To “Do Their Homework”
When both mothers and fathers have high-powered jobs, sometimes there is just no one at home to help the kids with their homework.
Two New York Races Still Not Determined
The victory of five-term incumbent Long Island Democrat Timothy Bishop no longer looks certain as the original vote count is being brought into question.
New Babies Born at the Central Park Zoo
Zookeepers at the Central Park Zoo feel like proud parents. Four new dwarf mongooses (yes, that is the plural!) and four new banded mongooses joined the Central Park Zoo family during the last week of October – the first of their kinds to be born at Manhattan’s charming zoological park. According to Jeff Sailer, director…
New York Election Microcosm of Nation’s Results
In many locations throughout the New York area Democrats are waking up to a new political reality in which they are not included.
Jets Suffer First Loss After Five Consecutive Wins
The Jets Battle the Packers This past Sunday the Jets had an opportunity to win their sixth straight game for the first time in over ten years. Too bad the weather in East Rutherford, NJ was as windy as it was, as it resulted in a 9-0 loss to the Green Bay Packers. The Jets…
Brooklyn Boy Benefits from iPad
Owen Cain is a 8 year-old boy from Brooklyn with normal mental abilities but with a devastating motor-neuron disease called spinal muscular atrophy. This illness prevents him from making anything but the tiniest of movements, creating a challenge for him and his parents of life and death proportions. Overwhelmed with the task of merely keeping…
