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By Nick Christophers May 27, 2008
by Nick Christophers The Hip Hop explosion has rocked the music scene in more ways than one. From the beginning with artists like Run DMC, The Sugar Hill Gang and GrandMaster Flash it was due ...
By karate May 26, 2008
The Biggest trend in martial Arts today is Mixed Martial Arts and MMA Competitions. It seems like there is no limit to how far it will go. It has caught the publics eye both positively ...
By Nick Christophers May 25, 2008
by Nick Christophers The music world will learn soon that a "Jersey Girl" can make an exceptional difference in the pop world. Her name is Nicollette Varanelli a stunning blonde whose voice is just as ...
By travel May 23, 2008
There is perhaps no better example of the heroism of what's called "The Greatest Generation" than D-Day, June 6, 1944, when American and Allied forces stormed the beaches at Normandy, France, in the face of ...
By fatherfrank May 22, 2008
The school year is quickly coming to a close. The annual May budget vote and school board elections have taken place. In our larger community, all school budgets passed with the exception of one school ...
By sports May 21, 2008
Piazza Announces Retirement After No Interest It's a shame that it had to end this way. One of the best players of our era - and perhaps the best hitting catcher of all time - ...
By fatherfrank May 16, 2008
So often when we think of abuse, we define it in terms of physical and sexual abuse. We don't often think about how damaging emotional abuse can be. Clearly sexual and physical abuse is escalating ...
By malpractice May 16, 2008
If you asked someone what their life was worth, what would they say? If you asked someone what the value of a wife's household duties were, what would they say? If you asked someone what ...
By coachingforcareers May 15, 2008
Not getting what you want in your career? Maybe you are not asking effectively. Communication should be simple. You say one thing, and the other person says another. The challenge is that each person communicates ...
By sports May 14, 2008
Giants Strong Draft a Year Ago Makes Encore Difficult A year ago at this time, no one - not even Jerry Reese - could have envisioned that the 2007 draft class would be so instrumental ...
By liseniors May 12, 2008
Across the United States, ethical wills have become a growing estate planning tool used to ensure legacies for generations to come. Many Americans are beginning to realize there may be a gap in their estate ...
By careers May 12, 2008
by Linda Matias www.careerstrides.com When the job market is tight, it may be tempting to cut corners on your job search, but for the sake of landing a position, please don't. When it's a buyer's ...
By fatherfrank May 09, 2008
In recent months, there has been much controversy around accessing human services for the poor and needy. Suffolk County officials would like to say that the difficulty centers on the increase in need for those ...
By Nick Christophers May 08, 2008
by Nick Christophers I normally write about celebrities but this story caught my attention. In our current society there are few heroes around that actually make a difference. Yet in a recent event in the ...
By sports May 08, 2008
Team Set to Make Offer to Phoenix HC D'Antoni Whatever choice the Knicks make as far as their head coach goes, it will be an improvement. The departed Isiah Thomas set the standard for what ...
By home-improvement May 04, 2008
If you are planning an addition or planning to build a new home, you would be wise to consider modular construction. Forget preconceived notions about cheaply-constructed, pre-fabricated cookie-cutter boxes - that is not what modular ...
By fatherfrank May 02, 2008
Why does the system seem to set struggling people up for failure? Within a ten day period of time, I witnessed two people being unfairly treated by the criminal justice system. Each story is unique. ...