YONKERS, NY — May 29, 2020 — Former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chavin was fired on Tuesday with three other police officers for detaining George Floyd engaging in an authorized modality by which, Chavin exacted his knee onto the neck of Mr. Floyd. Despite the oftentime advisement of Floyd to to Chavin that he could not breathe, Chavin did not …
By HEZI ARIS
Why Do Students Choose Texting Instead of Face-to-face Communication?
If you have ever seen a millennial, you’ve seen their phone first. People talking to each other seems an oddity on the campus. Students nowadays are always on their phones, but never return the call. What’s up with them? Why do they text instead of a face to face conversation? Well, there are several reasons. If you are interested, hop …
New York Civic: Brief Encounter By HENRY J. STERN
Charges Fly in Weiner Hacking Case, Rightist Distributed His Photograph. You Just Can't Leave Junk Pictures If You Would Be Mayor of 8 Million, Especially If You Scrap with Others As you all presumably know, there has been enormous press coverage of a possible scandal based on Internet communications, allegedly from Congressman Anthony Weiner and addressed to a college student …
Current Comment: The Great Firewall of Harrisburg BY Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
Inspired, perhaps, by the rulers of China and Iran, the powers that be at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology are giving the school its own “great firewall.” For one week, students, faculty and employees at the Pennsylvania campus will be unable to reach social media sites, including Twitter and Facebook, via the campus network. But the college’s goal is not to suppress …
The Spoof: Justin Bieber Soaks Twitter Birds with Water Balloons NYC BY Gail Farrelly
Friday, September 10, 2010 Twitter, the social networking service, was in a tizzy for a while yesterday. But it wasn't because of mechanical problems. No, Siree. The trouble was caused when singer Justin Bieber threw water balloons at a pack of twitter birds, soaking and frightening the little birdies and causing delays in the delivery of "tweets" (messages) being carried …