Dominick George Pardo was born in Westfield, Massachusetts, on Feb. 22, 1918, and grew up in Norwich, Connecticut. Don died Monday in Tucson, Arizona. He was 96.
The legendary Don Pardo was a radio and television announcer since the 1950s. He had been the booth announcer for the NBC network.
Performing CPR can double or triple a cardiac arrest victim’s chance of survival. Cardiac arrest is an electrical malfunction in the heart that causes an irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia) and disrupts the flow of blood to the brain, lungs and other organs - is a leading cause of death. Each year, over 420,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests occur in the United States. When a person has a cardiac arrest, survival depends on immediately getting CPR from someone nearby.
Racism and discrimination are wrong, whether its in Florida, New York, Missouri, US border towns, Africa, Asia, or anywhere else on earth.
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Way too many individuals and groups have experienced racism first-hand. Prejudice can be defined as thinking that a race is better than any other race. The issue with racism is that unfortunately it is still present. We are faced with racism everyday and it eventually leads to discrimination and social injustices.
Is it all about me, myself and I? Are these three of the most important beings in your life?
An individual who is devoted to or caring only for oneself. A person who is concerned primarily with one's own interests, benefits, welfare, regardless of others. Symptoms characterized by manifesting concern or care only for oneself.
While you can always indulge in traditional beach favorites like hot dogs and fries, City Island's Orchard Beach also features a unique spread of Cuban and Italian specialties provided by Havana Cafe.
With the unusual chance to grab the combo of yucca fries and an Italian hero, these snack bars are definitely worth your while. But if you’re looking to make your trip to the Bronx a little later in the summer, keep an eye out for the opening of a new pizza and beer garden at Turtle Cove in Pelham Bay Park.
45 years ago today, back in 1969, the grooviest event in music history ended. The Woodstock Music Festival offered three days of peace, love and rock 'n' roll in upstate New York.
Three Days of Peace and Music, The Woodstock Festival was supposed to make enough money to build a recording studio near the New York town of Woodstock. When they couldn't find an appropriate venue in the town itself, promoters decided to hold the festival on a 600-acre dairy farm in Bethel, New York--some 50 miles from Woodstock--owned by Max Yasgur.
This Week in History, Aug 17 - Aug 23
August 17, 1933
Lou Gehrig goes all the way. On August 17, 1933, New York Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig plays in his 1,308th consecutive game, breaking former Yankee Everett Scott’s record for consecutive games played. Gehrig would go on to play in 2,130 games in a row, setting a record that would stand for over half a century. Henry Louis Gehrig was born June 19, 1903, in New York City, the only child of German immigrants to survive childhood illness. His doting parents stressed education over sports, and he attended Columbia University on a football scholarship and studied engineering. After his freshman year, Gehrig played for New York Giants Manager John McGraw in a summer league under the name Henry Lewis; he lost a year of eligibility at Columbia when his ruse was discovered. Gehrig was then signed by a Yankees scout while playing first base at Columbia, much to the consternation of Giants fans who believed their skipper had let the talented slugger get away. Gehrig joined the Yankees in 1923, but didn’t see any action until 1925. According to legend, Gehrig stepped in at first base when star Wally Pipp benched himself with a headache. Gehrig didn’t miss a game for the next 13 years, and Pipp never made it back on to the field. To this day, to be "Wally Pipped" is to be replaced for good. Next door in New Rochelle, there is a street along shore road renamed Lou Gehrig Way.
Aug 18, 1991
Soviet hard-liners launch coup against Gorbachev. On this day in 1991, Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is placed under house arrest during a coup by high-ranking members of his own government, military and police forces. Since becoming secretary of the Communist Party in 1985 and president of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) in 1988, Gorbachev had pursued comprehensive reforms of the Soviet system. Combining perestroika ("restructuring") of the economy--including a greater emphasis on free-market policies--and glasnost ("openness") in diplomacy, he greatly improved Soviet relations with Western democracies, particularly the United States. Meanwhile, though, within the USSR, Gorbachev faced powerful critics, including conservative, hard-line politicians and military officials who thought he was driving the Soviet Union toward its downfall and making it a second-rate power. On the other side were even more radical reformers--particularly Boris Yeltsin, president of the most powerful socialist republic, Russia--who complained that Gorbachev was just not working fast enough.
Tomorrow's World: The New York World’s Fairs and Flushing Meadows in Corona Park. In celebration of the 50th and 75th anniversaries of the World’s Fairs, Tomorrow’s World will include never before exhibited vintage images from the Parks Photo Archive and private collections that illustrate the dynamic evolution and conversion of a vast industrial wasteland into New York City's fourth largest park. The World’s Fairs propelled this transformation, while serving as defining social and cultural events for two generations.
A few dozen of Carmen Maria Warren Robinson's friends and family members paid their final respects during a long awaited religious service, which was held at Trinity United Methodist Church on City Island. Carmen died two months ago, following a long battle with cancer. RIP: 12/2/50 - 6/11/14
She was an artist and a free soul, who lived her life loving people, animals and mother nature. Carmen's husband Ritch Robinson, Peter Warren and others were invited to speak about Carmen during an open mike format.
Beneath your skin, those hands are an intricate architecture of tendons, joints, ligaments, nerves, and bones.
Cracking your knuckles may upset some people around you, but it probably won’t raise your risk for arthritis. That’s the conclusion of several studies that compared rates of hand arthritis among habitual knuckle-crackers and people who didn’t crack their knuckles.