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Monthly Staff Meetings

Celebrating 35 Years To keep any ship in shape, the captain needs to review the crew. The second Tuesday in a month Big Cheez does that with Juliet in tow. On the second Tuesday of each month the shelter staff has a mandatory staff meeting.

Bernie Sander's Rally in Prospect Park = Collective Happiness

Yesterday in Prospect Park among a multiracial gathering of 28,000 was the first time in a rather long life that I stood with people for something, not against an illegal and immoral invasion of Iraq, not against the murderous slaughter of black youn
Serious, Cute Dog With Suzy Kassem Quote

Serious, Cute Dog With Suzy Kassem Quote

Painted Piebald Hound By Harriet Faith. Quote By Suzy Kassem. ?Hello there! I am currently preparing for another exhibit.....(the current one is up for one more week at the Hot Spot Kingston Yoga Studio).

Brownsville Matters

By State Sen. Jesse Hamilton With Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders coming to Brooklyn to debate on April 14th we should remember that the lives and livelihoods of tens of millions of Americans intersect with the well-being of America's cities.
How to Avoid Making Bad Career Choices

How to Avoid Making Bad Career Choices

By JP George While it may be tempting to live in the moment and not worry about what the future holds, it could be a poor way of making career choices.

How to Help Kids Learn with Family Trees

You can help your kids learn many important things by using your family history. Not only will they learn about their own history, it can be utilized with other school lessons.
Two Distinct Lives, like Mason & Dixon

Two Distinct Lives, like Mason & Dixon

He's heading home A homeless shelter holds different personality types. There are people living there due to fires and floods; others due to job loss; still others due to personality disorders.

NYC Historymaker Marie Van Brittan Brown and Home Security

Although home security systems today are more sophisticated than ever, the idea for a device that could allow you to watch your home remotely seemed almost unthinkable back in the early 1960s.

Lame Duck, My Ass!

By Michael Milton Listening to Senator Mitch McConnell on television this morning--ironically, while I was on a gym treadmill-- really got me steamed up, with the one positive effect that I increased both my speed and my endurance as I suffered your

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