The earth rotates on an imaginary axis while orbiting elliptically, (oval-shape spin) tilted on a non-perpendicular axis spinning at approximately 1,000 miles per hour, with a 24 hr complete rotation while orbiting the sun. The moon orbits the earth on a tilted axis, rotating simultaneously semi-parallel to the earth; a counterclockwise synchronicity I find intriguing,… Read more »
“Drift Light By Saffron,” is a company that designed a smart LED bulb to improve sleep, a light that’s indistinguishable from incandescent lights that imitates the sunset. Drift-light makers say the bulb avoids melatonin suppression, a hormone that induces sleep. Drift light-bulbs most unique characteristics is the dimming features over the course of 37 minutes,… Read more »
Karma is the universal spiritual law of moral causation, a belief system preceding back to India and eastern-philosophy. Many spiritual societies have formulated karma into their teachings, and adapting to ideas such as; the belief of all experiences is a result of our influence, whether intentionally or unintentionally. Cause and effect and other sorts of… Read more »
Verbal irony and verbal sarcasm have always been used interchangeably and out of context, but there’s a clear distinction between these figurative devices, they’re mutually exclusive. There are many forms of irony, such as; dramatic, situational, verbal and socratic irony etc…, but let’s specifically dismantle verbal irony and sarcasm. Verbal irony is objectively innocuous, whereas… Read more »
In the Upstate Schenectady School district, five-year-old Jeneya Nevins boarded the wrong bus to the wrong school, assimilating herself in a first-grade classroom, a notion completely oblivious to teachers and staff. Apparently the school was expecting a new first-grader, and the kindergartner’s verbal confirmation was credence to the “board of education.” Metonymic, Of course! Teachers… Read more »
Here’s a peculiar phenomenon to ponder on; a dog aligns itself to the north-south axis with the earths magnetic field while defecating; according to the Frontiers In Zoology. The earths magnetic or geomagnetic field spans between the earths interior and the solar wind. Changes in the magnetic conditions can alter the dogs mood or state,… Read more »
Fundamental vs Technical Analysis, two stock-picking methodologies riveting in contrast; yet both parties are pursuing the same objectives, to capitalize on their equity. Fundamental analysis allows us to have an overall long-term perspective of a company’s intrinsic value regardless of its unpredictability; whereas, Technical analysis studies chart activity and other various scenarios based of statistical… Read more »
President Obama’s Executive Order, Increased Minimum Wage, Federal Contracts and The NSA In the State of the Union address on Tuesday, Mr Obama’s concurrent pronouncements were a double-stealth of hyperbolic effect, far superseding political rhetoric. Unilaterally proposing to increase minimum wage to new federal workers while imposing his executive-order as a divergence to his resolution,… Read more »
This week I had the privilege of interviewing Lloyd A Williams, CEO of The Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce; a phone conversation that lasted approximately 25 minutes. A dialogue focused on paramount issues facing local communities and the importance of becoming involved in community based activities. A syndrome fading into oblivion because of social-mediums and… Read more »
New York City’s newly appointed Mayor Bill de Blasio, and crowned City Council Speaker Melissa Mark Viverito, both progressive liberals have corroborated on Blasio’s political agenda to expand a legislation allowing sick-days to more that 300,000 workers. An enactment that requires businesses with over five or more employees to provide a minimum of five paid… Read more »
