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Roofing 102: Installing A Flat Roof in 10 Steps
Dec 09, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Welcome to roofing 102. Today we will be teaching your how to install flat roofing in 10 steps. So to all those do it yourself handy man types; This one goes out to you. 1. Your home is a valuable ...
“TheSpaghetti Set” by Rose Marie Maisto Boyd
Dec 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 24 24 recommendations | email to a friend
It is very refreshing to see that there are still writers who are able to touch us and getting us involved in their imaginary world without offering tales of violence and sex. The Spaghetti Set is ...
What A Private Ambulance in NYC Can Offer
Dec 05, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 34 34 recommendations | email to a friend
Emergencies are always a tough situation to be in for many reasons. Aside from the anxiety about the thought of a person in pain, there is always the fear for someone’s life. Nowadays, a person act...
Town of Middle Village Christmas Tree Lighting
Dec 05, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 32 32 recommendations | email to a friend
Middle Village Chamber of Commerce, Middle Village Kiwanis Club and Community United Methodist Church invite you to attend TOWN OF MIDDLE VILLAGE CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING. Join in Christmas Carols, ...
Senior Living & Care... What To Do With So Many Choices? What Does It All Mean?
Dec 02, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 45 45 recommendations | email to a friend
Author: StefansLawGroup As we age we will find ourselves either making or assisting in complex and important decisions about where we, a family member or even a friend should be living. Changes in ...
Holiday Coat Drive
Dec 02, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 49 49 recommendations | email to a friend
Holiday Coat Drive   Nov. 18th - Dec. 15th, 2013 Do you have coats that you don't need anymore?  Donate Them! Winter is here and there are people in our community who could use a nice warm coat.  D...
Maspeth Indoor Flea Market
Dec 02, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 49 49 recommendations | email to a friend
INDOOR FLEA MARKET!!!! Saturday, Dec. 7th  Doors open @ 9AM Indoor flea market featuring gifts for Christmas and more.  Handbags, jewelry, antiques, kids clothes, household items, make-up, fragranc...
Money Saving Winter Roofing Tips- Spot Out Faulty Gutters Yourself
Nov 27, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 77 77 recommendations | email to a friend
A good roof is perhaps one of the most important investments a homeowner can make. Any good investment requires good maintenance. One of the most crucial factors in upholding a roofing system is th...
St. Margaret's Boy Scout Troop 119
Nov 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 82 82 recommendations | email to a friend
St. Margaret's Boy Scout Troop 119 is almost sixty-nine years old and in the year 2015 we will be celebrating our 70th birthday making us one of the oldest Boy Scout Troops in New York City. Howeve...
Breakfast with St. Nick
Nov 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 81 81 recommendations | email to a friend
St. Stanislaus Kostka Home School Association invites you to attend Breakfast with St. Nick .  Saturday, December 15th  9AM-1PM.  St. Stan's Auditorium, 61-17 Grand Avenue, Maspeth, NY Children - $...

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Lamenting Roe
Dear Editor: January 22 was the anniversary of of the Roe v. Wade decision that made abortion legal. Since 1973 there have been over 50 million abortions. It truly amazes me that such a decision wa...
Jan 31, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Lay off the Queen of Hearts
Dear Editor: After a long hard day at work, Al Bundy – like many hardworking New Yorkers - should be able to enjoy a brew along with an adult dancer. He would object to "Pol calls for more disclosu...
Jan 31, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Sad Ending
Dear Editor: The story about the dolphin who swam into the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn and eventually died is very sad. This poor creature somehow must have gotten separated from the rest of its pod ...
Jan 31, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Gun ban won't solve society's ills
Dear Editor: Evil people have committed evil acts since Cain killed Abel, yet we persist in the delusion that we can legislate evil into extinction. Good people will abide by the law; criminals wil...
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“Chairman” drags King into gun control debate
Dear Editor: Just when you think you have heard the most outrageous utterances from our gun-aholics, they one-up themselves. Following is the twisted logic presented by Larry Ward, chairman of Gun ...
Jan 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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Doe Fund boss gets too much dough
Dear Editor: George McDonald, founder and president of the Doe Fund, announced that he's running for mayor of New York. He said that creating jobs is his top priority. He's already done that at the...
Jan 23, 2013 | 2 2 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Time for meaningful gun control reforms
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 President Obama and Vice President Biden deserve great credit for their efforts to curb gun violence in our country. So do Governor Cuomo and Mayor Bloomberg. It takes a lot of courag...
Jan 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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The “b” word
Dear Editor: Over the years, we have stopped using certain words to describe black, Jewish, homosexuals, and Latinos because we know that they are vile and degrade people. In the past these words j...
Jan 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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GOP needs to get into other races
Dear Editor: Allow me to add to the insightful "In Our Opinion…Joe plans to ride a whole "Lhota' love" from December 27.  How ironic that beleaguered New York City Republicans now have six potentia...
Jan 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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Restore the Q74 by tolling bridges
Dear Editor: The MTA announced that it would restore 21 bus lines that were cut two years ago at a cost of $18 million. But the Q74 (also called the Vleigh Place Shuttle) won't be one of them. It s...
Jan 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
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Judge’s ruling on stop & frisk misguided
Dear Editor: I find it quite disturbing that federal Judge Shira Scheindlin has ordered a suspension of the use of stop-and frisk against suspected trespassers outside privately owed Bronx building...
Jan 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Stop planting trees, start inspecting them
Dear Editor: One of the results of Hurricane Sandy was the enormous destruction of trees throughout the city. It was estimated that nearly 15,000 trees were uprooted or severely damaged by the stor...
Jan 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Electoral College has got to go
Dear Editor: Now that the presidential race has been decided, we should re-examine the way that this particular contest is conducted in our country. The Electoral College system that we use is clea...
Jan 10, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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GOP was wrong before, it’s wrong again
Dear Editor: Republicans are doing everything they can to protect the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans. They claim that they are doing this because ending these tax cuts would harm the ec...
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Don’t raise the age of retirement
Dear Editor: The retirement age in this country is already old enough, we need to lower the age to 62, not raise it to 67 and ask those politicians and ex-presidents who receive pensions - for many...
Jan 10, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Sundance announces 2014 premiere lineup

This photo provided courtesy of the Sundance Institute shows Philip Seymour Hoffman, rear, and Rachel McAdams, in the film, "A Most Wanted Man," directed by Anton Corbijn. The film stars Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, Willem Dafoe and Robin Wright, and is a modern-day thriller based on a John le Carre bestseller. The film premieres at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, which runs Jan. 16 - 26, 2014, in Park City, Utah. (AP Photo/Sundance Institute)LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Sundance Film Festival will premiere 117 independent feature films and 11 documentaries at its 30th anniversary next month — a lineup representing the 2014 fest's most prestigious films.


2013-12-09 22:19:49 -0500
EADS to cut 5,800 jobs in Europe in restructuring

Tom Enders, CEO of European aerospace giant EADS, pictured during a press conference in Paris, on September 26, 2013European aerospace giant EADS, the maker of Airbus aircraft, announced plans to cut 5,800 jobs in its defence and space division over three years. The job cuts, part of a major restructuring in the face of falling orders, will affect the group's workforce in Germany, France, Spain and Britain, the company said in a statement, released Monday. The news came after a meeting of its European works council with chief executive Tom Enders, whose bold plan to merge the conglomerate with Britain's defence group BAE Systems was torpedoed last year with a surprise veto by Germany. An industry source said about 2,600 of the job cuts would be in Germany, around 1,700 in France, 700 in Britain and another 600 in Spain.


2013-12-09 22:18:30 -0500
2K get meningitis B vaccinations at Princeton

Thomas Clark, chief of the meningitis branch of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, walks to the campus center at Princeton University in Princeton, N.J., Monday, Dec. 9, 2013. Clark was at the center to oversee as the Ivy League school began vaccinating nearly 6,000 students to try to stop an outbreak of type B meningitis. The vaccinations were recommended by the CDC. The vaccine is being made available to all undergraduates, as well as graduate students who live in dorms and employees with certain medical conditions. Seven students and one prospective student who was visiting campus have been stricken by potentially life-threatening type B meningococcal disease since March. None of the cases has been fatal. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — Princeton University has vaccinated nearly 2,000 of its students to try to stop an outbreak of type B meningitis in an unusual federal government-endorsed administration of a drug not generally approved for use in the United States.


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