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You Probably are Overpaying to Keep Your Computer Secure
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Some of you over the holidays received computers as gifts. If you received a PC as opposed to a MAC you probably got a trial version of a program to secure your computer against viruses, spyware, ...
Using the Internet to Expedite a Claim in the Event of a Disaster
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A good friend of mine recently lost her home to a fire that destroyed her house and personal belongings. While old keepsakes like pictures, family heirlooms, etc are priceless and can never be re...
General information about anti malware software
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Many of us experience the slowing down of computers. However, we do not know the reason for this low performance of the computer. Most of the times the hidden cause is the viruses which infect the...
Do You Think Setting Up Your Computer Is As Easy as Taking It Out of the Box and Following the On Screen Instructions?
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My 17 year old son who is somewhat tech savvy got a new laptop computer last month. As such, I did not expect him to ask me for help in setting up his new computer. Even afterwards he had a quest...
Gas Buddy - Your Buddy for Finding the Lowest Gas Price
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In a time where the cost of gas is about $100.00 per barrel and prices at the pump in New York City are about $4.00 per gallon, it is important to try to find a gas station where you can buy gas a...
Card Printing To Promote Your Business (1)
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Ever thought about what could be the easiest method to tell many things about your company and its particular offerings to your customers, business associates or perhaps clients even with no utte...
AHEAD OF THE CURVE! YEAR END ADVICE*REAL ESTATE*
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AREAS:GLENDALE,MIDDLE VILLAGE,MASPETH,RIDGEWOOD, ELMHURST,FOREST HILLS,REGO PARK! RE: COMMERCIAL RETAIL STORES-NEWLY COMPLETED 8 WEEK STUDY BY BROKER, JIM TURANO YEAR END ADVICE FOR OWNERS OF COM...
About how to speed up my computer
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While you have a very slow moving computer, you will always think: how do I speed up my computer? This is a common question in all the households, as they want their computers and laptops to wor...
THE IRONY IN SOUTH AFRICA
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South Africa is known to be one of the most common countries immigrants visit. Whether for job-seekers, gaper or students who wish to study abroad and looking for an extra job, establish business ...
Uninstall Google Toolbar to Enhance Browsing Privacy
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Robust applications like Google toolbar have a lot of utility and functions that they provide to every user who gets to install and use them in their computers. Just with a mouse click a lot can b...

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Keep the pressure on Big Tobacco
Dear Editor: I would like to acknowledge the story printed on January 4, 2012, entitled “New Yorkers can expect to live even longer.” It was a positive article, and gave us New Yorkers many reaso...
Feb 01, 2012 | 1 1 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Same old fear-mongering
Dear Editor: On the subject of Mitch Daniels... More of the same old rhetoric from the same old rich Republicans protecting their financial interests with made-up lies, attempting to pander to vo...
Feb 01, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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What about the other languages?
This following is a letter that was sent to Congressman Crowley: I resent that your latest newsletter mailed to me was printed half in Spanish. Queens prides itself in being the most ethnically ...
Feb 01, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Catholic schools make a difference
Dear Editor: This year, Catholic School week is observed from January 29 to February 4, and it is a time to praise all these schools and what they do. We at St. Anastasia Knights of Columbus Cou...
Feb 01, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Courage & dignity down with the ship
Dear Editor: Apparently, many of the crew aboard the cruise ship Costa Concordia, which grounded off the coast of Tuscany, attempted to save their own lives without trying to help others. That sor...
Jan 27, 2012 | 3 3 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Let the people decide
Dear Editor: Within the last few days, the television news media reported that the New Jersey legislature is considering the topic of gay marriage. The New Jersey legislature should be smarter an...
Jan 27, 2012 | 1 1 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Pay attention to elections in Congress
Dear Editor: The distraction of presidential elections has its consequences, namely the choosing of good representatives in the House and Senate. That is where all the action is because they spend...
Jan 27, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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War with Iran must be avoided
Dear Editor: The situation with Iran continues to grow more tense and potentially confrontational with each passing day, and the international community, especially the United States and Israel, ...
Jan 25, 2012 | 1 1 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Hodges deserves to be in the Hall
Dear Editor: Joseph Margolin's tribute to Gil Hodges in the “Sports Opinion” column of your December 29th edition was the greatest personal testimonial to a ball player's character that I have eve...
Jan 17, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
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Diners going way of dinosaurs
Dear Editor: It is a sad day for all Queens residents with the recent closing of both the Gold Star Diner in Bayside along with the Palace Diner in Flushing. Everyone has their favorite local di...
Jan 17, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
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Gov needs to step in on school reform
Dear Editor: Mayor Mike Bloomberg is like a knight in shining armor in his fight for teacher accountability. When a teacher fails, the students suffer greatly in the long run. I may be a layman ...
Jan 17, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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Recess? We're talking about recess?
Dear Editor: Senate Majority Leader Mitch “The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one term president” McConnell is very upset with his targeted victim. P...
Jan 17, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Defining a "mandate"
Dear Editor: “Mandate” may be one of the most intentionally, or unconsciously, abused directives. There are mandates and then there are mandates. In the 2010 election, the House of Representativ...
Jan 13, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Congrats to Dolan!
Dear Editor: It was very heartening to hear the news that Pope Benedict XVI has elevated New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan to the status of Cardinal. All New Yorkers should be very happy with this...
Jan 13, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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City not in biz of helping small biz
Dear Editor: This mayor is supposed to be the "Businessman Mayor," Someone who is more attuned to the private sector and as such knows that small businesses are the greatest drivers of the economy...
Jan 13, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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national news
US closes Syrian embassy as diplomacy collapses (AP)

A member of the Free Syrian Army stands guard as anti-Syrian regime protesters hold a demonstration in Idlib, Syria, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. The U.S. closed its Syrian embassy Monday and Britain recalled its ambassador to Damascus in a dramatic escalation of Western pressure on President Bashar Assad to give up power, just days after diplomatic efforts at the United Nations to end the crisis collapsed. (AP Photo)AP - The U.S. closed its embassy in Syria and Britain recalled its ambassador to Damascus on Monday in a new Western push to get President Bashar Assad to leave power and halt the murderous grind in Syria — now among the deadliest conflicts of the Arab Spring.


Mon Feb 06 16:46:49 UTC 2012
Deeper Iran sanctions; US targets its central bank (AP)

FILE- In this April 8, 2008, file photo released by the Iranian President's Office, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, listens to a technician during his visit of the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility some 200 miles (322 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran. For the first time in nearly two decades of escalating tensions over the Iranian nuclear program, it appears that world leaders are genuinely concerned that an Israeli military attack on the Islamic Republic could be imminent, an action that many fear might trigger war, terrorism and global economic havoc. (AP Photo/Iranian Presidents office, File)AP - Targeting Iran's economy, the U.S. ordered tough new penalties Monday to further pinch the country's financial system and encourage Israel to give sanctions more time before any military action against Iran's nuclear program.


Mon Feb 06 16:28:53 UTC 2012
Tea party: Warming or resigned to Mitt Romney (AP)

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney greets supporters at a campaign rally in Grand Junction, Colo., Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Long skeptical of Mitt Romney, tea party activists are either warming up to the GOP presidential front-runner or reluctantly backing him after abandoning hope of finding a nominee they like better.


Mon Feb 06 16:47:12 UTC 2012