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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...
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...
PDF are the Best Format for Large Digital Printing (2)
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What tends to make to get a great digital print file? - The most  large format printing effective method regarding presentation for any digital print file is definitely an Adobe Acrobat PDF....
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...
Well Researched Essays & Non Plagiarized Essays
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The essay writing is normally a high school or college assignment, but it is also assigned at the university level and the students of university also write essays during their coursework. Learnin...
The Online Essay Writers For Law Essays
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Law essay are assigned at law schools and the students have to work hard in order to get A grade. There are basic steps to write a law essay paper of high quality. Systematizing the law essay ...
Essay Writing Company For Reliable Essay Help
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Writing an essay is already a tiresome and it is even more nerve-racking to wait for the results and see what grades or marks you received in your essay assignment paper. Many of the students sure...
Info About Compare And Contrast Essays & Descriptive Essays
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Essay writing is in the usual process of assignments in schools and colleges and the students have to be very active if they really want to get good grades in their essay assignment papers. The te...

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In the end, it was all (LAT)FOR not
Well it was a nice try, at least. The Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment – or LATFOR for short – released its suggestions for new State Senate districts last week,...
Feb 01, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Democrats pull off a political Koo
Councilman Peter Koo this week decided to make things interesting in the world of city politics. The flushing elected official – we won't say shocked, but certainly surprised – many when he won th...
Jan 27, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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We know when we're not wanted!
Don't worry goslings, we promise next week to get back to highlighting the foibles and escapades of our elected officials, but these darn old photos from our archives have been so stinkin' popular ...
Jan 17, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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Mystery man makes second appearance
About two months ago, we ran this ribbon-cutting photo that we discovered in our archives. The photo didn't have any information attached to it, so we asked our readers if they could help us figure...
Jan 06, 2012 | 2 2 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
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Who do you "like" for borough president?
Let the race for Queens Borough President get officially underway! Sure, nobody has announced their candidacy yet, but if there's activity on Facebook, well that's good enough for us. Last week,...
Dec 28, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
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Turner already moving on to bigger things?
Say it ain't so, Bobby-O! According to a press release from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Bob Turner, who was just elected to Congress a few months ago as Anthony Weiner's repla...
Dec 21, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
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A good old-fashioned sing-a-long
Man, we never get invited to the good parties! Thanks to our morning email update from City & State First Read, we just found out that Pol Position missed out on a Congressman Joseph Crowley annua...
Dec 15, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
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Phil Ragusa & Newt Gingrich
Romney, Gingrich court Queens Republicans
Could the rift in the Queens County Republican Party be having ramifications at the national level? Probably not, but there were a couple of interesting news tidbits involving Queens County Republ...
Dec 07, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
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One night, many, many years ago, a well-known New York City political reporter agreed to sit down with Pol Position and discuss local politics over a few bottles of Night Train Express Wine Coolers...
Nov 30, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 19 19 recommendations | email to a friend
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Surprise! Marty shows up in Queens
For us here at Pol Position, Marty Markowitz is the only Brooklyn borough president we've ever known, so we don't really know how previous presidents of Kings County compare to Marty Mark's tireles...
Nov 22, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 20 20 recommendations | email to a friend
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Another who's-who from the photo archives
We decided this week to dive back into our vault of old photos and see if some of our readers can't help us make sense of them. Here's one we came across of a ribbon-cutting ceremony, and at fron...
Nov 08, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 22 22 recommendations | email to a friend
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Jeffries testing the congressional waters
Could a political neophyte – relatively speaking, of course, in the world of New York City politics – be getting ready to upset the proverbial apple cart in central Brooklyn? While he won't come o...
Oct 20, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 21 21 recommendations | email to a friend
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Should Queens GOP go in a different direction?
Why does it have to be either or, why can't it just be someone entirely new? Like we noted last week, the Queens County Republican Party is once again fighting amongst itself for control of the pa...
Oct 14, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 21 21 recommendations | email to a friend
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For Queens GOP, it's North vs. South
Two is always better than one, right? Well, if you're a member of the Queens County Republican Party, let's hope that's the case. Yes, the dysfunctional Queen County Republican Party, which despit...
Oct 07, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 22 22 recommendations | email to a friend
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GOP operative gets his day in court
John Haggerty and brother Bart have been active in the continuing battle for control of the Queens County Republican party since what feels like the Nixon administration. 
But this week John, who h...
Sep 13, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 26 26 recommendations | email to a friend
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Romney rolls to easy win in Nevada GOP caucuses (AP)

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney greets supporters after speaking at a caucus night watch party, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)AP - Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney cruised to a decisive victory in the Nevada caucuses Saturday night, notching a second straight triumph over a field of rivals suddenly struggling to keep pace.


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Gingrich says he's staying in GOP race (AP)

Jared Bresee shows his support for Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, by wearing a Gingrich mask at a Nevada Republican Caucus meeting, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, in Genoa, Nev. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)AP - Newt Gingrich says he's staying in the Republican presidential nominating contest.


Sat Feb 04 23:35:11 UTC 2012
Russia, China veto UN resolution on Syria (AP)

Portuguese representative Jose Filipe Moraes Cabral, left, and South African representative Baso Sangqu, right, glance at Russian representative Vitaly Churkin, center, as they vote in support of a draft resolution backing an Arab League call for Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down, which was later vetoed by Russia and China, during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council at United Nations headquarters on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. The unusual weekend session comes as Syrian forces pummel the city of Homs with mortars and artillery in what activists are calling one of the bloodiest episodes of the uprising. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)AP - Russia and China vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution aimed at ending Syria's bloodshed, despite international outrage Saturday over a devastating bombardment of the city of Homs by President Bashar Assad's forces. Activists said more than 200 were killed in the bloodiest episode of the nearly 11-month uprising.


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