TELLING TIPS [/tag/telling-tips/]: Telling Tips is a series of articles from local experts to help you save money, make better decisions and plan for a better future. ‘New York State’ Following the lead of Congress, the New York State Legislature also accomplished little this year. To their credit, though,
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Floyd Bennett Field's world with wings insignia on the Administration building's façade. Source: ScoutingNYNick Carr, our favorite movie location scout (do you know any others?), posted an exhaustively breathtaking photo essay of Floyd Bennett Field [http://www.scoutingny.com/?p=4903] on his website, “ScoutingNY [http:
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Another noir-ish weather shot [/morning-mug-nostrand-snowfall-circa-1975/] dating back to my pre-existence. From the photographer: > Nighttime view of Nostrand Avenue looking south toward Voorhies Avenue, early 1975. Ice accumulated on the tree branches reflects the light from the streetlamp. From 35mm Kodachrome slide. Just to give you some context of what
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Click to enlargeCompStat reports are produced by the New York Police Department on a weekly basis. We summarize the week’s statistics for the 61st Precinct reports every Friday. The 61st Precinct is the police command responsible for Sheepshead Bay, Gravesend, Kings Highway, Homecrest, Madison, Manhattan Beach, and Gerritsen Beach.
> “Our theories of the eternal are as valuable as are those which a chick which has not broken its way through its shell might form of the outside world.” — Hindu Prince Gautama Siddharta, the founder of Buddhism, 563-483 B.C. Empty shell (shot with a Samsung Stratosphere), found beneath
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The following is a press release from the office of Congressman Bob Turner. The paragraphs in the release containing dates, times, and locations, as well as contact information, have been bolded: > Congressman Turner To Hold Satellite Congressional Field Office Events > New York – Congressman Turner (NY-09) isn’t waiting
I can’t help it. It makes me think of “Reservoir Dogs.” See what I mean? Photo by Vladimir Korostyshevskiy
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Click to enlargeThe Turkish Cultural Center of Brooklyn will present a free screening [http://www.turkishculturalcenter.org/future-events/1721-turkish-cultural-center-brooklyn-film-screening-january-21-2012.html] of the film “Rumi: The Dance of Love,” January 21, 7:30 p.m. at TCCB headquarters, 245 Avenue U in Gravesend. Here is a synopsis of the film, from