Kenyans Mutai and Jeptoo both won titles at today's NYC Marathon.
Geoffrey Mutai successfully defended his title Sunday, while another Kenyan, Priscah Jeptoo won the women's race.
Amateur and professional runners says they felt safe on the course. Security was tight from the moment they arrived at the start. They were corralled into long bag-check lines, with NYPD and volunteers repeatedly reminded them to keep cellphones out.
Throughout this day and during all of your church, social and business meetings, please encourage all attendees to brainstorm for new ideas.
Be inventive, and have fun. Just remember that your objective is to VOTE for the people and by the people, and to vote as early as possible on election day for you, your family and the future of your community and our country.
If your public servant disappointed you in any way, shape or form. Vote them out of office.
My family came to this country from Cuba and at home, we spoke Spanish. My parents demanded it in their home; we all stuck with this demand. As an adult, I married a Chinese born wife and as a result, I am now multilingual and multicultural in a world that's no longer monolingual.
There are plenty of benefits, when it comes to working in a world that's slowly transitioning into a place where language plays a big part in marketing, business and networking.
Sleep deprivation. Over time, inadequate or poor quality sleep can increase the risk for a number of chronic health problems, including heart disease. Studies have linked short-term sleep deprivation with several well-known contributors to heart disease, including high cholesterol, high triglycerides, and high blood pressure.
Sleep apnea. This common cause of loud, disruptive snoring makes people temporarily stop breathing many times during the night. Up to 83% of people with heart disease also have sleep apnea, according to some estimates.
Daylight Saving Time in 2013 ended in most of the United States at 2 a.m. Nov. 3.
Folks will be setting their clock back one hour, following the adage of “spring forward, fall back.”
The “extra” hour gives you a chance to catch up on the sleep you lost in March when the clocks moved forward and Daylight Saving Time began.
There is no scientific reason to endure this national time shift of losing and gaining hours.
Daylight Saving Time Is America's Greatest Shame http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2013/11/daylight-saving-ti…
Over one million dollars is being spent this year because now more than ever the safety of runners and spectators is of highest priority.
This year, NYRR has partnered with one of the world's top security firms to conduct a top-to-bottom analysis of our existing internal security program. Their recommendations will further strengthen a comprehensive security plan. There are a number of visible security enhancements in place for this year's race, as well as several behind-the-scenes security elements.
Pasta and square dancing are both on tap tonight from 5:30-8:30P
Saturday November 2, Trinity United Methodist Church, located at 113 Bay street on City Island is the place to eat and be merry. May God Bless America.
Make your plans and pay $12:00 at the door.
TRINITY CHURCH
113 Bay St & City Island Avenue
Phone: (718) 885-1218
www.umc.org
There are a total of six questions on NYC's ballot. Have you decided which ones you will support?
http://www.vote.nyc.ny.us/html/voters/guide.shtml
http://www.wnyc.org/story/these-are-six-questions-your-ny-ballot-next-w…
City Island weather forecast provided by NOAA and shows the weather summary plus detailed sun, rain, snow, wind and temperature. The weather forecast extends out showing information for morning, afternoon and overnight. City Island is 20 ft above sea level at the distance of 11 miles from Manhattan.
Saturday Mostly sunny, high 68. Light and variable wind blowing west 5 to 8 mph for afternoon.
Saturday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 45. Northwest wind around 8 mph.
Sunday Partly sunny, with a high near 48. North wind 14 to 16 mph.
Just as Congress sits down in a new bipartisan conference committee to the hard work of funding the future of the food stamp program, the benefits known as SNAP have dropped as stimulus spending dating from the 2009 recession expires.
The cut of $5 billion for fiscal year 2014 equals to a $5.00 a day per recipient 21 fewer meals a month for a family of four, or 16 fewer meals for a family of three, according to the liberal Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.