September 4, 2009 – 2:20 pm
Ever since the Fleischmann Company decided to vacuum pack yeast back around World War II, bakers have been using instant dry yeast for their breads. Vacuum packed yeast allows it to have a shelf life of up to two years, as opposed to what bakers used before, which was wet yeast, and that went bad [...]
The death of an assistant principal in New York City, along with a few other disturbing factors, may indicate that the H1N1 influenza, otherwise known as swine flu, may be spreading faster in the US than previously thought. The death on Saturday of the asst. principal is the first confirmed death in NYC from the [...]
The first death in NYC is an assistant manager at a Queens school. I stopped hearing about the H1N1 Novel Influenza A in the last few days and I sort of assumed it was gearing down. In most of the news sources I read that the flu is for the most part mild but is [...]
Rodale Inc. today announced support of a new community garden and playground at New York City’s P.S. 19, the nation’s largest elementary school, located in Corona Queens. Previously a cracked asphalt lot, the new $1 million P.S. 19 Community Playground was developed by the Trust for Public Land (TPL) in partnership with New York City [...]
January 4, 2009 – 9:26 am
New Year’s Eve was a massive blast. But please clean up your mess when you’re ready to go. Times Square was littered with 40 tons of trash by Thursday morning.
December 22, 2008 – 9:29 am
Apparently, New York City, the Big Apple, the East Cost Capital, the….. Anyway, NYC is testing a deployment of LED street lamps. This is a very futuristic concept, which also consumes much less power.
