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Monthly archives for December, 2009

Indiejourno’s Most Read Stories...

Dec 31, 2009 ~ Written by MajorDomo ~ Leave a Comment
Indiejourno’s Most Read Stories of 2009 The year has thankfully grinded to a halt…but indiejourno’s quest to keep you entertained and informed continues. So, we decided to paw our way through our archives and dig out the most read stories on our site. There were really no surprises! Haagen Dazs’ ridiculous snafu of having an “offer” at their debut outl [...]
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Job Hunt Guide: How to Negotiate a Sa...

Dec 31, 2009 ~ Written by MajorDomo ~ Leave a Comment
Job Hunt Guide: How to Negotiate a Salary We hope that the New Year will ring in not just great times for your personal life but also your professional life. And if you are one of the few that has managed to wrangle a job offer, but want to take up the salary offered, up- just a notch, then here are some ideas from the folks over at careermag.com. Consider the following tips: Create [...]
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On Aging, Fear, Magic and Technology

Dec 30, 2009 ~ Written by Janos Marton ~ Leave a Comment
On Aging, Fear, Magic and Technology There are a lot of things that used to make me afraid of getting old. Doesn’t it make you wince when you watch an old flick and think, “Man, he used to look like that? And now he looks like this?” It’s bad enough to watch relatives age, but seeing it happen to impregnable famous athletes and movie stars is more sudden dispiriting [...]
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Year in Music – The Sounds of N...

Dec 30, 2009 ~ Written by Beck ~ Leave a Comment
Year in Music – The Sounds of New York It has been a fantastic Indie decade for the city, contributing more unforgettable albums to these fragmented ten years than any other time since the CBGB’s heydays in the late 70’s. Be it The Strokes’ “Is This It?” or TV on the Radio’s “Return to Cookie Mountain” and Dear Science or Vampire Weekend’s eponymous debut, [...]
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Queens Day Laborers Draw Residents...

Dec 29, 2009 ~ Written by Smriti Rao ~ Leave a Comment
Queens Day Laborers Draw Residents’ Ire Day laborers gather at Hart Part, Queens for a hot breakfast given by a local soup kitchen. Residents are angry at the increasing crowds milling outside the park (Photo: Smriti Rao) On any given day, you would find day worker Jose Manuel at Hart Park, 69th at 37th Avenue, Jackson Heights. The painter from Mexico comes to the park each morning [...]
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2009 – The Year in Review

Dec 28, 2009 ~ Written by MajorDomo ~ Leave a Comment
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3000 Days Later

Dec 28, 2009 ~ Written by Janos Marton ~ Leave a Comment
We have now been at war in Afghanistan for 3000 days. That is all.
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The Skinny on Fat Chick

Dec 24, 2009 ~ Written by Smriti Rao ~ Leave a Comment
The Skinny on Fat Chick Helen Fielding's clumsy protagonist Bridget Jones struggles with the double whammy of making wrong choices; both with her food and with her men! Peer into any chick-lit lover’s bookshelf and you might spot the obligatory Bridget Jones’ Diary, The Devil Wears Prada and the terrifyingly titled Skinny Bitch. Page after soppy page details th [...]
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Woodside X-Mas Tree – Size Does...

Dec 23, 2009 ~ Written by Smriti Rao ~ Leave a Comment
Woodside X-Mas Tree – Size Does Matter If you don’t look hard enough- chances are you will miss the brand new Christmas tree at Carl Sohncke Square Park located at the intersection of Woodside and Roosevelt Avenues at 58th Street in Woodside. Once you have homed into the tree, you will notice, the baby tree is barely three and half feet tall and glimmers shyly; glittering in [...]
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Youssef Al Khattab, Alleged Al Qaeda ...

Dec 23, 2009 ~ Written by Smriti Rao ~ Leave a Comment
Youssef Al Khattab, Alleged Al Qaeda Supporter, Draws Neighbors Ire Youssef Al Khattab angered many by being an open Al-Qaeda supporter and making anti-Semitic remarks on his website. He now lives in Morocco It may have been one of the coldest days this season, but that did not deter angry protesters from gathering at 54-11, the Woodside residence of Youssef Al-Khattab, a Jewish convert to Islam and an open A [...]
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