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This Month in Queens Real Estate: JULY 2014
Jul 24, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 46 46 recommendations | email to a friend
June 2014 Queens NY Market Update    The pace of home sales rose sharply in June but was still below the pace of sales in June 2013. Prices posted moderate gains in June as well, remaining on pace ...
Estate Planning Basics for Newlyweds – How to Get Prepared for the Unexpected
Jul 22, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 59 59 recommendations | email to a friend
It’s that time of year – the time for beautiful weddings, fun receptions, delicious cakes, special gifts, and romantic honeymoons. While this is a joyous time for everyone, it’s also time for you a...
The Annual Pay Notice Requirement of the New York Wage Theft Prevention Act Could Be Close to Ending
Jul 18, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 56 56 recommendations | email to a friend
Author: Stephen D. Hans After the Wage Theft Prevention Act went into effect, restaurant owners and other types of business owners became burdened with paperwork as they complied with annual requir...
$$ OPPORTUNITY HAS KNOCKED ! $$ Networking For Prosperity & Adventure $$
Jun 20, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 304 304 recommendations | email to a friend
Bring Pen & Paper for this great opportunity to learn about:  * Job search, Employment Training, Networking Skills & How Every Dollar Counts . **Snacks & Beverages provided.** WHEN : Wednesday June...
This Month in Queens Real Estate: JUNE 2014
Jun 19, 2014 | 3 3 comments | 337 337 recommendations | email to a friend
June 2014 Queens NY Market Update The pace of home sales rose in May after a slow start in the beginning of 2014. Inventory increased slightly again in May, meaning buyers should have a bit more ch...
Book Expo America 2014 Part 1: The Italian presence…
Jun 15, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 381 381 recommendations | email to a friend
  Originally Written By:  Tiziano Thomas Dossena for L'Idea Magazine   Book Expo America 2014 has brought a wave of foreign authors, either in the original language or in translation, and among the...
Book Expo America 2014 Part 2: The Authors Speak…
Jun 15, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 384 384 recommendations | email to a friend
Originally Written By:  Tiziano Thomas Dossena  for L'Idea Magazine   Javits Center was the center of attention for all American book lovers for four days at the end of May, with a series of events...
Interview to author Tony Napoli.
Jun 15, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 836 836 recommendations | email to a friend
Recently I published a review on the popular book “My Father, My Don,” A Son’s Journey from Organized Crime to Sobriety, and I am now pleased to offer our readers an interview to the author, Tony N...
How Much Can Allegations of Discrimination Cost You?
Jun 11, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 351 351 recommendations | email to a friend
Author: Stephen D. Hans Discrimination is a serious issue for employers. It can lead to disputes, lawsuits and even forced business sales. Forced business sale, substantial fines and the disgrace o...
Wage and Hours Cases Setting Precedents for Tipped Employees
May 31, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 518 518 recommendations | email to a friend
  Restaurant owners are subject to numerous regulations they must comply with and as various cases are litigated, rulings establish new precedents that can change how the industry does business. Ma...

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A plan for the Q53
Dear Editor: I am so glad that the Q53 bus now operates 24 hours a day. It helps commuters, workers, employers, businesses and all of Queens. This is a great bus that unites most of Queens from Woo...
Feb 05, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 88 88 recommendations | email to a friend
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Bad move Bill
Dear Editor: Mayor Bill de Blasio dropped the city's appeal in connection to the policy of stop and frisk. Now watch as more guns enter New York and the murder rate will and robberies go up. We wil...
Feb 05, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 89 89 recommendations | email to a friend
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Blocked on Clearview
Dear Editor: Again it has happened. I come down the sidewalk along the Clearview Service Road on my motorized scooter and vehicles from Star Nissan block my way because they are parked on the sidew...
Jan 29, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 89 89 recommendations | email to a friend
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Dump the dispatcher!
Dear Editor: Regarding the letter “Dump the chaplain” (1/16 ), where the gentleman rambles how the Department of Sanitation doesn't need a chaplain and our job is just dealing with bad odors and we...
Jan 29, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 80 80 recommendations | email to a friend
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Money talk
Dear editor: The rich get richer and the poor get poorer? Is that true? Mr. A is making $ 30,000 a year in New York. By American standards he is considered poor, although he probably has a televisi...
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Bad decision
Dear Editor: The decision by the mayor and chancellor to open public schools after the heavy snowstorm was not a very smart move. Even though many streets had been plowed by the Department of Sanit...
Jan 29, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 76 76 recommendations | email to a friend
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New approach to world's oldest profession
Dear Editor: Hopefully, New York City will be seeing an end to the racist policy of stop and frisk. Maybe with new administration we will see a change in its sexist version. Prostitutes, who are of...
Jan 23, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 85 85 recommendations | email to a friend
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Where is Mulgrew?
Dear Editor: The uproar at P.S. 106 is such a travesty. One question that those teachers at that chaotic school should be asking is "Where is the UFT?" Why hasn't Michael Mulgrew, president of the ...
Jan 23, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 85 85 recommendations | email to a friend
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Yes to safer streets
Dear Editor: I would like to applaud Mayor Bill de Blasio for creating a task force in an attempt to make our streets safer. Last year, an 86-year-old neighbor of mine was killed with his dog by a ...
Jan 23, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 79 79 recommendations | email to a friend
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Impeach de Blasio
Dear Editor: A dangerous pattern of Communist Party "democratic centralism" is apparent in Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration, as evidenced by his back-room lobbying of Council members to unanim...
Jan 23, 2014 | 2 2 comments | 75 75 recommendations | email to a friend
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Not funny
I guess it’s still okay to bash Italian Americans. I strongly object to the discriminatory implication of Sheneman’scartoon (1/9/14) showing mob-type figures pressuring someone to endorse Governor ...
Jan 15, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 90 90 recommendations | email to a friend
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Dump the chaplain
Dear Editor: Sanitation Department chaplain Rev. Fred Lucas Jr. outraged New Yorkers by calling our city a "plantation." The media focused on his tasteless remark, but ignored a bigger outrage. Why...
Jan 15, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 81 81 recommendations | email to a friend
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More options
Dear Editor: There are a lot of apartment dwellers in Queens and the other boroughs, all victims of the Time Warner Cable monopoly, while homeowners have options like Time Warner, Dish, Direct TV, ...
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Use the money you have
Dear Editor: Mayor Bill de Blasio calling for a fair share of financial assistance from Washington is the same tired old rhetoric from decades ago that has grown stale over time. De Blasio's refere...
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Open letter to Albany
Dear Editor: In regard to Mayor Bill de Blasio's state-funded pre-kindergarten (pre-K) programs, it should be pointed out that the existing research studies on the performance outcomes thereof are ...
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Russia ordered to pay $50B over Yukos
LONDON (AP) — The former majority shareholder in Yukos Oil Company says it has won in excess of $50 billion in a court ruling against Russia.
2014-07-28 04:32:17 -0400
Outgoing Karzai says Afghans need new president

Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai, center, talks to the media representatives after Eid al-Fitr prayer at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, July 28, 2014. Eid al-Fitr prayer marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan's outgoing leader Hamid Karzai says his nation needs a new president and urged for a speedy conclusion to the ballot audit that will determine his successor.


2014-07-28 04:25:39 -0400
Not in my backyard: US sending dirty coal abroad

In this July 24, 2014, the Trianel power plant is pictured in Luenen, Germany. The power plant relies completely on coal imports, about half from the U.S. Soon, all of Germany's coal-fired power plants will be dependent on imports, with the country scheduled to halt all coal mining in 2018 when government subsidies end. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — Coal from Appalachia rumbles into this port city, 150 railroad cars at a time, bound for the belly of the massive cargo ship Prime Lily. The ship soon sets sail for South America, its 80,000 tons of coal destined for power plants and factories, an export of American energy — and pollution.


2014-07-28 04:25:16 -0400