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This Month in Queens Real Estate: April 2014
Apr 10, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 77 77 recommendations | email to a friend
April 2014 Queens NY Market Update  The pace of home sales remained sluggish in March according to the most recent data released by the Long Island Board of Realtors. A combination of higher prices...
A meetup that gets results, NOT just motivates then deflates
Apr 08, 2014 | 1 1 comments | 94 94 recommendations | email to a friend
Join Networking For Prosperity & Adventure , a different kind of meetup that shows you the HOW to, not just the fluff of getting you excited in order to set you up for failure. Let's face it, in th...
The Tenor, A Novel by Peter Danish, revisits Maria Callas wartime years
Apr 06, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 107 107 recommendations | email to a friend
     THE TENOR A novel by Peter Danish Based partially on a true episode of Maria Callas’ life, The Tenor is the riveting story of a young Italian man with   a spectacular knack for music and a voi...
Networking for Prosperity & Adventure Meetup in NYC April 9 7PM till 10PM
Apr 02, 2014 | 1 1 comments | 156 156 recommendations | email to a friend
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Networking for Prosperity & Adventure Meetup in NYC April 9 7PM till 10PM
Apr 02, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 125 125 recommendations | email to a friend
Shirley who is a part time employed, motivated leader who is working on a few business ventures in order to be a full time entrepreneur. In spite of many obstacles she is currently working on many ...
What is a retaliation claim and why are they so popular?
Mar 27, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 172 172 recommendations | email to a friend
According to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), in 2012, 38 percent of all EEOC claims were for retaliation. The reason retaliation claims have become so popular in recent yea...
Breakfast with the Easter Bunny!
Mar 24, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 191 191 recommendations | email to a friend
St. Stan's Mothers' Club is proud to announce our first BREAKFAST WITH THE EASTER BUNNY! Sunday, April 6th  9AM-12PM $10.00 Per Child 61-17 Grand Avenue, Maspeth
National Labor Relations Board finds employee’s Facebook posts not protected
Mar 19, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 228 228 recommendations | email to a friend
Author: Stephen D. Hans In recent years, thousands of companies have felt the impact of a slumped economy, increased costs and regulations.  These conditions have forced employers to cut costs, red...
Coaches Wanted!
Mar 17, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 234 234 recommendations | email to a friend
Coaches Wanted for Forest & Highland Parks 2014 Sport Clinics. Must be able to work with children age 7-14 and have skills in one or more of the following sports: SKATEBOARDING, BASKETBALL AND SOCC...
Sign Up and Walk for Kids Growth!
Mar 16, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 248 248 recommendations | email to a friend
Join the community on April 6, 2014. Walk for Kids Growth at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, in Queens (at Fountain of the Planets). This community event will feature a scenic 3-mile fun walk, refres...

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It feels like the day after Christmas
Finally Primary Day has come and gone, and guess what? Not that many people cared. Except for the folks who were lucky enough to score a ticket to Mayor Michael Bloomberg's Primary Day party to wel...
Sep 16, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 28 28 recommendations | email to a friend
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It's a Girl!
Well, the week wasn't a total wash for Eric Gioia. He may have lost his bid to become the city's next public advocate (and a heartbeat away from becoming the next mayor of New York City), but he re...
Sep 16, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 24 24 recommendations | email to a friend
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Why can't every year be a crazy election year?
Instead of talking about extending term limits, why hasn't anybody discussed reducing them to something like two years, or even 9 months? Sure, it's been hectic trying to keep up with all of the el...
Sep 09, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 25 25 recommendations | email to a friend
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The 2009 endorsement game is getting out of hand
Last week, we mentioned that the Pol Position inbox was being bombarded with emails about the latest endorsements of the numerous candidates who are seeking office this election season. Perhaps it'...
Sep 01, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 25 25 recommendations | email to a friend
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It's like we just did a political keg stand
Goslings, our head is virtually spinning right now, and it's not because of that six pack of Night Train Express Wine Coolers we drank last night while watching all of the debates we had piling up ...
Aug 25, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 19 19 recommendations | email to a friend
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An election so special he had to call it twice
We were just kidding governor! Last week, we wrote about the governor's decision to call a special election to replace former assemblyman Anthony Seminerio, who used to represent Richmond Hill and ...
Aug 19, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 24 24 recommendations | email to a friend
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UFC: Ultimate Fighting Council
Oh Allan Jennings, where have you been the last few years? The former City Council member from Queens - who once threw a metal object at a reporter on live television (see photo), took out ads in C...
Aug 19, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 31 31 recommendations | email to a friend
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Can't the man just take a vacation in peace?
There is going to be nothing special about the election to replace Anthony Seminerio of south Queens, who was just the latest Queens politician forced to leave office under a dark cloud of scandal ...
Aug 12, 2009 | 1 1 comments | 23 23 recommendations | email to a friend
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You got comped! Weprin funks up the race
There's nothing that Pol Position hates more than a stiff comptroller. When you are having a finger wagged in your face about fiscal responsibility, questionable pension fund investments, and the p...
Aug 04, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 28 28 recommendations | email to a friend
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Gov gets his groove on
Speaking of dancing politicians, New York State's own governor caused a bit of an uproar when he was spotted partying in a Chelsea night club last week. Paterson was hanging out and posing for pict...
Aug 04, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 24 24 recommendations | email to a friend
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From posting on Facebook to tendering a resignation
If this isn't a cautionary tale about Facebook, we don't know what is. For about the past year, Pol Position has heard nothing but, “you must get on Facebook” or “please get on Facebook so we can k...
Jul 29, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 23 23 recommendations | email to a friend
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Wordplay
Pol Position was once riding in the car listening to an interview with a longtime radio baseball announcer, who was complaining of a strange phenomenon in the world of baseball advertising and the ...
Jul 21, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 30 30 recommendations | email to a friend
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Dropping the "N" words like A bombs
Two New York City politicians waded into some choppy waters this past week, uttering a couple of words that are sure to create backlash for any public figure. First, the mayor likened that state se...
Jul 21, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 30 30 recommendations | email to a friend
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Pol walks right into a quorum
Well, the stalemate in Albany is finally over, which means that our hardworking state senators can get back to the business of doling out pork items to their loyal constituents, conducting backroom...
Jul 14, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 40 40 recommendations | email to a friend
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I'm going to huff, and I'm going to puff...
There's a battle of aesthetics brewing down at City Hall between the current mayor and the man who wants to take his place. Recently, an artist named Richard Woods did a little renovating on some s...
Jul 14, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 39 39 recommendations | email to a friend
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13th body pulled from snow in Everest avalanche

Mother of Nepalese mountaineer Ang Kaji Sherpa, killed in an avalanche on Mount Everest, cries while she waits for his body at Sherpa Monastery in Katmandu, Nepal, Saturday, April 19, 2014. Rescuers were searching through piles of snow and ice on the slopes of Mount Everest on Saturday for four Sherpa guides who were buried by an avalanche that killed 12 other Nepalese guides in the deadliest disaster on the world's highest peak. The Sherpa people are one of the main ethnic groups in Nepal's alpine region, and many make their living as climbing guides on Everest and other Himalayan peaks. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Search teams recovered a 13th body Saturday from the snow and ice covering a dangerous climbing pass on Mount Everest, where an avalanche a day earlier swept over a group of Sherpa guides in the deadliest disaster on the world's highest peak.


2014-04-19 13:08:45 -0400
'Touched by an Angel' producer back in series TV

This photo provided by Hallmark Channel shows, from left, Geoff Gustafson (“Norman Dorman”), Crystal Lowe (“Rita Haywith”), Eric Mabius (“Oliver O’Toole) and Kristin Booth (“Shane McInerny”), on the set of the TV series, "Signed, Sealed, Delivered." The writer-producer Martha Williamson, who produced “Touched by an Angel,” returns to TV with the new Hallmark Channel show, debuting Sunday, April 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Hallmark Channel, Katie Yu) **MANDATORY CREDIT**LOS ANGELES (AP) — In the decade that "Touched by an Angel" executive producer Martha Williamson has been away from series TV, much has changed. A new golden age has brought more daring shows, from "Mad Men" to "House of Cards" to "Breaking Bad," and more ways to see them.


2014-04-19 13:08:13 -0400
Everest avalanche death toll reaches 13

Graphic showing the main climbing route on Mount Everest where at least 12 Neplalese climbers died in the most deadly single accident on the world's highest peakRescuers on Mount Everest found the body of a 13th Nepalese guide on Saturday as authorities ruled out hope of finding any more survivors from the deadliest accident ever on the world's highest peak. Three sherpas remained missing from Friday's avalanche which struck after a large party of guides left Everest base camp carrying tents, food and ropes to prepare for international clients ahead of the main climbing season. It is risky to continue searching the mountain as evening sets in," tourism ministry official Madhusudan Burlakoti told AFP.


2014-04-19 13:05:10 -0400