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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 | 93 93 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
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Networking for Prosperity & Adventure Meetup in NYC April 9 7PM till 10PM
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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 | 190 190 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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A roundup of New Year's events in Queens and Brooklyn
From parties to cruises & bridge walks, celebrate in style
Dec 28, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 37 37 recommendations | email to a friend
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Keep Fitness off your new year's resolution list
(ARA Content) - You've vowed to get fit with the start of each New Year. This year don't. Why not? First, because resolutions don't work. Second, because fitness isn't something you start, it's som...
Dec 28, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 35 35 recommendations | email to a friend
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A creation of artist Sebastian Gross-Ossa's, whose work is displayed at The Natural Wine Company in Williamsburg. Photo: Maike Paul.
Pairing wine and art in Williamsburg for the holidays
“Wine makes daily living easier, less hurried, with fewer tensions and more tolerance.” -- Benjamin Franklin Williamsburg’s ever-growing creative culture and lifestyle includes a local interest in ...
Dec 22, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 40 40 recommendations | email to a friend
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Actor and singer, Robert Davi performing on stage.
Channeling Sinatra, finding freedom
Actor Robert Davi releases first album; hits #6 on Billboard Jazz chart
Dec 22, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 45 45 recommendations | email to a friend
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Traci Johnson stands in the center with her team, “Culture Skateboards”, which has members from ages 7-21.
A skateboard culture for Crown Heights, Brooklyn
And a lesson in giving back
Dec 16, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 39 39 recommendations | email to a friend
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Best CDs of 2011: a holiday gift guide
Maybe you like itunes but have tuned out auto-tuned vocals. Maybe you’re not waiting for Grammy nominations to tell you what’s hip. In no particlular order, here are some albums, available in CD or...
Dec 15, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 44 44 recommendations | email to a friend
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Muppets Review
The Muppets Director: James Bobin Writers: Jason Segel and Nicholas Stoller Cast: Gary: Jason Segel Mary: Amy Adams Tex Richman: Chris Cooper Hobo Joe: Zach Galifianakis Executive: Rashida Jones Wa...
Dec 13, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 32 32 recommendations | email to a friend
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Comedian Steve Hofstetter is bringing a comedy club to Long Island City.
Loads of Laughs in LIC: Queens comedian brings comedy club to community
The Laughing Devil Comedy Club opens December 16
Dec 07, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 43 43 recommendations | email to a friend
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Matt Schwartz's "Lollipop".
A showcase too sexy for you to taste
Food Lust exhibition displays delicious sculptures, photos of food
Dec 07, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 41 41 recommendations | email to a friend
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Three must-make health-related New Year’s resolutions
(ARA Content) - If you’re not planning on adding “lose weight” to your list of New Year’s resolutions, you’re in the minority. In fact, losing weight is one of the most commonly made resolutions, y...
Dec 07, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 31 31 recommendations | email to a friend
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Koncept
A new Koncept straight out of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
Bay Ridge, Brooklyn-based hip hop artist Koncept will drop his first full-length album “Awaken” on iTunes December 13, with the official release date on January 10. To give fans of classic-styled h...
Dec 01, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 50 50 recommendations | email to a friend
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A year in review: Some Top online searches from 2011
(ARA Content) — Memories are monumental in shaping history. And just as a journal holds your thoughts, memories and interests from years past, online searches can mark the people, places and events...
Nov 30, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 35 35 recommendations | email to a friend
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Poet Sinan Antoon Responds to “Tarjama/Translation” in 2009 at QMA.
Poetry and art converge at the Queens Museum of Art
What do you get when you mix art and poetry? An intriguing concoction that manifests itself in the form of the Poets in the Galleries Series at the Queens Museum of Art. In its third edition, the s...
Nov 30, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 43 43 recommendations | email to a friend
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Jimi Hendrix still steals show with new reissues on CD, DVD
Over 40 years since his passing, guitarist Jimi Hendrix still casts a long shadow, and this is an especially exciting year for his fans. Devotees of the “Master of the Stratocaster” will be treated...
Nov 22, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 33 33 recommendations | email to a friend
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Sanford Biggers’ pieces, “Chesire” and “A Joia Do Orixa” on view at the Sculpture Center in Long Island City.
“Cosmic Voodoo Circus” pitches its tent in Long Island City
A sound wave of traditional spiritual songs from Brazil’s Afro religion washes over you as you step into the transitional and transcendent experience of Sanford Biggers’ “Cosmic Voodoo Circus” exhi...
Nov 22, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 42 42 recommendations | email to a friend
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Borussia Dortmund coach Klopp dismisses Barcelona rumours

Borussia Dortmund's German head coach Jurgen Klopp attends a press conference at the Emirates Stadium in north London on October 21, 2013, on the eve of his team's UEFA Champions League Group F football match against ArsenalBorussia Dortmund's charismatic coach Jurgen Klopp has poured cold water on rumours linking him to Spanish giants Barcelona with the 46-year-old insisting he is happy where he is. Klopp, whose present contract ties him to the German side until 2018, has enjoyed great success steering Dortmund to back-to-back German league titles in 2011 and 2012, plus last season's Champions League final. They are are currently a distant second in the Bundesliga. There has been speculation in the Spanish media linking the German to Barcelona and newspaper Marca reported that 31.3 percent of their readers would like to see Klopp coach them.


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Costa Rican woman attributes miracle to pope

FILE - In this July 5, 2013 file photo, Floribeth Mora stands by her shrine to Pope John Paul II inside the entrance to her home in La Union de Cartago, Costa Rica. Mora, her doctors and the Catholic Church say her aneurysm disappeared in May of 2011 in a miracle that cleared the way for the late pope to be declared a saint. Mora will attend the ceremony at the Vatican on April 27, 2014 as a guest of honor. (AP Photo/Enrique Martinez, File)TRES RIOS, Costa Rica (AP) — On a warm spring day, Floribeth Mora was in her bed waiting to die from a seemingly inoperable brain aneurysm when her gaze fell upon a photograph of Pope John Paul II in a newspaper.


2014-04-19 10:32:56 -0400
Iran says Arak heavy water reactor dispute virtually solved

A picture taken on January 15, 2011, shows a general view of the heavy-water reactor facility at Arak, IranIran's nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi said Saturday that a dispute with world powers over the Arak heavy water reactor has been "virtually resolved", the Al-Alam Arabic-language television reported. "Iran has made a proposal to the P5+1 (group of world powers) to make certain changes in Arak and they have accepted. Tehran has been engaged in negotiations with six world powers aimed at clinching a comprehensive agreement on its nuclear drive.


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