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Are You an Independent or Joint Owner If You Own a Franchise Restaurant?
Feb 25, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 41 41 recommendations | email to a friend
Authorl Stephen D. Hans For more than thirty years, a line was drawn that differentiated a franchiser and franchisee. The relationship between the two served each other well. Entrepreneurs looking ...
Septic Tank Pipe-Cover Crafts
Feb 25, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 38 38 recommendations | email to a friend
Many yards have ugly septic tank pipes sticking up out of the ground, but not all yards have ones that stand out in the open. In some cases, the septic pipes are hidden amongst trees, bushes or oth...
Are Your Dress Code and Grooming Policies Violating Discrimination Laws?
Feb 18, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 83 83 recommendations | email to a friend
      Author: Stephen Hans Companies have the right to expect employees to be neat in appearance and follow a company dress code. Some companies require short hair for men and no one gives it a sec...
This Month in Queens Real Estate: FEB 2015
Feb 16, 2015 | 1 1 comments | 103 103 recommendations | email to a friend
February 2015 Queens NY Market Update  Home sales continued to decrease in January, significantly below last year, however, inventory ticked up slightly. In response to the low inventory levels and...
Ruby Tuesday Is Accused of Gender Discrimination Involving Men
Feb 12, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 141 141 recommendations | email to a friend
Author: Stephen D. Hans It is common for the media to report on cases of gender discrimination where females did not receive equal pay or the same promotional opportunities as men. In contrast to t...
Stronger Mind, Happier You
Feb 07, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 173 173 recommendations | email to a friend
by Mary Murphy A lot of emphasis is put on the body when talking about working out—those washboard abs, defined calves, slimmed thighs--but sometimes we forget that the mind is part of the body, to...
Know and Follow the Regulations for Tip Pools
Feb 04, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 207 207 recommendations | email to a friend
Author: Stephen D. Hans In the restaurant business and hospitality industry in general, employees who provide services, such as servers, hosting staff, bartenders and bus persons typically receive ...
Queens Home Team Awarded Top Team at Keller Williams Realty Landmark II for Most Units Sold in 2014!
Jan 29, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 267 267 recommendations | email to a friend
The Queens Home Team at Keller Williams Realty, led by George & Abigail Herrera, were recently honored at the Keller Williams Realty Landmark II awards ceremony in Astoria, NY. Out of 160 Agents, Q...
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (also known as ObamaCare)
Jan 29, 2015 | 1 1 comments | 275 275 recommendations | email to a friend
Author; Donna Stefans Re:Obamacare The Health insurance reporting requirements on the 2014 tax return are a bit complicated. If you and your family were covered by an employer health care plan for ...
A Different Slant on Class-Based Hiring Discrimination
Jan 29, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 257 257 recommendations | email to a friend
Author: Stephen D. Hans Most employers are familiar with the pitfalls of discriminating against applicants in protected classes under Civil Rights laws. For the most part, African Americans, Hispan...

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Dear Editor: For over a half-century, Democrats and Republicans have taken turns at presiding over the economy, guiding and managing our national debt, deficit and social programs to the brink of b...
Oct 30, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 18 18 recommendations | email to a friend
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No strategy but one
Dear Editor: Speaker John Boehner disagrees with President Barack Obama's strategy on ISIL. He recently said we have to act immediately and have "no choice but to put boots on the ground and destro...
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Not so grand
Dear Editor: There is more to the passing of Edward Regan. The last Republican state comptroller, Regan won his final term in 1990. The last Republican attorney general, Dennis Vacco, served only o...
Oct 30, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 16 16 recommendations | email to a friend
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End it now!
Dear Editor: Geno Smith and Michael Vick and the Jets failed again to get the job done. Another humiliating defeat that leave us fans feeling let down again. They're now 1-7 and the playoff are jus...
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Not a game
Dear Editor: The recent problems with the Sayreville football team hazing incident should make it very plain that there needs to be better supervision of players by their coaches in the locker room...
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Stop the plane noise
Dear Editor: I am retired, 80 years old and trying to recover from multiple mini-strokes, two major strokes, and bleeding on the brain. The doctor told my wife that I was going to die, but here I a...
Oct 22, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 19 19 recommendations | email to a friend
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Save the trees
Dear Editor: Once again, tree cutters have been in the Bayside area mangling trees on behalf of the utility company, apparently in this case Con Edison. They supposedly are clearing around the over...
Oct 22, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 19 19 recommendations | email to a friend
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Stop spread of Ebola, Mr. President
Dear Editor: CDC director Dr. Tom Frieden assured Americans last week that “we know how to stop Ebola in its tracks.” Yet this week we learn of two new cases of Ebola, contracted by nurses who care...
Oct 22, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 17 17 recommendations | email to a friend
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Protect, don't kill
Dear Editor: It seems there has been an increasingly growing push to start killing wildlife that live in our region for various reasons. While there are large populations of swans, geese and deer, ...
Oct 15, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 19 19 recommendations | email to a friend
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Reverse inversions
Dear Editor: What's new in today's world? Corporate inversions. A company buys a foreign subsidiary and then through the magic of paperwork proclaims itself a foreign company owned by the subsidiar...
Oct 15, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 18 18 recommendations | email to a friend
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Take us New York!
Dear Editor: New Jersey has high taxes and a culture of political corruption. Our state lacks both a unified statewide identity and a large anchor city. Instead, the northern part of the state look...
Oct 15, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 18 18 recommendations | email to a friend
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Get out and vote
Dear Editor: Election Day is fast approaching and is a day all registered American voters should step up to the plate and vote for the candidate of their choice. But there are many who believe thei...
Oct 15, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 17 17 recommendations | email to a friend
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TransitChek Yourself
Dear Editor: What's good for the goose is good for the gander. Why not amend Councilman Dan Garodnick's bill requiring employers with 20 or more workers to sign up for TransitChek to also include a...
Oct 15, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
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We need a hero
Dear Editor: I am a 73-year-old veteran of the Vietnam War, and except for my time in the military I have lived in New York. I was born in the Bronx, lived in Brooklyn for six months, and in Flushi...
Oct 09, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 29 29 recommendations | email to a friend
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Bumbling Bill
Dear Editor: If the Olympics had an event for stupidity, our mayor would win a gold medal. Bill de Blasio topped off a string of dumb decisions by hiring and defending a key staffer who's lived wit...
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India pledges infrastructure spending to help economy 'fly'

India's finance minister pledged major investment in infrastructure on Saturday, saying it was time for the economy to "fly", as he unveiled the new right-wing government's first full budget. Arun Jaitley said his government had inherited an economy dominated by "doom and gloom" when it took power last year, trumpeting its achievements in conquering inflation and kick-starting growth. The world is predicting this is India's chance to fly," he said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi swept to power last year on a pledge to revive India's flagging economic fortunes and provide jobs for its 1.2 billion people.


2015-02-28 12:24:28 -0500
Turkish author Yasar Kemal dead at 91

FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008 file photo, Turkish writer Yasar Kemal, 85, delivers a speech during a ceremony at the Cankaya palace after he received Turkish Repuclic's "Big Art and Culture Prize" in Ankara, Turkey. Yasar Kemal, one of Turkey's best-known novelists with worldwide readership, has died, his doctor said on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015. He was 91. Kemal died at Istanbul’s Capa Hospital where he was admitted on Jan. 14 and was being treated in its intensive care unit for multiple organ failure, Dr. Mehmet Akif Karan said. Kemal was the author of "Memed, My Hawk" a story about feudal relations in Turkey's traditional southern regions in 1955. Like most of the more than 35 other novels he has written, it was widely translated. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, file)ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Yasar Kemal, one of Turkey's best-known novelists with worldwide readership, has died, his doctor said on Saturday. He was 91.


2015-02-28 12:22:58 -0500
Churches, synagogues, mosques bear tough New England winter

In this Monday, Feb. 16, 2015 photo, custodian George Blomquist clears snow from the grounds of Our Lady of the Angels Church after a weekend snowstorm in Worcester, Mass. Churches, synagogues and mosques in New England report that attendance is down at worship services this winter, as many storms have hit over weekends. (AP Photo/Worcester Telegram & Gazette, Christine Peterson)BOSTON (AP) — Religious leaders in snowbound New England are beginning to ask themselves how on Earth their houses of worship will make ends meet after all these acts of God.


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