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← How Do 2015 Minimum Wage Increases Affect NY Restaurants? Are Employers Free from Liability When Using Staffing Agencies to Terminate Employees?
Jan 23, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 21 21 recommendations | email to a friend
Companies often find that staffing agencies are valuable resources for helping them fill temporary or permanent positions and for handling human resources issues. However, recently, an outside staf...
How Do 2015 Minimum Wage Increases Affect NY Restaurants?
Jan 15, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 49 49 recommendations | email to a friend
Author: Stephen D. Hans Minimum wage increases took effect on December 31, 2014, raising the New York minimum wage from $8.00 to $8.75 per hour for employees who work based on hourly wages. By the ...
This Month in Queens Real Estate: JANUARY 2015
Jan 14, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 50 50 recommendations | email to a friend
January 2014 Queens NY Market Update  The pace of existing home sales increased in December, but remained below that in the same month of the previous year. Home prices declined as we moved in to t...
Negligence of Oregon Hospital Led to Wrongful Death of Patient
Jan 12, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 60 60 recommendations | email to a friend
Author:  Mark H. Sackstein, Esq. All it takes is one small mistake for a disaster to occur. No matter how much research is done when choosing a hospital, it is impossible to predict a situation suc...
Matching Workouts With the Results You Want
Jan 10, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 67 67 recommendations | email to a friend
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard friends complain about not getting the results they want, despite how much energy they’re putting into their workout.  People who want bigger muscles go t...
How Do 2015 Minimum Wage Increases Affect NY Restaurants?
Jan 08, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 78 78 recommendations | email to a friend
Author: Stephen Hans Minimum wage increases took effect on December 31, 2014, raising the New York minimum wage from $8.00 to $8.75 per hour for employees who work based on hourly wages. By the way...
Immersed in ancient times; the performance of Aida at the Metropolitan Opera. A review.
Jan 03, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 128 128 recommendations | email to a friend
Written By:  Tiziano Thomas Dossena   Imagine being immersed in an ancient world, with colossal stone columns, palaces and images of deities, a marvelous music surrounding you and, thank God, no ce...
What to Eat Before Your Workout
Jan 03, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 108 108 recommendations | email to a friend
by Mary Murphy Fueling up before a workout is the best thing you can do for your body.  But it’s important to eat the  right  things at the  right  time.  Eating too far in advance of your workout ...
Static vs. Dynamic Stretching
Jan 03, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 105 105 recommendations | email to a friend
by Mary Murphy  So you’ve already heard that you should stretch before you work out, but did you know that some types of stretching can be more harmful than helpful?  The American Council on Exerci...
From "Lost Side Of Suburbia" to "Poptropica," An Exclusive Interview with Artist Kory Merritt
Dec 29, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 135 135 recommendations | email to a friend
Written By:  Tiziano Thomas Dossena   Kory Merritt started cartooning and illustrating while attending SUNY Brockport. His weekly comic strip, Brockport Chronicled, won the John Locher Memorial Awa...

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Ruth Joan Feller
Ruth Joan Feller passed away on November 23, 2009 at the age of 92. She was the devoted daughter of the late Thomas and Kathryn. Mass of Christian Burial was offered at St. Mary’s Church on Novembe...
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Lucille Nappi passed away on November 24, 2009 at the age of 86. She was the beloved sister of the late Nicholas Nappi. She was the cherished aunt of Joseph, Anthon, Nicholas and the late Caroline....
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Aida Leonor Alvarado passed away on November 27, 2009 at the age of 74. She was the loving mother of Francisco Bravo and Brenda Boyle. She was the cherished grandmother of Rosalinda, Sarajoy, Adria...
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Alice Carlson of Maspeth, NY passed away on November 25, 2009 at the age of 91. She was the beloved wife of the late Charles. She was the devoted mother of James, Joyce Grodio, Robert and the late ...
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John P. McGinley passed away on November 19, 2009 at the age of 69. He was a proud WWII veteran. He was the devoted father of Gary Wood. He was the loving grandfather of Alesha, Niamh, Rebecca, Mol...
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Gregg Austen passed away on November 16, 2009 at the age of 53. He was the loving son of Alfred and Laurene. He was the dear brother of Doug. Services were offered at Hess-Miller Funeral Home. Inte...
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Rafael Diaz of Ridgewood passed away on November 15, 2009 at the age of 82. He was the devoted father of Juan. Services were offered at Hess-Miller Funeral Home. Cremation was in Fresh Pond Cremato...
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Norma van Mingroot passed away on November 16, 2009. She was the devoted mother of Laurence DeMarco. Services were offered at Hess-Miller Funeral Home. Cremation was in Fresh Pond Crematory under t...
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Anita Volland passed away on November 17, 2009 at the age of 69. She was the loving daughter of George and Margaret. She was the dear sister of Erik. Services were offered at Hess-Miller Funeral Ho...
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Petya Dzhuneva passed away on November 17, 2009 at the age of 54. She was the devoted mother of Teodora and Todor. She is also survived by 4 grandchildren. Services were offered at Hess-Miller Fune...
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Anna Canale passed away on November 15, 2009 at the age of 95. She was the beloved wife of the late Louis. She was the devoed mother of Joan ChirieLeison, Robert, George, Louis James Carol Kontryn....
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Barbara M. Radtke passed away on November 20, 2009 at the age of 65. She was the devoted mother of Jennifer H. Kelly. Services were offered at Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Church. Cremation was...
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Malaysia says MH370 crash an accident to clear compensation

Jiang Hui, left, is comforted by Dai Shuqin, both are relatives of passengers onboard the Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 that went missing on March 8, 2014, after watching a pre-recorded message broadcast on Malaysian television by Malaysia's Civil Aviation Authority from a laptop computer in Beijing, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015. Malaysia's Civil Aviation Authority on Thursday officially declared the crash of Flight 370 an accident, fulfilling a legal obligation that will allow efforts to proceed with compensation claims. Malaysia civil aviation chief Azharuddin Abdul Rahman said that the search for the Malaysia Airlines jet that disappeared on the way from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, "remains a priority." (AP Photo/Andy Wong)KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia's government declared Thursday the crash of Flight 370 an accident to pave the way for compensation claims, angering victims' families still waiting for evidence while officials said the search for wreckage will go on.


2015-01-29 07:22:50 -0500
Netanyahu blasts Iran for Hezbollah attack on Lebanon border

Spanish U.N. peacekeepers in an armored vehicle, patrol the Lebanese Israeli border, in the southern village of Abbasiyeh, Lebanon, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015. Missiles fired by the Lebanese Hezbollah group struck an Israeli military convoy on Wednesday, killing two soldiers in an apparent retaliation for a deadly airstrike attributed to Israel that killed many Hezbollah fighters in Syria earlier this month. A Spanish peacekeeper was killed in the border flare-up. He was identified by the Spanish Defense Ministry as Cpl. Francisco Javier Soria Toledo, 36. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)SHEAR YASHUV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday said that Iran is to blame for a deadly flare-up along the Israeli-Lebanese border the previous day, the deadliest escalation in the disputed zone since the 2006 war between Hezbollah and Israel.


2015-01-29 07:18:12 -0500
Stig Bergling, Soviet spy who fled from Swedish prison, dies

In this undated photo provided by the Swedish Police, Swedish Security Service officer Stig Bergling is pictured. Bergling, a former Swedish security officer who spied for the Soviet Union during the Cold War, has died. He was 77. Bergling's death was first reported Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015 by Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter. The Swedish tax authority, which records deaths, confirmed he died on Jan. 24. No cause was given. (AP Photo/TT News Agency, Swedish Police) SWEDEN OUTSTOCKHOLM (AP) — Stig Bergling, a former Swedish security officer who sold secrets to the Soviet Union during the Cold War and brazenly escaped while serving a life sentence for espionage, has died. He was 77.


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