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Labor Day was established in 1887 by President Grover Cleveland to celebrate the American worker. No doubt about it: Labor Day is showing its age. The holiday is no longer about labor unions whose members pushed for recognition. Parades, once a common sight in cities and towns with empowered workers
Even though it was near a local high school, it was always a quiet neighborhood in Lanham, MD. That all changed in 2012, when a massive construction project began rising from 16.5 acres of land that had been purchased initially and partially in 1993. The concept became the Diyanet Center
On August 29 the world became just a little less funny with the news that legendary comedian Gene Wilder had passed away at the age of 83. Gene Wilder performed in several Broadway productions including Mother Courage and Her Children and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest before getting his
As Labor Day looms on the horizon it puts a spotlight on the new rules for wardrobe choices, and their correctness (or not) and together with memories of the just-ended Olympics reminds us how little clothing it now takes to be a winner. It seems the right time to take
Dear MTA: As an almost lifetime resident of Manhattan and frequent user of subways and buses, I would like to reassure you that we the people of New York have most definitely noticed changes in service apparently due to your concerted efforts. Buses, for example, used to arrive at median
You have done a great job at interviewing for a job and now you sit by the phone and wait for it to ring, right? Wrong. After impressing everyone at the interview you came home and sent a thank you note not just to the person interviewing you, but also
The job market is showing promise with the best statistics since 2001, according to the Labor Department. If you are looking for work or even if you have given up looking, now is the time to job search. There were 4.7 million job openings on the last day of June,
The first alarm goes off and just as you are about to hit snooze, a second, louder alarm goes off and it might be then that you remember me saying what a good idea it was to set two alarms the day of your big interview. Having laid your clothes
Labor Day was established in 1887 by President Grover Cleveland to celebrate the American worker. No doubt about it: Labor Day is showing its age. The holiday is no longer about labor unions whose members pushed for recognition. Parades, once a common sight in cities and towns with empowered workers marching to demonstrate their solidarity, are virtually nonexistent. And although we’ve had an encouraging job report recently (see my earlier story) many people are still
Even though it was near a local high school, it was always a quiet neighborhood in Lanham, MD. That all changed in 2012, when a massive construction project began rising from 16.5 acres of land that had been purchased initially and partially in 1993. The concept became the Diyanet Center of America (DCA), which opened its doors in 2015. But the DCA, which claims to be the largest Muslim campus in the Western Hemisphere, has
On August 29 the world became just a little less funny with the news that legendary comedian Gene Wilder had passed away at the age of 83. Gene Wilder performed in several Broadway productions including Mother Courage and Her Children and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest before getting his first film role in the 1967 picture Bonnie and Clyde working alongside Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty. But he didn’t really hit it big until
As Labor Day looms on the horizon it puts a spotlight on the new rules for wardrobe choices, and their correctness (or not) and together with memories of the just-ended Olympics reminds us how little clothing it now takes to be a winner. It seems the right time to take a fresh look at the quaint expression “Sunday Best.” It used to mean the “dress up clothes” you could wear to Church and be more
Dear MTA: As an almost lifetime resident of Manhattan and frequent user of subways and buses, I would like to reassure you that we the people of New York have most definitely noticed changes in service apparently due to your concerted efforts. Buses, for example, used to arrive at median 20 minute intervals – though of course, one might be lucky or unlucky. These days, they arrive at 30-40 minute intervals – longer at night
You have done a great job at interviewing for a job and now you sit by the phone and wait for it to ring, right? Wrong. After impressing everyone at the interview you came home and sent a thank you note not just to the person interviewing you, but also to anyone who attended and sat in on the actual interview. Make sure to spell names correctly; it would be a shame to blow it
The job market is showing promise with the best statistics since 2001, according to the Labor Department. If you are looking for work or even if you have given up looking, now is the time to job search. There were 4.7 million job openings on the last day of June, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and other signs of hope surround the report which was released on August 12. The number of openings
The first alarm goes off and just as you are about to hit snooze, a second, louder alarm goes off and it might be then that you remember me saying what a good idea it was to set two alarms the day of your big interview. Having laid your clothes out the night before and with at least three copies of your resume in a nice folder or briefcase along with those same two working
