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TRUMP PRESSES VOTER FRAUD CONCERNS

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President Donald Trump pressed his unproven claims of voter fraud at the first meeting of a commission he created to study the issue, and implied states that did not share voter data with the panel had something to hide. The panel has faced lacerating criticism from Democrats and voting rights groups that argued it could be a vehicle for changes that would make it harder for lawful voters

to cast ballots — and by a number of state governments reluctant to hand over information about their voters to the White House. Despite evidence from state officials from both parties that voter fraud is rare in U.S. elections, Trump has claimed that millions of illegal immigrants voted in the November 2016 election.

JOHN MCCAIN FOUND TO HAVE BRAIN TUMOR

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U.S. Sen. John McCain has a brain tumor and is reviewing treatment options that may include a combination of chemotherapy and radiation, his office announced on Wednesday. The six-term Republican senator and former presidential nominee, who is 80, has been recovering at home in Arizona since undergoing a procedure to remove a blood clot from above

his left eye. Tissue analysis since that procedure revealed that a primary brain tumor known as a glioblastoma was associated with the clot, his office said.

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FACEBOOK IN TALKS WITH PUBLISHERS

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Facebook is in early talks with several news publishers about how its social media site can better support subscription business models, the company’s head of news partnerships, Campbell Brown, said in a statement. The statement comes a day after TheStreet reported that Facebook plans to launch a subscription-based news product, citing comments by Brown at a conference. Facebook will begin initial tests in October, TheStreet

reported. The feature is likely to allow publishers to create a paywall on Facebook’s Instant Articles and guide readers to a publisher’s home page to opt for a digital subscription, according to TheStreet. Instant Articles lets publishers post articles directly to the Facebook app. The idea for a paywall is based on premium and metered plans and has been in the works for a while, TheStreet said, citing Brown at the Digital Publishing Innovation Summit.

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President Donald Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., and former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort will testify on July 26 before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, the panel said in a statement.

Trump Jr. and Manafort are expected to be questioned about allegations Russia meddled in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and possible collusion with the Trump campaign.

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How to stay safe — and cool — in another NYC heat wave From a doctor’s advice to a cooling mattress and knowing the signs of heat exhaustion and heat stroke, we’ll help you beat the heat.

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With New York City still under a heat advisory until Thursday evening, not only is it miserable to be traversing through the streets and subway system (or at least even worse than normal), it can also be downright dangerous.

Thursday is set to be another scorcher, so Metro spoke with Dr. Lawrence Phillips, a cardiologist and assistant

professor of medicine at NYU Langone Health, to find the best ways to beat the heat and stay safe from heat exhaustion and heat stroke — and to clarify the differences between the two.

Metro: Is it hot enough for you?

Dr. Lawrence Phillips: [Laughs] Walking from hospital to hospital, I’m having my fill.

What is the difference between heat exhaustion and heat stroke?

As the body starts losing the battle to fight the heat, it reaches the heat exhaustion stage. If you’re not treating it at that point, you go from the heat exhaustion stage to heat stroke, which is an emergency.

What are the signs of heat exhaustion?

Because it’s an imbalance from the heat and the body’s reaction, some symptoms are a fast pulse, extreme sweating, redness or flushness to the skin — a headache can develop and, as it gets worse, nausea and muscle aches.

What are the signs of heat stroke?

Seizures, passing out, mental status changes, agitation or confusion.

It’s a medical emergency that it’s not enough to get the person out of the heat, you want to get medical care. It’s going to be worsening of nausea and muscle aches.

Who is most at-risk for heat-related emergencies?

We worry about patients over the age of 65. People in their 60s, 70s and 80s — their re-

sponse to heat has diminished, so they’re not able to normalize their temperatures like someone in their 20s or 30s.

What are things New Yorkers can do if stuck on the subway or a subway platform during heat waves?

Their health should be primary. If they’re in a crowded subway station for a long period of time, and they feel they’re getting overheated or their pulse is increasing or they feel nauseous, get out of the subway station.

Is water truly the best option for drinking?

Water is very important, but it’s not always going to be enough when you’re sweating a lot because you’re losing water and salt. Mix up different drinks, but be careful with caffeine.

Know your limits if you’re heading outside during a heat wave. CARLOS LLAMAS

How to keep cool during the heat wave • Throw on your bathing suit and get thee to the nearest public pool, beach or splash pad, and dive in ASAP if not sooner.

• If you want to head to one of the city’s many parks, Phillips suggests wearing light and light-colored clothing — and know your limits.

• If your home doesn’t have air conditioning, the city has dozens of cooling centers, and one is bound to be near you.

Visit nyc.gov or call 311 for locations.

• Visit your local firehouse to get a hydrant spray cap to really get that true summer-in-NYC experience — without wasting a lot of water. (You must be at least 18 with a valid ID.) • Coco-Mat, a natural mattress brand with four stores in New York City, just launched new colors for one of its best-selling beds, the Proteas. The metal-free mattress is made with cactus fiber, which helps regulate humidity to keep you cool.

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‘Lovable’ malnourished dog rescued from Brooklyn dumpster “She was very lovable and ate like crazy,” one of her rescuers said.

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A construction worker throwing garbage in a Brooklyn dumpster made a horrible discovery Tuesday morning when he found a starving dog inside.

The gray and white pup, whose ribs were completely visible, was spotted by Jose Lopez outside a Walgreens in Brownsville, according to the New York Post.

Lopez, 53, who told the Post he has a rescue dog and the discovery “breaks his heart,” alerted the store employees who then

called the police.

The abandoned female pit bull-Lab mix had a leash on, but did not have tags nor did she appear to have a microchip, rescue officials said.

Officials allowed Lopez to give the dog to his friends Thomas Brosnan and Rita Morabito-accardi, who are experienced animal rescuers on Long Island.

Brosnan told the Post the rescued pup, who remains nameless, is about 20 pounds, which is severely underweight for her breed. She should be between 35 and 40 pounds at that age, he added.

“Thank you everyone who helped save this little girl today from dying inside this dumpster,” Morabito-accardi captioned an Instagram photo of the dog. “She safe,

belly’s full and cleaned.

And she will be getting a good home soon.”

Brosnan told the Post that they had received 10 calls from people who wanted to adopt her by Tuesday afternoon.

Morabito-accardi told Metro on Wednesday morning that the rescued dog was currently at the veterinarian, and she was waiting for an update on her condition.

When she and Brosnan took possession of the dog after Lopez found her, Morabito-accardi could tell she was “very lovable.”

“As soon as we got her in the car, she was jumping and kissing and a little nervous,” she said. “[She’s] a little intimidated by men, so she must have been abused by a man.”

She also said that the dog’s abusers boxed

A construction worker found this malnourished female pit bull and Lab mix in a Brooklyn dumpster Tuesday. INSTAGRAM/ RITA MORABITO-ACCARDI

her tail, and it was so botched “they obviously did it at home.”

The dog should be ready for her new home in a few weeks, Morabitoaccardi said.

“We have to fatten her up and will do a personality check,” she added.

“We have to test to see if she’s OK with kids and men, my female took almost a year to be OK.”

“She safe, belly’s full and cleaned. And she will be getting a good home soon.”

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If anyone is interested in adopting the dog, donating toward her medical bills, giving items such as blankets or food or

fostering a rescue themselves, please email nikki .mascali@metro.us, who will send your info to Morabito-accardi.

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POLITICS Repealing Obamacare would leave 32M more uninsured Thirty-two million Americans would lose their health insurance by 2026 if Obamacare is repealed without a replacement, the U.S. Congressional Budget Office reported as President Donald Trump pushed fellow Senate Republicans to reach an agreement on overhauling the country’s healthcare law.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell planned to hold a vote for a straight repeal

of the Affordable Care Act next week after a bill to repeal and replace collapsed on Monday with the Republican party sharply divided.

According to the CBO, a nonpartisan office that analyzes pending legislation, 17 million Americans would lose health insurance alone in 2018 with a repeal while premiums on individual insurance plans would rise 25 percent next year and double by 2026.

Trump told 49 Republican

senators at a White House lunch on Wednesday that he wanted more than a straight repeal.

After taking a hands-off approach to the healthcare debate last week and suggesting on Tuesday that he was fine with letting Obamacare fail, Trump on Wednesday demanded that senators stay in Washington through their planned August recess until they can find common ground on healthcare.

“We’re close. We’re very close,” Trump said at the start of

the meeting.

He demanded that lawmakers keep their campaign promises to repeal and replace Obamacare and find a new approach to healthcare.

“We can repeal, but we should repeal and replace, and we shouldn’t leave town until this is complete,” he said.

After the lunch, McConnell said he will go ahead with a vote early next week to begin debate on a repeal of the ACA. REUTERS

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“You can tell she misses the companionship,” Venus Hall, educator at Alley Pond Environmental Center in Douglaston, told Metro Wednesday of Mini Me, who was Millennium’s companion.

Millennium, an African spurred tortoise that was rescued by APEC 12 years ago, was reported missing on Monday afternoon after he couldn’t be found in one of his usual haunts or burrows in his garden area.

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tion, staffers noticed that a back gate in the garden had been tinkered with, leading them to believe that Millennium had been stolen and hadn’t burrowed under the gate, Hall told DNAinfo on Tuesday.

APEC did not have any surveillance cameras centered on the area, but it is something that the facility might consider in the near future, Hall told Metro.

Metro: Have there been any updates on Millennium’s whereabouts?

Venus Hall: Not at this time. A lot of people are calling concerned, but we have nothing yet.

How has his absence affected Mini Me? The first morning she was actually not aggressive, but we had her inside, and she was knocking things over. She’s more lethargic than normal.

What dangers are facing Millennium if he’s not cared for properly?

He needs a large area to walk around and burrow. If they don’t have him in enclosure, he can burrow himself out of any simple yard. It’s a danger to be hit by car if he gets out on his own or he could get into things like pesticides that are in those kinds of yards.

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BETTING ON OBAMACARE President Trump and his fellow Republicans just put a big, fat wager on the table. Unable to muster enough support to pass their vaunted repeal-and-replace plan for the Affordable Care Act, the president announced an alternative strategy: “We’ll let Obamacare fail, and then the Democrats are gonna come to us, and they’re gonna say, ‘How do we fix it? How do we fix it?’ or, ‘How do we come up with a new plan?’”

That’s a bold claim, considering that former President Barack Obama — and pretty much every Democrat in D.C. since — has declared it a raging success. “Never in American history has the uninsured rate been lower than it is today. Never!” he said last October.

So who is right? In some ways, the Republicans are. The Affordable Care Act is failing if you counted on Obama’s promise that it would dramatically reduce pretty much everyone’s insurance premiums.

The rate of increase has slowed, but those payments are still ticking upward. Choice is also not working out so well.

Numerous big-name insurance companies have retreated from the markets in several states, leaving some folks with few options or none. Maybe those companies will come back, and the problem will ease. Or maybe not, and it may get worse.

But the Democrats are right, too — the Affordable Care Act is succeeding if you look at the 20 million people who didn’t have insur-

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ance before the law and now do. People with pre-existing conditions have more protections.

Many of the ACA’s provisions are popular. And despite blustery GOP predictions of a financial “death spiral” for the ACA, the numbers say otherwise. A report from the respected Kaiser Family Foundation this month says “new data offer more evidence that the individual market has been stabilizing, and insurers are regaining profitability.”

That sounds a tad wonky, but here’s the plain English version: While Obamacare is not succeeding as well as some hoped, and it certainly has problems in some places, it’s also not failing coast-to-coast as some others have feared.

And unless Republicans nudge it that direction, their wait for Obamacare’s collapse could be a very long one.

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NEW YORK CITY New York man gets 22 years in prison for hammer attacks A hammer-wielding man who attacked four people including a police officer during a threeday string of assaults in New York City two years ago was sentenced on Wednesday to 22 years in prison, prosecutors said.

David Baril, 32, pleaded guilty in May to attempted aggravated assault upon a police officer and multiple counts of assault in the second degree,

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance said in a statement, adding that “New Yorkers were gripped with fear” during the attacks.

Baril, a native of New York City’s Bronx borough who police said suffers from paranoid schizophrenia, was also sentenced to five years of post-release supervision.

On May 11, 2015, he randomly attacked a 20-year-old man in Manhattan, striking him in the back of the head

with a hammer, according to prosecutors.

Several hours later, he used the same hammer to attack two women aged 28 and 33, also hitting them both in the head.

Baril was identified as a suspect using security camera footage and witness accounts. Two days later, police officers Lauren O’Rourke and Geraldo Casaigne spotted Baril in midtown Manhattan and approached him, Vance’s statement said.

Baril pulled out a hammer

and repeatedly struck O’Rourke in the head and body before Casaigne drew his gun and fired four shots at him.

Baril had been arrested eight times prior to the hammer attacks, once for attempting to assault a police officer, authorities said at the time. In May 2014, Baril posted a photo on social media showing a bloody hammer that is believed to be the same one used in the attacks.

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Good job, ‘Game of Thrones’ fans, you stopped watching online porn for an hour The Season 7 premiere was satisfying, apparently.

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Good job guys, it looks like a few of you managed to peel your eyes away from watching internet porn watching long enough to watch the hour-long “Game of Thrones” season 7 premiere on Sunday.

Give yourselves a pat on the back.

It turns out if there’s anything that can distract people from watching porn, it’s “Game of Thrones,” which makes sense considering many of the episodes contain graphic scenes of sex and violence anyway.

The highly anticipated “Game of Thrones” Season 7 premiere on Sunday caused a 4.5 dip in traffic on Pornhub during the airing from 9 to 10 p.m. That’s a considerable change to the number of visitors on the popular porn website, statisticians noted, as Sunday night is typically one of the most popular times for people to watch porn on Pornhub. That’s the most ever for a “Game of Thrones” premiere, though the biggest drop ever in Pornhub traffic correlating with “Game of Thrones” happened on June 26, 2016, during the Season 6 finale.

Though notable, Pornhub viewers are actually more likely to be distracted by football, basketball and (believe it or not) politics than they are by “Game of Thrones.”

Pornhub visitors dropped by a whopping 27 percent on Feb. 5 during Super Bowl

Pornhub data showed a drop in online porn stats.

Li when comparing traffic to an average Sunday.

Game 5 of the NBA Finals on June 12 was also a major traffic deterrent on Pornhub, which saw traffic dip by 17 to 21 percent during the game time when compared to an average Monday.

Even the James Comey Senate hearing on June 8 caused a bigger drop in traffic to Pornhub in the Washington area when compared to a typical Thursday. The porn site saw a 10 percent drop in visitors at 10 a.m. when the testimony began.

Pornhub saw big spikes in traffic at the conclusion of both the NBA and NFL games.

After losing, Cavaliers fans apparently felt the need to make themselves feel better, causing a 28 percent jump in traffic in the Cleveland Area.

Nationwide there was a 9 percent jump in porn

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traffic on Pornhub at the conclusion of Super Bowl Li. There was no such spike after the “Game of Thrones” premiere, which probably means people were pretty satisfied with the show.

Pornhub plans to track visitors throughout the seven-episode season.

Stay tuned to see what happens this year.

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg would tie Trump in election: Poll A new survey shows the theoretical Democratic candidate in a dead heat.

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg would tie Donald Trump in a theoretical presidential election, a new survey shows.

The poll released Tuesday by the Democratic firm Public Policy Polling showed Zuckerberg evenly matched with Trump, with 40 percent support each. Twenty percent were undecided.

But Zuckerberg also trends toward Trump in another way: Underwater favorability ratings. Twenty-nine percent of respondents have an unfavorable

New data shows that Mark Zuckerberg is as electable as Trump.

view of Zuckerberg, with only 24 percent favorable.

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The poll found Trump to have a 55 percent unfavorable and 41 percent favorable rating.

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When Harry Styles met Christopher Nolan Harry Styles, far left, makes his movie acting debut in Christopher Nolan’s “Dunkirk,” in theaters Friday. WARNER BROS. PICTURES

The filmmaker swears he had no idea who the One Direction star was when he cast him in “Dunkirk.”

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With “Dunkirk,” Christopher Nolan wants you to feel like you’re really there. The filmmaker’s latest is a World War II epic, dropping us into the aftermath of the Battle of Dunkirk, in which 400,000 English soldiers were trapped on a beach in the north of France.

Home was a short trip across the sea, but they were surrounded by the German army. Their rescue is the stuff of legend.

But Nolan doesn’t want you to get bogged down in details. “Dunkirk” isn’t a Wikipedia movie. It’s no mere history lesson.

“The most important thing for me was to demonstrate what it felt like to the people who were really there,” Nolan says.

He didn’t want there to be too much information or an abundance of war movie cliches. “I wanted to tell an intensely subjective story that gave the public a wider view of what happened, but without the need for barracks, generals and maps.”

He also didn’t want to use special effects. He wanted every plane, every ship, every location to be real.

“With this film, I realized the true value of the genuine,.” Shots with a thousand soldiers lined up on the beach really do feature a thousand actors.

“When you see real photos of this, it immediately catches your attention.

It’s interesting to give something like this to the audience, to show what

it was like to be formed there, waiting in the middle of nowhere for days.”

The cast of “Dunkirk” is huge, mostly filled with extras. There are big names littered about: Tom Hardy as a hotshot pilot who guns down enemy planes; Kenneth Branagh as an anguished commander trying to get his boys home; Mark Rylance as one of many English civilians who drove their boats across the Channel, ferrying soldiers back home. But many of our leads are unknowns . One of those is Fionn Whitehead, who plays Tommy, a private who’s the closest thing this ensemble picture has to a lead.

“We needed young strangers to play those characters,” Nolan explains. “I didn’t want 31-year-olds doing 19-year-old roles. We wanted people to see

guys with no expectations about whether they will survive or not.”

And then there’s Harry Styles. Nolan was having trouble casting the role of Alex, one of the

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other key young soldiers.

As they searched, The One Directioner sent an audition tape.

“We told him, ‘Well, if you want to come in like any stranger and try this thing you’ve never done before, you’re welcome,’” Nolan recalls. Styles did just that. After what Nolan calls “audition workshops” — in which actors spend several days switching parts, acting alongside each other, forming a group — he felt Styles was “perfect.”

It helped that Nolan definitely isn’t up with popular music.

“Harry who?” he jokes.

“When the auditions took place, I did not know who he was.

My children knew who he was, but I

hadn’t seen much of him, because of my age.”

“Dunkirk” is an intense experience, even moreso than his three “Batman” movies or “Inception” or “Interstellar.”

It demands the audience pay attention, not look at their smartphones, keep their brains switched on. But Nolan swears he doesn’t have any loftier ambitions than to keep you watching the screen.

“My goal is first and foremost to entertain,” Nolan explains. “What cinema can do for the audience is give them an invigorating experience that they could not safely experience in their lives — that will take them to a place where they would never imagine, be it a place of fiction or Dunkirk. My hope is that at the end of the film, the audience will take a break and think, ‘OK, that was an experience.’”

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planetsâ&#x20AC;?

Director: Luc Besson Stars: Dane DeHaan, Cara Delevingne Rating: PG-13 In 1997, the summer movie season was considerably weirded up by a pricey sci-ďŹ extravaganza called â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Fifth Element.â&#x20AC;? It had American stars, including Bruce Willis, but it was, in fact, French â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the bizarre brainchild of Luc Besson (â&#x20AC;&#x153;La Femme Nikitaâ&#x20AC;?), casually dropped into American multiplexes. And it was strange. It had a president played by a wrestler, a baddie (Gary Oldman) who sweated chocolate and a tentacled blue space diva crooning a hip-hop aria while Willis cried.

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WKND Fifth Elementâ&#x20AC;?; its messier, longer, forgettable. But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an antidote to the same-ness of our summer franchise hellscape â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a Eurotrash spectacle that comes from one manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s strange head, not from a greedy corporation.

Based on an old French comic, Bessonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s latest is set in a deep future in which humanity improbably got its stuďŹ&#x20AC; together and formed some galactic federation with far-ďŹ&#x201A;ung beings. Dane DeHaan and Cara Delevingne play our hot-shot agent heroes â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a bickering will-they-or-wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;tthey pair who must save the titular metropolis: a space hub for the universeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best species.

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Judd Apatow hints at a ‘Knocked Up’ sequel The filmmaker talks touring and the 10th anniversary of the hit comedy.

got busy doing other things. Now that I’m older and have children and a life, I have much more to say today than when I was a kid.

MATT JUUL @MetroNewYork

This year is the 10th anniversary of “Knocked Up” hitting theaters.

How are Seth Rogen and Katherine Heigl’s characters doing as parents these days?

That’s a very good question. I’ve thought about it a lot. There may be another movie in it one day, so I won’t give away any answers. Who knows?

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It’s hard to believe it’s been 10 years since Judd Apatow introduced us to Ben and Alison, the one-night stand turned unlikely parents played

by Seth Rogen and Katherine Heigl in the hit comedy “Knocked Up.” Although the sort-of spin-off “This Is 40” offered a glimpse at how Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann’s characters are dealing with parenthood these days, fans are still wondering about the future of the series’ original couple. Well, the wait may be over soon according to Apatow, as the comedian and filmmaker revealed to us that a sequel could happen in the near future.

Before the northeast

Are you and Heigl cool now after her initial, negative response to the film?

Yeah.

Judd Apatow performs in Connecticut on July 23. PROVIDED

leg of his tour stops in Connecticut this weekend, the 49-year-old star opened up about doing another “Knocked Up” movie, returning to stand-up after his hiatus and more.

After taking a break from stand-up, is it weird being back on stage?

It’s just so fun coming back to stand-up. It was all I ever wanted to do.

Everything else has been

an offshoot. When I was a kid, I was obsessed with [Jerry] Seinfeld and [Jay] Leno and I loved watching comedians on talk shows. I did stand-up from the time I was 17 until I was 24, then I just

Do you think you could write a movie as comedic or tragic as what’s going on with Donald Trump’s White House?

It’s giving everyone a lot of anxiety. Everyday there’s some new, strange detail. I don’t

think most people think we’re in very safe hands.

It is satirical, but it’s real and it’s concerning. You don’t want the leaders of your country to be comfortable lying. You don’t want them to do all sorts of meetings and accidentally leave the names of the people they meet with off all of their forms. For Republicans and Democrats, it makes them nervous because you don’t know what’s going on, you don’t know what interests they’re serving. Yes, 20 years from now it will be very comical and someone will make a hilarious miniseries out of it. Right now, it’s troubling.

Does all the Trump talk bleed into your stand-up work at all?

I talk about politics a little bit because I don’t know how you avoid it.

There’s too much going on and we’re thinking about it all day. It’s hard not to dip into a little bit of what’s happening.

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In its second season, ‘Insecure’ finds its groove

Issa (Issa Rae) and Molly (Yvonne Orji) shine brighter this season, too. JUSTINA MINTZ/HBO

And it’s funnier and fresher than ever.

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“Insecure” — which premieres Sunday, July 23 — finally gets into a refreshing groove in its sophomore season, and the first thing you’ll notice is that it’s funnier than ever. But not to worry: You’ll still be able to cringe right along with your faves.

In the first few epi-

sodes, for example, Issa (Issa Rae) hilariously suffers through a string of sad dates, rejections and desperate hookups leading to what has to be the most awkward and uncomfortable-looking sex ever shown on TV. Lawrence (Jay Ellis) revels in his newfound singlehood, cementing his status as a f—kboi. And Molly (Yvonne Orji) questions the perfection she’s been striving for all along.

Overall, the second season manages to thoughtfully cover new

territory, highlighting how we often strive toward goals in life that aren’t the best choices for us. And your faves finally discover that all that glitters isn’t gold.

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New Yorkers don headsets and experience virtual reality at VR World, an arcade in Manhattan. ALL PHOTOS PROVIDED

With VR World, NYC finally gets a way to check out the latest virtual-reality tech.

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Hold onto your controllers, NYC — a huge new virtual-reality arcade called VR World just landed in Manhattan.

“You can walk in and try some of the best of what virtual reality has to offer,” says Yasser Ghanchi, CEO of VR World. “What we’re trying to do is make virtual reality accessible to consumers.”

Virtual reality has been the “next big thing” in gaming for years now, but unless you were going to a tech convention or shelling out over $1,000 for equipment,

there wasn’t a good way to try it.

Enter VR World, where you can experience 50 of the hottest games and movies in a three-story space that feels more like an upscale lounge than the usual beeping, flashing arcades, complete with a full bar and, soon, food service. “It’s important that the experience is not too overwhelming, so you can play a game then have a snack and relax for a bit,” Ghanchi says.

Located right in the shadow of the Empire State Building at 4 E. 34th St., visitors pay a flat fee of $39 for all-day unlimited access. Children over 7 are allowed in; what they can play is at their guardians’ discretion.

The games start out fairly intuitively on the first floor with titles like

“Fruit Ninja,” the retrofuturistic alien shooter “Space Pirates” and Google’s “Tilt Brush,” which lets you paint in the air then step through your own brush strokes.

New to VR? Each game has an attendant who helps you put on the equipment and learn the controls. An electronic wristband lets you queue up at each station, where a turn takes about 10 minutes between instructions and 5-7 minutes of play.

Upstairs, the games get more complex: Cause havoc with “Rick & Morty;” bend time in “Superhot” or scale a cliff face in “The Climb.”

“It sounds so basic, but it’s so realistic,” Ghanchi says. “We’ve had people screaming when they fall.”

Virtual reality is often accused of removing the social aspect of gaming,

but VR World strives to keep friends connected.

Each station has a screen streaming the current player’s game, and several stations offer multiplayer games like the space station shooter “Robo Recall” and a zombie hunt that prompted some screaming of its own.

The arcade has several rigs that will likely never be available for home use, like four linked Formula 1-style racing seats and steering wheels, and a flight simulator you lay belly-down in. Ghanchi says developers are already approaching him to feature their games even before they’re marketed to current home VR users.

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accessible to consumers and lead to wider VR adoption,” Ghanchi explains, “but we also want

to partner with the content people because they need support.”

Funding the development of his own video game prompted him

to start VR World. “I landed in the virtual reality world through my passion in life, which is cricket,” he says. “I’m originally from Pakistan, and it’s only because of a complete lack of talent that I’m not playing cricket.”

The next best thing should’ve been a video game, but “there aren’t any great cricket video games; then I realized it’s because the console experience doesn’t lend itself to cricket.

Virtual reality solves that problem.”

“I sound almost like a child talking about video games,” he says with a laugh. “But it’s only going to get better, and it’s only going to get more realistic.”

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Brunch doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get a lot of respect. Breakfast is the most important, lunch is about socializing and business deals, and dinner is the one we splurge on. But brunch is a frivolous luxury, right?

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Ellia Bisker (of Sweet Soubrette) and Jeff Morris (Kotorino) come together at Joe’s Pub for one night only, taking up their ukelele and guitar to sing of ghost stories and circus arts, ancient mythology and true crime -charm and disaster.

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“That Chemistry Show” Once great theater is in motion it stays in motion, according to Sir Isaac Newton, or something like that. You can learn more at “That Physics Show,” which has been in motion since the start of 2016. In fact, it’s been so successful that it’s getting a sister show: “That Chemistry Show.” “Mad Scientist” Borislaw Bilash hosts the newest slice of edutainment theater, using both comedy and firepower to demonstrate chemical interactions, combustion theory and more.

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Whether you’re a Mulder or the much-put-upon Scully to someone else’s Mulder, these extraterrestrial-friendly destinations will make your road trip searching for the truth one to remember.

UFO Reporting Center Most places in the U.S. that are known for their UFO activity tend to be isolated parts of the southwestern desert or heavily forested areas of the Pacific Northwest. But it turns out that one of the best places to look for UFOs is a town better known for golf and sunburned vacationers. Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, has played host to a huge number of sightings. And while it hasn’t held as notable extraterrestrial pedigree as, say, Roswell, the people of the beach town have been diligent in reporting on the appearances of UFOs. The National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) is chock full of sightings from tourists and locals alike describing the presence of floating orange orbs, leap-frogging lights, mysterious triangular light formations, and giant fire-like spheres hanging over the water.

Sedona, Arizona Maybe it’s the presence of the mysterious “vortexes” or the high altitude, but there’s something about Sedona that has rendered it a hotbed of UFO activity. And if you’re a bit of a novice, there are a handful of tours that’ll show you the ropes of identifying bona fide UFOs.

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Intrepid believers looking to do a little investigating of their own at one the alleged crash sites will have a difficult time of it.

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California was recently bestowed with the auspicious honor of being named the top state for UFO sightings. But of all the Golden State’s UFO-friendly spots, it’s Joshua Tree National Park that allows enthusiasts to hit two birds with one stone.

Joshua Tree has been a hub of UFOs and the people who seek them out for decades. You can visit the appropriately named Giant Rock that’s served as a gathering site for enthusiasts since the 1950s.

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Yanksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; trade isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really about Frazier

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You have to commend the New York Yankees for their ability to work on the fly. When a need or hole reveals itself within the roster, general manager Brian Cashman usually addresses it.

It was no different just as the clock struck midnight on early Wednesday morning as

New York completed a deal with the Chicago White Sox, acquiring slugger Todd Frazier along with relievers David Robertson and Tommy Kahnle. In return, the Yankees sent 2016 first-round pick and outfielder Blake Rutherford, minor leaguers Ian Clarkin (LHP), Tito Polo (OF) and big-league reliever Tyler Clippard.

That last part made Yankees fans plenty happy considering Clippard was a trainwreck this season, sporting a 4.95 ERA with 19 walks, 20 earned runs and 28 hits allowed in just 31 innings.

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Believe it or not, the now-70-year-old O.J. Simpson has been in prison for nine years.

Thursday, he is up for parole.

“The Juice” has been serving a nine-to- 33year sentence for his role in a robbery of his own memorabilia in 2008 and all signs are pointing toward the former Heisman Trophy winner being released as early as October of this year.

Amazing how time flies.

I can vividly remember that Friday in June of 1994 when the infamous “chase scene” was being broadcasted on every television set in America. All eyes were glued on the image of a white Ford Bronco containing Simpson being pursued by a swarm of police vehicles. It was a moment I will never forget.

The Knicks had been

playing at The Garden that night in the NBA Finals against the Houston Rockets and the scene was unlike anything I had ever seen before.

As the game was being broadcast on television, you could see the seats begin to empty up toward the concession stands. Eventually, the entire arena (excluding the Knicks and Rockets players, though Patrick Ewing might as well have been watching) had turned its focus on what was unfolding across the L.A. freeways.

Then in 1995, we had the murder case in which O.J. would inevitably be found not guilty of the murders of his exwife and her lover.

But he wouldn’t walk free for long.

Jump to Las Vegas in 2008, when O.J. was arrested and charged with armed robbery for attempting to get back some of his own memorabilia. There was no escaping this time for Simpson, and he was sentenced to nine to 33 years in prison.

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New York County, for on premises consumption. Harlem Burger Inc. d/b/a Archer and Goat.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a license, Serial # 1301319, for On Premise Liquor has been applied for by the undersigned to sell Beer, Wine & Liquor at retail in a Restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 158 Lafayette St.,, New York, NY 10013. New York County, for on premises consumption. Marie Adrienne LLC d/b/a The Ship.

LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County of Queens Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Plaintiff AGAINST Donna BroomďŹ eld, et al, Defendant. Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated 1/11/2017 and entered on 2/1/2017, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the Queens County Courthouse, 88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Courtroom 25, Jamaica, NY on August 04, 2017 at 10:00 AM premises known as 179-71 Anderson Road, Jamaica, NY 11434. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York, BLOCK: 12475, LOT: 64.

Approximate amount of judgment is $341,828,.

30 plus interests and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of ďŹ led Judgment Index # 16683/2012 Ned Kassman, Referee FRENKEL LAMBERT WEISS WEISMAN & GORDON LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a license, Number 1303318, for Restaurant Wine has been applied for by the undersigned to sell Beer & Wine at retail in a Chinese Restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at: 221-02A Horace Harding Blvd., Oakland Gardens, NY 11364, for on-premises consumption.

SpringďŹ eld Little Dumpling Inc. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a license, Number 1303911, for On Premise Liquor has been applied for by the undersigned to sell Beer, Wine & Liquor at retail in a Restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 89-06/89-08 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst, NY 11373, for on premises consumption. Manila To New York Steak House Corp.

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SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF QUEENS NYCTL 1998-2 TRUST, and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Paying Agent and Collateral Agent and Custodian for the NYCTL 1998 TRUST, Plaintiffs -against-LALLI BAWA DEVELOPERS INC., et al. Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale dated September 16, 2016, and entered on September 29, 2016, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Queens County Supreme Courthouse, 88-11 Sutphin Blvd., in Courtroom # 25, Jamaica, NY on August 4, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. premises situate, lying and being in the Borough of Queens, City of New York, County of Queens and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the easterly side of 118th Street, distant 50 feet southerly from the corner formed by the intersection of the southerly side of 89th Avenue, formerly Ridgewood Avenue and therefore, Stewart Avenue, with the said easterly side of 118th Street; being a plot 92 feet by 50 feet by 92 feet by 50 feet. Block: 9345 Lot: 50.

Said premises known as 89-07 118th STREET, RICHMOND HILL, NY. Approximate amount of lien $13,768.43 plus interest & costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment and Terms of Sale. Index Number 18482/2014 DAVID S. DIKMAN, ESQ., Referee Seyfarth Shaw LLP Attorney(s) for Plaintiffs 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10018

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Supreme Court County of Queens Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Plaintiff AGAINST Dileysi D. Rodriguez a/k/a Dileysi Rodriguez, et al, Defendant. Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated 5/31/2017 and entered on 6/12/2017, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the Queens County Courthouse, 88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Courtroom 25, Jamaica, NY on August 04, 2017 at 10:00 AM premises known as 143-41 84th Drive, Unit 1B, Briarwood, NY 11435. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York, BLOCK: 9736, LOT: 1002. Approximate amount of judgment is $685,544.80 plus interests and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 701243/2013 Gerald Chiariello II, Referee FRENKEL LAMBERT WEISS WEISMAN & GORDON LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706

SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF QUEENS HSBC Bank USA, National Association as Trustee for Nomura Asset Acceptance Corporation, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-1, Plaintiff AGAINST Jorge Santiago a/k/a Jorge L. Santiago; et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated May 31, 2017 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Queens County Supreme Courthouse, Courtroom #25, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York on August 4, 2017 at 10:00AM, premises known as 133-32 86th Street, Ozone Park, NY 11417. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of NY, Block 11365 Lot 18. Approximate amount of judgment $531,392.27 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 709663/2014.

Donna Furey, Esq., Referee Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 759-1835 Dated: June 19, 2017 46875

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF QUEENS Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Plaintiff AGAINST Arturo Fernando Rooke a/k/a Arturo F. Rooke; Carlota Rooke; et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated May 31, 2017 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Queens County Supreme Courthouse, Courtroom #25, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York on August 4, 2017 at 10:00AM, premises known as 223-45 113th Avenue, Queens Village, NY 11429. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of NY, Section 49 Block 11222 Lot 1.

Approximate amount of judgment $55,250.04 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 704263/2014.

Judah Maltz, Esq., Referee Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 759-1835 Dated: June 19, 2017 46874

NOTICE OF FORMATION of CAIA INTERNATIONAL LLC. Articles of Org. filed with the Secy. of State of New York (SSNY) on 03/29/2017. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC c/o 112 West 56th Street, PH North, New York, NY 10019.

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NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF QUEENS WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., Plaintiff AGAINST DAWNYELL GAINES, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated June 09, 2015 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Queens County Courthouse in Courtroom # 25, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York, on July 28, 2017 at 10:00AM, premises known as 110-48 197TH STREET, SAINT ALBANS, NY 11412.

All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Queens, City and State of New York, BLOCK 10936, LOT 247.

Approximate amount of judgment $400,994.12 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 8154/13.

Joseph N. Misk, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 46563

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SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF QUEENS HSBC BANK USA, N.A., Plaintiff Against DEODATT DEOSARRAN, HEMCHANDRA DEOSARRAN, et al Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on December 23, 2016. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Queens County Supreme Courthouse, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Court Room # 25, Jamaica, N.Y. on the 4th day of August, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. premises described as follows: All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the fourth ward, of the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York. Said premises known as 101-52 133rd Street, South Richmond Hill, N.Y. 11419 a/k/a 101-52 133rd Street, Jamaica, NY 11419.

(Block: 9500, Lot: 28) Approximate amount of lien $ 582,839.85 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale.

Index No. 25668-10.

Thomas R. Purcell, Esq., Referee.

Fein, Such & Crane, LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff 28 East Main Street, Suite 1800 Rochester, N.Y. 14614 (585) 232-7400

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a license, Number 1303581, for Beer & Wine has been applied for by the undersigned to sell Beer & Wine at retail in a Restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 263 Flatbush Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11217, for on premises consumption. Koto Sushi Inc.

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Supreme Court County of Queens Bank of America, N.A., Plaintiff, N.A., Plaintiff AGAINST Denise Salters Wilson, et al, Defendant. Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated 5/31/2017 and entered on 6/14/2017, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the Queens County Courthouse, 88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Courtroom 25, Jamaica, NY on August 04, 2017 at 10:00 AM premises known as 260 Beach 81st Street, Unit 4J, Far Rockaway, NY 11693. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York, BLOCK: 16113, LOT: 1159.

Approximate amount of judgment is $364,711.86 plus interests and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 703009/2013 Leslie S. Nizin, Referee FRENKEL LAMBERT WEISS WEISMAN & GORDON LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a license Number 1303783, for Eating Place Beer has been applied for by the undersigned to sell Beer at retail in a Restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 45 Gold Street #B 20, Brooklyn, NY 11201, for on-premises consumption. Brooklyn Poke LLC.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a license, Number TBA, for Beer & Wine has been applied for by the undersigned to sell Beer & Wine at retail in a Restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 130 St Marks Place, New York, NY 10009, for on premises consumption.

La Pizza Di Tramonti Inc. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a license Number 1303731, for On Premises Liquor has been applied for by the undersigned to sell Beer, Wine & Liquor at retail in a Bar under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 43-02 Main Street, Flushing, NY 11355, for on-premises consumption.

The View KTV Inc. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a license, Number 1303638, for Beer, Wine & Liquor has been applied for by the undersigned to sell Beer, Wine & Liquor at retail in a Restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 138 Nassau Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11222, for on premises consumption.

PJ Sutton Inc. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a license Number 1303847, for Restaurant Wine has been applied for by the undersigned to sell Beer & Wine at retail in a Restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 149-09 41st Ave., Flushing, NY 11355, for on-premises consumption. SMKF Inc. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a license, Number 1302692, for Wine & Beer has been applied for by the undersigned to sell Wine & Beer at retail in a Tavern under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 24 East 94th St., New York, NY 10028. New York County, for on premises consumption. 97 Coffee & Wine LLC d/b/a 97 Coffee & Wine.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a license Number 1303615, for Restaurant Wine has been applied for by the undersigned to sell Beer & Wine at retail in a Restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 49-11 Roosevelt Ave., Woodside, NY 11377, for onpremises consumption. Sik Gaek Jay Family Inc.

LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a license, Number 1303852, for On Premise Liquor has been applied for by the undersigned to sell Liquor, Beer & Wine at retail in a Restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 157 2nd Ave., NY 10003, for on premises consumption. Yuan Noodle LLC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, PURSUANT TO LAW, that the NYC Department of Consumer Affairs will hold a Public Hearing on Wednesday August 02, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. at 42 Broadway, 5th floor on a petition for Juquila Kitchen and Bar, Corp. to new, maintain, and operate an unenclosed sidewalk cafe at 3905 29th Street. in the Borough of Queens for a term of two years.

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metro.us/horoscopes Aries Reconnect with someone from your past to gain a different perspective on how others perceive you. What you learn will be to your advantage. Romance is featured.

Libra Taking a trip, attending a conference or trade show or just spending time with someone you can learn something from or enjoy being with will make your day.

Taurus Pour your emotions, talent and discipline into doing your best job. Let your experience help you finish what you start without interference. Say little and do a lot.

Scorpio Don’t feel that you must jump into something because someone else does. Do your own thing and don’t feel the need to explain your decision to anyone.

Gemini Emotions will be running high. Before you let your enthusiasm spin out of control, make sure you are being honest in your assessment of what’s actually happening.

Sagittarius Travel, communication and positive changes to your life are favored. Execute your plans with finesse. Put time aside for a little family fun or a romantic evening.

Cancer Physical, emotional and domestic changes can be made, as long as you stick to a strict budget and are detailed and precise in your assessment and plans.

Capricorn Don’t take on more than you can handle. There will be a difference between what you can do and what someone wants you to do. Make your position clear.

Leo If you reconnect with someone you have worked with in the past, new opportunities will develop. The willingness to put in extra effort will lead to a solid partnership.

Aquarius Socialize, plan an event or get involved in a joint venture you find intriguing.

Speak up and share your ideas if you want good things to happen.

Virgo Keep your opinions to yourself. Don’t give anyone access to your passwords or personal information. Take care of your emotional and physical health.

Pisces Your charm will attract attention.

Don’t lead anyone on or get involved with someone you know little about. Ask questions. EUGENIA LAST

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