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| Homegrown Beauty
Diana Vrankovic Home: Astoria Age: 18 Height: 5’6" Weight: 118 lbs. Stats: 34-30-34 With icy blue-green eyes and an equally ice stare, Diana is a natural in front of a camera. This 18-year-old Queensborough College student is trying to make the big time as a hot stuff model and did an ad in the February edition of Superb Magazine. She is also featured on the Explore Talent Agency Web site. “I just want to get discovered,” Diana said. “I got serious with it about two years ago, and my goal is to be a magazine model. That would make me so happy.” Diana describes herself as a person who likes to try many different things. Whether it is eating Spanish and Thai food or going clubbing at her favorite nightspot, Club DNA in Astoria, Diana likes to experience many different parts of Queens culture. She added that she is a big hip-hop fan and would like to learn how to breakdance. Majoring in education, Diana said she plans to transfer from Queensborough to Queens College in the fall. She feels education would be a good field for her because it offers both the opportunity to be the center of attention and a chance to make an impact on others’ lives. “I’m very caring and nice, and I don’t put myself in front of others,” she said. “I’m very determined in what I do.” Diana also said that she does not get discouraged when she has unsuccessful auditions for dance companies and other roles. Not only is she involved with modeling and school, but Diana also baby-sits and works part time in Prato Menswear on Steinway Street. Any guy suddenly need to go clothing shopping? Work it, girl. |
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| The Traveling Trib
Bayside's Denise Cohen reads the Trib on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls. This summer take the Queens Tribune or The Press of Southeast Queens with you on vacation and send us a picture showing you or a friend reading the paper in some far-off identifiable place. Bon Voyage!
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| A Yen For Business
If Queens businesses were looking over their shoulders they would have seen Los Angeles sneaking up on them to take the title of the number one county for Asian-owned businesses.
According to a report released last week by the U.S. Census Bureau, on a county level, Los Angeles County was the clear leader, with 140,111 businesses with $52.5 billion in revenues as Queens County followed in second but not even close – with 48,241 firms and only $5.5 billion in revenue. And to think the almost 1.1 million Asian-owned businesses across the country generated more than $326 billion in revenue in 2002. Sounds like that makes for a nice paycheck, except for one thing, only one in three of the Asian-owned firms have paid employees, but those firms employed more than 2.2 million people and generated nearly $291 billion in revenue. |
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| Can You Get A Shot For That?
Apparently, no one taught Queens firefighter instructor Bob Fasano not to play with Mark 1 automatic-injectors.
Fasano had to be rushed to NYHQ recently, after injecting his thumb with the drug atropine, which is intended to treat patients who have been affected by chemical agents. In the bloodstream, atropine can cause your heart to slow down and your abdominal muscles to relax (potentially causing a bit of a mess). Fortunately, Fasano did not suffer any serious adverse affects when he set off the trigger device while teaching a class at Fort Totten. The drug had expired and lost its potency. According to published reports, Fasano wasn’t even teaching a class on chemical warfare at the time. He was merely fiddling with the device and accidentally set it off. |
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| Donald’s Hood
About.com has Donald Trump listed under its “They Came from Queens” section of their Web site.
The site lists the Donald’s hometown of Jamaica Estates as one of the most beautiful areas in Queens and encourages Web visitors to go take a peek at the home Trump grew up in. “Ride the F subway out to its terminus 179 Street, and walk up Hillside Avenue two blocks to Midland Parkway, the heart of Jamaica Estates,” reads the instruction. “This gorgeous street was where Trump grew up, and it’s a Tudor dream on both sides of the Grand Central Parkway.” Even though About.com said the real estate mogul’s ego may get on your nerves it thought the trip to Midland Parkway would be pleasant. |
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| What A State!
If Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. gets his way, all American flags might have to be recalled – they’ll need to add another star.
Vallone has introduced legislation – for the second time – which would create a committee to discuss whether New York City should become its own state. And no, he’s not kidding. Most people react skeptically to the proposal, Vallone said, but when they hear the facts, the idea doesn’t seem so silly. “Maybe it’s not a good idea for us to be governed by three men in a dysfunctional capital, closer to Canada than it is to here,” Vallone said, referring to the way the state Legislature is run. To become its own state, New York City would have to receive permission from the people (through a referendum), the state Legislature, Congress and the President, a hefty task that Vallone admits would take years. U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner said a better strategy would be to work to elect more Democrats to state office. But Weiner, known for his dry wit, could not resist the quick soundbite crack: “I’m surprised to hear that New York City isn’t a country unto itself already,” he joked. | |||||||||
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