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Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Pope 2008 visit to NY free

Pope Benedict XVI
Pope coming to New York in 2008 AP - 1 hour, 32 minutes ago
AP News NEW YORK - Admission to the pope's Mass next year at Yankees Stadium won't come at major league prices: Tickets are free.

The Archdiocese of New York says it plans to distribute the tickets through its parishes, though it has yet to decide when to begin handing them out.
Diocesan spokesman Joseph Zwilling says tickets will also be available to worshippers coming from elsewhere.
The Vatican announced Monday that Pope Benedict XVI would travel to the United States for the first time as pontiff next year to meet with President Bush, address the United Nations and visit ground zero and Yankee Stadium.

Wilkommen to New York, Pope Benedict!
The German-born pontiff will make his first trip to the Big Apple this April as the leader of the Roman Catholic church, Archbishop Pietro Sambi told the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops today.
The Pope will celebrate Mass at Yankee Stadium and will mark the first time a pontiff has visited Ground Zero.
Pope Benedict will make that pilgrimage to show "solidarity with those who have died, with their families and with all those who wish an end of violence and in the search of peace," said Sambi, the Vatican's ambassador to the U.S.
The visit will take place on the third anniversary of Benedict's election to succeed Pope John Paul, who died in April 2005.
The first leg of the papal visit to the U.S. will be Washington, where Pope Benedict's agenda includes an official White House reception on April 16.
He will celebrate Mass at the new National Stadium in Washington on April 17 and hold meetings with Catholic priests, university presidents, diocesan educators, and youth organizers.
"The pope will not travel much, but he will address himself to the people of the United States and the whole Catholic Church," Sambi said.
After that, the Pope will fly to New York where he is scheduled to address the United Nations on April 18 and celebrate Mass the next day for thousands of worshippers at Yankee Stadium.
By CORKY SIEMASZKODAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Monday, November 12th 2007, 12:58 PM

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Monday, October 22, 2007

AMNY Subway Tracker (NY Blog)

Stay up to speed on NYC subway, bus, MTA and other transit issues
On alert. New York City Transit is now alerting straphangers when their line will be disrupted during the week. A new service will send e-mails about scheduled service disruptions and delays
Scary streets Oct. 17. Every so often, the quiet and neurotic worst fears of pedestrians are realized. To wit: Today's incident at the Bank of America tower. Here's a sampling of other troubling cases:

May 18, 2007 — A steam pipe from the former Deutsche Bank building fell through the roof of the firehouse next door, injuring two firefighters.

May 18, 2007 — A woman falls 10 feet through a sidewalk grate and into a transformer vault in Midtown.

July 14, 2005 — An old Gristede's supermarket under demolition at Broadway and 100th Street collapses. The rubble traps five people and injures four.

January 9, 1998 — Bricks fall four stories from construction scaffolding in Brooklyn, critically injuring a 16-year-old girl. This was one of many incidents involving falling masonry that year, including four separate incidents during a 24-hour period — one in which two entire walls crumbled from a building on 42nd St. ~ Kristen V. Brown ~Posted by Rolando Pujol on October 17, 2007 3:23 PM . The agency already sent e-mails about weekend disruptions. [NY1]

A step in the right direction? att75.jpg (via DOT) The answer of which way to go is at the feet of some lucky and observant straphangers.
Decals of compasses on the sidewalk outside four midtown subway stations around the Grand Central area will greet train riders for the next week, pointing them in the right direction.
The city transportation department, Grand Central Partnership and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority are experimenting with the sidewalk decals to see if subway riders want a permanent compass outside stations.
“If we admit it ourselves, we’ve come out of a subway station and thought, ‘Am I on Madison Avenue?’ ” said Fred Cerullo, president of Grand Central Partnership, a business improvement district.
The compass, a slip-resistant canvass and vinyl prototype, points out the four directions as well as which streets correspond with each direction. For now, New Yorkers can check out the compasses at
-150 East 42nd Street (south side of East 42nd St between Lexington Ave and Third Ave)-Entrance to 42nd Street/Grand Central station
-The Grand Hyatt New York, 109 East 42nd Street (west side of Lexington Ave between East 42nd St and East 43rd St)-Entrance to 42nd Street/Grand Central station
- 570 Lexington Avenue (south side of East 51st St between Lexington Ave and Park Ave)-Entrance to 51st Street/Lexington Avenue station
- 509 Madison Avenue (south side of East 53rd St between Madison Ave and Park Ave)-Entrance to Fifth Avenue/53rd Street station

Continue reading "A step in the right direction?" » by Marlene Naanes on Oct 16 7:26 PM

Cell phone subway service probe The city council will convene a hearing on cell phone service in the subways Thursday. Council members Gail Brewer and John Liu will "review the capabilities and limitations of the system." The MTA already approved a pilot program of six cell and wifi accessible stations that will eventually expand to all stations. Brewer said she wants to probe whether service on the 277 platforms enhances security. She also wants to know what text services, if any, may be paired with cell phone and wifi service, offering customers a line into the MTA or a way to communicate with each other. MTA officials are looking into a text message alert service for Transit customers. The service was one recommendation from the flood report that probed the MTA's response to August's transit crippling floods. Transit officials will be at the hearing to take questions from the council's transportation and technology committees. ~ by Marlene Naanes on Oct 9 6:36 PM

Escalator accident 64771648_4069f1ecc9.jpg
(via flickr's gak) ~ Escalator steps in the Bowling Green subway station collapsed, injuring a woman and upsetting another straphanger yesterday, Transit officials said.
The woman was “slightly” injured, a New York City Transit spokesman said, and she asked for medical treatment. It was unclear how she was injured and what her injuries were.
EMS took her to New York Infirmary-Beekman Downtown Hospital. Another person was “very upset” but not injured, a spokeswoman said. The stairs gave way at 9:20 a.m., at the end of the morning rush.
Transit workers cordoned off the escalator, which runs from the No. 4 and 5 station mezzanine to street level on Broadway. Elevator and escalator workers are investigating why the stairs collapsed.
The police department said that two steps somehow became off-track and when they reached the end of the escalator, they threw two people off. Transit officials would not confirm that account. Marlene Naanes ~ by Rolando Pujol on Aug 28

Check it outage 105811892_77bc870f2f_m.jpg (via flickr's metrocake) ~If you need to know if a subway elevator or escalator is out before you head out, you'll be able to see outages on the MTA's Web site beginning tomorrow. The plan to do this was announced long ago and promised to be close to real time. The updates will progress to 24/7 in the coming months. For now, the Web site will be the on-line version of the Elevator and Escalator Hotline, which disability advocacy groups have claimed is unreliable and only updated four times a day. ~ Marlene Naanes ~ by Rolando Pujol on July 31 12:11 PM

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NYC drivers hold 2nd taxi strike in six weeks


(Chris Hondros, Getty Images) (Chris Hondros, Getty Images) NEW YORK (AP) - Some New York City taxi drivers are staging another one-day strike today, and city officials say they're ready for it.

Drivers are continuing a protest against new rules letting cab customers pay with credit cards and allowing drivers' employers to track them via GPS.

The Taxi Workers Alliance calls the new technology an invasion of cabbies' privacy. The group also claims the costly equipment doesn't always work, potentially cheating drivers out of fares.

So far today, New Yorkers are managing to find cabs to flag down. City officials have a contingency plan in place that lets cab drivers pick up multiple passengers and charge zone-based fares.

It's unclear how many drivers honored the one-day strike last month -- or how many plan to strike today. Last Update: 5:48 am
Strike two for NYC taxi drivers
By David Freedlander NewYork Staff Writer mailto:dfreedlander@am-ny.com?subject=amNY.com October 23, 2007
Taxi drivers couldn't hack a strike -- again.

During the second walkout in two months, most of Manhattan's streets were lined with yellow cabs trolling for passengers.

While a report from the Metropolitan Taxicab Board of Trade estimated that more than 95 percent of yellow cabs were on the road, strike organizers touted the work stoppage as a success. Related links Taxi drivers go on strike Taxi drivers go on strike, Photos, Taxicab confessions: Riding with a non-striking driver, Taxi Strike is On, Video, Credit card machines fail under fire, Tracker Subway Blog, Will the taxi strike seriously impact the city?, Vote

From the looks of it though, it wasn't too hard for anyone to get a cab.

Morning-rush lines at the Penn Station taxi stand stretched no longer than 15 minutes. Many passengers looked confused about the half-dozen strikers harassing drivers as they dropped off passengers.

"Scabs!" shouted one striker at a row of drivers who waited to pick up fares. "You would prostitute your own mothers!"

The Taxi Workers Alliance called the 24-hour strike, which began at 5 a.m. to protest new regulations that require credit card readers and GPS in every cab. After a two-day strike in September failed to cripple the city or bring public officials to the negotiating table, union organizers vowed to press ahead to keep their cabs free of what they consider to be tracking devices.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the city approved two increases in taxi fares during the past two years to cover the anticipated costs of installing the GPS equipment.

"We made a deal and we're going to stick to the deal and I think taxi drivers who try it will like it," he said.

The mayor also enacted a contingency plan in anticipation of the strike that permitted zoned rides and multiple riders on a single fare.

"Ordinarily we wouldn't take a car, but we are on holiday," said Katherine Kerrigan, who was visiting the city from Ireland with her husband. She expressed surprise that she had to share a cab with an irritated stranger this morning as part of the contingency plan.

"We are heading to Boston next. As far as we know there is no taxi strike there."

Fernando Mateo, the head of the New York State Federation of Taxi Drivers, called the strike a bust.

"These are not strikes. These are small protests by small groups who want to do radical things," he said.

But Bhairavi Desai, the executive director of the Taxi Workers Alliance, told several hundred drivers at a raucous rally outside Taxi & Limousine Commission headquarters that this strike was also a success.

"Despite those poor, pathetic scabs, the streets were empty this morning," she said. "Whatever they do to break our strikes, they can never break our spirits."

But many organizers said success could not be judged by how many cars were on the road or even if the taxi commission buckled under their demands.

"If the mayor has to put in place a contingency plan, then the strike was a success," said cabbie Billy Acquaire.

amNewYork staff writer Justin Rocket Silverman and Newsday staff writer Karla Schuster contributed to this report. More articles

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Thursday, September 27, 2007

Alligator found walking along LI roadway

WADING RIVER, N.Y. - A 3 1/2-foot alligator has been captured walking along a Long Island roadway. Chief Roy Gross of the Suffolk County SPCA said the reptile was found by two people who were walking alongside a grassy area of Route 25A in Wading River on Sunday afternoon.

A crew from the SPCA picked up the alligator, who had some front teeth missing, but Gross said it was still capable of inflicting serious injury to humans and death to small animals and pets.

The alligator, estimated to be between 3 and 4 years old, was found in a rural area of eastern Long Island, and Gross suspects it may have been dumped there by someone who could no longer care for it.

"These animals are extremely dangerous and now they're being abandoned on the side of the road where people walk and cycle," said Gross, who noted his agency has collected 112 reptiles of various sorts, including several alligators, in the past year.

"With cooler temperatures on the way, this gator would have had a real tough time surviving."

He said the Suffolk County SPCA was offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for abandoning the alligator. Owning alligators is illegal in New York, he added.

The captured alligator will be sent to a sanctuary out of state, Gross said. Wed Sep 26

Oct 14, 2006 Four-foot alligator found on LI
According to officials in Suffolk County, a call came in this morning to local police about the alligator discovered near Mill Pond Road.
Full story: WABC-TV New York - Oct 13, 2006 [link might not work?]
The mill pond in Speonk has at its north end an excellent source of fresh water, and there is a man made reservoir that was built for scuba diving instruction.
Many of the snapping turtles and other, larger sea turtles from Moriches Bay are apparently moving into the reservoir from the mill pond and the brackish Speonk River, giving many of the amateur scuba divers in the reservoir quite a scare. A plesiosaur was apparently recently noted by one or two amateur divers, and now a whole wave of sightings has been set off.
The apparent plesiosaur lives in the deepest part of the reservoir, which is fifteen feet deep in the middle. It has been also seen rearing its head by employees of the Long Island Railroad, which has a train yard just west of the reservoir. It has been seen enough that it is becoming known as the Speonk Sea Monster.
It doesn't croak like a frog like conductors on the railroad make a point of doing when they announce Speonk on the train. Witnesses report hearing a high pitched whine before the creature disappears deep into the reservoir, apparently timid at the thought of being seen by anybody..
By the way, Happy Halloween!.. Sincerely, Setalcott - Topix
Google had an incident in June and Oct 2006 and also this story below.
NYC Police Capture 'Caiman-In-The-Box' New York Police Capture 'Caiman-In-The-Box' at Housing Complex in Brooklyn http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=2685208
The Associated Press By RICHARD PYLE
NEW YORK Nov 28, 2006 (AP) See you later, alligator. After while, crocodile. What rhymes with caiman? Well, nothing, really. But that doesn't keep the scaly critters from turning up in New York City, far from their native habitats in the tropical Americas, and replenishing one of the city's most enduring urban legends.

The last time it happened was in June, 2001, when a small caiman was discovered in the Harlem Meer, a lake in the northeast corner of Central Park. After it eluded capture for five days, a self-described alligator expert flew in from a Florida game park to save the city. After some posturing, he used a canoe and a flashlight to retrieve the reptile in minutes.

Not requiring outside help, the 75th Precinct cops gathered up the croc-in-the-box and turned it over to Animal Care & Control, a privately funded organization that handles all manner of animals, wild or domestic, that are lost, injured or in distress.

In this case, "the caiman was cold, and we had to warm it up," said Richard Gentles, director of administration for AC&C. But whoever left it in the box was concerned that nobody got hurt, he said. "It was pretty feisty. The shoestring was double-knotted for safety, like a running shoe."

Gentles said the caiman would be turned over to a licensed wildlife care center on Long Island or in New Jersey that specializes in rehabilitation of reptiles and eventually returned to a natural habitat.

Caimans are the most common of all crocodile species, found in lowland and watery environments in a vast region stretching from the southern United States to Brazil, according to one Web site on the species. They can grow to four feet and in rare cases even larger.

One of Gotham's most enduring legends is the alligator-in-the-sewer, which students of the subject trace to Feb. 10, 1935 when a group of teenagers discovered a seven-foot 'gator in a manhole in East Harlem. Hauled out with a rope, it tried feebly to open its jaws and was dispatched with snow shovels, according to a story in The New York Times.

NYC Police Capture 'Caiman-In-The-Box' 1 2 Next

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Saturday, September 22, 2007

Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony at Madison Square Garden


Superstars JENNIFER LOPEZ and MARC ANTHONY will co-headline their first tour together this fall – and are coming to Madison Square Garden on Sunday, October 7! It's a mega-wattage match-up of some of the most exciting music in the world, and Lopez's first concert tour ever! Actors, singers, producer, entrepreneurs, songwriters, multi-platinum recording artists and philanthropists: there aren't enough adjectives to describe the accomplishments of Lopez and Anthony. The star power and performing prowess they bring to the stage is unequaled. Jennifer Lopez has sold more than 17 million records worldwide and two of her albums, On The 6 (1996) and 2001's J.LO debuted at #1 on the Billboard charts. New York-born Marc Anthony is the top selling salsa artist of all time, having sold more than ten million albums worldwide. During the tour, Lopez and Anthony will perform separate sets of their own material and will perform together as well. Each set will include songs in English and Spanish.

Tickets subject to surcharge by Ticketmaster.

Oct 7Oct 8 7:30pm$49.50 - $250.00

Seating Chart
Como Ama una Mujer $10.99 Como Ama una Mujer
On the 6 $11.98 On the 6
El Cantante $12.99 El Cantante
Marc Anthony $12.99 Marc Anthony

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Monday, July 23, 2007

And evening with Joel Osteen in Madison Square Garden NYC

Joel Osteen is a popular Christian based Spiritual leader who gives uplifting sermons on self worth and values that are positive. You can find him on Sunday mornings on T.V.
Friday, October 19, 2007 - Saturday, October 20, 2007 7:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Madison Square Garden 4 Penn Plaza New York City, New York
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7th Ave & 32nd Street, New York, NY 10001
Madison Square Garden is located on the corner of 32nd St. and 7th Ave.
Additional Information: ARRIVE EARLY: Please arrive one-hour prior to showtime. All packages, including briefcases and pocketbooks, will be inspected prior to entry.
Tickets $5.00 - $10.00
October 19 – Doors Open: 6:00 PM Event Starts: 7:30PM
October 20 – Doors Open: 12:00 PM Event Starts: 1:30PM
October 20 – Doors Open: 6:00 PM Event Starts: 7:30PM
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A good read. Nick name "The Smiling Preacher" Growing fast to be a most popular pastor in homes across America.

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Sunday, July 01, 2007

The Moody Blues Concert Radio City Music Hall

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The Moody Blues

Radio City Music Hall

Aug 09

The Moody Blues - Radio City Music Hall - Aug 9, 2007 8:00 PM - Tickets: $39.50 - $89.50 The Box Office enter The Moody Blues

Radio City is located on 6th Avenue between 50th St & 51st St. (212) 465-6115 weekdays 9:30-4:30pm.

Box Office Numbers: 212 247-4777 Mon - Sat 11:30-6:00pm also 212-247-4777
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ARRIVE EARLY: Please arrive one-hour prior to showtime. All packages, including briefcases and pocketbooks, will be inspected prior to entry.

Radio City Music Hall Calendar of Events.

From a different site. See more details about Radio City Music Hall. ...Previous Shows - Since opening in 1932, Radio City Music Hall has been home to an endless variety of entertainment. Its greatest claim to fame is the Rockettes, who have been kicking their way across the Radio City stage since 1933 (and have starred in their "Christmas Spectacular" since 1979), but this world-renowned venue has hosted much, much more. Children's shows like Dora the Explorer Live!, Sesame Street Live, Blue’s Clues Live!, and Barney’s Colorful World are among its most popular events.

Radio City Music Hall
1260 6th Avenue
New York, NY 10020
Click Here For More Info On The Theatre

Location
The Radio City Music Hall is located on Sixth Avenue between 50th and 51st streets, and is an integral part of the Rockefeller Plaza complex.

Background
Although Radio City Music Hall is not on Broadway, it is probably New York City's most famous theater, and it is in fact far larger than its Broadway brethren. Because of its size and prime location, Radio City covers the larger and more successful acts that can draw a big crowd to fill its cavernous auditorium. The "Showplace of the Nation," as it has often been called, has hosted a variety of entertainments including award shows, children's musicals, headlining comedians, major rock bands and musicians, and of course The Rockettes. In its long history, the great stage at Radio City Music Hall has also seen many celebrities, including Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr., and Tony Bennett.

Parking
Theater parking is available around Rockefeller Plaza, but it is rather expensive.
See our discount parking guide for parking for this theater

History
The famous Samuel L. Rothafel, widely known as Roxy, opened the Radio City Music Hall on December 27, 1932. Opening night was a lavish five-hour affair that included 96 Roxyettes, four Greek dances, and the 110-voice Tuskegee choir. Rain and poor critical acclaim dampened the opening of the Music Hall. Two nights later Roxy's new moving picture house, the RKO Roxy, opened on 7th Avenue. One week later when all the numbers were in, all hell would break loose in the RKO organization. Due to poor returns they closed the RKO Roxy and turned the Radio City Music Hall into a movie theater on Jan 11, 1933. They believed that the time for the stage format show had passed and now the Depression-era public were more interested in movies. They did, however, keep the Roxyettes as a holiday “gift” to the audience before movie screenings. But to remove the connection to Samuel Rothafel, they renamed the dance troupe to the Rockettes. A world famous precision dance troupe with a rich history of skill and dedication to their craft, the Rockettes were in 1979 granted a permanent home in their very own show, The Radio City Christmas Spectacular.

Design
The Radio City Music Hall was designed by architect Edward Durrell Stone and interior designer Donald Deskey in the Art Deco style. Over the years, Radio City became worn and ill-equipped for the quality of performance that today's audiences expect, and in the late '70s it was on the verge of demolition. However, that catastrophe was narrowly averted when the famed venue was granted landmark status. In 1999, architect Hugh Hardy supervised a painstaking seven-month $70 million restoration that put Radio City back on the map for New York audiences. All areas of the hall were improved with this restoration, from the legendary marquee to the ceilings, thus restoring Radio City Music Hall to its former glory.

Seats
Radio City Music Hall has 6200 seats. The seating sections are divide into a large ochestra with three mezzanines; the top two are really balconies.

Directions
By Subway, take the B, D, E, or F to Rockefeller Plaza / 47-50th Streets.

Seating Chart




BY BUS Take M5, M6, M7 or M27/M50 buses to Rockefeller Center/50th St
BY TRAIN

Take the B, D or F subway to Rockefeller Center/50th st

NY City Transit (Travel directions by bus & subway) 718 330.1234
Metro North Commuter Railroad 212 532.4900

Long Island Rail Road 718 217.5477

MTA Customer Service 718 330.3322

NJ Transit 973 762.5100

BY FERRY
New York Waterway 800 533.3779

PARKING
GARAGES		2543 West 48th St, between 5th & 6th Aves
212 698.8530
301 West 51st St, corner of 51st & 8th Ave 212 581.8490
254 West 49th St, between 7th & 8th Aves 212 581.8590
201 West 48th St, between 8th Ave & Broadway
212 586.0665
257 West 48th St, between 6th & 7th Aves 212 262.9778
148 West 48th St, between 6th & 7th Aves 212 888.7400

Radio City Music Hall has no affiliation with nor do we endorse any of the garages/lots listed above. These parking facilities are located near Radio City. Radio City Music Hall is not responsible for any parking tickets, vandalism, etc. while parking for an event or otherwise.

The Moody Blues - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - The Moody Blues are a British rock band originally from Birmingham, England. Founding members Michael Pinder and Ray Thomas performed an initially ...

The Moody Blues - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Moody Blues

Background information
OriginBirmingham, England
Genre(s)Progressive Rock
Symphonic Rock
Years active1964 – Present
Label(s)Threshold Records
Websitehttp://www.moodyblues.co.uk/
Members
Justin Hayward
John Lodge
Graeme Edge
Former members
Ray Thomas
Michael Pinder
Patrick Moraz
Denny Laine
Clint Warwick

The Moody Blues are a British rock band originally from Birmingham, England. Founding members Michael Pinder and Ray Thomas performed an initially rhythm and blues-based sound in Birmingham in 1964 along with Graeme Edge and others, and were later joined by John Lodge and Justin Hayward as they inspired and evolved the progressive rock style. Among their innovations was a fusion with classical music, most notably in their seminal 1967 album Days of Future Passed.

The band has had numerous hit albums in the UK, U.S., and worldwide, and has seen several additional musicians come and go, and they remain active even as of 2007, with a North American summer tour scheduled.

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