| With homer barrage, A-Rod turns jeers to cheers at Yankee Stadium
NEW YORK (AP) -Alex Rodriguez walked into the Yankees clubhouse, changed from street clothes into uniform, grabbed a bat and hustled off to the batting cage, never taking off the white earphones playing his music. When he got back to his locker, he quickly moved into the trainer's room, then across the back of the clubhouse to the players' lounge. He wanted to talk as little as possible about what he's doing on the field, one of the great starts in major league history. .
A Conversation with New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly
In this exclusive interview, New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly sits down with LX.TV to share some intimate details about his job, the state of police affairs in New York and gives George Oliphant some insight into his soul. Take a look at the time codes below for Commissioner Kelly’s answers to our questions on: 0:14: The Yankees or Mets0:48: The crackdown on W27th Street — the hotbed issue of nightclubs and the plans to deter the arising problems2:15: Post 9/11 maneuvering — the quick footwork of police forces that helps protect New York against terrorist attacks3:50: His reputation for being tough on crime5:37: Racial relations and the nature of police business6:15: The Sean Bell shooting — what forced the NYPD to take a probing look at internal problems7:51: The undercover operations initiatives being set in motion as a result9:42: Working for the CEO — Mayor Bloomberg’s business-like approach to the police force10:50: The NYPD and DC — New York has the best counterterrorism efforts, but what kind of help are we getting from the Feds15:31: The good and the bad that comes with the job17:23: His greatest personal fear after years of police work18:07: The best part of the job and Teddy Roosevelt’s contributionOr you could just watch the whole video.
Taping Movies In NYC Theaters To Be Crime
Secretly videotaping movies in a New York City theater for illegal sale on the street would be a misdemeanor, with penalties including possible jail time, under a bill approved by the City Council on Thursday.
Movie bootlegging cost major film studios more than $6 billion in 2005, according to the Motion Picture Association of America, an advocate of the motion picture, home video and television industries. The association says more than 90 percent of pirated films are generated by people who record them in theaters and then sell the duplications for mass reproduction or post them on the Internet, sometimes just hours after the movie has premiered.
Authorities say New York is a major source of film piracy, with more than 40 percent of movies that are ripped off and resold nationwide being generated in the city.
Brooklyn Court Transforms into Two High Schools
The renovation of the 140,000-square-foot building will be complete for the start of the 2008-2009 school year. by Meaghan O'Neill Interior Design · April 19, 2007 Construction is underway on architecture and planning firm Gran Kriegel Associates' latest project, a $56 million adaptive reuse conversion that will turn a former downtown Brooklyn courthouse into two 500-seat high schools. The project, overseen by the New York City School Construction Authority with M.A. Angeliades as the general contractor, is expected to be complete for the start of the 2008-2009 school year. The 140,000-square-foot building, which dates to 1951, was originally built around a central core. Its interior will be completely gutted and reconfigured to accommodate the new schools, which include the Urban Assembly School for Law and Justice and the Urban Assembly School of Math and Science for Young Women.
Manhattan Construction Company Awarded NASA Contract
NASA via BBSNews - 2007-04-12 -- NASA has awarded a contract to Manhattan Construction Company of Fairfax, Va., for the construction of the Exploration Sciences Building at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. The firm fixed price for the basic requirement is approximately $54 million; the price for the options is approximately $1.2 million; with an approximate total price of $56 million if all options are exercised. The basic contract consists of construction of the base building and site utilities with options to add demountable partitions at lab module lines; gypsum wall board partitions at lab module lines; computer room air conditioning units; bitumen roof system; blast walls at the hazardous storage; an uninterruptible power system; and information technology cable trays for offices.
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