Jon Bon Jovi at the Can-Do Awards Dinner

Jon Bon Jovi accepting his award at the Can-Do Awards Dinner for the Food Bank For New York City - the major hunger-relief organization for the five boroughs. Learn more at www.foodbanknyc.org



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History of the Gretsch Guitar

The Gretsch Guitar has a long and wonderful history going back more than 100 years. The Gretsch story begins in 1883 when Friedrich Gretsch started up a small musical instrument shop in Brooklyn New York, where they made banjos, drums and tambourines. Unfortunately Frederich wouldn't get to see his company reach the peak of its success because he passed away only 12 years later at the young age of 39.

The company was taken over by his teenage son Fred who ended up building the company into one of America's top importers and manufacturers of musical instruments. So in 1916, a bigger facility was needed and Fred moved the operations to a huge ten-story building. While in this new building, the demand for guitars started to grow, so Gretsch started offering acoustic arch top guitars to target the Jazz musicians and acoustic flat tops for the Country musicians.

In 1935, a man by the name of Duke Kramer joined the Gretsch Company and remained a valued counsel up until his death at the age of 88. Charles "Duke" Kramer was known as "Mr. Guitar Man" and was a big reason why Gretsch guitars are where they are today. To show Duke how much he meant to the company, Gretsch named a guitar after him called "The Silver Duke" even though he couldn't play a note.

In 1942, Fred Gretsch Sr. retired and left his sons Fred Jr. and William, to run the company. Fred Jr. and William had been working in the company since 1927 so they were prepared for the promotion. Fred managed for a short while until he left to be a commander in the Navy and then William became president. Fred Jr. took over once again a few years later in 1948, when William passed away.

The 50's were great for Gretsch guitars mainly because of the popularity of Rock music. They were the first guitar company to introduce custom color finishes to their lineup and ended up being one of the top guitar makers in the decade. They even attracted popular guitar players to endorse their guitars such as Chet Atkins, Eddie Cochran and Duane Eddy.

Popularity and success continued for Gretsch in the early 60's when George Harrison, who was with The Beatles at the time, started using Gretsch guitars.

The end of the 60's on the other hand was not that great. Fred Gretsch Jr. decided to retire and sold the company to Baldwin Manufacturing. Baldwin didn't seem to understand Gretsch's position in the market and times were dreadful for the company for the rest of the 60's and 70's. Baldwin also moved the guitar production to Arkansas where the factory went through two terrible fires.

Baldwin decided to shut down production in the early 80's and eventually sold it back to the Gretsch family when Fred Gretsch III bought it in 1985. Fred then moved operations to Savannah, GA where he began the process of reviving the company.

Fred got Gretsch back on the right track when he released a series of vintage re-issues, new models and some classic Gretsch drums as well. These releases caused an immediate impact and Gretsch instruments were back in demand.

In 2002, a deal was made with Fender where Fender would take control of the manufacturing and distribution of Gretsch. This joining of forces enabled the Gretsch Company to continue to grow without sacrificing their ideals.

Being involved with Fender has made the popularity of the Gretsch guitar even bigger today. Some of the artists who endorse Gretsch guitars are Chet Atkins, Brian Setzer, Bo Diddley, Jimmie Vaughan, Malcolm Young and Stephen Stills.

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The Bravest - FDNY Rescue 2 - Tour of R2

The Bravest television series that aired in 2001. This clip interviews Captain Ruvolo of Rescue 2 in Brooklyn. He tells all about R2.



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Bishop Brigante - The Gambling Stories Ep 02 : Joell Ortiz

"From Cards, Dice to Life.. These are The Gambling Stories." Bishop Brigante catches up with his Brooklyn connect Joell Ortiz and gets his funniest best & worst gambling events.



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Can't Miss Indie Rock Shows Coming Up In New York City

Scumbo on February 23rd at Freddy's Backroom in Brooklyn. Another Brooklyn based psychedelic band. Scumbo will be putting on their much talked about insane live show at Freddy's which is one of the coolest small venues in Brooklyn. Come see (if you can) why they are called "The Hardest Band To See In The Dark."

Of Montreal on March 9th and March 10th at Irving Plaza in Manhattan. Of Montreal are one of the bands to emerge from the Elephant 6 collective. While they are not as out there as The Olivia Tremor Control and certainly don't pack the emotional punch of Neutral Milk Hotel they are certainly an interesting band and they are touring in support of their latest album "Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?" Visit Of Montreal on MySpace.The Appleseed Cast on March 17th at the Knitting Factory in Manhattan. The Appleseed Cast were "emo" before every kid on MySpace. Then they listened to Kid A and started getting weird (and much better.) Their Low Level Owl albums are the ones to get.

The Decemberists on March 21st and March 22nd at Landmark Loews Theater in Manhattan. The Decemberists latest album was a big step forward in my opinion. They have a tendency to get very "samey" with too many listens but their latest album The Crane Wife showed that they are starting to get a bit more interesting. I'm curious to see what they do next. (they have their whole album "The Crane Wife" available to be heard on MySpace currently.)

Sebadoh on March 31st at Webster Hall in Manhattan. Sebadoh are among the forefathers of modern "indie rock." This is a bit of a reunion tour for them as they haven't released a new album since 1999. Sebadoh frontman Lou Barlow other projects have included being the bass player for Dinosaur Jr. and fronting The Folk Implosion.

New LIRR Atlantic Terminal Pavilion Opens to the Public

A New Face for Historic Transit Hub in Brooklyn Brooklyn's historic transit hub at Atlantic and Flatbush Avenues where MTA Long Island Rail Road customers can transfer for connections with 10 subway lines has a new, $108 million home starting today with the opening of the Atlantic Terminal Pavilion. The three-story limestone, granite and glass structure features a soaring atrium that allows natural light to reach the below ground LIRR concourse and subway station. Two sweeping staircases provide direct access from the street to the concourse below. The Terminal building is linked internally to an office building and retail complex. While the interior of the new entry pavilion provides customers with open spaces and an impressive overlook of the terminal, the arced vessel shaped exterior restores a civic presence to the Flatbush Avenue site, according to Brooklyn native John di Domenico, the architect of di Domenico & Partners, LLP who led the design of the Entry Pavilion. The renewed facility serves approximately 25500 LIRR customers each day as well as approximately 31650 NYC Transit subway customers. LIRR customers can transfer to the 2,3,4,5, B, D, M, N, Q & R lines as well as five bus routes. Work on the project, begun in 2002, was done in two phases in order to coordinate improvements with MTA New York City Transit work on their subway facilities and a private developer, Forest City Ratner. The new Pavilion includes a new ticket office, public rest rooms, grand ...



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What Are Jury Interrogatories?

Your case is now on trial and you've spent weeks listening to testimony about your case. Now, for the very first time you hear the words "Jury Interrogatories." What do those words mean?

In New York, in order for a jury to decide your civil lawsuit, whether medical malpractice or an accident case, the jury must be presented with specific questions in order to come to their verdict. In a medical malpractice case, the jury must answer whether the defendant doctor departed from good and accepted medical care. If the answer is yes, then the jury goes to the next question; whether that departure was a substantial factor in causing your injury. This is known as 'causation'. If the answer is yes, then the jury will continue answering all the questions involving departures from good care as well as the questions on whether those departures were substantial factors in causing you injury.

After the liability questions have been answered affirmatively, the jury is instructed to proceed to the questions that address compensation. Depending upon what type of compensation and damages you are claiming, the jury will be asked to award an amount of money to compensate you for your past pain and suffering as well as your future pain and suffering. In many cases there will be a claim for lost earnings and the jury will be asked to award an amount consistent with the evidence for your lost earnings. The same applies for medical expenses as well as future medical expenses. They are many other elements of damages that arise in a medical malpractice or accident case in New York.

When you have separate individual questions that must be answered in order to reach a verdict, this is known as an itemized or special verdict. This way, if the case goes up on appeal the appellate court will be able to sift through those specific things that the jury decided and whether the evidence supports that particular jury verdict.

A Great Master Whom I Knew - And What I Learned

Way back in 1975, I received my black belt from a great karate master - Sensei Fred Corritone, who was a very, very well known Sensei, or karate teacher, at that time instructing many students in Brooklyn, New York. Sensei Corritone ran very hard classes- it was somewhat akin to being at a military boot camp. I, and my fellow karateka- or students, were usually worked out to the max- doing hundreds of pushups, situps, kata (formal karate exercises) and also kumite- or sparring. I was, in fact, the first person whom Sensei Corritone ever promoted to the rank of black belt- and I was very proud of that achievement. It was- and still is- the greatest thing that I have ever accomplished- even better than passing the New York Bar exam. Karate is, was, and will always be, the most important part of my life. so, I did feel pretty well versed in the arts back then, and for fairly good reason, I guess.

But then, I started attending a college- a University, out on Long Island- the State University at Stonybrook. There, I met many different types of people- it was and is a large University, with people - students and teachers- from all over the world. And, there were many people from the Orient- China in particular. I encountered some of these Asian people in my many philosophy classes- and also, when I worked out at the campus gym. I was exposed to several different forms of tai chi, and other Asian arts that also included many different forms of Kung-fu- such as praying mantis, and also more "exotic" styles- such as "white eyebrow". I did take notice of the great differences between those systems and my own background which was Shotokan- a Japanese karate style. But, I really was taken to a whole new level(s) when I met someone who was truly amazing.

His first name was Kelvin- an Afro-American gentleman, approximately 24 years of age- a philosophy student. He had a physique that was "ripped" beyond belief- with muscles that were super hard- not overly large at all- but ones that were much like those of Bruce Lee- very very tight, hard, and controllable. Kelvin was incredibly fast and flexible- for a man who was six feet tall and about 215 pounds. At the time- back in 1975-1977, I was teaching a karate class, weekly, at Stonybrook, and I was also very well in touch with some other karate instructors at the campus- some of whom were really good instructors- of Japanese karate. I often sparred with many different karate students- of any rank- from green to black belts- some as high as fourth degree. All were good- to great- but none were anywhere near at the level of Kelvin. Let me tell you what he was like.

We would work out in the woods- Kelvin and I. Surrounding the campus were- and are- a nice heavily wooded area, where I would often practice karate- in isolation. It was nice, and it was great to be outdoors- rather than in an in-door dojo (karate school). I had become friendly with Kelvin, and one day he trained with me a bit- in the woods. Kelvin was himself, a student of perhaps the greatest tai chi master of our times- the late Cheng Man Ching. At the time, back in '75', I was totally unaware of Master Ching's status- and what it might have meant to be a senior student of his- as was Kelvin. Kelvin showed me that everything that I had learned- good as it- and I- was, really paled in comparison to what he- Kelvin- could do. He could control his movements- his body- at such a high level, that I literally could not hit him. He could move out of the way, he could control my body and its energy in such a way that made my actions almost irrelevant. He could re-direct my punches and kicks- not just block them. He showed me what true EFFORTLESSNESS was. It was, it seemed, the antithesis of everything that I had learned- or at least what I had embodied. I was from the "hard school"- bone crunching, old-style karate. Board breaking, hard blocking, karate. And that was- and is- good. It can even take you to a fairly high level. But, what I discovered- way back then- in 1975-77, was that there were levels- worlds- beyond what I had ever known. There were people- students of the martial arts, who were at much higher levels- where body control, freedom of movement, energy harnessing, and super great technique, all combined to allow these great masters to reach truly superlevels of art. I discovered that there were "soft-art" masters- those who practiced tai chi in particular- and, I was terribly fortunate to have made the acquaintance of a man who was the highest, or best, example of those soft arts- Kelvin.

Don't get me wrong- by saying "soft", I don't in any way mean to convey anything other than a different dimension of being. Kelvin was super-chiseled, and could easily do 150 pushups, or run 10 miles. His abdominal muscles were unbelievably defined- he could actually catch- and keep- a person's fist there- by ultra contracting his ab muscles around that fist. Punching him in the stomach was to no avail- it was like hitting a concrete wall. His super adeptness at another form of kung-fu, that of praying mantis, turned his arms into massive weapons. He showed me the "machine-gun" attack- whereby he used his massive forearms to attack my arms- by multistriking his arms against mine- at a super high speed (after bridging the gap bet wen us by sliding in towards me- in a very, very smooth manner).

I could go on for many thousands of words describing the many great techniques that I learned from Master Kelvin. But, the greatest aspect of it all was that I saw that I was indeed, at a very low rung or level when it came to the arts. Yes, I had fought in many karate tournaments and I had done pretty well- at fighting and kata. I had often gone around to many dojos in New York, and I had met many great teachers- and I had sparred with them and their students. But, from Master Kelvin, I had seen, first hand, a level of the arts that was truly mind-blowing. A man who actually studied how best to run- at what exact angle to hold his body, so that running was easier. A man who could literally jump over you- when you were sparring with him- and he could be behind you, before you knew what was happening. A man who was almost impossible to hit- and even if you did hit him, the strike would simply bounce off- to no affect. But, what was MOST amazing- what was THE BEST aspect of all of this- was that Master Kelvin exhibited all of the hallmarks of a great master.

He was incredibly mellow- and modest. The only way that you would know he was different- was that he LOOKED so amazingly different. His physique was just so great- so incredibly powerful, his gait so smooth- that even a layman could instantly see it. AS a matter of fact, one day I was walking with an old friend through the campus, and I saw Kelvin, who was approaching. When we passed him, my friend- a total non karate person, actually turned to me and said, "that must be Kelvin". I had told my friend about him- but my friend had never seen him. The energy that poured out of Kelvin- his aura- had been so apparent, that my friend was instantly caused to know that it was Kelvin who was passing by. That is the type of impact that Kelvin could have on a person- including myself. It was, in effect, Master Kelvin's total being- his spirituality and modesty, all of which sprang from his super-level of art/skill, and of course, he was very bright- all of this- and the great things that he had absorbed from his own teachers- Master Ching and more- that made him the greatest Master whom I have ever known. I was very privileged to have known him- and it caused my own level of art to go way up. I learned possibly the greatest thing of all- that I did not know everything- that I was really only moderately good at what I was doing- that there was a whole set of levels above me, and that being modest, and seeking new ways of doing the arts- keeping an open mind- these were the hallmarks of a master. I am very grateful to have had this experience- meeting a truly great master- having worked out with him and getting to really know such a person. It's something that one never forgets.

I do write about issues such as those discussed herein, at our worldwide karate and health club, and that is karobix.com. In addition, I did write a book entitled, "Grandmaster" which is a novel concerning the life and times of the person that I described in this article. Although "Grandmaster" is a novel, still, it contains many true and accurate aspects of the Master- Kelvin, and his/our life and times at Stonybrook- and beyond.

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New York City: Popular AND Populated!

New York City, New York is said to be the most popular city in the entire United States. It also is one of the most populated cities in the US with more than 8 million residents. New York City plays a very important role in the global economy. It is a very important location for the United Nations who works to bring peace to the world through international relationships. It is an area well known for financing, and trading. Some of the world's highest skyscrapers are found in the business sector of New York City.

Due to the large amount of people in New York City, roads are very congested. Many people take modes of public transportation to commute including taxi cabs, buses, and the subway. It is not uncommon for residents of New York City to not own a vehicle.
New York City is known for being a trend setter from fashion to food. In 2005 it became the first city to ban trans fats from the restaurants. This will be effective by 2008.

New York City is divided into five main areas. Each has a history and character of its own. Manhattan is the least populated area of New York City. Skyscrapers and historical landmarks make this a common area for tourism. The arts and entertainment are popular here as well. The Bronx has a rap/hip hop culture to it. This is a very poor area of New York City with low levels of education, high unemployment rates, and one of the highest crime rates.

Brooklyn is an area full of history. It is also a huge residential area. People come here to experience the fun of Coney Island including the beach and amusement parks. Queens has three major airports and is a hub for the other areas of New York City. Staten Island is connected to Manhattan via a ferry. It is undergoing construction to become the largest urban park in the US.

Perhaps the most historical event to take place in New York City is the terrorist attacks that took place on September 11th of 2001. Two planes taken control of by terrorists crashed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center. This was an event that took many lives and affected the economy of the world.

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The Wholesale Process

So you want to wholesale properties. I'll tell you that now is the time to do it. You can make so much money wholesaling properties in this real estate market it's not even funny. Think about it. No tenant headaches, no borrowing other people's money, no credit needed, no money needed at all. You get to buy properties and sell for a profit without ever taking title in your own name. No rehabbing, no working with contractors and the list goes on.

Sounds easy, huh? Well, the truth is that it is almost as easy as it sounds. But, if you don't know how to find those deals and negotiate with sellers then you will be wasting your time. If you don't know how to sell those properties fast, then you are just kidding yourself if you want to be a wholesaler.

So what are some steps that you need to take in order to run a successful property wholesale business?

Advertise: First and foremost you need to advertise. Advertising is key in any business. Run a continuous newspaper ad, put up some bandit signs, get a website, send out post cards, hand out business cards every where you go. Train your bird dogs so that they know exactly what you are looking for. Meet some realtors in your local area that can help you find some good deals. If you explain to your realtor what type of deals you're looking for, then using realtors can be powerful. Use your creative mind in your advertising and you will be successful.

Negotiate: Next, what you want to do is find the right property at the right price. The ideal home has 3 bedrooms with 1.5 baths. Grant it, we can't find those types of properties all the time. But try and get as close to it as possible. Now when your negotiating with the seller your goal is to buy the property 50 percent less that the after repair value. If you can get the property even cheaper than that's more money in your pocket. Make sure you create a win-win situation for everyone involved in the transaction and you'll be ok.

Investors: Now it's time to sell that puppy. Place an ad in the newspaper that says something along the lines of the following:

"House for sale... Cheap!

Needs TLC. Must Sell

Call xxx-xxx-xxxx"

When the investors call (trust me they will) take their names and phone numbers as well as their email address. Taking their email address is the key because when you get the next property all you have to do is push the send button. Make sure you let the investors know that you find those types of deals all the time and that you will email them when you have something.

Bicycle Accidents In New York- Bicycle Vs Car, Who Wins?

You think you know the answer, right? Bicycle versus car. Who wins? The car will win every single time. Why?

Because the car weighs thousands of pounds, is made of metal, steel, glass, and is surrounded by material to absorb an impact. A bicycle on the other hand weighs anywhere from 16 pounds for a superlight road-racing bike to 30-40 pounds for a mountain bike. The bicycle has no crash protection, no bumpers, no ability to absorb any impact. Just you and your thin bike to get you from one place to the other.

What safety devices do bicycles have?

(1) Reflectors

(2) Rear tail lights

(3) Sometimes a front headlight

(4) An experienced rider will often wear high-visibility clothing with reflective strips to give him or her better chances of visibility to cars and trucks. Many riders also wear blinking battery-operated bike lights- again to improve their chances of being seen by motorists.

What safety devices do cars have?

(1) Headlights

(2) Tail lights

(3) Anti-lock brakes

(4) Front and rear proximity sensors

(5) Airbags- head/ front/ side

(6) Thousands of pounds of metal, glass and an engine to encompass you

Often, motorists do not see bicyclists even with all the "safety devices" designed to improve their visibility.

Recently, I represented a man who was biking home from work at his job at a computer company. He was travelling on a busy roadway at rush hour, using the "bicycle lane" on the shoulder of the roadway. It was about 5:30 p.m. He was wearing a helmet, reflective bike shoes, and a highly visible biking jersey. The traffic going in his direction was in stop & go traffic, but on the shoulder lane he had clear sailing.

He was biking on a slight uphill doing about 10 miles per hour. A car travelling in the opposite direction decided it need to turn into a strip mall just about where my client was riding. Unfortunately for my client, the car made a very swift left turn, and because of the stopped car traffic adjacent to my client, never saw him as he accelerated toward the driveway to the strip mall. Who won? The car- as always.

Who lost? My client. His fancy road bike, the least of his problems, was totally destroyed. He suffered fractures, bruises, cuts and lacerations. An ambulance deposited him to the closest emergency room, where he underwent a battery of tests, including x-rays, CT scans, blood tests and an overnight stay at the hospital. The impact put him out of work for over a month, and he needed repeat visits to the orthopedist to follow his fractures and make sure they were healing properly. After the orthopedist gave the ok, he was told to start physical therapy to begin to use his arm and leg properly again.

My client lost his dignity that day. He lost the ability to continue his bike-ride home without interference from a car. His family was thrown into turmoil, rallying around dad in the emergency room. He had to explain to his boss why he couldn't return to work for weeks. He had to explain to his friends why he couldn't join them in their activities. He sat at home, useless to his wife, on the couch watching mindless television.

On the day I met my client for the first time, he had returned to work in a limited capacity, and at reduced hours. The most important thing he wanted to show me was not his scars and his cast. Rather, he wanted to show me his broken and destroyed bicycle that sat in a crumpled heap inside his car. As any bicyclist knows, a good bike is a trustworthy friend that gets you from point A to point B effortlessly. When that has been destroyed, it is devastating. However, as all things material, it can and will eventually be replaced. My client's life was miraculously spared that day, and he will learn once again to walk, to run, to write, and yes, to bike.

The driver of the car, unfortunately, had a limited insurance policy, which nevertheless was quickly offered to settle the case.

Remember to always wear your helmet when you ride, and make yourself as visible as possible to the motorists around you. Never wear earphones to listen to your Ipod or MP3 player, as you will not be able to hear the traffic around you. Be smart, and enjoy your bike ride.

Bernard King: The King of New York

#30 Brooklyn native Bernard King... Dude was pretty much the rock of the Knicks in the mid 80's. I still thinks its a travesty his number hasn't gotten retired in MSG yet and its even a bigger shame he isn't in the HOF. Hopefully that changes soon... Anyway, comment and enjoy the video.



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The History of Floyd Bennett Field

1. There are an increasing number of New York area airports, including those on Long Island, in Westchester County, and in New Jersey, yet few are able to name New York City's very first airport. Even fewer are able to explain why it no longer exists. That airport is Floyd Bennett Field and it has had three distinct historical phases.

Tracing its origins to Lindbergh's historic, New York-Paris solo flight, it had alerted the world to the fact that the aircraft had not departed from New York at all, but from Long Island instead, and that the only real "New York" airport had been located across the state line, in New Jersey. Thus indicating the need for a dedicated, New York-located, municipal airport, it had led to the establishment of a panel headed by famed aviator Clarence D. Chamberlain to search for a suitable site for one.

The subsequently chosen location, a 387-acre marsh on Barren Island south of Brooklyn, New York, had housed a small community, a horse-rendering plant, and the appropriately-named, single-dirt runway Barren Island Airport, which had been owned by Paul Rizzo and had been used for periodic passenger sightseeing flights. The site, part of 33 tiny islands, enjoyed favorable winds, lacked approach obstructions, had been predominantly fog-free, and offered vast expanses for future growth. The airport, intended as a state-of-the-art gateway to what had been considered one of the world's greatest cities, had been named "Floyd Bennett Field" after the Brooklyn resident and naval aviator who had served as Richard E. Byrd's pilot on his historic North Pole flight in 1926. Both had received the Congressional Medal of Honor for the feat.

Construction, by the City Department of Docks, coincidentally occurred on October 29, 1929, the same day that the stock market had crashed, and entailed the connection of the islets by filling in their interspersing channels with six million cubic feet of sand pumped from the bottom of Jamaica Bay and raising its resultant elevation 16 feet above the tidewater, to connect it to Long Island.

Runway 15-33, spanning 3,100 feet, and Runway 6-24, at 4,000 feet, had constituted the airport's first topographical construction projects, along with a taxiway. During the two-year period between 1929 and 1931, four pairs of hangars had equally risen from the former marshes: internally measuring 120 by 140 feet, the steel frame buildings featured trussed, arched roofs, concrete slab floors, and wooden decks, and had been supported by 45-foot-long pre-cast concrete piles.

A neo-Georgian-style, red and black brick, two-story Administration Building, completed in 1931, had been sandwiched between the now-extended, airport accessible Flatbush Avenue and the runways, and featured a semi-octagonal, three-floored, projecting control booth of glass and steel atop it. The building had also served as the passenger terminal.

Floyd Bennett Field, which had been given the three-letter IATA code of "NOP," had been dedicated on June 26, 1930 amid a flying armada of 600 US Army Air Corps aircraft led by Charles Lindbergh and Jimmy Doolittle and attended by a 25,000-strong crowd. The airport, which had officially opened a year later on May 23, 1931, had been given the US Department of Commerce A-1-A rating, its highest, because of its hitherto advanced facilities: its modern terminal, paved runways, and their lighting systems for nighttime operations.

These facilities, attracting an increasing number of famous, "Golden Age" pilots such as Wiley Post, Jacqueline Cochran, Roscoe Turner, Amelia Earhart, Howard Hughes, and Clarence Chamberlain, enabled them to commence or terminate record speed and distance flights here because of its strategic, east cost location and long runways, which had permitted high fuel load gross weight take offs to be conducted.

Need dictated expansion. In 1936, two more runways had been completed: 3,500-foot Runway 1-19 and 3,200-foot Runway 12-30. The original Runway 15-33 had also been lengthened to 3,500 feet at this time. Between 1936 and 1938, the Works Progress Administration had constructed additional service wings between each hangar to house machine shops and maintenance facilities.

Although Floyd Bennett Field had become the United State's second-busiest airport two years after it had opened, with 51,828 annual take offs and landings, few of them had constituted commercial operations which normally transported passengers, baggage, cargo, and mail. Mayor Fiorello La Guardia had repeatedly attempted to establish the facility as New York's principle municipal airfield, usurping the role played by Newark in New Jersey, but since passenger revenue had then only been incremental to a carrier's profitability, and not integral to it, like that of the mail, and since the US Postal Service itself had refused to transfer its New York operations center from Newark to Floyd Bennett Field, the airport could never become the viable commercial facility envisioned during its inception. Other than American Airlines' temporary relocation, it had primarily remained a General Aviation airfield.

Nevertheless, the most important chapters of aviation's Golden Age had been written here. Between 1931 and 1939, ten notable cross-country and 16 transatlantic and round-the-world flights had all originated or terminated from the marsh-to-concrete transformed patch appendaged to southern Brooklyn.

In July of 1931, for instance, a Bellanca CH Pacer, a high-wing monoplane powered by a single, 300-hp Wright J-6 Whirlwind engine, had established a distance record of 5,011.8 miles when it had flown from Floyd Bennett Field to Istanbul, Turkey. On August 29 of the following year, a Pratt and Whitney Wasp Junior-powered Waddell Williams had established a new transcontinental speed record of 10.19 hours on its flight to Los Angeles. In July of 1933, Wiley Post had flown a Pratt and Whitney Wasp-engined Lockheed Vega named "Winnie Mae" around the world in seven days, 18 hours, 49 minutes, and 30 seconds. He had also been the first to circumnavigate the globe solo, covering 15,596 miles in four days, 19 hours, and 36 minutes.

Wings had stretched from Brooklyn as far as the Middle East. In August, for example, an Hispano-Suiza-powered Bleriot 110 had flown the 5,657.4 miles to Syria in 55 hours.

By 1934, eight transatlantic flights had occurred from Floyd Bennett Field and several successively improved transcontinental ones. Major James H. Doolittle, piloting a Wright Cyclone-powered American Vultee, had notched up a transcontinental record for a passenger transport category aircraft, completing the Los Angeles-New York sector in 11.59 hours. A second transport category record had been achieved in April of that year when a TWA DC-1 had flown from Burbank in 11 hours, five minutes, 45 seconds. Douglas DC-1s subsequently established 22 speed records from Floyd Bennett Field with high gross weights, simulating commercial transport payload and range capabilities.

One year later, on April 21, 1936, Howard Hughes had established an intercity speed record when he had flown a Wright Cyclone-powered Northrop Gamma between Miami and Brooklyn in four hours, 21 minutes, 32 seconds. Later in that year, in October, a Bellanca Flash, powered by a Pratt and Whitney Wasp engine, had flown to Newfoundland and London-Croydon in 13 hours, 17 minutes.

Howard Hughes, taking the spotlight again in 1938, had piloted a Lockheed 14N Super Electra, powered by two Pratt and Whitney 900-hp Wright Cyclones, on a record-breaking global circumnavigation, completing the flight in three days, 19 hours, eight minutes, and ten seconds.

Perhaps the most famous flight blunder, or so it is alleged, also occurred that July when Douglas Corrigan, who had been denied permission to fly to Europe, filed a flight plan to California instead. After taking off in his Curtiss Robin, powered by a 165-hp Wright Whirlwind J-6 engine, the aircraft proceeded nonstop to Ireland in 28 hours, 13 minutes, allegedly due to "compass difficulties," thus earning him the nickname of "Wrong Way Corrigan."

The Germans had flown to Floyd Bennett Field in 24 hours, 50 minutes, 12 seconds in August of 1938 when their Focke-Wulf Fw-200 prototype, powered by four 875-hp Hornet engines, had made the crossing from Berlin. The return journey had been completed in 19 hours, 55 minutes, one second, beating Wiley Post's record by five and a half hours.

Despite all this activity, New York's first municipal airport, intended as an impressive gateway to the world's most impressive city, never developed into its intended position, remaining a General Aviation airfield instead. Several reasons could be cited as to why.

a). Flatbush Avenue had served as its only ground access.
b). Newark Airport had provided greater transportation links to Manhattan.
c). The airport had commenced construction and attempted to operate within the Great Depression.
d). Air travel had not yet been accepted as a public transportation means.
e). Air travel fares had been prohibitive to the general public.
f). On October 15, 1939, the 558-acre, $45 million Municipal Airport 2, occupying the site of the former North Beach Airport and therefore closer to Manhattan, had been dedicated. It would later become La Guardia Airport.
g). Floyd Bennett Field's second replacement, the larger-area Idlewild Airport, equally located on Jamaica Bay, would also shortly be built.

The US Postal Service's March 22, 1936 rejection of Floyd Bennett Field's air terminal application signaled the airport's largest and most definitive death knoll.

Floyd Bennett Field's last commercial flight departed on May 26, 1941, but with war clouds draping themselves over much of the world, it had extracted more than rain from them: it had adopted a new purpose.

2. War-sparked expansion of the US Navy, which had first occupied Floyd Bennett Field's Hangar 5 and later Hangar 1, resulted in the eventual $9 million sale of the airfield by the City of New York to it, and on June 2, 1941, it had been re-designated "Naval Air Station New York."

Because of its proximity to New York and Long Island naval aircraft manufacturers, among them Chance-Vought, General Motors, and Grumman, it had logically been the closest airport which could accept, test, and ferry their designs to their respective combat theaters, processing everything from amphibious patrol aircraft to aircraft carrier-based fighters and bombers. By 1943, the process had been completed in as few as three days.

The war had necessitated considerable airport infrastructure expansion. The original Runway 15-33, for example, had been lengthened to 4,500-foot taxiway T-10 by 1942. The second runway to have been constructed, 6-24, had equally been converted into taxiways T-1 and T-2, and had been replaced by a new, 5,000-foot runway with the same magnetic compass headings. Runway 1-19 had also been lengthened to 5,000 feet that year and would later become the airport's longest when it had been extended to 7,000 feet. And Runway 12-30 had also been expanded to 5,000 feet and, still later, to 5,500 feet.

Aside from the fixed-wing aircraft activities, the Navy had established the world's first helicopter training facility at Naval Air Station New York for air-sea rescue operations with Sikorsky R-4 helicopters, practice sorties having occurred directly off of the airport in Jamaica Bay. Army air Corps, Coast Guard, Navy, and Royal Navy pilots had all trained here before having been sent to the China-Burma-India and Pacific Theaters.

PBY Catalinas and other patrol aircraft had routinely flown from Naval Air Station New York to escort and protect the ships transporting materials for the Lend-Lease Program from subsurface German U-boats.

Navy WAVES, or Women Accepted for Volunteer Exceptional Service, directed traffic to and from the airfield by operating radio equipment in the control tower.

During World War II, the air station, having served as the base for many Atlantic Fleet units, three submarine patrol squadrons, a Scout Observation Service unit, and two Naval Air Transport Service squadrons, had become the busiest and had processed more than 46,000 aircraft.

The airport had become a post-war reserve station, playing roles in the Korean and Vietnam Wars, and had served as the base for the Air National Guard during the Cold War. It had also been the location of civilian pilot, flight engineer, and mechanic training.

When all these military conflicts had ultimately been resolved, however, the air station's purpose had progressively diminished.

3. Decommissioned and no longer active as either a commercial or General Aviation airport, Floyd Bennett Field had been transferred to the National Park Service in 1972, becoming a part of its Gateway National Recreation Area. One of the first urban parks in the National Park System, it encompasses three units in two states: the Jamaica Bay Unit in Brooklyn, New York; the Staten Island Unit in Staten Island, New York; and the Sandy Hook Unit in New Jersey.

Floyd Bennett Field's only air activity, other than an occasional air show, is that of the New York City Police Department which bases its fleet of Bell Jet Ranger helicopters here and uses part of one of the former runways for operational purposes. As a heliport, it is designated "NY22."

Four of the eight original hangars had been adapted for concession reuse in 2006.

The former Administration Building/Passenger Terminal, now designated the William Fitts Ryan Visitor Center, is open to the public and, although its halls and rooms offer little more than interpretive displays and a small gift shop, one can still climb the concrete stairs at the building's façade where passengers had transferred from taxis, cars, and buses, and enter the central lobby, which had been the location of the passenger check-in facilities. After depositing and weighing their luggage, and obtaining a boarding folder, they had then exited the aft doors to the observation balcony which had overlooked the propeller-spinning aircraft on the ramp awaiting them and accessed by portable boarding stairs. Baggage had been wheeled by cart from the building's lower level up the considerably inclined ramp and across the field to the aircraft itself. The control tower had been directly above them, atop the terminal.

Although the building is now quiet and deserted, one can still sense the era's history it had absorbed, of the life scenarios enacted in it and facilitated by it. Its silence ironically tells its story, serving as the line of contrast between what had been and what no longer was.

Its internal roadways, once Floyd Bennett Field's runway and taxiway infrastructure, still bear their magnetic compass headings and can be freely driven.

Across from the Visitor Center, on the east side and at considerable distance via former Runway 6-24, is another public-accessible building, Hangar B. Constructed by the Navy during World War II for its VRF-4 base, one of Naval Air Station New York's Naval Air Ferry Command squadrons, it had been used as a Naval Air Reserve training facility to prepare pilots and ground crews for the Korean War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Vietnam War. Now used by the National Park Service's Volunteer-In-Park Program Historic Aircraft Restoration Project (HARP) dedicated, since 1995, to preserving aviation history at Floyd Bennett Field and interpreting its role, it houses a collection of both fixed wing and rotary aircraft which represent the airport's two principle eras-its Municipal Airport status from 1931 to 1941 and its Naval Air Station function from 1941 to 1971-and the five services which had operated from it: the Air National Guard, the New York City Police Department, the US Coast Guard, the US Marine Corps, and the US Navy.

Floyd Bennett Field, a tiny parcel of land which had been transformed from marsh to concrete, and had played important roles in New York's Golden Age and military aviation eras, has been reduced to silence and inactivity as it now sits in the shadow of its replacement, JFK International Airport, from which mulitple, European-bound takes offs routinely occur, a shadow from which those European-bound flights had ironically been proven. As such, it had served as a stage where a brief, but important piece of New York aviation history had been acted out, leaving only its memory and its effects-indeed, and in essence, the very purpose of the planet itself, proving that, when a life cycle has been completed and has fulfilled its purpose, that it can only pave the way for those to follow, but can never be reused itself.

$50 Nylon Strap Failure Likely Caused NYC Crane Collapse Causing 7 Deaths

The New York Times reported that the suspected cause of the horrendous crane collapse in New York City on Saturday, March 15, 2008, was a failure of a $50 nylon strap.

"A prime suspect in Saturday's East Side crane collapse - a spectacular disaster across two Manhattan blocks that has now claimed seven lives and is expected to cost untold millions - is a $50 piece of nylon webbing that investigators suspect may have broken while hoisting a six-ton piece of steel."

The Times reported that investigators believe the accident occurred as workers were trying to install a massive square steel collar around the crane's tower. They were using a series of winches that appeared to have been hung from nylon slings attached to a higher portion of the tower. The collar was to have been attached to the building by steel struts to give the tower added stability.

From a legal standpoint, who is responsible for the devastation, destroyed lives and property that resulted from this crane collapse?

The first in line, is the property owner. They hired contractors to build. Second is the general contractor who was hired to build the building. The contractor then hired sub-contractors to actually perform the work. Sub-contractors would include engineers, architects, trades including heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, plumbing, electricians, welders, roofers, crane companies, debris and garbage removal.

In a lawsuit involving a construction accident, typically the owner, "G.C." known as the general contractors and individual sub-contractors are named as defendants. The investigation that takes place following a terrible accident is crucial to determining the root cause of the crane collapse. In this case there are a number of agencies and companies trying to determine quickly what caused the crane to self-destruct.

Why is it important to know the cause of the crane collapse? For liability purposes of course. That's the only way the injured victims and their families can be properly compensated for the senseless death and tragedies that have occurred. However, when a huge crane collapses in the middle of Manhattan, causing havoc, devastation and death, there are many concerned parties. Here's a perfect example: Mayor Mike Bloomberg was reported to have said that the company doing construction, having been cited for over 30 code violations, is not unusual, and not related to the cause of the collapse. Other agencies and politicians have questioned the buildings department for failing to properly police and oversee construction in New York City. Politicians love to point fingers at others after every tragedy. Despite gaining some publicity for the politicians, it does nothing to further the analysis of what caused the collapse.

In a construction accident lawsuit, most of the people sued point fingers at each other as well. The owner says he had nothing to do with purchasing the nylon strap holding the equipment. Look to the general contractor. The general contractor says he had nothing to do with what happened- it was the sub-contractor, the crane company. The crane company said it was a piece of steel that fell, shearing the support from the building.

These are typical defenses used not only by defense lawyers but also by the people involved in the construction. It is rare that a culpable party will come forward and say "I'm sorry, I did it."

How then does an experienced lawyer proceed with a case representing injured victims and families that were crushed by this crane? There are specific laws that address construction accidents that help injured victims prevail in some cases. In other cases, the facts of exactly who did what makes the case. Sometimes, we are able to show a particular company did not properly conform to construction standards when doing their work, thereby causing an irreversible chain of events leading to injury and death.

The key to recovering proper compensation is having an experienced New York injury lawyer guide you through the legal minefield. Make sure you ask lots of questions about any lawyer you meet with including their experience; who will be working on your case (the junior associate or the senior trial lawyer); and what information can they provide to you about cases like yours. Being an informed legal consumer is the best thing you can do.

Get Wet Ent. presents Rock,Paper, Scissors (Scorpion vs. Young X)

Get Wet Ent. presents Rock, Paper, Scissors Scorpion (Cali) vs Young X (NYC). Bay vs. New York January 16th 2010 San Francisco, CA. Get Wet and LOUD



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New York Hotels - Where Style Meets Elegance

Looking forward to a stay in New York hotels? With the best in luxury hotels available across New York, you can enjoy a hotel stay in utmost comfort.

Exploring Options

As a prominent city of America, New York is a leading name among tourist hot spots. Each year, many people head toward New York from all over the world. There are many New York hotels offering comfortable accommodation in several prime locations across the city. Hotels in New York are usually categorized on the basis of location into the following:

* Staten Island Hotels,
* Queens Hotels,
* Brooklyn Hotels,
* Times Square Hotels,
* Long Island Hotels,
* Bronx Hotels, and
* Airport Hotels.

Offering the best in services and ambience, New York hotels are at par with the leading hotels anywhere in the world.

Getting To Know The City

With the Internet connecting the entire world into a single web, information on almost any subject is available at the click of a mouse button. For the people interested in New York and all that the city has to offer, there are many websites available today offering a host of information. Prominent websites pertaining to New York provide the details regarding hotel accommodation in the city as well as offer information on major attractions as well. Today, there are many well-maintained websites offering a great deal of information on luxury hotels in New York. Along with the information on New York City hotels, these websites also provide details on various other aspects of the city, including information on the following:

1. New York restaurants or NYC restaurants which include many prominent names such as The View, Pastis, Four Seasons, Per Se New York, Nobu, Union Square Cafe, Tao, Le Bernadin;
2. New York shows, also referred to as New York broadway shows, which include shows such as Come Fly Away, Wicked, West Side Story, In The Heights, A Little Night Music;
3. New York tours such as Liberty Helicopter Tours, Circle Line Tours, Grand Central Tours;
4. New York attractions that include the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building, Ellis Island, Times Square;
5. Famous New York clubs such as Stanton Public, Pacha New York, Cielo, Club Quo;
6. Prominent New York stores which include Fendi, Gucci, Ralph Lauren, Barneys, Armani New York; and
7. New York city spas such as Tribeca Spa, La Peau Spa, Spa Ja, Great Jones Spa.

Leading websites offer comprehensive and well-researched information on almost every facet of life in New York.

When Only The Best Will Do

Accommodation in any of the luxury New York hotels can easily be sought online. A great many websites offer information on all types of hotels available throughout the city. Among the prominent hotels in New York are The Mandarin, Four Seasons Hotel, The Ritz, Carlyle Hotel, Waldorf Astoria, The London NYC, and many others.

Surveying the options available on the Internet is a good way to decide upon the most appropriate New York hotels for your individual requirements. With many websites offering information on almost everything related to New York, planning for a trip to New York - either for business or for pleasure - is a pleasurable experience devoid of unnecessary hassles.

New York Cruises - Best Ships & Itineraries of 2008 - 2009

Over one million people sailed from New York's three ports (Manhattan, Brooklyn and Cape Liberty, Bayonne, NJ) in 2007, according to the New York City Economic Development Corporation, and that number is expected to increase in 2008.

Since 9/11 the number of ships and passengers increased to the point that additional berthing facilities were opened in Red Hook, Brooklyn and Cape Liberty (Bayonne), New Jersey. Today every major cruise line has several ships that home port in New York for extended seasons of voyages ranging from a one-day party cruise to a 100+-day circumnavigation of the globe.

Four cruise lines (Cunard Line, Holland America, Royal Caribbean and Norwegian Cruise Line) have year-round service from New York. Itineraries range from one-day party cruises to a 99-day full circumnavigation of the globe. Cunard Line's Queen Mary 2 continues the tradition of regularly scheduled transatlantic service between New York and Southampton.

Picks for the Best Ships and Itineraries of 2008/09:

BEST CRUISE LINES AND SHIPS

The New York Star: Queen Mary 2. Ballroom dancing to a live orchestra, high tea perfectly served, scholarly guest lecturers, a dog kennel and the ultimate in creature comforts keep the British maritime heritage alive and well.

Best Ships for Families: Royal Caribbean's Explorer of the Seas. A big kid pleaser due to her rock climbing wall, roller blading, ice-skating and private teen club, Explorer of the Seas is hugely popular with cruisers of all ages.

Top Luxury Ship: Crystal Symphony (Crystal Cruises) Boasting the top levels of food and service, penthouse suites with private butlers and onboard enrichment programs, Crystal Symphony steals the show in luxury cruising.

Best Itineraries: Princess Cruises' Caribbean and Canada/New England cruises from Brooklyn.

Best Ships For Laid-back People: Norwegian Cruise Line. This cruise line's popular "Freestyle Cruising" program means you may opt to dine in numerous restaurants when and with whom you please. And, no tuxes required.

Best Onboard Dining Program: Princess Cruises' Caribbean Princess. Princess offers the choice of single open seating dining or traditional two seating dining plus a Lido Restaurant that serves great food 24 hours per day.

BEST ITINERARIES OF 2008/09

Caribbean: (Princess) Caribbean Princess sails on nine-day Eastern Caribbean voyages round-trip from Brooklyn to Bermuda, Grand Turk, San Juan and St. Thomas

Bermuda: (Royal Caribbean & NCL Royal Caribbean's Explorer of the Seas sails on six-day Bermuda cruises from Cape Liberty (Bayonne), NJ and Norwegian Cruise Line' Norwegian Dawn makes seven-day Bermuda voyages from Manhattan

Canada/New England: (Princess) Princess's Sea Princess sails on ten-night cruises between Brooklyn and Quebec City (with an overnight stay aboard the ship). Ports of call are Newport, Boston, Bar Harbor, Saint John, Halifax, Sydney, Charlottetown

Europe: Six-night transatlantic crossings between New York and Southampton aboard Queen Mary 2

Short Cruise: Aug. 29, 2008 three-night cruise to nowhere aboard Holland America's brand new Eurodam sailing from Manhattan.

Best Long Cruise: Sea Princess' 14-day Iceland & Greenland voyage from Southampton, U.k., to Brooklyn Aug. 30, 2008. Bergen, Norway; Shetland Islands, Scotland; Faroe Islands, Denmark; Iceland; Nanortalik, Greenland; St. Johns, Nova Scotia.

World Cruise: Queen Victoria sails from New York to Barcelona on a 99-day World Cruise departing Jan. 10, 2009. The ship visits Curacao; Guatemala; Cabo San Lucas; Los Angeles; Honolulu; Tonga; New Zealand; Australia; New Guinea; Japan; China; Hong Kong; Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore; India; Dubai; Jordan; Egypt; Turkey; Greece; Rome; Barcelona.

Statik Selektah - The Thrill Is Gone ft Styles P & Talib Kweli[New/2009/CDQ/Dirty/NODJ]

Ok,this tracc is just dumb nice.From the start of this I was hooked. Styles P went in for real Statik is fast becoming one of my favorite producers. He reminds me a lot of DJ Premier but he has his own style.I'm looking forward to his new cd with Saigon "All In A Day's Work". Also checc out his cd "Sticc To The Script" www.myspace.com www.youtube.com



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Mom's Advice for Finding New York City Apartments, Homes & Rentals

Looking for New York City apartments, homes for sale in Manhattan, or chic condos located on a tree lined street in Brooklyn? Finding real estate or Manhattan apartments that are perfectly equipped with the right schools, an enticing neighborhood, and mortgage rates to suit your budget can be a challenging task. Make sure you ask the right questions and view the appropriate real estate websites when embarking on a life changing move. If you stumble upon sites that have customizable searches (not just search by bedroom or number of baths), make sure you find exactly what you are looking for. Relocate to New York City - Get out there and find your perfect piece of real estate!

Search Manhattan real estate based on price, region and number of rooms - interact with people who actually live in the area that you plan to relocate to! Share your thoughts, ask questions or simply search the web independently to find information on mortgage rates, specific pricing trends and award winning schools.

Staying up-to-date and current about the renting and buying process in Manhattan is crucial. Find upcoming listings or new developments in mortgage rates in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx and Staten Island. Get the inside edge on a building or a topic by getting involved in online chat sessions, online real estate communities or simply just ask family and friends. Chances are, by meeting real people and discussing pertinent issues in your community - that's the best way to determine if the area you want to move to is right for you. Make your transition to New York City easy and do your homework before packing up and making the move.

Finding Manhattan apartments may be tricky for those who may not be web savvy. Researching a reputable realtor is always important. Word of mouth is the best advertising - make sure you go with people you trust in the real estate marketing world. Whether you are looking for a house for your growing family, or a studio apartment in Manhattan, it is important to map out your ideas first prior to delving into the real estate market. Have your dream house planned out - right down to the amount of money you want to spend. Get pre-qualified and make sure your credit is sufficient.

Have you already decided on an area in New York City that you'd like to buy or rent? Search for open houses in your desired area and go on those open houses! Even if the house isn't quite in your budget, go see it anyways. You can at least get fun decorating tips and ideas. Find unique homes, trendy lofts, rentals and multi-family residences in any type of neighborhood imaginable! Manhattan apartments, including lofts, co-ops and condos are right at your fingertips. Browse listings in the newspaper, online or get your facts from "word of mouth". Move to New York City and see what all the talk is about!

What's the bottom line? Trust your instincts, get educated, do your research and have fun!

New York City - 10 Things You Need To Know

Ways to save money in New York City, its top attractions and much more with Hostelworld.coms Colm Hanratty.



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Brooklyn Property Inspection Profile

When you're considering something as serious as buying some real estate, it's important to have everything in order in the sense that you don't want any unexpected surprises that will cost you money or even sour the entire deal. To that end, while it's a great idea to have a home inspector that can point out all the structural problems as well as anything else that you should know about, it's also a good idea to keep a little checklist yourself for personal reference because two sets of eyes are always better than one.

A property profile is a detailed checklist that will help you inspect and evaluate every home that you look at. You should use it as you walk through a house to form an educated opinion of the strengths and weaknesses of every house that you look at. Remember that it takes an experienced eye to see through a house that's dirty and neglected and this kind of checklist will help you to do just that. The profile can help you to see the underlying potential.

First off, look at the layout and floor plan. Take note of the special things like an unfinished attic that will be good for future renovation. Make sure to look and then check off the condition of the walls, cabinets and ceilings. Remember to mark off a special section for the appliances as well. While they can often be older in more mature homes or not top quality in newer places, they can save a first time buyer some cash in those first five years that are traditionally the most difficult. You'll want to make a profile for every home that you look at so that you can weigh the pros and cons of each to help make an informed decision in the end.

As the number of houses that you walk though increases, the pros and cons for each tends to blur together and having each home on a separate sheet will help you to tell them apart later. Spread the profiles out on a table later when you're done and then you'll be able to select those that you think warrant a second look. It's easiest if you make one master list before you start and then photo copy it so you'll have a blank template to work from as you go from house to house. Of course, some of the information will be on the listing sheet of the property, but it's still a good idea to verify that it's accurate. Make sure to take a close look-at the bottom of every listing sheet there's a disclaimer about accuracy.

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Rosetta - Je N'en Connais Pas La Fin

For an indexed overview of all (((unartig))) recordings please go to unartignyc.com www.myspace.com Rosetta live at Union Pool in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City on January 22, 2010.



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Dough Bakes Up a Surprise of a Story by Mort Zachter

To all of us who hold dear family stories of our ancestors making their way to America where the "streets were paved with gold", readers will appreciate this charming and relatable memoir by Mort Zachter. Mort's Jewish immigrant grandparents, Max and Lena Wolk, came and opened a bakery in New York's Lower East Side in 1926. Their bachelor sons, Harry and Joe, came to work in the bakery even before their parents died, and it became their whole life. Their daughter, Helen, Mort's mother, also worked there and that is where Mort grew up. It was common in those times for a family to escape to America and then work hard to eek out a meager living while supporting one another.

"The Store", as the family always called the business, was not actually a bakery but rather a place that sold day-old breads and bakery goods. Mort's childhood centered on the small shop in Manhattan, complete with its smells, sounds, customs, and customers. All these things were what made up the fabric of their lives. Mort's family lived in a Brooklyn tenement and it was a hard life but all the life he knew. It is almost a classic immigrant story complete with the hard working family, supporting each other, and struggling to provide a decent life for each other. The one difference in this story is that Mort's family, unknown to him until he was an adult, was very wealthy!

Alternating chapters between Mort's childhood and his more recent years as an adult, the story unfolds with the reader becoming involved in Mort's struggles to help his family while also trying to better himself and make it through college. This is accomplished only for Mort to find out when he is thirty-six that he is set to inherit millions of dollars that his uncles had somehow hoarded away through success in the stock market and also in bonds.

As the reader goes from past to present and back, one slowly finds out more and more oddities about the bachelor uncles and his parents. Zachter thinks about the long and hard hours they all worked, including himself when he had to attend night school to get his degree. He thinks about his poor mother working all that time for no pay while they struggled at home to put food on the table. So many questions, many not answered, and so much to ponder with this new found wealth makes up a good part of this story. With the marvelous background that sets the tone for what this family goes through, only to shockingly bring us to wonder why was it all necessary when there was all this money?

The story is nostalgic and often amusing and leads the reader to wonder how Mort Zachter will deal with the new found wealth! How will he feel about his family once he realizes what all this money means, and could have meant for all of them for all those years? Will it change his life or is he set in his ways as perhaps his family was? Will the inherited work ethic be something Mort can give up and change? All these questions will come up as the story progresses and one realizes this is a memorable memoir-a family story. How a family's relationships with each other effect everything in their lives from work, education, religion, love, and of course, the mighty dollar!

Little Jackie- The Stoop

Little Jackie- The Stoop



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New York Marriage License Information

Congratulations on your engagement. It is a magical yet busy time. Be sure you have your paperwork in order.

If you’re getting married in New York, please see guidelines below:

1. Typically both the bride and groom are over 18 years of age. To obtain a marriage license, both the bride and groom must go to one of the following office locations:

Brooklyn office:

210 Joralemon Street

Brooklyn, NY 11201

Hours: M-F 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Bronx office:

851 Grand Concourse

Bronx, NY 10451

Hours: M-F 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Manhattan office:

1 Centre Street

New York, NY 10007

Hours: M-F 8:30 a.m. – 3:45 p.m.

Queens office:

120-55 Queens Blvd.

Kew Gardens, NY 11424

Hours: M-F 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Staten Island office:

10 Richmond Terrace

Staten Island, NY 10301

It is recommended that you go to the office nearest to you. In New York, you can get married as young as 14 years of age. Special paperwork and circumstances are required. Visit [http://nycmarriagebureau.com] for more information.

2. No blood test is required. No physical exam is required.

3. Bring your driver’s license and birth certificate. Other documents are acceptable and can be found at [http://nycmarriagebureau.com].

4. If either the bride or groom have had a previous marriage, a copy of the final divorce decree must be presented. Bring this along.

5. The marriage license is effective 24 hours from the exact time that the license was issued and is valid for 60 days in the state of New York.

6. The wedding ceremony must take place in the presence of an authorized member of the clergy or public official. There must be at least one other witness who is eighteen years old.

7. After the ceremony, the license must be returned to the office you went to in #1 above.

8. Fee for a marriage license is $35 payable in money order only.

9. See [http://nycmarriagebureau.com/MarriageBureau/index.htm] for more information.

10. First cousins may marry.

Marriage license requirements can and do change from time to time. The above list should not be regarded as legal advice. It is meant to assist you in getting your paperwork in order. Be sure to check your local marriage license office for the most up-to-date information and requirements. Do this before making any wedding plans or booking any travel reservations.