FLEET WEEK IN NYC - May 21-28, 2008

Thousands of Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen from U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard ships will be in town for Fleet Week New York.

Hosted nearly every year since 1984, Fleet Week New York is the City's celebration of the sea services. This annual event also provides an opportunity for the citizens of New York City and the surrounding Tri-State area to meet Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen, as well as witness first hand the latest capabilities of today's Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard Team.
Fleet Week includes dozens of military demonstrations and displays throughout the week, as well as public visitation of many of the participating ships.

Teterboro Airport

Teterboro Airport is designed as a "reliever" airport that serves vital interests and general aviation requirements of the Northern New Jersey and the New York Metropolitan Area. Located in the Bergen County boroughs of Teterboro, Moonachie and Hasbrouck Heights, it is the oldest operating airport in the New York/New Jersey Metropolitan Area, and has been owned and operated by The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey since 1949. The property was acquired in 1917 by Walter C. Teter, and the first flight was made in 1919. For more history, click here.

Teterboro is the oldest operating airport in the New York & New Jersey Metropolitan Area. Walter C. Teter acquired the property in 1917. During World War I, North American Aviation operated a manufacturing plant on the site. After the war, the airport served as a base of operations for Anthony Fokker, the Dutch aircraft designer. The first flight from the present airport site was made in 1919. During World War II, the Army and Air Force operated the airport. The Port Authority purchased it on April 1, 1949 from Fred L. Wehran, a private owner, and later leased it to Pan Am World Airways, and then to its successor organization, Johnson Controls for 30 years. The Port Authority assumed full responsibility for the operation of Teterboro on December 1, 2000.

Since the 1950s, Teterboro Airport has been creating large economic benefits and job opportunities in the local community. Since 1970, the Port Authority has invested $174 million dollars to upgrade the airport's facilities and open new areas of service to the aviation community.

The airport embraces its own history and that of the entire aviation industry with the inclusion of the Aviation Hall of Fame & Museum of NJ on the airport grounds. For more information, visit the museum's website here.

Facilities

BUILDINGS

Nineteen hangars on the airport have a total area of approximately 412,000 square feet.
Two large office buildings centrally located, one at 90 Moonachie Ave and the other on Fred Wheran Drive, which houses the Department of Homeland Security. Both buildings occupy a total area of 133,418 square feet.
Additional office and shop space with a total area of 165,611 square feet.
An operations building, maintenance facility and two fuel farms.

CONTROL TOWER - The control tower was constructed on the east side of the airport by the FAA and went into operation on October 29, 1975.

RUNWAYS

Runway 6-24 is 6,015 feet long and 150 feet wide, equipped with High Intensity Runway edge Lights (HIRL). Runway 6 approach has an Instrument Landing System (ILS) and a Medium Approach Lighting System-R (MALS-R). Runway 24 approach is equipped with both VASI (Visiual Approach Slope Indicator) and REIL (Runway End Indentification Lighting) systems.
Runway 1-19 is 7,000 feet long and 150 feet wide, equipped with HIRL. Both runways 1 and 19 are equipped with REILS systems. Runway 1 approach is equipped with a VASI system. Runway 19 approach has an ILS. Runway 1-19 was overlaid and grooved in the summer of 2000, and included the installation of centerline and touchdown zone lighting. Runway 1 is the preferred runway for noise abatement procedures.

TAXIWAYS - Approximately 4.2 miles of taxiways exist on the airport. Most are 60 feet wide and many are equipped with centerline lighting systems.

ENGINEERED MATERIALS ARRESTING SYSTEM

Another critical step in our quest to identify and develop innovative improvements to improve safety at Teterboro Airport includes the installation of the Engineered Materials Arresting System, or EMAS. This technology, which was pioneered by the Port Authority and the Federal Aviation Administration, is comprised of beds of specially designed aerated cement blocks. These blocks crumble under the weight of an aircraft enabling a plane to stop safely and quickly in the event of an emergency.
The first installation on the north end of Runway 6/24 was commissioned in October 2006. Another EMAS installation is planned for the south end of Runway 1/19, and will take place after the relocation of a local street.
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US MEN'S NATIONAL SOCCER TEAMvs ARGENTINA

Sunday, June 8, 2008 at 7:30 PM

Giants Stadium

Ticket Prices: $35, $40, $50, $65, $80, $110, $195, $295

The U.S. Men's National Soccer Team will face No. 1 ranked Argentina at Giants Stadium on June 8 to cap off a blockbuster trio of friendlies before kicking off 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying. "Argentina is clearly one of the best teams in the world and playing against an opponent of that caliber is a great opportunity for our team," said U.S. head coach Bob Bradley. "We expect it will be a fantastic crowd at Giants Stadium, and we are looking forward to an exciting atmosphere."As a member of Meadowlands All Access you have the exclusive opportunity to purchase tickets before they go on sale to the general public on Monday, April 14 at 12 noon.

INTERNET PRESALE

Starts: Tuesday, April 8 at 12 noon

Ends: Friday, April 11 at 10:00 AMPassword*: Please use the appropriate password for the sections you wish to sit inU2ENTERTAIN - for USA section seatingD6ENTERTAIN - for Argentina section seatingN7ENTERTAIN - for Mixed/Neutral section seating

*Purchasers using the passwords designated for these sections will be able to request tickets for any price level.Day of Game ticket prices will be $40, $45, $55, $70, $90, $125, $215 & $325

CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS(If link is not active, go to meadowlands.com)The promoter makes no guarantees regarding the composition of fans in any specific seating area.

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND THE E STREET BAND Giants Stadium

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Ticket Prices:$95, $65Parking Fee:Cars-$15- Buses-$20

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band return to Giants Stadium this July for 3 amazing shows. Relive the magic of 2003!
Bruce Springsteen is the number one selling artist at the Meadowlands having sold out 66 concerts to date, including 51 with the E Street Band. In the summer of 2003, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band sold out an unprecedented 10 shows at Giants Stadium, setting a concert-industry record.
Tickets are on sale now.

Tickets are available at the IZOD Center Box Office, online at ticketmaster.com, through Ticketmaster charge-by-phone 201-507-8900, 609-520-8383 and 212-307-7171, 866-448-7849 Ticketmaster Express and Ticketmaster outlets.
Facility fee will apply. Ticketmaster orders subject to service charge and handling fee. All dates and ticket prices subject to change without notice.
TicketFast - Be advised that when selecting the delivery method for your tickets, TicketFast (print your own ticket) will not be an available option for General Admission (GA) tickets. TicketFast can be selected to receive Reserved Seating tickets.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Q. What is the ticket limit?A. Ticket limit is 8 per show with a maximum of 4 GA tickets per show.
Q. What is the seating on the field?A. The field will have both a General Admission (GA) section and Reserved Seating.
Q. Where is the seating chart?A. The seating chart for this event has been posted on this page and on ticketmaster.com. Please note that the 2 small section behind the GA section on the field are section 2A (next to section 2) and section 3A (next to section 3). Both these sections are reserved seating.
So that there is no confusion, this is not the same seating chart that was used for the 2003 shows at Giants Stadium. The sections on the field are numbered differently.
Q. Where is my seat located within a section?A. The best way to explain it is "Higher numbered seat is closer to higher numbered section." So, if you have seat 1 in section 111, you are on the aisle next to section 110 and seats 2, 3, 4, etc. will be going towards section 112. If you have seat 1 in section 222, you are on the aisle next to section 221 and seats 2, 3, 4, etc. will be going towards section 223. For field seating, same rule applies.
Q. Where is the stage located?A. The stage is in the west endzone (section 101 end.)
ADDITIONAL BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN INFORMATION
-Later this month, the iTunes Store will offer an exclusive bundle of "Girls In Their Summer Clothes," the latest single from 'Magic.' It will feature the new video for the song, directed by Mark Pellington; a new "Winter Mix" of the song; and a recent audio concert performance.
-Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band's European tour leg, currently in progress, is completely sold out and has elicited rave reviews. Telegraaf (The Netherlands) called a show the "rock concert of the year" while The Parool (The Netherlands) raved, "Springsteen burned down the house in Arnhem." Meanwhile, NRK TV (Norway) proclaimed a "Springsteen victory."
-Bruce Springsteen's twenty-third album 'Magic' has been certified platinum by the RIAA in the United States. It was released October 2 on Columbia Records and debuted at number one on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart. 'Magic' is also double Platinum in Norway; Platinum in Canada, Ireland, Italy, Holland and Sweden; and Gold in Australia, Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, New Zealand, Spain, Switzerland and the U.K.
all information is subject to change

Martin Luther King

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - On the 40th anniversary of his assassination, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was remembered Friday in the city where he died as a man who came to Memphis “to lead us to a better way.”
Presidential candidates, civil rights leaders, labor activists and thousands of citizens were coming together to honor King for his devotion to racial equality and economic justice.
King was cut down on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel on April 4, 1968, while helping organize a strike by Memphis sanitation workers, then some of the poorest of the city’s working poor.

Members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, which represented the workers then and now, marched Friday from their downtown headquarters to the motel. A line of several hundred people carrying umbrellas in a steady rain set off on the mile-long route. Nonviolence as a weapon“Dr. King was like Moses,” said Leslie Moore, a 61-year-old sanitation worker who began working for the city in 1968. “God gave Moses the assignment to lead the children of Israel across the Red Sea. He sent Dr. King here to lead us to a better way.”
As the Rev. C.T. Vivian, a former King associate, said earlier: “Here was a man who understood nonviolence at a depth that I had never known before.”
Baxter Leach, 68, a retired sanitation worker, also took part in the strike, which marked the beginning of the end for white-only domination of government and civil affairs in Memphis. Before the strike, black sanitation workers labored long hours for little pay and could be fired at the whim of white bosses.
“We honor this day. We march,” Leach said, adding that King helped all Americans. “He was for poor folks. He wasn’t for just one color. He was for all colors.”
Marchers packed the courtyard in front of the motel, now the National Civil Rights Museum, for a rally after their mile-long walk, standing shoulder to shoulder under a sea of multicolored umbrellas.
Speakers urged the crowd to follow King’s example by working to help the poor, improve public schools and provide housing for the homeless.
Attending rallies isn’t enough, said Dwight Montgomery, local director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, a national civil rights group King helped create.
“After the dust has settled, after the cameras are gone ... what will this crowd do?” Montgomery asked.
In Atlanta, Bernice King and Martin Luther King III placed a wreath at the national historic site where their father and mother, Coretta Scott King, are buried. They were expected to travel to Memphis later in the day.
A special exhibit opened at the historic site chronicling the final days and hours before King’s death, as well as his funeral procession through his hometown five days later.
McCain, Clinton in MemphisIn a statement, President Bush said that 40 years ago, “America was robbed of one of history’s most consequential advocates for equality and civil rights. ... We have made progress on Dr. King’s dream, yet the struggle is not over.”
Presidential candidates Hillary Rodham Clinton and John McCain were scheduled to take part in later Memphis events that were to include an afternoon “recommitment march” and the laying of wreaths at the motel. Sen. Barack Obama spoke of King from Indiana.
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Congratulations New Jersey Devils!!!

UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) -Never did a win over the lowly New York Islanders feel so good to the playoff-bound New Jersey Devils.

There was never a real feel that the slumping Devils would drop so far that they would miss the playoffs for the first time in 11 seasons, but knowing for sure that a spot is secure came as a bit of a relief.
Zach Parise deflected in Johnny Oduya's shot 29 seconds into overtime for the Devils, who clinched an Eastern Conference playoff berth with a 2-1 victory over the New York Islanders on Tuesday night.
"It's nice not to have to think about it now,'' said Martin Brodeur, who made 21 saves. "Now, we're trying to climb as high as we can with the three games we have left. A few weeks ago, we were leading the conference, and now, we're scrambling to get in. At least we can go for fourth place.''
New Jersey strengthened its hold on fourth in the East and stayed alive in the race for the Atlantic Division title. Anything other than a win Tuesday, would have given the crown to the Pittsburgh Penguins.
The Devils trail Pittsburgh by five points, but have a two-point edge over the fifth-place New York Rangers in the chase for home-ice advantage in the first round of the playoffs.
"It's nice to have that 'X' by your team in the standings,'' coach Brent Sutter said. "Now, we've got to fight for home ice.''
The Devils played for the first time since snapping a season-worst, five-game losing streak (0-4-1) by beating Philadelphia in a shootout on Friday. They finished the season series with the also-ran Islanders 2-5-1, a mark that damaged New Jersey's chances to win the Atlantic.
"Our focus now is home ice, and we control that,'' Devils captain Jamie Langenbrunner said. "We played a pretty solid game after the first period. Some words were said, and we responded. It was good to beat them. It's frustrating when you get beat by a team so many times.''
Parise won it with the Devils' 47th shot at third-string goalie Joey MacDonald. Oduya also had the primary assist on Patrik Elias' second-period goal that got New Jersey even at 1.
"He was great,'' Brodeur said of MacDonald. "He didn't give up many rebounds. He didn't go out of the net too much. He controlled his own game very well. It's tough when you play that well and face that many shots and lose, but it's good for us.''
Brodeur earned his 42nd victory of the season, allowing only a goal to Josef Vasicek in the first period.
New Jersey tied it during a dominant second period when they outshot the Islanders 20-5. The tying goal came during the Devils' third power play of the game.
Elias skated into the left circle and stepped into a hard slap shot that slammed into the net just under the crossbar at 5:42. That gave Elias seven 20-goal seasons in the past eight.
"I'd maybe like to have that one back, but he can pretty well put it wherever he wants,'' MacDonald said. "Overall, I felt really good. I felt confidence from playing a lot between here and Bridgeport (AHL), and it helps.''
MacDonald looked solid in making just his second NHL appearance of the season. He got the call over Wade Dubielewicz, the No. 1 backup for injured starter Rick DiPietro, who is expected to play both ends of a season-ending home-and-home series against the New York Rangers on Thursday and Friday.
The Islanders, long out of the playoff race, would like nothing more to derail the Rangers' postseason plans in the final week. The Islanders have gone 2-2-2 in their past six games, all against New Jersey, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia - three likely playoff teams.
"Every competition you're in you want to win,'' defenseman Freddy Meyer said. "It doesn't matter if you're not playing for anything or you're playing for the Stanley Cup. You're still going out there and you're working as hard as you can. Obviously, you want to win and that's what you've seen the past couple of games.
"It speaks numbers for the character of the guys in the locker room.''
Notes: The only time Elias failed to score 20 goals in the past eight seasons was in 2005-06 when he was limited to 38 games. ... The Devils have not missed the playoffs since 1996, winning two Stanley Cup titles since. ... Islanders D Aaron Johnson sat out due to a rib injury. ... New York recalled D Drew Fata and RW Matt Keith from Bridgeport (AHL). The Islanders also signed Jack Hillen, the leading scorer among NCAA Division I defenseman, to a two-year contract.
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The World of Animals and Birds of Prey
Calendar:
Meadowlands Environment Center
Event Categories:
Educational
Great for Kids
Nature/Outdoors
Weekend
Date:
Apr 6, 2008
Time:
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Posted By:
NJMC Interactive Learning Center
Contact Name:
Meadowlands Environment Center
Email:
education@njmeadowlands.gov
Phone Number:
201-460-8300
Fax Number:
201-842-0630
Address:
Two DeKorte Park Plaza, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
Website:
http://www.meadowlandslibertycvb.com/events/www.njmeadowlands.gov/ec
Location:
Meadowlands Environment Center
Address 1:
1 DeKorte Plaza
City:
Lyndhurst
State:
NJ
Zip:
07071
Event Description:
Get "up close and personal" with a variety of winged creatures and reptiles, as naturalist Bill Robinson teaches about animal adaptations for survival, and the important role animals play in the balance of nature. Ages: All $5/person; Members $3/person Pre-Registration Required. There are 2 ways to register: 1. Use our convenient on-line registration system. Just log on to our website at www.njmeadowlands.gov/ec and click on program registration (http://www.njmeadowlands.gov/ec/events/registration/). 2. Fill out a registration form (available in our lobby or online) and mail it along with payment to the address below. No phone registrations please! Please make payment by cash or check. Make checks payable to: Meadowlands Environment Center. Mail or bring pre-registration to: MEADOWLANDS ENVIRONMENT CENTER Two DeKorte Park Plaza Lyndhurst, NJ 07071 Group size is limited for all events. Advanced registration ensures a place and enables us to add additional programs if necessary. For more information or questions about programs, call 201-460-8300 Please contact the Meadowlands Environment Center offices at least one week prior to visiting to request disability related accommodations.
Admission Cost:
$5/person; $3/members