At 5pm today, the complete Manhattan section of City Water Tunnel No. 3 became operational, sending drinking water through this colossal piece of subterranean infrastructure—under construction since 1970—for the very first time.
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David Gibson,left, and Rich Kiamco, right, of Jersey City display their marriage license, which they obtained earlier today, during a rally on the lawn in front of Garden State Equality tonight, Friday Oct. 18, 2013, in Montclair, N.J. The state Supreme Court ruled today that the state must begin granting same-sex marriage licenses. (AP Photo/Joe Epstein)
David Gibson,left, and Rich Kiamco, right, of Jersey City display their marriage license, which they obtained earlier today, during a rally on the lawn in front of Garden State Equality tonight, Friday Oct. 18, 2013, in Montclair, N.J. The state Supreme Court ruled today that the state must begin granting same-sex marriage licenses. (AP Photo/Joe Epstein)
Karen Nicholson-McFadden,left, and Marcye Nicholson-McFadden,center, of Aberdeen, listen as their son Kasey, 14 and their daughter Maya, 10, speak to a crowd of about 150 people gathered on the lawn in front of Garden State Equality Friday Oct. 18, 2013, in Montclair, N.J. The rally was in support of the state Supreme Court ruling that the state must begin granting same-sex marriage licenses. (AP Photo/Joe Epstein)
Troy Stevenson, Executive Director of Garden State Equity, addresses a crowd of about 150 people gathered on the lawn in front of their office Friday Oct. 18, 2013, in Montclair, N.J. The rally followed a state Supreme Court ruling that the state must begin granting same-sex marriage licenses. (AP Photo/Joe Epstein)
Hayley Gorenberg,left, the Deputy Legal Director for Lambda Legal, pops the cork of a bottle of champaign as Udi Ofer, right, the Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey, cheers at the end of a rally on the lawn in front of Garden State Equality Friday Oct. 18, 2013 in Montclair, N.J. The state Supreme Court ruled today that the state must begin granting same-sex marriage licenses. (AP Photo/Joe Epstein)
Steven Brunner, left, and Daniel Baum, a same sex couple that applied for a marriage license, speak to the media on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013, in Asbury Park, N.J. New Jersey's highest court ruled unanimously Friday to uphold an order that same-sex marriages must start Monday and denied a delay that had been sought by Gov. Chris Christie's administration. (AP Photo/The Asbury Park Press, Bob Bielk)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A same-sex couple who was told Friday they could not get a marriage license is getting married sooner than they thought.
Karen and Marcye Nicholson-McFadden were able to obtain a marriage license Sunday night in Aberdeen, their hometown.
The couple found a judge who waived a mandatory 72-hour waiting period for the couple.
A neighbor called the mayor, who agreed to open up the clerk's office so the couple could get a marriage license.
The couple and their two children are heading to town hall to pick up the paperwork. They're planning on getting married in Asbury Park at 12:01 a.m.
"We'll be thrilled to make it happen," says Karen Nicholson-McFadden.
Township manager Holly Reycraft says the state told the town it could issue licenses after the couple called Friday.
Associated PressNews Topics: General news, Same sex couples, Same sex marriage, Marriage, Weddings, Couples, Relationships, Lifestyle, Family issues, Social affairs, Gay rights, Human rights and civil liberties, Social issues, Occasions
Cutest family ever? Neil Patrick Harris and his fiance David Burtka have continued their costume-themed tradition with their adorable twins -- Harper and Gideon, 3. The How I Met Your Mother and his family were spotted dressed as the Alice in Wonderland characters in Studio City, Calif., on Saturday, Oct. 19.
Harris, 40, and Burtka, 38, went as Tweedledee and Tweedledum as they dressed their beautiful daughter as Alice and Gideon as the March Hare. The couple was photographed wearing their adorable outfits as the Smurfs actor held on to Gideon and Burtka carried Harper on his shoulders.
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This marks the third year in a row that the family went for a film theme. Last year, they went as characters from The Wizard of Oz; Harris dressed as The Tin Man, Burtka as The Scarecrow, Harper as Dorothy and Gideon as The Cowardly Lion.
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In 2011, the family took a trip to Neverland! The family went as characters from Peter Pan; Harris went as Captain Hook, Burtka as Peter Pan, Harper as Tinkerbell and Gideon went as his famous dad's sidekick, Smee.
When it comes to online genealogy, the two major for-profit players are Ancestry.com and MyHeritage. Ancestry.com got a major head start over MyHeritage, but it mostly focused on gathering historical records while MyHeritage put an emphasis on building and matching family trees. But now it’s also starting to amass a wider range of historical records. Today, MyHeritage announced a major multi-year partnership with the largest nonprofit player in the space, the Mormon church-sponsored FamilySearch. Thanks to this partnership, MyHeritage’s users will now gain access to 2 billion historical records and family tree profiles from FamilySearch. In return, FamilySearch’s users will be able to use MyHeritage’s technology (through that company’s API) for matching family trees with historical records. MyHeritage has committed about 40 of its 150 employees to this project. While the partnership has a time limit, MyHeritage founder and CEO Gilad Japhet didn’t disclose the length of the agreement. Japhet says the service currently has about 75 million registered users who have added 1.6 billion profiles. It’s available in 40 languages, and while Ancestry.com may be bigger in the U.S., MyHeritage argues that it’s the biggest player in most European and South American countries. Because it’s hard to migrate family trees between services, it’s seeing very high retention rates, but this also means that it’s hard to gain new users from smaller competing services without outright acquiring those services. About a year ago, for example, MyHeritage bought Geni.com to acquire its engineers, user and data. One feature that makes MyHeritage unique is its ability to match up its users’ family trees, which helps them discover previously unknown branches of their families. The service’s fuzzy matching algorithm can find these matches even when there are minor errors or alternative spellings. Today’s partnership with FamilySearch.org brings a wide range of new documents to MyHeritage, which the company is now ingesting and plans to start exposing over the next few months. Given the Mormon church’s focus on genealogy for religious reasons (which at times lands it in hot water), FamilySearch has amassed one of the largest – if not the largest – database of records related to family history. In total, FamilySearch will provide about 1 billion records to MyHeritage. As Japhet noted, FamilySearch was sitting on a treasure trove of data, but didn’t have the technology to easily analyze it. MyHeritage, on the other hand, has the technology but needed more data. ThisSource: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/wPTAoRJ9uIE/A building that could claim the title of the thinnest, tallest building in New York (and maybe the world) got a bit more real this week, after the Landmarks Preservation Commission approved the proposed 60-foot-wide design.
When it tops out in roughly three years, 107 West 57th will rise 1,350 feet above Central Park (next to several other new supertalls). It’ll also tower over the 88-year-old Steinway Hall—yes, the piano showroom—which occupies the site next door. Compared to the staid stone facade of Steinway, 107 will look like a shard of glass. In fact, it’ll be the thinnest tower in the city by far, as well as the second tallest (not counting spire height).
According to Gregg Pasquarelli, a principal at SHoP Architects who spoke to the NY Daily News' Matt Chaban about the project, its height to width ratio adds up to roughly 25:1. “It may be the skinniest building ever,” he said. When we contacted SHoP for details on the building’s structure a few weeks ago, though, they were unable to comment (likely because the design isn’t finalized).
How did you get a building like this approved without so much as a whimper? By knowing your audience, it seems. After buying Steinway Hall for $46.3 million, JDS Development played a pivotal role in the push to make it the city's 116th “indoor landmark,” a campaign that succeeded last month. And when the Landmarks Preservation Commission questioned details about the decision to remove parts of the old building to make room for the new one, they came back with an altered design that includes a massive glass curtain wall, showing off the interior of the Steinway Hall.
What’s really interesting, though, is the fact that each floor of the building will hold only one gigantic apartment, making this, in essence, a layer cake of super-luxury residences. That means that the second-tallest building in the city will be accessible to only the 100 or so buyers who snag a floor. [NY Daily New; Curbed]
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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire waitress who picked up the lunch tab of two National Guard soldiers affected by the federal government's shutdown has been repaid — more than 300 times over — by television star Ellen DeGeneres.
Sarah Hoidahl, a waitress in Concord, N.H., just wanted to do a nice thing for the soldiers, so she recently picked up their lunch tab. It cost her $27.75.
On Friday, DeGeneres squared the tab and then some, giving Hoidahl $27.75 in cash and a check for $10,000.
An emotional Hoidahl buried her face in her hands and thanked DeGeneres as the talk show host repeated "You're a good person."
DeGeneres caught wind of Hoidahl's act of kindness when the New Hampshire National Guard posted a picture on its Facebook page. The story spread quickly online, producers saw it and invited Hoidahl to Hollywood.
Ellen also gave her a 50-inch television.
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