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Yes, the season for chunky scarves, pumpkin-spiced everything and  fantasy football  is upon us.  Fall, autumn, harvest season -- whatever you call it -- starts Friday,  September 22, at 4:02 pm ET  in the Northern Hemisphere. Here are some interesting things to know about the season: 1. Fall isn't caused by the Earth's distance from the sun That's right. The Earth's distance from the sun at any given point doesn't determine whether you'll be sweating out your white tee or shivering in your snow boots.  Fall, like all of the seasons, is caused by the Earth's tilt in relation to the sun.  It gets warmer in each hemisphere when that hemisphere tilts toward the sun and colder when it leans away. 2. 'Fall leaf' colors actually exist all year long Now, don't get too excited.  While leaves have the potential to be yellow and orange (and sometimes purple or red) all year long , seeing the colors during other seasons is not like

By  Kathryn Brenzel  |  September 20, 2017 03:40PM The City Council committee on housing and building on Wednesday unanimously voted in favor of a construction safety bill that will mandate at least 40 hours of safety training for workers. The latest version of the bill, introduced Tuesday night, requires workers to complete a 40-hour training course by December 2018 — or September 2020, if the Department of Buildings determines that there aren’t enough training facilities available for workers to meet that deadline. By March 2018, workers have to complete the equivalent of OSHA 10, a 10-hour course sponsored by the Occupational Safety and Heath Administration. Workers will then complete an additional 30 hours of training, and then the DOB will determine an addition 10 to 25 hours. At least eight of those hours will pertain to the dangers of falling workers and objects at construction sites, according to the bill. The hearing room at 250 Broadway was packed with people, ma

Guardian Exterminating Services  are dedicated in providing a fast, reliable and professional service to all our customers. Let us take care of your home with our proactive consultancy approach to domestic and residential pest control. All our employees are specially trained to handle the latest scientific techniques; we are dedicated in the control and elimination of all pests and vermin within the home environment. Interior and perimeter treatments are provided with flexible scheduling arranged to ensure your satisfaction. Why not ask about our four-season service that provides assurance of a pest-free healthy home, year-round? We understand the need for an emergency response at times so we will always endeavor to provide this service for you. Additionally, feel free to phone one of our ESA Qualified Technicians if you have any questions regarding pest control and prevention 7 days a week / 365 day of the year. All our employees are enthusiastic, committed and polite. Al

The former Pan Am Building is swapping neon lights with LEDs By  Aaron Elstein The tower at 200 Park Ave. is getting a face-lift. MetLife is replacing the neon sign that has topped its headquarters since 1993, swapping in LED lights and a new typeface with narrower letters for a more “modern” look. The former Pan Am Building was the tallest commercial tower in the city when it was completed in 1963, but it was derided by architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable as a “colossal collection of minimums.” The company in 2005 sold the building for $1.7 billion to a joint venture of Tishman Speyer, the New York City Employees’ Retirement System and the Teachers’ Retirement System. But the 59-story tower remains MetLife’s headquarters and is now worth $3 billion, according to Bloomberg. The new sign comes a year after MetLife dropped Snoopy and the other Peanuts characters it had long used to advertise. While the company repositions its public image, behind the scenes it is sparr

By -  Chris Weller   Nestled between Manhattan and Queens on New York's Roosevelt Island, a new approach to building design has come to life. Cornell Tech , a two-million-square foot campus aimed at serving students studying computer science, business, and entrepreneurship, is open for the 2016-2017 academic year. The buildings will remain in construction until approximately 2043, at which point some 2,000 students and hundreds of faculty and staff will live in energy-efficient buildings designed to heat and cool their inhabitants naturally. Here's what the school is like up close. The building is the  largest energy-efficient dorm  in the world.  The interior walls are covered in tape-sealed "jackets" that prevent outside air from coming in. Each window has triple-pane glass that was assembled in Italy and shipped to New York. Pipes run around the ceiling, continuously emitting heat or AC into the room. Unlike traditional central heating and AC s

Recall the proclamation made by 2009's most charismatic N.Y.C. mayoral candidate,  Jimmy McMillan . "The rent is too damn high," he declared. He was right, considering the average New Yorker spends $4,109 monthly for a Manhattan rental,  according to a recent report from  Douglas Elliman Real Estate. What those fancy brokerage firms don't tell you is just how bad some of the buildings are — and where. Consider the ingenuity of JustFix.nyc.  The local startup devised a map  of the buildings with the most outstanding HPD (Department of Housing Preservation and Development) violations. The non-profit organization helps renters take advantage of the housing codes of New York City and allows its users to take photos of whatever problem they come across in the building and lodge complaints. Whether it's rats, mold or cockroaches, JustFix.nyc has it reported. The app, funded by the  Robin Hood Foundation  and the Fast Forward Accelerator (an ac

During an emergency, it’s imperative that 911 dispatchers swiftly answer calls. So when New York City’s emergency command center in one of the World Trade Center buildings collapsed as a result of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, lawmakers assessed how they could make the system more resilient in the face of disaster. Enter the Public Safety Answering Center II, the city’s newest emergency call center and what’s perhaps the strongest and safest building in all five New York City boroughs. Completed in summer 2016 and designed by Skidmore Owings & Merrill, the call center was engineered to be virtually impenetrable. Located in the Bronx, it’s in a far-flung part of the city far away from terrorism targets. The structure is meant to be bulletproof, blast-proof, toxic gas-proof (aka air-tight), tamper-proof, and flood-proof. It has enough water, generator power, and food on hand for the 400 or so people who work there to be self-sufficient for at least three days. Bu