| Cult Spy: Dalek Globetrotters - Sec's In The City
It's all about location as well as extermination. Your average tourist may seek destinations on foreign shores that ensure cheap booze and a tan, but the Daleks like nothing more than plotting world domination by setting up camp alongside familiar landmarks. As they hit Manhattan this weekend, Cult Spy takes a look at some of the wondrous locations they've visited on our little planet...Let's start off by looking at their Stateside sojourns, starting with the Cult of Skaro's customs-defying temporal shift to 1930's New York. Dalek Sec's in the city and boy does he have some plans. Using the basement of the Empire State Building as his lair, he controls the power-hungry human Mr Diagoras - the man in charge of the building's construction. Making some slight architectural adjustments, Sec wants some of the Daleks bonded polycarbide armour (or Golden Balls, as Posh Spice might describe them) placed at the apex of the building.
Old Central Park becoming PCD
GAINESVILLE - Developer Brian Rochester Monday night asked for and got some flexibility in his plan to change old Central Park into a gateway commercial/light industry complex fronting I-985 near Calvary Church Road.
Rochester told Hall County Planning Commissioners his Planned Commercial Development was in the very early stages but includes a hotel, restaurant and bank with two seven story office buildings near the Exit 20 interchange.
"This is really a catalyst, we believe this development will change the entire area," Rochester said. "We believe this will .
NYC beefs up safety rules for suspended scaffold workers
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg signed a package of bills today, as a result of recommendations made by the Suspended Scaffold Worker Safety Task Force. They include: requiring that all suspended scaffolds be inspected daily and that a record of the inspection at the job site be made available to Buildings Department personnel; requiring any person using or installing a suspended scaffold hung from a C-hook or outrigger beam to notify the Department of Buildings at least 24 but no more than 48 hours prior to the start of their use or installation; and the final one, will set an increased penalty schedule for non-compliance with the regulations governing licensed riggers and others who supervise suspended scaffolds. .
Obamania hits Brooklyn
One of the leaders of a "Williamsburg for Barack Obama" group shows his support at last month's "Brooklyn for Barack" meeting, one of the first borough-wide gatherings in support of the Illinois senator. Our columnist is weighing whether to get on that bandwagon or just enjoy happy hour. .
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