As you have most likely heard by now—there's been talk of a new astrological sign, along with the possibility of your sign changing. Last week Susan Miller of AstrologyZone told us, "Nothing changed. Sidereal astrology studies the precession of the equinoxes, and it doesn't work when we sift 23 degrees." We have no idea what that means, but it sounds like if you were a Virgo last month, you are still one now.
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Will Ophiuchus Come To Grand Central Terminal?
Video: New Grand Central Terminal Constellation Lights
On Monday, Grand Central Terminal unveiled their new LED-lighted Grand Concourse ceiling, which will not only return the constellations to their previous glory, but reduce energy costs for the MTA. Steve Stroh of Metro-North said the new lights will last "twice as long as the old system," and that it uses "about 60% less electricity than the original lights." The lights will be on from 5 a.m. to 2 a.m. every day, and each one will mimic the intensity of its star as seen from earth. “When gazing up, 125 feet above the Tennessee pink marble floor, one cannot see all the lighted stars at once,” says the MTA. "As people walk across the Concourse floor and their vantage point changes, different stars appear, giving a twinkling impression."
Grand Central Ceiling Gets Outfitted With LED Lights
In 1996, the MTA began a thorough cleaning of Grand Central Terminal's Main Concourse Sky Ceiling, which had been left almost black after years of neglect and pollution. But though New Yorkers can once again look at the backwards zodiac constellations, they just haven't gotten the full effect without the lightbulbs shining behind the stars. The ceiling has been completely dark for the past six-months, but today the Terminal is unveiling new LED lights that will bring a more realistic stargazing experience (much to the chagrin of everyone trying to actually get somewhere).
Suspect Tries to Escape Hospital Via Ceiling
Columbia-NY Presbyterian Hospital, at Broadway & 168th Street, was under lockdown yesterday when a suspect, arrested on stolen property and drug charges and being monitored at the hospital, . The Port Authority police had brought Esteban Guitterez to the hospital on Saturday night and the Columbia Spectator reports that he "was in a bathroom in the Emergency Room area at 11:50 a.m. Sunday, when he reportedly decided to climb into the ceiling of the facility. He subsequently trapped himself inside a wall of the structure." After searching for over an hour, Guitterez, according to the PA police, "was eventually determined to be on the other side of a sheetrock wall, so they knocked down the wall and there he was.” The PA police were joined by the NYPD in the manhunt—one man whose pregnant wife as evacuated said, "[My wife] was very scared, obviously." The Daily News adds that the PA cops who were guarding him "are not expected to be disciplined"
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