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Audience.

A Journal is written for students and professors who are studying history as an academic pursuit.

The New York Times writes for a general audience, perhaps a slightly savvier audience than most news papers, but they certainly don’t expect the reader to have or obtain a degree in history.

That being said there could be finer differences if you were to compare 2 such reviews.

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In the early and mid-1950s, the group of psychologists who had been attracted to the study of operant conditioning found that the journals that seemed most appropriate as outlets for their work were not hospitable toward it. Both the Journal of Experimental Psychology and the Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology did publish studies by some of the most creative contributors to the new field. But, by and large, few members of their editorial boards had much sympathy toward an approach that stressed the behavior of individual organisms and eschewed formal design and explicit hypothesis testing, both hallmarks of most of the work being published in the older journals.

The founding editor was Charles B. Ferster, who had earned his Ph.D. In 1950 at Columbia University. He then spent five years with B. F. Skinner at Harvard and then two years at the Yerkes Laboratories in Orange Park, Florida, where he was in early 1957. Ferster circulated among a number of his friends a document entitled “Proposal for the Establishment of a New Journal” just before the 1957 meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association (EPA) meeting in New York. It started:

Because the editorial policies of existing journals make it increasingly difficult to publish the experimental work of a growing number of psychologists and because of the long publication lag, there has been considerable interest in establishing a new journal to meet the needs of this group. I propose therefore that discussions should be undertaken by those individuals who require a new medium for publication, as to 1) the format of the journal; 2) method of financing; 3) selection of individuals for the management of the journal; 4) enumeration of criteria for acceptance of papers; 5) policy with regard to number and length of experimental reports that could be published.

There’s plenty more at the link below.

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Andrea, if you’re driving to New York City, I would recommend not driving into the city, because traffic here is not terrible and finding park on the street is worst, Not to mention expensive, if you decide to park in a garage.

My advice park you car out side the City and take public transit into the City. It be cheaper and less of a hassle than driving into the City.

Depending on where you coming from, may I recommend a few place in the metro area where you can park you car and take public transit into town.

If you’re coming from Upstate NY or New England, you can park you car near a Metro-North station and take the train into the City. Many of the station listed here have large park and ride facilities.

New Haven Line

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New Haven-Union Station

Bridgeport

Stamford

New Rochelle

Hudson Line

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Poughkeepsie

Croton Harmon

If you’re coming from points south and west, may I recommend parking your car in either Jersey City or Hoboken and take the PATH train into Manhattan. There are many parking facilities near PATH train station, where you can park you car for couple of weeks and take the train into and out of Manhattan.

The link blow show the location of parking facities near PATH train station in both cities.

Grove Street Station

http://maps.google.com/maps?near=Grove+Street+PATH+Station+(Grove+Street+PATH+Station)&geocode=&q=parking&f=li&hl=en&sll=40.729438,-74.038496&sspn=0.022765,0.036478&abauth=7774de3c:zSLeKJxZOD67ZIR3c_EX9K0aTHM&absince=556

Exchange Place Station

http://maps.google.com/maps?near=Exchange+Place+PATH+Station+(Exchange+Place+PATH+Station)&geocode=&q=parking&f=li&hl=en&sll=40.727356,-74.028797&sspn=0.022766,0.036478

Pavonia/Newport Station

http://maps.google.com/maps?near=Pavonia%2FNewport+PATH+Station+(Pavonia%2FNewport+PATH+Station)&geocode=&q=parking&f=li&hl=en&sll=40.736462,-74.030514&sspn=0.022762,0.036478&abauth=92dfd8db:WdJqZ_TMhrDJKkA6Ef84XwdtMfs&absince=560

Hoboken Station

http://maps.google.com/maps?near=Hoboken+PATH+Station+(Hoboken+PATH+Station)&geocode=&q=parking&f=li&hl=en&sll=40.745696,-74.025192&sspn=0.022759,0.036478&abauth=bd632944:TYNO49ddN2E1qIy3jrI5bgeauNk&absince=558

Journal Square

Parking is available at the Journal Square Transportation Center on two decks through a privately owned parking facility, LAZ Parking. For additional information, please call (201) 216-6744.

In regards to thing to do and see in the Big Apple, may I recommend the following.

Landmarks

-Empire State Building

-Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island

-Rockefeller Center and the Top of the Rock Observation Deck

-Times Square (no trip is complete without a visit to the”Crossroads of the World”)

-Lower Manhattan/Wall Street Area

-United Nations

-Central Park

-Brooklyn Bridge (you can walk across it too)

-Grand Central Terminal (largest railroad terminal in the country)

-A Ride on the Staten Island Ferry (its free and you can see the Statue of Liberty as the ferry crosses the harbor)

-Sightseeing tour on a Double Decker Bus

-Bronx Zoo/New York Botonical Garden

-Yankee Stadium (both the old and the new)

-City Island

-Riverdale

-Governor’s Island

Museums

-Museum Mile (Fifth Avenue from East 82nd to East 103rd Streets)

-Museum of Natural History and the Rose Center for Earth and Space (formerly the Hayden Platerium)

-MoMa

-Whitney Museum of American Art

-New Museum of Contemporary Art

-Madame Tussaud Wax Museum

-New York City Fire Museum

-New York City Police Museum

-Transit Museum

-The Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum

-The Bronx Museum of the Arts

-Brooklyn Museum

-Milk Gallery

-American Craft Museum

-Museum of American Folk Art

-Museum of the Moving Image

-The Paley Center For Media (formerly the Museum of Television and Radio)

-The Municipal Art Society

Shopping

-Macy’s (West 34th Street and Broadway in the heart of Hearld Square)

-Bloomingdale’s (Lexington Avenue at East 59 and East 60 Streets)

-The shops along Fifth Avenue (just don’t max out you credit cards)

-FAO Schwarz

-Toys “R” Us in Times Square

-Lord and Taylor (5th Avenue at East 38th Street)

-Chinatown/Canal Street Area (if you want to go on the cheap for the stuff you can’t get on Fifth Avenue)

-NBA Store (for the basketball fan – 5th Avenue at East 52nd Street)

-The Apple Computer Store (East 59th Street and Fifth Avenue)

-The Time Warner Center (West 59th Street – Columbus Circle)

-Hershey Store (for those with a sweet tooth)

-M&M World (49th Street and 7th Avenue)

-Grand Central Terminal (for the shopping)

-H&M

-Century 21 Department Store (Church and Cortlandt Street)

-forever 21

-Barneys New York (660 Madison Ave)

-Abercrombie & Fitch (5th Avenue @ 57th Street and Water Street between Fulton and John Streets)

-American Eagle Outfitters (4 locations in Manhattan)

-Urban Outfitter (8 locations in Manhattan)

-Manhattan Mall

-Queens Center Mall

-Queens Place Mall

-Roosevelt

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Eastman Kodak in Rochester is a New York company that is struggling for survival and is in the news now. Carrier Corporation began in Syracuse. You could also look at the Wall Street Journal, Time, The New York Times, Trump, Brooklyn Brewery, JP Morgan Chase, Martha Stewart Living Ominmedia, CBS, Revlon, Estee Lauder, J Crew, Kenneth Cole, NBC, Random House, Bloomberg, and MTV just to name a few of the companies right in New York City. If they are a publicly held corporation you can request a prospectus and research the Wall Street Journal to find out about financials. You can go to the website, find out who the owner or CEO is and send them a letter and ask them questions about their company. You can look on line or in the library to find out where they are ranked within their industry, major products, subsidiaries, founders and history of the company. A librarian can help you find trade magazines and papers which may also help you to find out about a company.

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I love New York. (I’m a Native Brit but live here now.) there are so many things to do. Popular stores here are Forever 21, H & M, American Apparel, Urban Outfitters, Aeropostale, etc.

Other attractions you might like:

Rockefeller Center – it’s where the today show is filmed and if you take it to the top, it has an excellent view of the city.

Central Park – its a smallish part of the city where people go to relax and have fun. There’s often concerts and there’s a zoo too.

Broadway – It’s a bit expensive, but it’s something you definitely have to do. (you can wait in the TKTS line in Times Square to get a great discount on tickets)

F.A.O. Shwartz – if you’re familiar with the movie Big, you should go here. It’s where the piano scene was filmed. Basically, it’s an overly expensive and lavish toy store.

Bronx Zoo – it may be kind of chilly since you’re going in February, but it’s a lot of fun. (on Wednesdays, admission is free!)

Museum of Natural History – this is great if you’re into history. (it’s where Night At the Museum was filmed, although its a lot different inside.)

Grande Central Terminal – even if you don’t need to take the train, you should visit it. It’s amazing architecturally and has great restaurants and shops.

Bloomingdale’s – if you love makeup and shopping, come here. (it’s pricey and more fun to look at)

Fashion is pretty basic here. Here are some popular trends:

Peacoats

Uggs

Scarves

But its NYC, trust me; there are so many different types of people it won’t really matter what you wear)

For the plane, bring a book and your iPod and headphones. Bring a journal and keep track of what goes on on your trip. (just wear something comfortable)

Also, get an I Heart New York shirt and you have to try a Street Ween! (Hot Dog sold from a cart)

Have so much fun!