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The moment has been framed by a lifetime of happy memories.
It was the fairy tale ending every young girl dreams about. For six decades, it has been followed by the familiar refrains of "There She Is, Miss America" every time Neva Jane Langley Fickling has walked into a room.
Has it really been 60 years?
When she was 14, her family took a vacation from their home in Lakeland, Fla. They drove up the Eastern Seaboard and stopped in Atlantic City, N.J., the town with the famous boardwalk.
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Neva stood in front of the auditorium where they held the annual Miss America Pageant. In the window, she saw a picture of Bess Myerson, who was crowned Miss America in 1945.
"In my mind, I painted a vignette," Neva would later say.
The night of Sept. 6, 1952 -- which was marked by its 60th anniversary on Thursday -- changed her life forever.
Pageant officials draped a red velvet robe across her shoulders and placed a crown on her head. She walked down the runway, with hundreds of camera flashbulbs lighting her path.
It would be another two years before the pageant was televised. So millions of eyes were not fixed on the 19-year-old beauty queen.
Back in Macon, however, where she was a sophomore music student at the Wesleyan Conservatory, a crowd gathered at the Pinebrook Inn and "watched" her win on the radio.
She remains the only Miss Georgia to be crowned Miss America in the 91-year history of the pageant.
"And she's still Miss America to everyone who knows her," said longtime friend Edna Wellons.
Neva is four months shy of her 80th birthday. In April 2010, she was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. For the past year, she has been limited in her social activities and public appearances. Her soft brown hair has turned white. Medically, she has good days and bad days.
But she still looks back with pride on that special night. She will never forget it. People will not let her.
"It has always been in my memories, and it always will be," she said. "Of course, nothing could have prepared me for what would happen in my life after I won."
At 19, she was one of the youngest winners in pageant history. She was the first to have a full-time chaperone. She rode in the Rose Bowl parade, appeared on "The Ed Sullivan Show" and graced the cover of Ladies Home Journal. She met Marilyn Monroe and sat next to Richard Nixon at President Dwight D. Eisenhower's inauguration.
She grew up the youngest of three daughters to Roy and Rosie Langley. Her father was a citrus farmer and her mother encouraged her to take piano lessons. In high school, she played the piano for church services, weddings and funerals.
She was crowned Florida's "Tangerine Queen" when she was 16. She was homecoming queen in high school and named "campus queen" her freshman year at Florida Southern College.
She transferred to Wesleyan College her sophomore year and studied piano under Doris Jelks, who suggested Neva and several of her classmates enter the Miss Macon pageant in the spring of 1952.
On the night of the pageant, she impressed the judges when she continued to play the piano after a storm knocked out all the lights at the City Auditorium.
Neva believed her toughest competition was at home. If she could win against those talented and beautiful Wesleyan girls, she would have an excellent chance of becoming Miss Georgia.
Not only did she go on to win the title of Miss Georgia, she swept the swimsuit, evening gown and talent competition at the Miss America pageant.
For her piano piece, she played Toccato in E-Flat Minor by Aram Khachaturian. One of the judges was Deems Taylor, a renowned composer and music critic with The New York Times.
When she returned to Macon, more than 15,000 people lined the sidewalks for a homecoming parade on Cherry Street. She walked across a path of rose petals for a ceremony on the steps of City Hall.
Her yearlong reign as Miss America was a whirlwind tour with some 325 appearances. Her senior year, she married William Fickling Jr., of a prominent Macon family. She settled into private life as a wife and mother of four children. (She now has nine grandchildren.)
Neva chose not to be on stage the rest of her life. She was proud of her accomplishment, but she never boasted about the title or rested on any laurels.
For years, she kept her trophies in the attic and her photographs and press clippings tucked away in a cabinet. Once, a TV repairman came to the house and asked if it was true she had been Miss America.
She thought for a moment. Her hair was in curlers. She told him somebody must have been kidding him.
Neva has been civic minded, volunteering in the community and serving with various organizations, foundations and charities. She continued as an accomplished classical pianist, giving recitals and performing with the symphony.
"She is an icon," said Wellons. "She has been a mentor to so many others. She is so elegant. I have seen her walk into a room full of people and go from person to person, making each one of them feel special."
There are times when Neva will allow herself to recapture the wonder of the title that would define her. She will reminisce by looking at old photographs in a scrapbook or stop to admire one of her evening gowns on display in her home.
She is humble. She is modest. But she is also proud.
"I look at some of those pictures and say, 'Good gracious,' " she said. "I guess I was a pretty girl."
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ADCB nine months profit down 2 percent compared to corresponding period in 2006
Abu Dhabi, October 17th, 2007: ADCB announced a net profit for the first nine months to September 2007 of AED1,583.1 million compared to AED1,616.2 million to the corresponding period last year, a decline of 2%. IPO profits contributed a significant share of first half 2006 profits and were not repeated in 2007. Comparing profits for the first nine months without the IPO income in 2006 reflects an increase of 30% for continuing core profits.
The third quarter net profit has increased 46 percent to AED606.7 million compared to AED418 million in the corresponding period in 2006 and 20% over the AED 506 million reported for the second quarter of 2007.
Eirvin Knox, Chief Executive Officer of ADCB stated that the bank has successfully replaced the one-off IPO profits with core income which is an indication of the strong recurring profit performance of the bank.
Knox went on to state that "the investment portfolio of ADCB has been negatively affected by the turmoil in the international capital markets and we have taken a charge to third quarter profits of AED 70 million. We also took a charge to the bank capital of AED 213 million to reflect current market prices for investments. We consider these provisions to adequately reflect the situation of our portfolio of investments in the current market environment.
Total assets grew strongly to AED100.4 billion reflecting an increase of 40% over September 2006 assets of AED71.9 billion. Net loans and advances increased AED16.6 billion (+31%) to AED70.6 billion compared to AED54 billion for the same period of 2006.
The increase in loans was funded by increases in customer deposits of AED13.8 billion (+32%) to AED 53.8 billion over AED40.9 billion in 2006 with significant increases across most deposit types. The ADCB Medium Term Note (MTN) program continues to form a key part of the Bank's liability strategy and at the end of September 2007, borrowings under the program were AED22.4 billion reflecting a growth of AED11.8 billion (+112%) over September 2006 outstanding of AED10.6 billion. The MTN program has the benefit of lengthening the maturity profile of the funding of the bank to support our involvement in the development of long term projects and infrastructure in Abu Dhabi and UAE.
Saeed Al Hajeri, Chairman of ADCB, commented that "the excellent performance was achieved across all businesses with particularly strong gains in financing infrastructure, tourism, aviation and related projects in Abu Dhabi".
ADCB-Macquarie Infrastructure Fund has been approved by the Central Bank of UAE. This fund is generating considerable positive interest from investors globally and a strong pipeline of local and regional assets are currently being developed. The fund is likely to be up to U.S. $1 billion based on current investor interest.
ADCB believes in its social responsibility to the communities it serves. In 2007, the Bank played an active role in sponsoring and supporting many social and cultural activities and events in the UAE,''said Al Hajeri. "Our efforts in this field culminated in the recognition of the Bank from H.H. Sheik Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Crown prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of UAE Armed Forces, for its Diamond Sponsorship and the AED 25 million donation to Emirates Foundation", concluded the Chairman.
In addition, ADCB became the first sponsor in the Middle East of a Chair in International Business at INSEAD, the globally recognized international business school, based in France and Singapore. This agreement, representing the clear commitment of ADCB in supporting education and attracting a world-class faculty to research issues important in world business and particularly those relevant to the UAE and the region, was signed under the Patronage of H. H. Major General Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayd Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces.
In the same context, "as we continuously support training and development programs for young leaders particularly in Abu Dhabi, ADCB was the Golden Sponsor of the Leadership Excellence Applied Diploma Programme in line with the Government plan to build the new leadership generation of UAE nationals". Eirvin Knox, Chief Executive Officer added.
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Antidepressant makes bones weaker by slowing down new growth
ANTIDEPRESSANTS may be bad for your bones. People who take some selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors have been found to have a higher risk of fractures, but it wasn't clear whether this was due to the drug or their depression.
Now Patricia Ducy at Columbia University, New York, and her team have found that giving mice fluoxetine – the active ingredient in Prozac – for six weeks causes them to lose bone mass.
The team identified a two-stage process by measuring bones, blood and gene activity. During the first three weeks, bones grew stronger as the fluoxetine impaired osteoclasts, cells that usually deplete bone tissue. But by six weeks, the higher levels of serotonin prompted by the drug disrupted the ability of the hypothalamus region of the brain to promote bone growth (Nature Medicine, DOI: 10.1038/nm.4166).
Ducy says this two-phase pattern is also seen in people. In the short term, those who take fluoxetine are less likely to break a bone, but the risk of depletion and fractures rises when they have been taking the drug for a year or more.
This article appeared in print under the headline "Prozac compound may thin bones"


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Using SharePoint as your Intranet application and open source Web CMS Typo3 (news, site) for your public facing website? Need to connect them to share content? Now you can.
Connecting SharePoint and Typo3
It's entirely possible that you have SharePoint implemented internally to support your intranet, managing your documents and employee community. But it's not the norm to have SharePoint 2007 installed to support a public facing website. Usually you have a different Web CMS. Maybe Typo3 for example.
Just because one is open source, built using PHP and the other is proprietary and built using ASP.NET, doesn't mean there isn't a way for the two to interoperate. Because there is. And TYPOTYCOON, a company that provides Typo3 services, has provided that integration for you.
The SharePoint Connector
It's a pretty common name for a SharePoint connector (everyone seems to call their SharePoint connector the same thing). What is does is take documents and other content out of SharePoint and display it in a Typo3 website.
There are two components to the SharePoint Connector:
- SharePoint ConnectorCore: This is your PHP application that access and exchanges data with SharePoint.
- SharePoint ConnectorFlex: This is the connector to the Web CMS (Typo3).
The Connector requires WSS 3.0 to work and provides a number of features on both the front-end and the backend, some of which include:
- Front End Features: Configuration of SharePoint lists and libraries, access rights, workflow and versioning, attachments and full text search.
- Back End Features: Mapping of SharePoint lists and fields to Typo3 lists and fields, synchronization of web images and SharePoint lists.
Also interesting is that you can access SharePoint data from the Typo3 file browser, which means not only can you preview the document or list item, but also metadata about that document or item.
Open Source, But Not Free
Yes, it's built on open source technology for an open source Web CMS, but the Typo3 SharePoint Connector itself will cost you -- we just aren't sure how much.
You can get lots of examples of how to use the connector on the TYPOTYCOON website and request a demo of the connector in action.


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Number 693, October 21, 2012
"We are compelled to choose between voting for the lesser
of two or three or four evils and not voting at all"
Reguarding "Bravely Bombing the Boche: The Morality of Killing Civilians" by Sean Gabb
Attribute to L. Neil Smith's The Libertarian Enterprise
If only the moral character of the strategic bombing offensives undertaken by the Allies during World War Two were that simple.
Whenever I read second-guessing about whether there had been justification for the indiscriminate aerial attacks upon civilian populations during that conflict, I know for certain that the authors of these exercises in after-the-fact hand wringing know nothing whatsoever about the realities of warfare, particularly as these realities manifested in the 19th and 20th Century guerre à l'outrance involving the mobilizations of whole nations in arms.
There's truth in the old saying that amateurs consider warfare as tactics while professionals focus on logistics. Let's try to rise above the question of whether the indiscriminate bombardment of civilian population centers is moral and ask instead to what extent the actions of Bomber Command (and the strategic bombardment assets of the U.S. Army Air Forces) had any effect upon the outcome of hostilities in Europe from 1939 through 1945.
The war-waging assets of the Luftwaffe were of enormous importance to the military success of Nazi Germany and the Axis powers subordinate to NSDAP operations and objectives. In every theater of action where those men and machines were able to function without effective opposition, ground warfare was conducted to the overwhelming advantage of the German Wehrmacht.
To resist Nazi attack and to defeat Axis arms in the field, the aerial combat capability of Germany and its allies had to be engaged, countered, degraded, and destroyed. No question about that. But how to do it? Particularly in the years immediately following the fall of France, there was no way for the Western allies to engage land warfare that posed a direct danger to the Nazi heartland, and therefore bring the Luftwaffe to battle.
This gave German (and other Axis) military aviation assets the liberty to attack and defend wherever needed. Historically illiterate hand-wringers have no goddam idea how mobile were tactical air forces during World War Two. The flexible firepower conferred by the German Luftflotte was an advantage the German general staff officers again and again proved themselves capable of leveraging.
Leaving the Wehrmacht commanders the freedom to shift the bases of these bombers and fighters from one point of attack or defense to another was simply not an option. They had to be fixed in place, forced to fight, and if not utterly destroyed, they had to be prevented from making their impact felt against Allied offensives elsewhere.
And offensive warfare against the Axis had to be undertaken. The strategic defensive can't win a war. You must attack.
Military aviation is over a century old, and throughout these decades, combat fliers have understood the concept of "the Golden BB." Every aircraft is vulnerable to a single projectile properly placed. One bullet, one scrap of shrapnel, one goddamned bird hitting an airplane in one key location can and will bring it down.
The Nazi Luftwaffe was a hideously potent tool at the command of the Axis military, but it was relatively fragile and it was unspeakably expensive to build and operate, both in terms of material resources and skilled personnel. Force the Nazi high command to commit those men and materiel to defensive operations in areas far removed from the battlefield, put enough "Golden BBs" in the air against them, and it becomes possible to deprive the Nazi war machine of that deadly capacity.
The strategic aerial offensive against the Axis wasn't simply engaged against the enemy's industrial war-waging capabilities but also to compel the diversion of aircraft, guns, technical expertise, and manpower to increasingly costly defensive operations. Every gun crew member manning a Flak battery throwing shells at Bomber Command aircraft, night after night, was not available to support an artillery unit in the field, firing howitzer shells at attacking Allied ground troops. Every German fighter pilot engaged against Lancasters and Liberators over the Fatherland was not available for battlefield air superiority missions anywhere else.
Axis combat air power could not be left unengaged. Bomber Command had to cross the Channel and the North Sea, night after night, to slaughter and be slaughtered, just as the men of the Eighth and Ninth and Fifteenth U.S. Air Forces had to go forth by day. They had to draw the Luftwaffe into a defensive fight, giving the Nazi generals no choice but to expend their material and human resources, to feed their combat strength into the fire over their homeland, both to prevent its use against the Allied armies and to destroy it by attrition.
The Luftwaffe had to be drawn into battle, and the only way to accomplish this was to make of the entire Nazi homeland - all their cities, all their industries, all their transportation net, the whole of their power grid, everything - Sun Tzu's "deadly ground."
As for "morality," well.... Inter armes, silent leges, and there's an end to it.
Win and you can wring your hands afterwards. Lose, and the enemy will leave no eye open to weep.
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Places where a large number of people converge are always security flashpoints. Especially with the rising threat of terrorism. Smart Technologies labs have developed surveillance technology that not only help security professionals handle the huge volume of people but also identify individual faces among them.
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This extension allows Opera to auto-sort your bookmarks alphabetically.
Bookmarks are sorted automatically, on bookmark added, modified or moved.
Implemented custom sorting of alphabetical letters, including ones with Czech diacritics.
Characters with highest priority: !, <space>, :, -, [0-9], [a-z] including [á-ž]; not case sensitive.
Other characters have lower priority, and use UTF-16 code table order.
Auto-sorting is disabled in Speed Dial and Trash.
When idle, the extension gets unloaded from memory, in order to free system resources..
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There has never been a better time for Derbyshire patients to have their say on local health services. Just ask 61-year-old Phil Coultas who has recently volunteered as a lay representative for Derby Commissioning Network (DCN), one of the localities making up NHS Southern Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG). The group plans and buys healthcare for 525,000 patients in and around Derby. The former Rolls Royce business planning manager puts fellow patients at the heart of decision making and intends to gather views from various Patient Participation Groups (PPGs) and present them, together with his own, at the DCN Board in his role as a lay member. Decisions from this locality meeting are fed into the CCG governing body meetings attended by the CCG's top decision makers. Equally, he intends to keep the PPGs informed of the CCG's decisions and plans. It is around a year ago that Phil was elected joint chair of the PPG at Mickleover Medical Centre, where he is a patient. The medical centre is one of the practices in the DCN locality. But he was so impressed by the voice given to patients since an NHS shakeup in England in April that he decided to expand his role as a health service volunteer. Back in April, CCGs took over from the old Primary Care Trusts as the organisations responsible for buying health services including planned and emergency hospital care, rehabilitation, most community services and mental health and learning disability services. The idea behind the government-led changes was to put decision making in the hands of local GPs who were accountable to and in touch with the communities they served. According to Phil, from near Mickleover, the changes have worked: "It's easier than ever for patients to get involved by joining their local PPG or Lay Reference Group, or attending the meetings of their CCG's governing body. "I've really enjoyed making a positive contribution to my PPG so I saw it as a natural extension when I saw a CCG advertisement seeking lay representatives." Nearly all of Southern Derbyshire's 57 GP practices now have a PPG, meaning that patients have an important role in ensuring that services meet their needs. PPGs are independent forums of patients who work with medical staff to improve services at their surgery. They set their own agenda to reflect what matters to them and fellow patients. PPGs communicate widely throughout the local community in ways that encourage patients to take more responsibility for their health. They are not forums for complaints, which are dealt with by the practice manager or Patient Advice and Liaison Services (PALS). Patients might also consider joining the CCG's Health Panel, which is made up of interested people taking part in activities including:
Proof reading patient information
Attending events organised by partner health or social care organisations
Getting involved with CCG projects to improve patient care.
Dr Paul Wood, CCG member and GP at Derby's Park Farm Medical Centre, said: "Patients are in the unique position of being the only people who know what it's like to be on the receiving end of services, which means they can provide us with vital information on what works well and how services can improve.
"We're committed to making sure we listen to and act on feedback from patients and the public." Christopher Jackson, Chair of Gresleydale PPG, added: "The NHS has told us that patients are central to everything they do and that, by listening to us and learning, they can deliver a better service. So search out your PPG, get along and join in, or at least help in some other way." To get involved, patients should talk to their practice manager. Alternatively, they can call 01332 868677 or email firstname.lastname@example.com. More information on patient involvement can be obtained by calling CCG engagement manager Claire Haynes on 01332 868677 or visiting Southern Derbyshire CCG and clicking the "have your say" link. Before retiring, Phil was a business planning manager for Rolls Royce Civil Aerospace. Based in Derby but travelling internationally, he was responsible for helping develop and implement strategic business plans and introducing more effective working practices. He now spends lot of time caring for his 90-year-old mother who has dementia. He is a house husband with a working wife but, in his spare time, he plays badminton and golf and also maintains an allotment. NOTES TO EDITORS: NHS Southern Derbyshire CCG represents 57 GP practices and is responsible for the healthcare of 525,000 people. It is one of four clinical commissioning groups in Derbyshire. MEDIA CONTACT: Charles Malkin, Communications Officer
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An interesting new tool (in preview) added to Azure SQL database. Now Azure portal provides flexibility to query azure sql database from a browser!! Interesting! you can simply connect to Azure portal from any browser, view the database and then launch this tool to get connected to the database. When you are in support this is nice to have feature. If you are not in front of your system you can connect to the database to perform health, connectivity check etc. Continue reading Query Editor – Azure Portal
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Always Encrypted – An Over View – Part 1
Always encrypted is a new feature introduced to encrypt the in rest as well as during transport. It's been quite long time the feature has been released to general public. In this encryption method the encryption will be done at the client side. Encryption keys can be stored in Azure vault, Windows certificate store in client server or in hardware module. Since the encryption keys doesn't sit in the database engine it doesn't reveal the actual data and even this is applicable for an administrators. Continue reading Always Encrypted – An Over View – Part 1
Clear Procedure Cache in SQL Azure database
When we were working on performance baseline or performance improvement we might be clearing down the procedure cache to get the exact statistics of the stored procedure. Many of them are already aware how to do it in hosue SQL Server. We might be using anyone of the below command to clear the procedure cache. Continue reading Clear Procedure Cache in SQL Azure database
Issues restoring SQL Azure bacpac due to QueryStoreStaleQueryThreshold
In our environment we have inhouse and SQL Azure databases. We will be refreshing the DEV environments weekly once from the production SQL Azure databases. As you know backups are taken care by Azure itself, so we can simply add the storage in our inhouse server and extract it as data tier application. Continue reading Issues restoring SQL Azure bacpac due to QueryStoreStaleQueryThreshold
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Sock puppet management! There are a few club/event specific accounts on the Edge now. If you are in charge of one of these accounts you can now link it to your personal account to make posting easier.
Go to your settings page, under 'Other setting pages' you will now find a link to 'Manage alias accounts'. To add an alias enter the username & password of the other account then click 'Add new alias'. You will now find a set of radio buttons on the main new post form where you can select which user you wish to post as, meaning no more logging in & out of different accounts.
Alias accounts only work one way. Consider 3 accounts:
You add C as an alias to your account A so you can easily post announcements about your event.
You share C's login details with B who also sets up C as an alias so that they can post announcements too.
Both A and B can post as C.
B will NOT be able to log in as C and post as A.
Isn't that fantastic Marvin?
Well look at that, it was already set up! Magic. Cheers, that's going to save time.
Do my C accounts get unread direct reply notifications on the site?
And, is it possible to get an email to my A account address, if someone replies to my C account post?
Not at the moment, but I'll add it to the list of things that the new notifications system needs to handle.
In the meantime does your C account have auto forwarding abilities?
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The Testimony, Les Sabots, the Making of Difference, the Complete Works. Nomas Notes Series
The Testimony, Les Sabots, The Making of Difference, The Complete Works is a catalogue published in conjunction with the exhibition of Nina Beier and Marie Lund held in 2009-10 at Nomas Foundation in Rome. It is edited and includes texts by the exhibition's curators Cecilia Canziani and Ilaria Gianni.
At Nomas Foundation the films Les Sabots (2007) and the unreleased The Testimony (2009) recounted through the voices of two generations the failure of political ideals and utopia.
For The Making of Difference (2008-2009) a group of former activists met for the first time after ten years from the end of an important experience of political engagement at a table of the famous Caffè Greco, on the 12 December, at 4.30 pm.
Finally, MACRO Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Roma hosted Nina Beier's The Complete Works (2009), in which a dancer in an advanced stage of her career repeats by memory the choreographies and the movements that she interpreted during her life.
The dispersed and forgotten fragments of a personal as well as of a collective story are retraced and patiently reconfigured by the artists, in the attempt to recollect memories and critically rethink our relation with the real and with the present times.
Format: 16 x 22,5 cm
Pages: 48
Edition of 800 copies
Year: 2009
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What it's like to be Jimi Hendrix during a job interview.
Map Of Place Name Songs
The Dorothy collective is selling the Song Map, which is literally a map featuring songs that have street names like Penny Lane and Highway To Hell.
Van Halen's Concert Rider
Van Halen's place in rock music history will certainly contain a footnote about the notorious demands in their concert riders.
Misunderstoood Lyrics
Infographic about misunderstoood lyrics.
Devo's Whip It [FLOWCHART]
Somone created a flowchart for Devo's song Whip It. Creating flowcharts for popular songs is a great technique for creating addition buzz about the song.
The Thanksgiving Song by Adam Sandler
This is a fan-made music video for The Thanksgiving Song by Adam Sandler.
Wasted Guy At Coachella 2010
Some guy can't get his flip flops on because he's too wasted at the 2010 Coachella music festival.


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I See the Blue Moon (and Red Sun) Rising... in Japan/
Not too much to say here otherwise, but the dual-version fourth entries in the Mega Man Battle Network (or rather, Rockman.EXE) series, subtitled Red Sun and Blue Moon, are on their way to the Wii U Virtual Console in Japan. Slated for a March 25th release there, the Game Boy Advance-originating games will be available for 702 yen each.
Outside of Japan, on the other hand, Europe is still waiting for the series' second installment, while both North America and Europe have yet to see any word of Mega Man Battle Network 3, or Mega Man & Bass, for that matter. On the flip side, Europe and Japan both have Mega Man Zero 2, but North America is still waiting on that one. Go figure.
Still, there's some reassurance to be had knowing that they've been released somewhere, making their appearance elsewhere all the more likely in due time.
Sources: NintenDaan, via Nintendo Everything and Vhyper1985; Mega Man Knowledge Base.


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Yoga is a surprisingly good way to to stay in shape. And it can actually get pretty intense. If there was any competition no doubt gold would be passed around if they saw how well you tackle Savasana with such grace, flexibility, poise, and dignity.
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My Advent and Christmastide spiritual reading is a return to the classic by Dom Jean Baptiste Chautard, OCSO, The Soul of the Apostolate. A favorite of Pope St. Pius X (co-patron of my Archdiocese), I first discovered this treasure in seminary. It is in the list of the top 10 books that changed my life. A few semesters later, the then current house spiritual director purchased a copy for every man in the house.
Rereading it a few years later, and in the middle of my second year of priestly ministry, it is a well needed kick in the pants.
The prolific Dr. Peter Kwasniewski of Wyoming Catholic College has a piece at the NLM blog with an edifying excerpt from the book, a commentary on the words "digne, attente, devote" (from the traditional prayer before the Divine Office, the Aperi :: PDF link ::), which is well worth a read. (Incidentally, Bl. Columbia Marmon, another early 20th century spiritual master, has a whole chapter on these three words of the Aperi, in his classic, Christ, the Ideal of the Priest.)
The central thesis of the book is the absolute priority of the interior life in Christian living, without which all apostolic efforts, no matter how zealous or organized, are ineffective, pointless, and even harmful.
In our times, increasingly there is talk within the Church of focusing our pastoral ministry and efforts on the promotion and fostering of discipleship, intentional discipleship. (I highly recommend Sherry Weddell's book on the topic). Pope Francis talks about missionary discipleship (Evangelii gaudium 119ff.), i.e. a discipleship that is fruitful, and oriented outward, to others, to the apostolate. At the same time, there is some controversy over these ideas, especially the term "personal relationship with Jesus" (See this article in the July issue of Homiletics & Pastoral Review, and a response the following month.). Reading through this spiritual classic again, I am struck by how the language of personal relationship pervades everything that Dom Chautaurd writes about. The whole interior life is oriented to living more fully the supernatural life of Jesus in me, to being more transparent to it, so that, ultimately, I can truly say, with St. Paul, that it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives within me. It is only this kind of transparency to the principle of divine life in us that makes the apostolate truly the work of God, and not just of my own agendas, or the fulfillment of my own human, psychological or other needs.
In Chapter One, Dom Chautaurd offers eleven truths or principles in answer to the question, "What is the Interior Life?" He is at pains to point out that these truths apply to all Christians, regardless of state of life, i.e. not just to priests and religious.
Over a few posts, I will share these eleven truths or principles of the interior life. I cannot recommend Dom Chautaurd's work highly enough. Anyone who wishes to take seriously his Christian vocation, will benefit from this indispensable work.
FIRST TRUTH. Supernatural life is the life of Jesus Christ Himself in my soul, by Faith, Hope and Charity; for Jesus is the meritorious, exemplary and final cause of sanctifying grace, and as Word, with the Father and the Holy Ghost, He is its efficient cause in our souls.
The presence of Our Lord by this supernatural life is not the real presence proper to Holy Communion, but a presence of vital action like that of the action of the head or heart upon the members of the body. This action lies deep within us, and God ordinarily hides it from the soul in order to increase the merit of our faith. And so, as a rule, my natural faculties have no feeling of this action going on within me, which, however, I am formally obliged to believe by faith. This action is divine, yet it does not interfere with my free will, and makes use of all secondary causes, events, persons, and, things, to teach me the will of God and to offer me an opportunity of acquiring or increasing my share in the divine life.
This life, begun at Baptism by the state of grace, perfected at Confirmation, recovered by Penance and enriched by the Holy Eucharist, is my Christian life.
SECOND TRUTH. By this life, Jesus Christ imparts to me His Spirit. In this way, He becomes the principle of a superior activity which raises me up, provided I do not obstruct it, to think, judge, love, will, suffer, labor with Him, by Him, in Him, and like Him. My outward acts become the manifestations of the life of Jesus in me. And thus I tend to realize the ideal of THE INTERIOR LIFE that was formulated by St. Paul when he said: "I live, now not I, but Christ liveth in me."
Christian life, piety, interior life, sanctity: in all these we find no essential difference. They are only different degrees of one and the same love. They are the half-light, the dawning, the rising, and the zenith of the same sun.
Whenever the expression "interior life" is used in this book, the reference is not so much to habitual interior life, which we may call the "principal" or "capital" of the divine life deposited in us, by sanctifying grace, as to the actual interior life, which invests this capital and puts it work in the activity of our soul, and in our fidelity to actual graces.
Thus I can define it as the state of activity of a soul which strives against its natural inclinations in order to REGULATE them, and endeavors to acquire the HABIT of judging and directing its movements IN ALL THINGS according to the light of the Gospel and the example of Our Lord.
Hence: a twofold movement. By the first, the soul withdraws from all this opposed to the supernatural life in created things, and seeks at all times to be recollected: aversio a creaturis. By the second, the soul tends upwards to God, and unites itself with Him: conversio ad Deum.
The soul wishes in this way to be faithful to the grace which Our Lord offers to it at every moment. In a word, it lives united to Jesus, and carries out in actuality the principle: "He liveth in Me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit." (John 15:5)
THIRD TRUTH: I would be depriving myself of one of the most effective means of acquiring this interior life if I failed to strive after a precise and certain faith in this active presence of Jesus within me, and if I did not try to make this presence within me not merely a living but an extremely vital reality, and one which penetrated more and more into all the life of my faculties. When Jesus, in this manner, becomes my light, my ideal, my counsel, my support, my refuge, my strength, my healer, my consolation, my joy, my love, in a word, my life, I shall acquire all the virtues. Then alone will I be able to utter, with sincereity, the wonderful prayer of St. Bonaventure which the Church gives me for my thanksgiving after Mass: Transfige dulcissime Domine Jesu.
The "Soul of the Apostolate" is available in a handy paperback edition from TAN books.


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Chris Christie or Jeb Bush? GOP fundraisers consider their options
Now that it's clear former Gov. Jeb Bush, R-Fla., is seriously considering running for president in 2016, Republican donors who were ready to get behind another prospective candidate, Gov. Chris Christie, R-N.J., are rethinking their options.
"Those of us that have been dedicated to the Bush family for years would obviously have to take a Jeb candidacy into extremely serious consideration," Fred S. Zeidman, a Texas businessman, told the New York Times.
Zeidman is part of a network of donors with strong ties to the Bush family -- he helped George W. Bush win the White House twice -- but he's also helped Christie build connections to potential financial backers. Like Zeidman, the New York Times found after talking to more than two dozen Republican donors, the GOP's core backers are torn between the two potential candidates.
- Jeb Bush for president has turned into a family discussion
- Could strong fundraising be Chris Christie's road to redemption?
Neither Bush nor Christie has officially announced whether they're running or not, but if both did, "It would be awkward. It would be very awkward," Christine Todd Whitman, a former Republican governor of New Jersey, told the Times.
Last year, Christie appeared to be the GOP establishment's preferred candidate. Even former First Lady Barbara Bush suggested her son Jeb Bush wouldn't be throwing his hat into the ring.
In January, however, the scandal that erupted over the George Washington bridge lane closures cast some doubt over Christie's potential candidacy. Mrs. Bush and the rest of the Bush family have since said they think Jeb Bush would make a great candidate. Just this Thursday, former President George W. Bush (Jeb's brother) said on CNN, "I hope Jeb runs." He added, "Hey, Jeb, if you need some advice, give me a call."
Still, Republicans aren't counting Christie out. Even while handling the fallout from the bridge scandal, Christie has proven to be an effective fundraiser as head of the Republican Governors Association.


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White tea extract
Healthy tea has been a popular topic as more people try to kick the coffee habit. Recent studies at Pace University have shown that there is a major health benefit of white tea extract - it can kill bacteria, viruses, and fungi in the body with more success than other teas. The study focused primarily on the bacteria that cause Staphylococcus infections, Streptococcus infections, and pneumonia. The same study concluded that fluoride-rich white tea helps prevent the growth of dental plaque, the chief cause of tooth decay.
"Past studies have shown that green tea stimulates the immune system to fight disease, " says Milton Schiffenbauer, Ph.D., a microbiologist and professor in the Department of Biology at Pace University's Dyson College of Arts & Sciences and primary author of the research. "Our research shows white tea extract can actually destroy in vitro the organisms that cause disease. Study after study with tea extract proves that it has many healing properties. This is not an old wives tale, it's a fact."
Another research study at Oregon State University in Corvallis has found that one white tea health benefit is the protection against colon cancer. The study suggests that white tea can be almost as effective as use of the prescription drug sulindac in preventing colon tumors in laboratory mice genetically predisposed to cancer.
A group of these mice that received no treatment each developed about 30 polyps in their colons. Research has shown that a therapy with sulindac, could cut polyp formation in these mice about in half.
However, consumption of green tea, the scientists found, reduced the number of tumors in the mice from an average of 30 to 17, and consumption of white tea from an average of 30 to 13. Mice given both sulindac and white tea in combination saw a tumor reduction of about 80 percent, from 30 tumors to six.
Each type of healthy tea from green or black, to oolong or white, has a distinct difference. The dissimilarities that exist between them are caused from oxidation levels that occur after tea leaves are harvested. Tea leaves immediately begin to dry after being picked, and in the process, chemical changes occur that affect the tea's flavor.
Typically, the longer the leaves are left to dry on their own, the darker they become.
The leaves are usually rolled to break them down and release juices that will contribute to their flavor and facilitate oxidation. At a certain point, the oxidation process is brought to an abrupt halt by heating (or sometimes steaming) the tea leaf. Green tea is dried for only a day or two, while black tea may be left to oxidize for as long as a month.
White tea is made from immature tea leaves that are picked shortly before the buds have fully opened. The healthy tea takes its name from the silver fuzz that still covers the buds, which turns white when the tea is dried. Immediately after harvesting, the leaves are steamed and dried, which keeps them from oxidizing and preserves the high antioxidant content. The result is a tea with a very delicate flavor, one that lacks the grassy aftertaste associated with green tea and has none of the tannins detected in black tea.
Because the tea leaf stays so close to its natural state, the benefit of white tea is that it contains more polyphenols, the powerful anti-oxidant that fights and kills cancer-causing cells, than any other type of tea. Another white tea health benefit is that it contains much less caffeine per cup than green, oolong, or black tea. This is due to the fact that the tea leaf is larger, underwent less processing, and is brewed in a cooler temperature than other teas.
As research continues to show that teas exert significant protective effects, and aid the body's immune system against myriad diseases and bacteria, it is important to note that that is not the only benefit of white tea. The polyphenols in white tea have also been shown to lower cholesterol, reduce blood pressure and fight fatigue. For all the white tea health benefits, it is a great addition to anyone's preventative health routine.
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This is the reason my blog has been quiet...
As soon as I came home, I managed to get my Kansas Troubles Favourites quilt top sent off to be long arm quilted. I really can't wait until it comes back - I think it's always a surprise to see it again, and the
difference the quilting makes to it!
I made a New Year's resolution this year that I would practice my free motion quilting more often...so that hasn't really happened..I'm starting again next week..it'll be a new March resolution for me!
Anybody else need to make some new March resolutions?


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Kibidango is a sweet dumpling made of mochi flour, sugar, and maltose. In a previous post, I introduced "Kibidango Festical (きびだんごまつり)" and if you are interested in the festival, please click here→☆.
After enjoying kibidango, a traditional Japanese sweet, we went to the Sake Brewery Festival↓ The premises of Kobayashi Sake Brewery (小林酒造) was used as a festival site, which was packed with a lot of people like this!
This brewery is one of the famous sake breweries in Hokkaido, and produces several kinds of sake from dry to sweet flavors.
One of the most popular events in the festival is a tasting corner, of course!!!
They served a few kinds of sake free of charge! This is freshly-brewed sake!
Tastes very young!!
I like dry taste, too, and tried "Maruta (まる田)", their famous brand sake.
Yummy x 2!!!
We can enjoy some daiginjyo (大吟醸)--top-quality sake brewed from rice grains milled to 50% of weight or less-- at the price of 500 yen!
We can also get this ochoko or sake cup as a present! Wow!
Would you like something to eat with sake? Don't worry about it! The festival site has a lot of food stalls, selling something local, or using sake or sake cake! Sounds wonderful, doesn't it?
Look at tofu produced by Tanaka Tofu Shop, a local tofu shop, using local ingredient and delicious water↓
More than perfect!
I love beef gristle stew, but it was already sold out when we came here!
This booth smells very good. What are they cooking??
Voila! Jingisukan or lamb BBQ is our local cuisine! But it is not normal jingisukan, but jingisukan with sake cake! Yummy x 2!! Of course I ate it!
We also enjoyed grilled clams! They goes will with sake!!!
Kuriyama is an agriculture town. How about potato croquette?
I chose a potato and beef croquette! Yummy x 2!!!
In the same premises, there is a recommendable soba restaurant, named Kinsuian (錦水庵).
We can enjoy delicious soba and sake at the same time in this restaurant! I really recommend it! (See the details→★)
Look at the traditional sake cups and containers!
Their history is also very interesting!
I really want these pottery sake containers!!! How cool they are!
*Just for reference, we can taste almost all their sake in this museum except the festival period.
While we felt their history,
we learned how to make sake!
At the end of the brewery tour, we tasted water used for sake.
Wow! They serve amazake (甘酒), sweet drink made of sake cake!
Actually I don't like amazake very much, but really love this amazake! It's very tasty and not too sweet!! Thank you, Kobayashi Sake Brewery!!!
Do you like sweets? If so, let's get something local here!
How about sake puddings?
I bought a pudding set; chestnut pudding and sake pudding! Let's compare them each other!!!
When I opened the lid, I felt sake flavor from it!
I really recommend this one! Sake cake goes well with pudding!!! As this pudding is sold only in the festival site, we have to go to the festival next year, too!!!
How about sake rice crackers, which is also sold only in the festival site?
Crunchy x 2!!!
We really enjoyed their sake and sake desserts here!
I'm sure we'll be back this festival site next year!!
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Book Signings
We will be discussing and signing copies of our book Long Island Oddities at the following dates and locations:
10/23/13 7PM Carle Place, Barnes and Noble
10/24/13 7PM Bay Shore, Barnes and Noble
10/30/13 7PM Lake Grove, Barnes and Noble
Bay Shore is known by many as the heart of the South Shore. It is a hamlet rich in history, and much of the history has traces left behind.
Carleton Opera House
This small park, on W. Main St., was once the site of the Carleton Opera House. The Carleton was erected in 1900, and expanded in the 1920s. It included offices and commercial stores, including a drug store-Luncheonette and a liquor store. During part of its lifespan it was also a movie theater. In 1957, a fire starting in the drug store spread throughout the building. Firemen from Islip and Babylon assisted the Bay Shore Fire Department, but the building was lost. You can still see evidence of its existence on the neighboring building.
In January 1916, Vitagraph Studios opened a motion picture studio on Fourth Avenue. The building chosen was formerly a Foresters Hall Lodge. It was opened for Ralph Ince to direct his films there. Ralph Ince and his sister-in-law, Anita Stewart, lived nearby. Anita was a famous actress in the silent film era. Much of the studios staff lived nearby.
Movie Theaters
Bay Shore used to have many movie theaters, now it basically has none. Two former movie theaters are now used by the YMCA. On the corner of Clinton Ave and West Main Street stands a large YMCA. It used to be a movie theater. I remember going there as a kid, and marveling at the humungous single screen, Italian furniture, large chandelier, and high ornate ceiling. This was the Cadillac of movie theaters, and I miss it dearly. It has been almost completely gutted, but I am told the projector room, ticket booth, and curtain pulleys still exist.
Another Main Street movie house was the Regent. I never saw a movie there while it was still a movie theater, because during my childhood it showed only pornography. Today it is the Boulton Center for the Performing Arts.
South Side Bank
Originally the Southside Bank, this building served as the library from 1932 to 1965. The Southside Bank opened their new branch at the corner of Bay Shore Ave and E. Main Street. Today this large impressive bank is a Citibank. Banks with large lobbies and high ceiling are become scarce these days. Bay Shore had another like it that is now the Drew Patrick Spa.
This old sub-station building, on Clinton Ave, still bears the acronym for the Long Island Lighting Company. LILCO was dissolved back in 1998. Next door is a lot that used to be a gas plant. Gas was produced by baking coal. The resulting ash was buried, resulting in a major cleanup operation currently underway.
Southside Hospital moved from Babylon to Bay Shore in 1923. The original colonial style building is hard to see, because of the hospital's additions. Here you can see the roof of the original 1923 structure. A former home for nurses is still standing as well.
This popular catering hall and night spot used to be an oyster processing plant.
During renovation of this small bar an anvil was found under the floor. The small bar was once a blacksmith shop, which made use of the stream that passes nearby.
The first locomotive stopped in Bay Shore in 1868, on its way to Patchogue. The stationhouse was a small Victorian station located at Third Ave. A newer station, on Fourth Ave, replaced the Third Avenue station in 1882. The current station, seen here, was built in 1912. Originally, the line was owned by the South Side Railroad. Before 1868 a stagecoach ride to Brentwood was required to take the train.
Early Firehouses
Toward the end of the nineteenth century Bay Shore had two competing hose companies. The east hose company, today an art gallery, is located on Second Avenue. For many years this firehouse was a private home, eventually it became run-down. It has been fully restored to its original charm.
In 1914, a more modern firehouse was opened on East Main Street and Third Avenue. Today, the building still stands as a popular bar, the Nutty Irishman.
During the last half of the nineteenth century Bay Shore became a vacation and resort town. Hotels were plentiful, and some still remain today. The Howell House, at 56 shore lane, is the earliest surviving hostelry from that era. It was build around 1855. It is named after John R Howell, a prominent businessman.
This apartment building, at 22 Lawrence Ave, was once the Clintonian Hotel. It was a popular lodging spot for vaudeville perfumers.
The Dominy House was built around 1861. Today the Dominy building, not the original structure, stands at the same site. The Dominy's carriage house was moved down Shore Lane, and still exists today. It can be seen behind a doctor's office at 21 Shore Lane.
The Prospect House was a huge sprawling resort. It was comprised of a large hotel, cottages, a carriage house, and buildings for various amusements. The Prospect could accommodate 400 guests. Inside the Astoria Federal Savings Bank, formerly Bay Shore Federal Savings, there is a mural of the Prospect House. The hotel burned down in 1903. Part of the carriage house can be seen behind 53 Ocean Avenue. Also, a cottage from the Prospect can be seen on Bayview Ave.
The United Methodist Church, on Main Street and Second Avenue, dates back to the 1890's. The Congregational Church was built in 1891. Both are beautiful architectural gems that Bay Shore can be proud of.
Historic Houses
This was the home of Dr. Jarvis Mowbray, eighth generation descendant from the patentee that founded what is today Bay Shore. Dr. Mowbray not only practiced medicine in Bay Shore, but also served as town clerk, justice of the peace, county treasurer, trustee of town lands, and health officer. This house originally stood where Southside Hospital is today, but it was moved to make way for one of Southside Hospital's parking lots. Today it sits at 22 Mowbray Ave.
The Gibson-Mack-Holt House dates back to around 1820. It is the oldest surviving tradesman's house. In 1985 it was acquired by the Bay Shore Historical Society, and subsequently moved to 22 Maple Avenue. Today it houses a wonderful museum and photo archive.
This was the home of the Entenmanns family, famous for the bakery that bears their name. It is located at Shore Lane and Gibson Street.
These Ocean Avenue homes were the cottages of baymen who harvested the Great South Bay for clams and oysters.
This rural Greek Revival farm house, on Shore Lane, dates back to the 1820s.
Designed by, and once home to Raphael Guastavino Jr., this home features extensive tile work and vaulted ceilings.
This was once the home to Frank Gulden Jr., of Gulden's Mustard fame. Other than Gulden's home, Bay Shore has more than its fair share of Queen Anne style houses.
Most people don't know that Bay Shore has its own windmill. It sits on the former estate of Daniel D Conover. Conover resided there during the nineteenth century. He was a developer who had local creeks dredged, and developed the area of Bay Shore by Saxon Avenue. The only remnants of his South Saxon Avenue estate are the windmill and a barn.
This storefront used to be part of a mansion. When Heckscher State Park was constructed the Plumb Estate mansion was cut into three sections. The center section was moved to East Main Street, and is today used as a commercial building.
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Great pictures. I grew up in Bay Shore and graduated in the class of 64. I still work on Main Street in the family business.
Are you sure that the white house was Frank Gulden Jr.s....He and his wife Louise inherited the Guastavino home on Awixa Ave. (it belonged to her parents) They sold it as their kids were all leaving home, it had become to big. They moved from there to 110 Awixa Ave. where they had a large cape built on the northwest corner of Awixa and South street. (last house on the west side before the bridge onto the point) I know this as I grew up in the 50's and 60's next door to them at 108 Awixa. I used to play with some of their grandchildren, and go over to help him rake leaves...I have many memories of them, their children and grandchildren. They were wonderful, unassuming people.
My grandmother's mansion was adjacent to the windmill property to the north. The original home burned down in the early sixties and my uncles built the subdivision which sits on Angela Lane and court. Wish I had some photos of the original home. Grandma bought it from Vic Damone, the Italian Singer
I remember going to the Farmers Market with my grandparents. Great memories. I wish someone had some photos of it.
I grew up in Bay Shore during the 1980's. I remember the Bay Shore Marina during the 4th of July celebration! Use to enjoy crabbing along the docks. I also remember a concert hall next to the basketball court. Too bad Beef Steak Charlies burnt down next to the marina. I also remember a bar across from BeefSteak Charlies called popyees. Anyone remember the mini mall on main street that had a indoor pool or the old gardiner manor mall? or Ruthies bar? Wish days of yesteryear could be played back in slow motion! Best years of our lives are forgotton!
I also remember this cool restaurant called Porgies down at the marina that had the best French Onion soup that had the bread and cheese in it. I wish I could have some now! Im originally from N.Babylon but went to church in Bay Shore.
Does anyone remember Farrahs at South Shore Mall? I remember very vaguely going to a birthday party there. I miss Bay Shore. My mother worked at the Sears for years in Gardiner Manor Mall and I remember roaming around there in 1976 going back and forth from the mall walking across the bridge that connected The mall and Gertz! Funtimes!
I grew up in Bay Shore during the 1980's. I remember the Bay Shore Marina during the 4th of July celebration! Use to enjoy crabbing along the docks. I also remember a concert hall next to the basketball court. Too bad Beef Steak Charlies burnt down next to the marina. I also remember a bar across from BeefSteak Charlies called popyees. Anyone remember the mini mall on main street that had a indoor pool or the old gardiner manor mall? Wish days of yesteryear could be played back in slow motion! Best years of our lives are forgotton!
I grew up in the 1960's and '70's on the far east side of Bay Shore, near the Islip border. It was sad to see the roller rink go in recent history, but at least there are photos of it out there on the Net. I have vivid memories of the Farmer's Market (especially Christie's Toys!) and the Sinclair gas station at Saxon Ave and Sunrise Highway, but I can't find ANY pictures. Also, there was a crown-shaped restaurant on the north side of Sunrise, just west of Brook and Atlantic Avenues (next door to where "Freindly Frost" appliances used to be)-- Does anybody know what that was? Any early Burger King? It seems no one cared to take photos of the entire area in those days-- Wish we had a nice coffee-table book with which to remenisce...]
The Bay Shore Theatre was the greatest because it had more than enough room to feel up your girfriend!
I was born at South Side hospital soon to be 55 years ago. I remember it like it was yesterday. many family lived in Bay Shore so I was there most of my childhood. I am formerly from North Babylon.
What do you know about the abandoned mansion at Garner Ln / Montauk Hwy (next door to the YMCA). It's been empty so long, had some fires, & is probably ready to fall down soon. No one seems to know it's history.
The Bay Shore Theater was one the nicest theaters on LI. As a youth I always enjoyed going there and even as adult. It is unfortunate it could not have remained a theater
Neat! Used to live in Brentwood, and I remember buying postcards showing Bay Shore in days gone by - one of them I distinctly remember showed what became the Southside Bank. Wish I knew where those postcards were today; they're probably in the basement or storage shed of my parents' house.


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Excerpt from my memoirs. After a month in office, I was generally satisfied that some progress had been made, but after many years of being neglected by successive governments and local leaders, the police service was run down, demoralized, understaffed and in urgent need of help, financially, materially and professionally.Given the dire straights of the government it was obvious that help could only come from outside and in reality, from the Island's traditional development partners, which were Australia, New Zealand, Britain, Japan, America and the Republic of China (ROC).I started testing the water by approaching several diplomatic missions and was soon very surprised to learn that the ROC government was about to supply the force with several vehicles and motor cycles, as well as a bus, for operational deployment ahead of the forthcoming general election. A welcome surprise indeed!Although no commitments were made, the Australian, British and New Zealand High Commissioners were generally supportive of my requests for help for the force. The USA promised to give training assistance and the Japanese offered material help for the Fire Brigade.I knew, at the time, that Australia was supporting the Vanuatu Police Force, especially by way of mentoring and training by seconded AFP officers, but I was a little apprehensive about directing my requests to the Australians, knowing what reaction there had been in the Solomon's government to the leaked secret report in which Pacific leaders, including Solomon Mamaloni, had come in for criticism.One was also conscious of the unexpected negative reception I had already received from certain members of the AFP – John Murray in particular I knew he had made it clear that he considered me totally unsuitable for the post of Commissioner, based on both incorrect information and I suspected a personal disappointment. To be continued ……
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I'm very very nearly at 50 followers! I'll have to have a giveaway to celebrate soon! Here is today's post about yesterday's listings- what I listed and my favourite three items from other fantastic folksy sellers.
Here's my listing- the first of a few different hair clips I shall be listing over the next few days.
And my 3 favourites from other sellers...(click on the pics to find out more).
Maple leaf ceramic and copper pendant by Ali Bali Jewellery; Skull earrings by Dready Derry Designs; Blueberry vintage style eearrings by Whimsical Wren Jewellery.


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These are some pictures I found interesting at the Defenders for wildlife page sent by different people!
"Bee in California."
From Sandrine Biziaux Scherson – Photography
"Male Anna's Hummingbird – Irvine CA." discussion
From Sandrine Biziaux Scherson – Photography
"Back Yard Adventures."
From Corey Delo
"Picture from Pennypack Park on the River, Philadelphia, PA. Almost mature bald eagle"
From Denise Meyer Dost
"During one of our hikes in recent freeing temperatures, my dog and I saw this beaver busy on the semi frozen Credit River in Mississauga, Ontario. It was -18 C that day. The beaver totally ignored us."
From Suhail Zubaid-Ahmad
"Little Blue Heron, Long Point Park, FL."
From Andrea Gray
From Sue Coppiellie
"Back Yard Adventures."
From Corey Delo
"Dolphin and Brown Pelicans (fishing together), Indian River, FL."
From Andrea Gray
"Male Lesser Goldfinch. Spotted at Boyce Thompson Arboretum, Superior, AZ. I don't feel there is anything lesser about this beauty."
From Betsy Wolkins Churchill
"Douglas Squirrel (Tamiasciurus douglasii).
Woodinville, WA.
Nikon D7000 with a Nikon 300mm f/4D AF-S ED-IF SWM lens.
ISO: 640, f/4, 1/125 sec., 300mm. Manual mode and white balance. Handheld. Cropped and processed in Adobe Lightroom 5.
My Facebook photography page:https://www.facebook.com/BirdPhotographyByJlm?ref=hl"
From Jacob McGinnis
"This Magpie is a nice bird, but they can be very protective in breeding season and when the young have hatched. I would be the same protect my young at all times."
From Teena Radin
"A young Mockingbird stopped by for a drink outside our window."
From Howard Hall
"The Majestic Grey Wolf, enjoying a leisurely moment."
From Kenneth Deed
"Today went to visit the newly moved osprey nest in our neighborhood, thanks to a wonderful wildlife rehab person Chris who was involved with the local electric company to ensure the move went smoothly. The osprey appear to like the new location, time will tell if they have any babies…here is one of the osprey in the nest today…"
From Jelena Mulin
"Lon-eared owl, John Heinz NWR Philadelphia"
From Denise Meyer Dost
"Baby Great Horned Owl with mum and 2 siblings. Bolsa Chica CA."
From Sandrine Biziaux Scherson – Photography
"White tail deer @ Benjamin Rush State Park, Philadelphia, PA."
From Denise Meyer Dost
"Here is a picture of a sandhill crane I took at a bird sanctuary"
From Brandon Billiot
"Snowy owl from upstate New York"
From Patti Kneer
"The 'hairy woodpecker' visited my house and let me capture this pretty close without flying away J – Colorado Springs, CO"
From Larry Jordan
Courtesy: Defenders of Wildlife
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Crafting 152/365..., originally uploaded by Lilley1.
for the last 6 days i've been busy with a conference that my office organized. the last event was last night, and my computer is up and running again with a replacement power adapter, and i am trying to catch up on everything that piled up in the meantime.
the earthquake in haiti happened right before these days. my words can't do justice to that tragedy, at least not words from my tired brain. tonight, my heart goes out to the people suffering.


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Attitude as Form - Art Collector
| Sun Woong Bang, Unexpected Linkage 2015, sterling silver, 3D printed polymer and ink. (10 rings 1 x pair earrings, 1 x brooch). Photograph courtesy of the artist and Redland Art Gallery
|Attitude as Form presents the work of 22 practitioners from Australia and New Zealand exposing a diversity of ideas and approaches to the creation of contemporary jewellery. The exhibition reflects current thinking in the fields of fashion, art, craft and design as they are explored and responded to within the field of adornment. The exhibition features the work of: Ari Athans, Miguel Aquilizan, Sun Woong Bang, Zoe Brand, Laura Burstow, Yu-Fang Chi, Stella Chrysostomou, Anna Davern, Sharon Fitness, Anna Gray, Fatemeh Boroujeni, Blandine Halle, Susan Hawkins, Alicia Lane, Bianca Mavrick, Claire McArdle, Marisa Molin, Christine O'Reilly, Claire Townsend, Michelle Wadsworth, Lisa Walker, & Alister Yiap. Attitude as Form is curated by Beau Allen and Miriam Carter.
|Exhibition opens: 6pm, Friday 29 January 2016
|Exhibition closes: 28 February 2016
|Location: Redland Art Gallery, Cnr Middle and Bloomfield Streets, Cleveland QLD 4163
|Contact: 07 3829 8484
Website: http://artgallery.redland.qld.gov.au
About Redland Art Gallery
Redland Art Gallery was officially opened in 2003 and is dedicated to the memory of Eddie Santaguiliana, a former Mayor of the Shire. The gallery is located in Redland City, east of Brisbane, an area that covers 537 square kilometres consisting of mainland and islands. Redland Art Gallery serves a population of 131,000 in a region of bayside suburbs, hinterland areas and islands scattered throughout Moreton Bay.
Redland Art Gallery's exhibitions and events feature local, Queensland, nationally and internationally recognised artists.
The exhibition program is showcased in six exhibition spaces over two locations at Cleveland and Capalaba. Gallery programs extend to island and mainland locations. The gallery's policy is to support and encourage access, diversity and opportunity; to create a deeper sense of identity and place; and to acknowledge the region's significant Indigenous culture and heritage.


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Have you ever noticed that it's easier to get people to do something for you after you've done something for them? Social psychologists call this the "Law of Reciprocity" and, in a nutshell, the theory is that when we do something for others, it creates a sense of obligation from them when asked for something in return. Dealers have practiced this concept for years – whether they know it or not. It's built into the most basic sales processes most dealers use. In example, when you greet a customer, you don't ask for their name first. That may put them on their guard. However, when you present yourself offering your name first, it's natural in any setting for the person you are talking with to reciprocate and tell you their name.
When applied correctly, this law can assist you in establishing trust and rapport with a customer more quickly than normal. When a customer comes into your dealership, it's infinitely easier to build rapport for them if you can show them that you are genuinely there to help them. Oftentimes, salespeople are guarded and don't want to answer questions out of fear – fear of saying the wrong thing, fear that their answers will add obstacles on the road to the sale, or fear that the customer may discover their lack of knowledge. By assisting the customer in a genuine way and answering any questions they have honestly, you'll establish credibility in their eyes and perhaps lift the guard that many customers naturally enter dealerships with.
The same concept applies in digital marketing. Your website is, for all intents and purposes, your virtual dealership. When customers enter your virtual dealership, how are you greeting them? Are you providing the information that they need? Many dealer websites place obstacles that cause friction in the conversion process. Consider the customer who entered your website looking for pricing on a vehicle. If you force them to fill out a form before giving them a price, you are asking them to give you something of value – their personal information – yet you haven't given them anything. If you want to increase your conversion rates, try being more transparent and offering more information up front. It establishes your dealerships credibility and shows a willingness to be helpful.
This lack of transparency and obstacles to conversion are the exact reason that visitors leave a dealer's website to gather information on third-party sites. They leave because those sites give them what they're looking for up-front. You don't have to convert to see a price on shopping portals but I guarantee that customers convert more on those shopping portals for the simple reason that they were given the information they were looking for. I can't think of any dealer or vendor that would disagree with the fact that the best leads (ie. those that are the highest converting and have the best closing ratio) are organic leads yet by forcing customers to visit other sites to gather information, dealers end up paying $25 or more for a third-party lead that was sent to 4 dealerships and closes at 8% or less.
Review your website from a fresh set of eyes. Become the customer and see how much information you can actually get. Look for a price on a new vehicle or used vehicle. See if you have information on service. Can you contact someone at your dealership from your website? What calls to action do you have and are they offering the customer a reason to give you their information.
In essence, are you telling them your name first or are you asking them to give you theirs?
Using the concept of the Law of Reciprocity when implementing any digital marketing strategy is very powerful. Give consumers the information up-front, be transparent and helpful, and offer them something of value. You'll find that you're beginning your new relationship one-step ahead and, once they convert, you'll have already established some rapport and credibility which will make them much more likely to come into your dealership and much more likely to buy a car.


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...Quality technicians at reasonable prices.
Barnett Heating & Cooling is now servicing the Easton area for plumbing, heating, air conditioning & drain cleaning. Easton, are you looking for a licensed plumber, gas fitter, oil burner or refrigeration technician? Well look no more, we are able to take on any project from minor repairs, renovations or new construction. Our team works close with your local state and town inspectors to make sure all work is done to Massachusetts state code and manufactors specs.
Barnett is your licensed service company when it comes to looking for a plumber to install or repair water heaters, boilers, furnaces, leaks in pipes, or clog drains. Prompt courteous same day service to all clients. Your comfort and satisfaction is our main goal. Lets face it when your basement is under water or your heat is not working, all that matters is who is willing to answer your call and how fast your problem is resolved. At Barnett our team of Plumbers, Gas fitters, oil and refrigeration technicans are here for you 24 hours a day, all year long, service plan or not.
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dannyweissphoto needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 357 designs submitted by 71 freelance designers.
Danny Weiss
Danny Weiss is a New York City photography studio specializing in upscale weddings and family imagery with a fresh, modern twist.
My work is intimate yet bold with a bit of an edge. Please take a look at my website to get a sense of my work: http://www.dannyweissphoto.com
My clientele are affluent professionals who are looking for a creative, artistic (non-traditional) approach to weddings and family photography.
My roots are both in NYC and Los Angeles. As a result, I would love my logo to feel high end and modern (NYC) with an element of whimsy (LA).
I am open to all color palettes as long as they are not distracting. The color palette will dictate how my website will look so this is a very important element of the logo.
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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I am listening to lovely bird song song through my office window and have great hope the last of the snow will melt away this afternoon. In celebration of brighter days all new orders are 25% off. Please enter the code: SPRINGFORWARD to receive your discount. Refunds will not be given for missing discount codes. Not valid on previous orders, gift certificates or canvas prints. Through Tuesday 3*21*17
The code will work on both my website and in my Etsy shop.
xoxo -A.


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Rhode Island Historical Records Repositories Directory
This directory was created as a result of the Historical Records Repository Survey conducted by the Rhode Island Historical Records Advisory Board. Each directory entry links to a description of the repository and its holdings.
Academic Libraries and Archives
Historical and Preservation Societies
Public and Private Libraries
Museums and Armories
State & Local Government Agencies
Rhode Island State Archives and Public Records Administration
Rhode Island Department of Health, Division of Vital Records
Supreme Court Judicial Records Center
Town/City Clerks' Offices:
Barrington Town Hall
Bristol Town Hall
Burrillville Town Hall
Central Falls City Hall
Charlestown Town Hall
Coventry Town Hall
Cranston City Hall
Cumberland Town Hall
East Greenwich Town Hall
East Providence City Hall
Exeter Town Hall
Foster Town Hall
Glocester Town Hall
Hopkinton Town Hall
Jamestown Town Hall
Johnston Town Hall
Lincoln Town Hall
Little Compton Town Hall
Middletown Town Hall
Narragansett Town Hall
New Shoreham (Block Island) Town Hall
Newport City Hall
North Kingstown Town Hall
North Providence Town Hall
North Smithfield Town Hall
Pawtucket City Hall
Portsmouth Town Hall
Providence City Hall and Archives
Richmond Town Hall
Scituate Town Hall
Smithfield Town Hall
South Kingstown Town Hall
Tiverton Town Hall
Warren Town Hall
Warwick City Hall
West Greenwich Town Hall
West Warwick Town Hall
Westerly Town Hall
Woonsocket City Hall
Academic Libraries and Archives
Brown University Archives
Brown University Special Collections
Bryant University, Douglas and Judith Krupp Library
John Carter Brown Library, Brown University
Johnson and Wales University, Culinary Archives and Museum
Naval War College, Naval Historical Collection
Providence College, Archives and Special Collections
Rhode Island College, R.I. Archaeology Collections
Rhode Island College, Special Collections
Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project
Rhode Island School of Design Archives
Roger Williams University
Salve Regina University Archives
University of Rhode Island, National Sea Grant Library
University of Rhode Island, Rhode Island Natural History Survey
University of Rhode Island, Special Collections
Historical & Preservation Societies
American-French Genealogical Society
Audubon Society of Rhode Island
Barrington Preservation Society
Blackstone Valley Historical Society
Bristol Historical and Preservation Society
Burrillville Historical and Preservation Society
Coventry Historical Society
Cranston Historical Society
East Greenwich Historic Preservation Society
East Providence Historical Society
Elizabeth J. Johnson Pawtucket History Research Center
First Baptist Church in America
Foster Preservation Society
Glocester Heritage Society
Historical Society of Smithfield
Hopkinton Historical Society
Jamestown Historical Society
Johnston Historical Society
Little Compton Historical Society
Massasoit Historical Association
Middletown Historical Society
Newport Historical Society
Newport Restoration Foundation
North Smithfield Heritage Association
Pawtuxet Valley Preservation and Historical Society
Portsmouth Historical Society
Preservation Society of Newport County
Providence Preservation Society
Prudence Island Historical & Preservation Society
Rhode Island Black Heritage Society
Rhode Island Family History Center
Rhode Island Genealogical Society
Rhode Island Historical Society Library
Rhode Island Jewish Historical Association
Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project
Richmond Historical Society
South County History Center
Steamship Historical Society of America
Warwick Historical Society
West Greenwich Historical Preservation Society
Westerly Historical Society
Woonsocket Historical and Preservation Society
Public and Private Libraries
Ashaway Free Library
Bristol- Rogers Free Library
Burrillville- Jesse M. Smith Memorial Library
Cranston Public Library
Cumberland Public Library
East Greenwich Free Library
East Providence Public Library
East Smithfield Public Library
Hopkinton- Langworthy Public Library
Lincoln Public Library
Middletown Public Library
Narragansett Public Library
New Shoreham- Island Free Library
Newport Public Library
North Kingstown Free Library
North Kingstown- Davisville Free Library
Richmond- Clark Memorial Library
North Scituate Public Library
Pawtucket Public Library
Providence Athenaeum
Providence Public Library, Rhode Island Collection
Providence Public Library, Special Collections
Redwood Library and Athenaeum, Special Collections
South Kingstown Public Library
Tiverton Public Library
Warren- George Hail Library
Warwick Public Library
Weavers' Guild of Rhode Island
West Warwick Public Library
West Greenwich- Louttit Library
Westerly Public Library
Woonsocket- Woonsocket Harris Public Library
Museums and Armories
Bristol Train of Artillery Armory/Museum
Cape Verdean Museum Exhibit
Daggett House, Daughters of the American Revolution: Pawtucket Chapter
Friends of the Kingston Station
Gilbert Stuart Museum
Gloucester Light Infantry, R.I. Militia
Governor Stephen Hopkins House, National Society of Colonial Dames in RI
Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Brown University
Herreshoff Marine Museum
Holocaust Education and Resource Center of Rhode Island
International Tennis Hall of Fame
Museum of Natural History
Museum of Newport Irish History
Museum of Primitive Art and Culture
Museum of Work and Culture
Naval War College Museum
New England Wireless and Steam Museum
Newport Art Museum
Providence Jewelry Museum
Slater Mill Historic Site
Smith's Castle, Cocumscussoc Association
South County Museum
Tomaguag Indian Memorial Museum
Touro Synagogue
Varnum Memorial Armory Museum
Washington Lodge No.3, Free and Accepted Masons
Westerly Armory
Whitehall Museum House, National Society of Colonial Dames in RI
Academic Libraries and Archives
Historical and Preservation Societies
Public and Private Libraries
Museums and Armories


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Release: Invasion By Osmosis
Label: Disco Gecko Recordings
The album is due to start pre-orders on Saturday 3rd May from http://drtrippy.bandcamp.com/ and then will be out digitally on Monday 12th May and physically on Friday 16th May.
All new to me and shrouded in an air of mystery Dr Trippy landed in my e-mail and sounded somewhat like a supervillian from a comic book. However, it's not really the name that counts it's the musical content and from the following blurb it sounded promising … 'Sounding like a clash between India and Jamaica at an English festival, the album is underpinned by the rhythms and resonance of dub, awash in Indian vocals and fuelled by a battery of synthesisers and effect units. Add to this several seasons in Goa, live shows at a bevvy of festivals and the tutelage of Banco De Gaia, and you have the perfect ingredients for an 'Invasion by Osmosis'!
The album opened up with 'Dr Trippy meets the Mad Professor' which took the supervillian image away slightly and conjoured up more of secret meeting in the dub laboratory. Despite the pedigree of the Mad Professor (a British pioneer of Dub with his 'Dub Me Crazy' album series of the 80's and probably best know for his dub re-work of Massive Attacks 'Protection') this was a fairly non-chalent track for me. But by the end of the second track 'Cistern Chapel', Dr Trippy had began to grab my attention and by the next track 'Let Me In I'm a Doctor' I was hooked.
The heady mix of old skool samples, Indian vocals and dub reggae basslines vary from summery horn filled chuggers like 'Bollywood Boulevard' to rump-shaking dance floor destroyers like 'Granny Takes A Trip To Hebden' with a barrage of fx. It transpires that Martin Corbett the man behind the mysterious shroud of Dr Trippy is about to release a form of world domination not to be feared but rather to be rejoiced. In short I'm loving this and can see myself playing it time and time again throughout the summer.
Reviewed By Woodzee


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Our era of human digitization (homo-digitalis?) is rapidly changing the way we do many things which we might ordinarily view as being unchanging. An example is the way that we create tangible "objects of art".
For most of our history, Art (Latin for "craft") has implicitly required a degree of physical skill and dexterity at the end of a creative process. An example of the process might be:
- Perceiving and interpreting the world around us – as it was, as it is and as it could be
- Conceiving a "thing" to be created in our minds eye
- Choosing a medium – oils, watercolours, wood, stone, silver, glass
- Crafting with hands and tools (chisel, spray-can, paintbrush, toothbrush etc) – i.e. Using learned and gifted artisanal skills to make the conceptual become tangible.
Note: this classification obviously has no academic root, I've just created it to illustrate a point. If you have any knowledge of art theory please don't cringe!
By necessity, early "art" required manual dexterity and was artisan. Whether creating a painting of a buffalo or pharaoh; or crafting a shell necklace or china vase; or engraving a copper Idol or brass armor.
Photography, started muddling this process. Pin hole cameras enabled sketch portrait artists to better mirror 'reality" by tracing the outline of a sitting subject.
Chemical photography took this further with "fixed" silver replacing oil-on-a-brush to create a facsimile of the projected image. In the process the camera became both a tool for conceiving as well as a tool to craft the "art" from the medium. The completed work, the permanent image, still required artisan skill to finish it, with hands-on exposing, developing, editing and cropping of the completed image. Skilled manual manipulation of chemicals and photographic paper being the physical medium of creation.
Next, with digital photography, images are displayed on a digital screen on the camera as soon as they're taken. They're then edited in digital format and can be transported electronically to any digital printer in the world before becoming tangible, if we ever need them to be that is (how many gigabytes of holiday snaps have you already accumulated?).
Perhaps more profound is the impact that these new artistic tools have on our perception of the world – which then feeds and influences our creativity. We now carry digital camera everywhere we go – giving us a pictorial record of our lives, which would have been unimaginable just ten years ago. In the last few years, Social Media has now brought us everyone else's lives in pictures (although maybe only the best ones).
None of this is to say that the creative process is diminished, far from it. Simply that our hands-on relationship with the media is now about manipulation of pixels using clicks and touch screens. Perception, conception and creation is now digital and the mucky bit – working with atoms and molecules – is becoming mechanised. This is a broad theme of the digital era (who hand rivets car bodies anymore?) and it's an ongoing process.
Beyond photography, 3D printing now lets us "outsource" the artesanal process of creating 3D objects.
A couple of days ago my 8 year old daughter asked me to download 123D Sculpt. It's an iPad app and it, along with a sister app called 123D Creature (above), enable digital "sculpting" and painting of a 3D shape. Once created, the digital shape can be 3D printed and mailed to you (what happened to modeling clay!?).
Of course, this doesn't replace existing artistic media, at least not immediately, but it's a fantastic example of how our lives are changing in steady, almost unnoticeable, increments. As we become increasingly entangled with our digital devices, our current reliance on keyboards and mice to manually manipulate pixels to "create" may soon seem quaintly artesanal (don't be surprised to see a brief hipster revival of "keyboard creative" cool in 20 years or so).
Finally, removing the "artisan" element also makes it far easier for most of us to make the leap from the conception of an idea to creating a tangible "thing" that can be shared, perceived and hopefully understood by others. Purists might see this as a dumbing down of art but it can also be argued that these advances actually make the creative process far more accessible and egalitarian. As the rest of the world becomes connected this decade, making ideas easier to share must surely be a good thing?
Photo credits: flikrhivemind.net, photographyincontextblog.com, dipity.com, http://www.sodahead.com, edrybczynskiphotos.com