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Here are the latest store events.
Some events have limited space so please call 802-233-6102 to reserve a spot or for more information. You can also check out our event calendar or Facebook page for information about Turner Toys & Hobbies events.
8/11/16 – Be A Detective
Kids solve a crime by taking on the role of junior detective. Children develop skills in observation, record keeping, critical thinking and analysis. $5 material fee. Ages 7+
8/18 – Star Wars Flyers
Kids become Jedi masters as they fold Obi-Wan Kenobi's and Anakin Skywalker's starfighters. If the weather is nice, we'll go outside and fly our planes. $3 material fee. Ages 7+
8/25 – Washi Tape Doorhanger
Kids can transform pretty paper tape into even prettier stickers. Once the kids have created a couple of totally cool stickers, they can decorate a door hanger, take it home and hang it up for display. $3 material fee. Ages 8+
Magic the Gathering
During the summer we have Casual Magic Mondays-Friday 4-6 pm and on Sundays 12 noon – 2 pm
We also have Friday Night Magic. The format and entry fee vary so please call 802-233-6102 or look at the event calendar.
Pokemon Trade and Play
Every Saturday from 10 am – 11:30 am is Pokemon Trade and Play. Call 802-233-6102 to make sure that it's happening. Sometimes it's preempted by another event.
We love chocolate eggs and jelly beans but we don't love seeing our kids sugar out. Here are some alternative Easter Basket ideas that celebrate spring and a return of the sun and warmer weather. Any of these will be a hit in an Easter basket! And, you can still have candy!
But first, a little science lesson for your young one:
For Babies and Preschoolers:
PushArounds are great for developing balance and fine motor skill development through play. Babies and toddlers love to push and pull these bright stained rolling eco-friendly toys. Shaped from a single piece of earth friendly Rubberwood, this whimsical toy is a delight to hold and play with. Choose either (or both) the yellow Ducky or green Car.
- Push toys help develop balance and fine motor skills.
- Rubber wheel rims help protect your floors.
- Made from eco-friendly materials: Natural Rubber and Rubberwood colored with water-based stains.
Your baby will love Haba's Flapsi Rattle! It's a wooden clutching toy makes a click-clack sound when shaken to stimulate baby's senses. Made in Germany from Beech wood. Ages 6 months +.
Outside Activities
Kids love sidewalk chalk and they'll love this egg-shaped chalk. It feels good to draw with and looks neat, too!
- Great outdoor activity to express creativity and imagination
- Create fun driveway and sidewalk games like Hopscotch, Tic-Tac-Toe and Four Square
- Colored, non-toxic chalk comes in a 4-pack is shaped like an egg and is environmentally safe
- Recommended for children 3-years of age and older
Our "Super Skip Rope" measures 15 feet long – big enough for 3 jumpers! This is a high quality jump rope (not like those plastic jump ropes that don't really work.) Package includes skip rope history, techniques and skip rope rhymes. Colors are assorted. If there's fewer of you one end can be tied to a door handle or a fence post. Made in USA. For ages 5 and older.
Make unique and beautiful sun art prints. All you need is sunshine, water, natural or everyday items & your creativity! Just five easy steps:
- Select items and create composition,
- Layout items on paper and cover with reusable acrylic sheet,
- Expose to sunlight until Sun Art Paper turns light blue,
- Remove Sun Art Paper and rinse with water, and
- Let Sun Art Paper dry.
Includes 15 sheets 5″ x 7″ paper and reusable acrylic sheet. Made in USA.
Spring means the return of bugs & other critters! If your little scientist likes to catch bugs, they'll love this bug viewer box! It's bug friendly: you catch them, view them and then set them free. The Eye Spy bug viewer isn't just for bugs, though. Your scientist can get a closer look at all sorts of small things like flowers, coins, leaves, stamps and more.
Each container has a magnifying lid with air holes to keep bugs alive while you size them up with the measuring grid on the bottom. This is one of the highest quality bug boxes you'll find. Ages 5+
Egg-dying time is the perfect time to experiment with the scientific properties of eggs. Investigate how strong an eggshell is. Build shock-resistant egg-protecting devices.
Fun kit includes 8 egg protecting contraptions (parachute drop, egg dive, egg flight, super shell, tricky crush, balloon cushion, spine shield and straw cell). Kids will enjoy the action while they learn about physics, gravity and more. Illustrated guide included. Ages 8-14.
Is the Easter Bunny coming to your house?
Photo credit: cyanocorax / Foter / CC BY-SA
Everyone talks about the "hot" toys of the year. Turner Toys & Hobbies doesn't believe in fleeting fads. That's why we've put together our "Very Best Toy" gift guides. These are the toys we consider to be the most engaging and creative thinking toys out there. These have staying power and will surely get your kids off screens! Here is our 2014 list of the Best Toys for Tweens and Teens.
1. Remote-Control Machines (Ages 8-15)
This construction kit from Thames & Kosmos lets you build your own electric vehicles and machines and control them with a wireless remote control unit. How cool is that? The kit comes with designs for 10 different models such as a bulldozer, an antique car and a robotic arm. After you make those, then the sky's the limit. A unique 6-button infrared remote allows you to control three different motors simultaneously, moving each of them forward or in reverse. 182 pieces, 10 models and a 48-page manual.
2. Roominate (Girls Ages 6-12 – boys can play with it, too!)
A dollhouse for kids to design, build and electrify! Roominate has come up with a great way to introduce STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) to girls. With Roominate, every girl is an engineer. Girls build their own structure (a house on wheels?), design their own beds, staircases and more. Then, they make their creations come alive with a working windmill, elevator, or merry-go-round! Roominate is available in both a basic and a deluxe size kit, a studio building set, an architect's expander pack and a Roominate circuits accessory pack. Roominate was invented by female engineers from Cal Tech, MIT & Stanford and has won numerous of awards. The girl in your life will love it!
3. Candy Chemistry Kit (Ages 10-15)
What a delicious way to learn about science! This is not a toy which is why older kids will love it. Kids explore chemistry as they cook up candies and chocolates in the kitchen. They'll learn about important physical science principles related to candy and cooking. With 25 sweet experiments to perform, kids can discover why sugar crystallizes to make rock candy or investigate the chemistry of gummy bears, to name just two. Kids can make gummy candies, chocolate shapes, and hard sugar candy using the special tools included. No hazardous chemicals or food items; you supply the safe ingredients from your kitchen. Comes with a 48-page manual.
4. Syclone (Ages 8-adult)
Like spinning tops? Like mazes? How about combining the two? The Syclone is a dexterity puzzle for kids, teens and adults alike. The precision-engineered top spins for over a minute. Once it's spinning then you can navigate the ramps, jumps and sinkholes of the two 3D mazes before the top stops. The Scyclone was named 2014 Toy of the Year by Creative Child Magazine.
5. Ball of Whacks (Ages 14-adult)
One of our most fascinating and addictive toys! The Ball of Whacks is a clever and versatile puzzle invented by creativity expert Roger von Oech. It is made up of 30 magnetic pyramids that can be taken apart and rearranged in endless ways to form amazing creations: stars, polygons, creatures such as flying squirrels and turtles and more! But you don't have to make anything – just pull the pieces apart and watch them snap back. It's available in red or 6-colors. The maker recommends this for ages 14+ because it contains rare earth magnets.
Q-Ba-Maze is a 3D maze that is also a ball run. Colorful plastic cubes interlock to form a marble run. Arrange the cubes in an animal, geometric or any other design you can imagine. Marbles travel through the maze following a different course each time – the configurations of the cubes are almost unlimited!
The colored cubes add a different visual dimension that wood doesn't have. A great way to teach kids about probability, gravity, symmetry, physics and art. Q-Ba-Maze also has add-on stunts: the Bounce Stunt Set and the Zoom Stunt Set.
Let us know if you have other gift ideas for your tweens and teens.
Children learn through play and, as parents, we want to make sure that they have the very best toys and environment for learning. We don't care for "hot" toys or fleeting fads. We look for high quality, well-made toys that will have staying power for your child. There are so many options so we've put together our Very Best Toys guides to help you choose the very best for your child.
Our 10 Very Best Toys for Babies & Toddlers
We love natural materials like wood which is a sensory treat for your child. It looks great, feels great, sounds great when rattled, stacked and knocked over and sometimes even smells great! As long as it is natural or colored with non-toxic stains/paints, it will be safe for your little one to chew or suck on. It's not an accident that all of our picks are either made in the USA or in Germany!
Rattles & Clutching Toys
At this age, rattles and clutching toys help improve grasping skills and eye-hand coordination.
1. Our Haba clutching toys such as the adorable Flapsi Rattle and the Magica clutching toy are made in Germany of sustainable wood and non-toxic water-based stains. My Very Own Rattle is a classic rattle made in Vermont of a single piece of maple. Generations of parents have chosen this as their favorite.
Wooden Blocks
Educators and child development experts agree that if you are going to get one toy for your child it should be a wooden block set. It's the perfect open-ended, creative activity for kids of any age – it also helps with spatial, eye-hand and motor skills. It promotes problem-solving, social and verbal skills and is a great way to learn architectural and engineering principles. Kids can create, share and tell stories using wooden blocks. Here are our favorites:
2. Haba Patience Blocks & Discovery Blocks (ages 1+)
When is a block not a block? When it has bells, mirrors, rattling balls and buttons! Each set comes with six colored wooden blocks. The Patience Blocks have wooden balls and track behind a plexiglass window and the Discovery Blocks have cubes with a bell, kaleidoscope lens, push button, mirror, yellow lens, and rattling ball. These first stacking toys encourage sensory observation and fine motor skills.
3. Haba Baby's First Blocks (ages 6 months+)
The perfect first set of simple blocks for your baby! These 12 simple cubes are in 6 basic colors that your child can hold and stack. Blocks are a wonderful way for your baby to develop fine motor skills and learn about stacking and cause and effect. Use them to teach colors and matching. Like these other Haba toys, they are made in Germany of beechwood from sustainably grown forests. The blocks are colored with non-toxic water-based stains.
4. Alphabet Blocks from Uncle Goose (ages 24 months+)
Uncle Goose's 28-piece English Wooden Alphabet Block Set is patterned after blocks from the turn-of-the-century and printed in the safest inks available. Each block features a unique animal picture, a number or math symbol, and four upper case letters (two embossed), for a total of four complete alphabets.The blocks are made of basswood that is sustainably grown in the USA.
5. Haba Fantasy Blocks (ages 1-5)
6. Haba Stick Together Blocks (Ages 1+)
These are one of the most popular block sets. The colorful blocks have pegs on top and recesses on bottom so stacked blocks stay in place. Great for eye-hand coordination and fine motor skills. Perfect for the young architect in your household. 13 pieces. Made in Germany.
Building Toys
7. Haba My First Ball Track (Ages 18 months+)
We're big fans of ball track and marble runs and this is a great introduction to the world of ball track for your toddler. Get an early start on developing spatial sense, fine motor skills and patience. The colorful connecting blocks come with pivots that easily lock into place on the bottom of the ball track pieces. This makes constructing easy and keeps the track in place even if your little one bumps against it! Your child will love the ding of the bell on the finishing block and the special effects ball that glitters, rings or rattles when it rolls. As you child gets older, this set will nicely complement any of Haba's ball track sets. Made in Germany. Ages 1-1/2 – 5.
8. Lighthouse Stacking Toy (Ages 1+)
Stacking toys are a staple of childhood. Haba's Lighthouse Stacking Game stacks easily and is stable as the pieces have lugs on the top and sockets on the bottom. Your child will have hours of fun stacking the blocks in different order. Made in Germany of beechwood and non-toxic water-based stains.
9. Haba Noah's Ark Building Block Set (Ages 3+)
This HABA Noah's Ark wooden block set has unlimited play value. Your child can act out the story of Noah and the Flood, of course. Or – how about settlers in a new land, or an expedition searching for rare animals? Made in Germany. Recipient of Dr. Toy Best Classic Toy award and Spiel Gut Toy award.
10. Roy Toy 250-piece Deluxe Log Cabin Building Set (Ages 3+)
These are the original log cabin logs and they're still made in the USA! This deluxe set is made of 100% pine from Maine. The wooden pieces even smell great! The set comes with enough parts to build many structures: farmhouse, forts, barn with silo & corral, treehouse, and any structure that young minds and hands can devise. I love that the set comes in a large, sturdy canvas bag with rope tie.
Any of these are great toys for your child. What are your favorites?
We just participated in the Champlain Mini Maker Faire at Shelburne Farms in Vermont. Are you familiar with the Maker Movement? The Maker Movement celebrates a "do-it-yourself" (DIY) mindset – from arts and crafts to science and engineering. There seems to be a focus on technology which is a great way to introduce kids to STEM or STEAM. (STEAM stands for science, technology, engineering, arts, math.)
There were great robotics demonstrations but our decidedly low-tech DIY lava lamps were incredibly popular. Even the robotics club high-schoolers and adults loved them!
Lava Lamps – Great Science Project
This project is a great opportunity for kids to learn about density, color mixing and the properties of carbon dioxide. Ask questions like:
- Which liquid is on top? Why?
- Why does it bubble?
- How does the color bubble up through the oil?
- Why do the color droplets not burst until they hit the water?
Everyone seemed fascinated about how they "worked" so we decided to write up a tutorial. A lot of teachers were interested in making the lava lamps in class and we talked about how you could break up the steps to accommodate multiple days of learning. More than 100 kids made lava lamps at our event, so we bought our supplies in bulk but here are directions for making one lava lamp. Just multiply the ingredients for however many makers you have.
Supplies Needed
- Empty bottle with cap (12 oz water bottles work well.)
- Oil (vegetable or baby oil)
- Water
- Food coloring
- Alka Seltzer tablets broken into 3 or 4 pieces
- Plastic funnel
- Plastic or metal tray (or something to capture spills if they happen!)
- Flashlight or other light source
- Cleaning supplies (oil is slippery!)
Lava Lamp Directions
- Using a funnel, fill the bottles 1/4 full with water.
- Again, using a funnel, fill the remaining 3/4 of the bottle with oil.
- Once the water and oil are separated, add 5-6 drops of food coloring. You can adjust this as you like. The more the better, I think.
- Watch the drops of oil float down through the oil. They remain intact as they float down and it's pretty fascinating to watch. They'll lay on the bottom layer of the oil until they break through to the water and the droplets of color burst and color the water.
- Next, add a piece of the Alka Seltzer tablet. The carbon dioxide brings up the color into the oil. When the bubbling stops, just add another piece of the tablet.
- Shine a flashlight through the side or bottom of the bottle.
Observations and Tips
- We used vegetable oil. The vegetable oil worked well but it's yellow in color so baby oil might be nicer since it is clear.
- Let the oil and water completely separate, if you can. This might be a good stopping place to let the bottle sit overnight. You don't have to wait for it to completely separate but it will be more visually powerful when you add the food coloring.
- We had adults pour the water and oil. You can decide if you'd like to make this a pouring activity for kids.
- Bottles size doesn't matter unless you are trying to economize on oil (it can get expensive!) Most of ours were 12 oz which means 8-9 oz of oil per bottle. When we ran out of 12 oz bottles, we moved to 8 oz bottles. They worked just as well as the 12 oz bottles.
- Make sure the caps fit!
- We used baking trays with a shallow lip to catch any spills. The shallow trays let little ones see their lamps.
- Young children might need help putting the food coloring drops into the bottle. Nearly every child was able to drop the Alka Seltzer pieces in.
- Color mixing: we found that yellow and red worked pretty well but red & blue did not. It ended up looking pretty muddy.
- We used our lava lamp over and over again. The oil started to look a little foggy. Not sure if it was reuse or air temperature or humidity. Don't know if baby oil would have had a different effect.
- To cap or not to cap? We left the cap off during the bubbling process. What would happen if you capped it right away?
- Don't forget clean up supplies – paper towels, wipes, etc.
Light up your Lava Lamp
The kids loved the lava lamps in regular daylight but were amazed when we shone a light through the side. One child told me later that she used it as a nightlight.
Our neighbors from the CVU Robohawks in Hinesburg, VT made us a light up base for our bottles. They used a 3D printer to make it (took several hours) then, cut holes and put LED lights and a battery underneath. Maker Power!!!
Your lava lamp will last forever. Just add some alka seltzer when you're ready to watch it in action.
I've been talking about science toys and science experiments lately (see my posts on the Heron's Fountain and Kaleidoscope) and wanted to share some tips on how to use the Tornado Tube. This is about the least expensive science toy out there, it's fun and you can use it to demonstrate a really important scientific principle. The littlest ones will be amazed and older kids can use it as a launching pad to learn more about vortex action. We've even had colleges use the Tornado Tube. It's a great educational toy and it's made in the USA!
What the Tornado Tube Does
Your Tornado Tube demonstrates a vortex action. Examples of vortexes are tornadoes, whirlpools, waterspouts – really any similar fluid motion that happens when liquid or air drops through an opening. You can see it in the bathtub as the water drains, too.
How to Make the Tornado
- 2 empty 2-liter plastic soda bottles
- water
- a Tornado Tube
- food coloring (optional)
- glitter (optional)
- a drop or two of liquid dishwashing soap (optional)
Ready, set, go!
- Partially fill (2/3 full) one of the 2-liter plastic soda bottles with water.
- Add food coloring, glitter, soap or whatever you want.
- Screw the bottles into opposite ends of the connector tube.
- Tip the bottle so that the full bottle is on top. Give the end of the full bottle a swirling rotational movement until you get the vortex going.
Call it a tornado if you're a meteorologist, or a whirlpool if you're into oceanography.
The science behind the Tornado Tube
The inventors of the Tornado Tube describe it this way:
The action is the concentration of kinetic energy (motion). In the atmosphere, wind shear and thermals are the source of the energy which produces the vortex. In liquids, such as water, the potential energy (mass) is converted to kinetic energy as it descends, pulled by gravity through an opening. A small initial rotation about the opening becomes more violent (higher rotational velocity) as the molecules come closer to the center. The resulting outward force tends to keep the liquid out of the exact center, maintaining a "hole" in the remaining liquid.
What vortexes in nature have you seen?
Photo credit: Foter / Public domain
What do kaleidoscopes have to do with Amish quilts?
Plenty, I just learned. I went to the Shelburne Museum (Shelburne, VT) yesterday and saw a great quilt exhibit, All Star Quilts: The John Wilmerding Collection that features Amish and Mennonite star-themed quilts dating from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
The quilts featured the Star of Bethlehem design, one of the oldest and well known designs and one of the few to come from Europe to America (around 1855), according to quilting.com
Here's the surprising part
The geometric designs were influenced by the symmetrical and colorful patterns that folks saw in kaleidoscopes. The kaleidoscope was invented in 1816 by Scottish physicist, Sir David Brewster who was interested in studying optics.
The kaleidoscope's optical shapes are created by fragments of broken glass viewed through a rotating mirror-lined cylinder. The kaleidoscope (which means "beautiful form to see" in Greek) had a great effect on popular taste and culture and even spawned a phenomenon know as the "Fancy" style. "Fancy" quilt makers used cloth and thread to translate the complex designs they saw in the kaleidoscope. Who knew?
Kaleidoscopes: Science of Optics and Fun
The kaleidoscope is the result of Sir Brewster's scientific study of optics which also included light prisms. However, we enjoy it as a fascinating toy. People find the patterns relaxing. Some even give it credit for healing through "color therapy."
Use the kaleidoscope to explore patterns, color, reflection, light, mirrors and angles. Use a light prism and try to create a rainbow!
If you and your kids are looking for optics science projects or just want to enjoy some optical fun, check out our very beautiful kaleidoscope that is wrapped in leather (7″ long, 2′ wide) and our crystal light prism (made in the USA!). With care, both will last a very long time. Leave them out on the table so your kids (and adults) can enjoy them any time the mood strikes.
Next time, I'll share some experiments you can do with light prisms!
Kaleidoscope Photo credit: krazydad / jbum / Foter / Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
What's a Heron's Fountain? It dates back to ancient Greece and it's a great water science project for kids. Heron of Alexandria (ca 62 AD) was an inventor, mathematician and physicist who invented what looks like a magic trick. It's fun and an opportunity for kids to learn about gravity, air compression and vacuums. A great end-of-summer project and, as we get ready to go back to school, a great science fair project.
How does the Heron's Fountain work?
You know what gravity is, right? You would think that water draining from a top bottle into a bottom bottle would just flow down and stay put. This experiment defies that logic (which is why it seems like a magic trick.) Essentially, a Heron's Fountain uses compressed air to lift water to a point higher than the origin. This action is the same thing that moves water in fish tank filters and some types of coffee percolators.
How do you make a Heron's Fountain?
Connect two bottles together with a plastic tube (with strategically placed holes) in each bottle. We've got the Fountain Connection (made in USA!) which has done all the drilling for you. Fill one of the bottles with water. When you turn it over, gravity pulls the water from the upper bottle into the bottom bottle and compresses the air in the bottom bottle. As the water leaves the upper bottle, it decreases the air pressure of that bottle and causes a partial vacuum. Then water is forced from the lower bottle, up the fountain tube and into the upper bottle, taking the place of the draining water. Voila! A fountain!
What do you need?
- 2 clean, clear plastic 2-liter bottles. The labels and bottom plastic mount (if it's on) should be removed so you can see better but just make sure you have a stable base. Hint: I've heard that you can easily remove the labels and plastic mount with a hair dryer.
- The Fountain Connection – this includes the clear plastic tubes that you'll need to make the experiment work.
- Water (or experiment with different liquids!)
- Food coloring (optional)
(Note: you can make a fountain connector and find and cut tubing yourself. The cap requires precise drilling to make sure you have an airtight seal and the correct holes in the tubing.)
More Heron's Fountain science experiments
- What happens if you add color (red erupting volcano anyone?)
- What about blending colors? Red in bottom, blue in top?
- What happens if you use fluids other than water?
- What happens if you vary the amount of fluid in the bottle?
- What if you change the length of the tubes? (If you do cut them down, don't cut on the end with the holes!)
- Try the vacuum and compression experiments illustrated on the back of the Fountain Connection package.
Another fun activity is to create a swirling tornado with the Tornado Tube (also made in the USA). It also uses 2 plastic bottles. This is a fun, hands-on demonstration of vortex action (think, tornadoes, whirlpools, water spouts.)
What are your favorite experiments?


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The best musical experiences in life are shared—and we're not just talking about the Pearl Jam concert you attended with your buddies in the early '90s. Whenever you want to hear the music played loud—at the beach, say, or in a hotel room—a good bet is this snappy-looking Portable Speaker. Available in design-centric zebrawood or rosewood finishes, it promises to please both your inner DJ and your inner aesthete.
The first week I was in love with this item! It sounded great, good volume, quite impressive!. However after that it became clear the connection point for the audio input wasn't soldered correctly and the audio began cutting in and out. Soon enough I couldn't get any sound to emit from the speaker :/
It may have just been a poor connection point on my specific speaker, but I wouldn't take a chance unless I knew for sure. Great concept and design...poor connection point execution
A handy lil box of sound, but once you lose that power cable you'll find yourself lost at the local Fry's asking the 20-something where you can find the right cable for an item that he's never heard of. When you have the power it puts out some good sound, but I've found better in equally as small - but not as stunning - mini speakers.2

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Samyang 7.5mm F3.5 fish-eye for Micro Four Thirds coming soon
The European distributor of Korean lens maker Samyang has announced the price and availability of its 7.5mm fish-eye lens for Micro Four Thirds. The Samyang 7.5mm 1:3.5 UMC Fish-eye MFT will be available from the middle of September at a recommended selling price of €299. The lens offers a 180° diagonal field-of-view and will be available in black and silver. The company says it will be the first in a range of lenses designed specifically for the Micro Four Thirds system.
Samyang 7.5mm 1:3.5 UMC Fish-eye MFT
Release date and estimated retail price
Kraków, September 5th 2011 – Delta company, the exclusive representative and distributor
of Samyang Optics in Europe, is proud to report that the lens announced in March, Samyang
7.5mm 1:3.5 UMC Fish-eye MFT will be available from the middle of September this year. The
lens will be available in two colour versions: silver and black. Estimated retail price is EUR 299.
Panoramic photography with Samyang fish-eye lens
Samyang 7.5mm 1:3.5 UMC Fish-eye MFT offers an exceptionally wide angle of view, up to 180
degrees diagonally, which makes it a very useful tool for making panoramic photographs. You can
enjoy the example panoramic photos in the form of a virtual tour around Krakow on our specially
created website: www.samyang.pl/75mft All these panoramic photographs were taken with
Samyang 7.5mm 1:3.5 Fish-eye UMC MFT and PEN Olympus E-P1.
Samyang 7.5mm 1:3.5 UMC Fish-eye MFT is an ultra-wide-angle manual lens with 7.5 millimetre
focal length and 1:3.5 aperture ratio, providing 180 degree angle of view. Despite its small size,
the new Samyang successfully combines the best features of the popular model with 8 mm focal
length offering highest quality optics closed in a compact and visually attractive casing. Samyang
7.5mm 1:3.5 UMC Fish-eye MFT is the first model from the new family of lenses developed
specifically for Micro Four Thirds system.
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Can someone explain how Samyang 7.5mm will work with my GH2? Do I have to switch to "Shoot with Lens Off" everytime I attach lens on? Do I get it right, that only A and M modes would work with manual lenses, so it's full manual focus lens, not just only manual focus lens
Interesting, how is video capturing would work with it, would system adjust shutter speed?
Can someone explain how Samyang 7.5mm will work with my GH2? Do I have to switch to "Shoot with Lens Off" everytime I attach lens on?
You can leave it toggled.
Do I get it right, that only A and M modes would work with manual lenses, so it's full manual focus lens, not just only manual focus lens.
A mode won't work as you have no way of telling the aperture to the camera. S mode should work, camera exposure meter will work fine. Only focus and aperture control must be manual
Interesting, how is video capturing would work with it, would system adjust shutter speed?
You can force the shutter speed, camera will adjust the ISO (and you can compensate with aperture), if anything camera will adjust exposure using shutter speed and ISO, only aperture is really out of the equation for the camera to work with. Remember that in video restrictions are tighter.
I see some posters say they dont need another fisheye lens but fisheye lens are always expensiv, this one is quite reasonable, it is tempting enough to make me consider buying a second hand m4/3 camera
So this would be effectively a 15mm diag fisheye? I used to use the 15mm Sigma on my old APSc so this would be similar, but a little wider..... I'm liking this, and the news of more MFT lenses to come
Will it have stereographic projection (like Samyang 8/3.5) or standart one?
A welcome addition for sure. Would have been nice to see a DOF scale.
Why not have DOF scale??? :(
I hope that Olympus and Panasonic will start sharing the AF-protocols with 3rd party lens manufacturers (under license if necessary to protect IP). At the very least, these lenses should be allowed to communicate FL, Aperture value to the body. Triggering MF magnification like the Olympus/Panasonic lenses would already help a lot.
I know that Samyang have not made any AF lenses so far, but others like Sigma will also be joining the m4/3 game. If lenses like this 7.5mm FE and the 25mm f/0.95 Nokton can provide better electronic integration and operation, it will make the whole m4/3 system even more appealing.
As for this lens, it looks great!
Do you actually know that Oly/Pana aren't sharing?
There were old news about the preparation of M4/3 and E-mount lenses by Sigma. I think the problem is that the manufacturers (esp. Pana) want a high profit margin on their own lenses rather than price competition like APS and FF lenses. It may need high license fee for manufacturing by 3rd party if they want to use the patented CDAF technology even other companies want to make lenses for M4/3 and E-mount.
For some people, this ist an interesting product no doubt, an the maker deserves applause.
Nevertheless I should much more like to see a fixed focus near-pancake for m4/3 somewhere between 9 and 11 mm, reasonably fast. I would clearly prefer this over some wideangle zoom such as the 9-18 mm
Why fixed focus?
I agree. Aside from the larger size of zoom lenses, wide angle zooms are simply not as good as fixed focal length lenses. The Nikon 14-24 has proven this doesn't have to be the case but it is the only exception I'm aware of. And, being that these are small sensor cameras they really need the best possible lenses.
I can think of quite a few excellent wide angle zooms: the Tokina 11-16 would be one of them, as well as the Olympus 11-22.
From what I've seen, the new 12/2 is not optically better than the good old 11-22. It is much smaller, though, and has faster AF on mft.
I stand by my original post. Counting out "stupid adapters", m43 does have 3 fish-eye lenses:
Panasonic 8/3.5
Samyang 7.5/3.5
Olympus 8/3.5 (can be used on m43 via adapters from Olympus and Panasonic)
m43 does NOT have a inexpensive 50/1.8 option:
Olympus 45/1.8 - $400
Canon 50/1.8 - $120
Sony 50/1.8 - $150
Nikon 50/1.8 - $125
On average the new Olympus 45/1.8 is three times more expensive than the competition. Olympus (and Pentax for that matter) should think hard about this omission. It's a real turn-off for customers on a tight budget who are interested in portrait photography.
Those 50s on APS are a little shorter than the 45 on a 4/3rds sensor, they're also all poor quality wide open which doesn't really make them good portrait lenses.
Agree. Usually, the optical lens is the most expensive component in a camera system due to the long grinding/processing time to make it. Besides making the system smaller, one major purpose of the 43rd format is to reduce the lens diameter so that the processing time and the cost can be minimized...But...It seems that they are going into the opposite way though!
I doubt we will ever see native mft lenses in the $120 range.
All those 50/1.8 you listed are simple/old designs with 6 elements. They also are very soft wide open - I've used the Canon 50/1.8 a lot and wouldn't go to f1.8 unless I have to.
The new Nikon 50mm 1.8G is $220 with 7 elements. The Sony E 50mm 1.8 OSS is $300. While I agree the Oly 45/1.8 is not cheap, its not crazy either especially that it has 9 elements and is internally focusing. Samples and early reviews shows that the 45/1.8 has really good IQ even at f1.8.
Smart move from Samyang to enter the m43 market before those bigger lens companies. And we are happy to see more 3rd party lens choice for m43. Most of the lens from O & P are relatively expensive.
Remember saw somewhere Sigma is going to produce lens for m43 but seems nothing realized. Am I right? Hope to see more activities of lens after so many exciting new m43 cameras launched to the market.
Assuming the usual pattern of price in euros when sold in Europe = price in USD when sold in the US, I can totally get behind that price.
For something that would for me most likely only end up being a toy to play with, I can justify $299 on Samyang's fisheye a heck of a lot more easily than I can justify $650 on Panasonic's fisheye.
I want one!!!!
Great. m43 now has 3 (yes, three) fish-eye lenses. It makes so much more sense than to introduce an inexpensive 50/1.8 lens like the ones sold by Nikon, Canon and Sony. After all, what would you possibly do with such a lens on a x2 crop system like m43? A fast 100mm-equiv lens? Useless!
It has two.
If you say it has three then you may as well say that there's already hundreds of fast 50mm for m43 as well... After all, an adapter is an adapter :/
The peleng is just an adapted lens and the fisheye adapter is just a cheap adapter...
I think there is place for this lens as I for one (I am not alone) intend on buying this as the Panasonic 8mm fisheye is WAY too expensive..
As for fast 50mm well do you want actual 50mm or the FOV of a 50mm??? You have a 20/1.7 and 25/1.4 and for actual 50mm (so 75mm FOV) strange FOV really but we have one too in the 45/1.8 from Oly....
+1 - I'm hoping Voigtlander will release an m43 version of their M-mount 12mm lens at some point :)
^ the 14mm f2.5 pancake is pretty cheap these days
Big difference between the 14/f2.5 and something like a 6mm wide-angle...
There is a software which does "fisheye distortion correction", see
Click examples and scroll down. This way, we could use a fisheye lens for extreme wide angle shooting. Unfortunately, the adjusted output is only a panorama, i.e. we would lose the 4:3 aspect ratio.
Or you can use Fisheye-Hemi together with Photoshop or Apple Aperture. It seems also possible with the free Hugin software:
I use an inexpensive 170 degree GoPro as my full frame fish eye camera:
fisheye are very well suited to manual focus, there is sooooo much depth of field that while yes you do need to focus you really don't need to be that acurate and pop it at f/8 and pretty much the whole world is in focus
I can actually see picking up an old PEN model (E-PL1 or E-PL2) and this manual focus fisheye could be an alternative to taking a fisheye for another camera system. Like having a Nikon or Canon dSLR for normal photography and instead of getting a Canon or Nikon mount fisheye, just grab a PEN and this little Samyang - always ready mounted.
can it auto-focus? If not - how much need do you have for autofocus on a fish-eye...especially if there is focus range indication on the lens (such as on this lens)
awesome this is a great lens addition for the micro 4/3rd system i was going to purchase another fisheye lens but samyang optics have been pretty good since its introduction. While other companies have been delaying new lens road maps im happy to hear that a company is introducing lens to fill the system.


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2017 SPRING ART SHOW and SALE
Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park March 4 - 5, 2017
The Citrus Watercolor Society will be holding its annual Arts in the Park exhibit and sale in the Visitor Center featuring the artwork of local watercolorists. Originals, prints and cards will be available for purchase. The Citrus Watercolor Society donates 20% of sales from the show to the Friends of Homosassa Springs Wildlife Park. There is no charge to attend the exhibit. Regular park admission will apply for entrance in to the Wildlife Park.
The show is open to current CWS members and is free. You do not have to sign up or register... just show up with a smile! We do need an INVENTORY LIST of your work in the show. Click on the sidebar link to get a copy of Inventory List. There will be a sign-up sheet for volunteers to help at the desk during the Show.Artists are asked to please identify EACH item with 1) Name of painting (if applicable), 2) Item number as listed on inventory sheet, 3) PRICE, and 4) Artist's name. Without this information sales are very difficult.
When you arrive Saturday morning there will be tables set up for cards and small items and racks for hanging paintings. You may bring your own browse boxes and easels.. we'll try to make room for everything without blocking the park's exhibits.
We will start with a limit of 2 hanging paintings, two browse boxes and unlimited cards and small table items. Bring more... if there is room we can use them.
This is a juried show with CASH and ribbon awards: $100 for Best of Show, $50 for First Place, $25 for Second Place, and $20 for Third Place. All others get a ribbon only. If you wish to have up to two hanging paintings judged, there is a $5 fee. Participation is not mandatory. You will be given a sticker to put on your work so the judge knows which paintings to consider. Judging will begin at 9:30 AM Saturday, so make sure you are there.
All work must be water based: no oil, pastel, colored pencil, photography, etc. Acrylic is OK. All work must be that of the artist. Reproductions, giclees, etc. are acceptable but MUST BE LABELED AS SUCH. Cards are fine; they do not require an individual inventroy number but pricing should be clear.
We do keep a close watch on all the work, but inventory sheet should be signed that the artist understands neither CWS nor the park is responsible for their artwork.
Artists can set up from 8:00-9:00 AM Saturday and take down after 4:00 PM Sunday in the foyer of the main building on Highway 19 in Homosassa Springs. It is open to the public 9:00 AM-5:30 PM Saturday and 9:00 AM-4:00 PM on Sunday.
20% of all sales will be donated directly to the park. Money will be collected by CWS volunteers and turned over to the club treasurer, who will then mail checks to individual artists. SASE is appreciated.
Come join us for a fun weekend!
2016 FALL ART SHOW and SALE
Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park November 19- 20, 2016
2016 Spring Art Show and Sale
Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park
February 20-21, 2016;
To View ART SHOW AWARDS from the SPRING 2016 Homosassa Show CLICK HERE
Guidelines for CWS Art Shows
Our annual art shows provide opportunities for members to display our talents and sell our masterpieces.
Must be a current member of the Citrus Watercolor Society.
There will be no entry fee charged at these shows, except for a $5 fee for juried shows only if you wish for your work to be judged.
Each artist will be allowed an initial hanging of two paintings (any size). If, at ½ hour before opening time, space is still available, additional paintings can be hung.
All artwork must be properly fitted with wire, and ready-to-hang. If not, it will be rejected.
Art must be of water media applied in an aqueous manner (watercolor, Gouache or acrylic). No oils, digital media/images, or photos.
Art must be on paper, treated paper, synthetic paper, canvas, clay board or paper mounted on board.
Each artist will be allowed two (2) browse boxes for unframed originals and reproductions, and two (2) easels, if adequate space is available.
Tables will be provided for note cards, bookmarks, etc.
Each artist will submit an inventory all items for sale, the type of artwork, the price of each, and a self-addressed stamped envelope in which to mail monies from show sales due the artist.
Each piece of artwork will be identified with a numbered sticker agreeing with the number on the inventory list of items.
20% of the total sales of each artist will be donated to "The Friends" of the respective parks at the end of each show and sale.
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Date of Incorporation: 2010
Franchising Since: 2010
Headquarters: San Diego, California
Business Description: Fresh Healthy Vending LLC franchisees own and operate Vending Machines and/or Micro Markets that dispense a variety of healthy, natural, and organic snack food and beverage products in approved locations such as business offices, hotels, hospitals, schools, universities and industrial facilities.
Franchise Offer: The franchisor offers franchises to own and operate (including maintaining, stocking, servicing, repairing and cleaning) Vending Machines and/or Micro Markets that dispense a variety of healthy natural and organic snack food and beverage products in approved locations such as business offices, hotels, hospitals, schools, universities and industrial facilities. Because Micro Markets are "self-checkout", they are located in secure areas of the above-described locations, such as the break room in corporate offices, teachers' lounges in schools and universities, or in supervised retail environments such as dance or yoga studios.
Financial Assistance: When franchisees purchase their Vending Machines or Micro Markets, franchisees may pay for the machines in full when they sign their Franchise Agreement, or they can pay 40% of the total purchase price when they sign the Franchise Agreement and the balance once the franchisor has secured 50% of their Vending Machine or Micro Market locations. Other than this, the franchisor does not offer direct or indirect financing to franchisees or guarantee any note, lease, or obligation of theirs in connection with the purchase or establishment of your franchise business.
Training and Assistance: Currently, the initial training program lasts for two days. Initial training program is currently held at the franchisor's corporate headquarters in San Diego, California at a time it designates. The franchisor will conduct initial training for two persons at no cost to franchisees. The franchisor may require franchisees and/or their employees or representatives to attend additional or refresher training courses, or participate in similar continuing education programs. These additional courses may address new or modified procedures or address other operational aspects of their franchise business. The franchisor may provide the franchisee with a remedial training program if it determines the franchisee is not in compliance with the terms of the franchise agreement. The franchisor also may periodically hold a Franchisee Conference for all Fresh Healthy Vending franchisees.
Territory: For standard territories, the territory will not be exclusive. Franchisees may face competition from other Fresh Healthy franchisees, machines the franchisor or its affiliates own and operate, or from other channels of distribution or competitive brands that it controls. The franchisor may grant "protected" territories to franchisees who purchase 30 or more Vending Machines or Micro Markets and commit to purchasing a number of additional machines sufficient to complete the development of the Territory as it may determine.
Term of Agreement and Renewal: The length of initial franchise term is 10 years. Two five-year renewal terms are available, if requirements are met.
Obligations and Restrictions: The franchisee will directly supervise the operation of the franchised business on a full-time basis. If the franchisee is a corporation or other entity, an owner must directly supervise the business. In order to maintain the reputation, goodwill and value of our system, franchisees may only offer products and services at a Vending Machine or Micro Market that the franchisor approves. Typically, these products will be those listed on the vendor's product list.
Estimated Number of Units: 285
Investment Tables:
Initial Investment
|Name of Fee
|Initial Franchise Fee ($1,250 per Vending Machine and Micro Market; minimum purchase of 10 machines)
|Purchase Price for Vending Machines or Micro Markets (minimum purchase of 10 machines)
|Initial Training
|Storage Facility Lease
|Equipment Other Than Machines
|Location Commissions (of Vending Machine and Micro Market monthly net profits)
|Email Account
|Deposits and Other Permits and Fees
|Customized Vehicle Graphics
|Professional Fees (legal and accounting)
|Opening Inventory
|Coin Float for Vending Machines
|Additional Funds - 3 months
|Estimated Total
Other Fees
|Type of Fee
|Royalty Fee
|6% of the Monthly Gross Revenue of each Vending Machine; 12% of Monthly Gross Revenue of each Micro Market (including merchant service fees).
|Advertising Fee
|$75 per Vending Machine or Micro Market.
|Micro Market Software License Fee
|$55 per month, per Micro Market.
|Interest and Late Charge on Overdue Payments
|Greater of 10% or the maximum rate permitted by law; late charge equal to 5% of amount late.
|Initial Training Fee
|$250 per person per day.
|Remedial Training
|$1,000 per person per day.
|Additional Training Fee
|$250 per person per day.
|Franchisee Conference Fee
|$500 per person.
|Default Fee
|$200 per default.
|Additional Vending Machines and Micro Markets
|$1,200 per new or pre-owned machine plus the cost of each machine purchased.
|Dispute Resolution
|Will vary based on circumstances.
|Machine Graphics (Additional Only)
|Breach of Non-Termination Covenant
|5% of the gross revenue of any competing business throughout the one-year non-compete period.
|Will vary based on circumstances.
|Varies by provider and coverage.
|Relocation Fee
|$1,000 per Vending Machine or Micro market (does not include the Delivery Fee)
|Management Fee
|$75 per day per Vending Machine or Micro Market per day.
|Manual Replacement Fee
|Renewal Fee - Franchise Agreement
|Technical Service Fees (Outside of Warranty Period)
|$120 per hour.
|Transfer Fee
|$1,000 per Vending Machine or Micro Market, plus any attorneys' fees we incur in connection with the transfer.
The above information has been taken from the FDD of Fresh Healthy Vending. Year of FDD: 2015
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Using a rat model of type 2 diabetes (T2D), we showed that at 2 months of T2D the decrease in bone marrow progenitor cell (BMPC) release from diabetic bone marrow (BM) is caused by BM neuropathy and that these changes precede the development of diabetic retinopathy (DR). BM neuropathy was associated with a marked reduction in clock gene expression in the BMPCs themselves which led to diminished repair by these cells and by 4 months of T2D resulted in the hallmark feature of diabetic retinopathy (DR), acellular retinal capillaries. Diabetic BMPC dysfunction was corrected by increasing levels of bioavailable nitric oxide (NO) towards normal non-diabetic levels. Since NO modulates clock gene expression, the reduced levels of bioavailable NO results in altered clock gene expression. Plaminogen activator inhibitor (PAI-1), an important modulator of hematopoetic stem cell maturation and release from the BM is an immediate downstream metabolic regulator controlled by clock genes. PAI-1 demonstrates a robust circadian pattern in health, but this pattern is altered in diabetes and elevated levels are produced by endothelial cells (EC) from diabetics. We believe this NO-modulated clock gene dysfunction leads to the loss of circadian regulation of PAI-1 and represents an underlying mechanism and therapeutic target for DR and atherosclerosis, which are the major causes of blindness and mortality in diabetics, respectively. In this application, we propose the following hypothesis: In diabetes, a reduction in bioavailable NO in ECs and BMPCs causes a diminished amplitude and frequency of the oscillatory pattern of the clock proteins, BMAL1 and PER-2, leading to a loss of circadian regulation of PAI-1 and subsequent further diminution of NO levels in EC and BMPCs. Decreasing NO bioavailability and persistent increase in PAI-1 in the vasa nervorum leads to development of BM neuropathy which results in defective EPC mobilization further exacerbating end organ complications. To test our hypothesis, we propose the following aims: 1) to determine whether NO bioavailability can affect the molecular clock and circadian rhythms in vascular ECs and BMPCs and to determine whether levels of NO will have direct and indirect effects on clock gene expression via S-nitrosylation of essential clock proteins such as BMAL1 and PER-2;2) to determine whether specific clock gene knock-out of the endothelium and BMPC recapitulates the diabetic vascular phenotype of accelerated injury and reduced repair;and 3) to determine whether dysregulation of NO and PAI-1 within the vasa nervorum leads to BM neuropathy and loss of circadian release of BMPCs into the circulation.
This proposal represents a paradigm shift in our understanding of the pathogenesis of diabetic micro- and macro-vascular complications. We are testing whether circadian oscillators play a pivotal role in endothelial cell and bone marrow progenitor cells homeostasis. We believe that when disrupted in diabetes, they must be restored before vascular health is achieved. We specifically identify plasminogen activator inhibitor as a novel therapeutic target in diabetes to restore vascular function and circadian oscillation of nitric oxide in vascular and bone marrow cells.
|Jarajapu, Yagna P R; Hazra, Sugata; Segal, Mark et al. (2014) Vasoreparative dysfunction of CD34+ cells in diabetic individuals involves hypoxic desensitization and impaired autocrine/paracrine mechanisms. PLoS One 9:e93965
|Wang, Qi; Tikhonenko, Maria; Bozack, Svetlana N et al. (2014) Changes in the daily rhythm of lipid metabolism in the diabetic retina. PLoS One 9:e95028
|Wang, Qi; Bozack, Svetlana N; Yan, Yuanqing et al. (2014) Regulation of retinal inflammation by rhythmic expression of MiR-146a in diabetic retina. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 55:3986-94
|Keats, Emily C; Dominguez 2nd, James M; Grant, Maria B et al. (2014) Switch from canonical to noncanonical Wnt signaling mediates high glucose-induced adipogenesis. Stem Cells 32:1649-60
|Hu, Ping; Thinschmidt, Jeffrey S; Yan, Yuanqing et al. (2013) CNS inflammation and bone marrow neuropathy in type 1 diabetes. Am J Pathol 183:1608-20
|Chen, Rongmin; D'Alessandro, Matthew; Lee, Choogon (2013) miRNAs are required for generating a time delay critical for the circadian oscillator. Curr Biol 23:1959-68
|Nguyen, Dung V; Li Calzi, Sergio; Shaw, Lynn C et al. (2013) An ocular view of the IGF-IGFBP system. Growth Horm IGF Res 23:45-52
|Bhatwadekar, Ashay D; Yan, Yuanqing; Qi, Xiaoping et al. (2013) Per2 mutation recapitulates the vascular phenotype of diabetes in the retina and bone marrow. Diabetes 62:273-82
|Tikhonenko, Maria; Lydic, Todd A; Opreanu, Madalina et al. (2013) N-3 polyunsaturated Fatty acids prevent diabetic retinopathy by inhibition of retinal vascular damage and enhanced endothelial progenitor cell reparative function. PLoS One 8:e55177
|Hazra, S; Jarajapu, Y P R; Stepps, V et al. (2013) Long-term type 1 diabetes influences haematopoietic stem cells by reducing vascular repair potential and increasing inflammatory monocyte generation in a murine model. Diabetologia 56:644-53
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The cold steel overhang,
And Im there.
Transport, transfix, transcontinental.
Mess of wires and books and pages and coffee and bags that
Underneath, cold and hard, support.
A sneeze behind, a viral transportation mechanism.
Only the tufts of hair can be seen in front.
It sways, it moves, it elopes.
Outside- an industrial jungle of cement and work and peoples brains shoved
Together. In one room.
Songs sweetly sing by. In one ear, sooth the brain, calm me down.
Make it better.
Two hours, forty-six minutes. Of sitting. Of listening.
Alone, typing, calm. Keep calm. Am I here? Am I there?
Where is here?
Good Morning, nay, good afternoon.
Sweatshirts and comfy pants and bright colors. Mixed.
Maybe I will dream about you tonight. Or you. Or you. Or no one.
The conductors crackly-sugary-syrupy voice tells you. You are here. Here is good.
Here is best.
Watch your step.
Stick my back to the seats like Velcro.
Diagonal, across, in front.
High off of the love that the drink gave to your cerebellum. Off kiltering your
A snack,
A smile,
A snore,
A smoke- unlit,
A stare,
Waiting, and pondering, The train doesn't move yet.
Pretzls and newspapers and shoes and little tabs off of tickets scatter the floor. But they are stuck. Unlike us. We are stuck, but moving.
We are able to leave, the doors can open
And we can smile
And regain our lives
And join our friends
And smile. And we can move.
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June 4 - July 30
Codified Threads, 1998-2008
Featuring the work of textile artist Cynthia Schira and pottery of Robert Segall, this exhibit opens the Adirondack History Museum's new Rosenberg Art Gallery.
August 6 - October 10
Hidden Treasures - Essex County Artists
Hidden Treasures - Essex County's Artists is a retrospective of artworks dating from the mid 1800s to the current day. All of the pieces have been loaned to the museum from private collections, and most have not been exhibited previously before.
The historic paintings are by artists who painted in Essex County in the mid to late 19th century and include renowned names such as John Frederick Kensett, Roswell M. Shurtleff, William Trost Richards, Laura Woodward, Edward Gay and Albert Insley. Early 20th century artists include Robert Ward Van Boskerck, Arnold Lahee, James Rosenberg and Alice Hollander.
June 11 - October 10
The School on School House Hill
2016 marks the 100th anniversary of the building now known as the Adirondack History Museum. Long before this historic landmark, located in the heart of Elizabethtown, became a museum, this location had an exciting and dramatic past. The School on School House Hill exhibit marks this milestone.
June 11- October 10
Essex County's Immigrants: Faces and Stories
Back from last year, Essex County's Immigrants: Faces and Stories is being expanded with new content!
Compelled and uprooted by economic hardship and the great political and social upheavals of 19th century, millions of Europeans left their towns and villages and embarked on the dangerous journey to America. The face of Essex County changed just as the face of the United States changed from this unprecedented wave of immigration. This new exhibit shows how as early as 1860, Essex County's population was far more diverse than a century later in 1960.
Drawing on the ancestry of present day Essex County residents, the exhibit uses individual stories to show the broad immigration patterns that changed Essex County in the mid-1900's. French-Canadians crossed the northern border in droves, as did the Chinese in search of railroad work. The Irish pushed out of their homeland by famine, made their way to New York's Adirondack Mountains via the St. Lawrence River as well as New York City and Boston. Eastern Europeans from Lithuania, Poland, and the Ukraine fled from the czarist draft. Hungarians and Italians left their hard- scrabble tenant farms for the promise of land. Timber and mining companies from Ausable Forks to Crown Point, Port Henry, and Moriah enticed these new arrivals by providing jobs and housing which created new communities with names like Ironville, Mineville, and Irishtown each with their own churches, organizations, and identities.
June 11- October 10
Grace Hudowalski and Hiking in the High Peaks
This exhibit brings you the story of mid 20th century Adirondack recreation, highlighting Grace Hudowalski, a founding 46er and first woman to climb the 46 High Peaks of the Adirondack Mountains.
Her lifelong passion for the mountains and her devotion to the 46ers made her the eventual matriarch of the group. She is remembered by many 46ers as the long-time historian of the organization and for the thousands of inspiring personal letters she wrote to climbers during their quests. Many of the exhibit artifacts are on loan from the Adirondack 46R
2016 LECTURE SERIES, 7 p.m.
July 7
Why Look at Art
Presented by William C. Lipke, retired professor of art history, University of Vermont
July 14
A Well-Worn Trail: The History of Iroquoian and Algonquian Peoples in the Adirondacks
Presented by Melissa Otis, Carleton University, Institute for Comparative Studies in Literature, Art and Culture, Ottawa
July 21
Adirondack Towns: Cultural Constructions, Political Agendas and Social Realities
Presented by Philip C. Terrie, environmental historian of the Adirondacks and professor emeritus at Bowling Green University, Ohio
July 28
The 1916 Elizabethtown School Fire
Presented by Margaret Bartley, author and local historian
August 11
A History of Quilt Making in the Adirondacks
Presented by Hallie Bond, author and local historian
August 18
Essex County's Architecture: From Pioneer Homes to the Cold War
Presented by Stephen Engelhart, Executive Director of Adirondack Architectural Heritage
Plan on stopping in early for a reception beginning at 6 p.m. featuring a sweet, a savory, wine and coffee.
Saturday, June 4
Opening Reception for Codified Threads, 1998-2008
Celebrate the opening of our first new exhibit with us! 6 p.m.
Saturday, June 11
5th Annual Antique & Classic Car Show
Collectors and enthusiasts from far and wide will be on hand displaying their collections of beautifully restored and maintained vehicles such as muscle cars, vintage roadsters, hot rods and more. 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Preregistration is $10, day of registration is $15. All participants receive a dash plaque. Download a preregistration form.
Saturday, July 16
Elizabethtown Day
As part of the town-wide celebration of Elizabethtown Day, admission to the Adirondack History Museum will be free.
Friday, August 5
Opening Reception for Hidden Treasures - Essex County's Artists
Celebrate the opening of our second art exhibit with us! 6 p.m.
Friday, October 14
Historian's Day-Cemetery Conservation Workshop
Joe Ferrannini, a conservator of Grave Stone Matters, will speak on preservation, conservation and restoration issues faced within cemeteries, and then take workshop attendees to the Riverside Cemetery (next door to Museum) and demonstrate practical techniques.
* Schedule subject to change. Please contact museum to confirm event dates and times.


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Football Long Snapper Has Perfect Aim You Won't Believe [VIDEO]
Long snapping may not be the sexiest part of football, but one collegiate player is proving how cool it can be.
Long snapping may not be the sexiest part of football, but one collegiate player is proving how cool it can be.
The NFC South is getting VERY interesting as the showdown between the New Orleans Saints vs the Carolina Panthers draws near. The NFL has opted to flex the game to the Sunday Night Football time slot on December 8.
We love those heartfelt videos of football teams giving special-needs players the opportunity to score touchdowns, but the way that the Olivet Middle School football team in Michigan took things one step further gave one player a moment in the spotlight that he will never forget.
Yesterday's Saints loss to the Patriots was a real heart breaker to say the least. I'm not one to whine and cry and say the referees beat us, but the more I think about the missed calls, some of the calls that were made... I don't know y'all.
The New Orleans Saints were a first down away from entering their bye week at 6-0, but the New England Patriots had other ideas Sunday afternoon in Foxborough.
Adrian Peterson's two-year-old son has died from the injuries allegedly suffered at the hand of 27-year-old Joseph Patterson.
UPDATE 1:40 p.m. ET: TMZ reports the boy is on life support with no brain activity since 5:30 p.m. Thursday. Sources say that if the child fails to show any signs of improvement over the course of the next 24 hours his mother wants to take him off of life support and donate his organs.
Sometimes all that we need is a hug, and that is exactly what a longtime Ohio sportscaster got after an Ohio State football game. Watch as the entire Buckeye team consoles Dom Tiberi, who had just lost his daughter in an automobile accident, following their game with Wisconsin.
During a recent Washington State football game, the camera crew spotted this guy in the stands all alone. Only he and his popcorn in a rain drenched stadium.


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Atelier Chesterfield Sofa
Product: Atelier Chesterfield Sofa
Retailer: Anthropologie
Color: Green
Like a relic from a grand library, the deeply tufted seat on this top-grain leather sofa is so cushy you'll be tempted to wile the day away with a stack of clothbound books. Hand-pleated arms and nailhead trim add a tome's worth of scholarly charm. From Mise en Scene by Ruffian.
- Walker finish
- Eight-way hand-tied seat construction
- Leather
- Hardwood frame; poly dacron, cotton padding fill
- Wipe with soft, dry cloth
- Seat: 20″H
- Handcrafted in USA


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SONG "TOO YOUNG TO DIE " by Jimmy Webb © 1989 White Oak Songs ASCAP additional Long Island reference lyrics by Ken Spooner this a fun pictorial of racing on long island with a great song to listen too please check out http://www.spoonercentral.com/knapp.shtml for more Long Island history and for some great long island history check the The Himes Museum of Motor Racing Nostalgia| http://www.thehimesmuseum.com/ thanks too all that where in this video and made and took these great photos I really hope you enjoy the music and this wonderful song ! Photos in order of appearance Jack Rutigliano in his '57 Ford Ken Spooner's models & book Long Ride On A Short Track Kenny Joseph aka Ken Spooner 1956 BOCES Auto Mechanics Class in Bellport 1962 The Continentals @ Palm Terrace Riverhead 1964 Adolph Almasy, Doug Percoco, Ken Joseph at the start of Beatlemania playing for William Floyd School Sweetheart Ball Feb. 1964 THE STRANGERS Ken Joseph leaning on his street rod, Patchogue 1965 Route 27 Sunrise Highway " " Islip Speedway Sign Sunrise in Sayville Freeport Speedway Sign @ Himes Museum Diorama of Ken Joseph's race rig Mastic Beach 1964 Model of Ken Spooner's race car with Long Ride mug Models of Ace Of Spades, Flying A, Root Beer Special & Ken Spooner's Sedan Axel Anderson's '37 Plymouth, the 590 Turn 4 Riverhead Raceway Driving Axel's 590 in 1997 590 Again 590 & Marty Himes' 250 Charlie Jarzombek's 36 Chevy Offset Mod & 590 Entering the track in the 590, Ken Spooner driving Loading 590 @ Himes Museum Marty Himes & 590 going on the trailer Jack Bagshaw's 7-11 Charlie Jarzombek's #1, Harold Seaman climbing in Riverhead Track Marty Himes at the wheel of his 250 250 in the pits 250 In Bayshore Parade Lap Ace Of Spades " " Geoff Bodine's Red #1 Jarzombek Vega Mod Marty Himes, Jimmy Malone, Ken Spooner Ken Spooner & Marty Himes Steve Park The X-3 Vega of Jim Hendrickson Bobby Punzi, mechanic of the X-3 Ken Spooner with model & his real car Axel's Root Beer Special toy " " Flying A & Root Beer Special custom concession toys Axel's 15 circa 1956 " " Islip Speedway 1958 Axel at Daytona 1958 with Ed Hawkins Charlie Jarzombek 1967 Decal Islip Speedway 1964 Wide World Of Sports Dexter Park 1951 "New Car Race" Islip Speedway 1962 Al DeAngelo 1959 Mary Himes circa 1960 Jimmy "The Fling Farmer" Malone 1965 Gentleman Jim Hendrickson's 1970's Freeport Action Mousey Kempster's Coach Jim Hendrickson's Mustang ISLIP Axel Anderson 1961 ISLIP SPEEDWAY BOBBY ALLISON # 2 NASCAR GRAND NATIONALS @ ISLIP circa 1964 Larry Mendelsohn & Bobby Allison Johnny Rocco Johnny Rocco in Florida Axel in Root Beer Special 1959 Ken Joseph's Sedan Freeport Action Bill Spade @ Freeport Tommy Washburn in the Dime Fred Harbach Young Fred Harbach The Flying Dutchman Myke Collins Flagman @ Freeport Dale @ Daytona 1995
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1960 Biggest Accident on a Race Track!!!
http://romanoarchives.altervista.org/ Universal Newsreel (Excerpt) In 1960, during the Daytona 500 auto race at Daytona International Speedway, happened the biggest accident on a race track in History, as this excerpt from an Universal Newsreel reports, involving many cars and drivers including: L.D. Austin, Johnny Allen, Reb Wickersham, G.C. Spencer, Paul Lewis, Clem Proctor, Buddy Baker, Herb Tillman, Shorty Rollins, Fred Lorenzen, Lee Petty, David Pearson, Ned Jarrett, Wilbur Rakestraw, T.C. Hunt, Joe Weatherly, Jim Whitman, Tiny Lund, etc. Nobody was seriously injured. Editing by ROMANO-ARCHIVES. "SUBSCRIBING to this Channel is a MUST for researchers and RARE HISTORICAL FOOTAGE fans!!!" V. Romano A better quality version of this clip is available. Hi-Res videos from our Collections are available on DVD, CD or directly in your inbox. Clips and movies can also be downloaded from our servers using a PW or uploaded by us to your FTP.