Friday, January 8, 2010

News That Matters - January 8, 2010 - Things To Do Edition

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Good Friday Morning,

There's only 351 shopping days until Christmas so you'd best get busy.

It's barely 27 degrees here at the Asylum this morning and it promises not to get any warmer today. In fact, this could be the high for the next several days! Winter: You love and you hate it.

County Legislator Vinnie Tamagna has been appointed to chair the County Legislature this year.

With the nation plunging into poverty and stays in homeless shelters up, food stamp outlays reaching historic proportions and food and clothing banks running out of goods, it might come as a surprise that two major national retail chains, H&M and WalMart are destroying unsold clothing rather than donating them where they're most needed.

What if airlines were run like the current US health care system? Watch this video to find out!

The gulf stream, that vast cyclone of water that brings warm, tropical waters north towards the British Isle's and gives England it's unusually moderate climate has taken a vacation plunging England into a winter they've haven't seen in thirty years and blanketing the entirety of that nation under snow. Temperatures as low as -8F are predicted in many places for the overnight hours tonight and in Scotland the government warns that as many as one million sheep may perish from the cold.

Photographer Andrew Cichowski was stopped and held by San Jose, CA police recently for photographing a barbed wire fence at a train station. Police demanded his camera card, student ID, social security number and then photographed him even after they had admitted he had done nothing wrong. Apparently, once again, the police have not gotten the memo that we live in the United States where such things are not illegal.

I got my 2010 Chuckie Goodnight calendar in the mail on Wednesday and my life is now complete!
Who is Chuckie Goodnight you are asking? Well, this is from their website:
The Chuckie Goodnight Foundation for the Environment strives to create a better Earth for all. We think every day should be Earth Day because everyone benefits from supporting environmental health! With the help of our spokesman, Chuckie Goodnight, we educate children and families about the importance of protecting the Earth.
What's more, the CGF has its home right here in Putnam County. Check out their website! And help them along. Educating the next generation is of paramount importance.
If you're looking for an easy to listen to internet based radio station I can't recommend Whole Wheat Radio enough. WWR is based in Talkeetna, Alaska and broadcasts folk/blues/jazz twenty-four hours a day and seven days a week. Point your browser here to listen or here to check it out.

TreeIf you have a child and are looking for a sleep-away camp experience for the coming summer you need to look no further than right here in Putnam County. The Eden Village Camp is starting their first season on Dennytown Road, just below Fahnestock State Park. They are a non-profit Jewish environmental overnight camp for 3rd – 12th graders, located on 248 beautiful acres touching the Appalachian Trail. Their co-ed, community supports each camper in developing leadership skills, exploring new interests and awakening a sense of purpose and joy. Eden Village Camp adds an innovative earth-based program to the best of traditional camp. The experience includes organic farming and food, wilderness trips, cooperative natural building and service projects, art and music, working towards a zero-waste goal, Jewish expression and traditional camp activities. Check them out.

Here are some stories posted to the blogsite that were not covered in NtM:

We need more of these signs around:

No Trespassing


From: SmartCode Central

The SmartCode is a model transect-based development code available for all scales of planning, from the region to the community to the block and building. The code is intended for local calibration to your town or neighborhood. As a form-based code, the SmartCode keeps towns compact and rural lands open, while reforming the destructive sprawl-producing patterns of separated use zoning.

SmartCode Central collects all the important components of transect-based planning in one place. We provide files of the latest versions of the model SmartCode and supplementary Modules, including new sustainability standards. We also link to calibrators, attorneys, and town planners who do significant work with the SmartCode.

Visit them here.

If you're looking for a place to go cross country skiing this weekend, you need not look any further than DEP's Lockwood Unit which is accessible from Dixon Road just south of the Kent/Carmel line. While the entrance-way may be a little broken up and rough, once you reach the top of the rise you've got a couple miles of relatively level old country roads to navigate, a pretty lake and 5 stone chambers to check out. See the Lockwood page at the Outdoor Recreation Guide. If you stay on the main road it's 3 miles out and back.

I've got that lousy head cold that's running around lately. I'm going back to bed. Enjoy your weekend!

Tonight:

Environmental Impacts on the Antarctic Ecosystem

7:00 p.m. Environmental Impacts on the Antarctic Ecosystem. Join Dr. William H. Schlesinger, president of the Cary Institute, for a photo-rich Antarctica travelogue. Drawing on several of his journeys, Schlesinger’s lecture will explore how climate change and pollution threaten this remote region, which supports penguins, seals, and fragile marine-based ecosystems. Despite being the coldest continent on the planet, distant human activities are contributing to melting ice caps and a growing ozone hole. This event will be held in our auditorium, located at 2801 Sharon Turnpike (Route 44) in Millbrook, New York. Events are free and open to the public. For additional information, please contact Pamela Freeman via phone (845) 677-7600 x121 or e-mail.

Saturday:

Annual Winter Bird count - Owls

5:00 am. Early morning owling. 7:00 am, diurnal survey. At Esopus Bend Nature Preserve, Saugerties. Free. Register. Info: Steve Chorvas  845-246-5900. Sponsor: Esopus Creek Conservancy, www.esopuscreekconservancy.org

Jay Unger and Molly Mason

7:30 pm at The Walkabout Clearwater Coffeehouse, Memorial United Methodist Church, 250 Bryant Ave, White Plains.  Audience songfest at 6:45 pm. $20 at door / $17.50 on line / children 6-12 $10. Advance Tickets at www.walkaboutclearwater.org

CD Release Show

Farewell Season7:30 PM - Cultural Center on Lake Carmel - At the old firehouse on Route 52 just south of the Rt 311 causeway.

Jack Dougherty and Claire Budzinski are two local youth who make up the band, The Farewell Season.
Click on the image to hear some of their stuff.

On Saturday, January 9th at 7:30PM, they'll be holding a special concert to release their latest album at the Cultural Center on Lake Carmel. If you're a fan of local music or just want to support our youth, you should be here.

What makes this event truly special is that The Farewell Season will be joined by three other local bands (Alphabet Soup, A Standard Protocol and Brad Schult's Kid Jerusalem) who are known for their hard-driving rock and roll but in this case each will be performing a full acoustic set.

Tickets are on sale now at the Arts on the Lake website and are $6.

Into the Future:

Tuesday, January 12

An Evening of Information Regarding the relevance of the Ulster Manor Site

7:00 PM The understanding of the early native people and culture of the mid Hudson Valley. Host: Rob Sweeney, Ulster Town Historian Location: Town of Ulster -Town Hall 1 Town Hall Dr Lake Katrine, NY Question and Answer Session to follow. Light Refreshments will be served.

Saturday, February 6

Teatown’s Hudson River EagleFest:

Eagles6th Annual Regional Celebration. 9:00am-4:00pm at Croton Point Park Major Sponsors: Friends of Westchester County Parks, Westchester County Parks, Club Fit. With additional support from TD Bank, Westchester County,  Croton-on-Hudson, and all EagleFest Collaborating Organizations.

EagleFest Headquarters and all theaters will be located in heated tents at Westchester County’s Croton Point Park. Free parking and shuttle buses from outlying lots, including a shuttle bus from Metro North’s Croton-Harmon Train Station. Ticket holders for all shows should allow at least 30 minutes for parking and shuttle rides.

EagleFest 2010 Features:
  • Birds of Prey Shows in the Eagle Theater Tent
  • Eagle Exploration Bus Tours
  • Collaborators exhibits with educational displays
  • Children’s area – with interactive games, crafts, and hands-on discoveries
  • Additional presentations in the Eaglet Theater Tent
  • Eagle Viewing Along the Hudson River
  • And so much more!
Call Teatown at 914 762-2912 x110 to purchase tickets or for more information

Admission to EagleFest Headquarters and River Sites is free, but a donation of $2 per person is suggested.

Bird Of Prey Shows, $5 per person
Eagle Exploration Bus Tours, $20 per person (ages 12+)


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