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    Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire:  Ultimate Fan Guide

    Georgiana is the subject of the movie "The Duchess" (currently on Netflix) and a relative of the young Prince and Princess of Cambridge. Get the Ultimate Fan Guide -- with plot points, history, and what happened to the historical characters -- for only 99 cents!

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    The Green Party has continually opposed entry into war and has consistently called for the immediate return of our troops, in stark contrast to the Democratic and Republican parties.
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  • Occupy Wall Street: What Just Happened?

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    Occupy Wall Street: What Just Happened? eBook

    Reflections on Occupy Wall Street, with photos, fun, and good wishes for the future. eBook, Occupy Wall Street: What Just Happened? (Only $.99 !) In the eBook, the Occupy movement is explored through original reporting, photographs, cartoons, poetry, essays, and reviews.The collection of essays and blog posts records the unfolding of Occupy into the culture from September 2011 to the present.  Authors Kimberly Wilder and Ian Wilder were early supporters of Occupy, using their internet platforms to communicate the changes being created by the American Autumn.

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Bohemian Gravity: A Cappella Physics

IW: When I told a neutrino joke to a retired physicist who volunteers at my work, he emailed me this A Capella video in response. (Extra fun for science majors, Queen fans, and Big Bang Theory TV fans!)

I have no kids, and I want my tax dollars used to educate homeless children

If I am supporting the community — then that means all the children in the community — not just those with the benefits of a stable home.

Two stories about bad policing in the news today: Do we need the police?

The LA Times reports that in North Carolina, a man was killed by police after seeking help for having been in a car accident. The man’s name is Jonathan Ferrell, and he was a former football player for  Florida A&M University. The same day, The New York Post reports that police shot two innocent women […]

Changes at Wilderside

No, not personnel changes at onthewilderside,com  You still have the same two irascible co-editors sharing the driving.  (And occasionally both grabbing for the steering wheel at the same time.) We have just moved around the navigation tabs on top to make room for our new venture Wilderside Ltd books, which you can access through the […]

Making peace with the March on Washington 2013

8/30/13 Update: Ian was hoping that former President Carter’s speech would be a ray of truth in a celebration full of carefully scripted platitudes.  Carter did mention the the over-incarceration of African-American males in the US and the need for DC statehood.  He did not mention the injustices of the current administration, including the constant […]

Long Islanders: Watch Perseid Meteor shower on 8/11/13 at state parks

Long Islanders: The Perseid Meteor showers will peak in the sky over your home on the nights of Sunday (into Monday), August 11th and Monday, August 12th. The best time to view from Long Island will be about 11pm to 6am, with the show starting to get good around midnight. It is best to get […]

World Peace Vigil on Long Island: Tues. Aug 6th

South Country Peace Group will hold its 31st Annual World Peace Vigil A community dedication to peace on the 68th anniversary of the nuclear destruction of Hiroshima Tuesday, August 6, 2013 7pm Bellport, Long Island, New York Silent procession starts at 7pm from the sidewalk adjacent to Woodland Cemetary, Station Road, and Head of Neck […]

Brookhaven Green Party hosting Summer 2013 Meeting 8/10/13

Green Party of Suffolk’s Brookhaven Chapter meets on Saturday, August 10th, 2013, from 3-5 PM at the Patchogue-Medford Library.

Jen Chapin interview with OTWS

Jen Chapin will perform songs from her new album Reckoning on August 9, 2013 at Grounds and Sounds Café, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship at Stony Brook.

Beach Closings in Suffolk this weekend

Heading out for the beach today? Hope you find a beautiful spot. Here are some to avoid this weekend… You can check beach closing for Suffolk County at the county website: Suffolk County environment info For more information, you can also call the Bathing Beach hotline at 852-5822 for a recorded message, or The Ecology […]

LI Folk Music Summer 2013

Long Island Folk Music for Summer 2013

Fracking linked to earthquakes

Earthquakes are evidently enough to shake people up. “Fracking” is trending on Yahoo. Below is the current news, and some previous onthewilderside warnings that hydraulic fracturing to find natural gas causes earthquakes. (Also, a video to remind Long Islanders that we can get earthquakes, too.) (excerpt from) Reuters Study raises new concern about earthquakes and […]

Tues July 9, 2013: Gov’t pesticide spraying out east

Suffolk County pesticide spraying on Tuesday, July 9, 2013: More info at: Suffolk County Division of Vector Control: 631-852-4270 Suffolk County’s spraying information hotline: 631-852-4939 On-line at: www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Departments/HealthServices/PublicHealth/PreventiveServices/PesticideApplicationNotification.aspx Re: Tuesday, July 8, 2013 spraying can be found at Newsday: Suffolk sets mosquito spraying for Tuesday from Newsday: Ground spraying to control adult mosquito populations on […]

Art Sites Gallery Installation, Riverhead, NY 6/8/13-8/18/13

The art exhibit and installation we experienced is called “summer of love: found & lost, a project – indoors and out.