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    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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Update 4/1/09: Father Roy Bourgeois in Huntington 4/3/09

Update: Friends, An update and correction. The presentation by Fr. Roy Bourgeois, at the University, scheduled for Wednesday, April 1, will start at 12:45 pm and be held in the Wang Center Auditorium. The Wang Center is the first building you see, with the high spire on top, as you enter the main entrance to […]

Thursday, 3/12/09: Great, local poetry at Book Revue in Huntington

Long Island Sounds poetry reading at Book Revue at 7pm. Thursday, March 12, 2009.

Wed. 3/11/09: Journalism and Human Rights presentation in Nassau

KW: In addition to this wonderful presentation, I heard that the woman’s a cappella group, Willow, will be performing to welcome the attendees. Beautiful music, and a chance to see Judy Sanford-Guise, my friend and PeaceSmiths colleague, perform. My Life Under the Gun with Lydia Cacho, Mexican journalist

Local artist: Wolfgang Vann

Ian and I have admired the paintings of Wolfgang Vann for awhile. We are excited to be helping him try to make a new leap in getting his artwork out into the world. Hope you will enjoy the video and share it around. There is a web-site under development. It is currently at: www.vanwolfgang.wordpress.com.

If your family needs it…you will want to know the Fairy LiceMothers

A group of mothers has created a service called Fairy LiceMothers, to help families deal with lice and nits in a safe and natural manner. The Fairy LiceMothers lice treatment center is located in Oceanside, Long Island, and they can also service other New York communities.

Large percentage of Long Islanders have experienced hate crime

New polls show statistics for people in Long Island who worry about hate crime, and also a large percentage of people in Long Island (both Suffolk County and Nassau County) who say they have been a victim of hate crime. The article points out that racism is a continuing problem.

Report: Newsday to take away free content on web?

(excerpt from) Barrons Cablevision Says Newsday To Charge For Online News Posted by Eric Savitz /  February 26, 2009 Cablevision (CVC) plans to charge online readers of Newsday, its Long Island-based daily, Reuters reports… Cablevision COO Tom Rutledge said the company plans to end distribution of free Web content. But the company did not provide […]

3/11/09 Extension for Insanity Island Comments/Stop LNG development off our shore

Friends, We have received notification from the U.S. Coast Guard that, thanks to US Representative Frank Pallone’s request, the deadline to submit written comments regarding the scoping for the EIS for “Insanity Island” has been extended to March 11, 2009. If you have not submitted comments yet, there is still time! Instructions for submitting comments […]

Interesting news for Suffolk County politics

KW: The most interesting part of this news to me is the speculation. Wonder if this man is getting tired of defending Steve Levy and his anti-immigrant, conservative Democrat agenda? Pure wishful thinking on my part. But, I will try to follow up where Morgo goes next. And, I wonder who Levy will pick (and […]

Long Island LGBT Youth Center Hit by Vandals in Hate Crime

(excerpt from) Towel Road blog Long Island LGBT Youth Center Hit By Vandals The Long Island GLBT Community Center in Bay Shore, New York, about 43 miles east of New York City, was hit by vandals over the weekend and police are investigating it as a hate crime. The Center reports:  “At some point between […]

A cultural story about Woodstock and Long Island…

How could we resist posting about this one? Posted on a publication called “Seven” or “Seven Global”, which appears to be a chic, arts review journal, the body of the story is from a press release. The point is that, a small, Long Island press published the story of the man who saved Woodstock music […]

Tues. Feb 3rd: Please attend Suffolk Legislature to support Hate Crimes Task Force

(excerpt) Update from Long Island WINS Please join Long Island Wins and the Long Island Immigrant Alliance TOMORROW, February 3rd, at the Suffolk County Legislature to support IR 2227 Establishing a Task Force on Hate Crimes in Suffolk County. Come to the Suffolk County Legislature meeting Tuesday, February 3, 2009 at the William H. Rogers […]

Punxsutawney Phil says: Six more weeks of winter (Three groundhog reports)

2011 update: Phil says “Early Spring!” See this year’s predictions from a few ground hogs at onthewilderside: here Important update for 2011: The Malverne Ground Hog Day event was canceled due to the weather. (Mel will call in his report!). Please check with organizers before heading out to Wednesday morning events. Update 2010: Phil says […]

Update on “Insanity Island”, Long Island LNG project

Long Island environmentalists are concerned that the company Atlantic Sea Island Group has proposed a massive man-made industrial island for a  Liquid Natural Gas facility (LNG) off the New York and New Jersey coasts. A public hearing was held in Long Beach on Thursday, January 27, 2009. A report back from Nassau green Jim Brown […]