Marathon, NY Independent Blog: April 2012

Apr 29, 2012

WEST WITH VIC AND PAULA

If you like to travel or reading travelogues
you should visit the Blog of Paula and Vic (a local couple).

You can visit the blog by clicking here

They have been traveling and writing about it

since December 2008.

A picture from their blog

George

Apr 26, 2012

André Rieu - "My Way" - Tribute to Frank Sinatra

André Rieu, playing on his (Stradivarius) violin,
and his orchestra did a tribute to
Frank Sinatra with
"My Way"
Radio City Music Hall, New York
July 29, 2006.

If you love "My Way" then take the time
to listen to

Celine Dion

George

CONNIE WHITE - COMMUNITY CHAT ONLINE

Connie White is again publishing
"Community Chat"
in the Scotsman Press.

To access her columns online
click on the link in the right hand column of this blog.

George

Apr 23, 2012

AVOID THE DENTIST?

XRAY RADIATION AT THE DENTIST
COMES UP NOW AND THEN.

CLICK ON THIS LINK FOR A DISCUSSION OF THE TOPIC

George

Apr 21, 2012

UNIVERSITY EDUCATION OF THE FUTURE?

Princeton University

Stanford University

University of Michigan

University of Pennsylvania

have teamed up to offer free online college-level courses
(not for credit)
in a wide variety of disciplines.
Here is a link to their "Coursera" website

Introductory Video

LINKS:
Princeton Courses

Stanford Courses

UMich Courses

UPenn Courses

George

Apr 20, 2012

HIDDEN BEAUTY OF POLLINATION

Louie Schwartzberg
The Beauty of Pollination

Beauty and Seduction
If honey bees disappear so do we.
You must watch the last four minutes.

George

You can skip Louie Schwartzberg
by clicking HERE

Apr 18, 2012

Polyurethane seemed like it couldn’t interact with the earth’s normal processes
of breaking down and recycling material.
That’s because it hadn’t met the right mushroom/fungi yet.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW LINK

Rain Forest Expedition at Yale University

Link to "More on the fungus called
Pestalotiopsis Microspora"