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• Vote for Steve Bellone: Long Island Business News Poll
  on May 28, 2011 in suffolk county poll long island business news green drinks babylon babylon town libn Steve Bellone babylon town supervisor democrats long island vote suffolk county executive
  The matchup is set.Although it took a bit longer than expected, the combatants are now in place for Long Island's Suffolk County Executive race coming this fall.For the Democrats, the candidate is Babylon Town Supervisor Steve Bellone, who...
• USGBC-LI's Peter Caradonna Foresees a Sustainable Future
  on May 20, 2011 in usgbc sustainability sustainable green building council green movement long island green building usgbc-li green
  As a 3rd generation architect, Peter Caradonna eventually married (what else?) an architect.  But his life’s work truly started in the mid 1990’s, working on a branch library in Brooklyn.  Peter was handed the NYC Department of Des...
• My Top 5 Android Apps for Long Island
  on Apr 11, 2011 in long island android apps app android apps long island apps apps long island android android market
  I can't say enough about my Droid X which runs on Google's Android Operating System.  I had previously owned a BlackBerry and it just doesn't compare.  Below is my Top 5 Android Apps for Long Island.  Enjoy.The Long Island Wine Country...
• Do We Live In A World of Sadness or Euphoria?
  on Apr 8, 2011 in sustainable society sustainable summer highland falls star trek billy joel
  As I listened to Billy Joel’s “Summer, Highland Falls” last night I couldn’t help but compare it to the political climate of today. We live in a world without compromise. Neither side wants to give, they only want to get. When Billy Joel sing...
• Who Will Be The Star Trek Generation?
  on Apr 8, 2011 in sustainable society sustainable summer highland falls star trek billy joel
  As I listened to Billy Joel’s “Summer, Highland Falls” last night I couldn’t help but compare it to the political climate of today. We live in a world without compromise. Neither side wants to give, they only want to get. When Billy Joel sing...
• Roger Waters: Why am I doing the Wall again now?
  on Dec 16, 2010 in regret roger waters music alienation fear pink floyd communication the wall
  I recently came across this quote of mine from 22 years ago:” What it comes down to for me is this: Will the technologies of communication in our culture, serve to enlighten us and help us to understand one another better, or will they deceive us a...
• Roger Water: Why am I doing the Wall again now?
  on Dec 16, 2010 in regret roger waters music alienation fear pink floyd communication the wall
  I recently came across this quote of mine from 22 years ago:” What it comes down to for me is this: Will the technologies of communication in our culture, serve to enlighten us and help us to understand one another better, or will they deceive us a...
• Aliens Among Us — Just Don't Expect ET
  on Dec 2, 2010 in alien discovery e.t. alien life nasa
  Alien life has been among us all along, according to new biological findings announced by NASA Thursday.Research conducted by biochemist Dr. Felisa Wolfe-Simon from the U.S. Geological Survey has turned the quest for alien life on its ear, suggest...
• WikiLeaks Prove The Facebook Effect Definitely Has Limits
  on Nov 29, 2010 in transparent mark zuckerberg culture world david kirkpatrick society open facebook facebook effect wikileaks
  I have recently finished reading The Facebook Effect by David Kirkpatrick.  A much more detailed and less salacious account of the story behind Facebook than the book with which the screenplay for the movie, The Social Network (Horrible mov...
• Here In 'No Man's Land' (a.k.a. Long Island)
  on May 28, 2010 in Steve Bellone mark lesko sustainable long island no man's land Vince Capogna usgbc-li building deconstruction long island billy joel
  The first time I heard Billy Joel’s No Man’s Land off his River of Dreams album I was seventeen years old.  It was very early in the morning on my way to football practice the summer before my senior year of high school.  It struck...

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