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DEC Offering a “Becoming an Outdoors-Woman” Workshop

July 14th, 2009 · 1 Comment · News

This is a very cool program and it’s coming to the Adirondacks. Check it out.

Popular workshops give women the chance to learn outdoor skills such as shooting, archery, fly fishing, hunting, canoeing, kayaking, and outdoor photography

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is now offering one of its very popular “Becoming an Outdoors-Woman”  workshops on September 18 – 20, 2009, at the Silver Bay YMCA on Lake George, Warren County.

“These workshops are particularly important in teaching participants useful outdoors skills, introducing them to fun and challenging activities and encouraging them to connect with nature,” said DEC Commissioner Pete Grannis.

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Little Tiny Adirondacks

January 9th, 2009 · No Comments · Miscellania

Ya gotta stay up on the latest memes.

Canoe - Lower Saranac Lake

Whiteface from Placid Bay

Lake ChamplainLong PondJingles County Cookin'

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Magazines, the Internet of the Past

November 18th, 2008 · 2 Comments · News

The democratization of the means of production and distribution has left most of our old media in tatters.  One of the many magazines I subscribed to as a youth was Life.  That and National Geographic served as a window for many to the incredible richness and diversity of the world around us.  Check out what The Google has done for us.  The entire LIFE Photo Archive.

Today about 20 percent of the collection is online; during the next few months, we will be adding the entire LIFE archive — about 10 million photos.

Check these out:

Prof. Albert Einstein

Prof. Albert Einstein

Prof. Albert Einstein on his sailboat at Saranac Lake in the Adirondacks.
Location:    NY, US
Date taken:    July 03, 1936

Aerial view of the Adirondack Mountains

Aerial view of the Adirondack Mountains

Aerial view of the Adirondack Mountains & Lake Tear-in-the-Clouds, the source water of the Hudson River.
Location:    NY, US
Date taken:    October 1939
Photographer:    Margaret Bourke-White

Lake Placid

Lake Placid

Lake Placid reflecting White Face Mountain.
Location:    NY, US
Date taken:    1973
Photographer:    John Dominis

Trudeau Laboratories

Trudeau Laboratories

Cross sections of post-mortem lungs exhibited in the Trudeau laboratories at Saranac Lake discussed by Drs. Gardner & Vorwald.
Date taken:    December 10, 1937
Photographer:    Alfred Eisenstaedt

Sanitoriums

Sanitoriums

Female tuberculosis patient lying under an electric blanket in bed on porch overlooking nearby Baker Mt. at Trudeau Sanitorium.
Location:    Saranac Lake, NY, US
Date taken:    November 1937
Photographer:    Alfred Eisenstaedt

TB Patients

TB Patients

Nine male tuberculosis patients lying shirtless on bed as they soak up ultraviolet rays from overhead carbon-arc lamps installed in the ceiling at the Will Rogers Memorial Hospital.
Location:    Saranac Lake, NY, US
Date taken:    November 1937
Photographer:    Alfred Eisenstaedt

Via Lifehacker

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