Wednesday, June 26, 2013
David Silverman, President of American Atheists 06/27 by High Noon in Lake Worth | Blog Talk Radio
THE DAY FOR THIS SHOW IS TOMORROW, THURSDAY, NOT FRIDAY AND THE SHOW STARTS AT 1 P.M. INSTEAD OF NOON.
It’s charming. It’s alarming. It’s love-it-or-leave-it Lake Worth | www.palmbeachpost.com
Nice piece about Lake Worth and our quirkiness in the Palm Beach Post. Click title for link. Let me know if you can still see if you don't have a subscription.
5th of July in Downtown Lake Worth 4th Annual Pie Baking Contest
The City Of Lake Worth invites the best pie bakers in the county to enter Lake Worth’s 4th Annual July 4th Pie Baking Contest. The contest will take place on the 5th of July at South Shores Tavern, Lucerne and M Streets. Pies must be delivered by 2 PM. The judging will take place at 4 PM. The three top pies will win prize baskets of goodies and gift certificates.
South Shores Tavern joins the Lake Worth Arts League, The Cottage and La Bonne Bouche in bringing a festive July 4th weekend to Lucerne Avenue. At the end of Friday evening on the 5th of July (Evening on the Avenue) South Shores will launch Peace Balloons into the air simultaneously with Clay Glass Metal Stone Gallery on J Street. This will create a colorful end to a busy holiday weekend.
The DCA (Downtown Cultural Alliance) of Lake Worth, the City of Lake Worth and LULA (The Lake Worth Arts Corridor) work together to bring family events to Downtown Lake Worth on a weekly basis. All events are free.
The Downtown Cultural Alliance (DCA) is a non-profit association of Downtown merchants and residents working together to keep Downtown Lake Worth vibrant and welcoming.
For additional information contact DCA: Andy Amoroso Studio 205 561-533-5272 or Joyce Brown – 15 South J Street – 215-205-9441
South Shores Tavern joins the Lake Worth Arts League, The Cottage and La Bonne Bouche in bringing a festive July 4th weekend to Lucerne Avenue. At the end of Friday evening on the 5th of July (Evening on the Avenue) South Shores will launch Peace Balloons into the air simultaneously with Clay Glass Metal Stone Gallery on J Street. This will create a colorful end to a busy holiday weekend.
The DCA (Downtown Cultural Alliance) of Lake Worth, the City of Lake Worth and LULA (The Lake Worth Arts Corridor) work together to bring family events to Downtown Lake Worth on a weekly basis. All events are free.
The Downtown Cultural Alliance (DCA) is a non-profit association of Downtown merchants and residents working together to keep Downtown Lake Worth vibrant and welcoming.
For additional information contact DCA: Andy Amoroso Studio 205 561-533-5272 or Joyce Brown – 15 South J Street – 215-205-9441
Lake Worth Downtown Cultural Alliance (DCA) & LULA Presents 5th of July in Downtown Lake Worth Lake Worth Patriotic Explosion
The City of Lake Worth can never let a good holiday go to waste. The 4th of July Weekend is no exception. LULA, The Neighborhood Associations, the City of Lake Worth and the Downtown Cultural Alliance have two days of FREE events planned that include raft races, contests, picnics, music, fireworks and fire lanterns. Family friendly Lake Worth is the place to be on both the 4th and 5th of July. Free parking and free events; contests and prizes; waterfront fireworks and shops filled with holiday discounts and give-aways are all designed to entertain visitors and keep them coming back.
On Friday, July 5th, the Downtown Merchants and LULA take over.
The DCA celebrates its 4th annual Patriotic Explosion. Evening on the Avenue begins at 6PM with celebrations in the Downtown Cultural Plaza, J Street and Lucerne Avenue between L and M Streets. Bands and live music, dancing in the streets, pie baking and watermelon contests, Haitian drummers, will take place throughout the downtown area. The evening ends with lit paper lanterns that will ascend into the sky marking the end of a peaceful and joyful 5th of July end to the holiday weekend. Laterns will be launched from J Street in front of the Clay Glass Metal Stone Gallery and from Lucerne in front of the South Shores Tavern,
J Street Happenings: At 9 PM J Street Joins Lucerne in the holiday launching of Peace Lanterns. This beautiful sight will unite both ends of the LULA downtown arts district in the conclusion of this holiday event. Leading up to this display of light will be:
One if by Land- Two if By Sea: Clay Glass Metal Stone Gallery: J Street rocks with holiday excitement as the gallery grills corn on the cob, prepares surf and turf foods and explodes with an exhibit that featuring art created from Florida’s natural discards of the sea and the earth. Good food, great art, music and holiday fervor.
Coastars Coffee Shop: Plant yourself in front of Coastars at 12 South J Street. Local performers will provide a non-ending evening of music and entertainment. Coastars will be giving out FREE Iced Coffee samples and pastries to celebrate this holiday.
Fat Sal’s- For some of Lake Worth’s tastiest Italian treats, Fat Sal’s at 16 South J will be serving up FREE Italian Food samples. Buy one/ get one ½ off Subs will be served. Look for samples of their outstanding Canolis as well.
Lucerne Street Events: Lucerne anchors the Northeast end of town with great food and music throughout the evening. The 9 PM launch of Peace Lanterns will flank the city from this location along with J Street at the Southwest end. Joining in the festivities are the Lake Worth Arts League, The Cottage, La Bonne Bouche and South Shores Tavern.
Pie Baking Contest- South Shores Tavern : Bring your home baked pies to the Southshores Tavern, 502 Lucerne Avenue, at 4 PM for the Fourth Annual Pie Baking contest. Local Chefs and celebrities will be judging this contest. Judging will take place at 5PM. Prize baskets will be awarded for the top three pies. Both Southshores and La Bonne Bouche have been recognized by local press as top eateries in the county. Stay for the food and the live music at all three venues.
Lake Avenue Events:
Pig Kissing Booth- Paws on the Avenue: The iconic Pet Shop, Paws on the Avenue welcome back the real Miss Piggy. On Friday evening you get a chance to smooch with her and have your picture taken at the same time
Turtle Racing- (wager for prizes) - The Bees Knees- Huge pet turtles are lured down Lake Avenue with promised of vegetable and lettuce. Bet on your favorite turtle and win wonderful treats for your children. The Bees Knees is located at 704 Lake Avenue.
The Sunflower Room-Cold Beer and Sparklers: The Sunflower room will be giving away cold beer and huge holiday sparklers to the first 76 (1776 after all) visitors. Sunflower Room goes all out for every holiday celebration
The Cultural Plaza: Vendors and Music all Evening.
Watermelon Eating Contest- Cultural Plaza- Eat your heart out and win both a belly ache and a gift basket. There might also be a pit spitting contest depending upon the prowess and the power of the contestants who show up for this event. Live bands throughout the evening will end with Tou Rouj, and outstanding Haitian Drumming Group.
The DCA (Downtown Cultural Alliance) of Lake Worth, the City of Lake Worth and LULA (The Lake Worth Arts Corridor) work together to bring family events to Downtown Lake Worth on a weekly basis. All events are free.
The Downtown Cultural Alliance (DCA) is a non-profit association of Downtown merchants and residents working together to keep Downtown Lake Worth vibrant and welcoming.
For additional information contact DCA: Andy Amoroso Studio 205 561-533-5272 or Joyce Brown – 15 South J Street – 215-205-9441
On Friday, July 5th, the Downtown Merchants and LULA take over.
The DCA celebrates its 4th annual Patriotic Explosion. Evening on the Avenue begins at 6PM with celebrations in the Downtown Cultural Plaza, J Street and Lucerne Avenue between L and M Streets. Bands and live music, dancing in the streets, pie baking and watermelon contests, Haitian drummers, will take place throughout the downtown area. The evening ends with lit paper lanterns that will ascend into the sky marking the end of a peaceful and joyful 5th of July end to the holiday weekend. Laterns will be launched from J Street in front of the Clay Glass Metal Stone Gallery and from Lucerne in front of the South Shores Tavern,
J Street Happenings: At 9 PM J Street Joins Lucerne in the holiday launching of Peace Lanterns. This beautiful sight will unite both ends of the LULA downtown arts district in the conclusion of this holiday event. Leading up to this display of light will be:
One if by Land- Two if By Sea: Clay Glass Metal Stone Gallery: J Street rocks with holiday excitement as the gallery grills corn on the cob, prepares surf and turf foods and explodes with an exhibit that featuring art created from Florida’s natural discards of the sea and the earth. Good food, great art, music and holiday fervor.
Coastars Coffee Shop: Plant yourself in front of Coastars at 12 South J Street. Local performers will provide a non-ending evening of music and entertainment. Coastars will be giving out FREE Iced Coffee samples and pastries to celebrate this holiday.
Fat Sal’s- For some of Lake Worth’s tastiest Italian treats, Fat Sal’s at 16 South J will be serving up FREE Italian Food samples. Buy one/ get one ½ off Subs will be served. Look for samples of their outstanding Canolis as well.
Lucerne Street Events: Lucerne anchors the Northeast end of town with great food and music throughout the evening. The 9 PM launch of Peace Lanterns will flank the city from this location along with J Street at the Southwest end. Joining in the festivities are the Lake Worth Arts League, The Cottage, La Bonne Bouche and South Shores Tavern.
Pie Baking Contest- South Shores Tavern : Bring your home baked pies to the Southshores Tavern, 502 Lucerne Avenue, at 4 PM for the Fourth Annual Pie Baking contest. Local Chefs and celebrities will be judging this contest. Judging will take place at 5PM. Prize baskets will be awarded for the top three pies. Both Southshores and La Bonne Bouche have been recognized by local press as top eateries in the county. Stay for the food and the live music at all three venues.
Lake Avenue Events:
Pig Kissing Booth- Paws on the Avenue: The iconic Pet Shop, Paws on the Avenue welcome back the real Miss Piggy. On Friday evening you get a chance to smooch with her and have your picture taken at the same time
Turtle Racing- (wager for prizes) - The Bees Knees- Huge pet turtles are lured down Lake Avenue with promised of vegetable and lettuce. Bet on your favorite turtle and win wonderful treats for your children. The Bees Knees is located at 704 Lake Avenue.
The Sunflower Room-Cold Beer and Sparklers: The Sunflower room will be giving away cold beer and huge holiday sparklers to the first 76 (1776 after all) visitors. Sunflower Room goes all out for every holiday celebration
The Cultural Plaza: Vendors and Music all Evening.
Watermelon Eating Contest- Cultural Plaza- Eat your heart out and win both a belly ache and a gift basket. There might also be a pit spitting contest depending upon the prowess and the power of the contestants who show up for this event. Live bands throughout the evening will end with Tou Rouj, and outstanding Haitian Drumming Group.
The DCA (Downtown Cultural Alliance) of Lake Worth, the City of Lake Worth and LULA (The Lake Worth Arts Corridor) work together to bring family events to Downtown Lake Worth on a weekly basis. All events are free.
The Downtown Cultural Alliance (DCA) is a non-profit association of Downtown merchants and residents working together to keep Downtown Lake Worth vibrant and welcoming.
For additional information contact DCA: Andy Amoroso Studio 205 561-533-5272 or Joyce Brown – 15 South J Street – 215-205-9441
"The federal statute is invalid, for no legitimate purpose overcomes the purpose and effect to disparage and injure those whom the State, by its marriage laws, sought to protect in personhood and dignity. By seeking to displace this protection and treating those persons as living in marriages less respected than others."
Today is the Day!
Tony Plakas: GOP needs Supreme Court bailout on gay marriage issue - South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
Click title for link to Tony Plakas', CEO of Compass, article. This is from the last portion:
Republicans are in dire need of a Supreme Court bailout on marriage. They need the Court to resolve this conflict for them, because doing it any other way will be the harder road to travel. After years of relying on marriage as a hot-button issue to drive voters to the polls, Republicans are now either running from the issue altogether, or coming out in support of same-sex marriage.
As I've said before, "When your horse is dead, dismount. And never let anyone see you check for a heartbeat."
This issue is on its deathbed. The best most Republicans can hope for is for the conflict to die in a courtroom just the way the conflict over interracial marriage did in 1967.
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
"Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity."
Five Robotic Bike Parking Systems That Solve an Urban Dilemma
If you want to encourage urban biking, and after reading this article it doesn't seem to need much help in some metropolitan areas, you must address bike storage. Some focus on security, others on bike service and some a combination of both. From the article:
The uproar over New York’s new bike share system is mostly due to very human shortcomings (one crotchety human in particular, actually). But it can also be blamed on the shortcomings of city infrastructure, which hasn't quite caught up to the demand for new, more efficient ways of storing velocipedes.Check out this solution in Washington, D.C. by Union Station. How cool is this?! (Click title for link to full article)
But if we look to other biking cities, we see that this problem has already been solved—by robotic parking systems that store bikes underground or vertically, in towers. Robotic parking for cars is already catching on in some American cities (it’s been around in China and Europe for years). But bikes are a relatively new addition to the market.
David Silverman, President of American Atheists 06/27 by High Noon in Lake Worth | Blog Talk Radio
Special day - Thursday at 12 p.m.
Join your host Wes Blackman as he welcomes David Silverman to the High Noon in Lake Worth studios. Silverman is President of American Atheists and was the creator and Executive Producer of the 2012 Reason Rally. He attended Brandeis University, where he completed his Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science while honing his debating skills with theists in numerous informal debates. Dave served as a professional inventor at Bell Labs for 8 years (74 issued patents) and a Marketing Director for Natural Microsystems.He has been an atheist since he was 6-years-old. Dave became an activist in 1996 and soon became New Jersey State Director. He also founded the Alliance of Lucent and AT&T Atheists and Secularists, the first employee club of its kind.
Click here for information on the Atheist Monument being built in Starke, Florida, near a Ten Commandments monument.Mr. Silverman has appeared on most major news programs including The O'Reilly Factor (spawning the famous "WTF meme-face"), Scarborough Country, The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, CNN's Paula Zahn NOW, Nick News, Hannity and Colmes, FOX and Friends, NPR's All Things Considered, and many more. David hosts the Atheist Viewpoint TV show with co-host Dennis Horvitz.
Click title for link to live show, Thursday at 12 to 1 p.m. or for the archived show after it airs. Leave questions as comments below.
Keeping up with the Joneses...
Everyday, my e-mail in-box is filled with information from other communities in Palm Beach County, using their Public Information Officers or the like to get information on what is going on in their communities. This is just one example I received today from the Town of Palm Beach via Constant Contact.
I know. It is earth-shattering news that "rocks your world." But, imagine if Lake Worth put out 4 or 5 press releases a week on regular things such as this. It would create a constant "drum beat" of information that would make it seem like Lake Worth is on top of what is going on within its domain as a municipality. Then, when we have the unusual news that the city of Lake Worth owes the federal government millions of FEMA dollars - and we know about it when it happens to be noticed publicly, not six months after it is announced - then maybe the public would be a little more understanding about the city's predicament.
I happened to be on Linked-in this morning. Just between you and me, I have never gotten much benefit from being on that site, even though I have almost 500 connections. But I guess some people find it useful and you never know where a connection will lead. So, imagine my surprise as I was looking at my profile there when I see a suggested connection - City of Lake Worth!
I nearly fell off of my chair. Gathering myself, I clicked on the link and, of course, it is too good to be true. It is the "City of Lake Worth" - but the one in Texas with a population of about 5,000 people. Lake Worth, Florida is seven-times the size and can't be heard from. Perhaps I should start looking for messages in a bottle when I am at the beach. Maybe that is our city's preferred method of communication?
I know. It is earth-shattering news that "rocks your world." But, imagine if Lake Worth put out 4 or 5 press releases a week on regular things such as this. It would create a constant "drum beat" of information that would make it seem like Lake Worth is on top of what is going on within its domain as a municipality. Then, when we have the unusual news that the city of Lake Worth owes the federal government millions of FEMA dollars - and we know about it when it happens to be noticed publicly, not six months after it is announced - then maybe the public would be a little more understanding about the city's predicament.
I happened to be on Linked-in this morning. Just between you and me, I have never gotten much benefit from being on that site, even though I have almost 500 connections. But I guess some people find it useful and you never know where a connection will lead. So, imagine my surprise as I was looking at my profile there when I see a suggested connection - City of Lake Worth!
I nearly fell off of my chair. Gathering myself, I clicked on the link and, of course, it is too good to be true. It is the "City of Lake Worth" - but the one in Texas with a population of about 5,000 people. Lake Worth, Florida is seven-times the size and can't be heard from. Perhaps I should start looking for messages in a bottle when I am at the beach. Maybe that is our city's preferred method of communication?
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