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Spiritual
1. Google Directories - directory.google.com/Top/Society/Religion_and_Spirituality/Christianity
  Top/Society/Religion_and_Spirituality/Christianity/Denominations/Catholicism
2. About Directories - catholicism.about.com/religion/catholicism
  Religious Education - catholicism.about.com/religion/catholicism/cs/religioused/index.htm
3. Go Directories - www.go.com/WebDir/Family/Spirituality_and_religion/Christianity
  Catholicism - www.go.com/WebDir/Catholicism
4. Yahoo Directories - dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Religion_and_Spirituality/
  Faiths_and_Practices/Christianity
  Faiths_and_Practices/Christianity/Denominations_and_Sects/Catholic
5. Passionists - www.passionists.org - Passionist Spiritual Center, 5801 Palisade Avenue, Riverdale, NY, 10471, Phone 718-549-6500
6. StHelen - www.sthelen.org - Sandy Pepitone DRE
7. US Conference of Catholic Bishops - www.usccb.org - Catechism - www.usccb.org/catechism
Humor
Travel
1. Lower Manhattan Info - www.lowermanhattan.info
          River to River Festival - www.rivertorivernyc.com
            Museums of Lower Manhattan - www.museumsoflowermanhattan.org
            Skyscraper - www.skyscraper.org - VIVA - nice 3D map
            Fraunces Tavern - www.frauncestavernmuseum.org      Fraunces Menu
2. Chelsea Market - www.chelseamarket.com - between 15th and 16th Streets and 9th and 10th Avenues, Hours: Weekdays 8 am to 8 PM*, Weekend 10 am to 8 PM* , *check individual stores.
3. NYC Parks - www.nycgovparks.org
  www.nycgovparks.org/sub_things_to_do/upcoming_events/events_search.php - search date, borough, must see, movies & theater,
  FortTottenParks - www.forttottenparks.org
4. New York Hall of Science - www.nyhallsci.org
  Farmers Market at NY Hall of Science - starts Sunday, Jun20 to Nov14, every Sunday 10am-4pm
5. New York Botanical Garden - www.nybg.org
6. Westbury Music Fair - www.musicfair.com
7. Outdoor Concerts
  1. Sponsors
    1. Nassau County - www.nassaucountyny.gov
      http://www.nassaucountyny.gov/agencies/Parks/events.html - weekly calendar of events
      http://www.nassaucountyny.gov/website/EN/arts+culture/ - links to concerts and venues
      http://www.nassaucountyny.gov/agencies/Parks/ - links to parks, museums, concerts
      2011SummerConcertSeries
      http://www.nassaucountyny.gov/agencies/Parks/wheretogo/ - Museums - Preserves
      OldBethpage - Old Bethpage Brass Band
      Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre at Eisenhower Park, 516-572-0200, 572-0348, 572-0355 after 7pm to confirm performance.
    2. Town of Oyster Bay - www.oysterbaytown.com - "Music under the Stars" 2011 concerts
      http://www.oysterbaytown.com/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={}&DE={}
      JohnJBurnsParkMap SyossetWoodburyCommunityParkMap
      Golf course - just North (and East) of Syosset Woodbury Park - has turn-of-the-century mansion clubhouse.
    3. Town of North Hempstead - www.northhempstead.com
      2010 Concerts - http://www.northhempsteadny.gov/content/7354/7125/7197/6936/default.aspx
      Bar Beach - NorthHempsteadBeachMap - West Shore Rd., Port Washington, (516) 767-4626,
      Mary Jane Davies Green, Plandome Rd., Manhasset, (516) 327-3110 All shows are Monday nights at 7:30 p.m.
      Clark Botanic Garden - ClarkBotanicMap - I. U. Willets Rd., Albertson, (516) 484-8601 or 327-3110 All shows are Tuesday nights at 7:00 p.m.
      Clinton G. Martin Park,- ClintonMartinMap - New Hyde Park Road and Marcus Avenue, New Hyde Park, (516) 327-3144. Shows are Friday nights at 7:00 p.m.,
      Manorhaven Beach Park, Manorhaven Blvd., (Manorhaven), Port Washington, (516) 767-4618. Shows are Friday nights as marked
      Michael J. Tully Park - MichaelTullyMap - Evergreen Avenue, New Hyde Park, 516-869-6311.
    4. NYCParks - www.nycgovparks.org/events - searchable for summer concerts
  2. Locations
    1. Clark Botanic Gardens - www.clarkbotanic.org - Free Summer Concerts, Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m. (raindate that Thursday), 193 I. U. Willets Rd, Albertson, NY 11507, 516.484.8600.
    2. Port Washington - www.antonnews.com/portwashingtonnews/calendar -
      PWGuide - www.pwguide.com www.pwguide.com/events.asp - lists concerts
      usually Fridays, 8:15 p.m. at John Philip Sousa Memorial Bandshell, Baxter Pond (Sunset) Park. BaxterPondParkMap. Parking on the Town Dock or Shore Rd. parking lot. Bring a chair. Free admission.
    3. Jones Beach - www.jonesbeachevents.com/calendar.htm - free concerts at Boardwalk Band Shell, located at Field 4.
    4. Morgan Park - www.morganparkmusic.org/schedule.php - in Glen Cove
    5. GlenCove - www.downtownsoundslive.org - schedule of July, August, Fri, Sat concerts
      www.youtube.com/user/DowntownSounds1
      www.ustream.tv/recorded/9073390 - video of 2010Aug21 concert
    6. Milleridge Inn - www.milleridge.com - Milleridge Village has outdoor summer banjo concerts on Sat from 7-10pm.
    7. CaumsettStatePark - www.caumsettfoundation.org
  3. Organizations
    1. Dean Karahalis - www.deankarahalis.com - "Concert Pops" Orchestra
    2. Poppenhusen Institute - www.poppenhuseninstitute.org - concerts in Mac Neil Park, Sundays 6pm.
    3. Plaza Theatrical - www.plazatheatrical.com - produce free musicals in various parks. See website for schedule.
    4. NorthShorePops - www.northshorepops.org -
    5. SomethingSpecialBigBand - www.somethingspecialbigband.org
    6. Northwinds Symphonic Band - www.northwindssymphonicband.org
    7. Nassau Pops Symphony Orchestra - www.npso.org
    8. Long Island Philharmonic - www.liphilharmonic.com
    9. Long Island Banjo Society - www.libanjosociety.org
    10. NorthportCommunityBand - ncb.homestead.com - concerts Thur in July - also www.ncb59.org
    11. Band of Long Island - www.boli.org
  4. Websites
    1. OysterBayCivicAssociation - www.obca.net - good listing of Upcoming Events
    2. LocustValleyChamberCommerce - www.locustvalleychamber.com
    3. New Hyde Park - www.antonnews.com/illustratednews/calendar
    4. Floral Park - www.fpvillage.org - click Events Calendar
    5. DiscoverLI - www.discoverlongisland.com - Convention and Visitors Bureau
      EventsCalendar - searchable by location, event type
    6. HistoricLI - www.historiclongisland.com - links to mansions, historic places, events calendar
      MuttontownPresChelseaMansion
      PlantingFields - www.plantingfields.org - click Events - Coe Hall
      OldWestburyGardens - www.oldwestburygardens.org - Wednesdays, gates open 5:00 pm, dance lessons at 6:30, with concert at 7:00, $10 admission.
      OhekaCastle - www.oheka.com - hotel
    7. About - Long Island - longisland.about.com -
      Concerts - http://longisland.about.com/od/artsentertainment/tp/Free-Summer-Concerts-On-Long-Island.htm
    8. Explore LI - www.exploreli.com - concerts, has link for fireworks, can do search for multiple towns, multiple restaurant types, ...
    9. LifeOnLI - www.lifeonlongisland.com - events by category - fairs, holiday, ...
8. Selected Concert Picks for 2011 (some are 2010, not updated)
  1. Jun2-Jul28 (Wed) 7:00pm Dancing Under the Stars at Little Bay Park roller hockey rink
  2. Jun26? (Sun) 6pm - Bayside Historical Society Annual Lawn Concert
  3. Jun30 (Thur) - fireworks at Astoria Park, Shore Blvd. between Hell Gate Bridge and the Pool - www.centralastoria.org
  4. Jul2 (Sat) - Fireworks at Eisenhower Park
  5. Jul4 (Mon) - Macy's Fireworks - http://social.macys.com/fireworks/ - over Hudson, not East River
  6. Jul7-18?? - Our Lady of Mount Carmel Feast - www.olmcfeast.com
  7. Jul?? 12:30-1:30 - Broadway in Bryant Park - every Thur until Aug12
  8. Jul20 - Dean Karahalis & the Concert Pops at Chelsea Mansion
  9. Jul21 - Something Special Big Band at Thomas Park, Locust Valley
  10. Jul24 (Sun) 5:30pm - Grand Night for Singing at Caumsett State Park
  11. Jul?? - at Morgan Park
  12. Jul?? - at Syosset-Woodbury Community Park
  13. Jul?? - at Poppenhusen
  14. Jul?? - at John J. Burns Town Park, Massapequa
    at Clark Botanic Garden
  15. Jul?? - at Eisenhower Park
  16. Aug4 (Thur) 7:00 - Shakespeare in the Park, Othello, at Fort Totten
  17. Aug11 (Thur) 7:00 - Shakespeare in the Park, Much Ado About Nothing, at Fort Totten
9. Hammondsport, NY - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammondsport,_New_York
  1. ChamberCommerce - www.hammondsport.org - events
  2. CurtissMuseum - www.glennhcurtissmuseum.org
  3. KeukaScenicCruises - www.keukasceniccruises.com
  4. Google maps from Bayside to Hammondsport
    1. Via I-380, I-81 (Scranton) - http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=204176731363569388514.0004aabdb0b0a6a4131f2
    2. Via I-380, Rt-15 (Williamsport) - http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=204176731363569388514.0004aae5273971aa6374e
10. NY State Parks - nysparks.state.ny.us
  1. Jones Beach - nysparks.state.ny.us/parks/info.asp?parkID=46
    Jones Beach - www.jonesbeachevents.com - Calendar - www.jonesbeachevents.com/calendar.htm - concerts at Boardwalk Band Shell
11. Our Lady of Mount Carmel Feast - www.olmcfeast.com
12. The Franklin Institute Science Museum - www.fi.edu
13. The Smithsonian Institute - www.si.edu
  Smithsonian Map - www.si.edu/organiza/mallmap.htm
14. Norwalk, CT
15. Sleigh Rallies
  1. Sullivan County PA - www.visitpa.com/visitpa/visitDetails.do?name=Horse-Drawn+Sleigh+Rally - Sullivan County Fairgrounds, Forksville, PA 18618, (voice) 719-928-9550
  2. Sullivan County PA - www.sullivanpachamber.com/sleighrally.html - 570-946-4160 different from above?
  3. Sullivan County PA - www.questpublish.com/sullivancopa/sleigh.html
  4. Rock Maple Farm - users.ntplx.net/~rmf - 05Jan15, Stafford, CT 06076 - Northeast Conn.
  5. Colonial Carriage - www.colonialcarriage.org - 05Jan16, Stockbridge MA
  6. Cherry Valley Carriage - www.cherryvalleycarriage.com - 2005Feb? - annually on the grounds of the historic Lorenzo Mansion in Cazenovia, New York, ~25 miles SE Syracuse.
  7. Chautauqua - www.tourchautauqua.com Sleigh Rides at Chautauqua Institution Chautauqua, NY, Sat. & Sun. every Jan. & Feb. through grounds of Victorian Chautauqua Institution. Time: 1pm to 4pm cost: $2 adults, $1 child. Phone: 716.753.2404, SW Buffalo
  8. Waters Farm in Sutton, Mass. Sleigh rally dates for 2005 are January 30th, sleigh rally on February 6. Sutton is located in south central Massachusetts.
16. Sleigh Rides
  1. Sleigh Rides - hartford.about.com/od/ctsleighrides
  2. Yahoo Search - sleigh rides - search.yahoo.com/search?p=sleigh+rides+CT
  3. Black Iron Horses - www.blackironhorses.com - Andover, CT 06232, 860-742-9080, East of Hartford
  4. Loon Meadow Farm - loonmeadowfarm.com - sleigh rides, NW corner CT
  5. Flamig Farm - www.flamigfarm.com - sleigh rides, West Simsbury, Connecticut 06092 Tel.: (860) 658-5070, ~20 miles NW Hartford
  6. Wood Acres Farm - www.woodacresfarm.com - Terryville, CT, ~40miles N New Haven, 860-583-8670.
  7. Allegra Farm - www.allegrafarm.com - East Haddam, Connecticut, John Allegra 860-680-5149 860-537-8861, ~25 miles NE New Haven
17. GrummanPark - www.grummanpark.org - in Claverton
  TomcatSunset - www.tomcat-sunset.org - nice photos
18. American Air Power Museum - www.americanairpowermuseum.com - Republic Airport, East Farmingdale, NY 11735
Sesame Street YouTube Videos - www.youtube.com/user/SesameStreet
Restaurants
1. RestaurantWeek - www.nycgo.com/restaurantweek - can filter and sort by multiple values of cuisine, neighborhood, meal
2. MenuPages - www.menupages.com - can filter and sort by only single value of cuisine, neighborhood, meal
3. Zagat - www.zagat.com - can filter and sort by only single value of cuisine, neighborhood, meal
4. DiningLongIsland - www.dininglongisland.com - has list of waterview restaurants
Other
1. GCS Distributing - www.gcsdistributing.com - IT consulting, web design
  Tributes - www.gcsdistributing.com/?pv=tr - page of links to several tributes to those "who sacrifice their personal security and conveniences to promote, protect, and defend the freedoms and ideals established by the founding fathers of our great nation."
  Until Then - one of the tributes
2. Civil War Center at Louisiana State U - www.cwc.lsu.edu/cwc/other/stats/warcost.htm - US combat deaths for major wars
3. Iwo Jima - www.iwojima.com - The Land Battle - www.iwojima.com/battle/battlec.htm
  Epilogue - www.iwojima.com/battle/battled.htm - in 36 days of fighting, 6,825 American servicemen were killed.
4. University of San Diego - World War II Time Line - history.acusd.edu/gen/WW2Timeline/1917-45.html - VE Day, May 8, 1945, VJ Day, Aug 15, 1945
5. JetMan - www.jet-man.com - single man jet-powered wing
6. Radio Locator - www.radio-locator.com - radio station search engine
7. Mr. Rogers - www.pbs.org/rogers
8. Hans Christian Andersen - www.andersen.sdu.dk - in Danish and English
  The Emperor's New Clothes - www.andersen.sdu.dk/vaerk/hersholt/TheEmperorsNewClothes_e.html
9. Unique Greetings - www.uniquegreetings.net - personalized greeting cards
10. Happy Day Cards - www.happydaycards.com
11. Woman's Day - www.womansday.com - www.womansday.com/roadtrip
12. Song Lyrics - www.sing365.com
13. JibJab - www.jibjab.com - has political animation of President Bush and Sen. John Kerry
14. Scouting
  1. Girl Scouts - www.girlscouts.org
  2. Boy Scouts - www.scouting.org
15. Butterflies
  1. North American Butterfly Association - www.naba.org - create butterfly garden
  2. Monarch Watch - www.monarchwatch.org
16. Pruning - www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/hortnews/2000/2-11-2000/prunetime.html
  1. Evergreen Trees - an excellent time to prune spruce and fir is late winter when they are still dormant. Spruce and fir possess side or lateral buds. The pruning cut should be just above a side bud or branch. Pines are pruned in early June to early July when the new growth is in the "candle" stage. Pinching or snapping off one-half to two-thirds of the candle reduces the pine's annual growth. Unwanted lower branches on all evergreen trees can be removed in late winter.
  2. Deciduous Trees - best time to prune is late winter or early spring (February, March, and early April) before they begin to leaf out. Some trees, such as maples, "bleed" heavily when pruned in late winter or early spring. However, the heavy bleeding doesn't harm the trees. The trees won't bleed to death and the flow of sap will gradually slow and stop. If possible, avoid pruning deciduous trees in the spring as they are leafing out. At this time, the tree's energy reserves are low and the bark "slips" or tears easily. Another poor time to prune is during leaf drop in the fall.
  3. Deciduous Shrubs - spring-flowering shrubs bloom in the spring on the growth of the previous season. Two widely planted examples are lilac and forsythia. The proper time to prune spring-flowering shrubs is determined by their condition. Old, neglected shrubs require extensive pruning to rejuvenate. The best time to rejuvenate is late winter or early spring (mid-February to early April) before the plants begin to leaf out. While heavy pruning in late winter or early spring will reduce or eliminate the flower display for a few years, the restoration of a healthy, vigorous shrub is more important. If spring-flowering shrubs need only light pruning, prune them immediately after blooming. Pruning immediately after bloom allows the gardener to enjoy the spring flower display and gives the shrubs adequate time to initiate new flower buds for next season.
17. WebMail for patlyons.com - webmail.web.com
18. Ranks - www.ranks.com - ranks top websites by category
  (This page was last edited on October 15, 2011 .)