Well today’s date is quite an interesting one and quite a popular one for wedding and other events. Perhaps only second in popularity to last year’s 07/07/07; today 06/07/08 is an extremely coveted date for events that will not be matched easily. Although, 08/08/08 promised to be a somewhat popular date and is an [...]
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Memorial day is a day for remembering and celebrating the contributions of our Armed Service members who died in service. The day was originally established originally to honor Union Soldiers who died during the American Civil War, and was originally called Decoration Day. After World War I (WWI) it became a day to honor all armed service member who have died in service. The day traditionally fell on May 30th and was moved to the last Monday of May after the Uniform holidays bill was passed in congress on June 28, 1968 which moved it and three other holidays to Mondays. Memorial is the unofficial start of summer and beginning of a time of vacations and other summer fun. There are races, such as the Indiana 500, many parades, and conferences such as the annual conference at North Stoning Bible Church (NSBC). Indeed Memorial Day is a great time of celebration, and it is ashamed that we can so often forget what we are memorializing.
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Tonight the crew from Taps has the Hoof-Fin-Feathers Carriage Inn staked out. I have not had much luck locating any sources indicating that the Carriage Inn is haunted or anything, so I am not sure what motivated them to stake it out. However, I do know that the Carriage Inn is quite an old building and served as a carriage way station as far back as 1760; so you can see the potential for alleged haunting. Additionally, it is possible they may be looking to sell and/or trying to build up a reputation, which may attract tourists and/or buyers. Not to mention there is a cemetery just a few blocks down the road from it, which is a type of place that is often associated with supernatural phenomenon, for whatever reason.
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The Nikon D3 is the first camera from Nikon to feature a full frame senor, and is Nikon’s current top model. While most DSLRs have a crop factor of about 1.5 because of their smaller senor size, the full frame sensor has no crop factor because it is about the same size as 35mm film (36 x 23.9mm); by comparison the sensor size of the Nikon D80 for example is only 23.6 x 15.8mm. As an added advantage the D3 can still be used with the Nikon DX lens designed for the smaller sensor size as well as the FX lens especially designed for the full frame sensor, although that would negate the advantage of the full frame sensor, you would gain a little speed about 11 frames per second as opposed to the 9 fps in FX mode. This is based on the fact that camera lens were original designed for 35mm film cameras.
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The post on April 1st was an April fools joke, and there were no real UFOs in Providence. Sorry to disappoint anyone if you actually believe there were UFOs. The strange object in the post from April 1st was…
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Just a couple of hours ago a woman was abducted by a UFO at the Rhode Island State House. The area is now closed down, along with most of downtown Providence. I just happened by the area around noon time and this disc shaped object basically materialized out of the air and began moving extremely fast…
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Fort Wetherill is a historic fort located on Conanicut Island, which contains the entire the city of Jamestown and sits in the middle of Narraganset Bay. The location had fortifications going back as far as the colonial period. The site was called the battery at Dumpling Rock, and served together with the then newly constructed Fort Adams in Newport to protect the East Passage of Narragansett Bay.
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The Ghost of a Dream is a full size Hummer H3 made completly of Lottery tickets. This Hummer obviously has no working interior; it is made simply as art. The Hummer is on sale for the about…
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The Warwick Neck Lighthouse is located at the bottom of Warwick Neck. The lighthouse has played a pivotal role in directing ships through the upper parts of Narragansett Bay to and from Providence. The current lighthouse is run by the Coast Guard under the Department of Homeland Security.
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