I received this information via email the other day and thought maybe some of you would be interested.

There is much happening in regards to Friends of the Ancient Forest and Zoar Valley. The much anticipated DEC Zoar Valley Master (UMP) Plan is soon to be released followed by at least 2 Public meetings which we hope all will attend. We will send out email alerts for these. You are making a difference and the state is listening, if we follow through Zoar will recieve protection.

[size=m]Zoar Valley Hike and Cleanup[/size]

Zoar Valley Hike and Cleanup: Meet this Saturday August 21st at 11 am in the Springville ParknRide(rt219 and rt39). We will hike from Forty rd. parking lot up to the Big Falls on the South branch of the Catt. There has been many folks enjoying Zoar this summer and a little attention along the creek would make the Zoar Spirits smile. If we get hot enough cleaning up along the way we may reward ourselves with a little swim so bring something to swim in and a lunch. call us at 716 592-7547 if you need more info.

[size=m]Zoar Valley South Rim Hike[/size]

South Rim Hike: Meet on Saturday Sept. 4th 11am Springville ParknRide for an upland hike of Zoar with spectacular views. Come and enjoy the flora and fauna on the rim. Bring a lunch and camera for the views. call us at 716 592-7547 for more info.

[size=m]Free Lecture at Science Museum[/size]

FAF is proud to Sponsor and Promote Local and National Ancient Forest Expert and Author Bruce Kershner who will be giving a wonderful Free Lecture at the Buffalo Science Museum on Tuesday August 24th[/b]

Title: "In Search of the Last Primeval Forests of The Northeast"
What: Hayes Lecture, Distinguished Speaker Series
Time: August 24, 2004, 7:00 pm, Buffalo Museum of Science,
Cost: FREE
Description:
Bruce Kershner, National Old Growth Forest Expert, Author Towering, cathedral-like ancient forests were thought to have been virtually wiped out by centuries of cutting in the Northeast. But Bruce Kershner, old-growth forest authority, forest ecologist, and author of 12 books, has proven this to be a false conclusion. He has discovered 200 old growth forests in Eastern North America where previously no one thought they existed, even in Manhattan and next to Niagara Falls Casino! These primeval forests are revealed to the public for the first time in his most recently published book Sierra Club Guide to Ancient Forests of the Northeast.

Bruce Kershner will lead us on a stunning visual tour of the largest, tallest, oldest, and most bizarre trees in the Northeast States, with a special focus on our region. You will marvel at fantastically gnarled cedars up to 750 years old, colossal oaks and sycamores up to 24 feet in girth, Western NY's Gallery of Giants with the world's tallest elms and basswoods, and Pennsylvania's Forest Cathedral Grove with white pines approaching 200 feet tall. He will show you how to visually identify if a tree is old growth, and how to find ancient forests. This presentation will permanently change the way you see and appreciate the forests of the Northeast. Local Landscape artist Thomas Annear has donated a limited addition print of a painting he did in Zoar from his recent showing at the Patterson Library in Westfield NY to help raise funds for FAF.

This print will be available at our hikes and events for viewing and purchase. Check out Tom's web site at and support this important local artist and help save Zoar at the same time. FAF sends a warm thanks to Tom for his generous donation of talent and heart.

This is an important message to our current administration that i have just read and signed.

[size=m]Petition[/size]
Help Stop the Bush National Forest Giveaway

We are trying to reach 25000 signatures, and we need YOUR HELP!

In 2001, the Bush administration promis
ed
to uphold the Roadless Area Conservation Rule to protect our last wild forests. But guess what Bush and his administration have just reneged on this promise. Unless we act quickly, 58.5 million acres of our national forests will be at risk from destructive road-building, logging and drilling.

Please help today and sign this petition to submit your public comment in opposition to these changes:

Public comments are a great way for all of us as citizens to express our concerns for our environment, and to hold our government accountable.

Help send a clear and powerful message that we will not tolerate the administration giving our national forests away.

Sign this petition today!



Once you have signed, help even more, by telling your friends and family to sign as well!

>>Posted By: paul

I am posting this to the news because last night at Faherty's, everyone was talking about Spencer Tunick and wanted more information.



This is the page where you can sign up for the event, it is on the web site for the Albright Knox Art Gallery (MAP TO: 1285%20ELMWOOD%20AVENUE), who is sponsoring the event.



The event itself takes place at the old train station terminal on the east side (MAP TO: 495%20PADEREWSKI%20DRIVE)





Here is a gallery of image from the station. All of th eimages above come from that gallery and are credited to Central Terminal Restoration Corporation

>>Posted By: paul

There were 7 epeeps online at once right now but as I went to capture this picture, one signed off an now we only have 6. Still six was notworthy so I screen captured it for historical reasons.



>>Posted By: paul

But what she needs more than a home is a roommate to share it with so she can have a nice apartment in e-ville instead of the ghetto. You can't believe some of the apartments we saw today. Any leads? She is looking to pay 250-300 dollars.

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I have added new options to make in journal inks to dictionary.com and wikipedia. Dictionary.comis self explanatory. You click on the tag in your style box and put the word you want between the two dict tags. Then you will see the little dictionary.com image in your journal and when readers click on it they will lbe taken to a definition of the word if it exists [dict]exists[/dict].

[size=m]Wikipedia Lookup[/size]
Wikipedia is similar and allows you to interface with one of the seven wonders of the internet.

Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.org) is a copyleft encyclopedia that is collaboratively developed using wiki software. Wikipedia is managed and operated by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. In addition to standard encyclopedic knowledge, Wikipedia includes information more often associated with almanacs and gazetteers, as well as coverage of current events. ... read more (WIKIPEDIA - wikipedia)

Have fun with these. I hope it opens up new frontiers in terms of ways you can express yourself digitally. I am sure we will all learn a little something too.

>>Posted By: paul >>Updated By: paul

• Flash Files now display at the original size when uploaded to your journal.
• Adding extra inlinks will not delete what you have already written in the inlink box, even if you change pages.
• You can turn off all media in the journals and have them replaced with links if you are on a slow connection or mobile deivce. This option can also be foudn in your preferences control panel which looks like a #.
• In the same control panel, you can turn off start-up sounds in your preferences, although, I would suggest not doing so as I will be using them for important anouncements shortly.

>>Posted By: paul

IF ALL OF BUFFALO READ THE SAME BOOK: ARUNDHATI ROY COMES TO BUFFALO SEPT.
8-9

TICKETS ON SALE NOW!!!

We are expecting tickets to sell out quickly, so get them while they're still around. CALL 716.832.5400 to purchase by phone. Pick them up today at Just Buffalo or starting August 1 at The Western New York Peace Center or Talking Leaves Books.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

On "The God of Small Things"
Wednesday, September 8, 2004, 8 p.m.
Unitarian Universalist Church, 695 Elmwood Avenue, Corner of Ferry, in Buffalo. Admission $10.

Hear Arundhati Roy read from her Booker Prize-winning novel and answer questions from the audience about the book. Co-sponsored by the Women's Studies Department at SUNY Buffalo.

"Meet and Greet" Book Signing with Arundhati Roy
Thursday, September 9, 2004 12-2 p.m.
Talking Leaves Bookstore, 3158 Main St., Buffalo. Free. Come get your book signed and say hello to Arundhati Roy at Buffalo's finest independent bookstore.

"Another World is Possible: A Conversation with Arundhati Roy," moderated by
Amy Goodman.
Thursday, September 9, 2004, 8 p.m.
First Presbyterian Church, One Symphony Circle, Across from Kleinhahn's Music Hall, Admission, $10.

In addition to being a great writer, Arundhati Roy is also recognized
worldwide as an essayist and vigilant voice in the ongoing struggle against
political and economic oppression. Come hear her discuss her work in the global political arena with Democracy Now host, Amy Goodman.

Co-Sponsored by the Western New York Peace Center. Books will be for sale at both events from Talking Leaves Books. The reader's guide for this year's book, The God of Small Things, by Arundhati Roy, is now available as a free download on the Just Buffalo website.

Sponsors of this year's event include The National Endowment for the Arts, Parkview Health Services, The Visions for a Better World Committee of the WNY Peace Center, The Women's Studies Department at UB, 10,000 Villages, M & T Bank, Buffalo State College, Talking Leaves Books, The New York State
Council on the Arts, Erie County Cultural Funding, Rigidized Metals, Reid Petroleum and Harlequin Books.

>>Posted By: holly

If the journal has an orange title, it means it was written today. Whenever you sleect a journal from the list you should always make sure that you check all of the orange titles. for example, I wrote about four things on the news journal today, so all three of them will have orange titles.

>>Posted By: paul

I have created a new elmwoodstrip.com search plugin for mozilla firefiox and other mozilla compatible broswers such as Netscape, and maybe safari? It makes it really easy to search the site for information right from your toolbar.



To install the browser plugin, click on the ( mozilla plugin ) link on the search box. The plugin will self install and will then be available in your broswers search box. If you have any questions or comments please contact (e:paul)

For more information on Firefox read thsi journal [inlink]paul,627[/inlink]
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>>Posted By: info >>Updated By: info

Today I am introducing more e-features in celebration privacy invasion. Just kidding, but it doesn throw a new twist on data mining.

If you would like to link to a buffalo or surrounding suburb street map location simply click the mapquest link in your style box and type the street address into between the map tags. You must use a full street address. For example, "230 Lexington Avenue" (MAP TO: 230%20LEXINGTON%20AVENUE). Do not add city, state or zip, or apartment number information. This is great if you are having a party and want people to know where it is or if you are going to an event or bar and want to put a map to the location. For example, last night we went to Squeaky Wheel and it would have been convenient to add a (MAP TO: 175%20ELMWOOD%20AVENUE) so other people could have gone down.

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