James Breen with the able assistance of his brother, Thomas Breen are in the process of capturing the final days of the existing City Island Bridge using creative video & still photography methods, including time lapse segments.

The two are painstakingly filming interviews of City Islanders with their personal stories to recall the history of City Island, with a focus on the bridge.

They are also documenting stories about what life is like on City Island.

They're interview with prominent islanders and off islanders discussing the past decade of debate about a replacement bridge. The Breen brothers would like to capture both sides of the issue: those in favor of the suspension bridge which is about to be built, and those who wanted a much more modest design, or the repair of the existing bridge.

They also plan to photograph plans, blueprints and drawings of the existing bridge as well as the other designs that were proposed over the year.

The idea is to capture the entire construction project: the building of the temporary bridge, the demolition of the current bridge, and the construction of the new permanent bridge.

These video artists are filming man on the street interviews to capture the reaction of City Islanders as the project commences. Interviews during major points of the project, such as when the old bridge is closed to traffic and when demolition commences.

They ultimately plan on cutting a short film using footage captured before, during and after the new bridge is completed.

They will create a longer version that would encompass everything from earliest day of City Island, before the bridge, to what life will be like whenever the bridge is finally completed.

https://vimeo.com/63056702

Here's another link for a pond time lapse photography:

http://youtu.be/lnwkJ_8H6EI

Hundreds of thousands, or perhaps millions worldwide will probably be tested by the end of the day.

Please keep in mind that it's not funny unless everyone is laughing.

Make sure you remind your prankster to keep the following in mind to ensure your day is full of good, clean, giggling fun.

Don't do anything that will cause anyone to get hurt, or feel sad.

A good prank is one that is well thought through and has safety in mind.

Don't ruin natural surroundings, or valuable property.

Think about the physical consequences of the joke beforehand.

Consider the mood of your target. Make sure the prank you pull is age appropriate.

A joke should be played out as good, clean fun, not poking or making fun of anyone.

This Week in History, Mar 31 - Apr 6

Mar 31, 1889
The Eiffel Tower is dedicated in Paris in a ceremony presided over by Gustave Eiffel, the tower's designer, and attended by French Prime Minister Pierre Tirard, a handful of other dignitaries, and 200 construction workers. In 1889, to honor of the centenary of the French Revolution, the French government planned an international exposition and announced a design competition for a monument to be built on the Champ-de-Mars in central Paris. Out of more than 100 designs submitted, the Centennial Committee chose Eiffel's plan of an open-lattice wrought-iron tower that would reach almost 1,000 feet above Paris and be the world's tallest man-made structure. Eiffel, a noted bridge builder, was a master of metal construction and designed the framework of the Statue of Liberty that had recently been erected in New York Harbor.

Apr 01, 1700
April Fools tradition popularized. English pranksters begin popularizing the annual tradition of April Fools' Day by playing practical jokes on each other. Although the day, also called All Fools' Day, has been celebrated for several centuries by different cultures, its exact origins remain a mystery. Some historians speculate that April Fools' Day dates back to 1582, when France switched from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar, as called for by the Council of Trent in 1563. People who were slow to get the news or failed to recognize that the start of the new year had moved to January 1 and continued to celebrate it during the last week of March through April 1 became the butt of jokes and hoaxes. These included having paper fish placed on their backs and being referred to as "poisson d'avril" (April fish), said to symbolize a young, easily caught fish and a gullible person.