As late as August, Mr. Ciganer, who had originally been wary of Beacon because of the crime and poverty it suffers as a city whose industry has ebbed, had occasional moments of doubt.
The other half found its way to Beacon because of Mr. Whitman's decades-long association with Dia, which in the 1970s worked to provide him with a permanent space to create and restage his performances, a plan that was never realized and left him, as he put it, "working mostly out of my head for a long time now, which isn't so bad".
The Staigers said they had considered Beacon, also because of its proximity to Manhattan (the drive to both towns is usually under an hour and a half).
But Silverpush product manager Piyush Bhatt says it's not ending the Unique Audio Beacon service because of that FTC action, or because of the many privacy concerns raised over the last year.
Until now, astronomers have had a hard time getting much of a look at these cosmic beacons, because their light obscures everything around them.
Indeed, many of the decommissioned properties in critical areas have working beacons because boating electronics sometimes fail.
It's ironic that traditional corsets are beacons of fertility, because one form of waist training is done specifically to help heal the body after birth.
I've noticed that even the major news outlets often get things "wrong". They can easily become mouthpieces for all sorts of agendas rather than beacons of truth because, after all, there aren't enough time, money, and people to get the truth.
We were excited about Beacon because we believe a lot of information people want to share isn't on Facebook, and if we found the right balance, Beacon would give people an easy and controlled way to share more of that information with their friends.
I don't want to position myself as some sort of singular beacon of progress, because I'm not that at all.
