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Friday's Disunion in the New York Times has a thoughtful piece co-written by Gregory P. Downs and James Downs. They ask a simple but powerful question: "Was freedom enough?" That is, was freedom for the slaves meaningful, if it resulted in a quality of life that was arguably worse than under bondage? This is not to say that slaves were better off under slavery, but many once liberated initially became refugees in dire circumstances, without adequate food, shelter, and access to other resources to meet their most basic needs. And even as they re-established themselves in freedom they often lacked the means to live a decent and dignified existence.
Scholars have asked some form of this question posed by the Downs at least since Eric Foner's Nothing But Freedom in 1983, the published version of his 1982 Walter Lynwood Fleming lectures at Louisiana State University. That is, Foner's basic point was that most slaves emerged from bondage with little more than the clothes on their back.
And to digress a bit, some owners even made an issue of the clothing. For example, in my book, After the Glory: The Struggles of Black Civil War Veterans, I discuss the case of Thomas McDougal, a black soldier from Larue County, Kentucky, who served in the 107th U.S. Colored Infantry. As a loyal border state, Kentucky was exempt from the Emancipation Proclamation and its slaveholders stubbornly refused to free their slaves even when it became clear that the war was extinguishing the peculiar institution. Slavery would only end there in December 1865 with the final ratification of the 13th Amendment. McDougal had won his freedom earlier by enlisting in the Union army, and by congressional legislation, his family as well. In Fall 1865, the soldier went to collect his family from their owner, Hillary Johnson. Johnson, who was a local judge, had Thomas McDougal arrested and jailed for theft. The judge did not claim McDougal's family as the property stolen, but the clothes his wife and children wore when they left his custody, worth collectively 75 cents. "The Judge it is reported," wrote a local Freedmen's Bureau official, "takes the astute distinction that though the act of Congress may free wives and children of soldiers 'it does not divest the owner of the title to the clothes they wear.'" McDougal sat in jail for weeks, with the bureau officials and the army apparently unable to arrange his release, until he was finally freed after a grand jury in Larue County failed to indict him.
Gregory and James Downs in Disunion also discuss recently freed slaves in trouble. They bring up an account of Harriet Jacobs, who herself escaped slavery in 1842 and was the author of a thinly veiled autobiography of her time as a slave published in 1861, who the following year was doing relief work with contrabands in the nation's capital. The Downs write:
She confronted the many meanings of freedom when she encountered dozens of liberated slaves in Duff Green's Row in Washington in 1862. "Many were sick with measles, diptheria [sic], scarlet and typhoid fever," she wrote. "Some had a few filthy rags to lie on; others had nothing but the bare floor for a couch." As Jacobs attempted to comfort them, they looked up at her with "those tearful eyes" that asked, "Is this freedom?
The Downs then discuss the proliferation of scholarship since Foner's Fleming lecture on the meaning of freedom for the slaves and the factors that placed constraints on their freedom, mentioning the work of Thavolia Glymph, Susan O'Donovan, Steven Hahn, James Oakes, Hannah Rosen, Kate Masur, and Dylan Penningroth. They sum up the writing of these persons and others on emancipation, stating:
Asking hard questions about freedom helps scholars envision emancipation as a process rather than a shotgun moment of liberation. If understood as a practice, not a stroke of a pen, emancipation becomes a longer story, one that emphasizes the gulf between the federal government's plans and life on the ground in the postwar South. While it is possible to define those moments through the absence of freedom, it may well be that what ex-slaves suffered from was not a lack of freedom, but a lack of power and belonging.
It is articles by academics like the Downs, as well as a variety of other high quality contributors, that explains why I have become such a fan of Disunion. As I've said before, this blog is doing a great service to academics by bringing their scholarship to the attention of the general public. Something scholars themselves have done poorly, leaving many people reading books on the Civil War written by journalists and other non-academics, or relying on the internet, which while it has some high quality material (this blog, for instance!) also is the home of blogs, websites, and other "resources" of dubious reliability.
Sources: 1) Donald R. Shaffer, After the Glory: The Struggles of Black Civil War Veterans (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2004), 99; 2) http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/11/was-freedom-enough/.


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President Barack Obama speaks at a campaign event at G. Richard Pfitzner Stadium, Friday, Sept. 21, 2012, in Woodbridge, Va.
President Barack Obama struck back Friday at Mitt Romney's attempt to cast himself as a candidate of "change" as well as the GOP nominee's surreptitiously-recorded comments at a fundraiser earlier this year.
The president delivered some of his most forceful criticism of Romney at a campaign rally in northern Virginia, seizing on Romney's secretly videotaped remarks that he was not looking to appeal to 47 percent of the country.
"The values we believe in don't just belong to workers or businesses, the 53 percent or the 47 percent, the rich or the poor, the 1 percent, the 99 percent -- these are Americans values. They belong to all of us!" Obama said to a cheering crowd of 12,000 at a minor-league baseball stadium in Woodbridge, Virginia.
Obama also noted as a point of contrast that he happened to lose, as a matter of coincidence, 47 percent of the vote in the 2008 election, but still looked to lead as president those Americans who did not vote for him.
"In 2008 47 percent of the country didn't vote for me. But on the night of the election I said to all those Americans, I may not have won your vote but I hear your voices, I need your help and I will be your president," he said.
"And for everybody who's watching or anybody here who's still undecided, I don't know how many people are going to vote for me this time around, but I'm telling the American people, I will be fighting for you no matter what," he continued.
The president also took issue in Woodbridge with Romney's statement during the fundraiser that that 47 percent of voters, who don't pay income taxes and may be on government assistance, are "victims."
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Obama also struck back on Romney's criticism Thursday after Obama, speaking at a Univision town hall that day, said he realized after taking office that "you can't change Washington from the inside."
At a rally in Sarasota, Florida, shortly after Obama finished his town hall, Romney retooled his stump speech to include this criticism: "The president today threw in the white flag of surrender again. He said he can't change Washington from inside, he can only change it from outside. Well, we're going to give him that chance in November. He's going outside!"
"I can change Washington, I will change Washington, we'll get the job done from the inside," Romney continued.
Friday, Obama turned Romney's words against him, mocking him for getting "really excited" about the remark and rewriting his speech.
"He stood up at a rally. Proudly declared: I'll get the job done from the inside," Obama said. "What kind of inside job is he talking about?"
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Top Republicans in the Florida House split from Gov. Rick Scott on Monday and said they will oppose a plan to expand Medicaid to 900,000 or more poor Floridians, arguing that it would increase the federal deficit, diminish health care delivery to the elderly and drastically grow an already problem-laden program.
A key legislative committee that had been studying the health care law voted along party lines to reject the proposed Medicaid expansion and the billions of dollars in federal funding it would bring. In doing so, Republicans pledged to seek other options to address Florida's 4 million uninsured.
The decision, criticized by Democrats, further isolates Scott among Florida's Republican elected leaders, who largely have dug in their heels against the Medicaid provision. Scott still could find an ally in the Florida Senate, which has yet to make a recommendation.
Comparing the federal government's offer to pay 100 percent of the expansion costs for the first three years and at least 90 percent after that, Rep. Matt Hudson said Florida shouldn't be swayed by a "few pieces of silver" and ignore the long-term implications of adding 900,000 people to the Medicaid rolls.
"We know that it hasn't always worked out so well when people look at short-term gain instead of long-term vision," Hudson, a Republican from Naples, said.
As they pledge to seek other options, Republicans said they were particularly intrigued by the agreement struck between the federal government and Arkansas. That state received permission to use Medicaid expansion dollars to pay for people to buy insurance policies through health exchanges.
"What Arkansas did, it wasn't even a concept; I didn't even think about it," said Rep. Richard Corcoran, the Lake O' Lakes Republican who chairs the House panel.
House Speaker Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, praised the committee's decision.
"We simply cannot count on the federal government to pay 100 percent of the cost for expansion," he said. "The facts show that health care costs will go up for many Floridians, while access to and quality of health care will go down."
Democratic Minority Leader Perry Thurston, of Plantation, called the decision "morally reprehensible," while Rep. Dwight Dudley said it showed a "lack of vision."
Dudley, of St. Petersburg, said Democrats shouldn't count on Republicans to find a better way to reduce the number of uninsured.
"You didn't hear any solutions, you didn't hear any alternative ideas or plans," Dudley said of the committee's rationale. "That's pretty appalling considering they are willing to kill this, something that is a plan, something real that people can access and have."
The more moderate Senate has seemed more open to expanding Medicaid, though its committee studying the issue decided to postpone a planned discussion on the topic Monday.
Sen. Joe Negron, R-Stuart, said if the House won't back away from its opposition, then an alternative must be sought.
"If we're going to say 'no' to Medicaid expansion, let's say 'yes' to something," Negron said.
The federal government has promised to pay 100 percent of the expansion costs during the first three years and then gradually scale back its share to 90 percent in 2020, with the state responsible for the remainder. The expansion would make coverage available to people whose incomes are up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level, including childless adults -- a group that is now largely ineligible in Florida's Medicaid system.
State economist Amy Baker presented a report Monday that estimated nearly 869,000 people would be part of the Medicaid expansion, though many of those would be shifted into the program from other types of coverage. As an example, children who are currently eligible for a program that offers subsidized health insurance to working families would be shifted into Medicaid if they met the new income qualifications.
The House, Senate and Scott administration have already rejected another part of the Affordable Care Act that could have involved the state running a health-insurance exchange, an online marketplace where people can shop for coverage. In doing so, the state will default to the federal government running the exchange in Florida.
Last month, Scott shocked many conservatives when he endorsed a plan to expand Medicaid after fighting so hard against the law. Scott called for an initial three-year expansion, but most Republicans said it would be impossible to undo health care insurance for the Floridians who would have been covered.
It's unclear how much political capital Scott is prepared to expend pushing a possible expansion. He has said it is not among his top priorities and was not included in excerpts released Monday previewing his State of the State address on Tuesday.
Others may have to pick up the cause. On Monday, a lobbyist for the business-backed Associated Industries of Florida said the state should not just toss aside the billions of federal dollars.
"What we see is that we're already paying, the business community, is already paying for the uninsured, in the most costly setting possible, in the emergency rooms," Slater Bayliss said. "We encourage you to best leverage available federal funding to ensure that we provide coverage to Floridians in a manner that protects the state's financial health."
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Despite development successes over the past 20 years and the progress of many emerging economies, development ministers at the High Level Meeting of the OECD's Development Assistance Committee (DAC) noted that inequality is increasing in all countries and 1.4 billion people still live in absolute poverty.
Governments also recognised that the context for development co-operation has irrevocably changed. Shifting global wealth is breaking down the former division between North and South. Co-operation among South-South partners, as well as triangular co-operation, is complementing North-South co-operation, thereby increasing the scope, reach and effectiveness of the international development assistance system. Likewise, civil society and the private sector are playing an increasingly important role as partners in development co-operation.
Participating governments committed to make the effort to connect different agendas – MDGs, financing for development, development effectiveness and policy coherence for development. They recognised that this broader agenda engages a larger set of partners who can contribute in different ways to development progress. Multi-sectoral collaboration and enhanced co-operation among development actors were recognized as increasingly important in this new context.
The 2012 Club de Madrid Conference gathered more than 40 democratic former heads of State and Government in Little Rock, USA to discuss what needs to be done to achieve political and economic empowerment for women and girls across the globe.
The discussion had strong links to the Development Centre's work on gender, emphasizing the urgent need to change social and cultural norms that hold women and girls back. A key message from the conference was the need to sustain a focus on women's leadership; reinforcing political quotas as an important tool for achieving a critical mass of women in decision-making.
Ending violence against women, particularly in the context of conflict and fragility was another top priority for the Club of Madrid leaders. Ensuring that all peace agreements and negotiations include a gender perspective and promote women's participation is critical.
Medium-term growth prospects for Southeast Asia show resilience with domestic demand being the major driver of growth, though Emerging Asia will begin to slow gradually. Narrowing development gaps within and among countries remains a key challenge in the region.
ASEAN economies are forecasted to growth at 5.5% through 2017. The key policy challenges to sustain healthy growth are: the appropriate management of capital inflows and dollarization as well as enhancing fiscal capacities through better revenue mobilization. Southeast Asian countries also need to search for new growth models and development strategies as well as rely more on domestic demand to adapt to changing international market conditions.
According to the newly developed ASEAN-OECD Narrowing Development Gaps Indicators (NDGIs), disparities are at their widest in poverty and human capital development. Hence, these areas require greater efforts.
Besides the seminar in Paris on 13 December, the Southeast Asian Economic Outlook 2013: With Perspectives on China and India was also presented in Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam.
Next context for development co-operation highlights new challenges
World leaders optimistic about women's empowerment
Southeast Asia: domestic demand a major driver of growth
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… Southeast Asian economies show resilience through 2017, maintaining the same level of growth momentum as during the pre-crisis period
… The difference between the OECD average tax to GDP ratio and that for the 15 LAC countries fell by 5 percentage points between 1990 and 2010
… Only 29 countries out of 120 in the 2012 Social Institutions and Gender Index have quotas to promote women's political participation at both national and sub-national levels.
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Theorem. If p is a prime and $X$ is a subset of $\mathbb{Z}_p$, then $|\hat{k}X| \geq \min \lbrace k|X|-k^2+1 , p \rbrace$ for $\hat{k}X = \lbrace x_1+\ldots+x_k \mid x_i \in X , x_i \neq x_j \rbrace$.
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jgaeta1 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 38 diseños de 9 diseñadores freelance.
public awareness institute of implant dentistry (PAIID.org)
My name is Dr Joe Gaeta,I am a Dental Implant surgeon practicing in southwest Florida. Through the years,I have experienced the tremendous need for the "suffering senior" population who can't chew their food due to ill fitting dentures. I hold public seminars for the elderly educating them on the benefits of implant dentistry.My goal is to create a world wide public awareness campaign of the "magic" and the benefits of implant dentistry. Hence:" PAIID.org" a non-profit organization dedicated to creating awareness of dental implants for suffering seniors to ultimately create quality of life for seniors. Hence,a design depicting my mission
the entire population with one or more missing teeth and Seniors with dentures
I would like the logo, circular in design (see attachment,) superimposed on a picture of earth,or a symbol depicting a worldwide movement ,with pictures of seniors and dental implants in the center of the logo
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Khabarovsk Krai
Khabarovsk Krai (Russian: Хаба́ровский край, khuh-BAH-ruhf-skee krigh) is a region in the Russian Far East, which borders Amur Oblast to the west, Magadan Oblast to the north, Sakhalin Oblast across the Nevelsky Straits to the east, Primorsky Krai to the southeast, and Birobidzhan and China to the south.
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Khabarovsk Krai occupies a long swathe of Russia's Pacific coastline, a full 2000 kilometers of it, going as far south as Sakhalin and north to Magadan Oblast. At nearly 800.000 km², it's Russias forth largest province. In the north, taiga and tundra prevail, deciduous forests in the south, and swampy forests in the central areas around Nikolaevsk-on-Amur, as a testament to it's size there are more than 50 thousand lakes to fish in, more rivers and streams than you would care to count, and several mountain ranges intersect the region, including the northern reaches of the Sikhote-Alin mountains shared with Primorsky krai. The highest point is Mount Bery, towering nearly in fact, three quarters of the area is occupied by mountains and plateaus.
The diversity of purely North animals like brown bear and sheer South representatives like Eastern softshell spiny turtle (Trionix) is backed by the legend that God would mix the rest of seeds and animals when somebody told him about missing spot on Earth.
One can encounter pine-tree and wild Far-Eastern grape which came definately from the South. Its blue round berries with sour taste are cultivated in gardens to produce home wine.
Like Trionix many species are listed in the Red Book.
Japanese director Akira Kurosawa's 1975 film Dersu Uzala, based on a book by Russian explorer Vladimir Arsenyev, describes the friendship of a Russian explorer and his Nanai guide named Dersu Uzala. (Wikipedia)
Aboriginal culture within small enclaves across the krai are Nanai, Ulchi, Manchur, Orochi, Udege, Negidal, Nivkhi, Evenki and varies in each settlement.
The last Chinese Emperor Pu Yi lived in Khabarovsk from 1945 to 1950.
See Russian phrasebook.
Get in[edit]
Khabarovsk is a major transportation hub for the entire Russian Far East and will likely be any visitor's first stop by either the Trans-Siberian Railway or via Khabarovsk's international airport.
From China there are two entrance routes: one begins on the border with the Heihe-Blagoveshchensk crossing point, the other from Fuyuan town on Amur river. Another possible way is one from Sakhalin, where international ferry operates between Russian Korsakov and Japan's Wakkanai. A one-night bus trip along the federal highway Vladivostok-Khabarovsk is an option for a traveller, if the train carriage by some odd reason is not preferable.
Get around[edit]
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Vast, rugged and sparsely populated the krai is not big on roads. Too cold for regular ferry service, since much of the region goes into a deep freeze during the harsh winters, add the presence of Russia's most important aircraft plant to the mix, and you are pretty much left with Soviet era Yakovlevs, Antonovs and helicopters to get you around, making exploration an expensive and fairly unnerving proposition. On the upside this also means you'll have some of the planet's most spectacular nature all by yourself if you take on the effort.
The local government have plans on merging these two regional airlines, but so far no concrete plans has surfaced.
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Fishing and hunting in the wild are the major attractions for local villagers, town and city dwellers as well as trekking routes to taiga plains and mountains untouched by humans are favourite activities for all sorts of tourists. Khabarovsk and Komsomolsk mountain bike clubs are all at it. Taiga forest roads are always abuzz with mosquitos in summer and the best seasons for visiting are May and September when the air is not so stifling and the sun is just warm. Winter attracts regional skiers and snowboarders to the ski bases "Holdomi" and "Amut Snow Lake" near Komsomolsk and "Spartak" slopes near Khabarovsk.
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Local food follows traditional Russian cuisine featured with salted bracken, mushrooms, Korean and Chinese and even European dishes served in theme restaurants of two big cities. Don't forget to taste pancakes with a spoonful of linden, wildflower, buckweat honey or a season caviar stuffing.
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The regions major distillery is appropriately called Khabarovsky Distillery (Ликероводочный завод Хабаровский, [4]), besides the ritual vodka - a full 16 different brands of it - they also make sweet liqueurs, bitters and cognac, check their website with neat pictures of the bottles to spot them in the shops. If you haven't yet acquired a taste for vodka, the local (but Heineken owned) Amur-Pivo (Амур-пиво) is not bad. The (Carlsberg owned) competitor Baltika's main local brand is the ДВ (DV) beer, which is also brewed in Khabarovsk.
Stay safe[edit]
Snakes, bears are rare attackers in the wild, lest provoked. More dangerous are infectious ticks which are active most of all in spring. Use spray against ticks.
Get out[edit]
Khabarovsk is the hub for regional air travel with important flights to Russian destinations Anadyr, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Magadan, Moscow, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Yakutsk, and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, as well as international flights to Niigata, Japan and to Seoul, Korea. There are no direct flights to/from the US.
The next major stops to the east on the Trans-Siberian Railway are Ussuriysk and Vladivostok; to the west, Birobidzhan.
There is a regular ferry from Vanino (the terminus of the Baikal-Amur Mainline) to Kholmsk, Sakhalin.


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Last week's heavy flooding in northwest Indiana has subsided, though there are still long-lasting effects to be dealt with. One of the things that may have escaped many of us around the state, should have some impact on the gubernatorial race in Indiana.
During this natural disaster, many heavily traveled roadways were closed in the region. In order to alleviate some of the congestion, a 25 mile stretch of the Indiana Toll Road was temporarily turned into a freeway at the request of the governor. Macquarie-Cintra, the leaseholder, agreed. The tolls went back into effect by the end of last week.
Now it is found out that the state will reimburse Macquarie-Cintra for any lost revenue during this emergency situation. It isn't known yet what the price tag will be, but the Daniels administration will tap into the $3.8 billion trust fund that this consortium paid the state for the right to collect tolls on the highway for 75 years. In other words, Macquarie-Cintra will get some of their money back. A few more emergencies and they may have it all back with a wink and a nod from Mitch.
Of course, the transfer of this money back to the consortium is all fine and dandy from a legal perspective. The lease agreement provides for just such a contingency. It states that a loss of revenue of this sort will be paid back from the fund paid to the state. Even shortfalls of revenue resulting from decreased traffic flow on the highway would trigger such a pay back.
In other words, if business goes great on the Toll Road, and Macqurie-Cintra makes a profit, we get to actually keep the money. But if revenue falls and profits dry up, they get their money back. So the state is basically a repositor for Macquarie-Cintra money, rather than the recipient of funds that can be used at the state's discretion.
The trickle of money that will now begin with this repayment for last weeks natural disaster may become a flood of it's own during the remainder of the time left on the lease. And we could all be left holding our share of nothing as the money finds its way back to Spain and Australia.


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Address: 480 East Rio RoadNeighborhood: Rio Asking: $1,395,000Assessment: $1,050,600 Year Built: 1870Size: 3,324 fin. sq. ft. / 288 unfin.Land: 6.5 acresCurb Appeal: 7 out of 10Listing Agents: David Sloan and Aaron Manis, Sloan Milby, 434-220-5656Who among us doesn't realize that the area we live in is steeped in history? There are pieces of the past strewn from Orange to Albemarle. Some, like Montpelier, the Rotunda and Monticello, are well-known. Others, like 480 East Rio Road– otherwise known as Lochlyn– are less so.Lochlyn was built circa 1870; its first historical role was as the manor house on land owned by the American Ginseng Corporation. At the time, the property occupied a much larger tract than its current six and a half acres, and it overlooked a lake, or loch, where Cochran's Mill (another historic house on Rio) now stands. One boundary traces the trail that was the original Rio Road back in the days when conveyances didn't have their horses under the hood.Lochlyn's second brush with history came about more recently when Thomas Jefferson's great-great-great granddaughters, Olivia and Margaret Taylor, moved in. So proud were these ladies of their family heritage that they reoriented the front entrance so that the house faces Monticello. They also enclosed an upstairs sleeping porch to give them better views of their famed relative's home, added a guest cottage, and introduced plantings from Monticello.
Today, a small columned porch leads to the front entry, which features a double set of glass doors that allow plenty of natural light. Immediately to the right of the vestibule is one of the most delightful spaces in the whole house– a snug little room created by the conversion of a sun porch. Windows line the walls, and a set of French doors leads into the functional galley-style kitchen.
The living room on the opposite side of the entry is open and airy. Crown molding, a cased opening with pocket doors, and a lovely hanging staircase lend character from an earlier time and serve as reminders of the home's history. A large dining room and a comfortable family room with built-in bookshelves, both with working fireplaces, finish out the main floor.The most striking room on the upper level is the Taylor sisters' sleeping porch. With two walls of windows, this room is flooded by sunlight, and it's easy to imagine that the mountain views must have been stunning when the trees weren't quite so tall and full. Behind the porch, the master suite has a dressing area, full bath, and walk-in closet. Two additional bedrooms on the upper level share a bathroom. (The finished basement area includes a fourth bedroom, a small den, and two more full baths.) Considering the age of the house, closet space throughout is surprisingly generous.Development has slowly consumed the land that once surrounded the house, and even the woods and a privacy fence can't insulate Lochlyn from the noise of Rio Road. The opening of the Meadowcreek Parkway may reduce the number of vehicles, but the din of passing cars will continue to be a factor. According to Albemarle County, which assigns a value of just $11,000 to the house and other "improvements," the highest and best use for this property is development. If the neighboring subdivisions are any indication, a savvy developer could potentially profit by taking advantage of the R-4 zoning, which allows such things as townhouses, tourist lodgings, and– with a special use permit– schools, hospitals, and health clubs. As with the Eugene Bradbury-designed building reviewed in last week's column ("Chi Psi sigh"), the question of whether Lochlyn should be razed or renovated hangs heavy.In many ways, Lochlyn is emblematic of the ladies who once called it home. Just as the Taylor sisters did in their later years (and, indeed, as we all will over time), the house has begun to show its age. The soft pine floors need attention, as do both the siding and many of the windows. The grounds have suffered from the ravages of age and storm damage– although the owners have cleaned up and extended the yard, exposing a previously hidden stone retaining wall in the process.Caring for an old property, like caring for an old relative, requires special handling and more than a little patience. Some folks find such stewardship eminently fulfilling while others prefer not to be bothered. Either position presents its own set of challenges and will determine how the next chapter in Lochlyn's history unfolds.~Each week, a brave local seller invites the Hook to provide an impartial, warts-and-all look at their real estate listing. E-mail yours today!


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Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Culture National Historical Park, New Mexico, USA is believed to have been an important cultural center for the Chacoan people at the time 850 - 1250. Some of the exhibited areas can be entered and explored by following a trail system with an informative brochure or take the Ranger guided tour. This allows visitors to get up close for a wonderfully rich experience. Make careful planes ahead of time to allow for a safe enjoyable adventure.
More information can be found at the following link…….
gallery of southwestern lands: Pueblo Bonito 1995 Site Guide in Chaco Canyon
New Mexico is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. Inhabited by Native American populations for many centuries, it has also been part of the Imperial Spanish viceroyalty of New Spain, part of Mexico, and a U.S. territory. Among U.S. states, New Mexico has the highest percentage of Hispanics at 45% (2008 estimate), being descendants of Spanish colonists and recent immigrants from Latin America. It also has the third-highest percentage of Native Americans after Alaska and Oklahoma, and the fifth-highest total number of Native Americans after California, Oklahoma, Arizona, and Texas. The tribes represented in the state consist of mostly Navajo and Pueblo peoples. As a result, the demographics and culture of the state are unique for their strong Spanish, Mexican, and Native American cultural influences. At a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth most sparsely inhabited U.S. state.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_mexico]


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To get an Easter Egg cheat card, win ten games in a row without boosting your goalie or players with the same NHL team. You cannot use an international team. You must win one hundred games in row to unlock all of the cheats.Deflection shot
Get the puck to the offensive zone near the blue line. Hold Deflection/Short Block while shooting. One of your players should skate to the front of the net and deflect the puck in.Smash players into the glass
Get a hard hitter such as Brenndon Shannahan. When a CPU or human player is near the glass, press Y (big hit) for a chance to break the glass with them.Use NHL player's face and picture for a created player
When entering a name for a created player, use an existing NHL player's name. A prompt will confirm that the player is in the database and then ask if you want to create a player like him. Select "Yes" and you will receive his face type and picture for you player. You can then enter any name and stats once you have finished.Easy goals
If you are skating with someone that has a very high rank in the Deke category such as Joe Sakic, Paul Kariya, etc., once you get past the opposition's blue line, press Down, then press Auto Deke. Immediately after he is done with the Deke, press Shoot. You will score about 95% of the time. Also, take any big shooter and let him take a slapshot directly in the middle of the hash marks. Shoot for the top corner. This will work about 90% of the time. If a defender is on you, once in three zone move to the left or right, then cut back left or right and take you slapshot.Bonus players
Create a player and enter one of the following names. The game will complete their abilities and stats. Some players will also have a portrait.
Adam Hall
- Alfie Michaud
- Barry Richter
- Ben Simon
- Blake Bellefeuille
- Brad Moran
- Brian Sutherby
- Chris Ferraro
- Corey Hirsch
- Dave Morisset
- David Nemirovsky
- Derek Mackenzie
- Eric Fichaud
- Evgeny Konstantinov
- Greg Crozier
- Greg Pankewicz
- Guy Hebert
- Ivan Huml
- Jakub Cutta
- Jason LaBarbera
- Jason Zent
- Johan Witehall
- Kay Whitmore
- Larry Murphy
- Mark Fitzpatrick
- Marquis Mathieu
- Martin Brochu
- Matt Herr
- Matt Higgins
- Michel Larocque
- Raffi Torres
- Rene Corbet
- Rich Parent
- Rick Tabaracci
- Sascha Goc
- Scott Fankhouser
- Ty Jones
- Xavier Delisle
Most of the real-life EA Sports personnel who worked on making the game are available as hidden characters. To access the EA players, go to the create-a-player section and input any EA Sports personnel name, which can be found in the credits section towards the back of the instruction booklet. Most (but not all) of the names exist as hidden players, including several names from the "thanks" list, along with commentator "Jim Hughson", rink announcer "Jon McComb" and Vancouver Canucks coach/NHL 2003 strategist "Marc Crawford". If you play in franchise mode, these players will occasionally appear in the rookie draft for you to sign. Note: The female Christian names have been substituted for viable male alternatives: e.g. Susan Smith is "Steve Smith", and Christine Staples is "Christie Staples". You will have to experiment to work the girls out. If you can be bothered to create enough of the players, you can fill out the EA Blades and EA Storm Custom Teams with actual EA Sports players to give you a further two teams to play with.
At the created player screen, enter various names of real players that do not appear in the rosters (such as "Eric Lindros"). Their exact profile and face will appear.
Create a player using one of the following names of members of the Bare Naked Ladies: "Jim Creeggan", "Tyler Stewart", "Steven Page", "Ed Robertson", or "Kevin Hearn". The game will adjust the players face and statistics automatically to match that band member.


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PSMS.R.US necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 40 diseños de 4 diseñadores freelance.
we offer mobile content entertainment portals. We offer great competitions and prizes as loyalty rewards to our customers.
These form a very important part of our advertising. We've just launched in Germany with a Christmas-bound campaign and need a successor campaign.
Everybody with a mobile phone who is trendy, likes technology and mobile phones & likes to win stuff :)
Provide as psd files with all layers, fonts, the lot.
Most important information of the ad has to be displayed on 800w by 600h so it works in all browsers. Backgrounds should therefore go into a bleed that can cover large screens too. example attached.
1st attachment shows current christmas campaign and includes all relevant text information in text layers.
2nd attachment is a picture of a billboard campaign of a non-related advertiser, however I want the design to go pretty much into this direction - fonts, approach, style. Clear, in the face.
3rd attachment shows a current campaign - as an example for the "endless bleed" needed.


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Is there such a thing as medium format fast glass, ie f1.4 primes?If not, why?
Good question.I assume it's due to size, weight and cost considerations.Here is a summary of MF lenses at f2.8 or faster. I'm making this up as I go along so don't rely on it 100%.The Contax 645: 80mm f2, 45mm f2.8, 140mm f2.8Bronica ETR (645) has a 50mm f2.8, 60mm f2.8, 75mm f2.8. Bronica SQ series (6x6): 80mm f2.8 Hasselblad V: f/2.8 80 mm 'C' lens. The rest of the C series is slower. The F lenses were faster: f/2 110 mm, f/2.8 50 mm, f/2.8 80 mm and f/2.8 150 mmHasselblad H: HC f/2.8 80 mm and HC f/2.2 100 mm Rollei PQ/S: 50mm f2.8, 80mm f2, 80mm f2.8, 110 f2, 180mm f2.8Mamiya 645: 80mm f1.9, 80mm f2.8, 45mm f/2.8, 55mm f/2.8, 150mm f2.8, 200mm f2.8, 300mm f2.8Mamiya 67: 110mm f2.8Pentax 67: 75 mm f2.8, 90mm f2.8, 105 mm f2.4, 165mm f2.8Pentax 645: 45mm f2.8, 75mm f2.8, 150mm f2.8Result: the fastest lenses are: Mamiya 645 80mm f1.9, Contax 80mm f2, Hass V 110mm f2 (F), Rollei 110 f2, Rollei 80mm f2Did I miss any?[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=75663\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
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With his 'LoftCube' the Berlin based interior architect and designer Werner Aisslinger introduced an architectural prefabricated add-on for urban spaces. His new 'Fincube' builds the equivalent "hideaway-innature" solitaire. Developed with a South Tyrolian team, the 'Fincube' was created 1200m above sea level near Bozen in Northern Italy.
Sustainable nomadic house
"Made entirely of local wood, the building provides 47 sqm of living space with a minimal CO2 footprint: local suppliers and local crafts using local long-lasting and recyclable materials manufactured with the precision and care of tyrolese handwork. The Fincube is a materialized vision of a small housing unit with a long lifecycle. It can easily be dismantled and rebuilt on a new site, and even more important for nature hideaways: it requires minimum soil sealing – just 2 sqm that are easily renatured after the Fincube is moved to another location."
Long-lasting design
"The design is minimal, material-orientated, and in close touch with nature – the wooden space with a 360-degree triple glazing is furnished with a second facade layer, producing shade and giving the building a unique overall mushroom-like monoshape. The horizontal ledges give privacy to the Fincube and embed the building into forests, meadows, mountain sides or any nature resorts. The combination of long-lasting design and the option of changing its location after a while make the Fincube a flexible home or hideaway and a lifetime companion."
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Old age hangs easy, said the man.
He was in the trenches gassed; and harried
by good souls who knew a good story;
They cheered him for his valor.
'My valor? I lived through your war
And live as living dead for all you care.
Time just ticked on. The rest was easy,'
said he with a smile.
Time rings a bell but not the hell
Of living thus in your midst.
Next time you make a bloody war,
Let time ring for another.
Background info: Henry John "Harry" Patch (17 June 1898 – 25 July 2009)—known as "the Last Tommy"


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DangPro shows you how to create your own solder flux:
Flux is a wonderful goo that makes soldering faster and easier. In previous videos we compared different types of commercial flux, but did you know it's possible to make a simple and effective flux at home? We'll get you started, and don't miss the giveaway at the end of the video.


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On a gorgeous evening with not a single cloud in the sky and the sun on the brink of setting, the Hard Rock Café at Universal Citywalk set the stage for the arrival of international pop superstar and Island Def Jam Music Group recording artist Mariah Carey. The outside of the Hard Rock Café is decked out with everything Mariah. No detail was overlooked to make this event a night to remember for her fans.
The jumbo screen played chart-topping videos such as " Honey", " We Belong Together", " Shake It Off", " Don't Forget About Us", " Touch My Body" and other videos that chronicled her near twenty-year career. As an added indulgence for the public, her latest CD E=MC2 plays on repeat throughout the evening solidifying her vocal presence on the event.
The evening got off to a rocky start as intolerant media photographers proved that they were raised in a barn by displaying their childish actions by name calling and booing due to a two hour late arrival of Mariah Carey. ( See TMZ Video of Booriah Carey) It wasn't until later that a reliable source at the Hard Rock Café says that yes she was running late for the event, but Mariah took the time to meet and greet her VIP fans as she signed and took pictures with her guests which explained part of the reason for Mariah's late arrival for the lavender carpet photo ops. Once all the commotion and the brouhaha died down and Mariah was ready to grace the media with her presence, there was not a single camera that wasn't ready to capture the very first photo of her walking out of the Hard Rock Café's doors. As she made her way out of the venue, the frenzy was captured on camera and film as Mariah Carey walked out to give the public a smile here, a pose and head tilt there and the occasional wave to her adoring fans. She was decked out in a black leather jacket, black leggings, stiletto heels, dark shades and what appears to be a small pair of black-striped booty shorts.
Mariah and her entourage (which included Da Brat and Carey's manager Benny Medina) made their way through hectic media photographers and flashing lights to an elevated soundstage set up where Mariah's autograph session took place. As she approached the edge of the stage to get on the microphone, purple confetti and glitter shot out into the crowd and rained down on eager and ecstatic fans. What was clearly amazing was seeing fans wait in droves to get their CDs and posters signed as the line stretched around Universal Citywalk's major businesses and eateries. One thing can be said for certain about Mariah is the fact that she graciously took the time and personally signed each and every piece of memorabilia that the fans put in front of her. During the fan frenzy signing, Da Brat occasionally got on the microphone to hype up the crowd and visit with some of the fans. She proceeded to lead the crowd in a sing-along of songs played over the loudspeaker.
Review of E=MC2
E=MC2 is an impressive collection of singles that further celebrates her emancipation. She teams up with producers Bryan Michael-Cox, Scott Storch, Stargate, Rodney Jerkins, will.i.am, Tricky Stewart and once again with super producer Jermaine Dupri. The first song that leads off the album is the club thumping " Migrate" featuring T-Pain that hip-hop aficionados will be pleasantly surprised to hear. The track sets the mood of the album beautifully and offers up her hip-hop side to let everyone who listens know that Mariah is back. Other noteworthy head bobbing tracks include the reggae-infused Damian Marley collaboration of " Cruise Control" and the collaboration with Young Jeezy on " Side Effects" pointedly discusses her emotional abuse from her broken marriage to Tommy Mottola.
Despite the rocky start to what could have been a catastrophe for the evening, Mariah Carey continued to smile throughout the night and well into the late hours literally showing no fatigue whatsoever as she signed autographs and waved to her fans.
For breaking news, fan club memorabilia, music, pictures, upcoming projects and background information on everything Mariah, visit her official fan website at ( Mariah Carey).
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so the long-rumoured Stumptown 'Annex' opened today.
what is this?
imagine a high end wine merchant but selling coffee beans. imagine all the education, all the expertise of a wine merchant. imagine the tastings, the discussions, the equipment and accessories. but with coffee.
it's very very cool.
you want to cup coffees? drop in and see when folks will be cupping.
you want to buy a vacuum pot? swing by and choose from a couple (and get an explanation on how to make coffee at its best).
you want to choose from a dozen or so of the world's greatest coffees? no problem - they're all there.
it's really amazing. i've been dropping by as it's been getting close to opening and i think this has the chance to really push coffee to the next level. this gives the customers a chance to get the knowledge and insight that coffee professionals have - without having to get into the industry.
for far too long the coffee industry has treated this stuff as some sort of intellectual property and has done its best to obscure it from the customers. now the wall is falling.
drop by Belmont and SE 34th (two doors down from the Stumptown Cafe) and check it out.
it's a revolution.
the next big thing
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Contoocook Village Dam ( Merrimack )
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Contoocook Village Dam is a place of kind Dam belonging to the County of ( Merrimack ).
The closest populated place is that of Contoocook that is0.25 miles far from Contoocook Village Dam.
Contoocook Village Dam is also 17.30 miles far from the closest airport or heliport, the Concord Hospital Heliport .
The weather forecasting are available for the town of Contoocook , that is 0.25 miles far from Contoocook Village Dam .
The Zip Code of Contoocook Village Dam is 03229.
Besides Contoocook Village Dam in the County of ( Merrimack ) there are the following places of kind Dam . These are reported in what follows in alphabetical order:
Bear Brook State Park Dam - Bear Pond Dam - Benton Pond Hydro Dam - Berry Pond Dam - Bixby Pond Dam - Blackwater Dam - Blaisdell Lake Dam - Bog Pond Dam - Bradley Lake Dam - Briar Pipe Dam - Briar Pipe Dam On The Branch - Buck Street East Dam - Buck Street West Dam - Cascade Brook Dam - Center Dam - Chase Pond Dam - China Dam - Concord Water Works Dam - Contoocook Valley Paper Company Dam - Drew Lake Dam - Dubes Pond Dam - East Dam - East Turning Pond Dam - Eastman Falls Dam - Edward H York Dam - Fifield Farm Pond Dam - Flaghole Pond Dam - Franklin Falls Dam - Franklin Falls Dam - Garvins Falls Dam - Giles Pond Dam - Goldfish Pond Dam - Goose Pond Dam - Grassy Pond Dam - Hall Mountain Marsh Dam - Hayes Swamp Dam - Heads Pond Dam - Highland Lake Dam - Hoague-Sprague Dam - Hoit Road Marsh Dam - Hooksett Dam - Hopkinton Dam - Hoyt Brook Dam - Huckins Dam - Johnson Mill Dam - Kimball Pond Dam - Kimble Lake Dam - Knights Meadow Marsh Dam - Knowles Pond Dam - Lake Winnepocket Dam - Loch Lyndon Reservoir Dam - Long Pond Dike - Lower School Pond Dam - Lyford Pond Dike - Morey Pond Dam - New Pond Dam - Northwood Lake Dam - Old Reservoir Dam - Pembroke Dam - Pillsbury Lake Dam - Pittsfield Mill Dam - Pleasant Lake Dam - Putney Meadow Pond Dam - Saint Pauls School Dam - Sanborn Pond Outlet Dam - Saw Mill Dam Breeched - Sewalls Falls Dam - Stark Pond Dam - Sulloway Mills Dam - Tannery Pond Dam - Todd Lake Dam - Turtle Pond Dam - Warner River Dam - Webster Dam - Webster Lake Dam - West Turning Pond Dam - Whites Pond Outlet Dam .
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- Capital : Concord
- Inhabitants : New Hampshirite (Granite Stater, Hamster)
- State's Motto : Live Free or Die
- English translation : Live Free or Die
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Student tickets go on sale Monday for season opener vs. Syracuse
Student tickets go on sale Monday for season opener vs. Syracuse
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State students who are interested in attending the Nittany Lion's 2013 season opener against Syracuse at MetLife Stadium on Saturday, Aug. 31, will have an opportunity to purchase tickets at 7 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 26. The tickets can be purchased at Gate B (northeast corner) of the Bryce Jordan Center.
A limited number of student tickets will be made available on a first-come, first served basis. Each student will be permitted to purchase two tickets at $25 per ticket and must present a valid Penn State ID+ Card to secure the tickets. All sales of all tickets will be done on a cash only basis. Credit cards and checks will not be accepted.
If student tickets still remain after 8 a.m. on Monday, the sale will move from Gate B to the Athletic Ticket Office inside the BJC. Student tickets will be available until 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 29, unless the student allotment is exhausted earlier.
The Blue and White Brigade is a new program sponsored by the University Park Undergraduate Association that will provide transportation to selected away football games at no cost to students. The buses currently are at capacity, but students still may sign up for a waiting list in the event seats open. The Syracuse game at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey and the Ohio State game at Ohio Stadium have been selected as games the Blue and White Brigade will be traveling to for the 2013 Football Season.
Public tickets for the 3:30 p.m. kickoff vs. Syracuse, as well as Penn State season and single game tickets are available by calling 1-800-NITTANY.
Penn State enters its second season under head coach Bill O'Brien, who was the 2012 Bear Bryant, Maxwell Football Club and ESPN National Coach of the Year and the Big Ten Dave McClain Coach of the Year. The Nittany Lions posted an 8-4 overall mark in 2012 and finished second in the Big Ten Leaders Division with a 6-2 record.
Penn State returns 16 starters and 37 letterwinners for the 2013 campaign. Season tickets are available for the 2013 season. The Nittany Lions will host three teams that finished in the 2012 BCS Top 25: Michigan (Oct. 12-Homecoming), Nebraska (Nov. 23) and Kent State. Purdue, Illinois, UCF and Eastern Michigan also will visit Beaver Stadium this year. The Nittany Lions open the season Aug. 31 vs. Syracuse at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.
The Nittany Lions received votes in the Preseason AP Top 25 poll and will play four teams that appear in the both the AP Poll and the USA Today Coaches Poll: Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio State and Wisconsin. Along with the four teams ranked in the Top 25, Penn State opponents Kent State and UCF each receiving votes in the preseason USA Today Coaches Poll. The Golden Flashes ended the 2012 season with an 11-3 record and an appearance in the GoDaddy.com Bowl, while UCF was 10-4 overall and defeated Ball State in the Beef O'Brady's Bowl in 2012.


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Jersey Shore star Ronnie Ortiz-Magro is speaking out on the way he treated his on again, off again, on again, off again, and now on again girlfriend in Miami.
In a new interview, the 23-year-old expresses regret over the way he treated Sammi Giancola, 22,while the couple filmed the second season of the MTV hit show in Miami. Ronnie was shown on the show going out to clubs, kissing other women, then coming home and jumping into bed with Sammi.
"When I saw myself in the club with those girls [it] was, 'Wow, you're the man right now at the club. You look f—ing awesome,'" he told MTV. "And then when I go home to Sam, I'm like, 'Wow, I'm embarrassed. I'm ashamed of myself. I'm embarrassed about what I did to her.'"
Ronnie also swears he isn't a bad boyfriend, despite what the rest of the world might think. "I'm not that guy. I don't know what I was thinking about," he said. "I watch it and I'm just like, 'You're an idiot. You are an idiot. Like, what are you thinking about?"


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Williamsport Grade 1
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Thursday, March 6, 2014
Wonderful Sky
The first graders from Williamsport came to the planetarium today for the program Wonderful Sky. They brought along their imaginary paintbrushes and created a day time and night time sky at the planetarium and even made it rain. Then we went on an amazing rocket trip through space. They also created their very own constellations in the night sky. Here are some pictures from their trip!
Astronomers Of The Day
At the end of the visit each teacher chose their Astronomer of the Day. These students exhibited the participation, listening and questioning skills needed to make a great astronomer! Congratulations to our Astronomers of the Day!


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Karen Handel, the former Susan G. Komen for the Cure executive at the center of last year's public clash with Planned Parenthood, says she'll be running for an open U.S. Senate seat in Georgia.
Handel's announcement Friday shakes up an already crowded contest among Republicans vying for the seat held by U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss, who is retiring next year. Three of Georgia's Republican congressmen have announced plans to run.
Handel, a former secretary of state, narrowly lost the GOP primary for governor in 2010 and is expected to tap quickly into her statewide network of supporters. Handel was a top Komen executive when the charity announced plans to cut off funding for Planned Parenthood. It later reversed course amid a public outcry, and Handel resigned earning support from conservatives.


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Revolutionary Summer: The Birth of American Independence by Joseph J. Ellis, narrated by Stefan Rudnicki
Published in audio by Random House Audio, published in print by Knopf, both imprints of Random House
From the publisher:
The summer months of 1776 witnessed the most consequential events in the story of our country's founding. While the thirteen colonies came together and agreed to secede from the British Empire, the British were dispatching the largest armada ever to cross the Atlantic to crush the rebellion in the cradle. The Continental Congress and the Continental Army were forced to make decisions on the run, improvising as history congealed around them. In a brilliant and seamless narrative, Ellis meticulously examines the most influential figures in this propitious moment, including George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and Britain's Admiral Lord Richard and General William Howe. He weaves together the political and military experiences as two sides of a single story, and shows how events on one front influenced outcomes on the other.
Thoughts on the story:
I am seriously impressed by Revolutionary Summer. It is a relatively brief book, just about seven hours in audio, but Ellis conveys a lot of information – including much that is glossed over in most accounts – in a very clear manner. He intertwines both the political and the military happenings of that summer, showing readers how they interrelate and influence one another. It is well-organized and informative, really a top-notch history.
Thoughts on the audio production:
Rudnicki has a wonderfully resonant voice and presents Revolutionary Summer clearly, adding just the right amount of audible interest.
A wonderful audiobook and a wonderful look at American history. A great listen for 4th of July weekend.
For more information, please see the publisher's page.
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Philips Releases New Ambilight HDTV Models
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Design, HDTV, Home Entertainment, Smart Home
After its recent debut at the IFA, Philips has released its Ambilight TV with models 32PF9731D and 42PF9731D, featuring 1366 x 768 resolution panels, and its 37PF9731D with a 1920 x 1080 1080p set. All three feature Philips' Pixel Plus technology integrated with digital tuners and boast 2x HDMI ports along with two RGB scart sockets, component video input, S/PDIF in/out and an Ethernet port on the rear. Philips also utilizes Dolby Digital for full surround sound, and a USB connector for easy play.
Philips claims that Ambilight "makes an impressive contribution to the overall viewing experience with ambient light to complement the colours and light intensity of the image on screen. It creates ambiance, stimulates more relaxed viewing and improves perceived picture detail, contrast and colour."
To experience Ambilight for yourself visit Philips. At price points of £1,799 (~$3396), £2,499 (~$4717) and £3,000 (~$5663), we may have to wait to catch Ambilight at the neighbors' next Superbowl party.
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