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Troy, NY 12180
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SARAH SCHERMERHORN'S DIARY (Resident of Northumberland, Saratoga Co.,NY
Sarah Jane Schermerhorn's diary was purchased by Mrs. Joan Szablewski in a Northville book store in 1989. The diary is written on the blank pages of- Mitchell's School Atlas Comprising the Maps,. etc. -Designed to Illustrate Mitchell's School and Family Geography published by Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co.,Philadelphia,PA {1849}).
Sarah Jane's diary is a record of her daily life between the period of 18 Nov.1866 and March 18, 1867 Sarah Jane did not use any punctuation in her diary and often spelled the same words different ways. For clarity I have placed dashes between unrelated statements but I have used the diarist's spelling. Some of the words are difficult to read or cannot be read at all. Sarah Jane often wrote given names and surnames in non-capital letters and these I have underlined to make them easier to read.
Sarah Jane apparently did piece work on gloves or mittens in her home for local glove manufacturers in nearby Fulton County. She has listed, in this Atlas, the type of work she did and her wages for same. There are lists dated 1864, 1868 and Apr. 1866 to Jan. 1867. .
Sarah Jane did work for a glove manufacturer named Day who was probably connected with Day & Steele, a glove factory that was located in the City of Gloversville, Fulton Co., NY. The Mr. Vail/Vale mentioned in the diary may be connected with the glove and mitten factory in nearby Vail's Mills in the Town of Mayfield, Fulton Co., NY
Sarah Jane Schermerhorn was born c1834 in Saratoga Co. the daughter of Thomas & Charlotte Negus (1850 Census Town of Providence, Saratoga Co. NY, Page 396). Sarah Jane Negus married c1850-1855, Abram Schermerhorn, born c1835, Schenectady Co. NY, son of Nicholas & Elizabeth Schermerhorn (1855 State Census, Providence, Saratoga Co.NY). According to the various census enumerations the Abram Schermerhorns had no children or at least children who survived infancy. Perhaps the Jenny Lind born 1863 and mentioned on first page of the diary was their child. Sarah Jane & Abram last appear in the 1880 Census in the Town of Providence. Abram, age 45,is listed as a laborer and Sarah J., age 46,is keeping house (Page 6, Family #42/44).
In the 1855-1865 State Census' for the town of Providence, Abram and Sarah Jane are living with Abram's parents Nicholas & Elizabeth Schermerhorn. N. SCHERMERHORN is shown on the 1866 Map of Providence. By 1871, Abram and his father lived in separate residences. Abram, occupation farmer, with 42 acres of land, resided in Village
of Hagedorn's Mill, Town of Providence. His father, occupation farmer, with 70 acres of land, lived in West Providence. ((1871 Saratoga Co. Directory, Page 225).
There are no probate records for the Abram Schermerhorns at either Saratoga or Fulton Co. Surrogate Courts nor are there any land evidences in these two counties to show what happened to them. Sarah Jane and her husband probably belonged to the Methodist Episcopal Church of Providence. This church was organized in 1841-42 in West Providence. It existed for 30 years until 1871 when a new Methodist Society was formed. (Nathaniel B. SYLVESTER, History of Saratoga Co. NY {reprint 1979} Heart of the Lakes Publishing Co. Interlaken, NY). Some of the early members of this church appear to be mentioned in the diary as fellow church members of Sarah Jane. On the 1866 Map the ME Church is located near the Schermerhorn residence.
One can read Sarah Jane's Diary in conjunction with the Providence census enumerations, the 1866 map and the Saratoga Co. Directory for Providence, and learn much about the family units and daily lives of the Schermerhorn family and their friends and neighbors - where they lived - who they lived with - how they worked and how they played. -
Thank you Sarah Jane Schermerhorn for this record
NOTE: Sarah J's record also contains some recipes and a sad poem or two.
The original Diary is now housed at the Fonda Archives.
PROVIDENCE 1863?/1869? Jenny lind was born about sundown.
1866 FRIDAY NOVEMBER THE 15 - cold and windy and father has ben to Stephens after Mother and Abram has ben to Hyram LYONS after my turkeys -I am not very well and Hyram- heart has ben here.
SATURDAY NOVEMBER THE l6 DAY - snowed the most of the day and we went to Jimies - Eliza went with us.
SUNDAY NOVEMBER THE 17 DAY - and cold with some snow and we come from Jimies - took dinner with Peter PRINGLE?
-MONDAY NOVEMBER THE 18 DAY - very cold and clear and we have had 4 different ones here to call on us and Abram has ben to the fishouse to trade harness - did not trade. (Note: Sir Wm. Johnson in 1762 owned a fishing-house on the Fulton Co. border of the town of Providence (Saratoga Co.), around which sprung up a village, part of which called Fayville, lies in the town of Providence).
-TUESDAY NOVEMBER THE 19 DAY - it is very cold and windy - John- allen and Frank SLEEZER took dinner here and father has ben to mill.
-WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER THE 20 - not quite so cold but snowed the most of the day and I have ben a washing and Abram has ben to the Ouderkirks and Edward TRIVET has ben here to beg for wife Bets.
-THURSDAY NOVEMBER THE 21 - Not quite so cold and Abram has ben to the fishouse and father has ben to the Fundybush with wood. (Note: Fundysbush - Fondas Bush - A village in Town of Broadallbin, Fulton Co. NY).
-FRIDAY NOVEMBER THE 22 - quite warm with a little rain and Abram has ben to Fundysbush with a load of wood. I am not very well.
-SATURDAY NOVEMBER THE 23 DAY - not very warm but damp and foggy - Abram has gone to Fundysbush with wood.-
SUNDAY NOVEMBER THE 24 DAY - very foggy and dark and Eliza is here and Charley - I have ben a writing a letter to Martha - our dog come at night watch.
-NOVEMBER THE 25 DAY very foggy and damp and DAY has ben here and several others and Abram is drawing wood out of the woods and John was here for the last time and took dinner.
-NOVEMBER THE 26 DAY - and it raines and little Abram and Lander/Sander come here a little while and they went down to Jimies - Abram went with them.
- 1866 - NOVEMBER WEDNESDAY THE 27 - quite warm and pleasant and they have just come from Jimies and Mr. -stone has ben here. I am not very well. - NOVEMBER THE 27 1866 Very pleasent and had babtising to the church - the two Sarah TRIVET were sprinkled and we had the three ministers to stay all night and had a happy time.
(Note: 2 listings under one date of Nov. 27)
-NOVEMBER THE 2 - it rained all day and Dennis SHAW died.
-NOVEMBER THE 29 - it was very cloudy and rained the most of the day - we went to meeting at night in the rain and had quite a happy time and had to send for VAILES.
-NOVEMBER THE 30 - quite cloudy with snow squalls the most of the day with very high winds.
-DECEMBER THE l- quite pleasent and with high winds and I went down to Joes and sent for my forkes? by Edwin and got a letter from Johney.
-DECEMBER THE 2 - very pleasent - stayed home - went to meeting at night - the church was full.
-DECEMBER THE 3 quite pleasent - I and -susan went to Mr. LAMBS a visiting and father come at night.
-DECEMBER THE 4 - rained very hard all day and I have ben a washing. Mellisia SMITH was married.
-DECEMBER THE 5 - quite pleasent and warm and you? and father went up to uncle Millers and they was 4 weddings - did not go to meeting.
-DECEMBER THE 6 - quite warm today and Frank TREVET has ben a ploughing and Abagail and Sarah has ben here.
-DECEMBER THE 7- not very pleasent and Frank LYONS was here a ploughing and Abram has ben over to the MILLERS to the meeting and VALES.
-DECEMBER THE 8 - quite rainy - staid a home all day and father is to our house.
-DECEMBER THE 9 -quite pleasant and we went to meeting and had a happy time and father went with us.
-DECEMBER THE 10 - quite plesent today but cold - we have ben over to -libe COLE this evening to an oyster supper and VALES went with us and we had a good time.
-DECEMBER THE 11 - very cold but plesent and they have gone to meeting this evening and I stayed at home.
-DECEMBER THE 12 - quite cold - staid home all day - did not go to meeting.
-DECEMBER THE 13- extreamly cold with high winds and not very happy?
-DECEMBER THE 14 - quite pleasent but cold and poor Jack died and was draged away down the bank and Julia? and Mary was hear and I was a washing.
-DECEMBER THE 15 - very plesant but cold and I have been making sausage??.
-DECEMBER THE 16 - very cold with snow and Abram has gone and Eliza is hear and not very happy.
-DECEMBER THE 17 - quite a deep snow and Abram has taken a sleigh ride and I staied home all day.
-DECEMBER THE 18 - very pleasent day and Abram has ben in the woods all day and they was a meeting - i did not go - they was not but five or six there - was not much of a meeting.
-THE 19 - quite cloudy and I took a sleigh ride for the first and went to Mr. -hearts in the evening.
-The 20- very extreamley cold but clear and we went to Susannahs at night and they wasnt a great many out and we got about ninety dollers donation and VAILES was here.
-THE 21 - very clear and cold - staied home all day and they had meeting to Edwins at night and I did not go and VAILES and -Levi called
-DECEMBER THE 22 - not so cold as usual but clear - staied at home and Miss LAMB was hear a visiting and VALES was hear and we have ben a drawing wood.
-DECEMBER THE 23 - very cloudy and raining hard - they was meeting - we did not go - we went to bed and they sent for us to come but did not go - Father went - had good time.
-THE 24 - quite warm - stayed home all day - Edwin come and fixed the door and Susan come to and we went to the Christmas tree the evening to the Baptist church.
-THE 25 - rather pleasent and warm - have ben holding Christmas down to Dick VANWRANKIN - went to brother ORRES to meeting in the evening - Abram and father went - I did not go - it is very good wagoning and Granny WOODDARD died about 10 o'clock.
-DECEMBER THE 26 - quite pleasent today and I am a washing and they had meeting to Saul COLES and Abram went and they had a glorious meeting thear - little- ed orre got quite happy and CURREN? had vendue (note: a public sale by auction) and VALES was here and we received a letter from Johney.
-THE 27 - Snowed all day hard and A _?__both went to the funeral to WOODARDS - I did not go - Abram dont forget yon? farmers??? much - the banks are very high and it is very cold.
-THE 29 - very cold with high winds and high snow banks and Abram is sick abed and i am not well and VALES and a brother WOLWURTH at night and- george hart also.
HE 30 - quite pleasent weather and the woods are very bad and they had meeting to brother TREVETS and they had quite a happy time and Jo and Charley was hear.
-THE 31 - not very cold today and they are a breaking roads and Abram is getting better and no meeting tonight.
-JANUARY 1 - New Year - quite moderate weather and we have ben down to Edwins to cold new years - Jo and Margaret? was with us thear to and they went to ORREYS to meeting at night and VALES was hear and went to see- tiped over in the drifts when we went down to Edwins.
-THE 2 DAY - quite pleasent day - stayed home all day and they shoveled out the road and Abram went to meeting to Edw.? TREVET at night - did not have a very good meeting.
-THE 3 - a very pleasent day - did not go anywhears and Abram went to the new year tree in the evening and VALES stay here all night as usual. - -THE 4 DAY - very clear and nice and Abram has ben out to Fundesbush and sister -lamb has ben hear and Marion? has ben hear and VALES also and Father has gone to Edwins to meeting tonight.
-THE 5 - very good winters weather today and Susanah were to se us and Joseph come after her for -libe and her mother come thear and mis -lamb was hear to - she had ben to -edwins to meeting - they have ben a traveling to circuit - that is father and VALES and Miss LAMB.
-THE 6 - rather stormy today and Eliza is hear - they have meeting to the church - we did not go.
-THE 7 - very severe cold weather today and the snow drifts very bad and I have ben a washing and DAY come with leather.
-THE 8 - very cold and we went to brother ORREYS a visiting and they had a house full of company and meeting at night and we stayed and come through the drifts home.
-THE 9 - not quite so cold - ___?___ home all day and had meeting to Mr. -lambs and they had quite a fuss about VALES and he left and come down hear.
-THE 10 - it is quite mild weather and I have taken a ride and have ben a distributing some of the silver wedding tickets around and they have meeting to brother sleezers.
-OF THE 11 - quite mild to and Susanah and Jo has ben here to se us and they had meeting to Edwins - i did not go and VAILES were here.
-OF THE 12 - today quite moderate day for the time a year and I have ben up to the fishouse and Mr. -henry has ben here and miss -hart and the tin peddler and VAILES to also.
-THE 13 - very cold day and we went over to Stephens and to meeting at night and VAILE staid here.
-OF 14 DAY OF JANUARY - quite cold - staid home all day and went to Edwins to a silver wedding in the evening and had an Oyster supper - they was about 25 there.
-OF THE 15 - it is quite cold and chilly today and Hiram has ben here twice and Abram went down and got his father to -eds.
-THE 16 - pretty cold today and they have meeting to Hyram LYONS and father went and we stayed home and I got a letter from Mrs. ALLEN at night and they had a good meeting.
-THE 17 - it snowes today and Jo fetched Mother and Father home in the morning and they was a peddler here with lamp burners and Abram bought one. - -THE 18 - it is very blustrey and cold and Harriet -grey come here through the snow and we went down to Joes in the afternoon and Jim come atnight from MILLERS.
THE 19 - not very warm today and Jim is hear and he and Abram has ben to COMBS and -hirams.
-THE 20 - not very cold today and I have ben to meeting to the church and to mr. ORREYS to meeting in the evening - they had a good many there.
-THE 21 today - quite mild today - stayed home all day and Miss -lamb has bem here this evening and made us a cake. DAY did not come.
-THE 22 - not quite so cold today and I have ben a washing and have got a sore throat and we sent a leter to Johney and Abram and father started to go to -oreys to meeting and it was so drifted they come back again and the baptist have a donation.
-THE 23 - quite nice weather today and DAY has ben here to get his work - they had meeting to levi BOOTHS - we did not go.
-THE 24 TODAY - and it thaws some today and I am quite sick and laid abed all day - VAILES was here.
-THE 25 TODAY - and I am not much better and Mrs. LAMB has sent for us to come there and have an oyster supper and we cant go - Abram has gone to mill.
-THE 26 - rather stormy today and I am some better and father has gone down to Edwins and Charley come home with him and VAILES was here.
-THE 27 TODAY - and the snow blowes and drifts very bad and Charley is here yet - they was no meeting and I am better.
-THE 28 TODAY - and Charley has just gone home and it blowes some yet and- tileson has ben here to se about breaking roads but they did not break any road today - it was so bad.
-THE 29 TODAY - and the snow blowes and drifts as bad as ever today and I am some better today and Abram has ben up to Mr. LAMBS and the roads are drifted full yet.
THE 30 TODAY - and it is quite a plesent day and they have ben a shoveling out the well and I was quite smart - they have meeting to Edwins - we do not go - -squire heart come up.
-THE 31 - cloudy and cold today and Abram has ben down to Edwins and to Julius? to get the sleigh fixed and he is not very well and they have meeting to brother OREYS - we did not go. - 1867
-FEBRUARY THE l DAY - quite warm with rain and Abram is drawing wood and I am quite well
-FEBRUARY THE 2 - quite moderate weather and Stephen and the to little girls is here to se us - the snow has settled a considerable with rain.
-THE 3 TODAY - it is very dark and cloudy with rain - the snow goes quite fast - they was meeting to the church - we did not go this evening.
-THE 4 TODAY - and it is quite mild and warm and not much traval and it has commenced snowing this evening.
-THE 5 TODAY - and it is quite warm and thawey and we have ben down to Joes with Edwin and have had quite a good time.
-THE 6 - not very cold and it thaws a little and we have ben to Hyram LIONS to meeting and had a good meeting and Rhoada has started anew.
-THURSDAY THE 7 - a very beautiful day and I and father has ben to the fishouse a trading and they has ben another man here after wood and -fred has ben here and Mr.LAMB has gone a visiting today.
-FRIDAY THE 8 - it is a very warm pleasent day and Daniel ALLEN come to se us and Fred was cutting wood for us and he cut his foot and Abram has ben a drawing wood - it rained at night.
-SATURDAY 9 - it is quite foggy and rainey today and -daniel has gone away and I have ben down to Hyrams this afternoon - raines very hard now.
-SUNDAY TODAY - and the wind blowes very hard with snow squalls and they have a meeting to the church - I did not go and VAILES had them take a vote hear to get his reckomend and he carried the day - Eddy froze his ears - we had quite a good meeting - VAILES was here.
-MONDAY TODAY - and I am a washing and Mary come here and stayed all day and Abram has ben to the tannery and et dinner with Mary HENRY?
-TUESDAY TODAY THE 12 - quite pleasent and I am a baking and Abram is in the woods a cutting wood and I have put on my comfater and am very tired and they have meeting to Saul -coles - we did not go.
-WEDNESDAY THE 13 - quite warm today and I am a baking again and Abagail and miss ROCKWELL is hear a visiting and I have got my confeter done and it has commenced raining.
-THURSDAY THE 14 - quite warm and thawey and the snow is very low and they expected meeting to the church and so many did not come and we are a baking again today.
-FRIDAY THE 1 - quite moderate weather and we are a baking again and Abram has just come from Hiram and we are a baking again.
-SATURDAY THE 16 - it raines very hard and it raines very hard and it is fathers birthday and we have the most of the children home to eat dinner with us - they were 15 in all together and we had a pretty good time and he had several presents.
-SUNDAY THE 17 - and it is quite pleasent and thawey and Fred has just gone home and we have no meeting today - the wind blowes very hard and I staid home all day - they had meeting to _? SLEEZERS and Abram went afoot.
-MONDAY THE 18 - and very cold and I have ben a washing and Eliza has ben here to se us.
-TUESDAY THE 19 - not very cold and I put a quilt on and Mary and Julia come and helped me all amd we wemt tp meeting to Edwins in the eaving - had a very good meeting.
-WEDNESDAY THE 20 - and it snowes today and uncle NEGUS and aunt come and Henery -shipman and his wife and they helped get it of that is my quilt and Mr. VAILES has his last dames school and at night a ____ school?.
-THURSDAY THE 21 - and it snowes quite hard and Abram has gone over to Edward TRIVETS to take uncle -davis and aunt over to -taber austens.
-FRIDAY THE 22 - not very warm today and we have ben over to Stephens and Joseph and Susanah was there to and Eliza was not very well.
-SATURDAY THE 23 - quite cold and it has commenced snowing some and father has gone to fundesbush with a load of wood.
-SUNDAY THE 24 - it is a very pleasent day with high winds and Abram has ben up to se -fred this forenoon and we took a ride this afternoon and Jenney felt pretty good and I sent a letter to William henery MILLER.
-MONDAY THE 25 - a very pleasent day and father has ben to fundesbush with a load of wood and William HENERY has ben here and Abram has gone down to HANKS with him and -hiram lyon has bem here.
-TUESDAY THE 26 - another very pleasent day and come from HANKS and I went down to Leroy/Lorey ?? MANCHESTERS a visiting for the first time and Abram as ben up to ORREYS.
-WEDNESDAY THE 27 - a plesent today and Abram has ben down to Bill -nashes vendue and father has ben to fundesbush with wood and Mr. -henery has ben here.
-THURSDAY THE 28 - another plesant day and I have ben a washing and little Eliza has ben here and I have got a letter from Martha and father has ben out to the bush again and I have taken a ride.
-MARCH THE l DAY - quite a mild day and father has gone to fundysbush and we have taken a ride down to -edwins to se about my bedsted.
-SATURDAY THE 2 DAY - rather rainey in the forenoon with very high winds in the afternoon and Abram has gone to -daggets and I did not go and stayed all night and Mr. SANDFORD has ben here and I dont feel very well.
-SUNDAY THE 3 DAY - not very cold and Abram has just come from- daggets and Mr. SHANLEY has ben here and -eddy and Eliza and -Jany?.
NOTE: The next day is Monday the 5 - Sarah Jane apparently got her dates mixed up.
-MONDAY THE 5 - rather snowey today and Abram has ben down to- edwins and we have had and invitation to and extra supper to Nelson -bakers and father has gone to meeting to Joes. (Note: extra supper probably a mistake for oyster supper).
-TUESDAY THE 6 - not a very warm day but pleasent and -susan was here and Edwin and VALES and they all took diner - they had ben to town meeting and Joe went over to Nelson BAKERS to an oyster supper -had a good time.
-WEDNESDAY THE 7 - quite pleasent today and John -dagget has ben here and I have ben down to se the babby for the first and I have a bad cold - they have meeting to- saul coles - we did not go.
-THURSDAY THE 8 - snowes hard all day and Abram has ben up to- lambs and they have meeting to -levi booths - we did not go - brother VAILES is staying here yet - my eye is very bad.
-FRIDAY THE 9 - a very fine day and father has ben out to the bush and mother has ben down to uncle -pelegs and I have got my bedsted and put it up and they is meeting to OREYS - we did not go.
-SATURDAY THE 10 - not very pleasent and we are going up to the ORREYS and I have a bad cold and father has gone to the bush again - -lambs has got home.
-SUNDAY THE 10 - and we have just come from ORREYS and it storms some and Joseph and Susanah is here - they have meeting to brother OREYS and Abram went - had a good meeting (Note: Mistake in dates again).
-MONDAY THE 11 - very warm and thawey and I have ben a washng and sister ORREY and Misses -fort and Sister -lamb has ben here today and VAILES to - -lamb and Ececk CHASE has ben to draw writings - they have meeting to Saul -coles. (Note: Writings probably means to draw deeds or other legal papers).
-TUESDAY THE 12 - snowed hard about all day and father went to the bush again and Charley was here and helped Abram saw some and Miss -heart was here after some milk and the old mair is lame.
-WEDNESDAY MARCH THE 13 - a very thawey day and I have ben up to Mr. -lambs and took diner and they come and I took my rolles up ther to spin and it is my birthday 33 years.
-THURSDAY THE 14 - plesent with high winds and we have gone to uncle NEGUS - was very cold when we got ther - they was meeting to -levi -booths.
-FRIDAY THE 15 - we come from uncle -davis and a very plesent day - not so cold and Abram has ben down to -uncle pelegs a little while.
-SATURDAY THE 16 - quite cold and cloudy today and Abram has ben up to -lambs and Harriet -grey come here at night and they had meeting to ORREYS - we did not go - Edwin and Susan was here a little while.
-SUNDAY THE 17 - it snowes very hard today and Charley is here and Harriet -grey is here and they have meeting to -lambs - we did not go - did not have any meeting.
-MONDAY 18 TODAY - and Harriet is here and the snow has drifted very bad and Abram has ben up to -hirams and to -lambs and Hiram is no better.
Providence October the 17, 1865 - We came from uncle NEGUS in the snow.
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Pizarro handed international ban
Claudio Pizarro is one of four Peru players given an 18-month suspension from the national team.
By Chris Burton
Last Updated: 28/03/08 5:09pm
Claudio Pizarro is one of four Peru players to have been given an 18-month suspension from the national team.
The Chelsea striker broke a curfew by helping to organize a party following a 1-1 draw with Brazil in a World Cup qualifier back in November.
Along with PSV Eindhoven's Jefferson Farfan, Almeria defender Santiago Acasiete and Steaua Bucharest forward Andres Mendoza, Pizarro has also been handed a £10,000 fine.
The Peruvian FA justice committee has ruled that the quartet's ban should start from the time of the offence, meaning that they will able to represent their country once more from May 2009.
Currently sitting second from bottom in the South American World Cup qualifying group, Peru look unlikely to reach the finals in South Africa now that they will be forced to cope without four of their most established stars.

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This edited volume deploys Deleuzian thinking to re-theorize fascism as a mutable problem in changing orders of power relations dependent on hitherto misunderstood social and political conditions of formation. The book provides a theoretically distinct approach to the problem of fascism and its relations with liberalism and modernity in both historical and contemporary contexts. It serves as a seminal intervention into the debate over the causes and consequences of contemporary wars and global political conflicts as well as functioning as an accessible guide to the theoretical utilities of Deleuzian thought for International Relations (IR) in a manner that is very much lacking in current debates about IR.
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The venue for this years historic Gathering of Eagles
and Kenpo International Hall of Fame is the
Sheraton Dallas Hotel
Book your hotel by calling Sheraton Dallas Hotel reservations at:
214-922-8000 or go to the website for details at:
If you are coming in on Wednesday or earlier then we recommend you stay at the MCM Elegante Hotel. They will give you rooms at $99/night, with airport shuttles and breakfast included. Just call the Elegante at: (214) 351-4477 and tell them "Gathering of Eagles" and you will get the good deal. They will also take you to the train station and for $2.50 you can get the 25 minute ride on the DART Orange Line train down to the Sheraton for the event! Just check "Travel Details" below for more train info.
Book your rooms now to stay at the Sheraton or Elegante or you will have to stay somewhere else and pay twice as much.... seriously!
- Early Registration at $235 runs through March 15th, 2017.
- Mid Registration at $255 runs March 16th through July 14th, 2017.
- Late Registration at $275 runs July 15th through August 13th, 2017.
- All reserved rooms in our room block go back into the general pool on July 28th at the then current rate (approx. $249+/night).
- The deadline for a meal at the banquet is Monday, August 7th, 2017. If you register at the door, you pay full price but won't have a meal at the awards banquet, sorry, but this is the hotel's cut-off. There are absolutely NO walk-ins for the dinner.
We suggest you fly into DFW (Dallas Fort Worth International Airport) and take the train to the hotel. There are no airport hotel shuttles to the Sheraton (private ones like Superior One: 972-488-0612 range from $40-50) but you don't have to rent a car or pay for a taxi ride (cab is $40-$50) when you stay at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel - instead, jump on the airport "Skylink" to the Orange Line (DART Rail) and it will take you door-to-door in about 55 minutes! The 2 hour rail pass is $2.50. This is the best deal and one of the reasons we chose this hotel. If you do rent a car, there is a mandatory nightly self parking fee of $25, or valet parking fee of $34.
You can also fly in to Love Field Airport (DAL) and then take a taxi or Uber to the Sheraton Hotel Dallas. Love Field is closer to the Sheraton but does not offer the train option.
Travel details if you fly to DFW airport:
- Once you land and get your bags, go upstairs to the Skylink (airport monorail) and get off at the second Terminal "A" stop (gates 1-20).
- Go down the stairs and take a left to Gate A-14
- Opposite Gate A-14, you will see the exit doors and signs for Ground Transportation
- Go out the exit doors and take a right to DART Rail.
- 50 yards down you follow the arrows and will take a right under the covered walkway.
- Just before you get to the tracks you will see two friendly ticket machines on the right, you want to purchase an "Adult Ticket", then select "2 Hour ", then select "Local 2 Hour - $2.50", then put in your money ($2.50 cash) and your ticket and any change appears, vending machine style, in the bottom!
- You are now a ticketed passenger! Get on the next train (they run every 20 minutes during work and rush hours and every 30 minutes during early and late hours).
- Don't worry, there is only one train and it's the "Orange Line" it will take you all the way to the "Pearl/Arts District Station" across the street from the Sheraton Hotel. This is the 15th stop once you leave the DFW airport.
- The ride will take about 55 minutes.
- When you leave to go home after this great weekend, just do the same in reverse!
- You can rent a car at the airport and drive downtown instaed, but remember you have to pay for parking at the Sheraton each night!
Travel details if you fly to Love Field airport:
- You will need to get a taxi, "Uber" or "Lift" to get to the Sheraton hotel from Love Field.
- You can rent a car at the airport and drive downtown instead, but remember you have to pay for parking at the Sheraton each night!
If you are coming in a few days early (for the Big D Adventure Day) or staying a couple days after the event to experience more of our great city and state, let us know, and we can negotiate the same great room rate for those extra days (while the supply of rooms lasts).


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On March 2nd, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson signed the Jones Act, and Puerto Ricans were recognized as legal citizens of the United States of America, although with a peculiar form of citizenship circumscribed in a number of ways. They enjoy the freedom to live, work, and study in any part of the United States without legal restrictions. Nevertheless, they may not vote in presidential elections unless they are registered residents in one of the fifty states. Island residents pay the US social security tax but not the federal income tax. Although Puerto Ricans pay social security tax, they are excluded from Supplemental Security income and receive reduce Medicaid funding. In addition to this, the island has, like the District of Columbia, a nonvoting delegate in the U.S. Congress, who partakes in the regular affairs of Congress, although his vote may not determine the result of any issue.
But probably the BIGGEST difference between mainlanders and Puerto Ricans is that the US Congress can change, amend or terminate the benefit of American Citizenship to future Puerto Rican children born on the island (cf. territory clause: Article IV, section 3, clause 2). This distinction comes from the fact that there are different types of U.S. citizenship. In the case of Puerto Rico, the Jones Act provided its people with statutory, and not constitutional citizenship. Statutory citizenship means that a person's citizenship requires a law or laws to define it (i.e. the case of a federal territory -Puerto Rico- that isn't part of any state of the Union) whereas constitutional citizenship is automatically conferred on people born in any of the fifty states. It should be highlighted that a congressional decision wouldn't revoke the citizenship of people who already have it.
So, due to the fact that the statutory citizenship allows the U.S. Congress to treat Puerto Ricans as a separate and different category of U.S. citizen, Can an island-born Puerto Rican run for President of the United States – without of course a constitutional amendment?
The answer is … I really don't know. But I'd love to ask this question to the Supreme Court of the United States. It would seem that a citizen via statute is constitutionally ineligible to serve as Commander-in-Chief or even Vice-President.
Let's see..
According to the Constitution of the United States, Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 :
No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.
The meaning of this "natural born" has been the subject of controversy because it isn't clearly defined anywhere in the Constitution. Who can forget for example the detailed examination of Senator John McCain's eligibility to be president? McCain was born in the unincorporated Panama Canal Zone and his parents were both American citizens. But apparently this wasn't enough to satisfy the constitutional requirements as he wasn't considered to be a "natural born". Nevertheless, in April 2008 the Senate approved a resolution declaring that McCain was eligible to be president.
True, Puerto Rico is an incorporated territory, and it wasn't made part of the United States in the fullest sense. Plus, a series of early 20th century decisions known as the Insular Cases, ruled that unincorporated territories acquired by the United States weren't part of the nation for constitutional purposes. But if McCain was eligible, why a Puerto Rican wouldn't be? If someone knows the answer to this enigma, I would be more than pleased to hear it.
Status of persons born in Puerto Rico
Type of citizen
Military Occupation
July 25, 1898‐April 11, 1899
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Ratification of Treaty of Paris
April 11, 1899‐Present
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Fuel-Cell Venture Firm Formed
Mitsubishi Corp., Johnson Matthey PLC and Shell Hydrogen, part of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group, said Monday they have agreed to form a venture capital firm focused on fuel cells and related hydrogen technologies.
The firm, called Conduit Ventures Ltd., plans to raise a fund of $100 million, with initial investment from Shell, Mitsubishi and Johnson Matthey. It will invest in companies that have established fuel cell and hydrogen technologies and are seeking further capital for commercial sales and development, the companies said.
Conduit will be based in London and will invest primarily in Europe, Canada and the United States. It plans to invest between $1 million and $10 million in mid-stage private companies.
The firm will be managed by two former investment bankers: John Butt, former director of European mergers and acquisitions at Schroder Salomon Smith Barney, and John Knight, its former head of European oil and gas.


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About Ubuntu
When I joined WordPress I never introduced myself properly, my apologies, I'd like to rectify my mistake, hopefully it's not too late.
Ubuntu is my legacy. Most artists' earlier work is never discovered, and I'd be dammed if the same happened to mine, so I've decided to store my stories, articles and poetry here, to make it easier for future literature scholars to discover them some day, and share them with a larger audience hopefully.
I have struggled a lot, from my parents leaving me to be raised by grandparents who never truly wanted to, as I struggle with sharing a sense of belonging to this very day. To living with my dad and stepmom, daddy was an alcoholic so he never truly was around and stepmom drew a line so vivid between "step" and "mom" that even a blind person could see it. Needless to say it didn't work out in the end, so my aunt took me in, but reminded me every single day that nobody else wanted me, manipulated my gratitude and expected to be sung praises to like she was in fact God, The Book Of Yeezus. Mom only returned around my 10th grade, she and dad had reconciled by then, but he was then unemployed due to his alcoholism which significantly consumed him, so he was a nightmare to live with, not only were we that poor, but we were also abused, so picture being kicked in your "empty" stomach for no bloody reason at all.
Long story short, it is indeed a miracle to be sitting behind a computer screen and writing articles instead of being in a grave, or facing time in a maximum security prison. The day I had to grace prison, the victim dropped all charges. He gave us a second chance, as God did in countless instances that my crew "collided" with other crews and we came back in one piece. And God gave me a second chance, when he ensured my absence the day my close friend stabbed a man to death and was sentenced 25 to life.
My greatest tales are my greatest shames. No one has ever truly understood me, my high school teachers told me I had no potential to be anything at all, fellow students constantly mocked me and ostracized me, that loneliness has stuck with me to this very day, so much that in tertiary I only said about 10 words in a 3-year whole course, and in every job I've ever had I'd just read my book peacefully during lunch breaks that eventually co-workers would get me fired.
I'm currently unemployed, so this blog is to keep busy, make new friends and prevent insanity. I will tell you a lot about myself, assume a lot about you and the world around us, if you have so much time to yourself as I do, you happen to become very "creative", trust me. Hopefully someone out there will relate, even it's just one person, I will have fulfilled my duty.
I dream big, too big, and I want everyone with dreams as big as mine to know that they are not crazy, and to not let non-dreamers discourage them anyhow, even if it's your best friend, lover or even your mama, they can't tell you what you can or cannot be, the world is your oyster.
And to my dad, Rest in Peace Cowboy, we have forgiven you, forgive yourself as well. To my late son, daddy loves you so much, and he would have climbed mountains and swum with sharks just so you could have one good ass life, Rest in Peace young solder.
And to the rest of the world, I appreciated you reading this to these very last words, and hopefully it's not the last time.
Thank you so much, and my apologies again for not doing this sooner.


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What is 550 Paracord?
Paracord was originally used for suspension lines of parachutes. Inherent in its nylon design – due to the high risk nature of parachuting – is strength, durability and flexibility.
Historically used by the military, paracord is now used by military and civilians alike in a range of applications where lightweight cordage is required such as Prepping, hunting, camping, trekking and hiking.
Read about 10 Uses of Paracord here
The 550 refers to the minimum breaking weight of 550 pounds (lbs) or approx. 250kg. This is not to stay that a single strand can safely support 250kg and typically about 90kg is a recommended weight usage.
550 paracord is also know as type III (3) which will consist of a minimum of 7 internal nylon strands, each of which contain 3 braided strands. Paracord is not completely inelastic and provides up to 30% elasticity – originally to reduce the impact on parachute deployment.
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Read a photography book, put what you have read into practice. Beautiful photos and practical information are published to inspire you.
Use a new lens it can give you a new way of seeing things.
Be more critical, more practice can help you obtain a clear idea of your strengths and skills to develop.
Enter a photography competition, tight briefs and competitions can inspire and focus you.
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25 October 2015
Don't try this at home!
A better headline might be "13-YO get's a first hand lesson in Newton's third law".
There is simply no need in this state for a 13-YO to make his own shotgun when there are so many proper youth opportunities available.
Right there in his home city of Buckeye there is an SCTP program. $75/yr covers everything the student needs: coaches, shotgun, shells & birds. Everything an aspiring shooter needs!
The SCTP program will explain and enforce the safety rules. Embrace and abide the rules and you will have a safe & fun time. Reject the rules and expect to be quickly ejected from the program, for everyone's safety, including your own.
4 comments:
- jon spencer said...
Our club lets those under 18 shoot clays for free, if a adult is shooting a paying round. So for a member and a youth to shoot it is a total of $6.00 a round of sporting clays for both to shoot. Or $8.00 for non-members.
For rimfire rifle on Tuesdays the club supplies the rifle, ammo, targets and instruction for free to anyone under 18.
It's nice living in a sparsely populated area.
- October 27, 2015 at 7:41 AM
- danno said...
My club offers <18YOs half price clays. if your club offers free clays for youth, I hope you can see the screaming deal at your feet!
Then again the clays cost are roughly 25% of the cost of shooting. Generally a box of shells (25) is $6, and clays are $0.10 each. So an even round of 100 birds is $24 in shells + $10 in birds = $34.
Taking out the youth share means $24+5 = $29. A savings yes but nothing to write home about.
- October 28, 2015 at 10:33 PM
- Old NFO said...
Kids can learn for cheap or free at most clubs. This was just stupid... sigh
- October 30, 2015 at 5:01 PM
- Merle Morrison said...
Now thats a pretty serious zip gun!
- November 4, 2015 at 10:23 AM


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Here are some more recent projects...
Granny slippers!
Can be found here on ravelry...
DROPS alpaca headband. Pattern can be found here...
Saturday, February 20, 2010
More recent projects
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1 comment:
- Ms Muffin said...
those slippers are so CUTE!!! need some! will have to start making some asap!!!
- August 18, 2010 at 3:54 AM
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Forever Bogus Podcast – TAPSTUCK: Video Game Adaptations on VHS with Michael Myerz [02.07]
Welcome back Bogus listener to another installment of the Forever Bogus Podcast, "Where we've got Nostalgia on Tap!"
On this episode Bogus and his special guest, Michael Myerz, runs down the "huge" list of "radical" video game movie adaptations that were released on VHS. Then they jump into a detailed review of two, very special video game adaptation tapes from their very own collection. After that they discuss what video games should be made into a feature film.
What game do you think we chose to be made into a full length feature film? Tune in to find out!
Special Guest:
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[End of January] Our Video Game Past with Cody Shoemaker
[Mid February] Fan Theory: Dexter is Samurai Jack with Eli Laffolette


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Dear Mr. Thomas,
My name is Joey Esposito — I'm the Comics Editor at IGN.com and a creator of comics. As you've probably deduced by now, you've sparked a flame under the bellies of comic book fans everywhere. I'm not here to write you another rage-filled letter, but I am here to tell you that you are wrong.
The matter of Superman's actions is irrelevant; it's a fictional story, and there's no use endlessly debating the "new age pap" behind it. However, in your column, you fail to mention the actual point of the story — that Superman is meant to inspire hope to all nations, everywhere in the world. Is peace and hope exclusive to the U.S.? Superman's actions in the story are there to help better everyone. It's actually quite obvious, if one reads the story. But you didn't read the story.
I find it highly offensive to your journalistic "integrity" that you state, quite obviously in your piece for Fox News, that you didn't even bother to read what you were commenting on. Your basis for the entire piece you wrote was "from news reports." And later, you go on to reference Captain Marvel's Wikipedia page as a source of information when you try to make a point about the purity of superheroes. You can debate politics day in and day out, but it's too much effort to do a little research on pop culture icons? Captain Marvel has been in existence nearly as long as Superman, giving him 70+ years of source material to draw upon, but instead you rely on Wikipedia. Not only that, but you speak about him as though he doesn't exist anymore. Did the Wikipedia page not tell you that he's still alive and kicking alongside Superman at DC Comics?
Secondly, even more offensive is your assumption that comic book fans can't read. Your mentions of personal attachment to Superman make reference to the television show from when you were a kid; does this mean you've never actually read a Superman comic? You certainly neglected to read "The Incident," but have you read any comics in the past 30 years? You speak of it as though it's an illegitimate form of art, like comics haven't won Pulitzer Prizes and high-brow literary awards. You speak as though some of the greatest living writers and artists don't make comics regularly. I would never think to come into your arena and start spewing inaccuracies about politics, and I find it unfortunate that you think you could do so to us.
I respect that you have a personal opinion about what Superman should stand for. We all do. It's what makes him an icon. But to assume that you can so easily lump comic books and their fans into a category without actually knowing what you're talking about is terribly offensive and frankly, disheartening. I don't expect you to respond to this letter, but the least you can do is look beyond Wikipedia before you make claims about an industry and art that you have no stake in. Some of us do take comics as a serious business and art form, and I just want to make sure that you don't continue to misconstrue our love of words and pictures as unintelligence.
Joey Esposito
You too can write to Mr. Thomas regarding his column at Fox News that greatly misrepresents the comic book industry, its fans, and its creators. Please show him how incredibly wrong he his by writing an intelligent, well-informed note from his website's contact page, his Twitter account, call Fox News at 1-866-369-4762, or tweet the Fox News Twitter account. Copy and paste mine if you like. Just let him know how misinformed he sounds.


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Notre Dame fires coach Charlie Weis
This news don't surprise me in the least.
Saying its expectations on the field have not been met, Notre Dame fired coach Charlie Weis on Monday after five seasons.
A brash offensive coordinator with the NFL champion New England Patriots when he was hired five years ago, Weis excited the Irish faithful with back-to-back appearances in BCS bowl games in his first two seasons.
Since then, one of the nation's most storied football programs has gone 16-21.
"We have great expectations for our football program, and we have not been able to meet those expectations," Notre Dame athletics director Jack Swarbrick said in a statement announcing Weis "will not be retained."
"As an alumnus, Charlie understands those goals and expectations better than most, and he's as disappointed as anyone that we have not achieved the desired results," Swarbrick said.
Weis, who has six years left on his contract, was 35-27 in South Bend. His .565 winning percentage is worse than the .583 marks that got his two predecessors, Tyrone Willingham and Bob Davie, fired.
Weis will be working in the NFL again in 2010. I read a report that several teams had already approached Weis.
As to who Notre Dame will hire next, I haven't a clue. All that I will say is- The school shouldn't sign any coach to a contract lasting more than 5 years.


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Government's role in healthcare has been a long-standing debate. When it comes to healthcare, emotion habitually interferes with logic and often the least intuitive solutions are the most effective. Many taxpayers believe that government intervention leads to lower costs and better coordination however this is almost never the case. Here is a prime example in Virginia that demonstrates how government intervention creates opportunities for crony capitalism. Reason reports: "Two physicians being represented by the Arlington-based Institute for Justice are challenging Virginia's Certificate of Need [CON] process, which restricts who can deliver health care services in the commonwealth—and which ones. Dr. Mark Baumel has come up with an innovative way to perform colon-cancer screenings. He already has put it to use in Delaware. But he cannot offer the procedure in Virginia without a permission slip from the state—which the commonwealth has denied.
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October 6, 2009
The Next Disney Princess? (Most fun audition EVER!)
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AAAHHHH I wanted to go on that audi so badly but a commercial popped up! I'm so glad you went and had such an AWESOME go. I know those chicks were probably giving you the evil eye during your read haha. My fingers and toes are crossed for ya!ReplyDelete
Thanks! It was a great experience and I'm happy that I went. Congrats on the commercial!!ReplyDelete
Congrats Andrea! You do looking like Tiana :D I wish u many blessings and I am keeping you in my prayers. Good luck!!! :DReplyDelete
Thank you, that's very sweet of you!ReplyDelete
You do look like Princess Tiana! I prayed for you and I am so proud of you andrea :)ReplyDelete
Keep up the Good Work!
btw you should go to the actorfest on october 24th and meet me there :)
it would be fun!
the website is actorfest.com
Congrats and good luck on your future journeys! Keep the positive attitude and I know that you will go far! I can't wait to see you as Princess Tiana. I mean you are about to live every little girls dream! I know when I was little I always wanted to be a Disney Princess! So, I am going to have to live vicariously through you! Make sure you keep us posted!!!!!ReplyDelete
Thanks for the love and well wishes ladies, it's very much appreciated. :)ReplyDelete
I hope you get the Disney part!!! Keep at it.ReplyDelete
Thank you Sharla!ReplyDelete
- Jackie :)September 24, 2010 at 2:50 PM
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This is the first time I read your blog (found it while googling stuff about Disney Princess Auditions) and I wanted to wish you the best of luck for your Tiana audition! I am absolutely sure you will get it! You sound like you made quite the impression during your audition and did a fabulous job!
I hope you don't mind if I ask you questions about the audition. I'm still in my teens and I hope to be a disney princess performer (of course based on my look I would be more of a Belle or Ariel) and I would to hear more about everything! :)
What was the dancing like? Was the acting portion challenging? Do you know if there are required measurements?
Thanks for reading and best of luck!
Jackie, this audition was nearly a year ago, but thanks for the well wishes nonetheless!! The dancing was very simple, we learned a very short dance and performed in smaller groups. I'm an actor so the acting part was very easy. As far as measurements, they do have specific measurement because the actor needs to be able to fit the costume. :)ReplyDelete
Good luck on your quest and if you have any questions you can email me!
I just found this post randomly through browsing about Disney auditions! Did you get the part!?ReplyDelete
When you were reading a part for everybody, did you do any actions, did you look up from the paper sometimes, did you have to have it memorized, also, who did you read for? :)ReplyDelete


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On April 3, 1783 Writer and satirist
In 1809, Irving published his first major book, A History of New-York from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty, by
On April 3, 1783 Writer and satirist
In 1809, Irving published his first major book, A History of New-York from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty, by
In 1670, New York had been New York for just six years—the name changed to honor the Duke of York when English forces seized control of the Dutch colony. But the city was open for business, and many back in Europe were curious about this center of trade across the Atlantic, open in the midst of the
Daniel Denton was a town clerk in Jamaica, Long Island, and from 1665-1666 served as justice of the peace for New York. He returned to England briefly in 1670, where he composed this pamphlet, "
Edited by Gajus Scheltema and Heleen Westerhuijs with an introduction by Russell Shorto, this guide tours important sites and also serves as a cultural and historical reference. Seventeen international scholars explore topics such as Dutch art and architecture, Dutch cooking, immigration during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, furniture and antiques, and more. Color photographs and maps are included throughout the guide. Read more
The presentations of Treasures of Shearith Israel and The Resilient City at the renovated and transformed New-York Historical highlight the history of religious freedom in New York City and honor the first Jewish congregation to have been established in North America—a congregation that remains vibrant and active today, and is a neighbor of New-York Historical.
Congregation Shearith Israel, the Spanish-Portuguese Synagogue, was founded in 1654 by the first Jews to settle in North America: a group of 23 immigrants who came to New Amsterdam from their previous place of residence in Recife, Brazil. From 1654 through 1825, Shearith Israel was the only Jewish congregation in New York City. The congregation met in rented quarters until 1730, when it constructed its first building, which was located in downtown Manhattan on Mill Street (now known as South William Street). Many of the furnishings from the 1730 building are now installed in an intimate chapel, called the Little Synagogue, in Shearith Israel's current home, consecrated in 1897, on the Upper West Side.
The Torah Scroll will be on display in the Judith and Howard Berkowitz Sculpture Court in the Rotunda of the New-York Historical Society, where it will be surrounded by four late-20th-century views of the New York cityscape by artist Richard Haas. This installation will establish a dialogue between the city's past and present and help reinforce the underlying themes of diversity, tolerance and resilience that are also addressed in inaugural installations presented in New-York Historical's new Robert H. and Clarice Smith New York Gallery of American History, where visitors may explore the history of the United States as seen through the lens of New York. The many other significant objects on loan to New-York Historical from Shearith Israel will be displayed in the Henry Luce III Center for the Study of American Culture.
These loans have been facilitated Norman S. Benzaquen.
Photo: Congregation Shearith Israel, (founded 1655) New York, 1897 building. Courtesy Wikipedia.
The Greatest Grid: The Master Plan for Manhattan, 1811—2011 will document the development of the "Commissioners' Plan," which in 1811 specified numbered streets and avenues outlining equal rectangular blocks ranging from (today's) Houston Street to 155th Street and from First Avenue to Twelfth Avenue.
The exhibition, which is organized on the occasion of the bicentennial of the plan, will elucidate, through maps, photographs, and other historic documents, this monumental infrastructure project—the city's first such civic endeavor—which transformed New York throughout the 19th century and laid the foundation for its distinctive character.
Some 225 artifacts will be on view in the exhibition, which is organized chronologically and geographically, leading visitors from 17th-century, pre-grid New York through the planning process and the explicit 1811 Commissioners' Plan, and from the massive and elaborate implementation of the plan to contemporary reflections on New York and visions for its future.
"The 1811 grid was a bold expression of optimism and ambition," Susan Henshaw Jones, the Ronay Menschel Director of the Museum said. "City commissioners anticipated New York's propulsive growth and projected that the city—still relatively small at the time and concentrated in what is now Lower Manhattan and Greenwich Village—would extend to the heights of Harlem. The 1811 plan has demonstrated remarkable longevity as well as the flexibility to adapt to two centuries of unforeseeable change, including modifications such as Broadway and Central Park. The real miracle of the plan was that it was enforced."
The exhibition will showcase the illustrious—most notably, John Randel, Jr., who measured the grid with obsessive care. Randel was an apprentice to Simeon DeWitt, the surveyor general of New York State from 1784 to 1834. Between 1808 and 1810 Randel measured the lines of streets and avenues at right angles to each other, and recorded distances and details about the island, its features, and its inhabitants. This resulted in a manuscript map of the grid plan, which he completed by March 1811. Randel continued surveying the island from 1811 to 1817, setting marble monuments (one of which will be on view in the exhibition- there were to have been 1,800) to mark the intersections of the coming grid. Between 1818 and 1820 Randel drafted a series of 91 large-scale maps of the island, now known as the Randel Farm Maps (ten of which will be on view). An article written in the 1850s cited Randel as "one of our most accurate engineers," further stating that his survey of New York City was done "with such a mathematical exactness as to defy an error of half an inch in ten miles."
The commissioners' detailed notes about the grid will also be on view in the exhibition, explaining the plan and expressing their intent to "lay out streets, roads, and public squares, of such width, extent, and direction, as to them shall seem most conducive to public good…-" (From "An Act relative to Improvements, touching the laying out of Streets and roads in the City of New-York, and for other purposes. Passed April 3, 1807." )
Other colorful figures will be highlighted, including William M. "Boss" Tweed, who implemented high-quality improvements, advanced services, and pushed forward many amenities while at the same time benefitting his associates.
Other rare and exquisitely detailed maps dating from 1776 to the present will be on view, alongside stunning archival photographs portraying the island of Manhattan throughout various stages of excavation. An extraordinary street-by-street explanation of the plan in the words of the commissioners—Gouverneur Morris, Simeon De Witt, and John Rutherfurd—will be on view as will other historic documents, plans, prints, and more.
The merits of the grid will be debated. Historians have viewed it as the emblem of democracy, with blocks that are equal and no inherently privileged sites. Historians have also praised its utility, its neat subdivisions that support real estate development. The rectangular lots of Manhattan's grid parallel Thomas Jefferson's national survey, which organized land sales in square-mile townships. The grid manifests Cartesian ideals of order, with streets and avenues that are numbered rather than named for trees, people, or places. Frederick Law Olmsted bemoaned its dumb utility and lack of monuments and other features. Jane Jacobs credited city streets with creating New York's public realm. And Rem Koolhaas called the grid "the most courageous act of prediction in Western civilization: the land it divides, unoccupied- the population it describes, conjectural- the buildings it locates, phantoms- the activities it frames, nonexistent."
The Greatest Grid will reframe ideas about New York, revealing the plan to be much more than a layout of streets and avenues. The grid provided a framework that balanced public order with private initiative. It predetermined the placement of the city's infrastructure, including transportation services, the delivery of electricity and water, and most other interactions. Manhattan's grid has provided a remarkably flexible framework for growth and change.
Visitors will have the opportunity to consider New York's preparation for the future and whether or not the grid will enable the city to face 21st-century challenges. New proposals for the city, the results of a competition, will be on view in a separate, related exhibition co-sponsored by the Architectural League. The Greatest Grid will also feature "12 x 155," a conceptual art video by artist Neil Goldberg along with other artistic responses, such as original drawings from the graphic novel City of Glass (Picador, 2004) by Paul Auster, illustrated by Paul Karasik and David Mazzucchelli
The Greatest Grid is co-sponsored by the Manhattan Borough President's Office.
The exhibition is accompanied by a companion book of the same title, co-published by the Museum of the City of New York and Columbia University Press. Dr. Hilary Ballon, University Professor of Urban Studies & Architecture at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University, conceived of the exhibition, is its curator, and is the editor of the companion book.
A related exhibition, on view concurrently at the Museum, will feature the results of a competition in which architects and planners were asked for submissions using the Manhattan street grid as a catalyst for thinking about the present and future of New York- this exhibition is co-sponsored by the Architectural League of New York.
First Manhattans, a concise distillation of the author's more comprehensive The Munsee Indians, resurrects the lost history of this forgotten people, from their earliest contacts with Europeans to their final expulsion just before the American Revolution.
Anthropologist Robert S. Grumet rescues from obscurity Mattano, Tackapousha, Mamanuchqua, and other Munsee sachems whose influence on Dutch and British settlers helped shape the course of early American history in the mid-Atlantic heartland. He looks past the legendary sale of Manhattan to show for the first time how Munsee leaders forestalled land-hungry colonists by selling small tracts whose vaguely worded and bounded titles kept courts busy—and settlers out—for more than 150 years.
Ravaged by disease and war, the Munsees finally emigrated to reservations in Wisconsin, Oklahoma, and Ontario, where most of their descendants still live today. This book shows how Indians and settlers struggled, through land deals and other transactions, to reconcile cultural ideals with political realities. It offers a wide audience access to the most authoritative treatment of the Munsee experience—one that restores this people to their place in history.
Robert S. Grumet, anthropologist and retired National Park Service archeologist, is a Senior Research Associate with the McNeil Center for Early American Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. His numerous publications include The Lenapes and The Munsee Indians: A History.
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How could the Restoration of government by New Netherland take place against the world power of England? The seminarwill explain such themes as what was happening in the nations of Europe, the daring exploits of the Dutch fleet, the administration of Governor Anthony Colve and then the changes when New Netherland went back to being New York.
Eminent scholars will give presentations throughout the day. They are drawn from the roster of research fellows of the New Netherland Project, which continues under its expanded identity as the New Netherland Research Center to translate original 17th-century Dutch colonial documents.
Joyce Goodfriend, Ph.D., of the University of Denver, will give an overview of theconditions before and after the Restoration.
DennisMaika, Ph.D., will analyze the economic climate. His focus is on Dutch merchants in English New York City. Donald G. Shomette will describe the Dutch naval campaign of the combined fleets of the Zeeland and Amsterdamsquadrons.
David Voorhees, Ph.D., will talk about the Dutch Administration of
Governor Anthony Colve.
Daniel Richter, Ph.D., will draw connections between the Restoration
of New Netherland and the Restoration of the Stuarts in England.
Len Tantillo, history artist, will use his own paintings and drawing to illustrate images of New York 1660-1720. A framed original pencil portrait of Admiral Cornelis Evertsen of the Zeelander Squadron by Tantillo will be sold in a silent auction at the dinner Saturday evening to benefit the New Netherland Institute. In addition, a print of a painting commissioned by Dr.Andrew A. Hendricks will be raffled. The painting, which shows the land owned by Hendricks' early Dutchancestors, is "The Mesier Mill, Manhattan, c. 1695." The settlement clustered around a landmark windmill, is on the land now known as Ground Zero in Manhattan.
Following the box lunch, the annual Hendricks Award will be presented to Dirk Mouw for his dissertation "Moederkerk and Vaderland: Religion and Ethnic Identity in the Middle Colonies, 1690-1772." Dr.Hendricks endows the award of $5,000 for the best book-length manuscript relating to the Dutch colonial experience in North America.
"Re-visiting Wampum, and Other 17th Century Shell Games" will be the topic ofJames Bradley, Ph.D., speaker at the dinner meeting at the University Club. Dr. Bradley is the 2009 winner of the Hendricks Manuscript Award.
The NNI is a membership organization with the responsibility of support for the New Netherland Research Center (NNRC), located in the New York State Library inAlbany. The NNI raises funds and administers grants such as the matching gift of €200,000 presented in Albany in 2009 by Crown Prince Willem Alexander and the Crown Princess Maxima of the Netherlands.
The NNRC is based on the New Netherland Project of translating 17th-century Dutchdocuments as its core, with Charles Th. Gehring, Ph.D. as its director.
Registration for the daylong seminar is $50 or $25 for students with ID. Box lunches may be ordered in advancefor $10. Tickets for the welcome reception and dinner at the University Club are $65.
As an added incentive, participants in the Sept. 25 New Netherland Seminar should know that the Replica Ship Half Moon will be docked in Albany that weekend (at the OGS pumping station at the south end of the Corning Preserve) and will be open for tours from 10 AM to 4 PM on both Saturday and Sunday.
More information is available at the website
Illustration: Mesier Mill by Len Tantillo. The mill was located at the site of today's Ground Zero.
Using art, literature and folklore, Bill will discuss the Dutch culture of the era and the libertine characters like Griet who transplanted it to the Hudson Valley. The wanton ways of these early settlers helped fuel a conflict between the people and their rulers, a conflict many historians argue laid the foundation for the freedom-loving society that America became.
Bill is the author of The Mevrouw Who Saved Manhattan, a novel of New Amsterdam. De Halve Maen, Journal of the Holland Society, describes the book as a "romp through the history of New Netherland that would surely have Petrus Stuyvesant complaining about the riot transpiring between its pages." He is a trustee and the Treasurer of the New Netherland Institute, a nonprofit organization supporting research and education in Dutch-American history. The Institute currently is working with the New York State Office of Cultural Education to establish the New Netherland Research Center in Albany.
The talk will be in the Huxley Theater on the first floor of the Cultural Education Center, home of the New York State Library, Museum and Archives, at 310 Madison Avenue, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY. It will run from 12:15 to 1:15 on Friday, May 14th. The program is free and attendees are invited to bring lunch.
Trinity Wall Street's archives go back to 1695, making them an excellent resource for students of history–as well as those who want to shape the future. Trinity's Archive was made fully accessible for the first time in 2003. In addition to its own history and the history of the city, Trinity's records shed light on the development of the Episcopal Church and the Dioceses of New York. As landowner since 1705, its archives detail the stories of the New York neighborhoods now known as Tribeca and the West Village. Trinity's congregants have included Alexander Hamilton and John Jay- among its tenants were Aaron Burr and John Jacob Astor.
Information about the scope of the archives can be found
There is also an interactive
The exhibit will be kicked off with an Exhibition Preview, Luncheon and Fundraiser on February 3, 2010. The preview event will feature preservationists Peter Stanford and Kent Barwick, an exhibition preview, the dedication of World Trade Center Steel, cocktails and a luncheon, followed by a guided tour of the exhibition.
Highlights of the exhibition include:
* the charred remains of a ship's bow excavated in 1916, long thought to be the ship's keel of Dutch explorer Adrian Block's Ship TIJGER, which burned off Manhattan in 1613, and a bronze cannon marked "VOC," property of the Dutch East India Company (Courtesy Museum of the City of New York)-
* an ancient, 11-foot iron anchor hoisted from the construction site of the World Trade Center in 1967, where it had been buried for more than 300 years (Courtesy National Maritime Historical Society)-
* a model and film of the USS NEW YORK, the Navy's newly commissioned (7 November 2009) Landing Platform, Dock Warship, made with 7.5 tons of World Trade Center Steel forged into its bow (Courtesy USS NEW YORK Commissioning Committee)-
* documentary film footage from 1916 of the discovery of the Ship TIJGER Keel and a section of Manhattan Company Water Pipe (1804) found during excavation for the IRT subway tunnel at the future World Trade Center site (Courtesy Brooklyn College Archives)- and
* at the entrance to The India House: a steel artifact recovered from the World Trade Center. This will be a permanent reminder of the World Trade Center, the innocent victims, and the bravery of those who responded on September 11, 2001.
The exhibit, curated by Margaret Stocker, is being hosted by India House (One Hanover Square, NYC) and is being presented by the India House Foundation.
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Sailor Pluto (セーラープルート)
FanArt | Sailor Moon | Traditional
I've always loved Sailor P. So I wanted to try drawing her in some kind of dynamic pose I've never tried before. I'm still not very good with perspective but I think this was a good try.
All of this is just inking pens. I had planned to add tone to her skin but just didn't get around to it.
Sailor Pluto is © Naoko Takeuchi


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The Jepson Herbarium is the epicenter of research and education on the native and naturalized plants of California. Your gift will help support its mission—to study and conserve the flora of California.
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Demonstrate your dedication and commitment to the Jepson Herbarium with a lifetime membership. Gain recognition for your support in The Jepson Globe and the Jepson eFlora. Share your ideas with the Director and Curator at special, invitation-only events.
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Image: Spring bloom at Carrizo Plain National Monument: California, poppy (Eschscholzia californica), sky lupine (Lupinus nanus), purple owl's clover, (Castilleja exserta), yellow pincushion (Chaenactis glabriuscula). Purestock/Getty, Images.
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Water is a vital commodity in our lives, but it is possible to have too much water all at once in our lives, especially following violent storms or snow melt. This excess water, lying on the ground, swelling rivers, canals and drains to over-capacity is known as stormwater.
In order to make the best use of this water, local authorities need to safely contain stormwater while any contaminants or pollution is removed and disposed of safely – this guest post from stormwater management experts Liquivault aims to tackle how this should be done.
To this end stormwater management experts use attenuation tanks as a large parts of urban planning. Attenuation tanks are large storage containers that are built into drainage systems, usually having much larger bore pipes than standard drains. In this way, storm water and run off can quickly flow into the tank, where it is then contained until the storm has passed. There are controls built into the attenuation tanks that allow engineers or waste water experts to increase or reduce the rate at which the water leaves the attenuation tank.
This means that while the drains are running at capacity, because the snow melt or precipitation is in full flow, the attenuation tank can be shut off so that it is not adding a further burden to the already over-worked system, but as soon as the drains are clear the attenuation tank can be drained quickly, so as to be ready for the next time.
Stormwater Filtration & Treatment Is Vital
Stormwater can often be very dirty and polluted, having run over oil and dirt caked roads before finding its way into the attenuation tank. Understanding this has led to water cleansing features being added to attenuation tanks. This is usually in the form of simple gravity-fed filtration through layers of fine sand and so on, to remove impurities and dirt.
Stormwater management falls under a much broader umbrella; that of waste water management in general. While in rural areas this may not be much different, in built-up urban areas this can include waste water from industry, recycling and managing domestic water and commercial water.
When planning waste water management in an urban area there are many points to consider, starting from the moment construction begins. Allowances must be made for the town to expand and grow, and the direction of growth must be taken into account, with easy access to enable future builders and developers to connect new suburbs into the system. To conserve the earth's resources as much as possible, water should be recycled wherever possible, while making provision for the safe disposal 'black' water which cannot be reused or recycled.
Environmental Respect Is As Important As Urban Protection
In order to create a good working drainage system, the engineers should work with nature as much as possible, allowing gravity to carry some of the load and only using pumps when absolutely necessary. Every urban area will need a good reserve supply of water for drought years, and will equally need flood planning to be considered. Where there are rivers or canals running through the town, these can have their banks raised or even be covered over entirely to prevent it from flooding low-lying areas in the town.
The engineers and builders should make a study of the weather patterns of the area for as far back as possible, making sure that they are not building new houses in the middle of an ancient flood plain and that their drainage system will flow freely until the water is a good distance away from the town. Attenuation tanks should be placed at the point where a maximum amount of run-off will accumulate, as this will mean that the worst of the flood risk can be quickly and safely removed, and held until it is safe to reintroduce it into the water management system.
Refine Collected Water For Reuse
An excellent plan would see this collected water being introduced to the water refining system and then being recycled into homes and businesses. In this way, stormwater that could otherwise be an unwanted nuisance can be of good use to the community that it was a threat to!
Looking at the water needs of the community as a whole should take into account the most important needs, such as water to drink, bathe in and use to remove waste from our homes, as well as the lesser needs, such as filling up swimming pools and keeping lawns green and fresh. Industries and commercial establishments will also have specific needs that must be factored into any plans
However, removing unwanted water should also hold a high priority. Run off from heavy rain or snow melt, and blockages or delays in the drainage system due to debris in the pipes or simply too much water in the system should be included in all calculations before the drainage and water systems are put in place. The best waste water management system is one that is taken for granted by the people who use it day in and day out!
This article was written by Tom McShane – environmental blogger and writer working with stormwater management specialists Liquivault for this post.


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At $12.95AUD these are probably the best priced crayons out there too so are well worth trying if you've yet to jump on the bandwagon!
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Thursday, December 8, 2011
Tell Macy's: Don't sell gold mined by children
Macy's should stop selling gold that exploits children and the environment this holiday season
Macy's has a great deal this holiday season on an 18 karat gold heart-shaped necklace for children -- for just $116.
Why is gold at Macy's so cheap?
Because the true cost is paid by exploited children and communities who are forced to mine it in atrocious conditions around the world.
Macy's is one of the few remaining jewelry retailers in the U.S. that still sells "dirty gold" -- and Nilton Deza wants it to stop. Nilton is from Cajamarca, Peru, a major gold mining region, and has seen firsthand the destruction irresponsible gold mining wreaks on communities.
Nilton started a petition on Change.org asking Macy's to commit to stop selling gold that abuses children and the environment before the holidays are out. Click here to sign his petition.
Right now, Nilton is fighting to stop several gold mines from being constructed in Cajamarca. If he loses, the surrounding environment will be ruined, and his friends and family will be exploited.
When left unchecked, large gold mines rip up natural resources and dump hundreds of pounds of toxic mercury into the earth.
Whole communities are displaced and children are even pulled out of local schools to work in the mines for little or no pay.
Macy's then takes that gold and turns it into jewelry to be worn by children in America.
The holiday season is Macy's busiest. More people are paying attention to Macy's now than at any other time -- and the last thing the company wants is people learning about how it hasn't committed to stop selling gold mined by children. If enough people sign Nilton's petition, Macy's will relent on using dirty gold in its stores.
Please sign Nilton's petition on Change.org asking Macy's to stop selling dirty gold this holiday season:
Thanks for being a change-maker,
- Amanda and the Change.org team
Hundreds of petitions are started on Change.org everyday.
Here are some that need your support now:
Vicky Aase did everything Bank of America asked in her fight to save her home. But the bank is trying to foreclose anyway.
Help this California grandmother stay in her home.
The Milton Hershey School, a boarding school for disadvantaged youth, rejected a 13-year-old boy just because he is HIV positive.
Join the campaign to get Milton Hershey to reverse their illegal decision.
Fast food giant Chick-fil-A is trying to bully a small, eco-friendly t-shirt company, claiming its "Eat More Kale" slogan could be "confused" with the fast food chain's "Eat Mor Chikin" ads.
Jeff Weinstein started a petition to save his friend's small business.
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1970 Chevrolet Chevelle Nomad (2-door) station wagon
Pictures courtesy owner
Dave Lamphere
Equipped with a 307 V-8, A/C, and "dual-action" tailgate
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Dave's web site
1970 Chevrolet Chevelle (4-door) station wagon
Picture courtesy owner
Nathan Buck
"....is a 70 Chevelle that I just spent two years on. It had a serious case of the uglies and was a victim of over accessorization. I totally rebuilt it including urethane bushings, full suspension, rear, TH700-R Trans, and new 355 (a 60 over 350) torque cam motor, new quarter panels and typical patch panels, floor braces, tilt column, bucket seats, headliner, carpet, pedal pads, SS hood, 7 inch rallys, disk brakes, 10 CD changer, 400 watt amp, etc. I did ALL the work myself in spite of some good advice. That includes sand blasting the whole car down to bare metal, filling an aftermarket sun roof hole and applying the filler, metal etching primer, surfacer, sealer, base coat, and 3 coats of Acrylic Urethane Clear.
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I was hesitant to do a WIAW post this week because I have felt like all of my meals are always the exact same thing. I decided yesterday I wanted to change things up by creating a new-to-me- salad. Recipe will be at the end of the post. Let's start with Tuesday's breakfast.
As you know, I usually eat more than one breakfast. I just grabbed a banana after my run since I didn't have enough time to make a smoothie (plus it was so cold out!)
After I showered and warmed up, I made eggs with plantains, sweet potatoes, spinach, and bacon.
I totally forgot to take any pictures of my food at work- but it wasn't anything too exciting. I had an apple in the morning, and then lunch was grilled chicken, roasted asparagus, and leftover roasted red potatoes (eaten cold). A little later I had some raisins.
When I got home from work I had a LARABAR- this is one of the kinds we have been eating lately along with the cashew cookie.
So finally- dinner time. I wanted to make something quick because after work I went to get a flu shot with my sister. My plan had been to make chicken with almond flour but we were out of almond flour- luckily our amazon subscribe and save was delivered to Rob's office during the day so we would have it- I just had to wait for him to get home. So I worked on the rest of the meal and once he got home I cooked the chicken.
I was also planning to create my own dressing for this, but we were at the grocery store for our flu shots and I figured it would be easier to just buy something. I aimed to get one with the most natural ingredients possible- and I feel like this one wasn't too bad. I also liked the tomato flavor which went well with the chicken.
This recipe was inspired by Michele's Paleo Crispy Chicken Salad– although my version isn't paleo. However, you could probably make it paleo by leaving out the quinoa. I even included avocados which I can eat when I mix them up with a lot of other foods.
- 4-6 thinly sliced chicken breasts
- 1 cup almond flour
- 2 eggs
- 2 tbsp coconut oil
- spices (garlic powder, oregano, salt and pepper)
- 1 cup uncooked quinoa
- 2 cups water
- Lots of greens (I used spring mix)
- 2 bartlett pears, sliced
- 2 avocados, sliced or chopped
- 4 tbsp chopped pecans
- dressing of choice (I used Braswell's Vidalia Onion Summer Tomato)
- Any other fruits and veggies you want to add in
- Cook quinoa by placing 1 cup dry quinoa and 2 cups water in a saucepan. Bring to a boil and cover; simmer for about 15 minutes until water is absorbed.
- While the quinoa is cooking, get started on the chicken. Mix almond flour with spices. Whisk eggs in a separate bowl. Heat large frying pan over medium-high heat and add coconut oil When oil is melted and hot, dip each piece of chicken into egg and then coat with flour mixture. Place in pan and cook for about 5 minutes on each side, until nicely browned and cooked through.
- Prepare salad by adding avocado and pears to greens. Sprinkle with pecans and any other ingredients you will be using.
- Put salad together by laying quinoa on top of greens and then placing chicken on top. Add dressing.
My appetite has been a little more tame without running as much, but I still always find there is room for dessert! Over the weekend I made Michele's Paleo Cranberry Chocolate Chip Cookies.(Can you tell I make her recipes a lot?!) So good! I feel like lately I have just been in the mood to bake cookies all the time. It must be the holiday season.
Thanks Jenn for hosting the WIAW link-up!
What is your favorite ingredient to add to a salad?
Will you be baking cookies over the holiday season?


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MMA Crossfire DVD Roundup - Digital martial arts series Bushido Man to debut May 26th (with video)
Shout! Factory will showcase the action digital web martial arts series Bushido Man on the 26th of May.
The 8-episode web series will complement the June 10th home entertainment DVD release of its movie counterpart Bushido Man: Seven Deadly Battles.
It's a tale of Japanese warrior and his seven battles against fighters of various disciplines: Kung fu, stick, knife, sword, firearm, nunchaku, and special weapons.
Each web episode will feature each fight along with the final battle. A new episode runs every Monday on Shoutfactory.com and their YouTube channel.
Welcome back to The Crossfire.
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"The web series and the feature film tell the same story, but in the style that is conducive to the audience and the medium" Gene Pao, VP of Digital Media at Shout! Factory explained. "Whereas the feature film tells the story within the setting of a two-hour movie presentation, the web series is faster paced, and tells the story through a series of three to four-minute segments.
"The web series does not replace packaged media (DVD/Blu-ray); we believe that the two are complementary. The feature-length movie presentation provides additional context and allows the viewer to fully appreciate the story lines and themes of the film. The web series is meant to highlight the action scenes and key parts of the film that can be enjoyed over and over. Bushido Man presents a unique opportunity to experiment with storytelling on two very different types of media, and we believe that fans will enjoy both versions."
The home release will release on DVD, Blu-Ray, and Digital HD June 10th.
According to the company, Bushido Man has a cult following in Japan and Germany and was a favourite at the 2013 Fantasia International Film Festival.
The movie features writer/director Takanori Tssujimoto (Red Tears and Hard Revenge, Milly: Bloody Battle), choreographer Kensuke Sonomura (Resident Evil: Degeneration) and martial arts star Mitsuki Koga.
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MMA Crossfire Expert Kenai Andrews – Official email
MMA Crossfire Expert Kenai Andrews – Official Twitter
MMA Crossfire Expert Cassie Wiseman – Official email
MMA Crossfire Expert Cassie Wiseman – Official Twitter
MMA Crossfire Expert Noel Clubb – Official email
MMA Crossfire Expert Noel Clubb – Official Twitter
MMA Crossfire Celebrity Expert Patrick Muldoon – Official Twitter
MMA Crossfire's official rock band Spewgore – Official MySpace page