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Dell Music Store and DJ player announced
By Dennis Lloyd
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Published: Thursday, September 25, 2003
News Categories: Digital Media
Today Dell announced that it will be releasing a new music service and a new digital music player dubbed 'Digital Jukebox' or 'DJ'. Dell describes the iPod-like device as "a digital music player featuring a sleek design, with large storage capacity, excellent battery life and easy-to-use controls." The Dell Music Store is described as "the new music download service that offers thousands of music selections and allows seamless, legal downloading of songs to the Dell DJ. The service can also analyze customers' song play history to recommend specific artists and songs that can be purchased using the service." "Pricing and additional details of Dell's new consumer electronics and computers will be announced when the products become available."
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"Pricing and additional details of Dell's new consumer electronics and computers will be announced when we figure out how Apple did it. We're just making stuff up right now."
Posted by Michael on September 25, 2003 at 8:01 AM (PST)
Is it that difficult for people to come up with something original? That button design has been done by some other crappy player and the gui is a nearly exactly the same as the iPod….i wish people would be original….howabout instead of trying to steal Apple's market with a similar device, create a new market and a new device…at least Creative doesn't copy Apple's design…
Posted by zync on September 25, 2003 at 10:59 AM (PST)
i meant…the gui is nearly an exact copy of the iPod's…
Posted by zync on September 25, 2003 at 11:01 AM (PST)
That Dell player (like all the others, except for Ipod) is butt-freakin'-ugly.
The people who design these things have no sense of style or design. They come up with the ugliest layouts. Big, bulky, clunky, stupid button layouts, shapes and sizes, ugly colors, and ugly screens. Companies need to quit lettin' the nerds design these things and let some industrial design grads take the reigns. At least they'd come up with something original. Unless of course they employ geeks who also have great artistic abilities and sensibilities (like Steve Jobs - or whoever is responsible for designing the Ipod in the first place).
So what's my final opinion on Dell's player? Well, hold on… I'll get back to that, just as soon as I'm done listening to my Ipod.
Posted by Z on September 25, 2003 at 11:30 AM (PST)
I just can't see a product like this being the next most popular digital music player in the US, or in the world for that matter. The iPod is just something that has a design like none other, that is so distinct and beautiful that its hard to describe. I would say that society has learned to identify with Apple's player, and Dell has a long way to go to catch up to Apple's success.
This player has a rather "cliched" design, not that much unlike the Creative NJBZ, and looks really ugly. Even if it does have more features like the NJBZ, it still will not beat the iPod by a long shot.
Posted by Sraphim on September 25, 2003 at 12:36 PM (PST)
I've just seen a front shot of Dell's new mp3 player.. but I think the design is great.. I think Dell did a good job on all their new products.. can't wait for more info
Posted by touch sensitive on September 25, 2003 at 1:08 PM (PST)
Not all the new players are ugly - and some people prefer a "techie" look to Aple's minimalist design. What do you think of some of these? They all have better S/N ratio than the stock unmodded iPod, and many of them feature recording and/or video, and some even support higher-fidelity OGGs and lossless FLAC codecs.
Rio Karma
Toshiba Gigabeat
RCA Lyra
Archos AV
"Calling the Archos AV320 an iPod on steroids is more than an understatement simply because the iPod is not yet in this class. Word is an iPod mediabox is in the works, but until that happens it is the iPod that aspires to be the Archos AV320."
Posted by VideoDudes on September 25, 2003 at 1:10 PM (PST)
Well, lo and behold. iPod users have been asking for a voice recording feature, i donno, like for about 2 years now. It is too bad for Apple that Dell decided earlier to step up to the challange.
I bet you that it will have on-the-go playlists too, without having to spend another $400…
Posted by pbox on September 25, 2003 at 1:38 PM (PST)
Don't worry, folks- the iPod will remain the most desirable player in the market. But, knowing Dell's approach to any product they put out, the DJ will likely be super-affordable and offer a lot of storage for the money. I am guessing this will not cost more than $200 and have at least a 30 GB HDD. Also, expect to see a recording feature built-in. In exchange for that, a lot of people will gladly accept inferior design and usability. Also, PC users will see this as a quicker and less costly way to own a HDD-based MP3 player than buying a product from a company that still treats them like a side business. Steve and his team will have to offer a lot more than "just" good design and easy usability to keep up with that.
But I am still hoping that within a few weeks, the long-awaited new firmware and new peripherals will show up that will propel the iPod way ahead of this lame Dell product. So let's keep waiting…
Posted by Bademeister on September 25, 2003 at 1:42 PM (PST)
I don't care for the looks of the Rio or the Toshiba at all, but each to his own.
But the RCA and the Archos are pretty nice. Although they do much more than just play MP3's. I was talking about devices that play audio only (not recording and video as well) that I think are quite unattractive.
I'd like to see what the Ipod looks like when it's desgined with a color screen and the ability to display video and graphics and so forth. I don't doubt the Ipod will be far more elegant or sexy (or whatever you want to call it) than even what the RCA and Archos are.
Apple just knows how to design hardware, IMO.
Posted by Z on September 25, 2003 at 1:56 PM (PST)
One thing I do want to add, is that I'm so glad that Dell is trying to spread their tentacles further. The one good thing they do is force other companies to innovate more and slash their pricing in order to stay competitive. This is the best thing for us consumers. So for that, I say, "Thanks Dell !"
Posted by Z on September 25, 2003 at 2:00 PM (PST)
One observation though:
When Dell came out with the Axim, all the Pocket PC prices took a plunge. Before Axim it was about $400 each on average, now it is $200-$250 now. We can only hope that the Dell JukeBox will have the same effect on the market…
Posted by pbox on September 25, 2003 at 2:35 PM (PST)
"iPod users have been asking for a voice recording feature, i donno, like for about 2 years now. It is too bad for Apple that Dell decided earlier to step up to the challange."
I've been recording for a couple of years on my Archos. Not just analog recording… it has DIGITAL input and output. So as well as my audio lectures, I've been recording raw data straight from CDs through the optical cable into the Archos for on-the-fly conversion into VBR MP3s.
Archos - butt ugly but feature-full! And half the price of an iPod. And did I mention it has "on the go" playlists to die for!
Sometimes you do get more than what you paid for!
Posted by ArchosYMMV on September 25, 2003 at 2:48 PM (PST)
From reading these boards, I have learned that no product will ever be better than whatever Apple originally put out. It's always something: too different, too similar, I don't need those features, it doesn't have these features, it's not as user friendly, it doesn't work with Mac, blah blah…
Even the 3G iPods got a ton of flack from existing iPod owners when it first came out. I don't know why everyone feels the need to be so defensive about the iPod. It is still the best on the market right now, but guess what, some of these new devices are going to do well in the market too. Maybe it's a new feature or a much lower price.
We should at least recognize the merits of some of these new devices so that Apple incorporates them instead of always looking for a way to dismiss it.
Posted by Albert on September 25, 2003 at 2:59 PM (PST)
I foolishly sold my 20 GB Archos Recorder because
of lack of disk space (and lack of confidence to attempt a drive replacment)
and got one of the 30 GB 'New' iPods…. I hate it
Yes it is incredibly light, amazingly small and stunningly sexy but…
Battery life about 6 hours max, awfull user interface, the whole database
driven front end would mean weeks of tweaking ID3 tags. In the 6 weeks I
used it, it crashed and lost all my music 3 times, and the battery indicator
says fully charged right up the point where it shuts down!
The restore is rubbish… No Bookmarks and if you Dock the iPod to charge it, you loose you resume…
basically �400 down the tubes, it's now up for sale at about �300 if you
know anyone ...? And I have just had an Archos FM Recorder with a 40 GB HDD fitted
from http://www.newmp3technology.com/, Flashed it with Rockbox and am once
again a happy bunny….
Posted by IPod4Sale on September 25, 2003 at 3:11 PM (PST)
I hope the DellPod is file-driven over database-driven. But given their apparent slavish copy of the iPod interface this looks unlikely.
One thing I hate about iPods is that they are database-driven (through iTunes). This is fine when you are beginning with audio and know jack about MP3s, but when you want to build up a complete collection its a pain in the a**. iTunes hides too much of the details from me. I am *this close* to trading up to a Neuros or Archos or Karma that will let me mount the device as a simple hard drive on my deskop and move file folders at will.
in general a database-based system
plugs the songs into a database with fields like title, group, genre and so
on. The plus is you can re-arrange the presentation by, for example, genre,
instead of whatever hierarchy you have them arranged on your hard drive. The
minus is that you have to run all your music through some sort of host-based
software. That software is where Apples does such evil as DRM.
A file-based system works just like, say, WinAmp on a PC. It plays files
that contain MP3 sound data. The plus is, of course, that you only need copy
the files to your machine to have them available to play. The minus is, they
present in the file tree hierarchy you've specified. Most of the minus is
overcome by playlists, particularly in conjunction with a programs that can build playlists according to genre or other ID3 info.
I prefer the file based architecture. No host PC software is required and the audio player can function on its own. That's what held up "on the go" playlists on the iPod for so long, this crazy reliance on the "socializing" over-reaching iTunes and the necessity to redock with the Mac to change stuff on the iPod.
Posted by BetterMP3 on September 25, 2003 at 3:31 PM (PST)
I hear ya Albert.. I agree with you 100%. I think some people are a little uhm..weird for giving the Ipod a somewhat divine status. This new model from Dell looks interesting.. I'm sure it will be a good quality player, just like the Ipod is, and the design is better than what some of you are making it out to seem.. but I will wait till I see one in person to give my full opinion on it.
Posted by touch sensitive on September 25, 2003 at 4:42 PM (PST)
i def agree with everybody that competition is good. Im sure the ipod prices will come down. It would be nice if the lower end ipod was priced more around 100 dollars. I think at that point the ipod would acheive portable cd player status. I show people my ipod and they are still like "what is that?"
im pretty sure the ipod will have line in recording pretty soon. It would really be stupid for them not to. It would be a great feature and it certainly is possible.
Oh yeah there is one more thing. Im really sick of these people posting ipod problems in the wrong message board. That is what the ipod support page is for on the apple site. really stop complaining. Im pretty sure none of us here care that you had all these horrible problems with your ipod and sold it on ebay. I ussually just ignore these people. But im kind of sick of sorting through these messages and all the other garbage on the internet
Posted by bellychris on September 25, 2003 at 8:17 PM (PST)
Database driven systems do have an advantage (speed). It takes a hell of a lot longer to search for songs in file driven systems.
3G buttons are a ##### though. They're pretty unresponsive when a big song is playing and it takes forever to skip.
Posted by tetro on September 25, 2003 at 9:59 PM (PST)
> Database driven systems do have an advantage (speed).
That's a good point. WinAmp chokes on large collections.
But you can have a database system that integrates with a transparent file system. For example, I use one such cool software with my iPod: Media Center.
Now, I'm a media packrat. I have 600GB of audio and video, 125,000+ files, and believe me when I tell you that iTunes chokes and dies rather ungracefully trying to manage this collection!
But with Media Center, and its awesome "Media Library" manager, any file is just a couple of keys away. Maximum search times are around 2s on a P3 1GHz. That's pretty sweet.
And it streams audio over the internet, has a media scheduler that records on demand, integrates with my Tivo, and transcodes media on-demand into whatever format I want.
Best of all, although it derives much of its speed from using a similar database-driven approach as iTunes, the pathname is one of the database fields, easily visible to the user and to applications, so I know where my files are at all times. I can't say the same for iTunes.
Posted by MediaCenter on September 26, 2003 at 7:36 AM (PST)
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looking for the top of the line Fett helmet.
Are the DON POST Helmets the best or is there something better?
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looking for the top of the line Fett helmet.
Are the DON POST Helmets the best or is there something better?
I would suggest reading around the forum. There are many issues as far as the "Best" but there are several threads right now discussing some monumental helmets. The threads about all of the different helmets are some of the best reading you can do on this forum.
fettpride, Brother. fettpride!!!
What you seek is here:
Definitely Fettpride.
Get in line for GMH they are the newst and most acurate to date.
Don Post is the best.. Get the one with the white interior.
Very sturdy.
And it's licensed so you know it's quality, don't get the rubies they are less accurate.
Go straight to eBay and search for a rare piece.
i'm not sure if you're being sarcastic or not sixx...
as far as accuracy goes, the GMH is pretty much the way to go.
Yeh I didnt think we did that kinda thing around here? Kinda turns people off, its not a car forum.
Why would he need a don post when he has the muld that made them in his posesion , he could just make his own
What do the GMH go for? I looked on his site and no pricing, that I could find.
The price is in the sale thread in the cargo hold.......I think it was something like 235
Ya, I was being sarcastic.. ;)
Really though, use the search.
Fettpride is offering the best helmet offered to members in a long time.
Are you looking for the best helmet because you want to make a costume or build up a helmet for display? or because you want to make your own helmet out of your DP95 mould comparable?
I am going to make a copy out of Silicone and see what it looks like. Then get measurements from that. Then its off to make a Fiberglass mold of that. We will see how far I can take this.
So you want to recast someones helmet?? What do you mean,"see how far I can take this"?
All helmets that have lineage to the original ILM helmets (Don Post helmet included) are recasts. On top of this, the Don Post (just like the MR) is a dead product. This guy owns an original DP mold. He has every right to pour silicone in it if he wants.
And in fact, it is in everybody's best interest (or anybody who wants to know as much about the lineages of the original helmets) to see what an unadulterated casting from this mold looks like compared to both the production Don Post helmets that came from it and other PP2 copies.
Is the mystery helmet the best copy? I would like to find real measurements of the ROTJ helmet. if it is really out there. All I have seen on here is the Mystery helmet measurements. I am trying
to match the Original helmet to my helmet mold. After some measuring now, I have found that my helmet mold is dead on with the Measurements of the Mystery helmet. Does anyone know who the Model maker was for the movie? I would like to contact him. Since I live where they shot and made all the first films. Any help on this would be great. I have email Mr. Sansweet, but nothing back yet. Thanks for everyones help on this...
The New GMH is the BEST copy
Um they actually shot the films in england (sound stages) and in various locations around the world for the location stuff. Also the fett helmet and armor was actually made in The UK and then shipped back to ilm to get painted.
I'm still confused as to what you want the best helmet for(clearly not for your collection and not for a costume)? The GMH helmet that Fett Pride is going to produce is the closest thing to the real production bucket that will be available. But if you are openly saying you're going to recast it in order to make your bucket identical to it I'm thinking that Fett Pride probably won't sell you one but I wont speak for him.
I would say do your own research. Make some measurements from the various reference photos and correct your mold it as you see fit. Make the it your own version, what your eyes see as correct and then do a run of that. That would be the best path rather than trying to make a copy of someone else's helmet.
Both the mystery helmet and the GMH are slightly smaller than the original ILM helmets. For a good primer on the helmet lineages and current understanding of the helmet histories, including the mystery helmet line, see this thread by Art Andrews:
Its not recasting if he makes a plug from his mold and casts it its just casting recasting would be if he found an old helmet lets say a don post fiberglass and thort illcopy this and see if any on likes it . isnt it odvious he wants to find the best adaptation of the lid and compare it with his just say he makesa a sillicon plug and puts it next to a gmh and low and behold there identical in every aspect and its so crisp in the details and being metal has keept its shape so doesnt need to be fixed up apart from removing he date stamp and trade markthere for being the closest in liniage to the real one lets not for get the reson that the GMH and lees plug and the larver helmets were made were from or for the don post lines is it not in his right to then make a mould of his plug and nock up some copys there is a possibility that it could be very sweet in deed
Maybe I miss understood what he's looking to do. If so I apologize.
If he just wants a GMH for comparisons sake then I'm all for it.
I just don't want him to get the wrong impression thinking that buckets cast from this mold will be very popular or make him lots of money. DP 95 Buckets were nice starting points back in the day but now many many better options are out there.
yes thats true but it just gets to me when people cry recaster when some one enquiers about how to cast a lid or in this case a mold of a lid as if they are guilty of copying some ones hard work and pedling it as there own when thats not the case
Thanks guys for all your input. But to set the record straight. Out of all the people that are making Helmets, How many of them are casting off of Original molds from the Don Posts Collection?
I know there are many Fett helmets that are out there, I would like to see the ones that are from the Original molds. Or are they even still out there?
Just to be clear, in case you are misunderstanding what you have, Don Post did not make the original helmets used in the films. Don post made the earliest Halloween costume replicas of the Boba Fett helmet (among others) based on the original helmets(made in the UK).
The History of Fett Helmets is not a simple thing to understand. This post by Art should help you a little. Please read it. Boba Fett Costume Resource - First Sons Boba Fett Preproduction #2 Helmet Progeny
The Don Post Mold was made from a heavily modified casting of the original pre production 2 helmet. If you read that article you would see that the original casting kept all of the "damage" the original helmet had including dremel cuts and even super fine paint chips. That casting was then cleaned up, modified and sanitized. All of the original marks were filled and smoothed over. Who knows how much other restoration work was done. Also the Don Post logo and date were added. That sanitized, modified version was used to make the mold you are now in possession of. Which I am assuming was used to create many halloween mask over the years.
The GMH helmet made by FettPride is a cleaned up(barely and carefully) cast of the original fiberglass GMH helmet. That helmet can from a repaired mold that was cast off the original preproduction 2 helmet. So basically one generation before your mold was made. That is what makes it the closest to an original screen used helmet. It's gone through far less sanitization than the DP95 mold.
Niknak, great summary.
Also your mold is copyrighted I would say,
I think i need to point out that i have not tryed to tell Red eye that people will be lining up around the block to get there hands on a cast of this, What i have said is that if it turns out that the size is not the smaller size like the dons but is in fact the same as a real lid it could turn out to be a nice helmet , as in the pics there are a few noticable difrents in the mold than in the dodge dons , and if this is the case and it is the right size once the trademarking and date are fixed up it could be a prety interesting find and imo would put some of what we know to be tru about the linage and history of the don lin and its coming to be in to question . and if all thats is the case abnd is the same size as the real deal id want one ,
And with the copyrighting was the M.R copyrighted, The recasts of them are to day the most popular helmets going around
Copyright here only pertains to the cast product, not to the mold. The mold was owned by DP. Copyright of something like a mold simply resides with ownership of it. The product that came from it was sold under license. That license no longer exists. He owns the mold. There is no copyright issue. If LFL had any problems with anybody selling castings from this, it would solely be a licensing issue, and unless it was a high profile distribution of the product (like Ainsworth's inaccurate storm trooper replicas) nobody is going to take a legal interest.


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Looking for a timeless glimpse of bucolic Bucks County? You don't have to stray far from Route 32 (aka the River Road), the curvy strip of Pennsylvania highway that hugs the Delaware River through this genteel countryside about a three hours' drive from Baltimore. We were rumbling up the River Road on a dazzling morning last October when our tour guide-driver-raconteur announced an auspicious course correction. "We're taking a little detour," explained Dee Keller, as he pointed our chartered trolley bus onto what might charitably be called a two-lane road. The narrow lane twisted through a dark canyon of trees, here and there interrupted by a stone house or a small stream. The foliage was stunning, brilliant yellow and orange leaves set against emerald-hued evergreens.
We eventually coasted to a stop at a grassy clearing, and I reached for the camera. Spread before us was an Impressionist's landscape come to life. On a wooded slope rose a handsome fieldstone farmhouse, its gardens, terrace, and yard neatly edged by low stone fences.
Keller bounded out of the trolley and soon returned with Bromley Lowe Sr., owner of historic Cuttalossa Farm and, as coincidence would have it, father of retired longtime Baltimore Orioles mascot Bromley Lowe Jr., who had the good fortune to grow up here.
Around Bucks, Cuttalossa Farm is best known as the former residence of Impressionist painter Daniel Garber, whose romantic depictions (along with those of fellow painters comprising the "New Hope Group") helped introduce these rustic vistas to a wider audience a century ago. Garber bought the property in 1907, naming it after nearby Cuttalossa Creek, and it remained his beloved home and studio for the remainder of his life.
Visiting Bucks County feels like coming home to many of us. Even its founder, William Penn, was moved to name this formative Pennsylvania county for his ancestral British stomping grounds in Buckinghamshire. In the last century, a host of prominent artists, writers, and musicians—from members of the Arts & Crafts and Pennsylvania Impressionist movements to New York and Hollywood luminaries such as Dorothy Parker, Moss Hart, and Oscar Hammerstein II—discovered that the county's 608 square miles of scenic land and Quaker-like serenity was so conducive to creativity that they bought houses and established fruitful retreats here.
A handful of these homes are preserved as public attractions. But many, like Cuttalossa (where the Lowes raise miniature babydoll sheep and fancy-plumed poultry), remain privately owned and zealously preserved. Bucks may no longer boast the per-capita production of Pulitzer, Oscar, and Tony awards it did in the last century, but it's still Brigadoon for artists, bohemians, and visiting romantics.
When my husband and I lived across the river in New Jersey, Bucks County became our favorite destination in the fall when weekend crowds were thinner, the air crisper, and the scenery unsurpassed. On a sentimental return trip, we got reacquainted.
Our trolley tour took us through northern Bucks County, a land of twisty roads, covered bridges, numerous parks, and tiny hamlets that time has quietly sidestepped. Route 32 parallels not only the Delaware through Bucks, but also the river's companion waterway, the Delaware Canal.
Still intact along its original 60 miles, the canal and towpath (Delaware Canal State Park, 11 Lodi Hill Rd., Upper Black Eddy, 610-982-5560) represent one of the best-preserved examples of man's 19th-century zeal for engineering waterways. We passed through skinny riverside villages squeezed between hillside and shoreline. I could practically reach out and touch the tidy front porches and rambling roadside inns, some of which have stood since the 1700s.
Three devastating floods in as many years, the last in June 2006, washed away parts of the towpath and River Road, keeping hikers away and crippling businesses cut off from customers while the byways were being repaired.
We stopped at one venerable inn, the 260-year-old Black Bass Hotel in Lumberville (3774 River Rd., 215-297-9260, blackbasshotel.com), which had been stripped to its timber framework for a major restoration. The foreman gave us a tour. Through the open walls of an unfinished suite, I took in a sweeping view of the river and an elegant pedestrian suspension bridge leading to the New Jersey shore.
"The Bass" reopened this June with eight new suites—six with river views and one named for former guest and frequent Delaware angler President Grover Cleveland. To the delight of loyal customers, two hotel traditions have been retained: Sunday brunch and the antique pewter-topped bar from Paris that anchors the upstairs tavern.
Farther up the river, in Erwinna, my husband and I dined at the very romantic Golden Pheasant Inn (763 River Rd., 610-294-9595,goldenpheasant.com). Chef Michel Faure and his family have transformed the 1857 site, once a hostelry for bargemen, into a country inn worthy of Provence in France. Overnight guests enjoy river and canal views from six antiques-filled rooms (think canopy beds and French lace) and a cottage suite. Diners savor entrees such as cedar-planked salmon, roasted duck, sautéed venison medallions, roasted rack of lamb, and, yes, roasted pheasant. We ate beside a snapping fire in the cozy Tavern Room, where shiny copper pots hang from rugged stone walls.
The Golden Pheasant has a new neighbor since we last visited—Sand Castle Winery (755 River Rd., Erwinna, 800-722-9463, sandcastlewinery.com), one of eight vineyards represented on the Bucks County Wine Trail (buckscountywinetrail.com). Brothers Joseph and Paul Maxian, natives of Czechoslovakia, transplanted the family's winemaking vision to a now 72-acre hillside estate overlooking the Delaware and erected a massive mauve-colored castle to house their operation. Several tasting tours are offered, but perhaps the most instructive and aromatic is of the underground cellar, filled with wooden barrels and stainless-steel vats of fragrant fermenting wine.
Tip: Some flood-damaged sections of the Delaware Canal are still under repair this summer. If you're hiking or biking the towpath, call the park for up-to-date information.
If one wanted to sink roots in some creatively fertile soil, this would be the place. Once home to prolific author James Michener and prolific lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II, the seat of Bucks County government boasts an even busier cultural presence.
Lifelong resident Henry Chapman Mercer (1856-1930) was a noted archaeologist, antiquarian, anthropologist, author, architect, ceramist, scholar, and pack rat whose Renaissance ways fortunately survive in a trio of museums known as "the Mercer Mile." All designed by Mercer, the fanciful concrete buildings include his mansion, a 44-room castle called Fonthill (525 E. Court St., 215-348-9461); his factory, the still operating Moravian Pottery and Tile Works (130 Swamp Rd., 215-345-6722), and a six-story castle that houses his 50,000-item collection of preindustrial Americana (Mercer Museum,84 S. Pine St., 215-345-0210, mercermuseum.org).
A fourth top-notch cultural attraction, the James A. Michener Art Museum (138 S. Pine St., 215-340-9800, michenermuseum.org) showcases regional artworks in its saved-from-the-wrecking-ball quarters, the old county prison. Among the works on exhibit is a large collection of Pennsylvania Impressionist paintings, including works by Garber, Edward Redfield, William L. Lathrop, and others.
Located in central Bucks, about 12 miles west of the Delaware River, Doylestown has a more traditional small-town feel than the linear communities adjacent to the river. Its brick-paver sidewalks are lined with specialty shops, galleries, and restaurants in restored 18th- and 19th-century buildings. (A Colonial-era tavern on Main Street masks the presence of a Starbucks on the ground floor.) Seven municipal parks provide green space and walking trails.
The architecture alone offers reason to visit. In addition to Mercer's monolithic creations, visitors can enjoy downtown's turreted Victorian houses; the red-brick Intelligencer building with its Queen Anne detailing, which once housed the Bucks County newspaper; and Doylestown's restored Art Deco movie theater.
It's a place made for ambling. We strolled State Street, browsed in a used bookstore, and admired the lobby of the Doylestown Inn (18 W. State St., 215-345-6610, doylestowninn.com), an elegantly restored 19th-century inn with contemporary sophistication. We quieted our grumbling stomachs at the Knight House (96 W. State St., 215-489-9900, theknighthouse.com), whose modest façade belies a sophisticated nouvelle American restaurant (barbecued duck sandwiches with smoked Gouda, thick Black Angus burgers on buttery brioche buns).
While in Doylestown, consider sleeping over at Oscar's, as we did. For two decades, Hammerstein II and his wife Dorothy lived at Highland Farm, a country retreat where the lyricist penned many well-known works. Their three-story hilltop house, now Highland Farm Bed & Breakfast (70 East Rd., 215-345-6767, highlandfarmbb.com), has a welcoming wraparound porch/balcony and accommodations that reflect its most illustrious owners.
Innkeeper Christine Cole has named and decorated rooms for the musicals conceived here: South Pacific, the Hammersteins' master suite with its woven sea-grass furnishings; King & I, the former library, whose queen bed is crowned with an Oriental screen; Carousel, a family space that includes a trundle bed; and the Western-themed Oklahoma Suite, where there's "plen'y of air and plen'y of room."
Tip: Visitors can buy a discounted ticket package, the Mercer Experience, for admission to both the Mercer and Fonthill museums.
No one's scrounging for coal in New Hope these days, but a proudly bohemian atmosphere still pervades this thriving art colony-turned-tourist bastion. Weekenders from New York and Philly stroll streets lined with upscale galleries, boutiques, and more than 30 restaurants, yet the vibe is relaxed—a little bit Woodstock, a little bit Harley Nation.
Tie-dye and batik are big in clothing shops. ("Jerry Garcia Art Show Today," one gallery advertised when we visited.) Black-leather bike wear is fashionable at sidewalk cafes like Havana's ornate patio bar (Havana, 105 S. Main St., 215-862-9897, havananewhope.com). Meanwhile, foodies worship over plates of eggplant Ophelia at Marsha Brown (15 S. Main St., 215-862-7044, marshabrownrestaurant.com), the old stone church-turned-Creole kitchen.
Located 11 miles due east of Doylestown, downtown New Hope stretches like a finger between canal and river and houses the historic 70-year-old Bucks County Playhouse (70 S. Main St., 215-862-2041). Directly across the Delaware in New Jersey lies Lambertville, New Hope's equally artsy if somewhat quieter sister city. It, too, has a canal—the 22-mile Delaware and Raritan Feeder Canal (Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park, 2185 Daniel Bray Hwy., Stockton, 609-397-2949)—along with antiques stores, lovely Victorian houses, riverside inns, and distinctive bars.
Lambertville hasn't lost its small-town feel, just modernized and adapted it. The former Five & Dime, for example, survives as a contemporary crafts gallery (A Mano Galleries, 42 N. Union St., 609-397-0063). Tucked down an alleyway near the canal, the Porkyard (8 Coryell St.), the site of a former sausage factory, now houses a respected art gallery (Coryell Gallery, 609-397-0804), a highly touted restaurant (Hamilton's Grill Room, 609-397-4343), and an idiosyncratic tavern adored by locals (Boat House, 609-397-2244).
Dining options on either shore are so numerous you can pick by inclination. Feel like fusion? Try the Franco-Asian-Latin fare at Zoubi (5-7 W. Mechanic St., New Hope, 215-862-5851). A creative lunch? Locals swear by Lily's on the Canal (2 Canal St., Lambertville, 609-397-6242). An alfresco meal with your pooch? The riverside terrace at The Landing (22 N. Main St., New Hope, 215-862-5711) welcomes well-behaved canines.
In New Hope, we enjoyed sipping martinis and eavesdropping on the chatter at Martine's RiverHouse (14 E. Ferry St., 215-862-2966). Once a tollhouse for the ferry landing, the pale yellow cottage with the wraparound dining deck now collects devoted customers who savor dishes such as Thai steamed mussels.
You'll find in-town hotels and B & Bs in both locales, but the nearby countryside yields gems, too. Take the Inn at Bowman's Hill (518 Lurgan Rd., New Hope, 215-862-8090, theinnatbowmanshill.com), the gated Select Registry inn where we felt like guests of the Earl of Buckinghamshire himself. Its six luxurious rooms and suites feature king-sized feather beds, marble baths, gorgeous views, and include a savory, made-to-order English breakfast worth lingering over. (Take time to chat with innkeeper Mike Amery, an invaluable resource for local dining advice.)
The inn's dreamy seclusion makes the drive north to New Hope (about 10 minutes) and the subsequent parking search worth it. And, honestly, how cool is it to return after dark and watch those big metal gates swing open at your command?
The promontory known as Bowman's Hill is noted for a 125-foot-tall stone observation tower (Bowman's Hill Tower, Lurgan Road, New Hope, 215-493-4076) and a large native plant preserve (Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve, 1635 River Rd., New Hope, 215-862-2924, bhwp.org). River and countryside views from the tower are especially breathtaking in October when the sugar maples on the 134-acre preserve turn fiery red.
Tip: Some New Hope and Lambertville restaurants don't serve alcohol but welcome BYOB. Inquire when making reservations.


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Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:By unflinchingly charting the intersections of public and personal history, Thrall explores the historical, cultural, and social forces--across time and space--that determine the roles consigned to a mixed-race daughter and her white father. In a vivid series of poems about interracial marriage depicted in the Casta Paintings of Colonial Mexico, Trethewey investigates the philosophical assumptions that underpin Enlightenment notions of taxonomy and classification, exposing the way they encode ideas of race within our collective imagination. While tropes about captivity, bondage, inheritance, and enthrallment permeate the collection, Trethewey, by reflecting on a series of small estrangements from her poet father, comes to an understanding of how, as father and daughter, they are part of the ongoing history of race in America. Thrall not only confirms that Natasha Trethewey is one of our most gifted and necessary poets but that she is also one of our most brilliant and fearless. Review:"Trethewey made headlines and signaled a generational shift with her appointment this year as U.S. poet laureate. Already known for her 2007 Pulitzer Prize — winning Native Guard and for her articulate, deftly shaped, and sometimes research-driven poems about history and race, Trethewey in this fourth collection takes her familiar powers to non — U.S. turf, considering race, embodiment, guilt and liberation in paintings from Spain and Mexico. In one of the famous casta paintings illustrating Spanish colonial notions of race, a mulatto boy 'is a palimpsest of paint — / layers of color, history rendering him// that precise shade of in-between.' Lightly rhymed pentameters about Diego Velázquez's painting 'Kitchen Maid' pay homage to the scrutinized character: 'she is the mortar/ and the pestle and rest in the mortar — still angled/ in its posture of use'; the patient title poem considers Juan de Pareja, a painter who started life as Velázquez's slave. When Trethewey turns her attention back to contemporary America, she looks at her own family: her late African-American mother and her white father, his life 'showing me// how one life is bound to another, that hardship/ endures.' Trethewey's ideas are not always original, but her searching treatments of her own family, and of people in paintings, show strength and care, and a sharp sense of line. (Sept.)" Publishers Weekly Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Synopsis:The Pulitzer Prize-winning Native Guard explored Natasha Tretheweys relationship with her black mother. Now, her new collection, Thrall, takes on the uneasy relationship between her and her white father. It charts the intersections of public and personal history that determine the roles to which a mixed-race daughter and her white father are consigned.
Synopsis:Growing up in the Deep South, Natasha Trethewey was never told that in her hometown of Gulfport, Mississippi, black soldiers had played a pivotal role in the Civil War. Off the coast, on Ship Island, stood a fort that had once been a Union prison housing Confederate captives. Protecting the fort was the second regiment of the Louisiana Native Guards — one of the Union's first official black units. Trethewey's new book of poems pays homage to the soldiers who served and whose voices have echoed through her own life. The title poem imagines the life of a former slave stationed at the fort, who is charged with writing letters home for the illiterate or invalid POWs and his fellow soldiers. Just as he becomes the guard of Ship Island's memory, so Trethewey recalls her own childhood as the daughter of a black woman and a white man. Her parents' marriage was still illegal in 1966 Mississippi. The racial legacy of the Civil War echoes through elegiac poems that honor her own mother and the forgotten history of her native South. Native Guard is haunted by the intersection of national and personal experience. Synopsis:Winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for poetry, Natasha Tretheweys elegiac Native Guard is a deeply personal volume that brings together two legacies of the Deep South. The title of the collection refers to the Mississippi Native Guards, a black regiment whose role in the Civil War has been largely overlooked by history. As a child in Gulfport, Mississippi, in the 1960s, Trethewey could gaze across the water to the fort on Ship Island where Confederate captives once were guarded by black soldiers serving the Union cause. The racial legacy of the South touched Tretheweys life on a much more immediate level, too. Many of the poems in Native Guard pay loving tribute to her mother, whose marriage to a white man was illegal in her native Mississippi in the 1960s. Years after her mothers tragic death, Trethewey reclaims her memory, just as she reclaims the voices of the black soldiers whose service has been all but forgotten. Synopsis:The stunning follow-up volume to her 2007 Pulitzer Prize-winning Native Guard, by Americas new Poet Laureate Natasha Tretheweys poems are at once deeply personal and historical—exploring her own interracial and complicated roots—and utterly American, connecting them to ours. The daughter of a black mother and white father, a student of history and of the Deep South, she is inspired by everything from colonial paintings of mulattos and mestizos to the stories of people forgotten by history. Meditations on captivity, knowledge, and inheritance permeate Thrall, as she reflects on a series of small estrangements from her poet father and comes to an understanding of how, as father and daughter, they are part of the ongoing history of race in America. Thrall confirms not only that Natasha Trethewey is one of our most gifted and necessary poets but that she is also one of our most brilliant and fearless. About the AuthorNatasha Trethewey is the author of two previously published collections, Belloq's Ophelia and Domestic Work. In addition to the Pulitzer Prize, she was the recipient of the Cave Canem Poetry Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Grolier Poetry Prize, and a Pushcart Prize. She teaches creative writing at Emory University. Table of ContentsElegy 3
• Miracle of the Black Leg 9 On Captivity 13 Taxonomy 16 1. DE ESPAÑOL Y DE INDIA PRODUCE MESTIZO 16 2. DE ESPAÑOL Y NEGRA PRODUCE MULATO 19 3. DE ESPAÑOL Y MESTIZA PRODUCE CASTIZA 22 4. THE BOOK OF CASTAS 24 Kitchen Maid with Supper at Emmaus; or, The Mulata 27 Knowledge 28 • The Americans 33 1. DR. SAMUEL ADOLPHUS CARTWRIGHT ON DISSECTING THE WHITE NEGRO, 1851 33 2. BLOOD 34 3. HELP, 1968 35 Mano Prieta 37 De Español y Negra; Mulata 39 Mythology 41 1. NOSTOS 41 2. QUESTIONS POSED BY THE DREAM 42 3. SIREN 43 Geography 45 Torna Atrás 48 Bird in the House 50 Artifact 52 Fouled 54 Rotation 55 • Thrall 59 Calling 66 Enlightenment 68 How the Past Comes Back 72 On Happiness 74 Vespertina Cognitio 75 Illumination 76 • Notes 81 Acknowledgments 83 What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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On 7-19-13 Lake County Sheriff John Buncich dedicated a new vessel for use by the Lake County Sheriff's Department Marine Unit. The vessel is described as a 2013 Silver Ships AM 800 Rigid-hull inflatable boat with a three sided pilot house. It is equipped with the latest marine electronics and side scan sonar. It is 28 feet long with a beam of 9.4 feet.
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I really prefer Dropbox. Fantastic service, far better features and a Whole Lot more flexibility!
Dropbox, box.net or Google Docs (when Documents to Go for iPad ships) are pretty good alternatives if you don't need a lot of space.
I use mobile me with my work. I love it I use the calendar and. Publish my iWeb. I use the mail and really all aspects of it. The iDisk can sometimes be a pain in the butt. But I like it.
There are several free cloud desktops available - such as GlideOS. (IPhone and IPad use the mobile page that doesn't require Flash). Keep docs, presentations, spreadsheets, photos, etc, on the server for access from any computer (yes works cross platform). Calendar also - just like an in-box OS. MobileMe sounds like a major waste of money.
I tried it, but it didn't offer much more than our Exchange server does. We are switching our company to Google Apps so it's even less likely I'll try it again.
I keep reading people are not choosing MM because they can get the same services with dropbox or google docs. MM offers so much more, on top of the device syncing, 20 gb storage, 200 gb transfer allowance, photo sharing, remote wipe, backup and you can host your website there. I use google docs and dropbox but for me MM really is the complete package.
I have been using MM for the last year to keep my laptop and iPhone in calendar and contacts sync but since I added my iPad I am getting a huge number of duplicates on my iPhone. I haven't had the time to figure out why so I turned off syncing for the time being and cleared my iPhone.


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WASHINGTON - A tractor-trailer leaked fuel onto the southbound lanes of Interstate 95 Wednesday morning, causing major delays for drivers.
The tractor-trailer leaked fuel from its 150-gallon fuel tank on southbound I-95 just past the Capital Beltway under Route 644/Old Keene Mill/Franconia Road at about 5:30 a.m. Emergency crews blocked several lanes of I-95 to traffic while they worked to clean the spill.
At one point, only one lane of traffic could pass on the left. All lanes reopened by about 9:20 a.m.
The tractor-trailer struck a jersey wall on southbound I-95, which ripped open its fuel tank, says Fairfax County Fire Department Deputy Chief Mike Reilly.
The driver of the tractor-trailer was not injured, Reilly adds.
Virginia State Police identified the driver as Davis S. Westbrooks of Richmond. He was charged with failure to obey highway markings.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
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I wonder if you could help with suggestions of recommended free software.
My wife has used the Adobe software for a number of years and enjoyed it. However, she is curious as to what else will have taken its place over the years.
Thanks for your help.
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Hi Angry, It all depends on what you want to do. The Gimp for windows is almost as good as the full setup of photoshop but is a bit idiosyncratic. Picasa from google will do the basics or there is Serif PhotoPlus Starter Edition 3 which is free although you have to register with an email (not a problem for me as I have an email address which I use purely for sites asking for an email which could be used for sending spam, then every month I clear it all out) and the options that are not available with this free version introduce a pop up box exhorting you to upgrade to the paid version but it gets good reviews Regards
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Photoshop Album was essentially and image organizer, albeit with basic editing thrown in. If you want an freeware editor then paint.net is one of the best. [Paint.net][1]
However if you want an editor + Organnizer for free then Picasa is probably the one to use. [Picasa][1]
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