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|February 21st, 2010, 05:19 PM
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I will definitely include the ped link at Wigan, and the Ordsall Curve.
Just been looking at the Manchester Hub info and realised that my interpretation of the lines around Salford is incorrect, as services from Victoria to Eccles cant stop at Salford Central, even after the improvements. Will have to figure out a way to show this and the new curve.
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|February 21st, 2010, 05:35 PM
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Great work XCH and a nice first attempt.
|February 21st, 2010, 06:12 PM
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you may want to use the traditional rail crossing symbology which is something like -]l[-
Most rail maps use it for example where Wigan Wallgate line crosses over the WCML to show that theirs no services connecting. Probably a few other spots on this map you could use it. Others just have a small gap either side, e.g.
|February 21st, 2010, 07:05 PM
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Thats excellant XCH.
Mark O will be flapping with joy!!!
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|February 21st, 2010, 10:35 PM
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The Four AAAAs – Audenshaw <> Ashton Moss <> Ashton West <> Ashton under Lyne.
Audenshaw and Ashton Moss
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Heading East from the 3a temporary terminus at Droylsden, this is how the street scene was envisaged in 1997. Spooky how they knew there would be yellow dots in the future, albeit on the swept path rather than the trams! But there probably won't be grey trams, and definitely not orange & brown buses!! :-
This 1997 render of Audenshaw tram station looks back towards Droylsden – (the big Co-op Hall on Market Street is top right-of-centre), and Manchester on the far horizon. This spot involved one of the largest demolitions of residential property, including the filling station and all the white rendered semi-detached houses behind it, within the gyratory and elsewhere :-
Apart from the tramstop, I wonder what will be in the big open space thus created? There seem to be some mysterious square buildings within the trees . . .
Prior to 30.12.1966, short-working Trolleybuses used to turn round the island back to Manchester :-
c/- Eyre & Heaps, 'The Manchester Trolleybus', Ian Allen ISBN (10) 0 7110 3245 9
A few yards further on outside Fairfield Hall looking East, trolleys overtake each other under the wiring loop, provided here for short-working layovers. The Ashton driver seems to have forgotten to change his destination to 'Piccadilly', unless it was a very unusual short-working back to the East. The white-rendered houses on the left would later be demolished for Metrolink :-
c/- Howard Piltz, 'The Heyday of the Trolleybus, Ian Allen ISBN 0 7110 2271 2
The railway bridge on the Droylsden to Denton line also disappeared in the 1970s, but behind the trolleybuses are the station buildings for Audenshaw, which although closed in 1905 are still extant and we will see them later :-
c/- C Taylor, 'Trolleybuses in Gt Mcr', Transport Museum Socy ISBN 0 900857 24 2
Forty years later, looking North-West from the same point in 2006, the whole gyratory area has been cleared ready and waiting. But by this time no funding was on the table for Phase 3b, Phase 3a having been separately re-instated in 2006. Prior to Darling's earlier cancellation of the whole thing in 2004, GMPTE had already spent £200 million on advance works such as this, but it was 2010 before this area and the rest of 3b was finally 'signed off' for construction. I guess sometimes you have to take risks, and sometimes they pay off!! No such luck befell Mayne's buses, however, which at the time of this photo were in their last year of plying their domestic hinterland :-
Turning right 170 degrees towards the East from that point still in 2006, another row of semis, between Windsor Drive and Manchester Road, is boarded up ready for demolition, to be replaced by a trambaan on a reservation North of the road carriageway. The white gable end is the Snipe Inn, and the trees in the foreground mark the old railway embankment at the site of the bridge abutment :-
This was the same scene in the 1950s. The overbridge of the Droylsden to Denton railway can be seen, and under the arch the same row of semis and the Snipe Inn :-
Here's a closer view of the Snipe in 2006. The green car roof is on Gainsboro Road - an important trolleybus reversing point before the gyratory system was created - which Metrolink will cross at grade before continuing through the trees, left of the hoarding and away from the camera :-
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1966 :-
Looking back from the Snipe in 2007, the semis have gone, and on the right is a new composition wall effect – a noise barrier and decency shield for the back gardens of the remaining houses on Windsor Drive. I guess we will be seeing a lot more of this wall, but I am glad it doesn't separate me from the trams! Eventually there will be green things growing up it, which will mitigate the blank ugliness a bit :-
Like Edge Lane stop site, this area also gained a 'village green' for several years. Here it is seen from Gainsboro Road in November 2008, the trees at the far end used to mark the abutment of the old railway bridge to Droylsden - nowadays it is the beginning of a linear park :-
The 'accelerated' 3b sections to Ashton and East Didsbury, were so designated and funded at the time of the government changeover in 2010. Construction therefore started pretty quickly, albeit about 18 months behind the 3a sections. This is the 'village green' in the December snows of 2010 :-
By February 2011, the first swathe had been cut through the trees behind the Snipe Inn, revealing the Travelodge in all its glory on Lord Sheldon Way, to be seen for the first time from this angle:-
On the left looking back, the garden of the Snipe Inn, bottom left, gained a more open aspect in February 2011 :-
June 2011 and the platform base has arrived at Audenshaw gyratory :-
August 2011. Progress on the Western front, as Droylsden Road is breached for the first time :-
The trees on the left still line the former railway abutment, but the 'village green' by the wall before the Snipe, has gone :-
Still in August, curved concrete and meandering metal :-
The area behind the Snipe was overgrown previously. In about 2005, someone came out to ask why I was trying to drive in such an inaccessible area, and I am not convinced they believed my answer!! :-
The same spot (ish) in September 2011 :-
Rooms with a View from the Snipe Inn, and at the Travelodge Hotel, Rooms with a Banana! :-
Meanwhile, back at the gyratory in 2011, September clouds gather but a brighter day is ahead :-
Twin tracks now shoulder the island platform site :-
Still in September 2011, the rails are arriving from Droylsden and the West :-
And reaching out importunately towards the island :-
October 2011, and the flat crossing is complete at Gainsboro Road, by the Snipe. Residents expressed some concern that a tram stranded here, would block what is the only entry/exit from their little estate :-
By November 2011 Audenshaw tramstop had arrived :-
March 2012, the paving machine has been at work at the Eastern end of Audenshaw :-
Rails start to impinge on the tricky road junction at the Western corner of the gyratory :-
One month later, they have nearly made it across. April 2012 :-
Further along towards the Snipe, in April 2012 I am now beginning to warm to this wall, as things are now growing up it! If it disappears into a vertical green, I will be happy – I only wish they would do the same to the one in Piccadilly Gardens! :-
The Easternmost section of street track on the East Manchester Line, 2½ miles from Clayton Hall, is finally arriving in April 2012, albeit in bits and pieces! The whole thing also seems to be well over to one side . . .
May 2012, the end of the headshunt trambaan for Droylsden terminators comes into sight at the boundary, as indicated by the red poles further ahead, together with the current limit of the overhead on the Phase 3a section :-
May 2012 and the trackwork is now in place all the way across the gyratory corner into the new station :-
I say 'new station' because it's not the first in Audenshaw: the Eastbound track in the above shot points straight to the sunlit brick gable end of the old station !! :-
c/- Gordon Suggitt, 'Lost Railways of Merseyside & Gt Mcr', Countryside books ISBN 1 85306 869 1
Train Guard informs us: "Amazing that the station building lasted so long. It was on a line operated by the LNWR from a junction at the vanished Droylsden station to Denton. (The line outlasted the station!). The train service recorded in my 1895 Bradshaw was only six trains each way between Manchester (Victoria or Exchange) and Stockport. In contrast, Hooley Hill, the other station for Audenshaw (on the LNWR Stalybridge branch) saw ten trains each way between Stalybridge and Stockport. Hooley Hill changed its name to Audenshaw in 1924, but obviously business had declined, for it closed in 1950."
The Audenshaw station buildings in May 2012, now fronted by tram tracks again for the first time since 1938 :-
Shelters start to appear on the platforms :-
Ashton Moss
At the turn of the Millennium, the mossy plain to the West of the town had all the bleakness implied by its name, albeit surrounded by distant views of the town under the Pennines. During the early years of planning the Metrolink line, a stop was only 'pencilled in' here – in common with other similarly adumbrated stops such as Buckley Wells, Hough End, Rochdale Kingsway – and the possible route of the alignment was still mainly guesswork, as indicated in this January 1996 publicity :-
When you look at the emptiness of it at the turn of the Millennium, you can see why :-
The arrival of the first part of the Ashton Northern by-pass, Lord Sheldon Way, was a stimulus to growth of the planned out-of-town leisure and business parks here:-
Without mentioning the Metrolink route, this developer's promo nevertheless shows the wide central reservations built into the new by-pass, bespoke for a tramway. The route approaches from bottom left across the motorway, swings left through the centre of the roundabout, then curves back along the central reservation towards the site of Ashton West tramstop, top centre :-
By about 2003 commercial buildings were beginning to appear :-
For once, Metrolink had been planned before the road scheme, which was finished with a central reserve reminiscent of the old days in South Manchester and elsewhere, wide enough to take two tramlines, and in this case including some broad sweeping curves :-
This is the approach to the site of Ashton Moss stop in March 2010, where the tramway will be in the left hand reservation :-
Not much sign of construction as yet, although some cones have appeared by Col. Sanders up ahead :-
By this time it had been 'firmed up' and identified as an ideal Park & Ride station, serving the cross-Pennine hinterlands on the East of the conurbation, and thereby making expedient use of the vast open spaces :-
The first sod on this section of Phase 3b, moving on East from the Snipe, was cut in March 2011 :-
Further incisions were made in March 2011 in the central reservation towards the M60 flyover :-
June 2011 - Between the Snipe and Ashton Moss tramstop the alignment is on the side reservation, in a very different environment from that encountered a mile back, where it is constrained between facing rows of terraced houses :-
Looking back from this area in July 2011, the sinuous concrete curves behind the Snipe have been adorned with Tameside's attempts at floribunda :-
The first bits of metal arrived with the falling leaves in September 2011. This is the point just East of Ashton Moss tramstop, where they slew across to the central reserve :-
From then on the rails seemed to extend themselves amazingly quickly along the wide 'boulevard' :-
This more distant shot of the alignment, marked out by the green fencing in October 2011, shows its photogenic possibilities, to be enhanced even more when bananas will be gliding rapidly across the whole scene:-
November 2011.The Stop Equipment Room has arrived, the kabins are on the car park, and with the lines at different levels it's looking more like a rural railway :-
The Moss itself has a lot more buildings now (albeit of the 'American style' low-rise variety) than it had ten years ago :-
Onwards, Upwards and Eastwards :-
May 2012 and it's all coming together. Rails around the corner towards the Travelodge :-
There is a slight incline in the track after the garden centre :-
Platforms arrive at the tramstop :-
Apart from the Park & Ride, there are few signs of potential passenger footfall in this area, but behind the stop is a footpath to housing across the open space, and watercourses giving it a more attractive setting :-
Sunset over the Moss, looking back from the next stop encounter towards the East, which will be Ashton West :-
continues in Part 9 http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth...297&page=9#177
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|February 21st, 2010, 10:53 PM
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Easier than that, if you dont mind XCH, do you wish to say which programme you used for that?
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|February 22nd, 2010, 12:27 AM
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I'm using AutoCAD to generate the lines/stops etc, then Illustrator to add background, logos and to convert to PDF & PNG.
Revised map with Manchester Hub Ordsall Curve...
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|February 22nd, 2010, 06:42 PM
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Let's hope that funding is found to improve Salford Central with platforms on the Liverpool line. Then you can tweak the map again.
|February 22nd, 2010, 07:06 PM
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Line speed improvements should allow trains to stop at Salford Central with no impact on capacity or journey times.
|February 22nd, 2010, 07:07 PM
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Excellent work XCH by the way!
|February 22nd, 2010, 08:54 PM
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|February 22nd, 2010, 09:28 PM
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The yellow line next to Newton-le-willows on this map.
This map might help you if theirs any curves or connections your unsure about too, as its a map of the track (not 100% geographically accurate) not a map of routes.
|February 22nd, 2010, 11:06 PM
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On that basis, cheers Hulmeman for the advice on the planned change to TPE routes via Chat Moss Line - will definitely add that to the plan.
WatcherZero - thanks for the link to the track plan. Will come in handy.
If anyone knows of any other improvements planned for pre-2020 then let me know.
|February 22nd, 2010, 11:17 PM
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I doubt the west side of the Wythenshawe Loop will be done by 2020, or the Trafford or Stockport Lines to be honest.
|February 23rd, 2010, 12:32 AM
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Zone 1 includes Ardwick, Ashburys, Belle Vue, Burnage, (Dean Lane), Eccles, (Failsworth), Gorton, Heaton Chapel, (Hollinwood), Humphrey Park, Levenshulme, Mauldeth Road, Moston, Reddish North, Ryder Brow, Salford Central, Salford Crescent, and Trafford Park.
Zone 2 includes Ashton-under-Lyne, Bolton, Bredbury, Brinnington, Broadbottom, Castleton, Chassen Road, Cheadle Hulme, Clifton, Davenport, (Derker), East Didsbury, Farnworth, Flixton, Flowery Field, Gatley, Glazebrook, Godley, Guide Bridge, Hattersley, Hazel Grove, Heald Green, Hyde Central, Hyde North, Irlam, Kearsley, Marple, Mills Hill, Moorside, Moses Gate, Mossley, Newton for Hyde, (Oldham Mumps), (Oldham Werneth), Patricroft, Romiley, Rose Hill, (Shaw & Crompton), Stalybridge, Stockport, Swinton, Urmston, Walkden, Woodley, and Woodsmoor.
Zone 3 includes Appley Bridge, Atherton, Blackrod, Bramhall, Bromley Cross, Bryn, Daisy Hill, Dinting, Disley, Gathurst, Glossop, Greenfield, Hadfield, Hag Fold, Hall i' th' Wood, Hindley, Horwich Parkway, Manchester Airport, Middlewood, (Milnrow), (New Hey), New Mills Central, New Mills Newtown, Orrell, Pemberton, Rochdale, Smithy Bridge, Strines, Westhoughton, and Wigan Stations.
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|February 23rd, 2010, 04:12 AM
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So effectivley a Zone 0/city zone is the 4 city centre stations?, which coincidentally all have Metrolink stations (except oxford road).
Any rail ticket to the city zone has free travel within it too.
|February 23rd, 2010, 07:15 PM
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MPs urge DfT to be fairer over new tram schemes
A REPORT to be published later today will urge the Department for Transport to be fairer when evaluating proposals for new tram lines. A cross-party Parliamentary inquiry has concluded that light rail schemes can help to transform urban transport systems, but that the present DfT methods are tending to discriminate against urban and street-running rail.
The report from the All Party Parliamentary Light Rail Group stresses that to bring back trams to more city streets theres a need for a clearer lead from Government, less bias against them during appraisal, and for costs to be brought under control.
Rochdale MP Paul Rowen, who chaired the inquiry, said: Where the UK has invested in modern trams we have seen motorists switching to the tram and impressive growth in passenger numbers. However, progress has been slow and fitful certainly when compared with our near neighbours in Europe, where entire systems are being built in the time it takes us to get through mountains of paperwork.
We wanted to see how we could put the future of modern trams on to a sounder footing. Our report suggests that leadership and co-ordination is key.
The report says that although there have been some improvements in the way the DfT approaches light rail proposals, it still lacks a light rail strategy or centre of expertise, and neither does it treat light rail in the same way as other modes. There is also a tendency to micro-manage from the centre. Elsewhere in Europe, schemes are generally completed more quickly and efficiently, and often benefit from devolved decisions and local funding.
It points out that trams can bring many benefits, including reducing carbon emissions, improving air quality and aiding urban regeneration, which are not being fully taken into account.
The passenger transport executive group pteg is welcoming today's report. Light rail spokesman Geoff Inskip said: We fully support the MPs findings and the recommendations of the inquiry. The report presents a balanced picture of where the debate on the future of light rail in the UK has got to. It also sets out practical and helpful recommendations on the steps that government, promoters and the light rail industry should take to provide a better framework for developing tram schemes in the future. The MPs have mapped out a way forward for us its now down to us, in partnership with Government and industry, to work through these recommendations.
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That really is a cracking diagram - and surely the best we'll get at the present time in terms of realistic possibilities, as I fear Cheguevara might be right in his prediction that the fullest extent of Phase 3b might be a hard won concession in the current climate/immediate prospects post Election.
What's sickening is that looking at XCH's diagram, a combination of reliable suburban commuter rail and Metrolink could make a huge difference in peoples reliance on cars for getting around the great conurbations outside London. It appears that Manch is at least attempting to build the foundations of a future where people don't feel the automatic need for cars on every journey, though in reality, I think we all know that there would need to be at least four or five additional lines in GM (as discussed in all the posts above) to get GM even remotely on a par with other Euro cities of similar scale.
And as for Birmingham/Leeds etc...they are now falling so far behind that's it's difficult to see how they'll ever catch up without a vast investment/construction program.
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That's cracking, any chance of a big version XCH? Like BIG big? I'd love to print this out at A1/A0 on my work's plotter to decorate a wall at home.
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Air temps 20°C – 22°C / 68 - 72°F in the heart of the austral winter (July, August). 30 – 35°C / 86 - 95°F in the heart of summer (January, February). Nights drop by 5°C. Bring some warmer clothing for evenings in the windy winter. Water temps sit at 20°C / 68°F in July (winter) and 28°C / 82°F in January.
Rent a car if you want to hit a few spots. Mauritius measures 45km by 65km, so nowhere is out of reach. Taxis aren't expensive, but barter the price first!
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The tropical scenery and the mix of Hindu, Creole, Muslim and Chinese cultures make this a fascinating place to visit, especially on the east coast which remains the most authentic. For the active there's everything from SUP and sky diving to swimming with dolphins and trekking up the Brabant Le Morne mountain.
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So, Tokyo Sky Tree for some great pics, fingers crossed. Tokyo National Museum, DH choice. He thought we might enjoy it more Ride the trains. I need to right down the stations that we will need and the lines that they are on. Have you seen that spaghetti of a map Good thing the map or some of them are in English(Romanji). Ito-ya for washi paper to make some invites for a vow renewal in like 4 yrs. Not planning a little early for that am I Monday/Tuesday will be busy in Tokyo. Than FUN and in TDL/Sea.
What else can I find to do?
Actually, I want this to be a fun and relaxing trip. Whatever we miss this time, we can catch another time The joys of living in the same time zone as Tokyo. Don't forget no jet lag Now if the exchange rate would go up just a little bit more
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We went!!! We saw!!! And We Did!!!!
Well, not all of it
We flew into Narita, and found our luggage and the 1st floor where we needed to be to get the shuttle. Only the very nice lady at the info desk had no clue what we were talking about
We usually chalk it up to lost in translation. There is a shuttle. It is called Airport Limousine aka Bus. It is the Orange counter that you buy your tickets at. It made my life easier. See, I get air sick And after the flight/meds, I was in no condition to help DH figure out how to use the trains to get from the airport to TDL. Which by the way is one more floor down, 1Fd or something like that.
Not that the trains would have been difficult, or were once we used them. But it had been a few years(Washington DC) and this is a different country)
Quick stop to pick up some water and some yummy bread. I highly recommend the bread. I don't know what these guys do to it. But it is so gooooood. We wait for the bus.
After an hour on the bus and trip on the Expressway, we pull off. We got to see some of the skyline of Tokyo and it just proved to me that I was a small town gal We started to make our stops. Stop at the Ikspiari/Bon Voyage, one of the Disney Hotels and lastly and our hotel.....Hilton!!!!
Here is where, life and the Corps have taught me to be flexible. We got to the hotel and checked in about 5pm. We were pretty tired. Me not knowing about how far things were and how long it was going to take..... I thought we would be up for going to go shopping at Ito-ya and at on the town. Not really. Skipped the first thing, oh well.
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Tuesday morning, we get have some breakfast and we begin our adventure.
The first thing to know is that you will need to buy a pass for the Disney Train.
Thankfully, I knew this because I had read this somewhere on the DISboards.
You have an option to buy per trip and per day. We bought for our entire stay. Who knew how many times we were riding the train. Most days it was just 2 times but a couple times there were multiple trips. Gotta get those last minute shopping done.
Off to the Maihama Station, to find Uneo Station. We had already stacked the deck in our favor by asking the wonderful people at the hotel which way to go to get to the Museum. We just needed to figure out how to get tickets
For those of you who have never done this, there is a window where you can ask them how much it is to get to the station you want. For us it was going to be 210Yen per person. There is also and English button on the machine. At least one of the maps will be in English/Romanji. You will also be able to track your movement on the trains, because the station will be announced in Japanese but also on English.
Because we did not do the easy thing and stay on the JR line We got off and took the subway to Uneo and had to get tickets again. We did not realize that at first. When changing Lines, you will need to buy tickets at the station you change Lines at.
Made it to Uneo Station. There are 9 exits!!!! How can one place have that many???? It took us a few minutes to figure that one out. Thankfully, there were more maps. When we got above ground we could understand and see why we needed to go out the way we did. We would have never crossed the road.
Now to find the Park with the "Learning so this is alittle bit of School". Found it!!!
The Tokyo National Museum was great!! I got to take pictures, and only had to pay for me and DH, 1200 Yen. We only saw one building and skipped the special exhibits. But there were, I believe, 2-3 other buildings that we could have gone into and explored without paying for the special exhibits.
Semper Gumbi
We want to go see the Natural History and Science Museum. Okay, who am I to question when the Family wants to do another museum and learn some more. Off to another. That was neat. They had a pendulum clock. I could see DS sticking his hand in there and messing it up
Oh, no DD saw a sign for a chocolate exhibit. We go check it out. It is a special exhibit so now I have to pay for all of us The very nice lady taking our Yen said that the exhibit was all in Japanese. She warned us. We decided not to go. If it had been translated a little bit than we would have gone.
In the Park, there is a Zoo and many other Museums. By the time we had walked out of the Park the kiddos were tired and hungry.
No Skytree: Skipped the second thing
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Sorry, things have been alittle crazy with Birthday Ball and getting ready for Christmas. I do have one more gift to get, wrap and ship it off. The good thing about living so far from family, is that you have to get Christmas presents, wrap and ship done early so that you can enjoy the holidays with no stress over last minute shopping
We had a moment of brilliance and got our tickets at the hotel the night before we wanted to go to TDL. Because we got just 2 day tickets, we had to tell them which day we wanted to go to which park.
TDL first
DisneySea second
In hindsight, we should have done it the either way around. We went to DisneySea the day before a Japanese holiday and it was crowded. Or more crowded than TDL was. Don't know if the holiday was a factor in Sea being crowded or if that is standard.
Next time we go, we will not do Sea right before a holiday
After a day, we have or routine down for the trains. DD has the train tickets in her Micky purse and hands them out. DH goes first followed by the kids and than me. All the crazy Yankees go through the same ticket counter, so Mom can make sure her little loveable, crazy Monsters are all there. DD collects the tickets for the ride hands them back out when we leave the station and collects them again, and repeat as many times as needed.
Sitting on the Disney train, the kids were getting excited.
DS, is this our stop?
DS, is this our stop?
DS, is this our stop?
Okay, maybe not many times. I think from the Hilton, it was 2 stops. But I could be wrong. There are a total of 4 stops on the Disney train.
After spending a year in Okinawa, we have come to go with the flow. We appreciate the fact that we are not in the US and that things here are done catering to the main customer, the Japanese customer. I also appreciate the fact that I am a person from the South/Tropical climate. Winter and I do not get along
As we walked into TDL and walked down Main Street, DD and I felt like we had come home.
It brought a tear to my eye to see the Christmas decorations. I told DD that it was a good thing we came when we did. Cause than when we got home, I would not break the rule and decorate before Thanksgiving. I was in heavan listening to the Christmas music. We grabbed a map, not thinking Can't read it. Send DD back for one in English. Thank goodness for cell phones. People are lined up for an hour for the parade........
We decide to hit the rides. Space mountain here we come. DD and DH were alittle disappointed. Not the stomach dropping ride that it is at WDW. We should have known something was up, when we heard no one screaming?!?!?!? We make our way around the park and see and do.
Got a Snowman Mickey popcorn bucket. Tried lots of popcorn. Popcorn really. Yes, popcorn....curry, caramel, apple cinnamon, sea salt, strawberry, chocolate, honey. About $30 worth Not all at TDL some of it was at Sea. We got a Duffy with a Santa hat at Sea.
We rode Pooh and many other rides.
We also did the pressed "pennies". IT is a copper slug. It is great because now I can mount those with the ones from WDW. We figured there were about 45 machines costing about 100Yen, DH said I could not bring back $50 worth of pressed pennies That is okay, I did not want to carry that many anyway. So, we were alittle picky about the ones we got. We brought back $40 between the 2 parks.
On our last trip my family and I got into finding hidden Micky. So much so, any 3 circles is a hidden Mickey to DS We did so one of the CMs working the train station the "hidden fist" Mickey. Two people are required. One person uses both fist and makes the Ears and the other person is the Face with one fist. The CM got a kick out of it.
This trip we spent time looking for hidden Mickey. We found some, official ones and some unofficial ones But it made us appreciate the themeing of the parks more and more.
Somethings that really floored me.
One, the Japanese Ladies love to be stylish with their short skirts/shorts and 4/5in heels. Found out later how they stayed warm(heat pockets that stick on wish I had known that )
Two, Even though there are lines and crowds...most people were very nice and the lines moved extremely well.
Three, this meant so much to me. While waiting for the Night time Illuminations Parade, the kids were huddled over and cuddled together cold.... this very nice lady behind us put her blanket on the kids.
Four, the whole experience to them is important...the rides, the shows, the parades, the food, you name it.
Five, think outside the box when it comes to your souvenirs.... I knew that but I had to remind myself of that. I was looking for t-shirt but that was not going to work. Got the kids Duffy purses(DisneySea), and unknowingly got them something that said Tokyo Disney. do the pressed pennies because some will say TDL or something else about TDL
Six, look for those Characters you know but don't see at WDW.
I'll post pics, when I can remember how to do it
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was it cold???e are going Jan 15... It is going to be freezing!
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After thinking and thinking, sound like Pooh , I decided that the Japanese like TDL ok but their favorite is DisneySea. I could be wrong. I could be totally off on this. It was the day before a national holiday and that could be why the park was busy, but they do Duffy.
Here is something reminded us of WDW, we skipped it. We really wanted to see and do local. There are the exceptions. We did 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Soooo glad we did. It was nothing like DH remembered it. In fact it was done totally different. Journey to the Center of the Earth was cool. Indiana Jones was cool. We skipped the "treasure map" thingy. It reminded us of Epcot, but that was not why we skipped it, it was in Japanese. Don't read Japanese But there is a cool place called Mysterious Island, or along those lines, and it is a fun place to explore. Lots of DiVinci science things. School And kids did not know it.
Popcorn Pocorn
We ate more popcorn.
We made our way around to "Water/Futuristic World". We destroyed a Super Typhoon and got DH sick Motion type rides. There were water bumper boats but no one was bumping into each other. It may have been a rule, we did not go over there because I wanted to avoid getting wet. Too cold for that. We made our way down to Americana World and found Duffy.
One note on Duffy. They love Duffy. There are places where you can pose with Duffy and pose your Duffy and take pictures. There were ADULTS walking around with Duffy. They love Duffy.
I had to get Duffy purses for my nieces for Christmas. And DD. And DS. Got him a full Duffy not just the head purse. His looks more like a zipper thingy.
Piece of advice: Walk into said Duffy store knowing exactly what you want, get it and get in line.
That store was sooo crowded The lines..... That is okay, I walked over reached around a lady grabbed what I wanted and got in line.
That was the craziest place, of all the places we had been, that was the worst one.
A friend(Disney addict like me) and I agree, we like the entertainment value in the lines at WDW but would rather stand in line at TDL/DisneySea.
Time to go and make dinner so when my lil jiujitsu man gets home I can feed him and his dad
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what was the temp when you were there? I am scared now!!
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Securing appropriate, affordable housing is a challenge for many New Yorkers. With a vacancy rate of only 3% in the rental housing market, suitable housing in New York City is at best a scarce commodity.
For low-income and disabled households, the search for housing presents almost insurmountable challenges that result in overcrowded households, record levels of homelessness, neighborhoods segregated by income, and growing numbers of tenants living in unsafe and unsanitary conditions because of an inability to afford anything better.
Since 1991, CAMBA has been addressing the City's housing crisis by building a continuum of housing-related services. Today our programs include homelessness prevention, housing relocation, emergency and transitional housing, and permanent and supportive housing.
Through our affiliate CAMBA Housing Ventures (CHV), we are pursuing the goal of developing 1,000 units of permanent housing in Brooklyn by the year 2015. CHV works in partnership with prominent national organizations, local developers, community-based agencies, and City and State government to develop safe, high-quality affordable housing. CHV promotes stability for lower-income households and nurtures vital mixed-income neighborhoods with quality housing options for every household.
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The Pont Neuf is the oldest bridge across the Seine.
Pont neuf means "new bridge."
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text: HomeTVThe Bold and the BeautifulSPOILERS: Brooke and Bill Head to Dubai on The Bold and The Beautiful Melodie May 19, 2014 The Bold and the Beautiful, The Bold and the Beautiful Spoilers 6 Comments Brooke/Bill/Ridge: Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang) and Bill (Don Diamont) are ready to start their new life together. However, Quinn (Rena Sofer) has another plan for Bill. She attempts to seduce him into making a difference decision! Meanwhile, Brooke has had enough of Ridge's (Thorsten Kaye) behavior. She sets off for a romantic getaway/wedding in Dubai with Bill. Watch for Ridge to become enraged by a gift Bill left for RJ (Mace Coronel). Quinn/Liam: Quinn's (Rena Sofer) steam room prank puts Liam (Scott Clifton) in a precarious situation. Wyatt/Hope:Wyatt (Darin Brooks) and Hope (Kim Matula) share a passionate kiss. Then, all of Liam and Wyatt's interest becomes too much for Hope. Donna/Katie: Donna's (Jennifer Gareis) news shocks Katie (Heather Tom). 6 Responses bobbyew May 19, 2014 Ridge should be ashamed with his indecisive ass. Cant wait to see the Berj Kalifah B&B style. Log in to Reply LauraWrightCrazy May 19, 2014 Man. I was such a huge Ridge & Katie fan.. now I wish Katie would open her eyes and walk away. I hate that Bill is THAT much of a nuisance to him. Both Bill & Ridge deserve each other lol. Log in to Reply LauraWrightCrazy May 19, 2014 I want more Donna! Log in to Reply TraceyAbbot101 May 19, 2014 And we're off! Welcome to the summer storylines. After the fizzle ending of the Aly/Taylor fest, let's liven things up. Log in to Reply Nk3play2 May 19, 2014 Man, y'all weren't kidding when y'all said Liam was the new Ridge. Ridge is doing the SAME EXACT THING Liam did just last summer. Why is suddenly all interested in Brooke now that she's decided to move on? Log in to Reply Cyberologist May 19, 2014 Why is Ridge being such a butt head? Re: TJ…Brooke used that kid to manipulate Ridge into marrying her now he's using that kid to manipulate Brooke re; Bill. He's being unrealistic if Bill' kid can be around him why can't his kid be around Bill? GeeZe some stupid writing there. Oh well that' why I never got vested into Katie and Ridge eventhough Heather Tom and Thorsten K. has chemistry off the chain, far more than he has with Kelly's Brooke. Its the same ole song before Katie/Ridge can even get going he's already running after Brooke…no wonder Ron Moss left the same storyline basically for 25 years. Oliver makes Aly tolerable. Log in to Reply Leave a Reply Cancel Reply You must be logged in to post a comment.


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Walz v. Tax Commission of the City of New York
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|397 U.S. 664 (1970) was a case before the United States Supreme Court. The Court held that grants of tax exemption to religious organizations do not violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. — Excerpted from Walz v. Tax Commission on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
United States Supreme Court
WALZ v. TAX COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK
Argued: Nov. 19, 1969. --- Decided: May 4, 1970
Edward J. Ennis, New York City, for appellant.
[Syllabus from pages 664-665 intentionally omitted]
J. Lee Rankin, New York City, for appellee.
[Amicus Curiae from pages 665-666 intentionally omitted]
Mr. Chief Justice BURGER delivered the opinion of the Court.
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).


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Restructuring and the Competition Act
The restructuring of the electric industry began in the early 1990s in several states across the United States. Prior to restructuring, electric utilities provided their customers with generation, transmission as well as distribution of electricity. Restructuring enabled customers to select suppliers competing in the market to provide the best prices, and allowed customers the opportunity to choose other energy options, such as conservation, efficiency and alternative energy programs. In Pennsylvania, the Competition Act promoted these developments.
The Competition Act:
- Provided customers with a structure that allowed them to choose their electric generation supplier ("EGS"); these customers no longer have to purchase their generation from their local electric utility.
- Required electric utilities to separate the generation, transmission, and distribution components of their rates. This provided customers transparency in the utilities' pricing and allowed customers to compare prices between electric distribution companies ("EDCs"), like PECO, and EGSs.
- Allowed electric utilities to separate their generation and distribution functions. This created competition for generation, and provided generation companies with an incentive to become more efficient and innovative to provide energy at a lower cost.
- Put into effect transitional rate caps along with related restructuring settlements, which kept generation, transmission and distribution rates fixed for a period of time determined for each utility by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission ("PaPUC" or "Commission"). Transitional rate caps aimed to ease the shift from regulated rates to market prices by customers.
The rate caps were not meant to be a permanent regulatory alternative to market prices. PECO's transmission and distribution rate caps expired on December 31, 2006, while its generation rate caps expired on December 31, 2010.
PECO's Default Service Obligations and the Procurement Process
PECO is currently the provider for electric generation service to all customers in its service territory who do not select to take service from an EGS or who return to take service from PECO after being served by an EGS. PECO retained this obligation to serve all customers who do not select to take service from an EGS or who return to take service from PECO after being served by an EGS when rate caps expire. This service is called Default Service and PECO is the Default Service Provider.
Starting in 2009, PECO has procured electric generation supply for its default service customers through a competitive procurement process pursuant to a Default Service Program approved by the Commission. PECO's first Default Service Program (DSP I) concluded with the Fall 2012 solicitation.
The Commission approved the competitive bidding process under PECO's second Default Service Program (DSP II) in its Order dated October 12, 2012 in Docket No. P-2012-2283641. There are five (5) solicitations under DSP II that will select electricity suppliers to provide Default Supply for the period June 1, 2013 through May 31, 2015, and for a portion of the Company's requirements for the period June 1, 2015 through November 30, 2016.
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text: Best scene: a president strategizes in Lincoln At a cabinet meeting, Abraham Lincoln makes a startling confession: He has no idea if his Emancipation Proclamation is even legal. He just...did it. In fact, he's been winging the legality of his actions through most of the Civil War. But then he floats a head-spinning case for why his push against slavery is legal and why the courts, with no Thirteenth Amendment, may still overrule him. This spellbinder of a monologue seizes us with the intricacy of Lincoln's mind, even as Daniel Day-Lewis' acting shows us his secret renegade spirit. And Steven Spielberg uses a very slow zoom to mythically echo the scene in The Godfather when Michael Corleone "joins" his family. That's great filmmaking. Worst scene: a guidette confesses in One for the Money As Stephanie, the screwup--turned--bounty hunter of the deadly rom-com thriller One for the Money, Katherine Heigl does working-class sexy slovenliness in an overly thought-out way. When the cop she likes subdues her by handcuffing her to a shower rod, she offers up the line: "I confess, I fantasized about being handcuffed and naked in front of [you] once. Maybe twice." Ick! Lincoln He looks around the table. Everyone's listening. LINCOLN (CONT'D) Two years ago I proclaimed these people emancipated -- "then, thenceforward and forever free." But let's say the courts decide I had no authority to do it. They might well decide that. Say there's no amendment abolishing slavery. Say it's after the war, and I can no longer use my war powers to just ignore the courts' decisions, like I sometimes felt I had to do. Might those people I freed be ordered back into slavery? That's why I'd like to get the Thirteenth Amendment through the House, and on its way to ratification by the states, wrap the whole slavery thing up, forever and aye. As soon as I'm able. Now. End of this month. And I'd like you to stand behind me. Like my cabinet's always done. A moment's silence, broken by a sharp laugh from Seward. LINCOLN (CONT'D) As the preacher said, I could write shorter sermons but once I start I get too lazy to stop. JOHN USHER It seems to me, sir, you're describing precisely the sort of dictator the Democrats have been howling about. JAMES SPEED Dictators aren't susceptible to law. JOHN USHER Neither is he! He just said as much! Ignoring the courts? Twisting meanings? What reins him in from, from... LINCOLN Well, the people do that, I suppose. I signed the Emancipation Proclamation a year and half before my second election. I felt I was within my power to do it; however I also felt that I might be wrong about that; I knew the people would tell me. I gave 'em a year and a half to think about it. And they re-elected me. (beat) And come February the first, I intend to sign the Thirteenth Amendment.


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Altman's next anti-studio decision was casting South African Embeth Davidtz (Ralph Fiennes' maid in Schindler's List) as a white-trash woman down on her luck. When the studio expressed reservations about Davidtz, Altman was uncharacteristically nonconfrontational. That doesn't mean he didn't get his way; Altman persuaded the studio's choices not to take the part. ''I didn't say no'' to the other candidates, says Altman, who merely explained to them that ''they were correct to say no.'' Less controversial though far more risky was the casting of Robert Downey Jr., fresh out of rehab for drug addiction, as a private investigator. During production a caretaker was enlisted to keep Downey sober, and he was required to undergo weekly urine tests.
All sides agree, however, that the production itself was trouble free (Downey passed his tests, though after the movie wrapped he relapsed and was slapped with a six-month jail sentence). When Altman first showed the film to PolyGram, execs were happy. But then came the test screenings. ''They took it to teenagers in the Valley,'' Altman says, ''and it didn't score the way they wanted it to. So they said, 'We've got to change it.' I was trying to cooperate, and I did several little detail-y things that I thought wouldn't hurt the movie.'' But, he continues, ''I said, 'This [test] audience will never go for this,' and then they took it away from me.''
According to Altman, PolyGram excluded him from the editing room and replaced editor Geraldine Peroni with their own guy, Donn Cambern. PolyGram won't discuss details, and the studio's president of marketing, Peter Graves, says only, ''What happened was nothing out of the ordinary for a commercial film.'' But producer Tannenbaum suggests Altman may have overreacted. ''All that really happened was Bob finished a cut and said, 'I think I'm through.' PolyGram said, 'We'd like someone to work with you.' Bob said no; PolyGram brought in an additional editor, and Bob felt betrayed.''
What ever happened, Altman didn't go quietly. As PolyGram began screening their version (''I heard there were more close-ups of Branagh and a ridiculous soundtrack,'' Altman says), word got out that Altman had screened his version of Gingerbread for friends in New York. He also threatened to have his name taken off the picture. ''My sense is that PolyGram was excited about the film,'' Branagh maintains, ''and hoping [to take it] further into the mainstream. It happens a lot. But this time, [the situation became] public.'' In the end, however, the tempest died on its own. PolyGram's cut fared even worse with test audiences than Altman's had. Altman agreed to come back and finish his movie and put in the score of his choice electronic music by Mark Isham.
So who won? Altman, certainly. ''PolyGram wanted to see this as a big mass-audience picture,'' the director says. And Graves admits ruefully, ''This is definitely the first Grisham movie to platform,'' opening first in New York and Los Angeles, then expanding across the country. But PolyGram may not have lost entirely. While Gingerbread isn't expected to be as commercial as other Grisham films, an Altman movie is a prestigious addition to PolyGram's library.
Altman, for all the angst and agita (and mixed early reviews), is willing to move on. "It was demeaning, and mainly, it was stupid," he says of the experience. "But I'm very happy with the film, and it's my film, regardless of what I had to go through to get it back. Instead of having my fingerprints on it, it's got my signature."


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............ when I get my CCNP I won't be working in a school.
Surely this isn't really the right place to advertise this job. Especially as you are in Pennsylvania and this is a mainly UK site.
Midget, thanks for letting me know.
I don't think anyone ever claimed this was a UK only site. In fact I'd welcome some American members.Quote:
Especially as you are in Pennsylvania and this is a mainly UK site.
The site welcomes anyone from anywhere in fact have got quite few us lurkers..
I said Mainly UK, and he was offering a job that required a CCNP or CCVP in the US. I very much doubt someone who holds those qualifications will be working as an ITTech on <£25k
I was just suggesting he's not get many responses here
ccnp is not that hard to do. but as i have found in the past it does not always matter what quals you have. its how well you know what you are doing for real. For example i know someone who has quals comming out of his ears. but when it comes down to it he could not manage or build a network but he could tell you what you need and how its done on paper but put a fault in the and he is stuffed
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I think it'd be nice to have US members because then the site would be active 24 hours a day as opposed to 8:00am - 5:00pm Mon - Fri. It's actually quite ironic that this forum is like this because most forums usually die down during the times most of their members are at work ;)
No I think it would be a good thing(tm) to have some of our US counterparts contributing to these forums. I get the impression from listening from Casting From the Server Room there's some noteable differences how things work over there compared to how do things.Quote:
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It is one of things once got version two of the site sorted I am going to look at. Going to look at the International members (we know you are there) and how we can serve them better.
Yes Goeff you are right lot of support is done by state education board aka our LEA. Also there is big difference between under funded schools and highly funded schools. Main one being as I understand it being under funded schools don't encourge innovation with in the school and it's teaching where better funded schools are more likely to.


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On Saturday, May 13th, the 34th District Democrats converged on the Admiral District home of an elderly retired couple, and spent four hours removing debris and cleaning the yard of the home. Over 1.5 tons of yard waste and debris was hauled to the transfer station. This clean-up was arranged by Adria Briehl of Volunteer Chore Services, a division of Catholic Community Services, which sponsors such events to help people in need in our community. Here is a gallery of photos from that event. Click any photo to see a larger version. Photos by Steve Karbowski.
Group photo right to left: Richard Bartlett, Les Treall, Steve Karbowski, Madeline Hollister, Mary Hollister, Brian Hollister, David Petronic, Brian Earl, Ernie Madero, Sarah Earl, Lily Feller, Linda Chauvin, Mitch Feller, Matt McCart, Nathaniel Feller, Cherisse Luxa, Sen. Erik Poulsen, & Hailey Dowling. (participated but not in photo: Greg Doss and Adria Briehl)
State Senator Erik Poulsen "cleans up"
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Greg Doss and Sarah Earl
Mitch Feller "hacking away"
Cherisse Luxa and Erik Poulsen
Dragging away one large blade of grass
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The backyard before we started
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Julian Ogilvie Thompson
Julian Ogilvie Thompson (born 1934 in Cape Town, South Africa) is a South African businessman and former chairman of De Beers and Anglo American mining. Ogilvie Thompson was educated at Diocesan College in Cape Town and the University of Oxford. In 1957, he became personal assistant to Harry Oppenheimer and joined the Anglo American finance division in 1961. He went on to manage and head this division and also joined the De Beers board in 1966. Ogilvie Thompson was appointed an executive director of Anglo American in 1971 and succeeded Harry Oppenheimer as chairman of Minorco in 1982 and as chairman of De Beers in 1985. He succeeded Gavin Relly as chairman of Anglo American in 1990 and retired as chairman of De Beers in 1997 to become a non-executive deputy chairman. After leading the 1999 merger of Anglo American and Minorco, Ogilvie Thompson became its chairman and CEO. He was succeeded by Tony Trahar in 2000 but continued as a non-executive chairman. He also resigned as deputy chairman of De Beers in 2002, but continued to be a non-executive director. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Mandela Rhodes Foundation.  ( Wikipedia article )
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American Architecture
This site presents a look at American Architecture during the eighteenth century, including the Capitol at Williamsburg, Drayton Hall, Faneuil Hall, Monticello, and Mount Vernon.
Archiving Early America
Archiving Early America contains a wealth of resources -- a unique array of primary source material from eighteenth Century America. Scenes and portraits from original newspapers, maps and writings come to life on the screen just as they appeared to this country's forebears more than two centuries ago.
ASECS American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies
Established in 1969, the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies advances study and research in the history of a time that has profoundly influenced our world. ASECS is a pioneer in interdisciplinary investigation, and it therefore welcomes as members those working in all areas of scholarly inquiry pertinent to eighteenth-century studies.
Avalon Project at the Yale Law School
This is a searchable database of primary legal material mainly from American history, but including some Ancient and Medieval documents. Arranged into pre-eighteenth, eighteenth, nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first century sections.
The American Revolution
This provides information on the American Revolutionary War and the U.S. constitution.
A Century of Lawmaking
This site provides the records of the American legislative bodies from the Continental Congress in 1774 to 1783. Beginning with the Continental Congress in 1774, America's national legislative bodies have kept records of their proceedings. The records of the Continental Congress, the Constitutional Convention, and the United States Congress comprise a rich documentary history of the construction of the nation, the development of the federal government, and its role in the national life. These documents record American history in the words of those who built our government. Maintained by the Library of Congress.
Eighteenth Century Studies
This collection archives works of the eighteenth century from the perspectives of literary and cultural studies. Novels, plays, memoirs, treatises and poems of the period are kept here (in some cases, influential texts from before 1700 or after 1800 as well), along with modern criticism.
Franklin and His Friends
Part of the Smithsonian Institution, this site looks at American scientists in the eighteenth century. "Franklin & His Friends" presents portraits of men who, regardless of their actual vocation, shared a passion for science.
The French and Indian raid on Deerfield Massachusetts, 1704
This site provides background, genealogy and the events of the French and Indian attack on February 29, 1704.
The Papers of James Madison
The Papers of James Madison, housed at the University of Virginia, was established in 1956 to publish annotated volumes of the correspondence and writings of James Madison, the Virginia statesman remembered for his public service as "Father of the Constitution" and as fourth president of the United States.
The Papers of George Washington
The Papers of George Washington, a grant-funded project, was established in 1969 at the University of Virginia, under the joint auspices of the University and the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union, to publish a comprehensive edition of Washington's correspondence.
Religion and the Founding of the Republic
Encompassing over 200 objects including early American books, manuscripts, letters, prints, paintings, artifacts, and music from the Library of Congress collections and complemented by loans from other institutions. Religion and the Founding of the American Republic explores the role religion played in the founding of the American colonies, in the shaping of early American life and politics, and in forming the American Republic.
Salem Witch Trials
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The Society of Colonial Wars
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-- Looking for a bright spot in Missouri's economic picture? Look outdoors. The upcoming spring turkey season will pump tens of millions of dollars into the state economy, just as it does every year.
Last year, Missourians spent more than $1.5 million on spring turkey hunting permits. More important to Missouri's economic well-being, out-of-state hunters shelled out nearly $1.4 million for Missouri spring turkey hunting permits. The fall season added another $235,447 to 2009 turkey permit sales.
The economic impact of turkey hunting, both spring and fall, goes far beyond permit sales, however. Turkey hunters spend more than $125 million each year on travel, food, lodging and hunting equipment, including everything from shotguns and ammunition to turkey calls and camouflage clothing.
In all, the economic impact of this spending is more than $248 million annually and supports more than 2,300 jobs.
Economic estimates using information from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service show that turkey hunting expenditures generate nearly $5 million in state sales taxes and another $2 million in state income tax revenues annually. These contributions to the Missouri economy are especially welcome when state revenues lag and force cuts to important services.
Conservation of the wild turkey has made Missouri one of the nation's top turkey hunting destinations. This enriches both the lives of those who hunt and the Missouri economy. If you are interested in wild turkeys in Missouri, go to www.missouriconservation.org/hunt/turkey/sprturk/.
The figures on hunter expenditures are based on information from the National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation, which has been conducted about every five years since 1955. More information about the survey is available at http://www.fws.gov and additional economic analyses are available at www.southwickassociates.com
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