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1812: The Rivers of War (Trail of Glory Series #1)by Eric Flint
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Eric Flint's acclaimed 1634: The Galileo Affair was a national bestseller from one of the most talked-about voices in his field. Now, in this extraordinary new alternate history, Flint begins a dramatic saga of the North American continent at a dire turning point, forging its identity and its future in the face of revolt from within, and attack from without.
In the War of 1812, U.S. troops are battling the British on the Canadian border, even as a fierce fight is being waged against the Creek followers of the Indian leader Tecumseh and his brother, known as The Prophet. In Europe, Napoleon Bonaparte's war has become a losing proposition, and the British are only months away from unleashing a frightening assault on Washington itself. Fateful choices are being made in the corridors of power and on the American frontier. As Andrew Jackson, backed by Cherokee warriors, leads a fierce attack on the Creek tribes, his young republic will soon need every citizen soldier it can find.
What if–at this critical moment–bonds were forged between men of different races and tribes? What if the Cherokee clans were able to muster an integrated front, and the U.S. government faced a united Indian nation bolstered by escaping slaves, freed men of color, and even influential white allies?
Through the remarkable adventures of men who were really there–men of mixed race, mixed emotions, and a singular purpose–The Rivers of War carries us in this new direction, brilliantly transforming an extraordinary chapter of American history.
With a cast of unforgettable characters–from James Monroe and James Madison to Sam Houston, Francis Scott Key, and Cherokee chiefs John Ross and Major Ridge–The Rivers of War travels from the battle of Horseshoe Bend to the battle of New Orleans, and brings every explosive moment to life. With exquisite attention to detail, an extraordinary grasp of history, and a storyteller's gift for the dramatic, Flint delivers a bold, thought-provoking epic of enemies and allies, traitors and revolutionaries, and illuminates who we are as a nation, how we got here, and how history itself is made–and remade.
Editorial Reviews
"Eric Flint [drops] his readers into another time and place, where cultures collide, the action is hot and heavy, and we get to experience the best of the human spirit."
–DAVID WEBER, New York Times bestselling author of the Honor Harrington adventures
"Eric Flint has a genius for taking his passion for history and turning it into powerful, action-packed stories that instantly grab the readers and plunge them into a time and place that might have been."
–DAVID DRAKE, author of The Far Side of the Stars and Redliners
Product Details
- 9780307509871
- Publisher:
- Random House Publishing Group
- Publication date:
- 03/31/2010
- Series:
- Trail of Glory Series , #1
- Sold by:
- Random House
- Format:
- NOOK Book
- Pages:
- 560
- Sales rank:
- 131,556
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February 6, 1814
Fort Strother, Mississippi Territory
The first time Sam Houston set eyes on Andrew Jackson, the general's left arm was in a sling, and he was losing his temper.
"Do I make myself clear, sir?"
Jackson's eyes were like small blue volcanoes erupting under bushy blond eyebrows and an even bushier head of sandy-gray hair. The scar on his forehead actually seemed to be throbbing.
Sam had heard tales about that scar. Supposedly, it had been put there decades ago, during the Revolution, by a British officer. After seizing the home occupied by Jackson and his family in the Carolinas, the Redcoat had ordered a thirteen-year-old Jackson to shine his boots. Jackson had flat refused, and hadn't changed his mind even after the officer slashed him with a saber.
When he'd first heard the story, Sam had been skeptical. Now, watching Jackson with his own two eyes, he didn't doubt it any longer. The general's jaws were clenched, his bony fists were clenched, his whipcord body was clenched. He seemed ready to jump right out of his uniform and start pummeling the officer who was facing him.
"Answer me, blast you!" Jackson bellowed. Shrieked, rather, since he had a high-pitched voice. The general thrust his head forward so aggressively, his chin leading the way like the ram on an ancient war galley, that his fancy hat fell right off his head. The two-cornered general's hat landed on its side, like a shipwreck on a reef. Jackson paid no attention to the mishap.
The officer who was facing him—somebody in the Tennessee militia, judging from the uniform—was doing his level best not to wilt under Jackson's fury. But his level best . . .
Wasn't good enough. Not even close.
The man sidled backward a step, his eyes avoiding Jackson's accusing gaze. "Tarnation, General," he muttered, "you can't just—"
"Yes, sir, I can! And, yes, sir—I most certainly will! I've done it before, and I'll do it again!"
For the first time, Jackson seemed to catch sight of the two officers who had entered his command tent. He glared at General John Coffee first. But the glare was fleeting, nothing more than a split second's reflex.
"Coffee," he stated tersely. The greeting had an approving air to it, from what Sam could tell.
But then the glare turned on Sam himself, so he didn't have any time to ponder the matter.
It was quite a glare, too. Easily worthy of one of the heroes in Sam's treasured Iliad. Maybe not quite up to the standards of Achilles, but certainly the equal of anything Agamemnon or Menelaus could have managed.
"And you, sir!" the general barked. "You're wearing the uniform of a regular soldier in the army of the United States of America. Can I assume that you will follow orders?"
The general's eyes flicked to the militia officer. Jackson said nothing, but the glance alone was enough to make clear what he thought of the fellow.
Sam might have been amused, except he was starting to become angry himself. He didn't like bullies, never had, and the general looked to be about as bad a bully as he'd ever encountered.
"Yes, sir," he said stiffly, straightening up to his full height of six feet two inches. "I took the oath and I'll obey orders. Presuming the orders are lawful, that is."
With that, he fell silent. For a moment, it looked to Sam as if the general would literally explode. His pale face seemed so suffused with blood and fury that his temples threatened to burst. Both of them were throbbing now.
Then, to Sam's surprise, the general grunted a little laugh. "Ha! Got some backbone, do you? Good."
Jackson pointed a stiff finger at the target of his rage. "The issue in question here, young ensign, is whether or not these miserable militiamen will be allowed to desert their country in its time of need. I have informed this—this—this—individual that I will have shot any militiaman who attempts to desert."
The fact that the general's left arm was in a sling only added emphasis to the rigid, accusing finger of the other hand. For two reasons. First, because Jackson seemed to have an uncanny knack for striking dramatic poses. The lion, wounded, yet still able to challenge the hyena. Second, because the militia officer knew—so did everyone, including Sam himself—that the wound in question was the result of a recent shootout at a hotel in Nashville between Jackson and his friend Coffee and the Benton brothers. The pose might be histrionic, but Jackson's capacity for violence was by now a legend on the frontier.
Again, that jaw thrusting forth. "Damn me if I won't, sir!" he roared. "I'll shoot them myself, if I have to!"
The jaw receded, leaving the man a sinking wreck. Jackson's eyes turned back to Sam. "I will trust you to carry out the order, young ensign. If you've got spine enough to stand up to me, you ought to have spine enough to shoot a worthless deserter."
The officer, though sinking, hadn't quite dropped out of sight yet.
"General," he pleaded, "the terms under which the men enlisted—"
"Blast your terms, sir! Blast them, I say!"
This time, Jackson's finger pointed out of the tent. "Do the Red Sticks care about your 'terms'? I'll crush those savages, so help me I will—and you'll be there to help me do it. You will, sir! Don't doubt it! Or I'll crush you first!
"Now get out of my sight. Your protest has been heard, adjudged wanting in all right or reason, and summarily dismissed."
With that, the general took a half step back himself, as if he'd encountered a bad smell. The officer took advantage of the momentary space and scuttled out of the tent.
After he was gone, Jackson shook his head. "God save us from militiamen," he growled. "Lawyers, every one of them. And shysters at that."
His eyes came back to Sam, ranging, for a moment, up and down the uniform that identified him as a regular in the Thirty-ninth Infantry, U.S. Army. While European armies had adopted close-bodied coats or jackets in the course of the Napoleonic wars, American uniforms remained the traditional cutaway style, with elaborate lapels, facings, and turnbacks. Coats were still closed with hooks and eyes rather than buttons.
Sam's uniform was typical. The coat was blue and long-skirted, with scarlet cuffs and a standing collar. The woolen trousers were white, plain, and tucked into his boots. He had his tall leather infantry cap—often called a "tombstone shako"—tucked neatly into the crook of his arm.
After an inspection that lasted for several seconds, Jackson seemed satisfied. "Fortunately," he continued, "I now have real soldiers on the spot. What's your name, Ensign? And how long have you been serving the colors?"
"Sam Houston, sir. I enlisted in March of last year."
Jackson eyebrows lowered slightly. "Houston. I believe I've heard about you. Aren't you the one who was adopted by the Cherokee?"
The sentence seemed almost like an accusation, but . . . not exactly. Sam couldn't really tell what lay beneath it.
"Yes, sir," he replied. "When I was sixteen, after I ran away from home. I lived for three years with John Jolly and his people. He's the one adopted me, and gave me my Cherokee name."
"And that is?"
"Colonneh, sir. It means 'The Raven.' "
Jackson sniffed. "Nasty birds, ravens. On the other hand, they're also tough, and smart. Let's hope they picked the right name. Do you speak the language?"
"Yes, sir."
"Yes, sir."
"Do you get along with the savages?"
"Very well, sir." Sam's big shoulders shifted. "And I don't take kindly to people insulting my family."
Jackson surprised him again. The general grinned—rather cheerfully, it seemed. "It's against the law to challenge a superior officer, youngster, so you'd best leave the rest of that thought unspoken. I'd have to shoot you dead, and I'd prefer not to do that. Still and all, I'll refrain from using the term. In your presence, at least." There was a hint of sarcasm in his voice.
The general rubbed his long chin. "I can use you for liaison then, if Coffee needs it. We've got five hundred Cherokees allied with us in this campaign, and about a hundred friendly Creeks. Do you speak their language, too?"
Sam hesitated. That was a hard question to answer. The Creek Confederacy was an amalgam of a number of tribes of different origins, further divided between the so-called Upper and Lower Towns. The term "Creek" itself was a white man's word. Creeks were more likely to think of themselves as Coweta or Alabama or Tuskegee.
"Well . . ." he began.
But apparently Jackson understood the reality of the situation. "Any of the dialects?"
"I can get along, sir, with some of them. I speak a little Choctaw, also."
"No Choctaws with us on this campaign, so that doesn't matter. It might later, though. Once we're done with the Red Sticks, we'll be facing the British, you can be sure of it. Maybe the Spanish, as well. John? Do you want him? If you do, I'll have Colonel Williams detach him from duty with his regiment."
The officer who had accompanied Houston shrugged his shoulders. "I could certainly use Ensign Houston, General, but I don't really need him. At least a third of the Cherokees speak English. The Ridge doesn't, true enough, but he's got that young John Ross fellow to translate for him." Major Coffee chuckled. "Of course, I don't think Ross really speaks Cherokee all that well. But we'll get along, true enough."
Jackson nodded. "All right, then. To tell you the truth, John, it'd probably be better to keep the ensign with his unit. I'll be counting on the Thirty-ninth to keep the ragtag-and-bobtail in line." He glanced at the flap of the tent through which the militia officer had beat a hasty retreat. "I think I did a pretty good job of bullying the little piglet. But you know as well as I do that they need bullying on a regular basis. How was my tantrum, by the way?"
Coffee smiled. "Pretty good. Not your very best, though." The major looked down at Jackson's hat, which was still lying on the floor. "For a really top performance, you should have stomped on the hat."
The general stared down at the object in question. "Tarnation. I didn't think of that." He seemed genuinely aggrieved.
Jackson stooped over and picked up the hat, brushed it off, then jammed it back onto his head. By the time he was finished, Sam was thoroughly amazed at the transformation in the man. The general who now stood before him, smiling and relaxed, seemed like a completely different person.
Jackson gave him a cool, thin smile. "A lesson here, Ensign Houston, which will stand you in good stead. A reputation, once developed, is as valuable as a fine sword."
Then the smile became very thin. "But don't forget that it has to be a valid reputation. Or the sword's got no edge. I will shoot the bastards, if I have to."
There didn't seem to be much to say to that, so Sam kept his mouth shut. After a moment, the general turned away and motioned for them to follow him to a table that stood in the corner of the tent. "And now, John, let's discuss the campaign."
There was a large map spread across the table. "The Georgians are worthless, as usual," Jackson growled. "There's nobody quicker to steal land from
Indians, but whenever it comes to having to actually fight the savages—"
He broke off, tossing Sam a sly glance. "Excuse me, Ensign. I should have said 'the gentlemen of the red-skinned race.' But whatever you call them, the Georgians run for cover every blasted time they appear. I just got word that General Floyd has retreated—again—and relinquished command to Colonel Milton at Fort Hull. Who'll probably be just as useless as every Georgian seems to be. So it'll be up to us Tennesseans to put an end to the Red Sticks."
Coffee studied the map intently, as did Sam. It was hand-drawn, and showed the terrain of the Territory of Mississippi, where the Red Sticks were concentrated. The Red Stick faction of the Creeks, the southern allies of Tecumseh, came mainly from the Confederacy's Upper Towns. By and large, the Lower Town Creeks had either remained neutral or were allied with the United States.
American newspapers tended to portray the Red Stick war as an attack on white settlers. It was that, certainly, but it was more in the way of a civil war among the Creeks themselves. The people massacred at Fort Mims by the Red Sticks a few months earlier, on August 30, had mainly been Creeks, not whites. Mixed-bloods, true, most of them—but the same could be said of the Red Sticks, especially their leaders. Tecumseh and his brother The Prophet had sought to unite all Indians against the whites. But, like most Indians, they viewed the distinction between "red men" and "white men" more along cultural lines than strictly racial ones. Many of Tecumseh's followers, especially the Creek warriors of the Red Stick faction, had some white ancestors themselves.
Tecumseh himself was dead now, killed in Canada in October, when U.S. forces under the command of General William Henry Harrison had defeated the British and their Indian allies at the battle of the Thames. It was reported that Colonel Richard Johnson, who'd led the final cavalry charge and had been badly wounded in the affray, had shot Tecumseh personally. But the fires Tecumseh and his brother The Prophet had lit among the many Indian tribes were still burning in the southern territories of the United States.
Coffee rubbed his chin. "Are you sure you don't want to wait for the Georgians to regroup, General?" His finger traced the lines of the Coosa and Tallapoosa rivers. "We're not going to move easily through this terrain. It's pretty much pure wilderness, by all accounts I've received."
Jackson shook his head impatiently. "We haven't time for a slow campaign, John. The real enemy is the British, don't ever forget it. We've got to crush this uprising as soon as possible or we'll still be tied up when the British arrive."
"You may be jumping to conclusions, General. Napoleon might beat them, you know, even after his defeat at Leipzig. If he does, the British won't be in any position to send more troops all the way across the Atlantic."
Sam was a little surprised that Coffee didn't hesitate to argue the matter. After witnessing the Homeric temper tantrum Jackson had just thrown, Sam himself would have been a little hesitant to disagree with him under any circumstances.
Meet the Author
ERIC FLINT graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from UCLA with a degree in African history. His first novel, Mother of Demons, was picked by Science Fiction Chronicle as a best novel of the year. His alternate history novels, 1634: The Galileo Affair, and 1632, received lavish critical praise. He has collaborated with David Drake on five novels in the acclaimed Belisarius series, the next of which will be The Dance of Time. A longtime labor union activist, he currently resides in northwest Indiana with his wife, Lucille.
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I'm a Harry Turtledove and 1632 Fan so I gave this a look. As with Flint's other series, the mix of history and fiction is plausible and seamless. If you are a history buff you'll find the historical "kink" that gets this going more believable than the start of 1632. The rest is a good ride with few slow spots (for character building). The story was satisfying and made buying "1824" a no brainer.
Very enjoyable story, but not to be confused with High literature. The characters are as expected, keeping close to what historical sources say of their actual personalities. Events are believable and results are logical.
Rivers of War suffers just a little from being a preliminary for what will likely be the main story in the second book. Nevertheless, it stands up pretty much on its own. The premise is that Sam Houston is only slightly wounded in a battle during the War of 1812 (in real history he was laid up for the rest of the war.) That starts a whole series of events that brings not only Sam Houston, but some of his Cherokee relations to the Battles of Washington and New Orleons and what promises to be a far kinder (and more exciting) fate for the Cherokee nations years later, which doubtless will be related in the second book. I'm looking forward to it.


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Frequently Asked Questions about Polar Express™
Can you tell me more about the event? Passengers arrive at the Ocean Gateway Visitor Center which serves as our train depot for the event. There they board the train and ride about a mile and a half along Casco Bay on the Eastern Promenade to the "North Pole." Chefs serve hot chocolate and cookies to passengers on the journey. Holiday decorations inside the train add to the festive atmosphere as guests on board meet the Conductor, enjoy hot chocolate and cookies, listen to a reading of the magical story, and sing carols. Santa boards the train from a special outpost of the North Pole and greet passengers, making sure every child receives a bell. For Parents, Grandparents and other Christmas shoppers, there is Polar Express™ merchandise available for purchase in the gift shop along with other holiday gifts. Families can also take a photo with the Conductor at the train depot. Children are encouraged to wear their pajamas. All passengers should ready to board the train at least 15 minutes prior to the train's departure. Please be sure you arrive early – The Polar Express™ leaves right on time!
Do we get off the train? No. Passengers stay on the train. Santa boards the train at the "North Pole" and will greet passengers in each car.
How long does the ride last? The actual train ride lasts about 45 minutes. We suggest you allow approximately an hour and a half for the whole event. There is holiday music, shopping and an opportunity to have your photo taken with the Conductor at Ocean Gateway while you wait to board your train. Be sure to bring along your camera.
Is the train wheelchair accessible? Yes. We can accommodate up to four wheelchairs per train ride. There is handicap parking available at the Ocean Gateway terminal. Please be prepared to board 20 minutes before your train departure.
Are strollers allowed on board? No. Strollers can be left at the train depot.
What is the difference between a First Class ticket and a Coach ticket? First Class cars are limited to a smaller amount of passengers. In the First Class cars, passengers receive their hot chocolate in a ceramic souvenir mug that is theirs to keep after the event.
Are the cars heated? The train cars are heated with the steam locomotive, however, temperatures may vary due to weather conditions and equipment. Please be sure to dress warm and weather appropriate with removable layers as needed. It's Winter in Maine!
What days and times are the trains? Please visit www.porttix.com to view our full schedule of dates and times.
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What is the cost of tickets? Tickets are $24 per coach ticket or $40 per first class ticket. Please note there is a $4.50 processing fee added to each ticket (bringing the total cost to $28.50 per coach ticket and $44.50 per first class ticket). Please visit www.porttix.com to purchase tickets.
Why did you raise the price this year? Ticket prices were increased this year to reflect the increased cost of producing the event. This is the first time the museum has raised ticket prices since the event began in 2008. The Polar Express™ event is the largest annual fundraiser for the museum. We thank you for your support.
My child is two years old. Does he/she need a ticket? Children aged 2 and under do not need to purchase a ticket. As long as your child can sit on your lap for the ride, a separate ticket is not required for ages 2 and under.
What if I can't make my train or if there is a snow storm? All ticket sales are non-refundable, unless a train is cancelled. As a rule, Maine Narrow Gauge will cancel a train only if the City of Portland declares a snow emergency or in the case of equipment failure. Should that happen, cancellation information will be available on the PortTIX website, on the museum website, and via PortTIX at 207-842-0800. Any decision to cancel a train will be made by 10am the day of the event. If a train is cancelled, ticket-holders may choose to exchange into another train (subject to availability). Refund requests must be made through PortTIX by January 7, 2015. Please note, processing fees are not returnable in any form.
Can I buy tickets the day of the event? Yes, IF there are any available. Tickets can be purchased for the current day only at "Will Call," located in the Ocean Gateway building where you will board your train. Tickets still available on a given evening will be available for purchase one hour prior to the first train's departure. Advanced reservations are strongly encouraged as tickets often sell out.
I already purchased my tickets and asked that they be held at Will Call. Where is that located? "Will Call" is located in the Ocean Gateway Visitor Center. This building serves as our train depot for the event and is where you will board the train. The Ocean Gateway Train Depot opens one hour prior to the first train's departure. Please allow at least thirty minutes before your train to pick up your tickets.
Are there any tickets left? What nights/times are still available? Please call PortTIX at 207-842-0800 or visit their website www.porttix.com for ticket information.
Are there any group rates available? Groups of 20+ qualify for a group rate. Please contact Kailey Partin at PortTIX by calling 207-842-0800 ext. 227 to make a group reservation. Group discounts are available for advanced reservations only.
Where do we get on board? Passengers should arrive at the Ocean Gateway Visitor Center at 14 Thames Street to board the train. The Ocean Gateway Visitor Center serves as our train depot for this event. You must be at Ocean Gateway to board your train at least 15 minutes prior to your departure time – the Polar Express™ leaves right on time. The museum is NOT open during the event.
Where do we park? The closest parking garage is the Ocean Gateway Parking Garage at 167 Fore Street. Please note that there is a fee for parking in the garage. There are several other parking garages in the Old Port and limited street parking available. The gravel parking lot located directly across the street from Ocean Gateway is a Pay to Park lot. You must pay at the meter station if you wish to park there or you will get a parking ticket from the City of Portland. There is NO parking available at the museum and the museum is not open during the event.
Directions to Ocean Gateway Pier & Parking Garage:
- From I-295, take EXIT 7 (Franklin Street).
- On Franklin Street, go to the 7th traffic light and turn LEFT onto Commercial Street.
- Continue STRAIGHT through the stop sign at Commercial & India Streets.
- At next stop sign, turn LEFT onto Hancock Street. (Look to the right to see Ocean Gateway Pier – building with clock tower. This is where you'll board the train).
- At next stop sign, turn LEFT onto Fore Street. Entrance to garage is on the right (alternate entrance for garage around the block on the opposite side of the building). Please note there is a FEE for parking.
What are some nearby hotels? Portland has many great hotels and accommodations to choose from. Here are a few hotels that are located within a few miles of the event:
- Hampton Inn, 209 Fore Street: (207) 775-1454
- Hilton Garden Inn, 65 Commercial Street: (207) 780-0780
- Holiday Inn Portland by the Bay, 88 Spring Street: (207) 775-2311
- Portland Harbor Hotel, 468 Fore Street: (207) 775-9090
- Portland Regency Hotel & Spa, 20 Milk Street: (207) 774-4200
- Residence Inn Portland Downtown/Waterfront, 145 Fore Street: (207) 761-1660
What are some nearby kid-friendly restaurants? Portland has many great restaurants to choose from. Here are a few restaurants that are child friendly and are located within a short distance from the train depot:
- DiMillo's, 25 Long Wharf: (207)772-2216
- Flatbread Company, 72 Commercial Street #5: (207)772-8777
- Otto Pizza, 225 Congress Street: (207)773-7099
- Sebago Brewing Company, 211 Fore Street: (207)775-2337
What else is there to do in Portland? For more information on things to do in Portland, visit the Portland Maine Convention and Visitor Bureau website or the Portland Downtown District website.


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Awards | Jeremiah creator Hermann has been selected as the winner of the Angouleme International Comics Festival Grand Prix. The Belgian artist, who was a finalist last year, will serve as president of the 2017 festival. The prestigious award was mired in controversy this year when the longlist of nominees featured the names of 30 male creators but no women. Hermann is well known in the French-language comics world; some of his work has been published in English by Dark Horse. [Le Monde, YouTube]
Museums | The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, founded by George Lucas and slated to open in 2018 in Chicago, has acquired the original art from Robert Crumb's The Book of Genesis. [The Art Paper]
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Graphic novels | BookScan's Top 20 graphic novels sold in bookstores in July has a decidedly different makeup than usual, with the 1988 one-shot Batman: The Killing Joke topping the list, and seven other DC Comics titles making the cut as well (however, just one of those, Batgirl, Vol. 1, is a new release). Other entries include hardy perennials American Born Chinese and Fun Home make the chart, perhaps as summer reading, and as always, the first volume of Attack on Titan. [ICv2]
Conventions | Denver, already home to one of the larger comics and pop culture conventions, is getting its own independent comics festival, the Denver Independent Comic and Art Expo (DINK), which will launch in March. The show will be held in the Sherman Street Event Center, which organizer Charlie LaGreca describes as "like something out of a Wes Anderson movie," and is looking for sponsors with ties to the community. "The pop-culture, big-box cons are amazing and incredible, and we have them in spades now. They provide such a huge array [of options]," said LaGreca, a Denver Comic Con co-founder who exited the organization last year in a highly publicized dispute. "What's cool about this is we can bring the focus back to just art and comics and the cross-pollination of what it means for art. It's really embracing all comics genres, not [just] focused on sci-fi and superheroes and stuff like that." [Westword]
Comics | Novelist Jonathan Lethem is the guest editor for this year's Best American Comics collection, the first to come from outside the comics realm. Series editor Bill Kartalopoulos says he was "amazing": "He clearly knows a lot about comics and cartooning. His novels draw on his lifelong love of comic books, he's written Omega the Unknown for Marvel, and he's more than familiar with the historical and contemporary landmarks in comics. But as someone who's not 'from' the comics field he brings an entirely fresh perspective to the material from the past year that we considered for the book. He doesn't bring any baggage to the table about who 'should' be included in this volume based on status or popularity or currency. Comics can be so insular sometimes, so we're lucky to have this kind of attention from someone like Jonathan." [Publishers Weekly]
Political cartoons | Cartoonist Ted Rall, who was cut loose last week by the Los Angeles Times after the Los Angeles Police Department cast doubt on a blog post he wrote for the newspaper about being stopped in 2001 for jaywalking, has posted an enhanced version of the audiotape of that incident, which he says backs his version of the story. [aNewDomain]
Creators | Stan Lee waxes philosophical in an interview conducted at Boston Comic Con: "I think people need somebody to look up to as a role model, you know? Just like people need to believe in God, you need to feel there's someone somewhere who can help you because you're aware this is not a perfect world." [Boston Herald]
Creators | Political cartoonist Ted Rall talks to the local news about his firing by the Los Angeles Times, which concluded a post he wrote in May for its OpinionLA blog about being stopped by police in 2001 for jaywalking contained "inconsistencies." Rall, who worked for the Times on a freelance basis, insists the audiotape of the incident provided to the newspaper by the Los Angeles Police Department doesn't contradict his statements about being treated rudely and handcuffed. "I would do it all over the same way today," Rall told CBS Los Angeles. "I'm disgusted that the Times took the LAPD's word, based on nothing." [CBS Los Angeles]
The Los Angeles Times has fired political cartoonist Ted Rall, who worked on a freelance basis, after finding "inconsistencies" in a post he wrote in May for the newspaper's OpinionLA blog about being stopped by police in 2001 for jaywalking. However, Rall insists his story is true, and accuses the Los Angeles Police Department of pressuring the paper to ax him.
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Controversy | More than 80 creators and other industry figures, including Jaime Hernandez, Kate Beaton, Alison Bechdel, Warren Ellis, Eleanor Davis, Jeet Heer and David Brothers, have signed an open letter asking Franck Bondoux, head of the Angoulême International Comics Festival, to cut the event's ties to Israeli soft drink company SodaStream, which has its main plant in an occupied area of the West Bank. A similar action was taken last year regarding the company's sponsorship of the festival. [Comics & Cola]
Passings | Dutch underground comics artist Peter Pontiac died Tuesday at age 63. Born Peter J. G. Pollmann, Pontiac came of age in the 1960s and started out drawing covers for bootleg songbooks, then moved on to create comics inspired by his own life and experiences, including The Amsterdam Connection, Requiem Fortissimo and the illustrated novel Kraut. His comics appeared in the Dutch underground comics magazines Modern Papier and Tante Leny Presenteert, as well as in the American Anarchy Comix and Mondo Snarfo. He later collected many of his comics in the seven issues of The Pontiac Review. He received the Stripschapprijs, a Dutch lifetime achievement award for comics creators, in 1997 and the Marten Toonder Prize in 2011. Pontiac suffered from liver disease and ran a crowdfunding campaign to finance a book about death and his disease, but he passed away before it could be completed. [Lambiek Comiclopedia]
Publishing | The French satire magazine Charlie Hebdo will be published next week, to demonstrate that "stupidity will not win," according to columnist Patrick Pelloux. Ten of the magazine's staff members were among those killed Wednesday when three armed men attacked their Paris headquarters, apparently because Charlie Hebdo published cartoons mocking the Prophet Muhammad. [The Guardian]
Political cartoons | Adam Taylor looks at the history of controversies regarding depictions of the Prophet Muhammad. [The Washington Post]
Political cartoons | Cartoonist and syndicator Daryl Cagle pens a remembrance four of the slain Charlie Hebdo cartoonists, some of whom he knew personally, and also talks about the importance of editorial cartooning in France. [Darylcagle.com]
Comic strips | The art from cartoonist Bill Watterson's surprise return to the comics page earlier this month for a three-day stint on Pearls Before Swine will be auctioned Aug. 8 on behalf of Team Cul de Sac, the charity founded by Chris Sparks to honor Cul de Sac creator Richard Thompson, who has Parkinson's disease. The proceeds benefiting The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research. A painting by Watterson of one of Thompson's characters sold in 2012 for $13,000 as part of a benefit auction for Team Cul de Sac. [Team Cul de Sac]
Creators | The tech news site Pando has fired cartoonist Ted Rall, just a month after hiring him, along with journalist David Sirota. While Rall wouldn't comment on the reason for his dismissal, he did say the news came "really truly out of a clear blue sky. I literally never got anything but A++ reviews," and he added that editor Paul Carr gave him complete editorial freedom. While Valleywag writer Nitasha Tiku speculates that the two had rubbed investors the wrong way, Carr disputes that, as well as other assertions in the article. Nonetheless, both Rall and Sirota confirmed they were let go. [Valleywag]
Publishing | Tom Spurgeon writes the definitive obituary of PictureBox, which announced Monday it will stop publishing at the end of the year. He also polls other small-press comics publishers for their reactions. [The Comics Reporter]
Digital comics | Yen Press is bringing its digital manga magazine Yen Plus to an end; the December issue will be the final one. The magazine was launched as a print anthology in August 2008 and switched to digital-only format in 2010. When it began serializing Soul Eater NOT, Yen Plus became the first magazine to publish manga chapters worldwide at the same time they came out in Japan (Shonen Jump does simultaneous release, but only to a restricted region). [Anime News Network]


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Markus1984 built this awesomely elaborate LEGO Steampunk AT-AT for round three of the MOC Madness 2014 Steam Wars competition. Because it's part of an ongoing competition, Markus had only seven days to build this walker, which makes its many details that much more impressive. It even features two little minifigs hard at work stoking the engine. The walker appears to be a well-oiled machine from top to bottom, but that devoted crew is still doomed if the walker falls over.
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– Pratap Bhanu Mehta, President, Center for Policy Research, New Delhi, India
"The authors of this book have very successfully accomplished the virtually impossible task of analyzing what they describe as four revolutionary transformations of the Indian economy, polity, and society (in particular, its secular values). The transformations have the potential to remake India's socioeconomic strategies and policies in a profound way, including those relating to national security and external relations. In short, eminently readable chapters devoted to each transformation, the authors have succinctly analyzed its characteristics and contents and provided copious references to the literature for a reader to pursue them in greater detail. I highly recommend this book, which provides a brief but deep analysis for anyone with a serious interest in India."
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"India Since 1980 offers a remarkably dense analysis of most topical issues. The main achievements of 'the world's largest democracy' are highlighted, but the challenges it has to cope with – including the crisis of its secularism – are scrutinized too. A must for the noninitiated reader as well as for those who need to put what they know about this puzzling country in perspective."
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Second "Walking Dead" show added at Riverside, VIP tickets sold out
Like zombies stumbling upon a flock of people, fans of AMC's hit zombie series "The Walking Dead" have been ripping into tickets for a live panel discussion at the Riverside Theater Feb. 16, even though they haven't gone on sale to the general public yet.
The 100 special $100 VIP tickets-which include premium seating, limited-edition poster, and meet and greet opportunity with actors Norman Reedus ("Daryl"), Steve Yeun ("Glenn"), Lauren Cohan ("Maggie") and executive producer Greg Nicotero-were instantly purchased at the start of the pre-sale at noon today. Pre-sale tickets for the special event have been in such high demand, the venue has already added a second show, to take place at 10 p.m. Feb. 16. »Read Full Article
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There was no opener for Diana Ross' near-capacity concert at the Riverside Theater Tuesday. Her set — not even an hour and a half — was out before 9 p.m. Anyone who opted for the premium seats was essentially burning a buck a minute.
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I upgraded my HP Pavilion dv5 to Windows 8 pro and now it won't connect to my schools WPA2 Enterprise Network. I've tried a numerous number of things to get it to work but it just won't connect. My wifi connects perfectly fine to every other network. Dell computers with windows 8 work perfectly fine so I suspect it might be a driver issue because I'm not the only one with a Windows 8 HP laptop that won't connect to my school's wifi.
My school's connection settings are attached below.
This document is written as an instruction to connect your Windows7 notebook to NCAT's campus wireless network.
Step 1: using your mouse, left click the network icon once, shown in the red square, and then click "Open Network and Sharing Center."
Step 2: left click "Manage wireless networks."
Step 3: left-click "Add."
Step 4: left-click "Manually create a network profile" in the popup window.
Step 5: enter "aggiestudent" as the "Network name", select "WPA2-Enterprise" as the "Security type",
select "AES" as "Encryption type," and then click "OK."
Step 6: click "Change connection settings" to make further settings.
Step 7: make sure "Connect automatically when this network is in range" is checked, and then click the "Security" tab.
Step 8: make sure "WPA2-Enterprise" is checked for "Security type", "AES" is checked for "Encryption type", "Microsoft: Protected EAP (PEAP)" is checked for "Choose a network authentication method," and then click "Settings."
Step 9: un-check "Validate server certificate", select "Secured password (EAP-MSCHAP V2)" as "Select Authentication Method," check "Enable Fast Reconnect" if not checked, and then click "Configure..."
Step 10: un-check "Automatically use my Windows logon name and password (and domain if any)", click "OK" to close this Window, and then click "Ok" to close next Window.
Step 11: click "Advanced settings."
Step 12: check "Specify authentication mode", select "User authentication", and then click "Save credentials."
Step 13: enter your NCAT email account and password, and then keep clicking "OK" to close all windows.
Step 14: After a few moments, click the network icon again, Windows will show connected' next to the aggiestudent. You are connected to our campus network now. If you have any questions or problems, feel free to call or stop by Helpdesk during our office hours.
Windows 8 wifi not connecting
Take a look at this document and let me know if it helps.
More than likely HP is not going to support hardware for W8 on any system purchased before Oct 1st 2011. Most W7 drivers will work in W8.
You can run the Upgrade assistant software, which will scan your PC and generate a report on what is currently installed on your PC is compatible with W8.
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I tried what you suggested, but it says everything is compatible.
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Chocolate RecipesMay 1, 2005 - Fred Eckhardt
We offer three novelty items here that go very well with heavier beer and will give great life to any beer-chocolate tasting.
We offer three novelty items here that go very well with heavier beer and will give great life to any beer-chocolate tasting.
Boynton, Sandra. Chocolate, The Consuming Passion. Workman Publishing, New York, 1982. McGee, Harold. Sugars, Chocolate, and Confectionary, On Food and Cooking–the Science and Lore of the Kitchen. Collier-Macmillan, New York, 1984. Brenner, Joel Glenn. The Emperors of Chocolate—Inside the Secret World of Hershey & Mars. Broadway Books, New York, 2000.
Mozart is especially nice because it offers the opportunity to add a new dimension. The presenter can buy cheap wooden chopsticks. Give a single chopstick to each participant as they arrive. Don't tell them what you are doing. Let them wonder. Then along about beer number 9 you can have a seventh inning stretch by... View Article
Instruction for pairing food with beer is a little like scripting sex. In both, "common senses" should prevail. Each is a lot of fun with little direction, yet The Joy of Sex and the Playboy Advisor vie in readership with the Koran, Torah and New Testament. Similarly, books about the appetizing subject of food and... View Article
Pilsner-marinated Grilled Salmon Serves 4 4 salmon steaks 1 tablespoon ground ginger 3 cloves garlic 2 tablespoons dry mustard 1 tablespoon sesame oil 2 tablespoons soy sauce 3/4 cup pilsner 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon black pepper 2 tablespoons brown sugar 2 teaspoons white wine vinegar 2 scallions, chopped In blender, blend ginger, garlic, dry... View Article
First, let's have a round of applause for the wine guys—we have to admit they've done a really great job. The average American is fairly convinced that wine is the best beverage for food and that beer is best suited to washing down hot dogs and potato chips. Of course, the readers of this magazine... View Article
Behind the Norwich Inn's parking lot, the Jasper Murdock Ale House produces just a few hundred barrels of luscious ales each year. And as refreshing as the beer is the brewery's garden. Surrounded by twining vines laden with hops, several tables are set for dining in the beer garden. Besides the living green screen of... View Article
It is easy to find excellent examples of some of the beer styles mentioned in these articles: notably American pale ales, India pale ales, or amber lagers and ales. Other styles are not as well known. For every style mentioned, here are some domestic and imported examples to look for. Obviously, the list is not... View Article
The flavors of beer can be introduced into grilled dishes at several different stages: marinades are used before grilling, mops are daubed on during cooking to add flavor, and sauces accompany the cooked dish at the table. Beer-based marinades add flavor and moisture to all kinds of grilled foods, but more time spent marinating isn't... View Article


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It's easy to write off "Unstoppable" as your generic action film. On paper it sounds like "Speed" on train tracks for the new millennium. But to do that would not only be a huge disservice to the movie, but more importantly, to yourself. The film is receiving some of the best reviews seen in a long time for an action movie. It's even garnered an approval rating of 90% on Rotten Tomatoes earning it "Certified Fresh". The fact its based on true events only makes it more appealing. Director Tony Scott created a well-crafted film filled with enough drama and action scenes to keep the audience on the edge of your seats. Trust me, I almost fell of mine.
When I first received my invitation to attend the screening, I checked out the trailer online. Immediately, my interest was piqued and looked forward to the screening. Due to a strange random chain of events, I only received two hours of sleep the night before attending the morning screening. I debated bailing, but since I committed I soldiered through. Given how tired I was, I half-expected myself to fall asleep during the film. Boy, was I wrong. Within ten minutes, I was hooked and kept being captivated throughout the movie. I was invested in the characters and the perils they were in.
The premise of the movie is simple enough. A conductorless train with hazardous chemicals is headed to a heavily populated area. Along the way, it picks up even more speed thereby creating huge hurdles for those trying to stop the runaway train. Fortunately for the heroics of railway employees, danger is averted. As mentioned before, the movie is inspired by true events when an unmanned train #8888 with combustible materials ran amuck in Ohio. While I'm sure the real-life events were amped up to create a more dramatic story for film, the foundation of the story is the same.
Denzel Washington, Chris Pine and Rosario Dawson all provided solid performances which helped with the believability of the film. Add that to Scott's frenetic filming and editing style, and "Unstoppable" is a non-stop adrenaline rush that can't be missed.
Washington was always initially attached to the project, but after a string of delays he backed out. The studio knew the film hinged on Washington, and they were able to woo him back. Thank God, they did. I can't even imagine anyone else in his role. Even Chris Pine, with whom I'm not a huge fan of, won me over in this flick. Why don't I like him? Wait til my "controversial" post scheduled to go up on Monday. It'll probably surprise you. Dawson, who've I've always had a tiny bit of a girl crush on, was again sensational. That woman is bad-ass.
Overall, I HIGHLY, HIGHLY, HIGHLY suggest you check out this movie. While some movies aren't worth spending the extra cash to watch them in theaters, "Unstoppable" is one of the few that warrants a big screen viewing. It's a two-hour roller coaster ride you won't forget.
MOVIE RATING: 4.5 out of 5 stars.
I don't traditionally give many films more than four stars. The only other film I've seen this year to earn that high of a score was "the social network". That speaks volumes on how much I loved this film.


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"Welcome to Worcester, MA! (pronounced "wuh'-stah")" Top 5 Page for this destination Worcester by Phildagr8
Worcester Travel Guide: 31 reviews and 50 photos
Worcester is the 2nd largest city in New England, and I believe it's in terms of 'square miles'. I had a house less than a mile from the Worcester Regional Airport, which is right off Rt. 122. Worcester borders Paxton on the west and Shrewsbury on the east. Lake Quinsigamond is the natural border between Worcester and Shrewsbury. It's very hilly in certain areas, and this town has it's good areas to live and its bad areas to avoid. There's the best bagel place in town on Park Ave, and there's Blue Jeans Pizza, which is the hole-in-the-wall place to get awesome pizza. They have some amazing restaurants, colleges, and I lived there for 5 yrs... happily.
Route 9 has all the shops and views you can imagine. If they're not in Worcester, then they're everywhere in between Worcester and Westborough, a 20 minute drive. The road can be hilly and wavy, and it has more than it's share of traffic lights, so it's definitely considered 'city driving'.
In this picture, you can see for miles!! The house is on a hill, and on a clear day, you can see Boston! The sunrises were amazing, and the view of Worcester was very nice, too! The only drawback was that this road was near the last to get plowed and you needed a 4 wheel drive vehicle to get up the road. If you think THAT is bad, you should've seen how steep my driveway was! :o)
- Pros:Great place to live, lots of action and activities
- Cons:Make sure you stay in the good part of town.
- In a nutshell:Great place to go to do stuff, live and be merry.
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I climbed on the mountain, but the time was late for the sunrise, 8:30am. it was same like on the ground, there is no different on the peak. I will get a another early morning, then I 'll get the sunrise. just like your picture. but by my own eyes. 8)
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WACO (November 12, 2013) Waco police on Tuesday morning were investigating a string of three early morning business burglaries they believe could be connected.
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AbstractDESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The objective is to design, build, and clinically assess an assistive device, PediAccess , which will improve augmentative alternative communication for children with compromised speech and motor function due to cerebra l palsy (CP). Speech affects education, communication with family and clinicians, and societal participation. This project will focus on children with CP who cannot speak and have compromised upper extremity motor control that impedes effective use of a st andard computer for communication. Some AAC devices currently exist, but all have significant limitations. Some examples include: a simple board that requires the user to gaze at answers; a reflective forehead worn marker that uses head movement and dwell time to move a cursor and select options; a screen that continually cycles highlighted options and waits for a push button triggered by the hand or head to select the option when highlighted; and multiple choice touch screens. While these devices have show n some efficacy to improve communication, they can be slow to navigate, may not be cosmetically acceptable, struggle to maintain calibration, and do not take full advantage of potential degrees of freedom (DOF) remaining for control. Additionally, once com munication is lost, a computer typically becomes the interface between cognitive speech intention and fabricated speech output. The hands provide an intuitive method for the computer control interface layer. While a user may not have dexterous motor contro l required to use a touch screen, they may have enough gross motor function to detect desired arm endpoint (hand) direction. In other words, there may be repeatable patterns of motion in the hand, forearm, upper arm, and shoulder that can be used to detect desired hand direction. PediAccess will utilize remaining voluntary control to detect desired hand direction to navigate through a communication matrix. Furthermore, the user will not need to learn an unconventional control method; navigation through a vi sual communication matrix will be synergistically mapped to their desired endpoint movements by exploiting repeatable upper extremity motion patterns. The proposed PediAccess will provide a compact, wireless, wearable system to improve the speed and accura cy at which children affected by motor and speech impairments can communicate. The device will utilize comfortable, wearable, sensing technology to detect user arm endpoint intention. The system will employ motion sensors including accelerometers and gyros copes and a Bluetooth radio transceiver and the wireless design will increase safety and allow comfortable wear for long periods of time. Motion will be wirelessly transmitted to a base station tablet computer. Software will collect and process data and pr ovide a visual communication matrix with provided user selectable responses. Quantitative data and coordination patterns processed from the motion sensors will be used as inputs to train and test an algorithm to detect endpoint intention. Algorithms will t ranslate endpoint intention to communication matrix commands.
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Touch Pad Scroll stops working...
When I watch Videos on Youtube, my scroll on the touch pad stops working. I don't want to have to stop using the site just cause of this little problem, any ideas to a fix for this?
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I have this exact problem as well.
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This actually happens randomly on my laptop as well, and pisses me off beyond all means. I have a G60-445D notebook and it seems the problem really is with the Synaptic Touchpad drivers itself or with my Windows 7 upgrade that doesn't like it. Originally the laptop was on Vista and never really had issues. After getting my 'upgrade disc' from bestbuy/hp I've had quite a few issues with the notebook (most have been easily resolved however).
Really for this issue, HP probably shouldn't be to blame, but I will in this case seeings I have to go outside of the HP site to actually download the drivers for it (Please do add the driver to my notebooks drivers page, its quite annoying to find a driver outside of HP for my HP laptop..especially since we no longer send operating system discs or anything like that with the pc's we purchase now...but thats another issue that i have all together).
Being that nobody else has responded to this, I'll try to give my two cents of a solution to you.
Solution 1 (stupid solution really, but when im lazy or without internet at the time, this is my usual solution):
1) start
2) control panel
3) device manager
4) mice and other pointing devices
5) find your mouse in there, mine says: Synaptics PS/2 Port Touchpad. Right click this and choose properties
6) Click the drivers tab.
7) If you have an option to "rollback" the driver, do that. If you do not have this option, it seems "update driver" SOMETIMES works for me, might need to reboot though.
8) if you DONT want to restart your computer after this when it comes up, you can click "no" most of the time and it still works.
Solution 2 (Still stupid, cuz HP doesn't have drivers listed for my device page):
1) go to http://www.synaptics.com/support/drivers
2) choose your OS and install the driver that you need.
3) Hope it works...if not, your best off trying solution 1.
Only problem is, this wont "STOP" it from failing, it will still crash on you from time to time. I'm also sure there are better solutions though. Hope this helped for time being alteast though.
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My scroll stopped working. The link says to uninstall the synaptics pointing device driver and then re-install it. If I uninstall it how am I supposed to move the curser back to re-install it without a working mousepad?
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Update!!! Whomever preceded me, disreguard their info. Do not follow symantics instructions!!! I simply restarted my computer for an update before trying to fix the problem, and it fixed(so far.) If I do have to uninstall and reinstall, I will do it while on remote access to hp, or so on!!
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This totally worked!
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I used to be able to scroll using the touchpad but it has stopped working. How can I fix this problem?
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Good job guys.. plz hit solved (who ever made the post) so other people can use this post if they have the same issue.
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Good morning.
I don't know how to switch it on or off.
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there is no on/off switch on this laptop
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If you have young kids and this is less than 2 hours drive, go for it.
Zoo is laid out in a pretty big area and most of the animals have space to move around.
The number of apes is amazing, gorillas, chimps, and other varieties.
Of the 2 sections, Africa and America, the African side is more impressive.
Elephants and giraffes are most impressive in both number and health.
Restrooms can be few and far in between.
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Skip to comments.My life has never been the same since I found www.freerepublic.com (What about yours?)
Posted on 09/08/2001 6:21:07 PM PDT by TLBSHOW
I was a normal kind of guy. I ate food went out for walks and even watched videos, eek! I took the wife shopping. Even talked to the wife once in awhile.
Then that fateful night of Nov 7th 2000. I had to go somewhere else to to watch the election results as I do not have Cable TV. I went to the pizza joint on rt 7 and then to my secret election watch hide out.(No one to interupt)
I wanted to watch Bush beat the socks off of Gore. I new it was going to be a great night. Little did I know I would never sleep that night or for the next 5 weeks.
It took me till the end of November to find out I was not alone. That there was a freerepublic.com.
Before I would tell people the truth and they all wouldn't have a clue or they thought, this boy is NUTS! It was a lonely life thinking Am I The Only One that sees what is going on with this country and what the liberal bias media and the leftist democrats were doing to it, let alone the Clintons and Reno.
Well to make the story short. I was watching the news and these great people were on TV saying get out of Cheneys house. There it was the sign said Freerepublic.com. I copied it down and ran to my computer. I typed it in and sure enough The NEW WORLD WAS RIGHT BEFORE MY EYES!
I think what would my life be if there was not a FR. If the rest of you were not here. That was enough to make me sit up and take notice. What can I do to make sure FR is here forever. Then I found out all I had to do was support the place and along with 70,000 other members make FR home. That we could change the world from here and with hundreds of thousands of people stopping by everyday we could tell the whole world the truth.
I would not trade all of you fine FReepers for any other world.
My life has never been the same since I found www.freerepublic.com (What about yours?) Ok everyone has your life been the same since logging on to FR and what adventures have you had?
And don't forget to check out the source and stop in and say hello to the fine FReepers over there.
FR is the #1 News Forum on the internet. Thanks to FReepers and Jim Robinson.
I found FR when Rush challenged us to find the Charelton Heston speech on the internet. It was here, of course. Haven't left since.
I used to waste two hours a day watching the TV news, trying to glean from it a few minutes of useful information, as 'thin' as it was. Since I found FreeRepublic, I haven't watched a Total of 2 hours of TV news, and am MUCH better informed about the issues that interest me.
FreeRepublic is WELL WORTH the monthly donation I provide. It saves me precious personal time AND sharpens my mind.
JimRob ... I love you, man!
Or Mail your check to:
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You'll really feel good once you do!
It's a good thing they don't read what I post about them here :D
I USED to get studying done in the evening.
I log on tonight and the second post is this one.
I spend about two hours each day in the evening ar FreeRepublic. But now it is getting worse. I login in the morning before work (I make myself get up earlier.) Then a short time ago I started logging on at work. Breaks, lunch, and even during work time
Thank God that I'm the president of this company or I would be in serious trouble.
Many times I have Logged Off FreeRepublic and said I would never again get involved in Posting or Replys but so far success has eluded me.
I will just have to go cold turkey, can't afford rehab.
Newsmax and Loud citizen don't get me wrong I love you guys too. But you know you are all lurking here all day!
Thanks for your contributions to the site.
THANK YOU JIM ROBINSON for starting Free Republic.
God Bless you all and God Bless America!!
I was fortunate enough to have been reading "Atlas Shrugged" at the time that I started back to school. What a contrast!!
Anyway, not too long after returning to school and discovering the extreme liberalism that existed there, I stumbled across Freerepublic.com and I've been here ever since. Its great to discuss news items with people that have common sense, aren't constantly trolling, and aren't socialists for the most part. The few socialists that have passed through here have either been disruptors (and were immediately dismissed), have changed their feelings, or (in rare instances) have been cordial enough to offer a good arguement.
Just replace "got high" with "on-line," and you get this first verse:
I was gonna clean my room, but I'm on line
Was gonna get up and find the broom, but I'm on line
My room is still messed up, and I know why
Cause I'm on line, cause I'm on line, cause I'm on line.
We will never run out of things to do again in our lifetime. Like restore this great Nation and keep it #1
That is a fact.
Please see source of this thread if you haven't already done so. It is amazing what 70,000 people can do. Let alone 400,000 of you lurkers. Stop lurking and post tonight and let Freerepublic welcome you to the most fun inside the blue and red zones.
What kind of a democrat rat could even think up such a thing? Red and Blue zone.
At least we knew Rita Cosby was wrong - we looked up the Supreme Court opinion online, and had it figured out before the reporters did. Same for most of the legal finagling afterwards.
Free Republic is a great site. A good number of the contributors are exceptionally competent, i.e. they are rigorous, smart, and demand trustworthy sources for information before they draw conclusions. No other place I know of can hold a candle to FR!
Thanks, Jim Robinson, for this added dimension to my life. I don't know what I ever did without it!
Yup....now I spend way too much time on the computer. At least with Freerepublic it's quality time.
You did great with your first post. Join in again its fun.
Neat posting name
Come on who else wants to join in. How was your life changed by finding out about freerepublic?
Then I found out on FreeRepublic that Clinton was coming to Philadelphia on October 2, 1998. On October 1st, I called City Hall in Philadelphia, and they told me unambiguously that Clinton was coming that evening. I de-lurked in order to raise the alarm.
As it turned out, my post was in error. Fine Freepers soon set me straight with hard evidence. My wife, Mrs. Physicist, helped me to make a sign for the planned FR rally against Clinton. The sign said "COWARD!" in 450-point Helvetica Bold.
I got to City Hall at 4:30 on October 2, 1998. I was expecting to see hundreds of people arrayed against Clinton, as had been happening all over the country, along with many Freepers. What I found was an organized rally of about 500 people in support of Clinton, most of them carrying signs that said "Teamsters for Clinton". I was the only anti-Clinton protester there.
I remembered something I had read on a thread a few days before. Some Freepers were complaining about an anti-Clinton rally in Ohio, saying that it wasn't a successful rally because only a few hundred people were there. A wise Freeper pointed out that it only takes one person to have a successful rally. Those words gave me the strength to raise my sign. The police had inadvertently forced me to stand amongst the Teamsters, and I began my protest right in the middle of them.
It took maybe 30 seconds before they took my sign away, roughed me up, and threw me out. (I believe that I am still the only Freeper ever to have his blood shed by the enemy while Freeping.) My horrified wife watched on the couch with my young daughters as LuAnn Cahn led off the 5:00 pm broadcast of NBC 10 in Philadelphia with a verbal account of how there was only one protester, a man carrying a sign that said "COWARD!", who was dealt with harshly by the crowd. In reality I was not badly injured, but from the time I raised my sign until I was safely across the street, my only expectation was that I would be severely beaten.
Two and a half hours later, I witnessed the far more vicious beating of Don and Teri Adams.
It was the most terrifying experience of my life. Since that incident, I have organized about a dozen protests in the Philadelphia area, most of them to protest a Clinton visit. One of the reasons I do it is to prove to myself that, despite my acute fear, the Clinton brownshirts have not intimidated me away from doing what I thought was right.
Part of the fallout of the City Hall Putsch was the October 31, 1998 March for Justice in Washington DC. Prior to the march, I contacted Don and Teri Adams and got them to appear. It led to my involvement with the 4 court cases that came out of the Adams beatings. It also led to the formation of the FreeRepublic Philadelphia chapter.
But here's the main difference that FreeRepublic has made in my life: I can look myself in the face in the mirror.
My story is much the same. A friend sent me a link to FreeRepublic. I visited, imediately signed in and have been here ever since........ in between nagging living outside of cyber-world.
I support FreeRepublic because FreeRepublic supports me.
It supports me by giving me a place to share my thoughts with like-minded individuals thereby saving my sanity.
In a world over-flowing with left-wing, liberal, socialist tripe, FreeRepublic is an island of warm breezes and gentle ocean mists.
I love FreeRepublic. I love FReepers. I will continue to support FreeRepublic with my finances as long as I am able!
Thank you for this cool thread!
Even though I am in New Jersey, I have been to about 10 or so White House Freeps over the last 2+ years. I was also able to make 3 of the Gore VP mansion election freeps. In addition, I was able to freep at Times Square several times during the Gore fiasco. And, of course, the icing on the cake was attending the Count the Silverware Inaugural Ball.
While my efforts can in no way compare to many, I hope that, in some small way, my participation has helped the cause of Freepers everywhere.
Of course, this has changed my life! I have traveled a bit more, met great people, and I feel as if I am a part of a cause greater than myself. In addition, I am not as reluctant to speak out about politics and things that I find offensive in our culture.
As for on the homefront, FR is the first thing to come on in the morning and the last thing that gets turned off at night. I cannot check in while at work, so it is the first thing I look at when I come home...even before my e-mail!
Yes, it is an addiction. My house has not been kept up as it used to be, laundry now piles up, and other interests have taken a back seat. I think I will wean off a little once time cures my anxiety attacks brought on by Clintonism in all of its forms. But, in the meantime, I am so thrilled with Dubya and the new administration that I am on FR a lot just to see how he is doing (the mainstream press does not give me enough info). Also, we do not live far from Hillary's stomping grounds, so FR helps me to keep an eye on her! And then, there are issues, old and new, they are very important to me and FR provides well-rounded coverage and insight on a wealth of subjects.
So, I guess I am going to be addicted for a very long time. Well, there are worse things.........
I have been on FR for over 3 1/2 years.
I used to be an active poster - but over the last few months - not nearly as active as I used to. I still do a lot of lurking, though.
And yes - my life has never been the same either. It's amazing!!
I'll never, ever forget the first time I found Free Republic. It was thru the 'Whitewater' link from Drudge in March of '98. I clicked on --- read a few of the threads --- and called downstairs to my husband and said "Jim --- you should see what I've just found!!!!!"
As with the rest of my fellow Freepers, life just has not been the same. Bedtime has changed, no more daily 'NYTimes crossword', and until I got a laptop to take with me when I traveled, I just stayed home! I remember being in a hotel one night, and I didn't know how to hook up the laptop. It was HORRIBLE! There I had my computer, but couldn't use it! To be so close to Fr.com, yet not able to take part!
I have become so politically savvy about all that is current, and I have to thank all of you for your informative input, analysis, humor, and - well, you all know what I'm talking about.
But first of all I have to acknowledge the one man who is responsible for all this:
P.S. Because of the nature of Free Republic, I have the jump on the news before others (except Freepers). The morning after the plane crash of that young singer, I mentioned the overweight luggage problem. No one else had heard of that as a cause. I've become a font of knowledge because of Fr.com - be it politically heavy news or some light stuff. Yesterday, at Schundler's HDQ, someone passed around a joke. Everyone howled over it. Guess what? Old stuff to me!
Has my life changed? You betcha!!!!!
Yes, and that's why I'm living under a viaduct now, jobless, but still checking my Self Search on the free machine at the Public Library.(Joke)
Nor has it helped my typing...
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