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Whole lotta Thailand: 77 things to do in 77 provinces
Made up of 514,000 square kilometers broken into a whopping 77 provinces, Thailand isn't a country you can fully appreciate in a week. Or even a year.
Very few locals have even been to every province, while most international tourists only make it to a handful, with Chang Mai, Bangkok and Phuket being the biggest draws.
To help get your wanderlust juices flowing, here's a list of all 77 and some of their top attractions. Keep in mind the capital city of each province goes by the same name. For example, the capital of Chiang Rai province is Chiang Rai city.
To make it easier, we've divided the list into Thailand's six main regions: north, northeast, central, west, east and south. Click on the tabs to the left to jump to each section.
The North
1. Chiang Mai: Trekking
As one of Thailand's most popular provinces for tourists, Chiang Mai has plenty of great attractions but one of the best has to be Doi Inthanon National Park.
Capped by the 2,565-meter peak of Doi Inthanon -– Thailand's tallest –- it's a lush expanse of waterfalls, trekking trails, campgrounds and hill tribe villages.
2. Chiang Rai: Golden Triangle
Thailand's northernmost province is the best place to see the famed (and infamous) Golden Triangle.
There's not much golden or triangular about it, really, but spending time at the intersection of Laos, Myanmar and Thailand floating down the Mekong, trekking in the hills or learning about the area's drug trade at the Hall of Opium is worth a few days in addition to the city of Chiang Rai's attractions.
3. Lampang: Elephants
The province of Lampang is a popular destination for those who like to get close to nature. Really close.
The Thai Elephant Conservation Center under Royal Patronage lets you spend anywhere from a few days to a month helping care for some of the 50 elephants that live there.
4. Lamphun: Historic temples
The most popular sight in this small but historically significant province is Wat Phra Tha Haripunchai, which dates back anywhere between 1,200 and 400 years, depending on what you consider the original structure to be.
Debate aside, the 46-meter-tall chedi is as impressive as any you'll see in Thailand.
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5. Mae Hong Son: Hippy hideout
The most mountainous of Thailand's provinces, Mae Hong Son offers plenty for nature lovers as most of it is covered in virgin forest.
The town of Pai is a huge draw for backpackers and is full of bars and music (some say too full), but it's easy to get out of town for some peace and quiet if that's not your scene.
6. Nan: Buddhist art
One of the most remote provinces in Thailand, Nan is quiet and leafy.
Among Nan's highlights are the mysterious and intricate carvings and murals at Wat Nong Bua, which are likely over 100 years old, although no one knows for sure as records have been lost.
7. Phayao: Heaven and hell
Trees and mountains dominate this northern Thailand province, but there are some important religious sites too.
The most visited of the lot is Wat Si Khom Kham, which has the tallest Buddha image in the region at 16 meters.
Best of all, however, is the cheesy but somewhat disturbing onsite exhibit that depicts what heaven and hell are likely to look like.
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8. Phrae: Traditional architecture
The excitement level in Phrae is pretty low, but there are plenty of mountainous parks open for trekking outside the main town.
The architecture is notable too. Many hotels and guesthouses offer a map that details some of Phrae's old, teak buildings dating back a hundred years or more, including one that Thailand's king and queen stayed in when they visited.
9. Uttaradit: Camping
One of Thailand's most mountainous provinces, Uttaradit's gorgeous Phu Sai Dao National Park is 200 square kilometers of deciduous, dipterocarp, pine and evergreen forests.
Plenty of hiking trails and camping grounds vein the park's landscape near the Laos border that has, through history, sheltered various groups of rebels wanting to stay off the radar.
Getting to northern Thailand: Several Thai carriers (see transportation info at end of article) offer daily flights from Bangkok to Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai, Lampang, Nan and Phrae.
Buses heading to Thailand's northern provinces depart from Bangkok's Morchit terminal. Call 1490 for the latest bus schedule and route information.
Thailand's State Railway operates daily trains to Chiang Mai from Bangkok on its Northern Line. Visit their website for schedule information.
The Northeast
10. Amnat Charoen: Nature walks
One of Thailand's youngest provinces (created in 1993), Amnat Charoen's main attraction is Phu Sa Dok Bua (Mountain Lotus Pool) in Senangkhanikhom district, a collection of 11 stone pools that each contain a different species of lotus near a nice waterfall.
It's a bit of a hike to get to but worth the trip.
11. Bueng Kan: Wildlife spotting
Thailand's newest province was officially created on March 23, 2011.
Outside of the capital, Bueng Kan, there's a nice wildlife sanctuary called Phu Wua Wildlife Reserve with plenty of trekking trails, waterfalls, wildlife and camping.
12. Buriram: Khmer ruins
Part of the mighty Khmer Empire that ruled a millennium ago, the province of Buriram offers one of the most interesting sights in the northeast: Phanom Rung Historical Park.
The park has an incredible Hindu temple on the edge of a 400-meter-high volcano, the central attraction being a shrine dedicated to Shiva that has been submitted for consideration to become a UNESCO World Heritage site.
13. Chaiyaphum: Nature walks
This nearly circular province on the border between central and northeastern Thailand is one of the country's largest, bisected by the Phetchabun mountain range.
The huge Tat Ton National Park is loaded with things to see -- wide waterfalls, strange rock formations, large caves and scattered Khmer ruins.
14. Kalasin: Dinosaur hunting
The northeast province of Kalasin is known for its large hoard of dinosaur bones. The best place to check them out is the Sirindhorn Museum and Phu Kum Khao Dinosaur Excavation Site, which has displays, bones, statues and excavation pits.
15. Khon Kaen: Cobra handlers
If you find yourself in Khon Kaen -– right in the middle of Thailand's Isaan region –- a trip to Baan Kok Sa-nga is in order.
Also known as the King Cobra Village, the one hobby all the villagers have in common is snake breeding.
Locals entertain visitors with brave and/or stupid tricks like cuddling, boxing and outright taunting the deadly reptiles.
More on CNNGo: Inside Thailand's cobra village
16. Loei: Mountains and sunsets
The fertile, mountainous province of Loei is a favorite destination for those wanting scenic drives or cool weather, with the peaks of Phu Rua National Park being a hot draw.
If you head to Tham Pha Ya cave near Ban Mai Santi Tham at sunset, you can see millions of bats streaming out into the dusky sky to get some grub, a scene that usually lasts for about an hour.
17. Maha Sarakham: Buddhist relics
About 90 minutes' drive south of the main town of Maha Sarakham stands the large forested temple of Prathat Na Dun.
There's a replica of a traditional Isaan village here but the main attraction is the chedi, which is a copy of the 10th-century original erected on the site and houses a relic of the Buddha.
18. Mukdahan: Strange stones
Right on the border with Laos, Mukdahan is a remote and sparsely populated province that doesn't get many visitors despite having some cool attractions.
Check out the Hin Thoep rocks in Mukdahan National Park -- large sandstone edifices that 100 million years of rain and wind have shaped into planes, animals and even a flying saucer, depending on your ability to use your imagination.
19. Nakhon Phanom: War history
This far northeastern province has a violent history. Serving as a base for the United States 56th Air Commando Wing, it saw some of the fiercest fighting to take place on Thai soil during the Vietnam War. Bob Hope even stopped over on a USO tour.
Ho Chi Minh actually lived in Nakhon Phanom between 1928 and 1931 in the tiny village of Ban Nachok. His former home and a modern museum are now open to visitors.
Military tourism aside you can also check out Wat Phratha Maha Chai, one of the holiest temples in the province. It contains sacred Buddha artifacts and valuable artwork.
20. Nakhon Ratchasima: Phimai Historical Park
Thailand's largest province -- often called Korat -- is another destination with Khmer and Hindu influence, especially noticeable in the Phimai Historical Park.
Smaller than Angkor Wat but built in the same style -- despite being a Buddhist temple and not Hindu -- its origins date back to the 12th century.
21. Nong Bua Lamphu: Wat Tham Klong Pen
Things don't move too fast in Nong Bua Lamphu, another one of Thailand's youngest provinces (it was created in 1993).
Hit up Wat Tham Klong Pen, a Khmer-era temple where revered monk Pu Khao Analyo lived and meditated. In a way he's still there, as the temple keeps his ashes in an urn onsite.
Pu Khao Analyo built the temple up quite nicely, filling it with interesting art, a pretty garden and huge pavilion that's supported by four mammoth rocks.
22. Nong Khai: Sculpture park
This skinny little province was an important site for warring empires over the past few centuries, but today it's busy with traffic in and out of Laos via the Friendship Bridge.
One of its wackiest attractions is Sala Kaew Ku (aka Wat Khaek), built by a philanthropist who believed all religions could mix harmoniously.
There are dozens of large statues from Christian, Hindu and Buddhist religions, among others, spread throughout the landscaped grounds.
23. Roi Et: Plalan Chai Lake
The people of Roi Et province know how to build monuments -- the place is littered with them.
But for a relaxing day out you could do worse than Bueng Phalan Chai, a large lake with plenty of green space, walking trails, shrines, statues and waterfalls.
It's also where you'll find the much-revered city pillar, the spiritual center of the province.
24. Sakon Nakhon: Ancient calendar
This province is home to Thailand's biggest natural lake but another key attraction is Phra That Phu Pek, a small but interesting Khmer Buddhist temple that dates to the 17th century.
It also contains a primitive solar calendar that was once used to plan religious rites and harvests.
25. Sisaket: Khao Phra Wihan National Park
Located in the bottom corner of northeastern Thailand, Sisaket province is filled with Khmer ruins.
The best are in the Khao Phra Wihan National Park. The most well known is Prasat Preah Vihear, but it's been the subject of a nasty Thai/Cambodian standoff over access to the temple in recent years.
Check first, but if it's advisable not to go, there are plenty of other ruins in this large area.
26. Surin: Elephant Village
Many Thais call Surin the home of the Thai elephant because the giant beasts have been central to Surin locals' lives for centuries.
What better reason, then, to visit Ban Ta Klang Village, or the Elephant Village. You can see how the elephants are trained, go on a ride, learn about their role in the development of Thai society and even watch the trainers bathe them in the river.
27. Ubon Ratchathani: Hiking
The easternmost of Thailand's provinces, Ubon, as it's known, is also one of the most scenic.
Pha Taem National Park is filled with important temples, waterfalls, hiking trails, camping facilities and 4,000-year-old rock paintings.
28. Udon Thani: Ban Chiang
Another Thai province that played an important part in the Vietnam War (and where Mel Gibson filmed "Air America") is Udon Thani.
The province's main attraction dates back way further than that though. Take a trip to the Ban Chiang National Museum, where you can see excavations of a 5,600-year old village, ancient pottery, tools, jewelry and even bones. It was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992.
More on CNNGo: Thailand's most underrated UNESCO World Heritage Site
29. Yasothon: Buddhist artifacts
Most famous for its insane, rowdy rocket festival in May, Yasothon has a couple of attractions that are nice to visit year round.
The Ban Song Puey Archaeological Site contains a large Buddha image, a replica of the Buddha's footprint and soil taken directly from the place where the Buddha reached enlightenment.
More on CNNGo: Thailand's wildest event, the Bun Bangfai rocket festival
Getting to northeast Thailand: Several airlines offer daily flights from Bangkok (see end of article for airline list) to the following northeastern cities: Nakhon Phanom, Udon Thani, Ubon Ratchathani, Loei, Roi Et and Sakon Nakhon.
Buses heading northeast depart from Bangkok's Morchit terminal. Call 1490 for the latest bus schedule and route information. Thailand's State Railway also runs a northeast line. Visit www.railway.co.th for schedule information and to book online.
The West
30. Tak: Bhumibol Dam
The seat of a great kingdom that goes back dozens of centuries, Tak today is known for its cool, green mountains and scenery.
One of the top man-made attractions is Bhumibol Dam, an impressive and massive structure that holds back the biggest lake in Thailand and is surrounded by parks, trails and waterfalls.
31. Kanchanaburi: Bridge over the River Kwai
Thailand's third-largest province is also one of its most famous due to a litany of historic events and its proximity to a strategic border crossing with Myanmar.
Don't miss the World War II memorials in the main city of Kanchanaburi, which include a sobering war graveyard, historical parks, museums and the famous bridge over the River Kwai.
32. Phetchaburi: Phra Nakhon Khiri Historical Park
This skinny seaside province has long been a popular destination for Bangkokians who want some sun and sand.
Head to Phra Nakhon Khiri Historical Park, a lush, hilly area that includes Khao Wang, a summer palace built by Rama IV in 1860. There's also a museum, a cable car, walking trails and lots of monkeys –- watch out, they can be nasty!
33. Prachuap Khiri Khan: Thailand's first beach resort
Another province popular for weekend getaways among Bangkokians, Prachuap is where you'll find the country's revered beach resort of Hua Hin.
The night market here is what brings the crowds, but check out Maruekhathai Yawan Palace, a beautiful wooden building near the beach built in 1923 by King Rama VI.
34. Ratchaburi: Caves
With its proximity to Bangkok, Ratchaburi's roads are often clogged with tour buses heading for a cookie-cutter tour of Damnoen Saduak floating market.
Avoid this tourist trap and check out Khao Bin Cave, which has some impressive stalactites and stalagmites and a spring that locals hold sacred.
Getting to western Thailand: Nok Air operates regular flights from Bangkok to Mae Sot, Tak. To get to Kanchanaburi, catch the train at Bangkok's Thonburi station or take a bus from either the northern Morchit station or southern Sai Tai Taling Chan bus station.
Buses to Ratchaburi, Prachuap and Phetchaburi depart from Sai Tai Taling Chan as well. Call 1490 for the latest bus schedule and route information.
35. Ang Thong: Drums
This small, flat little ink-blot of a province just north of Bangkok is covered with temples, but for something different check out Baan Phae village, where the locals make drums from cowhides and the soft wood of local trees.
36. Ayutthaya: Ransacked ruins
It would be remiss to write about Ayutthya and recommend anything other than its UNESCO-listed ruins.
There are dozens of ancient sites to visit, all telling a piece of the tale that was the magnificent, doomed Ayutthaya Kingdom, which was the capital of Siam from 1351-1767.
37. Bangkok: Asiatique
CNNGo is filled to the brim with things to see and do in this city, which is also its own province.
One of the city's newest attractions is Asiatique, a lifestyle and entertainment complex filled with shops, restaurants, theaters and bars that's bringing locals back to the Chao Phraya River.
More on CNNGo: A riverside tourist trap even the locals can love
38. Chainat: Bird-watching
If you find yourself in this little province a few hours' drive north of Bangkok, head to the Chainat Bird Sanctuary.
It's a four-hectare aviary with all kinds of animals but a focus on birds; some roam free, others are in large cages.
39. Kamphaeng Phet: Historical Park
Kamphaeng Phet is another province with deep historical roots in Thai history, and plenty of ruins to show for it.
Check out the Kamphaeng Phet Historical Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site with several major ruins set amid dramatic jungle scenery.
40. Lopburi: Monkeys and King Narai's palace
Most famous for its annual monkey buffet -– where hundreds of the little beasties devour candy, fruit and soda left on a table for them –- Lopburi's other famous attraction is Phra Narai Ratchaniwet, the former palace of King Narai.
It was built in 1667 and still retains its unique European/Khmer influence. There's a museum onsite as well as ruins of elephant stables, audience halls and residences.
41. Nakhon Nayok: Sarika Waterfall
Often jokingly referred to as Nakhon Nowhere, there are actually a few nice things to check out here.
Head over to the Sarika Waterfall, which drops 200 meters over nine levels and offers some good swimming, hiking and picnicking spots.
42. Nakhon Pathom: World's largest chedi
West of Bangkok, this province is all about big things.
If you're in Nakhon Pathom try to visit the Phra Pathom Chedi, which, at 127 meters, is the tallest in the world.
There's also Putthamonthon, a massive park/complex built to celebrate 2,500 years of Buddhism that has a 16-meter-tall statue of the Buddha.
43. Nakhon Sawan: Buddhist cave
Bangkok owes a lot to this province. Nakhon Sawan is where the Ping and Nan rivers merge to form the mighty Chao Phraya, without which Bangkok would not exist.
Take a trip to Tham Bo Ya, a three-chamber cave filled with many Buddha images and a sacred spring.
44. Nonthaburi: Ko Kred
Despite having provincial status, Nonthaburi is more like a suburb of Bangkok than anything else.
One of its highlights is Ko Kred, a lush island in the middle of the Chao Phraya River whose villagers are famed for their pottery and other crafts.
Lots of good food to be had and you can walk around the entire island in a few hours.
45. Pathum Thani: Wat Phra Dhammakaya
Another province that's hard to distinguish from Bangkok is Pathum Thani. If you're this far out of the city, check out the insane Wat Phra Dhammakaya, a temple so big that it looks like a massive flying saucer from airplanes flying overhead.
The complex covers 32 hectares and hosts prayer meetings that regularly bring in more than 100,000 followers at a time.
46. Phetchabun: Camping and hiking
A historically important province for the part it played in the rise and fall of several ancient kingdoms, Phetchabun today is a hot destination among Thai nature seekers.
Check out Nam Nao National Park, which has hiking trails, caves, dense pine forests, chilly mountaintops, camp sites, and tons of nature to run away from …er, watch.
47. Phichit: 900-year-old city ruins
This nearly-round province north of Bangkok is another with a long and storied history.
Check out the 900-year-old ruins of Utthayan Mueang Kao Phichit, the remains of a once-great city.
48. Phitsanulok: Coffin-filled cave
There are plenty of ruins and archaeological sites around this ancient province, but for something different head to Tham Lot cave.
It's 1.5 kilometers long and has a river running through it. Visitors can tour the cave on a bamboo raft.
There are also 1,000-year-old coffins inside the cave -- thankfully empty.
49. Sukhothai: Thailand's ancient capital
Much like Ayutthaya, we wouldn't be doing our duty if we didn't recommend you check out the Sukhothai Historical Park, another UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Some of the most beautiful and best-preserved temple ruins date back to the 13th and 14th century, when this province was the center of a magnificent empire.
More on CNNGo: Sukhothai, Thailand's ancient capital
50. Samut Prakan: Replica museum
This wee ocean-side province has a strong connection to Thailand's maritime history. However, forget all that and head to Mueang Boran (The Ancient City). Yes, it's touristy, but it's also popular with locals and for good reason.
It's essentially an 80-hectare open-air museum with scaled down (but still big) replicas of almost every major attraction in Thailand. Get around by bike or golf cart, both of which are available for rent.
51. Samut Sakhon: Shrimp and salt farms
This small seaside province is dotted with salt and shrimp farms. Some are happy to give tourists driving through on their way from Bangkok to the beach a quick tour.
Samut Sakhon is also home to Wat Yai Chom Prasat, a 400-year-old temple that was clearly pretty awesome in its day but is now an overgrown ruin. Some good photo ops, for sure.
52. Samut Songkhram: Amphawa Floating Market
This little wedge of a province is Thailand's smallest and isn't on the radar for many travelers.
However, the Amphawa Floating Market is a fantastic day out -- more authentic and much less touristy than other floating markets and with oodles of small-town charm.
53. Saraburi: Sap Heo Waterfall
Just a few hour's drive from Bangkok, this province is sort of like the Wisconsin of Thailand -- lots of cows and dairy farms, many offering tours to visitors.
But if bovine adventures aren't your thing, take a hike to Namtok Sap Heo, a 30-meter waterfall with a large swimming hole.
54. Singburi: Heroes Park
Another miniature province north of Bangkok, the name means City of Lions, so it's no surprise that we suggest you check out the Khai Bang Rachan Heroes Park.
It's a large area with statues and displays celebrating a legendary scrap in 1765 between villagers and the invading Burmese army, when the villagers held off the attack for much longer than anyone thought possible.
55. Suphanburi: Beautiful Buddha
Due to its importance in many ancient to-and-fro battles between Thailand and Burma, there are plenty of historic temples in this province.
Check out Wat Phra Rup, which has a reclining Buddha said to have the most beautiful face of any image in Thailand, and an important carved footprint of the Buddha, which was rescued by a monk during a Burmese invasion.
56. Uthaithani: UNESCO-listed wildlife park
This province has a rough history, as it was often the first defense against invading Burmese armies back in the day.
Today it's a popular getaway for nature seekers. Check out the Huay Kha Kheng Wildlife Sanctuary, a 3,000-square-kilometer UNESCO World Heritage Site.
It contains hiking trails, some truly dense jungle, and lots of wildlife.
Getting to central Thailand: Given that Bangkok is smack in the middle of central Thailand, the best way to get around this area is by car or bus. Call 1490 for the latest bus schedule and route information.
Nok Air offers flights from Bangkok to Phitsanulok, while Bangkok Airways services Sukhothai.
The East
57. Chachoengsao: Palm sap village
This province is veined with canals and still has plenty of villages that take pride in doing things the old way.
Take a trip to Mooban Namtan Sot, a village whose primary income is palm sap. Stop by any house to sample the raw syrup in a drink, or bring back a huge hunk of palm sugar -- chip a piece off for your morning coffee.
58. Chanthaburi: Waterfalls
Abutting Cambodia as well as the Gulf of Thailand, Chanthaburi province is a pretty serene place that's filled with fruit farms, making it a popular spot for agro-tourists.
If fruit ain't your thing, head to Krating Waterfall, a 13-tiered splash-fest surrounded by lush bamboo forests and hiking trails. The Klong Narai Waterfall, about eight kilometers from Chanthaburi's town center, is also impressive.
59. Chonburi: Pattaya
Admittedly, it's a bit cheesy naming Pattaya as the top place to visit here.
But although the former fishing village and current city of sin is stuffed with skeez, fake everything and drunken tourists, it's somewhere you have to see at least once to believe.
A word of advice: don't rent any jet-skis. Tourists are known for getting pressured into paying for damage they didn't create.
60. Prachin Buri: Rafting
This province is known for its orchards and high-quality fruit, but if adventure's your thing try white-water rafting on the Kaen Hin Phoeng River.
Most hotels or guesthouses can hook visitors up with a tour company.
61. Rayong: Ko Samet
Most people don't bother to stop in Rayong, simply passing through to hop on a ferry to get to the island of Ko Samet. And that's what you should do too.
Rayong is a pretty province and all, but Samet is as close to a beach paradise as you're going to get this close to Bangkok.
62. Sa Kaeow: Wildlife
Created in 1993 and snuggling up comfortably with Cambodia, Sa Kaeow saw lots of action back in the day when communist guerillas used to hide out there.
Today it's a bit quieter but one of the main attractions is Chong Klam Bon Wildlife Refuge, which houses and breeds a large variety of rare and endangered animals.
63. Trat: Islands and beaches
The southeastern-most province in Thailand has a colorful military history, but today it's more known for its beautiful islands.
Try Mu Ko Chang National Park, a marine area encompassing 52 islands big and small, popular and deserted.
Getting to eastern Thailand: Trat Airport, owned and operated by Bangkok Airways, services flights from Bangkok. The Soneva Kiri resort on Koh Kood also has a private airstrip with direct flights from Bangkok.
State-run buses run regularly from Bangkok's Ekamai terminal. Call 1490 for the latest bus schedule and route information. Click here for the State Railway of Thailand's eastern train timetable.
The South
64. Chumphon: Snorkeling
This long, skinny province is on the Isthmus of Kra, which sounds like a badass Greek god but is actually the narrowest part of the Malay Peninsula.
At any rate, there are dozens of islands dotted down the long, narrow beach side of the province.
Many are off-limits due to the very competitive swallow's nest harvesting industry, but most -- such as Koh Khai -- are perfect for relaxing and snorkeling.
65. Krabi: Rock climbing
One of Thailand's most popular tourist destinations, it's a challenge to pick one thing to see here.
Hundreds of dive operators, tour companies, beaches, caves, hot springs and islands are there to choose from, while the province's dramatic lime stone walls are a prime target for rock climbers.
66. Nakhon Si Thammarat: Wat Phra Mahathat Woramahawihan
Once part of the vast Malay Srivujaya Empire, Nakhon Si Thammarat today reflects this influence in much of its culture and infrastructure.
If you're passing through head over to Wat Phra Mahathat Woramahawihan, one of the most sacred temples in southern Thailand.
Some locals say it's nearly 2,000 years old but more recent estimates peg it at 1,000.
67. Narathiwat: Ko Tanyong National Park
Part of the complex southernmost cluster of provinces in Thailand, this province has a long history of unrest.
Most countries advise against travel here due to the security situation but it is a beautiful place.
If you choose to ignore the warnings, check out Ko Tanyong National Park, which has plenty of beaches and islands -- many deserted -- to relax on.
68. Pattani: Arts and culture
Pattani is another one of Thailand's provinces with a dense and turbulent history that has led many countries to advise their nationals to avoid it.
However, if you want a deeper understanding of the who, what and why of the unique culture there, check out Kallayani Wattana Institute of Arts and Culture, which has displays and educational materials on the history and people of this area.
69. Phang Nga: Similan Islands
This province's (well-milked) claim to fame is that key scenes for James Bond film "The Man With the Golden Gun" were shot there.
Much like Krabi or Phuket, to list a single attraction is impossible, but with the amount of beaches and islands that make up Phang Nga, you shouldn't have any problem finding something to do.
The Similan Islands, for instance, are renowned for their underwater offerings for scuba divers.
70. Phatthalung: Climbing
Unless you have a long rope and some climbing experience, it's difficult to get up many of the limestone cliffs around the beautiful but little visited Phatthalung.
But if you hit Khao Ok Talu, you can climb up the stairs and get a decent view of the surrounding area.
71. Phuket: Boats and beaches
The province of Phuket is a tourist playground and is the largest island in Thailand -- approximately the same size as Singapore.
Despite its size and popularity the province still has some surrounding islands offering solace, best explored by chartering a boat from one of Phuket's many yacht rental companies.
And just so we're clear, the "Ph" at the beginning of Phuket is pronounced "p," not "f."
72. Ranong: Hot springs
One of the skinniest Thai provinces, Ranong has a long history built on mining and maritime trades.
Take a walk to Raksawarin Park, which has several natural hot springs and hiking trails that lead up a lush, grassy mountain for great views.
73. Satun: Island hopping
Another of Thailand's southern Muslim provinces with deep Malay roots, most of the visitors passing through Satun here are on their way to the province's stunning beaches.
Head to Ko Tarutao National Park, a UNESCO-listed ASEAN Heritage Park and home to some of the most beautiful beaches in Asia, especially Ko Lipe and Ko Tarutao, where "Survivor Thailand" was filmed.
74. Songkhla: Khao Nam Khang Tunnels
While not quite as famous as Vietnam's Cu Chi Tunnels, the Khao Nam Khang Tunnels in Songkhla served a similar purpose.
Built by communist rebels in the mid-1970s before their ultimate surrender, the 1,000-meter-long tunnel (on three levels) is the longest man-made tunnel in Thailand.
75. Surat Thani: Khao Sok National Park
It would be too easy to list Koh Samui or Koh Pha Ngan as the top attractions in Surat Thani.
There's so much more to this giant province in the middle of Thailand's south, including the beautiful Khao Sok National Park.
If you like birds, this is your place as it's noted for its wide variety. There's also lots of trekking, waterfalls and other outdoor adventures.
76. Trang: Thailand's largest waterfall
Another province where trekking and outdoor adventure are the primary attractions, Trang has what is considered to be the largest waterfall in Thailand, Namtok Ton Te, which cascades down a 300-meter slope into a pool at the bottom, making for a delicious al fresco swim.
77. Yala: Wat Khuhaphimuk
Pushing its way into Malaysia is Thailand's southernmost province, making it a busy place for cross-border trade.
While there head to Wat Khuhaphimuk, a cave temple with some dramatic lighting and many Buddha images, protected by a rock giant, which was carved in 1941.
Getting to southern Thailand: Thailand's domestic airlines offer flights from Bangkok to Hat Yai (Songkhla), Trang, Phuket, Krabi, Nakhon Si Thammarat and Surat Thani.
Buses for Thailand's southern destinations depart from the Sai Tai Taling Chan bus station. Visit www.railway.co.th for southern line train schedules.
Getting around Thailand
Thailand has a fairly good transportation network, making it easy to get to all 77 provinces directly from Bangkok via bus, plane or train.
Airlines servicing domestic routes in Thailand: Thai Airways, Nok Airways, AirAsia, Bangkok Airways and Orient Thai. Depending on the airline, some flights depart from Suvarnabhumi International Airport, while others use Don Muang Airport on the other side of the city.
Thailand's state-run long-distance bus services are an easy, comfortable way to get from Bangkok to pretty much anywhere in the country. Call 1490 for the latest bus schedule and route information.
Thailand's railway network is also a classic, albeit slower, way to see the country. Visit www.railway.co.th for schedule information and to book online.


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Schools Value Professional Learning
All of these schools profit from teachers and other staff who, by virtue of participating in the creation of the school or signing on to work because of its mission, are committed to and take responsibility for fostering the school's goals. At TSA, many of the arts teachers are themselves professional artists or musicians, inspiring students with an appreciation for the arts. But even TSA teachers in the core academic subjects are likely to be arts enthusiasts. Moreover, knowing that students have been attracted to the school by the arts theme, they capitalize on that interest in their own teaching when, for example, a math teacher asks students to graph a guitar's "D" chord.
High expectations for students at these schools are mirrored in high expectations for teachers—and not just in the classroom. At YES, for example, teachers are issued cell phones and considered to be on call for students until 9 p.m. during the week. In those rare instances when teachers are not in sync with the school mission or not meeting expectations, they stand out as exceptions. And just as these schools have the option of dismissing students who fail to carry out their part of the bargain (e.g., working hard), their charter school status makes it easier for them to hold teachers accountable, dismissing or failing to renew the contract of those who are not serving students well. And whereas at many public schools open teaching slots are filled based on applicants' relative seniority within the school district, these schools can hire whomever they deem best suited to meet their students' needs. With all adults working together in the same direction to reach a school's goals and objectives, positive change is more easily achieved.
Principals as instructional leaders. Seven of these schools operate with a principal,* most of whom serve as instructional leader, working closely with their teachers to help improve teaching and learning. Their effectiveness in this role is enhanced by the fact that five of these leaders were the founding principals at their school and the other two have been at their schools for relatively lengthy periods. As a result, they have a deep understanding of their staff, what teachers' professional needs are, and what kinds of experiences might best serve them. Administrators at North Star spend time working with teachers individually on instructional practices, helping to analyze interim assessments, conducting classroom observations, and providing feedback, as well as providing feedback on lesson plans, and collaboratively strategizing reteaching and intervention approaches.
Teachers learning together. Just as these schools make every effort to support students to be successful, they tend to do the same for teachers. Because charter schools operate independent of a district, they make all their own decisions about professional development needs and how and when to address them. Thus, even though some may not have as much professional development funding as other public schools, they are better able to ensure that professional learning experiences are both timely and relevant and aligned to the school's mission. A chief advantage of being a charter is the freedom to develop—and revise—the school's own schedule; these schools have used that flexibility to build in regularly scheduled, structured teacher development time during the week.
At some of these profiled schools, the principal takes the lead in planning professional development, using the information he or she collects while working individually with teachers, as well as from other sources (e.g., student testing), to identify teacher needs and plan how to address them. At TSA, which has a core of highly experienced teachers, teachers themselves make most of the professional development decisions. In other schools, a teacher is in charge of professional development.
The most common strategy for teacher development at these schools entails using some form of a professional learning community, often but not always facilitated by the principal. A number of the schools have made a point of building in regular and frequent opportunities for teachers to plan, reflect, collaborate, and learn together, as well as from each other. For example, every Friday MATCH Corps tutors take over the classrooms so that MATCH teachers can plan and work together. MATCH teachers also participate in "rounds" twice weekly (one at lunchtime, one after school), to review videotapes of each other's classes and to provide feedback and coaching to each other. Teachers at a number of the schools engage in informal study groups to read and discuss relevant articles and books. At North Star and YES, teachers work in teams, discussing student testing data and how to reteach concepts the data have identified as needing more attention if students are to attain mastery. Some schools have implemented peer observation schedules, providing teachers with time and incentives to learn from one another in that fashion.
At Preuss, two hours every Friday are set aside for staff development. During this time, the principal and the designated staff developer (who is also a teacher at the school, with dedicated time for professional development work) facilitate reflective conversations, often focused on student work, with the aim of improving teaching and learning. Last year, the teachers immersed themselves in the practice of "lesson study"* to improve instruction. This year, they are using lesson study to examine their assessments and understand how to better measure student understanding (see fig. 9).
Fig. 9: A Lesson Study Plan for Teachers at The Preuss School
The Preuss School UCSD
|School Educational Goals
Preuss School ESLF's
Mission Statement
CA Standards
Course/Dept Enduring Understandings/ Essential Questions
|Research Focus:
How do we integrate more use of assessment for learning, rather than relying primarily on assessment of learning? What is our stance about issues re HW & "what counts"?
|Actual Situation of Students
Students study for tests but don't always retain what has been studied once the test is over. Students often don't have any idea of their level of progress/ performance (until grades come out). There is an emphasis on summative and diagnostic assessments over formative assessments
Lesson Study on Assessment
Step 1: Defining the Problem: Sharing teaching concerns re: assessment; Examining student work protocols (schoolwide; depts.); reviewing the data; learning about assessment through research articles (Whole school & assessment study teams)
Step 2: Planning the Lesson: Assessment study teams; determination of methods & measures.
Step 3: Teaching the Lesson: Goal is to also have outside experts view these.
Step 4: Evaluating the Lesson & Reflecting on Its Effect: Schoolwide presentation and discussion, review.
Step 5: Revising the Lesson: Assessment study teams; what new information needs to be considered (research)
Step 6: Teaching the Revised Lesson: Viewed by Team and outside experts
Step 7: Evaluating and Reflecting, Again: Extending our understanding of what assessment for learning looks like; how students are held accountable; other issues
Step 8: Sharing the Results What Assessment for Learning Looks Like at The Preuss School UCSD. Dept recommentations; Individual teacher reflection.
If there is a greater emphasis on assessment for learning, then students will have greater opportunities to maximize achievement and the results will show improved academic performance.
If.... (in development stage)
Teacher induction and retention. Recognizing that their teachers are the heart of the school program and that there are heavy demands on them, most of the schools have sought to create incentives to retain teachers, whether outstanding veterans or promising novices. One strategy has been to provide more time for teacher collaboration planning and mutual support. As noted earlier, several of the schools have structured systems for providing teachers with time to work together throughout the week for building collegiality and, as one school leader puts it, quoting Stephen Covey,† for "sharpening the saw."
Another strategy has been to encourage teachers to seek professional growth and renewal opportunities outside the school. At SEED, for example, teachers are offered $1,200 tuition reimbursement to take courses to continue their own learning. At YES, teachers are required to do 30 hours a year of professional development in order to renew their contract; funds are available to attend conferences, meetings, and workshops, and to visit other schools and bring back tools to share with their colleagues.
Schools also are tuned into induction needs. Some of their work with veteran teachers is designed to spin off knowledge and materials that can be used to support novice teachers. For example, teachers at Preuss are expected to maintain professional portfolios to facilitate conversations about improving professional practice, but they also are seen as ways to generate illustrative materials to share with new faculty. Similarly, North Star teachers keep binders with lesson plans, assessments, their curriculum progression, and other materials to support their practice, and they are expected to share the binders with new staff. Preuss runs a new teacher "boot camp" in the summer, and Gateway is in the process of developing a beginning teacher support and assessment program to support teachers who are new to the school.
* The eighth school, MNCS, is teacher-owned and uses a distributive leadership model in which all teachers assume responsibility for some aspect of leadership. For more information about this, see the MNCS profile, starting on page 43.
* Lesson study is a process developed in Japan for teachers to improve their craft by jointly planning, observing, and analyzing lesson plans, refining the way concepts are taught, and creating dialogue about how to improve instruction.
† Covey is author of the widely read The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, first published in 1989.


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text: As of now, home in San antonio, my family and I officially have acquired since christmas: 1) JD2 pipe bender 2) table saw 3) band saw 4) lincoln pro-mig 180 welder (I just bought today) I am ready to start any project my life desires! of course we have other hand tools and what not, but these tools are huge ones! first off my bumper... cant wait to get back home overy other weekend and start it all


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Aside from the obvious differences — a knack for Quidditch for example — George Smiley might be considered the Cold War equivalent of Harry Potter. Both sport owlish glasses and old-school ties (Oxford and Hogwarts, respectively). Both have covert powers and dwell in alternative universes, with their glossaries of arcane jargon. Both deal with "witchcraft" — for Smiley, a code word for a problematic source of Kremlin intelligence. More significantly, both battle a monolithic evil that might merely be a mirror of their own darkest natures, posing moral ambiguity that evokes an atmosphere of despair. Kind of like a visit from the Death Eaters.
>> INTERVIEW: Gary Oldman not spooked by Guinness's Smiley by Patrick McGavin <<
In his seven-part 1979 BBC adaptation of the John le Carré novel (now on DVD from Acorn), made when the events referred to in the book were still contemporary, John Irvin captured that mood of gloom and doom with the suffocating intensity of the present tense haunted by the past. But for director Tomas Alfredson, this is a period piece, and as he did in Let the Right One In, he re-creates the '70s without nostalgia but with all its pervasive ennui and disillusionment.
In this grimy, oppressive setting Alfredson unfolds le Carré's complex tale with cold efficiency, though it might be rough going for those who have not read the book. It begins with Control (John Hurt), head of the British intelligence branch called the Circus, sending veteran operative Jim Prideaux (Mark Strong) behind the Iron Curtain to determine whether a Soviet mole has infiltrated the agency. The mission ends in a bloody debacle, and Control and his second-in-command, Smiley (Gary Oldman), are sacked.
Until, that is, a rogue British agent comes in from the cold with new information, and the government recalls Smiley to investigate his old department. And so he does, and by parsing records, interrogating witnesses, and indulging in the inevitable flashbacks, he sorts out the secret history of a service that started in the glory of World War II only to endure the doubts and deceptions of the peace that followed.
Alfredson demonstrates shrewdness both in his condensation of the text and his deviations from it. The Prideaux disaster, for example, takes place not at the generic border crossing of the original but at a quaint outdoor café in Budapest; the details underscore the irony and tragedy. And in a masterful balancing of tone and tension, the various participants in the tapping of a phone call are united in their response to an overheard tune on the radio.
The casting is another matter. As Guillam, Smiley's war-weary right-hand man, Benedict Cumberbatch seems too callow. Toby Jones as the toffee-nosed Alleline, Control's successor as head of the Circus, is a little undernourished. But as the bon vivant Haydon, Smiley's pal and his replacement in the Circus, Colin Firth brings a beguiling polymorphous perversity.
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text: Well, anyways. I have an 07 Silverado WT Reg Cab SWB with a 4.8. I decided to start playing around with it and here's my progress so far... So far, it has true dual exhaust with 2ch flowmaster 40 series mufflers, hypertech power programmer III, and a Volant CAI. I decided to start working on the outside, getting away from the work truck look. Here's a couple of pics from this morning, replacing my bumper end caps with new ones loaded with TYC fogs. looks so much better with the painted bumper caps. more pics tomorrow Near future plans include long tube headers, 3.73 gears, 3/5 drop, 20" black wheels, and possibly flat black racing stripes.


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After a period of study and travel in Europe between 1927 and 1931 Rah Fizelle returned to Sydney where he became a teacher and advocate of modernism in Australia. From late 1932 to late 1937, alongside Grace Crowley, he ran the Crowley-Fizelle School at 215a George Street, Sydney. Through their promotion of modern art and, in particular, the principles of Cubism at this school, they influenced a number of artists in Sydney. Their evening sketch club was a meeting place for a small group of artists interested in modernism and abstraction.
Elizabeth Bay is an example of Fizelle's ongoing interest in depicting urban life. The inner-eastern suburbs of Sydney, including Potts Point and Elizabeth Bay, were developed after the First World War and a number of tall apartment buildings were built there. These buildings, many of which are still standing today, helped to shape the urban identity of the area.
Fizelle painted this view looking out from an apartment window, or perhaps from a rooftop. He combined a number of aspects of the scene to create a meticulously balanced composition, emphasising the angular planes of rooftops, awnings and balconies. These angles are counterbalanced by the rounded forms of trees and the distant sweep of Rushcutters Bay. Fizelle simplified nature to basic geometric forms, creating relationships between cubes, spheres and prisms. While the apartments suggest dense urban living, there is an absence of people and activity in the scene which compounds a sense of stillness and silence.


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By Rob Kelly
Arsène Wenger insists his side's heavy defeat at Old Trafford in August will not have any bearing on Sunday's showdown against Manchester United.
The Arsenal manager admits the 8-2 loss hurt but says his side must remain focused on the task in hand rather than reflecting on the past.
"I believe every game is a new life; you can do well, you can do badly. We just want to take this opportunity to do well," said Wenger.
"The result in August has nothing to do with that, we cannot wipe it out. It will not be an excuse not to beat them - it is over. You focus on what is in front of you and you try to do as well as you can.
"We are highly focused and motivated to win our game and hopefully we will have some people available who are today still doubtful. What is important is our determination and focus and that we are ready to give everything to win it."Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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I removed bees from a rotten tree 2 days ago. The tree was freshly downed and busted open; quite a mess on the ground. I rubber banded 5 deep frames of brood comb and bees in a nuc box on the first evening and left it over night. I returned the next morning and the nuc was full and humming, so I looked further and found a small bunch of bees in a hollow smaller limb and bumped then into an empty deep. Luckily the queen was there and I caught her and placed her into the nuc, which within a short time got quieter, and I moved it home that evening. They performed many orientation flights, brought out trash, and drank sugar syrup and the left over honey. Today (day 3) they are almost silent, bringing out the trash, and flying pretty much normal. I opened it and eased up the outer 2 frames just to see, and it is quite full.
Here are my questions:
1. Should I add another nuc on top ?
I do have a little empty comb left from the cut out. I am wanting to prevent them from swarming/leaving, but do not want to make it too large to defend. I see some SHB's.
2. I am feedind sugar water on my porch about 75 yards away, should I continue?
3. Should I wait 7-10 days to go back in like I have read?
I did see today that at least one outside comb fell and stuck to the side.
4. Should I re-orient it either now or when I go back in?
I doubt the brood comb I put in favors a typical brood,pollen, honey orientation. (I tried but was busy/rookie)
These are my 1st bees, I have plenty of new quipment, 3 nucs coming at the end of April, helped on 2 cutouts,and have been researching for about a year, so I THINK I have a decent grasp on the basics.
Lastly, hello and thank you all. I am new here and have been researching beekeeping in advance of getting bees. Ya'll have been the best info I have found!


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Japanese design style
East Asia Institute hosts Japanese design lecture
By Christi Fish
Public Affairs Specialist
(April 24, 2009)--The UTSA East Asia Institute will host a lecture, "Japanese Sensitivity of Space," by Taeg Nishimoto, UTSA associate dean and professor in the College of Architecture, at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 28 in Humanities and Social Sciences Building Room 2.01.06 on the Main Campus. Nishimoto will discuss Japanese spatial elements and their interrelationships in historical and contemporary contexts. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Today's headlines
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Throughout its history, Japan has developed a unique social, cultural and aesthetic sense of space. While this uniqueness is not identifiable as a singular characteristic, there are observable aspects and elements that constitute Japanese awareness in cities, architecture, gardens, painting and literature.
An expert in Japanese architecture, Nishimoto joined UTSA in 2007 as a professor and the associate dean for graduate studies in the College of Architecture. He is the recipient of distinguished architecture awards and honors including the New York AIA Design Award and the Gregory Millard Fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts.
His work has been exhibited internationally including New York, Paris and Tokyo, and his PLOT Houses project is a permanent collection at the FRAC Centre in France. Nishimoto's prolific career includes experience in both the private and academic sectors including time with Columbia University, Temple University and numerous universities in Texas, and architectural firms in Amsterdam, Tokyo and New York City. He is a licensed architect in New York and Japan.
For more information on the lecture, contact Mimi Yu, associate director of the East Asia Institute and modern languages lecturer, at (210) 458-4749. Learn more about studying architecture at UTSA at the College of Architecture Web site.


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I'm behind, I think -- got two more telescoping covers put together tonight, that leaves one more full sized one and two bases and I've got all my boxes made for the planned expansion, although none extra. Probably need an extra deep or two and some solid baseboards and extra tops and inner covers, we had some swarms last year that would not fit in a nuc box.
I think I have enough frames for the time being since I don't plan to use my medium nuc boxes until summer splits (for overwintering), but too many are standard size and I want narrows, so I guess this weekend or next week I'll start on more frames.
Once I get my splits done, I'll have to start thinking about more boxes -- I've only got six shallows for two hives right now, and if this year is like last as far as honey goes, that probably won't be enough as one hive made two mediums of honey from a swarm -- that's more than I have boxes for for that hive right now. On top of that, I'll need at least nine more for my three new hives (two splits and hopefully a nice swarm), so I'll be busy later in the summer again. If I want four shallows for each hive, I'll need to make a dozen, plus whatever my brother needs next year since he wants more hives too.
Good thing I can get cheap scrap lumber, eh? 49 cents a board makes for pretty cheap boxes, and I can make a big pile of frames from an 8' 2x10 if I dig around in the pile a bit and get a knot free straight one.
Somehow I thought I'd be keeping bees instead of working out in the woodshop every night, but that's OK to -- plenty of projects to keep this old man off the streets.


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Vanek didn't help
The Canadiens' prize acquisition had a quiet night in Phoenix.
So did most of Thomas Vanek's new teammates.
Third-period goals by Radim Vrbata and Keith Yandle blew open a close game and sent the Canadiens to down to their second defeat of the road trip.
The goal was Vrbata's second. The Coyotes also got goals from Lauri Korpikoski and Oliver Ekman-Larsson.
Andrei Markov, with his sixth, and Alex Galchenyuk's 12th, on a 5-on-3 power play, scored for the Canadiens.
The Canadiens outshot Phoenix 26-23.
Third-period collapse
Radim Vrbata, with his second of the game, and Keith Yandle, on a Phoenix power play, blew open a close game.
PP clicks
A 5-on-3 power play got the Canadiens back in the game.
Alex Galchenyuk tipped a P.K. Subban shot past Mike Smith to narrow Phoenix's lead to one goal.
The Canadiens also had a goal disallowed when it was ruled David Desharnais had interfered with Smith.
In a reversal of first-period fortunes, the Canadiens outshot the Coyotes 11-1.
The game was barely two minutes olf when Radim Vrbata got the home team on the board, deflecting a point shot by David Schlemko.
Andrei Markov tied it up with a drive that was so hard they needed the Hubble telescaope for the video review.
Lauri Korpikovski restored Phoenix's lead with another deflection, this time of a Mark Stone shot, with Lars Eller in the penalty box .. again.
And with only seconds left, Oliver Ekman-Larsson beat Budaj with another long drive.
Phoenix outshot the Canadiens 15-7.
Thomas Vanek played six shifts and was on for Ekman-Larsson's goal.
Vanek makes debut
The Canadiens trade-deadline acquisition will be in the lineup against the Coyotes Thursday night in Phoenix (actually Glendale, if you want to be persnickety), where the Coyotes have not beaten the Canadiens since 1998.
On their last visit to the desert, in November, 2011, the Canadiens won 3-2 in Overtime. Josh Gorges, of all people, potted the winner.
The Canadiens are coming off one of their most exciting games of the season. The team blew a 2-0 lead in Anaheim Wednesday night before Andrei Markov, of all people, blasted the puck past Jonas Hiller in the sixth round of the Shootout.
Fans – and the Ol' Blogger – get a bit of a break on the time difference Thursday ..
Puck drops 9:10ish at the Jobing.com Arena.
Check back later for live game blogging.


text: Went to one of my northern bee yards yesterday aug.19,[in St.Clair co. Mo.]I have 5 hives in this one.I took honey off 4 of them, but this one hive had the strangest looking comb I have ever seen.It was bright yellow almost floresant looking.This is a hive I made from a nuc in May, The whole 2nd deep was this way? I know it must be from some plant they were working,but some of the supers of honey that I took off the other 4 hives started out with foundation[wax] and none of them had this bright yellow look? The 2nd deep in question, started out with wax foundation and they had their winter stores already.Put a wet supper on for fall honey[goldenrod and aster] just now starting.Have any of you seen this bright yellow comb?or know what kind of plant it might have come from? I!s eerie looking.


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International Museum Day
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What do servicemen and women wear? What do they eat? What jobs do they do? Our exciting Hands-On-History programs answer these and many more questions. You can try on uniforms, handle real items and hear incredible stories of Australians in wartime.
Special exhibition tour of Remember Me
11:30am, Special Exhibition Gallery
Take a guided tour through our special photographic exhibition, Remember me: the lost diggers of Vignacourt.
Film Screening: Memorial's film collection
2:30pm, BAE Systems Theatre
Join our assistant curator of film, Daniel Eisenberg, as he shares some highlights, new acquisitions and oddities from the Memorial's film collection. Highlights include animated propaganda, original footage of the bombing of Darwin, films by iconic war cameramen such as Damien Parer and Neil Davis and the work of our official cinematographer in Afghanistan, John Martinkus
This is a free event and bookings are not required.
Last Post Ceremony
4:45pm, Commemorative Area
Hear the personal story of Corporal Ernie Bailey - who served in the Australian War Records in the First World War and was working on relics destined to form the collection of what was to become the Australian War Memorial.


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War isn't the way it looks back here: Sunday film screening series
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Sunday film screening series, BAE Systems Theatre
To complement Remember me: the lost diggers of Vignacourt and its unique images of Australians on the Western Front, the Australian War Memorial presents a series of classic films that all present distinct visions of the First World War. This is a great opportunity to see them on the 'big' screen.
Details: All screenings start at 2.00 pm, are free and will be accompanied by a short introduction and insight into the film. Bookings are not required.
Visit the Memorial cafés, the Terrace or The Landing Place, before the film screenings for breakfast or lunch, or finish your day there for afternoon tea. Present this voucher (163Kb PDF file) to receive a 10% discount on your next purchase.
Sunday 24th February – A Very Long Engagement (2004)
Dir: Jean-Pierre Jenuet, 133 min
Rated: MA, children under 15 must be accompanied by an adult
Bringing the distinct visual style and almost magic realism of Amelie to the Western Front, this film is equal parts beautiful and brutal. Following the story of Mathilde as she looks for her lost love in the fragmented stories and lives left in the aftermath of the Great War, this movie takes its audience on a bittersweet and moving journey.


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Individual with delusional thoughts as to the grandeur of his reproductive organs. From the Grecian words "Tek" for wang and "Err" for "huh? Last time I looked in the mirror it was faaarkin huge maaate, no honest"
"Look at that Arman mate, what a faaarkin teker"
by Chief75 May 03, 2005


text: I'm experimenting with some hubam clover this year. Most of it I just spread over the ground in late February hoping the freezing and thawing of the ground would draw it in and allow it to get started. Unfortunately there was hardly any freezing weather this winter and the stand was very spotty. However, there were some areas that had been roughed up with a bulldozer, and in those spots the stand is good. If I do this again I'll make sure to work the ground first. For a while I was concerned that it wasn't growing fast enough, but in the last month it has grown quite a bit, though I still hope it grows another foot or two. We have had a drought in May which may have stunted it a little. But we finally got some rain so maybe it will take off. Today I checked it and it is just starting to bloom. So it only took around three months to for this plant to start producing. If it continues to bloom and grow thoughout the summer this will definitely be something worth planting every year, especially since white dutch clover isn't always dependable in this area.


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Wayne Law Welcomes Fall 2009 Entering Class
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DETROIT (Aug. 25, 2009) – Wayne State University Law School is pleased to welcome its Fall 2009 entering class to campus. Orientation for first-year Wayne Law students begins today at the Law School.
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A piercing above the upper lip. It was given its name because the location of the piercing is like that of Marilyn Monroe's beauty mark.
I'm not a big fan of Monroe piercings.
by laurynnn April 03, 2006
A Monroe piercing is a piercing placed off-centre in the upper lip, meant to resemble a beauty mark; it is also known as a 'Madonna' or 'Crawford'. The three variations of the name for the piercing bear their names from famous female icons. The piercing is most known or referred to as monroe because marilyn monroe was one of the first celebrities to inspire the piercing.People you may reffer to as emo/scene/goth/ or anything elso punky usually have a monroe. But it is not only them a monroe is a very stylish piercing and may be worn by anyone
monroe piercings are often related with maryilyn monroe who had a beauty mark that resembles the piercing
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Ballard never really relied on speed. It's all a question of how strong the knee is after an ACL tear, and MF procedure.
If his knee holds up, Ballard could be a contributor for NE. He moves exceptionally well for a man of his athletic capabilities.
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In July, a faux trailer for a hypothetical film based upon Viper Comics' Five Senses was released to the public. Viper Comics' president even sent me a link to www.iamsenseless.com, asking if I'd be interested in reviewing a copy of the book when it was available. The problem is that I was unintentionally fooled by the trailer into thinking it was legit. It was that dang good.
What's funny is that the trailer was mashed together using various clips from Bradley Cooper's Alias appearances, as well as those from movies he had been in. The reason why that is so funny is that my wife and I absolutely love Alias. We've watched the complete series anywhere from two to five times per season, and I didn't pick up on any of it. Neither did she, for what it's worth.
If you missed the coverage the first time around, as I did, basically, the company that put this together with Viper Comics did so to generate fervor around the comic. I don't know about everyone else, but once I watched it, I immediately hit Viper back for a review copy, because the story looks very enticing.
After reading issue number zero of Five Senses – created by Raymond Brothers and Scott Glassgold, written by Jake Black – I definitely have to say it is not child appropriate. Hey, but that's okay, buy it and save it for when the little tyke or missy gets older. Why, might you ask, will not just you, but also your all-grown-up baby boy or girlie enjoy this creepy collection of macabre comic goodness? Continue Reading "Comics Spotlight on Five Senses by Viper Comics" »


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Thanks for the reply. My diagram is incomplete (and as I mentioned, pretty crappy). What I left off was the LED Driver wiring to the LED circuit. I left the Red and Black DC + and - wires there to show what I'd be doing. I am going to be running them all in series. So three channels (with 12 LEDs each) wired in series.
The only thing that's wired in parallel is the LED Drivers but they have mechanisms to deal with this (they have fuses etc.) so there's really not an issue with this diagram.
The problem you mention, I have encountered discussions on it before. There's an issue when you wire in LEDs from 1 power source in parallel. If one LED blows then that parallel portion gets increased voltage / current and this can overheat and cause great issue with the LEDs and surrounds. However my LEDs are just a string of lights in series together wired to an individual driver.
I've already wired up my LEDs and tested them a while ago and they work fine. I only powered one LED Driver direct from mains power and I then swapped to the other channels. It's more just the isolation circuit (switch) that I was interested in. Since AC alternates I was wondering whether knocking out one half of it (via the SPST switch on the Live circuit) would "shut down" the circuit or whether you need to close both sides (SPDT switch on Neutral and Live) to fully close it.
FYI: I'm not an electrician nor am I from australia. However, I did some reading to try and help you out. I came across a discussion on another forum. The OP was advised to NEVER wire led in parallel, for when one gets hotter, it uses more current, and when its cooler, less, meaning when either of these conditions occur the hotter bulb will steal current, leaving the other bulbs with less. The hot bulb will draw more and more as it gets hotter causing it to run even harder and burn out more quickly, allowing the other bulbs to draw more and well you get the picture. He also said to run one led driver capable of supporting all bulbs. So one driver for number of bulbs multplied by wattage. The OP happened to be wiring a set of three leds as well so it seemed relevant enough.
I belive the spdt switch is unneccessary.
LED Lighting - Electrical switch wiring on retrofit
Hi PlantedTank!
I have undertaken a project to retrofit my AquaOne 120 tank (40 foot, 90G) which has a built in Hood light. Previously the hood had 3x 36" (3 foot) T8 bulbs in it. I am upgrading those to 3x 12 LED lights mounted on Aluminium Channel.
I am doing the wiring of the hood and I realised that the switches for the T8 globes (and fluro drivers) are Single Pull - Single Throw (SPST) switches.
What this means is that in the AC circuit the Neutral Wire (blue in Australia) goes directly to the Fluro Driver and the Live Wire (brown) goes to a single switch and then to the driver. When the switch is thrown it only disconnects the one Live wire.
In retrofitting this I am removing the Fluro tubes and Drivers altogether and am replacing them with 3x Meanwell 60N-48 LED Drivers. I was going to use the same circuit to wire the drivers in however On closer inspection I realised I may have hit a problem.
Since the switches are SPST I am just wondering whether that may throw an issue for the Meanwell LED Drivers. The switches were fine for the Fluro setup (from the manufacturer) but I'm not sure whether they'll be fine for an LED Driver setup.
Basically can I just disconnect power to one lead of an LED Driver (specifically Meanwells) and it will disconnect the circuit or will this cause issues and I need to upgrade the switches to Single Pull - Double Throw (SPDT) switches to disconnect both wires (Neutral and Live)?
Attached is a crummy MSPaint picture of my problem. I hope that someone can provide some information as Google hasn't really returned any help.
Thank you!
(in case my picture uploading doesn't work I have put the image online at http://i.imgur.com/IOUD6.jpg)
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Rapid expansion is common to American cities. For Chandler, Ariz., population growth and development is especially challenging. The city enjoys the distinction of being rated the seventh fastest growing city of all U.S. municipalities with populations exceeding 100,000. Over the past 10 years, Chandler's population (currently at 237,632) has jumped by an average of 1000 new residents every month.
"There is a constant need to expand all the city's infrastructure," said Bryan Patterson, public works director.
Keeping tabs on the ever-changing demands on Chandler's infrastructure required innovative thinking. In 2001, the city split its public works department into two separate agencies: transportation and engineering responsibilities fell to the public works staff, while all utility operations were given to the newly formed municipal utilities department.
"This organizational change has resulted in a more focused and customer-driven approach to our growth challenges," said mayor Boyd W. Dunn. Although Chandler has split its public works functions into two departments, personnel still work together very closely.
"The staff is always looking for innovative methods to streamline processes and work more efficiently," said Patterson. "Each team member is assigned to assist one or more specific city departments, so there is a close and continuing working relationship between engineering and the operating departments."
The city's teamwork philosophy extends from its day-to-day operations into projects both large and small. One of the biggest projects completed within the past year involved reconstruction of Germann Road. The plan called for relocating and rebuilding 1½ miles of a two-lane, rural county road to provide a six-lane urban arterial roadway along the perimeter of the Chandler Municipal Airport. It also included several miles of water mains, reclaimed water lines, and sewer interceptors. Adding to the challenge was a commercial development agreement that allowed only two years to complete all design, right of way acquisition, utility relocation, and construction.
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Harriet Jacobs c. 1813-1897
(Also wrote under the pseudonym of Linda Brent) American autobiographer.
Harriet Jacobs's slave narrative, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself (1861), stands out from the male-dominated slave narrative genre in its unique point of view and especially in its focus on the sexual exploitation of the female slave. Soon after the publication of Incidents, which Jacobs penned under the pseudonym Linda Brent, questions arose regarding the text's authenticity. Many believed the book to have been written by its white abolitionist editor, Lydia Maria Child. Doubts about the narrative's veracity and its true author persisted into the twentieth century, and Incidents consequently was neglected by historians and critics alike. In 1981, however, Jean Fagan Yellin discovered Jacobs's correspondence with Child, and with another abolitionist friend, Amy Post. The letters, along with the rest of Yellin's research, assured the authenticity of Jacobs's narrative; and since then Incidents has received its due critical attention. Modern criticism has focused largely on Jacobs's exploitation of the sentimental domestic genre and on the differences between Jacobs's work and slave narratives such as Frederick Douglass's Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (1845).
Biographical Information
Jacobs was born a slave in North Carolina. Her parents were both slaves, but her grandmother had been emancipated and owned her own home, earning a living as a baker. When Jacobs was six years old, her mother died, and she was sent to the home of her mother's mistress, Margaret Horniblow. Horniblow taught the young Jacobs to read, spell, and sew; she died when Jacobs was eleven or twelve and willed Jacobs to Mary Matilda Norcom, Horniblow's threeyear-old niece. While living in the Norcom household, Jacobs suffered the sexual harassment of Dr. James Norcom, Mary's father and a prominent physician. Dr. Norcom threatened Jacobs with concubinage when she was sixteen years old. Rather than submit to the doctor, Jacobs became the mistress of a white slave-holding neighbor of the Norcoms and soon announced that she was pregnant. She bore two children, both fathered by this white neighbor. At the age of twenty-one, Jacobs ran away, believing that Norcom would sell the children in her absence. In her narrative, Jacobs, as Linda Brent, wrote that at this time she hid for seven years in an attic crawlspace in her grandmother's home, where her children lived unaware of their mother's presence. The children were purchased by their father shortly after Jacobs went into hiding; they were allowed to continue living with their grandmother. Jacobs finally succeeding in fleeing North in 1842. There she reunited with her children and tried to establish a home for her family. In 1850, the passage of the Fugitive Slave Law (which stated that anyone caught aiding a fugitive slave was subject to punishment) threatened her safety and Jacobs once again went into hiding. In 1852 her employer, Mrs. Nathaniel Parker Willis, purchased Jacobs for three hundred dollars in order to free her. Soon after, Jacobs was urged by Amy Post to write her life's story, and spent five years doing just that. After three years of trying to get her book published, Jacobs finally succeeded in 1861. Throughout the Civil War and Reconstruction, Jacobs and her daughter continued to fight for the rights of African Americans. Jacobs died in 1897.
Major Works
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl details the horrific experiences endured by Jacobs. In the preface to the book, Jacobs, as Linda Brent, states that her "adventures may seem incredible," but assures readers that her "descriptions fall short of the facts." Brent describes her life as a slave from her early years, when she did not even know she was a slave, to the violence and exploitation she endured as a teenager at the hands of her master, and finally to her repugnance at the thought of her well-meaning employer purchasing her in order to free her. Although Jacobs wrote Incidents in the style of the sentimental novel, she seems to argue against the conception of womanhood that the sentimental novel conventionally upheld. While appealing to a Northern, white, female audience at a time when "true womanhood" meant chastity and virtue, Jacobs urges that slavery makes it impossible for a black woman to live a virtuous, chaste life. As she upholds some of the conventions of the sentimental genre by emphasizing the primacy and significance of motherhood and domesticity, Jacobs also demonstrates how the institution of slavery threatens and destroys white and black women alike. In these respects, Incidents differs markedly from typical, male slave narratives, which emphasize the ways in which slavery destroys masculinity. Yet a common factor among male slave narratives and Jacobs's Incidents is the sense of triumph the writer describes as he or she reclaims a sense of self.
Critical Reception
Incidents received little critical attention until Yellin's research revealed the authenticity of the narrative. This research established Jacobs as the sole author of Incidents and clarified Child's limited role as editor. Since then, critical studies usually discuss the way in which Incidents uses or exploits the conventions of one of two genres: domestic literature or slave narrative. Minrose C. Gwin argues that Jacobs was influenced by sentimental literature in that Jacobs felt compelled to apologize for and explain her reasons for her sexual experiences. Gwin goes on to state that whereas sentimental literature advanced ideals such as virtue and sensibility, Jacobs shows that such ideals were incompatible with the slave woman's experience. While Thomas Doherty identifies the shortcomings of Incidents as a work of sentimental literature, he argues that the book moves "women's literature" into the realm of politics. Similarly, Jean Fagan Yellin suggests that Incidents is designed to prompt women to political action. Elizabeth Fox-Genovese contends that in writing to an audience of free, Northern women, Jacobs uses the style of sentimental domestic fiction, but the tone and content of the book differ considerably from other works of domestic fiction. While Fox-Genovese states that Incidents depicts slavery as a violation of womanhood, Hazel V. Carby argues that Jacobs appropriates the conventions of the sentimental genre in order to examine the standards of female behavior and the relevance of such standards to the experience of black women in particular. Similarly, Valerie Smith demonstrates that although Jacobs uses the rhetoric of sentimental fiction, the author transcends the constraints of the genre in order to express the "complexity of her experience as a black woman." Mary Helen Washington, on the other hand, views Incidents more as a slave narrative than a sentimental novel. Washington argues that as a slave narrative, Incidents surpasses gender boundaries; Washington emphasizes the significance of the reclamation of the self in Incidents and in other slave narratives. Sarah Way Sherman also examines Incidents as a slave narrative, discussing the ways that the book differs from Douglass's Narrative. Sherman specifically emphasizes the differences between Douglass's and Jacobs's upbringing as well as the obvious difference in gender. Furthermore, Sherman notes that the nineteenth-century's conception of domesticity is challenged by Jacobs in Incidents. Like Sherman, Carolyn Sorisio examines Incidents in terms of both the slave narrative and the sentimental domestic genre and concludes that Jacobs's story—which, Sorisio contends, focuses most heavily on the issue of identity and the conception of self—cannot fit into either of the genres Jacobs has used to tell it.
Lydia Maria Child (essay date 1861)
SOURCE: "Introduction" to Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself by Harriet A. Jacobs, edited by L. Maria Child (1861), new edition edited and introduced by Jean Fagan Yellin, Harvard University Press, 1987, pp. 3-4.
[In the introduction that accompanied Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl upon its publication in 1861, Child attests to the veracity and purpose of the text]
The author of the following autobiography is personally known to me, and her conversation manners and inspire me with confidence.1 During the last seventeen years, she has lived the greater part of the time with a distinguished family in New York, and has so...
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Jean Fagan Yellin (essay date 1981)
SOURCE: "Written by Herself Harriet Jacobs' Slave Narrative," in American Literature, Vol. 53, No. 3, November, 1981, pp. 479-86.
[In the following seminal study, Yellin reveals the existence of a "cache of [Jacobs's letters]" that attests to the authenticity of Incidents, establishes Jacobs as the author, and illuminates the editorial role of Lydia Maria Child. This discovery, Yellin emphasizes, transforms "a questionable slave narrative into a well-documented pseudonymous autobiography."]
Your proposal to me has been thought over and over again, but not without some most painful remembrance. Dear Amy, if it...
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Minrose C. Gwin (essay date 1985)
SOURCE: "Green-Eyed Monsters of the Slavocracy: Jealous Mistresses in Two Slave Narratives," in Conjuring: Black Women, Fiction, and Literary Tradition, edited by Marjorie Pryse and Hortense J. Spillers, Indiana University Press, 1985, pp. 39-52.
[In the following essay, Gwin examines the way in which the stereotypes and relationships of white and black women within the "slavocracy" of the South inform Jacobs's work. Gwin also demonstrates how Jacobs's narrative was influenced both by the conventions of the sentimental genre and by her white female audience, pointing out that the ideals of virtue and sensibility advanced by sentimental literature were incompatible with the experience of...
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Thomas Doherty (essay date 1986)
SOURCE: "Harriet Jacobs' Narrative Strategies: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" in Southern Literary Journal, Vol. XIX, No. 1, Fall, 1986, pp. 79-91.
[In the following essay, Doherty examines Jacob's use of the conventions of the sentimental genre and describes the shortcomings of Incidents as a sentimental novel. Rather, he argues that Jacobs "ingeniously inducts 'women's literature' into the cause of women's politics."]
In 1853, the fugitive slave Harriet Jacobs confided her literary ambitions to the poet and abolitionist Amy Post. "Don't expect too much of me, dear Amy," she cautioned, "You shall have truth but not talent" (Sterling 79). Jacobs'...
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Elizabeth Fox-Genovese (essay date 1987)
SOURCE: "To Write My Self: The Autobiographies of Afro-American Women," in Feminist Issues in Literary Scholarship, edited by Shari Benstock, Indiana University Press, 1987, pp. 161-80.
[In the following excerpt, Fox-Genovese explores the differences in tone and content between Incidents and other works of sentimental domestic literature.]
. . . Harriet Jacobs, in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, left no doubt about whom she thought she was writing for: "O, you happy free women, contrast your New Year's day with that of the poor bond-woman!" (14).
Jacobs wrote, at least in part, to introduce the world to the...
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Mary Helen Washington (essay date 1987)
SOURCE: "Meditations on History: The Slave Woman's Voice," in Invented Lives: Narratives of Black Women, 1860-1960, Anchor Press, 1987, pp. 3-15.
[In the following essay, Washington analyzes Jacobs's use of the sentimental domestic genre, noting that this was "a poor choice for her story," and emphasizes that Incidents reads more as a slave narrative than a sentimental novel, particularly in the way in which it transcends the boundaries of gender.]
In 1861, with the help of two white abolitionists, Amy Post and Lydia Maria Child, Harriet Jacobs, abolitionist and exslave, published under the pseudonym, Linda Brent, an account of her life in slavery called...
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Hazel V. Carby (essay date 1987)
SOURCE: "'Hear My Voice, Ye Careless Daughters': Narratives of Slave and Free Women before Emancipation," in Reconstructing Womanhood: The Emergence of the Afro-American Woman Novelist, Oxford University Press, 1987, pp. 40-61.
[In the following essay, Carby explores the influence of the nineteenth-century conception of "true womanhood" on Incidents and contends that Jacobs used the events of her life to "critique conventional standards of female behavior and to question their relevance and applicability to the experience of black women."]
A survey of the general terrain of images and stereotypes produced by antebellum sexual ideologies is a necessary but only...
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Sarah Way Sherman (essay date 1990)
SOURCE: "Moral Experience in Harriet Jacobs's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl," in NWSA Journal, Vol. 2, No. 2, Spring, 1990, pp. 167-85.
[In the following essay, Sherman pinpoints the source of the moral conflict and ambiguity in Incidents as the narrator's struggle with the exploitation and brutality of slavery and the idealized conception of "true womanhood." Furthermore, Sherman argues that the depiction of this conflict is the source of the work's strength.]
"Slavery is terrible for men," Harriet Jacobs wrote in 1861, "but it is far more terrible for women." Citing this passage from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Jean...
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Valerie Smith (essay date 1990)
SOURCE: "'Loopholes of Retreat': Architecture and Ideology in Harriet Jacobs's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl," in Reading Black, Reading Feminist: A Critical Anthology, edited by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Meridian, 1990, pp. 212-26.
[In the following essay, Smith examines the implications of the literal and figurative "structures of confinement" in Incidents (such as the attic crawlspace in which Jacobs lived for seven years and which she describes as a "loophole of retreat"). Smith argues that such periods of "apparent enclosure" serve to empower Jacobs to manipulate her destiny.]
In Incidents in the Life of a Slave...
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Bruce Mills (essay date 1992)
SOURCE: "Lydia Maria Child and the Endings to Harriet Jacobs's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl," in American Literature, Vol. 64, No. 2, June, 1992, pp. 255-72
[In the essay that follows, Mills studies the influence of Lydia Maria Child (abolitionist and editor of Incidents) on Jacobs's writing and on the book's structure and content.]
In a letter to Harriet Jacobs written prior to the publication of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Lydia Maria Child suggested a significant revision: "I think the last Chapter, about John Brown, had better be omitted. It does not naturally come into your story, and the M.S. is already too...
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Anne B. Dalton (essay date 1995)
SOURCE: "The Devil and the Virgin: Writing Sexual Abuse in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl," in Violence, Silence, and Anger: Women's Writing as Transgression, edited by Deirdre Lashgari, University Press of Virginia, 1995, pp. 38-61.
[In the following essay, Dalton examines the "tensions between what [Jacobs] literally states and metaphorically suggests about sexual exploitation," pointing to the parallels between the way in which Jacobs, through Linda Brent, describes her sexual exploitation and twentieth-century studies on the effects of molestation on girls and women. Dalton suggests that through her language and imagery, Jacobs implies that greater sexual abuses occurred...
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Carolyn Sorisio (essay date 1996)
SOURCE: "'There is might in Each': Conceptions of Self in Harriet Jacobs's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself" in Legacy, Vol. 13, No. 1, 1996, pp. 1-18.
[In the following essay, Sorisio discusses the influence of Romanticism and Transcendentalism on the nineteenth-century's—and on Jacobs's—perception of "self," arguing that Linda Brent's sense of self encompasses both an individual and a collective identity. Additionally, Sorisio examines Jacobs's exploitation of sentimental conventions.]
In 1992, archaeologists discovered an eighteenth-century slave burial ground in lower Manhattan, sparking controversy over the fate of the...
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Further Reading
Yellin, Jean Fagan. "Harriet Jacobs's Family History." American Literature 66, No. 4 (December 1994): 765-67.
Corrects an error in her 1987 edition of Jacobs's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: Written by Herself published by Harvard University Press. Yellin discusses the earlier misinformation she provided regarding the identity of Jacobs's father, and the impact of the new, correct information on the understanding of Jacobs's family history.
——. "Legacy Profile: Harriet Ann Jacobs." Legacy 5, No. 2 (Fall 1988): 55-61.
Offers an overview...
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Say you're suffering from high cholesterol. To cure what ails you, do you pop a mevacor or morkoth?
Better pick mevacor, which has been proven to reduce the amount of cholesterol and other fatty substances in your blood. The morkoth, on the other hand, resembles a fish with an octopus's beak. According to the Monster Manual, "of all the creatures that inhabit the deep, only the kraken exceeds the morkoth in malice and cruelty." It probably doesn't care about your good or bad cholesterol. Only that you have dead cholesterol.
Or this: Venturing deep into some imaginary dungeon, you enter a dank chamber, only to be ambushed by a slithering and snarling remorhaz. Or, wait a second, maybe that's a rhinocort aqua about to impale you with its stinger or crush you with its jaws of death. Or maybe you need to pop a few of both before you do battle. A little shot of courage, right?
It can be confusing.
The names of the most fearsome monsters from classic Dungeons & Dragons can sound an awful lot like prescription drugs used to treat foot fungus or gastroesophageal reflux disease. I'm not talking standard fantasy creatures like orcs, goblins, nymphs, gnomes and trolls. I mean the more outlandish and esoteric ones. Consider the words "peryton" and "prometrium." One is a creature combining the body of a giant eagle and the head of a stag; the others is used as hormone replacement therapy in women who have passed menopause. (The answer is below.)
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