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8 Most Fascinating Natural Wonders
1 – Tessellated pavement
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A tessellated pavement is a rare erosional feature formed in flat-lying sedimentary rock formations that occurs on some ocean shores. It is so named because the rock has fractured into regular rectangular blocks that appear like tiles, or tessellations. The cracks (or joints) were formed when the rock fractured through the action of stress on the Earth's crust and were subsequently modified by sand and wave action
A well-known example of this formation can be found at Eaglehawk Neck on the Tasman Peninsula of Tasmania.
2 – Colorful Lake
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Aerial view of Grand Prismatic Spring in Midway Geyser Basin. This vividly colored hot spring exemplifies Yellowstone's world-renowned geothermal features. Mineral deposits next to the spring are colored by microbes that thrive in hot water.
The Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park is the largest hot spring in the US and third largest in the world next to those in New Zealand, about 250 by 300 feet (75 by 91 meters) in size and 160 feet (49 meters) deep, discharging an estimated 560 gallons (2000 liters) of 160°F (71°C) water/minute.
The vivid colors in the spring ranging from green to brilliant red and orange are the result of algae and pigmented bacteria in the microbial mats that grow around the edges of the mineral-rich water, the amount of color dependant on the ratio of chlorophyll to carotenoids produced by the organisms. The center of the pool is sterile due to extreme heat.
During summer the chlorophyll content of the organisms is low and thus the mats appear orange, red, or yellow. But in winter, the mats are usually dark green because sunlight is more scarce and the microbes produce more chlorophyll to compensate, thereby masking the carotenoid colors.
The deep azure blue color of the water in the center of the pool results from a light-absorbing overtone of the hydroxy stretch of water. While this effect is responsible for making all large bodies of water blue, it's particularly intense in Grand Prismatic Spring due to the high purity and depth of the water in its center.
3 – Columnar Basalt
Though it certainly looks chiseled and hewn, this incredible rock bridge is completely natural.
40,000 interlocking basalt columns which are mostly hexagonal..When a thick lava flow cools it contracts vertically but cracks perpendicular to its directional flow with remarkable geometric regularity – in most cases forming a regular grid of remarkable hexagonal extrusions that almost appear to be made by man. One of the most famous such examples is the Giant's Causeway on the coast of Ireland (shown above) though the largest and most widely recognized would be Devil's Tower in Wyoming. Basalt also forms different but equally fascinating ways when eruptions are exposed to air or water.
4 – Walking In The Sky
Salar de Uyuni. Some 40,000 years ago, the area was part of Lake Minchin, a giant prehistoric lake.
When the lake dried, it left behind two modern lakes, Poopó Lake and Uru Uru Lake, and two major salt deserts, Salar de Coipasa and the larger Uyuni. Uyuni is roughly 25 times the size of the Bonneville Salt Flats in the United States.
During the Bolivian rainy season the flats are covered in several inches of water—reflecting the sky like a giant mirror. The rest of the year the flat looks like a massive field of snow. The way the salt dries in a consistent hexagonal pattern is most interesting.
5 – Strange Rock Formations
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Rock outcrops and unusual formations that seem difficult to explain away through natural phenomena are popularly held up as proof of aliens, unknown civilizations, government conspiracies and more. Usually, these rock structures can in fact be explained by geological history and even weather, intentional in design as they may appear to be.
6 – Red lakes
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Southwest Bolivia is dotted with breath-taking lakes and lagoons colored from ice green to deep reds, but one of the most amazing ones is the Red Lake, also known as the Laguna Colorada. Like the name suggests it has a reddish color given by an astronomical number of micro-organisms that live in its waters and by the salt crust. Laguna Colorada is an unforgetable sight especially if you're lucky enough to spot the rare flamingos that like to spend their time here.
7 – Underground Lakes
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Reed Flute Cave in Guilin, China was discovered during the Tang Dynasty almost 1,300 years ago.It's a huge underground cave system with stunning rock formations, stalagmites and stalactites, illuminated with coloured lights. The cave can hold comfortably 1000 people.
8 – Animal Migration
Animal Migration, seasonal or periodic movement of animals in response to changes in climate or food availability, or to ensure reproduction. Migration most commonly involves movement from one area to another and then back again. This round-trip, or return migration, may be of a seasonal nature, as in the spring and autumn migrations of many birds. Or it may require a lifetime to complete, as in various species of Pacific salmon that are born in freshwater streams, travel to ocean waters, and then return to the stream where they were born to breed before dying.
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Police charge Sugar Notch man in 9 burglaries
Police in Hanover Township and Nanticoke have charged a man accused of committing at least nine home burglaries in recent weeks.
Police say Gregory Richards, 24, of Sugar Notch, committed the crimes to support his 12-bag-a-day heroin habit.
According to arrest papers, Richards was caught in the act of a burglary on Feb. 5 in the Preston section of Hanover Township after a crossing guard saw him trespassing behind a home. Investigators then linked him with multiple other burglaries in Hanover Township, Nanticoke and Warrior Run. Police say Richards is likely linked to other break-ins.
Arrest papers say Richards mostly stole cash and jewelry.
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- 295 Bunker Drive, Hanover Township
- 80 Diamond Ave., Hanover Township
- 55 High St., Hanover Township
- 537 High St., Hanover Township
- 106 Regal St., Hanover Township
- 20 Tayna Drive, Hanover Township
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Richards has been jailed in the Luzerne County Correctional Facility in lieu of $50,000 cash bail since his Feb. 5 arrest. Following an arraignment this morning, Magisterial District Judge Joseph Halesey jailed Richards on $10,000 bail for each new case, for a total of $130,000.
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If thisis a motion for a retraining order the court will allow notarized statements intitially, but if the court issues the restrainingorder on a temporary basis -- until a "trial" can be held -- then you will need live witnesses at the trial!
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Putin: Ukraine crisis provoked by West to revive NATO
Newscast Media MOSCOW—Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday blamed
Western countries for provoking the Ukraine crisis, which is used to resuscitate
"A decision has recently been made to increase NATO military presence in Eastern
Europe. The crisis in Ukraine, which was basically provoked and created by some of
our Western partners, is now being used to resuscitate this military bloc," Putin told a
government meeting.
He said Russia will have to react to new security threats.
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Meanwhile, Russia will not sever cooperation with foreign partners, he said, but
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and materials, to develop sufficient manufacturing capacity, technologies and
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He also stressed the need to ensure Russian's security.
"Military and industrial potential is huge as we have well-trained scientific personnel.
Many of the things we had have been updated considerably, ensuring us that we will
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NATO beefs up presence on eastern border as crisis looms
Newscast Media KIEV—NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen says the
alliance is strengthening its military presence on its eastern borders in response to
the crisis in Ukraine.
Speaking after a meeting in Brussels of the North Atlantic Council, NATO's main
political decision-making body, Rasmussen said the alliance will be making new military
deployments by sea, air, and land "within days."
He said there will be "more planes in the air, more ships on the water, more readiness
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NATO general: Russia could invade Ukraine any day from now
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Despite assuring German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday that Russia was
initiating a withdrawal of its troops, the NATO general is not convinced of the troop
In an interview with the New York Times, General Breedlove said that so far only a
single battalion, a force of 400 to 500 troops, is on the move and that NATO
intelligence could not say whether it was actually being withdrawn.
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could accomplish its objective between three to five days."
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can make whatever decision they want. This is a very large, very well-equipped force
to be called an exercise."
Meanwhile, Russia continues to squeeze Ukraine in the energy sector, and has raised
the price of natural gas from $264 per 1,000 cubic meters of gas to $385.
Since Crimea became part of Russia, they have begun the transition into the Russian
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For a brief moment, Doug Liman was flirting with more serious fare, developing projects like "Attica," an adaptation of Olen Steinhauer's "The Tourist," the documentary "Reckoning With Torture: Memos And Testimonies From The War On Terror" and a big-screen version of Jack Finney's "Time And Again." But we'd wager in today's climate that kind of stuff is hard to get off the ground, so no surprise that in the past he was also linked to the comedy "El Presidente" with Tom Cruise and the former Tony Scott project, "Narco Sub." And for his next gig, he's stepping right up to the blockbuster world again for a big-time video game adaptation.
Liman is in final talks to direct "Splinter Cell," with Tom Hardy still attached to star. As you might recall, Liman and Hardy had already been cooking up one project together, "Everest," but considering Baltasar Kormákur is already rolling on his mountain movie with Jake Gyllenhaal, Josh Brolin, Jason Clarke and John Hawkes, perhaps they figured it was best to move on to something else. Anyway, Eric Singer ("American Hustle, ""The International") has penned the script about the adventures of terrorist-fighting spy Sam Fisher, and this one is moving very fast.
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Rainie Cross (Tanya Franks) tells Patrick that Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt) paid her for sex on the night that Ian's daughter Lucy was murdered.
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Here's what happened this week: I cried. I cried during my phone nutrition appointment with Abra. Hot, angry at the world, frustrated tears. And over what? Ten pounds. Those bloody last ten pounds. (Bloody is such a good word- we really should steal it from the British.)
In the grand scheme of things, I know it really isn't such a big deal. I have my family, friends, good health, and I am currently writing on a picnic blanket in the San Diego sun overlooking the Pacific Ocean with Henri. But sometimes it is easy to forget the big picture and instead become distracted by the 'hate handles' that prevent your jeans from buttoning or the fact that you can't work out in your Lululemon shorts because of chub rub- still.
I was on week 10. Week 10 and I'd only lost 5 pounds. Now I had 6 more weeks until my reunion and 10 more pounds to loose to make my initial goal weight.
Now it was true- I hadn't done everything perfectly. Especially during the past week, where going off an anti anxiety drug had caused me to turn to carbs a few times for comfort. (That carb addiction is strong.) But over the past 10 weeks I had drastically changed my eating habits, cut way down on alcohol consumption, and had exercised nearly every day- sometimes twice a day. I had even started an email group where we all encouraged each other and kept up with everyone's progress. And still nothing! (Maybe it was time to cut off my left leg and be done with it- that would make me weigh less.) I didn't feel at all like the superhero in my illustration. I wanted to cross my arms, stomp my feet, and scream, "No fair!" Instead I cried to Abra.
She actually gave me hope when I was feeling quite hopeless. For one, she made me feel better by telling me that lots of people cry. (So I was less pathetic- or at least pathetic with company.) Unfortunately, in today's society weight loss is given a lot of value and people often judge their self-worth by it. (I need to work on this.) Also, she gave me a solution to start improving my results. This weekend, I am going to start a detoxifying cleanse, which should also help jumpstart weight loss and get me out of this annoying rut. I am really excited. (I just hope it's not too much like the Juice Cleanse, which I tried to do in New York and didn't last through one cucumber smoothie- words cannot describe how disgusting it was. Money drained out and the deliveries kept coming and I couldn't touch the stuff. I kept the food cooling juice carrier bags though- those were pretty cool.)
This week I am also going to try and read the two books by Geneen Roth that I ordered from Amazon. (Writer friends, don't hate me for not buying from a bookstore- I'm on a budget!) The first one is called "Breaking Free from Emotional Eating." I heard her talk at the conference and she was so inspiring. After I finish the books I'll do a post on that and let you know what I learned!
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Diaz's Paris breakCameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake have jetted off to Paris for a romantic break - quashing rumours their relationship is on the rocks.
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- After hearing yesterday Pedro Martinez was cleared to soft-toss, the word today is he won't throw today. My guess is he doesn't want the circus. It will happen sooner or later.
- Orlando Hernandez is reporting no problems throwing off the mound.
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We address the problem of detecting English language learner errors by using a discriminative high-order sequence model. Unlike most work in error-detection, this method is agnostic as to specific error types, thus potentially allowing for higher recall across different error types. The approach integrates features from many sources into the error-detection model, ranging from language model-based features to linguistic analysis features. Evaluation results on a large annotated corpus of learner writing indicate the feasibility of our approach on a realistic, noisy and inherently skewed set of data. High-order models consistently outperform low-order models in our experiments. Error analysis
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Hair Colour/Style: Black-brown, fairly straight and reaching a bit below her shoulders, parted on the right, side swept bangs
*fond of decorating her hair with random objects like beads, feathers, cords, headbands and flowers
Eye Colour: soft green
Skin Tone: olive-toned
Height: 5 feet (and a half, can't forget that half inch)
Weight: 126 lbs
Build: pear-shaped (wide hips, thick thighs, smaller chest); petite/small frame; softer than what a pro-bender should be, needs more muscle
Typical Style of Dress: clothing in shades of green, pink, and yellow; tend to be simple and comfortable, though she likes wearing flow-y things like skirts over leggings and wide sleeves
Scars/Piercings: single-pierced ears
Accessories (if any): tends to
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Name: Phaedra Griffin
Meaning: Phaedra is Greek meaning bright; Griffin is Latin for hooked nose, but it also known as one of the many animals that symbolize Apollo
Nickname(s): Phae
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: British Greek (her grandmother was actually half-Greek, which sadly brings leeway to the occasional "graecus" insult, usually in "good fun")
Birthplace: Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England
Current Residence: Camp Jupiter, San Francisco, California
Blood Type: O -
Birthday: July 24
Zodiac: Leo
Eye Color: mossy green
Hair Color: blonde-brown
Hair Style: chest-length wavy, usually in one or two braids
Skin: olive-toned, freckled cheeks and shoulders
Build: Strong (archery-strengthened) upper arms; short in height; her build is barely deemed "fit" (she's really lazy with exercise), but tries to pass of the extra fat as "curves"; round faced, she still has a bit of her baby fat; roughened ha
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Mari is:
- a Ravenclaw
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Rummaging through files to find paleo ideas for meals everyone will eat is a pleasurable way to spend the morning. I make notes, jot down page numbers and stack cook books all through the kitchen. Usually on grocery day I have a slew of new recipes to try out. This one was something I could whip up without even having to wait until shopping day, I had everything I needed. And it's a keeper, there was hardly enough to save for a lunch although we did put it away before someone snarfed it down. Cool and refreshing and mostly made ahead of time, this one will be perfect for summer meals but good enough to try right now. You know during the dead of winter, yeah winter, love you.
Cabbage Apple Coleslaw with Bacon
1/4 pound of good bacon, chopped
1 bag of coleslaw cut cabbage mix-1 pound size or close to that size
1 tart apple-washed
2 carrots-scrubbed
2 TBSP mayonnaise
2 TBSP milk--almond milk if you're paleo
drizzle of honey-literally less that 1/2 teaspoon
pinch of salt pinch of celery seed--crush the seeds between 2 spoons
dash of pepper
in a deep pan cook the bacon over medium high heat**
while the bacon is cooking work on the salad, pour the coleslaw mix in a salad bowl
fit a food processor with the shredding blade or get out your box grater
shred the apple and the carrots mix thoroughly with the coleslaw mix
check your bacon when it's done remove from the heat and drain well--once cooled put it in the fridge to chill until time to mix with the salad
put the dressing ingredients in a jar and shake to combine-the honey may need some stirring to convince it to mix in so make sure it gets mixed in if needed**
once well combined stir into the salad and pop the whole thing in the fridge
right before serving toss the salad and then add the bacon and toss again
** I have found I prefer a deep pan for cooking bacon in it spatters LESS which is important if my kids are cooking with me-the chopped bacon cooks very quickly too so be mindful
** I made a very small amount of dressing for the salad--you can of course double it if you like it super creamy with dressing
|before bacon-lost the light never got a shot WITH bacon
Please someone add some blue cheese to this, it is begging for it. Or feta. Once I add dairy back I am so making it with blue cheese. Tangy, salty, creamy, sweet, yum.
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I am a Tata DOCOMO subscriber for the last 3 years, as far as I remember. It's a service that is available in towns and not so prominent in villages. I face trouble when I go back to my hometown, but I bear with it for the good offers they have.
Nonetheless, the relationship with this network has not been sweet always. There are far many incidents I remember when they took away my money for no apparent mistake of mine, but then I had customer support, whom I could contact for clarification/refund whenever applicable. I think when we pay an entity large amounts of money without real receipt/acknowledgement, the customer support plays a very important role in creating trust. Prompt, responsible customer care means one can ensure that his money is in safe hands.
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Statement by Ms. Misako Kaji, Minister
Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations
Agenda item 117: Programme budget for the biennium 2006-2007
Strengthened and unified security management system for the United Nations
Fifth Committee
Sixty-first Session of the United Nations General Assembly
6 March 2007
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
My delegation would like to thank Sir David Veness, the USG for the Department of Safety and Security, for introducing the reports of the Secretary General. We would also like to thank Mr. Rajat Saha, the Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions for introducing the report of that body.
Mr. Chairman,
At its fifty-ninth session, the General Assembly adopted a resolution establishing the Department of Safety and Security. This was an important step toward achieving a unified security standard system-wide. In the resolution, the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit to it at its next session a comprehensive report on the progress of implementation. We therefore welcome the introduction of the report, regardless of the fact that it took more time to prepare than we expected. We also took note of the other reports introduced this morning.
We would like to take this opportunity to touch upon some of the issues that interest us. On the issue of review of posts, we would like to receive more clarification from the Secretariat as to why the introduction of technology has had no effect in reducing the number of security officers. We are not totally persuaded by the explanation provided in the Annex of the report of the Advisory Committee. On the review of the level of deputy to the USG, we agree with the Advisory Committee that this issue should be taken up in the context of the next biennial budget. We should keep in mind what the performance reports were originally intended for.
Mr. Chairman,
On the issue of the Secretary-General's proposal to establish a crisis management capability, we share the intention of the Department's willingness to gradually taking on a leading role in crisis response and crisis management for the United Nations system. Nevertheless we would be interested in finding out about the outcome of the review conducted by the Department on the operation of an interim team and expected coverage of such capability. While acknowledging the importance of achieving compliance with the minimum operating standards of the UN Headquarters, we would also like to receive detailed information on the second phase of the process creating standardized access control and the proposed date report is to be submitted to the General Assembly at its sixty-second session.
Lastly, my delegation would like to reiterate its support for the principle of cost-sharing in the area of maintaining the safety and security of the United Nations personnel. We will participate constructively in the coming informal consultations on all the issues before us.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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text: Don't get me wrong – I'm a fan of any and every long weekend! I'm heading up north to Blue Mountain for the long weekend. How pretty is this?! (Photo, Andrea Hamlin) But it's funny isn't it? Close your eyes and think back to the May long weekend. Summer was all ahead of us, an adventure to be explored. It was all about road trips, cottages, water parks, cocktails, Popsicles, gelatos, Olympics, summer street food festivals, fairs, hanging with neighbours on the back deck, on a downtown patio with friends, shorts and picking up iced coffee drinks at the drive-thru. I could go on – and dwell on the fact that it's all behind me now. But I won't! I'm going to look ahead instead (never a bad idea, fyi). I'll thank the universe deeply and profusely for all the fun I this summer and move on. How? This is how I'm going to do it and think about it, you might want to do this too! What do I like most about summer, I asked myself. The trips, going away, being at a different place and doing new things that are fun! I'm starting September with a weekend up north to Blue Mountain – and staying at the resort there. What will I do? I know what I'll do – I will go golfing! I will have fun! (Photo, Andrea Hamlin) 5 WAYS TO EMBRACE THE NEW SEASON WITH ARMS WIDE OPEN 1. Spend a day at the spa I'm going to spend a day at Scandinave Spa, based on Scandinavian baths, including hot saunas and cold plunges! Maybe I will get a massage there, too. It will be a nice way to step through the door into the fall: relaxed. 2. Get outside It's on the Niagara Escarpment, and there are lots of good places to go for hikes or long walks. I'll play golf! I think this coming season is the best time for that: it's cooler, the bugs are gone and it's good for the soul to be in this kind of nature. And if the leaves outside my office building in the city are starting to change colours, I'm pretty sure it's happening up north, too. 3. Do something crazy I'm going to step outside my comfort zone, I like to do that sometimes. Not too often. But I'm going to ride on a gondola. I usually like to feel the ground beneath my feet, but I'm going to call on my inner braveness and let them dangle above the earth. 4. Eat an apple In southern Ontario, it's apple harvest season. I'll tour the apple orchards and eat apples right off the tree. The first time I had a bite of a freshly picked apple, I couldn't believe it. Not the usual mushy, bruised un-tree-ripened apples that I bring home from the grocery store, but a juicy, crisp, flavour-packed apple! 5. Enjoy a lovely meal There's something nice about sitting down to enjoy a meal at a nice restaurant. For me, it's the whole experience, the food, of course, the staff, the not cooking and cleaning-up part afterwards. And that is how I will step into the light this coming season. Relaxed, refreshed and revived from a weekend away. How about you? How are you going to embrace the coming season? You might also like:Pumpkin Palooza An ode to autumn Get ready for some Fall fun Summer's imminent end ... and a giveaway! Are you awaiting the long weekend?


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Some dances stay with you, whirling and soaring and lingering in your head long after the performance is done; a vision and emotion tucked away in memory, perfectly preserved. It's been some years since Pacific Northwest Ballet has presented George Balanchine's "Concerto Barocco" (last seen here in 2006), Ulysses Dove's "Dancing on the Front Porch of Heaven" (2006) and Twyla Tharp's "In the Upper Room" (2007), but all returned for the "Modern Masterpieces" program as if they'd been waiting just offstage all this time, fresh and timeless.
On Friday's opening night, "Dancing on the Front Porch of Heaven" (one of the dance world's loveliest titles) seemed particularly transcendent. Set to a yearning, reaching Arvo Pärt score punctuated by tolling bells, "Dancing" — subtitled "Odes to Love and Loss" — uses the otherworldly quality of ballet to cast a quiet spell. These are dancers neither of earth or heaven, but someplace in between: where a woman (Rachel Foster) is borne weightlessly across the stage like an angel in flight; where two men (Andrew Bartee and Jerome Tisserand) create a small world in a pas de deux full of beautifully deep pliés, almost disappearing into the floor; where Seth Orza leads a three-woman procession in a quiet echo of Balanchine's "Apollo." It doesn't end so much as fade away, and it leaves the watcher moved and changed; like a poem you don't quite realize you've memorized.
"In the Upper Room," by contrast, is all energy and power; it sweeps you up through sheer force. Some of its dancers whirl in red pointe shoes; others bounce endlessly in sneakers, echoing the pulse of Philip Glass' throbbing score. The stage is enveloped in smoke, and dancers emerge from it, slowly becoming distinct shapes in the mist. Like participants in some heaven-sent dance marathon, they never stop moving, and you never want them to.
"Concerto Barocco," which opened the evening, is early Balanchine (created in 1941) and pure joy — with its leading roles for two soaring women (Carrie Imler and Carla Körbes, two very different dancers who nonetheless delicately mirrored each other), its lyrical pas de deux (Batkhurel Bold and Körbes), and the way the female corps, in constant movement behind them, provides an ever-evolving picture frame.
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Am I alone in feeling nervous at entering this blogging world ? Well, here goes …………….. thanks to everyone who has posted already .Such a fascinating glimpse of the Telegraph reader mind-set !
Could an alternative word be found to describe this activity ? Blog , although succinct ,is such an ugly word to use for such a rich and interesting phenomenon .
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A federal Judge Wednesday sentenced former Jack Abramoff associate Kevin Ring to 20 months in prison for his role in the Washington lobbying scandal.
Department of Justice officials originally had recommended a 17-to-22 year sentence, sparking protests from Ring and editorial writers that prosecutors were retaliating against him for exercising his constitutional right to trial. That sentence would have put Ring behind bars far longer than any other defendant, including Abramoff himself.
Although Huvelle last month rebuked the Justice Department in an opinion that scaled back Ring's sentencing range, on Wednesday she rejected Ring's request for probation in lieu of prison. Prison is necessary "to respect the jury's verdict and promote respect for the law," Huvelle said. Ring was also ordered to serve 30 months on probation.
Still, Huvelle's 20-month sentence is much less than the 4 years 9 months she concluded last month that Ring could receive under Federal Sentencing Guidelines calculations. And it is less than the 50 months the Justice Department later sought for Ring after Huvelle's order. And it is more than two decades less than the upper range originally sought by the Justice Department.
"I found a ridiculous system full of gray areas and I manipulated it," Ring said through heavy tears at his sentencing hearing on Wednesday.
Ring was convicted last year of giving expensive restaurant meals and tickets to sporting and music events to public officials to influence their actions in favor of his and Abramoff's lobbying clients. He was not accused of directly pocketing big money from the fraud. Ring got the same amount of prison time as chief conspirator Michael Scanlon, who was sentenced to 20 months incarceration and was convicted of stealing $20 million.
Abramoff and Scanlon were convicted of, among other things, a kickback scheme that defrauded Indian tribe lobbying clients of tens of millions of dollars. Abramoff and Scanlon agreed to pay restitution for their crimes of approximately $20 million each. Both pleaded guilty and agreed to help prosecutors in their ongoing criminal probe. Abramoff received leniency from the government and reduced his sentence by 75 percent.
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Taylor Swift took a little time off of covering every band ever on her "Speak Now" tour to dress up all fancy-like for the unveiling of her fragrance "Wonderstruck" at a Sephora in California. And, like we need to say it, but daaaamn, girl! She's looking straight-up model-y here! Legs for days! Hubba, hubba! Etc.!
The "Sparks Fly" singer was sporting a cute gold A-line dress with matching sparkly shoes, and she opted for an updo and her usual red lip. Real quick–am I the only one who's wondering where Taylor Swift's own line of sparkly dresses is? Pretty much every celebrity on the planet has a clothing line right now, so it only makes sense for Taylor to dive into the market as well. And hello, she like, RUNS the sparkly dress game! She knows everything about sequins and glitter and everything in between, and I'm pretty sure 90 percent of high school seniors would rock some Taylor Swift Sparkle for prom.
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Wouldn't it be nice if all of our ancestors had birth, marriage and death records? And shouldn't those records clearly and accurately state places and dates and relationships that will quickly grow our tree?
Yes. In a perfect world. And genealogy is not a perfect world.
I know from census records that Wyatt Paul Gillespie and Laura Cecile Donald were most likely married between 1893 and 1896 in either Rockbridge or Amherst County, Virginia.
So were marriage records kept then? Let's look at the Family History Wiki on Ancestry.com. You'll find a link to it at the bottom of the Learning Center tab:
Click through and look at the left hand side. Since we are looking for information on specific counties, we can click on County research:
Which will lead you to the United States County List:
And now we can take a closer look at the Counties of Amherst and Rockbridge.
The County of Amherst tells us that Amherst County began keeping marriage records in 1763. You'll find the same information for Rockbridge County.
You also see that there is a link to Virginia Family History Research, which has a link on the right to Virginia Vital Records. This page tells us that after 1853 state law required counties to issue marriage licenses and keep marriage registers. And they should contain full names, ages, places of birth and residence, proposed marriage date and place, marital status and a few other goodies. Now this is a useful vital record!
Vital records are kept by state, not at the federal level, so we should probably start on a state page. You can find them on the map at the bottom of the Search Tab.
If we go to the Virginia page, we see the first few entries for Virginia, Birth, Marriage and Death, do not have what we are after. So we can click the "View All" link.
This shows us that there are two data collections that may have what we are after, and yes, those are really two different data collections.
The first, you will find – after looking at the description – has Marriage Records for Rockbridge and the second doesn't have records for either.
And if you do a search in the first, you will find no entry for Wyatt and Laura! But why? Look at the description and we'll learn why. The records for this data collection only go up to 1885, and we are pretty sure that Wyatt and Laura were married between 1893 and 1896.
So the marriage record exists somewhere, probably the courthouse. It just hasn't worked it's way onto Ancestry.com yet.
Now you might be asking yourself, why not just search and see what you find? And you can do that. But it saves you a bit of time if you know whether you are looking for something that exists. If your searches keep coming up blank, it's good to know why.
Want to learn more? Watch Crista Cowan's What Genealogy Records Exist?, part of her Barefoot Genealogist series on YouTube.
Happy Searching!
About Anne Gillespie Mitchell
Anne Gillespie Mitchell is a Senior Product Manager at Ancestry.com. She is an active blogger on Ancestry.com and writes the Ancestry Anne column. She has been chasing her ancestors through Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina for many years. Anne holds a certificate from Boston University's Online Genealogical Research Program. You can also find her on Twitter, Facebook and Finding Forgotten Stories.
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How would I find a record for a "bound child" born in 1801 in Virginia and living as a bound child in TN when she met her husband circa 1815-1820? Would probate records tell us? We have no clue as to what county in Virginia or who her parents are, except for her unusual first Name "Diviin". She has a very common last name-Sullivan. She was bound to a man named Pendergast.
Also, are there any means other than Bible records for locating a birth record of a man named Robert Walker born in 1812 in Virginia, no county known, but most likely Campbell or Buckingham as his family moved that year to TN with another family who had lived in those counties? We can't find a father for this man, but his mother was Nancy Walker born October 1795 according to her tombstone. We don't know if Walker was a maiden or a married name. We are not aware of a family relationship between Nancy and the other families she travelled with. They may have been a church group.
I have part of my tree in the Weeks tree my husband started; then I started my Godfrey tree separate to make it easier or me to work. In both my family that I incorporated in the Weeks tree and my Godfrey I have several people who came from Virginia as in your example. So that was all helpful. I had never used the link you were speaking about; so I will start trying to uncover more of my genealogy needs with it. Thanks so much for having this on Facebook that I found when scanning through that this evening. I really like to use Ancestry.com.
Thank you. I found this article very helpful.
There is no Learning Center on AncestryLibrary edition, which is the only kind of Ancestry I use at my local library. How do I find that information using AncestryLibrary?


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I know that you can trade Pokemon between games of the same generation (Gold/Silver, Ruby/Sapphire) and even trade between 1st gen and 2nd gen. However, I haven't been able to find a way to trade Pokemon so that I can play with my 1st generation Pokemon in HeartGold, for instance. If it is possible, how many steps would it take and what equipment would I need?
As of 2016, this will finally possible. Nintendo have announced that players will be able to trade from the Virtual Console editions of Pokémon Red, Blue, Green and Yellow to the new Pokémon Sun/Moon via Pokémon Bank. Since Gen 6 (X/Y/OR/AS) is compatible with Pokémon Bank, it may also gain the ability to receive Gen 1 Pokémon when Sun/Moon does.
However, if we're talking about the original Gameboy cartridges, it can't be done. The limits on trading are as follows:
Generation 1 (Red/Blue/Green/Yellow)
There are three main reasons you can't trade between Gen I/II and Gen III:
You cannot trade from the 1st Generation or 2nd Generation into the 3rd Generation and onwards.
While it may not be possible to transfer from Gens I and II to III, seeing as Gen III has FireRed and LeafGreen, it would be advisable to just play through that and trade upwards (to gens IV and V) from there..
*It is not possible to trade pokémon from Generation 5 to Generation 6. As explained on the official website:
However, a paid service called Pokémon Bank has been created to fulfil this gap. The service costs $4.99 (yearly subscription) and it allows users to upload their pokémon to the cloud. The "uploading" service can be used on both 5th and 6th generations, while the "downloading" service can only be used on Pokémon X and Y. Using this service allows de facto the users to trade pokémon from generation 3 up to 6.
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The wine industry is busy with harvest but it's a three-day weekend for you, so why not a trip to the wine country for a little relaxation and celebration? September has been officially dubbed California Wine Month, so there's a ton going on in general and many wineries will be having last minute Labor Day specials. Here are some notable deals and special events for those of you who haven't yet decided how you want to celebrate another year of hard work.


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Beets can be grown in most areas of the world, but seem to be particularly adapted to northern climates. They grow best, in southern climates, during the cooler months of late winter and early spring.
Thinned out plants need not be wasted. Replant them somewhere else in the garden and water well. In a few days they will look as healthy as the others.
To insure the best continuous yield, sow seed every three to four weeks until 90 days before the first frost. Shallow cultivation of weed growth and providing the proper water requirements are the only things necessary for healthy beet growth.
Certain plants are beneficial to beets for both growth and insect control. Two of these helpful companion plants are: onions and kohlrabi. For information on other vegetable companion plants see the companion planting chart. Harvesting beets
One method of underground storage is to place beets in a plastic basket in a hole three feet deep and four feet square. Place a sheet of plastic on top of the beets, followed by a layer of cornstalks and straw. Beets can also be stored indoors in a cool, dark cellar if placed in moist sand.
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Submitted by Tony Gigli '01 – The Wabash brotherhood reaches into tapestries that are extremely rare. Recently we experienced firsthand exactly just how broad Wabash's strokes on the world's tapestry are. Cameron McDougal '12, Grayson Swaim '12 and Tony Gigli '01 all were chaperones at a camp for hard of hearing and deaf children sponsored by Hear Indiana . To our knowledge it was the first time ever that all of the male chaperones were Wabash men who are deaf or hard of hearing themselves.
Hear Indiana's mission is advocating independence through listening and talking. In addition to a summer camp, this nonprofit organization hosts an educational conference, organizes the Talk Walk Run (5K), and provides resources to parents who have children with hearing loss. Grayson is also serving as Hear Indiana's summer Communications and Marketing Intern. , Cameron has become active with the organization's ongoing mentoring program, and Tony serves as an active board member and assistant camp director for the group.
For the past 17 years, Hear Indiana has hosted a weekend camp however this year, thanks to generous sponsorships and donations, the organization expanded our program to be a week-long camp. What an enjoyable week it was! We helped out with and participated in numerous activities. Among other things, we assisted with rock climbing, canoeing, challenge wall, trust fall, archery, horseback riding, and kickball.
Cameron McDougal '12, writes: "As a hearing impaired person myself, I thought that I'd check out the camp this summer and see what it was all about. I never had the opportunity that these kids had growing up, where they can get together with other kids with the same condition. The best part about the camp for me was to show these kids that, despite their hearing conditions, they can still do everything that they want to do. I used to think that my hearing loss would prevent me from doing a lot of activities. But I was able to do everything I wanted to do. From playing high school football, pole vaulting, leading two high school clubs, and getting into a great school like Wabash and being active there. Being able to show kids that despite the hearing condition we can still do everything we want to, was the most rewarding and awesome experience of my summer.
Grayson Swaim '12, noted that Hear Indiana's Youth Leadership Camp at Bradford Woods was an exciting and empowering experience for the children with hearing loss. Our goal was to challenge the children's leadership abilities, encourage them to be assertive, and provide them a "structured atmosphere of fun with a purpose."
"I saw a lot of leadership potential in these children while they performed their activities. I hope they realized that, in the mainstream, they don't have to be a follower because they have hearing loss. Instead, they were able to experience what it was like to have a passion to make a difference and lead a group towards their goals. Now, these children have an opportunity to apply what they've learned at camp to improve their lives in the mainstream."
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LONDON (AP) — Relief over China's economic growth rate helped shore up the mood in financial markets Monday ahead of a raft of U.S. corporate earnings and retail sales figures.
The world's second-largest economy grew 7.5 percent from a year earlier in the second quarter. Though the figure is down on the previous quarter's 7.7 percent, there had been fears that it may have fallen below 7 percent in the wake of efforts by the country's monetary authorities to clamp down on risky lending. A sharp drop would hurt companies around the world that have become increasingly reliant on breakneck Chinese growth to boost earnings.
"China's growth rate might still be on a steadily declining path, but investors were happy enough to see it come in line with expectations, growing by 7.5 percent in the second quarter," said Chris Beauchamp, market analyst at IG. "Beijing was keen to emphasise that internal consumption was picking up the slack, and helpfully retail sales rose strongly during June."
Combined with an easing in tensions over Europe's financial crisis and diminishing fears about the Federal Reserve's plans to rein in its monetary stimulus, the figures bode well for markets.
"We could be in for a week of quiet, steady gains for stock markets," he said.
Following a 1 percent rise in the Shanghai Composite Index to 2,059.39, European stock markets have posted solid gains. The FTSE 100 index of leading British shares was up 0.3 percent at 6,565, while Germany's DAX rose 0.1 percent to 8,225. The CAC-40 in France was 0.4 percent higher at 3,872.
Wall Street was poised for a solid opening with Dow futures and the broader S&P 500 futures up 0.2 percent.
How they open could hinge on a run of earnings, notably from Citigroup. June retail sales figures will also be closely monitored an hour before the bell on how they affect the debate over when the Fed will start 'tapering' its monetary stimulus. The median expectation in the markets is that they rose around 0.8 percent during the month.
"Today's retail sales data for June could well feed into the tapering debate if we get an improvement in line with recent consumer confidence numbers which have been much better than expected," said Michael Hewson, senior market analyst at CMC Markets.
For weeks now, the Fed's monetary stance has been the main driver in markets. The Dow and the S&P 500 struck all-time highs last week partly on an indication from the Fed that the monetary stimulus may be in place for longer than expected. At the moment, the Fed is buying around $85 billion of assets in the markets, and that's helped prop up stocks for months.
The dollar has faltered in recent days as expectations of a Fed tightening have eased. It clawed back some ground Monday, with the euro 0.3 percent lower at $1.3033. The dollar was 0.5 percent higher at 98.81 yen.
Earlier in Asia, Hong Kong's Hang Seng added 0.1 percent to 21,303.31 and Sydney's S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.1 percent to 4,981.10. South Korea's Kospi rose 0.3 percent 1,875.16. Japan's financial markets were closed for a public holiday.
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Eisenberg plays Simon, an insignificant man in an indifferent world, whose failures at work, at home and in his relationships have made for a very bleak existence. But when he later meets James, a man who looks exactly like him, Simon's world is turned upside down when he notices the much more charming, confident James taking over his life and obtaining the many things he himself cannot -- including the girl of his dreams.
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May 29, 2016
Mississippi is getting national recognition for going beyond the traditional mom and pop model for small businesses.
The Kauffman Foundation is a national entrepreneurship organization. It ranked Mississippi fifth in the nation for the work being done.
Entrepreneurial activity is on the rise with over 10,000 more small businesses being created in the state this year.
Mississippi colleges are also putting more focus on business creation.
"That probably lends itself to students creating their own entrepreneurial ventures once they graduate instead of going to the bigger cities and looking for jobs with the bigger corporate folks," said Tasha Bibb of Innovate Mississippi. "They're staying here, starting their own businesses and creating opportunities for other Mississippians."
Many groups across the state currently provide resources for start-ups. And loans are available through the Small Business Administration.
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Eatonville, Florida's Zora Neale Hurston Festival
Date posted: 2010
Every community has a unique something that sets it apart from all other places—that hook that can draw visitors in like no gimmick ever could. Sometimes it's so obvious, it's a wonder no one thought of promoting it sooner. Eatonville, the home of noted author and folklorist Zora Neale Hurston, faced near ruin before it recognized the value of honoring its native daughter with a festival now recognized around the world.
This genuine grass-roots story starts on Kennedy Boulevard in the hamlet of Eatonville, Florida. A low-income, barely acknowledged, distant cousin of Orlando on the outskirts of the mega-tourism theme park giants Walt Disney World and Universal Studios, Eatonville's only real significance to the outside world was its designation as "the oldest, incorporated municipality in the United States founded by people of African descent."
Despite that moniker, the town was getting no respect. It was just a small place of no real importance to outsiders. In fact, mere days after it celebrated the centennial of its incorporation in 1987, Eatonville received the jarring news that the county was planning on turning two-lane Kennedy Boulevard, the spine of the community, into a five-lane thoroughfare, thus demolishing the small-town character of this historic community.
Around the town, people sat up and asked how they could stop this public action. They didn't want hundreds of cars zooming through the middle of their town. Appealing to the Board of County Commissioners wasn't likely to forestall this dreaded action, but creating a marketing tool that would bring high visibility to historic Eatonville just might be the answer they were searching for.
Although the town held the distinction of being the first incorporated single-race community of the post-Civil War era, town activists knew this alone was not going to impress the county board. And that's when they tripped over the obvious: Zora Neale Hurston, early 20th-century writer, folklorist, and anthropologist. This charismatic woman, the major female figure of the Harlem Renaissance, had called Eatonville home for much of her life. Although accomplished and renowned in her time, Hurston was also considered radical and too free-thinking by some, an independent woman gone too far and ultimately her works went out of print for decades. But in the 1970s, Zora Neale Hurston's writings and teachings had undergone a revival thanks to the efforts of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker. So, here was the basis for Eatonville's revitalization as a center of black heritage.
The challenge was to find a way to inform the public in Orange County and all of Central Florida that within its midst sat a community with national historic significance; that instead of legislating detrimental development, the local government, together with the private sector, should explore ways to use Eatonville's heritage and cultural resources for economic revitalization.
In the wake of the county commissioners' resolution to bring a highway through their town, a group of concerned citizens formed The Association to Preserve the Eatonville Community, Inc. (P.E.C.). Although now considered a planning organization with the long-term mission of developing Eatonville into one of America's premier heritage communities, the truth is, in 1987, it was a group of folks who seriously wanted to stop "progress" from ruining their town. They were preservationists with a focus on education, the cultural arts, and humanities. Their task was to zero in on the significance of Eatonville from this perspective and " sell" it to the county.
Focusing their efforts on the legacy of Zora Neale Hurston, P.E.C. looked for a way to take her contributions and make them accessible to people outside Eatonville. "But we needed a way to take something that might be perceived as stodgy and make it interesting," says N.Y. Nathiri, P.E.C. executive director. That's when they decided to produce a festival to honor not only Hurston and her works, but also her ideals and ethics. In short, this would be no typical street party. This festival would contain a strong humanities component to introduce modern audiences to the profound works of a pioneer in ethnic documentation and preservation.
The program would include a public forum of academic discussions, workshops, and master classes; an Education Day to present age-appropriate cultural arts programming for students; a Street Festival showcasing music, dance, drama, visual arts, folk arts, and ethnic cuisines; and cultural arts events, including concerts, art exhibitions, and theater performances.
This festival was a highly ambitious undertaking, and one considered by many as the work of masochists. Yet this was a committed group of volunteers and, steered by Nathiri, former Cornell University librarian and academician, the fledgling organization succeed in its goal, but not without many hard lessons learned. One of the most important Nathiri can impart is that "it takes lots of time to develop partnerships." Because this festival would include a heavy concentration on education, the organizers needed to spend a lot of time developing outreach efforts to teachers. "We had to build name recognition and content about Zora Neale Hurston so we could provide classroom-ready materials to support the content of the festival," explains Nathiri. She also sites the quality of volunteers as an essential ingredient to successful event planning.
Oddly, what would seem to be a major obstacle—attracting big-name contributors —turned out to be as simple as extending the invitation. P.E.C. sent the writer Alice Walker a package of information about their planned festival and asked if she would like to be a speaker. She accepted. It was that simple.
From there the road to success got easier. "When you have a celebrity it lends credibility," declares Nathiri. Walker's hefty speaking fee was picked up by a local bank almost instantly. Shortly thereafter, P.E.C. was able to secure participation from renowned actress Ruby Dee, Robert Hemenway, Hurston's biographer, famed African-American storyteller Augusta Baker, and Dr. Ruthe T. Sheffey, Zora Neale Hurston Society founder and president. With these heavy hitters in their corner, P.E.C. requested a grant from the Florida Humanities Council, which promptly handed over an unprecedented $29,000.
Program planning got underway with a handful of volunteers who developed topics and themes and invited speakers, entertainers, and exhibitors. Sponsors from around the region were secured to help fund everything from marketing to operations. The first festival took place in January 1990, attracting 10,000 people. Each year since then has marked progressively more complex literary and cultural programs by academic and artistic presenters of note and renown from around the globe.
- Central to P.E.C.'s success in not only originating and producing such a quality festival, but in growing it every year while keeping it running smoothly, is the superb organizational skills of the team and the documentation of facts and figures from year to year. As Nathiri puts it, "We run this thing like a military operation," which is saying a lot since there are now about 800 volunteers involved in the annual event. Guest response cards always rate the festival in highest terms for everything from content to accessibility.
- More than 10 years later, Kennedy Boulevard has not been widened and Eatonville retains its small-town ambiance, which is in keeping with the community Zora Neale Hurston called home.
- In spite of its goliathlike neighboring attractions, the Hurston Festival draws visitors from around the country on its own merit. Surveys show that attendees come to Eatonville specifically for the festival and return year after year because of the quality of the programming and production.
- Conservative estimates show that the annual January festival brings $3 million in tourist spending to Orange County.
- By 2007, this festival attracted an estimated 50,000 locals and tourists each year. The ZORA ! Festival received the "Regional Destination Award in the Humanities" from the Cultural Olympiad and was named "One of the Top 100 Events in North America" by the American Bus Association in 2004.
Key takeaways
Collaborate: The Hurston Festival evolved from years of hard work by P.E.C. and its dedicated volunteers, but without the financial and in-kind contributions of the local education and faith communities, local and county government, and private foundations, the planning would have come to very little.
Find the Fit between the Community and Tourism: Eatonville is a very small town with a dearth of infrastructure to house and feed up to 100,000 people over a four-day period. But planners took advantage of the town's proximity to the world's largest tourist destination and used Central Florida's vast cache of hospitality facilities, which typically house visitors to Walt Disney World and other area attractions, to serve the Eatonville festival attendees comfortably.
Make Sites Come Alive: Each year, festival activities include multitudes of dance, music, dramatic, and creative arts displays and shows to draw attendees into the spirit of the program. Children are always included with programming in puppetry, dance, and storytelling.
Focus on Quality and Authenticity: P.E.C. has set a standard of excellence for itself and its participants every step of the way. Only the most authentic and highest quality are accepted in everything from presentation of product and intellectual content to aesthetic appeal and accountability.
Preserve and Protect Resources: Zora Neale Hurston and P.E.C. have in common the desire to preserve and perpetuate authentic traditions about rural southern black culture. The folkways and lore that Hurston gathered and wrote about are celebrated and continued through the festival that bears her name.
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Thomasville, GA- State Troopers are teaming up with the Salvation Army to make the holidays special for folks this year.
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Woodhaven Furniture Company also donated gifts for the Toys For Tots project.
The generosity left organizers speechless.
The toys will be distributed to children and families on Saturday December 22nd in Thomasville.


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